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C p nd ", . Kr t., 2 , 6 , 8 48 (p.42 G r n . S l : K. THE HISTORY OF THE DEXTER AWARD j n , " r f l r t nd M t l l r z t n f I n n th M l l f Al l l r d , SrO, nd O", Str t r nd nd n , rt I : h h rd d 6 , , 88 0 . . . K. r nd . , " t t n l C n t nt nd El tr Aaron J. Ihde, University of Wisconsin p l M nt f S d l r d ", C n d. . h ., 6 ,4 ( , 46 46 . h nn r f th rd, M d t r llO ( 8 4 8 , 6. . l n , t p r tt n r n n nt t . E. l n, b rn n Sp n nd pl d n p rt nt r l n n M r h 8 . d t n n Sp n h n v r t . At th l f th Sp n h . K. j n , " f r t n f I n nd M l l d Up n C v l W r, h fl d Sp n nd t rt d n r r n M x , fr t tr t ", . h , 28, 0, 6 nd . h r h f lt b r f th t n l l t hn El tr h ., 28, 4, 02 20. ( th n G r n In t t t n M x C t . Alth h h h d b n nt r t d n 8. A. E. v n Ar l nd . . d r, Ch h nd n l h t r f h tr h l t ll n Sp n, th t nt r t fl r d El rr t t h Er h n n , rz l, pz , . h t xtb n M x , h r h d xt n v t d f th h t r f b r tn t j n p t n E r p n t xt f th t d t ll r n C l n l t n A r . p bl h d n r r f r n t h r tn b r th t n th r r . p p r n h t r f h rn tr nd f t ll r nd . K. j n nd W. r n nb r , "Infl n f Ad rb d I n th th r f v r l r n t n A r n t ll r . n th h t h l S n t v n f S lv r r d ", . El tr h ., 22, 28, 4 0 . (G r n 40. K. j n , . r h rz nd G. K r n , "Infl n f Ad rb d I n n th Ab rpt n f ht b S lv r r d ", . El tr h ., 2 , , 48 4. (G r n 4 . K. j n nd G. K r n , "Infl n f v M t l I n n th ht Ab rpt n f v M t l l d ", . h . Ch ., 2 , , 8 40 . (G r n 42. K. j n nd 0. l, "A M th d f r tr t n f S lv r nd l n I n th Or n t ff Ind t r ", . El tr h ., 2 , 2 , 4 00. (G r n 4 . K. j n nd . W lff, " h tr t n f S lv r nd l n I n th Or n t ff Ind t r ", . An r . All . Ch ., 24, , 22 24 . (G r n 44. r l t r r v f th t t f th bj t : K. j n , "Ad rpt n Ind t r n r p t t n tr t n", n E. r nn , K. j n , . . r n, . n , nd . St , Ed ., r M th d n l tr An l " , 4th d., En , St tt rt, 6, pp. 6 . (G r n An En l h tr n l t n p bl h d n 28. 4 . A. r n nd . öl nn, " fr t tr Inv t t n . M d t r lló II. fr t n nd p r n f G nd p r . 0.", . h . Ch ., 6, 4, 80 (G r n . S l r f n 48. G r K ff n (b. 0 , r p nt f th 8 rd, 46. K. j n nd . Wü t, h l h h h r t , b rn n h l d lph nd d t d t th Un v r t f 2 . r n l t d nt En l h nd n. nn lv n nd l r d . d v l p d d p nt r t n 46. S r f r n 6. rd n t n p nd , r d t nn b pr f r h 4 . K. j n , " fr t n nd p r n f G nd p r . h d r d th Alfr d W rn r t ür h. K ff n b I. G n r l Intr d t n", . h . Ch ., 4, 24, 0 4. b r f th h tr f lt t C l f rn St t Un v r ( j n , n l t r r , fr ntl r f rr d t h r r n th p p r . t n r n n 6 nd h t ht r n n r l nd n r n h tr , ll h t r f h tr . nt r t n th l tt r bj t d v l p d rl n h r r nd Dr. Reynold E. Holmen, 2225 Lilac Lane, White Bear Lake, t fr t n d r n r r h l v n ür h h r h t d d MN 55110, is retired from the 3M Company, where he was th p p r f W rn r. h d t d thr ll t n f employed as an organic chemist. He received his P h.D. degree l l p p r n rd n t n th r nd h h r d t from the University of Michigan, where he had the stimulating p n t h n h t r f h tr , n f h h experience of taking several courses from Fajans. p bl h d n b f r . h l p bl h d b r ph f W rn r nd p v l n th W rn r C nt nn l 24 ll. t. Ch . 4 ( 8
