. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. 1879. LLIAM HOUSTON KENYON, Lawyer,was born in Hartford, Connecticut, Janu-ary 5, 1856, the son of Robert and Jean Clachan(Houston) Kenyon, both of Scotch ancestry. Hereceived his early education in the public and highschools of Hartford, Philadelphia, and New York,and graduated from the College of the City of NewYork with the degree of Bachelor of .^rts in the ne.\t four years he was Instructor inLati
. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. 1879. LLIAM HOUSTON KENYON, Lawyer,was born in Hartford, Connecticut, Janu-ary 5, 1856, the son of Robert and Jean Clachan(Houston) Kenyon, both of Scotch ancestry. Hereceived his early education in the public and highschools of Hartford, Philadelphia, and New York,and graduated from the College of the City of NewYork with the degree of Bachelor of .^rts in the ne.\t four years he was Instructor inLatin at the College, meanwhile studying law at theColumbia Law School, from which he was graduatedin 1879 and admitted to the Bar in the same received the degree of Master of .\rts from theCollege of the City of New York in 1883. Sincehis admission to the Bar, Mr. Kenyon has beenactively and successfully engaged in the practice ofhis profession in New York City, making a specialtyof patent trade-mark, and copyright law, and islooked upon as an authority of weight in thosebranches. He was the author and promoter of theDesign Patent Law of 18S7, his efforts finally result-. VSM. HOUSTON KENYON ing in its passage by Congress and signature by thePresident on February 4 of that year. Mr. Kenyonhas always been a Republican in politics, but he hasnot been a machine partisan. He served as 37° UNIVERSITIES ANB THEIR SONS Chairman of the Committee of Fifty which directedthe Independent Republican movements of 1897and 1898, which movement resulted in the presentPrimary Law of the State of New York. He isa member of the New England Society, the Univer-sity, Colonial, Delta Kappa Epsilon, AVest SideRepublican and Unitarian Clubs, of which latterorganization he served as President from 1897 to1899. He married, April 21, 1887, Maria Welling-ton Stanwood, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and has threechildren : Dorothy, Theodore Stanwood and WilliamHouston Kenyon, Jr. WHITE, William Pierrepont Colum
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