REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 33 



During the year 13 persons were retired, as follows : Through age : 

 Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., curator, division of mammals, on December 31, 



1940, with 40 years 10 months of service; Gertrude L. Woodin, as- 

 sistant librarian, on January 31, 1941, with 34 years 11 months of 

 service ; Joseph T. Saylor, foreman of laborers, on December 31, 1940, 

 with 30 years 8 months service; David H. Zirkle, guard, on June 

 30, 1941, wtih 15 years of service ; Hattie L. Henson, charwoman, on 

 March 31, 1941, with 19 years 6 months of service; and Emma D. 

 Whitley, charwoman, on March 31, 1941, with 15 years of service. 



Through optional retirement: Anne J. B. DePue, telephone oper- 

 ator, on November 30, 1940, with 40 years 5 months of service; and 

 Donald MacDonald, guard, on September 30, 1940, with 33 years 9 

 months of service. 



Through disability retirement: Trezzvant Anderson, guard, on 

 March 31, 1941; Eugene Smith, guard, on June IS, 1941; Anna M. 

 Bowie, laborer, on March 14, 1941 ; Charles Davis, laborer, on June 30, 



1941, and Lish Myers, laborer, on April 30, 1941. 



Through death, the Museum lost during the year two employees 

 from its active roll, Clayton R. Denmark, engineer, on December 22, 



1940, and William G. Shields, guard, on May 31, 1941. From its 

 list of honorary workers, the Museum lost by death, on January 12, 



1941, Charles W. Stiles, associate in zoology, division of marine in- 

 vertebrates, since April 17, 1894, and on June 4, 1941, David I. Bush- 

 nell, Jr., who served temporarily from May to June 1913 as archeolo- 

 gist and from July 27, 1932, to his death as collaborator 

 in anthropology. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Alexander Wetmore, Assistant Secretary. 

 Dr. C. G. Abbot, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



