1949-1950 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University

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BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY
OBITUARY RECORD
OF GRADUATES OF THE
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS
DECEASED DURING THE YEAR
I949-I95O
SERIES 47
I JANUARY I 9 5 1
NUMBER I
Entered as second-class matter, August 30, 1906, at the
post office at New Haven, Conn., under the Act of Congress
of July 16,1894.
Acceptance for mailing at the special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3,1917, authorized
August 12,1918.
The BULLETIN, which is issued semimonthly, includes:
1. The University Catalogue Number.
2. The Report of the Treasurer Number.
3. The Catalogue Numbers of the several Schools.
4. The Alumni Directory Number.
5. The Obituary Record Number.
OBITUARY RECORD
OF GRADUATES OF THE
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS
DECEASED DURING THE YEAR
ENDING JULY i, 1950
INCLUDING THE RECORD OF A FEW WHO DIED
PREVIOUSLY, HITHERTO UNREPORTED
N U M B E R 109
NEW HAVEN
1951
YALE UNIVERSITY OBITUARY RECORD*
YALE COLLEGE
HENRY MALTZBERGER, B A 1879 Born October 10, 1858,
Reading, Pa , died November 21, 1949, Reading, Pa
Father, Charles Coleman Maltzberger, a merchant in Reading,
son of John Maltzberger
Mother, Margaret Catherine (Haas)
Maltzberger, daughter of Charles F Haas
Hopkins Grammar School Oration appointment Junior and
Senior years, Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Lmonia
Studied law in Reading 1879-81 and lawyer there 1881-1949, U S
Commissioner Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1905-29, member
Berks County Bar Association and First Reformed Church, Reading
Married February 20, 1917, Reading, Rose Ann Lotz Anderson,
daughter of Andrew and Ellen Catherine (Lieb) Lotz
Death due to cerebral hemorrhage
Buried in Charles Evans
Cemetery, Reading Survived by wife, two stepdaughters, Dorcas
and Ellen Anderson, a stepson, James Anderson, and a sister, Mrs
Robert Job
CHARLES LOCKE SCUDDER, B A 1882 Born August 7,
1860, Kent, Conn , died August 19, 1949, Boston, Mass
Father, Rev Evarts Scudder (B A Williams 1854, grad
Andover Theological Seminary 1858), a Congregational minister,
son of Charles and Jane (Marshall) Scudder Mother, Sarah Patch
(Lampson) Scudder, daughter of Asa and Sally (Patch) Lampson
Williston Academy First colloquy appointment Junior year,
second dispute appointment Senior year, Commencement speaker,
Class deacon, Yale Society of Natural History, Delta Kappa Epsilon,
Kappa Sigma Epsilon Ph B 1883 (Commencement speaker)
M D Harvard 1888, physician and surgeon in Boston 1889 until
retirement about 1941, assistant clinical surgery Children's Hospital, Boston, 1889-93, demonstrator clinical apparatus 1893-95, and
assistant operative surgery 1895-1903, attending surgeon Massachusetts
*If the father of an alumnus is a Yale graduate, the father's record is
not usually given in this volume, but may be found in published form
elsewhere
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Yale University Obituary Record
General Hospital 1903-13, chief surgeon 1914-43, consulting surgeon 1944-49, lecturer surgery Harvard 1907-13, associate 191316, assistant professor and member advisory board of graduate instruction 1916-20, acting dean Graduate School of Medicine 191819, author Treatment of Fractures, Tumors of the Jaw, president
Boston Surgical Society 1916-18, fellow American College of Surgeons (chairman committee on fractures 1921-33, honorary chairman 1933-49) and American Surgical Association, honorary member American Association for Surgery of Trauma and American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, member Massachusetts Medical Society, Boston and American Medical associations, Society of
Clinical Surgery, American Urological Society, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, and Old South Church (Congregational),
Boston
Married September 5, 1895, Northampton, Mass , Abigail
Taylor Seelye (B M Smith 1889), daughter of Rev Laurenus Clark
Seelye,D D , LL D , and Henrietta Sheldon (Chapm) Seelye
Children Evarts Seelye, '18, Hilda Chapm (Mrs James Higgmson
Manning) Mrs Scudder died 1939
Death due to pneumonia Buried in Mahaiwe Cemetery, Great
Barrmgton, Mass Survived by children and four grandchildren
HENRY CARVER, B A 1883 Born December 12, 1860,
Doylestown, Pa , died July 11, 1949, Doylestown, Pa
Father, Elias Carver, a lawyer m Doylestown
WiUiston Academy Coxswain Dunham Blue four-oar crew,
Tennis Club, Kappa Sigma Epsilon
Attended School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 1883-84,
LL B University of Pennsylvania 1886, lawyer in Philadelphia 1886
until retirement 1904
Unmarried
Death due to heart disease Buried in Doylestown Cemetery
Survived by no immediate relatives
CLIFFORD DUDLEY HAM, B A 1883 Born January 2, 1861,
Detroit, Mich , died January 10, 1950, Akron, Ohio
Father, Moses Mason Ham, a newspaper man in Detroit, and
Dubuque, Iowa Mother, Helen (Tucker) Ham
Dubuque High School First dispute appointment Junior and
Senior years, Kappa Sigma Epsilon
On staff Dubuque Herald 1883-1903 (editor 1892-1903), provincial
treasurer and deputy collector of customs Manila, P I , 1903-8,
collector of customs Iloilo 1908-10, and surveyor Port of Manila 1910-
Yale College
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11, U S collector general of customs Managua, Nicaragua, 1911 until
retirement 1928, engaged in historical and literary work after retirement, military secretary to Governor Boies of Iowa 1890-93,
Lieutenant Colonel Iowa National Guard (served in Spanish-American War), author Report of the Collector-General of Customs,
translator Customs Tariff of Nicaragua, compiler Leyes de
Aduanas y Puertos, Comercio Maritimo y Buques de la Republica de
Nicaragua, member Military Order of the Spanish-American War,
Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish Society, and St Andrew's Episcopal
Church, Akron
Married June 28, 1892, Waterloo, Iowa, Mary Yaw Barber
Children Marian Barber (Mrs Eugene C Noyes), Cifford Dudley,
Jr (Class of 1928) Mrs Ham died 1946
Death due to bronchopneumonia
Survived by children, five
grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren
JULIUS TYLER ANDREWS DOOLITTLE, B A 1884 Born
October 18, 1861, Utica, N Y , died August 21, 1949, Whitestown,
NY
Father, Charles Hutchms Doohttle, LL D (B A Amherst 1836),
justice New York State Supreme Court, and mayor of Utica, son of
Harvey W Doolittle, M D , and Hanna (Hutchms) Doolittle
Mother,
Julia (Shearman) Doolittle, daughter of William Pitt and Maryette
(Andrews) Shearman Yale relatives include Samuel Andrews (B A
1759) (great-great-grandfather), Samuel J Andrews (B A 1785)
(great-grandfather), William S Doolittle (B A 1876) (brother), John
H Mann, f83 S , Frederick J Mann, '90 S (brothers-in-law),
Alfred C Coxe, '01, Lytton W Doolittle, '13 (nephews), Alfred C
Coxe, Jr (Class of 1936), Duncan H Doolittle, '43, Samuel H Coxe,
'43 (grandnephews), Douglas Tyler Putnam (Class of 1954) (grandson)
St Paul's School, Concord, N H
Second colloquy appointment
Junior year, president University Tennis Club Senior year (winner
Class tournament), editor Yale Daily News Senior year, Delta Kappa,
Psi Upsilon, Scroll and Key, Eta Phi
Teacher St Raul's School 1884-86, attended Columbia University
1886, lawyer m Utica 1887 until retirement 1921, special surrogate
Oneida County 1905, member Oneida County Bar Association and Grace
Episcopal Church, Utica
Married February 8, 1893, Utica, Sophia, daughter of James
Ford Mann (Class of 1859) and Emma Louise (Oberteuffer) Mann
Children Louise Shearman (died 1894), Maryette Andrews (Mrs
Archibald Douglass Russell), Sophia Mann (Mrs Samuel Robert
Campbell), Julia Tyler, the wife of Lyonel H Putnam, '24
Death due to tuberculosis Survived by wife, three daughters,
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ten grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren
CHARLES LABAN PARDEE, B A 1834 Born July 7, 1864,
New Haven, Conn , died July 23, 1949, New York City
Father, Charles Hezekiah Pardee (Class of 1854), a coach lace
manufacturer, New Haven, son of Laban and Mary (Thompson)
Pardee
Mother, Anna Eliza (Austin) Pardee, daughter of William
Porter and Eliza (Brockway) Austin Yale relatives include Mary
P Lamport (School of the Fine Arts 1888-90) (cousin), Pardee
Marshall, '35 (grandson)
Hopkins Grammar School Second colloquy appointment Senior
year, Delta Kappa, Psi Upsilon
B D Berkeley Divinity School 1887, minister Church of the
Nativity (Episcopal) and St Luke's Church, Bridgeport, 1887-89,
Christ Church, Stratford, Conn , 1889-91, St Andrew's Church,
Waverly, Ind , 1891-94, St Paul's Church, Kittannmg, Pa , 189496, St Andrew's Church, South Orange, N J , 1896-1909, St
Michael's Church, Naugatuck, Conn , 1909-15, corresponding secretary American Church Building Fund Commission 1915-46, secretary
House of Bishops 1922-40, secretary-treasurer Clergyman's Retiring Fund Society 1923-48, D D. Washington College 1913, author The
Way to the Altar, The Three Hour Service, The What and Why of Confirmation, editor Whittaker Sunday School magazines 1909 until about
1915, member Church of the Ascension, New York City
Married February 7, 1888, Farmmgton, Conn , Emilie Marie,
daughter of Leopold Rene and Marie Anna (VonLatum) Charpentier
Children Rene Mead, '10, Marie Anna (Mrs Robert Palmer Marshall),
Charles Laban, Jr
Mrs Pardee died 1942
Death due to acute heart failure
Buried in Kensico Cemetery,
Valhalla, N Y
Survived by children and three grandchildren
HENRY TWEEDY SHELTON, B A 1884 Born July 27, 1862,
Bridgeport, Conn , died April 10, 1950, Paris, France
Father, Henry Tweedy Shelton, son of Henry and Mary Ann
(Tweedy) Shelton Mother, Josephine (Lyon) Shelton* daughter of
Hanford and Hetty Ann (Thompson) Lyon Yale relatives include
Philo Shelton (B A 1775) (great-grandfather), George A Shelton
(B A 1820) (great-uncle)
Hopkins Grammar School First colloquy appointment Junior
year, second colloquy appointment Senior year, secretary University
Boat Club Junior year, Class Tennis Club, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, He
Boule, Psi Upsilon LL B magna cum laude 1886 (Junior honors,
Jewell prize Senior year)
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In office Townsend & Watrous, lawvers, New Haven, 1886-87, lawyer in Bridgeport 1887 until retirement about 1900 (member Stoddard,
Bishop & Shelton at retirement), member Bridgeport, Fairfield County,
and Connecticut State Bar associations, and St John's Episcopal Church,
Bridgeport
Married March 23, 1907, Washington, D C , Frances, daughter
of Edward Swift and Frances (Burch) Isham
Death due to uremia Buried m Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport
Survived by wife
LOUIS BENNETT BISHOP, B A 1886 Born June 5, 1865, Guilford, Conn , died April 3, 1950, Pasadena, Calif
Father, Timothy H Bishop (M D 1860) Mother, Jane Maria
(Bennett) Bishop Yale relatives include Jeremiah Curtis (B A 1724),
John Hotchkiss (B A 1748) (great-great-great-grandfathers), Gabriel
Hotchkiss (B A 1774), Frederick W Hotchkiss (B A 1778) (greatgreat-great-uncles), Seth Lewis (B A 1783), Timothy Bishop (B A
1796), (great-grandfathers), Oliver Lewis (B A 1780) (great-greatuncle), Lorenzo T Bennett (B A 1825), E Huggins Bishop (B A
1826) (grandfathers), Alexander H Bishop (B A 1830) (great-uncle),
A Louis Bishop (LL B 1857) (uncle), Herbert M Bishop, r90 (brother),
J Walcott Thompson (LL B 1897) (brother-in-law), Walcott B
Thompson, '28 (nephew)
Hopkins Grammar School First dispute appointment Junior year,
dissertation appointment Senior year, Class Tennis Club, Yale Society
of Natural History M D 1888
Interne New Haven Hospital 1889-90, house officer 1890-91,
physician New Haven 1892-1908 (specialized in pediatrics 1895-1908),
clinical assistant surgery Yale University 1893-95, clinical medicine
1895-99, instructor pediatrics 1899-1908, on staff New Haven Dispensary 1892-1908, on advisory board Peabody Museum of Natural History
1908-46, since 1908 devoted time to studying and collecting North
American birds (his collection of some 50,000 specimens housed in
Chicago Natural History Museum), contributed to ornithological publications, honorary research fellow Chicago Natural History Museum
and Los Angeles Museum of Natural History, fellow American Ornithologists Union, honorary fellow Cooper Ornithological Club of
California, member American Ornithological Society, American Association for Advancement of Science, Connecticut Academy of Arts and
Sciences, Washington Biological Society, New Haven and New Haven
County Medical associations, Connecticut State Medical Society, Society of the Cincinnati, Society of Colonial Wars, and All Saints'
Episcopal Church, Pasadena
Married July 16, 1910, Brooklyn, N Y , Leona Anna Bayles
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Sturtevant, daughter of Thomas Lloyd and Phoebe Ann (Dickenson)
Bayles Son Herbert Bennett (Class of 1935)
Death due to benign prostatic hypertrophy Buried in Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven Survived by wife, son, and one
grandchild
Dr Bishop gave land for a bird sanctuary in New Haven and
also a collection of North American birds' eggs and nests to
Peabody Museum
CHARLES BULKLEY JENNINGS, B A 1887 Born October
21, 1865, Fairfield, Conn , died May 9, 1950, Bridgeport, Conn
Father, Isaac Jennings, partner Jennings Brothers, manufacturers of hemp fibre ware, son of Abraham Gould and Anna (Burr)
Jennings Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Bulkley) Jennings, daughter of
Charles and Elizabeth (Beers) Bulkley Yale relatives include
Lewis B Jennings (B A 1847) (uncle), Walter Jennings (B A 1880),
Oliver G Jennings (B A 1887) (cousins), Samuel C Morehouse
(LL B 1885) (brother-in-law), Samuel Morehouse (B A 1922)
(nephew)
Bridgeport High School Dissertation appointment Junior and
Senior years, member The Pundits
With Jennings Brothers 1887-1904, managed estates 1904-10,
assistant treasurer Southport Savings Bank 1911-19, treasurer and
director 1919 until retirement January 1950, owner Henry H Perry
Insurance Agency, Southport, 1919-50, vice-president Fairfield
Memorial Library Company 1928-38, president 1938-47, treasurer
Oak Lawn Cemetery Association 1919-34, secretary-treasurer
Fairfield Cemetery Association 1909-50, secretary Gould Homestead
Summer Home for Women 1908-50, treasurer Wakeman Memorial
Association 1924-29, member Board of Equalization, Fairfield, and
Board of Zoning Appeals, attended Fairfield Congregational Church
(treasurer First Ecclesiastical Society 1902-38)
Married November 17, 1892, Fairfield, Mary Elizabeth, daughter
of Samuel and Angelme (Burr) Morehouse
Children Anne Elizabeth,
Marjorie Burr (died 1897) Mrs Jennings died 1943
Death due to carcinoma Buried in East Cemetery, Fairfield
Survived by one daughter
GEORGE DANIEL PETTEE, B A 1887 Born July 24, 1864,
Sharon, Mass , died October 30, 1949, Boston, Mass
Father, Daniel Webster Pettee, owner Pettee Company, general
merchandise, Sharon, son of Daniel and Adeline (Hewms) Pettee
Mother, Emily Frances (Allen) Pettee, daughter of Lemuel and Adeline
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(Fisher) Allen Yale relatives include Bernard M Allen, '92,
Philip R Allen, '96, Frederic W Allen, '00 (cousins), Dwight P
Colburn, '23, Lemuel G Pettee, Jr , '27 (nephews), Daniel S
Pettee, '51 (grandson)
Phillips-Andover
Second mathematical prize Freshman year,
high oration appointment Junior year, oration appointment Senior year,
Freshman Lacrosse Team, Class Tennis Club, editor Yale Banner
Senior year, The Pundits, Phi Beta Kappa M A 1896
Instructor mathematics Phillips-Andover 1887-1900 (secretary
faculty 1890-1900, registrar 1892-1900), principal University School,
Cleveland, 1900-1908, founder, and director Berkshire Hills schools,
Mount Washington and Great Barnngton, Mass , 1908-14, in father's
business 1914-20, real-estate operator Sharon 1920-28, started College
Club Inn, Searsport, Maine, summer 1917 and manager with wife 1928
until retirement 1942, author Plane Geometry, trustee East End School
Association, member Headmasters' Association and Roman Catholic
Church
Married August 27, 1888, New Haven, Rose Maria, daughter of
Danforth Otis and Frances Maria (Mathewson) Lombard
Children
Allen Danforth, '11, Frances Howard (B A Wellesley 1918), Ruth
(died m infancy), Harold (died in infancy) Mrs, Pettee died 1947
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Chestnut Hill Cemetery,
Sharon Survived b/two children, three grandchildren, and a brother,
L Gardner Pettee, '98
WALTER BRADLEY SHEPPARD, B A 1887 Born November 22,
1865, Penn Yan, N Y , died October 2, 1949, Denver, Colo
Father, George Ashbndge Sheppard, a farmer in Penn Yan, son
of Morris Fletcher Sheppard Mother, Antoinette (Bradley) Sheppard,
daughter of Walter Goodyear and Henrietta (Todd) Bradley
Williston Academy First colloquy appointment Junior year, second
dispute appointment Senior year, Freshman and University Baseball
teams, Gamma Nu, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Skull and Bones
Superintendent wheel manufacturing company, Penn Yan, 1887-91,
editor Penn Yan Democrat 1891-98, resided in Colorado since 1898,
newspaper editor Fort Collins 1900 until retirement 1903
Married January 29, 1889, Penn Yan, Margaret Reliance, daughter of George Henry Townsend and Margaret Pryor (Castner) Lapham
Ashes to be interred in Lake View Cemetery, Penn Yan Survived
by wife
HENRY HALL COVELL, B A 1888 Born September 8, 1862,
Chicago, 111 , died April 7, 1950, Bernardsville, N J
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Father, Charles Covell, in paint and oil business Rochester,
N Y , son of Myles and Almma (Miller) Covell Mother, Minerva
Jane (Smith) Covell, daughter of James and Percis (Bell) Smith
Yale relatives include a cousin, James S Havens, '84
Williston Academy Second colloquy appointment Junior and
Senior years, Second and University Glee clubs, College Choir,
Dunham Boat Club, Gamma Nu
M D Harvard 1892, house surgeon Rochester General Hospital 1892-93, physician in Rochester 1892 until retirement 1915,
secretary-treasurer Certified Milk Commission of Medical Association of Monroe County 1918-27, secretary-treasurer Scholarship
Fund, Yale Alumni Association of Rochester, 1913-29, secretary
Class of 1888, agent Yale War Memorial 1920, alternate member
Yale Alumni Board 1925-27, member 1927-39, trustee Baptist
Temple, Rochester, member Rochester, Monroe County, New York
State, Massachusetts, and American Medical associations, Rochester
Academy of Medicine, Rochester Pathological Society, American
Museum of Natural History, American Ornithological Union, American
Association for the Advancement of Science, Archaeological Institute
of America, National Association of Audubon Societies, and St John's
on the Mountain Church (Episcopal), Bernardsville
Married September 8, 1927, Rochester, Ethel Mary, daughter of
Robert and Anne (Meeson) Price
Buried m Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester
Survived by wife
ALFRED HAND, B A 1888 Born February 7, 1868, Scranton,
Pa , died September 1, 1949, Montrose, Pa
Father, Alfred Hand (B A 1857) Mother, Anna (Jessup) Hand
Yale relatives include Samuel Hunttmg (B A 1767) (great-grandfather), William Jessup (B A 1815) (grandfather), Horace E Hand,
'84, William J Hand, '«7, Miles T Hand (Class of 1893) (brothers),
William H Jessup (B.A 1849), Henry H Jessup (B A 1851),
Samuel Jessup (B A 1860), Huntting C Jessup (B A 1864) (uncles),
William J Chandler (B.A 1864), Alfred C Hand, '82, William H
Jessup, '84, Stuart D. Jessup, '91 (cousins)
School of the Lackawanna First dispute appointment Junior year,
second dispute appointment Senior year, Second Glee Club, chairman
Senior Promenade Committee, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Wolf's Head Ph B
1889 (Banjo Club)
M D University of Pennsylvania 1892, resident physician Children's
Hospital, Philadelphia, 1892-93 and German Hospital 1893-94, pediatrician in Philadelphia 1894-1949, assistant demonstrator pathological
histology Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
Yale College
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1896-99, professor pediatrics 1920-29, professor emeritus 1929-49,
on staff Methodist Episcopal Hospital, Widener Memorial School,
Drexel Children's Hospital, secretary Class of 1888 and Class agent,
chairman section on medicine Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, member Philadelphia Pediatric Society, elder Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1900-1949
Married June 6, 1899, Philadelphia, Louise, daughter of Eugene
Fayette and Phebe (Jenkins) Gregg Children Phebe, Alfred, Jr ,
'24, John Gregg, '25, Benjamin Chapman {Class of 1934)
Death due to myocardial failure
Buried m Montrose Cemetery
Survived by wife, children, and three grandchildren
THEODORE LOCKWOOD LEVERETT, B A 1888 Born
October 8, 1867, New York City, died November 30, 1949, Yonkers,
NY
Father, Josiah Salisbury Leverett, hardware commission merchant, New York City, son of John and Elizabeth (Salisbury) Leverett
Mother, Annie Matilda (Lockwood) Leverett, daughter of Rev Peter
Lockwood (B A 1817) and Matilda (Davenport) Lockwood Yale relatives include Abraham Davenport (B A 1732), Noah Welles (B A
1741) (great-great-grandfathers), James Davenport (B A 1732)
(great-great-great-uncle), John Davenport (B A 1770) (great-grandfather), Benjamin Welles (B A 1775), James Davenport (B A 1777) (great-great-uncles), John A Davenport (B A 1802) (great-uncle),
William Leverett (B A 1834), John D Lockwood (Class of 1848)
(uncles), John S Davenport (B A 1866) (cousin), John Leverett, '87,
William J Leverett, '91 (brothers)
Williston Academy First Berkeley Premium in Latin Composition Freshman year, high oration appointment Junior year, oration
appointment Senior year, Yale Assembly, University Chess Club, Phi
Beta Kappa
Teacher School of the Lackawanna, Scranton, Pa , 1888-89,
graduate Union Theological Seminary 1892, with Board of Home
Missions Presbyterian Church 1896-97, minister Presbyterian church
Nichols, N Y , 1892-93 and Ogdensburg 1901-2, minister Congregational and Christian churches Denmark and Deer River, N Y , 19028, Rensselaer Falls, 1908-10, Java, 1913-16, Black Creek 1916-18,
Chenango Forks 1918-25, Saugerties 1925-30, Macedonia parish,
Hoschton, Ga , 1931-34, and Woodbury, 1936 until retirement 1940,
member First Congregational Church, Daytona Beach, Fla
Unmarried
Death due to cardiorenal disease
Buried in Spring Forest
Cemetery, Binghamton, N Y
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DUNCAN SALISBURY MERWIN, B A 1888 Born June 5, 1866,
South Hadley Falls, Mass , died September 8, 1949, Niagara Falls,
Ontario
Father, Rev Samuel J M Merwin (B A 1839)
Mother,
Arethusa Esther (Salisbury) Merwin
Yale relatives include Samuel
Merwin (B A 1802) (grandfather), Timothy T. Merwin (B A 1827)
(uncle)
Phillips-Andover
First Berkeley Premium in Latin Composition
Freshman year, oration appointment Junior and Senior years, one-year
honors in ancient languages Senior year
B D 1892
Teacher Granby, Mass , 1888-89, organist United Church, New
Haven, Conn , 1891-93, First Congregational Church, Pasadena, Calif ,
1893-95, and Church of the Angels, Garvanza, Calif , ordained deacon
Episcopal church 1911 and minister churches in Diocese of Los Angeles
1912, organist Lincoln Avenue Methodist Church, Pasadena, 1920 until
retirement 1943 and Scottish Rite Cathedral, El Paso, 1925-29, 1932-38,
substitute organist at various churches since 1943, gave radio recitals
from Pasadena Presbyterian Church, owned and operated an orange ranch
m Pasadena 1893-1914, member Pasadena chapter American Guild of
Organists and chaplain Southern California chapter 1923-24, member All
Saints1 Episcopal Church, Pasadena
Married (1) April 25, 1898, Pasadena, Minnie Lee, daughter of
Edwin Booker and Elizabeth Frances (Childress) Collins
Mrs Merwin
died 1903 Married (2) November 9, 1904, Niagara Falls, Maude May
Slater (B A Umv Toronto 1898), daughter of Robert Peter and Mary
Lucretia (Lutz) Slater
Children Mary Ellen Ruhamah (B A Univ.
Toronto 1932, Yale School of Nursing 1932-34, Mrs McClelland Barry
Watson), Robert Duncan (B A Umv Toronto 1931, M D. 1940), Alice
Dorothy Amelia
Mrs Merwin died 1938
Buried in Fairview Cemetery,
Niagara Falls
Su-rvived by children and a grandson
HUBERT WETMORE WELLS, B A 1889 Born December 29,
1866,
Madison, Wis , died August 19, 1949, Chevy Chase, Md
Father, Lewis Gray Wells, manufacturer in Savannah, Ga , son
of Lewis Wheeler and Affa Maria (Gray) Wells
Mother, Mary Ellen
Hubbard (Wetmore) Wells, daughter of Chauncey and Rebecca (Hubbard)
Wetmore
Yale relatives include Philip P Wells, '89, Ernest H
Wells, '93, Chauncey W Wells, '96 (brothers), Rebecca Prescott
Wells (School of Fine Arts Class of 1884), Eleanor Munger Wells (cert
School of Fine Arts 1893) (sisters-m-law), Alliene W Treadwell, '91,
George Gray (LL D 1903), Albert Woodruff Gray, '04 (cousins), John
C Wells, Jr , '45W S , Douglas B Wells, f49 (grandsons)
J W Chenault's Preparatory School
Wesleyan University 1885-
Yale College
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86 Entered Yale College Sophomore year, first declamation and third
English composition prizes Sophomore year, first dispute appointment
Junior year, second dispute Senior year, Junior Exhibition speaker,
Class Orator, Class Crew, Second and University Glee clubs, College
Choir, chairman Yale Literary Magazine Senior year, Delta Kappa
Epsilon, Chi Delta Theta, Skull and Bones Yale Divinity School
1889-90
Principal Westville (Conn ) Grade School 1890-91, teacher
Hillhouse High School, New Haven, 1891-92, assistant minister Grace
Church (Episcopal), New York City, 1892-95, minister Christ Church,
Waltham, Mass , 1895-1900, St Andrew's Church, Wilmington, Del ,
1900-1913, Mariner's Church, Wilmington, 1914-15, manager employment and service Thilmany Pulp & Paper Company, Kaukauma, Wis ,
1916, deputy labor adviser Wisconsin State Council of Defense 1917,
associate national director U S Boys' Working Reserve, Washington,
1916-18, secretary Y.M C A 1919 (instructor Army Educational
Corps, University of Beaune, France), vocational director James W
Elliott's business builders, New York City, 1919-22, secretary-treasurer Guarantee Goods Corporation 1923-24, editorial work American Periodical Literature 1924-27, in real-estate business New York
City 1927-29, superintendent Home for the Blind 1929-33, secretary
Kemwell Associates 1933-35, associate field and legislative director
National Child Labor Committee 1935-38, editorial research work for
anthology of works of Quintus Horatius Flavius (modern library) 193542, m defense work Bellanca Aircraft Corporation, New Castle, Del ,
1944-45, Delaware representative Babson's Reports, Inc , 1945 until
retirement 1947, author For Mine Own People, The Face and the Cross,
Talks with Jackie, field secretary American Child Life, Philadelphia,
1914, member Masonic order and Christ Church (Episcopal), Delaware
City, Del
Married (1) December 25, 1890, New York City, Lucy Tuttle,
daughter of Henry Martyn and Lucy (Tuttle) Colton Children Colton
Wetmore (died 1894), Margaret Colton (Mrs C Colden Miller),
John Colton (Class of 1919, died 1929), Kathenne (Mrs James M
Wmfield), Mary Wetmore (Mrs Francis Compton) Mr and Mrs
Wells were divorced 1918 Married (2) March 1920, Esther Michael
Mrs Wells died 1933. Married (3) July 8, 1944, Delaware City,
Rose Standish Sliney Davidson, daughter of William Franklin and
Harriet (Heald) Sliney
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery,
Washington, D C Survived by wife (died 1951), three daughters,
eight grandchildren, and a half brother, James L Wells
GEORGE WILLIAM GEDNEY, B A 1890. Born May 17, 1868,
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Newburgh, N Y , died August 15, 1949, Glen Ridge, N J
Father, George Washington Gedney, in transportation business
Dutchess Junction, N Y , son of William H Gedney, M D , and
Eleanor (Smith) Gedney Mother, Mary (Wygant) Gedney, daughter
of Cornelius and Mary Deborah Harcourt (Pmkney) Wygant
The Siglar School High oration appointment Junior and Senior
years, Phi Beta Kappa
LL.B Albany Law School 1892, lawyer in New York City 1892-94,
in charge estates and investment counselor in New York 1894 until
retirement 1938, member Society of Colonial Wars, Society of Founders
and Patriots of New Jersey, and Sons of the American Revolution
Married June 6, 1896, Montclair, Lida Adelia, daughter of Samuel
Ayres and Josephine Augusta (Gilbert) Cokefair
Daughter Constance
Elizabeth (New Jersey Coll Women 1921-23, Mrs Edwin Scobie Baker).
Death due to arteriosclerosis
Buried in Bloomfield (N J ) Cemetery Survived by wife, daughter, a grandson, and a sister, Mrs George
Allan of Norwalk, Conn
ALLIENE WETMORE TREADWELL, B A 1891 Born January
3, 1869, New Haven, Conn , died January 16, 1950, San Diego, Calif
Father, George E Treadwell (B A 1865, LL B 1867) Mother,
Caroline Tudor (Wetmore) Treadwell Yale relatives include John
Treadwell (B A 1767) (great-great-grandfather), Oliver W Treadwell
(M A Hon 1861) (grandfather), Hubert W Wells, '89 (cousin)
Hopkins Grammar School Dunham Boat Club
Part owner and vice-president New Castle (Pa ) News 1891-1950,
reporter New York Herald 1893-94, organizer, and president Treadwell
News Company, New Castle, 1895-1931, studied law in office of Harry
K Gregory, New Castle, 1907-10, lawyer in New Castle 1910-14 and
San Diego 1914-50 (partner Treadwell & Griffin at time of death), a
founder, and president Yale Alumni Association of San Diego 1926-32,
secretary-treasurer 1935-38, first vice-president Yale Club of Southern California 1925-27, member Masonic order and Trinity Episcopal
Church, New Castle
Married (1) June 27, 1895, New Castle, Bright, daughter of Daniel
McClure and Louisa (TenBroeck) Smith Children Louise TenBroeck
(Lake Erie Coll 1914-16, Mrs Spencer Tracy), Eleanor Wetmore
(B S Umv Michigan 1928, Mrs Kenneth Turner Payson)
Mrs
Treadwell died 1918 Married (2) August 6, 1915, Los Angeles, Edna
Ritchey, daughter of Benjamin Milton and Laura Eva (Cubbison)
Love
Buried in Greenwood Mausoleum,
San Diego Survived by wife, children, four grandchildren, and a
sister, Mrs James T Ray
Yale College
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BERNARD MELZAR ALLEN, B A 1892 Born December 19,
1869, Walpole, Mass , died September 14, 1949, Cheshire, Conn
Father, Melzar Waterman Allen, contractor and builder, Walpole,
son of Lemuel and Adeline (Fisher) Allen
Mother, Martha (Metcalf)
Allen, daughter of Joseph Addison and Chloe Fale (Adams) Metcalf
Yale relatives include Frederic W Allen, '00 (brother), John L Keedy,
'93 D. (brother-in-law), George D Pettee, f87, L Gardner Pettee, '98
(cousins), Philip K Allen, '33 (nephew)
Phillips-Andover
First Berkeley Premium in Latin Composition
Freshman year, second DeForest Mathematical Prize Freshman and
Sophomore years, second Lucius F Robinson Latin Prize and third
prize in English composition Sophomore year, philosophical oration
appointment and second Winthrop Prize Junior year, first Lucius F
Robinson Latin Prize, oration appointment, and two-year honors in
political science, history, and law Senior year, salutatorian, Phi Beta
Kappa, awarded B A cum laude
Teacher The Siglar School, Newburgh, N Y , 1892-93, instructor
in Latin Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass , 1893-1919, head Latin
department Cheshire Academy 1919 until retirement 1945, justice of
the peace Cheshire 1927-28 and member Board of Education, author
Augustus Caesar, coauthor Second Year Latin, Latin Composition,
Latin Word Lists, president Romance Language Association of America,
member American Philological Association, deacon First Church (Congregational), Cheshire
Married September 4, 1894, New Haven, Conn , Emma Neva
Hotchkiss
Children Winthrop Hotchkiss (Class of 1917, died 1916),
Elizabeth Mae (cert Wellesley 1917, Mrs Walter Kerr Belknap), Ruth
Emily Hotchkiss (Smith 1918-19), the wife of Kent T Healy (M A Hon
1945), Daniel, '26, Robert Melzar (Class of 1936) Mrs Allen died June
1949
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery,
New Haven
Survived by four children, eleven grandchildren, a greatgrandson, a sister, Mrs John L Keedy, and two brothers, Charles
Metcalf Allen and Philip R Allen, '96
STANLEY GANO BURT, B A 1892 Born May 31, 1870,
Cincinnati, Ohio, died April 29, 1950, Stuart, Fla
Father, Pitts H Burt (B A 1859) Mother, Kathenne Winifred
(Thomson) Burt
Yale relatives include an uncle, Andrew S Burt
(Class of 1861)
Franklin School, Cincinnati
First colloquy appointment Junior
year, second dispute appointment Senior year
Studied ceramics in Germany 1892-93, chief chemist, secretary,
and general superintendent Rookwood Pottery Company, Cincinnati,
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1894 until retirement 1931 (awarded silver medal QParis^ and gold
medal £St Louis3), charter member American Ceramic Society
(treasurer 1899-1906, president 1907), director English Speaking
Union, member Cincinnati Home Guard and Masonic order
Married March 1, 1910, Cincinnati, Edith, daughter of Joseph
John and Anna (Rogers) Noonan
Death due to chronic myocarditis Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati Survived by wife
WILBUR PARKHURST FISH, B A 1892 Born February 22,
1869, Sagmaw, Mich , died October 2, 1949, Geneseo, N Y
Father, Wilbur Wheeler Fish,dry-goods merchant, Elmira,
N Y , son of Joseph H and Lucia (Field) Fish Mother, Eliza Ford
(Parkhurst) Fish, daughter of Dr Curtis Parkhurst and Jane Ann
(Kasson) Parkhurst
Hopkins Grammar School Second dispute appointment Junior and
Senior years, Junior Exhibition Speaker, winner second place University
Tennis Tournament Senior year, winner Class Tournament
Studied law in office of Judge John Foster Parkhurst, Bath, N Y ,
and took special courses at Cornell University 1892-95, lawyer in Bath
1895-1910, U S loan commissioner 1897-1909, with New York State
Tax Department 1910 until retirement 1936 (mortgage tax examiner
1927-36), member Park Presbyterian Church, Elmira
Married (1) September 4, 1894, Bath, Susan Dudley, daughter of
Edwin Lawrence and Augusta Ellen (Bull) Church Children Eleanor
(Mrs Arthur S Burrell), Howell Church (B.S United States Naval
Academy 1924) Mrs Fish died 1911 Married (2) February 6, 1914
Albany, Valentma, daughter of Valentine' and Mary (Cunningham)
Brother Daughter Barbara (B A Sweet Briar 1938, Mrs Herman
Max Schiebel)
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Grove Cemetery, Bath
Survived by wife, children, one grandson, and a brother, Edwin Cook
Fish
DANIEL TRUMBULL HUNTINGTON, B A 1892 Born August
4, 1868, Norwich, Conn , died May 1, 1950, Wellesley, Mass
Father, Col Robert Watkmson Huntmgton, U S.M C , Ret
(B A Trinity 1864), son of Samuel Howard and Sarah Blair (Watkinson)
Huntmgton Mother, Jane Lathrop (Trumbull) Huntmgton, daughter
of Daniel Lathrop and Alexandrine Navarre (Wilson) Trumbull Yale
relatives include Henry W Huntmgton (B.A. 1811) (great-uncle),
Samuel Huntmgton <B A 1863), Henry K Huntmgton (Class of 1866)
(uncles), Robert W Huntmgton (B A 1889) (brother), Howard Hunting-
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ton, '92, Augustus Z Huntington, '95 S , Richard H Cole, '02, Francis
W Cole, '04 (cousins), Robert W Huntington, Jr , '28, John W
Huntington, '32 (nephews), Mary W. Huntington Shaw (B N 1934) (niece)
Collins Street Classical School, Hartford, Conn First colloquy
appointment Senior year, He Boule, Psi Upsilon, Chi Delta Theta
General Theological Seminary 1892-93, Berkeley Divinity School
1893-95 (B.D 1895), missionary General Board of Missions of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in China 1895 until retirement 1940, in
charge district Normal School, Hankow, 1895-1902; established, and
head of trade school for boys at Ichang 1901-11, bishop-elect of Anking
1911, bishop 1912-40, vice-chairman Famine Relief Committee, Anhwei
Province, author Primer (Chinese), History of Diocese of Anking,
translated into Chinese The Practice of the Presence of God, and many
articles, D D Berkeley Divinity School 1912, director China Sunday
School Union, member St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Wellesley
Married December 7, 1916, Anking, Virginia Ethel Haist (B A
Northwestern 1912), daughter of Rev Frederick William Haist and May
F (Brubaker) Haist Children Jane Trumbull (Gmlmg Coll 1936-3 7,
Radcliffe 1937-39, Mrs Manuel Werner), Mary Champion (Smith 1937-38),
Jonathan Trumbull (M A Boston Umv 1950), Elizabeth Catherine (Boston
Umv 1949-50)
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery,
Welle sley Survived by wife, children, and six grandchildren
PIERRE JAY, B A 1892 Born May 4, 1870, Warwick, N Y ,
died November 24, 1949, New York City
Father, Rev Peter Augustus Jay (B A Columbia 1863), an
Episcopal minister, son of John Clarkson and Laura (Prime) Jay
Mother, Julia (Post) Jay, daughter of Alfred Charles Post, LL D , and
Harriet (Beers) Post
Yale relatives include William Livingston (B A
1741) (great-great-great-grandfather), Peter vanB Livingston (B A
1731), John Livingston (B A 1733), Philip Livingston (B A 1737)
(great-great-great-great-uncles), William Jay (B A 1807) (greatgreat-great-uncle), Peter A Jay (M A Hon 1798) (great-grandfather),
John Jay, '98 (brother), Alexander Jay Bruen, '78, Rudolf Wurts, '78,
John Wurts, '78, Charles P Wurts, '80, Alexander J Wurts, '83 S ,
P Jay Wurts, '91 S (cousins)
Groton School Second colloquy appointment Junior and Senior
years, editor Yale Daily News Junior year (financial edifor Senior year)
and Yale Courant Senior year, editor and business manager Yale Alumni
Weekly, president Berkeley Association Senior year, He Boule, Psi
Upsilon, Skull and Bones
Traveled abroad 1892-93 and 1895, with New York Commercial
Company 1893 and West Side Construction Company 1894, secretary-
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treasurer St Paul & Duluth Railroad Company, New York City, 1896,
president Second Avenue and Central Cross Town Railroad companies,
New York City, 1897-99, with Strong, Sturges & Company, bankers and
brokers, New York City, 1899-1900, in charge bond department Post &
Flagg, New York City, 1899-1903, vice-president Old Colony Trust
Company, Boston, 1903-06, Bank Commissioner of Massachusetts 190609, vice-president Manhattan Company, New York City, 1909-14, Federal
reserve agent and director Federal Reserve Bank of New York 1914-26,
member transfer committee and deputy agent general for reparation payments under Dawes Plan 1927-30, chairman board Fiduciary Trust Company, New York City, 1930 until retirement 1945, honorary chairman
1945 until resignation 1949, M A Hon Yale 1917, commander Legion of
Honor (France), trustee Groton School, Barnard College, American Academy m Rome, president board of trustees Brearley School, vice-president finance committee Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of
America 1940, national treasurer Russian War Relief, Inc 1941, member
Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, New York Board of Education,
and New York National Guard
Married November 23, 1897, New York City, Louisa Shaw, daughter
of Francis Channing and Ellen (Shaw) Barlow Children Ellen (Bryn
Mawr 1917-21, Mrs Lloyd Kirkham Garrison), Anna Maricka (B A
Bryn Mawr 1922, Mrs Alexander Duer Harvey), Frances (B A Bryn
Mawr 1926), Louisa (Bryn Mawr 1925-26, Mrs Jay deVegh)
Buried in Jay Cemetery, Rye, N Y
Survived by wife, children,
seven grandchildren, and a sister, Miss Mary Rutherford Jay
FRANK JULIAN PRICE, B A 1892 Born February 3, 1870,
Brooklyn, N Y , died March 4, 1950, New York City
Father, George Allan Price, chairman board Lamson & Hubbard
Corporation, furs and women's apparel, Brooklyn, son of William and
Jane Gray (Dunbar) Price Mother, Adelaide Augusta (Wentz) Price,
daughter of William and Beulah Rose (Williams) Wentz Yale relatives
include a nephew, Allan M Price, '18
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Third prize in English composition
Sophomore year, first colloquy appointment Junior and Senior years,
editor Yale Record Junior year and Yale Literary Magazine Senior year,
University Glee Club, College Choir, Class Historian, He Boule, Psi
Upsilon, Chi Delta Theta, Skull and Bones.
LL B New York Law School 1895, lawyer New York City 1895-1926,
member New York State legislature 1899-1901, assistant corporation
counsel New York City 1911-18, attorney for State comptroller Kings
County 1903-7, vice-president and chairman board Lamson & Hubbard
Corporation (Boston and Brooklyn) 1926 until retirement 1948
Unmarried
Yale College
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Death due to carcinoma
Ashes interred in Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn Survived by a brother, Henry Allan Price
HOMER THRALL JOY, B A 1893 Born December 9, 1872,
Newark, N J , died October 9, 1949, New York City
Father, Edmund Lewis Joy (B A Umv Rochester 1856), lawyer in
Newark, son of Charles and Harriet (Shaw) Joy Mother, Theresa Rugg
(Thrall) Joy, daughter of Homer Loveland Thrall, M D , and Parthema
(Rugg) Thrall Yale relatives include Robert D Martin, '80, Michael
M van Beuren (Class of 1896), Frederick T van Beuren, Jr , '98
(brothers-in-law), Frederick T van Beuren, 3d, '29 S , Michael M
van Beuren, 2d (Class of 1934 S ) (nephews)
Newark Academy Second colloquy appointment Senior year,
Second Banjo Club
M D Columbia 1896, interne Bellevue Hospital, New York City,
1896-97, house physician 1898, house surgeon 1898-1900, physician,
specializing in internal medicine, New York City, 1900-1916, Santa Fe,
N Mex , 1916-17, Redlands, Calif , 1917-24, and Colorado Springs
1924 until retirement 1933, on staff Roosevelt and Presbyterian hospitals.
New York City, and Redlands (Calif ) Hospital and honorary medical staff
Morristown (N J ) Memorial Hospital, New York State examiner in lunacy,
medical examiner Equitable Life Assurance Society 1900-1907, medical
director Eastern Life Insurance Company 1907-8, on medical advisory
board San Bernardino County, Calif , World War I, president Society of
Alumni of Bellevue Hospital 1944-45, associate member Morris County
(N J ) Medical Society, member New York, California, Colorado, and
New Mexico Medical societies, New York Academy of Medicine, Society
of Colonial Wars, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States,
and Sons of the Revolution, attended Episcopal Church
Married (1) November 9, 1905, New York City, Elizabeth Josephine,
daughter of Frederick Theodore and Elizabeth Anne (Potter) van Beuren
Children Homer van Beuren, '29 S , and Frederick van Beuren, '34,
'37 L Mrs. Joy died 1926 Married (2) January 26, 1928, Morristown,
Elizabeth Sayre Fitz Randolph Ballard, daughter of James and Jennie
Weston (Sayre) Fitz Randolph
Death due to postoperative shock Buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetery,
Newark Survived by wife, children, two grandchildren, a stepdaughter,
Mrs E Laurence Springer, and a stepson, William Fitz Randolph Ballard
HARRY SELDEN VAILE, B A 1893 Born April 22, 1871,
Columbus, Ohio, died December 12, 1949, Lemon Grove, Calif
Father, Edwin Orlando Vaile (Univ Michigan 1865-66), teacher,
and editor and publisher of school journals, Oak Park, 111 , son of
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Jonathan and Elizabeth (Estabrook) Vaile
Mother, Emma L (Bramard)
Vaile, daughter of Calvin C and Sophia (Fitch) Bramard
Yale relatives
include William W Bramard, '04, Frank S Bramard, '10 (cousins)
Oak Park High School
First Berkeley Premium Freshman year,
philosophical oration appointment Junior and Senior years, Yale Union,
Phi Beta Kappa
With Chicago school system 1893 until retirement 1936 ^teacher
Chicago High School 1893-94, Hyde Park High School 1894-1910, principal
John Crerar School 1910-12, Froebel Day and Evening School 1912-15,
Gladstone School 1915-21, Julia Ward Howe School 1921-31, Jacob Rns
School 1931-36), member University Church of Disciples of Christ,
Chicago
Married June 29, 1896, Maywood, 111 , Carrie Adeline Merrill (Univ
Minnesota 1893-94), daughter of Franklin Hazen and Harriet Edith
(Herrmgshaw) Merrill
Children Adeline Elizabeth (Ph B Univ Chicago
1924, Mrs Edwin Elliott Smeeth), Edwin Merrill (B A Oberlin 1928)
Mrs Vaile died 1937
Death due to generalized arteriosclerosis
Ashes scattered in Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, 111 Survived by children, one grandchild,
a sister, Mrs Florence Vaile Hall, and two brothers, Robert Bramard
Vaile and Edwin O Vaile, Jr , '01
WALTER DWIGHT WILCOX, B A 1893
Born September 24, 1869,
Chicago, 111 , died July 18, 1949, Chevy Chase, Md
Father, Sextus Newel Wilcox, lumber merchant in Chicago
Mother,
Sarah (Adams) Wilcox, daughter of Rev Henry Adams and Sophia (Field)
Adams
Phillips-Andover
First colloquy appointment Junior and Senior
years, Alpha Delta Phi
Studied science in Washington, D C , 1893-94, on expedition in
Canadian Rockies 1894-95, engaged in photography and writing Hawaiian
Islands summer 1897 and in photography for Sportsman, Arts and Decoration, Town and Country, Good Housekeeping 1933-36, made first art
photographs of Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, 1933, developed timberlands near Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1904-45, photographer National Park Service 1936-42, discovered pass between North Saskatchewan and Athabasca
rivers which was named Wilcox Pass, author Guide-Book to the Lake
Louise Region, Camping in the Canadian Rockies, The Source of Saskatchewan, Picturesque Landscapes in the Canadian Rocky Mountains,
Caoba the Mahogany Tree, Rockies of Canada, on staff General H H
Morgan representing War Trade, Fuel and Shipping boards 1918-19,
president Trail Riders of Canada 1931-33, second vice-president Yale
Alumni Association of Washington 1914-15, secretary American Alpine
Club 1920, fellow Royal Geographical Society, associate member
Yale College
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Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, honorary member Alpine
Club of Canada (chairman New York section 1933)
Married November 27, 1901, in Cincinnati, Annie White, daughter
of Franklin Hey and Annie (Riland) Lawson Son Walter Dwight, Jr
(died 1910)
Death due to a concussion Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington Survived by wife (died 1950)
WILLIAM GENUNG CHASE, B A 1894 Born February 19, 1869,
Jerusalem, N Y , died May 13, 1950, Bridgeport, Conn
Father, Allen Birdsall Chase, a merchant in Lakemont, N Y , son
of John and Adeline (Robinson) Chase Mother, Sarah Maria (Genung)
Chase, daughter of William and Bethana (Sisson) Genung
Starkey Seminary, Eddytown, N Y
Oration appointment Junior and
Senior years
Teacher Starkey Seminary 1894-95 and Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, 1895-96, headmaster Flushing (N Y ) Institute 1896-97, re-established Selleck School (name changed to Norwalk University School) 18971902, stock and bond salesman in Massachusetts for a New York financial
concern 1902-3, organized Chase School for Boys, Bridgeport, 1904-7,
owner Lyon & Chase, manufacturing stationers, New York City, 1907 until retirement 1942 (in New York City 1907-15 and Bridgeport 1915-42),
corporal Connecticut State Guard, librarian First Methodist Church of
Bridgeport
Married July 28, 1896, Bridgeport, Alma Louise, daughter of James
Willis and Jane Ann (Fox) Lyon Daughter Erma Vivian (Mrs John
Harold Venman)
Buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery,
Bridgeport
Survived by wife, daughter, and four grandchildren
WALTER BARNES CRUTTENDEN, B A 1894 Born January 27,
1873, East River, Conn , died September 5, 1949, near Pittsfield, Mass
Father, Samuel Dudley Cruttenden of Madison, Conn , son of Eber
Dudley and Olive (Dudley) Cruttenden Mother, Rhoda Barnes (Chittenden) Cruttenden
Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn Oration appointment Junior
and Senior years LL B 1896 (vice-president Kent Club, Phi Alpha
Delta), LL M 1897
Lawyer in New Haven 1897-1900, examiner underwriting department
National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford 1900-1906, special agent
and adjuster 1906-12, special agent and adjuster Springfield Fire &
Marine Insurance Company 1912-19, assistant secretary 1919-24, vicepresident 1925-40, president 1940 until retirement 1947, chairman of
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board 1947-49, member National Board of Fire Underwriters and
Third Congregational Church, Guilford, Conn
Married June 15, 1904, Menden, Conn , Mane Ella Hmsdale
Death due to heart attack
Buried in Meriden, Conn Survived
by wife
GEORGE FRANCIS EATON, B A 1894 Born May 30, 1872,
New Haven, Conn , died November 6, 1949, Groton, Conn
Father, Daniel C Eaton (B A 1857) Mother, Caroline
(Ketcham) Eaton (cert School of the Fine Arts 1898) Yale relatives include William P Ketcham (B A. 1862) (uncle), Thorvald
F H Tenney (Class of 1915 S ) (nephew)
Hopkins Grammar School Dissertation appointment Junior and
Senior years, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Psi Upsilon Ph D 1898
(Sigma Xi)
Assistant in osteology Yale University 1898-99, instructor comparative osteology 1899-1919, curator osteology 1902-20, associate
curator paleontology 1904-20, osteologist Yale Peruvian Expedition
1912, secretary Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 1905 until
retirement 1946 (editor publications 1916-46), exhibited first r e s toration of a prehistoric animal at St Louis World's Fair (gold
medal awarded to Yale), invited to Congres International des Americanistes m Gothenburg 1924, author Collections of Osteological
Material from Machu Picchu, Osteology of Pteranodon, contributed
to American Journal of Science and other publications, Lieutenant
Connecticut Naval Militia, Spanish-American War, and U S Naval
Reserve Force 1917-19, member Society of Colonial Wars, Paleontological Society, American Anthropological Society, American
Geographical Society, American Society of Naturalists, and American Association for the Advancement of Science
Married October 24, 1899, Branford, Conn , Julia Henrietta
Hammer (Vassar 1886-88, Yale School of the Fine Arts Class of
1899), daughter of Thorvald Frederick and Delphma (Lundsteen)
Hammer
Children Frederick Selden, '23, and Richard Lawrence,
'30 Mrs Eaton died 1920
Death due to cerebral thrombosis Buried in Center Cemetery,
Branford
Survived by children and a grandson
FRED D GALLUP, B A 1894 Born June 16, 1872, Smethport, Pa , died December 25, 1949, Bradford, Pa
Father, William Dennison Gallup, a merchant in Smethport, son
of Daniel and Luciana (Dennison) Gallup. Mother, Harriet Elizabeth
(Shepard) Gallup, daughter of Darius V and Sarah Abigail (Barret)
Yale College
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Shepard Yale relatives include a daughter-in-law, Harriet Robbins
Gallup (Law School 1933-34)
Smethport High School, Trinity College (Conn ) 1890-92
Entered
Yale Junior year, second dispute appointment and one-year honors in
political science and law Senior year, University Orchestral Club
Clerk in law office of Joseph W Bouton 1894-96, lawyer in Smethport 1896-1920 and Bradford 1921-49 (senior partner with son and
son-in-law in Gallup, Potter & Gallup), solicitor for McKean County
1919-20, 1922-49 and school director 1900-1915, solicitor Pennsylvania
Railroad Company 1907-49, general counsel Interstate Window Glass
Company, Bradford, 1919-22, trust officer Hamlm Bank and Trust
Company, Smethport, secretary-treasurer Smethport Gas Company
1915-45, president Smethport Water Company 1929-49, secretary Board
of Examiners for Admission to Practice 1896-1903 and 1925-49, member
McKean County Bar Association (president 1942-49), Masonic order,
and Church of the Ascension (Episcopal), Bradford
Married September 22, 1896, Smethport, Margaret Mary, daughter of James A and Julia (Fox) McKean Children Marion Gertrude
(Mrs Ernest Gurdon Potter), William Dennison, '26, '34L
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Willowdale Cemetery,
Bradford
Survived by wife, children, eight grandchildren, and a
sister, Mrs J Scott Walker
CHARLES NELSON HULBURT, B A 1894 Born December 12,
1873, Norwich, Conn , died May 2, 1950, Weehawken, N J
Father, Charles Henry Hulburt, councilman and street commissioner, Norwich, son of Henry Hancock and Emelme (Field) Hulburt
Mother, Caroline Maria (Kibbe) Hulburt, daughter of Alvm and Hannah
(Aborn) Kibbe
Norwich Free Academy Second dispute appointment Junior year,
first colloquy appointment Senior year, Beta Theta Pi
Studied law in Norwich 1894-97, lawyer in Bridgeport and Greenwich, Conn , 1897-99, city editor Morning News, New Haven, Conn ,
1899-1900, reporter New York World 1900, with New York American
1900-1905, New York Sun 1905-17, and Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1917-18,
with McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York City, 1918-32
(assistant editor Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering 1918-25,
assistant to editorial director of the company 1925-29, assistant
editor Engineering News-Record 1929-32) and Braunworth & Company,
publishers, Brooklyn, 1933-34, successively with New York American
and New York Times 1934 until retirement 1937, author Liquor Laws
of Connecticut and Abstracts of Decisions Thereon, member Masonic
order and Methodist church
Married (1) September 7, 1902, Brooklyn, Grace Virginia, daughter
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of David and Harriet (Lounsbury) Evans Son Paul Kibbe Mrs
Hulburt died 1903 Married (2) February 4, 1930, Weehawken,
Lilly Anna, daughter of Niels Henry and Mary (Jorgensen) Nielsen
Death due to myocardial infarction
Ashes interred in Yantic
Cemetery, Norwich Survived by wife, son, a grandson, and a
brother, Clarence Kibbe Hulburt
LAWRENCE BULLARD JONES, B A 1894 Born January 8,
1872, Fitchburg, Mass , died March 8, 1950, Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Father, Rev Henry Lawrence Jones, S T D (B A Columbia
1858, M A 1861), minister St Stephen's Episcopal Church, WilkesBarre, son of Rev Lot Jones, D D , and Lucy Ann (Bullard) Jones
Mother, Sarah Eastman (Coffin) Jones, daughter of Samuel and
Harriet (Eastman) Coffin
Yale relatives include two brothers,
Carleton C Jones, '98, Paul Jones, '02
Harry Hillman Academy Second colloquy appointment Junior
year, first colloquy appointment Senior year, coxswain Freshman
and Class crews, editor Yale Daily News Junior and Senior years,
Alpha Delta Phi
Studied law in Wilkes-Barre 1894-96 and lawyer there 18961950, member Wilkes-Barre Common Council 1907-13 (president
1909-13), vice-president Yale Alumni Association of Wyoming Valley
1922, president 1923-24, member St Stephen's Episcopal Church,
Wilkes-Barre
Married June 15, 1899, Wilkes-Barre, Martha Phelps, daughter of George Slocum and Ellen Woodward (Nelson) Bennett
Sons
Henry Lawrence, 2d (B A Wesleyan 1923), George Bennett, Nelson
(died 1923)
Death due to a heart attack Buried in Forty Fort (Pa ) Cemetery Survived by wife, two sons, two grandchildren, one greatgrandchild, and a sister, Mrs James Pryor Williamson
OLIVER CLAYTON MOSMAN, B A 1894 Born September 27,
1870-, St Joseph, Mo , died May 20, 1950, Kansas City, Mo
Father, Chesley Augustus Mosman, lawyer in St Joseph, son of
John L and Mary Jane (Graham) Mosman Mother, Rocelia (Norton)
Mosman, daughter of Burroughs and Margaret (Weber) Norton
Norwich Free Academy Alpha Delta Phi
New York Law School 1894-96, lawyer Kansas City 1896 until
retirement 1948 (partner Mosman, Rogers, Field & Gentry at r e t i r e ment), attorney The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford 190819, member Kansas City and Missouri State Bar associations and Sons
of the American Revolution
Yale College
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Married June 29, 1898, Chicago, Cornelia, daughter of Lewis
Morton and Seba (Moulton) Barber
Children Oliver Clayton, Jr ,
'23, Phoebe (Sorbonne 1927-30, Mrs Thomas Orton Harrington)
Death due fo uremia
Buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas
City Survived by wife, children, a sister, Mrs Fred W Sweney,
and a brother, Burroughs N Mosman (Class of 1899)
ANSEL PHELPS, B A 1894
Born December 15, 1872,
Brooklyn, N Y , died February 24, 1950, New York City
Father, Charles Phelps, wholesale dry-goods merchant,
Brooklyn Mother, Helen Minerva (Stowe) Phelps Yale relatives
include a nephew, Stowe C Phelps, '39
Brooklyn Latin School First colloquy appointment Senior year,
Psi Upsilon
With Moffat & White, bankers, New York City, 1895-1902,
broker in New York City 1902 until retirement 1940 (partner Phelps
& McKee at retirement), on board of managers East Side Settlement
House, member New York National Guard, New York Stock Exchange,
and St James Protestant Episcopal Church, New York City
Married June 1, 1905, New York City, Georgiana L , daughter
of John Christopher and Georgiana (Heckscher) Wilmerding
Death due to a stroke
Buried m Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn
Survived by wife and a brother, Stowe Phelps, '90
ANDREW SANFORD TAYLOR, B A 1894 Born September
28, 1867, South Orange, N J , died November 20, 1949, Stamford,
Conn
Father, Lewis Pier son Taylor, surveyor and land agent South
Orange, son of Ira and Samantha (Beach) Taylor
Mother, Jennie
Clinton (Stephens) Taylor, daughter of George Clinton and Martha
Sipp (Benjamin) Stephens
Phillips-Andover
Second colloquy appointment Senior year,
Yale Union
Attended New York Law School and studied law in Newark 189497, lawyer in Newark 1897-1915, police justice South Orange 18971905, magazine editor Pleasantville, N Y , engaged in writing since
about 1920, on motion picture committee South Orange Home and
School Association, member South Orange Board of Education and
First Presbyterian Church
Unmarried
Death due to uremia
Ashes interred in Rosedale Cemetery,
Orange Survived by two sisters, the Misses Louise Clinton and
Elizabeth Berdan Taylor, and a brother, Frederic Beach Taylor
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(Class of 1895, died June 28, 1950)
HARRY LITTLE WELCH, B A 1894 Born November 6, 1872,
Wmsted, Conn , died November 6, 1949, New Haven, Conn
Father, William C Welch (M D 1877) Mother, Elizabeth
Maria (Little) Welch Yale relatives include Benjamin Welch (M D
Hon 1838) (great-grandfather), Benjamin Welch (M D 1823),
William W Welch (M D 1839), Myron R Hubbard (M D 1840)
(great-uncles), John B Welch (M D 1860), Edward H Welch (M D
1876) (uncles), William B Ely, '04 (cousin)
Birmingham High School, Derby, Conn Yale Union, Zeta Psi
M D 1897 (president Senior class)
Interne New York City Hospital, Blackwell's Island, 1897-98,
studied in Europe 1899-1900, physician New Haven 1900 until retirement 1943, assistant gynecology Yale University 1902-11, surgeon
New Haven Fire Department 1919-28, examining surgeon British
Canadian Recruiting Mission 1917-18, Captain Medical Corps 191819 (overseas October 1918-January 1919), member International
Association of Police and Fire Surgeons and of Medical Directors
of Civil Service Commission, and Methodist church
Married December 15, 1898, New York City, Annette, daughter
of A Frederick and Elizabeth (Price) Vail Daughter Nathalie
Whitfield (Mrs Clarence Dale Mickelson)
Buried m Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven Survived by wife, daughter, one grandchild, and
two great-grandchildren
WILLIAM WALLACE WOODRUFF, JR , B A 1894 Born
September 12, 1873, Knoxville, Tenn , died September 13, 1949,
Knoxville, Tenn
Father, William Wallace Woodruff, president W W Woodruff
Hardware Company, Knoxville Mother, Ella Therese (Connelly)
Woodruff
Yale relatives include Gerald Hughes, '97, Lafayette
M Hughes, '02 S , Berrien Hughes, '05 (brothers-in-law), William
E Hughes, '36 (nephew)
University of Tennessee 1888-90
Class football team at Yale,
Alpha Delta Phi
With W W Woodruff Hardware Company 1894-1949 (vice-president 1919-25, general manager 1921-27, president 1927-49), president Knoxville Community Chest, member Baptist church
Married April 30, 1902, Denver, Colo , Ethel, daughter of
Charles James Hughes, Jr , and Lucy Slaughter (Menefee) Hughes
Daughter Lucy (Mrs A B Baumann, Jr ) Mrs Woodruff died 1945
Yale College
Death due to heart attack
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Survived by daughter and a grandson
FREDERICK WILLIAM BURGE, B A 1895 Born September
4, 1872, Brooklyn, N Y , died December 27, 1949, Hyde Park,
Vt
Father, John Henry Hobart Burge (M D Coll City New York
1848), physician and surgeon, Wickford, R I , and Brooklyn, son of
Rev Lemuel Burge and Elisabeth Frances (Shaw) Burge
Mother,
Louise (Schneider) Burge, daughter of Edward and Johonna Maria
(Probst) Schneider
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute First dispute appointment Junior
and Senior years, secretary-treasurer Berkeley Association Junior
year
B D General Theological Seminary 1898, assistant St John's
Episcopal Church, Richfield Springs, N Y , 1898-99, minister St
Michael and All Angels'Church, Seaford, 1900-1903, Christ Church,
Rye, 1904-5, St James Church, Hammondsport, 1905-9, St Peter's
Church, Westfield, 1909-20, Trinity Church, Warsaw, 1920-23,
assistant St Paul's Church and All Saints' Chapel, Burlington, Vt ,
1923-25, minister St P e t e r ' s Church, Lyndonville, Vt., 1925 until
retirement 1940 (established Mission of the Resurrection, Morrisville).
Unmarried
Death due to heart failure
Ashes interred in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Survived by a sister, Miss Marie Louise Burge
ROBERT STEWART McCLENAHAN, B A 1896 Born June 5,
1871, Wyoming, Iowa, died November 8, 1949, Philadelphia, Pa
Father, Rev. James Urie McClenahan (M A Monmouth Coll
1866), minister United Presbyterian Church, son of Robert and Mary
(Stewart) McClenahan Mother, Margaret Ann (Lonmer) McClenahan
(grad Madison Coll 1859), daughter of William and Emily (Mitchell)
Lonmer.
