1912] . Resolutions ie 
RESOLUTIONS 
ON THE DEATH OF HENRY CHRISTOPHER McCook. 
The Reverend Doctor Henry Christopher McCook, an 
Honorary Fellow of this Society, died at his home in Devon, 
Pennsylvania, October 31, 1911. 
It is fitting that those persons, members. of the Society, 
interested in the same studies that he pursued with such success, 
for so many years, should place on record their sorrow for the 
loss of an American pioneer in the study of social insects, who 
added so much to our knowledge of these creatures and by 
his many attainments shed lustre on American Entomology. 
He had a profound love and enthusiasm for all nature; a keen 
observer, he had the literary ability to translate his observations 
into word pictures that are an ornament to the literature of 
Entomology. 
He believed that study of the structure, conditions and 
behavior of all created things highly tends to elevate human 
character, and we can truly say that our departed friend was a 
shining example of this fact. He was also distinguished in 
ways other than in Entomology and we have lost:a profound 
scholar, a deep thinker, an able observer, a great educator, a 
genial companion and friend, a noble man. 
His life work is finished, but what he accomplished still lives 
and will continue to live, as its foundation is truth and its 
keystone nature’s law. 
(Signed) HENRY SKINNER, 
Puitie P. CALVERT, 
HENRY L. VIERECK. 
