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Hartford 6, Connecticut July, 1947 VOLUME XLIV NEW SERIES NUMBER 3 Issued Quarterly by the College. Entered January 12, 1904, at Hartford, Conn., as second class matter under the Act of Cong ress of July 16, 1894. Accepted for mailing at special rate ·of postage provided for in Section 1130, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized March 3, 1919. The Bulletin includes in its issues: the College Catalogue; Re­ ports of the President, Treasurer, and Librarian; Announce­ ments, Necrology, and Circulars of Information.

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TRINITY MEN Whose deaths were reported during the year 1946-1947

Hartford, Connecticut July, 1947

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PREFATORY NOTE This Obituary Record is the twenty-seventh issued, the plan of devoting the July issue of the Bulletin to this use having been adopted in 1918. The data here presented have been collected through the persistent efforts of the Alumni Office. Readers who find it in their power to correct errors or to contribute further information will confer a great favor if they will at once communicate with the Alumni Office. Material corrections and additions will be incorporated in the next issue of the Necrology. Attention is particularly called to those alumni for whose biographies we have only meagre data. It is hoped that relatives and friends may be able to supply additional information, so that ·an adequate record may be preserved. JOHN A. MASON, '34.

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OBITUARY RECORD

Richard Howell Carpenter Class of 1881 Richard Howell Carpenter, son of Dr. James S. Carpenter, Potts­ ville, Pennsylvania, died on December 29, 1946, at his home in Westport, New York. He was born in Pottsville on March 2, 1858, and spent one year and a half at college with the class of 1881, but had to withdraw because of ill health. His fraternity affiliation was I.K.A. Mr. Carpenter was associated with the New York Life Insurance Company, in Philadelphia, but was forced to leave the city on account of threatened tuberculosis. He settled in Westport, New York, where he was associated with a Dairy Products Company, but retired from active business many years ago. He was unmarried, and made his home with his cousins in Westport.

Silas Henry Parks Class of 1882 Silas Henry Parks, the son of Dr. Silas Henry and Sarah Sprague Parks, was born on November 10, 1861, at Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He prepared for Trinity at Great Barrington High School and entered college in 1878 with the class of 1882. He was a member of the I.K.A. Fraternity. Leaving college in his junior year, he entered the Albany Medical School, and was graduated in 1883. He practiced medicine in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, until 1890, when he moved to Reading, Massachusetts. There he continued his practice as physician and surgeon until his retirement. In World War I he served as a First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps. 6 TRINITY COLLEGE

On February 15, 1892, he married Miss Mabel F. Brown of Reading, and they had three children, Edith, Catherine, and Silas Henry, Jr. Mr. Parks died November 7, 1943, at Pitts.field, Mass. His brother-in-law, Charles E. Hotc;hkiss, was a Trinity classmate.

Frank Dutton Woodruff Class of 1883 Frank Dutton Woodruff, son of Samuel Woodruff and Lucy E. Dutton, was born July 24, 1862, at Hartford, Connecticut. He prepared for college at Hartford Public High School and entered Trinity in 1879 with the class of 1883 and stayed in college for three years. His fraternity affiliation was the Phi Kappa Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi. Mr. Woodruff was a salesman of elementary and secondary school books published by Maynard, Merrill and Company, and later by its successor, Charles E. Merrill Company. He traveled extensively throughout the country in this work. He retired twenty-seven years ago and lived in Gramercy Park, New York City. For many years he was a member of the Players Club in Gramercy Park, the Knollwood Country Club at Sleepy Hollow, New York, and the Society of Colonial Wars. He was said to have been the las.t surviving member of a band of youths who climbed ladders up a 272 foot granite tower of the Brooklyn Bridge when it was being constructed in 1882. They walked across a temporary catwalk to the Brooklyn side and back. Mr. Woodruff used to tell his friends the feat was accomplished at noon when the workmen were at lunch. Mr. Woodruff died on June 6, 1947, in New York City. There are no immediate survivors.

William Agur Beardsley Class of 1887 William Agur Beardsley was born in Monroe, Connecticut, May 5, 1865, the son of Agur and Elizabeth Ann Lewis Beardsley. OBITUARY RECORD 7

He prepared for college at the Episcopal Academy, Cheshire, Connecticut, and entered Trinity in 1883. He became a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Active in student affairs he played on the baseball team, was an editor of The Tablet and Salutatorian of his class. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with the class of 1887, and delivered the Class Day oration. Three years later he was graduated from the Berkeley Divinity School, receiving the same year an M.A. from Trinity, and later in 1922, an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree. In 1890 he was appointed assistant to his uncle, the late Rev. Dr. E. Edwards Beardsley at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in New Haven, and he succeeded him as rector two years later, when his uncle died. He remained in this position, until he retired in 1934 as rector emeritus. On December 28, 1946, he died unexpectedly of a heart attack in New Haven, ~onnecticut. During his long career Dr. Beardsley held many posts in the Church. In 1910 he was appointed examining Chaplain for the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut and seven years later he became secretary of the board of examiners. He went to the General Con­ vention of the Episcopal Church held in St. Louis in 1916 as a deputy. For more than 25 years he served as secretary-treasurer of the New Haven Archdeaconry, and was also a trustee of the Berkeley Divinity School and the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut. He held membership in the Connecticut Society of Colonial Wars, the American Historical Association, the New Haven Colony Historical Society, of which he was president from 1913-22, and the Church Historical Society. Dr. Beardsley was the author of "An Old New Haven Engraver and His Works-Amos Doolittle," 1914, and a monograph on Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster, 1942. He compiled "Notes on Some of the Warwicks of Virginia," 1937, and "History of St. Thomas' Church, New Haven," 1940. His marriage to the late Alletta Hollister Warwick of Richmond, Virginia, took place on June 23, 1897, in New Haven, and they had one son, Warwick. He is survived by his son who is an attorney in Miami, Florida, and a brother, Edward G. Beardsley of Stepney, Connecticut. 8 TRINITY COLLEGE Charles William Bowman Class of 1887 Charles William Bowman, son of Nelson Blair Bowman and Elizabeth Lorraine Dunn, was born September 19, 1867, at Browns­ ville, Pennsylvania. He prepared for college at Trinity Hall, Wash­ ington, Pennsylvania, and entered Trinity in 1883 with the class of 1887. He was a member of the I.K.A. Fraternity. Mr. Bowman graduated from Trinity with a B.A. degree and received his M.A. in 1890. He also did graduate work at Columbia University in architecture, and entered the architect's firm of D. Knox Miller, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1890 to 1893. Returning to Brownsville Mr. Bowman became Magistrate and acting Mayor. He was president of the Brownsville Light, Heat and Power Company and a member of the Board of Managers of the Monongahela Bridge Company. On June 30, 1897, he married Miss Lelia Calvin Jacobs of Brownsville and they had two children: Nelson and Charles. Mr. Bowman died October 4, 1945, at Brownsville.

