OKLAHOMA. FECHHEIMER, CHARLES M. PENNSYLVANIA. BERTOLETTE, FREDERICK BIDDLE, CALDWELL K. BLOOD, CYRUS H.. GREENLAND, JOSEPH L.. KIRKPATRICK, SAMUEL H. PHILLIPS, ALFRED INGERSOLL. ROSENWEIG, LOUIS SMITH, A. LEWIS. TOWNSEND, CHARLES C.... RHODE ISLAND. EDWARDS, SEEBER FRANCE, ERWIN J.. TENNESSEE. CARROLL, WILLIAM H. VERMONT. MARTIN, JAMES L.... VIRGINIA. BARBOUR, P. P................ WASHINGTON. DORR, CHARLES W... Chickasha. Mauch Chunk. Philadelphia. Brookville. .Altoona. .Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Indiana. Philadelphia. . Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Tunkhannock. Erie. . Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Providence. Providence. Memphis. Brattleboro. No. Bennington. . Gordonville. . Norfolk. Warrenton. . Richmond. Seattle. Walla Walla. The committee subjoins as part of its report brief biographical notice of Charles Freeman Libby, former President of the Association, and twice a member of its Executive Committee. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE WHITELOCK, Chairman, CHARLES J. O'CONNOR. CHARLES FREEMAN LIBBY. PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION, 1909-1910. MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 1900-1903; 1906-1909. Mr. Libby, second son of James B. and Hannah C. (Morrill) Libby, was born in Limerick, Maine, January 31, 1844, and died in Cape Elizabeth, June 3, 1915. On December 9, 1869 he married Alice Williams, daughter of Bion and Alice H. (Williams) Bradbury. His widow and two of their four children survive him. He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1864, at the Law School of Columbia University in 1866, and was immediately admitted to the Bar. Then he spent two years in European travel, and took special courses in Paris and Heidelberg. On his return he established himself in the practice of his profession in Portland, Maine, and there remained in active work to the end of his life. His talents, learning and skill received speedy recognition, and his services were in constant demand, not only in matters strictly legal, but in many other directions. In educational affairs he was vitally interested, serving on the Superintending School Committee of his city for a long term, and on the Board of Overseers of his college twenty-four years, being its president for nearly all of that time. His fellow citizens elected him mayor of Portland, and repeatedly sent him to represent them in the Maine Senate; and this body, more than once, chose him to preside over its deliberations. He was successively the legal adviser of his city and his county, and was attorney for many large and important corporations. He was president of the Portland Street Railway Company, and under his wise management it rose from weakness to strength and prosperity, reaching out into surburban regions, and furnishing the public with hitherto unknown facilities for travel. He was president of the Cumberland Bar Association, of the Maine State Bar Association, and, finally, of this national body. That he did not wear the ermine of the United States courts was due to the supposed exigencies of a national political situation. In other than professional relations he was the recipient of many honors. Of these the most notable were his creation by the French Government as Officier de l' Academie Francaise in 1907, and the doctorate of laws, conferred by Bowdoin College in 1902. He was a member of many societies, social, professional, and scholastic, and the leading spirit in most of them. He was an ardent and discriminating buyer of fine books and engravings, and possessed one of the best libraries and the best collection of prints in the state. Bred in luxury, and with financial resources much greater than those of most of his associates, he never showed any disposition to yield to the allurements of idleness; but, from his youth was devoted to the improvement of his mind, and the advancement of exalted ideals. His scholarship placed him at the head of his classes in the preparatory and college courses; and the lead thus gained was kept throughout his career. His interests were of the widest literature, art, music, mechanics, horticulture were favorite diversions; but, far from permitting them to distract his attention from the serious demands of his profession, he made them contributory to his success in his chosen work. In the field of legal practice he was a wise counselor and an eloquent and con vincing advocate. His penetration went straight to the heart of the subject, his comprehensive grasp included its multitudinous details, his ingenuity instinctively marshaled the facts in the most favorable array, and his alert perception anticipated the possibilities of opposition. His large vocabulary was at instant command, his diction admirably adapted to the expression of his thoughts, and his delivery direct, forceful and impressive. His fine features, genial expression, dignified and confident carriage, and striking personality immediately attracted attention, which inevitably ripened into admiration, as acquaintance grew; for the physical was but a reflection of the spiritual nature of the man. The death of this scholarly, accomplished gentleman closed a long and brilliant career, which was characterized by capacity, integrity, courage, forcefulness, and wisdom-the attributes which make for the best type of citizenship. To a far greater degree than most men he had the happy fate of knowing that his sterling qualities were appreciated by the community; and he has left a record of honorable achievement, not only in the annals of many public and private organizations, but in the hearts of the great company of friends, who revered and loved him, and to whom his memory is a precious heritage. |