ORGANIZATION AND EARLY MEETINGS OF THE 

 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BIOCHEMICAL 



ASSOCIATION 



Proceedings Reported by THE Secretary, 



WALTER H. EDDY 



I. PRELIMINARY ORGANIZATION, FEBRUARY i, 1910 



At a special meeting of the officers of the Biochemical Depart- 

 ment of Columbia University, in the laboratory at the College of 

 Physicians and Surgeons, on Feb. i, 1910, Dr. Gies suggested and 

 outlined a general plan for the Organization of an association which, 

 throiigh local activity and by the publication of a Journal, would 

 unite the interest of all past and present, as well as future, workers 

 in the Department of Biological Chemistry of Columbia Uni- 

 versity and in the laboratories officially affiliated with the De- 

 partment.^ Such an association, Dr. Gies suggested, could become 

 an important factor in the increase and extension of biochemical 

 knowledge. In order to formulate these plans into a working 

 agreement, a committee, consisting of Drs. Walter H. Eddy, 

 Matthew Steel and Herman O. Mosenthal, was appointed by Dr. 

 Gies to draft a Constitution and instructed to report this to the 

 biochemical staff at a future meeting. On March i, 19 10, at a 

 meeting over which Dr. Gies presided and at which the writer 

 served as secretary, the committee formally presented the appended 

 report. 



II. PERMANENT ORGANIZATION, MARCH i, 1910 



Ofificial report of the committee on permanent Organization of the 

 Columbia University Biochemical Association. 



Mr. Chairman, and fellow workers in the laboratories of the Colum- 

 bia University Department of Biological Chemistry: 



Your committee, which was appointed on February i, 1910, at the 



^ The oflficially affiliated laboratories are located at the New York Botanical 

 Garden (since 1902) and in the Household Arts Building at the New York 

 Teachers' College (since 1909). The Department was established in 1898. 



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