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IIJENNY" 1970 PRESIDENT Society for Applied Spectroscopy Mrs. Jeanette G. Grasselli ARCS & SPARKS - Spring - Summer 1970 Issue page contents:

2 STANDARDS LABORATORIES CONFERENCE 3 MADAM PRESIDENT 5 GEOLOG'lC LABORATORY, SANTURCE, PUERTO RICO 5 DEATH OF RALPH H. MULLER 10 ULTRA SUPERIOR PURITY HELPS TRACE ELEMENTS IN HUMAN HAIR

10 1970 SUMMER COURSES 11 XV COLLOQUIUM SPECTROSCOPICUM INTERNATIONALE 14 INTRODUCING ... DONALD K. MUNHALL 14 CALL FOR PAPERS EASTERN ANALYTICAL SYMPOSIUM 15 NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS NEWS photo stories

4 GUEST SPEAKERS - TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM 6-7-8-9 21ST PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE

15 looking ahead

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Standards laboratories Conference to be Hosted by NBS

The National Conference of Standards Laboratories One of the Conference highlights will be an address by will hold its biennial meeting June 15-17, 1970, at the Myron Tribus, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for National Bureau of Standards (U.S. Department of Com- Science and Technology, at the Conference Banquet. The merce), Gaithersburg, Md. Theme of this year's Conference keynote address will be given by Lewis M. Branscomb, will be Innovative Metrology-Key to Progress. Director, NBS. NCSL is a non-profit laboratory-oriented organization Since the original call for papers was issued, the dates founded to promote cooperative efforts toward solving for the Conference have been changed (pr~viously the common problems faced by standards laboratories in announced as June 14-16). This makes possible a back-to- their organization and operation. Its membership consists back arrangement with the Precision Measurements of academic, scientific, industrial, commercial, and govern- Association, whose Third Annual Conference will be held mental laboratories concerned with the measurement of at the Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C., June 17-19. physical quantities, the calibration of standards and The opening session of the PMI Conference is in fact instruments, and the development of standards of practice. planned to be held at the National Bureau of Standards in It provides liaison with technical societies, trade associations, cooperation with the NCSL Conference. and educational institutions interested in these activities. For further information concerning the NCSL Confer- Topics to be discussed at the Conference include: ence, write to: New ways of managing New ways of reducing costs R. J. Barra, M. S. 550 New methods of optimizing calibration intervals Westinghouse Defense & Space Center New time-saving procedures P. O. Box 746 New technologies and applications Baltimore, Maryland 21203

