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Mr. McCormick was born in Harris-
burg, Pa., March 10, 1831. He intended
to make law his life work, but after
studying it for a year after graduation
he abandoned it for the iron business, in
which he was very successful. To-
gether with his father, and his brother
James McCormick, Yale "53, he did
much to develop the iron interests of
Central Pennsylvania. He was widely
known for his philanthrophy.
Mr. McCormick leaves a wife and
three children, one of them being Vance
McCormick, Yale ’93 S.
COL. WILLIAM MASON GROSVENOR, EX-’55.
Col. William Mason Grosvenor, ex-
’xe died at his home in Englewood, N.
J., Friday, July 20, from Bright’s dis-
ease.
Col. Grosvenor was born in Ashfield,
Mass., April 23, 1833. He left College
in January of his Senior year to take a
position as editorial writer on the New
Haven Palladium and since that time
has been constantly identified with news-
paper work. For the last twenty-five
years he has been connected with the
New York Tribune and was editor of
Dun’s Review since its origin. When
the Civil War began he joined the
Thirteenth Connecticut Volunteers as
Adjutant and served to the end of the
war, when he had risen to 'the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Louisi-
ana Colored Regiment, which was dis-
tinguished for gallant service. When
the war was over Col. Grosvenor be-
came the editor of the New Haven Jour-
nal and Courier and later went to St.
Louis as editor of the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat. His best known writings are
“Does Protection Protect,” and “Ameri-
can Securities,’ the latter a standard
work of great value on New England
manufacturing stocks.
Col. Grosvenor was twice married.
His second wife survives him.
HON. HENRY C. PLATT, EX-'55.
Hon. Henry C. Platt, ex-’55, died at
Milford, Conn., May 1, 1900.
Mr. Platt was born in Milford, July
5, 1832, and was the son of Jonah and
Comfort Baldwin Platt.
After spending a portion of his Fresh-
man year at Wesleyan University he
joined the Class of Fifty-Five, with
which he spent two years, being unable
to complete his course for financial rea-
sons. Subsequently he engaged in the
manufacture of boots and shoes at Mil-
ford, and was still later admitted to the
bar, and practiced for many years in
New York City and New Haven, be-
ing at the time of his death one of the
oldest members of the New MHaven
County Bar. Judge Platt was for some
years trial Judge of the Milford Town
Court and served one term as Judge
of Probate, Milford District.
He is survived by a widow and two
sons, Harrison G. Platt, Yale ’88, and
Robert Treat Platt, Yale ’89, both of
Portland, Oregon.
PHILIP GRAY RUSSELL, 776.
Philip Gray Russell, ’76, died at his
home in Washington, D. C., Sunday,
July 22, from the results of an operation
for appendicitis performed — several
months ago.
Mr. Russell was born in New Haven,
Conn., Feb. 14, 1854, and was the son
of Gen. William H. Russell, the founder
of the Russell Military School. After
graduation he spent two years at the
Yale Law School, receiving the degree
of LL.B. The following September he
went to Washington, where he became
examiner in the United States Patent
offices, retaining that post until 1882,
when he resigned and went into part-
nership with George S. Prindle of
Washington for the practice of patent
law, under the firm name of Prindle &
Russell. The firm continued until Mr.
Russell’s death. He was married Dec.
17 1884, to Miss Lilean Kendall of
Washington, who died two years late
leaving no children.
WILLIAM K. DUCKWORTH, 795 S.
William King Duckworth, ’95 S., died
at his home in St. Joseph, Mo., Tuesday,
June 5, after a short sickness.
Mr. Duckworth was born at Cincin-
nati, O., Nov. 17, 1873. In his Senior
year he was a member of the Yale
Glee Club. Since graduation he has
been connected with the Tootle-Weakley
Millinery Co., at St. Joseph.
GEORGE R. TRACEY, ’07 S.
George. R. Tracey, ’97S., was in-
stantly killed Friday, June 1, by the ex- —
plosion of some chemicals he was using
while conducting an experiment in film-
making at the works of the Eastman
Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y. He
was born in New London, Conn., about
twenty-seven years ago and since grad-
uation had been with the Eastman Com-
pany, where he was, at the time of his
death, superintendent of the film de-
partment.