John Thomas Carpenter Class of 1888 John Thomas Carpenter was born on October 29, 1866, at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the son of John Thomas and Eliza Adelaide Hill Carpenter. He was a direct descendant of Samuel Carpenter, the first Treasurer of the Province of Pennsylvania. His father served throughout the Civil War and became Medical Director of Ohio. After preparing for Trinity at Pottsville High School, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, he entered Trinity in 1884 with the class of 1888. He was a member of the football, baseball and track teams, and his fraternity affilitaion was I.K.A. He left Trinity after one year and went to the University of Pennsylvania Medical School from which he graduated in 1889. He served as acting professor of Ophthalmology at the University during World War I, and previously was professor of Ophthalmology at Polyclinic Hospital, now a part of the University's Graduate OBITUARY RECORD 9

School of Medicine. He also lectured on eye diseases at the Wills and the Bryn Mawr Hospitals. He married Miss Mary Burd Fuller of Philadelphia on October 29, 1890. There were three children: Elizabeth Wilmer, Eleanor Stratton, and John Thomas, Jr. He died on September 16, 1946, at Radnor, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Philadelphia.

George Albert French Class of 1889 George Albert French was born on July 5, 1868, the son of Charles Ormsby French and Mary Hubbard Hicks. He prepared for college at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, and entered Trinity in 1886 as a Sophomore with the class of 1889. In College, he played on the football team and was captain of the gymnasium team. His fraternity affiliation was the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon. He graduated with a B.A. degree in 1889 with honors in Modern Languages. Mr. French was the Class Day Chairman. Before returning to Trinity to receive his M.A. degree in 1892, Mr. French studied law at Columbia and the New York Law School. He practised law in New York City for four years before leaving for Riverside County, California, where he operated a ranch. In 1902 he opened his law office in Riverside with a partner, James Mills. He continued private practice in Riverside for twenty-seven years. Mr. French was appointed to the District Attorney's staff in 1929 and served for seventeen years as deputy or assistant deputy. He also acted as police judge and city attorney of Riverside. On July 25, 1899, Mr. French married Miss Alice Belle Lindenberger of Winchester, California, and they had four chil­ dren: Dorothy Edna; Mary Hicks; Charles Oliver; and David George. Mr. French retired on January 5, 194 7, from the deputy's office and died five days later in Tucson, Arizona, where he had gone to visit his daughter, Dorothy. He had several relatives who went to 10 TRINITY COLLEGE •

Trinity: William C. Hicks, 1848, uncle; the Rev. George C. Hicks, 1891, cousin; and the Rev. Cleveland Hicks, 1922, cousin.

William Porter Niles Class of 1893 The Rev. William Porter Niles, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Nashua, New Hampshire, for thirty-six years, died at Nashua on September 19, 1946. The son of the late Bishop William Woodruff Niles, Trinity, 1857, and Bertha Olmsted Niles, he was born November 29, 1869, at Warehouse Point, Connecticut. Preparing for college at Holderness and St. Paul's Schools, he entered Trinity in September 1889 with the class of 1893. He was manager and a member of his freshman football team, member of the track team, and treasurer of the Athletic Association. He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon Fraternity, and of the Senior Honorary Society, Medusa. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1893 with a B.A. degree, and received his M.A. degree in 1896 after having taught at the Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire, for three years. He graduated from the General Theological Seminary in 1898, and studied at Oxford University for one year. His father ordained him deacon in 1899, and the next year to the priesthood. From 1899 to 1902 he was in charge of St. James Church, Laconia, New Hampshire. He came to the Church of the Good Shepherd, Nashua, in 1902 and served as rector there until his resignation in June 1938. For eleven consecutive times he was deputy to the Trien­ nial General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Life trustee of both St. Mary's-in-the-Mountains at Littleton and Holder­ ness School, he had also served as Examining Chaplain in the diocese and as pres.ident of the standing committee. The Rev. Mr. Niles was a trustee of the Nashua Public library, a 33rd degree Mason, and the oldest member of the Nashua Rotary Club. He was Chaplain of the Nashua Lodge, BPOE. On April 30, 1903, at Laconia, he married Miss Serena Gertrude Sanders. She and three children, Serena, William, and George, sur­ vive. OBITUARY RECORD 11 Francis Porter Johnson Class of 1894 Word has been received at the college of the death of Francis Porter Johns.on who was a non-graduate of the class of 1894. His fraternity affiliation was the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon. It is hoped that more information about his life may be sent to the college for the next issue of the Necrology.

Dana Wightman Bartholomew Class of 1897 Dana Wightman Bartholomew, son of Dana Bartholomew and Lanette Wightman was born August 1, 1885, at Ansonia, Connecti­ cut. Preparing for college at the Cheshire Military School, Cheshire, Connecticut, he entere'd Trinity in 1893 with the class of 1897. He was a member of the Alpha Chi Chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Mr. Bartholomew left college at the end of his sophomore year. He played on the football team, and won the college tennis tournament in 1894. At an early age he showed inter­ est in music, having been school organist at Cheshire and leader of the Trinity College choir. Mr. Bartholomew entered the real estate business in Hartford for eight years before moving to Flint, Michigan, where he was active in the Buick Motor Company and local real estate. Mr. Bartholomew died December 27, 1946, in Flint, Mich­ igan, and is survived by his widow, the former Edna Piper of Lopier, Michigan; a son, Arthur; and .a daughter, Mrs. Lanette Singer.

Herman Tull Class of 1897 Herman Tull, the son of Frank and Almira Eastman Tull, was born on December 16, 1875, at Ceres Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania. He prepared for college at Smethport High School, Smethport, Pennsylvania, and entered Trinity in September 1893, with the class of 1897. •

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At Trinity he was a member of the Tan Alpha Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He left college in 1894 and transferred to St. Bonaventure College. He was a Deputy Sheriff, Deputy Recorder and Title Examiner at Smethport, Pennsylvania for over twenty-five years. . Mr. Tull died at Kane, Pennsylvania, on September 22, 1946. He was never married.

Henry Landon Rice Class of 1899 Henry Landon Rice was born in Troy, ew York, on Septem­ ber 3, 1870, the son of William Harrison and Elisabeth Coonradt Rice. He prepared for college at Lansingborg Academy, Troy, and entered Williams in 1895 and was in residence there for one year before coming to Trinity. He graduated B.A. in June 1899. His fraternity affiliation was the Phi Psi Chapter of Alpha Chi Rho. Mr. Rice attended Teachers Albany Normal College in 1900, and graduated from the General Theological Seminary in June 1903. He served in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; St. Peter's Church, Hobart, ew York; and at St. Luke's, Baltimore, Maryland, before becoming rector of St. Edward's Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1906. In 1909 he was called to St. Paul's Church, Newark, New Jersey, and in 1911 he became rector of St. Albans Church, Newark. He retired in 1919 and did supply work at various Churches. The Rev. Mr. Rice died in Albany, New York, on June 1, 1945.