2 MADAM 'PRESIDENT

Mrs. Jeanette G. Grasselli is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. She obtained her B. S. degree in Chemistry at Ohio University and her M.S. at Case Western Reserve Univer- sity. After graduation, she joined the Research Department of the Standard Oil Company of Ohio, where she is currently an Analytical Group Leader in charge of Absorption Spec- troscopy, NMR, and Thermal Methods of Analysis. She has one patent and has authored or co-authored twenty-five scientific papers and publications in the field of Infrared Spectroscopy. Her research interests have been primarily ~ in the structure and orientation of polymers and in eluci- Jeanette G. Grasselli dating the nature of the bonding in novel organometallic compounds. In addition, she has worked with developing in the same direction from her high school chemistry techniques for obtaining IR spectra of trapped gas chromato- teacher. She took advanced math courses, earned scholastic graphy fractions or recovered thin layer chromatography honors, and was elected football queen. spots. She has been an invited lecturer at the Canisius College summer institute in Infrared Spectroscopy (1966, She followed the same pattern at Ohio University, 1967, 1968) and at Case Western Reserve University where she was queen of the Junior Prom and a member of (1967, 1968, 1969). Phi Beta Kappa. When she graduated in 1950 with a B.S. in chemistry, her four-year average was 3.8 out of a She has been active in SAS at the National and local possible 4.0. level for some time. She was President of the Cleveland Section in 1961-1962, chairman of the Hotel Liaison The best job offer Jenny received was from the research committee of the 3rd National SAS meeting in Cleveland, center, and she started there as a junior chemist. She was 09io, 1964, member and chairman of the National assigned to the "Infrared and Special Problems" project; Sustaining Membership Committee in 1962, 1964-1965, and soon she found herself analyzing petroleum products chairman, Nominating Committee in 1967 and member of and various chemicals, a task for which she had had no the Tellers and Constitution committees. special training. She is a member of Coblentz Society (Board of Managers, "It was completely new to me;' she recalls, "and I 1968-1971), ACS, Phi Beta Kappa, Iota Sigma Pi(President, loved it. I wanted to learn more about the work, which is Fluorine Chapter, 1958-1960), Cleveland Council on why I went on to get my master's degree in organic World Affairs and the Central United States Ski Club. As chemistry:' an active participant of the ACS,SAS, and Sohio Speakers' The "special problems" that Jenny encountered in- Bureau, she has given numerous talks before high school, volved such questions as, "How well can a particular college, civic, and technical groups. fuel oil maintain its specifications in storage?" and, "How In 1963 she received the Eleventh Annual Chemical can one measure the viscosity of motor oil at zero degrees Profession Award from the Cleveland area chemistry and Fahrenheit?" chemical engineering societies. In 1965 she received the It was in the effort to solve such problems that Jenny and Certificate of Merit Alumni Award from Ohio University. two of her supervisors developed a new technique for Jenny's business career started early. Before she was extracting naphthalene from a refinery "stream:' They out of high school, she was selling aluminum castings for shared the patent credit. her father's foundry in Elyria, Ohio. In 1952 Robert Karl Grasselli joined the research She had been born in Cleveland in 1928, the daughter center of Standard Oil. His particular area of interest then of Nicholas and Veronica Gecsy. "I grew up playing as now, is catalysis. Bob Grasselli's first assignment was around the foundry;' she recalls. "I learned a lot about to develop a catalyst that would produce a new and metals - how to make sand cores, check the temperature different kind of molecule. In the course of his work, Bob of the metal. After a while I went around with my father produced chemicals that required spectroscopic analysis. when he called on customers and helped him quote jobs:' It was Jenny who did the job for him. Both were attending Purchasing agents thought Jenny was along for decoration, night classes at Western Reserve University, Jenny until she began supplying her father with facts and studying for her master's degree, Bob for his doctorate. figures. Bob and Jenny were married in 1957, and both have The years at the foundry gave Jenny her initial impetus continued their progress in their respective careers. Bob toward chemistry, and she received further encouragement (Continued on page 15)

3 DR. Jack Betteridge Dr. N. J. Harrick Dr. W. W. Wendlandt Dr. A. A. Westen berg Univ. College of Swansea Harrick Scientific Corp. University of Houston Johns Hopkins University Swansea, Wales, Gr. Brit. Ossining, N.Y. Houston, Texas Silver Springs, Md.

Guest Speakers Twenty-Third Annual Louisiana State University Symposium

January 26-29, 1970 Dr. R. K. Skogerboe Dr. H. F. Walton Cornell University University of Colorado Ithaca, N. Y. Boulder, Colo.

Dr. W. F. Libby, N.L. Dr. S. P..S. Porto Dr. R. C. Ropp Dr. J. P. Walters University of California University of S. California Westinghouse Corp. University of Wisconsin Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Bloomfield, N.J. Madison, Wise.

4 Geologic Laboratory Santurce, Puerto Rico

The ceremony of the Official Inauguration of the Geo- logic Laboratory was held on January 23, 1970, in the Antonsanti Building, in the Area of Natural Resources of the Public Works Department. The facilities consist of an area of more than 4,000 square feet and the technical personnel consists of 11 scientists and specialists in the Area of Natural Resources and the United States Geo- logical Survey of the Department of the Interior. The Antonsanti Laboratory has the most modern equip- ment for the analysis of geologic samples, including a spectrograph, atomic absorption equipment, mercury vapor detectors. spectrometers. equipment to pulverize samples and auxiliary equipment that the geologists will use in their analysis of rock samples. The capacity of the laboratory will permit several hundred determinations each day. The geologic material selected by the scientist in the field will be analyzed within 24 hours, thus per- mitting an evaluation of the mineral resources of the island, and permitting a better comprehension of the natural resources of Puerto Rico. The Under-Secretary of Public Works and other dis- tinguished personalities of the United States Geological Survey al1d the Department of the Interior proceeded to demonstrate to the reporters and different government and private personalities the facilities of the laboratory. Ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Antonsanti Laboratory, San- A cocktail party was held from five to seven in the turce, Puerto Rico, (left to right) Alberto P. Marranzino, U. S. evening in the Area of Natural Resources. As a close t~ Geological Survey Chief, Field Service Section, Undersecretary Carlos Garret. Dept. of Public Works, Aux. Secretary, Cruz A. the activities the visitors were shown the lunar rock Matos, Msgr. Rafael Fontanez and Rafael Boissen, Director of fragments that the President of the United States of Laboratory. America presented to the Honorable Governor of Puerto Rico, Don Luis A. Ferre.

