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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Trinity Publications (Newspapers, Yearbooks, Catalogs, etc.) at Trinity College Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Trinity College Bulletins and Catalogues (1824 - present) by an authorized administrator of Trinity College Digital Repository. Wfyr . Wriuity NECROLOGY , Hartford 6, Connecticut July, 1946 VOLUME XLIII NEW SERIES NUMBER 3 Issued Quarterly by the College. Entered January 12, 1904, at Hartford, Conn., as second class matter under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. Accepted for mailing at' special rate of pos:tage provided for in Section 1103, A ct 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. NECROLOGY TRINITY MEN Whose deaths were reported . during the year 1945-1946 Hartford, Connecticut July, 1946 r, . i .I '· PREFATORY NOTE This Obituary Record is the twenty-sixth 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 Treasurer's 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 Office of the Alumni Sec retary. Material co,rrections and additions will be in corporated 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. ,_ ; ·•· :, 0 -BITUARY RECORD Eric Pierson Swenson Class of 187 5 Eric Pierson Swenson, the son of Svante Magnus and Sue Mc Ready Swenson, died August 14, 1945, at Upper Saranac Lake, New York, at the age of ninety. He entered Trinity in 1872 w:ith the class of 1875. He was a member of Epsilon Chapter of Delta Psi Fraternity. He had many financial, industrial and business inteJ. Benjamin Stark, Jr. Class of 1879 Benjamin Stark, Jr., was born in Portland, Oregon, October 26, 1858, the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Molthrop Stark of New London, Connecticut. After preparation for college at Episcopal Academy, Cheshire, Connecticut, he entered Trinity in 1875 with the class of 1879. He played on the college football and baseball teams. He was a mem ber of the Epsilon Chapter of Delta Psi Fraternity. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. At the age of three, he went to Washington, D. C., with his mother and sisters, crossing the Isthmus of Panama on donkey back, to join his father who was the United States Senator from Oregon. In· 1898 Captain Stark joined the Connecticut volunteers going to Havana during the Spanish-American war. Later he served for ten years at Zamboaga, Mindanao, as Captain df a company of Philippine scouts. Since 1911 Captain Stark worked at the Electric Boat Com pany in New London, where he was a familiar figure in the blue print room. He died on August 10, 1945, and left no relatives. He was a member of Murphy-Rathbun post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the George M. Cole camp, United Spanish War Veterans. He was the oldest communicant of St. James Church where his family worshiped since 1861. George Greene Class of 1883 George Greene, the son of George Greene and Frances Re becca Graves Greene, died on December 17, 1945, in Providence, Rhode Island. He was born December 25, 1859, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and received his education for college at the Shattuck School, Faribault, Minnesota. He entered Trinity in 1880 and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1883. He was a member of the Missionary Society, Glee Club, Chapel Choir, Class President in his junior year, Presi dent of the Trinity Tablet, and Treasurer of the Athletic Associa tion. He was a memb'er of the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon Fraternity. OBITUARY RECORD 7 He was active in real estate at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from 1883 to 1904. During that period he was in the Iowa National Guard with the rank of Captain, Colonel, Major and Adjutant General. In 1905 he moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he entered various shoe companies, in Boston and Beverly. In 1918 he became assistant treasurer of the Aetna Mills of Watertown, Massachusetts, until his retirement in 1933. He married Miss Charlotte Winton of Jamaica Plain, Massa chusetts, , on September 1, 1886. There were twin daughters: Ruth and Esther. Mr. Greene's brother-in-law, Nicholas Williams Mcivor, was a member of the class of 1882, and Carlisle Chandler Melvor of the dass of 1918, is his nephew. John Frederick Sexton Class of 1883 John Frederick Sexton was born on April 4, 1859, at Cheshire, Connecticut, the son of John and Cecilia Forster Sexton. After preparation_ for college at the Episcopal Academy at Cheshire, he entered Trinity in 1879 with the class of 1883. He was Chronicler, of his class, and a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon Fraternity. He graduated in 1883 with a B.A. degree, and in 1885 received his M.A. He graduated from the Berkeley Divinity School in 1886, and became rector of St. Peter's Church, Cheshire, until 1896. He then moved to New Haven as rector of St. James the Apostle for forty years.· He was also priest in charge at St. Paul's, Southington, and at St. Andrew's, New Haven. He was Chaplain for the Connecticut State Senate in 1915 and 1916. He was a trustee of Cheshire Academy. Recently the Academy named one of its buildings for him. He was a director of Cheshire School, Inc. The Rev. Sexton was active in the Knights Templar; the Odd Fellows; and the Masons in which he held a thirty-second degree. On September 29, 1886, he married Mary Louise Lester, of Hartford. There were five children: Mary Cecilia, Frederick Lester, Charles Watkins, Gertrude Alice and Ru~h Keville. The Rev. Sexton died July 8, 1946, at his home in New Haven. 