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APRIL 1963 NEWS Devoted' to Fundamental Research in the Natural Sciences Number 13 VISR President Honored with University's Thomas Jefferson Award Dr. Allan Talbott Gwathmey, president of VISR and professor of chemistry at the Univer- sity of Virginia, was pre- sented the 1963 Thomas Jefferson Award given an- nually to an outstanding member of the University community. The award, presented during Founder's Day Ceremonies in Charlottes- ville, Virginia, cited Dr. Gwathmey's "leadership in bringing about ... the establishment in Virginia of a research organization (VISR) devoted to fun- damental research in the natural sciences. He has always been the guiding spirit behind its growing Dr. Allan T. Gwathmay operations", the citation (Phto roartmy CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING NEWS) continued. ' ~ Dr. Gwathmey, affectionately known as Pete, was chairman of the Research Committee of the Virginia Academy of Science which originally conceived the idea of VISR. He has been president of the Board of Trustees since VISR was chartered in 1948. His persistent efforts and deep faith in the value of basic research have culminated in the Institute's new lab- oratory and permanent home. Born in Richmond in 1903, Dr. Gwathmey at- tended preparatory school in this city and received his B.S. degree from Virginia Military Institute in 1923. To hundreds of VMI men Pete is first and foremost' a "Brother Rat" and possesses a real genius for ex- pressing his high regard for his alma mater. Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology awarded him a B.S: degree in Electrochemical Engineering in 1928. For the next few years he worked as engineer and re- search chemist for several large industrial firms. He returned to Virginia and won his Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry from the University of Virginia in 1938. He has been a_ staff member _of - the Uni- versity's Chemistry D~e- partment ever since, being appointed successively re- search associate, assistant professor, associate pro- fessor, and full professor in 1956. - The surface properties of metal single crystals have been Professor Gwathmey's life-long re- search interest. His work in this field pre-dated the great interest in single crystals brought on by the discovery of the transistor and other solid-state de- vices. More -than 50 publi- cations on metal single crystals have originated from his laboratory since 1940. His research ac- complishments have been honored by: the Research Award of the Virginia Academy of Science in 1941, the Sullivan Prize of the University of Virginia in 1948, the Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies Research Award in 1948, the Southern Chemist Award in 1952, the Dis- tinguished Service Award of the Virginia Section, American Chemical Society in 1962, and tfie President and Boardd of Visitors Research Award of the Uni- versity in 1963. He has been an invited lecturer before numerous national and international science groups. More than these actual research accomplishments, Pete Gwathmey values the dose associations which he has developed with his students. The Jefferson Award citation pointed out: "No teacher could wish for greater satisfaction than Professor Gwathmey has in the simple fact that a large proportion of his students have established highly regarded records through distinguished work in the field of surface chemistry research. These students readily recognize their obligation to their teacher from whom they learned the toughening discipline of a complex ex, perirnent." r 0 0 0 w r ~ ~

APRIL 1963 VISR News VISR NEWS is an information bulletin for friends of the Virginia Institute for Scientific Research, an independent, non-profit corporation, whose programs of fundamental research are supported by industry, Government agencies, the State of Virginia, and gifts. VIRGINIA INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH P. O'. Box 8315, RICHMOND 26,, VIRGINIA Institute Trustees Represent Many Interests in Research Thirteen corporation executives, four university professors, two engineers and consultants, and an attorney make up the current 20-member VISR Board of Trust'ees. The new laboratory resulted from 15 years of faithful work by these men. Dr. Allan T. Gwathmey, professor of chemistry, University of Virginia, is