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Volume 7
JUNE 10, 1929
The Willard Gibbs Medal Award The Willard Gibbs award on Friday evening. May 24, w a s a very dignified, and a t t h e same time, festive occasion. I t was attended b y about 250 people, among t h e m a large number of women. Β. Β. Freud, chairman of t h e Chicago Section, presided, and before introducing t h e speakers gave a short summary of the history of the medal. H e pointed o u t that the purpose of William Converse in donating the medal w a s to bring annually t o the Chicago Section a man w h o had accomplished notable things in chemistry. His hope has been that this annual meeting would be an inspiration to the chemists of Chicago, and in t h a t he has not been disappointed, for the presentation of this medal is always regarded as the event of t h e year in the Chicago Section. T h e presentation of the medal was made b y William Lloyd Evans, of Ohio State University, a nice compliment, inasmuch as Doctor Hudson had presented the Nichols Medal t o Professor Evans somewhat earlier in the year. Professor Bvans told in detail of Doctor Hudson's work, and gave a thorough picture of its significance. I n accepting t h e medal, Doctor Hudson spoke informally about his early work in science and the influences which caused him to t a k e up the study of sugar chemistry. His early training in physics, in which he specialized in his university days, has been of inestimable benefit t o him in his subsequent work in chemistry. After Doctor Hudson's short address of acceptance, President Scott, of Northwestern University, congratulated the Chicago Section upon its selection of the medalist, a n d the latter o n t h e honor which had been bestowed upon him. A second response was made b y J. H. Mathews, representing the University of Wisconsin Section and t h e other sections cooperating with the Chicago Section in t h e publication of the Chemical Bulletin, who spoke a few well-chosen words of con gratulation. T h e last speaker was Dean Gordon J. I,aing, of the University of Chicago, who spoke humorously and very entertainingly, representing the non-scientists' appreciation of the work of the chemist. The scientific address, "New Aspects of Emil Fischer's Cyanohydrin Synthesis of Sugar," was given t h e following Saturday morning a t the University of Chicago to a very large and inter ested audience. I n this address, Doctor Hudson reviewed the structure of the sugars as worked out by his predecessors in this field, and then outlined the additions made a s a result of his work. The official guests of the section a t the dinner were Doctors Baekeland, Stieglitz, and Harkins, medalists in past years; George Hubert Jones, donor of the chemistry laboratory at the University of Chicago; President H. M . Raymond of Armour Institute: Mr. and Mrs. William A. Converse; and t h e speakers of the evening.
Seventh Colloid Symposium
Number 11
The following program has been arranged : Frederick O. I>ontian, University College, London. "The Scattering of Light in Sols and Gels." S. E . Sheppard a n d J. G. Medially, Eastman Kodak Co. "The Anisotropy • of Gelatin Gels." Harvey A. Neville an
