1950-1951 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University

BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY

OBITUARY RECORDOF GRADUATES OF THE

UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS

DECEASED DURING THE YEAR

I95O-I95I

SERIES 48 I JANUARY 1952 NUMBER I


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Acceptance for mailing at the special rate of postage pro-vided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3,1917, authorizedAugust 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 RECORDOF GRADUATES OF THE

UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS

DECEASED DURING THE YEAR

ENDING JULY 1, 1951

INCLUDING THE RECORD OF A FEW WHO DIED

PREVIOUSLY, HITHERTO UNREPORTED

NUMBER 110

NEW HAVEN

1952

CONTENTS

B i o g r a p h i e s of G r a d u a t e s . . . 5

Y a l e C o l l e g e . . . 5

Shef f ie ld Scient i f ic S c h o o l . . 100

S c h o o l of E n g i n e e r i n g . . . . 145

S u p p l e m e n t . . . . . . 147

G r a d u a t e s of t h e G r a d u a t e a n d P r o f e s s i o n a l Schoo l s a n d H o n o r a r yD e g r e e R e c i p i e n t s W h o s e D e a t h s H a v e B e e n R e p o r t e d d u r i n g t h eY e a r 1 9 5 0 - 5 1 . . . 149

Sta t i s t i c s . . . . . . 153

I n d e x . . . . . 155

YALE UNIVERSITY OBITUARY RECORD*YALE COLLEGE

EUGENE BOUTON, BA. 1875 BornDecember 6, 1850, Jefferson, N.Y.; diedMarch 30,1951, Bloomfield, N J

Father, Ira Bouton, mechanic and farmerin Jefferson, son of William and Hannah(Carnngton) Bouton Mother, Emma(Footc) Bouton, daughter of Miles andEsther (Northrop) Foote Yale relatives in-clude Nathaniel Bouton (BA 1821)(great-uncle), Irving C Gladwin, '85 S.(brother-in-law), Irving G. Bouton, '49,Eugene B Clay, '49 March (grandsons).

Cazenovia Seminary, First prize in Eng-lish composition Freshman year, second de-clamation prize Sophomore year, disserta-tion appointment Senior year, Class poet;editor Yale Courant Junior year; contri-buted to Yale Literary Magazine M.A1881

Teacher languages and science NorwichAcademy 1875-77, principal Union School,Sherburnc, N Y , 1877-80, teacher Englishlanguage and literature Albany Academy1880-83, P h D Syracuse 1882, member In-stitute Faculty of the State of New York1884-85, deputy State superintendent of in-struction 1886, first principal New PaltzState Normal School 1886-88; superinten-dent of schools Bridgeport, Conn, 1890-93and Pittsfield, Mass, 1894-1904; supervisingprincipal Glen Ridge (N.J ) public schools1904-10, teacher history and geographyBloomfield High School 1916-17; seniorclerk Essex County Board of Taxation,Newark, 1917 until retirement 1941, au-thor How We Live (revised edition Les-sons tn Hygiene); Spelling and WordBudding; Grammatical Charts, TeacherTraining Agencies, University of the Stateof New Yor\, American Ideals of Life andGovernment, co-compiler History of Stam-ford Seminary and Union Free School 1796to 1931; president Chcnango County

*If the father of an alumnus is a Yale gradu-ate, the father's record is not usually given inthis volume, but may be found in publishedform elsewhere

Teachers Association 1878-80, BerkshireCounty Teachers Association 1896-98, Mas-sachusetts State Superintendents Associa-tion 1901-2, examiner New York StateInter-Academic Union 1882-83, directorPittsfield Y.M C A , member ConnecticutCouncil of Education, New Jersey and Fair-field County Historical societies, Sons of theAmerican Revolution, Bridgeport ScientificSociety, and Christ Church (Episcopal),Bloomfield

Married June 29, 1887, Sherburne, Eliz-abeth Rumnll, daughter of Albert Russelland Elizabeth Maria (Cook) GladwinChildren Katharine (Vassar 1908-10, B ABarnard 1923, Mrs Clifford Finch Clay),Gladwin (B A Princeton 1913), Elizabeth(Mrs Charles Victor Blceckcr), Josephine(Mrs William Augustus Bleecker)

Death due to bronchopneumonia Buriedin East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Delawanna,N J Survived by wife, children, elevengrandchildren, and thirteen great-grand-children

Mr Bouton had been the oldest livinggraduate of Yale since June 24, 1947

IRVING HALL CHASE, B A 1880 BornMay 13, 1858, Waterbury, Conn , diedMarch 14,1951, Waterbury, Conn

Father, Augustus Sabin Chase, manufac-turer and banker in Waterbury; son ofSeth and Eliza Hempstead (Dodge) ChaseMother, Martha Clark (Starkweather)Chase, daughter of Dr Rodney Stark-weather and Jane (Starkweather) Stark-weather Yale relatives include Henry SChase, '77, Frederick S Chase, '87 (broth-ers), Arthur R Kimball, '77, John P Kel-logg, '82, Charles P Kellogg, '90, EdwardClark Streeter, '98 (brothers-in-law), ElsieRowland Chase (cert School of Fine Arts1889) (sister-in-law), Chaunccy C Stark-weather, '74 (cousin), A Sabin Chase, '20,Rodney Chase (Class of 1920), E RowlandChase, '21, Chase Kimball, '25, John W

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Streeter, '31 (nephews), Charles P Taft,'18, Thomas Ewing, Jr (Class of 1919),Edward T Carmody, '27 (sons-in-law),Seth C Taft, '44, Irving C Sheldon, '44,Thomas Ewing, 3d, '51, Alexander C Ew-ing (Class of 1953) (grandsons), FrederickS Chase, '50, Martin S Chase, '51 (grand-nephews)

Philhps-Andover Class crew, secretary-treasurer Class baseball club, Delta KappaEpsilon, Wolf's Head

Shipping clerk Waterbury Clock Com-pany 1880-85, secretary 1885-86, director1886-1951, president 1912 until retirement1932, chairman of the board 1932-44, pres-ident A S Chase & Company 1897-1909,Morns Plan Bank of Waterbury 1915-51,Waterbury National Bank 1918-29 (chair-man of the board 1929-51), Lake CountyFruit Corporation 1922-51, secretary ChaseRolling Mill Company 1900-1912, Statesenator 1907-8, 1909-10, trustee St Mar-garet's School for Girls (treasurer 1926-47),Tpft School, and Connecticut Junior Re-public, director Gay lord Farm Association1909-51 (on executive committee 1927-46,president 1934-46), corporate memberConnecticut Humane Society (vice-pres-ident 1949, honorary vice-president 1949-51), member Waterbury Board of ParkCommissioners (president 1926,1927,1929)and Second Congregational Church, Water-bury

Married February 28, 1889, Waterbury,Elizabeth Hosmer, daughter of Stephen WKellogg (B A 1846) and Lucia Hosmer(Andrews) Kellogg Children MarjoneStarkweather (Mrs William HenryFeeter), Eleanor Kellogg (Mrs CharlesPhelps Taft), Lucia Hosmer (B A BrynMawr 1918, Mrs Thomas Ewing, J r ) ,Elizabeth Irving (Mrs John Gnffith-Davies), Dorothy Mather (Mrs EdwardThomas Carmody) Mrs Chase died 1944

Death due to artenosclerotic heart dis-ease Buried in Riverside Cemetery, Water-bury Survived by children, fifteen grand-children, seventeen great-grandchildren,and two sisters, Miss Helen ElizabethChase and Mrs Edward Clark Streeter

EDWIN EDGERTON AIKEN, BA1881 Born March i, 1859, Newington,

Conn ; died January 5, 1951, New Haven,Conn

Father, Rev. William P. Aiken (BA.1853) Mother, Susan Curtis (Edgerton)Aiken Yale relatives include* Roger Welles(BA 1851) (uncle), William P Aiken,'89 (brother), Martin Welles, '82, LemuelA Welles, '93 (cousins), Charles S Foote,'83 (brother-in-law)

Philhps-Andover First Berkeley Pre-mium in Latin Composition Freshmanyear, third prize in English compositionSophomore year, philosophical orationJunior and Senior years; Townsendspeaker, College Choir, contributed toYale Literary Magazine and Yale Courant,Class deacon, member Debating Society,Dunham Boat Club, Delta Kappa, Skulland Bones, Phi Beta Kappa. BD 1884,graduate student 1884-85

Congregational minister, missionary, andeducator in China 1885 until retirement1928 (Noith China Mission of AmericanBoard of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-sions 1885-1912 [Peiping 1885-90, Tientsin1892-99, Paoting 1902-11], Church of Scot-land Mission, Ichang, 1917-21, 1926-27[teacher Oberlin Memorial schools, actingprincipal Boys' School], member Commit-tee for Revision of Old Testament in theChinese Colloquial [formerly Mandarin,now national language] 1912-17); residedin China until 1943 (engaged in preachingin street chapels 1928-40 and teaching Eng-lish to Chinese 1928-43, editor PekingUnion Church Bulletin 1928-43), internedby Japanese for four months, returned toUnited States 1943, member Peking Orien-tal Society

Married (1) October 6, 1892, New YorkCity, Maud, daughter of George and Sarah(Alexander) Lockwood. Children: EdwinEdgerton, Jr, '16, George [Lockwood], '17,Margery Mrs Aiken died 1899 Married(2) September 28, 1902, New Haven, RoseEthel, daughter of Franklin Benjamin andLura Minerva (Lewis) Merrill DaughterLura Susan (Mrs Erhardt Fnednch Peter-sen, died 1927)

Death due to coronary occlusion Buriedin Oak Grove Cemetery, West Haven. Sur-vived by wife, three children, and twograndchildren

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GEORGE WOOLSEY, B A 1881. BornMay 2, 1861, New Haven, Conn , died Julyij I95°» New Haven, Conn

Father, Theodore D. Woolsey (BA.1820), president Yale University 1846-71Mother, Sarah Sears (Prichard) Woolsey.Yale relatives include: Benjamin Woolsey(BA 1709), Jonathan Edwards (BA1720) (great-great-grandfathers); DanielDwight (BA 1721) (great-great-great-uncle), Benjamin Woolsey (BA 1744),Timothy Dwight (BA 1744) (great-grandfathers) ; Sylvester Muirson (B A1771), Heathcote Muirson (BA. 1776)(great-great-uncles), Timothy Dwight(B.A. 1769), Theodore Dwight (MA.Hon. 1798), Nathaniel Dwight (MA.Hon 1815) (great-uncles), John M.Woolsey (B A 1813), William C Woolsey(BA 1813) (uncles); Theodore S Wool-sey, '72 (half brother); Edgar L. Heer-mance (BA 1858), Alfred T Bacon, '73(brothers-in-law); William W Woolsey(MD. 1853), Charles F. Johnson (BA1855), William W Woolsey (Class of 1864)(cousins); T. Woolsey Heermance, '93,Edgar L Heermance, '97, Theodore SWoolsey, 'oi, Heathcote M Woolsey, '07,Roger T. Bacon (Class of 1911 S) , AlfredH T Bacon, '14 (nephews), Agnes W.Bacon Sargent, '24 Art (niece), John CKittle, '04 (son-in-law); Jonathan G Kittle(Class of 1949 March), George W Kittle,'49, Andrew C Kittle (Class of 1952)(grandsons).

Hopkins Grammar School Oration ap-pointment Junior and Senior years, vice-president Yale Natural History Society twoyears, Gamma Nu, Delta Kappa, AlphaKappa Student Sheffield Scientific School1881-82

MD Columbia 1885; house staff Roose-velt Hospital 1885-86; studied in Berlin,Vienna, Gottingcn, and Pans 1886-88, sur-geon in New York City 1888-1935, profes-sor anatomy and clinical surgery New YorkUniversity College of Medicine 1890-98,professor clinical surgery and anatomy Cor-nell University Medical College 1898-1908,clinical surgery 1908-26, professor emeritus1926-50; on staff Roosevelt, Bellevue, Pres-byterian, and Memorial hospitals, NewYork Infirmary for Women, St John'sRiverside Hospital (Yonkers), and Peeks-

kill (N.Y) Hospital; author. Applied Sur-gical Anatomy, contributed to Surgery, ItsPrinciples and Practice, by W W Keen,and Textboo\ of Anatomy by AmericanAuthors, edited by F H Gemsh, MajorMedical Reserve Corps World War I, pres-ident New York Surgical and New YorkClinical societies, fellow American Collegeof Surgeons, member Medical Society ofthe County of New York, Medical Societyof the State of New York, New York Acad-emy of Medicine, American Surgical As-sociation, and Societe Internationale deChirurgie, elder Brick Church (Presby-terian), New York City

Married May 12, 1892, New York City,Jean Paul, daughter of Rev Frank FieldEllinwood, D D , LL D , and Laura (Hurd)Ellinwood Children Marj one Ellinwood(BA Vassar 1916, Mrs John C Kittle),George Pierpont (died 1902), Laura Hurd

Death due to generalized arteriosclerosisBuried in Dosons, Glen Cove, NY Sur-vived by wife, daughters, three grand-children, and a sister, Miss Edith Woolsey

HARRY RUDOLF BALTZ, BA. 1882.Born August 20, i860, Philadelphia, Pa ,died March 27, 1951, at sea en route fromNew York to Naples, Italy

Father, Peter Baltz, a manufacturer inPhiladelphia, son of Johann FnedenchBaltz Mother, Maria Margaretha (Birken-stock) Baltz, daughter of Martin and Phi-lippine (Gelzenleuchter) Birkenstock Yalerelatives include W Brenton Welling(PhB 1872) (brother-in-law), WilliamB Welling, '49 March (grandnephew)

George Eastburn's Academy, Philadel-phia First colloquy appointment Junioryear, University Orchestra, '82 TennisClub, Dunham Boat Club, Gamma Nu, EtaPhi, Psi Upsilon, Wolf's Head

Student in Europe 1882-84, studied lawin Philadelphia 1884-86, admitted to Penn-sylvania bar 1886, president J & P BaltzCompany, brewery, Philadelphia, 1886-1919, secretary Standard Ice Manufactur-ing Company, Philadelphia, retired about1920, director Philharmonic-SymphonySociety of New York; on executive boardWar Commission Dioeese of Pennsylvaniaand Main Line branch American Red CrossWorld War I, secretary Italy America So-

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cicty 1932-39; member Historical Societyof Pennsylvania and St James EpiscopalChurch, New York City

Married April 23, 1901, New York City,Mary Hart, daughter of Charles Hunt andKatharine Celia (Greene) Welling Daugh-ter Rosemary Welling (BA Barnard1925)

Death due to heart attack Buried in ParkLawn Cemetery, Bcnnington, Vt Survivedby wife and daughter.

CLIFFORD STEPHEN KELSEY, BA.1883 Born May 5, i860, Bridgeport, Conn.;died May 2,1951, New York City

Father, Courtland Kclsey, a merchant inBridgeport, son of Julius and Sylvia (Hill)Kelsey Mother, Sarah (Hoyt) Kelsey,daughter of William Bennett and AnnaMaria (Wheeler) Hoyt. Yale relatives in-clude. William H. Kclsey, '77, Clarence H.Kelsey, '78 (brothers), Corydon CurtissTyler (Class of 1893) (brother-in-law);Stephen T Kelsey, '09, Courtland Kelsey,'09, John F Kelsey, '14 S (nephews), H.Burr Kelsey, '37, Courtland Kelsey, Jr.(Class of 1937), Stephen T Kelsey, Jr, '39(grandncphews)

Bridgeport High School Second Mathe-matical prize Sophomore year; high ora-tion appointment Junior year, oration ap-pointment Senior year; Gamma Nu, PsiUpsilon, Phi Beta Kappa

CE Cornell 1888, inspector dredging onConnecticut river in U S Government Ser-vice 1884-86 (transitman schooner Brenda1885-86), leveler engineer corps KingsCounty Elevated Railway, Brooklyn, win-ter 1886, assistant engineer US Govern-ment Service, Westfield, N J , 1887-1901,secretary and treasurer Realty Associates,Inc , Brooklyn, 1901-15, vice-president 1915until retirement 1932, trustee New YorkInvestors, Inc, 1932-51; member RiversideChurch, New York City

Married October 27,1892, Plainficld, N J,Lucy Wells, daughter of Corydon Ehal andLucy (Wells) Tyler. Children MildredTyler (Mrs John Henry Dahn); CliffordTyler (Princeton Class of 1920), Norman(Umv Virginia Class of 1930). Mrs Kelseydied 1950

Died following an operation Buried in

Mountain Grove Cemetery, BridgeportSurvived by children and four grandchil-dren

EDWARD WRIGHT POTTER, B.A.1884. Born September 17, 1858, East Hart-ford, Conn.; died February 13, 1951, Guil-ford, Conn

Father, Giles Potter (B A 1855). Mother,Martha Hubbard (Wright) Potter. Yalerelatives include: Daniel Hubbard (B.A.1727) (great-grcat-great-grandfather); JohnHubbard (MA. Hon. 1730), DiodateWoodbndgc (B.A. 1736) (great-great-great-grcat-unclcs); Russell Hubbard (B.A.1751) (great-great-grandfather); WilliamWright (BA. 1774) (great-grcat-uncle);David Wright (B A. 1777) (great-grand-father); Martha Julia Potter (cert. Schoolof Fine Arts 1889) (sister); William A.Potter (Class of 1888 L ) (brother)

Connecticut Literary Institute. Secondprize in English composition Sophomoreyear, second colloquy appointment Juniorand Senior years, Commencement speaker;Gamma Nu

Graduate Rochester Theological Sem-inary 1887; ordained in Baptist ChurchRockville, Conn., 1887 and minister there1887-94, minister Windsor, Vt, 1895-97,Bradford, N.H., 1897-1904 (founder andeditor church paper, the Visitor), JewcttCity, Conn, 1904-13, Clinton 1924 until re-tirement 1933; field speaker and associatesecretary Connecticut Temperance Union,New Haven, Conn, 1913-22, honorary dea-con Calvary Baptist Church, New Haven

Married October 20,1887, Suffield, Conn,Clara Maria, daughter of Luther Hathawayand Nancy Celestia (Bugbey) Fuller. Chil-dren Clara May (grad. Baptist Inst. forChristian Work 1915); Edward Keeney.Mrs Potter died 1941.

Death due to uremia Buried in Ever-green Cemetery, New Haven Survived bychildren, two grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

NORMAN ILSLEY ADAMS, BA. 1886.Born February 16,1864, Hyde Park, Mass;died May u , 1951, Lexington, Mass.

Father, Henry Scwall Adams, cashier

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U S Post Office, Boston; son of Scwall andSarah (Ilslcy) Adams Mother, HannahMary (Little) Adams, daughter of Ste-phen William and Hannah Morgan (Rus-sell) Little. Yale relatives include a grand-son, Norman I Adams, 3d, '47

Boston Latin School Oration appoint-ment Junior and Senior years, Delta KappaEpsilon.

Bank clerk Boston National Bank (laterNational Shawmut Bank of Boston) 1887-98, manager credit department until 1916,vice-president 1916 until retirement 1949,director 1920-49, president LexingtonTrust Company 1930-49, president YaleClub of Boston 1918-19, member Congre-gational church

Married November 19, 1894, Boston,Mabel Estellc, daughter of Cyrus Albertand Lydia Jane (Cheney) George. Sons'Norman Ilslcy, Jr, '17, Alan George, '26Mrs Adams died 1945

Death due to arteriosclerosis Buried inPlaistow (NH.) Cemetery. Survived bysons and two grandchildren.

WILLIAM ALFRED ROBBINS, BA1886 Born August 5,1864, Brooklyn, N Y ,died May 16,1951, Brooklyn, N Y

Father, Thomas Hcrrick Robbins, abuilder in New York City, son of Jamesand Mary (Treadwell) Robbins Mother,Adcha Stevens (Jordon) Robbins; daughterof Noah and Sarah (Stevens) Jordon.

Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Seconddispute appointment Junior and Senioryears, vice-president Yale Natural HistorySociety Senior year, Class crew, DunhamBoat Club

LLB cum laude Columbia 1888, lawyerin New York City 1888 until retirement(with exception of about five years), man-ufacturer welding compound in New Jer-sey; confidential secretary and clerk in NewYork City 1900-1918; engaged in cuttingtimber from father's estate in North Car-olina for two years, directcur Lcs Foyer duSoldat, National War Work CouncilY M C A , France, 1918-19; with PartolaManufacturing Company 1919-20, directorLong Island Historical Society, memberNew York and Huntington (N Y.) Histor-ical societies, New York Genealogical and

Biographical Society, Society of MayflowerDescendants, and Sons of the Revolution

Married July 3, 1924, Northport, N Y ,Winnifred Helena, daughter of WilliamHenry Harrison and Helena (Nickerson)Robbins

Death due to hardening of the arteriesBuried in Northport Rural Cemetery Sur-vived by wife

FRANK DODGE LEFFINGWELL, B A1887 Born November 5, 1862, San Fran-cisco, Calif ; died December 1, 1950, ChulaVista, Calif

Father, Henry Leffingwcll, son of Lu-cius W. Lcffingwell (B A 1814) and OliveDouglas (Starr) Leffingwell Mother, CairaCaroline (Dodge) Leffingwell, daughter ofNathan Solomon and Hannah (Phinncy)Dodge. Yale relatives include William Lef-fingwell (BA 1786) (great-grandfather),William C Lcffingwell (B A 1807), Ed-ward H Leffingwcll (B A 1822) (great-uncles)

Montclair (N J ) High School Disserta-tion appointment Junior year, two-yearhonors in natural and physical science, sec-ond mathematical prize, and oration ap-pointment Senior year Ph B 1889 (civilengineering course)

In an engineering and surveying office,San Rafael, Calif., 1887-88; deputy countysurveyor, assistant city engineer, and super-intendent of streets, San Rafael, 1889-90,engineer in New Jersey 1890-94, residentengineer Lake Shore & Michigan SouthernRailway Company, Toledo, 1894-97, andengineer in office of Water Purveyor, NewYork City, deputy commissioner of high-ways, Harnsburg, Pa, 1897-1903, residentengineer in charge portions Brooklyn ex-tension of subway tunnels under East Riverfrom Battery Park 1903-7, president FrankD Lcffingwell, Inc, surveyors and muni-cipal engineers, Montclair, retired about1938, secretary New Jersey society Order ofFounders and Patriots of America, treas-urer Montclair chapter Sons of the Amer-ican Revolution, member Brooklyn Engi-neers Club, American Society of Civil Engi-neers, Masonic order, and Union Congre-gational Church, Upper Montclair

Married (1) June 11, 1894, Montclair,

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Helen Habberton, daughter of Joseph andEsther (Habberton) Tnppett ChildrenEthel Tnppett Lefxmgwell Sample Blod-gett (B S Columbia 1918, Mrs Clarence EBlodgett), Helen Tnppett LeffingwellFarnsworth Ross (Mrs Eugene Ross), Hen-ry Dodge (B A Dartmouth 1925), Eliza-beth Habberton (Skidmore 1925-28, MrsHarold L Pope, Jr ) Mrs Leffingwell died1937 Married (2) January 28, 1939, ChulaVista, Clara Louise Thayer Hiller (certSchool of Fine Arts 1887), daughter of Ad-dison Parsons and Lydia (Sanford) Thay-er Mrs Leffingwell died 1944

Death due to generalized arteriosclerosisAshes scattered Survived by children, fivegrandchildren, six great-grandchildren, andthree stepdaughters, Mis Harold Frame,Mrs Herbert Hixon, and Mrs Clifford HBissell

HARRISON GRAY PLATT, B A 1888Born August 24, 1866, Milford, Conn , diedJanuary 21, 1951, Portland, Ore

Father, Henry Clifford Platt (Class of1855), a lawyer in Milford, son of Jonahand Comfort (Baldwin) Platt Mother,Emma (Treat) Platt, daughter of Jonahand Hetta Treat

Hopkins Grammar School Second prizein English composition Sophomore year,high oration appointment Junior year, two-year honors in political science, history, andlaw, and oration appointment Senior year,Commencement speaker, Alpha Delta Phi,Phi Beta Kappa Student Law School 1889-90

Teacher Bishop Scott Academy, Portland,1888-89, read law in office of George HDurham 1890-91, lawyer in Portland 1891-1951 (partner with son Arthur in Platt &Platt at time of death), lecturer law de-partment University of Oregon 1909-11,chairman Oregon State Textbook Commis-sion 1917-24, on State Supreme Court com-mittee to revise standards of admission tothe bar, president Oregon Yale AlumniAssociation 1931-35, Oregon State Bar As-sociation 1920-21, Oregon Board of LawExaminers 1914-19, trustee Pacific Univer-sity (chairman board), member OregonNational Guard, Sons of the Revolution,and Masonic order

Married October 13, 1891, Portland,Nellie, daughter of George Hannibal andS Emmelme (Clark) Durham Children*Helen, Arthur Durham, '16, Margaret(died 1915), Harrison Gray, Jr (B A Reed1925, Yale Graduate School 1925-26);Robert Treat, 2d, '29 Mrs Platt died 1927

Death due to an embolism Buried inRiverview Cemetery, Portland Survived byone daughter, sons, nine grandchildren, anda brother, Robert Treat Platt, 'J

WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD, BA.1888 Born November 10, 1864, Auburn,N Y , died February 16, 1951, Auburn,N Y

Father, William Henry Seward, headbanking house William H Seward & Com-pany, Auburn, son of William Henry Se-ward (grad Union Coll 1849) and Fran-cis (Miller) Seward Mother, Janet McNeil(Watson) Seward, daughter of Robert andMargaret Rebecca (Standart) Watson Yalerelatives include Frederick I. Allen (Ph B.1879) (brother-in-law), William SewardAllen, '06 S, Lloyd S Allen, '10 S (ne-phews)

Auburn Academic High School. First col-loquy appointment Junior and Senior years;editor Yale Daily News Sophomore andJunior years, president Yale Athletic Asso-ciation Senior year, Yale Assembly, GammaNu, Chi Delta Phi, He Boule, Skull andBones Student Law School 1888-89

Lawyer in Auburn 1890-1951 (withNoble, Leary & Leary at time of death),partner William H Seward & Company,private bankers, 1891-1951 (senior partnersince 1920), vice-president Fred L Emer-son Foundation, Inc , trustee Auburn Sav-ings Bank (second vice-president 1931-33,first vice-president 1933-38, president 1938-51), Auburn City Hospital, and SeymourLibrary Association, member CayugaCounty Bar Association and Second Presby-terian Church, Auburn

Married (1) August 24, 1893, Auburn,Anna Dennis, daughter of Charles M. andAda (Smith) Myers Son- William Henry,Jr (Class of i9i8).Mrs Seward died 1942Married (2) January 21, 1943, Auburn, EClaire, daughter of Burroughs P. and JaneA (Smith) Warne

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-

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led in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn. Sur-vived by wife, son, and a sister, Mrs RayS Messenger

FRED PALMER SOLLEY, BA 1888Born October 10, 1866, Newark, N J , diedSeptember 7, 1950, New York City

Father, John Beach Solley, merchant inOrange, N J , son of Thomas and MarthaTreat (Bradley) Solley Mother, FrancesMead (Hedden) Solley, daughter of EhasBeach and Mary (Tichenor) Hedden Yalerelatives include John B Solley, '94 (broth-er) , Thomas T Solley, '50 (nephew)

Orange High School Third declamationprize Sophomore year, high oration ap-pointment Junior and Senior years, JuniorExhibition speaker, College Choir, SecondGlee Club, editor Yale Record Senior year,Class poet, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Skull andBones, Chi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa.PhB 1889

M D Columbia 1892, studied in Heidel-berg, Paris, and Vienna 1892-93, 1895-96;interne St Luke's Hospital, New York City,1893-94, attending physician out-patient de-partment 1897-1901 specialist internal med-icine New York City 1896 until retirement1948, tutor in medicine Columbia 1901-5,instructor 1905-11; assistant in clinicalpathology Presbyterian Hospital 1900-1910,attending physician out-patient department1906-11; on staff Knickerbocker and South-ampton hospitals, vice-president New YorkAcademy of Medicine 1933-35, memberAmerican Association for the Advancementof Science, National Tuberculosis Associa-tion, Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropicaland Preventive Medicine, Inc, Medical As-sociation of Greater New York, Medical So-ciety of the County of New York, MedicalSociety of the State of New York, AmericanMedical Association, New Haven ColonyHistorical Society, New York Genealogicaland Biographical Society, Society of Colo-nial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, and Con-gregational church, Ridgefield, Conn

Married January 1,1895, New York City,Mary Houston, daughter of Robert Folgerand Margaret Jane (Cook) Westcott Chil-dren Fred Westcott (Class of 1918), Theo-dore Houston (B A 1919, died 1938), Mar-

garet (Mrs George Marshall Durant),Robert Folger, '22 Mrs Solley died 1944

Death due to cerebral accident Buried inFairlawn Cemetery, Ridgefield Survivedby daughter, two sons, and five grandchil-dren

HENRY LEWIS STIMSON, B A 1888Born September 21, 1867, New York City,died October 20,1950, Huntington, N Y

Father, Lewis A. Stimson, LL D (B A1863) Mother, Candace (Wheeler) Stim-son Yale relatives include William Pear-tree Smith (B A 1742) (great-great-great-grandfather), Ehas Boudinot (LLDI79°) (great-great-uncle), John G Atter-bury (BA 1831), William W Atterbury(BA 1843) (great-uncles); Henry AStimson (B A 1865), John Ward Stimson,'72, Frederick J Stimson, '77 (uncles),Grosvenor Atterbury, '91, Frederick WWeston, '99, J Frank Stimson (Class of1906), Henry B Stimson, '07, Alfred LLoomis, '09, Philip M Stimson, '10, Fred-erick B Stimson (Class of 1915), BoudinotStimson (Class of 1920), William B Stim-son (Class of 1922) (cousins), John Rogers,'87 (brother-in-law), Susan White Edwards(School of Fine Arts Class of 1889) (sis-ter-in-law)

Phillips-Andover First Berkeley Pre-mium in Latin composition Freshmanyear; first prize in English compositionSophomore year, Townsend Premium andphilosophical oration appointment Junioryear, DeForest Prize Medal and orationappointment Senior year; Commencementspeaker, Class crew, He Boule, Psi Upsilon,Skull and Bones, Chi Delta Theta, Phi BetaKappa

M A Harvard 1889, Harvard Law School1889-91, lawyer in New York City (exceptperiods in government service) 1891-1950(counsel Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam &Roberts), U S attorney Southern Districtof New York 1906-9 and special assistant1909-10, Secretary of War of the UnitedStates 1911-13, 1940-45, Secretary of State1929-33, special Presidential representativein Nicaragua 1927, Governor General ofthe Philippine Islands 1928-29; chairmanAmerican delegation Naval Conference,London, 1930 and Disarmament Confer-


ence, Geneva, 1932, author: American Pol-icy in Nicaragua, Democracy and 'National-ism in "Europe, Far Eastern Crisis, Preludeto Invasion, Recollections and Observa-tions, coauthor American Foreign Pol-icy and the Spanish Situation, On Ac-tive Service in Peace and War, mem-ber Squadron A, New York NationalGuard 1898-1907 (ROT.C Plattsburg1916); Colonel Field Artillery World WarI, overseas 1917-18 (commander Order ofLeopold II [Belgium], officier PEtoile Noir[France]), Woodrow Wilson FoundationAward for Distinguished Service 1945, Dis-tinguished Service Medal 1945, L L DGranada 1927, Syracuse 1927, Yale 1929,New York University 1929, Wcsleyan 1929,St Andrews 1930, Pennsylvania MilitaryCollege 1931, University of Pennsylvania1931, Princeton 1933, Amherst 1937, Hamil-ton 1938, University of the State of NewYork 1938, Harvard 1942, Columbia 1947,associate fellow Timothy Dwight College(Yale) 1935-48, president Association ofthe Bar of the City of New York 1937-38and president board of trustees PhillipsAcademy, Andover, 1935-46, honoraryvice-president American Society of Interna-tional Law 1929-50, fellow National Insti-tute of Social Sciences, chairman board oftrustees International House 1936-48, trus-tee Academy of Political Science, NationalInstitute of Public Affairs, and Yale Polit-ical Union, on advisory council Instituteof International Education (New YorkCity) and board of State Chanties Aid As-sociation of New York, honorary memberThe Century Association, member NewYork State and American Bar associationsand Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church,New York City

Married July 6,1893, New Haven, Conn,Mabel Wellington, daughter of Charles A.White (B A 1854) and Frances Spencer(Eaton) White, granddaughter of HenryWhite (B A 1821), great-granddaughter ofRoger Sherman (B A 1787), and great-great-granddaughter of Stephen White(BA 1736) and Roger Sherman (M.A.Hon 1768)

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Memorial Cemetery, Cold SpringHarbor, N Y Survived by wife

Mr Stimson's papers for the years prior

to 1933 were placed on deposit in the Uni-versity Library in 1949, and became a giftFebruary ii,1952

EPHRAIM MILLER YOUMANS, BA.1888 Born December 5, 1865, New YorkCity, died July 20, 1950, New York City.

Father, Daniel Dusinberre Youmans,owner Youmans, Inc, hat business, NewYork City Mother, Emma Z (Miller) You-mans.

Wilhston Academy. Second colloquy ap-pointment Senior year, coxswain '88 Crew,University Bicycle and Chess clubs, Cupcommittee, Delta Kappa Epsilon

Associated with brother in father's busi-ness 1888-1921, president Ephraim M. You-mans, Inc, hats, 1922-50, special represen-tative Knox Hat Company, Inc, 1926-49,insurance broker Nicholas Volk & Com-pany, vice-president Orange County Soci-ety of New York, trustee Wilhston Acad-emy, life member New York Athletic Cluband 7th Regiment Veterans, member boardof managers American Board of AppliedChristianity, Pilgrim Society (New York),and Episcopal church

Married January 23, 1890, Springfield,Mass, Martha, daughter of George M andMartha (Parsons) Johnson

Survived by a brother, Vincent Youmans.

WILLIAM ADOLPHE McQUAID, » A.1889 Born October 3,1865, Webster, Mass ;died June 15, 1951, New York City.

Father, Peter McQuaid, real-estate dealer,New Haven, Conn ; son of Patrick andJanet (Petne) McQuaid. Mother, Ellen Sa-bnna (Carney) McQuaid; daughter of JohnT and Sophroma (Lamb) Carney Yalerelatives include* Henry P McQuaid, '95 S,Paul A McQuaid, '98 (brothers), Paul AMcQuaid, Jr, '37, John G McQuaid, '40(nephews)

Hillhouse High School, New Haven Sec-ond Berkeley Premium in Latin composi-tion Freshman year; third prize in Englishcomposition and second mathematical prizeSophomore year; philosophical oration ap-pointment Junior and Senior years; Com-mencement speaker, Delta Kappa Epsilon,Skull and Bones, Phi Beta Kappa LLB.

Yale College

1892 (shared Bctts Pnze Junior year; Jun-ior honors, Commencement speaker, onboard Yale Law Journal, president KentClub, Yale Union, Corbey Court)

Teacher Hopkins Grammar School 1889-92; lawyer in New York City 1892 untilretirement 1927; first deputy attorney gen-eral 1911-14 (in charge New York City of-fice 1911-13); assistant district attorneyNew York City 1918-27, Class secretary1889-95; member Sons of the American Re-volution, American Society of InternationalLaw, and Roman Catholic church

Married (1) June 29, 1910, Brooklyn,Emma J, daughter of George and EmmaJ. (Billings) Bowdery Mrs McQuaid died1918 Married (2) November 25,1919, NewYork City, Eleanora Regina, daughter ofPatrick and Mary (Flemmeny) O'Neill

Death due to a heart attack Buried inCalvary Cemetery, Long Island City, N YSurvived by a brother, Samuel Arthur Mc-Quaid

HORACE WYLIE, B A. 1889 Born Sep-tember 16, 1868, Washington, DC , diedDecember 28,1950, Washington, D C

Father, Andrew Wyhe, LL D (B A. In-diana Umv 1832; Transylvania Law School1835-36), judge United States SupremeCourt 1863-85 Mother, Mary C (Bryan)Wyhe.

Private tutor High oration appointmentJunior and Senior years; editor Yale Rec-ord Senior year; Eta Phi, Psi Upsilon, PhiBeta Kappa

LLB Harvard 1892, lawyer in Wash-ington 1892 until retirement 1929; memberU S. Shipping Board and U S. RailroadAdministration

Married (1) April 30,1895, Washington,Katherme Virginia, daughter of James Her-ron and Anna Margaret (Shissler) Hop-kins Children Andrew (Class of 1919,died 1945), Horace, Jr (died 1901); JamesHopkins (died 1903); Katharine; Mar-garet; Craig Mr. and Mrs Wyhe were di-vorced Married (2) August 7, 1916, Bos-ton, Elinor Morton Hoyt Hichborn, daugh-ter of Henry Martyn and Anne (McMi-chael) Hoyt. Mr and Mrs Wyhe were di-vorced.

Death due to a stroke Survived by his

third wife, Eleanor Taylor Wyhe, and threechildren

JAMES ROBERTSON BARBOUR, B A.1890 Born September I, 1867, Peabody,Mass.; died September 7, 1950, Richmond,Va

, Father, Rev William McLeod Barbour,DD (BA Oberhn 1859; grad AndovcrTheological Seminary 1861, MA HonYale 1877), Chittendcn Professor of Divin-ity Yale and later professor of homileticsand the pastoral charge, son of Thomasand Madchna (McLeod) Barbour Mother,Eliza Ann (Ransom) Barbour, daughterof Reuben and Elizabeth (Ahle) RansomYale relatives include William R Barbour,'80, Frederic M Barbour, '85, Francis EBarbour, '92 S (brothers), Alexander LBarbour, '13, Edward L Barbour (Class of1915) (nephews)

Phillips-Exeter Second colloquy appoint-ment Junior and Senior years, Delta KappaEpsilon

Student Eastman's National BusinessCollege, Poughkcepsie, N Y, 1890-91, withYale & Townc Manufacturing Company,Stamford, Conn, 1891-93 and StamfordManufacturing Company, makers of lico-rice and dyes, 1893-1909 (in Syria andTurkey 1893-94,at home officer 894-1909),orchardist Medford, Ore, 1909-11; residedin New York City 1911-12 and Pans 1912-42, in charge Bureaus of Transportationand Publicity, American Relief ClearingHouse, 1914-17, organizer and presidentAmerican Army and Navy Y M C A inFrance 1917, vice-president American Hos-pital (governor seven years and honorarysecretary), secretary-general American RedCross Commission to France 1917-19 andAmerican Red Cross Commission to Eu-rope, vice-chairman advisory council Amer-ican University Union; appointed deputycommissioner American National RedCross (assimilated rank of Major in U SArmy), managing director Pans branchFarmers Loan and Trust Company 1919-21 and representative 1921-29, managerNice office National City Bank of NewYork and City Bank Farmers Trust Com-pany 1929 until retirement 1934, treasurerand trustee American Library in Paris, che-


valier Legion of Honor, and Order of SaintSava (Serbia) > commandem Nichan Iftik-har (Tunisia), membre d'Honneur Comited'Assistance Rumanian Red Cross, honor-ary member Cercle Artistique et Litteraire(Pans)

Married March 14, 1913, London, Eng-land, Annette Vernor Atchison Herod Bar-ton, daughter of Colonel Atchison, U S AMrs Barbour died 1948

Death due to heart disease Buried inPeabody (Mass ) Cemetery Survived by astepson, William P Herod, '16 S, MA1933

FRANK ELI BRADLEY, B A 1890 BornJune 17, 1865, Colchester, Conn ; died Oc-tober 20, 1950, Woodbury, Conn '

Father, Rev Charles F Bradley (BA1862) Mother, Lucy E (Clapp) Bradley.

Second dispute appointment Junior andSenior years, University Orchestra; DwightLiterary Society Student Law School 1890-92

Studied with Judge Silas A Robinson,Middletown, Conn, 1891-92, in a Chicagolaw office 1892-94, partner Griffin & Brad-ley, Chicago, 1894-98, lawyer in New YorkCity 1898 until retirement about 1920 (de-voted much of his time to counsel workwith companies dealing in crude rubber andmanufacturing plants), member Episcopalchurch

Married June 2, 1896, Derby, Conn, El-len Pauline, daughter of Albert W Phil-lips, M D , and Nancy (Owen) PhillipsDaughter Nancy (Mrs Everett DunbarMarvin, died 1949) Mrs Bradley died 1943

Death due to myocardial infarctionAshes interred in Oak Cliff Cemetery, Der-by Survived by a grandson, Everett DMarvin, Jr, '42, and four great-grandchil-dren

ASHBEL BARNEY NEWELL, BA1890 Born April 26, 1868, Buffalo, N Y ,died August 27, 1950, Toledo, Ohio

Fathei, John Newell, president LakeShore & Michigan Southern Railway Com-pany, son of Moses and Sally (Moody)Newell Mother, Judith Poore (Hills) New-ell Yale relatives include John E Newell,'83 S (brother), Augustus C Newell

(Class of 1916), Newell Garfield, '18, Ru-dolph H Garfield (Class of 1921 S )(nephews); Newell Garfield, Jr, '45W(grandnephew)

University School, Chicago. Freshmanand University Football teams and Fresh-man and University crews; captain Classcrew Sophomore year; Freshman GleeClub, Senior Promenade Committee; EtaPhi, Psi Upsilon, Scroll and Key

With Lake Shore & Michigan SouthernRailway Company 1890-1901 (assistanttrainmaster Franklin division 1891, super-intendent 1892-93; superintendent Kala-mazoo division 1891-92 and Western di-vision 1893-1901); vice-president and gen-eral manager White Pass & Yukon Road,Alaska, 1901-5, with McCord Company,railway supplies, Chicago, 1906-7; assistantto president and purchasing agent Arkan-sas, Louisiana & Gulf Railway Company1907-8, superintendent Mexican CentralRailway Company, Mexico City, 1908-9,president Tennessee Central Railroad Com-pany, Nashville, 1909-13; president andgeneral manager Toledo Terminal Rail-road Company 1914-50, president YaleAlumni Association of Toledo 1916-17;member area council Boy Scouts of Amer-ica

Married (1) April 24, 1894, Chicago,Harriet Rockwell, daughter of Charles B,and Ella (Garfield) King Children: AshbelBarney, Jr, '20; Eleanor King (BA. BrynMawr 1921, Mrs William Burry, Jr ) , Nan-cy, the wife of Rexford Daniels, '20 S. Mr.and Mrs Newell were divorced 1909 Mar-ried (2) April 25,1910, Mentor, Ohio, Mer-ehna Evelyn Luanda, daughter of Fred-erick Henry and Myra Theresa (Symonds)Seymour.

Death due to congestive heart failureBuried in Woodlawn Cemetery, ChicagoSurvived by wife, children, six grandchil-dren, and one great-grandchild.

LEONARD CUTLER SANFORD, B A1890 Born September 19, 1868, New Ha-ven, Conn ; died December 7, 1950, Stuart,Fla

Father, Leonard Jacob Sanford (M.DJefferson Medical Coll 1854, MA HonYale 1858), professor of anatomy and physi-

Yale College

ology Yale 1863-79, anatomy 1879-88, sonof Ehhu and Susan (Howell) SanfordMother, Anna Mana (Cutler) SanfordYale relatives include. Edward I Sanford,'84 (cousin), John Howland, '94 (brother-in-law) , John Howland, '30, Ehhu S How-land, '36 (nephews)

Hillhouse High School, New HavenUniversity Tennis Team, Delta Kappa Ep-silon Student Sheffield Scientific School1890-91 and School of Medicine (M D1893, honorable mention Keese Prize)

Student College of Physicians and Sur-geons, Columbia, 1893-94, interne Presby-terian Hospital, New York City, 1893-96,physician in New Haven 1896 until retire-ment 1936, assistant in surgical clinic Yale1898-1905, instructor operative surgery1906-18, surgical assistant Department ofUniversity Health 1920-22, surgeon 1922-36 (since the 'nineties surgeon to Yale foot-ball squads), member staff and a directorGrace-New Haven Community Hospital,contract surgeon S A T C at Yale 1918, anauthority on North American birds, trusteeand honorary fellow American Museum ofNatural History (a hall in Museum namedto honor him 1948), president ConnecticutFish and Game Commission 1908-16,member First Church of Christ in NewHaven (Congregational)

Married (1) April 26, 1900, New Haven,Sarah Tracy, daughter of Eh Whitney(B A 1869) and Sarah Sheffield (Farnam)Whitney, granddaughter of Eh Whitney(MA. Hon 1869) and Henry Farnam(MA. Hon 1871), great-great-grand-daughter of Eh Whitney (B A 1792), andgreat-great-great-granddaughtcr of Jona-than Edwards (B A 1720) Daughter SallySanford Monkland (B A. Vassar 1922, LadySysonby) Mrs Sanford died 1901 Married(2) July 2, 1904, Watch Hill, R I , Henri-etta Edwards Whitney, sister of his firstwife Sons: William Farnam, '28; LeonardJacob, '35

Death due to coionary thrombosis Bur-ied in Grove Street Cemetery, New HavenSurvived by wife, children, and sevengrandchildren

PERCY HAMILTON STEWART, B A.1890 Born January 10,1867, Newark, N.J ,died June 30,1951, Plainfield, N J

Father, Walter Eugene Stewart, a brokerin New York City, son of Laurence Hand Catharine (Crowele) Stewart Mother,Anna Green (Leeper) Stewart, daughter ofChristopher Leeper Yale relatives includeWalter E Stewart, '94 (brother), Alexan-der S Cochran, '96, William F Cochran,'98 S, Gifford A Cochran, '03 (brothers-in-law)

Mr Leal's School, Plainfield Second col-loquy appointment Junior and Senior years,Freshman Baseball Team, Senior Promen-ade Committee, He Boule, Delta Kappa Ep-silon, Skull and Bones

LLB Columbia 1893, lawyer in NewYork City 1893 until retirement, mayorof Plamfield 1913-15, on New Jersey StateBoard of Education 1919-21 and StateHighway Commission 1923-29, memberCongress from fifth district of New Jersey1931-32, vice-president Muhlenberg Hos-pital, Plainfield, on executive board na-tional committee of Patriotic Societies ofthe United States 1916-17, a governor Mil-itary Training Camps Association of theUnited States (treasurer 1917-18), civilianaide (representing New Jersey) to Adju-tant General of United States World WarI, member Crescent Avenue PresbyterianChurch, Plainfield

Married January 11, 1899, Jacksonville,Fla, Elmor DeWitt, daughter of WilliamFrancis and Eva (Smith) Cochran Daugh-ters Eva Cochran Stewart Shaffer Hamil-ton, Elinor Cochran Stewart Ayers Jame-son (Mrs Ralph Jameson) Mrs Stewartdied 1933

Death due to pulmonary cmbolus Buriedin Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains Town-ship, N J Survived by daughters, fourgrandchildren, and three sisters, Miss AnnaStewart, Mrs Louis A Clausel, and MrsWilliam F Tahaferro

ALBERT HAMPTON BARCLAY, B A1891 Born July 31, 1869, Saltsburg, Pa ,died March 16, 1951, New Haven, Conn

Father, William Franklin Barclay (M DLong Island Coll Hospital 1866), physicianin Pittsburgh, son of John Agnew and Mar-garet Medlar (Lomison) Barclay Mother,Emma Sarah (Brown) Barclay, daughter

i6 Yale University Obituary Record

of Thomas Harkness and Sarah (Byerly)Brown

Hopkins Grammar School LLB. 1895,LLM 1896 (Corbey Court).

Lawyer in New Haven 1901-51 (seniorpartner Barclay & Barclay at time of death),on editorial staff New Haven Register 1891;correspondent New Yor\ Herald, BostonGlobe (New Haven correspondent at tuneof death), and Philadelphia Press 1891-1905, went to England with Yale-Henleycrew for New Yor\ Sun 1896, director,vice-president, and general counsel Arm-strong Rubber Company 1931-51, attorneyAmerican Surety Company of New Yorkfor many years; chairman New HavenBoard of Zoning Appeals 1934-37, mem-ber Connecticut State Guard 1917-19; Classsecretary 1912-51, on executive committeeYale Law School Association 1947-51 andchairman publicity committee 1933-51;vice-chairman and general counsel board ofmanagers Jane Coffin Childs MemorialFund for Medical Research 1937-51 andgeneral counsel board of managers CharlesA Coffin Memorial Fund, associate fellowPierson College (Yale) 1950-51, memberNew Haven County, Connecticut State, andAmerican Bar associations, and TrinityChurch (Episcopal), New Haven.

Married December 7, 1898, Rochester,N Y, Laura Whitney, daughter of GeorgeDaniel and Georganna (Stillson) WilliamsChildren Lois Whitney (B A Smith 1924),the wife of Richard H Blythe, Jr, '30 S ,Margaret (B A Smith 1930, Mrs NathanielSaltonstall Howe), Albert Hampton, Jr ,'33 > J°bn Williams, '36

Death due to pulmonary thrombosis Bur-ied in Grove Street Cemetery, New HavenSurvived by wife, children, thirteen grand-children, and a brother, Carleton H Bar-clay, '98

The Albert H Barclay Fund for the pur-chase of books for the Law Library wasestablished in 1942 by John A Hoober,'91 L

THEODORE STUART HART, BA1891 Born February 25, 1869, Farmington,Conn , died January 1, 1951, New YorkCity

Father, Charles Langdon Hart, physician

in Pennsylvania and Kansas, son of SimeonHart (B A 1823^ and Abby Eliza (Lang-don) Hart. Motfier, Sarah (Franks) Hart.Yale relatives include: Austin Hart (B.A.1853) (great-uncle), George P. Robbins,'91, Wolcott P Robbins, '96 (brothers-in-law), Geoffrey W. Robbins, '27 S, Mont-gomery H Robbins, '31 S (nephews).

Lawrenceville School. Third DeForestMathematical Prize Freshman year, disser-tation appointment Junior year; oration ap-pointment and two-year honors in naturaland physical science Senior year, FreshmanFootball Team, Second Banjo Club, '91 Lit-erary Society; editor Yale Banner 1891-92, contributed to Yale Literary Magazine,Yale Record, and Yale Courant, Zeta Psi,Chi Delta Thcta M A. 1893

M D Columbia 1895, resident physicianand assistant resident surgeon PresbyterianHospital, New York City, 1895-97 andLying-in Hospital 1897; physician, specializ-ing in cardiac diseases, in New York City1897 until retirement 1946 (associated withDr E. G Jancway 1897-1907); instructorphysical diagnosis College of Physicians andSurgeons 1904-9, associate in medicine1909-13, assistant professor clinical medi-cine 1913-22; diplomate American Boardof Internal Medicine 1936, on staff Seton,Presbyterian, Roosevelt, Hudson Street, St.Mary's, and St. Bartholomew's hospitals,Neurological Institute, Manhattan Eye, Earand Throat Hospital, and VanderbiltClinic, member U S Army CardiovascularBoard World War I and Emergency Medi-cal Reserve Pool Citizens Defense Corps1941-45, a founder Association for the Pre-vention and Relief of Heart Disease (vice-president 1916-22, president 1922-24); afounder and president New York Heart As-sociation 1922-24; a founder, director, andchairman executive committee AmericanHeart Association 1924-28, director NewYork Tuberculosis and Health Association;author. Diagnosis and Treatment of Abnor-malities of Myocardial Functions; TakingCare of Your Heart, and many articles inmedical journals, awarded Bnddon GoldMedal by Alumni Association of Presbyter-ian Hospital, member Connecticut Na-tional Guard (New Haven Grays), Associ-ation of American Physicians, New YorkAcademy of Medicine, Harvey Society,

Yale College

American Society for Clinical Investigation,Society of Internal Medicine, Medical So-ciety of the State of New York, and Amer-ican Medical Association.

Married June 12, 1901, New York City,Mary, daughter of Horace Wolcott andMary Ayres (Phelps) Robbins

Survived by wife

GERARD BEEKMAN HOPPIN, BA1891 Born December 2, 1869, New YorkCity, died August 29, 1950, Southampton,N Y

Father, William Warner Hoppin, Litt D(MA Brown 1861, M D Columbia 1864,LLB 1869), lawyer in New York City;son of William Warner Hoppin (BA1828) and Frances Augusta Fredencka(Street) Hoppin Mother, Katharine (Beek-man) Hoppin; daughter of James W andAbian Steele (Milledoler) Beekman Yalerelatives include: Augustus R Street (B A1812), Carnngton Hoppin (Class of 1834),James M Hoppin (BA 1840) (great-uncles) ; Frederick S. Hoppin (B A 1856)(uncle), William W Hoppin, 'oi(brother), William W Hoppin, Jr, '28(nephew)

Everson Collegiate School, New YorkCity Second colloquy appointment Senioryear; chairman Junior Promenade Com-mittee, editor Yale Pot-Pourn Senior year,Class deacon, He Boule, Psi Upsilon, Scrolland Key

Broker in New York City 1891-1950(with Drexel Morgan & Company, partnerMabon & Company and Abbott, Hoppin &Company, limited partner Hoppin Brothers& Company at time of death), an mcor-porator and treasurer Beekman Estate(president 1916-50); a founder West Sidebranch Y M C A and member board ofmanagers; president Nassau Hospital (Min-eola, N Y ) , and Metropolitan Opera &Real Estate Company 1940, vice-presidentSociety of the New York Hospital 1943-46,a governor and honorary governor, andchairman of its real-estate committee, sec-retary New York Dispensary, trusteeUnited Hospital Fund of New York, assis-tant treasurer Class of 1891 from 1931 to1936, treasurer and Alumni Fund agent1936-37; Second Lieutenant, 5th Regiment

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Infantry, 1898, Captain 23d Regiment In-fantry World War I (Major Army of Oc-cupation in Germany), vestryman St Bar-tholomew's Church (Episcopal), New YorkCity

Married December 27, 1924, New YorkCity, Rosina Sherman, daughter of AlfredMiller and Rosina Elizabeth (Reese) Hoyt

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Woodlawn Cemetery, New YorkCity Survived by wife, two sisters, MrsA Wright Post and Mrs Hoppin Pool, anda brother, Bayard C Hoppin, '07

STUART DODGE JESSUP, BA 1891Born March 18, 1869, Beirut, Syria, diedNovember 22, 1950, Beirut, Syria

Father, Rev Samuel Jessup, D D (B Ai860), a missionary in Syria, son of WilliamJessup (B A 1815) and Amanda (Harris)Jessup Mother, A E (Jay) Jessup Yalerelatives include* William H Jessup (B A1849), Henry H Jessup (B A 1851), Hunt-ting C Jessup (B.A 1864) (uncles), Wil-liam J Chandler (BA 1864), Horace E.Hand, '84, William H Jessup, '84, WilliamJ Hand, '87, Alfred Hand, '88, Miles THand (Class of 1893) (cousins)

School of the Lackawanna Second col-loquy appointment Junior and Senior years,Dunham Boat Club

Worked on Mad and Express, New YorkCity, 1891-92; teacher St Bartholomew'sSchool, Mornstown, N J , 1892-96, ap-pointed missionary under PresbyterianBoard of Foreign Missions, North, 1904,taught at Gerard Institute, Sidon, Lebanon,1896-99, associate principal 1901 until re-tirement 1939, assistant treasurer SyrianProtestant College, Beirut, 1899-1900 andlater treasurer, engaged in Red Cross reliefwork in Near East 1919-25 (director of anorphanage in Sidon 1920-25), acting secre-tary Presbyterian Mission at Beirut andteacher in Theological Seminary, teacherLebanon Boys' School, Suk-el-Gharb, GrandLiban, 1926-27, resided in Beirut from

1939Married April 2, 1902, Amy Caroline,

daughter of Dr R Whish Bngstocke Chil-dren Annie Beatrice, Richard Bngstocke,Edith Kathenne, James Swain

Survived by wife and children


DANIEL GLEASON TENNEY, BAI 891 Born December 19, 1867, Methuen,Mass , died March 10,1951, New York City.

Father, Charles Henry Tenney, a founderC H Tenney & Company, hat commis-sion merchants, New York City, son ofJohn Ferguson and Hannah (Woodbury)Tenney Mother, Fannie Hazcltine (Glea-son) Tenney, daughter of Daniel and DeliaM (Kendall) Gleason Yale relatives in-clude a cousin, John F Tenney, '02.

Gibbons and Beach School, New YorkCity Second colloquy appointment Senioryear, member Athletic Team, '91 LiterarySociety

With C H Tenney & Company 1891 un-til retirement about 1940 (partner at retire-ment) , member Tenney, Hills & Hall andWaring Hat Company, interested in pure-bred Guernsey cattle he won many prizeswith his Rockingham Farm (Salem, N H )herd, member Society of Colonial Wars,New York Historical Society, New EnglandSociety, New York Zoological and Botani-cal societies, Horticultural Society of NewYork, American Forestry Association, Na-tional Wild Life Preservation Society,American Guernsey Cattle Club, AmericanMuseum of Natural History, MetropolitanMuseum of Art, Museum of the City ofNew York, New York Chamber of Com-merce, and St James Protestant EpiscopalChurch, New York City

Married January 9, 1907, Chicago, Mar-guerite Sedgwick Smith (BA Vassar1904), daughter of Samuel J and Frances(Sedgwick) Smith Children* Frances Glea-son Tenney Browne (Vassar 1925-27),Charles Henry, '33; Daniel Gleason, Jr, '35

Survived by wife, children, and twelvegrandchildren

LUTHER HENRY TUCKER, B A. 1891.Born September 9,1869, Albany, N Y , diedJuly 16, 1950, Miami Springs, Fla.

Father, Luther H Tucker (B A 1855)Mother, Cornelia Strong (Vail) TuckerYale relatives include Selah B. Strong(BA 1811) (great-great-uncle); RichardA Udall (BA. 1830) (great-uncle); WGaylord Tucker, '02 (cousin), LutherTucker, '31, Carll Tucker, Jr, '44(nephews), Douglas C Orbison, Jr , '49,T Tucker Orbison, '49 (grandsons)

Albany Academy. Oration appointmentJunior year, high oration appointment Sen-ior year, second Henry James TenEyckPrize Junior year, Townsend Premium, ed-itor Yale Literary Magazine Senior year,Class poet, '91 Literary Society; Zeta Psi,Chi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa. MA.1894

Partner Luther Tucker & Son, publishers,1894-1911 (managing editor Country Gen-tleman) ; executive vice-president IndustrialBank of Albany 1930-45, executive officerMorns Plan Industrial Bank of Albany1915-46, trustee Albany Savings Bank 1905until retirement 1949 (secretary 1939-48),trustee Albany Academy, Albany MedicalCollege, and Albany Hospital; warden StPeter's Church (Episcopal), Albany

Married (1) March 28, 1894, Hudson,N Y , Florence, daughter of Dr. StephenPaddock Barnard and Martha (Mellen)Barnard. Daughters: Katherme Barnard(BS. Columbia 1922, MA. 1931, MrsDouglas Campbell Orbison); Cornelia,Mary Louise (Mrs Hcndrik Sjoerd VanKlooster, died 1947); Prudence Carll MrsTucker died 1910. Married (2) April 30,1911, New York City, Helen Fowler,daughter of Henry Newell and Catharine(Fowler) Avery. Son. Luther Ludlow(died 1936)

Death due to hypos tatic pneumonia. Bur-ied in Albany Rural Cemetery Survived bywife, three daughters, four grandchildren,and a brother, Carll Tucker, '04.

IRA PLATT YOUNGLOVE, B A. 1891Born October 7, 1867, Chicago, 111., diedJuly 14, 1950, Chicago, III

Father, Ira Silvander Younglove, secre-tary Chicago Packing and Provision Com-pany. Mother, Mary (Platt) Younglove

Harvard School, Chicago Delta KappaEpsilon, Wolf's Head.

Successively with Swift & Company, meatpackers, Chicago, and assistant secretaryEast St Louis Packing Company 1891-1916, in stock and bond business in Chicago1916 until retirement; member Sons of theAmerican Revolution and Episcopalchurch

Married (1) June i6y 1897, St. Louis,Maude, daughter of James B. Carpenter.

Yale College

Daughter: Mary Platt (BA Smith 1921,Mrs Roy J. Nobel). Mr and Mrs Young-love were divorced about 1926. Married (2)November 1, 1932, Chicago, "Jeanette,daughter of Henry Clay Benjamin andMary Eliza (Roper) Leytze.

Death due to infectious hepatitis Buriedin Graceland Cemetery, Chicago Survivedby wife and daughter.

HOWARD MORTON BISCOE, BA1892 Born July 3, 1869, Westboro, Mass,died March 24, 1951, Newton, Mass

Father, Arthur Gardiner Biscoe (B.AAmherst 1862), an attorney in Westboro;son of Rev Thomas C Biscoe Mother,Helen Maria (Bigelow) Biscoe, daughterof Abraham More and Eliza J (Whitte-more) Bigelow Yale relatives include*Walter I Bigelow, '77 (uncle), Cyril W.Bigelow (Class of 1912) (cousin).

Worcester Academy First dispute ap-pointment Junior year, second dispute ap-pointment Senior year, Zeta Psi

With Boston & Albany Railroad Com-pany 1892 until retirement 1939 (ticket au-ditor 1892-93, in general freight office cen-tral Vermont 1893-96, clerk in office oftraffic manager, Boston, 1896-98, foreignfreight agent 1898-1905, general freightagent 1905-10, assistant freight traffic man-ager 1910-11, general traffic manager 1911-13, vice-president 1913-39), director New-ton-Wellesley Hospital

Married December 21, 1897, Omaha,Nebr, Florence Mabel, daughter of Bentonand Ellen Clarinda (Flanders) SillowaySon Howard Morton, Jr , '24 Mrs Biscoedied 1940

Death due to acute myocardial infarctionBuried in Newton Cemetery Survived byson, two grandchildren, and a brother,Maurice Bigelow Biscoe

OLIVER HART BRONSON, B.A. 1892.Born March 26,1870, Hartford, Conn , diedOctober 21, 1950, Santa Barbara, Calif

Father, Henry Trumbull Bronson, inbanking and real-estate business New YorkCity; son of Oliver Hart and Emily (Mun-son) Bronson Mother, Ellen (Philips)Bronson; daughter of Samuel and Eliza

(Soper) Philips Yale relatives include abrother, William H P Bronson, '92 S

Philhps-Andover Second colloquy ap-pointment Junior and Senior years, EhhuClub, Gamma Nu

Teacher Thacher School, Ojai, Calif,1892-93, student Union Theological Sem-inary (graduate 189b) and Columbia 1893-g6, University of Berlin 1896-97, assistantminister Pilgrim Congregational Church,Cleveland, 1897-99, minister First Churchof Christ (Congregational), Simsbury,Conn,, 1899-1907, associate minister SpringStreet Presbyterian Church, New YorkCity, and head worker Spring Street Neigh-borhood House 1907-9, minister DeWittMemorial Church 1909-10, minister andhead worker Hope Chapel and Hope House1910-12, associate minister First Church ofChrist (Center Church), New Haven, su-perintendent Davenport Settlement, andexecutive secretary New Haven Forum1912-16; minister Tabernacle Church(Congregational), Salem, Mass, 1916-18,First Lieutenant (chaplain) Transport Ser-vice World War I (served aboard Frenchliner Chicago and U S S Mobile), ministerCarmel Presbyterian Church, Edge Hill,Pa, 1920-23, director religious educationYale-in-China, Changsha, 1923-24, lecturerSchool of Religion Yenching University,Peking, 1924-25, associate minister FirstPresbyterian Church, Santa Barbara, 1925-32, minister El Montecito PresbyterianChurch, Santa Barbara, and BethanyChurch, Summerland, 1928-37, ChristianChurch, Santa Maria, 1937-38, BethanyChurch, Summerland, 1938 until retire-ment 1948, D D Occidental College 1927,president Santa Barbara Ministerial Union1928-32, Santa Barbara Choral Union 1929-39, Santa Barbara branch American IndianDefense Association 1929-33, MontecitoSchool Board 1929/-32, and Southern Cali-fornia Yale Association 1934-35, moderatorPresbytery of Santa Barbara, commissionerto General Assembly of the PresbyterianChurch in the United States of America1933, 1947; honorary member Pima IndianTribe and Kappa Delta Pi, on council Yale-m-China Association 1921-33, directorNew York Federation of Churches, mem-ber Masonic order

Married May 26, 1909, Torresdale, Pa,

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Mary, daughter of William Hayes and Em-ily (Beaver) Chamberlin Son OliverPhilips (died 1937)

Death due to carcinoma Ashes interredin Santa Barbara Cemetery Survived bywife and two sisters, Mrs Benjamin TalbotBabbitt Hyde and Miss Harriet PhilipsBronson

GEORGE WETMORE COLLES, BA.1892 Born February 16, 1871, New YorkCity, died April 12, 1951, Rosharon, Texas

Father, George W Colles (B A 1857)Mother, Julia Keese (Nelson) Colles

Trinity School, Tivoh, N Y First DeFor-est Mathematical Prize Junior and Senioryears, oration appointment Junior year,two-year honors in mathematics and natu-ral and physical science and high orationappointment Senior year, Phi Beta Kappa

ME Stevens Institute of Technology1894, M S George Washington University1900, successively machinist, draftsman,and designer Pennsylvania Railroad Com-pany, with Westinghouse Electric & Man-ufacturing Company, Metropolitan WaterBoard, New York City, engineer isolatedlight department Boston Edison Company,chief engineer and technical manager pat-ent department Marion & Marion, engi-neers, Montreal, examiner U S Patent Of-fice, chief engineer and director Crab treeCreek Mica Company of North Carolina,consulting engineer and patent expert inMilwaukee 1903-14, with Rock Map Com-pany, Houston, Texas; owned and operated"Oak Tree" ranch 1914-39, and "Rose ofSharon" ranch (from which town's nameRosharon was adopted) 1939-51, pur-chased, engineered, rebuilt, and operatedRosharon Waterworks 1940-51; author ofscientific articles in periodicals, memberAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers

Married October 1, 1921, Houston, EllaMay Feador Robertson Mrs Colles died1938

Death due to hardening of the arteriesBuried in Confederate Cemetery, Alvin,Texas Survived by a sister, Miss GertrudeColles

HENRY SOLON GRAVES, BA 1892Born May 3, 1871, Marietta, Ohio, diedMarch 7, 1951, Brattleboro, Vt

Father, William Blair Graves (B A Am-herst 1862, MA 1865, MA. Hon. Yale1902), professor natural sciences PhillipsAcademy, son of Cyrus and Lucena(Thayer) Graves Mother, Luranah Hod-ges (Copeland) Graves (Wheaton Class of1855), daughter of Elijah and Nancy(Hodges) Copeland Yale relatives include*William P Graves, '91 (brother); Pierce NWelch, '98 (brother-in-law)

Phillips-Andover. Class football and base-ball teams, Class deacon, He Boule Hon-orary member Aurehan Honor Society

Teacher King School, Stamford, Conn,1892-93, student Harvard 1893-94 a n d Uni-versity of Munich 1895-96, carried on in-vestigation in forests of Pennsylvania andin Adirondacks 1894-95; assistant to Gif-ford Pinchot in New York State 1896-98';assistant chief division of forestry U S De-partment of Agriculture 1898-1900, Pin-chot Professor of Forestry Yale University1900-1914, Director School of Forestry1900-1911, Sterling Professor of Forestry,chairman department, and Dean School ofForestry 1922 until retirement 1939, Sterl-ing Professor and Dean Emeritus 1939-51,provost 1923-27, trustee Peabody Museumof Natural History 1926-28, associate fel-low Timothy Dwight College 1936-51,chairman Educational Planning Committee1937-38, member University Council'sCommittee on School of Forestry 1949-51;chief forester U S Forest Service 1910-20,consulting forester Washington, D C ,1920-22, MA Hon Yale 1900, Harvard1911, L L D Lincoln Memorial University1916, Syracuse 1924, Yale 1940, awardedSir William Schhch Forestry Medal 1944and was made ofHcier du Merite Agricole(France) 1947, Henry S Graves RedwoodGrove in California dedicated in his honor1926, author Forest Mensuration, Princi-ples of Handling Woodlands, coauthor.The White Pine, Adirondack Spruce, For-est Education, contributed to EncyclopaediaButanmca, bulletins of the Forest Service,and many periodicals, Lieutenant ColonelEngineer Corps, assigned to staff of Gen-eral Pershing to plan work of Forest En-gineers, France, World War I, chairmanjoint commission war committee on fores-try of National Research Council and So-ciety of American Foresters World War II,

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chairman technical committee on forestryUnited Nations Interim Committee onFood and Agriculture 1945, president YaleAlumni Association of Washington 1915-16, American Forestry Association 1923-37, New Haven Park Commissioners 1931~40 (vice-president 1942-44), and New Ha-ven Community Chest 1933-34, vice-presi-dent Washington Academy of Sciences1939, vice-president Connecticut ForestryAssociation 1923-24, president 1925-28,vice-chairman distribution committee NewHaven Foundation 1929-30, chairman1930-35, fellow Society of American For-esters (vice-president 1900-1904, president1912) and American Geographic Society;honorary member American Academy ofArbonsts and Royal British and Royal Scot-tish Arboncultural societies, member com-mittee on New Haven Tercentenary, com-mittee appointed by Governor Herbert Leh-man to plan 50th anniversary of conserva-tion in New York State (1885-1935), Gen-eral Education Board (to investigate prob-lems of research and education in forestryin Southern States), Mississippi and Mis-souri Valley commissions Public Works Au-thority, National Recreation Confeience,National Conservation Commission, Soci-ety of Military Engineers, American As-sociation for the Advancement of Science,Sigma Xi, Societe Forestiere de Franche-Cornte de Belfort, Yale Engineering Associ-ation, Connecticut Academy of Sciences,and Church of Christ in Yale University.

Married December 19,1903, New Haven,Ella Marian Welch (B A Vassar 1895),daughter of Pierce N. Welch (B A 1862)and Emma (Galpin) Welch and niece ofHaimanusM Welch (BA 1875)

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Grove Street Cemetery, New HavenSurvived by wife

FREDERICK WALLIS HINKLE, B A1892 Born January 3, 1870, Cincinnati,Ohio, died December 4, 1950, Cincinnati,Ohio

Father, Thornton M. Hinkle (BA1863) Mother, Helen Frances (Sage) Hin-kle Yale relatives include Philip Hinkle,'97 (brother), Henry J Sage, '89 (cousin),

Phihp Hinkle, Jr, '33 S, Thornton M Hin-kle, '36 S (nephews)

Woodward High School, CincinnatiFirst dispute appointment Junior and Sen-ior years, Second and University Gleeclubs, Freshman and College choirs, Uni-versity Drum Corps; Delta Kappa Epsi-lon

LL B Cincinnati Law School 1894, law-yer with father in Cincinnati 1894-1920 andindependently 1920 until retirement 1950;instructor medical jurisprudence PulteMedical College 1896-1909, honorary cu-rator arms and armor Art Museum Associ-ation 1909-40 and trustee, president YoungMen's Mercantile Library Association 1908(director since 1895) and Travelers AidSociety, Cincinnati, 1927-38 (director 1915-50), treasurer Guardian Bank & SavingsCompany 1918-37 (vice-president 1937-50), Cincinnati Law Library Association1921-50, and Cincinnati branch Archeol-ogical Institute of America, secretary OhioHistorical and Philosophical Society 1913-31, Cincinnati Literary Club 1915-17 (vice-president 1917, president 1918), trustee Zo-ological Society of Cincinnati, CincinnatiCollege of Music, Bethesda Hospital, andCincinnati Sinking Fund, director Cincin-nati Musical Festival Association, NationalAssociation Travelers Aid Society, chair-man advisory board Good Samaritan Hos-pital and executive committee CincinnatiAssociation for Welfare of the Blind (secre-tary 1923-46), chairman board CincinnatiBetter Business Bureau, registrar MilitaryOrder of the Loyal Legion of the UnitedStates 1915-23, recorder 1923-26, vice-commander 1926-29, commander 1929, onCincinnati Board of Health, Board of ParkCommissioners, Board of City Planning,and advisory board Y W C A , member Cin-cinnati Home Guard, Ohio State Archeol-ogical and Historical Society, and Mt Au-burn Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati

Married April 9, 1917, Cincinnati, Su-sanna Russell Walsh, daughter of CharlesB. and Susan (John) Russell

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Spring Grove Cemetery, CincinnatiSurvived by wife, two stepdaughters, MrsLowell G Powers and Mrs Hiram AQuackenbush, five stepgrandchildren, and asister, Miss Helen Hinkle


WILLIAM CRANE IVISON, B A 1892.Born March 13, 1869, Rutherford, N J ;died June 27, 1951, New Bedford, Mass

Father, David Bnnkerhoff Ivison, direc-tor American Book Company, New YorkCity, son of Henry and Sarah (Brinker-hoff) Ivison Mother, Emelme Matilda(Crane) Ivison, daughter of Daniel andElsie Crane Yale relatives include HenryIvison, '87 (brother), Henry Ivison Par-sons, '95, J Graham Parsons, '00 S (cou-sins) , M Thayer Ivison (Class of 1945W)(grandson)

Cutler School Freshman Baseball Team,treasurer University Football Team Junioryear, Junior Promenade Committee, HeBoule, Psi Upsilon, Wolfs Head

With Hopkins Brothers, bankers andbrokers, New York City, 1892-93, partnerLettuce Cream Company 1893-94, vice~president and director Cady-Ivison ShoeCompany, Cleveland, 1894-97, secretaryand treasurer Orinoco Iron Company, NewYork City, 1898-1900, assistant treasurerU S Mortgage & Trust Company 1900-1907, independent banker and broker NewYork City 1907-11, partner Chisholm &Chapman, brokers, New York City, 1911until retirement 1941, vice-president and di-rector G &C Mernam Company of Spring-field, publishers, 1923-51, vestryman Pro-testant Church, Salters Point, South Dart-mouth, Mass

Married (1) May 23, 1894, Cleveland,Celia Mae, daughter of George W andAmanda L (Feusier) Cady Son* MaynardCady, '18 Mrs Ivison died 1930 Married(2) January 27, 1937, Mabel Bayhs El-dndge, daughter of Joseph Thomas andKatherme Jane (Bagley) Bayhs

Death due to cardiorenal disease Buriedin Woodlawn Cemetery, New York CitySurvrved by wife, son, two grandchildren,and five great-grandchildren

CHARLES BROWN SEARS, BA. 1892.Born October 16, 1870, Brooklyn, N Y ,died December 17, 1950, Buffalo, N Y

Father, Hector Sears, manufacturer inNew York City, son of Peter and Phebe(Patterson) Scars Mother, Leora C(Brown) Sears Yale relatives include a halfbrother, Frederic W Sears (Class of 1881)

Adelphi Academy High oration ap-

pointment Junior and Senior years; editorYale Daily News Senior year, Scroll andKey, Phi Beta Kappa, Elizabethan Club

Attended University of Berlin 1892-93;LLB. Harvard 1896 (on Law Reviewboard, Phi Delta Phi), lawyer in Buffalo1895-1917, justice Supreme Court of theState of New York 1917-40 (assigned ap-pellate division 1922-31, presiding judge1929-40, judge Court of Appeals until re-tirement December, 1940); official referee1941-50, lecturer medical jurisprudenceUniversity of Buffalo 1899-1900, 1914-17;chairman Enemy Alien Hearing Board forWestern New York State, special in-spector Immigration and NaturalizationService 1941, presiding judge Fourth Mil-itary Tribunal, Germany, 1947,1948; LL D.Middlebury 1930, Yale 1936, Columbia1936, St Lawrence University 1939, Syra-cuse 1940, Hobart 1942, recipient Chancel-lor's Medal University of Buffalo 1941,president Buffalo Yale Alumni Association1913-14 and Alumni Fund agent 1947-50;president Buffalo Fine Arts Academy (Al-bright Art Gallery) 1916-17, 1929-32, In-ternational Institute of Buffalo 1934-41,1946-50, and Buffalo Philharmonic Orches-tra Society 1941-43, member council Uni-versity of Buffalo 1935-50 (vice-president1937-50); on governing board Buffalo JointChanties Fund 1936-50 (president board1936-47), chairman Buffalo branch ForeignPolicy Association and director successor Buf-falo Council on World Affairs, trustee Gros-venor Library and Children's Aid Society, afounder 1908 and member board Buffaloand Erie County Tuberculosis Socxery,member Erie County Bar Association (pres-ident 1916-17), New York State and Amer-ican Bar associations, American Law Insti-tute, American Judicature Society, JudicialCouncil of the State of New York, andTrinity Church (Episcopal), Buffalo.

Married (1) October 20, 1896, Brook-line, Mass, Florence A , daughter of Fred-erick Augustus and Augusta (Todd) Gil-bert Mrs Sears died 1939. Married (2)November 24, 1946, Albany, N.Y., MaryVanDerpoel, daughter of Marcus Tulhusand Mary Keith (VanDerpoel) Hun.

Death due to cerebral thrombosis Ashesinterred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, BuffaloSurvived by wife.

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ELMER HAYNES SPAULDING, BA.1892. Born April 19, 1869, Rutland, Vt ;died March 26, 1951, Wilmington, Del.

Father, Charles Forest Spaulding, super-intendent New London (Conn ) NorthernRailroad Company 1879-92; son of AaronWheeler and Dolly (Ives) SpauldingMother, Sarah Ann (Haynes) Spaulding;daughter of Dr Bacchus Haynes and Emily(McClure) Haynes

Bulkeley School, New LondonWith Central Vermont Railroad Com-

pany 1892-95; office manager Brainerd &Armstrong Company, silk manufacturers,New London, 1895-1902; independentlyengaged in management of personal es-tates, New London, since 1902; directorNew London Northern Railroad Company,Central Vermont Railroad Company, andNational Bank of Commerce, New Lon-don, president New London County His-torical Society; trustee Bacon-HinkleyHomes Foundation of New London andLawrence and Memorial Associated hospi-tals; a governor Connecticut society Orderof the Founders and Patriots of America,member Society of Descendants of Found-ers of Hartford, Society of Colonial Wars,Sons of the American Revolution (presi-dent Connecticut society and regional vice-president for New England of the nationalsociety)

Married April 9, 1932, New London,Edith Norkctt Randale, daughter ofCharles H and Adeline (Rogers) Norkett

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, ConnSurvived by wife.

