Analytical Chemistry December 1952 [antikvár]

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY ! Jfilfer J. Murphy, Idltor New Advisory Board Members W"E ARE pleased to report that Wayne W. Hilty, James J. Lingane, and Vernon A. Stenger have accepted four-year appointments (1953-56) to the Analytical Advisory Board. Mr. Hilty, assistant head of the analytical department, Eli Lilly and Co., literally started his professional training at birth, for much of his childhood was spent in his father's drugstore in Pandora, Ohio. He received his collegiate training in pharmacy at Ohio State University, graduating with a B.S. degree in 1936. Mr. Hilty has been a very active and enthusiastic worker in tlie American Chemical Society vineyard. He has held all the major offices of the Indiana Section; has played a prominent role in Council affairs for several years, including membership on such important committees as the Local Section Councilor Representation Committee, Professional Relations and Status Committee, Constitution and Bylaws Committee. At present, Mr. Hilty is a member of the powerful Council Policy Committee. An.^lytical Chemistry has published many papers by Hilty, most of them coauthored with Eli Lilly associates. He authored the first review article in Analytical Chemlstry on "Pharmaceuticals and Natural Drugs" (1949). Since 1950, the review has been coauthored with M. M. March. James J. Lingane received his B.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota and, of course, was closely associated with I. M. Kolthoff. He was an instructor in physical chemistry at Minnesota for two years (1938-39), and then joined the University of California, at Berkeley, as an instructor in analytical chemistry. He was called to Harvard in 1941. His present rank is that of professor of chemistry. Dr. Lingane is the author of nearly 90 papers in the general field of analytical chemistry and electrochemistry, with special emphasis on polarographic analysis and analytical methods based on controlled potential electrolysis. He .is coauthor with Kolthoff of "Polarography," the second edition of which has just been released by the publisher. Dr. Lingane is an associate editor of J ACS. The third new member to be appointed is Vernon A. Stenger, and again the Kolthoff influence is noted. Dr. Stenger did his undergraduate work at the University of Denver, gi-ad-uating in 1929, the year in which the Analytical Edition of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry was established. After a year with Eastman Kodak he became a teaching assistant at Minnesota. He studied for his Ph.D. under Kolthoff, receiving his doctorate in 1933. The following two years were spent at the Northwest Institute of Research at Minnesota. Early in 1935, Dr. Stenger joined the Dow Chemical Co. staff at Midland, Mich., as an analytical research chemist. His special interests include volumetric and trace analysis of rare elements and bromine compounds, and the analysis of magnesium alloys. The retiring members of the board are: H. A. Laitinen, University of Illinois, C.J. Rod-den, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, and J. W. Stillman of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Del. The editorial staff extends to these men heartfelt thanks for the many and varied services performed for the journal and the profession of analytical chemistry. The year 1952 marks the 10th anniversary of an active advisory board. It is most appropriate at this time to remind our readers that the men who have served have contributed substantially to the improvement and growth of the journal during the past decade. The anniversary was celebrated at a special meeting held in the Washington headquarters on November 5, at which time the members were given the opportunity of seeing at firsthand the editorial operations of three of the Society's pubhcations. The editoi-s extend an invitation to readers visiting Washington a cordial invitation to visit with us and to see, as did the members of the advisory board, how Analytical Chemistry becomes a reality 12 times a year.