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Evelyn P. Roberts

Civil Engineer

Centurion, 1905–1910

Full Name Evelyn Pierpont Roberts

Born 25 December 1848 in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Died 30 December 1910 in Peekskill, New York

Buried Dellwood Cemetery, Manchester, Vermont

Proposed by William H. Burr and George L. Heins

Elected 2 December 1905 at age fifty-six

Century Memorial

Evelyn Pierrepont Roberts was the son of General Benjamin Stone Roberts, and was born at Fort Leavenworth on Christmas Day, 1848. He was graduated from Yale in 1870, and devoted himself to engineering. Mr. Roberts was successful in his profession, and maintained a large variety of interests beyond it, being an enthusiastic sportsman, and very active in social and public affairs. He was a non-resident member of the Century from the year 1905.

George William Knox
1911 Century Association Yearbook