PRF awards 78 research grants-in-aid; three receive $40,000 unrestricted grants Research workers in some 65 academic institutions across the coun­try will receive new ACS-PRF grants-in-aid to assist with portions of their research programs. At its quarterly meeting in June, the ACS Board of Directors authorized nearly $1.4 mil­lion for 78 new grants to begin this summer and fall. This brings the number of new grants for 1967 to 217, for a total of nearly $3.8 million.

The Petroleum Research Fund was established in 1944 as a charitable, scientific, and educational trust with the American Chemical Society named as the qualified recipient of its net income. Funds from the trust are provided for advanced scientific education and fundamental research in the "petroleum field," which may include any field of pure science ACS considers may afford a basis for subsequent research directly con­nected with the petroleum field.

The 25 ACS-PRF grants and fellow­ships awarded in 1954 marked the be­ginning of the grant program. As available funds increased, the pro­

gram expanded in both number and types of grants. Six types of ACS-PRF grants are currently available:

•Type A: ACS-PRF Grants for Fundamental Research in the Petro­leum Field—grants-in-aid to support projects of fundamental research in the petroleum field.

•Type B: ACS-PRF Grants for Fundamental Research in the Petro­leum Field at the Undergraduate Level—educational grants to selected staff members of undergraduate de­partments for research designed to stimulate student interest in graduate study and improve the qualifications of the grantee.

•Type C: ACS-PRF Unrestricted Grants for Established Scientists Con­ducting Fundamental Research in the Petroleum Field—grants to be made to outstanding scientists at or approach­ing the peak of their productivity.

• Type D: ACS-PRF International Awards in the Petroleum Field-grants to provide for the exchange of scientists and scientific students be­tween American and foreign nonprofit

scientific or educational institutions. •Type E: ACS-PRF Faculty

Awards for Advance Scientific Study in the Petroleum Field—grants to teachers in undergraduate depart­ments to help them obtain at an in­stitution of higher learning in the United States a year of advanced study in the petroleum field.

•Type G: ACS-PRF Grants for Individual Fundamental Research in the Petroleum Field—starter grants to enable young faculty members with a Ph.D. who are in the first three years of teaching and who have no other outside research support to do individ­ual research.

Included in the Board's June action are three ACS-PRF type C grants of $40,000 each. The recipients of these grants are Dr. Leon M. Dorfman of the University of Toronto, Dr. Julian R. Goldsmith of the University of Chicago, and Dr. Robert E. Treybal of New York University.

The unrestricted grants permit each recipient to investigate any area of pure science which may provide a basis for subsequent research in the petroleum field. They are for a four-year period but may be used at any desired rate.

Dr. Dorfman, professor of chemis­try at Toronto, received a B.Sc. in 1944 from the University of Manitoba, and an M.S. in 1945 and Ph.D. in

Table I. ACS-PRF grants for fundamental research in the petroleum field (Type A)

Institution Subject Amount

Investigator Institution Subject 1967 1968 1969 Total

R. M. Fuoss Yale Univ. Conductance of Electrolytes $ 9,580 $ 6,960 $ 6,960 $ 23,500 P. Leermakers Wesleyan Univ.,

Connecticut Emission Spectra and Molecular En­

vironment 10,560 6,480 6,600 23,640

V. L. Pollak Oklahoma State U.

Spin Relaxation at Interfaces 10,881 (14 months)

7,641 5,481 24,003

P. M. Maitlis McMaster U. Cyclobutadiene-Metal Complexes 4,700 4,700 4,700 14,100 R. J. Bearman U. of Kansas Experimental Studies on Transport 10,666 6,667 6,667 24,000 R. C. Johnson Emory Univ. Reactions of Platinum(IV) Complexes 8,288 7,356 7,356 23,000 G. Vincow U. of Washington ESR Theory: Proton Hyperfine Splittings 8,704 9,075 8,108 25,887 A. Hassner U. of Colorado Additions to Olefins 8,376 8,460 6,900 23,736 P. J. Elving A. Wojcicki

