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FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE SOUTHWEST RETORT
The upcoming ACS tour speakers are Mr. Andres Ferrari of Damon Biomedical Sciences speaking on “Automation and the Analytical Chemist” and Mr. Leon P. Gaucher lecturing on “Energy Sources in the United States---Past, Present, and Future.”
This issue featured the entire text of the talk given by the ACS Southwest Regional award winner, Dr. Paul K. Kuroda, of the University of Arkansas.
The newly formed East Texas Section of the ACS received its charter last Nov. 3 in Longview, TX. Most of the new section was formerly a part of the Ark-La-Tex section. This new section has 100 charter members. The new Chair is Dr. C. H. Whiteside.
Compiled by E. Thomas Strom
From the Brazosport ACS Section, Jim May attended the 9th International Gel Permeation Chromatography Symposium held in Miami Beach. Lee May went to the meeting in Houston of the National Electron Microscopy Society of America. In the Central Texas ACS Section, Dr. George W. Watt of UT-Austin was reelected Director at Large for the ACS. Dr. W. A. Cunningham was honored at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers meeting in Chicago. He was given the Founders Award for outstanding contributions in the field of chemical engineering. In the Dallas-Ft. Worth ACS Section, the North Texas State Chemistry Department has received a $40,750 grant from NSF for a Summer Institute for junior high school science teachers. Drs. Larry Smith and Tim Sullivan received their Ph.D.s at the end of the fall term. At East Texas State, chemistry faculty presented a total of nine papers at the New Orleans ACS meeting. Three were presented by Dr. Richard Clevenger, two by Dr. Denis Quane, and one each by Dr. Stephen Razniak, Dr. Moses Attrep, Dr. Larry Neff, and Dr. Larry Bone. At UT-Dallas Drs. Harold Werbin and Donald Rapp have received three-year Welch Foundation grants. At the Mobil Field Research Laboratory, Mr. James M. Paul received his M. A. degree in chemistry from UT-Arlingon on Dec. 23. His thesis director was Dr. Robert Francis.
In the ACS Ouachita Valley Section, a number of the chemistry faculty at Northeast Louisiana University presented papers at the Southeast-Southwest Regional Meeting in New Orleans. Department Chair Dr. Earl W. Baker presented his work on aluminum chlorins and aluminum porphyrins. Other presenters were Drs. D. S. Byrd, K. J. Miller, F. N. Bruscato, and F. Vingiello.
The South Texas Section of the ACS is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a separate section of ACS this year. The section has grown from 44 members at the time of organization to 210 now. The section is planning an anniversary party to be held later this spring.
