General alumni catalogue of Washington and Jefferson College 1918, Part 35

Author: Maxwell, W. J; Hinitt, Frederick William, 1866-
Publication date: 1918
Publisher: [Washington, Pa. : W.J. Maxwell]
Number of Pages: 250


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Honorary Degrees Conferred by Jefferson College


Under this caption are listed only those persons who were granted honorary degrees and who were not graduates of Jefferson College; graduates and former students who have been granted honorary degrees by the College are listed as such under the year in which they graduated or would have graduated.


1805


John McMillan,*


A. M. (hon.), 1805; Prof. of Hebrew, Jeffer- Univ .; Founder and Trustee Washington Acad., 1787; Founder Canonsburg Acad. (Pa.) 1791; Founder and Trustee Jefferson Coll., 1802; Prof. of Divinity Jefferson Coll., 1802- 33; v .- pres. Jefferson Coll., 1805-33. d. 1833. Samuel Martin,* D. D., 1824.


Samuel Miller,*


A. M. (hon.), 1805; Prof. Jefferson College. Samuel Murdock,*


A. M. (hon.), 1805.


Samuel Ralston,*


A. M. (hon.) 1805; D. D., 1823 Washington Coll .; President Board of Trustees Jefferson Coll.


James Ramsey,*


A. M. (hon.), 1805; Prof. of Hebrew, Jeffer- son Coll.


James Dunlap,* 1806


A. M. (hon.) 1806; A. B., 1773 Princeton Univ .; Prof. of Languages and Moral Phil- osophy Jefferson Coll., 1803-12; Pres. Jeffer- son Coll., 1803-12. d. 1818. James Hughes,* A. M. (hon.) 1807. William Swan,* A. M. (hon.), 1807.


1808


John Anderson,* D. D., 1808.


James Power,* D. D., 1808; A. B., 1766 Princeton Univ. d. 1830.


Joseph Clark,* 1809


D. D., 1809; A. B., 1781 Princeton Univ .; A. M., 1784 do .; officer in Capt. Stout's Co .; 3d Regt., Hunterdon Co., N. J. Militia, 1777- 79; Moderator General Assembly, 1800; Trus- tee Princeton, 1800-13; Dir. Princeton Sem. 1812-13. d. 1813. Samuel Porter, Sr.,* A. M. (hon.), 1809.


1821


Obadiah Jennings,* A. M. (hon.), 1821; D. D., 1831 Princeton. d. 1832. Robert Johnston, A. M. (hon.), 1821.


1822


Thomas D. Baird,* A. M. (hon.), 1822.


1823


Robert Laird,* A. M. (hon.), 1823. A. O. Patterson,* A. M. (hon.), 1823.


1824


Robert Bruce,* D. D., 1824. Francis Herron,* D. D., 1824.


1825


William Church,* M. D. (hon.), 1825.


William F. Irwin,* M. D. (hon.), 1825.


Jonathan Letherman,* M. D. (hon.), 1825.


David Porter,* M. D. (hon.), 1825.


1826


John Gloninger,* M. D. (hon.), 1826. George Reidenour,* M. D. (hon.), 1826.


1827


Andrew K. Russell,*


A. M. (hon.), 1827.


1828


A. T. Dean,* M. D. (hon.), 1828. John Hemphill,* D. D., 1828. Jonathan Pounder,* M. D., 1828.


1829


Henry Cook,* D. D., 1829. Isaac Culbertson,* M. D. (hon.), 1829.


Reuben Davis,* A. M. (hon.), 1829.


William McIlvaine,* M. D. (hon.), 1829. George Reiter,* M. D. (hon.), 1829.


1830


John Brown,* D. D., 1830. Charles Ewing,*


LL. D., 1830; A. B., 1798 Princeton Ui .; A. M., 1801 do .; Chief Justice Supreme Cot, N. J., 1824-32; trustee Princeton Sem. 1 32; v-pres. Bd. of Trustees, 1831-32. d. 11.


1832


Alexander McCahan,* A. M. (hon.), 1832.


