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Newly Elected Trustees of the Scholarships Committee for 1975 include :
and Awards
Richard R Addis, Jr (Itek Corp. Lexington, Mass) J Peter Hobson (National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada) Eric Kay (IBM Research Laboratory, San Jose, Calif) James M Lafferty (General Electric R & D Center, Schenectady, NY) Paul W Palmberg (Physical Electronics Industries, Edina, Minn) John T Yates (National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC)
Lewis W Hull : President. Lewis W Hull of Southampton, Pennsylvania is founder and president of Hull Corp, Hatboro, Pennsylvania. The 21 -year-old company that bears his name is the leading US manufacturer of vacuum freeze-drying systems for the pharmaceutical industry. In recent years, Hull has branched out into continuous freeze-drying plants for the food industry. Hull’s R Et D Department is engaged in perfecting a process for high vacuum deposition of thin-film inductors for the electronics industry. Another division of the Hull Corp manufactures plastics molding machines from three plants in the US and plants in Japan and Scotland. Mr Hull has a profund interest in vacuum technology and has served the American Vacuum Society in many capacities for more than 15 years. He has been Treasurer of the American Vacuum Society and Chairman of the Delaware Valley Section. He was elected to the oosition of President-Elect of the Societv in 1974, and becomes its twenty-second President on 1 January _ L__ lY/S.
N Rey Whetten : President-Elect. Dr N Rey Whetten a physicist on the technical staff of the Electron Physics and Circuits Branch of the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York, has been elected President-Elect of the American Vacuum Society. Born in Provo, Utah, Dr Whetten received BS, MS and PhD degrees from Yale University where he also served as a research assistant for 3 years. Dr Whetten joined GE’s Research Laboratory in 1953 and has since conducted research in the areas of surface physics, mass spectrometry and medical physics. He has published more than 40 technical papers on his research and has contributed to five books. Ten patents have been filed in his name. An active AVS member, Dr Whetten currently is a member of the Board of Directors of the Vacuum Technology Division, and was a member of the Program Committee for the 1974 Annual Symposium. He has served on the AVS Board of Directors (1972-l 973) ; Board of Editors of the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology (1970-I 972) ; Executive Committee of the Surface Science Division (1970) ; and as a chairman of the Publication Committee (1972-l 973). He has been a member of the Program Committees of several symposia, and was Program Chairman of the 1972 Annual Symposium. In addition to his AVS activities, Dr Whetten served on the Board of Editors for the Journal, Review of Scientific Instruments, from 1968 to 1971, and holds membership in the American Physical Society. He is currently an adjunct professor of physics at Union College, Schenectady, New York.
Dr Whetten will begin his one-year term as President-Elect in January 1975, and then will serve as the twenty-third President of the Society in 1976.
Dorothy M Hoffman: Immediate Past President. Dorothy Hoffman is a member of the Technical Staff at RCA Laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey. Mrs Hoffman is a native of New York City, attended the City College of New York, received a BS in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Bucknell University. After a year with the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady, she joined the International Resistance Company in Philadelphia, where as research engineer and later as head of process development she played a major part in the development of the evaporated metal film resistor. In 1962 she joined RCA as a member of the Technical Staff in the Astro-electronics Affiliated Laboratory at the David Sarnoff Research Center. Since 1967 she has been in charge of the Thin Film Technology Service Group, working with evaporated films of many materials. Mrs Hoffman became the twenty-first President of the American Vacuum Society in 1974. She is a member of the Society of Women Engineers, is a member of the Engineer’s Club of Philadelphia, and is a Past President of the Engineering and Technical Societies Council of Delaware Valley.
Jack H Singleton : Secretary/Clerk. Dr Jack H Singleton of Monroeville,-Pennsylvania is a member of the vacuum laboratory of the Westinghouse Research Laboratories, Pittsburgh, Pa. Dr Singleton is a native of Accrington, Lancashire, England and did his undergraduate work in Chemistry and graduate work in Physical Chemistry at Imperial College (University of London) from 1944 to 1949. He was assistant lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, from 1949 to 1952, and served as a Research Assistant at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington from 1952 to 1955. In 1955 he joined the Westinghouse R Et D Center. Initial work at Westinghouse was on the properties of phosphors which are used in fluorescent lamps. Since 1961, he has worked on techniques used to achieve very low pressures and on processes such as Chemisorption, which occur at such low pressures. Recent interests include adsorption-desorption phenomena, and sputter-ion and getter pumping. Dr Singleton served on the Board of Directors of the American Vacuum Society and was Local Arrangements Chairman for the 1968 National Symposium and Program Chairman for the 1971 International Vacuum Congress. He was elected to Secretary/Clerk of the Society in 1973 and 1974, and was re-elected for 1975. He was on the Program Committee in 1974 for the twenty-first National Vacuum Symposium in Anaheim, California.
