The Analytical Advisory Board K13C;PLATION I S , 19 of tlie A N I C R I ~ A X CHEMICAL SOCIETY states that editor.q of publications publislied o r sponsored b y the Society are :iutliorized to appoint such a(lvisoq- boards as t,hey feel necessai'y for the proper (liscliarge of their editorial i,esponsibilities, provided that such appointees be seleetetl wit11 proper regard to the various interests and fields covered by the publication and that provision be made for periodic rotation of membership on such boards. in order that nen- viewpoints may be represented. l y e believe strongly in the itlea of mtating niembershil> on advisory boards, yet we always experience a deep sense of personal loss when the inevitable occurs each December antl three members retire from tlie Analytical - 4 c h h i ~ y Board. Those retiring are 11. 0. Mellon, Iialph H. hliiller, antl E. I,. Oser. Two, Drs. Mellon :id lICiller, were members of the original Advisory Board which your editor activated when he was appointed to his present post in 1943. 111.. (her joined the board in 1944 when the number of board members vas increaPed to 12. Prior t o that date the Advisory Board met only infi,eqriently,if a t all. l y e recall with genuine pleasure :ind a deep sense of satisfaction the meetings of the original board in the years 1943-45 (tlie policy of rotation was not ntlopted until 1948). Three of the meetings were held in R-oods Hole, hIass., a t the summer headquarters of the editoikl staff. The AXALTTICAL 1':DITIOX
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