Francis Lister Hawks Pott Class of 1900, Honorary Francis Lister Hawks Pott was born on February 22, 1864, the son of James and Josephine Hawks Pott. His father, a publisher, was for forty years the treasurer of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of New York. His maternal grandfather, for whom he was named, was the first rector of Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church, first president of the University of Louisiana, now Tulane University, and was commissioned by President Franklin Pierce to write the OBITUARY RECORD 13

official account of the opening of Japan in 1853 and 1854 by Commo­ dore Matthew C. Perry. Dr. Pott attended Trinity School and was graduated from Columbia University in 1883, and from the General Theological Seminary in 1886. In that year he went to Shanghai, China, where he founded a mission school. Two years later he married Miss Susan N. Wong who was the daughter of the first Chinese priest ordained by the Protestant Episcopal Church in China. They had four children: James Hawks; William Sumner Appleton; Walter Graham Hawks; and Olivia Hawks. His wife died in 1918, and a year later he married Mrs. Emily Cooper, widow of another missionary. Dr. Pott's mission school rapidly developed and was chartered at St. John's University in 1903. He remained president until 1940, and then retired as president emeritus. The Chinese Republic twice decorated him with the Order of Chiao Ho, third class and second class, for his service to China. He wrote many studies on Chinese history and translated several works into Chinese, including a life of Christ, a science primer, a life of Alexander Hamilton and a geography. He was president of the China Christian Educational Association and the Association of Colleges and Universities. He held the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinty from Trinity, and also from the University of Edinburgh and Columbia University. The war kept Dr. Pott from his beloved China from 1940 until last year when he returned to Shanghai with his wife to St. John's University. He died ther~ March 7, 1947. A memorial service was held on March 25th at Calvary Church, New York, at which Presiding Bishop Henry K. Sherrill, Hon. 1936, and Bishop S. Harrington Littell, Trinity 1895, took part. t

Samuel Walden Cooke Class of 1901 Word has been received at the college of the death of Samuel Walden Cooke. He was born in Utica, New York, on November 18, 1880, the son of Lionel de Walden Cooke and Fannie Graves. 16 TRINITY COLLEGE

Hill Burgwin Class of 1906 Hill Burgwin, the son of George Collinson Burgwin, Trinity 1872, and Mary Blair, was born on July 25, 1885, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He prepared for college at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, and entered Trinity in 1902 with the class of 1906. His fraternity affiliation was the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon. Mr. Burgwin graduated in 1906 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and studied law at the University of Pittsburgh from which he graduated with the LL.B. degree in 1909. He entered the law firm founded by his grandfather, Hill Burgwin, and carried on by his father, the late George C. Burgwin. The firm name was later changed to Burgwin, Scully, and Churchill. Mr. Burgwin for many years was senior partner. He had devoted interest in Episcopal Church activities and like his grandfather and father served as Chancellor for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. His knowledge of Diocesan detail was tremendous and in the twenty years he held the office many relied on his wise advice and counsel. In addition to his work as Chancellor, Mr. Burgwin was Senior Warden of the Church of The Good Shepherd, Pittsburgh, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Episcopal Church Home, Pittsburgh. From 1928 to 1943 he acted as Deputy to the General Convention. He was a member of the Standing Committee, and of the Board of Trustees. of the Cathedral Chapter. Mr. Burgwin was always interested in Trinity College affairs. At the time of his death in Pittsburgh on December 1, 1946, he was chairman of the Pittsburgh Alumni for the 125th Anniversary Development Program. For years he was President of the Pittsburgh Alumni Association, served on the Board of Fellows, and was class agent. Besides his father Mr. Burgwin had many other relatives who went to Trinity: John H.K. Burgwin, 1877, uncle; Augustus P. Burgwin, 1882, uncle; George C. Burgwin, Jr., 1914, brother; Hasell H. Burgwin, 1911, cousin; Howard J. Burgwin, 1913, cousin; Pierce B. C. Burgwin, 1941, cousin; and James 0. Denny, 1943, nephew. OBITUARY RECORD 17 John Franklin Powell Class of 1906 Word has been received at the college that John Franklin Powell died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 5, 1932. The Rev. D. Wilmot Gateson, Trinity 1906, conducted the funeral, and Mr. Powell was buried at Perkasie, Pennsylvania. Mr. Powell graduated from Trinity in 1906 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He was captain of the basketball team his junior year and played on the baseball team. It is hoped that more information about his life may be sent to the college for the next issue of the Necrology.

Oliver Warren Badgley Class of 1907 Word has been received at the college of the death of Oliver Warren Badgley of the class of 1907 on September 5, 1937. Mr. Badgley attended Trinity three years and played on the baseball team. It is hoped that more information about his life may be sent to the college for the next issue of the Necrology.

Peter John Maclnnis Class of 1907 Peter John Macinnis was born February 15, 1872, at Ingonish, Nova Scotia, the son of Norman and Isabella MacAuley Mac­ innis. He received his early education in Sydney, Nova Scotia schools, and attended Dalhousie University and the University of Maine before coming to Trinity in 1907. He was then called to the pastorate of the First Congregational Church, Westmoreland, New Hampshire. After further study in the Bangor Theological Seminary, he received the degree of Bachelor of Sacred Theology from, the Crane Theological School of Tufts College. He was ordained to the Universalist Ministry, July 12, 1915. 18 TRINITY COLLEGE

The Rev. Mr. Macinnis served parishes in Felchville, Vermont; Concord, Vermont; Adams, Massachusetts; Gardner, Massachu­ setts; Norwell, Massachusetts; and North Orange, Massachusetts. He was rector of the U niversalist Church there from 1930 to 1945. He died in Athol, Massachusetts, October 12, 1946, and leaves his wife, one brother, John, and two sisters, Mrs. McQuerrie and Mrs. Hugo Smith.

Herbert Marshall Geer Class of 1908 Herbert Marshall Geer, son of Herbert Marshall and Ella Simonds Geer, was born March 25, 1887, in New York City. He prepared for college at the Enfield High School, Thompsonville, Connecticut, and entered Trinity in 1904 with the class of 1908. His fraternity affiliation was the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon. Mr. Geer was employed in the Travelers Insurance Company Hartford, Connecticut, but for some years was in ill health. He died on April 2, 1942, and is survived by his mother and a brother, Whiting.

Herman Thomas Morgan Class of 1908 Herman Thomas Morgan was born December 23, 1885, the son of Thomas William and Marie Louise Gerwich Morgan. He prepared for college at the Cheshire Academy, Cheshire, Connecti­ cut, and entered Trinity in 1904 with the class of 1908. At college he was a member of the football team, and his fraternity affiliation was the Phi Kappa Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi. He left college in 1906 and prospected in Nevada and California before joining the Standard Oil Company in 1908. After service in India he left the company in 1916 to join Troop B, Military Cavalry, Connecticut National Guard and went to the Mexican border with the Pershing expedition. In World War I, he became captain of Company B of the 301st Machine Gun Battalion, and after the war served with the American Relief Administration in the Balkans. For his work there he received two decorations from the Rumanian Government, the Knight of the Star of Rumania, and the Queen's Cross. OBITUARY RECORD 19

Captain Morgan married Miss Inez Cooper Waller of Richmond, Virginia, on November 27, 1919, in New York City. For many years Captain Morgan was active in the importing and exporting business, and in this work he travelled extensively throughout Europe. He was also interested in mining geology. Captain Morgan died August 9, 1946, at the St. Albans Naval Hospital, Queens, New York, and was buried in the Arlington Ceme­ tery, Washington, D.C., with a full military funeral.

