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summa cum laude, from that Instltu 

 tion in 1S63. and the decree of A. M., 

 In 1868. He had already begun the 

 study of law. and was In tending to 

 practice in Boston, when he received 

 the offer of a position In the Chinese 

 customs service. 



China had decided to put its customs 

 department into the hands of experi- 

 enced men. and the British government 

 had notified Secretary Seward that it 

 would be glad to have three bright 

 American young men take positions in 

 the service. He asked the presidents 

 of Harvard and Yale to each appoint a 

 young man, while he would select a 

 third. 



President Eliot chose Mr. Drew, who 

 went at once to Peldn. His promotion 

 was rapid, and he Anally became com- 

 missioner of the imperial maritime cus- 

 toms. The Emperor conferred on htm 

 the red button of the Second rank and 

 the decoration of the double dragoon, 

 second division. 



In 189.6 Mr. Drew was secretary of 

 the embassy of LI Hui^gr Chang to the 

 United States. During his occasional 

 visits to this country he lectured on 

 Chinese conditions, once at the Lowe'.I 

 Institute, and in 1908 before the Com- ] 

 merclal Club of Boston. He was for- . 

 mer president of the Roval Asiatic . 

 Society of Shanghai, and fellow of the , 

 ( Eastern Asiatic Society of Boston. 



Mr. Drew married in 1874 Abble An- 

 I na Davis, a teacher at West Newton. 

 Six children were born to them in 

 'China, hut received their education in 

 thi* country. The eldest son. Charles 

 [Drew, a graduate of the Insttute of 

 Technology, spent many years In the 

 service of the Mexican Centra] rail- I 

 road. The eldest daughter, n graduate 

 it Radlcllffe. was married to Prof. Bab- ; 

 bitt of Harvard. 



Mr. Drew was a member of the Har- | 

 vard, Travelers. Colonial and Examiner 

 clubs, and his Cambridge residence was 

 ■at 4S Garden street. 



