Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . , Naturalist and Educator, was born inBoston, Massachusetts, July lo, 1852, the son ofSamuel and Jane Augusta (Turner) Williston. Hisfathers family has resided in New England sincethe early part of the eighteenth century, and hismother is of ?]nglish descent. He received hisearly education in the public schools of Kansas andgraduated from the Kansas State Agricultural Col-lege with the degree of Bachelor of Sci
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . , Naturalist and Educator, was born inBoston, Massachusetts, July lo, 1852, the son ofSamuel and Jane Augusta (Turner) Williston. Hisfathers family has resided in New England sincethe early part of the eighteenth century, and hismother is of ?]nglish descent. He received hisearly education in the public schools of Kansas andgraduated from the Kansas State Agricultural Col-lege with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1872, taking the degree of Master of Arts in course in1S75. .Xfter about two years spent in railroadengineering Dr. Williston took up the study ofmedicine but did not graduate until 1880, mean-while serving as an assistant of Professor O. at Yale. He was then appointed Assistantin Osteology at Yale. He was made a Doctor ofPhilosoi)hy in 1885, and after serving as Demon-strator in Anatomy during part of 18S6 was calledto the Chair of Anatomy, which he occupied until1890. During his residence in New Haven, Dr.^^illiston also served as Health Officer of the city. S. W. WILLISTON from 1S87 to 1889. He left Vale in 1S90 to takethe Professorship of Geology and Anatomy in theUniversity of Kansas, which position he still is connected with a number of professional andscientific societies. For about twenty years has been engaged in original investigationin various departments of natural historj and sani-tary science, and he has published the results of hisresearches in about one hundred and fifty articlesand works on these subjects especially entomologyand paleontology. He is considered the authority on Diptera. Professor Wil-liston married, in December iSSi, Annie I. Hath-away of New Haven. They have five children:Ruth, Hyla, Dorothy Eugenia and Samuel 252 UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS FIELD, Richard Stockton Princeton A.
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