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THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY MEDAL, PRESENTATION TO DR. F. 1. METZGER At, n niccting of t . 1 ~ Aincriciiii Section of tlic Socicaty on Wovcnibcr !) Iiist t Iic Clieniiciil Indiistry Mcdnl for 193-1 wiis ~ir~~sentrtl to l h . I~loycl J. Nct,zgcr. Dr. JI. C. \'liit:ikcr introtliicctl t lic ~nc~tlnllist rind said : " It wiis niy good fortune t o I)c iissocintcd with Dr. J1etzpt.r for sis yciirs of his most active nlid productive period in Colunibia Univcrsit,y. W c colliihoriit c d i n iniiny i nvcst i pit ions ii ntl co-opcriitcd in tlw I~iiiItIing of ii11 intlq)cn(Icnt tIcpiirttiiClit of ohernic:il cviginecriiig w l i i d ~ liiis since tiikcn an D11. P. J. algrZoI.:N important place in tlic liiic-up of engiiiccriiig scliools in the 'University. Ovcr it s p u of tliirt,y-two yeiirs, it liirs bcc~i it privilege to know iiiicl work wit11 it niiin who by shccr force of cncrgy iind iil~ility hiis ~r ~r v c c l out for liinisclf ii position of Iciitlcrsliil) i n t,liiH profession. I n 1917 Dr. Mctzgcr bccituic iiiiinugcr of clicniiciil developincnt for tlic Air llcdiictiou Coiiipuiiy, lriid five yeiirs later wiis promotcd t o u vice-prcsidcncy in ohargc of rcsciircli and dc\dopniciit. I-lis I~ountllcss energy nntl nbility liad xiot yet reached tlic srit,iirittioii poiut, so tliirt in 1931 lie irssiimctl tho duties of director of resetirch for the U.S. ~iiclustriiil Alcohol Comprr~iy and the US. Industrial Chemical Conipaiiy, I934 t,Iiiis bringing nntlcr oiic cnp1)lc licatl tlic coiintry's grciitcst, tlist~illers of iilcoliols, cstcrs, iind iiir. '' 1Ic hiis Iiccn Iionoiircd by his fellow clicniista in 1liii~iy \'iiys I)ut ~) r ~l ~i \ b l y t l ~c most iniportitnt arid niost dcscrvctl Iionoiir 1ins I)ecn his solcction as tlie rccipicnt of this Society of Clicniiciil Industry JIcdol. " In closing, I cannot resist tlic opportunity to c y r e s s tlic bclirf tliiit every iicqiiiiintiince, frieiitl, fornicr stntlcnt., iissistniit wid iissociiitc, constituting togctlier it Iiirpc scctioii of the nicn identdicd with t liis profcssion, is trcnicndoasly plcnsctl to sec this Iionoirr confcrrctl upon I h . Alctzgcr. It is ii descrved
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