50 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS membership put him to work almost immediately for he became Chairman in 1952, and was President from 1953-5, and again from 1958-60. He published nineteen papers on various basic phases of leather science, one of the last of which was on unhairing of hides. After joining the staff of County Laboratories, his first paper discussed the evaluation of barrier creams. The other almost twenty cosmetic papers included such a variety of interests as pH, polyethylene packaging, the absorption of amino acids by hair from shampoo, rheological tests and consumer acceptance testing. The section on Fibroids in Volume X of Allen's Commercial Analysis, and in conjunction with Dr. Dorothy Jordan Lloyd the contribution on Leather in Thorpe's Dictionary o[ Applied Chemistry came from his pen. In 1938 he became editor of the British Glass Packer, a trade journal of the food, drug and cosmetic packing trades. Robert Marriott was chosen in 1949 and again in 1950 to write the section on "Cosmetics and Toilet Preparations" for the Annual Reports on the Pro- gress of Applied Chemistry. In 1958 he organized the British Congress of Cosmetic Science, the lectures of which have been published as a book with the same title. Those of us who attended the congress can attest to excellence of the program and the perfection in planning. Also by 1958, our Medallist was convinced of the wisdom of the idea of an International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists and called a conference following the Congress just mentioned to discuss this matter which was finalized a year later, practically on the eve of his retirement from County Laboratories. In September 1960, he was elected President of the Federation he so espoused. In the spring of this yea• his own Society of Cosmetic Chemists of Great Britain elected him an Honorary Member. Our Medallist has done these things well. Yet he has given his employers more than their honest due, for patents granted him but assigned to his employers are an example that here too he has given more than the job called for. An outstanding quality of this man is the ease and regularity of the giving of his self for his profession not only on a parochial but on an international basis. As a result of his amazing skill at organizing, whatever project he started would finish as an outstanding success. In selecting Robert Marriott for the Medal Award, both our Society and the Medal are complimented. He is the second Briton to be so honoured. May he continue to remove the veil of ignorance and prejudice by his inter- national views and actions. Mr. H. J, Amsterdam, in citing the medallist, said: "Robert H. Marriott, in recognition of your numerous noteworthy patents, publications and con- tributions to the sciences underlying the formulation of cosmetics for your

SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS inspiring efforts in the formation of and leadership services to the Society of Cosmetic Chemists of Great Britain, for pioneering programs of study and research for the growth and development of cosmetic chemists, for arranging scientific congresses of such high calibre and stature that the proceedings have been published as books, for initiating specialized cosmetic research program resulting in their application and realization in industry. Because of all this an your constant devotion to the cause of sound basic research, I deem it a sincere pleasure to present to you--the 12th recipient--on behalf of the membership of our Society the highest award of our Society, 'The Honor Medal,' for achievement, which states--'Awarded to Robert H. Marriott by the Society of Cosmetic Chemists for outstanding contributions to the art and science of cosmetics.'" Presenting the 1960 Award of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists to Dr. l•obert H. Marriott is Mr. H. J. Amsterdam the Society's President for 1960. Dr. Marriott responded as follows and then delivered his address. Mr. President, Mr. deNavarre, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am deeply conscious of the great honour you have conferred upon me and I am very proud that the Society has chosen me. Of course, in most of my fields of endeavour I have first of all relied on my innate gifts•but these are certainly not all of my own making. There is a debt which I owe