96 Report of the President 



At the same meeting of the Trustees, the following resolu- 

 tion was unanimously adopted: 



It is with a deep sense of their personal loss 

 that the Trustees record the death on June 17, 

 1914, of Mrs. Morris K. Jesup, a benefactor and 

 friend of the Museum. Her very close associa- 

 tion with the interests and ambitions of her 

 husband during his lifetime, and her constant 

 sympathy in, and support of, all his plans and 

 undertakings, gave her an abiding interest in the 

 growth and development of the institution. Her 

 personal concern in the welfare of the Museum 

 was not lessened but rather deepened after the 

 death of Mr. Jesup, because it was her earnest 

 desire to represent and continue his interests, 

 and her judgment and her gifts were always 

 guided by what she believed he would have 

 wished her to do. Her visits to the Museum 

 were full of association with his plans, and after 

 the lapse of a few years became a source of in- 

 creased delight. Her gifts were many, extend- 

 ing to many departments, especially those of 

 Geology, Anthropology, Vertebrate Palaeontol- 

 ogy and Woods and Forestry. This generosity 

 culminated in the magnificent bequest of $5,000,- 

 000. The pleasure which this great bequest 

 gives to all friends of the institution is shadowed 

 by a feeling of sorrow when it comes with the 

 loss of such a noble-hearted woman. 



