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Class of 1870
Robert Henry Parkinson died December 26, 1.927, at his home in Chicago.
Mr. Parkinson was born at Cape Elizabeth, Me., August 10, 1849. His father was Rev. Royal Parkinson of the class of 1842, and his mother Joanna Griffin, at one time teacher at Bradford Academy. His 'early school days were spent at Bangor, where he was made at home with a relative for the sake of better school privileges than were afforded in the rather uncertain sojournings of a country parson, but he completed his preparation for college at Randolph (Vt.) Academy, the family being then happily located at Randolph Center. In college he was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
He taught school several winters during his course, and after graduation accepted the principalship of an academy in Maine as a means of earning his way into the legal profession. Finding that the trustees proposed to dictate the church he should attend, even though it was the one of his own choice, with characteristic independence he forthwith resigned and turned immediately to the pursuit of the law. He studied for a time in the office of Judge Barrett at Woodstock, and later with Judge Cross at Manchester, for both of whom he had a high regard, and who followed his career with lively interest to the end of their days. Upon admission to the bar he established himself in general practice at St. Louis, where he continued until, at the instance of John E. Hatch '69, he was invited to enter the empl.oy of Col. S. S. Fisher of Cincinnati, former United States commissioner of patents, then recognized as the leading patent lawyer of the country, with whom Mr. Hatch was already associated. Upon the sudden death of Col. Fisher at the height of his career, Messrs. Hatch and Parkinson assumed full charge of the large business, and continued it with signal success until Mr. Hatch withdrew, when Mr. Parkinson was joined by his twin brother, Joseph G. (Hon. A.M. 1873), and later by a third brother, George B. '75, under the firm name of Parkinson and Parkinson. In 1893 this firm was dissolved, and Mr. Parkinson, who had gained a considerable reputation as a counselor in patent causes, opened an office in Chicago, where were located many of the larger interests that had claimed his services.
Always a chivalrous opponent, his intensity of purpose, resourcefulness in expedient, firm grasp of the principles of law, an almost uncanny memory for precise citation of authorities, and his logical presentation of a cause led to his being called into consultation by other lawyers and engaged to argue important cases before the United States Supreme and Circuit Courts. Chief Justice Taft at one time spoke of him as the Nestor among the lawyers who had chosen patent law as their specialty.
His acquaintance was wide, and his influence was extended through the various clubs and other organizations, professional and social, of which he was a member. He was prominent in the American Bar Association, and was for several years ch-jt:,-man of its committee on patent law. He was ai;o a member of the Cincinnati Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association, the Patent Law Association of Chicago, and the American Patent Law Society. He was appointed by President Taft as American representative to the "International Conference for the Protection of Industrial Property," which was in session in Washington, D. C., from May 15 to June 2, 1911. He was a member of the Chicago, the Union League, and the University Clubs of Chicago, the Queen City Club of Cincinnati, and the Chicago Riding Club. In 1874, with John E. Hatch '69 he edited and completed "Fisher's Patent Cases," a work which has an important position among legal treatises.
Mr. Parkinson was married in 1878 to Miss Helen McGuffey of Cincinnati, who died a few years ago while traveling abroad. Two sons and two daughters were born to them. The second son, Kelso Steel, who would have entered Dartmouth if his father's hopes had been realized, was lost with a younger companion on a camping trip among the islands of Lake Michigan under circumstances that led to long suspense and a diligent, persistent, but vain pursuit of every possible clue. The elder son, Stirling Bruce, now financial editor of the Chicago Tribune, survives, as do the daughters, Elizabeth D., who since her mother's death has presided over the home, and June G. (Maniere) a widow residing in Norfolk, Ya. Two brothers also survive, George B. '75, now of Philadelphia, and William D. '78, of Fitchburg, Mass.
Always a loyal Dartmouth man, his insistent summons to classmates by letter and wire brought them to reunions even after they had decided to the contrary, and he saw to it that no moments were lost after they arrived. Conservative in his views as to what were the important ends of a college, he responded liberally to those solicitations that appealed to him, and he remembered the College in his will.
The same generous response to worthy need everywhere made him almost a patriarch in the eyes of those who knew him intimately. The list of those causes and individuals to whom he was a benefactor was a long one. No one but himself knew how long. His help went to manj' in emergency, and recis, irly and systematically, decade after decade, to others whose need was perennial.
