Report of the President 75 



Mr. Robb was elected a Trustee at the Annual 

 Meeting of February 8, 1886. He served con- 

 tinuously on the Executive Committee after 

 February 12, 1894, and was Permanent Chairman 

 of the Committee during the years 1901-1907 

 inclusive. He also served continuously as Sec- 

 retary of the Board from February 8, 1906, until 

 his decease. He was a member of the Jesup 

 Memorial Committee, of the Committee on Con- 

 stitutional Condition of the City Maintenance 

 Appropriation, of the Committee on the Revision 

 of the Constitution and By-Laws, and served the 

 Museum in other ways through his constant ex- 

 pression of personal interest in its welfare. 



The following is the Minute which was adopted at the 

 regular Quarterly Meeting of the Board, May 8, 191 1, in 

 recognition of Mr. Kissel's interest in the Museum: 



Through the death of Mr. Gustav E. Kissel, 

 on April 10, 191 1, The American Museum of 

 Natural History has lost another of its warm 

 friends and supporters. 



Mr. Kissel was elected a Trustee on February 

 12, 1894, and thereafter was deeply interested in 

 the development of the institution. He served 

 on the Executive Committee from 1895 to 1899 

 and continuously on the Auditing Committee 

 from 1897 to the time of his death. In the year 

 1901, at the special request of President Jesup, 

 he prepared a valuable report on the methods 

 of the internal financial administration of the 

 Museum, in cooperation with Mr. Percy R. Pyne. 

 Many of the recommendations of this report 

 subsequently were embodied in our financial sys- 

 tem. From time to time Mr. Kissel served the 

 Museum in other ways and contributed to the 

 advance of a number of its scientific plans. 



The Trustees of the American Museum, at this 

 time, desire to make permanent record of their 

 sense of loss and to extend to the members of 

 Mr. Kissel's family most sincere sympathy in 

 their bereavement. 



