Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

Page 20 text:

WHITEIAW REID IN MEMORIAM Born at Xenia, Ohio, Oct. 27, 1887. Died at London, England. During the past year Miami lost another of her most distinguished sons. The Honorable Whitelaw Reid was graduated from Miami with the class of 1856. He received the scientific honors of his class at graduation. Mr. Reid first won fame as a war correspondent for the Cincinnati Gazette at Pittsburg Landing, Second Bull Run, Gettysburg, and other famous battles of the Civil War. In 1864 he served as clerk of the military committee of the house of representatives, and later as librarian 0f the house. In 1868 he joined the editorial staff of the New York Tribune, and in 1872 became its editor-in-chief and proprietor. After a distinguished business career he went abroad as minister to France in 1889. He was Republican candidate for Vice-President of the United States on the ticket with President Harrison in 1892; special ambassador to Great Britain for the Queens Jubilee, 1897; Commissioner to the Paris Conference for Treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain, 1898; and special ambassador to Great Britain for the Coronation of Edward VII., 1902. He was the author of many noted books on the Civil War. Mr. Reid was American ambassador to England from 1905 until the time of his death. 18

Page 22 text:

RAYMOND MOLLYNEAUX HUGHES. 31.80., Acting President 20