In politics, Mr. Parkinson was an ardent Republican, and being widely and thoroughly read upon matters of history and civics he was always ready to uphold his views in debate.
His religious affiliations were Congregational. He had been for many years a trustee of the Central church, long presided over by Dr. Gunsaulus, who was one of his most intimate friends, and more recently by Dr. Frederick F. Shannon, whose tribute to him as friend, parishioner, and citizen has been printed and distributed in family and professional circles.
Mr. Parkinson had accepted and often alluded to the motto which his father was accustomed to inscribe upon the fly leaf of his books, "Essequam videri bonus malo."
Calvin Winfield Lewis died of heart disease at his home in Brookline, Mass., January 20, 1928.
He was born at East Conway, N. H., October 27, 1846, and fitted for college at Fryeburg (Me.) Academy. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa.
For the first year after graduation he taught at North Scituate, R. 1., and then studied law at Concord and Milford, N. H. He was admitted to the bar in January, 1874, but never practiced the profession. Instead he entered upon newspaper work, being first for about two years connected with the Commercial Bulletin of Boston, and then with the Boston Herald from November, 1876, until his retirement in 1893. He was a critic of considerable attainments, particularly in Americana and the Shakespeare literature. His home was in Boston from 1890 to 1910, except for the years 1902-S, when he lived in Dunstable, Mass., and since 1910 in Brookline.
January' 10, 1877, he was married to Sara Webster Dowe of Boston, who survives him. They had no children.
Class of 1871
Michael Carleton Rodgers, who had been failing in health for some time, died January 21, 1928, at Dedham, Mass.
He was born at Guildhall, Vt., March 7, 1847, the son of Levi and Mehitabel Barker (Carleton) Rodgers. Levi Rodgers '66 was a brother. He fitted for college at Haverhill Academy and Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H.
After graduation he taught for fifteen years in the public schools of Tyngsboro, Mass., Walpole, Mass., and New Bedford, Mass. He then engaged in farming for six years in North Carolina and Virginia. Returning to New England, he took up the business of life and fire insurance at Bridgeport, Conn., serving also for seven years as deputy sheriff of Fairfield county. Later he taught for several years at Mclndoe Falls, Vt., and so long as his health permitted carried on a small farm.
July 25. 1872. he married Laura J. Chamber lin of Mclndoe Falls, who survives him, with a son, Bradley Carleton Rodgers of Brookline, Mass. (Dartmouth 1898).
Class of 1883
Dr. Benjamin Tenney died at his home, 308 Marlboro St., Boston, January 18, 1928, after an illnesl,of about a year.
The son of Rev. Leonard (Dartmouth 1841) and Malvina (Baker) Tenney, he was born in Thetford, Vt., October 6, 1863. The late Leonard B. Tenney '75 was a brother. His home after 1868 was at Barre, Vt., where he fitted for college at Barre Academy. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
The first year after graduation he was principal of the high school at Leominster, Mass., and then for four years submaster of the Eliot School in Boston. In the fall of 1888 he began medical studies at Harvard, where he received his degree in 1892, at the close of service as interne at Boston City Hospital. He immediately opened an office in Boston, where he has since practiced with distinguished success.
From 1893 to 1901 he was instructor in anatomy at Harvard Medical School, and in surgery at Tufts from 1908 to 1911. He was long on the surgical staff of Boston City Hospital, and also surgeon at the Boston Dispensary and the Berkeley Infirmary. He was a member of the American Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Society, and the American Urological Association, and also of the University and Engineers Clubs.
November 8, 1893, Dr. Tenney was married to Alice, daughter of Prof. Henry Elijah Parker of Hanover, who survives him, with a daughter, Dorothy, now Mrs. Alden S. Foss of Boston, and a son. Dr. Benjamin Tenney, Jr., (Dartmouth 1921) of Boston.
Among the honorary pallbearers at the funeral service, which was held in Central Congregational church, were George Fred Williams '72, Josiah F. Hill '84, Daniel B. Ruggles '90, Arthur M. Strong '92, and Dr. Henry M. Chase '97. The burial was at Hanover.
The following tribute in the Boston Transcript was signed by George Fred Williams '72:
"The loss to our community in the passing of Dr. Benjamin Tenney is so noticeable that some note should be made of the memories which hundreds are silently cherishing.
"In his practice as surgeon he was a master; and he was free from the envies and prejudices which affect some in his calling. The number cannot be computed who were saved by his skilled hand and could not compensate him. He was not a product of favor and influence, but pushed aside all his early obstacles by the forces of his ability, and personality.
