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 KUXKLE

RUNYON

of the Protestant Episcopal churcli in 1880; serv- ing in parishes in Galena, Oliio. Midland, Mich., Minneapolis. Minn., and Greencastle. Ind.. 1880- 85. In 1888 he became manager of Belford's Magazine. He was married, Feb. 10, 1894. to Lalla Leins, dangliter of Andrew and Anna R. Trimble (McDowell) McMicken and grand- daughter of Gen. Joseph J. and Sallie Allen (McCue) McDowell. In 1895 he resigned the diaconate. He was professor of military science and tactics in Miami university. 1900-01; in Uni- versity of Maine, 1901-0-2, and in 1903 accepted a like position in Peekskill Military academy. He was a founder of the Sigma Chi fraternity, of which he was grand counsel, 1895-97; a trustee of Miami university, 1863-72, and received the degree of L.H.D. from Miami in 1900.

RUNKLE, Bertha, autiior, was born in Berke- ley Heights, X.J., in JIarch, 1879; daughter of Cornelius and Lucia (Gilbert) Runkle; grand- daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Gordon) Runkle and of Arad and Mary (Fowler) Gilbert, and a descendant of Peregrine "White, of Jlajor John Willard, of Gen. Zephaniah Curtis, of Vermont, and of a long line of Revolutionary ancestors. She attended private schools in New York, 1885-94, continuing her studies, especialh' of history, lit- erature, and languages with her mother, and with private tutors. Siie wrote some verse which attracted attention, her So7ig of the Sons of Esau being included in Charles Dudlej' Warner's " Li- brary of American Literature " and in E. C. Sted- man's "American Anthology." Miss Runkle is the author of one or two magazine stories and of Tlie Helmet of Navarre (1901), a novel, which had a remarkable sale.

RUNKLE, John Daniel, mathematician, was born at Root, Montgomery county, N.Y., Oct. 11, 1822; son of Daniel and Sarah (Gordon) Runkle. He attended the public schools and academies at Cana- Xn^ joharie, Ames and

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married, April 19, 1862, to Catharine Robbins, daughter of "William and Lucy (Taylor) Bird of Dorchester, Mass. Upon the opening of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology in 1865, he was made professor of math-

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ematics, and in 1868, when illness obliged Pres- ident Rogers to resign, Professor Runkle was made acting president of the corporation, and in 1870 became president of the Institute. He im- proved the laboratory work in all branches, and in 1871 held the first summer school of mining. He established the Lowell school of practical design, laboratories of mining engineering, met- allurgy, mechanical engineering and mechanic arts, and a preparatory school of mechanic arts, which latter was transferred to the city of Bos- ton. He resigned the presidency of the Institute in 1878; travelled abroad, 1878-80. and was "\Valker professor of mathematics, 1880-1902, and professor emeritus until his death. He resided in Brookline, Mass., and in recognition of the part he took in introducing manual training in that town, one of the grammar schools was given his name. He was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received from Harvard the honorary degree of A.M. in 1851; from Hamilton that of Ph.D. in 1869, and from "Wesleyan that of LL.D. in 1871. He founded and edited the Mathematical Monthly, 1858-61, and wrote: Neic Tables for Determining the Values of Coefficients in the Perturbative Function of Plan- etary Motion (1855): Manual Element i7i Educa- tion (1876); Report on Industrial Education (1883). and Analytic Geometry (1888). He died at Southwest Harbor, Maine, July 8, 1902.

RUNNELS, Hardin R., governor of Texas, was born in Mississippi. In 1841 he removed to Bowie county, Texas, where he started a cotton planta- tion. He represented his county in the state legislature, 1847-55, being speaker of the honce. 1853-54; was re-elected to the legislature in 1855, and owing to a strong Know- nothing agitation, was on short notice elected lieuten- ant-governor in the same year. He declined his seat in the legislature, served as lieutenant-governor, and in Houston for the governorship by a large majority. He was defeated by General Houston in 1859. and served in the secession convention of 1861 and the constitutional convention of 1866. He died in Bowie county. Texas, in 1873.

RUNYON, Theodore, jurist, was born at Somerville, N.J., Oct. 25. 1822; son of Abraham (1801-1892) and Mary (Runyan) Runyon: grand- son of Ephraim (1769-1856) and Elizabeth (Coriell) (1770-1860) Runyon; great-grandson of John (1743-1792) and Viotet (Layton) (1743-1782) Runyon; great-^grandson of Reune (1707-1776) and Rachel (Drake) (1711-17^4) Runyon; greats, grandson of Vincent and:Mary Ronnion and great*-grandson of Vincent Rongnion.a Huguenot,

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