Word: mathematician
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...sudden death of George William Sawin has deprived the college of an unusually efficient officer. Mr. Sawin was an earnest and successful student, a mathematician of promise, and a teacher of singular ability. He exerted a strong influence for good over his pupils, many of whom became his personal friends. He was cheerful, obliging, always ready to sacrifice himself for others, and to give time and labor without stint to any good cause; a devoted son, an active and public-spirited citizen, a man of high purpose, of enthusiasm, energy, and courage...