CHICAGO SECTION NEWS 275 The new program chairman, Her- man J. White, presented an out- line of the proposed program for the coming year. The February 13th meeting had as guest speaker, Dr. Cleveland J. White, Chairman and Professor of Dermatology at Loyola University, medal winner of the American Academy of Dermatology and Syphilology, author of about 160 papers in the field of Dermatology, and contributor to three textbooks. The title of his talk was "What the Cosmetic Chemist Should Know About Allergic Dermatosis." Dr. Austin Smith, Editor of the yourhal of the ?lrnerican Medical ?lssociation was presented with his certificate of honorary membership in the Soc•.x¾ by Maison G. de- Navarre. The guest speaker of the March 13th meeting was H. W. Zussman of the Alrose Chemical Company, Providence, Rhode Island. His paper was entitled "The Foaming Properties of Surface-Active Agents" and was illustrated by slides. The April meeting was the once-a- year event when the chemists leave their highly specialized technical subjects for aspects of the cosmetic industry which have more general interest. It's "Ladies Night" when the wives (and husbands) of the cosmetic chemists were ifivited. The guest speaker was a nation- ally known beauty-fashion author- ity, Mrs. Sarah T. Lee, beauty edi- tor of Harper's Bazaar, whose talk was titled "The Romantic Survival in Beauty and Fashion." BRITISH SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS Annual General Meeting THE ANNUAL General Meet- ing was held on May 4, 1951, with the following elections to the Coun- cil: Chairman, F. V. Wells Vice- Chairman, J. Bather Hon. Secre- tary, H. Holmes Hon. Treasurer, E. Polan Ordinary Members of Council--F. Arkins, H. W. Avis, R. T. Dobson, Dr. A. W. Middle- ton, and J. Pickthall. This council is now the Council for the year 1951- 1952. Other items at the Annual Gen- eral Meeting were presentation of Balance Sheet, together with Hon. Treasurer's report, chairman's re- port on the year, a motion to revise the constitution, rules and •'egula- tions, the JOURNAL, and one or two minor items such as ideas for future meetings. REPORT ON THE PROGRESS OF THE BRxxxsH Socxv. x¾ The chairman of the Society, F. V. Wells, then proceeded with his "Report on the Progress of the Society," the salient points of which were as follows: (a) That there had been a steady

274 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS growth in the membership of the Society. Several new members, some pre-eminent in their different spheres, had helped to make prog- ress in this direction not merely a matter of numbers but also of qual- ity and variety. (b) Mr. Wells then went on to detail the activities of the Society during the past year and mentioned the papers read by W. H. Dicken M.Sc., of General Metallurgical & Chemical Ltd., Dr. William Mit- chell of Stafford Allen & Sons Ltd., and the Symposium on Deteriora- tion 'in Cosmetics & Toilet Prepa- rations and the Olfaction Sympos- ium. Finally, mention was made of the highly successful social even- ing. (c) Mr. Wells then outlined the progress that had so far been made with the Society's ]ourna/. He told the meeting that the quotation for printing had been received and accepted. Editorial papers had been submitted for publication by J. Pickthall, Dr. R. Matalon, and Messrs. Chadwick and Pears. Ad- vertising revenue would be forth- coming. Finally, he mentioned that he was receiving valuable sup- port and assistance from Messrs. Holmes, Pickthall, and Bather. NECROLOGY Dan F. Nealon, Vice-Presideht of the National Toilet Company of Paris, Tenn., died on January 27th at the age of 54, of a heart ailment. Born and schooled in Chicago, he was a graduate of the University of Illinois. Originally he started work for the Walgreen Company, then moved to the Frank Betz Company joining the National Toilet Com- pany in 1923. He was known to many through years of writing for the trade jour- nal, Drug and Cosmetic Industry, where he carried a monthly feature of news items. After the passage of the 1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, he became active in establish- ing mercury skin bleach creams on a scientific basis and as a result was the author of a series of papers on the subject. As recently as May, 1950, he addressed the Society of Cosmetic Chemists on the "His- tory and Scientific Background of Bleaching Creams" illustrating his talk with photographs and slides describing his method of measur- ing the bleaching results. Dr. Owen Gibbs says of him-- "Undoubtedly the key to Dan Nealon's life lay in his outstanding personal charm. Although he was fundamentally a very modes{: man, yet he radiated his warm message of simple friendliness so clearly that virtually everyone responded. It was always a pleasure to be in his company for his quiet sense of fun stemmed from a very deep apprecia- tion and love of his fellow men. He was indefatigable in his efforts to help