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deep sorrow in the death of our brother Regent and of our 

 great appreciation of his high character. 



Proceedings of the Fifty-First Convocation of the 

 University of the State of New York 



Auditorium, State Education Building, Albany, N. Y., 

 Thursday afternoon, October 21, 1915, 2.30 p. m. The Honor- 

 able Albert Vander Veer, M. D., Vice Chancellor of the 

 University, presiding. 



Vice Chancellor Vander Veer: 



Since this program was arranged, a second sorrow came 

 to the Board of Regents and the Department of Education in 

 the sudden and unexpected death of Regent Andrew J. Ship- 

 man, in memory of whom Regent Moore will now speak. 



Address in Memory of Regent Andrew J. Shipman 



By John Moore 

 Regent of the University 



"God's finger touched him and he slept!" 



That which was mortal of Andrew Jackson Shipman, 

 lawyer, scholar, churchman, constitutional reviser and Regent 

 of The University of the State of New York, lapsed gently 

 into death's embrace, at his home in New York, Sunday night ; 

 and yesterday we gathered about his bier in St. Patrick's 

 Cathedral in New York City, where the last honors of the 

 Church — his holy mother — were bestowed upon a brilliant and 

 devoted son. 



The death of Regent Shipman was wholly unexpected to 

 his associates and aids in the University, to whom the sad 

 news came with a force that shocked — and stunned. His de- 

 mise is a loss to the community in which he lived ; it is a loss 

 to the Church to which he gave devoutness of heart and 

 sanctity of purpose ; it is a loss to the State to which he gave 

 wise and sagacious counsel— to the Regents of the University, 

 and the cause of public education, to an extent rarely felt in 

 the passing of a Regent who had served less than three years 



