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Theodore W. Dwight

Full Name: Theodore William Dwight

Professor of Law/Public Servant

Centurion, 1860–1892

Proposed by
Charles P. Kirkland
born July 18, 1822
Catskill, New York
died June 18, 1892
Clinton, New York
elected June 2, 1860
Age thirty-seven
Member portrait of Theodore W. Dwight
Frederick Hill Meserve CollectionAlbum 1, Leaf 32
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Century Memorial

Professor Theodore W. Dwight was one of the most eminent instructors of the science of the law in our time. A large number of the members of that profession of the present generation in this city owe their preparation, and in a measure their success, to the careful training they received at his hands, and the enthusiasm he inspired. He was clear, thorough, patient, and skilful in imparting instruction, gentle in manner, and kind of heart, and untiring in his efforts to assist those under his charge. He studied his profession at the Yale Law School; was a professor at Hamilton College; and for over thirty years was Warden of the Columbia Law School, to which he gave a great reputation. He was a member of the State Constitutional Convention of 1867, Vice-President of the New York State Board of Charities, a Judge of the Commission of Appeals, and in 1878 a State Commissioner to the International Prison Congress at Stockholm. He was a public spirited and most useful citizen, and worked unceasingly in the cause of charity and prison reform.

Henry E. Howland
1893 Century Association Yearbook

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