64 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS It is now time for me to introduce and install the officers for 1967. But before I do this I would like to thank you all for having had the privilege of serving this Society. It is an honor that I will always cherish. Like most of you in this audience today, I make my living in this great cosmetic industry. It is also the field in which most of us ob- tain the intellectual satisfaction that comes from working within a scientific discipline. And, most of all, the Society has made it possible for me to make innumerable friends. For these reasons, working for the SCC has become my way of repay- ing the industry, the Society, and the many persons in it for the satisfac- tion it has brought to me. I hope that this past year's activities have in some small way contributed to that end. Thank you.

EIGHTEENTH MEDAL AWARD 05 The Eighteenth Medal Award November 30, 1966 Hotel Americana, New York City Dr. Sol D. Gershon, assistant director for devdopment in the Re- search and Development Division of Lever Brothers Company, was pre- sented with the highest award of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, the Medal of the Society, during its annual dinner-dance. Dr. Joseph B. Jerome, secretary of the Committee on Cutaneous Health and Cosmetics of the American Medical Association, served as toastmaster for the evening. Dr. G. L. Webster, Dean of the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, and Dr. R. W. Phillips, Research l•ro - lessor of Dental Materials at the Indiana University School of Dentistry, were the eulogists. Mr. William H. Mueller, President of the Society, presented the medal with the accompanying citation: SoL D. GERSHON In recognition of your academic achievements including the Fair- child Scholarship, the Mrazek Prize in Chemistry, and the Monda- bach Award in Materia Medica In recognition of your contributions to the Art and Science of Cosmetics and Toiletries including your treatises on dentifrices, permanent waving, thioglycolic acid, and your more than 50 other pertinent publications and patents In recognition of your contributions to the Cosmetic Industry as respected spokesman for the Industry before various governmental agencies and committees