70 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS Tony and his many achievements know that he is the type of scientist who adds luster to our SCC Medal Award, and we wholly second this popular choice. Tony, it is a great personal pleasure for me to be able to speak on your behalf on this thrilling occasion!

J. soc. cos. CHEM. 15 71-73 (1964) COSMETIC CHEMISTS IN THE R&D EXPLOSION BY ANTHONY M. SCHWARTZ, PH.D.* Mr. Chairman, honored guests, and fellow members of the SOCIETY or COSMETre CHEMtSTS: I am deeply appreciative of this Award and want first of all to express my heartfelt thanks to all of you who have given it to me. I feel especially honored to be joining the group of past recipients, a group that includes so many illustrious contributors to cosmetic science. I welcome also this opportunity to thank my co-workers and my company, Harris Research Laboratories, without whose continuous support I certainly would not be here receiving this Award this evening. Finally, I want to thank all those who have worked in arranging this very festive affair. My expression of gratitude on this occasion will depart just a little bit, I believe, from the traditional. Instead of talking about some aspect of cosmetic chemistry, its achievements, its potentialities or its future, I am going to talk about cosmetic chemists--about us scientists and technologists who are now or will be in the future a part of the cosmetic industry. Per- haps we can explore a few thoughts, which I hope will be appropriate, on our responsibilities, our opportunities and our avenues for growth and service in this era of rapid change. The change I have in mind is, of course, the tremendous growth of science which started with World War II and has continued at an accelerating pace ever since. The founding of this Society of Cosmetic Chemists was largely stimulated by the early stages of this growth, so the general philosophy of my remarks will not be new. It is pretty much contained in the articles of faith of this organization, both written and understood. As professional scientists working for individual companies within this industry, our re- sponsibilities can be grouped into two broad categories. One is to provide advanced technology and technical information for the growth of our com- panies and the industry. Along with providing sound technical guidance to management, this constitutes our internal responsibility. Our second, or exlernal, responsibility is to attract, recruit, train and indoctrinate the best young scientists we can find to be our co-workers and successors. Certain aspects of the explosion in R&D activity, paced by the require- * Harris Research Laboratories, Inc., Washington 11, D.C. 71