Death of Ralph H. Muller in highly secret work at the MIT Radiation Laboratory Ralph Holcombe Miiller throughout World War II. Dr. Muller formed his own was born in Philadelphia scientific consulting business in Santa Fe in 1962. In semi- on January 25, 1900. He retirement, Dr. Muller accepted a position as .Visiting was educated in the United Professor at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge States at the University of in 1967, and it was there that he died on February 2 Pennsylvania and Columbia among friends, colleagues, and students in an atmosphere University (Ph.D., 1925) that he had come to love. and at Gottingen in Ger- Beyond all of his factual accomplishments, Ralph Mii!ler many (1927). He rose to was a person of great vision and a possessor of remarkable the rank of Full Professor human attributes. It is worth quoting the first sentence of at the New York University the first Instrumentation column he wrote for Analyti- in a teaching career that cal Chemistry in January 1946: "Instrumentation is on began in 1924 and ended the threshold of a new era, and the problems 'Of analytical Ralph H. MUlier at that institution in 1951 chemistry afford one of its most fertile fields of application:' 1900-1970 when he joined the Los What an era it has turned out to be! And Ralph Miiller, Alamos Scientific Laboratory as a group leader and special through his vision, insight, and wisdom, contributed at consultant in instruments development. He was engaged every step along the way.

5 21st ,Pittsburgb :Conference - Cleveland Convention i%«1/~1%%..

H. Pahl. E. Shuster. Neil Chapman.

SOS members-Dr. Wilson, J. Norris, Mrs. S. Degenkolb, Dr. Tipton, Mr. Degenkolb ..

Jim Muntz. John Archibald .

. . SOS members-R.C. Barras, Atlantic Richfield Co., D.W. Henthorn, Bethlehem Steel Co., Mrs. Barras.

R. J. Redinger. Anaconda Aluminum. F. J. Bowan. EMRO. The Ana- conda Co., Wayne Harshberger. Ormet Corp.

SOS members-H.G. Zelinski, D. Ward. Ray Wright, Hughes Aircraft. Cliff Granger, Bendix Corp .. T. Johns, Beckman Inst.

6 (I. to r.) Harry Fracek, Fisher Scientific, Conference Treasurer, E.L. Obermiller, Consolidation Coal, Program Chairman, Robert Mainier, Koppers Research, Conference President Frank Byrne, Westinghouse Res. Labs, AI Church, Conference Photographer, AI 1970 Coblentz Society Award recipient James R. Durig (right) Pollock, Harshaw Chemical, O.E. Wilkinson, Alcoa Research, receives the award from Charles Angell. Publicity Chairman, C.R Wolfe, Westinghouse Research, Publicity Chairman Elect.

SOS members-R.E. Heffelfinger, Battelle Memorial Inst., Dr. L. Strock, Sylvania Electric.

Morris Slavin, recently retired, received the H. V. Churchill Award for30years of outstanding contributions tothe ASTM E-2 Committee. Making the presentation, Don Spindler (left). to Walter Slavin, who accepted for his father.

(I. to r.) R.T. Oliver, Foxboro Inst. Co., Mrs. Harry Fracek, R.A. Freidel, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Mrs. E.L. Obermiller, E.L. Obermiller, Program Chairman, Mrs. Max Katz.

Ellis R. Lippincott University ot Maryland. (nght) is presented with the 1970 Spectroscopv Society Of Pittsburgh Award. Making the (I. to r.) R.K. Scott Harbison Walker, Mrs. Robert (Betty) Mainier, presentation for the Soclet\' IS Frank Dickson, Gulf Research. Robert Mainier, 1970 Conference· President _Koppers Research.

