414 



ALONZO BLAIR RICHARDSON 



the Insane, President McKinley appointed him to fill this office. 

 In the short time that he was in control of the United States 

 Government Hospital for the Insane he instituted and^brought 

 about many changes for the betterment of the institution. 

 Through his zeal and perseverance there is now nearing com- 

 pletion an array of properly grouped and constructed buildings 

 for the care, treatment and housing of the insane, which are 

 among the best and most modern in the world. 



He was a forcible and clear writer, and many of his essays 

 rank as authoritative. His address was pleasant and earnest, 

 and the lectures to the Georgetown and Columbian University 

 students were models of thoroughness and clearness. His asso- 

 ciates had chosen him in the short span of his life to many posi- 

 tions of honor, and at the time of his death he was president of 

 the American Medico-Psychological Association. 



James D. Morgan. 