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J. McKaig,* A. M. (hon.), 1832. Joseph Patterson,* A. M. (hon.), 1832. John T. Pressly,* D. D., 1832. Stephen H. Tyng,* D. D., 1832.


1833


Ebenezer Daniels,* M. D. (hon.), 1833. Donald Frazer,* D. D., 1833. David McConaughy,* D. D., 1833.


1834


John F. James,* A. M. (hon.), 1834. David S. Stevenson,* M. D., 1834.


On Recommendation of Jefferson College, Philadelphia, Pa.


Medical


William McClag Awl,* M. D. (hon.), 1834. Azariah Blanchard,* M. D. (hon.), 1834. Henry Clark,* M. D. (hon.), 1834. Alexander McKelway,* M. D., 1834. George H. Perry,* M. D. (hon.), 1834. Joseph I. Wright,* M. D. (hon.), 1834.


1835


John E. Barbazet,* A. M. (hon.), 1835. Thomas S. Bryant,* M. D. (hon.), 1835. David Elliott,* D. D., 1835. Jacob Green,* LL. D., 1835; A. B., 1807, Univ. of Pa .; A. B. 1812 (hon.), Rutgers; A. M., 1810, Univ. of Pa .; A. M., 1815, Princeton; A. M., 1815 (hon.), Rutgers; M. D., 1827 (hon.), Yale; Prof. Experimental Philosophy, Chemistry and Natural History, Princeton, 1818-22; Prof. Chemistry, Jefferson Medical, 1822-41. d. 1841. William B. Heiskel,* A. M. (hon.), 1835. Robert Stewart,* D. D., 1835. Harman Van Dusen,* M. D. (hon.), 1835- Rudolph Zickwolf, A. M., 1835.


1836


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John Armstrong,* A. M., 1836. Peter A. Brown,* LL. D., 1836. Hugh Campbell,* A. M., 1836. Hiram Sims,* A. M. (hon.), 1836.


HONORARY DEGREES


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1837


Lewis Cass,*


LL. D. (hon.), 1837; Statesman; colonel in War of 1812; made Brig .- Gen., 1813; ap- pointed Gov. of Mich., 1814; many years Supt. of Indian Affairs; Sec. of War, 1831; Ambassador to France, 1836; U. S. senator from Mich., 1844 and 1851; candidate for President, 1848; Sec. of State, 1857; author "France, Its King, Court and Government." d. June, 1866. Isaac Grier,* D. D., 1837. L. S. Handy,* A. M. (hon.), 1837. H. N. Lee,* A. M., 1837. Alfred Marks,* A. M. (hon.), 1837. John Millington,* A. M. (hon.), 1837. M. Morgan,* A. M. (hon.), 1837.


William Orr,* A. M. (hon.), 1837.


E. P. Swift,* D. D., 1837.


Robert Thompson,* A. M. (hon.), 1837.


Joshua Williams,* D. D., 1837.


1839


Asahel Nettleton,* D. D., 1839. John Nevin,* D. D., 1839.


William Shaw,*


D. D., 1839.


David Stewart,* D. D., 1839.


1840


Joseph Braddock,* A. M. (hon.), 1840. J. S. Dunwiddie,* A. M. (hon.), 1840.


1841


Thomas Jacob Biggs,*


D. D., 1841; A. B., 1815, Princeton Univ .; A. M., 1818, do .; Educator; prof. Lane Sem., 1832-39; pres. Cincinnati Coll., 1839-45; Wood- ward Coll., Cincinnati, O., 1845-51. d. 1864.


Francois Samuel Robert Louis Gaus- sen, * D. D., 1841; D. D., 1843, Princeton; Prof. Theological Faculty, Geneva, Switzerland. d. 1863.


John Jameson,* D. D., 1841.


Andrew Marshall,* D. D., 1841.


Adolphe Frederic Theodore Monod,* D. D., 1841; D. D., 1842, Princeton; Prof. Protestant Theological Faculty, Montauban


Univ., France, 1836-47. d. 1856.


1843


William Mayo Atkinson,* D. D., 1843; A. B., 1814; Trustee Hampden- Sidney. d. 1849.


