1951-1952 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University

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OBITUARY RECORD
OF GRADUATES OF THE
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS
DECEASED DURING THE YEAR
195M952
1 September 1969
OBITUARY RECORD
OF GRADUATES OF THE
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS
DECEASED DURING THE YEAR
ENDING JUNE 3 0 , 1952
1969
YALE UNIVERSITY OBITUARY RECORD
YALE COLLEGE
WILLIAM JOSEPH BREWSTER, B A. 1881. Born
September3, 1858, New Haven, Conn., died March 31, 1952,
Litchfield, Conn.
Father, Joseph Brewster, 1842, Episcopal clergyman,
son of James and Mary (Hequembourg) Brewster, eighth generation descendant of William Brewster, ruling elder of the
Pilgrims. Mother, Sarah Jane (Bunce) Brewster, daughter of
Chauncey and Letitia (Lockwood) Bunce, ancestors migrated
from England, 16 39, settled at Hooker Colony, Hartford,
Conn Yale relatives include Joseph Brewster, 1842 (father),
Chauncey Bunce Brewster, 1868, James Henry Brewster,
1877s, Benjamin Brewster, 1882 (brothers), James B Cone,
1857, William R. Corson, 1891, George S. Brewster, 1891
(cousins), John Anson Carver, 1875 (brother-in-law)
Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Conn. Psi Upsilon, Delta Kappa, Freshman football team, business manager,
Record, Class secretary, 1881-84.
Teacher, Rye, N. Y., 1882, farmer, Mt. Carmel, Conn.,
1883, farmer and teacher, South Dakota, 1883-87, postmaster,
Groton, S. D., 1887-90, farmer, Mt. Carmel, Conn., 1891-95,
studied for the ministry, 1895, ordained deacon, 1897, deacon,
St. Andrew's Church, Northfield, Conn., 1897, ordained priest,
1898; rector, St. John's Episcopal Church, Warehouse Point,
Conn., 1899-1916, rector, St. Michael's Episcopal Church,
Litchfield, Conn., deputy, Synod of First Province (New England) Clergy, diocesan convention, Episcopal clergy of Conn.,
archdeacon, Hartford Archdeaconry, director, Litchfield
Nursing Assn., Litchfield Library, independent, Republican,
officer, Red Cross, member, Society for Prevention of Tuberculosis; Home Guard Company, scoutmaster Boy Scouts, member, local Yale Assn.
Married October 7, 1885, Hutchinson, Minn., Emma
Colby, daughter of G. H and Emma E. (Pardee) Colby. Children James (B. A. Trinity Coll. '08, B. L. S. Albany Library
School, '26), Hiilip Bartlett, Mary Bunce (B. A Smith Coll.
'10, B. L. S. Albany Library School '18); Josephine (Class of
4 8 Mus.), George Colby (B.S. Norwich Univ. f14).
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DUDLEY PHELPS, B. A. 1883. Born October 7, 1861,
New York, N. Y.; died June 29, 1952, Mamaroneck, N. Y.
Father, Benjamin Kinsman Phelps, 1853, district attorney, New York City and County, son of Rev. Dudley Phelps,
1823, and Ann (Kinsman) Phelps. Mother, Hannah Maria
(Catlm) Phelps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Catlm. Yale
relatives include Dudley Phelps, 1823 (grandfather), Benjamin
Kinsman Phelps, 1853 (father)
Psi Upsilon.
LL B. Columbia Univ Law School, 1885, admitted to
bar, New York, 1886, general law practice, corporation,
estate management work, 1886, connected with law firm,
Knevals and Ransom (later Knevals and Perry), 1886-1907,
member of firm, 1890, general solicitor, Westmghouse,
Church Kerr and Co., 1907-08, private practice most of career,
elected Class Secretary and Treasurer, 1938, honorary member, Union League Club, member, University Club, Misquamicut Golf Club of Rhode Island, St. Andrew's Golf Club, founder,
Watch Hill Chapel, member, Yale Club of New York City.
Married June 1, 1899, Margaret Groesbeck Burnet,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Burnet (descendant of George
Washington's surgeon general) Children Margaret (Mrs. C.
Berkeley Cooke, Jr.), Ann Kinsman (Mrs F Micher Bishop).
Death after long illness. Survived by two daughters,
sister, Mrs. William H. Merrill and eight grandchildren.
EDWARD MORTIMER CHAPMAN, B. A. 1884. Born
September 27, 1862, Old Saybrook, Conn., died May 25, 1952,
]>Jew London, Conn.
Father, Robert Chapman, farmer and businessman, son
of George H. Chapman and Lucia (Tully) Chapman, descendant
of Robert Chapman, first settler of Saybrook, Conn. (1635).
Mother, Maria Green (Shepard) Chapman, daughter of Frederick Shepard, M.D., 1834, and Maria (Green) Shepard, granddaughter of Capt. James Green, Second Conn. Light Horse
Regiment. Yale relatives include Frederick Shepard, M.D.,
1834 (grandfather), Rev. Amos S. Chesebrough, 1835, Frank
Job Shepard, 1873, John Woodruff Shepard, 1879 (uncles);
Frank S. Chapman, 1894 (brother), Edward Northrop Chapman,
'17 (son), Robert G. Chapman, '47 (grandson).
Seabury Institute, Old Saybrook, Conn.; Morgan School,
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Clinton, Conn. Sophomore composition prize (third), high
oration appointments, Junior, Senior years; spoke for Junior
Exhibition and De Forest prize, Psi Upsilon, John A. Porter
Prize, 1887. B.D. Yale Divinity School, 1890.
Teacher, King School, Stamford, Conn., 1884-86, pastor,
First Congregational Church, Rochester, N. H., 1890-92,
associate pastor, Central Church, Worcester, Mass., 189399; pastor, North Church, St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1900-05, acting
pastor, Forest Church, Detroit, Mich., 1905; pastor, First
Church, Old Lyme, Conn., 1906-15, lecturer, Biblical Literature, Conn. College for Women, 1917-28, author, The Dynamic
of Christianity, 1904, English Literature in Account with Religion, 1910, Companions of the Way, 1916, A Modernist and his
Creed, 1926, New England Village Life, 1937, The Chapmans
of Old Saybrook, and numerous articles, Conn, delegate, American Commission on Agricultural Cooperation, 1910, 1913,
member, American Historical Assn., American Geographical
Society, Graduates Club of New Haven, historian, Society of
Colonial Wars; chairman, Red Cross, New London district.
Married (1) June 28, 1894, Essex, Conn , Isabel Northrop, daughter of John E. and Cornelia Bostwick Northrop
Children Edward Northrop (B.A. '17, M. D. Howard Med.
School '21), Lucia Tully (B.A. Vassar '20, Mrs. T. Dudley
Goord). Mrs. Chapman died 1920 Married (2) December 22,
1923, New York, N. Y , Louise Wadsworth Jones.
Survived by wife, two children, two brothers, two sisters
and three grandchildren.
CHARLES LYMAN CARHART, B.A. 1885. Born March
13, 1865, Brooklyn, N.Y., died October 20, 1951, Chevy
Chase, Md.
Parents, Lyman Beecher and Ophelia Merle (d'Aubigne)
Carhart. Yale relatives include William M. Carhart, 1885
(brother); John Coleridge Darrow, Class of 1895 (cousin).
Peekskill Military Academy. High oration stand, Junior,
Senior years; Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Upsilon.
Teacher, Peekskill Military Academy, 1885-86, student,
Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1886-89; Presbyterian
home missionary, Itasca County, Minn., 1890, pastor, Lebanon
Chapel of Calvary Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, N.Y., 189192, Presbyterian Church, Marlboro, N.Y., 1892-99; tour of
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Europe and Near East, 1899-1900, pastor, Congregational
Church, Dorset, Vt., 1900-10, instructor, librarian, Syrian
Protestant College, Beirut, Syria, 1910-12, pastor, organizer,
Larchmont Ave. Church, Larchmont, N. Y., 1914-22; Union
Church, Hankow, China, 1923-26, retired, 1927, Bible teacher,
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C , executive secretary, Washington Council on International Relations,
1929-37, chairman, Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation,
corresponding secretary, "The Brotherhood of the Kingdom",
an organization promoting Christian socialism, member,
"Fossils", a retired men's club.
Married March 29, 1905, Beirut, Syria, Alfreda Post
(B A. Packer Collegiate Institute 1889), daughter of Rev
George Edward and Sarah (Reed) Post.
Survived by two sisters, Mrs. Eloise Carhart Suter,
Miss Anna G. Carhart, a niece, Miss Grace M. Carhart, two
nephews, Merle Suter and Charles F. Suter and brother-inlaw, Wilfred M. Post, M D.
GEORGE [STANLEY] WOODWARD, B. A 1887. Born
June 22, 1863, Wilkes Barre, Pa., died May 25, 1952, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.
Father, Stanley Woodward, 1855, judge, son of Hon.
George Washington and Sarah Elizabeth (Trott) Woodward.
Mother, Sarah Richards (Butler) Woodward, daughter of Col
John Lord and Cornelia (Richards) Butler. Yale relatives include Stanley Woodward, 1855 (father), John Butler Woodward, 1883 (brother), Henry Howard Houston (Class of '19),
Stanley J. '22, Charles Henry, '27 (sons).
Wilkes Barre (Pa.) Academy. He Boule, Delta Kappa
Epsilon, Freshman football team, president, Glee Club, Junior
Prom Committee; University Club, Scroll and Key, Ph. B. 1888.
M. D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1891; German Hospital,
Philadelphia, one and a half years; general practice, New
Haven, Conn , assistant, Yale Medical School, associate,
William Pepper Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, Univ. Perm.,
manager, Germantown Hospital, state senator, Sixth District,
Philadelphia, Pa , 1918-38, founder, Stanley Woodward Lectureship, Yale Univ., 1907; author, numerous articles on
medicine, politics, Samuel Richards' Diary of Philadelphia,
1909, The Pennsylvania Legislator, 1932-36, A Year For
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France, The Memoirs of a Mediocre Man, 1935, biography of
his daughter, Quita; director, Real Estate Trust Co., Octavia
Hill Assn., Bureau of Municipal Research, Children's Aid
Society, president, 1924, member, Board of Health, 3 years,
City Charter Commission, Philadelphia Common Council, one
year, Citizens' Permanent Relief Committee (executive committee), "Committee of 70", treasurer, Child Labor Assn.,
accounting warden, St. Martins Episcopal Church, member,
City Club, Philadelphia, Philadelphia and Gernfantown Cricket
Club; Republican, president, Yale Alumni Assn of Philadelphia,
director, Yale Club of Philadelphia.
Married October 9, 1894, Gertrude Houston, daughter of
Henry Howard and Sally S (Bonnell) Houston. Children Henry
Howard Houston (Class of 1919, died 1919), George, Jr.,
Stanley J., '22, Charles Henry, '27 (LL. B. Univ. Penn. '31),
Gertrude (Quita) (B. A. Bryn Mawr '31, died 1934).
Survived by wife and three sons, George, Jr., Stanley
J., '22; Charles Henry.
GEORGE PERKINS DOUGLAS, B. A. 1889. Born October 7, 1865, Stowe, Vt., died August 28, 1951, Minneapolis,
Minn.
Father, Christopher Fulton Douglas, merchant
Mother,
Louisa (Perkins) Douglas. Yale relatives include Richard
Lodge Tighe, '23 (son-in-law), Douglas Tighe, '50 (grandson)
Private schools, Minneapolis, Minn With Class of
1888, two years; Class Supper Committee, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Wolf's Head.
LL. B. Univ. Minnesota Law School, 1890, admitted to
bar, 1890, with Koon, Whelan and Bennett, two years, in general counsel office, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault St. Marie
Railroad, one year, concerned with family interests, mining,
real estate, secretary to mayor of Minneapolis, business manager, Minneapolis Police Dept., 1900-02, private law practice
until retirement, became oldest living Yale graduate in 1949,
member, Society of Descendants of the Mayflower, board of
trustees, Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts; director, Minneapolis Institute of Arts; member, president, Minneapolis Athletic Club; member, Red Cross, Minneapolis Draft Board, Presbyterian; pre-New Deal Democrat, member, Minneapolis Club,
Graduates Club o± New Haven, University Club of New York,
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Yale Club of New York, Yale Alumni Assn.
Married October 18, 1899, Minneapolis, Minn., Bessie
Tabitha Pettit, daughter of Curtis Hussey and Deborah M.
(Williams) Pettit. Children Deborah Louise (B. A. Vassar
'22; Mrs. Richard Lodge Tighe); Elizabeth Pettit (Mrs. Donald
S. Cleveland), Eleanor George (Mrs. Noyes Dorsey Robinson).
Survived by wife, three daughters, eleven grandchildren,
and six great grandchildren.
GEORGE NATHAN NEWMAN, B. A 1890. Born March
14, 1865, Buffalo, N. Y., died July 28, 1951, Deaconess Hospital, Buffalo, N Y.
Parents, George E. and Eliza S. (Shaw) Newman.
Buffalo High School Dissertation appointment, Junior
year, oration appointment, Senior year; two year honors,
ancient languages, at graduation. Postgraduate work, Yale,
1890-91.
Middler, Union Theological Seminary, N.Y., 1891-92, independent theological studies, 1892-94, pastor, First Congregational Church, Randolph, N. Y., 1894-97; recuperation from
overwork, 1897-1900; pastor, Messiah Congregational Church,
Washington Mills, N. Y., 1900-02, with George Junior Republic,
Freeville, N. Y., 1902; with Children's Home, Randolph, N. Y.,
1903; illness, 1904; pastor, Fitch Memorial Congregational
Church, Buffalo, N. Y., Halstead Ave. Congregational Church,
Sloan, N. Y., 1905-07, pastor, Congregational Church, Centreville, Pa., 1907-09, retired from ministry; devotee of bookcollecting and genealogy, donated L0, 000 volumes to Lockwood
Memorial Library, Umv. of Buffalo.
Unmarried.
Buried, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N. Y.
GEORGE FREDERICK PETER, B A. 1890. Born April
5, 1869, St. Louis, Mo.; died July 18, 1951, Birmingham, Ala.
Father, Thomas Jefferson Peter, mining. Mother,
Esther Anne (O'Brien) Peter. Yale relatives include a brotherin-law William Henry Smith, 1890, 1892L.
Professor Stone's Academy. Freshman baseball team;
score keeper, Varsity baseball team; president, University
Club, Senior Prom Committee, editor, Pot Pourn; second
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colloquy appointment, Junior, Senior year, Eta Phi, president,
Psi Upsilon; Scroll and Key.
With Alabama Iron & Steel Co., Bnerfield, Ala., 189094; LL. B. Univ. of Alabama, 1895; admitted to bar, 1895,
president, Climax Coal Co., Maylene, Ala.; Alabama Coal &
Coke Co., Glen Carbon, Ala., 1895-1901, organized from holdings, Southern Coal & Coke Co., Boothton, Ala., president,
1901-44; organizer, president, Maylene Lumber Co., 1913,
member, board of governors, Alabama Mining Institute, 191444; gubernatorial appointment to Commissioners Court, Shelby
County, 1909-11; appointed member, board of revenue, 191113; member, board of governors, Associated Industries of
Alabama, 1922-48, member, Mechanization Committee, American Mining Congress, 1931-33.
Married, November 12, 1903, Maylene, Ala., Ada
Hunter, daughter of Mrs. Sarah E. Hunter. Children Eleanor
(Mrs. Kenneth G. Matheson, Jr.), George F., Jr. (died 1907),
Margaret (Mrs. Herbert Huit Fritz), Thomas J.; Frances (Mrs.
George Rogers Brodie).
Buried, Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Survived by wife, son, three daughters, and a sister, Mrs. He well
Fosbrake.
EDGAR WILLIAM DANNER, B. A. 1891. Born February
7, 1869, New York, N. Y., died October 4, 1951, Roosevelt
Hospital, New York, N. Y.
Father, Rev. Julius Le Moyne Danner (B. A. Beloit
College, 1863, B. D. Union Theological Seminary, 1867, D. D.
Macalister College !04); son of George Washington and Rebecca
Elvira (Brown) Danner. Mother, Miriam Martha (Rose)
Danner, daughter of William Henry and Hannah Rebecca
(Bouse) Rose.
Paterson (N. J.) High School, Paterson Classical Institute.
Oration appointment, Junior Exhibition and Commencement,
one year honors, natural, physical science. Post-graduate
work in chemistry, 1891-92, M. A. 1893.
M. D. Univ. of Minnesota, 1895; interned, St. Luke's
Hospital, St. Paul, Minn., 1896; private practice, St. Paul,
1897; medical examiner, Burlington Relief Dept., Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Burlington, Iowa until 1899;
private practice, New York, N. Y., 1900 until retirement,
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European tour, 1908-09; Asian tour, 1910-11; member, American Medical Assn.; Republican, member, Ardsley Club, Delta
Kappa Epsilon Assn. of N Y C , member, Vestry, Church of
the Transfiguration, Pointe Aux Pines, Mich., member, Yale
Club of New York.
Married January 26, 1906, New York, N. Y., Anna
Louise Thompson (Mrs. Heman S. Griggs), daughter of William
D. and Anna M. (Mann) Thompson
Death due to uremic poisoning. Buried, Mount Repose
Cemetery, Haverstraw, N. Y. Survived by J. Le Moyne Danner (brother), Wedworth W. Clarke (stepson), Mrs William B.
Tippy (step-granddaughter).
CHARLES HOWARD HALL, B.A. 1891. Born December
11, 1867, Groton, N. H.; died May 4, 1952, Wmthrop, Mass.
Parents, Charles W. Hall, farmer, and Martha J. (Davis)
Hall.
Phillips Exeter. First dispute appointment, Junior year,
second dispute, Commencement, Class statistician; Delta Kappa
Epsilon.
In charge of Fidelity Guarantee Dept., Employers' Liability Assurance Corp., Ltd. of London, England, Boston office,
1893, superintendent, Fidelity & Burglary Dept.; later superintendent, Fidelity and Surety, Burglary, Plate Glass Dept.;
director, W. N. Proctor Co., Custom House Brokers; also on
incorporation of American Employers Insurance Co., 1923,
elected vice-president, retired 1928; gentleman farmer, North
Scituate, Mass., Republican, member, Winthrop Trust Assn.;
member, Algonquin Club of Boston, Thursday Club of Boston,
Winchester Country Club, William Parkman Lodge, English
Speaking Union, member, Yale Club of Boston, Yale Club of
New York.
Married August 28, 1912, Winchester, Mass., Fannie
Lillian Chapin (Mrs F. Lillian Proctor), daughter of George
Francis and H. Frances (Gary) Chapin. Stepsons George C.
Proctor and Howard C. Proctor. Mrs. Hall died 1939.
Death due to heart failure. Survived by stepsons.
CLIVE [HART] DAY, B.A. 1892. Born February 11,
1871, Hartford, Conn., died July 27, 1951, Greensboro, Vt.
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Father, Rev. Thomas Mills Day, 1837, son of Thomas
Day, 1797. Mother, Ellen Cornelia (Pomeroy) Day, daughter
of Eleazer and Elizabeth Mary (Jones) Pomeroy. Yale relatives include: Rev. Jeremiah Day, 1756 (great grandfather),
Thomas Day, 1797 (grandfather), Thomas Mills Day, 1837
(father), Thomas Mills Day, 1886, Arthur Pomeroy Day, 1890
(brothers); Jeremiah Day, 1873 (cousin), Joseph McKeen
Lewis, 1883, Charlton McKeen Lewis, 1886, James McKeen
Lewis, 1911 (brothers-in-law); Thomas Mills Day, III, 1914,
Francis Perkins Day, 1920, Pomeroy Day, 1928 (nephews).
West Middle District School, Hartford Public High School
J. A. Porter Prize; He Boule; Delta Kappa Epsilon, Skull and
Bones, Phi Beta Kappa; freshman editor, chairman, Yale Daily
News. Ph.D. 1899.
Postgraduate work, Univ. of Berlin, 1892-93; postgraduate work, Yale, 1893-95; instructor, German, Yale, 1894-95,
instructor, history, economics, Univ. of California, Berkeley,
1895-98, completed dissertation, Berlin, Pans, 1898-99,
instructor, Sheffield Scientific School, 1899-1900, on Yale
faculty instructor, political economics, 1899-1900, instructor,
history, 1900-02, assistant professor, economic history, 190207; professor, 1907-1922; acting chairman, head of Balkan
Division, 1918-19, secretary, 1919, Pans Peace Conference,
Knox Professor of Political Economy, Yale, 1922-36, Conn.
Unemployment Commission, 1932-33, professor emeritus,
Yale, 1936, Fellow, Berkeley College, director graduate studies, economics, secretary, Yale College faculty, director,
Spenser Turbine Co., Hartford, member, Royal Institute of
Dutch India, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Batavlan Society of Arts and Sciences, Conn. Commission, American Historical Research Fund, author, Policy and Administration of the Dutch in Java, 1904, A History of Commerce, 1907,
The Question of the Balkans, 1920, A History of Commerce of
The United States, 1925, "The Atmosphere and Organization of
the Paris Conference" in What Really Happened at Paris, 1921.
Married June 30, 1904, Elizabeth Dike Lewis (B. A.
Smith College 1895) daughter of Charlton T. 1856 and Nancy
McKeen Lewis. Children Margaret (Mrs. Phillip Gray, Jr.),
Sibyl (died four days after birth), Ellen (Mrs. William D.
Patterson).
Buried, Greensboro, Vt. Survived by wife, two daughters, brother Arthur P. Day, and three nephews.
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GEORGE BUELL HOLLISTER, B. A. 1892. Born September 16, 1866, Brooklyn, N.Y., died January 5, 1952,
Corning, N. Y
Father, George Hollister, wholesale grain merchant and
member of Hollister & Chamberlain and Hollister, Crane &
Co Mother, Phoebe Moore (Conklin) Hollister.
Stevens High School, Hoboken, N. J., Phillips Academy,
Andover, Mass Class Deacon; editor of Yale Literary Magazine, Glee Club, He Boule, Psi Upsilon, Scroll and Key, Chi
Delta Theta
Associated with Georgian Bay Consolidated Lumber of
Canada 1892-96, associated with his father in the wholesale
gram business, New York City, 1896-1901, publicity agent
Hydrographic Branch of the United States Geological Survey
1901, in charge of the mam office Federal Reclamation Service,
Washington, D. C , affiliated with Corning Glass Works, 1904,
assistant to Arthur A. Houghton, works manager, director of
sales, vice-president, director, honorary vice-president,
1945, member, Public School Board of Rutherford, N. J.,
1892-97, president, 1897-1902, chairman, Corning Chapter of
the American Red Cross, 1930; chairman, Corning Emergency
Relief Bureau, 1933; headed the federal Civil Works Administration program in Corning; vestryman, Corning Christ Church,
member, Rochester Diocese Committee, Architectural League
of New York City, American Association of Art, University
Club and Yale Club of New York City, former Corning City
Club, Corning Country Club, Royal Bermuda Club.
Married (1) June 24, 1902, Binghamton, N. Y., Marcia
May McKinney. Mrs. Hollister died February 12, 1909.
Married (2) June 1, 1911, Corning, N. Y., Hebe Barnes Canfield (Corning Free Academy, Chase School of Art, Art Students League in New York City). Children- Buell, Priscilla
(Mrs. Mowbray).
Survived by wife and two children.
SIDNEY HOSMER, B. A. 1892. Born July 13, 1871,
London, England; died August 27, 1951, New York, N. Y.
Father, George W. Hosmer, M. D. (Columbia College
of Physicians & Surgeons, 1865) Mother, Agnes D. Hosmer.
Yale relatives include Sidney B. Hosmer, '21, Henry B.
Hosmer, '25 (sons); Edward Whittier Hellier, Jr., '48 (step-
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son); Bayard Barnes, !95S (brother-in-law)
Columbia Grammar School, New York. Class Crew,
Zeta Psi.
With Mather Electric Co., Manchester, Conn., manufacturer of electrical apparatus, 1892-93, machine operator,
World's Fair; superintendent cable dept., electrical engineer,
general manager, Boston Electric Light Co., 1894-1901, consolidated in 1901 with Edison Co. of Boston, general manager
and vice-president, Boston Edison Co until retirement, 1938,
member, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Electric Light
Assn., American Assn. for Advancement of Science, member,
Longwood Cricket Club of Boston, Algonquin Club, member,
vice-president, 1934-35, Yale Club of Boston
Married (1) June 12, 1895, New Haven, Conn., Clara
Marie Barnes, ex-'86 Art, daughter of E. Henry Barnes and
Esther Cargill (Post) Barnes Children Esther (Mrs. John H
Magruder), Sidney Barnes, '21, Agnes (died 1914), Henry
Barnes, f25. Mrs. Hosmer died 1937. Married (2) January
3, 1938, New York, N. Y , Marguentte Christian (Mrs Edward Whittler Hellier), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Belmonte Christian.
Survived by wife, son, Henry Barnes and daughter, Mrs.
John H. Magruder.
JAMES HALL MASON KNOX, JR., B. A. 1892 Born
May 20, 1872, Philadelphia, Pa., died December 31, 1951,
Bradley Hospital, Providence, R. I.
Father, James Hall Mason Knox (A. B. Columbia Coll
1841; B. D. Rutgers Theological Seminary 1845; LL. D. Columbia Coll. 1885), clergyman, president, Lafayette Coll. Mother,
Helen (Thompson) Knox.
Easton (Pa.) High School, Lafayette Coll , 1888-90.
History honors, Senior year, Phi Beta Kappa-, Delta Kappa
Epsilon, Wolf's Head. Ph.D. 1894.
A. M. Lafayette Coll., 1897, M.D. Johns Hopkins, 1898,
interned, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1898-99, pediatrician,
Baltimore, 1899-1922; medical director, Thomas Wilson
Sanitonum for Children, 1901-21, associate in pediatrics,
Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1901-42, Major, American
Red Cross, foreign service associate chief, Children's
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Bureau, Paris, 1917-18, field medical director, Children's
Service, out of P a n s , 1921-22; first chief, Bureau of Child
Hygiene, State Board of Health, Maryland, 1922-42; lecturer
in Child Hygiene, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns
Hopkins, 1923-37; U S Representative, Sixth Pan American
Child Health Congress, Lima, Peru, 1930; representative,
White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, 1931,
member, committee on Medical Care for Children, Sc. D.
Dickinson Coll , '33, author of fifty articles, reports on childrens' health, founder, president, Babies1 Milk Fund Assn.,
1904-48, first president, 1908, American Assn. for the Study
and Prevention of Infant Mortality, later, American Child
Health Assn., member, American Medical Assn., Medical and
Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, chairman, Committee on
Public Instruction, director, Family and Children's Society
(Baltimore), Maryland Children's Aid Society, West Nottingham Academy, Colora, Md., Egenton Home, Baltimore, elder,
trustee, First Presbyterian Church, Baltimore; conservative
Republican; member, Yale Alumni Assn. of Maryland, chairman, Advisory Committee, 1932, 1935.
Married April 28, 1909, Marion Gordon Bowdoin, daughter of William Graham and Katherine Gordon (Price) Bowdoin.
Children Katherine Bowdoin (B A. Vassar, '32, Mrs. Morgan
Cutts); James Hall Mason, '34, M. Gordon, '34 (Oxford '38),
Helen Thompson (B. A. Vassar, '37, Mrs. Mitchell Miller);
Margaret Tatnall (B. A. Vassar, '41, Mrs. Margaret Harvey).
Mrs. Knox died 1950.
Death due to cerebral thrombosis. Survived by five children.
NORMAN CLARK WHITTEMORE, B. A. 1892. Born
June 7, 1870, Brooklyn, N. Y., died May 15, 1952, Berkeley,
Calif.
Father, Edward Pay son Whittemore, stock broker.
Mother, Caroline Amelia (Loder) Whittemore. Yale relatives
include William Howe Whittemore, 1825, grad. 1828 D.
(grandfather); William Clark Whittemore, 1855, William P.
Bacon, 1858 (uncles); Edward L. Whittemore, 1882 (brother),
Edward Lambe Parsons, 1889 (brother-in-law); William H.
Parsons, 1882, John P. Parsons, 1885, Austin Corning, Class
of 1885, Herbert Parsons, 1890, Arthur W. Bacon, '03S,
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Harris Whittemore, '18 (cousins); Edward Loder Whittemore,
'31 (son).
Park Institute, Rye, N. Y.; Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, Conn., Univ. of New York (part of freshman year). Psi
Upsilon, mission work.
Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1892-95, postgraduate work, Yale, 1895-96, ordained, Presbytery of Westchester Co., N. Y., 1896; missionary, Pyeng Yang, Korea,
1896-1901, Syen Chyun, Korea, 1901-24, acting secretary,
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, 1925; instructor,
Kennedy School of Missions, Hartford Seminary Foundation,
1926-30, bursar, 1928, administrative secretary, Christian
Literature Society of Chosen, Seoul, Korea, 1929-38, retired,
1938, councillor, Royal Asiatic Society, member, Historical
Society, Westchester County, N Y., Historical Society of
Conn., member, San Francisco Presbytery, Westchester Pres
bytery, N. Y, synod, Korean book-collector
Married May 17, 1906, Rye, N Y., Maud Wellesley
Parsons, daughter of Arthur Wellesley and Helen C (White,)
Parsons. One son Edward Loder, '31. Mrs. Whittemore
died 1950.
Survived by son, Rev. Edward Loder Whittemore and
three grandchildren
HENRY BURR BARNES, B. A. 1893. Born September
15, 1872, Stonington, Conn., died November 20, 1951, Gettysburg, Pa.
Father, Henry Burr Barnes, 1866, a publisher, A S
Barnes & Co.; editor, International Review, director, American Book Co. Mother, Hannah Elizabeth Williams Dixon.
Yale relatives include Charles P. Williams, 1862 (great
uncle); William P. Dixon, 1868, William D. Barnes, 1880,
Ephraim W. Dixon, .1881 (uncles), Marshall J. Dodge, 1898
(brother-in-law); Courtlandt Dixon Barnes, '02, Thomas
Sloane Barnes, '10 (brothers), many cousins.
Ever son's School, New York City. Oration and dissertation appointments, Yale Union, treasurer, Y. M. C A. Junior
year, Students' Conference, Northfield, 1892, editor, Yale
Daily News, Senior year, University Club, He Boule; Psi
Upsilon, Scroll and Key.
Student, Columbia Law School, 1893-94, travelled in
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Europe, 1894-95; student, Columbia Law School, 1895-97;
LL. B. 1897; admitted to New York Bar, 1897, with Miller,
Peckham & Dixon, New York City, 1897-1911, partner, Mo en
& Dwight, 1911-28, vice-president and director, Barnes Real
Estate Assn., secretary and treasurer, 1911-16, president and
treasurer, H. B. Barnes Real Estate Corp.; vice-president,
Yale Leasing Corp., 1916-17, member, Workshop Committee
of New York Assn. for the Blind, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
American Museum of Natural History, vice-president, South
Harlem Neighborhood Assn., chairman of the Board of Deacons
and secretary, Men's Bible Class Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church, government appeal agent, Local Board for Divisions
No. 147 and No. 164, New York City and State, 1917-28,
moved to Stomngton, Conn., 1933, deacon, Congregational
Church, Stomngton, Conn., 1936; moderator, New London
Assn. of Congregational Churches and Ministers, 1939; presented Yale Library with a set of bound copies of International
Review for the years which his father was editor, 1940;
returned to New York City, 1943, member, East Side,
Y. M. C. A., Republican Club of Fifteenth Assembly District,
Reform Club, University Club of New York, Phi Delta Phi,
American Bar Assn , New York City Bar Assn., Philharmonic
Society, League to Enforce Peace; Yale Club.
Married March 27, 1911, New York City, Mabel Irving
Jones, daughter of Edward Renshaw Jones and Mary Elizabeth
Baldwin. Children Henry Burr, Jr. (B. S. Harvard ! 33);
Edward Jones (B. S. Harvard '39), Alfred Smith.
Death due to a prolonged illness. Buried in Gettysburg,
Pa. Survived by wife and three sons.
ARCHER LINWOOD FAXON, B. A. 1893. Born November 7, 1871, Holbrook, Mass., died December 13, 1951,
Mattapan, Mass.
Father, Micah Braman. Mother, Adelaide V. A. (Mayhew) Faxon (Howard Seminary, Bridge water, Mass.).
Boston Latin School. Oration appointments; Yale Union.
Teacher, Glenwood Collegiate Institute, Matawan, N. J.,
1893-94, South Orange (N.J.) High School, 1894-99, vicepnncipal, 1900, associated with Faxon & Ludden, shoe manufacturers, 1901-05; teacher, Utica, New York, 1905-09,
Boston Latin School, 1909-41.
Yale College
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Married June 30, 1904, Boston, Mass., Katherine Hall
(B.A. Mount Holyoke, f01), daughter of George W. M. Hall
(B. A. Bowdoin 1859), and Katherine F. (Woodbury) Hall.
Children- Barbara Adams (B.A. Radcliffe '27); Raymond Hall
(Class of 1929 Boston Univ.), George Ryder (Class of 1928
Harvard); Lmwood Archer (died December 25, 1917), Katherine
Hall (B.A. Colby '46). Married (2) 1928, Florence Ferry,
daughter of William M. Ferry.
FRANK WILLIAMS HASTINGS, B.A. 1893. Born
December 8, 1869, Franklin, Pa., died December 13, 1951,
Hackensack, N. J
Father, Franklin W. Hastings (Univ. of Rochester), a
lawyer. Mother, Margretta Kinnear Smiley. Yale relatives
include Nelson Smiley Hastings, '05 (brother) and many
cousins.
Bradford High School. Western Reserve Univ. Entered
Yale Sophomore year, Oration appointment Junior year, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Studied law, Bradford, Pa., 1893-95, student, New York
Law School, 1895-96, admitted Pennsylvania Bar, 1896, law
practice, Bradford, Pa., 1896-98, Jersey City, N.J., 1898,
appointed Special Master in Chancery, 1912, Supreme Court
examiner; secretary, Hudson County Bar Assn., 1909-29,
later vice-president and president, associate member, Legal
Advisory Board, Jersey City, N. J., 1917; joined Home Defense League, Hackensack, N. J., 1917, member, Council of
the New Jersey Bar Assn., 1934-36, appointed Counsel for the
West Hudson County Trust Co., Jersey City, N. J., 1936, member, Republican Party, Episcopal Church, University Club of
Hudson County, Jersey City Bar Assn., New Jersey State Bar
Assn. and American Judicature Society.
Married September 14, 1898, Bradford, Pa., Edith
Janet Straight (B. A. Leland Stanford, Junior, Univ. 1896),
daughter of Russell J. Straight, oil producer and refiner, and
Augusta Shirley. Children Russell Straight (died 1918),'
Barbara Tudor (Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ., '23, Mrs.
Joseph G. Chaffee), Seth Truman, '24, Randall (Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, '29); Janet Shirley (Vassar,'31; Mrs.
Sidney Oviatt, '30). Mrs. Hastings died in 1940.
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ROBBINS BATTELL STOECKEL, B.A. 1893. Born
September 20, 1872, New Haven, Conn.; died October 15,
1951, Norfolk, Conn.
Father, Gustave J Stoeckel, head of the Department of
Music at Yale Mother, Matilda Wehner.
Hopkins Grammar School, Dispute junior, Dissertation
Senior appointment, College Choir, Zeta Psi.
LL. B. New York Law School, 1895, Connecticut Bar
member, 1896; law practice, Norfolk, 1896-1942, judge of
probate, District of Norfolk, 1898-1942, State Senate, Thirtyfirst District, 1916, chairman, Committee on Incorporation
and Committee of Senate and House rules; Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles, Connecticut, 1917-1933, honorary research
associate, highway transportation, Yale, 1932; State Police
Commission, 1919-1921, president, Eastern Conference of
Motor Vehicle Administrators; treasurer and secretary,
Hartley Corp., director, Hartford Connecticut Trust Co.,
National Fire Insurance Co., Connecticut Society of Mental
Hygiene, honorary degree of Master of Arts, Trinity, 1925
and Yale, 1928, member, State Council of Defense, Y. M. C. A.
State Committee, Yale Club of New York, Graduates Club of
New Haven, and Norfolk Club.
Married (1) November 9, 1905, Norfolk, Conn., Katharine
Mildred Tales (Smith College School of Music, 1893), daughter
of Lowell Emerson Tales and Martha A. Farwell. Mrs.
Stoeckel died in 1938. Married (2) Mary Jane Cairns. No
children.
ALBERT BEEBE WHITE, B.A. 1893. Born September
11, 1871, East Randolph, Mass., died May 10, 1952, Minneapolis, Minn.
Father, Edmund White, a manufacturer of boots and
shoes. Mother, Sarah Beebe. Yale relative brother, Edmund
Burr White, 1899.
Boston Latin School. Oration Junior year, High Oration
Senior year; Phi Beta Kappa.
Teacher, Siglar's School, Newburgh, N. Y., 1893-94;
Univ. of Leipzig, 1897; Ph.D., Yale 1898; teacher, New Haven
High School and lecturer, Yale, 1899, instructor, assistant
professor, professor, professor emeritus, Univ. of Minnesota,
1899-1952; author, The Making of the English Constitution,
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Source Problems in English History, Self Government at the
King's Command, contributor to American Historical Review,
Modern Language Review, English Historical Review, and
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences.
Married (1) October 1, 1893, Holbrook, Mass,, Mabel
White, daughter of Joseph Jones and Ruth White. Son Richard
Beebe. Married (2) July 19, 1930, Rowe, Mass., Mary Tower
Jones.
CHARLES HERBERT BUELL, B.A. 1894. Born December 17, 1871, Brooklyn, N. Y., died February 18, 1952, Rockville Center, N. Y.
Father, Charles S. Buell, sheet metal and roofing contractor
Mother, Fanny A. (Patterson) Buell.
Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, N. Y. Second colloquy
appointment, Commencement.
With C.S. Buell Co., 1894, LL B New York Law School,
1898, secretary, vice-president, president, C.S. Buell Co.,
retired before 1934; trustee, secretary, Board of Deacons,
Central Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., independent
Republican.
Married April 4, 1899, Brooklyn, N. Y., Gertrude
Cameron. One daughter Dorothy Cameron (Packer Institute,
Brooklyn, '19; Mrs. Dorothy Mitchell).
Survived by wife, daughter, and three grandchildren
JACOB FRY KEMPFER, B.A. 1894. Born July 14,
1868, Beaver Springs, Pa., died December 12, 1951, Beaufort,
S.C.
Father, Jonathan Oswald Kempfer, a mechanic.
Sellingsgrove Institute (New Susquehanna Univ.), 188790. Pennsylvania-New Gettysburg Coll., 1893. Entered Yale,
Senior year, oration appointment at Commencement.
Engaged in book publishing, 1894-96, partner, Alpha
Publishing Co., Akron, Ohio, 1897; co-publisher, "Parallel
Gospels", 1897; teacher, high school, Worcester, Mass., 189798; M. A. and Ph. D. Univ. of Leipzig; field secretary, Sellingsgrove Institute, teacher, Irving Coll., Mechanicsburg, Pa.,
forced to give up teaching because of poor health, 1904, farmer,
Wilmington, N. C , later Beaufort, S . C ; member, local school
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board, Beaufort, S. C.
Married (1) January 1, 1897, Worcester, Mass., Dr.
Marietta Eaton Newcomb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Newcomb. Married (2) Alice Doane.
Survived by wife, son and sister, Mrs. J.K. Le Vau.
FREDERIC JABEZ WATERS, B. A. 1894. Born December 16, 1869, Cincinnati, Ohio; died October 17, 1951, Seattle,
Washington.
Father, Jabez Matthew Waters (Colby Coll ), manufacturer, merchant. Mother, Martha E. (Webb) Waters. Yale
relatives include William E. Waters, 1878 (brother), Everett
O. Waters, !11 (nephew).
Hughes High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. Second dispute,
Junior year, first dispute, Commencement.
LL. B Cincinnati Law School, 1894-96, with Simrall &
Galvm, law office, Cincinnati, 1896-1905, worked for U. S.
Bureau of Education, Philippine Islands, 1905-10, returned to
U.S. for one year,-division superintendent of schools, Dept. of
Public Instruction, Bureau of Education, Philippines, Lorlac,
1911-12, La Union, 1913, Tacloban, Leyte until return to U. S.,
retirement, 1930, thereafter lived quietly in Seattle, Wash.,
member, Plymouth Congregational Church, Philippine Lodge,
Seattle Yale Club.
Unmarried.
Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Survived by sister, Mrs. Lewis Phipps.
MORTIMER SMITH COMSTOCK, B.A. 1895. Born
December 20, 1872, Bridgeport, Conn., died March 7, 1952,
Florida.
Father, George Comstock, member of the firm of David
Trubee & Co., wholesale grocers, Bridgeport. Mother, Sara
Maria Lockwood (Smith) Comstock. Yale relatives include
Strong Comstock, 1867, Henry Roberts, 1877 (uncles); Leonard
A. Comstock, 1895, John T. Roberts, f 05, Alfred T. Comstock, !06S, Edward C. Roberts, '10 (cousins).
Bridgeport High School. President and treasurer, Zeta
Psi.
Entered the employ of David Trubee & Co., wholesale
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grocers, Bridgeport, Conn., 1895-1902; purchased an interest
in Smith, Addis & Co., wholesale woodenware merchants,
Bridgeport, February 1, 1902, name changed to Smith, Cornstock Co., Inc., acted as secretary, later director and treasurer; Republican; United Congregational Church, member,
Seaside Club, Brooklawn Country Club, Bridgeport Yacht Club,
University Club, Rotary, all of Bridgeport, New York Yale
Club, Graduates Club of New Haven.
Unmarried.
Survived by a cousin, Isabelle McKee.
CHARLES CHENEY HYDE, B. A. 1895. Born May 22,
1873, Charleston, 111.; died February 13, 1952, New York,
N. Y.
Father, James Nevms Hyde, 1861, M. A. 1865, M. D.
Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1869, Rush Medical Coll., 1881 (Hon.),
Past Assistant Surgeon United States Navy and professor of
dermatology, Rush Medical Coll. Mother, Alice Louise
(Griswold) Hyde.
Harvard School, Chicago. Second dispute appointment;
won a Townsend Prize; editor of the Lit; member, Delta Kappa
Epsilon, Chi Delta Theta, University Club, Senior Promenade
Committee; president, Berkeley Assn.
Served apprenticeship with Holt, Wheeler & Sidley, 18981901; began the practice of law independently, Chicago, 1901;
appointed lecturer on American diplomacy, Northwestern Univ.
Law School, later associate professor of law, 1907-25; secretary, Portland Conference of the International Law Assn. of
London, 1908; lecturer, International Law, Yale; council for
the defense in the case of Christian Rudovitz, admitted to the
bar, Supreme Court of the U. S., and District of Columbia,
1916; opened law office for special practice of international
law, Washington, D. C , 1920, solicitor for Dept. of State,
1923-25; an Associe L!Institut de Droit International, 1925;
became Hamilton Fish Professor of International Law and
Diplomacy, Columbia, 1925, professor emeritus, 1945; represented the United States on the permanent Commission for
the Advancement of Peace, 1928; counsel in boundary disputes
between Guatemala and Honduras, Peru and Ecuador; lecturer,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1933-36, lectured
before the U.S. Army School of Military Government, 1942,
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Columbia Univ. School of International Government, 1943;
author. International Law, Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied
by the United States, 1921, biography of Charles Evans Hughes
as Secretary of State, associate editor, American Bar Assn.,
Illinois Law Review; Republican; president, American Society
of International Law, 1946-49; member, American Bar Assn.,
Chicago Bar Assn., Law Club of Chicago, International Law
Assn. of London, Institut de Droit International, Permanent
Court of Arbitration, Council of Foreign Relations, Military
Order of the Loyal Legion, Yale Club of New York City, Graduates Club of New Haven; University Club of Chicago, Saddle
and Cycle Club of Chicago, Cosmos Club of Washington, Century Club of New York, Metropolitan Club of Washington,
Society of Mayflower Descendants, Pilgrims of the United
States, Academy of Political Science of New York, honorary
member, Booth Chapter of the legal fraternity of Phi Delta Phi;
Board of Managers, Chicago Y. M. C. A., decorated Chevalier
of the Order of the Crown of Italy, 1917, received the James
Barr Ames prize from Harvard Law School Faculty, 1947.
Married June 2, 1906, New York City, Mary Paige Tilton,
daughter of William Payson Tilton and Elizabeth (Paige) Tilton.
Children James Nevins, '31, LL. B. Columbia Law School,
•35; Elizabeth Tilton. Mrs. Hyde died in 1937.
Survived by two children and grandchildren.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS LEWIS, B. A. 1895. Born November 13, 1874, Bedford, N. Y.; died August 2, 1951, New York,
N.Y.
Father, Rev. Edmund Lewis (Concord Theological Seminary, 1868), Methodist minister. Mother, Anna Matilda Requa
(Charlotteville Seminary 1864). Yale relative James H. Lewis,
1897 (brother).
Centenary Collegiate Institute, Hackettstown, N. J.
Freshman Glee Club, second freshman crew; Yale gymnastic
team; Yale Union, Phi Beta Kappa; Junior Exhibition.
Teacher, King's School, Stamford, Conn., 1895; student,
New York Law School, 1896, LL. B. magna cum laude, 1898,
M.A. 1898; asst. counsel, Bowers & Sands, N. Y., 1899; with
Scott, Gerard & Bowers, 1913-18; Laughlin, Gerard, Bowers &
Halpin, 1922-40, associate, Spence, Windels, Wilbur, Hotchkiss
& Angell, 1941; Spence, Windels, Walser, Hotchkiss & Angell,
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1942-44, Spence, Hotchkiss, Parker & Duryee, 1945-51, attorney, Corn Exchange Bank & Trust Co ; member, American Bar
Assn., State Bar Assn., Assn. of the Bar of the City of New
York, Yale Club; vestryman, L'Eglise du Saint Esprit, member,
Brick Presbyterian Church.
Unmarried. Survived by brother, Dr. James H Lewis
FREDERICK HILLER BILLARD, B. A. 1896 Born
October 18, 1873, Menden, Conn., died April 4, 1952,
Menden, Conn.
Father, John Leander Billard, financier. Mother, Harriet Yale Merriman Yale relative Walter S. Billard, 1893S
(brother)
St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H. Freshman, sophomore, junior crew. Yale School of Forestry, '09.
Employed by Swift & Co., Chicago, in Doucette, Texas
with other Yale forestry students, secretary-treasurer, forester, N. H. Timberland Owners Assn., assistant forester, Delaware & Hudson Railroad, Plattsburg, N. Y., 1912, with Lyon &
Billard, father's coal and lumber company until 1923, president, City Savings Bank, Menden, Conn , 1924-44, board
chairman, 1944, trustee, Menden Trust & Safe Deposit Co ,
member, advisory board, Hartford Connecticut Trust Co ,
director, Conn. Forest & Park Assn., honorary life president,
Community Fund, vice-president, director, patron, Gaylord
Farm Assn., Wallingford, Conn., patron, Menden Hospital,
Y. M. C.A., member, Home Club, Shuttle Meadow Country
Club, New Britain, Conn.
Married February 28, 1917, Menden, Conn., Elizabeth
E. Bennett. Mrs. Billard died in 1948.
Survived by a niece, Mrs. William H. Edward.
GEORGE LAMB BUIST, B. A. 1896. Born May 18,
1872, Charleston, S. C ; died December 28, 1951, Sparta, N.J
Father, George Lamb Buist, lawyer, artillery major,
Confederate Army, state senator, Charleston, 16 years, son
of George Buist (S. C. Coll.) and Mary Edwards (Jones) Buist.
Mother, Martha Allston (White) Buist; daughter of Alonzo
James and Eliza Maria (Ingraham) White. Yale relatives include* Henry Buist, 1884 (brother); Richardson Buist (Class of
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•43) (son).
Phillips Exeter; Hopkins Grammar School. Gymnast,
Sophomore, Junior years, Captain, Yale Gymnastic Assn.,
Junior, Senior years, coxswain, class crew, Junior year;
secretary, treasurer, Southern Club, Yale Union, Alpha Delta
Phi; M. D. Yale Medical School, 1896-1900.
Enlisted Light Battery A, First Regiment Artillery,
Conn. Volunteers, 1898, appointed acting hospital steward,
Lance Sergeant (Camp Haven, Niantic, Conn.), Hospital Corps,
Camp Wikoff, Montauk, L. I., N. Y., discharged 1898, interned,
Brooklyn Hospital until 1901, passed State Medical Board
Exams, licensed to practice medicine, surgery, New York,
anesthetist, Brooklyn (N. Y ) Hospital, 1902, opened owiji office,
Brooklyn, 1902, clinical assistant, gynecological service,
Brooklyn Hospital, 1902, associate surgeon, Brooklyn Hospital,
1906, staff physician, Brooklyn Hospital until retirement, 1946,
farming in Sparta K. J.; member, Kings County Medical Society, American Medical Assn., New York State Society, Brooklyn Society of Internal Medicine, Brooklyn Pathological Society,
Associated Physicians of Long Island, Episcopal Church, independent Republican.
Married February 27, 1906, Brooklyn, N. Y., Adelaide
Richardson (Granville Female Coll ), daughter of Addison
Bentley and Ella Mary (Cotton) Richardson. Children Adelaide
(Parker Collegiate Inst.; Mrs. R. Bryan Gnnman), George
Larnb, Jr. (died 1915), Martha Eleanor, Richardson (Class of
r
43).
Survived by wife, daughters, son, Richardson and sister,
Mrs. James L Ackerson.
CLARENCE VERNON FOWLER, B. A. 1896. Born
October 17, 1873, Newburgh, N. Y., died November 17, 1951,
Portsmouth, Va
Father, William Harrison Fowler, dry goods merchant.
Mother, Anna Augusta Chandler. Yale relative Harry M.
Robert, 1896 (brother-in-law).
Siglar's Preparatory School. Siglar Club, Beta Theta Pi,
Oration Junior Exhibition and Commencement.
Student, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1897-98,
New York Law School, 1898-1900, with d'Auna Pumping Engine Co., Haworth, N. J., teacher, John Leal's School for Boys,
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Plainfield, N. J., 1900-03, studied in England and France, 1901,
private secretary to William Medlicott Fleitmann, 1903-04,
assistant to Mr. Syms, Syms' School, New York City, M. A.
1910; studied at Univ. of Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1910, Sorbonne, 1910-11, Univ. of Lille, 1911-12; teacher, Browning
School, New York City, 1915, instructor of languages, United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis, 1918-20, assistant professor, 1920-26, associate professor, 1926-39, retired 1939,
member, Dutch Reformed Church
Married December 14, 1898, Haworth, N J., Portia
Robert, daughter of General Henry Martyn Robert, U. S A
and Helen Mane Thresher. Daughters Portia Darrow (died
1905), Corinne Rest-Fenner (B. A. Goucher Coll., '24, Mrs.
Bob Orr Mathews). Mrs. Fowler died in 1942.
Death due to a long illness. Survived by daughter, sonin-law and two grandchildren
FREDERICK CLARE LEE, B. A. 1896 Born November
30, 1874, Chicago, 111., disappeared 1935, presumed dead 1951
Parents, Elisha and Fanny (Blackburn) Lee Yale relatives
include Frank Lee, 1894S (brother), Elisha Lee, Jr.'31 (nephew)
Exeter, Gunnery School, Class baseball team, freshman
captain, secretary, treasurer, vice-president, Exeter Club,
Senior Promenade Committee, Kappa Psi, Psi Upsilon, Wolf's
Head.
Attended Ecole des Beaux Arts, 1896-1900, architect, in
office of L. C. Holden, 1896, with York and Sawyer, Lord and
Hewlett, New York, N. Y., 1901-07, with Darling and Pearsons,
Toronto, 1907-12, partner, Stevens & Lee, specialists in hospital architecture, in Toronto office, 1912 until last seen in
August 1935.
Married (1) February 22, 1902, Grand Rapids, Mich.,
Mary Ella Widdicomb, daughter of John and Mary Widdicomb,
divorced in 1908. Married (2) November 22, 1910, Toronto,
Canada, Mrs. F. B Poison (Bessie Stephen Thomson).
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ANDREW GREGG CURTIN SAGE, B A 1896. Born
June 30, 1873, Brooklyn, N. Y., died February 3, 1952, New
York, N.Y.
Father, William Henry Sage, 1865, lumber merchant.
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Mother, Jane Gregg (Curtm) Sage. Yale relatives include
Henry W. Sage, 1895, DeWitt Linn Sage, 1897 (brothers).
Westminster School, Dobbs Ferry. Commanded class
battalion, Phelps Brigade, editor, Record,, president, University Club, member, Renaissance Club, Eta Phi, Psi Upsilon,
Scroll and Key.
Harvard Law School, 1896-97, clerk, Dominick & Dickerman, bankers and brokers, New York, bought a seat on the New
York Stock Exchange, September, 1898, joined Moore & Schley,
September 1, 1899, with James Tailer's firm until 1904, r e tired, Captain m Aviation, World War I, 1917; assistant military attache United States Embassy, London, decorated with
British Military Cross, authority on horse racing, breeder of
champion pointer dogs, gave $10, 000 to Yale for the use of the
Forestry School, 1927, member, Jockey Club, Racquet and
Tennis Club, Union Club, Links Club.
Unmarried
Buried in Albany Rural Cemetery
Survived by four
nieces, Mrs W. Allston Flagg, Mrs. Cass Canfield, Mrs
Marion W. Coward, and Mrs. Dan Platt, and two nephews,
Henry W. Sage and DeWitt Linn Sage.
ALBERT JEFFERSON SQUIRES, B. A. 1896. Born
August 3, 1869, East Aurora, N Y , died May 9, 1952, Genesee
Memorial Hospital, Batavia, N Y
Father, Lyman Cook Squires, dentist
Mother, Alice
M. (Grant) Squires, daughter of Thomas and Jane Grant.
Phillips Exeter. Exeter Club, dissertation rank, 1895,
1896,
Term of service, 74th Regiment, N. Y. N. G., 1898,
studied law, Buffalo, N. Y., 1899, admitted to N Y. State Bar,
1899, law practice, Batavia, N. Y., 1899 till retirement, clerk,
Board of Education, Batavia, N. Y., 1901-, president, New
York State Fish, Game and Forest League, Conservationist
director, county Fish and Game Protective Assn., patron, Boy
Scouts, local Y. M C. A , Salvation Army, Mason, Republican,
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Married October 16, 1899, Exeter, N. H , Sara A. Little,
daughter of Henry and Margaret (Johnson) Little.
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WILLIAM HENDERSON WADHAMS, B. A. 1896. Born
December 7, 1873, Annapolis, Md., died June 25, 1952,
Albany, N. Y.
Father, Albion V. Wadhams, Lieutenant Commander
U.S. Navy. Mother, Caroline E. Henderson.
Andover. High Oration rank, Junior and Senior years,
College prize in English Composition of the First Grade, Sophomore year, Elocution Prize in Declamation, wrote for the Lit,
College Choir, University Track Team, Record board, Sophomore year, later Financial Editor, Yale Union, Phi Beta Kappa,
voted most versatile man in the Class, Senior year, Psi Upsilon.
With editorial dept., New York Independent, 1896, Harvard Law School, 1896-98, LL. B. 1899, with Curtis, MalletPrevost & Colt, 1898-99, clerk with Charles P. Latting, New
York City, 1899, partner, Latting & Wadhams, law secretary
to Supreme Court Justice, John Proctor Clarke, 1901-06,
appointed Judge of City Court of New York, 1907-08, partner,
Baldwin, Wadhams, Bacon & Fischer, elected Judge of Court
of General Sessions, 1913-21, member, Home Guard Squadron
A, N. Y. N. G., World War I, trips abroad for Y. M C. A ,
director, Society of Soldiers' Families m America, 1918,
partner, Hays & Wadhams, New York, 1921-22, European law
practice, Germany, 1921-25, France, 1925-40, counsel, American Chamber of Commerce, Germany and France, legal adviser, Chamber of Princes on the Federation of India, 193549; president, National Child Welfare Assn. and Yale Alumni
in France, organized American Club, Berlin, Germany, founder, Board of Governors of University Club of Paris, American
representative Committee for Aid of Artists in France, attorney of Service Technique French-British Inter-Parliamentary
Committee, member, Bar of Supreme Court of the U. S and of
the State of New York, Court of Arbitration of International
Chamber of Commerce, Executive Committee of Prisons and
Prison Labor, Executive Committee of the League to Enforce
Peace, Executive Committee of American Relief and Committee
in France for Aid of the Victims of Finland.
Married April 26, 1900, Andover, Mass., Caroline
Drummond Reed, daughter of Edwin and Evelyn Fellows Reed.
Children Dorothy York (Mrs. Andrew McMillan), William
Henderson, ex-'28S; Beatrice McCopp (Mrs. Brooks Cowing),
Pnscilla Reed (Mrs. Carl Avery)
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Death due to a long illness
daughters.
Survived by son and three
ROBERT EDWIN WHALEN, B A 1896. Born July 29,
1874, Ballston Spa, N. Y., died August 12, 1951, Stockbndge,
Mass.
Father, Seth Whalen, School Commissioner, County Clerk
Clerk of Saratoga County and Chairman of Democratic County
Committee. Mother, Debby Anna Murphy
Albany Academy. College Prize in English Composition
of the Second Grade, Sophomore year, High Oration at Junior
Exhibition and at Commencement, Phi Beta Kappa.
Student, Albany Law School, 1896-98, Valedictorian of
Class, with Buchanan & Lawyer, Albany, N Y., 1898, partner,
Buchanan, Lawyer & Whalen, Visscher, Whalen & Austin, 1911,
then associated with Visscher, Whalen, Loucks & Murphy;
changed name to Whalen, Murphy, McNamee & Creble, Albany,
N. Y , delegate, New York State Constitutional Convention of
1938, New York State Convention for repeal of Eighteenth
Amendment, counsel, State Bank of Albany, New~York Central
Railroad Co., Boston & Albany Railroad Co., West Shore Railroad, Boston & Maine Railroad, Long Island Railroad, Albany
County Democratic Organization, director and vice-president,
State Bank of Albany, director, Hudson Valley Paper Co.,
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trustee, Mechanics and Farmers Savings Bank, Albany Academy, chairman, Albany Defense Council, 1940-41, member,
Mayor's Committee on Unemployment, Albany, 1931, Albany
County Bar Assn., American Bar Assn., vestryman, St Paul's
Protestant Episcopal Church.
Married October 14, 1919, Albany, N. Y., Louise Brown j
Herrick, daughter of Jonathan R. Herrick, banker, and Char- I
lotte J Brown. No children.
