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Memorial Addresses. 
Nazro were among the members. He acted as treasurer of the 
department until the paid department was inaugurated. He 
always took a keen interest in the educational progress of the 
state and city and was always ready to foster new enterprises 
intended for the public welfare. He was one of the founders 
and for twenty years president of the Natural History society 
of the state, and an active and influential friend of the society 
for over forty years. When in 1882 its collection was pre¬ 
sented to the city he was appointed a trustee of the Public mu¬ 
seum, of which he was one of the originators. Later he was 
active in securing for the museum the valuable collection of 
Prof. H. A. Ward of Rochester, N. Y. He was one of the 
founders of the German-English academy and from the time it 
was founded until 1886 served as treasurer, which position he 
also held in the National German-American Teachers’ seminary. 
He was the strongest supporter of the latter institution during 
its years of struggle for a secure existence, and recently gave 
a large donation towards establishing it upon an enduring finan¬ 
cial foundation. 
While a staunch Republican Mr. Preusser never catered for 
office, though often asked to accept political honors. He was a 
member of the Deutscher club and one of its active workers. 
Mr. Preusser was married in 1851 to Miss Louise Hermann 
of Diets, dukedom of Nassau, Germany. They had four chil¬ 
dren, but only two survive. 
In accordance with his general interest in educational affairs, 
Mr. Preusser became an active member of this Academy in 1894. 
He continued in active life until within a few days of his end, 
which came on June 6, 1899. 
Madison , Wis. 
