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MAYNOOTH 165 MAYO FOUNDATION tered air service when United States de- clared war. One of the winners in the New York to Toronto and return aerial race in 1919. Winner in transcontinen- tal flight, October 1919, making the flight from Mineola, L. I., to San Francisco in 25 hours. In 1920 became special secre- tary of Y. M. C. A., Brooklyn, at the same time giving much attention to flying. MAYNOOTH, a village of Kildare, Ireland, W. of Dublin. Near by are the ruins of Geraldine Castle. It is chiefly known as the seat of Maynooth College of St. Patrick, opened in 1795, from which many of the most prominent mem- bers of the Roman Catholic clergy have been graduated. Pop. less than 1,000. MAYO, CHARLES HORACE, surgeon; bom at Rochester, Minn., in 1865, was educated at Northwestern University, and graduated from Chicago Medical DR. CHARLES H. MAYO College in 1888. From that year he prac- ticed in Rochester, and became surgeon to Mayo Clinic of St. Mary's Hospital. With his brother donated $1,500,000 in 1915 to establish the Mayo Foun- dation for medical research at Rochester. President of Western Surgical and Gynaecological Society (1904), of Min- nesota State Medical Society (1905), and chairman surgical sections American Medical Association (1907) and Inter- national Tuberculosis Congress (1908). Has won reputation in treating goiter, and in collaboration with his brother, "Wil- liam James, has published "A Collection of Papers Published Previous to 1909" (2 vols. 1912). MAYO, HENRY THOMAS, an Amer- ican naval officer, born in Burlington, Vt., on Dec. 8, 1856. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1876, After serving on various vessels of the United States Navy, commanding at the Mare Island Navy Yard, and hold- ing some appointments with the Navy Department, he was made rear-admiral in 1913. In 1915 he was promoted to vice-admiral and placed in command of the battleship squadrons of the Atlantic Fleet. In 1917 he was appointed com- mander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet, being promoted at the same time to ad- miral, and from then on took a prom- inent part in the operations of the United States Navy during the World War. Previously, in April, 1914, while in command of the United States naval vessels at Tampico, Mexico, he had de- manded an apology from the Mexican Government for the illegal arrest of some United States naval officers and men. MAYO, RICHARD SOUTHWELL BOURKE, EARL OF, a British states- man; born in Dublin, Ireland, Feb. 21, 1822. He was educated at Trinity Col- lege, Dublin; entered the House of Com- mons as a Conservative in 1847, and was appointed chief secretary of Ireland by Lord Derby in 1852, 1858, and 1866. In 1869 he succeeded Lord Lawrence as Vice- roy of India. While inspecting the con- vict settlement at Port Glair on the Anda- man Islands, Feb. 8, 1872. he was fatally stabbed by a Punjab fanatic. MAYO, WILLIAM JAMES, surgeon; born at Le Sueur, Minn,, in 1861, re- ceived his preparatory education at Niles Academy, and graduated as M. D. from University of Michigan in 1883. He en- gaged in the practice at Rochester and became surgeon at St. Mary's Hospital from 1889. Later regent of the Univer- sity of Minnesota and president of the Minnesota State Medical Society. The clinic established by himself and brother Charles has gained world-wide celebrity, and thousands of operations take place there annually, particularly for cancer, goiter, gallstones, and intestinal diseases. The papers issued from the clinic are read eagerly in the medical world. MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDI- CAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, established in February, 1915, by the two famous sux'geons. Dr. William J. and Charles H. Mayo of Rochester, Minn. In the course of the preceding quarter of a