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728 State Street | Madison, Wisconsin 53706 | library.wisc.edu A Newsletter from the Department of Chemistry—University of Wisconsin—Madison

Newsletter 21 August 1974

TALLY RETIRES ae a. Bs PEE aee Jee ie Odell Alvestor Taliaferro, asso- > oN oy ciated with the Freshman Lecture anand q tcc ue eae Demonstration Program for thirty =a — . . as a! ae ee rae hd years, is retiring at the end of the [os ‘ i] m] a : - eR Be wee % babe eg! present academic year. His contri- at tT] UF Coes A Po bution to the success of the fresh- | | 984 a | ~ 4 man chemistry program will be sie ae Shits ot Bere sorely missed. During his thirty ys ® 4 io J eet years of service he has given the s 1 po "Vs i program a stability and continuity i | La — ae ee which it had lacked in earlier days rN | —— when teaching assistants were ar- / ty a a bitrarily assigned to lecture room ye F _— Oke x duties. Tp an / Tally was born in Kewanee, Illi- co ee ; nois in 1906. The family soon ie Ba moyed to Tennessee and his earli- Pe Ek oa % ‘| 8 est recollections are of the Tennes- ot 62 & |} see period. In 1913 the family ss Le ee 2 i ie returned to Kewanee where Tally en Lt ag ‘ a % Bde insists that he entered foreign “ — . os Ho language school, the school being a a Tee ee pe ais | operated on a language that was y — i. _.. eam s foreign to his Tennessee dialect. “ ce we ao ae 5 : Upon graduation from high f{@ oe a “ ‘

for high crimes and misdemeanors a guilty plea and was sentenced BADGER CHEMIST (thanks faculty—Ed). to 23 years. Although some of his A . a There is no nest egg to pay the supporters sought to rally to his Privately published Ryegthe De costs of this issue. The usual con- cause it was not possible partment of Chemistry of the Uni- tributi to enlist versity of Wisconsin, Madison, with ril utions are ‘ not just f wel 1 come, su bstantial pcan ial student student support, rt. Th ue the financial assistance of its they’re essential to keep Ye Ed in other three suspects facult anal ' the clear, In all seriousness, in the bomb- y and alumni. ; 5 : since ing are still at large. the University can provide no funds In April, 1973 the voters of Editor Emeritus fo an aan ae aien ve have Madison chose a former student een able to survive through your activist, 28-year-old Paul Soglin, Henry A. Schuette, Ph.D. 716 financial help and are grateful for as mayor ae conservative Wil, Editor it. However, it is a bit disconcert- liam Dyke, incumbent mayor for ing to report that the total number two terms. Soglin had been elected Aaron J. Ihde, Ph.D. *41 of contributors has always been g city alderman during his Law Es ’ small, but they have been gener- School days and served for five Editorial Associates ous with checks ranging from $5 years before running for the Edwin M. Larsen, B.S, °37 to $25. This has made survival mayor post. Although he had once a‘ possible, but always precarious. een arrested during a protest in V. W. Meloche, Ph.D. ’26 One might be happier if many more his aldermanic days, Mayor Soglin Senay. t alums sent a buck more frequently. has up to date been effective in Editorial Assistants For your information, the print- derusine numerous issues and Ellen Whitman ing eu at today’s inflated prices shows evidence of being an ambi- e) oe runs about thirty cents per copy. tious, well-meaning politician seek- Leta Roettiger, Grace Legler Postage is additional, as are inci- ing to ree ieee ne and Bette Germann dentals. The editorial staff receives progress in the city. Of the 22 ‘ no emolument, and wishes none. If members of Madison’s city council, _ Please address all communica- 4)) yeaders sent a buck there would seven are either former a present tions to be no problems. How about it? students. The Editor, Badger Chemist It is possible that there are University enrollment continues Chemistry Building alumni who do not wish to receive to hover in the vicinity of 35,000 Madison, Wisconsin 53706 the newsletter. If you are one, will students in Madison. A prospect you please bother, while you are of declining enrollments in chem- La. eee. «|«throwing this away stoilemua know istry a few years ago has not ) so that the cost of getting this to materialized and this year’s chem- The Editor Reports you can be saved in the future. istry enrollments actually gained Problems As Usual This courtesy will be appreciated. in certain courses. There is evi- . u ibs .. Otherwise names remain on the dence that students are returning Since taking over in 1969 this mailing list. We also point out that to the hard sciences and profes- editor has been signally lacking in approximately 200 names are sional fields after a period during success in (1) getting the News- dropped each year on account of which the social sciences and hu- letter out on schedule, (2) extract- yeturns with no forwarding ad- manities appeared to be gaining ane neWe trom alumni and faculty; dress. It you lnuwerenyoneewno Gustudent\ popularity” Séience! na and (3) getting the bills paid. Did does not receive the Badger Chem- jors today are showing a greater I not know from experience in see- is¢ but wants it, tell them to send interest than heretofore in prob- ing the Badger Chemist published jn an up-to-date address. lems at the science-society inter- since 1953 that this situation is Finally, the Editor appreciates face such as conservation of normal, I would be inclined to close your words of gratitude. It has natural resources, environmental up the shop. Thus, in a spirit of made a sometimes onerous task re- problems, and consumer issues. perpetual optimism, here is Num- warding and has generated many The Chemistry Department con- ber 21, produced in confidence that yew friendships and renewed old tinues to meet its obligations on some of you care enough to pro- ones. Many thanks, and keep send- schedule despite the serious budge- vide the long green stuff that pays ing that news! tary problems faced by all aca- the printer and the postman. AJI demic institutions nowadays. There Tnctruthy this isste emersestwith ase eu eee oe oe Ss been only one addition to the the printer’s bill for the last issue faculty during the past two years paid in full, a small improvement 2 despite the loss of Professors over last year when there was a OVERVIEW 1973-1974 Beristati and Haskin and the re- significant holdover from the previ- As the University enters its tirement of Professor Holt, ous issue. The improvement is at- 125th year the Madison campus A quick count of departmental tributable to a generous response has been a calm one compared to categories from the Spring, 1974 from faithful alumni; plus a $100 circumstances a few years ago. semester leads to the following check from Karl Paul Link who, Student activism has largely dis- summation: although not a graduate of this appeared and much more attention department was moved to help out is being given to the books and A. Faculty after seeing the last issue (for to social life than had been the Professors 23 which Ye Ed is making him an case as we moved into the ee Associate Professors 9 Honorary Badger Chemist—wel- Karleton Armstrong, one of the - come aboard, K.P.); plus a special four suspects of the Sterling Hall enaaue Professors ut assessment voted on themselves by bombing in 1970, was extradited tniemausietofcssors P the Chemistry Faculty to keep the from Canada and brought to trial Lecturers 8 poor editor from being impeached in Madison last fall. He entered (Continued on page 3, col. 1) August 1974 BADGER CHEMIST Page 3

Tally . = ee (Continued from page 1) | f could discuss ideas for new demon- y Zs 3 P v strations with the professors with- » a ; - a ea i out long preliminary briefing. He ys 4 pve: a prs sed i was responsible for creation and F a \ Cc a ae \j : improvement of numerous lecture a \ 2 \ a yr demonstrations. At the same time, a eI, | h2 , , his great sense of humor enabled Peo Z him to survive in a nest of de- ye Saal | Fs manding prima donnas. His liberal f 2 leanings were kept under cover a . surprisingly well until he learned oe that Professor Walton, while aus- 4 tere and reserved on the surface, [7 | —. ¢. was a man of liberal insights him- _ : See, ar Be self. From that point onward Tally = die et Pan frequently debated politics with > 4 P » vie | | ee conservative professors but with- " r = = ! pe out ever creating lasting antago- cee 7 ae ij amt 2 J nisms. vi ae ~ i’ His deep interest in social prob- et Oy : eS lems caused him to become active (a4 ; mA = in the NAACP, which organization Tally and Professor Fenske (left) examine a demonstration of edible chemistry he served as local chapter presi- at the departmental party for Tally. Professors Ihde and Kotch are in background at dent for five years. He served as __ right. editor of the NAACP Newsletter for nine years, after which he was proach the Revolution one step at ground in biology and chemistry a for ee setae ll re0ly a time, and if one suddenly comes and _ substantial work toward a bi i ae nee Se ee rere upon two men—one black and the Masters. Besides his academic work Te yagica now wlan ever petore’ other white—locked’ in° physical he naa assisted in a lake study at (I voted for Herbert Hoover in combat, before taking sides one UW-Oshkost - 1968), b 1932) but I think we have to ap- Eb should ananeaesa ask who started it? Is this ipa eee 4 studies ma ee at the Kingwood ae ia Fo Overview... a. a Neale ‘casino See fel, enter Oo Botanical (ummer Gardens 2871), in Mans- tae a f x4 ormone studies in the UW Ento- (Continued from page 2) nile Delinquency. In 1961-62 he mology Department (spring 1972), B. Graduate Students cone on a losing battle with the and most recently in the UW ; 5 adison Redevelopment Authority Sanitare is 3 Di i t Teaching Assistants 101 Which was in the process of pur Potty eimecning. eparunel! Research Assistants 105 chasing houses east of Park Street where he worked S bacteriological Fellows 19 for demolition and redevelopment. and chemical analysis for trace Tally also played a role in the de- Components of sewage. C. Miscellaneous segregation of the UW Medical ps2 AS Specialists 10 School. Technical Assistants 14 | A gala departmental party was Peterson Heads CEQ Restarciacaneciares 19 held for Tally in the Alumni Room ae : i recently. A feature was a videotape Russell Peterson, Ph.D. ’42, who Project Assistants 4 shown on TV of Dr. Larsen’s last WaS written up as governor of TM Abset Doctoral Freshman lecture of the semester. Delaware in Badger Chemist No. Rete Uae cae The demonstration that day fea- 16, has now moved into the Wash- Post Doctoral Fellows 4 tured classics of the program with ington scene with his appointment Honorary Faculty some unanticipated addenda, in- last fall as the chairman of the Fellows 3 cluding Satan (in the form of President’s Council on Environ- OAT) entering from the rear in mental Quality. Prior to the ap- E. Support Staff an Afro wig. Hazel Taliaferro, an pointment he had been chairman Clerical and Business honored guest, expressed concern Of the executive committee of Nel- Staff 28 at what had been going on in the son Rockefeller’s Commission on Glass Shop 2 Chemistry Department all these Critical Choices for America, Wachantaane 7 es Feira , pRuss received nationwide acclaim Be ona ee ean e wish ae y many pleasant from environmentalists as gover- years in retirement. We know he nor of Delaware (1969-73) when Stock Room 8 will keep active. Above all, thanks _ he succeeded in gaining passage of Building Maintenance 2 a million from the Freshman a tough coastal zoning law which Chemistry Mafia. restricted commercial development During the calendar year 1973 PALER of the Delaware shoreline. Prior the Department graduated 44 Tally’s replacement will be Wil- to his entry into politics, Russ was Bachelor’s, 18 Master’s, and 32 liam J. Weber, a 1972 graduate actively engaged in chemical ac- Phu s; of the UW with a strong back- tivities at Du Pont. Page 4 BADGER CHEMIST August 1974 This ’n’ That About Our Alumni

