Lorenzo Latham (c. 1812 - December 27, 1860) was during his senior year at

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a founding member of

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( ΑΔΦ), now an international literary and social fraternity, with Samuel Eells and

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, who were also seniors, and two juniors,

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and Henry Lemuel Storrs. Most of the actual planning was evidently carried through by Eells, although he and Latham devised the emblems and the symbols. Latham was a teacher in

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, and an associate editor of the '' Picayune'' in

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from 1853 to 1860. He died on December 27, 1860, at his home outside New Orleans, at the age of 48.The Alpha Delta Phi 1832-1882
p. 7 (1882)(28 December 1860)
Death of Lorenzo L. Latham
''The Daily Picayune'' (on page 4 of same issue, it states "aged forty-eight years, a native of Massachusetts, and one of the associate editors of the New Orleans Picayune")

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Latham, Lorenzo Hamilton College (New York) alumni 1812 births 1860 deaths Alpha Delta Phi founders