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in memory of Alfred T. White, a Member of the Board of 

 Trustees, a Benefactor of the Institute, and Chairman of the 

 Botanic Garden Governing Committee, who met his death 

 suddenly on January 29, submitted the following resolution 

 which was adopted by a rising vote; 



To this City, to the State and to numberless personal friends 

 a great sorrow has come in the sudden and untimely death of 

 Alfred T. White. Practically the whole of Mr. White's mature 

 life was given to benevolences to which he brought not only large 

 means but a devoted personal attention which greatly augmented 

 the value and significance of his gifts. 



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Few are the charities in which he was not concerned and many 

 are the people, especially those of the Borough of Brooklyn, who 

 have experienced his considerate kindness and generosity, more 

 highly valued because accompanied with a sympathy remarkable 



for its depth and 



genumeness. 



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The memory of Alfred T. 



White's great mind and heart is a priceless possession of the 

 City. 



The Trustees of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 

 mindful of the many services and benefactions of Mr. White to 

 this Institution and conscious of a loss almost overwhelming, de- 

 sire to record their gratitude and admiration for the life of Mr. 

 White and their sorrow at his death in the following resolution: 



Rcsolvedj That in the death of Alfred T. White the Brooklyn 

 Institute of Arts and Sciences, and especially the Department of 

 the Botanic Garden, has lost one of its most highly valued, be- 

 loved and useful members^ one whose shining personal qualities 

 endeared him to each of his associates and whose wisdom and 

 judgment carried weight In all of the afifairs of the Institute. 



ALFRED TREDWAY WHITE 



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Resolutions Adopted by the Staff of the Brooklyn 



Botanic Garden^ January 31, 1921 



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The members of staff of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden have 



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learned, with profound sorrow, of the death of Mr. Alfred T. 



