Harry W. Trudell, one of the original members of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club, was born in Richmond, Virginia, May 2, 1879, but came to Philadelphia, Pa., as a youth. Becoming an accountant, he was employed here for many years by a large leather firm, and rose to the position of Secretary, retiring in 1940. He never married, but lived at the home of a sister, Mrs. George Tongue, in northeast Philadelphia and later in the suburb of Abington. By way of recreation he spent his free time in the outdoors, and became an enthusiastic amateur botanist as well as mineralogist. He joined the Philadelphia Botanical Club in 1915, and served as its President in 1924, Secretary 1927, Vice-President 1932 to 1945, and Treasurer from 1947 on, resigning only when ill-health necessitated. He was similarly active in local mineralogical organizations.