William James Ryland Class of 1908 William James Ryland, the son of William and Sarah Jane McGenniss Ryland, was born June 14, 1880, at Amsterdam, New York. He prepared for college at the Amsterdam High School, Amsterdam, New York, and entered Trinity in 1904 with the class of 1908. He was class historian in 1908, and graduated that year with a B.A. degree and honors in history. He received his M.A. from Yale the next year, and then returned for his Ph.D. degree which he was awarded in 1930. Dr. Ryland taught history and political science at West Vir­ ginia Wesleyan, Buckhannon, West Virginia, from 1909 to 1917. After a year's s.tudy at Yale he became assistant professor at Middle­ bury College, Middlebury, Vermont, until 1920, and then went to Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota, as professor in charge of the political science department. In 1930 Dr. Ryland accepted the position of Professor of the Social Sciences at Beaver College, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. He founded this department and was head of it at the time of his death on November 16, 1946, in Jenkintown. The student body held him in high regard, and have started a scholarship fund in his mem­ ory. Dr. Ryland was the author of The Constitution Lives on, Alexan­ der Ramsay-A Study of a Frontier Politician, and had just com­ pleted Political Parties in the United States, which his widow hopes to publish. On June 29, 1911, at Albany, New York, Dr. Ryland married Miss Clara Maggoner Carr. There were two children, Margaret Eleanor and William James, Jr., who died on February 24, 1931. 20 TRINITY COLLEGE

William Howard Bailey Class of 1909 The College has received word of the death of William Howard Bailey on November 17, 1942, at Putnam, Connecticut. He was the son of the Rev. C. R. Bailey of Manchester, New Hampshire. Mr. Bailey graduated from Trinity in 1909 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. It is hoped that more information about his life may be .sent to the college for the next issue of the Necrology.

Michael Augustine Connor Class of 1909 Michael Augustine Connor was born on November 16, 1887, the son of Michael Connor and Margaret Martin. He prepared for college at the Hartford Public High School and entered Trinity in 1905 with the class of 1909. In college Mr. Connor was a member of the baseball team for four years and captain his senior year. He was a member of the basketball team for three years, and class statistician. His fraternity affiliation was the Phi Psi Chapter of Alpha Chi Rho. He gradu­ ated in 1909 with the Bachelor of Science degree. Mr. Connor joined the Berlin Construction Company and after World War I became associated with Mr. S. C. Poriss in the firm of Poriss and Connor. In 1925 he organized his own con­ struction firm, the M. A. Connor Company and among the many buildings he built were the Henry Barnard School in Hartford, the State Armory in Middletown and several public schools in New Britain. This past winter his firm constructed the Hallden Engineering Laboratory on the Trinity campus. Mr. Connor was active in military affairs having enlisted in the Connecticut National Guard in 1909. He served in the Mexican Border Campaign as a lieutenant, and was promoted to captain and went overseas in 1917 with the 102nd Infantry, Yankee Division. He stayed in Europe with the army of occupation and was promoted to Major and transferred to the 32nd Division. He returned to the 102nd shortly before its recall to the United States and led this regiment as first battalion commander at the victory parade in Hartford in April, 1919. OBITUARY RECORD 21

Governor Lake appointed him Assistant Adjutant-General in the state military service and he was made Colonel. In 1930, Governor Cross appointed Colonel Connor to his staff as Quartermaster-Gen­ eral. Colonel Connor was also active in state political circles. In 1928 he won the nomination for State Senator from the First Dis­ trict and defeated his Republican opponent, Edward N. Allen, in the election. He was reelected in 1930. Governor Cross appointed Colonel Connor in 1933 as State Motor Vehicles Commissioner and he held the office for eight years. He did much to improve the administration of the department, and worked actively for ~ reduction in motor vehicle registration fees. In 1943 Colonel Connor was appointed to the Hartford Police Board, and immediately was elected president. After being reelected president for two more years he requested a: transfer to the Welfare Board in 1946 which was granted. Colonel Connor had served in many civic capacities, and' had been a director of the Newington Home for Crippled Children and State Chairman of the United Service to China. He was a former president of the Eastern Conference of Motor Vehicle Administrators; the Hartford Rotary Club; local cqapter of the Associated General Contractors; and the Trinity College Hartford Alumni Associatio,n. Colonel Connor died on April 25, 1947, in Hartford, and his funeral was thronged with mourners from all over the state. He is sur­ vived by his widow, the former Catherine Elizabeth Conway of Hartford, whom he married on February 11, 1914, and three children: Jane Conway; Clare Elizabeth; and Michael Augustine, 3rd.

Milton Luther Davis Class of 1909 I Milton Luther Davis was born on February 9, 1887, at Glaston- bury, Connecticut, the son of Luther Pomeroy Davis and Carrie Sellem. Preparing for college at Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, he entered Trinity in 1905 with the class of 1909 and remained in college one year before transferring to Iowa Christian College. 22 TRINITY COLLEGE

Before the First World War Mr. Davis was in the brokerage business in Hartford, and after that he moved to Suffield, Connecti­ cut, and practised law in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1930 he published "The Other Side of Divorce". Mr. Davis married Miss Harriet Sarah Stebbins of Colchester, Connecticut, on May 20, 1908, and they had one daughter, Lovisa Mae. Mr. Davis died on February 23, 1947.

Harold Bracken Dye Class of 1909 Harold Bracken Dye was born in New York City on July 4, 1885, the son of George Crooks Dye and Martha Perrin. He was in college for one year. His fraternity affiliation was the Tau Alpha Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. Mr. Dye died on March 29, 1943, in Tampa, Florida. It is hoped that more information about his life will be received at the college for the next issue of the Necrology.

Alfred Joseph Stafford Class of 1909 Alfred Joseph Stafford, son of Alfred Joseph and Katherine Burton Stafford, was born in Rockville, Connecticut, on August 30, 1885. He prepared for college at the Hartford Public High School and entered Trinity in 1905 with the class of 1909. He graduated A.B. in June 1909, and served an apprenticeship with the late Dr. Humphreys, a Hartford dentist. He did further dental study in New York City before opening his own office in Hartford. Forced to discontinue his practice because of illness he moved to Norwich, Connecticut, and there served on the Norwich School dental board. Dr. Stafford married Miss Genevieve Glinski of Hartford, Connecticut, in June 1921, and they had three children, Albert Joseph, Jr., Trinity 1943, Robert Francis, and Betty Jane. Dr. Stafford died at the Cedarcrest Sanitarium, Newington, Connecticut, on September 23, 1946. /

OBITUARY RECORD 23 Herbert LeRoy Richards Class of 1910 Herbert LeRoy Richards, son of Dr. Herbert Gridley and Sarah Elizabeth Randall Richards, was born on February 7, 1889, at Dar.bury, Connecticut. He entered Trinity in 1906 with the class of 1910 but did not graduate. Before World War I, he studied dentistry at the University of Maryland, and enlisted in the U. S. Navy Dental Corps. When this branch of service was closed, he was connected with the Asso­ ciated Press and International News, and later the New York Times on war news assignments, and was honorably discharged in 1919. Moving to Hartford, he did research work at the State Capitol, State Office Building, and State. Library. He wrote editorials and articles for the New York TimesJ Hartford Courant and other papers. Mr. Richards died on February 28, 1943, in Hartford, Con­ necticut, and is survived by his wife, the former Nell Edmond of Westerly, Rhode Island, whom he married on July 17, 1917, at Westerly, Connecticut.