8 TRINITY COLLEGE Edgar Lewis Sanford Class of 1884 Edgar Lewis Sanford was born in Torrington, Connecticut, on · June 24, 1864, the son of David Platt S"'nford, Washington (Trin ity) 1844, and Emma Bartow Lewis Sanford. After preparing for college at Episcopal Academy, Cheshire, Connecticut, he entered Trinity in 1880 with the class of 1884. He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of the Psi Upsilon Fra ternity. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1884. He then studied at the Berkeley Divinity School from which he graduated in 1887. He received a S.T.B. (in course) from the Philadelphia Divinity School in 1907, and a S.T.D. (in course) from the Philadelphia Divinity School in 1918. He had been rector of churches in Willimantic, Connecticut; Ogdensburg, New York; Honey brook, Pennsylvania; Bordentown, New Jersey; before being Canon of the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral of Trenton, New Jersey. He was honorai-y canon of this Cathedral at the time of hi~ death, October 16, 1945. He was in charge of religious education, at the Cathedral, and also edited the "Home Study Quarterly,"' and· was the author of church school textbooks published by the Diocese of New Jersey. He was a delegate from the Diocese of Albany to the l'an-Anglican Congress in London in 1908. · . On October 16, 1889, he married Miss Anna Eugenia Munson of Winsted, Connecticut. There were three children: Vera, Eva Matthews, and Anna Munson. Henry Hobart Barber Class of 1890 The Rev. Henry Hobart Barber died on November 30, 1945, in Augusta, Georgia. Born in Mocksville, North Carolina, August 24, 1862, the son of the Rev. Samuel Swann Barber and Sarah Harding Barber, he prepared for college at the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut at Cheshire, Connecticut. He entered Trinity in 1887 and graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1890. He delivered the Commence- OBITUARY RECORD ' ment oration. In 1893 he completed his training at the General Theological Seminary. His first parish was the Church of the Good Shepherd, Houlto11, Maine. In 1895 ·he accepted a call to the rectorship of St. Atha nasius' Church ( now Holy Comforter), Burlington, North Ca·ro lina, and after five years he accepted a call to Christ Church, Greenburg, Pennsylvania. In 1907 he became rector of the Church of the Messiah, Detroit, Michigan, where he remained until 1919 when he left for the Church of the Good Shepherd, Augusta, Georgia. He served as rector there until 1936, when he retired as rector emeritus. While in Georgia he was for nine years vice-chairman of the Department of Christian Social Service, which gives special study to the improvement of County jails, County Homes for the Poor, and to Delinquent and Dependent Children. He was for many years a member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese, and was twice deputy to the General Convention. In 1893 he married Miss Sally Gavin Wolfenden of Chocowinity, North Carolina, who died in 1931. There was one daughter: Mrs. Paul C. Wienges of Augusta, Georgia. In 1933 he was married to Mrs. Emily Carolyn Scheurman of Augusta, Georgia, who survives. John Butler McCook Class of 1890 John Butler McCook was born in Hartford; Connecticut, on October 19, 1867, the son of the Rev. Professor John James McCook, Trinity 1863, and Eliza Sheldon Butler McCook. He was graduated from the Hartford Public High School in 1886, and entered Trinity that fall with the· class of 1890. He was a member of the football squad. Following his graduation with a B.S. degree in 1890, he received his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, New York, in 1894. He entered the Spanish-American War as a captain and surgeon of the First Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. In World War I, he volunteered his services to the American Red Cross and served as a captain in France wit'h the United States, British and French troops. 10 TRINITY COLLEGE , He was on the consulting staff of the Hartford Hospital and the Municipal Hospital, now known as the McCook Memorial Hospital in honor of his father. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the Connecticut State Medical Society, and of its Hartford Medical Society, as well as a former state's examiner. He also belonged to the Society of Military Sur geons. Dr. McCook died June 19, 1946, at the McCook homestead on Main Street, Hartford. He leaves two brothers, Judge Philip James McCook, Trinity 1895, and Anson Theodore. McCook, Trinity 1902, and a sister, Miss Frances A. McCook. John Howard Morse Class of 1891 John Howard Morse was born at Essex, Connecticut, on May 16, 1867, the son of the Rev. Jerome Bonaparte and Sophia Vander bilt Cross Morse. After preparing for college at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, he entered Trinity in 1888 with the class of 1891. He was in college for one year, and then went to Colgate. He lived most of his life in Monte Carlo until 1939 when he returned to the United States. He died March 23, 1944, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. On March 12, 1890, he married Miss Kittie Brown of Hartford. On May 11, 1943, he married Miss Anna Rebecca Baker, Atlantic City, New Jersey, who survives him. John Paine Class of 1892 Word has been receiv,ed at the college of the death of John Paine of Troy, New York, on July 17, 1945. He was born there on September 24, 1869. He prepared for Trinity· at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, and graduated from college in 1892 with the degree OB ITU ARY RECORD 11 of Bachelor of Arts. He was a member of the I. K. A. Fraternity, and secretary of his class in his senior year. He was a member of the New York State Bar Association; vice-president of the Troy Savings Bank; a director and a trustee of Russell Sage College and many other Troy institutions. He is survived by a sister, Miss Estelle Tayloe Paine, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. 