C H R O N O L O G Y 1 9 2 6 8 6 1 February 3 With Max von Laue, Max Planck, Walther Nernst, and Wagner, proposes to award W. R. Whitney (General Electric Co.) the Gold Leibniz Medal. [93 633]. February 15 Participates in dinner party at home of Count Harry Kessler (Kessler 2009, vol. 8, pp. 728–729). March 4 Participates in rally organized by the executive committee of the German Keren Hayesod (the Palestine Foundation Fund) at the Preussisches Herrenhaus in Berlin. For AE’s speech, see Doc. 208. Jüdische Rundschau, 9 March 1926. March 19 Cosigns another appeal in behalf of the World Union of Jewish Students to raise funds for the establishment of a “House for Jewish Students” at the Hebrew University. Jüdische Rundschau. March 24 Elected honorary member of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow. DIPL. [65 041.1]. March 24? Arrives in Paris for meetings of the ICIC subcommittee on the establishment of an international bureau of meteorology and possibly of the ICIC subcommittee on bibliography at the IIIC (Doc. 236). March 25–26 Attends meetings of the ICIC at the IIIC. Doc. 236. March 25 Attends dinner with Paul Langevin and visits Julien Luchaire (Doc. 236). March 27 and 29 Attends meetings of the ICIC subcommittee on the estab- lishment of an international bureau of meteorology (League 1926b, p. 58). March 27 P.M.: visits Salomon Reinach (Doc. 237). March 28 Visits Louvre Museum (Doc. 237). 12:30 P.M.: attends lunch hosted by Paul Painlevé at the Ministry of War. Meets with Émile Borel, Jean Perrin, Paul Langevin, and Marie Curie (Doc. 237 and Abs. 385). Attends cello concert at private salon (Doc. 237). March 29 Visited by Federigo Enriques (Doc. 237). March 30 Departs Paris for Berlin (Doc. 237). March 31 Returns to Berlin (Doc. 237).
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