88 Report of the President 



The following is the Minute which was adopted at the 

 Annual Meeting of the Board, February 2, 1914, in recogni- 

 tion of Mr. Bowdoin's interest in the Museum: 



The Trustees desire to record their sense of 

 the loss that the Museum has sustained in the 

 death on December 16, 191 3, of 



GEORGE SULLIVAN BOWDOIN 



Mr. Bowdoin became a Member of the Board 

 on February 9, 1903, and took a very active 

 interest in the affairs of the Museum from the 

 first. He served on the Executive Committee 

 during the years 1906 to 1910. His benefactions 

 were many and generous, including a very 

 material contribution to the Endowment Fund 

 and a series of gifts in 1906 and 1907 to the 

 development of the Cetacean Collection, which 

 is now the finest in the United States. In 1908 

 to 1910 his interest was especially shown in the 

 extension of the Hawaiian, South Sea Islands 

 and African collections. After this he devoted 

 himself particularly to the collections of South 

 American Birds. 



Mr. Bowdoin's quiet dignified manner, his 

 broad interest in the work of the several depart- 

 ments, his friendliness and his consideration for 

 others endeared him to all whether of high or 

 low degree. He frequently visited the Museum 

 in the latter years of his life, and his kindly 

 presence will be greatly missed. 



