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![Edward Olson (in Drug Information Journal)
Computer Selection — A Case History (1978)
In 1968, [I] helped evaluate and justify the first laboratory automation computer system in the Upjohn Company […] We selected the IBM-1800 system, which, over the past nine years, has been developed into UPACS I — The Upjohn Physical Analytical Chemistry System. In 1968, it was a major task to convince the management […] that Laboratory Automation was a worthwhile effort. In 1977, this was no longer a problem. The [current system] is, conservatively, equivalent to an additional 25 to 30 people on our staff.
We have, during the past ten years, learned a great deal about on-line data collection and data processing. We believe the next big advance we can make in staff efficiency will come in the area of interactive data interpretation. [W]e hope to gather on-line all data on a material of unknown structure (IR, UV, 13C NMR, 1H NMR, elemental analysis, ORD, etc.) and, by interactive interpretation at a graphics terminal, determine all possible chemical structures consistent with all of the data very early in the structure determination game.
ACS Division of Chemical Literature changed its name to Division of Chemical Information CINF in 1975](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jomweq7j44pcqclqrhxlyqc4/bafkreigycm45v5allfwk5kbdelyczjtll2dpzfhuwotn2rqjal7k5ovgkq)
![Chemist as Historian: The Journey Begins… Founding Era (1977–1983) — Verified Reconstruction
These officers are directly recoverable from early COMP webpages preserved in the Wayback Machine (1996 snapshots), which include a “History of COMP” page listing founding officers.
1977 — Founding Officers (verified)
• Chair — Norman L. Allinger
• Chair Elect — William L. Jorgensen
• Secretary/Treasurer — Kenneth B. Wiberg
• Councilor — Henry F. Schaefer III
• Alternate Councilor — Peter Kollman
Web Era (1996–1999) — High Confidence Reconstruction
The Wayback Machine preserves complete officer lists for these years.
1996 Officers (verified from Wayback Machine)
• Chair — Carol Parish
• Chair Elect — Kenneth M. Merz Jr.
• Secretary — Bernard R. Brooks
• Treasurer — David Case
Councilor — William L. Jorgensen]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jomweq7j44pcqclqrhxlyqc4/bafkreiajs2sxgpb5yx6b624pg6244vghibwttmz7wthl24fv4nzj6bjuhu)