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[1843


Henry Baldwin,*


LL. D., 1843; Judge; several times elected to Congress; Justice Supreme Court of the U. S., 1830. d. 1844. James Harper,* D. D., 1843. James Martin,* D. D., 1843. James Peddie,* D. D., 1843. Williams Reynolds,* A. M. (hon.), 1843. James Thompson,* A. M. (hon.), 1843.


1844


Henry D. Maxwell,* A. M. (hon.), 1844. Nathan L. Rice,* D. D., 1844.


1845


James Carlisle,* D. D., 1845.


Henry Clay,*


LL. D., 1845; Statesman; mem. Ky Legisl., 1804; U. S. Senator from Ky., 1806-11; mem. of Congress and Speaker, 1812; Commissioner to Great Britain, 1814; elected to Congress and Senate many times; candidate for Presi- dent three times. d. June 29, 1852.


Robert Ferguson,* LL. D., 1845. Ezra Keller,* D. D., 1845. James Rodgers,* D. D., 1845. J. E. Snodgrass,* A. M. (hon.), 1845. James Ross Snowden,* A. M. (hon.), 1845. James H. Thornwell,* D. D., 1845.


1846


John Jordan Crittenden,* LL. D. (hon.), 1846; Statesman; U. S. Sena- tor, 1817, 1835, 1843 and 1855; atty .- gen., 1841; Governor of Ky., 1848; atty .- gen., 1850- 53. d. 1863.


Kensey Johns, Jr.,* LL. D., 1846; A. B., 1810, Princeton; A. M., 1815, do .; U. S. Rep. from Delaware, 1827-30; chancellor and presiding judge Court of Errors and Appeals, Delaware, 1832-57. d. 1857.


Charles C. Jones,* D. D., 1846. Enoch Lanning, A. B. (hon.), 1846.


1847


Robert J. Breckenridge,*


LL. D., 1847; grad. Union Coll., 1819; attended Yale Univ .; Presbyterian Minister; prof. Theol. at Danville, Ky., 1853; author "Travels in Europe"; "The Knowledge of God. Objectively Considered." d. 1871.


James Dennum,* D. D., 1847. P. S. Johnson,* A. M. (hon), 1847.


Samuel Miller,*


LL. D., 1847; A. B., 1789, Univ of Pa .; M., 1792, do .; A. M. (hon.), 1792, Princet A. M. (hon.), Yale; D. D., 1804, Univ. Pa .; D. D., 1804, Union; D. D., 1811, UI North Carolina; Moderator Gen. Asseml 1806; Trustee Princeton, 1807-50; Dir. Prir ton Sem., 1812-13; Prof. Ecclesiastical H and Church Government, Princeton Se


1813-49; Prof. Emeritus, Princeton Se


1849-50. d. 1850.


James Clemson Watson,*


D. D., 1847; A. B., 1827 Princeton Uni A. M., 1830, do. d. 1880.


Stephen Yerkes,* A. M., 1847.


1848


Samuel Hepburn,*


LL. D. (hon.), 1848; A. M., 1815, Princetc Univ. d. 1865.


Sampson Mason,* LL. D., 1848.


William Rogers,* A. M., 1848. J. B. Spotswood,* D. D., 1848.


1849


Thomas Bradford,* LL. D., 1849.


J. W. Dickey,* A. M. (hon.), 1849.


William D. Howard,* A. M. (hon.), 1849.


J. Lochran, A. M. (hon.), 1849. Doctor McGugen,* A. M. (hon.), 1849.


J. P. Pressly,* D. D., 1849. Thaddeus Stevens,* LL. D., 1849.


1850


J. J. Aiken,* A. M., 1850.


James Clark,*


D. D., 1850; A. B., 1830, Univ. of Pa .; A. M .. 1833, do .; pres. Washington Coll., Washing. ton, Pa., 1850-52; Presbyterian clergyman and, pastor, Tennent Ch., Freehold, 1837-39; Belvi dere, N. J., 1840-50; Lewisburg, Pa., 1852-57 d. Nov. 1, 1892, Phila., Pa.


William P. Harrison,* A. B. (hon.), 1850. Samuel Long, A. B. (hon.), 1850.