7 21st Pittsburgh Conference Cleveland Con~

More than three-hundred manufacturers exhibited at the Conference.

Coffee Time - 1235 gallons of free coffee (more than 25,000 cups) were served to Conferees at the 1970 Conference.

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8 vention Center Cleveland, Ohio, March 1- 6, 1970

.,;ItI (I. to r.) Bob Mainier, 1970 Pittsburgh Conference President, Koppers Research, E.R. Shuster, Secretary SAS, Nuclear Materials and Equipment, Frank Dickson, Gulf Research, Clinton Wolfe, West- inghouse Research, Foil Miller, University of Pittsburgh.

Coblentz IR Technical Clinic, (I. to r.) R. Norman Jones, Nat. Res. Robert Mainier, Koppers Research, 1970 Conference President Council of Canada, A. Lee Smith, Dow Corning, R.W. Hannah, greets Bob Feller, former pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. Mr. Perkin-Elmer, W.J. Potts, Dow Chemical. K.E. Stine, Beckman Inst. Feller now represents the Sheraton Hotel Corp.

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kkd Recipient of the 1970 SAS of Pittsburgh Award, Ellis Lippincott Speakers and Presider, Symposium on Analysis of Lunar Materials, (second from right) University of Maryland, with the speakers of (I. to r.) Robin Brett, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, W.D. the Award Symposium who were all former graduate students Ehman, University of Kentucky, A.A. Smales, A.E.C. Establishment, under Lippincott, I. to r" Marvin C. Tobin, Perkin-Elmer Corp., Anal. Sciences Div., Harwell, Berkshire, England, R.E. Hein, Presider, Wm. Fately, Carnegie-Mellon University, Ellis Lippincott, Jack H.J. Heinz Co" Frank Cuttitta, U.S. Geological Survey, Truman P. Katon, Miami University of Oxford, Ohio. Kohman, Carnegie-Mellon University.

9 The following article appeared in IN DUSTRIAL RESEARCH. March 1970 issue. Our thanks to Mr. Victor J. Danilov. Publisher. for 1970 SUMMER COURSES permission to reprint it.

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Ultra Superior Purity Helps August 3-7, Tenth annual program Trace Elements In Human Hair in Infrared and Ultra- violet Absorption Spec- Human Hair seems to be capable of storing quantities troscopy- $175.00 of elements that are present in excess quantities in the August 17-28, Fifteenth annual pro- human body. Thus, hair can provide a valuable, time- dependent record for possible diagnostic use. Hair also gram in Modern Indus- represents a readily available, painlessly procured speci- trial Spectroscopy - men with which to work. $275.00

In cases of lead or mercury poisoning, for example, For complete information write: relatively high concentrations of these elements show up in the hair. The difficulty, however, is that they are still Dr. Jacob Fuchs, Director at the trace element-low ug/gram-levels. Modern Industrial Spectroscopy Although spectrophotometric methods, atomic absorp- Arizona State University tion, neutron activation analysis, and spark source mass Tempe, Arizona 85281 spectrometry have been used for hair analysis, only the latter technique exhibits the broad scope and sensitivity Massachusetts Institute of Technology, required for the wide range survey method desired. Cambridge, Massachusetts Hair samples, however, are not conducive to direct August 3-7, Technique, Infrared analyses by this method because of their nonconducting nature. Finely divided samples in a conducting matrix Spectroscopy - exhibited peaks at essentially every mass unit, which $300.00 one week mitigates against meaningful qualitative or quantitative August 10-14, results. Applications, Infrared Spectroscopy - Com- This has led Dr. W. W. Harrison, associate professor bined $550.00 of analytical chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and his associates, to develop For complete information write: an ashing procedure to eliminate organic constituents. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ashed hair samples, on the other hand, also required the Office of Summer Sessions researchers to find a suitable matrix material. Room E19-356 Powdered silver was examined first as a matrix for the Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 ash because of its availability in high purity as well as its excellent conducting and electrode forming properties. Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee Blank shots of pure silver, however, showed unacceptable quantities of several elements, notably lead, bismuth, 21 st Annual Fisk Institute, Infrared, Ultra- barium, tin, zinc, copper, iron, and aluminum. violet and Fluorescence Spectroscopy Dr. Harrison and his associates encountered an even and Gas-Liquid Chromatography more severe problem arising from the somewhat coarse August 17-21, Basic IR and Basic nature of the silver powder. This created difficulties in producing a homogenous mixture of the ashed sample GIC. $200.00 with the silver. August 24-28, Interpretation of Infra- A recently introduced high-purity grade of graphite red Spectra and Basic then was studied as a matrix material. "Ultra Superior UV and Fluorescence. Purity" graphite, manufactured by Ultra Carbon Corp., $200.00 Bay City, Mich., exhibited very little trace element im- purity. It also was so finely divided that it permitted For complete information-write: simple, homogenous mixing with the sample residue. It Mr. Nelson Fuson, Director was necessary, on the longer exposures, to avoid the Fisk Institute Box 8 polycarbon lines at 24, 36, 48, and so forth, but this Fisk University . usually did not impose any serious limitation on the hair analyses. Nashville, Tennessee