U. of Michigan Electrochemistry in Nonaqueous Media 9,000 7,800 7,800 24,600 P. J. Elving A. Wojcicki Ohio State U. Insertion Reactions of Transition Metal 9,723 9,723 4,804 24,250

Allyl Complexes L. Montgomery Indiana U. Free Radical Rearrangement and Elimina­

tion Reactions 7,440 7,620 7,740 22,800

J. I. Brauman Stanford U. Hydrogen Transfer Reactions 13,493 (15 months)

6,264 19,757

A. J. Boucot Cal. Inst. Tech. Silurian Sediments Studies 8,000 8,000 16,000 K. G. Untch Yeshiva U. Aliène Dimerization 7,000

(15 months) 7,000

J. H. Futrell *F. Ramirez

U. of Utah M etas tab le Ions in Mass Spectra 11,280 8,520 4,320 24,120 J. H. Futrell *F. Ramirez St. U. of Ν. Υ. at Carbon-Carbon Condensations by Means 11,640 1,440 13,080

Stony Brook of Phosphorus Compounds J. Tufariello St. U. of Ν. Υ. at

Buffalo Cyclic Azoalkanes as Synthetic Inter­

mediates 9,696

(14 months) 8,448 4,224 22,368

M. C. Williams U. of California, Berkeley

Dynamics of Polymer Solutions 10,841 (14 months)

6,740 6,740 24,321

G. Klopman Western Reserve Univ.

S.C.F. Approach to Study of Stability of Paraffins

7,920 7,920 7,860 23,700

P. K. Predecki U. of Denver Deformation in Crystalline Polymers 10,301 8,501 18,802 F. A. L. Dullien U. of Waterloo Accessibility of Pores in Porous Media 11,310 7,390 18,700 W. Lwowski New Mexico

State Univ. Las Cruces

Chemistry of Oxa-azapropanes 8,000 8,000 16,000

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Institution Subject Amount

Investigator Institution Subject 1967 1968 1969 Total R. Ν. Clayton U. of Chicago Oxygen Isotopes in Ancient Sediments 9,084 7,584 16,668 P. Wangersky Dalhousie U. Organic Decomposition in an Anoxic

Environment 8,000 6,400 4,550 18,950

S. J. Rhoads U. of Wyoming Rearrangements in Bisallylic Systems 8,100 8 ,000 8,000 24,100 C. Pierce U. of California,

Riverside Physical Adsorption at Low Pressures 2,220

(14 months) 2,220 4,440

E. I. Snyder U. of Connecticut Stereospecifically Dideuterated Organic Compounds

8,357 8,357 8,357 25,071

H. J. Ache Va. Polytechnic Institute

Reactions of Free Atoms 12,024 5,688 5,904 23,616

J. E. Mark R. D. Wfflett

U. of Michigan Highly Elastomeric Polymers 8,856 8,256 17,112 J. E. Mark R. D. Wfflett Washington St. U. Structural and Spectral Investigation of 8,000 8,000 16,000

Thermochromic Copper(II) Halide Complexes

Novel Condensed Norbornadienes S. J. Huang U. of Connecticut

Thermochromic Copper(II) Halide Complexes

Novel Condensed Norbornadienes 8,040 8,040 16,080 C. A. Eckert U. of Illinois High-Pressure Phase Equilibria 8,000 6,100 6,400 20,500 J. 0 . Stoffer U. of Missouri,

Rolla Separation of Optical Isomers by Gas

Chromatography 6,000 6,000

B. A. Blaylock U. of Florida Biological Formation of Methane 10,383 7,380 6,240 24,003 P. Kovacic Case Inst, of

Tech. Homolytic Aromatic Substitution 9,168

(14 months) 7,308 16,476

J. Morrison U. of New Hampshire

Optically Active Hydrocarbons 6,648 6,648 1,392 14,688

W. H. Bruning U. of Nebraska Electron Transfer in Free Radical Systems 9,660 7,570 7,570 24,800 R. I. Mateles Massachusetts

