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William Lloyd Evans of OSU becomes president of ACS.
War activity by local chemists begins again. Many work on aspects of atomic energy.
Thomas Midgely, Jr. is president of ACS. He is stricken with polio and does not survive. C.S. Marvel (president-elect) serves out the unfinished term.
The First Annual Symposium on the topic of “polymers” is held at Battelle Memorial Institute on May 3.
The 50th Anniversary of the Columbus Section was celebrated on Friday, October 24, 1947 with an all-day program of lectures at the Chemistry Building of The Ohio State University and an evening banquet at the Neil House in Downtown Columbus. There were three charter members in attendance: Drs. McPherson, Evans, and Foulk. The principal speaker was Dr. Charles A. Thomas, president of the American Chemical Society. The keynote address at the banquet was “An Approach to Understanding.”
A high school student essay contest was held in honor of the 50th anniversary of the section.
Dr. William MacNevin was the chair of the Columbus Section. Local section membership was 515.
From the thank you note of Dr. Evans to Dr. MacNevin: “I certainly hope that these young chemists here today will be sitting at the head table on the occasion of the Centennial Celebration on October, 1997.”
The Second Annual Symposium on polymers is held on May 22. Attendance is 191.
The Third Annual Symposium on “Radioactive Tracer Techniques in Research” is held on May 19.
The Fourth Annual Symposium on “Kinetics and Catalysis” is held on May 24. The Section and OSU play host to the third symposium of the ACS Division of Analytical and Microchemistry on June 16 and 17.
Membership at 550. The section hosts a group of some 50 foreign chemists (the YOCHINPROJ or “Younger Chemists International Project” sponsored by the ACS, the Ford Foundation and the U.S. government.). The two-day program includes tours, talks, luncheons, and a dinner. K. W. Greenlee is the chairman of the event. The Fifth Annual Symposium on “Trends in Organic Chemistry” is held at OSU on April 20. The section presents a television program on the topic of rubber and plastics as part of the series Engineering Your Life, sponsored by the Columbus Technical Council. Chris Wilson and Ken Greenlee participate for the section.
On October 2, William McPherson dies.
Membership is 612. A speakers bureau is organized by Roy Bossert, Earle Caley and K. W. Greenlee. The section’s May meeting has a record attendance of 424. The event is an ox roast with spouses and older children present. The roast is held at Plumb Hall, OSU. The speaker is Otto Eisenschiml.
E. J. Crane, the director of Chemical Abstracts, receives the A. M. Patterson Award in Chemical Documentation. Crane is honored at a special joint meeting of the Dayton and Cincinnati sections held at Antioch College. Many from Columbus attend. The event is reported on page 3 of the Columbus Section Bulletin in its inaugural issue.
The first bulletin of the speakers bureau is issued, listing 44 speakers and 112 topics. A total of 20 presentations have taken place by May, 1954.
The Columbus Section Bulletin starts publication with the October issue. It has 10 mimeographed pages. The editors are K. W. Greenlee, J. N. Pattison and D. Ellis Neunherz. There were 9 issues totaling 88 pages in the first volume.
At the ACS national meeting in Chicago, section members present 23 papers.
The section starts a weekly radio program at WOSU using a tape provided by the ACS New York office. Cooperation in “Chemical Progress Week” begins and continues for 3 or 4 years. On Apr. 17, the section has its first live broadcast of radio program on WOSU.
An afternoon picnic is held on May 22 at Denison University to bring senior chemists and college chemistry majors together. Attendance was 45 students and 42 ACS members.
A workshop on teaching of college chemistry held at Kenyon College from June 26-July 2 by the ACS Division of Chemical Education. The section pays fees of $45 per person for 5 high school teachers. Dr. William Lloyd Evans dies on Oct.16.
The Columbus Section Bulletin changes format in Oct. and becomes a brief (4 page) leaflet printed by off-set process. It now includes some pictures. Randall Rice is editor.
The second ox roast is held on April 17. Hazel Bishop is the speaker and attendance is about 550. On June 8, Chemical Abstracts dedicates a new building in an outdoor ceremony. In conjunction with the building dedication, on June 9, James Bryant Conant is honored with the Charles L. Parson award.
The Chemical Record is the new name for the section’s publication. Size is increased from 4 to 10 pages and advertising is carried to make the publication pay its way. Robert Fulmer is the editor. Vol. 1, No. 1 is the October issue. A picture of Dr. E.J. Crane, who was honored at the Oct. 20 meeting (# 420), is on the cover.