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

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220 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. and Swimming teams. He roomed with McQuade in Freshman year, with S. H. Englander, ,34 E., as a Sophomore, and with W. T. VanHuysen, '35, in Senior year, while in Iunior year he lived alone. lim, who plans to become a mining engineer, may take a course in mining at Michigan Tech after graduating from Yale. His per- manent address is Crosby, Minn. ALAN CLEAVER VEDDER, '6Al,,' was born in Wilmington, Del., on Iuly 13, 1912, but his home has been in Worcester, Mass., since 1916. He is one of the two sons of Iohn Warren and Aimee QCleaverQ Vedder. 1 Al, whose preparation for col- lege was received at The Horch- kiss School, has taken the course in applied economic science at Yale. He is a non-resident mem- ber of Branford College and be- longs to York Hall and Chi Phi. In Freshman year he was a mem- ber of the Swimming and Crew squads. That year he roorried with Redfield, in Sophomore year with Redfield, Bryant, Venter, and R. B. Warner, and for the next two years with Bryant and I. M. Fulton. He is planning to go into busi- ness along financial lines upon the completion of his college course. His permanent address is I4 Germain Street, Worcester, Mass. IULIAN DEFOREST VENTER, Def, was born in Tutuila, Sa- moa, August 3o, 1913, but his home is now in New Haven. His father, Iosiah Gillespie Venter, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1912, his mother, whose maiden name was An- toinette DeForest, died in Ianuary, 1924. De has two sisters. He prepared for college at the Rectory School in Pomfret and at the Kent School and held a David C. DeForest Scholarship for the first three years of his course. He has taken the applied economic science course and is a member of Branford College. In Freshman year De was on the second Football Team and the Swimming

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BIOGRAPHIES 219 Institute of Chemical Engineers and of Branford College. As a Senior he served on the Dwight Hall Cabinet. In Freshman year he was on the Soccer and Track squads, the Wrestling Team, and the Class Track Squad, and he was on the University Wrestling Team for the next three years, re- ceiving numerals and a minor Y.,' He was also a member of the University Track Squad as a Sophomore, of the 150-pound Football Squad and the Branford Football Team in Iunior year, and of the Branford Crew as a Senior. He was elected to the News Pictorial in 1932. In Freshman and Senior years he lived alone, he roomed with Russ and Tarlton in Sophomore year and with Russ the next year. Pete is planning to become a chemical engineer. His home ad- dress is 277 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford, Conn. IAMES WILBUR VANEVERA, IR., Jim, was born in Virginia, Minn., on December 24, 1913, his home is now in Crosby, Minn. His father, Iames Wilbur VanEvera, received a B.S. at the Michi- gan College of Mines in 1907, and his mother, whose maiden name was Hazel Laura Payne, is a graduate of Smith. Iim has three brothers and two sisters. He received his preparatory training at the Crosby Ironton High School and has taken the industrial administration course at Yale, where he is a member of Trumbull College. Iim was on the Freshman Track Squad. As a Sophomore he was on the Univer- sity Track Squad and the Class Football Team and in Junior year was on the Trumbull Football

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BIOGRAPHIES 221 Squad, and he was on the Class Swimming Team that year and again as a Sophomore, winning numerals. He played on the Uni- versity 15o-pound Football Team for three years freceiving the in- signia for that sportj and in Iun- ior year was on the Branford Swimming Team. He was a mem- ber of The Colony Club, belongs to The Berzelius Society, and in Senior year served as an oflicer in the Naval Unit. He roomed with Bryant in Freshman year, with Bryant, Redfield, Vedder, and R. B. Warner the next year, alone as a Iunior, and with I. K. Edmonds and P. C. Klein, both ,35, in Senior year. After he graduates De expects to go into business. His home ad- dress is 220 Lawrence Street, New Haven, Conn. WILLIAM SPENCER VICKREY, Bill, was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Iune 21, 1914. He has also lived in New York City, Geneva, Switzerland, Montclair, N. I., and Scarsdale, N. Y. He is the son of Charles Vernon Vickrey fPh.B. Nebraska Wes- leyan 1896, B.A. 1906, M.A. Yale 1908, B.D. Drew Theological Seminary 1902, and Ada Eliza QSpencerj Vickrey, who has a B.A. from Victoria College of Toronto University. He has one brother. Bill, who prepared for college at the Montclair and Scarsdale High schools and at Andover, is a member of Berkeley College and has majored in mathematics. As a Freshman he had a first rank stand, divided the first and second Benjamin F. Barge Mathematical prizes, and received a New York