1943 Press Photo New York Wallace Patten Cohoe Heads World Chemical Party NYC

Wallace Patten Cohoe of New York was inducted as president of the Society of Chemical Industry international organization with headquarters in London at a dinner-meeting last evening (October 22), At the Waldorf-Astoria. Cohoe is the 6th American to become president of the society which was founded in 1881 and has approximately 5,000 members. Born in Norwich, Ontario in 1875, he has resided in New York since 1912. Educated at McMaster University Toronto and at Harvard University, he is technical adviser to corporations, principally in the fields of textiles, synthetics, paper & cellulose.

Photo is dated 1943.

Photo measures 5 x 7 inches.