The Detroit times., 1912-06-28
HONORARY DEGREES ARE
CONFERRED ON MANY
David +. Heineman and Clar.
ence A. Lightner, Detroit,
Honored BY u. OF M.

ANN ARBOR. Mich. June 27-The
University OF Michigan today bestow-
ed honorary degrees upon a number
OF people In honor OF the celebration
OF the seventy-hfth anniversary OF
the founding OF the big institution,
and the sixty-eighth commencement
exercises. A peculiar feature OF the
bestowal Of these degrees is that none
but persons who have either been
studnts at Michigan or members OF
her faculty, were honored. making
this a strictly Michigan commence
ment. Following Ia the complete list
or those honored with degrees:
Bachelor Of Laws, as OF certain
class-liarry Eldridge King, Toledo. o.,
member OF the Ohio bar. as OF the
lass pr 1888; Harry Compton Davis.
hIaNerSe CITY, Mich, member or the
Michigan bar, as OF the class OF 49, =;
ne Hon. Clement Mcdonald Smith.
Hastings. Mich, Judge OF the NTH judi
cial circuit or Michigan. as OF the class
OF 1867.
Bachelor or Arts. as OF certain
class--Iincoln Macmillan. Chicago, Ill,
financial editor OF the Chicago Record
herald, az OF the class OF 1890, Fred
erick Hampton Bacon, st. Louis. No,
q member OF tho Missouri bar. as OF the
class Of 1871.
Master Of Arts-Dr. James Craven
Woods. Cleveland, o., surgeon and au-
thor. and formerly member or the
Faculty OF the Homeopathic Medical
College OF the University OF Michigan,
Eugene Clarence Warmer. Saginaw. OF
the class OF 1891, man OF recognized
iorce and effectiveness in the field OF
secondary education: James Hamilton
Kaye. Marquette, Mich. OF the class OF
1872, the president OF the Northern
} Michigan state Normal school; Or.
Herman Prlnz, Cincinnati. O.. OF the
class OF 1880 college OF dental surgery,
distinguished as dental scientist and
author Dr otto Landman. Toledo, o..
OF the class OF 1885, department OF
medicine and surgery, known for his
contributions TO the science of ophthal-
mology: Or Harold Clifford. Omaha.
Neb., Of the class of 1882. department
or medicine and surgery, professor or
ophthaIinology in the University OF Ne
braska and an original worker In the
neld OF his speciality. Clarence Ashley
Lightnei, Detroit. Mich. OF the class
- OF lSAA,-n- member OF the state board OF
law examiners. who has rendered valu-
able service IN the way of raising the
standards 81 legal education: David
Emil Hcineman. Detroit Mich. OF the
class of 1887, "A public-spiFited- citizen
and loyal aiumnus. who has done IHlch
ITO advance the interests of his alma
mater. Robert Patterson Lamont, Cni-
.cago, III. OF the class OF 1891, depart
ment OF engineering. who has achieved
marked success as an engineer and
later a header in great commercial
enterprises Mrs Madeline stockweii
turner. Kalamazoo, OF the class OF
1917. the first woman 10 enter the Uni
verstty OF Michigan who. by her pcise
anu dignity and scholarship, con-
quered al once what by many were
thought TO he unsurmountable obsta-
4 cles; Professor Joseph Baker Davis.
Dexter Mich, Of the class OF 1868. In
the service for 40 years in the faculty
or the University OF Michigan. honored
and loved by all who sat under him.
Doctor OF Science Edward Allen
Faye, Washington, - c., OF the class
OF 1862, educator, editor. one OF the
foremost Dante scholars In the coun-
for the Deaf; Or John Elmer Weeks.
New York City, OF the class of 1881.
department OF medicine and surgery,
now professor Of ophthalmoiogy IN
New York and Bellevue university,
lolnt discoverer OF the Koch-WecSs
bacillus; DR. John Jacob Abel, Balti-
more, Nd, Of the class OF 1888 profess
sor OF materia medica and therapeutics
IN the department Of medicine and
surgery OF this university from 1891 to
1898, nor professor OF pharmachology
guished for his researches and original
contributions; Dr. Henry Sewall Dem
Yer, Colo professor OF physiology in
this university from 1882 TO 1889 now
professor OF physiology in the UnIver-
sity of Colorado, whose research on
immUnization to the venom OF the rat
tleSnaKr, zone Wnlle a professor In THIS
university. laid the foundation for the
discovery OF dlphtherla anti-toxin;
Bryant Walker Detroit OF the class OF
1876 man who, though busy law
yer, has found time 10 make himself
well and favorably known for his pub
lished work on molluska, a world au-
thority Oh this group Charles Francis
Brush, Cleveland. o. OF the class OF
1869, department. OF engineering. the
earliest pioneer IN the field OF electric
lighting, inventor Of modern arc cleo
trio lighting, honored many times at
home and abroad for his scientific
achievements.
Doctor OF Eugneer'ng-George Hen
~ Renzenhurg- Milwaukee,. Wis OF the
class ~ 1857 department or engineer
ing. past president OF the American
Society OF civil Engineers. a noted au-
thority on the construction OF water
works distinguished civil engineer and
citizen; Cornelius Donovan. New Or
leans, La, OF the class OF 1872. depart
ment Of engineering. a profound stu
dent OF river hydraulics. a faithful SER
want OF the United States government
Tor IS years and distinguished AS the
builder Of the great tetties at the mouth
OF the Mississippi.
Doctor of Laws-Dr william Henry
Howell. Baltimore, Md, OF Johns Hop
kIns university. professor OF histology
Michigan from 1890 to 1892. distin-
guishCd teacher and Investigator. n
psychologist of the first rank; the
Right Reverend Charles Sumner Burch
OF New Drk City, OF the class OF 1875.
Suffragan bishop of New York a man
OF liberal culture. wide experience and
broad sympathies whose effectiveness
,as preacher, organizer and admins
traitor has received frequent and con-
spicuous recognition: Professor Andrew
Cunningh am Mclaughlin, OF Chicago OF
the class OF 1882. for many years a
member OF the historical staff OF his
alma mater. now professor and head OF
the department of history in the Uni
versity OF Chicago. distinguished
teacher whose published contributions
have placed him in the front rank OF
American historical scholars: Doctor
James Palirfaif McMurrfck, OF Toronto
Canada for 13 years professor OF
anatomy in the University OF Michigan
now professor of anatomy at the Unit
versity OF Toronto. distinguished as a
teacher and for learned contributions
10 the sciences OF biology and anatomy;
Professor Floyd Russell Mechem. for
Ten years Tappar professor OF law I'm
the University OF Michigan, now a
member OF the faculty OF law OF the
University Of Chicago. a teacher OF
great originality and power and pro-
ductive legal scholar whose published
works have received general and mer-
4 tied RECOGNITION; Henry Smith Carhart
of Pasadena, Cal. for over 20 years
professor OF physics In the University
az Michigan, now a worthy recipient OF
the honors or the Carnegie Foundation
distinguished as scholar and author
a'nd for his service In tho cause Of in
electrical units