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the American Society of Zoologists; he was a fellow of the Amer- 

 ican Association for the Advancement of Science, and also a fellow 

 of the Royal Microscopical Society. For his work on the oyster 

 he received the medal of the Societe d'Acclimatation of Paris ; for 

 his work on the scientific results of the Challenger Expedition he 

 was given a Challenger ]\Iedal ; and he received a medal at the St. 

 Louis Exposition of 1904, where he gave an address. He was 

 Lowell Lecturer in Boston in 190 1, and he gave one of the principal 

 addresses before the International Zoological Congress in 1907. 



These honors he highly prized, and perhaps none of them more 

 than his membership in this society. Whenever he was able, he 

 attended the general meetings of the society, and usually presented a 

 paper on some philosophical subject. He served as a counsellor 

 of the society and frequently spoke to me of its purposes and 

 policies. He greatly enjoyed coming into this historic hall, rich in 

 its associations with great men of the past, and on one occasion 

 when I spoke to him of the plan to provide a larger home for the 

 society in a more central part of the city, he said to me, " Do you 

 think you have any right to move the home of the society? It 

 seems to me that you are only trustees of a historic institution, 

 executors of an ancient trust, and that you have no right to remove 

 this monument from its historic site." 



In personal character Professor Brooks was simple and child- 

 like, unconventional in manners, dress and speech. With him talking 

 meant expressing ideas, not merely passing the time, and if he had 

 no answer ready when a question was asked him, he usually gave 

 no answer until he was ready. These characteristics made him 

 appear somewhat unique and picturesque, and gave rise to many 

 charming anecdotes about him which his students and friends relate 

 with merriment, but real affection. He was kind and gentle ; and 

 neither in his publications nor in his relations with his students 

 did he ever deal in scorn, irony, nor invective. President Remsen 

 said of him that he had been called the most lovable man in the 

 faculty. His interest in his former students was genuine and hearty 

 though he rarely expressed it directly to the person concerned. He 

 was modest and dignified ; sincerity itself ; loyal to his friends, his 

 university, and his ideals ; independent in thought and action, and 



