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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 
October 33, 1936, 
Dr* Alexander Wetmore, 
Asst. Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
The regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees of the 
National Geographic Society will be held at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, December 10, 
1936, in Hubbard Memorial Hall. 
At a meeting of the Executive Committee on October 22nd, the names 
of Mr. Elisha Hanson and Dr. Charles F. Kettering were suggested as candidates 
to fill the two vacancies on the Board of Trustees. Dr. Kettering is President 
of the Research Laboratories of the General Motors Corporation, a member of 
the National Academy of Sciences, and is distinguished for his researches both 
in this country and abroad. 
Mr. Hanson is the General Counsel of the American Newspaper Publishers 
Association and has acted in the capacity of The Society’s Counsel during the 
past four or five years. His services have been exceedingly valuable to The 
Society and he has been a member of The Society for many years. 
The Executive Committee, therefore, unanimously recommend to the 
Board the election of Dr. Kettering and Mr. Hanson to fill these two vacancies 
on the Board of Trustees. 
Pursuant to the By-laws, I enclose a nominating ballot and request 
that you indicate your suggestions on the ballot and return it at your early 
convenience so that the vacancies may be filled at the December meeting of 
the Board. 
Very sincerely yours, 
(Signed) George W. Hutchison 
Secretary. 
