HONORARY

In 1917 the College conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws upon Lord Shaughnessy, then president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He died suddenly of heart disease at his home in Montreal on the evening of December 10, 1923.

Thomas George Shaughnessy was born in Milwaukee, Wis., October 6, 18S3. He attended the public schools of his native city, and at the age of sixteen entered the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway. He joined the force of the Canadian Pacific in 1881, and in 1882 became general purchasing agent, This organization had assumed the responsibility of constructing a railway across the continent to North America, through a territory that, west of the great lakes, did not then contain more than 50,000 white people. In 1884 he became acting general manager, in 1891 vice-president, and in 1899 president. In 1918 he retired from this office to become chairman of the board of directors.

He took the Canadian Pacific Railway, constructed in the face of what seemed insurmountable difficulties, and developed out of it an imperial highway and world transportation service that links the nethermost parts of the British Empire, and renders Canada accessible to international trade. It has become one of the greatest single transportation systems by land and water in the world.

He was knighted in 1901, made Knight Commander of the Victorian Order in 1907, and in 1916 raised to the peerage as first baron of Montreal and Ashford, County Limerick, Ireland. One of the outstanding figures in the World War, Lord Shaughnessy's advice was frequently asked and followed by the Canadian and Imperial governments. Upon the outbreak of' hostilities he placed the whole resources of the railroad at the disposal of the Allies, while he threw himself wholeheartedly into the work of recruiting in Montreal. His two sons went to the front, and his second son was killed in France.

The following is quoted from the tribute of his successor in the presidency of, the Railway: "The untimely death of Lord Shaughnessy has removed from Canadian life its most outstanding figure. In no' single instance, so far as my observation goes, has one man combined the achievement, the mentality, the force of character, and the human qualities of generosity, charity, and consideration for his fellowmen. in the same degree as the late chairman of the Canadian Pacific Railway."

Woodrow Wilson, twenty-eighth president of the United States, who died in Washington, D. C., February 3, 1924, belongs to the Dartmouth fellowship by virtue of the degree of Doctor of Laws conferred on him in 1909. A brief outline of his career is all that is necessary to be given here.

Born in Staunton, Va., December 28, 1856; graduated from Princeton University, 1879; law student at the University of Virginia, graduating LL.B., 1882; graduate student at Johns Hopkins, becoming Ph.D., 1886; professor of history and political economy, Bryn Mawr College, 1885-8; holding the same chair at Wesleyan University, 1888-90; professor of jurisprudence and politics, Princeton University, 1890-1902; president .of Princeton, 1902-10; governor of New Jersey, 1911-13; president of the United States, 1913-21,