Class of 1870

Vol. IV
p193 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Civil History. — Chancellor of Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., from 1891 to –––––

Vol. V
p164 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Civil History. — Chancellor Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., 1891‑1907. — President American‑Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Co., Mercedes, Texas, May, 1908 to –––––.

Vol. VI
p145 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Born Aug. 22, 1847.)

Military History. —

Second Lieut., 5th Artillery, June 15, 1870.

Resigned, April 6, 1872.

Civil History. — Civil Engineer, 1872‑74; at Maine State College, Professor of Mechanics and Military Instructor, 1874‑77; at Tokio, Professor of Civil Engineering in the Imperial University of Japan, 1877‑85, in recognition of which services there was conferred upon him in 1885 the Order of the Rising Sun; at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., Professor of Civil Engineering, 1885‑91; at St. Louis, Mo., Chancellor of Washington University, 1891‑1907; President American‑Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Co., Mercedes, Texas, May, 1908, to 1910, when ill health compelled his retirement from active work.

Died, March 12, 1918, at St. Louis, Mo.: Aged 70.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1918.