http ://chicagoacs.org OCTOBER • 2005 CHICAGO SECTION AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Joint Meeting of Northwestern University Department of Chemistry and the Chicago Section ACS Basolo Medal Award Lecture, Dinner and Presentation FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2005 BASOLO MEDAL LECTURE 2005 FRED BASOLO MEDALIST DINNER LOCATION Northwestern University Zhivago Restaurant & Banquets Technological Institute 9925 Gross Point Road 2145 Sheridan Road Skokie , IL Evanston, IL 84 7-982-1400 Lecture Room 3 DIRECTIONS TO THE RESTAURANT: DIRECTIONS TO THE TECH From the Tech Institute: Go North on INSTITUTE: Sheridan Rd. and turn left on Centra l From the city: Take Lake Shore Drive St. Turn left on Gross Poin t Rd . and North to Sheridan Road into Evanston. proceed to the restaurant. Continue on Sheridan Road to the Tech Institute. From Edens Expressway: Take From the west: take 1-88 east to 294 Dempster east to Gross Point Rd. Turn north to Dempster east. Proceed east on left on Gross Point Rd. and proceed to the restaurant. Dempster into Evanston. Turn left onto Chicago Ave . and proceed to Sheridan (FOR DETAILED MAP, SEE SEC­ Road. Take Sheridan Road north to the TION'S WEBSITE) Tech Institute. The Techno logical Insti­ tute is at the intersection of Sheridan PARKING: Free in the lot. Parking is Road and Noyes Street in Evanston. also available at Keeler and Gross Dr. John E. Bercaw, Centennia l Pro­ Point Road. To those attending the Basolo Medal fessor of Chemistry, California Insti­ lecture, parking after 4:00 p.m. is avail­ tute of Technology JOB CLUB will meet at Zhivago at able in the lot across from the Techno­ 5:30 p.m. logical Institute at the corner of Noyes Title : "Selective Catalytic Oxidations Street and Sheridan Road . Parking is Reception for John Bercaw of Methane: Keys to the Effective also available on the side streets just and Fred Basolo: 6:15 P.M. Use of Natural Gas" west of this lot - however, observe the Complementary wine, soft drinks, and posted signs. Car-pooling is always hors d'oeuvres Abstract: The rising cost of oil and fear encouraged. of high CO 2 levels in the atmosphere DINNER: 7:15 P.M. are leading scientists to search for Lecture room 3 is on the first floor of cheap a lternatives to coa l and oil. (See page 2 for dinner information) the Technological Institute and is most Direct aerobic ox idations of methane, easily reached by entering through the the principal component of natural gas NOTICE TO ILLINOIS main doors facing Sheridan Road. The to liqu id fuels and usefu l chemicals is lecture room is clearly marked and TEACHERS an attractive approach. Unfortunately, there will be signs at the entrance to the selec tivity for pa rtial oxidation of The Chicago Section-ACS is an guide you to the room. methane with most oxidants , including ISBE provider for professional 0 , are complicated by the increasing development units for Illinois teach­ Basolo Medal Lecture: 4:30 P.M. 2 reactivity of its oxidation products. ers . Teachers who register for this The Medalist Lecture is open to the month's meeting will have the public and admission is free to all those opportunity to earn up to 4 CPDU's. wishing to attend. (continued on page 2, column 1) 10/05 2 (continued from page 1) istry (complexes of Sc, Y, Zr, Hf, Nb SOUP COURSE: Cream of Mushroom · and Ta) and its applications to the Organometallic reagents offer poten­ Ziegler -Natta olefin polymerization . DINNER COURSE: Choice of entrEe: tially more attractive selectivity , and Also , he studies the late trans ition Beef Brochette (skewered beef tender­ among organometallic reagents that metal chemistry (complexes of Pd and loin filet marinated in house marinade activate carbo n-hydrogen bonds , the Pt) relevant to alkane oxidation cataly­ and grilled with an array of vegetables), "Shilov System" , stoichiometric oxida­ sis. His work includes new compound Pork Chop (center cut marinated and tion of alkanes to alcohols by aqueous synthesis and subsequent characteri ­ baked) , Salmon (broiled on a bed of Pt(IV), exhibits unusual selectivity and zation by multinuclear NMR spectrom­ spinach with Sonoma Curtier Russian better compatibility with oxidants and etry and by single crystal X-ray diffrac ­ River Sauce), or Vegetarian Pasta. protic reagents. Using a variety of kinet­ tion methods. A key area of study is ics, isotopic labeling and stereochemi­ reaction mechanism studies using iso­ DESSERT COURSE - SERVED cal stud ies, we have examined the topic labeling , characterization of FAMILY STYLE: Assorted pastries and mechanisms of the individual