William Wharton Smith

William Wharton Smith graduated from Phillips' Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1882 ; B. S. Harvard University, 1885; read law in the office of George Tucker Bispham, Esq., and graduated from the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1888, at which time he was awarded the Sharswood Prize for the best graduation essay on " A Treatise on Private Corporations." He was president of the Law Academy of Philadelphia at the time of his death, and treasurer of the City Parks Association.