Bradley University - Anaga Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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Page 6 NV ith greatest respect and sin-- cerest gratitude is this, the 1921 Poly- scope, dedicated to Mr. Will VVinkoop Hammond, for it was to him more than to any other man that the Insti- tute owes its inception and progress.

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Mr. Will Winkoop Hammond was born on March 2, 1857, in Wyoming, Illinois, and died in Peoria, Illinois, on August 24, 1920. In 1874 he entered Knox College and in 1878 was graduated from that institution with the highest scholarship rank in his class. Immediately afterward he came to Peoria. Here he began the study of law and was admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1880. During the whole of his student days, he showed the earnestness and tireless attention to the work in hand that characterized his later life. He immediately began the practice of law in Peoria and soon attained a promi- nent position among the members of that profession. His sterling integrity, correct judgment, and keen insight together with his unusual knowledge of the law soon made his the leading law firm in Peoria. His keenness in discerning the merits of a case, considered hopeless by others, often made his efforts successful in the State courts and before the United States Supreme Court. In 1881, he was married to Miss Cornelia Belle Comstock, daughter of Professor M. L. Comstock of Galesburg. Their two children have both been students at Bradley. He was a modest man, unassuming, shunning personal publicity, finding his great- est joys in his home life, where he was most gentle, thoughtful and genial. Because of his sound judgment, his advice and co-operation were sought in many important business enterprises of the city. He always took a deep interest in move- ments for the improvement of civic affairs and was himself a worthy citizen and bene- factor, giving generously to many worthy causes. It is, however, in his connection with Mrs. Bradley that he comes into closest touch with Bradley Polytechnic Institute. In 1884, Mr. Hammond became associated with Mrs. Bradley as the manager of her property. This work was at first carried on out- side of the regular business hours, which were devoted to his law practice. It was not until fifteen or twenty years later that he gave up his law practice in order to devote more and more of his time to the ever-increasing problems of the Bradley estate. His remarkable ability was soon recognized. Mrs. Bradley learned to trust him implicitly and to refer everything to him. It was largely through his judgment and business ability that he was able to more than quadruple the value of her property as he found it. To the task he brought a rich mind trained in scientific method, in a short time he became an expert both from a legal and in engineering point of view, in mat- ters of drainage and in the reclamation of waste and worn-out land. His services were sought in many projects in various parts of the country, and his published articles were accounted valuable contributions to the subject. During all these years nothing was nearer to his heart than Bradley Institute. He was close to Mrs. Bradley throughout her changing views as to the character of the Institution which she would found as a memorial to her children. He, better than any one else knew what she wanted the institution to be. He took a deep interest in the establishment of the Institute and played a leading part in the determination of its present character. He was indefatigable in his efforts and sought by every means within his power to make the Institute worthy to be an important factor in the life of the community. Two lines from a poem which was found in his pocket-book show the character of the man: He doubles the joy of the life he would live, Who gives of his fortunate strength to another. His, indeed, was the strength that many men and women leaned upon. Mr. Hammond was a deeply religious man, with a faith that cut through conven- tions and artifcialities, that centered in eternal verities, and that made him a genial, sympathetic, sincere gentleman of unimpeachable integrity. Page 8