View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Institutional Repository LONG ISLAND BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY COLD SPRING HARBOR LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 1930 LONG ISLAND BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1924 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY FOUNDED 1890 FORTY -FIRST YEAR 1930 DOCTOR WILLIAM J. MATHESON COLONEL TIMOTHY S. WILLIAMS This report is dedicated to thememory of two of our former Presidents DOCTOR WILLIAM J. MATHESON and COLONEL TIMOTHY S. WILLIAMS THE LONG ISLAND BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION President Arthur W. Page Vice President and Treasurer Vice President Marshall Field W. J. V. Osterhout Secretary Charles B. Davenport Asst. Treasurer and Auditor Asst. Treasurer and Asst. Secretary William F. Dean R. G. Harris Director of The Biological Laboratory Reginald G. Harris BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ASSOCIATION To serve until 1934 George Draper Presbyterian Hospital, New York City S. R. Detwiler Columbia University Mortimer L. Schiff Oyster Bay, N. Y. W. W. Swingle Princeton University Henry C. Taylor Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. Willis D. Wood Huntington, N. Y. To serve until 1933 James C. Ayer Glen Cove, N. Y. C. B. Davenport Carnegie Institute of Washington Reginald G. Harris The Biological Laboratory Henry Hicks Westbury, N. Y. Acosta Nichols Oyster Bay, N. Y. H. M. Parshley College John K. Roosevelt Glen Cove, N. Y. To serve until 1932 W. J. Crozier Harvard University Oliver B. James Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. Walter Jennings Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. R. C. Leffingwell Oyster Bay, N. Y. W. J. V. Osterhout Rockefeller Institute Charles R. Stockard Cornell Medical College To serve until 1931 Charles M. Bleecker Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. Marshall Field Huntington, N. Y. Ross G. Harrison Yale University Wilton Lloyd-Smith Huntington, N. Y. Arthur W. Page Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. William K. Vanderbilt Centerport, N. Y. H. E. Walter Brown University EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Arthur W. Page, Chairman C. B. Davenport Walter Jennings W. J. V. Osterhout Marshall Field Acosta Nichols John K. Roosevelt FINANCE COMMITTEE Messrs. Jennings, Leffingwell and Wood A. W. Page and Marshall Field Ex Officio COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Henry C. Taylor, Chairman Arthur W. Page Reginald G. Harris 4 Members of the Long Island Biological Association Founders By contribution of at least $5,000 in money or property 'Mrs. Eugene Blackford Russell C. Leffingwell Mrs. Ethel Clyde --William J. Matheson Henry W. deForest J. P. Morgan Mrs. Leonard Elmhirst Acosta Nichols Marshall Field Mrs. Acosta Nichols tDr. Walter B. James Arthur W. Page Mrs. Walter B. James Mortimer L. Schiff Walter Jennings William K. Vanderbilt -John D. Jones Wawepex Society Mrs. Otto H. Kahn 'Col. T. S. Williams fRobert B. Woodward Patrons By contribution of at least $500 James C. Ayer Russell C. Leffingwell Frank L. Babbott Mrs. Russell C. Leffingwell --Eugene Blackford Wilton Lloyd-Smith -Mrs. Eugene Blackford Mrs. Wilton Lloyd-Smith Miss Rosina Boardman -William J. Matheson