Deaths

This is a listing of deaths of which word has been received since the last issue. Full notices, which are usually written by the class secretaries, may appear in this issue or a later one.

Roswell Morse Shurtleff, a non-graduate member of this class in the Chandler Scientific Department, fell dead on the evening of January 6 while entering a drug store in New York city. The cause of his sudden death was heart disease.

Mr. Shurtleff was the son of Asahel Dewey and Eliza (Morse) Shurtleff, and was born in Rindge, N. H., June 14, 1838. After leaving College he went into an architect's office in Manchester, and in 1858-9 he was a lithographer in Buffalo. He then went to Boston and specialized in drawing on wood, attending evening classes at the Lowell Institute. In 1860 he went to New York, becoming an illustrator and attending classes at the School of Design.

In April, 1861, he enlisted in the 99th New York Volunteers, and was soon promoted to be lieutenant and adjutant. On July 19 he was wounded and captured, and is said to have been the first Union officer so taken prisoner. After eight months in Southern hospitals and prisons, he was released on parole.

Upon his return to New York, he resumed his work as an illustrator. About 1870 he began to paint in oils, taking at first animal subjects and later landscapes and portraits. He worked also in water-colors. His favorite painting ground was the Adirondacks, and his forest paintings show an intimate knowledge of nature. His paintings are to he found in many of the largest art galleries of the country, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was elected to the National Academy in 1890, and among tfe other organizations with which he was connected are the Society for the Preservation of the Adirondacks, the Sons of the Revolution, the American Water Color Society and the Lotos and' Salmagundi Clubs. Ht uas also a director of the New York Aquarium. In 1882 the College conferred on him the honorary degree of Bachelor of Science.

In 1867 Mr. Shurtleff was married to Clara Carrier Halliday of Hartford, Conn., who survives him. They had no children.