- Eulogy, in part, for Morris Lambie, written and presented by Reverend Robert B. Day, D.D.
The character of Morris Lambie was, of course, distinguished by many other qualities than purity of heart and generosity of spirit. Nothing, however, would be more alien to his taste than to proceed farther than we have gone along such lines. And yet, it would be a deplorable omission to bring this brief tribute to a close without mentioning his very genuine enthusiasm for life, his stout heart, and the sense of dedication to the true and the good which, in the sunset of his years, took him very nearly to the other side of the world.
College days at Williamstown were happy for days for Morris Lambie. And before that his happy, wholesome boyhood in the city of Northampton. There it was he met the companion and helpmeet of the years that followed. Years of study abroad succeeded by his career as a teacher and a public servant first at the University of Minnesota, subsequently for twenty years at Harvard ? and in the home stretch a term or two aft Tufts. Toward all these institutions, let it be said, he had the deepest loyalty.
March 27, 1962
Adirondack Enterprise
Word was received by Dr. Morris Lambie, 36 Lake Street, of the death of his father, Dr. Morris B. Lambie, 73, who died in Jordan where he was halfway through a year's assignment on the faculty of Bir Zeit college. The body will be returned to the United States and burial will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. A memorial service has been tentatively set for Friday at Cambridge.
Dr. Lambie was born at Northampton, Mass., March 29, 1888 and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass, with the class of 1910. Mr. Lambie was an outstanding athlete at Williams. He completed postgraduate studies at Harvard University where he received his Ph. D. degree. Following infantry service in the first World War, Dr. Lambie taught at the University of Minnesota, where he was professor of government from 1921 to 1934. He also served as relief administrator for the state of Minnesota during the early 1930's. In 1934 he returned to Harvard as professor of government in the Littauer School of Public Administration, continuing at that post until his retirement under Harvard's age limitations eight years ago. Dr. Lambie then taught at Boston University, Tufts, and Boston College, prior to leaving last August for a year on the faculty of Bir Zeit college, which is partly financed by the U. S. Government, the Ford Foundation and the government of Jordan.
Surviving besides his son, Morris, are a son, James W. Lambie, of Lexington, Mass, a sister, Miss Margaret Lambie of Washington, D. C. and five grandchildren.
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1888 - 1962 (73 years)