Death due to a heart attack. Survived by wife.
WALTER LIPPINCOTT GOODWIN, B A. 1897. Born
September 3, 187$, New York City, N. Y.; died June 14, 1952,
Hartford, Conn.
Father, James J. Goodwin. Mother, Josephine Sarah
(Lippincott) Goodwin. Yale relatives include James L., ! 05,
and Philip L., '07 (brothers).
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St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass., private tutor
Member, Senior Promenade Committee, Alpha Delta Phi.
Clerk, J. P. Morgan & Co., 1897, joined J. J. & F.
Goodwin, real estate and investment business, Hartford, Conn.,
1902, elected to the Common Council, 1904-08, Conn. State
Senate, 1908, alderman of Hartford until 1913, Private, Field
Artillery, World War I, discharged December, 1918, Republican, director, Society of Savings, Hartford Conn. Trust Co.,
Phoenix State Bank, Collins Co., Taylor Fenn Co., Holyoke
Water Power Co., Wadsworth Atheneum; past president,
National Steeplechase and Hunt Club, member, Brook Club,
University Club, Racquet and Tennis Club, Turf and Field
Club, all of New York, Meadowbrook Country Club, Meadowbrook, L. I., Hartford Club, Hartford Golf Club.
Married (1) October 19, 1899, Albany, N. Y., Elizabeth
Manning Sage, daughter of Dean Sage and Sarah (Manning)
Sage. Children Walter L , Jr., '24, Henry Sage, '27, Grenville (died in 1940), John Blair Lynn Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin
were divorced in 1915. Married (2) January 7, 1921, Washington, D..C , Olga Virginia Hempstone, daughter of Frederick
Hempstone
Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Survived by
wife, three sons, nine grandchildren, two great grandchildren,
and two brothers.
SHERMAN FOSTER JOHNSON, B. A. 1897. Born
December 21, 1874, Portsmouth, Ohio, died March 9, 1952,
Menden, Conn.
Father, Sherman Gilbert Johnson, a manufacturer.
Mother, Emily Harriet (Savage) Johnson. Yale relatives include William Savage Johnson, '00, Nelson Camp Johnson,
'01S (brothers); Broadman Johnson, 1899 (cousin).
Menden (Conn.) High School.
Reporter, assistant editor, Daily Journal, Menden,
Conn., 1897-1905; general advertising manager, International
Silver Co., Menden, Conn., 1905-35; editor, Silver Standard,
house organ of International Silver Co., 1906-12, author,
numerous plays, articles, a short story, contributed columns,
"The Office Boy", "Here and There" to son's newspapers,
first Shore Line Times, then, The New Era, Deep River, Conn ,
member, Congregational Church, Republican Party, Yale
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Alumni Assn. of Meriden, Conn.
Married June 29, 1898, Adele Louise Curtiss (B. A.
Mt. Holyoke, 1898), daughter of Homer A Curtiss and Mary
A. (Hussey) Curtiss. Twin sons Curtiss Sherman, Foster
Macy (both B. A. Wesleyan '21)
Death occurred after prolonged illness. Survived by
wife, two sons, and four grandchildren.
DAVID IRVING MEAD, B. A 1897 Born February 9,
1875, Brooklyn, N Y., died November 30, 1951, White Plains,
N Y.
Father, George Washington Mead, 1851 (LL. B. 1853)
Mother, Sarah Frances (Studwell) Mead, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John J. Studwell Yale relatives include George Washington Mead, 1851 LL. B. 1853 (father), Earl Smith '25 (nephew), Charles Young Mead, Class of 1944 (son)
Friend's School, Adelphi Academy.
Columbia Law School, 1897-98, New York Law School,
1898-1900, admitted to bar, Kings County, N Y., 1900, private
law practice, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1900-11, president, Beaver
Hills Co., developer of land, New Haven, elected director,
1908, vice-president, 1911, National City Bank of Brooklyn,
N. Y., law practice given up, National City merged with Irving
National Bank of New York (later Irving Trust Co.), 1919, vicepresident until 1922, president, South Brooklyn Savings Institution (later South Brooklyn Savings Bank), 1922-49, chairman
of board, 1949 until retirement 1950, trustee, South Brooklyn
Savings Bank, 1913, president, N. Y. State Bankers' Assn.,
1919, member, Council of Administration, American Bankers'
Assn., director, president, Meeko Corp., Brooklyn Garden
Apts., Inc , Mead Property, Inc., Studwell Foundation, Inc.,
secretary, Savings Bank Trust Co., Institutional Securities
Corp.; member, Chamber of Commerce, chairman, Brooklyn
War Savings Committee, 1917; member, executive committee,
t r e a s u r e r , Brooklyn Chapter, American Red Cross; trustee,
assistant t r e a s u r e r , Brooklyn Hospital, trustee, t r e a s u r e r ,
Brooklyn City Dispensary; member, advisory board, Brooklyn
Thoracic Hospital, Brooklyn Home for Aged Men; member,
Sons of the American Revolution, New York State Historical
Assn., New York Historical Society, member, trustee, Long
Island Historical Society; president, Westchester County His-
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toncal Society; Westchester County historian, member, University Club, Graduates Club of New Haven, Brooklyn Club,
Rembrandt Club, Waccabuc Country Club, Scarsdale Golf Club,
Hitchcock Memorial Church, treasurer, Mead Memorial Chapel; Republican; Yale Club.
Married June 25, 1920, Brooklyn, N.Y., Elizabeth
Young (Packer Coll. Institute, Brooklyn), daughter of Charles
Titus and Jane (Willets) Young. Children David Irving, Jr.
(Hamilton College '43); Charles Young (Class of '44, killed in
service, 1944); Jane Willets (Smith Coll. '48); Elizabeth Young
(Mrs. William Vernon Johnston).
Death after prolonged illness. Survived by wife, son,
David Irving, Jr., two daughters, two grandchildren, and two
sisters, Mrs. Charles F. Neergaard, Mrs. Robert R. Brooke.
FRED MACDONALD GILBERT, B. A. 1898. Born
September 30, 1876, Tweed, Ontario, Canada, died June 5,
1952, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Father, Abel Henry Gilbert (Toronto Normal Coll.),
manager, Building and Loan Assn. Mother, Martha Matilda
Ostrom. Yale relatives include Frank C. Gilbert, '03, Harry
D. Gilbert, '04S; Charles H. Gilbert, '08, Percy Macaulay
Gilbert, '09. Family history in "New England Loyalists",
Brooklyn Boys' High School. Gentlemen's Eight, football
team, Senior year, Freshman Honor Division; Oration appointment, Junior and Senior years, editor, Yale Banner, Picture
Committee; Freshman Glee Club, College Choir, Junior and
Senior years; treasurer, Yale Y.M. C. A.; chairman, City
Missions Committee, Junior year; chairman, Bible Study Committee, Senior year.
Intercollegiate secretary, Boston Y. M. C. A., 1898-99;
travelling secretary, Student Volunteer Movement, 1900, student, Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1901-02, student
secretary, Y. M. C.A., Lahore, India, 1902-03, secretary,
Foreign Missions Industrial Assn.; merchants' agent, L. C.
Gillespie & Sons, Hankow, China, 1905-08, stock broker, New
York City, 1909; agent paper manufacturers, New York City;
real estate broker, New York City, 1921, resided m England,
Canada, 1939-44; returned to New York, 1944; member, Yale
Club of New York, Kings County Tennis Club, member, Congregational Church.
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Married (1) September 21, 1901, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Florence Judd Anderson, daughter of William Anderson, a
court stenographer of that city. Mrs. Gilbert died in 1928.
Married (2), 1930, Elfneda Horth, a Russian concert violinist.
No children.
Died after a long illness. Survived by wife and brother,
Frank C. Gilbert.
WALTER GODCHAUX, B. A. 1898. Born September 24,
1876, New Orleans, La.; died June 13, 1952, New Orleans,
La.
Father, Leon Godchaux, sugar producer. Mother,
Justine (Larom) Godchaux. Yale relatives include Emile
Godchaux, 1896 (brother); Leon Godchaux, '09 (nephew).
Exeter. Second dispute appointment, Junior year; first
dispute appointment, Senior year, secretary, Exeter Club.
With Leon Godchaux & Co. Ltd., sugar producers, Elm
Hall Plantation, Napoleonville, La., 1898, director and general
manager, Elm Hall Factory, later operating vice-president in
charge of agriculture and by-products operations, also director
of research, New Orleans; former president, Bank of Assumption, Napoleonville, La.; president, Central Co-operative Co.,
Napoleonville; breeder, Shorthorns and Aberdeen-Angus cattle;
patentee by-product from sugar cane; author of articles on
agriculture and by-products; Jewish faith; Republican; member,
West End Country Club, Chess, Checkers, and Whist Club,
P r e s s Club, Knights of Pythias, Friends of the Soil.
Married November 11, 1903, New Orleans, Rosa Irene
Hyman, daughter of Sam Hyman. Children Adele (Newcomb
Art School, New Orleans, Mrs. Bradley Smith); Rosa (died
September, 1921); Walter, Jr.
Survived by wife, daughter, son, and eight grandchildren.
VAN SINDEREN LINDSLEY, B.A. 1898. Born December 1, 1875, Nashville, Tenn.; died August 5, 1951, New
York, N Y.
Father, Van Sinderen Lindsley, descendant of John
Lmdsley, one of the earliest settlers of New Haven Colony.
Mother, Lucy McGavock (Harris) Lindsley, daughter of
Jeremiah George Harris, pay director of the United States Navy.
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Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, Term., Episcopal
High School of Virginia; Preparatory Department of Georgetown College, Washington, D. C , Corbett Club.
Student, New York Law School, 1898-1901, with Bowers
& Sands, New York City, 1900-03; engaged in practice of law,
Eaton & Lewis, 1903-06, practiced law alone, New York City,
1906-08, special assistant to Attorney General of the United
States, Banks Law Publishing Co. published 1906, Rate Regulations of Gas and Electric Lighting, member, Squadron A,
N.G.N. Y., 1898-1902, Racquet and Tennis Club, New York
City, Association of the Bar of New York, American Bar Assn ,
member, Presbyterian Church.
Married August 18, 1906, Shrewsbury, N. J , Isabel
Crowe Fanshawe, daughter of William Snell Fanshawe, banker.
Children Van Smderen, Jr., Fanshawe; Isabel (Mrs. Henry
Joseph, Jr.).
SAMUEL NEWTON SPRING, B.A. 1898 Born February 5, 1875, Sioux City, Iowa, died February 3, 1952, Atlanta,
Ga.
Father, Winthrop Norton Spring, businessman. Mother,
Ellen Elmira (Newton) Spring. Yale relatives include Samuel
Spring, D. D Yale and Williams, Gardiner Spring, 1805, D. D ,
LL. D.
Hull (Iowa) Educational Institute. Dissertation appointment, Junior year; oration appointment, Senior year, Freshman Glee Club, The Apollo Glee Club, Toggle-Joint Glee,
Banjo and Mandolin Club.
With J. V. Farwell & Co., wholesale dry goods dealers,
Chicago, 111 , 1898-1901; student, Yale Forestry School, 190103, M. F. 1903, field assistant, Bureau of Forestry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1903, professor of forestry, Univ.
of Maine, Orono, Me., engaged in government work with U. S.
Forest Service; engaged in cooperative work with railroads
and individual landowners, Middle West and Louisiana, 190607, chief, Office of Extension, Forest Service, began private
practice of forestry at Washington, D. C , February 1, 1909,
state forester in Connecticut, 1909-12, professor of silviculture, State College of Agriculture at Cornell, 1912, divisional
educational adviser with Y. M. C. A., World War I, dean, New
York State College of Forestry, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse,
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N. Y., until 1944, dean emeritus, honorary degree, LL. D
Syracuse Univ., 1944, published "Control and Prevention of
Forest Fires in Maine", Report of Forest Commissioner of
Maine, 1904, "The National Replacement of White Pine on Old
Fields of New England", Bulletin 63, Bureau of Forestry, 1905,
edited, Conn. State F o r e s t e r ' s publications, contributed articles to the Journal of Forestry, appointment as lecturer on
forest economics at Yale, 1911-12, 1917-18, lecturer, Univ.
of Missouri, 1910-20, Republican, deacon, First Presbyterian
Church, Ithaca, secretary, Cornell subcommittee of the New
York Synod Committee of Presbyterian Church, director, Cornell Univ. Christian Assn , appointed to directing board New
York State Council of Churches, executive board, local council
of Boy Scouts, member, Town and Gown Club, Country Club of
Ithaca; Society of American Foresters, American Forestry
Assn , New York State Forestry Assn , Conn, Commission on
Taxation of Woodlands, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station
Advisory Council, executive committee, New York's Fifty Years
of Conservation Committee of One Hundred, secretary, Forestry School Class, former president, Forestry Alumni Assn,,
elected honorary member, Cornell chapter, Alpha Zeta, 1921,
Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, honorary member, Scabbard and
Blade, Syracuse, fellow, Society of American Foresters, 1939
Married November 29, 1900, New Haven, Conn., Adah
Elmendorf Bowman, daughter of Peter Elmendorf Bowman,
superintendent for N. Y., N. H. and Hartford Railroad Co
Children Ernest Walker, B. S '24, John Bowman, Univ of
•Janfornia, Class of 1930, Samuel Gardner, B. A Dartmouth
35, Charles Peter, B S. New York State College of Forestry
37.
Survived by wife, four sons, and twelve grandchildren.
JAMES WOLCOTT WADSWORTH, JR., B.A. 1898.
Born August 12, 1877, Geneseo, N. Y., died June 21, 1952,
Washington, D. C.
Father, James Wolcott Wadsworth (Class of 1867S;
Honorary M. A. 1898), a farmer and a congressman. Mother,
Maria Louisa (Travers) Wadsworth. Yale relatives include
James S. Wadsworth (grandfather).
St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass. Freshman baseball team, University baseball team, senior year, Freshman
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Glee Club; Apollo Glee Club, Sophomore year, University Glee
Club, Junior and Senior year, member, He Boule, Delta Kappa
Epsilon, Skull and Bones, Kipling Club and Corbett Club.
Private, Battery A, Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Spanish American War, clerk to Colonel Page, 3d Infantry, Philippines, 1899, elected to New York State Assembly, 1903,
speaker, New York Assembly, 1906-1910, delegate, Republican
National Convention, 1908, 1912, 1916, managed large ranch,
Paloduro, Texas, 1911-1913, ran for Lt. Governor of New
York State, defeated, 1912, United States Senator from New
York, 1915-27, chairman, Military Affairs Committee, secured
selective draft act, responsible for Reserve Army bill, 64th
Congress, member of the Committees on Agriculture, Claims,
Forestry, and Public Buildings and Grounds, 65th Congress,
appointed to Committee on Library and Military Affairs, 66th
Congress, appointed to Committee on Privileges and Elections,
68th Congress, member of Foreign Relations Committee, 69th
Congress, appointed to Committee on Finance, sponsored and
got through the Senate, Army Reorganization Act, became law
June 4, 1920, member, House of Representatives, 1933-50,
active for repeal of prohibition, attacked New Deal farm and
housing legislation; in agreement with President Franklin D.
Roosevelt and President Truman on matters of foreign policy,
supported military preparedness, supported arrangements with
allies to check the spread of Communism, voted for Naval Expansion Bill, 1938; approved North Atlantic Pact, appointed
chairman, National Security Training Commission, given LL.D.
degrees by George Washington Univ., Hobart College, and
Hamilton College, trustee, Cornell Univ., director, Genesee
Valley National Bank & Trust Co.; member, Loyal Legion,
Spanish War Veterans Grange, Yale Club, Racquet and Tennis
Club, Union League, National Republican Club of New York,
Metropolitan and Racquet and Tennis Clubs of Washington,
Fort Orange Club of Albany.
Married September 30, 1902, Newbury, N. H., Alice
Evelyn Hay, daughter of John Hay (honorary LL D Yale 1901)
Children- Evelyn (Mrs. William Stuart Symington, 3d, Yale
ex-'23); James Jeremiah, '27, Reverdy, '36.
Survived by wife, daughter, and two sons.
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REV CHARLES McLEAN WARREN, B. A. 1898. Born
January 12, 1876, Columbia, S. C ; died November 24, 1951,
Claremont, Calif.
P a r e n t s , Mortimer and Elizabeth Jennet (Goodwin)
Warren (father, Mayflower descendant).
Collinsville (Conn.) High School. F r e s h m a n honors,
Junior high oration, Senior oration; Phi Beta Kappa. M. A.
'03, B . D. '12 magna cum laude.
Studied at Yale Divinity School, 1899, m i s s i o n a r y to
Japan, under sponsorship of American Board of Commissions
for Foreign Missions, English professor, Doshisha Univ.,
Kyoto, Japan, 1899-02; Yale Graduate School, 1902-03, o r dained Congregational Christian Church, Collinsville, Conn.,
1903, Doshisha Univ., 1904-05, m i s s i o n a r y , Matsuyama, Japan,
1906-08, T o t t a n , Japan, 1908, Yale Divinity School, 1911-12,
returned to Japan, Miyozaki, 1914; m e m b e r , touring committee for Japan, Missions Board, on furlough studied at Yale
Divinity School, religious education, 1919, returned to mission
work, Miyazaki, 1922; recalled to Doshisha Univ., 1932-41;
pastor, Japanese Congregational Church, Seattle, Wash., 194142, pastor, Japanese Church of Christ, Salt Lake City, Utah,
1942-46.
Married September 23, 1905, Kyoto, Japan, Cora
F r a n c e s Keith (B. A. Mt. Holyoke, 1876), daughter of Arza
Benjamin Keith. Children Dana Thurston '28, P h . D . '34;
Mary Keith (B. A. Mt. Holyoke '29, M. A. Boston Univ. '30,
M r s . Rene Schiffman); Janet Goodwin ('34 M. N.; m a r r i e d
Felix Alfred Manley '35 B.D.); Charles Reynolds, '35, P h . D .
'39.
Survived by wife, two sons, two daughters.
ARTHUR BALDWIN WILLIAMS, JR., B. A. 1898. Born
April 11, 1874, Montclair, N. J., died August 18, 1951, Cleveland, Ohio.
P a r e n t s , Arthur Baldwin Williams, banker, and Ida
Lydia (Harrison) Williams.
School of the Lackawanna, Scranton, Pa. Junior d i s s e r tation, Senior oration, P s i Upsilon, Sigma Xi; c l a s s deacon;
chairman, Foreign Missions Committee, Dwight Hall; v i c e president, Y. M. C. A.; chairman, Cap and Gown Committee.
With Yale Missionary Board, 1899; Y. M. C. A. i n t e r -
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collegiate secretary, N. Y.C., 1900-01, Y. M. C. A. travelling
secretary for Canadian and East Coast, Student Dept , N. Y. C ,
1902-04; secretary, Central Dept, Y. M. C. A., Cleveland,
1904-07, general agent, Cleveland Humane Society, 1908,
special lecturer, Western Reserve, 1912, LL B. Cleveland
Law School, 1912, admitted to Ohio Bar, 1912, law partnership,
Williams & Murphy, 1914, Williams-Murphy Co., real estate,
1916, president, 1922-26, Museum ecologist, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1929-39, park naturalist, Cleveland
Metropolitan Park Board, 1929, established trailside museum,
North Chagrin Park, 1931; member, board of managers, curator of education, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1939.
M. A. '33 and Ph.D. '35, Western Reserve Univ., author, Vol.
6, Cleveland Museum series on Natural History, The Composition and Dynamics of Beech-Maple Climax Community, 1936,
The Geology of the Cleveland Region, 1940, The Natural Forests
of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Birds in Cleveland, 1950, editor,
"Cleveland Nature Trails", 1937, "The Cleveland Bud Calendar", "The Explorer", nature editor, Cleveland Pijfss, 1944-48,
fellow, Ohio Academy of Science, member, executive committee, Holden Arboretum, member, University Club of Cleveland,
1905-08, member, Cleveland Council of Sociology, Cleveland
Social Service Club, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Red
Cross, Scoutmaster, Troop 44, Cleveland Council, former
elder, Fairmount Presbyterian Church.
Married June 5, 1901, Scranton, Pa., Emma Maud
Hanley, daughter of William Hanley. One daughter Barbara
Florence (Mrs. Edwin J. Speh, Jr.).
Survived by wife, daughter and two grandchildren.
GERARD HUTCHISON COX (name legally changed in
1918 from Gerhard Hutchison Cocks), B. A. 1899. Born
January 3, 1877, Brooklyn, N. Y.; died November 25, 1951,
Boston, Mass.
Parents, John James and Florence (Hutchison) Cocks.
St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H.
M. D. Columbia, '03, intern, house staff, Post Graduate
Hospital of New York, 1903-05; New York practice, nose,
throat, ear specialist, 1905-07, junior attending surgeon,
assistant surgeon, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital,
surgical staff, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, first lieuten-
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ant, U.S. Army General Hospital No. 1, Columbia War Hospital, 1917, Presbyterian Base Hospital, France, 1918-19,
promoted captain, 1917, major, 1918, discharged, 1919, resumed medical practice, 1919-20, general partner, Brown,
Green & Co , investment securities, New York, N. Y., partner,
Green & Cox, Colgate & Cox, N Y., resumed medical practice,
nose, throat, ear specialist, Glen Cove, N. Y., 1923-47, practiced otolaryngology and plastic surgery, Saranac Lake, N. Y ,
1947-; associate attending surgeon, Bellevue Hospital, N. Y. C ,
consulting plastic surgeon, Nassau Hospital, Mineola, N. Y.,
Meadowbrook Hospital, East Hempstead, N Y , consulting ear,
nose and throat specialist, Veteran's Hospital, Sunmount, N.Y.,
Saranac Lake General Hospital, Mercy General Hospital,
Tup per Lake, N Y., North County Hospital, Glen Cove, N. Y.
author of various research articles for professional medical
journals; awarded gold medal for research, American Laryngological, Rhmological and Otological Society, 1915, member,
American Medical Assn., American College of Surgeons,
Episcopalian
Married (1) June 29, 1905, Maude Knapp, daughter of
Dr. Herman Knapp. Children Eleanor, and Gerard H., J r . ,
'30. Divorced 1937. Married (2) Alice Bradley Tweedy.
Survived by second wife, two children and two grandchildren.
WILLIAM BARRETT NEVILLE, B A. 1899 Born September 7, 1877, Scranton, Pa., died November 2, 1951,
Scranton, Pa.
Father, B . J . Neville, merchant. Mother, Sarah J.
Barrett.
School of the Lackawanna.
Salesman on teas and coffees, J. B. Brown & Co , New
York City, general salesman, Russell & Co., importers of
teas and coffees, director, Anthracite Trust Co., Scranton,
Pa.; Elks, Knights of Columbus; Old Guard Club.
Married October 25, 1911, Philadelphia, Pa., June B.
Cantz, daughter of F. J. and Jane (Thomas) Cantz, died Septem
ber 5, 1947 Children William F., Frederick B., Joseph T.
Survived by three sons, a brother, two sisters, and six
grandchildren.
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HOWARD CHANDLER ROBBINS, B. A. 1899. Born
December 11, 1876, Philadelphia, Pa., died March 20, 1952,
Washington, D. C.
Parents, Rev. Dr. Francis La Baron and Lucy Martin
Robbms. Yale relatives include Thomas Poynton Gilman,
1863, Thomas Burr Osbourne, 1881, Rev. Donald Bradford
MacLane, '03 (cousins).
Hamilton School, Philadelphia. Class poet, editor,
Courant, Phi Beta Kappa.
Attended Episcopal Theological Seminary (Cambridge,
Mass.), Princeton Theological Seminary, B. D. '03; ordained
deacon, '03, priest, '04, curate, St. Peter's Church, Mornstown, N. J., 1903-05; rector, St. Paul's Church, Englewood,
N. J., 1905-11, rector, Church of the Incarnation, New York,
N. Y., 1911-18; dean, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New
York, N. Y., 1918-29, associate preacher, Church of the
Heavenly Rest, New York, held Hoffman Chair of Pastoral
Theology, General Theological Seminary, 12 yrs., visiting
preacher, St. John's Church, Washington, D. C , 1942-44,
retired to Heath, Mass., 1946; D. D. awarded by Williams Coll.
1916, Middlebury Coll , 1927, Yale, 1928, Trinity Coll. and
Episcopal Theological Seminary, 1931, Univ. of Vermont, 1938,
Kenyon Coll., 1939, S. T D. Theological Seminary of Virginia,
1933, author, Family Devotions, 1927; Cathedral Sermons,
1927; Simplicity Toward Christ, 1927, The Way of Light, 1933,
Treasure in Earthen Vessels, 1935, The Eternal Word in the
Modern World, 1936; The Bond of Honor, 1938, Preaching The
Gospel, 1939 and numerous biographies, chaplain, Sons of the
American Revolution, deputy, General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1937, delegate,
Edinburgh Conference of Faith and Order, 1937, member,
Commission on Marriage and Divorce, Protestant Episcopal
Church, held membership on some 70 boards, trustee, Barnard
Coll., Union Theological Seminary, N Y. Training School for
Deaconesses, general chairman, Liberal Evangelicals, president, Hymn Society of America; member, editorial committee,
Religious Book Club; director, The Churchman Co., publisher
of The Churchman, member, Society of Mayflower Descendants,
Society of Colonial Wars, National Institute of Social Sciences,
Century Club, Yale Club.
Married April 30, 1907, Englewood, N. J., Mary Louise
Boylis, daughter of Robert and Martha (Smith) Boylis.
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Survived by wife and two sisters, Mrs. William London,
Mrs. Dana Malone.
BARRY CONGAR SMITH, B. A. 1899. Born June 28,
1877, Pittsburgh, Pa., died March 31, 1952, Roosevelt Hospital, New York, N. Y.
Parents, Horace Plynn Smith, secretary, treasurer,
Carnegie Steel Co. and Ella (Hobart) Smith.
East Orange High School. Thacher debate prize, Junior
year, Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Pi, University Club.
Instructor, Latin and history, Cutter School, New York,
N. Y., 1899-1905, instructor, Latin and history, Browning
School, New York, N. Y., 1905-13, graduated, N. Y. School
of Social Work, 1914, secretary, Jacksonville (Fla.) Associated
Chanties, N. Y Charity Organization Society, 1915-18, merged
into the Community Service Society, secretary, Bureau of Advice and Infirmities, organizer, director, National Information
Bureau, 1918, general director, 1921-47, Commonwealth Fund,
LL. D. Univ. of Glasgow, 1946, author, Elements of Latin,
1913, and various articles in connection with Commonwealth
Fund, decorated by Austria for post-World War I relief work,
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1920, honorary member,
American Psychiatric and Orthopsychiatric Society, 1920,
elected member, board of directors, Commonwealth Fund,
1946, committee member, Organization of the First International Congress on Mental Hygiene, 1950, member, executive committee, Welfare Council of N. Y., member, Epsicopal
Church; Yale Club of N. Y.
Married, June 16, 1920, White Sulphur Springs, Tryphena
Read One daughter Barbara Hayden (Mrs. John C. O'Donnell,
Jr.).
Survived by wife, daughter and a grandson.
WALTER THOMAS STERN, B A. 1899. Born August
20, 1878, New York, N. Y., died March 24, 1952, New York,
N. Y.
Father, Simon H Stern (Columbia, 1869), a lawyer;
mother, Sarah Stern. Yale relatives include Henry Root
Stern, '03 (brother); Henry Root Stern, Jr., '36 (nephew).
Phillips Andover.
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Columbia Law School, 1903, associated with Montana
Coal & Coke Co., 1899, assistant to the manager, Berkshire
Iron Works, Sheridan, Pa., later, secretary and treasurer,
member, legal staff, Stern & Rushman, 1902-06, formed firm
of Corbitt & Stern, 1906-15, formed Stern & Gotthold, 1915,
senior partner, Stern & Hawthorne, declined nominations offered by Republican and Democratic parties, member, Bar
Assn. of the City of New York, Lotos, Yale, St. Andrew's
Golf Club, N. Y.; Century Country Club, N Y., Kernwood
Country Club, Mass., Essex County Club, Mass., Laurentian
Club, Canada, American Kennel Club, Scottish Terrier Club of
America.
Married June 10, 1914, "Brookside", Beverly Farms,
Mass., Edna Anna Wetzler (Radcliffe Coll., '13), daughter of
Louis Wetzler and Bertha (Abies) Wetzler
Children Jean
(Bryn Mawr Coll., Mrs A Richard Stern); Pnscilla (Bryn
Mawr, Mrs. England).
Survived by two daughters.
HENRY BRUCE TELLER, B. A 1899. Born June 18,
1874, Central City, Colo., died August 12, 1951, Littleton,
Colo
Father, Henry Moore Teller, United States Senator.
Mother, Harriet M. Bruce. Yale relatives include Harrison
J Teller (B. A. 1892, LL B. 1894).
Andover. Yale LL. B. '02.
Entered law office, Teller & Dorsey, Denver, Colo.,
Dorsey & Hodges, law firm, opened own office 1912, secretary, Election Commission of the city and county of Denver,
1913-15, election commissioner of the city and county of Denver, 1915-17; engaged m ranching, Byers, Colo., chief registration officer, Selective Service, Denver; county judge,
Arapahoe County, 1930; president, Illinois Mining Co., secretary, Aliunde Consolidated Mining; secretary, Gilpin County
Realty; attorney, Union Surety Co.; president, local group,
Farmers Educational and Co-operative Assn. and The Farmers' Exchange Co.; Christ Methodist Episcopal Church, ran
as Democratic candidate for first congressional district of
Colorado, 1916; member, Chamber of Commerce, past master,
Union Lodge No. 7, A. F. &A. M
Married June 9, 1910, Boise, Idaho, Bertha E., daughter
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of Addison Teller and Fannie (Schofield) Teller. No children.
Death due to a heart ailment Survived by wife.
WALTER HART WEST, B. A. 1899. Born January 7,
1878, Mobile, Ala ; died November 8, 1951, East Hampton,
N.Y.
Father, Thomas Henry West, chairman of the board, St.
Louis Union Trust Co. Mother, Florence (Terry) West. Yale
relative Thomas H. West, 1896S (brother).
Smith Academy, St Louis, Mo.
Wholesale drygoods business, William Barr Drygoods
Co , 1899-1909; first vice-president, New England Equitable
Insurance Co. and M. H. Wilkes & Co., 1917, manager, Boston
office, E. W. Clarke & Co., 1917, secretary and treasurer,
Equitable Surety Co., St. Louis, vice-president, G. S. Tiffany
& Co., Inc t 1921-22, vice-president, Dillon, Read & Co.,
1923, vice-president and treasurer, Commerce Union Trust
Co., Ashville, N C., 1924-30, retired, 1930.
Married January 11, 1902, St. Louis, Mo., Laura May
Scott. Children Walter H., Jr., '26, Elizabeth Scott (B. A.
Vassar Coll. '28, Mrs. H. A. W. Randall-Mills), Virginia
Margaret (Mrs. Uzal H. McCarter).
Survived by wife, three children, a brother, Allen T.
and three sisters, Mrs. Howard Elting, Mrs. Hugh McK.
Jones, and Mrs. John O'Day.
HAROLD SEARS ARNOLD, B. A. 1900. Born July 29,
1877, New Haven, Conn., died December 20, 1951, New Haven
Hospital, New Haven, Conn.
Fat1~er, Captain George Sumner Arnold, merchant, commander, New Haven Grays. Mother, Evelyn S. (Thompson)
Arnold. Yale relatives include Charles Dennis Ingersoil,
1864 (father-in-law), G Stanleigh Arnold, '03, LL. B. '06
(brother), Hamilton Ingersoll, 'IIS (brother-in-law); Edward
M Linforth, B. F. A. '38, Richard Barron Hunt, '41, LL. B.
'44 (sons-m-law), C. Ingersoll Arnold, M. F. '41 (son); Peter
Arnold, B. S. '50, M. F. '51 (nephew), Anthony Arnold, '50.
Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn., Phillips
Andover. College choir; University Glee Club; Apollo Glee
Club; Mandolin Club, New Haven Symphony Orchestra; New
Yale College
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Haven Oratorio Society; Zeta Psi, Sigma Xi, interviewer,
Record; Class secretary, f03M, M. D. '03, School of Medicine,
School of Music, 1925-27 (not candidate for degree)
Intern, house officer, Hartford (Conn.) Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 1903-07, spent year and a half,
Berlin, Vienna Clinics, opened office, New Haven, Conn.;
assistant attending physician, New Haven (Conn.) Hospital,
1908-17, instructor, Yale School of Medicine, bacteriology,
1908-10, pathology, 1908-17, attending physician, New Haven
Hospital, 1917-50; World War I, First Lieutenant, Captain,
examiner, Engineer Unit, New London, Conn., 1917, officer
in charge, New Haven Aviation Examining Unit, Major, 1918,
transferred to U. S. Army General Hospital No. 16, New Haven,
discharged, 4.919, Major, Medical Reserve Corps, 1919, medical examiner, Dept. of University Health, 1920-50, assisting
physician, 1921, family physician for Arthur T. Hadley, president, Yale; attending physician, internal medicine, Training
School for Nurses, Hartford Hospital, 1926, retired from practice, New Haven, 1946, president, medical board, New Haven
Hospital, 1912, delegate, Conn. Medical Society, to International Medical Congress, London, 1913, member, committee
on admissions, Graduates Club, 1919, treasurer, Civic Orchestra Assn. of New Haven, Inc , 1934, member, committee on
historical exhibition, celebration of 150th anniversary, New
Haven County Medical Assn., 1934, vice-president, New Haven
Orchestra Society, guest-member, orchestra, San Francisco
Bohemian Club, annual "High Jinks", Bohemian Grove, member, New Haven, county, state, national medical assns., author
of numerous articles for medical journals, societies, member,
New Haven Lawn Club, Graduates Club, Gamma Delta Psi, Nu
Sigma Nu, New York Choral Society, St Paul's Episcopal
Church; third degree mason, Trumbull Lodge, F. &A. M ,
vice-president, Beaumont Medical Club, Symphony Society,
Yale Assn. of Class Secretaries, 1916, chairman, executive
committee, Assn. of Yale Alumni in Medicine, 1929-30
Married October 30, 1913, New York, N. Y , Justine
IngersoU, daughter of Charles Dennis IngersoU, 1864, lawyer,
and Catherine Corse (Saunders) IngersoU (Mrs. Robert Taylor
Varnum). Children Charles IngersoU (B. A. Bowdom '39,
M. F. '41); Justine IngersoU (class of '39 Art; Mrs. Edward
M. Lmforth); Anne Esther (Mrs. Richard Barron Hunt).
Survived by wife, two daughters, son, and five grandchildren.
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JOHN WALTER CROSS, B A. 1900. Born February 24,
1878, South Orange, N. J.; died July 25, 1951, Hot Springs, Va.
Parents, Richard J. and Mathilde (Redmond) Cross.
Yale relatives include Roland Redmond, 1866 (uncle), W. R.
Cross, 1896 (brother), Elton Hoyt, II, '01 (brother-in-law);
John Walter Cross, Jr., '31, Howard Page Cross, '32 (sons).
Groton (Mass.) School Second colloquy appointment,
Varsity crew substitute, He Boule, Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones.
With Howells & Stokes, architects, 1901-07, studied at
Columbia, 1902, diplome, A D G , Ecole des Beaux Arts,
P a n s , France, 1906, senior partner, with brother in Cross &
Cross, New York, 1907 (firm became Cross & Sons, 1946),
designed Tiffany & Co., City Bank Farmers Trust Co., R.C A ,
Barclay Hotel, Stone & Webster, Aetna Life Insurance Co ,
Federal Office Bldg., Church of Notre Dame, Guaranty Trust
Co , Postum Bldg., Links Club, Harriman Bldg , Dry Dock
Savings Institution, Doctors' Hospital, Walter Camp Memorial
Gateway, Yale, chief architect, U S Housing Corp., Dept of
Labor, 1918, member, New York Art Commission, National
Commission of Fine Arts, Beaux Arts Institute of Design,
Architectural League of New York, Societe des Architectes
Diplome par le Gouvernement; elected, dept of art, National
Institute of Arts and Letters, 1947, member, Century Club,
Links Club, National Golf Club, Racquet and "Tennis Club,
Coffee House, Yale Club, Order of Poloma Restituta, Poland,
fellow, A. I. A (medal of honor, New York section, 1925, four
medals for an apartment house, honorable mention, beauty in
exterior design, apartment house, 405 Park Ave., New York).
Married (1) August 17, 1908, Geneva, Switzerland, Lilly
Lee Page. Children John Walter, Jr , '31; Howard Page, '32.
Mrs. Cross died in 1920. Married (2) June 2, 1932, Katherine
Boardman (Hoyt) Mather (widow of Amasa Stone Mather, '07,
sister of Elton Hoyt, II, '01).
Death due to chronic myocarditis. Survived by wife,
two sons, and a sister, Miss Emily Redmond Cross.
EDWARD BATHURST FACKLER, B. A. 1900. Born
October 13, 1879, New York, N. Y., died January 8, 1952,
Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Father, David Parks Fackler, consulting actuary, one
of the founders, Actuarial Society of America, 1899. Mother,
Yale College
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Elizabeth Leverett (Davenport) Fackler. Yale relatives include Rev. John Sidney Davenport, 1833 (grandfather); John
Sidney Davenport, 1866 (uncle).
Staten Island (N. Y.) Academy.
Toured Europe, 1900; with Fackler & Fackler, consulting
actuaries, New York, 1900; passed examination, became associate member, Actuarial Society of America, became managing
clerk in firm, 1902; LL. B. New York Law School, '05, passed
examination, became member, Actuarial Society of America,
became father's partner, Fackler & Fackler, 1907, entered
partnership with William Breiby, Fackler, Fackler & Breiby,
1913; vice-president, actuary, Western & Southern Life Insurance Co., 1950, actuarial consultant, Veterans' Administration,
fellow, Casualty Actuarial Society, president, Fraternal Actuarial Assn , member, Actuarial Society of America, American
Statistics Assn., New York County Lawyers Assn , Catholic
Apostolic Church, Yale Club of New York, author of Notes on
Life Insurance, Illinois Standard Tables, American Experience
3 1/2%, articles for insurance papers, reviews.
Married December 12, 1914, New York, N. Y., Carrie
Elizabeth Root, daughter of Louis Harlow Fenn and Carrie
Louise (Smith) Root. Children Elizabeth Root (Mrs. Elizabeth F. Bertelsen), Ruth Talbot (Packer Collegiate Institute,
Mrs. Dudley Day Lawton, Jr.), David Edward, Louis Root
(died 1935); John D.
Death due to thrombosis, after second coronary attack.
Buried Greenwood Cemetery. Survived by wife, two daughters,
two sons, David Edward, John D., and two sisters, Mrs Julia
D. Hawkins and Mrs. Elsie Treat.
WILLIAM FREDERICK GILLESPIE, B. A. 1900. Born
November 10, 1878, Stamford, Conn., died March 17, 1952,
Stamford, Conn.
Father, Richard H. Gillespie, printer, publisher from
Ireland. Mother, Sarah E. (Scofield) Gillespie. Yale relatives include- William F. Gillespie, Jr., '31, Robert M
Gillespie, '37 (sons); Kenyon Gillespie, '51 (nephew).
Stamford (Conn.) High School. Oration appointment,
honors m English; Class secretary, president, Basketball
Assn.; financial manager, basketball team, forward, varsity
team.
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Incorporator, secretary, treasurer, general manager,
Stamford Rubber Co.; vice-president, president, director,
Gillespie Bros., Inc., publishers of the Stamford Advocate,
World War I, Sergeant, Second Stamford Co., Conn. Home
Guard, Liberty Loan Campaign, Red Cross, Salvation Army,
Y. M.C.A., Knights of Columbus; treasurer, director, Viscol
Co.; charter member, Hartford Rotary Club, president, 1925,
president, Chamber of Commerce, 1927; president, general
chairman, Stamford Exposition of Progress, 1928, vice-president, Stamford Community Chest, campaign manager, 1930,
organizer, president, Stamford Taxpayers' Assn., which
brought about changes m the city charter, 1930; secretarytreasurer, Stamford Manufacturers' Assn., director, Western
Conn Broadcasting Co., People's National Bank, Stamford,
president, board of trustees, Stamford Day Nursery, trustee,
First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, secretary, Council on
Juvenile Delinquency, Stamford, president, Alfred W. Dater
Council, Boy Scouts of America, vice-commodore, treasurer,
Stamford Yacht Club, chairman, Junior Yacht Racing Assn. of
Long Island Sound, member, Woodway Country Club, Rotary
Club of Stamford, Yale Club of New York; Class agent, Alumni
Fund, director, Fairfield County Yale Alumni Assn.
Married (1) November 24, 1908, New York, N. Y., Mabel
Grace Miner, daughter of Mrs. John D Miner. Children
William Frederick, J r , '31, Bindley McMillm, Robert Miner,
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37; Jane Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles Agnew). Mrs. Gillespie
died in 1943. Married (2) December 30, 1946, Stamford,
Conn., Jetta (Bailey) Hall.
Death due to prolonged illness. Survived by wife, daughter, three sons, brother, Kingsley Gillespie, and three sisters,
Miss Edna Gillespie, Miss Elsie A. Gillespie and Mrs. Eugene
C. Blake.
EDWARD CHACE GREENE, B. A. 1900. Born September 2, 1875, Westminster, Conn., died April 16, 1952, Washington, D. C.
Father, Albert Chace Greene, a farmer. Mother, Mary
Eliza Bemis Yale relatives include- Charles Bemis Dudley
(Class of 1871), John Elwin Gleason (Class of 1900) (cousins).
Andover.
M. D. Univ. of Michigan '04; assistant physician, Eastern
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Michigan Asylum for the Insane, member of staff, Norfolk
(Mass.) State Hospital; with Northampton (Mass.) State Hospital,
1914-17, commissioned Captain, Medical Reserve Corps, active duty July 30, 1917; attended M. O. R. C. Training Camp,
Regimental Surgeon, 301st Engineers, Camp Devens, promoted
to Major, March, 1918; Commanding Officer, Camp Hospital
No. 1, Third Depot Division, stationed at Hospital Center,
Commercy, Meuse, France; Sanitary Inspector, A. S , S. O. S
(Second Army Area); on duty, Post Hospital, Is-sur-Tille
(Cote-d'Or); foreign service, September 15, 1919, located at
U.S.A. General Hospital 43, National Soldiers' Home, Va ,
discharged fromJVIedical Corps, Army; called to duty, U.S.
Public Health Service; in charge of hospital caring for War
Risk Insurance patients, East Norfolk, Mass., assigned as
Student Officer, School of Aviation Medicine, Mitchel Field,
September, 1924, honor graduate (Flight Surgeon), December
6, 1924, camp psychiatrist and surgeon, Fitzsimons General
Hospital, Denver; lecturer in psychiatry, Service School of
Fitzsimons General Hospital, retired Lt Colonel, September,
1939, assistant medical director and flight surgeon, American
Airlines, Inc., 1945, member, American Psychiatric Assn.,
Colorado Neurological Assn., American Medical Assn
Married September 2, 1905, Harbor Springs, Mich.,
Agnes Eleanore Densmore (B. A. Univ. of Michigan '04),
daughter of Levi Benson and Ada Katherine (English) Densmore.
Children Edward Chace, Jr., '28, Philip Densmore (died May
14, 1921); Philip Densmore, 2d (B, S. Rollins '48).
Death due to cancer. Buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D. C. Survived by wife and two sons.
OWEN McMAHON JOHNSON, B. A. 1900. Born August
27, 1879, New York, N. Y , died January 27, 1952, Vineyard
Haven, Mass.
Father, Robert M. Johnson (M. A. Hon. Yale 1891),
editor Century Magazine. Mother, Katherine (McMahon)
Johnson.
Lawrenceville School; chairman, Yale Literary Magazine,
Delta Phi.
Wrote, Arrows of the Almighty, 1901, McClure's magazine published many of his stories about "prep" school and
college life, issued in book form as The Variant, The Humming
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Bird, The Tennessee Shad, Stover at Yale, 1910-11; engaged
in newspaper work for the Red Cross, France; works dealing
with "flaming youth" and manners of the twenties, The Salamander, The Wasted Generation, Making Money, Children of
Divorce, The Coming of the Amazons, 1913-31; plays, A_
Comedy for Wives and an adaptation of The Salamander; ran
for Congress as the Democratic candidate for the First Mass.
District, 1936 and 1938; Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
1919, member, National Institute of Arts and Letters, founder,
Authors League.
Married (1) May 23, 1901, Lakewood, N. J., Mary Gait,
daughter of George W. Stockly. Children Olivia Devereux;
Kathenne, Robert Underwood, 2d. Mrs. Johnson died June
17, 1910. Married (2) February 1, 19x2, San Francisco, Calif.
Esther Ellen Cobb. They were divorced in 1917. Married (3)
July 2, 1917, Boalsburg, Pa., Cecile Dems de Lagarde. Son
Owen D. Mrs. Johnson died May 9, 1918. Married (4) January 20, 1921, New York, N. Y , Catherine Sayre, daughter of
Frank Vincent Burton. Daughter Patricia. Mrs. Johnson
died March 2, 1923. Married (5) January 31, 1926, New York,
N. Y., Gertrude (Bovee) Le Boutillier, daughter of Christian
N Bovee.
Buried in Stockbridge Cemetery. Survived by wife, two
sons, three daughters, Mrs. Basil Paschkopf, Mrs. Kathenne
Bunnell, and Mrs. James S. Deely, and a stepdaughter, Mrs.
Goodhue Livingston.
ROLAND SWIFT PALMER, B. A. 1900. Born December
2, 1876, Amema, N. Y.; died February 20, 1952, Poughkeepsie,
N.Y.
Parents, Abiah W. and Jeanette (Yeomans) Palmer,
daughter of Mrs. W. B. Nelson
Hotchkiss School. Boating.
Travelled through Europe, France, England, 1901; LL.B.
Columbia '03; passed New York Bar Examination, 1903; practiced law, New York, Maurice & Perry, 1903-05, Harmon &
Mathewson, 1905-06, own firm, 1906, World War I, Third
N. Y. Battery, Plattsburgh, N. Y., Officers Training Camp,
Commissioned First Lieutenant, Ordnance Dept., 1917, American Expeditionary Forces, France, Captain, 1919, discharged,
1919; associated with Coudert Bros., law firm of New York,
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Paris, specializing in private international law, P a n s branch,
1921-37; farming, Amenia, N. Y.
Married June 21, 1941, Millbrook, N. Y., Alys McLane
(Miss Chapm's School), daughter of Mrs. Henry Richards
McLane.
AIMS READING CHAMBERLAIN, B. A 1901. Born
July 19, 1879, New York, N. Y.; died December 27, 1951,
Maple wood, N. J.
Father, Jacob Aims Chamberlain, oil-refiner. Mother,
Lydia Francis (Reading) Chamberlain.
Lawrenceville (N. J.) School Zeta Psi, Sigma Xi.
M. D. Columbia '05, attending physician, Orange Memorial Hospital, Mount Sinai, Lying-in Hospital, New York, 190508, attending physician, anaesthetist, obstetrician, Good
Samaritan Dispensary, Mount Sinai Dispensary, New York,
1908-10, private practice, Maplewood, N. J., 1910, assistant
attending obstetrician, Memorial Hospital Dispensary, Orange,
N. J., secretary, president, Clinical Society of The Oranges,
secretary, Orange Memorial Hospital Medical Society, member,
state, national medical assns., Essex County Medical Society,
Clinical Society of New Jersey, Consulting Board of Essex,
N J , William Pierson Medical Library Assn , Civilian Defense Mobile Medical Unit, Civilian Draft Advisory Board,
Republican Party.
Married June 20, 1908, Warwick, N Y., Doris Fuller,
daughter of James Mann and Agnes (Johnson) Fuller. Sons
Richard Reading, James Fuller, Stephen Stuart, Harvey Hine
Death due to prolonged illness Survived by wife, four
sons, nine grandchildren, and sister, Mrs. Clifford Beattie.
GEORGE PETERS CHITTENDEN, B. A. 1901 Born
July 20, 1879, New York, N. Y., died January 12, 1952, Costa
Rica.
Father, Horace H. Chittenden, 1874, lawyer. Mother,
Bertha Boradil (Peters) Chittenden. Yale relatives include
Horace H. Chittenden, 1874 (father), George P. Chittenden,
'42, Thomas G. Chittenden, '44, William Chittenden, '52
(sons).
Hill School, Pottstown, Pa. Ten Eyck speaker, Junior
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exhibition, coxswain, University Crew; secretary, Football
Assn., editor, Yale Daily News; Eta Phi; Psi Upsilon, Scroll
and Key; Pundits.
Broker, Strong, Sturges & Co., 1901-04; Windsor Trust
Co., New York, 1904-05, Bond & Goodwin Co., brokers, 190506, United Fruit Co., Port Limon, Costa Rica, 1906-42, transferred Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, 1908-10, returned to Costa
Rica, 1910, vice-president in charge of tropical fruit production, general superintendent, Costa Rica division, 1912, manager, Costa Rica division, Northern Railway, Costa Rica, 1916,
farmer, Virginia, Guatemala, member, Racquet and Tennis
Club, New York, Squadron A, New York National Guard, two
years, International Club, San Jose, Atlantida Club of Limon,
Costa Rica, San Jose Gold Club, Republican Party, Yale Club
of Boston, University Club.
Married May 7, 1916, San Jose, Costa Rica, Jessie
Lydia Carranza, daughter of Leonidas and Anna (Lang) Carranza. Sons George Peters, J r . , '42; Thomas Gerald, '44;
William, '52.
Survived by wife, and three sons.
RALPH EMERSON CRANDALL, B. A. 1901. Born
January 24, 1879, Leonardville, N. Y.; died January 29, 1952,
Los Angeles, Calif.
Father, Irving A Crandall, dry goods merchant.
Mother, Algarose (Higley) Crandall.
Private tutor.
Teacher, private schools, 1901-04, Municipal League
of Los Angeles, 1904-12, librarian, League's Municipal Reference Library, 1912-14; assistant secretary in charge of county
affairs, 1914-15, assistant secretary, Associated Jobbers of
Los Angeles, 1915; retired temporarily to recuperate from
illness, 1944, executive secretary, Traffic Managers Conference of Los Angeles.
Married June 20, 1903, Los Angeles, Calif., Georgia
Louise Smith, daughter of Louis Otis Smith and Mary Jane
(Worden) Smith. Children Ralph Irving; Louis, Virginia (Mrs.
O'Brien).
Survived by wife, two sons, and daughter.
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ALLAN MORTIMER HIRSH,?B.A. 1901. Born November 10, 1878, Richmond, Va., died December 21, 1951, Saint
Luke's Hospital, New York, N. Y.
Father, Samson Hirsh, banker Mother, Amelia (Millhiser) Hirsh. Yale relatives include Allan Mortimer Hirsh,
Jr., '31, Philip Reid Hirsh, '34 and John Hughson Hirsh, '43
(sons^.
Phillips-Andover. University baseball team, Delta Kappa
Epsilon; composer of "Boola, Boola", arranger of "The Undertaker Song".
S. Hirsh & Co., bankers, treasurer, Wilts Veneer Co ,
founder, Lock Joint Pipe Co., East Orange, N. J., 1905, president until 1950; breeder of hunters, thoroughbreds, Virginia,
director, Bank of Montclair; chairman, War Service Committee; member, Montclair Golf Club, Athletic Club of Montclair,
Yale Club of New York, National Yale Alumni Placement Service, Inc., board of governors, chairman, Yale Alumni Assn.
of Montclair.
Married June 6, 1906, Montclair, N. J., Ellen Hughson
Reid, daughter of Thomas J. Reid. Children Allan Mortimer,
Jr., '31; Philip Reid, r34, John Hughson, '43; Malcolm
McCallum.
Death due to prolonged illness. Buried Warm Springs,
Va. Survived by wife, four sons, and a sister.
RUSSELL HUBBARD NEVINS, B. A. 1901. Born February 26, 18B0, New York, N. Y.; died July 16, 1951, New York,
N.Y.
Father, Russell Henry Nevms, 1875, physician. Mother,
Catherine (Brown) Nevms. Yale relatives include Russell
Henry Nevms, 1875 (father), Frank Welles Nevms, '02
(brother).
King's School, Stamford, Conn.; Union Coll., one year
Entered Yale Sophomore year; German Club, first chairman,
Wranglers, Junior year; vice-president, Phi Beta Kappa,
Alpha Delta Phi.
Teacher of Latin, Shattuck School, Fanbault, Minn.,
1901-02; teacher, tutor, Saint George's School, Newport, R L,
1902-05; M. A. Yale, '06; head of Latin Dept., Saint George's
School, 1906-34, leave of absence for travel, England, Scotland, France, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Sicily, Algiers, Egypt,
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Greece, studied at American School for Classical Study, Rome,
1911-12, headmaster, Saint George's School, 1926-28; retired
1934; member, Classical Assn. of New England, Century Club
of New York, Pilgrims Club of New York, University Club of
New York, Graduates Club of New Haven, Yale Alumni Assn.
of Rhode Island.
Unmarried.
Survived by brother, Roger G. Nevms.
WILLIAM HOWE WARREN, B. A. 1901. Born September 28, 1879, Holden, Mass.; died June 25, 1952, Holden,
Mass.
Father, Henry Waterman Warren, 1865, cardleather
manufacturer. Mother, Dora Louise (Howe) Warren, Yale
relatives include Henry Waterman Warren, 1865 (father),
Henry Waterman Warren, II (Class of *40S) (son).
Worcester (Mass.) Classical High School. Valedictorian,
Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Theta Phi
Accountant, director, 1901, secretary of corporation, in
charge of office, assistant treasurer, 1919, treasurer, J. F.
& W. H. Warren Co., name changed in 1919, Warren Belting
Co., Inc., manufacturers of leather belting, Worcester, Mass.,
director, Howard Brothers Manufacturing Co.; trustee, Public
Library, director, secretary, Holden (Mass.) Hospital, secretary, treasurer, First Baptist Society, Holden; member,
Holden Republican Town Committee, legal Advisory Board,
13th District, Mass., Town Club.
Married April 27, 1911, Holden, Mass., Editha M.
Brierly, daughter of John T. Brierly, dealer in mill supplies,
and Julia E. (Pierce) Brierly. Children* Barbara, Henry
Waterman, II (Class of '40S); William Howe, J r .
Survived by wife, daughter, and two sons.
CONVERS BUCKINGHAM WOOLSEY, B. A. 1901. Born
June 22, 1880, Englewood, N. J.; died December 9, 1951,
Aiken, S. C.
Father, William W. Woolsey (Class of 1864). Mother,
Kathenne Buckingham (Convers) Woolsey. Yale relatives include William W. Woolsey (Class of 1864) (father); Ebenezer
Convers, 1861 (uncle); John M. Woolsey, 1898 (brother);
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Convers Keith Woolsey, '29, Charles Sanford Woolsey, '36
(sons).
Phillips-Andover. Honors in Economics; Alpha Delta
Phi.
With Continental Trust Co., New York, one year; two
years with Maitland, Coppell & Co., bankers, New York, spent
rest of life as plantation owner, farmer, Breeze Hill Plantation, Aiken, S. C ; chairman, Civilian Relief Committee of
Aiken, Aiken Chapter, American Red Cross, Influenza Committee, County Poor Farm Commission; president, Church
Council, St. Thaddeus Parish, Aiken, Livestock Assn.; vicepresident, Southern Cattlemen's Assn. of S. C , organizer,
Aiken Patriotic League; Certificate of Merit, Distinguished
Service to the Agriculture of the State of South Carolina, presented by Clemson Coll., 1928, author of numerous articles
for farming publications, American Hereford Journal.
Married May 6, 1907, Somerset, England, Effie Bush
Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank N. Smith. Children
Convers Keith, '29; Kathenne F.; Charles Sanford, '36, Effie
(Mrs. Arne T. Fliflet).
Death due to cancer. Buried Dosons Graveyard, Glen
Cove, L. I., N. Y., the Woolsey family cemetery. Survived
by wife, four children, brother, William Walton Woolsey, and
three sisters, Mrs. Gerald Brenan, Miss Catherine B. Woolsey, Miss Marie Woolsey.
COURTLAND DIXON BARNES, B. A. 1902. Born June
13, 1881, Stonmgton, Conn., died February 24, 1952, New
York, N.Y.
Father, Henry Burr Barnes, publisher. Mother, Elizabeth W. (Dixon) Barnes. Yale relatives include Henry Burr
Barnes, 1866 (father); Ephraim W. Dixon, 1881 (uncle), Henry
Burr Barnes, Jr., 1893, Thomas S. Barnes, '10 (brothers),
Courtland D. Barnes, Jr., '29, Charles T. Barnes, '33 (sons)
Cutler School, New York City. Manager, Freshman
baseball team, University Glee Club, Prom Committee.
Associated with family publishing firm, A. S. Barnes &
Co., New York, until 1908; junior partner, brokerage firm of
W. H. Goadby & Co., 1912, senior partner, 1922, firm name
changed to H. W. Whitney, Goadby & Co., 1941, director, New
York Trades School, American Book Co.; vice-chairman,
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finance committee, Boy Scouts of Greater New York, 1942;
World War II, member, Selective Service Board; class agent,
Alumni Fund, later vice-chairman, chairman, 1922-24.
Married April 10, 1907, New York, N. Y., Kathenne L.
Barney, daughter of Mr. & Mrs Charles T. Barney. Children Courtland D., Jr., '29; Charles T., ! 33; Kathenne L.
(Mrs. Joseph Bryan, III).
Survived by wife, three children, nine grandchildren,
and a brother, Thomas S. Barnes.
RAYMOND VREELAND BAYLOR, B A. 1902. Born
February 5, 1879, Jersey City, N. J., died November 10, 1951,
Frenchtown, N. J.
Parents, Peter S. and Sophia E. (Vreeland) Baylor
Lawrenceville School, Phillips-Andover.
Harvard Law School, Univ. of Chicago Law School, law
practice, Newark, N. J., probation officer, Essex County, N.J.,
member, University Club, Yale Club, Andover Club.
Married (1) November 24, 1905, Chicago, 111., Ruth H.
Bacon, daughter of Walter Otis Bacon Children Ruth Elizabeth, Raymond Vreeland, Jr., Walter Otis Bacon. Mrs.
Baylor died in 1921. Married (2) November 10, 1922, Philadelphia, Pa., Ruth M. Schnell.
Survived by wife and children.
SIMEON BALDWIN CHITTENDEN, B. A. 1902. Born
April 7, 1879, Brooklyn, N.Y., died September 28, 1951,
Arlington, Mass.
