Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

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RICHARD HAMBRIDGE LOVELACE, B.A., M.A. English Alumni Secretary, D.l1'EL'l01' of Publi: Relalionr Prepared for college at Danbury High School in Danbury, Connecticut. where he participated in school publications and was a member of the Glee Club and Camera Club. Graduated from Bates College in 1941 with a B.A. degree. Was active in publications, Glee Club, Camera Club, and was a member of the swimming team. Served in the Army Air Forces from 1943 through 1946, as a First Lieutenant. Attended the University of Michigan School of Design in 1947 to 1948 and has worked in the field of Industrial Design in New York City. Come to Taft in 1949. Has since studied summers at the Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College, where he received an MA degree in 1953. I nslrumezzlal Music ment before coming to Taft in 1949. JOHN BAINBRIDGE SMALL, B.A. German Heail Track Coach Entered the armed forces after finishing high school to serve from 1944 to 1946 as a sergeant in the 100th division in Europe. Graduated from Bowdoin in 1950 where he was a member of the classical club, the sailing club, and the German Club. Went on to the Middlebury Summer School of languages, then entered Yale 1950 to 1951. Came to Taft in the fall of 1951. ROBERT BEDFORD WOOLSEY, B.A., Ph D Laiin Chairman of Department of Classics Institute of America. Came to Taft in the fall of 1952. 12 PHILLIP TAYLOR YOUNG, JR., BA Prepared for college at Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts and at lhayer Academy, Braintree, Massachusetts, where he was Editor of the school news paper and on the Varsity football team. Served in the Army Air Force from 1944 to 1946 in the American theatre as a Sergeant Attended Bowdoin College and upon graduation there in 1949, received a BA degree Was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, Conductor and President of the College band, a member of the College Glee Club and Dramatic Sociey and on the College Humor Magazine. Served as assistant in the Bowdoin Music Depart Chairman of Upper Middle Faculty Commlttn Prepared for college at Lake Forest Academy. Graduated from Y le in 1938 with a B.A. and honors in classics. Was Secretary of Dwight Hall Cabinet won the Winthrop Prize in classics and made Orations Appointment Taught Latin at Andover from 1938 to 1942, when he went into the Army Air Force Served as Statistical Control Officer on the staff of the Commanding Oiiicer in California. Returned to New Haven in July of 1946 and taught Latin at Yale until 1952. Received his Ph.D. in 1950. Is a member of several professional so cieties, including the American Philological Association and the Archaeological

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PAUL LOUIS LOVETT-JANISON, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. Chairman of Science Deparlrrzenl Prepared for college at the Shetheld Grammar School in Sheffield, England. Graduated from the University of Sheiiield with a B. Sc. degree in 1923, received honors in Chemistry in 1924 and a Diploma in Education in 1925. Was on the Varsity track and cross-country and Jayvee held-hockey teams. Taught at Sheffield from 1925-1929. Taught at the Bishop Field College in St. John's, Newfoundland, from 1929-1933 and was Professor of Chemistry at the Memorial University College, St. john's, from 1953-1942. Was a member of the Council of Higher Education in Newfoundland from 1929-1942 and Scientific Assessor to the Newfoundland Government 1932-1942. Attended Columbia University in the summers of 1951 through 1959 and for the year 1939--1940. Received his M.A. degree there in 1955 and his Ph.D. in 1940. Is a member of the Sigma Xi honor society. Came to Taft in 1942. HENRY BEAUMONT PENNELL, Ill, B.A. Malbemazirr Varsity Baseball Coach Prepared for college at the Romford School in Washington, Connecticut, where he was a Prefect, participated in dramatics and the school newspaper, and played Varsity football, basketball, and baseball, being Captain of the latter two. Graduated Cum Laude from Williams College with a B.A. degree and honors in 1943. Was a member of Chi Psi fraternity and played Freshman football, basketball, and track, and in his Senior year, Jayvee football. Attended the summer sessions of Columbia University in 1946 and 1947. Came to Taft in 1945. EDWIN GODWIN READE, M.D. Medical Director Prepared for college at the Trinity Park School in Durham, North Carolina. Attended Duke University from 1910 to 1912, where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Graduated in 1916 from the jefferson Medical College with an M.D. degree. Was a member of the Phi Alpha Sigma fraternity. Served in the Army Medical Corps abroad as a First Lieutenant during the First World War. Took graduate courses in medicine at the University of Edin- burgh in 1929. From 1919 to 1946 practiced in Watertown, being a member of the staff at the Waterbury Hospital. Came to Taft in 1945. JOHN SINCLAIR NOYES, B.A. French Vanity Ski Coach Prepared for college at St. johnsbuzy Academy in St. -Iohnsbury, Vermont. Graduated from Harvard University in 1941 with a B.A. degreeg and sang in the Glee Club. Taught at the Waring School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from 1941 to 1942. Served in the Naval Reserve as a Lieutenant from 1942 to 1946. Took courses at the Middlebury Summer School in 1946. Came to Taft in 1946. 11

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LESLIE DONALDSON MANNING, B.A., M.A. Spanish Prepared for college at schools in France and England. Graduated from the Gilman Country Day School, Baltimore, Maryland, in 1952. Attended the University of Virginia and was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Graduated in 1936 with a B. A. and in one year received his M. A. there. Did graduate work towards a Ph.D. at Columbia and johns Hopkins Universities. Enlisted in the United States Air Force, where he became a captain in Aerial Photo Reconnaissance, and is now a member of the Active Reserves. Was employed for five years following the war by the Texas Company as an exploratory geologist in the Upper Amazon Basin of Brazil. Taught Spanish at the Governor Dummer Academy, South Byfield, Mass., and at Avon Old Farms, Avon, Conn. Became a member of the Explorers Club in 1951. Came to Taft in 1952. PETER CANDLER, B.A. English Dramatic: Prepared for college at the Kent School, Kent, Connecticut, graduating in 1944. While there, was editor-in-chief of the Kent News, acting editor of the yearbook, president of the debating society, and on the Varsity crew. Entered Williams College after two years as a cadet in the United States Army Air Force. Graduated in 1949 with a B.A. While at Williams, was secretary of the Kappa Alpha society, president of Cap and Bells, business manager of the Purple Cow, advertising manager of the Griffen Literary Magazine, on Varsity soccer and on the executive committee of the Student Activities Council. Did post graduate work at the University of Virginia Law School where he was on the editorial staff of the law newspaper and law book review and was a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. Has done work toward a M.A. degree at Columbia University. Came to Taft in 1952. FREDERICK FORBES CLARK, B.A., Ed.M. MELVIN SPENCER HATHAWAY, B.A., I.A. Business Manager Prepared for college at the Loomis School, Windsor, Connecticut, graduating in 1938. Attended Harvard University and received his B.A. in 1942. Received his I.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1943. Entered the United States Army in 1943 as a private in the Adjutant General's Department. Served overseas in the Philippine campaign and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. Was awarded the Army Commendation Ribbons and was later promoted to First Lieutenant. Following his service in the Army was Senior Accountant with Edwin B. Hathaway and Company of Hartford. In 1951 became Comptroller of Green Manor Estates, Inc., Manchester, Connecticut. Came to Taft in the winter of 1954. l Hisiory Prepared for college at the Edgewood School in Greenwich, Connecticut. Attended Harvard University from 1942 until 1943, where he was on the Student Committee for the Tutorial System. Entered the Army after his Sophomore year at college and served as a sergeant in the Infantry. Completed his college education at Harvard in 1948, receiving his B.A. and Ed.M. Taught at the Berkshire School before coming to Taft in the fall in 1954. 13