CHICAGO CHAPTER NEWS 133 (3) Valette, G., Acta Pharmacol., 1, 127 (1949). (4) Rothman, S., "Physiology and Biochemistry of Skin," Chicago, University of Chicago Press (1954). (5) Gemmell, D. H. O., and Morrison, J. C., •7- Pharm. andPharmacol., 9, 641 (1957). (6) Laug, E. P., and Draize, J. H., •7. Pharmacol. Expt. Therap., 76, 179 (1942). (7) Lehman, A. J., Food, Drug, Cosmetic Law •7-, 10, 679 (1955). Officers for 1958, Chicago Chapter (left to right): Donald Laiderman, The Toni Co., Treas- urer Seymour Kornblau, Lady Esther Cosmetics, Chairman S. J. Strianse, 1957 National Socx•r¾ President Lois Dow, Lady Esther Cosmetics, Secretary Gustav Carsch, 1957 Chapter Chairman. Note: Peter Parker, Kolar Laboratories, Inc., Chairman-Elect, not present. CHICAGO CHAPTER NEWS Ax xI•V. February meeting Dr. Albert H. Holland, Jr., Medical Director of the Food and Drug Administration gave an address on "Cos- metology, Cosmetics and Common Sense." This outlined and explained the policy of the Food and Drug Administration in determining whether a product is a drug or a cosmetic and emphasized the importance of con- tinuing basic research into the physiology and metabolism of the skin. Dr. Holland is a graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy, the Brothers College of Madison, N.J., and the New York University College of Medicine. He has served as Medical Liaison Officer at the Man- hattan Engineering District Project at Oak Ridge, Tenn. as Medical Adviser to the Project and as Director of the Office of Research and Medicine. From Oak Ridge, Dr. Holland came to Chicago as Medical Director of Armour Laboratories and from there to his present post in which he has served since March, 1954.

NEW YORK CHAPTER NEWS THE MEE•IING ON January 15th featured a talk by Dr. Norman Orentreich, dermatologist, on "New Research Studies on Alopecias." On February $th, Dr. Paul Becher of Atlas Powder Company spoke on "Effect of the Emulsifying Agent on Emulsion Inversion." c ß . ?.'5'" :..' ß . *•. . .-... •.:. ':i. "' .,..%- ,57..: :: .. •-? ½ :,::':....: ...... . . : ..... "5 .... .' ,? • Officers for 1958, New York Chapter (left to right): Harry Isacoff, Chairman Marti Zeitlin, Secretary Theodore Ostrowski, Chairman-Elect Vincent Defeo, Treasurer. THE BRITISH SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS SECOND SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE SESSION AT THE second scientific meeting of the Session, the President, J. Pickthall, F.R.I.C., introduced Mrs. D. L. Wedderburn, B.Sc., who presented a paper on "The Preservation of Toilet Preparations Containing Nonionic Surface Active Agents." The lecture, illustrated by lantern slides, embodied the results of in- vestigations upon different types of nonionic surface active agents in 134