Eastern Kentucky University - Milestone Yearbook (Richmond, KY)

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Prof. Robert Talbot Benton, B, A. Prof. R. T. Benton was born in Clark County, Ky., May i6, 1 74. His earl - education was received in the public schools of Carlisle and Mt. vSterling, Ky. He entered the freshman class at Central University in the fall of ' 92, and graduated in ' g6. Returning to the Univer- sity in the following year, he became Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin. During the year ' gy- ' QS he was Professor of Greek and Latin in the Middlesboro University school. After occupying the Chair of Latin and English in the S. P. Lees Institute for the year ' 98-99, Prof. Benton returned to his Alma Mater, where he occupies the position of Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin. Professor Benton is recognized by all who know him as a thorough teacher and a voung man of great ability.

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William Foster, Jr., Ph. D. ■ Dr. William Foster, Jr., was born at Hartford, K -., Ma ' 15, 1S69. He received his early education at Hartford College and at Vanderbilt Universit}-. Following this he was for two years Professor of Natural Sciences at Hartford College. In September of 1895 he entered the graduate department of Princeton University, where after a year he received his A. M. During this year he was elected Secretary of the Graduate Club, Chairman of its Executive Committee, and delegate to the National Convention of Graduate Clubs, which met at the Uni- versity of Penn. The following year he served as Instructor in Analytic Chemistry at Princeton, and began work for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Choosing Chemistry for his major subject and Ps -chology and Physical Geography as his subsidiary subjects, he received his Ph. D. in June, ' 94, with highest honors. His Thesis was considered a splendid scientific production, and contained some valuable contributions to Physical Chemistry, which brought about an invitation to exhibit some of his research work before the Acadeni - of Science in New York City. In 1896 Dr. Foster was elected a member of the American Chemical Societj ' , In 1899 he returned to Kentuck} ' to fill the Chair of Chemistr}- in Central University. Dr. Foster takes great interest in the educational work of the state, a fact which brought about his election to the office of Second Vice-President of the Kentucky Educational Association in 1899, ■2 17

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Asahel Wilkes Smith, M. D., D. D. S. Dr. A. Wilkes Smith was born in Champaign County, Ohio, where he received his early education. At the age of nineteen he began the study of Medicine and Dentistry. In 1870 he entered upon the practice of his profession, and two years later graduated from the Pennsyl- vania College of Dental Surgery. Again in 1SS4 he was graduated from the Hospital College of Medicine at Louisville, Ky. In 1S78 Dr. Smith became Clinical Pro ' essor of Oral Surgery in the Dental College of Ohio. When the Louisville College of Dentistry was founded. Dr. Smith became a member of its faculty ' and is still Emeritus Professor of Oral and Dental Surgery in that institution. Since 1875 he has made Richmond his home, and since 1881 has occupied the Chair of Physiology in Central University. 19