president (See page 1)~. Mr. H. Rupert Hanmer, -vice president and director of research of the American Tobacco Company, is vice president. Other officers are: Dr. Robert H. Kean, research associate, University of Virginia and for- merly direct'or of development of Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation, secretary; Mr. A. Churchill Young, Jr., president of E: M. Todd Company, Rich- mond, treasurer; and Dr. Henry Leidheiser, Jr., director. The trying and complex finances of a growing In- stit'ute have been managed by the Finance Committee which includes Mr. Young, treasurer, and Mr. Robert M. Jeffress of Richmond, formerly chairman of the Board of Wortendyke Manufacturing Company. Mr. Jeffress" continued interest in VISR since before its incorporation has prompted Dr. Gwathmey to award him the title of "honorary scientist." Included among the corporation executives are three members of the Senate of Virginia's General Assembly: Mr. Harry F. Byrd, Jr., editor of the Win- chester Evening Star; Mr. Lloyd C. Bird of Chester- field County and president of Phipps and Bird Lab- oratory Suppliers of Richmond; and Mr. Fit!zGeraTd Bemiss, president of D. D. FitzGerald Inc. of Rich- mond. Mr. Bemiss was elected to the Board in De- cember 1962. The hew laboratory was designed and engineered by Carneal and Johnston whose senior partner Mr. J. Ambler Johnston is a charter member of the VISR Board. Mr. Edwin Cox, consulting engineer and chemist of Aylett, Virginia, is al!so a charter Board member. In addition to Dr. Gwathmey, university professors include Dr. Jesse W. Beams, retired head, Physics Department, University of Virginia; Dr. Sidney S. Negus, retired head, Biochemistry Department, Med- ical College of Virginia; and Dr. dtobert- F__Smart, dean and professor of biology, University of - Rich- mond. Mr. E. Claiborne Robins,president of A_ H. Robins Pharmaceutical Company 0 Richmond, who was elected to the VISR Board in December 1962, is also a Trustee of the University of Richmond and member of its Executive Committee. Mr. H. Merrill Pasco of the Richmond firm of Hunton Williams Gay Powell and Gibson is Institute general counsel. Institute building fund eff'orts were ably assisted' by four corporation executives: Mr. Ernst W.Farley,. Jr., president of Richmond Engineering Company; Dr. James W. Mullen II, president of Texaco Ex- periment Incorporated of Richmond; Mr. Granville G. Valentine, Jr., president of Valentine Pharma- ceutical Company of Richmond; and Mr. Langbourne M. Williams, chairman of the Board of Freeport Sulfur Company, New York City. Two former VISR Board members are Mr. Robert P. Marsh, chairman of the Board, First & Merchants National Bank of Richmond and Dr. Fontaine C. .Armistead, formerly director of the Institute and cur- rently assistant to the president, Texaco Develop- ment Corporation, New York City. VISR Briefs • Dr. James F. Kirn, senior research chemist, has recently received a second grant, this one for three years, from the Air Force Office of Scientific Re- search for "A Study of the Growth and Perfection of Single Crystals of the Alkali Metals, the Rare Earths, Cobalt, and Solid Solution Alloys." • Dr. Billy W. Sloope, senior research physicist, has been invited to speak in October before the American Vacuum Society's national meeting in Boston on "The Formation, Conditions, Structure, and Electrical Prop- erties of Single Crystal Germanium Films." • The growing, VISR Science Library acknowledges with appreciation gifts of back issue journals from the following: American Tobacco Company, Philip Morris, Inc., Smitherm Division of Hupp Corpora- tion, Veterans Administration Hospital, and Virginia ABC Board Laboratory. • The Institute gratefully recognizes the gift of a Bausch and Lomb metallographic microscope by Mr. James H. Scott of ' Richmond. • Gifts tot'al-ling $14,550 have come to the Institute since the last issue of the NEWS from the following generous donors: AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY JOHN STEWART BRYAN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION CARNEAL AND JOHNSTON ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS ESSO' EDUCATION FOUNDATION THOMAS F. JEFFRESS MEMORIAL, INC. LAWYERS TITLE FOUNDATION PHIPPS AND BIRD, INC. MR. VIRGIL E. STRAUGFiAN MR. EUGENE B. SYDNOR, JR. -_ YIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CAtPORATION