now in print. The recipient of the 1980 award, Maurice Daumas (b. 1910), was born in France, where he studied chemical engi- neering. In 1947 he began his long tenure at the National Museum of Arts and Comrnerce, where he has contributed extensively to the history of scientific apparatus. His best known works are Les Instruments Scientifique aux XVIIe et XVIIIe Siecles (1953); Lavoisier, Théoreticien et Experimen- tateur (1955), l'Encyclopédie de la Pléiade: Histoire de la Science (editor, 1957), and Histoire Générale des Techniques (editor, 5 volumes). The 25th Dexter Award was given to Cyril Stanley Smith (b. 1903) in 1981. A native of Birmingham, England, Smith came to the United States in 1924, after completing his B.S. at the University of Birmingham, in order to study metallurgy at MIT. From 1927 - 1942 he was a research metallurgist with American Brass Company. During World War II he was a
G r K ff n which he organized. The 1979 award was given to Joseph Needham (b. 1900), the son of a London physician, who abandoned the study of medicine after graduating from Cambridge and turned to biochemistry. He studied in the laboratory of F. G. Hopkins at Cambridge and became a Fellow of Caius College upon appointment to the university faculty. Parallel with a distin- guished biochemical career, he had a curiosity about the interrelations between science, religion, and society. He has published or edited numerous works reflecting his interests. He is now best known as the author of the multivolume work Science and Civilization in China. Three parts of Volume 5, dealing with chemistry and chemical technology in China, are
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Division Leader in charge of metallurgy at Los Alamos, where his group worked on the metallurgy of plutonium. Following the war, he became Director of the Institute for the Study of Metals at University of Chicago. He returned to MIT in 1961 as Institute Professor and became Emeritus in 1969. Smith developed an early interest in the history of metals, but found the subject very poorly developed. This caused him to inves- tigate the early works in the field and, ultimately, to bring about translation of the classical works of Biringuccio, Ercker, Reaumur, Theophilus, and other early authors. He has not only contributed to the opening of the classical literature but has also effectively applied metallurgical knowledge to the interpreta- tion of archeological and artistic problems relating to metals. John H. Wotiz (b. 1919), winner of the 1982 award, was born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. After studying briefly at the ph dh Czech Polytechnicum of Prague, Wotiz came to the United ll. t. Ch . 4 ( 8 2
St t , f n h n h .S. n h tr t r n Un v r t n 4 nd h h. . t Oh St t n 48. An t v r n h t h nt r d r r, W t z rn j r ntr b t n t h t r f h tr nt r n h r l n h lp n t t bl h th C nt r f r t r f Ch tr n h l d lph nd h r n z t n f th E r p n t r f Ch tr r, h h h h nd t d n . Arn ld h r (b. , nn r f th 8 rd, b rn n En l nd, h r h r d h tr t r t l Un v r t nd r d h l n n r b f r t rn n t th h t r f n ( h. . C br d . nt r t l n th h t r r ph f n , nd n nd r t nd n t hn l , d n , nd n l nt f d rn lt r . nt r t n E r p n nt ll t l h t r , th A r n h l nd h l n n r n rn n t th n nt xt f nt t t v h t r nd p l n rn , nd th d v l p nt f th h t r nd l f n f ld f h l rl John Wotiz h nn r f th 84 rd, M r Cr l nd (b. , t d d h tr t th Un v r t f nd n, b f r t rn n t th h t r f n , r v n h h. . n h t r f h tr n . In 6 h pp nt d l t r r n th h t r f n t th Un v r t f d nd n 4 h b r f r f th t r f S n t th Un v r t f K nt t C nt rb r . h rv d h n r r d t r f th British Journal for the History of Science, as President of the British Society for the History of Science, and is a member of the International Academy of the History of Science. Besides numerous papers, he is author of Historical Studies in the Language of Chemistry (1962), The Society of Arcueil (1967), Gay-Lussac, Scientist and Bourgeois ( 8 , nd The Science of Matter (1971).
