362 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS REFERENCES (1) "United States Dispensatory," 25th edition, Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Co. (1955), p. 1206. (2) Schwartz, L., Peck, S. M., Botwinick, J., and Frasier, E. S., •. •lm. Med. •lssoc., 132, 59 (1946). (3) Schuler, L., U.S. Patent No. 2,802,029 (1957). (4) Stecker, H., U.S. Patent No. 2,906,711 (1959). (5) Taborsky, R. G., Grant, D. D., and Kye, S., •. •lm. Pharm. •lssoc., Sci. Ed., 48, 503 (1959). (6) Bindler, J., and Model, E., U.S. Patent No. 2,703,332. (7) Quinn, H., Voss, J. G., and Whitehouse, H. S., •lppl. Microbial., 2, 202 (1954). (8) Cade, A. R., Soap Sanit. Chemicals, 26, 35 (1950). (9) Ryan, Vincent, M.D., Providence, R. I., personal communications. THE SIXTH SPECIAL AWARD May 12, 1960 Hotel Biltmore, New York City Ti•E SvEeIAI• AwAR•) presented annually by the Society of Cosmetic Chemists and carrying a prize of $1000, was awarded to Dr. Aaron B. Lerner, eminent professor of the Yale University School of Medicine in recognition of his work on enzymes and hormones which control skin pigmentation. The presentation was made at the Special Award Luncheon on May 12th at the Hotel Biltmore. Dr. L. Earle Arnow, President of Warner-Lambert Research Institute, acting as eulogist, described Dr. Lerner's work on skin pigmentation. Dr. Arnow was introduced to the meeting by Dr. Sophie L. Plechner, President- Elect of the SocieTy. Mr. H. J. Amsterdam, President of the SocieTY, introduced Dr. Mar- guerite R. Lerner, wife of the award winner and herself a well-known physician, and Mrs. Jennie Arnow, wife of the eulogist. He also introduced Dr. Hermann Wilmsmann, director of cosmetic development of the Wella Company of Germany Mr. Hansarnulf yon der Mosel of the E. F. Drew Company, Munich, Germany and Dr. Alec Rimer, of Dermacult, S. A. (Pry.) Ltd., Johannesburg, South Africa. In presenting the award to Dr. Lerner, Mr. Amsterdam gave the fol- lowing citation: "Aaron B. Lerner, in recognition of your fundamental research on the factors controlling skin pigmentations--For your isolation and identifica- tion of alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone--For your contributio•a to the understanding of the action of hormones on cells and adding to our knowledge of melanin biochemistry--Because of this fundamental research and your publications thereof, I present to you on behalf of the members of

SIXTH SPECIAL AWARD 363 Dr. Aaron 13. Lerner (right), School of Medicine, Yale University receiving fipe- cial Award from H. J. Amsterdam, President of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists. the SOC•F.T¾ this illuminated scroll and check for $1000 with the express hope that it will serve to stimulate ub' ' p hcat•ons of significant research in scientific disciplines bearing on the work of the cosmetic chemist." AARON B. LERNER, M.D., PH.D.--REMARKABLE MAN, CLINICIAN, AND, ABOVE ALL, SCIENTIST A Eulogy by L. E^RL•. ARSOW, Ph.D., M.D. O•v. D^¾ in the fall of 1940, a young fellow named Aaron Lerner walked into my laboratory at the University of Minnesota and announced that he wished to do some graduate work in physiological chemistry. He had taken his B.A. degree at Minnesota, majoring in mathematics and chemistry. He had spent a summer cleaning animal cages in the Depart- ment of Biology, and had learned something about research by doing a problem involving spectroscopy and lipid metabolism with Dr. Richard H. Barnes, now Dean of the Graduate School of Nutrition at Cornell Uni- versity. For this work, he received the rare distinction of election to membership in Sigma Xi while still an undergraduate student. As it happened, one day I had discovered a small bottle of dopa (L- dihydroxyphenylalanine) in our departmental stockroom. Using the ma-