. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. or Fowler later enteredpublic life, serving as a Representative of Amherstin the Massachusetts Legislature in 1851, and afterhis removal to Durham, which occurred in 1858,being elected to the Connecticut State Senate in1864. His literary work was mostly in the field ofetymology, genealogy and history, comprising amongother things the editing of the University edition ofWebsters Dictionary for his father-in-law, No
. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. or Fowler later enteredpublic life, serving as a Representative of Amherstin the Massachusetts Legislature in 1851, and afterhis removal to Durham, which occurred in 1858,being elected to the Connecticut State Senate in1864. His literary work was mostly in the field ofetymology, genealogy and history, comprising amongother things the editing of the University edition ofWebsters Dictionary for his father-in-law, NoahWebster. Professor Fowler died in Durham, January15, 1881. 348 UNIJERSiriES AND rHEIR SONS EWING, Joseph Grant Yale in Harrisburg, Pa., i865; prepared for Collegeat Harrisburg Academy; graduated Yale, 1889; Secre-tary Harrisburg Boiler & Mf g Co., 1889-92; nowmanager of Ewing Estate, Harrisburg. JOSEPH GRAN T EWING, Business Man, wasborn in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, January 21,1866, the son of Joseph Benson and Mary JaneKenney (Spiese) Ewing. He is descended fromAVilliam Ewing, who settled in Maryland in pursued his early studies at the Harrisburg. J. G. EWING Academy and under the tutorage of Professor J. , was prepared for Yale, where he took hisBachelors degree with the Class of 1889. In Julyof that year he was appointed Secretary and Treas-urer of the Harrisburg Boiler and Manufacturing which he represented in New York in 1890. Heresigned his position at the end of 1891 for the pur-pose of foreign travel, and upon his return in 1892he took charge of the Ewing Estate, Harrisburgsince which time he has been occupied exclusivelyin its management. During his College course rowed on his class crew in his Freshmanyear, was one of the Junior Editors of the YaleRecord, sang first tenor on the University GleeClub, and was Financial Editor of the Record in his Senior year. While residing in New York, was a member of Company
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