THE EIGHTH SPECIAL AWARD May 8, 1962 Hotel Biltmore, New York City VIeToP. 1•. W•EATLE¾, P•.D., research associate in the Department of Dermatology, Stanford University Medical School, was honored by the Society with its Special Award for 1962, in recognition of his work with the lipids of the skin surface, especially sebum. Dr. WheatIcy has contributed greatly to our knowledge of the chemical composition of sebum. His work suggests new pathways of cholesterol synthesis and has led directly to the establishment of squalene as the forerunner of cholesterol. One of his most notable scientific achievements was the demonstration of provitamin D in the epidermal cells. This was unsuccessfully looked for in the sebum by all previous investigators. Dr. Victor R. Wheatley, Special Award winner, being presented with the Special Award Scroll by Mr. Warren B. Dennis, President of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, at the Semi- Annual Meeting. 310

JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS 311 Dr. Allan L. Lorincz, head of the Section of Dermatology at the Univer- sity of Chicago, Department of Medicine, acted as eulogist and described Dr. Wheatley's work. The presentation was made at the Special Award Luncheon, May 8th, at the Hotel Biltmore. Warren B. Dennis, president of the Society presented the Award to Dr. Wheatley and gave the following citation from the scroll: "The Society of Cosmetic Chemists presents to Victor Richard Wheatley, B.Sc., Ph.D., the Special Award for 1962 for achievement in basic studies of the biochemistry of epidermal lipids and particularly for his studies of human sebum."