MINUTES OF MEETINGS OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. XXI 



Mr. Herbert C. Hoover of California was elected a Trustee of 

 the Institution to fill the vacancy in the Board caused by the 

 resignation of Mr. George Wharton Pepper. 



Mr. Charles D. Walcott and Mr. Henry White were reelected 

 members of the Executive Committee for a period of three years. 



The organization of a Department of Genetics of the Institu- 

 tion was authorized, to date from January 1, 1921, with the 

 understanding that the Department of Experimental Evolution 

 and the Eugenics Record Office will become sections of this new 

 department. 



Provision was authorized for the appointment of an Adminis- 

 trative Secretary of the Institution to be nominated by the Presi- 

 dent and whose duty it shall be to assist the President in the 

 executive administration. 



The meeting adjourned at 11'' 50™ a. m. 



