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only as his death occured on the 5th of May in that year. He 

 too had been one of the Society's founders in 186 r, as he had 

 been in 1836 one of the organizers of the Young - Men's Associa- 

 tion and one of its first Presidents. From the beginning he 

 had been a very active member of our executive board and 

 always most liberal in contributing to its support. Although 

 quiet and retiring in his ways he always participated in the in- 

 teresting discussions which followed the scientific papers read 

 at the Society's meetings and two of his own lectures before its 

 members, those upon the "Geology of Buffalo" and upon the 

 "Origin of Life" have been published in pamphlet form as well 

 as in the memorial volume issued after his death. His last 

 public utterance was his inaugural address delivered February 

 17, 1882, upon taking office as President. 



He was always profoundly impressed with the educational 

 work which the Society attempted and with its possibilities and 

 after his death it was found that under the provisions of his 

 will, one third of the income of his estate was to be reserved as 

 an accumulative fund until the death of his widow when the 

 whole estate should be divided equally between his daughter 

 and the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences as an endowment 

 for a free school of Natural Science "or for the purpose of ad- 

 vancing the interests of Natural Science in the City of Buffalo." 

 There could be no finer gift to the cause of scientific education 

 and no finer tribute to the unselfish devotion of the giver to that 

 cause than is this noble benefaction. 



At the time of Dr. Hayes' death, Dr. Lucien Howe, the 

 First Vice-President became President and had the honor of re- 

 election February 16, 1883, to by followed in 1884 by Mr. David 

 F. Day, in 1885 by Dr. Leon F. Harvey and in 1886 by Professor 

 D. S. Kellicott who held the office for three years. Professor 

 Kellicott had long been an interested member of the Society 

 and active in scientific investigation, contributing frequent ar- 

 ticles to the various science journals, always illustrative of orig- 

 inal work. In charge of the science studies at the Buffalo State 

 Normal School it was mainly by his endeavors that the science 

 building was added to its equipment. When he resigned in 1888 

 to become Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at 

 the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, his departure was 

 deeply regretted by all who knew and appreciated the valuable 

 service he had rendered to Buffalo. 