At a meeting of the Class of Ninety-
Seven, Scientific, held at North Shef-
field Hall, June 25, a committee was ap-
pointed to prepare and transmit the fol-
lowing resolutions:
“Whereas, God has called to himself
our beloved classmate, George Robinson
Tracy and
“Whereas, we his classmates, feel
deeply his death, therefore be it resolved
that as a class we express in this way our
sincere regret at the loss of his comrade-
ship, and testify to our appreciation of
his modesty, unselfishness and purity of
heart, and that we extend to his family
our deepest sympathy in their bereave-
ment; and be it further
“Resolved, That a copy of these reso-
lutions be forwarded to them and pub-
lished in the ALUMNI WEEKLY.
“James S. North, Allen S. Hurlburt,
and Horace B. Tuttle. For the Class of
Ninety-Seven S.”
DR. FREDERICK WALTER HULSEBERG, ’98 M.S.
News was received in the early part
of August, through the Surgeon-General
of the United States, that Dr. Frederick
Walter Hulseberg, 98 M.S., had been
shot and killed by insurgents at Majay-
jay, about 60 miles north of Manila, in
the Philippines. Details are lacking, but
it is believed that he was picked off by
sharpshooters while on ambulance duty
near Majayjay, where the hospital post,
to which Dr. Hulseberg was attached,
is situated.
' Dr. Hulseberg was born in Poonah,
India, twenty-six years ago, and is the
son of an English army surgeon, now
retired. When a small boy he was sent
to England and attended school in Lon-
don for a while, finally coming to the
United States, where he prepared for
College at St. Austin’s on Staten Island.
For a time he was in business, but gave
it up and entering the Yale Medical
School graduated with honors. He re-
ceived an appointment to the New York
Colored Hospital, but left that after
a short time of service, to be ambulance
surgeon at Bellevue. From Bellevue he
CHARLES TRACY BROWN, YALE 1903.
(Died of typhoid fever, July 24.)
was appointed Interne at the New Ha-
ven Hospital, taking the position on a
competitive examination. While In-
terne in New Haven he took the New
York State examinations for practice
and passed with honors, but as he was
anxious to get the experience of surgical
work in the army he took the examina-
tions of the United States Army, and
having passed, was immediately ordered
to Manila, sailing from San Francisco
on the transport “Logan,’ May 15.
At the time of his death he was Assist-
ant Surgeon at the U. S. Army Hospi-
tal at Majayjay.
Four brothers of Dr. Hulseberg are
officers in the British army. One was
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killed in South Africa last May, about
the time the “Logan” sailed from San
Francisco. :
CHARLES TRACY BROWN, 1903.
Charles Tracy Brown, 1903, died at
his home in Quogue, N. Y., of typhoid
fever, Tuesday, July 24, after a short
illness. He was eighteen years and four
months old. He prepared at Groton for
three years before entering Yale and
during that time was prominent in the
athletics of the school, rowing on one
of the boat club crews for two years
and playing on the football team one
year. Coming to Yale he made the
Freshman Football Eleven at once, play-
ing guard, and for a time was on the
University squad playing guard on the
other side of the line from his brother.
In the Freshman Eight he rowed at
No. 5, and was one .of the best oars in
the boat. He was a member of the
Dwight Hall Membership Committee.
In school and college Mr. Brown main-_
tained a high standard of scholarship
and was beloved by his classmates for
his strength of character and manliness.
It would have been hard to pick from |
the class a member whose death would
have been so keenly felt by such a large
number and whose loss would have been
so serious a one. |
Mr. Brown was a son of T. Gordon
Brown of Flushing, and a brother of
F. Gordon Brown, Jr., 1901, Captain of
the Yale Eleven.
Nu Flemortam.
ELIJAH G. BOARDMAN.
Elijah G. Boardman, A.B., 1891, born in
Cleveland, Ohio, April 28, 1868, died
July 21, 1900.
To his friends and classmates, the
news of the death of Elijah G. Board-
man, 791, which occurred in Cleveland,
July 21, while he was there on a visit
to his brother, came as a shock. Until
Friday, July 20, Mr. Boardman had been
in his usual health and spirits, but about
noon on that day he was seized with an
attack of heart failure that greatly
alarmed his family. Physicians were at
once summoned and were with him con-
stantly, administering the usual reme-
dies, and were hopeful of successfully
tiding over the trouble, but on Friday
night, despite their endeavors, he be-
came unconscious and sank rapidly un-
til the end came early Saturday morn-
ing.