Father, Simeon Baldwin Chittenden, 1865 (LL.B. Columbia 1868, M. A. 1872), lawyer. Mother, Mary Warner (Hill)
Chittenden. Yale relatives include Simeon Baldwin Chittenden,
1865 (father), Sherman Hartwell Chapman, 1866, Timothy P.
Chapman, 1868, Fredericks. Parker, 1873, John H. Chapman,
1876S (uncles), William Newton Parker, 1879, William Chittenden Lusk, 1890, John Hill Morgan, 1893 (cousins).
Groton {Mass.) School. Freshman, Apollo, University
Glee Clubs; Kneiselet Quartet, Wigwam Debating Club, Kraut
Club; University Club; secretary, treasurer, Cross Country
Club, Intercollegiate Cross Country Team; Track Team; won
"Y" letter, Kappa Psi, Alpha Delta Phi; Wolf's Head.
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Clerk, Moore & Schley, New York, 1902, assistant editor, head of copy dept., advertising dept., Sherwm Williams
Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1907-11; advertising manager, 1911-13,
assistant sales manager, 1913-15, Lehigh Portland Cement
Co., sales manager, Superior Portland Cement Co., Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1915-17, general sales manager, Sandusky Portland
Cement, 1917-20, advertising representative, New England,
Chicago American, Boston American, other papers, Boston,
1925; real estate business, Chicago Journal of Commerce,
national advertising, Boston Post, manufacturers' representative, author of articles concerning advertising, Printer's Ink,
Printing Art, participated in loan drives, member, Episcopal
Church, Exmoor Country Club, Highland Park, 111., Westchester Hills Country Club, Republican Party, Yale Club of Boston,
Yale Club of New York.
Married (1) October 16, 1906, Concord, Mass., Grace
Chetwode Chapman, daughter of John Hartwell and Lucy Fay
(Barrett) Chapman. Children Alice Fay (died), Lydia Barrett
Mrs. Chittenden died 1928. Married (2) 1930, Louise Mitchell
Wyman.
Survived by wife, daughter, and two sisters.
CLIFFORD HERRICK OWEN, B A 1902. Born December 13, 1872, Lincoln, N Y , died November 3, 1951, New
York, N.Y.
Parents, Rev. Harvey J. and Esther Lucretia (Herrick)
Owen. Yale relatives include Owen Calvm Baker, 1896
(cousin).
Haverling Academy, Bath, N Y., Syracuse Univ., one
year. Entered Yale, Sophomore year, First dispute, Junior
appointment, Dissertation Senior appointment, Chess team,
Junior, Senior years.
LL. B. Yale '05, in law dept., Title Guarantee & Trust
Co., 1905-08; joined Wise & Selisberg, 1908-15, associated
with Holm, Whitlock & Scarff, 1915-20, partnership, 1920,
connection maintained until 1948, general council, secretary,
S. H. Kress & Co.; secretary, Bankers Development Corp.,
I. Lefkowitz & Sons, Inc., trustee, member, Chelsea Methodist Church, New York, member, Local Advisory Board No.
42, Selective Service.
Married August 10, 1915, Bluff Point, N.Y., Ruth M.
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Pepper. Daughter* Ruth Mary.
Death due to heart attack.
ter.
Survived by wife, and daugh-
ROBERT ARTHUR PRITCHARD, B A 1902. Born
August 14, 1880, Brockton, Mass., died January 14, 1952,
Brockton, Mass.
Father, Thomas Jay Pritchard, contractor. Mother,
Anna (Roberts) Pritchard. Yale relatives include William
Sumner Pritchard, '01 (brother), Robert A Pritchard, '37
(son)
Brockton High School, Brockton, Mass. Oration appointments.
LL. B. Harvard '05; law practice, Tyler & Young, Boston, continued practice, Tyler, Tucker, Eames & Wright,
corporate law, member, Congregational Church, Yale Club.
Married November 21, 1912, Brockton, Mass., Molly
Sears Crooker, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charles C Crooker.
Children Robert A., '37.
Buried Melrose Cemetery, Melrose, Mass. Survived by
wife, son, two grandchildren, Robert A. Pritchard, III, Betsy
Pritchard; brother, William S. Pritchard, and a sister, Sydna
E. Pritchard.
RALPH R RYAN, B.A. 1902. Born May 4, 1880,
Pawling, N.Y.; died July 1, 1951, Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Father, Joseph J. Ryan, an undertaker. Mother, Flora
A. (Wells) Ryan.
Hotchkiss School. Pole vaulter; bicycle rider; second
dispute appointment.
M. D., College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia
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05, interned, Bellevue Hospital, New York, 1905-07, interned,
New York Foundling Hospital, 1907-08; medical practice,
Scarsdale, N. Y., 1908-45; World War I, commissioned First
Lieutenant, Medical Officers Reserve Corps; health officer,
police surgeon, fire company surgeon, medical inspector of
schools, Scarsdale, N.Y.; visiting physician, White Plains
Hospital, Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville, N. Y.; retired, 1945;
director, Scarsdale National Bank; founder, Scarsdale Investment & Improvement Corp.; director, Trade Site Corp.; Captain,
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New York State Guard, member, Methodist Episcopal Church,
Westchester Medical Assn , Scarsdale Square Club, Scarsdale
Rotary Club, Westchester Biltmore Country Club, Scarsdale
Golf and Country Club, White Plains Lodge, F. A &A. M., New
York Medical Assn., American Medical Assn , Republican
Party.
Married September 2, 1909, New York, N Y., Agnes C.
Sherman, daughter of Walter A. Sherman. Children Agnes
Cecilia (Mrs. L. Stanley Shuford), Helen Judson (Mrs. William
Arnoldi).
Survived by wife, and two daughters.
ALLEN CLEVELAND BRAGAW, B. A 1903. Born
October 31, 1881, Hartford, Conn , died June 6, 1952, Huntington, L. I., N Y.
Father, Isaac Bragaw, son of Isaac A. and Elizabeth
(Way) Bragaw. Mother, Sarah Adelaide (King) Bragaw, daughter of Charles and Martha Allen (Olmsted) King, a descendant
of John Adams, Ethan Allen.
Hartford (Conn ) Public School.
Harvard Law School, 1903-04, LL. B. Columbia '06,
passed New York Bar Examination, engaged in law practice,
New York, legal dept , Title Guarantee & Trust Co , entered
practice with Theodore T Lane, Albert W Neisel, 1910,
attended Plattsburgh Camp, Second Sergeant, South Orange Home
Guard, 1916; associate member, Legal Advisory Board, attorney-at-law, president, Mortgage & Transfer Co., vice-president, Twyford Realty Co., secretary, director, Rogers Milk
Corp., president, New Jersey Tennis Assn., secretary, member, board of governors, Essex County Country Club, West
Orange, N. J.
Married (1) June 15, 1907, Orange, N. J., Kathryn
Rogers, daughter of William J. and Mary (Jeffers) Rogers.
Children Kathryn Allen (Mrs. Hartwell MacCartney), William
Rogers (died 1941), Carolyn King (died 1938). Mrs. Bragaw
died 1938. Married (2), 1941, Hazel Howe Bushnell. Mrs
Bragaw died 1944. Married (3) Edna Fitzgerald.
Survived by wife, and daughter, Kathryn
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HARRY HENDERSON CLARK, B. A. 1903. Born August
6, 1880, Winchester, Tenn., died February 5, 1952, Madison
Sanitarium, Madison, Tenn.
Parents, Rufus A. and Ellen Elizabeth (Henderson)
Clark. Yale relatives include Orion J. Willis, '03 (cousin).
Winchester (Tenn.) Normal School, taught science,
Joseph W. Allen College, Carthage, Tenn , 1898-99 Thacher
Prize for debating, Debating Union, Wranglers, contributor to
college papers, twice alternate, Yale debates outside the colleges, Y M C. A., settlement work, Ten Eyck speaker, Class
historian
M. A. Yale '15, private tutor, Louisiana, translator as
apprentice in brokerage office, traveled in South America,
1903-07, professor of English, pedagogy, Winchester Normal
School, 1907-09, superintendent of schools, Somerville,
Tenn., 1909-11, professor of English, psycho log , State Normal School, Murfreesboro, Tenn, 1911-12, LL. D Lincoln
Memorial Univ. '17, work completed for Ph.D. except thesis,
Peabody Teachers Coll , 1922-25, professor of secondary education, Furman Univ., dean, summer session, 1925, president,
Judson Coll., Marion, Ala., 1930-31, superintendent of schools,
Somerville, Knoxville, Tenn., 1931-41, extension professor,
lecturer, Univ. of South Carolina, 1941-47, vice-president,
National Education Assn , state director, three years, vicepresident, Assn. of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the
Southern States, member, Southern Commission on Accredited
Schools, nine years, secretary, four, Greenville (S. C.) County
Board of Education, president, South Carolina State Teacher's
Assn., East Tenn. Education Assn., trustee, Carson-Newman
Coll , chairman, Southern Baptist Educational Commission,
twice elected director, Knoxville Chamber of Commerce,
wrote weekly educational page, Tenn. Baptist Reflector, South
Carolina Baptist Courier, Alabama Baptist, four years, lecturer State teachers' conventions, businessmen's organizations,
parent-teacher associations, chambers of commerce.
Married August 3, 1907, Stratford, Conn., Alice Montmorency Faulkland, daughter of Dr. Alexander and Ida (Moffatt)
Faulkland.
Death due to heart attack, after prolonged illness following a stroke. Survived by wife, and sister.
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WILLARD JOSEPH DENNO, B. A. 1903. Born August
25, 1876, Castleton, Vt., died August 29, 1951, New York, N.Y.
Parents, Gustavus Ernest and Roxana Adella (Hoskins)
Denno.
Castleton Normal School, Rutland Classical Institute,
taught several years in Vermont before entering Yale. Sigma
Xi
M. D., College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia
'06; interned two years General Memorial Hospital, N Y.,
1906-07, Dr. P H New York Univ. r17, private practice, N.Y ,
begun 1907, associated with New York City Health Dept., attending physician to the department head, 1908, secretary, N. Y.
State Dept. of Health, State Board of Medical Examiners, 191420, organized medical dept., Standard Oil Co of N. J., 1915,
with Standard Oil until retirement 1945, advisor, industrial
board, Beekman Street Hospital, medical board, Broad Street
Hospital, Loomis Sanitarium, issued licenses for State Board
of Medical Examiners, as prerequisites to service, Medical
Officers Reserve Corps, 1916-19, co-authored The Health
Office, 1919, member, Auxiliary Medical Defense Committee
of Albany County, Albany County, New York State, American
Medical Assns., fellow, American College of Physicians, author of numerous articles concerning medicine in industry
Married September 17, 1917, Detroit, Mich , Mabel E.
Robinson. Mrs. Denno died 1926.
Death after short illness. Survived by two sisters, Miss
Mabel H. Denno, Fair Haven, Vt., and Mrs. Mildred D.
Northrop, Castleton, Vt.
DUDLEY PAINE LEWIS, B.A 1903. Born January 26,
1879, Springfield, Mass., died April 12, 1952, Havana, Cuba
Father, George Smith Lewis, Jr., son of George Smith
and Mary Ann (Hubbard) Lewis. Mother, Ellen Maria Sears,
daughter of Elisha and Esther S. (Hendley) Sears. Yale relatives include Dr. Joseph H. Townsend, 1885 (cousin), Dr
Elisha S. Lewis, 1899S, M. A. '02; (brother), Dr. Harold Sears
Arnold, '00, G. Stanleigh Arnold, '03, Leroy Hull, '05
(cousins).
Phillips-Andover. Oak Street Boys Club Committee,
Freshman year, Class deacon, Sophomore year, worked at
Bethany Mission, Yale Hall, Cap and Gown Committee, execu-
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tive committee, Dwight Hall, Alpha Delta Phi
New York Law School, president, Delta Chi Legal Fraternity, passed New York Bar Examination, 1906; subsequently
entered law office, Brooks & Hamilton, Springfield, Mass.,
president, Everett Beldmg Co., wholesale shoe dealer's
specialty house, 1906, social service work at Neighborhood
House, a settlement house affiliated with Spring Street Presbyterian Church, N Y., 1913-15, mining, exploring expedition,
British Guiana, South America, 1916, World War I, stationed
in France, secretary, Foyer du Soldat, 1917-19, Gerardmer,
Voges, P a n s , later, Upper Silesia, Rumania, awarded Croix
de Guerre, red Fourragere in the Legion of Honor, by French
government, honorary member, 152nd Legion of France, 191721, superintendent of schools, Near East Relief Program,
Erivan, Armenia, 1921, lived in Havana, taught at Coligio
Caballero, 1929-52, committee of management, Springfield
Y M.C.A., 1906-09, corporator, secretary, Springfield Boys
Club, 1906-10, member, Yale Club of New York, Yale Preparatory Club of Western Mass., honorary member, ADE, Keystone
Club, articles written appeared in Outlook, Congregationalist,
Candlewick.
Unmarried
Death due to prolonged illness Survived by brother, Dr.
Elisha S. Lewis.
PAUL LINDENBERG, B A 1903. Born December 30,
1879, Columbus, Ohio, died April 15, 1952, Columbus, Ohio.
Father, Charles Herman Lmdenberg, president, M. C.
Lilley & Co , furniture manufacturers. Mother, Sarah
(Robbins) Lmdenberg Yale relatives include Carl Robbms
Lmdenberg, 1895S, Frank H. Lmdenberg, 1899, Robert
Lmdenberg, 1905S (brothers), Otto Hayes Lmdenberg, Ph. B.
1899S, George W LmJenberg, 1902 (cousins).
Columbus (Ohio) Latin School. Second dispute Junior
appointment, First colloquy Senior appointment.
General manager, Columbus Piano Co., name changed
to Lmdenberg Piano Co., 1915, president until 1921, president,
Sun Ray Signs, Inc , real estate business, Columbus, farmer,
Worthmgton, Ohio, founder, first golf course, Columbus
Married (1) May 1, 1905, Columbus, Ohio, Helen Tallmadge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Darius Tallmadge. Mr. and
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Mrs. Lindenberg were divorced 1913. Mr. Lmdenberg remarried, and is survived by wife, and two daughters.
HAROLD MERRIAM SAWYER, B A 1903. Born June
2, 1882, Troy, N. Y.; died December 7, 1951, Oakland, Calif.
Parents, Walter W and Alice Lillian (Merriam) Sawyer
Bridgeport High School. Second dispute appointment.
Sailed to Europe, Freiburg, Germany, 1903, studied history under George Burton Adams, Univ. of Berlin, worked m
Berlin for M. A. Yale '06, LL B. Harvard Law School '07,
with Robinson, Biddle & Benedict, New York City, for several
months, practiced law in Portland, Ore., later San Francisco,
partner, Gladstem, Andersen, Resner & Sawyer, counsel,
C I O . , won famous Bridges case in Supreme Court.
Married April 10, 1913, Flushing, N. Y., Elinor Ecob,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H. Ecob.
Survived by wife
ANTONIO JOHNSTON WARING, B A 1903. Born
November 27, 1881, Savannah, Ga., died October 8, 1951,
Savannah, Ga.
Father, Antonio de Gogorza, cotton, lumber merchant,
Portuguese Consul. Mother, Annie Johnston Waring. Yale
relatives include James J. Waring, 1850 (grandfather), Frederick Waring, 1852 (great uncle), James J Waring, 1887, T.
Pmckney Waring, 1880 (uncles), James J. Waring, '04S,
(brother), J. Frederick Waring, '23 (cousin), Antonio J Waring, Jr., '38, William W. Waring, '45WS (sons).
Lawrenceville School, N. J Second TenEyck Prize in
Junior year, John Bennetto Scholarship, Senior year, high oration appointment bojh years; secretary, Phi Beta Kappa, chairman of the Lit, member, Chi Delta Theta, Psi Upsilon, Skull
and Bones.
Served as secretary of the academic dept. of Dwight Hall
Yale University Christian Assn , 1904, M. D. Columbia '08,
staff, Presbyterian Hospital, N. Y., 1911, practiced in Savannah, specialized in pediatrics, 1911, staff, Oglethorpe Sanitarium, Telfair Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital, president, Savannah Assn. of Obstetricians and Pediatricians, Savannah Health
Center, Savannah Rotary Club, Savannah Yale Club, Georgia
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Medical Society, First District Medical Society, Captain, Army
Medical Corps, 1918, charge of infectious diseases, General
Hospital, Lakewood, N. J., morale officer, member, Disability
Board, director, Savannah Chamber of Commerce; chairman,
Savannah Park and Tree Commission
Married December 9, 1914, Savannah, Ga., Sue Cole
Wmburn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Winburn.
Children Antonio J , Jr., '38, Anne (Mrs. Mills Bee Lane),
William W., '45WS.
Death due to arteriosclerotic condition. Buried at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah Survived by wife, daughter, two
sons, and a brother, James J. Waring
SAMUEL COLCORD BARTLETT, B A 1904. Born
November 1, 1882, Peona, 111., died May 7, 1952, Valdosta,
Ga
Father, Samuel Colcord Bartlett, grain merchant, S. C.
Bartlett & Co. of Peona, Bartlett, Frazier & Co. Mother,
Laura Alurelia (Benton) Bartlett. Yale relatives include
Norman Bartlett, '00 (cousin); Edward B Bartlett, '10S
(brother).
St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H. Zeta Psi.
Worked m father's gram business, developed three thousand acres of farm land, Baldwin, Fla , 1910; developed land,
Cedar Lake, Ind., member, Peoria Board of Trade, 1904,
Chicago Board of Trade, 1908, director, Greater Cedar Lake
Corp., Cedar Lake Volunteer Fire Dept.; Civil Defense Coordinator, Cedar Lake, director, Red Cross, Crown Point
Chapter, member, Chicago University Club, Yale Club of New
York
Married July 10, 1906, Peoria, 111 , Harriet Mary Buck,
daughter of Ira D. and Mary Buck. One daughter Harriet
Colcord.
Survived by wife and daughter.
THOMAS ROBERT GAINES, B. A 1904. Born June 22,
1879, Christman, ^Ta.; died March 10, 1952, Altadena, Calif.
Parents, John Hopkins and Martha Thomas (Rice)
Games.
Mt. Hermon School. Editor, Banner, publisher, inter-
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collegiate athletic calendar; third prize, Junior exhibition,
Southern Club; Psi Upsilon; Elihu Club.
Clerk, telephone engineer, New York Telephone Co ,
New York City, 1904-10, engineer, Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., San Francisco, 1910-27, educational engineer,
Southern California Telephone Co., until retirement 1940,
treasurer, F D. R. Club, the Scattergoods, troup scoutmaster,
Boy Scouts of America, Pasadena, Calif , awarded Silver
Beaver, National Boy Scout Council, elder, Presbyterian
Church, served on Board of Church Extension, Los Angeles
Presbytery, president, Yale Club of Southern California,
member, Southern California Scholarship Foundation.
Married July 23, 1913, Buffalo, N Y , Frances Raymond
Hill, daughter of Charles Benjamin and Fanny (Goodspeed)
Hill. Children Martha (Pomona Coll. f36, Mrs Wallace
Theodore Stoebe), Florence (Umv of California '40, Mrs.
Galen Nichols).
Survived by two daughters, and grandchildren.
PERCY HALL JENNINGS, B A 1904. Born May 16,
1881, New York, N. Y., died October 2, 1951, New York, N Y.
Father, Frederick Beach Jennings, a lawyer in New
York Mother, Laura Hall (Parks) Jennings. Yale relatives
include John W. Auchmcloss, 1873S, C. Russell Auchmcloss,
'03, J. Howland Auchmcloss, '08 (brothers-in-law), Francis
Adams Truslow, '28 (son-in-law), Percy Hall Jennings, Jr.,
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30 (son).
St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H. Golf team, University
Golf Championship, 1903, treasurer, Dwight Hall, Psi Upsilon,
Skull and Bones.
With American Trading Co , New York City, 1904-25,
assistant treasurer, 1909, vice-president, 1916, World War
I, Captain, later Major, Signal Corps, Air Force, cited for
meritorious service by General Pershmg, Chevalier of the
French Legion of Honor; president, American Trading Co.,
1921, board chairman, 1924; organizer, president, Vitaglass
Corp., New York, 1926-46, World War II, associate manager,
War Finance Committee of New York, supervised War Bond
activities, Nassau, Suffolk Counties, L. I., N. Y , general
supervisor, Vitaglass Corp., 1946-51; board member, International Paper Co., Great Bear Springs Co , trustee, Provi-
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dent Loan Society, Charity Organization Society; treasurer,
trustee, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Married January 12, 1907, New York, N Y., Mary Elizabeth Auchincloss (Brearley School '01), daughter of John W.,
1873S, and Joanna (Russell) Auchincloss. Children Dr. Percy
Hall, Jr., '30 (M. D. Harvard '34); Joanna Russell (B. A. Vassar '31, Mrs. D. Rodney Hadden), Elizabeth Auchincloss
(widow of Francis Adams Truslow, '28), Frederick Beach
(B. A. Princeton '33), Laura Hall (Mrs. David Ingraham).
Survived by wife, five children, nineteen grandchildren,
sister, and brother
ROBSON NATHAN LONGWELL, B A 1904. Born
November 6, 1881, Dundee, N Y , died January 21, 1952,
Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Father, Norton N. Longwell.
Dundee High School. Dissertation, baseball team, worked
on News.
With National Biscuit Co , New York City, with Bishop's
Candy & Cracker Co , Los Angeles, engaged in farming, Dundee, N Y., with Parker Bell Lumber Co , Pilchuck, Wash.,
1909, secretary, Long-Dall Lumber Co , Los Angeles, Calif.,
owner, Longwell Lumber Co , Mar Vista, Calif., 1929-46,
ergaged in running poultry ranch, Sherman Oaks, Calif., 194652, member, Masonic Order,
Married (1) February 23, 1912, Rochester, N Y., Susie
Bryant, daughter of T. S. and May S Bryant. Son Bryant
Robson (B A. Oregon State Coll '47). Mrs. Longwell died
December 14, 1922. Married (2) July, 1927, Santa Ana,
Calif., Marjorie Raynale.
Survived by wife.
CARL HERMAN CARROLL, B. A. 1905 Born October
10, 1882, Boscawen, N. H , died February 4, 1952, Arlington,
Mass
Father, Clarence Franklin Carroll, 1881, superintendent
of schools, Rochester, N. Y. Mother, Julia Apple ton (Webster) Carroll Yale relatives include. Clarence F. Carroll,
1881 (father), Richard Cushman Carroll, B. A '32, M. A. '40
(son)
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Worcester (Mass.) High School. Track squad, four
years, Apollo Glee Club, three years, Second dispute, Junior
appointment.
Robinson-Edwards Lumber Co., 1905-12, president,
treasurer, Carroll Lumber Co., Carroll Manufacturing Co ,
1912-28; president, treasurer, Ruggles White Pine Co , 192948, retired 1948, member, Arlington School Committee,
Orthodox Congregational Church, Arlington, Mass., Masonic
Order, Winchester Club, Yale Club of Boston
Married May 7, 1908, Burlington, Vt., Lena C. Cushman (attended Smith), daughter of Judson E. and Nina (Rawson)
Cushman. Children Richard Cushman, B. A. '32, M. A. '40,
Dorothy Louise (Lane Secretarial School, Cambridge, Mass ,
Mrs. Evan Davis; died 1943); Jane (Lane Secretarial School,
Cambridge, Mass., attended Chamberlain School, Mrs. Ralph
Hansen)
Death due to a prolonged illness Buried Boscawen, N.H
Survived by wife, daughter, and son
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HOWARD LEHMAN GOODHART, B A 1905. Born
February 5, 1884, New York, N. Y , died August 10, 1951,
New York, N.Y.
Father, Philip J. Goodhart, member, New York Stock
Exchange, representing P. J. Goodhart & Co Mother, Hattie
(Lehman) Goodhart Yale relatives include Arthur L. Goodhart, '12 (brother).
Hotchkiss School. First division stand, Freshman year,
first dispute, Junior appointment, contributor to C our ant,
Record, Scientific Monthly, member, Record, Courant boards,
German Club; Senior dissertation
Student of banking methods, Berlin, Amsterdam, 190506, partner, P J Goodhart & Co., Cincinnati, 1907, representative on New York Stock Exchange, P. J Goodhart & Co ,
1908 until retirement 1925; World War I, First Lieutenant,
Ordnance Reserve, Supply Division, Ordnance Dept., Washington, D C , 1917; Major, executive assistant to chief, Supply
Division, 1918, special assistant to Asst. Secretary of War,
member, War Department's Claims Board, 1919, discharged
1919.
Married January 12, 1913, New York, N Y , Marjorie
Walter (B. A. Bryn Mawr '12)' Daughter Phyllis (B. A Bryn
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BrynMawr '35; M.A. Radcliffe '37, Mrs. John D. Gordon,
J r . ) . Mrs. Goodhart died 1920.
Survived by daughter, four grandchildren, sister, Mrs.
Frank Altschul, and brother, Arthur L. Goodhart
HENRY ERNST HAWS, B. A. 1905. Born January 17,
1884, New York, N. Y , died August 19, 1951, Greenwich,
Conn.
Father, George A Haws, merchant
Mother, Florence
Augusta (Ernst) Haws. Yale relatives include W H, Owen,
1897 (cousin), William B Strobndge, '37S, W. D. Hart, Jr.,
'40 (nephews), Robert D Haws, '54 (son)
Mohican Lake School, Peekskill, N. Y First division
stand, Freshman, First colloquy Junior appointment, German
Club, Zeta Psi
In mortgage department, Title Guarantee & Trust Co ,
Brooklyn, N. Y , 1905-07, with George A Haws, Inc., lubricating oil firm, New York, until 1914, general manager, Suction
Eraser Co., manager of accessory sales, Firestone Tire &
Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, 1915-18, treasurer, director, The
Dorr Co , 1920-49, Petree & Dorr, Inc., until retirement
1949, remained financial consultant to The Dorr Co., treasurer,
trustee, Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America, president, Zeta
Psi Club of New York, member, Yale Club of New York, Field
Club of Greenwich, Conn., Woodway Club of Conn.
Married (1) October 14, 1909, Pittsburgh, Pa., Louise
Park Collm, daughter of William W Collin, 1877 and Elizabeth (Elwell) Collin Mr. and Mrs. Haws were divorced 1922
Married (2) September 6, 1924, Petersburg, Va., Gabnella
Spooner Dunn, daughter of George White and Emma (Tinsley)
Dunn. Children Cynthia Jean; Gabnella; Robert D., '54.
Survived by wife, two daughters, son, and two sisters,
Mrs. William Strobndge, Mrs, William Dickinson Hart
GILBERT KINNEY, B A 1905. Born March 30, 1884,
New Haven, Conn., died March 12, 1952, New York, N. Y.
Father, Thomas I. Kinney, New Haven Rolling Mill Co.
Mother, Cora C. (Potvm) Kinney. Yale relatives include
Gilbert H. Kinney, '53 (son)
James Hillhouse High School. Scott Prize, French,
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Freshman year; Second dispute Junior appointment, Apollo
Banjo Club, University Banjo Club, Mandolin Club, hockey team
Associated with J. Walter Thompson, advertising agency,
senior vice-president, director, 1917, director, Scott Paper
Co., executive committee, Penick & Ford, Ltd., Inc., chairman, Board of American Advertising Agents Assn., 1938-39,
director, National Outdoor Advertising Bureau, president,
Assn. for the Aid of Crippled Children of New York, director,
Horticultural Society, member, Conn. Highway Commission,
Yeomans Hall Club, Charleston, S. C , Pot and Kettle Club,
Mt. Desert Island, Me., Round Hill Club, Greenwich, Conn.,
chairman, Yale Alumni Fund, 1933-34, Yale Alumni Publications, Inc., member, University Club of New York City, Yale
Club of New York
Married April 24, 1929, P a n s , France, Anna D Hart,
daughter of E Burton and Harriet (Canfield) Hart Son
Gilbert H
Survived by wife, son, and sister, Mrs. Frank Kenna
WALTER RAYMOND McCOY, B A 1905. Born January 12, 1881, Burlington, N J , died June 20, 1952, New York,
NY
Father, D.S.B. McCoy, engineer Mother, Edith B
(Kale) McCoy.
Pennington Seminary, New Jersey
Second colloquy
appointment, Junior year, second dispute, Senior year
Manufacturer, electrical fixtures, until retirement,
1930, New York City representative, Phoenix Glass Co.,
Cassidy Co., lamp manufacturers, well-known philatelist,
librarian, Collectors Club, editor, The Philatelist, president,
American Philatelic Congress, fellow, Royal Philatelic Society,
life member, American Philatelic Society, member, Collectors
Club Bureau Issues Assn., Masonic Stamp Club, Anglo-Saxon
Lodge of Masons, Yale Club of New York.
Married May 13, 1941, New York, N. Y. Ethel Bergstresser Stewart.
Buried Bare Plain Cemetery, North Branford, Conn
Survived by wife, and a sister, Mrs Amanda Southard
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GEORGE SELDEN SPENCER, B. A 1905. Born May
27, 1884, Deep River, Conn., died January 19, 1952, Miami,
Fla.
Father, Richard Pratt Spencer, banker, Deep River
National Bank. Mother, Julianna (Selden) Spencer. Yale relatives include George T. Spencer, 1837, Ernest L. Selden,
1890 (uncles), Richard L. Spencer, '01 (brother)
Hotchkiss School, private tutor
Clerk, loan department, Aetna Life Insurance Co., 190510, worked for brokerage firm, H K. Taylor & Co., 1910; farmer, Shaftsbury, Vt., Deep River, Conn., enlisted, Ambulance
Service, Camp Crane, Pa., 1917, Second Lieutenant, 1918,
transferred to Signal Corps, Washington, Air Service, New
York City, discharged 1918, real estate business, Miami, Fla ,
1919, president, Dixie Press, 1925, owned, operated, Ye
Booke Lovers Shoppe, Inc., dealt in rare, second hand, outof-print books, 1927-46, assistant to the librarian, Umv of
Miami, 1947, president, director, Dixie Securities Corp ,
member, Miami Realty Board, Cooperating Sales Assn
Married (1) March 18, 1922, Miami, Fla , Ethel Duryea.
Mrs Spencer died 1926 Married (2) June 3, 1927, Miami,
Fla , Mary Maude Jennens Two daughters Mary Julianna,
Ruth Elizabeth
Survived by wife, two daughters, sister and brother
GROVER HIGGINS, B A 1906. Born October 15, 1883,
Columbus, Ohio, died December 29, 1952, New York, N. Y.
Father, Charles E. Higgms, a wholesale grocer. Mother,
Anna Belle (Creighton) Higgms Yale relatives include Warren
G. Higgins, '03S (brother)
Columbus (Ohio) High School, Lawrenceville Academy
Freshman, Apollo Glee Club, Freshman Banjo Club
LL B Harvard Law School, '09, passed Ohio Bar Examination, entered office of Blandin, Rice & Gmn, Cleveland,
Ohio, World War I, stationed at Camp Johnston, Twelfth Co ,
First Regiment, Motor Transport Corps, Jacksonville, Fla ;
returned to law practice, Tolles, Hogsett, Ginn & Morley,
Cleveland, Ohio, firm name changed to consolidate partnership, Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis, 1939, appointed to legal
division, U S. Group Control Council which supervised administration of German territory in American hands, 1945, counsel,
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administrator, trade and commerce division, American Military Government, Berlin, eighteen months; member, Union
Club of Cleveland, Hermit Club, Country Club, Court of Nisi
Prius, Cleveland, advisory committee, Cleveland Museum of
Art, local Council of World Affairs, associate, Cleveland
Orchestra, University Club; trustee, Musical Arts Assn
Unmarried
Death due to prolonged illness Survived by two nephews
WILLARD DEERE HOSFORD, B A 1906. Born June
13, 1882, Clinton, Iowa, died December 25, 1951, Omaha, Nebr
Father, Schiller Hosford (B A Dartmouth, 1866), secretary, Deere & Co. Mother, Floy Mabel Chapman. Yale relatives include R. S. Hosford, '09 (brother)
Exeter Academy Elihu Club, Zeta Psi
Vice-president and general manager, John Deere Plow
Co., Omaha, Nebr., 1906-50, director, Deere & Co., American Reserve Life Insurance Co., Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City, Union Stock Yards of Omaha, Omar, Inc., Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., member, Omaha Chamber of
Commerce, Omaha Club, Omaha Country Club, advisory committee of the Y. M. C. A. and Omaha Athletic Club, state representative, A. A. A.; director, Commercial Club, president and
secretary, Yale Alumni Assn. of Nebraska.
Married June 24, 1908, Omaha, Nebr., Mary Lee
McShane, daughter of Mr John A McShane. Children
Willard D., Jr , '35, Kathryn (Mrs. Frank Hamilton)
Interment in Holy Sepulcher Cemetery. Survived by
widow, daughter and son.
WILLIAM SINGER MOORHEAD, B.A 1906 Born
August 2, 1883, Greensburg, Pa., died February 12, 1952,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Father, James Sharp Moorhead (B A Washington and
Jefferson Coll., 1868 and M. A ), lawyer, Moorhead & Head,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Mother, Elizabeth Williams Singer.
Lawrenceville Academy and private tutor. First division
stand, Freshman year, Oration appointment, Junior year, secretary, Junior Prom committee, president, University Boat
Club, Yale City Government Club, Lawrenceville School Club
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and Intercollegiate League of Good Government Clubs; member,
Governing Board of Yale University Club; Freshman baseball
squad, Freshman football team, College baseball squad, 1904,
The Wigwam, Camp Omega, 1904, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club,
McCarthy Club, 1904, The Hogans, 1904, Delta Kappa Epsilon,
Skull and Bones, member, Class Day Committee
Managing clerk, law office, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1907, LL. B.
University of Pittsburgh, 1909, practiced law, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
1909-17, instructor, Pittsburgh Law School, Pittsburgh, 190917; member, executive committee, Military Training Assn. of
Pittsburgh, secretary, Lawyers League of Patriotism, attended
R. O T C. Camp Carnegie, 1918, World War I, member, Moorhead & Knox, 1917-52, president, Pittsburgh Tuberculosis
League and Pittsburgh Law Club, trustee, Carnegie Institute of
Technology, Carnegie Institute, Carnegie Library, Shadyside
Presbyterian Church, Frick Art Reference Library, alumni
trustee, Lawrenceville School, chairman, U S. Tax Simplification Board, 1922-24, director, Welfare Fund of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh Housing Assn., Public Health Nursing Assn , Inland
Coal Co , Keystone Coal & Coke Co , Forbes National Bank,
Highland Farms and Inland Realty Co , member, organization
committee, Community Fund, first vice-chairman, Yale Alumni Board, 1933-34, chairman, 1934-37, member, Committee
on Honorary Degrees, trustee, Yale Scholarship Trust of
Pittsburgh.
Married February 10, 1915, Pittsburgh, Pa., Constance
Barr. Son William S., Jr., '45.
Survived by his son.
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WILLIAM HENRY PETERS, B. A. 1906. Born March
18, 1883, Syracuse, N. Y., died December 10, 1951, Pasadena,
Calif
Father, Nicholas Peters, a merchant with N Peters &
Co. Mother, Caroline Stephens. Yale relative Frank Peters,
1886 (uncle)
Syracuse High School Phillips Exeter Academy. First
colloquy, Junior year appointment.
Engaged in dry goods business, Oneida, N, Y., Boston,
Mass., with N. Peters & Co , clothes makers, Syracuse, N.Y.;
moved to Pasadena, Calif., 1923; owner, William H Peters
Co , real estate and securities, Pasadena, 1923, retired 1934,
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became world traveler and art collector
Married January 10, 1907, Providence, R . I , Helen
Boden Collier Daughter Boden Peters (French School and
Art Student League; Mrs. Joseph H. Darlington)
Death due to a heart attack Survived by wife and daughter.
MILTON SIMPSON, B. A 1906. Born September 17,
1879, Belmont, Prince Edward Island, Canada, died April 11,
1952, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Father, Samuel Simpson, farmer. Mother, Eliza Simpson
Prince of Wales Coll., Charlotte town, P E. I., Canada,
Acadia Univ. (Class of r05). Entered Yale in Senior year
M. A Yale '07; professor, English, Ouachita Baptist
Coll., Arkadelphia, Ark., 1907-09, assistant professor, English, Michigan State Coll., 1911-16, associate professor,
Whitman Coll , 1916-19, professor, English, head of English
Department, Kalamazoo Coll , 1919 until retirement 1949,
Litt D Kalamazoo poll f43.
Married July 17, 1913, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada,
Grace MacDonald Frones. Children Harold B , Dorothy (Mrs.
John A Pulmer), Donald F
Death due to injuries received in an automobile accident
Buried Mt Ever-Rest Memorial Park, Kalamazoo, Mich Survived by wife, daughter, and two sons.
ERNEST SCHWEFEL BALLARD, B A. 1907. Born
August 29, 1885, Philadelphia, Pa., died March 18, 1952,
Hubbard Woods, 111.
Father, Ellis Ames Ballard (B A. Univ. of Pennsylvania
1881, LL. B. Umv of Pennsylvania, 1883), lawyer, Shapley &
Ballard Mother, Nina Gertrude Schwefel.
William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, Pa. Freshman Fall Class crew; Sophomore and Junior Fall and Spring
Class crews, Dissertation Junior appointment, member, University Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, French Club,f Psi Upsilon,
Dwight Hall Reception Committee.
LL. B. Univ. of Pennsylvania, '10, with law department,
New York Central Lines, New York, N. Y., 1910-15, commerce
counsel and assistant general solicitor, New York Central
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Lines, Chicago, 111., 1915-18; World War I, Captain, Railway
Transportation Corps, 1918-19, recipient, Knight of the Order
of the Black Star, French Government, 1919, partner, Butler,
Lamb, Foster & Pope, Chicago, 111., 1918-31, partner, Butler,
Foster, Pope & Ballard, 1931-36; partner, Pope & Ballard,
1937-52, president, Winnetka Board of Education, 1923-30,
president, Chicago Branch, English-Speaking Union, 1930,
president, Chicago Commonwealth Club, 1925-26, director,
Chicago Council of Social Agencies and Chicago Community
Fund
Married August 27, 1913, Garrison, N Y., Elizabeth
Sloan Duryee (B. A. Farmington, f08), daughter of Rev. Joseph
Rankin Duryee and Margaret (Sloan) Duryee. Children Elizabeth (B A Bryn Mawr Coll '37, Mrs. Frank F Fowle, Jr.),
Susan (B A. Vassar Coll. '37, Mrs Stewart Boal), Ellis Ames,
'40, LL. B. Harvard,'47, Joseph Duryee, Trinity Coll.,'42,
Mary (B. A Smith Coll., '42; Mrs John H. Hobart), Ernest S.,
Notre Dame Univ., '46; Samuel Sloan.
Survived by widow, three daughters and four sons
PAUL ELY McCHESNEY, B A 1907 Born April 16,
1885, New Brunswick, N. J., died August 19, 1951, El Paso,
Texas
Father, George Byron McChesney. Mother, Jennie
Tobias.
Rutgers Preparatory School, New Brunswick, N J.
First dispute Senior appointment.
M D. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia
Univ., '11, intern, New York Post-Graduate Hospital, New
York City, 1911-13, practiced New York City, 1913, Albuquerque, N Mex., 1914, Dallas, Texas, 1915, Akron, Ohio, 191617, Fort Columbia, Wash., 1919-20, commissioned First
Lieutenant Medical Corps, U S. Army, 1917-20, World War
I, commissioned Major, Medical Corps, 141st Infantry, Texas
National Guard, 1926, practiced medicine, El Paso, Texas,
1920-51; member, American Medical Society, Texas State
Medical Society, El Paso County Medical Society, El Paso
Club, Freaks Clubs of New York City; Presbyterian.
Married June 12, 1915, Dallas, Texas, Jeanne Lee
Robinson, daughter of James Robinson and Alice Truman.
Survived by his wife.
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BENJAMIN IRVING ROUSE, B. A. 1907. Born August
11, 1883, Rochester, N.Y., died October 3, 1951, Rochester,
N.Y.
Father, Irving Rouse, worked with Lakeview Nurseries.
Mother, Lily Charity (Palmer) Rouse. Yale relatives include
Beekman O. Rouse, '08 (brother); Benjamin Irving Rouse, Jr.,
'34, Ph.D. '37 (son).
Rochester (N.Y.) High School. Second dispute, Junior
appointment, Crew Club, German Club; won welterweight
wrestling championship.
Served as emulsion maker, Haloid Co , Rochester, N Y ,
1907-12; worked for father in nursery business, Rochester,
1912-14; partner, Irving Rouse & Son, Rochester, 1914-21,
with Richfield Oil Corp., 1935-42, Eastman Kodak Co., 1942,
member, North Presbyterian Church, Rochester
Married June 26, 1912, Rochester, N. Y., Louise Gillespie Bohachek, daughter of Albert and Anne Bohachek. Children Benjamin Irving, Jr., John Albert, B. F. Syracuse '38,
Richard Gillespie; Mary Louise, Elizabeth Palmer
Death due to Parkinson's disease. Survived by wife,
children, three sisters, and brother, Beekman O. Rouse
GEORGE SCHAEFER SCOTT, B.A. 1907. Born May
30, 1884, Lyons, N. Y.; died December 7, 1951, New Gretna,
N. J.
Parents, Seymour and Mary C (Atkins) Scott. Yale
relatives include. Henry S Scott, f08S (brother).
Mohegan School. Second colloquy Junior appointment,
First colloquy Senior appointment, Psi Upsilon.
Office worker, later in security and trust department,
Standard Trust Co., New York, 1908-12, engaged in ranching,
farming, Cnppsdale, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada,
World War I, private, Canadian Army, job accountant, Turner
Construction Co., New York, 1920-37, accounting department,
Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N. J , 1937
until retirement, 1950; member, vestry, Grace Epi'scopal
Church; Nutley, N. J., 1945-47; member, Yale Club.
Married December 25, 1922, Hermme M. Camona,
daughter of Adolph and Hermme Louise (Geislu) Camona Mrs.
Scott died 1950.
Death due to prolonged illness. Survived by a brother
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GEORGE WASHINGTON SMALL, B. A. 1907. Born
January 23, 1886, Union Hill, N. J , died September 1, 1951,
Mount Vernon, N Y
Father, Charles H. Small, with Austin, Nichols & Co.,
wholesale grocers. Mother, Adelaide (Kiefer) Small Yale
relatives include Edgar K. Parker, '04, Victor A Beede,
'10 (brothers-in-law), Edgar P. Small, '33 (son).
James Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn. Second
colloquy Junior appointment, substitute, Freshman football
team, University baseball team, 1906, Zeta Psi.
Advertising with System magazine, 1907, eastern manager, 1916, New York City representative, The Literary Digest, 1918, eastern manager, 1927, advertising director,
Town Weekly magazine, 1937, ceased publication, 1939, joined
Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. on Colliers staff, senior warden, Church of the Ascension, Mount Vernon, N. Y., member,
Auxiliary Police Force, Bronxville, N. Y.
Married November 9, 1908, New Haven, Conn., Julia
Burnham Parker, daughter of Edgar Kirk and Louise (Gedney)
Parker. Son Edgar P
Survived by wife, son, and sister, Mrs Ella Beede.
GUY VAN ZANDT THOMPSON, B. A. 1907. Born October 4, 1883, Portsmouth, Ohio, died August 6, 1951, Ironton,
Mo.
Father, A C Thompson (Washington and Jefferson,
B. A. and LL. D ), United States District Judge. Mother, Ella
Allen (Turley) Thompson. Yale relatives include Robert T.
Garrison, 1897 (cousin)
Franklin School, Cincinnati, Ohio. Track athletics,
first prize for hurdling, First colloquy Junior appointment.
Secretary and treasurer, Portsmouth Refractories Co.,
1907-11, secretary and treasurer, 1911-16, president, 191619, Portsmouth Engine Co., World War I participated in homefront drives, speaker for Navy League on local council of
National defense, reported for service in artillery, Fort
Monroe, 1918, assistant superintendent of manufacture, Baltimore and Washington departments, 1920, assistant to general
superintendent of plants, 1921-31, American Ice Co , corrosion
engineer and consulting engineer for* cold storage, ice plants
and air conditioning, New York City, 1931, with Seversky Air-
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craft Corp., 1937-39, manager, production control, prepared
confidential logistics reports for U S. Army and Navy, Brews ter Aeronautical Corp., 1939-44, manager, scheduling division,
experimental engineering, Ranger Aircraft Engines, 1944-45,
operation and control manager, remote control division, 194546, author, Practical Methods of Corrosion Prevention, Refrigerating Engineering, Power Plant Engineering and Corrosion Prevention as Practiced in the United States, member,
New York Yale Club, New York Athletic Club.
Married (1) April 21, 1908, St. Louis, Mo., Rose Sidney,
daughter of Alonzo Redway and Anna (Smith) Redway Children
Albert Clifton, 3d, Yale »31, Robert Means, Colorado Coll '48
Divorced, 1930. Married (2) June 9, 1930, Reno, Nev.,
Connne Barton Lockhardt, widow of Thomas S., and daughter
of William Henry and Cornelia (Horner) Barton
t)eath due to cardiac muscular degeneration. Survived
by wife and two sons.
FRANK EUGENE BRIDGETT, B A 1908. Born March
21, 1887, Wallmgford, Conn., died February 4, 1952, New
York, N.Y.
Father, Nicholas Bndgett
Mother, Margaret (Shore)
Bndgett
Wallmgford (Conn ) High School. First dispute appointment.
Taught, Boys High School, Brooklyn, 1908-12, traveling
representative, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware for Scott,
Foresman & Co., educational publishers, 1912-17, World War
I, Second Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, First Lieutenant,
Captain; overseas, 312th Service Battalion, 1918, transferred
to educational work, A. E. F. University, field representative,
College of Business, Le Mans, discharged 1919, sales department, McGraw Book Co , World War II, Lieutenant Colonel,
QMC, moral officer, 2nd Corps Area, 1941, training officer,
QMC school, personnel officer, ETO Chettenham, England,
1942-44, service supply ETO, discharged, Colonel QM Reserve, 1944, chief vocational advisor, Veterans Administration,
New York City, European, African, Middle Eastern Campaign
ribbon, graduate, Command and Staff Special Course, Fort
Leavenworth, M. A. New York Univ. '48.
Married September 7, 1920, New York, N Y , Ruth
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Gorkes. Daughter Jeanne. M r s . Bridgett died in 1927.
Survived by daughter, and s i s t e r , Miss Mary Bridgett.
GEORGE ALEXANDER SELIGMANN, B. A. 1908. Born
September 25, 1887, Tarrytown, N. Y.; died October 30, 1951,
New York, N. Y
F a t h e r , Maurice Seligmann, m e m b e r , New York Stock
Exchange representing Asiel & Co. Mother, Mathilde (Blum)
Seligmann. Yale relatives include Arthur R. Seligmann, '14S
(brother).
Sachs Collegiate Institute, Andover. French play, Junior
year.
With Asiel & Co., seat on New York Stock Exchange,
1913, Second Lieutenant, Corps of I n t e r p r e t e r s , Intelligence
Department, 1917, sent o v e r s e a s , F i r s t Lieutenant, 1918,
m e m b e r , Schuman & Seligmann, p a r t n e r , G. & A Seligmann
& Co., formed George A. Seligmann & Co., m e m b e r , board of
governors, Association of Bond B r o k e r s of the New York Stock
Exchange.
M a r r i e d January 19, 1910, J Benita Kohn
Children
Maurice George, Eleanor Mathilde
Death after a long i l l n e s s . Survived by wife, daughter,
son, and three grandchildren.
HOWARD VERNON YERGIN, B A. 1908. Born Septemb e r 4, 1885, Jordan, N. Y., died July 28, 1951, New York, N Y.
F a t h e r , Vernon N Yergm, a clergyman. Mother,
H a r r i e t Adella (Swetland) Yergm. Yale r e l a t i v e s include
Otis M Bigelow, 1872 (uncle), Otis M. Bigelow, J r . , '04
(cousin).
Clyde High School, Clyde, N. Y. Chairman, Yale Courant, keeper of archives, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Phi.
B. D. Auburn Seminary '13; immigrant fellow, Board of
Home Missions, Italy, 1913-15, director, Boyle Memorial
Center, 1914-18, executive s e c r e t a r y , American P a r i s h , 191824, lectured, T e a c h e r s College, Columbia, published, Growing
as J e s u s Grew, 1920; pastor, Church of the Covenant, 310
E a s t Forty-Second St., 1924, executive, Synod of New York,
1936-49; administered relief needs among P r o t e s t a n t s for
World Council of Churches, Italy, 1949-51, director, Auburn,
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Union Seminaries; president, American Waldensian Aid Society.
Married May 13, 1913, Allentown, Pa., Ida Flohr, daughter of Charles Julius and Mathilde Flohr
Six children Gladys
Elizabeth, Ruth Evelyn, Helen Virginia, Alice, Howard Vernon,
Jr.; Paul Flohr.
Death due to complications following an operation. Survived by four daughters, two sons, two sisters and a brother
CLAUDE GILLETTE BEARDSLEE, B. A. 1909 Born
June 25, 1888, West Springfield, Mass., died May 13, 1952,
New Haven, Conn.
Father, Clark Smith Beardslee (B A Amherst, 1876,
M. A. 1878; D. D. Berea 1898), professor, Hartford Theological Seminary. Mother, Emma Gillette Alvord. Yale relatives
include Saul Alvord, 1800 (great-grandfather), G. B Alvord,
1895, S.M. Alvord, 1896 (cousins), Raymond A. Beardslee,
'05, Sidney A. Beardslee, '17, Clark S. Beardslee, '20
(brothers).
Hartford Public High School. First dispute appointment,
soccer team, 1908-09, active in Yale Hope Mission, Bethany
Mission, Oak Street and Yale Hall Boys' Club, chairman, Yale
Hall Committee, Junior year, chairman, Yale Hall Governing
Board, Senior year; executive committee, Y. M C A , Junior
year; Book and Bond.
B.D. Hartford Theological Seminary, '12, S. T M Hartford Theological Seminary, '13, minister in a small church in
Mass., 1913-14; Southmgton Congregational Church, 1914-17,
2nd Lieutenant, 307th Field Artillery and Army of Occupation,
World War I, 1917-19, superintendent of employment, factory,
1920-21, assistant professor, Univ. of Southern Calif., 192124; M. A. Univ. of Southern Calif., 1922; minister, Kingston
Congregational Church, 1925-29, assistant professor, Brown
Univ., 1929-31; Ph. D. Brown Univ., 1931, professor and chairman, Department of Moral and Religious Philosophy, Lehigh
Univ., 1931-47; professor emeritus, 1947-52.
Married (1) August 26, 1914, Dana, Mass , Pauline
Dustm Johnson (B. A. Barnard, '09), daughter of Joseph French
Johnson and Caroline Temperance Stolp. Daughter Caroline
Beardslee (B. A. Pomona Coll. '37). Mrs. Beardslee died
March 31, 1918. Married (2) September 23, 1920, Louise
Meech Miner (B. A. Wellesley, '16). Children Ruth (B. A.
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Simmons, '45), Betsy (B. A. Simmons, !46), Claudia (B. A.
Western Reserve Univ., '48, Alvord (B. A. Lehigh Univ., '50;
Yale Divinity School). Mrs Beardslee died January 12, 1952.
Survived by four daughters, a son, two sisters, Mrs.
John Kingsbury and Mrs. James Potter, three brothers,
Raymond A., Sidney A., and Clark S., and seven grandchildren.
PAUL HOWARD McGREGOR CONVERSE, B. A. 1909.
Born May 30, 1888, Geneva, N. Y., died March 12, 1952,
Geneva, N. Y.
Father, Rob Roy McGregor Converse (B. A. Washington
and Jefferson 1867, M. A. 1868, B. S. Columbia, D. D. G n s wold, 1890; D. C. L. Hobart, 1897), Episcopal clergyman.
Mother, Mary Howard.
Bradstreet Preparatory School, Rochester, N. Y. Oration appointment, honor in English Composition, Sophomore
year; baseball, Freshman Squad, Oration team, and class
team, hockey, Freshman team, manager, University Tennis
Assn.; University cross-country team, 1907, active m Bancroft Foote Boys' Club; Senior Bible Class committee, member,
Rifle, French, Taft and University Clubs, Alpha Delta Phi,
Wolf's Head.
Automobile salesman, W C Barry, Jr., automobile
sales agency, 1909-10, treasurer and director, W. W. Kneath
& Co., Inc., 1910-15, Corporal and Sergeant, 1st Cavalry,
New York National Guard, 1912-16, 1st Lieutenant, 1916,
Captain, U. S. R , Company B, 301st Infantry, 1917-18, instructor, School of Fire, F.A., Fort Sill, Okla., 1918-19,
Major, F A. O. R. C , 1919; Major, Cavalry, O. R. C , 1921,
Lieutenant-Colonel, Cavalry, 1924, general manager, Dommick & Dominick, Dayton, Ohio, 1929-41, special representative, branch of Dominick & Dommick, England and France,
1936-37; representative, Canadian branch, Dominick & Dominick, 1937, deputy chief, Office of Export Control, Washington,
1941, chief, Inspector-Instruction Section, Provost Marshal
General, USAFINE, Cairo, Egypt, 1942-43; chief, Advance
Base, Joint Army-Navy Intelligence Collection Agency, Beirut,
1943-44; military attache, American Legation, Bagdad, Iraq,
1944-46; Special Service Officer, Special Service Section, 1947,
retired, 1948; area representative, New York State Civil Defense; U. S. decorations, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Army
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Commendation Ribbon, and two battle stars, recipient, Order
of the British Empire and Order of Al Rafidain, Iraq member,
Military Order of World Wars, and New York Society of Military and Naval Officers of the World War.
Married October 7, 1914, Rochester, N. Y., Mary
Macomber, daughter of Francis S. Macomber and Mary Butts.
Sons Rob Roy McGregor, '40, Paul Howard, l41
Death due to a heart attack. Survived by wife, two sons,
and a brother, Rob Roy S. Converse, '17S.
CLARENCE FLACK GRAHAM, B. A 1909 Born
March 23, 1887, Troy, N Y., died August 7, 1951, Exeter,
N H.
Father, Henry Graham (B. A. Union Coll , 1867), a
Methodist Episcopal clergyman Mother, Mary Alice (Flack)
Graham
Albany High School Philosophical oration stand, Phi
Beta Kappa, Scott Prize, German, Sigma Xi
M. D. Johns Hopkins, '17, administrative supervisor,
several hospitals, laboratories, U.S. Army, 1917-19, confined
practice to internal medicine, associate professor, medicine,
Albany Medical Coll., 1934-42, principal pathologist, New
York State tuberculosis hospitals, 1942 until retirement, 1950,
member, National Tuberculosis Assn , Trudeau Society, Federation of American Scientists, Johns Hopkins Alumni Assn.,
Episcopal Church, Republican Party, University Club of Albany, Yale Alumni Assn.
Married October 6, 1915, Rye Beach, N. H., Mary
Jarvis Fish (Bennett School, Mrs. Dow's, Bnarcliff, N Y ) ,
daughter of Charles H. and Agnes (Cheney) Fish
Children
Mary Jarvis (Univ. of Michigan, Miami University, '38), John
Warren, B. A. Johns Hopkins '40, Ph.D. '49.
Death due to coronary occlusion. Buried Pine Grove
Cemetery, Manchester, N. H.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, 2d, B. A. 1909. Born
December 11, 1887, Pelham Manor, N. Y., died February 10,
1952, New York, N. Y.
Father, Henry Waters Taft, 1880, a lawyer. Mother,
Julia Walbridge (Smith) Taft. Yale relatives include Alphonso
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Taft, 1833 (grandfather); Charles P. Taft, 1864, Peter R. Taft,
1867, William H. Taft, 1878, Horace D. Taft, 1883 (uncles),
Hubert Taft, '00, Howard Taft, '06, Robert A. Taft, '10
(cousins), Walbndge S. Taft, '07 (brother), Henry W. Taft,'46
(nephew)
Cutler School, New York City, Harstrom's. Second
colloquy appointment, Wigwam, Alpha Delta Phi.
Member, Squadron A of New York; officer, field artillery,
World War I; joined Thirty-ninth Division training, Camp
Beauregard, became a Captain, subscription manager, New
York Times, 1923-29, associated with Taylor, Bates & Co.,
securities brokers, 1929-34, vice-president, Central Savings
Bank, 1934-36, assistant treasurer, Bank for Savings, later
assistant vice-president and secretary, member, Union Club,
Yale Club of New York, Piping Rock Club, Locust Valley, L.I., N Y., University Club.
Married April 18, 1917, Pittsburgh, Pa., Marguerite
Temple O'Neill, daughter of Joseph A. and Annie O'Neill.
Survived by wife.
CARLETON ALEXANDER CONNELL, B. A. 1910. Born
April 23, 1888, Scranton, Pa.; died July 22, 1951, Clarks
Summit, Pa.
Father, James Lawrence Connell, lumber and banking
business. Mother, Leonora Pratt. Yale relatives include
L. M. Connell, '07 (brother); E H Connell, 1895, T. E Connell, 1895 (uncles).
Hotchkiss School. Yale Banjo and Mandolin Clubs, class
baseball team, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Wolf's Head.
President and director, Lackawanna Mills (paper boxes)
since 1935, director, Cherry River Boom & Lumber Co.,
director, Elk Lick Coal Co.; director, Richwood Store Co.,
Board of Trustees, Visiting Nurse Assn.
Married September 25, 1920, Short Hills, N. J., Lydia
Nancy Taggart. Children Carleton A., Jr., James L.; Ann M.
Death due to a heart attack. Survived by wife, two sons,
a daughter, and six grandchildren.
MILLEN GRIFFITH, B. A. 1910. Born August 21, 1886,
Ross, Mann County, Calif.; died November 21, 1951, Ross,
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Mann County, Calif.
Father, Edwin Lord Griffith, died Rome, Italy, 1902.
Mother, Eugenia Carolina Coffee. Yale relatives include
Charles L. Griffith, 1880S, Wyatt Allen, 1896S, Allen Kittle,
f
00; J C. Kittle, '04, Millen, Jr., '38 (son).
Taft School; private tutor
Water polo team, University
Club, Taft Club, Alpha Delta Phi.