Inst, of Tech. Growth of Thermophilic Microorganisms

on Hydrocarbons 8,156 8,156 16,312

J. H. Jones R. L. Middaugh

Penn. State U. Controlled Vapor-Phase Oxidation 7,368 7,536 7,296 22,200 J. H. Jones R. L. Middaugh U. of Kansas Properties of Polyhedral Molecules 10,018 7,891 6,091 24,000 J. P. Fackler Case Inst, of

Tech. Sulfur-Containing Chelate Complexes 9,480

(14 months) 7,260 7,260 24,000

J. C. Baird Brown Univ. Solid-State Theory 10,200 (14 months)

9,452

10,800 21,000

E. C. Ashby Georgia Inst, of Complex Metal Hydrides. Composition

10,200 (14 months)

9,452 6,924 6,924 23,300 Tech. and Mechanisms of Reaction

M. D. Picard & U. of Nebraska Lacustrine Sedimentation, Eocene Lake 13,543 2,520 16,063 L. R. High, Jr. Uinta (14 months)

W. Trahanovsky Iowa State U. Organic Oxalates 7,176 7,406 7,652 22,234 D. Colquhoun U. of South

Carolina Physical Differentiation Between Surficial

Sand Bodies in Recent and Ancient Environments

8,000 8,000 16,000

A. W. Cordes U. of Arkansas Arsenic Sulfide Stereochemistry 8,420 8,880 17,300 T. H. Kinstle Iowa State U. Small Ring Bicyclic Compounds 7,080 7,296 7,524 21,900 D. J. Cram U. of California,

Los Angeles Chemistry of Carbonium Ion-Carbanion

Ion Pairs 8,640 8,040 8,090 24,770

L. Meyer U. of Chicago Methane Crystal Structure and Alloys 7,985 7,985 7,985 23,955 M. J. Goldstein Cornell Univ. Chemistry of Biradical Intermediates 9,408 7,592 17,000 R. Harmon Western Michigan

Univ. Asymmetric Homogeneous Catalysis 9,600 9,600 4,800 24,000 Western Michigan

Univ. Total Type A, by years $455,057 $368,958 $215,887

Total for all years $1,039,902

Institution Subject Amount

Investigator Institution Subject 1967 Ï968 1969 Total

K. L. Lockwood Lebabon Valley College

The Chemistry of Compounds Related to a-Pinene

$ 9,480 (15 months)

$ 3,240 $ 12,720

N. O. Brace Wheaton Coll., Illinois

Exploratory Synthetic Free Radical Chemistry

5,184 (15 months)

5,184 10,368

F. Freeman Calif. St. Coll. at Long Beach

Kinetics and Mechanisms of Chromyl Chloride Oxidations

7,720 (15 months)

5,544 13,264

L. D. Huestis Pacific Lutheran Univ.

Chemistry of Benzothiazathiolium Derivatives

6,480 6,480 12,960

J. L. Wood David Lipscomb Coll.

Chico State Coll.

Fluorine Bomb Calorimetry 7,177 2,880 10,057

W. D. Korte

David Lipscomb Coll.

Chico State Coll. Organotin Reaction Mechanisms 2,852 2,779 5,631 S. Boatman Hollins Coll. Synthetic Studies of Certain 1,3,5-Trike-

tones, Diketoenamines, and Substituted Pyridones

Hot Atom Chemistry of Br80"1

4,547 4,427 8,974

R. M. A. Hahne Wittenberg U.

Synthetic Studies of Certain 1,3,5-Trike-tones, Diketoenamines, and Substituted Pyridones

Hot Atom Chemistry of Br80"1 6,080 6,070 12,150 T. E. Wagner Wellesley Coll. Model Enzyme Systems Involving Apolar

Bonding 4,534 3,900 $ 3,960 12,394

Κ. Μ. Harmon Harvey Mudd Coll.

