. History of the University of Michigan . bly discharged Febru-ary 25, 1865. On March 13, 1865, he was madeBrevet Lieutenant-Colonel, United States 1866 he returned to teaching, and was Professorof Mathematics and Physics, and, after one year, ofMathematics and Astronomy, in Antioch College,Ohio, till 1872. In the summer and fall of 1S69 heagain served the government as dei)uty surveyor inColorado, and in the summer and fall of 1872 hewas assistant astronomer to the Lhiited StatesNorthern Boundary Commission. The latter partof the academic year 1S72-1S73 he was instructorin Mathe
. History of the University of Michigan . bly discharged Febru-ary 25, 1865. On March 13, 1865, he was madeBrevet Lieutenant-Colonel, United States 1866 he returned to teaching, and was Professorof Mathematics and Physics, and, after one year, ofMathematics and Astronomy, in Antioch College,Ohio, till 1872. In the summer and fall of 1S69 heagain served the government as dei)uty surveyor inColorado, and in the summer and fall of 1872 hewas assistant astronomer to the Lhiited StatesNorthern Boundary Commission. The latter partof the academic year 1S72-1S73 he was instructorin Mathematics in the Sheffield Scientific School ofYale University, and in June, 1S73, was appointedProfessor of Mathematics in that institution. Heheld that position till June, 1901, when on accountof impaired health he resigned his chair and retiredto Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He was marriedAugust 20, 1856, to Caroline C. Doty, and hasfour children : John Frederick, Helen (wife of theReverend Harry R. Miles), William Russel, andAlice ALLEN JEREMIAH CURTIS 1871. He had exceptional gifts as a teacher, andhis early death was much deplored. STILLMAN WILLIAMS ROBINSON was born at South Reading, Vermont, March 6,1838, son of Ebenezer and Adeline (Williams)Robinson. He is of New England ancestry, beingdescended on the fathers side from William Robin-son, of Newton, Massachusetts, who was born aboutthe middle of the seventeenth century. His early THE UNI VERS ITT SENATE 345 training was received in the common schools of SouthReading, Vermont. From his seventeenth to histwenty-first year he served an apprenticeship at themachinists trade. In January, 1861, he enteredthe University of Michigan, and in June, 1863, tookthe degree of Civil Engineer. Immediately aftergraciuation he was employed on the United StatesLake Survey. He left this work in 1866 toaccept a position as Instructor in Engineering atthe University of Michigan. The following year hewas made .Assistant Professor of Min
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