Word: strobel
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University Library has received from the General Advisor to the Government of Siam a large sum of money, raised by subscription in that country for a memorial to the late Professor Edward H. Strobel '77. This is to take the form of a fund, the income of which will be devoted to the purchase of recent books on Siam. In addition to money contributions, authors of books on subjects connected with Siam, have sent copies of their work and the Council of the Siam Society has also contributed a full set of the Journal of the Society...
Professor Strobel was graduated from Harvard in 1877 and, after studying at the Law School for five years, was admitted to the New York bar, where he practised until 1885. He then entered the diplomatic service and served at Madrid for five years. During this time he was sent on special business to Morocco. After living in Ecuador and in Chile for several years, he was appointed Bemis professor of international law at the Harvard Law School in 1898. In 1903, Professor Strobel became general advisor to the government of Siam, securing leave of absence from the University. This position...
...last visit to America he informed the Librarian of the University that he would furnish the funds for all books purchased by the Library on the subject of Siam. It is to carry out this idea after his death that the friends of Professor Strobel have organized the fund...
...Harvard Cosmopolitan Club has just received a handsome framed photograph of the King of Siam, as a token of His Majesty's regard for the University which sent him Professors Strobel and Westengard. Professor E. H. Strobel '77 was for several years the King's general legal adviser, and upon his death last winter he was succeeded by Professer J. I. Westengard...
...twenty-fifth anniversary of the production of the first Harvard operetta, "Dido and Aeneas," played by the Pudding in 1882, draws from Mr. Owen Wister, the Musical Manager, an entertaining account of the occasion. Mr. Lindsay Swift '77 writes on the life of his classmate, Professor Edward Henry Strobel, late Adviser to the King of Siam. A sketch of the career of Bancroft Davis recalls the distinguished services of an older Harvard diplomat, especially in connection with the Geneva arbitration. Professor Lanman, and Professor Laing, of Chicago, pay tribute to the character and learning of the late Professor Minton Warren...