PRESIDENT'S NEWSLETTER 491 C• D. Sabbat J. Strianse Edward Jarmus Herbert Heinrich Shampoos--Evaluation of pH and Viscosity William R. Markland, Chairman Nymen Henken Edward Jarmus Verling M. Votaw Aerosol Spray Techniques Milton Schwarz, Chairman Morris J. Root Mrs. Marie Wiener Philip Prussak This Committee hopes to have two or three test methods ready for the Society by September. Contributions are earnestly solicited from all members. We have added a new Committee to our ever growing Society by ap- pointing Harry Isacoff as Historian. Mr. Isacoff is faced with a great deal of labor in bringing to date a clipping file and finding historical mate- rial that has not been kept in the past. Any such material that any of our members do possess can be forwarded to Mr. Isacoff. Present at our Meeting was Sylvia Kramer, Chairman of the Chicago Chapter, who has reported that membership in that group has now in- creased to 84. Miss Kramer stated that the Chicago Chapter will do a one-half hour television show on "New Developments in Cosmetics." The New York Chapter Chairman, William Lambert, was also present and we were pleased to learn that their membership now stands at 191. Their Education Committee has now undertaken a program in determin- ing the proper training for the cosmetic industry with the thought of ar- ranging for courses on these subjects. All members should have received from our Administrative Assistant, William Giese, a letter on May 15th further explaining the activities of our Employment Service. We trust that Personnel Directors in our Industry will avail themselves of this service as well as our members. It is my sincere hope that I will see as many of you fello-• members present at our Seminar as can find it possible to be there. I am sure you will be rewarded by a vast amount of pertinent technical information.

THE PERKIN CENTENNIAL 1856-1956 Tins YE^R marks the one hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the first synthetic dye by William Henry Perkin, thus providing the base upon which the dye industry is built. The event was honored by a celebration during the week of September 10th at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, sponsored by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists and directed by the Perkin Centennial Committee. Twenty-seven leading technical, chemical and scientific societies con- cerned with the manufacture or application of color and two United States Government Departments took part in this occasion. The Perkin Cen- tennial Committee was under the chairmanship of Raymond W. Jacoby, President of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists. The 1956 Perkin Medal of the American Chemical Society was pre- sented to Edgar C. Britton, director of the Edgar C. Britton Research Laboratory of the Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Mich. This award is bestowed annually for outstanding achievement in applied chemistry in the United States. The Perkin Medal was presented to Sir William Henry Perkin on the fiftieth anniversary of his synthesis of mauve. Prominent American industrial chemists have since been honored including Irving Langmuir, Leo H. Baekeland, Thomas Midgley, Jr., Robert R. Williams, Charles M. Hall and Herbert H. Dow. With the officers of the American Section, Society of Chemical In- dustry, as members of the Jury of Award of the Perkin Medal are repre- sentatives of the American Chemical Society, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Electrochemical Society, the American Section of the (French) Societd de Chimie Industrielle. Dr. Britton was honored for many outstanding contributions to in- dustrial organic chemical development. His work on the synthesis of phenol provided this raw material for producing numerous aids to agricul- ture. His other notable accomplishments contribute to the production of synthetic dyes, pharmaceuticals, synthetic rubber, silicone resins and other chemical compounds. The Award was presented following a dinner in Dr. Britton's honor at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, on September 14th. 492