Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

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DAVID LAGARDE O'MELIA, A.B. NATHANIEL BALDXVIN SMITH, B.A. Mntbematicr Prepared for college at Taft where he played football and track and captained wrestling. Was on the Papyrur, Annual, and was a Monitor. Graduated Cum Laude from Princeton, where he directed the University Summer Camp, in 1957, the year he came to Taft. French Prepared for college at the Dwight School. W'as a member of the Debating Club, wrote a literary column for the school paper, was on the yearbook staff, and was an honor student. Graduated in 1949. Went to Columbia University where he was a member of the 'Columbia Players and Le Cercle Francais. Graduated with commendations in French and English in 1954. Taught at the Litchfield School in Litchfield Conn. in 1955 and the Grove School in Madison, Conn. in 1956. Spent the summer of 1957 taking graduate courses in French at Middlebury. Came to Taft in 1957, NEALE WARREN AUSTIN, B.A Mathematics a B.A. Came to Taft in 1958. WILLIAM MORTON CURPHEY, B.A. Latin Prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, where he was on the intramural all-star basketball team and a member of the Varsity CYOSS-Country team. Gradu- ated in '54. Attended Yale, where he was prominent in intra-college athletics and a member of Chi-Phi fraternity. Received his B.A. from Yale in 1958 and came to Taft in the fall of '58. 17 Prepared for college at Roosevelt High School in New York Graduated m 1954 and entered Harvard where he headed intra-mural athletics. Graduated m 1958 with

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NEIL W. CURRIE, B.S. Mutbcmutirs, Science Attended Taft, graduating in 1941. From 1943 to 1945 he served in the United States Army as a 1st Lieutenant in the European Theater. Graduated with a B.S. degree from Yale in 1947 where he was a member of St. Elmo fraternity. After graduating he worked for the General Electric Company. Came to Taft in 1956. JAMES WHITNEY DONNELLY, B.A. ROBERT K. POOLE, A.B. Hislory Head Football Coach Prepared for college at Taft where he was a Monitor and captain of the Foot- ball and Baseball teams. Upon graduating from Taft in 1950, he entered Yale where he again was prominent in athletics. Graduated from Yale in 1954 with an A.B. degree. Was member of St. Elmo Fraternity. Entered army in July of 1954 and served in Germany as lst Lieutenant until June of 1956. Came to Taft in 1956. Englirb Prepared for College at the Groton School, where he played Varsity hockey, Varsity baseball, and captained Varsity soccer. Was House Prefect and Business Manager of the school paper. Graduated in 1951. Attended Princeton where he played Varsity soccer and was a member of the 'Orange Key Council. Graduated Cum Laude in 1955. Served two years in the U. S. Army Signal Corps, eighteen months on active duty in Germany. Came to Taft in 1957. THEODORE S. GREEN, B.S. Mazbematirs Prepared for college at the Belmont Hill School and graduated Cum Laude. Entered Yale in 1950 where he was active on the hockey team. He graduated in 1954 with a B.S. degree. Upon graduating he entered the army in October of the same year where he was a Battery Officer, 1st Lieutenant, with the U. S. forces in Germany until September of 1956. Came to Taft in 1957. 16

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GEORGE THOMAS DUNLOP Ill, B.A. English, Lalin Prepared for college at the Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virginia. Graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1951, where he received his B.A. degree in English. While at U. N. C. was class officer his freshman year, on the student orientation committee, and vice-president and treasurer of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity his senior year. Served in the marine corps from 1951 to 1954 as lst. lieutenant in the tank division. Was a banker and insurance salesman in North Carolina before coming to Taft in the fall of 1958. QUINN ROBERT MCCORD, B.A. Latin Prepared for college at Herbert Hoover High School in San Diego, California. Graduated from Stanford University in 1954, where he majored in Classics and Modern European History. Served in the Navy as a Lieutenant Junior Grade from 1954 to 1957. Did graduate work in Classics at Yale University following his discharge from the Navy. Came to Taft in 1958. JOHN BURRELL WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, B.A., Dip. Ed., M.A. ALVIN REIFF, A.B., M.A. Biology Prepared for college at the Horace Mann School for boys. Was president of the senior class. Graduated in 1943. Served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Attended Harvard where he graduated in 1948. Went to Columbia and received his master's degree in 1949. Taught at the Thacher School in Ojai, California from 1949 - 1958. Came to Taft in 1958. English Came from England through the Fulbright Exchange Plan. Attended Marlborough College where he was a prefect. Served with His Majesty's Army from 1947 to 1949 as a sergeant. Graduated from Cambridge University in 1952, where he was president of Peterhouse. Has taken a Diploma of Education and an M.A. since graduation. Currently heads the English Department at Haileybury College, where he teaches French in addition to English. 18