Ward Slawson Class of 1910 Word has been received at the college of the death of Ward Slawson of the class of 1910 on August 6, 1941. At Trinity he was a member of the second football team and of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He was in college for three years. It is hoped that more information about his life will be sent to the college for the next issue of the Necrology.

Sherman Cawley . Class of 1911 Sherman Cawley was born in Detroit, Michigan, on June 7, 1888. He was a student at Trinity for one year and then transferred to Harvard University, graduating cum laude in 1911. For three years he did newspaper and Settlement House work before becoming a teacher. From 1914 to 1915 he was an instructor •

24 TRINITY COLLEGE of English at the Thacher School, Ojai, California, and the follow­ ing two years at the Country Day School, Louisville, Kentucky. Thereafter he headed the English department at St. Paul Academy, St. Paul, Minnesota, until 1922. In 1922 he joined the Taft School faculty in Watertown, Connecticut, and until his death on September 29, 1946, was a member of the English department and chairman of the Middle Class Faculty Committee. Mr. Cawley is survived by his wife and two sons, Sherman B. and Franklin.

Bartlett Brooke Bonnell Class of 1912 Bartlett Brooke Bonnell was born November 21, 1877, the son of A. Digby Bonnell, at Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. He entered Trinity in 1908 with the class of 1912, and stayed in college one year. His fraternity affiliation was the Epsilon Chapter of Delta Psi. After leaving Trinity Mr. Bonnell studied law at St. Lawrence University, and later was connected with Horn flower and Weeks, brokers, in New York City. He joined the French Foreign Legion in 1914 and lost his right leg in action. For some months he was reported missing. Mr. Bonnell continued in the brokerage business, but recently had retired due to ill health. He died May 7, 1947, at Little Silver, New Jersey, and is survived by his wife; a daughter, Sybel Bonnell of La Jolla, California; and by a sister, Dr. Muriel Randall of Jacksonville, Fla.

William Corcoran Welling Faculty William Corcoran Welling, the son of James Clarke and Clemen­ tine Louisa Dixon Welling, was born in Washington, D. C., on December 27, 1886. His. father was the president of George Wash­ ington University. After attending the Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut, Mr. Welling entered Yale in 1905 and graduated with a B.A. degree in 1909. OBITUARY RECORD 25

During World War I, he served in the artillery as a non-com­ missioned master gunner. He taught mathematics at Trinity from 1913 to 1918. From 1922 until his death, August 18, 1946, at West Hartford, Connecticut, Mr. Welling was director of the State Health Depart­ ment's Bureau of Vital Statistics. He was president of the Ameri­ can Association of State Registration Executives in 1935, and a fellow of the American Public Health Association. On September 6, 1922, he married Miss Muriel Mae Wingo, and they had two sons, William and Richard.

Edward Pinkney Wroth Class of 1914 Edward Pinkney Wroth, the son of Edward Worrell and Marga­ ret Gilpin Price Wroth, was born on January 11, 1889, at Darling­ ton, Maryland. He prepared for college at the Boys Latin School, Baltimore, Maryland, and entered Trinity in September 1910, with the class of 1914. He played on · the class football, baseball, and basketball teams, and was Class Day Historian. His fraternity affiliation was the Phi Kappa Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi. In June 1915, he received his B.A. degree with the class of 1915. He graduated from the Virginia Theological Seminary in 1917, and was ordained Deacon by Bishop John G. Murray at Baltimore, Maryland, and the next year Priest by Bishop Murray. From 1918 to 1943 the Rev. Mr. Wroth served as rector in six parishes: Holy Trinity Church, Baltimore, Maryland, 1918.J 9; Church of the Ascension, Washington, D.C., 1919-20; St. Peter's Church, Poolesville, Maryland, 1920-22; St. Philip's Church, Laurel, Maryland, 1922-25; Christ Church, Georgetown, D. C., 1925-30; and Trinity Memorial Church, Warren, Pennsylvania, 1930-43. At the Diocesan Convention at Oil City, Pennsylvania, the Rev. Mr. Wroth was elected Bishop of Erie, and was consecrated by the Right Reverend Henry St. George Tucker, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, on September 16, 1943, at the Cathedral of St. Paul, Erie, Pennsylvania. In Erie, Bishop Wroth was active in the life of the community through membership in the Newcomen Society, the Erie Social Hygiene Association, the Erie County Health and Tuberculosis Association, the Child Guidance Board, the Erie 26 TRINITY COLLEGE

Community Chest, the Ministerial Association and the Mental Hygiene Association of Western Pennsylvania. The Rev. Mr. Wroth married Miss Marjorie Virginia Hamill on May 24, 1920, at Washington, D. C. They had three children: Edward Pinkney, Jr., Ralph Lane, and Mary Elizabeth. Bishop Wroth died June 22, 1946, at Erie, Pa.

Ellery Alexander Wilcox Class of 1917 Ellery Alexander Wilcox was born in Cornwall, Connecticut, on January 10, 1894, the son of Whiting Jerome and Mary Eliza­ beth Wilson Wilcox. Preparing for college at Williston Seminary he came to Trinity in 1913 and stayed until February 1915. 'He was a member of the IKA Fraternity. Before serving in the army, Mr. Wilcox held positions in the American Brass. Company and the Packard Motor Company. On October 21, 1921, he married the former Charlotte Virginia Rey of Baltimore, Maryland, and they had one child, Whiting Jerome. · Of recent years Mr. Wilcox had been an automobile dealer in Waterbury, Connecticut, and he died in that city on June 29, 1945.

