26 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1925 



NfiD HOLLISTER 



Ned Hollister, superintendent of the National Zoological Park 

 since October 1, 1916, and one of the foremost mammalogists of the 

 world, died on November 3, 1924. 



Mr. Hollister was born at Delavan, Wis., November 26, 1876, where 

 he received his education and began the study of zoology. From 

 1902 to 1909 he conducted zoological field work for the United States 

 Biological Survey in Texas, New Mexico, Alaska, British Columbia, 

 Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, Nevada, Louisiana, and 

 Arizona. In 1910 he began his connection with the Smithsonian 

 Institution, being appointed assistant curator of mammals in the 

 United States National Museum, which position he held until 1916 

 when he was selected for the responsible position of superintendent 

 of the National Zoological Park. 



In 1911, Mr. Hollister was a member of the Canadian Alpine Club 

 expedition to explore the Mount Robson region of British Columbia 

 and Alberta, and in 1912 he represented the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion on the Smithsonian-Harvard expedition to the Altai Moun- 

 tains, Siberia and Mongolia. The results of Mr. Hollister's scien- 

 tific work have appeared in the publications of the Institution and 

 in various technical journals for many years. Besides over 100 

 minor papers on zoological subjects, he w^as the author of a number 

 of large works, including The Birds of Wisconsin (1903) ; Mam- 

 mals of the Philippine Islands (1911) ; Mammals of the Alpine 

 Club Expedition to Mount Robson (1913) ; East African Mammals 

 in the United States National Museum (vol. 1, 1918; vol. 2, 1919; 

 vol. 3, 1923.) This last is probably Mr. Hollister's greatest contri- 

 bution to science, being a complete teclinical account of the great 

 collections made in East Africa by Theodore Roosevelt, Paul Rainey, 

 and other collectors. 



During Mr. Hollister's term of office as superintendent the Na- 

 tional Zoological Park showed a steady growth and development, 

 the collection of animals in the Park being greater in numbers and 

 in scientific value than ever before, and the number of visitors to 

 the park having increased steadily until it reached during the past 

 year a total of over 2,500,000. It was largely through Mr. Hollis- 

 ter's efforts that Congress a few years ago provided funds for the 

 purchase of a frontage of 625 feet at the Connecticut Avenue 

 entrance to the park, thus insuring for the future a dignified and 

 appropriate approach. 



Mr. Hollister was a member of many scientific societies and editor 

 of the Journal of Mammalogy. 



