1942-1943 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University

[Pages:312]BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY

OBITUARY RECORD

OF GRADUATES OF YALE UNIVERSITY DECEASED DURING THE YEAR

I942-I943

SERIES 4 0

I JANUARY I944

NUMBER I

BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY

Entered as second-class matter, August 30,1906, at the post office at New Haven, Conn., under the Act of Congress of July 16,1894.

Acceptance for mailing at the special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103,Act of October 3,1917, authorized August 12,1918.

The BULLETIN, which is issued semimonthly, includes: 1. The University Catalogue Number. 2. The Report of the Treasurer Number. 3. The Catalogue Numbers of the several Schools. 4. The Alumni Directory Number. 5. The Obituary Record Number.

BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY

OBITUARY RECORD

OF GRADUATES DECEASED DURING THE YEAR ENDING JULY i, 1943

INCLUDING THE RECORD OF A FEW WHO DIED PREVIOUSLY, HITHERTO UNREPORTED

NUMBER 102

NEW HAVEN 1944

CONTENTS

Biographies of Graduates

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Yale College

5

Sheffield Scientific School

154

School of Engineering

233

Graduate School

235

Masters of Arts

. . 235

Master of Science

237

Doctors of Philosophy

238

School of Medicine

. 248

Divinity School

254

School of Law

267

Bachelors of Laws

267

Master of Laws

282

School of the Fine Arts

. 283

Bachelors of Fine Arts

283

School of Forestry

286

Supplement

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287

Dates of Death of Reapients of Honorary Degrees

302

Dates of Death of Certificate Holders and Non-Graduates . . . 302

Statistics

307

index

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YALE UNIVERSITY

OBITUARY RECORD*

YALE COLLEGE

Dwight Whitney Learned, B.A. 1870.

Born October 12, 1848, in Canterbury, Conn

Died March 19, 1943, in Claremont, Calif

Father, Rev Robert Coit Learned (B A 1837) Mother, Sarah Birdsey (Whitney) Learned. Yale relatives include Nathan Birdseye (B A 1736), Josiah Dwight (B A. 1736), Nicholas Hallam (B A 1737), and Noah Wilhston (B A 1757) (great-great-grandfathers), Amasa Learned (B A 1772) and Payson Wilhston (B A 1783) (great-grandfathers), Ebenezer Learned (B A 1798) and Nicholas H Learned (ex-1799) (great-uncles), Josiah D Whitney (B A 1839), Edward P. Whitney, '54, James L Whitney, '56, Henry M Whitney, '64, and William D Whitney, '67 Hon (uncles), Edward B Whitney, '78, Josiah Dwight Whitney, '98, James L Whitney, '01, and Marian P Whitney, P h D 1901 (cousins); and Elsie VanDyck DeWitt (ex-'36 Grad) (niece)

Wilhston Academy, Easthampton, Mass Scholar of the third rank Freshman year, second composition prize second and third terms Sophomore year, rhetorical prize and second Classical Prize Junior year, philosophical oration appointment and Berkeley scholar Semor year, salutatonan, member Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Linonia, Delta Beta Xi, Alpha Sigma Phi, Skull and Bones, and Phi Beta Kappa. Attended Yale Graduate School 1870-73 (Ph D 1873)

Professor of Greek and mathematics Thayer College, Kidder, Mo , 1873-75, ordained m Congregational church, Kidder, July 7, 1875, went to Japan as missionary under American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1875; professor of church history and Biblical theology Doshisha University 1876 until retirement 1928, became dean theological department 1904, member committee for revision of Japanese version of New Testament 1914-17, D D Yale 1896, honored by Kofukwai for work in field of education 1913, at celebration in 1922 of fiftieth anniversary of establishment of national education in Japan, he was the only foreigner honored, receiving at that tune a gold medal from Department of Education and a silver cup from the Emperor, awarded Order of the Sacred Treasure (third class) 1928; wrote several books in Japa-

*If the father of an alumnus is a Yale graduate, the father's record is not usually given in this volume, but may be found in published form elsewhere

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nese, including thirteen volumes on the New Testament, one on Church History, and an outline of economics, compiled A Newspaper History of the United States Civil War 1861-64 (6 vols); since retirement resided in Claremont; member The Claremont Church

Married July 7, 1875, m Kidder, Florence Helena, daughter of Martin and Mary Ann (Whoole) Rehard Children. Robert Coit (died in infancy) and Grace Whitney Learned Curtis (B.A Mount Holyoke Coll 1899), widow of Rev William Lcavitt Curtis, D D (B A Doane Coll 1886, B D. Oberhn Coll 1889) Mrs Learned died May 18, 1940

Death due to artenosclerotic heart disease Ashes inurned in the mausoleum at Pomona, Calif Survived by daughter and two sisters, Miss Anna Coit Learned of New London, Conn , and Sarah Learned Chapin (B A Vassar 1887) of Norwichtown, Conn

In 1906 the Learned Fund was established at Doshisha University in his honor by the alumni.

William Lathrop Bailey, B.A. 1874.

Born November27, 1854, in Bridgeport,Conn.

Died July 21, 1942, in Detroit, Mich

Father, George Bailey, a house agent in St Louis, Mo. Mother, Mary Amelia (Lathrop) Bailey, daughter of Ehsha and Sally (Palmer) Lathrop of Bridgeport

Wilton (Conn ) Academy Second colloquy appointment Senior year; member Gamma Nu

Traveled and studied abroad for many years (at Polytechnic School, Stuttgart, and University of Heidelberg 1874-78); engaged in real-estate and securities investment business, St Louis, until retirement 1938; member Masonic order

Unmarried Death due to myocardial degeneration Buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St Louis Survived by two nephews, David Bailey and Lathrop Hunt Bailey, both of St Louis, and a niece, Mrs Llewellyn M Papin of Kirkwood, Mo.