tNicholas F. Brady Van Santvoord Merle-Smith John Chase Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Mrs. Ethel Clyde A. G. Milbank Thomas Cochran Ogden Mills W. R. Coe J. P. Morgan Paul D. Cravath 1Wm. H. Nichols, Jr. Charles B. Davenport Acosta Nichols Mrs. Charles B. Davenport Mrs. Acosta Nichols Henry W. deForest Mrs. George Nichols Mrs. Henry W. deForest 'Henry F. Noyes Robert W. deForest Isaac R. Oeland Cleveland H. Dodge Arthur W. Page F. N. Doubleday George D. Pratt Mrs. Leonard K. Elmhirst Harold I. Pratt W. E. Erhart Herbert L. Pratt S. A. Everitt 'Cornelia Prime Marshall Field Victor Rakowsky tEdward Floyd-Jones Oran W. Rice Childs Frick fW. Emlen Roosevelt Hugo Fricke Mrs. Emlen Roosevelt Mrs. E. H. Harriman Walter J. Salmon tA. Augustus Healy Mortimer L. Schiff August Heckscher Donald Scott Anton G. Hodenpyl -Clarence W. Seamans tDr. Walter B. James Howard C. Smith Mrs. Walter B. James Henry L. Stimson Walter Jennings Louis C. Tiffany Mrs. Walter Jennings William K. Vanderbilt -Frank S. Jones Wawepex Society -John D. Jones Walter J. Whipple tDr. Oliver L. Jones --Timothy S. Williams Mrs. Otto H. Kahn Mrs. Timothy S. Williams Alfred Kornfeld Willis D. Wood Miss Mabelle F. Lane Mrs. Willis D. Wood fRobertB. Woodward t Deceased. 5 Sustaining Members By annual contribution Paul Abbott Charles B. Davenport Helen T. Albro 'Frances G. Davenport J. E. Aldred Pierrepont Davenport Justin M. Andrews John W. Davis C. S. Apgar F. Trubee Davison Mary Auten Henry W. deForest James C. Ayer Johnston deForest Frank L. Babbott Robert W. deForest Ralph Bailey Fairman R. Dick Arthur A. Ballantine Abigail C. Dimon Max S. Bart Joseph H. Doll Mary Beard Frank N. Doubleday Frederick Bernheim Marin S. Dunn Harold Birnkrant Ferdinand Eberstadt Irving Blanchard William A. Ellison Charles M. Bleecker S. A. Everitt T. Bache Bleecker, Jr. Mrs. Robert R. Faust A. W. Blizzard Calvin F. Fencil Edward C. Blum Marshall Field Rosina C. Boardman Leo la Fields J. H. Bodine Edwin A. Fish Mrs. Rudyard Boulton Mrs. Walter L. Fleisher Keeve Brodman Lydia M. Fletcher Mrs. Keeve Brodman Rolfe Floyd L. Dudley Bumpus George S. Franklin Sumner 0. Burhoe Herbert Friedmann Vincent G. Burns Florence M. Frost Helen E. Butts Wendell Gingrich Esther F. Byrnes Oscar Goldin Dorothy W. Caldwell Myron Gordon J. Lincoln Cartledge Albert Z. Gray Mrs. George Cassidy Henry G. Gray Herbert W. Chaimas R. H. Gray John Chase Susan A. Green Lenore Ann Cisney N. M. Grier Helen A. Choate Katrina Haines J. Loomis Christian --Benjamin R. Harris Edward D. Churchill Mrs. B. R. Harris W. R. Coe D. S. Hart line Henry S. Conard H. E. Hawkes Elizabeth Copeland Mrs. Glenn G. Hayes J. H. Cornehlsen, Jr. 0. M. He lff George W. Corner -Annie P. Henchman Jocelyn Crane Henry Hicks Paul D. Cravath Anton G. Hodenpy 1 t Deceased. 6 Franklin Hollander E. Carleton Mac Dowell Gail H. Holliday Marion I. Martin Grace L. Holmes --William J. Matheson Davenport Hooker H. S. Mayerson Mrs. S. C. W. Hoppin A. L. Melander Perry S. Horenstein Mrs. A. L. Melander Clarence A. Horn Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Louis J. Horowitz Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Mrs. Howard Hubbard Charles W. Metz Marian E. Hubbard Florence Middleton John R. Huggins Albert G. Milbank Harrison R. Hunt 1-Frances H. Miller Mrs. Francis C. Huntington