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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   1566

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING JANUARY 25, 1962

The Secretary stated that the minutes of the meeting held January 25, 1962 had been mailed to the members of the Board, and that two amendments had been suggested. On motion by Senator Saltonstall, seconded by Dr. Brown and Dr. Hunsaker, and carried it was

VOTED that the minutes of the annual meeting, as previously circulated, be approved with the following amendments:

Amendment to page 14

Line 13 under "General Report on Construction of the Museum of History and Technology Building"
Delete -- "the Executive Committee and"

Amendment to page 17

Line 7 in the Vote
Delete -- "in 1963"

REAPPOINTMENT OF TWO MEMBERS

The Secretary announced that Dr. Crawford H. Greenewalt and Dr. Caryl P. Haskins were reappointed as Regents on April 4, 1962.

RESOLUTIONS ON DEATH OF REGENT ARTHUR H. COMPTON

The Secretary offered the following resolutions for the consideration of the Board:

RESOLVED: That inasmuch as the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution has learned with deep sorrow of the death on March 15, 1962, of Dr. Arthur Holly Compton, Regent of the Institution for over twenty-three years:

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That in Dr. Compton's death the United States has lost one of its great atomic scientists and outstanding educators and administrators, and the Smithsonian Institution a distinguished Board member.

Dr. Compton was born on September 10, 1892, in Wooster, Ohio. His father was a college president and two uncles were also college presidents. His brother, Karl, was President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his brother, Wilson, was President of Washington State University. Early in his life Dr. Compton was encouraged in his scientific pursuits. At the age of 17, after two years of study and research, he built and flew a glider that remained airborne for 185 feet.