The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-25
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uate, Dr. w. H. Welch, | l have the honor, moreover, to pre- sent to you, for the degree of Doctor of Laws, Dr. William Henry Welch, professor in the medical school Of Johns Hopkins university Professor Welch in a graduate of Yale in the class of 1870. His degree of M, D, was received at Columbia college, the same degree, honoris causa, at the University Of Pennsylvania, and the honorary degree of IL, D. was confer red on him by the Western Reserve university. Among the posts of dis tincton which he has held are that of professor in the Bellevue Medical col lege, New York, president of the Med ical and Chiurgcal faculty of Mary land QS91-1S92), and honorary president of one of the sections of the Tenth In ternational Medical congress, held at Berlin in 1890 He is a member of the | National Academy of Sciences, and honorary member of the Pathological society of London. He is dean as we'll as professor in the medical department of the Johns Hopkins university, and president of the Congress of Physicians and Surgeons to be held in Washington in 1897.
 By his multiplied services to medi- cal science and to the healing art he has brought signal credit to his alma mater, and well earned the highest mark of distinction she is able to con- fer.
 Judge C. F, Brown
 I have the honor to present to you, | F,, ha Ias of of I VIC Charles Frank Brown, a graduate of the university in the class of 1866.
 After a very successful practice of law for number of years, MT. Brown became, by election, district attorney and then county judge in Orange county, New York Tn 1882 he was elected judge of the supreme court of the state In 1889 he was appointed by the governor to be a judge of the second division of the New York court of appeals and held that position for several years. More lately he was rais- ed to the office of presiding justice of the appellate division of the supreme court for the second department which comprises in it's jurisdiction all of Long Island Gncluding the city of Brooklyn), Staten Island, and the five lower counties along the Hudson and embraces population of nearly 2,000,- 000
 Ex- Secretary J. w. Foster.
 I have the honor, further, to present to you, for the degree of Doctor of Laws Hon. John Watson Foster. who has served the country alike as a sol dier and a civilian.
 A graduate of the State university at Indiana (1S36) MT. Foster studied law at Harvard, but, after few years of legal practice entered the army as volunteer, rose to the command of two regiments successively, took part in the battles of Fort Donelson and Sh1ioh and in various other engage ments, and commanded a cavalry brigade and division of the Twenty third Army Corps in the campaign of East Tennessee. Returning to civil life, MT, Foster was appointed by President Grant in 1873, minister to Mexico by President Hayes, in 1880, minister to Russia; by President Arthur, in 1883, minister to Spain; and by President Cleveland, in 1885, as a special envoy to Spain. Resuming the practice of his profession in Washington, MT Foster was commissioned by President liar rison, in 1891, to negotiate treaties of reciprocity with Spain, Germany, San Domingo, and other countries He was appointed in 1892 agent of the United States in the Behring Sea arbitration, with Great Britain, and represented the United States abroad in connection with that case.
 Prior to this absence from the coun- try, he had been a member of the cabi- net, holding for year as the successor of Mir. Blaine the office of secretary of state. Finally, the confidence that was reposed in him by the government of China led to his appointment in 1895 as the diplomatic adviser of that govern ment in the peace negotiations with Japan The university acquires as well as confers honor in receiving into the ranks of it's graduates this patriotic soldier and veteran statesman.
 Judge R. w. Peckham. I have the honor finally of presenting to you, for the degreeof Doctor of Laws, Hon. Rufus Wheeler Peckham, associ- ate justice of the supreme court of the United States.
 Judge Peckham received his legal training in the office of his father, an eminent lawyer and judge in the state , of New York. Judge Peckham, the younger, was elected, in 1868, district attorney of Albany county, and in 1883 a justice of the supreme court of :, the state After a service of five years in this capacity, he was made judge of the court of appeals and held this station until the beginning of the pres ent year, when, by the appointment of President Cleveland, he was elevated to the supreme bench.
 The Special Honors.
 The honors in the various depart T ments were then announced. They are as follows:
 TwO-Year Honors.
 In philosophy-Estey Fuller Dayton, l William Milton Hess.
 = In history-Edward Day Collins, Wendell Phillips Colton, Johnston de- Forest, Edward Lewis Durfee, Louis Hopkins Porter, Walter Franklin t Prince, Asa Currier Hilton.
 In political science and law-Her- 70 hert Stanley Brown ChriStODher Bush