Darius Ogden Mills 

 1825-1910 



Darius Ogden Mills was elected a member of the original 

 Board of Trustees of the Institution on January 4, 1902. He 

 died on January 3, 1910, shortly after his resignation as a mem- 

 ber of the Board had taken effect. During his entire connection 

 with the Institution he served as one of the three members of 

 the Finance Committee and gave to the Institution the benefit of 

 his exceptionally sound judgment in financial matters. 



Mr. Mills's varied interests led to activities in educational 

 circles which were unusually fruitful and of much benefit to 

 society. He served as regent and treasurer of the University of 

 California from 1868 to 1880 and founded there a professorship 

 of moral and intellectual philosophy. He also served as one of 

 the first trustees of the Lick estate and the Lick observatory. 

 After coming to New York in 1880 he built the Mills hotels 

 and established training schools for nurses. He accepted elec- 

 tion as president of the New York Botanical Garden and also 

 became a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History, 

 of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and of the American Geo- 

 graphical Society. 



Ill health attended his later years and prevented active partici- 

 pation in the affairs of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 

 He was, however, ever mindful of its interests and recognized 

 the importance of its work, and his absence will be felt in the 

 loss of a keen judgment of men and affairs, and of an intelligent 

 and sympathetic comprehension of the mission of the Institution. 



