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ward 1*. liondersoii as as8<X'iate curator. The division of sliatigiaphic 

 paleontology became the division of invertebrate [)aleontology and 

 paleobotany, with Dr. Charles E. Resser as curator and Dr. G. Arthur 

 Cooper as associate curator. These changes were effective June 17, 

 1942. 



On March 1, 1!>1*2, the following members of the staff were ad- 

 vanced to associate curator: In the department of anthropology, 

 J. E. Weckier, Jr., and Waldo li. Wechd; in the department of bi- 

 ology, Doris M. Cochran, R. E. Blackwelder, C. R. Shoemaker, and 

 Harald A. Rehder; in the department of geology, C. Lewis Gazin ; 

 in the department of engineering and industries, Paul E. Garber, 

 William N. Watkins, and A. J. Olmsted. On the same date, B. O. 

 Reberholt, of the division ui mineralogy and petrology, was made 

 senior scientific aid. 



On February 1, 1942, Mrs. Leila F. Clark was appointed libraiian 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, in the position made vacant through 

 the retirement of William L. Corbin, and Elisabeth P= Hobbs was 

 advanced to associate librarian on May 21, 1942. 



Honorary appointments were conferred on W. W. Taylor, Jr., as 

 collaborator in the department of anthropology, July 1, 1941 ; on Dr. 

 Ales Hrdlirka, as associate in anthropology, April 1, 1942; and on 

 Dr. Henry Pit tier, as associate in botany, September 25, 1941. 



The following employees were furloughed indefinitely for military 

 service: Clyde E. Bauman, January 22, 1942; Stephen C. Stuntz, 

 March 9, 1942; Shallie Youngblood, May 20, 1942; and Earl W. 

 Cook, May 24, 1942. 



Employees who left the service through the operation of the re- 

 tirement act were as follows: For age, Dr. Ales HrdlicMca, curator, 

 on March 31, 1942, with 38 years 11 months of service; Joseph P. 

 Germuiller, guard, on December 8, 1941, with 23 years 3 mcmths of 

 service. Through optional retirement : Fred Kaske, scientific aid, 

 with 39 years 11 months of service, on May 31, 1942, and Samuel P. 

 Darhy, guard, with 33 years 7 months of service, on May 31, 1942. 

 Through disability retiiement : William H. Smith, lieutenant of the 

 guard, on December 31, 1942; Robert G. Tegeler, guard, on October 

 1, 1941; Thomas J. Shannon, guard, on November 14, 1941; and 

 Arthur O. Wickert, under mechanic (electrician's helper), on Jan- 

 uary 31, 1942. 



The honorary appointments of W. L. McAfee, acting custodian, 

 section of Hemiptera, and of AV. W. Taylor, Jr., collaborator in 

 anthropology, terminated on June 30, 1942. 



The Museum lost through death 3 active workers: Joseph R. Riley, 

 associate curator, division of birds, on December 17, 1941; William 

 H. Bray, preparator, department of anthropology, on December 18, 



