MEMORIAL OF II. P. GUSHING 51 



first published paper was based. The unconformity at the base of the 

 Berea grit and its diastrophic significance was discussed before the Geo- 

 logical Society of America at the winter meeting in 1914, and published 

 in volume 26 of the Bulletin. Before this date, as will be seen in the 

 bibliography for 1912, the age of the Cleveland shale had been discussed. 



Professor Cushing's work in the field in the last two or three years of 

 his life was curtailed by weakness of the heart which made any protracted 

 physical effort out of the question. He was, however, able to continue his 

 teaching until the fatal attack of appendicitis suddenly developed and 

 carried him away, April 14, 1921. 



Henry Cushing was a man of exceedingly high ideals in his scientific 

 work and in his relations with his fellows. Of a frank, open, and loyal 

 character, he was a true and valued friend to those who were honored 

 with his intimacy. He was a fine and sensitive spirit, as are almost all 

 men with quick and sure intuitive grasp of scientific truths. His care 

 and accuracy in the field were exceptional and were applied with un- 

 wearying patience. His published work has the unquestioning confidence 

 of those who knew how conscientiously it was prepared. 



In 1898 Professor Cushing was made Librarian of the Geological So- 

 ciety and its library was placed under his care in Cleveland, a very central 

 point as regards the membership. Professor Cushing retired from this 

 office in 1913 and was elected Vice-President in 1914. 



He was one of the eighty-eight Original Fellows of the Society — that 

 is, the Fellows who accepted the invitation of the Committee of Organiza- 

 tion to join and become members without formal election. Thirty-four 

 were surviving at the time of his loss; thirty now remain. Professor 

 Cushing was very regular in attendance at the annual meetings, and the 

 pages of the Bulletin contain nine contributions from his pen, besides his 

 periodic reports on the accessions to the library. The American Philo- 

 sophical Society extended to him the honor of election to its membership 

 in 1916. 



Professor Cushing married, June 3, 1886, Florence E., daughter of 

 Prof. S. G. Williams, of Cornell University, who was one of the thirteen 

 who met at Ithaca and organized the Geological Society of America in 

 December, 1888. Mrs. Cushing, with one of their three children, is liv- 

 ing in Cleveland, and to her and her daughter the deep sympathy of the 

 Fellowship is extended. 



The writer desires to express his indebtedness to J. E. Hyde, Professor 

 Cushing's colleague and successor in the chair at Western Eeserve Uni- 

 versity, for much valuable aid in preparing this memorial and its bibli- 

 ography. 



