NECROLOGY 145 at Blue Island, Ill. the China-Burma-India Theatre as com- mander of the Army's 18th Malaria Control Unit with headquarters in Assam, India. During his service there he was cited for versatility in providing emergency sanitation facilities. At the time of his release from active duty, Mr. Crowder held the rank of major. A•native of Handley, W. Va., Mr. Crowder attefided public schools in Huntington, W. Va., and received his B.S. degree from During World War II, Mr. Crowder spent three years in Marshall College. He earned his Master's degree in chemistry at the State University of Iowa where he did advanced work in physiological chemistry. In addition to the SOCIETY or COSMETIC CHEMISTS, Mr. Crowder was a member of the Gamma Alpha and Chi Beta Phi scientific fraternities, the American Chemical Society, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the American Society of Perfumers. Besides his widow, one son, and a daughter, all of Clinton, Mr. Crowder is survived by his mother, two sisters, and a brother. Resolution WHEREAS, Moody Crowder's sudden death is an ir- reparable loss which cannot be replaced WHEREAS, Moody Crowder has served the SOCIETY Or COSMETIC CHEMISTS long and faithfully, as chairman of the Membership Committee and as Treasurer WHEREAS, Moody Crowder has served the SOCIETY far beyond and far above the normal demands of his offices WHEREAS, Moody Crowder has always been of tremen- dous help in the needs and problems of the SOCIETY and equally concerned with the needs of the individual WHEREAS, Moody Crowder was always gracious, thoughtful, and particularly considerate of the views of others RESOLI/ED, That the SOCIETY or COSMETIC CHEMISTS notes with extreme sorrow and deep regret the passing of this friend and officer, and be it further RESOLI/ED, That this resolution be written into the minutes of the SOCIETY and a copy be sent to his family. Board of Directors SOCIETY or COSMETIC CSEMISTS

146 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS Marston Taylor Bogert AT THE AGE OF eighty-five years, Col. Marston T. Bogerr, first Medal- ist of the SOCIETY or COSMETIC CHEMISTS, died on March 21, 1954, of pneu- monia. Dr. Bogerr began his career in 1894 and retired from teaching at Colum- bia University in 1939, after forty-five years on the faculty. During World War I he was at the head of the Chemical Warfare Service of the Army with the rank of Colonel. Dr. Bogerr was honored many times here and abroad. He was recipient of the Perkin, Nichols and Priestly medals, twice president of the American Chemical Society, and became a member of the SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS shortly after its inception and its first Medalist in 1948. The Journal, 1,268 (1949) lists his numerous honors, memberships, and accom- plishments. Many in this industry were his students. Dr. Bogerr is survived by two married daughters, Mrs. F. B. Tallman and Mrs. F. K. Huber. Daniel L. Couch AT THE AGE OF sixty-nine, Daniel L. Couch, associated for over twenty-five years with the Elizabeth Arden Sales Corporation, died at his home in Queens, N. ¾. Born in Devon, England, in 1885, he came to the United States about the time of World War I. He was active in scientific circles, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Arts, American In- stitute of Chemists, the Canadian Institute of Chemists and of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists. Mr. Couch is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Whirbread Couch, and a son Denys. Ronald Murray Hamilton AN OVERSEAS MEMBER of the SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS, Mr. Ham{Itoh, at the age of forty, d{ed as a result of a fatal automobile acc{dent on December 31, 1953, at Victoria, Australia. In the Second World War he served with the Armed Services. Mr. Hamilton was factory manager at Chesebrough Manufacturing Company, Consolidated, at the time of his death. Earlier he had been in charge of production at Pond's in Australia. He was a member of the Society of Public Analysts of Great Britain and other societies. He is survived by his wife and three children.