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GEORGE DEWEY
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in Washington. He continued to act on the Philippine Commission. In 1901 he was made president of the Schley court of inquiry. He signed the report delivered by the court of inquiry to the secretary of the navy on December 13, 1901; but at the same time he submitted a minority report excepting certain findings contained in the report he had officially signed as president of the court. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and from Princeton university, and the degree of Master of Military Science from Norwich university, Vermont, in 1898. He was married October 24, 1867, to Susan B., daughter of Governor Ichabod Goodwin of New Hampshire. Mrs. Dewey died December 28, 1872, leaving one son, George Goodwin Dewey, born December 23, 1872. Admiral Dewey was married a second time, November 9, 1899, to Mildred (McLean) Hazen, daughter of Washington McLean of Cincinnati, Ohio, and widow of General William B. Hazen, U. S. A. Admiral Dewey is a member of the Metropolitan and Army and Navy clubs of Washington, District of Columbia, and of the University club of New York city. He found his most profitable reading to have been biography, history and books of travel, and his most enjoyable recreation was in horseback riding and driving.