282 CHESTER W. WASHBURNE 
fossils which later formed the nucleus of his splendid collection at the 
University of Oregon. He graduated from Auburn Theological 
Seminary in 1852, married Miss Cornelia Holt, and sailed for Oregon 
by way of Cape Horn. : 
For several years he had charge of the Congregational Mission at 
The Dalles, Oregon, then a small trading-post. It was while sta- 
tioned at The Dalles that Condon made most of his trips into the 
interior, generally with military parties, gathering the fine Tertiary 
mammals in his collection. In 1872 he became professor of geology 
and natural history at Pacific University, resigning in 1876, to accept 
the same chair in the newly created University of Oregon. Here he 
remained until 1905, confining his teaching in later years mainly to 
paleontology. In these last years Professor Condon was too feeble 
to go into the field, but he had become so well known that people in 
all parts of the state were constantly sending him new specimens, 
knowing well the pleasure these gifts brought to the old naturalist 
who no longer could gather them himself. They were fresh links to 
the outdoor world, to the scenes of his early activities that he so 
enjoyed in memory. 
Condon was one of those rare men that study science from an 
inherent love of nature, not merely for self-advancement, or for the 
praise of men. 
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