MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 



George Lefevre first came to Woods Hole as a Johns Hopkins 

 University student in 1892, having a table in the Fish Commis- 

 sion laboratory, and he was there four summers. In 1897 he 

 became directly connected with the Marine Biological Labora- 

 tory as an instructor in the Zoology course. He served in this 

 position for two years. Since 1905 he was continuously upon 

 the staff for direction of zoological research; he was fourteen 

 years a Trustee and was Secretary of the Board for ten years. 

 Few of the present or former members of the Woods Hole group 

 have served the Laboratory for a longer period. Five of Dr. 

 Lefevre's publications are based wholly or in part upon investiga- 

 tions conducted here. Nearly every summer some of his pupils 

 at the University of Missouri or some of the members of their 

 zoological staff were at our Laboratory, and for six years the 

 University of Missouri contributed to the financial support of 

 the Laboratory, all doubtless through Dr. Lefevre's influence. 



But this bare statement of formal connections with the institu- 

 tion gives no adequate idea of the faithfulness of the service 

 rendered, or of the influence of his fine personality and of his 

 accurate work as an investigator. He was an outstanding 

 figure in our Woods Hole group, his unfailing considerateness 

 and courtesy, both as scientist and as friend, together with his 

 genial sense of humor, contributing a large share to that whole- 

 some atmosphere which has been one of the chief assets of this 

 Laboratory, so free from personal jealousies. George Lefevre 

 was a sound zoologist who did much good technical scientific 

 work; he was a keen critic, discriminating in suggestion; he was 

 an inspiring teacher; he was an administrator of rare tact, good 

 judgment and efficiency and our Woods Hole Laboratory, as 

 well as his own University, had the benefit of his wise counsel. 

 But while recognizing to the full his strength as a scientist and 

 as a leader and the thoroughness and devotion of his service to 

 this institution, our chief remembrance of him will be as a 

 sensitive gentleman, a tactful counsellor and a warm-hearted 

 friend. The keen sense of our own loss in his death prompts us 

 to express to his colleagues at the University of Missouri and 

 especially to the members of his family our deep sympathy. 



There are included as parts of this report, I. The Deed of 

 Trust covering funds for endowment, 2. Plans of the new build- 



