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Dr. Bunnell Pinning Medal on Dr. Bramhall Jjramhall Congressional Medal Award On Thursday, January 6, Dr. Ervin H. Bramhall, Professor of Physics at the Uni- versity, was presented with a Congressional medal, voted to him by the United States Congress in recognition of his eminent scientific service as a member of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition. The ceremony, an impressive and appropriate tribute, was held in the University Gymnasium. An introductory talk by Dean William Elmhirst Duckering on Antarctic Exploration preceded the reading by President Bunnell of the Congressional resolution: PUBLIC RESOLUTION NO. 15— 74th CONGRESS JOINT RESOLUTION Extending the Gratitude of the Nation to Admiral Byrd and to the Members of His Expedition. WHEREAS Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and the memhers of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition are returning home from a successful and heroic exploration of Antarctic lands, wherein they have extended our knowledge of this vast area hy airplane flights, tractor and dog sled trips, making extended and valuable scientific observations; and Whereas the members of the expedition have displayed a courage and devotion worthy of the high- est traditions of American exploration, and an unswerving loyalty to the superb leadership of their commander; and Whereas Rear Admiral Byrd has added another notable chapter to the annals of American expedi- tions by his genius in organizing, transporting and providing for the subsistence of his men while they carried on a program of research in twenty-two branches of science under the most adverse conditions, and he personally displayed exceptional gallantry in his lone vigil away from the Little America base in order to make important meteorological observations: Therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, That the gratitude of the Nation be extended to Admiral Byrd and to the members of his expedition, and that a copy of this resolution be appropriately inscribed and presented to him and to each member of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition. Approved, May 8, 1936. The following lines are excerpts from a letter sent to President Charles E. Bunnell by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd for the occasion: . . . Some months ago Congress voted a Congressional Medal to Dr. E. H. Bramhall. one of the scientists on my last expedition to the Antarctic. The medal is one of the highest honors within the power of the American people to bestow . . . . . . Dr. Bramhall did a splendid job and it is fitting that he should have been so honored . . . ' ' P. S. Bramhall is one of the best men and best scientists I have ever known. • 23
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