WOODBRIDGE RILEY
1869 - 1933
The Board of Trustees record with great regret the
death on September 2nd, 1933, of Professor Wood-
bridge Riley, Chairman of the Department of Philos-
ophy and teacher of this subject for twenty-five
years at Vassar College.
Possessed of a virile and incisive style, Professor
Riley made noteworthy contributions to the critical
literature of American thought. His wit and keen
pleasure in living made him a vivacious and compan-
ionable resident on Professors‘ Row. His home, so
generously shared by himself and Mrs. Riley with the
students, was a center of campus life.
Professor Riley died at the height of his powers and
at a time when students were choosing philosophy
with increasing interest as a major study.
The Board of Trustees extend to the family of Profes-
sor Riley, their sincere sympathy.
Resolution sent from
the Board of Trustees
IX - 185-186