Industry and academic chemistry titan John Cadogan dies

John Cadogan, an organic chemist whose career spanned academia and industry, died on 9 February, aged 89. Cadogan served as the Royal Society of Chemistry’s president from 1982 to 1984. During his time as president he oversaw the completion of the merger of four chemical societies – the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry – to form the Royal Society of Chemistry.