HARVEY PETERS BUTZ, BA 1893.Born April 8, 1871, Breimgsville, Pa ; diedAugust 25, 1950, Allentown, Pa

Father, Jonathan LaRos Butz, a mer-chant Mother, Eliza Jane Butz.

Kutztown (Pa) Normal School; BAMuhlenberg 1892 Entered Yale Senioryear.

Engaged in study, travel, tutoring,and writing for newspapers 1893-96; inmercantile business Breinigsville, treasurerLyceum Theatre, Reading, Pa ; tutor in LosAngeles 1905-9, cashier Leslie GroceryCompany, Seattle, 1909-16; rancher in Pe

Ell, Wash, 1916-19, D C Palmer Schoolof Chiropractic 1923, chiropractor in Allen-town 1923 until retirement a few years la-ter

UnmarriedDeath due to old age Buried in Lehigh

Church Cemetery, Alburtis, Pa Survivedby no immediate relatives

CHARLES BROWN EDDY, BA 1893Born November 29, 1872, New Britain,Conn ; died January 9, 1951, Hartford,Conn

Father, James Henry Eddy, presidentNew Britain Gas Light Company, sonof William Harlowe and Mary (Dobson)Eddy Mother, Maria Nancy (Brown) Ed-dy, daughter of George S and Nancy Stew-art (Chapman) Brown Yale relatives in-clude a cousin, E Welles Eddy, '09

New Britain High School Philosophicaloration appointment Junior and Senioryears, one-year honors in political scienceSenior year, Yale Union, Alpha Delta Phi,Phi Beta Kappa Student Law School 1893-94

LL B New York Law School 1895, law-yer in New York City 1895 until retirement1918, with Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett1901-18 (member firm 1905-18); assistantto general counsel U S Railroad Adminis-tration June-December, 1918, and associatedirector division of finance 1919-20, chair-man Greek Refugee Settlement Commis-sion (appointed by Council of League ofNations; served in Athens 1926-30),awarded Grand Cross of the Order of thePhoenix (Greece), author Greece and theGree\ Refugees and two unpublished man-uscripts, "Minorities in Eastern Europe"and "An Introduction to the Private Lawof Ancient Greece", fellow Royal Societyof Arts (London); member BibliographicalSociety of London, Canadian Alpine Club,and First Congregational Church, New Bri-tain.

Married June 7, 1902, Alexandria, Va,Ellen Coohdge, daughter of John Woolfolkand Martha Jefferson (Trist) Burke SonsJames Henry, '30 S , Charles Brown, Jr(Princeton Class of 1930), John Burke, '33Mrs Eddy died 1941

Death due to carcinoma Buried in Hill-


side Cemetery, Plainfield, N J Survived bysons, six grandchildren, and a sister, MissBessie Mary Eddy

CHARLES JAR VIS FAY, B A 1893 BornAugust 26, 1871, Columbus, Ohio, diedJuly 23, 1950, Staten Island, N Y

Father, Rev Gilbert O Fay(BA 1859)Mother, Mary Jane (Jarvis) Fay

Hartford (Conn) Public High SchoolPhilosophical oration appointment Juniorand Senior years, second DeForest Mathe-matical Prize and second Berkeley Pre-mium in Latin composition Freshmanyear, Freshman Glee Club, Yale Union,Phi Beta Kappa Graduate member EhhuClub

Teacher Morris Academy, Mornstown,N J , 1893-94 anc* Franklin School, Cin-cinnati, 1894-95, attended New York Law-School 1895-96, LL B Columbia 1899, law-yer in New York City 1899-1950 (seniorpartner White & Case at time of death),vice-president New England Society, chair-man twenty-five-year Class reunion com-mittee, member Staten Island Chamber ofCommerce and Association of the Bar ofthe City of New York

Married June 26, 1909, New York City,Emily Bartlett, daughter of Walter andHarriet Alexina (Ely) Ives Children JohnGilbert (Bowdoin Class of 1934), JaneEly (Mrs Isaac Harter, Jr ) , Charles Jarvis,Jr, '38 (died 1940), Elizabeth Ives (MrsSchuyler Bradt)

Buried in Moravian Cemetery, Staten Is-land Survived by wife, daughters, one son,and eight grandchildren

JOHN LEROY HURLBERT, BA 1893Born February 28, 1871, Forestville, NY ,died October 26, 1950, Dunkirk, N Y

Father, Simeon LeRoy Hurlbert, justiceof the peace Hanover, NY., son of Johnand Sarah Ann (Perry) Hurlbert. Mother,Mary Jane (Johnson) Hurlbert, daughterof Richard M and Amy (White) JohnsonYale relatives include George J McAn-drew, '84 (brother-in-law), Virginia Jo-sephine Canavan Hurlbert, '38 L (daugh-ter-in-law)

Forestville Free Academy First dispute

appointment Junior year; oration appoint-ment Senior year, one-year honors in his-tory Junior and Senior years, Yale Union

Teacher Dunkirk High School 1893-98(principal 1897-98); studied law 1893-98and admitted to New York bar; lawyerin Dunkirk 1898-1950, acting city judge1910-14; vice-president Chautauqua Al>stract Company 1909-50 and MerchantsNational Bank 1922-27, member DunkirkBoard of Education, American Bar Asso-ciation, Masonic order, and St John'sChurch (Episcopal), Dunkirk

Married February 14, 1906, Dunkirk,Helen Maude Hequembourg (B.A Vassar1898), daughter of Charles Ezra and Har-riet Evelyn (Thurber) HequembourgChildren. Jessie Florence (BA Lake ErieColl 1933), LeRoy Hequembourg, '34,'37 L

Death due to carcinoma Buried in For-est Hill Cemetery, Fredoma, N Y Survivedby wife, children, and one granddaughter.

RIVERDA HARDING JORDAN, BA1893 Born April 12, 1873, St Joseph, Mo ,died September 11,1950, Atlantic City, N.J.

Father, William Amos Jordan, associatedwith Commercial Bank, St Joseph, son ofJeremiah and Margaret (Foresman) Jor-dan Mother, Clara (Harding) Jordan,daughter of Benjamin and Emily (Wil-liams) Harding Yale relatives include acousin, Cloyd N McAllister, '92

Central High School, St. Joseph First dis-pute appointment Junior and Senior years

Cashier R Douglas Crockery Company,St Joseph, 1893-95, W l t n Johnson, Rusk& Strmgfellow 1895-96 and Chicago, Bur-lington & Quincy Railroad Company 1896-97; instructor in mathematics and directorathletics Central High School, St Joseph,1897-1902, in Latin and Greek 1902-4, prin-cipal 1904-11, director Normal TrainingSchool, St Joseph, 1904-11 (member CityTeachers Examining Board), principalWest High School, Minneapolis, 1911-17,instructor rhetoric and education Univer-sity of Minnesota 1917-19 (Ph D 1919),professor of education and chairman de-partment Dartmouth College 1919-21, pro-fessor of education Cornell University 1921-41, professor emeritus 1941-50 (director

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summer session 1924-34); extension lectur-er Elmira College 1922-23, visiting profes-sor University of Tampa 1941-43, M AYale 1913 and Hon Dartmouth 1919, au-thor Nationality and School Progress, Ex-tra-Classroom Activities, Manual on Howto Study, junior High School Course ofStudy, Education as a Life Wor\, Biogra-phy of Benjamin Harding, coauthor. Ed-ucatwnal Measurements and the Class-Room Teacher, compiler. Handbook of theMissouri Valley Inter scholastic Association,an editor Western Home fournal and SocialScience, president Missouri Valley AthleticAssociation 1901-2 and Northwest Inter-High School Association 1909-11; nationalpresident Kappa Phi Kappa 1922-27, coun-selor 1928-29, vice-president Missouri Soci-ety of Sciences and Mathematics 1908 andNational Association of Colleges and De-partments of Education 1929 (chairmanexecutive committee 1937-38), secretaryNorthwestern Missouri Teachers Associ-ation 1901-2, Missouri Classical Society1908-11, and National Association of Sum-mer Session Directors 1927 (president1931), treasurer Missouri State TeachersAssociation 1902-4, chairman NationalScholarship Committee of Phi Gamma Del-ta 1946-48 and committee on ChapterHouse Tutors 1932-35, on executive com-mittee National Society of College Teachersof Education, scholarship committee Na-tional Inter-Fraternity Conference, commis-sion on cultural relations Inter-AmericanCenter of Florida, New York City SchoolSurvey Committee, Youngstown (Ohio)Survey, and regents examination boardUniversity of the State of New York, na-tional councilor U S Chamber of Com-merce, director .Cornell Christian Associ-ation (president 1935), Ridge Area Hospi-tal Association, and Highlands County Tu-berculosis and Health Association; fellowAmerican Association for the Advancementof Science and American Geographic Soci-ety, honorary member Phi Beta Kappa,member Minneapolis education council Na-tional Education Association, American So-ciety of Educational Research, AmericanAssociation of University Professors, Na-tional Society for the Study of Education,Alpha Kappa Delta, Phi Gamma Mu, Phi

Delta Kappa, and First Methodist Church,Ithaca, N Y

Married August 3,1909, St Joseph, MaryVinette, daughter of George Henry andBarbara Ann (Bechtel) Hoover Children:Richard Holhster (B A Cornell 1933, M S.1938, Ph D 1947), Hoover Harding, '34

Death due to coronary occlusion Buriedin Ashland Cemetery, St Joseph Survivedby wife, sons, four grandchildren, mother,two sisters, Miss Helen Jordan and MrsRuth J. Weary, and two bi others, Lonng KJordan, '09 S, and William Amos Jordan,

SAMUEL SCOVILLE, JR, BA 1893.Born June 9,1872, Norwich, N Y , died De-cember 4,1950, Bryn Mawr, Pa

Father, Rev Samuel Scoville (B A 1857).Mother, Harriet Eliza (Beecher) ScovilleYale relatives include Lyman Beecher(BA 1797) (great-giandfather); EdwardBeecher (B A 1822), George Beecher (B A.1828), William H Beecher (MA Hon1833) (great-uncles), William C Beecher(BA 1872) (uncle), Harry Beecher, '88(cousin), William H Scoville, '95 (broth-er); Charles G Trumbull, '93 (brother-in-law) ; Samuel A Scoville, '28 (nephew)

Stamford (Conn ) High School Seconddispute appointment Junior year, disserta-tion appointment Senior year, UniversityAthletic Team (winner in many events),vice-president Chess Club, Delta Kappa Ep-silon, Chi Delta Theta

LLB University of the State of NewYork 1895, lawyer in New York City 1895-99 and m Philadelphia 1900-1950 (special-ized in court work, particularly jurytrials), admitted to practice before SupremeCourt of the United States 1910, presidentBambndge Brothers Shoe Company, Phila-delphia, author of column, "First AidLaw by a Philadelphia Lawyer," Philadel-phia Record 1941-47 and Philadelphia Bul-letin 1947-50, author. Lords of the Wild,Best Stories for Boys and Girls, The IncaEmerald, Boy Scouts in the Wilde) ness,Wild Fol\, Man and Beast, More WildFolf{, Brave Deeds of Union Soldiers, TheBlue Pearl, Everyday Adventures, The RedDiamond, Runaway Days, Wild Honey,The Sna\eblood Ruby, Alice in Blunder-


land, Abraham Lincoln, His Story, Out-of-Doors Club, Will & the Way, editor Sco-villc's Digest of Liquor Laws 1900-1915,president Legal Aid Society of Philadelphia,and Franklin Inn 1941-46, vice-presidentPennsylvania Society for Prevention of Tu-berculosis (associate editor Fresh Air Mag-azine), and Main Line Forum, secretaryNew England Society of Pennsylvania1923-27, president 1927-28, secretary andtreasurer Yale Alumni Association of Phil-adelphia 1911-13, on Philadelphia CouncilBoy Scouts of America, trustee Wagner In-stitute, director Library Company of Phil-adelphia, American Sunday School Union,and Browning Society of Philadelphia,member Delaware Valley OrnithologicalClub, American Ornithological Society,Law Association of Philadelphia, AmericanBar Association, and Presbyterian Church,Bryn Mawr

Married October 17, 1899, Philadelphia,Katharine Gallaudct, daughter of RevHenry Clay Trumbull, D D (MA Hon1866), and Alice Cogswell (Gallaudet)Trumbull Children Samuel (died 1904),Gurdon Trumbull, '26, William Beecher,'28, Henry Ward Beecher (died 1924), Al-ice Trumbull (B A Vassar 1933, Mrs Stuy-vesant Barry)

Death due to pneumonia Buried inNorth Cornwall (Conn) Cemetery Sur-vived by wife, two sons, daughter, elevengrandchildren, and a sister, Miss AnnieBeecher Scovillc

HUBERT MERRILL SEDGWICK, B A.1893 Born April 29, 1867, Belcher town,Mass , died November 11, 1950, New Ha-ven, Conn

Father, Butler Scdgwick, associated withClark & Hastings, wholesale and retailmeats, Palmer, Mass , son of Otis and Al-mira (Converse) Scdgwick Mother, Min-erva Marsha (Hastings) Sedgwick, daugh-ter of Rozel and Phcbe (White) HastingsYale relatives include a brother-in-law,Francis H Todd, '95 S

Worcester Academy, Westficld (Mass )State Normal School First colloquy ap-pointment Junior and Senior years.

On staff New Haven Palladium 1894-95,organized sports department New Haven

Register 1895, and sports editor 1908-17;executive secretary to Mayor Studley, NewHaven, 1907-8, Mayor Rice 1910-17, andMayor Campner 1917-18, correspondentNew Yor\ Times, New Yor\ Tribune, Bos-ton Transcript, Boston Post, and ChicagoTribune 1920 until retirement in 1944, con-tributed to magazines; awarded Gold Keyfor distinguished service by ConnecticutSports Writers Alliance 1940 and WorcesterAcademy Shield 1942; secretary athleticcommittee US Navy Commission onTraining Camp Activities 1917-18, fieldsecretary Connecticut Tuberculosis Associ-ation 1912-26 (in charge Christmas sealcampaigns), president Collectors Club ofNew Haven 1938-39; secretary YoungMen's Institute 1935-41, member New Ha-ven Civic Federation, Connecticut Societyfor Mental Hygiene, Second Company Gov-ernor's Foot Guard, and Masonic order;vestryman St Thomas' Church (Episco-pal), New Haven

Married August 4, 1897, New Haven,Edith Webster, daughter of Theron Alfredand Hattie Emeline (Webster) Todd Chil-dren Ruth (BA Vassar 1920, MA Yale1925, PhD 1936); Butler Todd (died ininfancy).

Death due to coronary occlusion. Buriedin Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven Sur-vived by wife and daughter.

WILLIAM WARREN SMITH, BA1893 Born July 11, 1872, Buffalo, N Y ;died February 3, 1951, Buffalo, N Y

Father, Ehsha T Smith, partner A. B.Smith Chemical Company, Buffalo Mother,Julia (Warren) Smith; daughter of GeorgeOrsamus Warren Yale relatives include acousin, William C Warren, '80 S

Buffalo Latin School. Class baseball team;editor Yale Daily News Junior and Senioryears and Yale Pot-Poutn Senior year, Sen-ior Promenade and Cup committees; Del-ta Kappa Epsilon, Scroll and Key

In crockery business Buffalo 1893-94;general assistant M H Birge & Sons, wall-paper manufacturers, Buffalo, 1894-95,vice-president A B Smith Chemical Com-pany 1895-97, president 1897-1927; presi-dent Buffalo Abstract Title & MortgageCorporation 1927 until retirement January

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i, 1951; president Alumina Shale BrickCompany 1895-97, Hazclhurst ChemicalCompany, Warren Chemical Company,New York State Title Association 1930-31,and Dominion Charcoal Company of Tor-onto; vice-president Bradford (Pa ) Enam-eling Company, Erie County Abstract Cor-poration, and Manufacturers CharcoalCompany, Bradford, secretary Buffalo FineArts Academy (Albright Art Gallery)1912-32, president 1933-38, secretary andtreasurer Yale Alumni Association of Buf-falo 1895-1900, president 1914, presidentBabies Milk Dispensary 1906-12 and JointChanties and Community Fund 1930-32,1947 (chairman executive committee 1921-41); vice-chairman governing board Buf-falo Foundation 1933-38, chairman advi-sory board Childrens Hospital; nominated"Frontiersman" by Buffalo Chamber ofCommerce 1946 for work of more thantwenty-five years in charity and civic or-ganizations, trustee Buffalo State TeachersCollege, National Retirement Fund for So-cial Workers, Buffalo General Hospital,Buffalo chapter American Red Cross; direc-tor National Wood Chemical Association,president board of trustees WestminsterPresbyterian Church, Buffalo

Married October 4, 1898, Buffalo, Mary,daughter of Daniel E and Anna Scott (Hay-den) Newhall Children* Adrian Warren(Class of 1922), Hayden Newhall, '23,Margaret (Mrs Dudley Marvin Irwin).

Death due to coronary thrombosisAshes interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery,Buffalo. Survived by wife (died Novem-ber 6, 1951), children, eight grandchildren,and five great-grandchildren

NOAH HAYNES SWAYNE, B.A 1893Born December 29, 1871, Toledo, Ohio,died October 5, 1950, Stamford, Conn

Father, Wager Swayne (BA. 1856)Mother, Ellen (Harris) Swayne Yale rela-tives include Noah Haynes Swayne (LL.D1865) (grandfather), Henry S Swayne(BA 1868), Noah H Swayne (B A 1870),Francis B Swayne *(B A 1872) (uncles);Alfred H Swayne, '92 (brother)

St Paul's School, Concord, N H. Mana-ger Freshman Baseball Team; treasurerUniversity Baseball Association Junior year,

president Senior year, Freshman Glee Club,soloist University Glee Club (member coun-cil 1897-1900); College Choir, an editorYale Daily News (financial manager Jun-ior and Senior years), chairman committeefor Alumni Weekly, Yale Financial Union;Cup committee, Kappa Delta Epsilon

LLB New York Law School 1895 (edi-tor The Counsellor Senior year), associatedwith father in Swayne & Swayne, lawyers,New York City, 1895-1900, president andgeneral manager Alabama and Georgia IronCompany and Frog Mountain Ore Com-pany, Cedartown, Ga, 1900-1904, presidentNittany Iron Company 1904-6, residentmanager Rogers, Brown & Company, pigiron, coke, iron ore, Philadelphia, 1906-14,partner Swayne & Company, coal, pig ironand coke, Philadelphia, 1914-28, adminis-trator Philadelphia Retail Coal Conference1928-31, executive director Anthracite In-stitute 1930-31, president Burns Brothers,wholesale and retail coal, New York City,1931-32; executive vice-president GreatLakes Coal and Coke Company 1932-33,partner with son in Swayne & Swayne,lawyers, Danen, Conn, 1936-50, mayor protcm of Cedartown 1900-1904, presidentAmerican Wholesale Coal Association, Cal-orie Coal Company, Jaffy Mining Com-pany, Pearson Mining Company, and Phil-adelphia Wholesale Coal Trade Associa-tion, commissioner National Coal JobbersAssociation, Washington, 1917-18, assistantto U S Fuel Administrator 1918-19, repre-sentative Connecticut General Assembly1934-38 (majority leader 1937), on Con-necticut Unemployment Insurance Com-mission, originator name for Yale Bowl,vice-president Yale Alumni Association ofCentral Pennsylvania 1905-6, Class secre-tary and treasurer 1894-1950 and AlumniFund agent 1895-1929, an incorporatorYale Club of New York (on council 1897-1900); member Yale Alumni Board 1916-24 (vice-chairman 1922-24), vice-chair-man of the Yale Alumni Association ofPhiladelphia 1922-24 and member advisoryboard; chairman Wright Memorial Com-mittee 1910-12, president People's ChoralUnion (Philadelphia) and University GleeClub of New York City; lecturer divisionof general education New York University;


soloist Philadelphia Orchestra and other or-ganizations, member Military Order of theLoyal Legion of the United States and StLuke's Church (Episcopal), Danen, juniorwarden Trinity Episcopal Church, Cedar-town

Married September 28, 1898, Pittsburgh,Christine, daughter of Joseph George andEstelle (King) von Siebeneck Son NoahHaynes, 3d, '32 S

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Stephen Mather Cemetery, DanenSurvived by wife, son, one grandchild, asister, Miss Eleanor Swayne, and a brother,Wager Swayne (Class of 1895)

ERNEST HUBBARD WELLS, B A 1893Born June 12, 1870, Baltimore, Md , diedDecember 11, 1950, New York City

Father, Lewis Gray Wells, secretary-treas-urer Turner, Day & Woolworth Manufac-turing Company, axes and hammers, Louis-ville, Ky , son of Lewis Wheeler and AriaMaria (Gray) Wells Mother, Mary EllenHubbard (Wetmore) Wells, daughter ofChauncey and Rebecca (Hubbard) Wet-more Yale relatives include* Philip PWells, '89, Hubert W Wells, '89, ChaunceyW Wells, '96 (brothers), Eleanor DuncanMunger Wells (Cert Art 1890), Mary Re-becca Prescott Wells (School of Fine ArtsClass of 1884) (sisters-in-law); John Col-ton Wells (Class of 1919) (nephew)

J W Chenault School, Louisville Firstcolloquy appointment Junior year, seconddispute appointment and one-year honorsin political science Senior year, DunhamBoat Club

Engaged in newspaper work Middle-town, Conn, 1893-94, teacher GunnerySchool, Washington, Conn, 1894-96 andHopkinson's School, Boston, 1896-98,LL B Yale 1900 (member Corbey Court);lawyer m New York City 1900 until retire-ment 1347, with American Law Book Com-pany, Secretary Keewaydin Camps Com-pany, Hidalgo Steel Company, CarbohteChemical Company, and Coaltar Engineer-ing Company, treasurer Jefferson ( N H )Hotel and Land Company, contributed ar-ticles to Cyclopedia of Law and Procedureand Ruling Case Law

Married February 19, 1914, New York

City, Margarita Ravella y Carr, daughterof Antonio Ravella y Adan and Maria Carry Acevedo Mrs Wells died 1938

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Oak Hill Cemetery, MiddletownSurvived by a brother, James Leech Wells.

HAMILTON [BOWEN] HOLT, BA1894 Born August 19, 1872, Brooklyn,N Y , died April 26, 1951, Putnam, Conn.

Father, George C Holt, L L D (BA1866) Mother, Mary Louisa (Bowen) HoltYale relatives include: Hiram Holt (M DHon 1834) (grandfather); Clarence WBowen (BA 1873), Herbert W Bowen(B A 1878), John E Bowen (BA 1881),Franklin D Bowen (BA 1884) (uncles),Stuart Holt, '99 (brother), Ralph D Reed,'96 S (brother-in-law), Henry S Mathew-son, '90 (cousin), William H Chadbourne(Class of 1945) (grandson)

Columbia Grammar School, New YorkCity First colloquy appointment Juniorand Senior years, University Glee Club,College Choir, Psi Upsilon

Graduate student Columbia 1894-97;managing editor The Independent, NewYork City, 1897-1913, editor-in-chief andowner 1913-21, consulting editor (com-bined with Weekly Review) 1921-25, pres-ident Rollins College 1925-49, presidentemeritus 1949-51, lecturer WienstockFoundation, University of California, 1909,Bromley Lecturer at Yale 1917; Commence-ment orator University of Kansas 1916; afounder International League to EnforcePeace 1918 (representative Versailles Con-ference, liaison officer American dele-gates and League), an authority and lec-turer on League of Nations and WorldCourt, president Third American PeaceCongress 1909, American ScandinavianFoundation, Netherlands American Foun-dation, and Friends of Poland; chairmanfinance committee League of Nations Non-Partisan Association, honorary vice-presi-dent Armenian Medical Relief Associationof America, executive director WoodrowWilson Foundation, LLD. Ursinus 1915,Wilberforce 1920, Oberhn 1921, Otterbein1922, Baylor 1927, Bethune Cookman 1950,LittD College of Wooster 1916, L H DBoston University 1928, Keuka 1948, ScD

Yale College

Tampa 1948, commander Order of the Sa-cred Treasure (Japan) 1909, officer Orderof King George I (Greece) 1919, officerOrder of Public Instruction and chevalierLegion of Honor (France) 1920, officerOrder of Crown of Italy 1920, Polonia Resti-tuta (Poland) 1922, knight of the NorthStar (Sweden) 1923, commander Order ofSt Sava (Serbia) 1931; Algernon SydneySullivan Medallion (Rollins College) 1950,Cervantes Gold Medal Hispanic Institute ofFlorida 1950, author* UndistinguishedAmericans, Commercialism and Journal-ism, An Adventure in Common Sense Ed-ucation, introduction to William H Taft'sUnited States and Peace, an elector NewYork University Hall of Fame; trusteeChurch Peace Union, Rollins College,American College for Girls (Constanti-nople), Woodstock Academy, and Tuscu-lum College, member American Instituteof Social Sciences, American Society of In-ternational Law, National Council of Con-gregational and Christian Churches, Amer-ican Association for the United Nations,The Pilgrims ( N Y ) , and Broadway Taber-nacle (Congregational), New York City

Married February 8, 1899, Baltimore, Al-exina Crawford, daughter of Marshall Pand Mary (Lindsay) Smith Children Bea-trice Holt Symonds La Venture ChadbourneRosenthal (Mrs Joseph Rosenthal), LeilaStuart (BA Smith 1923; Mrs Maurice EH Rotival), John Eliot, George ChandlerMrs. Holt died 1936

Death due to myocardial infarction. Bur-ied in Woodstock Hill (Conn ) CemeterySurvived by children, nine grandchildren, asister, Miss Constance Holt, and a brother,Henry C Holt,'03.

ARTHUR JUDSON, B A. 1894. Born Sep-tember 12,1871, Brooklyn, N Y ; died April13, 1951, Louisville, Ky

Father, Frederick A Judson(BA 1864).Mother, Alice (Barber) Judson Yale rela-tives include* Frederick J Judson (B A1824) (great-uncle); Fred J Kidde, '32(nephew)

The Hill School, Williams College 1890-91 Oration appointment Junior and Senioryears, financial editor Yale Literary Maga-zine Senior year, an editor Yale Record Jun-

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lor year, Class historian, Delta Kappa Epsi-lon, Scroll and Key

Private tutor 1894-99, grower of pineap-ples and oranges West Palm Beach 1899-1903, editor La\e Worth News 1903,teacher of Latin The Hill School 1903-9,with Fuller & Smith, advei Using agency,Cleveland, 1909 until retirement 1928 (part-ner 1916-28, secretary, vice-president 1924-28); senior partner Ramaview PoultryFarm, Nyack, N Y , 1931-44, secretary andtreasurer Craig Tractor Company, Cleve-land, vice-president Yale Alumni Associ-ation of Cleveland 1922-24, president 1924-26; on council Yale-in-China Association1926-30, member Associated Chanties andSecond Presbyterian Church, Cleveland

Married September 26, 1900, Cleveland,Gertrude, daughter of Ralzie Jesse andBelle (DeWoIf) Fuller Children OliverBingham (Class of 1925), twin daughters,Alice Barber (B.A Vassar 1928, Mrs Jon-athan VanDyke Norman, Jr ) and EdithFuller Judson Carter (Vassar Class of 1928,Mrs Ford Rodman Carter, Jr , died 1937)Mrs Judson died 1947

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville Sur-vived by son, one daughter, and sevengrandchildren

FREDERICK LOVE KEAYS, BA 1894Born December 14, 1871, Berwick, Maine,died September 8, 1950, Mineola, N Y

Father, Daniel Goodwin Keays, a farmerin Berwick, son of Love and Hannah Jane(Goodwin) Keay Mother, Elizabeth Abi-gail (Lord) Keays, daughter of FrederickAugustus and Sarah Elizabeth (Hurd)Lord

Berwick Academy Dissertation appoint-ment Junior year, oration appointment andtwo-year honors in natural science Senioryear

Teacher Dwight School, New York City,1895-96, attended New York UniversityMedical College 1896-98, M D Cornell1899, graduate work New York Hospital1899-1901, physician in New York City1899-1909 and Great Neck, N Y , 1909 un-til retirement 1948, assistant instructormedicine Cornell Medical Center 1901-4,instructor physical diagnosis and chief of

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clinic 1904-10; an authority on treatmentof compressed air disease (author manualcompressed air diseases and treatment) andmedical director of construction work onEast River tunnels 1904-10, a founder, andchief of medical service department Nas-sau Hospital, Mincola, 1923-37, consultantin medicine Mercy Hospital, Hcmpstead,adviser Great Neck Health League andNassau County Mosquito Commission,medical adviser to draft board for Queensand Nassau counties World War I and incharge Selective Service for the area WorldWar II (received Citation of Merit withmedal from Congress), member NassauCounty Medical Society, Medical Society ofthe State of New York (received certificatefor 50 years service in practice of medicine),American Medical Association, and HarveySociety

Married August 31,1907, Park Hill, N Y,Ethelyn Emery Hutton (B A Vassar 1895),daughter of Thomas and Lena (Savage)Emery

Death due to myocardial infarction Bur-ied in churchyard of All Saints' Church(Episcopal), Great Neck Survived by wife

WINTHROP McKIM, BA 1894 BornJuly 31, 1872, New Windsor, N Y ; diedMarch 3, 1951, Tuxedo Park, NY.

Father, Rev Haslett McKim, S T D(B A Harvard 1866), an Episcopal ministerin New Windsor, and Navesink, N J ; sonof Haslett and Sarah (Birckhcad) McKimMother, Harriet Rogers (Winthrop) Mc-Kim, daughter of Henry R Winthrop(B A 1830) and Margaret Louise (Hicks)Winthrop Yale relatives include John SWinthrop (B A 1737) (great-great-grand-father), John S Winthrop (B A 1804)(great-grandfather); Francis B Winthrop(BA. 1804), William H Winthrop (BA.1809) (great-great-unclcs), Buchanan Win-throp (B A 1862) (uncle), LeRoy McKim,'97 (brother), Henry R Winthrop, '98(cousin)

Hopkins Grammar School First disputeappointment Junior year, second disputeappointment Senior year, Psi Upsilon.

LL B New York Law School 1896; law-yer in New York City 1896 until retirement1946, chiefly engaged in looking after es-

tates; member St Mary's Church (Episco-pal), Tuxedo Park.

Married April 5,1899, Washington, D C ,Rowena, daughter of Charles Sidney andNannie (Bostick) Whitman. Daughter:Harriet Winthrop (Mrs. Augustus Brad-hurst Field, Jr )

Death due to carcinoma Buried inchurchyard St Mary's Church, TuxedoPark Survived by wife, daughter, twograndchildren, and a sister, Mrs. WilliamNeilson Voss.

FRANK SEILER BUTTERWORTH,B A 1895 Born September 21, 1870, Maine-villc, Ohio; died August 21, 1950, Mt Car-mel, Conn

Father, Benjamin Butter worth (OhioUniv 1855-56), lawyer, State senator 1873-75 and representative to Congress fromOhio 1878-82,1886-88; son of William andElizabeth (Lmton) Butterworth Mother,Mary Ellen (Seller) Butterworth; daughterof Jacob and Susan (Fridley) Seller Yalerelatives include an uncle, Jacob F Seller(BA 1854).

Harnsburg Academy Freshman andUniversity Football teams (member WalterCamp's Ail-American team), Junior Prom-enade and Class Day committees, He Boule,Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones.

Football coach University of Californiaat Berkeley 1895-97, head football coachYale 1897, 1898, with Bertron & Storrs,bankers, New York City; senior partnerF. S. Butterworth & Company, real-estatebrokers, New Haven, and president NewHaven Hotel Company until about 1914,State Senator 1907-9; Second LieutenantChemical Warfare Service World War I(overseas 1918-19), a founder AmericanLegion (treasurer Connecticut branch), di-rector Yale Football "Y" Association; onYale committee Military Training CampsAssociation, member Masonic order, trus-tee Mt Carmel Congregational Church.

Married (1) May 30, 1899, New Haven,Esther Ann, daughter of Ezckicl Gilbertand Mary deForest (Burlock) Stoddard,and sister of Louis E Stoddard, '99, andCarlos P. Stoddard (Class of 1904 S ) . Chil-dren Frank Seller, Jr., '25; Benjamin, '26;Esther Stoddard, the wife of Haydcn N.

Yale College

Smith, '23 Mr and Mrs Buttcrworth weredivorced 1934 Married (2) April 7, 1934,New York City, Ethel James Adams Ely,daughter of Horatio Mortimer and MaryIsabelle (James) Adams, and sister of JohnF Adams (Class of 1913 S.)

Death due to artenosclerotic heart dis-ease. Buried in Mt Carmel Cemetery Sur-vived by wife, children, two stepchildren,eight grandchildren, and two great-grand-children

[JOHN] JOSEPH DUNN, BA 1895Born August 25,1871, New Haven, Conn ;died April 9, 1951, New Haven, Conn

Father, Thomas Kennedy Dunn, engagedin real-estate and insurance business, NewHaven; son of John and Mary (Kennedy)Dunn. Mother, Abigail Jane (Leary)Dunn; daughter of Patrick and Honor e(Lcary) Leary Yale relatives include abrother-in-law, James F. Quinn, '00 M

Hillhousc High School Second BerkeleyPremium in Latin composition Freshmanyear; oration appointment and one-yearhonors in ancient languages Junior year;high oration appointment Senior year, PhiBeta Kappa P h D 1898.

Graduate student Harvard 1901-2, Uni-versity of Freiburg 1902-3, University ofRennes 1903-4, honorary Officier d'Acad-cmie 1909J instructor in Latin Catholic Uni-versity of America 1898-1900, instructorromance languages 1900-1901, assistantprofessor Celtic languages and literature1904-10, professor Celtic languages 1910-12and held Ancient Order of HiberniansChair in Gaelic 1912 until retirement 1931,professor emeritus and engaged in linguisticresearch 1931-51, lecturer in Celtic at Lin-guistic Institute held at Yale summers 1928and 1929 and lecturer College of the City ofNew York 1931, author A Grammar ofPortuguese Language, editor: The Gloriesof Ireland, Buez Sant Patrice, Breton Mys-tery Plays, translator Tain Bo Cuailnge,Ancient Irish Epic Tale; Gaelic Literatureof Ireland; contributed to Webster's NewInternational Dictionary, assistant editor:Golden Anniversary of the Class of Ninety-five (Yale College); historian Yale Alum-ni Association of Washington (D.C ) 1914-15; fellow American Association for the

Advancement of Science, member ModernLanguage Association, American LinguisticSociety, Folklore of Ireland Society, and StMary's Church (Roman Catholic), NewHaven

UnmarriedDeath due to myocardial infarction Bur-

ied in St Lawrence Cemetery, New HavenSurvived by a sister, Miss Abigail DolontaDunn

FREDERICK PITKIN JAMES, BA1895 Born March 25,1872, Lockport, N Y ,died July 25, 1950, Clearwater, Fla

Father, Robert Henry James, a whole-sale lumber merchant, son of John andMargaret (Creagh) James Mother, Kath-arine Louise (Pitkin) James, daughter ofTimothy and Katharine (Woodbndge) Pit-kin Yale relatives include Robert J Pitkin,'85 (cousin), Robert J Jewett, '16 (ne-phew)

The Hill School Second Glee Club, YaleUnion.

Student University of Buffalo LawSchool, LLB Cornell 1898 (member PhiDelta Phi), lawyer in New York City1898-1902, lawyer and tax expert in Lock-port 1903 until retirement 1935, tax con-sultant Clearwater 1935-50, active in com-munity work Lockport (president Boardof Trade four years and of board of man-agers City Hospital, secretary Chamber ofCommerce, on Board of Health), memberCoast Guard Auxiliary (code instructor inradio, blinker, and semaphore signals),Lawyers Club of Buffalo, Niagara CountyBar Association, and Masonic order, trus-tee First Presbyterian Church, Lockport

Married January 6, 1906, Utica, N Y ,Linda, daughter of Frederick Russell andElla (Comstock) Peckham Son* RobertHenry (B S Rollins 1931) Mrs James died1948

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Sur-vived by son, and a granddaughter

CHARLES WILLIAM BIRELY, BA1896. Born December 13, 1874, Frederick,Md ; died May 4, 1951, New Haven, Conn

Father, William Cramer Birely, wholesalegrocer and postmaster Frederick; son of


John William and Mary Rosanna (Cra-mer) Birely Mother, Laura Virginia (Sinn)Birely, daughter of Edward and EvelinePrudentia (Elkins) Sinn

Frederick Academy High oration ap-pointment Junior year, philosophical ora-tion appointment Senior year, UniversityOrchestra, Yale Union, Phi Beta KappaLL B magna cum laude 1899 (Junior hon-ors, an editor Yale Shingle, Corbey Court)

With F C Bushnell Company, whole-sale grocers, New Haven, 1899-1905, part-ner Simpson & Birely, lawyers, New Haven,1905, clerk New Haven City Court April-October 1905 and Court of Common Pleas1905-22, postmaster New Haven 1922-34,practiced independently in New Haven1934 until retirement 1943; vice-presidentState Postmasters' Association 1924, secre-tary Class of 1889 L from 1938 to 1944,member Reformed Church, Frederick

Married January 31, 1900, New Haven,Charlotte Ann, daughter of Frank Chap-man and Mary Eliza (Dee) Bushnell Chil-dren Barbara Bushnell (B A Vassar 1923,Mrs Earl Nugent), Charlotte (cert YaleSchool of Nursing 1926, Mrs Gustaf ElmerLindskog), Frances Bushnell (Mrs CharlesKeeney Barrows), Charles William Jr, '32.

Death due to pneumonia Buried in WestCemetery, Madison, Conn Survived bywife, children, four grandchildren, and twosisters, Miss Mary Rosanna Birely and MrsAustin Haftner

LEE MALTBIE DEAN, B A 1896 BornMay 16, 1875, Falls Village, Conn , diedMarch 18, 1951, Nice, France

Father, Lee Parker Dean, a lawyer inBridgeport, Conn , member ConnecticutState legislature 1867-71, son of Henry andAlmira (Munson) Dean Mother, Seraph E(Maltbie) Dean, daughter of Charles Band Elizabeth (Higley) Maltbie Yale rel-atives include Willard P Dean, '02 S,Henry C Dean (Class of 1906 L ) (broth-ers) , William E Parsons, '95 (brother-in-law) , Seymour Parsons, '38 E , Robert DParsons (Class of 1941) (nephews), LouiseK Parsons Stanton (Class of 1937 Art)(niece)

Bridgeport High School Second disser-tation appointment Junior year StudentGraduate School 1896-97

Attended University of Pennsylvania1897-99, Andover Theological Seminary1899-1901, Columbia University and UnionTheological Seminary 1901-2; ministerCongregational church, South Brookfield,Mass, 1902-4, Westbrook, Maine, 1904-9,Chapel of St John Chrysostom, New YorkCity, 1909-19, Marlboro, N Y., 1919-21; rec-tor St. James' and Grace churches, NewHaven, 1921-24, Colhnsville and Pine Mea-dow, Conn, 1924-28

Married September 30, 1930, KathenneSeymour, daughter of William Cheney andSarah Day (Seymour) Parsons and great-grandmece of Jeremiah Day (BA 1795)Mrs Dean died March 2, 1951

Death due to influenza Survived by noimmediate relatives

EMILE GODCHAUX, BA 1896 BornJanuary 29, 1874; New Orleans, La ; diedDecember 16,1950, New Orleans, La

Father, Leon Godchaux, a sugar planterand merchant, New Orleans, son of Pauland Michelette (Lazard) Godchaux Moth-er, Justina (Lamm) Godchaux, daughterof Isaac and Ann (Alexandre) Lamm Yalerelatives include four nephews, Leon God-chaux, Jr, '09, Paul L Godchaux, Jr, '17,Justin Albert Godchaux, '32, P Leon God-chaux, 2d, '38 E

Phillips-Exeter Member Kappa Beta Phi.LLB 1898 (editor Yale Shingle, memberCorbey Court).

Lawyer in New Orleans 1899-1950 (part-ner Milling, Godchaux, Saal & Saunders attime of death), judge Louisiana divisionCourt of Appeals 1909-18, secretary God-chaux Sugars, Inc, 1900-1950, on StateBoard of Education 1908-9, volunteer(Captain) American Red Cross in FranceWorld War I, member Louisiana State BarAssociation

Married (1) March 14, 1901, Montgom-ery, Ala, Mabel Violet, daughter of Josephand Leonora (Ezekiel) Goetter. Mr andMrs Godchaux were divorced 1939 Mar-ried (2) March 10,1939, New Orleans, MayVirginia, daughter of Robert and MayGardner (Aaron) Curtis.

Death due to carcinoma. Buried in HopeMausoleum, New Orleans. Survived bywife, a sister, Mrs Gus Mayer, and three

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brothers, Walter Godchaux, '<$, CharlesGodchaux, and Jules Godchaux

FREDERIC BLAIR JOHNSON, B.A.1896. Born March 2, 1876, Unionville,Conn; died June 27, 1951, New Haven,Conn

Father, Frederick Waterman Johnson, su-perintendent machine shop and paper mill,Unionville; son of Daniel Blair and Har-riet Newton (Woodruff) Johnson Mother,Ceha (MacDonald) Johnson; daughter ofJames and Eleanor (Kirk) MacDonald

Unionville High School First disserta-tion appointment Junior and Senior years.

Local and traveling representative Li-brary Service Bureau, New York City,1896-1907; public accountant and officemanager Gunn, Richards & Company1907, office manager George E KunhardtCorporation, woolen goods, 1907-10, con-sulting auditor Yale University 1910-11, su-perintendent Bureau of Purchases andStores 1911-17, general manager (profes-sorial rank) University Service Bureaus1917 until retirement 1942, acting bursar ofthe University 1912-13, bursar 1913-42;M A. Hon Yale 1919; treasurer Brick RowPrint and Book Shop; member Associationof University and College Business Officersof the Eastern States and First Church ofChrist in New Haven (Congregational)

Married December 25, 1899, SaratogaSprings, N.Y., Cora Bailey, daughter ofCharles Edwin and Frances Maria (Bailey)Ncher

Death due to arteriosclerosis Buried inMountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport,Conn Survived by wife.

EDWARD KRAMER NICHOLSON,B A. 1896 Born April 14,1872, Essex, Conn ,died April 18,1951, Winter Park, Fla

Father, Rev George Washington Nichol-son, a Baptist minister in Bridgeport,Conn ; son of Henry and Eliza (Beck)Nicholson Mother, Elvira (Bell) Nichol-son; daughter of George Washington andLaura M (Bray) Bell.

Jersey City High School; Union College1892-94 Entered Yale Junior year, disser-tation appointment Senior year Student

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Law School 1896-97. PhD. 1900 (secre-tary Political Science Club 1896-97).

Studied law in Bridgeport 1898-1900,lawyer in Bridgeport 1900-1918 and 1919until retirement 1947 and in New York City1918-19, deputy judge city court of Bridge-port 1905-7, member Connecticut State BarAssociation and First Baptist Church, Strat-ford, Conn

Married (1) December 19, 1900, Sara-toga Springs, N Y, Mary Lydia, daughterof Cassius Bellow and Sarah (Keith)Thomas. Children. Sylvia Thomas (Rus-sell Sage Coll 1920-22, Mrs ValentineSmith Alison; died 1946), Edward Kramer,Jr.; Miriam Elizabeth Mrs Nicholson died1921 Married (2) December 23, 1921, Sel-ma, Ala, Virginia Holt Mrs Nicholson died1943 Married (3) June 6, 1949, Orlando,Fla, Nellie Mane Chandler Smith

Death due to pneumonia Buried inMountain Grove Cemetery, BridgeportSurvived by wife, one daughter, son, andfour grandchildren

CHARLES ALFRED PELTON, BA.1896. Born October 15, 1872, Clinton,Conn ; died December 22, 1950, New Ha-ven, Conn

Father, Alfred Clark Pclton, a sea cap-tain, son of Alfred and Hetty Ann (Wil-cox) Pelton Mother, Laura Grinncll(Parks) Pclton, daughter of Edwin andMary (Merrills) Parks

Morgan School, Clinton Oration ap-pointment Junior and Senior years, Pi Al-pha Delta. LL B. 1898

Lawyer in Middletown, Conn, 1898—1900, Deep River, Conn, 1900-1909, andClinton 1900-1950, prosecuting agent Mid-dlesex County, probate judge District ofClinton 1917-42, representative Connecti-cut legislature 1901-2, 1915-19, 1929-30,and senator 1924-25; tax collector Clinton1908-31, town clerk 1924-47, deputy cor-oner 1940-50, president Clinton NationalBank, Second Lieutenant ConnecticutHome Guard; chairman admissions com-mittee Middlesex County Bar Association,member Clinton Historical Society, Ma-sonic order, and Methodist church, Clin-ton.

Married (1) June 18, 1902, Clinton,


Edith Vail Parker (Class of 1895 Art),daughter of Charles Rodney and Susan Re-becca (Vail) Parker Mrs Pelton died 1922Married (2) October 11, 1924, Clinton,Dorothy Helen, daughter of James and Jes-sie (Duncan) Ruddiman

Death due to myocardial infarction Bur-ied in Indian River Cemetery, ClintonSurvived by wife

EDWARD SUMNER BRACKETT, B A1897 Born September 13,1875, Bridgeport,Conn , died March 1, 1951, Providence, R I

Father, Frank Arthur Brackett, a teach-er in Hartford, Conn , son of William andMary P (Smith) Brackett Mother, AnnaJane (Stone) Brackett, daughter of Sum-ner and Mary Walker (Stone) Stone

Hartford Public High School Orationappointment Junior and Senior years M Dcum laude 1^01 (honorable mention KeesePrize, member Nu Sigma Nu)

Interne Rhode Island Hospital 1902-4and Providence Lying-in Hospital 1904,physician in Providence 1904-51 (special-ized in obstetrics and gynecology 1914-51),visiting surgeon department of gynecologyRhode Island Hospital and chief of staffgynecological service, visiting obstetricianand chief of staff Providence Lying-in Hos-pital (trustee, and curator of records 1936-51), consulting gynecologist Miriam Hos-pital, Providence, and South County Hos-pital, Wakefield, RI , a founder of BlueCross in Rhode Island, and an incorporatorHospital Service Corporation of Rhode Is-land, member executive committee, andvice-president 1939-51, president Provi-dence Medical Association 1928-29, RhodeIsland Medical Society 1938-39, and Obstet-rical Society of Boston and Rhode IslandBirth Control League 1938, vice-presidentYale Alumni Association of Rhode Island1936, president 1936-38, secretary NewEngland Obstetrical and Gynecological So-ciety 1929, president 1931-33 (memberfounders committee), fellow AmericanCollege of Surgeons, member AmericanMedical Association, Association of YaleAlumni in Medicine, and First Congrega-tional Church (Unitarian), Providence

Married June 27,1908, Springfield, Mass,Mary Caroline, daughter of Ariel and Car-

oline Mary (Gates) Ladd Son EdwardSumner, Jr , '32. Mrs Brackett died De-cember, 1950

Death due to pulmonary emphysemaBuried in Swan Point Cemetery, Provi-dence Survived by son, a granddaughter,a sister, Mrs Mary Isabella Lippitt, and abrother, Arthur S Brackett, '92

HENRY GODWIN CAMPBELL, BA1897 Born October 30,1875, Paterson, N J ,died December 23, 1950, Hanover, N H

Father, Henry Godwin Campbell, associ-ated with H G Campbell & Company,members New York Stock ExchangeMother, Margaret Ann (Prall) CampbellYale relatives include: Edwin P Campbell,'98 S (brother); Bruce Campbell, '27(nephew)

St Paul's School, Concord, N H Classand University crews, Freshman FootballTeam, Banjo and Mandolin clubs, AlphaDelta Phi

With H G Campbell & Company 1898until retirement 1945 (member New YorkStock Exchange), treasurer GramercyCompany of New York, resided on hisfarm in Marlow, N Y, 1946-50, with Amer-ican Field Ambulance Service and MotorTransport Service World War I; memberSquadron A, New York National Guard,Society of Colonial Wars, and United Lodgeof Theosophists.

Married (1) September 4, 1903, AtlanticCity, N J, Ada Lucile, daughter of WilliamFinley and Ada Mary (Kimberly) Thomp-son Married (2) June 5, 1921, Jersey City,N J, Kathenne Spencer, daughter of AlvinW and Jeanie B Smith Son* Spencer God-win (Univ Connecticut 1940-43, killed inservice 1944) Mr and Mrs Campbell weredivorced 1947

Death due to injuries sustained in anautomobile accident Buried in Rural Cem-etery, Worcester, Mass Survived by no im-mediate relatives.

GEORGE WASHINGTON DOUGH-TY, B A. 1897 Born March 29,1874, Greene-ville, Tenn , died October 23,1950, Greene-ville, Tenn

Father, John Harrison Doughty, a banker

Yale College 35m Greeneville, son of Sampson DoughtyMother, Elizabeth Kathenne (Harmon)Doughty, daughter of Dr William Har-mon and Emily (Maloney) Harmon

Attended private schools, Tusculum Col-lege 1890-93, and University of Virginia1894-96 Entered Yale Senior year, firstdispute appointment

Master of accounts Eastman BusinessCollege 1898, with East Tennessee TobaccoCompany 1898-1922 (president 1913-22),general sales manager Brown Manufactur-ing Company, chemical and printers sup-plies, 1922-24, sales manager Central Pot-tery Company 1925-28, secretary Doughty-Stevens Company, furniture and hardwaredealers, 1945-50, president First NationalBank, Greeneville, 1916-21, field secretaryTusculum College 1922-40 and trustee,mayor of Greeneville 1910-13, chairmanFirst Senatorial District of Tennessee 1911-13 and judicial committee First Judicial Cir-cuit of Tennessee, Colonel on staff of Gov-ernor Benjamin W Hooper, vice-presidentGreene County Library Association 1913and trustee, M,A Hon Tusculum 1916;member Masonic order, elder CumberlandPresbyterian Church, Greeneville.

Married February 19, 1903, Greeneville,Hassie Hacker (B A Wilson 1901), daugh-ter of Joseph Earnest and Jessie Rosamond(Bntton) Hacker Children John Hacker(BA. Umv Tennessee 1925, LLB Yale1927); Josephine Elizabeth (B A Tuscu-lum 1929; MA Columbia 1930, MrsHomer Higgs); an adopted son, GeorgeWillis (B A Univ Tennessee 1939)

Death due to a heart condition Buried inOak Grove Cemetery, Greeneville Survivedby wife, children, five grandchildren, anda brother, Willis Doughty

WENDELL PRIME KEELER, BA 1897Born February 17, 1874, Washingtonville,N Y ; died February 17, 1951, Yonkers,N Y

Father, Francis Hay Keeler, a dry-goodsmerchant, Newburgh, N Y , son of EhshaT and Jane Smith (Miller) Keeler Mother,Martha Ackerman (Conkhng) Keeler,daughter of Morns G and Mary Ann (Ack-erman) Conkhng

Mt Morris Latin School, New York

City High oration appointment Junior andSenior years, Second Glee Club, Phi BetaKappa

Attended Auburn Theological Seminary1897-99 and Oxford 1899-1900, assistantminister First Presbyterian Church, Bing-hamton, N Y , 1900-1902, Central Presby-terian Church, New York City, 1902-3,minister First Presbyterian Church, Madi-son, N J, 1903-12, Old First Church (Con-gregational), Northampton, Mass, 1912-18, First Presbyterian Church, Yonkers,1918 until retnement 1941, commissionerto the General Assembly of the Presbyter-ian Church and on Board of Home Mis-sions, moderator Presbyterian Synod ofNew York 1930-31, Presbytery of Mornsand Orange counties, and Presbytery ofWestchester County, president Clerical As-sociation of Yonkers, president of the beardHalsted School, member board AuburnTheological Seminary 1920-50 (vice-pres-ident 1939-47), a director Union Theolog-ical Seminary 1940-46, member executivecommittee Yonkers council Boy Scouts ofAmerica, director Charity OrganizationSociety and Family Welfare Society, Yon-kers

Married (1) May 18,1905, Madison, May,daughter of Charles Martin and HarrietLouise (Jones) Decker Children MartynDecker, '28, Elizabeth Prime (BA Skid-more 1930, Mrs Francis Lester Patton),Kathryn (B A Smith 1944), the wife ofEdward C Smith, 2d, '44 Mrs Keeler died1923 Married (2) January 4, 1928, Utica,N Y, Elizabeth Ogden Soper, daughter ofFrank Clark and Clara (Babcock) Ogden

Death due to paralysis agitans Ashes in-terred in Rosemont Cemetery, Oiange,N Y Survived by wife, children, six grand-children, a stepdaughter, Mrs Mary SoperGierhart, and two brothers, Frank HalseyKeeler and Alton Sherwood Keeler

HERVEY COKE PARKE, BA 1897Born July 17, 1873, Detroit, Mich , diedMay 6, 195 r, Northampton, Mass

Father, Hervey Coke Parke, a founderParke, Davis & Company, pharmaceuticals,Detroit, son of Ezra Smith and Rhoda(Sperry) Parke Mother, Mary (Mead)


Parke, daughter of James and Elizabeth(Kidcler) Mead

Lawrenceville SchoolWith Parke, Davis & Company 1897-98,

BD General Theological Seminary 1904,ordained 1905, curate Christ Church, Cam-bridge, 1905-7, associate minister Waynes-ville Mission, Asheville, N C, 1907-8, min-ister 1908-12, student University of Ox-ford 1912-13, minister St John's EpiscopalChurch, Athol, Mass, 1913-15, GraceChurch, Amherst, 1915-23, vicar Churchof the Angels, Pasadena, Calif., 1925 untilretirement 1935, assistant to minister GraceChurch, Amherst, 1935-37, author TheMarriage Service and After, organized Fel-lowship of St Luke (San Diego) and mem-ber Fellowship of Prayer Diocese of West-ern Massachusetts, trustee Grace Hospital,Morgantown, N Dak , social chairman Uni-ted China Relief, Amherst, 1943-47, mem-ber Amherst Historical Society (clerk 1936-45), American Church Union, AmericanPhilatelic Society, Amherst Ministers Asso-ciation, and Masonic order

Married June 8, 1904, New York City,Ethel Margaret, daughter of Ephraim Hol-brook and Mary (Wood) Cushman Chil-dren Mary Allerton (B A Smith 1931,Mrs Leslie Linsey Fairfield), PriscillaCushman (B A Smith 1934; M N Yale1945)» Hervey Cushman, '36 S ; John Hol-brook (BA Princeton 1938); David Liv-ingstone (B A Kenyon 1944).

Death due to pneumonia Buried in Wild-wood Cemetery, Amherst Survived bywife, children, thirteen grandchildren, asister, Mrs Winthrop E Allen, and twobrothers,^James Hunt Parke and Ira SParke (Class of 1906)

JOHN RUSH POWELL, B A 1897 BornMarch 21, 1874, Columbus, Miss ; died Ap-ril 25, 1951, St Louis, Mo

Father, Smith Powell, an accountantMother, Julia Blanche (Rush) Powell;daughter of Susan Elizabeth (Greer) Rush

B A Baylor University 1893 EnteredYale Senior year, philosophical oration ap-pointment and one-year honors in English,Phi Beta Kappa. M A 1899

English teacher McKinney (Texas) Col-legiate Institute 1897-98, head English de-

partment Joliet (111) Township HighSchool 1899-1904, teacher Ycatman HighSchool, St Louis, 1904-7, principal 1907-9,principal Frank Louis Soldan High School1909-29, assistant superintendent of schoolsin charge all high schools 1929-41, profes-sor of English Harris Teachers College1941-44; an authority on Chaucer, Brown-ing, and Shakespeare, special lecturer inEnglish Washington University 1945-50,chairman school committee Deaconess Hos-pital School of Nursing, president NewEngland Society of St. Louis 1935 and Sonsof the American Revolution, member Sonsof the Revolution; trustee First UnitarianChurch, St. Louis

Married June 17,1902, Joliet, Ida Adahne,daughter of George M and Elizabeth Rey-nolds (Snapp) Campbell Children. Eliz-abeth Rush Powell Jacobs Diamond (B AUniv Michigan 1925, Mrs Jerome Dia-mond) , and an adopted son (who also is agrandson), Merrill Rush Powell (B A Bay-lor Univ 1951)

Death due to coronary thrombosis. Sur-vived by wife and children

JOHN CLEVELAND SALTER, BA1897. Born August 7, 1873, Waverly, 111;died December 21,1950, St Louis, Mo.

Father, John C Salter (Yale GraduateSchool 1852-53), son of Cleveland Jarmanand Eliza (Cotton) Salter Mother, Mar-garet (McKee) Salter, daughter of Sam-uel and Margaret (McMillen) McKee Yalerelatives include two uncles, William S.McKee (B A 1847), a n c i Charles C Salter(BA 1852)

Philhps-Andover. Dissertation appoint-ment Junior and Senior years

M D Johns Hopkins 1901, house phy-sician St Luke's and Lying-in hospitals,New York City, 1901-3, physician in StLouis 1904-50, lecturer on clinical chemis-try and microscopy Washington UniversitySchool of Medicine, on staff WashingtonUniversity Hospital, Barnard Skin and Can-cer Hospital, St Luke's Hospital, and CityHospital, St. Louis, medical director StLouis Mutual Life Insurance Company1947-50, medical referee Mutual Life In-surance Company of New York and Pru-dential Insurance Company; Lieutenant

Yale College

Commander U.S. Naval Reserve WorldWar I (in charge medical service HospitalUnit No 14), member St. Michael and StGeorge Church (Episcopal), St Louis

Married August 5, 1918, Denver, NelleW Willis Kellogg, daughter of George Gil-bert and Sarah A (Potter) Willis MrsSalter died 1948

Death due to virus pneumonia Buriedin Valhalla Cemetery, St Louis Survivedby a stepson, Marion Knight Kellogg, '28L , and a sister, Miss Matilda Finley Salter

ABRAHAM ROSECRANS BALDWIN,B A 1898 Born December 8, 1877, Orange,N.J., died October 21, 1950, Chicago, 111

Father, Abraham Baldwin, owner Abra-ham Baldwin, Inc, woolens, Chicago, sonof William Baldwin Mother, Anne Ste-phens (Winterbotham) Baldwin; daughterof John Humphrey and Mahala (Rose-crans) Winterbotham Yale relatives in-clude three cousins* John H Winter-botham, '97, Joseph Winterbotham (Classof 1900 S ), John R. Winterbotham, '12

South Side Academy, Chicago First col-loquy appointment Junior year, second dis-pute appointment Senior year, Sec6nd andApollo Glee clubs, Apollo and UniversityBanjo and Mandolin clubs.

Attended Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nology 1898-99 and Philadelphia TextileSchool 1899-1901, with Abraham Baldwin,Inc, 1898 until retirement 1938 (president1929-38), partner Curtiss & Warren, dry-goods commission merchants, Chicago,1910-16, treasurer Muller Export Com-pany, Chicago, 1916-21; sales managerU S Food Products Corporation, New YorkCity, 1921-22 and Albert Dickinson Com-pany, agricultural seed merchants, Chicago,1922-29, cofounder and director TenakProducts Company, electrotype moldingmaterials, 1934-38, member board HullHouse Association 1936-43 and ChicagoYale Club 1925-26; assistant secretaryAmerican Prison Association; trustee Al-lendale Association, Chicago, memberSixth Presbyterian Church, Chicago

Married September 10,1912, Lake Forest,111, Helen, daughter of Abram and Mary(Howe) Poole Children Rosecrans, '35 S ;

37Michael (died in infancy), Roger Poole,'42, David,'43

Death due to acute pulmonary edemaBuried in Graceland Cemetery, ChicagoSurvived by wife, three sons, and twograndchildren

EDGAR HAYES BETTS, BA UBorn October 23, 1877, Lansingburgh,N Y ; died March 27, 1951, Troy, N Y

Father, Edgar Ketchum Betts, in chargemanufacturing Earl & Wilson Company,manufacturers of shirts and collars andcuffs, Troy, son of Henry and Nancy(Ketchum) Betts Mother, Harriet Louisa(Gardner) Betts (grad Mount Holyoke1867), daughter of Jefferson and Mary Ann(Wright) Gardner

St Paul's School, Concord, N H Firstcolloquy appointment Senior year, Fresh-man Crew, Dunham Boat Club

With Earl & Wilson Company 1898-1925(vice-president 1908-14, president 1914-25), vice-president successor firm Cluett,Peabody & Company 1925-27, president1927-29; partner Howell, MacArthur &Wiggin, Inc, investment brokers, 1929-34and Betts & Morris, investment counselors,1934-51, president Troy & Bennmgton Rail-road Company; first vice-president TroyRecord Company, newspaper publishers,1938-51, secretary, treasurer, and vice-president Taylor Electric Truck Company,secretary-treasurer W & L E Gurley, man-ufacturers precision instruments, 1916-22,vice-president 1926-51, treasurer 1945-49,in lumber business Runyon, N C , about1917, president board of trustees EmmaWillard School 1927-49, chairman board oftrustees Russell Sage College 1928-37,1942-47, trustee Brown University, D H L Rus-sell Sage College 1939, a founder TroyCountry Day School; president TroyY M C A 1921-24, director Troy Boys'Club, member appraisal commission Lay-men's Foreign Mission Inquiry (Baptistworld-wide survey of foreign missions);corporal New York National Guard, mem-ber Yale Engineering Association, Sons ofthe Revolution, and First Baptist Church,Troy

Married May 27,1901, Troy, May Louise,daughter of Lew is Ephraim and Anna Lou-


lse (Brown) Gurley Children. Louise Gur-ley (Mrs Samuel Stoughton Stevens, 2d),Robert Gurley, '27, Barbara (Wellesley1925-26, Mrs Philip Benson); EdgarHayes, Jr (B A Colgate 1934) Mrs. Bettsdied 1941

Death due to congestive heart diseaseBuried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy Sur-vived by children, ten grandchildren, a sis-ter, Mrs Walter Barnhisel, and two broth-ers, Anson G Betts, '97 S, and ArthurBetts

HOWARD SEYMOUR BORDEN, B A1898 Born April 27, 1876, New York City,died December 9,1950, Rumson, N J

Father, Matthew C D Borden (BA1864) Mother, Hainet Minerva (Durfee)Borden Yale lelatives include Holder BDurfee (Class of 1863) (uncle), MatthewS Borden, '95 (brother)

Cutler School Freshman, Apollo, andUniversity Glee clubs, Apollo Banjo andMandolin clubs

Assistant tieasurer American PrintingCompany, cotton textiles, New York City,1898-1912, vice-president and treasurer1912-36, partner M C D Borden & Sons,selling agents for American Printing Com-pany, 1910-34, vice-president and treasurerFall River Iron Works Company, manufac-turers of cotton print cloths, 1902-17, firstvice-president Borden Mills, Inc, textilemanufacturers, New York City, 1924-49,member New Jersey National Guard, Brig-adier General Infantry Officers ReserveCorps 1921-42, developed real estate inRumson, N J , interested in breeding poloponies and Dalmatian dogs, master Mon-mouth County Hounds 1915, vice-presidentMendelssohn Glee Club 1912-15, president1915-20, member Merchants Associationof New York, Society of American Magi-cians, and Broadway Tabernacle (Congre-gational), New York City

Mairied (1) February 1, 1900, Orange,N J, Edith Caroline, daughter of Georgeand Ellen (Bradley) Curtis Children JohnChaloner, '22, Jeannette (died 1906), Ar-thur Bradley (BA Princeton 1929), Dons(Mrs William Boardman Leonard), Wil-liam Howard (BA Princeton 1937)Mrs Borden died 1940 Married (2) Feb-

ruary 4, 1941, San Francisco, CarolineWheeler, daughter of William Timothyand Laura Frances (Wheeler) Riley

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Woodlawn Cemetery, New YorkCity, Survived by wife, one daughter, sons,four grandchildren, and a brother, BertramH Borden

CHARLES FREDERICK GEHR-MANN, B.A. 1898 Born October 1, 1876,Peona, 111, died August 4, 1950, Bloom-field, N J

Father, Charles Gehrmann, a merchantin Peona, son of Paul August GehrmannMother, Caroline (Helmle) Gehrmann,daughter of William and Elizabeth (Mar-schizky) Helmle

Peona High School Second dispute ap-pointment Junior yeai, first dispute ap-pointment Senior year, Zeta Psi

LL B New York Law School 1900, law-yer in New York City, specializing in es-tate and corporate law, 1900 until retire-ment 1945 (attorney for B, Altaian & Com-pany and estate of Charles Hayden), m-teiested in stamp collecting he belonged toprincipal philatelic societies and wasawarded bronze medal in competitive ex-hibition by Collectors' Club 1918, memberLutheran church

Married February 9, 1906, New YorkCity, Erna Ella Hedwig, daughter of CarlAugust and Caroline Louise (von Bittkow-sky) StefTen

Death due to arteriosclerosis Buried inBloomfield Cemetery Survived by wifeand a brother, Robert H Gehrmann

EDWIN BURRUSS KING, BA iiBorn May 24,1876, Wilmington, N C , diedDecember 25, 1950, Warrenton, Va

Father, Joseph Francis King (M D Col-umbia 1853), a physican in Wilmington,son of Francis Lothrop and Sarah (Ward)King Mother, Susan LeRoy (Neilson)King, daughter of John and Margaret A(Fish) Neilson Yale relatives include acousin, Hamilton F Benjamin, '98 S

St Mark's School Second colloquy ap-pointment Junior year, first colloquy ap-pointment Senior year, secretary-treasurer

Yale College

Berkeley Association Junior year, presidentSenior year; Yale Corinthian Yacht Club,Alpha Delta Phi M A 1908

Master St Mark's School 1898-1907; sen-ior master Ridgefield School 1907-9, head-master Gilman Country School 1909-12, afounder Stuyvesant School, Warrcnton,1912 and headmaster until retirement 1945,vestryman St James' Church (Episcopal),Warren ton, 1912-37

Married June 24, 1905, Warrenton, MarySemmes, daughter of Murray and Emily(North) Forbes Children* Mary Forbes(Mrs Harrison Caner Colket), Edwin Bur-russ, Jr (died 1915); Emily North, thewife of Melville Church, 2d, '36

Death due to coronary occlusion Buriedin Warrenton Cemetery Survived by wife,daughters, and two grandchildren

DAVID THOMAS LEAHY, B.A 1898Born November 6, 1876, Brooklyn, NY.,died March 28,1951, New York City

Father, David Thomas Leahy, a woolenmerchant Mother, Mary (O'Rorke) Leahy.

Adelphi Academy Second colloquy ap-pointment Junior and Senior years

LL B and LL M New York Law School1902; lawyer in New York City 1902-51(member Fletcher & Brown at time ofdeath); Captain Military Intelligence U SArmy World War I, president board ofvisitors New York Training School forBoys and Brooklyn Juvenile Protective As-sociation, trustee Brooklyn Bureau of SocialService, director Home for Blind and Crip-pled Defective Children, Roman CatholicOrphan Asylum Association of Brooklyn,Brooklyn Benevolent Society, St CharlesHospital for Crippled and Defective Chil-dren, on district committee Greater NewYork Fund, Inc , member Bar Associationof the City of New York and Roman Cath-olic church

UnmarriedBuried in Calvary Cemetery, Queens,

N Y. Survived by no immediate relatives

ROBERT KILBURN ROOT, B A ilBorn April 7, 1877, Brooklyn, N Y ; diedNovember 20, 1950, St Louis, Mo

Father, William Judson Root, a mechan-

39ical engineer in New Haven, Conn , son ofRev Judson A Root (B A 1823) and EmilyM (Peck) Root Mother, Mary Louisa (Kil-burn) Root Yale relatives include N WTaylor Root (B A 1852) (uncle), Henry IRoot (Class of 1903) (brother)

Hillhouse High School, New HavenFreshman honors, philosophical oration ap-pointment Junior and Senior years, one-year honors in English Senior year, Town-send Premium, Phi Beta Kappa PhD.1902

Instructor in English Yale 1900-1901,I9°3~5> tutor 1901-3, assistant professor ofEnglish Princeton University 1905-16(helped inaugurate new preceptorial sys-tem of instruction), professor of literatureJ9X 6-335 Woodrow Wilson Professor of Lit-erature 1933-46, dean of faculty 1933-46,professor and dean emeritus 1946-50, chair-man department of English 1926-33, andacting head of graduate school, acting pro-fessor English Stanford University summer1921; special lecturer Harvard 1927, visit-ing lecturer Yale 1927-28, Lamont Memo-rial Lecturer Yale 1929-30, LittD Yale1937, LLD Brown 1940, lectured exten-sively on Chaucer and age of Swift andPope, author Poetry of Chaucer, ClassicalMythology in Shakespeare, Textual Tradi-tion of Chaucer's Troilus, Poetical Careerof Alexander Pope, editor Manuscripts ofChaucer's Troilus, Boo\ of Troilus andCnseyde, Development and Chronology ofChaucer's Wor\s, Ruskin's Sesame and Lil-ies, coeditor British Drama, British Poetryand Prose, Eighteenth Century Prose, bythe Most Eminent English Authors, Pope'sDunciad, Variorum, Letters of Lord Ches-terfield to His Son, Meaning of the Hu-manities Five Essays, translator AndreasThe Legend of St Andrew, contributedreviews and articles to philological journals,Major Ordnance Department and later Air-craft Armament World War I (authormanual Machine Gun Sights for AircraftUse), vice-president Brick Row Book Shop,Inc , fellow Mediaeval Academy of Amer-ica (vice-president), American Academyof Arts and Sciences, member Modern Lan-guage Association, American Associationof University Professors, and TrinityChurch (Episcopal), Princeton

Unmarried

4o Yale University Obituary Record

Death due to a heart attack Buried inPrinceton Survived by no immediate rel-atives

SAMUEL KENLEY RUICK, B A 1898Born April 18, 1877, Lagrangc, Ind., diedNovember 26, 1950, Indianapolis, Ind.

Father, Samuel Kenley Ruick, a manufac-turer in Lagrangc, son of Samuel Kenleyand Lucy Alzena (Kinney) Ruick Mother,Flora Malvina (Curtis) Ruick

Howe Military School, B A. DePauwUni-versity 1897 Entered Yale Senior year, firstdispute appointment

LL B Indiana Law School 1899, lawyerin Indianapolis 1899-1950 (attorney forCentral Lien Corporation and Zenite MetalCorporation at time of death), represent-ative Indiana legislature 1905-6, senator1927-28, vice-president Zemtc Metal Cor-poration, Duckwell Building Company,Duckwell Belting & Hose Company, andStokes Drug Company, secretary E. L.Donahue Cigar Company and Central LienCorporation; First Lieutenant ChemicalWarfare Service World War I; footballcoach at \arious colleges in Indiana, abreeder of champion Samoycd dogs, mem-ber Phi Delta Theta (secretary 1904-8,president 1908-10), Indianapolis Bar Asso-ciation, Masonic order and Episcopalchurch, Lima, Ind

Married May 29, 1899, Richmond, Ind,Alberta Leonore Miller (BA. DePauw1898), daughter of Joseph Bruce and Alice(Fleming) Miller

Death due to carcinoma Ashes interredin Pentwatcr, Mich Survived by wife

JOHN DUNBAR RUSHER, B A 1898Born October 6, 1875, Flushing, N Y , diedJanuary 25, 1951, Hartford, Conn

Father, William Applegate Rusher, a sug-ar importer, Brooklyn, N Y, son ofCharles Rusher Mother, Jane (Dunbar)Rusher, daughter of John Atkinson Dun-bar

Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute LLB.Yale 1901 (member Corbcy Court)

Occupied in Hartford 1901 until retire-ment 1934 (lawyer 1901-5, secretary StateBoard of Education for the Blind 1905-18;

with legal division ^Etna Life InsuranceCompany 1918-34; member Masonic orderand Immanuel Congregational Church,Hartford

Married September 20, 1905, Hartford,Clara Anna, daughter of Francis Augustusand Cornelia Adeline (Humphrey) White.Children John Dunbar, Jr, '29; WilliamHumphrey, '33; Sarah White, the wife ofWilliam W. Barksdale, Jr, '34.

Death due to chronic nephritis Buried inFairview Cemetery, West Hartford Sur-vived by wife, children, and eight grand-children.

RODERICK TERRY, JR., BA. IJBorn August 6, 1876, Newport, R I ; diedJune 7,1951, Newport, R I.

Father, Rev. Roderick Terry, D.D. (B A.1870). Mother, Linda (Marquand) Terry.Yale relatives include: John Taylor (B.A.1784) (great-great-grandfather); Nathan-iel Terry (BA 1786) (great-grcat-great-uncle), Henry W. Taylor (BA 1816)(grcat-great-unclc), Edmund Terry (B.A1837), Roderick Terry (Class of 1840),Frank H Terry (Class of 1847), WilliamPect (BA 1847), Robert B Pect (BA1851) (great-uncles), Frederic P. Terry(BA 1869), John T Terry (BA 1879)(uncles), Eugene Hale, '98 (brother-in-law) ; John T Terry, Jr, *n (cousin)

Black Hall (Conn ) School Second dis-pute appointment Junior and Senior years,captain Golf Team Senior year, Yale Co-rinthian Yacht Club, Delta Kappa Epsilon.

With Henry Marquand & Company,bankers, New York City, 1898-99, LLB.New York Law School 1904, lawyer NewYork City 1904 until retirement about 1947;secretary United States postal censorshipcommittee Washington, D.C, World WarI, presidentRcdwood Athenaeum, Newport,1940-48, member Dutch Reformed church

UnmarriedDeath due to intestinal obstruction Bur-

ied in Island Cemetery, Newport. Sur-vived by no immediate relatives

WILMOT HAINES THOMPSON, B A1898 Born April 5, 1876, Fairfield, NJ.;died September 8, 1950, Wolfvillc, N S

Yale College

Father, Wilmot Haines Thompson, aschool principal in Orange, N.J ; son ofDaniel Haines Thompson Mother, LauraPamela (Garngues) Thompson; daughterof Ehas and Pamela (Hathaway) Gar-ngucs. Yale relatives include* Elbert N SThompson, 'oo (brother), R HilhardGage, '91 (cousin)

East Orange High School Freshmanhonors; high oration appointment Juniorand Senior years; second Winthrop PrizeJunior year; two-year honors in ancientlanguages Senior year; Phi Beta Kappa.M.A 1902, Ph D 1906

Teacher Tornngton (Conn) HighSchool 1899-1902, teacher Latin and Ger-man Riverview Military Academy, Pough-keepsie, N Y, 1902-4; tutor in Greek YaleUniversity 1906-8, instructor 1908-10, as-sistant professor 1910-n; John W. BarssProfessor of Latin and Greek LanguagesAcadia University 1911-50, Junior Dean ofArts and Science 1924-41, and Dean 1941-48, LittD Acadia 1948, author. "Preposi-tions in the Greek Dialects" and EssentialLatin, member Masonic order and St An-drew's United Church of Canada, Wolf-villc

Married August 18, 1920, Blackinton,Mass, Betsey Margaret Eadie (grad NewEngland Conservatory of Music 1910),daughter of Daniel and Margaret (Fyfe)Eadic Son Elbert Eadic (BA. Acadia1945). Mrs Thompson died 1949

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Willow Bank Cemetery, Wolfville.Survived by son and a brother, Dr C Sey-mour Thompson, '02

ROBERT JAMES TURNBULL, BA.1898 Born February 11,1876, New Orleans,La , died February 5,1951, New York City

Father, Robert James Turnbull, a cottonplanter in Mississippi; son of Robert Jamesand Anne (Wilkins) Turnbull Mother,Catherine Van Rensselaer (Screven) Turn-bull; daughter of Major John Henry Scre-ven, C S A , and Ellen (Wilkins) ScrcvenYale relatives include a brother-in-law,Thomas B Owen, '94 S.

St Mark's School Freshman honors, dis-sertation appointment Junior year, first dis-pute appointment Senior year, Freshman

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Baseball Team; Yale Union; Cup com-mittee, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Wolfs Head

LL B Columbia 1901, lawyer in NewYork City 1901^3, 1910-17, deputy assis-tant district attorney New York County1903-10, treasurer National ExplorationCompany 1919 until retirement 1922, com-piler unpublished bibliography of SouthCarolina, Captain Infantry World War I(overseas 1918-19), vice-president, presi-dent, chairman of the board Mt OlivetCemetery Corporation, Maspeth, N Y ,member Squadron A, New York NationalGuard, Association of the Bar of the Cityof New York, and Episcopal church

Married May 17, 1911, Bedford, N Y ,Dorothy Pierrepont, daughter of J Picrrc-pont and Antoinette Lawrence (Water-bury) Edwards

Death followed an operation Buried inSt Matthew's Churchyard, Bedford Sur-vived by wife, two sisters, Mrs ThomasB Owen, Miss Ethel Turnbull, and twobrothers, John S Turnbull (Class of 1907),and Gouverneur M W. Turnbull, ' n

ARTHUR EDGAR JONES, JR, BA.1899 Born January 25, 1876, Alma, Colo,died October 19, 1950, Denver, Colo

Father, Arthur Edgar Jones, owner hard-ware stores Fairplay, Alma, and Aspen,Colo , president Colorado Investment LoanCompany, Denver, son of Simpson B andKcziah Karen (Wiles) Jones. Mother, Lou-ise Jane (Mclntyre) Jones, daughter ofJohn D and Elizabeth (Donnelly) Mc-lntyre.

