The Washington times., 1930-03-27
DR.. ECKENER
IS GUEST AT
I LUNCHEON
DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor Is
Host at Cosmos Club to
Distinguished Visitor

DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor was the
host at a luncheon at the Cos
mos club today in compliment
TO DR.. Hugo Eckener, who came
to the United States to receive
the National Geographic So
ciety's Gold Medal which will
be presented to him tonight
before notable assemblage at
the Washington Auditorium.
Guests at the luncheon were
members of the board Of
trustees of the National Geo.
graphical Society and a number
OF men interested in aviation
and kindred problems. 1t was
informal in character because
OF the recent death of Chief
Justice Taft who was a TruS-
tee Of the Society.
Envoy Is Guest
His excellency, the German
Ambassador, Herr Friedrich Won
Prittwitz; DR.. Hugo Eckener,
Herr o. c. Kiep, counselor
German Embassy; Mr.. Won
Meister, DR.. Charles G. Abbot,
secretary Smithsonian Institu-
tion; Senator Hiram Bingham,
DR.. Lyman j. Briggs, Bureau
Of Standards; Postmaster Gen.
eral' Walter F. Brown, A. H.
Bumstead, DR.. George K. Bur-
CESS, director Bureau of Stand
ards; Rear Admiral Colby M.
Chester, retired; DR.. Lucius
Clark, chancellor, American
University; DR.. Fredrick v. Co
vile, DR.. j. w. Crabtree, secre-
tary National Education Asso-
citation; Knut Eckener, John
JOY i:dSon, Franklin L. Fisher,
Robert v. Fleming, DR.. John A.
Foote, Warren Irving Glover,
Second Assistant Postmaster
General: Ralph A. Graves, Maj.
Gen. A. w. Greely, Col. John
Greely, DR.. Gilbert Grosvenor,
president National Geographic
Society: Melville B. Grosvenor,
j. r. Hildebrand, DR.. Stanley
K. Hornbeck, chief division Of
Far Eastern Affairs, State De-
partment; George w. Hutchin-
son, George F. Kunz, DR.. John
Oliver La c 1rce, DR.. George w.
Lewis, National Advisory Com
mittee for Aeronautics; P. w.
Litchfield, of Akron. Ohio.
Scientists Present
DR.. Charles F. Marvin, di-
rector. Weather Bureau; Presi-
dent Cloyd H. Marvin, George
Washington University; DIR. c.
Hart Merriam, DR.. John c.
Merriam, president, Carnegie
Institution of Washington; B.
H. Meyer, commissioner, Inter
state Commerce Commission;
Rev. w. Coleman Nevis, presi-
/ dent, Georgetown UniverSity;
Richard v Oulahan, Judge John
Barton Payne, chairman, Amer
ican Red Cross, DR.. George R.
Putnam, commissioner, U. S,
Bureau of Lighthouses: DR..
Luther Reichelderfer, General
George Richards, Marine Corps,
DR.. w. j. Showalter, Frederick
Simpich, DR.. George Otis Smith.
director. U. S. Geological Sur
vey; DR.. 0. H. Tittmann, E. B.
Wadsworth, superintendent, Di-
vision of Air Mail Service, Post
Office Department; Senator
Frederic c. Walcott. DR.. Alex
ander Wetmore, assistant sec
retary, Smithsonian Institution;
George w Wharton, Lloyd B.
Wilson and Clarence M. Young,
assistant secretary Of Com
merce for Aeronautics.
The presentation of the medal
to DR.. .Eckener tonight at the
washington Auditorium will be
attended by a distinguished
audience, which will include
!, diplomatic representatives from
35 countries, Cabinet Members,
Senators, Representatives and
high government officials.
4 X X
Manuel Roxas, speaker of the
House of Representatives Of
the Philippines, will entertain
at dinner tomorrow evening at
the willard. Mr.. RoxaS is
chairman of the Philippine
delegation in Washington,