Academy of Science of St. Louis 
; 
The Academy of Science of St Louis was founded 
in 1856 and chartered by the Nineteenth General 
Assembly of the State of Missouri by an act dated 
January 17, 1857. The objects for which the Academy 
of Science was founded are set forth in the Charter. 
They are threefold: first, the advancement of science; 
second, the establishment in the City of St. Louis of 
a museum for the illustration and study of the various 
branches of science; third, the creation of a scientific 
library. Membership in the Academy is not limited 
to those actively engaged as scientific workers; those 
interested in science are equally welcome. 
-Sill 
COUNCIL, 1946 
Mr. Stratford Lee Morton 
Mr. Charles Philpott 
Mr. John J. 0'Fallon.„. 
Mr. Reed B. Harkness 
_ president 
First Vice-President 
.-Second Vice-President 
„„ Secretary 
Librarian 
D r. Harold Bulger . 
D r. Edgar Anderson i. ^.Councilor-at-large 
D r. Hampton Carson „. „... Councilor-at-large 
D r. Courtney Werner [ ^ Councilor-at-large 
Mr. Max Schwarz-... „. Councilor-at-large 
Mr. Joseph Desloge 
^..Most Recent Past President 
Prof. W. D. Shipton. Second Most Recent Past President 