Denver High School Member YaleUnion, Dunham Boat Club, and Zeta Psi

With New York City tramway 1899-1900; associated with father m Colorado In-vestment Loan Company, Denver and Pueb-lo, 1900-1908, president Jones & Jones In-vestment Company, Denver, 1908-28, withFrederick R Ross Investment Company1929 until retirement 1949, attended FifthChurch of Christ, Scientist, Denver

Married October 17, 1907, Denver, MaryFlorence, daughter of James and Jennie Es-ther (Fast) Jacoby Daughter. Jane Leslie(Mrs Royal P Barry)

Death due to carcinoma Ashes interredin Fairmount Cemetery, Denver Survived


by wife, daughter, a granddaughter, and asister, Miss Edith Louise Jones

ROBERT PAYSON LOOMIS, B A 1899Born September 27, 1877, Brooklyn, N Y ,died March 23, 1951, New York City

Father, Edward Payson Loomis, founderand head E P Loomis & Company, fruitmerchants, New York City, son of Albe-marle and Sara Kingsbury (Hubbard)Loomis Mother, Emma Keeney (Stough-ton) Loomis, daughter of Horace Kilbournand Hannah Elizabeth (Keeney) Stough-ton Yale relatives include Edward NLoomis, '91, Horace A Loomis, '96 (broth-ers), Bertha K Bradley Loomis (certSchool of Fine Arts 1902) (sister-in-law),Edward L McCarroll, '13 S, Edward BLoomis, '29, Horace Loomis (Class of 1932)(nephews)

Phillips-Andover College Choir, Univer-sity Banjo and Mandolin clubs; Kappa Psi,Alpha Delta Phi, Wolf's Head

Partner with brother in E P Loomis &Company 1900-1918, owner R P Loomis& Company 1918 until about 1924, pres-ident Lava Bed Orchard Company, HoodRiver, Ore, 1916 until about 1926, propri-etor Loomis House of Music, Hood River,1935-41, retired 1942

Married November 18, 1903, Brooklyn,Mabel Gertrude, daughter of ClarenceWalker and Ida Gertrude (Watson) Sea-mans Children Payson Walker, '27, andHarold Ely Mrs Loomis died 1939

Death due to natural causes Buried inGreen-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Survivedby children and four grandchildren

HOLKINS PALMER, BA 1899 BornAugust 1, 1877, Warehouse Point, Conn ,died August 5,1950, Madison, Conn

Father, Joseph Sexton Palmer, a silk man-ufacturer in Warehouse Point, son of Leviand Sophroma (Woodward) PalmerMother, Louise (Holkins) Palmer, daugh-ter of Harvey and Eliza (Chapin) Hol-kins Yale relatives include Frank A Dil-lingham, '91 (brother-in-law), Nathan ASmyth, '97 (cousin)

St Paul's School, Concord, N H Disser-tation appointment Junior year, option ap-

pointment Senior year; University Gym-nastic and Hockey teams.

Cashier First National Bank, Summit,N J , 1899-1908; vice-president WarehousePoint Silk Company 1908 until retirement1942, vestryman St John's Church (Epis-copal), Warehouse Point.

Married June 26, 1902, Summit, Helena,daughter of George Wellington and HelenaWellington (Ayer) Dillingham. Sons. Hol-kins Dillmgham, '24, Joseph Wellington(B S Massachusetts Inst Technology1929), Winthrop Hale, '30

Death due to chronic arterial hyperten-sion Buried in Spnngdale Cemetery, EastWindsor, Conn Survived by wife, sons, andseven grandchildren.

CHARLES ALONZO POWERS, BA1899 Born February 23, 1877, Cleveland,Ohio, died March 9,1951, Cleveland, Ohio.

Father, Millard Fillmore Powers, asso-ciated with William Taylor Son & Com-pany, department store, Cleveland, son ofAlonzo and Mary Jane (Hackathorn)Powers Mother, Charlotte Flora (Marsh)Powers, daughter of Charles Epaphro andCharlotte Amelia (Bennet) Marsh. Yale rel-atives include Norman C King (Class of1896 S) (brother-in-law); Marsh K Pow-ers, '10 (brother)

University School, Cleveland Second col-loquy appointment Junior year, first col-loquy appointment Senior year, Alpha Del-ta Phi

In accounting department Chisholm &Moore Manufacturing Company, Cleve-land, 1900-1906, a founder and partnerMartien Electric Company 1906 until re-tirement 1928, member St Paul's Church(Episcopal), Cleveland Heights

Married May 23,1916, Washington, D C ,Mayne Kathleen, daughter of Wise Brooksand Ann Elizabeth (Buist) Harley.

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland.Survived by wife and a sister, Mrs NormanC King

ROBERT LAWRENCE ANTHONY,BA 1900 Born April 3, 1878, Providence,RI ; died November 16, 1950, Providence,RI

Yale College 43Father, Noel Lawrence Anthony, part-

ner Anthony & Cowell Company, furnituremanufacturers, Providence Mother, HattieA (Knox) Anthony

Providence High School First dispute ap-pointment Junior year, two-year honors innatural science and oration appointmentSenior year

With Anthony & Cowell Company 1900-1915 (president and manager 1913-15) andpresident and treasurer successor firm An-thony Furniture Company 1915-19; assist-ant secretary B. B & R Knight, Inc, "Fruitof the Loom" and other cotton fabrics, andsecretary successor firm Fruit of the Loom,Inc, 1921-50, president Rhode Island Tex-tile Association 1917-26 and Churchman'sClub of Rhode Island, chairman FinanceBoard, Swansea, Mass , trustee Frank S.Stevens Home for Boys and Eliza GrayCase Home, vestryman Christ Church(Episcopal), Swansea (secretary Diocese ofRhode Island 1919-20)

Married October 14, 1903, Fall River,Mass, Eliza Swan, daughter of WilliamThurston and Emma Jane (Swan) StevensChildren* Esther Stevens (died 1906); Eliz-abeth Stevens (B A Mount Holyoke 1930,M A Brown 1932), Robert Lawrence, Jr,'31, William Stevens, '32 Mrs Anthonydied 1946

Death due to cerebral thrombosis. Bur-ied in Swan Point Cemetery, Providence,Survived by one daughter, sons, and sevengrandchildren

MORTON STARR CRESSY, B A. 1900.Born October 4,1876, Amherst, Mass , diedMarch 24, 1951, Los Angeles, Calif

Father, Noah Cressy, M D , V S (Har-vard Class of 1867), professor veterinaryscience University of Massachusetts, son ofGeorge W Cressy Mother, Alta Clarissa(Starr) Cressy

Hartford Public High School Third De-Forest Mathematical Prize Freshman year,oration appointment Junior and Senioryears, two-year honors in political scienceand law Senior year, vice-president Fresh-man Union

LLB Harvard 1903, lawyer in Chicago1903 until retirement 1950, assistant U S.district attorney Northern district of Illi-

nois 1910-14, assistant corporation counselPensacola Shipbuilding Company 1915-20and City of Chicago 1916-17, 1919-20, as-sistant attorney Chicago Board of Educa-tion 1917-18 and sanitary district of Chi-cago 1920-23, instructor equity jurispru-dence John Marshall Law School 1906-46,hearing referee US Department of In-ternal Revenue, author Cressy's IllinoisCases on Equity Jurisprudence, memberChicago and Illinois State Bar associations,Masonic order, and All Soul's Church (Uni-tarian), Chicago

Married August 4, 1903, Chicago, Lei aMaranda Ketler Children Morton Starr,Jr. (B S U S Naval Academy 1927), WaidBlanchard, '28; Duanc Clement (PhBUniv Wisconsin 1931, LLB John Mar-shall Law School 1937)

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendalc,Calif Survived by wife (died June 4,1951),children, two grandchildren, and a broth-er, Arthur Cressy

ALANSON GIBBS FOX, B A 1900 BornAugust 30,1879, New York City, died Feb-ruary 9, 1951, New York City

Father, George Henry Fox (M A UnivRochester 1867, M D Univ Pennsylvania1869), professor dermatology ColumbiaUniversity 1881-1907, son of Norman andJane (Freeman) Fox Mother, Harriet Lo-visa (Gibbs) Fox, daughter of Francis Hen-ry and Sarah (Keith) Gibbs Yale relativesinclude* Jonathan Barber (B A 1730)(great - great - great - grandfather), PelegChesebrough (B.A 1755) (great-great-grandfather), Thomas Barber (B A 1762)(great-great-uncle), Charles G Carter, '91,Arthur B Fox (Class of 1893), Luke BCarter, '01, Alan Fox, '03 (cousins) , MasonTrowbndge, Jr, '32, George F Trowbndge,'38, James R Trowbndge, 2d, '42 S(nephews) Lineal descendant of JamesNoyes, one of the ten original Trustees ofYale

The Hotchkiss School Freshman GleeClub, assistant superintendent BethanyMission, member Psi Upsilon

Bond salesman New York City 1901-51,with Marshall Field, Glore, Ward & Com-pany 1924-26, incjependently engaged


1926-51, sergeant New York NationalGuard (served on Mexican border), Cap-tain Aviation Section Signal Reserve CorpsWorld War I, club leader Boys' Club, NewYork City, member Association of Ex-members of Squadron A and Society ofthe War of 1812, trustee Madison AvenuePresbyterian Church, New York City

Married September 29, 1923, Pittsfield,Mass, Mary Cumming Humstonc (B ASmith 1914), daughter of Walter Coutantand Mary (Millard) Humstone Son: AlvinGibbs, '51

Death due to heart failure Buried inPittsfield Cemetery Survived by wife, son,two sisters, Mrs Mason Trowbndgc andMrs Henry Russell, and a brother, DrHoward Fox, '94

JAMES McMASTER LONG, B A 1900Born February 25, 1877, Allegheny, Pa ,died July 31, 1950, Norwalk, Conn-

Father, Andrew Long, cashier ExchangeNational Bank, Pittsburgh Mother, MaryCatherine (McMaster) Long, daughter ofSamuel and Lydia (Keller) McMaster. Yalerelatives include a brother-in-law, VincentJ. Youmans, '92 S

Shady Side Academy First colloquy ap-pointment Junior year, second dispute ap-pointment Senior year, Yale CorinthianYacht Club

M D Columbia 1904, interne HudsonStreet Hospital, New York City, 1905-6,Roosevelt Hospital 1906-8, Sloane Mater-nity Hospital 1907-8, physician in Pitts-burgh 1908 until retirement 1948, on staffAllegheny General, Pittsburgh Tubercu-losis, Presbyterian, and St Margaret's hos-pitals, member Pittsburgh Academy ofMedicine, Allegheny County Medical So-ciety, American Medical Association, Ma-sonic order, and First Presbyterian Church,Pittsburgh

Married September 28, 1909, Mt Vcrnon,N Y , Mary Greene, daughter of Dr Wil-liam Jay Youmans (Yale 1860-61) and Ce-lia (Greene) Youmans Daughters MaryCcha (B A Smith 1932, Mrs CortlandFrancis Luce, Jr ) , Helen Youmans (B ASmith 1933)

Death due to carcinoma Ashes interredin Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City

Survived by wife, daughters, and twograndchildren

SAMUEL SAMTER LYONS (formerlySamuel Samter Levy), B A. 1900. BornJune 17, 1879, Forkland, Ala., died May20, 1951, New York City.

Father, Maurice Levy, partner MauriceLevy & Son, bankers, New York CityMother, Jennie (Samter) Levy; daughter ofJacob and Esther Samter

St. Louis High School High oration ap-pointment and one-year honors in econom-ics Senior year

MA Columbia 1902, LLB. 1903; part-ner Maurice Levy & Son 1903-7, presidentKaufman Company, mercantile business,Springfield, Ohio, 1908-14, treasurer Had-ley Company, furniture, Bridgeport, Conn,1915-30 and president Hadlcy Company,New Haven, Conn, 1916-28, presidentFirst Realty & Investment Company, NewHaven, 1920-28, treasurer Brooks Furni-ture Company, Bridgeport, 1924-30; part-ner Chadburnc, Stanchfield & Levy, law-yers, New York City, 1930 until retirement1940, treasurer Congregation Mishkan Is-rael, New Haven

Married April 4, 1916, New York City,Ethel Johanna Deutsch (B A Columbia1914), daughter of Carl J and Ade-laide Deutsch Children* Maurice Robert,'38, Ruth Adelaide (B A. Vassar 1940, Mrs.Theodore Ross)

Death due to a heart attack Ashes inter-red in Fresh Pond Crematory, BrooklynSurvived by wife, children, four grand-children, three sisters, Mrs Bernard Wein-baum, Mrs Selina Elsas, and Mrs TheresaSimon, and two brothers, Louis S Levy, '98,and Irwm Levy

WILLIAM BREWSTER STOSKOPF,BA 1900 Born July 26, 1878, Freeport,111, died June 2, 1951, Chicago, 111

Father, Dr Louis Stoskopf (B A 1865).Mother, Caroline Howard (Brcwster) Stos-kopf

Freeport High School, Beloit CollegeAcademy President Berkeley Association atYale Senior year

B D General Theological Seminary 1903,

Yale College 45ordained deacon Episcopal church 1903,priest 1904; curate Grace Church, OakPark, 111., 1903-4, Church of the Advent,Boston, 1904-8, rector Trinity Church,Bridgeport, Conn, 1908-9, Church of theAscension, Chicago, 1909-51; D D . Nas-hotah Theological Seminary 1935; presi-dent Chicago Clergy Round Table 1920-22,chairman Federation of Catholic Priests;vice-superior general Cofraternity of theBlessed Sacrament, warden Guild of AllSouls; Chaplain to the Bishop of Chicago;elder General Society of Mayflower Descen-dants

Death due to bronchial pneumonia. Bur-ied in Oakland Cemetery, Freeport Sur-vived by a sister, Miss Alice Stoskopf (diedNovember, 1951).

RALPH WILLIS THOMAS, B A. 1900Born December 10, 1880, Brooklyn, N.Y;died August 31, 1950, New York City

Father, Eben Calderwood Thomas, ac-countant in New York City, general freightand passenger agent Butte & AnacondaPacific Railroad, Anaconda, Mont, son ofHenry and Sophronie Thomas. Mother,Mary Ellen (Tice) Thomas; daughter ofRalph and Mary Frances Tice.

Morgan Park (111) Academy. Disserta-tion appointment Junior and Senior years.

LL B New York Law School 1903, law-yer in New York City 1903 until retirement1947, assistant corporation counsel NewYork City 1934-38, secretary and treasurerPacific & Eastern Steamship Company, Inc,1938-42, Officer Candidate Field ArtilleryWorld War I, member St George's Church(Episcopal), New York City.

Married (1) June 1, 1918, Greenwich,Conn, Maud, daughter of Mark NewtonLindley Mr and Mrs. Thomas were di-vorced Married (2) in 1934, New YorkCity, Ruth Powell

Death due to heart disease Ashes interredin Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena,Calif Survived by a sister, Mrs. EthelThomas Herbert.

RAYMOND LATHROP TWEEDY, B A1900 Born March 2, 1878, Bmghamton,N Y ; died August 6, 1950, Berkeley, Calif

Father, Asa Raymond Tweedy, partnerJohn H. Tweedy & Company, wholesalehats, caps, and furs, Binghamton; son ofJohn Henry and Ruth Ann (Raymond)Tweedy Mother, Sarah Amelia (Pratt)Tweedy, daughter of Hall am E and Eliz-abeth (Lathrop) Pratt Yale relatives in-clude a nephew, Gordon B. Tweedy, '29

The Hill School First dispute appoint-ment Junior year; dissertation appointmentSenior year, Psi Upsilon

Secretary and acting treasurer Bingham-ton Felting Company 1900-1905; superin-tendent H Black Company, clothing manu-facturers, Cleveland, 1906-17, vice-pres-ident and managing director Ohio ClothingCompany in Columbus and Cleveland1917-21, managing director ManufacturersResearch Association, Boston, 1922-33, re-gional engineer Federal Emergency Re-lief Administration for New England andNew York 1933-35, traveled and studentLondon School of Economics 1935-36, en-gaged in writing and in editing papers sub-mitted by American and European com-panies to Seventh International Congressfor Scientific Management (1938) at Wash-ington, D C , 1937-38, vice-president andgeneral manager Frceland, Maxon, Tweedy& Grant, consulting industrial engineers,Boston, 1939-41, director industrial rela-tions Nashua (N H ) Manufacturing Com-pany 1942-46, management consultant toChinese Management Association (Nan-king and the United States) 1944 until re-tirement 1948, member First UnitarianChurch, Berkeley

Married December 23, 1905, St Louis,Hilda Meisenbach (B A Wellesley 1900),daughter of Dr Albert H Meisenbach andEhsa (Brandenburgcr) Meisenbach Chil-dren Miriam (died 1919); Harold Lathrop(Class of 1933)

Death due to coronary thrombosis Ashesscattered in Berkeley Survived by wife,son, four grandchildren, and a brother,Rev Henry H Tweedy, DD, '91.

ELISHA WALKER, B A 1900 Born Oc-tober 8,1879, New York City, died Novem-ber 8, 1950, Syosset, N Y

Father, Isaac Walker, engaged in real-estate business New York City Mother,


Charlotte Mary (Parker) Walker. Yale rel-atives include Ernest Walker, '98 (broth-er) , Alexander Walker, Jr , (Class of 1939)(nephew)

The Hotchkiss School Oration appoint-ment Junior year; high oration appoint-ment and two-year honors in mathematicsSenior year, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi

B S Massachusetts Institute of Technol-ogy 1902, with Fisk & Robinson, bankers,New York City, 1902-4, statistician Wil-liam Salomon & Company 1904-5, managerbond department 1905-10, partner 1910-20, and president successor firm Blair &Company, Inc, 1920-29 (decorated by gov-ernments of Italy and Rumania for work infinancing loans for construction of hydro-electric plants,etc ),chairman Bancamenca-Blair Corporation 1929-32 and Transamer-lca Corporation 1930-32; partner Kuhn,Loeb & Company, investment bankers,New York City, 1933-50, chairman boardBcekman-Downtown Hospital} memberCouncil on Foreign Relations, directorBoys Club of America, Inc, member StDominic's Church (Roman Catholic), Oy-ster Bay, N Y

Married October 12, 1904, Mornstown,N J , Adcle Mane, daughter of St Angeand Mane (Duchamp) D'Orn ChildrenRobert Ehsha, '29, Adelc Mane, the wifeof Joseph M d'Assern, '27, Louis Ernest,'31, Ehsha, Jr , '32, Bayard, '38

Death due to carcinoma Buried in HolyRood Cemetery, Westbury, N Y Survivedby wife, children, eleven grandchildren,and a brother, Alexander Walker

HERBERT CHARLES ZELLHOEFER,B A 1900 Born April 21, 1878, Brooklyn,N Y , died June 1, 1951, Brooklyn, N Y

Father, Charles Zellhoefer (MD NewYork Univ 1873), a physician in Brook-lyn Mother, Emihe A (Ruppel) Zell-hoefer

Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute First col-loquy appointment Junior year, second dis-pute appointment Senior year, FreshmanUnion, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Dun-ham Boat Club, Delta Kappa Epsilon

LL B New York Law School 1902, law-yer in New York City 1902 until retire-ment 1926, owner fruit farm in German-

town, N Y , 1926-51, member AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science,Lawyers Club of Brooklyn, Brooklyn BarAssociation, and Plymouth Church of thePilgrims (Congregational), Brooklyn

UnmarriedDeath due to natural causes Buried in

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Survivedby no immediate relatives

HENRY HERBERT BABCOCK, BA1901. Born April 21, 1879, Watertown,N Y , died August 31, 1950, Watertown,N Y

Father, Herbert Perley Babcock, head ofH H Babcock Company, carnage andbody builders, Watertown, son of HenryHolmes and Eliza (Wheeler) BabcockMother, Rose (Monroe) Babcock

St Paul's School, Concord, N H Philo-sophical oration appointment Junior year;high oration appointment Senior year,Freshman Crew, Phi Beta Kappa

LL B Columbia 1904, lawyer in Water-town 1905-16, president H H. BabcockCompany 1916 until about 1929; vice-pres-ident Watertown Bank 1930-50; directorHouse of the Good Samaritan Hospital,member Trinity Church (Episcopal),Watertown

Married April 19, 1910, Philadelphia,Marion Kent, daughter of Louis Harlowand Anna Towsend (Cox) Ayres Chil-dren. Ann Ayres Babcock Gamble Hart(Mrs Robert F Hart, Jr ) ; Henry Holmes,'35

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Bi'ookside Cemetery, WatertownSurvived by wife, children, and five grand-children.

EDWIN COLBY LEWIS, BA 1901.Born March 29, 1880, Bryan, Texas, diedMarch 16, 1951, Grosse Pointe, Mich.

Father, Edwin Colby Lewis, a photog-rapher in Bryan, son of Silas and Lois(Colby) Lewis. Mother, Kate (Devine)Lewis, daughter of Patrick and Catherine(Hannifin) Devine

St Johnsbury Academy High orationappointment Junior year, first dispute ap-pointment Senior year; Phi Beta Kappa.

Yale College 47Instructor in mathematics St Johnsbury

Academy 1901-2 and Detroit UniversitySchool 1902-7, attended University ofChicago Law School 1905-6 (memberPhi Delta Phi); LL B Detroit College ofLaw 1907; clerk Referees in BankruptcyEastern District of Michigan 1907-8; law-yer in Detroit 1908-9,1913-51 (senior part-ner Lewis & Watkins at time of death),and in Battle Creek 1909-13, presidentMichigan Yale Alumni Association 1927-28, member Detroit Bar Association, StateBar of Michigan, Association of the Barof the City of New York, American BarAssociation, and Masonic order; attendedCongregational church

Married October 19, 1912, Detroit, GraceHays, daughter of Frank McMaster andPhebe Parker (Piper) Thompson

Death due to carcinoma Buried in Elm-wood Cemetery, Detroit. Survived by wifeand a half brother, Robert E Lewis

GEORGE MILTON SMITH, B A. 1901.Born July 5, 1879, Hong Kong; died Feb-ruary 26, 1951, Pine Orchard, Conn

Father, John Henry Smith, master ofships and merchant in the China tradeMother, Elizabeth (Connor) Smith; daugh-ter of Anne Ayers (Cooke) Connor

Columbia Grammar School, New YorkCity Oration appointment Junior year, dis-sertation appointment and one-year honorsin natural sciences Senior year; instrumen-tal in organizing first swimming team atYale and captain Senior year (winner firstchampionship spring of 1901 against Co-lumbia), secretary Yale Athletic Associa-tion, chairman Class committee for Bicen-tennial, Senior Promenade and Class Sup-per committees, Psi Upsilon

M D Columbia 1905, interne second sur-gical service (under Dr Ellsworth Eliot,'84) Presbyterian Hospital, New York City,1905-7, Sloanc Maternity Hospital 1907,and New York Foundling Hospital 1908-0,instructor clinical surgery Columbia 1909-10, associate in pathology WashingtonUniversity 1910-16, associate professor pa-thology and director Barnard Skin andCancer Hospital 1915-16, physician inWaterbury, Conn, 1916-31, physicianScovill Manufacturing Company, Water-

bury, 1916-48 (medical director 1920-48)and American Brass Company 1919-34,on staff Waterbury Hospital and St Mary'sHospital (Waterbury), fellow on BlossomFund, Yale University, 1930-33, researchssociate in anatomy 1933-48, emeritus

1948-51, chairman Atypical Growth Re-search Unit (Yale) 1934-38, medical di-rector The Anna Fuller Fund 1933-51, onboard scientific advisers The Jane CoffinChilds Memorial Fund for Medical Re-search 1938-51, executive director NationalAdvisory Cancer Council, National CancerInstitute, U S Public Health Service 1946,special consultant 1947-51, adviser Inter-national Cancer Research Fund (later Don-ner Foundation), president New HavenCounty Medical Society 1925-26, Connecti-cut State Medical Society 1943-44, vice-president American Cancer Society Incabout 1939 (received Connecticut award1949), first vice-president Association ofYale Alumni in Medicine 1932-33, secre-tary Connecticut Society for Mental Hy-giene 1936, on advisory committee Instituteof Occupational Medicine and Hygiene(Yale), member Connecticut Medical Ex-amining Board 1926-48, LLD Yale 1947,awarded Cross of the Knighthood of Dan-nebrog (Denmark) 1951, Captain MedicalCorps World War I (overseas with MobileHospital No. 39 [Yale unit]), commis-sioned senior surgeon (Lieutenant Colo-nel) U S Public Health Service ReserveWorld War II, also served as consultant toSurgeon General U S Army, chairman sub-committee on Armored Vehicles (1942-46),member Committee on Industrial Medicineof National Research Council, member Na-tional sub-committee on Industrial Healthand Welfare Services of National DefenseCouncil, medical director Connfcticut De-fense and War councils 1940-45, and chair-man medical preparedness committee Con-necticut State Medical Society, contributedto medical publications, trustee BermudaMarine Biological Station and ConnecticutCancer Society, corresponding member As-sociation Francaise pour 1'Etudc du Can-cer and Pathological Society of Great Brit-am and Ireland, fellow and research as-sociate in pathology New York ZoologicalSociety 1937-51, fellow American MedicalAssociation; member Sigma Xi, Beaumont


Medical Club, New England Surgical So-ciety, American Association of Anatomists,American Association of Pathologists andBacteriologists, American College of Sur-geons, and Trinity Church (Episcopal),Branford, Conn

Married May 21, 1910, Pine Orchard,Lucy Clare, daughter of Alden March andEllen (Shepardson) Young Daughter:Clare Connor, the wife of Sidney W. Noyes,Jr, '33 Mrs Smith died 1948

Death due to artenosclerotic hypertensivecardiac disease Buried in Center Cemetery,Branford Survived by daughter, twograndchildren, a sister, Mrs. Francis Y.Joannes, and a brother, J. Andre Smith.

Some years ago Dr Smith gave a col-lection of prints of famous anatomists tothe Yale School of Medicine for the depart-ment of Anatomy They arc permanentlyon view in the corridor of that departmentHe bequeathed to the Historical Libraryof the Yale Medical Library his collectionof books and pamphlets on medicine, anat-omy, and marine biology

HAROLD [SEDGWICK] WALLACE,BA 1901 Born April 29, 1878, Ansonia,Conn , died October 10, 1950, Chicago, 111

Father, Thomas Wallace, a copper man-ufacturer in Ansonia, son of Thomas andAgnes (Lord) Wallace Mother, Ellen (Bry-ant) Wallace, daughter of Socrates and Jer-usha (Ternll) Bryant Yale relatives in-clude Frederic W Wallace, '89 (brother),H Mitchell Wallace, '03, John B Wallace,'09 S , Thomas Wallace, 3d (Class of 1914),Edward S Wallace, '20, Frederic W Wal-lace, '26 (nephews)

Philhps-Andover Freshman FootballTeam, Eta Phi, He Boule, Psi Upsilon

Coffee planter in Mexico 1901-2, insur-ance broker in Chicago since 1902 (suc-cessively assistant general agent State Mu-tual Life Assurance Society, agent NationalLife Insurance Company of the UnitedStates of America [member $100,000 Club1922-23], Penn Mutual Insurance Com-pany of Philadelphia, special representativeMutual Life Insurance Company of NewYork, salesman Fred L Bristol & Com-pany)

Unmarried

Death due to carcinoma. Buried in Grace-land Cemetery, Chicago Survived by noimmediate relatives

WILHELMUS DAVID ALLEN WEST-FALL, BA 1901 Born January 27, 1879,Montague, N J , died April 28, 1951, Co-lumbia, Mo

Father, Wilhelmus Westfall, a farmer inMontague, son of David and Ann Jane(Stewart) Westfall Mother, Hannah Jane(Everett) Westfall; daughter of Allen andEllen (Hunt) Everett.

Philhps-Andover High oration appoint-ment and first DeForcst Mathematical PrizeJunior and Senior years, Class crew; Dun-ham Boat Club, Phi Beta Kappa.

Instructor in mathematics Yale 1902-3,DrPhil University of Gottmgen 1905,instructor mathematics University of Mis-souri 1905-7, assistant professor 1907-21,professor 1921-51, chairman department1915-18, contributed to many periodicals,member American Association for the Ad-vancement of Science, American Associ-ation of University Professors, AmericanMathematical Society, Mathematical Asso-ciation of America, and Sigma Xi; attendedReformed Dutch Church, Deerpark, N J

Married (1) March 24, 1904, Naples,Italy, Fredcnca Christiana Kecs (B A. Cor-nell 1903), daughter of Henry and Christi-ana Kees Daughter. Fredenca (B S. Univ.Missouri 1926, Mrs Leon L. Barkman).Mrs Westfall died 1917 Married (2) De-cember, 1921, Columbia, Ruth, daughter ofCurtis Burnam and Ruth (McCune) Rol-lins. Children David (B A, Univ Missouri1947, LLB Harvard 1950), Ellen Rollins(Univ Missouri Class of 1953)

Death due to coronary occlusion. Buriedin Columbia Cemetery Survived by wife,children, and four grandchildren

GEORGE WHEELER BABCOCK, B.A1902 Born May 12, 1879, Neenah, Wis.;died November 21, 1950, Louisville, Ky.

Father, Havilah Babcock, treasurer Kim-berly-Clark Corporation, paper manufac-turers, Neenah; son of Marvin Kinney andElmira (Wheeler) Babcock Mother, Fran-ces Elizabeth (Kimberly) Babcock, daugh-

Yale College 49ter of Henry and Julia (Fratt) Kimberly.Yale relatives include Henry K Babcock,'99 S (brother), W. Meade Robinson, Jr.,*II (brother-in-law)

Philhps-Andover Psi UpsilonWith Kimberly-Clark Corporation 1902-

3 and Howe Manufacturing Company,manufacturers of steam fittings, Neenah,1904-6, a founder Puritan Cordage Mills,Inc, in 1909, treasurer 1909-17, president1918-50; member Second PresbyterianChurch, Neenah

Married (1) February 7,1906, Louisville,Anne Mason Bonny castle, daughter of Wil-ham Meade and Salhe Gray (McPhecters)Robinson Children. George Kimberly,William Meade, Anne (Mrs TheodoreRoosevelt, 3d) Mrs. Babcock died 1923Married (2) June 25, 1924, Louisville,Blandma Temple, daughter of Dr WilliamM Griffiths and Blandine E (Temple)Griffiths Children George Wheeler, Jr,'51; Harry Kimberly; Blandina Mrs Bab-cock died 1949

Death due to coronary occlusion Buriedin Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville Survivedby children, four grandchildren, and twosisters, the Misses Elizabeth and Helen E.Babcock.

PHILIP MEAD HOWE, B A 1902 BornDecember 12,1880, South Windsor, Conn ;died March u , 195 r, Stamford, Conn )

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Father, William Augustus Ho\fe afarmer in South Windsor, son of Nehemiahand Semantha R (Holly) Howe Mother,Jennie Elizabeth (Kellogg) Howe, daugh-ter of William S Kellogg Yale relatives in-clude a brother, Robert K Howe (Class of1893)

Phillips-Exeter. Philosophical oration ap-pointment Junior year, high oration ap-pointment and two-year honors in historySenior year, Phi Beta Kappa M A 1908.

Private tutor Richmond, Ky, 1902-3;instructor Rockville (Conn ) High School1903-12, principal 1912-38, and superinten-dent of schools 1938 until retirement 1945,representative Connecticut legislature 1946-48, president Connecticut Association ofClassical and High School Teachers 1914-15, Rockville Red Cross 1918-20, and Rock-ville Chamber of Commerce 1919-21; direc-

tor Connecticut State Chamber of Com-merce 1920-22; member Union Congrega-tional Church, Rockville

Married June 16, 1903, Frankfort, Ky,Alice Butler, daughter of Robert B Tay-lor Son William Taylor, '28 S Mrs Howedied 1950

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Grove Hill Cemetery, Rockville Sur-vived by son and grandson

GRAHAM KINGSBURY MELLEN,BA. 1902 Born May 10, 1880, Concord,N H , died December 20, 1950, Brooklyn,N Y

Father, Charles Sanger Mellen (M AHon Yale 1906), president New York,New Haven & Hartford Railroad Com-pany; son of George Kingsbury and Han-nah Maria (Sanger) Mellen Mother, Mar-ion Beardsley (Foster) Mellen Yale rela-tives include two cousins, Jule M Hanna-ford, Jr, '08, Foster Hannaford, '08 S

St Paul's School, Concord Second col-loquy appointment Junior year, first dis-pute appointment Senior year

In accounting department Northern Pa-cific Railway Company, St Paul, 1902-4,agent J. H Weaver & Company, Boston,1905-6, manager Keystone Coal & CokeCompany, New York City, 1906 until re-tirement 1914, member Episcopal church

Married April 24,1907, Brooklyn, MaudeWalton, daughter of William George andCornelia Duryea (Ditmas) Longmire

Death due to Parkinson's disease Buriedin Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Sur-vived by wife, a sister, Miss Marion FosterMellen, three half sisters, Mrs CandaceMellen Cooper and the Misses Pnscilla andKathryn Livingston Mellen, and two halfbrothers, Amory and Raymond Mellen

GEORGE GUY MURPHY, BA 1902Boin January 19, 1878, Portsmouth, Va ,died January 18, 1951, New Haven, Conn

Father, John Henry Murphy, a ma-chinist in Bethany, Conn Mother, MaryJane (Guy) Murphy

Waterbury (Conn) High School Firstdispute appointment Junior and Senioryears, Freshman and University Footballteams


Bond salesman and broker m New YorkCity and Boston 1902-11, operated smallranch in Montrose, Colo ; with Edward F.Caldwell & Company, Inc, light fixtures,New York City, salesman Edgar O OetersCompany, electrical insulation, clerk in re-ceiving department U S Rubber ProductsCompany, Naugatuck, Conn , part ownerDavid Hoadley Tavern, Bethany, andowner with sister Bethany Sanitarium,member Catholic Apostolic church

UnmarriedDeath due to arteriosclerosis. Buried in

St Bernard Cemetery, New Haven MrMurphy's surviving relatives are notknown.

NORMAN CAMPBELL THORNE, B.A1902 Born July 12, 1876, Central Valley,N Y , died December 15, 1950, Pordand,Ore

Father, Henry Campbell Thome, ownercountry store, Central Valley, son of Hen-ry Thorne Mother, Barbara Tilhe (Hall)Thorne, daughter of Henry and Sarah(Simpson) Hall Yale relatives include anuncle, James Hall (B A 1885)

The Siglar School Oration appointmentand two-year honors m physical scienceSenior year, Class baseball teams, SigmaXi Assistant in chemistry 1902-4 (M A.1904)

Teacher physics and algebra PortlandAcademy 1904-9 and chemistry 1909-16,acting principal and teacher chemistry Lin-coln High School, Portland, 1916-22, vicc-prmcipal 1922-23, principal 1923-25, assist-ant superintendent of schools 1925-41 (in-strumental in developing visual educationdepartment and starting curriculum li-brary) , operated a ranch 1941-42; vice-prin-cipal Milwaukie Union High School 1942-45 and instructor mathematics and science1945-49, teacher Portland University sum-mer 1949, lecturer Reed College 1929-30,1931-32, 1933-34, LLD Willamette 1936,author A Philosophy of Education (chap-ter 3 in Oregon State Handbook); pres-ident Oregon Yale Alumni Association1921-22 and Civic League of Portland, sec-retary Oregon section American ChemicalSociety, member Sunnyside MethodistChurch, Portland

Married February 4, 1905, Portland,Clara Isabell, daughter of Erastus Otis Ha-ven and Mary Anna (Cooley) Blakeney.Children. Barbara Jane (Pacific Univ. 1930-32, grad Curtis School of Music 1939; Mrs.George E Stephens), Mar)one Ann (B A.Willamette 1937; Mrs Lawrence Mor-timer Thorpe).

Death due to pemphigus. Buried in RoseCity Cemetery, Portland Survived by wife,children, four grandchildren, and a brother,Angus Peter Thorne

ROBERT GREY BUSHONG, B A. 1903.Born June 10, 1883, Reading, Pa; diedApril 6, 1951, Reading, Pa

Father, Jacob Bushong, treasurer andgeneral manager Reading Paper Company,son of Philip and Elizabeth (Grey) Bu-shong. Mother, Lilhe (Roberts) Bushong;daughter of Anthony Ellmaker and Emma(Bushong) Roberts

Philhps-Andover First colloquy appoint-ment Junior year; first dispute appointmentSenior year; University Band

LLB Columbia 1906 (editor Law Re-view); lawyer in Reading 1906-51; repre-sentative Pennsylvania legislature 1909-10,representative in Congress 1927-29; pres-ident judge Orphans Court of Berks Coun-ty 1913-16; teacher night school Reading1907-8, 1910-11; vice-president BerksCounty Trust Company 1918-32, author:Pennsylvania Land Law (3 vols ) , memberBerks County and Pennsylvania State Barassociations and Christ Church (Episco-pal), Reading

Married July 20, 1916, Helen, daughterof John Lotz and Elizabeth (Miller) Bow-man. Daughter* Sarah (B.A PennsylvaniaState Coll. 1937; Mrs. James Henry Yeats).

Death due to a heart attack. Buried inCharles Evans Cemetery, Reading. Sur-vived by wife, daughter, two grandchil-dren, a sister, Mrs. Elsie Bushong Boyd,and a brother, John R Bushong, '00.

EDWARD ALFRED DONOHOE, B A1903. Born December 15,1880, Lynn, Mass ;died January 18, 1951, Long Beach, Cahf

Father, John Francis Donohoe, secretaryBay State Gas Company, Boston, son of

Yale College

Patrick and Johanna (Dunn) DonohoeMother, Ellen (Manning) Donohoe;daughter of John and Ellen (Horgan)Manning.

Lynn Classical High School Second col-loquy appointment Junior year, Class base-ball team. LLB. 1905.

Lawyer in Boston 1905-7 and Lynn 1907-16, legal representative R S Sargent Com-pany, lumber dealers, Hazel ton, B C , 1916-19, associated with Prince Rupert (BC.)Dry Dock & Engineering Company andWallace Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Com-pany 1919-23 (served as deputy collectorU S customs at Prince Rupert 1923); withMerntt-Chapman & Scott Corporation, seasalvors, Wilmington, Calif., 1924-25; prop-erty and claims agent in San BernardinoCounty for American Potash & ChemicalCorporation 1925-49, secretary Trona(Calif ) Railway at time of retirement 1950,justice of the peace Trona Township 1929-37; member Roman Catholic church.

UnmarriedDeath due to hepatic cirrhosis. Buried

in Trona Cemetery Survived by five sis-ters, Mrs Thomas F. Brophcy, Mrs Jo-seph R Feehan, Mrs James Q Purcell,and the Misses Ellen B. and Mane LoisDonohoe.

GEORGE BURTON GILBERT, BA1903 Born September 28,1881, Thomaston,Conn, died April 6, 1951, ColoradoSprings, Colo

Father, George Colton Gilbert, a farmerin Thomaston, son of George William andElizabeth (Thomas) Gilbert Mother, Eliz-abeth Woodward (Judd) Gilbert, daughterof Garwood Burton and Minerva Pierpont(Woodward) Judd

Thomaston High School Oration ap-pointment Junior year; high oration ap-pointment Senior year

M D Johns Hopkins 1908; interne Hart-ford (Conn) Hospital 1908-9; residentphysician Cragmor Sanatorium, ColoradoSprings, 1909-10; physician in ColoradoSprings, specializing in internal medicineand tuberculosis, 1910 until retirement1946; associate medical director ColoradoFoundation for Research in Tuberculosis;director Webb Tuberculosis Research Lab-

oratory; on staff Bethel, St Francis, andSunnyrest hospitals, Glockncr Hospital andSanatorium, and National Methodist San-atoria, contributed to medical journals,president El Paso County Medical Society1921-22, treasurer 1926-27, secretary Col-orado School for Tuberculosis about 1922-25, member Colorado State Medical Soci-ety, Colorado Springs Clinical Club, Amer-ican Medical Association, American Asso-ciation of Immunologists, National Asso-ciation for the Study and Prevention ofTuberculosis, and First Methodist Church,Colorado Springs

Married (1) April 6, 1915, Westeinport,Md, Elinor Elgin Drane Lillard, daughterof Robert Henry Drane Son George Rob-ert (Univ Colorado 1933-36) Mrs Gilbertdied 1919 Married (2) May 23, 1921, Kan-sas City, Mo, Kathenne Burgetta, daughterof Arthur Matthew White Son WilliamBurton (Brown Univ 1941-42) Dr andMrs Gilbert were divorced 1932 Married(3) June 14, 1935, Colorado Springs, Mar-garet Clare, daughter of Clare Eugene andLuella Sophia (Russell) Thomas

Death due to coronary occlusion Buriedin Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado SpringsSurvived by wife, sons, four grandchildren,and two brothers, Charles H Gilbert, '08,and Carlton T Gilbert

RALPH GRIFFITHS STILLMAN, B A1903 Boin February 21, 1882, New YorkCity, died November 17,1950, Kent, Conn

Father, Frank Moody Stillman, presidentF M Stillman Company, contractors, NewYork City, son of William Mix and Sarah(Moody) Stillman Mother, CarolineAmelia (Griffiths) Stillman, daughter ofJohn and Ann Elizabeth (Nathan)Griffiths

Pingry School Dissertation appointmentJunior and Senior years, third BenjaminF Barge Mathematical Prize Sophomoreyear

M D Columbia 1907, interne HudsonStreet Hospital, New York City, 1907-8;house surgeon Lying-in Hospital 1909; phy-sician in New York City 1909-17, dem-onstrator in physiology College of Physi-cians and Surgeons and clinical assistantdepartment applied therapeutics Vanderbilt


Chnic 1909-11, assistant clinical pathologistNew York Hospital 1911-12, clinical pa-thologist 1912-13, instructor clinical med-icine Cornell University Medical College1912-19, instructor surgical pathology1919-22, assistant professor clinical pathol-ogy 1922 until retirement 1948, clinicalpathologist Central Laboratories New YorkHospital 1921-48 (director 1937-48), onstaff Hudson Street, Lying-in, Seton, Rah-way (N J ) hospitals, and Vanderbilt Clin-ic, managing editor Harper's Medical Mon-ographs 1930-36, coauthor Diseases of theSpleen, contributed articles to medical jour-nals, Major Medical Corps World War I(in charge laboratory Base Hospital No. 9,Chateauroux), diplomate American Boardof Pathology, fellow College of AmericanPathologists, member New York Academyof Medicine, New York State Society ofPathologists (president 1946), AmericanAssociation of Blood Banks (president1949), American Association of ClinicalPathologists and Bacteriologists, AmericanMedical Association, Harvey Society, andFirst Presbyterian Church, Rahway.

Married June 9, 1914, Elizabeth, N J,Ohve Gertrude, daughter of John Phreanerand Isabel (Lippincott) Ley ChildrenRuth Lippincott (B A Vassar 1936, CornellUmv Medical Coll 1936-38, Mrs Ken-drick Hare), Frances Ann (died 1936)

Death due to carcinoma Buried in GoodHill Cemetery, Kent Survived by wife, onedaughter, three grandchildren, a sister, MissRuth Elizabeth Stillman, and a brother,F William Stillman

STUART BRUEN SUTPHIN, B A 1903Born November 26, 1881, Cincinnati, Ohio,died March 10, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio

Father, Isaac Vanness Sutphm (B A Del-aware [Ohio] Coll 1869), founder I VSutphm Company, paper makers supplies,Cincinnati, son of Moses Potter and LucyP (Vanness) Sutphm Mother, KatharinePnscilla (Brady) Sutphin, daughter ofSamuel and Pnscilla (Bruen) Brady Yalerelatives include Dudley V Sutphin, '97(brother) , H Langdon Laws, '02 (brother-in-law) , Samuel R Sutphin, '34, Dudley VSutphin, 2d, '37 (nephews).

Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati

Second colloquy appointment Junior andSenior years, Freshman Football Team,Apollo Glee Club, cup man, Class Daycommittee, Kappa Psi, Delta Kappa Epsi-lon, Skull and Bones

Assistant secretary I V Sutphin Com-pany 1904-10, president 1910-February,1951, chairman of the board February-March 1951, president Stedman's Foundry& Machine Works, Aurora, Ind, and LawsRealty Company 1925-38, vice-presidentBevendge Paper Company at time of death;operated sugar plantation in Louisiana withbrother-in-law 1923-51; representative onYale Alumni Board 1929-35, CaptainQuartermaster Corps World War I (prior-ity officer Overseas Distribution Service),member Christ Church (Episcopal), Cin-cinnati

Married October 16, 1907, Cincinnati,Florence Bradford, daughter of HarryLangdon and Florence (Bradford) LawsChildren Kathenne Brady, the wife ofGerald J Ficks, '25, Jean Laws (Mrs JohnGoadby Hamilton), Stuart Bruen, Jr (Wil-liams Coll 1935-36)

Death due to dissecting aneurysm ofaorta Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery,Cincinnati Survived by wife, children, sixgrandchildren, and a brother, Samuel BSutphin, '99 S

PAUL BAILEY SWEET, B.A. 1903 BornFebruary 9,1881, Topeka, Kans , died May13, 1951, Topeka, Kans

Father, Timothy Bailey Sweet, a capitalistin Topeka, son of Lorella and Mary Woos-ter (Bailey) Sweet Mother, Annie Eliza(Brown) Sweet, daughter of William andSusan Bradford (Finley) Brown

Topeka High School, BA. WashburnCollege 1902 Entered Yale Senior year; ora-tion appointment

Associated with father in looking afterproperty interests 1903-5, counseling engi-neer Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-road Company 1905-6, chief clerk EmersonCompany, efficiency engineers, New YorkCity, 1906-10, business manager 1911-14,secretary 1914-20, purchasing agent CurtisPublishing Company, Philadelphia, 1910-12, traveled 1920-22, co-owner The SweetFarms 1910-51 (manager 1922-51); chair-

Yale College

man board of trustees Washburn College; afounder and treasurer Shawnee County His-torical Society, director Topeka SymphonySociety, Community Concert Association,Topeka Y.M C A , and West Central Areaof the Y M C A , member official boardFirst Methodist Chnrch, Topeka

UnmarriedDeath due to coronary thrombosis Bur-

ied in Topeka Cemetery Survived by threesisters, the Misses Susie Brown, MaryBailey, and Annie Brown Sweet

s

GEORGE EDMUND SYKES, B A 1903Born June 4, 1880, Rockville, Conn , diedDecember 5, 1950, Paicines, Calif

Father, George Sykes, president Hock-anum, Spnngville and New England Man-ufacturing Companies, woolen manufac-turers, Rockville, son of John and Harriett(Durrans) Sykes Mother, Sarah Ann (Fit-ton) Sykes, daughter of James and Mary(Watson) Fitton

St Paul's School, Concord, N H Univer-sity Fencing Club.

Wool sorter Hockanum, Spnngville andNew England Manufacturing Companies1903-4, owner and manager Hartford(Conn ) Elastic Pulp Plaster Corporation1904-6; founder, and president George ESykes Company, masons supplies, Hartford,1909-13, rancher in Paicines since 1906(president Paicines Orchards 1920-50),vice-president San Benito (Calif) Landand Water Company 1908-12; memberFirst Company, Governor's Foot Guard(Connecticut); Lieutenant Colonel Air Ser-vice World War I and later Colonel AirForce, trustee George Sykes Manual Train-ing School, Rockville, member Masonic or-der, attended Union CongregationalChurch, Rockville

Married April 6,1904, Dorchester, Mass,Bernice Deane, daughter of Edwin Lansingand Gertrude Marie (Atkins) Heath

Death due to congestive heart failureBuried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Rockville.Survived by wife and two sisters, MrsCharles E Bond and Mrs Charles Phelps.

EDWIN REYNOLDS WHITCOMB,B A 1903 Born April 11, 1881, Milwaukee,Wis, died January 16, 1951, Chicago, 111

53Father, Henry Franklin Whitcomb, pres-

ident Wisconsin Central Railway, son ofDr Henry Franklin Whitcomb and MariaLydia (Torrey) Whitcomb Mother, LouisaMargaret (Clock) Whitcomb, daughter ofJames Barnet and Eliza Jane (Simmons)Clock Yale relatives include a brother,Henry F Whitcomb, Jr , '06

Milwaukee Academy First colloquy ap-pointment Junior year, second colloquy ap-pointment Senior yeai, manager UniversityBasketball Association and president Inter-collegiate Basketball Association Senioryear, Apollo Glee Club, University FencingClub, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, AlphaDelta Phi

Student civil engineering departmentUniversity of Wisconsin Fall 1903, in of-fice of general superintendent WisconsinCentral Railway 1903-5, assistant train-master 1905-7, with Eastern WisconsinRailway & Light Company 1907-9, en-gaged in fruit growing and raising regis-tered Guernseys (owner Grenwode Farm),Milwaukee, 1909-29, president and treas-urer Diamond Joe Polish Company, Inc,Milwaukee, 1929-31, vice-president Rich-ardson Ball Bearing Roller Skate Com-pany, Chicago, 1931 until retirement 1950,member Twelfth Church of Christ, Scien-tist, Chicago

Married October 11, 1905, Kenosha, Wis,Annis Louise, daughter of Charles and An-nis (Wheeler) Palmetier

Death due to arteriosclerosis Buried inMilwaukee Cemetery Survived by wife andfour sisters, Mrs Claire W Hickox, MrsAnne W. Johnson, Mrs Lillian W Fox, andMiss Margaret Whitcomb

EDWARD CHAPPELL ELY, B A 1904Born May 9, 1882, Norwich, Conn , diedJanuary 1, 1951, James Island, S C

Father, Edwin Sanford Ely, presidentUncas National Bank, Norwich, son ofJesse and Harriet (Grosvenor) Ely Moth-er, Mary Brewer (Chappell) Ely, daughterof Edward and Mary (Brewer) ChappellYale relatives include a cousin, Edwin TBynner, '06 S

The Hotchkiss School Yale CorinthianYacht Club, Cap and Gown Committee,Delta Kappa Epsilon, Ehhu Club


Assistant manager uptown office Pease& Elliman, Inc , real estate and brokerage,New York City, 1905-14, traveled exten-sively 1914-17, assistant treasurer RiverPlate Commercial Company, Inc, andAnglo-American Commercial Corporation,New York City, 1917-20, president Mus-tard Products Company, New York City,1920 until retirement 1925, manager re-ceiving department Electric Boat Company,New London, Conn, 1943-44, o n hospitalship U S S Ernestine Koranda 1946, secre-tary-treasurer of Class and Class council1925-27, director Association of Ex-mem-bers of Squadron A, member ChristChurch (Episcopal), Norwich

Married November 20, 1914, New YorkCity, Sarah Louise Carfoot Polloch, daugh-ter of Richard and Carrie S (Higham)Carfoot Mr and Mrs Ely were divorced1930

Mr Ely was killed in a hunting acci-dent Buried in Yantic Cemetery, NorwichSurvived by two sisters, the Misses MaryGrosvenor and Augusta Chappell Ely, anda brother, Grosv enor Ely, '06

DWIGHT THOMPSON FARNHAM,B A 1904 Born October 15, 1881, Candor,N Y , died September 20, 1950, Norwalk,Conn

Father, LeRoy Dwight Farnham (M DColumbia 1878), physician in Binghamton,N Y Mother, Cora Phideha (Thompson)Farnham

Philhps-Andover Editor Yale DailyNews Senior year, assistant manager Uni-versity Gymnastic Association Junior year,president Senior year, Psi Upsilon

Assistant to secretary Clermont (Pa)Sewer Pipe Company 1904-5, superintend-ent Shawmut (Pa ) Clay ManufacturingCompany 1905-6, superintendent and gen-eral manager Denny-Renton Clay & CoalCompany, Seattle, 1906-14, supervising en-gineer Emerson Company, New York City,1914-16, consulting engineer New YorkCity and St Louis 1916-20 (consulting pro-duction assistant U S Emergency Fleet Cor-poration and U S Ordnance DepartmentWorld War I ) , studied industrial condi-tions in Europe 1914 and 1920-21, vice-pres-ident Knoeppel & Company, Inc, indus-

trial engineers, 1921, consulting industrialengineer New York City 1922-24; man-ager industrial department Peat, Marwick,Mitchell & Company 1924-33; financialcounsel Industrial Relations Counselors,Inc, and General Foods Corporation 1933until retirement 1939, lecturer School ofBusiness St Louis University; author- Sci-entific Adtntntst? ation and Scientific Indus-trial Efficiency, Executive Control, Amer-ica vs Europe in Industry, The VerticalTrust, Effect of Currency Inflation, APlace in the Country, The Embattled Malein the Garden, Be It Ever So Humble orHellions on the Hearth, coauthor* Profit-able Science in Industry, contributed to Sys-tem, Industrial Management, and other sci-entific periodicals; fellow Masaryk Acade-my (Czechoslovakia), member committeeInternational Congress for Scientific Man-agement, director Amencan ManagementAssociation, member Amencan Society ofMechanical Engineers, National EconomicLeague, Society of Industrial Engineers(vice-president), Amencan Ceramic Soci-ety, Yale Engineering Association, Societyof Mayflower Descendants, National Per-sonnel Association, and Episcopal church

Married June 16, 1910, Portland, Ore.,Mateel, daughter of Edgar Watson andClara L (Frank) Howe

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Willowbrook Cemetery, Westport,Conn Survived by wife

THOMAS DAY THACHER, B A 1904.Born September io, 1881, Tenafly, N J ;died November 12, 1950, New York City

Father, Thomas Thacher (BA 1871)Mother, Sarah McCuIlough (Green)Thacher Yale relatives include JeremiahDav (B A. 1756) (great-great-grandfather),Jeremiah Day (BA 1795) (great-grand-father) ; Thomas A Thacher (B A 1835)(grandfather); Sherman Day (B A. 1826),George Thacher (BA 1840), James MThacher (B A 1842) (great-uncles), JamesK Thacher (B A. 1868), Edward S Thach-er (BA 1872), Alfred B Thacher (BA1874), John S Thacher (BA 1877) (un-cles) , John B Burrall, '02 (brother-in-law),Henry C Thacher, '02, Thomas A Thach-er, '08, Albert E Kent, '13, Thomas T.Kent, '15, William Kent, Jr , '17, George

Yale College

B. Thacher, '25, Sherman Kent, '26, AnsonS. Thacher, '27, John S Thacher, '27, Rog-er Kent, '28, Sherman D. Thacher, '36 (cou-sins).

Taft School and Philhps-Andover. OnYale Daily News board (chairman Senioryear) > Fence Orator; Junior Promenade andBicentennial committees, Yale CorinthianYacht Club, Psi Upsilon, Skull and BonesStudent Law School 1904-6 (Class honors,Betts Prize [divided], Jewell Prize, mem-ber Corbey Court)

Lawyer New York City 1906-50 (part-ner Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, and coun-sel at time of death), assistant United StatesAttorney Southern District, of New York,1907-8, and special assistant to investigateelection frauds 1909-10; United States dis-trict judge Southern District of New York1925-30, Solicitor General of the UnitedStates 1930-33; chairman New York CityCharter Revision Commission 1935-36, cor-poration counsel New York City 1943, as-sociate judge Court of Appeals of the Stateof New York 1943 until resignation 1948,L L D Yale 1930, University of Wisconsin1935, Harvard 1944, New York University1944, Columbia 1945; awarded Boys Asso-ciation Gold Medal (New York City) foroutstanding and unselfish service 1936, sec-retary (with rank of Major) American RedCross Mission to Russia 1917-18, alumnifellow Yale Corporation 1931-49 (memberPrudential, Educational Policy, HonoraryDegrees, and Finance committees); Alum-ni Fund agent 1904-17, associate fellowBranford College (Yale) 1933-50, presidentYale Law School Association 1933-36; pres-ident Association of the Bar of the Cityof New York 1933-35, Andover GeneralAlumni Association 1939-40; vice-presidentLawyers Club 1942-43; on council Ameri-can Law Institute, director CommonwealthFund, William Boyce Thompson Institute,and Legal Aid Society of New York, trusteeTaft School and New York Public Library,fellow Morgan Library; member New YorkLaw Institute, New York County LawyersAssociation, American Society of Interna-tional Law, New York State and Ameri-can Bar associations, Foreign BondholdersProtective Council, New England Society,and Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church,New York City.

55Married (1) November 9, 1907, Water-

bury, Conn, Eunice Booth, daughter of Ed-ward Milton and Mary Eunice (Booth)Burrall Children Sarah Booth (B A Smith1931), the wife of George L Storm, '28,Mary Eunice (B A Vassar 1932), the wifeof Daniel N Brown, '28, Thomas, '38 MrsThacher died 1943 Married (2) July 20,1945, Philadelphia, Eleanor Morris Lloyd,

, daughter of Eflingham Buckley and EllenDouglas (Burroughs) Morns

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Brookside Cemetery, Englewood,N J Survived by wife, children, eightgrandchildren, three stepchildren, Mrs Ed-ward Browning, Jr, Morns Lloyd, andStacy N. Lloyd, and three sisters, Mrs Mar-tin L Richmond, Mrs Theodore Dnggs,and Mrs T Guthnc Speers

HARRY HALL ATWATER, B A 1905Born April 28, 1884, Auburn, N Y , diedJune 13, 1951, Bethany, Conn

Father, Jesse Giflord Atwater, a patrol-man in Auburn, son of John G and Pam-eha (Goodyear) Atwater Mother, HelenAureha (Hall) Atwater, daughter of Hen-ry Alexander and Emma Jane (Chapin)Hall.

Auburn Academic High School Honorsof the first rank Freshman year, first dis-pute appointment Junior year LL B 1907

With Clark, Hall & Peck, lawyers, NewHaven, Conn, 1907-51 (partner since1914), vice-president and secretary NewHaven Real Estate Title Company 1939-51,trustee New Haven Civitan Club, memberboard of managers Friends of Boys, Inc ,active in United War Work and Near EastRelief drives World War I, member NewHaven County and American Bar associa-tions, State Bar Association of^Connecticut,Sons of the American Revolution, and Con-necticut Historical Society, deacon Ply-mouth Congregational Church, New Ha-ven

Married July 1,1908, Wallingford, Conn,Martha Elizabeth, daughter of AlexanderWatson and Maria Louisa (Meyers) Rus-sell Children Russell Hall, '30, Bruce Hall(Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst 1931-32),Elizabeth Hall (B A Vassar 1943), thewife of Alden W Hammond, '43


Death due to coronary occlusion Buriedin Beaverdale Memorial Park, New HavenSurvived by wife, children, and eightgrandchildren

HAMILTON BAXTER, B A 1905 BornNovember 25, 1881, Nashville, Tenn , diedDecember 11, 1950, Franklin, Tenn

Father, Edmund Baxter, a lawyer mNashville, son of Nathaniel and Martha(Hamilton) Baxter Mother, Elizabeth(Perkins) Baxter, daughter of Powhatanand Katharine (DeGraffenreid) Perkins

Bowen School University Glee Club fouryears (president Senior year), presidentFreshman Glee Club; coach Apollo GleeClub, cup man, editor Yale Pot-PournSenior year, Alpha Delta Phi, Scroll andKey

Assistant to freight agent Louisville &Nashville Railroad, Ashley, 111, 1905-6,with Southern Railway System 1906 untilretirement 1931 (assistant tariff compilerand rate clerk Atlanta 1906-7, rate statisti-cal clerk Washington, D C, 1907-9, quo-tation clerk office of traffic manager 1909-10, assistant chief clerk to traffic manager,Washington, 1910-13, division freightagent Greensboro, N C , 1913-18, 1920-21,commerce agent Washington 1919-20; di-vision freight agent Norfolk, Va, 1921-28,officers' assistant Atlanta 1928-31), mem-ber joint rate committee Southern Railway,Atlantic Coast Line and Central Railroadof Georgia, First Lieutenant EngineersWorld War I (overseas 1918-19), withServ ice of Supply, War Department, Wash-ington, 1942, Southern Oil Service, Nash-ville, 1943, and Crescent Amusement Com-pany, Nashville, 1945, member Vine StreetChristian Church, Nashville

UnmarriedDeath due to heart failure Buried in

Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville Sur-vived by five sisters, Mrs James AndrewThomas, Mrs Robert Marr, Mrs MalcolmPoague, Mrs Nancy B Overton, and MrsCatherine B Hutchinson, and a brother,Sloss Dilhhunty Baxter

RAYMOND AUGUSTUS BEARDS-LEE, BA 1905 Born September 21, 1883,

Le Mars, Iowa; died'December 19, 1950,Springfield, Vt

Father, Rev Clark Smith Beardslee, D D(B A. Amherst 1876, M,A. 1879), professorBiblical homiletics Hartford TheologicalSeminary, son of Samuel Augustus andLois Diana (Smith) Beardslee Mother,Emma Gillette (Alvord) Beardslee (Wel-lesley 1880-81), daughter of Henry andMary Williams (Gillett) Alvord. Yale rel-atives include Ezra H Gillett (B A. 1841)(great-uncle), George B Alvord, '95, Sam-uel M Alvord, '96 (cousins); Sidney ABeardslee, '17 (brother), Alvord MinerBeardslee (Class of 1953 D ) (nephew)

Hartford Public High School Honors ofthe first rank Freshman year, first disputeappointment Junior year

B D Hartford Theological Seminary1908, S T M 1909, minister First Congre-gational Church, Springfield, Vt , 1910-20;engaged in private study and writingWindsor, Conn, and supply minister NorthManchester, Conn, 1920-22; minister Sec-ond Congregational Church, Manchester,Conn, 1922-25 and Evangelical Congrega-tional Church, Charlestown, N H , 1925-30, machinist Fellows Gear Shaper Com-pany, Springfield, Vt , 1917-18 and em-ployment manager 1925-42, summer pas-tor South*Windham (Vt) Baptist Churchand winter pastor Windham Congrega-tional Church 1946-50, contributed to Jour-nal of Biblical Litetature and The BiblicalReview, trustee Hartford Seminary Foun-dation

Married December 20, 1910, Hartford,Elizabeth Caroline, daughter of Rev Alex-ander R Mernam, D D (BA 1872) andJane May (Gore) Mernam Children Bar-bara (Oberhn 1931-34, M D Univ Ver-mont 1939), Lois Margaret (Middlebury1933-35, Mrs Jay Warren Kaufman), JaneMernam (Middlebury 1938-39, MrsGeorge Timothy Donnelly), Helen Alvord(BA Middlebury 1944, MA Univ Ver-mont 1948; Mrs Donald B Johnstone)

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Oakland Cemetery, Springfield, Vt.Survived by wife, children, six grandchil-dren, two sisters, Mrs John H Kmgsburyand Mrs James H Potter, and four broth-ers, Martin B Beardslee, Rev Lyndon SBeardslee, Rev Claude G Beardslee, '09

Yale College 57(died May 13, 1952), and Clark S Beards-lee, '20.

SAMUEL PARKER JOHNSTON, BA1905 Born December 18, 1882, Greenville,Pa.; died February 9, 1951, Fort Lauder-dale, Fla

Father, Robert Stuart Johnston (BALafayette 1878), president Star & CrescentMilling Company, Chicago, son of SamuelParker and Martha (Sutton) JohnstonMother, Fannie Odenwelder (Seitz) Johns-ton; daughter of John Appel and Sarah(Barnett) Seitz Yale relatives include acousin, Thomas Watson, 'oo

Princeton-Yale School, Chicago Classswimming team; Yale Corinthian YachtClub; Zeta Psi

Treasurer Star & Crescent Milling Com-pany 1906-10; general purchasing agentSears, Roebuck & (Company 1911-12, pres-ident and treasurer S P Johnston Com-pany, manufacturers art goods and novel-ties, Chicago, 1913-15, engaged in farmingHighland Park, 111, 1916-20, real-estate op-erator and builder Highland Park 1920-51, trustee Highland Park PresbyterianChurch

Married June 1, 1911, Chicago, OliveLida Adams (B A Wellesley 1907), daugh-ter of John Benjamin and Olive (White)Adams Children Ruth Adams (Welles-ley Class of 1934, Mrs Ben M Hair), Rob-ert Adams (Purdue Class of 1935), Sam-uel Parker, Jr. (BA Dartmouth 1937),Kathenne Moore (B A Univ Michigan1938, Mrs Allan C Dewey), MargaretElizabeth (BA Wellesley 1945; Mrs Hor-ton Johnson)

Death due to a heart attack Buried inRosehill Cemetery, Chicago Survived bywife, children, ten grandchildren, and asister, Miss Fannie Johnston

MARTIN KELLOGG PASCO, BA1905 Born February 11, 1882, Glyndon,Minn , died March 1,1951, Hartford, Conn

Father, Rev Martin Kellogg Pascp (B AAmherst 1865; B D Lane Theological Sem-inary 1869), a Congregational minister, sonof Theodore and Fanny (Kellogg) PascoMother, Phoebe Ellen (Guthne) Pasco,

daughter of John and Mary (Kerr) Guth-ne

Berea Academy Second dispute appoint-ment Junior year, dissertation appointmentSenior year

Superintendent and assistant secretaryAmerican Hosiery Company, New Britain,Conn, 1905-12 and successively vice-pres-ident, president and treasurer 1915-24, vice-president and manager Oakes KnittingMills Company, Boston, 1913-15, treasurerArmstrong Manufacturing Company, hard-ware and electrical appliances, Huntington,W Va, 1924-26, vice-president and generalmanager Glastonbury Knitting Company,Addison, Conn, 1927-34 and SpicerThreads, Inc, Hartford, 1934 until retire-ment 1942, treasurer New BritainY M C A , member Sigma Xi and Congre-gational church, West Hartford

Married September 8, 1908, Hadley,Mass, Stella Sarah, daughter of FrankBradford and Lucy Jane (Smith) GreeneChildren Martha (Mrs Laurence Daven-port), Henry Hastings, '34, Pnscilla (B AConnecticut Coll 1939), Mary Ellen (MrsHarold E Kershaw)

Death due to Parkinson's disease Buriedin Plainville Cemetery, Hadley Suivived bywife, children, three grandchildren, a sister,Mrs Mary P Gould, and a brother, JohnG Pasco

FRANCIS STANLEY RICKCORDS,BA 1905 Born January 21, 1883, Chicago,111; died May 25, 1951, Chicago, 111

Father, George Edward Rickcords, as-sociated with Chicago Title & Trust Com-pany, son of George and Sarah (Piper)Rickcords Mother, Adelaide Elizabeth(Stanley) Rickcords, daughter of HughParmlee and Caroline Elizabeth (Wilcox)Stanley ^

Chicago Latin School First dispute ap-pointment Junior year, dissertation appoint-ment Senior year, Alpha Delta Phi

LLB Northwestern University 1908(member Phi Delta Phi), lawyer in Chi-cago 1908-51 (legal department ChicagoTitle & Trust Company 1908-11, partnerDean & Rickcords 1911-18), president LakeCounty Title & Trust Company, Wauregan,111, 1918-29, director Chicago Title & Trust


Company 1918-51, member Chicago His-torical Society, Chicago and Illinois StateBar associations, and St Chrysostom'sChurch (Episcopal), Chicago

Married January 6, 1917, Chicago, Elea-nor, daughter of Earl Lander and Eleanor(Fargo) Hambleton Daughter Anne(B A Univ Chicago 1940; Mrs William CGait)

Death due to coronary occlusion Buriedin Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago Survived bywife and daughter

ARTHUR IRVING TAFT, BA. 1905Born December 28, 1881, Worcester, Mass ,died February 5,1951, Coconut Grove, Fla

Father, David Andrews Taft, wholesaleagent Reed, Prince & Company, grocers,Worcester, son of Elias and Susan Randall(Andrews) Taft Mother, Hannah Daniels(Pond) Taft, daughter of Eli Pond, 4th,and Man (Bullard) Pond

Worcester Classical High School Disser-tation appointment Junior and Senioryears, contributed to Yale Courant, Col-lege Choir, Zeta Psi Graduate memberElizabethan Club MA 1910, PhD. 1916

Master Phillips Brooks School, Philadel-phia, 1905-6, private tutor 1906-9; assistantin rhetoric Yale 1909-11, instructor Eng-lish 1911-17, assistant professor EnglishOberhn 1917-23, associate professor 1923-27, professor 1927 until retirement 1947, au-thor The Apology<e of Syr Thomas More,Knyght, member Modern Language Asso-ciation, vestryman Episcopal church

Married August 31, 1916, Cherry Valley,N Y, Pauline Messmore, daughter of Leo-nard and Jessie (Messmore) Dakin Daugh-ter Margaret

Death due to a heart attack Survived bywife and daughter

ELMER WILLIS V A N B R U N T , B A 1905Born October 4, 1882, Southampton, N Y ,died October 14, 1950, Southampton, N Y

Father, Willis Dale VanBrunt, ownerplumbing business Southampton, mayorSouthampton 1902-12, son of Franklin andEmily Asenath (Norton) VanBrunt Moth-er, Laura Ellen (Wicks) VanBrunt, daugh-ter of Joel and Sarah Jane (Ruland) Wicks

Yale relatives include three cousins, RobertN Corwm, '87, Benjamin F. Corwin, '95,Arthur F Corwin, '99 S.

Southampton High School Honors ofthe first rank Freshman year, dissertationappointment Junior year.

Potato farmer in Southampton 1905 un-til retirement 1945; assessor Village ofSouthampton 1927-41 and trustee; memberBoard of Education 1923-47 (president1934-47), vice-president Long Island Na-tional Farm Loan Association 1936-44,president 1945-50; secretary-treasurer Suf-folk County Farm and Home Bureau 1927-31, secretary 1927-37, treasurer 1932-37;first president Southampton Music Society1946-47, member Masonic order; elderFirst Presbyterian Church, Southampton

Married November 29, 1906, New Suf-folk, N Y, Caroline, daughter of Rev Wil-liam Henry Seely and Caroline Nickerson(Nelson) Seely Children. Willis Dale, 2d,'30; Ruhf Seely (Class of 1932), Ellen Car-oline (B S Cornell 1936; Mrs. James ABrennan), Emily Robbins (B S BuffaloState Teachers Coll. 1940; Mrs. NelsonBeck)

Death due to coronary thrombosis. Bur-ied in Southampton Cemetery Survivedby wife, children, and two grandchildren

WALTER HURD COURSEN, B.A. 1906Born August 13, 1883, Scranton, Pa , diedMarch 7, 1951, Pasadena, Calif

Parents, Henry Alonzo and Loretta Anna(Blair) Coursen

The Hotchkiss School First colloquy ap-pointment Junior year, second dispute ap-pointment Senior year, Freshman andApollo Glee clubs, College Choir; Yale Co-rinthian Yacht Club; Delta Kappa Epsilon.

M A and LL B Dickinson College 1908,lawyer in Scranton 1908-18 and in Balti-more 1918-20, general contractor withC D Goldwaite, Los Angeles, 1920-26, sec-retary Indemnity Mortgage Insurance Com-pany and Whiting Bond & Mortgage Com-pany 1927-31, manager Federal HousingLoan department Federal Housing Admin-istration 1936—4)5, with William WilsonCompany, mortgage loans, Pasadena, 1944-46, on Pasadena Realty Board, memberPresbyterian church.

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Married ( i ) July 16, 1908, ExcelsiorSprings, Mo, Gcnevieve Hazel Stone (B SCarleton Coll 1905), daughter of Frank C.and Helena Eppert (Simmons) Stone Chil-dren Anna Blair (Mrs Francis D Lyons),Walter Hurd, Jr ; Henry Alonzo; CharlesWilliam, John Franklin Curran Mrs Cour-sen died 1918 Married (2) March, 1924,Los Angeles, Mary Riddle, daughter ofCharles William Franzheim.

Death due to chronic cardiac decomposi-tion. Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pas-adena. Survived by wife, children, fivegrandchildren, and a brother, Charles Ed-ward Coursen.

EDMUND GRANT HOWE, B A. 1906Born November 22,1883, Hartford, Conn ;died August 20,1950, Tuscaloosa, Ala

Father, Daniel R Howe, '74. Mother,Henrietta Atwood (Collins) Howe. Yale rel-atives include* John M Atwood (BA1814) (great-grandfather), Charles At-wood (B.A. 1821) (great-great-uncle); At-wood Collins (B A 1873) (uncle)

Hai tford Public High School Honors ofthe first rank Freshman year, honors inEnglish composition Sophomore year, hon-ors of the second rank and philosophicaloration appointment Junior year, two-yearhonors in history and philosophical orationappointment Senior year; Phi Beta Kappa

MA. Harvard 1907, graduate studentuniversities of Jena, Salzburg, Leipzig,Grenoble, and The Sorbonne 1907-10, andColumbia and New York universities 1919-20, instructor history and Latin MariettaAcademy 1910-12, instructor history andacting head of department University ofPittsburgh 1912-17, instructor history andpolitical science University of Alabama1920-21, professor and head department ofpolitical science 1921-38, professor polit-ical science (head of department) Mar-ietta College 1938-50; sergeant SanitaryCorps World War I (reconstruction teacherUS General Hospital No. 16), author:Comments on the Constitution of Alabama;member Institute of Politics (Williams Col-lege) four summers; member AmericanPolitical Science Association, AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science,Southern Political Science Association, and

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Center Church (Congregational), Hart-ford

Married July 28, 1914, Parkersburg,W Va , Eleanor Louise White (B A Wilson1909), daughter of William Emerson andJessie L (Thompson) White Sons DanielRobinson, '36, William Emerson White, '41

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford Sur-vived by wife, sons, four grandchildren,and two sisters, Mrs Maynard T Hazenand Mrs Clement Scott

CHARLES WESLEY PRICE, B A 1906.Born November 12, 1883, Newark, N J ,died June 4, 1951, New York City

Parents, Charles Wesley and Laura An-tonette (Edgar) Price

Newark High School First colloquy ap-pointment Junior and Senior years, editorYale Courant and Yale Record Senior year

Successively superintendent of agenciesin Schenectady and Montgomery and Ful-ton counties, and manager New York Cityoffice Oliver Typewriter Company 1906-26,with Whitlock's, Inc, book store, New Ha-ven, Conn, 1926-27, broker's dealer inNew York City 1927-50, president andtreasurer Metalubc Corporation, Inc, andLewis Specialty Company, member Presby-terian church.

Married (1) June 30,1910, French Moun-tain, N.Y., Ruth, daughter of WilliamDoane and Kate Lodicc (Brown) BuckbeeChildren Hope Muriel (Barnard Class of1934, Mrs. Robert C Ferguson), CharlesWesley, 3d (Class of 1944) Mrs Price died1927. Married (2) August 14, 1936, NewYork City, Helen Radzinski

Survived by wife, children, and onegrandchild.

FRANK EUGENE WILSON, B.A. 1906Born October 6, 1882, Sterling, 111 , diedDecember 8, 1950, Clinton, Iowa

Father, George E Wilson, contractor andmanufacturer with Clinton Bridge & IronWorks Mother, Hannah (Fitzmaunce)Wilson.

Philhps-Andover Yale Corinthian YachtClub; Psi Upsilon

Secretary Clinton Bridge Corporation,


fabricating steel structures, 1906-40, vice-president 1940-47, president 1947-50, sec-retary American Engineering and Con-struction Company 1925-30; attended Pres-byterian church

UnmarriedDeath due to intestinal obstruction Bur-

ied in Sprmgdale Cemetery, Clinton Sur-vived by a sister, Miss Louise Wilson

GEORGE MORRIS ADAMS, B A 1907Born June 3,1884, New Haven, Conn ; diedOctober 24, 1950, Denver, Colo

Father, Samuel S Adams, owner S SAdams, wholesale and retail grocers, NewHaven Mother, Addie Frances (Mears)Adams, daughter of Joseph R and EmilyEmma (Dolliff) Mears Yale relatives in-clude Carl A Mears, '97 L (uftcle), Sto-well W Mears, '30 (cousin)

Dean Academy, Franklin, Mass Secondcolloquy appointment Junior and Senioryears, Freshman Glee Club and HockeyTeam, Zeta Psi

Manager S S Adams 1908-12, engagedin Jacksonville, Fla, 1912-19, proprietorAdams Pharmacy, Kansas City, Mo, 1919-30, owner Adams Drug Store, Denver,1931-50, member Connecticut NationalGuard (New Haven Grays), Masonic or-der, and Plymouth Congregational Church,New Haven

Married (1) June 28, 1907, Jacksonville,Ruby Ophelia, daughter of Samuel andOphelia Moore Daughter Ruby CarterMarried (2) February 14, 1915, Jackson-ville, Allys M , daughter of Sarah B HadeSon William Married (3) Mary lone,daughter of Henry and Leona Marshall

Death due to carcinoma Buried inCrown Hill Cemetery, Jefferson County,Colo Survived by wife, children, and abrother, Frank M Adams, '02 S, '06 M

NORMAN PARSONS CLEMENT, B A1907 Born April 12, 1885, Buffalo, N Y ,died April 26, 1951, Buffalo, NY.

Father, Stephen M Clement, '82 Mother,Carolyn Jewett (Tripp) Clement Yale rel-tives include S Merrell Clement, '10(brother), Alexander C Tener, '12 (broth-er-in-law) , Chester D Tripp, '03 S, Lowell

C Frost, '05, Roswell C Tripp, '06 S(cousins), Carolyn T Clement Ogilvie(Class of 1941 N ) (niece), Harold TClement, Jr, '41, Stuart H Clement, Jr , '43,Laurence A Clement (Class of 1945W E )(nephews)

The Hill School First dispute appoint-ment Junior year, dissertation appointmentSenior year, Freshman Football Team;Freshman Glee CIUJD, Psi Upsilon Graduatemember Ehhu Club.

With Marine National Bank, Buffalo,1907-17 (assistant cashier 1910-13, cashier1913-17), president Citizens CommercialTrust Company 1919-23; president and di-rector Genesee Properties, Inc, real estate,1923 until retirement 1948, an incorporatorFederal Reserve Bank of New York, pres-ident Elmhurst Special Milk Company,Mam Street Association, and Buffalo Coun-cil of Social Agencies 1932-33, vice-presi-dent Eastern Grain Elevator Corporation;treasurer Yale Association of Western NewYork 1915-16, assistant treasurer 1916-17,president 1922-23, representative AlumniBoard 1932-48; chairman National AlumniPlacement; Service 1945-46; trustee TheHill School, The Park School, and BuffaloPhilharmonic Orchestra, First LieutenantField Artillery World War I (overseas1918-19, St-Mihiel and Toul sectors), anorganizer Buffalo council Boy Scouts ofAmerica; on New York State Board ofSocial Welfare 1942-47, director Buffalochapter American Red Cross, Buffalo FineArts Academy, and Buffalo Zoning Boardof Appeals, elder Westminster PresbyterianChurch, Buffalo

Married June 1, 1908, Marlboro, N H ,Margaret, daughter of William S Hale(Class of 1881) and Emma (Frost) HaleChildren David Hale, '31, Gordon Tripp(died 1928), Stephen Merrell, 2d, '36, Nor-man Parsons, Jr, '42

Death due to cerebral thrombosis Buriedin Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo Sur-vived by wife, three sons, seven grandchil-dren, and two brothers, Harold T Clement,'12, and Stuart H Clement, '17

HOWARD EDMISTON HANNUM,B A 1907 Born February 12, 1885, Chester,Pa , died March 31, 1951, Philadelphia, Pa.

