Yale University - Sheffield Scientific School Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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BIOGRAPHIES. 147 in National politics, and is President of the village. He is a member of the Briarcliff Congregational church, of which he has been a trustee, also the Players club, New York City. Pc1'fnza1z.c1zt Hldfflillg' acld1'css.' Briarclif Manor, N. Y. ALAN RAMSAY MCFARLAND was born May 26, 1870, in Painesville, O. Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn., prepared him, and he entered college in Freshman year. His father, Wfalter McFarland. a graduate of West Point, was born May 26, 1836, in Monmouth Furnace, He was in the U. S. Corps of Engineers, and was Lieut. Colo- nel at the time of his death, which occurred in New Haven, Conn., in 1888. His mother, whose maiden name was Mary Ashfield, was born August 23, 1834, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He has two brothers: WVarren Chamberlain QYale Medi- cal School, M.D.j, and Boynton Wells fYale S. C.E., Ph.D.j 3 also two sisters: Mary Ashfield' COswego Normal Schoolj, and Helen Laurie. He married Mary Ellen Belden, daughter of james Lester Belden, a chemist of Syracuse, April 7, 1896, in Syracuse, N. Y. They have two children, both born in Syracuse: Robert Belden, born April 27, 1897, and Vifarren Ashfield, born May 20, 19o1.' McFarland began working for the Solvay Process Co. july 16, 1891, and is now Manager of the Soda Ash depart- ment. He is a member of the American Society of Mechan- ical Engineers, Society of Chemical Industry, the Citizens' and Yacht clubs of Syracuse, N. Y. He attended Sheff. only a few days after entering, and was then trans- ferred to Cornell University taking an optional course in Mechanical Engineering. He spent three years in Cornell. B'llSZi7lC.S'.Y add1'css.' Solvay Process Co., Syracuse, N. Y. Home addrresa' 305 Lowell Ave., Syracuse, N. Y. 3 x

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146 ctixss or 1891 s., YALE COLLEGE. Ladd has been engaged since October, 1898, as a mechani- cal engineer for the Bass Foundry and Machine Co., Fort Wfayne, Ind. He received the degree of M.E. at Cornell University in 1895. He is another of the many who vote the Republican ticket. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Engineers' Society of Vlfestern Pennsylvania, American Association for the Advancement of Science, a thirty-second degree Mason, and a Knights Templar. B'ZlSI'IZCSS address: Bass Foundry and Machine Co., Fort VVayne, Ind. Home address: 817 VV. Berry St., Fort lfVayne, Ind. WALTER WILLIAM LAW, JR., was born july 15, 1871, in Rye, N. Y. Lawrenceville School, New Jersey, prepared him, and he entered college in Freshman year, taking the Select course. His father, Wfalter Wfilliam Law, a merchant, with the W. Sz J. Sloane Co., New York City, was born November 11, 1837, in Kidderminster, England. He received the degree of MA. in Yale in 1892. He was married January 4, 1866, and resides in Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. His mother, whose maiden name was Georgiana Hitt Ransom, was born August 6, 1839, in New York City. Her parents were J. H. Ransom, of I. H. Ransom 81 Co., New York City, and Martha Price. He has four sisters: Mrs. John S. Penman, Mrs. 'William F. Fotterall, Mrs. Fritz Brockelmann and Mrs. Oliver C. Macy, also two brothers, one of whom is dead: Arthur R., who died in 1877 in Yonkers, N. Y., and Henry H. He married Helen Renfrew Kingman, daughter of Bar- bour Elliott Kingman, April IO, 19o1, in Yonkers, N. Y., and has four children: 'Walter Williaiii, gd, Georgiana Ransom, Mary Lamper and Barbour Elliott Kingman. july 1, 1902, Law went to work for the Briarcliff Real Estate Co., and is now its Treasurer. He is a Republican

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148 C1..-iss or 1891 s., YALE COLLEGE. HAROLD CAHAUNCEY MATTHEWS is another member who is in the mercantile business. Add'7'8SS.' 30 Wfest 57th St., New York City. GUSTAVE OSTERWEIS was born September 27, 1870, in New Haven, Conn. Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, prepared him, and he entered college in Fresh- man year. His father, Lewis Osterweis, a cigar manufacturer, of Lewis Osterweis iv Sons, was born November 24, 1836, in Germany. He was married May IO, 1860, and resides at 301 Crown St., New Haven, Conn. His mother, whose maiden name was Carolin Oppen- heimer, was born January 20, 1840, in Germany. He has one brother, Max L, also two sisters, one of whom is dead, Rachel, died when a child, and Sophie. He married Rose Osterweis, a graduate of Normal Col- lege in june, 1900, and daughter of Henry Osterweis, a real estate dealer of I7 East 87111 St., New York City, October 31, 19o6, in the Hotel Majestic, New York City. Osterweis is now a member of the irm of Lewis Oster- weis 81 Sons, manufacturers of cigars and dealers in leaf tobacco. He has been in the company since January 1, 1892. Bzzsizzcss add11'ess.' 20 Church St., New Haven, Conn. Home address: 301 Crown St., New Haven, Conn. JAMES ALLEN PARAMORE. QDied in 1899.3 GEORGE HENRY PINNEY was born December 6, 1869, in Stanford, Conn. He prepared at the Hartford QConn.U High School, and entered college in Freshman year, pursuing the Mechanical Engineering course. His father, Lucian Pinney, a book-keeper, with the Cheney Bros., So. Manchester, Conn., was born October 9, 1845, in Stafford, Conn. He was married january 15, 1867.