JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS 511 . •.• •'• . .. . Opening Ceremonies .... Working Sessions . . Ballet Bateau Mouche During the Congress hundreds of cosmetic scientists from many countries and from many disciplines listened to the presentation and subsequent discussion of 27 original papers. The conferees also had a chance to exchange new ideas during more informal sessions and finally had an opportunity to become better acquainted during nonworking gatherings. Thus, the primary aims of the biannual congress of the I.F.S.C.C. were successfully met.

512 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS Obituary Mr. Herman J. Amsterdam, Vice-President of International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., died in Brooklyn on April 29, 1966. Mr. Amster- dam was born in New York City in 1905, graduated from George Wash- ington University, and received his Masters' Degree from Columbia University in 1929. He taught at the Columbia University College of Pharmacy for 18 years. Since 1944 he had been associated with Inter- national Flavors & Fragrances. He was a trustee of the College of Pharmacy and served in its alumni assodation. He was a member of Delta Sigma Theta and Rho Pi Phi fraternities, of the AAAS, the ACS, the APhA, and of the SCC. "Jerry" was President of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists during 1960 and had been active on many of its committees. Jerry's passing is a serious loss to the Society, and he will be remembered in years to come for his faithful service to the SOCmTY oF COSMETIC CHEMISTS.