Anonymous. The Editor thanks at Utica, Michigan. Dr. Bailey was in northern Minnesota where Uni- the sender of the $15 in cash which the late Dr. McElvain’s third Ph.D., versity of Wisconsin men ‘ruled was contributed to the disaster re- James R. Thayer and Nelson W._ the roost!’” He writes further, “I lief fund of the Badger Chemist Bolyard having preceded him. suppose Danny Snow and Louie in June, 1973. The envelope con- George C. Bailey, B.S. 09, Ph.D, Kahlenberg are both long gone. I tained no enclosure and was post- Yale ’16, writes from 260 West think Louie was demoted from marked U.S. Postal Service WI Jersey Street, Elizabeth, New Jer- head of Chemistry due to leaning 535. Whoever you are, many sey that he is fairly well and is toward the Germans during the thanks! able to spend three months in Wl, just before the class of 23, Paul R. Austin, B.S. ’27, of 2327 Europe each year. He sends re- when he started at the University. West 18th Street Wilmington gards and best wishes to Henry All I had under him were fresh- Delaware sends no news ” Schuette. man chemistry lectures.” Editorial a = ; Marcia Fisher Bail Ph.D. °65 note: You are right. Physicist Ben- Gilbert | H. Ayres, Ph.D. 30, farcia Fisher Bailey, WW BY » jamin Snow, of Snowflake lecture writes without news from 38307 has been granted a one year leave fame, died in 1928; Kahlenberg Perry Bernard Lane, J. Austin, Babler, Texas M.S. 78731. ’36, oe physical pee science teaching program duties at in Cen- the was 1949 demoted and died in in 1941. 1919, retired in writes from 1846 W. Chase Ave- tral Michigan ney ao) on ler Leonard Banaszak, B.S. °55, is nue, Chicago 60626. to serve on the CMU Honors Pro- professor of Biochemistry at Charles F. Bailey, Ph.D. ’30, &72™ where she will be developing Washington University in St. writes that he has been retired a group program for work at the Touis, from the Upjohn Company for Science and Society Interface. Her R. Byron Bird, Ph.D. ’50, re- : te husband Bob, Ph.D. ’65, is asso- . ae Le Z three years and he is enjoying the ciated with environmental research covegtie piondiany luectan oo ae absence of daily work pressure. He et aau: . en eae dceree See en ae ng in and his wife, the former Mary E. eee niversity in May, 3. Dr. Bir Carney, B.S. 28, continue to live Alice pore Baker, M.A. ’21, is Vilas Research Professor of in their long time home at 2521 Writes, “thank you for the May Chemical Engineering at the Uni- University Avenue, Kalamazoo, COPY ee ee ne Road, Col- versity of Wisconsin at the present Michigan and have no plans for ‘@8¢ fark, Maryland. time. mothe to a more exotic retire- Oliver W. Baldwin has been Wilbur B. Bridgeman, Ph.D. ’37, ment center. Recent travels have placed on the mailing list of who has long been associated with taken them from Saskatchewan to Badger Chemist through the inter- the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Nova Scotia in Canada and from cession of his friend Ed Fitchett, in Worcester, Massachusetts, wrote Maine to North Dakota to Florida B.S. ’24. He writes, “I hope some- to call attention to the Honorary in the States. Their children are day to meet Sam Lenher to tell Doctor of Science degree conferred in Michigan. Jane, a long time him how his father started me on on Professor J. W. Williams in YWCA employee lives at home my most successful career by send- June, 1973. Dr. Williams was a while Charles and his family live ing me up to the U.S. Steel mines WPI alumnus of 1921. Ray Brumblay, Ph.D. ’38, writes SS from the Marathon County Center ‘ . Bes, of the UW, “I’ve been neglecting aS Buechler, Ph.D. ’27 0: adison; the Badger Chemist lately. Hope a Donald W. MacCorquodale, Ph.D. this helps to make up some of it. 28 of Winnetka, Ill.; and Bryn H. Things in Wausau are great!” A quick glance at the list of Nissen, B.S. ’22, M.S. ’23 of St. Frederick L. Browne, Ph.D. ’21, fifty-year members of the ACS, Louis. contributed disaster relief immedi- published in C & E N, May 13, ately after Badger Chemist No. 1974 resulted in a pick-up of the KARL PAUL LINK y pee but ot pe fae names of A. Keith Brewer, Ph.D. te é 7 imself. He is retire ‘rom the ‘RAS of Washington, D.C., William eta aia Pa Rear hoe Papua Beary and C. Child, Ph.D. ’24, of Westfield, gin Sections member Karl -Paul ae at 8546 Lake Mendota Drive, New Jersey, Alfred J, Stamm, Link, Emeritus Professor of Bio- Paes I Pio Ph.D, 25, of Raleigh, North Caro- chemistry, whose membership was (Continued on page 5, col. 1) lina, Vanderveer Voorhees, Ph.D. conferred -on-himat the September “pao 24, of Los Altos, California, and 20 meeting of the local section. ways. At the time of the “pinning” Earl L, Whitford, Ph.D. ’24, of In making the presentation Chair- he was anticipating a few weeks Naples, Florida. man Ihde awarded the pin and re- back in the laboratory where he The list also includes the name marked, “It gives me further expected to crystallize some prod- of Dr. William Earl Roseaveare of pleasure to present you with the ucts reported as amorphous or Greenville, North Carolina, who fifty-year membership certificate syrupy by his last graduate stu- was instructor in physical chemis- containing appropriate sentiments dents. try from the mid ’20s to the mid and personally signed by President A son, Thomas Paul, is a 1971 ’30s. Dr. Roseveare joined Du Pont Nixon.” A number of members at- Ph.D. in molecular biology at upon leaving Wisconsin, tended a delightful dinner for Stanford where his mentor was C & EN for June 11, 1973 car- Professor and Mrs. Link at the George Stark who had been Stan- ried the names of the following Simon House after the meeting. ford Moore’s first Ph.D. at Rocke- 50-year memberships: Roy H. Dr. Link remains active in many feller University. August 1974 BADGER CHEMIST Page 5 FIREARMS IDENTIFICATION

The late Professor J. Howard and II. The original printing of ; 3 Mathews will be remembered for the first two volumes had been out . his many decades of work on sci- of print for a number of years and : © entific methods of criminal detec- the publication rights have been a ek tion, giving particular attention to taken over by Charles C. Thomas, " y ) the characteristics of handguns. Publisher, of Springfield, Illinois, ae _{ Some years after his retirement who has brought out second print- y in 1952, the University of Wiscon- ings of Volumes I and II and the A sin Press published a two-volume new Volume III. work dealing with the subject of The first two volumes sold par- firearms investigation and carry- ticularly well considering the high ing scores of pictures of firearms price, being in great demand not together with their percussion cap only among law enforcement agen- and rifling characteristics, Dr. cies but among gun collectors as Mathews continued these studies well. Poogs PESO as almost up to the time of his death Recent Badger Chemists may ‘all a | and had accumulated material for not be aware that Joseph Howard ; —) a third volume on the subject. Mathews, B.S. ’03, M.S. 705, Ph.D. Through the devoted efforts of (Harvard) ’08, was chairman of his daughter Jean and her hus- the Chemistry Department from band, Charles C. Watson, Volume 1919 until his retirement as Emeri- III is now in print, together with tus Professor in 1952. Charles C. member of the Chemical Engineer- a reprinted edition of Volumes I Watson, B.S. ’32, Ph.D. ’88, is a ing faculty at Wisconsin.

This ’n’ That. . . WISCONSIN SECTION ELECTS DAVID PERLMAN (Con imued Trem nage, 4) David Perl- ganic compounds, and in tissue | Wintec Kenneth D. man, B.A. ’41, culture. In 1968 he married Kate ieee Carlson, Ph.D. a has been cho- Lenard who, after taking her doc- Ur ’66, received the ~~ sen Chairman- torate in organic chemistry at all ‘a! » Bond Award of = Elect of the Budapest, had done research on a TF the American ae Wisconsin Sec- synthesis of compounds of phar- ok Oil Chemists’ tion of the maceutical interest at Princeton. See ne % Society at the a m American_ She continues her research as As- . forty - seventh f Chemical So- _ sociate Scientist in the UW School fall meeting in ‘ ciety and will of Pharmacy. eely Chicago, Sep- take office as Present Chairman of the Wis- oe. { tember 17, 1978. Chairman on January 1, 1975. consin Section is William Orme— _" The gold medal After completing his bachelor’s Johnson of the Biochemistry Bond Award 1s given In recogni- degree, Perlman turned to the Bio- Department who came to Wiscon- tion of scientific merit and effective chemistry Department, where he sin’s Institute for Enzyme Re- delivery of technical papers before worked on fermentation studies search in 1965 after completing his Society meetings: The award is for and took the M.S. under William studies at the University of Texas. Dr. Carlson’s presentation at the H. Peterson in 1948 and the Ph.D. Orme—Johnson succeeded Aaron J. New Orleans spring meeting of his under Marvin Johnson in 1945. Ihde, Ph.D. ’41, as Chairman of work on brassylic acid from After working briefly for Merck the Section on January 1, 1974. crambe oil. Crambe is a potential and Hoffman—LaRoche he became a M. ‘Thomas: Record; Jr, of: the new crop for the American farmer microbial biochemist at the Squibb Physical Chemistry Divielon tor: which is being developed by the Institute for Medical Research in tinues for another year as Secre- U.S.D.A. Research Service. 1947. In 1967, the nostalgia for tary-Treasurer. Record joined the Albert S. “Nick” Carter, Ph.D. Wisconsin became irresistible (his Department in 1970, coming here ’27, of 5550 Bay View Drive, Fort father was Professor Selig Perl- from an NIH-—PHS Postdoctoral Lauderdale, Florida 33308 writes man of the UW Econ Department) Traineeship at University of Cali- of his many activities since re- and he accepted a professorship fornia, San Diego. A Yale under- tirement including taking care of in the School of Pharmacy. A year grad, Record took his Ph.D. at over 200 orchids, teaching naviga- later he was made Dean. UC-San Diego in 1967. tion in the power squadron and at During his career Dean Perlman Section councilors are Edwin M. least one weekly deep sea fishing has been deeply involved in re- Larsen, B.S. ’87, and newly elected jaunt. He inquires of the where- search on the production of anti- Paul Treichel, B.S. ’58, both pro- abouts of Donald MacCorquodale, _biotics by microorganisms, the fessors in the Department’s inor- Ph.D, ’28, which is 785 Locust microbial transformation of or- ganic division. Road, Winnetka, Illinois 60093. ——— eee The John Willards recently spent ratory of Barry Commoner, where has recently accepted a position an evening with Ruby Wong Chi- she was doing esr measurements teaching high school chemistry. ang, M.S. ’49, during a visit to on natural products during the Her four children are: Amy, who their son Mark in St. Louis. Ruby past four years since the death of took her freshman year at UW and is a research worker in the labo- her husband, Robert, Ph.D. ’53. She (Continued on page 10, col. 1) Page 6 BADGER CHEMIST August 1974

