At the Regular Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Trustees 

 of The American Museum of Natural History, held May 8, 

 1905, the following Minute was adopted: 



The Trustees of The American Museum of Natural History 

 record with profound sorrow and regret the loss of their 

 esteemed friend and associate, 



ADRIAN ISELIN. 



Mr. Iselin aided in the preliminary efforts to establish the 

 Museum; was one of its original incorporators in 1869, and 

 served as a Trustee during a period of thirty-six years. 



Mr. Iselin rendered efficient service for many years as a 

 member of the Executive, Finance, and Auditing Committees, 

 and was ever faithful in the discharge of his duties as a Trus- 

 tee. In later years his failing health prevented his regular 

 attendance at the meetings of the Board, greatly to the regret 

 of his associate Trustees, but his interest in the growth and 

 advancement of the Museum was unrelaxed, and was evinced 

 by his generous contributions for the enlargement of its col- 

 lections and for its maintenance. In his death the Museum 

 suffers a great loss. 



Mr. Iselin belonged to the class of public spirited citizens, 

 who find in the promotion of the public welfare and in the full 

 discharge of their duties to their fellow-men, ample reward for 

 their conscientious efforts, and who leave after them a loving 

 remembrance of good deeds unpretentiously performed. 



