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*Myers, GARRY C.; Psychology; Cleveland School of Education, 
Cleveland. 
NieHAus, Wm. E.; Zoology, Geology; Berea. 
*Oxtn, Oscar E.; Psychology, Sociology; University of Akron, Akron. 
*PATTEN, BRADLEY M.; Zoology, especially Embryology; 1353 E. 
Ninth St., Cleveland. 
*Patton, Leroy; Geology; Muskingum College, New Concord. 
*Rea, Paut M.; Natural History Sciences, especially Zoology; The 
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland. 
Ritey, C. L.; Biology, Geology; 1219 Logan Ave., N. W., Canton. 
*Roots, YALE K.; Physics; 412 N. Walnut St., Wooster. 
Ross, HERBERT W.; Chemistry, Geology; West Technical High 
School, Cleveland. 
*SAYRE, JASPER D.; Botany; Dept. of Botany, Ohio State University, 
Columbus. 
*SKAGGS, ERNEST B.; Psychology; 23 S. Union St., Delaware. 
SmitH, Etta THEA; Botany, Zoology; P. O. Box 7, Salem. 
Smitu, Ernest Rice; Geology, Paleontology; 130 Woodland Ave., 
Oberlin. 
*STONE, JuLIus F., General Science, Grandview, Columbus. 
*STRAUSBAUGH, P. D.; Botany, Microchemistry as applied to Plant 
Physiology; Burbank Road, R. F. D. 10, Wooster. 
Tippre, WititAM A.; Physics; 2145 W. 100th St., Cleveland. 
*Watson, A. C.; Psychology; Marietta College, Marietta. 
*Wess, RoBerT Futton; Geology; Dept. of Geology, Ohio State 
University, Columbus. 
*Witttams, R. D.; Philosophy, Psychology; Dept. of Philosophy, 
Ohio State University, Columbus. 
*WurDACK, Mary E.; Botany; 29 Twelfth Ave., Columbus. 
*Younc, HerMAN H.; Psychology, Educational Research; 235 Chapel 
Place, Youngstown. 
Report of Committee on Necrology. 
The following report of the Committee on Necrology was 
adopted by the Academy and ordered filed. 
THOMAS PIWONKA. 
September 10, 1854—May 9, 1920. 
I first met Thomas Piwonka on the field excursion of the Academy 
for geology in May, 1919. The failing sight and frailty of age prevented 
him from participating in full, and he carefully withheld himself from 
much of the trip that he might not in any way impede the progress of 
the party. This thought for others was characteristic. 
This was less than a year before his death. I saw him but six or 
eight times in the interval, but these meetings brought us together on 
the Cleveland shale outcrops of Big Creek which he had often searched 
for Devonian fish, in his own study and in my laboratory. There are 
