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in Greece, visiting also Constantinople and the Dardanelles, travelling 

 a part of the time with Professor and IVIrs. Goodwin, and Professor 

 (now President) and Mrs. A. Lawrence Lowell, returning home tlirough 

 Italy, France and England. 



After his retirement he received the title of Emeritus Professor from 

 Columbia University and settled permanently at Milton. In the 

 spring of 1906, he was absent for eight weeks on his journey to the 

 Hague as the x\.merican representative on the jury of the competition 

 for the Peace Palace. On this journey also Miss Plarriet Ware ac- 

 companied him. As his health declined he and his sister went south 

 during two winters to avoid the coldest weather ; but after 1910 such 

 long journeys proved impossible, though he was still able to go away 

 for change during the summer. 



He was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and! 

 Honorary Corresponding Member of the Royal Institute of British 

 Architects. In 1896 the high value of his work as pioneer in archi- 

 tectural education was recognized by the bestowal of the LL.D. 

 degree from Harvard University. 



H. L. Warren, 



WILLIAM WATSON (1884-1915) 



Fellow in Class I, Section 4, 18C4, Recording Secretary, 1884-1915. 



William Watson was born at Nantucket, Mass., January 19, 1834. 

 His parents were William and Mary (Macy) Watson. 



He graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard L'ni- 

 versity with the degree S. B. in Engineering in 1857 and prolonged 

 his study of mathematics during the following year. Throughout 

 his undergraduate course he was distinguished for his mathematical 

 ability and won the Boyden Prize in mathematics. He served as 

 an instructor in the Calculus in Harvard from 1857 to 1859. Shortly 

 thereafter he began a course of study at the University of Jena where 

 he received the degree of Ph. D^ in 1862. This was succeeded by 

 further engineering study at the Ecole des Fonts et Chaussees, Paris. 

 In the years immediately following he made an extended examination 

 of European technical schools his knowledge of which proved highly 

 serviceable in connection with the laying out of the engineering courses 



