28 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1944 
vertebrate paleontology and paleobotany, on September 18, 1943, after 
29 years, 5 months; Miss Helen A. Olmsted, personnel officer, on Jan- 
uary 11, 1944, after 43 years, 9 months; Benjamin F. Coe, guard, on 
March 1, 1944, after 25 years, 5 months; George E. Matheny, guard, 
on July 20, 1948, after 24 years, 6 moriths; and Cornelius S. Jones, 
laborer, on March 17, 1944, after 32 years, 6 months. 
From its honorary staff, the Museum lost by death on September 5, 
1943, Dr. AleS Hrdlicka, associate in anthropology since April 1, 1942; 
and on February 22, 1944, Dr. E. O. Ulrich, associate in paleontology 
since June 9, 1914. 
Respectfully submitted. 
ALEXANDER Wetmore, Director. 
THe SECRETARY, 
Smithsonian Institution. 
