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

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116 HISTORY OF 1916 S. 63:1 . ' 2,1 fr 5 f . h b iz . i fklfiiii. IEEE: f? - came to New Haven in 1886, where he has been engaged in the shoe business. Edwin has three sisters. He prepared at the New Haven High School, and held the Connecticut Scholarship in Freshman year, and the Rogers Scholarship in Senior year, and received general honors for the course. Sigma Xi. He roomed at home for the three years. Fischer took the Chemistry Course, and will take graduate work in organic chemistry in the Yale Graduate School. His address is 146 McKinley Avenue, New Haven, Conn. JACOB BENJAMIN FISHMAN Jacob was born in Odessa, Russia, September 24, 1895, and lived there until he was twelve years old. His father, Elihu Fishman, was born in Russia in 1869, and spent his life there, an instructor in Hebrew. He died in Russia in 1896. His mother, whose maiden name was Mildred Hadelman, also lived in Russia. There are five children living, one deceased. Samuel Lewis Calechman, 1914 S., is a relative. Heprepared at Townsend Harris Hall, and at the College of the City of New York, being a member of the Freshman Class in 1913, joining our Class in Junior year. He received general honors in Junior and Senior years. Yale Menorah Society.

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BIOGRAPHIES OF GRADUATES 115 WUT? his father, was born in Koretz, Russia, in April, 1865. He is foreman of the milling machine department of the Hendey Machine Company. His mother, Gertrude Finkelstein, is a native of Koretz. There are four sons and a daughter. Fink prepared at the Torrington High School. Honors in mathematics. Yale Battery. Freshman year he roomed at home, the irst 'half of Junior year with Leo Gottlieb, at' 57 Prospect Street. He left college in January, 1914, to manage his father 's store in Hartford, re-entering Sheff inthe fall with '16 S., and rooming with Gottlieb at 297 York and 109 College streets 5 Senior year he roomed at 398 Temple Street. Finkelstein took the course in Civil Engineering. He expects to continue his studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and will make civil engineering his profession. His permanent address is 93 Allen Place, Hartford, Conn. EDWIN JOHN FISCHER Ed was born in New Haven, Conn., November 11, 1895. He is the only son of John Fischer, born near Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, March 10, 1866, and Mina Cliisskaltj Fischer, his wife, who lived in New Haven before her marriage. Mr. Fischer

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BIOGRAPHIES OF GRADUATES 117 'ff He roomed at home, at 131 Lamberton Street, New Haven, in Junior year, and at 179 Lafayette Street in Senior year. Fishman has taken the Chemistry Course, and expects to enter the Yale Graduate School to further pursue his studies. His address is 210 Winthrop Avenue, New Haven, Conn. EDMUND FITZGERALD Fitz was born in Milwaukee, Wis., March 1, 1895, and has lived in that city all his life. His father, William Edmund Fitzgerald, was born in Milwaukee, September 27, 1859, and spent his life there, where he was president of the Milwaukee Dry Dock Company. He died July 7, 1901, at Nagowieka, NVis. His mother's maiden name was Jessie Lennox Blackburn, her home having been in Ottawa, Ont., Canada. There were four sons in the family, two are living. Fitz prepared at the East Division High School, Milwaukee, and received general two-year honors in Sheff. Chairman of the Undergraduate Discipline Committee. Class Book Commit- tee. Class Day Committee. Berzelius and Colony Club. He roomed alone in Freshman year, at 124 1Vall Street. Junior year with Art Seeligson, Ben Story, Kenneth Hayes, Greg Comstock and Bill Savage, at 126 NVall Street, Senior year