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Father, John Berne Hannum, a lawyerin Chester, first president judge DelawareCounty Orphans Court, son of Mark Brat-ton and Augusta (Cunningham) Hannum.Mother, Mary Henrietta (Irwin) Hannum;daughter of Gen William Maclay HowardIrwin, U S A , and Mary Edmiston (Mit-chell) Irwin

Chester High School. Honors of the firstrank Freshman year, oration appointmentJunior and Senior years; University Foot-ball Squad.

LL B University of Pennsylvania 1910(Phi Delta Phi), in father's office 1910-24;partner Hannum, Hunter, Hannum &Hodge 1924 until retirement 1942, FirstLieutenant Field Artillery World War I,member Delaware County and Pennsyl-vania State Bar associations and Masonicorder.

Married/August 16, 1924, Minerva, N Y ,Harriett Ehse (Bnggs) Salsbury SleicherMarriage annulled 1924

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Chester Rural Cemetery Survivedby two sisters, Mrs Wharton Landell Don-aldson and Mrs George Magill Carter,and a half brother, William Irwin Schaff er

HAROLD HAUENSTEIN, BA 1907Born October 18, 1884, Buffalo, N Y , diedNovember 26, 1950, Buffalo, N Y

Father, Alfred Gustavus Hauenstein,president A G Hauenstein Lumber Com-pany, Inc, Buffalo, son of Dr John Hauen-stein and Madeleine (Sigwalt) HauensteinMother, Minnie (Ferris) Hauenstein,daughter of Peter Joshua and Mary (Ever-ett) Ferris

Masten Park High School, Buffalo Sec-ond dispute appointment Junior year, firstcolloquy appointment Senior year; Fresh-man Union

With A G Hauenstein Lumber Com-pany, Inc, 1907-50 (salesman 1909-13,treasurer 1914-30, president and treasurer1930-50 [became lumber commission andbrokerage business 1944-50]); presidentand director Buffalo Lumber Exchange1929, vice-president Buffalo AstronomicalSociety 1930-35, member New York Na-tional Guard, Buffalo Historical Society,and American Astronomical Society; trus-

tee Delaware Avenue Baptist Church, Buf-falo

UnmarriedDeath due to ai teriosclerotic heart dis-

ease Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buf-falo Survived by two brothers, Barton Fer-ns Hauenstein, M D , and Paul AlfredHauenstein

HARRY CLIFTON HEATON, BA1907. Born March 21, 1885, Waterbury,Conn , died December 28, 1950, Yonkers,N Y

Father, Thomas Heaton, a contractor inWaterbury, son of Henry Heaton Mother,Grace Higby (Benham) Heaton, daugh-ter of Edward W and Jane S (Rice)Benham

Waterbury High School Dissertation ap-pointment Junior year, oration appoint-ment Senior year

Student The Sorbonne and College deFrance 1907-10, instructor in French andSpanish New York University 1910-16, as-sistant professor of romance languages1916-22, associate professor of Spanish1922-26, associate professor of romance lan-guages 1926-27, and professor 1927 untilretirement 1950, chairman of department1926-49, chairman department of romancelanguages Graduate School 1944-50, P h DColumbia 1916, Y M C A secretary WorldWar I (assigned to "Foyers du Soldat,"with Army Educational Corps) and assist-ant to dean of American students in PansApril-July 1919 (ofricier d'Academie[Palmes academiquesj), author The Glo-ria d'Amor of Fra Rocaberti, editor ElIngrato agradecido, cotranslator The Dis-covery of the Amazon, contributed to manyphilological journals, member Modern Lan-guage Association of America, AmericanAssociation of Teachers of Spanish, Amer-ican Association of Teachers of French, So-ciete des Professeurs Frangais en Amenque,American Geographical Society, Phi BetaKappa, corresponding member HispanicSociety of America (associate editor His-panic Review) and Academia Espafiola,member Congregational Church, Water-bury

Married (1) August 3, 1920, Pans, An-dree, daughter of Pierre Celestin and Her-


mance Honorme (Perdnx) Thomas Mar-/ned (2) June 24, 1939, Waterbury, Fntsa'Hansen Miller, daughter of Frits and OhneM Hansen

Death due to myocardial insufficiencywith pulmonary edema Buried in ValleyView Cemetery, Dover Plains, N Y Sur-vived by wife, four stepsons, Richard, Wil-lardj Robert, and Ronald Miller, and threebrothers, J Edward Heaton, Arthur THeaton, and Stanley B Heaton

[HARRY] SINCLAIR LEWIS, BA1907 Born February 7, 1885, Sauk Center,Minn , died January 10, 1951, Rome, Italy

Father, Edwin John Lewis (M D RushMedical Coll 1877), a physician in Iron ton,Wis, and Sauk Center, son of John andEmehne (Johnson) Lewis Mother, Emma(Kermott) Lewis, daughter of ThomasKermott

Oberlin Academy Honors of the firstrank Freshman year, editor Yale LiteraryMagazine Senior year, Chi Delta Theta

Reporter New Haven Journal-Courier,San Francisco Bulletin, and AssociatedPress 1907, free-lance work with WilliamRose Benet 1908-9, successively engaged ineditorial work for Stokes and Company,New York City, and editor and advertis-ing manager George H Doran & Company1910-16, author Our Mr Wrenn, TheTrait of the Haw\, The fob, The Inno-cents, Free Air, Main Street, Babbitt, Ar-rowsmith, Mantrap, Elmer Gantry, TheMan Who Knew Cooltdge, Dodsworth,Ann Viewers, Wor\ of Art, Bethel Mer-nday, It Can't Happen Here (produced inFederal Theatre project 1936), ProdigalParents, Ht\e and the Aeroplane, Cheaparid Contented Labor, Ghost Patrol andOther Stones, Gideon Planish, Cass Tim-berlane, Ktngsblood Royal, The God-See\er, John Dos Passos' Manhattan Trans-fer, Selected Short Stories of Sinclair Lewis,World So Wtde (published posthumously);coauthor three plays }ayhaw\er, Angela IsTwenty-two, Hobohemia, editor The ThreeReaders, assistant editor Transatlantic Tales,Volta Review, and Adventure, winner No-bel Prize in Literature 1930; conductedcourses in writing University of Wisconsin1940 and University of Minnesota 1942,

producer and actor in summer stock thea-ters and in New York City 1937-41; Litt D.Yale 1936; member Actors Equity Associ-ation, American Academy of Arts and Let-ters, and National Institute of Arts andLetters

Married (1) April 15, 1914, New YorkCity, Grace Livingstone, daughter of Frankand Maud (Gadd) Hegger Son: Wells(B A Harvard 1939, killed in service 1944)Mr and Mrs Lewis were divorced 1928Married (2) May 14, 1928, London, Eng-land, Dorothy Thompson Bard, L L D ,Li t tD, L H D , (BA. Syracuse 1914),daughter of Peter and Margaret (Grierson)Thompson Son: Michael Mr. and MrsLewis were divorced 1942.

Death due to myocarditis Ashes interredin Greenwood Cemetery, Sauk Center. Sur-vived by one son and a brother, Claude Ber-nard Lewis, M D

HENRY BUTLER MOORE, B A. 1907Born November 22, 1885, Brooklyn, N.Y.;died November 24, 1950, Palm Springs,Calif

Father, Henry Butler Moore, an architectin Brooklyn, son of Joseph Winder andAnna M (Butler) Moore. Mother, Isabelle(Harrison) Moore

Brooklyn Polytechnic Preparatory SchoolSecond colloquy appointment Senior year,contributed to Yale Literary Magazine

B D General Theological Seminary 1910,ordained deacon Protestant EpiscopalChurch 1910 and priest 1924, curate StBartholomew's Church, Brooklyn, 1910-11;head bookkeeper Caguas Tramway Com-pany, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1911-12, ex-aminer Puerto Rican government auditor'soffice 1912-13, secretary-treasurer Univer-sity of Puerto Rico 1913-18, productionmanager Stanley Rule & Level Company,New Britain, Conn, 1918-24, vicar ChristChurch, Jerome, Ariz, 1924-26 and StAndrew's Church, Fullerton, Calif, 1926-27; rector Church of the Ascension, SierraMadre, Calif, 1927-28, vicar St Paul'sChurch, Tombstone, Ariz, 1928-34, St. An-drew's Church, Phoenix, 1934-37, St.Peter's Church, Minneapolis, Kans, 1937-41, Epiphany Church, Concordia, 1941-43,Church of the Holy Apostles, Ellsworth,

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1943-46; rector St James' Church, Morenci,Ariz, and vicar St. Philip's Church, Clifton,1946-48; vicar St Matthew's Church, Sacra-mento, 1948-49 and St. Paul's Church, Cres-cent City, Calif, and St. Mary's Church,Ferndale, 1949-50, assistant curate AllSaints' Church, Redding, Calif, 1950; chap-lain Ordnance Depot, Herlong, Calif,1950; secretary Missionary District of Di-ocese of Sahna, Kans., 1944-45, adminis-trative assistant (civilian) QuartermasterCorps, Army Air Base, Sahna, 1943, mem-ber Masonic order.

Married (1) March 20, 1908, Jersey City,N.J, Hattie Ella Gertrude, daughter of Al-bert Julius and Augusta Theresa (Eich-staadt) Lippke Children. John Frederic(BD Nashotah Seminary 1940); MildredElizabeth (BA. State Teachers Coll[Flagstaff, Ariz ] 1934, Mrs John KennethHerrera); Alice Jane Louise (B A StateTeachers Coll. flagstaff] 1936, Mrs Fred-erick H. Kunkle), Henry Benjamin (died1926). Mrs Moore died 1944 Married (2)June 25, 1945, Sahna, Rebecca Wells Tay-lor. Mr. and Mrs. Moore were divorced

Death due to heart failure. Buried inPalm Springs Cemetery. Survived bydaughters, one son, four grandchildren, asister, Mrs Pleas Blair Rogers, and a broth-er, Wesley B. Moore

PHILIP LEFEVRE MORRISON, BA1907 Born February 19, 1884, Boston,Mass; died January 12, 1951, Stamford,Conn.

Father, Philip Guy Morrison, memberBoston Stock Exchange, son of LouisPhilhpe and Rebecca (Thatcher) Morn-son. Mother, Helen Cynthia (Densmorc)Morrison

Tutored privately. Freshman honors;Berkeley Premium in Latin compositionand Hugh Chamberlain Prize in GreekFreshman year, second dispute appoint-ment Junior year, first dispute appointmentSenior year; Apollo Glee Club

With Blodgett, Merntt & Company, se-curities, New York City, 1908-9; independ-ent dealer in securities, New York City,1909-12; with Charles H Jones and Com-pany, stock brokers, New York City, 1914-41 (partner 1917-31, president 1931-41);

limited partner W J Banigan and Com-pany, securities, New York City, 1941 un-til retirement 1946, attended Congrega-tional church

Married (1) April 18, 1914, New Ha-ven, Conn, Katharine Ellen, daughter ofMary (Kelley) Frawley Mrs Morrison died1945 Married (2) January 1, 1946, Stam-ford, Alva, daughter of Wilbur Franklinand Janet Louise (Humes) Stewart

Death due to myocardial infarction Bur-ied in Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan,Conn Survived by wife

ARTHUR NEWBERRY PARMELEE,B A. 1907 Born April 17,1884, New Haven,Conn ; died July 23, 1950, New York City

Father, Arthur Williams Parmelee, pres-ident Wire Goods Company of Worcester,Mass , son of Hoi ace Jones and MariettaMaria (Jones) Parmelee Mother, DeliaStrong (Kinne) Parmelee, daughter ofHenry Mortimer and Elizabeth Newberry(Strong) Kinne

Worcester AcademyClerk and assistant to fourth vice-presi-

dent Metropolitan Life Insurance Com-pany, New York City, 1907-12, statisticianand writer Spectator Company, insurancepublishers, 1912-14, assistant managerhome office agency National Surety Com-pany 1914-17, bond salesman National CityCompany 1917-31 and Graham Parsons 6cCompany 1931-35, partner Cartwright &Parmelee, investments, 1935-50, memberEpiscopal church

Married February 20,1912, London, Eng-land, Helen Rose, daughter of CharlesRichard and Maria (Woods) Marlow MrsParmelee died 1935

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Hope Cemetery, Worcester Survivedby a sister, Mrs Harry Rutherford Gra-ham

WALBRIDGE SMITH TAFT, B.A1907 Born November 29, 1885, PelhamManor, N.Y; died January 2, 1951, NewYork City

Father, Henry W. Taft, '80 Mother, Ju-lia Walbndge (Smith) Taft Yale relativesinclude- AlphonsoTaft (B.A 1833) (great-


uncle), Charles P Taft (B A 1864), PeterR Taft (B A 1867), William H Taft (B A.1878), Horace D Taft, '83 (uncles), Hul-bert Taft, 'oo, Robert A Taft, '10, HelenH Taft Manning (M A 191^, Ph D 1924),Charles P Taft, '18 (cousins), George HSnowdon, '05 S (brother-in-law); HenryT Snowdon, '34 (nephew)

Taft School Freshman and Universitycrews, member Triennial Committee, PsiUpsilon and Ehhu Club

IX B Harvard 191 o, law clerk in fath-er's office, New York City, 1910-11, assist-ant managing clerk 1911-13, practiced in-dependently 1913-15, partner Parks, Mc-Kinstry & Taft 1915-17, Cadwalader, Wick-er sham & Taft 1917-51 (in charge branchoffice in Berlin 1928-29), Captain Ord-nance Department and later First Lieuten-ant Field Artillery World War I, treasurerNational Federation of Settlements, NewYork City, chairman board Salvation ArmyAssociation in New York 1940-51, nationalboard director United Service Organiza-tions World War II, trustee Museum of theCity of New York, member Associationof Ex-members of Squadron A, Sons of theRevolution (first vice-president about 1939-45), Association of the Bar of the City ofNew York, New York State Bar Associa-tion, New York County Lawyers Associa-tion, and St James of Lattingtown Church(Episcopal), Locust Valley, N Y

Married September 20, 1923, Detroit,Elizabeth, daughter of Emory Wendell andLucie (Wing) Clark Children LucieClaik (Vassar 1942-45, Mrs S WilletsMeyer), Henry Waters, '46, ElizabethWing (Vassar Class of 1955)

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Locust Valley Cemetery Survived bywife, children, two grandchildren, and abrother, William Howard Taft, 2d, '09(died February 10, 1952)

DOUGLAS JAY TORREY, BA 1907Born June 10, 1885, Scran ton, Pa , died De-cember 28, 1950, Canandaigua, N Y

Father, James Humphrey Torrey (Am-herst Class of 1873, M A 1888), a lawyerin Scranton, son of Rev David Torrey andMary Elizabeth (Humphrey) TorreyMother, Ella Carling (Jay) Torrey, daugh-

ter of Douglas Nelson and Elizabeth (Car-ling) Jay Yale relatives include* WilliamH Jessup (BA 1849) (uncle); William JTorrey, '99 (brother); William H Jessup,'84, Augustus P. Thompson, '96 S (cous-ins).

The Hotchkiss School Second colloquyappointment Junior and Senior years, Uni-versity Track and Football teams, secretaryDwight Hall Junior year; Psi Upsilon,Scroll and Key

LL B Harvard 1910, successively mem-ber Wells, Stocker & Torrey, lawyers, Scran-ton, branch manager in Wilkes-Barre forImbne & Company, investment bankers,New York City, and with J. H. Brooks &Company, investments, 1910-25, managerForve-Pettebone Company, lighting fix-tures, Los Angeles, 1925-29, head legaldepartment First Trust & Savings Bank ofPasadena 1929 until retirement 1938, mem-ber Pennsylvania National Guard (servedon Mexican border 1916-17), Captain In-fantry World War I (Marne, Meuse-Argonne offensives)

Married January 14, 1915, Wilkes-Barre,Josephine, daughter of Henry Harrison andJennie (DeWitt) Harvey Children Patri-cia (B A Occidental 1936, Mrs CarlFunke), James Humphrey, 2d, '40 S , Peter(B A Trinity 1946), Benjamin Harvey(B A Trinity 1950)

Death due to heart failure Buried inDunmore Cemetery, Scranton SurvivedbySvife, children, ten grandchildren, andtwo sisters, Mrs Willis B. Kirkpatrick andMrs Alphonso E Fitch

ROBERT GEORGE WHITE, B A 1907Born March 8,1884, Hartford, Conn , diedMay 30,1951, New York City

Father, Joseph Lanning White, ownerJoseph L White Company, paints, Hart-ford Mother, Matilda (Jackson) White

Hartford Public High School First col-loquy appointment Junior and Senior years,DeForest Mathematical Prize Senior year

Associated with brother in J L White'sSons, paint business, Hartford, 1907-9,with Stanley Works, New Britain, Conn,1909; credit man Pittsburgh Plate GlassCompany, Brooklyn, 1909-11, salesman1911-12; partner Interstate Glass Company,

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Brooklyn, 1912-17; vice-president and gen-eral manager Fulton Specialty Company,manufacturers of rubber stamps, Elizabeth,N J , 1917-42, vice-president and treasurer1942 until retirement 1947, member Con-necticut Home Guard, Masonic order, andSpringfield (N J ) Presbyterian Church

Married (1) November 19, 1908, NewHaven, Conn, Olive Eugene, daughter ofAlbert Eugene and Elizabeth (Reilly) Wei-ler. Daughters: Constance (B A New Jer-sey Coll for Women 1935; Mrs Henry Al-bert Rogers, Jr ) ; Ruth Jacksyon (B A Cor-nell 1939; Mrs Edwart{J)frnes Pachuta)Mrs. White died 1933 Married (2) Febru-ary 19, 1935, Elizabeth, N J., Regma Cath-erine, daughter of Rupert and Margarethe(Flory) Saeger.

Death due to heart attack Buried inRosedale and Linden Cemetery, Linden,N J Survived by wife, daughters, threegrandchildren, and a brother, Joseph Lan-ning White, Jr.

SAMUEL ALEXANDER BALDWIN,BA 1908 Born August 30, 1885, Haiku,Maui, Hawaii, died July 21,1950, Puunene,Maui, Hawaii.

Father, Henry Pernne Baldwin, superin-tendent sugar plantations in Maui andMakaweh, Hawaii; senator Hawaiian leg-islature; son of Rev Dwight Baldwin, M D(BA 1821), and Charlotte (Fowler) Bald-win Mother, Emily McKinney (Alexan-der) Baldwin, daughter of Rev WilliamPatterson Alexander and Mary Ann (Mc-Kinney) Alexander Yale relatives include*John D Fowler (B A. 1813) (great-uncle),William D Alexander (B A. 1855), DavidD Baldwin (BA 1^57) (uncles), ArthurC Alexander, '88 S, Erdmann D Baldwin(Class of 1889 S ) , William A Baldwin,'92 S, Wallace M Alexander, '92 S, Samu-el E. Damon, '96, Henry F Damon, '06(cousins), William D Baldwin, fgy (broth-er) ; Henry P. Baldwin, '25, Fred C Bald-win, '28, Asa F Baldwin, '29, Lawrence ABaldwin, '33, Lewis W. Baldwin, '36(nephews)

St Paul's School, Concord, N H Mem-ber Alpha Delta Phi.

With Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd, sugarplantation agency, Honolulu, 1908-15;

manager Haleakala Ranch Company, cattleranching, Makawao, Maui, Hawaii, 1915-50, member Makawao Memorial Church

Married May 10, 1909, Honolulu, Kath-nne, daughter of William Owen and Mary(Hobron) Smith Children: Helen Gray(Mrs Russell Lloyd); Richard Hobron(Cornell 1930-33), Barbara Ethel (MrsRaymond Richard Lyons), Mary Abby(Mrs Francis Patrick Sylva), Harry Alex-ander, 2d (BA Rollins Coll 1951).

Death due to carcinoma Buried in Mak-awao Cemetery Survived by wife, children,fourteen grandchildren, and two brothers,Arthur D Baldwin, '98, and Frank F.Baldwin (Class of 1899 S )

JAMES CORBETT BARRY, B A 1908Born July 4, 1888, Rochester, N Y , diedAugust 9, 1950, Rochester, N Y.

Father, James Corbett Barry, founderJames C. Barry Company, marble and tilecontractors, Rochester Mother, Mary Agnes(Quinn) Barry.

East High School, Rochester Dissertationappointment and honors of the first rankJunior year, high oration appointment,honors in history and in Germanic lan-guages and literature Senior year; AlphaDelta Phi

With James C. Barry Company sincegraduation (successively vice-president, pres-ident and treasurer), private Coast Artil-lery Corps World War I, member Roch-ester Historical Society and St John'sChurch, Rochester.

Married April 11, 1923, Rochester, Kath-ryn Francis, daughter of James R Mc-Laughlin Sons James Corbett, J r , Ed-mund McLaughlm

Death due to myocardial infarction Bur-ied in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester.Survived by wife and sons

JOHN ELLIOTT FIELD, BA. 1908Born January 5, 1886, New Haven, Conn ;died April 17, 1951, New Haven, Conn

Father, Edward Elliott Field, secretary-treasurer Gamble-Desmond Company, NewHaven, son of Elliott and Emily Rebecca(Coe) Field Mother, Ellen Scranton (Chit-tenden) Field, daughter of John Newton


and Elizabeth Jemima (Cnttenden) Chit-tcnden Yale relatives include two brothers-in-law, William R. Leete, '08, Bernard ELeete, '13

New Haven High School First colloquyappointment Junior year; second disputeappointment Senior year, Class crew andtrack team, Alpha Delta Phi

With Yale Bank of New Haven 1908, in-dustrial engineer American Brass Company1909-13, head employment relations 1913-18, labor supervisor Ansonia branch 1919until retirement 1950, director AnsoniaY M C A 1920-50 (president 1926-31), di-rector Ansonia council Boy Scouts of Amer-ica, member Edgewood CongregationalChurch, New Haven.

Married October 30, 1911, New Haven,Marjory, daughter of Rev William WLeete, '80 D , and Sarah Elizabeth (Rock-well) Leete Children Elizabeth Louns-bury (Mount Holyoke Class of 1936), thewife of Samuel A Willis, '36 S., John El-liott, Jr (B A Amherst 1937), MarjoryLeete (Mrs Guy Robert Hogarth),Eleanore Chittenden, the wife of AllenHubbard, 3d, '47 March E

Death due to myocardial infarction Bur-ied in West Cemetery, Madison, Conn Sur-vived by wife, children, a sister, Marion WField (cert School of Fine Arts 1926),and a brother, Howard C Field

HUGH LEDYARD, BA 1908 BornMarch 9, 1885, Detroit, Mich , died June1, 1951, Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich

Father, Henry Brockholst Ledyard (gradU S Military Academy 1865), president andchairman board Michigan Central RailroadCompany, son of Henry and Matilda Fran-ces (Cass) Ledyard Mother, Mary Richard-me (L'Hommedieu) Ledyard, daughter ofStephen Satterlee and Alma (Hammond)L'Hommedieu Yale relatives includeCharles H L'Hommedieu (Class of 1870)(uncle), Henry Ledyard, '97, Augustus CLedyarclr '98 (brothers), Charles HL'Hommedieu, '03 (cousin), Augustus CLddyard, '24, Henry Ledyard, '24 S, Wil-liam H Ledyard, '34 S (nephews)

St Paul's School, Concord, N HDairy farmer, Battle Creek, Mich, prior

to 1916, assistant treasurer Art Stove Com-

pany, Detroit, 1919-21; retired 1922; FirstLieutenant Infantry World War I (senioraide-de-camp to Brigadier General J. APenn; overseas 1918-19).


ied in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit Sur-vived by no immediate relatives

EDGAR WENDELL TAIT, BA. 1908.Born June 18,1886, Bradford, Pa.; died No-vember 2,1950, Piqua, Ohio.

Father, Edwin Edgar Tait, partner Tait& Jones, lawyers in Bradford, son of An-drew and Tirzah (Culp) Tait Mother,Mary Jane (Hanill) Tait, daughter of Wil-liam John and Eliza Hannah (Conn)Hanill

Bradford High School First dispute ap-pointment Junior year; dissertation ap-pointment Senior year; business managerYale Courant Junior year.

LLB University of Pennsylvania 1910;in partnership with father 1909-15; presi-dent Owl Hollow Gas Company 1928-50;lawyer and judge municipal court Urbana,Ohio, 1934-50; senior compliance agentUS. Department of the Interior 1940-42;contributed to trade journals.

Married June 18, 1910, Urbana, IdahKatherme, daughter of George and MaryEllen Beery Daughter* Kathenne (Mrs.Paul Tignor).

Death due to coronary occlusion Buriedin Oak Dale Cemetery, Urbana Survivedby wife, daughter, granddaughter, father,and a sister, Miss Rilla Belle^Tait

CLARKE WASHBURNE, BA 1908.Born March 18, 1885, Chicago, 111.; diedOctober 19, 1950, Winnetka, 111.

Father, Hempstead Washburne, pres-ident Security Audit Company, Chicago,son of Ehhu Benjamin and,Adele (Gratiot)Washburne. Mother, Anne Maria (Clarke)Washburne; daughter of John VaughanClarke

The Hill School. Honors of the thirdrank Freshman year; dissertation appoint-ment Junior year; first dispute appointmentSenior year

With Hibernian Banking Association,

Yale College

Chicago, 1908-12, and in credit departmentContinental and Commercial NationalBank, 1912-14; assistant cashier FederalReserve Bank 1914-25 (controller of invest-ments 1920-25); vice-president Union Bankof Chicago, president State Bank of Win-netka; quartermaster (1st Class) Naval Re-serve Force World War I, member SacredHeart Church (Roman Catholic), Wmnct-ka

Married April 30, 1918, New York City,Eleanor, daughter of Theodore Lauranceand Louise Crane (Richards) Pomeroy.Sons Ehhu Benjamin; John Clarke, '41;Richards Pomeroy (killed in service); Bren-ton Pomeroy, Theodore Bertrand.

Death due to arteriosclerosis. Buried inGraceland Cemetery, Chicago. Survived bywife, four sons, and three grandchildren.

FRANCIS MALBONE BLODGET,B A. 1909. Born March 22,1887, Providence,R I ; died November 24, 1950, Greenwich,Conn

Father, Samuel Chace Blodget, Jr., part-ner Spencer Trask & Company, investmentdealeis and brokers, New York City; son ofSamuel Chace and Jane Tucker (Bull)Blodget Mother, Lucy Randolph (Dun-nell) Blodget, daughter of Thomas Lymanand Elizabeth (Breese) Dunnell. Yale rel-atives include* Daniel Lyman (B A. 1776)(great-grandfather); Thomas Lyman (B.A.1810) (great-uncle), Henry Dunnell, '91,T Lyman Dunnell, '18, K Randolph Dun-nell (Class of 1920) (cousins), Adrian Far-ley (Class of 1910 S.) (brother-in-law);William B. Welling, '49 March (nephew)

St. George's School, Newport, R.I Classbaseball team; Alpha Delta Phi, Wolf'sHead

With Spencer Trask & Company 1909-50(partner and manager bond department attime of death), chief yeoman U S NavalReserve Force World War I, member YaleEngineering Association and Christ Church(Episcopal), Greenwich

learned June 12, 1916, New York City,Eleanor Sawyer, daughter of William Hal-sted and Francis (Sawyer) Purdy Chil-dren Francis Malbone, Jr (B A Williams1941), Elizabeth Harsen (Mrs Fred IsaacKent, 2d).

Death due to dissecting aneurysm of aortaBuried in Putnam Cemetery, GreenwichSurvived by wife, children, four grandchil-dren, and two sisters, Mrs Alexander S.Porter and Mrs Lindsay H. Welling

BENNET BRONSON, B A. 1909 BornDecember 3, 1887, Waterbury, Conn , diedNovember 23, 1950, Waterbury, Conn

Father, Julius Hobart Bronson, presidentOakville Company, manufacturers metalproducts, Waterbury, son of Thomas Bron-son (BA 1829) and Cynthia Elizabeth(Bartlett) Bronson. Mother, Edith Harlack-enden (Terry) Bronson, daughter of Rod-erick Terry (Class of 1840) and Sarah Ann(Pierson) Terry. Yale relatives include.John Taylor (BA. 1784) (great-great-grandfather) ; Nathaniel Terry (B A.1786) (great-great-great-uncle), BennetBronson (B.A. 1797) (great-grandfather),Henry W. Taylor (B.A. 1816) (great-great-uncle); Jesse Bronson (BA. 1826), HenryBronson (MD 1827), Edmund Terry(B.A. 1837) (great-uncles), Edward B.Bronson (B A. 1865), Henry T. Terry(B.A. 1869) (uncles); Charles G Bartlett,'99 (cousin).

Taft School. First dispute appointmentJunior year; second dispute appointmentSenior year; contributed to Yale Courant

With Oakville Company 1909-23 (as-sistant treasurer 1912-19, vice-president andtreasurer 1919-23, president 1923), vice-president merged firm Scovill Manufac-turing Company 1923-50, vice-presidentand trustee Waterbury Foundation 1923-42, president 1948-50, secretary WaterburyHospital 1920-42, 1945-50, chairman Nau-gatuck Valley Industrial Council, CaptainQuartermaster Corps World War I, andColonel World War II (on active service inEngland, awarded bronze star); memberReserve Officers Association; senior wardenSt John's Church (Episcopal), Waterbury

Married January 20, 1916, New YorkCity, Eleanor Crosby, daughter of John andLouisa Lansing (Crosby) Lindley Chil-dren* Lindley (Class of 1939 S ; killed inservice 1945), David Bennet, '44; EdithTerry (B A Stanford 1949, Mrs Jean Fran-cois de Chadenedes)

Death due to coronary occlusion Buried


in Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury Sur-vived by wife, daughter, one son, and fourgrandchildren

EUGENE JUDSON CURTIS, B A 1909Born July 26, 1884, Clinton, Iowa, diedFebruary 28, 1951, Honolulu, Hawaii

Father, George Martin Curtis, founderCurtis Brothers & Company, woodworkmanufacturers, Clinton, son of John Simonand Elizabeth (Carpenter) Curtis Mother,Etta (Lewis) Curtis, daughter of WilliamLewis

Philhps-Andover Second colloquy ap-pointment Junior year, first colloquy ap-pointment Senior year, business managerYale Daily News Senior year, Delta KappaEpsilon, Wolf's Head

Sales and purchasing agent Curtis Broth-ers & Company (later Curtis Companies,Inc ) 1909-15, secretary 1911-21, manager1915-21, vice-president 1921-47, president1947-51, president Clinton Coliseum Com-pany, Wholesale Sash & Door Association,Woodwork Institute of America, and Pon-derosa Pme Woodwork, secretary BaldMountain Mining Company 1923-51, di-rector National Lumber Manufacturers As-sociation and National Association of Man-ufacturers, on Secretary of CommerceHoover's committee on lumber standardi-zation in the 1920's and on millwork advi-sory committee forest products division Na-tional Production Authority at time ofdeath, active in civic and community workClinton (president Board of Education,trustee Y M C A , director Chamber ofCommerce, on police and fire commission),Second Lieutenant Iowa National Guard,district chairman Military Training CampsAssociation World War I, member Masonicorder and First Presbyterian Church, Clin-ton

Married (1) November 16, 1910, Mem-phis, Tenn, Ardelle, daughter of FrankGraham and Nina (Koller) Jones Chil-dren Frances Graham (Vassar 1935-37),the wife of Thomas S Brackett, '24, Vir-ginia (Vassar 1937-38, Northwestern 1938-39, Mrs Wilson Lee Fenn, 2d), EugeneJudson, Jr , '42 S , Charles Franklin, 2d(Dartmouth 1941-42, Carkton 1942-43)Mrs Curtis died 1939 Married (2) August

14, 1945, Chicago, Margaret Louise Hen-lgbaum DeLescaille, daughter of Williamand Lydia (Klemm) Henigbaum.

Death due to abdominal hemorrhageBuried in Sprmgdale Cemetery, Clinton.Survived by wife, children, thirteen grand-children, a brother, George L Curtis(Class of 1902), and two stepdaughters,Mrs Herbert Johnson Louis and Mrs Eu-gene Judson Curtis, Jr.

JOHN CONNER FAILING, B A 1909Born August 7, 1886, Portland, Ore , diedJanuary 16, 1951, Portland, Ore

Father, James Frederick Failing, pres-ident Failing-McCalman Company, whole-sale hardware merchants, Portland; son ofJosiah and Henrietta Legge (Ellison) Fail-ing Mother, Jane Johnson (Conner) Fail-ing, daughter of John and Martha MariaBancroft (Whittlesey) Conner Yale rel-atives include Edward J Failing, '03(brother), Henry F Conner, '93 S, HenryR Failing, '07 (cousins)

Portland Academy First dispute appoint-ment Junior year, Class swimming team

With Ross Company, wholesale hard-ware, Portland, 1909-10, salesman Failing-McCalman Company 1910-21, treasurer1921-24, LL B University of Oregon 1915,lawyer in Portland 1924-51 (partner Freed& Failing at time of death), treasurer Ore-gon Yale Alumni Association 1916-17, sec-retary-treasurer 1928-30, president 1939-41;vice-president Mann Home, Portland, 1935-38, president 1938-51; Second LieutenantQuartermaster Corps World War I, mem-ber Multnomah County, Oregon State, andAmerican Bar associations, and Masonic or-der (author articles on Masonic subjects;contributed to Oregon Mason).

Unmarried.Death due to a heart attack Ashes scatter-

ed Survived by two sisters, the Misses Hen-rietta Chase and Kate Whittlesey Failing

SIDNEY MARCELLUS PHELAN, JR,B A. 1909 Born March 8, 1886, Vicksburg,Miss.; died November 8, 1950, Stamford,Conn

Father, Sidney Marcellus Phelan (B.A.Umv Alabama 1869), president American

Yale College 69Credit-Indemnity Company of St, Louis,son of Joseph H and Laura (Powell) Phe-lan Mother, Emma (Balfour) Phelan,daughter of Dr. William T Balfour andEmma (Harrison) Balfour

St Paul's School, Garden City, N.Y.Honors of the second rank and BerkeleyPremium in Latin Composition Freshmanyear; high oration appointment and honorsin English composition Junior year, ora-tion appointment Senior year, CollegeChoir; chairman Class Supper committee;Alpha Delta Phi, Ehhu Club, The Pundits,Phi Beta Kappa

Clerk successively with George D AllenPaper Company, St Louis, Garnet & AllenPaper Company, and Graham Paper Com-pany 1909-17, sales manager Eddy PaperCompany, Three Rivers, Mich, 1917-21, as-sistant manager Mac Sim Bar Paper Com-pany, Otsego, Mich, 1921-23, vice-pres-ident and general manager Republic PaperBoard Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1923-25; general manager Foster Box BoardCompany, Utica, N Y , 1925-27, head ofboard sales West Virginia Pulp and PaperCompany, New York City, 1927-40, vice-president in charge of sales 1940-50, firstvice-president 1948-50, senior vice-president1950, vice-president National Paper BoardAssociation 1936-39, member Kraft PaperAssociation and Fourdnnier Kraft BoardInstitute; officer candidate Field ArtilleryWorld War I; member St Mark's Church(Episcopal), New Canaan, Conn

Married October 20, 1923, Detroit, LoisBaylor Perley (B A Smith 1919), daughterof Harry Otis and Kate (Baylor) Perley.Children: William Balfour, '49, Anne Bay-lor (Smith Class of 1953)

Death due to myocardial infarction Bur-ied in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St LouisSurvived by wife, children, stepmother(died 1951), and a brother, Balfour Phelan,

ARTHUR WARD RUFF, BA 1909Born August 22,1883, Delanson, N Y ; diedNovember 25, 1950, San Diego, Calif

Father, Louis Evart Ruff, a farmer in De-lanson; son of Benjamin Franklin and La-viser (Chauncey) Ruff Mother, LouisaAdahza (Durfee) Ruff, daughter of DavidPotter and Margaret (Rector) Durfee

Schenectady High School Honors of thethird rank Junior year, dissertation appoint-ment Junior and Senior years

Teacher mathematics Taft School 1909-10 and Newton Classical High School 1910-11, successively principal Richards HighSchool, Newport, N H , Momsville, Vt,and Searles High School, Great Barnngton,Mass, 1911-18, Y M C A secretary CampDevens 1918-19, m g h school principal Paw-tucket, R I , 1919-22, superintendent ofschools Westport, Conn, 1922-26 andAmityville, N Y , 1926 until retirement1941; owner El Toro Motel, San Diego,1941-47, with engineering departmentConsolidated Vultee Aircraft CorporationWorld War II, member Masonic order andMethodist church, Amityville

Married August 23, 1911, Troy, N Y ,Olive Frances, daughter of Charles andSarah Elizabeth (van Antwerp) BanksChildren Olive Louisa (McGill Class of1933, Mrs Thomas Thurston Hayden);Marian Elizabeth (Mrs Harold Ingbret-sen); Arthur Ward, Jr. (GE and EMColorado School of Mines 1949, M A UmvArizona 1951)

Death due to carcinoma Buried in Cy-press View Cemetery, San Diego Survivedby wife, children, and thiee grandchildren

CHARLES EDMUND VAN VLECK,B A 1909 Born August 3, 1886, Montclair,N J , died August 27, 1950, New YorkCity

Father, Charles Edmund Van Vleck, abanker in New York City, son of Josephand Amanda (Niles) Van Vleck Mother,Carolena Frances (Russ) Van Vleck,daughter of Horace and Louisa (Blancard)Russ Yale relatives include a great-grand-father, John D Russ (BA 1823)

Montclair High School Freshman Base-ball, Basketball, and Swimming teams,University Basketball, Baseball, and Golfteams; captain and treasurer IntercollegiateGolf Association Junior year, Zeta Psi,Ehhu Club

President Van Vleck, Dunn, ColemanCompany, Inc, general insurance, NewYork City, 1909-15, member New YorkStock Exchange 1915-20, associated withPalmohve Company, New York City, 1924-


34, later successively partner Van Vleck& Kirkby, Newark, N J , and Dick Broth-ers & Company, bankers and brokers, NewYork City, until retirement, Second Lieu-tenant Field Artillery World War I, mem-ber Congregational Church, Montclair.

Married ( i ) January 10,1911, New YorkCity, Ruth Lydia, daughter of George Laneand Mary E (Pierson) Huggins Daughter:Edwine (died 1927) Mr and Mrs VanVleck were divorced 1917. Married (2)August 3, 1918, Milwaukee, Wis, NatalieDalton, daughter of Caleb Elliott and Elea-nor (Demass) Johnson Children. NancyJennette (Mrs Edwin Marston Burke), El-liott Johnson (Wesleyan Univ Class of1945) Mr and Mrs Van Vleck were di-vorced about 1929

Death due to carcinoma. Buried inGreen-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Survivedby one daughter, son, two sisters, Mrs, Wil-ham Bnnckerhoff Cross and Mrs FlorenceVan Vleck Bradley, and a brother HoraceRuss Van Vleck

JOHN NORTHMORE BRIGHAM, B A1910 Born September 3,1887, Ravenswood,III; died November 2, 1950, Los Angeles,Calif

Father, Edmund Douglass Bngham, as-sistant freight traffic manager Chicago andNorthwestern Railway Company, son ofRev George French Bngham and AurillaE (Douglass) Bngham Mother, Edith(Northmore) Bngham; daughter of Johnand Elizabeth (Mathers) Northmore Yalerelatives include two brothers, George SBngham, '01 S, and Edmund D Bngham,Jr (Class of 1906 S )

Philhps-Andover University Orchestra(assistant manager Junior year), Zeta Psi.

In advertising department Chicago Trib-une and Western Newspaper Union 1910-13, in mercantile business 1913-14; withAmerican Car and Foundry Company andChicago and Northwestern Railway Com-pany 1914-16, developed copper propertyin Madison County, Va , 1916-17, sales rep-resentative Northern Illinois DiagraphCompany, stencil machines, St. Louis,1917-22, partner Great Lakes ShippingRoom Supply Company 1919-21, partnerand vice-president Shippers Supply Com-

pany, Inc, packaging supplies and equip-ment, Chicago, 1921-30, president 1930-50, member Trinity Church (Episcopal),Highland Park, 111.

Married March 17, 1917, Glencoe, 111,Beatrice Weyand (Albion 1909-11), daugh-ter of Lawrence Charles and Emaline (Bri-ar) Weyand Children. John Northmore,Jr (B A. Lake Forest Coll. 1939), daugh-ter (died at birth)

Death due to coronary sclerosis. Buriedin Inglcwood Park Cemetery, Inglewood,Calif. Survived by wife, son, and twograndchildren

KIRK BRYAN, B A 1910 Born July 22,1888, Albuquerque, N.Mex ; died August22, 1950, Cody, Wyo

Father, Richard William Dickinson Bry-an (B A Lafayette 1870, M A. 1908, LL.BGeorge Washington Univ 1876), an attor-ney; son of Edward Dennis and Sarah Bo-gart (Conger) Bryan Mother, SusannahHunter (Patten) Bryan, daughter of Otisand Susan Crane Hunter (McMillan) Pat-ten

Blair Academy, B A Univ. Mexico 1909Entered Yale Senior year, student GraduateSchool 1911-12 (PhD. 1920).

Instructor in geology Yale 1912-17; geo-logic aide U S Geological Survey 1912-14,assistant geologist 1914-17, associate ge-ologist 1917-20, geologist ground water di-vision 1920-27, senior geologist 1927, lec-turer physiography Harvard 1926-27, as-sistant professor 1927-30, associate profes-sor 1930-43, professor 1943-50, M A HonHarvard 1942, ScD. Univ New Mexico1947; Second Lieutenant Engineers WorldWar I (geological section General Head-quarters), district lecturer Association ofAmerican Petroleum Geologists 1944, au-thor numerous geological papers; honorarymember Sigma Xi, American editor Zeit-schrtjt fur Geomorphologte, fellow Amer-ican Association for the Advancement ofScience (vice-president 1938-39), Geologi-cal Society of America (vice-president 1948),member Association of American Geog-raphers, Geological Society of Washington( D C ) , Society of American Military Engi-neers, Yale Engineering Society, and Pres-byterian church

Yale College

Married July n , 1923, Albuquerque,Mary Catherine MacArthur (BA Smith1919), daughter of Archibald and LauraElizabeth (White) MacArthur ChildrenRichard Conger (BA Harvard 1945,M B A 1948), Mary Catherine (B S Tufts1952, Mrs James L Hatchett); Kirk, Jr ,'51; Margaret Stuart (Radchffe Class of1953).

Death due to heart attack Buried inAlbuquerque Cemetery Survived by wifeand children.

JOHN MARTIN SWEENEY, B A. 1910.Born October 14, 1888, Naugatuck, Conn ,died November 17, 1950, Newark, N.J.

Father, John M. Sweeney (LL.B 1879).Mother, Maria Cecelia (Jones) Sweeney.Yale relatives include. Charles H Stokes-bury, '11 S, Dominic Ruotolo, '12 S.(brothers-in-law), Donn Ruotolo, '45 E(nephew); Margaret A. Stokesbury (M A1946) (niece).

Taft School University Wrestling Team(intercollegiate featherweight wresdingchampion)

With William E. Peck & Company, ex-porters, New York City, 1910, and InvestorsAgency 1910-11; in advertising departmentWaterbury (Conn) Republican 1911-13,Hartford Courant 1913-16, Hartford Times1916, sales manager Manternach Company,advertising agency, Hartford, 1916-17, ac-count executive 1919-20 (advertising soli-citor Arts & Decoration, Town & Coun-try) ; partner Sweeney & Price, publishersrepresentatives, 1920-25, owner successorfirm John M. Sweeney Company 1925-50,and Sweeney & McDonald 1930-32; vice-president and account executive Lavin &Company, Boston, 1932-33, president Fed-erated Sales-Advertising Service, Water-bury, 1933-50 (New England representa-tive United Nations World 1947); adver-tising salesman Waterbury Democrat 1945-50, secretary Charter Oak AdvertisingClub, Hartford, 1916-18; member Connect-icut National Guard (served on Mexicanborder), First Lieutenant Cavalry WorldWar I, a founder Post No 281, AmericanLegion, Boston, member Advertising Clubof Boston, Military Order of the WorldWar, and Roman Catholic church

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Married (1) September 20, 1924, Boston,Roberta Vaughan Kennedy Dillon, daugh-ter of Robert Vaughan Kennedy Mr andMrs Sweeney were divorced 1926 MarriedJune 28, 1928, Mansfield, Mass, Ethel Mar-ion Saxton Daughter- Joan (B A Welles-ley 1950) Mr. and Mrs Sweeney were di-vorced 1945

Death due to coronary sclerosis Buriedin St James' Cemetery, Naugatuck Sur-vived by daughter, three sisters, Mrs.Charles H Stokesbury, Mrs Donn Ruotolo,Mrs William J. McDonald, and two broth-ers, Edward F. Sweeney '07, William JSweeney, '13 S

ROBERT MILLER EDWARDS, BA.1911 Born March 29,1890, Pittsburgh, Pa ;died January 18,1951, Washington, D C

Parents, John M and Martha Lois (Mil-ler) Edwards

Elders Ridge Academy, Pittsburgh; B AGrove City College 1908 Entered Yale Jun-ior year

Attended University of Pittsburgh LawSchool 1911-12, reporter Latrobe (Pa)Bulletin 1912-14; read law with Lyon &Hunter, Pittsburgh, 1914-18, lawyer inPittsburgh 1919 until retirement; sergeantInfantry World War I, member Masonicorder and Presbyterian church, Pittsburgh

UnmarriedDeath due to lobar pneumonia Survived

by no immediate relatives

HENRY GEMMER, B.A 1911 Born Au-gust 28, 1876, New York City, died Sep-tember 21, 1950, Agnew, Calif

Father, Conrad Gcmmer, a poultry anddairy farmer in Hackensack, N J Mother,Anne (Dorr) Gemmer

Philhps-Andover First dispute appoint-ment Junior and Senior years, member BetaTheta Pi

In sales department Standard Oil Com-pany of Louisiana, New Orleans, 1911, withPacific Telephone and Telegraph Com-pany, San Francisco, 1912 until retirement1941 (superintendent of pay stations 1912-14, traffic chief 1914-16, worked on person-nel statistics 1916-19, employment andtraining department 1919-30, secretary Em-


ployees Benefit Committee 1930-41); en-gaged in defense work 1942-44 (withMarmship, Sausahto, Calif, Permanente(Calif ) Metals Corporation, Western PipeSteel Company, South San Francisco, andJoshua Hendy Iron Works, Sunnyvale);owner of orchards, Los Gatos, 1944-47, onboard Y M C A , Palo Alto, 1939-42; mem-ber First Presbyterian Church, Los Gatos

Married November 29, 1911, New Or-leans, Delia Celestine, daughter of DanielCaverno and Sarah Jane (Duncan) WayDaughter Helena (Mrs Randall Colhs)

Death due to myocarditis Ashes interredin Sunset View Cemetery, Berkeley, CalifSurvived by wife, daughter, a sister, MissHelena Gemmer, and two brothers, J Wil-liam Gemmer and Conrad Gemmer

JOHN MARSHALL HOLCOMBE, JR,BA 1911 Born May 4, 1889, Hartford,Conn , died May 15, 1951, Farmmgton,Conn

Father, John M Holcombe, '69 Mother,Emily Seymour (Goodwin) HolcombeYale relatives include James W Holcombe(BA 1868) (uncle), Harold G Holcombe,Jr, '36 (nephew)

The Hotchkiss School. Third TenEyckPrize Junior year, captain Freshman TennisTeam, University Tennis Team (Intercol-legiate Tennis Tournament Senior year),managing editor Yale Daily News Senioryear, business manager Dwight Hall Fresh-man Blue Book, treasurer Class Day andSenior Promenade committees; Yale Co-rinthian Yacht Club, Alpha Delta Phi, ThePundits, Ehhu Club

LL B Harvard 1914, in legal departmentPhoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company,Hartford, 1914-17, in charge of sales re-search division 1919-21; business managerLife Insurance Sales Research Bureau (thenpart of Bureau of Personnel Research, Car-negie Institute of Technology), Pittsburgh,1921-22, and manager successor independ-ent office, New York City, 1923-24, and inHartford 1924-45, managing directorLife Insurance Agency Management Asso-ciation 1945-51 (formed by merger withAssociation of Life Agency Officers, ofwhich he was secretary and treasurer), di-rector American College of Life Under-

writers, Manufacturers Association of Con-necticut, Connecticut Chamber of Com-merce, on advisory board Hartford Collegeof Insurance, contributed to trade periodi-cals, recipient John Newton Russell Memo-rial Award "for outstanding service to theinstitution of life insurance" 1949; pres-ident Antiquarian and Landmarks Societyof Connecticut 1945-51, a governorYMCA. Junior College, New Haven;secretary Class of 1911 from 1920 to 1951(editor. History of the Class of 1911 YaleCollege [twenty-fifth record]); secretaryand treasurer Yale Alumni Association ofHartford 1916-17, president 1929-45, rep-resentative on Alumni Board 1930-40 (sec-ond vice-chairman 1935-36, first vice-chairman 1936-37, chairman 1937-40, andex-officto member 1940-51), chairmanHartford Yale Loan Fund Committee,member Connecticut National Guard (ser-ved on Mexican border), Captain Air Ser-vice World War I (served as educationalYMCA. secretary in France 1919; withAmerican Relief Food Administration, Vi-enna, May-August 1919).

Married May 10, 1920, Farmington,Marguerite Chase Boas, daughter of WaldoKetchum and Ada (Ferison) Chase Chil-dren: Marguerite Emily (Mrs. William Ed-ward Barlow); John Marshall, 3d, '49; AdaChase, the wife of W Cameron Caswell,'39

Death due to coronary occlusion Buriedin Riverside Cemetery, Farmington Sur-vived by wife, children, three stepsons, Al-lan Chase Boas, Robert Waldo Boas, Her-bert Allan Boas, twelve grandchildren, anda brother, Harold G Holcombe, '97

KENNETH LE BLANC, B A. 191 I . BornDecember 26,1888, New Orleans, La ; diedDecember 10, 1950, New Orleans, La.

Father, Alfred Le Blanc, agent HarrisonLine, steamships, New Orleans, son ofThomas Tunstall and Lucy Mary (Smith)Le Blanc. Mother, Jane (Stewart) Lc Blanc,daughter of Andrew and Theresa (Pharr)Stewart. Yale relatives include William P.Stewart, '98 S (uncle), Andrew E. Stewart,'27 S, Peter H Stewart, '28 (cousins)

St Paul's School, Concord, N.H. Apolloand University Glee clubs; College Choir,Alpha Delta Phi, Ehhu Club.

Yale College 73Agent Mobile Citrus Company in Ala-

bama 1911-12 and in Colorado 1912-13,agent Harrison Line 1913-50; second vice-president Alfred Le Blanc, Inc, 1918-31;vice-president and operating manager LeBlanc & Railey, Ltd, insurance agents,1924-31, president 1931-50, president Ken-neth Le Blanc, Inc, agents Harrison Line1948-50, and Le Blanc Stevedoring Com-pany, Inc, 1940-48, manager Pan-Amer-ican Argentine Line, New Orleans; mem-ber St. Paul's Church (Episcopal), NewOrleans.

Married (1) May 3, 1916, New Orleans,Eileen, daughter of William Joseph and Ag-nes Laura (Lowne) O'Donnell Children*Eileen; Alfred, 2d. Mr and Mrs Le Blancwere divorced Married (2) March 8, 1947,New Orleans, Vergie, daughter of Johnand Mary B (Barbier) Lambert.

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Metaine Cemetery, New OrleansSurvived by wife, children, a sister, Mrs.Josephine Le Blanc Gibert, and two broth-ers, Stewart A Lc Blanc, '05, and Henry SLe Blanc (Class of 1923 S ) .

HENRY PEPPER SCOTT, JR., B.A.1911 Born February 25,1889, Wilmington,Del.; died August 2, 1950, Wilmington,Del

Father, Henry Pepper Scott, presidentWilmington Trust Company, son of AlfredT. and Rebecca W (Pinkerton) ScottMother, Mary Wondcrly (Brown) Scott,daughter of Thomas Stewart and Elizabeth(Wonderly) Brown Yale relatives includetwo nephews, Sidney Scott, Jr , '47 March,Josiah Marvel Scott (Class of 1952).

Lawrenceville School. Second dispute ap-pointment Senior year. Class Baseball andGolf teams, Delta Kappa Epsilon

Treasurer Bond Bottle Sealing Company,Wilmington, 1913-16, president Bond Man-ufacturing Company, cork products, 1916-34, associate Dewey & Almy ChemicalCompany, Cambridge, 1935-37, sales exec-utive American Can Company of NewYork 1937 until retirement 1942; vice-pres-ident board of managers Delaware Hos-pital 1925-34, director Public Safety Com-mission (president board 1924-29, 1933-34), president Yale Alumni Association of

Delaware 1946-49, Board of Harbor Com-missioners, Wilmington, 1949-50; CaptainChemical Warfare Service World War I,member Trinity Church (Episcopal),Wilmington

Married (1) February 4,1915, New YorkCity, Virginia Carolyn, daughter of JohnTaylor and Clara (Brooks) McChesneyChildren. Henry Pepper, 3d, '38, Virginia(Mrs Edmund George Laird), Mary Mc-Chesney (Bi*. Vassar 1940, Mrs EdwardCrane Kirkpa crick), Margaret (Mrs PaulEdmondson Wilson) Mrs Scott died 1942Married (2) January 27, 1948, Wilming-ton, Betty Shuman Blackburn, daughter ofR Roy and Belle (Pettigrew) Shuman

Death due to heart attack Buried inWilmington and Brandywine CemeterySurvived by wife, children, twelve grand-children, and a brother, Sidney Scott, '21

GEORGE HAMLET TAYLOR, BA.1911 Born January 16, 1890, Rochester,N Y , died September 30, 1950, Rochester,N Y

Father, Frank Taylor, president UnionTrust Company, Rochester, son of Jacoband Mary (Harnden) Taylor Mother,Mary (Avenll) Taylor, daughter of Hen-ry and Catharine (Cochrane) Avenll.

Bradstreet Preparatory School, Rochester,University of Rochester 1910-11. Honorsof the third rank and first dispute appoint-ment Junior year, dissertation appointmentSenior year, Alpha Delta Phi

Stock and shipping clerk Taylor Instru-ment Companies 1911, in industrial salesdepartment 1911-17, assistant sales man-ager 1919-34, division sales manager 1934-50, assistant secretary 1934-49, secretary1949-50, and director 1928-50, chief pettyofficer U S Naval Reserve Force WorldWar I, member Westminster PresbyterianChurch, Rochester.

Married October 31, 1917, Rochester,Frances Lillian, daughter of Thomas Byrneand Florence Lillian (Robinson) DunnChildren Lillian Dunn (Mrs SamuelThomas Hubbard, 3d), Georgiana DunnMrs Taylor died 1942

Death due to carcinoma. Buried in MtHope Cemetery, Rochester Survived bychildren, two grandchildren, three sisters,


Mrs Frank S Thomas, Mrs John A Whit-tle, and Mrs George R Newell, and abrother, Raymond A. Taylor.

REGINALD GEORGE TROTTER, B A191 I Born July 14, 1888, Woodstock, Ont ,died April 7, 1951, Kingston, Ont

Father, Thomas Trotter, D D , L L D(B A Umv Toronto 1882, B Th McMasterUmv 1885), professor practical theologyMcMaster University, son of Edwin andHannah (Pinfold) Trotter Mother, EllenMaud (Freeman) Trotter (Wellesley 1886-87), daughter of Rev David Freeman andEliza (Parker) Freeman

Horton Collegiate Academy; attendedAcadia University 1905-6 and McMasterUniversity 1906-7 Entered Yale Junioryear, honors of the first rank Junior year,philosophical oration appointment Senioryear, Yale Debating Team; Phi Kappa Ep-silon

Teacher history Thacher School, Ojai,Calif, 1911-14, MA Harvard 1915, P h D1921 (instructor history 1918); lecturer Bos-ton University 1918-19, Northeastern Uni-versity 1918 fall, Dalhousie University 1919spring, assistant professor British and Can-adian history Stanford 1919-24, associateprofessor history Queen's University (Ont )1924-34, James Douglas Professor Canadianand Colonial History 1934-51 (head his-tory department 1935-51), in chargeQueen's Summer School of Historical Re-search at Canadian Archives, Ottawa, 1929;D C L Acadia 1938, invited to receive hon-orary degree Glasgow June, 1951; delegatefrom Canadian Institute of InternationalAffairs to British Commonwealth RelationsConferences, London, 1945, and Ontario1949, member Canada-United States Com-mittee on Education 1940-45, author: Can-adian Federation Its Origins and Achieve-ment, Canadian History, A Syllabus andGuide to Reading, British Empire-Com-mon wealth, coauthor. Modern History,Canada in World Affairs 1941-44, Chartersof Our Freedom, contributed to periodi-cals, president Kingston Historical Society,Kingston Art Association, member PhiBeta Kappa, Royal Society of Canada (Tyr-rell Medal for historical studies 1949), Can-adian Historical Association, Canadian Pol-

itical Science Association, Royal HistoricalSociety, American Historical Association,Royal Empire Society, American PoliticalScience Association; deacon First BaptistChurch, Kingston

Married June 23, 1923, Palo Alto, Calif,Prudence Hale, daughter of Hiram Bakerand Jennie E (Hale) Fisher Sons: Ber-nard Fisher, Hale Freeman.

Death due to carcinoma. Buried in MtPleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ont Survivedby wife, sons, and one grandchild.

CYRUS CALHOUN TURNER, JR., B A.1911 Born June 4, 1890, Louisville, Ky ;died November 22, 1950, Kcw Gardens,NY.

Father, Cyrus C. Turner (BA. 1878).Mother, Mary Crawford (Haden) Turner

Horace Mann School, New York City.Second dispute appointment Junior andSenior years, contributed to Yale LiteraryMagazine, Chi Delta Thcta, Zeta Psi.

LLB Columbia 1914; lawyer specializ-ing in trusts, New York City, 1914-50 (part-ner Appleton, Rice & Pernn at time ofdeath); officer candidate Field ArtilleryWorld War I

Married August 28, 1924, Great Neck,NY., Sara Ann, daughter of Henry E.and Fannie (Field) Griff en Daughters:Frances Field (Mrs. William Woodson);Salhe Jonett (died in infancy)

Mr Turner was killed in a Long IslandRailroad train wreck Survived by wife andone daughter.

CHARLES ARBUTHNOT, 3D, BA1912 Born September 1, 1888, Pittsburgh,Pa , died January 2, 1951, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Father, Charles Arbuthnot, Jr. (B.A.Westminster 1886), vice-president Arbuth-not-Stevenson Company, wholesale mer-cantile business, Pittsburgh; son ofCharles and Elizabeth (Shaw) ArbuthnotMother, Caroline (Berger) Arbuthnot,daughter of William Henry and Jane As-dale (McGlone) Berger Yale relatives in-clude* Thomas S Arbuthnot, '94 (uncle);Wilson S. McChntock, '06 (cousin)

The Hotchkiss School. Freshman BaseballTeam (assistant coach Freshman Team

Yale College 751911, 1912, 1913), University Soccer andHockey teams, Yale Corinthian YachtClub, Delta Kappa Epsilon Student Gradu-ate School 1912-13.

Associated with Arbuthnot-StevensonCompany 1913-44 (general manager 1922-39, vice-president and director 1939-44);partner Kay, Richards & Company, brokers,Pittsburgh, 1946-51, treasurer Yale Club ofPittsburgh 1914-17, president 1939-40; pres-ident Harvard, Yale, Princeton Club of Pitts-burgh 1941, Captain Infantry World War I(overseas 1918-19), member AlleghenyCounty United War Fund Campaign Com-mittee 1942-45 (chairman 1943), widelyknown as an amateur magician, presidentPittsburgh chapter Society of American Ma-gicians 1940-41; director Chamber of Com-merce, Pittsburgh, 1935-44, member Ma-sonic order and Presbyterian Church, Pitts-burgh

Married November 8, 1933, Asheville,N C , Beaumont, daughter of Elliott Waiteand Sophia Beaumont (Johnstone) Haz-zard

Death due to complications resultingfrom virus infection Buried in HomewoodCemetery, Pittsburgh Survived by wife,and a sister, Miss Elizabeth Shaw Arbuth-not

OSCAR CARLTON SHEPARD, BA.1912 Born April 17, 1891, Thomaston,Conn , died January 26, 1951, New YorkCity

Father, Wendell Louis Shepard, associ-ated with American Mills Company, Water-bury, Conn , son of Oscar and Mary (Hurl-buth) Shepard Mother, Alice Bertha(Lamb) Shepard, daughter of Samuel andAnna (George) Lamb

Crosby High School, Waterbury. Secondcolloquy appointment Junior and Senioryears

With Keystone Cap Company, bottlecaps, 1912-14; teacher English Rider Col-lege 1914-15; teacher High School of Com-merce, New York City, 1915-34, assistantprincipal 1934-39, head secretarial school1940-51, dean of boys 1948-51 (one ofthree teachers who introduced Gregg sys-tem of shorthand in New York Cityschools), teacher Harlem Evening High

School 1915-39 (acting principal 1934-39) >acting principal New York Evening HighSchool 1939-41, principal West SideY M C A evening school, Second Lieuten-ant Chemical Warfare Service World WarI, member High School Teachers Asso-ciation, Eastern Commercial Teachers As-sociation, New York Commercial TeachersAssociation, National Educational Associa-tion.

Married June 30, 1917, Trenton, N J ,Esther Barbara Ruth, daughter of Rev Hu-go Rudolph Wendcl and Louisa Amelia(Freidenberger) Wcndel. Daughter EstherWcndel (B A Hunter Coll 1940, Mrs Ar-mand Vincent Carnevalc)

Death due to uremic poisoning Buriedin Fernclifif Cemetery, Hartsdale, N YSurvived by wife, daughter, two grand-children, and a brother, Paul Samuel Shep-ard

DANIEL GRANT TOMLINSON, B A1912 Born May 1, 1890, New York City,died January 3, 1951, South Laguna, Calif

Father, John Canfield Tomhnson (B ANew York Univ. 1875, LLB 1877, MAHon 1882), a lawyer in New York City,son of Theodore Edwin Tomhnson (YaleLaw School 1834-35) an<^ Abby Esther(Walden) Tomhnson Mother, Dora Mor-rell (Grant) Tomhnson, daughter of Dan-iel James and Elizabeth (Crane) GrantYale relatives include a half brother, JohnC Tomhnson, '01

Wilhston Academy Second colloquy ap-pointment Junior and Senior years, Fresh-man and Apollo Glee clubs, College Choir,University Football and Wrestling teams,circulation manager Yale Record Senioryear, Yale University Dramatic Association,Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Alpha DeltaPhi, Elizabethan Club

LL.B Columbia 1915, lawyer in NewYork City 1915-17, 1921-26, First Lieuten-ant Field Artillery World War I (overseas1917-19); writer Fox Film Corporation,New York City, 1919-21 (European agent,organized offices in France, Belgium, Swit-zerland) and with Metro-Goldwyn-MayerCompany in Hollywood, Calif,- 1926-32;with Bryan Pacific Oil Company 1932 un-til retirement in 1945, vice-president 1939-


45; head of De Motte & Company, artdealers, New York City, 1922-24, presidentSynthetic Products Company 1938

Married June 26, 1936, Los Angeles, Vir-ginia Louise Hilbert Spencer, daughter ofCharles Theodore and Belle Jeanette (Cur-tis) Hilbert

Death due to coronary thrombosis. Bur-ied m Rosemeade National Cemetery, SanDiego Survived by wife

CHARLES WENTWORTH BAKER,JR, B A 1913. Born August 28, 1890, Cin-cinnati, Ohio, died October 19, 1950, Cin-cinnati, Ohio

Father, Charles Wentworth Baker (B AUniv of the Pacific 1870, LL B Univ. Cin-cinnati 1874), a lawyer in Cincinnati, sonof Rev Greenbury Ross Baker and MariaCollins (McCracken) Baker Mother, MaryHelen (Thorne) Baker, daughter of Wil-liam Frederick and Sarah (Collins)Thorne Yale relatives include Ralph EClark, '98 (brother-in-law), Thorne Baker,'03 (brother), William T. Bahlman, '13 S(cousin), Ralph E Clark, Jr , '36(nephew)

The Hill School Second colloquy ap-pointment Senior year, University Footballand Track squads, Yale Corinthian YachtClub, Alpha Delta Phi, Wolf's Head

LL B Univ Cincinnati 1915; attorney inCincinnati 1915-50 (associated with fath-er 1915-17 and with brother 1917-19), as-sistant prosecuting attorney HamiltonCounty 1919-22, special counsel to Attor-ney General of Ohio 1923-26, Second Lieu-tenant Field Artillery World War I, secre-tary Cincinnati Yale Club 1925-27, thirdvice-president 1927-28, division chairmanRed Cross War Fund drives 1940-45, trus-tee Hillsdale Country Day School, memberOhio Bar Association, Cincinnati HomeGuard, and Masonic order

Married January 4, 1917, Cincinnati, Bea-trice Grizelle, daughter of Rev HartleyCarmichael and Bessie (Graham) Car-michael Children Beatrice (Mrs RendigsFels), Mary Helen (Mrs Thomas CharlesWiggers), Elizabeth Graham (B A Smith1948, Mrs Samuel Sanford Sheffield, Jr )

Death due to coronary occlusion Buriedin Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. Sur-

vived by wife, daughters, and a sister, Mrs.Ralph Ewing Clark

EDGAR PRESTON GAY, BA 1913Born June 7,1886, Daviston, Ala ; died De-cember 28, 1950, St. Petersburg, Fla

Father, Edgar Milford Gay, a farmer.Mother, Martha Elizabeth (Jones) Gay

Lineville College; B S. Univ. Alabama1912 Entered Yale Senior year. StudentLaw School 1913-15.

Lawyer in Ashland, Ala, 1915-29, 1935-45 (circuit judge 1929^-35); owned andoperated farms and sawmills in Alabama1915-45, owner E P. Gay, real estate, St.Petersburg, 1925-26, 1935-50

Married July 28, 1915, Florence Lester,daughter of Wilfred Talcott and MaryEmily Taylor (Norton) Dudley. Children:Robert Dudley (died 1921), Wilfred Pres-ton; Janice (Mrs Gerald Cleveland Hill)

Death due to heart attack Buried inRoyal Palm Cemetery, St Petersburg Sur-vived by wife, daughter, one son, onegrandchild, three sisters, Mrs. Otis Cotney,Mrs Marvin Prestridge, Mrs. Ternll Pike,and a brother, William Walter Gay.

ROBERT JAMES MENNER, B A. 1913Born January 30, 1892, Honesdale, Pa ,died April 4, 1951, Walhngford, Conn.

Father, David Hornbeck Menner, part-ner Menner & Company, Inc, general de-partment store, Honesdale, son of RobertJames and Sarah (Wmton) Menner. Moth-er, Barbara Alice (Reif) Menner, daughterof John and Barbara (Ferber) Reif.

Honesdale High School Freshman hon-ors, philosophical oration appointment Jun-ior and Senior years, honors in Englishlanguage and literature Senior year, ZetaPsi, Phi Beta Kappa Ph D. 1918

Lecturer in English University of Man-itoba 1913-15, instructor English Yale1919-22, assistant professor 1922-28, asso-ciate professor 1928-39, professor 1939-43,Lampson Professor of English 1943-47,Sterling Professor 1947-51, director gradu-ate studies in English 1947-51; associate fel-low Pierson College (Yale) 1933-51, editorEnglish Purity, A Middle English Poem,The Poetical Dialogues of Solomon and Sat-

Yale College 11urn; contributed to many scholarly jour-nals; corporal Field Artillery World WarI, member Modern Language Association,Mediaeval Academy of America, LinguisticSociety of America, American Dialect So-ciety, and Episcopal church


ied in Glen Dyberry Cemetery, HonesdaleSurvived by no immediate relatives

EDWARD MAURICE PORTER, BA.1913 Born March 23, 1891, Springfield,Mass ; died April 12,1951, New York City

Father, William Parsons Porter, partnerCutler & Porter Company, wholesale shoebusiness, Springfield; son of James Bayardand Susanna (Parsons) Porter Mother,Mary (Bartlett) Porter; daughter of AsahelHolmes and Minerva (Miller) Bartlett

Central High School, Springfield Ora-tion appointment and first TenEyck PrizeJunior year, DeForest Prize medal Senioryear, Class Orator, president Freshman De-bating Association, Psi Upsilon, Phi BetaKappa

With Massachusetts Life Insurance Com-pany, Springfield, 1913-15; investment sales-man F J. Lisman & Company, New YorkCity, 1920-28 and Prince & Whitely Com-pany 1928-31, representative A W Ben-kert & Company, Inc, New York City,1940-50, member Society of Colonial Warsand Marble Collegiate Church, New YorkCity

Married August 24, 1918, Melrose, Mass ,Blanche Berthe, daughter of Aime andAgnes (Huot) Demers Sons WilliamParsons, 2d, '41; Edward Maurice, Jr.

Death due to arteriosclerosis Buried inOld Hadley (Mass ) Cemetery Survived bywife, sons, and three grandchildren.

KENNETH HERBERT CLAPP, BA.1914 Born June 12, 1890, Pittsburgh, Pa ;died February 23, 1951, Ivy, Va

Father, Charles Edwin Clapp, vice-pres-ident Crucible Steel Company of America,Pittsburgh, son of DeWitt Clinton andDelia (Hubbard) Clapp Mother, CorneliaElla (Hunter) Clapp, daughter of JosephR. and Cornelia (Childs) Hunter

Pawling School. Freshman and Class

Hockey teams, Yale Corinthian YachtClub, Alpha Delta Phi

Manager contract and claims depart-ments Sharon (Pa ) Steel Hoop Company1914-17; pilot (Lieutenant [j g ]) US Na-val Reserve Flying Corps World War I(overseas January-December 1918), withFinance & Trading Corporation, New YorkCity, 1919-20, secretary-treasurer WilliamsTool Corporation, Erie, Pa, 1920-21, vice-president and treasurer Standard MatchCorporation, New York City, 1921-25,manager New York office LockwoodBrackett Company, importers, 1925-27,real-estate and insurance broker Westches-ter County, N Y , 1927 until retirement1948, president Westchester County RealtyBoard 1931-34; vice-president New YorkState Association of Real Estate Boards1943-46, vestryman St Paul's Church(Episcopal), Ivy

Married November 29, 1921, London,England, Vivienne, daughter of James Sam-uel and Vivienne Burroughes DaughterCornelia Vivienne (Mrs James RobertNeal, Jr )

Death due to myocardial infarction Bur-ied in St Paul's Church Cemetery, IvySurvived by wife, daughter, one grand-child, and two brothers, Harold C Clapp(Class of 1912), Charles E Clapp, Jr (Classof 1921)

KENNETH LATHROP MOORE, B A.1914 Born November 28, 1891, Detroit,Mich , died June n , 1951, Detroit, Mich

Father, Lucian Selwyn Moore, a lum-ber merchant, Detroit, son of Stephen andElizabeth (Huse) Moore Mother, RebeccaPent (Pierson) Moore, daughter of Dan-iel Buell and Lydia Hubbard (Lathrop)Pierson Yale relatives include JoshuaLathrop (BA 1743), Pelatiah Webster(B A. 1746) (great-great-great-grandfath-ers) Abraham Pierson, first Rector of YaleUniversity, was an ancestor

Philhps-Andover Philosophical orationappointment Junior year, high oration ap-pointment Senior year, coxswain UniversityCrew, University Squash Team, Yale Co-rinthian Yacht Club, contributed to YaleDaily News, Psi Upsilon, Scroll and Key,Phi Beta Kappa.


With Paterson Brothers & Company, De-troit, 1914-15; advertising agent Power,Alexander & Jenkins 1915-16, Captain Avi-ation Section Signal Corps World War I,salesman and junior partner Wormer &Moore, real estate, 1919-31, vice-president1931-34, president Kenneth L Moore Com-pany, real estate, 1934-51, president VillageGrosse Pointe Farms 1929-31, Urban Lea-gue 1934-42; executive vice-president Prov-ident Loan and Savings Society 1933-51,secretary Michigan Yale Alumni Associa-tion 1919/-22, original trustee McGregorFund, McGregor Library University of Vir-ginia; director Detroit Community Chest,Grosse Pointe Country Day School; chair-man budget committee Detroit Council ofSocial Agencies 1940-45, member Mayor'sInter-Racial Committee 1941

Married October 4, 1922, Detroit, HelenAlcott, daughter of Lewis Bertram andGrace (O'Keeffe) Young Daughter: Mar-tha Lathrop (Mrs Moore Webster)

Death due to carcinoma. Buried inWoodlawn Cemetery, Detroit Survived bywife, daughter, two grandchildren, and twobrothers, Stephen P and Lucius SelwynMoore, Jr

RICHARD OSBORN, BA 1914 BornJuly 22, 1891, Fall River, Mass ; died Octo-ber 23, 1950, Chestnut Hill, Mass

Father, James Edward Osborn, treasurerMerchants Manufacturing Company, FallRiver, son of James Monroe and Mary(Chase) Osborn Mother, Delia (Carr) Os-born, daughter of Elisabeth (Durfee) Carr.

Westminster School Freshman BaseballTeam, president Yale Corinthian YachtClub Senior year, Triennial and SeniorPromenade committees, Delta Kappa Epsi-lon, Skull and Bones

Went to Labrador summer 1914 to over-haul ketch Yale for Dr Wilfred T Gren-fell, clerk Covel & Osborn Hardware Cor-poration, Fall River, 1914-15, ambulancedriver for French Hospital of New YorkCity in France 1915-16, First LieutenantCoast Artillery Reserve Corps World WarI, assistant treasurer and partner Towne,Brayton 8c Osborn, Inc , cotton brokers, FallRiver, 1916-19, president 1919-29, pres-ident Brayton, Ferguson and Osborn 1919-

23, and successor firm Brayton and Osborn,Inc, 1923-29, represented Brown BrothersHarnman & Company, investment banking,Boston, 1929-41, president Granite Mills,Fall River, 1925-28; trustee George PutnamFund and City Savings Bank (Boston), acorporator Walter Fernald School

Married October 20, 1917, Fall River,Eleanor, daughter of Charles Milton andLaura (Gross) Shove Children* Richard,Jr, '41, Mary, the wife of William Mackin-tosh, '38 S , James Edward, 2d, '49, CharlesShove

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall RiverSurvived by wife, children, three grand-children, and a sister, Mrs Leeds Burchard

OTIS TREAT BRADLEY, BA 1915Born June 21, 1895, New Haven, Conn ,died November 22, 1950, New York City

Father, Otis Belden Bradley, owner O BBradley & Company, wholesale produce,Derby, Conn ; son of Lewis and Charlotte(Smith) Bradley Mother, Ellen Lucy(Treat) Bradley, daughter of Nathan Cand Lucy Amelia (Ailing) Treat Yale rel-atives include a great-uncle, John W. Ai-ling (B A 1862)

Derby High School Honors of first rankFreshman and Junior years; philosophicaloration appointment Junior and Senioryears, Freshman Football Team, Zeta Psi,Phi Beta Kappa.

LLB Harvard 1919, lawyer in NewYork City 1919-50 (partner Davis, Polk,Wardwell, Sunderland & Kiendl at time ofdeath), Captain Coast Artillery CorpsWorld War I (overseas 1918-19, Marne andMeuse-Argonne offensives), trustee UnionCollege, Union Theological Seminary,Southampton Hospital, The Chapin School,Chapin-Brearley Exchange, The Buck-ley Foundation, New York Historical So-ciety, and Yale University Library Associ-ates; chairman New York State Bar Asso-ciation, vice-president 1947-50, president1950, director Bethlehem Day Nursery,member Masonic order, elder and presidentboard of trustees Madison Avenue Presby-terian Church, New York City, 1935-50.

Married November 18, 1926, Plainfield,N.J., Marian Booth Ailing (B.A. Goucher

Yale College 791925), daughter of Wilbur M Ailing(Class of 1898 S ) and Winifred Estelle(Cowles) Ailing (Yale Graduate School1897-98). Children. Margaret Osborne(B A Barnard 1952), Otis Treat, Jr. (Classof 1954); Marian Ailing, Edward Michael.

Death due to a heart attack. Buried inOrange (Conn.) Cemetery Survived bywife, children, and a brother, Roger Brad-ley

HARVEY HUNTINGTON BROWN,JR, BA 1915 Born November 9, 1892,Cleveland, Ohio; died August 11, 1950,Cleveland, Ohio.

