Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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1 4 l President Conant speaking at lhe Service of Commemoration, December 7, 1945, in Memorial Claurrla, for Harvard men who died in the Second World War. scencls all reckoning. So, too, ll 2 the list is no longer we may well be thanlcful. Yet the unfulfilled prom- ise signalized by each name-the loss to the peaceful development of this nation-tran- does the debt we owe. The society of free men on this continent has another chance to 'realize its aspirationsf the world has another chance to organize for peace. The youth of our country macle this possible. MEMQRIAM . . . 12331 .IAMES BRYANT CONANT When the Album went to press, the Class of '46 had forty- seven deceased members, The names of thirty-seven of these men appear on the University Roll of Honor in Memorial Church, which includes all Harvard men who died before January 1, 1946, in the service of their country or its Allies. The following biographical sketches are of varying lengths as some parents sent in additional material to be added to our accounts. As a general rule we did not include preparatory school careers unless particularly requested. But as far as space require- ments permitted, we tried to give the parents a free hand in pre- paring these brief biographies.

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DANIEL JOSEPH MacLEOD 164 Madison Avenue Quincy 69, Massachusetts At Harvard 3 terms EDWARD ARTHUR MacNEAL 3336 West Penn Street East Falls Philadelphia, Pennsylvania At Harvard 2 terms RICHARD CHARLES MCNUTT 2436 Irving Avenue, S. Minneapolis, Minnesota At Harvard M term ROBERT COMER MCQUILLEN, 2D Pinecrest Farm New Boston, New Hampshire At Harvard IM terms ALPHONSE ANTHONY MAZUTAITIS 125 Hampshire Street Cambridge 59, Massachusetts At Harvard 1 term JOSEPH FRANCIS MENEZ 10 Vine Street Somerville, Massachusetts At Harvard 3 terms RICHARD STOCKTON MERIAM, JR. Baker Bridge Road South Lincoln, Massachusetts At Harvard 3M terms RICHARD CALDWELL MILLETT 150 East 72nd Street New York 21, New York At Harvard 4 terms CHARLES WALTER MORGAN 6 Magnolia Avenue Newton 58, Massachusetts At Harvard 3 terms JOSEPH EDGAR LEO MORIARTY, 2D 3731 Zuni Street Denver 11, Colorado At Harvard IM terms FRANCIS VINCENT MURRAY 96 Alban Street Dorchester 24, Massachusetts At Harvard 2 terms EDMUND WILLIAM O'CALLAGHAN 2 Alden Street Newton Center 59, Massachusetts At Harvard 3 terms EDWARD SCOTT O'KEEFE, JR. 15 Lincoln Circle Swampscott, Massachusetts At Harvard 2 terms WILLIAM WALLACE PATTON, JR. 10 Guernsey Avenue Abington, Pennsylvania At Harvard 3 terms JOHN MILTON PHILLIPS, JR. 2426 East 4th Street Duluth, Minnesota At Harvard 1 term DALE ALLAN POE 3005 Ashland Avenue St.Joseph, Missouri At Harvard 1 term JERMAIN BURTIS PORTER, 2D 34 Lafayette Street Rutland, Vermont At Harvard 2 terms JOSEPH LOOMIS RAY, JR. 2031 West Woodlawn Street San Antonio, Texas At Harvard 2 terms RUSSELL JOSEPH ROBINSON 44 Buswell Street Boston 15, Massachusetts At Harvard 2 terms ROBERT EDWARD ROCHE 20 Wright Street Woburn, Massachusetts At Harvard ZM terms BENNETT HIRSCH STAYMAN 43 Beechmont Street Worcester, Massachusetts At Harvard 3 terms FREDERICK ELDRIDGE STODDARD, JR. I0 Springfield Street Cambridge 39, Massachusetts At Harvard M term JOHN BERTHIER THOMSON 4309 South Fremont Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota At Harvard 2 terms EBEN GORDON TOWNES, JR. S52 West Elm Street Brockton, Massachusetts At Harvard 1 term JOHN RUSSELL TREADWELL, 2D 36 Felt Street Salem, Massachusetts At Harvard 5 terms JAMES SEYMOUR TRYON, 2D 258 Mountain Road Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York At Harvard 1 term GEOFFREY CLARK WARNER 675 North Terrace Avenue Mt. Vernon, New York At Harvard 2 terms JAMES DONALD WATT 16 Dudley Street Presque Isle, Maine At Harvard 1 term ARTHUR JEROME WHITE, JR. 13 Cypress Street Brookline, Massachusetts At Harvard 1 term ROBERT MORRIS WOLFF 4525 Lindell Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri At Harvard 3 terms NO LONGER '46 . . . The following men who entered with the Class of '46 have requested that their names be dropped from the Class rolls: HUGH JAMES BARTLEY LYMAN ARPIN BEEMAN DAVID WINN BISHOP ROBERTS SCOTT BLOSSOM THEODORE SPENCER CHURCH JOHN CHARLES COMEFORD, JR. RICHARD COLGATE DAMON WILLIAM AUSTIN DELANEY, JR. VALENTINE HOLLINGSWORTH, JR. ROBERT DENZLER HOLMES DONALD EDWARD MASON KENNETH HAVENS PAYNE, JR. CARL FREEMAN RICHARDSON WILLIAM CLARENCE RUCHTI ELIAS SURUT PAUL WILLARD TOLLEFSON DAVID COURTNEY TOTTON ROBERT HASLEY WETTACH, JR. WALTER EARLE WILLETS WALTER BREWSTER WOLFE 12321-

