The Eightieth Meeting of the American Chemical Society Source: The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct., 1930), pp. 379-381 Published by: American Association for the Advancement of Science Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/14930 . Accessed: 07/05/2014 20:34 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . American Association for the Advancement of Science is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Scientific Monthly. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 169.229.32.136 on Wed, 7 May 2014 20:34:22 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
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The Eightieth Meeting of the American Chemical SocietySource: The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct., 1930), pp. 379-381Published by: American Association for the Advancement of ScienceStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/14930 .
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THE EIGHTIETH -MEETING OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
CINCINNATI, Ohio, was the science capital of the nation during the week of September 8, or at any rate the chemi- cal capital, when some 2,000 chemists assembled for the eightieth meeting of the American Chemical Society. Con- vening under eighteen broad sub- divisions of chemistry more than four hundred titles appeared on the program. Several symposia of significance were scheduled. One of these on industrial fermentation stressed the various phases of the employment of micro-organisms in chemical processes. Another sympo- sium held jointly by the division of
industrial, and engineering chemistry, gas and fuel chemistry, and petroleum chiemistry, was on industrial high pres- sure reactions, a subject of immediate industrial and research importance pub- licized extensively of late because of the success met by those working in the field of petroleum hydrogenation. The di- vision of fertilizer chemistry presented a group of papers on the action of ammonium citrate on superphosphates, a topic of importance to those concerned with soil fertility and plant foods. Still another symposium was held by the division of medicinal chemistry
DR. WILLIAM McPHFRSON PRFSIDENT OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, WhIO HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE STAFF OF
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1893 AND DEAN OF THF GRADUATE SCHOOL SINCE 1911. WHILE
HIS PRINCIPAL INTERESTS HAVE BEEN IN CHEMICAL EDUCATION, HIE HAS CARRIED ON RESEARCH
ON TIlE HYDROXYAZO COMPOUNDS AND ON TIIE CONSTITUTION OF MANY ORGANIC CONIPOUNDS, AND
HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHEMICAL EDU(CATION.
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DR. MOSES GOMBERG PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE AMERICAN- CHEMICAL SOCIETY WHO WILL, ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURE OF THE SOCIETY, BECOME ITS PRESIDENT FOR ONE YEAR, BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1, 1931. PRO- FESSOR GOMBERG IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OFP CHEMISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OFi MICHIGAN AND IS INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON TRIVALENT CARBON AND FREE
RADICALS, THOUGH THIS REPRESENTS B3UT A PORTION OF HIS FPUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH.
where endocrines was the subject. The qualifications of chemistry teachers re- sulted in active discussion in the division of chemical education, and non- aqueous solutions were of equal interest to research workers in the division of physical and inorganic chemistry. These symposia represented but a small frac- tion of the extensive program compiled with care by each of the divisions, and comprising topics of such interest that the leaders in chemistry attended in large numbers both to hear and to discuss.
There were divisional meetings 6n Wednesday and Thursday mornings, followed by luncheons at the University of Cincinnati. The president's address
by Professor William McPherson, "Chemistry and Education," was given on Wednesday at 8: 30 in the Emery Auditorium, following which there was a musical program.
On the afternoon of Thursday an in- spection trip was made to the Cincinnati Water Works and there was a drive around the city in automobiles, starting from the university immediately after luncheon.
In the business sessions proposals for certain reorganization, the election of editors and the selection of further meeting places were considered. The eighty-first meeting of the society will be held in the spring of 1931 at In- dianapolis, Indiana:-H. E. H.
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