Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Some Distingutsbeb Hlumni JOHN W. FOSTER, born in Evansville, Indiana, March 2, 1836; graduated Indiana University, 1855; Harvard Law School, 1855-56; practiced law in Evansville; in 1861 was made Major of the Twenty-fifth Indiana Volunteers; Colonel of Sixty-fifth and One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Indiana Regiments; distinguished participant in battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Knoxville; editor of Evansville Daily Journal from 1866-69; postmaster, Evansville, 1869; commissioned by President Grant Minister to Mexico, 1873; by Presi- dent Hayes Minister to Russia, 1880; by President Arthur Minister to Spain, 1883; by President Cleveland on special mission to Spain, 1885; practiced law in Washington, D. C, 1886-91; commissioned by President Harrison in 1891 to negotiate treaties of reciprocity with Spain, Germany, San Domingo, and other countries; agent of United States in Bering Sea arbitration, 1892; James G. Blaine ' s successor as Secretary of State, 1892; resigned to participate in the Paris Tribunal of Arbitration; made a tour around the world. 1893; invited by Emperor of China to act as counsel in peace negotiations with Japan; international lawyer at Washington, D. C. ; degree of LL. D. conferred by Wabash and Princeton, 1895, and by Yale, 1S96. WALTER Q. GRESHAM, born at Lanesville, Indiana, March, 1832; studied law in Indiana University; practiced law at Corydon, Indiana; elected to State Legislature, 1860; resigned and became Lieutenant-Colonel of the Thirty- eighth Indiana Regiment; was made Colonel of the Fifty-third Indiana Regiment; was made Brigadier-General of Volunteers, 1863; was brevetted Major- Genera] of Volunteers for his gallantry at Atlanta; after the war practiced law at New Albany, Indiana; was made United States Judge for Indiana, 1869; resigned, 1882, to accept position of Postmaster-General; was appointed United States Judge for the Seventh Judicial Circuit. DAVID D. BANTA was born of Dutch-French origin, in Johnson County, Indiana, May 23, 1833. The country was in its pioneer stage, before schools or churches were more than begun. He died in Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, April 19, 1896, seeing largely the fruition of educational advantages so highly prized by him both in youth and maturity. In the spring of 1853 he entered Franklin College as a student, remaining only until the following fall, when he came to the State University, remaining until the spring of 1857. During this time he won his academic and law degrees. In October of the Continued on p. Id.

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W. I . Robinson, Princeton Samcel R. Lyons, Bloomingtqn Benjamin F. Shiyely, South Bend ,, „, Presihent Isaac Jenkinson, Richmond „ . „ , ., Edwin Cobb, Bloomington Robert A. Ogg, Greencastle Charles L. Henry, Anderson Robert J. Hamilton. Huntington

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John W. Foster Walter Q. Gresham David D. Banta George Gkover Wright James Darwin Maxwell Joseph LaFayette Rawlins George W. Cooper