ABOUT THE FACULTY man) has been elected vice- Chemical Education Publishing “ president of the Madison chapter Company in 1973. The same pub- Paul Bender provides no news of AAUP for the current academic _lisher brought out his handbook about his accomplishments since; year, He continues his role as Con- for chemistry assistants, published eae Ppl ees ea sultant Examiner for the North i cunereaen Rae Anes see . , jati Drs - however, that he continues to do NA a OOD ecu ee SS Hastie’ fae been eeu! active 2 a ee and Secondary Schools and has .~ es y 3 a magnificent job of supervising ape a in the development of a T.A. train- the instrumental facilities of the made accreditation ibis at nie ing program for incoming gradu- Department. His talent for antici- Capra: cele erie cua hae ate students and has developed pating new innovations has been AV CEST S80 orthern Anos twenty-five audio-tutorial chemis- important in keeping us abreast University. Last summer he and try lessons for use by students of new approaches to problem his family spent a two-week va- in the Freshman Chemistry study solving through instrumental ap- cation at a campeon: Sand Lake room, He has also been involved plications. The NMR and mass near Grand Rapids, Minnesota. His in the development of twenty tele- spectrograph facilities are particu- son Axel is a sophomore at UW- vision programs used in connection larly impressive. Paul’s wife Mar- Lau Claire, where he is majoring with the freshman chemistry in- garet is associated with the in French, while son Robert is a structional program, His Univer- Meteorology and Space Science junior at Deerfield Academy, a pri- sity committee activities include Department where she is in charge vate prep school at Deerfield, membership on the Faculty Senate of the facilities for radiocarbon Massachusetts. and on the Chancellor’s Committee dating, : F Bassam Z. Shakhashiri received °” Undergraduate Education, Philip Certain of the Theoretical more than a page of notice in Where he is chairman of the sub- Chemistry Institute has been © @ EN for June 17, 1974 in con- Committee on improving the role awarded an Alfred Sloan Founda- nection with his ChemTIPS inno- Ff teaching assistants. tion Fellowship for pursuit of his yation in Freshman Chemistry. Barry M. Trost presented the research program, The ChemTIPS program is an ex- plenary lecture at the 23rd Na- Dennis H. Evans has presented perimental-computer assisted pro- tional Organic Chemistry Sympo- departmental colloquia at Southern gram for helping students to sium. The title, “Innovations in Illinois University and Louisiana analyze their progress in the Organic Synthesis.” He was also State University at New Orleans Freshman Chemistry course, Peri- @ Selected participant in the first during the past year. Last Novem- odie surveys are made from time Japanese—U.S. seminar on natural ber, he was the Koppers Lecturer to time and the computer instructs Product synthesis held in Tokyo in at the University of Michigan. the students regarding their suc- the summer of 1973 and presented John D. Ferry has been ap- cess and what they need to be 2 plenary lecture at Societe de pointed chairman of a twelve- doing when achievement is not up Chimie de France at Orsay. The member search and screen commit- to par. Further details can be Barry Trosts recently welcomed a tee to recommend a successor to found in the C & E N article, ew son, Carey Daniel, born De- mathematician Steven C. Kleene Which appears on page 19. Dr. cember 31, 1973. who retires after five years of Shakhashiri has given over twenty John Walters is scheduled to service as Dean of the College of invited lectures during the past discuss “Development of Spectro- Letters and Science. year. His talks dealt with recent ee Meeshoes from Research c innovations and developments in on Spark Discharge” at the Gor- hie oe ee the teaching of introductory col- don. Research Conference on Ana- Professor) has shown good recov- lege chemistry at Wisconsin. He lytical Chemistry to be held next ery from serious 4 surgery which i was . editor ce of “Self-Paced 3 5 Instruc- August 12 at New Hampton kept him hospitalized for a long tion in Chemistry” published by School. peniodsinsl9/2-7S:bHeris spending iilen sia eiAeeeies ee ee ee eee MY some time sticehfelder this summer (Htomee in Ger- aa. FROM PROFESSOR ZIMMERMAN’S LABORATORY ph Hirschfelder (Homer Ad- kins Professor) has been ap- Howard Zimmerman has lec- GECO meeting in France next pointed Adjunct Professor in the tured widely around the country September. departments of Chemistry, Phys- this year. He presented plenary Fifty-six of Professor Zimmer- ics, and the Quantum Institute of lectures at the Hancock Sympo- man’s former students are now in the University of California-Santa sium at Texas A & M University academic life. Gary Grunewald, Barbara. He will teach in Santa and the January Photochemical Ph.D. ’66, was recently promoted Barbara each winter quarter and Symposium at the University of to associate professor in the Uni- spend the remainder of the year North Carolina, and one of the versity of Kansas Department of in Madison as Director of the four main lectures at the Univer- Medicinal Chemistry and Larry Theoretical Chemistry Institute. sity of Minnesota’s Symposium on Singer, Ph.D. ’60, has been pro- He was recently awarded a Scroll Orbital Symmetry in Chemical Re- moted to full professor at UCLA. in recognition of his contributions actions. He also gave colloquia at Other new appointments among to Flame Theory by the Central Cornell, Stanford, and Berkeley. Professor Zimmerman’s former States Section of the Combustion His upcoming speaking plans in- students include John Dodd, Ph.D. Institute. clude additional travel, to the CIC 70, assistant professor at Emory Alex Kotch (Associate Chair- meeting in Canada in June and the (Continued on page 7, col. 1) August 1974 BADGER CHEMIST Page 7 Ss ; HAROLD SCHIMMING HAD A PARTY 4 cw F L s sonal y % The Chemistry Department honored Harold A. ’ Ne - a , Schimming for 25 years of distinguished service on Es MH 4 : October 18, 1973 with a party for staff and students a if | a i'w in the Alumni Room. S \ a i ar Harold joined the civil service as a Lab Supply nao a yi . Clerk in 1948. On the approaching retirement of Mr. \ us F a L. P. Haskins in 1951, Harold held top rank on the Pa fie Sapien "1 civil service examination for the position and was - ie | " appointed Mr. Haskin’s replacement by Professor PS Pd Mathews. As a close associate of Chairmen Mathews Professor Fenske presents Harold nae a om ef and Daniels, Harold learned his job well and has been Appreciation. Professor W. Blaedel is left background. Por- eh oie ‘ trait. in background Is W, W. Daniels, first chairman of the 2 pillar of strength as Administrative Assistant of the Chemistry Department (1880—1907). Department. As the position became more diverse and PEs Naas demanding over the years, Harold rose to the challenge. g — i He has seen doubling of faculty size, mushrooming of & os Fa ol = Li the support services, growth of student body, and — | eS PI fe faced the intricate problems of constructing a new ii Q fl | fi building and moving a large department. 4 i L In appreciation of his service to the Department, aS 4 f | Chairman Fenske presented Harold with a gift certifi- | aye f | cate and a plaque carrying several yards of tape, a ag eo = —s scissors, and the brass inscription, i & Ws . To Harold A. Schimming | bw sig A _— & In Appreciation of Many Yards Sliced and Shredded

Professors John Willard, V. W. Meloche, and John Ferry For 25 Years at Schimming Party. Picture in background is Elbert D. Botts, Ph.D. '25, whose widow left a gift of $2500 to the Depart- Department of Chemistry ment in his memory. The gift assisted in furnishing the Alumni Room. October 18, 1973

