100 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1956 



Mr. Gettens : Member, Committee of Scientific Laboratories, International 



Council of Museums, 10 Pare du Cinquantenaire, Bruxelles, 

 Belgique. 

 President, Washington Society, Archaeological Institute of 

 America. 



Mr. Stern : Member, Program Committee, Far Eastern Association. 



On February 21, at a ceremony in the Regents' Room, Smithsonian 

 Institution, at 4 : 00 o'clock, Dr. Carmichael, Secretary, presented Rus- 

 sell C. Mielke with a certificate of award and a check for "special and 

 meritorious services in carrying out the duties of general maintenance 

 foreman during Mr. Rawley's long illness and subsequent retirement, 

 demonstrating in an outstanding manner ability to discharge these 

 added responsibilities, sometimes under rather trying circumstances." 



Respectfully submitted. 



A. G. Wenley, Director. 



Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 

 Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



