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HARRY R. SMITH 
Harry R. Smith, a former president of IAS, died December 10, 
1968, leaving his wife, Marie K. Smith of Santa Cruz, California, 
and their son, Donald, of Hawaii. 
Mr. Smith, when a resident of Evanston, was elected to the 
board of directors of the IAS in 1942, became executive secretary 
and treasurer in 1949, and was elected president in 1951. Due 
to a confining injury to his back, Mr. Smith was forced to end 
his term as president in 1953, but he remained on the board 
until 1955. At that time, his continuing incapacity caused his 
retirement from his thirty years of service at the First National 
Bank of Chciago and, of course, his membership on our board, 
-as he and Mrs. Smith moved to California. 
Harry was a “birder” who deserved to be called an orni- 
_thologist. His contributions to the literature included a compila- 
tion of the arrival dates of warblers in the Chicago area and 
much effort on the “Distributional List of the Bird of Illinois” 
in addition to many contributions to our BULLETIN and other 
ornithological journals. His work in the IAS, the Evanston Bird 
Club, and the Chicago Ornithological Society inspired him to 
organize the Santa Cruz Bird Club, and this led to his election 
to the board of the Santa Cruz Museum. Continuing his bird- 
bending efforts after moving to California, he became president 
of the Western Bird Banding Association, while he continued to 
be active in the Sierra Club. = 
Farewell to a devoted ornithologist and conservationist. 
—Paul Downing 
A PUBLIC APOLOGY FROM THE BULLETIN EDITOR: 
It's satisfying to get so much mail—much containing useful material for 
BULLETIN issues—from a good range of IAS members and supporters. With 
apologies, however, it’s more frequently than not impossible to acknowledge 
and /or reply (despite good intentions). Accordingly, if you absolutely need 
en answer to some communication, or acknowledgement of arrival of a manv- 
script, enclose an addressed postcard ... something like that. 
| More positively: In two years of my managing BULLETIN affairs, there’s 
fortunately never been a serious shortage of solid and diverse editorial ma- 
terials. We encourage members and friends 10 continue contributions—of all 
kinds—and to be assured that virtually all material appears in one ed'ted 
tagm or another, and in one issue or another (there are only four a year). 
The BULLETIN, of course, is “member-owned.” Its ultimate usefulness and 
impact depend on (A) what the membership wants it to do, and (B) what the 
broad segment is willing to do to achieve if. The Editor merely follows and 
does the dirty work. 
And, if anybody needs a renewed sense of purpose, remember the famous 
words of Dr. William Beecher on June 24, 1969: “Conservation is now too 
important to be left to the politicians.” —D. William Benneit 
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