CLASS OF 1868

Henry Andrew Wise died at his home in Kansas City, Mo., June 26, 1917.

His parents were Uriah Winfield and Hen-rietta Maria (Post) Wise, and he was born in Lebanon, N. H., August 24, 1847. He prepared for college under the instruction of his father, who was then professor of Greek and Latin in Mercer University, Penfield, Ga., and took the first two years of college at the latter institution in 1861-3. In 1863 he was drafted into the Confederate army, and spent about a year in the service, being mostly on guard duty. In 1865-6 he took his junior year at Mercer University. In the fall of 1866 he entered, with an older brother, the junior class at Dartmouth. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

After graduation he took up the study and practice of civil engineering, and continued in that pursuit through life. Until 1872 he was connected with the city engineering department of Jersey City, N. J. In 1872-5 he was assistant engineer of the Watson Bridge and Iron Works, Paterson, N. J. In 1875-6 he was assistant engineer on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, and from 1876 to 1880 engineer of the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Works at Leavenworth, Kans. Then for two years he was resident engineer of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe at Las Vegas, N. M.

In 1882 he removed to Kansas City, where he had since made his home. For eight years he was engaged in general engineering work. In 1890-2 he was at Houston, Tex., in charge of sewer construction. In 1892-6 he was chief engineer of the Kansas City Stock Yards Company, city engineer from 1896 to 1900, and then again chief engineer of the Stock Yards Company. He was never married.