Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . th WilliamSullivan. He rose rapidly in his profession after hisadmission to the Bar in Boston, was elected to theMassachusetts Legislature in 1825-1826, and madea member of a special commission to codify thecriminal laws of the state, on which work he wasengaged from 1837 to 1841. Meantime he wasappointed Judge of Probate for Suffolk county,holding that office from 1839 to 1847, withdrawingfrom private practice and
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . th WilliamSullivan. He rose rapidly in his profession after hisadmission to the Bar in Boston, was elected to theMassachusetts Legislature in 1825-1826, and madea member of a special commission to codify thecriminal laws of the state, on which work he wasengaged from 1837 to 1841. Meantime he wasappointed Judge of Probate for Suffolk county,holding that office from 1839 to 1847, withdrawingfrom private practice and later connecting himselfwith the business of life insurance. From 1843 tothe time of his death, Mr. Phillips was President ofthe New England Mutual Life Insurance received the degree of Doctor of Laws fromHarvard in 1653, conducted the North AmericanReview during the second year of its existence andremained one of its contributors until 1834, editedthe American Jurist for a number of years, and pub-lished several standard treatises on political economy,the law of insurance, of inventions and of partner-ships. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts,September 9, LEMUEL SKIDMORE grandson, John, who in 1695 settled at Long Hill,afterward Newtown, in the Parish of Stratford, Con-necticut. In early inscriptions and records the nameis variously written Scudamure, Scidmore and Skidmore. The subject of this sketch obtainedhis preliminary education at various private schoolsin his native city and he received his College train-ing at the University of the City of New York, fromwhich he was graduated with the Class of legal studies were pursued at the Harvard LawSchool, where he received the degree of Bachelor ofLaws in 1863, and ever since his admission to theBar which took place in New York City the follow-ing year, he has practised his profession in themetropolis. Mr. Skidmore held the office of Civil 302 UNIVERSllIES AND THEIR SONS Service Commissioner for New
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