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eralogy was established, in 1S71, he was elected Curator, 

 which position he continued to hold by the annual re-elec- 

 tions until April, 1880, when he was elected President of the 

 Society. He was twice re-elected President, thus filling the 

 office for three consecutive years, after which he was elected 

 a member at large of the Executive Board. He was a regular 

 attendant at the meetings of the vSociety and a frequent visitor 

 at the rooms, and spent a great deal of time in cleaning and 

 arranging the various collections. He made an excellent pre- 

 siding officer, and was always commended for his sincerity and 

 fairness in all the matters that came before the meetings, and 

 as the minutes will show, he was always in the chair to fill the 

 position and perform the duties for which he was elected. 



He was one of the founders of the College of Pharmacy, 

 with which he was officially connected in some capacity for 

 more than twenty years. He was appointed by the Court of 

 Common Pleas a member of the examining board for two suc- 

 cessive terms, and he served as trustee for ten years, beside 

 serving on the L,ecture Committee, and being President of the 

 College. 



He was appointed a special assistant on the Geological vSur- 

 vey of Ohio, as will be seen on the title page and in the preface 

 to Volume IV, to prepare an article on the Mollusks of the 

 vState. He did the work, but it was never printed, as the 

 second volume on zoology and botanj' never appeared. 



He was an all-around naturalist; honest, generous, kind and 

 beloved by all who knew him ; and when the fabric of his life 

 is unfolded, it will be found free from spot or blemish, a model 

 of even workmanship, valuable and lasting in all its parts and 

 beneficial, not only to contemporary students, but to those 

 who shall examine it for a long time to come. 



He resumed the practice of medicine in this city in 1881, in 

 which service he continued until the approach of his untimely 

 death. La Grippe and partial paralysis .struck him down two 

 3'ears ago, from the effects of which he never entirely recov- 

 ered. In March last he went to Eldridge, Iowa, hoping the 

 trip might benefit him, but his health gradually failed and he 

 expired, at that place, on the 28th day of May, at the age of 

 56 years. His body was interred here at Spring Grove 

 Cemetery. 



