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of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers of Great Britain, the Iron 

 and Steel Institute of Great Britain, of the xVmerican Society of 

 ISIechanical Engineers of which he was a founder in 1880 and of the 

 American Society of Civil Engineers. He was a corresponding mem- 

 ber of the Societe d 'Encouragement pour L'Industrie Nationale and 

 also a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. This decoration was con- 

 ferred upon him at the close of the Paris Exposition in 1899. 



F. R. HUTTON. 



EDWARD HENRY STROBEL (1855-1908) 



Fellow in Class III, Section 1. 1902. 



It does not often fall to the lot of an American to fill positions so 

 varied in character as those which Edward Henry Strobel held during 

 his life of fifty-two years — Third Assistant Secretary of State, Secre- 

 tary of Legation, Minister Plenipotentiary, head of a special mission, 

 sole arbitrator between two powers. Professor of Law in the Harvard 

 Law School, the trusted adviser of a progressive oriental government. 



He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on December 7, 1855, 

 of a family on whose fortunes the civil war bore heavily. After due 

 preliminary education, he" entered Harvard College, was graduated 

 with his class, that of 1877, and thereafter entered the Harvard Law 

 School in the autumn of 1877, but did not take the degree of LL.B. 

 until 1882. After ha^•ing been admitted to the bar, he practised in 

 New York for a short time, but soon turned to public hfe. 



He participated in the presidential campaign of 1884, contributing 

 an interesting pamphlet on Mr. Blaine and his foreign policy. This 

 document seems to have attracted the attention of Mr. Cleveland, for 

 when the latter became President, he offered Strobel the post of 

 Secretary of Legation at Madrid. Strobel spent about five years in 

 Spain, and acted as Charge d'Affaires during a third of the time. 

 In 1888 he was sent on a special mission to Morocco. On the change 

 of administration, he tendered his resignation, but was retained in 

 office until 1890. In 1893, President Cleveland appointed him Third 

 Assistant Secretary*- of State. In 1894 he became Minister to Ecuador, 

 and shortly thereafter was made Minister to Chile. He remained at 



