Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
W. M. Gillespie
Professor of Civil Engineering
Centurion, 1859–1868
Proposed by
James Renwick
James Renwick
born
April 15, 1816
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
died
January 1, 1868
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
October 1, 1859
Age forty-three
Age forty-three
buried
Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn, New York
Century Memorial
Nor is the loss which science and education deplore in Gillespie unshared by us, who shall no soon forget the quick observation and quaint but gentle humor which made him always so welcome a companion.
Augustus R. Macdonough
Annual Meeting Minutes, 11 January 1868