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...Vesper Service this afternoon will be in memory of Judge Hoar, for many years President of the Board of Overseers of the University...
...most fitting that the Vesper Service this afternoon should be a memorial of Judge Hoar. Though few of the students have ever had the privilege of meeting him personally, he has been known to most of them as one of Harvard's noblest sons, and they will be glad of this opportunity of paying a tribute of respect to his memory...
...funeral services of Judge E. Rockwood Hoar '35 were held in Concord yesterday afternoon. Harvard College was represented by the Fellows and Overseers, and many of Judge Hoar's associates of the supreme court, the Massachusetts bar, and the Historical Society were present. The services were held at the late residence. The burial was private and the remains were interred in the family lot in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery...
...capacity of Attorney General of the United States, Judge Hoar served on President Grant's Cabinet in the year 1869-70, and the following year he was a member of the Joint High Commission which negotiated the treaty of Washington with Great Britain. Two years later he served one term as a member of Congress...
This gives but the slightest summary of the important official positions which Judge Hoar has held. His reputation has been wide-spread and the whole country has been awaiting with anxious interest the outcome of his illness. He leaves a family of three sons and two daughters, of whom the sons have attained considerable prominence in the law. The eldest, Samuel Hoar, is a Fellow of the Corporation of Harvard, which position his father had held as well. Judge Hoar had also been a member of the Board of Overseers. His connection with Harvard as a graduate from both College...