Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-16
DIR. R. c. MAC LAUR|N
DIED LAST EVENING
W., .e pos+on Tech Succumbs
to Pneumonia at His Home
in Boston.

p:.hord Cockburn MacLaurln,
1;io,t OF Massachusetts Institute "
Tochnolorv and the man cnichy
aaa;bio for it's success and RAPID grown
slonaab .ba last eleven years, died ~ ~, ms
uushis - Roston. Mass, last night. ne ne
;rforr,,ation reached Wilmington oihciamS any
,aJav when the following teiegrain - m,,o
roco;yed bv Joseph Bancroft, a,t cLa,, n,,,ti
of the local Tech alumni epu4Mlnnre,o Tnnarsa,,
s,,nd committee, from Merton L. n,i'o.,,' o,,,|
of BOSTON. chairman OF 'ho s0A0i'''
mittee: ot that I have to
IL Is mi'' Rat President MaeLaurln
g.I s,is i'G 1rLuredav evening OF pne''ilmohla;; ;
u':Si rotifv Tech men2 Generai lIlnGi az az
n.nJs ba,,e not, vet been arrangou, put
.o,'.l,T tbonnrv;rcs will probably be hcid 0unu"S
afternoon IN Boston. ~, 4oIocroro
Mr. Bancroft at once made inc Veiesl y All Iii
II. 90 ne ~ oct the Information 10 All
here who are interested, -, .o,,sod bv
,i..,o,,;a contracted III New ork Guy
l. Gat,rJav- when he personally uruef-
t~oi, the completing of arrangGI1eiitSS lo'
a. ;rbilee alumni dinner. Df'
"ur;n was only - years Old
Earlv in the week attending Phy sioll.i' li.;
pronounced DR.. MacLaurm iiiLee9 ia
aus Hone for his recovery Was ,a,, ir y
ont however, and early yesteIuay' - = u,as =
slight improvement was noteu, soJ
believed the crisis had been pass. Ias.N.,,,or
A relapse occurred IN ',io ~ b;sI
His illness had weakened isi'il 4ho etroir
vitality was low because VI nT ~ suner-
of oyerwork due to his personal s"l;oi =
S;s;on of institutes financial caihPaieh
II was at the Jubilee alumni oii1ner
tbst tbe IDENTITY of the mysterious NJ
S-,;tb > IN whom the institute was M
dnhted for cifts Of money totahins Slo,
Too GOO was made known. George East-
,,(a,, s.iba Kodak King" OF hochcster
\ Y was announced as the donor Oh
the money. and it was state3 700 oiiai =
his oif+s since March, 1872, hau aiiio'Iil'ou
10 an even S11 100000 H.
Tho successful termination OF the drlve
for funds was the climax 70 II. MAJ
Taurin's efforts to place the nlsIltuvo ~
a solid financial basis. During ti4o uiIso VI -
he introduced an innovation tol o'.ie1 ~ :
technical schools to adopt by olci ~ III ny
services of the institute as teGhhiCal az
wiser to commercial; ESTABLISHMENTS -
gegular rates. x75;t,,,r-L
ne csrIv hovhood was spent IN New
yealsnd He received his preliminary
.ducation in English schools. Later ne
entered Cambridge and renamed 70 take
tbo deorces of master and bachelor q
srts He Is reported as having showed
nronounred ability in mathematics. Nter
GRADUATION from Cambridge ana Ten
,,ontba' visit 10 the United states anu
Canada. during which he inspected many
educational institutions 1T Nl'' - Z
returned to the English university 70
study law.
He became q professor Of mathematics
In the University OF New Aeaiand IN
1898. Later be became 3 trustee u tha'
school and took leading part IN the
organization Of technical educatlon 10
the colony Coming to the onltcd otates
again in 1907. he took the char 9! mathe-
nlatical physics at Columola University.
lie ultimately became head o. the depart
ment Of physics there, but lett 70 assume
ais duties as president OF AasSachuset1s
Institute Of Technology. Serious financial
problems. confronted the institute at that
lime. it was restricted IN ITS work and
here was need Of larger quarters during
Two wears DR.. MacI-aurln iamlharIzed
himself with the needs Of the institute.
Then he began the building up Of loyalty
TO the institute among the alumni.
The value of his policy was reflected
Quickly in the gift of half q million dol
lars bv T. Coleman du Pont. The money
was utilized Tor the purchase Of s new
site at Cambridge. He received the en-
fbusiastic backing OF the alumni In ms
ideas OF q greater Tech and soon
there was complete new home.
DR.. MacLaurin leaves a widow and
two children.