Memorial Statement for Professor John Bentinck-Smith, D.V.M. (1919-2005) who was Assistant Professor (1949) of Pathology, Professor (1958), and Emeritus Professor (1981) of Clinical Pathology at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. He also served as Chief of the Clinical Pathology Section of the Department of Clinical Sciences and the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. "Professor Bentinck-Smith made significant contributions to research [on normal and abnormal electrolyte metabolism in disease processes] and to improvements in clinical medicine; however, his primary interest and devotion was teaching." The memorial statements contained herein were prepared by the Office of the Dean of the University Faculty of Cornell University to honor its faculty for their service to the university.