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

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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.,

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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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BIOGRAPHIES 183 '31 S., and he is a grandson of Donald Grant Mitchell, of the Class of 1841. He prepared for college at the Montclair Academy and at An- dover and at Yale took the course in industrial administration, re- maining with our Class until the end of Sophomore year. As a Freshman he heeled the Record and was a member of the La- crosse Squad and the following year went out for the lacrosse managerial competition. Dick is a member of St. Elmo. In Fresh- man year he roomed with F. P. Haas, '35, and in Sophomore year with Clifford and McCreath. Dick, who is now enrolled at the New York University School of Commerce, may be addressed at 707 Parker Street, Newark, N. I. DUDLEY IOY MORTON, IR., who was born in Overbrook, Philadelphia, Pa., September 2, 1912, has also lived in Baltimore, New Haven, and New York City. He is the son of Dudley Ioy Morton, who received an M.D. at Hahnemann Medical College in 1907, and Esther Lyall QFosburghj Morton. Dudley has one sister. He prepared for college at the New Haven High School and the Hopkins Grammar School and took the course in industrial ad- ministration and engineering. In Freshman year he was a member of the Football Squad and the Fencing Team, receiving numer- als in the latter sport, and he was on the University Fencing and Football squads in Sophomore year and on the Wright Touch Football Team in Iunior year. He played in the Yale Band for two years and belongs to Vernon Hall and Phi Gamma Delta. Dudley,