HON. CURTIS GUILD '81 DEAD

Curtis Guild '81, former governor of Massachusetts and ambassador to Russia, died at his home at 124 Marlboro street, Boston, yesterday morning after a sudden attack of pneumonia. He was prominent in state and national affairs, taking active part in numerous political campaigns. In the Spanish American war he served with distinction as Inspector-General in Cuba. As ambassador to Russia from 1911 to 1913 he received the decoration of St. Alexander, one of the highest honors possible, from the Czar.

While in the University, he was editor of both the CRIMSON and the Lampoon, and in 1881 received his A.B. with high honors. Among the other degrees conferred on him were LL.D. from Holy Cross College in 1906, and Williams College in 1908, and S.T.D. from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in 1909.