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224/ for [[red underline]] next Chandler [[/red underline]] Medal award. We all 3 soon agreed that the best man is Professor [[red underline]] William Francis Giauque [[/red underline]] of the University of California for his work in physical chemistry and the isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen. Celine came to fetch me at Columbia 5 P.M and we drove home together. All still very happy under the impression of our recent Xmas day. [[underline]] Dec. 28 [[/underline]] Went to [[red underline]] Dr. Fuller [[/red underline]] for Xray of my [[red underline]] teeth [[/red underline]] to compare with that of last summer made by Dr. Wielage [[strikethrough]] Dec. 29 [[/strikethrough]] Started packing my trunk [[underline]] Dec. 29 (Sunday).[[/underline]] More [[strikethrough]] drif [[/strikethrough]] drift ice on the Hudson. Yesterday [[strikethrough]] he [[/strikethrough]] bottled [[red underline]] 4 gall. of wine [[/red underline]] for Older Graduates of Columbia dinner. Snow & cold. Peter came to stay overnight. All other grandchildren are at our camp except Freddie. [[underline]] Dec. 30. [[/underline]] Called up Dr. [[red underline]] Schmidt & Brannon [[/red underline]] for latest reports about [[red underline]] cast Bakelite [[/red underline]] made after [[red underline]] Bruhat. [[/red underline]] Busy day at office [[red underline]] My bill [[/red underline]] for services this year increased proportionately as has been done 5% to all employes, [[strikethrough]] So instead of [[/strikethrough]] and to Directors. So it is = [[strikethrough]] 15 [[/strikethrough]] 15000 + 750 + 750 = [[red underline]] 16500 [[/red underline]] Returned documents concerning Chandler Medal to Prof Thomas [[end page]] [[start page]] 225/ This making our vote unanimous with Hixson & Thomas [[vertical note in left margin in red]] [[red underline]] Bruhat patent [[/red underline]] [[/vertical note in left margin]] [[underline]] Dec. 31. [[/underline]] [[red underline]] Schmidt & Brannon [[/red underline]] arrived at office with an excellently made set of samples made after [[red underline]] Bruhat [[/red underline]] Patent with Paraform., [[strikethrough]] but [[/strikethrough]] Some without glycerine others with it, and other variations as well as influence of time of curing on optical and mechanical properties. Spent all morning discussing those tests. A very satisfactory piece of work to end the year. - See copy of this report on the samples. The latter are [[red underline]] discs about 1" wide, [[/red underline]] and ^[[about]] [[red underline]] 1/8 thick [[/red underline]] all suitably marked to identify them with their report. [[red underline]] Repeated to [[strikethrough]] George and [[/strikethrough]] Rossi my recommendations not to accept license from [[/red underline]]
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Jean M. Bruhat worked for Societe francais d'Hygiene.