Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
James R. Burnet
Lawyer
Centurion, 1903–1908
Proposed by
Everett P. Wheeler and Richard W. G. Welling
Everett P. Wheeler and Richard W. G. Welling
born
August 5, 1872
Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island
Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island
died
July 11, 1908
New York (Brooklyn), New York
New York (Brooklyn), New York
elected
November 7, 1903
Age thirty-one
Age thirty-one
buried
Kensico Cemetery,
Valhalla, New York
Valhalla, New York
Century Memorial
James Robison Burnet had been a member of the Association for only five years, and was barely thirty-six [sic: thirty-five] when he died. But in this relatively short life he had secured a sound education at the New York University, and as both lawyer and citizen had commanded the respect and won the confidence of this community. He had held positions of trust in great houses of finance, he had wrought earnestly for reform, and combined with his agreeable personality was a high promise of future usefulness which gave him the right of citizenship here.
William Milligan Sloane
1909 Century Association Yearbook
