Color in Science, Art and Industry: The Inter-Society Color Council th 75 Anniversary CD Written and Compiled by Ellen C. Carter and Cynthia Sturke May 2006 Contents Preface Introduction Part I ISCC Through the Years Chapter 1 The Early History of the ISCC Chapter 2 Membership Member Bodies Individual Members Individual Member Group Local Color Groups Student Chapters Sustaining Members Honorary Members Chapter 3 Leaders Chapter 4 Meetings Annual Meetings Williamsburg Conferences AIC and International Conferences Long-Range Planning Meetings Chapter 5 Project Committees and Interest Groups Chapter 6 Awards Godlove Macbeth Nickerson Service Award Part II ISCC Today Chapter 7 The office Chapter 8 Constitution, Bylaws, and Standing Rules Chapter 9 Communications ISCC News Website Publications Color Research and Application Chapter 10 Jubilee Week 2000 Festivities ISCC President’s Welcome Schedule for the Annual Meeting Annual Meeting Abstracts Program for the Symposium Schedule for the Symposium Abstracts for the Symposium CIE Division 1 Meetings Part III The People Brief biographical sketches of members past and present Preface In the year of 1931 New York City was a busy place. In May the Empire State Building opened as the tallest building in the world. In another part of the city, the Museum of Science and Industry, two meetings took place. These meetings culminated in the formation of a new North American organization the Inter-Society Color Council. In the same year the CIE made the first major recommendations regarding colorimetric standards in 1931 by approving the Standard Colorimetric Observer. These recommendations formed the basis of modern colorimetry and a new era was begun. Thus we come together now in 2006 to celebrate an anniversary and have a birthday party. It is good to look at what has occurred over years and to assess where we are now. There are two items on the CD. The major part is a story Color in Science, Art and Industry: The Inter-Society Color Council. However, there is also a slide show entitled “Faces of the ISCC.” We invite you to join us by viewing this CD. We have divided the story into three main sections: The ISCC Through the Years, The ISCC Today, and The People of the ISCC. In Part 1 we have attempted to capture the tone of development of the ISCC and some of its significant activities over the years. This part includes six chapters: history, membership, leaders, meetings, project work, and awards. Our major resource for this section was the ISCC News. In Part 2, chapters 7 – 10, we provide important information, you might say, a handbook, for current members. We introduce a relatively new feature of the ISCC – the office, then include the Constitution and By Laws, and sources of communication (Chapters 7-9). Chapter 10 is detailed information about the Jubilee Week Activities of the 75th Anniversary. It includes schedules and abstracts for the ISCC Annual Meeting and the Symposium as well as the schedule for the Division 1 Meetings. In the final section we offer nearly 100 biographical sketches of members or former members of the ISCC. Again a major source was the ISCC News and also recent publicity announcements. We want to acknowledge and thank those people who helped to make the CD possible. In particular, we thank Joanne Zwinkels, Alan Robertson, and Sharon McFadden for providing specific information on the Jubilee Week Festivities; Dave Wyble, the ISCC webmaster, who provided the screen capture of the ISCC website; Bob Marcus, Chair of the Publicity Committee, who provided approximately 40 publicity releases from his personal archives; and Terry Godlove, who provided a photo of the original Godlove award as well as a picture of I. H. Godlove. Joann Taylor researched Irwin Priest and wrote his biographical sketch as well as the one on Peter Goldmark. Jack Ladson and Bob Marcus proof read the nearly 100 biographical sketches. A special thank you goes to Hunter Associates Laboratory and in particular to Michael J. Casey who provided extensive help in the technology and reproduction of the CD. Without him you probably would not have had this CD in your hands today. We are grateful for the contributions and support of all these people and the many others that we failed to list individually. Ellen C. Carter Cynthia Sturke The Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC) An organization of societies and creative individuals working to further the understanding of color. All about the Inter-Society Color Council The Inter-Society Color Council was founded in 1931 to advance knowledge of color as it relates to art, science, and industry. Each of these fields enriches the others, furthering the general objective of color education. There are three classes of ISCC membership: Individual, Member-body, and Sustaining. Individual members enter the ISCC in much the same way they may enter other professional societies. Member bodies, represented by appointed delegates, are national and international organizations