J Roger Young : Treasurer. Dr J Roger Young is a staff member of the Surface and Particle Physics Branch of the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center in Schenectady, New York. Dr Young has served the American Vacuum following offices: Chairman of the Program
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News
Newly Elected Trustees of the Scholarships Committee for 1975 include :
and Awards
Richard R Addis, Jr (Itek Corp. Lexington, Mass) J Peter Hobson (National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada) Eric Kay (IBM Research Laboratory, San Jose, Calif) James M Lafferty (General Electric R & D Center, Schenectady, NY) Paul W Palmberg (Physical Electronics Industries, Edina, Minn) John T Yates (National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC)
Lewis W Hull : President. Lewis W Hull of Southampton, Pennsylvania is founder and president of Hull Corp, Hatboro, Pennsylvania. The 21 -year-old company that bears his name is the leading US manufacturer of vacuum freeze-drying systems for the pharmaceutical industry. In recent years, Hull has branched out into continuous freeze-drying plants for the food industry. Hull’s R Et D Department is engaged in perfecting a process for high vacuum deposition of thin-film inductors for the electronics industry. Another division of the Hull Corp manufactures plastics molding machines from three plants in the US and plants in Japan and Scotland. Mr Hull has a profund interest in vacuum technology and has served the American Vacuum Society in many capacities for more than 15 years. He has been Treasurer of the American Vacuum Society and Chairman of the Delaware Valley Section. He was elected to the oosition of President-Elect of the Societv in 1974, and becomes its twenty-second President on 1 January _ L__ lY/S.
N Rey Whetten : President-Elect. Dr N Rey Whetten a physicist on the technical staff of the Electron Physics and Circuits Branch of the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York, has been elected President-Elect of the American Vacuum Society. Born in Provo, Utah, Dr Whetten received BS, MS and PhD degrees from Yale University where he also served as a research assistant for 3 years. Dr Whetten joined GE’s Research Laboratory in 1953 and has since conducted research in the areas of surface physics, mass spectrometry and medical physics. He has published more than 40 technical papers on his research and has contributed to five books. Ten patents have been filed in his name. An active AVS member, Dr Whetten currently is a member of the Board of Directors of the Vacuum Technology Division, and was a member of the Program Committee for the 1974 Annual Symposium. He has served on the AVS Board of Directors (1972-l 973) ; Board of Editors of the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology (1970-I 972) ; Executive Committee of the Surface Science Division (1970) ; and as a chairman of the Publication Committee (1972-l 973). He has been a member of the Program Committees of several symposia, and was Program Chairman of the 1972 Annual Symposium. In addition to his AVS activities, Dr Whetten served on the Board of Editors for the Journal, Review of Scientific Instruments, from 1968 to 1971, and holds membership in the American Physical Society. He is currently an adjunct professor of physics at Union College, Schenectady, New York.
Dr Whetten will begin his one-year term as President-Elect in January 1975, and then will serve as the twenty-third President of the Society in 1976.
Dorothy M Hoffman: Immediate Past President. Dorothy Hoffman is a member of the Technical Staff at RCA Laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey. Mrs Hoffman is a native of New York City, attended the City College of New York, received a BS in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Bucknell University. After a year with the General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady, she joined the International Resistance Company in Philadelphia, where as research engineer and later as head of process development she played a major part in the development of the evaporated metal film resistor. In 1962 she joined RCA as a member of the Technical Staff in the Astro-electronics Affiliated Laboratory at the David Sarnoff Research Center. Since 1967 she has been in charge of the Thin Film Technology Service Group, working with evaporated films of many materials. Mrs Hoffman became the twenty-first President of the American Vacuum Society in 1974. She is a member of the Society of Women Engineers, is a member of the Engineer’s Club of Philadelphia, and is a Past President of the Engineering and Technical Societies Council of Delaware Valley.
Jack H Singleton : Secretary/Clerk. Dr Jack H Singleton of Monroeville,-Pennsylvania is a member of the vacuum laboratory of the Westinghouse Research Laboratories, Pittsburgh, Pa. Dr Singleton is a native of Accrington, Lancashire, England and did his undergraduate work in Chemistry and graduate work in Physical Chemistry at Imperial College (University of London) from 1944 to 1949. He was assistant lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, from 1949 to 1952, and served as a Research Assistant at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington from 1952 to 1955. In 1955 he joined the Westinghouse R Et D Center. Initial work at Westinghouse was on the properties of phosphors which are used in fluorescent lamps. Since 1961, he has worked on techniques used to achieve very low pressures and on processes such as Chemisorption, which occur at such low pressures. Recent interests include adsorption-desorption phenomena, and sputter-ion and getter pumping. Dr Singleton served on the Board of Directors of the American Vacuum Society and was Local Arrangements Chairman for the 1968 National Symposium and Program Chairman for the 1971 International Vacuum Congress. He was elected to Secretary/Clerk of the Society in 1973 and 1974, and was re-elected for 1975. He was on the Program Committee in 1974 for the twenty-first National Vacuum Symposium in Anaheim, California.
J Roger Young : Treasurer. Dr J Roger Young is a staff member of the Surface and Particle Physics Branch of the General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center in Schenectady, New York. Dr Young has served the American Vacuum following offices: Chairman of the Program
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