Michigan Audubon Society 
ORGANIZATION. EDUCATIONAL AND PROTECTIVE WORK IN MICH. 
IGAN, OTHER STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
The Michigan Audubon Society was organized through 
the efforts of Mr. William Dutcher, of New York City, presi- 
dent of the National Committee of Audubon Societies, and 
Chairman of the Protective Committee American Ornitholog- 
ists Union. Mr. Alex. W. Plain, Jr., Editor of the Michigan 
Ornithological Bulletin, acted as Secretary until the writer 
was delegated by the Michigan Ornithological Club to pro- 
ceed with the organization of an Audubon Society, and the 
customary election of a protective committee of that club 
was passed over. 
Upon the selection of the writer, he called a meeting of 
those interested in bird protection, February 27, 1904, and at 
that and subsequent meetings the Michigan Audubon Society 
was fully organized. Hon. Thomas W. Palmer was elected 
president, Jefferson Butler secretary and treasurer, and the 
following vice-presidents : Hon. Peter White, Marquette ; 
President James B. Angell, Ann Arbor; Hon. Louis H. Jones, 
Ypsilanti; Hon. Chase S. Osborne, Sault Ste. Marie. In 
more recent meetings the following have been elected as 
additional vice-presidents: Hon. Wm. B. Mershon, Saginaw; 
Mrs. George Gundrum, Ionia; Bryant Walker, Detroit; Prof. 
Charles C. Adams, Ann Arbor; William Aikman, Jr., De- 
troit; Hon. Charles Freer, Detroit; Clara E. Dyar, Grosse 
Pointe; L. Whitney Walkins, Manchester; Prof. Elliot R. 
Downing, Marquette; Mrs. R. Adlington Newman, Detroit. 
It was deemed advisable to elect an executive committee, 
and the following were selected to act in that capacity: Hon. 
