JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS BRITISH SOCIETY--HONORARY MEMBERSHIP AT A meeting of the Society held at St. Ermin's Hotel on November 22, 1954, the president--on his own behalf and with the whole-hearted support of the Council--proposed that "Mr. Frederick Victor Wells be elected an Honorary Member of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists of Great Britain in recognition of his work in founding, and actively furthering the interests of, the Society." This motion was seconded by Mr. B. H. Langley and carried nero. con. A Fellow Founder Member Writes: The Society's second honorary member--more often than not affection- ately referred to as "Freddie"---is particularly well known on account of his association with Soap, Perfumery •' Cosmetics, of which he is editor. His interest in the techniques of perfumery and what may be termed the literary aspects of the cosmetic industry may be traced to the fact that he was originally much more interested in the arts than in the sciences and technology. As a young man he contributed to The Fortnightly Review, and other similar literary magazines, and wrote a series of essays on English literature for Calcutta University's Calcutta Review. He occupied an execu- tive position in India for some years with Macmillan & Co., Ltd., prior to returning to England to become the editor of S.P.C. This association, no doubt, accounts for his continued active interest in the Indian soap and cosmetic industries and his long-standing advisory editorship of the Indian Soap Journal. During the war he served as a shift chemist at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Bishopton, where he subsequently became safety officer and a senior official. In recent years he has renewed many old ties in France and has for some years been a member of the Soci•t• Fran•aise de Cosmetologie. In 1953 he was elected a president of the 7th International Congress of Cosme- tology, held in Paris, and in 1954 a member of the Committee of Honour of the First International Congress of Detergency, held at The Sorbonne. At the time of writing he has been invited to lecture at the Salon de la Chimie to several French cosmetic and allied bodies, on "The British Contribution to Modern Cosmetology." He is a Fellow of the Chemical Society and in 1952 he was elected to membership of the Royal Institution. Mr. Wells was asked if he would care to name some of his likes and dislikes. This is what he replied: "Certainly. Likes? Reading, perfume compounding, foreign travel, conversation, the wines of Burgundy and, despite its manifold difficulties, writing. Dislikes? The English winter pretentiousness telephone enquiries and unsolicited, unsubtle attempts by people who don't really know me to modify my opinions. I like to be sociable when I feel like it. May I add, in a less flippant vein, that I deeply appreciate this honour which has recently been accorded me." 228