Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

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'71 11241 711 -l,.,.,...! ROBERT TAFT OLMSTEAD B A Blologj Prepared for college lt Newton Hugh School Newton Mtss Wls j,l'lCllllIC'll from Bovudom College lll 1977 where he wus 1 member of the Mlsque md Gown md ZLT1 Psx Wlmxle there he wus on the debttxng., te-lm md was three yerrs on the football te lm In 1977 md 1978 he tlUf.,l'lf at Phllhps Andover Acldemy m 1928 md 1979 1t the Browning, School News York from 1979 txll 1957 at Short Hxlls School m New York Ind from 1952 tlll 1951 lt the Cambridge bchool In Boston Mass He clme to Trft m 1951 LINDLEY WFLSH TIERS AB MA WILLIANI EDWARD SULLIVAN BA English WIS eridulted with Hlgll Honors from Ylle rn 1956 recexvmg the degree of BA wrth Specral Honors ln Engllsh He was a member of Trumbull College lctmg as Athletic Secretary hrs jumor Year Ind Lnbrarlan his Semor Year Was on the Svummmg Team nn hrs Freshman Yerr Orgamzed the Student Tutormg bervxce ln hrs Sophomore Yelr md served 19 Churman for three years Recelved Was appolnted KIIILSICY bcholtr IH umor and Semor Yelrs He IS a member of the Ellzabethan Club and the Yale Club of New York Came to Taft rn 1936 Frenrla Prepared for college lt Kent School Kent Conn where he pl lyed on footblll hockey md tennls teams He spent one year ll Rldley College m E11Q,ll1 lLI t whxch he was on the rugby telm In 1951 he w 18 rrxduated unth Hugh Honors from Prlnceton Before hrs gcrxdu mon he vs lb a member of both the hockey md tenms teams After spendlng., a ye1r domg, gradulte work he wrs wmrded hns MA The followmg, two years before coming to Taft he dxd further rradulte work and was assnstant couch of hockey at hls Alma Mater JOHN FRISBY MORSE BA English and Publn Speremg Prepared at Kent for Yale from whlch he f.,I'1dl.llfLel rn 1955 Wllrle at Yale he was a member of Calhoun College and Alpha Chl Rho and durmg hrs Semor yeir xx is 1 member of the Unxversxty Golf Teftm He tllltgllf for two velrs at Romford bchool before- coming., to Tift rn 1957 Q- , fc v. 11 - 't' 't - , ' , 1f'l A v I yn I H ' 1 1 1 2: 1 1 1 x is 1 N 1 1 '. 4 ' ' ' ' 'z. ' 4 4 ' a z at ' 1 . ' 'z . - a - ' 2 ' . ' ' . 2 , ' 1 - c ' I - 7 Q , I , - 4 A- 4 . Q ' , 2 , 4 ,- 1 - ' ' ' ' , z ' 1 , . . . frat W 3 a ,, ' ' 1 1 I .4 ' 7 I- . l y ' 4 4 z a ' z, a . .. A High Orations Appointment in junior Year, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. ap ' ' ' ' 1. ' 1 ' J 4 ' 4 A .. ' , . . . 4. , , ., ' ' 1 a , , L . ' J ' ' 4 2 - 4 'A , il 4 f ' ' '1 . ,A ' ai ' 1 . ' V W f ' . ' ' 1 a ' ' 'a ' ' ' ' ' A ' ' ' . ' ra 4 ' ' 1 ' ', 1 1 'a I Q V. Y I I . I , . YI K I -e 4 1 I , . , L ' ' ' , 4 Y. 1 ' ' , . 4 ' ' vane I - 1 I 1 5. K . 7 ' X s , . . Y 1 . P ' 23