Wesleyan Univ.,

Carbonium Ion Salts 7,080 5,400 12,480

L. D. Faller

Harvey Mudd Coll.

Wesleyan Univ., Enzyme Kinetics 10,358 5,280 15,638 Connecticut (15 months)

J. F. Bieron Canisius Coll. Chemistry of Diazirine Derivatives Total Type B, by years

6,350 $ 77,842

6,480 $ 57,664

12,830 Canisius Coll. Chemistry of Diazirine Derivatives Total Type B, by years

6,350 $ 77,842

6,480 $ 57,664 $~ 3,960 Total, for all ; jrears $ 139,466

Table II. ACS-PRF grants for fundamental research in the petroleum field at the undergraduate level (Type B)

Table III. ACS-PRF unrestricted grants for established scientists conducting fundamental research in the petroleum field (Type C)

Table IV. ACS-PRF international awards in the petroleum field (Type D)

Table V. ACS-PRF faculty awards for advanced scientific study in the petroleum field (Type E)

Table VI. Special proposal

1947 from the University of Toronto. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Rochester from 1947 to 1950.

He became a research associate in the General Electric Research Labo­ratory and Knolls Atomic Power Labo­ratory in 1950 and remained there until 1957 when he joined Argonne National Laboratory as a senior chem­ist and group leader. Professor of chemistry at Ohio State University from 1964 to 1967, he assumed his present post at Toronto last year.

Dr. Dorfman plans to use his grant to study elementary reactions of transient species in organic liquids. He will make considerable use of the pulse radiolysis method for this work. He also expects to develop his current research on the electron transfer be­tween aromatic molecules in solution.

Dr. Goldsmith is professor of geo­chemistry and chairman of the de­partment of geophysical sciences at Chicago. He received a B.S. in 1940 and a Ph.D. in 1947 from the Univer­sity of Chicago. He joined the faculty there that same year, became a profes­sor in 1958 and chairman of the de­partment in 1963.

Dr. Goldsmith will use his grant for additional studies on carbonates and carbonate systems. He plans to in­vestigate the kinetics of the transition of aragonite to calcite and to deter­mine the effects of the presence of fluids, the nature of fluids present, and the nature of the starting material on the kinetics of the transition.

Dr. Treybal, professor of chemical engineering at New York University, received a B.S. in chemical engineer­ing in 1935 and an M.S. in 1936 from

New York University, and a Ph.D. in 1942 from Columbia University. Since 1937 he has been on the NYU faculty except for two years when he was on leave of absence. He assumed his present post there in 1949. He will use the grant to study the effect of simultaneous mass transfer on drop formation when a liquid is dispersed into another immiscible liquid.

The accompanying tables list all the new ACS-PRF grant recipients. For a list of earlier recipients of 1967 grants, see C&EN, Jan. 23, page 52; and C&EN, June 5, page 69. Re­quests for application forms, directions on the preparation of proposals, and questions about the ACS-PRF grant program may be addressed to The Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society, 1155-16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

*The awards in the form of unrestricted research grants were based on the accomplishments in this area of fundamental research in the petroleum field. The recipients are encouraged to pursue any investigation in the petroleum field of interest to them.

Investigator Institution Area of research* Amount L. M. Dorfman J. R. Goldsmith R. E. Treybal

U. of Toronto U. of Chicago New York Univ.

Physical Chemistry Geochemistry Chemical Engineering

Total, Type C

$ 40,000 $ 40,000 $ 40,000 $120,000

1967 Investigator Institution Title Amount

E. J. Tynan U. of Rhode Island Intercontinental Correlation Based on Selected Siliceous Microfossils

$ 5,000

D. T. Longone U. of Michigan Synthesis and Properties of Perchlorocarbons 9,867 L. F. Brown U. of Colorado The Effects of Catalyst Structure and Texture

upon the Rates of Catalytically Promoted Chemical Reactions

2,910

J. Hower Western Reserve Univ. A Study of Silicate Systems Applicable to Epigenetic Clay Mineral Reactions in Argillaceous Sediments

