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 versity since 19 19, and is now dean of engineering emeritus. His wife, the late Mildred Brooke Hoover who was co-author of the series of books on Historic Spots in California, was a member of our Society. He is a brother of former President Herbert Hoover.

William B. Johnston was born in Washington, D. C, received his A.B. degree from Harvard in 1897, M.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1901, and retired in 1919. His wife, the former Janet Newlands, is the daughter of Senator Francis G. Newlands, of Nevada, and granddaughter of William Sharon, of San Francisco, who completed the building of the Palace Hotel. Dr. Johnston's paintings illustrating the life of Junipero Serra have been exhibited in Boston; one, an oil, depicting the founding of the Mission Dolores is in the Sharon Building, San Francisco.

Garret McEnemey II is the nephew of Garret McEnerney* who died last August and whose obituary was printed in our September 1942 issue.

Eugene Meyer,* is publisher of the Washingtoji Post. His father, Eugene Meyer, came to San Francisco from France in 1859, two years later went to Los Angeles, and even- tually became head of Eugene Meyer & Co. There he married Harriet Newmark (daughter of Joseph Newmark). Returning to San Francisco in 1883 he engaged in banking. Eugene Meyer, the son, was born in Los Angeles but left California in 1893. He attended the University of California and holds the degrees of A.B. and LL.D. from Yale and LL.D. from Syracuse University.

Robert Burns Motherwell,* born in Ohio and educated at Western Reserve Univer- sity and the University of Oregon, has been banking commissioner of the State of Washington, has held various positions with the Federal Reserve Bank and is now presi- dent of Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co.

Haig Patigian,* sculptor, was born in Armenia. He received honors for his work in the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915, and his statue of Thomas Starr King stands in National Statuary Hall, Washington, D. C. Among the many examples of his sculpture in San Francisco are the pediment of the Metropolitan Life Building, groups and figures for San Francisco Memorial Museum, statutes of General Pershing and Lincoln, and the monument to William C. Ralston.

All four of the grandfathers of Rita Johns Post came to California before 1855. One of them, William Johns, was one of the trustees of the Sutro Tunnel; another, Victor Waldron Seaman, of San Francisco, was one of the owners of the bark America that took Harry Meiggs to South America.

Jackson Harvey Ralston* is the son of Harriet N. Jackson and Judge James H. Ralston who came to California from Illinois in 1850. Judge Ralston was a member of the Illinois legislature of 1837 which included Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, and Edward D. Baker. In 1852 he was state senator from Sacramento, where his son Jackson was bom in 1857. He lost his life on the Nevada desert which bears his name. The present Jackson Ralston was American agent and of counsel in the case of the Pious Fund of the Cali- fornias against Mexico, the first dispute submitted to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague under The Hague Peace Convention of 1899.

Bernard Ransome is the son of Ernest Leslie Ransome, an early machinery manufac- turer and designer of San Francisco. For the past fifty years Bernard Ransome has been associated with engineering and contracting organizations in California and is now president of the Ransome Engineering and Contracting Company.

Miss Raymonde Rooney, of Angels Camp, Calaveras County, comes of pioneer stock on all sides of her family. She is a niece of the late Mrs. Desire Fricot.

Nat Schmulowitz,* born in New York, received his B.S. from the University of Cali- fornia in 1 9 10, studied at Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, was admitted to the California bar in 191 1 and has since practiced in San Francisco. Since 1928 he has been a member of the firm of Gavin McNab, Schmulowitz, Wyman, Aikins & Brune.