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

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y BIOGRAPHIES 177 Swimming Squad and as a Sopho- more went out for the swimming managership. He is a member of York Hall and Chi Phi. He roomed with Baxter in Freshman year, with Baxter and Thielcke the next year, with H. W. French, '36 S., Prevost, and Schlotterer in Iunior year, and with Schlotterer as a Senior. Upon the completion of his col- lege course, Ham is planning to go into industrial engineering. His permanent mailing address is Watertown, Conn. IOHN ANDREW MEEHAN, Cap,,' who is one of the two sons of Iohn Aloysius and Mary lane fMcCarthyj Meehan, was born on March 15, 1911, in Florence, Mass. Cap received his preparation for Yale at the Northampton High School and at the Roxbury School, he has taken the course in ap- plied economic science. In Freshman year he was a member of the Football Squad and the Basket- ball Team, receiving numerals in the latter sport. He served on the University Budget Committee that year and in Senior year was a member of the Presidents' Com- mittee and the Prom Committee. Cap belongs to Vernon Hall and Phi Gamma Delta. As a Freshman he roomed with Miles, in Sopho- more year with Creighton, and for the next two years with Burhans. He intends to go into business after graduation. His permanent address is 37 Maple Street, Flor- ence, Mass. ROBERT FOSTER MEFFERT, 1911, at Mount Vernon, N. Y., is Bud, who was born October 6, the son of William Lincoln and

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176 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. ALEXANDER MATTHEWS, IR., Axel, who was born in Buf- falo, N. Y., Ianuary II, 1914, is the son of Alexander and Alma Taylor Uamesj Matthews and has a brother and a sister. He has also lived in Charleroi, Pa., Grand Rapids, Mich., and Elmhurst, N. Y. Entering Yale from the Newtown High School in Elmhurst, he was a scholar of the second rank in his Freshman year. He took the course in civil engineering and in Senior year served as presi- dent of the Student Branch of the American Society of Civil Engi- neers and held the Charles P. Kellogg Scholarship. He is a member of Branford College and belongs to Tau Beta Pi and the Outing Club. Axel was on the Freshman Water Polo Team and on the Branford College Crew in Iunior year, and he was a mem- ber of the production board of the af Dramat for three years and went out for the swimming manager- ship as a Sophomore. He roomed with S. D. Hopkins, '35, as a Freshman, with Harter and R. H. Sperry the next year, with Broadfoot in Iunior year, and then with Downing and H. L. Freer. Axel intends to continue his studies in civil engineering at Yale or Columbia and later go into bridge construction work. His home ad- dress is 54-19 94th Street, Elmhurst, N. Y. HENRY AMASA MATTOON, IR., Ham, was born in Water- bury, Conn., Ianuary 14, 1914, but he now lives in Watertown, Conn. He is the son of Henry Amasa Mattoon, who died in No- vember, 1918, and Sarah Currie fHallockj Mattoon, who graduated from Wesleyan University in 1902. Ham has one sister. He prepared for college at the Watertown High School and in his Freshman year at Yale was a scholar of the second rank and held a Sterling Memorial Connecticut High School Scholarship. In Sopho- more year he held a Francis Bacon Scholarship, and he has taken the course in industrial administration. Ham was on the Freshman

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178 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. 1 Helen fFosterj Mefifert and has a brother and a sister. He received his preparation for college at Exeter and entered Yale with '34 S., with which he spent a year. He has been with our Class since Ianuary, 1932, and has taken the course in applied economic science. Bud received numerals as a member of the '34 Freshman Swimming Team and was also on the Football Squad that year. He belonged to The Colony and is a member of The Berzelius Society and of Berkeley College. He roomed with B. C. Tufts, '35, and I. H. M. Knox, 3d, '34, during his hrst year at Yale and alone the following year. In Sophomore year he roomed with H. M. Griest, Ir., '34 S., and Robbins, as a Iunior with Curley and Murray, and in Senior year with C. Tyson, '35. Bud is planning to become a stockbroker. His home address is 27 Forster Avenue, Mount Vernon, N. Y. CHARLES WILLIAM MELDRAM, Chick, was born in Buf- falo, N. Y., May 15, 1912, but he has also lived in Syracuse, N. Y., New York City, India, Toledo, Ohio, and Philadelphia, Pa. He is the son of Leo Grifhth Meldram, who died Ianuary 16, 1926, and Minnie Margaret CBoonej Mel- dram and has one brother. Chick's preparation for college was received at the West Phila- delphia High School and at the . Peddie School. He spent a year with our Class, rooming alone while in New Haven. Chick, who is now a book- keeper for the Schreiber Brewing