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pany, with office and factory at 619 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, N. 

 Y., was organized about a year ago and is now manufacturing all 

 the finer grades of chemicals employed in advanced Instruction and 

 research. 



Obituary. We State, with great personal regret, that Dr. W. 

 W. Lesern, a member of the Biochemical Association and a practis- 

 ing physician in New York City, died suddenly on Januaiy 10. Dr. 

 Lesern was a man of high ideals, earnest purposes, and Sterling 

 scientific abilities. He cooperated with Dr. Gies in the early 

 studies which demonstrated that protagon is a mechanical mixture. 

 About two years ago Dr. Lesern began with Dr. Gies an inquiry 

 into possible chemical functions of the tonsils, but was unable to 

 go forward with it to completion, 



We are deeply grieved by the death of Dr. Raymond H. Pond, 

 which occurred suddenly on July 25. At the time of his death 

 Dr. Pond was Plant Pathologist at the Texas Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, and Honorary Third Vice President of the Bio- 

 chemical Association. He was a charter member of the American 

 Society of Biological Chemists. For several years Dr. Pond was 

 engaged, under Dr. Gies' direction at the New York Botanical 

 Garden, in studies of enzyme action, and for some time prior to his 

 acceptance of the position in Texas he conducted biochemical re- 

 search under the auspices of the Metropolitan Sewage Commission. 

 Dr. Pond was beloved by a wide circle of friends. His untimely 

 death removes a promising young worker from the small group of 

 American investigators in botanical chemistry. 



Secretary's announcements. A number of former workers 

 in the Columbia biochemical laboratories may not have received 

 invitations to join the Biochemical Association. This has been due 

 to the fact that our lists of names and addresses are incomplete. 

 We hope to perfect the lists in the near future and to communi- 

 cate personally with all who are eligible to membership. 



The association will hold its next meeting about the middle of 

 December, when it will be favored with an in formal address by 

 Professor R. H. Chittenden. 