steps of intermediates , dynamic NMR tech­ fresh fruit the Shilov cycle. niques , and mon itoring of reaction The rate and selectiv ity determ ining kinetics and stereochemistry. These BEVERAGE: Coffee, Tea, Soft Drinks step of the cycle is the initial coordina­ studies are ultimately directed toward tion of the C-H bond to Pt(II). A series assessing the roles of transition met­ GENERAL MEETING: 8:30 P.M. of bis(aryl)diimine-ligated Pt(II) methyl als in catalysis and developing new cations are found to provide bette r stoichiomet ric and catalytic reactions • Opening remarks and announce­ characterized models for the reactive for converting readily available ments : Dr. Russell W. Johnson , species in the Shilov System . These molecules such as olefins and alkanes Chair , Chicago Section Amer ican react smoothly in trifluoroethanol sol­ into more valuable products : Chemical Society ven t with the C-H bonds of arenes , He consulted with Exxon for more alkanes , methanol and dimethylether , than twenty years before beginning • Presentation of the 2005 Basolo and the relative rates for these models with BP in 2002 . He has received the Medal: Dr. Hilary Arnold Godwin , reactions have been measured . The ACS awards in Pure Chem istry Chair , Department of Chem istry , relative rate constants are found to vary (1980) , for Organometallic Chemistry Northwestern University over a relatively small range for these (1990) , for Distinguished Service in • Accep tance: Professor John E. substrates. This non-selectivity is simi­ the Advancement of Inorganic Chem­ Bercaw , 2005 Basolo Medalist for lar to that established for other C-H istry (199 7) , the George A. Olah bond activations at d8 metal centers , Outstanding Research in Inorganic Award for Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry. and stands in contrast to the higher, but Chemistry (1999) , and an Arthur C. unfavorable selectivity exhibited in Cope Schola r Award (2000) . He has • Closing Remarks: Dr. Russell W. autoxidation of methane. Recent results also been selected a Chemical Pio­ Johnson indicate that a truly catalytic variant neer by the American Institute of based on 0 2 is possible , although Chemists (1999). He was selected as In This Issue turnover numbers are not yet sufficient a Fellow of the American Association to be practical. for the Advancement of Sc ience :features (1986) and was elected a member of Biography: Professor John E. Bercaw 1 - Basolo Medal Lecture the Nat ional Academy of Sciences 2 - Dinner Meeting was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on Decem­ (1990) , as a Fellow of the American ber 3 , 1944 . He rece ived his B. S. Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991 ), 5 - Basolo Medal degree from North Carolina State Uni­ and a Honorary Doctorate of Science , 5 - 2005 Illinois State Fair versity in 1967, his Ph.D. from the Uni­ University of Chicago (2001 ). 5 - Chemistry Day versity of Michigan in 1971 under the 7 - Food Science Lecture Series direction of Hans Brintzinger , and 7 - Washburn review undertook postdoctoral research with Dinnner Information: · 8 - Duties of Section Councilors Jack Halpern at the University of Chica­ Dinner reservations are required 8 - High School Teaching Excel- go for one year. He joined the faculty of and should be received in the lence Award the California Institute of Technology as Section Office via phone (847- 9 - High School Chemistry Clubs an Arthur Amos Noyes Research Fel­ 647-8405) , fax (847-647-8364) , low in 1972, and in 1974 he joined the 9 -ALA Innovation Award email (chicagoacs@amer itech.net) 1O - Reminiscences of the professorial ranks, becoming Professor or website (http ://chicagoacs .org ) of Chemistry in 1979. From 1985 to by noon on Tuesday , October 18 . Chicago Section: Corn 1990 he was the Shell Distinguished The dinner cost is $34. The cost to Products Industry, Part II Professor of Chemistry, and in 1993 he students and unemployed members is 11 - Online Networking/Job Forum was named Centennial Professor of $17 .00 . PLEASE HONOR YOUR Chemistry. Bercaw has been a Royal RESERVATIONS. The Section must In 'Every Issue Society of Chemistry Guest Research pay for all dinner orders. No-shows 1 - Notice to Illinois Teachers Fellow at Oxford University 1989-90, a will be billed. 