YALE OBITUARY.
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which made him a man of rare attain-
ments and culture. With it all he pos-
sessed the simplicity of a child. With
strangers he was reserved, but with
those he loved, with his friends, he was
as open as the day, and a most genial
companion.
“Why weep we then for him, who hav-
ing won
“The bound of man’s appointed years,
at last,
“Life’s blessings all enjoyed, life’s
labors done,
“Serenely to his final rest has passed;
“While the soft memory of his virtues,
yet,
“Lingers like twillight hues, when the
bright sun is set.”
AW. G;
GEORGE W. MEAD, ’5I.
George W. Mead, Yale ’s1, died sud-
denly at his home, 29 Monroe Place,
Brooklyn, on the morning of Monday,
February 13. The immediate cause of
death was paralysis of the heart. For
some weeks Mr. Mead had been suffer-
ing from the after-effects of the grip,
which had somewhat diminished his
activity, though it could by no means
check his lifelong and indomitable
energy. But for a day or two before
the final attack he had seemed to grow
young again. Sunday, the twelfth of
February, was the seventy-second an-
niversary of his birth, and through most
of the day, spent in happy enjoyment
of his home and family, he had been
in especially high spirits. Late in the
afternoon he began to suffer from what
at first seemed only a trifling and tem-
porary disorder; but the following
morning he suddenly became uncon-
scious, and almost before the members
of his family who had gathered about
him could understand what was happen-
ing, he passed quietly and peacefully
away. 7
Mr. Mead was born on February 12,
1827, in South Salem, Westchester
County, N. Y., of old colonial stock
dating back on both sides of the house
to the early seventeenth century. His
grandfather, Enoch Mead, served dur-
ing the Revolution on General Wash-
ington’s staff with the rank of Colonel,
His father, Alphred, removed from
Greenwich, Conn., the first home of the
Meads in this country, to Weschester
County, where he was one of the early
settlers. Here Mr. Mead’s boyhood
was spent, until in 1847 he entered Yale
College, from which he was graduated
four years later. He then entered the
Yale Law School, and after completing
its two years’ course, he opened in 1854,
a law office in New York City in
partnership with his classmate, Enos N.
Taft, under the firm name of Mead &
Taft. After ten years of successful
practice the partnership was dissolved,
and thenceforward Mr. Mead’s time
was mainly absorbed by his business
interests and large financial cares. On
the organization of the New York,
Housatonic & Northern Railroad Com-
pany he became its presidént, a position
which he held until 1872. From that
time on he was mainly occupied with
real estate and other local interests in
Brooklyn, of which city he had been
at the time of his death a resident for
more than forty years. His Summers
were spent in Westchester County,
where he found his recreation in im-
proving and enlarging the landed prop-
erty which had been his patrimony.
Mr. Mead has always been a most
enthusiastic and loyal Yalé man.
was devoted to his Class, and loved
every association of his college days.
It was his pride never to lose a Yale
commencement, and he was a constant
attendant at the meetings of the Long
Island Yale Alumni Association. He
was a member of the Yale Club of New
York City. He was also a member of
the Long Island Historical Soviety, and
one of the original members of the
Hamilton Club of Brooklyn. At the
time of his death he had been a trustee
of the Brooklyn City Dispensary con-
tinuously since 1859, and was the only
remaining representative of the first
Board.
He was married in 1858 to Sarah
Frances, daughter of the late John Jay
Studwell of Brooklyn. Twelve children
were born to them, of whom eleven
survive. The youngest son, D. Irving
Mead, was graduated from Yale Col-
lege in the Class of Ninety-Seven. sctis
son-in-law, Herbert A. Smith, is also
He ©
TAT Mm ALUMNI WEEABLY
a Yale man, a graduate of the Class of
Eighty-Nine.
A PERSONAL TRIBUTE. »
I should like to add a word to the
regular obituary notice of Mr. Mead.
I had the pleasure and privilege of a
good talk with him at the Yale Alumni
Meeting in Brooklyn last November.
He was rich in the fruits of the spirit.
The very grasp of his hand was a gos-
pel, and his words to me were an un-
spiration. He was over seventy years
old, but in heart he was the youngest
man in the room. What I especially
liked about him was his hopeful and
courageous attitude toward life; his
firm belief in the goodness of men; his
hearty feeling of fellowship in the Yale
brotherhood. Here was a_ typical
American and Yale man; a Christian
gentleman; one who had lived a long,
active life; who had reared a large
family of children; who had been a
blessing to all his associates and to the
community where he lived, and who
remained up to the very last, joyous,
keenly alive, and as pure in heart as a
child. The influence of such men we
never forget, and they make us proud
of Yale.
WILLIAM Lyon PHELPS.
HENRY EUGENE HAWLEY, ’60.
Henry Eugene Hawley, ’60, died at
his apartments in the Hotel Bucking-
ham, New York City, on Friday, Febru-
ary IO.
Mr. Hawley was born in New York
City on June 24, 1838, and after gradu-
ating from College he spent three years
in traveling. In December, 1864, he
returned to New York to go into busi-
ness under the firm name of Carter &
Hawley. Mr. Hawley was married to
Miss Elizabeth J. Lockwood of Nor-
walk, Conn., on February 12, 1862.
Three daughters have been born to
him, one of whom died in infancy.
The deceased was
Director of the Standard Asphalt Com-
pany; a member of the Century, Uni-
versity, Union League, and Riding
Clubs and of the New York Yale
Alumni Association at the time. of his
death.
ELMO HENRY KEYES, EX-’90.
Elmo Henry Keyes, ex-’90, and his
wife were accidently killed by inhaling
illuminating gas early Tuesday morn-
ing, February 6th. They had attended
a dance at the residence of Col.
Eugene Griffing at Ardsley-on-the-
Hudson on the previous evening and
returned to the Ardsley Casino to spend
the night. At nine o’clock the next
morning a bell-boy noticed an odor
of gas coming from room 24, and upon
summoning help and entering the room ~
they found it filled with gas and both
Mr. Keyes and his wife unconscious,
and all efforts to revive them proved
unavailing. The knobs for turning on
and off the electric lights ana gas in
the Casino are placed very close to-
gether in the rooms, and Mr. Keyes,
in turning off the electric light, must
have turned on the gas.
Elmo Henry Keyes was the son of
the late Major-General Keyes of the
United States Army, and will be re-
membered as a bright, genial member
of the Class of 1890 during the Fresh-
man and Sophomore years. He then
left College and went abroad, and dur- °
ing the years of 1890 and 1891 was a
student at the University of Heidleburg,
Germany. In the Fall of 1892 he went
to the University of Berne, Switzerland,
where he received the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy. In June, 1895, he re-
turned to America, and in the Fall of
that year was made assistant in Physics
at Columbia University. Two years
later he was promoted to be Assistant
Professor of Physics. He was married
on May 2oth, 1897, Miss Mary Louise
Ward, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. G
S. Luttrell Ward, of New York City,
and a niece of General Hancock. Re-
cently Mr. Keyes resigned his. position
in Columbia University and became
chemist for a wholesale drug firm in
New York City. He leaves one child,
six months old.
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bership of over one hunderd. The
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President and.
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poses. The membership of the club
has been limited to 150, after which
number has been reached, no persons,
except such as hold an honorary de-
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at least two years after graduation.
An alumnus of any college or univer-
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members of the club are: C. W. Bing-
ham, ’68, President; S. A. Raymond,
"70, Treasurer; R. A. Harman, 778 S.
The club has purchased a home on
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of club members and one room which
has been reserved as a guest room.
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