SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN Syllabus 1959-1960 Qfficer s President: R. H. Marriott, D.Sc., F.R.I.C. Vice-President: H. W. Hibbott, M.Sc., Ph.D., A.R.I.C. Hon. Secretary: L. S. Smith Hon. Treasurer: R. E. Spate Hon. Editor: A. Herzka, B.Sc., A.R.I..C. Hon. Education Officer: K. G. Johnson, B.Sc., Ph.D., A.R.I.C. Hon. Publicity Officer: G. A. C. Pitt, M.Sc., F.R.I.C. Members of the Council S. J. Bush, F.R.I.C. R. T. Dobson K. G. Johnson, B.Sc., Ph.D., A.R.I.C. A. W. Middleton, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.I.C. L. P. Torry, B.Sc. (Miss) J. B. Wilkinson, B.A., B.Sc., F.R.I.C. General Secretary Mrs. E. Millman, B.A., B.Sc. Scientific meetings take place at the Royal Society of Arts, John Adam Street, I,ondon, W.C. 2. The first meeting of the year was held on January 18th. Mr. A. B. Killnet spoke on "The Use of Polyoxyethylene Deriva- tives in Cosmetics." On February 12th Mr. M. H. Quenouille of the Lon- don School of Economics and Political Science gave a paper on "The Design of Experiments." 113

GESELLSCHAFT DEUTSCHER KOSMETIK-CHEMIKER Officers of the German Society for 1959-1960 (left to right) Dr. B. Storp, Secretary Dr. H. Neugebauer, President Dr. F. Keil, Treasurer. ELEVENTH MEDAL AWARD December 2, 1959 Hotel Commodore, New York City DR. WILLIAM S. GUMP, Research Associate of The Givaudan Cor- poration and its subsidiary, Sindar Corporation, received the 1959 Medal Award ooe the Society ooe Coslnetic Chemists at the Annual Dinner Dance held at the Hotel Commodore on December 2, 1959. The award was given to Dr. Gump in recognition ooe his outstanding contributions to the art and science ooe cosmetics which included the development ooe hexachlorophene. Mr. R. E. Horsey, Vice-President in Charge ooe Sales ooe Givaudan- Delawanna, Inc., acted as eulogist oeor the rnedalist and spoke briefly ooe Dr. Gump's personal and prooeessional accomplishments. The complete Medal Award Story will appear in a later issue. 114