"He had a breadth of life philosophy unusual with those of such profound convictions and immovable faith. When important work or advice was needed, his church leaned on him as on a sure staff. His Christian faith never failed him. or gave way to doubt.
"Seldom does so earnest and intense a man shed so much love on his home life as he gave to his family. The courage and even cheerfulness with which for months he and his devoted wife faced the inevitable hour were marvels of heroism.
"He leaves a void in the hearts not only of his family, his friends, his church associates, and professional colleagues, but of hundreds of mute beneficiaries of his charitable skill."
Class of 1885
William Ahern O'Brien died at his home at Bellows Falls, Vt., January 13, 1928, after a long period of ill health.
He was born at Bellows Falls, April 19, 1860, his parents being Thomas and Mary (Ahern) O'Brien, and prepared for college at the local high school. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi, and represented that fraternity on the Aegis board in junior year.
After graduation he studied law in Bellows Falls and Boston, and in 1886 went to St. Joseph, Mo., where he completed his studies and in 1887 was admitted to the bar. He began practice there, but his health broke down, and in 1896 he returned to his home, where he has since remained, keenly interested in public affairs, but unable to undertake any active work. He never married, and is survived by a sister and two brothers.
Class of 1886
Dr. William Elihu Baxter died A'pril 3, 1927, at St. Augustine, Fla., of typhoid fever, followed by meningitis complications.
The son of William Henry and Mary (Jackson) Baxter, he was born in Portland, Me., March 5, 1863. His preparation for college was obtained at Hallowell, Me., and at private schools in Portland. He left college at the close of freshman year.
After leaving college he began the study of medicine, and was two years at Bowdoin Medical School, completing his study at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, where he obtained his degree in 1887. After special courses on the eye and ear in New York, he began practice in Bangor, Me., where he remained for nine years. Studying abroad for a year, he then settled in Boston, where he practiced for over twenty years and was associated with the Eye and Ear Infirmary. With a summer home at Topsfield, Mass., which Mrs. Baxter retains, they had in recent years spent their winters at St. Augustine, and had passed two years in Porto Rico and Panama.
Before the World War Dr. Baxter was connected with the Medical Reserve Corps, and entered active service in April, 1917, coming from Panama. He served in France with the Forty-second Division, with the rank of captain, and was invalided home in the spring of 1918.
June 23, 1887, he was married to Helen A., daughter of Charles Sewall and Cornelia (Adams) Pennell of Brunswick, Me., who survives him, with their two children, William H., a graduate of M. I. T., who is a chemical engineer in New York city, and Clarence Pennell, a physician in San Diego, Cal.
Dr. Baxter found keen pleasure in the sports of hunting and fishing. His chief club affiliation was for over thirty years with the Boston Athletic Club. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and of the Society of Colonial Wars.
Class of 1892
William Towne Gunnison died at his home at Rochester, N. H., on February 3, 1928, after a long illness due to polycythemia, a rare disease of the blood.
He was born on September 22, 1869, at Greenville, Miss., where his father had gone after the war to engage in cotton growing. Owing to the early death of his father he returned with his mother to Milford, N. H. He went through the Milford schools, attended Phillips Exeter, and was graduated from Dartmouth in 1892. While in college he developed into one of the best tennis players the College has ever had. He was a member of the Psi U fraternity and the Casque and Gauntlet society.
After graduation from the Harvard Law School in 1895 he became associated with ex-Gov. Samuel D. Felker (Dartmouth 1882) in the practice of law in Rochester. His rise in his profession was rapid, and he was highly esteemed throughout the state as an attorney.
He was quickly drawn into public affairs,, and served his city as school board member and as representative in many capacities. As a Republican he was influential in party circles and could have had many offices had he cared toaccept them.
In 1916 he was appointed to the Public Service Commission of New Hampshire, and later became chairman, a position he held at the time of his death. To the work of this commission Mr. Gunnison gave most of his time and energy during the later years of his- life. His service there can best be characterized by the following telegram sent by Gov. Huntley N. Spaulding:
"It is with deep sorrow that I have just learned of the death of my close friend and fellow townsman, William T. Gunnison. Rarely do we find a public official of his ability and sincerity of purpose. Because of his absolute honesty and integrity, his sense of fairness, and his determination to make just decisions fearlessly, regardless of popular clamor, as demonstrated throughout many years of public service, I reappointed him chairman of the Public Service Commission. The people of New Hampshire have lost a valuable public servant. The world is better for his having lived in it."