Olathe (Kans ) High School, B A Tarkio College 1893, teacher
Mission College, Norfolk, Va , 1893-95 Entered Yale Senior year,
high oration appointment and one-year honors in ancient languages
Senior year, Phi Beta Kappa
Instructor Latin and Greek Phillips Academy, Andover, 1896-97,
on staff Assuit College, Egypt, under United Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions 1897-99, professor religion and ethics 1899-1910,
president 1910-18, a founder American University at Cairo 1918, dean
College of Arts and Sciences 1919-28, of the University 1928-32, and
School of Oriental Studies 1932-39, dean emeritus 1939-49 and trustee,
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chairman Board of Education of Protestant Church in Egypt 1903 and
Committee on Missions and Governments Egypt Inter-Mission Council
1931-39, director Cairo Y M C A , M A Tarkio 1906, Yale 1919,
LL D Westminster 1913, Commander of the Order of Ismail (Egypt)
1945, author The Proposed American University at Cairo, member
Gezira Club of Cairo, Presbyterian Men's Social Union, American
Academy of Political and Social Science, Esbakiah Church of Cairo
and Wayne Avenue United Presbyterian Church, Germantown, Pa
Married September 1, 1897, Bellevue, Nebr , Margaret
Jeanette Wallace (Tarkio 1887-90, grad Connecticut Training School
for N u r s e s ) , daughter of William and Amanda (Mclntire) Wallace
Children William Urie (B A Princeton 1921, M D Umv Pennsylvania 1925), J a m e s L o r i m e r (died m infancy), Robert Wallace (B A
Princeton 1924), Helen Jeanette (B A Mount Holyoke 1929, M r s
Orville C a r r i e r King), John L o r i m e r , '37 (M D Univ Pennsylvania
1941) Mrs McClenahan died May 17, 1949
Death due to pulmonary embolism Buried in F r i e n d s ' Cemetery,
West Chester, Pa Survived by four children, seven grandchildren,
and three b r o t h e r s , F r a n c i s Mitchell McClenahan, '00, William L
McClenahan, and John Wallace McClenahan
FREDERICK MAURICE THOMPSON, B A 1896 Born April
12, 1875, Philadelphia, Pa , died November 12, 1949, Valley
Stream, N Y
F a t h e r , Rev Robert Ellis Thompson, D D (B A Univ Pennsylvania 1865, Ph D Hamilton 1879), Presbyterian minister, son of
Samuel and Catherine Thompson Mother, Mary Jane (Neely)
Thompson, daughter of Robert and Catherine (Hawkins) Neely
Cheltenham Military Academy Second dispute appointment
Junior and Senior y e a r s
LL B New York Law School 1899, lawyer in New York City
1899-1949 (partner MacLean & Thompson at time of death)
Married (1) March 3 1 , 1898, New York City, Agnes Maud,
daughter of Frank Lockwood and Agnes Maud (Jones) Murray
Children F r e d e r i c k Murray, Jane Margaret; Robert Ellis Mr
and M r s Thompson were divorced 1911
Survived by his second wife, Grace Thompson, and children
GEORGE CHILDS WESTON, B A 1896 Born December 24,
1872, Honesdale, Pa , died June 13, 1950, Coral Gables, Fla
F a t h e r , William Wesley Weston, president Wayne County
Savings Bank, son of Horace and Caroline Elizabeth (Briggs) Weston
Mother, Annie Elizabeth (Foster) Weston, daughter of Isaac Post and
Yale College
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Mary (Howell) Foster
Phillips-Andover
Member Delta Kappa Epsilon
Studied law with Hon Frank P Kimble, Honesdale, 1896-99,
lawyer in Philadelphia 1899-1902, with Customs Service, U S
T r e a s u r y Department, Newport News, Va , 1902 until retirement
1932, member F i r s t Church of Christ Scientist, Lynchburg, Va
Married July 2, 1932, Bedford, Va , Gertrude Wood Dillard,
daughter of J a m e s Harvey and Laura Lucretia (James) Wood
Death due to cardiac failure
Ashes interred in Woodlawn Park,
Miami, Fla Survived by wife, a brother, Charles Wesley Weston of
Mineola, N Y , a stepdaughter, Mrs Mary Dillard Stafford, a stepgrandchild, and a step-great-grandchild
SHELTON BISSELL, B A 1897 Born September 4, 1875,
Washington, D C , died August 15, 1949, Pasadena, Calif
F a t h e r , Arthur Harry Bissell (Class of 1869, LL B Northwestern
1869), chief law clerk assistant Attorney General's Office, Washington,
son of Edward Clark and Betsie (Havens) Bissell Mother, Fanny
Arabella (Shelton) Bissell, daughter of Charles S Shelton (B A 1840)
and Henrietta Mills (Hyde) Shelton Yale relatives include Aaron
Burr (B A 1735) ( g r e a t - g r e a t - g r e a t - g r e a t - g r e a t - u n c l e ) , Samuel
Sherwood (B A 1749), Joseph Bissell (B A 1751), Zebulon Ely
(B A 1779) (great-great-great-grandfathers), Samuel B Sherwood
(B A 1786) (great-great-grandfather), Clark Bissell (B A 1806)
(great-grandfather), Samuel B S Bissell (B A 1830) (great-uncle),
Edward Havens Bissell (Class of 1870),^Charles H Shelton, '77
(uncles), 'Arthur H Bissell, '97 (brother), Emery Bissell (M D Hon
1839), Frank A Bissell, '79 D , Arthur D Bissell, '82 D , Sherwood
B Ives, '93, Samuel B S Bissell, '94, Ernest S Van T a s s e l , '03,
Henry Wood Shelton, '04, Kenneth M Bissell, '07, Clifford H Bissell,
'08, G Shelton Bissell, '09, Malcolm H Bissell, '11 S , Willis H P
Shelton (Class of 1912), A Shelton Keith, '13 S (cousins), Arthur H
Bissell, J r , '34 (nephew)
Montclair (N J ) High School High oration appointment Junior
and Senior y e a r s , elocution prize Sophomore year, Phi Beta Kappa
B D 1902
Teacher Thacher School for Boys, Nordhoff, Calif , 1897-98,
with New York Sun, Newark Daily Advertiser, and Montclair T i m e s
1898-99, minister Congregational church Verona, N J , 1902-3,
Immanuel Church, West Wmfield, N Y , 1903-7, F i r s t Church, Long
Beach, Calif ,1908-10, Union Church, La Jolla, Calif , 1910-15,
F i r s t Church, Boise, Idaho, 1916-18, Union Church, Venice, Calif ,
1918-19, Union Church, San Dimas, Calif , 1919-29, Village Church,
Franklin, N H , 1929-36, Danbury and Grafton Center (N H ) churches
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1936 until retirement 1939, supply minister Charlestown (N H ) church
August-October 1941, scribe Southern California Congregational Conference, with International Y M C A 1918-19, religious work director
Camp Whistler 1918 and religious work secretary British Expeditionary Forces in England and India October 1918-April 1919, author
Unofficial Christianity, contributed to Congregationalist, The Outlook,
The Christian Century, and Advance, trustee Venice Union Polytechnic
High School, member Masonic order and First Church (Congregational),
Pasadena
Married (1) June 19, 1902, Pittsburgh, Pa , Charlotte Douglas,
daughter of Alfred Horton and Emily Douglas (Raymond) Keith
Children Keith (B A Pomona 1926, M S Cornell 1928), Arthur Harry,
3d (B Arch Carnegie Inst Technology 1930), Charles Raymond (died
1936), adopted daughter Margaret Horton (Umv California Class of
1931, Mrs John Rodrick Gibbons)
Mrs Bissell died 1940
Married
(2) January 2, 1942, Pasadena, Sarah Margaret Gilliland riatfield,
daughter of James Polk and Nancy Elizabeth (Morgan) Gilliland
Death due to acute myocardial failure
Ashes interred in Union
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn
Survived by wife, three children, and six
grandchildren
WILLIAM CHURCHILL, B A 1897
Born November 3, 1876,
New B u t am, Conn , died August 28, 1949, Jackson Heights, N Y
Father, Frederick H Churchill (Ph B 1870) - Mother, Annie
(Smith) Churchill
The Hotchkiss School
Philosophical oration appointment Junior
and Senior y e a r s , one-year honors in philosophy Senior year, p r e s i dent Freshman Union, Yale Union, Phi Delta Gamma, Phi Beta Kappa
Ph D 1901
In educational department Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
City, 1897-98, student University of Leipzig 1901-2, tutor in philosophy Yale University 1902-4, established development laboratory
Corning (N Y ) Glass Works 1904, assistant sales manager and
head optical laboratory 1912-17, sales manager and optical engineer
1917-23 (developed formula for Pyrex glassware and standardization
of colors of signal lenses for railroads), engaged in research and
compilation of results of twenty years of research 1923-33, consulting
engineer Jackson Heights 1933-47, fellow American Association for
the Advancement of Science, charter member American Optical
Society, member Chicago Engineering Club, Illuminating Engineering
Society, Railroad Signal Association, Society of Chemical Industry,
Inter-Society Color Council, Masonic order, and St Thomas Church
(Episcopal), New York City
Married June 17, 1908, in Syracuse, N Y , Elizabeth Hyde,
Yale College
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daughter of George Watson and Amelia Seaman (Nichols) Durston
Children Durston, and William Randolph (B S Massachusetts Inst
Technology 1934)
Died following an operation Ashes interred in Fairview Cemetery, New Britain
Survived by wife, sons, three grandsons, and a
sister, Miss Rose Churchill
MELVILLE GOSS CURTIS, B A 1897 Born August 21, 1875,
Olean, N Y , died May 23, 1950, Philadelphia, Pa
Father, Rev Henry Melville Curtis, D D (B A Western
Reserve 1871, Auburn Theological Seminary 1874), Presbyterian
minister, Cincinnati, son of Rev Eleroy Curtis, D D (B A Western
Reserve 1845) and Eliza (Coe) Curtis Mother, Evelyn Cramer (Goss)
Curtis, daughter of Albert ,Healy and Mary Anna (Curtis) Goss
Yale
relatives include a brother, Kenneth W Curtis, '03
Franklin School, Cincinnati First dispute appointment Junior
and Senior years
With Collins & Aikman Corporation, manufacturers of pile fabrics, Philadelphia, 1897-1950 (assistant manager manufacturing 1 SOSIS, general manager 1913-16, treasurer 1916-18, president 1917 until
retirement 1928, chairman board of directors 1928-50), director Graduate Hospital University of Pennsylvania, member Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati
Married May 24, 1909, Philadelphia, Emma, daughter of
Frederick P . and Lizzie Earp (Safford) Warren
Children Evelyn
Goss (Mrs James Houston Young), Katharine Wilson (Mrs Theodore
Herman Vetterlein, Jr )
Death due to leukemia Buried in churchyard of St Asaph's
Church, Bala-Cynwyd, Pa Survived by wife, children, and four
grandchildren
LOUIS CHARLES ILFELD, B A 1897 Born January 30, 1876,
Las Vegas, N Mex , died March 29, 1950, Las Vegas, N Mex
Father, Charles Ilfeld, owner Charles Ilfeld Company, wholesale general merchandise, Las Vegas, son of Lezer and Betty (Wolff)
Ilfeld Mother, Adele (Nordhaus) Ilfeld, daughter of Jacob and Elise
(Bentheim) Nordhaus
Dr Sach's Collegiate Institute Second colloquy appointment
Junior year, first colloquy appointment Senior year
LL B New York Law School 1899, lawyer m New York City 18991903 and Las Vegas 1903-50, State senator New Mexico 1912-17, 192527, director Charles Ilfeld Company, Inc , 1915-50 (vice-president
and treasurer 1937-50), organized and financed Auxilio de Don Carlos,
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a New Mexico charitable corporation, established and a benefactor St
Anthony's Hospital, Las Vegas, LL D New Mexico Highlands University, member San Miguel County Bar Association and Congregation
Montefiore, Las Vegas
Married September 2, 1939, Las Vegas, Hattie, daughter of Julius
and Charlotte (Rj.ndskopf) Liebstadter
Death due to uremia Buried m Masonic Cemetery, Las Vegas
Survived by wife
CHARLES SAMUEL LEAVENWORTH, B A 1897 Born July 17,
1874, New Haven, Conn , died October 2, 1949, New Haven, Conn
Father, Daniel C Leavenworth (M D 1865) Mother, Julia
Amelia Mary (Hill) Leavenworth (Mount Holyoke Class of 1861)
Hillhouse High School, New Haven, B A Wesleyan 1896 (Phi Beta
Kappa) Entered Yale Senior year, high oration appointment M A
1899
Traveled in Europe 1897-98, student Ecole des Sciences Politiques,
Paris, and University of Cambridge 1900-1901, professor of history
Imperial Nanyang College, Shanghai, 1899-1900 and 1901-5, U S viceconsul Nagasaki, Japan, 1905-6, retired 1914, author The Arrow War
With China, The Great Siberian Thoroughfare, The Siberian Railway
(translated into Chinese), The Loochoo Islands, The Lessons of History,
and articles on Far East in Encyclopaedia Britannica, received Order
of the Double Dragon (China) 1905, delegate from Yale to International
Congress of Orientalists, Hanoi, French Indo-Chma, 1902, member
American Historical Association, Royal Asiatic Society, American
Oriental Society, Japan Society of London, and Trinity Church (Episcopal), New Haven
Married June 1, 1916, New Haven, Katherme Rose, daughter of
John and Sarah (Knowland) Maloney Son Robert Wing (B A Duke
1938, LL B 1941) Mrs Leavenworth died 1937
Death due to peritonitis Buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New
Haven Survived by son and one grandchild
ARTHUR ROBERTSON MANICE, B A 1897
Born February
10, 1876, New York City, died June 9, 1950, New York City
Father, Edward A Manice (B A 1858) Mother, Phebe
(Robertson) Manice Yale relatives include John B Robertson
(B A 1829) (grandfather), Samuel H Dickson (B A 1814) (greatuncle), William D Manice (B A 1851), George A Ward (M D 1861),
A Heaton Robertson (B A 1872) (uncles), Heaton Manice (Class of
1885), Edward A Manice, '91 (brothers), B Robertson Ward, '88,
Heaton R Robertson, '04, William DeForest Manice, '11 (cousins),
Yale College
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William DeF Manice, Jr (Class of 1937), Edward A Manice, '45 W
(nephews)
St Paul's School, Concord, N H
Occupied m New York City 1897 until retirement 1929 (successively partner E A Manice & Company, brokers, manager Indian
Refining Company, and vice-president Independent Ware House Company), member New York Stock Exchange, member Holy Trinity
Church (Episcopal), New York City
Married (1) December, 1901, Denver, Colo , Katharine, daughter of Henry Ellsworth and Belle (McGmnis) Wood Daughter Katharine
Wood Mrs Manice died 1902 Married (2) 1903, Shanghai, Wyo ,
Louise Mott Bell Whitney, daughter of Louis Valentine and Anna (Wood)
Bell Mrs Manice died 1919 Married (3) September 4, 1924, Nantucket, Mass , Vera Schermerhorn Randolph, daughter of George Jacob
and Isabel (Schuyler) Schermerhorn
Death due to uremic poisoning Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery,
New York City Survived by wife, daughter, and a stepson, Robert
S Randolph (Class of 1934)
GEORGE BARTHOLD PFINGST, B A 1897 Born December
28, 1873, Louisville, Ky , died March 15, 1950, Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Father, Ferdinand J Pfmgst of Louisville
Mother, Maria A
(Judt) Pfmgst
Louisville Male High School Second dispute appointment Junior
and Senior years, Delta Kappa Epsilon
Manager Fashion Hosiery Company, Philadelphia, 1898-1907
and Lee Hosiery Mills, Philadelphia, 1908-12, secretary and treasurer Wohlfeld Trunk & Bag Company, luggage manufacturers,
Philadelphia, 1912-16, president Cameron & Pfingst, Inc , cotton
and silk yarns, Bethlehem and Gainesville, 1915-22 and George B
Pfingst, Inc , yarn manufacturers, 1922-26, vice-president Best
Manufacturing Company 1935 until retirement 1943, member Park
Central Methodist Church, Fort Lauderdale
Married June 21, 1898, Philadelphia, Evelyn May, daughter
of Owen and Katharine (Rowen) Osborne
Children George Barthold, Jr (Univ Pennsylvania Class of 1921), Ferdinand Osborne,
Catherine Mane (B A Wellesley 1926, Mrs Roy Riddel Coffin)
Mrs Pfingst died 1943
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in St Paul's Churchyard, Ogontz, Pa Survived by children and six grandchildren
PORTER FARLEY SHELDON, B A 1897 Born November
27, 1875, Brooklyn, N Y , died November 15, 1949, Belleville,
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N J
Father, Alexander Esleeck Sheldon (B S Umv Rochester 1857),
son of Smith and Anne (Esleeck) Sheldon Mother, Delia (Farley)
Sheldon
Brooklyn Latin School Second colloquy appointment Junior and
Senior years
With Rochester (N Y ) Show Case Works 1897-1901 and H. B.
Hooker & Son, contractors, Rochester, 1901-2, secretary-treasurer
Eureka Foundry Company, Rochester, 1903-8, in ship painting business with brother, Brooklyn, 1908 until retirement 1936, attended
Fewsmith Memorial Presbyterian Church, Belleville
Married July 18, 1917, Alexandria Bay, N Y , Mary, daughter
of Dr Charles Whitlock Wilbor and Julia Electa (Chapin) Wilbor
Children Porter Farley, Jr (B A Syracuse 1939, M B A Columbia 1950), Frances (B S Pratt Inst 1947, Mrs Stevo Popovich), and
Smith
Death due to heart trouble Buried in Albany ( N Y ) Rural Cemetery
Survived by wife, children, a grandchild, and a brother, Smith
Sheldon
CHARLES HEITLER STUDIN, B A 1897
Born April 25,
1876, Mansfield, Ohio, died March 5, 1950, New York City.
Father, Michael Studzmski, formerly mayor of Pueblo, Colo
Mother, Laura (Heitler) Studzmski, daughter of Joseph Heitler
Yale relatives include Louis M Sonnenberg, '97 (brother-in-law),
Eugene H Lehman, '02 (cousin)
Pueblo High School, attended University of Colorado 1893-95
Entered Yale College Junior year, high oration appointment and
Thacher prize Senior year, president Yale Union Senior year, Class
orator, Phi Beta Kappa LL B 1899 (Class honors, second Wayland, Townsend, and Yale Law Journal^prizes, president Kent Club,
business manager Yale Law Journal, contributed to Yale Shingle,
member Yale Debating Club, Corbey Court)
Lawyer in New York City 1899-1950, assistant district attorney
New York County 1902-3, director National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, secretary and director Edward MacDowell Association, member Association of the Bar of the City of New York and
New York County Lawyers Association
Married June 17, 1902, New Haven, Conn , Hettye, daughter of
Michael and Ida (Shoninger) Sonnenberg Children Robert Michael and
Daniel Charles
Death due to a heart ailment Buried in Mishkan Israel Cemetery,
New Haven
Survived by wife, sons, and a brother, Clarence R
Studinski
Yale College
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ROBERT WODROW ARCHBALD, JR , B A 1898 Born January 10, 1876, Scranton, Pa , died March 7, 1950, Philadelphia, Pa
Father, Robert W Archbald (B A 1871)
Mother, Elizabeth
Baldwin (Cannon) Archbald Yale relatives include James Archbald, Jr , '87, Joseph A Archbald, '88 S , Thomas F Archbald,
'96 (cousins)
School of the Lackawanna Freshman honor division, divided
second Edward T McLaughlm English Prize and first Berkeley
Premium in Latin Composition Freshman year, philosophical oration appointment and second Henry James TenEyck Prize Junior
year, high oration appointment Senior year, Yale Union, Psi Upsilon,
Phi Beta Kappa
LL B University of Pennsylvania 1901, lawyer in Philadelphia
1901-50 (partner Archbald and Busser at time of death), solicitor
Philadelphia Home for Incurables and Philadelphia Medical Club,
chairman Philadelphia County Board of Law Examiners, member
Decedents' Estates Committee of the Joint State Government Commission of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State Board of Law Examiners,
and St Andrews' Society
Married January 14, 1904, Philadelphia, Elizabeth, daughter of
William and Presocia (Hickey) Minster
Children Eleanor (B A
Bryn Mawr 1927, Mrs Ralph Cox Busser, Jr ), Marion (Bryn Mawr
Class 1937, Mrs Taber deForest)
Death due to coronary thrombosis
Buried m West Laurel Hill
Cemetery, Philadelphia
Survived by wife, children, six grandchildren, and a brother, Hugh Archbald, '03
DAVID DeFOREST BURRELL, B A 1898
Born June 29,
1876, Chicago, 111 , died February 22, 1950, Bethlehem, Pa
Father, Rev David J Burrell (B A 1867) Mother, Clara
Sergeant (DeForest) Burrell Yale relatives include George F
DeForest (B A 1831) (grandfather), Henry A DeForest (B A 1832)
(great-uncle), Joseph D Burrell, '81 (uncle), Norman M Burrell,
'99 (brother), Louis H Burrell (Class of 1893) (cousin)
Collegiate School, New York City Freshman honor division,
dissertation appointment Junior year, second dispute appointment
Senior year, Alice Kimball English Prize (School of the Fine Arts)
Senior year, business manager Yale Literary Magazine Senior year,
Class Crew, Dunham Boat Club, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Chi Delta
Theta
B D Princeton Theological Seminary 1901, assistant minister
First Presbyterian Church, Germantown, Pa , 1901-2, instructor
New Testament Princeton University 1903-4, minister First Presbyterian Church, La Porte, Ind , 1904-7, and South Orange, N J ,
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1907-18, professor of English Bible at University of Dubuque 1918-20,
minister Westminster Presbyterian Church, Dubuque, Iowa, 1920-23,
First Presbyterian Church, Williamsport, Pa , 1923 until retirement
1941, interim minister First Presbyterian Church, Greensburg, Pa ,
1943-46 and First Church, Bethlehem, 1946-49, author The Gift,
Christmas Guests, Those Little Angels, The Lost Star, The Hermits,
How They Came to Bethlehem, Letters from the Dominie, Belligerent
Peter, The End of the Way, David James Burrell, a Biography, D D
Dubuque 1917, director American Tract Society, Lord's Day Alliance
of the U S A , and Princeton Theological Seminary, president
Presbyterian Publishing Company (associate editor The Presbyterian),
member New Jersey National Guard.
Married April 29, 1905, New York City, Margaret Yonker, daughter
of George Humphreys and Harriet (Robbms) North Children Elizabeth
North (B A Wells 1928, Mrs William Kellogg Carter), Margaret DeForest (B. A Wells 1929, Mrs Joseph Willard Wells), and Catharine
Death due to a stroke Buried in Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem
Survived by wife, children, two grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs
Raymond Hornby and Mrs Fitzhugh C Speer
PAUL AUGUSTINE McQUAID, B A 1898 Born June 20, 1875,
New Haven, Conn , died January 2, 1950, White Plains, N Y
Father, Peter McQuaid, a realtor in New Haven, son of Patrick
and Janet (Petrie) McQuaid Mother, Ellen Sabrina (Carney) McQuaid,
daughter of John T and Sophroma (Lamb) McQuaid Yale relatives
include a brother, Henry P McQuaid, f95 S.
Hillhouse High School, New Haven Second dispute appointment
Junior year, second colloquy appointment Senior year, treasurer Class
Boat Club Sophomore year
Teacher in Somers, Conn , 1898-99, LL B New York Law School
1901, lawyer New York City 1901 until retirement 1942, trial department legal staff Interborough Rapid Transit Company 1901-40, assistant
corporation counsel Board of Transportation of the City of New York
1940-42, member St John's Roman Catholic Church, White Plains
Married July 27, 1909, Boston, Mass , Louise Josephine, daughter of John and Anne (Jones) Gaffney Children Anne Jones (B,A
Coll New Rochelle 1932, Sister Mary Elide), William Lamb, Paul
Augustine, Jr , '37, John Gaffney, '40, '47 L.
Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Buried in Mount Calvary
Cemetery, Greenburgh, N Y. Survived by wife, children, and two
brothers, Samuel Arthur McQuaid and William A McQuaid, '89.
WILLIAM HAZEN PECK, B A 1898
Born October 5, 1875,
Yale College
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New Britain, Conn , died November 26, 1949, Montclair, N J
Father, John H Peck (B A 1863) Mother, Sarah Frances
Marshall Waterman Peck Yale relatives include Frank N Waterman
(Class of 1888 S ) (half brother), Joseph H Pratt, '93 S (cousin)
New Britain High School Freshman honor division, high oration
appointment Junior year, oration appointment Senior year, captain
University Basketball Team Junior and Senior years, Yale Union, Zeta
Psi, Phi Beta Kappa
Student New York Law School and in office of Roger Foster, '78,
New York City, 1898-1900, lawyer in New York City 1900-1949 (partner
with son in Peck & Peck at time of death), president Glen Ridge Sinking
Fund Commission, on Glen Ridge Borough Council, member Society of
Colonial Wars and Glen Ridge Congregational Church
Married January 14, 1909, Hartford, Conn , Emma Elizabeth,
daughter of Hiram Wells and Cynthia Elizabeth (Tuttle) Elmer.
Children Elmer Waterman, '36, William Hazen, Jr , '36, Elizabeth
Elmer (B A William and Mary 1939, Mrs Charles Leon Hayden)
Ashes interred in Yantic
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn Survived by wife, children, four grandchildren, a brother, Henry W Peck, '97 S , and a half sister, Mrs
John G Peck
LEBBEUS HARDING ROGERS, JR , B A 1898 Born July
28, 1874, New York City, died May 7, 1950, Colorado Springs, Colo
Father, Lebbeus Harding Rogers, organizer Rogers Manifold
Carbon Paper Company, New York City, son of Hiram and Cordelia
Draper (Harding) Rogers Mother, Laura Effie (Clearwater) Rogers,
daughter of Hiram Clearwater and Eliza (Van Vredenburgh) Clearwater
Phillips-Andover
Second declamation prize Sophomore year,
Delta Kappa Epsilon
LL B New York Law School 1902, lawyer in New York City 1902
until retirement 1940, author A Sketch of the Life and Times of Eli
Hart, member New York County Lawyers Association, American Bar
Association, Society of Medical Jurisprudence, New England Society,
Sons of the Revolution, and St Paul's Methodist Church, New York
Married (1) May 17, 1898, New York City, Marie Dorcas, daughter of Swits and Apama Isabelle (Tucker) Conde Twin daughters
Marie Conde" (died in infancy), Marie Conde (Mrs DeForest Altpeter)
Mrs Rogers died 1899 Married (2) October 4, 1915, New York City,
Margaret Elizabeth (Ross) Jordan, daughter of William Adam and Ida
May Ross Children' Dorothy Clearwater (Mrs Frank Hearst),
Douglas Harding (Drake Univ 1940-43), John Tyler, '49
Ashes interred in Garden of
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the Gods, Colorado Springs
Survived by wife, four children, four
grandchildren, and a brother, Homer A Rogers, '04 S
OLIVER SARSON BRYANT, B A 1899 Born February 7,
1877, Cincinnati, Ohio, died January 25, 1950, Cincinnati, Ohio
Father, Oliver Dexter Bryant, vice-president Crane Company, manufacturers undertakers' supplies, Cincinnati
Mother,
Kate Rose (Sarson) Bryant
Franklin School
Second dispute appointment Junior and Senior years
LL B Harvard 1902, lawyer in Cincinnati 1902 until r e t i r e ment 1940, assistant city solicitor two years, coauthor Loveland on
Bankruptcy, vice-president Cincinnati Literary Club, secretary
Military Training Camps Association World War I, secretary and
treasurer Cincinnati Yale Club 1907-8
Unmarried
Death due to heart block
Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery,
Cincinnati
No immediate survivors are known
KEITH OSMOND GUTHRIE, B A 1899
Born October 25,
1878, Iowa City, Iowa, died October 3, 1949, Elizabeth, La
Father, Alfred A Guthrie, a lawyer
Mother, Ella (Osmond)
Guthrie
Albany (N Y ) High School
Second dispute appointment Junior
and Senior years, Yale Union
With United Traction Company, Albany, 1898-1900, successively field engineer Old Waterside Station Drafting Room, New York
Edison Company, and Coal Storage Plant, Shadyside, N J , 19001904, construction manager Henry Dumary & Fort Orange Construction Company, Albany, 1904-13, engineering contractor Schenectady,
N Y , 1913-21, president and in charge construction hydro-electric
plants Domill Construction Company, Inc , and Domill Construction
Company of Canada, Ltd (International Paper Company), 1921-31,
president Gumte & Waterproofing, Ltd , Montreal, 1931-32, engineer m New York City 1932-36, resident engineer St Joe Paper
Company, Port St Joe, Fla , 1937-38, salesman Hubbard & Floyd,
Inc , construction equipment, New York City, 1939-41, manager
Preload Company, builders of tanks and wate~ towers, 1942-43,
resident engineer paper board mill of Puerto Rico Pulp & Paper
Corporation 1944-45 and Macon (Ga ) Kraft Company mill, 194648, engineer Calcasieu Paper Company, Elizabeth, 1948-49, p r e s i dent Yale Alumni Association of Schenectady 1918-19
Married May 7, 1912, Waterford, N Y , Grace Conaughty
Children Grace, Keith Osmond, Jr (M D Cornell 1940), John
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Conaughty (B A Williams 1937), William A , Barbara J
Death due to cerebral vascular accident
Buried in Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N Y Survived by wife, children, and grandchildren
NELSON CLARKE HOLLAND, B A 1899 Born October 11,
1875, Buffalo, N Y , died December 24, 1949, Belchertown, Mass
Father, Nelson Holland, owner Holland, Manbert & George,
manufacturers and wholesalers lumber, Buffalo, son of George and
Susan Ann (Graves) Holland Mother, Susan Ann (Clarke) Holland,
daughter of Dudley and Chloe (Sears) Clarke Yale relatives include
Carlton R Jewett (B A 1878), Lyman M Bass, ! 97, Joseph L
Hudson, '20 S (brothers-in-law), N Holland Jewett, '09, Carlton C
Jewett, '10 (nephews)
Nichols School Second colloquy appointment Senior year, Psi
Upsilon and He Boule.
In business with father in Buffalo and New York City, 18991919, owner Nelson C Holland Company, wholesalers of pine lumber,
New York City, 1919 until retirement 1932, owner Holland Farm
(raised White Holland turkeys), Belchertown, 1932-49, member Ehhu
Club and Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City
Married April 20, 1903, Buffalo, Elizabeth Lowthian, daughter
of William and Mary Eliza (Dye) Hudson Children Nelson, '27,
Mary (Mrs Ethelbert Herrick Low), Hudson (Class of 1935)
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Mount Hope Cemetery,
Belchertown Survived by wife, children, and nine grandchildren
MacINTOSH KELLOGG, B A 1899 Born May 21, 1875,
New Brunswick, N J , died April 6, 1950, New York City
Father, Luther Laflm Kellogg, LL D (B A Rutgers 1870,
M A 1873, LL B Columbia 1872), partner Kellogg & Rose, lawyers, New York City, son of Nathan Kellogg Mother, Eliza Stout
(Mclntosh) Kellogg, daughter of Gen John Baillie Mclntosh, U S A
and Eliza (Stout) Mclntosh Yale relatives include a brother,
Luther L Kellogg, '01
Callisen's School, New York City First colloquy appointment Junior year, second dispute appointment Senior year, Psi
Upsilon
LL B New York Law School 1900, lawyer in New York City
1900-1950 (member Nevius, Brett & Kellogg at death), member
New York County Bar Association, Metropolitan Art Association,
and Church of the Heavenly Rest (Episcopal), New York City
Married June 14, 1905, New York City, Genevieve Morse,
daughter of George Wesley and Eva (Manahan) Robinson
Children
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Genevieve Robinson (Mrs Robert Cutting Lawrence, Jr ), Luther
Laflm, 2d
Buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N J Survived by wife,
children, two grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs Trowbridge
Callaway
THOMAS FISHER LAWRENCE, B A 1899 Born February
16, 1877, Hartford, Conn , died July 4, 1949, Evanston, 111
Father, Charles Henry Lawrence, secretary Phoenix Mutual
Life Insurance Company, Hartford, son of Thomas Fisher Lawrence
Mother, Juliette (Hamhn) Lawrence, daughter of Thomas Hamlm
Hartford Public High School Dissertation appointment Junior
year, second dispute appointment Senior year, Class Ivy and Senior
Promenade committees, Alpha Delta Phi
With Aetna Life Insurance Company, Hartford, 1899-1903,
successively assistant secretary, secretary, and vice-president
Hartford Life Insurance Company 1903-13, secretary Missouri
State Life Insurance Company, St Louis, 1913-18, vice-president
1918-25, president Life Insurance Company of Detroit 1926-40,
insurance broker Chicago 1940-49, member St Luke's Episcopal
Church, Evanston
Married (1) October 19, 1905, Providence, R I , Hortense,
daughter of Clinton R and Eva (Corliss) Weeden Daughter
Elizabeth Grmnell, the wife of William Slater Allen, !27 S Mr
and Mrs Lawrence were divorced Married (2) February 14, 1913,
New York City, Lyn Fernald Pullman, daughter of James W
Fernald Mr and Mrs Lawrence were divorced Married (3)
March 8, 1926, Waukegan, 111 , Julie Burr Davis Gruner, daughter
of Frederick Lewis and Rose Marie (Powers) Davis Daughter
Julie Jeanne (Northwestern 1940-42, Mrs Robert Joseph Motl)
Death due to chronic myocarditis
Buried in Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago Survived by wife, daughters, and two grandchildren
GEORGE HENRY MITCHELL, B A 1899 Born December
3, 1877, New Britain, Conn , died September 26, 1949, Salisbury,
Conn
Father, Charles Elliot Mitchell (B A Brown 1861, LL B
Albany Law School 1864), president Stanley Rule & Level Company,
New Britain, patent lawyer New Britain and New York City, U S
Commissioner of Patents 1889-91, son of George Henry and Laurene
(Hooker) Mitchell Mother, Cornelia Ann (Chamberlain) Mitchell,
daughter of Abiram and Sophroma (Burt) Chamberlain Yale rela-
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tives include a brother, Robert C Mitchell (Class of 1891 L )
Hotchkiss School Assistant organist Yale College Choir
LL B Columbia 1903 (member Phi Delta Phi and Phi Gamma
Delta), patent lawyer New York City 1903-49, assistant corporation
counsel and patent counsel law department City of New York 1935-47,
member American Bar Association and Second Church of Christ
Scientist, New York City
Married June 10, 1902, Lime Rock, Conn , Harriett Louisa,
daughter of Nelson Asia and Abbie Susan (Gillette) MacNeil Children MacNeil, '26, George Henry, Jr , Eleanor (deceased)
Buried in Salisbury Survived by wife, two sons, four grandchildren, and a brother, Charles H Mitchell (Class of 1897)
ERNEST SHURLY RASTALL, B A 1899 Born August 25,
1870, Mamstee, Mich , died October 24, 1949, Rockford, 111
.Father, John Edward Rastall, owner of a newspaper, Burlmgame, Kans , son of Richard and Sarah Rastall Mother, Fanny
(Hawley) Rastall, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Stubbs) Hawley
Mount Hermon School First dispute appointment Junior and
Senior years
President Cuitoit Company, manufacturers flavorings and
perfumes, Chicago, 1899-1904, auditor State Bank of Chicago 1904-9,
organizer, and cashier Ashland State Bank 1909-10, manager Rockford Frame & Fixture Company 1910-13, bookkeeper Rockford &
Interurban Railway Company 1913-15, certified public accountant
Rockford 1915-49, director Civic League of Rockford, a founder, and
auditor Rockford Municipal Tuberculosis Association 1914-49, chairman Illinois State Board of Examiners of Public Accountants 1927-42,
president Illinois Institute of Accountants 1909-10 and Public Accountants Association of Illinois 1928-29, treasurer Rockford Civic Orchestra Association 1943-45, treasurer and trustee, Tinker Swiss
Cottage Association 1937-49, chairman Interclub Council, Rockford,
member Masonic order and Church of the Christian Union (Unitarian),
Rockford
Married August 21, 1918, Rockford, Mabel De Ette, daughter
of Ebenezer John and Louisa Sarah (Nigh) Wakeford
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Willwood Cemetery, Rockford, Survived by wife and two brothers, Walter Henry Rastall and
John Edward Rastall
ERNEST TURRELL BOWER, B A 1900 Born March 22,
1877, Danbury, Conn , died March 14, 1950, Clearwater, Fla
Father, Frederick Emil Bower (grad Univ Bonn and Umv
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Oxford), lecturer and author of books on chemistry, son of Frederick
Von Bora Mother, Chloe Maria (Turrell) Bower, daughter of Nathan
and Maria (Hopkins) Turrell
Staples Academy Second Berkeley Premium m Latin Composition Freshman year, philosophical oration appointment Junior and
Senior years, Phi Kappa Sigma, Book and Bond, Phi Beta Kappa
Graduate student 1900-1901 LL B cum laude 1904 (editor Yale Law
Journal second year)
In business department Title Guarantee & Trust Company, New
York City, 1904-6, manager Harlem branch 1906-19, president and
treasurer Ernest T Bower, Inc , real estate and insurance, New
York City, 1919-50, treasurer Danne Corporation 1925-50 and Kathnod Holding Corporation 1927-50, director Yonkers Y M C A and
Family Service Society, trustee First Presbyterian Church, Yonkers
Married April 12, 1913, Yonkers, Katharine May Bunker (B A
Vassar 1907), daughter of Albert and Kate Knapp (McElroy) Bunker
Children Ruth Elizabeth (B A Smith 1936, Mrs Robert Littlefield
Hatch, Jr ), Albert Bunker, '37, Robert Turrell, '41, Jocelyn (B A
Vassar 1945), the wife of C Frazier Booth, '42
Death due to coronary accident Buried in Quogue ( N Y )
Cemetery Survived by wife, children, and five grandchildren
HENRY EDWARDS ELLSWORTH, B A 1900 Born March
27, 1878, Simsbury, Conn , died February 20, 1950, Lake Wales,
Fla
Father, Lemuel Stoughton Ellsworth, treasurer and vicepresident The Ensign-Bickford Company, fuse manufacturers,
Simsbury, son of Abner Moseley Ellsworth, Jr , and Lucy Wetmore
(Stoughton) Ellsworth Mother, Annie Jane (Toy) Ellsworth, daughter of Joseph and Jane (Osier) Toy Yale relatives include Joseph
R Ensign, '89, Frederick H Ellsworth, '89 S (cousins), Robert
E Darling, '26 (cousin), John S Ellsworth, Jr , '29 (nephew)
Hotchkiss School Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Freshman,
Apollo, and University Glee clubs (club quartet), Senior Cup Committee, Eta Phi, Alpha Delta Phi
With The Ensign-Bickford Company 1000-1950 (vice-president
1919-35, president 1935-44, vice-chairman of board 1944-50), inventor Clover fuse 1912, secretary Simsbury Bank & Trust Company
1916-25, acting president and chairman of board 1932-34, vice-president Simsbury Cemetery Association 1936-40, president 1940-50,
treasurer Village Water Company of Simsbury 1903-25, president
1925-48, and Simsbury Historical Society 1911-20, curator 1935-50,
trustee Simsbury Free Library (president 1931-50), member Simsbury
Congregational Church
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Married (1) February 11, 1903, Bridgeport, Susan Hotchkiss,
daughter of William Wright and Susan Townsend (Ireland) Starr
Children John Edwards, T26, Mary Amelia Ellsworth Pratt Smith
(Mrs Stuart F Smith), Jane Osier Ellsworth Reeve Bent (Mrs H
Blake Bent), Susan Townsend (Mrs Milton H Glover) Mr and Mrs
Ellsworth were divorced 1919 Married (2) September 6, 1919, Simsbury, Abigail Eno Curtiss, daughter of Chauncey Hart and Martha
(Goodrich) Eno
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Center Cemetery,
Simsbury Survived by wife, children, eight grandchildren, two
stepsons, Joseph T Curtiss, '23, '26 Ph D , and Austen Eno
Curtiss, and a brother, John S Ellsworth, '05
CHARLES HENRY FREDERICK, B A 1900 Born January
15, 1875, Brooklyn, N Y , died August 10, 1949, Penns Neck, N J
Father, Charles Holmes Frederick, teller Corn Exchange
Bank, Brooklyn, son of John and Abigail (Holmes) Frederick
Mother, Anna Boothby (Colman) Frederick, daughter of John Henry
and Lucy Hubbard (Clough) Colman Yale relatives include Rest
Fenner Smith, Jr , '94, Ernest S Smith, '99 (cousins)
Peddie School First colloquy appointment Junior year, first
dispute appointment Senior year
B D Rochester Theological Seminary 1905, minister Baptist
church North Lyme, Conn , 1906-9, South Windsor 1909-12, Hyannis,
Mass , 1912-14, Jamaica, N Y , 1914-16, Easton, Conn , 1917-20,
Clinton 1920-24, Baptistown, N J , 1924-27, Princeton 1927 until retirement 1937, clerk and treasurer Trenton Baptist Association
1927-49, member Princeton Baptist Church, Penns Neck
Married October 12, 1904, Danbury, Conn , Maud Arzelia
Woodruff Andrew, daughter of John W and Alice Maud (Sexton)
Woodruff
Children Alice Elizabeth (B A Bucknell 1929, M A
Hartford Seminary Foundation 1930), Luana Colman (Centenary Collegiate Inst 1931-32, Mrs Lewis Walter Cottrell), Jeannette Hubbard
(B A New Jersey State Teachers Coll 1934, Mrs Nelson
MacGilvray Loudon)
Death due to angina pectoris Buried in Princeton Baptist
Church Cemetery, Penns Neck Survived by wife, children, and five
grandchildren
CRISPIN OGLEBAY, B A 1900 Born October 10, 1876,
Wheeling, W Va , died October 23, 1949, Gates Mills, Ohio
Father, James Hill Oglebay, with Oglebay & Sons, wholesale
grocers, Wheeling, son of Crispin and Caroline Scott (Rhodes)
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Oglebay Mother, Anne Delaplame (List) Oglebay, daughter of John
and Catherine Ann (Donaldson) List
St Paul's School, Concord, N H Manager Freshman Football
Team, Alpha Delta Phi, Scroll and Key, and He Boule
Clerk Swift & Company, Kansas City, Mo , 1900-1901, shipping clerk J G Peppard Seed Company 1901-2, in real-estate business Kansas City 1902-3, secretary and treasurer Hoffman Hinge &
Foundry Company, Cleveland, 1903-6, president of successor Ferro
Machine & Foundry Company 1906-20, chairman of board 1920-48,
president Oglebay, Norton & Company, miners and shippers of ore,
Cleveland, 1924-49, chairman board July-October, 1949, LL D
Bethany (W Va ) College 1941 and West Virginia University 1942,
president Brule Smokeless Coal Company, Columbia Transportation
Company, Fortune Lake Mining Company, Sagmaw Dock and Terminal Company, Toledo, Loram & Fairport Dock Company, St James
Mining Company, Pickens Peerless Coal Company, Atwater Dock
Company, Bristol Mining Company, Bristol Equipment Company,
Fairport Machine Shop, Inc , Pringle Barge Line Company, Richwood, Sewell Coal Company, and North Shore Land Company, vicepresident Reserve Mining Company, Castile Mining Company, Ferro
Engineering Company, Montreal Mining Company, Standard Box
Company, Lake Superior Land Company, Marine Forwarding Company, Northern Land Company, Toledo Lakefront Dock Company,
Wheeling Steel Corporation, trustee Oglebay Institute, Western Reserve University, Cuyahoga County Conservation Council House, The
Play House Foundation, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, director Cleveland War Chest and American Planning and Civic Association,
member National Recreation Association, Cleveland council Boy
Scouts of America, Newcomen Society, and St Christopher's by-theRiver Church (Episcopal), Gates Mills
Unmarried
Death due to coronary arteriosclerosis
Buried in Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling Survived by a sister, Miss Kate Oglebay
PLINY SEXTON RIGGS, B A 1900 Born August 28, 1877,
Macedon, N Y , died October 30, 1949, White Plains, N Y
Father, Herman Lewis Riggs, a farmer and breeder of horses,
Palmyra, N Y , son of Miles Bradley and Martha (Warner) Riggs
Mother, Margaret Turner (Sexton) Riggs (B S Wells 1873), daugtiter
of Orsamus Turner and Sarah (Middlebrook) Sexton Yale relatives
include Warner B Riggs (B A 1871) (uncle), Miles B Riggs, f06
(brother)
Palmyra High School First dispute appointment Junior and
Senior years, Freshman Union
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With U S Forestry Service and on ranch in Texas 1900-1902,
LL B Harvard 1903, lawyer in New York City 1903-12 and White
Plains 1912 until retirement 1942, title examiner Westchester Title
and Trust Company, White Plains, poultry farmer White Plains
1942-49
Married September 16, 1905, Washington, D C , Helen Powers
Manning (B A Smith 1902), daughter of John S and Mary Lytle
(Powers) Manning Children Caroline (B A Wells 1928, M A Columbia 1930, Mrs Earl Corliss Holley), Helen (Smith 1929-31, Mrs
Vincent Joseph Cunningham)
Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Ashes interred in Palmyra
Survived by wife, children, three grandchildren, and three sisters,
Mrs Richard Porter Bloom, Mrs John B McDougal, and Mrs
Russell Lord Tarbox
DAVID STANLEY SMITH, B A 1900 Born July 6, 1877,
Toledo, Ohio, died December 17, 1949, New Haven, Conn
Father, William Henry Harrison Smith (Western Reserve Class
of 1862), lumber dealer in Toledo, son of David and Sarah Bishop
(Mandeville) Smith. Mother, Julia Welles (Griswold) Smith, daughter
of Hezekiah Griswold, Jr , and Frances Norton (Welles) Griswold
Yale relatives include Solomon Welles (B A 1739) (great-greatgreat-grandfather), Roger Welles (B A 1775) (great-great-grandfather), William Griswold Smith (Class of 1891) (brother), Henry S
Graves, '92, John M Games, '96, Charles W Gross, '98, Pierce
N Welch, '98 (brothers-in-law), John M. Games, Jr , f 24, William
W Games (Class of 1926), Spencer Gross, '28, Pierce W Games,
'27, Robert W Games, '37 S., Huntington P Welch, '43 (nephews)
Toledo High School Oration appointment Junior and Senior
years, two-year honors in music Senior year, Alpha Delta Phi, Elihu
Club, Phi Beta Kappa Graduate member Elizabethan Club
Studied in London, Munich, and Paris 1901-1903, Mus B Yale
1903, instructor theory of music Yale University 1903-9, assistant
professor 1909-16, professor of music 1916-25, Battell Professor
of the Theory of Music 1925 until retirement 1946, professor emeritus 1946-49, Dean of the School of Music and chairman department
of music 1920-40, associate fellow Berkeley College (Yale), lecturer
department of music University of California summer 1914, organist
Church of the Redeemer 1903-8, Center Church 1908-12, United
Church on the Green 1913-16, composer Symphony No 1, in F Minor,
£P 28, Symphony No 2, in D Major, op 42, Symphony No 3, in C
Minor, jop 60, Symphony No 4, op 78, Symphony No 5, op. 99,
Prince Hal (overture), Rhapsody of St. Bernard, op 38, and other
choral and orchestral works, many songs, anthems, concertos,
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chamber music, and sonatas, winner Paderewski International Prize
for musical setting George Darley's The Fallen Star (1909), received
four awards Society for Publication of American Music, author
Gustave J Stoeckel, Yale Pioneer in Music, conductor Horatio Parker
choir 1918-26, and New Haven Symphony Orchestra 1919-46 (board of
directors 1947-49), Woman's Choral Society, and New Haven Carol
Choir, guest conductor symphony orchestras throughout the country,
M A Hon Yale 1916, Mus D Northwestern 1918 and Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music 1927, fellow American Guild of Organists, on
governing board Neighborhood House Music School, member National
Institute of Arts and Letters, Council of American Academy in Rome,
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Connecticut State Guard,
attended Congregational church
Married December 6, 1913, New Haven, Cora Demmg Welch
(B A Vassar 1904), daughter of Pierce N Welch (B A 1862) and
Emma Cornelia (Galpm) Welch Adopted son Christopher Stanley
(B A Bard 1947)
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, New
Haven Survived by wife, son, and two grandchildren
ELDRIDGE LYON ELIASON, B A 1901 Born June 6, 1879,
Chestertown, Md , died March 6, 1950, Philadelphia, Pa
Father, Wilbur Eliason (Class of 1874); son of Thomas Wilson
and Mary (Walker) Eliason Mother, Mary Comegys (Brown) Eliason,
daughter of Hiram and Mary Comegys (Merritt) Brown Yale relatives include John Eliason (B A 1869) (uncle), John Eliason, '03
(brother)
Hotchkiss School Philosophical oration appointment Junior
year, high oration appointment Senior year, Freshman Baseball Team,
manager University Baseball Team, University Gymnastic Team
(captain Senior year, intercollegiate amateur gymnastic all round
champion of the United States and Canada), Yale Athletic Financial
Union, Zeta Psi, Phi Beta Kappa
M D University of Pennsylvania 1905 (Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega
Alpha), on staff University of Pennsylvania Hospital 1905-50 (interne
1905-7, assistant surgeon 1908-22, surgeon 1922-50, chief surgical
clinic, president medical board, and chairman nursing school committee), assistant instructor surgery University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine 1907-16, instructor 1916-19, associate in surgery
1919-23, assistant professor 1923-25, professor clinical surgery
1925-36, John Rhea Barton Professor of Surgery 1936-45, professor
emeritus 1945-50, assistant professor surgery University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine 1923-26, professor clinical
surgery 1926-38, professor surgery 1938-46, professor emeritus
Yale College
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1946-50, volunteer coach University of Pennsylvania gymnastic team
1906-30, on staff Philadelphia General, Delaware County, Mt Sinai,
and Presbyterian hospitals, author- Fractures of the Humerus, Radius
and Ulna; Practical Bandaging, First Aid in Emergencies, coauthor
Surgical Nursing, Dislocations and Fractures in Nelson's Loose Leaf
Surgery, Fractures about the Elbow Joint and Dislocations at the
Elbow in Christopher's Surgery; Sc.D. Washington College 1924 and
University of Pennsylvania 1945, Award of Merit General Alumni
Society of University of Pennsylvania 1950, Lieutenant Colonel Medical Corps in World War I (overseas 1918-19, chief surgical service
Base Hospital No 20, commanding officer surgical team No 61),
fellow American College of Surgeons, American Surgical Association,
Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, American Board of Surgery, and
International College of Surgeons; member Philadelphia County and
Pennsylvania State Medical societies, Surgical Research Society, and
Methodist Church, Chestertown.
Unmarried
Death due to p e n a r t e n t i s nodosa Buried in Chestertown Cemetery Survived by a sister, Mrs. Harrison W. Vickers, Jr , and a
brother, Edwin Holt Ehason
BURTON PARKER TWICHELL, B.A 1901. Born June 8, 1878,
Hartford, Conn ; died August 7, 1949, Keene Valley, N Y
Father, Rev. Joseph H. Twichell, D.D , LL D (B A 1859)
Mother, Julia Harmony (Cushman) Twichell Yale relatives include
David C Twichell, '98 (brother), Charles E. Ives, "'98, John R. Hall,
•02 (brothers-in-law), Edward T. Ware, '97, Reuben C Twichell, '00
(cousins); Howard O Wood, Jr , '16, Joseph Talcott Hall, '32, Jesse
Angell Hall, '36 (nephews), Howard O. Wood, 3d, '43 E (grandnephew) .
Hartford Public High School. Second colloquy appointment
Junior and Senior years, president Freshman Baseball Association;
Apollo and University Glee clubs; on board of managers Yale Cooperative Corporation, Ivy Committee, He' Boule', Alpha Delta Phi
Graduate member Torch Society
Principal Weiser (Idaho) Academy 1901-2, teacher 1906-7,
student in forestry and engaged in business in Hartford 1902-3; LL B.
