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

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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

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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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222 CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. Yale Club charm. In Iunior year he received general two-year honors, and he held a Francis Bacon Scholarship that year and again as a Senior. Bill was on the Freshman Water Polo Squad and has been active in Dwight Hall work, serving on the Boys' Club Committee in Sophomore year and on the Yale Hope Mission Committee for two years. He roomed alone in Freshman year and with Nelbach for the remainder of his course, G. Angell, ,35, living with them in Sophomore year. He expects to go into social service work or teaching, but may do graduate work in economics first. His home address is 5 Hamilton Road, Scarsdale, N. Y. ARTHUR PAGE WARNER, 'KArt,,' was born on Iune 25, 1912, in New Haven, the son of Earle Botsford and Marion Elizabeth QPagej Warner. Art has one sis- 1 ter. His preparatory education was received at the New Haven High School, and at Yale he took the course in civil engineering, build- ing construction, remaining until the end of Junior year. As a Freshman he was a member of the Football and Hockey squads and the Lacrosse Team and in Sophomore year was on the Uni- versity Lacrosse Team and the University Hockey Squad, he has numerals and a minor NY. Art belongs to the Student Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers and to Scroll and Compass and Beta Chi. He lived at home for the first two years of his course and in Iunior year roomed with C. E. Downe, ,34 E. He is now with Earle B. Warner, Inc., marble, tile, and opaque glass contractors, in New Haven, and is living at 366 Yale Avenue. ROBERT BOUVE WARNER, Bob,,' was born in Milton, Mass., September 23, 1912. his parents being William Skinner Warner, Harvard ,O2, and Edith CBouveQ Warner. Bob has a brother and