Father, Harvey Huntington Brown, pres-ident Stewart Iron Company, Ltd, andBrown Hoisting Machinery Company,Cleveland; son of Fayette and Cornelia(Curtis) Brown Mother, Elizabeth Free-man (Hickox) Brown; daughter of Laura(Freeman) Hickox. Yale relatives includeWilson B Hickox, '05 S, Alexander CBrown, '07 (cousins), Chester K Brooks,'06, Elton Hoyt, 2d, '10 (brothers-in-law),Laura Brooks, '47 M (niece); FayetteBrown, Jr, '36, Harvey Brooks, '37, WillardW. Brown, '38, Elton Hoyt, 3d (Class of1944), Oliver Brooks, '45 W (nephews)

Taft School Second dissertation appoint-ment Junior year, dissertation appointmentSenior year; Class baseball team, UniversityTennis Squad, Alpha Delta Phi, EhhuClub

Student Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nology 1916-17, with Brown Hoisting Ma-chinery Company 1919-27 (treasurer 1922-27); vice-president Stewart Furnace Com-pany 1927-50, treasurer Cleveland HobbingMachine Company 1937-42, president 1942-50, First Lieutenant Field Artillery WorldWar I, regional consultant Defense PlantCorporation World War II, president trus-tees University Hospitals 1947-50 (vice-president Joint Committee for the Advanc-ment of Medical Education and Research);trustee Western Reserve University, Hawk-en School, and Cleveland Visiting NurseAssociation; member Cleveland Chamberof Commerce and St. Paul's Church (Epis-copal), Cleveland Heights

Married July 11, 1936, Cleveland, EdithFindley, daughter of George Hamilton and

Edith Putnam (Findley) Gardiner SonsHarvey Huntmgton, 3d, George Gardiner.

Death due to ghoblastoma of brain Ashesinterred in Lake View Cemetery, Cleve-land. Survived by wife, sons, two sisters,Mrs. Chester Kingsley Brooks and MrsElton Hoyt, 2d, and a brother, FayetteBrown, '04

JOHN CROSBY BROWN, BA 1915Born December 22, 1892, New York City,died July 26, 1950, New York City

Father, Rev William Adams Brown, '86Mother, Helen Gilman (Noyes) BrownYale relatives include* John Adams (B A1795) (great-great-grandfather), WilliamAdams (BA 1827) (great-grandfather);John R Adams (BA 1821), Ripley PAdams (BA 1825) (great-great-uncles),Thatcher M Adams (B A 1858), WilliamAdams (Class of 1861) (great-uncles),Winthrop G Noyes, '91, James C Brown,'94, Thatcher M Brown, '97, D RaymondNoyes, '05 (uncles), James E Brown, Jr,'25, Moreau D Brown, '26, Alexander Cros-by Brown, '28, David Brown, '28, ThatcherM Brown, Jr, '30 (cousins)

The Hill School Honors of the first rankand philosophical oration appointment Jun-ior year, high oration appointment Senioryear, managing editor Yale Literary Mag-azine Senior year; contributed to Yale Rec-ord, Class Book and Ivy committees, PsiUpsilon, Scroll and Key, Phi Beta Kappa,Elizabethan Club, member S A T C atYale

Assistant secretary General War TimeCommission of Churches 1917-19, partnerTamblyn & Brown, Inc, fund raising andpublic relations specialists, 1919-50 (pres-ident 1933-50), an authority on economicand public opinion trends, contributed toAtlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs, andother periodicals, treasurer and sponsorChristianity and Crisis, president Nightin-gale-Bamford School, a founder and pres-ident American Association of Fund Rais-ing Counsel; chairman board Union Settle-ment, fellow New York Museum of Art,member American and Foreign ChristianUnion, Commerce and Industry Associa-tion, elder Brick Presbyterian Church, NewYork City


Married June 26, 1934, San Francisco,Margaret, daughter of Kelly Courtright.Daughters Constance Ludington, AnneHutchinson

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Green-Wood Cemetery, BrooklynSurvived by wife, daughters, two brothers,William Adams Brown, Jr., '17, and Win-throp Gilman Brown, '29

JOHN JOSEPH CAMERON, B A 1915Born December 25, 1892, New York City,died March 18, 1951, Washington, DC.

Father, John Edward Cameron, a seacaptain Mother, Charlotte (Wallace)Cameron

Worcester Academy First dispute ap-pointment Junior and Senior years; honorsin classical languages and literature Senioryear

Teacher German, Latin, and history Mc-Donogh (Md ) School 1915-17, First Lieu-tenant Quartermaster Corps World War I(Chief historical branch; compiled historyof operation of Quartermaster Corps); withU S TanfT Commission, Washington,1922-23, assistant Treasury attache USEmbassy, Berlin, 1923-24 and U S Consul-ate, Brussels, 1927-28, later park plannerNational Park Service, U S. Department ofthe Interior, and business analyst NationalHousing Agency, assistant to director Di-vision of Security and CommunicationsWar Shipping Administration 1942-44; sec-retary Yale Alumni Association of Wash-ington 1920-22

Married Elizabeth Hill Son, John Joseph,Jr Mrs Cameron is deceased.

Buned in The National Cemetery, Ar-lington Survived by son

LYON CARTER, B A. 1915 Born Febru-ary 21, 1892, Burlington, V t , died Septem-ber 20, 1950, Hyannis, Mass

Father, Rev Charles F Carter, '78 Moth-er, Harriet Fidelia (Hernck) Carter Yalerelatives include Thomas W Carter, '11(brother), Charles W Carter, '43 E , Fred-eric D Carter, Jr , '45W E , Samuel P. W.Carter, '52 (nephews)

Phillips-Exeter Second colloquy appoint-ment Junior and Senior years; FreshmanFootball Team, captain Freshman TrackTeam, University Football and Track

teams; Triennial and Senior Promenadecommittees; Skull and Bones, Delta KappaEpsilon

With Fisk Rubber Company of NewYork, in Boston, 1915-16 and Estabrook &Company, investment bankers and brokers,Boston, 1919-50 (partner since 1929); gov-ernor Boston and New York Stock ex-changes and Association of Stock Exchangefirms, president Lexington (Mass.) VisitingNurse Association 1937-46, vice-presidentYale Club of Boston; First Lieutenant CoastArtillery Corps World War I (overseas1917-19); member Civilian Defense Com-mittee and War and Price Ration Board,Lexington, World War II; member FirstParish (Unitarian), Lexington

Married May 12, 1917, Lexington, Ruth,daughter of Frank Foster and Maud (Ten-ney) Sherburne. Children: Foster Sher-burne (Brown 1939-41); Charles Francis,2d (Brown 1942-43, 1946-47), TenneySherburne (BA Colorado Coll 1951).

Death due to coronary embolism. Bur-ied in Lexington Cemetery Survived bywife, children, four grandchildren, and twobrothers, Dvvight H Carter, '14, and Fred-eric D. Carter, '19

JOHN TAYLOR JOHNSTON MALI,B A 1915 Born March 27, 1893, New YorkCity; died November 14, 1950, New YorkCity

Father, Pierre Mali (Umv Liege Classof 1877), partner Henry W. T. Mali &Company, woolen commission merchants,New York City; son of Jules and Claire(Poswick) Mali. Mother, Frances (Johns-ton) Mali, daughter of John Taylor Johns-ton (Yale Law School 1839-40) and Fran-ces (Colles) Johnston. Yale relatives in-clude: Robert W. de Forest (B.A. 1870),Colles Johnston (BA 1876), J HerbertJohnston (B A 1877), Henry E Coe (B A1878) (uncles), Johnston de Forest, '96,Henry L. de Forest, '97, Colles J. Coe, '15,Henry E Coe, Jr, '17 (cousins); DouglasM Mofifat, '03 (brother-in-law), Keith M.Moffat, '44 (nephew).

The Hill School Honors of the thirdrank Freshman and Junior years, first col-loquy appointment Junior year, oration ap-pointment Senior year, University Gymnas-tic Team

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Partner Henry W. T Mali & Company1921-50 , Belgian Consul General in NewYork City 1924-42, Honorary Consul Gen-eral (retired) 1942-50, treasurer ArgonneWorsted Company and Rochambeau Wor-sted Company, New York City, 1923-50;Captain Ordnance Department World WarI (interpreter with General John J Per-shing), member Appalachian MountainClub; attended Fifth Avenue PresbyterianChurch, New York City

Married October 16, 1920, Tarry town,NY., Caramai, daughter of Howard andCaroline (Starin) Carroll Children CarolJohnston (B.A Barnard 1942, Mrs EugeneDu Bois), Laura Mane (B A Smith 1945),Claire (BA Smith 1946, MA 1948, MrsDavid Harry Fortier), Pierre, '50

Death due to Parkinson's disease Buriedin Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, TarrytownSurvived by wife, children, three grand-children, two sisters, Mrs. Douglas M Mof-fat and Mrs. David Chester Noyes, and abrother, Henry J. Mali, '21.

JOHN CARLISLE PEET, BA 1915Born April 28, 1892, Summit, N J ; diedDecember 22, 1950, Coconut Grove, Fla

Father, John N Peet, '78 Mother, LucyElla (Carlisle) Peet Yale relatives include:Louis H Peet '87 (uncle), Frank W Tut-tle '15 (brother-in-law), Alta F Timm Peet(School of the Fine Arts 1945-46) (daugh-ter-in-law)

Taft School Honors of the third rankFreshman year; second dispute appoint-ment Junior year, first dispute appoint-ment Senior year, University Track Squad;Freshman and Apollo Banjo and Mandolinclubs; editor Yale Literary Magazine Senioryear, contributed to Yale Banner and Pot-Pourn and Alumni Wee\ly, Yale Univer-sity Dramatic Association, Psi Upsilon,Elizabethan Club, The Pundits

With Deere & Company, farm machin-ery, Mohne, 111, 1915-18 and Douglas LElhman & Company, real estate, New YorkCity, 1918-19, president Ladd & Nichols,Inc, real estate and insurance, 1919-50 (inNew York office 1919-28 and Greenwich1928-50); cadet Air Service World War I;certificate Harvard School of Business Ad-ministration 1943; president Connecticut

chapter Society of Residential Appraisers1941-50 and Real Estate Board of Green-wich 1948-49, member American Instituteof Real Estate Appraisers of National Asso-ciation of Real Estate Boards, attendedEpiscopal church

Married (1) March 24, 1916, Greenwich,Elizabeth Dodds Tuttle (B A Vassar 1911),daughter of Fred Bradley Tuttle ChildrenElizabeth Carlisle Peet Carlson Josephy(Mrs Alvin M Josephy), David Carlisle,'45 E Mr and Mrs Peet were divorced1925 Married (2) August 17, 1925, NewYork City, Alys Lenore, daughter of Al-bert Frederic and Emma (Rodabaugh)Sweeley Son John Carlisle, Jr, '50

Death due to heart failure Buried inGreen-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Survivedby wife, children, and two grandchildren

LOUIS STIX WEISS, BA 1915 BornFebruary 7,1894, New York City, died No-vember 13, 1950, New York City

Father, Samuel W Weiss, '72 Mother,Carrie (Stix) Weiss Yale relatives include:William S Weiss, '08 (brother), MortimerW. Rice, '03 S, Jerome M Rice (Class of1904), Joseph F Cullman, Jr, '04, CarlStix, '11, Howard S Cullman, '13, ThomasL, Stix, '18 (cousins), Samuel W Weiss, '39(nephew)

Horace Mann School Honors of the sec-ond rank Freshman year, philosophical ora-tion appointment Junior and Senior years,Psi Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, ElizabethanClub, The Pundits

In legal division U S War IndustriesBoard 1917-18, U S Housing Corporation,Department of Labor, 1918-19, LLB Co-lumbia 1920 (chairman board of editorsColumbia Law Review), lawyer in NewYork City 1920-50, specializing in corpora-tion, publishing, and domestic relations law(partner Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &Garrison at time of death), State DeputyAttorney General Nassau County 1924-25,general counsel Chicago Sun-Times 1941-48, general counsel and treasurer PM andNew Yot\ Star, general counsel and secre-tary Field Enterprises, Inc., and FieldFoundation 1944-50, vice-president U SCommission for Care of European Chil-dren, Inc , chairman of the board New


School for Social Research, trustee Amer-ican Council on Race Relations and Nation-al Opinion Research Center, Chicago, chair-man national legal committee NationalAssociation for the Advancement of Col-ored People, member Association of theBar of the City of New York, and NewYork County Lawyers Association

Married June 6,1919, New York City, Al-ine Polhtzer (B A Columbia 1917), daugh-ter of Dr Sigmund Polhtzer and Alice(Kohn) Polhtzer Children Elizabeth (B AGeorge Washington Umv 1942, Mrs Ed-win Leo Goldwasser), Barbara (B A UmvChicago 1943, Mrs Robert S Merrill),Kathenne (B A Smith 1948, Mrs LouisHcilpnn); William Polhtzer (Harvard1949-52)

Death due to coronary thrombosis Sur-vived by wife, children, three grandchil-dren, and two sisters, Mrs Carl SamuelStern and Mrs Gordon Congdon King

ROBERT GRAEME CROCKER, BA1916 Born June 12,1895, San Diego, Calif.,died February 27, 1951, Malone, N Y

Father, Henry G Crocker (LLB 1891,LLM 1892) Mother, Florence Mabelle(Gates) Crocker

St Luke's School, Wayne, Pa Second dis-pute appointment Senior year, Apollo GleeClub, College Choir

Executive apprentice Curtis PublishingCompany 1916-19, teacher Roxbury Tutor-ing School 1919, bond salesman BrownBrothers Company, Philadelphia, 1920-23,Guaranty Company of New York 1924-25,and Roosevelt & Son, New York City, 1925-27, master French Asheville School 1927-28, engaged in personal financial studies1928-41, deputy administrator War Sav-ings staff U S Treasury 1941-43; actingchief Employment Tax division Bureau ofInternal Revenue 1943 until retirement1945, First Lieutenant Air Service (instruc-tor Fort Sill) World War I; member StMark's Church (Episcopal), Malone

Married September 15, 1937, Malone,Phyllis Rust (B A Smith 1929), daughterof Dr Aloney Lyman Rust and Litz (Dus-tin) Rust

Death due to pulmonary embolism.Ashes scattered Southwest Harbor, MaineSurvived by wife.

ALLAN BROWN GRAHAM, B A 1916Born October 18, 1892, Pittsburgh, Pa ;died June 3, 1951, Frankfurt, Mich

Father, Samuel Creighton Graham, pres-ident Lockport Paving Company Mother,Caroline Fisk (Brown) Graham; daughterof John G and Caroline (Fisk) Brown

Princeton Preparatory School R O T Cat Yale Awarded BA. 1917 with enroll-ment in Class of 1916.

Trustee estate of S C. Graham 1919-22;owner Graham Orchards & Farms, Elberta,Mich, 1922-51, seaman U S Naval ReserveForce World War I (served on U S SGuinevere, US S Courtney, U.S S Breese);member East Liberty Presbyterian Church,Pittsburgh

Married June 21,1932, South Bend, Ind,Ruth Jane Kinder (BA. Univ. Michigan1927), daughter of Willard Henry andMaude (Rice) Kinder Daughters Caro-lyn (Mrs William E. Whitehead); Lois.

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Gilmore Cemetery, Elberta, Mich.Survived by wife and daughters.

HARLAN BASSETT PERRINS, BA1916 Born April 19, 1894, Ansonia, Conn ;died November 9,1950, New Haven, Conn.

Father, Thomas Asbury Pernns, super-intendent Seymour (Conn ) Eyelet Manu-facturing Company; son of Rev. John Per-nns and Rebecca (Beck) Pernns. Mother,Emily Andrews (Bassett) Pernns, daugh-ter of Ehott R and Ann Alida (Andrews)Bassett Yale relatives include a brother-in-law, William L Wilkinson, '30

Sevmour High School Honors of thethird rank Freshman year and of the firstrank Junior year, high oration appoint-ment Junior year, philosophical oration ap-pointment Senior year; Phi Beta Kappa;Sigma Xi M D. cum laude 1918.

Resident in obstetrics and gynecologyMethodist Episcopal Hospital, Brooklyn,1919-21, resident surgeon New York Ly-mg-In Hospital 1921, obstetrician and gy-necologist in New Haven 1921-50; assist-ant in anatomy Yale 1921-22, 1924-26, as-sociate clinical professor obstetrics and gy-necology 1938-50, obstetrician and gyne-cologist Grace-New Haven CommunityHospital University Service 1945-50 (chief

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obstetrics and gynecology service GraceUnit 1936-50); consulting obstetrician andgynecologist Griffin Hospital, Derby,Conn; Lieutenant Medical Corps WorldWar I, medical officer Coast Guard Aux-iliary World War II, diplornate AmericanBoard of Obstetrics and Gynecology; fel-low American College of Surgeons, mem-ber New Haven and American Medical as-sociations, New Haven County and Con-necticut State Medical societies, New HavenObstetrical Society, trustee First MethodistChurch, New Haven.

Married September 24, 1921, Menden,Conn, Helen Marietta, daughter of LouisHoward and Ida Beil (Goodrich) Wilkin-son Children* Harlan Bassett, Jr, '45, Al-len Ross, '50 E , Emily Wilkinson (B AConnecticut Coll. 1951)

Death due to carcinoma Buried inBeaverdale Memorial Park, New HavenSurvived by wife, children, and a grandson

WILLIAM EDWIN CHILTON, JR,BA. 1917 Born December 2, 1893, Charles-ton, W Va, died September 21, 1950,Charleston, W.Va.

Father, William Edwin Chilton, partnerChilton, MacCorkle & Chilton, lawyers;US Senator from West Virginia 1911-17,son of William Edwin and Mary Elizabeth(Wilson) Chilton Mother, Mary Louise(Tarr) Chilton; daughter of Campbell andMary (Slevin) Tarr. Yale relatives includea brother-in-law, John D Schoonmaker,Jr, '24 S

Woodberry Forest School, Orange, VaSecond colloquy appointment Junior year,first dispute appointment Senior year, Classbaseball and swimming teams; on Yale Rec-ord board, University Banjo and Mandolinclubs, Class historian, Fence Orator, Classsupper committee, Delta Kappa Epsilon.

With Daily Gazette Company, publishersof Charleston Gazette, 1921-50 (assistantgeneral manager 1921-22, president andchairman board 1921-50, editor 1924-50),associate editor West Virginians (pub-lished by West Virginia Biographical So-ciety) 1928; vice-president Charleston En-graving Company 1930-50, treasurerCharleston Parks and Playground Com-mission 1940-48, Ensign US Naval Re-serve Flying Corps World War I, on En-

emy Alien Hearing Board for SouthernDistrict of West Virginia 1942-44, memberNational Press Club, Sons of the Revolu-tion, Masonic order, and St John's Church(Episcopal), Charleston

Married June 19, 1920, Kingston, N Y ,Louise Burt, daughter of John Davis andAlberta (Benedict) Schoonmaker Chil-dren William Edwin, 3d, '50, Mary Car-roll (Sweet Briar 1943-44, Mrs Park Chap-man) Mrs Chilton died 1928

Death due to coronary occlusion Buriedin Teays Hill Cemetery, St Albans, W VaSurvived by children, mother, and a sister,Mrs Douglas Murray t

JAMES GOULD, B A 1917 Born May 15,1894, Bristol, Pa ; died September 18, 1950,Flourtown, Pa

Father, James Sherman Gould, presidentJ S Gould, hosiery manufacturers, Phila-delphia, son of James and Mary (Wharton)Gould Mother, Jane (Silbert) Gould,daughter of George and Mary Silbert Yalerelatives include a brother, Sidney Gould(Class of 1919 S) .

Phillips-Andover University Footballand Swimming teams; Psi Upsilon, Skulland Bones. B A honoris causa 1920

In credit department Bankers TrustCompany, New York City, 1919-25 (man-ager syndicate department 1922-25), vice-president and New York representativeShawmut Corporation of Boston, bank-ing and investments, 1925-31, vice-pres-ident Commercial Factors Corporation, tex-tile banking, New York City, 1931-39,treasurer Phillips Academy, Andover, 1939-50, and trustee, Captain Field ArtilleryWorld War I, associate Addison Gallery ofAmerican Art, Andover, trustee AndoverSavings Bank, member Association of Ex-members of Squadron A, Inc, and St Lukeand the Epiphany Church (Episcopal),Philadelphia

Married (1) July 19, 1919, Pans, Ger-maine Gabnelle, daughter of Paul ErnestMane and Louise Mane (d'Estrehen)Richard Mr and Mrs Gould were divorced1926 Married (2) January 12, 1927, NewYork City, Marian, daughter of Jere Wick-liffe and Sarah (Holmes) Goldsmith.Daughter Diane (B A Columbia 1951)


Died suddenly Ashes interred in IvyHill Cemetery, Mt Airy, Philadelphia Sur-vived by wife and daughter

ASA BURTON NELSON, BA 1917Born August 6, 1896, Derby Line, Vt , diedJune 26, 1951, Newton, Mass

Father, Charles Eugene Nelson, vice-pres-ident Nelson & Hall Company, a manufac-turer in Derby Line, son of Asa Burton andMiriam (Goodwin) Nelson Mother, Nellie(Hall) Nelson, daughter of Samuel Still-man and Martha (Taylor) Hall Yale rel-atives include an uncle, George B Adams(BD 1877)

Taft School High oration appointmentJunior year, Freshman and Class Hockeyteams, Freshman Mandolin Club

LL B Harvard 1922, lawyer in Boston1922-51, First Lieutenant QuartermasterCorps World War I, member Massachu-setts Bar Association and Masonic order(lecturer Grand Royal Arch chapter of Mas-sachusetts, deputy grand high priest GrandRoyal Arch chapter; commander-elect Bos-ton Commandery)

Married October 4, 1924, Brooklme,Mass, Dorothy Anne, daughter of AlbertCobb and Emma Rebecca (Keith) Aldnch

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Derby Line Cemetery Survived bywife, mother, and a sister, Mrs. Florence NAplmgton

LEO SIMPSON BLACK, B A 1918 BornOctober 9, 1895, Seattle, Wash , died Janu-ary 29, 1951, Seattle, Wash

Father, Frank DeWitt Black, partnerFrank D Black, Inc, Seattle, son of Josephand Mary (Simpson) Black Mother, Kate(Gilmore) Black, daughter of HenryGeorge and Fanny (Chancellor) GilmoreYale relatives include two cousins, JosephC Black, '08, Charles H Black (Class of

St Luke's School, Wayne, Pa Honors ofthe third rank Freshman year, high orationappointment Junior year, Freshman GleeClub, Beta Theta Pi Awarded BA 1919with enrollment in Class of 1918

In credit department Seattle HardwaieCompany 1919-23, with Seattle CedarLumber Manufacturing Company 1923-51

(secretary and treasurer 1924-45, pres-ident 1945-51), vice-president Frank DBlack, Inc, 1923-51, secretary-treasurerSutton Lumber & Trading Company1924-51, treasurer English Lumber Com-pany 1924-50, president 1950-51, Cap-tain Field Artillery World War I,president Seattle Symphony Orchestra1929-30, Yale Alumni Association of Wash-ington 1936-37, 1948-50, and CommunityChest 1942-43, trustee Lakeside School, di-rector Y M C A (chairman finance com-mittee 1924-48), on executive committeeCouncil of Churches and Christian Educa-tion 1949-50 and Seattle Chamber of Com-merce; vestryman St Barnabas Church(Episcopal), Bainbndge Island

Married June 18, 1921, Seattle, Dorothy,daughter of William Hunter and Anna(Braddock) McEwan Children: Manllyn(B A Vassar 1944, Mrs R Duke Watson,3d), William McEwan, *45W, Alan Fraser,'50 E , David Chancellor (Class of 1954)

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Washelh Cemetery, Seattle Survivedby wife, children, mother, and two brothers,Harold Chancellor Black, and Frank Gil-bert Black

WILLIAM JAMES CONNERS, JR, B A1918 Born September 22, 1895, Buffalo,N Y , died February 3, 1951, Buffalo, N Y

Father, William James Conners, news-paper publisher in Buffalo, son of Peterand Ellen (Scanlon) Conners Mother,Mary Alice (Jordan) Conners, daughter ofThomas and Hannah (Kirby) Jordan.

Harstrom School. Member Alpha DeltaPhi Awarded B A 1919 with enrollment inClass of 1918

Vice-president Buffalo Courier, Inc(publishers Buffalo Courier, Buffalo En-quirer), 1919-26 and president successorBuffalo Courier-Express 1926-51, presidentFrontier Contracting Company, and Fron-tier Warehouse Company, Inc, 1929-51,chairman of board Radio Station WEBR,Inc, Buffalo; First Lieutenant U S NavalReserve World War I, and Captain WorldWar II, vice-president Yale Alumni As-sociation of Western New York 1939-40,president 1940-41; member St Joseph'sCathedral, Buffalo.

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Married October 23, 1917, New YorkCity, Cornne Hyacinth, daughter of GeorgeE and Rita (Selby) Tilford Children Wil-liam James, 3d, Rita Cornne (Mrs DavidB Leopold), Sally Ann

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Holy Cross Cemetery, Buffalo Sur-vived by wife, children, three grandchil-dren, and three sisters, Mrs Edwin C An-drews, Mrs Katherme C Ryan, Mrs RuthC Atwood

BEVERLY RUSSELL MYLES, B A. 1918Born June 2, 1895, New York City; diedFebruary 19, 1951, New York City

Father, Robert Cunningham Myles (M DLouisiana Univ. 1874), physician in NewYork City, son of Dr William Myles andAmanda (McCall) Myles. Mother, EdithRussell (Platt) Myles, daughter of JamesRussell and Mary (Dayton) Platt

The Hill School Honors of the thirdrank Freshman year, second dispute ap-pointment Junior year, Alpha Delta Phi

LLB Columbia 1924 (editor Law Re-view) , lawyer in New York City 1924-51(partner Myles, Wormser & Koch at timeof death), in charge American Field Ser-vice Unit in Italy World War I (decor-ated by Italian government), member As-sociation of the Bar of the City of NewYork, Society of Mayflower Descendants,and St James Protestant EpiscopalChurch, New York City

Married (1) February 6, 1931, NewYork City, Marion, daughter of John MWallace Mr and Mrs Myles were divorcedMarried (2) August 29, 1934, Murray Bay,Que, Edith Bradford, daughter of JohnMaynard and Elizabeth Palmer (Flagg)Harlan Daughter. Edith Bradford

Death due to malignancy in the lym-phatic gland system Buried in WoodlawnCemetery, New York City Survived bywife, daughter, mother, and a brother,Robert C. Myles, Jr. (Class of 1916)

PALME JOEL PETERSON OSCAR-SON, B A 1920 Born July 10, 1896, Aspen,Colo, died June 10, 1951, Baltimore, Md

Father, Rev Anders Oscar Peterson

(grad Chicago Theological Seminary1894), son of Per Johann and Birta Katnna(Olson) Peterson Mother, Hilda Maria(Anderson) Peterson

East Greenwich ( R I ) Academy FirstLucius F Robinson Latin Prize Senioryear. Ph D 1924

Teacher Collegiate School, New Haven,1920-24 and summers 1923-30, masterSpanish and head department GilmanCountry School 1924-51, private MedicalDepartment World War I

Married August 19, 1919, New Haven,Eleanore Josephine, daughter of John Au-gust and Elna (Johnson) Enckson SonsDavid Webster, '43, Donald, '51

Death due to artenosclerotic heart dis-ease Buried in Beaverdale Memorial Park,New Haven Survived by wife, sons, moth-er, a sister, Mrs S Peter Larson, and abrother Oscar Peter Peterson Oscarson

SCHUYLER LAWRENCE BLACK,B A 1921 Born September 17, 1900, Syra-cuse, N Y , died November 20, 1950, Syra-cuse, N Y

Father, Jerrold William Black, founderand president Burhans & Black HardwareCompany, Syracuse Mother, Delight(Boynton) Black Yale relatives includeEric A Swenson (Class of 1905 S ) , Ros-well Park, '07 S, Albin C Swenson, '08 S,Wells S Dickinson, '08 S, Edwin B Dick-inson, '13 S (cousins)

The Choate School Freshman and Classcrews, S A T C at Yale, Phi Gamma DeltaAwarded B A 1922 with enrollment inClass of 1921

LL B Syracuse 1924 (member Phi Al-pha Phi), student Harvard Law School1924-25, lawyer in Syracuse 1925-50 (part-ner Black & Moorhead), an organizer andmember Salvation Army Advisory Board(secretary 1935-46), trustee Syracuse Mu-seum of Fine Arts (treasurer 1932-46) andSyracuse Association of Workers for theBlind, member Syracuse Chamber of Com-merce, American and New York State Titleassociations, Onondaga County, New YorkState, and Ameiican Bar associations, Ma-sonic order, and St Paul's Church (Episco-pal), Syracuse


Married September 12, 1929, Syracuse,Delia May, daughter of Alfred James Han-cock Sons Lawrence Van Wagenen (B A.Colgate 1952), Peter Hancock; JeffreyChamplm (died in infancy)

Death due to carcinoma Buried in Rhine-beck (NY) Cemetery Survived by wifeand two sons

PAUL PALMER BUSHNELL, B A 1921.Born January 26,1900, New York City, diedJanuary 3, 1951, at sea en route from Bom-bay to London

Father, Rev JohnE Bushnell,DD (B A.1880) Mother, Florence Augusta (Ells-worth) Bushnell Yale relatives include anuncle, Henry A Bushnell (BA 1879)

Blake School Scholar of the third rankJunior year, oration appointment Juniorand Senior years, University Tennis Team,University Band and Orchestra, businessmanager Yale Literary Magazine Junioryear

M A Columbia 1923, studied Chinese inPeking 1923-24, teacher Kuang Teh Schoolfor Boys (Presbyterian Middle School)Hengyang, Hunan, China, 1924-26, actingprincipal 1925, teacher Silhman University,Philippine Republic, 1926-27, PhD Col-umbia 1930, student University of Viennaand traveled in Europe 1929, assistant pro-fessor of education College of Wooster1929-47, associate professor 1948-51 (onleave to State Department 1947-51 [princi-pal Habibia College, Kabul, Afghanistan]),author An Analytical Contrast of Oralwith Wfttten English, contributed to edu-cational periodicals, member Kappa PhiKappa, Phi Delta Kappa, American Associ-ation of University Professors, elder Woo-ster Presb>teiian Church 1938-44, directorreligious education 1945-47

Married June 26,1929, Mildred, daughterof John G and Agnes (Jackson) Shackle-ton Sons Paul Ellsworth, Walter John

Death due to virus pneumonia Buried mWooster Cemetery Survived by wife, sons,mother, two brothers, Ellsworth Bushnell,'11, and John Horace Bushnell

EDWIN LEONARD SHEVLIN, BA1921 Born October 29, 1898, Crookston,Minn ; died October 13,1950, Boston, Mass

Father, Edwin Charles Shevhn, ownerThe Shevhn Lumber Companies, Bend,Ore , son of John and Maude Matilda (Leo-nard) Shevhn Mother, Harriet Albina(Hall) Shevhn, daughter of Stephen Cros-by and Alice Albina (Clark) Hall. Yale rel-atives include a cousin, Thomas L. Shevlin,'06.

The Hill School Scholar of the thirdrank Junior year; Freshman and Univer-sity Football teams, Freshman BaseballTeam, University Track and Gymnasticteams, sergeant R O T C at Yale, AlphaDelta Phi, Skull and Bones.

In planing mill Eastern and WesternLumber Company, Portland, Ore, 1921-22;with Shevhn-Hixon Lumber Company,Bend, 1922-50 (salesman New York 1925-31, assistant general manager sawmills,Bend, 1931-39, executive vice-presidentShevhn Pine Sales Company, Minneapolis,and Shevlin-Hixon Company, 1939-50),vice-president Yale Alumni Association ofthe Northwest 1946-47, president 1947-48;Second Lieutenant Field Artillery WorldWar I, president men's advisory boardNorthwestern Hospital of Minneapolis, di-rector Chamber of Commerce, Minneap-olis; member Westminster PresbyterianChurch, Minneapolis

Married December 9, 1930, New YorkCity, Ella Jeanne Broward (BA UmvWashington 1921, B S. Columbia 1922,MA 1923), daughter of Napoleon Bona-parte and Annie Isabel (Douglass) Brow-ard Children Edwin Leonard, Jr , JeanBroward

Death due to carcinoma Ashes interredin Portland Memorial Cemetery Survivedby wife, children, and a brother, CrosbyH Shevhn (Class of 1920)

JAMES WILLIAM TOUMEY, B.A. 1922.Born September 14, 1900, New Haven,Conn , died October 18,1950, Boston, Mass.

Father, James William Tourney, Sc D ,D F (BS Michigan Agricultural Coll1889, MS 1895, MA Hon Yale 1907),Dean Yale School of Forestry 1919-22; sonof Dennis and Mary (Buckley) Tourney.Mother, Constantia Hayes (Blake) Tou-rney, daughter of William P Blake (Ph B.1852) and Charlotte Haven Lord (Hayes)

Yale College

Blake. Yale relatives include* Eh Whitney(B.A. 1792) (great-great-great-uncle), EliWhitney Blake (BA. 1816), Edward SBlake (BA. 1835) (great-great-uncles),Francis H Blake, '82 S, Joseph A. Blake,'85, T. Whitney Blake, '90 S. (uncles), Joseph A. Blake (Class of 1916), William Al-exander Duer Blake (Class of 1940), TWhitney Blake, '52, Edwin Thorne Blake(Class of 1954) (cousins), Melville EStone, 2d (Class of 1928) (brother-in-law).

The Choate School Second FreshmanCrew; member N R O T C at Yale

M D Columbia 1926, Med Sc D 1934;interne Presbyterian Hospital, New YorkCity, 1926-27, St. Luke's Hospital 1928,New York Orthopedic Hospital 1929-30,fellow New York Orthopedic Hospital 1931-33, assistant surgeon 1934-35, associate at-tending surgeon 1936, attending surgeon1937-38; instructor orthopedic surgery Co-lumbia University 1934-38; orthopedic sur-geon Lahey Clinic, Boston, 1938-42, 1945-50, New England Baptist Hospital and NewEngland Deaconess Hospital, Boston, con-sultant U S Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass ;Commander U S Naval Reserve MedicalCorps World War II (overseas 1944-45),fellow American College of Surgeons;member Interurban Orthopedic Club,American Academy of Orthopedic Sur-geons, American Orthopedic Association,American Medical Association, and StPaul's Church (Episcopal), Dedham,Mass

Married July 30, 1927, York Harbor,Maine, Eleanor McCormick Stone (BarnardClass of 1928), daughter of Herbert Stuartand Mary Gngsby (McCormick) Stone.Children Eleanor McCormick (RadclifTeClass of 1953), James William, 3d

Death due to carcinoma Buried in Wal-nut Hills Cemetery, Brooklme, Mass. Sur-vived by wife, children, and stepmother,Mrs Nannie B Trowbndge Tourney (Classof 1884 Art)

WARWICK BEARDSLEY, BA. 1923Born August 29, 1901, New Haven, Conn ,died May 23, 1951, Miami, Fla

Father, Rev. William Agur Beardsley,D D . (BA. Trinity [Conn] 1887, M A

1890, grad Berkeley Divinity School 1890),rector St Thomas' Church, New Haven,son of Agur and Elizabeth Ann (Lewis)Beardsley Mother, Alletta Holhster (War-wick) Beardsley, daughter of Barksdaleand Phoebe Warren (Douglas) Warwick

Loomis Institute Member Phi Kappa Ep-silon, Alpha Delta Phi LL B 1925

Lawyer in Miami 1926-51, specializing intitle work since 1934, president Virel In-vestment Company and treasurer ParkwayProperties, Inc, 1935-50, treasurer Kim-berly Company 1940-50, member DadeCounty and Florida State Bar associations,and Holy Cross Church (Episcopal),Miami

Married (1) June 23, 1925, Hartford,Conn., Dorothy E , daughter of Arthur A.and Augusta Engstrom Children Virginia(Univ Miami 1948-49; Mrs Ralph W Mc-Candhss), Elizabeth Alletta (Mrs. RonaldL Lee) Mr and Mrs Beardsley were di-vorced 1943 Married (2) May 5,1945, FortLauderdale, Fla, Edith May ZimmermanChurch, daughter of Charles and Florence(Sailer) Zimmerman

Death due to carcinoma Ashes interredin Philadelphia Survived by wife, children,and three grandchildren

CALEB FRANCIS EDDY, BA 1923Born May 12, 1901, Wellesley Hills, Mass ,died February 28, 1951, Philadelphia, Pa

Father, Frank Stetson Eddy (B A Har-vard 1894), member C F and G W Eddy,Inc, wholesale hay and grain merchants,Boston, son of Caleb Francis and Georgiana(Winslow) Eddy Mother, Martha Poole(Deming) Eddy, daughter of Edgar Mosesand Martha Ellen (Poole) Deming Yalerelatives include two uncles, Henry LWhittlesey, '84, W Usher Parsons, '95 S

Philhps-Andover Freshman BaseballTeam, University Baseball Team (captainSenior year), University Football Squadand Team, University Wrestling Squad,Class hockey team, Senior Promenade com-mittee, Psi Upsilon, Wolf's Head

With Procter & Gamble Company, Cin-cinnati, 1923-24 and Winslow Brothers &Smith Company, Boston, 1924-27, salesmanC F & G W Eddy, Inc, 1927-30, vice-president 1930-35, successively sales engi-


neer and assistant general manager Shaw-mut Engineering Company, manufacturerstextile machinery and special equipment,Boston, 1935-48, vice-president AxminsterSupply Company of America, manufac-turers textile machinery, Philadelphia,1948-51, member U S Coast Guard Reserve1941-45 and Church of our Saviour (Epis-copal), Jenkintown, Pa

Married (1) August 24, 1924, New YorkCity, Virginia Grace, daughter of HarryWells and Lou Ella (Shambhn) PalmerMr and Mrs Eddy were divorced 1931Married (2) September 2, 1932, Coral Ga-bles, Fla , Frances Caroline Hopkins (Flor-ida State Coll for Women 1929-30),daughter of Phelps and Elizabeth Barrett(Hoover) Hopkins Children John Phelps,Susan Winslow

Death due to virus meningitis Buried inWoodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley, Mass Sur-vived by wife, children, mother, and threebrothers, Winslow Eddy, Spencer D Eddy,and F Stetson Eddy, Jr, '32

ERNEST CRITTENDEN LYONS, B.A1923 Born January 7, 1895, Pans> Texas,died October 10, 1950, Brooklyn, N Y

Father, George W Lyons Mother, Gena(Landrum) Lyons, daughter of Frank Ver-nan and Mary Earl (Wilkins) Landrum

Austin (Texas) Academy, attended Uni-versity of Texas 1914-15, Lieutenant (} g )Supply Corps, U S Naval Reserve ForceWorld War I Entered Yale Sophomoreyear

In investment business New York City1923-50 (Estabrook & Company 1923-28,Harris, Forbes & Company 1929-32, Chase,Harris, Forbes Corporation 1932-33, andStarkweather & Company 1933-50); vice-commander Lafayette post American Le-gion, member Presbyterian church

Married July 19, 1929, Caroline LeHard(Arnold Coll 1915-17), daughter of LouisEdward and Frances Sabra (Jones) Le-H^ird

Death due to carcinoma Buried inGreen-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Survivedby wife

JOSEPH EDWARD BANNON, BA1925 Born October 30, 1902, Winsted,Conn , died July 19, 1950, Winsted, Conn

Father, Francis Peter Bannon (grad Co-lumbia School of Pharmacy 1895), propri-etor Bannon's Drug Store, Winsted, son ofTimothy and Catherine Bannon. Mother,Catherine Agnes (Hickey) Bannon; daugh-ter of James and Margaret Hickey.

Gilbert School, WinstedPart owner and manager Bannon's Drug

Store 1925-50," member Roman Catholicchurch

UnmarriedDeath due to suppurative meningitis.

Buried in Old St Joseph's Cemetery, Win-sted Survived by mother and two brothers,Timothy F Bannon, '22, and James H Ban-non, '25.

JOHN GEORGE HAZAM, BA. 1925Born November 8, 1898, Sidon, Syria, diedJune 19, 1951, New York City.

Father, George John Hazam, a woolen-mill worker Norwich, Conn , son of JohnGeorge and Ann (Haddad) Hazam Moth-er, Fifi (Habib) Hazam, daughter of Ha-bib Joseph and Mary Habib

Norwich Free AcademyIn auditing department Brooklyn Edi-

son Company 1923-24; tutor in San Fran-cisco 1924-25, teacher of history PotterSchool, San Francisco, 1925, graduate stu-dent in history Stanford University 1925-26, student and teaching fellow in historyUniversity of California 1926-30 (MA.1928, PhD 1932), assistant professor ori-ental history University of Oregon 1930-32and history Lake Forest University 1932-33, traveled abroad 1934, instructor historyCollege of the City of New York 1935-45,assistant professor 1945-51, president Insti-tute of Arab-American Affairs 1948-51, di-rector Syrian and Lebanese Federation; edi-tor Arab World 1948-51; member Commit-tee for American Near East Relief, Inc,American Historical Association, andAmerican Association of University Pro-fessors

Married August 22,1940, New York City,Elizabeth DeGraw, daughter of Orne Mar-tin and Elizabeth Rachel (DeGraw) MeyneChildren Dennis Omar; Ronda Meyne

Death due to coronary sclerosis Buriedin St Joseph's Cemetery, Norwich, Conn

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Survived by wife, children, two sisters, MissSophia Hazam and Mrs Malcolm M Hut-chinson, and two brothers, Louis and Wil-liam Hazam.

ALFRED DAMON LINDLEY, BA1925 Born January 20, 1904, Minneapolis,Minn ; died February 22, 1951, Paxton,Nebr.

Father, Clarkson M Lindley (AmherstClass of 1878), in real-estate business inMinneapolis, son of Dr Alfred HadleyLindley (grad. Jefferson Medical Coll1850) and Eliza Jane (Hill) LindleyMother, Anna (Gale) Lindley (B L Smith1889); daughter of Samuel C Gale (B A1854) anc* Susan Abigail (Damon) GaleYale relatives include* Edward C Gale(B A 1884), Charles S Gale, '95 (uncles),Richard P Gale, '22 (cousin).

Phillips-Andover University FootballSquad; Freshman and University Hockeyteams; stroke University Crew (winnerEastern Collegiate championship and mem-ber World's championship Olympic crew,Pans, 1924), winner Goetschius scullingcup Senior year; Alpha Delta Phi, Scrolland Key, The Pundits

LLB. University of Minnesota 1930(member Phi Delta Phi), lawyer in Min-neapolis 1930-51, and active in real-estatebusiness; State representative 1940-42;chairman Credentials Committee, Repub-lican National Convention 1948, presidentMinneapolis Chamber of Commerce 1941and Civic and Commerce Association; trus-tee Carleton College; Lieutenant Com-mander U S Naval Reserve World War II(executive officer N.A S Attu, intelligenceofficer U S S Hornet, Staff-CommanderFleet Air Wing I ) ; assistant to Chief, ECA(Marshall Plan) Mission in United King-dom 1948-49, upper midwest light heavy-weight Golden Gloves boxing champion1931; on U.S Olympic ski team 1936 (chair-man US Olympic Ski Association 1951),leader of first group in history to scale bothpeaks of Mt McKmley 1932; member Gol-den Glove Better Sports Committee andPlymouth Congregational Church, Minne-apolis

Married April 7, 1937, Minneapolis,Grace, daughter of John Gordon and Chris-

tine (Abrahamson) Carter ChildrenClarkson and Knstine

Mr Lindley was killed in an airplanecrash Buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Min-neapolis Survived by wife, children, moth-er, three sisters, Mrs Valentine Wurtele,Mrs Stephen Ladd, and Mrs Ward CBurton

LEONARD BACON CLARK, B A 1927Born December 28, 1905, Portland, Maine,died August 4, 1950, Ontario, Calif

Father, Eleazer Winslow Clark, presidentJ S Winslow & Company, ship brokers,and Union Safe Deposit Trust Company,Portland, son of Joseph G and Eliza Ann(Ramsdell) Clark Mother, Eda Estelle(Schneeloch) Clark, daughter of Hugo andEmilie Elizabeth (Neuman) SchneelochYale relatives include Leonard W Bacon,'88, Ralph H Schneeloch (Class of 1901M ) (uncles), Theodore S Evans, '17,Leonard W. Bacon (Class of 1917) (cou-sins) , Eleazer W. Clark, Jr (Class of 1935)(brother)

Adirondack-Florida School High ora-tion appointment Senior year, Class tennisteam, on Yale Record board Senior year,awarded silver chaim Yak Daily News,Beta Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa

LLB Harvard 1930, lawyer in NewYork City 1930-49 (partner Dillon, O'Brien& Clark), specialized in estate and tax law,trustee Adirondack-Florida School, at-tended State Street Congregational Church,Portland

Married August 27, 1938, North Hero,Vt , Janet Doane Harris (B A Sarah Law-rence 1939), daughter of Alan Hale Harris,Jr, and Helena Electa (Parker) HarrisDaughters Sandra Doane and Janet Hale

Death due to injuries received in an au-tomobile accident Ashes interred in Ever-green Cemetery, Portland Survived bywife, daughters, mother, and a sister, MrsHopewell Hebb Darneille, Jr

RALPH FRANKLIN KEELING, PH B1927 Born November 19, 1901, Hamilton,Mont, died June 12, 1951, Chicago, 111

Father, Charles Franklin Keeling (UnionColl [Nebr] 1896-97), associated with Pa-cific Coast Coal Company, Seattle, Wash ,

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son of Hamilton Franklin and Lucy (Orr)Keeling Mother, Delia Myrtle (Hill) Keel-ing, daughter of Alfred E and Annie Pear-sol (Northup) Hill

West Seattle High School Honors of thefirst rank Freshman year and of the secondrank Sophomore year, philosophical ora-tion appointment Junior year, high ora-tion appointment Senior year, Class foot-ball squad and University BasketballSquad, Phi Kappa Epsilon Awarded Ph B1927 with enrollment in Class of 1926

Salesman Lee, Higgmson & Company,Chicago, 1926-27, 1930-33 and Yale Uni-versity Press, New York City, 1927-30,partner Watt & Keeling, investment se-curities, Chicago, 1933-34, president andtreasurer Keeling, Hetzler & Company, in-vestment banking, Chicago, 1934-37, R FKeeling & Company, investment securities,Chicago, 1937-38, engaged in private eco-nomic research, Chicago, 1938-41, execu-tive secretary Midwest Monetary Federation1941-42, director Institute of AmericanEconomics 1942-49, partner and economicadviser Kuhn, Sunley & Company, Chicago,1948-49, Ralph Franklin Keeling Associ-ates, economic consultants, Chicago, 1949-51, lecturer in department of managementDePaul University, author. Are Corpora-tion/ Profits Too High?, How to FortifyYour Business Against Inflation, An Eco-nomic View of Cost and Profit Determina-tion, Gruesome Harvest, editor AmericanEconomist 1940-46, member American Sta-tistical, American Economic, and AmericanFinance associations, attended St LawrenceChurch (Episcopal), Libertyville, 111.

Married June 15, 1927, Melrose, Mass,Grace Noerr Sherburne (B A Tufts 1919,Yale Graduate School 1925-27), daughterof Elmer David and Alice Catherine(Noerr) Sherburne Children Charles Da-vid (B A Umv Illinois 1948; P h D North-western 1952), Lyla (B A Lawrence Coll1952)

Death due to pneumonia Survived bywife, children, father, a sister, Mrs AnneKeeling Reynolds, and a stepbrother, New-ell R Lee

CURTIS HEATH ONTHANK, B.A1928 Born May 24, 1905, Fitchburg, Mass ,died October 23, 1950, Winnetka, 111


Father, Elmer Alonzo Onthank, pres-ident Safety Fund National Bank, Fitch-burg, son of Naham B and Caroline(Clancy) Onthank Mother, Grace (Pierce)Onthank, daughter of Josiah and MaryAnn (Stearns) Pierce

Phillips-Andover Member Alpha SigmaPhi

With treasury department New EnglandPower Association, Boston, 1932-41; assist-ant secretary, credit manager, and person-nel director Wells Lamont Corporation,manufacturers of gloves, Chicago, 1941-50,member Winnetka Congregational Church

Married June 23, 1937, Minneapolis,Minn, Camilla Haight, daughter of Wil-liam O and Virginia Cornell (Haight)Wells Children: Virginia Wells, CurtisHeath, Jr

Death due to acute myocardial infarc-tion Buried in Memorial Park Mausoleum,Evanston, 111 Survived by wife, children,and two brothers, Pierce and Elmer A On-thank

SELLECK BYRON WARREN, BA.1928. Born November 1, 1905, Empona,Kans.; died March 25, 1951, Los Angeles,Calif

Father, Selleck Huestis Warren, pres-ident Warren Mortgage Company, Empo-na, son of Selleck Byron Warren. Mother,Margaret Anna (Gould) Warren

Taft School Freshman Football Team;University Football Squad; Delta KappaEpsilon

Vice-president Warren Mortgage Com-pany 1928-38, president 1938-43, assistantto vice-president traffic department Trans-continental & Western Air, Inc., KansasCity, Mo, 1943-44; president Barr-ThorpElectric Company, electrical machinery andsupplies, Kansas City, 1944-47, assistantexecutive director Community Redevelop-ment Agency of the City of Los Angeles1947-50; cofounder and operator EmponaBroadcasting Company (Station KTSW);State senator 1945, president Empona Wel-fare Association, member Chamber ofCommerce and Congregational Church,Empona

Married (1) June 11, 1928, Empona,Doris, daughter of W. W. West Children.

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Ann (BA. Smith 1951); Margaret Vera,Selleck Huestis, Mr and Mrs Warren weredivorced. Married (2) December 20, 1947,Carson City, Nevada, Verne Rollins

Death due to carbon monoxide poison-ing Buried in Empona Survived by wife,children, and a sister, Mrs O A Wallace.

STANLEY WARREN GRAHAM, B A.1929 Born October 1, 1905, New YorkCity, died November 14, 1950, New YorkCity

Father, Simon Wadsworth Graham, pres-ident The Graham Co, Inc, food products,New York City, son of John and Frances(Mayo) Graham Mother, Beulah (Nor-ton) Graham; daughter of James and Jen-nie (Smith) Norton.

Taft School Honorable mention ParkerDickson Buck Prize Sophomore year; Fresh-man and University Soccer squads, Univer-sity Track Squad, Freshman and Univer-sity Glee clubs, dramatic critic Yale DailyNews Senior year; contributed to Yale Ban-ner and Pot-Pourrt, member Yale Univer-sity Dramatic Association

Attended Harvard Law School 1929-30and New Cambridge School of Drama,writer with Harris, Blauner & Perry, in-vestments, New York City; with MotionPicture Company of America, New YorkCity, engaged in writing Santa Monica,Calif, 1932-50, author play. Search forMorale, served with Coast Artillery WorldWar II; member Fifth Avenue PresbyterianChurch, New York City

UnmarriedDeath due to diabetic coma. Ashes in-

terred in FernchfT Cemetery, Hartsdale,N Y Survived by father and two brothers,Sebert Worthington and Lawrence Wel-lington Graham

MALCOLM BYRNE HAMILTON,PH.B. 1929 Born August 6,1906, Pittsburgh,Pa , died January 16, 1951, Ligomer, Pa

Father, Alfred Reed Hamilton (B S.Univ Pittsburgh 1894), president A. R.Hamilton Coal Company, Pittsburgh; sonof William and Sarah (Gillespie) Hamil-ton. Mother, Grace (McGrew) Hamilton(BA Bethany Coll. 1895), daughter of

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George and Josephine (Kimmel) McGrewRoxbury School, student University of

Pittsburgh 1924-25 Freshman and Univer-sity Boxing squads, member Delta KappaEpsilon

Associated with brother Alfred in Gra-phic Colortype Corporation, catalogue andadvertising printing, Pittsburgh, 1933-41,managed mother's farm in Windber, Pa,1941-45, district manager Pittsburgh areaWilding Picture Production Company, Chi-cago, 1950-51, member East End ChristianChurch, Pittsburgh

Married June 30, 1943, Ligonic, Cath-erine, daughter of John Pierre and AngelaPepin Children Bonnie, Malcolm Byrne,Jr ; Catherine Pepin, Alfred Reed, 3d, JaneDarsie

Death due to a heart attack Buried inHomewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh Survivedby wife, children, mother, two sisters, MrsFrancis Graff, Mrs George Wheeling, andthree brothers, Thomas F Hamilton, PaulA Hamilton, and Alfred R Hamilton, Jr,'29.

EDWARD JACOB HECKER, JR, B A1929 Born February 14, 1907, Indianapolis,Ind , died July 4, 1950, Fort Lauderdale,Fla.

Father, Edward Jacob Hecker, proprietorIrvington Pnntshop, Indianapolis, son ofBenjamin Franklin and Eliza Johanna(Zimmer) Hecker Mother, Harriet Louise(Humann) Hecker; daughter of John Her-man and Harriet Lucina (Crosby) Hu-mann

Shortridge High School, Indianapolis;Butler College 1922-24 Freshman LacrosseSquad

Assistant proprietor Irvington Pnntshop1929-42, graduate student Indiana Univer-sity 1931, on faculty Central University1932-38, industrial engineer United StatesRubber Company, Indianapolis, 1942-45,proprietor Edward J Hecker, Printer, In-dianapolis, 1945-50, president MemorialPark Cemetery Company 1945-50, vice-president Rogers Typesetting Company,Inc, 1945-50, secretary Irvington Commer-cial & Welfare Association 1935, president1936, 1938, vice-president Yale Alumni As-sociation of Indiana 1947-48, member Ma-


sonic order, deacon Irvington PresbyterianChurch

Married August 19, 1933, Indianapolis,Madonna Dell Hurst (John B. StetsonUniv 1926-27), daughter of Arthur Rolandand Grace Vade (Cohn) Hurst ChildrenEdward Jacob, 3d, David Arthur

Death due to acute nephritis Buried inMemorial Park Cemetery, IndianapolisSurvived by wife, children, mother, andthree sisters, Mrs Herbert Warfel, MrsGarrison Winders, and Miss Margaret BHecker

FREDERICK ALBERT SPENCER,PH B 1929 Born March 14, 1905, ClevelandHeights, Ohio, died March 21, 1951, Gua-tay, Calif

Father, Frank O Spencer, '80 Mother,Margaret (Turnovsky) Spencer Yale rel-atives include Albert K Spencer (Class of1889 S ) (uncle), Spencer L Murfey, '10 S,Clarence A Murfey, '11 S (cousins)

Shaw High School, Cleveland FreshmanWater Polo Team, Freshman and Univer-sity Swimming teams, Psi Upsilon

Associated with motion picture indus-try 1930-51 (assistant director TwentiethCentury-Fox Film Corporation, ParamountFilms, Fox Movietone Studio, and SelznickInternational Pictures), diplomatic and lia-ison representative for Southeastern Asia areafor Motion Picture Association of America,Lieutenant Commander U S Navy WorldWar II (in charge motion picture produc-tion Photographic Science Laboratory, An-acostia, D C , head Pacific combat photoservice, awarded Most Excellent Order ofthe British Empire 1947 for filming RoyalAir Force activities, produced atomic bombfilms for United States Chiefs of Staff),member Episcopal church

Death due to gunshot wound Ashes in-terred in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland.Survived by wife, son, Frederick AlbertSpencer, Jr, and mother

ADAMS BATCHELLER, JR, B.A 1930Born February 6, 1908, New York City,died February 20, 1951, New York City

Father, Adams Batcheller, formerly as-sociated with United States Trust Com-

pany, New York City, son of George Ezraand Mary (Adams) Batcheller Mother,Marian (Groves) Batcheller, daughter ofGeorge Morris and Mary (Dominick)Groves Yale relatives include George EBatcheller, 'g$, Morris Groves, '99 (uncles),Franklin A Batcheller, Jr, '28 (cousin),Frank D Ashburn, '25, Thatcher MBrown, Jr, '30 (brothers-in-law)

St Mark's School Freshman and Univer-sity Crew squads, Psi Upsilon, Scroll andKey

With Brown Brothers Harnman & Com-pany, New York City, 1930-36 and Domin-ick & Dominick, brokers, New York City,1936-51 (partner 1946-51); LieutenantCommander US Naval Reserve WorldWar II (on U S S Enterprise, PresidentialUnit Citation and Pacific Area Ribbon[twelve battle stars]), member St Barthol-omew's Church (Episcopal), New YorkCity

Married June 4, 1944, New York City,Ruth Brady Scott, daughter of James CBrady, '04, and Elizabeth (Hamilton)Brady, sister of James C Brady, '29, andniece of Nicholas F Brady, '99

Death due to carcinoma Buried in Ber-nardsville, N J , Cemetery Survived bywife, three stepchildren, John, Sheila, andMichael Scott, father, and two sisters, MrsFrank D Ashburn and Mrs Thatcher MBrown, Jr

CHESTER RHOADES DE LA VERGNE,JR, B A 1930 Born March 30,1908, Mamar-oneck, N Y , died June 5, 1951, MedicineHat, Alta

Father, Chester R de la Vergne, '05.Mother, Gladys (Block) de la Vergne

Phillips-Andover Scholar of the secondrank Freshman and Junior years and thirdrank Sophomore year, oration appointmentJunior and Senior years, Alpha Sigma Phi

Salesman Premier Motors, Ltd , Calgary,Alta, 1930-31, studied law with Scott &Milvain, lawyers, Calgary, 1931-34; partnerScott, Milvain & de la Vergne, Calgary,1934-37, credit and collection departmentMassey-Harris Company, Ltd, farm ma-chinery, Calgary, 1937-38, lawyer inBrooks, Alta, 1938-51 (senior partner dela Vergne & Williams at time of death);

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Lieutenant Canadian Reserve Army, secre-tary Brooks Fish and Game Association1938-39, chairman Brooks Board of Edu-cation 1942-44; member Law Society ofAlberta and Episcopal church

Married August 24, 1935, Calgary, Ev-elyn Christina, daughter of Herbert Ches-ley and Isobel (McGugan) Stockton Chil-dren John Nicholas; Judith Stockton

Mr and Mrs de la Vergne were killedin an automobile accident. Buried inQueens Park Cemetery, Calgary Survivedby children and mother

LEWIS THORNE, B A 1931 Born De-cember 6, 1907, Rye, N Y.; died October 8,1950, North Haven, Conn

Father, Samuel Thorne, yg6, a lawyer inNew York City, son of Samuel and PhebeSmith (VanSchoonhoven) Thorne Moth-er, Ethel Mary (Cheney) Thorne, daughterof Arthur and Emmehne (Lewis) CheneyYale relatives include Edwin Thorne, '82S, William V S. Thorne, '85 S (uncles);Landon K Thorne, '10 S, Francis BThorne, '14 S (cousins), Peter Brmcker-hoff Thorne (Class of 1940), J NealeThorne (Class of 1942) (brothers)

Groton School. Freshman and University150-pound crews; Freshman FootballSquad, Dwight Hall, Zeta Psi MD 1936(Nu Sigma Nu)

Medical interne New York Hospital1936-37, assistant resident Henry PhippsPsychiatric Clinic, Johns Hopkins Umver-S1ty> 1937-39» o n staff Yale University1939-50 (assistant psychiatrist Depart-ment of University Health 1939-43, 1945-46, associate psychiatrist 1946-50; clinicalinstructor psychiatry and mental hygiene1941-43, 1945-47, assistant clinical profes-sor 1947-50), fellow Timothy Dwight Col-lege (Yale); on board Yale Hope Missionand Yale-in-China Association, assistantattending psychiatrist Grace-New HavenCommunity Hospital University Service,Lieutenant Colonel Medical Corps WorldWar II (assistant head neuropsychiatric di-vision Lawson General Hospital, Atlanta,awarded Bronze Star), on board Connect-icut Society for Mental Hygiene and KeeneValley (NY.) Hospital, member StThomas' Church (Episcopal), New Haven

Married August 21, 1937, Wellesley,Mass, Helen Preston, daughter of ReubenMorris and Florence (Houghton) EllisDaughters Phebe Ellis, Cynthia Neale

Dr Thorne was fatally shot by a men-tally ill former patient Buried in East Cem-etery, Manchester, Conn Survived by wife,daughters, father, and three brothers, Sam-uel Thorne, Jr, '28, Arthur Thorne, andWard Cheney Thorne, '31

JOSEPH MARVIN FRIEDMAN, BA1932 Born October 25, 1910, Hartford,Conn ; died June 16, 1951, Washington,DC.

Father, Max Friedman, a painter andcontractor in Hartford Mother, Thelma(Chermtzky) Friedman

Weaver High School, Hartford Scholarof the second rank Freshman year, scholarof the third rank and oration appointmentJunior year LL B 1935

Counsel US Supreme Court (on ad-visory committee which drafted Federalrules of civil procedure) 1935, supervisoryattorney of review and later enforcementsection National Labor Relations Board,Washington, 1935-40, chief litigation staffBituminous Coal Division Department ofInterior, Washington, 1940-42, special as-sistant to Attorney General Department ofJustice (chief fraud section, claims division)1942-51, assistant general counsel WarManpower Commission World War II,chief petty officer US Coast Guard Re-serve, coauthor Federal Practice under theNew Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,member Connecticut and Hartford CountyBar associations, District of ColumbiaBar, Supreme Court Bar, Federal Bar As-sociation, National Press Club, and Mont-gomery County Jewish CommunityChurch, Chevy Chase, Md

Married September 28, 1940, Washing-ton, Edna, daughter of Joseph Albert andEdna Belle (Washer) Loeb Children.Frederick Ethan, Mark, Ehse Loeb

Death due to an aneurism of aorta Buriedin National Memorial Park, Falls Church,Va Survived by wife, children, mother, andfour brothers, Samuel H Friedman, '26,Abraham R Friedman, '37L, Julian Fried-man, and Myron Friedman


MELVIN HOWARD MAY, BA. 1932Born October 29, 1909, Charleston, W Va ,died June 23, 1951, Charleston, W Va.

Father, Philip M May, proprietor MayShoe Company, Charleston, son of MeyerHirsch and Sophie (Strauss) May, Mother,Miriam (Behrcnds) May, daughter of Leo-pold and Rachel (Sehger) Behrends

The Choate SchoolPartner May Shoe Company 1932-51,

member Virginia Street Temple (ReformedJudaism), Charleston

Married November 15, 1938, Pittsburgh,Leora, daughter of Samuel George andBessie (Wilkoff) Osgood Children Ellen;Sally Ruth

Death due to heart block Buried in RockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D C Sur-vived by wife, children, and mother

EUGENE [GLADSTONE] O'NEILL,JR, B A 1932 Born May 5,1910, New YorkCity, died September 25, 1950, Woodstock,N Y

Father, Eugene Gladstone O'Neill(LittD 1926), a playwright, son of Jamesand Ella (Quinlan) O'Neill Mother, Kath-leen Senneth-Porter (Jenkins) O'Neill;daughter of Charles Edward and Kate(Camblos) Jenkins

Horace Mann School Scholar of the sec-ond rank Freshman and Sophomore years,scholar of the first rank and oration ap-pointment Junior year, high oration ap-pointment Senior year, first WmthropPrize Junior year, Noyes-Cutter Prize Sen-ior year, University Glee Club, CollegeChoir, contributed to Helicon, Ivy Orator,Skull and Bones, Phi Beta Kappa P h D1936

Studied at University of Freiburg 1932-33, on Yale faculty 1936-47 (instructor clas-sics 1936-41, assistant professor Greek1941-47, fellow Jonathan Edwards College1941-47), professor literature and Greekdrama New School for Social Research,New York City, 1947-50, professor Greektragedy Sarah Lawrence College summer1945, chairman "Invitation to Learning"(Columbia Broadcasting System); coeditor*The Complete Gree\ Drama, also engagedin radio acting, writing, and recording andcontributed book reviews to New Yor\Times and Saturday Review of Literature.

Married (1) June 15, 1931, Long IslandCity, Mary Elizabeth Green Mr. and Mrs.O'Neill were divorced 1937. Married (2)May 25, 1937, New Haven, Janet Hunter,daughter of William Raymond Longley(MA. Hon. 1920) and Clara (Hunter)Longley. Mr. and Mrs O'Neill were di-vorced

Death due to exsanguination. Ashes in-terred in Woodlawn Cemetery, New YorkCity. Survived by parents and a half sister,Mi's Charles Chaplin

THEODORE GOTHIER QUINTAL,B A. 1932 Born June 7,1911, Syracuse, N Y ;died November 9, 1950, New York City.

Father, Edward John Quintal, vice-pres-ident and comptroller Chase NationalBank, New York City; son of Israel Johnand Mary Elizabeth (Keefe) QuintalMother, Mabel (Gothier) Quintal (Syra-cuse Univ 1898-99, 1900-1903), daughterof Theodore and Mary Winifred (House)Gothier.

Lawrenceville School Honors of the sec-ond rank Freshman and Sophomore years,honors of the third rank and high orationappointment Junior year, Freshman Base-ball Squad, University Basketball teams;Freshman and University Glee clubs, AlphaDelta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa. LLB. 1935(member Corbey Court).

Lawyer in New York City 1935-50 (Mil-bank, Tweed, Hope & Webb 1935-43, Mil-bank, Tweed, Hope, Hadley & McCloyFebruary-September 1946); counsel Soco-ny-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc, 1946-50,Lieutenant U S Naval Reserve World WarII (Office of Counsel for Bureau of Ships,Washington), on executive committeeAlumni Council Lawrenceville School;member Volunteer Law Unit, Associationof Ex-members Squadron A, New YorkNational Guard, Bar Association of theCity of New York, American Bar Associ-ation, and Church of the Heavenly Rest(Episcopal), New York City

Married November 14, 1940, New YorkCity, Muriel Frances, daughter of MartinHenry and Frances Mathilda (Montague)Smith. Children: Richard Martin; BarbaraMontague.

Death due to coronary thrombosis. Bur-

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led in Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY.Survived by wife, children, and parents(father died February 6, 1951)

SAMUEL CARNES COLLIER, BA.1935. Born May 14, 1912, New York City,died September 23, 1950, Montour Falls,NY.

Father, Barron Gift Collier, D C S , pres-ident Barron G Collier, Inc, street railwayadvertising, New York City, son of CowlesMiles and Hannah (Shackelford) CollierMother, Juliet Gordon (Carnes) Collier,daughter of Samuel Tait and Kate (Kerr)Carnes.

St Paul's School, Concord, N H Honorsof the third rank Junior year, businessmanager Yale Daily News Senior year,Class treasurer, Class Book, Class Day,Junior Promenade, and Triennial com-mittees, executive committee Yale Univer-sity Dramatic Association; Freshman GleeClub,The WhifTenpoofs,Elizabethan Club;The Fence, Skull and Bones; member Dav-enport College

Vice-president Barron G Collier, Inc,1935-39, executive New York Subways Ad-vertising Company 1939-42, president Plan-tation Air Lines, Inc, New York City,1946-47; vice-president Collier Corporation,owner and manager hotels and propertiesin the Everglades, Florida, 1947-50; Lieu-tenant Commander U S Naval ReserveWorld War II (navigation officer NavalAir Transport Service), treasurer Class of1935 from 1934 to 1950, member St Paul'sChurch (Episcopal), Delray Beach, Fla

Married September 10, 1936, Honolulu,Hawaii, Dixie, daughter of Frank Edwardand Alice (Roth) Thompson Children:Samuel Carnes, Jr. (died 1949), RichardThompson, Terry Kerr

Death due to injuries received when hiscar overturned in a sport-car race Buriedin Delray Beach Cemetery Survived bywife, two sons, mother, and two brothers,Barron Collier, Jr , '30, and Miles Collier(Class of 1937)

MALCOLM DOUGLAS WATSON, B A1935. Born September n , 1913, New Bruns-wick, N J ; died September 18, 1950, NewBrunswick, N. J.

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gers Class of 1906, LL B New York LawSchool 1907), partner R E & A D Wat-son, lawyers, New Brunswick, son of FrankEllsworth and Sarah Elizabeth (Painter)Watson Mother, Beulah Fraleigh (Fingar)Watson, daughter of Montgomery andHelena (Fraleigh) Fingar Yale relativesinclude two brothers-in-law, William BMoses, Jr, '35 S, and Kendall B DeBevoise,'38 L

Lawrenceville School Scholar of the sec-ond rank Freshman year and third rankSophomore and Junior years, oration ap-pointment Junior year, Freshman Baseball,Football, and Tennis teams; UniversityFootball Squad and Basketball Team,member Branford College, Aurehan HonorSociety, Alpha Delta Phi, Scroll and KeyLLB. 1938 (on board Yale Law Journal).

Associate member Breed, Abbott & Mor-gan, New York City, 1938-42; assistant sec-retary and counsel General Aniline & FilmCorporation, New York City, 1942-46, part-ner R E. & A D Watson 1946-50, attor-ney for Borough of Highland Park, FirstLieutenant US Mar me Corps ReserveWorld War II (overseas 1945-46), associateeditor New Jersey Law Journal, presidentMiddlesex County chapter American Can-cer Society 1948-50, secretary Class of 1938L from 1938 to 1950, member New JerseyState Guard, American Academy of Politi-cal and Social Science, American Law In-stitute, Middlesex County and New JerseyState Bar associations, and Second Re-formed Church, New Brunswick

Married June 16, 1939, Bronxville, N Y,Margaret Wade Taylor (B A Vassar 1937),daughter of Gardner Wade and Mabel E(Brazier) Taylor Children Jean Hewitt,Ann Douglas, Malcolm Douglas, Jr

Death due to leukemia Buried in Elm-wood Cemetery, New Brunswick Survivedby wife (Mrs Robert Gordon Fairburn),children, parents, two sisters, Mrs WilliamB. Moses, Jr, and Mrs Kendall B De-Bevoise, and a brother, Russell EllsworthWatson, Jr

EDMUND PENNINGTON PILLS-BURY, B A 1936 Born December 22, 1913,Minneapolis, Minn, died February 22,1951, Sutherland, Nebr


Father, John Sargent Pillsbury (B S.Umv Minnesota 1900), chairman board ofdirectors Pillsbury Mills, Inc, Minneapolis,son of Charles Alfred and Mary Ann (Stin-son) Pillsbury Mother, Eleanor Jerusha(Lawler) Pillsbury, daughter of John Di-nan and Ella Maria (Sturgis) Lawler Yalerelatives include Daniel W Lawler, '83L , Frank J Lawler, '87 L , Joseph C Law-ler (Class of 1888 L ) (great-uncles),George F Piper, '14 S (uncle), Philip W.Pillsbury, '24 (cousin), Charles A Pills-bury, '39 (brother), Thomas M. Crosby,'37, Stanley R Resor, '39 (brothers-in-law)

St Paul's School, Concord, N H . Fresh-man Crew, Hockey Team, and FootballSquad, University Football Squad; Univer-sity Crew, University Hockey Squad andTeam, Rugby Team, Yale CorinthianYacht Club, Chi Psi, Torch Honor Society,Skull and Bones

With Pillsbury Mills, Inc, 1937-42,1945-51 (successively in Minneapolis, Duluth,Los Angeles, Chicago 1937-42, managergrain purchasing Chicago office 1945-46,vice-president grain division Minneapolis1947-48, president 1948-50, vice-presidentPillsbury Mills, Inc, 1950-51), graduateCurtis Wright Institute of Technology1942, flying instructor, training Army ca-dets, Southwest Airways, Inc, ThunderbirdField, Phoenix, Ariz, 1943-45, on executivecommittee Yale Alumni Association of theNorthwest, member Minneapolis Grain Ex-change and Plymouth CongregationalChurch, Minneapolis

Married December 14, 1939, San Mateo,Calif, Pnscilla Adele, daughter of L Ver-non Howe, '09 S, and Pnscilla (Rand)Howe, and adopted daughter of Ben CKeator, '08 S Children Pnscilla Rand, Ed-mund Pennmgton, Jr , Joan Keator

Death due to injuries sustained in anairplane crash Buried in Lakewood Cem-etery, Minneapolis Survived by wife, chil-dren, parents, two sisters, Mrs Thomas MCrosby and Mrs Stanley R Resor, and twobrothers, John S Pillsbury, Jr, '35, andGeorge S Pillsbury, '43

ROY LEE ELLIS, B A 1941 Born June24,1899, Kopyczynce, Poland, died January1, 1951, Brooklyn, N Y .

Father, Francis Oleszkiewicz, a railroadofficial Austrian State Railways. Mother,Phihppa (Ottembreit) Ellis

New Haven High School, Columbia1925-27; LLB St Lawrence University1932, LLM. 1934 (Delta Theta Phi). En-tered Yale Junior year, member SillimanCollege and Yale Political Union.

Assistant commercial attache Polish con-sular service 1930-34; lawyer in New YorkCity 1941-51 (attorney Socony-Vacuum OilCompany, Inc ) , sergeant U S. Army Intel-ligence World War II (North AfricanTheatre, awarded Purple Heart; assistantcensor 1941-42); member Military Orderof the World War, Masonic order, andBroadway Tabernacle (Congregational),New York City.

Married May 14, 1934, New York City,Estelle Barbara, daughter of Joseph Edwardand Sophia Alberta (Mann) Dickinson

Death due to heart attack Buried in TheNational Cemetery, Arlington. Survived bywife

JOHN VIRGIL SCOTT, JR, B A. 1941Born November 2, 1918, Houston, Texas;died December 2,1950, New York City

Father, John Virgil Scott, president HyloCompany, Inc., manufacturers cleaningcompounds, Houston; son of Charles Ray-mond and Annie Elizabeth (Huffman)Scott Mother, Louise (Thomson) Scott;daughter of William Sillers and Sarah Ap-phia (Williams) Thomson

The Hill School Captain Freshman GolfTeam and University Golf Team Senioryear.

In credit department Union NationalBank, Houston, 1941-42; Lieutenant (] g )U S Naval Reserve World War II (execu-tive officer and navigator U S S Brazos1942-43, Captain U S S Kishwau\ee 1943-45, promoted Lieutenant 1943); vice-pres-ident Hylo Company, Inc, 1946-50; secre-tary-treasurer Atko Company, Inc, Hous-ton, 1948-50, member First PresbyterianChurch, Houston.

Married September 9, 1938, Houston,Aubrey Carter, daughter of Robert Decanand Frankie (Carter) Randolph Children*Frances Randolph; Molhe Carter

Died suddenly Buried in Glenwood

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Cemetery, Houston. Survived by wife,children, and parents.

MASON DAVID SALISBURY,1942. Born May 29, 1920, New York City;died November 27, 1950, Scarsdale, N Y.

Father, Lucius Albert Salisbury (BABrown 1904, M.D. Harvard 1908), a sur-geon; with American Red Cross blood pro-gram; son of Moreau J. and Helen Maria(Warnner) Salisbury. Mother, MargaretElmendorf (Duryee) Salisbury (B.A.Smith 1904); daughter of Joseph Rankinand Margaret Elmendorf (Sloan) Duryee.Yale relatives include. Ernest S Ballard,'07, Samuel S. Duryee, '17 (uncles), EllisA. Ballard, 2d, '40 (cousin).

Groton School Freshman FootballSquad; Freshman Crew, University Crew(captain 1946); Freshman and Apollo Gleeclubs, member Davenport College (onfootball team); Chi Psi. Awarded BAJune 1946 with enrollment in Class of1942.

LLB Columbia 1948; lawyer in NewYork City 1948-50 (member Mitchell,Capron, Marsh, Angulo, Cooney andSpence, Hotchkiss, Parker & Duryee at timeof death), Captain Armored Reserve FieldArtillery World War II (Silver Star, Dis-tinguished Unit Badge; Belgian fourragere1945); member Episcopal church

Unmarried.Death due to asphyxiation Buried m

Woodlawn Cemetery, Sandy Creek, NY.Survived by parents.

ODELL McCONNELL THOMSON,B A. 1945 Born November 13,1923, Duluth,Minn ; died June 11, 1951, Denver, Colo.

Father, Adam Gentles Thomson, '11 S,president T. O. Ranch Company, Raton,New Mex, and Kelley-How-ThomsonCompany, Duluth; son of Alexander Doug-las and Helen (Ostram) Thomson Mother,Clara Eloise (McConnell) Thomson;daughter of Odell Whitfield and Annie(Seay) McConnell Yale relatives includean uncle, Odell S McConnell, '19.

Lawrenceville School Member Zeta PsiSecretary and co-manager T. O Ranch

Company 1945-46 and 1948-51, private Ad-

jutant General's Department 1946-47,member Presbyterian Church, Palm Beach,Fla

UnmarriedDeath due to injuries sustained in an

automobile accident. Buried in Forest LawnMemorial Park, Los Angeles. Survived byfather and two brothers, Adam G Thom-son, Jr (Class of 1945 S ) and AlexanderDouglas Thomson

JAMES BREWER CRANE COUCH,B.S. 1945W. Born May r2, 1923, Pittsfield,Mass ; died April 5, 1951, near Chunchon,Korea

Father, Franklin Lindley Couch (B A.1917), in printing business and editor andpublisher The Village Press, Dalton, Mass ,son of Franklin Manley Couch (MD.Hahnemann Medical College 1883) andJeannie Laflin (Crane) Couch Mother,Ruth Edith (Pierce) Couch, daughter ofReuben C Pierce Yale relatives include*Charles J Kittredge, Jr, '43, Frederick G.Crane, Jr , '45, Gilbert D Kittredge, '45WE. (cousins)

Wilhston Academy Copy editor YaleScientific Magazine 1943, member Bran-ford College and Berzehus, NRO.T.C atYale Awarded B S. June, 1946

MD. Columbia 1949 (editor P&S Year-book, Omega Club), interne Bellevue Hos-pital 1949-50, assigned to duty as surgeon99th Field Artillery Battalion, First CavalryDivision, member First CongregationalChurch, Dalton

Married in Hightstown, N J , VirginiaBlum.

Dr Couch was killed in action in Koreawhen he went into an area known to bemined in order to minister to a woundedsoldier Survived by wife, parents, and threebrothers, Franklin Lindley Couch, Jr, Na-than P Couch, '50, and Robert Bruce Couch(Class of 1954)

GEORGE SIMON SULLIMAN, BA.1947 Born April 26, 1926, New Britain,Conn ; died April 24, 1951, Mapyongni,Korea

Father, Moses Bejan Sulhman, locomo-tive engineer New York, New Haven &


Hartford Railroad Company; son of Be]anJohn and Esther (Kkinoo) Sulhman Moth-er, Almas (George) Sulhman, daughter ofSimon and Mildred (Pilgrem) George

New Britain High School Entered YaleJuly 1944, Navy V-12 program, UniversityBaseball Team, member Saybrook College(on football team), discharged from Navy1946

Played professional baseball and did sub-stitute high school teaching 1947-49, s t u"dent University of Connecticut School ofLaw, Hartford, 1949-50; enlisted in MarineCorps and promoted First Lieutenant June,1950, graduated Marine Corps School,Quantico, Va, February, 1951; sent to Ko-rea March, 1951 (with "G" Company, 3dBattalion, 1st Marine Regiment), awardedNavy Cross posthumously.

