Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . pter 161 Royal Arch,Eminent Commander of Northern Commandery 16,Knights Templar, also a member of Calvary Chap-ter, Rose Croix, Ancient and Accepted ScottishRite, and is also a Vestryman of Christ Church atTowanda. He is a member of the Republicanparty. He was married to Louise Woodford, Sep-tember 4, 1884, and has four children : DavidShepard, Sterling Woodford, Russell Boyd and EllenLouise Pratt. 148 UNIVERSITIES
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . pter 161 Royal Arch,Eminent Commander of Northern Commandery 16,Knights Templar, also a member of Calvary Chap-ter, Rose Croix, Ancient and Accepted ScottishRite, and is also a Vestryman of Christ Church atTowanda. He is a member of the Republicanparty. He was married to Louise Woodford, Sep-tember 4, 1884, and has four children : DavidShepard, Sterling Woodford, Russell Boyd and EllenLouise Pratt. 148 UNIVERSITIES ANT) THEIR SONS ADAMS, William Crittenden Columbia in San Francisco, Cal., 1863 : educated at LyonsCollegiate Institute, Anthon Grammar School andArnold School, New York City ; graduated ColumbiaSchool of Mines, 1884; spent some time in the BridgeDepartment of the New York Central Railroad; since1890 in partnership with his brother in New York City,as operators and speculators in real estate. WILLIAM CKIITENDEN ADAMS, RealEstate Operator, was born in San Fran-cisco, California, April ii, 1S63, son of Samuel andAlice (White) Adams, botli of New York City. Tlie. CRriTENDEN ADAMS family is of English-French ancestry, but has longbeen domiciled in this country. His parents re-turned to New York City while he was quite young,and there he attended the Lyons Collegiate Institute,Anthon Grammar School and Arnold School. In1880 he entered the School of Mines of Columbia,in the engineering department, where he receivedtheoretical and practical training in field andlaboratory work. He graduated from that insti-tution in 1884 with the degree of Civil Engineer,and shortly thereafter entered the service of theNew York Central Railroad, in the Bridge Depart-ment. In January 1890, he formed a partnershipwith his brother, Samuel F. Adams (Columbia A. ), as operators and speculators in real estate inNew York City, which connection still exists. Mr. Adams is a meinber o
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