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

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BIOGRAPHIES 217 course at Yale. He served as treas- urer of the Student Branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in Senior year and also belongs to the Dramat, the Out- ing Club, and Book and Bond. Ed, who is a member of Berkeley College, roomed with Brainard in Freshman year, with Brooke and I. F. G. Miller in Sophomore year, and subsequently alone. He intends to go into railroad switch and signal work after graduation. His home address is 629 St. Iames Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. GLEED THOMPSON was born in Topeka, Kansas, November 20, 1912, but since 1924 he has lived in Denver, Colo. His father, Roy Smith Thompson, graduated from Yale in 1907, his mother's name before her marriage was Cornelia Gleed. Gleed has one sister. He received his preparation for college at Los Alamos and Taft. He took the course in applied economic science at Yale, remaining with our Class until the end of Sophomore year. He was on the Freshman Crew Squad and on the University Crew Squad the fol- lowing year. He belonged to The Cloister and Book and Snake. He roomed with Combs in Freshman year and with Combs and Mills as a Sophomore. Gleed is now a member of the Class of 1936 at Cornell Univer- sity. His permanent mailing address is the Denver Country Club, Denver, Colo. EDMUND KENT TWEEDY, who was born in New York City on November 9, IQI3, now lives in Glenbrook, Conn. His father, Edmund Francis Tweedy, graduated from Shelf in 1897. His moth- er's name before her marriage was Cornelia M. Nelson. Kent has two brothers. He received his preparatory education at the King School in Stamford, Conn., and at The Loomis School. He remained with our Class until the end of Freshman year, rooming with M. S. Bull, '35, while in New Haven.

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216 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. 1 and on the University Crew l Squad that year and again as a Iunior. Ellis is a member of Trumbull College and was on its Crew and Football Team in Iun- ior and Senior years. As a Fresh- man he roomed with L. Spitzer, Ir., '35, and in Sophomore year with Russ and Valas, while for the past two years he has roomed alone. He plans to study sanitary engi- neering at Harvard next year. His permanent address is 22 Oldfield Road, Fairfield, Conn. GEORGE WATSON THIELCKE, Bud, was born in Danbury, Conn., on December 3, 1912, and has also lived in Southport and Norwalk, Conn. Bud is the son of George Emanuel Thielcke, who graduated from the Yale Medical School in 1910, and Iean Guvon CWatsonj Thielcke. His preparation for college was received at the Norwalk High School, and he took the course in chemical engineering at Yale. He left college at the end of Iunior year. He was a scholar of the sec- ond rank in Freshman year. He roomed alone that year, with Bax- ter and Mattoon as a Sophomore, and with Baxter the following year. Budis permanent mailing address is 3 Branford Place, East Nor- walk, Conn. EDWARD UTLEY THOMAS, Ed, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., February 3, 1912. He has also lived in Williamsport and Haverford, Pa. His father, Isaac Biddle Thomas, who died September 1, 1920, graduated from Sheff in 1892, and his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Minerva Utley, attended Bryn Mawr. Ed has one sister. The late George B. Thomas, ,57, was his grandfather. Ed prepared for college at the Arnold School in Pittsburgh and at the Haverford School and has taken the electrical engineering

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218 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. His permanent mailing address is 72 Oak Avenue, Glenbrook, Conn. WARREN AYRES TYRRELL, IR., was born in St. Louis, Mo., October 2, 1914, the son of Warren Ayres Tyrrell CB.S. Washing- ton University 1897, and Flora Bell fHessj Tyrrell. He prepared for college at the 1 South Side High School at Rock- ville Center, N. Y., and has taken the physics course. In Freshman year he was a scholar of the first rank, received the third Benjamin F. Barge Mathematical Prize, and divided the second New York Yale Club Prize. Warren was awarded a prize for excellence in all studies as a Sophomore and in Iunior year received prizes in en- gineering mechanics and drawing, held a Iames Raymond Goodrich Memorial Scholarship, and also had general tW0-YCHI' honors. In Senior year he held the Samuel M. Richardson Scholarship, and he is a member of Sigma Xi, The Sachem Club, and Saybrook College. In Freshman year he roomed with P. E. Brown, ,35, in Sophomore year with Warren, and then with Wing. Warren, who is planning to become a physicist, may be addressed at 343 South Merrick Avenue, Merrick, Long Island. PETER DEMETRIUS VALAS, 'cPete, was born October 16, 1913, in Hartford, Conn., where he has always lived with the excep- tion of eight years spent in Greece. I-Ie is the son of Iames and Mary QCookaraj Valas and has two brothers and two sisters. Entering Yale from the Hartford Public High School, Pete was a scholar of the first rank and was awarded a New York Yale Club charm in Freshman year and as a Sophomore received general one- year honors. He held a Hartford Alumni Association Scholarship for four years and also had the Class of 1888 S. Scholarship in Sopho- more and Iunior years. He has taken the course in chemical engi- neering and is a member of the Student Branch of the American