"Our dedication of the April number of the Bulletin is made with unusually deep feeling. Last August, we lost our honored President of the Board of Trustees, Dr. James A. Knox, of the Class of 1899, a man who had made himself felt in an unusual way in the affairs of Waynesburg College.

Dr. Knox was born at Waynesburg, April 2, 1878, a son of Prince A. '64, and Martha Parker Knox '58. His father was a prominent attorney in Waynesburg. After his graduation from Waynesburg College in 1899, he took up the study of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, being graduated by that institution in 1903.

He established himself in his native town, and in 1910 became a specialist in surgery. For many years he was recognized as one of the finest and most accurate surgeons in the Pittsburgh region. He was chief surgeon of the Greene County Memorial Hospital, a member of the Medical Association, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society, the Greene County Medical Society. During the World War he served as Captain in the United States Medical Corps from September 1918 to January 1919.

In spite of the fact that he was one of the busiest surgeons of the region, he became very prominent in community affairs. He was President of the Waynesburg Fair and Agricultural Association, and Vice President of the First National Bank and Trust Company of Waynesburg. In politics he was a supporter of the Democratic party; his religious affiliation was with the Presbyterian Church, to which he was a generous contributor.

In 1928, Dr. Knox became President of the Board of Trustees of Waynesburg College, and his wise counsel and loyal contributions of both time and money have been strongly instrumental in furthering the rapid advance this institution has made during his administration.

In December 1904, he married Lulu M. Sargeant of his own Class of 1899. His large practice as a surgeon and his prominence in the Pittsburgh region would have enabled him to send his children to any of the large and wealthy educational institutions in America. Instead, he chose to educate his two sons in his beloved alma mater. These young men have vindicated their father's wisdom by excellent records in college and university, thereby initiating what promise to be unusually successful careers. John Walton Knox '30 was graduated from Harvard Law School in 1933 and is already Assistant United States District Attorney in the Southern District of New York. William Sargeant Knox '34 is now completing his senior year in the Medical School of the University of Pittsburgh. His record there indicates that he will follow in his father's footsteps as a highly successful practitioner.

In countless other ways Dr. Knox endeared himself to the community, giving freely of his talents in caring for those, who, though without means, were in need of his services. To them he gave without remuneration the same expert attention he gave to the more privileged. He was taken from us suddenly on August 10, 1936, shortly after crowning his long career of usefulness to the community and to his alma mater by heading the campaign which was successful in raising $25,000 for the great College-Community Gymnasium now being erected.

The President of Waynesburg College, who respectfully writes this dedication, humbly prays that many others may be endowed with as large a measure of loyalty as was enjoyed by this noble alumnus, who with his mother, his father, his wife, and his two children, was graduated from their dearly loved Waynesburg College."