124 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS :. L". .:•- ,•i!.: •':" ' •" .... " ' ir ..... i:'.' '. . ,.. i •-'i. :"- ½•:: ½' :•:' . .... •... 2 • . . .. .. ,, .... •:. : ..-..•- •"-' . . . .: ?: •:.•½', .... .,. ' • .... . ...:• • ....• ,. .... Officers for 1959, Chicago Chapter (left to right): Marshall Sorkin, Treasurer Lois Dow, Secretary Peter Parker, Chairman William Mueller, Chairman-Elect. Court, the Illinois Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and tile U.S. Patent Office. Mr. Lockwood received the degree of B.Ch.E. at Syracuse University and his J.D. Degree at the John Mar- shall Law School. The following officers were elected for 1959: Peter Parker, Chairman William Mueller, Chairman-Elect Lois Dow, Secretary Marshall Sorkin, Treasurer NEW YORK CHAPTER DR. Dos^Lt) H. Powv. Rs, Director of Toiletries and Cosmetic Research, Warner-Lambert Research Institute spoke on "Hope or Per- formance" at the January 7th meeting. Dr. Powers' talk covered the use of laboratory tests as the basis of accurate market testing of products. A former president of the Society, Dr. Powers is responsible for much original research and has directed numerous product developments in permanent waving and other hair preparations. On February 4th Dr. Arnold J. Lehman discussed "Drugs and Cos- roetics--Should They Mix?" Dr. Lehman is Director of the Division of Pharmacology, Food and Drug Administration and is highly qualified to present the philosophy of the F. D. A. regarding the place of drugs in cosmetics and to discuss the reasons for this attitude.

SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN 125 ß .• ..:.. •.: ....•-:?- ... ß .. . ..•.. ...: .. .: . . .: • -• •,:. ::. Theodore Ostrowski, Chairman, 1959, New York Chapter of Society of Cosmetic Chemists. The Chapter is participating fully in the activities of the Technical Societies Council of New York. The work of the Chapter Education Committee has resulted in establishment of a cosmetic chemistry course at Columbia University, College of Pharmacy. This is, at the present time, an extension course given in the evening with full college credit. All meetings of the New York Chapter will be held at the New Yorker Hotel, on the first Wednesday of the month except during June, July, August and December. Officers for 1959 are as follows: Theodore Ostrowski, Chairman Saul A. Bell, Secretary John M. Longfellow, C•airman-Elect Martin Katz, Treaxurer SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN TI• •OLLOWX•O MEETINGS have been held in London: January 23rd, "The Use of Cosmetics in Hospitals," by Eleanor Mac- Donald February 16th, "Modern Methods of Photography with the Microscope," by R. McVitie Weston March 16th, "Ampholytic Surface Active Agen rs," by C. D. Moore