CLASS OF 1865

Horace Russell died at his home, 47 Park Ave., New York, June 14, after an illness of several weeks. Judge Russell was the son of Charles and Hannah (Wright) Russell, and was born in Bombay, N. Y., June 19, 1843. He prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy. For the first year after graduation he studied law at Harvard, and then continued in an office, being admitted to the bar at Ogdensburg, N. Y., in 1867. In 1869 he removed to the city of New York, and remained there through life. In 1873 he was appointed an assistant district attorney, and served seven years. From 1879 to 1882 he was judge advocate general of the state, and from 1880 to 1883 a judge of the superior court. He was receiver of the West Shore Railway Company from 1884 to 1886, and general counsel of the A. T. Stewart estate from 1880 to 1899. For many years he was prominent in the Republican party of the state. Among the organizations with which he was connected were the New York Bar Association, the New England Society, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Union League, University, and Metropolitan Clubs. In 1893 Dartmouth conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. February 26, 1878, he was married to Josephine, daughter of Henry Hilton of New York. She survives him, with three daughters, Mrs. L. Graeme Scott of London, Mrs. D. Brewer Eddy of Boston, and Miss Marie Russell.

William Bull Greene died July 28 at his home at Avon Lake, Ohio, after an illness of three days. Mr. Greene was born in Buffalo, N. Y., January 4, 1847, being a son of William Henry and Catherine T. (Bull) Greene. His father was a Dartmouth graduate of 1830. In College he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, as was also Judge Russell, mentioned above. After graduation he entered his father's law office in Buffalo, and remained there until 1869, when he received an appointment in the Treasury Department at Washington in the Division of Law and Banking in the comptroller's office. He was soon placed at the head of the division, and remained there until 1887. He early became a recognized authority on monetary matters, and was often consulted by the leading financiers of the country. In 1882 he drafted the new national bank charter act, which took the place of the original act of 1863. From 1888 to 1893 he was secretary of the American Bankers' Association. He became a fluent writer on financial and banking topics, and for several years was editor of the Bankers' Magazine, his articles in which were widely copied and commented on. Very recently he had assumed editorial charge of the Banking Law Journal. In 1893 Mr. Greene retired 'to his farm in Lorain county, Ohio, on the shore of Lake Erie, and had since devoted much of his time to the culture of grapes. For several years he was president of the Grape Growers Association of Ohio. He is survived by a widow, one son, and two daughters, the children all residing in Southern California.

Secretary Rev. Henry I. Cushman, 26 Pitman St., Providence, R. I.