of Zoology, and Emmet R. Blake, Curator of Birds, attended meet- 

 ings of the American Ornithologists' Union in Regina, Saskatchewan. 

 Loren P. Woods, Curator of Fishes, attended meetings of the Ameri- 

 can Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in San Diego. 



Rupert L. Wenzel, Curator of Insects, attended meetings in 

 Columbus of the North Central Branch of the Entomological So- 

 ciety of America and joint meetings in Detroit of the Entomological 

 Society of America and the Entomological Society of Canada and 

 was elected to the standing committee on entomological nomencla- 

 ture. Dr. Fritz Haas, Curator Emeritus of Lower Invertebrates, 

 and Dr. Alan Solem, Curator, attended the meeting in Philadelphia 

 of the American Malacological Union, and Curator Solem, who was 

 elected counselor-at-large at the Philadelphia meeting, spoke at the 

 meeting in Redlands, California, of the Pacific Division of the Union. 

 D. Dwight Davis, Curator of Vertebrate Anatomy, attended meet- 

 ings in Philadelphia of the American Institute of Biological Sciences 

 and continued as a trustee of the American Society of Mammalogists, 

 which met in Washington, D.C. 



Members of the Museum's staff attended the annual meetings 

 of the Society for the Study of Evolution (in November) and of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science (in December), 

 which were held in Chicago, and the Darwin Centennial Celebration 

 (see page 22) at the University of Chicago (in November). Chief 

 Curator Just attended the Darwin Centennial Celebration as official 

 representative of the Museum and of the Botanical Society of Amer- 

 ica. Dr. Eugene S. Richardson, Jr., Curator of Fossil Invertebrates, 

 was official delegate from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 

 to the meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution and to 

 the Darwin Centennial Celebration. Dr. Roland W. Force, Curator 

 of Oceanic Archaeology and Ethnology, and Curator Quimby were 

 elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science. 



Mrs. Meta P. Howell, Librarian, attended the meetings of the 

 American Library Association in Washington, D.C. Mrs. M. Eileen 

 Rocourt, Associate Librarian, was elected chairman of the Museum 

 Division of Special Libraries Association at its annual meeting, 

 having served as vice-chairman. Mrs. Rocourt represented the Mu- 

 seum Division at the Advisory Council meetings of the Special 

 Libraries Association in Highland Park, Illinois, and during the 

 year attended monthly meetings of the Illinois chaper of the Asso- 

 ciation. The Librarian and Associate Librarian attended sessions 

 of the Mid-Winter Conference of the American Library Association 

 in Chicago. 



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