CLASS OF 1854

William Callyhan Robinson, LL.D., dean of the School of Social Sciences in the. Catholic University of America, died suddenly of apoplexy at his home in Washington, D. C., on the afternoon of November 6. Professor Robinson was born in Norwich, Conn., July 26, 1834, his parents being John Adams and Mary (Callyhan) Robinson. He entered Dartmouth at the beginning of junior year, coming from Wesleyan University. After graduation he studied for the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal church, graduating from General Theological Seminary in. 1857. He served in the ministry at Pittston and Scranton, Pa,, till 1562, when he entered the Roman Catholic church. He then studied law, beginning practice at New London, Conn., in 1864, and removing the next year to New Haven. From 1869 to 1872. he was an instructor in Yale Law School, becoming professor of law in Yale University in 1872, and holding this position until his resignation in 1895. From 1869 to 1871 Professor Robinson was judge of the City Court of New Haven,and was afterwards judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Connecticut. At the Yale commencement of 1909, a tablet in his honor was unveiled. In 1895 he went to Washington to organize the law department of the Catholic University, and lectured in this school in addition to his duties as dean to the day of his death. Professor Robinson was one of the most eminent legal instructors in the country, his text-book on Elementary Law, published in 1882, being everywhere in use. In addition to this, he is the author of "Clavis Rerum," 1883; "Law of Patents," three volumes, 1890; "Forensic Oratory," 1893. He was married July 2, 1857, to Anna Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Haviland of Boston, who died January 3, 1889. They had five children, two of whom are now living. A second marriage, March 31, 1891, was to Ultima Marie, daughter of Juan Smith of San Remedios, Cuba, who survives him, with their three children.

Secretary, Benjamin A. Kimball, Concord, N. H.