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JOHN BARTON After serving with the American Field Service in the Middle East for eighteen months,John Barton entered the Army in July, 1944, and went overseas again in November ofthe same year. He was a Private First Class in the'In- fantry attached to the Seventh Army. John was killed in Germany on March 22, 1945. Mr. George S. Barton '03, his hither, his mother, three brothers and two sisters survive him in Worcester, whereJohn was born on November 20, 1923. He prepared at St. Mark's and was at Harvard one term. WILLIAM CHAPLIN BEMIS, III William Chaplin Bemis, III, prepared for Harvard at St. Mark's School. He enlisted in the E.R.C. in November, 1942, and was called to duty in March, 1943, and trained with the 85th Infantry Division at Camp Hale, Colorado. In 1944 he was sent overseas with the 10th Mountain Infantry Division. While fighting on Hill 913, Ruffeno Ridge, in Italy, he was killed, April 15, 1945, while acting as lead scout of the leading squad in the leading platoon. William's awards were the Combat Infantryman's Badge and the Purple Heart. His father, William C. Bemis, survives him in Springfield, Massachu- setts where William,Jr. was born November 2, 1923. William was a member of the Fly Club. He was at Harvard two terms and was manager of theJ.V. football team in the fall of 1942. CORNELIUS JOHNSON ATKINS - CorneliusJohnson Atkins was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 24, 1924. At the age of live he moved to New England. After com- pleting the Lower School at Moses Brown, where he won several blue ribbons and medals in track, he attended Middlesex for five years, receiving his diploma in June, 1942. While there he played left end on the Varsity football team for three years and was pitcher and out- fielder for the Varsity baseball team during the same period. He was president of his class his sophomore year and won the Thoreau Medal for the best piece of handcraft made in the school his senior year. Shortly after graduation he entered Harvard and the following fall won his Junior Varsity H in football. He com- pleted the two terms of his freshman year in February, having taken the accelerated course. He then enlisted in the Army Air Corpsand while waiting to be called, worked in the Rheem Shipyard in Providence. Cornelius entered the service May 25, 1943, and received his wings in Frederick, Oklahoma, on August 4, 1944, with the rank of Flight Officer. , He was assigned, as Co-Pilot, in a B-24 and left for overseas on March 1, 1945. He was then attached to the 389th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force. He was killed near Cologne, Germany, May 7, 1945. He was posthumously commissioned a Second Lieutenant. Surviving him are his mother, Mrs. Morris Phinney, two half sisters, Misses Hope and Ruth Phinney, and one half brother, Morris Phinney, Jr., of Harrisville, Rhode Island. JOHN ARAM BEDROSSIAN John Aram Bedrossian was bornJ une 18, 1924, at Watertown, Massachusetts, and preparediat the Watertown High School. He was at Harvard two terms. On January 1, 1943, he enlisted in the Army Signal Corps and trained successively with anti-aircraft and air corps groups before his assignment to an engineers heavy pontoon battalion with which he went overseas inJuly, 1944. While in actiouin Bel- gium John was wounded, and died a few weeks later on February 27, 1945, in a hospital at Paris. For gallantry in action he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bedrossian and a sister survive him in Watertown, Massachusetts. BERNARD BISGEIER Having entered the Army at Camp Blanding, Florida, in February, 1944, Bernard Bisgeier was sent overseas in autumn of the same year as a Private in the Infantry. On December 20, 1944, Bernard was killed in action in France. He was born on October 7, 1927, and attended Bennett High School in Buffalo, New York. His parents Mr. and Mrs. David Bisgeier survive him in Buffalo. During his two terms at Harvard he was active in Phillips Brooks House and the Radio Workshop. He was a Government major and as a freshman held the Isham Carpenter Scholarship. EDWIN BR AY BOOTH Edwin Bray Booth was born in Boston on April 27, 1925. He entered service in the sum- mer of 1943 after completing two terms at Harvard. He trained 'as an Infantry Para- trooper at Fort Benning and Camp Forrest and was made a Sergeant in January, 1945. Later the same month he was wounded in 'combat in Belgium, but returned to the front. On March 24 he was killed in action near Wesel, Germany, in the drive across the Rhine. At this time he was a member of Headquarters Company, Third Battalion of 513th Parachute Infantry. His grave is in the Military Cemetery at Margraten, Holland. The Purple Heart was awarded post- humously. He is survived by a brother, Harry F. Booth, a member of the Class of 1948, and a younger brother, Francis. His parents, Pro- fessor and Mrs. Edwin P. Booth live in Isling- ton, Massachusetts, where the family has al- ways lived. EDWARD ROBERT BRADY Edward Robert Brady was killed in action on Okinawa on April 16, 1945. He had entered the Marine Corps in July, 1943, and trained at Dartmouth College and Camp Leieune, North Carolina. After he left Dartmouth he received an announcement offering him one of a hun- dred scholarships to be given to V-12 unit members after the war. Edward was born on June 24, 1924. He prepared for Harvard at South High School in Worcester, Massachu- setts. While there he was very active in many activities including athletics. During his two terms at college he played House football. He is survived by his mother Mrs.John Brady, Worcester, and four sisters and one brother. He was awarded a Unit Citation and the Purple Heart.