Daniel Mckinley,* D. D., 1850. Charles W . Nassau,* D. D., 1850. James Orr,* A. B. (hon.), 1850.


W. W. Stewart, A. B. (hon.), 1850.


1851


Benjamin Rush Bradford, A. M. (hon.), 1851. Charles Forbes Buchan,* D. D., 1851.


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1851-59]


John Clark,* D. D., 1851. A. P. Goudey,* D. D., 1851. William M. Grimes,* A. M., 1851. John W. Richards,* D. D., 1851. James Steel,* D. D., 1851. Thomas Woodrow,* D. D., 1851.


1852


J. Booth,* A. M. (hon.), 1852.


David Davidson,* LL. D., 1852.


Robley Dunglison,*


LL. D. (hon.), 1852; grad., 1823, Univ. of Erlangen, Germany, 1823; Physician; prof. of Med., anatomy and physiology, Univ. of Va., 1824; prof. materia medica, Univ. of Md., 1836; prof. of the institutes of med., Jeff. Med. Coll., 1836-68. d. April 1, 1869. John Ekin,* D. D., 1852.


Melancthon Williams Jacobus,*


D. D., 1852; A. B., 1834, Princeton Univ .; A. M., 1837, do .; D. D., 1867, do .; Prof. Ori- ental and Biblical Literature, Allegheny Sem., 1851-76; moderator Gen. Assembly (O. S.), 1869. d. Oct., 28, 1876. John March,* D. D., 1852. W. P. Pearson,* A. M., 1852. Septimus Tustin,* D. D., 1852. Matthew H. Wilson,* A. M. (hon.), 1852.


1853


John W. Howe,* A. M. (hon.), 1853.


John Angell James,* D. D., 1853; D. D., 1830, Princeton. d. 1859. A. M. David Kirkpatrick,* D. D., 1853.


1854


John H. Brown,* D. D., 1854. A. D. Clark,* D. D., 1854. D. D. Heather,* D. D., 1854. B. M. Kerr,* A. M., 1854.


A. McFarlane,* D. D., 1854. Thomas D. Mutter,* LL. D., 1854.


1855


James Chrystie,* D. D., 1855. William M. Hetherington,* D. D., 1855. Patrick F. Jones, A. M. (hon.), 1855.


1856


Charles Washington Baird,* A. M. (hon.), 1856; A. B., 1848, New York Univ .; D. D., 1876, do .; grad. Union Theol. Sem., 1852; Presbyterian Minister; agent Am. and Foreign Christian Union, 1854-55. d. Feb. 10, 1887, Rye, N. Y. Thomas Burrowes,* LL. D., 1856. A. W. Couse,* A. M., 1856. Charles McCay,* LL. D., 1856.


1857


Emanuel Vogel Gerhart,*


D. D. (hon.), 1857; Clergyman and College . President; grad. Marshall Coll., 1838; pres. Heidelberg Coll., 1851-55; Franklin and Marshall Coll., 1855-66; prof. of systematic theology at Lancaster, Pa .; author "Philosophy and Logic" and others. Edward D. Griffin,* D. D., 1857. Donald McClarren, D. D., 1857. George W. McPhail,* D. D., 1857.


James Pollock,*


LL. D., 1857; A. B., 1830, Princeton Univ., A. M., 1835, do .; LL. D., 1855, do .; U. S. District-Attorney, Northumberland Co., Pa., 1835-38; U. S. Rep. from Pa., 1844-49; Judge Court Common Pleas, Pa .; Governor, Pa., 1855-58; trustee Lafayette, 1855-16. d. 1890. Thomas Edwards Vermilye,*


LL. D., 1857; A. B., 1821, Yale; D. D., 1838, Union; S. T. D., 1875, Columbia; Clergyman, R. C. A .; Pres. Gen. Synod, 1848; trustee Rutgers Coll., 1849-93. d. March, 1893.


1858


Robert Crawford,*


D. D., 1858; attended Williams Coll., 1836; Princeton Theol. Sem., 1836-37; Presbyterian Minister. d. Oct., 26, 1896, Clinton, Ct. James R. Doig,* D. D., 1858.


