TELLING OUR STORY DEFINING OUR FUTURE

2012/2013 ANNUAL REPORT

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Rozea petrophila R.S. Williams, collected on November 9, 1890, is part of the Academy’s bryophyte type collection. FRIENDS,

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University began its Third Century in a position of strength. After 200 years of cutting-edge scientific discovery, we were searching for new ways to enhance our programs of research and education, our collection of 18 million scientific specimens, and our public museum. In 2011, we had formed a new partnership with Drexel University to further establish Philadelphia, the birthplace of modern science in North Then the institution, with its noble America, as a city central to the advancement of the natural and environmental sciences. While celebrating our Bicentennial, we began mapping our future past and with its world-famous and envisioning the many collaborative possibilities now conceivable through our affiliation with Drexel. record of great things accomplished To plot our course, we embarked on a 10-month strategic planning process. Completed in 2012, the exciting and ambitious new Sustainable in the field of natural science, Strategic Plan identifies ways for us begins another era in its mission of to build upon our relationship with We advance research, education, and Drexel and maintain our leadership usefulness, an era in which its scope in biodiversity and environmental public engagement in biodiversity and science research. One outcome is and powers ... will be well in the environmental science. our bold new mission statement: We advance research, education, and van of modern ideas of method and public engagement in biodiversity and environmental science. This mission will guide us in our efforts to become progress. Editorial about an addition to the Academy’s building at 19th and Race streets, Telegraph, September 1896. Source: A Glorious the public stage for science in the Philadelphia region. We will achieve our Enterprise (R. Peck and P. Tyson Stroud, 2012) goals through the creation of innovative exhibits, compelling and fun visitor

experiences, and relevant research, all of which work together to help us understand the evolution of life on Earth and how we can sustain our planet for future generations. continued on next page…

2 | 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT | 1 As visitors explore the Academy and interact with our scientists and staff, we hope they’ll consider history and sustainability through a scientific lens. But the memories of our past and the stories we have yet to write are meaningful to the future of the Academy as an institution as well. How did the work of past Academy scientists, administrators, and supporters bring us to where we are today? How can we ensure a sustainable future for our research and museum so that we can continue to share our discoveries for centuries to come? This 18-month annual report offers a chance to review the accomplishments of our Bicentennial alongside the successes and challenges of our first 200 years. With our history as a guide, we are driving our museum toward a sustainable future of financial health, employee engagement, and scientific discovery. We have set our sights high, as expressed by this key vision statement: The new Academy of Natural Sciences will be the destination in the region to interact with our changing world. We implemented this vision in 2012 and 2013 as our scientists guided the first cohort of students in Drexel’s Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science through coursework and field experiences. We created a breathtaking new exhibit to commemorate our 200th birthday, hosted fun collection-themed months and behind-the-scenes tours, The new Academy of Natural Sciences will be celebrated the 30th Anniversary of our WINS program, and launched the destination in the region to interact with our bicentennial book, A Glorious our changing world. Enterprise, by Senior Fellow Robert Peck and historical biographer Patricia Tyson Stroud. We traveled to Mongolia, Vietnam, the Amazon, and other distant destinations to examine the effects of climate change and human intervention on various . Closer to home, we examined the effects of Hurricane Sandy on Barnegat Bay and rehoused and renovated our entire Entomology Collection. As we begin our third century, we extend our warmest gratitude to the members, contributors, volunteers, staff, and visitors who have helped make Academy Director of Visual Resources the Academy a go-to resource in biodiversity and environmental science. We for Ornithology (VIREO) Doug Wechsler photographed this white-vented plumeleteer look forward to working with you to advance our museum as we turn the (Chalybura buffonii) in Soberania National Park, page into our third century. Panama Province, Panama. This hummingbird lives in the understory and mid-levels of the tropical rainforest and in forest clearings. It is All the best, found from Panama to northern South America.

George W. Gephart, Jr. Cynthia P. Heckscher President and CEO Chair, Board of Trustees

2 | 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT | 3 THE BICENTENNIAL IN REVIEW

DURING OUR BICENTENNIAL, the Academy offered an entire slate of programming, from a stunning special exhibit to behind-the-scenes tours that helped our visitors delve into our science and collections like never before. Below are just a few of the highlights.

March 21, 2012, marked the Academy’s 200th anniversary. Our bicentennial town square series, “New Questions for We hosted a major celebration where guests, including an Old Planet,” explored how human behavior impacts the distinguished speaker Mayor Michael A. Nutter, had earth and its natural systems. the opportunity to preview the bicentennial exhibition, attend a reception, meet costumed re-enactors portraying The Academy’s most prestigious award, the Leidy famous Academy personalities, and view a laser and light Medal, was presented to Douglas Futuyma at a special extravaganza. Bicentennial Scientific Symposium, Biodiversity: From Evolutionary Origins to Ecosystems Function, held in The Academy at 200: The Nature of Discovery, a dynamic October 2012. yearlong exhibit, incorporated rarely seen artifacts and up-close encounters with Academy science through Cuisine from the Collections, a new annual fundraiser, reconstructions of scientists’ research environments. An previewed in October 2012. The fun, fresh experience 80-foot-long specimen wall displayed beautiful, weird, showcased the Academy’s diverse collections through scary, and rarely seen marvels from our storied collections. food and drink.

A different collection-based theme or field of study was The Academy expanded its reach to new audiences with on display at the Academy each month. Visitors built two off-site exhibits: a display of stunning birds from collection boxes, took behind-the-scenes tours, watched the institution’s Exhibits Collection at the Philadelphia scientists at work, and attended monthly Discovery International Airport, and an exhibit featuring art inspired Weekends. by the natural and environmental sciences at City Hall.

A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science, the first The Academy complete history of the Academy, launched in April 2012. Written by Senior Fellow Robert M. Peck and historical celebrated 200 years biographer Patricia Tyson Stroud, the book features images by noted photographer Rosamond Purcell. of discovery with 2012 also marked the 30th Anniversary of Women 365 days of stunning In Natural Sciences (WINS), our competitive science education, life skills, and mentoring program for young exhibits and special women from Philadelphia public and charter high schools. In June 2012, we celebrated this milestone with a special programming. event held at the Union League of Philadelphia.

2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT | 5 The Academy and Drexel University affiliation provides real-world COL- experience for students and countless resources LABO-for scientists and staff.

PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENTS BEES: The historic affiliation of the Academy of Natural Sciences and Drexel University has A STUNNING SUCCESS been extremely well-received in the community; many view it as a model for other Drexel University student Emily Johnson has always been A product of the affiliation of the Academy of nonprofit and cultural institutions considering collaboration in the new economy. passionate about nature, but a field trip to the Barnegat Bay Natural Sciences and Drexel, BEES provides students RATETogether, the Academy and Drexel have raised more than $3.6 million in support Field Station in Ocean Township, New Jersey, completely a comprehensive understanding of the environment of the transition and the new opportunities presented by the affiliation. changed the way she saw her relationship with the natural through interdisciplinary education and research. As world. In just three short days, she found herself knee-deep of the 2013–2014 academic year, the department is Here are a few ways Drexel students, faculty, and staff helped to enhance the Academy’s public experience: in a bog, collected plants in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, offering undergraduate majors in environmental science, – Adding a soundscape to North American Hall and plunged into the bay to sample crabs. geoscience, and environmental studies, as well as master’s – Developing a video for the Bicentennial Johnson is one of nine environmental science and doctoral degrees, through Drexel’s College of Arts – Creating a diatom art installation majors who spent the beginning of the 2012–2013 and Sciences. – Upgrading the gift shop and café academic year far away from the pre-term campus Led by Department Head and Vice President of – Helping us launch a new and improved website, ansp.org festivities. As members of the initial cohort to enter Academy Science David Velinsky, BEES professors help – Building a smartphone and tablet app for Academy visitors the University’s new Department of Biodiversity, Earth students develop expertise in everything from systematic – Displaying images of our bicentennial exhibit on Drexel shuttle buses and Environmental Science (BEES), she and her peers biology and paleontology to aquatic and terrestrial benefitted instantly from the program’s determination and conservation. Joined under the motto, “Field The Academy has taken many steps to enrich the learning environment at to place fieldwork at the center of each student’s learning Experience, Early and Often,” these scientists are working Drexel. Below are just a few examples: experience. to cultivate environmental advocates at a crucial time in – Contributing staff expertise in Drexel’s new Department of Biodiversity, Earth “Seeing yourself as a consumer of plants and our planet’s history. and Environmental Science and a producer of waste, and seeing yourself as an The BEES Department began with a cohort of nine – Creating student co-op positions across the institution organism that is part of the whole biosphere makes you environmental science majors. With students transferring – Helping students develop field skills during expeditions to Barnegat Bay and Mongolia feel much more valuable,” Johnson says. “I think people from other majors and the addition of the undergraduate – Opening our collections to students of science, art, and the humanities need to pay attention to that and realize that you’re also environmental studies and geoscience majors, the – Providing speakers for Drexel events and classes a much different organism from other ones, and you’re Department had grown to nearly 130 students by the – Providing articles and information for Drexel communications materials much more damaging and harmful.” beginning of its second year.