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endeavor, have resulted in over 40 papers and six books, including Atoms and Powers: An Essay on Newtonian Matter- Theory and the Development of Chemistry ( 0 , John Dal- ton: Critical Assessments of his Life and Science (1972), Gen- tlemen of Science: Early Years of the British Association of Science (1981, with J. B. Morrell), and Chemistry in America,
1876 1976: Historical I ndicators (1985, with . . S t r h , P. T. Carroll, and R. F. Bud). He was the founding Chairman of the Department of History and Sociology of Science at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania (where he now holds the position of Joseph Priestley Professor), edited I from 1978 to 1985, and is currently editor of Osiris. A t v n n r pr f n l t , h r d nt f th S t f r S l St d f S n nd n th r r r f th Arn r n C n l f rn d S t . h b n th r t r f th n C nt r f r th t r f Ch tr n t n pt n n 82. Arnold Thackray 26 ll. t. Ch . 4 ( 8
h 86 rd v n t b rt And r n (b. 44 . rn n nd n nd d t d t Oxf rd ph l h t thr h th d t r t d r , r. And r n b A t nt K p r f th p rt nt f hn l f th l S tt h M n Ed nb r h n 0 nd r t r n 84. h l rv d A t nt K p r nd K p r f th p rt nt f Ch tr f th S n M f nd n nd p t K p r f th W ll M f th t r f M d n . ntr b t n t th h t r f h tr r t l r l n h ntr b t n t t pr rv t n n th nt xt f th n . A n h n b nd t l , The Playfair Collection and the Teaching of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh ( 8 nd h A Bibliography of Joseph Black ( th G. ff r f nt r t t h t r n f h tr .
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b rt M lth f (b. , nn r f th 8 rd, b rn n S x ll , S th t . Aft r t n .S. d r n h l t hn l , h r d f r v r l r h t nd h l n n r n nd tr nd f r th U.S. r . In 48 h r t rn d t h l, v nt ll r v n n M.S. nd h. . n h t r fr th Un v r t f C l f rn r l . r. M lth f h rv d d C r t r f th p rt nt f S n nd hn l f th U.S. t n l M , r t r f th M f t r nd hn l f th S th n n In t t t n, nd d t r f I . b l n th ntr b t n n l d The Origins of Chemistry ( 6 , Neptune's Gift: A History of Common Salt ( 8 nd The History of Chemical Technology: An Annotated Biblio- graphy ( 84 .
b rt And r n h v r ll t t t f r th th rd d d f th rd h nt n t n f th tr nd b rv d f r th nd d d , th th r p nt b n pr r v l n r nd th n b r f n t n n pr f n l h t r n f n r d ll n r n . r f th r p nt f r th d d r v r 0 h n th r v d th rd, h r thr r n th r 40 . Alth h ll f th r p nt r v d d r n th r h tr r h l n n r n thr h t l t th .S. l v l, v r h lf f n t n d pr f n ll h t r n f n , r th r th n h t , f r t f th r r r . St rt n th th 8 rd t All n b , h rt b r ph l t h nd p rtr t f th nn r n b f nd n th Divisional Newsletter r n rl r f th Bulletin.
Dr. Aaron J. lhde is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, W153706. The update from 1982-1986 was provided by the Bulletin staff b rt M lth f