0. Tayloe Paine, both of Rye, New York. George Edwin Hamlin Class of 1895 George Edwin Hamlin died in Hartford, Connecticut, on June 4, 1946. He was born on November 15, 1874, in Mansfield, Con necticut, and attended the local schools there. He entered Trinity in 1891 with the class of 1895. While in college he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. He graduated in 1895 with a B.A. degree. He began his business career with the C. H. Nichols Company as a surveyor, and was with the United States Engineering Corps from 1902 to 1909. He joined the State Highway Department in 1909. From 1923 until his retirement October 1, 1939, he had been in charge of maintenance and repair of the state highways. A 32nd Degree Mason, Mr. Hamlin was a member of Eastern Star Lodge, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the National Research Board, and was a past president of the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers. He leaves his wife, the former Miss Elizabeth May Woodworth, whom he married May 10, I 902; a son, Edwin; and a daughter, Mrs. Douglas Andrews. John Hugh Bissell Class of 1898 .John Hugh Bissell, was born November 7, 1876, in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, the son of Hezekiah Bissell and Alice Hughes, and prepared for college at the Vermont Episcopal Institute, Burling ton, Vermont. 12 TRINITY COLLEGE He entered Trinity in the fall of 1894, and left College in 1895. He graduated from Princeton with an A.B. degree in 1899, and joined Western Electric in Chicago until 1902. He was with Stone & Webster as an accountant from January 1907 until his death in 1943. He was a member of the University Club of Boston, and a trustee of the Canton Institution for Savings, Canton, Massa chusetts. On November 23, 1909, he married Blanche Farwell Thompson of Medford, Mass. There were four children: Grace Eleanor; John Thompson; Alice Lydia; and Roger William. ' r -' John Sidney Davenport, Jr. Class of 1898 John Sidney Davenport, Jr., retired insuranc~ executive and former vice-president of the Life Insurance Company of Virginia, died January 1, 1946, at his home in Richmond, Virginia. He was born May 30, 1877, the sen of John Sidney and Mary Elizabeth Rintoul Davenport. He prepared for college at the Staten Island Academy, Staten Island, New York, and graduated from Trinity in 1898 with the degree of B.A. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. He received his actuarial training in New York City and, in 1901, established his home in Richmond, becoming the actuary for the Company, and in 1925 a vice-president. He was a member of the Actuarial Society of America, and long a member of the Commonwealth Club of Richmond. On February 3, 1904, he married Louise Marguerite Warwick of Richmond, who survives her husband. There were five children: John Sidney, III, Byrd Warwick, Riswell Burrows, Stephen Reri tone, and Brafute Warwick. Robert Watkinson Gray Class of 1898 Robert Watkinson Gray died on October 23, 1945, at his summer home in New Hartford, Connecticut. He was born on January 15, 1876, the son of John W. Gray, Trinity 1872, and Clara Bolter · Gray. OB ITU ARY RECORD 13 He prepared for college at the Collins Street Classical School in Hartford and entered Trinity in 1894 with the class of 1898. He was in college for four years but did not graduate. He was a mem ber of I.K.A. Fraternity. Mr. Gray was active in the manufacturing blisiness all his life, and founded the Gray & Prior Machine Company in Hartford. He was the first president of the firm, and in 1945 was elected chair man of the board of directors. On October 12, 1904, he married Miss Mary Kremer of New York City. There were two children: Robert Watkinson, Jr., Trinity 1928 ; and William. Theodore Henry Parker Class of 1898 Theodore Henry Parker was born January 16, 1877, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, the son of Nelson and Katherine Flynn Parker. He prepared for college at the Holyoke High School, and entered Trinity in 1894. In college he was Phi Beta Kappa and delivered the Commencement oration. He graduated in 1898 with a· Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1899 he entered the employ of the Springfield Union and was rapidly promoted from one reportorial grade to another. For many years he was automobile editor, and became very well known through the east for his efforts in automotive development and sales promotion. He married Miss Ella Louise Schulze of Springfield, Massa chusetts, on May 2, 1903. There were two children: Theodore Henry, Jr., and Marjorie Parker Demers. In 1945 he retired and lived with his daughter in Brighton, Massachusetts, where he died January 24, 1946. Percival Sargent Smithe