6 | 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT | 7 With live animals, specimens, and experts, the Academy’s public programs make natural science accessible to people

Students from the Academy’s of all ages, education levels, Women In Natural Sciences program seine the bay near Cape educate backgrounds, and abilities. Henlopen, Delaware. THE ACADEMY’S PUBLIC PROGRAMS inspire schoolchildren, families, and adult visitors to develop a genuine, sustained interest in exploring the natural world. Whether our educators are introducing schoolchildren to our live animals, hosting exciting festivals and special weekends for families, or guiding an adult field study group through the Pine Barrens, we strive to spark questions about nature and the environment. In fiscal year 2013, the Academy increased general admission by 10 percent and served more than 75,000 schoolchildren through outreach programs. More than 10,000 people attended our four annual festivals.

ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM ACCESS TO SCIENCE 2012 AND 2013: On a Saturday in June 2013, our doors opened early for All 2013 graduates from the Women In Natural 180 specially invited guests. Armed with visual maps and Sciences (WINS) program, our competitive science museum schedules, they were attending the museum’s first education, life skills, and mentoring program for Access to Science event, designed to help guests on the young women from Philadelphia public and charter Time Capsule autism spectrum and their families have an educational high schools, are attending college. Thanks to her and stress-free morning to gaze at dinosaur skeletons, hard work in WINS, one senior is studying in JODIE THE COATI animals, and butterflies. Drexel’s Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Our white-nosed coati (Nasua narica) came to the Academy This Access to Science event was part of an ongoing Environmental Science—a department formed as in 2001 when she was less than one year old. Wildlife project called CATAAlysis (Changing Attitudes Towards a result of the Academy’s historic affiliation with authorities found her on the streets of New Jersey, and Autism Access). The Institute of Museum and Library Drexel University. she received treatment for starvation and dehydration Services awarded a grant to the Academy of Natural Award-winning Philadelphia game developer before she found a permanent home in the Academy’s Live Sciences, the New Jersey Academy of Aquatic Sciences, and Cipher Prime visited the Academy during the Center. Native to southeast Arizona, Mexico, and the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia to undertake Philadelphia Science Festival for a collaborative parts of Central and South America, coatis are powerful, CATAAlysis. The goal of this project is to improve access program highlighting games made for individuals inquisitive animals with sharp claws and canine teeth. to museums, workshops, and volunteer opportunities for on the autism spectrum. Jodie’s caretakers think she may have been an illegal individuals on the autism spectrum. In the coming months The Philadelphia Geek Awards, hosted with pet that escaped or was released by her owner. Now she and years, education staff plan to provide Academy-wide popular blog Geekadelphia, drew 525 adults and charms visitors with her cleverness and cuteness during staff training for working with visitors on the autism recognized achievements in science, art, social live animal shows and outreach programs. spectrum. Staff members also hope to make museum stories media, engineering, and more during its annual available as phone and tablet apps and share successful tools black-tie event. with other museums.

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THE ACADEMY BRINGS natural science to life through three floors of signature exhibits, including dinosaurs and other ancient creatures, Butterflies!, Outside In, our children’s nature discovery room, live animals, and classic dioramas. To celebrate 200 years of discovery, the Academy, together with exhibit designers Remer and Talbot, created The Academy at 200: The Nature of Discovery. The exhibit featured a beautiful 80-foot-long wall of Academy New and signature specimens and artifacts, immersive environments that brought visitors face- exhibits immerse visitors to-face with current Academy field research, and authentic touchable items. In 2012 and early 2013, the Art of Science Gallery displayed noted in the natural world, photographer Rosamond Purcell’s images of Academy specimens taken for our bicentennial book, A Glorious Enterprise; photographs from the Academy’s providing opportunities Visual Resources for Ornithology (VIREO), the most comprehensive bird image for interactive, hands-on bank in the world; and life-size watercolor paintings of ocean fishes by renowned Time Capsule artist and author James Prosek. In February 2013, Drawn to Dinosaurs featured SECRETS REVEALED ANTLER SWAP learning. a life-size chalk drawing of Hadrosaurus foulkii alongside a full cast skeleton. Secrets of the Diorama, a signature exhibit created entirely Look closely at the Academy’s moose—the body belongs Hadrosaurus was discovered in 1858 in Haddonfield, N.J., by an Academy in house, opened February 4, 2012. Plans for the exhibit to one animal, and the antler rack belongs to another. member and later reconstructed by the artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins were underway as early as 2011 when a series of adult Back in the early 1930s, New York’s American Museum based on Academy research. In 1868, the Academy unveiled Hadrosaurus, the education classes revealed attendees’ intense fascination of Natural History and Chicago’s Field Museum had world’s first fully mounted dinosaur to be displayed in a museum. with the expeditions, taxidermy, and artistry that went impressive moose mounts on display. The Academy into building our dioramas. wanted an equally outstanding specimen, so in 1933, Academy experts in exhibit development, exhibit Academy benefactor Nicholas Biddle traveled to Alaska design, graphic design, exhibit fabrication, writing, and in search of such a moose. The one he collected was very audiovisual technology came together to create a one- good, but its antlers were a tad smaller than the moose of-a-kind display that allows visitors to experience the antlers at the other two museums. dioramas with fresh eyes. The permanent exhibit is the The taxidermist commissioned to mount the moose, first at the Academy to combine lush, large-scale graphics Louis Paul Jonas, and the Academy’s Director of Exhibits, that help tell the story of our dioramas with touchable Harold Green, found a larger pair and secured them to the items, such as tongues and eyeballs; interactive taxidermy head of the moose. When the diorama opened in 1935, learning opportunities; taxidermy tools; a video and a we could confidently say that the Academy had the largest slideshow on diorama history; and more. moose mount on display in North America. The mount stands today in North American Hall.

10 | 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT | 11 Globe-trotting scientists bring back evidence of new species and preserve specimens for future collect generations. ACADEMY SCIENTISTS conduct research around the world, collecting specimens that help them document biodiversity, trace evolution, and track environmental changes over time. Through festivals, Members’ Night, behind- the-scenes tours, and popular publications, these scientists share their discoveries, enabling their colleagues, visitors, and members to gain further insight into life on Earth and how to sustain it in the future. In a river draining Mongolia’s Hangay Plateau, scientists set an In the past 18 months, our scientists produced more than 50 peer-reviewed publications. They also continued eight-foot seine to catch minnows, loaches, and graylings. The fishes’ genetic cultivating our collections and traveling outside the museum for research on dozens of field trips and expeditions. differences are helping geologists assess the timing of the plateau’s uplift. Dr. Tamra Mendelson (center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County) invited Academy Senior Curator of Entomology and grasshopper expert Dan Otte described 80 new Melanoplus species from Hymenopodidae] [Mantodea: gemmatus Saussure Creobroter Diapheromeridae]; [Phasmida: Diesbachia tamyris Coreidae); (Westwood) (Hemiptera: Academy ichthyologist Dr. Mark Sabaj Pérez (right) to assist the project because the —an extraordinary feat published in Transactions of the American Entomological Society. Mictis sp. of his extensive knowledge of Mongolian fishes.

