1949-1950 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University
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BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY OBITUARY RECORD OF GRADUATES OF THE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS DECEASED DURING THE YEAR I949-I95O SERIES 47 I JANUARY I951 NUMBER I BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY Entered as second-class matter, August 30, 1906, at the post office at New Haven, Conn., under the Act of Congress of July 16,1894. Acceptance for mailing at the special rate of postage pro- vided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3,1917, authorized August 12,1918. The BULLETIN, which is issued semimonthly, includes: 1. The University Catalogue Number. 2. The Report of the Treasurer Number. 3. The Catalogue Numbers of the several Schools. 4. The Alumni Directory Number. 5. The Obituary Record Number. BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY OBITUARY RECORD OF GRADUATES OF THE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS DECEASED DURING THE YEAR ENDING JULY i, 1950 INCLUDING THE RECORD OF A FEW WHO DIED PREVIOUSLY, HITHERTO UNREPORTED NUMBER 109 NEW HAVEN 1951 YALE UNIVERSITY OBITUARY RECORD* YALE COLLEGE HENRY MALTZBERGER, B A 1879 Born October 10, 1858, Reading, Pa , died November 21, 1949, Reading, Pa Father, Charles Coleman Maltzberger, a merchant in Reading, son of John Maltzberger Mother, Margaret Catherine (Haas) Maltzberger, daughter of Charles F Haas Hopkins Grammar School Oration appointment Junior and Senior years, Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Lmonia Studied law in Reading 1879-81 and lawyer there 1881-1949, U S Commissioner Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1905-29, member Berks County Bar Association and First Reformed Church, Reading Married February 20, 1917, Reading, Rose Ann Lotz Anderson, daughter of Andrew and Ellen Catherine (Lieb) Lotz Death due to cerebral hemorrhage Buried in Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading Survived by wife, two stepdaughters, Dorcas and Ellen Anderson, a stepson, James Anderson, and a sister, Mrs Robert Job CHARLES LOCKE SCUDDER, B A 1882 Born August 7, 1860, Kent, Conn , died August 19, 1949, Boston, Mass Father, Rev Evarts Scudder (B A Williams 1854, grad Andover Theological Seminary 1858), a Congregational minister, son of Charles and Jane (Marshall) Scudder Mother, Sarah Patch (Lampson) Scudder, daughter of Asa and Sally (Patch) Lampson Williston Academy First colloquy appointment Junior year, second dispute appointment Senior year, Commencement speaker, Class deacon, Yale Society of Natural History, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Kappa Sigma Epsilon Ph B 1883 (Commencement speaker) M D Harvard 1888, physician and surgeon in Boston 1889 until retirement about 1941, assistant clinical surgery Children's Hos- pital, Boston, 1889-93, demonstrator clinical apparatus 1893-95, and assistant operative surgery 1895-1903, attending surgeon Massachusetts *If the father of an alumnus is a Yale graduate, the father's record is not usually given in this volume, but may be found in published form elsewhere 4 Yale University Obituary Record General Hospital 1903-13, chief surgeon 1914-43, consulting sur- geon 1944-49, lecturer surgery Harvard 1907-13, associate 1913- 16, assistant professor and member advisory board of graduate in- struction 1916-20, acting dean Graduate School of Medicine 1918- 19, author Treatment of Fractures, Tumors of the Jaw, president Boston Surgical Society 1916-18, fellow American College of Sur- geons (chairman committee on fractures 1921-33, honorary chair- man 1933-49) and American Surgical Association, honorary mem- ber American Association for Surgery of Trauma and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, member Massachusetts Medi- cal Society, Boston and American Medical associations, Society of Clinical Surgery, American Urological Society, American Associ- ation for Thoracic Surgery, and Old South Church (Congregational), Boston Married September 5, 1895, Northampton, Mass , Abigail Taylor Seelye (B M Smith 1889), daughter of Rev Laurenus Clark Seelye,D D , LL D , and Henrietta Sheldon (Chapm) Seelye Children Evarts Seelye, '18, Hilda Chapm (Mrs James Higgmson Manning) Mrs Scudder died 1939 Death due to pneumonia Buried in Mahaiwe Cemetery, Great Barrmgton, Mass Survived by children and four grandchildren HENRY CARVER, B A 1883 Born December 12, 1860, Doylestown, Pa , died July 11, 1949, Doylestown, Pa Father, Elias Carver, a lawyer m Doylestown WiUiston Academy Coxswain Dunham Blue four-oar crew, Tennis Club, Kappa Sigma Epsilon Attended School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 1883-84, LL B University of Pennsylvania 1886, lawyer in Philadelphia 1886 until retirement 1904 Unmarried Death due to heart disease Buried in Doylestown Cemetery Survived by no immediate relatives CLIFFORD DUDLEY HAM, B A 1883 Born January 2, 1861, Detroit, Mich , died January 10, 