institution without compensation for a time and with inadequate 

 compensation even at the best It has nev^er received any financial 

 assistance from men outside the ranks of pharmacy, is without en- 

 dowment, has never received any financial aid from the State and 

 its continued existence and success is due solely to the energy and 

 enthusiasm of Professor Chandler and to others like him who havi^ 

 devoted themselves to the upbuilding of the institution. 



In 1879, when the first New York State Board of Health was 

 formed, Professor Chandler was made a member and chairman of 

 the Sanitary Committee. "He is a member of the National Academy 

 of Sciences ; the American Chemical Society, of which he was presi- 

 dent in 1881 and 1889; the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science ; the Society of Chemical Industry of which he was 

 in 1900 the first American to be elected president; the American 

 Institute of Mining Engineers ; the American Philosophical 

 Society; the New York Chemists Club, of which he was president 

 from 1899 to 1900; the New York iVcademy of Sciences; the Lon- 

 don Chemical Society ; the Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft, and 

 the Societe Chimique de Paris. 



President Arthur, who was well acquainted with Professor 

 Chandler, had such a high regard for his scientific abilities that he 

 appointed him a commissioner for the purpose of investigating the 

 subject of American hog products and in 1884 appointed him a 

 delegate from the United States to the Health Exposition in Lon- 

 don and the International Medical Congress at Copenhagen. 



When AVilliam C. AMiitney was Secretary of the Navy, he ap- 

 pointed Professor Chandler a member of the commission to investi- 

 gate the preservation of timber for the Navy, later the President of 

 the National Academy of Sciences, at the request of the Secretary 

 of the Treasury, placed Professor Chandler on commissions to in- 

 vestigate the manufacture of glucose, the denaturing of alcohol, 

 and the waterproofing of fractional currency and bank notes. In the 

 performance of his duties along these various lines Professor 

 Chandler showed marked ability and judgment. 



In late years Professor Chandler's services have been frequently 

 sought by great corporations that control processes of manufacture 

 in which a thorough knowledge of chemistry is required. He has 

 not only that thorough know^ledge of chemistry, but also an abrt 

 mind filled with original ideas. He is known as the highest 

 authority in this country on industrial chemistry, being a specialist 

 in man}^ branches of chemistry. He is an expert on sugar and 

 petroleum refining, the manufacture of gas, and on calico printing, 

 He has served as a chemist to the Croton Aqueduct, the New York 

 'Gas Company, and the New York Steam Sugar Refining Company. 



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