J. Gourley,* A. M. (hon.), 1858. J. S. Grimes,* A. M., 1858. Joseph Painter,* D. D., 1858.


R. G. Pardee,* A. M., (hon.), 1858.


N. B. Webster,* A. M., 1858. Alexander Young,* D. D., 1858.


1859


J. Y. Ashenhurst,* A. M., 1859. A. B. Byerly,* A. M. (hon.), 1859.


S. Diefendorf,* D. D., 1859. C. L. Frombile,* A. M. (hon.), 1859. Albert Hopkins,* LL. D., 1859. Benjamin L. Jones, A. M. (hon.), 1859. Henry M. Micken, A. M. (hon.), 1859.


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E. E. Morgan,* A. M. (hon.), 1859. James Prestly,* D. D., 1859. Prof. Richardson,* A. M., 1859. Joel Edson Rockwell,* D. D., 1859; grad. Union Theol. Sem., 1841; Presbyterian Minister. d. July 29, 1882, Edge- water, N. Y.


William Edward Schenck,*


D. D., 1859; B. A., 1838, Princeton Univ .; A. M., 1841, do .; Dir. Princeton Sem., 1865- 1903; trustee Gen. Assembly, 1865-87. d. 1903. R. W. Smith,* A. M., 1859.


1860 William M. Paxton,* D. D., 1860.


1861


George Musgrave Giger,*


D. D., 1861; B. A., 1841, Princeton Univ .; A. M., 1844, do .; tutor Princeton, 1844-46; adjunct prof. mathematics Princeton, 1846-47; prof. Latin Language and Literature, 1854-65; prof. emeritus and lecturer extraordinary architecture, Princeton, 1865. d. 1865.


Samuel D. Gross,*


LL. D., 1861; hon. degrees from Oxford, Cambridge and Edinburgh; Surgeon; prof. of surgery in Jefferson Med. Coll., 1856; author "Elements of Pathological Anatomy"; "Sys- tem of Surgery" and other works. d. May 6, 1884.


Joseph L. Holt,* LL. D., 1861.


1862


John Curwen,* LL. D., 1862. John A. McCandless,* George Sheldon,* D. D., 1862. Caleb B. Smith,* LL. D., 1862. Adolpha Tafel,* A. M., 1862.


1863


H. C. McKnight,* A. M. (hon.), 1863. Daniel Thompson,* A. M. (hon.), 1863. George Woods,* LL. D., 1863.


1864


W. Bodenheimer,* A. B. (hon.), 1864. Franklin Carter,*


A. M. (hon.), 1864; grad. Williams Coll., 1862. Educator; prof. of Latin Williams Coll., 1865 72; and of German, Yale Univ., 1872-81 pres. of Williams Coll., 1881-91.


William M. Cornell,* D. D., 1864. Charles H. Shears, A. M., 1864. J. Britton Smith,* D. D., 1864. Benjamin F. Wilkins,* A. M., 1864.


Honorary Degrees


Conferred by Washington College


Under this caption are listed only those persons who were granted honorary degrees and who were not graduates of Washington College; graduates and former students who have been granted honorary degrees by the College are listed as such under the year in which they graduated or would have graduated.


1820


John Riddell,* D. D., 1820.


1821


John Anderson,*


D. D., 1821.


1823


Samuel Ralston,* D. D., `1823. (See Honorary Degrees Jeffer- son College, 1805.)


James Ross,* LL. D., 1823.


1824


John Black,* D. D., 1824.


John De Witt,*


D. D., 1824; A. B., 1809, Princeton; D. D., 1821, Union; Educator; prof. of Biblical crit- icism, church history and pastoral theology, New Brunswick Sem., 1823-31; prof. of rhet- oric and belles lettres, Rutgers Coll., 1825-31. d. 1831. John Knox,* D. D., 1824. William McGuffin, A. B. (hon.), 1824.


1827


John E. Annan,* A. M. (hon.), 1827.


James Boyle,* D. D., 1827. d. Ireland ..


John Graham,* A. M. (hon.), 1827.


