. History of the University of Michigan . n. There were threeother children: George H. (died April 10, 1903) ;Fred J., now of Washington, D. C, and Austin I.,of New York City. JAMES FREDERICK JOY was born at Dur-ham, New Hampshire, December 20, 1810. Hewas graduated from Dartmouth College in then taught for two years, first as Principal ofPittsfield Academy, and then as instructor in Latinat Dartmouth. He now entered the Harvard LawSchool and was graduated in 1836. He immedi-ately came West and settled in Detroit, where hebegan an active business career. In 1846 the Statedecided to sel
. History of the University of Michigan . n. There were threeother children: George H. (died April 10, 1903) ;Fred J., now of Washington, D. C, and Austin I.,of New York City. JAMES FREDERICK JOY was born at Dur-ham, New Hampshire, December 20, 1810. Hewas graduated from Dartmouth College in then taught for two years, first as Principal ofPittsfield Academy, and then as instructor in Latinat Dartmouth. He now entered the Harvard LawSchool and was graduated in 1836. He immedi-ately came West and settled in Detroit, where hebegan an active business career. In 1846 the Statedecided to sell the Michigan Central Railroad to acorporation. The prospective company chose Mr. 200 UNIIERSriT OF MICHIGAN Joy as their attorney, and he drew up the charterand assisted in organizing the company. Throughhis influence the road was extended as far west asChicago. He later organized and became thePresident of the Chicago, Burhngton, and Quincyroad. In 1865 he became President of the Michi-gan Central and greatly extended its lines in the. JAMES FREDKRICK JOY State. He was a Representative in the State Legis-lature in 1861. In 1881 he accepted a nominationfor Regent of the University and was elected for thefull term. He ser\ed from January 1, 1882, toDecember 21, 1S86, when he resigned tlie received the degree of Doctor of Laws fromDartmouth College in 1869, from Iowa College thesame year, and from the LIniversity of Michigan in1887. He died at Detroit, September 24, 1896. Michigan in the fall of 1841, being the first studentto matriculate in the new institution. After threeyears he changed to Yale College, where he wasgraduated Bachelor of Arts in 1845. He read lawwith A. D. Frazer of Detroit, and was admitted tothe Bar in the spring of 1847. He took up thepractice of his profession in St. Louis, Missouri. In1851 he went to Heidelberg, Germany, to take acourse in the Civil Law, a knowledge of which hefound necessary in the investigation of the Frenchand Spanish land g
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