Henry Baird Favill, AB, MD, LL.D., 1860-1916, a ... - University Library

HEXRY BAIRD FAVILL
9 iHemorial Volume
PART ONE
Tributes and Resolutions
IN
MEMORIAL MEETING AT THE CITY CLUB
recognition of Dr. Favill's leadership in the activities
of this club, of which for two years he was President,
and of his many important contributions in the
field of public medicine, of social service, and of civic
betterment in Chicago, the Directors of the City Club on
February 21, 1916, adopted resolutions and arranged a
memorial meeting, which was held at the club on the afternoon
of February 26. The speakers were introduced by
Allen B. Pond, President of the Club, who, in opening the
meeting, said:
"Henry Favill — erect, lithe, the head thrown back, the
elastic tread, the swinging stride, joyous vigor incarnate:
it seemed that he, of all men, should for years to come resist
And yet — last
the attacks of disease, the ravages of time.
Sunday in the faint gray of the early dawn that splendid
spirit
slipped away into the eternal silence.
"It is fitting that we of the City Club should meet to-day
to honor his memory, to pay our tribute to his worth.
was a charter member of the Club; and from the close of
its second year to the day of his death he served continuously
on its board of managers — as director, chairman of its public
affairs committee, as president, and then again as director.
We shall miss him sorely, we who knew him, we who admired
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