1893.] ^57 [Ruschenberger. 



He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Mercantile 

 Library Company of Philadelphia from 1878 till 1887, when he 

 resigned. 



He was chosen a member of the American Philosophical Society 

 April 16, 1880, and served on its Finance Committee from Janu- 

 ary, 1885. 



He was elected a member of the Historical Society of Pennsyl- 

 vania, December 19, 1887; and was also a member of the Geo- 

 graphical and of the Photographical Societies. 



The titles of the institutions in which Mr. Rogers was interested 

 may suggest the various subjects that, at different times, occupied 

 his attention. Intellectually liberal, generous in disposition, and- 

 naturally endowed with a well-balanced mind — good sense — his 

 diversified and reliable knowledge greatly enhanced his qualifica- 

 tions to be an efficient officer and manager in a financial institution. 



His general health had become impaired in the past year. After 

 a few hours' illness at his home in Germantown. he died on the 

 evening of March 15, 1893, '^ ^^^ sixtieth year of his age, leaving 

 a widow, a son, and a daughter, bereaved of a considerate, loving 

 husband and affectionate father. 



The Western Saving Fund Society of Philadelphia, at a special 

 meeting, March 20, recorded on its minutes an expression of its 

 sense of loss in the death of its Vice-President, who with entire ap- 

 probation had served the Society during thirty-three years. His 

 extensive knowledge of finance enabled him to judiciously select 

 securities suitable for the investment of funds entrusted to the 

 care of the Society. He had the confidence and respect of depos- 

 itors ; and with those who desired to transact other business with 

 the institution, his relations were always friendly and confidential. 



The value of an officer so highly qualified cannot be easily esti- 

 mated nor definitely expressed. William B. Rogers will long be 

 kindly and respectfully remembered by his daily associates and 

 numerous friends. 



Philadelphia, in his death, lost a modest, intelligent, unpreten- 

 tious citizen, whose conduct was exemplary in every respect — a 

 man who never forgot to do his duty. 



PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XXXI. 143. 2 G. PRINTED NOV. 15, 1893. 



