CLASS OF 1888

Dr. Adelbert Millett died at his home in Belfast, Me., November 17, 1920, after a lingering illness.

The son of Israel and Martha A. (Perkins) Millett, he was born in Auburn, Me., March 7, 1858. In 1879 he graduated at Bridgton Academy, and was for a part of the course a member of the class of 1883 in Bates College.

After receiving his medical degree in the fall of 1887 he spent the winter at the New York Post-graduate Medical School, and in March, 1888, began practice at Searsmont, Me. In May, 1911, he removed to Belfast, where he has since enjoyed an extensive and successful practice. Since 1893 (except from 1897 to 1899) he was United States examining surgeon for pensions, and was a member of the staff of Waldo County . General Hospital at Belfast. He served one term in the state legislature, to which he was elected as a Democrat. He was a member of the Waldo County Medical Society, the Maine Medical Association, and the American Medical Association, and was far advanced in the Masonic order. In 1918, Bates College conferred on him the honorary degree of Master of Arts.

. May 1, 1911, Dr. Millett was married to Estelie K. Haley of Belfast, who survives him.