Bates & Chesebrough, agents for the California Atlantic
Steamship Co., 1911-12, W R Grace & Co , 1913-17, asst.
traffic manager, U.S. Army Transport Service, 1917-19,
ship broker, 1919-23, partner, Griffith & Hitching, ship
brokers, 1923, retired 1945, World War II, air raid warden,
chief yeoman, Volunteer Port Security Force, U S Coast
Guard Temporary Reserve, vice-president, Mann Council of
Boy Scouts, Community Chest, Red Cross, vestryman, St.
John's (Episcopal) Church, University Club of San Francisco,
Lagunitas Club, Mann Golf and Country Clubs, Millerton Gun
Club.
Married October 16, 1912, San Francisco, Calif ,
Camilla Constance McLaren. Children Constance E (Katharine Branson School; Mrs. John Latta, Jr.), Millen, Jr , '38,
Edwin L , Eugenia C. (Katharine Branson School, Mrs. Allan
Sproul, Jr.)
Survived by wife and children.
JAMES DWIGHT DANA, B A 1911. Born February 20,
1889, New Haven, Conn , died December 2, 1951, New Haven,
Conn.
Father, Edward S Dana (1870 and Ph. B. 1876), professor at Yale. Mother, Caroline Bristol. Yale relatives include
James D. Dana, 1833, William B. Bristol, 1825 (grandfathers),
L. H. Bristol, 1859, E. S. Bristol, 1869S, J W. Bristol, 1877
and A. G. Dana, 1883 (uncles)
Hopkins Grammar School; Thacher School. Philosophical
Oration appointment; second Barge Mathematical Prize, Phi
Beta Kappa, cross-country squad, class secretary, Triennial
Committee, president, Thacher School Club, University Debating Union; Alpha Delta Phi; Scroll and Key.
LL. B. Harvard, 1915; with Bristol & White, New Haven,
Conn., 1915-20, special asst., Department of State, Washington, D. C , World War I; partner, Bristol & White, 1920-34,
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partner, Wiggm & Dana, New Haven, 1934-51; director, Union
& New Haven Trust Co., Malleable Iron Fittings Co., Kente
Co., New Haven Savings Bank, New Haven Hospital, Cape well
Manufacturing Co , United Illuminating Co. and Red River
Valley Co.; trustee, Hopkins Grammar School, and Sheffield
Scientific School, Yale; active in Community Chest, secretary
of class, 1911-20, associate fellow, Calhoun College; governor,
Yale Publishing Assn., Mory's and Graduates Club; member,
Torch Honor Society, American Bar Assn., Conn. Bar Assn.,
New Haven County Bar Assn , New Haven Country Club, New
Haven Lawn Club, Qumnipiack Club, Yale Club of New York.
Married October 6, 1917, New Haven, Conn., Anna
English, daughter of Lewis H. English. No children.
Survived by widow and a sister, Mrs. Alexander C
Brown.
STUART FOX FREEMAN, B A 1911 Born August 19,
1888, St. Ignace, Mich., died March 15, 1952, Baltimore, Md.
Father, Walter Howard Freeman Mother, Ada Fox.
Yale relatives include Howard B Freeman, '11, Edgar W.
Freeman, '12 (brothers), Alan Fox, '03 (uncle).
Plainfield High School, Plainfield, N. J. and Phillips
Andover. First colloquy appointment, Freshman and University baseball teams, second football team, "Y" in baseball,
Junior year; Apollo and University Banjo Clubs, member,
"Outlaws", Delta Kappa Epsilon, Wolf's Head.
With American Keene Cement Co , Sigurd, Utah, 191112, C A Smith Lumber Co , Bay Point, Calif., 1912-15,
Mailliard & Schmiedell, San Francisco, Calif., 1915-17,
Western Lumber Manufacturing Co., Chicago, 111., 1917, Captain, Field Artillery, World War I, 1917-19, Lumber Manufacturing Co., 1919; salesman, Willapa Lumber Co., 1919-22,
asst. sales manager, California & Oregon Lumber Co., San
Francisco, Calif , 1924-25, salesman, Lang Realty Co., 1926;
sales representative, Babcock-Angell Lumber Co., 1927-28;
salesman, Astoria Importing & Manufacturing Co., 1929-31,
salesman, Shepard & Morse Lumber Co., 1934; lumber specialist, Division of Suburban Resettlement, Resettlement Administration, Washington, D C , 1936-40, salesman, Cuprmol,
Inc , 1940, expeditor, George A Fuller & Merntt-Chapman &
Scott Corp., 1941, Purdy & Henderson Co , 1942; inspector
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and expeditor, E. B. Badger & Sons Co., 1943-44, salesman
and inspector, Mann & Parker Lumber Co., 1950.
Married October 24, 1922, Plainfield, N J , Monica
Worthington Sharretts, daughter of Thaddeus Sharretts and
Ellen Power. Children Peter, '44e, Monica (Mrs. Patrick
Nearney).
Survived by wife, son and daughter.
FREDERICK LAWRENCE GAY, B. A. 1911 Born
March 2, 1888, Altadena, Calif., died August 10, 1951, Los
Angeles, Calif.
Father, Gilbert Townley Gay, secretary and manager,
Los Angeles Milling Co. Mother, Ada Miller. Yale relatives
include Alexander L. Gay, Ph. B '12, Edgar P Gay, '13,
David J. Gay, Ph. B. '14, George R Gay, Ph. B '17
Thacher School, Nordhoff, Calif. Class baseball team,
editor, Yale Record; University Club, Corinthian Yacht Club,
Thacher School Club, Gun and Rifle Clubs, Psi Upsilon.
Studied architecture, Univ. of California, 1912, entered
office of Morgan, Walls & Morgan, 1912-13, D. A. Macneil &
Son, commercial brokers, 1914, R. L Craig & Co , wholesale
grocery house; manager, Fillmore Branch, F a r m e r s ' and
Merchants' Bank, Fillmore, Calif., field representative and
sales tax administrator, State Board of Equalization, authority
on California history; Fish and Game Development Assn ,
University Club of Los Angeles, left his estate to Yale.
Unmarried.
KENNETH HANNA SESSIONS, B. A. 1911. Born March
17, 1889, Grand Rapids, Mich., died December 31, 1951,
Miami, Fla.
Father, Frances Hale Sessions, w i t h E . T . Burrowes
Co. Mother, Charlotte Hanna
Shady Side Academy and Andover. Second colloquy
appointment; University and Andover Clubs, Delta Kappa
Epsilon.
Advertising manager, Oil Well Supply Co., Pittsburgh,
Pa., 1912-28; salesman, Union Central Life Insurance Co.,
Pittsburgh, 1928-39, hotel management, Maybro Lodge, Johnstown, Pa., 1939-41; apartment house owner and manager,
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Kenmar Apartments, Miami, Fla., 1941-51; asst. district air
raid warden, 68th Precinct, Miami, 1942-43; director, 1944,
first vice-president, 1949, Greater Miami Apartment House
Assn.
Married June 15, 1940, Johnstown, Pa., Mary Lee
Myers. No children.
Survived by widow.
JAMES CASHMON SWEENEY, B A 1911. Born June
15, 1889, Lockport, N. Y., died September 20, 1951, Buffalo,
N.Y
Father, John Francis Sweeney, president of H. A. Meldrum Co , department store, Buffalo, N. Y. Mother, Mary
Theresa Murphy.
Masten Park High School, Buffalo, N. Y. First colloquy
appointment.
LL. B. Harvard '14, lawyer, Donnelly & O1 Neil, 1914;
Moot, Sprague, Brownell & Marcy, 1915-18; Penney, Killeen
& Nye, 1918-23, partner, Killeen & Sweeney, 1924-42; general
counsel, International Railway Co., president, Erie County Bar
Assn., Marshall Club of Buffalo.
Married June 30, 1919, Buffalo, N. Y., Juliette Leo
(B, S. Teachers Coll. Columbia Univ.), daughter of Michael J.
Leo, merchant and Anastasia (Ramsden) Leo
Daughters
Ellen (Mrs. Robert T. Lynch); Juliette.
Buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, N. Y.
Survived by wife, two daughters and two brothers, John F.
and Charles R., '18
LOUIS EFFINGHAM DeFOREST, B.A. 1912. Born
October 25, 1891, New Haven, Conn., died May 20, 1952,
P a n s , France.
Father, Louis She par dDe Forest, 1879 (M. D. Jena Univ.
1885; M A. Jena Univ. 1891), physician. Mother, Annie Coley
Event. Yale relatives include: Louis Shepard DeForest, 1879
(father); Benjamin Nicoll, 1734; John Davenport, 1770; John
DeForest, 1726; John Nicoll, 1854; E. L. Tact, 1854, E. Boltwood, 1860, W. E. Foster, 1860, G. S. Southworth, 1863, C.V.
Shepard, 1863; H. C. DeForest, 1863; T. H. Boltwood, 1864;
R. W. DeForest, 1870, H. W. DeForest, 1876; Ed. Southworth,
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1879; T. G. Lawrence, 1887; R. L. Event, 1882S; A M. Event,
1887S; B. B. Boltwood, 1892S; Lee DeForest, 1896S, P. B.
Foster, '03; Charles S. DeForest, '12S (brother).
New Haven High School. First colloquy appointment;
DeForest Scholarship; contributor to Lit, Courant and Record,
active in Oak Street Boys' Club; member, Freshman Debating
Union, Corinthian Yacht Club.
Managing editor, The Saturday Chronicle of New Haven,
1910-12, editor and researcher, New York Society of Mayflower Descendants and American Huguenot Society, New York,
N. Y., private, Company K, 7th Infantry, N. G.N. Y., 1913-17,
secretary, Military Committee of Yale Club of New York, 1917,
Captain, O. M. C , World War I, 1917-19, A.M. Columbia, '20,
re-entered Reserves as Captain, Q. M O. R C , 1922; Major,
Q. M. O. R. C , 1923; also Major, Reserve List, N. Y. N. G ,
secretary, Yale War Memorial Committee, J. D New York
Univ., 1926; president, The DeForest Publishing Co , New
York, 1928-41, genealogical researcher, independently employed, editor and executive secretary, New York Genealogical
& Biographical Society, 1940-41; Colonel, Inactive Reserves,
1941; founder and member, New York Committee of the National War Fund, World War II, treasurer, American-French War
Relief, World War II, attorney, Metroplitan Life Insurance Co ,
1943-45, president, Society of the Cincinnati m the State of
Conn., 1948; author St. Nicholas Society of the City of New
York, The Tercentenary of New York City in 1924, E M.S.
Ludington Saltus Records, Journals and Papers of Seth
Pomeroy, Our Colonial and Continental Ancestors, Jelke and
Frazier & Allied Families, Sherrill Genealogy, Louisbourg
Journals 1745, James Cox Brady and His Ancestry, Captain
John Underhill, William Henry Moore and His Ancestry, and
The Settlement of Manhattan in 1624, editor, History of Class
of 1912 Yale College, member, Union and University Clubs.
Married November 15, 1925, Montclair, N. J., Anne
Lawrence Marston. Mr. and Mrs. DeForest were divorced.
No children.
Death due to a heart ailment. Survived by a brother,
C. Shepard DeForest, three sisters, Mrs. James S. Pitkm,
Mrs. A. Corning White and Mrs. W. Durrie Waldron.
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TRACY HAMMOND LEWIS, B. A. 1912. Born Novemb e r 30, 1890, Richfield, Ohio; died November 7, 1951, Richmond, Va.
F a t h e r , William E. Lewis, publisher, New York Morning Telegraph. Mother, F r a n c e s Eleanor Oviatt.
Penn C h a r t e r School, Philadelphia, Pa. and Horace
Mann School, New York, N. Y. Second colloquy appointment;
Apollo Glee Club; Minerva Charm, delegate, Northfield Conference, Boys' Club, Beta Theta Pi.
Staff m e m b e r , New York T i m e s , 1912-13; Sunday editor
and motion picture editor, The New York Morning Telegraph,
1913-16, war correspondent, 1916; Lieutenant, Air F o r c e ,
World War I, 1917-18; Major, m i l i t a r y staff, Governor Alfred
E. Smith of New York; associate editor, New York Morning
Telegraph, 1918-24, advertising, C r o s s & La Beaume, Inc.,
1924-27; v i c e - p r e s i d e n t and s e c r e t a r y , Smith, Sturgis &
Moore, Inc., 1927-36; American National Trapshootmg Championship in both singles and doubles, 1931 and 1934, editor,
Field and Stream, 1938-48, d i r e c t o r , Virginia Kennel Club and
Cocker Spaniel Club of Virginia, m e m b e r , Isaak Walton League
of Virginia, author, Along The Rio Grande, Turkey T a l e s .
M a r r i e d (1) October 16, 1920, Meredith, N. H., E s t h e r
Tufts, daughter of Leonard and Gertrude Tufts. Children
William E. II (died 1923), Nancy (Mrs. Boyce Nemec), Ethel;
P a t r i c i a (B A. Boston Museum of Art; M r s . Oswald Veranni);
Anne. Mr. and M r s . Lewis were divorced in 1931. Married
(2) J a n u a r y 10, 1934, New York, N . Y . , Ann R o s s , daughter
of Robert and F r a n c e s (Sutherland) Ross.
Survived by wife, four daughters, a granddaughter and
a s i s t e r , M r s . Waldo Grose.
MARTIN EUGENIUS GLYNN, B. A. 1913. Born June
14, 1891, New Haven, Conn., died August 3, 1951, Columbus,
Ohio
F a t h e r , John William Glynn, c a r r i a g e blacksmith.
Mother, Nora Potts.
West Haven High School Dissertation appointment,
Lucius F . Robinson Latin P r i z e , 1912, Anthony D. Stanley
Scholarship
Teacher, Louisville Boys' High School, Louisville, Ky.,
1913-17, Commanding Officer, 358th Aero Squadron, World
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War I, 1917-19; teacher, Roger Williams School, Scranton,
Pa,, 1919-25, Philadelphia, 1926-28, Erasmus Hall High
School, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1928-51; M. A. Fordham Univ., '34;
instructor in English, New York Univ. School of Commerce,
1946-49; member, Catholic Teachers Assn., Knights of
Columbus, St. Vincent de Paul Society of Holy Innocents
Church, American Legion.
Married December 4, 1918, Dunmore, Pa., Mary
Mullaney. Daughters- Isabell (Mrs. Francis J. Herman),
Marjone (Mrs. John F. Reilly).
Death due to a coronary thrombosis Buried in Scranton,
Pa. Survived by two daughters, five grandsons and a brother,
John Glynn.
HENRY CHARLES LINK, B A 1913. Born August 27,
1889, Buffalo, N. Y., died January 9, 1952, Port Chester, N.Y.
Father, George Link, a builder. Mother, Martha Kraus.
Masten Park High School, Buffalo, N. Y., North-Western
College (2 years). Philosophical Oration, won a Townsend
Premium; awarded Larned Fellowship, 1913-14, active in
Boys' Club work, Freshman Debating Team, Academic Team,
1912; Debating Assn.; Phi Beta Kappa.
M. A T13, Ph. D. f16, director of education and psychological research, Winchester Repeating Arms Co , 1917-19,
chairman, Committee on the Application of Psychological Tests
and Rating Scales m Industry, National Assn. of Corporation
Schools, 1918-20; director, education and psychological research, U.S. Rubber Co., 1919-23, advertising director, Lord
& Taylor, 1923-28; asst. to president, Gimbel's, Pittsburgh,
Pa., 1928-30; secretary-treasurer, Psychological Corp., New
York, N. Y., 1931-41, vice-president and director, 1941-52;
originator, Psychology Barometer, 1932, director, Vocational
Adjustment Bureau, New York, member, American Psychologists Assn., Assn. of Consulting Psychologists, Men of
Science, Who's Who and Phi Beta Kappa, author, Employment
Psychology, Education & Industry, New Psychology of Advertising & Selling, The Return to Religion, The Rediscovery of
Man, The Rediscovery of Morals.
Married May 2, 1916, Brooklyn, N. Y., Carolyn Crosby
Wilson. Children- James W., 2d, '40, Robert F., '42S, Anne.
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Montgomery, Orange
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County, N. Y. Survived by wife, daughter, two sons, three
s i s t e r s , Mrs. Edmund B. Spaeth, M r s . Pitt Petri and Miss
Esther L. Link, and a brother, Frederick G. Link.
JOHN LORD BUTLER, B. A 1915. Born Decembjer 28,
1892, Dorranceton, Pa.; died October 8, 1951, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Father, George H. Butler, lawyer. Mother, Gertrude
Taylor Stoddart. Yale relatives include Judge J. Butler
Woodward, 1883; Dr. George Woodward, 1887, L. Butler
Hillard, 1883; Robert H. Sayre, '16S.
Dorranceton High School, Harry Hillman Academy and
Chestnut Hill Academy. Freshman Mandolin Club; Business
Manager of the Record; Yale Flower Agency; Zeta Psi.
Advertising manager, Pennsylvania Rubber Co., 191517; First Lieutenant, U. S N A., World War I, 1917-19; with
T r a c y - P a r r y Co., Inc., 1919-27, vice-president, 1924-27;
president, John L. Butler Co., 1927-37; merchandising and
advertising counselor, 1938-43, representative, National Foam
System, 1943-44, account executive, Aitken-Kynett Co., 194347, director, Philadelphia Veterans Center, 1943-47; member,
Episcopal Church, Sons of the American Revolution, Founders
and Patriots of America, Military Order of Foreign Wars,
Yale Club of New York.
Married May 19, 1917, Wyncote, Pa., Marion Field
Sharpless, daughter of Townsend and Mary Field Sharpless.
Children John Lord, J r . , '40, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Kilbourn);
Gertrude Stoddart (Mrs. Terence R. Blackwood).
Survived by wife, two daughters and a son.
ALBERT GALLATIN EDWARDS, B A 1915. Born
June 21, 1894, St. Louis, Mo., died June 24, 1952, St. Louis,
Mo.
Father, Benjamin Franklin Edwards, president, Central
National Bank, St. Louis. Mother, Isabel Woods. Yale relatives include George Lane Edwards, Jr., '18 (cousin).
Smith Academy, St. Louis, Mo., Westminster Academy,
Fulton, Mo., Westminster College. Entered Yale Senior year.
Cosmopolitan Club; Phi Delta Theta.
Student, PrincetonTheological Seminary, 1915-18; with
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English Y.M. C. A., India, Iraq, and Persia, 1917-19, relief
work, American-Persian Relief Commission, Hamadan,
Persia, 1919; teacher, American High School, Teheran,
Persia, 1919-22; Th. B. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1923,
missionary, United Mission, Mesopotamia and Monsul, 192426; Hillah, Iraq, 1926-38, St. Louis, 1938-40, Brazil Mission,
1940-46; student, Yale, 1946; missionary, Syria-Lebanon
Mission of the Presbyterian Church in the U S. A , 1947-51,
furlough, U. S , 1951-52, Board of Managers, New East School
of Theology, Beirut, Lebanon.
Married December 27, 1923, St. Louis, Mo , Marie
Helen Gehlsen (B A. Coe Coll , 1923), daughter of J J Gehlsen. Children Benjamin Franklin, '50, Albert Gallatin, Jr ,
'49; Margaret (B. S. Washington Univ., '51, Mrs. John Findley
Barker); David Lincoln, '51
Survived by wife, three sons, a daughter and a sister,
Mrs. Edwards.
CHARLES ADAM FISHER, B A 1915. Born April 20,
1886, Selinsgrove, Pa., died March 10, 1952, DeLand, Fla.
Father, Jacob A Fisher, farmer. Mother, Clara Ella
Herrold.
Freeburg Academy, Selinsgrove High School, Susquehanna Univ., Keller Business Coll., '03, A B Lebanon Univ.,
'11 Atacia Fraternity
Instructor, Erie Central High School, 1915-18, Ph D
Iowa Christian Coll , '18, secretary and sales manager, Penn
Art & Steel Works, Inc., 1918-19, head of Commercial Department and vice-principal, Sunday High School, 1919-20, honorary degree, Doctor of Business Administration, Thiel Coll ,
'23; dean, School of Business Administration, Susquehanna
Univ., 1920-30, director, School of Business, John B Stetson
Univ., 1930-49, professor emeritus, 1949-52, author, History
of the Woodlmg Family, Michael Fisher (1724-1776) & Descendants, The Snyder County Pioneers, Abstracts Snyder
County Probate Records, Early Central Pennsylvania Marriages,,
Early Pennsylvania Births, Early Central Pennsylvania Lineages, Wills & Administrations, Northumberland County,
councilman, First Lutheran Church, Selinsgrove, Pa , member, American Institute of Genealogy, Authors & Writers
Guild, Mason.
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Married February 29, 1908, Selinsgrove, Pa., Vera
Agnes Hummel, daughter of Simon Hummel and Margaret
Sassaman. Children* Arlme (A.M. Penn State; Mrs. C. E.
Bedeaux), Bernice (A.M. Bucknell; Mrs. C.E. Olsen), Harold
J.; Charles A., Jr., Elizabeth (A.M. Stetson Univ.); Paul H.
( M I T ) ; James F. (A B. Stetson Univ.)
Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Survived by wife,
children, grandchildren and two brothers.
ALLEN EDWARDS GORDON, B. A. 1915. Born January
13, 1893, Edgewood, Allegheny County, Pa., died June 7, 1952,
New Kensington, Pa.
Father, Alexander Gordon, J r . (Univ. of Pittsburgh),
dealer in lumber and builder's supplies. Mother, Kathenne G.
Edwards. Yale relatives include Alexander Gordon, '04,
Hamlin Gordon, '13 (cousins)
Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, Pa. First dispute,
member, gym team
Apprentice, Aluminum Co of America, World War I,
purchasing department, Aluminum Co. of America, planning
department, U.S. Aluminum Co., engaged in time study, bonus
work, and making special reports, 1922-23, cost department,
U S. Aluminum Co., asst. cost clerk, January to September,
1927, cost accountant, chief clerk, cost department, Aluminum
Co of America; member, Hill Crest Country Club of New
Kensington, Calvary Lutheran Church, Arnold, Pa., Mason;
University Club of Pittsburgh, Automobile Club of Pittsburgh,
Syria Temple, A A. O. N. M.S., Pittsburgh.
Married January 26, 1944, Arnold, Pa., Martha C.
Ihrig, daughter of William G and Minnie O. Ihrig. No children.
Survived by wife.
GEORGE SCHIEFFELIN TREVOR, B A 1915. Born
July 13, 1892, Cooperstown, N. Y., died November 17, 1951,
Port Chester, N. Y
Father, Henry Graff Trevor, broker. Mother, Margaret
Helen Schieffelm. Yale relatives include William J. Schieffelin, '14, William McKim, '17 (cousins).
Browning School, New York, N Y. Oration, University
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Club; Alpha Delta Phi.
Advertising solicitor, Century Magazine, 1915-16, publicity staff writer for Ivy L. Lee, 1916-17, secretary, Camp
Hancock*and Mitchel Field, Y. M C A work, 1917-18, Second
Lieutenant, U.S. General Staff, 1918, field lecturer, History
Section, U S. War-College, Washington, D. C , 1918, copy
writer, Newell-Emmett Co., 1918-19, Campbell-Ewald Advertising Agency, 1920-21, advertising specialty business, TrevorJones-Fisk, 1921-22; golf editor, Brooklyn Eagle, 1922-26,
amateur sports editor and feature writer, New York Sun, 192650; compiled The Sun's All-American football team, 1926-50,
sports writer, New York World-Telegram and Sun, 1950-51,
editor of eastern football section, Football Annual, 1930-51,
former president, New York Football Writers Assn , Track
and Field Wrtiers Assn., Touchdown Club of New York, contributor to Colliers, Liberty, Red Book, Golf Illustrated,
Outlook, American Magazine and Saturday Evening Post, member, Yale Club, Westchester Country Club, St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
Married (1) June 26, 1915, New York, N. Y , Alice Haven,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Griswold Haven Children
Haven, '39; Nancy (B. A. Umv of North Carolina, '42) Mr
and Mrs. Trevor were divorced. Married (2) March 27, 1925,
Greenwich, Conn., Elsie Mane Dorntee, daughter of Mrs
Sanford Case McKnight. Children George S , Jr., Colgate
•14, Louis Henry Trevor, Univ of Virginia
Interment Trinity Church Cemetery Survived by wife,
three sons, a daughter, a brother, three sisters and seven
grandchildren
RICHARD ELISHA WHEELER, B A 1915. Born
August 15, 1893, New Haven, Conn., died June 15, 1952,
Providence, R. I.
Father, Alfred Newton Wheeler, 1875S, Law School,
1877, a lawyer. Mother, Lillian Edith Wilson. Yale relatives
include. Elisha Wilson, 1847 (grandfather), Eugene Wilson,
1880S (uncle); Alfred N. Wheeler, '23 (brother).
New Haven High School; Choate School. Freshman football team; Class baseball team, University Club, Apollo Club,
Banjo and Mandolin Clubs, asst. coach, 1918 Freshman football team, Sword and Gun Club, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Wolf's
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Sales department, Lmde Air Products Co., New York
City, 1915-16, with American Brass Co., Waterbury, Conn.;
enrolled as Boatswain's Mate (1st class), U.S. Naval Reserve
Force, 1917, attended Reserve Officers' Class, United States
Naval Academy, Annapolis; commissioned Ensign; served on
U. S.S Washington, and U. S S Conyngham, destroyer force,
1918-19, promoted Lieutenant (j. g.), 1918; discharged June,
1919, salesman, W. W. White & Co., dealers in investment
securities, Providence, 1919-23, partner, MacColl, F r a s e r
& Wheeler, investment firm, 1923-40; founder, president, and
treasurer, Sealol Corp., 1940-51; chairman of board and
treasurer, Sealol Corp., member, Providence Chamber of
Commerce, N. A M.; Newcomen Society of North America,
member, Grace Church; board of governors, chairman, tennis committee, Agawam Hunt Club, Hope Club; New Haven
Lawn Club.
Married October 20, 1923, Providence, R. I., Wilhelmma
Crapo West, daughter of Thomas Henry and Wilhelmma Cristy
West Children Wilhelmma Crapo, Ann West (B. A. Vassar
'49; Mrs. Stuart Johnson, Jr.), Elizabeth (B. A. Smith ! 52).
Survived by wife, three daughters, a sister, Mrs.
William S. Innis, and a brother
DANFORD NEWTON BARNEY, JR., B A 1916. Born
July 21, 1892, Farmmgton, Conn., died M a y j ^ 1952, Tornngton, Conn.
)
Father, Danford Newton Barney, 1881, treasurer, Hartford Electric Light Co. Mother, Laura Dunham. Yale relatives include Austin D. Barney, '18, Philip C Barney, '28
(brothers)
Taft School, Watertown, Conn Apollo Club, University
Glee Club; founder, Taft Debating Club; captain, University
bowling team, 1912-13.
Private, Medical Department, photographer, Yale Mobile
Hospital Unit, World War I, 1917-19; with Yale Alumni Weekly,
1919; publisher, Parabalou, 1920-21, photographer, The
Studio of Danford Barney, New York, N. Y., 1922-32; owner
and director, Litchfield Studios, Inc., Litchfield, Conn., 193552; author, Sardonyx, Chords from Albireo, Selected Poems
Old & New, Bubble of Gold, Dust of Stars and Songs Not For
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Brides; member, Players, New York, Elizabethan Club, New
Haven, Farmmgton Country Club.
Married (1) October 16, 1920, Old Lyme, Conn , Gertrude Griffin Wells, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. Horace L.
Wells. Daughters Laura J. (Vassar), Gertrude (Conn. College
for Women); Evelyn (Vassar). Mr. and Mrs. Barney were
divorced m 1931. Married (2) December 29, 1931, Greenfield,
Mass., Dorothy Bartlett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Joseph
Bartlett.
Survived by wife, three daughters, two brothers, Austen
D. and Philip C , two sisters, Mrs H. Bissell Carey, and
Mrs. Halleck Lefferts, and two grandchildren.
THEODORE MARSH HEQUEMBOURG, B. A 1916.
Born May 17, 1894, Dunkirk, N Y., died May 21, 1952, Miami
Springs, Fla.
Father, Harry Clarence Hequembourg, in business as a
promoter and organizer. Mother, Minnie G. (Treadway)
Hequembourg. Yale relatives include Charles Louis Hequembourg, 1835.
Stuyvesant High School, Horace Mann School, Andover.
Andover Club; College Choir, Oration appointment, Junior
year.
LL. B. Columbia'20. Admitted, New York State Bar,
specialized in admiralty and equity briefs, engaged in manufacturing and real estate, connected with private and charitable
corporations, war service civilian flight instructor, First
Naval Reserve, Second Lieutenant flyer, helped found the first
bombing school; liaison work, England and France, staff work
with head of United States Air Force - bombing
Married July, 1926, Fredoma, N. Y , Ruth Nichols
Children Patricia Ruth.
Death due to a heart attack. Survived by niece, Miss
Barbara Hequembourg.
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LAURISTON WALSH, B. A 1916. Born October 6, 1894,
Corning, N. Y.; died October 3, 1951, Corning, N. Y.
Father, George B. Walsh, engaged in railway employ.
Mother, Ida Cowan Tupper.
Corning Academy, Exeter. Freshman baseball team,
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University baseball team, College choir, Exeter Club, Alpha
Delta Phi, Theta Nu Epsilon
LL. B. Harvard '21, admitted to New York State Bar,
1921; World War I, commissioned, Second Lieutenant, Infantry, 1917, First Lieutenant, overseas, 311th Infantry as a
liaison officer and zone major; stayed in the Reserves; became
a Lieutenant Colonel, War Department chairman, Steuben
County C M T. C , attorney, Corning, Steuben Co , Sons of the
American Revolution; American Legion, president, Baron
Steuben Chapter, Reserve Officers Assn.
Married May 27, 1932, New Haven, Conn., Grace Almy
Schoonmaker (Skidmore). Son Launston, J r .
Death due to a heart attack. Survived by wife and son
RAY CLAFIN BRIDGMAN, B. A 1917. Born May 31,
1895, Lake Forest, 111., died November, 1951.
Father, Walter Ray Bridgman (1881, M. A Hon. Yale
and Miami, 1892), professor of Greek, Lake Forest College.
Mother, Leolme (Waterman) Bridgman. Yale relatives include
Thomas Tileston Waterman, 1822 (great-grandfather), John C.
Bridgman, 1885 (uncle), Donald S. Bridgman, '13 (brother)
Lake Forest Academy. Philosophical oration appointment, Junior year, Ryerson Scholarship, 1914-15, Husted
Scholarship, 1915-16; debated on Freshman team, University
team, vice-president, Cosmopolitan Club, president, Club for
the Study of Socialism, Boys' Club work, 1913-14, member,
Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon.
Left college, May 20, 1916, French Aviation School,
1916-17; Lafayette Escadrille, commissioned Captain, U.S.A.
1918, assigned Commander, Aero Squadron No. 22, received
Croix de Guerre, October 30, 1917; twice cited for bravery;
discharged 1919; taught English HF Bar Ranch School, Wyoming; teaching fellowship in history, Univ. of California, 192021; professor of history, Washington Square Coll., 1922-51,
author, Manifests of World Renaissance Eternal, printed by
Hadden Craftsman, Camden, N J , 1939.
Married June 12, 1919, Indianapolis, Ind., Dorothea
Eaglesfield (B. A. Univ. of Indiana, '17), daughter of James
Townsend and Carina (Campbell) Eaglesfield. Children David
Taylor, '42, James Townsend, '44, Caroline Bridgman Rees
(Smith, '44; M. A. Yale T49).
Survived by wife and three children.
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DAVID AUGUSTINE BUCKLEY, JR., B. A. 1917. Born
September 6, 1895, New York, N.Y., died March 23, 1952,
The Rams, Va.
Father, David A. Buckley, insurance business. Mother,
Delia Carroll. Yale relatives include Robert Buckley, '11M,
Joseph Sweeney, 1896L.
Meriden High School. First dispute appointment, contributed to the News, secretary, "Pallbearers", Cosmopolitan
Club.
Deputy collector, Third Mass. District, Internal Revenue, Treasury Department, 1917-18, LL. B. Harvard Law
School, J 20, member, Hays & Wadhams and successor firms
(Hays, St. John & Moore and Hays, St. John & Buckley), 192127; partner, Buckley & Buckley, New York, N. Y. and Washington, D. C , 1927-52, chairman of board and chief executive,
Unexcelled Manufacturing Co., N. Y., 1943, president, J. E
Stevens Co., Cromwell, Conn., 1947-52; member, New York
Athletic Club, University Club, Press Club, Yale Club of
Washington, Engineers of Montreal and Akron City in Ohio
Married (1) March 1, 1923, New York, Elinor Hays
(B.A. Vassar, T18), daughter of Mrs David Hays Son
Peter Hays, Princeton '49 Married (2) 1930, Mary Loomis
Cooke.
Death due to a heart attack. Interment at Mt St. Benedict Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. Survived by wife, son, two
brothers and a sister
ROBERT AUGUSTUS CHAMBERS, B A 1917 Born
October 10, 1894, New York, .N. Y., died September 19, 1951,
New York, N. Y.
Father, Robert Chambers, a broker on the New York
Stock Exchange. Mother, Josephine Blanche Singer.
Pawling School. Board of the C our ant, president, Pawling Club, senior year, University Club.
Second and First Lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps,
World War I, 1917-19, student, Magdalen College, Oxford
Univ., England, 1919, with Guaranty Trust Co., 1921, LL. B.
Columbia, '24; admitted to New York State Bar, 1925, captain,
15th Assembly District of New York, alternate delegate, Republican National Convention, Kansas City, 1928, partner,
Willcox, Swiger & Chambers, 1928-51, director, Time, Inc.,
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t r u s t e e , Boys' Club of New York; second vice-president,
Allen-Stevenson School; d i r e c t o r , Northern Westchester
Hospital; t r e a s u r e r , Washington Square Home for F r i e n d l e s s
Girls, m e m b e r , Church Club, Union League, University,
Uptown, Yale, Metropolitan Opera Clubs, Down Town Assn.,
Chevy Chase Club of Washington, Union Interalliee of P a r i s ,
Coeur de Lion Commandery, American Bar Assn., American
Veterans Assn., Military O r d e r of Foreign Wars.
M a r r i e d June 28, 1928, New York, N. Y., Jean Bo alt
White Wheeler, daughter of Charles S. Wheeler and Lillian
(Marsh) Wheeler. Children Lillian M. (B A. Sarah Lawrence
Coll.), Ridgely W., Robert A., J r . , ' 5 1 ; John W.
Survived by wife, three sons and a daughter.
JOSEPH ANTHONY CISTERO, B. A. 1917. Born April
28, 1894, Danbury, Conn., died January 2, 1952, Agen,
France.
F a t h e r , Frank Cistero Mother, Ida Valluzzo.
Danbury High School Second colloquy rank, Junior
year, m e m b e r , " P a l l b e a r e r s " , contributor, Bulletin of the
" P a l l b e a r e r s " , private, Yale Battery.
World War I, Battery A, Tobyhanna, 1916, Second
Lieutenant, Infantry, June 1917, F i r s t Lieutenant, August
1917, t e m p o r a r y Captain, June 1918, demoted 1919; r e c o m missioned, 1920, o v e r s e a s , 1918-20; M.A. Columbia, '22,
Camp Dix, 1922-24, Captain, Infantry, Historical Section,
Army War College, Washington, D. C , 1924-29, Captain, Unit
Instructor, 77th Division H e a d q u a r t e r s , New York, N. Y.,
1930-32; command of C. C. C. Co., Long Island, 1933, publicity
officer, Camp Dix, 1933; with 77th Division, New York, N. Y.,
1933-34, command of Co. C, 57th Infantry, F o r t William McKmley, Manila, 1934-36; Infantry School, F o r t Benmng, Ga.,
1937; F o r t Warren, Wyo., 1938, F r a n c e , 1939; with 65th Infant r y , F o r t Buchanan, Puerto Rico, 1939-41, Lt. Colonel, 1940,
Florida, 1941; r e t i r e d , 1942, i n s t r u c t o r in Military Science
and T a c t i c s , Manlius School, Manlius, N. Y., 1943; d i r e c t o r ,
United Service Organization, National Catholic Community
Service, 1944, r e t i r e d , Florida, 1949; Spam, 1949; studied
F r e n c h , Univ. of Montpelier, Montpelier, F r a n c e , 1950-52.
M a r r i e d F e b r u a r y 17, 1927, P a r i s , F r a n c e , Henrietta
Milady Eugenie Durand (Lycee at Bordeaux), daughter of Henri
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Durand and Jeanne de Saintis. No children.
Interment in U.S. Military Cemetery, Neuilly-sur-Seine,
France. Survived by wife.
WARREN WHEELER PICKETT, B. A. 1917. Born July
24, 1895, Bridgeport, Conn., died April 18, 1952, Hartford,
Conn.
Father, Frederick Buell Pickett, lumber dealer, president of Tiffany & Pickett Co Mother, Jennie Elizabeth Wheeler
Gilbert School, Winsted, Conn. Second dispute appointment, Junior year, interested in Yale Hope Mission; Freshman
and University Debating Assn., won second Thacher Prize
debating; secretary and treasurer, Jonathan Edwards Club,
Delta Sigma Rho, Alpha Chi Rho.
B.D. Yale Divinity School, '20, World War I, private,
Battery E, 341st Field Artillery, 89th Division, Corporal,
discharged 1919, pastor, First Congregational Church, Bethel,
Conn., pastor, First Congregational Church, Fort Dodge,
Iowa, 1921-26, pastor, Church-in-the-Gardens, Forest Hills,
L. I , N Y , 1926-32, pastor, First Congregational Church,
Detroit, Mich., 1932-44, pastor, Plymouth Church, 1944-48,
pastor, Edgewood Church, 1948-49; pastor, Wildermere Beach
Church, Milford, Conn., 1951, contributed articles to The
Christian Century and The Congregationalist, president, board
of directors, New York Congregational Conference, 1929-31,
moderator, New York City Congregational Assn., 1930-31,
director of board, Congregational Christian Churches, 193644, member, executive committee, Congregational Christian
Churches, 1937-44, trustee, Olivet College, Olivet, Mich ,
1933-48, vice-president, Board of Home Missions, Congregational Christian Churches, 1942-44, honorary degree, Doctor
of Divinity, Olivet College, 1935, honorary Litt. D degree,
Marietta Coll., Marietta, Ohio, 1940, president, Yale Divinity
School Alumni Assn., 1947-48, member, board of directors,
New Haven Council of Churches, Yale Hope Mission, City
Mission Society of New Haven; member, Milford Council of
Churches.
Married August 2, 1921, West Haven, Conn., Christine
Hubbard (B. A. Mt. Holyoke '21), daughter of Rev. George
Henry Hubbard, 1881, and Nellie (Peet) Hubbard. Children
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Christine W. (Mrs. Gordon L. Corbett), Barbara E. (Mrs.
Charles C. Stewart); Warren W., Jr.; Patricia L.
Buried in Forest Vale Cemetery, Wmsted, Conn. Survived by wife and children.
EDWARD PERRY HOLDER, B A 1918. Born March 4,
1891, Pluckemm, N. J.; died September 5, 1951, Springfield,
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Father, John Childs Holder, teacher. Mother, Anne
Kennedy Kershaw.
Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H. Dissertation appointment, Junior year, associate member, Yale Dramatic Assn.;
Boys' Club work, Yale Exeter Club, Captain, Yale R. O. T. C.
Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant and Captain, F. A. R. D., World War I, 1918-19; business tour, Brazil,
Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Panama, 1919-20, vicepresident, Quality Laundry Service, Inc., 1920-28; manager,
Prosperity Co., 1928-32; executive vice-president and director, Troy Laundry Machinery Co , 1933; vice-president, American Machine & Metals, Inc., 1933-37, Springfield Brewing Co ,
1937-39, Empire Ordinance Corp. 1940; president, Vulcan
Iron Works, 1940-43, Wickwire Spencer Steel Co., 1943-45,
director and president, Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp., 1946,
chairman of board, Great American Industries, 1947-51, Arma
Corp , 1948, American Bosch Corp., 1949, Central Scientific
Co., 1950; director, National Can Corp., Utica Knitting Mills,
Kropp Forge Co., Cineflex Corp., Shields, Inc., Cenco Corp.
and Standard Sillica Corp., member, Glen Ridge Country Club,
Glen Ridge, N. J., Lake Shore Club, Chicago, Splitrock Country Club, Philadelphia and Yale Club of New York City.
Married (1) January 1, 1918, Highbndge, N. Y., Eleanor
Veronica Mescall, daughter of Patrick Henry and Mary Mescall. Daughter Anne Kershaw (B. S. College of Business Administration, Syracuse Univ., '43, Mrs. Robert D. Pietrafesa).
Mrs. Holder died in 1928. Married (2) May 28, 1930, Florence
Fitzpatnck.
Survived by wife, daughter, three sisters, two brothers
and two grandchildren.
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CHARLES GOODRICH KING, 3d, B. A. 1918 Born
March 22, 1895, Providence, R. I., died April 15, 1952,
Providence, R. I.
Father, Charles Goodrich King, 2d (Brown Univ., 1889,
M. D. Bellevue, 1893), practiced medicine. Mother, Elsie
Tyler (Wheelwright) King. Yale relatives include- Harry P.
Cross, 1896; Frederick A. King, 1899
St. George's School, Middletown, R.I, Freshman
football team; varsity squad, 1916-17, Dramatic Assn., St.
George's School Club; University Club; Virgins, Delta Kappa
Epsilon; Elihu Club.
Corporal, Battery A, Tobyhanna, Sergeant, Yale R O T.C.,
Officers' Training Camp, 1917, 2d Lieutenant, Headquarters
Co., 303d Field Artillery, Camp Devens, studied Queens'
College, Cambridge, attended Harvard Business School, manager, G. S. Tiffany & Co., raw cotton merchants, Providence
office; agent, Rhode Island and Conn., G. S. Tiffany & Co ,
Lonsdale Co., Providence office, Brown Brothers & Co , Providence office, Morgan Pope & Co , travel business in New
York; Rawshea Black Label Products; vice-president, VendA-Pack, Inc., mechanical merchandising, New York, vicepresident, Malcolm Weikel & Co , Ltd., management, New
York; vice-president, secretary and director, The Seneschal
Corp.; Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co., Providence, asst.
to comptroller, Rhode Island Hospital, Narragansett Machine
Co., Rhode Island Tool Co., secretary, Votels, Inc., real
estate development; Rhode Island chairman, National Yale
Alumni Placement Service, Ushers Guild of the Cathedral of
St. John, member, Cathedral Corp., 1952.
Married June 26, 1928, Middletown, R. I., Madeleine
Forrest Burke, daughter of Mrs. Henry S, Hooker, Newport.
No children.
Death due to a heart attack. Buried in Swan Point Cemetery. Survived by his mother, Mrs. Charles G. King.
ROBERT DAVIS THOMPSON, JR., B. A. 1918. Born
October 21, 1894, Denver, Colo.; died November 2, 1951,
Littleton, Colo.
Father, Robert Davis Thompson (B. A. Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1875, M. A. 1878), a lawyer. Mother, Mary Elizabeth
(Schleier) Thompson. Yale relatives include: George M.
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Thompson, '17S (brother).
Chestnut Hill School, Philadelphia, Pa.; Phillips Academy Chestnut Hill School Club; University Club; Alpha Delta
Phi, member, Yale Batteries, Tobyhanna; Yale R. O. T. C.
Left college May 10, 1917, attended Officers' Training
Camp, Fort Riley, Kans., appointed 2d Lieutenant of Cavalry,
U. S Army, June 1917, promoted, 1st Lieutenant, 23d Cavalry,
changed to 81st Field Artillery; commissioned, Captain, November 1917, foreign department, National Bank, 1921-24, William
A. White & Sons, New York, real estate firm; engaged in real
estate management, Denver, retired because of ill health, 1939.
Married December 12, 1928, New York, N. Y., Elizabeth
Hilsen, daughter of Frederick William Hilsen. No children.
Survived by wife, and two brothers.
DANIEL SEGAL, JR , B. A 1919. Born December 1,
1896, Cincinnati, Ohio, died April 19, 1952, Sunapee, N. H.
Father, Daniel Segal, secretary and treasurer, Geiershofer Co Mother, Cora Marble stone.
Phillips Exeter
Freshman football team.
Enlisted June 30, 1917, interpreter, 5th Field Artillery,
Sergeant, General Treat's staff, overseas September to December, 1917, attended Field Artillery Central Officers' Training
School, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky ; commissioned 2d Lieutenant, Field Artillery, instructor, Camp Zachary Taylor, discharged December 1918, secretary, The Big Store Co., Cincinnati department store; studied international banking abroad,
1925, organized School Mate Club, Darmstadterund National
Bank, Germany, Equitable Trust Co. of New York, in England,
Banco Hispano Americano, Spain, Lehman Brothers, investment brokers, New York City, 1944, marager and owner, Elmbrook Farm, turkey breeding business, president, Surprise
Building Co., real estate ownership and management company,
New York, World War II, Lt. Colonel, New York City Patrol
Corps, director, Civil Defense, Adviser and Senior Leader,
Hi-Y Club, selectman, Town of Sunapee, Mason, member,
Court Club of New Brunswick.
Married September 1947, Dora J. Godleski. Son Jack
D.
Death due to a heart attack. Survived by wife and son.
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LOUIS WINFIELD SMITH (formerly Schmidt), B. A
1919. Born November 4, 1895, Danbury, Conn., died June 25,
1952, New York, N. Y.
Father, Louis Schmidt, coal merchant. Mother,
Henriette Louise Seifert. Yale relatives include Trent
Clark Hull, '11 (brother-in-law).
Danbury High School, Phillips Academy, Exeter, N H
Freshman wrestling team, University football squad, 1916,
College choir, Freshman Glee Club, member, Midnight Sons.
Yale R. O. T. C , attended third Officers' Training Camp,
Camp Devens, Mass.; trained overseas, Saumur Artillery
School, France; commissioned 2d Lieutenant, June 1918, 144th
Field Artillery; discharged January 1919, awarded his B. A
1920, stock broker, Halsey, Stuart & Co , investment banking,
Ames, Emench & Co., investment counselor, Brookmire
Economic Service, New York City, Diefendorf, Sanders &
Ward; Delafield & Delafield, 1939, member, New York City
Yale Club; Winged Foot Golf Club, Apawarms Club
Married January 5, 1924, Mt. Vernon, N. Y , Helen
Dunbaugh. Children Louis W , Jr , '53; Sally Lou (B. F A
'54; Mrs. Duncan Buell); James D
Death due to a heart attack. Buried in Sleepy Hollow
Cemetery, Tarrytown, N. Y Survived by wife, daughter, two
sona, and three sisters, Mrs. John T. Andrews, Mrs Frederick B. Dalton, and Mrs. William A. White, Sr.
CARROLL LEWIS WILSON, B. A 1919 Born September 8, 1900, Bowling Green, Ky ; died October 9, 1951,
Orange County, Fla.
Father, John Laurence Wilson, died May 5, 1905.
Mother, died August 22, 1902.
Ogden Preparatory School, Bowling Green, Ky., B A
Ogden College, '18
General secretary, Y.M. C.A., Bowling Green, Ky.,
1918; engaged in war work, Y M C. A Hut 151, Camp Zachary
Taylor, Private, later Corporal, Battery B, Field Artillery
Unit, Yale S. A. T. C , discharged December 1918, engaged in
lumber business, Maine and Canada, 1919-23, became interested in a chain of theaters throughout the Hazard coal fields,
general manager, Herald Publishing Co., Inc.; editor, Hazard
Herald; owner and editor, Roanoke Rapids Herald, chairman,
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war committees; publicity director, Red Cross and U. S.O.;
member, North Carolina State Highway and Public Works
Commission, 1941, engaged in contracting and home building;
owner and operator of a drive-m restaurant.
Married April 10, 1926, Cincinnati, Ohio, Mary Davenport Ashford. Daughter Patricia.
DONALD STICKNEY DUDLEY, B. A. 1920. Born
December 19, 1896, Buffalo, N. Y., died August 11, 1951,
Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Father, Wesley Coleman Dudley, a jurist. Mother,
Floy Bell Stickney.
Nichols School, Buffalo, N. Y , The Hill School, Pottstown, Pa. The Hill School Club, Beta Theta Pi.
Member, Yale R. O. T. C , 1917; Ensign, Flight Officer,
Pensacola Flying School, Naval Aviation Service, World War
I, 1918-19, LL B. Univ. of Buffalo, '22, attorney, Kenefick,
Cooke, Mitchell & Brass, Buffalo, 1922-24; asst. attorney
general, New York State, 1924-28, attorney, own office, Tonawanda, N Y , 1928-51, director, DeGraff Memorial Hospital,
Niagara Share Corp., Nussbaumer, Clarke & Velzy, Rochester
Box Co., president, Tonawanda Rotary Club; member, Buffalo
Country Club, Buffalo Club, Lake Placid Club, Launch Club of
Grand Island, Trinity Episcopal Church
Married February 8, 1927, Buffalo, N. Y., Annette
Weston. Son Wesley C
Death due to coronary thrombosis. Buried in Forest
Lawn Cemetery Survived by wife, son, and a sister, Mrs.
Newell L. Nussbaumer.
GEORGE SEAGRAVE FRANKLlN, B A 1920. Born
January 27, 1898, Buffalo, N. Y ; died March 6, 1952, New
York, N. Y.
Father, John Lester Franklin (B. A. 1879, B. D 1882),
a Congregational minister. Mother, Anna Cornelia Clute.
Latayette High School. Second colloquy, Junior appointment, attended Northfield Conference, member, Y. M. C.A.
executive cabinet; Class baseball team, manager, 1922 tennis
team; chairman, Board of Deacons, Beta Theta Pi; with
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Y. N. T. U., summer, 1918, member, U. S N R. F., Yale.
LL. B. Columbia Law School, '23, clerkship, Carter,
Ledyard & Milburn, New York law firm, clerkship, Bouvier,
Caffey & Beale, New York law firm, engaged m private practice, represented, General Exchange Insurance Corp , handled
subrogation cases, New York area, asst corporation counsel
of City of New York, chief of the admiralty division, 1939-47,
commission in Army Reserves, granted military leave, July
1942 through March 1946, served with military police troops
training men and policing; Defense Counsel, General Courts
Martial, Trial Judge Advocate, Special Courts Martial, Presidio of San Francisco, lectured on Military Law and Courts
Martial Procedures, on staff, Provost Marshal General, Washington and Mid-Pacific, in charge of Japanese evacuation from
Alaskan, Caribbean and Hawaiian Theatres, appointed, civil
service merchant marine hearing examiner, November, 1947,
private practice, member, Bouvier and Beale, member, Bars
of United States Supreme Court, CCA, 2d Circuit, United States
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York,
New York Court of Appeals, member, Judiciary Committee,
New York County Lawyers Assn., Victory Medal, Asiatic
Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, U. S
Army Commendation Ribbon, St. Nicholas Society, Sons of the
Revolution; Yale Club.
Married June 28, 1938, Los Angeles, Calif., Margaret
Lynnewood Hampton Son Bruce Lindley
Death due to a brain tumor. Buried in Forest Lawn
Cemetery, Buffalo, N Y. Survived by son.
PAUL PALMER BUSHNELL, B. A. 1921. Born January
26, 1900, New York, N. Y , died January 3, 1951, at sea en
route Bombay to London.
Father, Rev. John E. Bushnell (1880, B. D. 1883, D D
New York Univ., 1899). Mother, Florence Augusta Ellsworth
Yale relatives include Ellsworth Bushnell, '11 (brother).
Black School, Minneapolis. Scholar of the third rank,
Junior year, oration appointment, Junior and Senior years,
University tennis team, University band and orchestra, business manager, Yale Literary Magazine, Junior year.
M. A. Columbia, '23, student, Peking, 1923-24, teacher,
Kuang Teh School for Boys (Presbyterian Middle School),
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Hengyang, Hunan, China, 1924-26, acting principal, Kuang Teh
School for Boys, 1925; teacher, Silliman Univ., Philippine
Republic, 1926-27, Ph.D. Columbia, '30, student, Univ. of
Vienna, 1929, asst. professor of education, College of Wooster,
1929-47, associate professor, 1948-51; principal, Habibia
College, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1947-51; author, An Analytical
Contrast of Oral With Written English; contributor to educational periodicals, member, Kappa Phi Kappa, American Assn. of
University Professors, elder, Wooster Presbyterian Church,
1938-44, director of religious education, Wooster Presbyterian
Church, 1945-47
Married June 26, 1929, Mildred Shackleton (Univ. of
Toronto), daughter of John G. Shackleton and Agnes Jackson.
Sons Paul Ellsworth; Walter John.
Death due to virus pneumonia Buried in Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio. Survived by wife, two sons, mother,
and two brothers, Ellsworth and Horace Bushnell
JAMES SANDS DARLING, B A 1921. Born July 9,
1899, Hampton, Va., died December 25, 1951, Hampton, Va.
Father, Frank Wilkinson, president, J. S. Darling &
Son. Mother, Mary Mahala (Groton) Darling.
Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn. Member, Freshman
Debating team; Southern Club, Yale R. O. T. C , 1917-18.
Queens College, Oxford, England, 1921-22; assistant to
manager, junior partner, 1930, then partner, J F. Darling &
Son, oyster planters and packers, Hampton, Va.; president,
National Assn of Oyster Planters and Packers of North America, chairman, Hampton Roads Sanitation Commission; trustee,
Chatham Hall School, director, Virginia Peninsula Assn. of
Commerce, campaign chairman, Elizabeth City County Ried
Cross and Community Chest, vestryman, St. John's Episcopal
Church, Hampton, Va.
Married June 20, 1925, Lynchburg, Va., Sarah Doniphan
Winfree, daughter of Russell Wmfree
Mr. and Mrs. Darling
were divorced. Children James S., Ill, '51; Ann Estill, 1 Sarah
Winfree
Death due to heart disease. Survived by mother, Mrs.
Frank W Darling, son and two daughters
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GEORGE ALOYSIUS MCCARTHY, B. A. 1921. Born
May 8, 1899, New Britain, Conn.; died September 11, 1951,
Blue Hill, Me.
Father, James John McCarthy, retail liquor dealer.
Mother, Mary Agnes Lawlor. Yale relatives include* James
S. McCarthy, '19, Fred I McCarthy, '26S (brothers), Elsie
A. McCarthy, '28mus.
New Britain and New Haven High Schools
Member,
boxing squad, Senior year, concertmeister, University orchestra, Junior and Senior years, Yale Catholic Club, member,
Pre-Medical Corps, S A. T. C.
Western New York representative, Radio Corp. of America, 1927-28, associated with Wertheim & Co., stock brokerage
business, New York City.
Unmarried.
Buried in St Mary's Cemetery, New Britain, Conn.
Survived by sister, Mrs Elsie Hersey, and two brothers.
EDWIN BRADFORD CRAGIN, B A. 1922 Born April
23, 1900, New York, N. Y , died January 10, 1952, Hartford,
Conn.
Father, Edwin Bradford (1882, M D. College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1886, Hon. M A !07), a professor of
gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia
Univ. and president of the board of trustees, Sloane Maternity
Hospital. Mother, Mary Randle Willard. Yale relatives include* Samuel P. Willard, 1879 (uncle), Raymond W Lewis,
'11 (brother-in-law).
The Hill School, Pottstown, Pa. Coxswain, Sophomore
Crew E, 1920, member, Banjo-Mandolin Club, Apollo Mandolin Club, University Orchestra, and The Hill School Club,
private, Battery C, S. A. T. C , Yale, 1918.
Order clerk, Mabon & Co., New York, N Y., 1922-23,
floater, Mechanics & Metals National Bank, New York, N Y.,
1923-27, security analyst and correspondent, Chase National
Bank, New York, 1927-41, farmer, Colchester, Conn , 194152, trustee, Bacon Academy, treasurer, First Congregational
Church of Colchester; chairman, Boy Scout Troop Committee,
Red Cross representative.
Married October 1, 1938, Manhasset, L I , Gertrude
Nuno, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Nuno. Son Edwin
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Bradford.
Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Buried in Linwood,
Colchester, Conn. Survived by wife and son.
JOHN HALL FAXTON, B A. 1922. Born July 28, 1899,
Galesburg, HI., died June 24, 1952, Isfahan, Iran.
Father, John Wardlaw Paxton (Union Theological Seminary), missionary of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Mother,
Una Edith Hall. Yale relatives include William A Morgan,
'24 (cousin).
Shanghai American School; Phillips Andover. University
soccer team; editor, Yale Literary Magazine; Shaghai American School Club, Andover Club, Elizabethan Club, Pundits;
Private, Field Artillery, Yale S A T. C , 1918.
Studied Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1922-23; studied
L'Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Pans; co-translator
with V C. C. Collum of L'Homme Prehistorique, by Jacques
de Morgan, appeared in English as Prehistoric Man, tutor,
Latin, Greek, algebra; entered Foreign Service, March 1925,
vice-consul, Nanking; language attache, Embassy, Peiping,
1929-32; consul, Canton, 1932-34, Chefoo, 1934-36, second
secretary, Embassy, Nanking, 1937; consul, Shanghai, 193841, on detail to Nanking, 1939-41; repatriated on the Gripsholm,
1942, secretary of Legation, Tehran, 1943; representative,
Middle East Supply Council, Tehran; cultural attache, Chungking, 1944-45, cultural attache, Nanking, 1946; consul, Tihwa,
1946-49; chief, South and Southeast Asia Section, International
Broadcasting Division (Voice of America), New York, 195051, consul, Isfahan, co-author with Milton Lehman, "I
Escaped Over the Roof of the World", Saturday Evening Post,
April 29, 1950, author, "Flight From China", U.S. Camera,
June-July, Navy Expeditionary Medal, State Department Superior Service Award, 1950; thirty-second degree Mason; founding
member and first master, Pearl River Lodge (Masonic),
Philippine Constitution; member, Nanking Lodge, Philippine
Constitution; Peking, Canton, and Chefoo Clubs; International
Club of Nanking; Nanking Golf and Country Club; Nanking Rotary
Club.
Married (1) September 22, 1925, Fairfax, Va., Ann
McDonough, daughter of John and Mary (McDonough) Healy.
Mr. and Mrs. Paxton were divorced in 1942. Married (2)
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January 9, 1943, Hot Springs, Ark., Vmcoe Charity Mushrush
(B.S. Washington Univ., f41), daughter of Oscar and Clara
Allen Mushrush.
Death due to a heart attack. Survived by wife and mother.
THOMAS RAYMOND HARTNETT, B. A 1923. Born
September 22, 1900, Three Rivers, Palmer, Mass.; died
September 9, 1951, Palmer, Mass.
Father, Thomas Hartnett, real estate business
Mother,
Ellen Frances O'Neill.