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IDWIN CHURCH DOUGLAS AB AM C-7,1 fl?-,U C7 Jlllllll ROBLRT CARR ADAMS JR BA Huron Prepared for college at Newton H1gh School New ton Mass Was 1.,f'1elU2lf6d from Bowdom College Ill 1979 vshere he WIS 1 n1ember of tl1e P111 Betft kappa Zetl Ps1 Student Counc1l md Ib1s Wh1le tl1ere l1e was three yelrs o11 the football team 1I1el four yelrs on the track team Clme to Tlft 1n 1979 1nd his become head coleh of trlcle 1nd ass1st1nt colch 1n football Plane 6607718171 Prepared for college II Boys H1511 School Brooklyn New York Was graduated from H1m1lton College 1n 1929 Wh1le there l1e was a member of P111 Beta Kappa Deltl S1g,1111 Rho Tlu Kappa Eps1lon md rnterfratermty COl.l1'1C1l 'md on tl1e cross country lllel tuck teams 1 member of tl1e basketball squad and Captam of lntercolleg.,11te Dehlte Was Ehhu Root Fellows at Harxard Ass1stant Sw1111m1ng, Coach a11d DIFLCIQYI of Svs 1111111105 for the Su111111er 56551011 1931 Rece1ved A M nn department of 1l1lfl1LlT'llllCS 1951 He came to Taft 1n 1931 DANIEL H FENTON BA MA PhD -IAINIES PAYNTI R LOGAN B S Merbanlral Dmumg Pbgfzrr Un1vers1ty Wl11le tl1ere was 1 member of the v1rs1ty soccer and basketball teams bemg, captam of tl1e latter He wls elected to Kappa S1gma soc1ety and P1 Mu lSps1lon 1 n11the1111t1cal l1onor some-ty Was 1lso '1 member of the Amenean Soclety of C1V1l IIn1.,1ne-ers and was Presndent of h1s class 1n hls jumor year After domg 111ortg.,age work 111 1957 19321 came to 'laft 1n the fall of 1933 Spent the school year 197581939 studymg., at the Yale Gtaduate School upon bemf, awarded a scholarslup Latm Prepared for college at Pubhc Hleh School Holyoke Mass ln 1909 he re-ce1ved a B A at Yale Wl11le there he had H11.,he-st Honors Ph1losoph1cal OFIYICDD Spe c1al Honors 1n Clf1ss1cs vue Ivy Poet and a 111e111ber of Ph1 Beta K1pp1 The fol lowmg., ye lr he rece1ved h1s M A degree and 1n 1916 h1s Ph D From 1910 to 1912 he was an mstructor Ill Cl1SSlCS at Prmceton ll1Ll from 1912 to 1917 l1e served 1n the same capac1ty at Yale Dunne, the Wtrrld War he served IS lst L1eutenant Heavy Art1llery and Actmg., Captam of Battery C 45th CAC Entered buslness 1n 1919 and untll 1955 was VICE Pres1dent of the F1sk Rubber Company and Pres1 dent of the F1sk T1re Export Company 111 1933 he ret1red from busmess and entered Yale Graduate School durmg the penod from 1933 1934 Came to Taft 1n 1934 and 11 IS becon1e head of the Greek and Lat1n Department , fl. v el , I! . , ., . . 4 7 K V ' , v 3 Ie.. 1. Y t ' ' '-A - , 1 if . ' 1 '. , 1 -', . ' 'A ' ' ' , 1 ,Q 3 , , 1 -1 S ' ' . 1 1 ' - 1 1' ' A ' 1' 1 '1 1 1 ' ' . , . ., . , 'vw .' , , ' . 1. 1 ' 'V . ' - ' 1 ' , 1 M' 1 , 1 ' ' f ,1 ' ' ' ', . '1 1 ' 1 1 1 , ' ' .fi . 1 1 Q ' , , . . , 8 US ' ' 1 I ,I , A , V. . V , 1. , - I . D V ' - 1 ' 1 , . - ' ' , . . , .. After attending the Brooklyn Tech High School, was graduated from Bucknell 4 . . . 4 I K 2 . K I . 7 4. 4 D R . . . :.' ,. 1 ' 1 1 ' . .21 I . I 7 , . J- M' I 1 .K . ,, t - I A. ' , 6 , , ., , ' y 1 . , . ., . ., . . 1 1 -' 1 , , l In J U' f .yb 5' .- .I :,,k- . 11. , 1 1. - Y '1 A '- I . . ' ' '. . . K . K . 5 . vi . ' . 2 ' ' 1. ' ' , . h '.' 4 Y .I 4' . A A '. ' ' ' 1 S jf: 6 . ,, A L ,,' , . V 1' . 22 S

