PRESENT BUT NOT VOTING
Jeremy Bentham, one of the pioneers in the field of political economy, a member of the board of directors of one of London’s great hospitals, gave much time and energy to that worthy institution. When he died, he bequeathed his large estate to the hospital with a strange condition attached. In order for the hospital to receive the money from Jeremy’s estate, his skeleton, dressed in a well worn business suit, topped with his death mask and hat was to be rolled out and displayed at the head of the director’s table at every meeting. For more than a hundred years the minutes of the board meeting read, “Jeremy Bentham present but not voting!”
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