George Vincent Brickley Class of 1919 Word has been received at the college of the death of George Vincent Brickley on February 23, 1947. Mr. Brickley entered col­ lege in 1915 with the class of 1919, and played on the football team. He lived in Everett, Massachusetts, and in 1937 was elected an alderman by the largest vote ever accorded a candidate in the city. For the past six years he had worked at the Boston Navy Yard. He leaves his wife; three sons, George, John, and Arthur; two daughters, Mrs. Helen McGillicuddy and Eileen. OBITUARY RECORD 27 Charles Otis Scoville Class of 1919, Honorary Charles Otis Scoville, the son of James Bidwell Scoville and Mary Foster, was born on December 1, 1862, at Montpelier, Ver­ mont. He prepared for college at Montpelier High School and graduated from Yale in 1887 with the Bachelor of Arts degree and from the Berkeley Divinity School in 1889. His first parish was St. James Church, Westville, Connecticut, and in 1892 he became curate of Trinity Church, New Haven until 1908 when he was appointed rector. He was a strong, virile preacher and an efficient administrator of his large parish. In 1919 Trinity awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. The Rev. Mr. Scoville continued his ministry at Trinity Church until his retirement in 1936. On June 1, 1892, he married Miss Lena May Isbell of New ' Haven, and they had one daughter, Helen May. The Rev. Dr. Scoville died on June 4, 194 7, in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Richard Palmer Pressey Class of 1920 Richard Palmer Pressey, the son of the Rev. Ernest Albert Pressey, Trinity 1892, and Anne Maude Clare, was born August 14, 1898, at Marion, Indiana. He prepared for college at the Portland High School, Portland, Maine, and entered Trinity in 1916 with the class of 1920. In college he was on the track team, president of the Musical Clubs, and a member of the Sophomore Hop Committee and the Jesters. His fraternity affiliation was. the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon. He left Trinity in 1918 to enter the U. S. Army. After four months. at Camps Lee and Plattsburg he joined the Travelers Insur­ ance Company and was sent to the Manchester, New Hampshire, office. . In 1921 he entered the General Theological Seminary. After his graduation in 1924 he served two years as curate at St. Paul's Church, Brooklyn, and then went as rector to Trinity Church in 28 TRINITY COLLEGE

Cliffside Park, New Jersey. He remained there as rector until his death, November 5, 1946. Shortly after his taking over the duties of Trinity Church, a fire destroyed the church building, and only the walls were left standing. Assisted by his willing congregation, the Rev. Mr. Pressey rebuilt a more magnificent edifice which became known as "The Cathedral of the Palisades." Financial difficulties then plagued the parishione.rs, and in January 1945 the services were temporarily padlocked when title to the property passed to a bank. The services were resumed shortly when a substantial payment was made, and the congregation has been reducing the debt. Besides his parents, the Rev. Mr. Pressey leaves a brother, Herbert, Trinity 1919, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church at Far Rockaway, N. Y.; an uncle, the Rev. William Pressey, Trinity 1890, and a cousin, William Benfield Pressey, Trinity 1915.

William Arthur Mattice Class of 1922 William Arthur Mattice was born January 23, 1901, the son of William and Sophia Kemper Pennoyer Mattice. After preparing for college at the Wellesley High School, Wellesley, Massachusetts, he entered Trinity in 1918 with the class of 1922. In college he was a member of the track team, and played class baseball. His fraternity affiliation was the Sigma Chapter of Delta Phi. Leaving college in 1918 he was associated with the Edison Stor­ age Battery Works and the Sprague Electrical Works before joining the United States Weather Bureau in 1921. He stayed in the Bureau's employ until his death on October 29, 1946, at Washington, D. C. On January 21, 1922, at Syracuse, New York, he married Miss Margaret Lucille Matott, Oswego, New York. They had one daughter, Helen Cordelia. Mr. Mattice is survived by his. daughter and a sister, Miss Cordelia Mattice.

Arthur Priest Class of 1922, Honorary Arthur Priest, son of Thomas and Esther Potter Priest, was born May 12, 1878, in London, England. He was graduated from OBITUARY RECORD 29

the Royal College of Music in London and attended the Royal College of Organists. From 1902 to 1939 he was organist and choir master at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut. He was considered an expert on liturgical matters of the Episcopal service, and is remem­ bered for his compositions "Ten Pedal Studies" and "Surely God is in this Place." He was a fellow of the American Guild of Organists. In 1922 he received an honorary degree in Music from Trinity College. Mr. Priest died November 22, 1946, in Brattleboro, Vermont. His wife, the former Ethel Annie Smith of Oxford, England, whom he married at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on August 28, 1905, died in November 1942. He leaves two sons, Arthur and Kenneth, and two daughters, Ethel and Mary.

Chauncey Oswald Way Class of 1925 It has been reported, without confirmation, to the college that Chauncey Oswald Way has died. He was enrolled in Trinity one year. It is hoped that more information about his life will be sent to the college for the next issue of the Necrology.

Richard Babcock Talcott Class of 1926 Richard Babcock Talcott, son of William Hart and Edith Bab­ cock Talcott, was born November 15, 1903, at Hartford, Connecti­ cut. His father was former treasurer of the Central Union Insur­ ance Company. Preparing for college at the West Hartford Public High School, Mr. Talcott entered Norwich University and transferred to Trinity in his sophomore year. At Trinity he became a member of the Glee Club, Political Science Club, Tripod, Ivy, and Junior Prom Com­ mittee. He was. business manager of both the Ivy and Tripod. His fraternity affiliation was the Phi Kappa Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi. He joined the New York Telephone Company in 1926 and transferred to the Southern New England Telephone Company in 30 TRINITY COLLEGE

1928 as a salesman in Hartford. In 1935 he was promoted to the position of directory advertising sales supervisor for the Hartford district and two years later he was appointed directory sales manager which position he held until his death on August 27, 1946, at New Haven, Connecticut. Mr. Talcott was secretary-treasurer of the Milford Yacht Club, and a member of the Milford Sea Scout Ship Committee. He is survived by his widow, the former Mis.s Elizabeth Wheeler, whom he married on February 20, 1926, and two daughters, Barbara and Susan.

Robert Ernest Vinson Class of 1926, Honorary Robert Ernest Vinson, son of John Vinson and Mary Eliza­ beth Brice, was born November 4, 1876, at White Oak, Fairfield County, South Carolina. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Austin College, Sherman, Texas, in 1896 and from the Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, in 1899. In 1899 he was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry and was called to the First Church at Charleston, West Virginia, until 1902 as associate pastor. He then went to the Austin, Texas, Presby­ terian Theological Seminary as professor, and in 1908 became presi­ dent, which post he held until 1916. In that year he was. elected president of the University of Texas, and in 1923 he was chosen to be president of Western Reserve University. He retired in 1934, and died in Cleveland on September 2, 1945. Dr. Vinson established the Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland College, and reorganized the ·Western Reserve Graduate School. He was also the guiding spirit in organizing the Cleveland Conference for Educational Cooperation, which led to new understandings and a degree of cooperation never before achieved in Cleveland. • President Vinson received many honorary degrees: D.D., Austin College, 1905; LL.D., Southwestern Presbyterian University, 1910; Baylor University, 1918; Austin College, 1921; Oberlin College, 1923; University of Texas, 1923; Washington University, 1925; Trinity College, 1926; L.H.D., Denison University, 1927. OBITUARY RECORD 31

He married Miss Katherine Elizabeth Kerr of Sherman, Texas, on January 3, 1901, and there were three children: Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Alfred K. Kelly), Helen Rutherford (Mrs. Hiram 0. Studley), and Katherine Kerr Vinson. Dr. Vinson was. a trustee of the Carnegie Foundation from 1920 to 1934, and a trustee of the Hathaway Brown School and the University Hospitals in Cleveland.

