Two Faculty Members Die
Two members of the Dartmouth faculty, each of whom had served the College for more than a quarter of a century, died in the late spring. Professor Howard A. Bradley, a member of the Speech Department for the past 27 years, passed away May 24 at Dick's House at the age of 53; and Professor William A. Robinson, a member of the Government Department for the past 31 years, died in Concord, N. H., June 10, at the age of 65.
Howard Aden Bradley
Professor Bradley specialized in teaching a course in legal argument and had just completed his classes for the second semester. He had been in failing health for several months, but his death came as an unexpected shock.
A native of Alliance, Ohio, he was born August 29, 1896, and received an A.B. degree from Ohio Wesleyan in 1920 and a M.A. degree from Cornell in 1927. Before joining the Dartmouth faculty in 1923, he was an instructor in public speaking at lowa State College for two years.
Professor Bradley had devoted more than a decade to work on Daniel Webster and the Knapp-White murder trial in Salem, Mass. His exhaustive research resulted in a manuscript of more than 700 pages which he had recently completed but did not live to see published.
During World War I Professor Bradley served with the 395 th Infantry Division. He was a member of the American Speech Association, the Eastern Public Speaking Conference and the New England Speech Association, and a former member of the Board of Proprietors of The Dartmouth.
Professor Bradley is survived by a sister, Mrs. E. H. Allensworth of Canton, Ohio.
William Alexander Robinson
On leave of absence since February because of illness, Professor Robinson was born in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 5, 1884. He was graduated from Bowdoin in 1907 and received an M.A. degree from Wisconsin in 1910 and a Ph.D. degree from Yale in 1913. Before his appointment as a Dartmouth professor in 1919, he had been a member of the faculties at Yale, the University of Idaho and Washington University. In recent years Professor Robinson taught courses in the development of American government institutions and in the conduct of American foreign relations. He also served on various College committees including those on the library, graduate instruction, sabbatical leaves and advisory to the President.
Professor Robinson was the author of several works including Jefferson Democracy in New England and a biography of Thomas B. Reed. He was also a contributor to the Dictionary of American Biography and the Dictionary of American History.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ruth D. Robinson; a sister, Miss Jean Robinson of Spokane, Wash., and a brother, Ernest Robinson of Pueblo, Col.
PROF. HOWARD A. BRADLEY
PROF. WILLIAM A. ROBINSON