1831


John D. Craig,* LL. D., 1831.


Luther Halsey,*


D. D., 1831; LL. D., 1871; A. B., 1812, Union; D. D., 1831, Princeton; prof. natural philosophy, chemistry and natural history, Princeton, 1824-29; prof. theology, Allegheny Sem., 1829-37; prof. ecclesiastical hist. and church polity, Auburn Sem., 1837-44; instr. church hist., Union Sem., N. Y., 1847-50; lecturer extraordinary practical theol., Alle- pheny Sem., 1872-77; prof. emeritus, Allegheny Sem., 1877-80. d. 1880. Eli S. Hunter,* D. D., 1831.


1834


Alexander Jamison,* A. M. (hon.), 1834; M. D. elsewhere. 1838


David Ferguson,* A. M., 1838.


William Swan Plumer,


D. D., 1838; A. B., 1825 Washington and Lee; D. D., 1838 Lafayette; D. D., 1838 Princeton; LL. D., 1857 Univ. Mississippi; moderator Gen. Assembly, 1838 (O. S.) and 1871; prof. didactic and pastoral theol., Allegheny Sem., 1854-62; prof. theol. Columbia (S. C.) Sem., 1867-80; dir. Princeton Sem., 1849-55. d. 1880. Henry R. Weed,* D. D., 1838. Benjamin Wurtz,* D. D., 1838. Davis Young,' D. D., 1838.


1840


Charles Clinton Beatty,* D. D., 1840; LL. D., 1861; A. B., 1818 Prince- ton; A. M., 1823 do .; moderator Gen. Assem- bly (O. S.) 1862. d. 1882.


Henry J. Schmidt,* A. M., 1840.


1841


John N. C. Grier,* D. D., 1841.


John Maclean,*


D. D., 1841; A. B., 1816 Princeton Univ .; A. M., 1819 do .; LL. D., 1854 New York; prof. of mathematics, languages and literature, 1822-54; v .- pres. Princeton, 1829-54; pres., 1854-68; dir. Princeton Sem., 1861-86; regent Smithsonian, 1868-86. d. 1886.


1842


Ashbel Green Fairchild,* D. D., 1842; A. B., 1813 Princeton Univ. d. 1864. Andrew Marshall,* LL. D., 1842.


1843


John C. Brigham,* D. D., 1843.


Allen D. Campbell* D. D., 1843.


1844


Archibald Baird,* D. D., 1844.


William Chester,* D. D., 1844. James Smith,* D. D., 1844.


1845


Thomas Bakewell,* A. M. (hon.), 1845. Richard Biddle,*


LL. D. (hon.), 1845; Lawyer; mem. of Con- gress, 1837-40; author "Memoir of Sebastian Cabot; with a Review of the History of Mari- time Discovery." d. 1847.


Robert M. Kountz,* A. M. (hon.), 1845.


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1846


Nathaniel Chapman,*


LL. D. (hon.), 1846; M. D., 1800 Univ. of Pa .; Physician; prof. of materia medica, Univ. of Pa., 1813; prof. of the theory and prac- tice of medicine, Univ. of Pa., 1816; author "Elements of Therapeutics and Materia Medi- "; M. A. P. S. press from 1846. d. Jan. 1, 1853. George Evans, LL. D., 1846. John Skinner,* D. D., 1846.


Robert Steel,


D. D., 1846; A. B., 1814 Princeton; A. M., 1817. d. 1862. Samuel Steel, D. D., 1846. W. S. Sterrett,* A. M. (hon.), 1846.


1847


Archibald Alexander,* LL. D., 1847. d. 1852.


John Bruce,* D. D., 1847. John Chislett,* A. M. (hon.), 1847.


John Hastings,* A. M., 1847. Samuel Miller, LL. D., 1847. P. S. Spencer,* D. D., 1847. Francis Stewart,* A. M., 1847.


1848


John Barker,* D. D., 1848. William Jones,* D. D., 1848.


