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Henry Pickering Walcott: Physician, protector of the people's health; for a generation the trusted adviser of the presidents of this University, and the greatest public servant the Commonwealth has ever known...
Another evidence of the dissolution of that generation of men which started Harvard University on her tremendous nineteenth century expansion is marked by the resignation from the Corporation of Dr. Henry Pickering Walcott. As a friend of the late Charles William Eliot and in his various official capacities to the University Dr. Walcott has witnessed the development of the institution from one of centralized to national significance. Thirty seven years of service have placed him in a position where he may now survey the results of the efforts expended by him and his associates. And thirty seven years have given...
Examination of Dr. Walcott's career indicates his tremendous vitality and his wide interest in all phases of Harvard University. It was he who officiated as acting President during the first year of this century. And as Overseer and Fellow he has been in close touch with the University government since 1887. His resignation, deserved though it is, is regrettable, for not only does it deprive Harvard of a man who has ever held its welfare as one of the great interests of his life but it also is one more milestone denoting the passing of a great group...
...election of Jeremiah Smith Jr. '92 to succeed Dr. Walcott was ratified yesterday at a special meeting of the Board of Overseers, Mr. Smith is a member of the Boston law firm of Herrick, Smith, Donald, and Farley, and was from 1924 to 1926 Commissioner General for Hungary of the League of Nations. At the time of his resignation from this post, he received much publicity through his refusing the check for $100,000 which the Hungarian government pressed upon him. He was nominated this year for the Board of Overseers, but as a member of the Corporation...
...Walcott was born in Salem in 1838, and after graduating from Harvard College, studied in the Harvard and Bowdoin Medical Schools, receiving his degree of Doctor of Medicine from the latter institution in 1861. He then studied for two years in Vienna and Berlin, returning to Cambridge to practice his profession. In 1887, he became and Overseer, serving until his election as a Fellow in 1890. He was acting President of Harvard in 1900-01, and received an honorary degree from Yale...