CLASS OF 1896

Dr. Herbert Orray Benner died December 22, 1919, at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. Death came suddenly from embolism, which had necessitated the amputation of his left leg a year before.

He was born in Waldoboro, Maine, November 22, 1864, his parents being Orrin and Ellen Miranda (Newbert) Benner.

After graduation in the fall of 1895, he served for six months as interne in the state hospital at Tewksbury, Mass., and then settled in practice in Framingham, Mass., where he remained. He soon began to specialize in surgery, and during the succeeding years had performed a great number of major operations. He became recognized as one of the best surgeons in the state. He founded the Union Avenue Hospital, which was opened in December, 1912, to which a nurses' home has been since added.

Dr. Benner was greatly interested in athletics, and for three seasons coached the Framingham High School football teams with marked success. He also played baseball and basketball, and for several years participated in the town's bowling leagues. He was a Mason and an Elk.

His wife, who was Edith Emma Hall of St. John, N. B., survives him. They had no children.