HERE ARE JUST A FEW ADDITIONAL ENTOMOLOGY REHOUSES COLLECTION Time Capsule EXAMPLES OF OUR WORK: Until recently, the Academy’s approximately 4 million ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S FISH – In summer 2012, Academy entomologists, fisheries specimens were stored in cabinets built during In 1934, Academy Managing Director Charles M.B. biologists, and watershed scientists conducted the 1970s. At the time, the compact, wooden cabinets Cadwalader requested the aid of writer and skilled interdisciplinary research on Mongolia’s biodiversity offered room for growth, but they did not provide fisherman Ernest Hemingway for an important research and the impacts of climate change. The Mongolian ideal protection for the specimens from pests and the project in Cuban waters. The Academy’s Chief Ichthyologist, Aquatic Insect Survey continued an ongoing project environment, and the thick wooden shelves limited the Henry W. Fowler, headed the Gulf Stream Marine Test of dedicated to the research and inventory of the storage space. Scientists soon struggled to find specimens 1934–1935, and Hemingway, who had become an Academy in the growing collection. To address these problems, in Eupholus schoenherrii country’s aquatic and their habitats. member in 1929, jumped at the chance to assist. (Guérin-Méneville) 2012 and 2013 our entomologists undertook an extensive – Our Ichthyology Department spearheaded a col- The research project studied the life histories, [Coleoptera: Curcu- rehousing and inventory project funded by the National lionidae] laborative effort to sample the fish in Brazil’s Xingu migrations, and classifications of Atlantic marlin, tuna, Science Foundation and the Institute of Museum and River, thanks to a National Science Foundation and sailfish. In August 1934, Fowler, Cadwalader, and Library Services. grant. A huge dam to be built in the near future Hemingway spent a month on Hemingway’s boat the Entomologists transferred specimens into new boxes, threatens the unique . Pilar, catching, measuring, and classifying numerous fishes. identified and labeled them, and pinned them into place. – The Malacology Department began to create digital These specimens were then placed into state-of-the-art, Correspondence between Cadwalader and Hemingway after images of many irreplaceable specimens thanks to temperature-controlled cabinets that will prevent any light, the trip illustrates that the latter party’s assistance enabled a grant from the National Science Foundation. A pests, and moisture from damaging the specimens. The Fowler to more accurately classify the marlin of the Atlantic remarkable new imaging facility and a new scanning cabinets are made of thin steel, freeing up 15 to 20 percent Ocean. More than 40 letters between Cadwalader, Fowler, electron microscope purchased with the Academy’s more space for new specimens. Entomologists also recorded and Hemingway are housed in the Academy’s Archives, Hattersley Family Collections Care Upgrade Fund insect data in an online resource that will allow naturalists to and the Academy’s Ichthyology Collection holds several of will enable the Academy to make many images easily locate specimens and examine our collection online. Hemingway’s game fish specimens. available online.

12 | 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT | 13 MOVING PICTURES Pages and pages of stories, To the Academy Library, the situation was win-win: preserve the Exhibits Department had been preparing a new plus rare artifacts, hold permanent display called Secrets of the Diorama and was looking for classic footage of the art of taxidermy, court in the Academy’s background painting, molding and casting, and related Film stills from To Africa for a Library and Archives—­­ and skills. The Academy Archives, home to about 400 reels of Habitat Group: 1955 Carpenter film, holds a fantastic piece of history in its 16-mm film, Expedition, restored for the Secrets of the Diorama exhibition. ANS they have a lot to tell us To Africa for a Habitat Group: 1955 Carpenter Expedition. Archives Coll. 2012-11 about our past and present. The content was perfect for the exhibit, but the film was badly in need of restoration. The catch? Only that it costs about $4,000 to profes- THE ACADEMY LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES is internationally recognized sionally clean, properly restore, and digitize just one reel. for its rare and historic books, journals, art, artifacts, manuscripts, photo- The Library and Archives and Exhibits Department brought graphs, and the unique papers and research of Academy members and staff. together departmental funds to bring our classic Academy The Library holds more than 250,000 titles that span five centuries. Our film into an accessible digital format. Now the restored, Archives collections contain over a million items, including manuscripts, hour-long DVD is cataloged in the Library and readily avail- correspondence, field notebooks, films, journals, and photographs. able to anyone intrigued by this collecting expedition. A In 2012, the Library and Archives increased visitation by 58 percent. Book seven-minute version showing the expedition, fabrica- conservator Nancy Nitzberg completed the restoration of the prized first-edition tion, taxidermy, and artistry behind the Desert of Borkou copy of our 1777 Cook Atlas. We also began plans to process the extensive Ruth diorama is now on display in the exhibit. Patrick papers through a Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) project, Uncovering Philadelphia’s Past: A Regional Solution to Revealing Hidden Collections. This work is supported by a grant from the Council Time Capsule on Library and Information Resources & Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania. CORRESPONDING WITH DARWIN March 4, 1860 Dr. Joseph Leidy (1823–1891), the preeminent scientist of his time, was an expert in fields as diverse as vertebrate Dear Sir, Your note has pleased me more than you could paleontology and parasitology. As an Academy curator for readily believe; for I have during a long time heard all good decades and Academy president from 1882 until his death, judges speak of your palaeontological labours in terms of he corresponded with a diverse group of scientists whose the highest respect. Most palaeontologists (with some few nearly 3,000 handwritten letters remain in the Academy good exceptions) entirely despise my work; consequently Archives. One of Leidy’s most legendary correspondents approbation from you has gratified me much. Your sentence is the father of evolutionary theory, Charles Darwin. that you have some interesting facts “in support of the Darwin comments on Leidy’s support of his theory of doctrine of selection, which I shall report at a favourable natural selection: opportunity,” has delighted me even more than the rest of your note. Pray forgive this egotistical note and with cordial In spring 2012, the Archives thanks for your letter… Believe me Dear Sir, With sincere and Malacology Department collated and inventoried respect, Yours obliged, the Academy’s collection of Blaschka glass models of marine Charles Darwin invertebrates, purchased in 1879 through Ward’s Natural Science Establishment.

14 | 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT | 15 HURRICANE SANDY HITS NEW JERSEY WETLANDS

From communicating potential Tracy Quirk has spent years monitoring changes in wetland elevations at sites in New Jersey’s Barnegat and Delaware Bays. The Academy health effects of environmental wetland scientist and assistant professor in Drexel’s Department of toxins to exploring impacts of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science looks at changes in Hurricane Sandy, the Academy’s plant communities, plant biomass, and soil and water chemistry to explore and understand wetland health and how human activities contribute environmental programs and to wetland changes. Her goal is to understand whether wetlands, research studies dig deeply into which are crucial to protecting communities from storms, will be critical real-world problems. sustainable given projected rates of sea level rise. evaluate The recording instruments she uses to track these variables were at work when Hurricane Sandy crashed into the Jersey coast in October FOR DECADES, the Academy has been at the forefront of environmental 2012, logging water levels throughout the storm. Combined with data research. Academy scientists research, monitor, and evaluate water quality collected before and after the storm, the data will shed new light on in the northeast corridor and farther afield; analyze water and sediment how storms like Sandy can impact the sustainability and function of samples; and study life within aquatic ecosystems. In 2012, fisheries and wetlands. The information will be invaluable to residents of the Jersey watershed scientists traveled to Mongolia to study how climate change has coast and other seashore communities. affected stream health and ecology. Closer to home, the Academy’s Patrick Center was awarded a significant grant from the William Penn Foundation to continue to evaluate the potential ecological impacts of Marcellus Shale Time Capsule drilling activities on small streams in northeast Pennsylvania. During our bicentennial Town Square series, the Academy explored the REMEMBERING DR. RUTH PATRICK (1907–2013) influence of human activities on the planet. Topics included climate change, In the book A to Z of Biologists, you’ll find the entry on energy, and population; food and public health; water; and green building. Dr. Ruth Patrick sandwiched between Louis Pasteur and Internationally known consumer activist and nutritionist Dr. Marion Nestle . discussed the politics around food processing, marketing, and sales in the They are in good company. Dr. Patrick’s pioneering re- U.S., and noted biologist and environmental advocate Sandra Steingraber search, begun in the 1940s, led to the development of the explored the links between environmental toxins and human health. Patrick Principle, the fundamental principle on which all environmental science and management is based. Dr. Patrick proved that biological diversity holds the key to understand- ing the environmental problems affecting an ecosystem. Born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1907, Ruth Patrick Academy fisheries biologists traveled to Lake Hövsgöl, spent most of her childhood in Kansas City, Missouri. by providing policymakers with accurate information Mongolia, in summer 2012 to Her interest in the natural sciences was shaped by her about the environment and the benefits derived from study how fluctuating water conditions linked to climate father’s passion for the natural world. As a young girl, she its protection. Dr. Patrick mentored generations of change affect breeding and accompanied her father and sister on collecting excursions young scientists and served as a remarkable role model growth rates of Hövsgöl grayling. into nearby woods. She went on to earn a degree in biology for women eager to establish professional careers in the from Coker College, South Carolina, in 1929, and advanced natural sciences. degrees from the . On September 22, 2013, we learned with great sadness Throughout her long and distinguished career at the of the passing of Dr. Patrick at age 105. She will continue Academy of Natural Sciences (which began in the early to inspire us for generations to come. Her friends and 1930s), Dr. Patrick pioneered the study of freshwater colleagues at the Academy extend their deepest sympathy and the organisms that depend on it. She positively to her family. affected the quality of life of both humans and wildlife