Mr. Boardman prepared for Yale at
Andover, and entered College in the
Fall of 1887 with the Class of Ninety-
One. For the first part of his College
course his retiring disposition—largely
due to the physical infirmity from which
he suffered—prevented his becoming
well-known to his classmates, but dur-
ing the last two years few men in his
Class were better known or liked.
He came of a family distinguished for
its services and benefactions to Yale—
he was a grandson of the founder of
the Sheffield Scientific School, and a
nephew of Professor John A. Porter—
and was true to the traditions of his
race. Yale had no more loyal son, and
Ninety-One no more devoted member
than he. At all the Class reunions in
New Haven, and at all the alumni
gatherings in» New York, his was a
familiar figure.
After graduation he entered the Har-
vard Law School, and remained there
two years, and then took up the prac-
tice of his chosen profession in New
York City. In the Spring of 1894 he
returned to Cambridge for the examina-
tions, and having passed successfully was
awarded the degree of LL.B. by Har-
vard. As a lawyer he was careful and
painstaking, and the interests of his
clients always received his best thought
and attention.
Of his qualities as a man it is more
difficult to speak briefly and yet ade-
quately. His courage and cheerfulness
in the face of physical infirmity showed
the stuff of which he was made, and
will always be a lesson and an example
to those who knew him. No one could
meet him without being impressed by
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the gentleness of his manner and his
unfailing courtesy—while to his more
intimate friends he revealed other and
yet more lovable traits which endeared
him to them. In brief, it fitly sums up
his character to say that those who knew
him best loved him most. C.
Yale Obituary Record.
The obituary record of the graduates
of Yale University, who died during the
academical year ending in June, 1900,
and including the record of a few who
died previously, was distributed at the
general alumni meeting at Commence-
ment, June 26, 1900. It contains the fol-
lowing obituaries which have not been
recorded in the WEEKLY:
Graduates of the Academical De-
partment—Amos Crocker, ’34, died at
Hamilton, N. Y; May 13, 1807; Pascal
© ££ Kidder. 36. at Dunkirk, N.Y.
Jan. 3, 18909; Wyllys Atwater, ’43, at
New Haven, Conn., Nov. 28, 1899; Syl-
vester Hine, ’43, at Hartford, Conn.,
July 28, 1899; John M. Sibley, ’43, at
Sutton, Mass., June 2, 1900; John P
Hubbard, ’48, at Germantown, Pa., Oct.
12, 1899; George White, ’48, at Wel-
lesley, Mass., July 29, 1899; William
Augustus Atlee, ’51, at Lancaster, Pa.,
Feb. 24, 1900; William C. Brewster,
53, at New: York City, May. 30, 1900;
David W. Brooks, 753, at Detroit, Mich.,
June 18, 1899; Gilbert F. Bailey, ’56,
at Crotow Pals: N. Y., Nov..2 ie0e;
John D. Wood, ’56, at New York City,
Feb. 2, 19000: Joun Mi Tate OF ae
San José, Cal., July 24, 1803; George
W. Fisher, ’68, at Grafton, Mass., Feb.
17, 1900; Stephen C. Wood, ’79, at
Buluwayo, South Africa, Dec. 14, 1897;
Frederic S. Calhoun, ’83, at Newton,
Mass., Nov. 23, 18099.
Graduates of Scientific Department—
William W. Abbott, ’77, died at Wor-
cester, Mass., July 7, 18909; William C.
Catlin, 783, at Jonnstown, Pa, res. 2;
1900; Joseph S. Green, ’92, died Dec.
23, 1897. |
Graduate of Medical School — Fred-
erick A. Hart, ’38, died at Southington,
Conn., April 6, 1900.
Graduates of Law School—W. F. C.
Gregory, ’49, died at Richmond, Va.,
May, 1887; Stephen L. Dows, ’go, at
Cedar Rapids, Ia., July. 5, 18605 Jone
Boyle Kelly, ’95, at Haverhill, Mass.,
June 10, 1900.
Graduates of Divinity School—Loren
F. Berry, 77, died at Chicago, Ill., May
7, 1900; Alva L. DeLong, ’79, at Gar-
den City, Kan., June 4, 1890.
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Runkle’s historical romance, “The Hel-
met of Navarre,’ which begins in this
number.
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