Class of 1898 Percival Sargent Smithe was born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, on February 12, 1877, the son of Sargent Daniel and Lillian Georgina 14 TRINITY COLLEGE Percival Smithe. Word of his death in 1942 has been received at the college. He prepared for Trinity at St. John's Academy,' Haddonfield, New Jersey, and entered college in 1894 with the class of 1898. He was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. Forced to leave college because of ill health, he went to Colorado and worked on a ranch for two years. He graduated from the Uni versity of Denver in i 900, and from the Seabury Divinity School in 1905. ,He was in charge of St. Paul's Church, Elko, Nevada:, until 1909, and then was appointed Sunday School Organizer for the Missionary District of Nevada, until his retirement. On December 21, 1899, he married Eva Cooper Pugsley of Alamosa, Colorado. There were five children: Percival, Jr., Ruth Grace, Samuel Hart, Howard Elliott, and Helen Elizabeth. Lloyd Raeburn Benson Class of 1899 Lloyd Rae burn Benson was born in Hudson, New York, on April 18, 1878, the son of Alexander Ross and Julia Vail Webster Benson. After preparing for college at Hudson High, he entered Trinity in 1895 witQ the class of 1899. He was class secretary in his junior year. He was a member of the Phi Psi Chapter of Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity. He graduated from Trinity in 1899 with a B.A. degree, and in 1902 received his M.A. from Trinity. In 1903 he gradu ated from the General Theological Seminary, New York City. He was rector in charge of the Holy Apostles Church, Ellsworth, Kansas, until 1913,· and for thirty-three years the rector of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, Ilion, New York. He was one of the first · scout masters in the country as he organized a troop while in Kansas. He was secretary of the Con vention of the Diocese of Albany, and a member of its Board of Mis sions. He was Vice-President of the Tuberculosis Board of Herkimer County. He was Past Master of Ilion Lodge of Masons, and Past Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. On May 22, 1907, he married Miss Priscilla Alden of Ells worth, Kansas. There were three sons : Alden Raeburn, Lloyd George, and Alexander Ross. OBITUARY RECORD 15 Frederick Ferdinand Kramer Class of 1899 Frederick Ferdinand Kramer was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 1861, the son of Frederick and Elizabeth Rhoem Kramer. After preparation at Jarvis School in Denver, Colorado, he entered_ Trinity in September 1895, and graduated in 1889 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He graduated from the General Theological Seminary in the Class of 1891, and received his Master of Arts Degree from Trinity in 1893. He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. He was Class Poet and manager of baseball. Following his ordination he became rector of St. John's Church, Boulder, Colorado. While there he continued his theological studies and received the· degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the Uni- versity of Colorado in 1895. . From 1896 to 1912 he was rector of All Saints' Church, Denver. For twenty years he served as Examining Chaplain in the Diocese of Colorado, and was three times a deputy to the General Convention. In 1912 he was elected Warden of Seabury Divinity School, Faribault, Minnesota, and continued in that post until 1932 when the School was merged with Western Theological Seminary. He received an honorary degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology from Trinity in 1913, and also from the Seabury Divinity School in 1932. Dr. Kramer is survived by two sons: John Spalding, Trinity 1917; and the Rev. Paul Stevens, Trinity 1919. William Hale Mather Class of 1899 Word has been · received at the college of the death of William Hale Mather on November 1, 1945. Mr. Mather was in college for one year with the class of 1899. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. Mr. Mather had been in poor health for some ,years. He made his home with a brother ·in Suffield, Connecticut. He leaves a son, Philip Ralph, of Cleveland, Ohio. It is hoped that more information about his life will be sent to the -college for the next issue of the Necrology. 16 TRINITY COLLEGE Karl Franz Frederick Kurth Class of 1900 Word has been received at the college of the death of K;rl Franz Frederick Kurth on November 20, 1941. He lived in De troit, Michigan. Mr. Kurth attended Trinity for three years with the class of 1900. He was a member of the Phi Psi Chapter of the Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity. It is hoped that more information about his life may be sent to the college for the next issue of the Necrology. William Henry Howell Class of 1901, Honorary William Henry Howell, son of George Henry and Virginia Teresa Magruder Howell, was born on February 20, 1860, in Baltimore, Maryland. After preparation at the Baltimore City Col lege; he entered Johns Hopkins University from which he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1881, and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1884 from the same institution. He was Associate Professor of Physiology at Johns Hopkins University from 1884-1889; Professor of Physiology and Histology at the University of Michigan from 1889-1892; Associate Profes sor of Physiology at Harvard University from 1892-1893; Pro fessor of Physiology at Johns Hopkins 1893-1920; Dean of the Johns Hopkins Medical School from 1899-1911; Assistant Di rector and Professor of Physiology of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health from 1917-1926; and Director from 1926-1931. He received an honorary M.D. from the University of Michi gan in 1890; an honorary LL.D. from Trinity in 1901; an hon orary Sc.D. from Yale in 1911; an honorary LL.D. from the Uni versity of Michigan in 1912; an honorary LL.D. from Washington University in 1915; and an honorary LL.D. from the University - of Edinburgh in 1923. