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associate curator of plant anatomy, on October 18; Dr. Francis M. 

 Hueber, associate curator of invertebrate paleontology and paleo- 

 botany, on November 1 ; Dr. Kichard E. Norris, associate curator of 

 cryptogams, on December 4 ; Dr. Stanley H. Weitzman, associate cura- 

 tor of fishes, on January 2 ; Dr. Robert H. Gibbs, Jr., associate curator 

 of fislies, on January 30; Dr. Marian H. Pettibone, associate curator 

 of marine invertebrates, on March 4; Dr. Martin A. Buzas, associ- 

 ate curator of invertebrate paleontology and paleobotany, on June 5 ; 

 Dr. Herman A. Felilmann, supervisor of the Smithsonian Oceano- 

 graphic Sorting Center, on June 17; Dr. Raymond B. Mamiing, as- 

 sociate curator of marine invertebrates, on June 24. 



Dr. David H. Dunkle was reinstated in liis jDosition of associate 

 curator of vertebrate paleontology on December 16, 1962, after an 

 absence of 2 years with the U.S. Geological Survey on assignment to 

 Pakistan. 



Dr. Marshall T. Newman, associate curator of physical anthropology 

 since 1942, resigned on July 6, 1962, to accept a teaching position at 

 Portland State College in Oregon. 



Dr. Robert E. Snodgrass, honorar}^ collaborator since 1953 and one 

 of the world's leading scholars in insect anatomy and morphology, 

 died September 4, 1962, at the age of 87. At the time of his death he 

 was preparing a handbook of insect morphology for students. His 

 major work. Principles of Insect Morphology, published in 1935, 

 stands as a basic text in the field. On the occasion of his 84th birthday 

 in 1959 a special volume of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 

 entitled Studies in Invertebrate Morphology, was published in his 

 honor. In 1961 he was awarded the Leidy Medal by the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



Among the additions to the staff of the Museum of History and 

 Technology were the appointments of Dr. Bernard S. Finn as asso- 

 ciate curator in charge of the division of electricity on August 20, 

 1962, and J. Jefferson Miller II as assistant curator in the division 

 of ceramics and glass on September 17, 1962. Miss Barbara F. Bode 

 was appointed junior curator in the division of numismatics on Sep- 

 tember 24, 1962. A. Gilbert Wright became assistant chief of the 

 Natural History Exhibits Laboratory on June 2, 1963, coming to the 

 Smithsonian Institution from the National Park Service. 



George T. Turner, associate curator in the division of philately, left 

 the Museum of History and Teclinology on March 1, 1963, and Dr. 

 Charles O. Houston, Jr., associate curator in the division of manufac- 

 tures and heavy industries, on March 8. Dr. Lester C. Lewis, curator 

 of the division of physical sciences, resigned on April 12, 1963. Joseph 

 E. Rudmann of the office of head curator, department of science and 



