Author talk:William Martin Aber

PSM Ok.— Ineuw talk 03:14, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

some info

From [1]:

"William “Daddy” Aber (1848-1919) Faculty: 1895-1919

One of William Aber’s passions was to beautify UM’s early campus, established more than a mile from downtown Missoula on a treeless plain. One of the ways he did this was to dig up trees on Mount Sentinel and plant them on campus. Educated at Yale and Cornell Universities, William Aber was one of UM’s first four faculty members. He taught Latin and Greek to the University’s first students, the majority of whom were in preparatory classes and were thirteen to seventeen years of age. He made notable contributions to the community and the state and was a self-appointed custodian of the campus. President Craighead initiated Aber Day in 1915 in his honor—a day in the spring designated for campus cleanup and planting of shrubs and trees by students and faculty."

--Siddhant (talk) 05:42, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Obituary published by Yale University

See Obituary Record of Yale Graduates, 1915-1920, a good source of information about the author. --Siddhant (talk) 11:13, 11 May 2015 (UTC)