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

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BIOGRAPHIES OF GRADUATE S 249 .sl Pg , I- fb If 2 ' I I ll , H' I ' ,J W 51 .ne ERNEST Osczia SPAENKUCH Dutch was born in New Haven, February 2, 1896. .His father, August Spaenkuch, was born in Marbach, Baden, Ger- many, April 16, 1854, and came to New Haven, where he is proprietor of a cafe. His mother, Katherine Friedrika Kienle, lived in Heimsheim, Wiirtembiirg, Germany, before her mar- riage, there are three sons and two daughters in her family. August Spaenkuch, a brother, won the Winchester Scholarship at the Yale School of Fine Arts in 1908. Dutch prepared at the New Haven High School, and has lived at his home. Spaenkuch took the course in Electrical Engineering, and will enter the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He may be addressed at 172 Commerce Street, New Haven, Conn. LOUIS PHILIP STEIN Steiny was born in Kiev, Russia, May 4, 1894. His father, Jacob Haress Stein, was born in Verona, Russia, in 1855, and spent most of his life in Kiev, Russia. He has retired from active business. His mother, Rebecca Jacobs. was also a resi- dent of Kiev. Jacob Louis Jacobs, OE., 1907 S., and Samuel A. Shift, 1918 S., are relatives.

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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.

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250 HISTORY OF 1916 S. X f'6 Rx ilu AW ,.-1 4 , ll- M- ,T b .mi n 5 mnnum-I Ei wg fa , .Z E I f 1 He prepared at the New Haven High School, and was on the Class Basketball Team. He lived at his home during his three years at college. Stein took the course in Civil Engineering, and will enter the Yale Graduate School. His address is 448 Congress Avenue, New Haven, Conn. IRVING STANLEY STONE Stan was born in Chicago, Ill., January 24, 1896, the only child of Abraham Louis Stone, and Ida Hirsheimer Stonef His father was born in Verbolen, Prussia, November 22, 1860, and on coming to America in 1869 ultimately settled in Chicago, Ill., where he is president of Stone Brothers, and treasurer of the Boston Store, in Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Stone lived in Pittsfield, Ill., before her marriage. Stanley prepared at the Harvard School, Chicago. General two-year honors. He roomed alone in Freshman year, at 7 Byers Hall, with Fred Greenebaum and H. C. Rothschild, in Junior year, at 108 Van Sheff, alone in Senior year, at 183 Van Shed. Stone took the Select Course, and will enter either the Univer- sity of Chicago Law School, or take the business course at that