(38 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS has been the best we have had. I am sure my successor, Bill Mueller will continue this policy. This report would not be complete without a special kudo for the Seminar Committee. This was, by all odds, the most dedicated, efficient, and hard-working group of men and women I have ever seen Ken Walker as General Chairman, Clive Ross as Entertainment Chair- man, Harold Jackson as Honorary Chairman, and last but not least Marie Carroll, Executive Secretary of the California Chapter, who handled all of the arrangements with the hotel. Without Marie the Seminar would certainly have cost more and might have resulted in a sizable deficit instead of very nearly breaking even. Everybody, without exception, who attended the 11th Annual Seminar has reported that it was the best ever, and they all expressed the hope that the Annual Seminar might be held in Los Angeles again soon. The California Chapter certainly proved to be excellent hosts. This year the Publications Committee again chose the recipient of the IFF Award. This is 81000 contributed by International Flavors and Fragrances, Inc., for the best paper published in the United States edition of T•B JOURNAL Or THB SOCmT¾ Or COSM•Tm C•M•STS. The award was given to J. Facq, D. L. Kirk, and G. A. Rebell for a paper entitled: "A Simple Replica Technique for the Observation of Human Skin." Everybody agrees that Marty Rieger and his group made a wise choice. This is in addition to the enormous amount of work they do in the publication of our JOURNAL. The Literature Award, also consisting of $1000, was presented to William Griffin and Paul Becher, not for any one paper but for their numerous contributions to cosmetic emulsion technology over a period of many years. The Literature Review Committee, which chooses the recipient of this award, has a very difficult task to perform. It is the duty of its members to review all of the world's literature in order to select one paper which they deem worthy of receiving the award. The thanks of the Society go to Willard Somerville, Bob Goldemberg, and their associates. Paul Lauffer and his Metal Award Committee chose Sophie Plech- her to be the recipient of the Medal Award for this year. She was selected for her excellent work in the field of antiperspirants as well as her outstanding contribution to the Society and especially to women in the Society. This choice merits the approval of all of the members. The committee could hardly have done better. The formal presenta- tion of the award was made at the banquet, December 1, 1965.

JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS 09 Each year a considerable number of members are delinquent in their dues. The by-laws of the Society provide that these delinquents must be arbitrarily dropped from membership at an appointed time. This year I asked the Chapter Chairmen to interview personally each of these members to ascertain if he really wanted to give up his member- ship. The result was that a great number decided to pay their dues and remain in the Society rather than be dropped. A little personal attention by individual members would help also. If you know some- one who has not paid his dues or who does not attend meetings regu- larly, talk to him and try to find out what is wrong. You might thus help keep a member in the Society rather than let him be dropped. Milton Schwarz and his Membership Committee increased our members by 78 net after resignations and drops. We passed the 1000 mark in active membership for the first time this year. Three awards were made by the Chapter Awards Committee this year. For the New York Chapter the award went to Thomas F. Mc- Namara for a paper entitled "Skin Substantivity as a Criterion in the Evaluation of Antimicrobials." For the Northeastern Chapter to Martin G. Brookins for a paper entitled: "The Action of Hair Sprays on Hair." For the Midwest Chapter to Karl Laden for a paper en- titled: "A Comparative Chemical Study of Dandruff Flakes, Skin Scrapings, and Callus." Each of these awards carries a prize of $250 to the author. I am sorry to report that the California Chapter did not submit a paper for consideration this year. The International Affairs Committee under the leadership of Lester Conrad is busily taking care of our International obligations, among which are the plans for the International Congress at Paris in 1966. Jesse Starkman as Chairman of the Education Committee has pre- pared a model Syllabus for use in courses in Cosmetic Science, and already several universities are considering giving such courses. It is to be hoped that the day will come when degrees will be given in this field. The Arrangements Committee under Shaw Mudge has managed our meeting requirements efficiently and well. Next year we will move from the Biltmore to the Americana, a change which will meet with universal approval. The committees not specifically mentioned here are not left out because their work has not been done but because the nature of their activities is such that they rarely make the front pages of the news- papers.