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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1943 
  

  

  ogy 
  in 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  geology, 
  to 
  represent 
  his 
  existing 
  activities 
  

   more 
  properly. 
  

  

  Employees 
  furloughed 
  for 
  military 
  duty 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  were 
  as 
  

   follows: 
  Everett 
  A. 
  Altizer, 
  on 
  July 
  6, 
  1942; 
  Paul 
  E. 
  Garber, 
  on 
  

   July 
  6, 
  1942 
  ; 
  Samuel 
  T. 
  Fetterman, 
  on 
  July 
  20, 
  1942 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  L. 
  

   Gazin, 
  on 
  July 
  20, 
  1942 
  ; 
  Preston 
  L. 
  Travers, 
  on 
  July 
  22, 
  1942 
  ; 
  John 
  

   L. 
  Theunissen, 
  on 
  August 
  24, 
  1942; 
  Ernest 
  Desantis, 
  on 
  September 
  

   30, 
  1942 
  ; 
  John 
  B. 
  J. 
  Peck, 
  on 
  September 
  30, 
  1942 
  ; 
  Glen 
  P. 
  Shephard, 
  

   on 
  October 
  15, 
  1942; 
  Dr. 
  Marshall 
  T. 
  Newman, 
  on 
  December 
  3, 
  1942; 
  

   Harold 
  W. 
  McGiverin, 
  on 
  December 
  11, 
  1942 
  ; 
  and 
  Frank 
  T. 
  Taylor, 
  

   on 
  April 
  14, 
  1943. 
  Furloughed 
  for 
  duty 
  in 
  private 
  industry: 
  Ed- 
  

   ward 
  Zuranski, 
  on 
  January 
  23, 
  1943, 
  and 
  Charles 
  F. 
  Huselstein, 
  on 
  

   May 
  28, 
  1943. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  the 
  retirement 
  act, 
  Joseph 
  H. 
  Boswell, 
  

   principal 
  guard 
  (sergeant), 
  on 
  June 
  30, 
  1943, 
  retired 
  at 
  his 
  own 
  

   option 
  with 
  17 
  years 
  of 
  government 
  service. 
  

  

  The 
  year 
  was 
  marked 
  by 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  several 
  staff 
  members 
  long 
  

   connected 
  with 
  the 
  Museum. 
  The 
  death 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Leonhard 
  Stejneger 
  

   on 
  February 
  28, 
  1943, 
  has 
  deprived 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  most 
  

   widely 
  known 
  scientists. 
  Harry 
  S. 
  Jones, 
  principal 
  mechanic, 
  fore- 
  

   man 
  of 
  electricians, 
  died 
  suddenly 
  September 
  11, 
  1942 
  ; 
  John 
  D. 
  Ray, 
  

   junior 
  laborer, 
  died 
  October 
  28, 
  1942; 
  and 
  Jennie 
  T. 
  Jackson, 
  char- 
  

   woman, 
  on 
  August 
  29, 
  1942. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these 
  the 
  honorary 
  staff 
  

   lost 
  Dr. 
  Samuel 
  W. 
  Woodhouse, 
  collaborator, 
  section 
  of 
  ceramics, 
  

   department 
  of 
  anthropology, 
  by 
  death 
  on 
  February 
  2, 
  1943, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  

   Mary 
  J. 
  Rathbun, 
  associate 
  in 
  zoology, 
  department 
  of 
  biology, 
  whose 
  

   death 
  occurred 
  on 
  April 
  4, 
  1943. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  Alexander 
  Wetmore, 
  Assistant 
  Secretary, 
  

  

  Director, 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  

   Secretary, 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  