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

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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

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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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BIOGRAPHIES 179 Company, Inc., 662 Fillmore Street, Buifalo, N. Y., lives at 615 West Ferry Street, that city. GEORGE CHRISTIAN MEYER, IR., Chris, was born August 1, 1911, at Great Neck, Long Island. His father, George Christian Meyer, graduated from Sheff in 1905. His mother's name before her marriage was Helen VanNos- trand. Chris has a sister and two I ' brothers, one of whom, Iohn V. Meyer, is a member of the Class of 1936 S. He received his preparatory training at the Browning and Hotchkiss schools and has taken the applied economic science course at Yale. He is a non-resi- dent member of Saybrook College and was on its Football and Squash teams in Iunior year. In Freshman year he won a New York Yale Club Prize and was a member of the Crew Squad and the next year rowed on the Class Crew. Chris, who is a member of St. Anthony and Delta Psi, roomed with Gardner all four years, Hunt living with them in Sophomore year and Combs in Senior year. He expects to go into business after he graduates from Yale. Mail will reach him if sent to Great Neck, Long Island. EGBERT I. MILES, IR., Eggy,,' was born May 2, 1913, in New Haven. His father, Egbert I. Miles, received a B.A. at Indiana Uni- versity in 1906, an M.A. at Swarthmore in 1907, and a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1910, and his mother, Helen Theodosia fHansonI Miles, graduated from Vassar in 1911. Eggy has two brothers, one of whom is Richard Curtis Miles, '37. He prepared for college at the New Haven High School, Law- renceville, and the Roxbury School and in Freshman year held a New Haven Alumni Association Scholarship. He has taken the geology course and is a member of Saybrook College. Eggy was captain of the Freshman Basketball and Tennis teams and was