IN MEMORIAM THOMAS J. BURRILL 271 



Professor Burrill was very companionable and very helpful 

 to his students. He was also much respected by his colleagues 

 the country over. At one of the last scientific gatherings he 

 attended (the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Missouri Botanic 

 Garden held at St. Louis in 1914), when his name was incidentally 

 mentioned by one of the speakers there was a round of applause 

 from the crowded room. I did not see him after this time 

 but he was then (at 75) very well preserved and intellectually 

 keen. 



The ancient Greeks had a proverb "Let not a man boast that 

 he has had a happy life until the day of his death." Professor 

 Burrill would not have boasted of anything since he was quiet 

 and unassuming rather than loud and aggressive, but it may be 

 said for him, that he represented the best type of scientific mind 

 and now that he has gone we may say as we close the ranks 

 and turn away: Happy was this man because he lived unob- 

 trusively, serenely and usefully, and because he died full of years 

 and of honor, loved by all his intimates, and respected by all who 

 knew him. 



RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT THE URBANA MEETING OF THE SOCIETY 

 OF AMERICAN BACTERIOLOGISTS IN REGARD TO THE WORK OF 

 PROFESSOR BURRILL. 



Whereas, It is rarely possible for a scientist to make a discovery 

 of such fundamental importance that it serves to develop an entirely 

 new branch of science, and 



Whereas, One of our hosts at this time, Dr. T. J. Burrill, made 

 such a discovery when he worked out the cause of pear blight and 

 thus founded the science of bacterial plant pathology, 



Therefore, he it resolved, that the Society of American Bacteriolo- 

 gists regards it as a peculiar privilege to congratulate him for his pioneer 

 and epoch-making work, and expresses its appreciation of his vigorous 

 enthusiastic and inspiring address of welcome. 



Be it further resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be engrossed^ 

 signed by the officers of the Society, and presented to Dr. Burrill. 