3 - ChemShorts for Kids Visiting Miller Professor at University of 3 -Job Club California, Berkeley (1990), the Robert APPETIZER COURSE - SERVED 4 - ALMA e-News Burns Woodward Visiting Professor at FAMILY STYLE: Fresh tomato and 4 - Free T-Shirts Harvard University (1999) , and a mozzarella salad, breads, fire cracker 5 - Contact the Chair Seaborg Scholar at Los Alamos Nation­ meat rolls with Asian sauce, calamari 6 - wee Column : This Month­ al Laboratory in 2004. and fresh vegetables Professor Bercaw's research areas Kristine Salmen include the early transition metal chem- 11 - Ad Index 12 - Calendar 10/05 3 substance (the ink) may be attracted to 'CHEfylSHORTS'' the solvent (water) and follow it up the October , 2005 Vol. 92, No. 8. Pub­ medium (the coffee filter paper). lished by the Chicago Section of The Have you ever mixed paint, crayons or American Chemical Society, Editorial The Elementary Education Committee food dye colors to create new colors? Staff: Cherlyn Bradley , Editor; Fran of the Chicago Section ACS presents How do you make the color orange? Kravitz, Copy Editor ; Fadwa AI­ this column. They hope that it will reach Remember that yellow, red and blue are Taher and Richard Treptow , Proof­ young children and help increase their primary colors (they are not created by readers; Avrom Litin, Publications science literacy. Please cut it out and combining other colors) . As you study Business Manager. Address : 7173 pass it on to your children, grandchil­ the chromatograms and separate the ink North Austin , Niles , Illinois 60714· dren, or elementary school teachers. It is colors , keep th is information in mind. 847/647-8405. Subscription rates~ hoped that teachers w ill incorporate What do you think a chromatogram of $15 per year . Frequency : monthly­ some of the projects in this column into orange or brown ink will look like, and September through June. their lesson plans. does your chromatogram confirm your guess? T-Shirt Chromatography JOB CLUB Reference: www.swe.org/iac/LP/tshirt 02.html The next meeting of the Chicago Kids, how can you use chromatography Section ACS Job Club will be held to create your own colorful T-shirt (SWE is the Society of Women Engi­ neers). on Friday, October 21 at Zhivago design? In this activity, you will separate Restaurant at 5:30 p.m. The meet­ the ink from permanent colored markers ing will include a review and discus­ to make a rainbow of colors on your T­ EDITED BY K. A. CARRADO, ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY sion of some of the tools that a shirt! Chromatography is a technique chemist can use to conduct a job used to separate mixtures and can be search. used by chemists in fields as diverse as All past "ChemShorts": http://member ship.acs.org/C/Chicago/ChmShort/ki The Job Club provides a continuing environmenta l studies to detect water opportunity for unemployed members and air pollution and crime laboratories of the Section to meet with one to identify clues such as blood, ink, or another, share their experiences and other substances found at a crime Hands-On develop a network that may help in scene. identifying employment opportunities. What do you do? First, review the infor­ HPLC, GC & Bring plenty of resumes and busi­ mation in the background section provid­ ness cards to distribute to your col­ ed in the reference link below. You will Chemstation leagues. Be prepared to talk about need a coffee can, coffee filter or paper what kind of job you are seeking. towel, a pre-washed t-shirt , permanent Courses Several participants have received markers, rubbing alcohol, eye droppers, ~utsource help with resume prepara­ and a rubber band. Before you make a Permanent Chicago Facility tion and marketing strategies to pre­ chromatogram on your T-shirt, practice ❖ ~ent their best attributes to prospec­ with a coffee filter or paper towel. Rub­ tive employers . The group has cri­ ber band the coffee filter or paper towel Preferred Training Partner of tiqued some individual resumes and over the coffee can and draw a circle of ACS and Agilent made suggestions for improvements colored dots on the coffee filter or paper in a positive way! ❖ towel. Using the eye dropper place a few The Job Club is also for employers drops of alcohol into the middle of the Highest Rated Instructors seeking chemists. Employers need to circle. As the alcohol spreads, watch the Dr. Lee Polite be prepared to describe the positions pattern the ink makes. The more alcohol to be filled and requirements for yo_u use, the farther the ink spreads; Dr. Harold McNair these positions. using less alcohol prevents the ink from ❖ Shou ld you wish to attend the spreading very far. Try any design you Section's dinner meeting follow­ like, although the circ le works best (a Visit Our Website for ing the Job Club, the cost for dotted circle forms a flower pattern). Monthly Course Schedules unemployed members is $17 and Repeat using your T-shir t instead of yo~ ~a_ncontinue your networking paper. Be sure that only one layer of the actIvItIes . Please call the Section T-shirt (the back or front) is laid over the office for reservations and indicate coffee can at one time. Let your T-shirt that you are eligible for a discount. dry. Have a good time! Also , the Chicago Section's web­ Wh_at's going on here? 