Biographical Notice of Wiliiam Henry Pettee. — Russell. 3 
that society he was a Hfe-member, his election dating from 
1871. For many years he was a co-worker with its secre- 
tary, Rossiter W. Raymond, who in a recent memorial pub- 
lished in the Transactions of the Institute, expressed high 
appreciation of professor Pettee's ability as a literary critic. 
He was one of the original fellows of the Geological Society 
of America; a fellow of the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science, in which he was general secretary 
in 1887; a member of the American Academy of Arts and 
Sciences during his residence in Massachusetts; and a mem- 
ber of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia. 
For professor Pettee, the members of the Faculty of 
the University of Michigan, of which he was a member for 
twenty-nine years, hold only memories of the highest respect 
and the warmest friendship. These cherished sentiments 
are but a reflection of his own genial and loving nature, left 
by him as an inheritance to all with whom he came in con- 
tact. His more pronounced characteristics as revealed in 
his intercourse with his colleagues whether personally and 
socially or in connection with official duties, and equally con- 
spicuous to the students who received his instruction, were 
a kindly and loving nature, patience under difficulties, pains- 
taking accuracy in all of his work, love of truth, and un- 
swerving uprightness of character. With these high ideals 
were coupled an abundant and ever accessible knowledge 
of the history and traditions of education in Michigan, and a 
love for the branches of science to which he devoted his 
time and energy. 
Professor Pettee died at his home in Ann Arbor, Michi- 
gan, on May 26, 1904. While his chief work during life 
was that of a teacher, his few contributions to geology and 
kindred subjects show that he was a painstaking and accurate 
observer. 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
Pettee, William Henry — "Contributions to Barometric Hypsometry; 
with Tables for use in California." Geological Survey of Cali- 
fornia, J. D. Whitney, State Geologist, Published l)y authority 
of the Legislature, 1874. To this report a supplementary chap- 
ter consisting of pages 89-112, was added in 1878, which was 
included in subsequent editions of the same volume. 
"Report of an examination of portions of the gravel mining 
