50 Biochemical News, Notes and Comment 



Bromberg (Germany) : Dr. Hugo Fischer, act. head, ehem. and 

 bacteriol. dep't, Kaiser Wilhelm Inst, for Agric. 



Squibb and Sons (New Brunswick, N. J.) : Dr. John F. Ander- 

 son (direc, Hygienic Lab., U. S. Public Health Service), direc, 

 research and biolog. lab's. 



Univ. of Minn., Med. Seh. : Dr. Leonard Rowntree (assoc. 

 prof. of med., Johns Hopkins), prof. of med. 



Washington Univ., Med. Seh. : Dr. Leo Loeh, prof. of comp, 

 pathol. ; Dr. P. A. Shajfer (prof. of physiol. ehem.), dean. 



Western Reserve Univ., Med. Seh. (Cleveland) : C. H. Fiske 

 (Harvard Univ.), assoc. in biochem. 



Honors. Hon. degrees. Dr. Frits Haber (direc, Kaiser 

 Wilhelm Inst, for Physiol.) and Dr. Karl Bosch (Baden Anilin 

 Works), hon. doetorates, Karlsruhe Tech. Seh. 



Prof. W. A. Pearson (Hahnemann Med. Coli, Phila.), hon. 

 M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coli, of the Pacific. 



Faculty Research Lecturer. Dr. F. P. Gay, prof. of pathol., 

 Univ. of Cal., has been chosen by his colleagues of the Univ. of 

 Cal. as faculty research lecturer for 191 6. He will give this annual 

 public address on some of the results of his own research, at the 

 Univ. of Cal. on the evening of Charter Day, Mar. 23, 1916. He 

 was selected in reeognition of his recent work in developing im- 

 proved methods for the treatment of pneumonia, and for the treat- 

 ment of typhoid fever by the use of sensitized vaeeine; for his re- 

 searches, in collaboration with Dr. Edith J. Claypole, in the field of 

 immunization against typhoid ; and for his development, in assoei- 

 ation with Dr. J. N. Force, of a skin test of immunity against 

 typhoid. 



Complimentary DINNER. Harvard Club, N. Y. City, Jan. 12 : 

 By the Faculty of N. Y. Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coli., to 

 Prof. V. C. Vaiighan. 



HoNORARY MEMBERSHip. Dr. P. A. Lcvcnc has been elected 

 an honorary member of Rega Societas Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 



Lectures. Endowed lectures. Coli, of Phys., Phila. ; Thir- 

 teenth Rush Soc. Lect., Jan. 21: Dr. F. M. Allen, Investigative 

 and scientific phases of the diabetic question, with their probable 

 relations to praetical problems of clinieal medieine. 



Royal Soc. (London) ; Croonian Lect., Dec. 9, '15 : Dr. W. M. 