Yale 1905 (Betts Prize), lawyer in Bridgeport, Conn , 1905-6,
teacher of Latin Thacher School, Ojai, Calif , 1907-17, dean of students Yale 1920-23, instructor in Latin 1923-27 and 1928 until r e tirement 1932, teacher of Latin Hopkins Grammar School, New
Haven, 1935-38, M A Hon. Yale 1920, Y M C A secretary Camp
Upton in World War I (overseas 1918-19), trustee Hamden Hall, Hopkins Grammar School, and Milton Academy, president Keene Valley
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Library Association 1923, national council member American Provident Society of New York City, council member Farnam Community
House, on advisory committee New Haven State Teachers' College,
on board of control Yale University Athletic Association 1920-21, on
board of managers Dixwell Community House, member Congregational
Church, Keene Valley
Married June 22, 1916, Glen Cove, N Y , Katharine Eugenia
Pratt (B A Vassar 1914), daughter of Charles Millard Pratt (M A
Hon 1903) and Mary Seymour (Morris) Pratt
Children David
Cushman (B A Williams 1941, M A Yale 1949), Margaret Frost
(Benmngton Coll 1938-40, Mrs Henry Siddons Mowbray), Harmony
(B A Vassar 1943, Mrs Samuel Prescott Bush Clement), Charles
Pratt, '45 W
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Pratt family cemetery, Glen
Cove Survived by wife, children, six grandchildren, three sisters,
Mrs Charles E Ives, Mrs John R Hall, and Miss Sarah Dunham
Twichell, and a brother, Rev Joseph H Twichell, '06
FRANCIS BLACKMAN BARNETT, B A 1902 Born May 29,
1882, Canaan, Conn , died October 15, 1949, New Haven, Conn
Father, Rev Francis Walter Barnett (B A Brown 1872), rector Christ Church, Canaan, and St Luke's Church, South Glastonbury, Conn , son of William Noyes and Mary Sullivan (Pritchard)
Barnett
Mother, Mary Frances (Blackman) Barnett, daughter of
Joseph and Mary Botsford (Bailey) Blackman Yale relatives include William E Barnett (B A 1864), John F Barnett (M D 1869)
(uncles), William L Barnett, '98 (cousin)
Housatonic Valley Institute
First colloquy appointment Junior
year, second colloquy appointment Senior year
Teacher Thornbury College 1902-3, salesman J B Williams
Company, soap manufacturers, Glastonbury, Conn , 1903-4, shipping clerk Swift & Company, Hartford, 1904-6, B D Berkeley
Divinity School 1909, rector St Mary's Episcopal Church, Mitchell,
S Dak , 1909-15, Christ Church, Ridley Park, Pa , 1915-19, St
David's Church, Manayunk, 1919-22, St Andrew's Church, Yardley,
and St Wilfrid's Church, Dolmgton, 1922-35, chaplain Christ Church
Hospital, Philadelphia, 1935-40, assistant Trinity Church, New
Haven, 1940-41 and vicar All Saints' Church, Trinity Parish, 1941-49,
made missionary inspection trip to Liberia 1922 (Holy Cross Hospital
founded later), cofounder Country Center Mission, Bucks County,
Pa , chaplain (Captain) Base Hospital No 15, and later Chemical
Warfare Service, World War I, author A Thousand Miles on Foot in
Africa, trustee Berkeley Divinity School (acting librarian 1940-41),
president New Haven Clericus and board of trustees Yardley Library,
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vice-president Yardley Board of Education, member Masonic order
and American Legion (commander Yardley post)
Married June 5, 1909, South Glastonbury, Conn , Emily
Maudsley, daughter of John Howard and Addie Rosalvia (Stancliff)
Hale Children Dorothy Hale (Mrs Arthur Waldo Pelton), Francis
Blackman, Jr , Walter (died 1931)
Death due to*coronary thrombosis Buried in Old Church Cemetery, Glastonbury Survived by wife, two children, two grandchildren,
a sister, Miss Mary Barnett, and two brothers, Rev Joseph Noyes
Barnett and William E Barnett
CHARLES PAXSON FLORA, B A 1902 Born July 20, 1878,
Columbia, Pa , died April 4, 1950, Watertown, Mass
Father, Samuel Slocum Flora, with Pennsylvania Railroad Company, son of John and Eleanor M (Cain) Flora Mother, Emma
Elizabeth (Daugherty) Flora, daughter of Robert and Catherine
(Trainer) Daugherty
Columbia High School High oration appointment Junior and
Senior years, two-year honors m physical sciences Senior year,
special honors in chemistry, Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa Ph D
1905 (assistant in chemistry 1903-5)
Instructor chemistry Derby (Conn ) High School 1903, chemist
Hood Rubber Company, Watertown, 1905-7, assistant superintendent
1907-17, factory manager 1917-22, manager standards department
1922-43, superintendent salary administration 1943 until retirement
1945, held numerous patents including method for deresmating rubber,
author "The Estimation of Cadmium", contributed to scientific periodicals, lecturer Harvard Graduate School, Northeastern University, and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1922-23, official arbitrator
Rubber Association of America 1918, member Industrial Engineers
Club of New England, American Chemical Society, American Economic
Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science,
and Phillips Congregational Church, Watertown
Married November 5, 1906, New Haven, Conn , Margaret Ann,
daughter of Thomas Rexter and Elizabeth Ann (Hunter) Cairns Son
Charles Cairns (B S Harvard 1929, M A 1930)
Death due to cerebral thrombosis Buried in Grove Street
Cemetery, New Haven Survived by wife, son, three grandchildren,
three sisters, Mrs Robert T Taggart, Mrs Maud Patterson, and
Mrs Claude B Henderson, and a brother, William A Flora
WALTER LESTER LYON, B A 1902 Born April 24, 1881,
Berlin, Germany, died November 27, 1949, Bryn Mawr, Pa
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Father, Jonathan Fish Lyon (B A. and M A Brown 1870, M D
Heidelberg 1880), physician in New York City Mother, Louise
(Miller) Altroggen Lyon Yale relatives include a cousin, William H
Lyon, '08
Dwight School, New York City Member Zeta Psi
Attended College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1902-3 (Omega Upsilon Phi), successively with J H Flagg
Cutlery Company, New York City, Clark, Granms & Lawrence,
brokers, and Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company, New Britain,
Conn (assistant sales manager New York City office), with Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1912 until retirement
about 1930, member St David's Episcopal Church, Radnor, Pa
Married February 1, 1911, Philadelphia, Beatrice, daughter of
Henry and Pauline (Jolly) Cochran Children Dorothy Erskine (Mrs
Thomas Langdale Bishop), William Cochran, !36 S
Buried in St David's
Churchyard, Radnor
Survived by wife (died May 25, 1951), children,
and five grandchildren
RALPH MERRIAM SIMONDS, B A 1902 Born October 24,
1878, Westminster, Mass , died April 22, 1950, Arlington, Mass
Father, Samuel Dwight Simonds, lawyer in Westminster, son of
Albert G and Sarah (Woodcock) Simonds Mother, Ida Eliza
(Merriam) Simonds, daughter of Artemus and Salome (Holden)
Merriam
Cushmg Academy Second colloquy appointment Senior year,
Freshman and Class Baseball teams
Clerk Graton & Knight Manufacturing Company, leather belting,
Worcester, Mass , 1902-3, assistant manager Philadelphia office
1903-4, traveling salesman 1904-5, in advertising department Worcester 1905-6, manager promotion department Sherwm-Williams Company,
paints, Boston, 1906-9, salesman Wadsworth, Howland & Company,
Boston, 1909-10, New England sales manager Globe Register Company
and United Autographic Registers, Boston, 1910 until retirement 1946,
associated with Thomas Groom Company, stationers, Boston, and
Cereseal Distributing Company, Southbridge, Mass , at time of
death, member Masonic order and St John's Episcopal Church, Arlington
Married September 20, 1906, Allston, Mass , Zulma Eliza,
daughter of George Washington and Abbie Florence (Clark) Lunt
Children Ralph Merriam, Jr (Tufts Class of 1935), Barbara (B A
Simmons 1937, Mrs Roland Hoag), Dwight Lunt (Duke Class of 1944)
Buried in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery, Arlington Survived by wife, children, five grandchildren,
Yale College
a sister, Mrs
Simonds
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Charles Arnold Pellett, and a brother, Donald D
JOHN FERGUSON TENNEY, B A 1902 Born October 19,
1880, Methuen, Mass , died September 5, 1949, New York City
Father, George Washington Tenney, shoe manufacturer in
Methuen, son of John Ferguson and Hannah (Woodbury) Tenney
Mother, Alzaidia Maria (Tourtellot) Tenney, daughter of Amasa and
Maria (Curtis) Tourtellot
Yale relatives include a cousin, Daniel G
Tenney, '91
Phillips-Andover
First colloquy appointment Junior and Senior
years
LL B Harvard 1905, lawyer in Seattle 1905-9, salesman C H
Tenney & Company, commission hat merchants, New York City,
19t)9-26, underwriter New York Life Insurance Company 1926-49
(senior Nylic 1946-49), trustee Golden Rule Foundation and Endowment Fund of American College in Madura, India, deacon Broadway
Tabernacle (Congregational), New York City (in charge hospitality
center for enlisted men during World War II and until his death)
Married October 5, 1910, Picton, Ont , Gena Branscombe
(B M Chicago Musical Coll , M A Hon Whitman 1932), daughter
of Henry William and Sara (Allison) Branscombe
Children Gena
(B A Barnard 1934, Mrs Philip Henry Phenix), Vivian Allison (B A
Barnard 1935, M D Cornell 1939), Elizabeth (died 1919), Beatrice
Branscombe (Barnard 1934-37, Mrs Edgar Lloyd Brokow, Jr )
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery,
Methuen Survived by wife, three daughters, two grandchildren, and
a sister, Mrs Roy V Baketel
WILLIS GAYLORD TUCKER, B A 1902 Born January 20,
1881, Albany, N Y , died September 25, 1949, Saratoga Springs, N Y
Father, Willis Gay lord Tucker (M D Albany Medical Coll
1870), director New York State Board of Health Laboratory, son of
Luther Tucker Mother, May (Newman) Tucker, daughter of Charles
and Mary (Page) Newman Yale relatives include Luther H Tucker
(B A 1855), Henry Newman (Class of 1880) (uncles), Luther H
Tucker, '91, Carll Tucker, '04 (cousins)
Albany Academy First dispute appointment Junior year, second
dispute appointment Senior year
Reporter Albany Argus 1902-4, advertising department General
Electric Company, Schenectady, N Y , 1904-6, owner advertising
agency Albany 1906-10, manager New York City offices William D
McJunkin Advertising Agency 1910-13, founder, and president The
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Tucker Agency, Inc , advertising, New York City, 1913 until r e t i r e ment about 1932, organized The Commonweal, member National
Electric Light Association
Married June 10, 1905, Albany, Alice S , daughter of Francis
H Woods
Death due to bronchopneumoma
Buried in St Agnes Cemetery,
Albany Survived by wife and two s i s t e r s , Mrs A William Putnam
and Mrs Harry Holt
JOHN JARED WELSH, B A 1902 Born September 4, 1880,
South Orange, N J , died February 14, 1950, South Orange, N J
Father, William Welsh, landscape gardener in South Orange,
son of Robert and Margaret Welsh Mother, Matilda (Irvine) Welsh,
daughter of Robert and Prudence Irvine
South Orange High School First colloquy appointment Junior
and Senior years
Teacher mathematics and European history South Orange High
School 1902-4, attended Columbia University summer 1903, instructor
German, French, and mathematics Morris Academy, Morristown,
N J , 1904-7, teacher mathematics St Paul's School, Concord, N H
1907 until retirement 1946, member Church of the Holy Communion
(Episcopal), South Orange
Unmarried
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, N J Survived by a sister, Miss Rebecca Welsh
ERWIN MINSEL CALMER, B A 1903 Born March 31, 1880,
Joliet, 111 , died March 1, 1950, Dos Rios, Calif
Father, Michael Calmer, merchant and mill operator, Joliet,
son of Daniel Calmer
Mother, Therese (Minsel) Calmer, daughter
of August Minsel Stoekig
Joliet High School Second colloquy appointment Junior year,
treasurer Fencing Club Junior year, president Team Senior year, Zeta
Psi
Student Colorado School of Mines 1903-4, with Calmer Dry Goods
Company, Joliet, 1905-10, engaged in raising alfalfa and fruit
McFarland, Calif , and La Canada 1910-18, with Illinois Steel Company, Chicago, 1918-20, owner Calmer's California Wild Flower
Nursery, Dos Rios, 1920-50, devoted much time to painting, and raising Airedales, trustee Western Reserve Historical Society, governor
Yale Alumni Association of Cleveland 1934-35
Married (1) July 24, 1905, Chicago, Florence Briggs, daughter
of Richard and Cynthia (Briggs) Terhune Children Richard Terhune
I
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and John Augustus (B.S Umv Washington 1932) Mr and Mrs
Calmer were divorced 1922 Married (2) 1930, San F r a n c i s c o , Ann
Finseth
Death due to a heart condition Buried in Santa Rosa, Calif
Survived by wife, sons, and two b r o t h e r s , Howard Carl Calmer and
Harry Calmer
JAMES RYLE COFFEY, B A 1903 Born July 11, 1881, New
Haven, Conn , died March 30, 1950, Stamford, Conn
F a t h e r , Lawrence John Coffey, a mason contractor, New Haven,
son of J a m e s and Bridget (Flannigan) Coffey Mother, Jenny
(Holloran) Coffey, daughter of John and Ellen (Costello) Holloran
Hillhouse High School, New Haven M D Yale 1907
Interne Lying-In Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital, New York
City, 1907-9, physician in New Haven 1909 until retirement January
1950, assistant in medicine Grace Hospital, studied in Vienna and
Budapest 1932, assistant surgeon (Lieutenant j g ) Naval Reserve
Force in World War I, member New Haven Medical Association,
Connecticut State Medical Society, and St Rose's Roman Catholic
Church, New Haven
Married June 14, 1911, New Haven, Margaret Theresa, daughter of William Henry and Margaret Theresa (Reilly) Boyle
Daughter
Margaret T h e r e s a (died at birth)
Death due to c e r e b r a l thrombosis Buried in St Lawrence
Cemetery, New Haven Survived by wife, a s i s t e r , Mrs Charles
Richmond, and three b r o t h e r s , John C , Lawrence J , and Raymond
C Coffey
PHILIP KING CONDICT, B A 1903 Born October 20, 1880,
Newark, N J , died September 1, 1949, South Strafford, Vt
F a t h e r , Stephen Albert Condict, vice-president Orange Valley
Building & Loan Association, son of Stephen Hayes and Sophia (King)
Condict Mother, Clara (Agnew) Condict, daughter of Rev John
Holmes Agnew and Sarah Emeline (Taylor) Agnew Yale relatives include Lewis E Condict (B A 1869) (uncle), Stephen C Walke, '34
(nephew)
The Hill School Second colloquy appointment Senior year, University Tennis T e a m , manager University Tennis Association Senior
year, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Elihu Club
With Western Electric Company, Inc , 1903-17, 1919-25 (chief
clerk Philadelphia branch 1905-7, s e c r e t a r y Nippon Electric Company,
Japan, 1907-10, F a r Eastern manager 1910-13, foreign sales manager
New York City 1913-17, vice-president 1919-25), vice-president
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International Telephone & Telegraph Company 1925 until retirement
1937, vice-president International Standard Electric Corporation
1919-25, executive vice-president 1925-36, president 1936-37, owner
Willow House Farm, South Strafford, 1931-49, assistant director Bureau
Export Licenses, War Trade Board, 1917, Major Signal Corps in World
War I, decorated with Order of the Rising Sun (Japan) 1919, vice-president
American Asiatic Association, member Highland Avenue Congregational
Church, Orange, N J , and trustee Community Church of the Straffords
Married November 10, 1937, Rye, N Y , Fonrose, daughter of
Jonathan Mayhew and Laura Wallace (Buchanan) Wainwright
Death due to pericarditis
South Strafford
Survived by wife, his ward, James Rylee Condict,
and a sister, Mrs Roger A Walke
TRUSTEN POLK DRAPER, B A 1903 Born October 20,
1880, Wilmington, Del , died April 29, 1950, Wilmington, Del
Father, James Avery Draper (M D Umv Pennsylvania 1860),
physician and surgeon Wilmington, son of Avery Draper, 3d, and
Elizabeth (Green) Draper
Mother, Mary (Polk) Draper, daughter of
Trusten Polk (B A 1831) and Elizabeth Newberry (Skinner) Polk
Yale relatives include James A Draper, '95 (brother), James Avery
Draper, '31, Ford B Draper, '32 (nephews)
Friends School, Wilmington Member Alpha Delta Phi
With Youngstown (Ohio) Car Manufacturing Company 1903-5,
Republic Iron & Steel Company, Youngstown, 1905-7, Inland Steel
Company, Indiana Harbor, Ind , 1907-9, assistant superintendent
blast furnace and steel department Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
1907-17, general manager Trumbull Steel Company, Warren, Ohio,
1917-19, successively vice-president and general superintendent
Sharon (Pa ) Steel Hoop Company and vice-president and general
manager Worcester (Mass ) Pressed Steel Company 1919-50
Married (1) April 27, 1910, Richmond, Va , Caroline, daughter
of Dr Charles M Shields and Margaret (New) Shields Mrs Draper
died 1913 Married (2) November 18, 1915, Richmond, Edith Stuart,
daughter of Walter E Grant Children Mary Polk (Mrs Edwin C
E Lord, Jr ), Edith Grant Mrs Draper died 1926
Survived by children
BRADFORD ELLSWORTH, B A 1903 Born October 31,
1880, New Hartford, Conn , died April 16, 1950, Bridgeport, Conn
Father, William Webster Ellsworth, president Century Company, publishers, New York City, son of Oliver and Caroline
Cleveland (Smith) Ellsworth
Mother, Helen Yale (Smith) Ellsworth,
Yale College
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daughter of M o r r i s Woodworth and Julia (Palmer) Smith Yale r e l a tives include Noah Webster (B A 1778), Oliver Ellsworth (LL D
1790) (great-great-grandfathers), William W Ellsworth (B A 1810)
(great-grandfather), Oliver Ellsworth (B A 1799), Martin Ellsworth
(B A 1801), Henry L Ellsworth (B A 1810), (great-great-uncles),
Pinckney Ellsworth (B A 1836) (great-uncle), F r e d e r i c k W Davis
(B A 1877) (uncle), Carl W Davis, '02 (cousin), George M
Creevey, '93 (brother-in-law), Kennedy Creevey, '26 (nephew)
Hotchkiss School F r e s h m a n , Apollo, and University Glee
clubs, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Alpha Delta Phi
Secretary Brewster & Company, c a r r i a g e manufacturers, New
York City, 1903-6, 1912-17, with Century Company 1906-8, Gude,
Winmill & Company, b a n k e r s , New York City, 1908-12, manager
branch office 1919-20, manager Seligsberg & Company, New York
City, 1920-22, Edward W Clucas & Company, b r o k e r s , New York
City, 1922-27, M J Meehan & Company, b r o k e r s , New York City,
1927-37, raised Aberdeen Angus cattle New Hartford 1937-42,
Manning, Maxwell & Moore Company, Inc , manufacturers of gauges
and tools, Bridgeport, 1942-50 (vice-president 1945-50, general
manager 1947-50), chairman Class dinner committees, with Squadron
A on Mexican Border, Captain Infantry, World War I (awarded Distinguished Service C r o s s , Croix de G u e r r e , Silver Star, second Distinguished Service C r o s s , Purple Heart), member St Bartholomew's
Church (Episcopal), New York City
Married (1) December 1, 1904, New York City, Juliet, daughter
of George Inness, J r , and Julia Goodrich (Smith) Inness Son
George Mr and M r s Ellsworth were divorced 1919 Married (2)
September 4, 1920, Hartford, Alice, daughter of Alexander and
Alice (Reilly) Dickson
Death due to pulmonary edema Buried in Old Town Hill Cemetery, New Hartford
Survived by wife, son, and two s i s t e r s , M r s
George M Creevey and M r s Mauritz vanLoebensels
GEORGE SINCLAIR HURST, B A 1903 Born March 12,
1876, New York City, died November 2, 1949, Hartford, Conn
F a t h e r , George Gilfillan Hurst, compositor Bullinger & Company, New York City, son of Joshua and F r a n c e s (Bilyea) Hurst
Mother, Emily Amanda (Sinclair) Hurst, daughter of J a m e s and
Martha (MacMurray) Sinclair
Mt Hermon School F r e s h m a n , Apollo, and University Glee
clubs, College Choir, chairman Ivy Committee, Zeta P s i , Elihu Club
Assistant business manager Yale Alumni Weekly 1903-4,
business manager 1904-6, advertising department J B Williams
Company, soap manufacturers, Glastonbury, Conn , 1907-17,
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advertising manager 1917 until retirement 1937, president Glastonbury
Chamber of Commerce
Married August 12, 1907, West Redding, Conn , Frances
Elizabeth, daughter of Edwin Henry and Amanda Pamelia (Pierce)
Osborn
Death due to subarachnoid hemorrhage
Buried an Whitneyville
Cemetery, Hamden, Conn Survived by wife and a brother, Robert
B. Hurst
CHARLES ARTHUR MOORE, B A 1903 Born June 23, 1880,
Lynn, Mass , died August 23, 1949, Greenwich, Conn
Father, Charles Arthur Moore, a founder Manning, Maxwell &
Moore, Inc , machinery and machinists' supplies, Bridgeport, Conn ,
son of William Ropes and Caroline (Van Nest) Moore Mother, Mary
(Campbell) Moore, daughter of John Kyse and Elizabeth (Sheffield)
Campbell Yale relatives include Colby M Chester, '97 S (brotherin-law)
St Paul's School, Concord, N H Yale Corinthian Yacht Club,
Eta Phi, Psi Upsilon, Elihu Club
Successively vice-president, president, and chairman of the
board Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc , 1903-49, an explorer and
member of expeditions to Arctic, Hudson Bay, and Baffin Land, importer Arabian desert horses, member Connecticut National Guard,
Major Coast Artillery Corps World War I, member New York Philological and Zoological societies, and American Museum of Natural
History
Married (1) January 18, 1907, Nashville, Tenn , Annette,
daughter of Henry Sperry Children Elsie Annette Moore Kellogg
Shaul, Charles Arthur, 3d, Henry Sperry Mr and Mrs Moore were
divorced 1919 Married (2) June 5, 1920, Greenwich, Conn ,
Elizabeth, daughter of Seymour Jairus and Elizabeth (Worrall) Hyde
Children John Campbell (Class of 1945, killed in service 1943),
Bettme (Mrs William Taliaferro Close)
Death due to coronary occlusion
Survived by wife, three children, grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs Colby M Chester
ROLAND GEORGE DWIGHT RICHARDSON, B A 1903 Born
May 14, 1878, Dartmouth, N S , died July 17, 1949, South River
Lake, N S
Fatner, George Richardson, a teacher in Dartmouth and
Lawrencetown, N.S , son of Rev George Richardson and Sarah
(Williams) Richardson
Mother, Rebecca (Newcomb) Richardson,
daughter of Judson and Greselda Detchmann (Archibald) Newcomb
Yale College
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Lawrencetown High School, B A Acadia 1898 Entered Yale
Senior year, philosophical oration appointment, honors in mathem a t i c s , Phi Beta Kappa M A 1904, Ph D 1906 (instructor in
mathematics 1904-7)
Assistant professor mathematics Brown University 1907-12,
associate professor 1912-15, professor and head department 1915-42,
dean Graduate School 1926-48, dean e m e r i t u s 1948-49, in charge department of astronomy and acting director Ladd Observatory 1917-18,
student University of Gottingen 1908-9, teacher University of Chicago
s u m m e r 1918 and University of California 1920, assisted in writing
mathematical program for college Army and Navy units in World War
I, D C L Acadia 1931, LL D Lehigh 1941, Brown 1948, v i c e - p r e s i dent Mathematical Society of America 1919 and* American Mathematical Society 1920 ( s e c r e t a r y 1921-40), fellow American Academy of
Arts and Sciences and American Association for the Advancement of
Science, m e m b e r Deutsche Mathematiker Vereimgung, Circolo
Matematico di P a l e r m o , Sigma Xi, and F i r s t Baptist Church, P r o v i dence, R I
Married June 4, 1908, Montreal, Que , Louise Janet, daughter
of Alexander John and Janet (McHattie) McHattie Son George
Wendell (B A Brown 1942)
Death due to thrombosis Buried in Camp Hill Cemetery,
Halifax, N S Survived by wife, son, and one grandchild
GEORGE ARTHUR SMITH, B A 1903 Born December 12,
1879, Hartford, Conn , died January 22, 1950, Long Hill, Town of
Trumbull, Conn
F a t h e r , Edwin Jones Smith, sheriff Hartford County, son of
David Tilton and Maria (Jones) Smith Mother, Sarah Henrietta
(Moses) Smith, daughter of Luther and Mary (Lampson) Moses Yale
relatives include a stepbrother, H DeWitt Smith, '08 S
Hartford Public High School Second dispute appointment
Junior and Senior y e a r s , Yale University Dramatic Association
M D Johns Hopkins 1907, on house staff Hartford Hospital
1907-8, physician in Hartford 1908-11, Stepney, Conn , 1912-19,
Long Hill 1919 until r e t i r e m e n t 1945, visiting physician Hartford
Dispensary, m e m b e r Bridgeport and Connecticut State Medical societies*, Fairfield County and American Medical associations, and Congregational church
Married August 7, 1909, Setauket, N Y , Lillie Roe, daughter
of William Roe and Sarah Rebecca (Hawkins) Davis Daughter Janet
Sarah (B A Smith 1935, Yale School of Fine Arts 1935-37, M r s
Harold Welton Ballard)
Death due to cerebrovascular accident Survived by wife,
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daughter, three grandchildren, and a b r o t h e r , Merton T
Smith
COLMAN CURTISS, B A 1904 Born January 26, 1881,
Denver, Colo , died February 22, 1950, Buffalo, N Y
F a t h e r , Alexander Mam Curtiss (M D Cornell 1880), p r e s i dent Charles G Curtiss Company, malt manufacturers, Buffalo, son
of Charles Gould and Amelia (Mam) Curtiss Mother, Sophia Jane
(Colman) C u r t i s s , daughter of Truman and Emma Colman Yale r e latives include Charles G C u r t i s s , '08, Geoffrey Curtiss (Class of
1909)(brothers)
St Paul's School, Concord, N H Class Picture Committee,
Alpha Delta P h i , Elihu Club
Occupied m Buffalo 1904-46, successively manager, assistant
t r e a s u r e r , and s e c r e t a r y Charles G Curtiss Company 1904-6, vicepresident 1906-18, president Colman Curtiss Feed Company, Inc ,
1918-24, automobile salesman J.924-29, special representative John
Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Inc , and salesman Deuel,
Lapey & Company, Inc , 1929-40, salesman Factory Fuels Corporation, bituminous coal, 1940-46, vice-president Geneva Brewing Company 1909-12, t r e a s u r e r Riverside Malting Company 1907-18, m e m b e r
New York State Guard and St John's Church (Episcopal), Buffalo
Married June 25, 1905, Batavia,. N Y , Sallie, daughter of
Trumbull and Grace (Truscott) Cary Children Jane (died 1919),
Trumbull Cary (died 1922), Colman, J r , '32, Alexander Main, 2d
(died 1911), Thomas, '37, Margaret
Death due to carcinoma Ashes interred in F o r e s t Lawn Cemet e r y , Buffalo
Survived by wife, three children, and eight grandchildren
MORGAN GOETCHIUS, B A 1904 Born May 2 1 , 1881, New
York City, died June 14, 1950, Smithtown Branch, N Y
F a t h e r , John Milton Goetchius, m e m b e r J a m e s L Morgan &
Company, chemical manufacturers, New York City, son of John
Embler and Julia (Strong) Goetchius Mother, Sarah Gilbert (Kellogg)
Goetchius, daughter of Henry and Caroline (Frisbie) Kellogg Yale
relatives include Edward Jewell (Class of 1869) (uncle), Henry K
Goetchius, '88 S , John M Goetchius, '94 S (brothers), Thomas L
Clarke, '97, Raymond Ives, '08 (cousins)
Pomfret School F r e s h m a n Football Team, Yale University
Dramatic Association, Junior Promenade Committee, Cup Committee,
Delta Kappa Epsilon, Scroll and Key
Bond salesman William Salomon & Company, New York City,
1904-6, salesman Dennis & P r e s t o n , r e a l - e s t a t e b r o k e r s , 1906-7,
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traveled and student The Sorbonne 1908-11, engaged in farming Smithtown, N Y , 1912-18, Captain, Military Intelligence World War I,
Major Officers Reserve Corps 1920, with General Motors Export Company and General Motors Acceptance Corporation 1919-22 and General
Motors Corporation 1922-24, associated with Fahnestock & Company
1924 until retirement about 1947, member New York Stock Exchange,
mayor Smithtown Branch 1942-43, member Sons of Colonial Wars and
Episcopal church
Married (1) November 4, 1904,Tuxedo Park, NY, Marie Louise,
daughter of George Rutledge and Laura (Belden) Gibson Children
Rutledge (died in infancy), son (died at birth) Mr and Mrs
Goetchius were divorced 1910 Married (2) February 19, 1914, New
York City, Gladys Marguerite, daughter of John P and Mary Theresa
(Griffith) Kane Children Mary Theresa (Mrs Charles D Plumb),
Sarah Kellogg Mrs Goetchius died 1944
Death due to cerebral palsy Survived by daughters, three
grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs William Fahnestock
HAROLD MAR WICK MEECH, B A 1904 Born September 18,
1882, Middletown, Conn , died August 2, 1949, Red Wing, Minn
Father, George Thomas Meech, president Meech & Stoddard,
Inc , gram and feed business, Middletown, son of John Tyler and
Rebecca Mather (Waite) Meech Mother, Ella Jean (Burr) Meech,
daughter of Dr Ellsworth Burr and Maria T (Haling) Burr Yale relatives include Hugh Harbison, '14, Alexander W Harbison, '16
(brothers- in- law)
Middletown High School First colloquy appointment Junior and
Senior years, Apollo Mandolin Club
With Meech & Stoddard, Inc , 1904-21 (secretary and treasurer
1906-21), vice-president Middlefield Gram & Coal Company 1916-30
and Meech Gram Company, Hartford, 1918-30, president Red Wing
Milling Company 1921-49, councilman Middletown 1910-11, 1912-13,
alderman 1914-15, mayor 1916-18 (president Mayors' Association of
Connecticut 1917), representative Connecticut General Assembly
1919-20, member board Y M C A and City Hospital, Middletown, Sons of Veterans, and South Congregational Church,
Middletown
Married January 8, 1916, Hartford, Conn , Lucy Anderson,
daughter of Hugh and Annie Marshall (Phelps) Harbison
Children
Elizabeth Harbison (B A Smith 1939, Mrs Jefferson D Sogard),
Harbison, *42 S
Death due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease Buried in
Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown Survived by wife, children, one
grandchild, and a sister, Mrs Arnold B Hubbard
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JOHN OLMSTED, B A 1904 Born January 2, 1882, Buffalo,
N Y , died January 29, 1950, Buffalo, N Y
Father, William Davenport Olmsted, president Niagara Falls
Mailing Company, Buffalo, son of John and Lucinda (Davenport)
Olmsted
Mother, Mary Olive (Mathews) Olmsted, daughter of James
E and Ann Emelia (Hill) Mathews Yale relatives include George
B M Olmsted (Class of 1933), William D Olmsted, 2d, '35 Mus ,
Ashley W Olmsted, '38 (nephews)
Hotchkiss School Second colloquy appointment Senior year,
Freshman and University Glee clubs, Triennial Committee, Alpha
Delta Phi
With Buffalo Elevator & Supply Company 1904-5, secretary
Niagara Falls Milling Company 1905 until retirement about 1930, vicepresident Penn Arms Gas & Oil Company, Mill Creek Gas & Oil Company, Pine Creek Gas & Oil Company, Somerset Gas & Oil Company,
member First Presbyterian Church, Buffalo
Married December 31, 1906, Buffalo, Gertrude, daughter of
Orsamus George and Elizabeth (Bates) Warren Children Elizabeth
Warren (B A Smith 1931, M A 1933), Mary Louise (B A Smith
1933), John, Jr (Class of 1937 E ), James Warren (B A Harvard
1938)
Ashes interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo
Survived by wife, children, five grandchildren, a sister, Mrs Henry B Master, and a brother, George W Olmsted, '94
LOUIS MALCOM ATHA, B A 1905 Born September 28,
1882, Newark, N J , died May 15, 1950, St Louis, Mo
Father, Benjamin Atha, member Benjamin Atha & Company,
steel manufacturers, Newark, son of Andrew and Henrietta (Armitage)
Atha Mother, Sarah Ann (Gurney) Atha, daughter of Henry Gilmore
and Margaret (Hayes) Gurney Yale relatives include Herbert B
Atha, '92 S , Charles G Atha, '99 S (brothers), Howell G Lord,
'04, Leslie H Lord, '07 S (cousins)
Hotchkiss School Second colloquy appointment Senior year,
Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Ehhu Club
With Benjamin Atha & Company 1905, secretary The Titan Company, Newark, 1905-15, superintendent 1908-10, treasurer 1915-17,
assistant manager U S Emergency Fleet Corporation, Philadelphia,
1918-19, with Atha & Lucey, steel merchants, New York City,
1920-22, treasurer Evans-Wallower Lead Company and EvansWallower Zinc Company, Charleston, W Va , 1924-29, president
Rhodes Perry Martin, Inc , St Louis, 1930-33, an organizer Midwest-Radiant Corporation, St Louis, 1933, treasurer 1935-44,
treasurer and secretary 1944-50, director 1947-50, member Ladue
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(Mo ) School Board and Zoning Commission and St Peter's Episcopal
Church, Ladue
Married November 24, 1926, Charleston, Katharine Lloyd,
daughter of David Watson and Julia Dorsey (Kaufman) Patterson
Daughter Julia Patterson (Washington Univ Class of 1952)
Death due to myocardial infarction Buried in Spring Hill Cemetery,
Charleston Survived by wife, daughter, andabrother, AlbertH Atha, '99
GEORGE MILMINE BODMAN, B A 1905 Born June 8, 1883,
Toledo, Ohio, died May 6, 1950, New York City
Father, Edward Cushman Bodman, gram exporter Milmihe,
Bodman & Company, New York City, son of Luther and Philena
(Hawlcs) Bodman Mother, Ida Maria (Berdan) Bodman, daughter of
Peter Frederick and Maria (Waite) Berdan Yale relatives include
Henry M Waite (B A 1809)(great grandfather), Richard E Selden
(B A 1818), James Berdan (B A 1824)(great-great uncles), Morrison
R Waite (B A 1837), George C Waite (B A 1840), Richard Waite
(B A 1853)(great uncles), Edward T Waite (B A 1869), John M
Berdan, '96 (uncles), JeanM Berdan(MS 1943, Ph,D 1949)(cousm)
The Hill School President Freshman Baseball Association,
University Tennis Team, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Psi Upsilon
With Cyrus J Lawrence & Sons, brokers, New York City,
1905-50 (senior partner 1911-50), treasurer Madison Square Boys'
Club, head intelligence service, War Trade Board, New York City,
World War I, with U S Treasury Department 1942, American Red
Cross Commissioner in charge clubs in British Isles 1942-44, member Association of Ex-members of Squadron A, Newcomen Society of
England, and Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal), New York City
Married November 2, 1918, Rumson, N J , Louise, daughter
of Edward Arthur Stanley and Louisa Hall (Ward) Clarke
Death due to pneumonia Survived by wife and a brother,
Herbert L Bodman, '05
WALTER BANNISTER CONGDON, B A 1905 Born Novemb e r s , 1882, Minneapolis, Minn , died October 20, 1949, Yakima, Wash
Father, Chester Adgate Congdon (B A Syracuse 1875), lawyer
and mine owner, Duluth, member Minnesota State legislature, son of
Rev Sylvester Laurentus Congdon and Laura Jane (Adgate) Congdon
Mother, Clara Hespena (Bannister) Congdon (B S Syracuse 1875),
daughter of Rev Edward Bannister and Elizabeth Georgiana
(Mannenng) Bannister Yale relatives include a brother, Edward C
Congdon, '08
The Hill School First division stand Freshman year, first
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colloquy appointment Junior year, second colloquy appointment Senior
year, University Track Team, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Zeta P s i
Attended University of Minnesota School of Mines 1905-6, engineer and mill operator Oliver Iron Mining Company, Coleraine,
Minn , 1906-10, purchasing agent Calumet & Arizona Mining Company,
Warren, Ariz , 1910-13, director 1917-31, engaged in various mining
e n t e r p r i s e s in Duluth 1913-49 (president Camsteo Mining Company,
iron o r e , 1941-45), president Penokee Iron Company 1921-49, Marengo
Development Company 1930-49, and Congdon O r c h a r d s , Inc , 1932-49,
vice-president Duluth Symphony O r c h e s t r a Association 1938-43, d i r e c tor North Star council Boy Scouts of America, member American
Mining Congress, American Geographical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Museum of Natural
History, Masonic o r d e r , and St P a u l ' s Episcopal Church, Duluth
Married November 4, 1914, Duluth, J e s s i e Woodward, daughter
of Guilford Graham and Caroline Eliza (Woodward) Hartley
Children
Chester Adgate, 2d (Class of 1938), Guilford Graham Hartley (Class
of 1941), John (Bowdoin Class of 1943), Clara Bannister (Mrs
Stephen Lee Spencer), Caroline Woodward (Mrs Robert F r a n c i s
Gerber)
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in F o r e s t Hill Cemet e r y , Duluth Survived by wife, children, six grandchildren, mother,
three s i s t e r s , M r s H a r r y Chittenden Dudley, Miss Elisabeth M
Congdon, and M r s Hubert Hart d'Autremont, and a b r o t h e r , Robert
Congdon, '21
WILLIAM THEODORE DARBY, B A 1905 Born June 14,
1877, Stayner, Ontario, died July 4, 1949, San Diego, Calif
F a t h e r , George Lestock Darby, city clerk Stayner, son of
George and Mary (Baker) Darby Mother, Agnes (Curts) Darby,
daughter of Michael and Mary (Lever) Curts
Centenary Junior College Second dispute appointment Junior
year, dissertation appointment Senior year
Instructor in English and Greek Williston Academy 1905-6,
M A Columbia 1907, instructor m English University of Washington
1907-12, assistant professor 1912-18, on leave of absence 1918-20,
engaged in farming in Washington 1920-22, professor English l i t e r a ture University of Redlands 1922-25, f a r m e r in Chula Vista, Calif ,
1926-30, investigator California State Social Welfare Department
1930-40, supervisor civilian personnel 11th Naval District, San Diego,
1940 until r e t i r e m e n t 1946, member Philological Association of the
State of Washington, Washington State Educational Association, and
Congregational church, Redlands, Calif
Married July 11, 1906, Pownal, Vt , Inez, daughter of John
Yale College
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Wilber and Frances Louise (Mooar) Combs Children William
Theodore, Jr (died 1925), Francis Combs (B A Pomona 1931, M A
Umv Oregon 1932)
Ashes interred in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N Y Survived by wife, one son, and a granddaughter
FRED ELIJAH GLEASON, B A 1905 Born March 17, 1883,
Montpelier, Vt , died December 2, 1949, Hartford, Conn
Father, Louis Pomeroy Gleason, a merchant in Montpelier,
son of Huzziel and Emily H. Richardson (Hinds) Gleason
Mother,
Anne Louise (Timothy) Gleason, daughter of Helan B and Anne Louise
(Smith) Timothy
J
Williston Academy Second colloquy appointment Senior year,
Yale Corinthian Yacht Club
Harvard Law School 1905-7, studied law in office of Edward H
Deavitt, Montpelier, 1907-9, lawyer in Montpelier 1909-49, city
prosecutor 1908-12, city grand juror 1911-14, state's attorney Washington County 1914-17, and city attorney 1943-45, member Vermont
State Legislature 1948-49, chairman Montpelier Board of School
Commissioners 1935-40, secretary Montpelier Board of Trade
1909-10, president Yale Alumni Association of Vermont 1939-49,
member Washington County Bar Association (secretary 1910-15),
Vermont Bar Association (treasurer 1920-25, president 1933-34),
American Bar Association, Vermont Board of Education, Board of
Civil Authority, National Academy of Political and Social Sciences,
and Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier
Married October 3, 1911, Cambridge, Mass , Letitia
Elizabeth Butcher (Radcliffe 1904-5), daughter of Charles and Mary
Elisabeth (Laramy) Butcher
Children Letitia Elizabeth (Bennington
1934-35, Mrs Edward Hopkmson, 3d), Frederick Carlisle, '39, John
Tower (died in infancy), Esther Tower (B A Vassar 1942, Mrs David
Gelston Nichols), Pnscilla Warren (Vassar 1944-45), the wife of
Charles W Carter, '43 E
Death due to adenocarcmoma
Buried in Green Mountain Cemetery, Montpelier
Survived by wife, four children, and five grandchildren
EDWARD VICTOR HARD WAY, B A 1905 Born October 30,
1877, Winston, W Va , died January 9, 1950, Houston, Texas
Father, John Ellison Hardway, farmer and lumber dealer, Zela,
W Va , son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Sparks) Hardway Mother,
Angelme Margaret (Morris) Hardway, daughter of William H and
Nancy Ann (Chapman) Morris
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B A National Normal University 1902, teacher Fayetteville
Academy 1902-3 Entered Yale Senior year, high oration appointment
LL B Washington and Lee University 1906, lawyer in Durant,
Okla , 1906, Dallas, Texas, 1906-8, Houston 1908-50 (partner
Hardway, Harwell, Smith & Gwm at time of death), member Houston,
Texas State, and American Bar associations, Masonic order, and
Second Presbyterian Church, Houston
Married January 12, 1918, San Antonio, Texas, Velma Scott
Hall Austin (B S Centenary Coll [Tenn ] 1899), daughter of John
Madison and Mary (Person) Hall Son Edward Victor, Jr (B S
Massachusetts Inst Technology 1941, M A 1947)
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston Survived by wife, son, two stepsons, Francis Marion
Austin and Dwight Hall Austin, two grandchildren, a sister, Miss
Leonora Hardway, and a brother, Chapman Hardway
CHARLES LANIER LAWRANCE, B A 1905 Born September
30, 1882, Lenox, Mass , died June 24, 1950, East Islip, N Y
Father, Francis C Lawrance (Ph B 1877) Mother, Sarah
Eggleston (Lanier) Lawrance Yale relatives include an uncle,
Thomas G Lawrance (B A 1884)
Groton School Fencing Team four years (captain Senior year),
treasurer Fencing Club Freshman year, secretary Sophomore year,
second football team, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Yale University
Dramatic Association, Psi Upsilon, Wolf's Head
Partner B L M Motor Car Company, New York City, 1905-8,
traveled abroad 1908-9, architectural student Ecole des Beaux Arts
1909-13 (diplome 1913), consulting engineer Healey & Company, New
York City, 1914, engineer, specializing in development aircraft engines
since 1915, founder, and president Lawrance Aero Engine Corporation,
New York City, 1916-23, vice-president Wright Aeronautical Corporation, Paterson, N J , 1923-24, general manager 1924-25, president
1925-28, vice-president Curtiss-Wright Corporation 1928-30, established Lawrance Engineering & Research Corporation, Linden, N J ,
1930, president and chief engineer 1930-44, chairman board and
director of engine research 1944-46 (firm became Lawrance Aeronautical Corporation 1943), chief engineer and chairman board Power
Industries, Inc , 1946 until retirement 1948, designer Wright "Whirlwind" air cooled plane engine 1927 (awarded Collier trophy and Cresson
medal), chairman board Curtiss Reid Aircraft Company, Ltd , president C. L Lawrance Corporation (real estate), Lawrance Farms
Corporation, Emergency Shelter (New York City), Nitralloy Corporation, Voice of the Sky, Inc , Teterboro Airport, Inc , Islip Airport,
and Fuel Oil Motors Corporation, M A Yale 1927, Harvard 1929,
Yale College
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Sc D Tufts 1928, Chevalier Legion of Honor (France), Ensign New
York Naval Militia 1916-17, honorary trustee South Side Hospital, Bay
Shore, N Y , fellow Royal Aeronautical Society of England and Institute of Aeronautical Sciences (president 1934-35), honorary member
Sigma Xi, member Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the Revolution,
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America (president 1931-32,
awarded medal 1927), Society of Automotive Engineers, Manufacturers Aircraft Association (treasurer 1925), National Aeronautical
Association, and St Mark's Episcopal Church, New York City
Married August 3, 1910, Mount Kisco, N Y , Emily Margaret
Gordon, daughter of Rev Morgan Dix, D D , and Emily Woolsey
(Soutter) Dix. Children Emily (Mrs Joseph Sherman Frehnghuysen,
Jr ), Margaret Lamer Lawrance Cochran Frost (Mrs Winston Frost),
Francis Cooper (B A Harvard 1939)
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Locust Valley
( N Y ) Cemetery Survived by wife, children, seven grandchildren,
and a half sister, Princess Andre Poniatowski
JOHN RYAN WASHBURN, B A 1905 Born August 3, 1883,
Brooklyn, N Y , died May 31, 1950, Baltimore, Md
Father, Rev Henry Homer Washburn (Brown 1855-57, grad
Union Theological Seminary 1875), minister Christ Church, Oyster
Bay, N Y , son of Henry Stevenson and Maria (Loring) Washburn
Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Ryan) Washburn, daughter of John and Susan
(Keener) Ryan Yale relatives include a nephew, Henry S Washburn,
Jr , '36 S
St Paul's School, Garden City, N Y University Football and
Hockey teams
Teacher in London, England, 1905-6, traveled m France 1906,
engineer New York Telephone Company 1906-7 and chief clerk engineering department 1907-8, teacher mathematics Trenton (N J ) High
School 1908-10, tutor in French Hargrove School 1910-12, private
tutor French, Latin, and mathematics Brooklyn, Conn , 1912-18,
teacher Huntmgton School, Boston, 1918-19, teacher French and Latin
Donaldson School, Ilchester, Md , 1919-22, in charge Latin department Boys' Latin School, Baltimore, 1922-27, teacher of French City
College, Baltimore, 1927-50, author The Lay of the Land, sergeant
Connecticut State Guard, member Episcopal church
Married (1) March 16, 1908, Oyster Bay, Claire Desiree,
daughter of Francois and Leontme Isaline Lelievre
Son Henry
Homer, 2d (B A Univ Maryland 1932) Mrs Washburn died 1919
Married (2) September 12, 1924, Baltimore, Katherine Elizabeth,
daughter of Herman Dedrick and Christina (Diffenbach) Wehland
Buried in Meadowridge
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Memorial Park, Baltimore Survived by wife, son, a grandchild, a
s i s t e r , Miss May Washburn, and a brother, Henry S. Washburn (Class
of 1907).
WALTER PRESTON ARMSTRONG, B.A 1906 Born October
26, 1884, Pittsboro, M i s s . ; died July 27, 1949, Memphis, Tenn.
Father, George Wells Armstrong, a merchant in Coffeeville,
Miss , son of Alexander and Nancy Ann (Wells) Armstrong. Mother,
May (Cruthirds) Armstrong, daughter of Bartholomew and Hester
Amelia (Brown) Cruthirds Yale relatives include a half brother,
Frank B Armstrong, '18.
Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tenn.; University of Mississippi
1901-2. First division stand Freshman year, dispute appointment
Junior year, third Henry James Ten Eyck Prize and DeForest Prize,
LL B . magna cum laude 1908 (Townsend prize Senior year, editor
Yale Law Journal, Yale debating team, Corbey Court).
Lawyer in Memphis 1908-49 (partner Armstrong, McCadden,
Allen, Braden & Goodman at time of death); city attorney 1920-24,
special assistant to U.S Attorney General under Selective Service
Act, member U S. War Department Advisory Committee on Military
Justice, president Memphis and Shelby County Bar Association 193233, Tennessee Bar Association 1936, American Bar Association 194142 (an editor Journal 1934-49), Federal Board of Legal Examiners,
and Yale Club of Memphis 1920-24; L L . D . Boston University 1942
and Southwestern College 1943, on general advisory council Yale Law
School Association and American Law Institute; contributed to legal
journals, honorary member Canadian Bar Association, member
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Tennessee Historical
Commission, Academy of Political Science, American Academy of
Political and Social Science, and First Methodist Church, Memphis.
Married November 12, 1912, Memphis, Irma Lewis, daughter
of St John and Ada Elizabeth (McCrosky) Waddell. Son Walter
Preston, Jr (B A Harvard 1938, LL.B 1941)
Death due to cardiac failure. Buried in Forest Hill Cemetery,
Memphis
Survived by wife, son, two half s i s t e r s , Mrs Louise
Armstrong Taylor and Miss Margaret Bates Armstrong, and a half
brother, George Wells Armstrong, Jr.
EDWARD MACFUNN BIDDLE, B.A 1906 Born May 29,
1886, Carlisle, Pa ; died ^flarch 13, 1950, Ardmore, Pa
Father, Edward William Biddle (B.A. Dickinson 1870, M A.
1873), lawyer in Carlisle, son of Edward Macfunn and Julia Anna
(Watts) Biddle Mother, Gertrude Dale (Bosler) Biddle, LL.D ,
Yale College
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L H D (B A Wilson 1875), daughter of John Herman and Mary J
(Kirk) Bosler Yale relatives include Elihu Spencer (B A 1746)
(great-great-grandfather), Charles P Biddle (B A 1866) (uncle)
Dickinson College P r e p a r a t o r y School, Dickinson College 1901-4
Entered Yale Junior year, second colloquy appointment Junior year
LL B University of Pennsylvania 1909, with M Hampton Todd,
Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1909 and S J Clark
& C L McKeehan 1910-15, practiced independently 1916-21, general
counsel Insurance Company of North America and its subsidiaries
1921 until r e t i r e m e n t 1949 (vice-president 1943-49), F i r s t Lieutenant
Ordnance Reserve Corps, and Field Artillery in World War I, trustee
Dickinson College and Irwin Memorial and Retirement Funds, on
board of m a n a g e r s City P a r k s Association, Philadelphia, founder, and
president Yale Club of Philadelphia 1920-22, member Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and American Bar associations, and Church of the
Redeemer (Episcopal), Bryn Mawr, Pa
Married (1) May 20, 1922, Bryn Mawr, Anna Hope, daughter of
Richard Colgate and Maida (Wade) Dale Children Lydia Spencer
(Benmngton Coll Class of 1948), the wife of Douglass M Allen, J r ,
'39, Edward Macfunn, 3d, Richard Colgate Dale (Umv Pennsylvania
Class of 1952) Mr and M r s Biddle were divorced 1933 Married
(2) December 18, 1948, Philadelphia, Mary Robinson (The Comtesse
de Borchgrave df Altena), daughter of P e r c y M o r r i s and Ruth
(Worthington) Robinson
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Church of the
Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr Survived by wife, children, a
granddaughter, and mother
HAROLD WILLIAM CONDE, B A 1906 Born October 4,
1884, Watertown, N Y , died March 25, 1950, near Hamlet, N C
F a t h e r , William Wheeler Conde, founder and president W W
Conde Hardware Company, Watertown Mother, Catherine Elizabeth
(Clute) Conde, daughter of Eleazer and Jane (Pollard) Clute Yale r e latives include a b r o t h e r - i n - l a w , Nathan F George, '10
Hotchkiss School Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Delta Kappa Epsilon
With W W Conde Hardware Company 1906-50 (vice-president
1911-18, president 1918-50), vice-president Watertown Savings Bank,
chairman board Watertown National Bank 1931-50, trustee House of
the Good Samaritan, Henry Keep Home (vice-president 1943-50),
Flower Memorial L i b r a r y , and City Hospital ( s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r ) ,
president New York State Association of Hardware Jobbers, member
National Hardware Association and Masonic order, trustee F i r s t P r e s byterian Church, Watertown
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Married June 10, 1911, Danbury, Conn , Grace Caroline,
daughter of Nathan Munroe Flower and Flora Grace (Downs) George
Son William Wheeler (B A Cornell 1938)
Death due to a heart attack Buried in Brookside Cemetery,
Water town Survived by wife, son, three grandchildren, and a sister,
Mrs Theodore E Knowlton
SIDNEY BRADFORD CURTIS, B A 1906 Born May 7, 1885,
Brooklyn, N Y , died May 25, 1950, Brooklyn, N Y
Father, Sidney Wright Curtis, partner Curtis & Romaine,
bankers and brokers, Brooklyn Mother, Grace (Kerswell) Curtis
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute First colloquy appointment
Junior year, second dispute appointment Senior year, Class Swimming
Team, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Beta Theta Pi
With Kissel, Kinnicut & Company, brokers, New York City,
1906-17, partner Rhoades, Williams & Company, brokers, New York
City, 1917 until retirement 1938, ambulance driver with French Army
and Captain Air Service in World War I, member New York Stock Exchange
Unmarried
Died following a long illness
Buried in Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn
EDWIN ROGERS EMBREE, B A 1906 Born July 31, 1883,
Osceola, Nebr , died February 21, 1950, New York City
Father, William Norris Embree, telegrapher with Union Pacific
Railroad Company, son of Norris Jones Embree Mother, Laura Ann
(Fee) Embree, daughter of Rev John Gregg Fee, founder of Berea
College, and Matilda (Hamilton) Fee Yale relatives include two
nephews, Norris Embree (Ph D 1934), William Dean Embree, Jr ,
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Hillhouse High School, New Haven First division stand Freshman year, dissertation appointment Junior year, first dispute appointment Senior year, Freshman and University Mandolin clubs, Apollo
and University Banjo clubs, manager Senior Debating Team, member
Zeta Psi M A 1914
Reporter New York Sun 1906-7, associate editor Yale Alumni
Weekly 1907-9, alumni editor 1909-11, with Clarence S. Day, Jr ,
'96, an organizer Class Secretaries Bureau 1910, director 1910-17,
alumni registrar and executive assistant to secretary Yale University
1911-17, secretary Bureau of Appointments 1914-17, secretary Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, 1917-23, director Division of
Studies 1924-27, vice-president 1927, vice-president and director
Yale College
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Division of Human Biology, Julius Rosenwald Fund, Chicago, 1928-30,
president 1930-48, president Liberian Foundation, New York City,
1948-49, consultant John Hay Whitney Foundation and Greenwood Foundations, New York City, 1949-50, Litt D University of Hawaii 1936,
LL D University of Iowa 1941, Howard University 1948, specialized
in race relations, cultural anthropology, and Negro educational and
sociological problems, author Brown America, Prospecting for Heaven, A New School in American Samoa, Indians of the Americas, American Negroes, Brown Americans; Thirteen Against the Odds, and many
articles and monographs, coauthor Human Biology and Racial Welfare,
Our Children, Island India Goes to School, The Collapse of Cotton
Tenancy, Investment in People, the Story of the Julius Rosenwald Fund,
trustee Sarah Lawrence College, Radcliffe College, and Fisk University, member Mayor's Commission on Race Relations, Chicago, 194348, member executive committee World Citizens Association 1940,
member committee First International Congress on Mental Hygiene
1930, organizer American Council on Race Relations and Bureau of Intercultural Education, president Association of Alumni Secretaries of
American Universities (now American Alumni Council) 1914-15, a
founder and chairman board of trustees Roosevelt College
Married July 16, 1907, New Haven, Conn , Kate Scott, daughter
of James and Annie Elizabeth (Redding) Clark Children John Fee
(B A Univ Hawaii 1931, M A Umv Toronto 1934, Ph D Univ
Chicago 1937), Edwma Rogers (Univ Hawaii 1929-30, 1932-34,
Swarthmore 1930-32, Mrs Edward Clifton Devereux, Jr ), Catherine
Day (B A Swarthmore 1941, M Ed Graduate Teachers Coll of
Wmnetka 1945), the wife of Arthur Lee Harris (Ph D 1942)
Death due to a heart attack Ashes interred at family summer
home, Lake Rosseau, Ontario Survived by wife, children (son
died December 22, 1950), four grandchildren, one of whom, Clare
Embree, died December 22, 1950, two sisters, Mrs Nellie Embree
Hill and Mrs Ida Embree Miles, and two brothers, Royal H
Embree and William Dean Embree, '02
HAROLD MANSEL FINLEY, B A 1906 Born July 21, 1882,
Quaker City, Ohio; died March 28, 1950, Los Angeles, Calif
Father, Samuel Judson Finley (B S Muskingum Coll 1877),
superintendent schools Oskaloosa and Knoxville, Iowa, son of Daniel
and Nancy (Roe) Finley Mother, Laura Ellen (Johnson) Finley, daughter of Thomas Mansel and Margaret (Irwin) Johnson
Oskaloosa High School, Ph B William Penn College 1904 First
dispute appointment at Yale, editor Intercollegiate
Sociological work New York Federation of Churches 1906-7,
press agent Charity Organization Society, New York City, 1907-8,
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on staff Bisbee (Ariz ) Daily Review 1908, on editorial staff The
Times, Los Angeles, 1909 until retirement 1948 (real-estate and
financial editor 1915-18, editor Farm and Garden magazine section
1918-37, editorial writer 1937-48)
Married (1) April 1, 1912, San Diego, Jessica Marshall,
daughter of Oliver P Dennis Mr and Mrs Fmley were divorced
1928 Married (2) October 17, 1932, Yuma, Ariz , Irene, daughter of Ivar Thompson and Althea (Sangstad) Dahl
Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Los Angeles Survived by wife, a sister, Miss Margaret
Finley, and two brothers, Victor Paden Finley and Halleck Fmley
ALEXANDER REX FLINN, B A 1906 Born February 5,
1885, Pittsburgh, Pa , died May 29, 1950, Pittsburgh, Pa
Father, William Flinn, founder and president Booth & Flmn,
Ltd , contractors, Pittsburgh, son of John and Mary (Hamilton)
FUnn Mother, Nancy (Galbraith) Flinn, daughter of Joseph and Jane
(Early) Galbraith
Yale relatives include George H FUnn, '97 S ,
Ralph E Flmn (Class of 1900 S ) (brothers), Simon T Patterson,
'07 (brother-in-law), George H Flinn, Jr , '26 S , Lawrence Flinn
(Class of 1932 S ), George R Patterson, '46 (nephews)
Hotchkiss School University Football Team, University Hockey
Team (captain Junior and Senior years), University Track Team,
Alpha Delta Phi
Timekeeper Booth & Flmn, Ltd , 1907-8, president Freehold
Lumber Company, secretary-treasurer Pittsburgh Lumber Company
and Duquesne Lumber Company 1911-22, treasurer 1922-24, president 1925-28, partner Braemar Supply Company, became secretarytreasurer Red Square Company, Inc , manufacturers and dealers
in office appliances, New York City, in 1915, secretary-treasurer
Booth & Flmn Company, contractors, 1926-27, president 1929-50,
Captain Field Artillery m World War I, director Western Pennsylvania Hospital and Pittsburgh Newsboys Home, on Pittsburgh Board
of Education, secretary Yale Club of Pittsburgh 1910-11, vicepresident 1922-23, president 1930-33, chairman for western Pennsylvania National Yale Alumni Placement Service, Inc , member
National Economy League and Calvary Church (Episcopal), Pittsburgh
Married November 6, 1915, Boston, Eleanor Bradley
Children
William, 2d (Class of 1941, killed in service 1944), Mary Louise (B A
Vassar 1939, Mrs Henry Jerome Stringer, Jr ) Mrs Flinn died
1947
Survived by daughter, two grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs
John Wheeler Lawrence and Mrs Simon Truby Patterson, and a
brother, William Arthur Flinn
Yale College
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MASON ANTHONY FREEMAN, JR , B A 1906 Born
January 17, 1885, Bradford, Pa , died September 8, 1949, Albany,
NY
Father, Mason Anthony Freeman, accountant National Transit
Company, Bradford, son of Isaac and Eurilla Freeman
Mother,
Imogene Scott (Eaton) Freeman, daughter of Charles and Lavma
Eaton
Bradford High School Honors of the third rank and second
dispute appointment Junior year, dissertation appointment Senior
year, Freshman Mandolin Club
Bookkeeper Prairie Oil & Gas Company, Independence, Kans ,
1906-7 and engineer 1907-10, manager Scranton branch Price &
Lucas Cider and Vinegar Company 1910-24, secretary-treasurer
and sales manager (West Virginia) Vernon D Price Vinegar Company, Inc , Pittsburgh, 1925-26, manager Suburban Laundry Company, White Plains, N Y., 1927-31, cashier and accountant Fairchester Bakers, Inc , White Plains, 1932-38, with Summerbell Roof
Structures, Los Angeles, 1939-42, auditor shipbuilding division
Consolidated Steel Company, Ltd , Wilmington, Calif , 1943-47,
an artist and writer he founded Society of Independent Artists
(exhibited in annual shows), and contributed verse to magazines
under name Mason Junior, member Masonic order and Church of
the Ascension (Episcopal), Bradford
Married March 4, 1922, Huntington, W Va , Sallie Spriegel
Patrick Mr and Mrs Freeman were divorced 1930
Death due to injuries received in an automobile accident
Ashes scattered
Survived by two sisters, Mrs Frank P Blackman
and Mrs Alvah Harlow Atwood
WILSON SHAW McCLINTOCK, B A 1906 Born January 4,
1882, Pittsburgh, Pa , died May 9, 1950, Pittsburgh, Pa
Father, Jonas Roup McClmtock of Pittsburgh, son of Jonas
Roup and Rachel Ball (Graham) McClmtock Mother, Elizabeth
Carswell (Arbuthnot) McClmtock, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth
(Shaw) Arbuthnot Yale relatives include Thomas S Arbuthnot, '94
(uncle), Charles Arbuthnot, 3d, '12 (cousin)
The Hill School Freshman Football Team, coach 1909 Freshman Football Team, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Fence Orator, Class
historian, Alpha Delta Phi
-" Partner Cook & McClmtock, real estate, Pittsburgh, 1906-10,
vice-president E J Thompson Company, automobile construction,
Pittsburgh, 1910-14 and manager Stevens-Duryea department 191517, vice-president National Surety Company, Pittsburgh, special
representative Moore, Leonard & Lynch, brokers, Pittsburgh, 1930-
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50, State senator Pennsylvania 1922-26, First Lieutenant Air Service
in World War I (in Mejise- Argonne offensive), trustee Pittsburgh Hospital and Pittsburgh Newsboys Home, president Yale Club of Pittsburgh 1924-26, member Shady Side Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh
Unmarried
Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Buried in Homewood Cemetery , Pittsburgh Survived by a brother, Charles Arbuthnot
McClintock
GEORGE BRADDOCK OGLE, B A 1906 Born September 14,
1882, Albert Lea, Minn , died October 9, 1949, Pasadena, Calif
Father, George Alden Ogle (LL B Illinois Coll of Law 1899),
president George A Ogle & Company, publishers, Chicago, son of
Rev Joseph C Ogle and Annie (Mast) Ogle Mother, Janie
(Braddock) Ogle, daughter of John M Braddock
Prepared privately Second dispute appointment Junior year,
first dispute appointment Senior year, Apollo Choir, awarded Yale
Record owl charm, composed Yale Memories
Partner George A Ogle & Company 1906-32 (manager 1918-32),
director Chicago Trust Company, owner with son Ogle Oil Company,
Lexington, Ky , and subsidiary Chicago Engineering Company, r e search and manufacturing experimental munitions, Pasadena, 194348, owner Ogle, Inc , aluminum furniture, Pasadena, 1945-49,
Second Lieutenant Quartermaster Corps in World War I, member
First Methodist Church, Pasadena
Married (1) September 24, 1906, Chicago, Ruth Caroline, daughter of George Herbert and Myrtilla Alice (Colbert) Jones Mr and
Mrs Ogle were divorced 1917 Married (2) January 7, 1920, Chicago,
Elsie, daughter of William Zoller Sons Robert Walter, George
Alden, 2d (Class of 1946), William Charlton Mrs Ogle died 1942
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Glendale, Calif Survived by sons and five grandchildren
ARTHUR WERNER RINKE, B A 1906 Born September 11,
1884, New York City, died July 31, 1949, Old Greenwich, Conn
Father, Emil Rmke, partner Edelhoff & Rinke, commission
merchants, New York City, son of Isaac and Caroline Rinke Mother,
Grace Trend (Berliner) Rinke, daughter of Henry and Anna (Rust)
Berliner
Columbia Grammar School, New York City Dissertation appointment and honors of the third rank Junior year, oration appointment Senior year
LL B Columbia 1909, lawyer, specializing in tax and corpora-
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tion law, New York City, 1909 until retirement 1948, assistant to chief
counsel Central Railroad Company of New Jersey 1909-14, member
New York Bar Association, Railroad Club of New York, and First Congregational Church, Old Greenwich
Married May 10, 1911, Brooklyn, N Y , Ida Scholes, daughter
of Arthur Bunker and Susan Wyckoff (Scholes) Raymond
Children
Grace Scholes (Mrs Peter Albert Cygan), Barbara (Mrs Stoddard
Daniels Nelson), Helen Raymond, and Elizabeth (died 1918)
Buried in Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn Survived by wife, three children, mother, and a brother,
George Raymond Rmke
HENRY FRANKLIN WHITCOMB, JR , B A 1906 Born May
15, 1884, Milwaukee, Wis , died June 20, 1950, Milwaukee, Wis
Father, Henry Franklin Whitcomb, president Wisconsin Central
Railroad Company, son of Henry Franklin Whitcomb, M D , and
Maria Lydia (Torrey) Whitcomb Mother, Lovisa Margaret (Clock)
Whitcomb, daughter of James Barnet and Eliza Jane (Simmons)
Clock
Milwaukee Academy Freshman Baseball Team, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Alpha Delta Phi, Scroll and Key
Secretary Eastern Wisconsin Railway & Lighting Company, Fond
du Lac, 1906-8 and treasurer in Milwaukee 1908, vice-president and
treasurer Wisconsin Electric Railway Company, Fond du Lac, 190814, president and treasurer Whitcomb & Company, investments, Milwaukee, 1922-43 and Richardson Ball Bearing Skate Company, Chicago, 1939 until retirement April, 1950, Captain Cavalry World War
I (overseas 1918-19), member First Church of Christ Scientist, Milwaukee
Unmarried
Death due to fibrous myocarditis Buried in Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee Survived by four sisters, Mrs Claire W Hickcox,
Mrs Anne W Johnson, Mrs Lillian W Fox, and Miss Margaret
Whitcomb, and a brother, Edwin R Whitcomb, '03
RUMSEY CAMPBELL, B A 1907 Born August 28, 1886,
Chicago, 111 , died September 17, 1949, Carmel, Calif
Father, Treat Campbell (B A 1878) Mother, Ada Williams
(Rumsey) Campbell Yale relatives include Coler Campbell, '00 S ,
Nathaniel Wheeler, '14 (cousins)
Hopkins Grammar School Second colloquy appointment Junior
and Senior years
Clerk Continental & Commercial National Bank, Chicago, 1908-
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11, assistant auditor 1911-14, bond salesman C F . Childs & Company, Chicago, 1914-16, private Illinois National Guard (on Mexican
border 1916), commissioned Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery Reserve Corps, May 1917, assigned Officers Training Camp, Fort Snellmg, promoted Captain August 1917, instructor Fort Snellmg, graduate
School of Fire, Fort Sill, May 1918, trained in France with 125th
Field Artillery, overseas September 1918 until mustered out January
1919 (battery commander and regimental adjutant), applied for commission in regular Army, assigned to Field Artillery School, Camp
Zachary Taylor, 1919-20 (promoted Captain July 1920), stationed
Camp Henry 1920-21, Camp Stotsenberg, Philippine Islands, 1922-24,
Fort Sam Houston 1924, Fort Sill 1924-25, instructor in military history R O T C Iowa State College r925-30, instructor North Carolina
National Guard 1930-34, transferred to Fort Sill 1934-40 (promoted
Major 1935, appointed adjutant Field Artillery School 1936), professor
military science and tactics R O.T C University of Utah 1940-43
and 1944-46 (promoted Lieutenant Colonel September 1940 and temporary Colonel December 1941), commanding officer Camp Haan
1943-44, retired by operation of law 1946, member Episcopal church
Married May 5, 1934, Raleigh, N C , Elsie, daughter of
Harry Clifford and Harriet (McCord) Allen
Buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago Survived by wife and mother (died June 7, 1951)
BARZILLA PARKS GOODEN, B A 1907 Born March 18,
1882, Willow Grove, Del , died April 2, 1950, Brooklyn, N Y
Father, William Tennessee Gooden, justice of the peace, Willow
Grove, son of Thomas and Ellen (Marvel) Gooden Mother, Catherine
Lowber (Cooper) Gooden, daughter of Ezekiel and Mary (Broadway)
Cooper
Hopkins Grammar School
Assistant to president New Netherland Bank, New York City,
1908-17, assistant secretary Mercantile Bank of the Americas, Inc ,
New York City, 1917-19, assistant manager Mercantile Bank of Brazil,
Inc , Pernambuco, 1919-20, treasurer United Jewelers, Inc , New
York City, 1920-21, comptroller Fordham Savings Bank, New York
City, 1921-25, secretary Church Lane Savings Bank, Brooklyn, 192530, secretary City Savings Bank, Brooklyn, 1930-45, president 194550, trustee 1932-50, treasurer Ridgefield Lakes Association, Inc ,
1947-50, member American Institute of Banking, Brooklyn and New York
State Chambers of Commerce, and Masonic order, attended St Paul's
Episcopal Church, Brooklyn
Married (1) June 27, 1910, New Haven, Conn , Ruth Wing,
daughter of Charles and Ida Louise (Benjamin) Ellis Son Ralph Ellis
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Mrs Gooden died 1933 Married (2) June 16, 1934, Brooklyn,
Mildred Frances, daughter of Frank O and Ella Victoria (Newton)
Beuerman
Death due to sarcoma
Buried m Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del Survived by wife, son, and two sisters, Mrs Eugene Creed
and Miss Frances Louisa Gooden
NATHAN EVERETT LINCOLN, B A 1907 Born October 9,
1&82, Waterloo, N Y , died August 24, 1949, Walton, N Y
Father, Albert Hastings Lincoln, bank clerk, Walton, son of
Giles H and Rhoda M (Beebe) Lincoln Mother, Charlane (Pierson)
Lincoln, daughter of Robert and Emily (Smith) Pierson
Walton High School Two-year honors and dissertation appointment Junior year, oration appointment Senior year
Teacher Overlook Military Academy, Norwalk, Conn , 1907-9,
vice-principal Walton High School 1909-11, principal Northville (N Y )
High School 1911-17, Montgomery (N Y ) High School 1917-18, and
Garfield (N J ) High School 1918 until retirement 1944, director
Garfield Y M C A 1926-44 (president board 1942-44), member National Education Association, elder First Presbyterian Church, Garfield, 1926-44, trustee First Congregational Church, Walton
Married June 28, 1911, Deposit, N Y , Hazel Maude, daughter
of Charles Anson and Jennie Mabel (Beebe) White
Buried in Walton Cemetery
Survived by wife
EDWIN CYRUS MILLER, B A 1907 Born December 16,
1878, Baltimore, Ohio, died August 2, 1949, Superior, Nebr
Father, Benjamin Franklin Miller, a farmer in Baltimore, son
of David and Frances (Geil) Miller
Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Brandt)
Miller, daughter of Jacob R and Keziah Ann (Thompson) Brandt
B S National Normal University 1904, B A Lebanon 1906
Entered Yale Senior year, philosophical oration appointment, Phi Beta
Kappa Ph D 1910
Instructor botany Kansas State College of Agriculture and
Applied Science 1910-11, instructor in plant physiology 1911-17,
associate 1917-19, professor 1919-45, professor emeritus 1945-49,
assistant plant physiologist Kansas State Agricultural Experiment
Station 1911-20, plant physiologist 1919-45, author "A Physiological
Study of the Germination of Heleanthus Annuus", Miller's Plant Physiology, A Physiological Study of the Winter Wheat Plant at Different
Stages of its Development, The Rise of Abraham Lincoln, contributed
to scientific journals, president American Society of Plant Physiolo-
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gists (member editorial board), fellow American Association for the
Advancement of Science, honorary member Alpha Zeta, member Phi
Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Botanical Society of America, trustee and elder First Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, Kans
Married August 3, 1911, Manhattan, Zina Delia Slye (B S
Lebanon 1906), daughter of Joseph and Abigail Josephine (Jordan)
Slye Children Josephine Elizabeth (B S Kansas State 1936, M S
Cornell 1938, Mrs Philip Alden Henderson), Jordan Yale, '42
Death due to cerebral thrombosis Buried m Sunset Cemetery,
Manhattan Survived by wife, children, four grandchildren, and five
sisters, Mrs Dolly Ann Ensor, Mrs Bessie Sullivan, Mrs Eudella
Tussing, Mrs Nellie Sherwood, and Mrs May Morehead
ERNEST WILSON SHELDON, B A 1907 Born November 3,
1881, Portland, Ont , died June 14, 1950, Edmonton, Alta
Father, Rev Samuel Sheldon (cert McMaster Univ 1888),
minister Cornwall, Ont , son of Samuel and Sarah (Wilson) Sheldon
Mother, Williametta (Stafford) Sheldon, daughter of William Harrison
and Catherine (Gilbert) Stafford
Athens (Ont ) High School, B A McGill 1904, M A 1905
Entered Yale Senior year, DeForest Mathematical Prize and philosophical oration appointment, Phi Beta Kappa Ph D 1910 (instructor
mathematics 1907-9, Bible study secretary Y M C A 1910)
Head department mathematics University of Alberta 1910-47
(assistant professor 1910-12, professor 1912-47, professor emeritus
1947-50), acting professor mathematics Acadia University 1949-50,
author "Critical Revision of deHaan's Tables of Definite Integrals",
in charge military Y M C A Sarcee Camp, Calgary, and chairman
military Y M C A , Edmonton, in World War I, member Sigma Xi,
American Mathematical Society, American Journal of Mathematics,
and All Saints' Cathedral (Anglican), Edmonton
Married December 23, 1910, New York City, Helen, daughter
of William and Sophia (Ruppert) McHugh Daughter Ruth Eleanor
(B Sc Uruv Alberta 1936, Mrs William John Sellhorn).
Death due to thrombosis Buried in Edmonton Cemetery
Survived by wife, daughter, two grandchildren, and mother
ALFRED LEON STOWE, B A 1907 Born March 30, 1879,
New Britain, Conn , died May 16, 1950, Saratoga Springs, N Y
Father, Edgar Lewis Stowe, a power engineer in New Britain
and Southington, Conn , son of Charles Stowe Mother, Anna Caroline
(Ebert) Stowe, daughter of William C and Caroline (Sinderman) Ebert
Lewis High School, Southington
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Instructor Riverview Military Academy, Poughkeepsie, N Y ,
1906-7 and Collegiate School, New York City, 1907, cost man for
manufacturing firm Plamville, Conn , 1908-10, assistant manager
sales department Bobbs-Mernll Company, publishers, Indianapolis,
1910-13 and 1914-18, with Russel M Leeds Company, advertising
agents, Indianapolis, 1913-14, office manager and auditor Mitchellite
Explosives Company, Dayton, Ohio, 1919, credit manager Russell &
Erwm Manufacturing Company, New Britain, 1919-20, assistant to
president Arden-Bennett Corporation, manufacturers, New York City,
1919-21, assistant treasurer Commonweal Syndicate, New York City,
1921, accountant Austin, Nichols & Company, Inc , New Haven, 192122, teacher mathematics and science Drury High School, North Adams,
Mass , 1922-31, proprietor Daffodil Tea House, West Hartford,
Conn , 1931, teacher civics and problems of American democracy
Lewis High School 1932-47, bursar St Faith's School, Saratoga
Springs, 1947-50, office manager Army Ordnance, Cincinnati and Indianapolis, June-October 1918, Field Artillery Officer Candidate
School October-November 1918, member Masonic order, vestryman
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Southington
Married (1) July 19, 1910, Indianapolis, Augusta Verna, daughter of Louis H and Augusta Mary (Klussman) Peehl Son Thomas
Dwight (B S Massachusetts Inst Technology 1949) Mrs Stowe died
1943. Married (2) April 10, 1944, New York City, Gertrude Jewella
Beatrice, daughter of John B and Gertrude (Holtan) Haven
Death due to infarction of myocardium Buried in Oak Hill
Cemetery, Southington Survived by wife, son, and a brother, Arthur
E Stow
THOMAS ALLEN TULLY, B A 1907 Born February 15,
1886, Stapleton, N Y , died May 13, 1950, New Haven, Conn
Father, Thomas A Tully, collector for George Bechtel Brewing
Company, Stapleton Mother, Annie Elizabeth (Dougherty) Tully
Staten Island Academy Freshman honors and Berkeley Premium in Latin, second Lucius F Robinson Prize Sophomore year and
first prize Junior year, high oration appointment Junior and Senior
years, honors in classical languages and literature Senior year, member Phi Beta Kappa M A 1909
Recorder Yale College 1907-13, an organizer, headmaster, and
treasurer Berkeley Preparatory School 1913-17, sales manager
Wmona Mills, manufacturers knit goods, New Haven, 1917-19,
assistant secretary Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, printers
and stationers, New Haven, 1919-32, vice-president 1932-45, vicepresident and treasurer 1937-47, president 1945-46, manager 194647, alderman New Haven 1921-28 (president board 1926-28), traffic
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commissioner 1924-25, recreation commissioner 1926-28, mayor of
New Haven 1928-31, member City Plan Commission, School Custodians' Retirement Board, Greater New Haven Advisory Board, director Grace Hospital and New Haven Chamber of Commerce, president
New Haven Printing-House Craftsmen 1931-34 and New England Printing-House Craftsmen 1932-33, vice-president Tri-State Water Pollution Commission 1931, on executive committee Health Council of New
Haven 1929, New Haven representative Regional Planning Authority
for South Central Connecticut, editor Location Book and History of
the Class of 1907 Yale College (vol 2), Class secretary 1913-19, Captain Second Company, Governor's Foot Guard, charter member New
Haven Advertising Club, honorary member Veterans of Foreign Wars,
International Association of Chiefs of Police, Reserve Officers
Association, member National Credit Men's Association and St
Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, New Haven
Married November 1, 1921, New Haven, Inez Minturn, daughter
of Julius and Theresa (Schwab) Negbaur
Death due to acute congestive heart failure Buried in St
Lawrence Cemetery, New Haven Survived by wife
IRA DAVENPORT WATERMAN, B A 1907 Born June 28,
1883, Detroit, Mich , died June 5, 1950, Detroit, Mich
Father, Cameron D Waterman, '74 Mother, Elizabeth Hall
(Beach) Waterman Yale relatives include Thomas G Waterman
(B A 1806) (great-grandfather), Joshua W Waterman (B A 1844)
(grandfather), Thomas W Waterman (Class of 1842) (great-uncle),
Cameron Waterman, 3d, '32, Reuben M Waterman, '33 (nephews)
Hotchkiss School Second colloquy appointment Junior year,
first colloquy appointment Senior year, Delta Kappa Epsilon
Orange grower Mayan, Cuba, 1907-10, occupied in Detroit
1910-24 (salesman Krit Motor Car Company 1910-14, in production
department Buhl Malleable Iron Company 1915-17, production manager 1919-20, secretary-treasurer Standard Pattern Works of
Detroit, designers and makers wood and metal patterns, 1920-22
and Standard Service Tool Company 1922-24, vice-president Waterman Corporation, manufacturers automobile parts and tools, 1924),
resided in Colorado Springs 1924-39, director Broadmoor Art
Academy, Colorado Springs, 1929-31, vice-president Ute Park Lane
& Water Company, Colorado Springs, 1931-33, manager Ira Scott
Estate Farms, Union City, Mich , 1939-40, liaison officer Chase
Brass and Copper Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Conn , in
Washington 1940-46, engaged in managing and selling family farm
lands Grosse He, Mich , 1946-50, Second Lieutenant Air Service,
Signal Corps, World War I (overseas 1918-19, instrument officer
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First Air Depot, Colombey-les-Belles); vice-president Colorado Yale
Association 1933-34, president 1934-35, trustee Davenport Home
(Bath, N Y . ) ; vestryman Grace Episcopal Church, Colorado Springs.
Married (1) September 15, 1915, Concord, M a s s . , Marjory
Wilmot, daughter of Dr Frank Brown and Frances (Bagley) Brown.
Son. Ira Davenport, J r . (Class of 1943). Mrs Waterman died 1928
Married (2) March 9, 1929, Colorado Springs, Elizabeth, daughter of
Henry Fremont and Elizabeth (Lasher) Van deWater
Death due to arteriosclerotic heart disease. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Detroit. Survived by wife, son, and a brother,
Cameron B . Waterman, ' 0 1 .
DONALD CAMPBELL BAKEWELL, B.A 1908. Born December 5, 1887, Salem, Ohio; died September 10, 1949, Hyannisport,
Mass.
Father, Thomas Howard Bakewell (Massachusetts Inst. Technology 1871-75), member Duquesne Steel Foundry Company, Pittsburgh; son of Thomas Woodhouse and Euphemia Mason (Campbell)
Bakewell. Mother, Annie Esther (Mullins) Bakewell, daughter of
William and Elizabeth (Bustard) Mullins. Yale relatives include
William M. Bakewell (Class of 1908 S.), Benjamin P . Bakewell (Class
of 1914) (brothers), Robert C. Clifford, »10, Berthoud Clifford, '13
(cousins).
Hotchkiss School. Dissertation appointment Junior year, secretary Baseball Association Junior year; Class crew and hockey squad,
contributed to Yale Record, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Alpha Delta
Phi, Scroll and Key.
Attended Massachusetts Institute Technology 1908-9, 1910-11,
with Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Altoona, Pa , 1909-10, assistant superintendent Duquesne Steel Foundry Company 1911-17, president 1917-30; vice-president and chairman executive committee Continental Roll & Steel Foundry Company, Pittsburgh, 1930-37, vicepresident Blaw-Knox Company, steel fabricators and engineers, Pittsburgh, 1937-49; president Lake Superior Steel Foundry Company,
Captain Ordnance Department in World War I (overseas OctoberDecember 1918); on advisory committee on steel castings War P r o duction Board and Office of Price Administration in World War H;
president National Founders Association; vice-president Employers
Association of Pittsburgh 1941-43, member Engineers Society of
Western Pennsylvania, American Iron & Steel Institute, American
Society of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, and St Stephen's
Episcopal Church, Sewickley.
