OBITUARY P. J. Fowler It is with regret that •ve have to record the death of Mr. Philip Fowler at the age of 80 years, on 21st November 1965, as a result of a road accident in Rome, Italy. Mr. Fowler was a Founder Member of the Society and a Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain he acted as Honorary Treasurer of our Society from 1954-55. Educated at the William Ellis School, Gospel Oak, he was employed for some years by Manetti Roberts in Italy, and in 1932 he joined the Pond's Extract Co. where he was responsible for the then new factory organisation in the capacity of works director. After his retirement in December 1953 he returned to Italy to live in San Remo. He continued to take an interest in the affairs of the Society and kept up his membership to the end.

Annual Report of the President PAUL W. JEWEL 1965 This is my annual report to the Society regarding the activities of the President and the Officers and Directors during the year 1965. Being the 20th President represented something of a milestone in the history of the Society. This was the first time that a president was chosen from the Far West this was the first time that each of the Elected Officers came from the four separate chapters of the Society. The difficulties inherent in attempting to administer this organiza- tion from Los Angeles when the bulk of the members and the head office of the Society are located in the New York area should be ap- parent. Also, this year the 11th Annual Seminar was held in Los Angeles, thus adding to the problem. However, the smoothly organized group which constitutes this Society, combined with the complete cooperation of all of the Officers, Directors, Committee Chairmen, and Committee Members, made it possible for me to discharge the duties of President with comparative ease. I have always been impressed with the idea that the most effective way in which the prestige of this organization could be enhanced was continually to upgrade, as far as possible, the scientific papers presented at our meetings. Accordingly, I appointed Win Lange to act as Program Chairman for the main meetings and Bob Conner for the Seminar. These two were instructed to put into effect the policy of having only papers of unquestioned scientific value, definitely publishable, for all meetings of the Society. The results I leave to your critical appraisal. It is my opinion that the program presented at the December I Meeting of the Society 67