CLASS OF 1882

Benjamin Smith Harmon died of tuberculosis at Saranac Lake, N. Y., October 14. He had gone there from his home in New York city in the vain hope of recovery.

He was born at Three Mile Bay, Jefferson Co., N. Y., December 15, 1859, his parents being Rev. Gaius N. and Orpha J. (Smith) Harmon. His father was a Baptist clergyman of limited means, and the son obtained his education with little pecuniary help. He obtained his preparation for college at Franklin Academy, Malone, N. Y. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa.

After graduation he began at once the study of law at Columbia University, teaching also for a time in Columbia Grammar School. Upon his graduation from the Law-School in June, 1885, he began at once the practice of his profession in New York city. His rise to prominence was rapid, and his success unusual. He specialized in corporation law, being counsel for railroads and other large corporations and on the directorate of many of them. He was for many years a member of the law firm of Krauthoff, Harmon, and Mathewson, the last named being also of the class of '82.

In June, 1897, Mr. Harmon was married to Helen Lockwood Ketcham of New York, who survives him, without children.