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Zettlemoyer expresses concern over NSF funding American Chemical Society president Albert C. Zettlemoyer has expressed to a Senate panel the society's con­cern over funding of the National Science Foundation.

In recent testimony before the Subcommittee on Science, Technol­ogy & Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science & Transporta­tion, Zettlemoyer said, "The current Administration policy on science funding could seriously affect this country and the future of NSF."

The society "is gratified that the Administration has expressed, both in policy statements and budget submissions, its belief that basic re­search is critical and important/ ' Zettlemoyer said. However, he pointed out that examination of President Reagan's multiyear budget plan for NSF shows that "the NSF budget is not likely to remain level on a constant dollar basis under the plan."

Zettlemoyer noted that in order to maintain support of basic science programs, NSF would have to post­pone further instrument and facility funding and new educational pro­grams. "No matter where these cuts are made in the foundation, they will affect important operations drasti­cally," he said.

The first of five recommendations that Zettlemoyer gave the panel asks that long-range scientific research be given the same strong budget support in the national interest as the Ad­ministration has given defense. An­other recommendation calls for a high-level science adviser in the ex­ecutive branch.

Zettlemoyer also recommended that the Administration and Congress provide for growth in the NSF bud­get. "Over the next decade, the overall level of funding for NSF at a mini­mum should keep pace with inflation. . . . On a constant dollar basis, we are losing ground . . . Catching up will be expensive."

In his final recommendations, Zettlemoyer urged that NSF be al­lowed "to work out the priorities and details of the programs to be sup­ported." He asked that Congress, while continuing to oversee the foundation, not become too explicitly involved in instructing the foundation on how to reach its goals.

Zettlemoyer's statement on the fiscal year 1982 budget of NSF also has been sent to the House Commit­tee on Appropriations and to the Senate Committee on Appropriations for inclusion in their records of ap­propriations hearings. D

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Industry Frank Adams Jr. elected v.p., Pfizer Inc., New York City . . . Jeremiah V. Agnes appointed president, Lummus Operating Associates, Bloomfield, N.J. . . . E. Wayne Ahlstrom named market manager, electronic market, science products division, Mallinckrodt, St. Louis.

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William Blazowski named research asso­ciate, Exxon Research & Engineering, Florham Park, N.J A. Bruce Boehm Jr. appointed president, Dow Corning, U.S.A., Midland, Mich. . . . Henylson C. Botelho named area director, Latin America, B. F. Goodrich chemical group, Cleveland . . . D. R. Brems named product director, executive department, Dow Chemical, Midland, Mich. . . . Paul C.

Briggs Jr. appointed director of R&D, Devcon Corp., Danvers, Mass. . . . Donald V. Brock joins Sun Petroleum Products, Southfield, Mich., as senior technical service representative to elastomerics m a r k e t . . . Lois Brock, head technical librarian at the research library, General Tire & Rubber, retiring after 35 years of service, Akron . . . John A. Buono promoted to v.p., technical director of analytical services, PhotoMetrics Inc., Lexington, Mass Ber­nard J. Burns appointed product manager, polymers/specialty chemicals, industrial chemicals North America business team, Rohm & Haas, Philadelphia . . . Bernard B. Butcher named group v.p., Dow Chemical U.S.A., Midland, Mich.

Alan J. Carlin appointed director of process engineering, GAF Corp., Wayne, N.J. . . . Robert L. Carsten promoted to general man­ager, chemical packaging division, Georgia-Pacific, Newport Beach, Calif. . . . Michael L. Catt joins Setpoint Inc., Houston, as process control engineer . . . Eugene C. Cavanaugh joins petroleum & chemical division, Ralph M. Parsons Co., Pasadena, Calif., as business de­velopment representative . . . Hokan Ceder-berg appointed president and chief executive officer, Biesterfeld U.S., Muskegon, Mich.