Palmer High School. Attended U S. Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Md. Freshman baseball squad, University baseball
squad, member, Yale Catholic Club, Western Mass. Yale
Club and Psi Upsilon.
InvestigatioiTand reports, Life Insurance Sales Research
Bureau, Hartford, Conn , 1924, cruise director, United American (Harnman) Lines, and Hamburg-American Line, New
York, N. Y., 1925-35, cruise director, Gdynia American Lines,
New York, N.Y., 1936-37; associate publicity director, Caples
Co., New York, 1937; cruise director, Furness Bermuda Line,
New York, 1939, reporter, Daily News, Springfield, Mass.,
1940-41; Private and Corporal, Military Police Corps, 194243; 2d Lieutenant, Transportation Corps, Normandy Invasion,
1943-44; 1st Lieutenant, Transportation Corps, Supply and
POW Camp Officer, 1945-46, cruise director, Moore-McCormack Lines, New York, 1948, manager, Will Rogers
Hotel, Claremore, Okla., 1949, asst. manager, Hotel Riverside, Ogunquit, Me., 1949, Hotel New Yorker, Washington,
D. C ; two Bronze Stars, ETO ribbon.
Unmarried.
Death due to coronary occlusion. Buried in St. Thomas
Cemetery, Palmer, Mass. Survived by a brother, Daniel
Hartnett, two sisters, Frances E. Hartnett and Mrs. Elizabeth H. Virus.
JACOB LEONARD MERRIAM, B A 1923. Born January 6, 1901, New Haven, Conn.; died October 27, 1951, New
Haven, Conn,
Father, Morris Solomon Merriam, owner, Model Family
Laundry. Mother, Minnie Petrovsky. Yale relatives include
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Henry A. Schatzkin, ex-'06S, Moses M. Merriam, '26, and
Max Taylor, '24 (cousins).
New Haven High School. Entered Yale with Class of '2IS,
transferred to '23 in 1919, scholar of second rank, Freshman
year, oration appointment, Junior year; Freshman Glee Club;
Tau Epsilon Phi, Chemical Corps, Yale S. A. T. C , 1918.
Secretary, Model Family Laundries, Inc. and Troy
Laundry Corp., New Haven, Conn., 1923-36, president and
general manager, Model Family Laundries, Inc. and Troy
Laundry Corp., New Haven, Conn., 1936-51, president, Connecticut Laundry Owners Assn , 1932-33; treasurer, Jewish
Home for the Aged, 1936-51; member, Elks, Masons, Knights
of Pythias, and B'nai B'nth
Unmarried.
Death due to an explosive fire. Survived by two sisters,
Mrs Joseph Dickstein and Mrs. Abraham Alexander
SAMUEL HOWARD BLACKMER, B A 1924. Born
March 2, 1902, Bennington, Vt., died December 25, 1951,
Bennington, Vt
Father, Samuel Hulmg Blackmer (B. A. Cornell 1893),
retail lumber and grocery business. Mother, Fanny Laura
Abbott.
Bennington High School; Hotchkiss School, Lakeville,
Conn Scholar of the third rank, Sophomore year; first and
second Thacher Prize, third Ten Eyck Prize; Townsend Premium in the DeForest Prize Speaking, Senior year; captain,
University gun team, Senior year; Freshman wrestling novice
team, Dwight Hall Cabinet, Berkeley Assn.; Apollo and College
Glee Clubs, Yale Union Committee, president, Yale Debating
Assn., Hotchkiss School Club, Zeta Psi; president, Delta
Sigma Rho, 1923.
LL B. Harvard, '27, judge, Bennington Municipal Court,
1929-32, member, Vermont Assembly, 1933; states attorney,
Bennington County, 1935-37, executive clerk to Gov. George
D. Aiken, 1937-38, judge, Superior Court, 1938-49; associate
justice, Supreme Court of Vermont, 1949-51, member, American Bar Assn., American Law Institute, American Judicature
Society, Vermont Bar Assn., Bennington Rotary, vice-president, Charles Cooper Industrial School, trustee, Village of Old
Bennington, Bennington Free Library, Bennington Historical
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Museum & Art Gallery; director, New England Council, member, executive board of corporators, Putnam Memorial Hospital; thirty-third degree Mason; vestryman, St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, Vermont Episcopal Institute.
Married July 20, 1925, Pelham Manor, N. Y., Katnna
Roosevelt Schuyler, daughter of Canon Philip Schuyler. Daughter Patricia Ann (Mrs. Roger L. Kellner).
JOHN HERBERT OTTO, B. A. 1924. Born April 10,
1903, Marietta, Ohio; died July 3, 1951, Marietta, Ohio.
Father, John Wesley Otto, merchant, Otto Brothers.
Mother, Nellie Amelia Hoist.
Marietta High School, member, Class of 1923, Ohio
Wesleyan Univ., 1919-21. Entered Sophomore year, Class
crew, 1922.
Employed Otto Bros., Marietta, Ohio, partner and general manager, Otto Bros, store (The Surprise Store), Parkersburg, W. Va.; partner, The Surprise Store, director, Otto
Bros.; director, Crescent Supply Co., Marietta, member,
Marietta Country Club; American Union Chapter No. 78, Royal
and Select Masters, Marietta Commandery No. 50, American
Union Lodge, No. 1, F. &A. M , Knights Templar, treasurer,
Trinity Methodist Church.
Married November 25, 1933, Marietta, Ohio, Mrs.
Jeannette Chamberlain Kelso. Daughter Janet Herbert.
Death due to a metastatic carcinoma of pelvis. Buried
in Eastlawn Memorial Park, Marietta. Survived by wife,
daughter, stepson, Lynn Kelso, and two step-grandchildren,
Melinda Marshall Kelso and Alan Wilson Kelso.
JOHN KENLY BACON, B. A. 1925. Born December 24,
1903, Wilmington, N. C ; died June 13, 1952, Hoosick Falls,
N.Y.
Father, Carol Kelton Bacon, president, Wmslow & Co.,
wool business. Mother, Eleanor Warfield (Kenly) Bacon
Country Day School, Newton, Mass., Phillips-Andover.
Freshman hockey squad; manager, baseball team, 1924-25,
won his "Y", member, Yale Glee Club, Banjo and Mandolin
Clubs, Beta Theta Pi; Wolf's Head.
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Associated with Winslow & Co., Boston, 1925-28;
started advertising business, Boston, 1928; treasurer, Architects' Exhibit Corp., Boston, 1926-30; entered government
service, Vice-Consul of Career and Secretary in the Diplomatic Service, 1930; vice-consul, St. John, N. B., 1931, Lima,
Peru, 1932-35, consul, Stockholm, Sweden, 1936-38; third
secretary of legation, Caracas, Venezuela, 1938-39; second
secretary, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1939-41, asst. chief,
division of American Republics, 1942, acting chief, division
of River Plate affairs, 1942; executive asst., Office of Press
Relations, State Department, 1944; consul, Quebec, 1945,
retired, 1948, director, Yale Club of New York, member,
Metropolitan Club, Washington.
Married (1) June 26, New York City, Mary Ellen Mellon,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bo yd Halliburton. Son
John Kenly, Jr. (Dartmouth, Class of 1951). Married (2)
August 1, 1930, Elsie Lohnes
Buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Mass.
Survived by wife and son.
THOMAS EDWARD McHUGH, B. A 1925. Born August
12, 1904, New Haven, Conn., died October 24, 1951, New
Haven, Conn.
Father, Hugh Coakley McHugh (Trinity Coll., Dublin,
Ireland), contracting business Mother, Anne Kelleher. Yale
relatives include James D Clyne, '28 (cousin), Hugh C.
McHugh, '30 (brother).
New Haven High School. Figli d'ltalia prize, Sophomore
year, Freshman baseball squad, Freshman debating team;
president, Italian Society, Senior year.
LL B. Yale '27, studied in P a n s , 1927-29; lawyer,
Larkm, Rathbone & Perry, New York, 1928, City Bank Farmers Trust Co , New York, 1929-30, professor, Fordham
Univ., 1930-38; legal work, Grace Line, New York, 1938,
lawyer, 1939-51, member, New York Bar Assn.
Unmarried.
Buried in St. Lawrence Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
Survived by parents and a brother.
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WILLIAM CARY ROSS, JR., B. A 1925 Born September 28, 1902, Knoxville, Term., died August 29, 1951, Baltimore, Md.
Father, William Cary Ross, '00S, secretary and treasurer, United Equipment Co. Mother, Lida McClung. Yale
relatives include Calvin M McClung, 1876S (grandfather),
Lee McClung, 1892 (great uncle), William N Mallory, '24
(cousin).
Ashville School.
Newspaper work, 1925, assistant in charge of publicity,
Museum of Modern Arts, New York, 1930-32, secretary to
Alfred Stieglitz, 1932, asst director, American Place Art
Gallery, author, biography, Stieglitz, wrote stories, appearing
in art publications, promoted the sales of War Bonds and
Stamps, Baltimore Chapter, American Red Cross.
Unmarried.
Buried in Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn Survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Cary Ross, Sr ,
and two sisters, Mrs. Joseph W. Sullivan, Jr., and Mrs
Richard McNabb.
STANLEY TURENNE DREW, B A 1926 Born June
22, 1905, Pittsburgh, Pa., died May 29, 1952, Menon, Pa
Father, James B. Drew (Univ. of Michigan, M A and
LL. B. Columbia'00), lawyer and judge. Mother, Rhoda
Sproule. Yale relatives include* John A Drew, '35 (brother)
Shady side Academy, Pittsburgh, Pa , Culver Military
Academy, Phillips-Exeter
Class crew squad, Freshman and
Sophomore years; University 150-pound crew squad, Junior
year; Berkeley Assn.; Exeter Club.
Law, Columbia Univ., 1926-27, statistical work, H L
Doherty & Co., New York, N. Y , 1927-32, statistical and
advertising work, ABC Trust Shares, New York, 1933-35,
statistical and advertising work, Bankers Securities Corp.,
Philadelphia, Pa., 1935-42, World War II, Reconnaissance
Officer, AAA, EM to CWO, Maryland to Iwo Jima, 1942-45,
administrative officer, General Accounting Section, SCAP,
CWO, 1945-46; accountant, 1946-50; CWO, Pa., 707th AAA
Green Battalion, 1950-51, member, Pennsylvania National
Guard.
Married in 1941, Philadelphia, Pa., Betts Allan, daugh-
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ter of Thomas G. and Adelaide H. Allan. No children.
Death due to a gunshot wound. Buried in Ho me wood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. Survived by wife.
GEORGE BRADLEY, B. A 1927. Born January 29,
1906, Lawrence, Mass.; died March 25, 1952.
Father, Charles Edward Bradley, head of C.E. & H. J.
Bradley, real estate firm, Lawrence, Mass. Mother, Bridget
Helena Dooley. Yale relatives include Charles E. Bradley,
Jr., '20 (brother)
Lawrence High School, Phillips-Andover. Freshman
football squad, heeled the News, Freshman year, competitor
boxing managership, Sophomore year, Alpha Sigma Phi.
With The Travelers Insurance Co., Hartford, Conn.,
1927-28, Skinner Brothers, real estate agency, Hartford,
Conn , 1928-30, independent real estate broker, Hartford,
Conn., moved to Lawrence, Mass., 1932, real estate broker,
Lawrence, Mass.
HARRIS CHILDS PARSONS, B. A 1927. Born October
29, 1905, New York, N. Y., died February 12, 1952, New
York, N Y
Father, Walter Wood Parsons (B. A Trinity, 1890),
first vice-pi ^sident, Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. of New
York. Mother, May Hall Childs (B. A. Vassar, 1894).
Bovee and Groton Schools. Freshman crew and swimming squads; managing editor, News Pictorial, Senior year;
Beta Theta Pi.
Insurance, Johnson & Higgins, partner, Wmslow & Parsons.
Married February 24, 1934, New York, N. Y., Lillian
Esther IJall (Spence School, '28), daughter of Myron S. Hall
and Lillian (Arthur) Hall. No children.
Survived by wife.
GEORGE JULIUS EISING, B A 1928. Born July 19,
1906, New York, N. Y., died January 16, 1952, Mamaroneck,
N Y.
Father, Harry Eismg (College of the City of New York,
Yale College
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1888), partner, Hirsh Lilienthal & Co , N. Y Mother, Fnda
Loewenthal (Stuttgart Conservatory of Music)
Horace Mann School, New York City. Scholar of the
third rank, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior years, member,
Freshman soccer team, Freshman basketball squad
Member, New York Stock Exchange, Speyer & Co., 1929,
independently engaged in business, 1930, New York, office in
P a n s , 1930-31; World War II, air raid warden.
Married August 29, 1932, New York, N Y., Rosmia Wolff
Son Peter W (Cornell '54).
Buried in Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye, N Y Survived by son, granddaughter, sister and two brothers.
EDWARD STANTON RAND (formerly Rosenbaum), B A
1928. Born July 9, 1906, Chicago, 111., died November 18,
1951, Chicago, 111
Father, Edwin Stanton Rosenbaum (Armour Institute of
Technology), vice-president, Rosenbaum Grain Corp. Mother,
Adelaide Rose Born Yale relatives include Emanuel F
Rosenbaum, Jr., '29 (cousin)
Chicago Latin School, Phillips-Exeter. Freshman golf
squad, Freshman soccer team, "aYf", University soccer team,
Sophomore year, University soccer squad, Junior and Senior
years; Zeta Beta Tau.
Assistant sales and advertising manager, M Born & Co ,
Chicago, 111 , 1928-40, changed name from Rosenbaum to
Rand; 1938, vice-president, Eliel & Loeb Co., 1941-51
Married (1) January 31, 1930, Chicago, 111., Alma Jane
Austrian, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Harvey S Austrian
Daughters Nancy Jane (B.A Maryland Coll. for Women '54),
Ellen Austrian, Nora Stanton. Mr. and Mrs. Rand were divorced in 1941. Married (2) 1942, Patricia Aloe Lebold Stepchildren Donald A. Lebold, '52, Joan Lebold.
Death due to an accident while duck hunting Survived
by wife, three daughters, two stepchildren, and parents.
FRANCIS ADAMS TRUSLOW, B A 1928. Born May 4,
1906, Summit, N J., died July 7, 1951, eight days out of New
York for Rio de Janeiro
Father, Henry Adams Truslow, 1896, manager and
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director, Armstrong Cork Co., Inc. Mother, Jane Kent
(Auchincloss) Truslow. Yale relatives include. Charles Truslow, ex-1875S (grand uncle); Thomas H. Truslow, 1896S,
Ernest Truslow, 1899 (uncles); Edgar S. Auchincloss, 1896,
Percy H Jennings, Jr., 1896, Gordon Auchincloss, '08,
Percy H. Jennings, Jr., f30 (cousins).
Summit High School. Heeled Freshman Year Book,
Freshman Debating Team, elected to University Debating
Assn , Sophomore year; Freshman football squad; Freshman
crew squad, Class crew squad, Junior year, University crosscountry squad, Senior year; "Y", Alpha Delta Phi, had the part
of the viceroy, The Spanish Tragedie; part of the merchant, in
The Jew of Malta
LL B Harvard, f32, with law firm, Duryee, Zunino &
Amen, New York, 1932-34, participant in development of regulations and procedures under the new act of 1934; Morgan &
Lockwood, New York, 1934-42, partner, June, 1936, partner,
Reed, Truslow, Crane & deGive, New York, 1942-46, co-ordmator on rubber production for South America, U. S Rubber
Reserve Co., 1943, vice-president and director, Rubber Development Corp (U.S. Agency), 1944; president, Rubber
Development Corp., organized procurement of natural rubber
for government, Peru, 1942-44, decorated with El Sol de Peru,
with rank of commander, by Peruvian government; member,
U S. State Department delegation, Inter-American Conference
on War and Peace, Mexico City, 1945; engaged in preparations
for rubber procurement, Washington, London, and The Hague;
established plans for U S. Government withdrawal from natural rubber procurement, Batt Committee on Rubber; president,
New York Curb Exchange, 1946, resigned 1951; decorated with
Order of the Star of Africa, by Liberian Government, 1950;
head of U. S -Brazil Joint Commission for Economic Development, rank of minister, 1951, American Arbitration Society,
treasurer and trustee, Public Education Assn. of New York;
member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Geographical Society, Assn. of the Bar of the City of New York; University Club, Down Town Assn. of New York, Club Nacional of
Lima, Peru; Anglers Club of America, Cold Spring Harbor
Beach Club.
Married November 17, 1933, New York, N. Y., Elizabeth Auchincloss Jennings (attended Brearly School, graduated
from Ethel Walker School, two years at Vassar), daughter of
Yale College
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Percy Hall Jennings, '04 and Elizabeth Auchincloss Jennings
Children: Francis Adams, J r . , '61, Frederic Jennings, r 61,
Elizabeth Buck, Sophia Day
Survived by wife (now Mrs. J Taylor Howell) and children
PHILIP SUTHERLAND CARR, B. A 1931 Born March
18, 1909, Dubuque, Iowa, died April 12, 1952, Santa Barbara,
Calif.
Father, James Trowbndge Carr, 1892, with Carr,
Ryder & Adams Lumber Co. Mother, Helen Margaret Sutherland. Yale relatives include Sabin W. Carr, ex-'28 (brother)
Deane School, Santa Barbara, Calif., The Hill School.
Freshman track and soccer teams, Class track team, Freshman and Sophomore years, University track and soccer teams,
M
aYfM; minor and major "Y", Interfratermty Council, Junior
year, Glee Club, Senior year, University Club, Chi Psi.
Around the world trip, 1931-32, donator of mammalian
specimens, Peabody Museum, 1932; explorer and yachtsman,
1933-35, private secretary to Minister to Guatemala, 1936,
financier, 1936, actor and theatrical producer, New England
Playhouse, Inc., Ridgefield, Conn., 1939-42, 1st Lieutenant,
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, World War II, 1942, active duty,
1943, Captain, U.S. Marine Corps Aviation, 1944, temporary
director, Santa Barbara Committee for Education on Alcoholism, 1949; script writer for the movies, 1950.
Married (1) May 5, 1935, Marjone Ames (Miss Porter's
School, Farmington, Conn., Rosemary Hall, Greenwich, Conn.),
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Howlett Ames. Son Philip
S., Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Carr were divorced July 21, 1942
Married (2) June 18, 1948, Santa Monica, Calif., Elizabeth
Leach.
Death due to a heart attack. Survived by wife, son,
mother, Mrs. James T. Carr, a sister and a brother, Sabin
W. Carr.
ORIEN MILTON KAUFMAN, B. A. 1931. Born September 3, 1910, Lockland, Cincinnati, Ohio, died January 28,
1952, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Father, Orien Mentzer Kaufman, vice-president and
general manager, The Stearns & Foster Co. Mother, Florence
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Belle LaRue. Yale relatives include Elbert L. Kaufman, '34
(brother).
Hughes High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. Scholar of the
second rank, Freshman year, scholar of the third rank, Sophomore and Junior years; oration appointment, Junior year;
heeled the News, Freshman year; swimming managership,
Sophomore year; Class football team, Junior and Senior years;
Alpha Chi Rho
M A Univ of Cincinnati, '33, Buying Department, 1934,
junior buyer, 1938, assistant buyer, 1939, buyer, 1940-52,
all with Procter & Gamble; district chairman, Community
Chest, 1948, scholarship committee, Cincinnati Yale Club,
member, Wyoming Masonic Lodge and Christ Episcopal Church.
Married September 26, 1936, Cincinnati, Ohio, Margery
Bentley Stegner, daughter of Clifford M. Stegner and Adele
Bentley Stegner. Children James B ; Susan L.
Death due to a heart attack brought on by a virus infection Buried in Spring Grove, Cincinnati, Ohio. Survived by
wife, two children, and a brother, Elbert Lee Kaufman.
EDWARD BRAGG PAINE, B A. 1931. Born October
14, 1909, Bangor, Me., died November 16, 1951, Washington,
D. C.
Father, Edward Stetson Paine, '04, partner, William
Schall & Co. Mother, Florence Margaret Bragg (B. A. Smith,
'04) Yale relatives include Levi L. Paine, 1856 (grandfather), Frederick H Paine, 1888 (uncle).
Phillips-Andover. Freshman swimming team, University
swimming team, minor "Y", "sYt", associate editor, Freshman Year Book, Freshman Banjo Club, Alpha Sigma Phi.
New York bank inspector, National City Bank, 1932,
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1933-36, manager, Ice Plant and
Brewery, Haiti, 1936-39, vice-president and manager, Canada
Dry Bottling Co , New Orleans, 1939-47, president, Manhattan
Plywood Sales Corp., New York, 1947-51; member, Tuxedo
Club and The Society of the Mayflower Descendants.
Married (1) December 21, 1935, Louise M. Mitchell,
daughter of Mrs. T. Garvey Mitchell Daughter Louise M.
Mr. and Mrs. Paine were divorced. Married (2) June 19,
1947, Bramtree, Mass., Natalie Wales Latham (L D. Rollins
Coll ), daughter of Mr. Nathaniel Brackett Wales and Mrs.
Yale College
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Charles E. Greenough. Stepchildren. Natalie Wales Wmslow,
Mary Chilton Winslow.
Buried in Bangor, Me. Survived by wife, daughter, two
stepdaughters, and a brother, Wmgate H. Paine.
FRANCIS RUSSEL COWLES, B. A. 1932 Born March
14, 1910, New York, N. Y., died May 31, 1952, Atherton, Calif
Father, Russel Abernethy (Stevens Institute of Technology)* with General Electric Products Corp. Mother, Louise
Marcia Pfarnus. Yale relatives include Ernest F. Cowles,
ex-'26 (brother).
Hotchkiss. Second rank stand, Freshman year, Freshman water polo team; University water polo squad, Sophomore
year; University water polo team, Junior and Senior years,
Class baseball team, Sophomore year, numerals and a minor
M M
Y , Freshman Student Council, leader, Freshman Glee Club,
University Glee Club; librarian, University Glee Club, Senior
year, Whiffenpoofs; Alpha Delta Phi.
International Business Machines Co., 1932-52, district
manager, European Division, Geneva, Switzerland, 1937-39,
assistant to director, Sales Promotion, 1940-41, sales manager, Electric Typewriter Division, San Francisco, Calif.,
1946-52; secretary-treasurer, Exhibitor's Assn , Chicago
World's Fair, 1934, manager of exhibit, International Business
Machines Co., 1934; World War II, Naval Intelligence Officer,
U.S. Naval Reserves, Lt. (j.g.), New York, 1941-43, Combat
Intelligence Officer, Amphibious Force, Mediterranean and
European theaters, 1943-44; Lt Commander, District Intelligence Office, San Francisco, Calif., 1944-45, three battle
stars.
Married (1) September 25, 1933, New York, N. Y.,
Elizabeth Colgate Rumbough, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Maddox Rumbough. Daughters. Elizabeth C , Marcia S. Mr.
and Mrs. Cowles were divorced in 1945. Married (2) June 6,
1945, New York, N. Y., Irene Louise Boone. Stepsons John
L. Terbell; Thomas Terbell, Jr.
Death due to a heart attack. Survived by wife, four
children, father and a brother.
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WALTER HENRY HAMMETT, B. A. 1932. Born November 22, 1911, Bridgeport, Conn., died September 8, 1951,
Baltimore, Md.
Father, Walter John Hammett, manufacturers' representative, New England states, Abendroth Bros. Mother, Lillian
Lena Brechtel Hammett.
Bridgeport High School. Sterling Memorial Connecticut
High School Scholarship for the first three years at Yale;
Dwight Hall work, ^Freshman year.
M. A. Univ. of New Hampshire, '38; head of history department, East Greenwich, R. I.; instructor, chemistry and
mathematics, Worcester Junior College, teacher, Rock Hall
High School, Rock Hall, Md.; haberdashery department store,
Hutzler Bros Co., Baltimore, Md., enjoyed hiking, still photography, piano playing, language study, reading, writing essays
and stones.
Married Miss Pavlovsky. Children. Judith Ann; Martha
Sue.
HERMAN ALBERT HOSTER, B.A. 1934 Born March
5, 1912, Columbus, Ohio, died May 14, 1951, Columbus, Ohio.
Father, Herman Albert Hoster, '03S Mother, Martha Welle.
The Hill School. Scholar of the second rank, Junior
year; manager, Freshman squash team; manager, boxing
team, Sophomore year, manager, University squash team,
Senior year; manager, Tennis team, Sophomore year; elected
to business board, Lit, Sophomore year, circulating manager,
Lit, Senior year, member, Alpha Sigma Phi.
M. D. Johns Hopkins, '38, interned, Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, Pa., 1939; Ohio State Univ., Coll. of Medicineinstructor, medicine and research, 1941, assistant professor,
research medicine, 1944-47; associate director, division of
cancer research, 1945, associate professor of medicine, 1947,
professor and co-ordmator of oncology, 1948; World War II,
gas warfare instructor, president, Hodgkm's Disease Research
Foundation, Inc., vice-chairman, Cancer Commission, Metropolitan Health Council, member, American Assn. for Advancement of Science; American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, contributed articles to scientific journals.
Married (1) March 23, 1938, Columbus, Ohio, Margaret
Knox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanton G. Prentiss
Children Frederick W.; Albert Stanton. Married (2) August 26,
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1947, Miriam Shanley Hoster.
Death due to Hodgkin's disease Buried in Greenlawn
Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio Survived by wife, two sons,
mother, Mrs. Herman A. Hoster, Sr., and a sister, Mrs.
Walter D. Egle.
JOHKUHERRICK JACKSON, B. A 1934. Born January
8, 1912, New Haven, Conn.; died July 29, 1951, Greens Farms,
Conn.
Father, John Day Jackson, 1890, owner and publisher,
New Haven Register. Mother, Rose Marie Herrick. Yale
relatives include* Joseph C. Jackson, 1857 (grandfather),
Joseph C. Jackson, 1887S (uncle); Richard S. Jackson, '34,
Henry W. Jackson, ' 36, Lionel S Jackson, '37 (brothers),
P. Hamilton Goodsell, Jr., '34 and W. J. Schuyler Watts, '34
(cousins).
Kent School; Radley College, Abmgdon, Berkshire, England. Member, Pierson College, third rank, Junior year,
Freshman crew, University crew, Captain, Senior year, numerals and a major "Y"; treasurer, Class of 1934, Student Council,
Interfraternity Council and Prom Committee, Junior year,
Undergraduate Athletic Assn , University Budget Advisory
Committee, Class Day and Triennial Committees, Senior year,
Chi Psi, Torch Honor Society, Skull and Bones
With the New Haven Register, 1935-51, with Advertising
Department, 1935-41, assistant to publisher, 1942-51, World
War II, air raid warden, Hamden, deputy, Hamden Air Raid
Warning Center and District Warning Center, New Haven,
vice-president, Kiwanis Club, New Haven Chamber of Commerce, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Conn. Society for
Mental Hygiene, and New Haven Lawn Club; director, Community Chest, Sleeping Giant Valley Park Assn., United Fund,
Qumnipiack Council of Boy Scouts of America, member, New
Haven Veterans Commission, Governor's Committee for Child
Study and Treatment Home, Qumnipiack Club and New Haven
Appeals Review, Yale, treasurer, Class of 1934, 1934-49,
member, Yale Alumni Rowing Committee, 1935-51, Yale
Board of Athletic Control, 1945-48, Yale Assn., Yale Club of
New York and Chi Psi.
Married June 20, 1936, Southport, Conn., Mary Keen
Richardson (Sarah Lawrence), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.
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Smith Richardson. Children Herrick; Robert Randolph, Alison;
Robert Wolcott.
Death due to a heart attack. Buried in Hartford, Conn.
Survived by wife, three children, three sisters, Mrs. John I.
Ely, Mrs. John Wade Sheppard and Mrs. William Blain Reese,
and three brothers, Richard S., Lionel and Henry.
MILES PECK JENNINGS, B A. 1935. Born July 3,
1912, Bristol, Conn, died December 13, 1951, Hartford, Conn.
Father, Newell Jennings (B A. '04, LL. D. f07), judge,
Superior Court in Conn. Mother, Rachel Kaziak Peck (B. A.
Vassar, '05)
Bristol High School, Deerfield Academy. Freshman
soccer squad, Freshman track squad, Glee Club, University
soccer squad, "Y n , basketball squad, Junior year; hockey
team, Junior year, tennis team, Junior year.
Yale Law School, 1935-37, Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co , 1937-40, Bristol Savings Bank, 1940, secretary of
bank and manager of life insurance department, 1942, director,
Central Union Insurance Co.; instructor, American Institute of
Banking, program of instruction for staff members, Bristol
area, World War II, worked part-time, New Departure Division of General Motors, air raid warden, president, New
Britain chapter, American Institute of Banking, 1946, secretary, Assn of Insurance Department Managers, 1947, Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers Univ., 1947-49; member,
First Congregational Church, Congregational Men's Service
Club, Church Choir, treasurer, Choir organization, member,
executive committee, Hartford Choral Club; sang with Simsbury Light Opera Co., secretary and treasurer, Bristol Yale
Club, treasurer, Bristol Republican Party; treasurer, Bristol
Family Agency, advancement and executive committees, Bristol Council of Boy Scouts, secretary, Bristol Real Estate
Board.
Married November 21, 1940, Dorothy Catherine Miles.
Children Lonnda Gaylord, Miles Peck, Jr.
Death occurred following a brain operation. Buried in
West Cemetery. Survived by wife, children, parents, and
two sisters, Mrs. Sherwood L. Anderson, Jr., and Mrs.
James Boyd II.
Yale College
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GARDNER CLARENCE CARPENTER, B. A. 1936. Born
September 15, 1913, Colorado Springs, Colo ; died March 7,
1952.
Father, Lewis Gibbs Carpenter (attended Trinity Coll.),
director, American Radiator Co. Mother, Helen Violet
(Gardner) Carpenter.
Los Alamos Ranch School, Hotchkiss
Crew squad,
Freshman year; Vanderbilt crew, Sophomore year, University
tennis team, Junior year nYM, Alpha Delta Phi, contributed an
article on Nazi labor camps to The Listener, 1934.
American Radiator Co., New York, 1937, reporter, San
Francisco Chronicle; worked on the P a n s Herald, 1938, viceconsul, Foreign Service Department, State Department, with
rank of Captain, January, 1945, vice-consul, Political Affairs
Advisory Department, Germany, 1945, vice-consul and foreign
language officer, Peipmg, China, 1947, Yale Institute of Far
Eastern Languages, 1947, second secretary of the Saigon legation, Indo-China, 1950, vice-consul, Saigon, Indo-China
Survived by wife, daughter, son and father
JOHN JOSEPH KEEGAN, JR., B. A 1948 (associated
with Class of 1944) Born March 21, 1921, Philadelphia, Pa ,
died November 3, 1951, Los Angeles, Calif.
Father, John J. Keegan, ex-'15S, with Philadelphia
Surgical Institute Co. Mother, Marguerite Helene Marantette.
William Penn Charter School vBerkeley College, Dramat,
Alpha Sigma Phi. Dropped out June 1, 1942.
Welder, Chester, Pa , 1942-43, Sergeant, Tank Corps,
World War II, 1943-45, hospitalized for battle fatigue, Luxembourg, 1945, student, Yale, 1946-48, B.A Yale '48, Philadelphia, Pa., 1949-50, Los Angeles, Calif., 1951.
Unmarried.
Death due to an accident Survived by sister, Mrs.
Walter Krebs.
ALEXANDER McCORMlCK STURM, B.A. 1944. Born
April 26, 1923, Chicago, 111., died November 13, 1951, Norwalk, Conn.
Father, Justin Cornelius Sturm, '22, sculptor and playwright. Mother, Kathenne McCormick (B.A. Vassar '21)
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Yale relatives include Ezra Warner, 1898, Alexander A.
McCormick, '19 (uncles).
Phillips-Exeter; Avon Old Farms. President, Davenport
College, Freshman polo team; founder, Avon Old Farms School
Club.
Chairman of Board and treasurer, Sturm, Ruger & Co.,
Southport, Conn., 1949-51, author, The Problem Fox, 1940
and From Ambush to Zig Zag, 1941
Married August 27, 1944, Manchester, Mass., Pauline
Longworth (Vassar), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth Daughter Joanna Mercedes
Death due to jaundice. Buried in Willowbrook Cemetery,
Westport, Conn. Survived by wife, daughter, parents and a
brother, Justin McCarthy.
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SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL
WILLIAM BEACH PALMER, Ph. B. 1876 Born September 22, 1854, Bridgeport, Conn., died July 22, 1951, Bridgeport, Conn.
Father, Theophilus Middlebrook Palmer, a merchant.
Mother, Comfort (Middlebrook) Palmer. Yale relatives include Elijah Beach Middlebrook (M D. 1835)
Mail clerk, Bridgeport post office, two years, draftsman in architect's office, Bridgeport, 1876-78, asst engineer
with Mr. B. H. Hull, a civil and hydraulic engineer, Bridgeport, 1878-81, asst. engineer upon construction of Lehigh &
Hudson River Railroad, N J., 1881-83, principal asst engineer upon location and construction of Cincinnati, Van Wert &
Michigan Railroad, Ohio and Michigan, 1883-85, partner, Hull
& Palmer, civil engineers, Bridgeport, 1885-96, conducted
business alone, 1896, construction of work, Citizens' Water
Co., Bridgeport; worked on dams, New Haven, Stamford,
Danbury and New Milford Water Companies, water power improvement, Wmsted, Conn., worked on Monument Mills dam,
Housatonic, Mass.; built Silex Mills, New Milford and Branchville, Conn.; large practice m adaptation of turbine wheels to
power purposes, locating engineer, New York, Conn, and
Eastern Railroad and Central New England & Western Railroad,
in charge of resurvey of Fitchburg Railroad, Boston to West
Fitchburg, and Watertown branch, surveys, examinations,
reports and plans for development of the water power of the
Housatonic River in Conn., United Gas Improvement Co.,
Philadelphia; mining engineer, Mexico, 1903; planned sewage
disposal system for Hartford, Conn., 1904, planned layout,
Rockingham Race Track, Salem, N. H., 1905, senior member,
Palmer & Goodell, civil engineers and surveyors, Bridgeport,
until 1933; consultant and chief engineer, W. B. Palmer Engineering Co , Bridgeport, 1933, contributed papers to the proceedings of the Conn. Society of Civil Engineers, former president, Conn. Society of Civil Engineers, vestryman, clerk,
and assistant treasurer, Christ Church, Protestant Episcopal,
Bridgeport.
Married 1909, Bridgeport, Conn., Sarah Louise Clark,
daughter of Joseph Clark.
Buried m Union Cemetery, Stratford, Conn. Survived
by sister, Mrs. Mary Goodell.
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ARTHUR BAYLIES COFFIN, Ph.B. 1880. Born November 17, 1860, Edgartown, Mass.; died October 12, 1951,
Edgartown, Mass.
Father, Jared Wass Coffin, drygoods merchant and a
postmaster
Mother, Charlotte Shiverick McLellan.
Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass. Biology
Course, Alpha Chi.
M.D. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia
Umv , 1883, house officer, New Haven Hospital, 1883 and
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, N Y . , 1883-85, general
practitioner and school physician, Boston, Mass., 1885, medical examiner, National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont, Columbian Life Insurance Co and Provident Life & Trust Co. of
Philadelphia, 1902-42, retired in 1942, member American
Medical Assn., Mass Medical Society, American Assn. of
Life Insurance Examining Surgeons, Roxbury Society for Medical Improvement and Dukes County Historical Society.
Married January 27, 1887, Chelsea, Mass., Angle Eastman Wheeler, daughter of Sumner Wheeler
Children. Helen
f
Josephine (B.A Wellesley, l l ) , Charlotte Read, George
Wheeler, Frederick Eastman. Mrs. Coffin died in 1935
Interment in West Side Cemetery. Survived by daughter,
Charlotte, two sons, a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frederick E.
Coffin and a granddaughter, Joanne E. Coffin
GUSTAVO ALFONSO, Ph.B. 1884. Born February 1,
1863, Havana, Cuba, died March 10, 1952, Havana, Cuba.
Chemical course, member Sigma Delta Chi Society
Paymaster, Marine Health Service, Havana, Cuba, 1914,
Cuban government employee, Department of Immigration,
Havana, Cuba, 1941, retired.
Married. Mrs. Alfonso is deceased. Children* Eduardo
(deceased), Rosa, Elena, Dolce Maria.
LOUIS EDWARD COOPER, Ph.B 1884. Born March
15, 1862, Ansoma, Conn., died February 5, 1952, Seymour,
Conn.
Father, Henry Cooper, Superintendent of Brass Mill,
A. B C. Co., Ansoma, Conn. Mother, Mary Eliza Johnson.
Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, ,Conn. Biology
Sheffield Scientific School
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Course.
M.D. 1886, intern, New Haven Hospital, 1887, physician,
Ansonia and Seymour, Conn., 1888-1928, health officer, Ansonia, Conn., 1897-1901, medical examiner, Ansonia, Conn ,
1901, retired to Loss Angeles, Calif., 1928-40, returned to
New Haven, Conn., 1940-52, member Christ Episcopal Church
of New Haven, George Washington Lodge, A F and A M ,
Ansonia Lodge of Elks and Union League Club, New Haven,
Conn.
Married June 24, 1890, Solebury, Bucks County, Pa ,
Isabel Smith, daughter of Horace Smith Mrs. Cooper died
1938. No children.
Interment in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport,
Conn. Survived by a sister, Mrs. Hamlin, two nephews,
Southmaid C. Hamlin and Newell J. Hamlm.
JOHN RICE, Ph.B 1885. Born October 10, 1866,
Pottstown, Pa , died May 22, 1952, Easton, Pa
Father, George Rice. Mother, Isabelle Hitner Potts
Rice.
The Hill School. Dynamic engineering course
Draftsman, Cofrode and Saylor Bridge Works, Pottstown, Pa., 1885-89, assistant engineer in construction of
cable and electric railways, Pittsburgh, 1889-92, vice-president and general superintendent, Lehigh Construction Co.,
Bethlehem, 1893-98, engineer, Brodhead Contracting Co ,
Easton, 1898, helped found General Crushed Stone Co , 1899
vice-president, 1899-1904, president, 1904-31, chairman of
the board, 1931-51, honorary chairman, February 12, 1951,
president, Pluto Powder Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1904, vice-president, Amies Road Co., Hotel Easton Co. board of directors,
1933-36, president, 1936-50, chairman, board of directors,
1950, Easton Trust Co. president, 1937-51, board chairman,
1951, president, Easton Board of Trade, 1915-16, member,
Easton City Council, 1910-12, president, National Crushed
Stone Assn., 1920, organized Easton Community Chest, 1922
president, 1932-36, campaign chairman, 1933-34, founded
Easton Planned Parenthood Society, honorary chairman, Easton
Hospital capital fund campaign, 1950, former chairman. Tuberculosis and Health Society, Eastern Northampton County,
Y.W.C.A., Northampton County Children's Aid Society, county
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Emergency Relief Committee, 1932-36; past president: Easton
Rotary Club, Pomfret Club, Country Club of Northampton
County, Community Welfare Chest, Childrens Aid Society, former vice-president, Easton Anglers Association, member,
Yale Club, University Club of Philadelphia, Graduates Club of
New Haven, Conn , Golden Deeds Award, Easton Exchange
Club.
Married January 5, 1898, Carrie Arndt Drake (died 1945)
Children John, J r . , Virginia (Mrs. Pmkney Love)
Survived by son and daughter
DEAN N. FUNK, Ph B. 1888. Born June 20, 1867,
Funk's Grove, 111., died October 11, 1951, McLean, 111
Father, James Funk, president State National Bank,
Bloomington, 111. Mother, Mary Waltman Funk.
Peeks kill Military Academy
President, Funk Bros Seed Co , 1901, farmer, McLean,
111 , his cattle won the Grand Champion Prize, International
Stock Show, 1906, World War I, active in Red Cross, Y.M C A ,
and Liberty Loan work, Mason, member, Christian Science
Church
Married October 3, 1894, Atlanta, 111., Fern G. Shores.
Children Donald Shores, '17, Jacob Deane, '19.
Survived by two sons.
JAMES AUGUSTUS NELSON, Ph. B 1888. Born October 11, 1868, Bridgeport, Conn., died April 14, 1952, Mt.
Dora, Fla
Father, James Hugh Nelson (College of Physicians and
Surgeons), druggist. Mother, Sarah Emma Barr. Yale relatives include Theophilus Nelson, 1892S and Robert Hubbard
Nelson (brothers).
Bridgeport High School. Civil Engineering course,
honorable mention at graduation
Personal assistant to the experimental development
engineer, Hotchkiss Ordnance Co , 1888-91, draftsman, Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 1891, draftsman and calculator,
Norfolk Navy Yard, 1891-95, scientific work, Bureau of Construction and Repair, Washington, D C , 1895-96, inspector,
Herreshoff Mfg. Co., 1897-98, general superintendent, William
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R Trigg Co , 1898-1903, assistant superintendent, Fore River
Ship & Engineering Co , 1903-04, organizer of Engineering
Dept., American Bridge Co , 1904, superintendent and assistant manager, Power and Mining Machinery Co , 1904-05,
resident engineer, T A Gillespie Co , 1905-10, vice-president. East Jersey Pipe Co and mechanical engineer, T A
Gillespie Co , 1910-17, eastern representative, Union Iron
Works, San Francisco, Calif., 1917, assistant manager of
machinery fabrication, American International Shipbuilding
Corp., 1917-19, partner, sales business, Philadelphia, Pa ,
1919-20, vice-president, T. A. Gillespie Co and the East
Jersey Pipe Co , Bombay, India, 1921, engineer, Riter-Conley
Co "of Pittsburgh, McClmtic-Marshall Co., Bethlehem Steel
Corp., Bethlehem, Pa., 1922-40, retired, Mount Dora, Fla ,
1940-52, park commissioner and chairman of the zoning board,
Mt Dora, Fla., member, Kiwanis Club and Chamber of Commerce
Married (1) January 2 9, 1891, Providence, R I., Susan
Virginia Diacont (Leipsic Conservatory of Music), daughter of
Philippe Diacont and Catherine Perrot. Children Emily
Turretine (Mrs. William Allen Lawson, later married John P
Fennelly), Robert James, James Augustus, Jr , Howard
Philippe, Susan Virginia (Mrs Edward Riley), Frances
Mrs
Nelson died January 8, 1919. Married (2) June 20, 1922,
Pittsburgh, Pa., Effie Callison, daughter of Charles and
Sophia Callison. Mrs Nelson died December 24, 1927 Married (3) October 29, 1928, Oaktown, Ind , Ada Orndorff
Death due to carcinoma of larynx Interment in Pine
Forest Park, Mt. Dora, Fla. Survived by wife, three daughters and three sons.
GEORGE WOODWARD, Ph. B 1888 Born June 22,
1863, Wilkes Barre, Pa., died May 25, 1952, Philadelphia, Pa
Father, Stanley Woodward, 1855, judge, Luzerne County,
Pa. Mother, Sarah Richards (Butler) Woodward
Wilkes Barre (Pa.) Academy. He Boule, Delta Kappa
Epsilon, Freshman football team, president, Glee Club, Junior
Prom Committee, University Club; Scroll and Key.
M. D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1891, German Hospital,
Philadelphia, one and a half years, general practice, New
Haven, Conn.; assistant, Yale Medical School, associate,
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William Pepper Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, Univ. Penn.,
manager, Germantown Hospital, state senator, Sixth District,
Philadelphia, Pa., 1918-38, founder, Stanley Woodward Lectureship, Yale Univ., 1907; author, numerous articles on
medicine, politics, Samuel Richards' Diary of Philadelphia,
1909, The Pennsylvania Legislator, 1932-36, A Year For
France, The Memoirs of a Mediocre Man, 1935, biography of
his daughter, Quita; director, Real Estate Trust Co., Octavia
Hill Assn., Bureau of Municipal Research, Children's Aid
Society, president, 1924, member, Board of Health, 3 years,
City Charter Commission, Philadelphia Common Council, one
year, Citizens' Permanent Relief Committee (executive committee), "Committee of 70n; treasurer, Child Labor Assn.;
accounting warden, St. Martins Episcopal Church, member,
City Club, Philadelphia, Philadelphia and Germantown Cricket
Club, Republican, president, Yale Alumni Assn. of Philadelphia;
director, Yale Club of Philadelphia.
Married October 9, 1894, Gertrude, daughter of Henry
H and Sally S (Bonnell) Houston Children Henry, George,
J r , Stanley, Charles, Gertrude
Survived by wife and three sons.
PHILIP ALLEN, Ph. B 1890. Born October 27, 1869,
Providence, R.I., died October 31, 1951, Providence, R I.
St Paul's
Captain Class Crew Freshman year, captain,
Yale Umv Crew Senior year, St Paul's School Club.
With engineering department, Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railroad Co., 1890-92, operating department, 189299, treasurer and president, Allen & Reed, Inc., Providence,
R I., 1899-1951, director Norfolk Southern Railroad, Union
Trust Co.
Married October 11, 1894, Warwick, R.I , Helen Slater
Reed, daughter of Alfred A Reed. Children: Philip, Jr ,
19, William Slater, '27S, Anne Crawford (Mrs Monterey
Lehman Hoist)
Death due to a heart attack Survived by son, William
GEORGE PERKINS BISSELL, Ph.B. 1890. Born June
3, 1872, New York, N Y , died April 2, 1952, Wilmington,
Del
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Father, Champion Bissell J 1850, a lawyer Yale relatives include* Samuel Wales, 1767 (great-grandfather), John
Wales, 1801 (grandfather), Samuel Wales, ex-1792, Isaac Miles
Wales, 1793, Leonard Eugene Wales, 1807 (great-uncles),
Leonard Eugene Wales, 1845 (uncle), Leonard Eugene Wales,
1891, Joseph Patten Wales, 1894S (cousins)
Wilmington Friends School.
With Pusey & Jones Co , shipbuilders, Wilmington, Del ,
1890-91, Harlan & Hollmgsworth Co , ship and car builders,
Wilmington, Del., 1891-98, partner Tiers & Bissell, Philadelphia, P a , 1898-1923, member, Philadelphia Stock Exchange,
1910, New York Stock Exchange, 1915, senior partner, Laird,
Bissell & Meeds, New York, N Y and Wilmington, Del , 192352, past governor Society of Colonial Wars, vice-president and
director, Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, trustee, Wilmington
Public Library, chairman of the board, Delaware Trust Co ,
member, Vicmeade Hunt Club, Wilmington Country Club,
Rittenhouse Club of Philadelphia, Anti-Tuberculosis Assn of
Delaware and the Wilmington Club, author, Signifying Nothing
Married December 12, 1899, Wilmington, Del , Jessie
Lane Elliott, daughter of Alfred S Elliott. Children Alfred
E , '25, George P , '40S
Survived by wife and two sons.
LAWRENCE HEYWORTH, Ph B 1890 Died July 1,
1951, Chicago, 111.
Yale relatives include. James O. Heyworth, 1888
(brother), James O. Heyworth, Jr , '32 (nephew)
Superintendent, George A. Fuller Construction Co ,
Chicago, 111., 1890-98, assistant manager, "The Fair", 189803, in real estate business, 1903-05, president, Mutual Bank,
Chicago, 1905-09, engaged in general real estate business,
1909, member, Chicago Athletic Club, one of the founders,
South Shore Country Club.
Married February 17, 1897, Cecile, daughter of Otto
Young. Children: Otto Young Heyworth, Gwendolyn Heyworth
OLIVER SMITH LYFORD, JR., Ph. B 1890 Born
March 21, 1870, Cleveland, Ohio, died March 5, 1952, Daytona
Beach, Fla.
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Postgraduate course in engineering, Cornell Univ., 189091, electrical engineer, Siemens and Halske Electric Co ,
Chicago, 111 , 1892-97, chief engineer, Westmghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Co., Pittsburgh, Pa , 1897-99, general
manager, Siemens and Halske Electric Co , 1899, with Electric Boat Co., 1899-1900, consulting engineer, Westmghouse,
Church, Kerr and Co., 1900-13, vice-president and general
manager, Santa Clara Lumber Co., 1914-15, consulting engineer, 1915-17, managing engineer, New England Westmghouse
Co., 1917, Major and Lieutenant Colonel, Army Ordnance,
1917-19, member, European Commission National Industrial
Conference Board, 1919, vice-president, Finance and Trading
Corp , 1919-22, with Coue Institute, 1922-24, general manager
and chief engineer, Lawrence Investing Co., 1922-26, president, Yale Engineering Assn., chairman, Committee on University Affairs, 1925-26, general manager and chief engineer,
Brooklands, Inc , Bronxville, N Y., 1926-28, director and
vice-president, 1928-52, with receivership division, Irving
Trust Co , 1929-33, consultant Standard Varnish Works, 1931,
consulting engineer and associate Demarest and Associates,
New York, 1935-37, member of board, Y ale -in- China, 192950, adviser and member of board, International Boiler Works
Co , 192 9-50, member of board, United Board for Christian
Colleges, 1937-50, vice-chairman, Yale Alumni Board, elder,
Presbyterian Church
Married January 8, 1896, New York, N Y , Frances L.
Meigs, daughter of T B Meigs. Children. Margaret L (Mrs
James H Sheldon), Olive M
Survived by wife and two daughters
WALTER GREY PRESTON, Ph B 1891 Born October
10, 1871, Omaha, Nebr., died May 12, 1952, Omaha, Nebr
Father, William Preston. Mother, Emilie Victoria
(Orchard) Preston. Yale relatives include a brother, Alfred
H. Preston, ex-1891S
Bellevue College, Bellevue, Nebr , Phillips Academy,
Andover, Mass. Mechanical and electrical engineering
courses, Berzelius Society, Yale Banjo Club, Yale Glee Club,
the Colony, Senior appointment, Military Certificate appointment
Alaska trade business, Pacific Coast, operated pack
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trains over Chilkoot and White passes, Skagway, Alaska, 1897,
engaged in merchandising, Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada,
six years, Bankers Reserve Life Insurance Co., Omaha, Nebr
manager of the agency department, 1903-04, vice-president and
treasurer, 1904, chairman of the Executive Committee of the
Board of Directors, 1913, first vice-president and treasurer,
1928, president, 1932, merged with Ohio National Life Insurance Co., 1933, became a director, vice-president, Nebraska
Life Underwriters Assn.
Married July 30, 1901, Omaha, Nebr., Myrtie May
Robison, daughter of Bascom H. Robison Children Walter
Grey, J r . , '25.
Survived by two sisters, Mrs Katharine Duncan, Mrs
Edith Ralston.
CLAUDE GIGNOUX, Ph. B. 1892 Born December 9,
1871, Monroe, N Y., died August 10, 1951, San Francisco,
Calif
Father, Jean Francois Gignoux (Mount Saint Mary's
College), a physician and surgeon. Mother, Elizabeth Hughes.
Yale relatives include. Robert M Gignoux, LL B 1893
(brother), Conrad H Matthiessen, 1886S and Ralph H Matthiessen, 1912S (cousins)
Siglar's Preparatory School, Newburgh, N Y Biology
Course, Honorable mention, Freshman year, Sheff Military
Co , Theta Xi.
Cum Laude LL. B , New York Law School, 1894, attorney,
New York, N.Y , 1894-1910, president, Richmond Development
Co., Gignoux Brothers, Inc , Pioneer Development Co and
Richmond Industrial Commission, San Francisco, Calif , 1910,
secretary, Harborfront Realty Co , San Francisco, Calif ,
publisher, Housing, 1940, claims adjuster, Pacific Indemnity
Co., San Francisco, Calif , 1943-49, member, Commonwealth
Club and San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, president,
Theta Xi Club, San Francisco, Calif.
Married (1) October 2, 1895, Hyde Park, N Y., Adelaide
Haw ley, daughter of John S. and Margaret Hawley Daughters
Helen Hawley (Mrs. Gerald James Chalmers), Lucille Hawley
(Mrs. William F. Cody), Claudia Adelaide. Mrs. Gignoux died
August, 1915. Married (2) January 10, 1917, San Francisco,
Calif., Daisy Reller Hill, daughter of John Murray Hill and
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Elizabeth Reller. Son. Claude
Survived by wife
FRANK LOCKWOOD HATCH, Ph. B 1892 Born September 6, 1869, Springfield, 111., died August 24, 1951, Springfield, 111
Father, Ozias M Hatch, a farmer and Secretary of State
for Illinois
Mother, Julia Reily Enos
Western Military Academy Consolidated Baseball Nine,
1891-92, the 1893 Freshman Baseball Nine, honors for excellence in mathematics, member, Theta Delta Chi, LL B , Harvard Law School, 1895
Assistant United States attorney for the southern district
of Illinois, 1897-1904, state's attorney for Sangamon County,
111 , 1904-08, practiced law, Springfield, World War I, Major,
Judge Advocate General's Dept , 1918, Washington, promoted
Lieutenant Colonel, 1919, discharged, 1920, took up practice
of law
Married (1) September 19, 1900, Springfield, 111 , Alice
Houghton (St Agatha's Institute, 1893), daughter of George
Bowen Children Cornelia Bowen Mrs Hatch died 1908.
Married (2) 1923, Sue Weber Munger
Mrs Hatch died 1943.
Survived by daughter and brother, Paschal E. Hatch.
CHARLES MALLORY WILLIAMS, Ph.B 1892
Born
October 16, 1872, Brooklyn, N Y , died November 12, 1951,
Stomngton, Conn
Father, Charles Phelps Williams, (B A. 1862, LL B.,
New York Law School, 1895), member, New York Stock Exchange. Mother, Fanny Elizabeth Mallory Yale relatives
include William P Dixon, 1868, Ephraim W. Dixon, 1881,
Henry B. Barnes, J r . , 1893, Courtlandt D Barnes, '02,
Theodore P Dixon, '07, Philip R. Mallory, '08, Robert Mallory, J r . , '09 and Charles H Mallory, '15 (cousins)
B A Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1890 Entered
Yale, Junior year, Biology Course, Senior Appointment, Belknap P r i z e , Senior year, Honorable mention in German and
geology, member of honor group, Commencement Speaker.
Laboratory assistant to Professor Chittenden, Sheffield
Biology Laboratory, New Haven, Conn., 1892-94, M D. College
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of Physicians and Surgeons, 1898, senior assistant on the medical side, Roosevelt Hospital, 1898-99, assistant gynecologist,
1899, house gynecologist, 1900, interne, Sloane Maternity Hospital, 1900, general practitioner, New York, N Y , 1901,
specialized in dermatology, 1903, served in the dispensaries of
Vanderbilt Clinic, North Western Dispensary and Bellevue
Hospital, professor of dermatology, Univ. of Vermont, 191330, First Lieutenant, Medical Reserve Corps, Army, 1916,
discharged a Lieutenant Colonel, 1919, associate attending
dermatologist, New York Post Graduate Hospital, 1919, instructor in dermatology, New York Univ. Medical College,
1919, associate professor, 1920, attending physician, New York
Skm and Cancer Hospital, 1920-34, president of the medical
board, 1928-34, Honorary Doctor of Science, Univ of Vermont,
1932, consulting dermatologist, Memorial Hospital, 1934-35,
professor of dermatology and syphilology, Post-Graduate Medical School, 1934-35, retired, 1935, treasurer, Village Improvement Society, president, Stomngton Historical -Society,
member, American Medical and American Dermatology Assns ,
the New London County Medical Society, the Medical Advisory
Board of Conn., Society of Colonial Wars, Masons, Yale Club
and the Wadawanuck Country Club, author of numerous articles
appearing in medical journals.
Married (1) February 25, 1904, New York, N Y , Margaret Dows Worcester, daughter of Edward Dean Worcester
Children: Charles, Mary Low (B.A Bryn Mawr,Mrs. MacDonald Dick), Margaret (B A Bryn Mawr, Mrs Billings B.
Fairbrother)
Mrs. Williams died March 30, 1941 Married
(2) April 14, 1942, Edith Bramhall Cullis.
Survived by wife, two daughters and a sister, Mrs
Fanny Williams Mason.
HAROLD CHAUNCJEY MATHEWS, Ph. B 1893 Born
April 30, 1871, New York, N Y , died April 24, 1952, New
York, N Y.
Father, Charles Drellincourt Mathews, president, United
States Warehouse. Mother, Rebecca (Thompson) Mathews
Yale relatives include Hon William Abdiel Thompson, 1782,
Rev. James Thompson, 1789, Samuel Thompson, 1790, Chauncey Mmott Thompson, 1854, Charles Thompson Mathews, 1886
(brother)
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Berkeley School, New York City, Mt. Pleasant Military
Academy, Ossimng, N Y. Select course, member, Theta Xi.
Engaged m banking, entered wholesale drygoods business,
wholesale furniture business, served m 7th Regiment, New
York National Guard, 1898-1903, reentered wholesale drygoods
business, New York City, 1908, in real estate business for
himself, New York City, president, Royton Realty Co., Inc ,
St Bartholomew's Church, New York City, University Club,
Yale Club, New York City, City Club, New York City, Auto
Club of America.
Married June 17, 1903, Washington, D.C., Edith Churchill, daughter of Edward C. and Helen (Churchill) Candee.
Children Harold Churchill, Schuyler Loree, Mary C (Mrs.
Mary Barker), Chauncey Drellincourt, '40
Death due to a heart attack. Buried at Woodlawn. Survived by wife, three sons, and a daughter.
ORVILLE ELIAS BABCOCK, Ph. B. 1894. Born August
13, 1872, Chicago, 111 , died October 15, 1951, Chicago, 111
Father, General Orville E Babcock (graduated West
Point) Mother, Annie (Campbell) Babcock Yale relatives
include A B Babcock, 1899S (brother), L Smith, 1876S ,
M Nixon, 1876S (uncles)
Private tutor Select course
*
With Chicago Telephone Co , 1894-96, with King, Alward
& Co , brokers, 1896, junior partner, John C King & Co ,
bankers and brokers, partner, Babcock, Rushton & Co ,
Chicago and New York, until dissolved in 1940, partner, Goodbody & Co , 1940, member, Chicago Club, Saddle and Cycle
Club, University Club, Chicago, Onwentsia Golf Club, Lake
Forest and South Shore Country Club, New York Racquet and
Tennis Club
Married November 20, 1901, Chicago, 111 , Ellen Walsh,
daughter of John R Walsh Children Orville E., Jr , '35,
Bruce, '36
Death due to a heart ailment Survived by wife, two
sons, five grandchildren, and a brother, Adolph B Babcock
EDWARD HERBERT HART, Ph B 1894 Born October
12, 1870, New Britain, Conn , died July 5, 1951, Pelham, NY.
