ei apehwOnEae IRATEEES 9 AEA. Re et REceEME a Bt oe 9” 9 Charles Kempter Named Honorary AIC Member Charles P. Kempter, a physical chemist and crystallographer in Group N-1, has been named an honorary member of the American Institute of Chemists, and 26 other », Laboratory staff members have been named Fellows. Honorary membership is awarded to less than two per cent of the total living Institute membership and only to those * “who by reason of service to the chemical profes- short subjects Robert A. Penneman, CMF-4 alternate group leader, and John F. Spalding, head of H-4’s Mam- malian Radiobiology section, were two of a panel of 12 judges who selected winners of special Atomic Energy Commission awards at the 20th International Science Fair in Fort Worth, Texas. The specia] AEC awards were presented to 10 student contestants with the most outstanding nuclear-related science projects. Other awards were received by two Los Alamos High School students who entered exhibits in the sion, or to the public; and science fair. Chris Fullman, 16, received honorable mention from the American Society for Metals and the American Dental Association for plishment have attained unusual distinction in the chemical field.” Kempter was cited for his scientific work and “as a chemist with professional concern for his col- able mention from the American Psychological Association for her “Effects of RNA Transfer on Learning and Memory in Mice.” by professional accom- his “High Temperature Crystals, Their Growth and Use.” Debra Krikorian, 18, received honor- leagues who devised the Fellowship Nomination Program ofthis Institute.” $e Kempter and other LASL staff members re- ceived their awards at the 13th National Fellows Dinner in Santa Fe. Those named Fellows were Willard H. Beattie, W-7; Karl S. Bergstresser, CMB-1; William R. Daniels, J-11; George P. Ford, J-l1; Walter V. Green, CMF-13; E. Arnold Hakkila, CMB-1; John E. Hockett, CMF-13; C. | Gordon Hoffman, N-]; Eugene C. Kerr, CMF-9; Milton C. Krupka, CMB-3; Donald P. MacMil- lan, N-I; Joseph B. Mann, CMF-4; John R. Mosely, W-7; Lawrence J. Mullins, fr.. CMB-11; Rene J. Prestwood, J-11; Raymond N. Rogers, GMX-2; Prince E. Rouse, GMX-2; Thomas A. Sandenaw, CMF-13; James E. Sattizahn, J-11; Fred W. Schonfeld, CMF-5; George R. Shepherd, H-4; H. Louise Smith, J-11; Maynard E. Smith, CMB-1; John H. Sullivan, CMF-4; Paul Wagner, CMF-13; and John W. Ward, CMF-5. Edward F. Thode, a LASL consultant on the staff of New Mexico State University, was also elected a Fellow. The AIC confers this honor on selected chem- ists, Chemical engineers and scientists or engineers with equivalent qualifications who are elected by the Institute’s National Council. 20 Richard J. Kandel, a former employee of Group W-8, has been appointed Chief of the Radiation, Isotope and Physical Chemistry Branch of the Atomic Energy Commission's Office of the Assis- tant Director for Chemistry Programs, Division of Research. Kandel joined the AEC staff in the Office of the Assistant Director for Chemistry Programs in June, 1967. Project Rulison, the second in a plannedseries of joint government-industry experiments to in- vestigate the use of a contained nuclear explosion to enhance the recovery of natural gas from lowpermeability gas formations, has been rescheduled for September. The decision to reschedule the detonation of the 40-kiloton underground nuclear device was made by project participants after it was determined that necessary preparations to conduct the nuclear explosion could not be completed by May 22.