4 ada; Martin Semmelhack, B.S. 63 is an associate professor. Cyrelle eee e ae) (Ph.D. Harvard 67), assistant pro- Gerson, M.S. ’71, has returned to : pee fessor, Cornell University in Madison from Maryland to work University in Atlanta, Georgia; Ithaca, New York; and John Swen- on a degree in pharmacy. William Gary Epling, Ph.D. ’72, assistant ton, Ph.D. ’66, associate professor, , Glaze, Ph.D. ’61, is now serving professor, Fordham University in Ohio State University. : North Texas State University as the Bronx; Tom Flechtner, Ph.D. Another of Professor Zimmer- professor of Chemistry, Dean of 70, assistant professor, Cleveland mans former students, Robert Graduate Studies, and Director of State University; Steven Hixson, Lewis, Ph.D. 65, is now with the the Environmental Research Insti- Ph.D. ’70, assistant professor, Uni- Environmental Protection Agen- tute. Last fall he received the versity of Massachusetts; Gil cy’s Technical Center, in Research Ajumni Association Citation of Jones, Ph.D. ’70, assistant profes- Triangle Park, North Carolina. Merit Award from Southwestern, sor, Boston University; Richard Chis’: undergraduate college. David Lura, B.S. ’67 (Ph.D. Iowa State Law, Ph.D. ’67, has left New York 71), assistant professor, Milligan FROM PROFESSOR WEST’S City for Arlington, Texas, where College of Tennessee; Pat Mari- ALUMNI JOURNAL he is now a specialist in medical ano, Ph.D. ’69, assistant professor, products for Arbrook Inc., a sub- Texas A & M University; Ron Professor Robert West is serving sidiary of Johnson and Johnson. McKelvey, Ph.D. ’71, assistant pro- this year as Chairman-Elect of the Herbert Sipe, Ph.D. ’69, is now fessor, Institute for Paper Chemis- Division of Chemical Education of | Departmental Chairman at Hamp- try, Appleton, Wisconsin; Ed ACS. In October he participated in den—Sydney College in Virginia, Panek, B.S. 63 (Ph.D. MIT ’67), the International Symposium on where he and his undergraduate assistant professor, Tulane Uni- Halocarbon Chemistry in Barce- students have put together a pro- versity in New Orleans, Louisiana; ona, after which he lectured in fessional-quality esr spectrometer Reuben Rieke, Ph.D. ’66, associate Germany and Czechoslovakia. He from gifts and spare parts. professor, University of North was also Jean Day Memorial Lec- Antony Wright, Ph.D. ’73, is the Carolina; Gary Samuelson, Ph.D. turer at Rutgers University last seventh of Professor West’s for- ’69, assistant professor, Arizona May. mer students to settle in Midland, State University; John Scheffer, Joyce Corey, Ph.D. ’64, has been Michigan. He is doing research on Ph.D. ’67, assistant professor, Uni- granted tenure at the University silicone monomers with Dow Corn- versity of British Columbia, Can- of Missouri at St. Louis, where she ing there, Page 8 BADGER CHEMIST August 1974

site is now open to visitors on a PRIESTLEY HONORED BY MARM daily basis. It is hoped that the Badger Chemists figured promi- life, after leaving England on ac- living quarters can eventually be nently in the Bicentennial Celebra- count of religious and political in- furnished with period furniture tion of Priestley’s Discovery of tolerance, The home which he built and the laboratory equipped with Oxygen which was sponsored in jn Northumberland on the bank of artifacts of the sort used by Priest- late April by the Middle Atlantic the Susquehanna River, a dignified ley. At the time of the ACS visit Regional Meeting (MARM) of the frame house built according to his there were books and pieces of ACS in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl- plans, underwent many vicissitudes apparatus loaned by Penn State, vania. Program chairman for the after Joseph’s death in 1804, Fol- Dickinson College, and the Smith- meeting was Bennett Willeford, lowing several abortive attempts Sonian. Ph.D. ’51, who has been on the fac- to preserve the house as a historic Final feature of the afternoon ulty of Bucknell University since site, the property was placed in visit to the homesite was the con- completing his graduate studies the hands of the Pennsylvania ferring of the Priestley Medal for with the late Professor N. F. Hall. Historical and Museum Commis- 1974 on Professor Paul J. Flory of Thursday, April 25, was focused gion in 1960. Restoration has been Stanford University in recognition on Joseph Priestley who first pre- proceeding since that time and the (Continued on page 9, col. 1) pared oxygen on 1 August, 1774 by exposing mercuric oxide to sun- light focused by a 12-inch lens. The morning symposium devoted to Priestley’s career included in- te s : vited papers by Erwin N, Hiebert, i = Ph.D. ’53, Robert E. Schofield, and J. ag 2 be # Aaron Ihde, Ph.D. ’41. Hiebert, "WRG ZAS CANT Vere, formerly a member of the UW His- , ™ SNe Le ; tory of Science Department and ~~ Seek A, TY Ng f now at Harvard, dealt with the Gs awry % . 7 TX as relationship between Priestley’s re- ORS as ye Tee... Ge ‘ ligious thought and its integration oe we ce Do. Ly with his science, Schofield of Case FF AA) 9 ea ‘ g Western Reserve dealt with Priest- Re a See ose j me ley’s scientific activities in his pa- Lo CCU ee ke per Peat entitled “ “Joseph Priestley fe PSA i ae : and be i es Je the Physicalist Tradition in British JR’ | | | BE rrr eer oy Chemistry.” Aaron Ihde of Wiscon- 7 | ig ff & & rr: - sin, in his paper, “Priestley and a COU Ca = = ee. 4 Lavoisier,” examined the points of oe i = = — .. a conflict between these two scien- PA. Lema — a we “a | ee ea tists regarding the significance of ee ‘ty EO g = 7 — a oxygen, The papers are to be pub- [fF it a yi a= = "* = = hl lished in a bicentennial volume. a ad ey Pe es | re, Following lunch the registrants # ee 7 took an eighty-mile bus trip to " Northumberland, Pennsylvania to visit Priestley’s home and grave- site. He lived in Northumberland Photo by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ae Harrisburg, 5 Pa. during the last ten years of his Home of Joseph Priestley, Northumberland, Pennsylvania NS A ig rn ee ee al EU Se LN Be,

will continue during the next aca- Wesley D. Smith will replace LECTURERS demic year. His undergraduate Dr. Roder as Lecturer in general Three divisions were assisted in work was in physics at Wisconsin chemistry in the year of 1974-75. teaching obligations during the State U-Oshkosh (’55). After in- A native of Utah, Smith took his past year by Lecturers appointed dustrial and hospital work he Ph.D. at Brigham Young in 1973 on a temporary basis. turned to analytical chemistry, and has just completed a post-doc Joseph John Gajewski, Ph.D. taking his doctorate with Profes- with Jack Simons at U of Utah. ’66, associate professor at Indiana sor Shain, He was an electrochem- U, was on campus in the fall se- ist with Gould, Inc. of St. Paul — mester of 1973 in association with and a research associate in neurol- the elementary organic program. ogy at U of Minnesota before NEWS OF THE EMERITI After completing his doctorate returning to Wisconsin. An interesting coincidence was with Professor Berson he spent Raymond M. Roder, Ph.D. ’73, noted in preparing this column: a year at Columbia as a post-doc served the general chemistry divi- all of the present living emeritus with Professor Brislow before join- sion during 1973-74 after complet- professors are Badger Chemists as ing the staff at Indiana, ing his doctorate with Professor a result of having received their Daniel S. Poleyn, Ph.D. ’65, has Dahl. He has just resigned the Ph.D.’s at the UW. Holt received helped out the analytical division position in order to start work on his under Louis Kahlenberg in as Lecturer since fall, 1972 and a law degree at Wisconsin. (Continued on page 9, col. 1) August 1974 BADGER CHEMIST Page 9

Priestle Ph.D. ’48, completed his doctorate Chemist Henry Carrington Bolton y rT with Professor Schuette, carrying suggested that the centennial of (Continued from page 8) out studies on the chromatographic the discovery of oxygen should be of his many contributions to the Separation of methyl esters of celebrated in America in an appro- chemistry of high polymers. Al- higher fatty acids. He then joined priate manner. Professor Rachel though the Priestley Medal has the du Pont Plastics Department [,, Bodley of the Women’s Medical been conferred since 1923, it had where he was active for 19 years College of Pennsylvania suggested never before been presented at the in the development of chroma- that the event be commemorated Priestley homesite. Badger Chem- tography as an analytical tool. He jy Northumberland. Bolton pro- ists who have received the prestigi- Was author of a book on the sub- ceeded to gather support and on ous Priestley Medal are the late ject and was widely sought as a July 31 seventy-seven American Professor Farrington Daniels in lecturer. Following his untimely Gy onicts pathered "in ‘the. lecture 1957, and Ralph Connor, Ph.D. ’32, death in 1968 the New Jersey sec oo" CF the Northumberland pub- of Rohm and Haas in 1967. tion created the Dal Nogare Award lie Sehdol fox an appropriate pro: Nearby Susquehanna University ‘' his nonon. . gram chaired by Professor C. F. was host to a banquet that evening. Distinguished guests at the Bi- Chandler of Columbia. Most of Immediately after President Gus- centennial were Dr. Priestley Tol- those in attendance were from tave Weber of Susquehanna wel- min Ill, geochemist with the New York, Pennsylvania and other comed the assembled guests the Geological Survey of the U.S. De- gastern states but the few strag- banquet hall was disrupted by five partment of the Interior, with his piers from the hinterlands included streakers, President Weber rose to wife and daughter. Representing Professor W. W. Daniells of the the occasion by insisting, “Get The Royal Society, The Chemical University of Wisconsin. Following those Bucknell students out of Society, and The Royal Institute 4 ceremony at Priestley’s grave on here,” while President Bernard of Chemistry was Dr. C. C. Addi- august 1, Persifor Frazier, Jr. of Friedman, representing the ACS, son of the University of Notting- the University of Pennsylvania alleged that they could not be ham. proposed that an American Chemi- chemistry students since they eres cal Society be formed. The sugges- would be home studying. Most American chemists are tion had much opposition at the A highlight of the evening was aware that the Priestley homesite time but through the persevering the conferring of the Dal Nogare figured prominently in the found- efforts of Dr. Chandler a group Award for distinctive work in ing of the American Chemical So- met at the Columbia School of chromatography on Jack Kirkland ciety almost a century ago. In the Mines in April, 1876 to organize of du Pont. Stephen Dal Nogare, April, 1874 number of American the ACS.