16 | 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT | 17 Financials (As of June 30, 2013)

Entering its third century, Philadelphia’s natural history 6 Revenue and Support Fiscal Year 2013 1 5 museum received international press coverage, a surge 1. Admissions, Sales, and Fees $ 2,510,757 2. Contributions, Bequests, and Memberships 2,796,139 in social media following, increases in contributions, and grow 3. Endowment Income 2,894,970 2 even kudos from its youngest supporters—Academy 4. Research and Education Funding 4,431,978 5. Net Support from Parent: Drexel University 2,441,352 4 Kids Club members. 6. Other Income 734,920

Total Revenue $ 15,810,116 3 THE ACADEMY’S INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT DEPARTMENT Investment Activity 2,813,100 spent 2012 and 2013 working to enhance the Academy’s reputation and Total Revenue and Support $ 18,623,216

support the efforts of our scientists, educators, and museum. The Academy 6 7 earned Charity Navigator’s coveted 4-star rating in April 2013, recognizing the Expenses Fiscal Year 2013 5 1 institution’s fiscal health and commitment to transparency and accountability. 1. Collections and Research $ 3,711,791 In fiscal year 2013, the cost to raise a dollar was an excellent 12 cents. In 2012 2. Education and Exhibits 2,821,793 and 2013 we caught the attention of the international press, with coverage 3. Building 1,823,174 4 of the Academy’s Bicentennial in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, 4. Fundraising and Communications 1,608,415 International Herald Tribune, and other major publications. 5. General and Administrative 1,562,488 On the eve of the Bicentennial, we launched a redesigned website featuring 3 In fiscal year 2013 we 6. Depreciation and Other 357,645 2 raised more than $4.9 eye-popping graphics, smooth navigation, information about sustainability, 7. Library 526,882 million in philanthropic and breaking news and events. In Membership, the Academy rolled out a host Total Expenses $ 12,412,188 support, including unrestricted of new benefits, including the Academy Kids Club, which attracted more than contributions, bequests, and 2,700 members by June 2013. We were ranked America’s number two science Endowment Growth (in millions) Year-end Endowment Value (MM) 70 memberships, and private museum by American Mensa, an organization open to anyone who scores in support for research and 2003 $ 47.463 the top 2 percent on an accepted, standardized intelligence test. 60 education. 2004 51.066 ADDITIONAL FISCAL YEAR 2013 HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: 2005 53.230 50 – 8 percent increase in annual fund giving 2006 57.827 40 – 10 percent increase in restricted/endowment giving 2007 64.743

– 31 percent increase in membership households 2008 43.115 30

– 33 percent increase in corporate partners 2009 47.439 – 74 percent increase in Twitter followers 20 2010 50.024 – 85 percent increase in likes on our Facebook page 2011 45.794 10

2012 45.681 0 2013 $ 48.096 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13

Net Assets Fiscal Year 2013

Beginning of Year $ 67,316,966

End of Year 73,527,994

Change in Net Assets $ 6,211,028

18 | 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT | 19 On behalf of the Academy’s Board of Trustees, we wish to recognize and thank those supporters who contributed to the Academy between January 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013. Your generosity helps to fund the Academy’s many programs of research and education, and we are tremendously grateful for your support.

$200,000 and Above The Kidogo Foundation Main Line Health Systems Anonymous Louis N. Cassett Foundation Malfer Foundation The Cotswold Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Warden D. McLean Mr. Edward A. Markart Jr. The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Mrs. Elizabeth R. Moran The McEwen Family Scholarship Fund The McLean Contributionship PNC Bank Merck & Co. Martha H. and I. Wistar Morris III Mr. and Mrs. Seymour S. Preston III Susan O. and Edward A. Montgomery Jr. William Penn Foundation PSEG Power L.L.C. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony K. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B. Rorer National Geographic Society $100,000–$199,999 Urban Outfitters Mr. and Mrs. John J. Nesbitt III Anonymous Vertex, Inc. Otto Haas Charitable Trust #2 Cynthia and Martin Heckscher Mr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Paulson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. R. James Macaleer Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Peck Mrs. Jane C. MacElree Pepper Hamilton LLP Marshall-Reynolds Foundation $10,000–$24,999 Pfizer, Inc. RJM Foundation Anonymous (5) The Philadelphia Contributionship for the SNAVE Foundation Mary and Peter Austen Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire, Inc. Teva Pharmaceuticals BNY Mellon Wealth Management Mr. Francis Rasmus The Christopher Ludwick Foundation Ann and Frank Reed $50,000–$99,999 Citizens Bank Michael Reed and Yalta Gilmore-Reed Anonymous Coca-Cola Cynthia M. and Steven A. Sansone The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Dana and Neil Cohen Judith Soltz and Richard Belas The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Colket Foundation Mr.* and Mrs. James M. Stewart Charles E. Ellis Grant and Scholarship Fund Mr. and Mrs. Tristram C. Colket Jr. Patricia Tyson Stroud Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation The Connelly Foundation Drs. Sheryl and George Talbot CIGNA Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Cutler VWR Charitable Foundation Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Ms. Maude de Schauensee Walter J. Miller Charitable Trust The Hess Foundation, Inc. Abbie and Patrick Dean Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Warren Leo Model Foundation, Inc. Diversified Search Wawa, Inc. Mr. Allen J. Model and Dr. Roberta E. Gausas Elizabeth G. and Thomas Dolan IV Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Ralph C. Eagle Jr., M.D. $5,000–$9,999 UJALA Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. David Griffith Mr. and Mrs. Harris C. Aller Jr. $25,000–$49,999 Janet F. and John O. Haas Aqua America, Inc. Anonymous (2) Drs. J. Milton Harris and Alice A. Chenault Jane and John Bales The Allerton Foundation Marilyn and Nathan Hayward Dr. and Mrs. Charles Barr The Barra Foundation, Inc. Henkels & McCoy, Inc. Lois and Julian Brodsky Dow Chemical Company Foundation Independence Foundation The Brodsky Foundation FMC Corporation Mrs. Josephine S. Klein Mr. and Mrs. R. Kent Cadwalader Drs. Barbara and Len Frank Mr. and Mrs. David P. Lazar Sr. Mrs. Wendy C. Calhoun Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gephart Jr. The Lenfest Foundation The Center for Molluscan Studies Hamilton Family Foundation Mrs. Helen T. Madeira Mr. and Mrs. Byron T. Clark

