ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 



TllK Forty-set'oiul Aiimial Moctiiij.', of the Tiustrcs of tlu' Aiiicricim 

 Museum of Natural History was licld on Montlay, February 13, 

 1911, at tlie ri'sidence of the late William E. Dodge, where the 

 Trustees were tlie guests of Mr. (IcNclaiid II. Dodge. The following were 

 elected officers for the ensuing year: President, Henry Fairfield Osborn; 

 First Vice President, CleNcland II. Dodge; Second Vice-President, J. 

 Pierpont Morgan, -Ir.; Treasurer, Charles Lanier: Secretary, Archer M, 

 Huntington. 



Dr. Walter K. James and 'Slv Madison (irant of the Zocilogical Society 

 were elected as new memhers of the Board to fill \acaiicics in the ('lasses of 

 1915 and 191'-' respectively. 



Resolutions were udoi)ted with reference to Mr. J. Hanij^dcn Robb, 

 Secretary, who died January 21 after a brief illness I'or more than twenty- 

 five year.s Mr. Robb has been an active member of the Board of Trustees 

 of the American ^Museum. 



Dr. Charles H. Tow^nsend was appointed to continue in the administra- 

 tive office of Acting Director, with the understanding that he will return 

 later to the direction of the New York Aquarium, and ISIr. George H. 

 Sherwood was reappointed Assistant Secretary. The United States Trust 

 Company was made Assistant Treasurer. 



The scientific staff for the year 1911 was approved, invoK ing the follow- 

 ing promotions and appointments — 



Department of ^'ertebrate Palaeontology: Dr. W. I). ^Matthew, from 

 Acting Curator to Curator; Mr. Barnum Brown from Assistant Curator 

 to Associate Curator of Fo.ssil Reptiles; Mr. Walter (Irangcr from Assistant 

 Curator to Associate Curator of Fossil ^Mammals; 



Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology: ]Mr. Roy C. Andrews 

 from Assistant in Mammalogy to Assistant Curator cf Mammalogy; Mr. 

 W. DeW. ]\Til1cr from Assistant in Ornithology to Assistant Curator of 

 Ornithology; 



Department of Public Health: Mr. John Henry O'Neill, Assistant; 



Department of Ichthyology and Herpetology: Professor Bashford Dean 

 of Columbia University, Curator. 



The expenditures for the past year were reported as follows: 



By the City 8185,757.00 



By the Trustees, General and Special Funds . . . 207,435.85 



(Jrand Total .... $393,192.85 



For the coming year the two African cx])C(liti(:ns at i)resent in the field 

 will be continued, the one under ^Ir. Carl Akeley in British East Africa 



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