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On December 19, 19 17, Dr. Chester A. Reeds was pro- 

 moted from Assistant Curator to Associate Curator of 

 Invertebrate Palaeontology in the Department of Geol- 

 ogy and Invertebrate Palaeontology, to take effect Jan- 

 uary i, 1918. 



On December 19, 1917, Mr. Leo E. Miller was appointed 

 Assistant in Ornithology, to take effect January 1, 1918. 



Dr. Joel Asaph Allen, after twenty-eight years of active 

 service as editor of the scientific publications of the 

 American Museum, tendered his resignation, in order to 

 devote himself to the study of the ever increasing collec- 

 tions of the Department of Mammalogy and Ornithol- 

 ogy, of which he is Curator. 



Dr. Frank E. Lutz, of the Department of Invertebrate 

 Zoology, was appointed to succeed Dr. Allen, beginning 

 his administration of the work on November 1. 



PUBLIC ACTIVITIES OF THE STAFF 



The national character of the Museum is emphasized by the 

 fact that in addition to the federal service which various mem- 

 bers of the staff have rendered they have participated in many 

 scientific activities outside the Museum : 



President Henry Fairfield Osborn, Dr. Charles D. Walcott 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, and Director Frederic A. Lucas 

 were appointed judges for the bestowal of the Daniel Giraud 

 Elliot Gold Medal, the gift of Miss Margaret Henderson 

 Elliot. 



On October 2 President Osborn accepted membership on 

 the General Committee of the United States Food Administra- 

 tion in New York City. 



On the evening of November 15, President Osborn delivered 

 an address on "The Origin and Nature of Life," at the anni- 

 versary celebration of the New York Academy of Medicine. 



Director Frederic A. Lucas was elected an Honorary Mem- 

 ber of the California Academy of Sciences. He was also 

 elected Honorary President of the Keramic Society of Greater 

 New York. 



