Editing Alexander Shulgin (section)

== Societies ==
Shulgin was a member of [[Mensa International]] and frequently attended Mensa events in California.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Shulgin |first1=Alexander |author-mask=with |first2=Ann |last2=Shulgin |title=PIHKAL: A Chemical Love Story |location=Berkeley |publisher=[[Transform Press]] |year=1991 |isbn=0-9630096-0-5 }}</ref>

Alexander was a [[List of Bohemian Club members|Bohemian Club member]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2002/09/professorx/ |title=Professor X |date=September 1, 2002 |magazine=Wired}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chemist Alexander Shulgin, Popularizer of the Drug Ecstasy, Dies at 88 |url=https://maps.org/news/media/5099-chemist-alexander-shulgin-popularizer-of-the-drug-ecstasy-dies-at-88 |website=MAPS |date=June 3, 2014 |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref name="MorrisSmith2010">{{cite web | last1 = Morris | first1 = Hamilton | last2 = Smith | first2 = Ash | title = The Last Interview With Alexander Shulgin | url = https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-last-interview-with-alexander-shulgin-423-v17n5/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110929155226/https://www.vice.com/read/the-last-interview-with-alexander-shulgin-423-v17n5 | archive-date = 29 September 2011 | url-status	= deviated | date = 2 May 2010 | website = Vice.com | publisher = [[Vice Media]] | language = en }}</ref> The Bohemian club is located in California where Alexander lived. Alexander refers to "The Owl Club" in chapter 11 of ''PiHKAL'':

{{Blockquote|One evening in the late 1950s, I was invited to a musical soiree at an old comfortable home in the Berkeley Hills. I brought my viola with me... The only person I can remember from that evening was a handsome, proper gentleman with a small grey moustache and the residues of an English accent. During coffee, after the music was over, he struck up a conversation.

He asked me if I had ever heard of The Owl Club in San Francisco? I had not, so he began painting a picture of a rather fascinating group, with many interests in all sorts of art, drama and music. He mentioned that there was need for a viola player, and would I be interested in sitting in for a couple of evenings? ... The Club proved to be a group of gentlemen from a broad array of political and professional backgrounds, leaning somewhat toward the political right and the well-to-do. ... At my first evening at the Club... Andrew was appointed my Pater Familias ..."|''PiHKAL'', First Printing, Eleventh Edition, Chapter 11, pp. 60–65<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Shulgin |first1=Alexander |author-mask=with |first2=Ann |last2=Shulgin |title=[[PiHKAL]]: A Chemical Love Story |location=Berkeley |publisher=[[Transform Press]] |year=1991 |isbn=0-9630096-0-5 }}</ref>|}}