. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. 1884 Mr. Macdonald associated himselfwith the Union Bridge Co. as a member of that concern, and was senior memberat the time of its absorption by the American Bridge Co. in May, 1900. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers; of theAmerican Institute of Mining Engineers of Canada; the Society of Civil Engineersof England; and of the Century, Union, and Engineers clubs, of New is


. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. 1884 Mr. Macdonald associated himselfwith the Union Bridge Co. as a member of that concern, and was senior memberat the time of its absorption by the American Bridge Co. in May, 1900. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers; of theAmerican Institute of Mining Engineers of Canada; the Society of Civil Engineersof England; and of the Century, Union, and Engineers clubs, of New is an ex-Trustee of the East River Bridge and a Trustee of the RensselaerPolytechnic Institute at Troy. His degree of Civil Engineer was conferred bythe former Institute, and the degree of Doctor of Laws by Queens University,of Kingston, Ontario. He resigned the office of Trustee of Stevens Institute ofTechnology in 1903. Mr. Macdonald was married to Sarah L. Willard, a daughter of the lateCol. William T. Willard, of Troy, N. Y., August 5, 1861, and five children haveblessed their union, two of whom have passed away. Those living are WilliamStone, Mary Louisa, and Lillie Paine Charles Macdonald 154 THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ALEXANDER T. McGILL, Trustee, i8pi-ipoo Alexander Taggart McGill was born in Allegheny City, Pa., October20,-1843. His father, the Rev. Alexander T. McGill, , , was thenProfessor of Church History in the Western Theological Seminary in that city;in 1854 he accepted the Chair of Ecclesiastical, Homiletic, and Pastoral Theol-ogy in the Theological Seminary of the College ofNew Jersey. The subject of this sketch graduated in1864 from the latter institution, which later con-ferred upon him the degree of Doctor of 1866 he graduated from Columbia LawSchool, New York, with the degree of Bachelorof Laws. He continued his study of law in theoffice of the late Supreme Court Justice, EdwardW. Scudder, at Trenton, N. J., and in


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