to his tireless energy. The miniature craft that he buih and rebuih in those 

 early years served as the foundation of the skill and knowledge that he later 

 turned to such good account. 



At the age of twenty he began the construction of larger craft, and in 

 1863 he embarked on naval construction as a business, which he carried on 

 for more than fifty years. 



In 1872 he entered intO' partnership with his brother, and together they 

 designed and constructed for the U. S. Government the first torpedo boat, the 

 Lightning. 



In 1879 Mr. Herreshoff and his brother incorporated the HerreshofY 

 Manufacturing Company, of which he was president and treasurer from its 

 formation to the time of his death. 



In 1892 the HerreshoiY Manufacturing Company took up the designing 

 and construction of yachts, with special reference to building craft that would 

 enable the New York Yacht Club to hold the trophy against attack. The 

 record of the Vigilant, Defender, Columbia, Reliance and Resolute indicate 

 to what height of perfection Mr. Herreshof¥'s firm has carried the science 

 of naval designing and construction. 



Mr. Herreshoff was a member of the Institute of Naval Architects of 

 London and a member of this Society since its organization. He died on 

 July 20, 1915. 



ALBERT LLOYD HOPKINS 



Albert Lloyd Hopkins, the son of Stephen DeForest and Elizabeth G. 

 Hopkins, was bom on September 7, 1871, at Glens Falls, N. Y. His early 

 life was passed in that city and in Troy, N. Y., and there his early education 

 was received. He died May 7, 1915, at the time of the Lusitania disaster. 



In 1888 he entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the course in 

 civil engineering. He was graduated in 1892 with high honors, and in 

 later years the Director of the Institute said of him : — "About 10 per cent 

 of those who apply are admitted to the Institute, about 20 per cent of those 

 admitted are graduated, and among these once in a while we find a Hopkins." 



After a few months' work in an architect's office in Chicago, in the sum- 

 mer of 1892, Mr. Hopkins was appointed to a position in the Bureau of 

 Construction and Repair of the Navy Department, at Washington, D. C, 



