Nature Notes From Crater Lake
Volume 5, No. 1, July 1932
Presentation of Stephen T.
Mather Plaque
By Judge Robert W. Sawyer

An extract from his Presentation
Address is as follows:
"Upon Mr. Mather's death last year
friends associated themselves in the Stephen T. Mather Appreciation for
the purpose of creating a suitable memorial to him. The one finally
chosen is in the form of a plaque bearing as its inscription the words
of the Honorable Louis C. Cramton regarding Mr. Mather. One of these
plaques is today being presented and dedicated in each of the national
parks - themselves a memorial to our departed friend, a great citizen
and a devoted public servant.
"As a member of the national committee,
the Stephen T. Mather Appreciation and on its behalf it is my honor and
privilege to present this plaque to Crater Lake National Park to be set
up here as a perpetual memorial to Stephen T. Mather. In the words of in
inscription, 'He laid the foundation of the National Park Service,
defining and establishing the policy which its areas shall be developed
and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come
an end to the good that he has done.'"