PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITH- 
SONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED 
JUNE 30, 1926 
ANNUAL MEETING DECEMBER 10, 1925 
Present: The Hon. William H. Taft, Chief Justice of the United 
States, chancellor; the Hon. Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of 
the United States; Senator Reed Smoot; Senator Woodbridge N. 
Ferris; Representative Albert Johnson; Representative R. Walton 
Moore; Mr. Charles F. Choate, jr.; Mr. Henry White; Mr. Robert 
S. Brookings; Mr. Frederic A. Delano; and the secretary, Dr. 
Charles D. Walcott. 
APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 
The secretary reported the following appointments: Ex officio, 
March 4, 1925, Vice President Charles G. Dawes; by the President 
of the Senate, March 11, 1925, Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris, of 
Michigan, to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term 
of Senator A. O. Stanley; by joint resolutions of Congress, citizen 
regents for six years, January 7, 1925, Mr. Robert S. Brookings; 
February 26, 1925, Judge George Gray. 
DEATH OF JUDGE GRAY 
The secretary announced the death of the Hon. George Gray on 
August 7, 1925, who was first appointed as a senatorial regent on 
December 20, 1892, serving until the expiration of his term on March 
2, 1899. He was next appointed as a citizen regent on January 14, 
1901, and served until August 7, 1925. 
Throughout this long service, the last 10 years of which he was 
chairman of the executive committee, Judge Gray was an active 
supporter of the work of the Institution and always ready to give 
time and thought to its interests. He was a valued member of the 
board and will long be missed both personally and officially. 
Mr. Choate offered the following resolutions, which were adopted: 
Whereas the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution having learned 
of the death on August 7, 1925, of the Hon, George Gray, a member of the 
board for over 30 years, the last 10 of which he served as chairman of the 
executive committee: Be it therefore 
Resolved, That the board here place on record an expression of their pro- 
found sorrow at the passing away of their colleague, whose deep interest and 
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