Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . oad in the winter of 1871-1872 he received his earliest education duringseveral years in schools of Berlin and Paris and laterof Chicago, and was prepared for College at Phillips-Andover Academy and at Kings School in Stam-ford, Connecticut, graduating at Yale in the Classof 1891. During his College course, Mr. Ishambecame a member of the ?^ta Phi society in hisSophomore year, of Delta Kappa Kpsilon in hisJunior an
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . oad in the winter of 1871-1872 he received his earliest education duringseveral years in schools of Berlin and Paris and laterof Chicago, and was prepared for College at Phillips-Andover Academy and at Kings School in Stam-ford, Connecticut, graduating at Yale in the Classof 1891. During his College course, Mr. Ishambecame a member of the ?^ta Phi society in hisSophomore year, of Delta Kappa Kpsilon in hisJunior and Skull and Bones in his Senior year. Healso served as President of his Class and took an active interest in athletic sports, especially footballand rowing. After receiving his degree in 1891 heentered the employ of Marshall Field & Companyof Chicago, in the wholesale department of thathouse, where he remained until January 1898. Inthat year he engaged in the electrical business, be-coming associated with the Ceneral IncandescentArc Light Company and the New York Electricallquipment Company, in both of which corporationshe is a Director and holds the office of EDW.\RD S. ISHAM JR. Mr. Isham is unmarried and is a member of theChicago and Onvventsia Clubs of Chicago, and ofthe L^niversity and Metropolitan Clubs of New York,making his residence and head-quarters at the lastnamed. SHELDON, Henry King, Jr. Yale in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1870; educated at theBrooklyn Polytechnic Institute and under privatetutors ; graduated Yale, 1891 ; New York Law School,1893, and admitted to New York Bar; has since prac-tised,his profession in N. Y. City. HENRY KINC. SH 1:1,1 )0N, Jr., Lawyer, is anative of Brooklyn, New York, born Sep-tember 10, 1870, son of Lucius Marcus and HarrietEliza (Hutchinson) Sheldon. The Shelilon familymay be traced back to one of that name who came 468 UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS to England in the train of Pliilip of Spain when thelatter wedded Que
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