In npmoriem. 
During the past year the Trustees have been called 
to mourn the loss of two of their late associates on this 
Board, 
BENJAMIN H. FIELD, 
CHARLES G. LANDON. 
At the regular quarterly meeting of the Board of 
Trustees of the American Museum of Natural 
History, held May 8th, 1893, the following minute 
was unanimously adopted and ordered to be entered 
upon the records : 
Since their last regular meeting the Trustees have been called 
to mourn the decease of two of their valued and honored associates, 
Mr. Benjamin H. Field, who died March 17th, 1893, and Mr. 
Charles G. Landon, whose decease followed on the 24th day 
of the same month. 
Mr. Field became a Trustee of the Museum at the date of its 
incorporation, he having been a Charter Member. He took an 
active interest in the meetings of the Board, seldom failing to be 
present, and his cordial approval of the work of the Museum was 
shown by the frequent visits he made to its halls. 
Mr. Landon became a Trustee at the Annual Meeting in 1882, 
and was elected at that time a member of the Auditing Committee, 
and in the year 1886 was chosen a member of the Executive 
Committee ; and, with the exception of an interval of two years, 
served continuously on both committees with great acceptance 
and fidelity until his decease. 
The Trustees desire to enter upon these minutes an expression 
of their high appreciation of the character and worth of their late 
colleagues ; of the earnest and untiring interest of each in the 
growth and prosperity of the Museum ; and of the personal esteem 
and affection in which the members of this Board will ever cherish 
the memory of their earnest cooperation in the development of 
this institution. 
