72 The American Geologist. August. 1899 
ceiving all through life the respect and love due them. Many 
honors came to him. He was a member of the Phi Beta 
Kappa, of the American Association for the Advancement of 
Science, a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, re- 
ceived the degree of Doctor of Laws from Chicago Univer- 
sity in 1873, was dean of the College of Liberal Arts of North- 
western University for twenty years, and twice held the posi- 
tion of acting president. A fossil oak (Quercus marcyana) and 
a hill in Massachusetts are named in his honor.* Expressions 
of appreciation were not withheld by his friends till after his 
death. He was constantly receiving them, and upon the oc- 
casion of his seventy-eighth birthday the alumni presented his 
portrait to the university. 
The occasion was an impressive one. The beautiful library 
room, adorned with the university colors and flowers, and 
brilliant with electric lights, had been arranged with tables, at 
which sat about two hundred guests. The white haired, fine 
looking gentleman whose birthday was being celebrated, sat 
beside the president of the university, and after several 
speeches that expressed the respect and love of students, 
alumni, acquaintances, and friends, and the unveiling of the 
portrait, received such an ovation as rarely comes to a pro- 
fessor. 
His death called forth expressions which showed the 
breadth of his influence. The funeral services were rarely im- 
pressive He lies buried under the hemlocks in a wild and pic- 
turesque ravine on "Mt. Marcy," at Wilbraham, Mass. 
*Mt. Marcy, in Montana, is named in honor of Gen. R. B. Marcy. 
