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

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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

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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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180 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. l on the University Basketball and Tennis teams for the next three years, serving as captain of both in Senior year, in 1933 he was a member of the Yale-Harvard Tennis Team which competed with the Oxford-Cambridge Team at Newport. He has nu- merals and both a minor and a major Y. Eggy was a member of the Undergraduate Athletic Association in Senior year, and he is a member of Berzelius and be- longed to The Colony Club. He roomed with Meehan in Fresh- man year, alone as a Sophomore, with A. B. Chivvis and S. N. Loud, both '34 S., in Iunior year, and with D. K. Armstrong, '35, the next year. Eggy intends to enter the oil business. His home address is S7 Marvel Road, New Haven, Conn. CHARLES GILBERT MILLER, IR., Charlie, was born Novem- ber 28, 1912, in New York City, he has also lived in Yonkers and Rye, N. Y. He is the son of Charles Gilbert Miller, '01 S., and Elise Adams QFlaniganj Miller and has a sister and a brother, Iohn B. Miller, '36. He prepared for college at the Taft and Hotchkiss schools and took the course in applied economic science while at Yale. He with- drew at the end of Sophomore year. In Freshman year he was a member of the Hockey and Baseball squads and the next year sang in the Glee Club and was on the Class Baseball Team, the Junior University Hockey Squad, and the University 150-pound Football Squad. Charlie belongs to St. Anthony and Delta Psi. In Freshman year he roomed with G. A. Hopkins, Ir., '35, and the following year with Atterbury and C. W. Brooks. At present he is a credit man with the Manufacturers Trust Com- pany at 55 Broad Street, New York City, his residence address being Grandview Avenue, Rye, N. Y. IOSEPH F. GUFFEY MILLER, aloe, was born in Providence, R. I., December 12, 1912. He has also lived in Aurora, Ill., and in