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

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44 HISTORY OF 1916 S. . fi! , 1 mm W cf ME mea XF ,I oies,A asa:-.s ,mv . QM,- E Puurv ness ,Gmx'gQQZ2,,'g,,. ' rua Z N f if mi x I 'V H' 5 ,gi .5 , , 'L S -f p - s L ' s e . E VERNON COSBY BADHAM Squirrel was born in Birmingham, Ala., February 19, 1894, the son of Henry Lee Badham and Helen CTerryj Badham. Mr. Badham, who was born in Charlotte, N. C., in 1866, is a banker, and in the coal and iron business in Birmingham, Ala., being president of the Bessemer Coal, Land 86 Iron Company. There are eight sons and two daughters in the family. Three brothers are Yale men: Robert J., 1911 S., Henry L., Jr., 1914 S., and William T., 1917 S. He prepared at Lawrenceville. He sang on the Freshman Glee Club 5 was on the Track Team, taking prizes in the Fresh- man Meet with Princeton, and in the Yale Fall Meet, and was a cheer leader. 1916 S. Banner Committee. President of the Lawrenceville School Club in 1916. Delta Phi and St. Elmo Club. Freshman year he roomed with Earle McKee Craig, at 126 High Street. Junior and Senior years with William C. Keeley, Jr., at 111 Grove Street. Badham took the Select Course, and expects to go into either mining, or the banking business. His address is 1221 Whittaker Street, Birmingham, Ala.

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A BIOGRAPHIES OF GRADUATES 43 two years at Andover Theological Seminary after taking his first degree at Yale. He was an eminent preacher and contrib- uted widely to various publications. He died May 12, 1907, in Assonet, Mass. Letitia Wilson CJordanD Bacon, his mother, lived in Harrisburg, Pa., Wilmington, Del., and in Philadelphia, Pa., before her marriage. Ten of the fourteen children are living. Nathaniel T. Bacon, '79 S., Benjamin W. Bacon, '81, Selden Bacon, ex-'82, Theodore D. Bacon, '83 S., and Leonard W. Bacon, '88, are half brothers, Benjamin M. Bacon, '47, Theodore Bacon, '53, Francis Bacon, M.D. 1853, George B. Bacon, '56, Thomas R. Bacon, '72, and Alfred T. Bacon, '73, are uncles. Dave prepared at the Ecole Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande, at Lausanne, Switzerland, and at the Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, Conn. He received honors in Freshman year in drawing, mathematics and physics, in Junior year general honors, he went out for the crew. Norwich Club. Freshman year he roomed alone at 9 Byers, Junior and Senior years with A. I. Cleveland and W. N. VanTassel, at 153 and 170 Van Sheff. Bacon took the Mechanical Engineering Course, and expects to devote himself to that profession. His permanent address is care of Dr. L. W. Bacon, 113 Whitney'Avenue, New Haven, Conn.

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BIOGRAPHIES OF GRADUATES 45 6'-X E IG fa 5' .Hyatt 2, ., it x f. - .Q gi ' , ia if f Ef 'E- 55 xc-. 5 ,' x' Wx f H- WV ' se if 5 -e . . . . , f f, 5, IRVING WILLARD BALDWIN Baldy was born in Woodbridge, Conn., July 13, 1896. His father, Jeremiah John Baldwin, and his mother, Ellen Frances QBa1dwinD Baldwin, both lived in Woodbridge, where his father was born September 28, 1851. He was engaged in the dairy business, and in farming. Irving has one brother, Burton John Baldwin, Yale 1903, and one sister. He prepared at the New Haven High School. He went out for Freshman football at Shed, is a member of the Student Branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and also of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He roomed at home for the three years. Baldwin took the Mechanical Engineering Oourse, and is planning to continue his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He may be addressed at 32 High Street, New Haven, Conn. WALTER JOHN BALES, JR. Walt was born October 23, 1893, in Kansas Oity, and still lives there. His father, Walter J. Bales, is engaged in the insurance business in Kansas Oity. His mother, Clara CVan