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences ; the American Philosophical Society ; Chairman of the Medical Section of the National Research Council; and Honorary -Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. OBITUARY RECORD 17 Dr. Howell was married on June 15, 1887, to Miss Anne Janet Tucker of Baltimore, Maryland. There were three children: Janet Tucker; Roger; and Charlotte Teresa. At the time of his death, February 6, 1945, there were seven grandchildren, and one ,great grandchild. Carlos Curtis Peck Class of 1901 Carlos Curtis Peck was born at Bridgeport, Connecticut, on July 1, 1877, the son of Eugene Benjamin and Mary Curtis Peck. After preparation for college at the University School, Bridge port, Connecticut, he entered Trinity with the class of 1901, but did not graduate due to ill health. He was manager of the baseball team, president of the tennis association, and chairman of the Junior Prom. He was a member of the I. K. A. Fraternity, and of Medusa. He entered business in Philadelphia becoming superintendent of Nelson Valve Company. He returned to Bridgeport as superin tendent of the Bridgeport Brass Company and then became general manager of the Standard Brass & Copper Tube Company. He was president of the 'Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of the United States Governmental Housing Cor poration during World War I. In later years he retired to Old Lyme, Connecticut, where he became postmaster and president of the Chamber of Commerce. On November 28, 1919, he married Miss Mary Rudd of New London, Connecticut, who survives him. Mr. Peck died September 6, 1945, at Old Lyme. Richard Eugene Peck Class of 1901 Richard Eugene Peck was born July 1, 1877, at Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Eugene Benjamin and Mary Curtis Peck. After preparing for college at the University School, Bridge port, Connecticut, he entered Trinity in 1898 with the class of 1901. In college he was a member of the baseball team for four years, manager of the football team, and on the Junior Prom Committee. He was a member of the Medusa, and of I. K. A. Fraternity. 18 TRINITY COLLEGE He graduated from Yale Law School in 1904. He held positions with the Crane Company; the Bridgeport Brass Company; and the the Bridgeport Patent Leather Company. During World War I he was with the Sprague Electric Works of New York City. On OciOber 11, 1910, he married Miss Violet Howard Smith of Brooklyn, New York, who survives him. Mr. Peck died on June 23, 1946. Joseph Baird Crane Class of 1902 Joseph Baird Crane died at his home in Bridgewater, Connecti cut, on March 9, 1946. He was born May 6, 1879, in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of William Edward and Etta Louise Morris Crane. · He prepared for college at the Waterbury High School, and graduated from Trinity with a B.S. degree in 1902. He was captain of the basketbaU team, and a member of football and baseball teams. His fraternity affiliation was the Phi Psi Chapter of Alpha Chi Rho. After graduation he became assistant superintendent of the testing department of the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York, before becoming manager of the Great Northern Power Company at Duluth, Minnesota, from 1907 to 1915. During the war he was in charge of investigation and reports in the United States and South America for the American and Foreign Power Company. He was vice-president of the Lehigh Power Company of Allentown, Pennsylvania, from 1917 to 1920, and of the Ladd Boiler Company of Pittsburgh from 1920 to 1926. In the latter year he became district Manager for the Combustion Engineering Com pany in Pittsburgh, and in 1937 was named export maanger. Mr. Crane wrote many engineering articles for technical jour nals and many papers for the American Society of Mechanical En gineers and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. A director of the Export Managers Club, he also was active in the Foreign Trade Council, Pan-American Society, Brazil-American Association, Peruvian American Association and the American So ciety of Mechanical Engineers. He leaves a widow, the former Miss Isabelle Foley, whom he ' married October 12, 1904, and two sons, Stephen a,id David R., Trinity 1943. OB ITUARY RECORD 19 Robert Lincoln McKeon Class of 1903 Robert Lincoln McKeon was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 11, 1881. He prepared for college at the Cheshire Military Academy, Cheshire, Connecticut, and entered Trinity in 1900 with the class of 1903. