Death Of Prof. Cheever

Prof. Byron Cheever died of typhoid naalarial fever at his home in tliis city last Tuesday mom ing. He returned the iirst of last week from Atizona, where he had been examining some minin?propertv.and where in allprobability the fever of which he died was contracted. After retmnlng home he went about his work but taking a severe COiü, iio Wito coiiHiieu LU lila room Hlld medical attendance sutumoned. The germs of the fever rapidly developed and it was soon apparent that he was very dangerously ill and he sank rapidly until eight o'cloek Tuesday inorning, when he died. He was in his forty seventh yearand was a gradúate of the literary, medical and law departments. After craduating in 1863 from the literary department, he became an analytical chemist in Philadelphia andj for one winter in the Westlndies. For four years he was the assa.ver in charge of the Met llurgical works of Georgetown, Colorado. Tu 1878 he became an instructor in the ptaarmacy department and afterwards professor of metallurgy. He leaves a wife and two children. He was a brother of Judge Noah W. Cheever. The funeral service were held yester'lay afternoon, the exercises of the Uniyersity being suspended. Among the resolutions adopted by the faculty of the school of pharmacy in honor of his memory was the following: Prof. Clieever's official connection with tliis school, as an instructor, began in 1878, and at Uie time of his death he was in charge of the work in quantitative analysis in the chemica laboratory, and was alo acting as professor of nietallunry in the department of literature, scienoo and the arts. il is thorough practical knowledge of these subjects. his aptness as a teacher, anc his marked iidelity in the immnous exacting duties of his positiou made him one whose loss will be most keenlv feit in this Faculty and by the classes under liis care. The. growth and development of the branches to which he specially devoted bimself ure to be attributed in laigerueasure to the stnct methods and the conscientious discharge of duty that were unifonnly characteristic of him. The following tribute to the memory of Trof. Cheever was adopted by the University Seuate, Wednesday aftetnoon: By the death of Professor Byron William Cheever, the University has lost a Joyal son. The Senate again sees one ol its most valued members stricken down in tne f uil tide of active usef ulness, and almost without vvarning. Friday afternoon Professor Cheever was at his aceustomed place in the laboratory; Tuesday morning he breathed his last. Professor Cheever was boni in Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., X. V., Septembe 17, 1841. He came to Ann Arboi, in J859, and si nee that time has maintaiuec an almost unbroken conuection with the University, either as a studeut or teacher, with the exception of the few vearshespent in Philadelphia and in the U'est Judies as a commercia. ehemisl, and in the Kocky Mouutains as a practica] minei and metallurgist. He took the degiee of A. 13. in 1803. While still an undergraduate, liis proiicieucy in chemistry wasrecognized and he was occasionally employed as assistant in the chemical laboratory. He subsequently entered the department of medicine and surgery, and received the deg'ee of M. D. in 1867. Aftei liis reLurn from the mining regions ot the West, where his health had suffered trom the exposures to which he had been subjected, he tuined hia attention lor atime lo legal studies, and took Uie degree of LL. li. with the class of 1875. Hut science was more to his liking thau law, and in 1878 he accepted a position In the chemical laboratory, where he took charge of the nork iuquantitative analysis. In 1881 his duties were enlarged and he was appointed to the :hair of metallurgy, which position he was occupying at the time of his death. [n the line of his chosen work he was able, accurate, couscieutious. His knowledge of mineral deposits, and the unbounded confidence that could be placed in his word, brought his services as an expert into frequent detnand. His contnbutions to the literature of lus profession were frequent and valuable. üf au inventive turn of raind, he showed great skill in devising new forms of apparatus. As a teacher, he was olear and distinct in his explaiiations; rigid. tliough fair, in uhat lie required of his studenta. In the community in whijh he livei iie was known for a certain steadiness of practica] wisdom, a voice of no uncertain sound in public affairs and an unfailing iuijctua]ity in meeting oblijfations. Jn spite of the care he tvas obliged to devote, in the later years of his life, to the preservation of his health, he was always willing, earnest, and prompt, though without ostentation, to do a'l in his power in the support of measures designed to promote the common welfare. To the family and the wide cuele of relatives of the deceased, in this hour of supreme sorrow, the sincere sympathiesof tlie Senate are extended.'