CLASS OF 1882

John Alexander Macnicol died of tuberculosis in Asheville, N. C., January 11, 1923. The son of Donald and Martha (Montgomerie) Macnicol, he was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, July 17, 1856, and received his preliminary education in his native country.

Since graduation he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession, having been for twenty years or more associated with the Snare and Triest Company of New York, whom he represented in Havana, Cuba, for a long time. He attained a high degree of success and distinction in his work.

He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Thayer Society of Engineers, and the Masonic order.

November 10, 1885, Mr. Macnicol was married to Mary Helen, daughter of Bradley Porter, and Laura (Ripley) Tillotson of Hanover, who survives him, with three daughters, Mrs. E. E. Reed of Asheville, Mrs. Louis Harvey of Pensacola, Fla., and Mrs. William Kerry of Havana, Cuba.