20 | 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT | 21 Mr. and Mrs. R. Putnam Coes III Sean Rhoads and Keri Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Hallowell Jr. Caroline B. Rogers Deborah Kotzin and Jerome Verlin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brasler Emily and Ted Daeschler Carol and Art Silverman Mrs. Nancy G. Harris The Rorer Foundation, Inc. Dr. Evelyn S. Kritchevsky Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Brent Evie and Rod Day Ann and Martin Avery Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Havens Bonnie and Elliott Rosenberg Kenneth Kulak and Katherine Hovde Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brophy Dortone Esser Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joh n Jeming Soroko Jessie B. Hill The Honorable and Mrs. W. Hart Rufe III Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lattuca Laura T. Bullitt Drexel University School of Public Health Dr. and Mrs. Bayard T. Storey Nancy and Alan Hirsig Samuel P. Mandell Foundation Dr. Egbert G. Leigh Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Burcham Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Ms. Mary J. Vaux Hufty Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Scheller Mr. and Mrs. William G. Lyons Mr. and Mrs. William T. Campbell Jr. Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church Ms. Carol E. Ware Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hummel Schultz & Williams Inc. John Makara and Kathy Patterson Francis J. Carey Ellen and Peter Evans Willis of Pennsylvania Mr. Pemberton Hutchinson Dr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Schuyler The McCausland Foundation Nemesia Castro and Nora Forlano Ms. Elizabeth B. Farley Mrs. Margaret H. Wolcott John G. Johnson Jr. Sidney J. Stein Foundation Ms. Dagmar E. McGill Mr. and Ms. John Chalus David B. Ford Caryl Wolf Solomon Katz and Pauline Candaux Mr. and Ms. Stanley W. Silverman Katie and Bill McNabb Christopher B. Chandor Ms. Helen H. Ford Minturn T. Wright III Brooke and Tom Katzenbach Southeastern Pennsylvania Orchid Society Daniel Moerman and Claudine Farrand Mr. John T. Chew Jr. The Ford Family Foundation Zelenkofske Axelrod & Co. LLC Janet and Lewis Klein Sprague Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Moore Mr. and Mrs. William M. Clark The Grace S. and W. Linton Nelson Foundation Mrs. Ann G. Large* Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Stahl Mary Kay Nicolo Gordon Clark and Veronica Tsang Mr. and Mrs. N. Peter Hamilton $1,000–$2,499 Dr. Randi Leavitt and Dr. Robert E. Silverman Mrs. Mary D. Starr Mrs. L. Rodman Page Barbara Cobb Mrs. Penelope Harris Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Carter R. Leidy Mr. and Mrs. Carl Symon The Peter O. and Alice E Hausmann Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Collier The Haueser-Daeschler Family Mr. and Mrs. John A. Affleck Mr. Page R. Leidy Mr. John A. Terrill II Charitable Fund Community Networking Resources Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation The Albert Trust Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lloyd Mr. Dana W. Tobin Daniel and Margo Polett Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Connolly John & Dorothy Schmidt Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James L. Alexandre Sarah and Ted Lodge UGI Corporation Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rollins Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Cooper Maxine and Howard H. Lewis Ms. Sarah S. Alfadl Louis K. Fox Charitable Fund Ms. Signe Wilkinson and Mr. Jon Landau Dr. Karl F. Rugart Mr. and Mrs. David Costabile Lomax Family Foundation Ms. Ellen Anderson and Mr. Brantly Rudisill Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wilmerding Mr. and Mrs. David A. Rusenko Mr. and Mrs. Theodore S. Coxe Jr. Ms. Alexandra Moede Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Archer Dr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Madeira Mrs. Penelope Wilson Charlie Ryan and Caren Lambert Dr. and Mrs. James L. Dannenberg National Film Preservation Foundation Dr. Valerie A. Arkoosh and Mr. Jeffrey T. Harbison Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Madeira Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Louis E. Sage Charles Day and Harriet Zubar Day The Pennsylvania Trust Company Austelle Foundation Mr. and Mrs. A. Bruce Mainwaring $500–$999 Mr. Ralph S. Saul Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. DeCuzzi The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Carol Baker and Mark Stein Laura and Samuel Marshall Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Sellers Joanne R. Denworth Republic Bank K.C. and Arthur Baldadian Amy and Christopher Marvin Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Baer Sierra Club Margaret Dolan and Peter Maxwell SaylorGregg Architects Dr. Elizabeth Bales and Mr. Michael Dell’Angelo Mr. Steven G. Maurer The Honorable and Mrs. Robert O. Baldi Mrs. Henrietta Slap Mr. and Mrs. John Donaldson Dr. John P. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Myron Bassman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. McCarthy Mr. William P. Becker Mrs. Edward Starr III Mr. and Mrs. William J. Donohue Samuel M. Switzenbaum Drs. Gudrun and T. Peter Bennett Mr. Richard McElroy Mr. and Mrs. Richard Biddle Ms. Jacqueline E. Swartz The Honorable and Mrs. Calvin S. Drayer Jr. Wells Fargo Peter A. Benoliel and Willo Carey Mrs. Elizabeth P. McLean Mr. and Mrs. L. Clarke Blynn Mr. and Mrs. L. Pierre Teillon, Jr. Joyce Dutton and Paula Smith West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Blank Rome LLP Ms. Sandra Lee McLean Mr. and Mrs. Willard S. Boothby Dr. and Mrs. Keith S. Thomson Mr. Jeffrey E. Edelman Bluestone Foundation Leanne Merz McMenamin Ms. Catherine D. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thompson III Barbara Edelstein $2,500–$4,999 Jean G. Bodine Merz Family Foundation DeDe and Tony Brown Bobbie Ann Thornburg and Jack Feinberg Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Erdman Anonymous Helen Y. and Daniel K. Bowman Dr. and Mrs. William D. Mestichelli Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Mr. Erik Torp Mr. and Mrs. John S. Estey Joseph F. Baker Mr. and Mrs. W. Thacher Brown Mr. David Milne and Ms. Varya Anderson Mr. and Mrs. James M. Buck III Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Welsh Ms. Janet E. Evans Amy Branch and Jeff Benoliel Mr. and Mrs. William C. Buck Mr. and Mrs. James O. Moore Nancie and Theodore Burkett Dr. and Mrs. F. Todd Wetzel Mr. J. Morris Evans Bryn Mawr Trust Company Buckley & Company, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Donald Morel Mr. and Mrs. Peter Buttenwieser Mrs. Charlotte G. White Dr. Jay L. Federman and Ms. Sylvia R. Beck Dr. Erica Carpenter and Mr. Robert Carpenter Sheryl and Bill Bullitt Mr. and Mrs. Hugh G. Moulton Susan Dando and Alexandre Costabile Loretta and Tom Witt Marilyn Fishman and James MacElderry Judy and Ed Coslett Laurada Byers and Michael Sanyour Paul Nemeth and Jean Flood Mr. John C. Devereux Susan and John Zaharchuk Dr. Janet Fleetwood Gene and Charles Dilks Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Byers Arthur E. Newbold IV Mr. and Mrs. George M. Dorrance III Joanne and Kenneth Ford Elliott-Lewis Corporation Susan and Cummins Catherwood Mr. and Mrs. John Arthur Nyheim Carole and Harold Elkin $250–$499 Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Foster III Marian and Harvey Forman Gordon Chaplin and Sarah Teale Mr. Joseph O’Connor and Ms. Jackie Baldick Ms. Linda V. Ellsworth Ursina and Benjamin Abella Laura Foster and Aaron Goldblatt Forney Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Radcliffe Cheston Mrs. Barbara Oldenhoff Drs. Pamela and Peter Freyd Dr. Beth Overley Adamson Henry Fraimow and Jacqueline French Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Foulke Joseph I. Daily Jr. Shaun F. O’Malley and Lyn M. Buchheit Mr. and Mrs. Joel E. Givner Mr. and Mrs. Williams J. Agate Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Frank Julia W. Frick Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Davis Mr. W. Gresham O’Malley III Scott Goldman and Maryalice Cheney Dr. Warren Allmon and Ms. Jennifer Tegan Mr. and Mrs. William H. Frederick Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. Roderick Gagne Mrs. Nancy B. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Warren Palitz Dr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Golec Jr., Ph.D., RAC Mr. and Mrs. William M. Andersen Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation The Gilroy & Lillian Roberts Charitable Foundation Ms. Melanie Decinque Parkway Corporation Tamar and Marshal Granor Pramila Anne and Michael Ramirez Mr. and Mrs. William J. Frezel Joanne T. Greenspun Mr. Richard J. DePiano Mr. and Mrs. Lanny R. Patten Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Aqua Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frisbie Hangley, Aronchick, Segal & Pudlin Mrs. Edward Dillon Dr. and Mrs. Philip Y. Pearson Regional Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Asam Anthony Fusco and Michele Scelsa Gail and Peter Hearn Mr. and Mrs. Brooke K. Dolan The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company Greene Towne Montessori School Anne and John Aunins Mr. and Mrs. Ivan H. Gabel Jane and Paul Heintz Mr.* and Mrs. H. Hoffman Dolan Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Petit Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Harding Barber National Institute Joseph Galbraith and Tracie Burns Galbraith Mr. and Mrs. W. Anthony Hitschler Mr. and Mrs. William B. Eagleson Jr. Philadelphia Shell Club Sara Hertz Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Bazelon Mr. and Mrs. A. Cope Garrett Mr. John R.H. Lightbourn Jane Earle and Lawrence Jackson Mr. Feodor U. Pitcairn Tessa Hooper Ms. Catherine Beath Mr. John Garrity Trina and Hugh McCauley Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Elkinton Kathy and Ned Putnam Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Hymerling Michael Benasutti and Jennifer Cooft Jacquie and Rocco Genovesi Mr. and Mrs. William L. McLean IV Helen and Leonard Evelev Mr. and Mrs. George Putnam III Ms. Alice W. Irwin Mr. Kevin Berry Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Gerstein Elizabeth R. McLean Mrs. June P. Felley Margaret and Tom Ralph Mr. and Mrs. Craig N. Johnson Dr. and Mrs. David A. Bevan Joan Gervato Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. McNeil III Tranda S. Fischelis Dr. Ann F. Rhoads and Mr. Paul L. Rhoads Mr. Russell O. Jones Mr. and Mrs. James Bilella William and Nancy Giles Mr. and Mrs. Ranney Moran Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Foster Gretchen and Jay Riley Barbara R. and Charles Kahn Jr. Kenneth S. Blackney and Robert R. Ditto Howard Goldfine and Norah Johnston-Goldfine Pennoni Family Foundation Vernon Francis and Camille Paglia The Rittenhouse Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Lou W. Karr Mr. Andrew Blittman and Ms. Linda Zaleski Ken Goldman and Winnie Wang Dr. Lucian B. Platt Ms. Elizabeth H. Gemmill Harriet and Robert Robertson Elaine and Ken Kirby Ms. Doris B. Braendel Mr. and Mrs. Richard Greenawalt Dr. Julie Reich Dr. Janice T. Gordon

