DEATH OF TRUSTEE C. F. MATHEWSON

Charles F. Mathewson '82, trustee of the College, died in New York City on the morning of March 24. Mr. Mathewson had been ill for several weeks, but his death was entirely unexpected and came as a great shock to his associates. Charles Frederick Mathewson was born in Barton, Vermont, May 3, 1860, the son of Azro B. and Amelia M. Mathewson. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1882, with the rank of valedictorian. He was also graduated from Columbia Law School with the degree of LL.B. in 1885. Dartmouth granted him the honorary degree of A.M. in 1907, and Middlebury College that of LL.D. in 1912. Mr. Mathewson was married December 8, 1886, to Jeanie Campbell Anderson of Portland, Maine, who with one son, Samuel Anderson Mathewson '10, survives him.

For twenty-one years Mr. Mathewson has served on the board of trustees of the College, his name being recommended five times for election on the alumni ballot. Among the alumni movements with which he has been identified was his service on the committee of council of three acting for the New York alumni on the question of alumni representation on the board of trustees prior to his election to the board. The action of this committee resulted in giving the alumni its five places on the board of trustees.

Mr. Mathewson was third in order of service on the board of trustees. Prior to the present committee organization of the board, he served for many years on the finance committee. At the time of his death he was chairman of the committee on degrees and a member of the committee on education.

When in college, Mr. Mathewson took an active part in athletics, playing on the baseball team and helping to organize the game of college baseball as it is played today. After his graduation he continued to keep up his interest in the athletics of the College, and was prominently identified with the project of securing Alumni Oval. Nor was his interest less keen in other sides of college life. He had been a speaker at many undergraduate and alumni celebrations, and at the banquet which was held at the time of the inauguration of President Nichols he served as toastmaster.

Mr. Mathewson was a recognized leader of the New York bar, and had been associated with the firm of Root and Strong, Strong and Mathewson, Harmon and Mathewson, and Krauthoff, Harmon, and Mathewson, with which firm he was associated at the time of his death. He was prominent as a lawyer and counselor with large insurance and public service companies in New York.

He was a director of the New England society, president of the Vermont society, a member of the American Bar Association, Association Bar of the City of New York, and the New York Law Institute. He was prominent in college fraternity circles as president of the national council of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He was a member of the New York and Boston University Clubs, Apawamis Club, St. Andrews Golf Club, Downtown Club, Automobile of America and Touring of France Clubs. He was also known as the author of various public addresses and papers.