TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS 



It will be no surprise to Members of the Museum that Stanley Field 

 was elected at the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees to serve 

 as President of the Museum for the fifty-first consecutive year. In 

 recognition of his years of service to civic institutions of Chicago, 

 particularly to this Museum, Northwestern University at its com- 

 mencement ceremonies held on June 15 conferred the honorary de- 

 gree of Doctor of Laws on Mr. Field. This well-merited honor for 

 his service to the people of Chicago in directing an outstanding 

 educational and research institution was widely acclaimed. 



All other officers of the Museum were also re-elected: Vice- 

 Presidents Hughston M. McBain, Walther Buchen, and Joseph N. 

 Field and Treasurer Solomon A. Smith, Secretary Clifford C. Gregg, 

 and Assistant Secretary John R. Millar. 



Members of the Board of Trustees were saddened by the death 

 on July 26 of John P. Wilson, a Trustee of the Museum since 1932. 

 His fellow Trustees adopted the following resolution in his memory: 



John P. Wilson 

 1877-1959 



"News of the death of John P. Wilson on July 26, 1959, was received 

 with profound sorrow and a deep sense of personal loss by all mem- 

 bers of the Board of Trustees of Chicago Natural History Museum. 

 Mr. Wilson joined the Board of Trustees in 1932 and was elected 

 the next year to the Finance Committee and the Executive Com- 

 mittee. His wise counsel, deep interest in the work of the Museum 

 and in the welfare of its employees, and his sound business judg- 

 ment aided materially in the progress of this institution. 



"Prominent in the affairs of the City of Chicago, he was senior 

 partner of Wilson & Mcllvaine, attorneys, and served on the board 

 of directors of many widely known corporations, including Marshall 

 Field and Company, the International Harvester Company, the First 

 National Bank of Chicago, the Harris Trust and Savings Bank of 

 Chicago, the United States Trust Company of New York, and the 

 General Electric Company. His unusual talents were made avail- 

 able also to the board of trustees of the University of Chicago, the 

 Newberry Library, and the Children's Memorial Hospital, of which 

 he served many years as president. 



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