Mr. Lee Rowell, diorama maker in the Department of Anthro- 

 pology, became a permanent member of the Museum staff, effective 

 from November 1. Mr. Gustaf Oscar Dalstrom has been appointed 

 on a temporary basis as an artist in the Department of Anthropology, 

 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mrs. Alexander (Anne 

 Harding) Spoehr. 



Mrs. Roberta Cramer and Miss Emma Neve were appointed to 

 fill vacancies on the lecture staff of the James Nelson and Anna 

 Louise Raymond Foundation. 



Miss Peggy Collings was appointed as a temporary assistant at 

 large in the Department of Zoology. 



Miss Marion G. Gordon was employed as Assistant Registrar. 



Miss Elizabeth Blinn Stone, more than twenty years Librarian 

 for the Department of Zoology, and secretary to Dr. Osgood, retired 

 under the provisions of the Employees' Pension Plan. Mr. Timothy 

 Reidy, night sergeant of the guard force, was placed on pension as 

 of December 1. The services of Mr. Anthony T. Mazur, roofer and 

 metal worker in the maintenance division, were continued, although 

 he had become eligible for pension. Mr. Paul Warner was promoted 

 from a position as guard to that of preparator in the Department of 

 Anthropology. 



Mr. J. Francis Macbride, Associate Curator of the Herbarium, 

 was on indefinite leave of absence. 



Special Staff Activities . . . 



Outside activities of the staff, or activities not directly connected 

 with the work of the Museum, include the organization of the 

 General Council on Zoological Nomenclature by Dr. Wilfred H. 

 Osgood, Curator Emeritus of Zoology, as a war-time measure 

 to supplement the function of the International Committee on 

 Zoological Nomenclature. Mr. Karl P. Schmidt, Chief Curator of 

 Zoology, aided in the preparation of an introductory manual of the 

 geography of the Pacific region for the armed services, which is to 

 appear in a trade edition as The Pacific World. Mr. Schmidt also 

 served on the Encyclopaedia Britannica Committee for Zoology of 

 the University of Chicago. 



Dr. B. E. Dahlgren, Chief Curator of Botany, and Mr. Paul C. 

 Standley, Curator of the Herbarium, prepared a special illustrated 

 pamphlet for men in service, issued by the United States Navy 

 Department under the title Edible and Poisonous Plants of the 



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