Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History

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Hammond, John W., 1837-1922

 

John Wilkes Hammond (1837-1922), A1861, H1891, justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, was a trustee of Tufts College (1895-1922).

Hammond was born in Mattapoisett (formerly Rochester, Plymouth County), Massachusetts, on December 16, 1837. He attended local schools before entering Tufts College, from which he graduated in 1861. He taught at schools in nearby communities until he enlisted in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia and fought in South Carolina during the Civil War. He returned to Boston in 1863, again teaching until he began an apprenticeship at a local law firm in 1864.He continued his legal studies at Harvard Law School in 1865-66 and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar. In 1866, Hammond married Clara Ellen Tweed, the daughter of Tufts professor Benjamin Tweed. Together, they had three children. Hammond practiced law in Cambridge for twenty years, participating in several civic organizations and committees. He acted as city solicitor from 1873 to 1886 and also served as the district attorney of Middlesex county.

On March 10, 1886, Hammond was appointed to the bench of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, and two years later was selected to serve in the state's Supreme Judicial Court.

In 1895, he was selected as a trustee of the college, a position he held until the time of his death, and in 1891, Tufts conferred on Hammond an honorary L.L. D. degree.

Having been in poor health for several years, Hammond died at home in Cambridge in March of 1922.

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Dame, Lorin Low, 1838-1903
Dana, Charles A., 1881-1975
Dana Laboratory, 1963
Daniel Ounjian Prize in Economics,
Davies, Caroline Stodder, 1864-1939
Davies House, 1894
De Florez Prize in Human Engineering, 1964
de Pacheco, Kaye MacKinnon, ca. 1910-ca. 1985
Dean Hall, 1887-1963
Dean, Oliver, 1783-1871
Dearborn, Heman Allen, 1831-1897
Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, 1893
Department of Anesthesia, 1970
Department of Art and Art History, 1930
Department of Biochemistry, 1893
Department of Chemistry, 1882
Department of Community Health, 1930
Department of Dermatology, 1897
The Department of Economics, 1946
Department of Medicine, 1893
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Department of Neurology, 1893
Department of Neuroscience, 1983
Department of Neurosurgery, 1951
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1893
Department of Ophthamology, 1893
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, 1906
Department of Otolaryngology, 1895
Department of Pathology, 1893
Department of Pediatrics, 1930
Department of Pharmacology, 1915
Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1854
Department of Physiology, 1893
Department of Psychiatry, 1928
Department of Radiation Oncology, 1968
Department of Radiology, 1915
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, 1955
Department of Surgery, 1893
Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, 1973
Department of Urology, 1910
Dental Health Sciences Building, 1969
Dewick, Cora Alma (Polk), 1875-1977
Dewick/MacPhie Dining Hall, 1959
Dickson Professorship of English and American History, 1913
Dirlam, Arland A., 1905-1979
Dog Cart, 1900
Dolbear, Amos Emerson, 1837-1910
Donald A. Cowdery Memorial Scholarship, 1946
Dr. Benjamin Andrews Professorship of Surgery, 1987
Dr. Philip E. A. Sheridan Prize, 1977
The Drug Bust, 1970
Dudley, Henry Watson, 1831-1906
Dugger, Edward Jr., 1919-75
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