PRESIDENT'S REPORT 53 His years of service to the SOCIETY at the Chapter level as well as for the past three years as a Director and his often expressed concern for the caliber of all phases of our JOURtq^L enable him to bring to his new task all the attributes necessary for the' task of increasing the prestige of the JouR•^L which I referred to above. The area of Internationa! Affairs, this year under the Chairmanship of Robert A. Kramer, began t0 loom large in our thinking as the World's Fair and the 1964 International Congress of the International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists approached. On June 29, 42 members and friends of the SOCIETY under the tour directorship of Sam Cohen left New York on Irish Airlines for our biennial European tour. The Congress in London was at such a fine academic level, the social and tour arrangements so well worked out that a very high standard has been set to challenge our own efforts for 1964. The members of the tour participated in activities sponsored by I.F.S.C.C. affiliates in Hamburg, Paris, Milan and Rome. Eight of us were your SOC•ETY's delegates at the I.F.S.C.C. Council meeting which took up the better part of two days. New officers of the I.F.S.C.C. were elected, including Sabbat J. Strianse. The Council also elected the Dutch Society to membership, and the possibility of a Mexican and a Czechoslovakian Society was mentioned. The main item of interest to your delegates was, of course, the acceptance of New York as the 1964 site for the third International Congress of the International Federation of Cosmetic Chemists. This was finally accepted by the Council, thanks to the ground work done by Robert A. Kramer. In 1964 the May Scientific Meeting and the Seminar will be absorbed into the Congress. It will be held in New York City during the week of June 21, 1964. Present plans call for the use of Columbia University facilities to house overseas visitors and to provide facilities for scientific and social events. Apropos of International Congresses, the present schedule calls for Paris in 1966. You may be interested to know that the I.F.S.C.C. has tentatively accepted the invitation of the Japanese Society to hold the 1968 Congress in Tokyo. As I prepare to turn over this office to my successor, I wish to thank all these Committee Chairmen and their Committees for the loyal and dedi- cated service they have given to our Society during 1962. I also want to thank the membership at large for their trust in honoring me with this supreme opportunity to serve our common interests in our chosen pro- fession as cosmetic chemists. I shall long treasure the memory of the moments which you set in train for me when I became President-Elect. And now there remains only the results of the activities of the Nominat-

54 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS ing Committee under Sabbat J. Strianse. Yesterday the Board of Directors accepted the formal report of the tellers as follows: President-Elect--Robert A. Kramer Secretary--Richard K. Lehne Treasurer--Richard A. Faust Dire:to.s for two years '• John M. Longfellow, 1964 Harry Isacoff, 1964 Directors serving the balance of their term John E. Garizio, 1963 William H. Mueller, 1963 Mr. Conrad, you have served as President-Elect since your election and installation at the Annual Meeting in 1961. By-Laws and custom provide that I shall now present you with this gavel, the tangible symbol of the office you are about to attain, and shall now install you as President. You will assume this high office at the close of the Medal Award Dinner held in conjunction with this meeting. As President you shall have all the duties of a Chief Executive Officer as well as those of presiding at all meetings. You are further charged to use the influence of the SOCIETY tO enhance the professional status of cosmetic chemists. I congratulate you on your installation as President. I hope you shall be able to use this gavel with good fortune and good health.