Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . cution of theQuakers, of which sect he was a leader, ThomasMacy, together with nine others, bought tlie Island ofNantucket in 1659. He was the first settler on theIsland in that year. Ihe subject of this sketchreceived his early education at the Lyon and (GilbertSchool in New York City, and during the threeyears previous to entering College studied under aprivate tutor. He graduated from the ArchitecturalDepartment
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . cution of theQuakers, of which sect he was a leader, ThomasMacy, together with nine others, bought tlie Island ofNantucket in 1659. He was the first settler on theIsland in that year. Ihe subject of this sketchreceived his early education at the Lyon and (GilbertSchool in New York City, and during the threeyears previous to entering College studied under aprivate tutor. He graduated from the ArchitecturalDepartment of the School of Mines of Columbia in1893, and also spent a year as a special student inthe Department of Sociology at the University. has given earnest support to educational workof all kinds. He is a Trustee of the TeachersCollege of the City of New York; Treasurer of thePeoples Institute ; a member of the Council of theUniversity Settlement Society ; Trustee of the Syri;inProtestant College at Peirut, Syria; a Trustee ofthe George Junior Republic; and is a member ofmany social organizations, among them the CenturyAssociation and the Riding, City, Reform, LTniver-. V. EVERTT MACV sity. Social Reform and other clubs. He has takenan active part in the efforts to secure better govern-ment in his native state and city, is a nietnber ofthe Central City Committee of the Citi/.cns Union ii8 UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS and of the State Committee of the IndependentStale Party. Mr. Macy married, February i8, 1896,Edith W. Carpenter. They have one child; Macy, Jr. SCHERMERHORN, John Jones Columbia 1825. Born in New York City early in the present century;graduated Columbia, 1825 ; merchant in New York Cityfor many years; died in 1876, establishing by his willfive free scholarships at Columbia. JOHN JONES SCHERMERHORN, Merchant,and Benefactor of Cohmibia, was born in NewYork City in 1806. He was a member of a familywhich has been prominent in New York City sincethe
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