PROFESSOR RICHARDS MADE OFFICER OF FRENCH LEGION

Professor T. W. Richards '86, Erving Professor of Chemistry in the University and Director of the Wolcott Gibbs Laboratory, was decorated yesterday with the insignia of an officer of the Legion of Honor. The ceremony was held at Professor Richards home, and the honor was conferred upon him by M. Joseph Flamand, French Consul at Boston.

Professor Richards has now received honors from nearly every country in recognition of his work in chemistry. In 1914, he was awarded the Nobel prize for chemical research.

He holds degrees from over a dozen Universities. During the war, he was consulting engineer to the War Department and to the Bureau of Mines. Professor Richards has been president of the American Society of Chemists.