Lieutenant Sulhman was killed in actionin Korea Buried in Fairview Cemetery,New Britain Survived by parents, threesisters, Elaine Sulliman, Mrs Wesley Avord,Mrs Robert Jones, and two brothers, Rob-ert and Samuel Sulhman

JOHN MUNRO ROSS, 2D, BS 1947March Born January io, 1926, Honolulu,Hawaii, died August 4, 1950, Salzburg,Austria

Father, Donald Lishman Ross, depart-ment assistant Standard Oil Company ofCalifornia, San Francisco, son of Georgeand Katherme (Lishman) Ross Mother,Elizabeth Erskine (Ferner) Ross, daugh-ter of Francis and Elizabeth (Doble) Fer-ner

The Choate School Enlisted in U S NavyMarch, 1944, member V-12 Training Pro-gram and N R O T C University of Cal-ifornia 1944-46 (Alpha Delta Phi) EnteredYale 1946, applied economics course, mem-ber N R O T C at Yale and Trumbull Col-lege

With American Trust Company, SanFrancisco, 1948-49, attended GraduateSchool of Business Administration, Har-vard University, 1949-50, attended GraceCathedral (Episcopal), San Francisco

UnmarriedMr Ross was killed when the automobile

in which he was a passenger was struckby a tram Buried in Cypress Lawn Memo-

rial Park, San Francisco. Survived by par-ents and a brother, Donald Ferner Ross.

DANA WILSON SHELLEY, B A 1947March Born May 29,1926, Easton, Pa.; diedDecember 8, 1950, Seoul, Korea.

Father, Henry Vogel Shelley (B A Col-umbia 1913, M.A. Univ. Pennsylvania 1917,PhD 1919), professor ancient languagesWashington and Lee University; son ofHenry Vogel and Susan Wilson (Battin)Shelley Mother, Francis Marion (Dana)Shelley (BA Macalester 1916; MA. UmvPennsylvania 1917, PhD. 1919), daughterof Charles Francis and Nellie May (Luther)Dana.

Deerfield Academy. Entered U.S. NavyJuly 1944 in V-12 program and assigned toMiddlebury College July 1944-October 1945and Brown University October 1945 untildischarge June 1946. Entered Yale Septem-ber 1946; member N.R.O.T.C. (receivedAmerican Legion Medal 1948), Yale Politi-cal Union and Saybrook College, commis-sioned Second Lieutenant US. MarineCorps Reserve June 1948

Graduate student Syracuse University1948-49 and foreign service courses GeorgeWashington University 1949; special tech-nician attached to U.S. Army, State De-partment, Washington, 1949-50 (in KoreaOctober 15-December 8, 1950); memberLexington (Va ) Presbyterian Church

UnmarriedLieutenant Shelley was shot while asleep

in his quarters Buried in Inchon, Korea,and later reinterred in Lexington Cemetery.Survived by parents and a brother, RichardHenry Shelley

RICHARD ALCOTT GARDNER, B S.1949 Born May 30, 1927, North Adams,Mass , died December 17,1950, Brunswick,N Y

Father, Abraham Brookins Gardner,with Vermont State Highway Depart-ment; son of Abraham Brookins and Aud-na (Bates) Gardner. Mother, Dorothy Bur-nett (Haskins) Gardner; daughter ofDennis Alcott and Mary (McCormick)Haskins.

Bennington (Vt) High School. Entered

Yale College 99Yale July 1944, entered service August 13,1945, private 1st class on discharge Novem-ber 19,1946, re-entered Yale 1946, memberSaybrook College

Research physicist Sprague Electric Com-pany, North Adams, 1949-50; memberAmerican Physical Society, attended FirstBaptist Church, Bennington

UnmarriedKilled in an automobile accident. Buried

in Park Lawn Cemetery, Bennington Sur-vived by parents and a brother, AbrahamBrookins Gardner, Jr

JOHN BERNARD MURPHY, JR., B.A.1949 Born August 2, 1922, New Orleans,La , died August 31, 1950, near Waegwan,Korea

Father, John Bernard Murphy (Ph.GLoyola 1913, LL.B 1927, LLM Washing-ton Coll Law 1932), associate counsel gen-eral Home Owners Loan Corporation, sonof James Francis and Mary Bernadette(Bengan) Murphy Mother, Mane LouiseAnastasie Blanche (Martinez) Murphy(B A Ursuhne Coll 1917, LL B Washing-ton Coll Law 1934), daughter of CharlesPizarro and Anastasie (Clairteaux) Marti-nez

Garden City (N.Y ) High School, Hof-stra College 1940-42. Yale University TrackSquad and Lacrosse Team, on Yale DailyNews board (sports editor Senior year),Class Book committee, Alpha Phi Omega,Beta Theta Pi, Cannon and Castle, Captainand commander Battery "B" RO.T.C atYale (commissioned Second LieutenantField Artillery 1948, certified as Distin-guished Military Graduate and appointedto Regular Army 1949)

With Army Air Forces 1942-45 (Distin-guished Flying Cross, Air Medal with nineclusters, awarded U S Field Artillery Asso-ciation Medal, served in American and Eu-ropean theaters 1944-45), stationed at Ar-my Ground School, Fort Riley, ArtillerySchool, Fort Sill, and Anti-aircraft andGuided Missiles Branch, Artillery School,Fort Bliss, 1949-50 before embarking for

Korea, posthumously awarded PurpleHeart and Silver Star, member RomanCatholic church

Married July 10, 1950, Stamford, Conn,Lois Mary Edwards (B A Albertus Mag-nus 1950), daughter of Richard Benagerand Sarah Ellen (O'Brien) Edwards

Lieutenant Murphy was killed in serviceBuried in The National Cemetery, Arling-ton Survived by wife, parents, and a broth-er, Robert F Murphy, '49 March

JAMES FRANCIS STATIA, B A 1950Born June 2, 1929, Glens Falls, N Y , diedMarch 11, 1951, Inchon Harbor, Korea

Father, Charles Edward Statia, post-master Granville, N Y , and vice-presidentO'Brien Brothers Slate Company, Inc , sonof Frank E and Mary (Calhoun) Statia.Mother, Mary Agnes (O'Brien) Statia (B SOneonta [ N Y ] State Teachers Coll 1922),daughter of John Francis and Mary (Ro-wan) O'Bnen

Granville High School Member BerkeleyCollege (sports editor High Street HeraldSenior year, on touch football, basketballand softball teams), member Yale PoliticalUnion, National Student Association (Berk-eley representative Junior year), Associationof College Editors Senior year, N R O T Cat Yale (commissioned Ensign June, 1950)

Entered active service June, 1950, tem-porary duty U S Fleet Sonar School andFleet Training Center, San Diego, Calif,July 6-14, 1950; operation officer (Ensign)aboard heavy cruiser U S S Saint Paul serv-ing on patrol duty off Formosa and inKorean waters July 14,1950-March 11,1951(awarded World War II Victory Medaland Korean Service Medal), member StMary's Church (Roman Catholic), Gran-ville, and St Thomas More, New Haven

UnmarriedEnsign Statia and eight other men were

returning to the U S S Saint Paul fromInchon Harbor in a whale boat It is pre-sumed the boat capsized in an extremelyrough sea Survived by parents

SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOLFRANCIS HILLHOUSE, PHB. 1879

Born September 12, 1859, New Haven,Conn , died January 26, 1951, Rye, N Y

Father, William Hillhouse (M D NewYork Umv 1845, MA. Hon Yale 1849),son of Thomas and Anne (Ten Broeck)Hillhouse Mother, Frances Julia (Betts)Hillhouse, daughter of Samuel Rossiter andCaroline (Dewey) Betts Yale relatives in-clude James Hillhouse (B A 1875), CharlesB Hillhouse (Ph B 1878) (brothers), Sam-uel R Betts (B A 1875) (cousin)

Hopkins Grammar School Select course,St Anthony and Delta Psi

Associated with Automatic Fire AlarmCompany, New York City, 1895 until re-tirement 1944 (secretary and director 1914-44), member Society of Colonial Wars, andEpiscopal church

Married July 14, 1897, Norwich, Conn,Sarah Griswold, daughter of William andMary Elizabeth (Williams) Fitch Chil-dren- Mary Fitch (Mrs George ChanningSumner), Francis Betts, '25, Marian AnitaTen Broeck (Mrs Roger Shackelton Stiles)Mrs Hillhouse died 1948

Death due to artenosclerotic heart dis-ease Ashes interred m Harwich Port, Mass.Survived by children, and nine grandchil-dren

Mr Hillhouse was the last survivingmember of his class.

FRANK ELBERT SANDS, PH B. ilBorn July 17, 1863, New Fairfield, Conn ,died June 8, 1951, Menden, Conn

Father, Jesse Sands, son of Richard andElinor (Ince) Sands Mother, Mary Melvina(Turner) Sands, daughter of NapoleonBonaparte and Phoebe (Wellman) Turner.

Prepared privately Civil engineeringcourse, member '85 S crew Freshman year,secretary University Lacrosse Club Junioryear

With the New Haven (Conn) Union1885-86, a founder The Journal PublishingCompany, Menden, 1887 (publishers Mer-iden Daily Journal), and president until re-tirement 1944, chairman of the board 1944-51, president Daily Newspaper PublishersAssociation of Connecticut 1923-25, Mer-lden Business Men's Association 1908, Con-

necticut Golf Association 1908-10, vice-president Menden Hospital 1919-43, CurtisMemorial Library 1925-40, president 1940-42; Major Connecticut State Guard, mem-ber Sons of the American Revolution, YaleEngineering Association, Menden Histor-ical Society, and Masonic order (eminentcommander St Elmo Commandery,Knights Templar 1915, eminent grandcommander 1931)

Married April 26, 1888, Lancaster, Ohio,Alice Louise, daughter of John Schofieldand Anna (Dickinson) Brasee. Daughter:Anna Brasee. Mrs Sands died 1946

Death due to coronary thrombosis. Bur-ied in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Menden.Survived by daughter.

LEWIS ATTERBURY CONNER, PH.B.1887 Born January 17, 1867, New Albany,Ind ; died December 3, 1950, New YorkCity.

Father, Charles Horace Conner (Class of1864), son of William Chamberhn andSarah Clark (Jones) Conner. Mother, Kath-erine Boudinot (Atterbury) Conner;daughter of Rev John G Atterbury (B A.1831) and Catherine (Larned) Atterbury.Yale relatives include William P. Smith(B A 1742) (great-great-great-grandfath-er); William Bryant (BA. 1747) (great-great-great-great-uncle) , Ehas Boudinqt(LL D 1790) (great-great-great-uncle);William W Atterbury (B A. 1843) (grcat-uncle), Charles L Atterbury (BA. 1864),William W Atterbury, '86 S (uncles), C.Horace Conner, '99, W Boudinot Conner,'99, Richard L J Conner (Class of 1908)(brothers), John Ward Stimson (B.A.1872), Frederick J Stimson (B.A. 1877),Grosvenor Atterbury, '91, Frederick W.Weston, '99 (cousins)

J W. Chenault School, Louisville, Ky.Biology course, Freshman and UniversityGlee clubs; York Hall Tennis Club, YorkHall and Chi Phi Honorary member Aure-lian Honor Society.

M D Columbia 1890, interne New YorkHospital 1890-92; postgraduate student uni-versities of Vienna, Heidelberg and Munich1892-94, physician in New York City1894-1950, instructor medicine Cornell

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University Medical College 1898-1900, pro-fessor clinical medicine 1900-1916, professorand head department medicine 1916 untilretirement 1932; leading authority on heartdisease, and an incorporator AmericanHeart Association in 1924 (a founder, andeditor American Heart Journal 1925-38);attending physician and chief of serviceNew York Hospital 1905-32, on staff Belle-vue and Memorial hospitals; contributed tomedical periodicals; member New YorkNational Guard (served in Spanish-Amer-ican War), Brigadier General MedicalCorps World War I (awarded Distinguish-ed Service Medal, Chief medical reservedivision Office of Surgeon General), vice-president Association of American Physi-cians 1923-24, president 1924-25, fellowNew York Academy of Medicine, memberAmerican Medical Association, NationalBoard of Medical Examiners, Ex-membersSquadron A, New York National Guard.

Married (1) November 27, 1900, NewYork City, Emma Witt, daughter of Wil-liam Hamilton and Emma (Witt) Harris.Children* Katharine Atterbury (Mrs An-thony Hicks Brackett), Sylvia Colt (MrsJames Campbell); William Harris (Classof 1927 S ) , Edith Harris (died 1943) MrsConner died 1921 Married (2) September27,1923, Scranton, Pa, Laila Ann, daughterof Jierbert Hull and Addie Belle (Pinney)Coston Daughter: Ann Atterbury, the wifeof George B Rossetter, '44

Death due to a stroke. Buried in Katonah(NY.) Cemetery. Survived by wife, threedaughters, one son, grandchildren, and abrother, Charles Horace Conner

WILLIAM GREENHOW DOANE,PH B. 1887. Born September 13,1865, Oma-ha, Nebr.; died September 5, 1950.

Father, George W. Doane.Peekskill Military Academy. Select

course, University Chess Team.Enlisted in Nebraska Volunteers 1898

(served in Spanish-American War), FirstLieutenant Infantry (permanent service)1899-1909, Captain 1909-18, LieutenantColonel 1918, and later Colonel (overseas1918-19; served in Argonne and Marbachesectors), professor military science and tac-tics University of North Dakota, adminis-

trator National Institution, Manila, Philip-pine Republic; commanding ROT.Cinstructor in universities in the UnitedStates; lawyer 1901-4, and Judge AdvocateDepartment of Missouri 1904-8

Married April 22, 1908, Riverside, Calif,Lola Goodwin Rustin

Survived by wife, and two stepchildren,Mrs Margaret R. Howell and Henry WRustin

HARLEY JAMES MORRISON, PHB1887 Born February 15, 1866, Cincinnati,Ohio, died October 7, 1950, Cincinnati,Ohio.

Father, John Morrison, senior partnerJohn Morrison & Company, meat packers,Clifton, Ohio, son of James and Mary(Hunter) Morrison Mother, ElizabethAnn (Procter) Morrison, daughter of Wil-liam and Olivia (Norris) Procter. Yale rel-atives include. William P Morrison, '85,Robert Morrison (Class of 1897 S ) (broth-ers) , Thompson Morrison, '33 S, HunterMorrison, Jr, '33 S (nephews); John DMorrison, Jr., '45W, J E. Peirce Morrison,'51 E (grandsons)

Collegiate School, Cincinnati. Chemistrycourse, member Theta Xi.

With Procter and Gamble Company, Cin-cinnati, 1887-1950 (chief chemist 1921-36,consulung chemist 1936-50), presidentAmerican Oil Chemists Society, representa-tive Yale Alumni Board 1922-23; memberCincinnati Home Guard, and ImmanuelPresbyterian Church, Cincinnati.

Married November 16, 1893, Cincinnati,Roberta Alexandra, daughter of Robert Al-exander and Elizabeth Chalfant (Moore)Johnston Children John, '17 S (killed mservice 1918), Robert Alexander Johnston,'20 S

Death due to hypertensive cardiovascu-lar disease Buried in Spring Grove Ceme-tery, Cincinnati Survived by wife, one son,four grandchildren, a sister, Miss Cather-ine Morrison, and two brothers, EdwinMorrison, '89 S, and Hunter Morrison,'99 S

CHARLES EDWARD CURTIS, PHB1888 Born July 5,1868, New Haven, Conn ;died January 22,1951, New York City


Father, George Wetmore Curtis, presi-dent City Bank of New Haven; son of Ja-bez Gillet and Louisa Matilda (Wetmore)Curtis Mother, Caroline Lee (Bridgman)Curtis, daughter of Dr John B Bridgmanand Betsey Maria (Lee) Bridgman Yalerelatives include a grandson, Norns E Os-born, '40

Hopkins Grammar School Civil engi-neering course, editor Yale Courant Senioryear, St Anthony and Delta Psi StudentGraduate School 1888-89

Clerk City Bank of New Haven 1889-94,assistant cashier 1894-98, vice-president1898-1909, president 1909, vice-presidentand cashier Bank of America, New YorkCity, 1918-30, president The Tradesmen'sNational Bank, New Haven, 1931-32, chair-man board Congress Bank and Trust Com-pany 1931, secretary New Haven ClearingHouse Association, contributed to Yale Re-view and many trade publications, vice-president Security Insurance Company1898-1906, councilman New Haven 1895-98, member Board of Finance 1898-1903,treasurer General Hospital Society of Con-necticut 1895-1909, trustee Children's Cen-ter, and director Grace-New Haven Com-munity Hospital

Married (1) October 15, 1889, New Ha-ven, Emily Louise, daughter of Thomas Band Cornelia Louise (Moss) Morse Chil-dren Dorothy Curtis Osborn (died 1949),Constance Curtis Cross Taintor (MrsCharles Wilson Taintor, 2d) Mr and Mrs.Curtis were divorced 1908 Married (2)July 12, 1909, New York City, ElizabethLee Sherwood (B A Mount Holyoke 1905),daughter of Eugene and Mary Lee (Bridg-man) Sherwood Children John Sher-wood, Peter, Charles Edward, Jr

Death due to arteriosclerosis Buried inGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven Sur-vived by one daughter, sons, seven grand-children, and eight great-grandchildren

WILLIAM IRVING FERREY, PHB1889 Born October 1,1868, Pittsfield, Mass ;died July 29, 1950, Orange, Calif

Father, Irving Dwight Ferrey, presidentAgricultural National Bank, Pittsfield; sonof Moses and Sara Howe (Williams) Fer-rey Mother, Caroline (Humphrey) Ferrey,

daughter of Isaac and Mary Lavima (Luce)Humphrey

Phillips-Andover. Mechanical engineer-ing course

With Mclntosh & Seymour Corporation,steam and Diesel engines, Auburn, N Y ,1889-1920 (partner, chief draftsman, andtreasurer 1900-20), orange grower in Cal-ifornia 1920 until retirement 1940, trusteeFirst Congregational Church, Santa Ana,Calif

Married June 1, 1909, Auburn, FrancesSophia, daughter of Samuel Van Dyke andElla Iola (Bacon) Kennedy Daughters:Caroline Bacon Ferrey Williams Wilder(B A Univ Southern California 1934, MrsJohn Wilder), Jean Kennedy (B A Univ.Southern California 1936; Mrs. EdmundPeter Hallahan, Jr ) . Mrs Ferrey died Feb-ruary 18, 1950

Death due to carcinoma Buried in Fair-haven Cemetery, Santa Ana. Survived bydaughters, four grandchildren, and a broth-er, Fred G Ferrey, '98 S

FRANK LEE OWEN, PH.B. 1889 BornNovember 27, 1866, Visalia, Calif, diedApril 12, 1951, San Francisco, Calif

Father, Wilson Jones Owen, a cattledealer in Beowawe, Nevada, and Visalia,Calif , son of William Ranseleer and Mary(Gooch) Owen Mother, Mary Elizabeth(Bacon) Owen; daughter of Fielding andSara Jane (Bell) Bacon

Sackett's School, Oakland, Calif Dynam-ical engineering course, Senior appoint-ment, Apollo Banjo Club LL B 1891

Lawyer in San Francisco 1892 until re-tirement 1950, member Bar Association ofSan Francisco and Presbyterian church,San Francisco

UnmarriedDeath due to cerebral thrombosis. Bur-

ied in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Col-ma, Calif Survived by no immediate rel-atives

WENDELL PHILLIPS BROWN, PH B1890. Born November 27,1866, Hopkinton,RI , died January 31, 1951, Grosse Pointe,Mich

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Father, George William Brown, son ofJames Wilson and Abby Ann (Wilcox)Brown Mother, Martha Jane (Brumley)Brown, daughter of Theophilus Rex andMary (Spalding) Brumley Yale relativesinclude a nephew, Roger C Brown, '22 S

Philhps-Andover Civil engineeringcourse; Senior appointment

Eastern representative King Bridge Com-pany, New York City, 1890-1912, chiefcivil engineer The Watson EngineeringCompany, Cleveland, Ohio, 1912-22; pres-ident and consulting and designing engi-neer Wendell P Brown & Associates (laterWendell P Brown Company), Cleveland,1922-30, consulting professional engineer1930-39; independent consulting engineer,1942-51, general chairman Ohio State Com-mittee for Standardization of EngineeringPractices; member Cleveland Society ofProfessional Engineers (citation andaward), Ohio Society of Professional Engi-neers, American Society of Civil Engineers,American Railway Engineering Associa-tion, Cleveland Museum of Art

Married November 14, 1893, Canterbury,Conn, Hattie Bacon, daughter of MarvinHutchins and Mary J. (Bacon) Sanger.Children* Marj one Antoinette (B A MountHolyoke 1916, Mrs. Jackson Blair), MarvinSanger, '21 S , Mary Brumley (B A. West-ern Reserve 1928, Mrs. Leland FieldsCarter)

Death due to carcinoma Buried in LakeView Cemetery, Cleveland Survived bywife, children, and six grandchildren

HENRY PORTER McKNIGHT, PH B1890 Born September 20, 1870, Louisville,Ky., died May 18, 1951, Atlanta, Ga

Father, William Henry McKnight, pres-ident W H McKnight, Sons & Company,carpet dealers, Louisville; son of SamuelStuart and Sally (Lowrey) McKnightMother, Attia (Porter) McKnight, daugh-ter of William Anderson and Elizabeth(McClelland) Porter. Yale relatives in-clude: Stuart McKnight, '93 (brother);Gordon H Campbell (Class of 1924) (cou-sin)

J W. Chenault School, Louisville Civilengineering course, member Chi DeltaTheta

Partner W H McKnight, Sons & Com-pany 1893-1911, statistician cost depart-ment Remington Arms Company, Eddy-stone, Pa, 1916-20, statistician audit de-partment Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta,1920-25, retired 1926

Married November 20, 1893, New YorkCity, Louise, daughter of Armsted Millerand Alice Mary (Ripy) Portwood.

Death due to myocarditis Buried in CaveHill Cemetery, Louisville. Survived bywife

BURTON DICKINSON BLAIR, PHB.1891 Born October 22, 1868, Colhnsville,Conn ; died August 30, 1950, Philadelphia,Pa

Father, Charles Hamilton Blair, superin-tendent the Collins Company, manufactur-ers steel implements, Collmsville, son ofCharles and Eunice (Blodgett) Blair Moth-er, Anna Bull (Crane) Blair, daughter ofLemuel and Eliza (Bull) Crane

Collmsville High School, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology 1897-98 Civil en-gineering course, prize for excellence inchemistry Freshman year, Senior appoint-ment and honorable mention in civil engi-neering, Commencement speaker, memberChi Delta Theta

Draftsman the Collins Company 1891-98,Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1898-1902, surveyor and adjuster The Philadel-phia Contnbutorship for the Insurance ofHouses 1902 until retirement 1945, firstvice-president Yale Alumni Association ofPhiladelphia 1921-22, librarian St An-drew's Society of Philadelphia 1940-50(chairman 1946-50), member NationalFire Protection Association, Insurance So-ciety of Philadelphia, Masonic order, andChurch of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal),Germantown, Pa

Married November 17, 1896, Beverly,N J, Helen Dunn, daughter of Louis Not-nagle and Sarah Stokes (Dunn) WaltonDaughter Dorothy Walton (Mrs JamesMoore Austin). Mrs Blair died 1946

Death due to heart attack Buried in Mon-ument Cemetery, Beverly, N J Survived bydaughter, one grandchild, one great-grand-child


ENNIS NEWTON SEARLES, PHB.I 89 I Born March 20, 1869, New Haven,Conn , died September 12, 1950, Putnam,Conn

Father, Robert N Searles, a merchant inNew Haven. Mother, Alice M (Thomp-son) Scarles; daughter of Henry B. andHarriet S (Armstrong) Thompson

Hopkins Grammar School. Mechanicalengineering course

Proprietor Athlophoros Company, man-ufacturers proprietary medicines, PomfretCenter, Conn, until retirement 1918, repre-sentative to State legislature 1927-28, grandjuror Pomfret Town Court, president East-ern Connecticut Poultry Producers, Inc;on executive committee Connecticut Poul-trymen's Association, member PomfretCongregational Church.

Married (1) January 5, 1897, MinnieAllen, daughter of Nathaniel A Jones. Mr.and Mrs Searles were divorced in 1917.Married (2) Grace, daughter of Wallaceand Helen Linsley Son* Robert Wallace.Mrs Searles died 1938. Married (3) Mar-garet White

Death to an embolism Buned in West-field Cemetery, Killingly, Conn Survivedby wife and son

SAMUEL FRAY, JR., PH.B 1892. BornAugust 9, 1870, Bridgeport, Conn , diedApril 19, 1951, Trumbull, Conn

Father, Samuel Fray Mother, Emma(Sweet) Fray Yale relatives include agrandnephew, W. Rockwell Clark, Jr, '30

Bridgeport High SchoolDraftsman Keystone Bridge Works,

Pittsburgh, Berlin Bridge Company, andengaged in engineering 1892-1908, generalsales department Carnegie Steel Corpor-ation, 1908 until retirement 1940, memberWestern Pennsylvania Engineering Society.

UnmarriedDeath due to artenosclerotic heart dis-

ease Buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery,Bridgeport Survived by no immediate rel-atives

CHARLES HENRY NICHOLS, PH.B1892 Born July 11, 1870, Branford, Conn.,died December 2, 1950, Bridgeport, Conn

Father, Henry Zina Nichols, son of Dar-ius and Sylvia (Fox) Nichols Mother, ElizaAnn (Pond) Nichols; daughter of Harveyand Betsey (Linsley) Pond.

Hillhouse High School, New Haven,Conn. Civil engineering course.

In engineering department New York,New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com-pany 1892-94, electric railroad construc-tion work with Bristol and Plainvillc(Conn ) Tramway Company 1894-95; c o n -sulting civil engineer New Haven 1895-1917 (engineer Connecticut Shellfish Com-mission 1900-1917; chief engineer Branford[Conn ] Water Works 1898-99); generalengineering consultant New York City1920-38 (construction engineer FederalPublic Housing Authority); Colonel Engi-neers World War I (superintendent build-ing construction in many army camps); sec-retary Class of 1892 S from 1919 to 1922;member American Society of Civil Engi-neers, Society of American Military Engi-neers (president New York Post 1932-33),Sons of the American Revolution, MilitaryOrder of the World War, Connecticut Aca-demy of Arts and Sciences, New HavenChamber of Commerce, Connecticut Soci-ety of Civil Engineers, Masonic order andTrinity Church (Episcopal), Branford.

Married June n , 1896, New Haven, Min-nie Reynolds, daughter of Theodore Engel-bert and Minnie (Reynolds) Baldwin Son:Henry Baldwin (grad. U S. Military Acad-emy 1919)

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Center Cemetery, Branford Sur-vived by wife, son, and four grandchildren.

THOMAS KING HANNA, PHB. 1893Born April 10,1872, Kansas City, Mo.; diedMarch 18, 1951, Chester, Conn

Father, Thomas King Hanna, memberBurnham, Hanna, Munger & Company, drygoods, Kansas City, member first Nebraskalegislature, son of John Smith and Jane A(King) Hanna. Mother, Judith Joyce (Ven-able) Hanna, daughter of Dr. Joseph Mor-ton Venable and Mary Fleming (Cowan)Venable Yale relatives include John VHanna, '85 S (brother), Stephen W. Har-ris, '42 S. (grandnephew).'

Phillips-Andover Mechanical engineer-


ing course; Senior appointment; on YaleRecord board Senior year; Class historian;The Colony and Berzehus.

With Burnham, Hanna, Mungcr & Com-pany, dry goods, Kansas City, 1893-95, stu-dent Art Students' League, New York City,1895-97; illustrator and landscape painter1898-51 (contributed to Life, Harper's,Scnbner's, Good Housekeeping and manyother magazines); work exhibited in Na-tional Art Gallery of Sydney, Australia;member and exhibitor Connecticut Acade-my of Fine Arts (awarded Gedney BunceMemorial Prize for best landscape 1938),Lyme (Conn ) Art Association, Clearwater(Fla) Art Museum; member Society ofIllustrators, and St. Stephen's Church(Episcopal), East Haddam, Conn.

Married May 14, 1907, New York City,Ida Leonora, daughter of Robert Mont-gomery and Ida Leonora (Schwacofer)Donaldson. Children: Leonora Joyce (died1925); Thomas King, Jr.; Lindsay Donald-son, '45W.

Death due to heart failure Buried inPutnam Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn Sur-vived by wife, two sons, three grandchil-dren, and a sister, Miss Edith Joyce Hanna.

SMITH FARLEY FERGUSON, PHB.1894. Born September 8, 1872, Essex, N X ;died July 21,1950, Camden, Maine.

Father, Dr. Evcrard D. Ferguson, sur-geon in Troy, N.Y.; son of Smith andEmily (Townsend) Ferguson. Mother,Marion Alcesta (Farley) Ferguson, daugh-ter of Zebulon Pierce and Amanlla Valeria(Jackson) Farley.

Albany Academy. Mechanical engineer-ing course, St. Elmo and Delta Phi Hon-orary member Aurehan Honor Society.

With Ludlow Valve ManufacturingCompany, Troy, N.Y, and Boston, 1895-1903, vice-president Mackenzie, Quarner& Ferguson, Inc, mechanical and electri-cal engineers, New York City, 1903-6, pres-ident 1906-14; partner Hill & Ferguson,construction engineers, New York City,1914-22, management director Seth Thom-as Clock Company 1921-31, vice-presidentsuccessor General Time Instrument Cor-poration 1931-36, chairman of board 1936until retirement 1944, honorary chairman

1944-50; president Clock ManufacturersAssociation of America 1935-44, vice-pres-ident Yale Graduate Placement Bureau,Inc., 1930-31, Alumni Fund agent 1916-24,chairman committee which raised funds tobuild Yale Engineering Summer Camp, sec-retary-treasurer Yale Engineering Associa-tion 1922-25, president 1927-30, chairmanworkshop and building committee NewYork Association for the Blind 1924-50;trustee Samaritan Hospital, Troy, andOverlook Hospital, Summit, N J , directorCamden Community Hospital; vestrymanChrist Church (Episcopal), Short Hills,N J , and St Thomas Church (Episcopal),Camden, Maine

Married June 8, 1918, Elizabeth, N J ,Margaret Curnc, daughter of Edwin Jacoband Annie Augusta (Stearns) Florance.

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in St Stephen's Cemetery, Millburn,N J Survived by wife

JEROME ALFRED CLINTON MORSE,PH B 1894. Born November 26,1872, Brook-lyn, N.Y ; died March 16, 1951, Bronxville,N Y

Father, Jerome Edward Morse; presidentMorse Company, publishers, son of Augus-tus and Caroline (Willard) Morse Mother,Ella (Packard) Morse Yale relatives in-clude* Ernest B. Humpstone, '06 (brother-in-law).

Mt Pleasant Military Academy Civil en-gineering course

Successively office manager Longmans,Green & Company, publishers, New YorkCity, and payroll auditor Mtna. Life Insur-ance Company until retirement in 1949.

UnmarriedDeath due to coronary thrombosis Ashes

interred in Ferncliff Mausoleum, Hartsdalc,N Y Survived by a sister, Mrs Ernest BHumpstone

WILLIAM PROCTER, PH B. 1894 BornSeptember 8, 1872, Cincinnati, Ohio; diedApril 19, 1951, West Palm Beach, Fla

Father, Harlcy Thomas Procter, partnerProcter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati;son of William Procter Mother, MaryElizabeth (Sanford) Procter; daughter of

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Aaron and Flora Jane (Beardsley) SanfordYale relatives include. Thomas Tousey(B A 1707) (great-great-great-great-grand-father) , William H Sanford, '84 (uncle)

Phillips-Exeter. Member The Colony andBerzehus

Student The Sorbonne 1896-97, withRedmond, Kerr & Company, bankers, 1898and Kountze Brothers 1898-1901, organ-izer and partner Procter & Borden, bonds,New York City, 1902-20, graduate studentColumbia 1917-20; established laboratoryon Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1921, andin 1926 established Biological Survey ofthe Mount Desert Region (president 1926-51), an authority on marine and insect lifeof the Region (author of many publicationsand contributed to curricula of universitiesand State biological departments), researchassociate in marine biology Academy ofNatural Sciences, Philadelphia, ScD Mon-treal 1936, member advisory board zoologydepartment Columbia 1942-47, presidentBar Harbor Hospital 1923-30; memberboard Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Bi-ology 1917-20, 1928-40, trustee AmericanMuseum of Natural History, a founder andgovernor Scientific Research Society ofAmerica, member Sigma Xi, Boston So-ciety of Natural History, Academy of Nat-ural Sciences, New York Academy ofScience, American Association for the Ad-vancement of Science, American Micro-scopical Society, Ornithologists' Union,Genetic Society, New York, Brooklyn andCambridge Entomological societies, Ray So-ciety of London, Plymouth Marine Asso-ciation, Ecologists Union, Ecological So-ciety of America, Royal Canadian Institute,warden Bethesda-by-the-Sea Church (Epis-copal), Palm Beach

Married February 3, 1910, New YorkCity, Emily Pearson, daughter of FrederickW and Julia (Northhall) Bodstein MrsProcter died 1949

Death due to heart attack Buried in BarHarbor (Maine) Cemetery Survived by abrother, Rodney Procter, '03 S

HENRY [VAN DER VEER] BERGEN,PH B 1895 Born August 8,1873, New YorkCity, died August 13, 1950, London, Eng-land

Father, Van Brunt Bergen (C.E. Rens-selaer Polytechnic Inst 1862), chief engi-neer Department of City Works, Brooklyn;son of Teunis G. and Elizabeth Emma(Van Brunt) Bergen Mother, ElizabethEmma (van der Veer) Bergen, daughter ofCornelius and Elizabeth Emma (Leupp)Vanderveer.

Dwight School, New York City Selectcourse, general honors Senior year, Classhistorian, Sigma Xi.

Student modern languages University ofHeidelberg 1895-96, 1901-4 (Ph D 1906);in England collating manuscript of TroyBoo\ 1896-1904, research associate for earlyEnglish literature Carnegie Institution ofWashington 1912-28, continued his workas independent student and author, asso-ciate member Eugenics Education Society.

Married ^larch 8, 1901, London, Mrs.Richmond Lennox, daughter of GeorgeCalmmerer Mr and Mrs Bergen were di-vorced

Death due to a stroke Ashes scattered.Survived by no immediate relatives.

EDWARD GALLIGAN FENNELLY,PH B 1895 Born August 8, 1872, Derby,Conn ; died May 9, 1951, Derby, Conn

Father, Martin Fennelly, printing pressexpert, with Whitlock Machine Company,Derby, son of Keiran and Eleanor (Cam-pion) Fennelly. Mother, Mary (Commer-ford) Fennelly, daughter of Nicholas andBridget (Galhgan) Commerford

Hopkins Grammar School Mechanicalengineering course.

With Farrel Foundry & Machine Com-pany, Waterbury, 1895-97, Westinghouse,Church, Kerr & Company, New York City,1897-1902, United Coke and Gas Com-pany, 1902-4, and Sanderson and Porter, en-gineers and contractors, successively chiefengineer Peterson Engineering Company,Norfolk Creosoting Company, and R. R.Livingston Company, chief engineer CHiltebrandt Dry Dock Company, Kingston,N Y , in World War I, member RomanCatholic church

Unmarried.Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-

ied in St Mary's Cemetery, Ansonia. Sur-vived by two sisters, the Misses Alice Mand Eleanor L Fennelly


DAVID THOMAS MOORE, PH B. 1896. many devices, member American Insti-Born March 19, 1872, Brooklyn, N Y , diedJanuary 1,1951, New York City.

Father, Thomas Smith Moore (BSHarvard 1861), partner Moore, Wallace &Dudley, lawyers. Mother, Susan Teakle(Smith) Moore

Black Hall (Conn ) School Select course;Freshman and University Banjo clubs, TheCloister and Book and Snake.

With Hanover National Bank, New YorkCity, 1896-99, and Guaranty Trust Com-pany 1899-1901; in brokerage business1901-49 (with George P Buder & Brothers1901-05, Morse, Moore & Moore, 1905-08,senior partner D T. Moore & Company,1908 until retirement 1949); member NewYork National Guard, and St. JamesChurch (Episcopal), New York City

Married April 15, 1902, Brooklyn, MaryPitman, daughter of Henry and Alice(Morse) Earle Children- Thomas Smith,2d (died in infancy); Mary Moore Erwin,Susan (Mrs Joshua Bryant Powers); Rosa-mond Moore Warner Peacock-Green (MrsJack Peacock-Green) Mrs Moore died1944.

Death due to respiratory illness Buriedin St. George's Cemetery, Newburgh, N YSurvived by daughters, five grandchildren,and a sister, Mrs Ethel Moore Anderson.

LOUIS EDWARD UNDERWOOD,PHB 1896 Born June 22, 1878, Tolland,Conn ; died June 30, 1951, Wilmington,NY

Father, James Edward Underwood, part-ner Underwood Manufacturing Company,mill engineering, son of Henry and EmilyCook (Hawkins) Underwood Mother,Alice (Cooke) Underwood; daughter ofStephen A and Lydia (Hines) Cooke

Prepared privately Electrical engineer-ing course, Senior appointment.

Apprentice Brainard Milling MachineCompany, Hyde Park, Mass, 1896-98; withGeneral Electric Company (Mass ) 1897 un-til retirement 1945 (student engineeringcourse 1897-99, assistant in design station-ary motor engineering department 1899-1915, chief engineer 1915-27, managing en-gineer motor department 1927-32, mana-ger Pittsfield plant 1932-45), patented 1918-19, author Manual of Determinative

tute of Electrical Engineers, and FirstCongregational Church, Pittsfield

Married August 16, 1919, Wilmington,Ida Gardner, daughter of Thomas R. andLeha (Beach) Greason Children Suzanne(BA. Smith 1942), the wife of SamuelField, 3d, '40 E , Louis Gardner (Class of1944 S.).

Death due to an aneurism Buried inNewton (Mass) Cemetery. Survived bywife, children, and three grandchildren.

CHARLES HYDE WARREN, PHB1896 Born September 27,1876, Watertown,Conn ; died August 16, 1950, Torrmgton,Conn

Father, Charles Alanson Warren, son ofAlanson and Sarah M (Hickox) WarrenMother, Frances Maria (Hyde) Warren;daughter of Ira and Grace (Lum) HydeYale relatives include. Alanson Warren(Class of 1866 L ) (uncle), John M War-ren, '96 S, Bronson M. Warren, '04,Harvey T Warren, '10 (cousins)

Waterbury (Conn ) High School Chem-istry course, Senior honors, member SigmaXi. Graduate member Elizabethan Club,honorary member Aurehan Honor SocietyPhD 1899

Laboratory assistant analytical chemistryYale 1896-97, instructor mineralogy 1897-1900, Sterling Professor of Geology 1922-38, professor geology 1938-40, professormineralogy 1940-45, professor emeritus1945-50, Dean Sheffield Scientific School1922-45, Dean emeritus 1945-50 (trus-tee 1922-50, president of board 1923-45);Master Silliman College 1931-38, TrumbullCollege 1938-45, Master emeritus and As-sociate Fellow Trumbull College 1945-50,chairman department of geological sciences1923-38, member President's Committee onUniversity Planning, LLD Yale 1947,chemist Scovill Manufacturing Company,Waterbury, 1901, instructor mineralogyMassachusetts Institute of Technology1901-4, assistant professor 1904-9, asso-ciate professor 1909-12, professor 1912-22(chairman Committee on Courses of In-struction, active in work on abrasives andceramic materials); lecturer Wellesley

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Mineralogy, contributed to scientific per-iodicals; president Class of 1896 S from1936 to 1950, Alumni Fund agent 1941-46;member executive committee Peabody Mu-seum Advisory Council, fellow AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences, GeologicalSociety of America, member AmericanChemical Society, American Association forthe Advancement of Science, American Phi-r

losophical Society, Yale Engineering Soci-ety, Alpha Chi Sigma, Tau Beta Pi; honor-ary member Connecticut Society of CivilEngineers; member Christ Church (Epis-copal), Watertown, Conn

Married June 17,1903, Watertown, Char-lotte Wardner Lamson (Yale School ofFine Arts Class of 1935), daughter of AllanGray and Martha (Johnson) Lamson Chil-dren Richard, '28 S , Allen Johnson (B SMassachusetts State Coll 1931, BS NewYork State Coll of Forestry 1936, M S Yale1946), Rachel (died 1912), William Lam-son, '35

Death due to coronary insufficiency Bur-ied in Evergreen Cemetery, Watertown.Survived by wife, three sons, four grand-children

WILLIAM HEA2LIT GOULD, PHB1897 Born October 27, 1874, Aurora, N Y ,died August 16, 1950, Richmond, Va

Father, Charles Benjamin Gould, a farm-er and stockman in Aurora, son of Benja-min and Anna (Heazht) Gould. Mother,Cornelia Abby (Avery) Gould (Wells Coll.1868-70), daughter of James and CorneliaBudlong (Brownell) Avery. Yale relativesinclude J. Avery Gould, '92 S. (brother);Fred T Murphy, '97 (brother-in-law), Ben-jamin F Avery, '14, Francis B. Avery (Classof 1919) (cousins); Charles B. G Murphy,'28 (nephew)

Philhps-Andover Select course; TheCloister and Book and Snake

Engaged in stock breeding and dairyfarming, Aurora, North Beverly and Essex,Mass, and Burkeville, Va., member Vir-ginia State Board of Agriculture and Im-migration

Married December 31, 1907, Aurora,Mary Elizabeth Avery (BA. Wells Coll1905), daughter of William Byron and JaneW (Baldwin) Avery Children William

Avery, '32 (died 1935); Cornelia Brownell(Mrs George V Scott); Mary Elizabeth(Mrs. Norman S Moize)

Death due to myocardial infarction. Bur-ied in Sunset Hill Cemetery, BurkevilleSurvived by wife, children, six grandchil-dren.

WILLIAM JACKSON GRIPPIN, PH.B.1897 Born September 19,1876, Troy, N Y ,died July 25, 1950, Fairfield, Conn.

Father, William Avery Gnppm, presi-dent Bridgeport (Conn) Malleable IronCompany, son of Alonzo John and Mary(Burntt) Gnppin Mother, Adell (Jackson)Gnppin; daughter of Stephen B. and Car-oline (Stilwell) Jackson

Bridgeport High School Electrical en-gineering course; College Choir; secondUniversity Glee Club Student Law School1897-98

Assistant superintendent and superinten-dent Bridgeport Malleable Iron Company1898-1903, director 1903-12, treasurer 1904-12, general manager 1913-16, treasurerEastern Malleable Iron Company, Nauga-tuck, Conn, 1913-17, executive director1913-50; treasurer and general managerBolton Machine Tool Company, Bridge-port, 1917-22, domestic salesman New Eng-land Coal & Coke Company, Bridgeport,1939-50, vice-president and director Con-necticut Flexible Plaster Company, Bridge-port, 1905, president Unquowa School,Bridgeport, 1917-22, director AmericanBaptist Home Missionary Society, Connect-icut Baptist Convention, deacon First Bap-tist Church, Bridgeport

Married April 10, 1907, Ethel Mac,daughter of Alfred and Louise (Andresen)Kimber. Children: Kenneth, Rosalind(Mrs Leonard Popp) Mrs. Gnppin died1943

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridge-port Survived by children, stepmother,and a sister, Mrs Dudley Mixer Morris.

ROBERT STEWART KILBORNE,PH.B. 1897. Born November 22, 1874, Or-ange, N J ; died September 6, 1950, NewYork City.


Father, Allerton Wright Kilborne, pres-ident A W. Kilborne & Company, brokers,New York City; son of Horatio and Cor-delia (Lattin) Kilborne. Mother, Charlotte(Cushman) Kilborne; daughter of Davidand Juha (Curtis) Cushman Yale relativesinclude- William Skinner (Class of 1879),Joseph A. Skinner, '83 S. (brothers-in-law);Norman Joseph Kilbourne, '15 (cousin),George Bnggs Kilborne (Class of 1953)(grandson)

Newark Academy Select course; Seniorappointment, The Colony and Berzehus

Associated with A. W. Kilborne & Com-pany 1897-1917 (partner 1900-17), mem-ber New York Stock Exchange; with Den-ny, Pomeroy & Company, and successorfirm J W Davis & Company 1918 until re-tirement 1925; general assistant to chiefrequisition branch, Domestic Distributiondivision, Purchase, Storage and Traffic Di-vision War Department, Washington, D C ,World War I, member New England So-ciety, Society of Mayflower Descendants, StNicholas Society of New York; elder St.Nicholas Collegiate Church, New YorkCity.

Married April 5, 1904, Holyoke, Mass,Katharine, daughter of William and SarahElizabeth (Allen) Skinner. Children: Eliz-abeth Allen (B A. Vassar 1930, M A Col-umbia 1931; Mrs William Herbert Hud-nut, J r ) , Robert Stewart, Jr. (Class of1927); William Skinner, '35.

Death due to carcinoma Survived bywife, children, thirteen grandchildren, onegreat-grandchild, two sisters, the MissesHelen and Mary Allerton Kilborne.

WILLIAM DOWD SCRANTON, PH.B.1897 Born June 10, 1875, New Haven,Conn ; died October 1, 1950, New Haven,Corni

Father, Charles Woolsey Scranton, part-ner Charles W. Scranton & Company, bro-kers, New Haven; son of Sereno Hamiltonand Susan Rebecca (Dowd) ScrantonMother, Mane Etta (Palmer) Scranton;daughter of Henry and Irene (Avenll)Palmer Yale relatives include. J. HamiltonScranton, '98, Worthington Scranton, '98(cousins)

Hillhouse High School Civil engineeringcourse

With Charles W Scranton & Company1897-1950 (assistant treasurer 1905-7,treasurer 1907-22, partner 1922-47, seniorpartner 1947-50), associate member NewYork Curb Exchange, president First Fed-eral Savings & Loan Association, Madison,Conn, 1934-50, E. C Scranton MemorialLibrary, Madison, 1918-50, and Connect-icut Investment Bankers Association, assis-tant secretary Class of 1897 S from 1916to 1919, director City Missionary Associa-tion, charter member New Haven branchUS Power Squadron, member Connect-icut Harbor and Shell Fish Commission,New Haven Board of Harbor Commis-sioners, Connecticut National Guard (NewHaven Grays), Sons of the American Rev-olution, Masonic order, and Church of theRedeemer (Congregational), New Haven

Married (r) April 12, 1903, New Haven,Katharine Frances Brown, daughter of Rob-ert Augustus and Charlotte Alene (Killam)Brown Children* Charlotte Marietta (MrsElton Morns Crisman; died 1939), Kath-arine Florence (Randolph-Macon 1928-30,Mrs Edwin Ruthven Kelsey, Jr ) , MaryElizabeth (Mis James Thomas O'Connor,Jr.; died 1945) Mrs Scranton died 1929Married (2) June 15, 1937, Helen Douglas,daughter of Edward Gurley and LucyCleveland (Prindle) Love

Death due to acute peritonitis Buried inEvergreen Cemetery, New Haven Survivedby wife, one daughter, six grandchildren,and two sisters, Mrs E Everest Conoverand Mrs Robert E. Milligan.

CHARLES LEWIS YOUNG, PH B. 1897.Born September 13, 1875, Columbus, Ohio,died October 16, 1950, Denver, Colo

Father, Charles Lewis Young, a lawyerin Springfield, Mass, representative Massa-chusetts State legislature 1895-96, son ofWilliam and Maria (Biddle) Young Moth-er, Cora Elva (Richardson) Young Yalerelatives include a brother-in-law, CharlesT. Van Winkle, '97 S

Springfield (Mass) High School Civilengineering course

In city engineer's office, Hartford, Conn,1897-1902; with Hollis & Harrison, min-ing engineers, Silverton, Colo, 1902-4, engi-neer Anunas Power & Water Company, Du-

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rango, Colo, 1904-5, engineer installationpower plant Lookout and Sand mountains1905-7, independent consulting engineerDurango, Colo, 1907-17, 1919-22, CaptainCoast Artillery World War I, member Ma-sonic order (grand lecturer Grand LodgeA F & A M of Colorado 1922-50), andMethodist Church, Columbus

Married October 11,1920, Durango, Mar-garet Mahnda, daughter of Walter S andMary Ann (Quillen) Meller. ChildrenDons Baldwin (B A Univ Denver 1933,M A Radchffe 1934, Mrs Andrew Thor-burn Dempster, Jr ) , Evelyn Baldwin (B AUniv Denver 1935, MA Univ Chicago1937, Mrs Melden Earl Vohn); Roy Bald-win (died 1928); Elizabeth Louise (BAUniv Missouri 1943, Mrs Robert CharlesWagner)

Death due to injuries received whenstruck by an automobile Buried in CrownHill Cemetery, Jefferson County, Colo Sur-vived by wife, three daughters, seven grand-children, two sisters, Mrs Charles T VanWinkle (died April 1951) and Dr Eliza-beth Myers Sullivan

WILLIAM FRANCIS COCHRAN, PH B.1898 Born January 6, 1876, Yonkers, N Y ;died July 2, 1950, Woodbrook, Md

Father, William Francis Cochran, treas-urer Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Com-pany, Yonkers, son of Alexander Giffordand Sara (Phillips) Cochran Mother, Eva(Smith) Cochran, daughter of Alexanderand Janet (Baldwin) Smith Yale relativesinclude Alexander S Cochran, '96, Gif-ford A Cochran, '03 (brothers), Percy HStewart, '90 (brother-in-law), John San-ford, '72 (cousin), Thomas Ewing, Jr(Class of 1919), William F C Ewing, '21,Sherman Ewing, '24, Gifford C Ewing, '26,GifTord A Cochran (Class of 1929), Dray-ton Cochran (Class of 1932), Bayard Ew-ing, '38 (nephews)

St Paul's School, Concord, N H Selectcourse, Freshman and University Gleeclubs,Class deacon,vice-president YM C ASenior year, St Elmo and Delta Phi

With Alexander Smith & Sons CarpetCompany 1898-1950, owner and chairmanboard Sherwood Forest Company 1910-50,

member Church of the Redeemer (Episco-pal), Baltimore

Married November 20, 1902, Baltimore,Nina Gill, daughter of Claude Lorraine andAnnie J (Wilhar) Gill Children- Gwen-dolyn Gill (Mrs. Edward WoodmanBrown); William Francis, Jr. (B A Prince-ton 1929, died 1946); Ann (Mrs RedmondConyngham Stewart, Jr.), Alexander Smith(B.A. Princeton 1935, Yale School of FineArts 1935-37), Lorraine Gill (died 1929).

Death due to bronchopneumonia. Buriedin Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore. Sur-vived by wife, two daughters, one son,eleven grandchildren.

GILBERT CHRISTIAN GREENWAY,JR, PH.B 1898. Born January 14, 1874, Ab-mgdon, Va ; died November 30,1950, Edis-to Island, S C.

Father, Gilbert Christian Green way (B AUniv Virginia 1858; M D Univ Maryland1867), a physician in Hot Springs, Ark ;son of John Campbell and Margaret Chris-tian (Cowan) Greenway. Mother, Alice(White) Greenway, daughter of Addisonand Sara (Irvine) White Yale relatives in-clude. John C. Greenway, '95 S (brother),George Lauder Greenway, '25, James C.Greenway, Jr, '26, Gilbert C. Greenway,3d, *34, John G Keller, '42, John S Green-way, '49 (nephews), James C Greenway,3d (Class of 1955) (grandnephew)

Philhps-Andover Select course; vice-president Freshman Football Association;vice-president University Baseball Associ-ation Junior year, University Baseball Team(captain Senior year); vice-president Fresh-man Navy, Freshman and University Gleeclubs, Class Book historian, The Cloisterand Book and Snake

Investment broker New York City 1904until retirement 1936, member New YorkStock Exchange; president Class of 1898 S.from 1898 to 1928, First Lieutenant Chem-ical Warfare Service World War I, memberChurch of the Nativity (Episcopal), Hunts-ville, Ala

UnmarriedDeath due to cardiac asthma Bunedl in

Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich Survived bya sister, Mrs William Lowden Keller, anda brother, Dr James C Greenway, '00

Sheffield Scientific School i n

CLAUDE HARRIS MILLER, PH.B. ilBorn October 6, 1875, Newark, N J ; diedOctober 9, 1950, New Haven, Conn

Father, James Wesley Miller, manufac-turer of jewelry, and president Board ofTrade, Newark; son of Isaac and Susan(Miller) Miller Mother, Emihe E (Guth-ne) Miller, daughter of Alexander andMargaret (Terry) Guthne.

St George's Hall, Summit, NJ. Contri-buted to Yale Scientific Monthly, memberFranklin Hall and Theta Xi

In brokerage business New York City1898-1903, managing editor Country Lifein America, advertising manager ThomasA Edison Company, editor The World'sWor\; editor and publisher Denville (N.J.)Herald, a screen writer for silent pic-tures; contributed many articles to mag-azines; member Grace Church (Episcopal),Newark

Married April 24, 1913, New York City,Loraine, daughter of John J and MargaretLouise (Root) Grinnell. Son. James Wes-ley (Class of 1937).

Death due to artenosclerotic cardiovas-cular disease. Buried in Mount PleasantCemetery, Newark Survived by wife, son,two grandchildren

WILLIAM HEANEY BUELL, PHB.1899 Born April 9, 1877, Philadelphia, Pa ;died December 24, 1950, New York City.

Father, Charles Francis Adams Buell, amerchant in Brooklyn; son of William Hen-ry and^Delia Ann (Buell) Buell Mother,Mary Kate (Heaney) Buell; daughter ofWilliam and Mary (Osborn) Heaney

Morgan High School, Clinton, ConnChemistry course, honors in chemistrySenior year

Assistant master mechanic PennsylvaniaRailroad Company (Altoona shops) andengineer in charge roundhouse and classifi-cation yards 1900-1904; director researchWinchester Repeating Arms Company,New Haven, 1904-15; director experimen-tal station E. I. du Pont de Nemours &Company, Wilmington, 1915-20 (devel-oped 30-cahber tracer bullet); vice-presidentand general manager United States Car-tridge Company, Lowell, Mass, 1920-22,president and treasurer Buell Brothers Com-

pany, Clinton, 1922-24, consulting chem-ist in development of devices used withthermostatic and temperature controls1924-30; obtained many patent rights forinventions, partner Buell & Schwab, bro-kers, New Haven, 1930-40; vice-president,chemical engineer and general managerPolychem Corporation, manufacturing andconsulting chemists, New York City, 1940-50, member Society of Chemical Industry,American Chemical Society, InternationalCongress of Chemistry, and St ThomasChurch (Episcopal), New York City

Married January 30, 1907, Philadelphia,Gertrude Hewitt Vowinckel (B A Vassar1901), daughter of Charles and Viola(Hewitt) Vowinckel Children ViolaHewitt (BA Smith 1933), the wife ofRoswell P Angier, Jr (MS. Yale 1941),William Heaney, "Jr , Charles VowinckeLMrs Buell died 1932

Death due to heart trouble and diabetesBuried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Holh-daysburg, Pa Survived by children, twograndchildren, a sister, Miss Mary H Buell,and a brother, Fisher A Buell (Class of1908)

PHILIP RASSELAS SEARS, PH B 1899Born July 21,1874, Chicago, 111; died Octo-ber 17, 1950, San Francisco, Calif

Father, Joseph Sears, president Kenil-worth Company, realtors, Kenilworth, 111;son of John and Miranda (Blount) SearsMother, Helen Stedman (Barry) Sears,daughter of Samuel Stedman and AbigailCorbin (Abbot) Barry Yale relatives in-clude John B Sears, '91 (brother); JohnH Sears, '04 L, R William Burnet, '07 S(cousins)

Rugby School, Kenilworth Entered YaleSophomore year, civil engineering course

In engineering department Chicago, Bur-lington & Quincy Railroad Company 1899-1900; in engineering work connected withfather's real-estate business, Kenilworth,1900-1904, owner stock ranch near Cody,Wyo 1904-9, general ranching Jamieson,Ore, 1910 until retirement 1928, memberthe New Church (Swedenborgian), Chi-cago.

Married January 5, 1904, Kenilworth,Clara Maynard, daughter of Maynard Asa


and Hellen (Tyrrell) Cheney Children:Maynard Joseph (BA Stanford 1928);Philip Cheney (BA Stanford 1933); JohnAlden (B A Stanford 1933); Helen Barry(Mrs Charles Clyde Pool), Tyrrell

Death due to cerebrovascular accidentBuried in Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, SanRafael, Calif Survived by wife, children,eight grandchildren, a sister, Miss DorothySears, and a brother, J Alden Sears, '05 S

ROBERT ELLSWORTH SMITH, PH B.1899 Born September 7, 1878, Setauket,N Y, died August 12, 1950, Stamford,Conn

Father, Theodore Ellsworth Smith, pres-ident and treasurer Smith Chemical Com-pany, New Haven, son of Chauncey andSusan (Boyd) Smith Mother, Martha Haw-kins (Jayne) Smith, daughter of Frank andMary (Dallas) Jayne

Hill house High School, New HavenChemistry course, Freshman and Universi-ty Hockey teams

Salesman F J Calhoun & Company,wholesale druggists, New Haven, and suc-cessor firms, C W Whittlesey Companyand McKesson & Robbins, Inc, 1899-1950.

Married (1) June 6, 1906, New Haven,Louise Anna, daughter of Martin and Kath-enne (Fink) Pfeiffer Children- CharlotteLouise, the wife of Dana W. Smith, '29 S.;Robert Ellsworth, Jr Mrs Smith died 1928Married (2) May 31, 1930, Elkton, Md,Jeannette Evelyn, daughter of George A.and Georgiana (Mornll) Farnham

Death due to coronary occlusion Buriedin Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven Sur-vived by wife, children, and two grand-children

CLARENCE ARTHUR WARDEN,PHB 1899 Born March 21, 1878, Philadel-phia, Pa ; died May 5, 1951, Haverford, Pa.

Father, William Grey Warden, presidentUnited Gas Improvement Company, Phil-adelphia, son of John Byers and Anne(Leeds) Warden Mother, Sarah Wells(Bushnell) Warden, daughter of Danieland Eleanor (Gray) Bushnell

The Hill School Select course; vice-president Freshman Baseball Association,

captain Freshman Crew; Class crew, ClassDay committee, St Anthony and DeltaPsi

LLB University of Pennsylvania 1902;lawyer in Philadelphia 1902-51 (with Mor-gan, Lewis & Bockius 1902-10), assistantcounsel United Gas Improvement Company1910-14, general counsel and head legaldepartment 1914-22, specialized in bankingand estate cases; president Superior TubeCompany, Norristown, Pa, 1934-47, chair-man of board 1947-51, president board1947-51, president board trustees The HillSchool 1920-44; trustee Children's Hospitaland Philadelphia Welfare Federation;member Visiting Nurse Society of Phila-delphia, Yale Engineering Association, andBryn Mawr (Pa ) Presbyterian Church.

Married June 6, 1900, Cleveland, Helen,daughter of Warren Holmes and MaryHelen (Wick) Corning Children: WilliamGrey, 2d (died 1920); Clarence Arthur, Jr.(Class of 1926 S ) ; Mary Helen (Mrs. ErichFrederick Schmidt; died 1936); Adele(Mrs Henry Douglas Paxson).

Death due to cardio renal failure Buriedin the churchyard of Church of the Re-deemer, Bryn Mawr Survived by wife, onedaughter, one son, four grandchildren, anda sister, Mrs. Henry Wick Corning.

WILLIAM STROBRIDGE, PHB. 1900.Born December 28, 1879, Stamford, Conn ;died December 16, 1950, Syracuse, N.Y

Father, William Clarence Strobndge, sonof William Crane and Ruth Ann (Lawton)Strobndge Mother, Emma Louise (Bald-win) Strobndge; daughter of RichardLewis and Julia (Philips) Baldwin. Yalerelatives include a brother-in-law, Henry E.Haws, '05

Stamford High School Mechanical engi-neering course, honorable mention in Ger-man Freshman year, honors in Germanand mathematics Junior year, general hon-ors Senior year

Draftsman Jones & Laughhn Steel Com-pany 1900-3; draftsman and squad boss Post& McCord, structural steel manufacturers,New York City, 1903-4; chief draftsman,designer, and assistant engineer Consoli-dated Gas Company, New York City, 1904-12; chief engineer United States Cast Iron

Sheffield Scientific School

Pipe and Foundry Company, Burlington,NJ., 1912-18; engineer gas departmentBartlett Hayward Company, Baltimore,1918-29, chief engineer U.S. Hoffman Ma-chinery Corporation, laundry and drycleaning machinery manufacturers, Syra-cuse, 1929 until retirement 1947, consultingengineer 1947-50, member May MemorialUnitarian Church, Syracuse

Married February 7, 1914, Stamford,Florence Adelaide Haws (B A Smith1908), daughter of George Augustus andFlorence Augusta (Ernst) Haws ChildrenWilliam Baldwin, '37 S , George Haws(BA Wesleyan 1941, died 1943); Eliz-abeth (BA Smith 1942; Mrs JeromeGilcher Disque)

Death due to pulmonary tuberculosisBuried in Woodland Cemetery, Stamford,Conn Survived by wife, daughter, one son,two grandchildren, a stepgrandson, twosisters, Mrs William Vaughan Alexander,Mrs Wilton Bentley, and a brother, Rich-ard L. Strobndge, *io S

JOHN FOSTER SYMES, PHB 1900Born February 10, 1878, Denver, Colo,,died April 5, 1951, La Jolla, Calif

Father, George Gifford Symes, a lawyer,first Federal judge in Territory of Mon-tana; son of William and Mary (Gifford)Symes Mother, Sophie Elizabeth (Foster)Symes, daughter of John Wells and Lydia(Converse) Foster

Lawrenceville School Select course, hon-ors in economics and political science Sen-ior year; editor Yale Scientific MonthlySenior year; member The Cloister and Bookand Snake

LL.B Columbia 1903, lawyer with Hunt,Hill & Betts, New York City, 1903-6;lawyer in Denver 1906 until retirement1950 (appointed U S District Attorney forColorado 1921-22, U S District Judge Dis-trict of Colorado 1922-50), instructor inlaw University of Denver about 1946-48,LLD University of Denver 1950, manag-ing partner Symes Building 1906-51, MajorInfantry World War I (overseas Toul sec-tor, St-Mihiel and Argonne-Meuse offen-sives) ; president Colorado Yale Association1921-22, trustee University of Denver, di-rector Denver Chamber of Commerce,

X I 3Grace Community Center; member Den-ver, Colorado State, and American Bar as-sociations, Denver Philosophical Society, So-ciety of Mayflower Descendants, Masonicorder, vestryman St John's Cathedral(Episcopal), Denver

Married (1) January 26, 1916, Washing-ton, D C , Cynthia, daughter of John Priceand Jennie (Bethel) Ednngton DaughtersVirginia Bethel, the wife of John G Mc-Murtry, y^6; Cynthia Ednngton, the wifeof Claude M Maer, Jr, '48 L Mr andMrs Symes were divorced 1928 Married(2) September 29,1931, Florence Josephine,daughter of John Festus and Kathenne(Kennedy) Wade. Mrs Symes died 1942

Death due to acute cerebrovascularthrombosis Buried in Mount Olivet Ceme-tery, Denver Survived by daughters, sixgrandchildren, a sister, Mrs KatharineCrane, and a brother, G Gifford Symes, '05S

JOHN MURRAY WATTS, PH B 1900Born November 18,1879, Philadelphia, Pa ,died February 17, 1951, Philadelphia, Pa

Father, John Shoenberger Watts (Class of1871), a lawyer, son of Henry Miller andAnna Maria (Shoenberger) Watts. Moth-er, Mary (Peace) Watts, daughter of Dr,Charles Edward Peace and Anna (Cole-man) Peace

St Mark's School Mechanical engineer-ing course

Post graduate work University of Penn-sylvania and Franklin Institute of NavalArchitecture 1900-1902, in construction de-partment William Cramp and Sons Ship-building Company 1902-3, in designingdepartment New York Shipbuilding Com-pany, Camden, 1903, partner Swasey, Ray-mond & Page, naval architects, Boston,1903-5, secretary O Sheldon Shipbuild-ing Company, Boston, 1905-6, naval archi-tect and marine engineer Philadelphia1906-51 and pioneer in development ofwelded steel construction for yachts, de-signed more than 1200 commercial ships,president J Murray Watts & Company1910-51; member Connecticut NationalGuard (served in Spanish-American War),Captain Engineers World War I (overseas1918-19), naval architect US Maritime


and Hellen (Tyrrell) Cheney. Children:Maynard Joseph (BA. Stanford 1928);Philip Cheney (B A Stanford 1933); JohnAlden (B A Stanford 1933); Helen Barry(Mrs Charles Clyde Pool); Tyrrell.

Death due to cerebrovascular accidentBuried in Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, SanRafael, Calif Survived by wife, children,eight grandchildren, a sister, Miss DorothySears, and a brother, J. Alden Sears, '05 S

ROBERT ELLSWORTH SMITH, PH B.1899 Born September 7, 1878, Setauket,N Y, died August 12, 1950, Stamford,Conn

Father, Theodore Ellsworth Smith, pres-ident and treasurer Smith Chemical Com-pany, New Haven, son of Chauncey andSusan (Boyd) Smith Mother, Martha Haw-kins (Jayne) Smith, daughter of Frank andMary (Dallas) Jayne.

Hillhouse High School, New Haven.Chemistry course, Freshman and Universi-ty Hockey teams

Salesman F J Calhoun & Company,wholesale druggists, New Haven, and suc-cessor firms, C W. Whittlesey Companyand McKesson & Robbins, Inc, 1899-1950

Married (1) June 6, 1906, New Haven,Louise Anna, daughter of Martin and Kath-enne (Fink) Pfeiffer Children: CharlotteLouise, the wife of Dana W. Smith, '29 S.;Robert Ellsworth, Jr Mrs. Smith died 1928.Married (2) May 31, 1930, Elkton, Md,Jeannette Evelyn, daughter of George Aand Georgiana (Mornll) Farnham

Death due to coronary occlusion. Buriedin Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven Sur-vived by wife, children, and two grand-children

CLARENCE ARTHUR WARDEN,PH B 1899 Born March 21, 1878, Philadel-phia, Pa , died May 5, 1951, Haverford, Pa.

Father, William Grey Warden, presidentUnited Gas Improvement Company, Phil-adelphia, son of John Byers and Anne(Leeds) Warden Mother, Sarah Wells(Bushnell) Warden, daughter of Danieland Eleanor (Gray) Bushnell

The Hill School Select course; vice-president Freshman Baseball Association,

captain Freshman Crew; Class crew; ClassDay committee, St. Anthony and DeltaPsi

LLB University of Pennsylvania 1902;lawyer in Philadelphia 1902-51 (with Mor-gan, Lewis & Bockius 1902-10); assistantcounsel United Gas Improvement Company1910-14, general counsel and head legaldepartment 1914-22; specialized in bankingand estate cases; president Superior TubeCompany, Nornstown, Pa., 1934-47, chair-man of board 1947-51, president board1947-51; president board trustees The HillSchool 1920-44, trustee Children's Hospitaland Philadelphia Welfare Federation;member Visiting Nurse Society of Phila-delphia, Yale Engineering Association, andBryn Mawr (Pa.) Presbyterian Church.

Married June 6, 1900, Cleveland, Helen,daughter of Warren Holmes and MaryHelen (Wick) Corning Children: WilliamGrey, 2d (died 1920); Clarence Arthur, Jr.(Class of 1926 S ) ; Mary Helen (Mrs. ErichFrederick Schmidt, died 1936), Adele(Mrs Henry Douglas Paxson).

Death due to cardio renal failure Buriedin the churchyard of Church of the Re-deemer, Bryn Mawr Survived by wife, onedaughter, one son, four grandchildren, anda sister, Mrs Henry Wick Corning

WILLIAM STROBRIDGE, PH.B. 1900.Born December 28, 1879, Stamford, Conn.;died December 16, 1950, Syracuse, N.Y

Father, William Clarence Strobndge; sonof William Crane and Ruth Ann (Lawton)Strobndge. Mother, Emma Louise (Bald-win) Strobndge, daughter of RichardLewis and Julia (Philips) Baldwin Yalerelatives include a brother-in-law, Henry EHaws, '05

Stamford High School Mechanical engi-neering course, honorable mention in Ger-man Freshman year; honors in Germanand mathematics Junior year, general hon-ors Senior year

Draftsman Jones & Laughhn Steel Com-pany 1900-3, draftsman and squad boss Post& McCord, structural steel manufacturers,New York City, 1903-4; chief draftsman,designer, and assistant engineer Consoli-dated Gas Company, New York City, 1904-12, chief engineer United States Cast Iron


Pipe and Foundry Company, Burlington,NJ., 1912-18; engineer gas departmentBardett Hayward Company, Baltimore,1918-29; chief engineer U S Hoffman Ma-chinery Corporation, laundry and drycleaning machinery manufacturers, Syra-cuse, 1929 until retirement 1947, consultingengineer 1947-50, member May MemorialUnitarian Church, Syracuse

Married February 7, 1914, Stamford,Florence Adelaide Haws (B.A. Smith1908), daughter of George Augustus andFlorence Augusta (Ernst) Haws ChildrenWilliam Baldwin, '37 S , George Haws(B.A Wesleyan 1941, died 1943); Eliz-abeth (B A Smith 1942, Mrs JeromeGilcher Disque)

Death due to pulmonary tuberculosisBuried in Woodland Cemetery, Stamford,Conn Survived by wife, daughter, one son,two grandchildren, a stepgrandson, twosisters, Mrs William Vaughan Alexander,Mrs Wilton Bentley, and a brother, Rich-ard L. Strobndge, '10 S.

JOHN FOSTER SYMES, PHB 1900Born February 10, 1878, Denver, Colo.;died April 5, 1951, La Jolla, Calif

Father, George Gifford Symes, a lawyer,first Federal judge in Territory of Mon-tana, son of William and Mary (Gifford)Symes Mother, Sophie Elizabeth (Foster)Symes, daughter of John Wells and Lydia(Converse) Foster

Lawrenceville School Select course, hon-ors in economics and political science Sen-ior year; editor Yale Scientific MonthlySenior year, member The Cloister and Bookand Snake

LL B Columbia 1903, lawyer with Hunt,Hill & Betts, New York City, 1903-6;lawyer in Denver 1906 until retirement1950 (appointed U S. District Attorney forColorado 1921-22, U S District Judge Dis-trict of Colorado 1922-50); instructor inlaw University of Denver about 1946-48,LL D University of Denver 1950, manag-ing partner Symes Building 1906-51, MajorInfantry World War I (overseas Toul sec-tor, St-Mihiel and Argonne-Meuse offen-sives) , president Colorado Yale Association1921-22, trustee University of Denver, di-rector Denver Chamber of Commerce,

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Grace Community Center; member Den-ver, Colorado State, and American Bar as-sociations, Denver Philosophical Society, So-ciety of Mayflower Descendants, Masonicorder, vestryman St John's Cathedral(Episcopal), Denver

Married (1) January 26, 1916, Washing-ton, D C, Cynthia, daughter of John Priceand Jennie (Bethel) Ednngton DaughtersVirginia Bethel, the wife of John G Mc-Murtry, '36, Cynthia Ednngton, the wifeof Claude M Maer, Jr, '48 L Mr andMrs Symes were divorced 1928 Married(2) September 29,1931, Florence Josephine,daughter of John Festus and Katherme(Kennedy) Wade. Mrs Symes died 1942

Death due to acute cerebrovascularthrombosis Buried in Mount Olivet Ceme-tery, Denver Survived by daughters, sixgrandchildren, a sister, Mrs KatharineCrane, and a brother, G Gifford Symes, '05S

JOHN MURRAY WATTS, PH B 1900Born November 18,1879, Philadelphia, Pa ,died February 17, 1951, Philadelphia, Pa

Father, John Shoenberger Watts (Class of1871), a lawyer, son of Henry Miller andAnna Maria (Shoenberger) Watts Moth-er, Mary (Peace) Watts, daughter of DrCharles Edward Peace and Anna (Cole-man) Peace

St Mark's School Mechanical engineer-ing course

Post graduate work University of Penn-sylvania and Franklin Institute of NavalArchitecture 1900-1902, in construction de-partment William Cramp and Sons Ship-building Company 1902-3, in designingdepartment New York Shipbuilding Com-pany, Camden, 1903, partner Swasey, Ray-mond & Page, naval architects, Boston,1903-5; secretary O Sheldon Shipbuild-ing Company, Boston, 1905-6, naval archi-tect and marine engineer Philadelphia1906-51 and pioneer in development ofwelded steel construction for yachts, de-signed more than 1200 commercial ships,president J Murray Watts & Company1910-51; member Connecticut NationalGuard (served in Spanish-American War),Captain Engineers World War I (overseas1918-19), naval architect U S Maritime


Commission World War II, member StPaul's Church (Episcopal), Chestnut Hill,Pa

Married July 21, 1909, Bryn Mawr, Pa,Elizabeth Romeyn, daughter of Guilhaemand Edith (Price) Aertsen Daughter.Edith Murray (B A Bryn Mawr 1932,M D Univ Pennsylvania 1938)

Death due to a heart attack Buried in thechurchyard of Church of the Redeemer,Bryn Mawr Survived by wife and daugh-ter

WILLIAM MERRITT CLARK, PHB1901 Born March 9, 1880, Derby, Conn ,died August 20, 1950, South Portland,Maine

Father, William Jared Clark, managerGeneral Electric Company, New York City,son of Merntt and Ann (Hodge) ClarkMother, Mary Josephine (Terry) Clark,daughter of William and Maria (Slocomb)Terry Yale relatives include Robert LClark, '06 (brother), George C Bryant,'95, Ralph H Clark, '09, Albert S Terry(Class of 1915) (cousins)

Hillhouse High School, New HavenChemistry course, honors in chemistry Jun-ior year

Student electro-chemistry MassachusettsInstitute of Technology 1901-2, Polytech-nikum Zurich 1902-3, University of Berlin1903, managing director Great BritainVending Company, London, 1903-6; salesdepartment General Chemical Company,New York City, 1906-11, chemist Niles(Ohio) Glass Works 1911-13, with GeneralElectric Company 1913 until retirement1945 (manager Fostona (Ohio) GlassWorks 1913-15, Newark (Ohio) ReflectorWorks and Euclid (Ohio) Glass Works1915-17, in glass technology departmentCleveland 1917-24, manager lamp depart-ment and consulting engineer patent de-partment Pitney Glass Works 1924-45);contributed to many scientific publications,represented American Ceramic Society onNational Research Council, member NewYork National Guard, Veterans Associationof New York, American Chemical Society,American Society for Testing Materials, So-ciety of the Chemical Industry, Society ofGlass Technology, American Physical So-

ciety, British Society of Glass Technology,and First Unitarian Church, Cleveland

Married June 4, 1910, Lee, Mass., Flora(Univ. Minnesota 1907-8),daughter of Wil-bur Fisk and Maria (Smith) Kelsey. Chil-dren* Lincoln Harold (BA. Wesleyan1932, MA. Univ Chicago 1938^ PhD.1940); Marion Kelsey (BA Smith 1936,Mrs Ralph Sargent Tyler, Jr ) , LorraineCrosby (B A Smith 1940, Mrs John MartinDeely, Jr ) , William Terry, '41 S

Death due to myocardial infarction Bur-ied in Lee (Mass) Cemetery. Survived bywife, children, eleven grandchildren, and abrother, Harold T. Clark, '03.

HOMER LAING DIXON, PHB. 1901Born February 25^ 1880, Chicago, 111; diedOctober 1, 1950, Chicago, 111

Father, Arthur Dixon, founder ArthurDixon Transfer Company, transferring andforwarding freight, Chicago, son of Arthurand Jane (Allen) Dixon Mother, Anna(Carson) Dixon Yale relatives include abrother-in-law, Walter E Faithorn, 'or S.

Harvard School, Chicago. Select course;member St. Anthony and Delta Psi.

Western sales agent General ManifoldCompany, Chicago, 1901-4; secretary Ar-thur Dixon Transfer Company 1904-44,president and secretary-treasurer 1944-50,trustee Wesley Memorial Hospital, ChicagoTemple; member Yale Engineering Asso-ciation and Fourth Presbyterian Church,Chicago.

Married October 27,1906, Chicago, Kath-arine, daughter of Lucius George andKatharine Louise (Eddy) Fisher Children:Katharine Anne (Vassar 1926-27; LLBChicago-Kent College of Law 1944; MrsDixon Agar), Virginia Hamilton (Mrs.Howard Edward Buhse), Clara Elizabeth(Mrs Agustus Parker Bryant); Ethel Fran-ces, the wife of Alexander C Fletcher, '33;Lucia Fisher (Mrs Wallace SeldenWakem), Joan Jane (Northwestern 1933-34), the wife of John R Mooney, '33 S ;Homer Laing, Jr

Death due to carcinoma. Buried in Rose-hill Cemetery, Chicago Survived by wife,children, sixteen grandchildren, two sis-ters, Mrs. Walter E Faithorn, Mrs. PaulWalker, and a brother, Arthur A. Dixon


JOSEPH GOODYEAR WILD, PH.B.1901 Born May 17, 1879, Hamden, Conn.,died July 31,1950, Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Father, Isaac J Wild (B A. 1867) Moth-er, Sara Emily (Goodyear) Wild

Hillhouse High School, New Haven,Conn Chemistry course; honors in chem-istry Senior year Student Graduate School1901-2

Chief chemist Winchester RepeatingArms Company, New Haven, 1901-5, headchemical laboratory National Lamp Works,General Electric Company, Cleveland,1906-26, consulting chemist Parr Paint &Color Company, Cleveland, 1927 until le-tirement 1940, invented many lighting im-provements, engaged in research on carbonmonoxide U S Bureau of Mines WorldWar I, member American Chemical So-ciety.

