CLASS OF 1884

George Irving Leland died May 16 at his home in Lynn, Mass., of heart failure, following an illness of several months. He was born in Milford, Mass., February 21, 1859, his parents being George Tilton and Fannie (Wood) Bailey. In childhood he was adopted by Frederick D. Leland of Milton, Mass., and took his name. He prepared for the Chandler Scientific Department at the high school of Upton, Mlass., graduating there in 1877, but spent the next three years in the shop of the Hopedale Machine Company, not entering College till 1880. He was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity, now Beta Theta Pi. In the fall and winter following graduation he taught at West Fairlee, Vt., and in the spring of 1885 took up the work of civil engineer in Boston with the Massachusetts Drainage Commission. In 1890 he went to Lynn as city engineer's assistant, and in 1901 became city engineer, holding that position until his decease. Mr. Leland was a member of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, the Park Club, the Sons of the American Revolution, and various Masonic organizations, including the Mystic Shrine. October 23, 1890, he was married to Minnie A. Knight of Thetford, Vt., who survives him. They had no children.

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