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

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BIOGRAPHIES 181 Pittsburgh and Slippery Rock, Pa. His father, Carroll Miller, re- ceived an M.E. at Stevens Institute in 1896, and his mother, whose maiden name was Mary Emma Guffey, graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1899. Ioe has three brothers, one of whom is Iohn G. Miller, ' '30 S. He entered Yale from Shady Side Academy and has majored in mechanical engineering, being a scholar of the second rank in Freshman year and receiving general two-year honors as a Iun- ior. Ioe held a Bacon Scholarship in Sophomore year, the Robert Douglas Meacham Scholarship the next year, and the Richardson Scholarship as a Senior. In Fresh- man year he heeled the Banner and Pot Pourri and the produc- tion department of the Dramat and the next year served as a photographic editor of the News Pic- torial. He belonged to The Colony Club, is a member of The Ber- zelius Society and of Berkeley College, and in Senior year was chairman of the Yale Student Branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the Student Advisory Committee of the Engineering School and vice-president of Tau Beta Pi. As a Freshman he roomed alone, in Sophomore year with Brooke and Thomas, and for the next two years with G. W. Bauer. Ioe plans to become an automotive engineer. His home address is Wolf Creek Farm, Slippery Rock, Pa. MAX FRANKLIN MILLIKAN was born in Chicago, December 12, 19135 since 1921 his home has been in Pasadena. His father, Robert Andrews Millikan, is a graduate of Oberlin and has an hon- orary degree from Yale, and his mother, whose maiden name was Greta Blanchard, attended the University of Chicago. Max has two brothers, one of whom is Clark B. Millikan, ,24. He prepared for college at Andover and before entering Yale as a Iunior with our Class spent two years at the California Institute of Technology, where he took part in debating and dramatics and

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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

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182 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. was on the board of the college newspaper. Max took the course in physics and in Iunior year was awarded the Thacher Memorial Prize. He is a member of the Dra- mat, taking the part of Nikolka in its production of In the Days of the Turbinsf' He Was elected to the Hoot board in 1934 and in Senior year served as president of the University Debating Associa- tion and the Yale Political Union. He Was the orator on Class Day and belongs to Delta Sigma Rho, the Pundits, the Elizabethan Club, and the Aurelian Honor Society. Max, who is a member of Pierson College, has roomed with L. Spit- zer, Ir., '35, while at Yale. He intends to study at the London School of Economics next year. His permanent address is 1640 Oak Grove Avenue, Pasadena, Calif. WILLIAM NICHOLS MILLS, Bill, was born in San Fran- cisco, Calif., on November 30, 1912, his home is now in Milton, Mass. He is the son of Charles Ferdinand Mills, who graduated from Sheff in 1909, and Clare QNicholsj Mills and has one sister. He received his preparatory education at Milton Academy and the Taft School and took the course in applied economic science at Yale. He Was captain of the Freshman Wrestling Team, receiving numerals, and belongs to St. Anthony and Delta Psi. Bill, who left college at the end of Sophomore year, roomed with G. E. Robson, Ir., and R. Devens, both ,35, in Freshman year and with Combs and Thompson as a Sophomore. He is now Working for the United-Carr Fastener Corporation. His permanent address is 71 Columbine Road, Milton, Mass. RICHARD TUNSTALL MITCHELL, Dick,l' Was born in New- ark, N. I., September 30, 1912, the son of Walter Louis Mitchell, who graduated from Sheff in 1895, and Esther Roe QBucknerj Mitchell. Dick has a sister and a brother, Walter L. Mitchell, Ir.,