STAFF OF THE MUSEUM 



At his own request Dr. Fritz Haas, Curator of Lower Invertebrates, 

 was made Curator Emeritus of Lower Invertebrates. Dr. Alan 

 Solem, Assistant Curator of Lower Invertebrates, was advanced to 

 Curator, and Melvin A. Traylor, Jr., Assistant Curator of Birds, was 

 advanced to Associate Curator. 



Appointments during the year were: Miss Marian Christensen, 

 Secretary, Library; Miss Marilyn Jindrich, Assistant, Public Rela- 

 tions; Dr. Karl Koopman, Assistant Curator of Mammals; Dean 

 Randall, Artist, Department of Botany; Robert J. Reich, Custodian 

 of the Herbarium; Ernest J. Roscoe, Assistant, Division of Lower 

 Invertebrates; and Dr. C. Earle Smith, Jr., Associate Curator of 

 Vascular Plants. 



Resignations during the year were: Alfredo Evangelista, Thomas 

 J. Dee Fellow in Anthropology; Mrs. Patricia McAfee Huffman, 

 Associate, Public Relations; and Andre" Nitecki, Cataloguer in the 

 Library. James Barry, veteran Sergeant of the Guard, retired after 

 seventeen years of service. 



I record with deep regret the death on January 16 of Frederick 

 Burr, Division of Printing; the death on April 12 of John Roberts, 

 Division of Maintenance; and the death on December 16 of Miss 

 Rose J. Watson, a pensioner. 



VOLUNTEER WORKERS 



The Museum thanks its volunteer workers for their help during the 

 year. Some of them, designated as Research Associates and Asso- 

 ciates, are included in the List of Staff at the beginning of this Report. 

 Other volunteers are: Miss Lynn Beach, Thomas Brodene, Miss 

 Barbara Bruckner, Walther H. Buchen, C. Boyd Bumzahem, Teddy 

 Czyzewicz, Miss Margot Donald, Michael Duever, Robert Elliott, 

 Miss Patricia R. Falkenburg, John Gedgaudas, Mrs. Dorothy Gould, 

 Mrs. Samuel H. Grove, Jr., Mrs. Esther Hermitte, Harold Hinds, 

 John Kresinske, Mrs. Peggy Litten, Fred Matejcek, Michael Moore, 

 Mrs. Glen Nellis, Thomas Olechowski, Thomas O'Neill, Philip Porzel, 

 George Semmelman, Miss Margaret Shurrager, Douglas E. Tibbitts, 

 John Veriga, and Mrs. Adele Woods. Boris Ivanov, of the Library 

 staff, who has been working on a reduced-hour basis, became so 

 deeply interested in the work he was doing that he also worked 

 many extra days as a volunteer. Our volunteers assisted in various 

 divisions of the Museum's scientific departments. 



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