estate. The bomb, which failed to go off, was discovered by Archbold's gardener. Police suspected that the attempted bombing was precipitated by the execution by firing squad of 'Joe Hill', alias Joseph Hillstrom in Salt Lake City, Utah, the day before. Hill was an IWW member, songwriter and labor organizer who had been convicted of murder. Death Archbold died of complications from appendicitis in Tarrytown, New York, on December 6, 1916, aged 68. He is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Legacy In 1914, the "John Dustin Archbold College of Liberal Arts" at Syracuse University was renamed in his honor. The entrance to the university's Hall of Languages remains inscribed with this name. The John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital, now the Archbold Medical Center, in Thomasville, Georgia, was established in 1925, through a donation by his son, John Foster Archbold. His grandson, John Dana Archbold, was a member of the Board of Trustees of Syracuse University from 1976 to 1993. The John Dana Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage (Central New York's only professional theater) is named after his grandson. Another heir, grandson Richard Archbold, established Archbold Biological Station in 1941 on Lake Placid, Florida, land donated by John A. Roebling II. Namesake of the tanker vessel John Dustin Archbold (1914). His grandson, John Dana Archbold (Choate '29), is the namesake of Archbold House, a dormitory and the admissions building of Choate Rosemary Hall. It also houses the Head of School and Associate Head of School's offices. The building was built in 1928 using funds donated by J. Dustin's daughter and J. Dana's mother Anne Saunders Archbold, and it originally served as an infirmary. See also James Roscoe Day References Notes Further reading Chernow, Ron. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. London: Warner Books, 1998. Hidy, Ralph W. and Muriel E. Hidy. Pioneering in Big Business: History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), 1882-1911 (1956). Moore, Austin Leigh. John D. Archbold and the early development of Standard Oil (Macmillan, 1930). Yergin, Daniel. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. External links "Archbold, John Dustin," Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1918, pp. 20–22 Burton, Rick. (2011). "Archbold's Greatest Gift," Syracuse University Magazine 30(3) Archbold Biological Station, Venus, Florida Archbold Mausoleum, Mausoleums.com John D. Archbold Family Papers, Syracuse University The New York Times (1916, December 6). "J.D. Archbold Dies;