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Vdc fl?-:lf 71110 CJIIIIIIAI! Ffenrla Gefman Taft rn 1917 I TONARD SARGLNT A B Alrlbumzrzu and Guzeml Sflcllfc After prcplrrny, for college lt Gunncry School ln Wlslmrnpttrn Conn he attended Princeton Lmvcrslty where he majorcd rn g,colo5.,y Wlmrlc there he was a member of thc Unrycrsrty Cottage Club Also he pl lycd on the 150 lb football team He time to Tift rn thc fall of 1937 JOSEPH INSKEEP CUNNINGHAM BA MA Prepared for collcgc at Merccrsburg Academy Was graduated from Prmcemn Unrversrty rn 19'n yuth Hrph Honors rn Modern Languages RCC6lVLd an MA from Harvard Umverslty rn the same held m 1931 Studred during thc summcr scsslons at thc Sorbonnc III 1957 and lt Grcnohlf. rn 1936 Tluyght Trench and Gcrmm If thc Northvsood School Laltz. Placid Navy Yorlt 193137 Came to RICHARD W PETHERBRIDGE AB Hrflwy Was graduated from the Haddon Fxcld Hlgh School Haddon Field New ersey nn 19a4 he was not only on the honor roll throughout hrs college years at Wes leyan but also actrve rn rel1g.,1ous actrvrtres being on the Standard Commrttee of Collcge Church and Prcsrdent of the Chrrstran Assocratron He was a member of Ph1 Nu Theta Captam of Football on the Wrcstlrng Team and an Olin Scholar ln hrs senior ycar he rcccrved the Honor of Dlstmctron m Government He came to Taft m the fall of 1938 WALTER ROTAN ff Wrs graduated from the Maryland Instrtute of Frne and Applred Arts rn 1979 Attended the Pennsylvanra Academy of Fme Arts 1930 19713 Hrs awards vsere the Thru Turtlon Scholarshrp from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fme Arts the Fmlon Crcsson Turopean Travelrng., Scholarshrp rn 1953 the frrst prrze rn sculpture Rlnyglrng Art School Exhrbrtron rn 1952 the Helen Foster Barnett Prrze by the Nrtronal Acldemy of Desrgn rn 1936 and the Trffany Foundation Scholarslnp rn 1938 Hc cxhrbrtcd at thc Amerrcan Water Color Socrety the Chrcaygo Art Instr tutc the Corcoran Glllerys ln Wasl11ngon the Pennsylvama Acldcmy EXl1ll'JltS thc Crncmnrtr Museum of Art and the Arden Gallerys rn New York He rs also represented rn the permanent collectron of the Brookgreen Gardens Museum and rs an assocrate member of the Natronal Sculpture SOCIETY He came to Taft rn the fall of 1938 24 ,y ,Hy .K . ,y V Iv ' . L y ,. - . in 2 . . 1 1 . . y S .-, ' L I 7 I .. , .. . - -y'v - v-- 1 A v . . .. , ., 4' Y'.-'y f . .' . ' 1 '. . V -,Q ' '. 1 ' 'Y . : 1- -. . A A 1 .1 1. . , .. V. , -A y - , , , . ,y Y v . ., . Y 1 - Y , - , , , . , . .. ' ,,. ,-.I - -' ' ' - . at ' -. 4 . h . . 7 v , . . . ' , . . ,, , Y , 1 r , ,, ..,A', 1 g ' ' Y A-Y 4, ,. . , . , . a . . Y, . ' , A I. -1 . r . . . , .