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

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212 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. Freshman Crew Squad, in Sopho- more year Went out for the foot- ball managership, and was on the Trumbull Squash and Tennis teams as a Iunior. Bill served on both the 1934 and 1935 Freshman Student Councils, and he was a member of the 1935 Freshman Glee Club and of the University Glee Club in Iunior year. He served on the Board of Deacons of the University Church in Sen- ior year and is the Class prophet, Hoof manager of the Senior Prom, and chairman of the Triennial Committee. He belongs to the Yale Political Union, the Pundits, the Whiifenpoofs, St. Anthony and Delta Psi, and the Aurelian Honor Society. He lived alone until Iunior year, when he roomed with Atterbury and C. W. Brooks. In Senior year he roomed With Atterbury, Brooks, H. R. Eshelman, Ir., '36 S., and E. P. Lunken, '36. Bill is planning to go into business. Mail should be sent to him at 23 South Street, Danbury, Conn. IAMES DANIEL STETSON, IR., Iim,', Who was born in Macon, Ga., on March 27, 1912, has also lived in Asheville, N. C., Miami, Fla., Columbia, S. C., Atlanta, Ga., Kansas City, Mo., Builalo, N. Y., and New York City. His father, Iames Daniel Stetson, graduated from Auburn College in 1901, his mother, Whose maiden name was Anne Grady Pitner and who attended Wes- leyan College in Macon, died on Ianuary 31, 1920. Iim has one sis- ter. He received his preparation for college at the Nichols School in Buffalo and at Choate and took

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BIOGRAPHIES 21 1 and Delta Psi and to the Torch Honor Society. He and Dunbar roomed together all four years, Zabriskie living with them in Sopho- more year and T. V. Douglass, ,34 S., in Iunior year. Edge, who expects to enter the manufacturing business, may be addressed at Box 338, Haverford, Pa. RICHARD HAROLD SPERRY, Dick,', was born in Westport, Conn., December 31, 1914, but since 1918 his home has been in Nor- walk, Conn. He is the son of Harold Shepard and Margaret Ann fHatchmanQ Sperry, his mother died in Ianuary, 1920. Dick has one brother. He received his preparatory training at the Norwalk High School and took the course in chemistry until the end of Iunior year, when he transferred to that in applied economic science. He was on the Freshman Crew Squad and on the Class Crew Squad the next year. He com- peted for the swimming manager- ship as a Sophomore and heeled the Yale Sflifflflifid' Magazine in Iunior year. Dick is a member of The Sachem Club and of Trum- bull College. In Freshman year he roomed with W. D. Stockard, ,35, as a Sophomore with Harter and Matthews, the next year with Powell, and subsequently alone. Upon the completion of his college course, he expects to go into the production department of a chemical concern. His permanent address is 30 Cove Avenue, South Norwalk, Conn. WILLIAM THOMPSON SPERRY, i'Bi11,,' was born in East Ha- ven, Conn., August 24, 1912, and has also lived in New Haven and Danbury, Conn. He is the son of Alfred William and Margery El- liot QThompsonj Sperry and has one sister. Bill, who prepared for college at Choate, entered Yale with ,34Q he withdrew in February, 1931, but joined our Class the next fall. He has taken the course in applied economic science and is a non- resident member of Trumbull College. He was a member of the

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BIOGRAPHIES 213 the course in applied economic science. lim heeled the Harkness Hoot and is a member of St. Elmo. He remained with our Class until the end of Sophomore year, rooming with Haas as a Freshman and with Haas and Riley the next year. Iim's permanent mailing address is 4713 Hanford Street, Doug- laston, Long Island. HARRY NELSON STEVENS, Steve, was born May 6, 1914, at Port Huron, Mich. His home has also been at Niagara Falls and Kendall, N. Y. He is the son of Frederick Nelson Stevens, who graduated from Yale in 1908, and Edith Blanche QWellmanj Ste- vens, who attended Syracuse Uni- versity, his mother died October II, 1932. Steve has two sisters. His preparatory education was received at the Kendall High School and the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary. He was a scholar of the second rank in Freshman year and took the course in chemistry, holding a William A. Rogers Scholarship as a Senior. Steve, who served as secretary-treasurer of the Yams that year, had the part of Prism in 4'The Importance of Being Earnest. He belongs to Book and Bond and is a member of Trumbull College. He roomed with I. M. Fulton in Freshman year, with Fulton and Woods the next year, with K. Brookes, '35, in Iunior year, and with C. Clark- son, a drama student, as a Senior. He is planning to become a chemist upon the completion of his undergraduate course. Mail will reach him if sent to Kendall, N. Y. LOUIS BENFORD STONER, Lou,', was born on March 21, 1913, in Hartford, Conn., the son of Louis Emory and Clara Belle Uacobsj Stoner. His mother attended Smith College. Lou has one brother. I-Ie received his preparatory training at the Kingswood School in Hartford and has taken the course in applied economic science at Yale. He is a member of Berkeley College. In Freshman year he