Edwards - In Berkeley, Nov. 19, 1930, Colonel George C. Edwards, husband of the late Marietta H. Edwards and father of Marietta R. Harmon and George C. Edwards Jr., brother of Mrs. E. L. Paulding, a native of Indian Territory, aged 78 years.
Friends are invited to attend the funeral services Friday morning, Nov. 21, at 10:30 o'clock, at the chapel of the Mt. View Mausoleum.
[San Francisco Examiner, Friday, November 21, 1930, page 19]
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Honor Comes Too Late for 'Grand Old Man'
Colonel George Edwards Will Be Buried on Dedication Day
Berkeley, Nov. 20 - Friday, which was to have been the biggest day of Col. George C. Edwards' life, will be the day of his funeral.
The University of California was to have dedicated the new southwest athletic and training field in honor of the "grand old man of the university." The field was to have been christened "Edwards Field," in honor of its oldest alumnus.
A radio had been hooked up at the old man's bedside so that he might hear the ceremony.
Edwards died yesterday, his failing strength of 78 years unable to sustain him.
The field was to have been a tribute to the elderly man's constant interest in university affairs. He was present at every athletic event until his final illness two months ago.
He came by the title of colonel as commandant of the old university cadets. He entered the university in 1869, joined the faculty in 1909, became professor of mathematics and was retired in 1918. He was one of the 12 members of the university's first graduating class.
Friends are invited to attend the funeral services Friday morning, Nov. 21, at 10:30 o'clock, at the chapel of the Mt. View Mausoleum.
[San Francisco Examiner, Friday, November 21, 1930, page 19]
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Honor Comes Too Late for 'Grand Old Man'
Colonel George Edwards Will Be Buried on Dedication Day
Berkeley, Nov. 20 - Friday, which was to have been the biggest day of Col. George C. Edwards' life, will be the day of his funeral.
The University of California was to have dedicated the new southwest athletic and training field in honor of the "grand old man of the university." The field was to have been christened "Edwards Field," in honor of its oldest alumnus.
A radio had been hooked up at the old man's bedside so that he might hear the ceremony.
Edwards died yesterday, his failing strength of 78 years unable to sustain him.
The field was to have been a tribute to the elderly man's constant interest in university affairs. He was present at every athletic event until his final illness two months ago.
He came by the title of colonel as commandant of the old university cadets. He entered the university in 1869, joined the faculty in 1909, became professor of mathematics and was retired in 1918. He was one of the 12 members of the university's first graduating class.
Edwards - In Berkeley, Nov. 19, 1930, Colonel George C. Edwards, husband of the late Marietta H. Edwards and father of Marietta R. Harmon and George C. Edwards Jr., brother of Mrs. E. L. Paulding, a native of Indian Territory, aged 78 years.
Friends are invited to attend the funeral services Friday morning, Nov. 21, at 10:30 o'clock, at the chapel of the Mt. View Mausoleum.
[San Francisco Examiner, Friday, November 21, 1930, page 19]
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Honor Comes Too Late for 'Grand Old Man'
Colonel George Edwards Will Be Buried on Dedication Day
Berkeley, Nov. 20 - Friday, which was to have been the biggest day of Col. George C. Edwards' life, will be the day of his funeral.
The University of California was to have dedicated the new southwest athletic and training field in honor of the "grand old man of the university." The field was to have been christened "Edwards Field," in honor of its oldest alumnus.
A radio had been hooked up at the old man's bedside so that he might hear the ceremony.
Edwards died yesterday, his failing strength of 78 years unable to sustain him.
The field was to have been a tribute to the elderly man's constant interest in university affairs. He was present at every athletic event until his final illness two months ago.
He came by the title of colonel as commandant of the old university cadets. He entered the university in 1869, joined the faculty in 1909, became professor of mathematics and was retired in 1918. He was one of the 12 members of the university's first graduating class.
Friends are invited to attend the funeral services Friday morning, Nov. 21, at 10:30 o'clock, at the chapel of the Mt. View Mausoleum.
[San Francisco Examiner, Friday, November 21, 1930, page 19]
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Honor Comes Too Late for 'Grand Old Man'
Colonel George Edwards Will Be Buried on Dedication Day
Berkeley, Nov. 20 - Friday, which was to have been the biggest day of Col. George C. Edwards' life, will be the day of his funeral.
The University of California was to have dedicated the new southwest athletic and training field in honor of the "grand old man of the university." The field was to have been christened "Edwards Field," in honor of its oldest alumnus.
A radio had been hooked up at the old man's bedside so that he might hear the ceremony.
Edwards died yesterday, his failing strength of 78 years unable to sustain him.
The field was to have been a tribute to the elderly man's constant interest in university affairs. He was present at every athletic event until his final illness two months ago.
He came by the title of colonel as commandant of the old university cadets. He entered the university in 1869, joined the faculty in 1909, became professor of mathematics and was retired in 1918. He was one of the 12 members of the university's first graduating class.
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