Harkins

[hahr-kinz]

noun

1. William Draper, 1873–1951, U.S. chemist.

Example Sentences

“I wanted her to stay,” Mr. Harkins says in a phone call.

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Mr. Harkins insists that he is “not really special,” but he can be said to speak for his fellow officers by dint of family history.

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When he retired on Nov. 7 after 32 years on the force, he brought to an end—at least for now—four generations of service by Harkins men to the NYPD.

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Patrick J. Harkins, Mr. Harkins’s great-grandfather, joined the city’s police force in 1884, when Chester A. Arthur was president and Franklin Edson was mayor.

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Harkins signed on as a cop in 1922, retiring 42 years later.

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