Robert Homans '94, a member of the Harvard Corporation, one of Boston's most eminent barristers, and a director in many large business enterprises here in the East, passed away yesterday in his home at 33 Chestnut Street, Beacon Hill, at the age of 61 years.

After graduating from Harvard College in 1894, Mr. Homans attended the Harvard Law School, from which he took his degree in 1897.

In November of 1932, Mr. Homans, then at the height of a brilliant law career with the firm of Hill, Barlow and Homans, returned to his alma mater when he succeeded Jeremiah Smith '92, as a member of the Corporation, a position he has occupied ever since.

Mr. Homans career has been a varied one, and of both increasing responsibility and labor. In 1901, just after his graduation from law school, he served as a member of the Boston Common Council, while from 1902 to 1903 he was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature. During the World War, he served as a major in the 301st infantry in France. Since then he has participated actively in public affairs up until a few months ago, so that his death yesterday came as a great surprise to those who knew him.

Funeral arrangements will be announced today, and it is expected that the Harvard services will be conducted in the Memorial Church. The Board of Overseers will probably meet next month to elect a new member to the Corporation, in order to fill the vacancy left by his death.