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. He was a member for many years of the real estate insurance firm of I van Flood Associates of White Plains, New York. He died April 24, 1946, at Hartsdale, New York, and 1s sur vived by his widow, Helen Leak McKeon. Walter Best Allen Class of 1904 Walter Best Allen was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 6, 1882, the son of the Rev. Charles Melvin and Eliza Jane Allen. After preparing for college at the ·Trinity Church School of - New York City, he entered Trinity in 1900 with the class of 1904. He was a member of the football and baseball teams for four years, and captain of the former his senior year. He was on the Junior Prom committee, the Ivy, and a member of the Epsilon Chap- ter of Delta Psi Fraternity. He graduated in 1904 with a B.A. degree. Graduating from the New York Law School in 1906, he prac tised law in New York City and in Spokane, Washington. He died in Long Branch, New Jersey, on May 20, 1946. He leaves three brothers, Morton, Emerson, and Paul; and four sisters, Mrs. H. B. Ludlum, Mrs. G. B. Plante, Mrs. C. R. Myer, and Mrs. R. K. MacMaster. Lewis Austin Storrs Class of 1904, M. A. Lewis Austin Storrs was born August 28, 1866, the son of Zalmon Austin and Mary Rowell Storrs. 20 TRINITY COLLEGE Preparing for college at the Hartford Public High School, he graduated from Yale with a B.A. degree in 1889. He then studied law at Columbia, and received his Master of Arts degree from Trinity 1904. . He practiced law in New York from 1891 to 1898, and in Hartford from 1898 to 1925. He was a member of the Yale Club, the University Club and the Connecticut and New York Bar Asso ciations. He married on July 3, 1894, Miss Bessie Whitmore of Brook• lyn, New York, who survives him. There were six children: John Whitmore, Ruth Rowell, Una Hampton, Marabeth, Lewis Austin, Jr., and Robert. Ernest Cecil Biller Class of 1907 The Rev. Ernest Cecil Biller, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in St. Cloud, Minnesota, since 1924, died on December 24, 1945, at St. Cloud. Born in London, England, September 8, 1882, the son of George Biller and Clare Emmeline Smith, he came to this country as a child and was educated in New York City at the Trinity School. He graduated from Trinity B.A. and M.A. in 1907. He studied at the General Theological Seminary, and graduated from SeaburJ Divinity School, Faribault, Minnesota, in 1910. He first engaged in missionary work in North Dakota, and in 1915 became rector of St. John's Church, White Bear Lake, Minnesota. In 1922, he was rector of St. Luke's Church, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, from which parish he came to St. Cloud. From the Diocese of Duluth he was deputy to five successive General Conventions, the first being in 1925. He was also a mem ber of the Executive Council and of the Standing Committee, and in the reunited Diocese of Minnesota he was a member of the Bishop and Council. Especially interested in and successful with youth, he served for more than ten years as Chaplain of the State Reforma• tory in St. Cloud. On September 5, 1911, he married Miss Florence Bunker of Oswego, New York. There were three children : the Rev. Ernest C., Jr. ; Florence Elizabeth ; and John Daniel. OBITUARY RECORD 21 Harold Chamberlain Green Class of 1910 Harold Chamberlain Green, director of the levant division of the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc., died November 27, 1945, at his home in Plainfield, New Jersey. He was born September 21, 1889, the son of Alfred William and Mary Elizabeth Barton Green. He prepared for college at the Hartford Public High School, and entered Trinity in 1906 in the class of 1910. He was Secre tary-Treasurer of his class in his senior year, and was on the track team. He was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1910. After a brief commercial career Mr. Green joined the Socony Vacuum Oil Company in 1914 and served as manager of the com pany's operations in Smyrna, Syria, Yugoslavia and Istanbul. In 1930 he returned to New York and took over the position he held at the time of his death. On July 14, 1917, he married Miss Jeanne Marie Gabrielle Ruegg of Smyrna. There was one son: Alfred William, 2nd. William Renwick Riddell Class of 1912, Honorary William Renwick Riddell was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Can ada, on April 6, 1852, the son of Walter and Mary Renwick Riddell. After attending Colburg Grammar School, he entered Victoria College, where he graduated with honours, with the degree of B.A., in 1876, B.Sc. in 1877, and LL.B. in 1878. On March 5, 1884, he married Miss Anne H. Crossen of Cobourg, Ontario. There were no children. Mr. Riddell practiced law in Cobourg until 1891 when he moved to Toronto and formed the firm of Miller, Riddell and LeVesconto. In 1896 he was made a Queen's counsel. In 1906 he was appointed justice of the King's Bench at which he served for thirty-nine years. He did much work on an abridge ment of Canadian law decisions of which forty-seven volumes have already been published. 