William Meloon Page Class of 1929 William Meloon· Page, the son of Harry Eastman and Leonora Meloon Page, was born on October 23, 1905, at East Hartford, Connecticut. He prepared for college at the Albany Academy and entered in September 1925 with the class of 1929. He left Trinity in six months to work for the Regal Shoe Company. In 1928 he moved to Schenectady where he entered the electrical supply con­ cern, A. Wayne Merriman, Inc. At the time of his death January 26, 1947, in Albany, he was vice president of the concern. Mr. Page was a major in the Army Engineer Corps during World War II, a member of the American Leg.ion, Elks, and Masons. His widow, the former Miss Frances Parker, and two daughters, Patricia Ann and Nancy Louise, survive.

James De Wolf Perry Class of 1932, Honorary James De Wolf Perry was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on October 3, 1871, the son of the Rev. James De Wolf Perry and Mrs. Elizabeth Russell Tyson Perry. Commodores Oliver Hazard Perry, the naval hero, and Matthew Calbraith Perry, who opened Japan to modern civilization, were his ancestors. Dr. Perry was graduated from Germantown Academy and from the University of Pennsylvania. He received his M.A. from Harvard in 1892 and three years later was graduated from the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. . He was ordained a deacon in 1895 by the Right Rev. William Lawrence, Bishop of Massachusetts, and a year later was advanced to the priesthood. His first parish was at Christ Church, Springfield, 32 TRINITY COLLEGE

Massachusetts, where he remained as assistant from 1895 to 1897. He then became rector of Christ Church, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, until he left in 1904 to assume the rectorship of St. Paul's Church, New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Perry was consecrated Bishop of Rhode Island on January 6, 1911, and he devoted himself to building up his diocese. The communicant list doubled under his administration. At a special meeting of the House of Bishops held in Chicago on March 26, 1930, he was elected Presiding Bishop of the Episco­ pal Church, and was re-elected in the fall of 1931 for six years. He spent considerable time traveling in the Orient observing conditions in the missionary fields. Bishop Perry was active on the National Council of the Church and served as a chairman of a committee for its reorganization in 1930. He was a zealous advocate of Christian Unity and active in a movement which sought closer relations with the Eastern Orthodox Church. In 1912 Brown University bestowed on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity and in 1931 the honorary degree of Sacred Theology from Columbia University. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Trinity in 1932. He also received honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees from the General Theological Seminary and the University of the South. Bishop Perry was president of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati; president of the board of trustees of St. George's School, Newport, and of St. Andrew's Industrial School, Barrington, Rhode Island. He retired as head of the Rhode Island Diocese on October 16., 1946, and died March 20, 1947, in Summerville, South Carolina. His widow, the former Miss Edith Dean Weir, and two sons, the Rev. James De Wolf Perry, Jr., and Dr. John Weir Perry survive.

John Francis Melack Class of 1933 0 bit pro patria John Francis Melack, the son of Michael and Anna Melack, was born May 20, 1910, in Warona, Ukraine. He prepared for college at the Hartford Public High School and entered Trinity in 1928 OBITUARY RECORD 33

with the class of 1932. He graduated in 1933 with a B.S. degree and then studied chemistry at New York University and at the University of Connecticut. He entered the service September, 1942, and was killed in action near Casablanca, North Africa, on June 7, 1943.

Charles Howard Mortimer Class of 1933 0 bit pro patria Charles Howard Mortimer was born in New York City on November 9, 1911, the son of James Charles and Gertrude Johnson Mortimer. Preparing for college at the Townsend Harris Hall School, New York City, he entered Trinity in September 1931, as a junior. He participated actively in sports, and was a member of the track and swimming teams. He was elected co-captain of the latter in his senior year. After graduating with a B.S. degree in June 1933, he entered the Columbia University Medical School from which he received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1937. Dr. Mortimer interned at St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City, and in 1940 practised in New York City and also at Yonkers, New York. On May 31, 1940, he married Miss Madge LaFramboise . who survives him. In June 1942, Dr. Mortimer enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Forces. He received his training as a flight surgeon at Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas, and at Drew Field, Tampa, Florida. He. was ordered overseas in August 1943, and he sailed for Delhi, India. Shortly after his arrival he was sent to his last station at Kunming, China, with the 425th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb (H) Group. On January 25, 1944, Lt. Mortimer was reported missing on a mission over China, and was declared dead by the War Department January 25, 1945.

Dwight Joseph Boardman Class of 1941 Dwight Joseph Boardman was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on March 4, 1919, the son of Dr. Albertus Kellogg and Anna Rose 34 TRINITY COLLEGE

D'Elia Boardman. He prepared for college at the Woodward and Fair Haven Junior High School, and entered Wesleyan University in the fall of 1937 and remained one year. He came to Trinity as a special student in January 1939 but had to withdraw the following March because of ill health. Recovering his health he worked for a lumber company in the West, and later returned to the East where he had a position with the New Haven Railroad. He moved to Staten Island and died in New York City on July 12, 1944. ·

John Arthur Crichton Class of 1942 John Arthur Crichton, the son of the Rev. Arthur Boxer and Edith Kemble Crichton, was born on October 24, 1919, at Litchfield, Connecticut. He prepared for Trinity at Bishop's College School, Lennox­ ville, Quebec, and entered college in 1938 with the clJtss of 1942. He was a member of the Tripod Staff. Leaving Trinity in October, 1940, he went into the real estate business and housing construction at Newport, Vermont. He enlisted in the Army and received his basic training at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. Training as a weather forecaster at Chanute Field, Illinois, he served with the 9th Weather Squadron as weather observer in the West Indies. He also graduated from the Tropical Weather School at Panama, and was discharged on December 21, 1945, with the grade of staff sergeant. After leaving the Army he was employed by the National Survey at Chester, Vermont, making maps. He died at Chester on July 14, 1946, and is survived by his parents and a brother.

Robert Stirling Leschke Class of 1943 Robert Stirling Leschke met his death on September 13, 1946, while sailing in the waters of Long Island Sound. His sailboat over­ turned after he had set out with a companion on a moonlight sail from Hawk's Nest Beach. He was born in Manchester, New OBITUARY RECORD 35

Hampshire on November 19, 1921, the son of Emil Rudolph and Bertha Gilmour Leschke. Upon graduating from William H. Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut, in 1939, he came to Trinity with the class of 1943 and was a student here for three years prior to entering the Army. As a technician in Army Ordnance, he was one of eight men from Connecticut to work on the radio proximity fuse, known as Secret Weapon Number Two. He saw service in the Pacific area and was at Luzon on VJ-Day. From the Philippines he went to Japan where he remained until his discharge. Then he returned to Trinity for the 1946 Summer School session and would have been graduated in 1947. He was a member of The First Church of Christ of West Hart­ ford. Mr. L~schke is survived by his parents, a sister, Janet Elizabeth, and his paternal grandmother.

