. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. ize tutorship; has sincepractised his profession in N. Y. City ; Alumni Trusteeof Trinity College since 1897, and holds other positionsof trust. R()1!I:RT THORNE, Lawyer, was born inlirooklyn, New York, November 17, 1864,the son of Ogden Hoffman and Emily Maria (Ben-son) Thome. He is descended on the paternalside in direct line from Major Richard Thorne ofGreat Neck, Long Island, a soldier in the Revolu- tionary W
. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. ize tutorship; has sincepractised his profession in N. Y. City ; Alumni Trusteeof Trinity College since 1897, and holds other positionsof trust. R()1!I:RT THORNE, Lawyer, was born inlirooklyn, New York, November 17, 1864,the son of Ogden Hoffman and Emily Maria (Ben-son) Thome. He is descended on the paternalside in direct line from Major Richard Thorne ofGreat Neck, Long Island, a soldier in the Revolu- tionary War, and through him from William Thornewho settled in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1638. Onhis mothers side he is descended from Dirck Ben-son, who settled in .Albany in 1640. He receivedhis early education in the Trinity Church School inNew York City, and graduated from Trinity Col-lege with the degree of Bachelor of .\rts, cum hoiiore,in 1885 receiving his Master of Arts degree in was Salutatorian of his class, and a member of PhiBeta Kappa. During the ensuing three years hewas a Master at the Cathedral School of Saint Paulin Garden City, Long Island, and in 1888 entered. THORXE the Law School of Columbia, receiving his degreein 1891 and took on graduation a prize tutorshippaying S500 a year for three years. He was ad-mitted to the Bar the year before his graduation,and since 1891 has been in active practice in NewYork City. He was elected an Alumni Trustee ofTrinity College in 1897; is Chairman of the Ex-ecutive Committee of the New York Association ofAlumni of Trinity College, and is a member of theCommittee on Admissions of the University is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, theSociety of Colonial Wars, and the Sons of theRevolution; the Association of the Bar, the DownTown Association, and the St. Anthony and Crescent.\thletic Clubs of New York City. UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS COLE, Charles DUrban Morris Harvard 1883, in New York Ci
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