22 TRINITY COLLEGE He received eleven honorary degrees from Canadian and Ameri can colleges. Trinity conferred on him the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1912. Justice Riddell was an authority on Canadian history, and gave · over 6000 volumes to the Law Society of Upper Canada so that its members might more easily study their country. He himself published over thirty volumes comprising eight hundred pamphlets and published articles. . He was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; a Fellow of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh; and President of the Health League of Canada. He died on February 18, 1945, in Toronto, and was buried in Cobourg, Ontario. Edward David Townsend Class of 1912 Word has been received at the college of the death of Edward David Townsend of the class of 1912, on January, 20, 1946 . . Mr. Townsend attended Trinity for one year, and was a mem ber of the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon. Besides his wife, Mrs. Lucille S. Townsend, he leaves a brother, Herman Edward Townsend, Trinity 1904. · It is hoped that more information about his life will be sent to the college for the next issue of the Necrology. Herbert Gray Danforth Class of 1913 Word has been received at the college of the death of Herbert Gray Danforth on December 24, 1944. He lived in Old Town, Maine. Mr. Danforth was a student at Trinity for one year in the class of 1913. He-was a member of the Epsilon Chapter of the Delta Psi Fraternity. It is hoped that more information about his life may be sent to the college for the next issue of the Necrology. OB ITUARY RECORD 23 Charles Bartlett Wells Gray Class of 1916 Charles Bartlett Wells Gray, a member of the editorial staff of Cosmopolitan Magazine, died December 16, 1945, in New York City. He was born in Matunuck, Rhode Island, the son of Gerald Hull and Louise Wells Gray. Preparing for college at the Ridge field School, Ridgefield, Connecticut, he entered Trinity in 1912 with the class of 1916. In College he was a member of the football squad for three years, Class Historian, and winner of the Alumni English prize in 1914 and 1915. He was a member of the Epsilon Chapter of the Delta Psi Fraternity. Leaving Trinity in April 1916, he did war work until 1918. Before joining Cosmopolitan, he had been on the editorial staff of the old Life Magazine from 1918 to 1928. · He married Miss Alma Covington of Chattanooga, Tennessee, who survives him. Henry Cook Mitchell Class of 1919 Word has been received at the college of the death of Henry Cook Mitchell on October 24, 1944. He lived in Rutherford, New Jersey. Mr. Mitchell was a non-matriculated student for six months with the class of 1919. He was a member of the Alpha Chi Chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. · It is hoped that more information about his life will be sent to the college for the next issue of the Necrology. John Spencer C.amp Class of 1921, Honorary John Spencer Camp, organist, composer, and conductor in Hart ford, died on February 1, 1946, at the Hartford Hospitat 24 TRINITY COLLEGE He was born ir. Middletown, Connecticut, on January 30, 1858, the son of John Newton and Mary Gleason Camp. In 1878 he was graduated from Wesleyan University, and two years later received his Master of Arts degree there. After studying law for several years, · he turned to music and studied under Antonin Dvorak, E. A. Parsons, Harry R. Shelley, Dudley Buck and Samuel P. Morgan. In 1882 he became organist at the Park Congregational Church, Hartford, and 1906 he left that post to become organist and choir master at Center Church, Hartford. In 1921 he became treasurer of the Austin Organ Company at which position he devoted his full time. He composed an overture, "Zeitgeist," which first was performed by the Civic Symphony Orchestra under his direction at the Bushnell Memorial in 1936. He composed a "Pilgrim" · suite for orchestra based on Bunyan's allegory; a string quartet in G; "Chant d'Amour" and "Spring Song" for orchestra. He also composed several anthems, songs and piano-pieces. He conducted the Hartford Philharmonic orchestra from 1902 to 1911. Trinity awarded Mr. Camp an honorary Doctor of Music degree in 1921, and at that time he wrote a "March on College Themes" which was played by a full band on Commencement Day. In 1933 Wesleyan awarded him a similar degree. His wife, the former Miss Susie V. Healy of Hartford City, West Virginia, died February 7~ 1923. He leaves a brother, Herbert L. Camp of Middletown, Connecticut. Chester Alford Bolles Class of 1924 Word has been received at the college of the death of Chester Alford Bolles on November 19, 1945. Mr. Bolles was in college one year with t4e class of 1924. He was a member of the Alpha Chi Chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He prepared for Trinity at the Barnard School, New York City. It is hoped that more information about his life will be sent to the college for the next issue of the Necrology. OBITUARY RECORD 25 Edward Wilson Averill, Jr. Class of 1925 Edward Wilson Averill, Jr., was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on December 17, 1904, the son of Edward Wilson and Carrie Erhardt Brownell Averill. He prepared for Trinity at the Howe School, Howe, Indiana, and entered college in 1921 with the class of 1925. He was a mem ber of the Phi Kappa Chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. He graduated in 1925 with a B.A. degree. After graduating from the Harvard Business School, he entered the employ of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, Hartford, Connecticut. He had been working for this company since 1922 as a part-time employee. In 1928 he accepted a position with Evans, Winter & Hebb, printers of Detroit, Michigan. In 1930, he went to the Lakeside Press in Chicago, Illinois, and soon was assigned to their New York City sales office. ' In 1940 he accepted a position with the state of New York as a printing expert for a State Committee investigating various state contracts. In 1942 he established his· own business as a con sultant on technical and accounting problems for the printing in dustry. He continued at this until his death on February 19, 1945. He leaves his wife and two children. Richard Allen Hicks Class of 1926 Richard Allen Hicks was born April 2, 1903, in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, the son of Henry Freas and Annie Lockard Hicks. He prepared for college at the Eastern High School, Detroit, Michigan, and entered Trinity from Detroit College as a sopho more in September 1923. He was a member of the Glee Club, the Jesters, and managing editor of the Tripod. He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon Fraternity. