FURTHllR RliSIiARCHliS IN DiSliASHS OF Pl.ANTS 5'>7 



investigator, a scholar, and a writer of varied ^ifls ami interests. Distin- 

 i^iiislied for his research in phmt patholoi;y and bacterioloi^y presented to 

 the world in notable publications. Furthermore, an extensive scries of 

 invcstii^ations on plant tumors produced by parasitic ort^anisms led him to 

 a critical interest in the progress of cancer research to which he has made 

 serviceable sui^qestions. Loyal and self sacrificing public servant. The most 

 productive worker in his particular fieKI, a man exceptionally honored and 

 loved by a larqc and diverse group of colleagues, the University of 

 Michigan proudly claims him as one of the most eminent of her alumni. 



On August 1-1 Chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry \V. A. 

 Taylor transmitted to Dr. Smith Secretary Henry C. Wallace's 

 " personal congratulations on the recognition of [his] scientific 

 service by the University of Michigan. ... I assume," wrote Dr. 

 Taylor,' " that expression of our personal gratification is not 

 necessary. We all trust that you may long continue in the impor- 

 tant work you are prosecuting." Secretary Wallace's letter read: 

 " I trust that you will extend my personal congratulations to Dr. 

 Smith, not for the recognition that has been granted to him but 

 for the splendid achievement which has made such recognition 

 inevitable." The Secretary's expressed trust that future conditions 

 in the scientific work of government service would enable the 

 Department to " show more appreciation of such exceptional 

 talents as Dr. Smith has displayed " was to be realized within a 

 few years. He would arrange a trip to Europe for Dr. Smith. 



En route to the University of Michigan ceremonies, Smith 

 stopped at Buffalo and spent two days at the Gratwick laboratory. 

 There he examined cancer research slides and experiments, and 

 " talked shop " with Drs. Gaylord and Simpson, and a young 

 Austrian chemist, Carl F. Cori. He read several of Cohnheim's 

 papers, and on the afternoon of the second day was driven by 

 Dr. Gaylord to Springville where he " saw Dr. Marsh and some of 

 his mouse carcinoma experiments. Among other things," Smith 

 said in his diary, " I saw the nematodes that are lodged in the 

 colon of the cancerous strain in great numbers and in much less 

 numbers in the colon of the strain that is less subject to cancer. 

 He is breeding mice free from the nematode and they will soon 

 reach cancerous age." 



At Detroit Smith continued his study of cancer slides, this time 

 in the laboratory of pathology at Grace Hospital. He had lunch 

 and in his oflices and at the hospital conferred with Dr. Rollin 



