Medjidje, a decoration conferred by the Sultan of Turkey, in 1901. He belongs to the Sons of the Revolution; the Cosmos, Metropolitan and University clubs of Washington, District of Columbia; to the Stroller's and the Chemists' club, New York city; and to the Papyrus club, Boston, Massachusetts. His favorite modes of recreation are walking, horseback riding and fishing. His desire to pursue chemistry as his vocation arose from reading Liebig's "Familiar Letters," when a child. He says: "I have never striven for prizes or places, and am opposed to striving." Personal preference alone decided his choice of a career, and he names as the strongest influences of his early life, "home and companionship" and "teachers who loved their calling." His specialty is teaching. He organized graduate research work in Washington in 1892, and has since been in charge of this work. He was married June 20, 1883, to Mary Louise Barker. They have five children living in 1906.