whose members have a professional interest in color. Any person or organization who desires to support the goals of the ISCC can become a Sustaining member." The ISCC meets annually for project committee reports, seminars, workshops, and lectures. To promote general interest and knowledge in color, the Council established three Interest Groups to present round-table and papers programs, and a system of Project Committees to pursue specific topics and goals. In addition to the Annual Meetings, special topics are explored in depth at three-day conferences, referred to as Williamsburg Conferences. The ISCC presents the prestigious Godlove and Macbeth Awards to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the field of color. The Nickerson Service Award is presented to those who have performed exceptional services to the ISCC. A newsletter is published six times a year. It features accounts of various meetings, activities, book reviews, and articles of interest about color. In 1976, the Council joined with the Color Group of Great Britain and the Canadian Society for Color to endorse the journal COLOR Research and Application. The journal is published by John Wiley & Sons and has added endorsements by several other national color groups. Issued bimonthly, it provides wide coverage throughout the field with articles, industrial notes, book reviews, meeting reports and other features. Members of the ISCC may subscribe to COLOR Research and Application at a substantial price reduction. This CD prepared as part of the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the ISCC contains much about the ISCC through the years since its inception, the ISCC today, the 75th Anniversary Festivities - including both program and abstracts, and an introduction to many of the people who have been an integral part of the ISCC. Since its inception the Inter-Society Color Council is a forum for stimulation and cross pollination of ideas among its members, leading to an enlightened understanding of color and color science. If you are not already a member, go to our website for a membership application – Join today! www.iscc.org/pdf/application.pdf History Conception The Inter-Society Color Council had its beginnings in a “color conference” held in Washington, May 14, 1930. This color conference was called by Professor E. N. Gathercoal of the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy in connection with the decennial meeting of the National Formulary 1929 Revision Committee of the U. S. Pharmacopoeia. This committee needed help in the selection of color names for describing drugs and drug products in the U. S. Pharmocopoeia. This “color conference” aroused so much interest that the Executive Committee of the Optical Society of America adopted a resolution on October 30, 1930, that “the need for better organization of those interested in the description or specification of color which found expression at the color conference … can be met by the formation of a joint council consisting of officially designated representatives of the several national societies and associations interested in the description and specification of color.” On February 26, 1931, at the Museum of Science and Industry in New York City, forty-seven persons – thirty-one of them of the representing fourteen national associations and sixteen of them interested individuals – met in a preliminary conference to discuss this resolution. Chairman of this first pre- organization committee was Royal Bailey Farnum. Lloyd [sic] A. Jones chaired the next sessions until the election of the first Inter-Society Color Council Chairman, Professor E. N. Gathercoal. The decision was made to form the Inter-Society Color Council at the first meeting held at the Museum of Science and Industry in New York City, September 21, 1931. [taken from ISCC News #247, March/April 1977] Early Organization From ISCC News #12 dated January 13, 1936, we had an account of the early organization and reorganization of the ISCC. “MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN M. Rea Paul, National Lead Company, Brooklyn, N. Y. As a result of a preliminary conference, held February 26, 1931, the Inter-Society Color Council came into being on September 21st of that year. Since then, the Council has closely adhered to its aims and purposes and has progressed despite conditions, adverse to its growth, that have existed since its formation. It is the belief of your Chairman that the Council has rendered a real service to many inquirers and to certain of its member-bodies, notable the United States Pharmacopeia. This latter group submitted a problem that has been successfully solved through the efforts of the Council’s Committee on Measurement and Specification. The Inter-Society Color Council, shortly after its formation realized its plan of organization and procedure was inadequate. Through the efforts of Mr. L. A. Jones who was at that time Chairman, a new set of Articles of Organization and procedure were formulated.