22 | 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT | 23 Ms. Judith Ramirez Honorary Gifts Mrs. Stephen Pearson, in honor of Dr. Ruth Patrick Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Ramsay Jr. Anonymous, in honor of Franklin Todd Wetzel The Pennsylvania Trust Company, in honor of Wistar Morris and Miguel Perez REI Anonymous, in honor of Priscilla Ryan RLBenson & Associates, in honor of Judee Von Seldneck Rosalind Remer and James N. Green Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Baer, in honor of Paul Overbeck Mary and Peter Scout, in honor of Allen Model, board member of WOMEN’S WAY Riverton Branch - BCLS Mr. and Mrs. David Costabile, in honor of Dr. Neal Cohn and Dana Stott Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Silverman, in honor of Art Silverman’s birthday Mr. and Mrs. John M. Robinson III Elizabeth G. and Thomas Dolan IV, in honor of Dr. Ruth Patrick Mr. and Mrs. C. Thomas Wood, in honor of Dr. Ted Daeschler Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. A. Cope Garrett, in honor of Dr. Nate Rice and Dr. Julie Reich Diane and Jonathan Rogers Jacquie and Rocco Genovesi, in honor of Ned Gilmore Memorial Gifts Jenny Rose and Gus Carey Mr. Joseph Grogan, in honor of the Gess/Grogan Wedding Ms. Katherine M. Barnash, in memory of Stanley L. Barnash Dr. Dianne M. Rothstein Jessie B. Hill, in honor of Jane C. Macelree Mr. and Mrs. William T. Campbell Jr., in memory of William L. McLean III Andrea Rowe and Benjamin Stahl Ms. Alice W. Irwin, in honor of Bob Peck Mr. Harrington E. Crissey Jr., in memory of Elizabeth Hewitt Julie Stone and Michael Rueter Robert E. Kay M.D., in honor of Sue O’Connell and the Academy’s Bicentennial Barbara C. and Frank S. Keith, in memory of Albert Visco Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A.A. Sargent Ms. Susan Levering, in honor of Murray Levyn for his birthday Deborah Kotzin and Jerome Verlin, in memory of Margaret E. Kotzin Mr. Steven E. Saunders Sarah and Ted Lodge, in honor of Dr. Ted Daeschler Dr. Egbert G. Leigh Jr., in memory of G. Evelyn Hutchinson Doris S. Schoener Mr. and Mrs. Chi Mo, in honor of George W. Gephart Jr. Louis K. Fox Charitable Fund, in memory of A. Virginia Fox Ms. Bonnie Schorske Mr. Michael Newbold, in honor of Clement B. Newbold The McLean Contributionship, in memory of William L. McLean III Cigus Vanni, in memory of Patricia Kane-Vanni Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Seidman Ms. Diana S. Oppenlander, in honor of Patricia Tyson Stroud Dr. and Mrs. Paul Shaman Ms. Margaret Sharkey Drs. Karen and Robert Sharrar The 1812 Society: Leaving A Legacy Estate Gifts Library Technology Fund Mr. and Ms. Alan Greenberger Marion Mann Ms. Myrna B. Shure Estate of Howard P. Boyd McLean Acquisition Fund Mrs. Tucker C. Gresh Mr. and Mrs. Oscar R. Martinez For many years, the Academy’s most dedicated Mr. and Mrs. Corey R. Smith Estate of William L. McLean III McLean Annual Fund Endowment Mr. and Mrs. John D. Groenveld Eileen and Lee Mathias supporters have invested in our future by including Mr. Robert G. Smith Estate of James Needham Mildred Eckert Book Fund Mr. Joseph Grogan Mr. and Mrs. McKinley C. McAdoo the Academy in their estate plans. The Academy’s Dr. and Mrs. Steven M. Snyder Estate of Anna W. Nock Mineral Sale Fund Haney Memorial Fund, Inc. Rita McBride and Patricia McBride Board of Trustees established the 1812 Society in Mr. and Mrs. Marc J. Sonnenfeld Estate of Edith Stead Wittman Morgan Hebard Fund Katherine and Fredrik Hiebert Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. McCulley honor of our most forward-thinking supporters whose Mrs. Carol M. Spawn Nolan Binding Fund Lois V. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Alan McIlvain contributions have sustained the Academy’s growth Helen M. Stailey Named Endowments Richard Hopper Day Memorial Fund Ronald Hodoshoft and Joann Regalbuto Ms. Kisha McKinney Ms. Louise A. Strauss for the past two centuries. To learn more or receive Albert E. Gilbert Endowment Robert and Happy Robertson Fund Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Huffman Dr. Mary Patterson McPherson Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Strawbridge a free copy of our guide to gift planning, Leaving a The Albert M. Greenfield Technology Upgrade Ruth Patrick Chair in Environmental Science Catherine T. Hunt and Wesley J. Wolf Ashley Merritt Heather Hahn Sullivan and Lon Sullivan Legacy, please contact Amy Miller Marvin, vice Endowment Schuyler Herbarium Internship Endowment Fund Mr. Thomas M. Hyndman Jr. Alison and Dale Miller Mr. Robert B. Tallyn president of Institutional Advancement, at 215-299- Anonymous Discretionary Fund The Sherry E. Weiss Fund for Outside In Ms. Francie Ingersoll and Mr. Matthew Taylor Mrs. Gainor I. Miller Tasty Baking Foundation 1013, email [email protected], or visit ansp.org/ Böhlke Memorial Endowment Vertebrate Paleontology Special Fund Mr. Nikol Jackson Marie Miller and Lisa Moc Miller Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thayer Brooke Dolan Archivist Endowment The William L. McLean III Endowed Fellowship Dr. Jack Jallo and Ms. Mary G. Johnston Rosanne M. Mistretta and Steven Thomas Miano plannedgiving. Thank you for your support! Mr. Kirk J. Thieroff Carol Spawn Endowment Fund Fund Mr. Neil Jennings Mr. and Mrs. Chi Mo Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Chaplin Chair of Ichthyology Young People’s Explorer Series Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jones Lyn and David Montgomery 1812 Society Members Dr. and Mrs. Steve Townend Cheryl Beth Silverman Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. Justi Barbara B. and Bruce F. Morgan Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. John C. Tuten Jr. Clark Operating Endowment Gifts to the Library and Collections Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kaplan Timothy Morris and Kathleen Neilon Jean G. Bodine Carol Underwood and Carol Spelkoman de Schauensee Endowment Fund Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Allen Robert E. Kay M.D. William Mulherin Joel and Joan Chinitz Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Urban The Don and Virginia Eckelberry Endowment for Christopher Blaxlad Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Keel Mr. and Mrs. Guy Murray Jane Earle and Lawrence Jackson Abby Van Pelt and Jeff Silverman Wildlife Art Mr. Stanley P. Boyd Mr. and Mrs. Randall Kehrt Mr. Justin Murray Drs. Barbara and Len Frank Mr. and Mrs. John F. Vetter III Dr. Charles Hodge IV Memorial Endowment Dr. Janardhan G. Butte Mr. Joseph Kelleher Drs. Frances and Douglas Nadel Mrs. S. Page Hartley Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Volio ERC Endowment M.F. Cardamone Mr. and Mrs. William Kemp Michael Neavear and Lisa Litz-Neavear Cynthia and Martin Heckscher Thomas Whitman and Mira Rabin Fellow of the Academy Chair Gregory Cowper and Karen Schmidt Lisa and George Kenis Mr. and Mrs. John B. Neff Lois V. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Widner Florence R. Foerderer Endowment Fund Carol Crane Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Kerr Paul Nestor and Kathy Jones-Nestor Mr. and Mrs. R. James Macaleer Mrs. Carole Chew Williams-Green Frank & Ruth Patrick Endowment Fund Elizabeth G. and Thomas Dolan IV Mr. and Mrs. Brian S. Kestenbaum Mr. and Mrs. Blake E. Nicholson III Mr. Edward A. Markart Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Wilson Grace Tees Herbarium Maintenance Fund Deborah C. Domino Dr. and Mrs. Richard C. Kovach Georgiana and Eric Noll Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Peck Mr. Gordon Yasinow H. Radclyffe Roberts Fund Janet Evans Melissa La Buda and Anthony Laskosky Timothy Nugent and Rebecca Calder Nugent Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Petit Lynn and Paul Yeakel Hattersley Family Foundation Collection Care The Field Museum Mr. and Mrs. Todd Landman Joseph O’Hare and Wallace Beard Mr. and Mrs. Seymour S. Preston III Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Young Upgrade Fund Ellery E. Foutch Mrs. Carolyn Langfitt Albert T. Olenzak, Ph.D. Mr. Francis Rasmus Mr. John L. Zachary Hayden Memorial Geological Fund Mr. William Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Kent P. Lannert Mr. William H. Osborne, III Ann and Frank Reed Mr. Marvin Garfinkel Patsy Palmer and Mark Widmer Sean Rhoads and Keri Fisher Hazel and Radclyffe Roberts Fund Rita LaRue and Bernard Gollotti The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is deeply Harriet and Robert Robertson Henry A. Pilsbry Chair of Malacology Jon Gelhaus Robert Lawler and Thomas Lawler Mrs. Eliana Papadakis grateful to all its donors and supporters. If your name was Dr. Gary Rosenberg Horace and Marie Richards Fund Klaus Groh The Lee F. & Phoebe A. Driscoll Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Paul inadvertently omitted or incorrectly listed, please accept our Jessup-McHenry Fund John Hall Cecily D. Littleton Mr. and Mrs. E. Matthew Paul apologies and contact the Office of Institutional Advancement Dr. John P. Schmidt Joe Cadbury Scholarships Fund Historical Society of Frankford Mr. and Mrs. James W. MacCombie Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Pendergast at 215-299-1182 or [email protected] so that we may correct Mr. and Mrs. Philippe Serra John and Marjorie Foster Fund for Ornithology Mr. and Mrs. Carl King Loretta and John Maley Mr. and Mrs. J. Sergeant Pepper it in the future. Carol and Art Silverman John J. and Anna H. Gallagher Fellowship Steven C. Latta Marcelle and Carl Malisheski Kathleen and Edward Pereles Joseph Leidy Memorial Fund Mathieu Leti Margaret P. Manlove Mr. and Mrs. Gary K. Porter *Deceased Leidy Sculpture Preservation Fund Library Company of Philadelphia

