Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  ) 
February,  1915.  J 
Obituaries. 
91 
Mcllvaine,  treasurer  of  Edward  G.  Budd  Manufacturing  Company ; 
Edward  H.  Long,  head  of  John  H.  Long  &  Co. ;  Harold  E.  Gilling- 
ham,  broker;  Prof.  Robert  W.  Blake,  Thomas  H.  Shoemaker,  and 
Harry  A.  Eveleth. 
J.  W.  England.  " 
William  E.  Lee. 
William  Estell  Lee,  of  Philadelphia,  died  on  July  20,  1914,  at 
his  home,  after  several  months'  illness,  of  heart  trouble,  at  the  age 
of  sixty-four  years. 
Mr.  Lee  was  born  in  Woodbury,  N.  J.,  of  the  late  Walter  B.  and 
Martha  Lee.  Receiving  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  town,  he  then  studied  pharmacy  with  B.  F.  Carter,  of  Wood- 
bury. Later  he  matriculated  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy, graduating  therefrom  in  1872,  the  subject  of  his  thesis  being 
"  Gnaphalium  Polycephalum." 
A  few  years  later  he  opened  a  drug  store  at  2337  Brown  Street, 
Philadelphia,  where  he  remained  for  over  forty  years. 
Mr.  Lee  showed  his  devotion  to  his  Alma  Mater.  For  many  years 
he  had  served  as  a  member  of  its  Board  of  Trustees,  and  during  the 
past  college  year  ( 1913-14)  he  was  president  of  the  Alumni  Associa- 
tion, and  rendered  it  very  valuable  services,  especially  as  chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Membership.  He  was  a  member  of  the  P.  A.  R.  D. 
and  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  He  joined  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation in  1905. 
He  was  an  ardent  Mason.  For  fifteen  years  he  was  treasurer  of 
Olivet  Lodge,  No.  607,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.  He  was  a  member  of  Har- 
mony Chapter,  No.  52,  Royal  and  Select  Masters,  and  Corinthian 
Chasseur  Commandery,  No.  53,  K.  T.  He  was  a  member  also,  of 
Marathon  Senate,  No.  4,  O  of  S. ;  Woodbury  Lodge  of  New  Jersey, 
I.  O.  O.  F. ;  "Goodwill  Council,"  Legion  Red  Cross,  and  Crescent 
Chapter  104,  O.  E.  S. 
Mr.  Lee  was  a  member  of  the  Olivet  Covenant  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  was  an  earnest  worker  in  the  cause  of  civic  reform. 
Since  early  manhood  Mr.  Lee  took  an  active  part  in  reform 
politics  and  civic  movements,  but  only  last  year  could  he  be  induced  to 
become  a  candidate  for  any  office.  At  the  last  primary  election  he 
was  the  successful  nominee  for  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature  on  the 
Washington  ticket,  Tenth  Legislative  District.  His  strength  as  a 
reform  candidate  was  shown  at  the  last  election,  when,  as  a  candidate 
