Major Redington

Major E. D. Redington '61, one of the founders of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Chicago and for many years "grand old man" of that organization, passed away quietly at his home in Evanston, Illinois, Friday, October 9, at the age of 91 years. Major Redington was a trustee of the College from 1895 to 1905. For years he served his class as secretary and as agent for the Alumni Fund. Three of his sons have graduated from Dartmouth and at the present time a grandson

is enrolled as a member of the sophomore class.

He was born in Chelsea, Vermont. He enlisted in the Twelfth Vermont Infantry after graduation and after serving nine months with the Army of the Potomac he was appointed paymaster by President Lincoln in 1863. He was present in Ford's Theatre the night of Lincoln's assassination.

It has always been Major Redington's boast that he could name all fifty-eight of his classmates in their correct order from "Baker" to "Whittaker" without missing one, which he did for the meeting of the Chicago Alumni Association honoring his ninetieth birthday.

The class of 1861 is the earliest class represented in Dartmouth's living alumni. Major Redington's death leaves Galen B. Seaman of Daytona Beach, Florida, as the sole representative of this class.