10 XV Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale Madrid, Spain, May 26-30, 1969

PRESIDENCIA DE HONOR The historical city of Madrid and its hospitable people EXCMO. SR. welcomed more than 600 registrants to the 15th Colloquium. D. FRANCISCO FRANCO BAHAMONDE The committees are to be congratulated for a most JEFE DEL EST ADO ESP ANOL successful program. Guests represented twenty-six countries; they found everything planned for their con- JUNTA ORGANIZADORA DEL XV CSI venience, comfort and enjoyment. The beautiful Central PRESIDENTE GENERAL Building of the Council of Research was headquarters for the Plenary and Scientific Sessions. A full rounded program of 215 papers was presented.

J.M. Lopez de Azcona Instituto Geologico y Minero COMISION CIENTIFICA

Presidente: F. Burriel Marti Universidad de Madrid. Vicepresidente: J. Morcillo Rubio Universidad de Madrid. Secretario: C. Alvarez Herrero Dept. Quimica Analitica (Universidad de Madrid) Vocales: F. Delibes Setien Empresa Nacional del Aluminio (Valladolid) M. Font Altaba Universidad de Barcelona M. T. Dorado Lopez Centro Nacional de Investigacio- nes Metalurgicas. A. Hidalgo Gadea Instituto de Optica "Daza Valdes" E. Llorente Gomez Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas. A. Sampedro Pineiro Instituto de Quimica Fisica C.S.I.C. COMISION ORGANIZADORA

Presidente: F. Alvarez Gonzalez Junta de Energia Nuclear Vicepresidente: M. Roca Adell Junta de Energia Nuclear Secretario: J.P. Diaz-Guerra Gonzalez Junta de Energia Nuclear Vocales: Site of the XV CSI, the Central Building of the Council of Research, L. Aliste Blanco Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Madrid. Aeroespacial. S. Garcia Blanco Instituto de Quimica Fisica C.S.I.C. J. L. Jimenez Seco Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalurgicas. M. I. Saiz Barrigueta Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalurgicas. COMISION EXPOSICION

Presidenta: A. Camunas Puig Instituto Nacional de Technica Aeroespacial. Secretario: D. de Celis Pena Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial. TESORERO

F. Gomez Ruimonte Instituto de Quimica Fisica C.S.I.C. SECRET ARlO GENERAL

E. Asensi Alvarez-Arenas Instituto de Quimica Fisica C.S.I.C.

Representante de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Opening Session, (I. to r.) Dr. Menzies, England, Prof. M. Lora- Naturales: J. Otero Navascues. Tamayo, Chairman of the Council of Scientific Research, Spain, Prof. F. Rodriques, Director General of Higher Education, Spain, Representante de la Real Academia de Farmacia: Dr. J. M. Lopes de Azcona, President of XV CSI, Spain, Dr. Torok, R. Portillo Moya-Angeler. President of XIV CSI, 1967, Debrecen, Hungary.

11 Madrid, Spain May 26-30, 1969 Colloquium Spectrosco

Official languages of the congress were Spanish, French, English and German. Uniformed hostesses acted as interpreters during the general sessions. Head-set re- ceivers for simultaneous translations were made available for the Inaugural and Closing sessions, for the Meeting of National Delegates and Plenary Conferences.

