Photograph by Bradley Studio, reproduced through 

 courtesy of The A^ew York Times 



THE HONORABLE JOSEPH H. CHOATE, 

 DIPLOMATIST. LAWYER, SPEAKER 



Mr. Choate is the only surviving representative of tlie founders of 

 the Museum. In 1869 Mr. Choate with Mr. Charles A. Dana and Mr. 

 Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., drafted the constitution for the American Museum 

 of Natural History. Since that early time Mr. Choate has given contin- 

 ually of his means and time and, as legal adviser, especially of his intellect 

 to the welfare of the institution 



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