MR. ALFRED L. ROBERT AN APPRECIATION

摘要

Mr. Alfred L. Robert, Librarian at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, in New York City, died after a brief illness in the Presbyterian Hospital, on June 10th, 1934. Born in Clintonville, New York, it was there he received his early school education, this being followed with work at the College of Levis, in Levis, Canada, until 1893, when he attended a Theological Seminary in Montreal, Canada, until 1895. Shortly after this, the family moved to North Adams, Massachusetts, where he remained until 1911, when he left for New York. Outside his work he had a very particular hobby for outdoor sports, especially snow-shoeing, skating, etc., and before leaving North Adams had organized a snow-shoeing club, serving as pilot on many trips, and always joining the club members in later years whenever visiting North Adams. His marriage to Mrs. Lydia Sheridan, of Keene, New Hampshire, took place on June 23rd, 1920, after which he made his home in Astoria, Long Island. Mrs. Robert and three children, Mary, William and Dorothy, survive him.