84 Transactions Texas Academy of Science. — 1908 - 1909 . 
The Fellows and Members of the Texas Academy of Science de- 
sire to place on record the regret they feel at the death of their 
beloved President, the late Dr. J. W. McLaughlin, and their deep 
sense of the value of his service to the Academy, to Science and to 
his fellow men. 
As a man he was the embodiment of all that was pure, noble and 
true; as a soldier he was intrepid, courageous and patriotic; as a 
husband and father he was indulgent, kind and loving; as a physi- 
cian he was profound in the knowledge of medicine, gifted as a di- 
agnostician, able, thorough and successful in practice; as an investi- 
gator he was earnest, patient and persistent; as a teacher he was 
inspiring; and as a friend he was loyal to the end. Great is our 
loss, and sincere is our grief. 
H. W. Harper. 
E. P. Schoch. 
H. L. Hilgartner. 
