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

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, BIOGRAPHIES OF GRADUATES 247 and one daughter in the family. Granville M. Smith, Jr., 1914 S., is a brother. He prepared at the Westport High School, Kansas City, and at Andover. He was manager of the 1917 Freshman Crew, and has numerals. Berzelius and the Colony Club. He roomed with J. D. Kirkpatrick, Jr., and W. J. Bales, Jr., at 125 High Street, in Freshman year 5 With Jack S. Condon at 17 Hillhouse Avenue, in Junior year, and with William Durfee, Jr., and Rockwell Keeney, at the same address, in Senior year. Smith took the Select Course, and plans to become a banker. His permanent address is 53 Janssen Place, Kansas City, Mo. um , '5 X Pb QV Q N ' v ESAQL, . ie, 'Eg X V X 4 fans PHILIP GossLER voN DER SMITH Phil was born February 12, 1896, in Wrightsville, Pa., the only child of Lucius Krotel von der Smith, and Katherine CGosslerj von der Smith. His father was born in Lancaster, Pa., in 1854, and was a banker, with the First National Bank of Wrightsville, Pa. He died in Mountville, Pa., in 1914. Mrs. von der Smith lived in Columbia, Pa., before her marriage. Phil prepared at the Hotchkiss School, and is chairman of the Yale Branch, American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Hotchkiss Club. Delta Psi and St. Anthony Hall. Freshman

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246 , HISTORY OF 1916 S. tory School, Brooklyn. He contributed to the Record and the Shay? M ofhthly. Was on the Freshman, Apollo, and Varsity Glee clubs, coxswain of Sheff Crew in fall regatta, 1913, and on the 1914-15 Ride Team, Record competition Freshman year, won Record Senior Charm competition, Junior and Senior years, Sheff Monthly Charm competition, 1915. Polytechnic Prepara- tory Club. Chairman, Triennial Committee. Mory's. Omega Mu. Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Gamma Delta Hall. He roomed with Raymond Neuberth, at 117 Wall Street in Freshman year, with C. H. Matthews, Jr., at 370 Temple Street, in Junior and Senior years. Smith took the Electrical Engineering Course, and expects to go into the Edison Electric Company. His address is 860 St. Mark's Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. ,, 'HSS' YEJfiKl fax y f -' 5 . V ' Q v , 'ii' ' 'Q W J. NEIL SMITH Neil was born in Pleasant Hill, Mo., January 30, 1895. His father, Granville Moody Smith, was born in Winchester, Ohio, in 1860, and attended Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. He lives in Kansas City, where he is president of the Commonwealth National Bank. His mother's maiden name was Anne B. Pin- nell, and her home was in Nevada, Mo. There are three sons

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248 HISTORY OF 1916 S. year he roomed at 120 High Street, with George A. Warner. Junior and Senior years with C. H. Matthiessen, Jr., and H. Wilcox, at 133 College Street. von der Smith took the Electrical Engineering Course, and will follow that profession. His address is Lancaster, Pa. all 'EXE I . P S li LM i O gsm Z 5596 . - ' 1' 5 ' :2'r ',, . 5 1 -its f i! LAWRENCE HERMAN SONNEBORN Sonny was born in New York City, January 26, 1896. His father, Leo Sonneborn, was born July 22, 1864, in New York City, and has lived there a great part of his life. He has retired from active business. His mother, whose name was Ophelia Herman, lived in New York before her marriage, there are two sons in the family. He prepared at Townshend Harris Hall, and at Hamilton Institute. He went out for wrestling and tennis. Battery B, Yale Battalion. He roomed alone, at 117 Wall Street in Fresh- man year, 129 Van Sheff in Junior year, and at 187 Van Shelf in Senior year. Sonneborn took the Course in Metallurgy, and will take post- graduate work in Shei. His address is 166 West Seventy- seventh Street, New York City.