Married June 7, 1913, Pittsburgh, Margaret Jenifer, daughter
of Richard Morley and Ella Sara (Henry) Jennings Children Donald
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Campbell, Jr (died 1918), Richard Jennings (Class of 1941), Margaret
Jennings (Mrs Roy Lamar Rather, Jr ), Dorothy Evan (Mrs Lester
Mclntosh Strong)
Buried in Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh
Survived by wife, three children, four grandchildren, and a brother, Alan A Bakewell (Class of 1911 S )
CLINTON CLARK, B A 1908 Born March 27, 1886, Buffalo,
N Y , died March 10, 1950, New York City
Father, Martin Clark, '79 Mother, Cora Lee (Bedell) Clark
Yale relatives include J Howard J Adams, '11 S (brother-in-law),
Elizabeth Adams Dodge (Class of 1939 Art) (niece), John H Adams,
Jr , '41, Bruce Clark Adams (Class of 1952) (nephews)
Phillips-Andover
Substitute Freshman Baseball Team, Chapel
Choir, Delta Kappa Epsilon
Bank clerk, Buffalo, 1908-9, clerk Lautz Bros & Company,
manufacturers soap, Buffalo, 1909-12, salesman Buffalo Scale Company 1912-15, in charge Chicago office 1919, treasurer and sales
manager Stimpson Equipment Company, manufacturers mining and
milling machinery, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1919-21, in charge New
York office 1921-22, salesman Marshall Field, Glore, Ward & Company, Inc (later Glore, Forgan & Company), investment bankers,
New York City, 1922-50, member First New York Cavalry (served on
Mexican Border), First Lieutenant Field Artillery World War I (overseas 1918-19), Class agent Alumni Fund, vestryman St John's
Episcopal Church, Tuckahoe, N Y
Married March 16, 1921, Salt Lake City, Muriel Jane, daughter
of Herbert Frederick and Sarah Johnson (Simkins) Lilley
Daughter
Janie Katherme (B A Barnard 1944)
Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery,
Buffalo
Survived by wife, daughter, three sisters, Mrs Joseph
Eberle Stinson, Mrs J Howard J Adams, and Mrs Howard
Williams Morey, and two brothers, Martin Lee Clark, '10, and
Stephen B Clark, '13
GOMER HENRY REES, B A 1908 Born March 22, 1885,
Emporia, Kans , died September 14, 1949, Greenwich, Conn
Father, Rev Luther Rees, engaged in real-estate and mortgage
business, son of Henry and Gwen (Jones) Rees Mother, Esther
(Jones) Rees, daughter of Evan L and Mary Jones Yale relatives
include David E Jones (B D 1871) (great-uncle)
Mt Hermon School Member Zeta Psi
New York Law School 1908-10, attorney DeForest Brothers,
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New York City, 1910-20; secretary and counsel Continental Insurance
Company, Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Company of New York,
American Eagle Fire Insurance Company 1918-21, vice-president
Baird & Company, insurance agents, 1921-23, operated Rees Mace
Manufacturing Company, manufacturers portable radio sets, London
and P a n s , 1923 until retirement 1940
Married November 7, 1914, Brooklyn, N Y , Pauline Morris,
daughter of William and Clara Anne Mason, Children William
Mason, '37, John Evan
Ashes interred in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Survived by wife, sons, three grandchildren, and a
sister, Mrs Theodore J Mosher
JOSEPH BYRON SIEBER, B A 1908 Born December 26,
1886, Akron, Ohio, died April 10, 1950, Akron, Ohio
Father, George Washington Sieber (Umv Akron 1877-80, LL B
Cincinnati Law School 1882), partner Sieber & Sieber, lawyers,
Akron, son of Joseph and Sarah (Moyer) Sieber Mother, Elsie
Catherine (Motz) Sieber, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Freed)
Motz
Central High School, Akron, Western Reserve University 1904-5
(member Delta Upsilon) Entered Yale Sophomore year, dissertation
appointment Junior year
LL B Harvard 1911, lawyer in Akron 1911-50 (partner Sieber &
Sieber at time of death), member Akron and Ohio State Bar associations, Masonic order, and Trinity Lutheran Church, Akron
Married (1) November 28, 1911, Easton, Maine, Leila Marian,
daughter of John F and Rebecca (Furbish) Tuttle Mr and Mrs
Sieber were divorced 1923 Married (2) April 4, 1927, Akron,
Evalyn Marie Murphy Sudbury, daughter of David H and Minnie
(Irvm) Murphy Adopted daughters Alice Corinne (Mrs Robert
Jones), Martha Marie (Mrs John R Kramer)
Mr and Mrs Sieber
were divorced 1936
Buried in Glendale Cemetery, Akron
Survived by daughters, four grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs
Ferdinand Farmer Dugan and Mrs Armar Theophilus Carnahan
JAMES MULFORD TOWNSEND, B A 1908 Born June 20,
1886, Pelham Manor, N Y , died June 23, 1950, West Windsor Township, N J
Father, James M Townsend (B A 1874) Mother, Harriet
Bailey (Campbell) Townsend Yale relatives include William K
Townsend, '71 (uncle), George H Townsend, '08 (cousin), John C
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Townsend, '10 (brother), Robert E Sherwood (Litt D 1941) (brotherin-law)
Taft School Second dispute appointment Junior and Senior
years. Freshman four-oar crew, University Crew Squad, Junior Promenade Committee, Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones
New York Law School 1908-10, partner Watkms Coal Company,
New York City, 1910-11, 1912-23, Philadelphia 1911-12, vice-president and secretary Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Corporation 1923-50,
First Lieutenant Infantry, World War I, member St James Protestant
Episcopal Church, New York City
Married July 27, 1910, Westport, N Y , Cynthia, daughter of
Arthur Murray and Rosina (Emmet) Sherwood Children Elizabeth
Wilson, James Mulford, Jr (killed m service 1942), Julia Mrs
Townsend died 1943
Death due to coronary occlusion Survived by daughters, one
grandchild, two sisters, Mrs William Lawrence Bottomley and Mrs
Ronald M Ferry, and two brothers, Donald C Townsend and Edward
H Townsend, '12
ARTHUR GOTZIAN DRISCOLL, B A 1909 Born July 30,
1888, White Bear Lake, Minn , died December 21, 1949, St Paul,
Minn
Father, Arthur Brown Driscoll, member McKibbm, Driscoll &
Dorsey, manufacturers of hats, caps, gloves, furs, St Paul, son of
Frederick and Anna Lavma (Brown) Driscoll Mother, Helen Evelyn
(Gotzian) Driscoll, daughter of Conrad and Caroline (Busse) Gotzian
Yale relatives include Ambrose Tighe, '79 (uncle), Harry M Robbms,
'02 (brother-in-law), Conrad G Driscoll, '08 S , Robert Driscoll, '13,
Theodore G Driscoll, '15 S , Egbert G Driscoll, '20, Donald G
Driscoll, '20 S (brothers), Laurence G Tighe, '16, Richard L
Tighe, '23 (cousins), William N Driscoll, '40 (nephew)
St Paul Academy First dispute appointment Junior year, Class
crew, Alpha Delta Phi
Located in St Paul 1909-49, with C Gotzian & Company, wholesale shoes, 1909-14, salesman Wells-Dickey Company, investments,
1915-17, manager bond department Merchants Trust & Savings Bank
(later First National Bank) 1919-34, vice-president Greenman,
McGuire & Driscoll, investment securities, 1935-37, vice-president
and secretary Driscoll-McGuire Company, 1937-49, First Lieutenant
Field Artillery, World War I (overseas 1918-19), member House of
Hope Presbyterian Church, St Paul
Unmarried
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in Oakland Cemetery,
§t Paul Survived by a sister, Helena Driscoll Robbins, and four
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brothers, Robert, Theodore G , Egbert G , and Donald G Driscoll
ROLAND WERNER KLUEPFEL, B A 1909 Born April 18,
1887, Hoboken, N J , died August 10, 1949, Sarasota, Fla
Father, Carl Rudolf Kluepfel, general agent Oelnchs & Company, steamship agents and importers, New York City, son of Dr
Karl Kluepfel and Sophie Adelheid (Schwab) Kluepfel
Mother,
Henrietta Emily (Schrader) Kluepfel, daughter of Wilhelm and
Clementine (von Post) Schrader
Yale relatives include Alfred C
Kluepfel (Class of 1910 S ) (brother), Laurence V P Schwab, '13
(cousin), Sidney Tuttle Bogardus (Class of 1954) (nephew)
Irving School, New York City Dissertation appointment Junior
and Senior years
Successively junior partner Oelrichs & Company and salesman
Joseph Walker & Sons 1909 until retirement 1937 because of ill-health,
served with New York National Guard on Mexican Border 1916-17,
First Lieutenant, Infantry, August 1917-July 1919 (overseas September
1918-July 1919, Meuse-Argonne Offensive), secretary Yale Club of
Sarasota 1941-48, president 1948-49, member Episcopal church,
Sarasota
Married December 5, 1925, Johnson City, Tenn , Christina
Norman, daughter of Dr Walter Carl Klotz and Gertrude Ostrander
(Whitehouse) Klotz Children Bettina (Bryn Mawr 1944-46, Mrs
George Shackelford), Jane Meredith
Death due to coronary thrombosis. Survived by wife, children,
and two sisters, Mrs Egbert H Bogardus and Mrs Clementine
Noltenius (died 1951)
FRANKLYN THOMAS RAYMOND, B A 1909 Born December
17, 1885, Inwood-on-Hudson, N Y , died July 9, 1949, Rye, N Y
Father, James Raymond, stockbroker, New York City, son of
Thomas and Anna Raymond Mother, Lavinia Lyon (Brooks) Raymond,
daughter of Elisha and Matilda (Randall) Brooks Yale relatives include Philip W Boardman, '07, Ernest Reed Hudson (Class of
1909 S ) (brothers-in-law)
Pomfret School First colloquy appointment Junior and Senior
years, Zeta Psi
Successively with Mabon & Company, brokers, New York City,
and McDonnell & Company, New York City, 1909 until retirement
some years ago, private Motor Transport Corps April-November
1918, member Squadron A, New York National Guard, and St Thomas'
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Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery,
New York City Survived by three sisters, Mrs Philip W
Boardman, Mrs Ernest R Hudson, and Mrs F Aubrey Powell, and
two brothers, James Ludlow Raymond (Class of 1913 S ) and Kenneth
L Raymond
HORACE WINSTON STOKES, B A 1909 Born March 2,
1886, New York City, died January 18, 1950, New York City
Father, Frederick A Stokes, f 79. Mother, Ellen Rebecca
(Colby) Stokes Yale relatives include Horace S. Stokes, '89 (uncle),
Frederick B Stokes (Class of 1911)(brother)
Phillips-Andover
Second dispute appointment Junior year,
first colloquy appointment Senior year, chairman Yale Literary
Magazine Senior year, Chi Delta Theta, Alpha Delta Phi, Wolf's
Head
Associated with Frederick A Stokes Company, publishers,
New York City, 1909-10, 1925 until retirement 1941 (secretary 192532, treasurer 1932-39, president 1939-41), reporter New York Sun
and New York Herald Tribune 1910-14, engaged in advertising agency
work, special article writing, and with Crowell Publishing Company
1914-25, advertising with Berrien Company, Inc , 1922-23, Frank
Seaman, Inc , 1923-24, author Frog Face and juvenile books and
short stories, private Squadron A, New York National Guard (on
Mexican Border 1916-17), First Lieutenant Infantry, World War I
(overseas 1917-19)
Married May 22, 1920, Burlington, Vt , Mary Sanford, daughter of Dr John Brooks Wheeler and Anna Griffin (Sanford) Wheeler
Children Ellen (B A Sarah Lawrence 1945), Mary Wheeler (B A
Skidmore 1950, Mrs George M French, Jr )
Buried in Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington Survived by wife and children
THOMAS WILSON BOWERS, B A 1910 Born August 18,
1888, Wmona, Minn , died March 16, 1950, New York City
Father, Lloyd W Bowers, '79 Mother, Louise Benton
(Wilson) Bowers Yale relatives include Robert A Taft, '10
(brother-in-law), William H Taft, 3d, '37, Robert Taft, Jr , f39,
Lloyd B Taft, '44, Horace Taft, '50 (nephews)
Westminster School Second colloquy appointment Junior year,
second dispute appointment Senior year, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club,
Psi Upsilon
LL B Harvard 1913, attorney and examiner Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, 1913-15, with Holt, Cutting & Sidley,
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Chicago, 1915-17, Cravath & Henderson, New York City, 1919-22,
assistant general counsel Federal Reserve Bank of New York 1922,
vice-president National Bank of Commerce in New York 1922-29,
special representative Wabash Railroad, New York City, 1929-30,
vice-president Bank of the Manhattan Company 1930^42, lawyer New
York City 1942-50, chairman board Universal Oil Products, Chicago,
private Illinois National Guard (served on Mexican border), Captain
Marine Corps World War I
Married October 31, 1914, Washington, D C , Louise, daughter
of Ben and Mary Ellen (Thorn) Hellen Children Lloyd Wheaton, '38,
Thomas Wilson, Jr , Ellen (B A Vassar 1949)
Death due to a heart attack Buried in Washington (Conn )
Cemetery Survived by wife, children, four grandchildren, and a
sister, Mrs Robert A Taft
HENRY ROE CLOUD (WO-NA-XI-LAY-HUNK A), B A 1910
Born December 28, 1886, Winnebago, Nebr , died February 9, 1950,
Siletz, Ore
Father, Na-Xi-Lay-Hunk-Kay, a Winnebago Indian Mother,
"Hard-to-See " Adoptive parents Dr and Mrs Walter C Roe
Mt Hermon School Honors of the third rank Freshman year,
dissertation appointment Junior year, first dispute appointment Senior
year, second Henry James TenEyck Prize Junior year, second Townsend Premium Senior year, Senior debating team, contributed to Yale
Courant, Beta Theta Pi, Elihu Club M A 1914
Attended Oberlm Theological Seminary 1910-11, B D Auburn
Theological Seminary and ordained Presbyterian minister 1913,
founder Roe Indian Institute, Wichita, Kans , 1915 and superintendent
1915-30 (became American Indian Institute 1920), special regional representative U S Office of Indian Affairs 1931-33, assistant superintendent Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kans., 1933-36, assistant supervisor Indian education at large U S Office of Indian Affairs 1936-39,
superintendent Umatilla Indian Agency, Pendleton, Ore , 1939-47,
field representative Indian affairs Portland (Ore ) region 1947-50, regional representative Grande Ronde and Siletz Indian Agency 1948-50,
editor The Indian Outlook, coauthor Problems of Indian Administration, contributed to periodicals and lectured on Indian life and legend,
D D Emporia 1932, chairman official delegation of Winnebagos to the
President 1912-13, member survey commission on Indian Schools
(Phelps Stokes Fund) 1914, survey of Indian Affairs Institute for
Governmental Research 1926-27, 1929-30, received Indian achievement award 1935, member advisory committee Boy Scouts of America,
member Masonic order and First Presbyterian Church, Oregon City
Married June 12, 1916, Philadelphia, Elizabeth Georgian Bender
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(grad Hampton Normal Training School 1912), daughter of Albertus
and Mary Bender (a Chippewa) Children Elizabeth Marion (B A
Wellesley 1938, M r s Edward L Hughes), Anne Woesha (B A Vassar
1940, M A Ohio Umv 1944, M r s Robert C North), Lillian Alberta
(Umv Kansas 1939-41, M r s Leo D. F r e e d ) , Ramona Clarke (B A
V a s s a r 1943, M r s Raleigh C Butterfield), Henry Roe, 2d (died in infancy)
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in Crescent Grove
Cemetery, Beaver ton, Ore Survived by wife, daughters, and ten
grandchildren
JOSEPH CURTIS P L ATT, B A 1910 Born November 18,
1887, Cold Spring, N Y , died March 19, 1950, Danville, Pa
F a t h e r , Frank Elbert Platt (C.E Rensselaer 1879), t r e a s u r e r
Scranton (Pa ) Coal Company, son of Joseph Curtis and Catherine
(Scranton) Platt Mother, Elizabeth Augusta (Skinner) Platt, daughter
of William and Artemesia (Meigs) Skinner Yale relatives include
E r a s t u s Scranton (B A 1802), George E Hand (B A 1829) (greatgreat-uncles), Alice Wheeler Skinner (Class of 1898 Art) (aunt),
Worthmgton Scranton, '98 (cousin), David N Platt, f51 (nephew)
The Hill School Freshman Track and Football t e a m s , manager
F r e s h m a n Basketball Team and University Basketball Team Senior
year, P s i Upsilon, Scroll and Key
With Cherry River Boom & Lumber Company, West Virginia and
Georgia, 1911-16 and Scranton Axle & Spring Company 1915-16,
general supply manager Scranton Coal Company 1917-19, assistant
s e c r e t a r y and assistant director 1919-25, assistant t r e a s u r e r 192528, t r e a s u r e r Scranton Lackawanna T r u s t Company 1928-37, vicepresident 1937-42, president 1942-47, chairman of the board 1947-50,
president Mississippi Central Railroad Company, U S Lumber Company, Scranton, and J J Newman Lumber Company, t r e a s u r e r
P D K Store Company, Dickson Store Company, Keystone Store
Company, Ltd , Anthracite Valley Water Company, P r i c e b u r g Water
Company, president Lackawanna Historical Society 1941-42, Dunmore
Cemetery Association 1941-48, and Board of Supervisors Abmgton
Township, vice-president Geismger Hospital, Danville, 1942-50,
director Visiting Nurse Association, Scranton, 1928-48 ( t r e a s u r e r
1928-30) and Pennsylvania State C h a n t i e s Association, trustee Pennsylvania State Oral School for the Deaf ( t r e a s u r e r 1932-50), m e m b e r
Pennsylvania National Guard, F i r s t Lieutenant Field Artillery, World
War I, s e c r e t a r y Yale Alumni Association of Scranton 1915-22,
trustee Westminster P r e s b y t e r i a n Church, Scranton
Married (1) March 19, 1930, Lordsburg, N Mex , Margaret
Lowe Chamberlin, daughter of William Ebbets and Mary (Wheeler)
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Lowe Mrs Platt died 1944 Married (2) August 25, 1945, Chatham,
Mass , Frances Mears Acker, daughter of John Alexander and
Evangelme (Farnham) Mears.
Death due to a heart attack Buried m Dunmore (Pa ) Cemetery Survived by wife, two stepdaughters, Mary Lowe Chamberlin
Scranton, the wife of William W Scranton, '39, and Marion Acker
Fuller, a stepson, W Lawson Chamberlin, '38, ten step-grandchildren, and two brothers, Philip S Platt, '12, and Leonard S Platt,
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ROBERT BRUCE ANDERSON, B A 1911 Born December
30, 1887, Salem, Ohio, died May 25, 1950, Salem, Ohio
Father, James Anderson (B A Mount Union Coll 1874, M D
Umv Michigan 1876), physician and surgeon in Salem, son of
William and Isabel (Little) Anderson Mother, Henrietta (Brooke)
Anderson, daughter of Jesse and Agnes (Diehl) Brooke
Salem High School, Adelbert College 1906-7 Second colloquy
appointment and honors of the third rank Junior year, Delta Kappa
Epsilon
Manager export sales Silver Manufacturing Company, Salem,
1911-21, manager domestic implement sales 1921-25, vice-president
1925-28, secretary-treasurer National Sanitary Company, Salem,
1928-29, in brokerage business Chicago 1930-32 (member Chicago
Stock Exchange), with National Recovery Administration 1932-35, export sales manager The Buda Company, manufacturers Diesel and
gasoline engines, Harvey, 111 , 1935 until retirement 1948, member
Salem Chamber of Commerce and Presbyterian church, Salem
Married April 11, 1914, Salem, Rebecca Jane Silver (Goucher
1906-7), daughter of Albert Otis and Elizabeth (Walton) Silver
Children Elizabeth Jane (B A Umv Chicago 1937, Mrs James Reed
Schlademan), Robert Bruce, Jr (B A Umv Chicago 1938), and
James Otis (B A Umv Chicago 1940) Mrs Anderson died 1945
Death due to pulmonary emphysema
Buried in Grandview
Cemetery, Salem Survived by children, five grandchildren, a sister,
Mrs William Henry Dunn, and a brother, Brooke Anderson
HENRY MORRISON HILLE, B A 1911 Born November 27,
1889, Bath, N Y , died November 13, 1949, Bath, N Y
Father, Louis Charles Hille, a farmer in Bath, son of Ludwig
and Apolonia (Alvmseder) Hille Mother, Charlotte Fitch (Morrison)
Hille, daughter of Henry and Bridget (McLaughlm) Morrison
Princeton Preparatory School Second colloquy appointment
Junior year first colloquy appointment Senior year, Class baseball
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team and crew; Beta Theta Pi
In adjusting department Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Company,
wholesale hardware, Chicago, 1911-13, division superintendent Swift
& Company, St Paul, Minn , 1913-23, salesman Houseman,
Spitzley Corporation, real estate, Detroit, 1923-24, owner Henry M
Hille Insurance Agency, Bath, 1924-49, trustee Davenport Estate
(secretary Davenport Home for Girls 1925-49, vice-president and
manager 1931-49), Grove Cemetery Association, and Davenport
Library, Bath, treasurer Bath Board of Education 1931-49, secretary
Bath Chamber of Commerce 1925-30, commissioner Bath Electric,
Gas, and Water System 1938-49, First Lieutenant Infantry, World
War I, past commander Charles E Westcott post American Legion,
member Military Order of the World War, Masonic order, elder
First Presbyterian Church, Bath
Married October 3, 1931, in New York City, Clara Alice,
daughter of Frank Eugene and Evelyn Huntmgton (Matthews) Rowe.
Son Henry Morrison, Jr (Class of 1954)
Buried m Grove Cemetery,
Bath Survived by wife, son, and three sisters, Mrs Chester Losee,
Miss Bessie Hille, and Dr Louise M Hille
JOSEPH MATTHEW LYNCH, B A 1911 Born October 1,
1888, Menden, Conn , died March 6, 1950, Oakland, Calif
Father, Peter Hanley Lynch, assistant superintendent Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, son of John and Rose (Hanley) Lynch
Mother, Mary (McCabe) Lynch, daughter of Matthew and Mary (Kane)
McCabe
Phillips-Andover
Freshman Basketball Team, Delta Kappa
Epsilon
In Boston office United Shoe Manufacturing Corporation, Lynn,
Mass , 1911-12, Rochester 1912, Montreal 1913, part owner shoe
manufacturing business New York City 1913-14, insurance salesman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance Company, New York City, 1914-16, deputy superintendent
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Dayton, Ohio, 1916-17 and
assistant manager Hanford, Calif , 1922-24, associated with BenderMoss Company, publishers of law books, San Francisco, since 1924
(vice-president and general manager at time of death), purchasing
agent Royal Tiger Mines, Breckenridge, Colo , 1919
Married November 14, 1913, Arlington, N . J , Florence
Lorraine, daughter of William and Josephine (Tucker) Cook Children Mary Josephine, Joseph Matthew, Jr , Florence Lorraine (died
1927), Robert, and Richard (Umv California 1952)
Ashes interred in Mountain
Yale College
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View Cemetery, Oakland Survived by wife, four children, a sister,
Mrs Rose Murray, and a brother, James Thomas Lynch
ARCHER ROBERTS SIMPSON, B A 1911 Born May 6, 1885,
Dover, N H , died January 17, 1950, Springfield, Mass
Father, Joseph Archer Simpson, president Orange (Mass )
Hardware Company, son of Samuel W and Ellen (Pearson) Simpson
Mother, Inis E (Roberts) Simpson, daughter of Seth and Ellen M
(Bennett) Roberts Yale relatives include a half brother, J Fenton
Simpson (Class of 1919 S )
Phillips-Andover
First colloquy appointment Junior year,
second dispute appointment Senior year, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club
LL B George Washington University 1915 (Delta Tau Delta and
Phi Delta Phi), lawyer in Springfield 1915 until retirement 1944 (partner Simpson, Clason, Callahan & Giustma at retirement), manager
Burden-Bryant Company, Springfield, 1937-50, owner since 1942,
president Walsh Steam Boiler Works, Holyoke, Mass , and Standard
Electric Time Company, owner Highland Grinding Company, Springfield, 1942-46, director Warren Woolen Company, Stafford Springs,
Conn , 1931-50 (secretary 1931-45), on faculty Springfield branch
Northeastern Law School 1922-28, president Springfield Common
Council 1917-19 and police commissioner 1918, trustee Springfield
College, served in Coast Artillery Corps World War I, secretarytreasurer Yale Alumni Association of Western Massachusetts 1921-24,
member Hampton County and Massachusetts Bar associations, Masonic order and South Congregational Church, Springfield
Married November 17, 1915, Hightstown, N J , Maude Ethel
Gordon (cert Music 1911), daughter of Forman Hutchmson and
Elizabeth (Pernne) Gordon Children Barbara (B A Wellesley 1944,
died March 21, 1951), Russell Gordon, '51, Beverly (Wellesley Class
1954)
Death due to coronary arteriosclerosis
Ashes entombed in
Hillside Park Cemetery Mausoleum, Springfield
Survived by wife
and children
CYRIL BROWN, B A 1912 Born January 6, 1887, Rochester, N Y , died October 6, 1949, Oceanside, N Y
Father, George Alvord Brown (Columbia Class of 1882), with
Home Life Insurance Company, son of Edwin Jones and Mary (Strong)
Brown Mother, Alice Scudder (Price) Brown, daughter of J Wilbur
and Hannah (Scudder) Price
Yale relatives include Harold S Brown
(Class of 1907), P Mortimer Brown (Class of 1909) (cousins)
Plamfield (N J ) High School Freshman honors, Andrew D
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White History Prize and third Benjamin F Barge Mathematical Prize
Freshman year, third Lucius F Robinson Prize in Latin Sophomore
year, philosophical oration appointment Junior and Senior years, contributed to Yaxe Record, Yale Courant and Yale Literary Magazine,
Senior Literary Society, Elizabethan Club, Phi Beta Kappa
Reporter city staff New York Times 1912-13, in London 191314, Berlin 1914-17, Berlin correspondent 1921-24, staff correspondent New York World, Scandinavia and Netherlands, 1918-21, freelance writer and editorial staff writer Fox Films, Inc , 1924-29,
interviewer Paramount News 1929-49, author Germany as it is Today,
translator Bolsche's Love Life m Nature, wrote introduction to
Cameron's Ten Months in a German Raider
Married July 13, 1918, The Hague, Netherlands, Jeanne Leonie
Bentmck de Mil, daughter of Josef Marie and Victoria (de Mil)
Bentmck
Mrs Brown died 1930
Death due to acute cardiac failure
Buried in Greenfield Cemetery, Hempstead, N Y Survived by two half sisters, Miss Helen
Alvord Brown and Mrs Matthew William Fegan
STANLEY EASTON G1FFORD, B A 1912 Born January 3,
1891, Jamaica Plain, Mass , died September 24, 1949, Lebanon,
NH
Father, Charles Houghton Gifford, mechanical engineer Masters
Manufacturing Company, automotive accessories, Boston, son of John
Easton and Catharine Augusta (Jenner) Gifford
Mother, Nellie Maria
(Davis) Gifford, daughter of Gideon P and Melissa (Fulton) Davis
Yale relatives include a brother, Raymond M Gifford, '15
Phillips- Andover Honors and oration appointment Junior year,
Apollo and University Banjo and Mandolin clubs, Alpha Delta Phi
J D University of Michigan 1914, lawyer in Detroit 1915-17,
Boston 1921-41, Lebanon 1942-49 (partner Carr & Gifford at time of
death), associated with father in Masters Manufacturing Company
1919-21, First Lieutenant, Field Artillery, later Cavalry, World War
I, member New Hampshire Bar Association
Married (1) June 3, 1924, Campello, Mass , Ruth Laton, daughter of Harvey Laton and Hannah Maria (Nye) Howes Son Stanley
Easton, Jr (B S m E E Case Inst Technology 1946) Mrs Gifford
died 1938 Married (2) April 4, 1941, Lynn, Mass , Eleanor Gammon
Kmgsley, daughter of Guy Norman and Julia Ellen (Stone) Gammon
Ashes interred in Sagamore, Mass
Survived by wife, son, and a sister, Mrs Eleanor Gifford Hartford
DAVID ROBERT KREIDER, B A 1912 Born May 8, 1888,
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Lawn, Pa , died September 20, 1949, Lebanon, Pa
Father, Aaron Shenk Kreider, owner A S Kreider Shoe Company, Annville, Pa , son of David and Magdalena (Shenk) Kreider
Mother, Elizabeth Bucher (Horst) Kreider, daughter of Henry and Anna
(Bucher) Horst Yale relatives include D Albert Kreider (Ph D
1895), Charles V Henry (LL B 1895), William H Kreider (LL B
1896), J Lehn Kreider (M A 1905), C Vincent Henry, Jr , '19
(cousins), Robert N Kreider, '45, Clement H Kreider, Jr (Class of
1953), William R. Boger, Jr (Class of 1953 E ) (nephews)
Lebanon Valley College Preparatory School, Lebanon Valley College 1908-10 Entered Yale Junior year, first colloquy appointment
Junior and Senior years, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club
With Kreider-Cushman Company, Chicago, 1911-14 (treasurer
1913-14), third vice-president A S Kreider Shoe Company 1914-22,
vice-president 1925-30, president 1930 until retirement 1947, director A S Kreider Shoe Manufacturing Company, Elizabethtown, Pa ,
1927-47, general manager 1940-47, director A S Kreider & Son,
Palmyra, Pa , and National Shoe Manufacturing Association, member
% Masonic order and United Brethren Church, Annville
Married (1) October 30, 1915, Detroit, Dorothy, daughter of
Charles Hubbard and Jennie (Rieves) Tobey Mrs Kreider died 1928
Married (2) August 25, 1937, Bethlehem, Pa , Florence Rebecca
Bear Chase (Wilson Class of 1916), daughter of Benjamin Franklin
and Alice Sarah (Keller) Bear
Death due to cerebral embolism
Buried in Mt Annville Cemetery
Survived by wife, two stepsons, Samuel Parker Chase, Jr ,
and Benjamin Keller Chase, three sisters, Mrs Cyrus Eckert, Mrs
Rodham Kenner, and Mrs William Harris, and five brothers, Aaron
S Kreider, Jr , Howard B Kreider, Henry Kreider, Clement H
Kreider, '17 S , and George L Kreider, '29 S
CLIFFORD HAYES PANGBURN, B A 1912 Born November 18,
1888, Washington, D C , died December 16, 1949, St Augustine, Fla
Father, Rev Lycurgus E Pangburn (B D 1883) Mother,
Annie Elizabeth (Hayes) Pangburn Yale relatives include a brother,
Dwight B Pangburn, '10 S
New Haven (Conn ) High School, Second dispute appointment
Junior and Senior years, an editor Yale Record, Beta Theta Pi
Reporter New York Telegraph 1912-14. in charge motion picture
department New York Tribune 1914-15, advertising manager Henry
Tetlow Company, toilet preparations, Philadelphia, 1915-17, 1919-21,
with Federal Advertising Agency, New York City, 1921, eastern manager _Peogl£^s_Po£ular_Monthl^, New York City, 1921-25, with J Walter
Thompson Agency, advertising, New York City, 1925-32 and McCann-
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E n c k s o n , Inc , Chicago, 1932-35, copy writer Lord & Thomas, New
York City, 1935-41, copy executive J Sterling Getchell, Inc , 194142, with P r i c e Adjustment Board, U S War Department, 1942-43, r e tired 1945, authority on birds and contributed to scientific ornithological journals, Major American Red C r o s s Field Service (Morgan
Harjes) World War I, Major (chief editorial section) Air Corps, World
War II (promoted Lieutenant Colonel, A U S [Ret j April 16, 1948),
m e m b e r Plymouth Church (Congregational), New Haven
Married July 2, 1919, New York City, Marjorie Metcalfe (Hollms
Coll 1910), daughter of William Cortelyou and Mabel (Cornish)
Metcalfe
Children Robert Morton (Umv Virginia 1939-40), Marjorie
Hayes, the wife of William F r o s t (Ph D 1946)
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in The National
Cemetery, Arlington, Va Survived by wife, children, three grandchildren, and mother
HENRY ELDREDGE PERRY, B A 1912 Born October 8,
1889, Crete, Nebr , died March 15, 1950, New York City
F a t h e r , Rev David B P e r r y , D D (B A 1863) Mother,
Helen Clark (Doane) P e r r y Yale relatives include Howard K
Hollister (Class of 1910), John B Hollister, ' 1 1 , George B Hollister,
'17 (brothers-in-law)
Crete High School, Doane College 1908-10 Entered Yale College
Junior year, first dispute appointment Senior year, University Football
Team, University Wrestling Squad (captain Senior year, champion
heavyweight w r e s t l e r ) , Alpha Delta Phi, Wolf's Head
With Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis Railroad Company 1912-17, 1919-22, assistant to vice-president Commercial Solvents Corporation ( T e r r e Haute plant) 1922-23, manager 1923-34,
vice-president New York City 1934-39, director and vice-president in
charge of production 1939-45, executive vice-president 1945-47, p r e s i dent 1947-50, president Thermatomic Carbon Company, trustee Doane
College, Second Lieutenant Infantry, World War I, member P r e s b y t e r ian church
Married March 9, 1918, Cincinnati, Mary Evelyn, daughter of
Howard C Hollister, '78, and Alice (Keys) Hollister
Children
Phebe Baker (B A Vassar 1942, Mrs J a m e s Murchie Eaton Mixter),
Henry Eldredge, J r , '43, Howard Hollister, '45 E , Evelyn Keys,
Polly Munson
Death due to injuries received in a fall Survived by wife and
children
ASA ALLEN WOODRUFF, B A
1912
Born October 1, 1889,
Yale College
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Scranton, Pa , died July 2 1 , 1949, Oxford, England
F a t h e r , Clarence S Woodruff, ! 78 Mother, Susan Melinda
(Bullock) Woodruff Yale relatives include Aaron Hutchmson (B A
1747) (great-great-grandfather), Frank W Wheaton, '77, George W
Woodruff, '89 (cousins)
Scranton High School F i r s t dispute appointment Junior year,
oration appointment Senior year; University Soccer Team, F r e s h m a n
Union, P s i Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa
Studied law 1912-15, lawyer in Philadelphia 1915-49 (partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius at time of death), authority on financial,
r e a l e s t a t e , public utility, and general corporation law, author unpublished volume on Bacon and the Baconian theory, m e m b e r Pennsylvania National Guard, Ensign (radio) U S Naval Reserve F o r c e World
War I, m e m b e r Philadelphia, Pennsylvania State, and American Bar
associations, and Society of F r i e n d s
M a r r i e d October 28, 1922, Kingston, Pa , Gertrude Ahlborn
Marvin (B S Cornell 1913, M L D 1914), daughter of Ira George
and Sophie Louise (Ahlborn) Marvin Children Allen Marvin, '46,
Gertrude Marvin, J r (Cornell Class of 1952)
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in Coulter Street
Meeting Burial Ground, Philadelphia Survived by wife, children,
three s i s t e r s , M r s Robert A Hull, M r s F r a n c i s J Stokes, M r s
Charles F B Thomforde, a brother, Lewis H Woodruff, '14, seven
half s i s t e r s , M i s s e s Amy L , Ruth J , Florence V , Dorothy H , and
Eleanor Woodruff, M r s George W Allen, and M r s Harmon
Lushbaugh, and a half b r o t h e r , Clarence S Woodruff, J r
DOUGLASS MARSHALL ALLEN, B A 1913 Born April 11,
1891, Cincinnati, Ohio, died August 11, 1949, Cincinnati, Ohio
F a t h e r , Jonathan H a r r i s Allen, member Allen & Munson, flour
and g r a m m e r c h a n t s , Cincinnati, son of Thomas Humphrey Cushmg
and Jane Deverdier (Woodruff) Allen Mother, Anna Williamson
(Handy) Allen, daughter of Truman B and Mariette (Huntmgton) Handy
Yale r e l a t i v e s include Thomas H C Allen (Class of 1911 S )
(brother), Waldemar H Jacob, '11 (brother-in-law), Henry H
McHenry, '14 S (cousin), George Owen Knapp, 2d, '35, William J
Knapp, J r , '41 (nephews)
Asheville School Second colloquy appointment Senior year, University Track Team, F r e s h m a n Glee Club, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club,
Alpha Delta Phi and Wolf's Head
Clerk Queen & Crescent Railroad, Cincinnati, 1913-14, clerk
and salesman Cincinnati Rubber Manufacturing Company 1914-17, engaged in advertising business in Cincinnati 1919-49, assistant advertising manager Fleischmann Company 1919-20, with Blaine, Thompson
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Company 1920, vice-president and secretary Prather-Allen Advertising Gompany 1920-24, president 1924-35, president and treasurer
Procter & Collier Company 1935-37, president Douglass Allen &
Leland Davis, Inc , 1937-39, president Allen, Heaton & McDonald,
Inc , 1939-49, Captain Infantry World War I (overseas 1918-19), president Cincmnatus Association and 4-H Life magazine, Dayton, secretary Cincinnati Yale Club 1921-22, member Church of Our Savior
(Episcopal), Cincinnati
Married (1) June 9, 1917, Cincinnati, Emily Gaylord, daughter
of Nathan and Susan (Pendleton) Powell Children Douglass Marshall,
Jr , '39, Susan Pendleton (Mrs Harry William Taylor, Jr ), Emily
Powell, the wife of Polk Laffoon, 3d (Class of 1942 E ) Mr and
Mrs Allen were divorced 1942 Married (2) June 26, 1943, New
York City, Eleanor Combs, daughter of William Courtland and Rose
Helen (Combs) Moore
Death due to acute pulmonary edema Ashes interred in Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati Survived by wife, children, five grandchildren, and three sisters, Mrs William J Knapp, Mrs Waldemar
H Jacob, and Mrs Templeton Briggs
SAMUEL KENNEDY BROWN, B A 1913 Born December 2,
1890, Germantown, Ohio, died August 17, 1949, Waukesha, Wis
Father, Orvon Graff Brown, president Miami Military Institute,
Germantown, son of Rev William Kennedy Brown, D.D , and Martha
(McClellan) Brown Mother, Lulu (Reed) Brown, daughter of John
Henry and Martha (Zeller) Reed
Miami Military Institute, B A Twin Valley College 1909
Second dispute appointment Junior year, Delta Kappa Epsilon
Professor Greek and modern languages Miami Military Institute
1915, Greek and French 1916, registrar 1915-23, treasurer 1923-32,
and headmaster 1927-35, with Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company,
Dayton, Ohio, 1935-38, secretary public relations St John's Military
Academy 1938-49 and director reading clinic 1941-49, member Methodist Episcopal Church, Germantown
Married (1) June 28, 1916, Cincinnati, Nellie Marie, daughter
of Ernest J and Nellie (Schlenz) Knabe Children Dorothy Knabe,
Kennedy Knabe, Anne Knabe Mr and Mrs Brown were divorced
Married (2) February 22, 1942, Tulsa, Okla , Louise, daughter of
Leona Finch Mrs Brown died 1945. Married (3) March 29, 1949,
Memphis, Tenn , Ruth McCormick Surgume, daughter of Frank
McCormick, 2d, and Mary Cason (Keller) McCormick.
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in Germantown
Cemetery
Survived by wife, children, mother, three sisters, Mrs
Ralph S Saunders, Mrs David W. Welday, Mrs George H Stapley,
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and two brothers, Reed M Brown, '10 S , and Orvon Graff Brown,
Jr (Class of 1932)
AUGUSTE JULIEN CORDIER, B A 1913 Born April 7, 1891,
Brooklyn, N Y , died July 20, 1949, New York City
Father, Auguste Julien Cordier, president Lalance & Grosjean
Manufacturing Company, sheet metal ware, Woodhaven, N Y , son of
Ferriol Valbert and Josephine (Rofinot) Cordier
Mother, Alice
Marie (Grosjean) Cordier, daughter of Florian and Eugenie (Rosselot)
Grosjean
Yale relatives include Constantme J MacGuire, Jr , '07
(brother-in-law), John D MacGuire, '44 (nephew), Donald Anderson,
'27 (cousin).
Polytechnic Preparatory School First colloquy appointment
Junior year, captain Squash Team and second Golf Team. Senior year,
first prize University Squash Tournament Junior year, managing
editor Yale Daily News, treasurer Yale Corinthian Yacht Club Sophomore year, vice-commodore Junior year, commodore Senior year,
Omega Lambda Chi, Alpha Delta Phi, and Elihu Club
Assistant treasurer Lalance & Grosjean Manufacturing Company
1913-21, second vice-president 1922-26, president 1927-49, president
Woodhaven Water Supply Company 1923-26, First Lieutenant Infantry
World War I, secretary Yale Club of New York 1926-29, vice-president 1929-32, president 1932-35, champion National Squash Tennis
Association 1920, member Yale Committee of Military Training Camps
and Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City
Married (1) April 23, 1921, Brooklyn, Helen Ogden, daughter of
Howard Ogden and Julia Curtis (Twichell) Wood Children Auguste
Julien, Jr (died 1929), Helen Wood (Vassar Class of 1946, Mrs
Thomas Nelson Page Johns) Mr and Mrs Cordier were divorced
1937 Married (2) December 30, 1937, New York City, Betsey Page
Gaynor, daughter of Rev Frank Page, D D , and Lettie (Morris)
Page
Buried m Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn
Survived by wife, daughter, a stepdaughter, Mrs Lamont
S Bryan, a stepson, Norman J Gaynor, Jr , a grandson, and a sister, Mrs Constantme J MacGuire
EDWARD RAYMOND EASTON, B A 1913 Born April 5,
1892, Holyoke, Mass , died February 3, 1950, New York City
Father, Edward Chauncey Easton, a farmer m Granby, Mass ,
son of Isaac E and Sybil L (Chapm) Easton Mother, Mary Ann
(Daley) Easton, daughter of Dennis J and Mary (Devaney) Daley
Williston Academy Oration appointment Junior year, first dis-
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pute appointment Senior year
M D Columbia 1915, interne Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled
1915, on surgical service Bellevue Hospital 1915-17, First Lieutenant
Medical Reserve Corps World War I (special course orthopedics University of Pennsylvania April-June 1918, orthopedist Camp Logan and
Camp Grant 1918-19, commissioned First Lieutenant Medical Corps
1918, Captain 1920, resigned May 1923), resident physician New York
Hospital 1923-24, physician and orthopedic surgeon New York City
1924-50, established surgical clinic U S Fidelity & Guaranty Com- pany and resident surgeon 1924-25, assistant surgeon Broad Street
Hospital 1927-29, associate surgeon 1929-32, acting assistant surgeon
and assistant surgeon Knickerbocker Hospital, senior assistant surgeon Polyclimc Hospital 1940-50, on staff St Clare's, Flower, Lexington, and St Mark's hospitals, contributed to medical journals,
medical director Royal Indemnity Company, resident physician American Women's Association 1929-34, fellow American College of
Surgeons and New York Academy of Medicine, member International
Association of Industrial Surgeons, New York County Medical Society,
and St Catherine's Roman Catholic Church, Pelham Manor
Married April 27, 1918, Chattanooga, Tenn^, Gwendolen, daughter of Theodore Hamilton and Florence (Foster) Lasley
Children
Edward Raymond, Jr (B A Columbia 1940, M A 1941), Theodore
Lasley (B A Columbia 1948, M A 1950) Mrs Easton died 1945
Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings, N Y Survived by sons, two grandchildren, and a
sister, Mrs L, Henry King
HENRY PITT WARREN, JR , B A 1913 Born September 8,
1892, Albany, N Y , died May 22, 1950, Greenwich, Conn
Father, Henry P Warren (B A 1870) Mother, Annie Laurie
(Lyman) Warren Yale relatives include a brother, Samuel Warren,
'11 S
Albany Academy Freshman and University Football teams,
assistant manager University Wrestling Team Junior year, manager
Senior year, Freshman Debating Team, Freshman Union, business
manager Yale Record, Alpha Delta Phi and Wolf's Head
Inspector Albany Car Wheel Company 1913-14, Albany representative E H Rollins & Sons, bankers, 1914-15, vice-president
1936-37, with Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Albany, 1915-20
and manager Detroit office 1920-21, occupied in New York City 192150, representative Dillon, Read & Company, investment bankers, 192131, manager bond department J & W Seligman & Company, 1931-38,
manager bond department Tucker, Anthony & Company, 1938-40 and
investment department 1940-44, manager bond department W C
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Langley & Company 1944-45, general partner 1946-50, captain Infantry World War I (St -Mihiel and Argonne offensives), trustee Albany
Academy (president Metropolitan alumni chapter), on Greenwich Board
of Education, secretary Harvard-Yale-Princeton 1913 Association in
1948, a governor 1949-50, secretary-treasurer Yale Alumni Association of Northeastern New York 1915-17, member First Presbyterian
Church, Albany
Married October 8, 1921, Cleveland, Ohio, Henrietta Wick,
daughter of George Dwight and Florence (Judd) Upson Children
George Upson, '45 W , Henry Pitt, 3d, '49
Death due to injuries received in an automobile accident
Ashes
interred in Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich
Survived by wife, children,
and two sisters, Miss Constance Warren and Dorothy Lyman Warren
Andrews (Yale School of Fine Arts 1905-6)
WILLIAM FORBES WOODWARD, B A 1913 Born February
3, 1892, Ottawa, Kans , died July 1, 1949, Jeffersontown, Ky
Father, Felix James Woodward, salesman Simmons Hardware
Company, St Louis, son of William Rittenhouse and Adelaide
(Lavendar) Woodward Mother, Jessie Fremont (Howard) Woodward,
daughter of William Witt and Sarah Elizabeth (Chapman) Howard Yale
relatives include a brother-in-law, John H McLennan, '16
Phillips-Andover
First colloquy appointment and second Henry
James TenEyck Prize Junior year, first dispute appointment Senior
year, contributed to Yale Courant, Yale Record, Yale Daily News, Yale
Corinthian Yacht Club, Zeta Psi
Successively in stock department and claim, credit, and mail order departments Philadelphia branch Simmons Hardware Company 191315, traveling salesman 1915-16, and with Frye, Phipps Company (New
England agents), Boston, 1916-17, assistant to vice-president First
National Bank, Louisville, Ky , 1919-24, vice-president 1924-28, vicepresident Title Savings Bank and Trust Company 1920-25, secretary
Kentucky Title Company, partner Reynolds & Company (manager
Reynolds Investing Company, New York City), Louisville, 1928-30,
treasurer 1930-32, secretary-treasurer 1932-35, and of Jersey City
office 1935-39, supervisor branches Granberry & Company, brokers,
Louisville, 1939-41, assistant to president Reynolds Metals Company,
Louisville, 1941 until retirement 1946, vice-president Selected Industries, Inc , 1930-32 and United States Foil Company, Jersey City,
1932-35, captain Field Artillery World War I (St -Mihiel and MeuseArgonne offensives), member Leyden Congregational Church, Brooklme,
Mass
Married January 18, 1921, Louisville, Elizabeth Berry, daughter
of Alexander and Margaret Rosanna (Harbison) McLennan
Children
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William Harbison, Hugh McLennan, '50
Buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville
Survived by wife, children, and three sisters, Mrs,
Harry B Collins, Mrs Leon W Rand, and Mrs Robert R Nelson
THOMAS GILBERT HOLT, B A 1914 Born February 1, 1889,
Grand Rapids, Mich , died September 28, 1949, P a n s , Ky
Father, John Caldwell Holt, president Superior Iron Company,
Grand Rapids, son of Joseph Holt Mother, Kate Huntmgton (Gilbert)
Holt, daughter of Caroline Elizabeth (Troope) Gilbert Yale relatives
include Henry W Wright, '12 (brother-in-law), Francis D Gilbert,
'09, Howell Gilbert, '10 (cousins), John C Holt, 2d, '44 S (nephew)
Westminster School Second colloquy appointment Senior year,
manager Freshman Hockey Team, Freshman Glee Club, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Psi Upsilon and Elihu Club
With Antrim Iron Company, Grand Rapid-S, 1914-16, farmer in
Paris 1920-49, with American Ambulance Service, France, 1916,
Captain Field Artillery 1917-19 (awarded Croix de Guerre)
Unmarried
Death due to myocarditis
Buried in Paris Cemetery
Survived
by three sisters, Mrs Henry W Wright, Mrs Randal Davey, and
Mrs Grove Cullum, and two brothers, John Caldwell Holt, Jr , and
Henry G Holt, '10
GEORGE deFOREST LORD, B A 1914 Born December 18,
1891, Lawrence, N Y , died February 2, 1950, Savannah, Ga
Father, Franklin Butler Lord (B A Columbia 1870), partner
Lord, Day & Lord, lawyers, New York City, son of Daniel deForest
Lord (Yale L a * School 1839-41) and Mary Howard (Butler) Lord
Mother, Josephine (Gillet) Lord, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Higginbotham) Gillet Yale relatives include Daniel Lord (B A 1814)
(great-grandfather), Henry Grant deForest (1840-41 L*) (great-greatuncle), George deForest Lord (B A 1854) (great-uncle), Daniel Lord,
3d, '92 (cousin), William H Symington, '12, James M Symington,
'16 (brothers-in-law)
Westminster School Honors of the third rank Freshman year,
oration appointment Junior year, dissertation appointment Senior year,
Freshman Glee Club, Yale University Dramatic Association, Yale
Corinthian Yacht Club, Alpha Delta Phi and Wolf's Head
LL B Columbia 1917 (editor Columbia Law Review), partner
Lord, Day & Lord 1919-50 (senior partner at time of death), authority
on admiralty law, instructor admiralty law Columbia summer 1920
and spring 1921, coauthor Cases on Admiralty, First Lieutenant Field
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Artillery, World War I (overseas 1918-19, saw action m Marbache
sector and before Metz), counsel British Ministry of War Transport
and British Merchant Shipping Mission, Washington, World War II,
created Honorary Officer, Civil Division, Order of the British Empire
1946, president Downtown Association 1944-50 and Maritime Law
Association of the United States 1948-50, vice-president Children's
Aid Society, New York City, 1942-49, president 1949-50, trustee New
York Public Library and United Charities, member St James Protestant Episcopal Church, New York City
Married June 27, 1914, Seabright, N J , Hazen, daughter of
Albert Symington, '83, and Edith Louise (Harris) Symington Children EdithdeForest, the wife of Charles G Meyer, Jr , '33, George
deForest, Jr , '42 (Ph D 1951), Edward Crary, 2d, '45 W
Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Buried in Memorial Cemetery, Cold Spring Harbor, N Y Survived by wife, children, five
grandchildren, and two brothers, Franklin B Lord, '05, and Edward
C Lord, '13
PHELPS NEWBERRY, B A 1914 Born December 8, 1891,
Detroit, Mich , died July 8, 1949, Detroit, Mich
Father, Truman H Newberry, '85 S Mother, Harriet Josephine
(Barnes) Newberry Yale relatives include an uncle, A Victor Barnes
(Class of 1891 S )
Hotchkiss School Freshman Glee Club, College Choir, Yale University Dramatic Association, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Alpha Delta
Phi
Treasurer Detroit Steel Casting Company and O & W Thum
Company 1915-17, assistant to president Detroit Seamless Steel Tubes
Company 1919-20, resident manager Newberry Estate, Inc , 1921-25,
president 1945-49, with Guardian Trust Company 1925-27, Union Guardian Trust Company 1927, vice-president Guardian Detroit Bank 1927-33,
with Goodbody & Company, brokers, 1933-34 and McCann-Erickson,
Inc , advertising agency, 1934-38, manufacturers' agent 1938-45,
civilian aide for Michigan to Secretary of War 1936-47, Major Air Service World War I, Colonel (chief of personnel and base services) Air
Corps World War II, vice-president Military Training Camps Association, treasurer Michigan Children's Aid Society, trustee Grace Hospital
(Detroit), member Sons of the American Revolution and Grosse Pointe
memorial Church (Presbyterian)
Married January 18, 1916, Detroit, Christina Mmr, daughter of
Harry and Christina (Muir) Van Husan Children Phelps, Jr , Truman
Handy, 2d, Christina Muir (Mrs James Douglas Darling, 2d)
Death due to rupture stomach varix Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Grosse Pointe, Mich, Survived by wife, children, three grand-
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children, a sister, Mrs
Newberry, '15
Robert Owen Lord, and a brother, Barnes
SCOTT SEDDON, B A 1914 Born June 9, 1892, St Louis,
Mo , died November 2, 1949, Philadelphia, Pa
Father, James Alexander Seddon (M A Umv Virginia 1870,
LL B 1872), partner Seddon & Holland, lawyers, St Louis, son of James
Alexander and Sarah (Bruce) Seddon Mother, Louise Quarles (Scott)
Seddon, daughter of William Poston and Martha Minor (Hall) Scott
Smith Academy, St Louis Second colloquy appointment Junior
year, first colloquy appointment Senior year
LL B Washington University 1916 (Phi Delta Phi, secretary and
coeditor St Louis Law Review), lawyer in St Louis 1916-17, 1919-21
(assistant counsel Simmons Hardware Company 1919-21), and in Philadelphia 1921-49 (member Barnes, Dechert, Price, Smith and Clark at
time of death), Second Lieutenant Field Artillery World War I, member
Philadelphia Bar Association, Commercial Law League of America,
and Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal), St Louis
Married July 10, 1920, St Louis, Martha Ann, daughter of
Richard Chester and Anna (Sanford) Seifert
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Valhalla Cemetery,
St Louis Survived by wife and three brothers, Bruce Seddon, James
A Seddon, '27, and Dr John W Seddon, '31
WILFORD LAWSON SPENCER, B A 1915 Born January 5,
1893, New York City, died December 12, 1949, Newton, Mass
Father, Guilford Lawson Spencer, D Sc (B S Purdue 1879,
M S Univ Michigan 1882), chief of sugar laboratory U S Department
of Agriculture, son of Israel and Helen Virginia (Shipley) Spencer
Mother, Emma Louise (Fiske) Spencer, daughter of Samuel and
Amanda (Stoddard) Fiske
Friends School, Washington
First dispute appointment Junior
and Senior years
LL B Harvard 1919, associated with Johnson, Clapp, Ives &
King, lawyers, Boston, 1919-49 (partner since 1937), chief Department
of Purchases and Supplies of the Commission for Prevention of Tuberculosis in France (under Rockefeller Foundation) 1917-49, member
Boston and Massachusetts State Bar associations and St Paul's Episcopal Church, Natick, Mass
Married (1) June 20, 1917, Natick, Alice Gardner Mulligan
(B A Wellesley 1914, B S Simmons 1916), daughter of Henry Coolidge
and Minna (Rawson) Mulligan Children Ann Moor (B A Oberlin 1940,
Mrs William Law), Guilford Lawson, 2d (B A Williams 1943, M S
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Massachusetts Inst Technology 1948), Gloria (B A Swarthmore 1947,
M A Columbia 1949) Mr and Mrs Spencer were divorced 1929
Married (2) August 12, 1939, Carver, Mass , Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Rev George L Parker, '97, and Helen Mary (McGillivray)
Parker
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in Dell Park Cemetery , Natick Survived by wife, children, and one grandchild
WALTER STUART, B A 1916 Born January 25, 1879, Mt
Clare, W Va , died February 11, 1950, West Union, W Va
Father, Charles Stuart, a farmer in Harrison County, W Va ,
son of Edward and Margaret Stuart Mother, Letitia (Radcliff) Stuart,
daughter of Stephen and Rebecca (Ryan) Radcliff
Preparatory department University of West Virginia, B A
National Normal University 1906 and University of Virginia 1910
Entered Yale Senior year, dissertation appointment
Principal high school Handley, Texas, 1916-18, head Latin
department Petersburg (Va ) High School 1918-28, owner and editor
West Union Record 1928-50, member West Virginia Editorial Association and West Virginia Historical Society, attended West Union Methodist Church
Married September 16, 1929, Carson, Va , Essie Corinne
Warren (Madison Coll 1912), daughter of Alfred Joseph and Corinne
E (Leonard) Warren
Death due to malignancy of liver
Buried in Greenhill Cemetery,
Harrison County Survived by wife, a sister, Mrs Jessie Stuart
Mmear, and two brothers, Stephen E Stuart and George C Stuart
JOHN CORNELIUS DEMPSEY, B A 1917 Born May 16, 1895,
Cincinnati, Ohio, died May 14, 1950, Cincinnati, Ohio
Father, Edward John Dempsey (LL B Cincinnati Law School
1879), superior court judge and mayor of Cincinnati, son of John Shiel
and Anne (Brereton) Dempsey Mother, Mary Agatha (O'Leary)
Dempsey, daughter of Cornelius and Margaret (Sullivan) O'Leary
Hughes High School, Cincinnati Freshman honors, honors of
the first rank Junior year, philosophical oration appointment Junior
and Senior years, Freshman Track Team, Phi Beta Kappa
LL B Cincinnati Law School 1920, LL M University of Cincinnati 1930, partner Dempsey and Dempsey, lawyers, Cincinnati,
1920-50, general counsel for Archbishop and Archdiocese of Cincinnati 1920-50, judge Common Pleas Court, Hamilton County, 1937-38,
professor of contracts Chase College of Law (Y M C A ), Cincinnati,
1926-50, lecturer on legal aspects of nursing Good Samaritan Hospital
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School of Nursing 1933-50 and on trial practice University of Cincinnati 1939-50, arbitrator Motion Picture Arbitration Tribunal 1941-50,
director Cincinnati City Charter Committee and member Hamilton
County Charter Commission, on Hamilton County Advisory Board, Aid
for the Aged, trustee Sinking Fund of Cincinnati and on board of comm i s s i o n e r s of Sinking Fund of Cincinnati City School District, trustee
The Athenaeum of Ohio, The Newman Foundation of the University of
Cincinnati., Ohio Humane Society, Juvenile Protective Association,
Good Samaritan Hospital, Hamilton County Good Government League,
Bureau of Governmental Research, Cincinnati and Hamilton County,
Cincinnati Music Hall Association, t r u s t e e , s e c r e t a r y Catholic
Charities of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, The Fenwick, The Boys'
Home of Cincinnati, on advisory board The Fontbonne, board of r e gents Institutum Divi Thomae of The Athenaeum of Ohio, member corporation College of Music of Cincinnati, member West District committee Hamilton County council Boy Scouts of America, LL D The
Athenaeum of Ohio 1942, Knighthood, Order of St Gregory the Great,
1948, Second Lieutenant Ordnance Department and Coast Artillery
(Anti-Aircraft) World War I, member Order of the Coif, Phi Delta
Phi, Kappa Xi Delta, Cincinnati Yale Club, The Medievalists, Cincinnati Law Library Association, Cincinnati Bar Association (third
vice-president 1949-50, elected second vice-president April 1950),
Ohio State and American Bar associations, American Judicature
Society, Army Ordnance Association, Historical and Philosophical
Society of Cincinnati, American Legion, and Church of the Holy F a m ily (Roman Catholic), Cincinnati
Unmarried
Death due to uremia Buried in St Joseph New Cemetery,
Cincinnati Survived by two s i s t e r s , Misses Margaret Ann and Virginia Mary Dempsey, and a brother, Edward J a m e s Dempsey
SANFORD BROCKETT KELLOGG, B A 1917 Born March
21, 1894, Tacoma, Wash , died October 28, 1949, Los Angeles,
Calif
F a t h e r , Dr Francis B Kellogg (B A 1883) Mother, Elizabeth
(Brockett) Kellogg Yale relatives include Shubael Bartlett (B A
1800) (great-great-uncle), John Bartlett (B A 1807) (great-grandfather), Herbert H Kellogg, '94, Morrison B Yung, '98 S , Charles
A Kellogg, '00, Bartlett G Yung, '02 (cousins)
Hollywood High School, Los Angeles F i r s t dispute appointment
Junior year, Freshman Glee Club Yale Medical School 1916-19 (member Nu Sigma Nu)
Private Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps World War I, s u c c e s s ively engaged as chauffeur, salesman, and in assisting his father until
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1927, agent Sundstrand division General Office Equipment Corporation,
Pasadena, 1927-31, assistant supervisor attendance and child welfare
Boys Division, Los Angeles Board of Education, 1931-45, flight instructor War Training Service, Civil Aeronautics Administration,
Manzanar, Calif , 1943-45, successively instructor Air School, Salt
Lake City, and engaged as a salesman in Los Angeles since 1945,
scoutmaster Boy Scouts of America 1915-30, member Glendale Presbyterian Church
Married June 9, 1918, New York City, Lucile, daughter of
George H and Teanie (MacKenzie) Covey Children Jean Helen (Mrs
Jerry Car 11), Sanford Brockett, Jr
Mr and Mrs Kellogg were
divorced
Death due to carbon monoxide poisoning Survived by children,
three grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs Mary Kellogg Hornaday
and Mrs Frances Kellogg Walther
HAROLD SHAW LESLIE, B A 1917 Born September 3, 1895,
Brooklyn, N Y , died January 25, 1950, New Haven, Conn
Father, Israel Alfred Lebsky, a merchant in Brooklyn
Mother,
Anne Lillian (Brynlaw) Lebsky
Boys1 High School, Brooklyn Second colloquy appointment
Junior year
Correspondent Western Union Telegraph Company, New York
City, 1917-18, executive assistant and salesman Rosenfeld Company,
house furnishings, Atlanta, Ga , 1918-19, secretary and director
Rosenfeld-Kent Company, New York City, 1919-20, J D New York
University 1924 (Class president), lawyer in New York City 1924-37,
sales representative Delaware Floor Products, Inc , manufacturers
of floor coverings, Wilmington, 1939-48, member Mishkan Israel Congregation, New Haven
Married June 26, 1918, Atlanta, Eva Beatrice, daughter of Jacob
and Gertrude (Dorfman) Selnik Son Alan (Univ Connecticut 1945-47)
Death due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease Buried m
Mishkan Israel Cemetery, New Haven Survived by wife, son, a sister, Mrs Bertha Simon, and two brothers, Louis Leslie and Benjamin
Lebsky
MAURICE [COMPTON] BARBER, B A 1918 Born June 18,
1893, Toledo, Ohio, died April 29, 1950, Frankfurt, Germany
Father, Jason Alonzo Barber (B A Oberlm 1879), a lawyer in
Toledo Mother, Ida May (Hull) Barber, daughter of John and
Evangelme (Walker) Hull
Toledo High School, Oberlm College 1913-14 First colloquy
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appointment and honors of the third rank Junior year, Apollo Glee Club,
College Choir, business manager Eli Book, Yale R O T C , Zeta Psi
Second Lieutenant Engineers World War I, successively with C
D Mallory Steamship Company, New York City and Baltimore, and
General Motors Export Corporation, New York City, 1919-21, associated with Thomas H Ince Studios, Culver City, Calif , 1921, general
manager and secretary Cinema Finance Corporation, Los Angeles,
1922-31, resided in France 1931-40 and produced play Love on the Dole
and films in French for United Artists, Paris (awarded Medaille de la
Renaissance Franchise), commander American Field Service, France,
1940, special representative American Red Cross Relief, France and
Spam, 1941 (awarded Croix de Guerre) and acting director Near East
1942, ambulance driver American Field Service 1942, special assistant
to Secretary of Commerce, Washington, D.C , 1942-44, executive
officer United Nations Relief Rehabilitation Administration mission to
France 1944-47, senior representative American Zone Inter-Allied
Reparation Agency, Germany, 1947 and deputy chief of mission 194750, member Congregational church
Married December 17, 1923, Santa Barbara, Calif , Dorothy,
daughter of Henry Nuney and Florence (Doty) Farnum
Buried in Protestant Cemetery,
Cannes, France Survived by wife, two sisters, Mrs W R Morrison and Mrs Edward J Lorenz, and two brothers, William M
Barber and John E Barber, '10
PHILIP BARRY, B A 1918 Born June 18, 1896, Rochester,
N Y , died December 3, 1949, New York City
Father, James Corbett Barry, president James C Barry Company, marble and tile contractor, Rochester, son of Corbett Barry
Mother, Mary Agnes (Qumn) Barry, daughter of James Qumn
East High School, Rochester
First dispute appointment Junior
year, editor Yale Literary Magazine, Yale Daily News, and Yale
Banner and Pot Pourri, Yale University Dramatic Association (produced
first play Autonomy - A Political Satire), Alpha Delta Phi, Chi Delta
Theta, and Elizabethan Club
With code department American Embassy, London, World War
I, reporter and editorial writer Rochester Post-Express 1919, copywriter Enckson Advertising Agency, New York City, 1920-21, graduate student Harvard 1921-22 (47 Workshop), playwright 1922-50,
author You and 1, A Punch for Judy, The Youngest (47 Workshop prize
plays), In a Garden, White Wings, John, Paris Bound, Cock Robin, Holiday, Hotel Universe, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, The"Animal Kingdom,
The Joyous Season, Bright Stars, Spring Dance Here Come the Clowns,
The Philadelphia Story, Liberty Jones, Without Love, Foolish Notion,
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My Name is Aquilon, Second Threshold, and novel War in Heaven,
Trowbridge lecturer Yale University 1936, member Philadelphia Art
Alliance, Dramatists' Guild, Authors League of America, American
Society of Dramatists, National Institute of Arts and Letters, Century
Association, Yale Men in Advertising, and St Vincent Ferrer Church
(Roman Catholic), New York City
Married July 15, 1922, Mt Kisco, N Y , Ellen Marshall, daughter of Lorenzo and Mary (McAnerney) Semple Children Philip Semple,
'45, Jonathan (Class of 1946), Mary Ellen (died in infancy)
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in St Philomena's
Cemetery, East Hampton, N Y Survived by wife, sons, a granddaughter, a sister, Rev Mother Agnes Barry, and a brother, James C
Barry, '08 (died August 9, 1950)
BENJAMIN TOWNSEND HOOGLAND, B A 1918 Born January
22, 1896, Brooklyn, N Y , died August 17, 1949, New York City
Father, John William Hoogland, associated with H L Judd &
Company, brass and hardware furnishings, New York City, son of
Benjamin Townsend and Mary Jane (DeWitt) Hoogland Mother, Mary
Alice (Vrooman) Hoogland, daughter of Frederick Clute and Elizabeth
(Pearse) Vrooman
Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, Cornell University 1914-15
Entered Yale Sophomore year, second dispute appointment Junior year,
Apollo Glee Club and College Choir, member Yale Naval Training Unit,
commissioned Ensign U S Naval Reserve Force January 1918, U S
Naval Academy January-June 1918 (commissioned Ensign (T) U S
Navy, June 1918), convoy duty U S S Utah; discharged March 5, 1919,
B A awarded 1919 with enrollment in Class of 1918
Copy writer and assistant account executive Walter Thompson
Company, advertising agency, New York City, 1919-27 and 1943-49,
associated with the theatre as singer, actor, and director, and engaged
as free lance writer 1927-42, author Let's Do Some Gilbert and Sullivan, Second Lieutenant Squadron A, New York National Guard, World
War II, member Holland Society of New York, Association of Ex-members of Squadron A, and Flatbush Congregational Church, Brooklyn
Unmarried
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Survived by two sisters, Mrs Sheridan Johns and
Mrs Walter Raymond, and a brother, Frederick V Hoogland, '31
JAMES ELDREDGE GREENE FRAVELL, B A 1919 Born
May 27, 1896, Dayton, Ohio, died June 21, 1950, New York City
Father, Howard Fravell, manufacturer of cider and vinegar,
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Grover's Mills, N J , son of Jesse and Rachel Gunsallus (Yarnell)
Fravell
Mother, Estelle (Greene) Fravell, daughter of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Wright) Greene
Trenton (N J ) High School, Rutgers University 1914-15 Delta
Upsilon
Overseas with Morgan Harjes Ambulance Unit 1917-18, commissioned Lieutenant in French Army (awarded Croix de Guerre), with
American Express Company, New York City, 1919-20, employment
manager Rogers Peet & Company, New York City, 1921-27, in sales
and editorial work college department Macmillan Company, New York
City, 1927-50, special representative American Red Cross 1940-42,
commissioned Lieutenant U S. Naval Reserve and assigned to New
York area 1942-43, promoted Lieutenant Commander, liaison officer
French battleship Richelieu 1943-44, appointed U S Naval Attache,
Dakar, French West Africa, 1945 (made chevalier Legion of Honor),
member Episcopal church
Unmarried
Death due to coronary sclerosis Buried in Dutch Neck, N J
Survived by two sisters, Mrs Norman Penmcuik and Mrs Harry P
Merchant
CHARLES SAMUEL HOFF, B A 1919 Born March 2, 1898,
New York City, died May 17, 1950, New York City
Father, Samuel Hoff, lawyer in New York City, son of Simon and
Amelia (Warsaw) Hoff Mother, Amanda (Liebmann) Hoff, daughter of
Charles and Sophia (Bendix) Liebmann Yale relatives include a cousin,
Carl H Liebman, '22
River dale School Scholar of the third rank Junior year, oration
appointment Junior and Senior years, University Soccer Team, University Orchestra, Yale R O T C , Second Lieutenant Field Artillery
September-December 1918
LL B Columbia 1922, lawyer in New York City 1922-50
(associated with father 1922-29), president Southbury Realty Corporation 1938-46, Baho Corporation, real estate, 1941-50, and Westchester Symphony Orchestra, Major New York City Auxiliary Corps
1942-45
Married June 3, 1921, New York City, Virginia deForest Herring
(Barnard Class of 1923), daughter of Hubert C and Mary (Woodbridge)
Herring Children Hubert Clinton (B A. Univ Wisconsin 1948),
Christopher, '47 Nov
Death due to a heart attack Survived by wife, children, two
grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs Erich W Zimmerman, Dr
Amanda Hoff, and Mrs T Achilles Polyzoides, and a brother, William
Jay Hoff, '28
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PHILIP HULL THOMAS, B A 1920 Born October 31, 1896,
Omaha, Nebr , died July 24, 1949, Hartford, Conn
Father, Elmer E. Thomas, '89 L Mother, Mary Irwin (Williamson) Thomas
Omaha High School Second dispute appointment Junior year
Master in Latin LawrencevUle (N J ) School 1920-22 and Mercersburg (Pa ) Academy 1922-23, in educational book department
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City, 1923-25, field representative
Harper and Brothers, publishers, New York City, 1925-27, master in
English Gunnery School, Washington, Conn , 1927-30, senior master
Romford School, Washington, Conn , 1930-37, M A Columbia 1932,
headmaster New Canaan (Conn ) Country School 1937-38, teacher of
English Tabor Academy, Marion, Mass , 1938-42, headmaster Mooreland Hill School, New Britain, Conn , 1942-49, member South Congregational Church, New Britain
Married June 30, 1928, Bernardsville, N J , Catherine McGeary (B.A Wellesley 1926, M A 1927), daughter of Martin Thomas
and Mary (Duffy) McGeary Children Philip Hull, Jr , and Emy
Death due to rheumatic heart disease
Buried in Stocking's Corner Cemetery, Kensington, Conn Survived by wife, children, a sister,
Mrs Thomas Lawson, and three brothers, Lyman H Thomas (Class
of 1916 S ), Elmer Ellsworth Thomas, 2d, and John M Thomas,
'37 M.
HAROLD WRIGLEY SCOTT WALTERS, B A 1920 Born
September 25, 1897, Wyoming, 111 , died January 14, 1950, Evansville,
Ind
Father, John William Walters, member Scott, Walters & Raketrau, bankers, Wyoming, son of Rev William Walters and Sarah
(Neal) Walters Mother, Alice (Wrigley) Walters, daughter of Samuel
and Betsy (Jarrod) Wrigley Yale relatives include a nephew, Arthur
E Walters, '51
Mercersburg Academy Freshman and University football teams,
Apollo Glee Club, Zeta Psi, Elihu Club, private Yale R O T C , Second
Lieutenant Air Service, World War I
With I Remhardt & Son, insurance, Dallas, Texas, 1920-22,
E R Haase & Company, real estate, Chicago, 1922-26, assistant
cashier and director Scott, Walters & Raketrau 1926-31, with Jackson
Brothers, brokers, Chicago, 1931-34, Walraven Book Cover Company, Dallas, 1939-41, sales manager Studebaker Machine Company,
Chicago, 1941-42, with Ames, Emerich & Company, investment banking, Chicago, 1945-47 and Francis I duPont & Company, investments,
Chicago, 1947-48, associated with classmate, S Louis Remhardt, in
oil business in Evansville, Ind , 1948-50, First Lieutenant, Air Corps
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Intelligence, World War II, member Wyoming Congregational Church
Unmarried
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Wyoming Cemetery
Survived by four sisters, Mrs John Dexter, Mrs Ann Miller, Miss
Edith Walters, and Mrs Helen Eldred, and a brother, William A
Walters (Class of 1906)
EARLE LEWIS McGILL, B A 1921 Born November 15, 1897,
New Haven, Conn , died November 4, 1949, New York City
Father, William Cosgrove McGill, conductor New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, son of James Edward and Ann
(Cosgrove) McGill Mother, Nellie Louise (Kiernan) McGill, daughter
of John and Roseanna (Quinn) Kiernan
New Haven High School, Georgetown University Law School 191617 S A T C at Yale, student Graduate School 1924-25
Accountant Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company 1923-24,
writer book synopses Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount 1925-26,
associated with Jed Harris, producer, 1926-34, put sound tracks into
pictures for Fox Film Corporation 1929-30, Eastern story editor
Columbia Pictures 1932, with Columbia Broadcasting Company 1934-45
(directed and produced "American School of the Air" 1934-40, "Columbia Workshop" 1937-41, and "Millions for Defense" 1941), free-lance
radio producer 1945-49, produced and directed over 2,000 broadcasts,
including "Great Scenes from Great Plays," "Report to the Nation,"
"Eyes and Ears of the Air Force, " "Waves on Parade", instructor English and radio directing Barnard and Sarah Lawrence colleges, New
York and Fordham universities, and universities of Michigan, Iowa,
and California, author Radio Directing, Best Plays From Radio, coauthor Plays for Radio, contributed to periodicals and produced many
plays for the Red Cross, Y M C A , and other philanthropic organizations, free-lance radio director Office Inter-American Affairs (cited
by U S Treasury Department 1941 and American Red Cross 1945),
founder Radio and Television Directors Guild (president New York and
national societies, observer and war correspondent Pacific area World
War II), on executive board American Theatre Wing (gave course in
radio directing), examiner for radio employment New York Civil
Defense, member St Ignatius Loyola Church (Roman Catholic)> New
York City
Married August 31, 1930, Rye, N Y , Constance Gould, daughter of Louis Francis and Edith (Gould) Brown Son Douglas Brown,
'51 Mr and Mrs McGill were divorced 1944
Death due to brain tumor
Buried in Beaverdale Memorial Park,
New Haven Survived by son, a sister, Miss Elsa Eulalie McGill and
a brother, William Henry McGill
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MORTIMER LEGGETT DOOLITTLE, B A 1922 Born October
4, 1900, Washington, D C , died April 17, 1950, Stamford, Conn
Father, Charles Benjamin Doolittle, secretary and treasurer
Southern New England Telephone Company, New Haven, Conn , son of
Thomas Benjamin and Mary (Bradley) Doolittle Mother, Laura
Leggett (Seymour) Doolittle, daughter of Henry Albert and Mary
(Leggett) Seymour Yale relatives include George Dudley Seymour
(M A Hon 1913) (great-uncle)
New Haven High School Freshman Class crew, University
Wrestling Squad, Class Hockey team, Freshman Glee Club, private
S A T C at Yale LL B 1925 (Phi Delta Phi, John Currier Gallagher Prize)
With Cummings & Lockwood, lawyers, Stamford, 1925-50
(partner 1936-50), president Stamford Boys Club 1937-40, secretary
Stamford Children's Home, trustee Stamford Family and Children's
Center, secretary and Alumni Fund agent Class of 1925 L (executive
committee Yale Association of Class Secretaries, council "Yale Alumni
Association of Fairfield County), Lieutenant, Field Artillery Reserve,
World War II, commander Stamford Power Squadron, member Stamford, Connecticut State, and American Bar associations, Masonic
order, and St John's Episcopal Church, Stamford
Married December 26, 1930, New Haven, Dorothy Rowley Perkins (Class of 1926 Mus ), daughter of Edwin Charlton and Helen
(Smith) Perkins Mrs Doolittle died 1945
Buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New
Haven Survived by mother.