24 | 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT | 25 John R. Marsh Mr. and Ms. Alan Greenberger J & J Snack Foods Corporation Eileen Mathias Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Greenwood Jr. Main Line Health Systems Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Peck Hamilton Family Foundation NBC 10 Philadelphia Volunteer Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Petit Cynthia and Martin Heckscher Robertson’s Flowers Mr. and Mrs. James Prosek Jane and Paul Heintz Patricia Tyson Stroud Mrs. Helen M. Roback Lydia Hunn and Charles Derr Tabula Creative David Roberton Ms. Francie Ingersoll and Mr. Matthew Taylor Mr. Otto Tidwell Robert Robertson Mr. Joseph Kelleher Wawa, Inc. Between January 2012 and June 2013, 581 volunteers contributed Gary Rosenberg Janet and Lewis Klein Mr. Colton Weatherston Jr. more than 52,000 hours to the advancement of research, education, Edward Sargent and Patty Stewart Ms. Lou Ann Langdale and public engagement in biodiversity and environmental science. Alfred E. Schuyler Mr. and Mrs. Carter R. Leidy Matching Gift Organizations Ms. Polly Scott Sarah and Ted Lodge Aetna Foundation, Inc. Volunteers supported work in the collections and laboratories, Nadège Sebille Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Longstreth Altria educated exhibit visitors, and demonstrated enthusiasm and Dr. Marcye Shayer Mr. and Mrs. R. Scott Mackay BNY Mellon Wealth Management expertise during our festivals and Members’ Night. Ann and Martin Avery Snyder Marvin Waxman Consulting Engineers Chevron U.S.A., Inc. Mrs. Carol M. Spawn Mr. Steven G. Maurer Johnson & Johnson Matching Gifts Program Mr. Shane Stratton Dr. and Mrs. David M. McCarthy Merck Partnership for Giving We thank the following volunteers for contributing at least 100 Patricia Tyson Stroud Mr. and Mrs. Alan McIlvain The Pew Charitable Trusts hours of service between January 2012 and June 2013. Drs. Sheryl and George Talbot Mr. A. Larry Melton The Philadelphia Contributionship for the Ms. Sarah Elgin Timberlake Rosanne M. Mistretta and Steven Thomas Miano Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire, Inc. Albert Aldinger III William Gildea Joan L. Tobias Martha H. and I. Wistar Morris III SAP America, Inc. Robert Allen Darnell Gilmore Cigus Vanni Georgiana and Eric Noll William Penn Foundation Brendan Aquilino Tessa Glover Victoria Walsh Mrs. Roberta W. Odell Allison Aubrey Judy Goldberg Ms. Jan Yager Mrs. Barbara Oldenhoff Government and Research Grants Mr. Brandon Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Peck Aqua America Giovanna Baccini Cole Grzywinski Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Pennoni Barnegat Bay National Estuary Program Melissa Barrett Bailey Gunn Cuisine from the Collections S. Michael Phillips CH2M Hill Patrick Bell Lauren Hadam Mr. and Mrs. Williams J. Agate The Philadelphia Inquirer Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Emily Bergen Amanda Hamorsky Mr. Robert Angevine Mr. and Mrs. Seymour S. Preston III Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Sara Berlin Devon Harmon Joseph F. Baker Ann and Frank Reed Environmental Quality Eden Beschen Roland Harper Jane and John Bales Michael Reed and Yalta Gilmore-Reed Delaware River Basin Commission Anna Bezahler Michael Harrington Ms. Florence Barber Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B. Rorer Eastman Chemical Company Elyse Bilardo Ann Davi Harwi Ms. Christine Barris Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Scharff Enviroscience, Inc. Iris Blum Gail Heimberger Robert Berghaier Joanne and Bruce Shanzer General Electric Cieayrra Boozer Jane Heintz Dr. and Mrs. Wade H. Berrettini Mr. Brian Sheppard Institute of Museum and Library Sciences Carolyn Borock Lawrence Henderson Mr. and Mrs. James M. Buck III Carol and Art Silverman Lower Salford Township Authority Grace Bridy Susan Heyner-Joshi Mr. and Mrs. Christian Bullitt Mrs. Henrietta Slap National Film Preservation Foundation Tracey Brooks Martin Heyworth Susan and Cummins Catherwood Ann and Martin Avery Snyder National Science Foundation Brigette Brown Ian Hoffman Anne Clothier Judith Soltz and Richard Belas Natural Lands Trust Joseph Chandler Marion Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coulson III Ms. Karen Stark New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium Stephen Clymer Dana Horton Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Cutler Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Townsend New Jersey Department of Linda Coddington Blake Johnson Emily and Ted Daeschler Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Urban Environmental Protection Dana Cohen Chris Johnson Abbie and Patrick Dean Nancy and Kenneth Warren Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Sarah Collopy Richard Kaplan Mr. John C. Devereux Caryl Wolf Pennsylvania Department of Shani Craighead Alan Kirschenstein Mr. and Mrs. John Donaldson Mr. David C. Ziccardi Environmental Protection Kimberly Custer Barbara Kirschenstein Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Elkinton The Pennsylvania State University In-Kind Contributors Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Engelman Philadelphia Water Department Alesha Daniels Douglas Klieger 12th Street Catering Helen and Leonard Evelev Rutgers University Tia D’Costa Ben Kligman Capogiro Mr. John Fannin Seadrift Coke, LLP Johnny Dickie Rachel Kline D’Artagnan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Farrell Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Amy Diercks Dutch Klugman Drexel University Hospitality, Tranda S. Fischelis State of Maine Department of Joanna Dudley Adam Knapp Culinary and Food Science Dr. Gary A. Fisher Environmental Protection Susan Dugan Deborah Kogan Frieda’s, Inc. Ms. Liz Foo U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Diane Edwards Diane Kontomus Philly Compost Mr. and Mrs. David B. Ford Jr. Union Carbide Corporation Cory Eklund Alysia Korn Saltworks, Inc. Ms. Elizabeth H. Gemmill United States Department of the Army Iman Elkhashab Kate Krsnak Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gephart Jr. United States Environmental Protection Agency Gifts in Kind Edward Feierstein Ardis Kuehne Ms. Nancy A. Goldenberg United States Geological Survey William Frezel William Kuehne Blick Art Materials Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Simon Golec Jr. Versar Anna Gallini Shannon Kulig Fresh Direct Ms. Bonnie Grant Water Assessment Association Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gephart Jr. Stefan Gallini Andrew Laberee Mr. and Mrs. David Gray William Penn Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Raj L. Gupta Cindy Geiger-Jenkins Nora Laberee Ms. Aliza Green Woods Hole Group, Inc. Hewlett-Packard Ashley Geremia Joe Lai Mr. and Mrs. Richard Greenawalt

