274 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS basement--in his forties he is still making things in his basement, but with a remarkable career of accomplishment behind him, with a host of friends among his contemporaries, and he is still full of new ideas. This, then, is a brief history of the men who I am very happy to see you honouring to-day--Dr. Archer Martin and Dr. Anthony James. The President of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, Subbat J. Strianse, in presenting the awards (see illustration), made the following citation: , "ARCHER JOHN PORTER MARTIN and ANTHONY TRAFFORD JAMES, i• recognition and appreciation of your pione•ering in the field of analytical chemistry, which resulted in the development of gas-liquid partition chromatography, a contribution which has opened new avenues of approach to the problems which are common to the cosmetic research worker and analyst . . . "and in special recognition of the papers that you both have publi hed to make this new tool available to all chemical workers... "I hereby present you, on behalf of the members of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, with these scrolls and these cheques awarded by the Society to reward and stimulate the publication of significant research work." Dr. A. J.P. Martin replied as follows: Mr. President, Dr. Moore, Members of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, Ladies and Gentlemen: I hope I can convey to you the pleasure and gratitude I feel in accepting the Special Award of the Society for 1957. Nothing was further from our thoughts than the Society of Cosmetic Chemists when Dr. James and I began.our work on Gas-Liquid,Chromato- graphy in 1950. Synge and I had suggested the method in 1941 in our first publication on partition chromatography, and I was surprised that no one had taken it up as I was confident that it would work. I had myself had no occasion to work with volatile substances. In fact, it took James and myself no more than six weeks to establish the basic conditions and obtain practically valuable results with fatty acids and amines. We know the method is now of value to many fields of chemistry but we are grateful to the Society for this first public recognition. Reply by Dr. A. T. James: Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, I am deeply conscious of the honour you have conferred upon me to-day and I wish to thank you for this munifi- cent award. At first, I must confess, I was puzzled at the uses gas chromato- graphy could be put to in the cosmetic industry but after some discussion

THE DEVELOPMENT OF GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY 275 with members of your association I have learned a great deal. I myself have had little or no direct experience with cosmetics, but my experiences at second-hand have been more numerous and usually such that I can heartily recommend your products. I think it is likely that your industry will be the first to use the gas chromatogram as a production tool for I have been told that 100 gm. of a pure perfumery substance isolated from a natural product is sufficient to make a great deal of perfume. Certainly production on this scale is easily attainable with the gas chromatogram. I should also like to thank Dr. Stanford Moore for his most kind remarks, the more particularly since he is an exponent of chromatographic technique of international repute. In conclusion I wish to express my most sincere thanks to you, Mr. President, the committee and the Association not only for this award but also for your hospitality and great kindness. Thank you. Nobel Prize winner Dr. A. J. P. Martin (left) and his co-author, Dr. A. T. James (centre), accept the Third Annual Special Award of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists from Society President Sabbat J. Strianse (right). The distinguished British team shared the $1,000 prize for their basic contribution to cosmetic science---gas-liquid partition chromatography. They were honoured at a luncheon at the Hotel Commodore in New York, part of the Society's semi-annual scientific meeting in May.