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Dwight (THEODORE WILLIAM an American)

THEODORE WILLIAM, an American educator, jurist, and editor; born in Catskill, N. Y., July 18, and pursued the study of law at the 1822; was educated at Hamilton College , Yale Law School; was Professor of Law in Hamilton College and subsequently in DWIGHT Columbia College, in each of which he founded a law school. He received the degree of doctor of laws from both Rutgers and Columbia colleges, and was (non-resident) Professor of Constitutional Law in Cornell University. He was also interested in philanthropic work, and served as president of the New York Prison Association, vice-president of the New York Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities, and as a member of the "Committee of Seventy," of New York City. In collaboration with Rev. E. C.

Wines, D. D., he published "Prisons and Reformatories in the United States," and was associate editor of the "American Law Register." He died in Clinton, N. Y., June 28, 1892.