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6 Correction 1 (1936)

handle is hein.journals/crecton6 and id is 1 raw text is: I-- - I - - I VOLUME 6 ELMIRA, N. Y. V JANUARY, 1936 NUMBER 1 DR. WALTER NELSON THAYER, JR., STATE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION, DIES R. WALTER NELSON THAYER, JR., Commissioner of Mrs. Lehman and I extend our sincerest sympathy to Correction of the State of New York, died Janu- Mrs. Thayer and her family. ary 6th at his home at the Institution for Male De- President and Mrs. Roosevelt, among hundreds fective Delinquents at Napanoch after a brief illness of others, sent a message of sympathy and from the with pneumonia. He rests Mutual Welfare League of on a hillside in Fantinekill Sing Sing Prison, an organi- cemetery at Ellenville within zation of inmates, came this view of the institution where message of condolence: he labored for many years.Orsnest ymahs Mr. Lhma ad IextndOur sincerest sympathito sare. extended to you in these hours Thayer, two sons, Walter N. of sorrow and mourning over the Thayer, 3rd of New York, loss of your beloved helpmate and our friend. Our humble message and Harry M. Thayer of Al- of condolence joins those of count- bany A rothr, dwar E.less multitudes of mourners in a united expression of grief. We feel Thayer of New York, also that the State has suffered the survives, loss of one of its most devoted and unselfish servants and that all The funeral was attend- 41citizens will mourn the passing of ed b may stte fficalsthe friendliest of friends and the ymost understanding of men. May and sorrowing friends in- his soul rest in peace. cluding Governor Herbert H. Lehman, who, when inform- Dr. Thayer was born in ed of Dr. Thayer's death Troy, July 5, 1875, the son of paid him this tribute Walter Nelson and Adelaide Briggs Thayer. He attended I am shocked and grieved by the Troy Academy, the Uni- the death of Dr. Walter N. Thayer, Jr., Commissioner of Cor- versity of Vermont and was rection. graduated from the New A career man in the Statethedical service, he established himself asn ri e one of the foremost penologists in College, where he was a the United States. Dr. Thayer'sa intimate knowledge of p r i s o nth n problems went hack as far as Christian, Superintendent of 1898 His enlistment in the ser- vice in his own native State began the Elmira Reformatory, in in 1904, when he became Assistantof Physician at Clinton Prison. dt fen dlisthon rieds far Through various promotions hede-aClno Prsnfm became Superintendent of Napa- 1892 to 1899 and the first noch in 1920 and retained that position until he was appointed warden at Great Meadow Superintendent of th Maryland State Prisons in 1929. In Prison. After graduation Dr. Thayer served as 1930 he wa recalled to the service of this State by Franklin D. Roosevelt then Governor. During the administration of prison physician at the Connecticut State Prison at Covernor Roosevelt and my two administrations, Dr. Thayer Weathersfield, and it was while there on June 20, served the people of the State loyally, efficiently and with splendid devotion. His long and full experience and hi lead 1899, that he married Adelaide McDonnell at Danne- ership will be greatly missed. (Continued o Page )

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