JOSEPH PORCH JONES, B A 1922 Born September 19, 1894,
Palmyra, Ohio, died May 16, 1950, Youngstown, Ohio
"Father, William William Jones, proprietor of a barber business
in Youngstown, son of Thomas William and Kathryn (Huges) Jones
Mother, Anna (Porch) Jones, daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann (Davis)
Porch
Rayen High School, Youngstown, Oberlm College 1914-16
Entered Yale Sophomore year
Second Lieutenant Coast Artillery, 1917-18
Master in Latin Choate School, Wallingford, Conn , 1921-22 and
Mercersburg Academy 1922-23, master in Latin, French, and mathematics Mackenzie School, Monroe, N Y , 1923-25, master in Latin
Miami Military Academy, Coral Gables, Fla , 1925-31, attended Ohio
State University summer 1931, commanding officer Civilian Conservation Corps, Huntington, Ind , 1934-35, teacher English East High
School, Youngstown, 1935-50, Second Lieutenant Coast Artillery World
War I, Captain Coast Artillery Reserve, president Youngstown Teachers of High School English 1946, member Youngstown, Ohio, and Na-
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tional Educational associations, Coast Artillery Association, and Central Christian Church, Youngstown
Married March 9, 1935, Huntington, Goldie Irene, daughter of
Fred and Grace (Fulton) Schoeff
Daughter Joann Grace
Died suddenly Buried in Brookfield (Ohio) Cemetery
Survived
by wife, daughter, mother, and a brother, Walter R Jones
EDWIN WOODFORD TUCKER, B A 1922 Born June 4, 1899,
Hartford, Conn , died March 31, 1950, West Hartford, Conn
Father, Edwin Hovey Tucker, banker and agent Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Hartford, son of Edwin Tucker
Mother, Ada Maria (Woodford) Tucker, daughter of David Robinson and
Julia Isabella Woodford
Yale relatives include John T Tucker (B A
1861) (great-uncle), Lewis W Pratt, '13 S (cousin)
Choate School Apollo Mandolin Club, University Band and Orchestra, apprentice seaman Yale Naval Training Unit SeptemberDecember 1918, B A awarded 1923 with enrollment in Class of 1922
Inspector New England Insurance Exchange of Boston 1922-24,
manager insurance department Connecticut Mortgage & Title Guaranty
Company, New Haven, Conn , 1924-26, salesman Putnam & Company,
investments, Hartford, 1926-34, agent Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Hartford, 1934-37, supervisor Shepard & Company,
general agents Aetna Life Insurance Company, Hartford, 1937-50,
private (1st class) U S Army Air Force October 1942-November 1944,
member Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal), Hartford
Married (1) September 12, 1924, New Haven, Gertrude Margaret,
daughter of Ingram Durwood and Daisy Maude (Reinhard) Marshall
Children Edwin Marshall (Umv Connecticut Class of 1953), David
Woodford (Williams Class of 1952). Mr and Mrs Tucker were divorced 1935 Married (2) October 6, 1946, Hartford, Mary Event
Bauer, daughter of Edward Hotchkiss and Delia Stanley (Peck) Ev«rit
Death due to gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Buried in Cedar Hill
Cemetery, Hartford
Survived by wife, two sons, three stepsons,
Joseph E Bauer, Arthur E Bauer, and Robert E Bauer, and mother
FRANCIS OTTO MATTHIESSEN, B A 1923 Born February
19, 1902, Pasadena, Calif , died April 1, 1950, Boston, Mass
Father, Frederic William Matthiessen, Jr , mining engineer
LaSalle, 111 , and Colorado, and cattle rancher and horse breeder,
California, son of Frederic William and Fanny (Muller) Matthiessen
Mother, Lucy Orne (Pratt) Matthiessen, daughter of Dwight and
Lucmda Howard (Orne) Pratt
Yale relatives include Conrad H
Matthiessen, '86 S (uncle), Ralph H Matthiessen, '12 S , Conrad H
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Matthiessen, Jr , '16 S , Erard A Matthiessen, '24 S (cousins)
Hackley School, Tarrytown, N Y Honors of the second rank
Freshman year and first rank Sophomore and Junior years, high oration appointment Junior and Senior years, DeForest Prize and Alpheus
Henry Snow Prize, managing editor Yale Daily News, editor Yale
Literary Magazine, vice-president Dwight Hall Junior year, Class deacon, Class orator, Playcraftsmen, Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones, Chi
Delta Theta, Elizabethan Club, Phi Beta Kappa
Rhodes scholar University of Oxford 1923-25 (B.Litt 1925), M A
Harvard 1926, Ph D 1927, instructor in English Yale University 192729, instructor and tutor history and literature Harvard University 192930, assistant professor and senior tutor Eliot House 1930-34, associate
professor 1934-42, professor and tutor of history and literature 194250, Alexander Lecturer University of Toronto 1944 and American seminar Salzburg, Austria, 1947, visiting lecturer Charles University (Prague) 1947, Bergen lecturer Yale 1948, Litt D Princeton 1947, author
Henry James the Major Phase, American Renaissance, Henry James
the Latter Phase, From the Heart of Europe, The James Family, American Novels and Stories of Henry James, Sarah Orne Jewett A Critical
Biography, Translation An Elizabethan Art, The Achievement of T S
Eliot An Essay on the Nature of Poetry, Russell Cheney A Record of
his Work, coeditor The Notebooks of Henry James, editor Selected
Poems of Herman Melville, The American Novels and Stories of Henry
James, selections and introduction Oxford Book of English Verse, a
volume F O Matthiessen, 1902-50, A Collective Portrait, edited by
P M Sweezy, was published after his death, editor New England
Quarterly 1938-41, advisory editor Journal of History of Ideas, secretary Rhodes Scholarship Committee of Massachusetts 1933-38, student
pilot Royal Canadian Air Force World War I, member Christ Church
(Episcopal), Tarrytown
Unmarried
Took his own life Buried in Maple Street Cemetery, Springfield,
Mass Survived by a sister, Mrs Harold George Neubrand, and two
brothers, Frederic William Matthiessen and George Dwight Matthiessen
CLEVELAND HITCHCOCK STORRS, B A 1923 Born May 10,
1900, Orange, N J , died January 31, 1950, Trail, Ore
Father, Charles B Storrs (B A 1882). Mother, Gertrude
Maria (Cleveland) Storrs (B A Vassar 1887) Yale relatives include
Richard S. Storrs '85, Guy C Cleveland, '08 (uncles), Mather Cleveland, '11 (cousin)
The Hill School Scholar of third rank Sophomore and Junior
years, oration appointment Junior year, Freshman Track and Golf teams,
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University Football and Track teams, S A T C , Delta Kappa Epsilon
President Oil Reclamation Company of Oklahoma 1923-27, vicepresident Campbell, Peterson & Company, Inc , investments, 1927-31,
partner Smith, Graham & Rockwell 1932-34 and Graham & Company
1934-37, broker Fuller, Rodney & Redmond 1937-39, manager investment advisory department Fuller, Rodney & Company and Shearson,
Hammill & Company 1940-41, chairman board Industro-Matic Corporation of America 1941-50, president Stace, Inc , Hunchbell Mining and
Milling Company, Harrisburg Engineering Corporation, and Shir gun
Corporation, vice-president American Aerial Surveys Corporation,
Second Lieutenant Field Artillery World War I, Major Military Intelligence U S Office of Strategic Services (Alaska, Aleutians, Philippines, Japan) 1943-46, commander Moses Hawley post American
Legion, Casper, Wyo , member Bankers Club of America, National
Association of Manufacturers, and Presbyterian church
Married (1) October 13, 1923, Philadelphia, Mildred, daughter
of Charles Scott and Alice (Green) McKmley Daughter Katharine
Hitchcock Storrs Hall Mr and Mrs Storrs were divorced 1947
Married (2) Ruth Mattison Son Cleveland Mattison
Took his own life
Survived by wife and children
FESTUS JOHN WADE, JR , Ph B 1923 Born January 29,
1899, St Louis, Mo , died February 12, 1950, St Louis, Mo
Father, Festus John Wade, president Mercantile Trust Company,
St Louis, son of Thomas and Mary (MacDonagh) Wade Mother,
Kathenne Virginia (Kennedy) Wade
Newman School, Hackensack, N J Freshman Football Squad,
Cross Country Squad, Senior Promenade Committee, Elizabethan Club,
Alpha Delta Phi, Scroll and Key
Vice-president Mercantile Trust Company 1923-29, president
Festus J Wade, Jr & Company, brokers, St Louis, 1929-37 and
Eightlo Land Investment Company 1936-50, special representative
Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company 1937-41, partner Major Advertising Company, St Louis, 1945-46 and Margaret Caradme Wright,
real estate, Clayton, Mo , 1946-50, served in Field Artillery World
War I (overseas 1918-19, Verdun offensive, Chateau-Thierry, Soissons,
Pont-a-Mousson), Major U S Marine Corps 1942-44, director Mission
School for the Blind and International Institute, secretary Yale Club of
St Louis
Married (1) January 20, 1927, St Louis, Catherine Louise,
daughter of Frank Payne and Elizabeth (Chittenden) Crunden
Children Festus John, 3d (B S 1949), Elizabeth Crunden (Vassar Class
of 1951) Mr and Mrs Wade were divorced 1937 Married (2)
December 26, 1941, St Louis, Margaret Caradme Wright, daughter
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of James Thomas and Florence (Evans) Caradme
Death due to a gunshot wound Buried in the National Cemetery,
Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Survived by wife, son, daughter, two stepdaughters, Elizabeth and Margaret Wright, and two sisters, Mrs Lee
P Warren and Mrs Sewell Thomas
LAIRD SHIELDS GOLDSBOROUGH, B A 1924 Born March
6, 1902, La Fayette, Ind , died February 14, 1950, New York City
Father, Winder Elwell Goldsborough (M E Cornell 1892), consulting engineer and economist, New York City, son of Washington
Elwell and Martha Pierce (Laird) Goldsborough
Mother, Charlotte
Poole (Wallace) Goldsborough, daughter of Wilson DeWitt and Anna
Mary (Shields) Wallace
Prepared privately Managing editor Yale Literary Magazine,
editor Yale Record, dramatic critic Yale Daily News, Chi Delta Theta,
Zeta Psi, Elizabethan Club
Fellow Royal University of Norway 1924-25, foreign affairs
editor Time magazine 1925-40, associate editor Fortune 1929-34,
special assistant to chairman of board of Time 1941, coordinating officer in New York City for Counter Espionage, U S Office of Strategic
Services, World War II, free lance writer at time of death
Married June 17, 1929, in England, Florence, daughter of
Charles Washington and Ella (Wallace) McConaughy
Death due to injuries received in a fall
Buried in Evergreen
Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa Survived by wife and parents
THOMAS HOFFMAN CLEARWATER, B A 1925 Born September 15, 1903, Kingston, N Y , died May 3, 1950, Scarsdale, N Y
Father, Ralph Davis Clearwater, merchant in Kingston, son of
Isaac and Emily Boudoin (Trumpbour) Clearwater
Mother, Mary
Frances (Hoffman) Clearwater, daughter of Ira and Cornelia Catherine
(Tremper) Hoffman
Kingston High School Freshman Crew Squad, Fencing and Bowling squads, Phi Kappa Epsilon, Book and Bond
LL B Columbia 1928, lawyer in New York City 1928-50 (partner
Martin & Clearwater at time of death), attorney Medical Society of the
State of New York, member Huguenot Society of South Carolina,
Huguenot Society of America, St Nicholas Society, Association of the
Bar of the City of New York, New York County Lawyers and New York
State Bar associations, Masonic order, and First Dutch Reformed
Church, Kingston
Married June 24, 1933, Kingston, Thelma Margharetta, daughter
of Walter Daniel and Frances Selma (Fieldhouse) Bellows
Children
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Susan Bellows and Peter
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in Wiltwyck Rural
Cemetery, Kingston Survived by wife, children, and father
JAMES ALBERT PHILLIPS, JR , Ph B 1925 Born February 11, 1901, Ottumwa, Iowa, died June 7, 1950, Pasadena, Calif
Father, James Albert Phillips, owner department store in
Ottumwa, son of Thomas H and Martha (George) Phillips
Mother,
Virginia Herrick (Bell) Phillips, daughter of Major Horace Bell and
Georgia (Herrick) Bell
Los Angeles High School, University of California at Berkeley
1918 and 1921-22 Member Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa
at Yale
In collection department California Bank, Los Angeles, 1926-27,
president Latin-American Trading Company, Inc , Los Angeles, 192729, owner Phillips & Company, investment securities, 1929-33, member Los Angeles Stock and Curb exchanges, president Aero Engineering Corporation, Los Angeles, 1934-38, president Phillips Aviation
Company, manufacturers aircraft and engines, 1938-50, secretarytreasurer Yale Club of Southern California 1928-32, secretary 193233, second vice-president 1933-34, member Society of Automotive
Engineers, Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, and St John's Episcopal Church, Los Angeles
Married November 23, 1924, Greenwich, Conn , Florence,
daughter of Frank Henry and Florence (Jones) Reilley Son James
Albert, 3d (B A Pomona 1949)
Death due to ventricular heart failure
Ashes interred in Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles Survived by wife, son, mother, a sister,
Mrs Virginia Phillips Adams, and a brother, Overton Axton Phillips
THOMAS GEOFFREY HORSFIELD, Ph B 1926 Born January
15, 1904, Manchester, England, died January 6, 1950, New York City
Father, Harold Ingham Horsfield, president John Layton & Company, importers, New York City, son of Thomas Baptist Horsfield
Mother, Ada Gertrude (Robinson) Horsfield, daughter of George Andrew
and Anne (Pritchard) Robinson
South Side High School, Newark, N J On board Freshman Year
Book, Alpha Sigma Phi
In brokerage business 1926 until retirement December 31, 1948,
security trader Herrick Company, Cleveland, 1926-30 and Mitchell,
Herrick & Company, Cleveland, 1930-31, vice-president in charge New
York office Wm J Mericka & Company, Inc , of Cleveland 1931-39,
1941-48, m Cleveland office 1939-41, second vice-president Security
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Traders Association of New York, Inc , 1945-46, secretary 1946-47
Married October 25, 1930, New York City, Margaret Thomas,
daughter of Dr Julian T Power
Children Nancy Ingham and Susan
Niven Mr and Mrs Horsfield were divorced 1949
Death due to pneumonia Buried in Arlington (N J ) Cemetery
Survived by children, mother, and a brother, Robert Horsfield
WILLIAM GEORGE HYNSON, JR , Ph B 1928 Born March
16, 1905, Baltimore, Md , died June 17, 1950, Bronxville, N Y
Father, William George Hynson, vice-president and treasurer
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Baltimore
Mother,
Lucy Erskine (Bams) Hynson
Gilman Country School Freshman Swimming Squad
With Harris, Forbes & Company (later Chase, Harris, Forbes
Corporation), investment bankers, New York City, 1928-33, finance
engineer Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Washington, 1934-36, with G M P Murphy & Company, brokers, New
York City, 1936-37, underwriter Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, New York City, 1937-50
Married June 14, 1930, Bronxville, Grace, daughter of Ellis
Warren Gladwin Children William George, 3d, and Lawrence D
Huntmgton
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Coutant Cemetery,
Bronxville
Survived by wife, children, mother, and a brother,
Richard Hynson
RAYMOND KENNEDY, B A 1928 Born December 11, 1906,
Holyoke, Mass , died April 27, 1950, near Tomo, West Java
Father, John Aloysius Kennedy, a merchant in Hartford, Conn ,
son of Joseph and Ellen (O'Leary) Kennedy Mother, Ellen Louise
(Curtm) Kennedy, daughter of John and Johanna (Donahue) Curtm
Hartford Public High School, Trinity College 1924-25 Honors
of the second rank Junior year, Phi Beta Kappa Ph D 1935 (member Sigma Xi)
Teacher of Greek and biology Brent School, Baguio, Philippine
Islands, 1928-29, field representative General Motors Corporation,
Java and Sumatra, 1929-32, instructor sociology Yale University 193540, assistant professor 1940-43, associate professor 1943-47, professor 1947-50, research associate Ethnogeographic Board and consultant Asia section Military Intelligence Service 1942-44, consultant
Division Southeast Asian Affairs of the Department of State and Far
Eastern Division Office Strategic Services 1944-46, author The Ageless Indies, Islands and Peoples of the Indies, The Islands and Peoples
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of the South Seas and their Cultures, Bibliography of Indonesian Peoples
and Cultures, and four unpublished volumes on "Indonesian Peoples and
Cultures r \ coauthor Jews in a Gentile World, The Science of Man in the
World Crisis, Most of the World, Studies in the Science of Society, The
Netherlands, associate editor American Sociological Review 1943-44,
1948-49,, vice-president Eastern Sociological Society 1948, director Far
Eastern Association and Southeast Asia Institute, member Netherlands
University League of North America, American Anthropological Association, and American Sociological Society
Married July 20, 1939, Philadelphia, Pa , Ruby Jo Reeves (B S
Texas State Coll for Women 1929, M A Yale 1936, Ph D 1938),
daughter of Felix M and Birdie (Saunders) Reeves Daughter Ellen
Reeves
Professor Kennedy left New Haven in June 1949 to spend fifteen
months in the Pacific on a field trip to study the influence of western
civilization on native culture He and his companion were held up in
their jeep by armed natives, taken to a clearing and shot Buried m
Christian Cemetery, Bandoeng, Central Java, where a bronze plaque
given by members of the Yale faculty has been erected
Survived by
wife and daughter
HIRAM NORCROSS, JR , B A 1928 Born October 18, 1906,
Wichita, Kans , died August 26, 1949, Edenbndge, England
Father, Hiram Norcross (B A Monmouth 1897, LL B Washington Umv 1900), a cotton planter m Tyronza, Ark , son of William
Charles and Isabella (Bevendge) Norcross Mother, Kathryn McClaughry (Fmdley) Norcross (B A Monmouth 1899), daughter of Stuart
Speer and Catherine (McClaughry) Fmdley Yale relatives include a
cousin, George N Foster, '25
Country Day School, Kansas City, Mo Beta Theta Pi LL B
1930
With Thompson, Mitchell, Thompson & Young, lawyers, St
Louis, 1930-33, in legal department Shell Oil Company, St Louis,
1933-36, in land department Tulsa, Okla , 1936-38, land manager
Centralia, 111 , 1938-41, engaged m process licensing in San Francisco
for Shell Development Company 1941-42 and in New York office 1942-49
(vice-president 1944-49, special assignment London 1948-49), member
Congregational church, New Canaan, Conn
Married September 24, 1936, Clayton, Mo , Emily Westwood
Lewis (Bryn Mawr 1927-28), daughter of Joseph William and Emily
(Westwood) Lewis Children Emily Frances and Kathenne McLaurie
Died suddenly
Buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Memphis,
Tenn
Survived by wife, children, parents, and a brother, Herrick
Norcross
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WILLIAM BERTICE THOMAS, JR , Ph B 1928 Born September 22, 1905, Cincinnati, Ohio, died April 26, 1950, Cincinnati
Father, William Bertice Thomas, clerk Lodge and Shipley
Machine Tool Company, Cincinnati, son of Leomdas Lent Hamlin and
Elizabeth (Talbot) Thomas Mother, Adelaide Eleanor (de Serisy)
Thomas, daughter of Edward Louis and Laura (Cobb) de Serisy
Hughes High School, Cincinnati University Orchestra, Alpha
Chi Rho
Clerk change division, Home Office Union Central Life Insurance
Company, Cincinnati, 1928-31, assistant manager 1931-34, manager
1934-36, technical supervisor Home Office Agency 1936-37, assistant
manager 1938-50, manager pension trust department 1942-50, member
Life Underwriters Association, Cincinnati Council of Life Underwriters and Corporate Trustees, General Agents and Managers Association, and Camp Washington Methodist Church, Cincinnati
Married March 1, 1930, in Cincinnati, Evelyn Herbst (B A
Umv Cincinnati 1928, B Ed 1929), daughter of Abraham and
Catherine (Winters) Herbst
Children Joan and James Hamlin
Death due to multiple myeloma Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati Survived by wife, children, and parents
FREDERICK SUGDEN MURPHY, B A 1929 Born October 28,
1906, Providence, R I , died June 22, 1950, North Hampton, N H
Father, Frederick Duncan Murphy, president Art Gravure Corporation, New York City, son of Frederick Duncan and Ida Augusta
(Sandford) Murphy Mother, Josephine (Sugden) Murphy, daughter of
Frederick and Elizabeth (Wilkinson) Sugden
Lawrenceville School Freshman Track and Football squads,
University Track Team, Chi Psi
In mill International Paper Company, Cleveland, 1929-30 and
salesman New York office 1930-34, salesman Art Gravure Corporation
1934-35, vice-president and general manager 1935-42, executive vicepresident and director 1946-50, Lieutenant Commander U S Naval
Reserve 1942-46 (executive officer on mine sweeper 1943-44, commanding officer LST 1944-46), member First Presbyterian Church,
Montclair, N J
Married (1) May 4, 1932, Cleveland, Sarah Louella, daughter of
Michael and Sarah Gallagher
Mr and Mrs Murphy were divorced
1935 Married (2) June 17, 1937, Bronxville, N Y , Frances Mary,
daughter of James Severn and Julia Brayshawe (Welling) Crooke
Children Gail, Frederick Sugden, Jr
Buried in Prospect Hill
Cemetery, Caldwell, N J Survived by wife, children, parents, and
a sister, Mrs Florence Murphy Pearson
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JOSEPH JOHN RAYMOND, B A 1929 Born February 12,
1905, New Haven, Conn , died January 31, 1950, Vancouver, B C
Father, William Raymond, a farmer in Giziai, Lithuania, son
of Vincent and Ursula Rimavicius Mother, Agnes (Pieters) Raymond, daughter of George and Agatha Pieters
New Haven High School Scholar of the third rank Junior year
Ph D Princeton 1932, fellow American Council of Learned
Societies, Vytauto Umversitetas, Kaunas, Lithuania, 1932-33,
lector of Lithuanian Language University of Warsaw 1933-35, instructor Greek Marianapolis College 1935-41 and Lithuanian at Columbia
and New York Universities 1936-42, teacher French, German, and
Latir Woodberry Forest School 1942, Master in French and Russian
at The Hotchkiss School 1942-43, and German and Spanish Middlesex
School, Concord, Mass , 1943-45, instructor classics department
New York University 1945-46, instructor German Mohawk College
1946-47 and assistant professor modern languages 1947, assistant professor Department of Slavonic Studies University of British Columbia
1947-50, president Lithuanian Students and Professional Association
of Connecticut, contributed many articles to language publications,
member Linguistic Society of America and Roman Catholic Church
Unmarried
Death due to congestive heart failure
Buried in St Lawrence
Cemetery, New Haven Survived by mother, two sisters, Mrs
Joseph Stadolnick and Mrs Walter Dzuba, and a brother, Victor
George Raymond
WILLIAM SMYTH, B A 1932 Born June 15, 1910, New
York City, died November 1, 1949, Washington, D C
Father, Nathan A Smyth (B A 1897, M A 1899, LL B
1900), lawyer in New York City, son of Rev Newman Smyth (D D
1895) and Anna Marsten (Ayer) Smyth Mother, Kathleen LaRue
(Bulkley) Smyth, daughter of L Duncan Bulkley (B A 1866) and
Kate LaRue (Mellick) Bulkley Yale relatives include Henry
Daggett (B A 1771) (great-great-great-grandfather), Henry D
Bulkley (B A 1821) (great-grandfather), Winifred Smyth (cert
Art 1906), Mary W Smyth (Ph D 1910) (aunts)
Phillips-Andover
Freshman Football Squad, Freshman
Tennis Team and University Tennis Squad, Class Hockey and Football teams, Yale Daily News board (awarded gold charm), Alpha
Delta Phi
Associated with Schick Dry Shaver, Inc , Stamford, Conn ,
1932-34, industrial analyst Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
York 1934-42, on staff Materiel Control Officer, U S Navy, 194243, secretary Joint Logistics Plans Committee 1943-44, associate
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member 1944-45, on staff Navy Plan for Unification of Military Services 1945, retired with rank of Lieutenant Commander 1945, secretary
and treasurer Eberhard Faber Pencil Company, Brooklyn, 1946-49,
secretary Yale Alumni Association of Bergen County, N J , 1934-36,
member Manhasset Congregational Church (secretary Board of Christian Education)
Married June 5, 1936, Plamfield, N J , Helen Corwm, daughter
of John Whitney and Theodora (Faber) Baker
Children William Newman, Whitney Baker, Theodora Faber, Linda Ann (born posthumously)
Mr Smyth was killed in an airplane accident Buried in Hillside
Cemetery, Plamfield
Survived by wife, children, parents, and four
sisters, Mrs Leonard B Allen, Mrs Frederic Geake Hirsch, Mrs
Milton Richard Berliner, and Mrs Grant L Ambrose
RICHARD vanDYCK KNIGHT, B A 1933 Born June 28, 1910,
Greenwich, Conn , died October 30, 1949, New York City
Father, William Knight, president Knight & Company, gram
brokers, New York City, son of William and Hannah (Dare) Knight
Mother, Florence May (Lane) Knight, daughter of Richard Henry and
Marietta Louise (Brown) Lane Yale relatives include George A
Wyeth, Jr , '37 (brother-in-law), Elisabeth Crawford Knight (Ph D
1938) (sister-in-law)
Hotchkiss School Freshman Football Squad, manager Glee Club
Senior year, Yale Daily News board (chairman News Pictorial Senior
year), Alpha Delta Phi, commissioned Second Lieutenant Field Artillery, Officers Reserve of the Army of the United States, on graduation
M D Columbia 1937 (Nu Sigma Nu), interne Bellevue Hospital,
New York City, 1937-39, Sloane Hospital for Women 1939-40, resident
surgeon Lenox Hill Hospital 1940-41, resident in obstetrics and gynecology Columbia - Presbyterian Medical Center 1942-45, member
Summit (N J ) Medical Group 1945-49, member Union County Medical
Society, American Medical Association, and First Baptist Church,
Summit
Married September 3, 1938, Hanover, N H , Jane, daughter
of George Austin Wyeth, M D , and Mabel Russell (Beeson) Wyeth
Children Valerie, Mary Elizabeth, Martha
Death due to uremia Buried m Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich
Survived by wife, children, mother, a brother, J Stephen Knight,
f
34, '37 L , a half sister, Katherine Boker, and a half brother,
William Knight (Class of 1920)
SIDNEY JOSEPH COHEN, B A 1938 Born April 4, 1917,
Scranton, Pa , died June 1, 1950, San Francisco, Calif
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Father, Charles Cohen, associated with Cohen's Furniture
House, Bayonne, N J , son of Jacob and Deborah (Klugman) Cohen
Mother, Mary (Shapiro) Cohen, daughter of Nathan Shapiro Yale
relatives include Russell H Wilde, '24 (uncle), Jerome Alan
Cohen, '51, (cousin)
Bayonne High School Scholar of the second rank Freshman
year, third rank Sophomore year, oration appointment Junior year,
Timothy Dwight College
M D New York Medical College 1943, interne Montefiore
Hospital, New York City, 1943-44, resident physician Michael
Reese Hospital, Chicago, 1947-48, resident psychiatrist University
of California Hospital 1948-50, Captain Medical Corps November
1944-January 1947 (Okinawa and Korea), member American Medical Association and Beth Abraham Synagogue, Bayonne
Married May 1, 1946, Yokohama, Japan, Elizabeth Mead Reynolds (B A Umv California 1938), daughter of Norman Trowbridge and Bertha (Mead) Reynolds Children Laurie Margaret
and Lisa
Buried in Baron D'Hirsh Cemetery, Staten Island, N Y Survived by wife, children, parents, a
sister, Mrs Geraldme Cohen Margolin, and a brother, Norman
Cohen
JOHN MIRAN WEEKS, J3 A 1940 Born December 8, 1919,
Tomngton, Conn , died February 17, 1950, Rockville Centre, N Y
Father, John Paul Weeks (U S Naval Academy 1917), accountant Ethyl Corporation, New York City, son of John Henry and Laura
(Dingman) Weeks Mother, Lillian Belle (Miran) Weeks, daughter of
John J and Ellen (Morgan) Miran
Mt Hermon School Scholar of the second rank Freshman
year, oration appointment Junior and Senior years, on board Yale
Daily News (associate editor and feature sports writer Junior year),
Pierson College, Beta Theta Pi
Editorial and feature writer Paul Block & Associates, New
York City, 1940-41, enlisted as apprentice seaman U S Naval
Reserve, September 18, 1941, attended Midshipman's School, Northwestern University, September 1941 until commissioned Ensign
January 1942, assigned Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 1 (Ellice Islands, Tulagi, Treasury Islands, Bougainville) July 1942-March
1944, promoted Lieutenant (j g ) March 1943, Lieutenant April
1944, Lieutenant Commander January 1949, instructor Melville
Torpedo Training Station, Newport, R I , March-September 1944,
division leader Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 38, September 1944August 1945, and squadron commander August until discharge from
Yale College
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active duty November 1945, reporter and rewrite editor Associated
Press, Baltimore, November 1945-May T947, contributing editor Time
magazine since May 1947, member Old First Church (Presbyterian),
Newark, N J
Married January 21, 1942, Forest Hills, N Y , Gertrude Elizabeth, daughter of Herman Joseph and Margaret (Hartman) Specht
Children John Henry and Robert Paul
Death due to injuries received in a tram wreck Buried in Long
Island National Cemetery, Pmelawn, N Y Survived by wife, children,
mother (Mrs Albert G Taaffe), and father
JOHN HARPER MALLORY, JR , B A 1941 Born October
23, 1918, Mineola, N Y , died November 29, 1949, New York City
Father, John Harper Mallory (Class of 1909), executive assistant Trinity Operating Company, New York City, son of George B
Mallory and Lydia (Harper) Mallory Mother, Mabel Louise (Wiske)
Mallory, daughter of Frank Edmund and Florence Augusta (Searing)
Wiske Yale relatives include Orlando M Harper (B A 1867) (greatuncle), Robert Mallory, 3d, !38 S , G Barron Mallory, '41 (cousins)
Romford School Freshman crew, baseball, and track squads,
Junior Varsity Football Team, University Track Team, Pier son
College (football and baseball teams), Fence Club
^ Entered U.S Marine Corps as private (first class) June 21,
1941, commissioned Second Lieutenant, U S Marine Corps Reserve,
November 1941, assigned 6th Reserve Officers Class, Quantico, November 1941-January 1942, 1st Marine Regiment, New River, N C , January-March 1942, and 3d Brigade March-April 1942, promoted First
Lieutenant November 1942, Captain April 1943, Major May 1945,
South Pacific service 1942-44 (British and American Samoa, Maui,
T H , Eniwetok, Guadalcanal, Guam), commanding officer Motor
Transport Company, Camp Lejeune, 1945 until discharge January
1946, catalog copywriter Montgomery Ward & Company, New York
City, 1946-47, advertising manager Taylor, Pmkham & Company,
Inc , commission textile selling agents, New York City, 1947-49,
member Trinity Church (Episcopal), Hewlett, N Y
Married May 17, 1947, Scarborough-on-Hudson, N Y , Mary
Anne Gouge (B A Vassar 1945), daughter of George Frederick and
Bessie (Westerberg) Gouge Son George Gouge
Died of injuries received in a fall Buried m Elm Grove Cemetery,
Mystic, Conn Survived by wife, son, and parents (father died 1950)
ROGER WOLCOTT CONVERSE, JR „ B A 1945 Born May
6, 1922, Boston, Mass , died September 23, 1949, Boston, Mass
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Father, Roger Wolcott Converse (Class of 1922), presidenttreasurer Pmey Point Estates, Inc , Marion, Mass , son of Harry
Elisha and Mary Caroline (Parker) Converse Mother, Barbara
(Ware) Converse, daughter of Robert Dexter and Helen Frances
(Thaxter) Ware Yale relatives include John M Butler, '16, Elisha
E Converse, '16, Parker Converse (Class of 1919) (uncles), John M.
Butler, Jr , '41, Morton Butler, 2d (Class of 1942), H Peter Converse, '44 (cousins)
Taft School Member Chi Psi and Pierson College
Entered U S Marine Corps February 1943 with V-12 at Yale,
trained at Parr is Island, Camp Lejeune, Quantico, and Camp Pendleton, commissioned Second Lieutenant November 1944, promoted First
Lieutenant March 1946, stationed on Guam 1945 and Tientsin, China,
until May 1946, member Pmey Point Estates, Inc , 1947-49, member
Christ Church (Episcopal), Marion
Married March 20, 1943, Boston, Evelyn, daughter of Talbot
Coggeshall and Frances (Bradley) Chase Children Nathalme and
Anne Talbot
Death due to poliomylitis Buried in Evergreen Cemetery,
Marion
Survived by wife (Mrs Edwin B Holmes, 2d), children,
father, mother (Mrs Richard M Gorham), three sisters, Misses
Vera, Rose, and Christina Converse, all of Boston, and two brothers, Costello Converse of Westwood, Mass , and Chandler B
Converse (Class of 1954)
ALBERT EDWARD EASINGWOOD, B A 1947 Born January
11, 1924, Lakewood, Ohio, died September 13, 1949, Las Vegas,
N Mex
Father, Albert Huntmgton Easingwood (B A Hamilton 1912),
cable editor Chicago Daily News, son of Arthur Lavarack and Harriett
(Keck) Easingwood Mother, Cecile Marguerite (Striegel) Easingwood (Northwestern 1927-28), daughter of William John Henry and
Elizabeth Anne (Ramsden) Striegel
Evanston Township High School, Kenyon College 1942-43
(Sigma Pi) Entered Yale 1943, University Glee Club, College
Choir, Yale Political Union, Torch Society, Jonathan Edwards College
Graduate student and assistant in English New Mexico Highlands
University 1948-49, member St Luke's (Episcopal) Church, Evanston,
HI
Unmarried
Death due to tuberculosis Buried in Lake View Cemetery,
Cleveland Survived by parents, a sister, Miss Elizabeth Anne
Easingwood, and two brothers, William Dale Easingwood and
Richard Striegel Easingwood
Yale College
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ARTHUR EVERETT JACKSON, B A 1947 Born May 21, 1925,
Sheridan, Mont , died June 24, 1950, Lake Michigan
Father, Frank Russell Jackson (Montana State Coll 1915-16),
owner Sheridan Bakery, son of Benjamin Franklin and Esther (Dye)
Jackson Mother, Leona Mary (Mallender) Jackson, daughter of
Arthur Sylvester and Catherine (Geller) Mallender
Sheridan High School Entered Yale 1945, member Yale Band
Junior year, Saybrook College, and N R O T C
In U S Naval Reserve May 1943 until discharge June 1946 (attended Quartermaster and Submarine schools and entered submarine
service, member V-12 training program at Trinity College 1944-45),
appointed Ensign Organized Naval Reserve August 1947 and division
personnel officer and instructor basic submarine course Submarine
Division 3-3, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1947-50, credit representative
Chase National Bank, New York City, 1947-50, attended New York
University Graduate School of Business Administration 1949, member
Central Baptist Church, Hartford, Conn
Married April 8, 1950, Hartford, Geraldine Mary, daughter of
Thomas F and Gladys Mary (Young) Reilly
Mr and Mrs Jackson were killed in an airplane crash over
Lake Michigan Survived by parents, a sister, Miss Doris Marie
Jackson, and two brothers, Frank Roy Jackson and Leslie Fay Jackson
PETER ISRAEL HERSHMAN, B A 1947 March Born July
28, 1927, New Haven, Conn , died August 23, 1949, New Haven, Conn
Father, Samuel Isaac Hershman (LL B Umv Michigan 1913),
president I Hershman Company, Inc , wholesale paper stock, paper
mill supplies, and pulp, New Haven, son of Israel and Sophia (Schwartz)
Hershman Mother, Esther (Goodman) Hershman (B A Cornell 1924,
Yale Law School 1924-25), daughter of Henry Joachim and Sadie (Engel)
Goodman Yale relatives include Abram H Hershman, '08 M (uncle),
Morton H Adelman, '31 (cousin)
Milford School Philosophical oration appointment Senior year,
on board Yale Literary Magazine (business manager Junior year, contributing editor Senior year), coxswain University crew squad Junior
year, Timothy Dwight College, Phi Beta Kappa Awarded B A June
1948 (Scholar of the House, honors with exceptional distinction)
Independently engaged in writing 1948-49, did research work at
The Sorbonne, Paris, September 1948-January 1949, member Temple
Mishkan Israel, New Haven
Unmarried
Death due to tubular bronchiectosis
Buried in Mishkan Israel
Cemetery, New Haven Survived by parents and a brother, James
David Hershman
SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL
LUTHER HENRY GAGER, Ph B 1875 Born March 19, 1853,
Coventry, Conn , died February 16, 1950, West Hartford, Conn
Father, Luther Porter Gager, a farmer in Coventry, member
State legislature, son of Simon and Anna (Porter) Gager
Mother,
Julia Augusta (Brewster) Gager, daughter of Shubael and Cynthia Wing
(Kingsbury) Brewster
Willimantic (Conn ) High School Civil engineering course
Construction engineer Flynt Building & Construction Company,
Palmer, Mass , 1883 until retirement 1910, resided in Palmer until
1946, deacon Second Congregational Church, Palmer
Married June 20, 1878,, Hartford, Conn , Jennie Louise, daughter of Alfred Butler and Martha Jane (Lyman) Pitkm Children
Frederick Pitkin (died in infancy), Ruth (B A Mount Holyoke 1904, Mrs
Oliver Ferry), Alice (B A Wellesley 1909, died 1936) Mrs Gager
died 1946
Buried in Oak Knoll Cemetery,
Palmer
Survived by one daughter, three grandchildren, and four greatgrandchildren
Mr Gager had been the oldest living graduate of the Sheffield
Scientific School since April 1, 1946
JOHN ELIJAH MORPETH HALL, Ph B 1877 Born July 15,
1857, Sydney, Australia, died March 6, 1950, New York City
Father, Hayden H Hall, a commercial agent of the United
States in Sydney
Select course LL B Columbia 1879
Steward Staten Island Club, St George, for fifty years and Elks
Club 1943 until retirement 1947
Married Anna A Swenson
Survived by no immediate relatives Mr Hall was the last
surviving member of his class
WILLIAM ANNIN VLIET, Ph B 1878 Born July 6, 1856,
Cleveland, Ohio, died December 20, 1949, Shaker Heights, Ohio
Father, William French Vliet, president W F Vliet Company,
decorators, Cleveland, son of Jasper Vliet Mother, Sarah Jane
(Williams) Vliet, daughter of John and Ann (Mullm) Williams
Mt Pleasant Academy Select course, York Hall and Chi Phi
Secretary and treasurer W F Vliet Company and Commercial
Real Estate Company, president American Honduras Company and
Sheffield Scientific School
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Patuca Fruit Company, in real-estate business Cleveland 1908 until r e tirement 1920, original member Cleveland Gatling Gun Battery, member
St Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland
Married February 21, 1906, in Cleveland, Jane Staley, daughter
of William Staley Children Sara Jean (B A Smith 1929, Mrs William Burlmgame Belden), Kaatje (Mrs James A Upstill),and Marguerite (Mrs Forrest E Vaughan) Mrs Vliet died 1931
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland Survived by children and five grandchildren Mr Vliet was the
last surviving member of his class
ROBERT WILLIAM WATSON, Ph B 1881 Born September 23,
1860, near Bmghamton, N Y , died December 5, 1949, Edgartown,
Mass
Father, Peter Hill Watson, a patent lawyer, assistant to Secretary of War during Civil War Mother, Rose Rebecca (Pike) Watson
Brooks Military Academy Dynamic engineering course, University Football Team (captain Senior year), University and Sheff Baseball teams, vice-president Yale Athletic Association, St Anthony and
Delta Psi
Mining engineer in Colorado 1881-91, consulting engineer Harrisbur g, Pa , 1904-11 and New York City 1911 until retirement about
1920, resided in Switzerland 1920-25 (president Yale Alumni Association
in France 1924-25), Alumni Fund agent 1918-24, member Edgartown
Associates
Married June 14, 1910, Adeline, daughter of Edward Shirley and
Mary (Ferguson) Finnegan Daughter Ann Momette (B A Smith 1933,
Yale Graduate School 1933-34, Mrs Courtenay Barber, Jr ) Mrs
Watson died September 1949
Death due to arteriosclerotic heart disease
Buried in West Side
Cemetery, Edgartown Survived by daughter and three grandsons
RICHARD LAWRENCE EVERIT, Ph B 1882 Born December
19, 1861, New York City, died April 18, 1950, Yarmouth Port, Mass
Father, Richard Mansfield Event, partner Burdett & Event, export merchants, New York City, son of Richard and Sarah (Mansfield)
Event Mother, Mary Talman (Lawrence) Event, daughter of Effingham and Augusta Maria (Nicoll) Lawrence Yale relatives include
John Hart (B A 1703), Benjamin Nicoll (B A 1734), William Nicoll
(B A 1734), John H Lynde (B A 1796) (great-uncles), Arthur M
Event, '87 S (brother), Louis S deForest, '79 (brother-in-law), L
Effingham deForest, f12, C Shepard deForest, '12 S (nephews),
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Annie Lawrence Event Pitkin (Class of 1910 Art) (niece)
Hopkins Grammar School Civil engineering course
In office city engineer New Haven 1882, office superintendent
New York and New Jersey Telephone Company, Brooklyn, 1883-84,
in charge father's real estate business, South Frammgham, Mass.,
owner apple orchards Barre, Mass , 1912 until retirement 1940,
Class secretary 1882-88
Married January 16, 1896, South Framingham, Hattie, daughter of Edward Lewis Sturtevant (B A and M D Bowdoin 1866) and
Mary Elizabeth (Mann) Sturtevant
Son Richard Sturtevant (B S
Harvard 1919, died 1938)
Buried m Edgell Grove Cemetery, Frammgham
Survived by wife and a grandson
EDWARD PEERS EASTWICK, JR , Ph B 1883 Born March
16, 1864, Baltimore, Md , died January 25, 1950, Greenwich, Conn
Father, Edward Peers Eastwick, partner Havemeyer & Eastwick. New York City, son of Andrew McCalla and Lydia Anne (James)
Eastwick Mother, Maria Josephine (West) Eastwick, daughter of
Joseph English and Huldah Ann Perry (Stewart) West Yale relatives
include a grandson, William D Davies, Jr , '50
Wilson and Kellogg School Civil engineering course, The
Cloister and Book and Snake
S E Columbia 1889, C E 1892, sanitary engineer New York
City Board of Health 1884-92, chief engineer and refiner American
Sugar Refining Company, New Orleans, 1892-99, established Eastwick Engineering Company, Ltd , 1899, president 1899-1950, consultant to sugar industry and refineries in Mexico, Cuba, and United
States
Married April 7, 1896, Philadelphia, Helen Anna, daughter
of John George and Maria James (Eastwick) Klemm Children Helen
Klemm (Mrs William Death Davies), Marjorie Stewart, Marie Edna,
Edward Peers, 3d (Syracuse Umv 1920-25) Mrs Eastwick died
1930
Buried in Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich Survived by children and six grandchildren
JOHN EDMUND NEWELL, Ph B 1883 Born December 14,
1861, Amboy, 111 , died December 2, 1949, Mentor, Ohio
Parents, John and Judith P . (Hills) Newell. Yale relatives include Newell Garfield, '18, Ashbel B Newell, Jr , '20, Rudolph H
Garfield (Class of 1921 S ) (nephews), Newell Garfield, Jr , '45 W
(grand-nephew)
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Boys High School, Chicago Second prize in English composition
Freshman year, Sheff Baseball Team, captain Consolidated Baseball
Club, '83 Sheff Barge Crew, Class President, Class Supper Committee,
Yale Society of Natural History, Franklin Hall and Theta Xi
Chemist North Chicago Rolling Mill Company 1-884-85, superintendent Bessemer department 1885-86, with Armour & Company 1887,
coal inspector Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company
1887-88, vice-president and Chicago agent New Pittsburgh Coal Company 1888-89, manager of mines James W Ellsworth & Company,
Cleveland, 1890-99, successively vice-president and treasurer and
president Morris Coal Company and Jefferson Coal Company, Cleveland, retired about 1940, trustee Society for Savings Bank of Cleveland
Married December 8, 1891, Chicago, Annie' Carpenter
Sons
Augustus Carpenter (Class of 1916, died 1941), John Mrs Newell
died 1938
Death due to a heart attack Buried in Knollwood Cemetery,
Cleveland Survived by one son and a brother, Ashbel B Newell,
'90 (died August 27, 1950)
WILLIAM SHERMAN RANDALL, Ph B 1883 Born August
5, 1861, Brookfield, Conn , died August 13, 1949, Shelton, Conn
Father, Charles Wesley Randall, general storekeeper, Southbury, Conn , son of Jonathan J and Abigail (Gorham) Randall
Mother, Elizabeth Ann (Ruggles) Randall, daughter of Sherman and
Sarah (Oakley) Ruggles
Derby (Conn.) High School, Yale School of Medicine 1883-84
M D Columbia 1885, postgraduate student New York Eye and
Ear Hospital, house physician New Haven Hospital 1885-86, physician in Derby 1886 until retirement 1942, staff physician Griffin
Hospital, Derby, town health officer Shelton 1894-1908, member
State legislature 1893-94, vice-president New Haven County Public
Health Association, contributed to scientific publications, president
Fairfield County Medical Society, director Plumb Memorial Library,
Shelton, member Connecticut State Medical Society, American
Medical Association, and Masonic order, vestryman Church of the
Good Shepherd (Episcopal), Shelton
Married September 7, 1887, in New Milford, Conn , Hattie
Lacy, daughter of Daniel Glover and Harriet Elizabeth (Starr)
Beers
Children Harold Beers, ' U S , Helen Starr, the wife of
Charles R. Williams, '05 S
Buried in Oak Cliff
Cemetery, Derby
Survived by wife, children, three grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs Alfred
C Sperry
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SAMUEL BROWN HAWLEY, Ph B 1884
Born December
2, 1862, New York City, died September 26, 1949, Yonkers,
NY
Father, David Hawley (B A 1864) Mother, Catherine Ann
(Brown) Hawley
Holbrook Academy Dynamic engineering course, first prize
in English composition Freshman year, Sheff Tennis Team, Class
statistician, Class Picture Committee, St Anthony and Delta Psi
Studied law in father's office and attended Columbia 1884-86,
lawyer 1886-1903, managed family property, Yonkers, 1903-49,
Class secretary 1904-49, treasurer 1919-24, vice-president Yale
Association of Class Secretaries 1919-22, president 1922-23, trustee Y M C A , Yonkers, American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society (chairman committee which operated PhiUipse Manor),
and Westchester County Historical Society, member American Association for Advancement of Science, New York State Historical Association, American Geographical Society, Society of Mayflower Descendants, trustee First Presbyterian Church, Yonkers
Married November 15, 1889, Fermme du Buisson, daughter of
Henry Martyn and Susan (Baldwin) Baird Mrs Hawley died 1937
Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City Survived by no immediate relatives
ELMORE ABRAM WILLETS, Ph B 1884 Born September 8,
1861, Bradford, Pa , died December 12, 1949, Sewickley, Pa
Father, Isaac Willets, pioneer oil producer in Bradford, son
of Abraham and Henrietta (Frost) Willets Mother, Harriet (Ayers)
Willets, daughter of John Wilson and Electa (Frace) Ayers
Phillips-Andover
Select course, Class Supper Committee, St
Anthony and Delta Psi
Engaged in oil business with father and active in developing
fields m vicinity Washington, Pa , and Bolivar, N Y , 1884-1949,
founder State Bank of Belmont, N Y , 1888, president 1888-1949,
president Citizens National Bank, Wellsville, N Y , 1897-1905, president Willets & Paul Corporation, operation of farms and oil producing
properties, 1922-49, trustee New York Home for Children, Randolph,
N Y , member American Museum of Natural History, New York Horticultural Society, New York Zoological Society, New York Philological Society, and American Humane Association
Married September 13, 1917, New York City, Lucy Penn, daughter of Frank Reid and Annie (Spencer) Penn Children Harriet Ann
(Univ Florence [Italy] 1937-38, Columbia 1939-41), Elmore Abram,
Jr , '42 S
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Forrest Hills Ceme-
tery, Belmont
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Survived by wife, children, and three grandchildren
JAMES ARTHUR ATWOOD, Ph B 1885 Born May, 1864,
Wauregan, Conn , died September 26, 1949, Wauregan, Conn
Father, James Sheldon Atwood, agent Wauregan Mills,
textile manufacturers, son of John and Julia Ann (Battey) Atwood
Mother, Julia Ann Marie (Haskell) At wood, daughter
of Willard and Lydia (Fretter) Haskell Yale relatives include
John W Atwood (Class of 1885 S ) (brother), Earle C Hopkins
(Class of 1894 S ) (brother-in-law), James A Atwood, 3d (Class
ofl945W) (grandson)
Phillips-Andover
Dynamical engineering course, Sheff and University Baseball teams, vice-president University Athletic Association,
Class Picture Committee, Delta Psi
Agent Wauregan Mills, Inc , 1889-1908, treasurer and general
manager 1908-37, president 1937-49, agent Qumebaug Company, Danielson, Conn , 1897-1908, general manager 1908-17, treasurer 1917-32,
treasurer Ponemah Mills, Taftville, Conn , 1909-32, president 193249, president Williamsville (Conn ) Manufacturing Company 1890-92,
general manager Lockwood Company, Waterville, Maine, 1908-11,
president Wmdham County National Bank, Danielson, 1904-14, Brooklyn (Conn ) Savings Bank, director Cotton Textile Institute, National
Association of Cotton Manufacturers, Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, American Bleached Goods, American Mutual Insurance Company,
and Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Company, member Order of
Colonial Wars
(1) December 11, 1888, Central Village, Conn , Helen
tMarried
Louise, daughter of Philip and Helen W (Fenner) Mathewson Son
James Arthur, Jr , '12 S (died 1922) Mrs Atwood died 1917
Married (2) November 4, 1926, Worcester, Mass , Elsie Hopkins
Young, daughter of Timothy Earle and Marcella Sayles (Cook) Hopkins
Daughter Dorothy
Buried in Westfield Cemetery,
Danielson
Survived by wife, daughter, three granchildren, and a
stepdaughter, Elsa Hopkins Young Brown, wife of R Hunt Brown, '27 S
JOHN EDWIN DOANE, Ph B 1886 Born February 19, 1864,
Chicago, 111 , died March 22, 1950, New York City
Father, John Wesley Doane, an importer and banker in Chicago,
son of Joel and Olivia Primrose (Hascall) Doane Mother, Julia Ann
(Moulton) Doane, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Barnard) Moulton
Yale relatives include Frederick S. Wicks, '73 (brother-in-law), J
Wesley Doane, '91 (brother), Bartlett Wicks (Class of 1919) (nephew)
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Harvard School Select course, Sigma Delta Chi, The Cloister
and Book and Snake
Bank clerk Merchants' Loan & Trust Company, Chicago, 18861900, partner J W Doane & Company, tea and coffee importers, 19001916, engaged in farming Thompson, Conn , 1900-1908, president Boston branch Caementium Sales Company of London, England, 1916 until
retirement 1920, member Trinity Episcopal Church, Chicago
Married December 12, 1894, Burlington, Iowa, Anna Persis,
daughter of John Sigman and Amelia Persis (Williams) Schramm
Children Julianne (died 1935), Marian (died 1912), Olivia, the wife of
William Holabird, '27 S , John (died 1920)
Death due to a heart attack Buried in Mt Auburn Cemetery,
Cambridge, Mass Survived by wife and one daughter
MAHLON HENRY MARLIN, Ph B 1886 Born July 23, 1864,
Windsor Locks, Conn , died September 14, 1949, New Haven, Conn
Father, John Mahlon Marlin, founder and president Marlm Firearms Company, New Haven Mother, Martha Susan (Moore) Marlm,
daughter of Henry and Susan A Moore Yale relatives include a nephew, John B Marlin (Class of 1934 S )
Hillhouse High School, New Haven Mechanical engineering
course, Freshman and University Football teams, University Polo Team
Associated with Marlm Firearms Company 1886 until retirement 1915 (president and treasurer 1900-1915), director First National Bank and Trust Company
Married October 26, 1887, South Deerfeild, Mass , Mary
Moore Aldrich (Smith 1884-86), daughter of Charles Phelps and Elizabeth M (Moore) Aldrich
Daughter Janet Ripley Marlin Gifford
Castle (Mrs Janet Marlm)
Death due to myocardial failure
New Haven Survived by wife (died April 9, 1950), daughter, and a
brother, John Howard Marlm
ALEXANDER HOLLEY RUDD, Ph B 1886 Born March 8,
1867, Lakeville, Conn , died September 17, 1949, Salisbury, Conn
Father, William Beardslee Rudd, manager The Holley Manufacturing Company, Lakeville, son of Rev George Robert Rudd and
Frances (Beardslee) Rudd Mother, Maria Coffing (Holley) Rudd,
daughter of Gov Alexander Hamilton Holley and Marcia (Coffing)
Holley Yale relatives include Malcolm D Rudd (Class of 1900)
(brother), HolleyR Cantme, '14S ,RoswellH Rudd, '30 (nephews),
Thomas J Rudd, '44 S , A Holley Rudd, 2d, '46 E (grandsons)
Hartford (Conn ) Public High School Mechanical engineering
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course, York Hall and Chi Phi
Draftsman real-estate department Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1886-88, in signal department 1888-92, assistant signal engineer
lines east of Pittsburgh 1903-7, signal engineer 1907-20, chief signal
engineer entire system 1920 until retirement 1937, inspector signals
Hudson River division New York Central Railroad Company 1892-93,
assistant superintendent signals 1893-94, signal engineer New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, Hartford and Valley divisions, 1894-1903, pioneer m development of and widely known authority on railroad signaling practices, collaborated with William Churchill,
•97, in producing position light signals, designed standard flashing
signal for grade crossings, secretary Class 1911-49 and .Alumni Fund
agent 1929-49, president Yale Engineering Association 1933-35, vicepresident Railway Signal Association 1906-7, president 1908, honorary
member Institution of Signal Engineers of Great Britain, member
National Conference on Street and Highway Safety, American Railway
Engineering Association (chairman 1908-13), Military Order of Loyal
Legion of the United States, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of
Veterans, New England Society of Pennsylvania, and Salisbury Congregational Church
Married November 28, 1888, Brooklyn, N.Y., Theoline Bancker,
daughter of Richard Oliver and Maria (McClane) Oliver Sons William
Beardslee, '10 S , Theodore Oliver, '24 S
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried m Salisbury Cemetery
Survived by wife, sons, four grandchildren, and a brother, Charles E
Rudd, 01 S (died January 10, 1950, see biographical sketch in this
volume)
ELBERT ELLSWORTH NORTON, Ph B 1888 Born March 22,
1867, Guilford, Conn , died June 14, 1,950, Long Beach, Calif
Father, Henry Ellsworth Norton, owner Kenesaw (Nebr ) Exchange Bank Mother, Lucy A. (Munger) Norton Yale relatives include Harold E Barnes, '08
Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn Civil engineering
course, Senior appointment
Bookkeeper Kenesaw Exchange Bank 1888-90, secretary Lyons
(Colo.) Rock & Lime Quarry Company 1890-91, organized and operated private bank in Lyons 1891-95, assistant cashier F a r m e r s ' National
Bank, Longmont, Colo , 1895-1900, reorganized and operated Kenesaw
Exchange Bank 1900-1904, assistant cashier National Bank of Long
Beach 1904-7, cashier 1907-21, and vice-president successor bank
Security Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles 1921-22, organizer and
partner Norton & Birchfield, mortgage loans, 1923 until retirement
1936, city treasurer Long Beach 1909-13, vice-president Mutual Build-
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ing and Loan Association 1916-20, member Long Beach Chamber of
Commerce and Masonic order, treasurer Plymouth Congregational
Church, Long Beach
Married (1) September 17, 1890, Kenesaw, Jennie G Allen
(Doane Coll 1887-88), daughter of Robert B and Darthula S. Allen
Daughter Marguerite Fay (Mrs Frank Chambers, died 1925). Mrs
Norton died 1942 Married (2) October 26, 1944, Sacramento, Iva
May, daughter of William Henry and Elvira Rachel (Hopkins) Cox
Death due to urernic poisoning Buried in Sunnyside Mausoleum,
Long Beach
Survived by wife and two grandchildren
EDWARD EVEREST, Ph B 1889 Born June 1, 1867, Brooklyn, N Y , died July 25, 1949, Mexico City, Mexico
Father, Rev Charles Hall Everest, a Congregational minister,
son of Fredench and Lucy (Hall) Everest
Mother, Maria Louisa
(Wadhams) Everest
Yale relatives include a nephew, Charles E
Rockwell, '19 S
East Orange (N J ) High School Select course, member The
Colony and Berzelius
Successively assistant to city manager Boorum and Pease, blank
book manufacturers, New York City, and manager branch office Security Trust Company, Nashua, N H , 1889-92, secretary and treasurer
Searls Manufacturing Company, Newark, 1892-1902, manager sugar
cane plantations, Mexico, 1902-9, owner 1909-17, m milk business
Puebla 1917 until retirement 1938, president Union de Productores de
Leche de Puebla, member Squadron A, New York National Guard and
Methodist Episcopal church
Married October 9, 1909, Mexico City, Maria AUonsa, daughter
of Jacmto Cuesta and Guadalupe Perez Pena Children Lucy Maria,
Charles Hall (died in infancy), Charles Edward, and Harriet
Mrs
Everest died 1941
Buried in Moderno Cemetery, American Section, Mexico City Survived by daughters, one son,
and seven grandchildren
CHARLES LOUIS KIRSCHNER, Ph B 1890 Born October 19,
1868, New Haven, Conn , died December 15, 1949, New Haven, Conn
Father, William Kirschner, superintendent iron foundry, son of
John Henry and Marie (Strack) Kirschner
Mother, Sophia (Ackerman)
Kirschner
Yale relatives include Edward O Sutton, '91 S , Herbert
L Sutton, '97 (brothers-in-law), William H Kirschner (Class of
1931 S ) (nephew)
Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn Mechanical engineer-
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ing course, prize for excellence m mechanical engineering, Senior appointment, graduate member Aurelian Honor Society and Sigma Xi
Mechanical engineer 1890-94, 1895-97 (successively with Mclntosh
& Seymour Company, Auburn, N Y , Harris Corliss Company, Providence, Nicholson File Company, Providence, Maryland Steel Company,
Sparrows Point), instructor in drafting and machine design Boardman
Trade School, New Haven, 1894-95, 1897-1902, director of the school
1902-8, organizer and first principal of Newton (Mass ) Technical
High School 1908-10, principal Hillhouse High School 1910-31, advisory
principal 1931-40, principal emeritus 1940-49, councilor and student
adviser Stone College, New Haven, 1940-49, trustee Junior College of
Physical Therapy, State director U S Boys1 Working Reserve 1917-18,
appointed to Citizens' Advisory Committee, New Haven, 1945, author
Mechanical Drawing, From the Principal's Desk, M A Hon Yale 1927,
associate fellow Trumbull College (Yale University), Alumni Fund agent
1936-39, first vice-president Yale Alumni Association of New Haven
1936, acting president 1936, on Alumni Board 1941-49, president Headmasters Association of America 1924-26, member Gamma Delta Psi,
deacon United Church (Congregational), New Haven
Married (1) August 22, 1898, in Springfield, Mass , Carrie Hicks
Sutton (Smith Class of 1894), daughter of George Haviland and Mary
Elizabeth (Owen) Sutton Son Leonard Owen (B A Union Coll 1928)
Mrs Kirschner died 1933 Married (2) June 27, 1935, New Haven,
Fanny Rogers, daughter of Charles N and Betsey (Bradley) Holcomb
Mrs Kirschner died 1941
Death due to mesenteric thrombosis
Buried in Beaverdale Memorial Park, New Haven Survived by son, four granchildren, and a brother, Edwin W Kirschner
HENRY WHITMORE GREGORY, Ph B 1891 Born November
24, 1867, New Haven, Conn , died March 30, 1950, Norwalk, Conn
Father, George Gregory, member Connecticut State legislature
Mother, Sarah Jane (Whitlock) Gregory
Stamford (Conn ) High School Select course. Freshman Crew,
Yale Athletic Team
Taught school 1891-93, lawyer in Norwalk 1893-1900, judge
Probate Court, District of Norwalk, 1900 until retirement 1937,
president Fairfield County Savings Bank, Norwalk, 1932-50, Merchants Bank and Trust Company, and Lounsbury & Bissell Company,
member Norwalk and American Bar associations, State Bar Association of Connecticut, and Masonic order
Married June 26, 1895, Stamford, Ella Ida, daughter of Christian Miller Mrs Gregory is deceased
Buried in Riverside Ceme-
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Survived by no immediate relatives.
WILLIAM PIERSON HAMILTON, P h . B . 1891. Born February
5, 1869, New York City, died May 8, 1950, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Father, William Gaston Hamilton, president Jersey City Locomotive Works, son of John Church and Marie (Van den Heuvel) Hamilton Mother, Helen Maria (Pierson) Hamilton, daughter of Henry Lewis and Helen Maria (Pier son) Pier son. Yale relatives include a brother,
Laurens Hamilton, f 95. Descendant of Abraham Pierson, first president of Yale
St Paul's School, Concord, N.H. Mechanical engineering course;
captain Freshman Crew, vice-president Class Baseball Team Junior
year, Delta Psi
Cashier and later treasurer and director Manhattan Trust Company,
New York City, 1893-97, associated with J. P . Morgan & Company 1897
until retirement 1922 (partner 1900-1922), partner Drexel & Company,
Philadelphia, Morgan Grenfel & Company, London, and Morgan Harjes
& Company, Paris, owned and operated a large stock farm in Bar Harbor,
Maine, breeding Guernsey cattle and prize-winning thoroughbred horses
and polo ponies, member St. Saviour's Church (Episcopal), Bar Harbor,
and All-Saints-by-the-Sea, Montecito, Calif.
Married (1) April 12, 1894, New York City, Juliet Pierpont, daughter of J Pierpont and Frances (Tracy) Morgan. Children Helen Morgan
(Mrs Arthur Woods), Pierpont Morgan (Harvard 1916-17, 1918-19), Laurens Morgan, Alexander (Harvard 1921-24), Elizabeth Schuyler (died 1919).
Mr and Mrs. Hamilton were divorced 1923. Married (2) January 2, 1924,
Montecito, Mrs Theodosia Sessions Carlin. Mrs. Hamilton died 1941.
Death due to hypertensive heart disease. Entombed m Santa Barbara
Mausoleum Survived by one daughter, three sons, seven grandchildren,
four great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Philip M. Rhmelander.
JOHN WILLIAMSON HERRON, P h . B . 1891. Born May 16, 1870,
Cincinnati, Ohio, died January 8, 1950, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Father, John Williamson Herron (B.A. Miami Univ. Cohiol 1845),
U.S District Attorney 1889-92, member Ohio State legislature 1896-97,
son of Francis and Jane (Wills) Herron. Mother, Harriet Clinton (Collins) Herron, daughter of Ela and Maria (Clinton) Collins. Yale relatives
include William H. Taft, '78 (brother-in-law), Robert A. Taft, '10,
Charles P . Taft, '18, James Espy Herron, '19, John H. More, '24 (nephews), Helen Taft Manning (M.A. 1917, Ph.D. 1924) (niece).
Woodward High School, Cincinnati. Mechanical engineering course,
Sigma Delta Chi, Franklin Hall and Theta Xi
With Procter & Gamble Company 1891-92 and Royer Wheel Company,
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Aurora, Ind , 1892-25 (president and general manager 1902-25), general agent The Laws Insurance Agency Company, Cincinnati, 1926-50,
member Cincinnati Home Guard and Church of the Advent (Episcopal),
Cincinnati
Married May 28, 1896, Washington, D C , Georgie Mae, daughter of Truman Heminway and Anna (Morrison) Aldrich
Children
Eleanor Herron Forbes, Truman Aldrich (Williams Coll 1920-22,
LL B Univ Cincinnati 1925), John Ogden(Kenyon Coll 1927-29)
Mrs Herron died 1944
Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati Survived by children and seven grandchildren
FRANCIS MULLIKEN ADAMS, Ph B 1892 Born June 7,
1871, Ridgefield, Conn , died July 25, 1949, Lewiston, Maine
Father, Dr Daniel L Adams (B A 1835) Mother, Cornelia
A (Cook) Adams Yale relatives include William Cook (B A 1861)
(uncle), William L Elkm (M A Hon 1893) (brother-in-law), Roger
K Adams, '26 S , Daniel P Adams, r29 S (nephews)
Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn Mechanical engineering course, honorable mention in all studies Freshman year and in
mathematics Junior year, Senior appointment
Assistant in chemistry 1893-94 and physics 1894-96
Student Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Class of 1894),
ordained deacon Protestant Episcopal church 1914, priest 1915, minister St James 1 Church, Shelbyville, Ky , 1915-16, minister St
Mary's Church, Mohegan Lake, N Y , and teacher Mohegan Lake
School 1916-19, treasurer Clark Sales Company, Buffalo, assistant
city missionary Los Angeles County 1923-31, in Weiser, Idaho, 1920,
Auburn, Maine, 1933-35, Port Deposit, Md , 1936, Ridgefield, Conn ,
1937, Sabat+us, Maine, 1940-47, national director Brotherhood of St
Andrew, Brooklyn, N Y , and Sharon, Mass , and national treasurer
1894-1913, machinist (2d class) U S S Huntress in Spanish- American War
Married (1) September 23, 1903, Providence, Edythe Grace
Peck (Ph B Brown 1901), daughter of Arthur P . Peck Mrs Adams
died 1907 Married (2) January 7, 1911, New York City, Helen Rockwell (Univ Pennsylvania Class of 1910), daughter of Joel Lawrence
and Ann Eliza (Lounsbury) Rockwell Daughter Ann Catharine Adams
Yerrington Horner (Mrs Robert H Horner)
Death due to cardiac embolism Buried in Ridgefield Cemetery
Survived by wife, daughter, three grandchildren, a sister, Mrs William L Elkm, and a brother, Roger C Adams, '93 S
HENRY DWIGHT HUNT, Ph B. 1892
Born May 16, 1862,
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Columbia, Conn , died May 6, 1950, Providence, R I
F a t h e r , Amasa A Hunt, farmer and music teacher in Columbia,
son of Thaddeus and Elizabeth (Clark) Hunt Mother, Eunice Hames
(Abel) Hunt, daughter of Hoel Abel
Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn , graduate Worcester
State Normal School Select course, Senior appointment, Sheff Military Company
Graduate student Yale and Brown universities 1892-93 and in
France and Germany, m a s t e r of modern languages and English literature Howe G r a m m a r School, Lima, Ind , 1893-94, principal North
Wmdham (Conn ) G r a m m a r School and taught in various schools until
1898, instructor in modern languages New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts 1898-99, science teacher Elizabeth (N J )
High School 1899-1900, instructor Danville (Va ) Military Academy
about 1900-1903, music teacher in Providence 1903 until r e t i r e m e n t
about 1945 (owner School of Orchestral Music and Language), member
Trinity Union Methodist Church, Providence
Married (1) June 30, 1892, Gertrude Tuttle Son Stanley Dwight
(died 1918) Mr and M r s Hunt were divorced 1896 Married (2)
April 9, 1900, Isabelle Eunice, daughter of Matthieu and Lizzie (Cooke)
Lehevre
Son Theodore Alfred (B.A Oberlin 1928, Mus B 1929).