On October 11, 1898, Mr. Gunnison married Miss Grace Horney of Rochester, and two sons were born to them, Arvin (Dartmouth '22), now of St. Louis, Mo., and Vinal (Dartmouth '25), now of Chattanooga, Tenn.
The funeral services were held at the First Congregational church in Rochester on Sunday, February 5, and were attended by the leaders in the political, legal, and business circles of New Hampshire, who came to pay their tribute to a respected and beloved companion.
To the members of the class Billy's career has been no surprise. It was the natural outcome of qualities he had displayed throughout his college years. Modest, clean, studious,, keen, with a great capacity for friendship, and loyal to his friends, we foresaw for him a life successful in the service of his fellow men—and our vision has been abundantly fulfilled.
Dr. Frederick S. Ward died at his home, 218 Summer Ave., Springfield, Mass., on Sunday, February 5, after a year's period of impaired health.
Frederick Spalding Ward was born at Plainfield, N. H., January 6, 1868. He attended the public schools at Plainfield, and prepared for college in Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, N. H. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1892 with a B. S. degree. He won several scholarship prizes, and was an editor of The Dartmouth for two years. He graduated from the Dartmouth Medical School in 1895, afterward taking post-graduate courses at Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and Harvard.
He was resident physician at the Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn., in 1895 and 1896, assistant instructor in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city, in 1897 and 1898, and resident pathologist at the State Hospital at Taunton from 1899 to 1901.
His professional career in Springfield began in 1901, following his marriage, August 22 of that year, to Gertrude Stevens Brown, daughter of Dr. John P. Brown, (Dartmouth 1860) superintendent of the State Hospital at Taunton. He located in the Forest Park section, which was then being developed, and had since lived in that part of the city.
Beginning in 1903, he became visiting physician at Mercy Hospital, continuing in that capacity for seven years. He was medical refe'ee of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York since 1905. He was chief examiner for the Travelers Insurance Company, and he was examiner for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York and for the New York l ife Insurance Company. He was a member of Faith Congregational church, of Springfield Lodge of Masons, and the Royal Arcanum.
He leaves, besides the widow, four children, Mrs. Robert M. Trask, Richard Peasley Ward, Caroline Rebecca Ward, and Margaret Spalding Ward, all of Springfield.
Ward has led so busy a life that he has been able to give but little time to keeping up his college connections, but the class realized the depth of his devotion to his profession, and were glad to reckon him among their number.
Class of 1900
George Frye Merrill died alone in his private camp on the shores of Lily Pond at West Gloucester, Mass., on Wednesday, January 11, 1928. His death was untimely, but it was of his own choosing, calmly, even cheerfully, undertaken, carefully planned, and bravely carried out, as was George's way in all thingsinsignificant or momentous. The causes which lay back of his tragic ending of a life still young, no man may know. Some serious bodily infirmity there was—a lesion of the heart it seems ; but there must have been besides a deep agony of the soul. Yet of this latter, George never made mention. The face which he turned toward the world invariably wore a smile; such concern as he was wont to voice was for the trials and perplexities of others. His own problems, his own necessities of fortune he kept closely to himself. Had it been as easy for him to share his sorrows with his friends as it was to lavish participation in his joys, he would, no doubt, have struck a more even balance with life that would have yielded him a fair measure of happiness. But the nature of the man was to give, to give unrestrainedly both of himself and of his possessions, and to countenance no return. So when his physical and spiritual assets were quite spent, his one recourse was to withdraw himself from a world of which he declined to make any demand save the privilege of finding his own way to quietness and peace.
George Merrill possessed an extraordinary personality. He was gifted with a genius for making quick and friendly contacts with human beings in all walks of life. When we were freshmen with him in College, he was the first among us whom we all knew and who in turn knew all of us. He was endowed, too, with unusual powers of leadership, for his judgments were sound, his qualifications as an organizer and executor far above the average, while his ready sympathy and spontaneous geniality enhanced persuasive abilities in themselves of a high order. Had he been ambitious for personal preferment instead of mainly content with the satisfaction of good fellowship, he might have commanded almost any office in the gift of the class.
