CLASS OF 1894

Dr. Frank Henry O'Connor, for some time a member of this class, died suddenly of heart disease in his office in Brattleboro, Vt., December 26. Dr. O'Connor was born forty-three years ago in Keeseville, N. Y., his parents being David and Katherine (Taylor) O'Connor. His father died soon after the son's birth. After a course in St. Joseph's College, Burlington, Vt., he began the study of medicine at the University of Vermont. There he became eminent in college baseball as a, pitcher, and came to Dartmouth, where for two years he acquired fame as a pitcher on the varsity nine, and is said to have been surpassed by none who have succeeded him. Leaving his studies, he entered the professional field, being for a time with the Philadelphia Nationals. After a short time he resumed medical studies, and graduated from Long Island College Hospital in 1898. After some hospital service he settled in practice in Bellows Falls, Vt., removing to Brattleboro in 1904. He was surgeon for the Boston and Maine Railroad, on the staff of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, medical examiner for several life insurance companies, member of the Windham County, Connecticut Valley, and Vermont State Medical Societies, and one of the most prominent surgeons of southern Vermont. December 26, 1899, Dr. O'Connor was married to Miss Bridget Kelley of Burlington, Vt, who survives him.