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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PROCEEDINGS OF MEETING FOE FINAL ORGANIZATION HELD AT ITHACA, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 27, 1888. In accordance with the call of the Committee of Organization, appointed by an assemblage of geologists at Cleveland, Ohio, on August 14th, 1888, a meeting was held at Ithaca, New York, on December 27th, 1888, to complete the organization of the American Geological Society. The meeting was held in the Botanical Hall of Cornell University, aud was called to order at 10.30 a. in. by Prof. Alexander Winchell, Chairman of the Committee. The following Fellows were present: H. L. Fairchii.d, Rochester University, Rochester, N. Y. James Hall, State Museum, Albany, N. Y. C. H. Hitchcock, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. J. F. Kemp, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. H. B. Nason, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. V J McGEK, United States Geological Survey. J. J. Stevenson, University of the City of New York. I. C. White, West Virginia University, Morguntown, W. Va. H. S. Williams, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. J. F. Williams, Pratt Technical Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. S. G. Williams, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Alex. Winchell, Michigan University, Ann Arbor, Mich. N. H. Winchell, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. The Chairman, Prof. A. Winchell, laid on the table copies of the circulars which had been issued, and addressed the meeting, detailing the work already done and making recommendations on behalf of the Committee. The list of Original Fellows, numbering 98, who had already complied with the requirements of the Provisional Constitution, Art. Ill, Section 1, was read: Ciias. Albert Ashburnbr, Penn Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. George F. Becker, United States Geological Survey, San Francisco, California. John ...