Emeriti landed at Munich and drove a car alumni. He continues to wonder ees to Ruppolding for a ten-day stay. why the present editor can’t get (Continued from page 8) During this period they also vis- the Newsletter out on a more 1930; Meloche took his under Vic- ited Vienna and Salzburg. prompt schedule! tor Lenher in 1925; Schuette was Les recently turned over a part C. Harvey Sorum and Emma a student of Richard Fischer and of his library, including Kahlen- Lou also claim to be enjoying re- served as an instructor for several berg reprints, to the department’s tirement. Harvey is teaching ten- years before taking his degree in Historical Collection. nis in Shorewood this summer and 1916; Sorum received his doctorate We regret to add a pre- tending a large garden. Last Janu- in 1927 under F. C. Krauskopf; publication postscript to the above TY they spent a month in Cali- and Williams took his degree in reporting that the Holts were re- fornia where they visited friends 1925, being one of Farrington cently victims in an auto accident and took a boat trip along the Daniels first Ph.D.’s. which left Mrs. Holt seriously in- inner waterway of Baja California M. L, Holt is enjoying life to the jured. Les reports that she is and enjoyed swimming and snor- fullest and tells us that he is showing favorable recovery. keling. In spring they visited son happy that he decided to retire V. W. Meloche and his wife Paul in North Carolina at the time early. Last winter he and Gretchen Patty are now at home at 16 Heri- 0f the NCAA basketball finals in flew from Chicago to Paris on Air tage Circle, Apt. 5. They recently Greensborough. Paul is on the his- France where they spent a half- sold their home and are now com- tory faculty at Chapel Hill. They day of sightseeing before taking a fortably settledin their apartment. Were joined by daughter Jean and further flight to Geneva and then They generally spend part of the her family from Topeka, Kansas went by bus to Avoriaz, France, winter in warmer climes while Where Jean’s husband is a prac- for a week of skiing. Avoriaz is visiting their cabin at Trout Lake ticing neurologist. near the Swiss border and Les re- in the summer. Mel continues to John W. Williams received an ports that the skiing is very good. enjoy the sports program of the Honorary Doctor of Science degree A year ago they flew to Spain University, being particularly fond from Worcester Polytechnic Insti- where they vacationed at Costa del of the hockey team. tute in June, 1973. Dr. Williams Sol with a side trip to Tangiers H. A. Schuette continues to was a faculty member briefly at and Morocco. Later they joined an maintain his interest in university Worcester Polytechnic before be- alumni group for a flight to Greece affairs from his quarters at the ginning his faculty career at the where they spent five days in Attic Angel Nursing Home (602 UW, where he was active in the Athens and vicinity and five days N. Segoe Road). He is particularly development of the colloid chemis- on a cruise ship visiting some of interested in the activities of try program and operated the first the Aegean islands. Another trip Badger Chemists and continues to Svedberg Ultracentrifuge in the took them to Germany, where they call attention to news items about United States. Page 10 BADGER CHEMIST August 1974 This alata ’n’ That SEs ele Hn Memoriam [ — studies ni ai Marioa fte: the ice toner i Doss r

then transferred to Washington eet se leis nd btoel ne = cian ee University so as to be with her partment and Ree ee air A rn ee mother following her father’s member of the Busi One ee death. Amy recently took her the Department died Febr ee Bachelor’s degree in mathematics 1974 of a heart rata ceelba = 7 Sede eae wanneny ere and is hoping to receive her Mas- been associated with the Ch i BU REE erway Wetec ter’s soon. Beverly just completed try Department for the past thirty CEE eae ert coe ace peu sophomore veer in the archi- years. - 4 ae ae Dee eors bresluani Oe ecture program at Cornell Univer- Ra. : . merican Leather C aS sity at Ithaca. Clement just com- Redvoot Gity: Cane pasbed Se eats editor of its meee his third year in high school away on December 31, 1972, ac- Journal for three years from 1956. i ere hele inameayed in violin and cording to a letter from his. son He received the Alsop Award of ip Banton Oo Abe tau Youth Charles. the Leather Chemists’ Association phony. David is in fifth grade. Philip R. Fehlandt, Ph.D. ’34, i" 4983 and was actively involved William C. Child, Jr, Ph.D. ’55, died on November 6, 1973 in Ta. 1M ACS affairs in Milwaukee, Dur- has been in the Department of coma, Washington. He was retired ing World War II years he went Chemistry at Carleton College since from the faculty of College of on active duty in the U.S. Chemical 1956. He presently serves as chair- Puget Sound. Warfare Service, obtaining the mat atin being prileaya last year Shortly before publication, word rank of colonel before release at at the University of California, Was received of the death of Ver- the end of the war. In 1946 he Santa Barbara, where he studied non B. Haarstad, Ph.D. ’62, of Al- became director of research for the quantum mechanics and worked on berta, Canada. No further details B. D. Eisendrath Leather Com- 5S computer simulation of a ki. are known at this time. pany of Racine from which he re- neta eeverinens for physical _Evan Philip Helfaer, B.S. ’20, ust in HOD te 1s Survived (py mistry. died on. February 2, 1974. He was his wife, two oad and a daughter, Kenneth E. Collins, Ph.D. '62, 2 Milwaukee philanthropist who (iver being Ehyilis, Dietz just sent a card asking for an ad. &ave the University of Wisconsin A aaa cuenupe ae the: U Wain dress change to 175 Mill Road, ™0¥ than one million dollars dur- ae Littleton, Massachusetts but with. i his lifetime. He received the Leo V. Rogers died March 1 out news regarding his new cir- Wisconsin Alumni Association Dis- qe lgue aluerey avtack, Leo joined GumBtances. tinguished Service Award in 1972. the staff of the departmental in- thanks Ernest for D. the Coon, latect Ph.D. elt, ’32, sends (a ie ae win Hetey Merrill, ae in 1963, being promoted ee to Instru- ee Badier Chomut Dit Chonis Bene - ae, a BiSs(716;; Ph.D. ment Maker in May, 1968. His fessor Emeritus since 1960 of the Cp ieee, a ied! od ane _ Nespas a eeeociated Chemistry Department at Univer- N 4 a L ong Beach, with the requirements of Professor Forks, sity of North Dakota in Grand [MMimmmmmee e a California April 4, 1973 on at 87am; . B. more Bernstein's recently research with Profes- pro- Sor John Walters research. tired “Milford from A. his Cowley, professorship Ph.D. ’33, re. at [M/E alee tive 220 of 78 St. A Paul, na- Edward E. Smissman, Ph.D. 52. WW2la’ Crosse on’ July 1) 1974, Dr. Merrill at- died on July 14, 1974. He had been He recently wrote Tally, his grad I om tended the UW associated with the University of school contemporary, “When I left : where he won’ Kansas Pharmacy School at Law- Maaisontin a6, nhade hones that letters in track and cross-country rence. The funeral was attended sorieday Timieht teach atthe Unk. and was a member of Alpha Chi by approximately 80 of his former versity aE Wiseorain! Teinaliy nade Sigma. He continued graduate students. it—but first I spent 39 years at SiMe an or eens Ue - rece State Teachers College, is. ate U-La Crosse, a i i i i finally two years at University at Poker ari ee Noaenie data hia Wisconsin is W tee (La Crosse).” AGE Sounds te toce intended to recos 2 nize and and reward a “Ri Richard re A. Fass, Ph.D. pe ’69, ae is on (eee a sa one eat a ae chemistry faculty of Pomona Harari se uenete i g of students. ollege and also serves as Asso-

3704- but his Stewart. contribution Deloe,’Chevy euias Webi Chase Ede ae ti weeseeaas e jon are 0: the eee impor- sented dis two ae papers at the Dallas as Meryland, ; i, ie a g00 teaching in the fields meeting of the ACS, one of them Gicndiiscdch/PhDers lb aise yeaaneua Gen and chemical engi- dealing with the underprepared foRiaPIGETBCAL Ghemibue eel eee ge ohn is at Brown Uni- _ student, the other with moderation

tories at the UW-Madison. This David C. England, Ph 2 Be in al la position was created a short time sent his conthlbution vith “7 oe eae i i ago in order to provide more ef- from 161 Shiple Road Wil iis 4 Pe ee ecatantscpen fective responsibility 1 for the ton, , De Delaware 19803 3. ane ie s ee oo. es. aida cope aan of the freshman ee J. Evans, B.S. 69, re- Ed M. Fitchett, B.S. ’24, recently John O. Edwards, Ph.D. ’51, is date Profesor Mt Preder Eee. ee ei one of the six recipients of ‘the thorne, 6 He is is presently pres lath at Cornell fell i (Continued Lehn on ae page 11, col. 3) August 1974 BADGER CHEMIST Page 11