Lydia L. Chang joins Rohm & Haas, Phila­delphia, as scientist in process research monomers department . . . Paul C. Chapin

appointed general manager, European chemi­cal operations, M&T Chemicals, Vlissingen-Oost, the Netherlands . . . Satya P. Chauhan named manager, synfuels technology depart­ment, Battelle Columbus Laboratories, Co­lumbus, Ohio . . . Gary Chipman promoted to senior research chemist, Standard Oil (Ind.), Naperville, 111. . . . Nicholas B. Clifford pro­moted to business director, specialty agricul­tural products, Mallinckrodt, St. Louis . . . George A. Coppage named director, special products business group, U.S. Industrial Chemicals, New York City . . . Costas Coula-loglou named engineering associate, Exxon Research & Engineering, Florham Park, N.J. . . . John F. Cunniffe appointed manager, corporate accounts, petrochemicals depart­ment, Gulf Oil Chemicals, Houston.

Richard Dabeck promoted to product group manager, fatty & dibasic acids group, Emery Industries, Cincinnat i . . . William 0 . Dalton named associate technical director, Borg-Warner Chemicals, Parkersburg, W.Va. . . . Peter A. Danna appointed director of licens­ing, chemicals group, Olin Corp., Stamford, Conn Richard T. Dean joins Mallinckrodt, St. Louis, as assistant director, chemical re­search, R&D division for medical products . . . Robert De Biase appointed manager of pro­cess design operations, process plants division, Foster Wheeler Energy Corp., Livingston, N.J. . . . Lawrence T. Denk named western division district manager of business development, Ford, Bacon & Davis Texas, Chicago . . . J. K. Derby appointed v.p. of operations, StanChem Inc., East Berlin, Conn.

Mike D'Innocenzio named senior engi­neering associate, Exxon Research & Engi­neering, Florham Park, N . J . . . . James B. Doe joins International Lead Zinc Research Orga­nization, New York City, as manager of elec­trochemical research . . . Leonard Douglas named director of business research, TPC Business Research Group, Westport, Conn. . . . Sheldon Duboff elected assistant v.p., Knoll Pharmaceutical, New York C i ty . . . Richard L. Dunlavy named v.p. and general manager, National Petro Chemicals Corp., New York City.

Richard L. Eckes named senior staff engi­neer, Exxon Research & Engineering, Florham Park, N.J M. S. Edmondson promoted to research associate in polyolefin research, Dow Chemical U.S.A., Texas division, F reepor t . . . Richard L. Elliott named v.p. of quality con­trol, Sterling Drug, New York C i ty . . . John W. Eschenlohr appointed v.p., metal & catalyst division, Degussa Corp., Teterboro, N.J.

Jack C. Turner named market development specialist, TPR thermoplastic elastomer, Un-iroyal Chemical, Naugatuck, Conn.

Roy D. Uhlman appointed service manager, systems department, Engelhard Industries, Union, N . J . . . . Burton H. Waxman appointed manager of polymers R&D, GAF Corp., Wayne, N.J. . . . Robert F. Wiesenborn ap­pointed manufacturing superintendent, new methionine production facility of Monsanto, Alvin, Tex. . . . James H. Williams named manager, Borden Chemical's adhesive & chemicals division, Louisville . . . Ralph L. Wisner transfers to Texas division of Dow Chemical as laboratory director of resins re­search, Freeport, Tex John Witous named v.p. and director of marketing, fabricated products group, Howmet Aluminum Corp., Greenwich, Conn. . . . Gordon E. Wood ap­pointed v.p., federal government relations, Olin Corp., Washington, D.C.

Masaki Yoshida named president, Mitsu­bishi Petrochemical, Tokyo . . . John N. Ziko-poulos named manager of biochemical re­search, Polybac Corp., New York City . . . Walter L. Zimmerman appointed central re­gional sales manager, polystyrene business group, Mobil Chemical, Paramus, N.J.

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