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PUBLIC ACTIVITIES OF THE STAFF 



The outside activities of Staff members have been exten- 

 sive and in many instances they have received notable pub- 

 lic recognition. 



By direction of Albert I., King of the Belgians, Colonel 

 Leon Osterrieth, Chief of the Belgian Military Mission, 

 presented to President Henry Fairfield Osborn, at the 

 Museum on November 20, 1919, the Cross of Commander 

 of the Order of the Crown of Belgium, in recognition of 

 the Museum's important services to science in exploring 

 the Belgian Congo and in issuing valuable publications 

 setting forth the results of its collections and researches. 



President Osborn has been elected to a trusteeship of the 

 Institut de Paleontologie Humaine of Paris, as a member of 

 the Conseil de Perfectionnement. 



President Osborn served on Mayor Hylan's Committee on 

 Receptions to Distinguished Guests to welcome Their 

 Majesties King Albert I. and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, 

 and His Royal Highness Edward Prince of Wales. 



In November, the Cullum Geographical Medal was 

 awarded to President Osborn by the Council of the Ameri- 

 can Geographical Society. 



Dr. J. A. Allen has been elected the first Honorary 

 Member of the newly formed American Society of 

 Mammalogists. 



Dr. Frank M. Chapman, from October, 1918, to April, 1919, 

 was Red Cross Commissioner to South America, the highest 

 office, for foreign service, the Red Cross can give. He also 

 visited the Panama Red Cross and the extremely active Canal 

 Zone Chapter, and was sent in April, 1919, to Paris to report 

 on his work. 



Dr. W. D. Matthew has been elected a Fellow of the Royal 

 Society of Great Britain. 



Dr. William K. Gregory was elected a Corresponding 

 Member of the Zoological Society of London, January 15, 1919. 