6,400

J. M. Shreeve U. of Idaho Reactions of Difluoromethylene 8,989 W. H. Watson Texas Christian Univ. Theoretical Analyses of ESR Spectra Show­

ing Modulation of the Isotropic Hyperfine Interaction and Other Perturbations

6,000

H. C. Thomas U. of North Carolina The Connection Between Electrical Con­duction and Isotopic Diffusion in Mont-morillonite Suspensions

10,000

M. J. Goldstein Cornell Univ. A Graph-Theoretical Approach to Multi-center Transformations

2,143

Total, Type D $51,309

Investigator Institution Title 1967

Amount R. D. Stolow Tufts University Applications of NMR Spectrometry in Organic

Chemistry Electrochemistry of Organometallic Com­

pounds and Acid-Base Chemistry in Non­aqueous Solvents

Total, Type E

$7,550

T. R. Williams Coll. of Wooster

Applications of NMR Spectrometry in Organic Chemistry

Electrochemistry of Organometallic Com­pounds and Acid-Base Chemistry in Non­aqueous Solvents

Total, Type E

2,140 Coll. of Wooster

Applications of NMR Spectrometry in Organic Chemistry

Electrochemistry of Organometallic Com­pounds and Acid-Base Chemistry in Non­aqueous Solvents

Total, Type E $9,690

Investigator G. Karabatsos

Institution Michigan State Univ.

Purpose First International Symposium on Physical

Organic Chemistry Total, Type X

1967 Amount $2,000

Institution Michigan State Univ.

Purpose First International Symposium on Physical

Organic Chemistry Total, Type X $2,000

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ACS gives NAS $50,000 for auditorium fund The ACS Board of Directors has authorized a contribution of $50,000 toward the construction of an audito­rium for the National Academy of Sci­

ences. This amount will be donated in equal payments in 1967 and 1968.

In his letter to NAS president Frederick Seitz announcing the deci­sion of the Board, ACS Board Chair­man Milton Harris said, "We are pleased to participate in this impor­tant undertaking which will greatly in­

crease facilities for scientific confer­ences in the Washington area. It is also a recognition of our joint interests in supporting science in general and chemistry in particular in the public interest."

The auditorium is being built as an addition to the National Academy

ACS Short Course-Explosion Problems

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Course Explosion Problems in the Chemical Industry; Dr. Robert W. Van Dolah in charge, Dr. David Burgess associate;

two days; fee $35

Where Pittsburgh, Pa. Hoboken, Ν J .

When Nov. 3-4 Dec. 15-16

Sponsor Pittsburgh Section New York and North Jersey Sections Content The course is intended to provide a scientific and technical background on causes and effects of explosion. The

course will introduce the problems of preventing explosions in chemical laboratories or plants. Methods of mini­mizing the consequences of explosions or assessments of their potential destructiveness will be covered. The basic concepts of ignition and flame propagation and of explosion pressures will be treated for both gas and condensed phase systems. Test methods of assessing hazardous systems will be discussed with particular emphasis on the limitations of many common methods. Elementary thermal chemistry and thermodynamics of the active system will provide a basis for estimating the hazard potential. Protection from blast missiles from explosions will be discussed as will the effect of blasts on structures and personnel. Suggestions for investigation of accidental explosions will be included.

For whom Only elementary background in chemistry and physics will be necessary. The course should be of most value to chemists and engineers responsible for assessing the potential hazards of new products and processes.

Remarks Complete information about the course, as well as information about housing near the course sites, may be ob­tained by using the coupon below.

There is no deadline for registration—applications are accepted as long as there is room in the session, including the period after the cancellation deadline. Early enrollment is strongly encouraged, however, to allow sufficient time for precourse study.