1849


Daniel Kirkwood,*


A. M. (hon.), 1849; Astronomer; prin. High Sch. Lancaster, Pa., 1843-48; Prof. of Mathe- matics in Delaware Coll., 1851-56, also In- diana Univ., 1856-66; author "Meteoric As- tronomy"; "Comets and Meteors" and others. d. June 11, 1895. A. A. McGinley,* D. D., 1849. John N. Pomeroy,* A. M. (hon.), 1849. Samuel Sprecher, D. D., 1849.


1850


Elisha L. Cleaveland,* D. D., 1850. Albert G. Hall,* D. D., 1850. William M. McElwee,* D. D., 1850. James Rawson,* D. D., 1850. J. L. Taylor,* A. M., 1850. James P. Wickersham, A. M., 1850.


1851


R. Lafferty,* A. M. (hon.), 1851. William D. Moore,* A. M. (hon.), 1851. W. C. Reiter,* A. M. (hon.), 1851. Samuel Schriner,* A. M. (hon.), 1851.


1852


J. Holmes Agnew,*


D. D., 1852. d. Oct. 12, 1865, Peekskill, N. Y.


William Piccless Alrich,*


D. D., 1852; A. B., 1825 Princeton Univ .; A. M., 1828 do .; Prof. Mathematics, Mechan- ics and Astronomy, 1830-60. d. 1869.


Silas Milton Andrews,*


D. D., 1852; A. B., 1826 Univ. of North Carolina; A. M., 1829 do .; A. M., 1831 Prince- ton. d. 1881.


Cochran Forbes,* A. M., 1852. C. A. Gilbert,* A. M. (hon.), 1852.


Francis Laird,* D. D., 1852.


David Longmore,* D. D., 1852.


Walter H. Lowrie,* LL.D., 1852.


Joseph R. Walker,* D. D., 1852.


1853


William Bakewell,* A. M. (hon.), 1853. Jeremiah S. Black,*


LL. D., (hon.), 1853; Lawyer; Elected Judge Supreme Court of Pa., 1851 and 1854; Atty. Gen. of the U. S., 1857-60; Sec. of State of the U. S., 1860-1. d. Aug. 19, 1883.


George Burrowes,*


D. D., 1853; A. B., 1832 Princeton Univ .; A. M., 1835 do .; Prof. Latin and Greek Lafay- ette, 1850-55; Founder and Pres. California Univ., 1859-65; Prof. Hebrew and Greek San Francisco Sem., 1871-90. d. 1894.


William D. Howard,* D. D., 1853. Daniel Leasure,* A. M. (hon.), 1853.


William R. Lower,*


A. B. (hon.), 1853. Ormsby M. Mitchell,* LL. D., 1853. I. M. Price,* A. M., 1853.


John Proctor,* A. M. (hon.), 1853.


Thomas Thompson,* D. D., 1853.


1854


A. H. Dumont,* D. D., 1854. D. McK. Grover,* A. M. (hon.), 1854. J. R. McKensie,* D. D., 1854.


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HONORARY DEGREES


1855-64]


1855


W. R. Linn,* A. B. (hon.), 1855. Joseph Warren,* D. D., 1855.


1856


Jonathan Edwards,*


D. D., 1856; A. B., 1835 Hanover; D. D., 1856 Princeton; LL.D., 1866 Lafayette; Pres. Hanover, 1855-57; Pres. Washington and Jef- ferson 1866-69; Trustee Princeton Sem., 1863- 66; Prof. Theology Danville Sem., 1877-81. d. 1891. James M. Olmstead,* D. D., 1856.


1857


Benjamin Chase,* D. D., 1857. A. S. McMaster, D. D., 1857. Frederick Monod,* D. D., 1857. J. P. Safford,* D. D., 1857.


1858


T. H. Byers,* A. M., 1858. J. B. Johnson,* A. M. (hon.), 1858. Silas Johnson, A. M., 1858. William Alexander Rentoul,* D. D., 1858. Prof. Varro,* A. M. (hon.), 1858.


1859


D. L. Barrow,* D. D., 1859. Neville B. Craig,* LL. D., 1859. A. M. Lorentz,* A. M. (hon.), 1859. Hugh W. Sevier,* A. M. (hon.), 1859. E. C. Wines,* LL. D., 1859.


