Word: walcott
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...been with the Smithsonian Institution since 1895. Able scientists who preceded Dr. Abbot as Secretary of the Smithsonian were: Joseph Henry, who like famed Faraday, worked in early electrical experiments; Spencer Fullerton Baird, naturalist; Samuel Pierpont Langley, father of aerodynamics, whom Dr. Abbot assisted in solar work; Charles Doolittle Walcott, geologist...
CLASS DAY COMMITTEE *Charles Augustus Pratt Jr.216 *William Walcott Lord 213 *Albert Henry O'Neil 187 *William Barksdale Jones 174 *David Lloyd Garrison 172 *Howard Walter Burns 165 **Frank Bryant Cutts 163 **Hamilton Heard 163 Daniel Simonds II 150 Richard Case Berresford 129 John Hamilton Lane 100 Gardner Emmons 96 Lee Mason McTurnan 90 Beverly Tucker Thompson Jr. 61 Ballots Thrown Out 21 Total 2100 PERMANENT SECRETARY *William Ashley Magie II 229 Langdon Dearborn 71 Ballots Thrown Out 0 Total 300 PERMANENT CLASS COMMITTEE *John Peirce Chase 186 *John Watts 132 Joseph Patrick Crosby 109 James Lawrence Pool 91 Paul...
...William Walcott Lord of Danvers...
Henry Pickering Walcott: Physician, protector of the people's health; for a generation the trusted adviser of the presidents of this University, and the greatest public servant the Commonwealth has ever known...
Examination of Dr. Walcott's career indicates his tremendous vitality and his wide interest in all phases of Harvard University. It was he who officiated as acting President during the first year of this century. And as Overseer and Fellow he has been in close touch with the University government since 1887. His resignation, deserved though it is, is regrettable, for not only does it deprive Harvard of a man who has ever held its welfare as one of the great interests of his life but it also is one more milestone denoting the passing of a great group...