RESOLUTION 
adopted by the 
SCIENTIFIC STAFF OF 
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL 
HISTORY 
Resolved, That the members of the Scientific Staff of The 
American Museum of Natural History place on record their sense of 
the irreparable loss which they, as well as the Museum, have suffered 
in the death of their President, 
MORRIS KETCHUM JESUP 
For more than a quarter of a century Mr. Jesup’s relations to the 
Museum have been as intimate as those of a father to a child. With 
unfailing care and sympathy he studied its needs and its opportunities 
for development, imparting to those with whom he was associated 
his own ambition to make the Museum an important factor in the 
educational development of the country; and, while primarily having at 
heart the needs of the public and at all times urging the presentation 
of information in a manner which would attract the average museum 
visitor, he was also keenly interested in problems involving technical 
knowledge and original research. Many collections of great scientific 
value have been added to every department of the Museum either 
wholly or in part through his unfailing liberality, which liberality has 
likewise rendered possible the explorations in many parts of the world 
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