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

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BIOGRAPHIES 199 and the Ridgefield School. He took the mechanical engineering course at Yale, leaving college in Ianuary of Iunior year to go into aviation. As a Sophomore he played on the Iunior University Football Team, and he was a member of St. Elmo. In Sopho- more year Mort roomed with Haas and Stetson. He died as the result of an air- plane accident in Sherman, Texas, on May 21, 19345 he was buried in Rowayton, Conn. He is sur- vived by his mother and a half brother. FREDERICK OSCAR ROBBINS, IR., 'lBobbins, was born in New Haven on September 24, 1912, and has also lived in Berkeley, Calif., and New York City. He is the son of Fred Oscar Robbins, who received a B.A. at Yale in 1896 and an M.A. in 1909, and Mary Clark CLoveridgej Robbins. He has a sister and a brother, Clarence L. Robbins, Yale ,25. He prepared for college at the New Haven High School and at Cushing Academy and spent the year 1931-32 at the University of California, where he was on the Crew. He was enrolled with our Class during Sophomore year and took the applied economic course. He was a member of the University Crew Squad and of St. Elmo and roomed with H. M. Greist, Ir., ,34 S., and Meffert. Bobbins, who is at present working for the Bigelow Sanford Car- pet Company, lives at London Terrace, 450 West 24th Street, New York City. His permanent address is 215 Livingston Street, New Haven, Conn. NICHOLAS DAVID ROBERTS, Dave,U was born in Spring- field, Ill., on September 19, 1910, but his home has been in Mont- clair, N. I., since 1914. He is the son of Nicholas Roberts, a member of the Class of 1901 S., and Ruth Edna QConversej Roberts, he has a brother and three sisters. He received his preparation for Yale at the Fessenden, Lawrence- ville, and Roxbury schools and entered Yale as a Freshman with the

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198 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. Bush for the first two years of his course and subsequently with Beers. Hank expects to go into business. His permanent address is 651 West Sth Street, Erie, Pa. IOHN ANDREW RIDGWAY, IR., Iack,,' was born at LaPorte, Ind., Ianuary 23, 1913, the son of Iohn Andrew and Ethyl Sydney QHaggardj Ridgway. His mother attended Indiana University and the University of Michigan. F7 y Iack, who prepared for Yale at the LaPorte Public High School and Lake Forest Academy, has taken the chemical engineering course. He held a Francis Bacon Scholarship for three years. He was a scholar of the second rank in Freshman year, divided a prize in physics the next year, and re- ceived general two-year honors as a Iunior. Iack was on the Fresh- man Fencing Team and on the University Fencing Team the fol- lowing year, winning numerals 1 and a minor HY. He was elected to the board of the Yale Scienlijic Magazine in Iunior year and is a member of The Sachem Club and of Berkeley College. In his Freshman year he roomed with S. R. Burnap, Ir., '35, in Iunior year with Y. Beers, ,34 S., and as a Senior with Harter and LaPierre, while in Sophomore year he lived alone. He plans to go into chemical engineering. His permanent address is LaPorte, Ind. XLOUIS MORTIMER RILEY, Mort, was born in Philadelphia on March 2, 1913, the son of Harry Moore and Elaine QWeberj Riley. He had also lived in San Antonio, Harrisburg, Pa., Long Island, Paris, and Darien, Conn. The late Robert C. Neal, Ir., '98, was his stepfather. Mort's preparation for college was received at Rumsey Hall, the American School for Boys in Paris, Wrekiil College in England,

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200 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. Class of 1934 S., but withdrew in February, 1931. He returned the next fall as a Freshman with our Class, remaining until the end of the year. Dave roomed with T. Bens, ex-'34, during his first year at Yale and alone the following year. For the past two years he has been with Hemphill, Noyes 8: Com- pany at I5 Broad Street, New York City, as a customers, man. His home address is 87 High Street, Montclair, N. I. DUDLEY WILLIS ROCKWELL, Dud,n was born in New Britain, Conn., on Iune 20, 1913. He has also lived in Bristol, Hart- ford, and West Hartford, Conn., and in Syracuse, N. Y. His father, Stanley Pickett Rockwell, gradu- ated from Sheff in 1907, and his mother, whose maiden name was Ruth Marguerite Gowdy, gradu- ated from Mount Holyoke in 1909. Dud has one sister. His preparation for college was received at the Kingswood Coun- try Day School and at the Milford School, and he has taken the industrial engineering course at Yale. He was on the Freshman 150-pound Crew and on the Uni- versity 150-POlll1Cl Crew Squad the next year, and he is a member of St. Elmo. He roomed with S. F. Weaver, Ir., and Wilson in Sophomore year and with Longley for the next two years. Dud, who intends to become a metallurgist, may be addressed at I9 Scarsdale Road, West Hartford, Conn. THEODORE BERNARD ROSENTHAL, Ted, was born in New Haven on Iune 12, 1914, the son of Harry S, and Anne CRO- senj Rosenthal. He has four brothers and a sister. Entering Yale from the New Haven High School, he was a scholar of the second rank in Freshman year, was awarded a prize for excellence in English in Sophomore year, and received