MOORE RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE This ‘n’ That... Conti dd e 10. The University of Wisconsin self, Dr. Moore is presented for Ce egret Boe ) honored Stanford Moore, Ph.D. ’38, the degree of Doctor of Science. These flasks are thin-walled Jena with an honorary Doctor of Science Conferral: For your distin- glassware which were superseded degree at the May 1974 commence- guished achievements in science, during World War I with the Pyrex ment. Dr. Moore was a Nobel which culminated in a Nobel variety. : Laureate in chemistry in 1972, his George Fleck, Ph.D. ’51, is co- receipt of the prize having been author with Eugene Rochow and featured in the last Badger Chem- Thomas R. Blackburn of “Mole- ist. A Vanderbilt undergraduate, | a cules that Matter” recently pub- Moore was a WARF fellow at Wis- | /~ Tene ey, Holt, nee ue consin where the late Professor | . 4 Manet ne ios te a ae Homer Adkins was his major pro- | _ tg oy ne, fae ten, ees fessor although his research was a me | tg fe i aot pe a sae an done on benzimidazole derivatives == ‘ : a. ¥% a oe vironment. Teen | He traten teaches tar tics at Smith th of carbohydrates under the dire = = = J a College. tion of Professor of Biochemistry | | -* K io Folkers. PD s Karl Paul Link. a ft 69, me swatiel the Helene Dr. Moore has been at the a 4 . Doctor of Science degree by the Rockefeller Institute of Medical eS University of Illinois at the June, Research (now Rockefeller Univer- ( oe 1973 commencement. Dr. Folkers sity) since 1939. His Nobel Prize ee. took his B.S. at Illinois in ’28. He was awarded in connection with be is now a member of the Institute his work on the amino acid se- oo of Bio-medical Research at the quence of the enzyme ribonuclease ce | University of Texas at Austin. As from beef pancreas. In awarding f A is well known to most Badger the degree, the following citation Chemists, Dr. Folkers had a long was read: STANFORD MOORE industrial career at Merck before he ‘ ae ¥ returning to the academic field. He Presentation of Candidate: has been active in the isolation, STANFORD MOORE. Dr. Moore Laureate, for your devotion to the structure proof, and synthesis is Professor of Biochemistry at the advancement of your profession, of compounds of biological im- Rockefeller University, and has and for your valuable services to portance, including Vitamin Bu, been there since 1939, shortly after the government of the United coenzyme Q, antibiotics, and hor- he completed his doctorate in chem- States, I welcome you back to your mones. The American Chemical istry at the University of Wiscon- alma mater, and gladly confer Society elected him to its _presi- sin. His outstanding research work upon you the degree of Doctor of dency in 1962. In 1972 Dr. Folkers in biochemistry led him to the Science. received the first Robert A. Welch coveted Nobel Prize in Chemistry eR KORO Award in chemistry conferred by in 1972. Dr. Moore has done impor- Th rth s the Robert A. Welch tant work in the chemistry of pro- ¢ honorary degree list at the at a conference on pounge theoretical ven toindjwianrel rea wan santich aie aise May commencement was an unusu- chemistry which was held in Hous- . % ‘ ally meritorious one. Besides published extensively. During Dr. ton, Texas, November, 1972. His the Moore : honorary doctorates e went award address was entitled . “Chem- war years : i from 1942 to 1945 a ag he to: isti i oe Marshall Clagett, distinguished istry in Human Health and poe - ae historian of science who was a _ Disease.” Cee evelopment In member of the UW faculty from "47 jf Washington, and has often served 1947 until he joined the Institute pote i Beek aa ae since then on governmental com- for Advanced Study at Princeton Chemical Okidations in Maoro- mittees and as a consultant " < to 2 in 1964; Ada Elizabeth Deer, : £3 a organj ‘ganisms, published i e various agencies. He was Franqui 1957 graduate of the university pekker, in 1972 by Professor at the University of who has been a leader in the suc- Albert J. Fry, Ph.D. ’64, i Brussels in 1950, and was visiting cessful effort to restore the oe Peer at etn ae investigator at Cambridge Univer- Menominee Indians to tribal versity, Middletown Gonticeticut Biy ne 1051. He was chairmanyor cette menue aanielsen on DW iy, the Organizing C { tennis captain in 1916 whose fam- Ga . caring aS (oul ; teaear chin nL g ng Committee for the il Poet ny ; organic electrochemistry and pub- Sixth International Congress Bibchomiste : J. of in $2,000,000 UY Provi Nielsen ed the Tennis funds Stadium for the lished a book, pera Synthetic y Organic 2 jochemistry, held in New York in Electrochemistry, last year. Pier : on Marsh Road at the west end Y meee 1964, and of the Federation of . Miniarican, Societies (for “1 . of the campus; Catherine B. Willi illiam H. Glaze, Ph.D. 61, i was s Pei wicio u ari xperi- Cleary who is now President of the honored by Southwestern Univer- es gy in - He has pirct Wisconsin Trust Company in Sity, Georgetown, Texas at the received many honors, | and holds Milwaukee; and H. A. Oluwa- 1973 homecoming, where he re- ees in phe National Acad- sanmi, Vice Chancellor of the Uni- ceived the Alumni Association Ci- emy es clences, In recognition of versity of Ife in Nigeria and a tation of Merit award. ano uctive career which has leader in the application of agri- D. Grant, B.A. ’71, writes, “Pass brought credit and distinction to cultural science to the economic the word on to Dr. Yu that all his his alma mater as well as to him- problems of Central Africa, (Continued on page 12, col, 2) Page 12 BADGER CHEMIST August 1974

graphic science. His three weeks ACS AWARDS ieee: in Japan in 1967 are looked back as a high point in his travels, In Two members of the chemistry carbonyls and organometallics, his letter he reminisced about faculty received leading awards at giving principal attention to x-ray rooming with Mark Ingraham and the American Chemical Society diffraction procedures. Gene Woodburn, now ard from meeting in Los Angeles in April. * 2 2 rainy the University Faculty, and canoe- Professor Lawrence F. Dahl re- ao ee ee ing with them and Farrington ceived . the ACS a5 award 2 in Inorganic istry «_,.. sponsored . by the ae Witco a Daniels. 3 Chemistry which is sponsored by : ‘ i é Louis F. Heckelsbert, Ph.D. ’51 ‘ Chemical Foundation. This will be eRe i Texas Instruments, Inc. He has fi e i of 2012 South Madison Boulevard, been a member of the faculty since his third ACS national award, hav- Bartlesville, Oklahoma writes, 1957, where he has been involved 18 previously received the Award “Keep up the good work” with no in the Freshman Chemistry Pro- for Biological Chemistry me 1946 news about himself. gram and has pursued research in and for Colloid Chemistry in 1960. W. Floyd Holbrook, B.S. ’20, sent the : synthesis, structures 2 and bond- : Dr. fe Ferry biker joined the faculty at ,.. eee ation from 708 Capi pital ing of new types of inorganic Wisconsin in 1945. He has been Atanon alemuoreron 98704 compounds, especially those of associated with the Physical Chem- i . peaked carbon-metal and metal-metal istry Division and is widely known Ray C. Houtz, Ph.D. ’32, has left combinations. He has pioneered in for his research in rheology, the Minnesota where he was connected work on the structures of metal science of large molecules, with academic work for many years and now lives at 866 N.E. ———————————————————————————————. Beacon Drive, bore (Charlotte, Florida 33952. RESIGNATIONS This ’n’ That .. . Walter J. Ingram, B.A. "21, of Continued from page 11 504 N. Wilson Avenue, Rice Lake, _ We regret to report the res- c : nee Wisconsin 54868 appreciated the ignations of two of our most B.S, students of ’71 (Gall, Grant, full account of Farrington Daniels’ distinguished faculty members, Bowman, Zoellner, Vander Heyden, career and hopes that his work on Richard Bernstein, who is now at Wagner, La Buwi, and Lemanske) solar energy will be continued by University of Texas, and Larry are doing well in medical school others. He says, “I well remember Haskin, who goes to the NASA here except the M.D.’s look at us Professor Daniels’ arrival at the Space Center in Houston. with questioning eyes when we ask University. It was my senior year Richard B, Bernstein joined the to how many significant figures are and I was studyig physical chemis- Department as Professor in 1963, their instruments accurate.” try. Among his assignments was leaving a similar position at the | David A. Griffith, Ph.D. ’73, is ‘hat of supervising the lab work University of Michigan, He was with Procter and Gamble. for that course. His office was next . . ‘ ne y to the P-chem lab. Professor Math- associated with the physical divi- Bert H. Harroll, Ph.D. ’22, is now He mect in tn aH e sion and the Theoretical Chemistry yetired from Rodale Resear Labo. ewe gave e lectures Tnstitute, A native cf New York yatories where he was aseniorze 14,1 City, he received all of his de- search associate since 1962. He Se RE oe Der ae itece | from (Columbiayythe «Ph.D. cantimmestis live in Rochasier and “7 eousaee snc Robert under T, I. Taylor in 1948. He has been teaching photographic Welsh Foundation Conference on taught at Illinois Institute of science at Rochester Institute of eee eee ovembe: Technology from 1948-53 and Technology. He became an honor- 1973. Subject of the conference was spent the next decade at Michigan. ayy miembermet the Society of pOreal Gs Mon zanit eons a In 1967 he was named William Photographie Scientists and Engi- Synthetic (Chetistry,7 Bob oe Willard Daniells Professor of peers in 1971 and has found much og eta nU ee crorca peconits Chemistry, the name professorship interest and many friendships in * member, of the faculty of the set up in honor of the first chair- international conferences in photo- Univaveliy ot Dushizan Sinci.aee man of the Chemistry Department he has been Professor of Organic (1880-1907). Dr. Bernstein was © _—————————_—s-—« Chemistry at Cal Tech. also honored while at Wisconsin chemistry program and joined Dr. (Continued on page 13, col. 1) by election to the National Acad- wWillard’s radio-chemistry pro- etia of Scene in 1969. His field gram, His research interests in of research is molecular beam scat- trace element geo-chemistry and tering. His decision to join the neutron activation analysis ied to PROMOTIONS University of Texas was influenced consulting and research activities Promotion lists of Madison fac- in part by the desire to go to a at Argonne and NASA. When the ulty have included the following warmer climate on account of his moon landing of Apollo 11 was members of the Chemistry Depart- wife’s health. The move was made planned he submitted a proposal ment. a year ago, for trace element analysis of moon Qn July 1, 1973 Larry y A. é Haski in, our 7 expert rt on rocks 1 and has been deeply ply involved j Marion a Oe O’Leary, organic, Menicl, from tic te reinsert zee ae oe in he ee praere ever ane Assistant to Associate Professor epartment in rom aS al ie too) a year’s leave % : 8 Georgia Tech. Born in Olathe, of absence to serve at Houston as pee nea puaryeieal, from Kansas, he took his B.A. at Baker director of the NASA analytical ~ SECC ARGO EOREBBOY College in 1955, his Ph.D, at Kan- program and has been persuaded On July 1, 1974, sas in 1960. On coming to Wiscon- to join the laboratory on a perma- Charles P. Casey, organic, from sin he worked with the freshman nent basis. Assistant to Associate Professor August 1974 BADGER CHEMIST Page 13