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FREE T-SHIRTS Put your business card here If you can possibly fit this task into your Reach prospective clients by busy schedule , please call or e-mail the The Hospitality Committee raffles advertising in The Chemical Bulletin Section office. If you cannot do this but one T-shirt at each monthly dinner are interested in speaking, please also meeting. The shirt has Chicago For more information , call let us know. spelled out using the periodic table. the Section office (847) 647-8405 So come to a monthly meeting and or e-mail at SUSAN SHIH, CO-CHAIR maybe you'll win one! [email protected] LONG RANGE PLANNING 10/05 5 BASOLO MEDAL 2005 ILLINOIS STATE FAIR COME TO CHEMISTRY DAY! · The Fred Basolo Medal is given for PROJECT Chemistry Day will be at DePaul Uni­ outstanding resea rch in Inorganic The joint project of the Illinois sections versity on Saturday , October 15. It is Chemistry. It was established by the of the ACS was a success again! The scheduled for 9am to 3pm. The theme former students of Dr. Fred Basolo in Chicago Section participated with the this year is "The Joy of Toys". We have appreciation of his contributions to inor­ Rock River, Heartland , Mark Twain , a full slate of activities of many different ganic chemistry at Northwestern Uni­ East Central Illinois, Joliet , Southern kinds; children and older students will versity. Basolo arrived at Northwestern Illinois, Decatur-Spr ingfield, St. Louis, all find something to interest them. in 1946 and was able to help make the and the Illinois-Iowa Sections in a Demonstrations conducted by high Department of Chem istry one of the cooperative project at the Illinois State school teachers will catch your atten­ very best in inorganic chemistry in the Fair in Springfield. tion and amaze the children. There will U.S., a position it still maintains today. From August 12-21 , forty -five "tire­ be contests and hands-on fun for kids Basolo is internationally recognized for less" volunteers from these sections of all ages . Exhibitors from industry , his original contributions to the synthe­ manned the Illinois Sections' exhibition academia and government agencies ses and reaction mechanisms of transi­ tent in Conservation World. The tent will show and tell what chemists do. tion-metal Werner complexes. He has housed hands-on exhibits, demonstra­ If you have scouts in your family, plan also done innovative work in the devel­ tions, information materials, poster dis­ to bring them to Chemistry Day where oping fields of organometallic and plays, and teacher packets. By the end they will have the opportunity to earn a bioinorganic chemistry. of the fair more than 11,000 people Youth Activities badge. Many of his former students occupy had visited the tent and over 350 For the most up-to-date information prominent academic and industrial posi­ teacher packets had been handed out! on the Chemistry Day activities, check tions. He has influenced students None of this could be made possible out the Section web site and plan to worldwide to study inorganic chemistry, without the generous financial help of join us. and received the 1992 ACS Pimental the National ACS Innovative Program Award in Chemical Education. Grant, Abbott Laboratories, the Chicago CONTACT THE CHAIR Among his numerous awards are the Section ACS, and the Rock River Sec­ 1996 Chicago Section Willard Gibbs tion and non-cash donations of Richard Do you have any questions, sugges­ Meda l and the ACS 2001 Priestly Cornell, John Burke, Illinois State Uni­ tions, recommendations, ideas, gripes, Medal. It may interest members of the versity Department of Chemistry , the complain ts, or pet peeves relating to Chicago Section to know that as part of East Central Illinois Section, Illinois State the Chicago Section? Do you want to his huge contribution to chemistry, Fred University Department of Chemistry , volunteer, help out, or lend a hand with Basolo served on numerous ACS edito­ Continental Cement, Cookson Electron­ Section programs or activities? Then rial boards, launched the ACS journal: ics, Flinn Scientific, BP, and Nalco. contact your Chair. Simply log onto the Inorganic Chemistry (1962) and has We are already planning