M r s Hunt died 1924 Married (3) July 3 1 , 1926, Esther Carey Mr
and M r s Hunt were divorced 1927 Married (4) about 1934, M r s
Grace I Capen Staples M r s Hunt died 1945
Death due to c e r e b r a l thrombosis Buried in Columbia Cemetery Survived by one son and two grandchildren
OLIVER CHANDLER BILLINGS, Ph B 1893 Born October
25, 1871, New York City, died March 5, 1950, M o r n s t o w n , N J
F a t h e r , Oliver Phelps Chandler Billings (B A Umv Vermont
1857, M A 1862, LL B Harvard 1860), corporation lawyer in New
York City, son of Oel and Sophia (Wetherbee) Billings Mother, Charlotte (Lane) Billings, daughter of David and Caroline E (Lamson) Lane
Yale relatives include David L Billings, ' 9 1 , Charles M Billings
(Class of 1896 S ) (brothers), Jason Evans, '93 S (brother-in-law)
P r e p a r e d privately Mechanical engineering course, v i c e - p r e s i dent University Tennis Club, Class s e c r e t a r y F r e s h m a n year, Class
cup committee, The Cloister and Book and Snake
Secretary Banner Packing and Provision Company, Cincinnati,
1894-98, partner George Copeland & Company, cotton b r o k e r s , New
York City, 1898-1906 and John H Davis & Company (later Billings,
Olcott & Company), b a n k e r s , New York City, 1907 until r e t i r e m e n t
1947, member New York Cotton Exchange 1900-1908 and New York
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Stock Exchange 1909-47 (a governor 1914- 15, 1917-38), treasurer
New York Quotation Company 1922-35, president 1935-38, treasurer
New York Stock Exchange Safe Deposit Company 1922-38, trustee
Morristown School, chairman Morristown township committee 191434 and on Board of Education and Board of Health, member Unitarian
church, Woodstock, Vt
Married June 14, 1899, Morristown, Elizabeth Bonbright,
daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Harriet Cassard (Bonbright) Evans
Children Jason Evans, Oliver Chandler, Jr , '29 S , and Benjamin
Evans Mrs Billings died 1947
Death due to cerebral arteriosclerosis
Buried in Evergreen
Cemetery, Morristown
Survived by sons and nine grandchildren
EDWARD OLIN SMITH, Ph B 1893 Born August 4, 1871,
Springfield, Mass , died January 19, 1950, Springfield, Mass
Father, Olin Harris Smith, president E O Smith Company,
wholesale grocers and millers' agents, Springfield, son of Harris
and Adalme (Walker) Smith Mother, Violetta (Humphrey) Smith,
daughter of Charles Timothy Allen Humphrey
Springfield High School Select course, Senior appointment,
winner Class tennis tournament Freshman year
Treasurer and manager E. O Smith Company 1898-1916,
president and manager 1916 until retirement 1933
Married January 14, 1904, Springfield, Ida Pearl, daughter
of Edward Pliny and Edna (Kibbee) Chapm
Death due to coronary thrombosis Ashes interred in Springfield Cemetery
Survived by wife and three sisters, Miss Rose M
Smith, Mrs William Mathews, and Miss Winifred I Smith
EDWARD VERMILYE COX, Ph B 1894 Born December
.28, 1873, Orange, N J , died December 8, 1949, New York City
Father, James Sitgreaves Cox, coal merchant
Mother,
Mary Fullerton (Hazard) Cox
Phillips-Andover
Mechanical engineering course, Freshman Football Team, University Baseball and Football squads,
Class deacon and statistician, St Anthony and Delta Psi
E E Columbia 1895, general inspector and assistant wire
chief American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New York City,
1894-99, engineer 1899-1907, assistant to general superintendent
of plant 1907-11, in charge development of Bell System accounting
methods and general auditor 1911-17, supply auditor 1919-22, assistant vice-president 1922 until retirement 1938, trustee Community Chest, Plamfield, N J , and Plamfield Council Boy Scouts
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of America (member,National Council), served with Troop A, New
York Cavalry, May-November 1898, member Yale Engineering Association, elder Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Plainfield
Married (1) in 1902, Julia, daughter of Dr L Duncan Bulkley
(B A 1866) and Kate LaRue (Mellick) Bulkley, granddaughter of Henry D Bulkley (B A 1821), great-great-granddaughter of Henry Daggett (B A 1771) Children James Sitgreaves (deceased), Duncan
Bulkley (Class of 1928), John Lyman, 2d, '31, Edward Veftnilye, Jr ,
'35 Mrs Cox died 1942 Married (2) April 20, 1944, New York
City, Grace Louise Marshall Bowden, daughter of William Wallace
Marshall
Death due to a heart ailment Survived by wife, three sons,
two stepsons, William Reeves Bowden and William Marshall Bowden,
'32, grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs Howard Page, Mrs Charles
Wood, Mrs Sidney Tabor, and a brother, John L Cox
HARRY PERRY DISBECKER, Ph B 1894 Born August 23,
1873, New York City, died July 11, 1949, Leonia, N J
Parents, A Disbecker and Caroline M (Perry) Disbecker
Berkeley School Select course, captain Sheff Military Company Senior year, Theta Delta Chi
Attended New York Law School, assistant U S Attorney for
New York 1898-1901, consulting adviser to Persian counsul general,
associated with Rmgwalt Linoleum Works, Inc , New York City, successively president Doric Electric Corporation, New York City, Disbecker Electric Appliance Corporation, New York City, and Weaver
Piano Company, York, Pa , until retirement 1941, executive vicepresident Radio Manufacturers Association, Inc , New York City,
major Quartermaster Corps World War I, an organizer Electrical
and Gas Association of New York, member Masonic order and All
Saints* Church (Episcopal), Leonia
Married July, 1910, New York City, Maude Mai Morand
Phelan, daughter of John E Morand Mrs Disbecker died 1948
Death due to acute coronary occlusion
Ashes interred m
Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis Survived by no immediate
relatives
WASHINGTON IRVINE KEYSER, Ph B 1894 Born April 30,
1872, Baltimore, Md , died September 30, 1949, Stevenson, Md
Father, Henry Irvine Keyser, a merchant, son of Samuel Stouffer and Elizabeth (Wyman) Keyser
Mother, Mary Anne (Washington)
Keyser, daughter of Col Lewis William Washington and Mary Anne
(Barroll) Washington
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The Hill School Mechanical engineering course, Dunham Boat
Club and St Elmo and Delta Phi
With Baltimore Trust & Guarantee Company 1895-97, receiving
and paying teller Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company, Baltimore,
1897-1902, associated with his father 1904-19 and in charge of his estate 1919 until retiremexit 1932, president Baltimore Land & Improvement Company 1904-23, in charge Baltimore branch Whitehouse &
Company, brokers, New York City, 1912-21, secretary and president
Keyser Office Building Company, vice-president Home wood Apartment
Company, engaged in farming in Stevenson after retirement, member
St Thomas' Church (Episcopal), Garrison, Md
Married June 1, 1906, Garrison, Ethel Howard, daughter of
William Hall and Elizabeth (Graham) Whitridge
Buried in St Thomas' Cemetery, Garrison
Survived by wife and a sister, Mrs DeComay W
Thorn
FRANK LEE, Ph B 1894 Born March 7, 1873, Chicago, 111 ,
died May 21, 1950, Nanaimo, British Columbia
Father, Elisha Lee, steamship owner, Trinidad, B W I , son
of Elisha and Almyra (Scoville) Lee Mother, Fannie Birch (Blackburn) Lee, daughter of Henry Clay and Susan (Childs) Blackburn Yale
relatives include J Latimer Lee, '19 S , Elisha Lee, Jr , f31 (nephews), Albert N Williams, '10 S (brother-in-law)
Gunnery School Civil engineering course, Class Book committee, Phi Gamma Delta
Associated withTrinidad Government Railway 1894-96, in engmeerImg department Chicago & Northwestern Railway, Chicago, 18961902, signal engineer Canadian Pacific Railway, Montreal, 1902-4,
assistant engineer Western Lines, Winnipeg, 1904-5, division engineer
1905 until retirement 1940, district engineer, located at Esquimau
and Vancouver, in charge construction of land facilities on Pacific
Coast for Royal Canadian Navy 1941-46, member Yale Engineering
Association and St Mary's Church (Anglican), Vancouver, and St
Ann's Church, French Creek, B C
Married November 9, 1920, Cleveland, Ruth, daughter of Prentice Madison and Clara (Laughlm) Skeel Daughter Frances Blackburn (B A Umv British Columbia 1945, Mrs Aldo Sparzam)
Death due to thrombosis
Survived by wife and daughter
EUGENE LAWRENCE MESSLER, Ph B 1894 Born April 6,
1873, Allegheny, Pa , died March 1, 1950, Pittsburgh, Pa
Father, Thomas Doremus Messier, vice-president Pennsyl-
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vama Railroad Company, son of Abraham Messier
Mother, Maria
Remsen (Varick) Messier, daughter of John Remsen and Susan Brinkerhoff (Storm) Varick Yale relatives include Remsen V Messier,
'80 (brother), Lewis F Frissell, '95, George Lauder, Jr , '00 S
(cousins)
Shady Side Academy Mechanical engineering course, Freshman Football Team, substitute University Football Team, Freshman
and University crews, vice-president University Football Club, The
Football coach Centre College
1894, pattern maker Edgar
Thompson Works, Carnegie Steel Company, Ltd , 1894-95, superintendent Duquesne blast furnaces 1895-1900, general superintendent
blast furnaces and coke ovens Jones & Laughlm Steel Company, Pittsburgh, 1900-1911, assistant to president Riter-Conley Manufacturing
Company 1911-15, vice-president m charge construction and operations Witherow Steel Company 1915-17, president Eureka Fire Brick
Works, Mt Braddock, Pa , 1903-50, president Class of 1894 S from
1893 to 1950, Captain Engineers, World War I (St -Mihiel and MeuseArgonne operations), joined Engineer Reserves 1922, honorary Colonel 1937, president Pittsburgh post Society of American Military Engineers 1929-30, member Reserve Officers Association, Sons of the
American Revolution, American Museum of Natural History, Academy of Science and Art (Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh Zoological Society,
Army Ordnance Association, Yale Engineering Association, Engineer
Society of Western Pennsylvania, American Iron and Steel Institute,
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, American
Refractories Institute, and British Iron and Steel Institute
Married December 31, 1898, in Pittsburgh, Elizabeth Verner,
daughter of Joseph Daw son and Margaret (Dravo) Long Children
Thomas Doremus and Eugene Lawrence, Jr
Death due to intestinal obstruction Buried in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh
Survived by wife, sons, and two grandchildren
JAMES HOYT MILLER, Ph B 1894 Born September 12,
1872, Stamford, Conn , died May 4, 1950, Stamford, Conn
Father, Franklin Miller, a banker, son of Ebenezer and Mary
Elizabeth (Waterbury) Miller
Mother, Helen Amelia (Hoyt) Miller,
daughter of James Henry and Sarah Jeannette (Gorham) Hoyt
King School Mechanical engineering course, Franklin Hall
and Theta Xi
Cashier Boston Mutual Insurance Company 1895, engaged in
insurance business 1895-1900, treasurer and vice-president American Engraving Company, New York City, 1900-1909, publisher Broadway Weekly, engaged on an engineering project Traverse City, Mich ,
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with E I duPont de Nemours & Company, Virginia, during World
War I, with Alex D Shaw & Company, importers, New York City,
1930-40, representative from Stamford in Connecticut General Assembly 1940-42, member St Maurice Roman Catholic Church, Stamford
Married September 8, 1931, New York City, Helen Regma,
daughter of John Walter and Margaret Maria (Cashman) Murphy Son
James Hoyt, Jr
Death due to arteriosclerotic heart disease
Buried in Woodland Cemetery, Stamford
Survived by wife, son, a sister, Miss
Helen A Miller, and a brother, Rev Franklin H Miller, '96 S
ALEXANDER PARKER ROGERS, Ph B 1894 Born May 25,
1874, New Canaan, Conn , died June 29, 1950, New York City
Father, John Rogers, sculptor, son of John and Sarah Ellen
(Derby) Rogers Mother, Harriet Moore (Francis) Rogers, daughter of Charles Stephen and Catherine Rebecca (Jewett) Francis
Yale
relatives include John Rogers, '87, Charles F Rogers, '90 S ,
David F Rogers, '98 (brothers), John Rogers, Jr , '20 S (nephew),
Elizabeth Rogers Horan, '31 L (niece)
King School Select course, Freshman and University crews,
financial i editor and artist Yale Record, board of managers Yale Cooperative Society, chairman Class Book committee, St Anthony and
Delta Psi
Newspaper correspondent Cook expedition to Arctic 1894, clerk
American Telephone & Telegraph Company 1894-95, C E Columbia
1898, field engineer Chicago Exploration Company 1904-7, consulting
engineer New York City 1907-50 (traveled extensively in South America, Siberia, Dutch Guiana in connection with his work), president Partanen Malartic Gold Mines, Ltd , and Parkec Malartic Gold Mines,
Ltd , co-owner and president Bonanza Mine, Oregon, and Q Hill Mine,
California, postmaster Downeyville, Nev , chief Chemical Supply Section, Airplane Division, U S War Department, World War I, member
Mining Club of New York, American Institute of Mining Engineers, and
Mining and Metallurgical Society of America
Married August 21, 1929, New York City, Adelaide Niven, daughter of Johnston Niven and Adelaide (O'Donnoghue) Hegeman
Buried in Lakeview Cemetery, New
Canaan Survived by wife, a sister, Miss Katherme Rebecca Rogers,
and a brother, Derby Rogers, '93
RICHARD HOLDEN FOLLIS, Ph B 1895 Born February 6,
1876, San Francisco, Calif , died August 13, 1949, Baltimore, Md
Father, Richard Holden Follis, a banker in San Francisco
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Mother, Anne (Flood) Follis
Yale relatives include a nephew, Robert
DeVecchi, '17 S
Trinity School, San Francisco
Biology course
M D Johns Hopkins University 1899, externe, assistant resident,
and resident surgeon Johns Hopkins Hospital 1899-1905, in private practice in Baltimore 1905-49, instructor surgery Johns Hopkins University
1902-5, associate 1905-14, associate in clinical surgery 1914-18, associate professor clinical surgery 1918-47, emeritus 1947-49, chief surgical clinic Johns Hopkins Dispensary 1906-23, on staff Hospitalfor Women
of Maryland, Union Memorial Hospital, and Church Home and Infirmary, fellow American Medical Association and American College
of Surgeons, member Interurban Surgical Society
Married June 28, 1905, Washington, D C , Louise, daughter of
Reuben Riggs
Children Anne Riggs, and Richard Holden, Jr , '32 S
Mrs Folks died 1923
Death due to pneumonia
Buried in Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore
Survived by children and a sister, Mrs Paolo DeVecchi
ALEXANDER JOHNSON, Ph B 1895 Born November 16,1869,
Brooklyn, N Y , died July 19, 1949, Wareham, Mass
Father, Rev Charles Gustavus Johnson, a Swedish Methodist
minister in Brooklyn, Bridgeport, Conn , and Dover, N J , son of
John Abrahamson and Anna Christina (Svenson) Abrahamson Mother,
Anna Christina (Hill) Johnson, daughter of Gustaf Olaf and Maria
(Anderson) Hill
Bridgeport (Conn ) High School
Civil engineering course, general honors Junior year, Sigma Xi
Engineer in western United States 1895-96, assistant engineer
Department of Bridges, New York City, 1896-1908, consulting engineer
1908-10, chief engineer 1910-14 (engineer of design New York Municipal Building and Queensboro Bridge), supervising engineer Frederick
Snare Corporation, contracting engineers, New York City, 1914-30,
chief examining engineer Fall River district Works Project Administration 1935 until retirement 1942, member American Society of Civil Engineers
Married May 5, 1898, Brooklyn, Alice, daughter of Edward Lapham and Fannie A (Hatfield) Kelly
Son Edward Alexander Mrs
Johnson died 1940
Death due to intestinal obstruction
Ashes interred in GreenWood Cemetery, Brooklyn
Survived by son, two grandchildren, and
a brother, J William Johnson
LEWIS CONDICT RICHARDS, Ph B
1895
Born November 3,
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1873, Umonville, Conn , died December 13, 1949, Catonsville, Md
F a t h e r , Lucas Richards, president Delaney & Munson Manufacturing Company, paper manufacturers, Unionville, son of George H
Richards Mother, Maria Condit (Hall) Richards, daughter of David
Hall
Unionville High School Electrical engineering course
In engineering department Boston & Maine Railroad Company,
Boston, 1895-98, with Hartford (Conn ) Electric Light Company 189899, in charge electrical department New York Ship Building Company,
Camden, N J , 1899-1906, electrical engineer erecting department
Westmghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company 1906-18, district
manager New York district 1918-22, general service manager East
Pittsburgh, Pa , 1922 until retirement 1946, member Yale Engineering Club, and Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh
Married April 30, 1901, Hartford, Emily Marie, daughter of
Paul J a m e s and Josephine (LeWardick) Clasby Children Lewis
Condict, J r (Pennsylvania State Coll 1924-25), Robert Wardick
(Lehigh Umv 1923-27), Eleanor Hamlin (Mrs Robert Metcalf Baker)
Death due to carcinoma Ashes interred in Beechwoods Cemet e r y , New Rochelle, N Y Survived by wife, children, three grandchildren, and two s i s t e r s , Miss Martha B Richards and Mrs J
Fred Loader
FRANCIS HARRISON TODD, Ph B 1895 Born July 29,
1874, New Haven, Conn , died January 12, 1950, Pater son, N J
F a t h e r , Theron Alfred Todd, a r e a l - e s t a t e broker in New Haven, son of Alfred and Hannah V (Harrison) Todd Mother, Hattie
Emelme (Webster) Todd, daughter of Charles W and Jannett M
(Clark) Webster Yale relatives include Hubert M Sedgwick, '93
(brother-in-law), Ruth Sedgwick (M A 1925) (niece), J a m e s S Radcliffe, J r (Class of 1953 E ) (grandson)
Hillhouse High School Biology course M D Yale 1897
(member Delta Epsilon Iota)
Interne Paterson General Hospital 1897-99 and on staff 18991950, physician in Paterson 1899-1950, a founder and consultant
Valley View Sanitarium, captain Medical Corps World War I, third
vice-president Association of Yale Alumni m Medicine 1928-29,
president P a s s a i c County Medical Society 1919-20, charter member
New J e r s e y Pediatric Society, member Medical Society of New J e r sey, American Medical Association, Military Order of Foreign Wars
of the United States, Masonic order and St Thomas' Episcopal
Church, New Haven
Married April 25, 1900, Ottawa, Ont , Maude Isabelle, daughter of J a m e s and Isabell (Wisdom) Mitchell Daughters Roberta
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Webster (B A Wellesley 1925, Mrs James Stansfield Radcliffe),
Frances Mitchell (Mrs Clinton Martin)
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven Survived by wife (died June 20, 1951), daughters,
four grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs Hubert M Sedgwick
GEORGE HARRY BARBOUR, Ph.B. 1896 Born August 23,
1875, Akron, Ohio, died July 29, 1949, Orange, N J
Father, George Washington Barbour, a furniture manufacturer
in Akron, son of George and Mary Barbour
Mother, Roxanna Upson
Bailey Barbour, daughter of Nodiah and Sara Upson
Hopkins Grammar School Mechanical engineering course
M E (E E ) Cornell University 1897, draftsman and designer
Akron Electrical Manufacturing Company 1897-98, assistant engineer
B F Goodrich Company 1898-1900, in charge drafting room Webster,
Camp & Lane, Akron, and Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company, Akron,
1900-1901, shop superintendent C W Hunt Company, New York City,
1902, chief engineer American DeForest Wireless Telegraph Company,
New York City, 1902-6 (supervised erection of wireless stations in
Europe and the United States), mechanical and electrical engineer and
agent for sale of patents, New York City, 1906-15, managing director
Century Investment Company 1906-49, secretary Sterling Watch Company, Inc , Waterbury, Conn , 1921-40, contributed to technical journals and lectured on engineering subjects, president New England Society of the Oranges 1940-43, vice-president Americanization Council
of the Oranges, Maplewood, and Bloomfield 1925-45, member Orange
Council Boy Scouts of America and Y M C A , member American
Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York Electrical Society, International Electrical Congress, and First Presbyterian Church, Orange
Married December 30, 1903, Akron, Hannah Theresa Alexander
(Ph B Umv Akron 1897), daughter of William Wilson and Galena
(Woodmanse) Alexander
Death due to hypertensive vascular disease Buried in Restland
Memorial Park, East Hanover, N J Survived by wife
JONATHAN PRESCOTT BURTON, Ph B 1896 Born January
12, 1876, Massillon, Ohio, died July 8, 1949, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Father, Jonathan Prescott Burton, a coal operator, son of William and Rosanna (Thompson) Burton Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Zerbe)
Burton, daughter of Jonathan and Christiana (Gorgas) Zerbe Yale relatives include a brother, Courtney Burton, '03 S
University School, Cleveland Civil engineering course; chairman
Class Day committee, Sigma Delta Chi, The Cloister and Book and Snake
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Mining engineer Ridgway Burton Company, Massillon, 1896-98,
secretary Burton, Beedler & Phillips Company, retail coal yards,
Cleveland, 1898-99 (president 1899), operated coal properties in "Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Kentucky 1899 until retirement 1932 (president
Kennon Coal & Mining Company, Trevorton Colliery Company 190924, Legetts Creek Anthracite Company 1919-25, and J P Burton
Coal Company 1921-32)
Married January 8, 1903, Cleveland, Kate Winston, daughter
of Thomas W and Katherine (Cull) Burnham Children Winston
Prescott, '27 S., Katherine Burnham, David Rittenhouse, '33
Buried in Lake View Cemetery,
Cleveland Survived by wife and children
HO WELL ROSS HANSON, Ph B 1896 Born April 25, 1873,
West Philadelphia, Pa , died December 30, 1949, Atlanta, Ga
Father, Thomas Ross Hanson, president Greenmount Cemetery
Company, Philadelphia Mother, Anna Jane (Howell) Hanson, daughter of William and Anna Jane Howell
Friends 1 School, Philadelphia Electrical engineering course,
Apollo Banjo Club (president Senior year), Theta Delta Chi
Sales engineer D'Olier Engineering Company, Philadelphia,
1896-1911, manager Philadelphia district for Kerr Turbine Company
1911-16 and Moore Steam Turbine Corporation, Wellsville, N Y ,
1916-25, district sales manager Philadelphia Standard Turbine Corporation, Scio, N Y , 1925 until retirement 1936, part owner and president Greenmount Cemetery Company and vice-president Biltmore Hotel,
Atlanta, at time of death, member St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Ardmore, Pa
Married (1) September 6, 1906, Wilmington, Del , Alvirda, daughter of Richard and Mary A (Mmner) Wallace Mrs Hanson died 1934
Married (2) June 16, 1938, Atlanta, Bennie Teabeaut Candler, daughter
of Daniel Benjamin and Rena (Sparks) Teabeaut
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Greenmount Cemetery,
Philadelphia Survived by wife, a stepdaughter, Mrs Rena Candler
Chambers, a stepson, William Candler, Jr , and seven step-grandchildren
OTTO [HENSCH] MILLER, Ph B. 1896 Born July 3, 1874,
Cleveland, Ohio, died June 13, 1950, Cleveland, Ohio
Father, James Hawkins Miller, a merchant in Cleveland, son
of Joseph Kirk and Margaret (Spangler) Miller Mother, Sophie Maxmilian (Hensch) Miller
University School, Cleveland Class secretary Senior year,The
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Traveled around the world 1896-98, served in Spanish-American War 1898, with Lamprecht Brothers & Company, bankers and
brokers, Cleveland, 1899-1903, partner Hayden and Miller and
successor Hayden, Miller and Company, investment securities,
Cleveland, 1903-50, First Lieutenant Ohio National Guard (aide-decamp to Governor Herrick 1904-5, Governor Pattison 1905-6),
Lieutenant Colonel, Ordnance Department, World War I (service
m Baccarat, Pannes sector, Meuse-Argonne, Ypres-Lys, twice
awarded Croix de Guerre (Belgium and France), president Council
on World Affairs 1937-39, member Northern Ohio Alien Enemy
Hearing Board 1941-45 and Cleveland Chamber of Commerce,
trustee Western Reserve Historical Society (president 1928-34),
member Connecticut and Virginia Historical societies, Military
Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Sons of American
Revolution, and Military Order of Foreign Wars
Married (1) December 5, 1900, Cleveland, Elisabeth Clark,
daughter of Washington Samuel and Marion (Clark) Tyler
Children Otto, Jr (B A Harvard 1925), Washington Samuel Tyler
(Harvard 1922-27) Mr and Mrs Miller were divorced 1908
Married (2) May 24, 1913, Sandusky, Ohio, Elsa Gertrude, daughter of James and Julia Ann (Taylor) Woolworth Daughter Barbara Woolworth, the wife of Lawrence S Robbms, Jr , '30
Mrs Miller died 1944
Death due to artenosclerotic heart disease
Buried in Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland Survived by children and ten grandchildren
HUBERT HILLARY SUFFREN AIMES, Ph B 1897 Born
January 25, 1876, Woodmont, Conn , died July 21, 1949, New
Haven, Conn
Father, J Martin Aimes (B A Columbia 1850, M D Yale
1858), son of Peter and Matilda Aimes Mother, Margaret E
(Thornton) Aimes
Gunnery School Select course, Senior appointment, George
Washington Egleston Historical Prize, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma
Xi
Teacher preparatory school U.S. Naval Academy 1900-1901,
Ph D Yale 1905, tutor in history College of the City of New York
1905-6, acting professor history and economics Ursinus College
1906-7, research fellow in history and economics University of
Pennsylvania 1907-9, in real-estate business 1910-15, associate
professor social sciences University of the South 1915-16, professor 1916-20, treasurer and later president Sewanee Review,
Inc (associate editor Sewanee Review), professor business man-
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agement Syracuse University 1920-22, author History of Slavei y in
Cuba, contributed to periodicals, member Academy of Political Science, Alabama and American Anthropological societies, Masonic order, and Episcopal church
Married December 29, 1908, Kenton, Ohio, Eloise, daughter
of Edward and Caroline (Fink) Sorgen Son Peter Martin (Univ
Pennsylvania 1932-33)
Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, West Haven, Conn Survived by wife and son
FRANK BENEDICT CLELAND, Ph B 1897 Born January
20, 1874, Brooklyn, N Y , died December 17, 1949, Hartford, Conn
Father, James Washington Cleland, an importer, son of James
and Elida (Schermerhorn) Cleland Mother, Josephine (Hubbell) Cleland, daughter of Charles P and Martha (Morton) Hubbell
Harvard School, New York City Select course
With Allen, Sand & Company, bankers and brokers, New York
City, 1898-1902, president Atlantic Motor Car Company, South Orange,
N J , 1908-9, secretary and treasurer Cleland-Cunningham Company,
real-estate brokers, New York City, district representative American
District Telegraph Company until about 1919, engaged in farming in
Suffern, N Y , until 1926 and in real-estate business until retirement
about 1930, member New York Home Guard, St Nicholas Society of •
New York, Royal Geographic Society of London, and St Bartholomew's
Episcopal Church, White Plains, N Y
Married (1) January 24, 1907, Washington, D C , Elizabeth Isabelle, daughter of Rhoades and Cornelia Eagle (Moore) Shepard
Mrs
Cleland died 1912 Married (2) December 20, 1915, Elizabeth, N J ,
Elizabeth Octavia, daughter of Felix Taylor and Anne (Penny) Taliaferro
Children Frank Taliaferro (Class of 1941), Elizabeth Josephine (Mrs Antony Hernandez)
Buried in Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn Survived by wife, children, and three grandchildren
JOHN D PERRY FRANCIS, Ph B 1897 Born October 31, 1876,
Norn^andy, Mo , died February 6, 1950, Santa Barbara, Calif
Father, David Rowland Francis, LL D (B A Washington Univ
1870), governor of Missouri 1889-93, Ambassador to Russia 1916-19,
son of John Broaddus and Eliza (Rowland) Francis
Mother, Jane
(Perry) Francis, daughter of John Deitz and Eliza Jane (Turner) Perry
^ale relatives include David R Francis, Jr , ?00 (brother), David R
Francis, 3d, '36, Sidney R. Francis, Jr , '39 E (nephews)
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Smith Academy, St
Louis
Select course, The Colony and Ber-
zelius
Associated with Francis, Bro & Company, St Louis, 1898 until
retirement 1942 (senior partner 1927-1942), member New York and St
Louis Stock exchanges, member St Peter's Episcopal Church, Ladue,
Mo
Married (1) January 31, 1900, St Louis, Emelie deMun, daughter of Dr Elsworth F Smith and Isabella (Chenie) Smith Mrs- Francis is deceased
Married (2) April 17, 1940, Tucson, Ariz , Ada Davis Burkham, daughter of Horatio Nelson and Cora Paschall (Tyler)
Davis
Death due to cerebral thrombosis Buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St Louis Survived by wife, and four brothers, Charles B Francis, '02, Talton T Francis, '07, Sidney R Francis (Class of 1912), and
Thomas Francis
RICHARD IRVING NEITHERCUT, Ph B 1897 Born November
18, 1875, Albany, N Y , died April 2, 1950, Bridgeport, Conn
Father, Richard Samuel Neither cut, in lumber business, Albany
and Bridgeport, son of John and Margaret (Montgomery) Neither cut
Mother, Emma A (Poole) Neithercut, daughter of John Poole, Jr ,
and Ellen (Strope) Poole
Bridgeport High School Electrical engineering course
With Bridgeport Brass Company 1897-1928 (assistant secretary
1917-18, secretary 1918-28), vice-president Industrial Administration,
Inc , 1929-30, president American Fiscal Corporation, charity commissioner Bridgeport 1916-18, 1922-24, executive secretary State Unemployment Commission about 1930-32, with Hincks Brothers & Company, Inc , investment bankers, Bridgeport, 1938-50 (vice-president
1944-50), industrial coordinator Fairfield County war training courses
on engineering science and management, member Bridgeport Chamber
of Commerce, Yale Engineering Association, and Society of Colonial
Wars, senior deacon United Congregational Church, Bridgeport
Married November 8, 1899, Brooklyn, Harriet Sawm, daughter
of Elliott and Edwina (Richards) Bigelow Children Margaret Montgomery (Mrs John F Windsor), Harriet Sawin (B A Smith 1928),
the wife of Frank J Jones, '28
Buried in Albany Rural
Cemetery Survived by wife, children, two grandchildren, and one
great-grandchild
WILLIAM KINNEY PIKE, Ph B 1897 Born May 12, 1873,
South Killingly, Conn , died January 27, 1950, Pomfret, Conn
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Father, George Washington Pike, a civil engineer in Killmgly,
son of Isaac and Rebecca (Briggs) Pike Mother, Laura (Stone) Pike,
daughter of David and Elizabeth (Potter) Stone Yale relatives include
a brother, George W Pike, '94 S
Damelson (Conn ) High School Civil engineering course, Senior
appointment, Sigma Xi
Worked on electrification of railroad into New York City from
vicinity of Stamford for short time after graduation, independently engaged as civil engineer in and around Damelson until retirement 1946,
member South Killingly Congregational Church
Married January 1, 1902, West Hartford, Conn , Lulu
May, daughter of John Elijah and Martha M (Chamberlm)
Wright
Children Eunice Rebecca (B A Mount Holyoke 1925),
Emily (B A Mount Holyoke 1927, Mrs S Daniel Juliani),
William Wright (B C E Northeastern 1932), Mary Dixon (B A
Mount Kolyoke 1937,/Mrs Darrison Sillesky)
Mrs Pike
died 1944
Death due to acute pulmonary congestion Buried in South
Killingly Cemetery Survived by children, seven grandchildren,
and a brother, Edward Pike
HAROLD HENRY PRATT, Ph B 1897 Born October 9, 1877,
Bristol, Conn , died March 11, 1950, Douglas, Ariz
Father, Henry S Pratt (B A 1863) Mother, Mary Eliza
(Peck) Pratt, daughter of James G Peck
Williston Academy Electrical engineering course, Franklin
Hall and Theta Xi
Engineering work with C & C Electric Company, George A
Fuller & Company, Otis Elevator Company, Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company, all in New York City, 1898-1903, with Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, consulting engineer Pacific Electric Company, Los Angeles, and engineer with U S
Reclamation Service, Roosevelt Dam, 1903-1905, engineer Dawson
(N Mex ) Fuel Company 1905-11, assistant consulting engineer
Phelps Dodge Corporation, Douglas, 1911-26, chief engineer 1926
until retirement 1936, member American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
Married (1) April 28, 1906, St Joseph, Mo , Helen, daughter of Alfred G Holland Mrs Pratt died 1934 Married (2)
June 13, 1936, New York City, Eleanor Carr (B A Umv Chicago
1908, M A Columbia 1926), daughter of Nelson and Ida (Roberts)
Carr
Death due to uremia
Buried in Calvary Cemetery, Douglas
Survived by wife
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CYRUS INCREASE BOSWORTH, Ph B. 1898. Born March 20,
1875, Elgin, 111 , died June 11, 1950, Wheeler, Ore
Father, William Eugene Bosworth (B A. Umv Chicago 1866),
drygoods merchant in Elgin, son of Increase Child and Mary Ann (Root)
Bosworth Mother, Ida Louise (Woodruff) Bosworth, daughter of
Cyrus Henry and Louisa (Sprague) Woodruff
Phillips-Andover
Civil engineering course, Franklin Hall and
Theta Xi
Civil engineer Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railroad Company 1898-1900, levelman, transitman, and assistant engineer Oregon
Short Line Railroad Company 1900-1903, bridge engineer Western
Maryland Railroad Company 1903-8, with Canadian National Railroad
Company 1911-14, retired 1930, member Baptist church, Elgin
Married September 17, 1902, Pocatello, Idaho, Bertha Edna,
daughter of Samuel Smith and Lucinda Abigail (Whittemore) Ramsey
Son Samuel Eugene (B S Oregon State 1928)
Buried in Sumner (Wash )
Cemetery Survived by wife, son, a sister, Mrs Ethel H Redeker,
and a brother, Walter H Bosworth
ROBERT ERNEST BROATCH, Ph B 1898 Born August 31,
1874, Middletown, Conn , died February 19, 1950, Milford, Conn.
Father, John Charles Broatch, secretary and superintendent
Middletown Hydraulic Department, son of Robert and Margaret (Martin) Broatch Mother, Gertrude Elizabeth (Allison) Broatch, daughter of Samuel Speer and Frances (Pilgrim) Allison
Middletown High School Civil engineering course, Freshman
Baseball Team, York Hall and Chi Phi
Engineer Berlin Iron Bridge Company 1899-1900, John B. McDonald Subway Construction Company 1900-1901, Berlin plant of the
American Bridge Company 1901-3, Milliken Brothers, New York City,
1903-4, Berlin Construction Company 1904-9, New England representative Metropolitan Bridge Company of New York City 1909-11,
sales department Locomobile Company of America, Bridgeport,
Conn , 1911-14 and Pierce Arrow Company of America 1914-20,
president and treasurer Bassick Service Corporation 1920, representative P W Brookes & Company, Inc , brokers, New York City,
1923-36, m landscaping department Woodmont (Conn ) Nurseries
1938, Connecticut representative priority department War Production Board 1943-45, retired 1946* member New York National
Guard (served m Spanish-American War), attended Umversalist
church
Married June 18, 1902, Middletown, Alice Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Bradley and Rachel (Fielding) Clark Children Robert
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Ernest, Jr (B A. Trinity [Conn ] 1941), Margaret Fielding, the wife
of H Carl Frantz, '30 S
Death due to dissecting aneurysm of aorta Buried in Indian Hill
Cemetery, Middletown Survived by wife, children, three grandchildren, and a brother, Frederick W Broatch
JAMES HESS, Ph B 1898 Born January 16, 1876, Easton,
Pa , died December 1, 1949, New Rochelle, N Y
Father, Harlan Page Hess, engaged in slate business in Easton,
son of James and Annetta (Pauli) Hess Mother, Anna Elizabeth (Hartpence) Hess, daughter of William Henry and Elizabeth (Johnson) Hartpence
Princeton Preparatory School Select course, Theta Delta Chi
LL B New York Law School 1900, lawyer in New York City 19001946 (assistant attorney and trial counsel Board of Transportation, New
York City, 1905 until retirement 1946), attended Lutheran church
Married October 5, 1910, New York City, Elsie Wmslow,daughter
of Rev William Titus Pray and Adelia Mary (Bardm) Pray
Ashes interred in Beechwoods
Cemetery, New Rochelle
Survived by wife and three sisters, Mrs
James G Stradling, Mrs Carl T Bilyea, and Mrs Helen H Moore
LEWIS CAMP McEWEN, Ph B 1898 Born April 15, 1871,
Seymour, Conn , died May 2, 1950, Seymour, Conn
Father, Virgil H McEwen, a merchant in Seymour and Naugatuck, Conn , son of David J and Francis J (Wooster) McEwen
Mother, Cornelia L (Camp) McEwen, daughter of Phmeas W and
Louise B, (McNeil) Camp
Seymour High School; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1895-96
Associated with S. B Church Company, Seymour, 1898 until
retirement 1932, member Congregational church, Seymour
Married (1) November 18, 1903, Fair Haven, Conn , Lulu A ,
daughter of Theodore Lennon Mrs McEwen died 1920 Married (2)
May 4, 1929, Oxford, Conn , Per sis, daughter of Richard Clinton
and Lena (Hutchinson) Jacobs
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Trinity Cemetery,
Seymour
Survived by wife and two sisters, Mrs Edward S Cooper
and Mrs E. Treat Hubbell
ROBERT DODD REYNOLDS, Ph B 1898 Born June 27, 1877,
East Orange, N J , died March 29, 1950, Orange, N J
Father, James Everett Reynolds, a commission merchant, East
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Orange, son of Daniel Dodd Reynolds Mother, Phebe Ann (Day) Reynolds, daughter of Robert Patten Day
Newark Academy Select course, chairman Triennial Committee
LL B New York Law School 1900, attorney in Newark 19001950 (partner Reed, Reynolds and Smith at time of death), vice-president National Lock Washer Company, Newark, 1917-50, Y M C A
secretary World War I, president Orange Bureau of Associated Charities 1932-48, member Essex County and New Jersey State Bar associations, New Jersey Audubon Society, New Jersey Historical Society,
attended Presbyterian church
Unmarried
Death due to hemorrhage from esophageal varix Buried in
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange Survived by two sisters, Mrs Joseph
M Merrill and Mrs Henry J Smith
CLARENCE GILMAN SPALDING, Ph B 1898 Born July 30,
1876, New Haven, Conn , died December 5, 1949, Milford, Conn
Father, Warren A Spaldmg, '81 S Mother, Myra S (Sanborn)
Spaldmg Yale relatives include Henry Spalding, '96 (brother), Otis
M Bigelow, '04, Stuart C Merwin, f08 S (brothers-in-law), Ruth
Spalding Bigelow (Class of 1909 Art) (sister); Warren S. Spalding
(Class of 1931) (nephew)
Hillhouse High School, New Haven Chemistry course, The
Colony and Berzelius
With Parke, Davis & Company, drug manufacturers, Detroit,
1898-1901, Ph G Detroit College of Medicine 1901, owner with father
Chemist and Drug Store, New Haven, 1902-26, owner Spalding & Company, drug manufacturers, New Haven, 1901-49, demonstrator in
pharmacy Yale 1904-14, State chemist 1932-36, chief chemist and
vice-president New Haven Laboratories, Inc , 1925-33, president
Connecticut State Pharmaceutical Association 1910, member St Mary's
Church (Roman Catholic), Milford
Married February 17, 1914, New York City, Mary Elizabeth,
daughter of John Henry McLaughlm and Mary Ann (Moore) McLaughlin
Children John Warren, Eleanor
Death due to coronary heart disease Buried in St Mary's
Cemetery, Milford. Survived by wife, children, two grandchildren, a
sister, Mrs Stuart C Merwin, and a brother, Edward B Spalding,
'03 S
GEORGE CLARKSON THRALL, Ph B. 1898 Born September
10, 1876, Omaha, Nebr , died March 12, 1950, Detroit, Mich
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Father, George Thrall, secretary Standard Screw Company, Detroit, son of Reuben Rose and Elizabeth (Gove) Thrall Mother, Jessie
Eliza (Clarkson) Thrall, daughter of George Graeme and Mary (Parsells)
Clarkson. Yale relatives include Frederick C Thrall, f96 S (brother),
Barbara Thrall Rogers (Graduate School 1937-39) (niece)
Phillips-Andover
Mechanical engineering course, Yale Corinthian
Yacht Club, Yale Battery
Successively manager Taylor Water Tube Boiler Company, Detroit,
and secretary-treasurer Kendall Peat Moss Company until retirement
1942, Major Infantry, World War I, member Christ Episcopal Church,
Detroit
Married (1) February 24, 1904, Detroit, Lillian Batchelor, daughter of Robert MacDougall and Lillie (Batchelor) Campau Children Constance (Mrs Sabme Lmton Baring-Gould), Robert MacDougall, r30 (died
1942). Mr and Mrs Thrall were divorced 1931 Married (2) July 17,
1941, Grosse Pomte Farms, Mich , Katharine Clemens Woodbury Altland, daughter of Edward and Mary (Simprecht) Woodbury
Death due to leukemia Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit
Survived by wife, daughter, and two grandchildren
OSBORNE ATWATER DAY, Ph B 1899 Born October 2, 1877,
New Haven, Conn , died January 30, 1950, New Haven, Conn
Father, Wilbur Fisk Day, president National New Haven Bank,
auditor Yale University many years, son of Zelotes and Eliza (Atwater)
Day Mother, Mary Jane (Osborn) Day, daughter of Walter and Mary
Jane (Reiner) Osborn Yale relatives include Arthur H Day, '89 S ,
Wilbur F Day, '92 S (brothers), Frank D. Tuttle, '87 (cousin),
Breckmridge A. Day, '13, Walter B Day, '16 S , Clive C Day, '17,
Gardiner M Day, '22 (nephews)
Phillips-Andover
Mechanical engineering course, editor Yale
Scientific Monthly Senior year, Sigma Delta Chi and The Cloister and
Book and Snake LL B 1902 (on Yale Law Journal board, member
Corbey Court)
Clerk White, Daggett & Tilson, New Haven, 1902-4, lawyer New
Haven 1904-9, secretary Union & New Haven Trust Company 1919-29,
vice-president 1929 until retirement 1948, director 1934-50, Class
secretary 1899-1950, vice-president New Haven Lawn Club Association
1927-50, a founder and secretary New Haven Foundation 1928-46, trustee The Anna Fuller Fund, director Farnam Neighborhood House, New
Haven Colony Historical Society, and Foote School, Lieutenant (j g )
U.S NavalReserveForce World War I, member Connecticut National
Guard (naval aide to Governor Simeon E Baldwin), member New Haven
County, Connecticut State, and American Bar associations, vestryman
Christ Church (Episcopal), New Haven
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Married September 19, 1916, New Haven, Gertrude Smedberg,
daughter of Capt George Hameken Kearny, U S N , and Isabella
(Smedberg) Kearny Children Isabelle Kearny, the wife of Thomas
Hooker, '38, Jane Osborn (B A Connecticut Coll 1944), the wife of
Newell Garfield, Jr , '45 W , Osborne Atwater, Jr , '43
Death due to coronary artery occlusion Buried in Grove Street
Cemetery, New Haven Survived by wife, children, and seven grandchildren
ROBERT PHILIP FLINT, Ph B 1899 Born April 13, 1876,
St Paul, Minn , died April 18, 1950, Santa Monica, Calif
Father, Rev Frederick Wilson Flint (B A Union Coll 1856)
Mother, Emily (Beardsley) Flint
Lawrenceville School Civil engineering course, Freshman and
University crews, vice-president Yale Boat Club, chairman Class
Day Committee, The Colony and Berzelius
President Carbonic Acid Gas & Oxygen Company, Los Angeles,
1899-1903 and Los Angeles Carbonic Company 1903-23, salesman
Wildman & Company., Los Angeles, 1923 until retirement 1931, engaged in war work with Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica,
1942-43, Lieutenant (j g ) U S Naval Reserve Force World War I
(on U S S Noma)
Married (1) April 6, 1909, Evansville, Ind , Margaret Grant,
daughter of James Gray Married (2) August 24, 1928, Riverside,
Calif , Dorothy Dunham Taylor
Survived by wife and a brother, Frederick Wilson Flint, Jr
FREDERICK BROWNE HARRISON, Ph B 1899 Born
December 25, 1875, Hartford, Conn , died July 26, 1949, Washington, D C
Father, Wallace Harrison, a machinist, son of David and Mary
(Plumb) Harrison
Mother, Hannah (Browne) Harrison Yale relatives include Charles B White (Graduate School 1906-7)(cousm).
Hillhous£ High School Select course, Senior appointment,
Sigma Xi- Student Graduate School 1899-1903 (Ph D 1908)
Teacher in School for Boys, St Paul's Parish, Baltimore,
1904-5, 1906-9, instructor English literature College for Women,
Western Reserve, 1905-6, master Tome School, Port Deposit, Md ,
1909-24, general reference and bibliography division Library of Congress 1926 until retirement 1946, supplied factual material for "The
Factfinder, " a radio program, 1946-47, member St Paul's Episcopal Church, New Haven
Unmarried
Buried m Milford Side Cemetery, Woodbridge, Conn
by no immediate relatives
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Survived
EDWARD CLARENCE DEAN, Ph B 1900 Born July 31, 1879,
Washington, D C , died March 31, 1950, Coconut Grove, Fla
Father, Edward Clark Dean, owner Michigan Car Company,
Detroit, son of David and Susannah (Clark) Dean Mother, Amanda
Marie Sibley Snell Dean, daughter of Hiram and Margaret (Harper)
Sibley Yale relatives include Frank H Snell, '82 (half brother),
Harold Sooysmith, '05, Kenneth C Sooysmith (Class of 1903 S ) brothers-in-law)
Friends' School, Washington Mechanical engineering course,
honorable mention in French Freshman and Junior years
B S in architecture Columbia 1904, attended Beaux Arts, P a r i s ,
1904-7, in office Delano & Aldrich, New York City, 1907-8 and John
Russell Pope 1908-9, architect in Washington 1910-15, New York City
1915-32 (developed Turtle Bay district 1919), and in Westchester County (N Y ), Connecticut, and Florida 1932 until retirement 1938, since
1938 devoted time to oil paintings and water colors, many of which have
been exhibited and sold, member Greenwich Art Society
Married November 12, 1918, Washington, Hilaire, daughter of
Charles and Pauline (Olmsted) Sooysmith
Children Peter Michael
(B A Princeton 1941, M D Columbia 1944), Cynthia Haven Dean Schubart Couture (Mrs Emile R Couture)
Survived by wife, children, and
four grandchildren
GEORGE WALTER DUDLEY, Ph B 1900 Born October 29,
1876, New Haven, Conn , died June 17, 1950, Milfordt Mass
Father, George E Dudley, a merchant in New Haven
Hillhouse High School, New Haven Electrical engineering course,
Sigma Xi
Electrical appraiser General Electric Company (Lynn, Mass )
1900-1903, assistant superintendent power station New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad Company, Warren, R I . , 1904-6, electrical engineer Boston Elevated Railway 1906 until retirement 1938, member
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Married June 23, 1906, Warren, Amy Gage
Children
Vera Gage (died in infancy), Gladys Gage (died m infancy), William Walter
Ashes interred in Mt
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass
Survived by wife, son, and
one grandchild
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CHARLES DAVENPORT LOCKWOOD, Ph B 1900 Born November 11, 1877, Stamford, Conn , died December 12, 1949, Stamford,
Conn
Father, Henry Lockwood, partner Lockwood & Palmer Company,
hardware merchants, Stamford, son of Gideon Weed and Mary (Ayres)
Lockwood Mother, Helen Maria (Davenport) Lockwood, daughter of
George and Amanda (Fuller) Davenpoi t Yale relatives include a brother-in-law, Andrew J Bell (Class of 1904) John Davenport, originator and champion of the idea for founding a college in New Haven was
his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather
Stamford High School Select course, honors in history and natural science Junior year, two-year honors Senior year, University
Debating Team, president Sheff Debating Club, captain University
Basketball Team Junior and Senior years, Sigma Xi Honorary member Berzehus
LL B. cum laude 1903 (on board Yale Law Journal,
Class president, first Wayland Prize, Corbey Court)
Deputy district attorney New York City 1903-6, lawyer in Stamford 1906-49 (partner Curamings & Lockwood at time of death), judge
Probate Court 1907-13, representative from Stamford in State legislature 1912-13, president Citizens Saving Bank 1919-36 and Stamford
Water Company 1932-43, vice-president First-Stamford National
Bank & Trust Company 1929-45, secretary Lockwood & Palmer Company 1914-34, judge advocate Second Company Governor's Foot Guard,
president Stamford Boys' Club, trustee and vice-president Stamford
Children's Home, on governing board Stamford Red Cross, Class agent
1920-36, member Stamford, Connecticut State, and American Bar associations, Masonic order, and St John's Episcopal Church, Stamford
Married October 13, 1906, Stamford, Gertrude, daughter of
Harry and Olive Elizabeth (Barber) Bell Children Charles Davenport,
Jr , Walter Bell, '33, Barbara Elizabeth, the wife of Garrett Bunker
(Class of 1935)
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in Woodland Cemetery, Stamford
Survived by wife, children,and three grandchildren
WILLIAM ALBERT HYDE, Ph B 1901 Born August 10, 1874,
Willmar, Minn , died April 27, 1950, Worcester, Mass
Father, Albert Abbott Hyde,a bookbinder in New Haven, Conn ,
son of William Albert and Martha W (Sackett) Hyde Mother, Ella
Rebecca (Hall) Hyde, daughter of William and Mary (Brown) Hall
Hillhouse High School, New Haven Electrical engineering
course, honors for excellence in mechanical drawing Freshman year,
two-year honors m all studies Senior year, Sigma Xi Student Graduate School 1901-3
Instructor mechanical drawing Boardman Manual Training High
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School, New Haven, 1901-2, student Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1902-3 (assistant in electrical laboratory), with Signal Corps,
Washington, 1904-5, electrical expert Ordnance Bureau, U S Navy,
1906-14, president Anchor Scale Company, construction engineers,
Cambridge, 1914-16, First Lieutenant Air Service World War I, Captain Aviation Section, Signal Corps Reserve, 1918-28, consulting engineer North Haven, Conn , director of research Leon J Barrett
Company, manufacturers centrifugal machinery, Worcester, Mass ,
1927-50, received Wetherill Medal 1939 from Franklin Institute for
outstanding work m field of physical sciences, contributed articles to
technical periodicals, state chairman community welfare committee
American Legion 1926-27, member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Masonic order, and Chestnut Hill Congregational Church, Worcester
Unmarried
Death due to coronary sclerosis Buried in Center Cemetery,
North Haven Survived by a brother, Everett W Hyde
RAYMOND MESERVE KELLOGG, Ph B 1901 Born February 15,
1881, New Haven, Conn , died February 27, 1950, Mt Vernon, N Y
Father, Cyrus William Kellogg, owner C W Kellogg & Company, artificial stone makers, New Haven, son of Henry and Lorraine
(Butler) Kellogg Mother, Fannie Georgia (MacLean) Kellogg, daughter of George and Ann (Bunnell) MacLean
Hillhouse High School, New Haven Mechanical engineering
course, Apollo Glee Club
Superintendent Westchester Lighting Company, Yonkers, 1901-7,
assistant gas engineer Mt Vernon 1908-21, engineer of tests Consolidated Gas Company, New York City, 1921-36, assistant engineer of
gas production of the successor firm, Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc , 1936-41, and assistant process engineer 1941 until
retirement 1947, member Empire Gas Association, Society of Gas
Engineers, American Gas Association, American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, Guild of Gas Managers of New England, Masonic order, and
First Presbyterian Church, Mt Vernon
Married July 7, 1906, Nyack, N Y , Grace Morgan, daughter of
Michael and Maria Cnstma (Demarest) Kline Son William Klme (B A
Cornell 1936)
Death due to arteriosclerotic renal disease Buried in Oak Hill
Cemetery, Nyack. Survived by wife, son, and a brother, Harrison
B Kellogg, '06 S
BENTON COOK MOSS, Ph B 1901
Born June 4, 1878, Lake
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Providence, La , died February 16, 1950, Kansas City, Mo.
Father, Charles Eugene Moss, a county judge, son of Charles
Eugene and Marcia (Castle) Moss Mother, Ida Lucretia (Green)
Moss, daughter of David Prentice and Lucretia (Cook) Green
Phillips-Andover
Select course, Theta Delta Chi
Successively purchasing agent Swift and Company, Kansas
City, Kansas City Railway and Lighting Company, and United
Mail Order Company, Kansas City, president Autogenous Welding
Devices Company and Missouri Trucking Company, and vice-president Central Acetylene Lighting Company until 1917, general manager Me Williams Coal Pockets, Inc , Whitestone, N.Y , 1917-19,
manager Sheldon School of Business Science, New York City, 1920,
proprietor and sales engineer B C Moss, power machinery and
supplies, Kansas City, 1920 until retirement, director Kansas City
Theatre Association and Kansas City Board of Public Welfare, associate member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, member
National Association of Steam Engineers, Engineers Club of Kansas
City, Masonic order, and Presbyterian church
Married February 26, 1910, Kansas City, Charlotte Frederica,
daughter of Charles Frederick Hutchmgs
Death due to probable bronchogenic carcinoma Buried in Kansas City Survived by wife, a sister, Mrs Cora Lucretia Mueller,
and a brother, Castle Prentice Moss
CHARLES EDWARD RUDD, Ph B 1901 Born January 2,
1881, Lakeville, Conn , died January 10, 1950, in Monte lair, N.J
Father, William Beardslee Rudd, manager The Holley
Manufacturing Company, Lakeville, son of Rev George Robert Rudd
and Frances (Beardslee) Rudd Mother, Maria Coffmg (Holley)
Rudd, daughter of Gov Alexander Hamilton Holley and Marcia (Coffing) Holley Yale relatives include Alexander H Rudd, '86 S
(See biographical sketch m this volume), Malcolm D Rudd (Class
of 1900) (brothers), William B Rudd, '10 S , Holley R Cantme,
•14 S , Theodore O Rudd, '24 S , Roswell H Rudd, '30 (nephews),
Thomas J Rudd, '44 S , A Holley Rudd, '46 E (grandnephews)
Hotchkiss School Mechanical engineering course, Phi Kappa
Epsilon and Book and Bond
Surveyor and general manager The Holley Manufacturing Company 1902-6 and president, secretary and treasurer Hans Rees 1 Sons,
leather tanners, New York City, 1908-11, vice-president and general
manager Asheville, N C ,1911-36, president 1936 until retirement
1945, director 1908-50 (chairman of the board 1945-50), vice-president Yale Alumni Association of Western North Carolina 1930-31,
sergeant Reserve Militia of North Carolina, member Sons of Amen-
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can Revolution, Sons of Veterans of Union Soldiers, and Congregational church, Salisbury, Conn
Married April 25, 1905, New York City, Emma Sands Rees
(Vassar 1902-4), daughter of John Krom and Louise (Sands) Rees Son
John Krom (B S Princeton 1938, M E. 1939)
Death due to subarachnoid hemorrhage Buried in Salisbury
Cemetery Survived by wife, son, and a grandson
WILLIAM BENHAM PRICE, Ph B. 1902 Born September 22,
1877, New Haven, Conn , died February 7, 1950, Waterbury, Conn
Father, William Whitney Price, founder Price Lee & Company,
publishers of directories, New Haven, son of William and Jane (Hme)
Price Mother, Adelaide Betsy (Benham) Price, daughter of William
and Nancy (Ives) Benham
Hillhouse High School, New Haven Chemistry course, Junior
honors, general honors in all subjects Senior year Graduate member
Sigma Xi
Chemist Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, 1902-6,
chief chemist and metallurgist 1906-42, research director 1942 until
retirement 1948, a pioneer metallurgist in brass industry, patented
alloy "admc" (admiralty nickel) 1925, awarded gold medal for development series of white gold alloys, coauthor Technical Analysis of
Brass and the Non- Ferrous Metals, representative Institute of Metals
division of mining and metallurgical engineers committee on International Cooperation, Switzerland, 1931, vice-president American Institute
of Metals 1915, on non-ferrous metallurgical advisory board U S Ordnance Department World War II, honorary member American Society
for Testing Metals, member American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers, American Chemical Society, American Electrochemical Society, Institute of Metals
(British), Yale Engineering Association, Chemists Club of New York
City, Sons of the American Revolution, and First Church (Congregational), Waterbury
Married June 14, 1905, Cleveland, Elsie Helen, daughter of
Thomas and Anna (Burns) Moore Daughter Betty Jane (Mrs Charles
C Goodrich)
Death due to a heart block Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, New
Haven Survived by wife, daughter, and two grandchildren
BAXTER REYNOLDS, Ph B 1902 Born August 29, 1881, Flushing, N.Y , died December 5, 1949, Pittsburgh, Pa
Father, William Wilson Reynolds (M D Jefferson Medical Coll
1891) Mother, Jessie (Charlick) Reynolds
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Peddie School Electrical engineering course
With New York Edison Company 1902-5, sales engineer an New
York City for Nernst Lamp Company of Pittsburgh 1905-6, manager
electrical department Fairbanks Morse & Company, New York City,
1906-8, with Burke Electric Company, Erie, 1908-11, successively
manager Eastern district Standard Life Insurance Company, district
agent Allen-Bradley Company, Milwaukee, and manager Diesel-electrical department L B. Smith, machinery, Camp Hill, Pa , 1911-49,
member Masonic order and Presbyterian church
Married August 3, 1908, Middletown, N Y., Sara Elizabeth
Simpson, daughter of L V Smsabaugh
Children Richard Baxter,
Arthur Simpson, '38 M , Martha Elizabeth (Mrs Arthur B Kent)
Survived by children
WILLIAM TRAVIS AYER, Ph B 1903 Born February 22,
1880, Saybrook, Conn , died November 12, 1949, Wilmington, Del
Father, Andrew Ayer, a farmer in Old Saybrook, son of
William Travis and Louisa (Clark) Ayer Mother, Agnes McLean
(Hynds) Ayer, daughter of John and Jean (McLean) Hynds
Morgan High School, Clinton, Conn Electrical engineering
course, honors in all studies Freshman year, Junior honors, Sigma
Xi
Assistant engineer New York Telephone Company 1903-8,
assistant engineer Ronald^Smith Company, manufacturers electrical instruments, New York City, 1908-10, superintendent McKiernan-Terry Drill Company, Dover, N J , 1910-18, design engineer
Hercules Powder Company, Wilmington, 1918-22, engineer in
special fields 1922 until retirement 1946, inventor Ayer shell machine, and perfected many design improvements in explosives,
water commissioner Dover, member American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Married (1) November 20, 1915, Dover, LucyR., daughter
of Frank and Catherine E Cox Mr and Mrs Ayer were divorced Married (2) Prudence L Connelly Curry
Survived by wife, a stepdaughter, Mrs Charles M. Oberly,
a stepson, James N Curry, and two sisters, Mrs Karl V Raymond and Miss Jean Ayer
JAMES MADISON BAYLES, Ph B 1903 Born July 22, 1880,
Port Jefferson, N Y ; died November 9, 1949, Beulah, Mich
Father, Hamilton Tooker Bayles, son of James Madison and
Desire Ann (Hawkins) Bayles Mother, Rosa Josephine (Horton)
Bayles, daughter of David and Sarah (Howell) Horton
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Norwich Free Academy Select course
With New York Bell Telephone Company 1903-5, 1906-14 (evening traffic manager New York City 1903-5, district traffic manager
with headquarters in Mt Vernon, N.Y., 1906-10 and Jamestown,
N Y , 1910-12, in Newark [ N . J ] headquarters 1912-14) and New
Jersey Bell Telephone Company 1914 until retirement 1935 (district
traffic manager with headquarters Asbury Park 1914-30 and traffic
employment supervisor Newark 1930-35), with Title Guarantee &
Trust Company, Brooklyn, 1905-6, in charge Army switchboards in
shore area, with headquarters Fort Monmouth, 1941-44, member
Telephone Society of New York and First Presbyterian Church, Asbury Park
Married June 2, 1908, Milwaukee, Althea Tooker Rogers (B A
Umv Wisconsin 1905), daughter of Augustus James and Charlotte Althea (Tooker) Rogers Children James Madison, Jr (B A
Dartmouth 1934, LL B George Washington Umv 1940), Rogers
(B A Dartmouth 1936), Richard Almy (died m infancy), David Hamilton (died in infancy), Donald Hamilton (B A. Amherst 1944, LL B
Harvard 1950)
Death due to leukemia Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Port
Jefferson
Survived by wife, three sons, three grandchildren, and
a sister, Mrs Frank S Child
DOUGLAS ROY HARTSHORNE, Ph B 1904 Born February
12, 1883, New York City, died April 21, 1950, New York City
Father, Richard Bowne Hartshorne, partner James M Hartshorne & Brother, bankers, New York City, son of James Mott and
Jane Ann (Bowne) Hartshorne
Mother, Josephine Eugenia Roe (Cummings) Hartshorne, daughter of Thomas Levi and Jane (Cook) Cummings
Wilson-Lyon School, New York City Select course, Class Golf
Team, editor Yale Scientific Monthly Senior year, The Colony and Berzelius
Broker m New York City 1904 until retirement 1938 (senior partner Hartshorne, Fales & Company at retirement), governor New York
Stock Exchange 1931-35, general manager Blackett & Dalby, executive
consultants, 1948-50, general salvage secretary Bureau of Industrial
Conservation, War Production Board, and in Office of Strategic Services, World War II, member Society of Friends
Married December 14, 1911, Rye, N Y , Leila Douglas, daughter of William M and Jessie (Stott) Whitney Children Whitney, '36,
Douglas, Jr (Class of 1943)
Buried in Albany (N Y ) Rural
Cemetery
Survived by wife, sons, two sisters, Mrs Charles F
Deshler and Miss Estelle Hartshorne, and two brothers, Howard M
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Hartshorne and Edward C
Hartshorne.
HOWARD SHEFFIELD JECK, Ph B 1904 Born March 24,
1883, Nashville, Tenn , died December 29, 1949, New York City
Father, Peter Jeck, wholesale and retail grocer, Nashville,
son of Johannes and Wilhelmenia (Klaar) Jeck Mother, Anna Maria
(Barth) Jeck, daughter of Johann and Elizabeth (Birkenmayer) Barth
Bowen School, Nashville Biology course, honors in German,
French, and biology Junior year and special honors Senior year, editor Yale Scientific Monthly Senior year, Class statistician
Instructor modern languages Bowen School 1904-6, M D Vanderbilt University 1909 (member Alpha Omega Alpha), postgraduate
student University of Vienna 1909-10, physician Nashville 1910-13,
interne Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1913-15 and St John's
Hospital, Brooklyn, 1913, urologist New York City 1915-49, assistant visiting surgeon department of urology Bellevue Hospital 192033, associate 1933-38, visiting surgeon in charge department of urology 1938-46, consultant 1946-49, professor urology and attending
urologist New York Polyclmic Medical School and Hospital 1937-49,
instructor clinical surgery department of urology Cornell University
Medical College 1920-30, assistant professor 1930-38, associate
professor 1939-49, associate visiting surgeon department of urology
New York Hospital 1932-48, urologist St Mark's Hospital, New York
City, 1926-33, consulting urologist St John's (Brooklyn), Good Samaritan (Suffern), Rockland State (Orangeburg), Nyack, Dobbs Ferry,
White Plains, Tarrytown, and Nor walk General hospitals, and Summit
Park Sanatorium, Pomona, N Y , president Society of Alumni of Bellevue Hospital 1946, fellow American College of Surgeons, member
American Urological Association,American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons, New York Academy of Medicine, American Medical Association, Chi Phi, and St George's Episcopal Church, New York City
Married October 10, 1918, in New York City, Norine Harriet,
daughter of Walter David and Mary Ellen (Rowan) Lever
Children
Henry Keyes, '42, Howard Sheffield, Jr , '42
Buried in Willowbrook Cemetery, Westport, Conn Survived by wife, sons, and a sister, Mrs
James B McKee
HAROLD KNIGHT, Ph B 1904 Born October 28, 1881, Stockport, Pa , died September 28, 1949, Middletown, N Y
Father, Warner Preston Knight, merchant and lumberman, Stockport, son of Richard and Cassandra (Lakin) Knight Mother, Henrietta
Maria (Hoxie) Knight, daughter of Allen Kenyon and Gulielma (Preston)
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Hoxie
Lawrenceville School Civil engineering course, St Anthony and
Delta Psi
Rodman, transitrnan, and engineer Erie Railroad Company 1904-5,
assistant engineer 1905-8, division engineer Allegheny Division, Salamanca, N Y , 1908-14, signal engineer Jersey City 1914-17, assistant
superintendent of maintenance New York City 1917-20, regional engineer
in charge of maintenance of way Ohio region 1920 until retirement 1928,
member American Railway Engineering Association, Railway Signal
Association, Masonic order, attended Presbyterian church
Unmarried
Buried in Stockport Cemetery
Survived by four sisters, Miss Annie P Knight, Mrs Floyd W Morgans,
Miss Elma H Knight, and Mrs Archibald E Vail, and a brother, Samuel P Knight, '99
WILLIAM JOHN O'MEARA, Ph B 1904 Born March 10, 1882,
New Haven, Conn , died December 27, 1949, New York City
Father, Thomas O'Meara, a construction foreman, New Haven,
son of Patrick and Sarah (Clarey) O'Meara
Mother, Bridget (Dore)
O'Meara Yale relatives include Edward P O'Meara, '99 L , Walter
E Joyce, '07 S (cousins), John W O'Meara, Jr (Class of 1939)(nephew)
New Haven Higfh. School Mechanical engineering course
With New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company 1904
until retirement 1947 (apprentice 1904-6, locomotive inspector Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, 1906-7, in charge
electrical equipment New Rochelle 1907-8, general foreman electric
equipment Grand Central Terminal, New York City, 1908-12 and in
Stamford 1912-17, road foreman electric locomotives 1917-29, assistant
master mechanic Harlem River Division 1929-47), member American
Institute of Electrical Engineers, New York Railroad Club, and Church
of the Blessed Sacrament (Roman Catholic), New York City
Married September 16, 1914, New York City, Anna Gertrude,
daughter of James and Mary Ann (Short) Duffy
Daughter Anita Marie
(New York Umv 1935-38, Mrs Arthur Carton),
Death due to a heart attack Buried in Madonna Cemetery, Fort
Lee, N J Survived by wife, daughter, a granddaughter, and a brother,
John W O'Meara (died September 1950)
CHARLES DONNELLY RAFFERTY, Ph B 1904 Born August
17, 1879, Pittsburgh, Pa , died October 27, 1949, Greenwich, Conn
Father, Gilbert Thomas Rafferty, president McClure Coke Com-
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pany, Pittsburgh
Mother, Harriett Martin (Oliver) Rafferty
Yale
relatives include William H Gelshenen, '03 S (brother-in-law),
Bernard Rafferty, '43 (nephew)
Phillips-Andover
Select course, University Football Team
(captain Senior year), Baseball Squad, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club,
chairman Triennial Committee, Book and Snake
Football coach at Yale 1904, with Homestead (Pa ) Works of
U S Steel Corporation 1904-13 and H J Baker & Brother, importers and dealers in chemical and fertilizer supplies, New York
City, 1913 until retirement about 1940 (senior partner at retirement),
member Yale Board of Athletic Control 1923-40.