26 | 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013 ANNUAL REPORT | 27 Julianne Layden Lauren Romero Drexel Co-ops took time away from their classroom BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ashli Lenox Sara Rosenbloom (As of November 30, 2013) Murry Levyn Jeremy Rudoler studies to contribute more than 22,500 hours to Andrew Lin Betty Ruggeri the Academy. We thank them for their dedication. Vincent Louanphom Nick Ruggeri Chair of the Board Jennifer Louie Bill Rulon-Miller Jillian Adair, Fisheries Cynthia P. Heckscher Pauline Lui Ashly Saksida Daniel Akiki, Institutional Advancement Susan Luong Greta Schmidt Samuella Andre, Institutional Advancement Agnes Maier Mary Beth Schmitt Boris Bayemi, Trustees Rachel Major Maxwell Schmitt Alexandra Belo, Geochemistry Peter A. Austen Brittany Malinowski Tim Serabian Kevin Biallas, Fisheries John F. Bales III Joel Malissa Indravadan Shah Viranchi Brahmbhatt, Public Experience and Strategic Initiatives Christopher Carn, Accounting Phoebe Martenson Elias Showell Helen Y. Bowman Justin Cocco, Botany/Molecular Biology Colin McCaffrey Cathy Siegl Katherine DiAngelus, Diatom Herbarium Byron T. Clark Alexandra McClain Katelyn Smithbauer Corinne Dillon Jones, Live Animal Center Carl S. Cutler Amanda McGrosky John Stefl Lynda Ferguson, Science Collections Databasing Helen McKean Shannon Stout Sarah Glorioso, Institutional Advancement Abbie Dean Keisha McLinden Scott Straubinger Anna Gourlay, Watershed and Systems Ecology Harvey I. Forman Alexis Meers Eric Teodoro Kayla Harrison, Botany Megan Melick Alden Thomas Alicia Hoy, Botany John A. Fry Steven Hromada, Wetland Ecology Darci Meyers Amanda Thomas George W. Gephart Jr. Jeremy Middleman Gwendolynn Thomas Kelly Jacobs, Bicentennial Project Seth Kaplan, Volunteer Services Stevi Miller Michelle Torres Mark L. Greenberg George Keighton, Diatom Herbarium Tatiana Mitts Shelly Toub Photo/Image Credits Angela Kelly, Ewell Sale Stewart Library Ellen Harvey Carolyn Murray Howard Traivers All images are © Academy of Natural Sciences (ANS) unless otherwise noted. Alexandra Khan, Diatom Herbarium Catherine T. Hunt John Nark Christopher Tyson Christian Ladd, Institutional Advancement On the Cover Nicole Nastasi Doruk Uzel John Lavery, Education Department David P. Lazar Sr. John Newman Shifra Vega Alexandra Leszczynski, Malacology Mictis sp. (Hemiptera: Coreidae), J.D. Weintraub/ANS Entomology Sandra L. McLean Jamie Nguyen Brian Wartell Raelyn Loftis, Live Animal Center Desmond O’Donovan Marlee Warwick Brittany MacLean, Institutional Advancement Inside Allen J. Model Alison Onstine Shaquadia Watson Rumaan Malhotra, Botany and Entomology Inside cover: Maria Silvina Ussher/ANS; Page 1 (from top): Katie O. Clark/ANS, ©Kelly & Massa Photography; Anthony K. Moore Nicholas Martin, Botany Julia Otusanya Thomas Wegman Page 2: © Doug Wechsler/VIREO; Page 4: See below; Page 6: ANS, Roger Thomas/ANS; Page 7: Rich Horwitz/ Kimberly Morales, Education Department John A. Nyheim Lauren Parry Adnrew Wert Jessica Newman, Event Rental Sales ANS; Page 8: Jill Sybesma/ANS; Page 9 (clockwise): Betsy Payne/ANS, Billy McGinnis/ANS, Cora Rivera/Drexel Brianna Perrin Jacquelyn White-Reimer Patrick M. Oates Peyton Parrott, Volunteer Services University for ANS; Page 10 (clockwise): Amy Marvin/ANS, J.D. Weintraub/ANS Entomology, Ray Skwire for Catarina Pien Mary Wicker Seymour S. Preston III Neelam Patel, Diatom Herbarium ANS, Billy McGinnis/ANS; Page 11 (from left): Erik Almas Photography for ANS, Mike Persico for ANS; Page 12: Christina Pooler Robert Wiest III Julia Kendall Pelzer, Facility Sales All images J.D. Weintraub/ANS Entomology; Page 13: ©Karl Wegmann; Page 14 (from top): Rosamond Purcell Ann L. Reed Roberta Porter Jamol Williams Emily Peoples, Outside In Joe Power Dennis Winters Nishant Rajkumar, Accounting for ANS, Mary Alice Hartsock/ANS; Page 15 (from left): ANS Archives Coll. 2012-011, ANS Archives Coll. 1; Page Michael H. Reed Julie Reich Marcia Zanger Melika Riley, Diatom Herbarium 16 (from left): Paul Overbeck/ANS, ANS; Page 17 (from top): ANS, ANS Archives Coll. 2010-020; Page 20: © Gerald B. Rorer Ashley Rheel Jen Zimmerman Andrea Robinson, Outside In Mark Laita; Page 24: ©Natalia Tkach; Page 27: Erin Wood for ANS; Page 28: Ray Skwire for ANS; Page 29: ANS Harriet Robertson Rani Saba, Diatom Herbarium Judith E. Soltz Antonio Sanchez, Botany Julian Rodgers Page 4 John J. Soroko Surina Seetha, Institutional Advancement Nicholas Sfiroudis, Outside In Column One, from top: Roger Thomas/ANS; Tamra Mendelson; Sharon Anchel Photography for ANS; ANS Kenneth J. Warren Tyler Short, Botany Archives Coll. 286, portrait of Thomas Say by Charles Willson Peale; Sharon Anchel Photography for ANS; Katherine Smith, Malacology Greg Benson for ANS; ANS Archives Coll. 64 Ariana Soliz, Malacology Emeritus Trustees Gianna Spigonardo, Science Collections Databasing Column Two, from top: ANS Archives Coll. 2010-222; ANS Archives Coll. 457; Mark Gisi/Tabula Creative R. James Macaleer Zachary Sykes, Outside In Amanda Torres, Education Department Communications for ANS; ANS Archives Coll. 2012–13, from John James Audubon’s The Birds of America; Edward A. Montgomery Jr. Khoi Tran, Ewell Sale Stewart Library ©Doug Wechsler/VIREO; Ray Skwire for ANS; Greg Benson for ANS I. Wistar Morris III Trung Tran, Outside In Minturn T. Wright III Olivia Vaccaro, Botany Column Three, from top: ©Judy Devlin; © Robert Sprague; ANS Archives Coll. 9; ANS Archives Coll. 49; Briana Wade, Institutional Advancement Roger Thomas/ANS; ANS Archives Coll. 2010-020; Ray Skwire for ANS Zachary Wallace, Ewell Sale Stewart Library Honorary Trustees Alison Waxberg, Live Animal Center Bonnie Wiedel, Diatom Herbarium Column Four, from top: ANS Archives Coll. 49; ANS Archives Coll. 64; Greg Benson for ANS; Greg Benson Elizabeth G. Dolan for ANS; ANS Archives Coll. 49; Greg Benson for ANS; Mark Sabaj Pérez/ANS Ruth Patrick*

Column Five, from top: Mary Alice Hartsock/ANS; Stephen Mason/ANS; ©Doug Wechsler/VIREO; Sharon

Design: Tabula Creative Tabula Design: Anchel Photography for ANS; Stephen Mason/ANS; ANS Archives Coll. 49; Jon Gelhaus/ANS * Deceased

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