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Father, William H Hart, a manufacturer of builders'
hardware
Mother, Martha Peck. Yale relatives include
Maxwell S Hart, 1894S and Walter S Hart, 1896S (brothers)
New Britain High School Mechanical Engineering
Course, Freshman Yale Athletic Team, Junior Class Football,
Freshman Second Place, Pole Vault, Intercollegiate G A
Meet and Yale-Harvard Meet, Senior University Football Team
With William E Peck & Co., exporters and importers,
London, England, 1894-97, foreign representative, The Stanley
Works, hardware manufacturers, South Africa, 1897-1902,
foreign sales manager, New York, N Y , 1902-49, member,
Yale Club of New York and the Pelham Country Club
Married January 21, 1903, New Britain, Conn , Florence
Bradlee Smith, daughter of Theodore Elliott Smith Son
Stephen Hart (B A Lehigh Univ , '43)
Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage Interment in
Ferncliff Crematory, Ardsley, N Y Survived by wife, son,
two grandchildren and two brothers, Walter H. and George P
GEORGE MOULTHROP HUBBELL, Ph B 1894 Born
March 29, 1874, Ansonia, Conn , died November 12, 1951,
Los Gatos, Calif.
Father, John Lake Hubbell, farmer
Mother, Sarah
Elizabeth Moulthrop
Ansonia High School Biology Course.
M.D. 1896, intern, Robert Packer Hospital, 1897, general practitioner* Philadelphia, Pa , 1897-1902, Los Gatos,
Calif., 1902-17, First Lieutenant, Medical Corps, World War
I, 1917-19; president, Hubbell Squab Co., Los Gatos, Calif.,
1919-51
Married November 25, 1897, Bath, Pa , Elizabeth Lisberger, daughter of Robert Lisberger
Sons Carl L , Willis
H , John R , George P
Death due to a heart ailment Interment in Oak Hill
Memorial Park, San Jose, Calif Survived by wife and four
sons.
FREDERICK ALLEN JOHNSON, Ph B 1894 Born
July 16, 1871, Montville, Conn , died May 9, 1952, Uncasville,
Conn.
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Father, Edwin C Johnson, manufacturer
Mother,
Mary T (King) Johnson.
Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, Conn Civil engineering course, member, Varsity Crew, three years, captain,
1894, Harvard Law School, 1895.
Engaged in general banking and brokerage business, New
York City, until 1900, secretary and treasurer, Lee, Tweedy
& Co., 1901-03, member, New York Cotton Exchange, conducted brokerage business under his own name, democratic
member, 1911 General Assembly of Conn., World War I,
Lieutenant, Navy
Married September 1, 1900, New York, N Y , Grace
Saltonstall Lee, daughter of Charles N Lee Children* Carol
Lee (Mrs. Hubert Gosselm, '32S), Lee Saltonstall, '26.
Survived by daughter, son, five grandchildren, and a
great grandchild
FRANK DELANO CUSHING, Ph B. 1895 Born December 5, 1871, Bath, Maine, died February 20, 1952, Bath,
Maine
Father, Samuel W Cushmg. Yale relatives include
William L Cushmg, 1872, Charles E Cushmg, 1885
(brothers), Charles C S. Cushmg, '02, William S Cushmg,
'08
Westminster School, Dobbs Ferry, N Y. Electrical
engineering course.
With Westmghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co , 189596, with Munro Publishing Co , 1897, sailor and later quartermaster, Morgan Steamship Co , New York to New Orleans,
1898, Spanish American War, quartermaster on a transport,
engaged in wrecking business as a diver, with Munro Publishing Co , until December, 1904
Unmarried
GEORGE BRAGG MASSEY, Ph. B 1895 Born May 7,
1875, Cleveland, Ohio, died March 9, 1952, Wmnetka, 111.
Father, Albert Parsons Massey, 1865S, a mechanical
engineer with New York Air Brake Co Mother, Phoebe Scott
Griffith
Yale relative: William A Norton (great uncle).
High School, Watertown, N Y Mechanical Engineering
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Course, Senior appointment.
Mechanical engineer, Mexican International Railway,
1895-98, Ensign, assistant engineer, U S Navy, SpanishAmerican War and Philippine Insurrection, assistant engineer,
Bucyrus Co , 1899-1903, treasurer, Massey Machine Co.,
Watertown, N.Y , 1903-08, resident engineer, Bucyrus Co ,
New York, N Y , 1908, vice-president, Randolph Perkins Co ,
Chicago, 111 , Lieutenant, U S Naval Reserve, World War I,
1917-19, consulting engineer, Chicago, 111 , Wmnetka Park
commissioner, 1923-31, president, Park Board, 1928-29,
member, Wmnetka Post Number 10 of American Legion, commander, 1928-2 9, president, Wmnetka Chapter, Isaak Walton
League, director, American Society of Civil Engineers, 194144
Married June 24, 1905, Wmnetka, 111 , Dorothea Stewart
Johnson, daughter of Lorenzo M Johnson, 1874S Children
Loren Johnson (B A. Cornell), George Bragg, T29S, Phoebe
Dorothea (Mrs George W Ryerson, '31) Mrs Massey died
m 1941
Survived by daughter, two sons, seven grandchildren and
a sister.
WINTHROP BRAINERD, Ph B 1896 Born December
18, 1875, Montclair, N J., died December 30, 1951, Montreal,
Canada
Father, Thomas Chalmers Bramerd, President, Hamilton Powder Co., Montreal, Canada Mother, Man Laflin
Boies
Eliock School, Montreal, Canada Delta Psi.
Vice-president Hamilton Powder Co , Montreal, Canada,
1896-1911, Canadian Explosives, Ltd , 1911, member of board
of directors, 1925, vice-president, Canadian Industries, Ltd ,
1929, remained director until 1951, retired, 1936, member,
the ftdgartown Yacht Club
Married June 18, 1913, Montreal, Canada, Elizabeth
Patterson McLennan, daughter of William McLennan and
Marion Patterson. Children Thomas Chalmers, '37S, William
McLennan, Mary Alice (Mrs Archer Harman, Jr , '45)
Death due to a heart attack Interment in Mount Royal
Cemetery, Montreal, Canada. Survived by wife, son, daughter
and two brothers, Henry B and Herbert
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ARTHUR FLINT BROWN, Ph B. 1896. Born June 4,
1874, New York, N.Y , died May 2, 1952, Portland, Maine.
Father, Edward Flint Brown, 1863, lawyer. Mother,
Eleanor Bonney Yale relatives include Anselm Byron Brown,
1867 (uncle), Lawrence E Brown, 1893 and Alfred J. Brown,
1899 (brothers)
Harvard School, New York, N.Y
With Faulkner, Page & Co , New York, N Y., 1896-97,
with The Buffalo (N Y ) Courier, 1897-98, Commissary Corporal, Squadron A, U.S Volunteer Cavalry, Spanish-American
War, 1898, with A F . Brown Co , Buffalo, N Y , 1898-1903,
manager, railway supply dept., Sibley & Pitman, New York,
N.Y , 1903, assistant sales manager, The Portland Co , Portland, Me , manager, Railway Sales Dept., Western Electric
Co , Chicago, 111 , 1905-08, general manager, H.C. Baxter
Co and The Baxter Paper Co , Brunswick, Me , 1908-31,
Captain, Military Intelligence, World War I, 1917-18, representative, Equitable Life Assurance Society, Portland, Me.,
1931-52, scout-master, chief scout, council commissioner and
member of the board of directors, Pine Tree Council Boy
Scouts of America, awarded the Silver Beaver Award from the
National Council.
Married October 8, 1902, Portland, Me., Florence Washburn Carpenter, daughter of Robert John Carpenter, 1859 and
Ellen Furbish. Mrs Brown died in 1939. No children.
Survived by sister, Mrs Carl A Feica and a brother,
Dr. Alfred J. Brown.
ROBERT WHITNEY HANINGTON, Ph. B. 1896. Born
February 28, 1875, Albion, N Y , died March 26, 1952, Denver, Colo.
Father, Henry Hanmgton. Mother, Clara Hanington.
Denver High School. Member, Sigma Xi.
Apprentice, machine shop, 1896-98, joined Hendne &
Bolthoff Manufacturing & Supply Co., Denver, Colo., 1898 in
charge of engineering and contracting departments, in charge
of machinery and engineering departments, general manager,
1924, vice-president and treasurer, president, Craig Electric
Light & Power Co., president, Goodland Light & Power Co.,
vice-president, Palisade Electric Service Co., Palisade, Colo.,
vestryman, St. John's Cathedral, Denver, 1916-19, member,
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Denver Country Club, Mile High Club.
Married November 12, 1901, Denver, Colo , Eleanor
Marlyn Hart, daughter of the Very Rev. jH. Martyn Hart, D D ,
LL.D , and Eleanor (Wilson) Hart. Children Margaret Hart,
Clara Winifred.
FREDERIC ASA KNIGHT, Ph.B. 1896 Born January
14, 1872, Springfield, Mass., died November 29, 1951, Chicago,
111.
Father, Edwin Lewis Knight, insurance business Mother,
Hatte Ells
*
Springfield High School Oberlin College, two years
Transit man on irrigation, Nebraska, summer, 1894,
transit man, George N Merrill, Springfield, Mass , street
railway construction, summer, 1895, transit man, N Y N H.
& H. R.R., July, 1896, general railroad work and track elevation, Boston, Mass., February, 1897, transit man, George E
Sleeper, Boston, Mass., March to September, 1897, rod man
and transit man, Boston & Albany Rialroad, September, 1897,
to October, 1899, draftsman, Associated Mutual Fire Insurance
Companies, Boston, October, 1899, to March, 1900, transit
man and general railway work, New York Central & Hudson
River Railroad, Watertown and Ogd ens burg district, March to
September, 1900, transit man and construction work, F. A
Hinds, Watertown, N.Y., September, 1900, to March, 1901,
chief draftsman, Toledo & West on Railway, March, 1901, to
March, 1902, field draftsman, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railway, Oklahoma District, March to September, 1902,
locating engineer, George Clark, Toledo, Ohio, mterurban
street railway location, March to September, 1903, draftsman,
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad, Chicago, October, 1903,
to March, 1904, chief draftsman, South Park Commissioners,
Chicago, 1904-19, Highway engineer, Public Roads Administration of the Federal Works Agency, 1919, member, Yale Club of
Chicago, American Association of Engineers.
Married October 11, 1904, Erie, Pa., Gertrude Frances
Beach, daughter of Lauren Cooper Beach and Mary Collins
(Bigoney). No children
Survived by wife
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ROBERT HARTLEY PERDUE, Ph.B. 1896. Born November 11, 1874, Cleveland, Ohio, died January 14, 1952,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Father, Eugene H Perdue Mother, Cornelia M. Van
Tine
University School, Cleveland, Ohio. Member, Theta
Delta Chi
Advertising manager, Cleveland Leader, 1896-1902,
bought an interest in W B Maxson, Perdue & Ketchum, president, Cleveland Fire Insurance Clearing Assn , 1910, president, Thomas H Geer Co , 1911, former president, Fire Insurance Club of Cleveland, member, Union, University, Country, and Kirtland Country clubs, thirty-second degree Mason,
Knight Templar, member, Mystic Shrine, illustrated limited
edition of Edgar Allan Poe's poem, The Raven, commissioned
Major of Cavalry, Officers' Reserve Corps, April, 1917,
instructor, Officers' Training Camp, Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Ind , resigned commission, civilian aide to Adjutant General of
the Army for Military Training Camp work, chairman for Ohio
of the Military Training Camps Assn.
Married February 28, 1901, Cleveland, Ohio, Eleanor
Hower Morgan, daughter of Edmund Nash and Florence Alice
(Hower) Morgan Children a boy, died shortly after birth.
Survived by wife.
CHARLES THEODORE RAMSDEN, Ph B. 1896. Born
February 11, 1876, Santiago De Cuba, died August 24, 1951,
Santiago De Cuba.
Father, Frederick Wollaston Ramsden, British Consul.
Mother, Susana de la Torre
Siglars Prep School. Chi Phi.
Graduate work, Yale, 1897, assistant, Nellir Mine,
Colorado, 1897, with Ohio River Railroad Co., Parkersburg,
W Va , 1898, time keeper, sugar weigher, overseer and
assistant manager, San Sebastian Sugar Plantation, 1898-1902,
m charge of mtercamp transportation, Cuba Railroad, 1902,
manager, San Sebastian Sugar Plantation, 1902-1907, manager,
San Carlos Sugar Plantation, 1907, director, "Central Romelie
S A " , sugar plantation, Guantanamo, Cuba, student of natural
history and Cuban zoology throughout his life, Dr N S , Univ
of Havana, '18, corresponding fellow, American Ornithological
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Union and Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, corresponding member, Museo y Biblioteca de Cardenas, Cuba and
Museo de Santiago de Cuba, honorary member, American Museum Natural History, New York and "Grupo Hombolat" de la Soc
de Geografia e Historia de Oriente, Cuba, member, Sociedad
Cubana de Historia Natural, n Felipe Poey" Cuba, Wilson
Ornithological Club, U S A , Entomological Soc of Ontario
and London Malacological Society, London, England, zoological
director, Parque Zoologico, Santiago de Cuba, founder, American Soc. of Ichthyologists & Herpetologist, U S.A , American
Malacological Union, U S.A , Sociedad Malacologica "Carlos de
la Torre", Cuba and American Soc of Mammalogists, author,
The Herpetology of Cuba, 1919, Catalogo de Reptiles y Anfibios
de la Isla de Cuba, 1916, Annotated List of the Hesperiidae of
Cuba, 1923 and numerous other articles.
Married (1) August 14, 1902, Guantanamo, Cuba, Josefina F e r r e r y Joli, daughter of Castulo F e r r e r y Torralbas and
Concepcion Joli y Bolivar Daughter Concepcion Josef ma
(Mrs. Luis Bueno) Mrs Ramsden died June 17, 1903. Married (2) January 12, 1905, Santiago de Cuba, Emerenciana
F e r r e r y Joli, a sister of his first wife. Son Frederick
Joseph.
Death due to a pulmonary infarct. Interment in Cemet e r y of "Santa Ifigenia", Santiago de Cuba Survived by wife
and daughter
WILEY O. COX, JR., Ph B. 1897 Born March 23,
1873, Springfield, Mass., died February 22, 1952, St Joseph,
Mo..
Father, Wiley O. Dillon Cox Mother, Emma C
(Boxley) Cox
Phillips Academy, And over, Mass
Book and Snake,
Renaissance Club, member of Class Day Committee, one of
the Committee to attend the 150th Anniversary Celebration at
Princeton.
Connected with Kansas City State Bank, Kansas City,
Mo., 1897-1902, cattle ranch operator, Colo., 1902-06, engaged in mining, Goldfield, Nev., 1906, with Sheridan-Clayton
Paper Co., St Joseph, Mo., St Joseph's office of the internal
revenue dept., special representative, New York Life Insurance
Co , 1922, active in Boy Scout work, recipient, Silver Beaver
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and Silver Antelope awards, one of the organizers, St Joseph
Council, 33d degree Scottish Rite Mason, member, Charity
Lodge No 331, A.F and A M., charter member and first
t r e a s u r e r , University Club, Kansas City, Mo , Montezuma
Club, Goldfield, Nev.
Married December 2, 1903, Kansas City, Lily Duncan,
daughter of John Andrew and Josephine Angelique (Smith)
Duncan Children John, '28S, Dorothy (Mrs. William Wyly),
Marjory (Mrs C.C Burnes).
Buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery. Survived by wife,
son, two daughters, two s i s t e r s , Mrs. T. Magill Patterson,
and Miss Mary Cox, and six grandchildren
OSWALD LINDSAY SIMPSON, Ph. B. 1897. Born November 12, 1877, Lawrence, Mass., died April 26, 1952, New
York, N Y.
Father, Thomas S Simpson. Mother, Emily F Dodge
Columbia Institute, New York, N Y. Phi Gamma Delta
Trip around the world, dry goods business, Boston,
Mass , Private, National Guard, Mexican Border, 1916-17,
Second Lieutenant, Q.M.C., 1917-19, member of firm, Simpson & Saunders, New York, N Y , 1920, with U S Vaporizer
Co , Boston, Mass., 1921, with von Polenz & Co , Boston,
Mass , 1921, salesman Alabaster Products Corp , New York,
N Y., 1922, International Motor Co., New York, N Y., 192426, moved to Florida, 1926, salesman, Coral Gables, Fla ,
1928, retired, 1930, armed guard, Air Transport Command,
Miami, Fla , 1944-47.
Married (1) June 6, 1900, New York, Anita Van Buren
Married (2) Gladys Glover Livingston M r s . Simpson died
February 10, 1947
Death due to cancer. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery,
New York, N Y. Survived by a niece, Mrs Richard Maxwell
and a cousin, Mrs Ralph Morgan
FREDERICK THEODORE ANDERSON, Ph.B 1898.
Born July 17, 1877, Taftville, Conn , died July 27, 1951,
Kmderhook, N Y.
Father, John L S. Anderson Mother, Isabella B
Anderson
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Norwich Free Academy Electrical Engineering Course,
Yale Gymnastic Team, Senior year.
First-class fireman, second and first-class machinist,
U.S Navy, Spanish-Amen can War, 1898, teacher, Barre,
Vt , 1898-99, factory and drafting room* The B F Sturtevant
Co., Jamaica Plain, Mass , 1899, General Electric Co , Lynn,
Mass , 1899-1902, Westmghouse E. & M Co , East Pittsburgh,
Pa , 1902, electrical engineering dept , The George A Fuller
Co., New York, N Y., 1902-03, chief draftsman, Cooper
Hewitt Electric Co., New York, N Y , 1904-06, elevator sales
agent, The Charles Hoffman Co , New York, N Y , 1906, with
construction dept , Otis Elevator Co , New Haven and Detroit,
service dept , New York and Yonkers, engineer, Yonkers,
N Y , retired, 1946, breeder of Aberdeen-Angus cattle, Chatham, N.Y , member, Masons, United Spanish-American War
Veterans and the Norwich Society of New York
Married (1) May 26, 1906, Esther McRae, daughter of
Donald McRae. Mrs Anderson died September 18, 1906
Married (2) Emma Parsell Daughters Esther Beverly (Mrs
Roy William Chamberlain), Emma Beaton (Mrs Seymour
Daniel Pelz)
Death due to a heart ailment Interment in the Kinderhook Cemetery, Kmderhook, N.Y. Survived by wife, two
daughters, two granddaughters, a brother, John N and a
sister, Mrs William Wilson
WILLIAM FREDERICK JELKE, Ph B 1898 Born
April 16, 1876, Cincinnati, Ohio, died June 14, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Father, Ferdinand Jelke
Franklin School
M D Johns Hopkins Univ., '02, intern, 1903, institution
alized for schizophrenia.
HENRY BUCKLAND OLMSTEAD, Ph B. 1898 Born
July 10, 1875, Branford, Conn , died March 14, 1952, Rockville, Conn
Father, Rev Henry Olmstead, D D Mother, Emily
Wheeler
Branford High School Berkeley Divinity School, '02
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Made deacon, June 4, 1902, curate, Church of the Holy
Apostles, New York City, June, 1902, ordained priest, June
11, 1903, vicar, Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, Del , February 16, 1904, rector, Christ Church, Dover, Del., July 1,
1907, St Andrew's Church, Yonkers, N Y., curate, St Paul's
Church, New Haven, Conn , 1913, rector, Christ Church,
Guilford, Conn , rector, St. John's Church, Rockville, Conn.,
1924-50
Married June 16, 1904, New York City, Alexma Mary
Marrian, daughter of James A. Marrian Mrs Olmstead
died March 5, 1952 No children
Survived by nieces and nephews
CHARLES FREDERICK PARKER, Ph B 1898 Born
November 15, 1874, Meriden, Conn , died May 22, 1952, San
Antonio, Tex
Father, Jared Pratt Parker, real estate dealer Mother,
Mary C Cruttenden
Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn. Freshman
Glee Club, University Glee Club
Instrument man m construction, Branford (Conn ) Water
Works, 1898-99, engineer m charge of construction camps,
railroad relocation party and location party, Mexican International Railroad, Durango to Mazatlan, Mex., 1899-1901,
chief engineer, San Carlos Copper Co , Linares, Mex., 190102, mine superintendent, Penoles Mining Co , Mapimi, Mex ,
1902-04, private practice as mining and civil engineer, Mexico
City, Mex , 1904-06, Torreon, Coah , Mex , 1907-08, operator
of gold-silver mine, "La Bufa", Coneto, Dgo , Mex , 1908,
left Mexico 1911, moved to San Antonio, Tex , 1913, owner and
manager, The Charles F Parker Co , San Antonio, Tex ,
until 1946, member American Society of Civil Engineers, expresident and director, San Antonio Builders Exchange
Married November 2 9, 1905, Helen Sill Woodrow, daughter of Thomas Woodrow Son Thomas
Mrs Parker predeceased her husband
No survivors
HERBERT TOWLE WESTON, Ph B 1898 Born April
15, 1876, Lincoln, Neb , died October 22, 1951, Beatrice,
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Nebr.
Father, Jefferson Burns West on Mother, Helen (Towle)
West on
Beatrice High School, 1893, University of Nebraska,
1894, Orchard Lake Michigan Military Academy, 1895 Varsity track team, First Lieutenant, Yale Battery, 1898, postgraduate course, Michigan College of Mines, joined Sigma Rho
Vice-president, Beatrice National Bank
Married January 28, 1903, Margaret Collins, daughter
of T W Collins Children Collins, Jefferson Burns 2d,
Herbert T , Jr
Survived by wife and three sons.
DONALD PALMER CAMERON, Ph B 1899 Born
March 16, 1878, Burlington, Iowa, died November 28, 1951,
Poughkeepsie, N Y
Father, John Stark Cameron (Dartmouth, 1363), president, Salt Lake Rapid Transit Co Mother, Sarah M Palmer
Cameron Yale relatives include. John S Cameron, Jr ,
1899 (brother), William G Ricker, '00 (cousin)
St Johns bury Academy, St Johnsbury, Vt Electrical
engineering course, member, Chi Phi
Block signal work, Lackawanna Railroad, 1899, traveling salesman, American Radiator Co , 1900-03, with Cooper
Hewitt Electric Co., New York, 1903-05, engaged in logging,
lumbering and sawing business in Pacific Northwest, Columbia
Valley Railway Co , Four Lakes Lumber Co , Boring Tie Co ,
Leitzel Logging Co., Wiest Logging Co , Hamilton Creek Timber Co (held financial interest in four of these firms), 190514, managed personal and family affairs, Poughkeepsie Board
of Public Works, appointed to 1941-49, president, 1948-49,
member, Poughkeepsie Planning Commission, trustee, Vassar
Brothers Home for Aged Men, director, Detroit International
Bridge & Canadian Transit Co , Windsor, Ont., trustee, First
Congregational Church, Poughkeepsie, officer, Men's Club of
First Congregational Church, chairman, Every Member
Canvass committee, First Congregational Church, member
and former director, Dutchess Golf and Country Club and
Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, member, Amrita Club, Edgartown
Yacht Club, Mass.
Married October 9, 1920, Hoopeston, 111 , Hazel H.
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Catherwood
Children. Donald P , J r . (Princeton, '43),
Steele C , '45e
Death due to a heart attack
Buried in Rural Cemetery,
Poughkeepsie. Survived by wife, two sons, three grandchildren, a brother, John S. Cameron and a sister, Miss Sarah
Cameron
FREDERICK BROWN HUMPHREYS, Ph. B. 1899 Born
July 10, 1878, Summit, N J , died June 30, 1952, Gaylordsville, Conn.
Father, Dr George H Humphreys, a physician Mother,
Emilie Julia (Barnes) Humphreys Yale relatives include May
Humphreys, 1890, Dr. George H Humphreys, 1898S (brothers)
St Mark's School, Southboro, Mass
Biology course,
received Balknap Prize in Natural History, member, Apollo
Banjo Club, Freshman and Junior years, University Banjo Club,
Senior year, Delta Psi, Sigma Xi, M D Columbia College of
Physicians and Surgeons, '03
Interned, New York Hospital, 1904-06, assistant pathologist, New York Hospital, 1906-08, pathologist, Harlem
Hospital, New York City, 1908-09, assistant pathologist, German Hospital, 1908, assistant m bacteriology, Columbia Univ ,
1909, instructor in pathology, Columbia Univ ,1910, World War
I, Lieutenant Colonel, Army Medical Corps, France, bacteriologist, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, retired as
associate professor of bacteriology, Columbia Univ , 1945,
author, chapters on tetanus, gangrene and anaerobic bacteria,
Gay's Agents of Disease, member, New York Pathological
Society, New York Academy of Medicine, Harvey Society,
American Medical Assn , Yale Club of New York
Married June 2, 1913, New York, N Y., Elizabeth
Schoeler
Children- Dorothea Elizabeth (Mrs G Woodford
Thomas), Guy Michael, '39S.
Buried in Gaylord Cemetery, Gaylordsville, Conn Survived by wife, daughter, son and two brothers, Dr George H
and John Sanford Humphreys
JOHN HOLMES JOHNSTON, Ph B 1899. Born May 27,
1876, New York, N Y , died October 26, 1951, New Haven,
Conn
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Father, Henry Phelps Johnston (B A , 1862), professor
of history, College of the City of New York Mother, Elizabeth
Kirtland (Holmes) Johnston. Yale relatives include Henry S
Johnston, 1896, Donald K Johnston, f03 (brothers), Mrs
Johnston, ex-'Ola (wife)
Hopkins Grammar School Civil engineering course
Civil engineer and superintendent, H P Knowles, architects, New York City, specialized in bridge construction,
worked for Erie Railroad, retired, 1923.
Married June 29, 1930, New York, N Y , Susan Whiting
Baur, ex-'Ola, daughter of William Wallace Whiting, 1880,
and Catherine Downes Whiting Stepchildren Helen Baur
(Mrs William B. Watson), John I H Baur, '32, Jean E Baur
(Mrs Frank R Kaiser)
Survived by wife, two stepdaughters, stepson, and a
nephew, Philip Johnston
MYRON TURNER TOWNSEND, Ph. B 1899 Born May
1, 1878, New York, N Y , died June 28, 1952, New Rochelle,
N.Y
Father, Edward Townsend (College of the City of New
York), president of the Importers and Traders National Bank,
New York, N Y. Mother, Adelaide Louise Turner Yale
relatives include Edward P Townsend, '03 and Harold Townsend, '04S (brothers), Everett L Barnard, 1897, Aras J
Williams, 1891S and Joseph S Porter, 1899 (brothers-in-law)
Phillips-And over Select Course, member, Berzelius,
Class Day Historian
LL B. Columbia Univ , '02, with Wilson & Wallis, 190305, partner, Coney & Townsend, 1905-15, member, Prentice
& Townsend, New York, N Y , 1916-45, retired, 1945, governor, Pelham Country Club, member, American Bar Assn ,
Assn of the Bar of the City of New York, New York State Bar
Assn , New York County Lawyers Assn , New England Society,
Berzelius Society and Pelham School Board
Married (t) October 1, 1907, Rochester, N Y , Gertrude
Colby Barnard (B A Vassar College, !03), daughter of Henry
Barnard
Children. Barnard, ex-'32, Turner, Colby, '33,
Edward, '35, Adelaide (Vassar College, Mrs. John Deforest
Angell) Mrs Townsend died December 24, 1923 Married
(2) January 16, 1928, Pelham, N Y , Mrs Ethel Gerry
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Baldwin, daughter of Mr and Mrs Allston Gerry.
Survived by wife, two sons, a daughter, a stepdaughter,
Mrs Laurence A Coleman, Jr , eight grandchildren, two
brothers, Edward P and Harold Townsend and two sisters,
Mrs Everett L Barnard and Mrs Elmer D. Coulter
EDWARD LEE IVES, Ph. B 1900. Born August 6, 1877,
Bridgeport, Conn., died September 7, 1951, Waterbury, Conn
Father, Edward R Ives, president, Ives Manufacturing
Co Mother, Jennie (Blakeslee) Ives (Holyoke, 1864) Yale
relatives include son, Edward Lee Ives, J r , '42.
Bridgeport (Conn.) High School Mechanical Engineering
course Varsity golf team, St Elmo
In engineering dept , Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry
Dock Co , Newport News, Va , 5 1/2years, assistant in charge,
blast furnace plant, Illinois Steel Co , general superintendent,
Iroquois Iron Co , 1912, with consulting firm, Brassert, Hardy
& Tripp, 1920, executive vice-president, construction, consulting engineer, successor firm, H A Brassert & Co , specialists in iron, steel industries, until retirement, 1946, vicepresident, A M Byers Co., Rogers-Brown Iron Co , Buffalo,
N Y , president, Open Hearth Combustion Co , Chicago, Tar &
Petroleum Process Co , director, Buffalo Sintering Corp ,
Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co , H.A. Brassert & Co , member,
Yale Club of New York
Married October 14, 1916, Chicago, 111 , Dorothy M
Batchelder
Children Edward Lee, J r , '42, Frank B ; Jane
B (Mrs Jack A Durham)
Death due to prolonged illness
Buried Washington Green
Cemetery, Washington, Conn Survived by wife, daughter,
two sons, sister, Miss Alice J Ives, brother, Roy M. Ives,
and five grandchildren
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PAUL STERLING, Ph B 1900 Born February 22,
1879, died August 13, 1951, Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Parents, Walter G and Emma (Elder) Sterling, descended from David Sterling (Starlm), born circa 1622, Hertfordshire, England, settled 1651, Charlestown, Mass , one of
the oldest families in America.
Harry Hillman Academy, Wilke&-Barre, Pa
Mechanical
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Engineering course, quarterback, football team, tennis.
Chief mechanical engineer, planning engineer, Lehigh
Valley Coal Co , 1900-51, hydraulic engineer, Wyoming Valley
Water Co., Hazelton, P a . , authority on anthracite coal preparation for market, designed some of most modern breaker installations, wrote extensively for technical magazines, authored
several textbooks, Preparation of Coal and Breaker Installations, hunter, fisherman, director of board, Mining and Metalluncal Engineers of America, director, A M Rheolaveur Co ,
subsidiary, Koppers Co., Pittsburgh, Pa , Morris Run Coal
Col, Osterhout Library, president, North Mountain Sportsman's
Club, Presbyterian elder, member, Wyoming Valley Chamber
of Commerce, Wyoming Valley Country Club, Westmoreland
Club, Republican Party, Yale Engineering Society
Married Arline Payne
Death due to prolonged illness. Buried Hollenback Cemetery. Survived by wife.
WILLIAM HENRY WHITE, Ph B 1900 Born November
26, 1876, Waterbury, Conn., died March 12, 1952, Middlebury,
Conn.
Parents, George Luther and Julia Phelps (Hanng) White
Yale relatives include Robert F. Griggs, 1889 (brother-inlaw), George L. White, '01 (brother), Ogden Watson White, '01,
Howard Sage White, '03 (cousins).
Gunnery School, Andover Select course, Dance Committee; Chi Phi
Attache, Gold Commissioner's Office, Daws on, Klondike,
Alaska, one year, mining recorder, crown timber, land agent,
The Forty Mile District, Klondike, with White & Wells Co ,
Waterbury, Conn., paper box manufacturers, 1901, founded
1851, by grandfather, Luther Chapm White and Captain Alfred
Wells, secretary, treasurer, general manager, New England
Watch Co., 1902-14, vice-president, director, Mattatuck Manufacturing Co., rejoined White & Wells Co , treasurer, president, 1914-51, World War I, Ordnance Dept., stationed Washington, D C , Bridgeport, Conn., discharged Major, president,
Waterbury Club, 1920-22; appointed member, Waterbury Park
Board, 1926, served until 1951, vice-president, 1948-51,
member, Waterbury Country Club, Society of Colonial Wars,
Sons of the American Revolution, University Club, Yale Club
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of New York
Married June 17, 1903, Mary Elizabeth Wade Children
Elizabeth Wade (studied, Oxford, England), Henry Wade, '33
Mrs White died 1949.
Death due to prolonged illness following cerebral hemorrhage
Buried Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn Survived by daughter, son, and sister, Mrs Robert F Griggs,
Sr
SOUTHARD HAY, Ph B 1901 Born January 24, 1875,
Allegheny City, Pa , died July 31, 1951.
Parents, Malcolm and Virginia Eleanor (Southard) Hay.
Yale relatives include: John Chambers Humbird, '01S (brotherin-law), John Stewart Henderson, '13S (nephew), John Stewart
Henderson, J r , '38 (grandnephew), Robert A McLaughlm, '38
(son-m-law).
Shadyside Academy, Phillips-And over. Select course,
Class deacon, Freshman, Junior, Senior years, deacon, University Church, Freshman, Apollo Glee Clubs, chairman, Yale
Scientific Monthly, Senior year, Class Book historian, Class
secretary, president, Berkeley Assn., Shadyside Academy Club,
Sheff Debating Society, Book and Snake
Purchasing agent, Harbison-Walker Co , fire brick manufacturers, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1901-03, secretary-treasurer,
Standard Construction Co , 1903-05, vice-president, treasurer,
director, Cuthbert Bros Co Inc , construction engineers,
1905-27, president, 1927, World War I, deputy, Fuel Administration, Pittsburgh District, 1918, Pittsburgh Committee for
Collection of Intelligence Material, special deputy as agent,
Commonwealth of Pa., secretary of banking, in possession,
Pittsburgh-American Bank & Trust Co , 1932, director, Dept.
of Public Welfare, Pittsburgh, 1934, organizer, partner,
Bristol Metal Products, sales engineers, manufacturers
representatives, member, Local Draft Board, No. 7, Pittsburgh, numerous articles published, Yale Scientific Monthly,
Class Reunion Record, member, Red Cross, board of managers, Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh, board of mcorporators,
Homewood Cemetery, "City and Borough Relations Committee",
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, vestry, Trinity Episcopal
Church, board of trustees, diocese of Pittsburgh, Fellowship
Lodge No. 679, F . & A.M., Society of War of 1812, Sons of
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the American Kevolution, Fox Chapel Golf Club, Pittsburgh
Golf Club, Duquesne Club, Keystone Athletic Club, Mory's
Assn., New Haven, Pittsburgh Club, Democratic Party, president, 1901-51, Class of '01S, acting secretary, 1949-50,
Alumni Fund agent, 1901-02, executive committee, Yale Engineering Assn., 1923-24, district vice-president, Pittsburgh,
head, Yale-in-China Committee, 1925, governor, Yale Publishing Assn., 1922-27, chairman, 1931 Reunion Committee,
member, executive committee, 1939-41, vice-president,
treasurer, president, Yale Club of Pittsburgh, assistanttreasurer, Associated Western Clubs, executive committee,
Yale Alumni Assn., Western Pa , Yale Scholarship Trust Committee, Pittsburgh, member, Class Employment, Class Scholarship, Class Sons and Daughters, Class Life Fund Committees, member, Graduates Club of New Haven, University Club
of Pittsburgh, Yale Club of New York
Married (1) April 21, 1906, Pittsburgh, Pa , Eleanor
Humbird (St Margaret's School, Waterbury, Conn.), daughter
of James Smith and Emma Barlow (Chambers) Humbird
Children Malcolm, r30 (LL B Univ Pa ), Eleanor Southard
(Mrs Robert Allen McLaughlm)
Mrs Hay died 193 7 Married (2) August 2, 1941, Pittsburgh, Pa , Florence Anna
Ambler, sister of Sarah Eliza Ambler
HENRY THOMAS KEHR, Ph B. 1901 Born November
28, 1879, Norwich, Conn., died January 22, 1952, Brooklyn,
N Y.
Father, Henry Franklm Kehr
Norwich (Conn ) Free Academy
German honors, Junior
year, University orchestra, Senior year
Civil engineer, surveyor for Albert B Hill, New Haven,
Conn , 1901-05, moved to New York City, 1906, with Industrial
Iron Co., Greenpomt, Brooklyn, N Y , engineer, secretary,
1911 until business folded 1945
Death due to hypertension of heart. Buried Lutheran
Cemetery, Middle Village, L.I , N Y , in the family plot
Survived by an aunt by marriage, Mary B Hess (Mrs Frederick Hess).
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CHARLES EDWARD GREENOUGH, P h . B . 1902. Born
October 23, 1880, New York, N.Y., died May 11, 1952, Bronx,
N.Y.
Father, Charles Edward Greenough. Mother, Frances
Grey Daw son Greenough.
Saint Paul's School, Concord, N II Mechanical Engineering course, captain, Harlequin Crew, Honors in English,
Honors in all sub3ects, Junior year, Class Book Historian.
Traveled in U.S and Europe, discovered gold, silver,
Mexico, 1906, founder and treasurer,Grand Union Mining Co.,
1907, president, Lewin Construction Co and International Fire
Preventive Co., assistant to president, Standard Register Co.,
associate, Duo Photo, Inc., Carrier Call Corp., Central Trust
Co., later Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co., World War I,
Captain, Infantry, 1917, R . O . T . C instructor, Major, 1918,
overseas, 1918-19, discharged, 1919, Silver Star Citation,
Purple Heart, Conspicuous Service Medal ( N Y ) , N.Y State
War Medal, Victory, St. Mihiel Medal, French Wound Ribbon,
Medaille Commemorative de la Grande Guerre, French Victory
Medal, L L . B . Columbia Law School, 1924, class president,
1921-23, governor, Student Council, 1923-24, permanent p r e s ident, Class of 1924, representative, Alumni Fund, admitted to
New York State Bar, 1925, law practice confined to acting as
referee, World War II, Lieutenant Colonel, Reserves, 1941-42,
conspicuous service medal, Columbia Univ., 1933, member,
St. Nicholas Society, N Y. Society of Military & Naval Officers
of World Wars, Military Order of Foreign Wars, Military
Order of World Wars, Society of American Wars, American
Legion, Society of American Military Engineers, Veterans
Foreign Wars, Army & Navy Union of the U.S A , Sons of
Revolution, Sons of American Revolution, Society of Colonial
Wars (N.Y.), Colonial Order of the Acorn, Baronial Order of
Runnemede, Plantagenet Society, Descendents of Knights of
the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Colonial Order of the
Crown, Sovereign Colonial Society of Americans of Royal
Descent, Reserve Officers Assn , Columbia Law School Assn.,
various Bar Assns., Delta Phi, Phi Delta Phi, University Club,
N.Y., Tuxedo Club, Church Club, Yale Club, Adventurers,
Military & Naval Club, N.Y., Army & Navy, Washington, D C ,
Travellers Club, P a r i s , New York Yacht Club, Baltusrol Golf
Club, New York Athletic Club, Pilgrims Club, member, Church
of Heavenly Rest, Episcopal.
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Married (1) November 16, 1909, New York, N Y ,
Eleanor L. Whitridge, daughter of Frederick W Whitridge
Sons- Richard Dawson Arnold (Balliol Coll , Oxford, '35),
John Whitridge
Married (2) August 28, 1920, Little Boar's
Head, N. H., Edmee Busch Reisinger, daughter of Mr. & Mrs
Adolphus Busch. Stepson Curt H Reisinger. Married (3)
November 28, 1935, New York, N.Y , Enid Scarritt, daughter
of Rev Dr. William Russell Scarritt, and Elizabeth Marinet
Stepchildren* Nathalie Wales (Mrs Edward B Paine, !31),
Nathaniel Bradett Wales, Jr (B A. Harvard, '37)
Death due to a brief illness
Survived by wife, two sons,
stepdaughter and stepgranddaughter, Nathalie Wales Wmslow.
WILLIAM MATHER HICKS, Ph B 1902 Born January
20, 1883, New York, N Y., died September 18, 1951
Father, Edward D Hicks, manufacturer
Mother, Iva
Hortense (Grenelle) Hicks.
Private tutor, Dwight School, New York, N Y
Inspector, district manager, New York & New Jersey
Telephone Co , 1903-09, manager, Morristown (N J ) District,
1909, with Plainfield Trust Co , with Chase National Bank, New
York, until retirement, 1948, member, Republican Party
Married October 14, 1909, Holland House, N Y , Theodora Rich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Theodore D Rich
Daughter* Ruth (Mrs. Ruth Hicks Wolf)
Death due to heart attack. Survived by wife, daughter,
and three grandchildren
NATHANIEL RESTCOME POTTER, Ph B 1902 Born
November 16, 1878, Rochester, N Y , died May 3, 1952,
Rochester, N Y.
Father, Charles Barton Potter (Union Coll , 1851),
lawyer, dealt in real estate
Mother, Sarah Jennie (Weaver)
Potter
Phillips-And over Mechanical Engineering course
Mechanical engineering course, M I.T , 1902-04,
apprentice course, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia,
Pa., with General Signal Co., Rochester, N.Y., assistant
superintendent in foundry, The Gle as on Works, manufacturers
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of gearing, machinery for cutting gears, Rochester, travelled
Yellowstone, Pacific Northwests, Canadian West, Rockies,
Eastern Seaboard, member, Rochester National Defense Contingent, World War I, Captain, Ordnance, Waterfvliet Arsenal,
ofdnance officer, Camp Dix, N. J , 1917, transfer Tank Corps,
recommissioned Captain, 1918, assistance ordnance officer to
chief, Tank Corps, Wareham, Dorsetshire, England, G H.Q.
Chaumont, France, discharged, 1919, member, The F r i a r s ,
Automobile Club of Rochester, Yale Alumni Assn. of Rochester
Married (1) January 20, 1920, Rochester, N Y , Fannie
Furman (B A Smith, ! 06), daughter of Mrs. Charles Edwin
Furman One son Nathaniel Resteome, J r (B A. Amherst,
'48) Mrs Potter died in childbirth, 1926 Married (2) July
31, 1929, Estelle Zimmer (Bennett Jr Coll.)
Survived by wife, and son.
ERWIN STANLEY, Ph B 1902 Born October 12, 1880,
New Britain, Conn , died January 16, 1952.
Parents, Jesse and Hannah Elizabeth (Murray) Stanley
New Britain (Conn ) High School Electrical Engineering
course
Design engineer, General Electric Co , Schenectady,
N Y , specialized m power types of transformers, 1902, in
administration, assistant to manager, manager, Pittsfield,
Mass works until retirement, 1945, member, Congregational
Church, Northeastern New York, Mohawk Golf Club of Schenectady, Yale Engineering Assn , Yale Alumni Assn., Yale Club
of New York
CHARLES CLARK BROWN, Ph, B 1903. Born December 10, 1877, Hightstown, N J , died September 6, 1951, Saint
Petersburg, Fla.
Parents, William Taylor and Ellen Augusta (Merrill)
Brown
Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn., taught in a
New Haven business school, one year
Began undergraduate
courses while secretary to Prof Henry W Farnam (five
years), Chemistry course.
Taught, New Haven (Conn.) High School, 1903-05, assistant to secretary, Yale, 1905-10, in charge of publication,
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Directory of Graduates, first Directory of Non-Graduates,
editor, Committee on Publication, Yale Assn. of Class Secretaries, special agent, cashier, auditor for Archer Harman,
president, Guayaquil & Quito Railroad, manager, Ferrocarril
de "El Oro", railroad; in export business for short time before
returning to U S , taught in New Haven, 1911-12, m business,
advertising dept , New York Times, 1912-15, office manager,
National Committee for Mental Hygiene, philanthropic organization, 1915-18, office manager, trained for foreign service,
Mercantile Bank of America, Inc , with National Text Co ,
Philadelphia, Pa., office manager, Barrett Co , New York,
1921-23, with LaSalle Extension Univ., 1923-25, in circulation,
advertising depts., New York Times, 1925-28, road man, inspector, circulation dept., Herald Tribune, 1928 until retirement, 1949.
Married (1) August 28, 1912, New Haven, Conn., Adele
Marie Sirois duPlessis, daughter of Theodore and Marianne
Emma (Marchand) duPlessis
Daughter Merrill Adele
(Lasell Jr Coll, '38). Mrs Brown died 1926 Married (2)
December 10, 1930, New York, N Y , Ella Amanda Roszel
(Mrs Paul Richard Browne), daughter of Elwood and Eva
Bogart (Wright) Roszel Stepson Paul Richard Browne (B.A
Oswego (N.Y ) State Coll., A A F . Technical Training School,
Yale, f44)
Death due to chronic bronchitis. Survived by wife,
daughter, stepson, and sister, Mrs. Ella Smith
NORRIS PITCAIRN BALLOU, Ph.B 1904 Born May
25, 1879, Denver, Colo , died November 13, 1951, New York,
N.Y.
Father, Franklin Ballou, Mining engineer
Mother, May
Scott (Wilson) Ballou Yale relatives include Howard Futhey
Brmton, 1898 (brother-in-law), Franklin Ballou, '01S (brother)
Tutored, Paris, France
Spanish American War, Sergeant, Second U.S. Volunteer
Cavalry, 1898, LL.B New York Law School, ! 07, World War
I, civilian assistant, Military Intelligence Board, Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, N J., aided m conference which returned
railroads to private control after government supervision during the war, became assistant to chairman, Assn of Railway
Executives, 1920-29; active in negotiations which led to
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acquisition of business of American Railway Express Co by
railroads; assistant to president, Railway Express Agency,
1929 until retirement 1949, started book of cases, international
law with James Brown Scott, former Solicitor, Dept of State,
associate member, Legal Advisory Board, member, York
Club, University Club of New York, Yale Club of New York
Unmarried
Death due to stroke
HARRY IRA BATES, Ph B 1904 Born May 24, 1876,
Detroit, Mich , died February 10, 1952, Detroit, Mich.
Father, George Henry Bates, contractor
Mother, Flora
Bates
Detroit (Mich ) Law School Accepted Yale Law School,
'07
Student, New York Law School, 1905-06, 1908-09, did
not receive degree, admitted New York Bar, 1909, with Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford, Conn., New York, N Y ,
until 1913, claims examiner, General Accident Fire & Life
Assurance Corp Ltd of Perth, Scotland, New York office,
1913, attorney, counsellor-at-law, American Voting Machine
Co , Inc , New York, 1915, lawyer, New York, 1919-24,
moved to Michigan, admitted to Michigan Bar, 1926, attorney,
counsellor-at-law, Detroit, Mich , 1930, lawyer, New York,
1936, lived in California, salesman, attorney, National Home
Improvement Co , Columbus, Ohio, 1940-45, did sales work,
tutored law students, worked on collection system on which he
held copyright, Presbyterian
Married November 18, 1914, New York, N.Y , Mrs
Mae Buckler Eldridge
Death due to coronary sclerosis. Buried Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich Survived by brother-in-law, William Bohl, sister-in-law, Mrs. Ida Bates, niece, and four
nephews.
EUGENE BRISTOL BENNETT, Ph. B 1904 Born February 1, 1882, New Haven, Conn., died February 23, 1952,
Middlebury, Conn
Father, Thomas Gray Bennett, 1870S, manufacturer,
president, Winchester Repeating Arms Co Mother, Hannah
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Jane (Winchester) Bennett Yale relatives include Thomas
Gray Bennett, 1870S (father), Joseph Hull Bennett, 1873
(uncle), Winchester Bennett, 1897S (brother), Albert Aston,
'05 (brother-in-law).
Betts Academy, Stamford, Conn
LL.B Columbia, '07, member, New York Bar, practiced there for several years, novelist, art c r i t i c magazine
writer, president Newton Milk Co , retail milk dealers, Newton, N J., Benchester Publishing Co , magazine publishers,
Harnsburg, Pa , Holstein-Friesian Registry Assn , Harrisburg, Pa , director, Interstate Milk Producers Assn , operated
dairies, stock farms, Hampton, N. J , 1908-10, Easton, Pa.,
1911-19, internationally known expert on Holstein cattle, wrote
extensively on the subject, World War I, member, Mayor's
Committee on National Defense, New York City, War Savings
Stamps Committee, dairy farming, Allamuchy, N. J , travelled
extensively on business, U S Pacific Coast, West Indies,
Cuba, Mexico, Panama Canal Zone, Columbia, member,
Mountain Lakes, N J Club
Married October 6, 1923, Oldfield, Southbury, Conn ,
Anne Aston, daughter of Rear Admiral and Jennie Robertson
(Preswick) Aston
Death due to heart attack Survived by brother, Winchester Bennett, 1897S, and niece, Mrs Norman Holmes
Pearson.
FRANK LAUGHTON BLACK, Ph B 1904 Born September 23, 1881, Bridgeport, Conn , died February 20, 1952,
Bridgeport, Conn.
Father, Joseph A. Black, retail coal merchant
Mother,
Gertrude E. (Bronson) Black Yale relatives include* Willis
James Black, 189IS (brother).
Bridgeport (Conn.) High School Graduated with honors,
Sigma Xi
Rodman, transltman, assistant division engineer, New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 1904-10, assistant
locating engineer, 1910-11, resident engineer, 1911-13, first
assistant city engineer, Bridgeport, Conn , 1913-18, in charge
design of all utilities, Bridgeport's housing project, U S
Housing Corp , with Alfred & Terry, consulting engineers,
1918-25, partner, vice-president, J. A. Black Coal Co , retail
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coal, fuel oil dealers, 1925-28, president, 1928 until retirement; trustee, Second Baptist Church, Bridgeport; member,
Republican Party.
Married April 4, 1908, Oneonta, N.Y , Mabel Viola
Colburn (B. A. Oneonta Normal School), daughter of Charles
Carrol and Stella May (White) Colburn. Children: Edith Colburn (B. A. Wellesley, '30), Carol Elizabeth (B. A Skidmore,
'34, Yale Art School, '35-36; Teachers Coll , Columbia, M A.)
WILLIAM AUGUST GEIGER, Ph. B 1904 Born November 20, 1881, New Haven, Conn., died May 19, 1952, Miami
Beach, Fla
Father, Louis R. Geiger, manufacturer of room, picture
frame mouldings, Kissinger & Geiger Mother, Margaretha
(Rettenmeyer) Geiger
Boardman Manual Training High School, New Haven,
Conn
With New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 190405, eastern division, Perm. Railroad, 1905-07, western division, Erie & Ashtabula, 1907-09, World War I, in charge of
construction, railroad yards for proposed ordnance plant,
headquarters, Pittsburgh, Pa.; stayed with Railroad Administration after railroads returned to private control, prepared
claims against the Administration, returned to Penn Railroad,
assistant superintendent, southern division, subsidiary line,
Chartiers Southern Railroad, 1918-25, secretary-treasurer,
director, Geiger Properties Inc., associated with brother,
August Geiger, A.I. A. architect, Miami, Fla., real estate
management, construction projects included, schools, government housing projects, Vocational Education Bldg., for Board
of Public Instruction, used to tram mechanics for defence
plants, Dade County, Fla., Recreational Pier for Servicemen,
Miami Beach; active in civic affairs, state, local politics,
horticulture, author of numerous monographs on his experimentation, hybridation of plants, pamphlet, Culture of Caladiums and Water Lilies in Florida; philatelist, specialized
in U S.; president, Miami Beach Art and Music League, member, Trinity Episcopal Church, Miami, Doric Lodge, F &
A.M , Sewickley, Pa , Ocean Bay Masonic Order, Opera
Guild of Greater Miami, Dade County Gardeners and Florists
Assn., Penn. Railroad Employees Dahlia Society, Sewickley
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Horticultural Society.
Married September 18, 1907, Sewickley, Pa , Nell E
Hutchinson, daughter of John Thurwell Hutchinson, physician,
transportation dept., Penn Railroad, and Mary (Leight)
Hutchinson.
Death due to heart attack Buried Miami Beach, Fla
Survived by wife, two brothers, and sister, Miss Marguerite
Geiger
YENOVK HAGOPE KOOYUMJIAN, Ph B 1904 Born
November 29, 1877, Armenia, died October 20, 1951, Pasadena, Calif
Father, Hagope M Kooyumjian, shoemaker Mother,
Marian H (Mosisian) Kooyumjian
New Britain (Conn ) High School
Assistant chemist, Lederle Laboratories, 1904-09,
chemist, assistant superintendent, Marx & Rowelle, Inc ,
Brooklyn, N Y , 1909-27, chief chemist, Bradshaw & Praeger
Co., 1927, trustee, deacon, Armenian Evangelical Church,
member, American Chemical Society, Modern Woodmen of
America, Armenian Benevolent Society
Married November 3, 1906, Brooklyn, N Y . , Yevnige
Roobien, daughter of John and Esther (Iskiyan) Roobien Children: Alice Ahziv (attended Univ. Vermont), Arthur Enoch
(Arthur Enoch Kaye)
Survived by son, Arthur Enoch Kaye.
LOWELL MELCHER CLUCAS, Ph B 1905. Born
September 9, 1882, Brooklyn, N Y., died December 22, 1951,
Roosevelt Hospital, New York, N Y
Father, Charles Clucas, real estate broker. Mother,
Mary Barker {Welch) Clucas Yale relatives include Edward
Welch Clucas,'04 (brother), Lowell M. Clucas, Jr., f39 (son)
Phillips-And over. Entered Sheff January 1904; Select
course, Book and Snake, chairman, Class Book Committee
Runner, Redmond & Co., brokers, New York, 1905,
salesman, 1906-08, with brother f s brokerage firm, Gilmar &
Clucas, 1908-22, World War I, War Trade Board, Washington,
D C , assistant chief general agent, Berkshire Life Insurance
Co , Pittsfield, Mass , 1922, general agent, Western Mass ,
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Western Mass agency named for him, 1944, World War II,
chairman, National War Fund Campaign, Stockbridge, Mass ,
trustee, Lee (Mass ) Savings Bank, director, Pittsfield Chamber of Commerce, president, Stockbridge Country Club, member, Racquet and Tennis Club, Bankers Club of New York,
Colony Club, Springfield, Mass., Lenox (Mass.) Club, Million
Dollar Club, Episcopal Church, Graduates Club of New Haven,
Yale Club of New York
Married (1) August 23, 1916, New York, N Y., Frances
Potter Tileston (Miss Hewitt's, Miss Porter's School) Children: Lowell Melcher, Jr , '39, Frances P (Mrs Frank K
Paddock), Charles
Mrs. Clucas died 1946 Married (2)
March 14, 1950, Orlando, Fla , Claire L. Hollister. Stepson.
Thomas T Sherwood
Death due to pneumonia Survived by wife, daughter,
two sons, and stepson.
CHARLES EDWARD FASSER, Ph B 1905 Born February 15, 1884, New Haven, Conn , died September 18, 1951,
New Haven, Conn
Father, Leonard Fasser (Prague Polytechmque Inst.),
awarded King of Prussia's Iron Cross, mechanical engineer
Mother, Mary (Winelander) Fasser
Yale relatives include:
Alexander O Fasser, Medical School, '05, (brother).
Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Conn. Mining
Engineering course, Junior honors, German, Sheff Graduate
Scholarship
Mining work, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Jackson Mining &
Leasing Co., 1905-10, partner, Fasser Bros , wholesale confectioners, New Haven, owner, Republic Laundry, New Haven,
salesman, Jacob Ruppert Inc , brewers, Hamden, Conn ,
member, Nevada Lodge, F & A M
Married Frieda Mayer
Buried Beaverdale Memorial Park, Hamden, Conn.
Survived by wife.
HOWARD GILLESPIE HULL, Ph B 1905 Born February 15, 1882, Morristown, N. J., died April 27, 1952,
Mornstown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, N J.
Father, H a r n e Tucker Hull, banker
Mother, Irene
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Charlotte (Duryee) Hull Yale relatives include Kenneth
Duryee Hull, '15 (brother)
Hill School, Pottstown, Pa Entered Sheff Class of '04,
lost a year because of illness, Select course, Book and Snake,
University, Apollo Banjo Clubs, City Government Club
Secretary, Tea Tray Co , National Metal Stamping &
Manufacturing Co , Newark, N J , 1905-15, H A Wilson Co ,
1915-17, World War I, Construction Quartermaster, Fort
Wright, 1917, purchasing agent, Gallaudet Aircraft Corp ,
East Greenwich, R I , 1919-27, general superintendent, 1922,
vice-president, treasurer, Brown-Hall Co , insurance brokers,
Providence, R I , 1927 until retirement 1930, World War II,
officer of day, Aircraft Warning Service, U S Army Bernards ville Warning Post, member of vestry, trustee, St Bernard's
Episcopal Church, Bernards ville, N J , member, Morris
County Golf Club, Morristown Field Club, Republican Party,
Graduates Club of New Haven, Yale Club of New York
Married May 10, 1919, Bernardsville, N J , Margaret
Lindabury
Children Howard Gillespie, Jr , Richard Lindabury, Margaret Hull Chalif (Mrs Amos Louis)
Death due to coronary thrombosis
Buried St Bernard's
Cemetery, Bernardsville, N J Survived by wife, daughter,
two sons, sister, Mrs Edith Lidgerwood, brother, Kenneth
D Hull, '15, and five grandchildren
JOHN GEPHART MUNSON, Ph B 1905 Born January
6, 1885, Bellefonte, Pa , died March 29, 1952, Allegheny
General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa
Father, L T Munson, m iron business
Mother Sara
E Munson Yale relatives include John Gephart Munson, Jr ,
'35 (son)
Bellefonte (Pa.) Academy Mechanical Engineering
course, Class Day historian
Assistant engineer, New York Continental Jewell Filtration Co , 1905-06, resident engineer of construction, New
Haven, Conn., 1906-08, Baltimore, Md , 1908-10, construction
superintendent, J.S White Co , built Ocoee Power Development Project of Tenn Power Co , installation later became
part of T V A , 1910-19, operating manager, Mich Limestone
& Chemical Co , Rogers City, Mich , 1919, vice-president,
1925, president, 1928-39, became subsidiary of U S. Steel of
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Delaware, vice-president, 1925, president, 1928-39, Bradley
Transportation, vice-president, 1939, U S Steel of Delaware,
later merged with U S Steel Co , vice-president in charge of
raw materials, U S Steel Co , 1952, retired same year,
developed iron deposits in Venezuela, developed methods for
treating tacomte ores in Minnesota mines, director, Carnegie
Pension Fund, member, American Society of Civil Engineers,
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Industrial
Conference Board, American Iron and Steel Institute, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Duquesne
Club of Pittsburgh, Pa , Yale Club of Pittsburgh
Married June 2 8, 1911, Milford, Del , Eliza Marian
Short, daughter of J Stanley and Alice (Prettyman) Short.
