Word: hitchcock
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Blumer (H.), Kelley (H.), Merrihew (H.), deSelding (H.), Hitchcock (C.), Hurlburt (C.), Conger (Pr.), Leger (M.), Palmer (Hav.), Ross...
...forced to run wide at the turn on account of his position at the extreme right, and in the final stretch he was boxed and several times had to change his stride. At the very end he freed himself and sprinted ahead for second place. Hitchcock of Cornell had an easier time and held the lead for the latter part of the race after LaMontagne of Yale began to lose ground. Kelley ran even with Hitchcock until the very...
Merrihew has made the fastest time of the year in the 440-yard run and is looked upon as the probable winner. Hitchcock of Cornell is a fast runner and may be stronger than Merrihew for tomorrow's race. LaMontagne of Yale has been rapidly regaining his form and may show enough improvement to be among the foremost. DeSelding is the only one of last year's point winners remaining, and with Blumer, who will probably enter this event, should materially strengthen Harvard's chances...
...announced last night that Frank H. Hitchcock '91 had been offered and had accepted the position of postmaster general in President-elect Taft's cabinet. This is the first cabinet office to be filled. Mr. Hitchcock will succeed another Harvard graduate, George von L. Meyer...
After graduating from Harvard, Mr. Hitchcock entered the Columbia University Law School, receiving the degree of LL.M. in 1895. In 1903 he was made chief of the department of commerce and labor, and at the Republican convention in 1904 he filled the position of assistant secretary. The following year he became assistant postmaster general, resigning last June to manage the Republican national campaign. His able work in this position was one of the chief factors which contributed to Taft's success...