Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . Loring, Boston, was ad-mitted to the Bar in that city in 1S46. For thesucceeding nineteen years he practised in Boston, aconsiderable portion of which time he was in part-nership with William Sohier, and acquired promi-nence as a general practitioner as well as wide reputeas a specialist in bankruptcy and marine law. Oneof the last official acts of President IJncoln was toappoint him Judge of the United States Dist
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . Loring, Boston, was ad-mitted to the Bar in that city in 1S46. For thesucceeding nineteen years he practised in Boston, aconsiderable portion of which time he was in part-nership with William Sohier, and acquired promi-nence as a general practitioner as well as wide reputeas a specialist in bankruptcy and marine law. Oneof the last official acts of President IJncoln was toappoint him Judge of the United States District Court in 1865, and in 1878 he was elevated byPresident Hayes to a seat upon the Circuit Bench,which he resigned in 1884 in order to resume prac-tice. During his nineteen years of judicial Lowell presided over many admiralty andpatent causes, his knowledge of marine law andaccurate perception of mechanical facts enablinghim to readily distinguish the merits of the questionsin litigation, and his decisions were invariably basedupon plain common sense, with which he wasabundantly provided. He was a recognized au-thority upon the bankruptcy laws and originated. JOHN LOWELL the National Bankruptcy Act now in effect. Al-though interested in the various institutions of hisnative State as a whole, those dedicated to educa-tional purposes naturally elicited his principal at-tention. He was a fellow of the American Academyof Arts and Sciences, and member of the Massa-chusetts Historical Society; was from 1875 to 1886an Overseer of Harvard, which made him a Doctorof Laws in 187 i, the same degree having been con-ferred upon him by Williams in the previous was married May 19, 1853 to Lucy B., daugh-ter of George B. Emerson, a famous Boston school-master of his day. Judge Lowell died at hisChestnut Hill residence, Brookline, Massachusetts,May 14, 1897. UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS 177 LOWELL, John, Jr. Harvard in Boston, Mass., 1856; fitted for Colle
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