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which later resulted in the larger organization known as the Association 

 of American State Geologists. 



Doctor Buckley became the first life member of the American Mining 

 Congress, and took an active part in the incorporation of the organiza- 

 tion and in the formulation of plans by which the membership was placed 

 upon a permanent basis. As chairman of the committee on resolutions, 

 second vice-president, and finally president in 1910, he was an important 

 factor in guiding and directing the early work of the Congress. 



Doctor Buckley was also a member of the American Institute of Min- 

 ing Engineers, The Geological Society of America, The American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science, The Mining and Metallurgical 

 Society of America, The International Association for Testing Materials, 

 The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, The St. Louis 

 Academy of Science, and an honorary member of Tau Beta Pi. 



A man of striking personality, Doctor Buckley possessed keen concep- 

 tion, sincere honesty, and high ideals. He expressed himself vigorously 

 and fearlessly, because of which he often gave the impression to compara- 

 tive strangers of having a brusque nature. To those who knew him inti- 

 mately was shown the true, sympathetic feeling for those about him and 

 for those in less fortunate circumstances. 



While he held an undiminished interest in the advancement of science, 

 his chief activities during the last few years were directed toward the bet- 

 terment of conditions surrounding the mining industry. His ideas re- 

 garding the problems confronting the mining industry are well set forth 

 in the following paragraph, taken from his presidential address to the 

 American Mining Congress in 1910 : 



"This association was organized to teach mining men the value of coopera- 

 tion ; that success cannot be measured by another man's failure ; that we must 

 have a decent respect for the lives and health of the men that toil beneath 

 the surface; that there must be a willingness to provide adequately .for the 

 men and their families who suffer through accident or death; that there 

 should be laws to restrain and punish the man who is in part responsible for 

 the disrespect in which this profession is held, for the fake promoter, who 

 parasites on the public ; that all the bureaus of the Federal and State govern- 

 ments engaged in investigations associated with mining are helpful to the 

 industry and deserve our generous and undivided support ; that much needful 

 Federal and State legislation, helpful to the mining industry and for the pro- 

 tection of our mineral resources, may be enacted through the united efforts 

 of a representative body of mining men. . . . The interests of the mining 

 industry can not be left in the hands of men who are engaged in agriculture, 

 forestry, manufacturing, transportation, or commerce. They must be cared 

 for by organizations of mining men, and I beseech you, in closing, to con- 

 tribute to this organization the best that you have in order that it may be a 

 power throughout the land." 



