. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. alo, N. Y,, 1868; educated in privateschools in Chicago ; graduated Yale, 1890 ; entered therailroad business; Superintendent of the WesternDivision of the Lake Shore & Michigan SouthernRailroad since 1893. ASHBEL BARNEY NEWELL, Railroad Man,was born in Buffalo, New York, April 26,1868, the son of John and Judith Poor (Hills)Newell. Both his parents came from families long 214 UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS domiciled
. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. alo, N. Y,, 1868; educated in privateschools in Chicago ; graduated Yale, 1890 ; entered therailroad business; Superintendent of the WesternDivision of the Lake Shore & Michigan SouthernRailroad since 1893. ASHBEL BARNEY NEWELL, Railroad Man,was born in Buffalo, New York, April 26,1868, the son of John and Judith Poor (Hills)Newell. Both his parents came from families long 214 UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS domiciled in Massachusetts, of English subject of this sketch received his early educa-tion in private schools in Chicago, Illinois. Hematriculated at Yale in 1886, graduating as Bachelorof Arts in 1890. Immediately after graduation entered the railroad business, and since 1893has been Superintendent of the Western Division ofthe Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, withheadquarters at Chicago. He is a member of theChicago, University, Onwentsia and Saddle andCycle Clubs of Chicago, the University Club ofNew York and the Union Club of Cleveland, Ohio,. ASHliEL B. NEWELL and is a stanch Republican in politics. He mar-ried, April 24, 1894, Harriet King of have one son : Ashbel Barney Newell, Jr. PRESTON, George Barclay Vale 1881. Born in Pittsburg, Pa., 1857; fitted for College at Phillips-Andover Academy; graduated Yale, 1881 : engaged in mercantile business in Pittsburg since graduation. GEORGE BARCLAY PRESTON, Merchant,was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Feb-ruary 17, 1857, son of Barclay and Catherine(Smith) Preston. Through his father he is de-scended from a family resident in Pennsylvania since early Colonial times, the first representativesof which were Friends, and came over about thetime that William Penn took possession of his newcolony. He received his early education in theschools of his native place, and after a preparatorycourse a
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