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

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162 CLASS OF NINETEEN TI-IIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. that in applied economic science. Ray has lived at home while at Yale. He is planning to go into business after graduation. His perma- nent mailing address is 1283 Chapel Street, New Haven, Conn. HERBERT ERNEST IOHNSON, Herb,,' was born in Willi- mantic, Conn., on March 18, 1915. He is the son of Ernest Carl and and Esther Cornelia QAndersonj Iohnson and has three brothers and a sister. He received his preparatory training at the Windham High School in Willimantic and has taken the course in civil engineer- ing at Yale. Herb held a Sterling Memorial Connecticut High School Scholarship in Freshman year and a Plainfield Scholarship as a Senior. He is a member of Ionathan Edwards College, the Student Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and Scroll and Compass and Beta Chi. Herb roomed alone except in Sophomore year, when he roomed with C. A. Peterson, Ir., '35, Upon the completion of his undergraduate course, he intends to become a civil engineer. His permanent address is 99 Lewiston Ave- nue, Willimantic, Conn. RALPH EDWARD IORDAN, Polock,,' who is the son of Wil- liam Pitt and Nellie QButlerj Iordan, was born on Iuly 26, 1913, in Brockton, Mass. He has three brothers and four sisters. He received his preparation for college at the Brockton High School and as a Freshman at Yale was awarded the first Benjamin F. Barge Prize in mathematics and received numerals in boxing. Ralph left college at the end of that year. While in New Haven he roomed with P. F. McCabe, '35, and H. W. Robinson, '36 E. He is now a Private in the Coast Artillery, at present being sta- tioned at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, with the 64th Regiment. His perma- nent mailing address is 51 Snell Street, Brockton, Mass.

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7 v BIOGRAPHIES 161 JOHN GUNDRY IENNINGS, Casey,', was born in Sewickley, Pa., December 19, 1912, the son of Charles McCandlass and Eliza- beth Grafton QNevinj Iennings. He has one sister. Casey, who received his prepa- ration for college at the Sewickley Academy and at Andover, spent two years with our Class, taking the course in industrial engineer- ing. He was awarded numerals as a member of the Freshman La- crosse Team and played on the Class Basketball Team that year, in Sophomore year he was elected to the hockey competition. He was a member of The Cloister and Book and Snake. He roomed with H. P. Brightwell, Ir., and F. C. Cuthbertson, both ,35, in Freshman year and with Keeney and Way- mack the next year. Casey, who has been with the Koppers Coal Company of Pitts- burgh, for some time, was located at Montgomery, W. Va., for a while, but has been in the East for the past few months. His per- manent address is 3 Linden Place, Sewickley, Pa. ALEXANDER RAYMOND IOHNSON, c'Ray, was born in New Haven on February 14, 1910, his parents being Lyman H. and Grace E. QSchmollj Iohnson. Ray, whose preparatory train- ing was received at the Milford and Westmiilster schools, entered Yale in the fall of 1929. He spent a year with the Class of 1933, was enrolled with '34 S. for three years, and has been a member of our Class since September, 1933. He took the course in metallurgy at Hrst and then transferred to

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BIOGRAPHIES 163 GEORGE CARL KARLSON was born at Hicksville, Long Island, on Ianuary 2, 1913, his parents being Carl Iohn and Nancy Sophie QBischofIQ Karlson. He has one sister. He received his preparation for college at the Hicksville High School and at St. Paulis School, Garden City, and at Yale took the course in applied economic science. George is a member of Franklin Hall and Theta Xi. He remained with our Class until the end of Iunior year, rooming with F. H. Buck, Ir., ,35, as a Freshman, alone in Sophomore year, and with Cooper in Iunior year. George, who is now a representative for Karlson gl Reed, Inc., contractors, may be addressed at I4 West Iohn Street, Hicksville, Long Island. IOHN HAMLING KEENEY was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sep- tember 7, 1912, he has also lived in Atlanta, Ga., and in Harrisburg and Sewickley, Pa. His father, Robert Matison Keeney, who gradu- ated from Cornell in 1907, died on Iune 4, 1932. His mother,s , name before her marriage was Flora Elizabeth I-Iamling. Iohn has one sister. He entered Yale from Exeter and has taken the applied eco- nomic science course. He was a member of the Freshman Basket- ball Team, of the Saybrook Ten- nis Team as a Iunior, and of the Berkeley Tennis Team in Senior year. Iohn went out for the track managership in Sophomore year. He served on the Iunior Prom Committee and as a Senior was editor-in-chief of the Class Book, a member of the Sheff Student Council, and a deacon in the Uni- versity Church. He belonged to The Cloister and is a member of The Book and Snake Society, the Yale Political Union, and Berke- ley College. In Freshman year he roomed with Waymack, in Sopho- more year with Waymack and Iennings, a11d subsequently with Clifford. Iohn intends to go into business after he graduates from Yale. His home address is East Drive, Sewickley, Pa.