CLASS OF 1881

Dr. Freeman Ansel Libby died November 2, 1920, at his home in Putnam, Conn., after an illness of several months.

He was born in Dexter, Maine, January 3, 1859, being the son of Ansel J. and Sarah M. (Cobb) Libby. His academic education was obtained at the Waterville (Me.) Classical Institute.

After graduation he settled in North Vassalboro, Me., where he practiced his profession and conducted a drug store until 1889. I ill health then compelled the surrender of active practice, and he soon after removed to Putnam, Conn., where he was proprietor of a drug store for three years, and then retired from active business. At one time he was director and president of the Putnam Light and Power Company. He was a man of sound business judgment, whose advice was often sought. In 1903 he was a member of the lower house of the state legislature.

Dr. Libby was an intense patriot, and devoted his whole time to war work during the time of the World War, serving on the Legal Advisory Board, and being secretary of the Medical Advisory Board and chairman of the Putnam chapter of the Red Cross. This last was of special interest to him, and his leadership is largely responsible for the unusual success of its work. He was a member of the Masonic order.

His widow, Anna Bertha Libby, survives him, and two sons, Arthur F. Libby, Dartmouth '06, a lawyer in Norwich, Conn., and J. Ralph Libby '08, assistant professor of economics at the University of Vermont.