Edward Hunter Landon, B.A. 1875.

Born October 11, 1851, m New York City. Died September20, 1942, m Stamford,Conn.

Father, Charles Gnswold Landon, a drygoods merchant in New York City, son of Nathaniel Ruggles and Mary (Gnswold) Landon of Guilford, Conn. Mother, Susan Hunt (Gordon) Landon, daughter of Charles and Anne (Hunter) Gordon of Trenton, N J , and New York City Yale relatives include: Edward R Landon (B A 1833) (uncle), StephenL Landon, '07, Henry H Landon, '17,

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and Nathaniel R. London, ?t-'2O (nephews), and Henry H Landon, Jr, '45, and Stephen L Landon, Jr., '45W (grandnephews) Thomas Clap, president of Yale College 1740-66, was an ancestor

Philhps-Andover Skipper Class yacht club Sophomore year, treasurer University Boat Club and on committee for fall regatta Junior year, Class glee club three yean, University Glee Club Junior and Senior years (president Senior year); College Choir; historian Class supper Sophomore year,Junior Promenade Committee; editor Yale Pot-Pourn Semor year, member Delta Kappa, Delta Beta Xi, Alpha Sigma Phi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Scroll and Key

Attended Columbia University School of Law 1875-77 (LLB 1877), admitted to the bar 1877; lawyer in New York City 1877 until retirement from practice 1902, secretary United States Savings Bank of New York 1902-10; with American Red Cross in Paris as accountant September, 1915-September, 1918; member All Souls' Church (Episcopal), New York City

Married January 23,1883, in Bradford, England, Mary Lucretia, daughter of William Fowler and Mary (Morton) Gnnnfell Children* Lucy (Mrs. Ralph Henley Speed, died March 29,1918), Harold Morton, '11,Ruth (died March 29, 1918), and William Gnnnell, ex-'i4 S Mrs Landon died March 29, 1918

Death due to cerebral thrombosis Buried in Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y Survived by sons, four grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs Susan L Howes of Stamford and Mrs. Dallas Bache Pratt of New York City, and a brother, Francis Gnswold Landon (B S Princeton 1881) of New York City

Timothy Jonathan Lee, B.A. 1875.

Born June 19, 1853, in Madison, Conn.

Died September 13, 1942, in Madison, Conn

Father, Henry Lee of Madison; a farmer, son of Timothy Lee of Clinton and Madison, Conn Mother, Abigail (Dudley) Lee, daughter of Jonathan Dudley of Clinton

Lee Academy, Madison, and Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Conn First college premium for English composition first and second terms Sophomore year and second prize Senior year; first colloquy appointment Junior year; second colloquy appointment Semor year, Commencement speaker, member Delta Kappa

Teacher in Norwalk, Conn , 1875-76, attended Yale Divinity School 187679 (B D 1879), ordained in First Congregational Church, Winsted, Conn., 1879 and minister there 1879-84, attended Yale Graduate School 1884-85, minister Congregational Church, New Milford, Conn, 1885-89, Second Presbyterian Church, Easton, Pa, 1889-92, Dutch Reformed Church, Newark, NJ., 1893-1906, and Newtown (Conn.) Congregational Church 1913-18, supply minister 1905 until about 1925; instructor in psychology Ingleside School

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for Girls, New Milford, 1907-11, secretary Class of 1879 D from 1935 to 1942; member Ministers Club of New York and Vicinity and Newtown Congregational Church

Married June 22, 1887, in New Milford, Harriet Allen, daughter of Charles Taylor (Yale School of Medicine 1849-50) and Ohvia Toffey (Craft) Taylor, granddaughter of George Taylor (MD 1824), great-granddaughter of William Taylor (B A 1785), great-great-granddaughter of Rev Nathanael Taylor (B A 1745), and great-great-great-granddaughter of Rev Daniel Taylor (B A 1707) and Rev Darnel Boardman (B A 1709) Son Charles Taylor/11 Mrs Lee died July 10, 1935

Death due to uremia Buried in Center Cemetery, New Milford Survived by son.

Eugene Voy Baker, B.A. 1877.

Bom December 21, 1855, m New York City

Died September, 1942, in Los Angeles, Cahf

Parents, Orin Smith and Sarah (Matlock) Baker Wilbraham (Mass) Academy Class barge crew Freshman year, Class football team Sophomore year, captain University Football Team 1877 and 1878; member Psi Upsilon Attended Yale School of Law 1877-78. Manufacturer of agricultural implements Rockford, 111, 1878-85; real-estate subdivider in Los Angeles 1885 until retirement about 1930; assisted in development of beach property near Los Angeles, president Yale Club of Southern California 1897-09 Unmarried Survived by a sister, Mrs. Lesbin V. Haynes.

Edwin Burpee Goodell, B.A. 1877.

Born May 7, 1851, in Rockville, Conn.

Died October16,1942, in Montclatr, NJ

Father, Francis Goodell, a farmer in Rockville, son of Thomas and Naomi (Pierce) Goodell of Ellington, Conn Mother, Sophia Louisa (Burpee) Goodell; daughter of Thomas and Betsey (Temple) Burpee Yale relatives include: Thomas D Goodell, '77 (brother), Lucien F. Burpee, *79, and Charles W. Burpee, '83 (cousins); William W Ames, '89 (nephew); Francis F Ames, ?c-*20 (grandnephew); and Phihp Goodell, Jr , ex-3$ (grandson).

Rockville High School Oration appointment Junior and Senior years; thirdrank composition prize first term Sophomore year and second-rank prize second term, second Junior Exhibition Prize; second-rank composition prize, DeForest Medal, and Commencement speaker Senior year; member Sophomore Debating Club and Gamma Nu.

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