Children- John Gephart, J r . , '35, Alice E (Mrs Alice
Holmes)
Buried Munson family
plot, Milford, Del Survived by wife, daughter, son, and
four grandchildren.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TILLSON, Ph B. 1905 Born
April 11, 1884, Norwich, N Y , died December 4, 1951,
Montclair, N J
Father, George Morton Tillson, Captain, 161st Regiment, N Y State Volunteer Infantry, lost arm, Port Hudson,
lawyer
Mother, Mary Helena (Rexford) Tillson, daughter of
Benjamin F Rexford (Union Coll , 1830), lawyer admitted to
practice before N Y. State Supreme Court, 1833, appointed by
Lincoln to represent U S m negotiations for settlement of
Costa Rican borders, and Elvira P n s c i l l a (Babcock) Rexford
Montclair (N J ) High School Mining Engineering
course, captain, Freshman basketball team, Junior, Senior
honors, Senior Prize for excellency, mining engineering
M E Columbia School of Mines, '07, Theta Delta Phi,
assistant mine captain, Parker Mine, New Jersey Zinc Co.,
Franklin, N J , 1907-10, head, mining dept , 1910-30, World
War I, qualified as Captain, Engineers, but ordered back to
New Jersey Zinc Co , General Phillips felt service there was
more important, engineering consultant, New Jersey Zinc Co ,
1930-51, World War II, appointed, Office of Civil Defense, by
Colonel Louis Robbe, engineering consultant, mining industry,
O C D technical advisory committee, New York area, con-
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tributor to many technical publications, mine plant design
editor, Transactions of the American Institute of Mining
Engineers, Mining and Engineering Society of America, series
on silicosis, Engineering and Mining Journal, 1934, series of
articles, "Musical Acoustics", Audio Engineering, 1947,
author of numerous papers on various technical aspects of
mining; worked constantly for safety in mines through better
equipment, created many new safety devices which later gained
wide use, acceptance, did much work in connection with federal
government, advisor, several committees, research projects,
licensing agent, U S Bureau of Mines, for use of explosives
under Wartime Explosives Regulations, served on Naval Con-"*
suiting Board of N J , designed, installed power plants, transmission lines, did pioneering work, magnetic prospecting, use
of radio waves to detect flaws in equipment, fellow, American
Assn. for Advancement of Science, member, American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers, American Institute of
Electrical Engineers, American Institute of Radio Engineers,
American Society of Safety Engineers, American Chemical
Society, Mmeralogical Society of America, American Mathematical Society, Society of Automotive Engineers, American
Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, Mining and Metallurgical Society of American
Standards Assn , vice-chairman, Mining Standardization Correlating Committee, chairman, member, board of managers,
"Un-American Activities Committee, member, advisory council, U S. Forestry Service, for Experimental Research Stations of Middle Atlantic States, consulting engineer, chairman,
advisory committee, U 5. Bureau of Mines, chairman, advisory committee, U S. Bureau of Standards, organized first
Boy Scout movement, Franklin, N. J , reformed Montclair
Orchestra, 1932, Montclair Glee Club, advisor, Montclair
Americanization Forum, member, Congregational Church
Married July 9, 1913, Newton, N J , Florence Rutherford Smith (B A. Smith, '11), daughter of William W and
Anne (Tuttle) Smith Children Benjamin Franklin, Jr (New
York Military Academy), Alexandra (Penn State, degree in
metallurgical engineering), Diana (B A Smith, T38), Barbara
Lathrop (B A. Skidmore, '42, Mrs. John W Furth)
Death due to heart attack Buried Newton (N J ) Cemetery Survived by wife, four children, and granddaughter,
Pamela How land Tills on
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HAROLD KLINE BEECHER, Fh.B 1906. Born March
23, 1885, Pine Grove, Pa , died August 12, 1951, Pottsville
Hospital, Pottsville, Pa.
Parents, John William and Sarah (Kline) Beecher Yale
relatives include John William Beecher, II, '36 (son)
Lawrenceville School. Honor division, Freshman year.
Two year graduate course, mechanical engineering,
Cornell, junior partner, Beecher & Barr, manufacturers,
wholesalers of lumber, PottsviUe, Pa., 1908-51
Married May 2, 1908, Hazelton, Pa., Ethel Stratton
Bullock, daughter of Mr and Mrs E.L Bullock Children:
Carolyn Bullock (Mrs Carolyn Hager), John William, II, f36,
Harold Kline, Jr
Death due to heart condition, after prolonged illness
Survived by daughter, two sons, and grandchildren
ALEXANDER SIDNEY LYNCH Ph. B. 1906 Born
November 24, 1885, Waterbury, Conn , died May 28, 1952,
West Haven, Conn Mother, Catherine (Loughton) Lynch
Yale relatives include Alexander L Lynch, '38 (son), John
F Lynch, '09S (brother)
Union High School, West Haven, Conn Civil Engineering course, Corinthian Yacht Club
In Engineering Dept., New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad, 1907-08, Engineering Corps, War Dept , 1909-12,
with G Everitt Hill, city wastes disposal company, New York,
laid out city of Baden, N C , for Aluminum Corp. of America,
1913-17, town engineer, West Haven, Conn , 1917-30, head,
Connecticut office, Pavements Inc , specialists in highway
construction, 1934-52, secretary, Democratic State Committee, 1933-36, chairman, State Board of Harbor Commissioners
for New Haven (appointed by Gov. Chester Bowles), president,
Conn Society of Civil Engineers, member, American Society
of Civil Engineers, Union League, Knights of Samt Patrick,
City Point Yacht Club, Phoenix Club of West Haven
Married Genevieve Roueche Children. Gerald (Pa
Military Coll , died), Alexander L , '38, daughter (Mrs. John
Lippke)
Buried St Lawrence
Cemetery, West Haven, Conn Survived by wife, daughter,
son, and two brothers, John F Lynch, '09S, William J. Lynch.
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HENRY ALPHONSE ALKER, Ph.B. 1907 Born July 5,
1886, Great Neck, L I , N Y , died November 14, 1951, Sands
Point, L I., N Y
Father, Alphonse Henry Alker Mother, Florence A
Alker Yale relatives include. Edward P. Alker, '09, Carroll
Booth Alker, '15 (brothers)
Syms School, New York, N Y Select Course, editor,
Scientific Monthly, Corinthian Yacht Club, St Elmo
WithO'Rourke Construction Engineering Co , Inc , 1907,
secretary Flmn-O'Rourke Co , Inc., enlisted Naval Reserve,
1918, Boatswain's Mate First Class, stationed Headquarters
Third Naval District, discharged, 1918, vice-president,
treasurer and director, O'Rourke Engineering Construction
Co , 1919-23, vice-president, Cayuga Operating Co , 1923,
director, 1926, resigned, 1926, president and director, Harbor National Bank & Trust Co , Port Washington, N Y , 192 9,
Port Washington National Bank & Trust Co , 1932, Harbor
Bank, First National Bank of Manhasset, Port Washington
Bank & Trust, merged, 1937, president, World War II chairman Selective Service Board No 714, Nassau County, 1940,
member, Nassau County, War Finance Committee, 1942-44,
Grand Observation Corps-Air craft Recognition, National War
Fund Campaign, 1943-44, vice-president and director, Manhasset State Deposit & Storage Co , Port Washington Safe
Deposit & Storage Co , director, New York State Economic
Council, president, local branch, Nassau County Economic
Council, director Long Island Lighting Co , Northern Insurance
Co of New York, Assurance Co. of America, member, Selective Service Board No 3, Nassau County, Class agent, director, Yale Alumni University Fund Assn , 1922-46, class
treasurer, 1932, "permanent committee" for class dinner New
York Yale Club, 1933, given Ohseveness award by Class 1940,
president, Port Washington Post, American Legion, 1930,
member, board of managers, Nassau County Public General
Hospital (Meadowbrook Hospital) 1941, supporter, Red Cross,
Girl Scouts, Republican, member, New York Athletic Club,
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, Havana (Cuba) Country Club, Yale
Engineering Assn., Yale Club of New York
Married November 18, 1908, New York, N Y , Charity
Margaret Rose, daughter of Andrew W and Emma (Haywood)
Rose Children Henry Alphonse, Jr , Haywood Rose, '36S
Buried Nassau Knolls
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Cemetery, Nassau County, N Y Survived by wife, two sons,
and sister, Florence (Mrs Henry Meyer)
WILLIAM WETMORE STANLEY, Ph B 1907 Born
March \\, 1887, Great Barnngton, Mass , died March 31,
1952, New York, N Y
Father, William Stanley, 1865, electrical inventor,
established what became the Pittsburgh Plant, General Electric
Co Mother, Lila (Wetmore) Stanley. Yale relatives include
William Stanley, 1885 (father), Harold Stanley, '08, Leonard
Stanley, '04, George C Stanley, 4 3 , Clarence Stanley, '19,
Gilbert Stanley, '19 (brothers)
Hotchkiss School Mechanical Engineering course,
Class hockey, baseball teams, captain, Class golf team, vicepresident, Kopper Kettle Klub, University Navy, University
Athletic Committee.
World War I, power section, War Industries Board,
1917-18, commissioned First Lieutenant, Ordnances Reserve
Corps, 1917, detailed to Office of Chief of Engineers, 1918,
Captain, 1918, Procter & Gamble Co , vice-president, t r e a s urer, Royal Banking Powder Co , vice-president, controller,
Standard Brands Corp , vice-president, Prosperity Co , Inc ,
commercial laundry, dry cleaning machinery manufacturer,
1943, member, Yale Club
Married Dorothy Sattler
Two daughters Dorothy (Mrs
Hamilton S White), Lila Jean
Survived by wife, two daughters, two sisters, and five
brothers
JAMES RICHARDSON CARPENTER, Ph. B 1908 Born
December 7, 1885, Salt Lake City, Utah, died October 11,
1951, Miami, Fla
Father, Edwin Lussel Carpenter, businessman
Mother,
Myra (Cameron) Carpenter.
Salt Lake City (Utah) High School, DeWitt Clinton High
School, New York, N Y . , attended Umv Utah Entered Sheff
Class of '07, lost a year because of illness, Electrical Engineering course
Construction engineer, Stag Canon Fuel Co , Dawson,
N Mex , 1908-10, course at M I T , with Mammoth Copper
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Mining Co , Kenneth, Calif., 1911-12, various positions, locations, U.S. Smelting, Refining & Mining Co., 1912-16, mining
engineer, Dexter & Carpenter Inc., Altoona, Pa , 1916-17,
general superintendent, Blair Cambria Co., Altoona, Pa.,
1917-18, consulting engineer, Altoona, 1918-25, chief engineer,
Florida Cities Finance Co., Miami, Fla., subdivision work,
Fulford-by-the-sea, North Dade, 1925-28; manager, Congress
Bldg., Dade County Security Co., 1928-33, service representative, reconditioning inspector, Homeowners Loan Corp., 193350, area supervisor, War Assets Admistration, appraiser of
war surplus, Miami International Airport, member, American
Institute of Mining, American Assoc of Engineers, Coal Mining Institute of America, Florida Engineer Society, Dade
County Engineering Assn , Elks, Knights of Pythias, Presbyterian Church, Phi Delta Gamma, University Club of Chicago,
University Club of Miami.
Married May 15, 1913, Kenneth, Calif , Dorothy Met calf e
(Collegiate Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, nurse's training,
one year, St. Francis Hospital, San Francisco), daughter of
Willus and Lillian (Daws) Metcalfe, niece of G W. Metcalfe,
vice-president, U.S. Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. Two
daughters. Marjorie (B.A Stetson Umv , '32, Mrs Irvmg
Floyd Rodney), Dorothy (Southern Business Coll, f38).
Survived by wife, and two daughters.
HOWARD EMERSON CHURCH, Ph. B 1908. Born
October 10, 1884, Rockville, Conn , died June 23, 1952, Cleveland, Ohio.
Parents, Philip H and Jennie Ida Church
Rockville (Conn ) High School Chairman, Class Book
Committee, C.E. '14.
With Fred T. Ley & Co., Inc., general contractors,
Springfield, Mass., contractors for Atlas Powder Co., agent,
U S. Government, Perryville, Md , 1918-19, Philadelphia,
Pa., New York, N.Y., 1909-22, assistant timekeeper, construction manager, purchasing agent, purchasing agent, second
vice-president, Crowell & Little Construction Co , Cleveland,
Ohio, 1922-23, with Hunting Construction Co., Cleveland, Ohio,
1923-25, president, Church-Dyer Corp , Detroit, Mich , 192527, H.K. Ferguson, Baltimore, Md., 1928-2 9, executive secretary, General Contractors Assn , Cleveland, 1929-38,
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salesman, builders supplies, Goff-Kirby Co., 1935-50, salesman, Collinwood Shade Brick & Supply Co., 1951-52, manager,
Cleveland district, Ohio Construction Council, treasurer, Yale
Alumni Assn., Western Mass., 1909-18, secretary, Class of
'08S until 1933, presented with silver flask, Class dinner, New
York Yale Club, n m recognition of hard work in connection
with all class matters", 1922.
Married (1) November 17, 1917, Florence Merrill Lane,
daughter of Albert C. and Jane Edith (Coe) Lane. Mrs. Church
died 1918. Married (2) March 9, 1929, Northville, Mich.,
Jeanne Cunningham, daughter of James O and Mattie (White)
Cunningham, stepdaughter of Dean Griswold Son: Robert
Dean.
Death due to an accident, killed instantly by a car while
preparing to change a tire. Buried Rural Cemetery, Northville, Md. Survived by wife, and son.
CARY BROWNELL MOON, Ph. B. 1908. Born April 14,
1886, Dunkirk, N.Y., died July 30, 1951, Lakeside Hospital,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Father, DeWitt Clinton Moon, assistant vice-president,
New York Central System. Mother, Helen (Brownell) Moon
Yale relatives include Robert Brownell Moon, !54 (son).
Mohegan Lake Military Academy. Select course, Freshman Scrub football team, Senior Class basketball team, Kopper
Kettle Klub, Class Book Committee, St. Elmo.
Traveled to Europe, Florida, with Star Co., several
years, partner, vice-president, Hecker-Moon Co., 1912-35,
partners split to form own firms, owner, president, C.B.
Moon Co., general contractors specializing in railroad, bridge
construction, World War I, enlisted, First Officers Training
Camp, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Captain, Infantry Officers
Reserve Corps, 1917, stationed Camp Sherman, Ohio, Major,
1918, Camp Fremont, Calif., discharged, 1918, member,
Kirtland Country Club, Union Club, Tavern Club, Cleveland,
Ohio, Episcopal Church, Republican Party.
Married June 19, 1929, New York, N.Y., Nancy Judith
Elliott (Park Coll., '3 9), daughter of Robert Burns Elliott.
Children: Robert Brownell, f54, Judith Elliott.
Death due to prolonged illness. Survived by wife, daughter, and son.
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SOLOMON COLMAN PORISS, Ph.B. 1908. Born October 9, 1885, Manchester, England, died December 26, 1951,
West Hartford, Conn.
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Poriss. Mr. Ponss was
a furniture dealer.
Hartford (Conn.) Public High School. Civil Engineering
course.
Assistant chief engineer, Charlotte Harbor & Northern
Railroad, Arcadia, Fla., 1909-10, structural engineer, Berlin
Construction Co., Berlin, Conn., 1910-16, Post & McCord,
New York, N.Y., 1916-17, engineer-in-charge, designing
dept., Austin Co., Philadelphia, P a , 1917-19, sole owner,
S.C. Poriss & Co., general contractors, 1919-51, traveled
West Indies, South America, secretary, United Jewish Charities, 1912-16, taught Sunday School, Conn. State Prison,
Wethersfield, Conn., 1912-16, 1919-22, member, committee
which planned construction, Emanuel Synagogue, Hartford,
Conn., 1927, Temple Beth Israel, West Hartford, Conn.
Married November 28, 1912, Hartford, Conn., Elizabeth
Rosaline Harris (New Britain Normal School, r08), school
teacher, daughter of Herman and Clara (Gibbs) Harris. Two
sons* Jonathan (B. A. Univ. Michigan, r37), Ralph Gibbs.
Survived by wife, and two sons.
GEORGE MILTON ALLERTON, JR., Ph.B. 1909. Born
May 31, 1881, Waterbury, Conn., died March 3, 1952, Watertown, Conn.
Father, George Milton Allerton, with Seamless Rubber
Co., New Haven, Conn. Mother, Josephine (Webster) Allerton.
Yale relatives include Noah Webster, 1778 (ancestor), John
Webster, 1844L (grandfather); Robert W. Allerton, T02S (uncle),
Ralph Bristol, '03, Burdon P. Hyde, f08S, William Byrne,
ex-'19S (brothers-in-law); David A. Hyde, '36, Richard W
Hyde, '40S (nephews).
Taft School. Mechanical Engineering course.
Farmer, 1909-14, manager, Studebaker Agency, Waterbury, Conn., 1915-18, World War I, enlisted, 1918, Private,
Quartermaster Corps, Sergeant, First Army Corps, Chateau
Thierry, St. Mihiel, Argonne, with Army of Occupation,
Seventh Corps, Germany, Eighth Corps, France, 1918-19,
discharged, Camp Upton, 1919, superintendent, transportation
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dept., Scovill Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Conn., returned
to automobile business, 1921-31, manager, McEvoy Inc.,
insurance, real estate, bonds, manager, real estate dept.,
1934, later president, treasurer, member, Episcopal Church,
Republican Party.
Married October 30, 1927, New York, N.Y., Louise T.
Byrne (Burnham School, Immaculate Conception Seminary),
daughter of Judge M J. and Susan Byrne. One son* George
Milton, J r . (B S. Georgetown, '50).
LUKE CANTWELL DOYLE, Ph. B. 1909. Born December 24, 1887, Worcester, Mass., died June 16, 1952, Glen
Cove, L I., N.Y.
Father, Peter Doyle, owner of wholesale liquor store.
Mother, Elizabeth (Brown) Doyle.
Worcester Academy. Course in biology, University Club,
Corinthian Yacht Club, Automobile Club, The Friday Night
Club (Fish Eaters).
Manager, Worcester office, White, Weld & Co., investment securities, until 1915, World War II, American Ambulance Service, 1915-16, Captain, Signal Corps, May, 1917January, 1918, overseas, February, 1918, with 1st Division,
reconnaissance work, Cantigny, 1918, Assistant Regulating
Officer for Army groups, Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel, and
the Argonne, June, 1918, to May, 1919; stationed at Chaumont,
Haute Marne, with G-4, General Staff, May, 1919, with Hoover
American Relief Assn., P a r i s , June-July, 1919, awarded
Croix de Guerre, Divisional Citation, January, 1916, awarded
Distinguished Service Medal by U S. Government, April, 1919,
promoted to Major, Sanitary Corps, November 1, 1919,
elected to Order of the Etoile Noire by Committee of the
"Legion d'Honneur, " France, May, 1920, representative,
American Foreign Trade Corporation of New York m Transcaucasia, 1919-22, partner, Phelps & McKee, brokerage firm,
member of the board, Chrystie Street House, New York Yale
Club, City Midday Club, Beaver Dam Club.
Married June 2 8, 1928, New York, N.Y., Rita Boker,
daughter of Carl Frederick and Teresa (Delius) Boker. Children Francis Boker, Nancy Browne
Survived by wife, daughter, and son.
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WALTER CLARKE HEMINGWAY, Ph. B. 1909. Born
September 11, 1887, New Haven, Conn., died March 11, 1952,
Atlantic City, N.J.
Father, Frederick Howard Hemingway, 1875. Yale relatives include Jacob Hemingway, 1704, M A 1707 (ancestor),
Charles S. Hemmgway, 1873 (uncle), Frederick Howard Hemingway, 1875.
New Haven (Conn.) High School. Civil Engineering
course; Whist team.
Worked for subsidiaries of U.S. Steel, draftsman, engineer, American Bridge Co., 1909-17, joined Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N J , 1917, vice-president,
general manager, 1927, president, director, Pittsburgh
Steamship Co., 1948, vice-president, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, member, Council of American
Shipbuilders, American Bureau of Shipping, Lake Carriers
Assn., Mid Bay Club, Kirtland Country Club, Union Club,
Cleveland, Montclair (N.J.) Golf Club, Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh, Yale Club of New York.
Married (1) April 10, 1915, Jane Elizabeth Ball, daughter of Ernest E. and Flora (Thompson) Ball One son Richard. Mrs. Hemingway died 1931. Married (2) May 5, 1933,
Montclair, N.J., Ruth Hut chins on Ball Two stepsons Ernest
E. Ball, Robert H. Ball.
Death due to prolonged illness Survived by wife, son
and two stepsons.
GEORGE FRANK HUFF, Ph. B. 1909. Born January 15,
1886, Greensburg, Pa ,died December 8, 1951, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Father, William Augustus Huff, banker
Mother, Katet
(Heller) Huff. Yale relatives include Francis Kern Heller,
1863 (great-uncle), Julian Burrell Huff, '04, Burrell Richardson Huff, f07 (cousins).
Trinity Hall. Mechanical engineering course.
Joined Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 1909, assistant road
foreman of engines of the Philadelphia Division, 1916-20, acting assistant master mechanic of the Allegheny Division, 192021, motive power inspector, 1921, World War I, commissioned
First Lieutenant Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, 1917,
Captain, E O.R.C., 1917, appointed Regimental Adjutant of
the 19th Engineers, September, 1918, Adjutant of the 19th
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Grand Division, Transportation Corps, December, 1918,
attached to office of the Business Manager of the Transportation Corps, 1919, discharged September, 1919, comissioned
Major, E . O . R . C . , December, 1919, assistant superintendent,
Owen China Co., Minerva, Ohio, 1921-25, senior engineer,
Byllesby Engineering & Management Corp., Pittsburgh, 192532, with James Hood Miller Co., manufacturer's representative, 1932-38, proprietor, Engineering Products Co., manufacturers representative, 1938, member, American Society of
Military Engineers, vestryman, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Married April 5, 1921, Pittsburgh, Pa., Els a Mary
Sterner (attended Penn. College for Women), daughter- of G.A.
and Anna (Voegtly) Sterner. Children* George Franklin, J r . ,
'45 (Sc.D. Carnegie Institute of Technology, '49), William
Sterner, '49, Elizabeth Sterner (B. A. Mount Holyoke, ! 52).
Survived by wife and three children.
JOHN REIMANN, Ph. B. 1909. Born October 12, 1888,
New Haven, Conn., died May 11, 1951, Richmond, Va.
Parents, John and Wilhelmma Adele (Klein) Reimann,
daughter of Theobold and Wilhelmma (Mousey) Klein.
New Haven (Conn.) High School. Civil Engineering
course.
With Missouri Pacific Railroad, New York Central Railroad, Panama Railroad, 1909-11, Western Maryland Railroad,
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 1911-14; in
Bureau of Valuation, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D.C., 1914-24, special engineer, Richmond, F r e d e r icks burg & Potomac Railroad, Richmond, Va., handled construction surveys, 1924-51, associate member, American
Society of Civil Engineers, 1926, member, Central Virginia
Engineers Club, Washington Society of Civil Engineers,
Humphrey St Congregational Church, New Haven, Yale Club
of Virginia
Married December 26, 1916, Washington, D C , Marie
M. Barker, daughter of John Moses and Marion Hughes (Bryne)
Barker.
Death due to heart disease. Buried Cedar Hill Cemetery,
Washington, D.C. Survived by wife, and sister, Miss Louise
Gertrude Reimann,
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JOHN BRYANT WALLACE, JR., Ph.B. 1909. Born
November 10, 1886, Ansonia, Conn., died February 7, 1952,
North Guilford, Conn.
Father, John B. Wallace, industrialist, Wallace and Sons,
brass and copper manufacturers. Mother, Mary Mitchell.
Yale relatives include: Frederick W. Wallace, 1888, Harold
S. Wallace, '01 (uncles), H. Mitchell Wallace, !03 (brother).
Holbrooks and And over. Select course, City Government
Club; Corinthian Yacht Club, Chi Phi.
In charge of life, accident, health depts., Hemingway &
Chamberlain, insurance, company, 1912, First Lieutenant, 2d
Connecticut Infantry, Mexican Border, 1916, World War I,
First Lieutenant, 102d Infantry, overseas, 1917-18, returned
to U.S., Officer Instructor, 1918, Captain, 1918, discharged,
1919; partner, Kellogg & Wallace, general agents, Conn.
General Life Insurance Co., 1923, Wallace & Spencer, general
agents, Conn. General Life Insurance Co., 1926, general agent,
Conn. General Life Insurance Co., New Haven branch office
until 1952, class '09S secretary and treasurer since 1934,
chairman, Twenty-Fifth Reunion Committee, 1934, won Assn
of Class Secretaries Award, '09S Twenty-Five Year Record,
1936; secretary, American Iris Society, member, Alumni Fund
Committee, Thirty Year Reunion, 1939, advisory Council
Bontanical Gardens, 1932-33, Seymour Lodge, New Haven
Masonic Order, Country Club of Water bury, Madison Country
Club, Atagadasset Club, Woodbridge Riding & Hunt Club,
Graduates Club, Mory's, New Haven, Conn., Yale Club of New
York, Assn. of Class Secretaries, Republican Party.
Married June 25, 1914, Seymour, Conn., Julia Stuart
Canfield, daughter of Charles Stuart Canfield, dean of bar,
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, and Alice Wooster Canfield
Children. Alice Wooster (Sarah Lawrence Coll , '37, Mrs
William Sargent Ladd, Jr ), William Cowles (Pawling School),
Julia (attended Sarah Lawrence Coll , Mrs Frederick F
Taussig, !46e)
Survived by wife, two daughters, a son, grandchildren
and a brother, H. Mitchell Wallace.
WARREN LELAND WARD, Ph.B. 1909. Born March
31, 1881, Port Chester, N.Y., died April 29, 1952, United
Hospital, Port Chester, N.Y.
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Father, William L. Ward, Republican leader, Westchester County. Mother, Madge (Leland) Ward. Yale relatives include Evans Ward, '07S (brother).
Taft School, Watertown, Conn.
With Russell, Burdsall & Ward Bolt & Nut Co., entire
career, assistant manager, sales, vice-president, 1933,
senior vice-president, active in local banking affairs, trustee,
Port Chester (N.Y.) Savings Bank, director, County Trust Co.,
White Plains, N.Y., member, Society of Automotive Engineers,
Apawamis Club, American Yacht Club, Blind Brook Club,
Manursmg Island, Westchester Country Club, Rye, N Y.,
Tamarack Country Club, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Republican Party, Yale Club of New York.
Married (1) March 20, 1915, Rye, N.Y., Edith Hunt
Sutro (Keller's School, New York, N.Y.), daughter of Richard
Sutro, banker, broker and Ella (Hunt) Sutro. Children* Warren
Leland, Jr., Ella Madge (Mrs Rene Wormser), Edith Hunt
(Mrs. Charles Rendigs) Mr. and Mrs. Ward were divorced
1934 Married (2) Ethel Drake, daughter of Mrs. Frank
French Shute. Children Leland F . , Winifred S.
Survived by wife, three daughters, two sons, brother
and two sisters, Miss Dorothy Ward, Miss Winifred Ward
WILLIAM McKINNIE GREEN, Ph. B. 1910. Born June
10, 1889, Cleveland, Ohio, died March 17, 1952, Tampa, Fla.
Father, Harry E. Green. Mother, Nannie McKinme
Green.
University School, Cleveland, Ohio. Mechanical Engineering course, member, Book and Snake, City Government,
University School and Cloister Clubs, Class Day Committee,
senior year, Junior Prom Committee.
With Citizens Savings & Trust Co., 1910-11, ore sales
deptT, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., 1911-40, manager, 1940-52,
Captain, Field Artillery, World War I, 1917-19, member,
American Iron & Steel Institute, American Institute of Mining
and Metallurgical Engineers, Eastern States Blast Furnace &
Coke Oven Assn., Blast Furnace Assn. of Chicago, president,
Yale Alumni Assn. of Cleveland.
Married October, 1926, New York, N.Y., Marion
(Morton) Brooks, daughter of Thomas Sparrow Brooks and
Alice (Morton) Brooks. No children.
Survived by wife
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CARL ALEXIS KRAH, Ph. B. 1910. Born April 15,
1890, New Haven, Conn., died July 20, 1951, Tuscon, Ariz.
Father, Henry A. Krah. Mother, Augusta H. Kureck
Krah.
New Haven High School. Electrical engineering course,
Freshman Crew Squad, Alpha Sigma Phi.
Sales engineer, Western Electric Co., 1910-12, engineer,
Bates & Rogers Construction Co., 1912-13, department manager and credit manager, The Chicago Tribune, 1913-21, commissioned Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery, November 27,
1917, attended Saumur Artillery School, assigned to Battery D,
18th Field Artillery, appointed Instructor, U.S. Artillery
School, Coetquidan, June 22, 1918, appointed Senior Instructor,
U.S. Artillery School, LeCourneau, August 3, 1918, commissioned First Lieutenant, August 3, 1918, rejoined 18th Front
Artillery during Meuse-Argonne offensive, September-October,
1918, Instructor, LeCourneau, October-December, 1918, with
Army of Occupation, 18th Front Artillery, Germany, December 27, 1918, executive officer, A Battery, 18th Front Artillery, 1919, personnel adjutant, 18th Front Artillery, judge
advocate, 18th Front Artillery, April 1919, discharged September 12, 1919, business manager, Kirkland, Fleming, Green,
Martin & Ellis, law firm, April 1921, owner, manager, Lazy
K Bar Ranch, guest ranch, 1947.
Married (1) September 9, 1915, Oak Park, 111., Katherine S Pearson, daughter of John Longfellow Pearson and
Grace SaltonstaU Pearson. No children. Married (2) November 24, 1938, Streator, 111., Evelyn Mane Brown. Daughter
Katherme Mary.
Survived by sister, Mrs. Frank R. Whitney.
HUGH MERRITT MATHESON, Ph. B. 1910 Born March
26, 1885, Brooklyn, N.Y., died February 8, 1952, Miami, Fla.
Parents, William J. Matheson and Harriet M. (Torrey)
Mathe son.
Hill School and Florida Adirondack School. Yacht and
Automobile Clubs.
Grower and shipper of coconuts and limes, Bis cay ne Co ,
1911-52, ensign, Navy, World War I, 1917-19.
Married August 1, 1910, New Rochelle, N.Y., Anna
Liguori Hardy. Sons William J , Hugh M , Jr (B.A George-
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town Univ.), Finlay L., '39, Robert H., '41.
Survived by wife, four sons, nine grandchildren, a brother, Malcolm and a sister, Mrs Willis D. Wood
JOSEPH ALEXANDER SCARLETT, P h . B . 1910. Born
January 18, 1888, Newport, Ky., died April 20, 1952, Miami,
Fla.
Member, Phi Sigma Kappa.
L L . B . John B. Stetson Univ., f 13, instructor, Law
School, John B. Stetson Univ., assistant professor, 1915,
carried on a private practice, manager, DeLand Citrus Growers Assn., 1916, manager, Volusia County Citrus Sub Exchange, director, Florida Citrus Exchange, president, Brevard
Fruit Co., vice-president, Volusia Fruit Co., Alexander-Baird
Co., Ensign Investment Co., partner, Scarlett & Futch law
firm, State's Attorney, Seventh Judicial Circuit of Florida for
two years, chairman, Florida Board of Review, engaged in
farming and fruit growing, DeLand, Florida, vice-president
Central Florida Yale Club, president, DeLand Rotary Club,
1932-33.
Married June 28, 1911, Willoughby, Ohio, Dorothy
Elizabeth Storm, daughter of George Skiff and Anna (Gibson)
Storm. Children: Elizabeth Storm (Stetson Univ.), Dorothy
Storm, Joseph Alexander Storm, 3d.
Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Buried in Oakdale
Cemetery, DeLand, Fla. Survived by wife, son, two daughters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers and Mrs. Dorothy Dougherty, and seven
grandchildren.
SAMUEL GOLDSCHMIDT, P h . B . 1911. Born August 14,
1886, Norwalk, Conn., died August 8, 1951, Philadelphia, Pa.
Father, Robert E. Goldschmidt. Mother, Sarah (Mersbach) Goldschmidt.
South Norwalk High School, tutor. Honor^Roll; member,
Sigma Xi, Ph.D. , '14.
Explored spleen, Univ. of Pennsylvania Medical School,
organized laboratories, Univ. of Pennsylvania unit, American
Ambulance, Neuilly and P a n s , instructor, Chemical Pathology,
Johns Hookins Medical Scnool, worked on physiological effects
and treatment of gas poisoning, Bureau of Mines, New Haven,
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June, 1917, First Lieutenant, Sanitary Corps, Captain, Chemical Warfare Service; Royal Engineers Experiment Station,
Porton, England, and Hamlon Field, Chaumont, France, r e sumed duties at John Hopkins, 1919, Lecturer in Physiology,
Cornell Medical College, New York City, 1919-1921, Assistant
Professor of Physiology, Univ of Pennsylvania, 1922, research,
Physiological Laboratories, Cambridge Univ., England, Professor of Physiology, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1949.
Married March 17, 1919, Hartford, Conn., Estelle Harriet Greenberg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Greenberg.
Daughters- Carol Lee and Mar got Ann
Survived by wife, and two daughters, Mrs. Edward
Edelman of New York and Mrs. Robert Kimberk of Tucson,
Ariz.
WILLARD PERCY HAUGH, Ph. B. 1911. Born September 14, 1889, Derby, Conn., died August 15, 1951, Norwich,
Conn.
Father, Henry A. Haugh. Yale relative* Henry A.
Haugh, '20S (brother).
Derby High School.
Inspector, Carnegie Steel Co., Youngstown, Ohio, 191115; foreman of inspection, Chase Metal Works, Water bury,
Conn., 1915-22, salesman, D & S Champlam, Inc., 1922-25,
executive salesman, Gilbert Furniture Co., 1925-51, active in
Boy Scouts, civilian defense, Community Chest, New York
Herald-Tribune fresh air fund activities, secretary, Scout
Court of Honor.
Married June 29, 1918, Derby, Conn., Anne Roberta
Taylor (B.A. Smith, '14), daughter of Dr. Robert A. Taylor
and Margaret H. Taylor.
Death due to a shock. Survived by wife and a brother,
Henry A. Haugh.
JOHN TIMOTHY CLINTON, Ph. B 1912. Born May 22,
1886, Ballardvale, Mass., died June 21, 1952, Jamison, Pa.
Father, John Henry Clinton. Mother, Margaret Haggerty Clinton.
Andover. Entered with Class of !11S, finished year at
Rutgers, entered Class of 12S, member, Class Book Committee
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Automobile business, 1912, Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.:
sales manager, New York City, branch manager, Buffalo, district manager, New England, assistant sales manager, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, general sales manager,
Packard Motor Car Co., Philadelphia district, eastern sales
manager, Ajax Rubber Co., Philadelphia, executive vice-president, Fisk Tire & Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, World War II,
director of personnel, Procter & Gamble Defense Corp., Gulf
Ordnance plant, Aberdeen, Miss., football official, big league
baseball scout, general sales manager, J. A. Dubow Manufacturing Co., Inc., sporting goods, retired 1951, Rotanan;
Mason, member, Eastern Intercollegiate Football Officials
Assn.
Married July 3, 1912, New York, N.Y., Mary O'Connor,
died 1945. Children Margaret, Jack, Donald, Douglass,
Russell, Janet (Mrs. Albert Mueller), Robert.
Survived by two daughters, three sons, four sisters,
and a brother.
RUPERT GRANVILLE GATES, Ph.B. 1912. Born November 2, 1889, New York City, N.Y., died May 24, 1952,
Washington, D.C.
Father, J Granville Gates, an accountant. Mother,
Ella L (Barrett) Gates
New Haven High School. Member Chemists Club, Cosmopolitan Club, Interdepartment Debating, Junior year, M. A
Mass. Agricultural College, '13
Instructor in chemistry, Mass. Agricultural College,
chemist, Corn Products Refining Co., Edgewater, N. J., in
charge of laboratory, Warner Sugar Co , Edgewater, N. J.,
Lehn & Fink, Brooklyn, Chester Dye Co., Chester, Conn.,
supervising chemist, Butterworth-Judson Co., Newark, N. J.,
superintendent, American Aniline Products Co., Harrison,
N. J., technical director and member of the board of directors,
O'Brien Synthetic Dye Co., chief chemist, Murphy Varnish Co.,
technical adviser and assistant to president, A. C. Horn Co.,
varnish makers, 1923, American Varnish Works, Brooklyn,
World War II, senior industrial analyst, Chemical Branch,
War Production Board, associate editor, National Defense
Research Committee, real estate broker; instructor, Washington School of Plastics, Washington Yale Club, Chemical Engi-
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neers' Assn., American Institute of Chemists.
Married February 20, 1915, Worthmgton, Mass., Anne
Williams, divorced 1936. Children. Barbara (Mass. School of
Art, '39), Constance (New Jersey Teachers' Coll., !40), Griffith (Cornell, !44).
Died following an operation. Survived by two daughters,
son, sister, and an aunt.
PHILIP RAYMOND GLEASON, Ph B 1912
Born
March 1, 1891, New Canaan, Conn., died April 8, 1952, Fort
Howard, Md
Father, Frank Harrison Gleason, traveling salesman,
Woodhall, Yardale & Bull, Syracuse, N.Y Mother, Lillian
Raymond Gleason.
Franklin Grammar School, South Norwalk High School,
Stamford High School. Freshman Biology Prize, Penfield
Prize in Mineralogy, Sigma Xi, Freshman Crew, University
Society of Alpha Chi Rho.
Chemist, smelter foreman, metallurgical clerk, Braden
Copper Co., Rancagua, Chile, 1912-16, metallurgist and assistant superintendent, Panulcillo, Chile, 1917, Private, Army,
World War I, 1918, chemist, American Smelting & Refining
Co., Matehuala, Mex., with Dolores Mines Co., Madera,
Chihuahua, student, Conn. Agricultural College, Storrs, 192021, farmer, Essex, Conn., 1921-25, assayer and surveyer,
Chontales Mines, Ltd., Santo Domingo, LaLibertad, Nicaragua,
Central America, 1925, chief chemist, Nevada Consolidated
Copper Co., 1930, mining engineer, Chontales Mines, Ltd.,
Santo Domingo, Nicaragua, C A., 1936, with New York &
Honduras Rosario Mining Co., San Juancito, Honduras, C. A ,
1937, engineering clerk and chemist, Chmo Mines Division,
Nevada Consolidated Copper Co., Santa Rita, N.Mex., 194044, representative of Kennecott Copper Corp. at American
Smelting & Refining Co., Baltimore, Md., 1945-51
Married January 25, 1937, Saybrook, Conn., Lucia
Esther Chalker (B. A. Rhode Island School of Design), daughter
of Mrs. Robert A. Chalker. Sons Robert Raymond, Joseph
Harrison, Benjamin Hoyt.
Death due to cancer. Buried in Cypress Cemetery,
Saybrook Point. Survived by wife, three sons and two brothers, Daniel H. and Richard M.
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ARTHUR THOMAS HANSORD, Ph. B. 1912. Born April
27, 1889, Big Timber, Mont , died April 5, 1952, Tucson, Ariz
Father, Wesland Hansord, stock broker and banker.
Mother, Isabel McKay.
- Exeter. Winner of Heald Yale Exeter Prize, Exeter
Club; Yale Hall Club; Chi Phi.
Surveyor, 1913; testing department, Anaconda Copper
Mining Co., 1914, dredged gold, Yuba Gold Fields Co., Hammonton, Calif., 1915, partner, White Garage Co., 1916; enlisted, Camp Lewis, Wash., September 3, 1918; assigned,
Coast Artillery, Fort Stevens, Ore , transferred, Field
Artillery Central Officers Training School, Camp Zachary
Taylor, Louisville, Ky.; discharged, December 18, 1918,
owner and president, A T, Hansord Co., Minneapolis, automobile dealers, 1922; director, First Edina State Bank; president, Parker Manufacturing Co.; president, The Minnesota
Automotive, Inc.; president, The Mico Co., vestryman, St.
Stephen's Episcopal Church, Minneapolis.
Married June 24, 1928, Billings, Mont., Inger Enevoldsen. Children Maren (Pine Manor, Univ. of Minnesota '52,
Mrs Wallace O. Lilja), Judith (Wellesley f59; Mrs. John V.
Soucek), Wesland (Yale '51; killed in Air Force 1953).
Buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. Survived by wife and children.
WALTER FAIRBANK HUME, Ph. B. 1912. Born March
15, 1890, Ahmednagar, India, died August 17, 1951, Boston,
Mass.
Father, Robert Allen Hume (B. A. 1868, honorary D. D.
1898), missionary. Mother, Kathryn Fairbank (B. A. Mt.
Holyoke Coll., 1879). Yale relatives include Robert Allen
Hume, 1868, Robert E. Hume, 1898, Wilson M. Hume, '09;
Henry W. Hume, '16.
Springfield Technical High School. Book and Bond; vicepresident, Cosmopolitan Club; chairman, Yale Hall Boys' Club,
Sheff Y M.C.A. Executive Committee.
M. D. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia
Univ., '16, internship, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn.,
1916-18; First Lieutenant, Medical Corps, World War I, 191819; student, London School of Tropical Medicine, 1919; American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions of the Con-
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gregational Church, 1920-51, member, Wai Municipal Council,
chairman, Municipal Medical Council.
Married October 27, 1918, New York, N Y., Florence
F. Morse. Children Harriet (Wheaton Coll , '43, Mrs.
William E. Waters), Andrew M (Yale '48), Kathenne E. (Mt
Holyoke Coll., !47).
Buried in Ahmednagar, India. Survived by wife, son,
two daughters, two sisters and two brothers, Wilson and Henry
W.
DAVID KLEIN, Ph. B 1912. Born September 8, 1890,
Bayonne, N. J.; died January 14, 1952, New York, N. Y.
Father, Herman Klein Mother, Sarah (Golde) Klein
Yale relatives include Simon Klein, !15 (brother).
Bayonne High School.
Profession, civil engineer, connected with Public Service Commission, New York City, structural concerns, World
War II, inspector, Army and Navy, chairman, fees and salaries committee, New York State Society of Professional
Engineers; president, Paragon Radio Distributors Corp ,
Mason, Level Club.
Married Edith S Wilbur Daughters. Muriel (Mrs Davis),
Hestor (Mrs. Diamond).
Survived by wife, two daughters, two grandchildren, two
sisters, and three brothers
WALTER HOWARD PATTERSON, Ph. B. 1912. Born
July 18, 1889, Hoosick Falls, N. Y., died August 21, 1951.
Father, Matthew Patterson. Mother, Margaret (MacNey)
Patterson.
Hotchkiss School. Supporter of Byers Hall, member,
Student Branch of A. I. E. E.
Engineering department, Westmghouse Lamp Co ,
Bloomfield, N. J., 1912-17, went to Mexican Border, 1st
Regiment, New Jersey National Guard, 1916, assigned to
Headquarters Co , 312th Infantry, Camp Dix, N. J., 1917,
made Corporal; transferred to Company A, 29th Engineers,
Topographic Division, Intelligence Section, October, 1917,
assigned to special electrical work, France; commissioned
Second Lieutenant, September, 1918; transferred to Company
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D, 74th Engineers, Flash and Sound Rangers, Instructor in
Sound Ranging, October, 1918, discharged April, 1919, experimental and research engineer, Edison Storage Battery Co.,
Orange, N. J., retired as chief engineer, Mason, member,
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Yale Engineering
Assn., Edison Pioneers, Edison Old Timers Club.
Married March 25, 1920, East Orange, N. J., Flora
Adams Son Walter Howard, Jr
Survived by wife, son, mother, Mrs. Margaret Patterson, and brother, Chester M. Patterson.
THEODORE PYLE, Ph.B. 1912. Born August 19, 1889,
Wilmington, Del., died December 31, 1952, Lewes, Del
Father, Howard Pyle, artist and author. Mother, Anne
(Poole) Pyle Yale relatives include Howard Pyle, ex-'13S
(brother).
Hotchkiss. Member, Hotchkiss Club, Sachem Hall, Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Associated with James Stewart & Co., Brewerton, N. Y.,
1913-19, Army, Bordeaux, France, World War I; Atlantic,
Gulf & Pacific Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1919-22; civil engineer,
Central Dredging Co., 1926-29, New York Air Terminals, Inc.,
1929, Curtiss-Wright Corp , 1930-33, government inspector,
Delaware school buildings and sewer systems, 1933, engineer,
State Highway Commission, Kent County, Del., 1934-37,
poultry industry, Camden, Del., 1948, city manager, Rehoboth
Beach, 1951.
Married October 13, 1949, Rehoboth Beach, Del., Lydia
L. Bishop (Knox School), daughter of Samuel H. Davis and
granddaughter of Joseph L. Carpenter, Jr.
Survived by wife, sister, Mrs. Willard G. Cnchton and
three brothers, Howard, Godfrey and Wilford.
WILLIAM THORNE BAHLMAN, Ph.B. 1913. Born
December 6, 1892, Cincinnati, Ohio, died November 1, 1951,
C me innati, Ohio.
Father, Frank Evans Bahlman, manufacturer, Bahlman Fredenck Chemical Co. Mother, Florence Mae (Thorne)
Bahlman. Yale relatives include Thorne Baker, '03, Charles
W. Baker, Jr., f13 (cousins).
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Franklin School, Cincinnati, Ohio. Boys' Club work,
heeled the News, Freshman year, Phi Sigma Kappa; Sachem
Club.
With Bahlman-Frederick Chemical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio,
1913, president and general manager, 1914-18, private, Engineers, Army, World War I, 1918, secretary, Wirthlin-Mann Co ,
Cincinnati, 1920-24, F. D Lawrence Electric Co., 1925, vicepresident and treasurer, Cincinnati Tile & Pottery Co., 1926,
superintendent, Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, 1939-49, member, executive committee, Cincinnati Yale Club.
Married (1) October 3, 1916, Cincinnati, Ohio, Janet
Ward Rhodes, daughter of Dudley Ward Rhodes (B. A Cornell,
1869) and Jennie A. Hardy. Children William T. Bahlman,
Jr., '41, LL.B.'47, Dudley Bahlman, '44, M A. '47, Ph D.
'51. Mr. and Mrs. Bahlman were divorced in 1930 Married
(2)1936, Bertha Allen (Wellesley, '16)
Survived by wife, and two sons
ROBERT NEWTON BLAKESLEE, JR., Ph B 1913.
Born March 4, 1893, Bridgeport, Conn., died October 17, 1951,
Ewing Township, N. J.
Father, Robert Newton Blakeslee, business manager,
Bridgeport Evening Post. Mother, Minnie O Nichols.
Bridgeport High School. Electrical Engineering course,
Alpha Sigma Phi.
With General Electric Co., 1913-15, graduate work in
electrical engineering, Yale, 1915-16, electrical engineer,
Bridgeport Brass Co., 1916, superintendent of casting shop,
1919-23, engineer, Ajax Electrothermic Corp, Trenton, N. J.,
1924-29, secretary and sales manager, 1929, secretary and
chief engineer, 1939; vice-president, 1941, vice-president and
director, Prospect National Bank, Trenton, N. J., director,
Trenton Engineers Club and Hopewell Valley Golf Club, president, Yale Club of Mercer County, N. J., 1935-37, member,
N. J. Professional Engineers; author, numerous articles.
Married June 9, 1917, Bridgeport, Conn., Ruby Mae
Lustig, daughter of Lasselle Lustig and Virginia Frances
Werner. Daughter. Barbara (Mrs. John Cormie, Jr.),
Virginia. Mrs. Blakeslee predeceased her husband.
Death due to a heart attack Survived by two daughters,
grandchildren and two sisters, Hazel and Grace Blakeslee
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L LEVEN JESTER, JR., Ph. B 1913. Born February
11, 1892, Tyler, Texas, died July 15, 1951, Long Beach, Calif.
Father, L. Leven Jester, banker. Mother, Minnie
Elizabeth Cam. Yale relatives include John C. Jester,
ex-'13S (brother)
Tyler High School, Tyler, Texas Spent one year at
Univ. of Texas. Member, Freshman and Junior Class Tennis
teams, manager, Junior Class Baseball team, member, Texas
Club, Southern Club, St. Anthony Hall, Delta Psi.
Ticket auditor, Southern & Texas Traction Co , 1913,
classer, Campbell & Cleaver Cotton Exporters, 1914-17;
ensign, Navy, World War I, 1917-19, salesman, Flipper
Prather Realty Co., Dallas, Texas, 1919-35; auditor of construction purchases, Navy and Marine Project, Santa Anna,
Calif., 1942, representative, Apple Valley Building & Development Co , Long Beach, Calif., 1949.
Unmarried.
WARNER GIFFORD SMITH, Ph.B. 1913. Born May 6,
1894, Chester, Conn., died June 11, 1952, Northampton, Mass.
Father, Edgar Wallace Smith, real estate and insurance.
Mother, Edith Adele Warner
Chester High School, Chester, Conn. Alpha Sigma Phi.
With sales department, Franklin Manufacturing Co.,
Hartford, Conn., 1913-17, 2nd Lieutenant, Air Force, World
War I, 1917-19; manager, Casualty Lines, Travelers Insurance Co , New York, N. Y., 1919-37, associate, A. D Donald
& Co , Springfield, Mass., 1946, clerk, Congregational
Church, chairman, Red Cross, War Fund, Boy Scouts, Town
Meeting Members Assn., Clerk Parks & Playgrounds; director,
Tax Payers Assn
Married September 24, 1920, New York, N. Y., Amy M.
Overland No children
Death due to pneumonia. Buried in Fountain Hill Cemetery, Chester, Conn Survived by wife.
LEONARD BARRETT DANIELS, Ph.B. 1914. Born
December 19, 1892, Kansas City, Kans.; died February 22,
1952, San Mateo, Calif
Father, Leonard Daniels, 1878L, real estate.
Mother,
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Annie Stevenson Gray.
Broadway High School, Seattle, Wash , Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Insurance adjuster, Seeley & C o , 1914-15; special
agent, 1915-16, assist manager, 1916-18; manager, San Francisco office, 1919-21; vice-president and manager, 1921-24,
president, 1925-45; chairman of the board, 1948-.49, manager,
San Francisco branch, U.S. Aviation Underwriters, Inc., 194749; director, Continental Air Lines, 1948-49, 2nd Lieutenant,
Coast Artillery Corps, World War I, 1918-19, member, Quiet
Birdman.
Married May 3, 1916, Everett, Wash., Jeanne Fairchild,
daughter of George Washington Fairchild and Suzan E. Wylie.
Children Milo Y.; John E
Survived by wife, son and daughter.
DAVID DWIGHT DOUGLAS, B.A. 1914S. Born December 25, 1891, Detroit, Mich ; died July 23, 1951, Grosse
Pointe, Mich.
Father, Samuel Townsend Douglas, a lawyer. Mother,
Marion Dwight
Hotchkiss and The Hargrove School Hotchkiss Club,
Hargrove Club; Sword and Gun Club, University Banjo and
Mandolin Club, Cloister Club, Book and Snake Society, Freshman year, second honors in his work.
Shipping clerk to assistant general manager, The Pingree
Co., 1914-16; treasurer and assistant general manager, Detroit
Weatherproof Body Co., 1916-17, manager, bond dept., E. E
MacCrone & Co., Detroit, 1918-19; attended second Officers'
Training Camp, Fort Sheridan, 111., commissioned, 1st Lieutenant, Air Service, Signal Reserve Corps, sent to Aeronautics
General Supply Depot and Concentration Camp, Garden City,
N. Y.; promoted, Captain, Air Service, in charge of administration, United States Flying Schools, 1918, discharged 1919,
First National Co. and First National Bank of Detroit, 1919-30,
serving as vice-president then president of both, vice-president,
Detroit Bankers Co., 1931-34; vice-president, Chicago, Duluth,
Georgian Transit Co., Detroit, 1934; active duty, October 1,
1941, Commander, U. S.N. R.; Captain, member of the Staff,
Commander Amphibious Training Command; chairman of board,
Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., executive vice-president,
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Grosse Pomte, Mich., vice-president, Commonwealth Brass
Corp., Detroit, Mich.; director, Michigan Consolidated Gas
Co., Detroit; owner, Industrial Coating Engineers, Detroit,
trustee, Grace Hospital, Detroit, member, Executive Committee, Yale Club of Detroit.
Married (1) June 28, 1916, Detroit, Mich , K W.
Demme, daughter of Rudolph and Flora (Whitney) Demine*,
divorced. Daughter Martha Dwight. Married (2) 1930, York
Harbor, Maine, Josephine ALger. Son David D., J r .
Death due to a heart attack Survived by wife, daughter
and son
FREDERICK GERKEN, JR , Ph.B. 1914. Born September 17, 1891, New York, N. Y., died November 18, 1951,
Tombstone, Ariz.
Father, Frederick Gerken, owner of Gerken Building
Mother, Charlotte (Becker) Gerken.
Columbia Institute, St Paul's School, Concord, The
Pawling School, Hargrove School and The Grail School.
Select course, Honors Freshman year, member, York Hall,
Kopper Kettle Klub, St. Paul's Club, Hargrove Club and Chi
Phi Fraternity
Student, Columbia Law School, 1914, president, Derf
Manufacturing Co., Inc., 1918-20, real estate, Estate of
Frederick Gerken, 1920-25, journalist, Tombstone, Ariz.,
1925-51, staff correspondent, Daily Citizen, 1946-51.
Married June 16, 1924, New York, N. Y., Helen Townshend Hillcoast. No children
Death due to asthma. Survived by wife, and two sisters,
Mr. Leopold Tschirky and Mrs. Joseph Egan.
ROBERT BENSEN MEYER, Ph.B. 1914. Born September 28, 1891, Maspeth, L I., N.Y., died August 21, 1951.
Father, Cord Meyer, real estate. Mother, Cornelia
Miria Covet. Yale relatives include J. Edward Meyer, f02S,
George C. Meyer, '05S, Cord, '17S (brothers).
Collegiate School, St. Paul's Garden City, and Blake
Tutoring School. Freshman crew; St. Elmo Club; Delta Phi,
University Club, Yale Yacht Club.
Real estate, Cord Meyer Co., New York, N. Y., 1914;
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W. R. Grace & Co., 1915, Squadron A, New York National
Guard, Rio Grande, 1916, Lieutenant, Navy, World War I,
1917-19, awarded Navy Cross, 1918, department manager,
W. R Grace & Co., 1923, Cord Meyer Co , 1924, assistant
secretary and assistant treasurer, 1927-32, director, City of
New York Insurance Co., National Liberty Insurance Co.,
Baltimore American Insurance Co , Home Indemnity Co of
New York, 1933, president, Fuel Development Corp , 193842; Lieutenant, U S. Naval Reserve, World War II, 1942-45,
treasurer and secretary, Cord Meyer Co , 1945-51, director,
Cord Meyer Development Co. and Cord Meyer Co , Citizens
Development Co., Citizens Water Supply Co., Dick-Meyer
Corp., Boulevard Garden Housing Corp , Home Insurance &
Home Indemnity, 1948, captain, American team, BritishAmerican races, Cowes, 1931; British-American Cup, 1932,
Seawanhaka Cup, 1947, member, Racquet and Tennis Club,
Seawanhaka Club of Oyster Bay, Creek Club of Locust Valley,
South Side Sportsmen's Club.
Married October 24, 1917, Greenwich, Conn., Katherme
Bondbright Anderson, daughter of John Bondbright Anderson
and Letitia Horbach. Son Robert B., Jr., '47
Death due to a heart ailment. Survived by wife, son and
two brothers, J. Edward Meyer and Cord Meyer.
CLYDE HUNTER BIGGS, Ph B. 1915. Born October
11, 1893, Brasos, N. Mex.; died May 5, 1952, Grand Junction,
Colo.
Father, Clinton Arthur Biggs, president, Independent
Lumber Co. and Biggs Lumber Ca. Mother, Francis Bowlby
Yale relatives include- James D., '14S (brother), Edgar H,,
'17S (cousins).
Canon City High School, Warren Academy, Denver, and
Univ. of Denver. Beta Theta Pi, taught industrial class,
Junior year.
Assistant auditor, Independent Lumber Co., 1915, manager, Grand Junction office, Independent Lumber Co., 1917,
Captain, Infantry, World War I, 1917-19; vice-president,
Independent Lumber Co. and Biggs & Kurtz Wholesale Hardware, 1920; United Hardware Co.; Galley Hardware Co., 1923,
Mesa Federal Building and Loan, 1936-38, president, California Lumber Co., 1928, Biggs-Kurtz Hardware Co., 1930-52,
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C. A. Biggs Investment Co., 1940; director, Mmerala Engineering Co , United Lumber & Mercantile Co., Sunkist Lumber
Co., Avalon Theater Corp., Kremling Timber Co., American
Peat Co., Silver Lake Timber Co., First National Bank; member, Elks Lodge, Rotary Club, American Legion, Mason,
Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce, Boy Scouts, Grand
Junction Episcopal Church, Yale Club of New York, Jonathan
Club of Los Angeles, Denver Club.
Married August 30, 1924, Cascade, Colo., Josephine
Ramsay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert William Ramsay.
Daughters Mary Elizabeth, Marjone Hunter; Sarah Josephine.
Death due to a heart attack. Survived by wife, three
daughters, two brothers, Arthur H. Biggs, James A. Biggs,
and a sister, Mrs. W. C. Kurtz.
HERBERT HENRY LANG, Ph. B. 1915. Born February
5, 1889, New Haven, Conn., died March 25, 1952, New York,
N.Y.
Father, Joseph H. Lang. Mother, Josephine M. Speh.
Prepared by a private tutor. One time member of the
Class of 1913S, conductor, University Orchestra, 1910-11,
Mechanical Engineering course.
Connected with various companies in New Jersey, New
York City, California, and Cleveland. World War II, engineering personnel manager and material engineer, Douglas Aircraft
Co., Chicago plant, material engineer, Douglas Aircraft Co.,
Santa Monica, Calif., vice-president and general manager,
Hertner Electric Co., Cleveland; consulting and efficiency
engineer, Huyler's, New York.
Married (1) October 26, 1917, New Haven, Conn.,
Florence Mae Lincoln. Children Herbert L (Class of 1950),
John R (deceased), William L. Married (2) September 28,
1947, New York, N.Y., Ruth Monica Nord.
Survived by second wife, two sons, two grandchildren,
and three sisters, Mrs. Allen J. Seaman, Mrs. A. V. Knight,
and Mrs. H. C. Marquardt.
HOWARD KLAUD BEIN, Ph. B. 1916. Born September
14, 1892, New Haven, Conn., died April 19, 1952, New Haven,
Conn
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Father, William A Bern, superintendent, B Shoninger
Piano Co. Mother, Annie Klauder.
Boardman Manual Training High School, New Haven,
Conn. Civil engineering course.
