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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 494 
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NON-ATTENDANCE.

The Secretary stated that he had received the regrets of Mr. Choate and Mr. Brookings, who were unable to attend on account of important business engagements; and that Mr. Henry White was in Europe.

MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING.

The Secretary stated that the Minutes of the Annual Meeting held December 9, 1920, had been supplied to the Regents, and that a majority had indicated their approval.

On motion of Senator Lodge, the Minutes were approved.

APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS.

The Secretary said that under the act organizing the Institution, the Vice President of the United States became a Regent [[underlined]]exofficio[[/underlined]]. He took pleasure in announcing that by virtue of his election to that office, the Honorable Calvin Coolidge was now a Regent.

The Secretary also announced that under date of January 5, 1921, the Honorable A. Owsley Stanley, Senator from Kentucky, had been appointed a Regent by Vice President Marshall.

DEATH OF THE CHANCELLOR.

Judge Gray announced the death of the Honorable Edward Douglass White, Chief Justice of the United States, Chancellor of the Institution, and presented the following resolutions:

WHEREAS; The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution having received the announcement of the death, on May 19, 1921, of the Honorable Edward Douglass White, Chief Justice of the United States, Regent of the Smithsonian Institution for ten years, eight of which he presided as Chancellor; 

RESOLVED; That the Board here expresses profound sorrow at the passing away of their beloved colleague; who, as statesman, jurist, and Chancellor, brought always to his work that remarkable ability and high conception of duty that made him so strong an influence for good;

RESOLVED; That this minute be made a part of the records of the Board, and that a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the family of the late Chancellor as an expression of the sympathy of the Regents at the irreparable loss sustained in the death of this distinguished public servant and citizen.

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