Married June 15, 1912, New York City, Corinne, daughter of
William Henry and Katharine (Dunne) Gelshenen Children Brendan
Gelshenen, '37, Kevin Gelshenen, '38 (killed in service 1945), Martha
Endicott, Walter Gelshenen, '42
Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Buried in Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich
Survived by wife, daughter, two sons, a grandson,
and a brother, Maxwell L Rafferty (Class of 1910 S )
WALTER HOWARD SEAGRAVE, Ph B 1904 Born September
12, 1881, Toledo, Ohio, died August 10, 1949, Cleveland, Ohio
Father, Francis E Seagrave, '68* Mother, Charlotte Caroline
(Lee) Seagrave
Mercersburg Academy Select course
LL B Western Reserve 1907 (member Alpha Delta Phi), lawyer m Cleveland 1907-49 (partner Snyder, Seagrave, Roudebush &
Adrion at time of death), secretary and treasurer Universal Products
Company, charter member Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland, member
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Bar
associations, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Western Reserve Historical Society
Married June 6, 1911, Cleveland, Alice Duty (B A Western Reserve 1905), daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Cozad) Duty
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland
Survived by wife and a sister, Mrs Jessie S Eastell
HAROLD GRAHAM ALEXANDER, Ph B. 1905 Born September
5, 1882, Cleveland, Ohio, died June 28, 1950, Cleveland, Ohio
Father, William David Brown Alexander, manufacturer in Cleveland Mother, Lida Jane (Graham) Alexander
Asheville (N C ) School Select course, University Track Team,
Class statistician
Private secretary to president National Screw & Manufacturing
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Company, Cleveland, 1906-20, president 1920 until retirement 1940,
member St Paul's Episcopal Church, East Cleveland
Married June 9, 1908, Cleveland, Eleanor, daughter of George
Lewin and Winifred (Johnston) Quayle Children Eleanor (Mrs John
Venning), Winifred Jane (Mrs William Gerhauser)
Buried in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland
Survived by wife, children, and five grandchildren
STEPHEN CLARK CHENEY, Ph B 1905 Born February 4,
1883, Manlius, N Y , died January 5, 1950, Manlius, N Y
Father, Walter William Cheney, president S Cheney & Son,
grey iron foundries, Manlius, son of Stephen and Mary Melissa
(Pierce) Cheney Mother, Delia Leora (Clark) Cheney, daughter of
Bronson and Charlotte Chloe (Barnes) Cheney Yale relatives include
a brother, Walter W Cheney, Jr , '10 S
St John's School, Manlius Mechanical engineering course
Draftsman American Window Glass Company, Jeannette, Pa ,
and Pennsylvania Rubber Company 1905, in shipping department S
Cheney & Son 1905-6, time clerk 1906-12, assistant superintendent
1912-15, secretary 1915-39, president and general manager 1939-50,
trustee Manlius Village, on board of managers Onondaga Tuberculosis
Sanatorium, member First Universal Church, Syracuse
Married August 30, 1910, Fayetteville, N Y , Ladye Katharine
Smith (B A Vassar 1909), daughter of L Bertrand and Ladye Love
(Hall) Smith Children Charlotte Katharine (Radcliffe 1933-34, Mrs
Gorham Kingman Crosby), Stephen Smith (B S Syracuse 1939)
Buried in Manlius Cemetery
Survived by wife, children, five grandchildren, and a brother, John P
Cheney, '07 S
WARREN WITHERELL HILDITCH, Ph B 1905 Born October
5, 1883, Thompsonville, Conn , died January 11, 1950, Erie, Pa
Father, Hugh Hilditch, a grocer m Thompsonville, son of William
and Isabella (Harrison) Hilditch Mother, Mary Cecelia (Callahan)
Hilditch, daughter of John and Ann (Cleary) Callahan
Enfield (Conn ) Public High School Biology course, honors in
biology Junior and Senior years, general two-year honors Senior year
Ph D 1909
With Hartford and Springfield Street Railway Company 1905-6,
student Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 1905-7, instructor chemistry
Syracuse University 1909-10, assistant professor in charge department
of physiological chemistry 1910-11, chief of staff clinical laboratories
of Dr Ernest E Smith, '88 S , New York City, 1911-14, owner
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Hilditch Laboratory, Newark, 1914-15, pathologist and director Graves
Laboratory, Memorial Hospital, Orange, N J , 1915-20, pathologist
and director laboratory Harriot Hospital, Erie, 1920-27, owner Hilditch
Laboratory, Erie, 1927 until retirement 1946, contributed to many
scientific periodicals, member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, Masonic order (secretary Grotto Club [later Saga Club], Erie, 1946-50), and Church of the
Covenant (Presbyterian), Erie
Married October 6, 1911, Warehouse Point, Conn , Martha
Isabel Fiske (B A Mount Holyoke 1909), daughter of Walter Ellsworth
and Julia Aurelia (Pascoe) Fiske
Children Julia Fiske (B A Maryville Coll 1936, Mrs Robert Howard Toms), Warren Fiske (B A
Gannon Coll 1947), Barbara Fiske (B A Lake Erie Coll 1942), Hugh
Fiske (killed in service 1945)
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried m Erie Cemetery
Survived by wife, daughters, one son, four grandchildren, a sister,
Miss Isabel H Hilditch, and a brother, Eldon L Hilditch, '10 L
JOSEPH WALKER KENNEDY, Ph B 1905 Born December 16,
1885, Pittsburgh, Pa , died March 28, 1950, Pittsburgh, Pa
Father, Julian Kennedy (Ph B 1875) Mother, Jennie Eliza
(Breneman) Kennedy Yale relatives include a nephew, Julian K
Miller, '31
Shady Side Academy Mechanical engineering course
Successively with Adrian Furnace Company, DuBois, Pa , Iroquois Iron Company, South Chicago, Wickwire Steel Company, Buffalo,
and Spartansburg (S C ) Power Company 1906-9, consulting engineer
with father in Pittsburgh 1909-32, associated with brother m Ontario
Coal Company and Fowler Coal Company, vice-president Poland Coal
Company 1912-50, secretary Emerald Coal Company 1912-41, trustee
Arnold School, Pittsburgh, member American Society of Mechanical
Engineers and First United Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh
Married April 5, 1911, Pittsburgh, Kathenne Browne Worcester
(B A Vassar 1907), daughter of Edward and Jane Tunis (Sargent)
Worcester
Children Joseph Walker, Jr , '32 S , Jane (B A Vassar
1934, Mrs John Charles Ferguson), Worcester (died m infancy),
Wmthrop Sargent, '38 E , Taylor Linn (Colgate Class of 1942),
Kathenne Worcester (B A Wheaton 1943, Mrs George Williams),
Abigail Worcester (Sweet Briar Class of 1945, Mrs Charles Kenneth
Bryant)
Death due to an embolism
Buried in Homewood Cemetery,
Pittsburgh
Survived by wife, daughters, three sons, eleven grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs R Templeton Smith and Mrs John L
Miller, and a brother, Julian Kennedy, Jr , '08 S
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HAROLD MILTON ROBERTS, Ph B 1905 Born July 16, 1884,
Montclair, N J , died December 26, 1949, New York City
Father, Frederick Emmons Roberts, commission merchant New
York City, son of Frederick Augustus and Mary Sterling (Emmons)
Roberts Mother, Mathilda Irene (Smith) Roberts, daughter of Atchison Preston and Maria (Eagles) Smith
Montclair High School Electrical engineering course, Freshman Banjo and Mandolin Club, Phi Sigma Kappa
Assistant engineer New York Telephone Company 1905-11, construction engineer James Stewart & Company, Inc , contractors, New
York City, 1911-14, 1930-49, assistant sales engineer Edison Storage
Battery Company 1914-22, business manager Hearst Publications, Inc
(New York Journal-American) 1922-30, member Church of the Heavenly Rest (Episcopal), New York City
Married May 2, 1917, New York City, Hazel Young, daughter of
Egerton Ames and Margaret Emma Bliss
Children Millicent Margaret (Mrs George Krieger), Harold Milton, Jr , '45 WE
Death due to coronary sclerosis Buried in Rosedale Cemetery,
Orange, N J Survived by wife and children
EARL TAPPAN STANNARD, Ph B 1905 Born December 9,
1882, Chittenango, N Y , died September 9, 1949, near St Joachim,
Quebec
Father, Burdette Stannard, a farmer in Chittenango, son of
William Henry and Lucy (Morris) Stannard Mother, Valenta Emaline
(Young) Stannard, daughter of James Hawley and Ann Elizabeth (Tappan)
Young
Phillips-Andover
Mining engineering course, honors in mathematics Freshman year, honors in mining engineering Junior and Senior
years, general two-year honors Senior year, Sigma Xi,The Cloister and
Book and Snake Student Graduate School 1905-6
Superintendent milling Federal Lead Company, Flat River, Mo ,
1906-10, with Braden Copper Company, Rancagua, Chile, 1911-14,
president 1933-49, general manager mining operations Kennecott
Copper Corporation in Alaska 1915-23, vice-president m New York
City 1923-33, president 1933-49, head Alaska Steamship Company 192042, D Eng Michigan College of Mining and Technology 1936, vice-president Class 1930-49, member executive committee Yale Alumni Board
1941-44, and member-at-large 1943-46, chairman Engineering Division
President's Committee on University Development, as head of United
States Copper Association worked out cooperative understanding with
world producers of copper (decorated 1935 by King Leopold of Belgium),
chairman Code Authority for the copper industry under National Recovery Administration, member Yale Engineering Association and
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Chittenango Episcopal Church
Married June 11, 1918, New York City, Jeannette, daughter
of Michael and Kate (Reardon) Condon Daughter Ann Tappan (died
1928)
Killed m an airplane crash Buried in Ferncliff Cemetery,
Ardsley, N Y Survived by wife, a sister, Mrs Louise Stannard
Tifft, and a brother, Bruce Morris Stannard
GEORGE BROOKS ARMSTEAD, Ph B 1906 Born May 30,
1883, New Haven, Conn , died March 7, 1950< Wethersfield, Conn.
Father, James Benson Armstead, a carriage manufacturer in
New Haven, son of James Benson and Elizabeth (Story) Armstead
Mother, Louise (Brooks) Armstead, daughter of Herrick and Matilda
(Doolittle) Brooks
Booth Preparatory School, New Haven Select course, University Gymnastic Team, Alpha Chi Rho
Reporter New Haven Leader 1906-7, city editor New Haven
Evening and Sunday Leader 1908-9, editor Lynn (Mass ) Evening News
1909-11, Sunday editor New Haven Union 1911-13, editor 1913-16,
city editor New Haven Journal-Courier 1916-18, editor Sunday section The Hartford (Conn ) Courant 1920-21, assistant managing editor 1921-24, managing editor 1924 until retirement 1940, news commentator WDRC (Hartford) 1943-46, an authority on Connecticut
government affairs, editor administrative reports for State 1947-50
(State Services, Connecticut State Government), Y M C A secretary American Expeditionary Forces World War I, in publicity department British Expeditionary Forces, Palestine and Egypt, 191820, president Connecticut circuit Associated Press, member American Society of Newspaper Editors, Foreign Policy Association, Sons
of the American Revolution, Yale Engineering Association, and
Masonic order
Married (1) October 7, 1908, Brooklyn, N Y , Marion, daughter of Henry B and Emily Brinsmade (Grannis) Gorham Son James
Gorham (B S Rensselaer 1932) Mrs Armstead died 1912 Married (2) January 5, 1927, Oak Park, 111 , Frances Josephine Lakm
(B A Univ Michigan 1914), daughter of Henry Robert and Jessie
Fremont (Lytle) Lakin Children George Brooks, Jr (B S. Univ
Connecticut 1950), Jessie Louise (Russell Sage Coll Class of 1952)
Buried in Wethersfield
Cemetery Survived by wife, children, and two grandchildren
KARL HOWELL BEHR, Ph B 1906 Born May 30, 1885,
Brooklyn, N Y , died October 15, 1949, New York City
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Father, Herman Behr, owner Herman Behr & Company, Inc ,
New York City, son of Henry Edward Behr Mother, Grace (Howell)
Behr, daughter of William Wallace Howell Yale relatives include a
brother-in-law, William M, Newsom, '09 S
Lawrenceville School Select course, Freshman Baseball and
Football teams, Freshman honors, University Hockey Team, University Tennis Team (captain Junior and Senior years), vice-president
Intercollegiate Tennis Association 1904-5, Junior Promenade and
Triennial committees, Linonia Society, The Cloister and Book and
Snake
In selling department Herman Behr & Company, Inc , 1906-7,
director 1912-25, LL B Columbia 1910, with McKeen, Brewster &
Morgan, lawyers, New York City, 1910-12 and Kidder, Peabody &
Company 1912-13, secretary-treasurer Eastern States Oil Company,
president Martin Metals Corporation 1920-23, head industrial department Dillon, Read & Company, Inc , investment bankers, 192428, president 1928-49, listed as nation's No 3 tennis player 1907 and
1914 (member U S. Davis Cup Team 1907), Alumni Fund agent 190625, 1934-49, director Yale Alumni University Fund Association (vicechairman 1938-40), captain Motor Transport Corps World War I,
member Association of Ex-members of Squadron A, St Nicholas
Society, Yale Engineering Association, and St James Protestant
Married March 1, 1913, New York City, Helen Monypeny,
daughter of Logan Conway and Sally (Monypeny) Newsom
Children
Karl Howell, Jr , '37, Peter Howell, '37, James Howell, Sally Howell
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Morristown (N J ) Cemetery Survived by wife (Mrs Dean Mathey), children, seven grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs Archibald M Reid and Mrs John Milne,
and two brothers, Herman Behr and Max H Behr, '05 S
LAWRENCE ABRAHAM SIMMONS, Ph B 1906 Born April
15, 1883, Lmcolnville, S C , died November 10, 1949, Clifton Park,
NY
Father, Rev Abraham Simmons (B A Talladega Coll 1893)
Mother, Maria (DeWitt) Simmons
B A Talladega 1903 Mechanical engineering course at Yale
Became engineer with General Electric Company, Schenectady,
in 1906 (turbine experimental and research work), member Yale
Engineering Association and Congregational church
Married November 15, 1913, Margaret H Williams Children
Williams DeWitt, Lawrence Hutchmson, Margaret Adelaide
Death due to cerebral embolism
Buried in Park View
Cemetery, Schenectady
Survived by wife (died July 1950),
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children, and one grandchild
WILLIAM ROSE BENET, Ph B 1907 Born February 2, 1886,
Fort Hamilton, N Y , died May 4, 1950, New York City
Father, Colonel James Walker Bene't, U S A Ret (grad U S
Military Academy 1880), son of Brigadier General Stephen Vincent
Bene't and Laura (Walker) Benet
Mother, Frances Neill (Rose) Bene't,
daughter of William John and Mary Lee (Mahon) Rose
Yale relatives
include Laurence V Bene't, '84 S (uncle), Stephen Vincent Bene't, '19
(brother), Thomas Carr Bene't, f49 (nephew)
Albany Academy
Select course, editor Yale Record and chairman board Yale Courant Senior year, member Elizabethan Club
Free lance writer 1907-11, reader Century Magazine 1911-14,
assistant editor 1914-18, assistant editor The Nation's Business,
Washington, 1919-20, associate editor "Literary Review" New York
Evening Post 1920-24, a founder and associate editor weekly column
"The Phoenix Nest" Saturday Review of Literature 1924-29, contributing editor 1929-50, contributed to "The Conning Tower" New York
Herald Tribune, author Merchants from Cathay, Falconer of God,
Great White Wall, Burglar of the Zodiac, Perpetual Light, Moons of
-Grandeur, First Person Singular, Flying King of Kurio, Wild Goslings,
Man Possessed, Rip Tide, Starry Harness, Golden Fleece, With Wings
as Eagles, The Dust which is God (Pulitzer Prize 1942), Day of
Deliverance, A Book of Poems in Wartime, American Parable, Stairway of Surprise, Spirit of the Scene, My Brother Steve, Inheritance,
Day's End (National Playwriting Award 1939), coauthor Saturday
Papers, and Adolphus, editor Poetry of Freedom, Fifty Poets - An
American Auto-Anthology, Anthology of Famous English and American
Poetry, Prose and Poetry of Elinor Wylie, Collected Poems of Elinor
Wylie, Great Poems of the English Language, Reader's Encyclopedia,
The Chimaera, Poems for Youth, coeditor Twentieth-Century Poetry,
Oxford Anthology of American Literature, Poetry of Freedom, The
Stag's Hornbook, Adventures in English Literature, translator
Claudel's The East I Know, contributed to Encyclopaedia Britannica and
many periodicals, vice-president National Institute of Arts and Letters
1944-46, secretary 1947-50, lecturer Mills College 1936 and 1937,
Hon M A Yale 1921, Litt D Dickinson College 1933, Second Lieutenant U S Air Service, World War I, member Episcopal church
Married (1) September 3, 1912, Port Washington, N Y ,
Teresa Frances, daughter of James Alden and Josephine (Moroney)
Thompson
Children James Walker, 2d (B A Stanford 1935), Frances
Rosemary (Mrs Richard Smith Dawson), Kathleen Anne (Mrs. George
Blanchard Fry)
Mrs Benet died 1919 Married (2) October 5, 1923,
Elinor Hoyt Hichborn Wylie, daughter of Henry Martyn and Anne
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(MacMichael) Hoyt Mrs Benet died 1928 Married (3) March 15,
1932, New York City, Lora, daughter of George M Baxter
Mr and
Mrs Bene't were divorced 1937 Married (4) June 22, 1941, Newtown, Conn , Marjorie, daughter of George Nelson and Charlotte
Augusta (Brooks) Flack
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Death due to arterial disease
Ashes interred at summer home,
Pigeon Cove, Mass Survived by wife, children, ten grandchildren,
and a sister, Miss Laura Bene't
FLOYD LINSLEY HAMILTON, Ph B 1907 Born November
18, 1885, Ogallala, Nebr , died February 25, 1950, San Francisco,
Calif
Father, William Henry Hamilton, engaged in real-estate and insurance business Wayne and Ogallala, Nebr , and postmaster Ogallala,
son of Edwin and Louisa (Helfenstem) Hamilton Mother, Mary Emma
(Lmsley) Hamilton
Cornell University 1904-5 Entered Yale Junior year, select
course
With Marshall Wells Hardware Company, Spokane, Wash , 1908-9,
owner hardware business Pullman, Wash , 1910-21 and F L
Hamilton Planing Mill, manufacturers of window and door frames,
San Francisco, 1921-50
Married January 7, 1913, Pullman, Sylvia Odessie, daughter of
Jesse Bowman Son Wade P Mr and Mrs Hamilton were divorced
Death due to empyema of gall bladder
Buried in Woodlawn
Cemetery, San Mateo County, Calif
Survived by son, a grandson, a
brother, Claude Irving Hamilton, a half sister, Miss_Mildred Louisa
Hamilton, and a half brother, Clarence Edwin Hamilton
ROLLAND MILES HASTINGS, Ph B 1907 Born December
19, 1883, Braceville, 111 , died December 12, 1949, Glendale, Calif
Father, Charles Eli Hastings, associated with Hastings Industrial Company, Chicago, son of Eli and Elizabeth (Kerr) Hastings
Mother, Elizabeth (Baker) Hastings, daughter of Captain William
Baker and Elizabeth (Viner) Baker
Chicago Latin School Select course
With Hastings Industrial Company 1907-13 (vice-president in
1913), president National Dairy Machine Company, Goshen, Ind , 191420, with Federal Securities Corporation, Chicago, 1920-27, Gundlach
Advertising Company 1929-30, and Paine, Webber & Company,
Chicago, 1931-49, member Belden Avenue Presbyterian Church,
Chicago
Married May 22, 1909, Milwaukee, Wis , Edith Rexford, daugh-
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ter of Joseph Purmort and Mary (Rexford) Eames
Children
Elizabeth Janet (B A Northwestern 1932, Mrs Rufus S Camp),
Richard Eames (Umv Michigan Class of 1939)
Death due to acute myocardial infarction
Ashes interred in
Glendale Columbarium
Survived by wife, children, one grandchild,
a sister, Mrs Albert S Martin, and a brother, Charles E. Hastings
ROSWELL PARK, Ph B 1907 Born August 12, 1885, Buffalo,
N Y , died August 28, 1949, Buffalo, N Y
Father, Roswell Park, LL D (B A Racine 1872, M D Northwestern 1876), professor surgery University of Buffalo, son of Rev
Roswell Park and Mary Brewster (Baldwin) Park Mother, Martha
Prudence (Durkee) Park, daughter of Julius Augustus and Delight
(Champlm) Durkee
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The Hill School Select course, Freshman and Class football
teams, captain Class crew, University Track Team, vice-president
University Athletic Association Senior year, Freshman, Apollo, and
University Glee clubs, secretary Sheff Y M C A Junior year, Freshman Class president, cup man, Senior Promenade Committee, St Anthony and Delta Psi
With Wickwire Steel Company, Buffalo, 1907-10, president and
treasurer Seneca Rubber Company, manufacturers agents, Buffalo,
1910-12, vice-president Republic Engineering & Construction Company 1912-13, with Deuel, Lapey & Company, Inc , general insurance,
Buffalo, 1914-17, president Park, Harrison & Thomas, Inc , insurance, 1917, vice-president Park, Thomas & Company, Inc , 1919-22,
president 1922-28, independently engaged in insurance business 192831, insurance broker Gurney, Overturf & Becker, Inc , Buffalo, 193149, First Lieutenant Infantry World War I, vice-president Yale Association of Western New York 1923-24, president 1926-27, member
Trinity Episcopal Church, Buffalo
Married (1) October 31, 1910, Buffalo, Phoebe, daughter of
George Ingraham and Grace (Tappan) Seney Mr and Mrs Park were
divorced 1921 Married (2) New York City, Vera King, daughter of
Christian Wagener Mrs Park is deceased
Death due to cirrhosis of liver
Ashes interred in Forest Lawn
Cemetery, Buffalo
Survived by a brother, Julian Park, LL D
JOHN SHERMAN PECK, Ph B 1907 Born November 27, 1885,
Syracuse, N Y , died February 2, 1950, Willoughby, Ohio
Parents, Frank Andrew and Elizabeth (Hulett) Peck Yale relatives include Wilber S Peck, Jr , '99
Lawrenceville School Select course, Freshman Football Squad,
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Sheff Debating Society, York Hall and Chi Phi
With American Multigraph Company, Cleveland, 1907-10 (manager Buffalo branch 1908-10) and Crowell & Little Construction Company, Cleveland, 1910-34 (vice-president 1919-34), president Peck &
Udell Construction Company, Cleveland, 1934-50, member executive
board Building Trades Employers Association
Married (1) April 14, 1909, Cleveland, Helen Mary, daughter of
Arthur and Alice Cogswell Children Carolyn Cogswell (Mrs Maurice
L Jenks, Jr ), Janet Ritchie (Mrs Albert C Fisher), Katharine B
(Mrs Allen F Thomas), Helen C (Mrs Robert N Ball) Mrs Peck
died 1939 Married (2) November 19, 1942, Catherine Russel
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland Survived by wife, daughters, and six grandchildren
ARTHUR HARDING BOSWORTH, Ph B 1908 Born February
4, 1886, Denver, Colo , died November 1, 1949, Boston, Mass
Father, Joab Otis Bosworth, president Denver Fire Clay Company, son of Daniel L and Mary (Case) Bosworth Mother, Leonora
Nettie (Snyder) Bosworth, daughter of George and Mary Adelaide Harding) Snyder
East Denver High School Mechanical engineering course, Freshman Glee Club, secretary Freshman Union, vice-president Sheff Debating Society Senior year, treasurer Sheff Y M C A Senior year, Yale
Corinthian Yacht Club, St Elmo and Delta Phi
With William E Sweet & Company, investment bankers, Denver,
1908-13 and vice-president its successor Sweet, Causey, Foster &
Company 1913-16, founder, and president Bosworth, Chanute & Loughridge & Company, investment bankers, Denver, 1916-46 and chairman
board merger firm Bosworth, Sullivan & Company 1946-49, vice-president Denver Union Stockyards Company 1926-49, Denver War Chest,
Inc , and Civic League, secretary-treasurer Colorado Yale Association 1917-19, president 1928-29, chairman Yale Endowment Fund Campaign (Denver) and Alumni War Service Committee, member Masonic
order and Church of the Ascension (Episcopal), Denver
Married October 22, 1912, Denver, Loula, daughter of John Albert and Loula (Bartlett) Ferguson
Children Arthur Ferguson, '38,
Elizabeth Ferguson (Mrs Barry Morey Sullivan)
Death due to coronary artery disease Buried in Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver Survived by wife, children, five grandchildren,
and a brother, Robert Graham Bosworth
CONSTANTINE MEGERDITCH CONSTANTIAN, Ph B 1908 Born
December U, 1881, Killis, Asia Minor; died June 11, 1950, Perm Yan, N Y
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Father, Megerditch Car abed Constantian, a shoe dealer in
Killis Mother, Mariam Hogop (Varshabedian) Constantian
B A Central Turkey College 1902 Chemistry course at Yale,
general honors Junior year, two-year honors Senior year
Technical chemist Tabriz Renovating Company, New York City,
1909-11, general manager chemical processing fabrics plant, Brooklyn, N Y , 1911-12, partner plant for chemical treatment of oriental
rugs, London, England, 1913-15, 1920-21, acid plant superintendent
Atlas & Hercules Powder Companies, Reynolds, Pa , 1915-18, dye
manufacturer American Aniline Products, Inc , Lock Haven, Pa ,
1918-20, president Kashmir Refimshing Company, Inc , Long Island
City, N Y , 1922-38, president Standard Rug Refimshing Company,
New York City, 1938-39, partner and general manager Consolidated
Rug Washers, Inc , chemical processing of imported rugs, Jersey
City, N J , 1939-50, member Congregational church
Married January 8, 1910, Jersey City, Lillian Josephine Haase
Coerr, daughter of Frederick William and Elisabeth (Gates) Haase
Death due to ruptured retroperitoneal aneurysm Buried in
Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn Survived by wife, two stepdaughters, Mrs James Gule and Mrs Joseph Stanley Woyden, and
one step-grandchild
JOSEPH ALLEN PECK, Ph B 1908 Born March 14, 1885,
Hartford, Conn , died June 8, 1950, Worcester, Mass
Father, Franklin Joseph Peck, associated with Rowland Machine Company, son of Seth and Wealthy Ann (Sheldon) Peck Mother,
Mary (Ensign) Peck
Crosby High School, Waterbury, Conn Electrical engineering
course, prize for excellence in German Freshman year
Engineering assistant United Wireless Telegraph Company,
New Jersey Works, 1908-10, 1911, with Crocker-Wheeler Company,
Ampere, N J , 1910-11, engineering and inspection department
Western Electric Company, New York City, 1911, engineering department Public Service Electric Company, Newark, N J , 1912-19,
assistant engineer New England Power Service Company, Worcester,
Mass, 1919-28, assistant engineer mechanical engineering department New England Po"wer Association, Boston, 1928-50, inventor hydraulic meter, a patented system of pressure taps for hydraulic turbines, with Munitions Development Laboratory, University of Illinois,
1944-45, member Wesley Methodist Church, Worcester
Married June 18, 1913, East Orange, N J , Iva May, daughter
of Frederick Lupton and Alice May (Jackson) Snedeker
Children
Allen Snedeker (B A Bluefield Coll 1936), Virginia Laurel (Mrs
Norman Frank Blais) Mrs Peck died 1934
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Death due to arteriosclerotic heart disease Buried in Hope
Cemetery, Worcester Survived by children and four grandchildren
JOHN WILLIAM SHEA, Ph B 1908 Born June 29, 1885,
Springfield, Mass , died June 2,, 1950, Springfield, Mass
Parents, James Henry and Agnes (Lynch) Shea
Dean Academy, Franklin, Mass, Massachusetts Institute ol Technology 1905-6 Entered Yale Junior year, civil engineering course
Worked in New Haven, Conn , much of the time since graduation (associated with New Haven Paving Commission and Board of
Education), at Hog Island Shipyard, Philadelphia, during World War I
Unmarried
Death due to bronchopneumonia Buried in St Michael's Cemetery, Springfield
GEORGE WILLIS SHUBERT, Ph B 1908 Born May 10, 1885,
New Haven, Conn , died December 27, 1949
Father, Willis Brooks Shubert, a mechanic in New Haven Mother, Ella (Townsend) Shubert
Boardman Manual Training School, New Haven Mechanical engineering course, University Choir
Successively with Hewitt Motor Company, New York City, test
engineer Standard Aniline Products, Inc , Wappingers Falls, N Y ,
representative De La Vergne Machine Company, Eustis, Fla , and
president Tropical Refrigerating Company, Tampa, Fla , until 1941,
chief of refrigeration for overseas supply Division Engineering and
Development Branch O C E , Washington, 1941-43, district engineer
Universal Cooler Corporation, Washington, 1943
Married June 11, 1913, New Haven, Emma L , daughter of
Charles Haible
Survived by wife
WILLIAM WALTER TAYLOR, Ph B 1908 Born October 25,
1888, Birmingham, England, died August 13, 1949, Owensboro, Ky
Father, Walter William Taylor, engineer New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad Company, son of John and Elizabeth (Chamberlain)
Taylor Mother, Ellen (Halward) Taylor, daughter of William and
Mary (Davis) Halward
New Haven High School Mining engineering course, honors in
mining engineering Junior year, two-year honors Senior year
With Ray Consolidated Copper Company, Arizona, 1909-11 and
Canadian Copper Company 1911-16, assistant superintendent construe-
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tion Braden Copper Company, Chile, 1916-20, with T L Smith Company, construction equipment, Milwaukee, 1920-22, Dwight P . Robinson & Company, Inc , 1922-31 (built sulphur plant Freeport, Texas,
1922-23, steam heating plant Pittsburgh 1923-25, sugar refinery
Sugar Land,Texas, 1925-27, steam heating plant New York City 1927,
Youngstown [Ohio] Sheet & Tube Company 1927, superintendent construction La Croze subway, Argentina, 1928-31), and M W Kellogg
Company 1931-37 (Whiting, Ind , 1931-32, m France 1932-33, 1934-35,
Bradford, P a , 1935-37), engineer Calco Chemical Company 1933-34 and
in Philadelphia 1937-38, with F H McGraw & Company, Pittsburgh,
1938-39 and Ulen & Company, New York City, 1939-41, in charge construction Naval Ordnance plant Louisville, Ky , 1941-42, project engineer high octane aviation gasoline plant, Houston, Texas, 1943-44,
construction manager Chilean Trading Company, Corporacion de
Formerito, and Cia de Acero del Pacifico, Chili, 1944-48, project
manager Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, Lexington, Ky
(pipe line construction Texas Gas Transmission Lines, Memphis)
1949-49, member Yale Engineering Association, American Institute
of Mechanical Engineers, and All Saints' Church (Episcopal), New
Haven
Married October 25, 1916, Lexington, Margaret, daughter of
Stanley and Elizabeth (Featherston) Milward Children Elizabeth
Milward (B A Cornell 1941, Mrs John Jay Roscia), Margaret Milward (B A Cornell 1945, Mrs James Ross Macdonald)
Death due to a heart attack Survived by wife, daughters,
three grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs Gilbert H Fulton
WILLIAM LLEWELLYN FOX, Ph B 1909 Born September
21, 1887, Cobourg, Ont , died June 23, 1950, New Haven, Conn
Father, Denman Fleming Fox, dry goods merchant in Cobourg,
son of Mitchell and Mary (MacDonald) Fox Mother, Mary Abigail
(Rush) Fox, daughter of Daniel Frederick and Jane (MacKenne) Rush
Yale relatives include Denman F Fox, '04 (brother), Phyllis Ross
Saranec (M A 1944) (niece)
New Haven High School Select course at Yale
Assistant manager Mexican department Munson Steamship Lines,
New York City, 1909-26, manager 1926-32, successively manager
properties of Douglas L Elliman & Company, Inc , New York City,
and vice-president Flaherty Associates, New York City, until 1942,
executive vice-president Van Dam Management Company, New York
City, 1942-45, representative in Manila for Plastic Wire & Cable Corporation 1945-46, president Rayco, Inc, Hope Valley, R I , 1946-50,
member St Brendan's Roman Catholic Church, New Haven
Married June 22, 1917, Marjorie, daughter of George and Sarah
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(Franz) Leonard Son William Llewellyn, Jr , (grad Cotton Coll
fEnglandJ 1937) Mr and Mrs Fox were divorced
Buried in St Lawrence Cemetery,
New Haven 'Survived by son, two grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs
Margaret Fox Ross and Carolyn Fox Lawton (Yale Department of Education 1921-22, 1925-26), and a brother, Frank Fox
ALEXANDER NIMICK, Ph B. 1909 Born October 30, 1888,
Pittsburgh Pa , died November 20, 1949, in Sewickley, Pa
Father, William Howard Nimick, president Keystone National
Bank, Pittsburgh, son of Alexander and Henrietta (Howard) Nimick
Mother, Letitia (Tyson) Nimick, daughter of James Wood and Elizabeth (Dawson) Tyson. Yale relatives include William H Nimick,
3d, f45 W (nephew).
Shady Side Academy Mechanical engineering course, Yale
Corinthian Yacht Club
Attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1909-10, with
Colonial Steel Division, Vanadium Alloys Steel Company, Monaca,
Pa , 1910-14, 1915-49 (in shipping department 1913, clerk and chief
engineer 1915-29, works manager 1929-49), with Koppers Company
1914-15, member Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania and
Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh
Married February 19, 1916, Baltimore, Md , Martha Keyser,
daughter of Frederick Augustus and Catherine Elizabeth (Webb)
Levering Children Alexander, J r . (B F A Umv Pennsylvania
1941), Webb Levering, '44 S , Howard Tyson (Class of 1952 E,)
Death due to heart attack Buried in Homewood Cemetery,
Pittsburgh
Survived by wife, children, three grandchildren, three
sisters, Mrs William S MacLaren, Mrs Henrietta N Jennings,
and Mrs Gordon Millspaugh, and two brothers, Tyson Nimick and
William H. Nimick, Jr (Class of 1913 S ).
JAMES PARKER, 3D, Ph B 1909 Born January 4, 1885,
Harnsburg, P a . , died September 20, 1949, West Palm Beach, Fla
Father, Colonel James Parker, Jr , U S A (Columbia Class
of 1880), son of James Parker
Mother, Gertrude Wyeth (Shunk)
Parker, daughter of Colonel William Shunk and Gertrude (Wyeth)
Shunk
St Paul's School, Concord, N H Select course
Civil engineer Guayaquil & Quito Railway 1909-10, chief engineer 1924-25, in automobile sales business New York City (successively with Locomobile Company of America and Fuller-Luce Company), engaged in real-estate business in West Palm Beach at the
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time of his death, did research work among primitive head hunters of
the Andes, associated with Old Hickory Plant, explosives, Nashville,
Tenn , World War I, senior administrative assistant Radar Division,
Office of Chief Signal Officer, Washington, World War II
Married in 1914, New York City, Elizabeth Staley Mr and
Mrs Parker were divorced 1924
Ashes interred in Florida
ROSWELL JOHN ROTH, Ph B. 1909. Born February 10,
1884, Watertown, N Y , died March 18, 1950, Grabill, Ind
Father, Florentine Daniel Roth, president and general manager
F D Roth Company, real estate and dry goods, Watertown, son of
John W and Elizabeth Roth Mother, Emily Virginia (Santee) Roth,
daughter of Palmer and Mary Elizabeth (Lerch) Santee.
Lawrenceville School Select course, cup man, member St
Anthony and Delta Psi
Secretary and treasurer F D Poth Company 1909 until retirement 1922, engaged in farming Ashevnle, N C , 1930-37, resided m
Grabill since 1941, member Watertown Presbyterian Church
Married July 17, 1930, Greenville, S C , Leah Victoria,
daughter of Elias and Queen Victoria (Lawhead) Amstutz
Death due to pneumonia
Buried in Leo Memorial Cemetery,
Allen County, Ind Survived by wife
WILLIAM EDWARDS BREWSTER, Ph B. 1910 Born June
14, 1883, Iron Mountain, Mich , died December 19, 1949, Chicago,
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Father, Edward E. Brewster, '78 S Mother, Elizabeth
(Edwards) Brewster
Yale relatives include a cousin, William B
Hubbard, '01 S
Hotchkiss School Metallurgy course at Yale
Inspector of steel Wisconsin Steel Works of International Harvester Company 1910-14, assistant superintendent blast furnace
department 1914-28, superintendent 1928-36, assistant general
superintendent 1936-45, general superintendent and manager of
operations 1945 until retirement January 1, 1949, iron and steel
production consultant 1949, charter member Blast Furnace & Coke
Association (secretary 1920-22, president 1923), member Sheet and
Plate Institute of Northern Indiana (secretary 1934-35), American
Institute of Metallurgical and Mining Engineers (chairman iron and
steel division 1946-50), American Iron & Steel Institute, Yale Engineering Association, Illinois chapter Sons of the American Revolution,
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and Bryn Mawr Community Church, Chicago
Married June 16, 1925, Latrobe, Pa , Jean Lucille Hughes
(Pittsburgh Coll for Women 1908-9), daughter of James Wilson and
Jane (Zimmers) Hughes
Buried in North Cornwall (Conn )
Cemetery Survived by wife, two sisters, Misses Margaret H and
Frances Brewster, and a brother, Edwards Pierpont Brewster
CHARLES GOODWIN, Ph B 1910 Born November 23, 1886,
Brooklyn, N Y , died December 7, 1949, Forest Hills, N Y
Father, George Bennett Goodwin, president George B Goodwin & Bro Coal Company, Brooklyn, son of Charles and Hannah
(Bennett) Goodwin Mother, Eleanor Eliza (Goodman) Goodwin,
daughter of Doctor S and Emma Zelpha (Whipple) Goodman
Polytechnic Preparatory School, Brooklyn
Forestry course,
Freshman Hockey Team, University Basketball Team, Delta Theta
ajnd The Colony and Berzelius
Student School of Forestry 1910-11
Assistant superintendent of woodlands Delaware & Hudson
Railroad Company 1911-17, secretary-treasurer E G Moore Company, Inc , wholesale drygoods, Plattsburgh, N Y , 1917-27, travelled 1927-29, manager Plattsburgh branch Jenks, Gwynn & Company, stock brokers, New York City, 1929-33 and Hemphill, Noyes
& Company 1933-34, president Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn,
193"4-49, member St Thomas' Episcopal Church, Brooklyn
Married June 4, 1913, Brooklyn, Anita Marie, daughter of
Henry Peter and Jeanette Marie (Kornder) Alsgood
Children
Charles, Jr (Class of 1936 S ), George Bennett (B S Columbia
1938), Robert (B S Rutgers 1943)
Buried in Evergreen
Cemetery, Brooklyn Survived by wife, children, seven grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs Hannah Goodwin Hamblet
KENNETH STONE HALL, Ph B 1910 Born September 5,
1888, Portland, Ore , died September 28, 1949, Portland, Ore
Father, Robert Foote Hall, owner general hardware business
Portland, son of Charles Belden and Sarah (Foote) Hall Mother,
Aletta (Lindsley) Hall, daughter of Aaron Ladner and Julia (West)
Lindsley
Choate School Civil engineering course, Yale Corinthian
Yacht Club
With U S Engineering Department Portland 1910-12, partner
Gilbert-Hall Company, testing and inspecting engineers, Portland,
1912-17, superintendent Burrell Engineering & Construction Com-
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pany, Portland, April-October 1917, designing engineer and superintendent Utah Lime & Stone Company, Salt Lake City, October -December 1917, engineer Oregon State Highway Department 1919-23, owner
automotive business Dallas, Ore , 1923-26, with Sun-Portland Cement
Company, Portland, 1926-27, president and manager Bitumels Asphalt Sales Company, Portland, 1928-41, construction designer and
supervisor Civil Aeronautics Administration, Seattle, 1941-45, paving
consultant and engineer Portland Gas & Coke Company 1945-49, First
Lieutenant Engineer Corps World War I (overseas 1918-19), member
Oregon Society of Engineers, American Association of Engineers,
American Legion, Masonic order, and First Presbyterian Church,
Portland
Married March 12, 1920, Eugene, Ore , Eileen Fannie Tomkins (Umv Oregon 1917-18), daughter of Valentine Walter and Quida
J. (Bunker) Tomkins
Death due to cirrhosis of the liver
Buried in Riverview Cemetery, Portland
Survived by wife and a brother, Lmdsley Foote Hall
ALBERT KERR, Ph B 1910 Born April 24, 1888, Brooklyn,
N Y , died August 3, 1949, Newport, R I
Father, Robert Kerr, member Stemecke & Kerr, manufacturers
of cigars, Brooklyn, member Rhode Island House of Representatives,
son of Robert Johnston and Elizabeth Ball (Rusher) Kerr
Mother,
Anna (Burggraf) Kerr, daughter of Mathias Burggraf
Yale relatives
include Robert W Kerr, '03 M (brother), Robert Johnston Kerr
(Class of 1952), John Hoare Kerr (Class of 1955) (nephews).
Roger High School, Newport
Civil engineering course
With Kerr Brothers, contractors, Newport, 1910-24, president
Kerr Store, Inc , drygoods, Newport, 1924-48, E S Peckham Coal
Company and E S Peckham Ice Company 1920-48, and E S Peckham Towboat Company 1934-48, member St George's Episcopal
Church, Newport
Married October 18, 1913, Newport, Maude Caswell, daughter
of Edward Major and Elizabeth (Caswell) Riley Children Maude,
Anna (Mrs Arthur Roche, Jr )
Death due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease Buried in
Island Cemetery, Newport Survived by wife, children, three grandchildren, and two brothers, Francis R Kerr (Class of 1912) and
Edgar J Kerr
FREDERICK LEE McNALLY, Ph B 1910 Born November
16, 1839, Chicago, 111 , died March 24, 1950, Chicago, 111
Father, Frederick George McNally, president Rand McNally &
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Company, printers and publishers, Chicago, son of Andrew and Delia
(Hyland) McNally Mother, Lydia L (Wyles) McNally, daughter of
William Henry and Anna C. (Pickett) Wyles Yale relatives include
Andrew McNally, 3d, '31, Ward McNally, '38, Frederick G McNally
(Class of 1941) (nephews)
University School, Chicago Select course, member The Colony
and Berzehus
Salesman Rand McNally & Company 1910-20, general sales manager 1920-24, executive vice-president and general sales manager 192434, executive vice-president 1934 until retirement 1938, director 193850, Lieutenant (j g ) U S Naval Reserve Force in World War I, president Chicago Hospital Council, founder Leland (Mich ) Foundation, second vice-president Yale Club of Chicago 1931-32, vice-president 193233, president 1933-34, chairman Yale Scholarship Trust of Illinois
1931-46, director 1946-50, chairman Committee on Enrollment and
Scholarships Yale Alumni Board 1944-46, director Grant Hospital,
member National Press Club, Washington, and Art Institute of Chicago
Married July 31, 1920, Chicago, Helen Constance Walsh Castle,
daughter of Robert John and Margaret Cecelia (White) Walsh
Buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago Survived by wife, brother, Andrew McNally (Class of
1909 S ), and a stepdaughter, Mrs Charles Y Freeman, Jr
CHARLES SOLBERG TRAER, Ph B 1910 Born November 24,
1890, Chicago, 111 , died October 25, 1949, Chicago, 111
Father, Glenn Wood Traer, president Illinois Collieries Company, Chicago Mother, Ida (Solberg) Traer
Harvard School for Boys Forestry course, Sophomore Crew,
York Hall and Chi Phi
Superintendent Traer Coal Company, Danville, 111 , 1910-12
and Illinois Coal Operators Mutual Employers Liability Insurance
Company, Chicago, 1912-15, treasurer and manager MacMurray
Steel Hoop Company, Chicago, 1915-17, general manager Riverdale Works of Acme Steel Goods Company, Chicago, 1919-36, treasurer 1922-35, second vice-president 1935-36, vice-president and
manager production 1936-41, president 1941-48, chairman of the
board 1948-49, director Truax-Traer Coal Company, Captain Infantry World War I, member American Iron and Steel Institute
Married (1) July 2, 1931, Evanstdn, 111 , Josephine Louise,
daughter of Ira Louis and Mary Lena (Shumate) Thomas Children
Thomas Norton (died in infancy), Mary Rose Married (2) August
23, 1940, Chicago, Mrs Marjone Arnold
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago Survived by wife, daughter, a stepdaughter, Pat-
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ricia Arnold, and a brother, Glenn W Traer, '09 S
MYRON ELMER FULLER, Ph B. 1911 Born June 4, 1889,
Boston, Mass , died August 31, 1949, Mountain Lakes, N J
Father, George Warren Fuller (B S Massachusetts Inst Technology 1890), partner Fuller & McClintock, consulting sanitary engineers, New York City, son of George Warren and Harriet (Craig)
Fuller
Mother, Lucy (Hunter) Fuller
Phillips-Andover
Sanitary engineering course, Freshman and
University Football teams, member York Hall and Chi Phi
Assistant engineer Fuller & McClintock 1911-16, 1920-22, Bureau of Surveys, Department of Public Works, Philadelphia, 1916-17,
and U S Shipping Board, Hog Island Shipyard, Philadelphia, 1917-19,
sales engineer asphalt department Atlantic Refining Company, Philadelphia, 1923-24, production engineer Vogt Manufacturing Company,
Rochester, 1924-25, Philadelphia representative Charles E Bedeaux
Company, industrial engineers, New York City, 1925-26, vice-president 1926-42, vice-president Albert Ramond & Associates, Inc , industrial engineers, New York City, 1942-49, head line football coach
at Yale 1922-27 and Tulane and West Virginia universities, University
of North Carolina, Colby College, and Stevens Institute of Technology,
director Yale Football Y Association 1941-49, member American Society of Civil Engineers and St Peter's Episcopal Church, Mountain
Lakes
Married October 18, 1911, New York City, Grace, daughter of
Richard Handfield and Harriet (Bishop) Tithermgton
Children Donald Craig, '37, Myron Elmer, Jr , Marjorie Ann, Nancy (Mrs Thomas
Stanley Light)
Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried m West Laurel Hill
Cemetery, Bala-Cynwyd, Pa Survived by wife, children, four grandchildren, and two half brothers, John Kemp Fuller and Asa W. Fuller,
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PIERPONT LANGDON MINOR, Ph B 1911. Born December
10, 1889, Greenwich, Conn , died January 22, 1950, Clearwater,
Fla
Father, Sheldon E Minor, '82 S Mother, Mary Elizabeth
(Pierpont) Minor Yale relatives include James Pierpont (B A
1718) (great-great-great-grandfather), Samuel Pierpont (B A 1718)
and Benjamin Pierpont (B A 1726) (great-great-great-great-uncles),
John Pierpont (B A 1804) (great-great-uncle), Henry Pierpont (M D
1854) (great-uncle), John Pierpont, '83 (uncle)
Greenwich Academy Civil engineering course, honors m Ger-
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man F r e s h m a n year, Sheff Debating Society
Assistant engineer S E Minor & Company, Inc , Greenwich,
1911-17, superintendent of highways Town of Greenwich 1920-40, r e search fellow Bureau of Street Traffic R e s e a r c h , Yale University,
1940-41, superintendent paving division Austin Company of Cleveland,
construction of defense plants, Fort Worth, Texas, 1941-42 and Oklahoma City 1942-43, assistant civil engineer Civil Aeronautics Administration, Danville, Va , 1943 until r e t i r e m e n t 1944, F i r s t Lieutenant Engineers World War I (overseas 1917-18), member Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers, Sons of the American Revolution, and
Bridge water (Conn ) Congregational Church
Married October 28, 1918, Hastings-on-Hudson, N Y , Olive
M a r i e , daughter of F r e d e r i c k Upham and Alice (Whitaker) Adams
Daughter Nancy Adams (B A Guilford Coll 1944, M r s C a r r e l l
Graham Mead)
Death due to chronic parenchymatous nephritis Buried in
M o r r i s (Conn ) Cemetery Survived by wife, daughter, and two
grandchildren
ANGELO HERBERT BENNELL, Ph B 1912 Born June 13,
1885, Sydenham, England, died July 2, 1949, Youngstown, Ohio
F a t h e r , Angelo Jethro Archibald Bennell, in insurance busin e s s in Morristown, N J , son of J a m e s Bennell Mother, Mary
Ann (Langham) Bennell, daughter of Mary Ann Langham
Hopkins G r a m m a r School Select course, F r e s h m a n Glee
Club, Phi Gamma Delta
Salesman Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company 1912-21, with
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York 1922-49 (special agent
Youngstown 1922-31, manager Pittsburgh agency 1931-33 and 194149, and Cleveland 1933-41), awarded C L U (American College of
Life Underwriters) 1929, captain Ohio Home Guard, s e c r e t a r y Yale
Alumni Association of Youngstown 1924-25, 1930-31, member
Masonic order and F i r s t P r e s b y t e r i a n Church, Youngstown
M a r r i e d F e b r u a r y 3, 1916, Youngstown, Laura Belle, daughter
of Frank Woodruff and Lide M o r r i s (Ward) Powers
Children
Charles Herbert (Williams Class of 1940), David Langham (Lehigh
1940-41, killed in service 1945), F r a n c e s
Death due to ruptured aneurysm of abdominal aorta
Buried
in Belmont P a r k Cemetery, Youngstown Survived by wife, daught e r , one son, and three grandchildren
CLARENCE IVINS BRADLEY, Ph B 1912 Born August 13,
1891, Branford, Conn , died April 29, 1950, Rocky Hill, Conn
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Father, Charles Francis Bradley, owner Charles F Bradley
Store, drygoods, Branford, son of James Harvey and Olive (Kelsey)
Bradley Mother, May (Ivms) Bradley, daughter of John and Isabella
.(Downing) Ivins
Branford High School Mining engineering course, Alpha Sigma
Phi Postgraduate student Sheffield Scientific School 1912-14
Associated in father's business 1913-15 and with Cheney Brothe r s , silk manufacturers, South Manchester, Conn., 1915-16, partner
Bradley Brothers, general merchandise, Branford, 1916 until retirement 1947, town assessor, Branford, 1927-46, private (1st class) U S
Army Ambulance Service, attached to French Army World War I
(awarded Croix de Guerre), captain Connecticut State Guard World
War II, commander and adjutant Corcoran-Sundquist post American
Legion, member Trinity Episcopal Church, Branford
Married October 4, 1919, Branford, Hazel Marguerite, daughter of Clarence Herbert and Hattie Melissa (Hughes) Ryder
Children
Dorraine Ivms (B S Umv Connecticut 1945, Mrs James Ross Leake),
Alan Ryder (B S Springfield Coll 1951)
Death due to peritonitis Buried in Center Cemetery, Branford
Survived by wife, children, two grandchildren, and a brother, J Arthur Bradley
HAROLD MENDELL COBB, Ph B 1912 Born November 25,
1889, New Bedford, Mass , died April 24, 1950, Mt Airy, Pa
Father, Oliver Warren Cobb (M D Univ. Virginia 1897), a
physician in Easthampton, Mass Mother, Ella Frances (Bassett)
Cobb Yale relatives include Zenas M Briggs, '98
Williston Academy Civil engineering course, University Basketball Team Senior year, Picture committee
Successively engineer Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Boston
& Albany Railroad, and with U S Reclamation Service, Montana, 191215, farm manager and irrigation engineer Montana Ranches Company,
Helena, 1915, special agent Mountain States Telegraph & Telephone
Company 1915-17 and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Dallas,
Texas, 1919-21, salesman G H Walker Company, investments, St
Louis, 1921-23, independent broker St Louis 1923-25, engineer and
superintendent construction Texas Power & Light Company, Dallas,
1925-27, engineer Philadelphia Electric Company 1927-42, engineer
Safety and Security branch, Ordnance Department, Springfield, 194243, assistant to plant engineer Budd Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, 1944 until retirement about 1946, First Lieutenant Signal
Corps World War I (overseas 1918-19), member First Methodist Church,
Germantown, Pa
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Married April 28, 1918, Dallas, Anna Shelly, daughter of Richard S. Card Son- Harold Mendell, J r . , '43 E
Death due to ulcers and complications Buried in Marion, Mass
Survived by wife and son
BOARDMAN CONOVER, Ph.B 1912 Born January
19, 1892, Chicago, 111 , died May 5, 1950, Chicago, 111
Father, Charles Hopkins Conover, president Hibbard, Spencer,
Bartlett & Company, wholesale hardware, Chicago, son of William
Schenck and Elizabeth (Gangwer) Conover Mother, Delia Louise
(Boardman) Conover, daughter of Henry Elderkm Jewett and Ann
(Gookin) Boardman
The Hill School Civil engineering course, member Phi Sigma
Kappa and Alpha Mu Lambda
Rodman and levelman U S Reclamation Service, Las Cruces, N
Mex , 1912-13, in engineering corps Pennsylvania Railroad Company
1913-14, \salesman Stewart Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of
die castings, Chicago, 1914-17, associated with Chicago Natural History Museum (Field Museum) 1920-50 (associate in ornithology and
made life member 1924, patron 1926, contributor 1930, research associate in birds 1936, trustee and corporate member 1940, benefactor
1950, participated in expeditions to Canada, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Alaska, Belgian Congo, Tanganyika, and Uganda), on Bering Sea
Expedition Biological Survey of U S Department of Agriculture, had a
unique collection of over 18,000 birds, author Catalogue of Birds of
the Americas and Adjacent Islands, contributed to scientific publications, member advisory council Peabody Museum (Yale) 1931-45,
First Lieutenant Field Artillery World War I (overseas 1918-19),
trustee Chicago Zoological Society, fellow American Ornithologists
Union and American Geographical Society, member American Legion
and St Chrysostom's Church (Episcopal), Chicago
Unmarried
Death due to cardiac failure Buried in Graceland Cemetery,
Chicago Survived by three sisters, Miss Margaret Boardman Conover, Mrs Eugene S. Talbot, and Mrs Ralph W Owen
LLOYD SCRIBNER COONEY, Ph B 1912 Born August 15,
1891, Babylon, N Y ; died December 17, 1949, Riverside, Conn
Father, William Stearns Cooney, cotton converter Lesher,
Whitman & Company, Greenwich. Mother, Josephine Goldsmith
(Scribner) Coone,
,
Brunswick School, Greenwich Mechanical engineering course,
contributed to Scientific Monthly, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Phi
186
Sigma Kappa
Successively economic engineer, general superintendent, and
chief engineer Abendroth Brothers, stoves, heaters, and grey-iron
castings, Port Chester, N Y , 1912-32, office manager law firm
Cummmgs & Lockwood, Stamford, 1932 until retirement 1947, warden
Saint Saviour's Church (Episcopal), Greenwich
Married (1) March 29, 1913, Greenwich, Roberta Jay, daughter
of Robert Jay and Anna Augusta (Merritt) Walsh Children Robert
Scribner (died 1943), Roberta Walsh (Mrs Robert Ignatius Reynes)
Mrs Cooney died 1930. Married (2) April 16, 1932, Greenwich,
Christine Boylston (grad New York School of Design 1918), daughter
of Rev Charles Walter Boylston and Eliza Bates (Smith) Boylston
Death due to cirrhosis of the liver
Buried in Old Church Cemetery, South Glastonbury, Conn Survived by wife, daughter, three
grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs Mary Cooney McCord and Mrs
Claire Cooney Atwood, and a brother, Stanley Cooney
SPAULDING HOWE, Ph B 1912 Born May 1, 1889, Wheaton,
Minn , died September 13, 1949, Spokane, Wash
Father, Peirce Lyman Howe, president Imperial Elevator Company, gram elevators and lumber yards, Minneapolis, Minn
Mother,
Minerva Adele (Marble) Howe Yale relatives include a brother, L
Vernon Howe, '09 S
Haverford School Select course, Freshman and University
Track teams, secretary-treasurer Class Junior year, Yale Corinthian
Yacht Club, York Hall and Chi Phi
Worked in sawmill and as salesman Eureka (Mont ) Lumber
Company 1912-16, vice-president Imperial Elevator Company 1916-17,
secretary-treasurer 1919-49, executive partner Howe & Betcher Lumber Yards, Inc , Minneapolis, 1935-44, secretary-treasurer Turtle
Mountain Supply Company, building materials, 1925-35, executive
partner 1935-44, owner Idaho Pine Mills and Dairyland Yards, lumber
manufacturing and retailing, Spokane, and Eau Claire, Wis , 1942-49,
Second Lieutenant First Field Artillery, Minnesota National Guard,
1916, Second Lieutenant Field Artillery in World War I (St -Mihiel
drive and Argonne offensive, certificate University of Toulouse 1919),
graduate 4th Army Orientation course, Command and General Staff
School, Fort Leavenworth, 1943, member Wisconsin and Northwestern
Retail Lumbermen's Association and Cathedral of St John the Evangelist (Episcopal), Spokane
Married January 7, 1920, Minneapolis, Mary Watzek, daughter
of Charles Howard and Marguerite Lodge (Hopkins) Hood Children
Mary Hopkins (Smith 1938-39, Univ Minnesota 1939-40), Spaulding,
Jr , '44, William Hood, '50
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Death due to aortic aneurism Buried in Lakewood Cemetery,
Minneapolis Survived by wife, children, and a brother, Lyman Howe
RAYMOND WHEELER PR ANN, Ph B 1912 Born July 20,
1891, Westbrook, Conn , died March 28, 1950, Milford, Conn
Father, Chester Webb Prann, a grocer in Branford, Conn ,
son of John Wheeler and Helen (Webb) Prann Mother, Alice Eliza
(Stannard) Prann, daughter of Richard and Eliza (Lay) Stannard
Branford High School Civil engineering course, honors in
German Freshman year and in French and German Junior year
Civil engineer and roadmaster The Connecticut Company, New
Haven, Conn , 1912-41, superintendent of construction Robert R
Prann Construction Company, Santurce, Puerto Rico, 1941-43, plant
layout engineer Sargent & Company, New Haven, 1943, manager
Milford Water Company 1943-50, member Connecticut Society of
Civil Engineers, Masonic order, and St Peter's Episcopal Church,
Milford
Married January 9, 1915, New Haven, Annice Bartholomew,
daughter of Arthur Samuel and Charlotte Squire (Bartholomew)
Fowler
Children John Richard, '39 S , Robert Fowler, '44
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Center Cemetery,
Branford
Survived by wife, children, four grandchildren, mother,
and three brothers, C Perry Prann, '12 S , Robert R Prann, '14 S ,
Clifford P Prann, '19 S
CHARLES CLARK AYRES, Ph B 1913 Born June 25, 1887,
Farmmgton, Conn , died August 10, 1949, Hartford, Conn
Father, Henry Wilcox Ayres (Class of 1871 S ), civil engineer
in Hartford, son of Jared Augustus Ayres (B A 1835) and Sarah L
(Wilcox) Ayres Mother, Lettie M (Snow) Ayres Yale relatives
include William O Ayres (B A 1837) (great-uncle), William A
Ayres (B A 1864), Frederick H Ayres (Class of 1872) (uncles)
Mt Hermon School Civil engineering course, Phi Kappa
Epsilon and Book and Bond
Attended College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1913,'engineer American Telephone and Telegraph Company,
New York City, 1913-17, in real-estate and insurance business and
superintendent Boys' Club, New York City, 1919-22, assistant treasurer and busirfess manager Westminster School, Simsbury, Conn ,
1922-30, with Connecticut State Welfare Department, Hartford, after
1930, First Lieutenant Military Police, American Expeditionary
Forces World War I.
Unmarried
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Survived by two sisters, the Misses
Alice May and Bessie Newcomb Ayres
HAROLD KIMBALL ENGLISH, Ph B 1913 Born August 2,
1891, New Haven, Conn , died January 29, 1950, New Haven,
Conn
Father, Henry F English (LL B 1874) Mother, Alice Nancy
(Kimball) English Yale relatives include James E English (M A
Hon 1873) (grandfather), Paul B Valle', '14 S , Harold R Woodruff,
'22, Walter A Woodruff, '23 (brothers-in-law), Paul Barbeau Valle,
Jr (Class of 1952 E ), James Dana English (Class of 1954) (nephews)
Phillips-Andover
Select course, Senior Promenade Committee
and Yale Corinthian Yacht Club Student Law School 1913-16
In auditing department New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company 1916-17, became associated with father, and trustee
English Real Estate, New Haven, 1920-50 (joined by brother in 1948),
vice-president Connecticut Savings Bank, New Haven, 1933-50, chairman Municipal Sinking Fund Commission 1936-45 and Proprietors
Committee which controls New Haven Green 1947-50, vice-president
Family Society of New Haven 1931-33, secretary budget committee
Community Chest and Oquossoc Angling Association (Indian Rock,
Maine), on advisory council Goodwill Industries 1936-39, adviser to
Woman's Seamen's Friend Societv of Connecticut, on executive council New Haven Council of Social Agencies, chairman board City Employees Retirement System 1937-45, assistant treasurer Connecticut
State Forest and Park Commission 1935-44, treasurer 1944-50,
treasurer Sleeping Giant Park Association 1940-50, member New
Haven Board of Park Commissioners, director Evergreen Cemetery Association, Sergeant Connecticut National Guard (New Haven
Grays) on Mexican border, First Lieutenant Infantry overseas
World War I, member New Haven Colony Historical Society, New
Haven Grays Veterans Association, and Yale Alumni Association,
vestryman St Paul's Episcopal Church, New Haven (secretary
Church Home for Aged Women)
Married August 18, 1917, Mt Carmel, Conn , Rose Catherine Woodruff (Yale School of Music 1916-17), daughter of Arthur
Edson and Emma (Bertram) Woodruff
Children Eleanor (Mrs
Robert Shaw Sturgis Whitman), Caroline Fowler (Mrs Victor Albert Stanchff), Henry Woodruff, '43
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven
Survived by wife, children, five grandchildren,
a sister, Alice Marian English Valle (Yale School of Fine Arts 1915-
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17), and a brother, Philip H English, '15
WILLIAM HALL HOPSON, Ph B 1914 Born March 27, 1893,
Stratford, Conn , died March 5, 1950, Phoenix, Ariz
F a t h e r , Frank Swift Hopson, commercial salesman Seeman
B r o t h e r s , New York City, son of Seth and Harriet Swift (Fuller) Hopson Mother, Bertha Gibbs (Hall) Hopson, daughter of Turney and
Sarah Eliza (Gibbs) Hall Yale relatives include William R Hopson, '70 S (uncle), Laurence M Cornwall, '12, Victor C Cogswell,
'37 (cousins)
Danbury (Conn ) High School Sanitary engineering course,
second honors F r e s h m a n year
With Connecticut State Highway Department 1914-15 and New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company 1915-16, engineer
John W. Ferguson Company, P a t e r s o n , N J , 1917-20, White Construction Company, New York City, 1920, sales engineer P r e s e r v a tive Wood Products Company, New York City, 1920-23, s e c r e t a r y I
H M e y e r s , I n c . , building c o n t r a c t o r s , Brooklyn, N Y , 1923-33,
p a r t n e r Hopson & Denihan, building and contracting, New York City,
1933-36, construction supervisor W T Grant Company, New York
City, 1937-47, because of ill-health resided in Phoenix since 1947,
member American Society of Mechanical Engineers and St George's
Episcopal Church, Stratford
Married February 9, 1924, New York City, Caryl Dorothy,
daughter of Maurice and Dorothea (Miller) Gantz
Death due to cerebrovascular hemorrhage
Buried in Mt
Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne, N Y Survived by wife and two
s i s t e r s , M r s Adalene Hopson Hale and M r s Grace Hopson Kissam
JOHN ROBERT BRYDEN, JR , Ph B 1915 Born March 16,
1892, Minersville, Pa , died November 9, 1949, Fountain Springs,
Pa
F a t h e r , John Robert Bryden, vice-president P r i c e - P a n c o a s t
Coal Company, Scranton, son of J a m e s and Christina (Witherspoon)
Bryden Mother, Dora (Edwards) Bryden
Hotchkiss School Civil engineering course, honors in German
F r e s h m a n year, Phi Sigma Kappa
Assistant superintendent Racket Brook Coal Company, Carbondale, Pa , and Sacandaga Coal Company, Scranton, 1915-16, superintendent P r i c e - P a n c o a s t Coal Company 1919-27, general superintendent P r i c e - P a n c o a s t and West End Coal companies 1927-30, mining engineer P r i c e - P a n c o a s t Coal Company, Scranton Coal Company,
West End Coal Company and Monarch Anthracite Company 1930-35,
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and Centralia Collieries Company, Inc , 1936-39, mining engineer
and vice-president Hammond Coal Company, Girardville, Pa , 193949, First Lieutenant Pennsylvania National Guard (Mexican Border
1916-17), Captain Engineers World War I (overseas 1918-19), member Yale Engineering Association, American Institute of Mining Engineers and First Presbyterian Church, Bloomsburg, Pa
Married September 4, 1920, Lebanon, Pa , Laura Elizabeth,
daughter of Jacob Gress and Laura (Benson) Adams Son John
Robert, 3d (Class of 1945).
Buried in New Rosemont
Cemetery, Bloomsburg Survived by wife, son, one grandchild, two
sisters, Mrs Fred S Durham and Mrs George F Wood, and a
brother, Philip Bryden
SETH CHANDLER HANDY, Ph B 1915 Born May 23, 1894,
Ashmont, Mass , died September 17, 1949, Rockville Centre, N Y
Father, Frank L Handy, salesman M S Ayer & Company,
wholesale grocers., Boston Mother, Alice P (Harlow) Handy
Mechanic Arts High School, Boston
Chemistry course, Freshman Baseball Team, University Baseball Squad
Assistant to superintendent of agencies New England Mutual
Life Insurance Company 1915-17, with Fisk Rubber Company, Chicopee Falls, Mass , 1919-23, salesman Boston Woven Hose & Rubber
Company, Cambridge, Mass , 1923, sales engineer Illinois Zinc
Company, Peru, 1923-29 and in New York office 1929-31, in export
department American Brass Company, New York City, at time of
death, Ensign U S Naval Reserve Force World War I (on U S S,
Mallory)
Married June 24, 1926, Brooklyn, N Y , Louise L Schriefer
Children Seth Andrew (B A Williams 1948), Marguerite Elise
(B A Swarthmore 1951)
Death due to asphyxia Buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery,
Brooklyn
Survived by wife and children
STEVENS WOODRUFF, Ph B 1915 Born September 26,
1892, Detroit, Mich , died July 16, 1949, Tucson, Ariz
Father, Fremont Woodruff, treasurer Iron Silver Mining Company, Detroit, son of Charles Pierson and Manet (Boyd) Woodruff
Mother, Annie (Stevens) Woodruff, daughter of William H and Ellen
(Pethenck) Stevens Yale relatives include William P Stevens,
'93 S , Henry Glover Stevens, '02 S (uncles), Arthur W King, Jr ,
'32, William F Stevens, '37 (cousins)
Thacher School, Ojai, Calif Metallurgical course
191
Clerk Detroit Trust Company 1915-17, served in Ordnance Department World War I, secretary-treasurer LeadviHe Deep Mines
Company, Detroit, retired 1938, member Yale Engineering Association
and First Presbyterian Church, Detroit
Married April 12, 1919, Waterford, Va , Dora, daughter of
Eppa Hunton and Martha Clarke (Dade) Heaton
Children Martha
Anne Woodruff Loud Guernsey (Mrs Lisle R Guernsey), Stevens, Jr
(Univ New Mexico 1946, Umv Denver 1947-48), Nathalie Heaton
(Mrs John Preston Croff), William Heaton
Ashes scattered in Big Horn
Mountains, Wyoming Survived by wife, children, three grandchildren,
and four sisters, Mrs Charles Beecher Crouse, Miss Mary Woodruff,
Mrs John Owen, 3d, and Mrs George M Black, Jr
WILLING WALDO RYAN, Ph B 1916 Born September 27,
1894, Fort Worth, Texas, died May 29, 1950, Fort Worth, Texas
Father, John C Ryan, president John C Ryan Land Company,
Fort Worth,.son of Patrick and Catherine (Marry) Ryan Mother,
Elizabeth (Willing) Ryan; daughter of Robert Patton and Mary (Durr)
Willing Yale relatives include John C Ryan, 3d (Class of 1945),
Edwin Stripling Ryan (Class of 1953) (nephews)
T e r n l l School, Dallas
Select course, Senior Promenade Committee, Student Council, The Cloister and Book and Snake
Ensign U S Naval Reserve Force World War I (on U S S Von
Steuben), associated with John C Ryan Land Company 1919-47 (secretary-treasurer 1927-47), director Ryan Properties, Inc , 1947-50
(consolidation of John C Ryan Land Company, South Fort Worth
Land Company, and Fort Worth Land Company), president Willing W
Ryan, Inc , 1928-50, executive vice-president Ryan Mortgage Company 1946-50, chief underwriter in Fort Worth and Dallas offices
Federal Housing Administration 1934-46, member St Andrew's
Episcopal Church, Forth Worth
Married October 21, 1926, Fort Worth, Mary Frances, daughter of Charles Briggs and Velma (Hogg) Simmons Children Martha,
Marian, Judy
Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Fort Worth
Survived by wife, children, mother, and three
brothers, John C Ryan, Jr , '13 S , Thomas M Ryan, '19 S , and
Robert W Ryan, '31
LEO GRANT SULLIVAN, Ph B 1916 Born January 9, 1887,
Erie, Pa , died October 3, 1949, White Sulphur Springs, W Va
Father, Patrick John Sullivan, traffic manager Burke Electric
192
Company, Erie, son of Cornelius and Hannorah (Donovan) Sullivan.
