Officers of the Bolton Society Founder and Chief Bibliophile: Herbert T. Pratt Herbert T. Pratt, a member of CHF’s Heritage Council, is a professionally certified chemical engineer and DuPont Company retiree who also holds a master’s degree in history. Herb has been a collector of early chemistry books and related materials for more than 40 years, gathering a collection that now includes more than 3,800 titles. His collection includes over 200 publications in technology and history, and expertise in such diverse subjects as textile chemistry and dyeing, technical writing and editing, textile fibers as legal evidence, discovery of the commercial processes for making calcium carbide and acetylene, Michael Faraday's religion, history of man-made fibers, and technology in the Bible. Herb is the recipient of such awards as ASTM's Funk W. Reinhart award for "outstanding and unusual contributions to terminology standardization," the Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists Olney Medal for "outstanding contributions in the field of textile chemistry," and its Chapin Award for "dedicated service to the organization." Chief Bibliophile Elect: Ned Heindel Both a member of CHF’s Heritage Council and a professor of chemistry at Lehigh University, Ned Heindel has long been interested in the scientific basis of folk medicinal remedies. He has researched both Pennsylvania German and American Indian herbal preparations for their potential pharmacological components. Ned haunts auctions and antiquarian shops for "domestic physician" guides from the late-18th and early-19th centuries. He owns seven editions of works of the German herbalist-healer Johan Georg Hohman, published in eastern Pennsylvania between 1816 and 1840. He also acquires homeopathic drug-proving guides and home medical texts from patent-medicine manufacturers. Ned is an active member of the Division of the History of Chemistry (HIST) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and has served as its chairman. He currently chairs the National Historic Chemical Landmarks Committee of the ACS and serves on boards and committees of IUPAC-USA and the Council for Chemical Research. Newsletter Editor: James J. Bohning James J. Bohning is professor of chemistry emeritus at Wilkes University, where he was a faculty member from 1959 to 1990. He was chair of the Division of the History of Chemistry (HIST) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 1986, received the division's Outstanding Paper Award in 1989, and has presented more than 40 papers before the division at national meetings of the ACS. He was on the advisory committee of the ACS's National Historic Chemical Landmarks Program from its inception in 1992 through 2001, and is currently a consultant to the committee. Beginning in 1985 he developed CHF's oral history program and was its director of oral history from 1990 to 1995. From 1995 to 1998 he was a science writer for the news service group of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C. He is currently a visiting research scientist and CESAR fellow at Lehigh University.