Married September 22, 1939, Orwell,Ohio, Helen DeForest, daughter of the RevPaul Frederick Sutphen, D D , and Bertha(Davies) Sutphen

Death due to bronchopneumonia Buriedin Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland Sur-vived by wife

OLIVER EUGENE CLOSSON, PHB.1903 Born August 25, 1880, Ludlow, Ky ,died September 22, 1950, Detroit, Mich

Father, William Eugene Closson; son ofAsa Burton and Harriet Hitchborne (Wil-cox) Closson Mother, Rosetta (Booth)Closson, daughter of Oliver Henry andNancy Maria (Freeto) Booth

Menden (Conn.) High School Biologycourse, honors in biology and chemistryJunior year. Student Graduate School1903-6

Biological chemist laboratories of Dr.H. M. Alexander & Company, Marietta, Pa ,1906-9, research pharmacologist Parke-Davis & Company, pharmaceutical prod-ucts, 1909-13, department manager biologi-cal control 1913 until retirement 1948, con-tributed to scientific journals, memberAmerican Chemical Society, Cranbrook In-stitute of Science, Michigan MineralogicalSociety, American Public Health Associa-tion, Masonic order, and North WoodwardCongregational Church, Detroit

Married October 3, 1906, Menden, Edith

May, daughter of William Henry and EllenMaria (Johnson) L'Hommedieu DaughterArline Edith

Death due to artenosclerotic heart dis-ease Buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery,Menden Survived by wife and daughter

LINCOLN ELLSWORTH, PH B 1903Born May 12, 1880, Chicago, 111 , died May26, 1951, New York City

Father, James William Ellsworth, LL D ,of New York City, business man and art col-lector, son of Edgar Birge and Mary HarrietHolden (Dawes) Ellsworth Mother, EvaFrances (Butler) Ellsworth, daughter ofOliver Morris Butler Yale relatives includea stepbrother, William M Fincke, '01 S

The Hill School Attended Sheffield Sci-entific School September-December 1900(civil engineering course, St Anthony andDelta Psi) and Columbia School of Mines1901-3.

Axman on first survey Grand TrunkPacific Railway of transcontinental routeacross Canada, and resident engineer onconstruction Canadian Pacific Railway atMontreal 1903-5, worked in Pennsylvaniacoal mines 1905, assistant engineer surveytrip Kougarock Mining Company, Alaska,1906, resident engineer in charge construc-tion coke ovens Ellsworth mines 1906,transitman Grand Trunk survey party Yel-lowhead Pass, B C, 1906 and resident en-gineer for Railway's layout PrinceRupert townsite 1906-7, transitman onconstruction work Canadian Pacific Rail-way 1907-8 (took course in surveying andpractical astronomy sponsored by the Rail-way at McGill), investigated hardwoods ofYucatan for Baxter & Company, New YorkCity 1908, gold prospector headwaters ofPeace River 1909, in 1911 participated inCanadian government roundup of surviv-ing buffalo Bitter Root Mountains, plannedto go as civil engineer and topographerwith George Borup and Donald B Mac-Millan to Arctic in search of "CrockerLand" 1912, but expedition was cancelledbecause of Borup's death, successively atU S Geodetic Survey School, Cheltenham,Md, student plane-table work U S Geo-logical Survey, and geographical surveycourse given by Royal Geographical Society

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of London 1912-13, field assistant U S Bio-logical Survey 1913-16 (studied wild moun-tain sheep from Gulf of California to Yukonboundary), with American Red Cross Unitin France 1917, enlisted in army, enteredFrench Military Aviation Training School,Tours (received wings), unoccupied be-cause of ill-health 1918-24, under auspicesJohns Hopkins University co-leader geolog-ical survey across Andes through CentralPeru from Pacific to Amazon headwaters1924, in 1925 second in command Amund-sen-Ellsworth North Polar Airplane Expe-dition (first successful penetration of Arcticregions by air), partner Amundsen-Ells-worth-Nobile Expedition on first transpolarflight from Spitzbergen to Teller, Alaska,aboard semi-rigid airship Norge 1926, en-gaged in collecting fossil algae in GrandCanyon, Labrador, and Death Valley 1926-30, cooperated as director scientific researchwith Sir Hubert Wilkins in planning Wil-kins-E 11sworth Transarctic Submarine Ex-pedition and represented American Geo-graphical Society on Graf Zeppelin ArcticFlight 1931, led three expeditions to Ant-arctic between 1933-36, with objective offlying across continent from Weddell toRoss Sea (successful flight made 1935—firstcrossing of Antarctica), undertook fourthexpedition to map from air Enderby Quad-rant 1938 (combined flights claimed 377,-000 square miles of land for the UnitedStates), explored Mount Misti near Are-quipa in search of lost tombs Inca emperors1941, author The Last Wild Buffalo Hunt,At the North Pole, Search, Air Pioneeringin the Aicttc, Exploring Today, BeyondHorizons, The First Crossing of Antarctica,contributed to Our Polar Flight, The FirstFlight Across the Polar Sea, appointed Lieu-tenant Commander, US Naval Reserve,1937, Commander (1st Class) Order of StOlav (Norway) 1925, awarded GrandCross with Star of the Order 1927, goldmedal by Norwegian Storthing 1925, KingHumbert Gold Medal of Royal Geographi-cal Society of Italy 1926, medal of AmericanMuseum of Natural History 1927, specialgold medals from Congress 1928,1937, Hub-bard Gold Medal of National GeographicSociety 1936, medal of Geographic Societyof Chicago 1936, Ehsha Kent Kane Medal ofGeographical Society of Philadelphia 1936,

David Livingstone Centenary Medal ofAmerican Geographical Society 1936, medalof Explorers Club 1936, Patrons Medal ofRoyal Geographical Society, London, 1937,mountain in Spitzbergen named in hishonor,MS Hon Yale 1933,LLD Kenyon1936; Sc D Rutgers 1938, on council Amer-ican Geographical Society, honorary fellowand trustee American Museum of NaturalHistory, trustee Western Reserve Academy,fellow Royal Geographical Society, Lon-don, honorary member Aero Club of Nor-way, Explorers Club, and American PolarSociety, associate member American Societyof Civil Engineers; an organizer and char-ter member Polar Legion, member Booneand Crockett Club, The Century Associa-tion, and Church of the Transfiguration(Episcopal), New York City

Married May 23, 1933, New York City,Mary-Louise, daughter of Jacob S and El-dora (Dyer) Ulmer

Death due to heart ailment Buried inHudson, Ohio Survived by wife

ALBERT HOVEY DICKINSON, PH B1904 Born September 22, 1881, Laramie,Wyo , died December 6, 1950, Kansas City,Mo

Father, Edward Dickinson, presidentKansas City, Mexico & Orient RailwayCompany Mother, Margaret Blanche (Ho-vey) Dickinson; daughter of Jacob HoveyYale relatives include- Henry S. Lyman, '92(brother-in-law); George E Dickinson(Class of 1903 S ) (cousin)

Philhps-Andover. Mechanical engineer-ing course

With American Open Hearth Steel Com-pany, Omaha, 1904-5; assistant superinten-dent Kansas and Oklahoma division,Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway Com-pany, Wichita, 1905-6, division superin-tendent 1906-16; partner Cassoday Oil &Gas Company, Wichita, 1916-17, engagedin settling father's estate 1917-19, presidentAmerican Toy Company, Kansas City,1919-26, Mexico City Improvement Com-pany, San Angel Land Company, indepen-dently engaged in oil production, KansasCity, 1919-50, member Sixth Church ofChrist, Scientist, Kansas City

Married January 12, 1905, Council Bluffs,


Iowa, Maude Winifred Besley (B A Rock-ford 1903), daughter of Lewis C and Mar-tha Clementine (Wightman) Besley Chil-dren Jane (B A Mills 1930, Mrs KennethCarlisle Hadley; died 1944); Nancy Dick-mson Wilson Barrett (Sarah Lawrence1929-31, Mrs Warren A Barrett); Ed-ward, 2d, Margaret Dickinson Todd, Al-bert Hovey, Jr, '42 S Mrs Dickinson died1940.

Death due to hypertensive heart diseaseBuried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha,Nebr Survived by two daughters, two sons,and five grandchildren

LOUIS HENRY EGAN, PH.B 1904Born November 21, 1881, La Crosse, Wis ,died November 25, 1950, St Louis, Mo

Father, John M. Egan, an official IllinoisCentral Railway Company and CanadianPacific Railroad Company, son of MichaelEgan Mother, Susanna (Gallagher) EganYale relatives include Thomas M James,'98, D L James, '02 (brothers-in-law).

Phillips-Exeter Electrical engineeringcourse; Class historian; The Colony andBerzehus.

Electrician Algoma Steel Company,Sault Ste Mane, Ont, 1904-5, assistantmanager in Detroit, Sault Edison ElectricCompany 1905-10, general manager Kan-sas City Electric Light Company 1910-16;general manager Electric Company of Mis-souri 1916-17, assistant general managerUnion Electric Light & Power Company ofMissouri 1917-19, vice-president 1919-20,president 1920 until retirement 1939 (direc-ted construction of Cahokia Power plant,Bagnell Dam and hydro-electric powerplant [developed lake of the Ozarks resortarea], Keokuk [Iowa] dam and powerplant), president St. Charles Gas Com-pany 1923-44, Mississippi River PowerCompany, Keokuk, about 1920-39, UnionElectric Company of Illinois 1920-39, Un-ion Colliery Company 1920-39, St. LouisCounty Gas Company 1920-39, Union Elec-tric Land & Development Company about1929-39, St Louis & Belleville Electric Com-pany, an ardent sportsman, first presidentDucks Unlimited, Inc, 1938, president JohnBurroughs School 1922-30, Edison Asso-ciation of Illuminating Companies 1933-34;

trustee Edison Electric Institute, secondvice-president Yale Alumni Association ofKansas City 1915-16, member Yale Engi-neering Association

Married October 2, 1912, Kansas City,Fanny James (BA. Vassar 1904), daugh-ter of John Crawford and Fannie (Shouse)James Daughters Elizabeth (B A Vassar1936, Mrs Gene Baldwin Starkloff), Alice(BA Vassar 1937, Mrs Richard John Do-lan), Patricia (B A Vassar 1939)

Death due to pneumonia Buried inMount Washington Cemetery, Kansas City,Mo Survived by wife, daughters, fourgrandchildren, a sister, Mrs John StogdellStokes, and a brother, John M Egan

MALCOLM FARMER, PH B 1904 BornFebruary 4, 1883, Boston, Mass , died April13, 1951, New Haven, Conn

Father, Lewis Grieve Farmer (B A.Dartmouth 1872), a lawyer in Boston, sonof Thomas and Henrietta Cobb (Brown)Farmer Mother, Marian Sinclair (Foss)Farmer, daughter of Charles Meade andMargaret Elizabeth (Hatchman) Foss

Roxbury Latin School Select course, hon-ors in French Junior year, Senior honors,Freshman and University Baseball teams,vice-president Freshman Navy, captainFreshman Football Team, University Foot-ball Team, Class statistician, Class Bookhistorian, The Cloister and Book andSnake Honorary member Aurehan HonorSociety

With Phoenix Iron Company, Phoenix-ville, Pa, 1904-32,1940-43 (superintendentrolling mills 1904-16, vice-president theStanley Works, New Britain, Conn, 1916-32, general manager steel division, Bridge-port, 1922-32, executive vice-president1940-43), member Board of Control, YaleUniversity Athletic Association, 1929-32,chairman 1932-39, and chairman Gymna-sium Committee and director athletics1932-39, associate fellow Branford College1933-51, MA Hon Yale 1932, vice-pres-ident and general manager Plastic Manu-facturers, Inc, Stamford, Conn, 1944-48,president 1948-50, an authority on steel(invented an electrical annealing furnace1926), contributed many articles to scien-tific publications, organizer and first pres-

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ident Yale Alumni Association of NewCanaan 1947-49, president QuadrangularIntercollegiate Hockey League 1937-40,president Connecticut State Golf Associa-tion 1929-30, New England Amateur GolfAssociation 1934-35, Eastern IntercollegiateFootball Association 1936-37, and Inter-collegiate Fencing Association 1938-39;chief price adjustment specialist North At-lantic Division Corps of Engineers WorldWar II, manager government sales SilexCorporation, Hartford, Conn; memberAmerican Iron and Steel Institute, Amer-ican Society for Mental Hygiene, directorHartford County Y M C A , PhoemxvilleChamber of Commerce, vestryman StMark's Church (Episcopal), New Britain

Married April 21, 1908, Brooklme, Mass,Alice Sa\ory, daughter of Joseph and Eliz-abeth (Webb) McKey Children Barbara(Yale School of Fine Arts 1932-33; MrsBenjamin Holt Ticknor, 2d), Malcolm, Jr,'34, William Leinster (Class of 1940),Franklyn McKey (died 1922)

Death due to carcinoma Buried in ForestHills Cemetery, Boston Survived by wife,daughter, two sons, eleven grandchildren,and a sister, Mrs John K Robinson

CLARENCE MAURICE SCHULTZ,PH B 1904 Born August 9, 1883, Astoria,N Y , died March 12, 1951, Summit, N J

Father, Norman Schultz, vice-presidentU S Leather Company, New York City;son of Maurice and Laura (Winchester)Schultz Mother, Emma Jane (Britton)Schultz, daughter of Major Bntton

St Paul's School, Concord, N H Mechan-ical engineering course, Freshman andClass crews

With General Electric Company, NewYork City, 1904-8, with American Agri-cultural Chemical Company 1908-18, 1926until retirement 1947 (general sales man-ager 1926-34, assistant to president 1934-47), general manager F S Royster GuanoCompany, fertilizers, Norfolk, Va, 1919-26, Captain Chemical Wai fare ServiceWorld War I, member Calvary Church(Episcopal), Summit

Married (1) April 18, 1906, Lynn, Mass,Grace Leviseur, daughter of Charles Henryand Antoinette (Johnson) Conway Chil-

dren: Norman, Conway, Barbara (Mrs.Chedsey Platt), Peter (killed in service1943), Joan Glover (Mrs John AmbroseMcManus) Mr and Mrs Schultz were di-vorced 1926 Married (2) May 4,1945, NewYork City, Katharine Booth Brady McMan-us, daughter of John Thomas and KatharineAdehcia (Young) Brady.

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Fairlawn Cemetery, Chatham, N JSurvived by wife, four children, elevengrandchildren, and a stepdaughter, NancyBooth McManus Cole, the wife of AshleyCole, '47 L

ROBERT HARRIS McCURDY, PHB1906 Born June 4, 1884, Youngstown,Ohio, died January 9, 1951, Moylan, Pa

Father, Robert McCurdy, a banker inYoungstown Mother, Isabella (Porter)McCurdy

Phillips-Andover. Select course, St Elmoand Delta Phi.

Weighmaster Youngstown Sheet & TubeCompany 1906-7, with West Middlesex(Pa ) United Iron & Steel Company 1907-8,Republic Iron & Steel Company, Youngs-town, 1908-9, partner Tidewater SteelCompany, Chester, Pa, 1909-10, with Del-aware River Steel Company, Chester, 1910until retirement (secretary and treasurer,and later vice-president), personnel man-ager Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Com-pany, Chester, Captain Field ArtilleryWorld War I, member First PresbyterianChurch, Youngstown

Married (1) Mildred Robinson Mrs Mc-Curdy died 1927 Married (2) June 4, 1929,Lansdowne, Pa, Mary Ogden Boyd, daugh-ter of J Herbert Ogden Daughter: Mary

Survived by wife, daughter, a stepson,Austin Boyd, Jr, and a sister, Mrs. CharlesHart

EDWARD MAGNUS, PH B 1906 BornMarch 15,1885, St Louis, Mo., died August18, 1950, Westerly, R I

Father, Arthur Julius Magnus Mother,Nellie (Busch) Magnus; daughter of Adol-phus and Lilly (Anheuser) Busch. Yale rel-atives include William R Orthwein, '03,Percy J Orthwein, '12 (brothers-in-law),


Adolph B. Magnus (Class of 1906 S )(brother); William D Orthwein (Class of1920 S ), Fred C Orthwein, '23 S, RichardW. Orthwein (Class of 1923 S ) , Robert B.Orthwein (Class of 1929), David K Orth-wein (Class of 1935), William R. Orthwein,Jr, '38, Adolph B. Orthwein, '40 (neph-ews).

University School, Chicago Electrical en-gineering course

Student Cornell University 1906-7, withAnheuser-Busch, Inc, brewers, St Louis,1907 until retirement 1945 (vice-president1911-45, director executive committee 1946-50); executive vice-president Busch-SulzerBrothers Diesel Engine Company, St Louis,1940-46, president Lilly Busch Estates, Inc,1932-50; vice-president and member boardAdolphus Busch Estate, Inc, 1932-50, pres-ident 1943-50

Married May 12, 1910, St. Louis, NellieFlorence, daughter of William David andEmily (Thuemmler) Orthwein Children*Lilly Busch (Mrs George W Blabon, 2d),Miquette (Mrs Tom Randolph Potter)

Death due to coronary occlusion. Buriedin Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis Sur-vived by wife, daughters, grandchildren,and a sister, Mrs. Horace Flanigan

ALLEN MATHEWSON, PHB. 1906.Born June 27, 1886, Enfield, Conn; diedJuly 31, 1950, Bayside, N.Y

Father, George Turvey Mathewson, part-ner Mathewson Brothers & Company, coal,wood, and ice dealers, Enfield, son of Johnand Anne (Turvey) Mathewson Mother,Laura (Allen) Mathewson; daughter ofHenry Patten and Mary Ann (Falconer)Allen

Enfield High School Electrical engineer-ing course.

Foreman carbon filament treating de-partment Franklin Electric ManufacturingCompany, Hartford, 1906-22, engineerW T Dipper, Inc, Long Island City, N Y,1922-33; field engineer Westinghouse Cor-poration, New York City, 1933-36, engi-neer Charles Mulligan Company, CentralIshp, N Y, 1946-49; member American In-stitute of Electrical Engineers, Yale Engi-neering Corporation, and Enfield Congre-gational Church.

Married January n , 1919, Waterbury,Conn, Florence Skinner Pierce

Death due to natural causes Buried inEnfield Cemetery Survived by wife, a sis-ter, Mrs Frank E Davis, and a brotherGeorge T Mathewson, '13 S,

WALTER BABCOCK BINNIAN, PH B1907 Born October 28, 1884, Peona, 111,died February 15, 1951, Boston, Mass

Father, William Henry Binnian, ownerAcme Harvester Company, farm machin-ery, Pekin, 111, son of Henry and Elizabeth(Walford) Binnian Mother, Elizabeth Ann(Babcock) Binnian, daughter of Williamand Elizabeth Ann (Kinsey) Babcock

Philhps-Andover Metallurgy course,Freshman Banjo and Mandolin Club, ClassBook committee, The Cloister and Bookand Snake

With Stanley Works, New Britain,Conn, 1907-9; with Charles D Brown &Company, paper mill supplies, Boston,1909-11 (worked on development highspeed rotary paper cutter 1909-10, salesman1910-11), bond salesman Hunt, Saltonstall& Company, Boston, 1911-15, and salesmanager White, Weld & Company, invest-ment bankers, 1915 until retirement in1943, First Lieutenant Massachusetts StateGuard, president Class Secretaries Associ-ation 1942-44, Cohasset Central CemeteryAssociation 1937-42, secretary-treasurerYale Club of Boston 1917-20, vice-president1943-45, treasurer Derby Academy, Hing-ham, 1922-30, liaison officer American RedCross, Boston, 1941-42, and vice-chairmanDisaster committee 1942-45, trustee Cohas-set Improvement Association, South ShoreHospital, Cohasset Social Service League,Cohasset Country Day School, memberfinance committee Town of Cohasset 1932-37, member Massachusetts Civic League,Weymouth Board of Trade, Economic Clubof Boston, Boston Chamber of Commerce,Horticultural Society, New England His-torical and Genealogical Society, BostonianSociety, Massachusetts and Cohasset His-torical societies, vestryman St Stephen'sChurch (Episcopal), Cohasset, 1920-49(clerk of parish 1939-45, junior warden1945-49)

Married April 10, 1915, South Orange,

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N J , Katharine Gansevoort, daughter ofHenry Besson and Frances (Melville)Thomas Children James (died 1921),Samuel Shaw (B A Harvard 1940, LL B.1950), William (BA Harvard 1943),Katharine Gansevoort (Mrs AnthonyRogers Whittemore), John Walford (died1939)

Death due to carcinoma Buried in Co-hasset Central Cemetery Survived by wife,daughter, two sons, and five grandsons

WILLIAM DIXON FULLERTON,PHB 1907 Born March 25, 1886, Chilh-cothe, Ohio, died January 30, 1951, Cleve-land, Ohio

Father, Dr William Dixon Fullerton, aphysician in Chilhcothe, son of Williamand Sophia (Lyman) Fullerton Mother,Mary (Madeira) Fullerton, daughter ofWilliam R and Nannie (Trimble) Ma-deira

Philhps-Andover Biology courseM D Johns Hopkins 1911 (member Nu

Sigma Nu) , interne Lakeside Hospital,Cleveland, 1911-12, Sloane Hospital, NewYork City, 1912-13, demonstrator obstetricsand gynecology Western Reserve Univer-sity Department of Medicine 1914-21, in-structor gynecology 1921-27, senior clin-ical instructor 1927-50, consulting surgeonUniversity Hospitals, Cleveland, contribu-ted to many medical journals; former trapand skeet shooter champion, memberAmerican Management Association, Cen-tral Association of Obstetricians and Gyne-cologists, American College of Surgeons,Cleveland Academy of Medicine, and StPaul's Church (Episcopal), ClevelandHeights

Married (1) December 21, 1907, Chilh-cothe, Esmeralda, daughter of Willard Aus-tin and Clara (Putnam) Story. Sons Wil-liam Dixon, 3d, '31 S., Willard Story Mrand Mrs Fullerton were divorced Married(2) January 10, 1930, Cleveland, ElizabethMangan, daughter of William A and Wil-helmina (Riesterer) Mangan Daughter-Elizabeth Mangan

Death due to cerebral artery thrombosisAshes interred in Chilhcothe Cemetery Sur-vived by wife, children, three brothers,Dwight L Fullerton, '10 S , Reginald HFullerton, '11 S, and M M Fullerton

THOMAS SYLVESTER KEVENEY,PH.B 1907 Born April 15, 1883, Brooklyn,N Y , died April 16, 1951, New York City

Father, James Walter Keveney, presidentJames Walter Keveney, Inc, wholesale cit-rus fruit dealers, Brooklyn, son of JamesWalter Keveney Mother, Mary Louise (Mc-Cann) Keveney, daughter of John andMary (Dodds) McCann.

Cornell Preparatory School, Ithaca, N.Y.;University of Wisconsin 1903-5, Universityof Michigan 1905-6, entered Yale Senioryear, electrical engineering course, Univer-sity Soccer Team

Superintendent sugar weights in sugarfactory, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 1907-8,draftsman on electrical signal work 1908-9,private tutor, Long Island, N Y, 1909-10,bond salesman, New York City, 1910-13,and established motor truck service; oper-ating department Hudson River RailroadCompany (branch New York Central Rail-road Company) 1913-14, western advertis-ing manager The Plumbers Trade JournalPublishing Company, Chicago, 1918-28,assistant sales manager Howard W. StevensCompany, Inc, Chrysler and Plymouthdealers, Los Angeles, 1928-32; with ChryslerMotor Car Company, New York City,1932-34, and Hudson Motor Car Company1934 until retirement in 1938, controlledreal-estate holdings in New York City andLos Angeles 1938-51, member RomanCatholic Church

UnmarriedDeath due to acute heart condition Bur-

ied in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Pleasant-ville, N Y Survived by two sisters, MissEleanor Keveney, Mrs. Clarence A Platt,and a brother, Albert F Keveney

ELLSWORTH FROST MINER, PHB1907 Born July 23, 1887, Tornngton,Conn , died January 25, 1951, Washington,D C

Father, Dr Ellsworth Stiles Miner; sonof Charles W and Martha E (Frost)Miner Mother, Harriet (Gnggs) Miner;daughter of Orvis and Candace (Kellogg)Gnggs

Unionville (Conn ) High School. Elec-trical engineering course

Student engineer General Electric Com-


pany, Lynn, Mass., 1907-10; with SpencerTurbine Cleaner Company, Hartford,Conn, 1910-12 (in charge Southwesternsales office, Houston, Texas, 1911-12), as-sistant mechanical engineer Producers OilCompany, Houston, 1912-15; superinten-dent Litchfield (Conn ) Electric Light &Power Company 1915-24, investment andappraisal engineer Jackson & Moreland,New York City, 1924-28 (in charge Shen-andoah River Power Company, Harnson-burg, Va, 1926-28); valuation engineerPublic Utilities Commission, Harnsonburg,1928-30; engineer Federal Power Commis-sion, Washington, 1930-32, 1945-51, engi-neer District Public Utilities Commission,Washington, 1932-33, Securities and Ex-change Commission 1935-42, senior super-vising engineer Defense Plant Corporation,Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Wash-ington, 1942-44; with Army Engineers,Washington, 1944-45, author several tech-nical books, member Professional Engineersof Virginia, Isaak Walton League, Arling-ton Public Utilities Commission, ParkwayCitizens' Association, Arlington, seniorwarden Grace Church (Episcopal), May-wood, Va

Married June 7, 1911, Winsted, Conn,Mary Helen Kcnnard (BA Wellesley1908), daughter of John Hanson and HelenWakefield (Yale) Kennard, and great-great-great-niece of Ehhu Yale Children.Richard Yale (B S Massachusetts Instituteof Technology 1934), Helen Wakefield(Harnsonburg Teachers Coll. 1928-30,Mrs Frank Burton Mooers), ElizabethFrost (BA Wesleyan 1937; Mrs AlasdairWilliam Spens-Thomson), Harriet Gnggs,John Hanson Kennard (grad U S CoastGuard Academy 1947)

Death due to heart attack Buried in Na-tional Memorial Park Cemetery, FallsChurch, Va Survived by wife, children, fivegrandchildren

JAMES HERBERT BROWNING, PH.B.1908 Born November 29, 1885, St Johns,Newfoundland, died August 20, 1950,Great Neck, N Y

Father, James Browning, partner GBrowning & Son, biscuit manufacturers, St.Johns, son of Gilbert and Elizabeth (Blair)

Browning Mother, Mary (Topping)Browning, daughter of Herbert and Mary(Cort) Topping Yale relatives include abrother, Gilbert Browning, '05

Phillips-Andover Select course, Fresh-man Relay Team; Class swimming team

With Topping Brothers, heavy hardware,New York City, 1908 until retirement 1946(vice-president 1922-36, president 1936-46), member Episcopal church

Married January 1, 1913, Pittsburgh,Willa Bulhtt Alexander (B A Bryn Mawr1911), daughter of Michael James andLaura (White) Alexander Children RuthAlexander (Mrs Charles Fred Richards),Donald (Class of 1940), James Alexander

Death due to thrombosis Buried in Ever-green Cemetery, Brooklyn Survived bywife, children, five grandchildren

WILLIAM EDWIN DUNHAM, PHE1908 Born February 15, 1886, Stoneboro,Pa ; died July 21, 1950, Coosawhatchie,SC

Father, Omer Edwin Dunham, partnerDunham & Lavery, Warren, Pa Mother,Florence (Burnett) Dunham—-^

Warren High School Forestry course,University Cross Country Team, FranklinHall and Theta Xi M F 1909

In forestry department Pennsylvania Rail-road Company 1910-11, estimating tim-ber and making land reports John L RoperLumber Company, Nortfi Carolina, 1911,manager Peters, Byrne & Company, consult-ing foresters, Ardmore, Pa, 1912-13, indus-trial engineer and superintendent H Black& Company, manufacturers of women'sclothing, Cleveland, 1913-16, efficiency en-gineer A M Byers Company, Pittsburgh,1916-19, production engineer Reading(Pa ) Iron Company 1919-20, consultingengineer Charles E Bedaux Company, in-dustrial engineers, New York City, 1921-24, partner and management engineer C LStevens Company, industrial engineers, Bos-ton, 1924-31, director and vice-piesidentArcade Malleable Iron Company, Worces-ter, Mass, and Arcade Insulating and Re-fining Company, Springfield, Mass, 1926-29, vice-president and general manager Sa-vannah (Ga ) River Lumber Corporation,timberlands, 1929-38, president 1938-50,


regional chief lumber and lumber productssection War Production Board (Region 4)1942-43, manager Southern Foresters-Tim-berland Consultants 1944-50, on editorialadvisory board Factory Magazine, directorGeorgia Forestry Association; memberAmerican Society of Foresters, Masonic or-der, and First Baptist Church, Warren

Married (1) May 4, 1915, Warren, MabelReese (B A Wilson 1909), daughter ofCharles Jerome and Rose (Schuler) ReeseSon William Edwin, Jr (Yale Class of1939 S , B A Umv Virginia 1939) MrsDunham died 1932 Married (2) June 30,1934, Cambridge, Mass, Edna Frances,daughter of Charles Henry and CynthiaGrace (Keyes) Burns

Death due to coronary thrombosis Sur-vived by wife, son, two grandchildren, twobrothers, Leon B Dunham and John WDunham

CHARLES SPENCER HART, PHB.1908 Born February 12, 1886, Cincinnati,Ohio, died January 25, 1951, New YorkCity

Father, Augustus Neal Hart, with Penn-sylvania Railroad Company, Cincinnati.Mother, Amanda (Browning) Hart

Prepared privately, Ohio State Univer-sity 1905-6 Entered Yale Junior year, se-lect course, Junior honors, prize forexcellence in history Junior and Senioryears, honors in history and social sciencesSenior year; University Soccer Team, Classbasketball team, University Orchestra, PhiKappa Sigma

Teacher French, history, algebra BleesMilitary Academy, Macon, Mo, 1908-9,secretary Elyna (Ohio) Chamber of Com-merce 1909-10, with Hearst PublishingCompany, Inc, 1910-17 (Western managerAmerican Sunday Magazine, Chicago,1911-13, advertising manager, New YorkCity, 1913-16, advertising manager Hearst'sMagazine, New York City, 1916-17), headMotion Picture Propaganda division Com-mittee on Public Information 1917-18 (pro-duced America's Answer, Under FowFlags, The USA, Following the Flag toFrance, Pershing's Crusaders)', CaptainOrdnance Department World War I, pro-moted Lieutenant Colonel U S Reserve

Corps (showman Army War Show) 1943,with Byoir & Hart, Inc., public relationscounsels, New York City, 1919-21; busi-ness manager El\s Magazine 1922-38(grand exalted ruler Benevolent and Pro-tective Order of Elks 1937-38); partnerCarl Byoir & Associates, Inc, New YorkCity, 1938-42, vice-president Erwin, Wasey& Company, advertising, New York City,1943-50, and Hanly, Hicks & Montgomery,Inc, 1950-51, author: Foreign AdvertisingMethods, General Washington's Son ofIsrael and Other Forgotten Heroes Of His-tory, president Bureau of Public Relations,New York City, 1938-42, supervisor East-chester, NY., 1939; chairman New YorkWorld's Fair advisory committee on Na-tional Fraternal and Service Clubs 1938-40;treasurer Business Property Owners Asso-ciation of America, Inc, 1940-41, memberWestchester County Board of Supervisors;vestryman Christ Church (Episcopal),Bronxville

Married (1) December 26, 1911, StLouis, Margaret, daughter of GeorgeBoardman and Emma (Howard) Bell.Children Elizabeth Jane (Wellesley 1930-32, The Sorbonne 1932-33; Mrs Paul Gan-non Downey), Margaret Bell (Mrs GeorgeJulius Langley, Jr.), Kathryn Browning(BS Cornell 1941, Mrs George RobertBrubaker). Mr and Mrs Hart were di-vorced Married (2) 1946, New York City,Teresa Hyde Phillips, daughter of Hiramand Ellen (Ferguson) Hyde

Death due to coronary occlusion Sur-vived by wife, children, and six grandchil-dren

STANLY HOWELL JONES, PH.B.1908 Born June 15, 1887, Newark, N J ,died April 18, 1951, Napa, Calif.

Father, Samuel Howell Jones, an attor-ney and U S Commissioner in Newark; sonof Benjamin Walter and Harriet (Davis)Jones Mother, Kathenne (Forbes) Jones,daughter of Andrew Bell and KathenneKester (Thompson) Forbes Yale relativesinclude Schuyler B. Jackson, '71, StanlyForbes, '76 S, Cleaveland Forbes, '77 (un-cles)

Urban Academy, San Francisco Chem-istry course


Manager J K Armsby Company, driedfruit packing house, Healdsburg, Calif,1911-14, owned and operated ranch inNapa 1915-23, 1936-51, partner Skee, Wal-lace & Jones, chain music stores in Healds-burg, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Calif, 1924-32;owner radio shop San Francisco 1932-34;engaged in exporting and importing fruit1934-35; regional chairman Soil Conserva-tion, Napa County; director Region 8 Cali-fornia Farm Bureau Federation; trusteeNapa Union High School and Junior Col-lege

Married November 25, 1925, New YorkCity, Raechele Amanda Franceschito(grad San Francisco State Teachers Coll1925), daughter of Michele and Matilda(Pearson) Franceschim Children. AndrewForbes, Susanne Foster, Cleaveland Alex-ander.

Death due to coronary occluston. Buriedin Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland,Calif Survived by wife, children, and asister, Mrs. Colin Gordon

JOSEPH NEWTON SMITH, PH.B. 1908.Born March 9,1887, Lynn, Mass ; died Feb-ruary 5, 1951, Salem, Mass.

Father, Joseph Newhall Smith, presidentBoston Woven Hose & Rubber Company,mechanical rubber goods, Cambridge,Mass; son of John and Betsy (Marsh)Smith Mother, Sarah (Fuller) Smith,daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Bartine)Fuller

Philhps-Andover. Chemistry course.With Boston Woven Hose & Rubber

Company 1908-51 (vice-president 1914-28,president and general manager 1928-51);Second Lieutenant Air Service World WarI, vice-president and trustee Salem Hospital,trustee Essex Institute, director RubberManufacturers Association, member YaleEngineering Association, and Grace Church(Episcopal), Salem

Married June 6,1914, Salem, Lilhe Clark,daughter of William and Sylvia Louise(Clark) Silver Daughters. Sylvia (BA.Radclifle 1939, Mrs. Usher Parsons Coo-hdge); Mary Silver (Bryn Mawr 1939-41).

Death due to hypertensive heart diseaseBuried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn Sur-vived by wife, daughters, and two grand-children

MEDARY WILSON STARK, PH B. 1908Born June 26, 1886, Mansfield, Ohio, diedSeptember 21, 1950, Columbus, Ohio

Father, W W Stark, a banker in Mans-field Mother, Virginia (Wilson) Stark

Mansfield High School, Kenyon College1904-5 Entered Sheffield Scientific School1906, select course, Junior honors, two yearhonors Senior year, St. Anthony and DeltaPsi, Sigma Xi

With American Column & Lumber Com-pany, Columbus, 1908-29 (secretary-treas-urer St Albans, W Va, 1908-19, vice-pres-ident and general manager, Columbus,1919-29), vice-president W. M Ritter Lum-ber Company, Columbus, and Red JacketConsolidated Coal & Coke Company

Death due to pulmonary embolus Buriedin Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus Sur-vived by son, John Edwin Stark (B A. Wil-liams 1938).

CHARLES POMEROY THOMPSON,JR., PH B 1908 Born August 19,1885, NewHaven, Conn., died April 23, 1951, NewHaven, Conn

Father, Charles Pomeroy Thompson, pro-prietor the Thompson Shop, Inc, interiordecorators, New Haven; son of AbrahamChidsey and Lydia Augur (Ives) Thomp-son Mother, Lucy (Lake) Thompson,daughter of Ferris and Mary (Platt) Lake

New Haven High School Select courseWith Mills Platt Company, interior dec-

orators, Brooklyn, 1908-9, with the Thomp-son Shop, Inc, 1909-51 (junior partner1917-20, vice-president and secretary 1920-51); in production department HighStandard Manufacturing Company, NewHaven, 1943-45, member New HavenBoard of Aldermen 1914-15, presidentConnecticut council Master Painters andDecorators 1919-20, member New HavenChamber of Commerce, New Haven Publi-city Club; vestryman St Paul's Church(Episcopal), New Haven, 1910-39, clerk1929-39, treasurer 1944-51

Married September 26,1914, North Ston-mgton, Conn, Olga, daughter of FrankAlston and Nellie Frances (Norton)Thompson

Death due to kyphoscohotic heart dis-ease Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, New

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Haven Survived by wife and a brother,Paul Thompson

CORNELIUS BUSHNELL WATSON,PH B 1908 Born June 4,1887, Bradford, Pa ;died November 2, 1950, Chestertown, Md

Father, Gilbert Lorenzo Watson, ownerHudson Oil Company and New York Pe-troleum Company, Parkersburg, W Va ;son of Hiram and Melvina (Freeman) Wat-son Mother, Charlotte Beecher (Bushnell)Watson, daughter of Cornelius Scrantonand Emihe Fowler (Clark) Bushnell Yalerelatives include Samuel C Bushnell,'74, Winthrop G. Bushnell, '88 (uncles)

The Hill School. Metallurgy course,Freshman Glee Club, secretary-treasurerFreshman Class, Yale Corinthian YachtClub, St Anthony and Delta Psi. StudentGraduate School 1908-9

In oil business (consulting engineer)with father 1909/-16, engineer the Pure OilCompany, Columbus, 1916-50 (assistant tothe president 1918, vice-president in chargeof refinery operations until retirement 1947,on executive board 1931-50), presidentSabine Transportation Company, PortArthur, Texas, livestock and dairy farmerChestertown 1947-50, Alumni Fund agent1942, director Chicago council Boy Scoutsof America, member American PetroleumInstitute, Yale Engineering Association,vestryman Christ Church (Episcopal),Winnetka, 111

Married April 18, 1911, Scranton, Pa,Louise Eugenie Smith (Bryn Mawr 1905-6), daughter of George B and Grace (Dur-rie) Smith Children. Chloe Louise (SmithI93I~32> M r s Ernest Judson Clark, J r ) ,Cornelius Bushnell, Jr, '37 S, GeorgeSmith, '40 S , Gilbert Loren, 2d (Class of1942 E )

Death due to coronary artery occlusionBuried in St Paul's Cemetery, near Chester-town Survived by wife, children, eightgrandchildren

EDWARD HENRY CROLL, PH B. 1909.Born July 14, 1886, Buffalo, N Y , died De-cember 11, 1950, Reading, Pa

Father, Sylvester Edward Croll, secretaryBuffalo Box Factory, son of Henry C and

Sarah A (Seip) Croll Mother, Amanda(Weitzel) Croll, daughter of Samuel E.and Justina (Deeter) Weitzel. Yale rel-atives include Hilda M Croll Koser (Ph D.1925), Donald Croll, '33 E (cousins)

Lafayette High School, Buffalo, CornellUniversity 1905-6. Entered Yale Junioryear, mechanical engineering course

Assistant in mechanical drawing andgraduate student Tufts College 1909-10,draftsman and appraiser Lockwood, Greene& Company, industrial engineeis, Boston,1910-11, bond salesman Dewitt, Tremble& Company, Chicago, 1911-14, engineer-ing salesman American Ever-Ready Works,National Carbon Company, Long IslandCity, 1914-17; civilian employee BureauAirci aft Production 1917-19 (inspector air-planes L W F Engineering Company, Col-lege Point, N Y, and Curtiss Aeroplane &Motor Corporation, Buffalo, 1917-18, assist-ant officer in charge engineering BuffaloDistrict 1918-19), sales engineer FirestoneTire & Rubber Company, Buffalo branch,1919-20, in advertising New York City andBuffalo 1920-30; with Pistell, Deans &Company, bankers, Buffalo, 1930-33; ad-vertising salesman Baker, Jones & Hau-sauer, Inc, printing and advertising, Buf-falo, senior procurement inspector Phil-adelphia area Army Air Forces 1942-43(stationed at Armstrong Cork Company,Lancaster, Pa, and Jacobs Aircraft EngineCompany, Pottstown), chief draftsman andestimator Atlas Mineral Products Company,acid proof cements, Mertztown, Pa, 1944-45, assistant to chief automotive engineerUnited Parcel Service, New York City, andHarlem Motors, Inc, Hamburg, Pa, 1945-47, draftsman-engineer Gilbert Associates,Inc, power plant engineers, Reading, Pa,1947-50, contributed articles to trade jour-nals, member Yale Engineering Associationand Christ Church (Episcopal), Reading

UnmarriedDeath due to coronary occlusion Buried

in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo Sur-vived by a sister, Miss Justma Rebecca Croll.

VERNON STARR MOREHOUSE,PH B 1909 Born April 22, 1889, Stratford,Conn , died March 18, 1951, Stratford,Conn


Father, George Nelson Morehouse, sonof George Nelson and Maria Louise(Beardsley) Morehouse Mother, SarahJane (Beardsley) Morehouse, daughter ofLemuel John and Margaret Augusta(Perry) Beardsley.

University School, Bridgeport, Conn.Civil engineering course

In engineering department The Connect-icut Company, public transportation, NewHaven, 1909-10, manager Watervhet( N Y ) Hydraulic Company 1910-16, inproduction department Union Metallic Car-tridge Company, Bridgeport, 1916-17, safe-ty engineer the Travelers Insurance Com-pany, Bridgeport, 1917-39, Captain CoastArtillery Connecticut National Guard; en-tered Federal service September 1940, andpromoted Major; returned to State GuardOctober 1941, recalled to Federal duty asLieutenant Colonel 1942, promoted ColonelJune 1947, chief manpower section Selec-tive Service Headquarters, West Hartford,Conn, 1943-45, State procurement officer1945-47, State director Office of SelectiveService Records 1947-48, State director Se-lective Service System 1948-51 (Colonel Ad-jutant General's Office 1948-49, retired asBrigadier General 1949, civilian director1949-51), chairman Connecticut StateHighway Safety Commission 1939-42,member 1945-51; member Town CouncilStratford 1925-40 (chairman 1931-40),member Reserve Officers Association,American Soaety of 1 lihtary Engineers,Yale Engineering Association, StratfordHistorical Society, Connecticut State Vet-erans Advisory Committee, ConnecticutNational Guard Association, United StatesCoast Guard Association, Masonic order,and Christ Episcopal Church, Stratford.

Married (1) June 20, 1912, Stratford,Bessie Fairchild, daughter of Joseph Fair-child and Ada (Turney) Houghton Chil-dren Margaret Starr (BA. ConnecticutColl 1936, Mrs Duane Kellogg), BessieHoughton (BA. Connecticut Coll 1938,M N Yale 1941; Mrs DeRoss Kellogg).Mrs Morehouse died 1916 Married (2) Au-gust 27, 1928, Lexington, Mass, MarthaLouise, daughter of Arthur W Mosher,D D S, and Harriet Loretta (Huntington)Mosher

Death due to cirrhosis of liver Buried

in Union Cemetery, Stratford Survived bywife, daughters, five grandchildren, anda brother, Ivan L Morehouse, '09 L

JOHN REIMANN, PH B 1909 Born Oc-tober 12, 1888, New Haven, Conn ; diedMay 11, 1951, Richmond, Va

Father, John Reimann, son of GeorgeAlexander Reimann Mother, WilhelmmaAdele (Klein) Reimann, daughter of Theo-bold and Wilhelmina (Mousey) Klein

New Haven High School Civil engi-neering course

In maintenance of way department Mis-souri Pacific Railroad Company 1909-10,with Panama Railroad Company 1910-11(made location surveys across Panama),with Western Maryland Railroad Companyand New York, New Haven & HartfordRailroad Company 1911-14, with Bureau ofValuation, Interstate Commerce Commis-sion, Washington, D C, 1914-24, specialengineer for valuation work and surveys,Richmond, Fredencksburg and PotomacRailroad Company, 1924-51, member Wash-ington Society of Engineers, Central Vir-ginia Engineers Club, associate memberAmerican Society of Civil Engineers, mem-ber Humphrey Street CongregationalChurch, New Haven

Married December 26,1916, Washington,D C , Mane, daughter of John Moses andMarion Hughes (Byrne) Barker

Death due to heart disease Buried inCedar Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC.Survived by wife and a sister, Miss LouiseGertrude Reimann

JACOB SHULANSKY BAKER, PHB1910 Born September 20,1888, Russia, diedNovember 3,1950, Thiells, N Y

Parents, Henry and Zelda Shulansky.Hartford (Conn ) High School Biology

courseM A and M D Columbia 1914, physician

for Divisadero Mining Company, Salvador,C A , 1914-16 and Rosano Mining Com-pany, San Juancito, Honduras, 1916-18;teacher anatomy University of California1918-19, physician in New Haven, Conn,1919-27, Mannsville, N Y , 1927-36, andKingston, N Y, 1942-49, partner and med-


ical director Gleason Health Resort, Elmira,N Y, 1936-37, president and medical direc-tor Sahler Sanitarium, Kingston, 1937-42;senior psychiatrist Letchworth Village Hos-pital, Thiells, N Y, 1949-50, fellow Ameri-can Medical Association; member AmericanAssociation on Mental Deficiency,Ulster andRockland County Medical societies, andSynagogue of Adar Israel, Hartford

Married (1) June 12, 1914, New Haven,Anna Florence, daughter of Abraham Mand Esther (Glickstein) Werebitzik Sons-Robeit Eh (B S Missouri School of Mines1941), Norman Nathan (B S MissouriSchool of Mines 1941) Mrs Baker is de-ceased Married (2) Ellen Hughes

Survived by wife and sons.

JAMES RICHARD HYDE, PH B. 1910Born January 22,1886, Brooklyn, N Y , diedJuly 17, 1950, Southampton, N Y

Father, Richard Hyde, partner Hyde &Behman Amusement Company (theatri-cal), Brooklyn Mother, Mary (Kelly)Hyde Yale relatives include HowardDrummond, '04, Quentin F. Feitner (Classof 1906 S ) (brothers-in-law)

Phillips-Andover Select course, Fresh-man Glee Club, Freshman and Universitycrews, Freshman Navy, The Cloister andBook and Snake

Secretary Hyde & Behman AmusementCompany 1914 until retirement about 1935,president Aqueduct Race Track, Jamaica,N Y , treasurer Richard Hyde Estate, Inc,and Richard Hyde Estate Building Corpora-tion, Ensign US Naval Reserve CorpsWorld War I

UnmarriedDeath due to gastric hemorrhage Buried

in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn Sur-vived by two sisters, Mrs Howard Drum-mond, Mrs George B. WagstafT, and abrother, William J Hyde

WALTER WILLARD TAYLOR, PH B1910 Born November 5, 1887, Water Val-ley, Miss , died March 27, 1951, DelrayBeach, Fla

Father, John Matthew Taylor Mother,Mary Josephine (Yeager) Taylor Yale rel-atives include a daughter-in-law, LydaAvenll Paz Taylor (M A 1937).

Hyde Park High School, Chicago Me-chanical engineering course, UniversityBaseball and Football teams; Yale Corin-thian Yacht Club, Delta Kappa Epsilon,The Cloister and Book and Snake

Secretary-treasurer Cochran Pipe WrenchManufacturing Company, Chicago, 1910-14, president 1914-15, investment bankerChicago and New York City, 1915-45(salesman Halsey, Stuart & Company [Chi-cago office] 1915-20; president W W. Tay-lor & Company, Inc, 1920-35, vice-pres-ident E H Rollins & Sons, Inc, 1935-45,vice-president Russell Maguire & Company,Inc, 1937-39); secretary-treasurer Petro-leum Exploration Company, Inc, Dallas,Texas, 1939^41; retired 1945, member Illi-nois Reserve Militia World War I, chair-man board Civil Works Administration,Greenwich, 1934, vice-chairman EmergencyRelief Board 1934, member GreenwichHospital Association, Housing ProgramCommittee, Bankers Club of America, andChrist Church (Episcopal), Greenwich

Married October 21, 1911, Geneva, 111.,Marjone Wells (B A Smith 1910), daugh-ter of Willis John and Kate (Patten) Wells.Children* Walter Willard, Jr, '35; Joanne(B A. Univ Chicago 1940, Mrs. Carl The-odore Lloyd).

Death due to heart failure Buried inGeneva (111.) Cemetery Survived by wife,children, and five grandchildren.

ELLIOT LANDON ALVORD, PHB1911 Born April 4, 1887, Winsted, Conn ;died November 18, 1950, New Haven,Conn

Father, Charles L Alvord (B A 1877)Mother, Evelyn (Fletcher) Alvord Yalerelatives include S Landon Alvord, '78 S(uncle), Curtis H Alvord,'23 S (cousin).

The Hotchkiss School. Electrical engi-neering course

Associated with father in Empire KnifeCompany, Winsted, 1911-12, insulation en-gineer the Johns-Pratt Company, electricalprotective devices, Hartford, Conn, 1912-23, buyer and in sales department Rock-bestos Products Company, asbestos coveredwires and cables, New Haven, 1923-27,purchasing agent 1927-50, member Churchof the Redeemer (Congregational), NewHaven


Married November 7, 1919, Hartford,Matilda Josephine, daughter of Charles andMary (Anderson) Newman Mrs Alvorddied 1947.

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Center Cemetery, Winsted Survivedby a brother, D Fletcher Alvord, '08.

CLIFTON BURHANS HITT, PH.B.1911 Born February 1,1888, Margaretville,N Y ; died April 7,1951, Kalamazoo, Mich

Father, James Henry Hitt, postmasterMargaretville; son of Albert and Delilah(Jenkins) Hitt Mother, Mary Elizabeth(Burhans) Hitt, daughter of Edward andSusan (O'Connor) Burhans

Student Lafayette College 1907-9. Enter-ed Yale Junior year, Chemistry course

Chemist Brooklyn Union Gas Company1911-17, Seaboard By-Product Coke Com-pany, Jersey City, 1917-18, Diamond MatchCompany, Oswego, N Y , 1919-21, TheDrugcraft Company, Ann Arbor, Mich,1921-22, McCormick Chemical Company,Fort Wayne, Ind, 1922-36, Chemical Ser-vice & Supply Company, manufacturers in-secticides, Kalamazoo, Mich, 1946-51, sec-retary-treasurer Kalamazoo Chemical Com-pany 1936-46, private Meteorological Sec-tion Signal Corps World War I (overseas1918-19), member American Legion, andMethodist church, Margaretville, N Y.

UnmarriedDeath due to coronary occlusion Buried

in Margaretville Cemetery Survived by asister, Mrs Horace Burns.

VALENTINE EARL O'GRADY, PH B1911 Born February 14, 1889, Buffalo,NY., died January 7, 1951, Buffalo, N Y

Father, Daniel O'Grady, excise commis-sioner, Erie County, N.Y ; son of DanielO'Grady. Mother, Elizabeth (Maloney)O'Grady; daughter of Thomas and Martha(Chambers) Maloney

Central High School, Buffalo. Selectcourse, honors in history and social scienceSenior year

Representative J. J Rardon & Company,chartered boats on Great Lakes and marineinsurance, i9 i i - i3 ;LLB University of Buf-falo 1916 (member Delta Chi); lawyer in

Buffalo 1916-50, a founder, general coun-sel and general manager Tnco ProductsCorporation, automobile accessories, 1919-20, deputy collector internal revenue West-ern New York district 1929-32, govern-ment appeal attorney Selective ServiceBoard 1940-44, referee Workmen's Com-pensation Board of New York State 1944-50, appointed by Governor delegate toLakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Com-mission, Little Rock, Ark, 1912, memberGreater Buffalo Advertising Club, ChicagoBoard of Trade, Erie County Bar Associa-tion, and St John's Church (Roman Cath-olic), Buffalo

Married June 12, 1917, Buffalo, MaryAgnes Frances, daughter of James Sherlockand Mary (Hamilton) Judge ChildrenElizabeth Francis (Mrs Frank ElmerGreen), Janet (died 1919), Mary Louise(Mrs Whitney Taylor), Anne (Mrs Rob-ert James Rivard), James Judge Patrick(B S. Canisius Coll 1950)

Death due to cerebral thrombosis Bur-ied in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Buffalo Sur-vived by wife, three daughters, son, sixgrandchildren, and a brother, Daniel J.O'Grady

EDWARD SAVAGE, PHB 191 I . BornSeptember 28, 1889, Nashua, N H ; diedSeptember 7, 1950, New York City

Father, John David Savage, engaged iniron business Mother, Mary (Gill) SavageYale relatives include Joseph F Savage(Class of 1907 S ) , William D Savage, '16S (brothers), Jane Freeman Savage (Schoolof Fine Arts 1935-36) (daughter-in-law),Joseph F. Savage, Jr, '38 (nephew)

Phillips-Exeter Metallurgy course, Fresh-man Football Team, University FootballTeam Sophomore and Senior years, TheCloister and Book and Snake

Sales manager Carnegie Coal Companyof Pittsburgh in Duluth and Minneapolis,Minn, 1911-16, an executive GuggenheimBrothers, mining, metallurgy, and develop-ment chemical processes, New York City,1916 until retirement 1948 (personnel man-ager 1916-19, assistant to general managerChile Copper Company, Chuquicamata,Chile, 1919-21; mining executive New Yorkoffice 1921-48)


Married April 29,1914, Warren, Pa , Mar-cia Crary Jamieson (Smith Class of 1913),daughter of Marcus W and Emily (Crary)Jamieson Children Edward, J r , '37; Mar-cia Jamieson (BA Benmngton 1938), thewife of Charles N Hoyt, '39 Mr and Mrs.Savage were divorced 1936

Survived by children, five grandchildren,and a brother, John A Savage, '04 S

VAUGHAN HARRISON WILSON,PH B 1911 Born June 21, 1889, Glen Shaw,Pa , died March 1,1951, Dunmore, Pa

Father, William Ritson Wilson, minesuperintendent Buck Run Coal Company,Minersville, Pa , son of John and Hannah(Harrison) Wilson Mother, Edith Sophia(Matthews) Wilson, daughter of Sidney Rand Sophia (Vaughan) Matthews.

Phillips-Andover Mining engineeringcourse, editor Yale Scientific Monthly Sen-ior year, member The Colony and Berzel-ms

In engineering department Delaware,Lackawanna & Western Mines, Scranton,Pa, 1911-14, assistant superintendent At-lantic Crushed Coke Company, New Derry,Pa, 1914-16, mine superintendent BuckRun Coal Company 1916-17, a farmer inNew Milford, Pa, 1919, colliery engineerthe Hudson Coal Company, Scranton,1919-48, Second Lieutenant EngineerCorps World War I (overseas and servedin Vosges Mountains, St-Mimel, and An-gers sectors), utility chairman civilian de-fense, Dunmore, Pa, World War II, retired1948, member Church of the Good Shep-herd (Episcopal), Dunmore

Married November 24, 1926, Scranton,Pa, Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Potterand Elizabeth (Finnerty) Savage

Death followed complete nervous break-down Buried in Dunmore Cemetery Sur-vived by wife, two sisters, Mrs J B Wat-rous and Mrs Donald Taylor, and twobrothers, William G Wilson, '16 S (diedFebruary 3, 1952), and James R Wilson.

HAROLD LEAVENWORTH GREEN,PH B 1912 Born September 9, 1891, An-sonia, Conn , died April 13, 1951, MiamiBeach, Fla

Father, Howard Ehsa Green, secretaryand treasurer Ansonia Flour & Grain Com-pany, son of Sherman and Harriet (Sulli-van) Green Mother, Belle (Leavenworth)Green; daughter of Barnett Morse andErosa (Frisbie) Leavenworth. Yale rel-atives include Ehas W. Leavenworth (B A.1824) (great-great-great-uncle).

Ansonia High School Mechanical engi-neering course, honors in English composi-tion Freshman year, Freshman Glee Club;Alpha Chi Rho ME. 1914

Manager Cleveland office Scovell, Wel-lington & Company, accountants and pro-duction engineers, New York City, 1914-20; comptroller Willys Corporation of NewYork, automobiles, 1920-26; presidentGreen-Porter Nash Corporation, Seattle,1926-30, comptroller Metropolitan ChainStores, New York City, 1930-32; foundedH. L. Green Company, Inc, chain of re-tail stores in U.S. and Canada (chair-man of board 1932-51); director pressedsteel War Service committee, Washington,D C, 1917-19, member CongregationalChurch, Ansonia

Married (1) June 21, 1913, Worcester,Mass, Edith Elizabeth, daughter of Johnand Cora Smith Children* Virginia Fran-ces, the wife of Richard B Snow, Pren-tice Sherman Mr and Mrs Green were di-vorced 1927 Married (2) April 21, 1928,Seattle, Hazel Irene, daughter of Deyo Wil-bur and Gertrude (Redding) Scott Daugh-ter Joyce Irene (Mrs John Cuevas)

Death due to heart failure. Buried in PineGrove Cemetery, Ansonia Survived bywife, children, four grandchildren.

ROBERT FRANKLIN IVES, PH B. 1912Born February 19, 1891, Cincinnati, Ohio;died February 1, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Father, Franklin Ives, president GlobeSoap Company, Cincinnati, son of Caleband Mary Lavinia (Allen) Ives. Mother,Clanbel (Duhme) Ives, daughter of Her-man and Mary C (Galbreath) Duhme.Yale relatives include a brother-in-law,John F Enger, '17 S

The Hotchkiss School Select course;Freshman Swimming and Relay teams; Uni-versity Water Polo Team (IntercollegiateChampionship Team Junior year); Class


and University crews, St Elmo and DeltaPhi

Student organic chemistry University ofMichigan summer 1912; attended Nelson'sBusiness College, Cincinnati, 1912; assistantsales manager Globe Soap Company 1913-28; agent in Cincinnati Massachusetts Mut-ual Life Insurance Company 1928-51; sec-retary and treasurer Cincinnati-Massachu-setts Mutual Agents Association 1939-49;represented Yale Club of Cincinnati onAlumni Board 1942-46; Second Lieuten-ant (armament officer) Ordnance Depart-ment World War I (overseas 1918-19);member Life Insurance Trust Council,Chartered Life Underwriters, National As-sociation of Massachusetts Mutual Agents,and Church of the Advent (Episcopal),Cincinnati.

Married June 4, 1921, Cincinnati, Ruth,daughter of Frank J. and Pearl (Closter-man) Enger Children* Robert Franklin,Jr, '45, John Enger (died 1927); Mary Ives

Death due to carcinoma Buried in SpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati. Survived bywife, daughter, one son, a grandson, and abrother, Howard C Ives, '18

NATHANIEL STEVENS MOORE,PH.B. 1912. Born December 8, 1891, Nor-wich, N Y ; died September 15, 1950, LakeBluff, 111.

Father, Edward S. Moore, '88 S. Moth-er, Margaret Kelsey (Strong) Moore Yalerelatives include: Frederick W. Moore, '86(uncle); Percival Robertson, '12 S (broth-er-in-law); George D. Moore (Class of1950 E ) (nephew).

Norwich High School Civil engineeringcourse, Freshman Basketball and Tennisteams; member Alpha Sigma Phi StudentGraduate School 1913-14

In inspection department Factory MutualFire Insurance Company, Boston, 1914-16,and draftsman and surveyor, 1916-18, as-sistant superintendent gas department New-port News (Va ) and Hampton RailwayGas and Electric Company 1918-21; dis-tribution engineer Equitable Gas Company,Pittsburgh, 1921-23, division superinten-dent McKeesport, Pa , 1923-28, distributionengineer Ohio Fuel Gas Company, Colum-bus, 1928-50, secretary Yale Club of Colum-

129

bus 1936-38, member Masonic order andSecond Church of Christ, Scientist, Colum-bus (president 1937, treasurer 1939-41,1946-48)

Married January 28, 1916, New Haven,Agnes Eugenia Robertson (B A Simmons1913), daughter of George Eustis and An-nie Eugenia (Smith) Robertson ChildrenMargaret Eugenia (died 1923), EleanorRobertson (B A. Mount Holyoke 1939, MrsMaley Orville Cramer, J r ) ; NathanielStevens, Jr. (M E Case School of AppliedScience 1943), J e a n Strong (BA MountHolyoke 1945, M A. 1947)

Death due to a heart attack Buried inWalnut Grove Cemetery, Worthmgton,Ohio Survived by wife, two daughters, son,four grandchildren and a brother, HaroldS Moore, '19 S

ADDISON JULIUS PARRY, PH B. 1912Born February 18, 1889, Indianapolis, Ind ,died July 5, 1950, Indianapolis, Ind

Father, David McLean Parry, founderParry Manufacturing Company, carriagebuilders, Indianapolis; son of Thomas Jand Lydia (McLean) Parry Mother, HessieDaisy (Maxwell) Parry, daughter of JohnM, and Isabel Maxwell Yale relatives in-clude a brother, Maxwell O Parry, '09

The Hotchkiss School. Select course,Junior honors, two-year honors Senior year;editor Yale Scientific Monthly Senior year,member Student Council, Class historian,Elizabethan Club, St Elmo and Delta Phi;Aurehan Honor Society

Purchasing agent C A Smith Lumberand Manufacturing Company, Marshfield,Ore, 1912-15, production manager and as-sistant to president Pathfinder AutomobileCompany, Indianapolis, 1915-19; vice-pres-ident Oakes Company, metal stampings andauto parts, and Petroleum Products Com-pany, with Martin-Parry Company; ownerA J Parry, real estate and investments,treasurer, later president Golden Hill Es-tates Company, sergeant Infantry WorldWar I, president Indiana Alumni Associ-ation 1922-24, and representative onAlumni Board 1923-26; president MarionCounty Council and Marion County Avi-ation Commission

Married June 18,1921, Indianapolis, Mary


Freda, daughter of Will Herbert BrownSon Addison Julius Parry, Jr.

Survived by wife and son

GEORGE LAURENCE REDMAN,PH B. 1912 Born November 26,1890, River-side, Conn , died November 16, 1950, Bur-bank, Calif

Father, William Henry Redman, partnerRedman & Kenny, printers and engravers,New York City Mother, Beulah (Howells)Redman Yale relatives include a cousin,Amasa C Bull, '08 S

Phillips-Andover Select course; YorkHall and Chi Phi

Assistant manager power departmentNew York Edison Company 1912-15; man-ager and superintendent Robert N BassettCompany, wire and metal goods, Stamford,Conn, 1915-17, associated with MaxwellMotor Sales Corporation, New York City,district manager Chrysler Motor Parts Cor-poration, partner Penn Oil Products, Ma-maroneck, N Y , founder Redman Chevro-let Company, Stamford, owner printing bro-kerage business, Los Angeles, Captain Ord-nance Department World War I, memberEpiscopal church

Married (1) October 3,1912, Greenwich,Conn , Gladys Merrill, daughter of Augus-tus and Sara Brush Daughter Gladys Mar-]one Redman Curne Chft (Mrs Robert E.Chft) Mr and Mrs Redman were di-vorced Married (2) April 19, 1947, CehaField West

Death due to heart attack Ashes interredin Woodlawn Cemetery, New York CitySurvived by wife, daughter, and a sister,Miss Beulah Redman

HORACE DOUGLAS SECOR, PHB1912. Born July 1,1889, Matawan, N J , diedJanuary 12, 1951, San Francisco, Calif

Father, Clarence Eugene Secor, represen-tative Northwestern Life Insurance Com-pany, New York City, son of Horace andHannah (Fuller) Secor Mother, Florence(Van Deventer) Secor, daughter of DavidProvost and Maria Louise (Shea) Van De-venter Yale relatives include a brother,Clarence E Secor, '09.

Phillips-Andover Mechanical engineer-ing course

Apprentice Seattle Construction & Dry

Dock Company 1912-16; with J F DuthieShipbuilding Company, Seattle, 1916-17,and Ames Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Com-pany 1920; in engineering departmentStandard Oil Company of California, SanFrancisco; with Pacific Coast ShipbuildingCompany, Bay Point, Calif., 1921-22, super-vising engineer in Seattle with Charles Cory& Son, Inc, New York City, 1923-24 (in-stalled "Foamite" Fire Extinguishing Sys-tem in U S Shipping Board liners), sales-man and engineer Pasadena Gas ApplianceCompany, Inc, 1924-27, mechanical engi-neer Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc, Los An-geles, 1934-46; builder and operator CostaMesa Trailer Park and Island View TrailerCourt 1947-51, Ensign US Navy WorldWar I (served on U.SS South Dakota,USS Bridgeport, USS. Louisiana); at-tended Presbyterian church

Married (1) June 28, 1919, Seattle, Jo-sephine Dudley, daughter of Charles Hallo-way and Josephine (Dudley) Martin. Son*Charles Martin (B A Dartmouth 1943;M D. Stanford 1947) Mrs Secor died 1927Married (2) May 17, 1928, Pasadena, JaneGray, daughter of William Gray and Isa-bella Gordon (Ogg) Auchinachie

Death due to pulmonary embolus Bur-ied in Woodlawn Memorial Park, San Ma-teo, Calif Survived by v/ife, son, and threegrandchildren

RAYMOND WARD HANKE, PHB.1913 Born September 7,1888, New Milford,Conn ; died June 5,1951, Orangeburg, S C

Father, Ernest Winfred Hanke, ownerHanke Hat Company, Bridgeport, Conn ,son of Daniel and Johanna (Schneider)Hanke Mother, Carrie (Senior) Hanke;daughter of Joseph Dale and Adeha Emi-lme (Wright) Senior.

Bridgeport High School, Wesleyan Uni-versity Class of 1913 Select course

Manager Studio motion picture theatre,Bridgeport, 1913-15; manager Hanke HatCompany 1915-36; sales representativeFairfield County Johns Manville Home In-sulation 1937-49; with Pearson-Bravo,Inc, acoustical ceilings, Tampa, Fla, 1950,owner citrus and cattle farm 1949-50, mem-ber Grace Church (Episcopal), Ocala, Fla.

Married October 25, 1915, New York


City, Edith Francis, daughter of James HO'Rourke, '87 L , and Ann (Kehoe)O'Rourke, and sister of James S O'Rourke(Class of 1903 L ) . Sons* Raymond Ward,Jr, and Sherman Winfred

Death due to carcinoma Buried inHighland Park Cemetery, Ocala, Fla Sur-vived by wife, sons and two grandchildren

KINGSLEY TUTTLE LEIGHTON,PH B. 1913 Born November 10, 1890, NewHaven, Conn , died November 17, 1950,New Haven, Conn.

Father, Frederic Lincoln Leighton; pres-ident Connecticut Hardware & Paint Com-pany, New Haven, son of Dominicus Rom-mery and Hannah Ring (Winslow) Leigh-ton Mother, Mary Edith (Tuttle) Leigh-ton; daughter of Charles Manning and Car-olyn (Dickerman) Tuttle Yale relativesinclude. A Winslow Leighton (Ph.B.1877), Arthur H. Graves, '00 (uncles),Winslow Leighton, '29 (cousin)

Hopkins Grammar School Mechanicalengineering course.

In experimental department GoodyearTire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio,1913-14, with Connecticut Hardware &Paint Company 1914-15, experimental en-gineer Bridgeport (Conn ) Brass Company1915-21, and Western Electric Company,New York City, 1921-23, in real-estate busi-ness North Haven 1924-50, representativeConnecticut General Assembly 1944-48,corporal Connecticut National Guard(New Haven Grays), served on Mexicanborder; Captain Engineers World War I,and Major Engineer Reserve Corps, treas-urer New Haven chapter Reserve OfficersAssociation 1944-48, chairman North Ha-ven Zoning Board of Appeals 1937-50,trustee North Haven Library Association,member Board of Assessors, treasurerNorth Haven Congregational Church

Married March 2, 1928, Central Valley,N Y , Esther, daughter of Charles andGeorgia (Bowen) Gregory. ChildrenMary Edith (B A Colby 1951), Carol Greg-ory (B A Mount Holyoke 1952); KingsleyTuttle, Jr (Class of 1955 E )

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven.Survived by wife, children, and a sister,Mrs Sidney W Wallace

FRANK RICH, PH B 1913. Born Novem-ber 29, 1890, Castelfranco, Italy, died Feb-ruary 19, 1951, Stamford, Conn

Father, Michael Rich, foreman with F SWardwell & Company, construction engi-neers, Stamford Mother, Mary (Leonard)Rich

Stamford High School, Dartmouth Col-lege (Class of 1913, Sigma Phi Epsilon)Entered Yale Junior year, electrical engi-neering course LL B 1916

Attorney in Stamford 1916-17, 1919-51,member City Board of Finance, TownCounsel; president Italian Center, sergeantIntelligence Department World War I (incharge foreign language section Base Cen-sor, Pans), member Roman Catholicchurch

Married August 4, 1917, South Norwalk,Conn, Alice Sarah, daughter of John andAlice Sarah (HerTernan) Folev ChildrenElizabeth (Mrs George H Osk), FrancisFoley.

Death due to aortic insufficiency Buriedin St John's Roman Catholic ChurchCemetery, Sprmgdale, Conn Survived bywife, children, two grandchildi en, and asister, Mrs Michael Centonze

STEPHEN BONSAL, JR, PH B 1914Born June 3,1893, Madrid, Spain, died Oc-tober 28,1950, Saranac Lake, N Y

Father, Stephen Bonsai, of Washington,D C , newspaper correspondent and author,son of Stephen and Frances (Leigh) BonsaiMother, Daisy Maude (Hayden) Bonsai,daughter of Charles Hallock and Louise(Irvmg) Hayden Yale relatives includeEarle F Hayden (Class of 1919 S ) , PeterH Hayden, '21 S (cousins)

Phillips-Exeter Select course, memberThe Colony and Berzehus

Broker New York City 1919-42, Lieu-tenant Aviation Section Signal ReserveCorps World War I, in World War II flewmissions in Algeria, Tunisia, and Italy withRoyal Air Force, and with 1st and 15thU S Air Force, Major Air Force on retire-ment (because of physical disability) 1944,member Episcopal church

Married November 18, 1926, New YorkCity, Marjone Flynn, daughter of Thomasand Mane (Galeni) Flynn


Death due to tuberculosis Buried in Na-tional Cemetery, Farmmgdale, NY. Sur-vived by wife, father, and three half broth-ers, Philip W Bonsai, '24, Richard M Bon-sal (Class of 1927), and Dudley B Bonsai

SAMUEL MORRIS SILVER, PHB1914 Born October 14, 1893, New Haven,Conn , died March 14, 1951, New Haven,Conn

Father, Charles Silver, a grocer in NewHav en Mother, Ella (Weinstok) Silver

New Haven High School Select courseLLB 1917

Lawyer in New Haven 1917-51, justiceof the peace New Haven 1922-30, pres-ident New Haven Jewish Center 1936-37,active in work of Jewish Home for theAged and Jewish Home for Children; sea-man (2d class) U S Naval Reserve WorldWar I, member New Haven County BarAssociation, State Bar Association of Con-necticut, Masonic order (Worshipful Mas-ter Cosmopolitan Lodge No 125 in 1927),and Congregation B'nai Jacob, New Ha-ven

Married June 29,1919, New Haven, Rose,daughter of Joseph Morns and Rachel(Broatz) Weinstein, and sister of A Ar-nold Weinstein (Class of 1920 S ) Chil-dren Elaine (Mrs Edward Stockman),Norman Lewis (BA New York Univ1947)

Death due to acute coronary occlusionBuried in B'nai Jacob Cemetery, New Ha-ven Survived by wife, children, and twobrothers, Harry Silver, '15 S, and Abra-ham Silver

FRANCIS BURRITT THORNE, PH B1914 Born March 13,1892, New York City,died December 16, 1950, Ishp, NY

Father, Edwin Thorne, '82 S Mother,Phebe (Ketchum) Thorne Yale relativesinclude Landon Ketchum (PhB Hon1865) (grandfather), Miller Ketchum(Class of 1868) (great-uncle), William VS Thorne, '85 S, Samuel Thorne, Jr, '96(uncles), Robert R Titus, '14 S (brother-in-law), Joseph A Blake (Class of 1916),Samuel Thorne, Jr, '28, Lewis Thorne,'31, Ward Cheney Thorne, '31, Peter B

Thorne (Class of 1940), J Neale Thorne(Class of 1942) (cousins), Landon KThorne, Jr, '34, Edwin Thorne, '35 (ne-phews), Frederick B Hard, Jr. (Class of1955) (stepgrandson).

Pomfret and Browning schools. Mechan-ical engineering course, Freshman CrewSquad; member St Elmo and Delta Phi

With Central Trust Company, New YorkCity, 1915-18, associated with Farr & Com-pany, brokers, New York City, 1921-23,Taylor, Smith & Hord 1923-28, Lindley &Company 1928-33; senior partner F B.Thorne & Company, investment brokers,1933-50, member New York Stock Ex-change 1933-50, vice-president North Cen-tral Texas Oil Company 1940-43 (chairmanof board 1943-50), and Millbrook Freezer,Inc, 1946-50; Lieutenant (j g ) US NavyWorld War I (served on destroyer USSWamwright), member New York Societyfor the Prevention of Cruelty to Children,New York Zoological Society, ColonialLords of Manors, Sons of the Revolution,Emmanuel Church (Episcopal), GreatRiver, N Y , and St Thomas' Church(Episcopal), New York City

Married (1) October 6, 1915, New YorkCity, Evelyn Quartely, daughter of Jamesand Adele (Quartely) Brown Mrs Thornedied 1917 Married (2) March 10, 1920,Garden City, N Y., Hildegarde Kobbe Stev-enson, daughter of Gustav and Carolyn(Wheeler) Kobbe Children- Phebe Ket-chum, the wife of Joseph F Dempsey, Jr,'41; Francis Burntt, Jr, '43; Julia Loomis(Mrs. Charles Dennis McCarty); Oakleigh,ad, '51

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Emmanuel Church Cemetery, GreatRiver Survived by wife, children, ninegrandchildren, two stepdaughters, CarolStevenson Roesler, the wife of M StuartRoesler, '35, and Mrs Frederick G B Hard,two sisters, Mrs Robert R Titus, Mrs JohnTucker, and a brother, Landon K Thorne,'10 S

EARLE DUNHAM BAILEY, PH B 1915Born June 26, 1893, New Haven, Conn ,died April 29,1951, West Haven, Conn.

Father, Thomas Dunham Bailey, steelforeman Winchester Repeating Arms


Company, New Haven, son of Henry Jamesand Margaret (Conway) Bailey Mother,Estelle Emma Louise (Upham) Bailey,daughter of Lewis Winter and Mary Louise(Brown) Upham Yale relatives include agreat-uncle, Henry Lyman Brown (Schoolof Medicine Class of 1867)

New Haven High School Forestrycourse. M F. 1918.

Inspector of propellers Bureau of Air-craft Production, B Shoninger Company,New Haven, 1918-19, salesman Elm CityNursery Company 1919; with U.S. ForestService (Pike National Park 1919-21),salesman A B Hendryx & Company, NewHaven, 1922-23, associated with New York,New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com-pany, and foreman kiln-dry departmentWinchester Repeating Arms Company1923-24, nursery salesman New EnglandForestry Company, and Brown Brothers,Inc, Rochester, N Y , 1929-31, memberFirst Methodist Church, New Haven

UnmarriedDeath due to Parkinson's disease Buried

in Beaverdale Memorial Park, New HavenSurvived by parents, a sister, Mrs. MarvinBeck, and a brother, LeRoy U Bailey

EDWIN LAWRENCE NOBLE, PH.B.1915. Born August 23, 1891, Charlestown,Mass., died April 23, 1951, Winchester,Mass

Father, William Frederick Noble, ownerNoble Milk Company, Somerville, Mass ,son of John and Kathenne (Johnson)Noble Mother, Sarah E (Savage) Noble,daughter of John and Hulda M (Edmin-ster) Savage

Phillips-Andover Electrical engineeringcourse; honors in mathematics Freshmanyear

With New York, New Haven & HartfordRailroad Company, Van Nest, N.Y, 1915-16, and Thomson Electric Welder Com-pany, Cincinnati, 1917, general managerNoble Milk Company 1921-34 and execu-tive H P Hood & Sons, milk dealers, 1934-51, Second Lieutenant Air Service 1917-19(overseas), charter member (Captain)Kosciusko Squadron, Polish Army, 1919-20(decorated Virtuti Mihtan), member Prot-estant church

Married October 26, 1921, Andover,Mass., Susan, daughter of John Crane andMary Frances (Welch) Phillips DaughterJean Phillips

Death due to coronary thrombosis Sur-vived by wife and daughter

WELLESLEY HILL STILLWELL,PHB 1915 Born September 20, 1893, Chi-cago, 111; died December 30, 1950, Pasa-dena, Calif

Father, Homer Allison Stillwell (Univ.Illinois Class of 1882), president ButlerBrothers, wholesale merchandise, Chicago,son of Addison and Rhoda (Thompson)Stillwell Mother, Margaret Ellen (Hill)Stillwell, daughter of Dr Robert Hill Yalerelatives include a brother, Addison Still-well, '11 S

St Paul's School, Concord, N H Selectcourse, St Elmo and Delta Phi

Successively with Stillwell-Crosby Lum-ber Company, Canton, Miss, and vice-pres-ident Stillwell Lumber Company, Chicago,1916-26, president Stillwell & Conroy, Inc,real estate, New York City, 1926-29 andW H Stillwell & Company, New YorkCity, 1929 until retirement 1938, EnsignUS Navy World War I, member Epis-copal church

Married January 10, 1919, Chicago,Courtney, daughter of Frank Crawford andCora (Perkins) Letts Children Homer Al-lison (died 1949); Courtney Louise (MrsHugh Chisholm Leighton) Mr. and MrsStillwell were divorced 1924

Died suddenly Buried in Oak Hill Cem-etery, Lake Geneva, Wis Survived bydaughter, five grandchildren, and mother

PEARSON WINSLOW, PHB 1915Born September 1, 1893, Jamestown, RI ,died Decembei 13, 1950, Washington, D C

Father, Lieut Francis Winslow, U S N(US Naval Academy Class of 1870);son of Comdr Francis Winslow, U S N ,and Mary Sophia (Nelson) Winslow Moth-er, Harriet (Patterson) Winslow, daughterof Capt Carhle Pollock Patterson, U S N ,and Eliza Worthington (Pearson) Patter-son

Lawrenceville School Mechanical engi-


necring course, one-year honors in mechan-ical engineering and Stone Trust Corpora-tion Prize in Spanish Junior year, editorYale Sheffield Monthly, Class picture com-mittee, Senior Council; Yale UniversityDramatic Association

With Bartlett Hayward Company, shellmanufacturers, Baltimore, 1915-17, duPontEngineering Company, Wilmington, 1919-20, and Bonbnght & Company, investmentbankers, New York City, 1920-42 (vice-president 1933-42), special assistant tochairman American Red Cross 1942-44, ex-ecutive assistant chairman Commission onOrganization of Executive Branch of theGovernment 1947-48, Captain OrdnanceDepartment and later Chemical WarfareService World War I (overseas 1918), agovernor Investment Bankers Association1940-42, member American Society of Me-chanical Engineers and St John's Church(Episcopal), Washington

UnmarriedDeath due to carcinoma Buried in The

National Cemetery, Arlington Survived bytwo sisters, the Misses Harriet and MaryNelson Winslow, and two brothers, CarlileP Winslow, '05 S, and Cameron Winslow(Class of 1919) Another brother, FrancisWinslow, '10 S, died in 1948

DURNO CHAMBERS, PH B 1916 BornOctober 17, 1894, Newburgh, N Y , diedFebruary 14, 1951, New York City

Father, Albert Nelson Chambers, pres-ident Walker & Chambers, steam heatingand ventilating, New York City

Pawling School Select course, UniversityTrack Team, The Cloister and Book andSnake

Fstimator Walker & Chambers 1916-17,and partner, partner Bull & Eldredge, in-vestments, New York City, Martin & Cham-bers, general bond business, consulting en-gineer New York City, Second LieutenantAir Service World War I, member YaleEngineering Association, American Societyof Heating, Ventilating and Air Condition-ing Engineers

Married (1) November, 1927, New YorkCity, Helen Elizabeth, daughter of RobertW Martin Children Hope (Mrs CharlesLeonard Bulterman), Durno, Jr ; Austin.

