Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

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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

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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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I, A 1 V RICHARD HUNTINGTON TYLER, B.A., M.A. French Prepared for college at Drury High School, North Adams, Mass. Received his B.A. degree from the University of Massachusetts where he was on the Deanis list and his M.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin where he was a graduate teaching assistant. Also, attended Middlebury College Summer School and La Sorbonne, University of Paris. After graduation, served for six months in the Army and became a reservist for military intelligence. Came to Taft in 1958. DAVID ZUCCONI, A.B. Muthemulirs Prepared for college at Cardinal Hayes High School, New York where he was president of the student council. Played Varsity football, baseball, and track, and was a member of the Honor Society and of the Drama Society. Graduated from Brown University in 1955. Played Varsity football, baseball, and track at Brown and was marshal of the Senior Class, and on the Dean's list. Served in England as first lieutenant in the United States Air Force on the Auditor General's staff from September of 1955 to December of 1957. Played baseball and English rugby football for the army, and was the first American to join the all-English rugby area team. Came to Taft in 1958. 19