30 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1945 



CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION AND STAFF 



Changes during the year in the organization and staff included the 

 advancement of John E. Graf from Associate Director, United States 

 National Museum, to the position of Assistant Secretary of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution on April 1, 1945. 



The department of anthropology lost, through retirement, Richard 

 G. Paine, scientific aid in the division of archeology, on February 28, 

 1945, and to this vacancy Joseph R. Caldwell was appointed on April 

 9, 1945. Robert A. Elder, Jr., was appointed assistant curator in the 

 division of ethnology on May 16, 1945. 



On the staff of the department of biology, an honorary appoint- 

 ment was conferred on Maj. W. L. Jellison, A. S. F., TJ. S. A., as 

 collaborator in the division of insects, on August 2, 1944. Other addi- 

 tions were the appointment of Dr. Raymond M. Gilmore, associate 

 curator in the division of mammals, on September 2, 1944 ; Mrs. Marie 

 P. Fish, scientific aid in the division of fishes, on December 4, 1944; 

 William E. Hoffmann, associate curator in the division of insects, on 

 August 18, 1944, and Mrs. Mildred S. Wilson, assistant curator 

 (aquatic biology) in the division of marine invertebrates, on August 

 21, 1944. Three employees left the service; one, James O. Maloney, 

 aid in the division of marine invertebrates, resigned effective April 

 15, 1945, and through retirement, John A. Mirguet, osteologist, on 

 October 31, 1944, and Earl D. Reid, scientific aid, division of fishes, on 

 February 28, 1945. 



Through the retirement of Nicholas W. Dorsey, accountant and 

 auditor, on May 31, 1945, after long service to the Museum, Thomas 

 F. Clark was advanced to fill the vacancy on June 16, 1945. Mrs. 

 Anna W. Murray was appointed assistant accountant and auditor on 

 April 30, 1945, to fill the position made vacant by the transfer of Mrs. 

 Florence L. Weirich to the Department of Agriculture on April 8, 

 1945. 



Other changes in the administrative staff during the year were the 

 resignations of Mrs. Margaret M. Pflieger, assistant purchasing officer, 

 on February 28, 1945, and Mrs. Margaret L. Vinton, personnel assist- 

 ant, on January 4, 1945. These vacancies were filled by the promo- 

 tion of Armstead D. Hilliard and Gertrude R. R. Bogdan, respectively, 

 on March 1, 1945. 



On the staff of maintenance and operation, William Crossingham, 

 mechanic (foreman of paint shop), retired on September 30, 1944, 

 and on October 9, 1944, Axel J. Anderson succeeded him in charge 

 of the paint shop. 



The following, upon completion of military duty, returned during 

 the year to their positions in the Museum : Reuben W. Gore, February 

 14, 1945 ; Robert E. Kirk, May 16, 1945 ; and John B. J. Peck, January 



