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service in this capacity. During his incumbency the library was re- 

 catalogued and was nearly trebled in size. He was Haskell Lecturer 

 at Oberlin College for 191 3. He lectured during the summer ses- 

 sions of 1919 and 1920 at the University of California. For the 

 present year, having been granted sabbatical leave from the Uni- 

 versity, he had been chosen Annual Professor of the American 

 School of Oriental Research at Jerusalem ; and had been asked to go 

 also to Baghdad to complete arrangements for the establishment of a 

 similar school in that city. 



In 1886 Professor Jastrow was elected a member of the American 

 Oriental Society; and for thirty-five years, until his death, he took 

 a very active part in its work, contributing many notable articles to 

 its Journal. For many years he was one of the Directors of the 

 Society, and held that position at the time of his death. He was 

 chosen Vice-President of the Society for 1912-13, and President for 

 1914-15. Since 1891 he was a member of the Society of Biblical 

 Literature and Exegesis, and made frequent contributions to its 

 Journal. In 1916 he was President of this Society; and served on 

 its Board of Directors many years. He was a founder of the Phila- 

 delphia Oriental Club, in 1888; and for many years had been its 

 leading spirit. 



In 1897 he was elected a member of the American Philosophical 

 Society, and served as Secretary from 1904-1908, and as Councillor 

 from 1910-12, 1914-16, 1920-21. He served twice on the Library 

 Committee, and at the time of his death he was a member of it, as 

 well as a Councillor of the Society. He was always a very active 

 supporter of the measures which at various times during his member- 

 ship were brought forward to promote the activity and usefulness of 

 the Society. He was always deeply interested in its welfare, and 

 gave time to it unstintingly. 



Professor Jastrow was appointed the official United States dele- 

 gate to the last three Oriental Congresses, held at Rome, Copen- 

 hagen, and Athens. He was also the official delegate to the Third 

 and Fourth International Congresses for the History of Religion, 

 held at Oxford and Leyden. At the former he was elected President 

 of the Semitic Section, and he was one of the presidents at the latter. 



