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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 9
In whatever capacity he served he was always asked to continue year after year.
He was Warden and Senior Warden of his New York Church for 45 years, an officer
of this Laboratory for 20 years and of the Oceanographic Institution for 20 years.
His interests outside the law and the Woods Hole laboratories were exceptional.
They were summed up by his friend, the Rector of the Church of the Ascension, in
these words : “¿His life was one adventure after another—climbing mountains, gazing at
the stars through his new telescope, walking through strange lands, picking up odd bits
of archaeological finds, sailing the waters from Woods Hole to everywhere. He was
at home among the classics.â€
Indeed, during his last stay in the hospital he had beside him a well-worn copy of
the Greek New Testament.
His deep affection for this Laboratory was shown when he announced his retirement
as President. As he spoke of his long association with the Laboratory his voice broke,
and in the middle of a sentence he said “¿I cannot speak further.â€
The Laboratory has lost a most valuable and devoted friend of many years.
REINHARD DOHRN
by ALBERT SZENT-GYöRGYI
It is befitting to remember here a man, Reinhard Dohrn, who was taken from our
rows by death this year, though he did not belong to the Woods Hole family of re
searchers. He belonged to the wider circle of marine biologists, among whom he played
a leading role, less through his own research than by providing for the research of
others, with his devotion to science, his ability of organization, and his very high
human qualities.
He was the Director of the Zoological Station in Naples, founded by his father,
Anton Dohrn. He saved his institution through the turmoil of political events. This he
did, less by political cunning than by his sincerity, honesty, modesty and idealism.
To me he was the embodiment of all the higher and lofty ideals that science and
humanities stand for.
He kept, always, the most friendly relations with Woods Hole in a spirit of brother
hood and not of competition. He parted at an old age, had a grand life full of struggle
and noble endeavor, as a man's life should be, so we can bear no grudge to fate, but,
all the same, his parting is a great loss to us all and to marine biology. We lost a great
and very good friend, and a grand human being.
2. THE STAFF
EMBRYOLOGY
I. INSTRUCTORs
JAMES D. EBERT, Director, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Wash
ington, in charge of course.
ALLISON L. BURNETT, Associate Professor of Biology, Western Reserve University.
JAMES W. LASH, Assistant Professor of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania.
A. A. MoscoNA, Professor of Zoology, University of Chicago.
ARTHUR B. PARDEE, Professor of Biology, Princeton University.
JOHN W. SAUNDERS, JR., Professor of Biology, Marquette University.
II. LABORATORY ASSISTANTS
JOHN J. COFFEY,Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University.
SIDNEY B. SIMPSON, JR., Department of Zoology, Tulane University.