1860


George M. Elliott,* A. M. (hon.), 1860. Isaac Greer,* D. D., 1860. John Scott Hall,* D. D., 1860. Benjamin Shoemaker,* A. M. (hon.), 1860. Richard B. Westbrook,* D. D., 1860; A. M. (hon.) 1854 Princeton. J. D. White,* A. M., 1860.


1861


Charles C. Beatty, (See Honorary Degrees Washington College, 1840). George Chambers,* LL. D., 1861; A. B., 1804; U. S. Representa- tive from Pa., 1833-37; Judge Supreme Court. d. 1866. F. De W. Ward,* D. D., 1861.


1862


Samuel Davies Alexander,*


D. D., 1862; B. A., 1838 Princeton Univ .; A. M., 1841 do .; Trustee Princeton Sem., 1865-94; v-pres. American Colonization Soc., 1881-94; Pres. Board of Trustees Rutgers Fe- male Coll., N. Y. City. d. 1894. Samuel Newell,* D. D., 1862.


1863


Joseph H. Barrett,* A. M. (hon.), 1863. H. H. Leavitt,* LL. D., 1863. J. H. Morrison,* D. D., 1863.


1864


Daniel Agnew,* LL. D., 1864.


Charles Hodge,*


LL. D., 1864; A. B., 1815 Princeton; A. M., 1821 do .; D. D., 1834 Rutgers; Prof. of Ori- ental and Biblical Literature, Princeton Sem., 1822-40; Exegesis and Didactic Theol., 1840- 54; Exegesis, Didactic and Polem. Theol., 1854- 78; Moderator General Assembly, 1846. d. 1878.


Honorary Degrees


Conferred by


Washington and Jefferson College


Under this caption are listed only those per- sons who were granted honorary degrees and who were not graduates of Washington and Jef- ferson College; graduates and former students who have been granted honorary degrees by the College are listed as such under the year in which they graduated or would have graduated.


1865


John Hall,*


D. D. (hon.), 1865; Presbyterian Minister; author "Papers for Home Reading"; "Ques- tions of the Day"; ": "Foundation Stones for Young Builders". d. 1898.


1866


Trail Green, LL. D., 1866.


1867


C. W. Allen, A. M., 1867.


William F. Barclay, A. B. (hon.), 1867. Collins Williamson, A. M. (hon.), 1867.


1868


Lewis Davis, D. D., 1868.


James McCosh,*


D. D., 1868; LL. D .; Educator; prof. of logic at Belfast, Ireland; pres. Princeton Univ., 1868-88; author of numerous works on philos- ophical, psychological, religious and other sub- jects. d. 1904. Samuel Wylie, D. D., 1868.


1869


Charles W. Heisley, A. M. (hon.), 1869. Samuel Jones, Ph. D. (hon.), 1869.


William V. Jones, A. M. (hon.), 1869.


1870


Nicholas King Wade,*


M. S. (hon.), 1870; A. B., 1843 Univ. of Pa .; A. M., 1846 do .; Iron Manufacturer and Pro- prietor Fort Pitt Foundry, Pittsburgh, Pa .; has been a contributor to periodical literature. d. Nov. 4, 1899, Santa Barbara, Cal.


1871


Luther Halsey, LL. D. J. R. Newell, Ph. D., 1871. John Robinson, D. D., 1871. D. D. Stone, Ph. D., 1871.


1872


James M. Gow, A. M. (hon.), 1872. A. M. Milligan, D. D., 1872. James B. Rentoul, D. D., 1872. John Scott, LL. D., 1872.


James Ross Snowden, LL. D., 1872.


George B. Vose, A. M. (hon.), 1872. Alexander Young, LL. D., 1872.


1873


Edward Campbell, A. M. (hon.), 1873.


James Houston Eccleston,*


D. D., 1873; B. A., 1856 Princeton Univ .; A. M., 1859 do .; D. D., 1904 do .; Prof. homi- letics and pastoral care Divinity School, Phil- adelphia, 1874. Joseph Mateer, Ph. D., 1873. John Parry, D. D., 1873.




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