Field Museum 

 of Natural History 

 Bulletin 



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Field Museum of Natural History 



Founded 1893 



President: Willard L. Boyd 



Editor/ Designer: David M. Walsten 

 Production Liaison: Pamela Stearns 

 Staff Photographer: Ron Testa 



Board of Trustees 



CONTENTS 



May 1986 



Volume 57, Number 5 



May Events at Field Museum 



Museums as Agents for Public Education: 

 The Kellogg Program 



by Helen H. Voris, Special Projects Writer, 

 Department of Education 



Richard M. Jones. 



Chairman 

 Mrs. T. Stanton Armour 

 George R. Baker 

 Robert O. Bass 

 Gordon Bent 

 Mrs. Philip D. Block III 

 Willard L. Boyd 

 Robert D. Cadieux 

 Henry T. Chandler 

 Worley H. Clark 

 Frank W. Considine 

 Stanton R. Cook 

 William R. Dickinson, Jr. 

 Thomas E. Donnelley II 

 Thomas J. Eyerman 

 Marshall Field 

 Ronald J. Gidwitz 

 Clarence E. Johnson 

 Richard M. Jones 

 John James Kinsella 

 Hugo J. Melvoin 

 Leo F. Mullin 

 Earl L. Neal 

 James J. O'Connor 

 Robert A. Pritzker 

 James H. Ransom 

 John S. Runnells 

 Patrick G. Ryan 

 William L. Searle 

 Robert H. Strotz 

 Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken 

 E. Leland Webber 

 Blaine J. Yarrington 



35th Annual Members' Night 



Lake Renwick: Unlikely Haven for 

 the Endangered 



by Jerry Sullivan 



10 



Robert E. Peary: Arctic Explorer 18 



and Collector for the World's 

 Columbian Exposition 



by James W. VanStone, Curator of North American 

 Archaeology and Ethnology 



Henry Field, 1902-1986 24 



by W. Peyton Fawcett, Field Museum Librarian 



Field Museum Tours 



26 



Life Trustees 



Harry O. Bercher 

 Bowen Blair 

 Mrs. Edwin J. DeCosta 

 Clifford C.Gregg 

 William V. Kahler 

 William H. Mitchell 

 Edward Byron Smith 

 John W. Sullivan 

 J. Howard Wood 



COVER 



Hema Rajagopalan, one of India's most graceful dancers, performs 

 at Field Museum on Saturday, May 17, at 3:00pm. For further 

 information please see page 4. 



Ninth Annual Spring Systematics Symposium 



Saturday, May 10, 8:50am to 4:30pm 



This year's symposium topic is "Evolution of Human 

 Hunting" and features ten invited speakers. The pre- 

 registration fee (until April 10) is $10. Registration after 

 that date is $15. Registration forms may be obtained by 

 writing Dr. H. M. Nitecki at Field Museum; they may 

 also be obtained at the Museum on the morning of May 

 10 before the talks begin. 



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