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

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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

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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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102 HISTORY OF 1916 S. YA L E i I vs ,,,,,,,g HARVARD cg-1- I .J ,nh-n... .U UM Sz Son, contractors, Boston, Mass. His mother, Mary Littlefield Philbrick, lived in Roxbury before her marriage. There are two children, one son and one daughter. Two cousins were graduated at Yale, Burton I. Drisko, '06 S., and Arthur H. Drisko, '10. He prepared at the Roxbury Latin School, and with a private tutor. He Went out for baseball in Freshman year, and was president of the Roxbury Latin School Club. He roomed With P. K. Peffers, at 117 Wall Street, in Freshman year, with Peffers and R. T. Williams, at 101 and 167 Van Sheff, in Junior and Senior years. Drisko took the Select Course, and has not decided on his future work. His permanent address is 19 Hutchings Street, Roxbury, Mass. ROBERT SEWALL DuBois DuBy Was born in Wichita, Kans., September 22, 1891. His father, Hugh McKim DuBois, was born in Carlinville, Ill., and was graduated from Blackburn College in 1882. He is in the loan and real estate business in Wichita, Kans. Mrs. DuBois lived in Virden, Ill., and graduated from Blackburn, in 1882. Her name was Mary Elizabeth Sewall. Robert has one sister.