1950, Akron, Ohio Father, Moses Mason Ham, a newspaper man in Detroit, and Dubuque, Iowa Mother, Helen (Tucker) Ham Dubuque High School First dispute appointment Junior and Senior years, Kappa Sigma Epsilon On staff Dubuque Herald 1883-1903 (editor 1892-1903), provincial treasurer and deputy collector of customs Manila, P I , 1903-8, collector of customs Iloilo 1908-10, and surveyor Port of Manila 1910- Yale College 5 11, U S collector general of customs Managua, Nicaragua, 1911 until retirement 1928, engaged in historical and literary work after retire- ment, military secretary to Governor Boies of Iowa 1890-93, Lieutenant Colonel Iowa National Guard (served in Spanish-Ameri- can War), author Report of the Collector-General of Customs, translator Customs Tariff of Nicaragua, compiler Leyes de Aduanas y Puertos, Comercio Maritimo y Buques de la Republica de Nicaragua, member Military Order of the Spanish-American War, Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish Society, and St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Akron Married June 28, 1892, Waterloo, Iowa, Mary Yaw Barber Children Marian Barber (Mrs Eugene C Noyes), Cifford Dudley, Jr (Class of 1928) Mrs Ham died 1946 Death due to bronchopneumonia Survived by children, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren JULIUS TYLER ANDREWS DOOLITTLE, B A 1884 Born October 18, 1861, Utica, N Y , died August 21, 1949, Whitestown, NY Father, Charles Hutchms Doohttle, LL D (B A Amherst 1836), justice New York State Supreme Court, and mayor of Utica, son of Harvey W Doolittle, M D , and Hanna (Hutchms) Doolittle Mother, Julia (Shearman) Doolittle, daughter of William Pitt and Maryette (Andrews) Shearman Yale relatives include Samuel Andrews (B A 1759) (great-great-grandfather), Samuel J Andrews (B A 1785) (great-grandfather), William S Doolittle (B A 1876) (brother), John H Mann, f83 S , Frederick J Mann, '90 S (brothers-in-law), Alfred C Coxe, '01, Lytton W Doolittle, '13 (nephews), Alfred C Coxe, Jr (Class of 1936), Duncan H Doolittle, '43, Samuel H Coxe, '43 (grandnephews), Douglas Tyler Putnam (Class of 1954) (grandson) St Paul's School, Concord, N H Second colloquy appointment Junior year, president University Tennis Club Senior year (winner Class tournament), editor Yale Daily News Senior year, Delta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Scroll and Key, Eta Phi Teacher St Raul's School 1884-86, attended Columbia University 1886, lawyer m Utica 1887 until retirement 1921, special surrogate Oneida County 1905, member Oneida County Bar Association and Grace Episcopal Church, Utica Married February 8, 1893, Utica, Sophia, daughter of James Ford Mann (Class of 1859) and Emma Louise (Oberteuffer) Mann Children Louise Shearman (died 1894), Maryette Andrews (Mrs Archibald Douglass Russell), Sophia Mann (Mrs Samuel Robert Campbell), Julia Tyler, the wife of Lyonel H Putnam, '24 Death due to tuberculosis Survived by wife, three daughters, 6 Yale University Obituary Record ten grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren CHARLES LABAN PARDEE, B A 1834 Born July 7, 1864, New Haven, Conn , died July 23, 1949, New York City Father, Charles Hezekiah Pardee (Class of 1854), a coach lace manufacturer, New Haven, son of Laban and Mary (Thompson) Pardee Mother, Anna Eliza (Austin) Pardee, daughter of William Porter and Eliza (Brockway) Austin Yale relatives include Mary P Lamport (School of the Fine Arts 1888-90) (cousin), Pardee Marshall, '35 (grandson) Hopkins Grammar School Second colloquy appointment Senior year, Delta Kappa, Psi Upsilon B D Berkeley Divinity School 1887, minister Church of the Nativity (Episcopal) and St Luke's Church, Bridgeport, 1887-89, Christ Church, Stratford, Conn , 1889-91, St Andrew's Church, Waverly, Ind , 1891-94, St Paul's Church, Kittannmg, Pa , 1894- 96, St Andrew's Church, South Orange, N J , 1896-1909, St Michael's Church, Naugatuck, Conn , 1909-15, corresponding secre- tary American Church Building Fund Commission 1915-46, secretary House of Bishops 1922-40, secretary-treasurer Clergyman's Retir- ing Fund Society 1923-48, D D. Washington College 1913, author The Way to the Altar, The Three Hour Service, The What and Why of Con- firmation, editor Whittaker Sunday School magazines 1909 until about 1915, member Church of the Ascension, New York City Married February 7, 1888, Farmmgton, Conn , Emilie Marie, daughter of Leopold Rene and Marie Anna (VonLatum) Charpentier Children Rene Mead, '10, Marie Anna (Mrs Robert Palmer Marshall), Charles Laban, Jr Mrs Pardee died 1942 Death due to acute heart failure Buried in Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N Y Survived by children and three grandchildren HENRY TWEEDY SHELTON, B A 1884 Born July 27, 1862, Bridgeport, Conn , died April 10, 1950, Paris, France Father, Henry Tweedy Shelton, son of Henry and Mary Ann (Tweedy) Shelton Mother, Josephine (Lyon) Shelton* daughter of Hanford and Hetty Ann (Thompson) Lyon Yale relatives include Philo Shelton (B A 1775) (great-grandfather), George A Shelton