George Washington University Law School - Class Book Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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CLAUDE E. MILLER. Claude Elliot Miller was born at Lebanon, Penn., March 27, 1871. When he was very young his parents moved to Reading, where he received his education in the common and high schools. After leaving school he engaged in the mercantile business in Philadelphia, and While there employed his spare time in completing his knowledge of German, his favorite study, and music 5 also beginning the study of stenography. Came to Washington in 1890, and entered a law office. Was appointed to a position in the Civil Service Commission, and has been promoted four times since then. For a time in 1892 he was conlidential clerk to Senator Lodge CMass.j. Mr. Miller is a musician of talent. Is a member of the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. DAVID P. MOORE. David Pelton Moore, of Vlfashington, D. C., was born in that city November 5. 1877. I-Ie expects to make a specialty of 1 Patent Law, and will locate for practice in either Washington or New York. Mr. Moore believes in the political or economic doctrine of Protection, and that its wise application is a good thing for the country. 58

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BENJAMIN MARTIN, IR. 1 5 Benjamin Martin, Ir., was born in Allen- dale, S. C., July 7, 1873, in which state his . ancestors have lived for many generations, E I they having numbered among them promi- i nent statesmen,,jurists and officers of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. He received the advantage of the schools in the neigh- I borhood in which he lived, and afterwards attended the preparatory department of Wofford College. In january, 1892, he came to Wasliixigton, and has since been engaged in the real-estate business. He pursued his studies in unemployed hours, and in 1893 was graduated from the Spencerian Business College of this city. He entered the Junior Law class of the Columbian University in 1896. Was chosen chairman of the Executive Committee, and in the College Debating Society acquitted himself most creditably, winning a valuable set of law-books in the prize debate of 1897. By his equitable disposition, upright and conscientious deportment, he has won the respect and esteem of his instructors and associates. l HENRY H. MCLENDON. Henry Horvze McLendon was born in Wadesboro, N. C., july 2, 1865. Graduated from Wake Forest CN. CJ College with the degree of A. B. Is a Democrat and a Baptist. Mr. McLendon will make a specialty of Corporation Law, but has not yet decided Where he will locate for practice. 57

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ELLIOTT K: PENNEBAKER. Elliott Kaye Pennebaker was born in the cityof Washington, May 6, 1876. Although born in the District of Columbia, he is a Kentuckian in all but birth, his parents hailing from that state, his father being its representative before the Federal Govern- ment in Washington for many years. Mr. Pennebaker attended the public schools of the district, leaving the High School to prepare for college. After being under a tutor for anyear he abandoned a classical course, and returned to his home in Nelson County, Ky. Returning to Washington in 1895, he entered Columbian University Law School. Mr. Pennebaker is au Episcopalian, an enthusiastic Republican, being identified with the Republican organization in his home county 3 a member of Alpha Eta Chapter, Kappa Sigma fraternity. He is single, a peaceful condition of freedom in which he hopes to remain for some time yet to come. GEORGE W. PETERSON. George Washington Peterson was born at Albert Lea, Minn., February 25, 1872. He entered Columbian' University in 1890, where he spent two years. In 1892 he en- tered the University of Minnesota, gradua- ting with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1893. During the year 1894-5 he was Superintendent of Public Schools at Clarke, Minn. In 1895 he entered the Law Depart- ment of the University of Minnesota, and in 1896 entered the Senior class of the Columbian University Law School. Will engage in general practice, but has not decided upon a location. 59