Married (2) November 26,1946, New YorkCity, Ethel Vivian

Survived by wife, and children

JOSEPH FRANKEL, PH B 1916. BornJuly 4, 1895, New Haven, Conn , diedMarch 1, 1951, New Haven, Conn

Father, Benjamin Frankel, owner Fran-kel Bottling Works, New Haven, son ofEh and Gertrude (Mononson) FrankelMother, Rose (Wolfson) Frankel, daughterof Bernard and Hoda Wolfson Yale rel-atives include Samuel A Persky (LawSchool Class of 1908), Robert Persky, '15S, Barnett P Freedman, '16 S, Alanc EPersky, '23 S (cousins)

New Haven High School Biologycourse, honors in German Senior year Stu-dent Medical School 1916-17

Attended University of Michigan Schoolof Dentistry 1917-18, with MetropolitanLife Insurance Company, New Haven of-fice 1921-25, restaurateur in Connecticut1926-51 (co-owner Pavilion Royal, Bay-brook, West Haven, Big Boy, Inc, New Ha-ven and Walhngford, Three Steins, NewHaven)

Married July, 1932, New Haven, HelenHolsey Daughter: Ruthann Mr and Mrs.Frankel were divorced 1942

Death due to arteriosclerosis Buried inB'nai Jacob Cemetery, New Haven. Sur-vived by daughter, a sister, Mrs SamuelCohen, and two brothers, Bernard B. Fran-kel (Class of 1907 S ) , Morns F Frankel

ADRIAN CURTIS SCHARFF, PHB.1916. Born June 30, 1892, Tacoma, Wash ;died June 27, 1951, New Haven, Conn

Father, Augustus Edwin Scharff, tech-nician in anatomy Yale School of Medicine,son of Christian Henry and Frances Ade-laide (Seward) Scharff Mother, AnnieWarland (Curtis) Scharff, daughter ofHenry Clay and Mary (Wilson) Cur UsYale relatives include a great-uncle, MardonD Wilson, '79.

New Haven High School Select course,University Hockey and University Trackteams

Owner concrete construction business,New Haven, 1916-17, stock salesman H V


Greene Company, Orange, Conn , partnerScroll Art Company, manufacturers,Bridgeport, Conn.; associated with Good-rich Rubber Company, New Haven, 1919-20 and McTal Rubber Company; manufac-turer of novelties, North Guilford, 1930-36,superintendent and head designer GrahamBronzes, Inc, New Haven 1936-51, EnsignU.S Navy Reserve Force World War I(service on U.SS. Lamport); memberChrist Church (Episcopal), West Haven,Conn

Married June 9, 1928, New Haven, JaneForsythe, daughter of John and Elizabeth(Forsythe) Dowd Daughter. Marilyn Se-ward Mr and Mrs Scharff were divorced1932

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Bur-ied in Evergreen Cemetery, New HavenSurvived by daughter and two sisters, MrsLeRoy Oldack, and Mrs. Harold F Gray.

RICHARD MALCOLM SCOVIL, PH B1916. Born April 11, 1893, Brooklyn, N Y ;died July 5, 1950, Haileybury, Ont

Father, Samuel Scovil, chairman boardthe Society for Savings, Cleveland, sonof William Elias and Frances (Lee) ScovilMother, Emily (Hartman) Scovil; daugh-ter of Wencel Henry and Mary Henrietta(Mac Leod) Hartman

University School, Cleveland; DartmouthClass of 1916. Select course, UniversityFootball Team; The Colony and Berzelms.

Treasurer the Cleveland (Ohio) Publish-ing Company 1921-26, insurance agent TheTravelers Insurance Company, Cleveland,1927-50, Captain Infantry World War I,member St Paul's Church (Episcopal),Cleveland Heights.

Married (1) March 8, 1920, St John,New Brunswick, Dorothy, daughter of Gill-more and Frances Marion (Scovil) Brown.Children* Sara Gillmore (Mrs William KGresh, 3d), Samuel Kingston, '45 E Mrand Mrs Scovil were divorced Married(2) November 12, 1946, Columbus, Ohio,Florence Harris Crocker Jeffrey, daughterof Marcus Wade and Margaret Best (Har-ris) Crocker

Death due to acute appendicitis. Buriedin Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland Sur-vived by wife, children, and a stepson,Robert Hutchins Jeffrey, 2d

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ALZAMORA BURDETTE SMITH,PH.B. 1916 Born February 15, 1895, NewYork City; died August 16,1950, Stamford,Conn

Father, F Milton Smith (D D S Coll ofthe City of New York 1878); son ofThomas Barrett and Martha Morgan(Buck) Smith. Mother, Ella (Rumble)Smith; daughter of William and Henrietta(Gardner) Rumble

Stamford High School Electrical engi-neering course, Freshman honors, honorsin mathematics Junior year, University GleeClub, Phi Kappa Epsilon and Book andBond

Graduate student apprentice Westing-house Electric & Manufacturing Company,East Pittsburgh, 1916-18, assistant electricalengineer Underwriters Laboratories, Inc,New York City, 1923-30, assistant man-ager engineering department National Elec-trical Manufacturers Association of NewYork 1930-50; Ensign US Navy WorldWar I, associate member International As-sociation of Electrical Inspectors, NationalFire Protection Association, member Na-tional Electrical Manufacturers Association,American Standards Association, Inc,American Institute of Electrical Engineers,National Safety Council, Trade Associa-tion Executives (New York City), Yale En-gineering Association, treasurei Darien(Conn ) Congregational Church 1929-30

Married April 18, 1925, New York City,Clmtona Lillian, daughter of Dr HectorGriswold and Clmtona (Ryland) Gns-wold Children Palmer Barrett, '50 E ,Nancy Pettice (B A Univ Connecticut1952), Miriam Gardner (Univ ConnecticutClass of 1954).

ALLAN TRAIN TRUMBULL, PHB1916 Born September 11, 1894, Litchfield,Conn , died March 31, 1951, Englewood,NJ

Father, William Trumbull, '83 Mother,Anne Leavenworth (Train) TrumbullYale relatives include Jonathan Trum-bull (LL D 1797) (great-great-great-grand-father), Eleazar T. Fitch (B A 1810)(great-great-uncle); David Trumbull (B A.1842) (grandfather); James H Trumbull(B A 1848) (great-uncle), Abner L Train


(BA. 1853) (grandfather), David Trum-bull (BA 1876), John Trumbull (BA1878), Stephen Trumbull (B A. 1880) (un-cles), Alexander W Dodge (MF. 1912)(cousin).

Taft School Mechanical engineeringcourse, St Anthony and Delta Psi.

With Bridgeport Brass Company 1917,1921-24; insurance agent W. R. Collins,Inc, New York City, 1919-21, sales repre-sentative Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Com-pany, New York City, 1924-30, Easternsales manager 1930-44, vice-president 1944-51, Second Lieutenant Air Service WorldWar I (instructor at Gerstner and Carl-strom fields), councilman City of Engle-wood, vice-president Yale Alumni Asso-ciation of Bergen County 1939-41, presi-dent 1941-45, member St Paul's Church(Episcopal), Englewood.

Married July 3, 1924, New York City,Helen Martin, daughter of Philip and Julia(Hoare) Martin Children William, Pns-cilla Alden (Western Coll for Women1945-47, Ballard School 1947-48), the wifeof Wilham W Wilcox, 3d (Class of 1947),Mary Julia (Maryland Coll for Women1943-45, Mrs Albert Williams Van Bu-ren), Anne Train (Colby Junior Coll Classof 1951)

Death due to coronary thrombosis. Bur-ied in Milford (Conn ) Cemetery. Survivedby wife, children, three grandchildren

DAVID ROE ZENNER, PHB 1916Born June 28, 1892, Athens, Ohio, diedOctober 17, 1950, Athens, Ohio.

Father, Henry Zenner, president the Mc-Bee Company, manufacturers business ma-chines, loose leaf binders, record books,Athens, son of David and Babette (Fro-man) Zenner Mother, Lillian (Roe) Zen-ner, daughter of Joseph O and Sara (Lor-imer) Roe

University Preparatory School, Athens,Ohio University Class of 1914 Selectcourse

Associated with the McBee Company1916-50 (production manager 1919-24,vice-president 1924-47, and president 1947-50); served in U S Navy World War I;president Sheltering Arms Hospital Foun-dation 1949-50, commander K. T. Crosson

Post No 21, American Legion, Athens;member Church of the Good Shepherd(Episcopal), Athens.

Married July 17,1917, Newport, R I , Pau-line Shepherd (B A. Ohio University 1917,MA 1931), daughter of William S andAnna (Stoody) Shepherd Sons: Philip, 4th;Gregory Shepherd (Class of 1951 E.).

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage. Bur-ied in Mount Union Street Cemetery,Athens. Survived by wife (died March 1,1952), sons, a granddaughter, and a broth-er, Philip McK. Zenner, '18 S.

CRAIG FRANCIS CULLINAN, PHB.1917 Born October 25, 1894, Washington,Pa ; died August 15, 1950, Houston, Texas

Father, Joseph Stephen Culhnan, founderand president American Republics Corpo-ration, oil holdings and tanker operations,Houston, son of John Francis and Mary(Considine) Culhnan Mother, Lucie(Halm) Culhnan, daughter of Simon andSophia (Stump) Halm Yale relatives in-clude a brother, John H Cullinan (Classof 1917 S.)

Pawling School Mechanical engineeringcourse; Freshman Football Team; TheCloister and Book and Snake

Refinery superintendent Galena-SignalOil Company of Texas 1920-26; vice-president American Petroleum Company1920-26, 1932-36; vice-president AmericanRepublics Corporation 1926-28, president1928-32, 1936-50; vice-president FidelityTrust Company, Houston, 1920-38, DScSouthwestern 1949; Ensign U S. Naval Re-serve Flying Corps World War I (served onU S S Margaret), chairman board TexasState University for Negroes; secretaryHouston Yale Club 1920-22, memberAmerican Petroleum Institute, and PalmerMemorial Church (Episcopal), Houston.

Married November 15, 1919, New YorkCity, Lucia Edith, daughter of Dr. WendellChristopher Phillips and Lucia (Taggart)Phillips. Children Barbara; Craig Francis,Jr, '49, Joseph Stephen, 2d, '52 E. Mrs.Cullinan died 1949

Buried in Texas-Glenwood Cemetery,Houston Survived by children, one grand-child, and three sisters, Mrs Ronck Cra-vens, Mrs A J Wray, Miss Nina Cullinan

Sheffield Scientific School 137LESLIE MARSHALL HILL, PH.B. 1917.

Born July 20, 1895, Hartford, Conn ; diedMarch 29,1951, West Hartford, Conn

Father, Marshall Lawrence Hill, clerkiEtna Life Insurance Company, Hartford;son of Benjamin Elton and Lydia Olcott(Wiley) Hill. Mother, Tillie (Payne) Hill,daughter of Bngham and Emily (Grant)Payne. Yale relatives include a brother, El-ton B. Hill, '07 S.

Hartford Public High School. Mechan-ical engineering course; honors of the firstrank Freshman year, honorable mention inmathematics and general two-year honorsSenior year, Phi Kappa Epsilon

Apprentice engineer Terry Steam Tur-bine Company, Hartford, 1917-18; EnsignUS. Naval Reserve Force World War I(engineer officer USS . South Pole); en-gineer Whitlock Coil Pipe Company, Hart-ford, 1919-21; assistant sales manager Na-tional Pipe Bending Company, New Haven,1921-24; assistant to president Spencer Tur-bine Company, Hartford, 1924-26, engineerand sales representative 1926-51; memberWindsor Avenue Congregational Church,Hartford.

Married August 5, 1922, Guilford,Conn., Elsie Bartlett Weld (grad. New Ha-ven State Teachers Coll 1916), daughter ofGeorge Milton and Lottie Maria (Rogers)Weld Children: Elizabeth Weld (BA.Connecticut Coll 1945, M.N. Yale 1948),Robert Elton (Wesleyan 1948-49, Spring-field Class of 1953); George Marshall(Trinity 1949-52)

Death due to coronary occlusion Buriedin Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford Survivedby wife, children, and a sister, Mrs LouisWilliam Batchelder.

CHARLES LEVI HUNTER, PH.B. 1917.Born May 21, 1894, Paterson, N J ; diedAugust 22, 1950, Boston, Mass

Father, Charles Augustus Hunter, vice-president U S Rubber Manufacturing Com-pany, New York City. Mother, Fanny(Duncan) Hunter.

Lawrenceville School Chemistry course,Freshman Football Team, UniversityWrestling and Hockey teams, Sachem Halland Phi Sigma Kappa.

Assistant buyer lighting fixtures R. H

Macy & Company, Inc, New York City,1917-22, owner lighting fixture business,New York City, 1922, secretary and treas-urer Herfort Company, wrought iron prod-ucts, New York City, 1922-30; salesmanDobeckum Company, cellophane bags,Cleveland, 1931-33, salesman Boston officeThomas M Royal & Company, Philadel-phia, shop superintendent in charge ofmetal salvage Boston Naval Yard 1941-50,Ensign US. Naval Reserve Flying CorpsWorld War I (served on U S S NewportNews), member Roman Catholic church

Married (1) May 29,1920, Teaneck, N J,Alice Bowden, daughter of John YoungMrs. Hunter died 1927 Married (2) May11,1928, Jersey City, N J, Elizabeth Agnes,daughter of Joseph J and Anna (Lentz)Nialetz Children. Elizabeth Anne, CharlesLevi, Jr., Gerard Anthony

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in St Patrick's Cemetery, Natick, Mass.Survived by wife, children and a brother,Robert D Hunter (Class of 1914 S )

WILLIAM STEINWAY VON BER-NUTH, PH.B. 1917 Born December 19,1892, New York City, died January 7,1951,Bethesda, Md

Father, Hugo Louis von Bernuth, pres-ident North Beach & College Point FerryCompany, New York City, son of Fritz andMeta (Groenevelt) von Bernuth Mother,Paula Theodora (Steinway) von Bernuth,daughter of William and Regina (Roos)Steinway Yale relatives include a cousin,Carl von Bernuth, '19 S.

Pawling School. Select course; UniversityFootball Team (championship team Junioryear); College Choir; Yale University Dra-matic Association; contributed to Yale Shef-field Monthly, color sergeant Yale Battery

Safety inspector Hudson Motor Car Com-pany 1920-21; teacher Cass TechnicalSchool, Detroit, 1921-22, personnel assist-ant to dean of engineering Purdue 1922-25,traffic supervisor New York City officeAmerican Telephone & Telegraph Com-pany 1925-29, assistant director Yale Grad-uate Placement Bureau, Inc, 1929-30, per-sonnel director Hams-Upham Company,investment brokers, New York City, 1930-35; supervisor vocational rehabilitation


New York State Education Department1935-40, director office services in assist-ant administrator's office Veterans Admin-istration 1946-51, M S Purdue 1922, mem-ber New York National Guard (served onMexican border), truck master (FirstLieutenant) Motor Transport Corps WorldWar I, chief of personnel division (Col-onel) Adjutant General's DepartmentWorld War II (awarded Legion of Merit,New York State Conspicuous Service Cross,commander Order of the Royal Crown[Italy]), member Yale Engineering Asso-ciation, American Society of Safety Engi-neers, and Episcopal church

Married June 2, 1918, Indianapolis, Ind,Alma Louise, daughter of Jules and Marie(Lanouette) Banbault Children Made-leine Paula (Mrs Richard G Polhtzer),Suzanne Meta (Mrs William B Nelson)

Mr von Bernuth was accidentally killedwhile cleaning a pistol Buried in TheNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va Sur-vived by wife, daughters, and four grand-children

JOHN FRANCIS WILLIAMS, PHB1917 Born October 16, 1896, Norwich,Conn , died September 21, 1950, Philadel-phia, Pa

Father, Robert Williams, wood dealer inWaterbury, Conn , son of Robert and Eliz-abeth (Green) Williams Mother, Alice(Lewis) Williams, daughter of FrankLewis

New Haven (Conn.) High School. Selectcourse, member University DebatingTeam, contributed to Yale Sheffield Month-ly, member Alpha Phi Alpha LL B cumlaude 1922 (associate editor Yale haw jour-nal three years; Wayland and Munsonprizes Junior year)

Inspector of claims New York, New Ha-ven and Hartford Railroad Company 1922-25, lawyer in Philadelphia 1925-50, deputyattorney general for Pennsylvania 1934-38,president John M Langs ton Law Club,Philadelphia, attorney general for Pennsyl-vania 1934-38, member State Bar Associa-tion of Connecticut, Pennsylvania Bar As-sociation, National Bar Association, Ma-sonic order, trustee Mt Olivet Tabernacle(Baptist), Philadelphia

Married April 12, 1927, Philadelphia,Irene Crabb, daughter of David Malachiand Mary Jane (Autis) Crabb.

Death due to cardiac dilatation Buried inMount Lawn Cemetery, Darby Township,Pa Survived by wife, three sisters, Mrs.Irene Samuels, Mrs Ethel T. Baldwin, MrsHelen W. Grant, and a brother, Robert S.Williams

CHARLES GIBSON DURFEE, PHB.1918 Born July 15, 1898, Yonkers, NY.;died November 13, 1950, Los Angeles,Calif.

Father, Charles Gustavus Durfee, super-intendent electrical distribution Rochester( N Y ) Railway and Light Company.Mother, Abigail (Le Roy) Durfee Yale rel-atives include a brother-in-law, Carol GMontgomery (PhD. 1930).

Kalbfus School, Rochester. Mechanicalengineering course; honors of the secondrank for excellence in all studies Freshmanyear, general two-year honors for excellencein all studies Junior year, corporal EngineerCorps Yale R.O T C ; Class Book commit-tee, Sigma Xi; Ph.B magna cum laude1918, M E cum laude 1920 (assistant inmechanical engineering 1918-20)

Combustion engineer New York EdisonCompany, New York City, 1920, marketanalysis work, sales department, Westing-house Electric & Manufacturing Company,New York City and San Francisco, 1920-25; in department syndicate operations So-ciety for Electrical Development, Inc, NewYork City, 1925-27, with Pyrene Manufac-turing Company, fire extinguishers, New-ark, N J, 1927-50 (sales engineer 1928-30,manager systems department 1930-38, as-sistant to vice-president in charge sales1938-45, director fire-protection engineer-ing 1945-48, vice-president in charge engi-neering 1948-50), president Chemical Con-centrates Corporation, Fort Washington,Pa, 1945-50, member Yale EngineeringAssociation, American Petroleum Institute,National Fire Protection Association, FireExtinguishers Manufacturers Association,Chemist's Club, and St. Mark's Church(Episcopal), Teaneck, N J

Married February 21, 1924, New YorkCity, Alice Edna, daughter of A G and


Mary (McNulty) Lau. Children: DorothyAnn (B A. Univ. Rochester 1950), the wifeof Arthur O Wurtmann, '49; Charles Gib-son, Jr. (Class of 1956)

Death due to heart attack Buried inGeorge Washington Cemetery,, Paramus,N.J. Survived by wife, children, parents(mother died April, 1951), and a sister,Dorothy A. Durfee Montgomery (M.SYale 1932, PhD 1951)

FREDERICK JOHN MADDOCKS,PH B 1918 Born August 9, 1895, Menden,Conn ; died May 30, 1951, New Haven,Conn

Father, George Frederick Maddocks, as-sociated with H L Judd Company, Wal-lingford, son of Joseph Maddocks. Mother,Clara Ann (Edwin) Maddocks, daughterof John and Elizabeth (Young) Edwin

Hopkins Grammar School Chemistrycourse; honors of the second rank for ex-cellence in all studies Freshman year.

Research chemist Barrett Company,Edgewater, N J, 1918-21; analytical chem-ist Sidney Blumenthal Company, 1922-24;chemist and water treatment engineer NewYork, New Haven & Hartford RailroadCompany, New Haven, 1924-51; secretaryRepublican town committee, Wallingford,1942-48; on board of Water Commis-sioners, Wallingford, 1941-45, representa-tive State legislature 1947-49; vestrymanSt Paul's Church (Episcopal), Walling-ford.

UnmarriedDeath due to pulmonary embolus Buried

in In Memonam Cemetery, WallingfordSurvived by mother and a brother, Har-old J Maddocks

NORMAN TICE, PH B 1918. Born June26, 1897, New Haven, Conn , died Octo-ber 28,1950, New Haven, Conn

Father, Joshua Brown Tice, salesmanLampson Lumber Company, New Haven,son of John Wesley and Eleanor F. (New-combe) Tice Mother, Carrie Elizabeth(Ervin) Tice, daughter of Ehsha and Car-olyn (Lambertson) Ervin. Yale relatives in-clude two brothers-in-law, Luke E Kceley,'22 and Thomas A Abbott (E E 1930)

New Haven High School Chemistrycourse, Student Council, Yale Battery, FirstLieutenant R O T C

Chemist and salesman Apothecaries HallCompany, wholesale druggists, Waterbury,1919-27; organizer Chromium ProcessCompany, Shelton, Conn, 1927, presidentand treasurer 1927-50, member Connect-icut National Guard; Second LieutenantField Artillery World War I, on Board ofZoning Appeals, Derby, member Masonicorder and Dwight Place Church (Congre-gational), New Haven

Married May 6, 1925, New Haven, Mar-guerite Agnes Elizabeth, daughter of Ed-ward Dominic and Alice Elizabeth (Mc-Cabe) Keeley Children Jean Mane (B SUniv. Connecticut 1948, Mrs Jeremiah JKeefc, Jr ) , Norman Edward, Marilyn

Death due to pulmonary embolus Buriedin Mount St Peter's Cemetery, Derby Sur-vived^ by wife, children, three grandchil-dren, a sister, Mrs Thomas A Abbott, andthree brothers, Russell, Elwood, and JohnTice

ELIOT GRIGGS FARRINGTON, PH B1919 Born September 11, 1898, Croton-on-Hudson, N Y, died February 4, 1951,Somerset, Pa <

Father, Harvey Farnngton, '86 S Mother,Lucy Eliot (Gnggs) Farrmgton Yale rel-atives include Frederic A. Stevenson, '88(uncle), Harvey Stevenson, '17, Milton W.Gnggs, *io, Everett G Gnggs, 2d, '18, Ben-jamin G Gnggs, '20, Chauncey W Gnggs(Class of 1927), H Stanton Gnggs, Jr, '28,Chauncey L Gnggs, '31 (cousins)

St Paul's School, Concord, N H Selectcourse, Freshman Swimming Team, Uni-versity Swimming Squad, manager Univer-sity Lacrosse Team Junior and Senior years,circulation manager Yale Record Junioryear, photographic manager Yale SheffieldMonthly Junior year, contributed to YaleCourant and Yale Graphic (winnercharm), member Sheff Y M C.A, JuniorPromenade Committee, corporal R O T Cat Yale

Salesman educational division PackardMotor Car Company, Detroit, 1919-24, sen-ior salesman 1924-27, field representative1927-33; in general insurance business


Affiliated Companies, Detroit, 1933-51, owner Farrmgton Products Company,sales merchandising, Detroit, 1935-51,member Episcopal church, Detroit

UnmarriedDeath due to injuries received in an auto-

mobile accident Buried in Sleepy HollowCemetery, North Tarrytown, N Y Sur-vived by two brothers, Edward ChandlerFarnngton and Stephen G. Farrington, '25S

JOHN WINSLOW WILLIAMS, PHB1919 Born December 3, 1896, Baltimore,Md , died December 2, 1950, Baltimore,Md

Father, Nathan Winslow Williams(LLB Columbia 1883), a lawyer, Judge-Advocate General of the State of MarylandMother, Anne Tyler (Foster) Williams.

Westminster School Select course; hon-ors in English literature Freshman year;Freshman Football Team, associate editorYale Sheffield Monthly Junior year; editorYale Graphic Senior year, Yale NavalTraining Unit; Class Book committee, Au-rehan Honor Society, Elizabethan Club,The Cloister and Book and Snake.

Auditor Fidelity Trust Company, Balti-more, successively with Redmond & Com-pany, bankers, Baltimore, and Thompson-Williams Publishing Company; presidentRaymond-Whitcomb, Inc, of Maryland,transportation, chairman board Metropol-itan Tourist Company, transportation, Bal-timore, Mapr Office Strategic ServicesWorld War II (West Africa 1943-44), pro-moted Lieutenant Colonel 1944, on execu-tive committee United Nations Associationof Maryland, president Yale Alumni Asso-ciation of Maryland 1923-24, 1927-29,member Episcopal church

Married (1) November 27, 1920, Bath,Maine, Kaiulam, daughter of Harold Marshand Millicent (Ashe) Sewall ChildrenJohn Winslow, Jr , Harold Sewall, ArthurFoster, Anne Kaiulam Married (2) Wil-mington, Del, Virginia Jones. Mrs Wil-liams died 1949

Death due to hypertensive cardiovascu-lar disease Buried in Greenmount Cem-etery, Baltimore Survived by children, asister, Mrs Horatio L Whitridge, and abrother, F. Foster Williams, '15

JOHN SHUMAN PERRY, PH.B. 1920.Born June 23,1899, Covington, Ohio; diedJune 5,1951, Chicago, 111

Father, James Henry Perry, sales man-ager National Cash Register Company,Covington, son of Russell Perry. Mother,Evelyn Sophronia (Shuman) Perry, daugh-ter of John Rusher and Sophronia Jewett(Hockins) Shuman. Yale relatives includea cousin, John R Shuman, '12 S.

Covington High School Select course;member Yale Naval Training Unit, Ver-non Hall and Phi Gamma Delta.

Automobile salesman G W. Shroyer &Company, Dayton, Ohio, and junior sales-man bond department Dayton Savings &Trust Company 1920, sales manager GeorgeL Shuman & Company, publishers, Chi-cago, 1921-45, managing editor 1945-51;private Air Service U S Army World WarI, president Village of Flossmoor 1943-49and trustee; member Covington (Ohio)Christian Church

Married June 21, 1921, Leota, daughterof Elmer Ellsworth and Anna (Carpen-ter) Babylon Daughters* Ann Evelyn(Mrs. George A. Wilkin); Mary Jane (MrsRobert E Adair).

Death due to nephritis Buried in High-land Cemetery, Covington Survived bywife, daughters, and four granddaughters.

ARTHUR [JEROME] FERGUSON,PH B 1921 Born July 27, 1898, Evanston,111; died February 22, 1951, Sarasota, Fla

Father, Louis Aloysius Ferguson (E.E.Massachusetts Institute of Technology1888); vice-president Commonwealth Edi-son Company, Chicago Mother, Martha(Jenkins) Ferguson Yale relatives include:William F. Howe, '13 S, Edward J. Howe,2d, 'x6 (cousins).

Philhps-Andover Mechanical engineer-ing course; Freshman and UniversitySwimming teams; Yale Naval TrainingUnit, The Cloister and Book and Snake.

With Commonwealth Edison Company,electrical construction, testing and engineer-ing, 1921-26, vice-president MinerallacElectric Company, Chicago, 1926-33, pres-ident 1933 until retirement 1937, ownercattle ranch Parrish, Fla, 1941-51, seaman(2d Class) U S Naval Reserve Force WorldWar I


Married November 6, 1926, Chicago,Allis Macbeth, daughter of William Wash-burn and Mane (Macbeth) Nugent Chil-dren Allis Nugent (B A Univ Connect-icut 1950); Arthur Jerome, Jr (Class of1953); Catherine Rae

Death due to cerebral thrombosis. Bur-ied in Manasota Cemetery, Sarasota Sur-vived by wife, children, a sister, Mrs. Hen-ry Butler, and two brothers, Louis A. Fer-guson, Jr, '17 S., and Alan M Ferguson,'34 S

JEAN REGINALD STEBBINS, BS1922 Born September 14,1899, Watertown,R Y , died August 21, 1950, Watertown,N Y

Father, William Cooper Stebbins (Cor-nell Class of 1890), owner W. C StebbinsCompany, Inc., paper mill supplies, Water-town; son of Jean Reginald and Adelaide(Cooper) Stebbins Mother, Grace Foster(Sewall) Stebbins; daughter of EdmundQuincy and Catherine Norton (Smith)Sewall

The Hotchkiss School Mechanical engi-neering course, member student branchAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers,York Hall and Chi Phi.

Mechanical engineer Bagley & SewallCompany, Watertown, 1922-23, presidentW. C Stebbins Company, Inc., 1923-50,partner Gilbert & Company, investmentbrokers, Watertown; trustee House of theGood Samaritan, Henry Keep Home forthe Aged, member Trinity Church (Epis-copal), Watertown

Married May 2, 1927, Oak Park, 111,Kathleen Adele Heile (B A. Smith 1926),daughter of Charles Dyer and Kathleen(MacFarlane) Heile Children. WilliamCooper, '51; Kathleen Heile.

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Brookside Cemetery, WatertownSurvived by wife, children, and two sisters,Mrs David G Gregor and Mrs. MurrayM Gardner.

CHRISTOPHER [JOSEPH] McCOR-MACK, BS 1926 Born October 10, 1904,Ansonia, Conn ; died October 6,1950, Hart-ford, Conn

Father, John McCormack, a mechanicAmerican Brass Company, Ansonia; son ofPeter and Bridget (Haegney) McCormackMother, Rose Anna (Grace) McCormack,daughter of Edward and Roseanne (Reilly)Grace

Ansonia High School. Pre-medicalcourse; Freshman Baseball Team, AlphaSigma Phi, Sigma Xi M D. 1929 (memberPhi Chi).

Interne Grace Hospital, New Haven,1929-30, resident house officer (surgery)1930-31, assistant attending surgeon 1931-32, physician Ansonia 1931-32, fellow insurgery Mayo Foundation 1932-34, residentin surgery Colonial Hospital, Rochester,Minn., 1934-35; M S (in surgery) Univ.Minnesota 1934, surgeon Hartford 1935-50,attending surgeon St Francis Hospital,Hartford, 1935-50 (secretary Tumor Clin-ic), consulting surgeon Litchfield CountyHospital, Winsted, Conn , instructor Mil-itary Postgraduate Medical Courses, WarDepartment, 1942-45, chairman Medical In-formation Bureau, Hartford, diplornateAmerican Board of Surgery; an mcorpo-rator Connecticut Cancer Society, secretaryHartford County Medical Association 1944-45, member Hartford Medical Society,Connecticut State Medical Society, Amer-ican Medical Association, American Societyfor Control of Cancer, and Roman Catholicchurch

Married (1) June 14, 1930, Holyoke,Mass, Mary Eileen Harrington (B A Mas-sachusetts State Coll 1928) Daughter Mar-cm Mrs McCormack died 1947 Married(2) April 6,1948, Margaret Mary, daughterof Andrew and Catherine Elizabeth (Wad-den) Kinsella Children. Margaret Mary,Christopher, Jr

Death due to coronary thrombosis Bur-ied in Mount St Benedict Cemetery, Bloom-field, Conn Survived by wife, children,a sister, Mrs Frank Dunning, and twobrothers, Edward McCormack and MichaelMcCormack

EARL HAROLD MARSDEN, B S 1927Born September 20, 1906, New Haven,Conn ; died November 18, 1950, Korea

Father, Harold Marsden, owner plumb-ing business, New Haven, son of Edward


and Sarah (Porter) Marsden Mother, Em-ily (Gowland) Marsden, daughter of Rob-ert Robinson and Esther (Brown) Gow-land Yale relatives include a brother-in-law, Ernest K Williams, '15 S

New Haven High School Civil engi-neering course, general one-year honors forexcellence in all studies Freshman year,Freshman Baseball Team, Class basketballsquad, University Track Team (winnersecond place 220-yard dash Penn relays Jun-ior year), Freshman Glee Club, memberstudent branch American Society of CivilEngineers, R O T C at Yale (commission-ed Second Lieutenant)

Construction engineer Albert B HillCompany, consulting engineers, New Ha-ven, 1927-34, entered service 1940 withrank of Captain Corps of Engineers, inconstruction division office of Chief of En-gineers 1941-42, promoted Major 1941,Lieutenant Colonel 1942, and Colonel 1944,district engineer Manhattan Engineer Dis-trict 1943-47 ( o n e °f e ight engineers andscientists who originally went to OakRidge to start gigantic atomic plant, credit-ed with "exemplary contributions" to suc-cess of atomic bomb, awarded Legion ofMerit 1945), in logistics division, GeneralStaff, Washington, D C, 1947-49; memberArmed Forces Staff College, Naval Operat-ing Base, Norfolk, Va, 1949, served inGuam 1949-50, and in Korea September-November 1950

Married February 29, 1936, New Haven,Flora Mae Virginia Byrne (Yale School ofMusic 1928-31), daughter of Charles C andLilhe Mae (Swink) Byrne Sons EarlAlan, Wayne

Col Marsden was killed in line of dutyin Korea Buried in Hamden (Conn)Plains Cemetery Survived by wife, sons,mother, and a sister, Mrs Ernest Williams

FREEMAN ROSS STEARNS, B S 1927Born January 2, 1904, Ludington, Mich ,died June 7, 1951, Tucson, Ariz

Father, Robert Lyon Stearns, presidentStearns (Ky ) Coal & Lumber Company,son cf Justus Smith and Paulina (Lyon)Stearns Mother, Laura (Freeman) Stearns,daughter of William Ross and Mary (Clen-dening) Freeman

The Hill School. Industrial engineeringcourse, Freshman and University Footballteams; Freshman and University Wrestlingteams; Freshman Track Squad> managingeditor Yale Scientific Magazine Senior year,Class historian, St. Anthony and Delta Psi,Aurehan Honor Society

Assistant secretary and treasurer StearnsCoal 8c Lumber Company 1927-51; vice-president and general director Stearns Mo-tor Manufacturing Company, Ludington,1927-29, vice-president Carrom Industries,manufacturers wooden furniture, games,Ludington, 1932-40, president 1940, servedin Coast Guard World War II.

Married July 23, 1932, Ludington, Edith,daughter of Wallace H and Emma (Zill-ges) Van Dyke Daughters: Laura Lee,Joan Van Dyke Mrs. Stearns died Febru-ary 11,1951

Death due to cardiac dilatation Buriedin Lakeview Cemetery, Ludington Sur-vived by daughters, mother, a sister, Mrs.Paulina Stearns Bennett, and a brother,Robert Lyon Stearns, Jr.

IRVING BEECHAM HIETT, JR, B.S1929. Born July 26,1907, Toledo, Ohio; diedAugust 26, 1950, Toledo, Ohio .

Father, Irving Beecham Hiett, presidentthe Irving B Hiett Company, real estate andinsurance, Toledo. Mother, Gertrude(Boake) Hiett

The Hotchkiss School General sciencecourse; Freshman Swimming Team, Uni-versity Swimming Squad, St Anthony andDelta Psi

Salesman Falconer, Dunbar and Picton,general insurance, Toledo, 1940-42, chem-ical operator Trojan Powder Company,Sandusky, Ohio, 1942-44, vice-presidentand sales manager the Irving B Hiett Com-pany 1940-50, member First Congrega-tional Church, Toledo.

Married June 9, 1939, Toledo, MargaretEmily, daughter of Robert McNeil andBess (Finlay) Lane. Daughter Lane Boake.

Death due to lymphosarcoma Buried inWoodlawn Cemetery, Toledo Survived bywife, daughter, and a brother, Donald Hi-ett

JAMES LANSFORD LEONARD, BS1931. Born December % 1908, Spokane,


Wash ; died May 5, 1951, Spokane, Wash.Father, James Bernard Leonard, mining

operator Coeur d'Alene Mining District,son of Bernard and Margaret (Ryan) Leon-ard Mother, Sally Ann (Donnelly) Leon-ard, daughter of Patrick Edward and Rose(McParland) Donnelly

Philhps-Exeter. Mining engineeringcourse, Freshman Football Squad, FranklinHall and Theta Xi

Graduate student Cornell University1932-33; engineer Pend Oreille Mines andMetals Company, Spokane, 1933-38, vice-president Leonard, Mathews & Ryan, Inc,real estate and management, 1938-51, vice-president and manager Forest Rose Mine,zinc-lead operations, 1940-51, engineerMetahne Mining & Leasing Company,1948-51 (president 1949-51), president As-sociated Engineers of Inland Empire 1940,Northwest Mining Association 1942-43,and director 1944-51, an organizer ofRiverside Home for Handicapped Work-ers; trustee Spokane Chamber of Com-merce, member Washington State Plan-ning Commission, American Institute ofMining and Metallurgical Engineers (chair-man Columbia section 1940), Roman Cath-olic church

Married January, 1933, New York City,Lou Miller, daughter of John Meredith andRachel (Castella) Miller Son: James Ber-nard

Death due to injuries received in an au-tomobile accident Buried in FairmountMausoleum, Spokane Survived by wife,son, mother, stepfather, Edward PatrickRyan, a sister, Mrs Robert Arden Paterson,and a brother, Wilham George Leonard.

FREDERICK VALENTINE FERBER,JR, B s 1932 Born March 20,1911, Hacken-sack, N J , died July 11, 1950, Englewood,NJ

Father, Frederick V Ferber, presidentFerber Company, construction engineersand builders, Hackensack, son of Fred VFerber. Mother, Mary (Meyer) Ferber

The Choate School Building construc-tion course, scholar of the second rankFreshman year, two-year honors for excel-lence in all studies Junior year, Freshmanand University Swimming teams, memberstudent branch American Society of Civil

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Engineers; associate member Sigma Xi,Franklin Hall and Theta Xi Awarded B S.cum laude 1932.

Estimator and draftsman Ferber Con-struction Company 1932-36, manager andchief engineer 1936-38, president and treas-urer successor firm the Ferber Company1938-50, MCE New York University1942, First Lieutenant US Marine CorpsReserve 1942-45, member New Jersey So-ciety of Professional Engineers

Married May 20, 1944, New York City,Ehse Van Hook (B A Smith 1937), daugh-ter of LaRue and Edith (vom Baur) VanHook Children Cornelia Van Hook, Ste-phen LaRue

Death due to carcinoma Ashes interredin Hackensack (N J ) Cemetery Survivedby wife, children, father, and a brother,Paul L Ferber, '38 E

JOHN INMAN PEARCE, B S. 1932 BornAugust 12,1909, New York City, died Feb-ruary 1, 1951, New York City

Father, Arthur W Pearce, '96 S Mother,Lucy (Inman) Pearce Yale relatives in-clude Stanley H Pearce, '91 S , Richard FPearce, '92 S, Hugh H Inman (Class of1896 S ), John H Inman, '00 S, FrederickC Inman, '02 S, Charles S. Inman (Class of1908 S ) (uncles), Clifford V Brokaw, Jr,'25 S (cousin)

St Paul's School, Concord Applied eco-nomic science course, Freshman and Classbasketball teams, manager Freshman La-crosse Team Junior year and UniversityLacrosse Team Senior year, member TheColony and Berzehus

With Bonbright & Company, investmentbankers, New York City, 1932-42, NationalCity Bank of New York 1945-50, vice-pres-ident 1950-51, entered service April 1942(Lieutenant [] g ] U S Naval Reserve) FortLauderdale, Fla, administrative assistant tocommanding officer Naval Air Station1942-44; staff administrative officer, WingCivil Service officer, Naval Air TransportService Ferry Wing, 1944-45, promotedLieutenant Commander 1944, trusteePrinceton Country Day School, memberTrinity Church (Episcopal), Princeton,NJ

Married (1) September 12, 1936, LocustValley, NY., Joan, daughter of Wilbur

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Laing and Joan (Kauwcnhovcn) Ball Chil-dren Joan, John Inman, Jr., Barbara MrsPearce died 1943 Married (2) June 16,1947, Princeton, Jane Webster Kales (B AWells 1932), daughter of Arthur and LauraBelle (Russell) Webster. Son. Arthur Web-ster

Death due to a heart ailment Buried inPrinceton Cemetery Survived by wife, chil-dren, two stepdaughters, Jane Kales, AnneWebster Kales, two stepsons, Robert GrayKales, Jr, William Robert Kales, two broth-ers, Arthur W Pearce, '36, and Richard I.Pearce, '38

ROBERT WOLF B I A C H , B S 1933 BornAugust 28, 1911, Norwich, Conn , diedJuly 8,1950, Fort Worth, Texas

Father, Ludwig Karl Biach (Ph D Umv.Dresden), consulting chemist Carbic Color& Chemical Company, New York CityMother, Louise Edith (Silva) Biach, daugh-ter of John Silva.

New Haven (Conn) High SchoolChemistry course, Freshman honors(third New York Yale Club prize); one-year honors Sophomore year; FreshmanFencing Squad M D 1938

Interne U S Marine Hospital (U S Pub-lic Health Service) Stapleton, N Y, 1938-39, assistant psychiatry and mental hygieneYale School of Medicine 1939-41, assistantresident psychiatrist New Haven Hospitaland New Haven Dispensary 1939-41;joined U S Public Health Service 1941,assistant surgeon Federal Penitentiary,Lewisburg, Pa, 1941-43, chief medical of-ficer Federal Correctional Institution, Tal-lahassee, Fla , 1943-45, psychiatrist MedicalCenter for Federal Prisoners, Springfield,Mo, 1945-46, senior assistant surgeon U S.


Consulate, The Netherlands (medical ex-aminer aliens emigrating to the UnitedStates) 1946-48, resident psychiatrist U.S.Public Health Service Hospital, FortWorth, 1948-50; promoted Passed AssistantSurgeon 1944, contributed to Seliger andLidner's Handbook of Correctional Psy-chiatry; member Episcopal church.

Married, March 15,1941, New York City,Pauline Ethel Whitman

Death due to coronary thrombosis. Bur-ied in Yantic Cemetery, Norwich Survivedby wife and a brother, John L. Biach, '25 S.

VICTOR HENRY HARCOURT SAUN-DERS, BS. 1938. Born January 11, 1914,Nassau, Bahamas; died April 16,1951, Win-chester, England.

Father, Henry Victor Addington Har-court Saunders, owner Bahamas Grocery,Nassau, son of Henry and Susan (Roberts)Saunders Mother, Aline May (Lightbourn)Saunders, daughter of Henry William andAlicia Miller (Kelly) Lightbourn

Hopkins Grammar School. Applied eco-nomics science course, Freshman SoccerTeam, member Trumbull College, YorkHall and Chi Phi

Radio technician officer telecommunica-tive department Nassau, with H G Chris-tie, real estate, Nassau, 1945-47, presidentand managing director Treasure Traders,Ltd, gifts, 1947-51; corporal Royal AirForce 1941-45, member Methodist Church,Nassau

Unmarried.Mr Saunders was killed in a motor ac-

cident Buried in Chnstchurch Cemetery,Hampshire, England. Survived by mother,and a sister, Mrs Eileen May SaundersMoody

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERINGPAUL WALKER LATHAM, JR., B E.

1946. Born June 24, 1925, Minneapolis,Minn , died June 19, 1951, in Korea.

Father, Paul Walker Latham (B Sc Mas-sachusetts Agricultural College 1917),salesman New England Mutual Life Insur-ance Company; son of Allen and CarolineLeona (Walker) Latham Mother, EuniceMartha (Spicer) Latham (B A Univ. Min-nesota 1921), daughter of John Mason andEliza* Frances (Deming) Spicer

Norwich Free Academy Member Yalebranch American Society of Mechanical En-gineers.

Design engineer Maytag Company,household appliances, Newton, Iowa, 1947-50; enlisted March, 1943 as private U.S.Marine Corps Reserve, assigned to Univer-sity of Rochester; transferred to Yale asengineer specialist 1944; recalled to activeduty 1951 as First Lieutenant U S MarineCorps Reserve, and sent to Korea May 1951;member Society of Automotive Engineers,St. Stephen's Church (Episcopal), Newton.

Married September 2, 1949, Minneapolis,Mary Lou, daughter of George Harold andHalhe Lane (Smith) Garth

Lieutenant Latham was killed in Koreaby a mortar shell fragment while leading hisplatoon on a patrol. Buried in Spicer Fam-ily Cemetery, Spicer, Minn. Survived bywife, parents, two brothers, Allen Lathamand William Deming Latham

FRANK JOSEPH ROEHRENBECK,JR, BE. 1947. Born September 21, 1925,Jersey City, N J ; died July 18, 1950, atsea.

Father, Frank Joseph Roehrenbeck, gen-eral manager Radio Station WMGM, NewYork City; son of Martin and Elizabeth(Campbell) Roehrenbeck Mother, Mane(Johns) Roehrenbeck; daughter of Michaeland Mary Jane (Smith) Johns

Ridgewood (N J ) High School Mem-ber Silliman College, York Hall and ChiPhi

Enlisted U.S. Marine Corps 1943, en-rolled in V-12 program (Princeton 1943-44, Yale 1944-45* Japanese LanguageSchool, University of Colorado 1945, Okla-

homa Agricultural & Mechanical College1945-46 [commissioned Second LieutenantU.S. Marine Corps 1946]); staff sergeantOffice Strategic Services Camp Elliot 1945,and at Brooklyn Navy Yard until discharge1946, enlisted Ensign U S. Navy 1948, flighttraining jet engine school Pratt & WhitneyAircraft, stationed at Quonset Point, R I ,Naval Air Station, 1949-50; received train-ing at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla,and Corpus Chnsti, Texas, 1948-49; mem-ber Society of Automotive Engineers, Amer-ican Society of Mechanical Engineers, andOur Lady Queen of Peace Church (RomanCatholic), Greenwood Lake, N J

Ensign Roehrenbeck, a jet fighter pilot,was killed in a crash landing on aircraftcarrier U S S Midway Survived by parentsand a brother, Robert Roehrenbeck

ROBERT HARMAN SCHOTT, B.E.1949 Born January 17, 1926, New YorkCity, died July 30, 1950, Great Neck, N Y.

Father, Robert Carl Schott (BEE OhioState Umv 1915), head electrical engineer-ing department Sanderson & Porter, NewYork City, son of Frederick W and BelindaPaulina (Smith) Schott Mother, Mane Al-verta (Harman) Schott (B A Indiana [Pa ]State Teachers Coll 1918), daughter ofEzra Norman and Anne Matilda (Hoy-man) Harman

Great Neck High School Electrical engi-neering course. Student Yale 1943-44,1946-49; enlisted U S Navy 1944 (apprenticeseaman 1944, electronics technician's mate[first Class] 1945, radar technician [servedon U.S S ?ic\away, Moale, South Dakota,Hancock in Asiatic theatre]) until dis-charged 1946; member Silliman College(secretary-treasurer Press Club 1948-49)

Radio research engineer Wheeler Labor-atories, Great Neck, 1949-50; memberGreat Neck Community Church

Married March 25, 1950, Douglaston,N Y, Carol Virginia, daughter of CharlesGrant and Agnes Eleanor (Lamb) Keck

Death due to Hodgkins disease Ashesinterred in "Meadow Lane," WestmorelandCounty, Pa Survived by wife and parents


MALCOLM EDWARD ALDRICH, B.E.1950 Born November 2, 1926, Waterbury,Conn , died May 18,1951, in Korea

Father, Malcolm Earl Aldnch (Worces-ter Polytechnic Institute 1917-19), ownerthe Aldnch Company, manufacturers ofwood products, Menden, Conn ; son ofFarnum Hunt and Isabel (McKmnon) Al-dnch Mother, Catherine Lindsay Hough-ton Aldnch, daughter of Joseph and Cath-erine (Devlin) Lindsay

Menden High School Mechanical engi-neering course, member student branchAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers

Enlisted June 13,1944 as pnvate Infantry;attended Norwich University July-Decem-ber, 1944, stationed at Fort Benning March-September, 1945, and Fort Wheeler Septem-ber-October 1945, served in MediterraneanTheatre October 1945-July 1946 (assignedto 442d Regimental Combat Team and Al-

lied Mission for Observing Greek Elec-tions); commissioned Second LieutenantSeptember 13, 1945, returned to inactiveduty Officers Reserve Corps October 1946;associated with the Aldnch Company 1946-47; engineer Carbon & Carbide ChemicalCompany, Charlestown, WVa, June-Au-gust, 1950, recalled to active duty August22, 1950, sent to Korea with Company L,23d Infantry Regiment November 20,1950, promoted First Lieutenant January15, 1951, wounded in action February 2,1951 (awarded Purple Heart); returnedto combat duty May 12, 1951, member StRose Roman Catholic Church, Meriden.

Unmarried.Lieutenant Aldnch was killed in action

in Korea. Survived by parents, three sisters,Jean Patricia, Catherine, Mrs Ann Samp-son, and a brother, William Aldnch.

SUPPLEMENTNOTICES OF DEATHS PRIOR TO JULY I , 1 9 5 1 ,

NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED

THOMAS ECKMUND BROWNLEE,B A 1898 Born January 22, 1868, Coitsville,Ohio, died May 29,1947, West Townshend,Vt

Father, John Wilson Brownlee, a farmerin Coitsville; son of Thomas BrownleeMother, Sarah May (Madge) Brownlee.

Preparatory department Mount UnionCollege; BS Westminster 1894 EnteredYale Senior year; high oration appointment

Teacher mathematics Cheshire Academy1898-1903; instructor science and mathe-matics Heffley School, Brooklyn, 1903-4,principal engineering department 1905-12,LL B New York University 1910, J D 1911(Phi Delta Phi), lawyer New York City1912 until retirement 1945 (specialized intrial of negligence cases and in surrogate'slaw); general counsel National AutomobileMutual Insurance Company of New York1918-22, representative New York legisla-ture 1917-18, member Sons of Veterans,Masonic order, and Classon Avenue Pres-byterian Church, Brooklyn

Married December 27, 1899, West He-bron, N Y, Mabel Gray, daughter of RevGeorge Martin Wiley and Ella Margaret(Gray) Wiley. Son. John Wiley (LL B StJohn's Univ 1929)

Death due to a stroke Survived by wife,son, a granddaughter, and a sister, MrsEdith Brownlee Rodgers

CHARLES TERHUNE TILESTON,B.A. 1906 Born May 6, 1883, Binghamton,N Y ; died June 18, 1950, Riverhead, N Y

Father, Arthur Tree Tiles ton, associatedwith Erie Railroad Company Mother,Julia (Terhune) Tileston Yale relatives in-clude an uncle, Charles F Terhune (Classof 1878).

Binghamton High School Honors of thefirst rank Freshman year, dissertation ap-pointment Junior year, Freshman GleeClub

With Carnegie Steel Company, Pitts-burgh, 1906-8, LLB. New York LawSchool 1911, managing clerk (later assist-

ant counsel) Nicoll, Anable & Lindsay,lawyers, New York City, 1910-16, chair-man condemnation commission in connec-tion with extension rapid transit systemQueens 1913-16, organizer and generalcounsel Baird & Martin, Inc, iron and steelexport agents, New York City (engaged inforeign litigation 1916-24), in private lawpractice and in real-estate business NewYork City and Westchester County 1924-42, chief counsel Inter-County Title Guar-anty & Mortgage Company, Riverhead,N Y, 1942-50

Married (1) 1910, Helen, daughter ofVernon Dana and Elizabeth (Crambhtt)Price Married (2) Trenton, N J, RobertaD. Roebhng Son* Bruce Mr and MrsTileston were divorced about 1924. Married(3) November 18, 1926, New York City,Kathryn, daughter of Rev David J Wil-liams, D D , and Mary C (Evans) Wil-liams.

Death due to coronary occlusion Ashesinterred in Washington Memorial Park,Coram, N Y Survived by wife and son

GEORGE FULFORD SCHERER, BA1927 Born November 1,1905, Chicago, 111;died November 25, 1949, Bethesda, Md

Father, Col Louis Charles Scherer,U S A (grad United States Military Acad-emy 1891) Mother, Laura Mathews (Har-ris) Scherer (B A Vassar 1894)

Groton School Scholar of the secondrank Freshman year, oration appointmentJunior year; Freshman Soccer and Baseballteams, University Soccer Squad, managerFreshman Swimming and Water Poloteams Junior year, assistant manager Uni-versity Swimming and Water Polo teamsJunior year and manager Senior year, BetaTheta Pi, Elihu Club

With Prentice-Hall, Inc, publishers, NewYork City, 1927-29, Union News Company1930-33, International Boundary Commis-sion (United States and Mexico), El Paso,1934-35, associated with U S State Depart-ment 1935-49 (vice-consul Ciudad Juarez,


Mexico, 1935-37, and Bogota; first secretaryand consul Ciudad Trujillo, DominicanRepublic, Buenos Aires, and Argentina,first secretary and embassy aide to Mexicountil 1949)

Survived by wife, Marjone PalmerScherer, a son, and three brothers

•BAXTER REYNOLDS, PH.B 1902Born August 29,1881, Flushing, N Y , diedDecember 5, 1949, Pittsburgh, Pa

Father, William Myron Reynolds, M D ,son of William Reynolds Mother, Jessie(Charlick) Reynolds, daughter of Oliverand Jane Mosely (Baxter) Charlick.

The Peddie School Electrical engineeringcourse

With New York Edison Company 1902-5; sales engineer in New York City forNernst Lamp Company of Pittsburgh 1905-

•This sketch replaces the incomplete onepublished in the 1949-50 Record

6; manager electrical department Fairbanks,Morse & Company, New York City, 1906-8;with Burke Electric Company, Erie, 1908-19, president Pennsylvania Electric Weld-ing Supply Company 1920-23; district agentAllen-Bradley Company, Milwaukee, 1923-26, manager Eastern district Standard LifeInsurance Company 1926-33, manager Die-sel-electncal department L B Smith, ma-chinery, Camp Hill, Pa, 1935-49, memberMasonic order and Llanerch PresbyterianChurch, Haverford, Pa

Married August 3, 1908, Middletown,N Y, Sara Elizabeth, daughter of James F.andEldoraS (Brown) Simpson Children*Richard Baxter (Haverford 1927-29);Arthur Simpson, '38 M , Martha Elizabeth(Mrs Arthur B Kent) Mrs Reynolds died1948

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage. Bur-ied in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn,N Y Survived by children, six grandchil-dren, and two brothers, Oliver C. Reynoldsand Myron Reynolds

Graduates of the Graduate and Professional Schoolsand Honorary Degree Recipients Whose DeathsHave Been Reported During the Year 1950-51

Aikman, Samuel Sumner (B D i!Arnold, Rossleene Merle (Ph D 1926, Mrs

Donald M.Hetler)Arouet, Jacques Stuart (M.A. 1942)Bachner, Abram Joseph (LL B 1910)Bangs, Archie Roy (Ph D 1928)Barbour, Amy Louise (Ph D. 1902)Barker, Otis Webb (BD 1893)Barnett, Carl Henry (B D 1912)Barnum, Charles Gardiner (M D 1911)Beardsley, Ailing Prudden (Ph D 1902)Beebe, Albert Edward (B D 1915)Beggs, Gertrude Harper (Ph D. 1904)Belhs, Horace Doohttle (M D 1907)Bigelow, Bernard Barton (M A 1905)Brady, Joseph Edward (M D 1906)Breckenndge, George Preston (LL B

1894, LLM 1895)Brennan, Katharine Alice (M A. 1943)Brophy, Edward Joseph (M D 1904)Brown, Charles Reynolds (M A Hon. 1911,

DD.1928)Budau, John Harry Diedenchs (M D 1900)Burrowes, Harry Scovel (LLB. 1896)Burtner, Otto Whitmore (B D 1905, M.A, 1906)Capps,Edward (PhD 1891)Clark, Chester Merritt (B D 1891)Clune, Edmund Aloysius (LL B 1912)Coburn, Luther Gardner (LL B 1907)Conner, Martin Sennett (LL B 1913)Conway, William Francis (LL B 1900)Cope, Joshua Alban (M F 1914)Craig, Charles Franklin (M.D 1894,

MA. Hon 1914)DeBra, Mabel Mason (M A 1928,

Mrs Robert M. King)Deane, John Pitt (B D 1898)Deans, John (B D. 1896)Deen, Joshua Lee (M F. 1929, Ph D. 1931)Delvey, Mrs. Robert A (see Norma Symes Lewis)Demura, Teizaburo (M A 1902)Dickerman, Hubert Loomis (LL.B. 1903)Diefenbach, Arthur Charles (B D 1903)Doherty, Robert Ernest (M A Hon 1931)Edwards, Lucien Buckley (LL B 1875)Ekins, Grove Frederic (B D 1904)Elliott, Harrison Sacket (Ph D 1940)Feigin, Samuel Isaac (Ph D 1923)

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Date of DeathJuly 3,1950

November 2,1950March 31, 1951

April 6, 1951April 30,1951

October 17,1950May 24,1951

September 23, 1950March 20,1951

September 23, 1950December 11, 1950

April 11,1951November 4 or 5,1950

March 21,1947August 27, 1950

October 4, 1950May 5, 1951

October 28, 1950

November 28,1950August 21, 1950

March 6,1951April 23,1951

August 21,1950September 11,1949

July 29,1950December 25, 1950September 16, 1950

October 22, 1950August 26,1950

December 9, 1950

July 20,1950June 26, 1950July 16, 1950

April 24, 1951

December 29, 1949October 8, 1950March 24, 1951

October 19,1950February 4, 1937

May 20, 1951June 27, 1951

January 3, 1950


FitzSimmons, Thomas Raymond (LL B. 1920)Garfield, Frank Lewis (B D. 1892)Garofalo, Mrs Albert A

(see Harriet-Ellen Patten Leib)Geiser, Karl Frederick (Ph D. 1900)George, Ralph William (M A 1928)Gill, Michael Henry [Richard] (M D 1896)Gnce, Luther Bernice (B D 1925)Guntzer, Germaine Agatha (M Ph 1941)Hahn, Dorothy Anna (Ph D 1916)Harris, Nathaniel (M A. 1902)Healy, James Joseph (LL B 1908)Henry, William Thomas (LL B 1892)Hetler, Mrs Donald McKinley (see

Rossleene Merle Arnold)Hickey, Charles Edward (LL B 1903)Higgms, Thomas Fred (B D 1922)Hildreth, Edwin Larkin (M A Hon 1926)Hill, William Roberson (B D 1940)Hoober, John Aaron (LL B 1891, LL M

1892, D C L . 1893)Hoy t, Frederic VanWie(BD 1882)Ingram, Rex (B F A 1921)Johnston, John (M A Hon 1919)Jones, Hugh (B D 1896)Kawabe, Jiroku (M.A 1900, Ph D 1904)Kawaguchi, Yoshihisa (J.D 1914)King, Mrs Robert M.

(see Mabel Mason DeBra)King, [William Lyon] Mackenzie

(LLD 1924)Kloss, Charles Fronefield (M A 1899)Kone, Samuel Charles (LL B 1904)Koussevitzky, Serge (Mus D 1938)Kurata, Yoshihiko (M A 1904)Land, Maurice (LL B 1914)Lapp, Stuart LeFevre (LLB 1921)Leavenworth, Clarence Eldredge (M A. 1915)Leib, Harriet-Ellen Patten (LL B. 1943,

Mrs Albert A Garofalo)Leith, Donald"Mernam (PhD 1940)Lewis, Norma Symes (Mus B 1913,

Mrs Robert A Delvey)Light, Nestor (B D 1882)Lockhart, Clinton (Ph D 1894)Logan, John Fremont (M A 1916)Lorenzen, Ernest Gustav (M A Hon 1917)Macdonald, Robin (LL B 1896)McFarland, Warren Chamberlin (M D. 1887)McMorns, William Henry [Schock]

(LLB 1899)Mallet, Joel Byars (LL B 1917)Maurer, Oscar Edward (B D 1906, M A. 1906)

Date of DeathAugust 6,1950

February 14, 1951

April 1,1951September 14,1950November 28,1950

October 1,1950September 2,1950

December 10,1950Decembei 19,1949February 25,1951February 8,1951

December 25,1950June 20,1951July 21, 1950April 8, 1951

September 25, 1950June 14,1951July 21, 1950

September 12,1950June 11,1946

January 29,1942August 28,1945

July 22,1950November 11, 1950

February 2, 1951June 4,1951May 2,1946

September 25,1950December 5, 1950

July 24,1950

March 15,1951November 26, 1950

December 8,1950January 6,1951

June 11,1951June 30,1951

February 12,1951March 29, J951

October 18,1950

September 26,1950June 24,1950

November 29,1950

Graduate and Professional Schools

Mikami, Seiki (M.A. 1903)Milford, John James, Jr. (M.D. 1943)Montgomery, Carol Gray (Ph D 1930)Morehead, James Caddall (Ph D 1905)Mould, Elmer Wallace King (M A. 1911,

BX> 1913)Moulton, David Edward (LL B. 1897,

LLM.1898)Murai, Teinosuke (M A 1897)Nakamura, Chonosuke (M A 1904)Nakaseko, Rokuro (M S. 1901)Nauss, Earl Franklin (B.D. 1922,

MA 1923)Oakes, Frederick Warren (B.D. 1891)Ochiai, Teisaburo (M A. 1907)O'Reilly, James Addis (LL B. 1926)Parker, John Emihus (M D 1906)Parker, John Woodcock (M D 1906)Patteson, Mrs. Thomas E (see Luella Totten)Pentecost, George Edward (B D 1923)Perkins, James Hodges (B D 1932)Pilmer, Harold Eugene (M F 1932)Reilly, Joseph John (Ph D. 1912)Reppher, Agnes (Litt D 1925)Rooney, Francis (M A 1905)Rose, William Horace (J S D 1931)Russell, Harold Louis (M F 1911)Ryan, Peter Joseph (LL.B. 1932)Salt, Thomas William (M A 1909,

B D. 1910)Sellew, Robert Cowan (M D 1898)Shattuck, Angelo Eusebius (B D 1908)Sheehan, Joseph Eastman (M D 1908)Shibata, Ichino (M A 1902)Shimahara, Itsuzo (B D 1915)Smith, Egbert Livingston (M D 1896)Smith, Emory Byington (B D 1915)Smith, Henry Ernest (M A 1911)Snoke, Charles Edward (M A 1904)Sperry, Frederick Noyes (M D 1894)Spragins, Samuel Hamilton (M A. 1899)Swinney, Richard Don (B D 1924)Talbot, Mignon (Ph D 1904)Thompson, Harold George (M A. 1914)Thomson, Roy Bertrand (M F. 1928, Ph D 1939)Titus, Paul (M.D. 1908)Todd, Henry Albert (B D 1883)Totten, Luella (Mus B 1902, Mrs. Thomas

E. Patteson)Towle, Dorothy Siemenng (M A 1928;

Mrs Carroll S. Towle)Tuckey, Edson Newton (Ph D. 1904)Weber, Isabel (M.N 1937)

Date of DeathJanuary 21,1946

March 25, 1951December 3, 1950

August 28, 1950

November 15, 1950

April 21,1951December 3,1943

September 5, 1945April, 1945

August 5, 1950April 17,1951

September 3, 1945May 6,1945

May 22, 1951February 6, 1951

May 21, 1951July 14, 1950

March 8, 1951January 23, 1951

December 15, 1950February 4, 1951

May 24, 1951December 28,1950

October 31, 1950

June 6,1933May 30,1951

September 6,1950January 8, 1951

April 8,1951January, 1946

April 21, 1951October 15,1950

December 16,1950March 16,1951

September 8, 1950November 15, 1950

April 7, 1951July 18,1950

September 13, 1950July 27, 1950June 28, 1951

June, 1943

November 5,1950

July, 1950February 21, 1951

January 7, 1951


Date of DeathWelhns, Marvin (LL B 1939) June 15,1951Wilkin, William Saylor (LL B 1915) April 19,1951Williams, Roger Henry (M A 1903) October 26, 1950Winter, Truman Everett (M A 1909) June 18,1951Wood, Clement [Richardson] (LLB 1911) October 26, 1950Woodrow, Jay Walter (Ph D 1913) June 28,1951Zehring, Blanche (Ph D 1897) August 12, 1950Zeleny, John (M A Hon 1915) June 19,1951

STATISTICS

DEATHS REPORTED IN THIS VOLUME

Yale College 230*Sheffield Scientific School I2ifSchool of Engineering 4Graduate School 47School of Medicine 17Divinity School 27Law School 29School of the Fine Arts 1School of Music 2School of Forestry 5School of Nursing 1Honorary Degree Recipients 9

493

The age of the 227 graduates of Yale College who died betweenJuly 1, 1950, and July 1, 1951, averages 66 3, and the age of the 120 grad-uates of the Scientific School averages 64 3

The oldest living graduate of Yale College is Schuyler Merritt (B A1873) of Stamford, Conn, born December 16, 1853

The oldest living graduate of the Sheffield Scientific School is EthanA Andrews (PhB 1881) of Baltimore, Md, born September 10, 1859

*Includes 3 in the supplement,flndudes 1 in the supplement.

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INDEX*

CLASS19071886l88l1950 e1911 s190019121905

19021901

1915 s19131910 s

1898190818821925

18901891

19081930

190519051923

1895*18981933 SlCf&J S

18961892191819211891 s

19091914*

1898187518971890

191519101909189219151915

1890 s1908^

18981910

1899 s1921

190318951893

Adams, George M.Adams, Norman I.Aiken, Edwin E.Aldnch, Malcolm E.Alvord, Elliot L.Anthony, Robert L.Arbuthnot, Charles, 3dAtwater, Harry Hall

Babcock, George W.Babcock, Henry H.Bailey, Earie DBaker, Charles W , JrBaker, Jacob SBaldwin, Abraham R.Baldwin, Samuel ABaltz, Harry R.Bannon, Joseph E.Barbour, James RBarclay, Albert H.Barry, James C.Batcheller, Adams, Jr.Baxter, HamiltonBeardslee, Raymond A.Bcardsley, WarwickBergen, HenryBetts, Edgar H.Biach, Robert W.Binman, Walter BBirely, Charles WBiscoe, Howard MBlack, Leo SBlack, Schuyler LBlair, Burton DBlodget, F MalboneBonsai, Stephen, Jr.Borden, Howard SBouton, EugeneBrackett, Edward S.Bradley, Frank E.Bradley, Otis TBngham, John NBronson, BennetBronson, Oliver HartBrown, Harvey H , JrBrown, John CrosbyBrown, Wendell PBrowning, James HBrownlee, Thomas EBryan, KirkBuell, William H.Bushnell, Paul P.Bushong, Robert GreyButterworth, Frank SButz, Harvey P.

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1894 siBSgs1908

Cameron, John JCampbell, Henry GCarter, LyonChambers, DurnoChase, Irving HChilton, William E , JrClapp, Kenneth HClark, Leonard BaconClark, William MClement, Norman PClosson, Oliver ECochran, William FColics, George WCollier, Samuel CConner, Lewis AConners, William J,, Jr.Couch, James B CCoursen, Walter HCressy, Morton SCrocker, Robert GCroll, Edward HCulhnan, Craig FCurtis, Charles ECurtis, Eugene J

Dean, Lee Mde la Vergne, Chester R , JrDickinson, Albert HDixon, Homer LDoane, William GDonohoe, Edward ADoughty, George WDunham, William EDunn, JosephDurfee, Charles G

Eddy, Caleb F.Eddy, Charles BEdwards, Robert MEgan, Louis HElhs, Roy LEllsworth, LincolnEly, Edward C

Failing, John C.Farmer, MalcolmFarnham, Dwight TFamngton, Eliot GFay, Charles JFennelly, Edward GFerber, Frederick V , Jr.Ferguson, Arthur JFerguson, Smith F.Ferrey, William IField, John E

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CLASS PAGE1900 Fox, Alanson G 431916 s Frankel, Joseph 1341892^ Fray, Samuel, Jr 1041932 Friedman, Joseph M 931907 s Fullerton, William D 120

1949 Gardner, Richard A 981913 Gay, Edgar P 761898 Gehrmann, Charles F 381911 Gemmer, Henry 711903 Gilbert, G Burton 511896 Godchaux, Emile 321917 Gould, James 831897 s Gould, William H 1081916 Graham, Allan B 821929 Graham, Stanley Warren 911892 Graves, Henry S 201912 s Green, Harold L 1281898 s Green way, Gilbert C , Jr. n o1897/ Gnppin, William J 108

1929 Hamilton, Malcolm B 911913 s Hanke, Raymond W 1301893/ Hanna, Thomas K 1041907 Hannum, Howard E 601908 s Hart, Charles S 1221891 Hart, T Stuart 161907 Hauenstein, Harold 611925 Hazam, JohnG 881907 Heaton, Harry C 611929 Hecker, Edward J, Jr 911929 s Hiett, Irving B , Jr 1421917^ Hill, Leslie M 1371879J Hillhouse, Francis 1001892 Hmkle, Frederick W 211911/ Hitt, Clifton B 1271911 Holcombc, John Marshall, Jr 721894 Holt, Hamilton 281891 Hoppin, G Beekman 171906 Howe, Edmund G 591902 Howe, Philip M 491917^ Hunter, Charles L 1371893 Hurlbert, John L 241910/ Hyde, James R 126

1912 / Ives, Robert F 1281892 Ivison, William C 22

1895 James, Frederick P. 311891 Jessup, Stuart D 171896 Johnson, Frederic B 331905 Johnston, S Parker 571899 Jones, A Edgar, Jr 411908 s Jones, Stanly H 1221893 Jordan, Rjverda H 241894 Judson, Arthur 29

1894 Keays, Frederick L 291897 Keeler, Wendell P 35

CLASS PAGE1927 Keeling, Ralph Franklin 891883 Kelsey, Clifford S 81907 s Keveney, Thomas S 1201897^ Kilborne, Robert S. 1081898 King, Edwin B 38

1946 e Latham, Paul W , Jr. 1451898 Leahy, David T. 391911 Le Blanc, Kenneth 721908 Lcdyard, Hugh 661887 LefEngwell, Frank D. 91913^ Leighton, Kmgsley T. 1311931 s Leonard, James L 142

Levy, Samuel Ssee Lyons, Samuel S

1901 Lewis, Edwin C 461907 Lewis, Sinclair 621925 Lindley, Alfred D 891900 Long, James M. 441899 Loomis, Robert P. 42I923 Lyons, Ernest C 881900 Lyons, Samuel S 44

1926 s McCormack, Christopher 1411906 s McCurdy, Robert H. 1181894 McKim, Winthrop 301890 s McKmght, Henry P 1031889 McQuaid, William A. 121918^ Maddocks, Frederick J. 1391906/ Magnus, Edward 1181915 Mali, J T Johnston 801927^ Marsden, Earl H 1411906^ Mathewson, Allen 1191932 May, MelvinH 941902 Meilen, Graham Kingsbury 491913 Menner, Robert J. 761898 s Miller, Claude H in1907 J1 Miner, Ellsworth F. 1201896 s Moore, D Thomas 1071907 Moore, Henry B 621914 Moore, Kenneth L 771912^ Moore, Nathaniel S 1291909 s Morehouse, Vernon S 1241887^ Morrison, Harley J. 1011907 Morrison, Philip L. 6$1894 s Morse, Jerome A C 1051902 Murphy, George G 491949 Murphy, John B, Jr. 991918 Myles, Beverly R. 85

1917 Nelson, A, Burton 841890 Newell, Ashbel B 141892/ Nichols, Charles H 1041896 Nicholson, Edward K. 331915^ Noble, Edwin L. 133

1911/ O'Grady, Valentine E. 1271932 O'Neill, Eugene, Jr. 941928 Onthank, Curtis H 901914 Osborn, Richard 78

Index 157CLASS PAGE

1920 Oscarson, Palme J P 851889 s Owen, Frank L 102

1899 Palmer, Holkins 421897 Parke, Hervey C. 351907 Parmelee, Arthur N 631912 s Parry, Addison J. 1291905 Pasco, Martin K 571932 s Pearce, John I 1431915 Peet, J Carlisle 811896 Pelton, Charles A 331916 Perrins, Harlan B 821920 s Perry, John S. 1401909 Phelan, Sidney M, Jr. 681936 Pillsbury, Edmund P. 951888 Platt, Harrison G. 101913 Porter, Edward M. 771884 Potter, Edward W 81897 Powell, John Rush 361899 Powers, Charles A 421906 Price, C Wesley 591894 s Procter, William 105

1932 Quintal, Theodore G 94

1909 s1902/1913 s190518861947 e18981947 M190918981898

194218971885 s18901938^1911 s1916V19271949 e1904^191119411916 s18931897/1891 s18921899 X1912 s18931888

Redman, G LaurenceReimann, JohnReynolds, BaxterRich, FrankRickcords, F. StanleyRobbins, William A.Roehrenbeck, Frank J , JrRoot, Robert KRoss, John M , 2dRuff, Arthur WRuick, Samuel K.Rusher, John D

130125

148131

579

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Salisbury, Mason D 97Salter, John C 36Sands, Frank E 100Sanford, Leonard C. 14Saunders, Victor H. H. 144Savage, Edward 127ScharfT, Adrian C 134Scherer, George F 147Schott, Robert H 145Schultz, Clarence M. 118Scott, Henry P , Jr 73Scott, J Virgil, Jr 96Scovil, R Malcolm 135Scoville, Samuel, Jr 25Scranton, William D 109Searles, E Newton 104Sears, Charles B 22Sears, PhihpR 111Secor, H Douglas 130Sedgwick, Hubert M 26Seward, William H. 10

CLASS1947 M191219211914/

1916 s1901

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1900^

19051907190819111910/

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1896/

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Shelley, Dana WilsonShepard, Oscar CShevhn, Edwin LSilver, Samuel MSmith, Alzamora BSmith, George MSmith, J NewtonSmith, Robert ESmith, William WarrenSoUey, Fred PSpaulding, Elmer HSpencer, Frederick AStark, Medary WStatia, James F.Stearns, Freeman R.Stebbins, J ReginaldStewart, Percy HStillman, Ralph GStillwell, Wellesley HStimson, Henry LStoskopf, William BrewsterStrobndge, WilliamSulhman, George SSutphin, Stuart BSwayne, Noah HSweeney, John MSweet, Paul BSykes, George ESymes, J Foster

Taft, Arthur IrvingTaft, Walbndge STait, Edgar WTaylor, George HTaylor, Walter WTenncy, Daniel GTerry, Roderick, JrThacher, Thomas D.Thomas, Ralph WThompson, Charles P , JrThompson, Wilmot H.Thomson, Odell MThorne, Francis BThorne, LewisThorne, Norman CTice, NormanTileston, Charles TTomlinson, Daniel G.Torrey, Douglas JTourney, James WTrotter, Reginald GTrumbull, Allan TTucker, Luther HTurnbull, Robert JTurner, Cyrus C , JrTweedy, Raymond L.

Underwood, Louis E

VanBrunt, Elmer W.

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Walker, EhshaWallace, HaroldWarden, Clarence AWarren, Charles HWarren, Selleck BWashburne, ClarkeWatson, Cornelius B.Watson, Malcolm DWatts, J MurrayWeiss, Louis SWells, Ernest HWestfall,WilhelmusD.AWhitcomb, Edwin R

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FORMS OF BEQUESTN answer to many inquiries from alumni and friends of the University who

lan to remember Yale in their wills, the following forms are suggested.INi

Pi

(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 ofConnecticut, and located in the Town of New Haven in said State, . . .

Dollars, to be used (or, the incometo be used) at the discretion of the Corporation of said University

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virtue of a charter granted by the General Assembly of the Colony and State ofConnecticut, and located in the Town of New Haven in said State,

Dollars, to be used (or, the incometo be used) for the following purposes:(Here specify the purposes for which the bequest—or the income therefrom—isto be used )

(It is strongly recommended that a competent lawyer be employed to prepare thewill and to supervise its execution in order to comply with all the requirements of thelaw of the state in which the maker of the will resides It is also wise to give the Uni-versity considerable latitude in the use of any fund so that a change of circumstancesmay not impair the usefulness of the gift. The Treasurer of the University will beglad upon request to review the phrasing of any proposed form of bequest )

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