Following his graduation from Dartmouth, George entered the Boston University Law School, and, after completing his course in the latter institution, became associated with the law office of Charles E. Russell in Gloucester. As was to have been expected, he was almost immediately successful, and for a number of years enjoyed a constantly widening practice. He became prominent in civic and political affairs, and besides performing various functions of a local nature, took an active and valuable part in the state Constitutional Convention, to which he was a delegate. During this period, too, he joined the Masons, and attained various successive degrees in that ancient order. At the same time his social charm, his generosity, his unselfishness won him a host of new friends. Nor did he neglect his academic associations. Class and college affairs usually found him in attendance, ready to contribute his best to their success.
It would appear that the deflection in the rising line of his success occurred just subsequent to the ravaging epidemic of influenza which swept the country during the terrible war winter of 1918. With characteristic energy and self-forgetfulness, George plunged into relief w:ork in and about Gloucester. No duty was too ghastly for him to perform, no responsibility too heavy for him to undertake. He nursed the sick, he prepared the dead for burial, he carried comfort to those that mourned. For days and nights on end he knew neither rest nor respite. The toll upon his physical endurance was, of course, tremendous; but it was as nothing in comparison with the drain upon his nervous system. The plague itself left him apparently untouched, but he was one among its aftermath of broken men.
So for George Merrill the past nine years were years of struggle against disabilities arising from an almost hopelessly disordered constitution. His contacts with life outside a narrowing circle of acquaintances became fewer. In casual contacts with his classmates he seemed, to be sure, quite the same friendly and debonair Doc as of old, the same lovable, happyhearted Doc of college days. And if there was some pretence in his bearing, no one realized it but himself. Of late, however, even casual encounters grew more infrequent. Whether the process was conscious or unconscious, who can tell, but as time passed, one after another of the moorings which bind most men to life was sundered and George was ready to free his adventurous soul for a mysterious journeying afar.
The evil that men do may often live after them, the good lie buried in their graves. Not so with George Merrill. Few men have been freer than he from evil intent; few have given so little thought to their own advantage, so much to assuring the well-being of others; few have been more responsive to the appeal of those in distress, few readier to give of time and sympathy and substance to humble folk. Some deep hidden weakness of the body debarred him from complete fulfilment of the hopes which his spiritual and intellectual attainments seemed to justify. But it is that weakness, whatever it may have been, that has gone with his body to the grave. That which will survive among the multitude of those who knew and loved him will be the memory of his pervasive kindliness, his contagious spirit of good cheer, his self-sacrifice and loyalty that knew no let nor bound in friendship's service.
Class of 1902
Karl Albright Pember died January 11, 1928, near Tucson, Arizona, where he had gone to seek relief from asthma.
He was born in Woodstock, Vt., November 9, 1879, the son of Jay Read (Dartmouth 1862) and Alida (Goodwin) Pember. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi, and was with the class during the first two years of the course.
Since 1916 he had been clerk of Windsor county court, succeeding his father in that position, in which he was markedly efficient. He maintained his ties with the class and college although he did not complete his course, and attended the reunion in June, though far from well.
In 1912 he was married to Anna Brockway of West Hartford, Vt., who survives him, with two daughters, Jane and Emily.
Two fine tributes have appeared in print, and deserve to be quoted at length. The first is from his local paper, the Vermont Standard:
"Karl Pember was a man of unusual mental capacities and of divers interests, for each of which he seemed to have particular aptitude and discernment. His .instinct for art and appreciation of it was the inspiration of all his recreation and much of his serious work. Greatly enjoying the out-of-doors, he became interested in birds and botany. The things which to most people are pleasant fads were to him subjects of consideration and deep study, and for that reason he became known as an unusual authority upon ornithology and kindred lines. Finally, because it was most difficult, he chose or unconsciously adopted as his hobby the peregrine falcon, swiftest bird of flight, dauntless marauder, dwelling on rocky citadels almost unapproachable. As a collector he assembled the most complete group extant today of the eggs and taxidermic specimens of this very rare species. Yet this is but one item in the very comprehensive ornithological collection arranged in his private rooms in the Windsor county court house. Under appointment of Governor Billings he has been state ornithologist for several years past. As a stamp collector he was equally tireless and discriminating, and his collection is unique. Mr. Pember possessed in unusual degree the talent of irresistible personality, and enjoyed the warmest sort of friendships. In reminiscent mood he wrote rhymes of childhood and daily experience which had great appeal, among many others, "Swimmin'," "Day Before Yesterday," and a poem on Plymouth, dealing with the Coolidge ancestry. He also wrote a poem to Hartland at the time of the sesqui-centennial of that village. His touch with pen and brush was unusually inspired, and some of his productions in this field were notably artistic. Mr. Pember in local affairs had been honored with elections as justice of the peace, member of the board of trustees of the village, and as selectman of the town. He was also captain of Company G of the Vermont National Guard while that organization existed in Woodstock."