. Toe see aoe Sse 4 =6is assumed that he is still with From Chemistry to Forestry itso ea i Pas 4S = Hollengsworth and Vose Company Marshall R. Sprinkle, Ph.D. ’82, > Say cE Fe) in East Walpole. sends a picture of himself watch- © SAIN MN Rl cee L. C. Krehma, B.S. ’31, writes, ing Virginia State Forester Evan | ahaa Y See §=“As usual an excellent issue of Sharp measuring the circumfer- |,.397 Cy eae J ie Wisconsin chemistry affairs.” ence ; of a pine planted in 1965. | ee es ae ae Pv sh ee aa Charles C J. : Krister, r, MA. M.A. ’39 , eee ow ae ee AN th nN writes from 1207 Covington Road, a farm near Madison, Virginia | “See gies a . % NAMIE Ne (SR 38, Box 357) where he took a | Sat ee oe ed ait ela ang tae teaching position at the Madison | hea a pee Heatise Rha ae I ai ate Center of the University of Vir- ¢ ? | wie 6D tment’: ld 4 H ginia. He retired from his second % 3 ‘ iy ee y Sn wil oll onl the’ a career after 7 years. In the mean- “oe de ; : ) seine a ee fan i eet 2 time he had planted 45,000 loblolly J Soa i MN vores yiluime? TE would: Sentai Dinesvon 50 Beneheots Whe oo { | pee Ce | ought to be done now while there a 1c! Pie Fea view of the sie Sw. 2re people around who remember Bee meee ountains. aes eae Fl and can record. Some of the Kahl- It is a pleasure to report that Gay e pee hk | Re: enberg stories could be used to PE ee es We ie iw " a wv ‘e pe liven up some of the duller spots.” years ago. He credits his wife, |. °~* 4% lion ie es peas MM, pte, eds BO; wakes A Jean callenit Miller, euidance Home oneniE Ec °32, diet. with | Le 9 EM wef ia 4 age 825s A ae aa 071 o4 after many ey Re veeentied, years in incalitomle Pittsburgh. Ee ciently went!" sede Photo by Linda Payne Ba sac a fapelure Ga, he . PS | aR line Poa eve Mins FOE MT AOE 3S mont Communi omes wher greatly saddened by the death of 3 “ eo he and his wife ae settled ae Professor Daniels who was one of Lake Onondaga last spring where | Ge Ck Who adn i the men I much admired as a Varsity, BeNelur’ teaches Cand “gentlemen their respective JV and races Deeiuen and went on on hi 110. Valle a ae at akes vi Driv, pay gets panta One ee. dna éariiaet romiembrances to participate in international com- eg See oe 95405. He writes Thave of him (1929) was his great petition at the Henley in England. g d auc Bos ie Bailey interest in solar energy as the ulti- Art was a member of the Varsity a ic, a oN Eau 30 mate source of energy when fossil ¢™” in 1928--80and as mow! presi- Hoberk Wi, peunle, sale Soya, fuels industry are and no longer government available. given Had dent Panty of headquartered Speidel, a Textron in Providence, Com- cated pends that ono ee he is oe now ie an Capit attorney more attention to this subject over Rhode: Island. “Editor's ‘Note: Art “ab day suaetren, LOM0; the years, I think we might have ideal our peas d eae pen at Bhate MacQueen, M.S. 20, evoided aome.of the qaablemacwe sity and JV repeated in 1974 at the writes “T think I was in Dr. Dan- are iowitacines lafeclist re iawe. IRA with the Frosh second. iels first physical chemistry class search and publications in this field Raymond J. Klepfer, B.S. 30, which was aesummer schoolae He provide excellent: background for Writes from Yucaipa, California is retired at 804 Main Street, the efforts currently getting under that he is very thankful that he Oconto, Wisconsin. way.” retired at 60 since he is keeping Keith S. McCallum, Ph.D. ’50, busy with three to five 18-hole writes that he enoys reading the Sd rounds of golf every week, bowling Badger Chemist and sends thanks ‘ twice a week, gardening lawn and for keeping him on the distribution This Nn’ That Poe fruit trees, fishing, playing bridge, list. (Continued from page 12) a oe eae to events C. Keith McLane, B.S. ’43, M.S. Me ate. - . ’44, writes from Boulder, Colorado mrcatee pee B.S. ’72, is with Virginia March Kline, B.S. ’47, that he recalls with great fondness . . has returned to graduate school the visit he had with Professor Russell H. Johnsen, Ph.D. ’51, where she is working for her Ph.D. Daniels in his office in 1971 when continues his activities at Florida in botany now that her family of he was in Madison to attend the ast aU ENE ty in Tallahassee. three children is grown. For many conference of the American Physi- He an ae uy have been get- years she has been active as a cal Society on Plasma Physics at ing to Madison more frequently guide in the tours program con- the Wisconsin Center. He writes, since their son Peter is a student ducted by the UW Arboretum, Her “Needless to say, Danny was one at the UW. : husband is Bernard Kline, M.S. of the most inspiring scholars and Hamid S. Kasmai, Ph.D. ’69, is (Biochem) ’83, who has been asso- teachers I’ve ever known and a a loyal supporter from Iran. He ciated with the laboratories of very good friend.” Keith is finish- is in the Department of Chemistry WARF for many years. ing his fifth year as professor in at Pahlavi University in Shiraz. William J. Knebel, Ph.D. ’71, is aerospace engineering sciences at John Arthur Keenan, B.S. ’30 at Hoffman-La Roche. the University of Colorado and has (Ph.D. biochemistry ’34) writes in Harold W. Knudson, Ph.D, °39, been exceedingly busy as chairman appreciation of the alumni news in writes that the Badger Chemist is 0f Several professional programs the Badger Chemist and the article always most welcome and interest- im the Rocky Mountain area. on Professor Daniels. He also com- ing but sends no news about him- Robert E. McMahon, Ph.D. ’48, mented on the University of Wis- self. Since his address is 9 Victoria continues his association with the consin success at the crew races on Circle, Norwood, Massachusetts, it (Continued on page 14, col. 1) Page 14 BADGER CHEMIST August 1974

NEWS OF FACULTY now retired after a long career at “happy chemists.” “Not one of WIDOWS Alcoa. He recently contributed a those is a woman (except the sec- ‘ : a first and third edition of Getman’s__ retary).’”’ She also has no recollec- Mee. Louise Adkins, the widow Outlines of Physical Chemistry to tion of there ever being a woman s mann eatin who died of a the UW Historical Collection, The on the staff, although she would a is a a 1949, way in Belle- Chemistry Department’s holding of love to stand corrected if she is ne Nese nines ney daugh- books associated with the late Pro- wrong. She continues, “Surely s e (Mrs. sworth fessor Farrington Daniels is now there must be a female chemist Dailey) and Dorothea z (Mrs. Ml Gor- complete. Dr. Mason also con- Someplace in i the U.S. who is i quali- i don go) Chadek). Mrs, Adkins’ address Bi tj ributed a number of other chemis- i fi ed and could be persuaded to is: 1111 102 Street, N.E. She is . bi the Heer grandmother (Naneeabts of © \DorpEh 11 grandchil- his Gey student Docks set days at e emu Wisconsin a une and Madiso aoe isons ope you Tier find her walkie (and 5, and Roger has 4). ieee ae Bend copies of several communica- ae acs a ee ne livee get leechure eens tions between himself and Profes- Oe rere e Coes uay, deputy in the Bureau of the S Mathews over the years, Dr. were i ce ace Budget in Washington, D.C. Mason was deeply involved in de- Followitiy’ v3 foe Coe ae Mrs. Olive Daniels is hard at Velopment of the Alzak process for gin, she Se EAA a ye work on a biography of her late ¢lectrolytic polishing of aluminum Washington where sh wesley odite husband, She reports a combina- and his correspondence with Pro- Ph.D. in 1967. Her Pecan tion of progress and frustration. fessor Mathews sheds some light done in physical Atemisos Gn: Dr. Daniels was so deeply involved on the research involved. Dr. red spectroscopy) under the dita: a many things that it is diffi- Mason’s research also involved tion of D. F. Eggers, Jr. She met fa to keep his many contribu- production of an aluminum photo- her husband, Richard Parker, Chg in vere She continues graphic plate. He was one of a_ while in graduate school. He is also a Ae He a onetime Daniels’ very small number of Ph.D. stu- a chemist and teaches at Newark Maa aeacpiee naa eta mS dents who worked with Professor College of Engineering. Hditor’s Fisher, Ph.D. ’35, the late ieee Ce ee SE RR URADE GS. eRe Badger’ Chania andvchaimianttae J. R. Miller, B.S, ’58, sent disas- | —____ the Center System chemistry and ier relief from the Department of physics programs, recently sold emistry, University of Mary- MRS. GEORGE TOWN HoyediGts her home in MOAR Madison ULE Divert, and has nee Charles R. Naeser, B.S. ’31 Mrs. Yvonne ; Dauplais Town, the Ghurlesi@MO. wieve sheawilite (Ph.D, Illinois ’35), Chairman of widow of Emeritus Professor near her daughter’s home. It will the Chemistry Department at re auese sot Di. 2s, be recalled that the Fisher’s were George Washington University, BD Neer est te longtime residents of the “Show sends his regards to Professors as the oldest and youngest coed Me” State while Emory was on Schuette and Meloche and writes on the Madison campus. She cele- ee of the School of Mines that as of June, 1973 he is giving eee ee cee one le in Rolla. up his position as departmental laa , yet was youngest be- Hollie, chaldaatht ofsheearne: chaizman tocreturn to full-time ‘C282 the computer which has her band, Mrs. McElvain sold the home teaching and hopefully some re- records can’t deal with 19th cen- heal i Vilna vParleawhere: ahé hearch:) Hie eras cebaieman 1 tury birthdates and thus Mrs. Mac had lived during their mar- and twenty-six years. OF Town is isd listed as born in 1993. riage. Mrs. McElvain’s address is Maynette Bernstein Neundorf, . She was active on campus dur- now: 4728 Regent St. Last Christ- M.S. ’48, writes, “sorry I don’t ("8 the 1972-73 academic year mas she treated her two daughters have interesting news for you,” her where she is focusing her work on and their families toacruise which letter comes from Lake Bluff, art. Her summer 1973 vacation Ni enjoyed by all three genera- Illinois. : yas ea on a sketching tour in fons. fe Scotland, Scandinavia, and Eng- Mrs, Bila Mathewa is now living ee pee gn sao re- Jand, after which she was plsnnine at the Attic Angel Nursing Home, his 25th class oe nite He. for to take in the Labor Daye onee 602 N. Segoe Road. Following Dr. tinues his sroteseorahiy é e con- at Ellenburg, Washington, before Mathews’ death in 1970 she moved chemistry at the U dyersite of

