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THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. M E D A L DAY M E E T I N G , W E D N E S D A Y , A P R I L 21, 1 9 4 3 .
At 5:3 ° on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 2[, T h e F r a n k l i n I n s t i t u t e began its program of exercises which ended in the a w a r d of certificates and medals t o several d i s t i n g u i s h e d g u e s t s . T h i s was a distinct departure from other years, when the awards were made in the afternoon and a dinner in honor of recipients was held at n i g h t . In an e f f o r t t o conserve time in t h e s e b u s y d a y s , all activity was conducted i n the evening, the affair was informal, and the program was ended by 9:45 e.:,a. Several members of the I n s t i t u t e who were u n a b l e t o a t t e n d the dinner arrived for the presentation of awards which began at approximately 8 p,.~. A list of events, together w i t h awards presented, is given herewith. Immediately a f t e r the dinner the president. Mr. Charles S. R e d d i n g , called the meeting t o order and stated t h a t , inasmuch as it was a regular m o n t h l y meeting of T h e F r a n k l i n Institute, he wished t o announce that the minutes of the previous meeting had been printed in full in the JOURNAL for April and that they would stand approved as p r i n t e d , t m l e s s o l , j e e t i o n were raised. No challenge was offered and the minutes were declared approved. PROGRAMME.
Reception t o M e d a l i s t s
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Unveiling of Portrait of P a s t President I'. C. Staples Dinner
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National Anthem
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MH>AI.ts'rs, OFFXCtAt+S =XND GH.:S'PS
........................................ EH'rH E. BRAtN Lecturer ,:m Music, The Franklin Institute
Toast to Benjamin Franklin
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Greetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHARLES S. REI)I)IN<; Iqesident. The Franklin Institute Introduction of M e d a l i s t s of O t h e r Year~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . q'uE " How W e Serve
Presentation of Awards " S o n g s of Insects'
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HENRY [{U'I'LI,;R :\I,LI,;N Secretary and l)irector, The Franklin Institute
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GF.ORG~.: WASHINGTON PIERCE Franklin Medalist
" T h e F i r s t "Fen Years of H e a v y Hydrogen ". . . . . . . . HAROHJ ('LAVTON I+m,:'~ Vranklin Medalist "America"
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MEDAL DAy RECIPIENTS
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OF AWARDS.
Sponsors Presentation of Certificate of Merit CARL S. HORNBERGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Central Scientific Company Chicago, Illinois.
~]'. M. Price
l'resentation of Longstreth Medals Jointly to ROBERT GRIFFIN DE LA I~ATER~ and / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles D. Galloway WILLIAM SCHWEMLE1N The Parkersburg Rig and Reel Company Parkersburg, West Virginia. Presentation of Wetherill Medal ROBERT HOWLAND I,EACH, Vice-President . . . . . . . . . . . . William B. Coleman Handy and H a r m a n Bridgeport, Connecticut. Presentation of Brown Medal (Posthumously) ALBERT KAHN ............................................ Albert Kahn Associated Architects and Engineers,
C. M. Gay
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Detroit, Michigan Received by Mrs. H a r r y L. Winston. Presentation of Henderson Medal HARRY MILLER PFLAGER, Senior Vice-President General Steel Castings Corporation Granite City, Illinois.
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Presentation of Levy Medal ANDERS HENRIK BULL, Assistant Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. B. Bazzoni Board of Transportation of the City of New York New York, New York. Presentation of Potts Medals FRANCISCO BALLI~'N, Director National Guano Administration Lima, Peru.
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PAUL RENNO HEYL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Bureau of Standards Washington, D. C.
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Lionel F. Lew'
Winthrop R. Wright
Presentation of Cresson Medal CHARLES M E T C A L F A L L E N
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Professor of Hydraulic Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts.
Joel D. Justin
May, 1943.]
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IABRARY NOTES.
Presentation of the Franklin Medal and Certificate of Honorary Membership (~rEORGE WASHINGTON PIERCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .%lnart Ballantine Rumford Professor of Physics, Emeritus Gordon M c K a y Professor of Communication Engineering, Emeritus Harvard University Can~bridge, Massachusetts. Presentation of the Franklin Medal and Certificate of Honorary Membership HAROL1) CLAYTON UREY
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Frederic Palmer
Professor of Chemistry and Executive Officer I)epartment of Chemistry ('olumbia University New York, New York. (A detailed statement of these exercises, together with papers presented by the Franklin Medalists, will appear in an early issue of the JourgAL.)
COMMITTEE O N S C I E N C E A N D T H E A R T S . (Abstract of Proceedings of Stated Meeting held Wednesday, April 14, 1943.) I~ALL OF THE COMMITTEE,
PHILADELPHIA, APRIL I4, I943. DR. JOSEPH S. HEI'BURN in the Chair. The following report was presented for final action: No. 3114: Work of Roger Adams. This report recommended the award of an Elllott Cresson Medal to Roger :\dams. of Urbana, Illinois, " In consideration of his signal contributions in the field of Organic Chemistry, which have resulted in important extensions of its frontiers." JOHN FRAZER,
Necretary to Committee.
LIBRARY
NOTES.
The Conllnittee on Library desires to add to the collections any technical works that members would wish to contribute. Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and placed in the library. Duplicates received will be transferred to other libraries as gifts of the donor. Photostat prints of any material in the collections can be supplied on request. The average cost for a print 9 X 14 inches is thirty-five cents. The library and reading room are open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from nine o'clock A.M. until five o'clock p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays from two until ten o'clock l'.M. R E C E N T ADDITIONS. ASTRONOMY. COLLINS, :\. FREDERICK.
The Greatest Eye in the World.
1942.
