Apr., 1916
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WILLIAM H. NICHOLS MEDAL AWARD
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The Nichols Medal, awarded by the New York Section of the American Chemical Sadety for the hest original contribution to the publications of the Society during the year 1915, was conferred upon Dr. Claude Silbert Hudson, of the Bureau of Chemistry, in recognition of his research in the field of organic chemistry, a t the regular meeting of the Sec,tion, in Rumford Hall. Chemists' Club, March IO, 19r6. Dr. T. B. Wagner, Chairman of the Section, presented the medal. The presentation address and the medal address are printed in full below. Claude Silbert Hudson was born in Atlanta, Georgia, January
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19rz-13. when he was acting professor of physical chemistry a t Princeton during a year's absence of Prof. Hulett. H e is at present Chemist-in-Charge of the Carbohydrate Laboratory. Bureau of Chemistry, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Hudson's principal contributions have dealt with the application of physica-chemical principles and methods t o the chemistry of the sugars. Some of the more prominent articles which he has published in this field deal with the following subjects: "The Mutarotation of Milk Sugar." "The Significance of Certain Numerical Relations in the Sugar Group." "A Relation Between the Chemical Constitution and the Optical R o t a t o r y Power of the Sugar Lactones." "The Estimation of Cane Sugar and of Raffinose b y Ilnzymotic Hydrolysis." "The Preparation of New Acetyl Ddvatives of the Sugars."
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ADDRESS : post-graduate work the following year and to BY T. B. W A O W B ~ hegin an investigation on bResearch has become ' the mutarotation of milk the watchword of the sugar under Prof. William day. One might almost F. M a g i e . He was be led to believe that awarded the degree of research was a product of M.S. a t Princeton and in the 20th century-somergoz went to the Univerthing unknown heretosity of Gttingen and 1 fore and newly neated studied one s e m e s t e r by a universal desire to under Prof. Nemst, conmobilize OUT industries. tinuing physico-chemical Yet, the present highly studies on milk sugar. I developed state of the During the spring recess 1 chemical industries was of the U n i v e r s i t y h e brought about chiefly b y carried out an investigathe [painstaking, patient tian under Prof. Tamand quiet research work mann on the mutual in the laboratory, consolubility of nicotine and ducted primarily from water. Removing from love of and for the sake Cottingen to Berlin, he of research and based studied o n e s e m e s t e r upon a desire to obtain under k n f . van? Hoff in more light-inshort, work the httcr's private laboraundertaken in search of tory at Charlottcnhurg. the truth. It was in continuing investigations recognition of such work on milk sugar. Return. c. 5 I,,'I)i
