ADDRESS OF MR. RAYMOND E. REED, PRESIDENT, SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS, MEETING OF DECEMBER 8, 1949 A Review of 1949 and a Quick Look at the Future MEMBERS AND GUESTS, I wish to welcome you to the tenth semiannual meeting of THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS. During the past year your So- ciety has made excellent progress in many directions. Perhaps the out- standing event of the year was the installation of the Chicago Chapter. The stage for this event had been set last year, but before the formal installation could be carried out our by-laws had to be amended. After this matter had been ac- complished, we welcomed the Chicago group into our National Society at a meeting last June. I have had the pleasure of watch- ing the Chicago Chapter's progress at close range, and I can assure you that they are an aggressive group, holding regular monthly meetings which are excellently attended. This Chapter has done much to ad- vance the cause of cosmetic science in the Middle West. Your British Society, under the able direction of Chairman F. V. Wells, has also made great progress during the past year. In fact, what I have said about the Chicago Chapter could be applied to the British Society. They are holding regular meetings, and I understand that the attendance at these meet- ings is very good. You can be sure that this organization has done and will do much for cosmetic science in Great Britain. In France, we have made a modest start in the direction of organizing a French Chapter. Cer- tain well-known key people .in cosmetic scientific circles in that country are taking steps to develop an organization. Mr. Crowder will report on our membership activities, and he will tell you that we now have members around the world. I will leave to Mr. Crowder the pleasant duty of reporting on the exact number of members, but I think it is safe to say that our original membership of 13 has now grown to well over 250 members. The Executive Committee was first organized during the past year. The purpose of this committee was to capitalize on the experience of all the past presidents of your Society. Dr. Taylor has been chairman of

2 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS this committee, and he has con- tinued to make the contributions he made during his period of office as president a year ago. We also have a Publicity Chair- man for the first time in 1949. I am sure you are all aware of the wonderful publicity our activities have received. I feel that this is very beneficial to cosmetic science in general. Mr. Kramer is to be complimented on the job he has done. Operating under an increased budget, Mr. Sagarin, the Chairman of our Library Committee, con- tinues to assemble books and pub- lications dealing with our science. I am sure that here we are building something that will be of great value in the years to come. The editor of any scientific journal has many headaches, and Mr. deNavarre, our able editor, has had more than his share nevertheless, under very trying circumstances, he has done a most effective job of publishing our Jous^,.. In the coming year, he expects to com- plete all issues which are still pending. As you know, the Medal Award Committee, headed by Dr. Wimmer, has selected Dr. Ralph Liggett Evans as the Medalist for 1950. The efforts of Dr. Wimmer and his associates will be most eloquently reflected by the Medal Award Dinner planned for this evening. Mr. Carsch, Chairman of our Nominating Committee, arrived at his slate of candidates some time ago, and based on his recommenda- tions, the usual ballots were issued to the membership. We will be hearing later today the outcome of the voting on the various posts that are to be filled. Mr. Surer has served us as Enter- tainment Chairman for many years. We have come to expect the usual excellent job that he and his as- sistants perform in connection with our meetings. For the first time this year he performed his miracles by remote control, for, a few months ago he moved from the New York area to St. Louis. I believe, by custom, every out- going president is supposed to gaze into the crystal ball, go into a trance, and say something about the future. This I will now attempt to do. I am basically an optimist, but I become an extreme optimist when I think of the future of cosmetic science and the future of our So- ciety. All about us, I see signs of expanding scientific activities in the cosmetic field. Control and inspection operations are being strengthened. Research budgets are being increased. Educational institutions are becoming very aware of cosmetic science. Scientifically trained people in our industry gain better recognition all the time. Perhaps the best omen as far as our future is concerned is the indi- cation that larger investments are being made in cosmetic research. The result of this must be an ex- panded cosmetic technology with new cosmetic products being created which I would predict will be on a