38 Bashford Dean Memorial Volume 



service with him were not pawns to win advantage with in the game of Hfe; they were the spontaneous re- 

 actions of a generous companionable spirit. Thus the pursuit of truth and beauty in science and art Dean 

 keenly enjoyed for himself, but he also always succeeded in recording and visualizing the results so that others 

 could enjoy them with him. The superb exhibit of armor brought together by him and left as his legacy 

 to the world at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the most brilliant expression of his altogether unique 

 life and individuality. If his life had been prolonged only a few years more he undoubtedly could have 

 accomplished much more that he had planned to do; nevertheless we may well rejoice in the perfection and 

 magnitude of his achievements in many fields. 

 February 28, 1929. 



Resolutions Adopted by 

 THE American Society of Zoologists 



We, the officers and members of the American Society of Zoologists, wish to place on record in the form 

 of this resolution our sorrow and deep sense of loss at the death of our colleague Dr. Bashford Dean. 



As founder. Curator, and later Honorary Curator of the Department of Ichthyology of the American 

 Museum of Natural History, Doctor Dean continued the work of Professor J. S. Newberry of Columbia 

 University who had brought together a famous collection of armored fishes of the Devonian. He carried on a 

 brilliant series of researches on these and others of the earliest fish-like vertebrates, installing also the American 

 Museum exhibit in this subject as well as the series of groups illustrating the habits of the ganoids and other 

 fishes. In the meantime he carried forward his catalogue of references to scientific books and papers dealing 

 with all phases of fish life. This was later published by the Museum in the three great volumes of the 

 "Bibliography of Fishes." He also laid the basic plans for the recently completed Hall of Fishes of the World. 



Dr. Dean was for many years actively connected with the teaching staff of Columbia University in 

 Zoology, and through travel and study became a leader in our knowledge of the embryology of fishes. 



We record with deep friendship our conviction that science has lost one of its most distinguished figures. 



Therefore be it resolved that this expression of our sorrow be incorporated in the minutes of this 

 meeting. 

 Dec. 28, 1928. 



Resolutions Adopted by the President, Director, Scientific and Administrative Staffs 

 OF THE American Museum of Natural History 



We, the Scientific and Administrative Staffs of the Museum, including the entire Department of Ich- 

 thyology, have assembled to record our sorrow and deep sense of loss at the death of our beloved colleague 

 and friend Bashford Dean. 



As founder, curator, and later honorary curator of the Department of Ichthyology, Doctor Dean con- 

 tinued the work of Professor J. S. Newberry of Columbia University, whose famous collections of armored 

 fishes of the Devonian were, through Dr. Dean's efforts, deposited in this Museum; thereafter he carried on a 

 brilliant series of researches on these and others of the earliest fish-like vertebrates, installing also the Museum 

 exhibits in this subject, as well as the series of groups illustrating the habits of the ganoids and other fishes. 



In the meantime he carried forward his catalogue of references to scientific books and papers dealing 

 with all the phases offish hfe, which he had begun many years before, and which with the aid of his colleagues 

 and assistants was finally published by the Museum in the three great volumes of the Bibliography of Fishes. 

 He also laid the fundamental plans for the recently completed Hall of Fishes. 



We record with deep affection and friendship our conviction that the Museum has lost one of its mo.st 

 distinguished figures; ardent champion of his associates, and ever their wise counselor and friend. 