for next Sec t ion 's Web Page at held various ACS offices. He was elect­ year's tent activities at the Illinois http://chicagoacs.org, find the green ed to and served as National ACS State Fair. In order to put together a button "Contact the Chair" , and send President in 1983. For further informa­ project of such magnitude we need me an e-mail. If I can answer your tion see www.fredbasolo.com. The financial help. We are asking for cor­ query I will respond personally. If I can't ACS Chicago Section is proud to have porate and individual sponsors now. In I will forward your e-mail to someone Fred Basolo as a member and grateful return we will list you on our website , who can, or try to provide you with a for his participation and support. which runs year round and on the contact -- all in a timely manner. The front of our tent at the fair. Section belongs to you and the other Previous Basolo Medalists: Also, won't you please join us in vol­ 5,100 ACS members who reside in the untee ring your time on the plann ing Chicago area (northeast Illinois and committee or at the Fair? Student affil­ Ralph G. Pearson 1991 northwest Indiana). Only you can make iates from the various colleges and Henry Taube 1992 it work for you by being involved. But universities are known to have lots of Jack Halpern 1993 you can also make it fail by not being energy , are quite enthusiastic , and are Harry Gray 1994 involved. I look forward to hearing from most welcomed! For further informa­ you. Lawrence Dahl 1995 tion either visit our website at Richard H. Holm 1996 http://acsillinoisstatefair.org or call RUSS JOHNSON Kenneth N. Raymond 1997 our Section office at (847) 647-8405 . Malcolm Green 1998 Chicago Section Chair Thomas J. Meyer 1999 FRAN KRAVITZ AND CHERLYN James P. Collman 2000 BRADLEY M. Frederick Hawthorne 2001 Stephen J. Lippard 2002 Daryle H. Busch 2003 Micron Analytical Services Malcolm H. Chisholm 2004 COMPLETE MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATI ON POP TOP RINGS MORPHOLOGY CHEMISTRY STRUCTURE

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This book is from any professional setting: attend any or all of the lectures , a good example of investigative journal­ academia , industry , government or whether interested in receiving gradu­ ism where the author discovered the other independent facility. ACS local ate credit , or not. almost overwhelmingly complicated and sections and divisions also are eligible rapidly changing world of university-level for nomination. The awardees will have This series is being held at Benedic­ research and the spin-offs that led to increased the participation and leader­ tine University, Kindlon Hall , Room commercialization and huge profits - ship of persons from diverse and under­ 164 , at 7:00 to 9:00 PM, on ten Tues­ especially in pharmaceuticals and soft­ represented minority groups , persons day evenings . It began on September ware. She then decided to undertake the with disabilities , and women through 13 and will continue through Novem­ long and tedious journey of fact finding in mentoring , hiring, promotion and /or ber 15 . The following speakers and order to determine whether the few other activities that lead to greater topics are planned: examples she had encountered early on inclusiveness with in the chemical sci­ in her investigation were aberrations or ences. Oct. 4: Open date the norm. These awards are for each of the One of the drivers of her analysis Regional Meetings taking place in the derives from the fact that much of the calendar year . For information please Oct. 11: -Dr. Eric Dose, Quest Interna­ research being done in Universities is contact Stephanie R. 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(Econom ic and Professional Affairs ), the Southeast Regional ACS Meeting in The Council consists of the President, David Crumrine (Chemical Safe ty) , November 2004, announcing that over the President-Elect, the Directors , the Nathaniel Gilham (Admissions) , $30,000 had been already been collect­ Past Presidents, the Executive Director, Russell Johnson (Public Relations ed toward the goal of raising $300,000. the Secretary, and more than 400 vot­ and Comm un icat ions) , Fran Karen The funds will provide an endowment in ing Councilors representing Local Sec­ Kravitz (Econom ic and Professional perpetuity, ensuring that each year one tions and Divisions. 