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a Ps himself. At last report he was at This ne That AUT” SALLIE FISHER HONORED the USDA Regional Laboratory. (Continued from page 14) eae Sta Lhie..A. Armand J. Quick, M.S, ’19, had ca Ri 2 oS. hy note: Marilyn is correct that the | Lea the honorary degree of Doctor of Department has no woman of fac- oo ae ‘Amecican Science conferred on him by Mar- ulty status and has never had a 4 Le Society of Test- quette University on May 20, 1973. woman on the staff at the profes- | ing Materials He had been a member of the Mar- sorial level. A number of women om » ~—=Ss Award of Merit quette Medical Faculty for many have held the faculty status of B = =and named a_ years. His new book, Hemorrhagic instructor at various times when g Fellow of the Diseases and the Pathology of teaching obligations were heavy, as ASTM on June Hemostasis has just been com- after the end of World War II. 25, 1974 at the pleted. The Department is exceedingly Shoreham Ho- James A. Reed, B.S. ’30, writes, conscious of the problem and it tel in Washington, D.C. The Award “The May issue... was particu- should be rectified in the not too igs granted to individuals for dis- larly appreciated because of the distant future as faculty positions tinguished service toward the excellent portrayal of ‘Danny’ as open up. standardization of specifications well as others, particularly Mel, Albert A. Pavlic, Ph.D. ’42, for physical and chemical charac- whom we fondly remember.” writes from the Du Pont Building teristics of ion exchange materials Michael D. Ryan, Ph.D. ’73, has in Wilmington, “Again my thanks for water. Sallie is vice president 4 postdoctoral position at Univer- for the news from Wisconsin; we of Puricons, Inc. of Berwyn, Pa. sity of Arizona. fee ory tollear about tie pass) where she supervises research. ip> 4 ra -old: MileSalzberg)PH:D; #28, ing of Sam and Farrington—they volving the application of ion ex- writes from Cape Coral, Florida. were great people.” change and related techniques to “The May number of Batiger Fredus N. Peters, Jr, Ph.D. ’25, Pollution control problems. She re- Chemist was particularly interest- inquires about Professor Schuette eived her B.S. at Wisconsin in ’45, ing to me and I am sure to all of and reports that he still teaches her M.S. with Professor Schuette those of my era, the 1920’s, The remedial reading one day a week in 746, and her Ph.D. with Profes- lose\lot two siRIWarts i as at one of the local elementary 0" N. F. schools and also had a math pupil 0”. the analytical Hall. She faculties served of briefly U. of ee tragic. ae Thank you for ties oppor-

during the past year. Since they Minnesota—Duluth and Mount reminding us how full of accom- don’t give him any science pupils, Holyoke before joining Rohm and plishment each was.” Dr, Salzberg he wonders if he doesn’t know Haas in 1951. From 1960 to 1972 was associated with the Borden enough science to help a fifth Bhe ha gacpare me os e Company before retirement. ee Se Dalton L. Shinn, Ph.D. °35, sent ‘radio but suspects that his fellow ries his contribution without news from UBMs ar are cup volisixbyayears sive So i tetas 411 N.E. 17th, Camas, Washington younger than he. Nevertheless, he 7 Mn coe 98607. reports receiving interesting bits ions in . Ralph is Professor o . Rriiformation, Pauioe sais and of Chemistry and Chairman of the erbene ch Sine, Jr. Ph.D. 769, oe . east 3 sends his contribution from Hamp- humor. He reports “This is a hobby Natural Sciences Division at Cali- dencsvd Coll ier d one can do with a minimum of fornia State College-San Bernar- Snake coeyn : : * eo eRe) Mie amouels physical exertion and I always was dino. Chairmoneee Sydney, Virginia where ; he is : i eho ates n of the Chemistry De- a bit allergic to exercise.” It does George D. Phillips, B.S. ’21, ad- i % ‘ a partment, The school will have its seem that the local pelicans force dressed a letter jointly to Profes- bicentennial in 1976 exercise on him, since they fail to sors Henry A. Schuette and V. M. ‘ etd 3 respect his front windows at 400 Meloche as follows: “You may not Leo B. Spinar, Ph.D. é 58, writes Golden Gate Point, Sarasota, remember me, George Phillips, that the lure of academic adminis- Florida. He reports that the brown Chem, 1916-21. Henry taught me ‘tation has been pulling him out pelican, on the list of endangered alkaloidal chem, and V.W.in many ° the laboratories and classroom. species, is showing a significant of my classes. My good friend was For the past three went he has increase in population and that Burt Blonien, whom you knew very been splitting his time between Florida is sending one hundred well. We both taught at Lincoln Chemistry and administration, On pelicans each year to help Louisi- High in Milwaukee, I went into the July 1, 1973 he received the title ana build up their flocks, which summer resort business here in Of Director of Planning, Program had almost become extinct. Editor’s northern Wisconsin for forty nd Budget at South Dakota Note: The Ihdes recently were years. Sold about seventeen years State U in Brookings. luncheon guests of Pete and Helen ago. Then went into the real estate Joseph P. Stenson, Ph.D. ’70, is at the Sarasota Yacht Club and business.” His home and business a member of the Chemistry De- visited their apartment where they are in St. Germain, Wisconsin partment at Delaware Valley Col- have an incomparable view of the 54558. lege of Science and Agriculture in Inland Waterway, the Keys, and Mrs. R. H. Potts, B.S. 15, writes Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the Gulf, They both love Florida from 730 South Spring Avenue, Robert P. Stewart, Ph.D. ’71, is and are enjoying life to the fullest. La Grange, Illinois, on the faculty at Miami Univer- Ralph H, Petrucci, Ph.D, ’54, be- Everett Pryde, Ph.D. ’49, writes sity, Oxford, Ohio, following a came author of General Chemistry from 2312 W. Newman Parkway, postdoc at University of Alberta. Principles and Modern Applica- Peoria but sends no news about (Continued on page 16, col. 1) Page 16 BADGER CHEMIST August 1974

This ny? That AS Lb: Ras Hae erslows Metyland: They nue, Wenonah Ney yensey 08000. J b iy spent January through March in I enjoy reading every issue of (Continued from page 15) Seminole, Florida enjoying many Badger Chemist and enclose a pmuen sf Marvin W._ activities there with side trips as check to support its publication.” oe Skougstad, B.S. far south as the Keys. They have Lloyd Withrow, Ph.D. ’25, sent 5 A 39, Ph.D, ’49, is a daughter in New England and a long newsy letter in which he ex- a a chemist-hy- -a daughter-in-law in Santa Bar- pressed pleasure in hearing about leet drologist with bara, Calif. They take great delight ar Whitford, Fredus Peters, wy the U.S. Geo- in twelve grandchildren. Roger Leuck, Earl Winslow, Blair logical Survey Phillip M. Walters, Ph.D. 42, MacQueen, Honore Hubbard, Mar- in Lakewood, 3993 Delwynn Drive, Wilmington, ian Henry Veazey ,Harvey Sorum wae oats Delaware sends a contribution but and Henry Schuette. He writes, islactedelchain- without news of his activities. “Karl Paul Link was an inspiration ae Ch tomnah. Charles L. Warner, B.S. 18, sold to me. Back in 1922 we both tee D-19 on water by the American his St. Louis Laboratory in 1966 studied our Getman and Daniels Society for Testing Materials. He and moved to Leisure World in together and we attempted to has been in his present position 1970. His address at 3244 Glen rationalize its contents, This ena- since 1958 and has been concerned Hagles Drive, Silver Springs, bled us to enjoy Professor J. How- with the development of methods Maryland is directly across the ard Mathews as he literally read for determining trace elements and Street from the golf course. the textbook in his class in physi- heavy metals in natural waters, Winston J. Wayne, Ph.D. ’40, is cal chemistry and struggled uy the application of emission spec- doing research on agricultural Py equations on the blackboard. trographic methods to the analysis chemicals for the Biochemicals De- Lloyd had been an employee of of water, and the standardization partment of the Du Pont Company General Motors for thirty-seven of methods for water examination, at Wilmington. His wife Jem Mc- Years when he retired in 1963. testing and analysis. Upon finish- Pherson Wayne (M.S. ’40 in Home Layton Wittenberg, Ph.D. ’53, is ing his Ph.D., he was on the chem- Economics) is busy with volunteer on leave from the Mound Labora- istry faculty of St. Olaf College. work in various areas, Their tories operated for AEC by Mon- Roberta Hemming Svacha, B.S. daughter Susan is teaching sixth santo to work with the nuclear 49, continues working in research grade in Springfield, Ohio while fission group on the Engineering administration with Universal Oil daughter Leslie is working for her campus of University of Wiscon- Products Company in Des Plaines, Master’s degree in library sciences sin, Illinois. She reports that Ed at the University of North Caro- Warren D. Woessner, Ph.D. ’71, Homeier, B.S. ’?, is a colleague. lina. Both girls are graduates of has had his first full-length volume Charles Templeton, Ph.D. ’48, re- Wittenburg University in| Spring- of poetry published. Entitled ports that he is still doing petro- field, Ohio. Dr. Wayne writes that Landing, the book was published leum production research with he lives in close contact with many by Ithaca House. Woessner is the Shell Development in Houston. Wisconsin Ph.D.s and enjoys read- editor of Abraxas, a poetry maga- Glen Terry, Ph.D. 51, is now ing about others in the Badger zine, and is a research scientist vith ihe Aiton Bere iGoiimise Chemist. in the Prostaglandin Research Di- sion licensing division, His new ad- Mary Elvira Weeks, M.S. ’14, vision os the: Miles Laboratories dress is 4205 Holborn Avenue, writes from 19339 Sussex St., De- in Madison. Annandale, Virginia 22003. troit but gives no news about her Warren W. Woessner, Ph.D. "40, H. Wilco Vandenborn, Ph.D. ’73, activities. has returned to work on industrial is with the Biochemicals Depart- Paul E. Whitson, who expects to hygiene in the Medical Division of ment of Du Pont. complete his Ph.D, with Professor Du Pont at New Brunswick, New Marion Veazey, Ph.D. ’26, sent Evans in 1974, is teaching at Jersey, an area which he left a newsletter on May 23. He and Adrian College in Michigan. twenty yee nee nena his wife Daisy still live at their Clarence H. Winning, Ph.D. 32, involved in dye manufacture at the long time home at 2050 Greenfield writes from 400 West Mantua Ave- Plant. The Woessners were in Madison briefly last summer to visit their son Warren D. (see eee ue hile oungest son. illiam, finished his Badger Chemist still suffers from financial problems aera geology recently at Uni- (see ‘‘The Editor Reports,’ page 2). Inflationary price versity of Florida and plans to en- increases keep the printing bill escalating. Send appro- pei bromiat the; UWion priate lubrication to: F. Chandler Young, Jr., B.S. ’66, is was married to Ann Shaw of The Editor * Corpus Christi, Texas on February Badger Chemist 9, 1974. The marriage took place Department of Chemistry in San Francisco. Chan is the 1101 University Avenue grandson of Emeritus Professor * 6 H. A. Schuette. He is an executive Madison, Wis. 53706 with Container Corporation of America in San Francisco.