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accepted. In 1866, or nine years after 

 his apprenticeship, he entered the whole- 

 sale trade, here his progress was rapid, 

 rising from one position to another, un- 

 til 1884 when he came to Canada to as- 

 sume the management of the business of 

 H. Sudgen Kvans & Co., of Montreal. 

 The firm was incorporated and Mr. Mas- 

 on was taken in, forming the firm of 

 Evans Sons' & Mason. In 1888 the firm 

 was dissolved by the retirement of Mr. 

 Mason. In 1892 he was made a stock- 

 holder and secretary of the Seabury and 

 Johnson Corporation, and was subse- 

 quently their British agent. A year later 

 he returned to New York, where he re- 

 tained his position as secretary, which 

 was practically manager, until his death. 

 His personal popularity was attested 

 when he left London, by the farewell 

 dinner given to him by sixty of his friends 

 in~ December 1892, the gathering consist- 

 ing of England's greatest chemists. He 

 identified himself with the American 

 Pharmaceutical Association, and at one 

 time was Chairman of the Committee on 

 the Drug Market. He was also a member 

 of the Wholesale Druggists' Association, 

 where he did some valuable committee 

 work. Mr. Mason was on the Execu- 

 tive Committee of the Pharmaceutical 

 Association of the Province of Quebec; 

 in 1887 he was elected President of the 

 Montreal College of Pharmacy; where he 

 founded the Students' Association. In 

 1893 Mr. Mason became a member of the 

 College of Pharmacy of the City of New 

 York, one year later joining the New 

 York State Pharmaceutical Association; 

 in 1894 the charter of the College was 

 amended, creating the office of Assistant 

 Secretary. Mr. Mason was unanimouly 

 elected to the ofiice, which he held until 

 the death of Secretary, Mr. J. N. Hege- 

 man, when he succeeded the latter as 

 Secretary. In March last he was re-el- 

 ected unanimously. Since his connection 



with the College, he had always taken 

 an active interest in the Alumni Associ- 

 ation, all the social features such as the 

 Ball, Outing, etc., always found him 

 present with his family. In fact on Alum- 

 ni Day, this year he sang two selections, 

 and received repeated encores. 



In April 1896 he was elected both hon- 

 orary member of the "Alumni Associa- 

 tion' ' and editor of the Alumni Journal. 

 His ability in the latter is evidenced by 

 the rapid strides the ' 'Journal' ' viras mak- 

 ing to success when death overtook him. 



Mr. Mason was a prominent member 

 of the "Liverpool Chemists' Association," 

 also a "Fellow of the Chemical Society" 

 and the first chairman of the New York 

 branch of the Society of Chemical Indus- 

 try, St. George's Society, secretary of the 

 New York College of Pharmacy, and 

 honorary member of its Alumni Associa. 



tion. 



His funeral took place Nov. 4, at 4 



P.M., from St. Michael's Church, this 

 city. The Rev. George S. Pratt, assis- 

 tant rector, officiated, according to the 

 rites of the Episcopal Church. Follow- 

 ing the rector up the aisle came the black 

 covered casket, borne on the shoulders of 

 six young men. Closely following were 

 O. J. Griffiin. assistant secretary of the 

 College of Pharmacy, Miss Margerie 

 Mason, (Mrs. Mason was unable to at- 

 tend owing to illness), John McKesson, 

 Dr. Charles F. Chandler, T- F. Main, 

 John R. Caswell, Thomas J. Macmahan, 

 and others. The College was represented 

 by Dr. Virgil Coblentz, Professors 

 George A. Ferguson, John Oehler, and 

 Dr. George C. Diekman, Richard J. 

 Reilly and Harry B. Ferguson, George 

 B. Wray, of Yonkers, Edward Kemp, 

 president of the College, S. W. Fair- 

 child. Members of the Alumni Associa- 

 tion present were Arthur C. Searles, 

 President, Secretary Hoburg, Treasurer 

 Henning, Nelson S. Kirk, H. A. Herold, 

 Eugene Lohr, Julius Tannenbaum, Ru- 

 dolph Gies. 



The body was interred in the Moravian 

 Cemetery, at New Dorp, Staten Island. 