A promenade at dusk, (I. to r.) Dr. K. Zimmer, L. EOTVAS University, Budapest, Dr. S. Kerekes, United Incandiscant & Electrical Co" LTD., Budapest, Mr. G. Kisfaludi, Research Center, Pont-a-Mousson, France.

(I. to r.) M. Roca. Spain, J. Morcillo, Spain, F. Malamand. France, J.L. Jimenez Seco. Spain. G. Vient, France.

(I. to r.) Prof. H. Kaiser, Germany, Prof. S.L. Mandelstan, USSR.

(I. to r.) T.A. Read, England, R.O. Scott, England. A. Kvalheim, Norway, '3.L. Mitchell, England.

(I. to r.) Carl Leistner, USA, E.I. Stonehill, England.

(I. to r.) Dr. :rodorovic. Yugoslavia. Dr. Lummerzheim, Germany, (I. to r.) J.P. Diaz-Guerro, F. Alvarez, M. Roca, J.M. Sicilia. all of Carl Leistner. USA, J. Bril, France, Dr. Vukanovic, Yugoslavia. Spanish Atomic Energy Commission. Eln Schegg, Germany, Dr. Nickel, Germany, Mrs. Todorovic.

12 XVI CSI - 1971 picum Internationale Heidelberg, October 4-9

Leisure hours were devoted to tours of historical interest. The magnificent architecture, beautifully land- scaped gardens and parks delighted the conferees. Several receptions were held where guests were entertained with the native Spanish dances. Guests found many fine dining places in Madrid that offered outstanding food and wines. A farewell dinner was held in the Hotel Luz Palacio.

The dance of Spain,(1. to r.) Dr. F. Alvarez, Chairman of the Or- ganizing Committee, Miss Lucero Tena, famous Spanish ballerina of Flamenco.

(I. to r.) w.o. Hagenah, V. Caimann, A. Gebhardt. S. Kimmel, all of German Federal Republic, West Germany.

(I. to r.) R. McGowan, Van Nuys, Calif., H. J. Sloane, Monrovia, Calif.

Officers of the XV CSI, (I. to r.) Dr. F. Alvarez, President of the Organizing Committee, Prof. Lopes de Azcona, General President, Dr. E. Asensi, General Secretary.

Carl Leistner, Ultra Carbon with the interpreters (back row I. to r.) Marta Hildebrandt. Diana Fidalgo, Mr. Leistner, Maria Odriozola, Marian Munoz-Carero, (front row I. to r.) Isabel Garcia-Maura, Ana Paniagua, Maria Moreu, Pilar Alvarez.

(I. to r.) Prof. Milazzo, Italy, Joseph A. Goleb, USA, J. Artaud, France. (I. to r.) J. Artaud, J. Cittanova, A. Brunet. J. Normand, all of France.

13 Call For Papers Eastern Analytical Symposium Donald K. Munhall In order to broaden the scope of the Eastern Analytical Symposium in the sense of including the very latest Ultra Carbon Representative developments in the field of Spectroscopy and Analytical Chemistry, it has been decided that the EAS will include in its next program (November 1970) three half-day sessions of submitted papers. Each speaker will be allowed 30 minutes for his presentation; 25 minutes for the talk and 5 minutes for discussion. All those interested in presenting papers at this meeting should send your copies of a 300 word abstract to: Dr. B. Karger Department of Chemistry Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts 022115 In order for abstracts to be considered they must be received before May 1, 1970. The EAS will be held this year on November 18, 19, and 20, at the Statler Hilton in New York City. Melvin Goodman Publicity Chairman