At 5:3 ° on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 2[, T h e F r a n k l i n I n s t i t u t e began its program of exercises which ended in the a w a r d of certificates and medals t o several d i s t i n g u i s h e d g u e s t s . T h i s was a distinct departure from other years, when the awards were made in the afternoon and a dinner in honor of recipients was held at n i g h t . In an e f f o r t t o conserve time in t h e s e b u s y d a y s , all activity was conducted i n the evening, the affair was informal, and the program was ended by 9:45 e.:,a. Several members of the I n s t i t u t e who were u n a b l e t o a t t e n d the dinner arrived for the presentation of awards which began at approximately 8 p,.~. A list of events, together w i t h awards presented, is given herewith. Immediately a f t e r the dinner the president. Mr. Charles S. R e d d i n g , called the meeting t o order and stated t h a t , inasmuch as it was a regular m o n t h l y meeting of T h e F r a n k l i n Institute, he wished t o announce that the minutes of the previous meeting had been printed in full in the JOURNAL for April and that they would stand approved as p r i n t e d , t m l e s s o l , j e e t i o n were raised. No challenge was offered and the minutes were declared approved. PROGRAMME.
Reception t o M e d a l i s t s
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Unveiling of Portrait of P a s t President I'. C. Staples Dinner
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National Anthem
Coxtx+Hru,:l,:
. . . . . N:vrH.~,x H.'O,W:\RI~
MH>AI.ts'rs, OFFXCtAt+S =XND GH.:S'PS
........................................ EH'rH E. BRAtN Lecturer ,:m Music, The Franklin Institute
Toast to Benjamin Franklin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \V+ M. VV+r~MHAI',: (?hairman, National Franklin Committee
Greetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHARLES S. REI)I)IN<; Iqesident. The Franklin Institute Introduction of M e d a l i s t s of O t h e r Year~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . q'uE " How W e Serve
Presentation of Awards " S o n g s of Insects'
I'~I.:SII)V:N'I"
HENRY [{U'I'LI,;R :\I,LI,;N Secretary and l)irector, The Franklin Institute
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"I'm,:
['r~l,:smt,:x'r
GF.ORG~.: WASHINGTON PIERCE Franklin Medalist
" T h e F i r s t "Fen Years of H e a v y Hydrogen ". . . . . . . . HAROHJ ('LAVTON I+m,:'~ Vranklin Medalist "America"
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MEDAL DAy RECIPIENTS
~{EETING.
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OF AWARDS.
Sponsors Presentation of Certificate of Merit CARL S. HORNBERGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Central Scientific Company Chicago, Illinois.
~]'. M. Price
l'resentation of Longstreth Medals Jointly to ROBERT GRIFFIN DE LA I~ATER~ and / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles D. Galloway WILLIAM SCHWEMLE1N The Parkersburg Rig and Reel Company Parkersburg, West Virginia. Presentation of Wetherill Medal ROBERT HOWLAND I,EACH, Vice-President . . . . . . . . . . . . William B. Coleman Handy and H a r m a n Bridgeport, Connecticut. Presentation of Brown Medal (Posthumously) ALBERT KAHN ............................................ Albert Kahn Associated Architects and Engineers,
C. M. Gay
Inc.
Detroit, Michigan Received by Mrs. H a r r y L. Winston. Presentation of Henderson Medal HARRY MILLER PFLAGER, Senior Vice-President General Steel Castings Corporation Granite City, Illinois.
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Presentation of Levy Medal ANDERS HENRIK BULL, Assistant Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. B. Bazzoni Board of Transportation of the City of New York New York, New York. Presentation of Potts Medals FRANCISCO BALLI~'N, Director National Guano Administration Lima, Peru.
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PAUL RENNO HEYL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Bureau of Standards Washington, D. C.
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Lionel F. Lew'
Winthrop R. Wright
Presentation of Cresson Medal CHARLES M E T C A L F A L L E N
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Professor of Hydraulic Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts.
Joel D. Justin
May, 1943.]
533
IABRARY NOTES.
Presentation of the Franklin Medal and Certificate of Honorary Membership (~rEORGE WASHINGTON PIERCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .%lnart Ballantine Rumford Professor of Physics, Emeritus Gordon M c K a y Professor of Communication Engineering, Emeritus Harvard University Can~bridge, Massachusetts. Presentation of the Franklin Medal and Certificate of Honorary Membership HAROL1) CLAYTON UREY
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Frederic Palmer
Professor of Chemistry and Executive Officer I)epartment of Chemistry ('olumbia University New York, New York. (A detailed statement of these exercises, together with papers presented by the Franklin Medalists, will appear in an early issue of the JourgAL.)
COMMITTEE O N S C I E N C E A N D T H E A R T S . (Abstract of Proceedings of Stated Meeting held Wednesday, April 14, 1943.) I~ALL OF THE COMMITTEE,
PHILADELPHIA, APRIL I4, I943. DR. JOSEPH S. HEI'BURN in the Chair. The following report was presented for final action: No. 3114: Work of Roger Adams. This report recommended the award of an Elllott Cresson Medal to Roger :\dams. of Urbana, Illinois, " In consideration of his signal contributions in the field of Organic Chemistry, which have resulted in important extensions of its frontiers." JOHN FRAZER,
Necretary to Committee.
LIBRARY
NOTES.
The Conllnittee on Library desires to add to the collections any technical works that members would wish to contribute. Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and placed in the library. Duplicates received will be transferred to other libraries as gifts of the donor. Photostat prints of any material in the collections can be supplied on request. The average cost for a print 9 X 14 inches is thirty-five cents. The library and reading room are open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from nine o'clock A.M. until five o'clock p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays from two until ten o'clock l'.M. R E C E N T ADDITIONS. ASTRONOMY. COLLINS, :\. FREDERICK.
The Greatest Eye in the World.
1942.