Walter Sayer Paine Class of 1943, Honorary Walter Sayer Paine, the son of John Sayer and Mary Ann Charlwood Paine, was born April 11, 1883, in England. He pre­ pared for college at the Green Mountain Junior College, Poultney, Vermont, and entered Syracuse University, graduating in 1911 with a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering. At college he was a member of the Senior Council, the debating te.am, and the honorary fraternity, Beta Epsilon. After experience in construction work in Hartford and Erie, he joined the .lEtna Life Insurance Company in 1915 and served as an engineer in the Buffalo office. In 1918 he was transferred to Hartford and placed in charge of the schedule rating division. He became a research engineer in 1920, and organized the special risk division in 1928, and was elected manager of the engineering and inspection department in 1930. Prominent in conservation activities, Mr. Paine was vice presi­ dent for industrial safety and a member of the board of directors and the executive board of the National Safety Council. He was chairman of the Safety Code Correlating Committee and a mem- 36 TRINITY COLLEGE

ber of the Standards Council and the Special Industrial Disease Committee of the American Standards Association. He was a member of the Legal Committee of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America, the Casualty Council of the Under­ writers' Laboratories and the Engineering Committee of the National Conservation Bureau. He was a former chairman of the Hartford section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a former president of the Hartford Engineers Club. Active in State affair•s, Mr. Paine was a member of the Connecti­ cut Association for Planning Postwar Construction; the Committee on Social Protection for the Connecticut War Council ; the Connecti­ cut Advisory Committee of the National Committee for the Con­ servation of Manpower in War Industries. He was also a member of the Citizens' Advisory Committee for the Office of Naval Officer Procurement and of the Safety Advisory Board for the First Service Command; the Advisory Committee, Connecticut State Building Code, Connecticut State Housing Au­ thority representing the National Fire Protection Association. In 1943 Trinity College conferred upon Mr. Paine the hon­ orary degree of Master of Science. Mr. Paine died on March 8, 1947, in Hartford. The funeral services were held in the College Chapel with the Rev. Raymond Cunningham, '07, and Chaplain Gerald B. O'Grady, Jr., officiating. Mr. Paine is survived by his widow, the former Amy Belle Baker of New Britain, Connecticut, and three children: Elizabeth Mc­ Chesney Paine Comerford, M.A., 1946; Dwight Sayer, 1943; and Donald Charlwood, 1944.

Pasquale Ralph Arace Class of 1945 Pasquale Ralph Arace, son of Thomas and Mary De Feo Arace, was born in Kingston, New York, on December 17, 1923. After graduation from the Kingston High School, he entered Trinity in 1941 with the class of 1945 and attended college for one and a half years before joining the Army. While in service he was with the Army Engineers and saw action on Leyte and Okinawa, where he was twice wounded. He helped breach the s.ea wall along the western coast of Okinawa through which great stores of supplies were poured to our fighting men on the front. He was one of the first men to land on Leyte. OBITUARY RECORD 37

Major General J. L. Bradley, 96th Division Commander, awarded the Purple Heart to Mr. Arace for wounds received on Okinawa. On January 14, 1946 he was discharged. Mr. Arace died August 11, 1946, at the United States Veterans Hospi~al, the Bronx, New York.

George Sheldon Bassett Class of 1946 0 bit pro patria George Sheldon Bassett was born on April 28, 1922, in Lanes­ boro, Minnesota, the son of Charles Francis and Florence Sheldon Bassett. He prepared for college at the Saratoga Springs High School, Saratoga Springs, New York, and entered Trinity in September, 1942, with the class of 1946. At this time he was in the enlisted reserve and in May, 1943, was called to active duty in the Army Air Corps. His basic training was received at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, with the 99th College Training Detachment at the Southwestern Missouri State Teacher's College. Classified as a pilot, he went to San Antonio, Texas, for his preflight training and then was stationed at Coffeyville, Kansas, for his basic pilot training. On August 4, 1944, he was graduated from Twin Engine Advanced School at Frederick, Oklahoma, and was commissioned Second Lieu­ tenant. Lieutenant Bassett was ordered overseas in January, 1945, where he was attached to the 322nd Bomb Group of the 452nd Bomb Squadron. He earned the Air Medal and was awarded the Good Conduct Medal and the Sharpshooters Badge. On July 23, 1945, he was killed near Krefeld, Germany, when his plane crashed.

Lawrence Leon Lattizori Class of 1946 0 bit pro patria Lawrence Leon Lattizori was born on July 25, 1925, in Avon, Connecticut, the son of Armando and Louise Lattizori. He prepared for college at the Towpath School, Avon, and entered Trinity 38 TRINITY COLLEGE in 1943 with the class of 1946. He was on the wrestling team and his fraternity affiliation was the Delta Chi Chapter of Sigma Nu. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces on February 29, 1944, and joined the 444th Bomb Group, 677th Bomb Squadron of the 20th Air Force with the rank of Corporal. On July 24, 1945, the B-29 on which he was a gunner was shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Osaka Bay, Japan, and his death was confirmed a year later. OBITUARY RECORD 39

INDEX Class Page 1945 Arace, Pasquale Ralph 36 1907 Badgley, Oliver Warren 17 1909 Bailey, William Howard 20 1897 Bartholomew, Dana Wightman 11 1902 Barton, Philip Lockwood 14 1946 Bassett, George Sheldon 37 1887 Beardsley, William Agur 6 1941 Boardman, Dwight Joseph 33 1912 Bonnell, Bartlett Brooke 24 1887 Bowman, Charles William 8 1919 Brickley, George Vincent 26 1906 Burgwin, Hill 16 1888 Carpenter, John Thomas 8 1881 Carpenter, Richard Howell 5 1911 Cawley, Sherman . 23 1909 Connor, Michael Augustine . 20 1901 Cooke, Samuel Walden . 13 1942 Crichton, John A-rthur . 34 1909 Davis, Milton Luther 21 1909 Dye, Harold Bracken 22 1889 French, George Albert 9 1908 Geer, Herbert Marshall 18 1894 Johnson, Francis Porter 11 Faculty Kleene, Gustav Adolph . 14 1946 Lattizori, Lawrence Leon 37 1943 Leschke, Robert Stirling 34 1907 Maclnnis, Peter John 17 1922 Mattice, William Arthur 28 40 TRINITY COLLEGE

Class Page 1933 Melack, John Francis . 32 1908 Morgan, Herman Thomas 18 1933 Mortimer, Charles Howard 33 1893 Niles, William Porter 10 1929 Page, William Meloon 31 1943 Paine, Walter Sayer 35 1882 Parks, Silas Henry 5 1932 Perry, James De Wolf 31 1900 Pott, Francis Lister Hawks 12 1906 Powell, John Franklin . 17 1920 Pressey, Richard Palmer . 27 1922 Priest, Arthur 28 1899 Rice, Henry Landon 12 1910 Richards, Herbert Leroy 23 1908 Ryland, William James 19 1919 Scoville, Charles Otis 27 1910 Slawson, Ward 23 1909 Stafford, Alfred Joseph . 22 1926 Talcott, Richard Babcock 29 1897 Tull, Herman 11 1926 Vinson, Robert Ernest 30 1905 Watson, Henry Lee 15 1925 Way, Chauncey Oswald 29 Faculty Welling, William Corcoran 24 1917 Wilcox, Ellery Alexander 26 1883 Woodruff, Frank Dutton 6 1914 Wroth, Edward Pinkney 25