CLASS OF 1889

Dr. Michael Edward Kean died July 14, 1915, of typhoid fever, in Lowell, Mass., while on his way from Manchester to Boston.

The son of Michael and Mary (Nickleson) Kean, he was born in Bedford, N. H., June 28, 1863, and received his early education in the parochial schools of Manchester.

After a short hospital service, he settled in practice in Manchester, N. H., and became one of the leading physicians and most popular citizens of that city. He was chief of the surgical staff of the Sacred Heart Hospital, of which he was one of the founders, and a members of many medical societies.

October 6, 1891, Dr. Kean was married to Elizabeth E. Ward, who survives him. They had one child, a daughter, who died in childhood.

Dr. H. Frank Preston died at his home in Utica, N. Y., December 30, 1915, of influenza.

The son of William and Electa (Burdick) Preston, he was born at De Ruyter, N. Y., November 7, 1863.

He had practiced in Utica nearly all the time since his graduation. The last six winters of his life he spent in Cuba, going there in the interest of his health.

November 7, 1900, Dr. Preston was married to Anna C. MacFarlane, who survives him. They had three children, two of whom are now living, the youngest having died in infancy.

Dr. Rufus Edwin Donnell died May 16, 1920, at his home in Gardiner, Me., of chronic nephritis,

He was born in Webster, Me., April 18, 1859, the son of William and Philena N. (Donnell) Donnell. He fitted for college at the high school of Middleboro, Mass., and graduated from Bates College in 1884.

In 1884-7 he was principal of Foxcroft (Me.) Academy, and then continued at Bowdoin and Dartmouth the medical studies which he had already begun. In the fall of 1889 he began practice in Gardiner, and remained there in active and successful practice until his last illness.

He took no active interest in politics, but was for many years a member of the Gardiner school board. He was a pleasing speaker, and was frequently called on to speak at banquets and other gatherings.

September 19, 1885, Dr. Donnell was married to Lena E. Chapman, who survives him. They had no children.