﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
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  DECEASED 
  TRUSTEES, 
  BENEFACTORS 
  AND 
  

   MEMBERS. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  loss 
  sustained 
  by 
  the 
  Museum 
  through 
  

   the 
  decease 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Jesup, 
  the 
  institution 
  has 
  suffered 
  a 
  serious 
  

   loss 
  in 
  the 
  death, 
  on 
  December 
  4, 
  1907, 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  O. 
  

   Havemeyer, 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  since 
  the 
  

   year 
  1898. 
  In 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  interest 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Havemeyer 
  

   in 
  the 
  Museum, 
  the 
  Trustees 
  adopted 
  the 
  following 
  minute 
  

   at 
  their 
  Annual 
  Meeting, 
  February 
  10, 
  1908: 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  O. 
  Havemeyer, 
  The 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  has 
  lost 
  a 
  warm 
  friend 
  and 
  

   able 
  supporter. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Havemeyer 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  Trustee 
  the 
  ninth 
  of 
  May, 
  

   1898. 
  He 
  took 
  an 
  active 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  

   Museum, 
  always 
  expressed 
  himself 
  as 
  desirous 
  of 
  taking 
  his 
  

   share 
  in 
  its 
  many 
  scientific 
  enterprises 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  

   his 
  election 
  contributed 
  generously. 
  

  

  In 
  1903 
  he 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  five 
  trustees 
  who 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  the 
  Pampean 
  Collection 
  of 
  Professor 
  Edward 
  D. 
  

   Cope; 
  and 
  in 
  1904 
  he 
  was 
  a 
  generous 
  contributor 
  to 
  the 
  

   Permanent 
  Endowment 
  Fund. 
  

  

  The 
  Trustees 
  of 
  The 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  His- 
  

   tory, 
  at 
  this 
  their 
  annual 
  meeting, 
  desire 
  to 
  make 
  permanent 
  

   record 
  of 
  these 
  signs 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Havemeyer's 
  public 
  spirit, 
  to 
  

   express 
  their 
  sense 
  of 
  loss 
  and 
  to 
  extend 
  to 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  

   his 
  family 
  their 
  most 
  sincere 
  sympathy. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  Willis 
  James 
  on 
  September 
  

   13, 
  1907, 
  the 
  Museum 
  has 
  lost 
  another 
  of 
  its 
  most 
  liberal 
  

   benefactors 
  and 
  friends. 
  Mr. 
  James 
  was 
  a 
  generous 
  sup- 
  

   porter 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  institution, 
  and 
  served 
  on 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  from 
  February 
  11, 
  1889, 
  to 
  January 
  16, 
  

   1903, 
  when 
  he 
  felt 
  obliged 
  to 
  resign. 
  

  

  