Lebanon, associations

The Africa/Middle-East Working Group represents Crop Protection Industiy Associations in Cameroun, Cote d Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco and Syria. 

Shahrokh Saba was born in Tehran, Iran, studied at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, where he obtained his B.S. in 1970. He continued his education at the University of East Anglia and received his Ph.D. in 1974 under the direction of Prof. A. R. Katritzky. During 1975-79, he taught as an assistant professor at Azad University in Tehran. He moved to the United States in 1980, and after postdoctoral fellowships in 1980 (Prof. R. Breslow, Columbia University), 1981 (Prof. W. C. Agosta, Rockefeller University), and 1982-83 (Prof. N. O. Smith, Fordham University), he assumed a teaching position at Kean College of New Jersey in 1984. He returned to Fordham University in 1986 and took up his present position, and is currently an associate professor of chemistry. His scientific interests include all aspects of heterocyclic chemistry, and new uses of simple ammonium salts in organic synthesis. 

Chrysocolla is a secondary mineral and associated commonly with other copper minerals of similar origin. It is one of ihc less important ores of copper and has a minor use as a gemstone. Among the localities for excellent specimens may he mentioned Cornwall and Cumberland. England Congo Chile Lebanon and Berks Counties, Pennsylvania the Clifton-Morenci Globe and Bisbee districts in Arizona Dona Ana County. New Mexico, and the Untie district. Utah. 

National Association of Woolen Worsted Overseers. Raymond T. Bourey, president, Lebanon, N. H. James J. Burns, secretary, 65 Wellesley Road, Holyoke, Mass. 

Purple is a color (hue) often associated with royalty. The history of this association traces back to the early Babylonians and the later Phoenicians and is related to one of the earliest commercial products, a natural dye extracted from mollusks and called Tyrian Purple, Royal Purple, Imperial Purple, or Ancient Purple (6,6-dibro-moindigo). The name Tyrian refers to the city of Tyre in Lebanon, where production was centered. The preparation of the dye was labor intensive and required the extraction of tiny amounts of precursor chemicals from thousands of mollusks. Because of labor and material costs, the dye was literally worth more than gold thus. Kings were the only ones who could afford it... 

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