1635, and the number of faculty had increased from 4 to 105. Retirement Seelye officially retired from his presidency of Smith College on June 14, 1910, at age 73, after 37 years of service. He continued to reside in Northampton, Mass, moving out of the President's House and into a house on Round Hill. He remained active in the civic affairs of Northampton; he was on the board of directors of the People's Institute and was a trustee of the Clarke School for the Deaf, which is now The Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech. He was a member of the first board of superintendents of the Smith Agricultural School, and when the Red Cross formed a chapter in Northampton he was its first president. He had been a director of the Holyoke Water Power Company, and in 1910 he became vice president. He was active in the local Congregational Church, serving on church committees and preaching an occasional Sunday sermon. As President Emeritus, he was active in the social and ceremonial life of Smith College, and was a fixture at the annual Commencement exercises. Seelye died on October 12, 1924. Written work References External links Biographical Sketch of Seelye (Archived by Wayback Machine) President Laurenus Clark Seelye at 'Smithipedia' ("an online encyclopedia of Smith history") Laurenus Clark Seelye at the Smith College Archives, Smith College Special Collections 1837 births 1924 deaths Union College (New York) alumni Andover Theological Seminary alumni Presidents of Smith College