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American Chemical Society, Chicago Section
Largely at the initiative of John H. Long, a charter was granted
for the Chicago Section of the American Chemical Society, March
15, 1895. At the meeting on June 3 at the Northwestern School
of Medicine and Pharmacy, the following officers were elected:
Frank Julian,
President
J. C. Foye, Vice-President
F. B. Dains, Secretary
J. H. Long, Treasurer
The Chicago
Section is noted for the annual Willard Gibbs Medal, named for
the distinguished Yale scientist. The Gibbs Medal was founded
by (and eventually endowed by) William A. Converse, Chairman
of the Chicago Section in 1909. The first Gibbs Medal was awarded
in 1911 to Svante Arrhenius; it is the second-oldest professional
award of the American Chemical Society.
Chairmen of the Chicago Section of ACS:
1895-1915 | 1916-1940 | 1941-1960
1895-1915
|
Date
|
Chairman
|
Affiliations
|
| 1895-96 |
Frank Julian |
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| 1897 |
William Hoskins |
Mariner and Hoskins, consulting chemists |
| 1898 |
Joseph P. Grabfield |
Morris and Company, meat packers |
| 1899 |
Charles Elijah Linebarger |
Teacher, Lake View H.S. |
| 1900 |
Warren Rufus Smith |
Lewis Institute |
| 1901 |
Felix Lengfeld |
Asst. Prof. U of Chicago; later pharmacist in San Francisco |
| 1902 |
Gustav Thurnaur |
Aurora Metal Company, mfrs. of bearing metals, metallic
packing for locomotives, and aluminum-bronze diecastings |
| 1903 |
William August Puckner |
U. of Illinois School of Pharmacy; Searle |
| 1904 |
Julius A. Stieglitz |
University of Chicago |
| 1905 |
William Brady |
Illinois Steel Company |
| 1906 |
Herbert N. McCoy |
U of Chicago; later Carnotite Reduction Co., Lindsay
Light & Chemical Co. |
| 1907 |
Warren Rufus Smith |
Lewis Institute |
| 1908 |
William D. Richardson |
Swift & Co. |
| 1909 |
William A. Converse |
Dearborn Chemical Company |
| 1910 |
Thomas J. Bryan |
State Chemist of Illinois |
| 1911 |
Stephen Tyng Mather |
Thorkildsen-Mather Co.; Sterling Borax Co.; later Director,
National Park Service |
| 1912-13 |
Arthur Lowenstein |
Wilson and Company; also consulting chemical engineer |
| 1913 |
Harry McCormack |
Armour Institute of Technology; McCormack & Company,
later Research Laboratory of Chicago, 1917 |
| 1914 |
Otto Eisenschiml |
Scientific Oil Compounding |
| 1915 |
William D. Harkins |
University of Chicago |
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1916-1940
|
Date
|
Chairman
|
Affiliations
|
| 1916 |
Austin Van Hoesen Mory |
Sears, Roebuck & Co. Laboratory |
| 1917 |
Lucius M. Tolman |
USDA Central Inspection District; Wilson and Company |
| 1918-19 |
Lawrence V. Redman |
Redmanol Chemical Products Co., makers of anhydrous
phenolic resins; merged with Bakelite in 1922 |
| 1920-21 |
W. Lee Lewis |
Northwestern University; City Chemist, Evanston; later
at Institute of American Meat Packers |
| 1922 |
Carl S. Miner |
Miner Laboratories |
| 1923 |
George Albert Menge |
Libby, McNeill & Libby, milk dept., until 1922;
then chemical consultant until 1924; then Lafayette College |
| 1924-26 |
Dudley K. French |
Dearborn Chemical Company |
| 1926 |
Paul Nicholas Leech |
American Medical Association |
| 1927 |
Sterling L. Redman |
Central Scientific Co., laboratory supplies |
| 1928 |
Benjamin B. Freud |
Armour Institute of Technology; I.I.T. |
| 1929 |
Ward V. Evans |
Northwestern University; Loyola University 1945-50 |
| 1930 |
Hermann I. Schlesinger |
University of Chicago |
| 1931 |
Bernard E. Schaar |
Schaar Scientific Co.. laboratory supplies |
| 1932 |
David Klein |
|
| 1933 |
Lee Francis Supple |
Lewis Institute |
| 1934-35 |
Walker M. Hinman |
The Frederick Post Co. |
| 1935-36 |
Arthur Guillaudeu |
Swift & Co. |
| 1936-37 |
Paul Van Cleef |
Van Cleef Brothers, mfrs. of rubber cements, friction
tape, auto and cycle chemical specialties |
| 1937 |
Jacques C. Morrell |
Universal Oil Products Co. |
| 1938 |
Charles D. Hurd |
Northwestern University |
| 1939 |
Cary R. Wagner |
Pure Oil Company |
| 1940 |
William F. Henderson |
Visking Corp.) |
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1941-1960
|
Date
|
Chairman
|
Affiliations
|
| 1941 |
George L. Parkhurst |
Standard Oil Company |
| 1942 |
Warren C. Johnson |
University of Chicago |
| 1942-43 |
Roy C. Newton |
Swift and Company |
| 1943-44 |
Lawrence M. Henderson |
Pure Oil Company |
| 1944 |
Robert E. Zinn |
Victor Chemical Works |
| 1945 |
Maurice H. Arveson |
Standard Oil Co.; Indoil Chemical; Amoco |
| 1946 |
Robert K. Sommerbell |
Northwestern University |
| 1947 |
Herbert E. Robinson |
Swift and Company |
| 1948 |
Charles L. M. Thomas |
Universal Oil Products Company |
| 1949 |
Walter M. Urbain |
Swift and Company |
| 1950 |
Bryon Riegel |
Northwestern University; Searle |
| 1951 |
Robert F. Marschner |
American Oil Company |
| 1952 |
Jules D. Porsche |
Armour & Company |
| 1953 |
Marvin C. Rogers |
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.; later Photoengravers Research
Inst.
|
| 1954 |
Herman S. Bloch |
Universal Oil Products
Company |
| 1955 |
Lloyd M. Cooke |
Union Carbide, food products div. |
| 1956 |
Hoylande D. Young |
Pure Oil Company |
| 1957 |
Gordon T. Peterson |
Continental Can Company |
| 1958 |
LeRoy W. Clemence |
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| 1959 |
Bernard S. Friedman |
Sinclair Research Laboratories |
| 1960 |
Raymond P. Mariella |
Loyola University |
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