Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

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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

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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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Physician - Head Nurse - - Resident Nurse - Librarian - EXECUTIVE STAFF Secretary to the Headmaster - - Accountant - Accountant - Secretary to the Dean - Secretary to the Director of Studies - - Secretary to the Business Manager - - Secretary for the Alumni Association Oilice - - Housekeeper - - Superintendent of Buildings Superintendent of Grounds Post Omce Assistant Post Omce Assistant Dietician - 20 Dr. Edwin G. Reade Miss Catherine Grant Mrs. Ruth J. Spier Mrs. Martha Adams Miss Mildred Reilly Miss Gertrude Quick Mrs. Lillian Peffers Miss Shirley Corrigan Mrs. Helen Paquette Miss Dorena Colagrosi Miss Joan Trombley Mrs. Elsie Oakes Mr. James Hanning Mr. William Hermann Mrs. Joyce Smith Mrs. Florence Alling Mrs. Anna Henry