Passing of Val Metanomski

I was informed today of the passing of Val Metanomski of Chemical Abstracts Service. I had the pleasure of knowing Val through the American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Information. He was always very friendly to me when we met at national meeting of the society. As the archivist of the division he wrote "50 years of Chemical Information in the American Chemical Society 1943-1993". This volume documents my activities in the Division as a committee chair and a symposium organizer before 1993. Val will certainly be missed by all his professional colleagues. My condolences to the family.