And the following is from the Boston Transcript :
"Karl Pember loved best the crags of his native state of Vermont, and where they rose bare and desolate he spent much of his time. By authority of the state he was Vermont's official ornithologist. He had made a long study of birds, and knew them all in their native haunts. Falcons, however, were the birds he knew the best. Often risking his life and limb, Karl Pember sought their nests and eggs in the wildest regions near his home in Woodstock. His collection of the eggs of this strange bird was undoubtedly the best in the country. He corresponded with ornithologists all over the world. He is credited with having discovered the presence of authentic falcons in Vermont, a bird, by the way, not native to this country and which the farmers of his region always thought were hawks. The young men of Woodstock were his willing helpers, and many a delightful day was spent with Karl Pember hunting the wild falcon. He was that rare combination of scientist, nature lover, and poet, and his passing will be deeply mourned by the people of Woodstock, who knew his charming personality. The birds of Vermont will miss him, and the uninhabited hillsides that he loved to climb will miss him too. Karl Pember was a great fellow, always smiling despite the 'wheezes' —as he termed the asthma—that brought about his untimely death."
Class of 1907
The death of J. Frank McDavitt, affectionately known to his classmates as "Mac", occurred suddenly on Saturday, January 7, 1928. He was stricken with heart disease while being driven in his automobile from Paterson, N. J., to his summer home in Newfoundland, N. J., for the week-end.
Mac was born in Boston, March 17, 1885, the son of John J McDavitt, Dartmouth 1867, who survives him, and a cousin of Clarence McDavitt, Dartmouth 1900. He prepared at Goff's School for Dartmouth, where, from the moment of his matriculation, his genial, cheerful disposition, his enthusiasm, and generosity won him many friends.
He took an active part in class and college affairs during his two years at Hanover. He was a member of the Mandolin Club and associate editor of the Dartmouth Magazine. Several plates and illustrations in the 1907 Aegis bear his signature. He was a member of Psi Upsilon, and the now extinct junior society, Turtle. His quick wit, poise, eloquence, and courteous, tactful manner were not only esteemed by his many friends but- gave great promise of success in the career which he chose to follow and pursued so ably.
Mac left Dartmouth in the fall of his junior year to attend the New York Law School. He was admitted to the New York bar about 1910. In June, 1911, he married Miss Ethel Marie Brown, whose family settled in Newfoundland, N. J., about 1740. In 1913 he became associated with Messrs. Smith and Schenck in the law firm of Smith, Schenqk, and McDavitt, and built up a very satisfactory practice. During the World War he withdrew from this firm to serve as a dollar-a-year man in the United States Shipping Board until the end of hostilities.
In April, 1920, he became a member of the firm of Kaye, McDavitt, and Scholer, with offices at 149 Broadway, New York city, and was enjoying an exceedingly successful practice. He was a member of the Dartmouth Club of New York, Bankers Club of New York, Calumet Club of New York, the Salmagundi Club, and the New Jersey Country Club.
Mac leaves, beside his widow, two children, John Frank, Jr., fifteen years old, who is attending the Fessenden School in Newton, and Joan, fourteen years old.
He was buried in a little churchyard near his home at Newfoundland, N. J.
HONORARY
General George Washington Goethals, upon whom the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred in 1920, died at his home in New York city January 21, 1928, after an illness of several months.
He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 29, 1858, spent three years at the College of the City of New York, and in 1876 entered the United States Military Academy, where he graduated in 1880, the second in his class. He was appointed to the Engineering Corps in the army, and devoted his life to engineering work. His promotion in the army was rapid, and in 1915 he was raised to the rank of major general. His greatest work was the building of the Panama Canal, of which he was in charge from 1907 to 1914. For the next two years he served as governor of the Canal Zone, and then at his request was allowed to retire to civil life, whence, however, he was recalled for important service during the World War.
In December, 1884, he was married to Effie, daughter of Capt. Thomas R. Rodman of New Bedford, Mass., who survives him, with their two sons.
