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

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100 HISTORY OF 1916 S. . Hog w e SML lf 'I svn' 5 1- - ,. ,H if E: Hu' sill - F M sf! 'E 5 T I l 9 N 4 -- -i.r,u.r JOHN JOSEPH DONLEAVY Don was born in New Haven, Conn., December 29, 1895. His father, John Joseph Donleavy, was born in Paterson, N. J., January 25, 1862, and lives in New Haven, where he is superin- tendent of the silk dyeing establishment of the Globe Silk Works. His mother, whose name was Mary Louise Lang, lived in New York City before her marriage. There were four children in the family, one is deceased. He prepared at the New Haven High School, and in Sheff received honors for two years, and won the Freshman prize in qualitative analysis, the Samuel B. Penfield prize in mineralogyg one-half the Freshman prize in biology, and honorable mention for excellence in all studies in the natural science group. Sigma Xi. He has roomed at home for the three years. Donleavy took the course in Chemistry, and intends to enter the Yale Graduate School, where he expects to continue his studies in this science. His ,address is 22 Vernon Street, New Haven, Conn. ,A Cnnsrnn Room' DOWNER . Ches was born in Hamden, Conn., April 28, 1894. He is a son of William DeForest Downer and Annie Dame Qldeabodyj

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BIOGRAPHIES OF GRADUATES 99 I - .lY55Jfi'22 l mm, 452 I 11 0? wi ll llllg ggllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll p . ff 'l -'--- -.51 if- .' ,, afjr, 5 I f f lx EIWI. l-- fl!! -4- H 6RAN'PfI- N T I 2 fi 'S I T1 I i :S -17 x 'ss 5,5 if 1 - wx-,.3,s r v .- : ' F15 . I , 5 , . 5 I' li l gf 4325-251 ' Eggs' :E-E5 E- is Q : 5 Lvl.: WILLIAM LAURENCE DICKEY Larry was born in Independence, Mo., October 18, 1894, but has lived in Kansas City, Mo., for the past seventeen years. His father, Walter Simpson Dickey, was born in Toronto, Canada, June 26, 1862, and lived'tl1ere for twenty-seven years, then in Missouri, Where he is president of the W. S. Dickey Clay Manu- facturing Company. His mother, Katherine Letitia QMcMul- lenj Dickey, lived in Mount Forest, Ont., Canada, before her marriage. There were three sons and two daughters in the family, one son, Walter Grant Dickey, Yale 1914, died in 1915. He prepared at Phillips-Andover, received honors in German in Freshman year, and general two-year honors, Junior year. He belonged to the Apollo Banjo and Mandolin Clubs. Mory's. Andover Club. Freshman year he roomed with Arthur E. Sharp, at 73 Whitney Avenue, Junior year at 395 Temple Street, alone, Senior year with F. C. Perkins at 395 Temple Street. Dickey took the Select Course, and will go into business with his father. His address is 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Mo.

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BIOGRAPHIES OF GRADUATES 101 I ' ' I i i :Q f:l 5, : Z if f 2' filly-K' 7' nl! 0' ffm Nw Downer, both of Hamden, Conn., where his father is a market gardener. There are six children living, one is deceased. Pro- fessor George Dutton Watrous, Yale '79, '83 L., '84 M.L., '90 D.C.L., Wlieeler deF. Watrous, ex-'11 S., and George D. Watrous, Jr., '16 S., are relatives. Ches prepared at the New Haven High School and at the Con- necticut Literary Institution. He received honors in drawing in Freshman year, was on the crew squad the same year, and has done good work at the Boys' Club. Yale Battery. He roomed at home in Freshman year, at 120 Van Shelf in Junior year, with VValter B. Day, with L. L. Hicks and Ralph E. Corban in Senior year, at 176 Van Sheff. Downer took the Mechanical Engineering Course, and at some time in the future plans to enter the University of Michigan, to continue his studies 'along engineering lines. His address is Route 58, New Haven, Conn. HAROLD PHILBRICK DRIsKo Drisk was born in Roxbury, Mass., January 20, 1895. His father, Alonzo Burton Drisko, was born in Addison, Maine, January 11, 1865, and is a member of the firm of O. H. Drisko