ACS Short Courses are open to all—it is not necessary to be a member of the local section or an ACS member.

A person requiring employer authorization should enroll without payment. However, if he then does not receive authorization, he must cancel before the cancellation deadline or else be personally responsible for payment of the fee.

A limited number of student registrations at one half the regular fee will be available in the course. Each student application must be accompanied by a letter from a faculty member, on the department letterhead, stating that the registrant is a full-time student.

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After World War I, a group of pri­vate citizens gave the National Acad­emy of Sciences-National Research Council a block of land in Washing­ton as a headquarters site. The archi­tect's design for the structure called for a main building with the eventual addition of two wings and an audi­torium. Carnegie Corp. contributed enough funds for the main building, which was dedicated in 1924 by Pres­ident Coolidge.

During the past decade, the two wings have been built, and a drive is now under way for funds to erect the auditorium. It was decided that this money should come mainly from pri­vate sources in keeping with the role of the academy as an impartial adviser representing both the private and pro­fessional community of the whole na­tion.

"This decision was particularly wel­come to us since it provided an oppor­tunity to many private organizations to give further recognition to their link with us as all private organiza­tions move into a period of growing responsibility in the formulation of policy related to science and engineer­ing at many levels," explained Dr. Seitz in a letter to Dr. Harris.

To date, NAS has raised more than two thirds of the $1 million goal. The auditorium is planned as a memorial to Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, and con­tributions have been received from some 30 corporations and from many individuals, including Dr. Dryden's former associates at the National Bu­reau of Standards and the National Aeronautics and Space Administra­tion.

Major contributors to the audito­rium will be given permanent recogni­tion in a booklet describing the entire building and on a bronze plaque which will be mounted in the build­ing.

Society to study pension plan feasibility Is a professionwide pension program feasible for chemical scientists? Can ACS set up a portable pension plan so that chemists and chemical engineers need not forfeit their retirement in­come if they change jobs?

Under existing private company plans, a chemist generally loses all his benefits if he leaves his job before a specified period of time. This vesting period is usually 10 to 15 years of em­ployment, according to a 1965 ACS survey.

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A major feasibility study by the So­ciety to see if it can provide a satisfac­tory pension plan is now under way. It will consider three main approaches for providing more comprehensive and portable pension coverage:

• A Society-sponsored annuity pro­gram or mutual fund which, through group purchase, could be cheaper for chemists than a privately purchased annuity.

• A Society-sponsored pension trust for chemists and their employers that could be purchased with before-tax dollars.

• An independently administered investment program, probably oper­ated on a for-profit basis, which also might serve other categories for profes­sional workers as well.

The Council Committee on Profes­sion-Wide Pension Plan headed by Joseph Stewart will select a research firm to conduct the study. Mr. Stew­art said that the new project is in­tended to be the most comprehensive investigation of pension benefits for a professional group that has ever been conducted.

The most important aspect of the 10-point research program contemplated by the committee will be to find out whether a tax-sheltered program spe­cifically for chemists and chemical en­gineers can qualify under 1RS regula­tions.

The potential participation of both employers and employees in a more universal approach to pension cover­age also needs to be determined. In addition, the committee wants to see if the Society can set up a pension pro­gram that would cost participants no more than those now being offered by private employers of chemists and chemical engineers.

Other aspects of the anticipated one-year study will include develop­ment of a financial prospectus and a marketing survey, and consideration of miscellaneous administrative proce­dures. The Society also hopes to gain some understanding of the relation­ship between private or association pension plans and the steadily in­creasing benefits of Social Security.

David A. H. Roethel, manager of the ACS Office of Professional Rela­tions, is preparing a research model to assist interested firms in drafting their proposals for the study.

Appointment President C. G. Overberger appointed Dr. Herman Stone, chairman of the Western New York Section, to repre­sent the Society at the dedication of the health science building of D'You-ville College, Buffalo, N.Y., on July 11.

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