REPORT OF 

 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 



T 



HE Executive Committee respectfully submit the following 

 report to the Board of Managers for the year 1920 : 



The Committee regret to announce the death on May 16, 

 1920, of Mr. Levi P. Morton, a Founder in Perpetuity. Mr. 

 Morton was President of the New York Zoological Society from 

 1897 to 1908 and a member of the Board of Managers since its 

 organization. 



The Committee also report with regret the death of the late 

 Jacob H. Schiff, on September 25, 1920. Mr. Schiff was the first 

 to urge the establishment of an Endowment Fund, to which he 

 subscribed liberally. 



Resolutions passed on the occasion of the deaths of the above 

 appear at the end of this report. 



Mr. Henry D. Whiton was elected to fill the vacancy in the 

 Class of 1921 caused by the death of the late Levi P. Morton. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



During the year 1920, a call for new members was sent out 

 to a selected list of names, which resulted in securing 17 new 

 Life Members and 328 Annual Members. 