9th The latest member of the team, Don Munhall, represents Ultra Carbon in Ohio, Eastern Kentucky and Southeastern Michigan. Born and reared in Western Pennsylvania, Don attended NATIONAL the University of Pittsburgh majoring in Industrial Engi- neering. Columbus, Ohio has been his headquarters for the past several years where he is active in the Chamber MEETING of Commerce, Historical Society and church related organi- zations. Technical societies are also numbered among his activities, ISA, ACS and ASM. 5-10 OCTOBER 1970 Don plays golf, time and weather permitting. Even with JUNG HOTEL all the business related travel he does for Ultra, he names NEW ORLEANS, LA. travel as one of his major hobbies, this is shared with his wife Jody and their three children, Bill, Christine and Host: Anne. Southeastern Section, Society for Applied Spectroscopy Contact: Further Donald K. Munhall Information: CONTACT: 59 East Kanawha Avenue J. W. Robinson, General Chairman Columbus, Ohio 43214 9th National Phone: 614-888-1999 Meeting Dept. of Chemistry Louisiana State Univ. Batan Rouge, La. 70803

14 NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS NEWS

Dr. Richard D. Deslattes, Jr. Receives 1969 Arthur S. Flemming Award

Dr. Lewis M. Branscomb, Director of the National June 2-5 The XXI Mid America Symposium on Bureau of Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce, Spectroscopy, Sheraton-Chicago Hotel, said he was highly pleased at the announcement that a Chicago, Illinois. Bureau scientist was one of the recipients of the 1969 Arthur S. Flemming Awards. The scientist is Dr. Richard August 3-4 Twelfth Annual Rocky Mountain D. Deslattes, Jr., Chief of the NBS Atomic Physics Section. Spectroscopy Conference He was honored for his outstanding achievements in August 5-7 The 19th Annual Denver Conference science at the Bureau. on Applications of X-Ray The awards, originally suggested by Arthur S. Flemming, Both at Albany Hotel, Denver, Colorado. former Chairman of the Civil Service Commission and October 5-10 9th National Meeting Society for Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Applied Spectroscopy, Jung Hotel, New Welfare, were begun in 1948. They are sponsored this Orleans, Louisiana. year by the Downtown Jaycees of Washington, D. C. and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, National October 6-9 Pacific Conference on Chemistry and Savings and Trust Company, Potomac Electric Power Spectroscopy, Jack Tar Hotel, San Company, and the Washington Gas Light Company. Francisco, California.

Five awards are given in the scientific and technical October 13-15 14th ORNL Conference on Analytical fields, and five in the administrative or executive areas to Chemistry in Nuclear Technology, ten outstanding people under age forty in Government Mountain View Hotel and Motor Lodge, serVIce. Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The awards were presented at a luncheon on February October 26-28 17th Spectroscopy Symposium of 19, 1970. The guest speaker was George Romney, Secre- Canada, Skyline Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, tary of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- Canada. ment. November 18-20 Dr. Deslattes was cited for his direction of research Eastern Analytical Symposium, Hotel leading to the successful design, construction, and de- Statler Hilton, New York City. monstration of the first device combining an X-ray and optical interferometer. Such a device permits one to measure the inter-atomic spacing in a crystal in terms of the wave- Madam President' (Continued from page 3) length of visible light. Grasselli, described by his associates as a "brilliant scientist," A possible consequence of the new instrument is that it is a project leader and senior research associate who has opens the door to the eventual determination of the unit received or shared in 100 patents (issued and pending) of mass in terms of an atomic unit, although no one can be and has several major publications to his credit. sure when this goal can be attained. Both carry the same enthusiasm into their leisure time Throughout his career at NBS Dr. Deslattes has been as they do into their working hours. Camping and skiing concerned with atomic constants, a field that not only are among their major hobbies. Their love of the outdoors supplies these necessary numbers for science at large, but has taken them on several canoeing trips through the which also yields the most exacting tests we have of Minnesota wilderness. But they also share their time with physical theory. others through their mutual interest in the Council of World Affairs. This organization aids college students Dr. Deslattes was born on September 21, 19G1 in New from foreign countries to adjust to the American way of Orleans, La. He received his Ph.D. in 1959 from John life. Jenny and Bob have been the host family of several Hopkins University. He was a postdoctoral research such young people. associate at Cornell University from 1958 to 1'962. He then joined NBS to work on solid state physics. He be- This tiny, brown-eyed lady with the lovely smile, brings came Chief of the Atomic Physics Section at NBS in 1968. to the SAS this same enthusiasm, untiring energy and devotion that she has shown throughout her lifetime. Dr. Deslattes and his wife and five children live in 1970 is sure to be another banner year for the society. Rockville, Md. We salute you, Jenny.

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