Ogden L. Mills 'Charles Iglauer J. P. Morgan Mrs. Walter B. James Junius S. Morgan, Jr. G. B. Jenkins Daniel P. Morse Mrs. G. B. Jenkins Paul R. Needham Elizabeth Jenkins Graham Netting Walter Jennings Acosta Nichols Mrs. Walter Jennings Mrs. George Nichols Everett C. Jessup tWilliam H. Nichols, Jr. Opalrae Johnson Isaac Oeland J. Herbert Johnston Edmund W. Overstreet Florence L. Jones Arthur W. Page Sarah Elizabeth Jones H. M. Parshley Mrs. Otto H. Kahn William H. Parsons Gisella Kauf James E. Peabody Celia Kaufman William R. Peters E. Corinne Keaty Hugh L. Porter Clyde E. Keeler Frederick B. Pratt fEmma L. Kemp George Pratt Margaret Kesler Harold I. Pratt Clara Ketcham H. S. Pratt I. S. Kleiner Richardson Pratt Marie B. Knaus Frank L. Rainey C. G. Knorr Roy A. Rainey Sidney I. Kornhauser John F. Rankin Joseph L. Kostecki Walter M. Rankin Anna Lansing Herbert L. Ratcliffe D. W. Larue Geraldyn L. Redmond Prescott Lecky Ida M. Reveley R. C. Leffingwell Dorothy F. Rice Gemma Lichtenstein Edward L. Rice Gerald M. Livingston Aute Richards Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Lloyd-Smith Harry C. Robb Elizabeth M. Lord Louis A. Robb William S. Lord Mrs. D. F. Robertson Graham Lusk John K. Roosevelt 1- Deceased. 7 Mrs. Philip J. Roosevelt W. W. Swingle fW. Emlen Roosevelt Eugene Swope Thomas H. Roulston George F. Sykes Faris R. Russell Masaharu Tange William Salant Henry C. Taylor Walter J. Salmon Louis C. Tiffany S. A. Salvage Jessie Titus Sophie Satin Daniel V. Troppoli Asa A. Schaeffer Isabel H. Tuthill Mortimer L. Schiff Gertrude R. Twomey Lorrimer W. Schmidt Subhajaya Vanijvadhana Carl J. Schmidlapp Roy A. Waggener Julius Schwartz Mrs. Roy A. Waggener Donald Scott H. E. Walter Ida Sit ler Myrtle H. Waterfall William Smith L. T. Webster Elizabeth Snodgrass Francis M. Weld Julian L. So linger Helen M. Wells Sir T. Ashley Sparks David D. Whitney F. K. Sparrow George Whitney Margaret A. Spencer Henry D. Whitort Phyllis Stanley Alice W. -Wilcox Joseph H. Stickler Mrs. T. S. Williams Henry L. Stimson J. Walter Wilson Helen Stobbe Mrs. 0. K. Wing Harley L. Stowell Willis D. Wood Elinor A. Strickland Sewall Wright tAlbert Strauss Mrs. Sewall Wright Frederick D. Stubbs Elizabeth M. Yagle F. H. Swett Mabel A. Young RaymundL. Zwemer The following, though not members of the Long Island Biological Association, have contributed to the Land and Endowment Fund: E. Le Grand Beers Acosta Nichols, Jr. Albert De Silver f George Lane Nichols J. G. Dettmer C. J. Peabody William G. Low James H. Post John Hill Morgan fW. A. Putnam Herman Stutzer ; Deceased. Members of the Women's Auxiliary Board Chairman House Committee-Mrs. John H. J. Stewart Chairman Finance Committee-Mrs. Walter Jennings Treasurer-Mrs. George Nichols Secretary-Mrs. Acosta Nichols Vice-President---Mrs. Russell Leffingwell President-Mrs. Walter B. James Mrs. F. L. Babbott, Jr. Mrs.F. Coit Johnson Mrs. Daniel Bacon MissAbbie E. Jones Mrs. George W. Bacon MissFlorence L. Jones Mrs. Arthur Ballantine MissS. Elizabeth Jones Mrs. Charles M. Bleecker Mrs.Otto H. Kahn Mrs. T. Bache Bleecker, Jr. Mrs.David Keppel Miss Rosina C. Boardman MissMabel le F. Lane Mrs. Herbert L. Bodman Mrs.R. C. Leffingwell Mrs. George Crocker Mrs.Wilton Lloyd-Smith Mrs. Paul Cushman, 3rd Mrs.Graham Lusk Mrs. C. B. Davenport Mrs.Van Santvoord Merle-Smith Mrs.