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Ask about National Chemistry Week, Chemagi­ our special rates for a year's subscription of your ad insertion. nati on , Kids & Chemistry, U.S. ~ontact the Section office at 847-647-8405 or email at National Chemistry Olympiad, [email protected]. Chemists Celebrate Earth Day, and 10/0510 SOME REMINISCENCES struck out) remained in a consulting ed with the fermentation industries OF THE ACS CHICAGO capacity until about the end of the cen­ abroad and in U. S. [sic] Another tury, devoting his time to various chemi­ research chemist and member of the SECTION: HISTORICAL cal and technical investigations. Under Section is Mr. W. Newkirk , who was NOTES his management the conversions of instrumental in working out the manu­ starch into sugar and glucose were facture of crystallized dextrose on a By HARRIET LIGHTMAN , Bibliogra­ made by means of sulfuric acid and, large scale. He entered the Company's pher, Northwestern University Library, from about 1887, by means of oxalic seNice in 1919, having been previously Evanston, Illinois acid for glucose. The conversion by connected with the Bureau of Stan­ -with ROBERT MICHAELSON, Head means of muriatic acid, which has since dards as a sugar technologist. Librarian, Seeley G. Mudd Library for then been the standard procedure, was [signed in lower right corner] Science & Engineering , Northwestern begun in the Chicago plant in 1894 on University the basis of experiments carried out by Notes C. Pope and A. Ebert. Pope was the Editor's notes: This is the conclusion owner and manager of two small plants, 10. Edward T. Bedford was a member of of the reprinted essay on the corn in Geneva, Ill. and in Venice, Ill. He was the Standard Oil Executive Committee, a products industry as written as a letter lacking in education but had an inven­ founder of the Corn Products Refining by Chicago Section chemist Otto tive mind and was a capable and Company, which, according to William T. Sjostrom to Dudley K. French, one of resourceful manager. Ebert was a Brady's address to the company in 1956, the founding members of the Chicago prominent druggist in Chicago , well caused the Glucose Trust to fall apart. Section, ACS. Part I was published in versed [sic] in chemistry, who had for Also see "New Glucose Refinery," The the April 2005 Chemical Bulletin. years been interested in the corn prod­ New York Times 20 December 1900, p. ucts industry and had at various occa­ 6, which reports: "Officials of the Glu­ Part II of "Corn Products Industry," sions cooperated with Dr. Behr in the cose Trust, otherwise known as the Glu­ by Otto Sjostrom, Chicago, March working out of some of its problems. cose Sugar Refining Company , heard 19,1933 The chief chemist of the Glucose with surprise yesterday that a big plant Sugar Refining Co., [word struck out] for the refining of glucose was being pro­ In 1906 the financial condition of the from 1897 to 1902, was Dr. E. Gude­ jected by a combination of men most of Corn Products Co. was such that the man, since then consulting chemist in whom are connected with the Standard time was ripe for another consolidation. Chicago.(11) In the Corn Products Co. Oil Company ....Among the principal The New York and the Middle West the position of chief- and research Directors in the concern are John D. Companies were combined into a new chemist was held by Dr. A. Bryant, later Rockefeller, H.H. Rogers, E.T. Bedford, Company, the Corn Products Refining manager of the Glucose Syrup Refining and C.M. Pratt." Under Bedford's leader­ Co., and the control of the manage­ Co. [prior editor's note: there is a strike ship, Brady tells us, the construction of ment passed out of Mr. Matthiesen's out between "the" and "in Clinton". Over the famous Argo plant was begun, and [sic] hands. Mr. E. T. Bedford of New the strike out is typed Glucose Syrup an array of products were devised , York was elected President and served Refining Co.) in Clinton , la., and his including Argo edible starch , laundry until his death in 1931.(10) He was assistant was Mr. C. S. Miner, later of starch, Karo syrup, and, in 1911, Mazola succeeded by Mr. G. M. Moffett, who the Miner Laboratories.