Mother, Mary Josephine (Grant) Sullivan, daughter of John and Ann
(Ryan) Grant
Yale relatives include a brother, John J. Sullivan,
•30 S
Erie High School Mechanical engineering course, general twoyear honors, Freshman Baseball Team, Sheff Student Council, Sigma
Xi, St Anthony and Delta Psi
Engineer Hammermill Paper Company, Erie, 1916-17, manager New York office Atlas Steel Casting Company of Buffalo 1920-35,
vice-president 1935-50, student Columbia University extension course
1921-22, Captain Ordnance Department World War I, member Class
Reunion and Dinner committees, member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Legion and Sacred Heart Church
(Roman Catholic), Hartsdale, N Y
Married (1) February 11, 1919, St Louis, Mo , Irene McLoud
Foster (B A Coll New Rochelle 1918), daughter of Joseph and Irene
(McLoud) Foster Daughter Irene Foster (Vassar Class 1945, Mrs
George W Ewing). Mr and Mrs Sullivan were divorced 1935
Married (2) December 23, 1937, New York City, Maud Wohlbeck
(B A Umv Missouri 1926, M A New York Univ. 1933), daughter
of Frederick George and Lottie (Neityert) Wohlbeck
Death due to rheumatic heart disease Buried in Calvary Cemetery, Erie
Survived by wife, daughter, three grandchildren, a
sister, Miss Grace Sullivan, and a brother, George Patrick Sullivan
FRITZ UHLENHAUT, Ph B 1916 Born October 14, 1893,
Philadelphia, Pa , died March 31, 1950, New Haven, Conn
Father, Fritz Uhlenhaut, Jr (M E Stevens Inst Technology
1888), an engineer, son of Fritz Uhlenhaut Mother, Gertrude
(Goodhart) Uhlenhaut
Phillips-Exeter
Mechanical engineering course
M E Yale
1919 (laboratory assistant in mechanical engineering 1918-19, instructor 1919-21)
System operator Duquesne Light Company, Pittsburgh, 191718, purchasing department New York, Now Haven & Hartford Railroad Company 1921-23, assistant to general factory manager Heywood-Wakefield Company, Gardner and Boston, Mass , 1923-28,
New England distributor Mechanical Devices, Inc , 1928, manufacturers 1 agent Boston 1928-31, treasurer Stakolite Products, Inc ,
Boston, 1931-36, Eastern division manager Fostoria (Ohio) Pressed
Steel Corporation, the near infra-red process, industrial lighting,
1937-43, president, treasurer, and manager Industrial Service, Inc,
engineering, lighting, infra-red, New Haven, 1944-47, president
and treasurer Fostoria Infra-Red Service, Inc., New Haven, 1947-
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50, member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of
American Military Engineers, and Episcopal church
Married (1) August 30, 1921, Sagamore, Mass , Anne F r a n c e s
Keith (Smith Class of 1923), daughter of Eben S Smith and Melvma
L Keith Children Keith, Nancy (Mrs Donald Ashley), Jeanne L
Bond Mr and M r s Uhlenhaut were divorced 1941 Married (2)
April 23, 1942, Philadelphia, Camilla Ward, daughter of William
Ward and Mattie B (Lmeweaver) Beam Daughter Susanne
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, N Y Survived by wife, children, and two grandchildren
ROBERT TREAT WALKER, Ph B 1916 Born March 21,
1894, Hinsdale, 111 , died July 11, 1949, Sturgeon Bay, Wis
F a t h e r , Alfred Elisha Walker (Class of 1876 S ), manager in
Chicago J P Stevens & Company, Inc of New York, son of Henry
Kirk and Mary (Northrop) Walker Mother, Lulu Belle (Treat) Walk e r , daughter of Leverett Bryant and Julia Victoria (Rogers) Treat
Yale relatives include Jeremiah H Bartholomew, '00 S , Charles
R T r e a t , '94 (uncles), Alfred N Walker (Class of 1906 S ), Walter
T Walker, f07 S (brothers), J a m e s Walker, '94 S , Curtis H Walk e r , '99, Jeremiah H Bartholomew, Jr , '24, Dana T Bartholomew,
'28, Franklin G T r e a t , '28 S (cousins), Edward W Schaefer, '50,
William T Walker, '48 (nephews)
Chicago Latin School Electrical engineering course, honors in
English literature F r e s h m a n year, F r e s h m a n Crew, Apollo Glee Club,
St Elmo and Delta Phi
Commercial student course Western Electric Company 1916-17,
Second Lieutenant Field Artillery World War I, sales director Utility
Securities Company, Chicago, 1923-36, industrial sales division
Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Chicago, 1937-49, member St
Andrew's Episcopal Church, Madison, Wis
Married August 17, 1922, Hinsdale, Ruth Emily, daughter of
Robert Edward and Mary Emily (Dynan) Turnbull Children Robert
T r e a t , J r (Umv Wisconsin 1941-42, 1945-46), Ruth Mary (B S
Stanford 1948), Catherine Stuart (B A Univ Wisconsin t950)
Death due to coronary thrombosis Survived by wife, children,
a s i s t e r , M r s Wellington Schaefer, and a brother, Aldace Treat
Walker, '23 S
PHILIP GOSSLER VONDERSMITH, Ph B 1916 Born Febr u a r y 12, 1896, Wnghtsville, Pa , died May 4, 1950, Cincinnati,
Ohio
F a t h e r , Lucius Krotel vonderSmith, associated with F i r s t
194
National Bank, Wrightsville Mother, Kathenne (Gossler) vonderSmith.
Hotchkiss School Member St Anthony and Delta Psi
Assistant electrical engineer Union Gas & Electric Company,
Cincinnati, 1916-17, assistant combustion engineer 1919-29, general
manager Union Light, Heat and Power Company, Covmgton, Ky ,
1929-30, Cincinnati, Newport & Covmgton Railway Company 193039, and Dixie Traction Company 1939-41, vice-president Cincinnati,
Newport & Covmgton Railway Company and Dixie Traction Company
1941-44, president 1944-50, president Licking River Bridge Company, vice-president Commonwealth Air Transport, Inc , First Lieutenant U S Ordnance in World War I, member Cincinnati and Covington-Kenton County Chambers of Commerce, Covington-Kenton County
Industrial Association, Yale Engineering Association, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and Presbyterian church
Married July 16, 1921, Washington, D C , Margaret Powers,
daughter of George W Littlehales Daughters Megan (B A Wellesley
1945), the wife of Sheldon Z Kaplan, '33, Lottchen (B A Wellesley
1947), Kathenne Gossler (deceased), and Emily Gossler (Skidmore
Class of 1952)
Death due to brain tumor
Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery,
Cincinnati
Survived by wife and three daughters
HOWARD BRUSH DEAN, Ph B 1918 Born February 28, 1897,
New York City, died March 21, 1950, East Hampton, N Y
Father, Herbert Hollmgshead Dean, senior partner Edward B
Smith & Company, bankers and brokers, New York City, son of Isaac
W and Eliza J Dean ' Mother, Marion (Brush) Dean, daughter of
Joseph B and Sarah (Atwater) Brush Yale relatives include George
J Brush (Ph B 1852) (great-uncle), Harry Cook, '13 S , Francis H
Cook, '22, Franklin Field, '24 (brothers-in-law)
Taft School Select course, cup man, contributed to Yale Daily
News, member R O T C , Torch Honor Society, Kappa Beta Phi,
and St Anthony and Delta Psi
In bond department Guaranty Trust Company, New York City,
1919-21, partner Struthers & Dean, brokers, New York City, 192142 (governor New York Stock Exchange 1937-42), vice-president Pan
American Airways, Inc , New York City, 1943-47 and administrative vice-president 1947-50 (in charge Latin-American division),
and Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc , 1945-50, president Association of Stock Exchange Firms 1939-41, mayor North Haven, N Y ,
1932-44, First Lieutenant U S Field Artillery in World War I (aidede-camp Brigadier General Robert M Danford), member Church of
the Heavenly Rest (Episcopal), New York City
Married April 10, 1920, New York City, Maria, daughter of
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Henry Francis and Lena Marianne (Fahys) Cook. Children Howard
Brush, Jr , '42 S., Marianne Fahys, Nancy Cook (B A Sarah Lawrence 1945, Mrs. William Campbell Felch)
Buried in Oakland Cemetery, Sag Harbor, N.Y. Survived by wife, children, three grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs Franklin Field
REGINALD RADCLIFFE FROST, Ph B 1918 Born March 14,
1897, Toronto, Ont , died May 7, 1950, Mornstown, N J
Father, Rev. Henry Weston Frost, D D (Princeton Class of
1880), secretary and later home director China Inland Mission, son
of Mahlon Smith and Frances (Foster) Frost. Mother, Abigail Gridley
(Ellinwood) Frost, daughter of Albert Gridley and Maria Arlotta (Bass)
Ellinwood Yale relatives include Charles C Rockafellow (Class of
1905 S ) (brother-in-law)
Kmgsley School, Essex Fells, N J Select course, Freshman
Football Team, Freshman and University Basketball teams, St Anthony and Delta Psi
With American International Corporation 1919-20, Gaston, William & Wigmore 1920, American Express Company 1920-21, and
Equitable Trust Company 1921-22, export manager L C Gillespie
& Sons, New York City, 1922-27, with Chase Securities Corporation,
San Francisco, 1927-29 and Hampson, Frost & Company, Ltd., Toronto, 1928-31, president Hudson County White Company, Jersey City,
N J , 1931-33, vice-president Standard Spring & Manufacturing Corporation, San Francisco, 1929-30, boatswain's mate U S Naval Reserve World War I, manager of supplies Rahway Arsenal in World
War II, retired 1946, member First Presbyterian Church, Summit, N J
Married (1) March 31, 1929, Pebble Beach, Calif , Lilias,
daughter of Harry B Hollins, Jr , and Lilias (Livingston) Hollins,
and granddaughter of Henry B Livingston (Class of 1877) Son
Reginald Radchffe, Jr (B A Amherst 1951) Mrs Frost died
1930. Married (2) November 19, 1931, Far Hills, N J , Evelyn
Shirley Behr Rogers, daughter of Max H Behr, '05 S , and Evelyn
(Schley) Behr Son Henry Weston, 2d Mr. and Mrs Frost
were divorced
Death due to fractured skull Buried in Princeton (N J )
Cemetery. Survived by sons, three sisters, Mrs Fritz Salager,
Mrs Charles C Rockafellow, and Mrs George H Carey, and
three brothers, Ellinwood A Frost, Folger W Frost, and Inglis
F Frost, '12 M
DONALD BURNHAM, Ph B 1919. Born December 1, 1897,
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Chicago, 111 , died May 20, 1950, Chicago, 111
F a t h e r , Edward Burnham, founder E Burnham, I n c . , toiletries,
Chicago, son of J a m e s and Lucy Ann (Taylor) Burnham Mother, Mary
(McGee) Burnham, daughter of P e t e r and Alice (Murphy) McGee Yale
r e l a t i v e s include F r e d e r i c Burnham, '02, and Clarence Burnham,
'06 S (brothers)
Lawrenceville School Select course, Freshman Football Team,
Torch Honor Society, York Hall and Chi Phi Awarded Ph B 1920
with enrollment m Class of 1919 S
In charge New York office E Burnham, Inc , and later in
Chicago, vice-president R F Walker Advertising Agency, Inc , in
sales promotion work Wilcox & Follett Company, publishers, Chicago,
at time of death
Married August 24, 1924, New York City, Beatrice Dymphna,
daughter of Andrew J . O1 Boyle Son Donald, J r
Death due to myocardial infarction Buried in Oakwoods Cemet e r y , Chicago Survived by wife, son, a s i s t e r , M r s Thomas F
McNally, and five b r o t h e r s , Raymond Burnham, '03 S , Norbert
Burnham, Gerald Burnham, '09 S , Harold Burnham (Classof 1913 S ),
and Julian Burnham, '16 S
JAMES WILTON PETERS, Ph B 1919 Born April 9, 1896,
B r i s t o l , R I , died May 27, 1950, Washington, D C
F a t h e r , James Martin P e t e r s , deputy sheriff Providence
County, son of J a m e s P e t e r s Mother, Margaret Elizabeth (Morris)
P e t e r s , daughter of Philip and Bridget (Maguire) M o r r i s
Phillips-Exeter
Select course, F r e s h m a n Baseball Team,
University Baseball Team (captain Senior year), R O T C , St Anthony and Delta P s i
Member Yale Ambulance Unit and later commissioned Second
Lieutenant Motor Transport Corps World War I, with Otis & Company, investment bankers, Cleveland, 1921-31 (partner 1926-31),
assistant to p a r t n e r s Charles D Barney & Company, s e c u r i t i e s ,
New York City, 1931-37, with Soucy, Swartswelter & Company,
Cleveland, 1938-39 and Sweetser & Company, New York City, 194042, deputy vice-chairman U S War Production Board 1942-44,
president J Wilton P e t e r s & Company, public relations and business consultants, Washington, 1944-48 (represented in particular
Southern garment manufacturers), assistant to president Hamilton
National Bank, Washington, 1948-50, m e m b e r Roman Catholic church
Married November 5, 1921, New York City, Marian, daughter
of George F r a n c i s and Mabel (Gasaway) Hilton Children Janet
(B A Skidmore 1946, M r s Richard Steven Gardiner), Shirley (Mrs
Frederick Lyttleton Hutchison, J a m e s Wilton, Jr
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Death due to coronary disease. Buried in The National Cemetery, Arlington. Survived by wife, children, a grandson, parents, a
sister, Mrs. Leo P Kenneally, and a brother, Harold M. Peters, '19 S
JOHN MARSH WADHAMS, 3D, Ph B 1919. Born June 13,
1897, Goshen, Conn , died April 28, 1950, Torrington, Conn
Father, John Marsh Wadhams, president Torrington Savings
Bank, vice-president Brooks Bank & Trust Company, member Connecticut State legislature, son of John Hodges and Mary Georgiana
(Pelton) Wadhams Mother, Annie Mary (Tenney) Wadhams (grad
Mount Holyoke 1899), daughter of James Collins and Mary Elizabeth
(Wheeler) Tenney Yale relatives include. Fred W Tenney, '98,
Robert P Wadhams, '02 S (uncles), Noah S Wadhams, '97 S ,
Joseph P . Wadhams, '99 S. (cousins)
Torrington High School. Mechanical engineering course,
R O T.C , Sachem Hall and Phi Sigma Kappa
In Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps World War I, Second Lieutenant Air Service Reserve 1919, with Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, 1919-21, secretary Brooks & McNeil, Inc , insurance agents, Torrington, 1924-42, vice-president 1942-50, assistant treasurer Torrington Savings Bank 1922, vice-president and
treasurer 1941-50, secretary Hillside Cemetery Association 194150, treasurer Maria Seymour Brooker Memorial 1941-50, a corporator Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, trustee Torrington Library
(secretary 1941-50), treasurer Torrington chapter American Red
Cross, corporator and auditor Torrington Historical Society, president John Brown Association, vice-president Naugatuck Valley
Alumni Association and Litchfield County University Club, member Litchfield County chapter American Institute of Banking, Masonic order, and Center Congregational Church, Torrington
Married June 17, 1922, Waterbury, Sela, daughter of
Charles Warren Selah Frost (Class of 1877 M ) and Minnie Lucile (Wright) Frost Children Barbara (B A Connecticut Coll
1944, Mrs Robert L Youngbluth), Ann (B A Mount Holyoke
1947), the wife of Joseph Hugh Cobram, '50, Sela (B A Connecticut Coll. 1948), the wife of Richard Clark Barker, '50 E ,
John Marsh, 4th (Cornell Class of 1955)
Death due to coronary occlusion. Buried i a Center Cemetery, Goshen. Survived by wife, children, and one grandchild
WILLIAM MENDEL, Ph.B 1920 Born June 26, 1898,
Bridgeport, Conn , died June 7, 1950, Beverly, N J
Father, Jacob Mendel, a clothier in Bridgeport, son of Harry and
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Gertrude Anna (Leventhan) Mendel Mother, Lea (Weinberg) Mendel,
daughter of William and Augusta (Marks) Weinberg Yale relatives include Harry Mendel,'12 (brother), Morton Harris, '29 S (brother-in-law)
Bridgeport High School Chemistry course, general two-year
honors, R O T C , member Sigma Xi
Chemist m Newark, N J , 1920-23, chief chemist Neidich Cellus-tra Corporation, converted cellulose products, Burlington, N J ,
1923-26, general superintendent 1926-29, general manager 1929-30,
vice-president 1930-50, vice-president Burlington Pen Company 194350, member Yale Engineering Association, American Association for
the Advancement of Science, and American Chemical Society
Married March 25, 1923, New Haven, Conn , Ida Leah, daughter
of Barnett and Bessie (Rabinowitz) Harris
Son Harry Lewis (Class
of 1945 E )
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Beverly National
Cemetery Survived by wife, son, and two sisters, Miss Augusta
Mendel and Mrs Robert Edwards
RALPH JOHN HINES, Ph B. 1921 Born June 22, 1900, Chicago,
111 , died May 28, 1950, New York City
Father, Edward Hmes, president Edward Hines Lumber Company,
Chicago, son of Peter and Rose (McGary) Hmes Mother, Loretta Margaret (O'Dowd) Hmes, daughter of John J and Margaret (Dalton) O'Dowd
Yale relatives include Edward Hmes, Jr , '18 S (brother); Ho well H
Howard, '19 S (brother-in-law)
Phillips-Andover
Select course, Freshman Swimming Team,
Yale R O T C , The Colony and Berzelius
Attended University of Oxford 1922-23, with Edward Hines Lumber Company 1924-50 (senior vice-president 1925-32, president 193241, chairman of the board 1942-50), director Edward Hmes Pacific
Coast Lumber Company and Edward Hines Farm Land Company, Lieutenant Commander U S Navy World War II (in charge Navy Base,
Aratu, Brazil), member Roman Catholic Church
Married June 21, 1947, Mrs Elizabeth Borden P i n e
Death due to fractured skull Survived by wife, a sister, Mrs
Howell H Howard, and a brother, Charles M Hmes (Class of 1925 S)
JULIUS EUGENE MUHLFELDER, B S 1922 Born September
15, 1901, Glens Falls, N Y ; died August 3, 1949, El Paso, Texas
Father, Samuel Muhlfelder, a merchant in New Haven, Conn
Mother, Doretta Ballin (Baumann) Muhlfelder
New Haven High School Chemical engineering bourse, Class
Baseball teams
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Assistant supervisor South River (N J ) Spinning Company 192224, associated in father's business 1924-25, salesman Julius Keyser &
Company, manufacturers of gloves, underwear, hosiery, New York
City, 1925-26, 1929-39 and in Chicago 1926-29, salesman Popular Dry
Goods Company, El Paso, sales engineer Mine & Smelter Supply Company, El Paso, at time of death, member Masonic order, treasurer
Trinity Methodist Church, El Paso
Married September 15, 1939, Las Cruces, N Mex , Aurora
Perry
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Masonic Cemetery,
El Paso Survived by wife
JAMES LEDDY ASH, B S 1924 Born April 3, 1902, Hudson,
Mich , died January 9, 1950, New York City
Father, James Wilson Ash, president Miami Cycle and Manufacturing Company, Middletown, Ohio, son of Thomas and Catherine
(Kelsey) Ash Mother, Rose Patricia (Leddy) Ash, daughter of James
and Mary (Smith) Leddy
Mercersburg Academy Administrative engineering course,
Freshman Track Squad, Vernon Hall and Phi Gamma Delta
Sales superintendent and later advertising manager Miami Cabinet Company, Middletown, 1924-32, with Miami Art Metal Company,
Middletown, 1932-34, salesman Eagle-Picher Sales Company, insulation, paint, metal goods, pigments, Cleveland, 1934-37, division
sales manager Chicago 1937-49, promotion manager Cincinnati 194950, member Yale Engineering Association and Presbyterian church,
Middletown
Married November 25, 1942, Evanston, 111 , Harriet, daughter
of Henry Theodore and Marie (Sjolseth) Hoyme Daughter Carolyn
Ann.
Buried in Bethlehem Lutheran
Cemetery, Hills, Minn Survived by wife, daughter, and mother
HENRY BELIN, 3D, B S 1924 Born February 9, 1901,
Scranton, Pa , died March 17, 1950, Waverly, Pa
Father, Paul B. Belin, '95 S Mother, Lucie Sherrerd
(Welles) Belm Yale relatives include Henry Belin (B A 1863)
(grandfather), Charles A. Belm, '99, Charles H Welles, Jr , '99,
F Lammot Belin, '01 S , Paul B Welles, '04, Kenneth B. Welles,
'08, G d'Andelot Belin, '08 S (uncles), Henry B Robertson, '14 S ,
Nathaniel G. Robertson, Jr , '17 S., Charles H Welles, 3d,
'28, James D Welles, '31 (cousins).
Hotchkiss School Administrative engineering course, one-
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year honors for excellence in all studies, Freshman Crew, manager
Lacrosse Team Senior year, on board Yale Graphic, Tau Beta Pi,
York Hall and Chi Phi
Associated with Scranton Lace Company 1924-50 (vice-president at time of death), president Waverly Community House 1930-50
and Abington National Bank, Clarks Summit, Pa , 1936-50, treasurer
Scranton Airport Corporation, member Westminster Presbyterian
Church, Scranton
Married (1) September 29, 1925, Englewood, N J , Katharine
Hoffman
Children Henry, 4th, '51, Alice, Paul Beck Mr and
Mrs Belm were divorced 1939 Married (2) September 2, 1939,
in Easton, Md , Julia Wallace Jermyn, daughter of Harvey Clifford
and Julia (Shively) Wallace
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery,
Waverly Survived by wife, children, and a brother, C Welles
Belm, '25 S
FRANK van DIEST COLLINS, B S 1924 Born January 10,
1903, New York City, died January 11, 1950, Webster Groves, Mo.
Father, Frank Henry Collins, director of drawing in New York
City public schools Mother, Constance Annette (van Diest) Collins,
daughter of Peter Hemdrick and Anna Josine (Gude) van Diest
Greenwich (Conn ) High School Chemical engineering course,
honors in chemistry Freshman year, coxswain Sophomore B Crew,
Alpha Sigma Phi
Chemical engineer Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Baytown, Texas, 1923-30, independently engaged in construction and
real-estate business Greenwich, Conn , 1930-42, with Kaiser Industries, Inc , Denver, Colo , 1943-45, engaged in commercial
poultry raising High Ridge, Mo , 1945 until retirement 1949.
Unmarried
Death due to complications following diabetes and ulcers
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo Survived
by no immediate relatives
CHARLES WILLIAM GANO, B S 1927 Born July 23, 1904,
Leetonia, Ohio, died January 17, 1950, Oakland, Calif
Father, Martin Rea Gano, president Gano Moore Coal Mining
Company, Inc , Philadelphia and New York City, son of William
Shaw and Fannie Martin (Rea) Gano. Mother, Ethel May (Pape)
Gano, daughter of Charles and Margaret Elizabeth (Elleford) Pape
Phillips-Exeter
General science course, The Cloister and
Book and Snake
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C u s t o m e r ' s man with Wright Slade & Company, b r o k e r s , New
York City, 1927-28 and Ware & Company 1928-31, associated with
Bank of the Manhattan Company, New York City, 1931-42 and 1946,
credit manager Central Bank of Oakland 1947, assistant v i c e - p r e s ident and loan officer 1947-49, vice-president since January 1, 1950,
in service 1942-46 (Lieutenant Commander U.S Naval Reserve,
served in North Atlantic and South Pacific a r e a s and in Armed Merchant Guard in Honolulu, Victory, American Theatre, Asiatic Pacific
T h e a t r e , and European-Middle Eastern medals), member Oakland
Chamber of Commerce and Naval Order of U S Naval Reserve
Married(1) June 23, 1927, New York City, Cathleen Moore,
daughter of John Edward Baxter Children Charles William, Jr ,
Cathleen Baxter Mr and M r s Gano were divorced 1946 Married
(2) April 5, 1947, San F r a n c i s c o , Loretta Marguerite, daughter of
Alexander Closon and Edna Grace Good (Knight) Smith
Death due to peritonitis. Buried in Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, P a Survived by wife, children, mother, and a s i s t e r , M r s
Richard E Elliott
JOHN PENDLETON WILCOX, B S 1927 Born October 16,
1905, Stomngton, Conn , died February 7, 1950, Carlsbad, N Mex
F a t h e r , William F r e d e r i c k Wilcox, general manager American
Velvet Company, Stomngton, son of George W and Anne B (Cox)
Wilcox Mother, Charlotte Stark (Pendleton) Wilcox, daughter of
Samuel B and Anna E (Burrows) Pendleton Yale relatives include
a cousin, Carl Edward Hammond (Class of 1925)
Stomngton High School Chemical engineering course, oneyear honors for excellence in all studies Sophomore and Junior y e a r s ,
Class Baseball and Bowling t e a m s , Sigma Xi
Chemical engineer and statistical engineer Anglo-Chilean Nit r a t e Consolidated Corporation of New York, Tocopilla, Chile, 192733 and Potash Company of America, Carlsbad, 1936-50, member
New Mexico Miners and P r o s p e c t o r s Association, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, and Grace Episcopal
Church, Carlsbad
Married January 11, 1939, Stomngton, Helen Nevens, daughter of Gilbert Henry and Addie M (Nevens) Chesebro
Death due to malignant melanoma Buried in Evergreen Ceme t e r y , Stomngton Survived by wife and mother
FRANK FREEMAN FOSTER, B S. 1933 Born January 23,
1910, Wakefield, Mass , died July 30, 1949, Carmel Valley, Calif
F a t h e r , Newton Hmckley F o s t e r (B A Harvard 1911), a bro-
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ker in New York City Mother, Emily Franklin (Freeman) Foster
(Wellesley 1902-5), daughter of Franklin Willard and Helen Augusta
(Boit) Freeman
Yale relatives include Harry B Freeman (Class
of 1919 S ) (uncle)
Roxbury School. Applied economics course, Freshman Swimming
Team, captain Class Swimming Team Sophomore year, University
Swimming Squad, Freshman Student Council, St Anthony and Delta Psi
Associated with Swayne & Hoyt, owners of a fleet of freighters,
San Francisco, 1933-34, special agent Thomas F Daly Agency Company and Capitol Life Insurance Company, Denver, 1934-37, navigator Pan-American Air Ferries, Inc , Miami, 1942-46, with C H. W.
Read, real estate, Miami Beach, 1946-49, m Robles del Rio, Calif ,
1949, member Emmanuel Church (Episcopal), Wakefield
Married (1) June 2, 1934, Denver, Elizabeth Mane, daughter
of Clarence J Daly Son Frank Freeman, Jr
Mr and Mrs Foster were divorced 1937. Married (2) September 7, 1943, Fort Lauderdale, Fla , Mary Jane, daughter of Phillip N and Mary (Walker) Macdonald Daughter Susan (died July 29, 1949)
Died suddenly and accidentally Buried in Lakeside Cemetery,
Wakefield
Survived by wife, son, mother (Mrs Emily Paul),
and two sisters, Mrs. Warren Ingersoll and Mrs Porter Sesnon
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
GEORGE INNOCENT SMITH, B E 1940. Born September 18,
1894, Newark, N J , died June 20, 1950, Kenton, Ohio
Father, Mxchael Henry Smith, a grocer in Newark, son of
Michael Patrick and Bridget (Larkin) Smith Mother, Maria Loretta (Gaskm) Smith, daughter of Patrick and Catherine (Hoey)
Gaskm.
Bar ringer High School, Newark, S T Lr, Catholic University
of America 1922 (ordained priest 1921), teacher surveying and mechanics Providence College 1922-33 (treasurer of the college 193033), president Aquinas College 1933-38, studied civil engineering
Yale School of Engineering 1938-40 (member American Society of
Civil Engineers ^secretary Junior year, treasurer Senior year]),
assistant professor civil engineering University of Notre Dame
1941-43, associate professor 1943-45, associate professor engineering mechanics 1945-50
Death due to injuries received in a motorcycle accident Buried
in Mt. Oliver Cemetery, Washington, D C. Survived by a sister,
Miss Gertrude Marie Smith, and four brothers, Very Rev Ignatius
Smith, O P , James A Smith, Francis T. Smith, Joseph R
Smith, and Rev John R Smith
EDGAR DONALD MILLSTONE, B E 1945 Born July 20,
1924, St Louis, Mo , died February 19, 1950, Clayton, Mo.
Father, Louis I. Millstone, agent and broker Herschberg Insurance Company, St Louis, son of Bernard and Rachael (Simon) Millstone Mother, Mary Esther (Apter) Millstone, daughter of Moses
and Ethel (Marglous) Apter
Soldan High School, St Louis Civil engineering course, Tau
Beta P i . B E . awarded June 1944 M Eng. 1947
Called to active duty July 1943, member V-12 Unit at Yale 194344, Ensign Civil Engineer Corps, U S Naval Reserve, 1944, Lieutenant 0 S ) 1946 (with Special Naval Construction Battalion on Okinawa),
architectural engineer I E. Millstone Construction Company, St
Louis, 1947-50, member Engineers Club of St Louis and United Hebrew Temple, St Louis
Unmarried
Death due to coronary heart disease Buried in Mt Olive Cemetery, St Louis. Survived by mother, a sister, Mrs. Joshua A
Collins, and two brothers, Isadore Erwin Millstone and Robert Bernard Millstone
SUPPLEMENT
NOTICES OF DEATHS PRIOR TO JULY I, 1949, NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
EBENEZER LEARNED, B A 1899 Born August 26, 1876,
Norwich, Conn , died July 14, 1948, Norwich, Conn
Father, Bela P Learned (B A. 1857) Mother, Mary Worthmgton (Bulkeley) Learned
Yale relatives include* Nicholas Hallam
(B A 1737) (great-great-great-grandfather), Amasa Learned (B A
1772) (great-great-grandfather), Ebenezer Learned (B A 1798)
(great-grandfather), Ebenezer Learned (B A 1831) (grandfather),
Robert McEwen (B A 1827), Billings P Learned (B A 1834)
(great-uncles), Henry R Bond (B A 1896) (brother-in-law)
Norwich Free Academy Second colloquy appointment Senior
year, Freshman and University Glee clubs, College Choir, Mandolin
Club
Partner B P Learned & Company, insurance, Norwich,
1899-1948, trustee Norwich Free Academy Corporation and Norwich
Savings Society (director 1913-48, vice-president 1939-48), director Buckingham Memorial Association, member Military Order of
the Loyal Legion of the United States, Masonic order, treasurer
Park Congregational Church, Norwich
Married April 29, 1903, Washington, D C , Roberta Traill
Spence, daughter of George Henry and Roberta Brooke (MacGill)
Howard Children Constance Traill (Mrs Lawton Slade Brayton), Ebenezer, J r , '28
Death due to coronary occlusion. Buried in Yantic Cemetery, Norwich
Survived by wife, children, four grandchildren,
and a sister, Mrs Mary Learned Ely.
[CHARLES] TEMPLETON CROCKER, B A. 1908
Born
September 2, 1894, San Francisco, Calif , died December 12,
1948, San Francisco, Calif
Father, Charles Frederick Crocker, vice-president Southern Pacific Railroad, son of Charles and Mary Ann (Deming)
Crocker
Mother, Jennie Marine (Easton) Crocker, daughter of
Ansel Ives and Adeline (Mills) Easton Yale relatives include
Ansel M Easton (Class of 1886 S ), William H Crocker (Ph B
1882) (uncles), William W Crocker, '15, Charles Crocker, 2d
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(Class of 1S26) (cousins), Frederick C. Whitman, '39 L. (nephew)
Westminster School. Second colloquy appointment Senior year,
Yale University Dramatic Association, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club,
Zeta Psi Graduate member Elizabethan^ Club
Research scientist Galapagos Islands for California Academy of
Sciences 1932, Solomon Islands for Bishop Museum 1933, Polynesia,
Pitcairn, and Easter islands for American Museum of Natural History 1934-35, coast of Gulf of California for New York Zoological
Society 1936, Hawaii, Tongareva, and Samoa for American Museum
of Natural History 1936-37; Mount Crocker (highest peak in Galapagos) named for him, author libretto for operetta Fay-Yen-Fah (made
Chevalier Legion of Honor), Cruise of the Zaca, and poems in The
Fox God, a lyric ballet, Lieutenant U S Naval Reserve World War
I; fellow Royal Geographical Society, member American Museum of
Natural History, New York Zoological Society, Field Museum, California Academy of Science, Sons of the American Revolution, Society of Mayflower Descendents, and St Matthew's Episcopal Church,
San Mateo, Calif.
Married February 28, 1911, San Francisco, Helene, daughter
of William George Irwm Mr and Mrs Crocker were divorced 1927
Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Buried in Cypress Lawn
Memorial Park, San Mateo County, Calif Survived by a sister,
Mrs. Robert Burns Henderson
JAMES CARLTON THORNTON, B A 1908 Born July 11,
1884, Ford, Ky , died March 29, 1949, Greenwich, Conn
Father, Edmund Braxton Thornton, president Ottawa (111 )
Silica Company, son of George Abram and Mary Louise (Carlton)
Thornton Mother, Mary (Braxton) Thornton, daughter of James
Carroll and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Carlton
Phillips-Andover. First colloquy appointment Junior and
Senior years, president Freshman Baseball Association, assistant
manager University Baseball Team Junior year, University Football Team; Freshman Mandolin and Banjo clubs, Apollo Banjo and
Mandolin clubs, Junior Promenade Committee, Yale Corinthian
Yacht Club, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Skull and Bones
Engaged in mining white silica sand Ottawa, 111 , 1908-10,
organized Miner-Thornton Company, marketing of minerals, 191012, office manager Watkms Coal Company, New York City, 191217, 1919-22, organizer and partner Spaldmg Construction Company,
New York City, 1923-24 and Fowler Shirt Company, Inc., 1924-28,
partner Trainer and Associates, investments, 1928-49, served
with Squadron A, New York National Guard, on Mexican border,
Captain U S Field Artillery World War I, member First Presby-
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tenan Church, Bedford
Married June 4, 1919, Plamfield, N J , Lillian Mary, daughter of Charles Webster and Annie (Masters) King
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich Survived by wife, two sisters, Mrs Philip MacDougal and
Mrs Alfred Newton Wheeler, and a brother, George A Thornton,
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WILLIAM GOSHORN CALDWELL, Ph B 1895 Born July 3,
1872, Wheeling, W Va , died June 25, 1949, Miami, Fla
Father, Alfred Caldwell (Ph B 1867) Mother, Laura Ellen
(Goshorn) Caldwell Yale relatives include Perry M Caldwell,
'89 S (cousin), Alfred C Schroll (Class of 1923 S ) (nephew)
Lmsley Institute Select course
LL B University of Virginia 1896 and graduate student 189697, partner Caldwell & Caldwell, lawyers, Wheeling, 1897 until retirement 1937, member West Virginia legislature 1903, member
Ohio County Bar Association
Married April 21, 1920, Wheeling, Juliette, daughter of Harry
Keller and Phoebie Jane (Leek) Smith Children Helen Virginia
(Butler Umv 1949-51, Mrs Hale Drury Fox), and William Goshorn,
2d
Death due to cerebral thrombosis Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling Survived by wife and children
CHARLES GURNEY ATHA, Ph B 1899 Born October 12,
1877, Newark, N J , died November 7, 1942, Milnthorpe, England
Father, Benjamin Atha, member Benjamin Atha & Company,
steel manufacturers, Newark, son of Andrew and Henrietta (Armitage) Atha Mother, Sarah Annie (Gurney) Atha, daughter of Henry
Gilmore and Margaret (Hayes) Gurney Yale relatives include
Herbert B Atha '92 S (brother), Howell G Lord, '04, Leslie H.
Lord, '07 S (cousins)
Newark Academy Freshman Class Crew, Class Picture
committee
With Benjamin Atha & Illingworth Company, steel manufacturers, Newark, 1899-1901, Vickers Sons & Maxim, Ltd , London,
1901-2, William Beardmore & Company, Ltd , Glasgow, 1903-7,
successively general manager Bolton Steel Works of Henry Bessemer & Company, Ltd , Sheffield, managing director steel department Stewarts & Lloyds, Ltd , Glasgow, and consulting engineer United Steel Companies, Ltd
Married May 13, 1905, Lake Windemere, England, Sarah
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Gwendolen, daughter of James Malcolm Hay Children Sara Elizabeth, Andrew, Faith, Prudence, Susan
Survived by wife, children, grandchildren, and two brothers,
Albert H Atha, '99, and Louis M Atha, '05 (died May 15, 1950)
ELIAS ZARAGOZA, Ph B 1906 Born October 28, 1884, Manila, P I , died July 5, 1946, Manila, P I
Father, Jose' Zaragoza (grad Umv of Santo Toraas), consul of
Liberia and Ecudor in Manila Mother, Dona Rosa (Roxas) de Zaragoza Yale relatives include a brother, Salvador Zaragoza (LL M
1905)
Ateneo de Manila Electrical engineering course at Yale
Meter tester and later foreman testing department Manila Electrical Railroad and Light Company, president Philippine Machinery
Agency Company, secretary Cristobal Oil Company, president and
manager Alpha Automotive Company, Inc , retired 1941, associate
member American Institute of Electrical Engineers and Roman Catholic church
Married October 2, 1909, Manila, Rosario Velez Infante, daughter of Ricardo Velez Corrales and Rosario Infante
Children Paz
Zaragoza de Araneta (St Scholastica Coll Mrs Vicente Araneta),
Jose Ma Zaragoza (B S Umv of Santo Tomas), Ricardo V Zaragoza (B S C Umv of Santo Tomas), Antonio Zaragoza (B S Ateneo
de Manila), Enrique V Zaragoza (LL B Umv of Santo Thomas
1947), Rosario Zaragoza de Garcia (Mrs Joaqum Garcia)
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Catholic Cemetery of La
Loma, Manila Survived by wife, children, and ten grandchildren
JAY HARVEY HUBBELL, Ph B 1907 Born October 7, 1885,
Sagmaw, Mich , died October 25, 1947, North Hollywood, Calif
Father, Harvey White Hubbell, president H W Hubbell Company, dredging contractors
Mother, Mary (Reed) Hubbell
Phillips-Exeter Mining engineering course, Freshman Banjo
and Mandolin clubs, editor Yale Scientific Monthly, The Colony and
Berzelius
Senior inspection engineer Public Works, Bureau of Inspection, Los Angeles, 1924-47
Unmarried
Death due to heart attack Ashes interred in Valhalla Memorial Park, Burbank, Calif
Survived by a sister, Mrs R H Skinner
JOHN BURBANK NICHOLS, Ph B
1912
Born April 27, 1890.
208
Haverhill, Mass , died December 17, 1948, New York City
Father, George Nichols, a banker in Haverhill Mother, Emma
(Barr) Nichols
St Paul's School, Concord, N H Select course, member Vernon Hall and Phi Gamma Delta
Treasurer and general manager Nichols Shoe Company, Amesbury, Mass , 1915-18, successively with B F Hood & Sons, dairy
products, Charlestown, Mass , and Monument Mills, cotton yarns,
Housatonic, Mass , 1919-43, traveling auditor Hygrade Food Products
Corporation 1943-48, served in U S Field Artillery in World War I,
member Episcopal church
Married and divorced
Died suddenly Buried in Walnut Cemetery, Haverhill Survived by a son, John Burbank Nichols, Jr , a sister, Mrs Percy
Owen, and a brother, Harry H Nichols
ARCH FRANK RAKATZKY, Ph B 1920 Born January 22,
1899, Sheppton, Pa , died April 20, 1948, East Hampton, Conn
Father, Michael Kertes Rakatzky, clerk American Cham Company, Bridgeport, Conn , son of Michael and Elizabeth (Ongai) Rakatzky Mother, Gizella Sarolta (Duboczky) Rakatzky, daughter of Joseph and Piroska (Nagy) Duboczky
Bridgeport High School Civil engineering course, one-year
honors for excellence in all studies Freshman year, two-year honors
Junior year, apprentice seaman U S Naval Reserve Force at Yale
October-December 1918 Student Graduate School 1920-21
Structural draftsman Porcupine Company, Bridgeport, summer
1920 and A G Leake Erecting Company, Bridgeport, summer 1921,
instructor m civil engineering University of Wyoming 1922-25 (assistant State engineer of Wyoming summer 1924), successively bridge
designer and senior highway engineer Connecticut State Highway Department, Hartford, 1925-48, member American Society of Civil
Engineers and St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, East Hampton
Married February 6, 1927, Jackson Heights, N Y , Helene
Mary Wall, daughter of William Henry and Joanna (Moriarty) Wall
Death due to carcinoma Buried in St Michael's Cemetery,
Stratford, Conn Survived by wife, a sister, Mrs. Wilma Rakatzky
Daniels, and a brother, Joseph Rakatzky
PIETER JOHANNES VIVIER, Ph B 1921 Born January 4,
1893, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa, died March 25,
1948, Marquard, Union of South Africa
Parents, Hendrik Jakobus and Aletta Francma (Muller) Vivier
Supplement
209
Bethlehem High School, Orange Free State, attended University
of Transvaal
Ph B Yale 1921, M.D 1924 (member Nu Sigma Nu).
Interne (obstetrics and gynecology) New Haven Hospital 1924-25,
general surgical interne 1925-26, interne (contagious diseases) City
Hospital^ Providence, R I , 1925, physician in Wallingford, Conn.,
1926-32, staff surgeon Menden (Conn.) Hospital, resident surgeon
Presbyterian Hospital and instructor in surgery College of Physicians
and Surgeons, Columbia, 1932-34, assistant surgeon Johannesburg
(Union of South Africa) Hospital and lecturer in surgery and surgical
pathology Witwatersrand Medical School 1935-48, D Sc (Med ) Columbia 1934, fellow American College of Surgeons, member Protestant church
Married February 7, 1919, Pretoria, Elizabeth May van Etveld (Yale School of Music 1920-21), daughter of Henry and Mane
(Gardiner) van Etveld Children Lincoln and Isabelle
Death due to carcinoma. Buried in Marquard
Survived by
wife and children
GRADUATES OF THE GRADUATE AND
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS AND HONORARY
DEGREE RECIPIENTS WHOSE DEATHS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED DURING THE YEAR 1949-1950
Date of Death
Alexander, Norman (LL B 1922)
Alexander, Virginia Margstret (M P H
1941, Mrs William H Childs)
Allenby, Hubert Alfonso (B D 1923)
Anderson, John Bullions (M F 1903)
Armstrong, Thomas James (B D 1913)
Babcock, Rolla (LL B 1911)
Backus, Jabez (B D 1881)
Baker, Hugh Potter (M F* 1904)
Barlow, Alpha Winifred .(M A 1918)
Bollmann, Carl Frederick (LL B 1901)
Bowman, Isaiah (Ph D 1909, LL D
Hon 1921)
Bristol, Harold Russell (M F 1904)
Buell, Irwin Alfred (M A 1921,
Ph D 1925)
Burch, Eleanor Stuart (LL B 1924,
Mrs John J Caskey)
Burroughs, Henry Clarence (LL B 1895)
Celeste, Jose Lopez (M A 1921)
Caskey, Mrs John J (see Eleanor
Stuart Burch)
Chapman, Paul Stanley (LL B 1908)
Childs, Mrs William H (see
Virginia Margaret Alexander)
Cohane, Timothy Francis (M D 1897)
Crawford, Ralph Dixon (Ph D 1913)
Creelman, Harlan (B D 1889, Ph D
1894, M A 1908)
deHoll, Gesina Alaida Fredencha
(M S 1931)
DesBarres, Thomas Cutler (B D 1892)
Donovan, Jerome Francis (LL B 1894)
Duhan, Ethel Rv"F A 1934)
June 29, 1950
July 24, 1949
September 10, 1949
February 28, 1950
August 24, 1949
September 7, 1949
May 18, 1950
May 24, 1950
June 25, 1950
September 13, 1949
January 6, 1950
January 11, 1950
May 1, 1950
June 27, 1950
May 11, 1950
February 1945
June 30, 1950
September 7, J949
March 4, 1950
May 26, 1950
July 1949
October 25, 1949
November 2, 1949
August 23, 1949
Graduate and Professional Schools
211
Date of Death
Dwyer, Robert Ernest (LL B 1911)
Frank, Philip (M D 1907)
Gales, Thomas Park (B D 1902)
Ganter, Maxwell ( M A 1905)
Glass, George Courtenay (M D 1931)
Godfrey, Edward John (M P H 1939)
Goodman, Joseph Clarence (LL B 1894)
Graves, Arthur Collins (LL B 1893)
Gudgell, Frank Oliver (LL B 1897)
Haigh, Albert William (LL B 1900)
Harmon, Austin M o r n s (M A 1903,
Ph D 1908)
Hartwell, Harry Linwood (B D 1895)
Hawes, Norman Emery (M F 1932)
Hayakawa, Yasuyiro (M A 1909)
Hazen, William (M A 1900)
Henmon, Vivian Allen Charles (M A
Hon 1926)
Hewes, Laurence Ilsley (Ph D 1901)
Hitchcock, Lester Eugene (M F 1910)
Holmes, Edward Hmman (LL B 1902)
Holt, Kerchival Rogers (M D 1926)
Hopwood, John Lloyd (B D 1903)
Ireland, Gordon (J S D 1926)
Isenberg, Leo Harry (LL B 1927)
Jewett, Frank Baldwin (LL D Hon 1946)
Jones, John Lewis (M A 1909, Ph D 1911)
Kaiper, Daniel Bottenus (B D 1937)
Kelleter, Paul Delmar (M F 1904)
Kenealy, Matthew Henry (LL B 1910)
Kerhn, Robert Thomas (Ph D 1906)
Knight, Harry Clifford (M A Hon 1935)
Koshiba, Saburo (M A 1908)
Kreider, Titus Heilman (M A 1906)
Kurtz, Daniel Webster (B D and M A 1908)
Landfear, Harry William (B D 1894)
Larson, Joshua (M A 1899, Ph D 1901)
Lemke, William (LL B 1905)
Lemon, Robert Clayton (B D 1920)
Levy, Abraham Juda (D P H 1931)
Lorenz, Robert Donald (LL B 1913)
McCarthy, Frederick Michael (LL B 1905)
Maclntyre, Irene (M N 1933)
April 16, 1950
April 21, 1950
December 15, 1938
July 26, 1949
July 5, 1949
July 2, 1949
January 6, 1950
March 1, 1950
May 13, 1950
April 26, 1950
June 29, 1950
February 28, 1950
April 16, 1950
March 1950
July 7, 1949
January 9, 1950
March 2, 1950
January 30, 1950
May 9, 1950
June 4, 1950
October 3, 1949
1950
November 8, 1949
November 18, 1949
December 29, 1949
December 28, 1949
March 19, 1950
February 26, 1950
February 21, 1950
July 20, 1949
February 19, 1950
July 25, 1949
November 22, 1949
October 21, 1949
August 30, 1949
May 30, 1950
August 31, 1949
August 26, 1949
March 30, 1950
July 21, 1949
December 17, 1949
212
Date of Death
McKenzie, Mrs John H (see Vmnorma
Shaw)
Mann, William Brayton (LL B 1893)
Martin, James Smith (M D 1905)
Matsukata, Kojiro (LL B 1888, LL M
1889, D C L 1890)
Mead, George Gordon (LL B 1910)
Merwin, Maxwell Edwin (LL B 1905)
Meyer, Adolf (Sc D Hon 1934)
Mikami, Seiki (M A 1903)
Morrill, Walter Jean (M F 1905)
Morse, Arthur Henry (M A Hon 1921)
Moulton, Fay R (LL B 1903)
Munroe, Duke Gray (B D 1915)
Murphy, John Vernon (M S 1924)
Neethlmg, Eraest Jacob (M F 1923)
Nichols, Allen Penfield (LL B 1891)
Nugent, Thomas Edwai d (B D 1906)
O'Connor, James Francis Thaddeus
(LL B 1909, M A 1910)
Orcutt, Wallace Lyman (M D 1911)
Peirce Paul Skeels (Ph D 1900)
Pendleton, Cyrus Edmund (M D 1903)
Phinney, Lola (Mus B 1900)
Poteat, James Douglass (J S D 1933)
Prichard, Reuben Parker (M F 1909)
Purcell, Richard J (Ph D 1916)
Reedy, John Henry (Ph D 1915)
Rendall, Raymond Eaton (M F 1920)
Rice, William Benjamin (M F 1912)
Ritter, Harry Woodward (LL B 1908)
Roberts, Floyd Lester (B D 1926,
M A 1927)
Robinson, William Alexander (Ph D 1913)
Rolnick, Harry (Ph D 1930)
Rolofson, John Jesse (LL M 1909)
Ross, Alexander Herbert Douglas
(M F 1906)
Saer, John Benjamin (B D 1881)
Sanford, Henry Seymour (LL B 1895)
Schhchtmg, Martin Hugo (B D 1919)
Scofield, Irving Frank (M D 1906)
February 23, 1945
January 7, 1950
June 1950
November 3, 1949
October 15, 1949
March 17, 1950
January 21, 1946
August 22, 1949
January 26, 1950
February 19, 1945
June 2, 1949
July 31, 1949
October 2, 1949
June 2, 1950
January 26, 1950
September 28, 1949
June 7, 1950
March 30, 1931
May 8, 1950
December 14, 1949
March 16, 1950
September 5, 1949
January 3, 1950
February 21, 1950
December 24, 1949
January 13, 1950
August 2, 1941
June 14, 1950
June 10, 1950
September 9, 1949
July 10, 1948
April 6, 1950
June 1946
November 22, 1949
September 25, 1949
October 18, 1949
Graduate and Professional Schools
213
Date of Death
Seashore, Carl Emil (Ph D 1895,
Sc D Hon 1935)
Shaw, Vinnorma (B F A 1918, Mrs John
H McKenzxe)
Sherwood, James Clark (LL B 1894)
Shont, Levon Sarkiss ( M A 1910)
Slade, Maxwell (LL B 1902)
Smith, Karl Leavitt (M P H 1933)
Sperow, Everett Hollmgsworth (B D 1904)
Stauffer, Henry (B D 1889)
Stearns, Alfred Ernest (M A Hon 1905)
Stem, William Bement (M D 1945)
Stewart, Wilson Reed (B D 1893)
Strickland, Lesley Clyde (J D 1923)
Sundberg, Edmer Kermit (M A 1946)
Tack, Augustus Vincent (B F A 1912)
Tanch, Joseph William (Ph D 1919)
Thomas, John Evans (B D 1896)
Timber lake, Ralph Moore (B D and
M A 1911)
Tittle, Ernest Fremont (D D Hon 1933)
Trust, Harry Knowlton (Ph D 1947)
Tyler, Heman Augustus (M D 1898)
Ulnch, Adam Stewart (LL B 1901)
Underwood, Homer Krepps (M A 1901)
VanCott, William Vaughn (B F A 1928)
Vorse, Albert Ogden (M F 1910)
Walker, Robert Spiers (LL B 1904)
Wecter, Dixon (M A 1926, Ph D 1936)
Westenberg, Arthur Ewen (B D 1907)
Williams, Clarence Russell (Ph D 1912)
Winlock, Herbert Eustis (Litt D Hon 1933)
Witman, Horace Montgomery (B D 1898)
Woods, Joseph George (LL B 1910)
Yetter, Harry Stanley (M F 1924)
Zimmerman, Henry Martin (LL M 1896)
Zundel, George Lorenzo Ingram (Ph D 1929)
October 16, 1949
July 18, 1949
About 1949
1949
August 6, 1949
November 6, 1949
June 15, 1950
October 10, 1949
November 15, 1949
November 21, 1949
October 23, 1949
February 25, 1950
July 14, 1946
July 21, 1949
January 17, 1950
October 28, 1943
August 27, 1949
August 3, 1949
August 26, 1949
October 1, 1949
March 8, 1947
February 14, 1950
December 25, 1949
January 19, 1950
April 7, 1950
June 24, 1950
January 5, 1950
September 25, 1949
January 26, 1950
October 17, 1949
October 27, 1949
June 22, 1950
June 1, 1949
March 10, 1950
STATISTICS
Yale College
192*
143+
School of Engineering
2
Graduate School
32
School of Medicine
14
Divinity School
24
Law School
37
School of the Fine Arts
4
School of Music
1
School of Forestry
14
School of Nursing
1
Honorary Degree Recipients
8_
472
The age of the 189 graduates of Yale College who died between
July 1, 1949, and July 1, 1950, averages 65 8, and the age of 136
graduates of the Scientific School averages 68 3
The oldest living graduate of Yale College is Eugene Bouton
(B A 1875) of Bloomfield, N J , born December 6, 1850
The oldest living graduate of the Sheffield Scientific School is
Ethan A Andrews (Ph B 1881) of Baltimore, Md , born September
10, 1859
•Includes 3 in the supplement
•Includes 7 m the supplement
INDEX*
Class
Page
1892 j;
1897 s
1905 £
1892
1913
1911
1898
1906 s
1906
1924 s
1899 j
1905
1885 s
1903 s
1913 s
Adams, Francis M
Aimes, Hubert H S
Alexander, Harold G
Allen, Bernard M
Allen, Douglass M
Anderson, Robert B
Archbald, Robert W , J r
Armstead, George B
Armstrong, Walter P
Ash, James L
Atha, Charles G
At ha, Louis M
At wood, James A
Ayer, William T
Ayres, Charles C
1908
1918
1896 s
1902
1918
1903 s
1906 s
1924 s
1907 s
1912 s
1906
1893 s
1886
1897
1905
Bakewell, Donald C
Barber, Maurice
Barbour, George H
Barnett, Francis B
Barry, Philip
Bayles, James M
Behr, Karl H
Behn, Henry, 3d
Benet, William Rose
Bennell, A Herbert
Biddle, Edward M
Billings, Oliver C
Bishop, Louis B
Bissell, Shelton
Bodman, George M
Bosworth, Arthur H
Bosworth, Cyrus I
Bower, Ernest T
Bowers, Thomas W
Bradley, Clarence I
Brewster, William E
Broatch, Robert E
Brown, Cyril
Brown, S Kennedy
1908
1898
1900
1910
1912
1910
1898
1912
1913
s
s
s
s
s
135
146
164
15
93
87
35
168
66
199
206
60
129
160
187
79
103
144
48
104
160
168
199
170
183
66
136
7
29
61
173
150
41
84
183
178
150
89
94
Page
Class
38
189
27
195
35
15
144
1899
1915 s
1895
1919 s
1898
1892
1896 s
Bryant, Oliver S
Bryden, John R , Jr
Burge, Frederick W
Burnham, Donald
Burrell, David DeForest
Burt, Stanley G
Burton, Jonathan P
1895 s
1903
1907
1883
1894
1905 s
1897
1908
1925
1897 s
1910
1912 s
1903 "
1938
1924 s
1906
1903
1905
1912 s
1908 s
1945
1912 s
1913
1888
1894 s
1908
1894
1897
1906
1904
Caldwell, William G
206
Calmer, Erwin M
52
Campbell, Rumsey
73
Carver, Henry
4
Chase, William G
21
Cheney, Stephen C
165
Churchill, William
30
Clark, Clinton
80
Clearwater, Thomas H
113
Cleland, Frank B
147
Cloud, Henry Roe
85
Cobb, Harold M
184
Coffey, James R
53
Cohen, Sidney J
119
Collins, Frank V D
200
Conde, Harold W
67
Condict, Philip K
53
Congdon, Walter B
61
Conover, Boardman
185
Constantian, Constantme M 173
Converse, Roger W , Jr
121
Cooney, Lloyd S
185
Cor-dier, Auguste J
95
Covell, Henry H
9
Cox, Edward V
137
Crocker, Templeton
204
Cruttenden, Walter B
21
Curtis, Melville G
31
Curtis, Sidney B
68
Curtiss, Colman
58
1905
Darby, William T
62
* s indicates the Sheffield Scientific School, je, the School of Engineering, no designation
is used for graduates of Yale College
216
Class
Page
Class
Page
Gallup, Fred D
22
Gano, C William
200
Gedney, George W
13
Gifford, Stanley E
90
Gleason, Fred E
63
Goetchius, Morgan
58
Goldsborough, Laird Shields 113
Gooden, B Parks
74
Goodwin, Charles
179
Gregory, Henry W
133
Guthrie, Keith O
38
1899 s
1900 s
1918 s
1917
1894 s
1886 s
1884
1922
1903
1909
1900 _s
Day, Osborne A
Dean, Edward Clarence
Dean, Howard B
Dempsey, John C
Disbecker, Harry P
Doane, John Edwin
Doolittle, Julius T A
Doolittle, Mortimer L
Draper, Trusten P
Dnscoll, Arthur G
Dudley, G Walter
153
155
194
101
138
129
5
109
54
82
155
1894
1927 s
1890
1912
1905
1904
1924
1907
1910 s
1891 s
1899
1947
1913
1883 j5
1894
1901
1903
1900
1906
1913 s
1889 s
1882 s
Easmgwood, Albert E
Easton, Edward R
Eastwick, Edward P , Jr
Eaton, George F
Ehason, Eldridge L
Ellsworth, Bradford
Ellsworth, Henry E
Embree, Edwin R
English, Harold K
Everest, Edward
Event, Richard L
122
95
126
22
46
54
42
68
188
132
125
1906
1892
1906
1899
1902
1895
1933
1909
1897
1919
1900
1906
1918
1911
Finley, Harold M
Fish, Wilbur P
Flmn, A Rex
Flint, Robert P
Flora, Charles P
Folks, Richard H
Foster Frank F
Fox, William L
Francis, J D Perry
Fravell, James E G
Frederick, Charles H
Freeman, Mason A , Jr
Frost, Reginald R
Fuller, Myron E
69
16
70
154
49
141
201
176
147
105
43
Gager, Luther H
124
il, John E M
Hall, Kenneth S
Ham, Clifford D
1907 J; Hamilton, Floyd L
1891 s Hamilton, W Pierson
1888
Hand, Alfred
1915 s Handy, Seth C
1896 s Hanson, Howell Ross
1905
Hardway, Edward V
1899 ^ Harrison, Frederick B
1904 s Hartshorne, Douglas R
1907^ Hastings, Rolland M
1884 £ Hawley, Samuel B
1891 s Herron, John W
1947(Mar ) Hershman, Peter I
1898 £ Hess, James
1905 s Hilditch, Warren W
1911
Hille, Henry M
1921s Hmes, Ralph J
1919
Hoff, Charles S
1899
Holland, Nelson C
1914
Holt, Thomas G
1918
Hoogland, Benjamin T
1914 j ; Hopson, William H
1926
Horsfield, Thomas G
1912^ Howe, Spaulding
1907^ Hubbell, Jay H
1894
Hulburt, Charles N
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
1875 s
195
182
1877 s
1910 s
1883
124
179
4
171
134
10
190
145
63
154
161
171
128
134
123
151
165
87
198
106
39
98
105
189
114
186
207
23
Index
Class
Page
1892 s
1892
1903
1901 s
1928
Hunt, Henry D
Huntington, D Trumbull
Hurst, George S
Hyde, William A
Hynson,, William G , Jr
1897
Ilfeld, Louis C
1947
1892
1904 s
1887
1895 s
1922
1894
1893
Jackson, Arthur E
Jay, Pierre
Jeck, Howard S
Jennings, Charles B
Johnson, Alexander
Jones, Joseph P
Jones, Lawrence B
Joy, Homer T
123
17
162
8
142
109
24
19
1899
1901 s
1917
1905 s
1928
1910 s
1894 s
1890 s
1909
1904 s
1933
1912
Kellogg, Macintosh
Kellogg, Raymond M
Kellogg, Sanford B
Kennedy, Joseph W
Kennedy, Raymond
Kerr, Albert
Keyser, W Irvine
Kirschner, Charles L
Kluepfel, Roland W
Knight, Harold
Knight, Richard vanDyck
Kreider, D Robert
39
157
102
1905
1899
1899
1897
1894 s
1917
1888
1907
1900 s
1914
Lawrance, Charles L
Lawrence, Thomas F
Learned, Ebenezer
Leavenworth, Charles S
Lee, Frank
Leslie, Harold S
Leverett, Theodore L n
Lincoln, Nathan E
Lockwood, Charles D
Lord, George deForest
135
16
55
156
115
31
166
115
180
138
132
83
162
119
90
64
40
204
32
139
103
11
75
156
98
217
Page
Class
1911
1902
Lynch, Joseph M
Lyon, Walter L
McClenahan, Robert S
McClintock, Wilson S
McEwen, Lewis C
McGill, Earle L
McNally, Frederick L
McQuaid, Paul A
Mai lory, John H , Jr
1941
Maltzberger, Henry
1879
Manice, Arthur R
1897
1886 s Marlm, Mahlon H
Matthiessen, Francis O
1923
Meech, Harold M
1904
1920 s Mendel, William
Merwin, Duncan S
1888
1894 s Messier, Eugene L
Miller, Edwin C
1907
1894 s Miller, James H
1896 s Miller, Otto
1945 e Millstone, Edgar D
1911 s Minor, Pierpont L
Mitchell, George H
1899
Moore, Charles Arthur
1903
Mosman,
Oliver C
1894
1901 s Moss, Benton C
1922 s Muhlfelder, J Eugene
Murphy, F Sugden
1896
1906
1898 s
1921
1910 s
1898
1929
1897 s
1914
1883 s
1912 s
1909 s
1928
1888 s
Neithercut, Richard I
Newberry, Phelps
Newell, John E
Nichols, John B
Nimick, Alexander
Norcross, Hiram, Jr
Norton, Elbert E
1906
1900
Ogle, George B
Ogle bay, Crispin
88
49
27
71
151
108
180
36
121
3
32
130
110
59
197
12
139
75
140
145
203
182
40
56
24
157
198
117
148
99
126
207
177
116
131
72
43
213
Class
1904
Olmsted, John
1904 _s O'Meara, William J
Page
Page
Class
60
163
1866 £
1901 £
1916 s
Rudd, A Holley
Rudd, Charles E
Ryan, Willing W
1882
1904 s
1914
1908 s
1907
1897
1884
1887
1908 s
1908
1906 s
1902
1911
1900
1893 s
1903
1940 e
1932
1898 s
1915
1905 s
1909
1923
1907
1916
1897
1916 j
Scudder, Charles L
Seagrave, Walter H
Seddon, Scott
Shea, John W
Sheldon, Ernest W
Sheldon, Porter F
Shelton, Henry T
Sheppard, Walter B
Shubert, George W
Sieber, Joseph B
Simmons, Lawrence A
Simonds, Ralph M
Simpson, Archer R
Smith, David Stanley
Smith, Edward O
Smith, George A
Smith, George I
Smyth, William
Spaldmg, Clarence G
Spencer, Wilford L
Stannard, E Tappan
Stokes, Horace W
Storrs, Cleveland H
Stowe, Alfred L
Stuart, Walter
Studin, Charles H
Sullivan, Leo G
1894
1908^
1902
1920
1928
1896
1908
1898 s
Taylor, Andrew S
Taylor, William W
Tenney, John F
Thomas, Philip H
Thomas, William B , Jr
Thompson, Frederick M
Thornton, James C
Thrall, George C
1912
1884
1907 s
1909 s
1907 s
1908 s
1898
1912
1919 s
1887
1897
1894
1925
1897 s
1910
1912 s
1897 s
1892
1902 s
Pangburn, Clifford H
Par dee, Charles L
Park, Roswell
Parker, James, 3d
Peck, John Sherman
Peck, Joseph A
Peck, William Hazen
Perry, Henry E
Peters, James W
Pettee, George D
Pfmgst, George B
Phelps, Ansel
Phillips, James A , Jr
Pike, William K
Platt, J Curtis
Prann, Raymond W
Pratt, Harold H
Price, Prank Julian
Price, William B
91
6
172
177
172
174
36
92
196
8
33
25
114
148
86
187
149
18
159
1904 s
1920 s
1883 s
1899
1909
1929
1908
1902 s
1898 s
1895 s
1903
1900
1906
1905 s
1894 s
1898
1909 s
Rafferty, Charles D
Rakatzky, Arch F
Randall, William S
Rastall, Ernest S
Raymond, Franklyn T
Raymond, Joseph J
Rees, Gomer H
Reynolds, Baxter
Reynolds, Robert D
Richards, Lewis C
Richardson, Roland G D
Riggs, Pliny S
Rinke, Arthur W
Roberts, Harold M
Rogers, Alexander P
Rogers, L Harding, Jr
Roth, Roswell J
163
208
127
41
83
118
80
159
151
142
56
44
72
167
141
37
178
130
158
191
3
164
100
175
76
33
6
9
175
81
169
50
89
45
137
57
203
118
152
100
167
84
111
76
101
34
191
25
175
51
107
117
28
205
152
Index
Class
Page
143
81
181
1895 s
1908
1910 s
1891
1922
1902
1907
1901
Todd, Francis H
Townsend, James M
Traer, Charles S
Treadwell, Alhene W
Tucker, E Woodford
Tucker, W Gaylord
Tully, Thomas A
Twichell, Burton P
110
1916 s
Uhlenhaut, Fritz
192
1893
1921 s
1878 s
1916 £
Vaile, Harry S
Vivier, Pieter J
Vhet, William Annm
Vondersmith, Philip G
1923
1919 s
1916 s
1920
Wade, Festus J , Jr
Wadhams, John M , 3d
Walker, Robert T
Walters, Harold W S
14
51
77
47
19
208
124
193
112
197
193
107
219
Class
1913
1905
1907
1881
1940
1894
1889
1902
1896
1906
1927
1893
1884
1912
1915
1894
1913
s
s
s
s
1906 ^
Page
Warren, Henry P , Jr
Washburn, John R
Waterman, Ira D
Watson, Robert W
Weeks, John M
Welch, Harry L
Wells, Hubert W
Welsh, John J
Weston, George C
Whitcomb, Henry F , Jr
Wilcox, John P
Wile ox, Walter D
Willets, Elmore A
Woodruff, A Allen
Woodruff, Stevens
Woodruff, William W , Jr
Woodward, William F
96
65
78
125
120
26
12
52
28
73
201
20
128
92
190
26
97
Zaragoza, Elias
207
FORMS OF BEQUEST
I
N answer to many inquiries from alumni and friends of the University who
plan to remember Yale in their wills, the following forms are suggested
(GENERAL)
I give and bequeath to Yale University, a corporation existing under and by
virtue of a charter granted by the General Assembly of the Colony and State of
Connecticut, and located in the Town of New Haven in said State,
Dollars, to be used (or, the income
to be used) at the discretion of the Corporation of said University.
(SPECIFIC)
I give and bequeath to Yale University, a corporation existing under and by
virtue of a charter granted by the General Assembly of the Colony and State of
Connecticut, and located in the Town of New Haven in said State, . .
Dollars, to be used (or, the income
to be used) for the following purposes:
(Here specify the purposes for which the bequest—or the income therefrom—is to be
used.)
(It is strongly recommended that a competent lawyer be employed to prepare the
will and to supervise its execution in order to comply with all the requirements of the law
of the state in which the maker of the will resides It is also wise to give the University
considerable latitude in the use of any fund so that a change of circumstances may not
impair the usefulness of the gift. The Treasurer of the University will be glad upon request
to review the phrasing of any proposed form of bequest)

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