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result of which was that Cornell College of Iowa, in 1901, conferred 

 on him the degree of LL.D. 



He resigned from the Bureau of Ethnology July 31, 1903, to take 

 charge of the Department of Anthropology of 'the Louisiana Exposi- 

 tion held in St. Louis. He was also active in organizing the World's 

 Congress of Arts and Sciences in 1904, of which he was the senior 

 speaker in the Department of Anthropology. 



The date that Doctor McGee joined the Anthropological Society 

 of Washington cannot at present be given; some records of the So- 

 ciety have been mislaid. He was first elected a member of the Coun- 

 cil January 21, 1890, and was reflected many times afterwards. He 

 attended the meetings of the Society quite regularly and took part 

 in the discussions. He always spoke to the point and concisely and 

 his remarks were listened to with marked attention. 



He was President of the Anthropological Society of Washington from 

 1898 to 1900. In 1902 he was foremost in founding the American 

 Anthropological Association, of which he was the first President. 

 When the American Anthropologist was established in 1899, he was 

 one of the constructive owners, sharing its financial responsibilities, 

 before it came under the control of the American Anthropological 

 Association. 



McGee's conception of anthropology was broad; he closely followed 

 Major Powell, and like him loved to philosophize. Perhaps it might 

 be said that McGee's mind was essentially synthetic rather than 

 analytic. 



No small part of McGee's administrative success lay in his implicit 

 faith and trust in his co-workers and subordinates in office, which nat- 

 urally inspired them to put forth their highest endeavor, and gained 

 for him their affection; he saw only the best in those with whom he 

 associated. He believed in the ultimate triumph of the ideals of 

 human yearning and endeavor. He was also sensitively responsive 

 to every demand of his fellow-man, either for time, for sympathy, or for 

 money. Herein was the source of his great generosity and altruism. 

 His character was laid along universal lines rather than along the 

 path of selfish narrowness and exclusiveness. 



He was a man, take him for all in all, 

 We shall not look upon his like again. 



