The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-17

Among educators Dr. McKelway was
known best a. member Of the Board Of
Regents Of the state of New York since
1883. lie became yice-cnanCellor II
the board in 1000 and upon the death of
Chancellor Whitelaw Reid Or Nickel
way became tho ranking officer of the
Board Of Regents. He held many honor
AIRY degrees.
Nj McK-lway was the son of Dr.
Alexander I. and Mary A. H>an) Me
kclwny " was born at Columbia,
Mo. ON March II, lSi5. When he was
a lad Of - years he came east with his
family to New Jersey. where he spent
his youthful years studying under rri-
waite tutors. Al Is he decided Il was
time to go 70 work,
The law attracted him At that time.
hut 80 did newspaper work Newspaper
work won out. He got n job ~ corro-
sppndent for the New York Tribune in
1883. For two yenrS he wrote for his
paper and read law and for n year after
thnt he gave all his time to his law
studies, In 1895 he was ready to pre-
sent himself for admission to the New
York bar. lie was admitted that year,
but his career ~ a lawyer ended almost
at the point where il began Scarcely
had he realized his ambition to become
a practising lawyer when his fixing Tor
newspaper work ags'n got tn. uppcr
hand and he went back To reporters
work. this time on the STAFF II the New
York World.
For four years he worked as Wash
'ngtun correspondent ana as associate
editor Of the WOrii, and early In this
period Of his life, or In 1857. he mar
RED. His frst wife. who was Miss
El"anor Hutchinson, died IN l>St
nr. MrKelway remained with the
World until ls70 and then became asso-
clate editor OF the Brooklyn Forie. lie
remained with tho EdOle for eight years
and then Joined the stan OF tho Albany
argus. Fur seven years, or from 1873
to 1859, he was cdito" OF the Ar0uS.
In tho latter year came the offer from
Brooklyn of the position he was to hold
throughout "a" st of his active news
paper days and in which he was destined
10 become known throughout the United
states. Already his adopted state had
begun t. hear Of him, Two years before
coming back to brooklyn as editor of
the Ed0lc he had received his first
honorary degree when Colgate conferred
the degree of master of arts upon him In
1859.
ThrHe years after taking up his odl-
,orial duties In Munklvn nr. McKelway,
VINO had been a wldOwcr for four years,
married Miss virginia Brooks Thompson.
Rapidly DR., MCl\olway was becoming
known nationally also rs a speaker and
writer on educational. historical and
civic subjects, He received his first doc.
tors degree five years after he began to
edit the Eagle, when Syracuse CAV, him
tho degree OF Ill. D., IN lS9O. both
Princeton and the University Of Missouri
conferred the same honorary d gree
upon lr. Mclteiway In 1904. Three
years before this Union had made him
doctor OF literature. st. Lawrence gave
him the degree Of doctor of civil law
in lSpS.
Besides his work as head OF the Board
NJ Regents and other educational and
journalistic activities. Dr, MCKolway was
nm honorary member of clio Han.
pr'n"c'nn'a debating snrIrty ~ mhcr Of
the Long Island ard SUFFOLK County
Historical societies, the Society of Mcdi.
cal Jurisprudence and the Albany Ins,i-
tutc.
Or. MCkelway also was n dirartar of
the American Social Science Association
and a member of the National Institute
of Arts and Letters.