The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-22
AMERICAN CHEMISTS
xNTERESTING NOTES REGARDING
THE ORGANIZATIONS

Professor - List of tho Presidents of the
Honorary Members, Etc.
The year 1874 was memorable one
for the chemists of Great Britain and
America. On August of that year
large gatherings Of chemists assembled
in England and in the United States
to celebrate the centennial of the dis
covery of oxygen by Joseph Prestley.
The meeting in America was held in
Northumberland, Pa, where Priestley
spent the latter portion of his life, and
where he died and was buried 1t
was, perhaps, the largest assemblage
of chemists that had ever been known
upon this continent up to that time. The
occasion was an inspiring one It en-
kindled feeling of closer brotherhood
among the chemists of the new world,
which found it's outward and formal ex-
preston some two years later in the for
nation of the American Chemical socie-
ty.
The society was organized in April,
1876 in New York city With that emf
John w. Draper of the University of
New York as it's president It's object
IS the advancement of chemistry and
the promotion of chemical research In
1877, under the presidency of the late j.
Lawrence Smith, the society was incor-
porated under the laws of the state of
New York
1t Ia especially interesting to the peo-
pie of New Haven to know that the
third president of the society was their
genial and distinguished fellow towns
man, Prof. S. w. Johnson of Yale uni
versity. 1t was through Prof. Johnson s
active correspondence with the chemists
of this city and vicinity, while they
were scattered on their vacations dur
ing the past summer, that a most cor
dial invitation to hold the winter meet
ing this year in New Haven was put in
to form and presented to the society at
its meeting in Columbus, O., last Au-
gust.
The following is list of the names
of those who have filed the office of
president of the society since the date
of it's organization, the names preced-
ed by star being those of past pres
idents now deceased: 1876 J. w. ORA
per; *1S77 j. Lawrence Smith; 1878, s.
w Johnson 1879, T. Sterry Hunt;
1880, f. A. Genth; 1881, c. F. Chand
Ter; 1882, j. w Mallet; 1888, j. G.
Booth; 1854. j. G. Booth 1884, j. C.
Booth; 1885, A. B. Prescott: 1887, G. A.
Goessmann: 1855, T. Sterry Hunt
1889, G. f. Chandler: 1890, H. B. Ma
son; 1891, G. F. Barker: 1892, G. c.
CALDWELL 1898, a. W. Wiley; 1894, Fl.
w. Wiley: 1895, E. f. Smith: 1896. G.
B. Dudley; 1897, G. B. Dudley; 1898, c.
e. Munroe.
The present president is Edward w
Morley. professor OF chemistry in Adel-
bert college, Cleveland, o., known
throughout the scientific world for his
classical researches in determining with
accuracy the atomic weight Of oxygen
About ten years ago the American
Chemical society, DESTROYS of realizing
more fully the aim of it's founders to
make the organization more thoroughly
representative OF American chemists
and their work. adopted the plan of
holding general meetings twice year
In different localitiea and of encourage
ing the formation of local sections in
different parts of the country in ac-
cordance with the practice of the Brit
ish Society of Chemical Industry The
wisdom of this play was apparent from
the rapid and vigorous growth which
Immediately followed its adoption, and
the idea of migratory meetings and To-
cal sections has become permanently
esta bIished policy of the society. The
summer meeting is held with that of
the American Association for the Adj
vancement of Science, and the annual
meeting of the society is held during
the last week in December.
There are twelve local sections, viz:
Rhode Island, Cincinnati, New York,
washington, Lehigh Valley, Chicago,
Nebraska, North Carolina, Columbus,
Northeastern, Philadelphia and Michi-
gan.
The total membership of the society
Is about sixteen hundred, distributed
mainly throughout the United States
and other portions of the American con-
tinent. Some of it's members are to be
found in Cuba and other islands of. the
west indies, others in various Europe
an countries and in South America; in
fact. nearly every nation in the world
IL represented in the membership of the
American Chemical society
A limited number of the most emil
nent chemists of the world have been |
elected to honorary membership, AIS Will
be seen from the following list of names
of all who have been honorary members |
of the society. 1t will be noticed that
this list includes one American, DIR.
Wolcott Gibbs of Newport, r. l., now
emeritus professor in Harvard univer-
sity:
Berthelot, M, College de France, Par
is.
*Boutlerow A., st Petersburg, Rus
nia
aBuneen, r. W., Heidelberg, Germa-
ny.
Cannizzaro Stanislao, Rome italy.
*Chevreul, E., Paris, France.
Crookes, Sir William, London, Eng |
land
#Frankland, f., Reigate, England
Gibbs Wolcott, Newport, r. !.
@Hofmann, A. w. Won, Berlin, Ger
many.
#Kekule A. Bonn, Germany.
Mendeleeff, D., st. Petersburg, Russia
Mossan, Henri Paris, France.
*Stas, J. S., Brussels, Belgium.
Want Hoff, J. f., Charlottenburg,