SIXTH HONORARY MEMBERSHIP* Introductions by Dr. K. L. Russell, President-Elect Ladies and gentlemen, Members of the SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS, and Friends: THE BY-LAWS or cup. SOCIETY state that upon recognition of the Board of Directors the SOCIETY shall have the power to admit to honorary member- ship persons who are deemed worthy. In the past, we have admitted five individuals to such membership. They are: Stephen L. Mayham, Executive Vice-President of the Toilet Goods Association. J. L. Thompson, Head of Cosmetic and Color Section, Food and Drug Division, Department of National Health and Welfare, Ottawa, Ont., Canada. Dr. G. Robert Clark, Chief, Cosmetic Division, Food and Drug Admin- istration. Dr. Austin Smith, Editor, •ourna/ of the •tmerican Medica/ •tssociation. Dr. Dan Dahl, formerly Chief, Cosmetic Division, Food and Drug Ad- ministration, and now Director of Product Research, Bristol Myers Com- pany. Today it is our pleasure to so recognize Mrs. Eunice T. Miner, who, as you all know, is Director of the New York Academy of Sciences. Two gentlemen who are well acquainted with Mrs. Miner will tell of her activities which qualify her for this award. First, Dr. Harden F. Taylor a man who has been associated with the New York Academy staff for many years, will tell us of Mrs. Miner's activi- ties in and for the Academy from 1944 to 1954. This man was President of the Academy during the years 1946 to 1948 and has been continually active in the council and various committees of the Academy. In these capacities he has come to know Mrs. Miner well and is, therefore, able to tell us about her accomplishments as few others could. In our own Society one man seems well qualified to tell us of Mrs. Miner's activities in behalf of the SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS. This man was one of the small group who met on May 23, 1945, with the thought of form- ing this Society. This charter member also served as its third president in 1948, and has been active in the SOCIETY. Dr. Walter Taylor will tell us of Mrs. Miner's activities for the SOCIETY. * Presented at the May 14, 1954 Meeting, New York City. 133

EUNICE THOMAS MINER, SIXTH HONORARY MEMBER By HARDEN F. TAYLOR, D.Sc. New York 6, New York It ts •t¾ oooD fORTYNE to be asked to tell you something of the accomplishments at The New York Academy of Sciences of the person whom the SOCIETY Or COSMEtiC CItEMiSTS has chosen to be honored today. Most of us, as we run the careers of our lives, miss many opportunities decide wrong, and discover too late what we are best fitted for, and are irresolute and indecisive about what we want to do with what talents we have, so that the end result is the product of good and bad luck in which are mixed many regrets about what might have been. Only rarely do we see some one who discovers early in life what he wants to do, sets his heart upon it and pursues it with inflexible determination, makes all decisions without hesitation, overcomes all obstacles, and achieves a resounding success. Such a person is the subject of our honor today. I have used the pronouns "he" and "his" in the common gender, for our guest of honor is a woman, Eunice Thomas Miner. Her close friends affectionately call her Tommy. Mrs. Miner is a New Englander, born at Everett, Mass., and educated at Boston University with a B.A. degree. After graduation in 1924 she became associated with the American Museum of Natural History, taking part, during the next ten years, in numerous field expeditions in the West Indies in underwater collecting of marine specimens with the aid of a div- ing helmet. In 1935, she became Assistant Recording Secretary of The New York Academy of Sciences which has its office in the Museum Building. The Academy had been founded in 1817 and had had more than a century of existence marked by many vicissitudes of fortune it was still alive but in a low state of animation, with a membership of 300 or 400 and a total income, in 1934, of $6024. Three years later, in 1937, Mrs. Miner became Executive Secretary, and after the house had been put in order, the mem- bership in 1938 was 517. In 1948 she became Executive Director. She now knew what she wanted to do and how to do it. 134