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Ischemis Heart, Sept. 22-23, 1986, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Information: Dr. H. Stare, Department of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 300 D R R o t t e r d a m , The Netherlands.

IUlU Foods. Simultaneous translation in Spanish, French and English. Information: Secretariat of Symposium '86, General Direction of Agricultural and Food Industry, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Pasio Infanta Isabel,1.28014, Madrid, Spain.

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Silver Jubilee Eastern Analytical Symposium, Oct. 6-10, 1986, New York Hilton Hotel, New York City, NY. Contact: Dr. S. David Klein, EAS Publicity, 642 Cranbury Cross Rd., N. Brunswick, NJ 08902. International Symposium on Additives in Food Industries, Oct. 16-18, 1986, Madrid, Spain, sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and

64th Annual Meeting and 51st Paint Industries' Show, Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology, Nov. 5-7, 1986, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Contact: Federation of Societies for Coatings Technologies, 1315 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19107. International Symposium, Automatic Control and Optimization of Food Processes, Manifesta-

I tion of the Food Working Party of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering, Nov. 12-13, 1985, Paris, France. Contact: Salon du G.I.A., Veronique Reynaud, B.P. 551-42, rue du Louvre, 75027 Paris Cedex 01, France. International Association of Seed Crushers' 62nd Congress, Nov. 25-28, 1986, Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, India. Information: IASC , 8 S a l i s b u r y Square, London EC4P 4AN, England.

1988 World Surfactants Congress II, May 24-27, 1988, Paris, France. Organized by ASPA, France; s p o n s o r e d b y the E u r o p e a n Committee on Organic Surfactants and Their Intermediates, Avenue Louise 250, Bte. 102; B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.

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IFSCC elects officers Dr. S. Ohta of Japan has been elected 1985-86 president of the International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists, succeeding Dr. J. Rubin of Argentina. Other officers for the y e a r include J. Puig Martin of Spain as vice president, R. Luks of Switzerland as treasurer, W. E. Lange of the United States as honorary secretary, and L. Motitschke of Germany, P. J. Rothwell of Great Britain, R. van Croonenborgh of The Netherlands and G. Bucher of the United States as committee members on the IFSCC presidium. At the IFSCC annual meeting, the council established a new award named for the late M. G. de Navarre, an AOCS member who was ins t r u m e n t a l in establishing the IFSCC. The 1986 IFSCC International Congress will be held in mid-September in Barcelona, Spain.

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and development programs in certain countries will cause oilfield chemical consumption to rise sharply as these countries attempt to reduce their dependency on foreign oil imports andlor increase crude oil exports, according to a study conducted by Colin A. Houston & Associates. The firm, based in Mamaroneck, New York, explained that the soft crude oil market does not necessarily translate into lackluster world oilfield chemical growth. However, it added, OPEC member-countries will have much lower growth rates than non-OPEC countries. S t e p a n Co. has named Edward T. C. Hyer Jr. plant m a n a g e r for the c o m p a n y ' s manufacturing facility in Winder, Georgia.

tives Divisions, as well as activities of Chevron do Brasil. The PQ Corporation has appointed Richard W. Kelso as vice president and director of plant operations expertise. Cyclo Chemicals Corp. has appointed Brad Rope as technical sales r e p r e s e n t a t i v e for the West Coast. He will be based at the Cyclo Manufacturing Plant in Los Angeles.

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Chevron Chemical Co. has appointed J. E. (John) Peppercorn to the position of senior vice president, industrial chemicals, San Francisco. In this post, he will be responsible for activities of the Aromatics and Derivatives, Olefins and Derivatives and Oronite Addi-

The American Oil Chemists' Society at its 64th Annual Spring Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana April 29-May 2, 1973 PRICE: $7. Order from AOCS, 508 South Sixth Street. Champaign, IL 61820.