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Excerpt from The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, Vol. 22: In Memoriam Thomas Burkitt Collier He was elected a member of the Societv on January 5, 1886, and in 1890, became a life member. In 1891, he was chosen a member of the Executive Board at large. In 1892, he was elected President, and re-elected in 1893. In 1894, he was elected Treasurer, and was annually re-elected thereafter up to and including the year 1915. In 1908, the Executive Board employed him as Director of the Museum and Clerk of the Board, a position he continued to hold until his death. The records of the Society fail to disclose anv individual service which has been so varied or of such long duration. For almost one-half of the life of the Society he served it as Treasurer. Two years as Curator of Photog raphy, one vear as member of the Executive Board at large, two years as President, twenty-one years as Treasurer and seven years as Director of the Museum and Clerk of the Board, constitute a record for faithfulness and efficiency which it will be hard ever to equal. Business cares never so en grossed him that he did not have time to lend his presence and counsel to the affairs of the Society. Except when kept away by impaired health, he was never absent from the meet ings of the Society or the Executive Board. Promptness to the minute in keeping an appointment was the watchword with him and the rule that he always observed in this regard he exacted of others. After he became the Director of the Museum, which position carried with it that of Custodian of the Society's building, he took great pride in improving as far as possible the physical condition of the Society's property. His own private affairs did not receive more attentive consideration at his hands than did the business of the Society entrusted to his care. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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