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

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190 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. CHARLES PETRILLO, who was born in West Haven, Conn., on April 9, 1914, is the son of Ralph Michael and Mary Qljortoj Pe- trillo and has one sister. His preparation for college was received at the West Haven High School, and in Freshman year he held both a Sterling Memorial Connecticut High School Scholar- ship and a New Haven Alumni Association Scholarship and had a second rank stand, in Senior 1 year he held the Francis Bacon Scholarship. Charles has taken the combined medical course. He had a single room in Berkeley in Freshman year and has since lived ar home. He is planning to go on with his studies at the Yale Medical School. His permanent address is 206 Forest Road, West Haven, Conn. ROBERT ROLAND PLATT, 'LBob,,' who was born in Baguio, Philippine Islands, February 6, 1914, has also lived in Manila, New Haven and Hartford, Conn., Sparks, Nev., and Santa Cruz, Calif. He is the son of Benjamin Merchant Platt, who has an M.D. from the University of Chicago, and Elizabeth CBoardmanj Platt, who attended Mount Holyokeg his mother died in 1916. Bob has two brothers and a sister. He received his preparatory training at the Bulkeley High A School in Hartford and at Mount Hermon. He took the chemistry course for two years and that in metallurgy for a year. He was on the Freshman Wrestling Team

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BIOGRAPHIES 189 is a member of Berkeley College and has taken the course in chemi- cal engineering. He was on the Class Swimming Team in Sopho- more year, on the Ionathan Edwards Swimming Team and the University Swimming Squad the next year, and on the University Swimming Team as a Senior, he has numerals and an sYT.,' Pete is a member of Franklin Hall and Theta Xi. In Sophomore year he roomed with Simpson, the following year with T. F. Iudson, '34, and in Senior year with Broadfoot. Upon the completion of his course, Pete expects to become a chemical engineer. His permanent address is Barre, Mass. GEORGE BURTON PAYNE was born on April 27, 1914, in Hamden, Conn., the son of Herbert Leroy and Elsie fZornj Payne. George has one brother, Gordon M. Payne, ,34 S. He received his preparation for college at the New Haven High School and took the course in engineering science. George, who re- mained with our Class until the end of Sophomore year, is a mem- ber of Scroll and Compass and Beta Chi. He lived at home while at Yale. George is now a member of the Class of 1936 at the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology and expects to become a civil engineer after taking his degree there. His permanent mailing address is 86 Circular Avenue, Hamden, Conn. THOMAS SUTTLIFFE PEDLAR, Tom, was born in New York City on Ianuary 26, 1913, but his home is now at Forest Hills, N. Y. He is the son of Louis Carl and Gail QLongleyj Pedlar and has two brothers and a sister. He received his preparatory education at the Newtown High School, the Silver Bay School, and the Peddie School and took the course in applied economic science at Yale. Tom left college in Ianuary of Sophomore year. He was a scholar of the second rank in Freshman year and is a member of St. Elmo. He roomed with I. B. Roberts, '35, as a Freshman. Tom, who is at present working for the General Electric Com- pany, lives at 56 Concord Avenue, Cambridge, Mass. His home ad- dress is 153 Colonial Avenue, Forest Hills, N. Y.

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BIOGRAPHIES 191 and on the University Wrestling Team for the next three years, winning numerals and a minor HY. Bob is a non-resident member of Trumbull College and belongs to Tau Beta Pi and to Franklin Hall and Theta Xi. He roomed alone in Freshman year, with R. T. Ross, ,34 Ph.D., the next year, with Cressy as a Iunior, and with Cressy and Bronson in Senior year. After a period of graduate work in metallurgy at Yale, Bob plans to become engaged in metallurgical research. His permanent ad- dress is 40 Catalpa Street, Santa Cruz, Calif. MARTIN ALLEN POND, Ducky, was born in Ansonia, Conn., on October 17, 1912, the son of C1iHord Allen and Anna Louise QHafnerj Pond. For the past five years he has lived in New Haven ef and Hamden, Conn. Ducky prepared for college at the Ansonia and New Haven High schools and at The Loomis School. He has taken the course in civil engineering at Yale, and he is a member of the Student Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers. In Freshman year he heeled the Record and was on the Swimming Squad and the Class Swimming Team, and in Iunior year he was on the Wright Swimming Team and the University Crew Squad. Ducky lived at home until his Senior year, when he roomed alone in Berkeley College, of which he is a member. He is planning to become an engineer after he completes his un- dergraduate course. His permanent address is 94 Ardmore Street, Hamden, Conn. PHILIP WALTER POTTS, Phil, was born in New Haven on February 17, 1912, but since 1925 his home has been in VVest Ha- ven, Conn. He is the son of Charles Edward and Lucy Elizabeth