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

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278 HISTORY OF 1916 S. Walden took the Select Course. His permanent address is 142 Boulevard, Passaic, N. J. ' 4- ' XX fn? Q-fl S 'Ly xy ' V I 2 filo, NM. -illrl ..... .... ..... f-l- -1- f--'--------- -- ' I 1 u mm f fi - 4 -m . Y- X F. 6673 ROBERT TREAT WALKER Bob was born in Hinsdale, Ill., March 21, 1894. His father, Alfred Elisha Walker, was born August 27, 1855, in Chicago, Ill., and entered Yale in the Class of 1876 S. He is in the wholesale drygoods business, being connected with the firm of J. P. Stevens Company, New York City. His mother, Lulu Belle Treat, lived in Orange, Conn., before her marriage. There are five sons and two daughters in the family. Alfred N. Walker, ex-'06 S., and Walter T. Walker, '07 S., are brothers. He prepared at the Hinsdale High School, and the Chicago Latin School. He made the Freshman Crew, and has numerals. Delta Phi and St. Elmo Club. He roomed with Sangston Hettler at 82 Wall Street and 121 Van Sheff in Freshman and Junior years 5 Senior year he roomed at 111 Grove Street, with Walter. T. McGrath. ' Walker took the Electrical Engineering Course, and will fol- low that profession. His address is 201 Garfield Avenue, Hinsdale, Ill. .

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BIOGRAPHIES OF GRADUATES 277 Elmo Club. A. T. Trumbull Was his roommate in Freshman year, at 14 Byers 5 Junior and Senior years he roomed with A. H. Bunker, at 111 Grove Street. Wagner took the Forestry Course, and will enter the Yale School of Forestry. His address is 324 North E Street, Tacoma, Wash. ,,,- ,g . - A ' r '75 mil? Q W 17 I-4,11 W: e 'b ., X . E 'G ' s. 5 ' ' X I ,. , ..-. Y . Qifvli' s A F, init? X 1 ' 4 uw wwnlh My ,H MII- VI Y I , ,-LvsLE JAMES PELHAM WALDEN Pete was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 22, 1893. His father, James Henry Walden, is in the silk machinery business with the Atwood Machine Company of Paterson, N. J. His mother was Jennie Remmington Beach of Mt. Kisco, N. Y. They have had two sons and three daughters, four of the children are living. , Pete prepared at the Pawling School, Pawling, N. Y., and the Tome School., Port Deposit, Md. He was on the University Football Team. Phi Sigma Kappa and Sachem Hall. Freshman year he roomed the first half with T. M. Terry, and the last half alone at 117 Wall Street, Junior year with W. L. Kenly, R. F. Stews-11s and R. J. Farrell at 124 Prospect Street, and the last two years at 124 Prospect. His roommates Senior year were D. ll. lVhitmer, Justus Chancellor, Jr., and E. S. Phillips.

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BIOGRAPHIES OF GRADUATES ' 279 WILMARTH BRADFORD WALKER Brad was born in New Haven, Conn., November 30, 1895, the only son of Abel Wilmarth VValker and Halle Mansfield QBeersD Walker. His father was born in Pontiac, Mich., and has spent most of his life in New Haven, Conn., where he is purchasing agent and manager of the plumbing supply department of C. S. Mersick 85 Company. Mrs. Walker died in April, 1916. Brad has one sister. Jay G. Eldridge, '96g Edward M. Walker, '00 S., George E. Nichols, '04, and Lyman B. Bunnell, '17 S., are relatives. Brad prepared at the New Haven High School He was a member of the Freshman, Apollo and University Glee clubs, and was an associate member of the Dramatic Association. He did religious and social 'work during his college course, having taught not only in his own Sunday School, but a class at the Italian Mission. He also assisted in dramatics at the Lowell House. Honors in chemistry and physics. He lived at home in Freshman and Junior years, and with E. B. Hunn and W. H. Fowler, at 141 Van Sheff, in Senior year. VValker entered the Mechanical Engineering Course, but at the end of Freshman year changed to the Biology Course, and