Washington University Saint Louis - Hatchet Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Jn Utmonam O R. WASHINGTON E. FISCHEL, who died September 25, 1914, was a professor of medicine in the Washington University Medical School. Dr. Fischel was born in Saint Louis on May 29, 1850, received his early training here and was graduated from the Saint Louis College of Medicine in 1871. He later became a member of the faculty of this school. From the very organization of the Medical Department of Washing¬ ton University Dr. Fischel was an active member either of the faculty or of the governing board and his services in building up this department have been inestimable. As a parting gift his widow has given his valuable library to the University. ' RS. ELIZA McMILLAN, who died in Pasadena, California, Jan- ‘ uary 16, 1915, was born June 23, 1845. She was the widow of Mr. William McMillan, who died thirteen years ago. Mrs. McMillan had gone to California for her health and her last illness came suddenly and was of short duration. McMillan Hall is perhaps the most obvious token of her favor to the University, being one of the most beautiful buildings in Saint Louis. Besides this and other instances of generosity, her will places a con¬ tingent sum of over a million dollars at the disposal of the University, of which a sum is to be used to erect in Mary Institute a building as a memorial to Edmund H. Sears; another to assist girls to obtain an education; another to endow a room in Barnes Hospital; and another to erect the “McMillan Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital. CD ' RS. JAMES FLINTHAM HOW, who died in Saint Louis on March 4, 1915, was the daughter of Col. James B. Eads, one of the most distinguished engineers of his time, and was a native of Saint Louis. Mrs. How will be known to the University through her gift of the Physics Building in memory of James B. Eads, whose name it bears. The extent of Mrs. How’s generosity to churches and charities will never be known, because her numerous donations were never made public. CD RS. BENJAMIN B. GRAHAM, the daughter of Frank P. Blair, died March 8, 1915. Mrs. Graham was born in Saint Louis, August 5, 1852, and spent the greater part of her life here. - Since the death of her husband, Benjamin Brown Graham, she has been engaged in charity work and has made many large donations to charitable institutions in Saint Louis. Mrs. Graham’s sincere interest in this University was displayed in, among other gifts, that of the Graham Memorial Chapel, named in honor of her husband, and the new Children’s Hospital overlooking Forest Park. Her death has deprived the University of one of its most gracious friends.