(12) salad and cooking oil. See Brady, Corn had previously been the General Man­ The work of these chemists was car­ Products Refining. ager for a number of years. Mr. Gaunt ried out in a special department , the had been manager of the old company General Laboratory. The Corn Products 11. See Edward Gudeman , "Milk Pro­ and became the general manager of Refining Co [sic) retained this depart­ cessing Industry," Nov. 21, 1930, avail­ the combination, but died shortly after­ ment and its location in Chicago , pri­ able in the American Chemical Soci­ wards. [prior editor's note: this is diffi­ marily for the control of its factory labo­ ety/Chicago Section [ACS/CS] archives, cult to follow. The lines are typed as ratories but also for incidenta[sic] inves­ Niles, II.; and Edward Gudeman to D.K. follows: Mr. Gaunt had been manager tigations, and put in charge Dr. Theo. French, Oct. 17, 1931, letter in ACS/CS of the old company and became the Breyer who had previously been super­ archives , where Gudeman notes: "I general [new line] for a number of intendent of the Warner plant in acted as a consulting chemist and years. [new line] manager of the com­ Waukegan , which was absorbed into chemical engineer to the Chicago Sugar bination, but died shortly afterwards.] the combination . After Dr . Brayer 's Refining Co., ..." Editor's note: refer also As a consequence of the consolida­ death, in 1929, the general laboratory to the reprint of Gudeman's letter in the tion a number of the smaller plants was moved to Argo and transformed February 2004 and March 2004 issues were gradually scrapped . The old into a service department which is of the Chemical Bulletin. Chicago plant was dismantled in 1908 under the supervision of Mr. F. Jef­ and that meant the end of the manu­ feries, the Company's manager at large 12. Carl Shelley Miner (1878-1967) was facture in the city proper. Construction for starch manufactur[e) and starch the proprietor and director of Miner started on the new mammoth plant at products. Labs. A graduate of the University of Argo, just outside of the southwest city The Corn Products Refining Co. has Chicago (1903), he became a chemist limits; the Argo plant started operations no Chief Chemist but the research with Corn Products Company in that in the spring of 1910 and has been run­ chemists in Chicago and New York year, and stayed until 1906, when his ning continuously ever since. report to Mr. C. Ebert, New York, man­ own lab opened. His son, C.S. Miner, A few notes in regard to technical ager at large for refinery and refinery Jr., started with Miner Labs in 1940, points and personalia [sic] may be of products. after receiving a Ph.D. from Penn State. interest. 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October 5, 2005: The Chicago Chemists Club will meet at the Black Ram Restaurant in DesPlaines. The speaker will be a representative of the State's Attorney General Office talking about scams and identity theft. For further information, call Judy Reuter at 847-679-2444 by Monday, October 3.

October 15, 2005: Chicago Chemistry Day, DePaul University.

October 18-25, 2005: The 101st meeting of the Gulf Coast Conference addressing issues regarding chemical analysis within the petrochemical, refining, and environmental busi­ nesses will be held at the Moody Gardens Convention Cen­ ter & Moody Gardens Hotel in Galveston, TX. Information is online at www.gulfcoastconference.com.

October 21, 2005: Basolo Medal Award joint meeting with Northwestern University. See details in this issue.

October 24-25, 2005: The Welch Foundation's 49th chemi­ cal research conference, entitled "Charge Transfer at Elec­ trodes and Biological Interfaces," will take place in Houston at the Wyndham Greenspoint Hotel. Conference topics will explore modern aspects of electrochemistry and its applica­ tions in both non-living and biological systems. To register for the conference or to review a complete program, please visit The Welch Foundation's Web site, www.welch1 .org, or call 713-961-9884. The conference is open to all and there is no registration fee.

October 26-28, 2005: "Managing a Modern Laboratory" is the theme of the 26th Annual ALMA Conference, Gaithers­ burg, MD. For further information call ALMA at 505-989- 4683, email at [email protected], or go online at www .labmanagers.org.

October 30 - November 2, 2005: The American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) will have the 6th Annual Soy Symposium at The Renaissance Chicago Hotel in Chicago. The symposium will have talks on the role of soy in prevent­ ing and treating chronic disease.

November 7, 2005: ASTM's new Committee E56 on Nan­ otechnology will have its first meeting at the Hyatt Regency Dallas in Dallas, TX. For further information, contact Pat Picariello at 610-832-9720 or email at [email protected].

November 18, 2005: Chicago Section's monthly dinner meeting.

December 9, 2005: Chicago Section's Holiday party and dinner meeting.

January 21-26, 2006: Lab Automation 2006 will be held in Palm Springs, CA. For more information, go to labautoma­ tion.org/LA/LA06.

March 12-16, 2006: Pittcon 2006, Orange County Conven­ tion Center, Orlando, FL. For further information, go to www.pittcon.org or call 412-825-3220.