HONORARY

Dr. Robert Robbins Andrews, who died at his home in Newton, Mass., January 26, 1921, received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from the College in 1892.

He was born in Boston, August 7, 1844, served two years in the 47th and 60th Massachusetts Regiments in the Civil War, rising from private to lieutenant and adjutant, entered upon the practice of dentistry in Cambridge in 1869, and graduated as D. D. S. from Boston Dental College in 1875. He became one of the leaders in his profession in the state, was professor of dental histology and microscopy in Boston Dental College from 1875 to 1882, president of the American Academy of Dental Science and of the Connecticut Valley Dental Society and the Massachusetts Dental Society. In 1911 he was awarded the Jarvis gold medal by the New York State Dental Society for distinguished service to the science and art of dentistry. Since 1899 he had been a trustee of Tufts College.

He is survived by his wife, who was Mary LeSeur, and their two sons and two daughters.