A new talk will explore the legacy of Clinton native Elihu Root and his extensive collection of papers that are at Hamilton College.

Of the 31 men who have been President of the U. S. only six were not, at some time in their lives, contemporaries of Elihu Root.* John Tyler was President when Root was born. Twenty-one more ...

MAJ. ELIHU NELSON ROOT, USAF, RET. #1> Our Father, Friend and decorated War Hero has passed away in his sleep at 9:00 a.m., February 2, 2006. He is survived by his children, Dawn Gillogly, William ...

Four Jewish students were graduated from Hamilton College, two with Phi Beta Kappa keys. They are Harold Bengloff, Harold Fehrer, Leonard Vincent Strully and Monroe Messinger. The highest award, the ...

I: Acquisitive America: The making of a conservative 1945-1899 -- 1. Inheritance and early career -- 2. The problem of the "corporation lawyer" -- 3. The problem of a "social conscience" -- 4. The ...

ELIHU ROOT stands out as the wisest American of the first decade of this century. This is possibly a challenging statement, but it is hard to read Philip Jessup’s life of Mr. Root without reaching ...