anew from documented wood blocks gathered from various xylar- 

 ia, were then examined by Mr. Hankins himself, and on his 

 regular visits to Professor Barghoorn these slides were added to 

 the Harvard Wood Collection. Mr. Hankins and his staff added 

 greatly to the Harvard Wood Collection through his contribu- 

 tions of microscopic slides of woods made from blocks from 

 Harvard's collection, from his personal collection, and those 

 made for him by his collaborators at other institutions. 



Mr. Hankins' recent death on October 9, 1983, has resulted in 

 the addition of the entire Frank W. Hankins collection — of corre- 

 spondence files, data files, wood anatomical identification "key- 

 cards" and microfiche thereof, wood blocks, and prepared 

 microscopic slides — to the Harvard Wood Collection. 



Those responsible for the Harvard Wood Collection, and the 

 staff and students of Harvard's Department of Organismic and 

 Evolutionary Biology always will be grateful for the significant 

 contribution of Frank Hankins and his staff in Alpine, Texas, and 

 to Mr. Hankins' colleague, Professor Lyman H. Daugherty of 

 San Jose, California, who completed a large part of the prepara- 

 tion of these microscopic slides donated to the Wood Collection 

 by Mr. Hankins. 



For seven years ( 1 976- 1 983), M r. Hankins was a member of the 

 Botanical Museum staff as Associate in Paleobotany. 



Unfortunately, Professor Barghoorn's unexpected and sudden 

 death on January 27, 1984, leaves the Harvard Wood Collection 

 without an official Supervisor at present. This very warm and 

 appreciative note was written on Professor Barghoorn's behalf. 



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