28 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 19 3 2 



library assistant. Further, under compulsory retirement for age 

 provided as an economy measure in the legislative appropriation act 

 for 1933, 12 employees went off the rolls at the close of the fiscal 

 year, several having served the Museum long in positions of trust 

 and authority. The list follows: William de C. Ravenel, adminis- 

 trative assistant to the secretary, with 48 years of service ; Barton A. 

 Bean, assistant curator of fishes, with 51 years of service; James G. 

 Traylor, appointment clerk, with 50 years of service; Harry C. 

 Taylor, chief of the paint shop, with 44 years of service; Andrew 

 Lee Young, assistant to the engineer, with 41 years of service; 

 Richard A. Allen, senior scientific aid in the department of anthro- 

 pology, with 35 years of service ; Carl A. Carlsson and Lewis Jones, 

 guards; William Jones, under mechanic, with 23 years of service; 

 and Charles S. Washington, Albert Strong, and James S. Peyton, 

 laborers, with 36, 23, and 15 years, respectively. 



Through death the Museum lost five workers from its active roll, 

 as follows: Dr. Charles W. Richmond, associate curator of birds. 

 May 19, 1932 ; Dr. James W. Gidley, assistant curator of mammalian 

 fossils, September 26, 1931; WiUiam S. Frazee, guard, March 15, 

 1932 ; Michael A. Coleman, guard, May 17, 1932 ; Mrs. Theresa Dim- 

 mick, forewoman of charwomen, on October 18, 1931. 



From its honorary list of workers the Museum lost by death Dr. 

 David Starr Jordan, associate in zoology, on September 19, 1931, and 

 Dr. C. Dwight Marsh, custodian of fresh-water copepods, on April 

 23, 1932. The Museum lost a benefactor of note by the death of 

 Rudolf Eickemeyer, of Yonkers, N. Y., on April 24, 1932. A few 

 years ago Mr. Eickemeyer presented the Museum with his unique 

 collection of pictorial photographs and historical specimens relating 

 to photography, and by his will established a trust fund of $] 0,000, 

 the income of which after the death of his widow is to be used for 

 maintenance and collection in the section of photography. 



Respectfully submitted. 



ALEXANDER WeTMORE, 



Assistant /Secretary. 

 Dr. C. G. Abbot, 



/Secretary, Smithsoniam, Institution. 