Engineer, Marlin Rockwell Corp., 1917-19, construction
engineer, Footwear Division, United States Rubber Co., 1919,
engineer, Sorkin-Carey Co., 1923, structural designer, H. G
Balcom, 1928; New England representative, Guckes Bros &
Hall, 1931-41, structural designer, Air Depot ArchitectsEngineers, New York, N . Y , 1942-43, structural designer,
Wilcox, Enckson & Pfisterer, New Haven, Conn., 1943-52,
member, Woodbridge Club, Woodbridge Grange P of H
Married June 15, 1924, Orange, Conn., Esther E.
Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W Bailey. No
children.
Buried in East Side Cemetery, Woodbridge, Conn. Survived by wife.
WALTER FOSSIN COACHMAN, JR , Ph B 1916 Born
June 21, 1894, Jacksonville, Fla., died March 6, 1952, Jacksonville, Fla.
*
Father, Walter Fossm Coachman, chairman, Consolidated Naval Stores. Mother, Helen Alice Moore.
Jacksonville Public Schools, Georgia Military Academy
and Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N J. Freshman
relay track team, 1913, Freshman track team, 1914, Varsity
track team, 1915, Yale Battery, Lawrenceville Club, Southern
Club, Florida Club, Delta Psi and St. Anthony Hall.
First Lieutenant, Field Artillery, World War I, 191719, director, Commodores Point Terminal Co , 1919-33,
vice-president and manager, 1928-31, president, Coachman
Cypress Co., 1923, vice-president, McLm Coachman Co ,
1923-27; vice chairman and member of board, Florida Ship
Canal Authority, 1933-51; vestryman, St John's Cathedral
Married Eleanor Willcox. Daughter Jaquelin (Mrs.
Jaquelm J. Daniel).
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
Survived by wife, daughter, granddaughter, Eleanor Page
Daniel, a brother, Charles and a sister, Mrs. Harry Price.
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HARVEY ROLAND HAWGOOD, Ph.B. 1916 Born January 6, 1895, Cleveland, Ohio, died January 14, 1952, Cleveland, Ohio
Father, Captain Arthur Harrison Hawgood, manager,
W A & A. H Hawgood of Cleveland. Mother, Bella Lolita
Dibbley.
University School, Cleveland, Ohio University orchestra, Freshman crew squad, Ohio Club, Celven Club; Alpha
Sigma Phi, Mechanical Engineering course.
With Duntl&y-Dayton Co., 1920, M P L National University Law School, 1923, patent attorney, Richey & Watts,
1928, Harvey R. Hawgood, 1929, Hawgood & Van Horn, 193252, ensign, U S Coast Guard Reserve, World War II, 194345, district vice commander, Coast Guard League, division
captain, U S Coast Guard Auxiliary, president, Cleveland
Society of Professional Engineers, 1939-40, Cleveland Patent
Law Assn , 1939-40, trustee, Cleveland Engineering Society,
1949, vice-president, Ohio Society of Professional Engineers.
Married June 24, 1918, Mary Dorothy Rorer (B. A. Mt.
Holyoke, '17), daughter of William D Rorer, 1891. Daughters
Philippa Alpha (Mrs. R. B Light), Patricia B
WILLIAM GEORGE WILSON, Ph.B. 1916. Born June
25, 1892, Ancram, N Y , died February 3, 1952, He gins, Pa.
Father, William Ritson Wilson, with Buck Run and Darkwater Coal Cos Mother, Edith Sophia Matthews. Yale relatives include Vaughan H Wilson, 'US (brother)
Dunmore High School and Andover. Select course,
Freshman and Varsity football squads, basketball squad,
Freshman Bible Study work, Berzelius Club, Colony Club.
World War I, 2d Lieutenant, Infantry, 1918-19; insurance broker, field assistant, The Travelers Insurance Co.,
Pittsburgh, Pa , 1926; general insurance agent, Dunmore, Pa.,
1928, owner, William G Wilson, Insurance, Pottsville, Pa.,
1930, partner, Jule Coal Co., co-owner, Anthracite Coal
Stripping Property.
Married November 17, 1923, Gordon, Pa , Grace Duncan, daughter of Mr & Mrs J H Duncan Daughters Louise
(Mrs John K Paulshock, Jr.), Ruth (Mrs. M.E. Rubens)
Death due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Buried in Dun-
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more Cemetery, Dunmore, Pa. Survived by wife, two daughters, a grandson, brother, James R. Wilson and two sisters,
Mrs. Esther Watrous and Mrs. Maud Taylor.
EDWARD BARNES LEISENRING, Ph B 1917 Born
January 12, 1895, Nice, France, died June 17, 1952, Bryn
Mawr, Pa.
Father, Edward Barnes Leisenring, president, Virginia
Coal & Iron Mother, Annie Wickham Yale relatives include
Albert C Leisenring, '17 (brother), Lyman H Treadway, III,
'51 (nephew), Edward Barnes Leisenring, Jr , '49 (son)
University School, Cleveland, The Hotchkiss School
Byers Hall Student Committee, St. Anthony Hall, Delta Psi,
Aurelian Honor Society, Ohio Club, Hotchkiss Club
Enlisted as a Seaman, Naval Reserve, August, 1917,
commissioned Ensign, Naval Reserve Flying Corps, February,
1918; promoted to Lieutenant, October, 1918, mine superintendent, vice-president, president, Hazle Brook Coal Co , chairman of board, Stonega Coke & Coal Co , president, Westmoreland Coal Co., Wentz Corp , Virginia Coal & Iron Co., vicepresident, General Coal Co., member, board of managers, Lehigh Coal & Navigation, Girard Trust Co , director, Whitehall Cement Manufacturing Co , Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust
Co., Philadelphia National Bank, Lehigh & New England Railroad, Western Savings Fund Society of Philadelphia, Insurance
Co. of North America, American Pulley Co., United Gas Improvement Co., trustee, Mutual Assurance Co. (for insuring
housing from loss by fire), director, Bryn Mawr Hospital
Clubs Philadelphia, Rittenhouse, Racquet (Philadelphia), St
Anthony (New York), Gulph Mills Golf, Menon Cricket, Radnor
Hunt.
Married May 26, 1917, Cleveland, Ohio, Margaret Patterson Pierce
Children Ann Wickham (Mrs George L
Justice, Jr.), Mary Pierce (Mrs. Morris S Emery), Carolyn
Bertsch (Mrs. Arthur L. Wheeler), Edward Barnes, Jr.
Survived by wife, three daughters, and a son.
WILLIAM EDWARD PERKINS, Ph. B. 1917. Born May
31, 1896, New Haven, Conn., died January 2, 1952, Woodbridge, Conn
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Father, William Bliss Perkins, fire marshal and assistant chief, New Haven Fire Dept Mother, Celia Goodman.
Yale relative Henry G. Williams, '19S (cousin).
New Haven High School Honors in French, Freshman
year, member, Championship Senior Basketball Team; Forestry course.
Private, Army Air Corps, World War I, 1918; New
Haven Fire Dept., 1919, student, Yale Forestry School, 191921, MacDonald & Raynor, 1921-23, superintendent, Yale Golf
Course, 1925-29, superintendent, Yale Athletic Properties,
1929-43, business manager, Yale Athletic Assn., 1943-52,
treasurer, Class of 1917S, member, New Haven Rotary Club,
board of governors, New Haven Boys' Club; governing body,
Maples Alumni Assn , assistant treasurer, Yale Club of New
Haven
Married January 10, 1926, New Haven, Conn., Helen
Wallace (New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics), daughter
of Mrs. Michael F Wallace. Daughters. Nancy J. (Mrs.
Albert Ridinger), Marion W., Helen G. (Bates, '53), Willa
Jane
Death due to a heart attack Interment in Grove Street
Cemetery. Survived by his parents, wife, four daughters,
two sisters, Mrs. Gerald Gilligan and Mrs. Albert Doty, two
brothers, Major Lincoln Perkins and Lewis W Perkins.
WILLIAM STEINWAY von BERNUTH, Ph.B. 1917.
Born December 19, 1892, New York, N. Y., died January 7,
1951, Bethesda, Md.
Father, Louis von Bernuth, president, North Beach &
College Point Ferry Co Mother, Paula Theodora Stemway.
Yale relatives include H. Ray Paige, '08; C.F.A. von Bernuth,
'19S
Hotchkiss School, Pawling School and Rosenbaum's
Tutoring School. University wrestling team; St. Paul's Church
choir, active in Boys' Club; member, Industrial Committee
and chairman of Entertainment, Y. M. C. A , Dramat, contributor, Sheff Monthly, color sergeant, Yale Battery.
Private, New York National Guard, Mexican border,
1915, 1st Lieutenant, Motor Transport Corps, World War I,
1917-18; safety inspector, Hudson Motor Car Co., 1920;
teacher, Cass Technical School, Detroit, Mich., 1921; per-
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sonnel assistant to dean of engineering, Purdue, 1922-25,
M. S Purdue, 1924, traffic supervisor, New York City office,
American Telegraph Co., 1925-29, assistant director, Yale
Graduate Placement Bureau, Inc., 1929-30, personnel director, Harris-Upham Co , New York, N. Y., 1930-35, supervisor,
vocational rehabilitation, New York State Education Dept ,
1935-40, Colonel, Chief Adjutant General's Dept , World War
II, 1940-46, awarded Legion of Merit, New York State Distinguished Service Cross, Order of the Royal Crown (Italy),
director of office, Veterans' Administration, 1946-51, member, Episcopal Church, Yale Engineers
Married June 2, 1918, Indianapolis, Ind., Alma Louise
Baribault, daughter of Jules Baribault and Marie (Lanouette)
Baribault Daughters* Madeline Paula (Mrs Richard Pollitzer),
Suzanne Meta (Mrs. William B Nelson)
Death due to accidental bullet wound in his right eye
Buried in The National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Survived
by wife, two daughters, and four grandchildren
THOMAS HUNTINGTON CHAMBERLAIN, Ph B. 1918
Born December 17, 1895, New Haven, Conn , died July 8, 1951,
Mt. Carmel, Conn.
Father, Willard E Chamberlain, superintendent and
vice-president, New Haven Clock Co. Mother, Lida A (Brown)
Chamberlain Yale relatives include Willard E Chamberlain,
Jr., ex-'09 art.
New Haven High School, Hopkins Grammar School
Chemistry course; Honors of the second grade, Freshman year
Chemist, Ordnance Dept., February, 1918 to August,
1919, stationed in Bridgeport, Baltimore, and Washington,
New Haven Clock Co., 1920, became chief chemist and metallurgist, 1925, superintendent of finishing, Waterbury Manufacturing Co , 1938, superintendent of cartridge case dept , 1942,
assistant factory manager, 1944, factory manager, Country
Club of Waterbury, Waterbury Club, American Society for
Metals; American Electro Plating Society.
Married August 4, 1924, New Haven, Conn., Alice Irene
Daley, daughter of John Joseph and Lillian (Dwyer) Daley.
Sons Willard Thomas, '50 and Thomas Huntington, Jr
Death due to coronary occlusion and arteriosclerosis.
Buried in St. Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven Survived by
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wife, two sons, and two brothers, Willard E., and Albert H.
Chamberlain.
JOHN VINCENT DWYER, Ph B. 1918. Born January
12, 1897, Detroit, Mich , died November 18, 1951, Kerrville,
Texas
Father, John M. Dwyer, vice-president and general
manager, Peninsular Stove Co Mother, Anna (Denison) Dwyer
Hill School, Pottstown, Pa. Member, Hill School Club;
Apollo Banjo-Mandolin Club, Chi Phi.
Enlisted, Air Service, 1917, sergeant, 27th Construction
Squadron, Waco, Texas, discharged, 1918, rank sergeant
major. Returned to Sheff and received his degree, 1921, sales
and engineering work, United States Radiator Corp., Detroit
branch, assistant factory manager, later factory manager,
Peninsular Stove Co., connected with W C. Roney & Co.,
members, Detroit Stock Exchange, 1929, Sutro Brothers &
Co , brokerage firm, personnel director, Bundy Tubing Co.,
1937, Lieutenant, U S Navy, World War II, later with Naval
Air, director of public relations and personnel, Peterson's
Garage & Auto Co., Kerrville Bus Co , West Texas Auto Co.
Married June 19, 1926, Grosse Pomte, Mich., Eleanor
Jewett, daughter of Henry M and Mary (Wendell) Jewett,
divorced
Daughter Diane.
Survived by daughter.
NORMAN CHARLES LYMAN, Ph B. 1918 Born August 15, 1897, New Preston, Conn., died May 2, 1952, Danen,
Conn
Father, Charles Phelps Lyman, died November 21, 1907.
Mother, Ellen S. Sperry. Yale relatives include Walter M.
Pickett, ex-'08 L
Gunnery School, Washington, Conn. Mechanical Engineering course, captain, baseball team, 1917-18; Class Day
Committee, Y. M C A and Byers Hall work, member, Aurelian Honor Society, Delta Phi, St. Elm Club, R. O. T. C , Junior
year, Y. N. T. U , Senior year.
World War I, U.S. Naval Reserve Force, Warrant
Machinist; studied, U.S. Navy Steam Engineering School,
Hoboken, commissioned, Ensign, discharged, 1919; salesman,
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Yale University Press, customers' man, Graham, Ritchie &
Co., New York City, MeCarty Aniline & Extract Co., importers
and exporters and manufacturers' agents, New York, 1924-27,
sales dept., Prudence Co., Inc. (guaranteed first mortgages),
assistant secretary, Prudence Co., Inc , 1930, charge of
mortgage servicing, Prudence Bonds Corp., 1936, mortgage
dept., Manhattan Savings Bank, 1949, assistant vice-president,
Manhattan Savings Bank, member, Wee Burn Club, Inc
Married September 17, 1921, Darien, Conn., Gladys
May MeCarty, daughter of Thomas MeCarty and May (Boyd)
MeCarty. Daughter Patricia Phelps
NORTHAM LANCASTER WRIGHT, Ph B 1918 Born
November 29, 1896, Centerbrook, Conn , died February 27,
1952, Centerbrook, Conn.
Father, Alfred Northam Wright (B A Wesleyan Umv ,
1889, Yale School of Law, 1892), manufacturer, Connecticut
Valley Manufacturing Co Mother, Laura E Lancaster
Phillips Academy. Mechanical Engineering course,
competitive baseball manager, member, Andover Club, Delta
Psi, St. Anthony Hall
World War I, aeronautical mechanical engineer, Aircraft Production Board, Dayton and Washington, Private,
Medical Corps, Camp Greenleaf, Ga , treasurer and director,
Connecticut Valley Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of woodbonng tools, 1921, president, Essex National Bank, Essex,
Conn , chairman, Essex Republican Town Committee, First
Selectman, Essex; chairman, Essex Town Board of Finance,
member, Republican State Central Committee, commissioner,
Raymond E Baldwin Bridge Commission, chairman, State
Scenic Highway Commission, former president, Pettipaug Gun
Club, president, Essex Sportsman's Club, member, Mount
Olive Lodge, F & A. M., Essex.
Married February 25, 1919, Wellesley, Mass., Ethel
Francis Dudley, daughter of Burton R. and Jane (Francis)
Dudley. Children Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles McKew
Parr, Jr.); Northam Dudley, '45W.
Survived by wife, daughter, son, four grandchildren,
and a sister, Mrs. E. Van Dyke Wetmore.
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JAMES SCARBOROUGH THOMPSON, Ph. B. 1919.
Born August 5, 1896, St. Paul, Minn., died February 26, 1952,
Palm Beach, Fla
Father, Horace Egbert Thompson, real estate business.
Mother, Ida Schurmier Yale relatives include Benjamin
Casper Thompson, '11 (brother).
Phillips-Andover, Harstrom School. Select course,
Book and Snake, Cloister.
Enlisted, September 29, 1917, attended ground school,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1917-18, commissioned,
Ensign, Naval Aviation, overseas, July 1918 to December 1918,
discharged February 1919, president, The Heger Products Co.,
manufacturers of dog foods, vice-president, Truckers Terminal & Supply Co , president, Thompson Lands, Inc , real estate
and farm management, University Club, Minnesota Club.
Married Mary Elizabeth Crocker. Children* James S.,
Jr., '41, Susan
Death due to a heart attack Buried in Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul. Survived by wife, daughter, son, two sisters,
Dorothy H. Thompson and Mrs. Ruth T. Cathcart, two brothers, Horace Thompson and Benjamin Casper Thompson.
FREDERICK TAYLOR HOLLIDAY, Ph. B 1920. Born
October 24, 1899, Indianapolis, Ind., died July 15, 1951,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Father, Jacquelm Smith Holliday (Racine College, 1886,
Yale Law School, 1888), president, W. J. Holliday Co. Mother,
Florence (Baker) Holliday. Yale relatives include Evans
Woollen, 1886 (uncle), W J Holliday, »17S (brother), Evans
Woollen, J r , '20 (cousin)
Exeter
Select course, Cloister Club, Golf squad, 1919,
Book and Snake
President, Monarch Steel Co , vice-president, W. J.
Holliday Co , director, Merchants National Bank, Amstates
Insurance Co., Amstates Fire Insurance Co., Automobile
Investment Co., Agents Finance Co., Indiana Gas & Water Co ,
Metals Protection Co
Married October 16, 1920, Ruth Hubbard (B. A Smith,
'20). Children Frederick T., Jr., '45, John H., ex-?45W,
Lucy (B.A. Smith, '48).
Death due to a heart attack. Survived by wife, daughter,
and two sons.
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DANIEL FISHER BROWN, Ph. B. 1921 Born June 28,
1900, St. Louis, Mo., died June 21, 1952, New York, N Y
Father, George Marion Brown (U. S. Military Academy,
West Point, 1890), president, Certain-teed Products Corp
Mother, Kathenne Pauline (Fisher) Brown (Wellesley).
Phillips-Andover. Select course, corporal, Battery B,
Field Artillery Unit, Yale S. A. T.C , 1918, editor, Yale Daily
News, Book and Snake; the Cloister.
Vice-president, Certain-teed Products Corp., New York,
N. Y., 1921-36, in charge of Special Courier Service, Coordinator of Information, New York office, 1942, war work, American Red Cross, 1943-44, director, Dixie Asphalt Products
Corp., New York, 1947-52, member, Yale and River Clubs,
playwright, Headin' for Heaven.
Married April 20, 1928, New York, N Y , Hilda Josephine Wilkms Sickel (Friends School), daughter of Joseph
Wilkins and Helen (Tucker) Wilkms Daughter Sheila Tucker
(Mrs. John Courtlandt Maxwell, Jr.).
Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage
Survived by wife,
daughter and a sister.
ROBERT PRICE HENDERSON, Ph. B 1921. Born
April 13, 1900, Chicago, 111 , died April 8, 1952, Watertown,
N.Y.
Father, Ernest Alfred Henderson, manager, Otis Elevator Co. Mother, Mary Elizabeth Price.
Blair Academy, Blairstown, N J Select course, member, Freshman lacrosse team, Varsity lacrosse team, 1920,
Chi Phi; York Hall, Apprentice Seaman, U S N R F , Yale,
1918.
With Huntmgton, Jackson & Co , investment firm, New
York; assistant secretary, Austin Nichols & Co., New Haven,
1924-26; sales correspondent and salesman, S. W Straus &
Co., New York, 1926-32; sole proprietor, R. P. Henderson &
Co., investments, 1932-33, assistant vice-president and manager, Amott Baker & Co., investments, Buffalo office, 193335; sales manager and wholesale representative, Lord, Abbett
& Co., investments, 1936-41, northern New England representative, Prentice-Hall, Inc., publishers, 1941-43, general
manager, Louis H Whitehead Co., 1943.
Married (1) May 31, 1924, Hyattsville, Md., Helen Lyon
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Wade (B. A. Vassar, !21), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B.E.
Wade. Mr and Mrs. Henderson were divorced July, 1935.
Son Robert Price, Jr., '46. Married (2) August 17, 1935,
Batavia, N. Y., Ethel Spear Seamans, widow of Dr. Roy C.
Seamans. Stepdaughter Audrey Lou Seamans (Skidmore,
Class of 1946, Mrs. Robert L Roeder).
Survived by wife and son.
ARTHUR REEVE HOOVER, Ph. B. 1921. Born August
29, 1898, Washington, D. C , died January 22, 1952, Washington, D C.
Father, William David Hoover (Emerson Institute,
Georgetown Law School), president, National Savings & Trust
Co Mother, Mary Reeve.
The Hill School, Pottstown, Pa Select course, Freshman baseball team, Varsity baseball squad, 1920, Varsity football squad, 1919, Sigma Delta Chi, The Cloister, University
Glee Club, 1919-20, Yale S. A T C , Private, Battery A,
Field Artillery.
Worked for Columbia Title Insurance Co ; real estate
business, partner, Hoover & Davidson, Inc., real estate mortgages, 1922-26, independently engaged in real estate mortgages
business, associated with Clarke, Smsabaugh & Co., investment counsel, 1936-42, vice-president and director, Dominion
Minerals, Inc., 1939, president and director, Howich Co., Inc.,
real estate holding company, chairman, board of directors,
Commercial Ores, Inc., World War II, commissioned, Captain,
Fort Knox, Ky , Officers' Orientation Course, Armored Force
Replacement Training Center, Officers' Advanced Tactics
Course, Armored Force School, assigned to G-2 section, Headquarters of Armored Force, August, 1942, to February, 1943,
Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth; assigned
to Military Intelligence Training Center, Camp Ritchie, Md.,
1943, Commanding Officer, 3d Battalion, Overseas Provisional
Regiment, 9th Armored Division, Camp Campbell, AugustNovember, 1943, senior instructor, Combat Intelligence, Tactics Dept., Armored School, Fort Knox; assigned to Office of
Strategic Service, Washington, January, 1944; promoted to
Major, 1942, Lieutenant Colonel, 1945, returned to inactive
status, October, 1946, treasurer, Yale Club of Washington,
University Club, Army and Navy Club, Sulgrave Club; Chevy
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Chase Club, Patuxent Gun Club; Pendennis Club of Louisville.
Married May 15, 1926, Locust Valley, L I , Marion
Gordon Tully, daughter of William John and Clara Houghton
Tully. Children William Gordon (Colgate), Louise Reeve
(Westover, Class of 1949), Hilary Ann (Vassar), Clara Houghton
(Westover School).
Death due to injuries received in an automobile accident.
Buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife, son, three
daughters, and a sister, Mrs. F. S. Landstreet.
THOMAS HASKINS JOYCE, Ph.B. 1921. Born August
9, 1898, Los Angeles, Calif., died November 25, 1951, San
Luis Obsipo, Calif.
Father, William Henry Joyce, a banker and a member
of U. S. Farm Loan Board, Treasury Dept , Washington, D C
Mother, Josephine (Haskins) Joyce. Yale relatives include
Robert P. Joyce, '26 (brother).
Phillip s-Andover. Select course, editor, Yale Daily
News; member, Apollo Glee Club, 1920, Delta Psi, St Anthony
World War I, ambulance driver, Andover Unit, American Ambulance Field Service, 1917, flying cadet, Aviation
section, Signal Corps, 1917, disabled in a crash, 1918, discharged, 1919, LL. B. Harvard, 1924, Pillsbury, Madison &
Sutro, San Francisco, Calif, 1924-26, White & Case, New
York, N Y , 1926-28, J & W. Seligman, New York, 1928-30,
Gibson, Dunn & Crutc her, Los Angeles, Calif, 1930-42,
general counsel, vice-president, and director, Joyce, Inc ,
Pasadena, Calif , 1932-49, World War II, Captain, Air Corps,
England and France, 1942-44, Headquarters, Army Air Forces,
Washington, D. C , 1944, Executive Officer, 502d Bombardment
Group, VH, 1944-45, Lt. Colonel, 1945, Bronze Star.
Married January 25, 1926, San Francisco, Calif , Mary
Martin (Fordham), daughter of Walter S. and Mary Scott
Martin. Daughter Lavinia.
Death due to a heart attack. Buried in Santa Barbara
Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif
Survived by wife, daughter
and a brother.
FRANCIS LEO SHAY, Ph B 1921 Born August 23,
1898, New Haven, Conn.; died April 24, 1952, New Haven, Conn
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Father, Francis Leo Shay, accountant and deputy controller, New Haven, Conn. Mother, Nellie Teresa (Conneally)
Shay.
New Haven High School Pre-Medical course at Sheff,
Freshman honors in biology, member, House Committee of
Byers Hall, leader, Connecticut Branch, United States Boys'
Working Reserve, 1918, charge of farm schools, Connecticut
Agricultural College, Storrs, Conn, and Loomis Institute,
Windsor, Conn., Company F, Pre-Medical Corps, S. A. T. C.
at Yale, 1918, Army Field Clerk, Headquarters Co., 50th U.S.
Infantry, Camp Dix, N. J., 1919.
Student, Yale Medical School, 1921-22, Tufts College
Medical School, 1922-25, president, Gamma chapter, Alpha
Kappa Kappa, 1924-25, M. D. Tufts College, 1925; pediatrics
staff, Boston Floating Hospital, 1924; St. Elizabeth's Hospital,
1925-27, Boston City Hospital, 1927-28, general practitioner,
New Haven, Conn., 1928-52, member, Civilian Defense Force
Emergency Medical Service, World War II, member, American
Medical Assn , Connecticut Medical Society, New Haven County
Medical Society, New Haven Medical Assn., American Pediatric Society, Assn of Railroad Surgeons and General Practitioners Assn., Hezekiah Beardsley Pediatric Club, Holy Name
Society of St. Aedan's Church, Wilsoman Club, Knights of St.
Patrick
Married June 16, 1930, New Haven, Conn., Helen W.
Butler, daughter of Thomas H. and Elizabeth Lyons Butler.
Children Barbara E., Suzanne, Elizabeth; David.
Death due to acute coronary thrombosis. Buried m St.
Lawrence Cemetery Survived by wife, son, three daughters
and a brother, Neil E. Shay.
JOSEPH HAROLD DUPUIS HYDE, Ph B. 1922. Born
September 2, 1901, Derby, Conn., died May 3, 1952, Bristol,
Conn..
Father, Pearlie Henri Dupuis, died m Derby, 1905.
Stepfather, Thomas Francis Hyde, a druggist. Mother, Sadie
Magdelen Degnan.
Derby High School. Civil Engineering course; won a cup
with champion Class Crew, 1919; participated in Y. M. C. A.
Americanization work.
With Curtis Publishing Co , standardization dept., 1922,
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American Brass Co., Ansoma branch, 1925, The Bristol Brass
Corp., Bristol plant superintendent, 1941, vice-president and
general superintendent, 1949, director, Bristol Hospital,
chairman, Hospital Building Committee, director, Bristol
Federal Savings and Loan Assn , member, Town Club of Bristol, former president, Bristol Community Chest, director,
Bristol Chamber of Commerce, member, Chippanee Golf Club,
Country Club of Farmmgton; Bristol Lodge of Elks, No 1010,
B. P. O. E.; Yale Club of New York, Industrial Relations Committee of the National Assn of Manufacturers
Married June 29, 1929, Ansoma, Conn , Verna Elizabeth Potter. Children Marion G., J Harold; Janet C
Buried in West Cemetery, Bristol. Survived by wife,
son, two daughters, father, brother, Thomas C Hyde, and a
sister, Mrs. William Carey.
FRANKLIN ADDISON FLANDERS, B. S 1923. Born
August 1, 1901, Boston, Mass., died June 11, 1952, Winchester, Mass.
Father, Wallace Farnsworth Flanders, a partner, Dewick and Flanders, insurance business. Mother, Maude
Canning (Goldsmith) Flanders.
Andover. Administrative engineering course, member,
Freshman hockey team, captain, Class hockey team, Delta Phi,
St. Elmo; received degree in 1924.
With Firemen's Fund Insurance Co., 1924-26, Dewick &
Flanders, Inc., insurance business manager bonding dept ,
1927, director, vice-president, 1947, Standing Committee,
Winchester Unitarian Church, Budget Committee, Community
Fund.
Married June 30, 1926, Scituate, Mass., Elizabeth H
Stretch, daughter of Charles B. and Ethel J. Stretch. Children Judith (Vassar), Stephen N.
Survived by wife, daughter, son and mother, Mrs.
Wallace F. Flanders.
DAVID HARRY FREMONT (formerly Friedman), B.S.
1924. Born July 23, 1902, Albany, N. Y.; died November 3,
1951.
Father, David Harry Friedman, steel manufacturer,
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president, United American Iron & Steel Co. of Albany, and
vice-president, Page Hersey Tubes, Ltd., of Toronto. Mother,
Tereza Walston (Bendell) Friedman. Yale relatives include
Joseph L. Bendell, '03 (uncle)
Albany Academy, Albany, N. Y. General science coursegeneral one-year honors for excellence in all studies, member,
Freshman golf team, Freshman hockey squad, PL Lambda Phi;
Albany Academy Club.
Chief engineer, International Coal Corp., Montreal and
Swansea, England, general manager, U S Alaska Packing Co.;
industrial engineer, Peoples Water & Gas Co., Miami Beach,
manager, Shartenberg's, Inc., New Haven, Conn., World War
II, 1st Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, 1941, Captain, 1942,
assistant post engineer, Fort McClellan, 1942, Major, 1942;
post engineer, Army Air Base, 1943, post engineer, Fort
McClellan, 1944, Engineer's School, Granite City, 111 , and
Memphis, Tenn., 1944, Lt Colonel, 1944; Commanding Officer, 1200th Engineer Base Depot Group, Fort Leonard and
Granite City, 111 , 1944, Commanding Officer, 1200th Engineer
Base Depot Group, New Guinea and Philippines, 1944-45,
attached as Staff Officer, General MeArthur's Headquarters,
Manila, 1945, discharged, 1946, construction engineer, Sears
Roebuck & Co., 1946, South Pacific with Bronze Star, Philippine Liberation with Bronze Star; Yale Club of Miami, member,
American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers
Married (1) December 22, 1926, St. Louis, Jewel Sacks,
daughter of Harry J Walter. Married (2) August 17, 1938,
New Haven, Conn., Frances, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
M Shartenberg Married (3) July 4, 1945, Chicago, 111.,
Helen Davis. Stepson Charles Haase, II, '52.
THOMAS EVANS, B. S 1925 Born December 26, 1900,
Cincinnati, Ohio, died May 4, 1952, Cairo, N. Y.
Father, Thomas Brown Evans (M E. Columbia, 1884,
Ph D Univ. of Bavaria, 1886), professor, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and Cincinnati Univ., chief chemist,
American Cotton Oil Co and consulting chemist, Procter &
Gamble Co Mother, Mary Gertrude Miller.
Haverford School, Phillips-Andover. General science
course; Freshman crew squad, manager, Yale Calendar,
Senior year, Chi Phi; York Hall.
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Settlement work, Paloma Settlement, Honolulu, Hawaii,
1925-26, sales engineer, Baker Perkins Co , New York, N Y.,
1927-30; manager, Chemical Machinery Division, 1937-42,
director and manager, 1945, vice-president, 1949, Century
Machine Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, Canadian Baker Perkins, Ltd ,
Toronto; Baker Perkins, Ltd., Peterborough, England, National
Bread Wrapping Co., Springfield, Mass
Married December 4, 1926, New York, N. Y., Dorothy
Bouton. Daughters Mary Louise (Mrs. Calvin Roberts),
Dorothy Patricia (Mrs. Daniel Taylor).
Death due to an automobile accident Buried in Cincinnati, Ohio Survived by wife, two daughters and his mother
JOHN LONGUIN BANNOFF, B. S. 1929 Born March 4,
1896, m the Don district of Russia, died May 16, 1952,
Ypsilanti, Mich.
Father, Longuin George Bannoff
Mother, Zinaida
Terenty (Chausoff) Bannoff
Preparatory training in Russia. Originally with 1928S,
mechanical engineering course, prize for excellence in engineering mechanics, Sophomore year, Benjamin F Barge
Scholarship, Junior year
With Detroit Edison Co and Ethyl Gasoline Co., Detroit,
Mich., 1929-31, hospitalized, 1931-52.
Unmarried
Buried in Ann Arbor, Mich
THOMAS GRAY BENNETT, 2d, B S 1929. Born
February 19, 1906, New Haven, Conn , died March 29, 1952,
West Palm Beach, Fla
Father, Winchester Bennett, 1897S, member, board of
directors, Winchester Repeating Arms Co. Mother, Susan
Silliman Wright (Yale Art School, 1897-98, attended College
of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia). Yale relatives include
Thomas G. Bennett, 1870S (grandfather), Eugene B. Bennett,
'04S (uncle); Thomas N. Tracy, '25S (brother-in-law).
The Hill School Industrial engineering course, member,
Freshman swimming squad, Freshman gun team, Byers Hall
Cabinet, Junior and Senior years, chairman, Triennial Committee, Senior year; member, Student Branch of the American
204
Society of Automotive Engineers; St. Elmo.
General manager, Yale Flying Service, 1929-31; president, West Haven (Conn ) Shipyard, Inc , until his death; treasurer and director, Surveys, Inc.; director, Milford (Conn.)
Boat Works, Inc., trustee, Estate of Thomas G. Bennett,
Y. M. C. A , Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts, member, Rotary International; enthusiastic small boat sailor and fisherman; World
War II, Assistant Survey Officer, 3d Naval District, U.S.
Coast Guard Auxiliary Reserve (temporary), 1942-44, worked
with Warning Service, Cheshire (Conn.) Report Center; chairman, 1929S Triennial and Sexennial Reunion Committees,
acting Class secretary, 1942-43.
Married (1) February 21, 1930, Cheshire, Conn., Bertha
Ney, divorced 1942. Married (2) December 11, 1943, West
Haven, Conn., Dorothy Cotton Ritchel, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred H Cotton. Children Peter Ney, Kenneth,
Thomas G , 3d
Survived by wife, three sons, parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Winchester Bennett, and five sisters, Mrs. Norman H. Pearson, Mrs. William J Foote, Mrs. William E Hoblitzelle,
Mrs Samuel C Lovejoy, and Mrs. Humphrey Trevelyan.
THOMAS FRANCIS O'CONNELL, JR., B. S. 1947 (Mar.).
Born October 20, 1924, Waterbury, Conn., died June 29, 1952,
Waterbury, Conn.
Father, Thomas Francis O'Connell, superintendent,
Extruded Rod Mill, Scovill Manufacturing Co., Waterbury,
Conn Mother, Ada Carey.
Sacred Heart High School, Waterbury, Conn Originally
member of Class of 1945W, active duty in Army, 1943-46;
rank of sergeant, returned to college, March 1946, member,
Class of 1948, later changed to 1947M; Silliman College; industrial administration course.
Methods engineer, Scovill Manufacturing Co , Waterbury,
Conn , 1947-52.
Buried in Waterbury Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn Survived by parents and a sister, Mrs. Francis A O'Brien.
205
GRADUATES OF YALE UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
WHO DIED BETWEEN July 1, 1951 and June 30, 1952
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Master of Arts
1893
1898
1898
1901
L902
1902
1903
1903
1903
1904
1905
1906
1906
1907
1908
1910
1911
1912
1912
1915
1915
1917
1923
1926
1933
1934
1942
October 4, 1951
Danner, Edgar W., M D (B A 1891)
Hyde, Prof Charles Cheney, LL. D
(B A 1895)
February 13, 1952
Lewis, George A (B A 1895)
August 2, 1951
Quittmeyer, Ernest M , Ph D
March 14, 1952
Ghenni, Ambrose, LL D
April 7, 1952
Lester, Prof Oliver C , Ph D , LL D September 28, 1951
Murch, Prof. Herbert S , Ph D
January 31, 1952
Perry, Prof. Aaron Jenkins, Litt D
January 7, 1952
Warren, Rev Charles M (B A 1898) November 24, 1951
Carnahan, Prof David H , Ph. D
February 18, 1952
Pngmore, Rev Joseph D , D D (B A 1904) July 16, 1951
Nevms, Russell H (B A 1901)
July, 1951
Sawyer, Harold M. <B. A 1903)
December 7, 1951
Simpson, Prof. Milton, Litt D (B A 1906) April 11, 1952
November 25, 1951
White, Prof H Adelbert, Ph D
Fowler, Prof. Clarence Vernon
November 17, 1951
(B A 1896)
August 11,1951
Linhart, George A , Ph D.
January 10, 1952
Hme, Rev Cecil C.
August 13,1951
MacNaughton, Rev. Prof Norman, LL D
Clark, Prof Harry Anderson, LL D
February 5, 1952
(B.A 1903)
January 9, 1952
Link, Henry C , Ph D (B A 1913)
December 5, 1952
Scales, Rev Albert L., Ph D
August 24,1957
M e Curdy, Mrs William E.
Morgan, Bertha A.
July 27,1951
Monmoto, Yoshio (B. A. 1929)
November 20, 1951
Ho well, Mrs. James C
July 10,1951
January 10,1952
Reynolds, Edward A
Doctor of Philosophy
1890
1894
Oertel, Prof Harms, Ph D
(M.A. Hon 1888)
Knox, J. H. Mason, Jr , M D , Sc D
(B.A. 1892)
February 11, 1952
December 31, 1951
206
1898
1899
1899
1902
1903
1904
1904
1905
1905
1906
1909
1913
1914
1915
1916
1916
1916
1917
1921
1924
1927
1936
1945
White, Prof. Albert B., Ph D (B.A. 1893)
May 10, 1952
Day, Prof Chve, Ph D. (B A. 1892)
July 27, 1951
Gregory, Prof. Herbert E., Ph. D
January 23, 1952
(B.A 1896)
March 1, 1952
Dean, Arthur, Ph. D , LL. D
December 2, 1952
Nicholson, Watson, Ph D
Lester, Prof Oliver C , Ph D , LL.D.
September 28, 1951
(M A 1902)
Quittmeyer, Ernest M., Ph D
March 14, 1952
(M A 1901, LL. B. 1903)
Carnahan, Prof David H , Ph. D
February 18, 1952
(M A. 1904)
M a y 17, 1952
Raymond, Prof. Percy E., Ph. D
Murch, Prof Herbert S , Ph D
January 31, 1952
(M A 1903)
January 26, 1952
Heath, Prof. Fred H , Ph. D
August 11, 1951
Linhart, George A , Ph.D. (M A 1911)
Goldschmidt, Prof Samuel, Ph D.
August 8, 1951
(Ph B 1911)
January 17, 1952
Hendrix, Prof. Byron M , Ph. D.
June 9, 1952
Bostrom, Rev. Prof Otto H , Ph D
June 28, 1952
English, Margaret Morris, Ph. D
Link, Henry C , Ph D. (B A 1913,
January 9, 1952
M A. 1915)
Scales, Rev Albert L , Ph D
December 5, 1952
(M A. 1915)
April 9, 1952
Fester, Prof. Malcolm C , Ph D.
White, Prof H Adelbert, Ph. D
(M A 1908)
November 25, 1951
Meyer, Dean Henry H , Ph D , Th. D
October 6, 1951
Wist, Dean Benjamin O , Ph. D.
October 26,1951
Orbison, Prof. William D., Ph D
February 14, 1952
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
1886
1896
1898
1900
1900
1903
1903
1904
1905
1908
Cooper, Louis E , M. D (Ph. B 1884)
Hubbell, George M., M D (Ph.B. 1894)
Heery, Francis P., M. D
Bmst, George L., M D. <B A 1898)
Tracy, Robert C , M. D
Arnold, Harold S., M. D. (B A. 1900)
Garvm, Albert H , M D
Hilhard, Carlos G., M. D.
Crane, Ralph W , M D.
Linde, Joseph I., M. D.
February 5, 1952
November 12, 1951
June 29, 1952
December 20, 1951
July 7, 1951
December 20, 1951
May 28, 1952
July 21, 1951
April 1, 1952
September 15; 1951
Graduate and Professional Schools
1909
1912
1923
1924
1933
1933
1948
McGmre, William C , M D.
June 15,
Gessner, F r a n c i s E , M D , Dr. P H.
February 5,
Lint, Theodore, M D
February 28,
Lawson, Prof George McL ,x M D ,
Dr. P H.
September 20,
Ehler, Prof. Adrian A , M. D
November 5,
Morse, Waldron L., M. D.
May 8,
February 2,
M a u r e r , Robert N., M D
207
1952
1952
1952
1951
1951
1952
1952
Special Students in Medical School
Lush, William L (1905-06 msp)
August 28, 1951
LAW SCHOOL
Bachelors of Law
1885
1891
1893
1894
1895
1895
1897
1897
1897
1899
1900
1901
1902
1902
1903
1905
1905
1905
1905
1906
1907
1908
1908
1909
1910
1910
1911
Gilbert, Sterling P r i c e , LL D
Morgan, Joseph R
Davis, Samuel A
Levy, Josiah W.
Slade, Benjamin
Thomas, Edwin S
Goldbaum, Pmkus H
Granger, Lewis G
Smith, Clarence M
Stoner, George J
Tyler, Clayton H
McClure, Charles T
Ghenni, Ambrose (M A 1902)
Teller, Henry B (B A 1899)
Quittmeyer, Ernest M , Ph D
(M. A. 1901, Ph. D 1904)
Cressy, Warren F.
Owen, Clifford (B A 1902)
Russell, Frederick C
Smith, E. Huggins
Kornblut, Louis A
Sametz, Milton W.
B r e e , William A.
Clark, Chauncey
Conner, Arthur E
Tobin, John F.
White, Samuel J
Stone, Nathan B
August 28,
October 13,
May 14,
October 3,
November 1,
January 10,
June 15,
December 25,
December 9,
September 22,
July 21,
August 23,
April 7,
August 12,
1951
1951
1952
1951
1951
1952
1952
1951
1951
1951
1951
1951
1952
1951
March 14,
March 11,
November 3,
April 12,
July 17,
January 23,
June 23,
November 15,
April 10,
April 21,
January 8,
May 27,
October 15,
1952
1952
1951
1952
1951
1952
1952
1951
1952
1952
1952
1952
1951
208
1915
1918
1922
1923
1926
1927
1927
1927
1927
1928
1929
1933
1934
Maxfield, Claude B.
Bell, Joshua
Reiner, William A
Breslm, James E.
Payne, Richard Franklin
Birmingham, Thomas J.
Cleveland, Spencer
McHugh, Thomas E. (B. A 1925)
Wofsey, Michael
Murphy, James A
Tart, Aaron B
Walker, Francis S
Ramsay, Kerr Craige
May 23,
October 22,
February 29,
November 18,
February 28,
October 19,
August 25,
October 24,
November 5,
June 18,
October 22,
January 20,
December 9,
1952
1952
1952
1951
1952
1951
1951
1951
1951
1952
1951
1952
1951
Special Students
Bird, Charles E (1895-96 lsp)
Chung, Jock King (1909-10 lsp)
Colyer, Arthur D (1907-10 lsp)
February 1, 1952
July 29, 1951
February 28, 1952
Masters of Law
1895
1905
1909
Fergus, Robert Collyer, D C L
Ehrhardt, Frank J
Bree, William A (LL B 1908)
February 23, 1952
February 28, 1952
November 15, 1951
Doctors of Law
1912-1925
None
Doctors of Civil Law
1890-1936
None
Doctors of the Science of Law
1932
Hunter, Prof
Robert M , J S D.
June 24, 1952
DIVINITY SCHOOL
1890
1890
1891
1892
1893
Chapman, Rev. Edward M (B. A 1884)
June 24, 1952
Holp, Rev. Lincoln Archer
November 8, 1951
Thorp, Rev. Willard B., D D.
March 2, 1952
Miles, Rev. Harry R., D D
November 30, 1951
Wells, Rev. Charles P.
March 11, 1952
Graduate and Professional Schools
1894
1894
1897
1897
1899
1899
1901
1902
1903
1903
1903
1904
1904
1906
1907
1911
1912
1920
1929
209
November 2, 1952
Haynes, Rev. Charles S
May 29, 1952
Reeves, Rev Charles E.
Fisher, Rev Miles B , D D.
June, 1952
March 26, 1952
Meyers, Schuyler R.
July 7, 1951
Clyde, Rev. John P.
June 2, 1952
Robinson, Rev. Edwin Bra ford, D D
Storrs, Rev Charles L
March 21, 1952
Johnson, Rev. George H
June 14, 1952
Green, Rev. Everett E
September 7, 1951
Harrison, Rev. Charles H , D. D
June 25, 1952
Ralph, Rev. Prof Edwin A , D D
January 27, 1952
Coddmgton, Rev Jesse C.
August 11, 1951
Pngmore, Rev. Joseph D , D D.
July 16, 1951
(M. A 1905)
Miller, Rev Ray O , D D
June 10, 1952
Brown, Rev Hugh Elmer
M a y 31, 1952
Webb, Rev. Prof Ernest C , D. D
April 24,1952
Warren, Rev. Charles M (B A 1898,
November 24, 1951
M A. 1903)
Pickett, Rev. Warren Wheeler, Litt D.,
April 18, 1952
D. D (B. A. 1917)
November 20, 1951
Morimoto, Yoshio
Special Students
Loescher, Rev. Paul (1911-13 dsp)
Wieden, Rev. Oscar K. (1909-10 dsp)
July 31, 1951
September 20, 1951
SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
Bachelors of Fine Arts
1904
1920
1933
Blenner, Carle J.
Guernsey, E. Louise
Fabry, Jaro
Bachelors of Architecture
1924-1948
None
Masters of Fine Arts
1927-1948
None
April 12, 1952
January 28, 1952
February 17, 1952
210
Certificate Holders
1879
1887
1896
1905
1906
Taylor, Mrs Frank H.
Klots, Mrs Charles A
Hubbard, Mrs Charles D
Cioffi, Charles A.
Gilbert, Clarence B
March 4,
November 21,
April 14,
November 14,
June 16,
1952
1951
1952
1951
1952
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Bachelors of Music
1913
1928
1932
1934
1938
Tinsley, William A.
Whitman, Hobart A.
Sister M Francis Borgia, O P
Corey, Mrs Norman W.
Sister M. Gonzales, O P.
November
April
May
August
September
27,
14,
24,
10,
22,
1951
1952
1952
1951
1951
Masters of Music
1934
Sister M Francis Borgia, O P.
(Mus B. 1932)
May 24, 1952
Certificate Holders
1904
1909
1927
Earnest, Frank
Beecher, Leita Tolles
Sholl, Mrs. Allan F.
May 25, 1952
December 22, 1951
May 29, 1952
SCHOOL OF FORESTRY
1903
1910
1911
1914
Spring, Dean Samuel N (B. A 1898)
White, Edgar F
Hastings, Alfred B
Isola, Vico C
February
December
November
December
3,
8,
8,
4,
1952
1951
1951
1951
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
1938
1941
Morris, Alan (D. Eng )
Wallace, John Lewis (D Eng. )
March 18, 1952
October 16, 1951
211
RECIPIENTS OF HONORARY DEGREES
1888
1907
1917
1918
1921
1927
1927
1928
1928
1929
1936
Oertel, Prof. Hanns, Ph. D (M. A. )
February 11, 1952
Vernon, Rev. Prof. Ambrose W , D D ,
LL. D (M A )
August 23, 1951
Borchard, Prof. Edwin, Ph. D ,
LL. D (M.A )
July 22, 1951
Dakm, Henry D , Sc.D. (Sc. D )
February 10, 1952
Blake, Prof. Francis G , M D , Sc.D
(M A )
February 1, 1952
Irvine, Sir James C , Sc.D., LL D
(Sc.D )
June 12, 1952
Sturtevant, Prof Edgar H , Ph D , LL D.
(M A.)
July 1, 1952
Robbins, Rev. Howard Chandler, D D
March 20, 1952
(D D. )
Stoeckel, Robbins B. (B A 1893) (M A ) October 15, 1951
May 10, 1952
Hull, Prof Clark L , Ph D (M. A )
Buck, Sir Peter H , K C M. G ( M A ) December 1, 1951
212
INDEX
Class
1884s
1907s
1890s
1909s
1898s
1900
Page
Alfonso, Gustavo
124
Alker, Henry A
165
Allen, Philip
128
169
Allerton, George M , J r 169
Anderson, Frederick T 142
Arnold, Harold S
42
1894s
1925
1913s
1907
1904s
1929s
1902
1893
1916
1904
1904s
1902
1909
1906s
1916s
1904s
1929s
1915s
1896
1890s
1904s
1924
1913s
1927
1903
1896s
1881
1908
1917
1896s
1903s
1921s
1894
1896
1917
1921
1915
Babcock, Orville E
Bacon, John K
Bahlman, William T
Ballard, Ernest S
Ballou, Norris P
Bannoff, John L
Barnes, Courtland D
Barnes, Henry B
Barney, Danford N , J r
Bartlett, Samuel C
Bates, Harry I
Baylor, Raymond V
Beardslee, Claude G
Beecher, Harold K
Bein, Howard K
Bennett, Eugene B
Bennett, Thomas G , 2d
Biggs, Clyde H
Billard, Frederick H
Bissell, George P
Black, Frank L
Blackmer, Samuel H
Blakeslee, Robert N , J r
Bradley, George
Bragaw, Allen C
Bramerd, Wmthrop
Brewster, William J
Bndgett, Frank E
Bndgman, Ray C
Brown, Arthur F
Brown, Charles C
Brown, Daniel F
Buell, Charles H
Buist, George L
Buckley, David A , J r
Bushnell, Paul P
Butler, John L
1899s
1885
1936
1908s
Cameron, Donald P
Carhart, Charles L
Carpenter, Gardner C
Carpenter, James R
134
109
182
71
155
203
53
15
92
62
156
54
77
164
188
156
203
187
23
128
157
108
183
112
57
137
3
75
94
138
154
197
19
23
95
103
88
145
5
121
166
Class
1931
1905
1901
1918s
1917
1884
1901
1902
1908s
1917
1903
1912s
1905s
1916s
1880s
1895
1910
1909
1884s
1932
1899
1897s
1922
1901
1900
1895s
Carr, Philip S
Carroll, Carl H
Chamberlain, Aims R
Chamberlain, Thomas H
Chambers, Robert A
Chapman, Edward M
Chittenden, George P
Chittenden, Simeon B
Church, Howard E
Cistero, Joseph A
Clark, Harry H
Clinton, John T
Clue as, Lowell M
Coachman, Walter F , J r
Coffin, Arthur B
Comstock, Mortimer S
Connell, Carleton A
Converse, Paul H McG
Cooper, Louis E
Cowles, Francis R
Cox, Gerard H
Cox, Wiley O , J r
Cragm, Edwin B
Crandall, Ralph E
Cross, John W
Cushmg, Frank D
1911
1914s
1891
1921
1892
1912
1903
1914s
1889
1909s
1926
1920
1918s
Dana, James D
Daniels, Leonard B
Banner, Edgar W
Darling, James S
Day, Clive [H J
DeForest, Louis E
Denno, Willard J
Douglas, David D
Douglas, George P.
Doyle, Luke C
Drew, Stanley T
Dudley, Donald S
Dwyer, John V
1915 Edwards, Albert G.
1928 Eismg, George J
1925s Evans, Thomas
1900
1905s
1893
1915
Fackler, Edward B
Fasser, Charles E
Faxon, Archer L
Fisher. Charles A.
115
64
49
193
95
4
49
54
167
96
58
177
159
189
124
20
80
78
124
117
37
141
105
50
44
136
81
184
9
104
10
84
59
185
7
170
111
102
194
88
112
202
44
160
16
89
V I
Index
1923s
1896
1920
1911
1924s
1888s
Flanders, Franklin A
Fowler, Clarence V
Franklin, George S
Freeman, Stuart F
Fremont, David H
Funk, Dean N.
201
24
102
82
201
126
1904
1912s
1911
1904s
1914s
1892s
1898
1900
1912s
1913
1898
1911s
1905
1897
1915
1909
1910s
1900
1902s
1910
Games, Thomas R
Gates, Rupert G
Gay, Frederick L
Geiger, William A
Gerken, Frederick, J r
Gignoux^ Claude
Gilbert, Fred M
Gillespie, William F
Gleason, Philip R
Glynn, Martin E
Godchaux, Walter
Goldschmidt, Samuel
Goodhart, Howard L
Goodwin, Walter L
Gordon, Allen E
Graham, Clarence F
Green, William McK
Greene, Edward C
Greenough, Charles E
Griffith, Millen
62
178
83
158
186
131
31
45
179
86
32
176
65
28
90
79
174
46
152
80
1891
1932
1896s
1912s
1894s
1923
1893
1892s
1911s
1916s
1905
1901s
1909s
1921s
1916
Hall, Charles H
Hammett, Walter H
Hamngton, Robert W
Hansord, Arthur T
Hart, Edward H
Hartnett, Thomas R
Hastings, Frank W
Hatch, Frank L
Haugh, Willard P.
Hawgood, Harvey R
Haws, Henry E
Hay, Southard
Hemingway, Walter C
Henderson, Robert P
Hequembourg,
Theodore M
1890s Heyworth, Lawrence
1902s Hicks, William M
1906 Higgms, Grover
1901 Hirsh, Allan M
1918 Holder, Edward P
1920s Holliday, Frederick T.
1892 Hollister, George B
10
118
138
180
134
107
17
132
177
190
66
150
171
197
93
129
153
68
51
98
196
12
1921s
1906
1892
1934
1894s
1909s
1905s
1912s
1899s
1895
1922s
213
Hoover, Arthur R
Hosford, Willard D
Hosmer, Sidney
Hoster, Herman A
Hubbell, George M
Huff, George F
Hull, Howard G
Hume, Walter F
Humphreys, Frederic B
Hyde, Charles C
Hyde, Joseph H D
198
69
12
118
135
171
160
180
146
21
200
1900s Ives, Edward L
148
1934
1898s
1935
1904
1913s
1894s
1900
1897
1899s
1921s
Jackson, John H
Jelke, William F
Jennings, Miles P
Jennings, Percy H
Jester, L Leven, J r
Johnson, Frederick A
Johnson, Owen McM
Johnson, Sherman F
Johnston, John H
Joyce, Thomas H
119
143
120
63
184
135
47
29
146
199
1931
1948
1901s
1894
1918
1905
1912s
1896s
1892
1904s
1910s
Kaufman, Orien M
Keegan, John J , J r
Kehr, Henry T
Kempfer, Jacob F
King, Charles G , 3d
Kmney, Gilbert
Klein, David
Knight, Frederic A
Knox, James H M , J r
Kooyurrgian, Yenovk H
Krah, Carl A
115
121
151
19
99
66
181
139
13
159
175
1915s
1896
1917s
1903
1895
1912
1903
1898
1913
1904
1890s
1918s
1906s
Lang, Herbert H
Lee, Frederick C
Leisenrmg, Edward B
Lewis, Dudley P
Lewis, George A
Lewis, Tracy H
Lmdenberg, Paul
Lmdsley, Van Smderen
Link, Henry C
Longwell, Robson N
Lyford, Oliver S , J r
Lyman, Norman C
Lynch, Alexander S
188
25
191
59
22
86
60
32
87
64
129
194
164
214
1921
McCarthy, George A
1907
McChesney, Paul E
1905
McCoy, Walter R
1925
McHugh, Thomas E
1895s Massey, George B
1910s Matheson, Hugh M
1893s Mathews, Harold C
1897
Mead, David I
1923
Merriam, Jacob L
1914s Meyer, Robert B
1908s Moon, Cary B
1906
Moorhead, William S
1905s Munson, John G
105
72
67
110
136
175
133
30
107
186
168
69
161
1888s
1899
1901
1890
126
38
51
8
Nelson, James A
Neville, William B
Nevms, Russell H
Newman, George N
1947 (Mar ) O'Connell, Thomas
F,Jr
204
1898s Olmstead, Henry B
143
1924
Otto, John H
109
1902
Owen, Clifford H
55
1931
1900
1876s
1898s
1927
1912s
1922
1896s
1917s
1890
1906
1883
1917
1908s
1902s
1891s
1902
1912s
Paine, Edward B
Palmer, Roland S
Palmer, William B
Parker, Charles F
Parsons, Harris C
Patterson, Walter H
Paxton, John H
Perdue, Robert H
Perkins, William E
Peter, George F
Peters, William H
Phelps, Dudley
Pickett, Warren W
P o n s s , Solomon C
Potter, Nathaniel R
Preston, Walter G
Pntchard, Robert A
Pyle, Theodore
116
48
123
144
112
181
106
140
191
8
70
4
97
169
153
130
56
182
1896s
1928
1909s
1885s
1899
1925
1907
Ramsden, Charles T
Rand, Edward S
Reimann, John
Rice, John
Robbins, Howard C
Ross, William C., J r
Rouse, Benjamin I
140
113
172
125
39
111
73
1902
Ryan, Ralph R.
56
1896
1903
1910s
1907
1919
1908
1911
1921s
1906
1897s
1907
1899
1919
1913s
1905
1898
1896
1902s
1907s
1900s
1899
1893
1944
1911
Sage, Andrew G C
Sawyer, Harold M
Scarlett, Joseph A
Scott, George S
Segal, Daniel, J r
Seligmann, George A
Sessions, Kenneth H
Shay, Francis L
Simpson, Milton
Simpson, Oswald L
Small, George W
Smith, Barry C
Smith, Louis W.
Smith, Warner G
Spencer, George S,
Spring, Samuel N
Squires, Albert J
Stanley, Erwin
Stanley, William W
Sterling, Paul
Stern, Walter T
Stoeckel, Robbins B
Sturm, Alexander McC
Sweeney, James C
25
61
176
73
100
76
83
199
71
142
74
40
101
184
68
33
26
154
166
148
40
18
121
84
1909
1899
1907
1919s
1918
1905s
1899s
1915
1928
Taft, William H
Teller, Henry B
Thompson, Guy Van Z
Thompson, James S
Thompson, Robert D , J r
Tillson, Benjamin F
Towns end, M T
Trevor, George S
Truslow, Francis A
79
41
74
196
99
162
147
90
113
1917s von Bernuth, Stemway W 192
1896
1898
1909s
1916
1909s
1903
1898
Wadhams, William H
27
Wadsworth, James W., J r 34
Wallace, John B
173
Walsh, Launston
93
Ward, Warren L
173
Waring, Antonio J
61
Warren, Rev Charles
McL.
36
1901 Warren, William H
52
1894 Waters, Frederic J.
20
1899 West, Walter H
42
1898s Weston, Herbert T
144
215
Index
1896
1915
1893
1900s
1892
1898
1892s
Whalen, Robert E
Wheeler, Richard E
White, Albert B
White, William H
Whittemore, Norman
Williams, Arthur B
Williams, Charles M
28
91
18
149
14
36
132
1919
1916s
1887
1901
1918s
Wilson, Carroll L
101
Wilson, William G.
190
Woodward, George [S ]
6
Woolsey, Convers B
52
Wright, Northam L
195
1908
Ye rgin, Howard V
76

1951-1952 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University

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