The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-12
.EB[A ALEXANDER
DIES IN KNOXVILLE:

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
Chanel Hill, ~ c., March 1l.--Woral
was received hero tonight Of the death
In Knoxville, Tenn, of DR.. Eden 1A A.tst>
ander, dean of tho University OF
North Carolina. DR.. Alexander was Vis si
ing his son. Or. Ebcn Alexander Jr, ui'
dor !. leave OF absence from the uni-
iycrs,ty. He had Just returned from New
york City, where he attended the meet
inE OF the senate OF the National SOC
cty OF Phi Beta Kappa. He has been
nnwel1 for some time, but his death
/ was sudden and unexpected. The fol-
| lowing bare facts of his life were
taken from a sketch written by Pro
J fcssor +. p Moses for Ashes Lives OIL
b Distinguished North Carolintans.
DR.. Ebcn Alexander was born IN
Enoxyille. Tenn. March 0. 1851, being
q son OF Judge Eben Alexander, OF
Kno.villc. aud grandson OF James
Z White. Of lredc1l county. founder Q.
\ the present city Of Knoxville. IN -e''
he entered Yale College.
At Yale he was ono OF inc ll'oss
prominent and popular members oL
inc class OF 1878. He was q lnemncl
/ On the Psi Epsilon Fraternity, OF .,s
skull and Bons Honor Order ana .lne
PHI Meta Kappa Scholarship so.lu.s
After GRADUATION no became tutor IN
! ,te university OF Tennessee, professor
of ancient languages and later CHAIR
nan Of thu. faculty. IIc gave up Ms
mnsition Mt tho University OF Tennessee
~ become professor Of Greek IN INC
;.Irn,yersity of North Carolina III tho
fall of 1885,
In APRIL 1898. President Cleveland
arpointed Or. Alexander envoy extra
: ordinary and minister plenlpotentla ~, >
ITO Greece, Roumanla and Servia. ms
! position he held during clcvelands al,
Eministratlon. with dignity, ao'li ty a'N
credit to his country.
While at Athens he played lead
J. Ing part in the revival of the Olympic
games. IIarper's Weekly. Septembel
! s.s 1895, said: THE first subscription
I mat reached the committees hands
\ vas not from a born Greek. but 1ror
: MIR. Eben Alexander, United state
;, minister 10 Greece. who. nevertheless:
: IL looked upon and claimed as TIL
n HELENE. both by his wide acqualntane
: With the Greek language ana ntet
"a ture, and his whole earted sSm ".
y with the country and Its people.
:. The leading newspaper OF Athens,
n a long editorial. expressed tho appre
" ciation OF the Grecian people for y
IAlexander's cminently successful SCI
vices as the minister from America.
rr ..It is far cry" says Professor M
e. ses. from tho Acro1olis to a prote'
e. sor.s chair at Chapel Hill. but when u
ed term OF Office expired the dlplom;
gladly put aside tho b, business I'M yo eI f
at nation to take up again ms Mu,m =
he the young men OF North Carolina.
or I1e returned to the university
de 1897 In 1900 lie was elected dean
the university. q position-which he h NJ
he since held with honor to himself ar
nd With usefulness to North Carolina. a
,st Far the work IN tho classroom and 4
ed dean,s Office the object to which
%. devoted most Of his time and care 2, w
on tha building OF the present magnltlce
IT. university library.
His most distinguishing person
no characteristics were his gentleman
as hearing and kind courtesy at all tim
yas FIe was a man loved dearly at knc
,nt Vile. Tenn. and here at tho un n
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