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law School in 1928, he practiced law in Chicago for a short time. He then moved to Dearborn, Michigan, and was in private practice there until his death on October 4, 1945. On November 29, 1932, he married Miss Marion Louise Warring who survives him. A brother, the Rev. Fred Goodhue Hicks, Trinity 1928, also survives. 26 TRINITY COLLEGE Jack Edward Baylis Class of 1928 Jack Edward Baylis died on November 11, 1932, according to · word received by the College this year. He was born on June 24, 1907, at Shrewsbury, England, the son of Walter Edward and Christiani Carle Baylis. Having pre pared for college at the Seymour High Schol, Seymour, Connecticut, he entered Trinity in the fall of 1924, and left College the follow ing February. He went into the grocery business and was manager of several chain stores. In July 1931, he was seriously injured in an auto mobile accident. Although he was able to return to his work for a short period, his death was really a result of the accident. Mr. Baylis was unmarried. Theodore Leslie Shear Class of 1934, Honorary Theodore Leslie Shear was born at Lew London, New Hamp shire, on August 11, 1880, the son of Theodore R. and Mary Louise Quackenbos Shear. He graduated from New York University with a B.A. degree in 1900, and received his M.A. in 1903 and h1s Ph.D. in 1904 from Johns Hopkins. Trinity awarded him an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters in 1934. After teaching Greek and Latin at Barnard College and at Columbia, Dr. Shear became professor of classical archaeology at Princeton. He was also the field director of the American School of Classical Studies, Athens, since 1929. He was well known in his field, and wrote numerous articles in archaeological periodicals. He published three books-Influence of .Plato on St. Basil; Sardis-Architectural Terracottas; Corinth- The Roman Villa. · He conducted archaeological excavations at Cnidus in 1911; at Sardis in 1922; and at Corinth in 1925 to 1931. On June 29, 1907, he married Miss Nora C. Jenkins of Bangor, Maine. There was one daughter, Chloe Louise. Mrs. Shear died on February 16, 1927. Dr. Shear married Miss Josephine Platner on February 12, i 931. He died July 3, 1945, at Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire. OBITUARY RECORD 27 James Francis Carty Class of 1938 James Francis Carty, Jr., the son of James Francis and Martha Douglas Carty, was born April 26, 1916, in New York City. Educated at Our Lady of Lourdes school in New York City, he was graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1930. He was graduated from St. Thomas seminary, Bloomfield, Connecticut, in 1934, and graduated B.S. from Trinity in 1938. He received his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1942. He interned at St. Francis' Hospital in Hartford for a year, and then went to the Memorial Hospital where' he was en gaged in post-graduate work at the time of his death, September 22, 1945. · He was a member of the Delta Chi Chapter of Sigma Nu fra ternity at Trinity. He was a fellow of the Rockefeller Founda tion and a member of the American Chemical Society. Besides his parents, he leaves his wife, Mary Grace Carty, a brother, Charles R. Carty, and a sister, Mary Jane Carty. Charles Henry LeFevre Class of 1938 0 bit pro patria Charles Henry LeFevre, son of ('.harles W. and Dorcas W. Le Fevre, was born on January 1, 1916, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.- He prepared for Trinity at the Lansdowne High School, Lands downe, Pennsylvania, and entered college in September 1934 with the class of 1938. He graduated in 1938 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He was a member of the Sigma Chapter of the Delta Phi Fraternity; the Senate; the Sophomore Hop Committee; the Sophomore Dining Club; and was on the football and track teams. He was associated with the Dupont Company before joining the Army Air Forces in January 1942. He trained at Maxwell Field, Alabama. He went overseas in September 1934, and was lost over Germany in a Flying Fortres~ on November 29, 1943. On January 21, 1943, he married Miss Louise Ecker of Holidays burg, Pennsylvania. 28 TRINITY COLLEGE Walton Killam Rodgers Class of 1938 0 bit pro patria. Walton Killam Rodgers was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 3, 1915, the son of Ralph Bass and Elizabeth Killam Rodgers. After preparing for college at Kent School, he entered Trinity in 1934 with the class of 1938. Leaving Trinity in 1936, he moved to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and worked for the Mersey Mills, a pulp and paper concern. In 1939 he joined the investment banking firm, F. S. Mosely Company, in Boston. He studied civil aviation in his spare time, and took flying lessons. He enlisted in the Navy Air Corps in 1941, and received his wings at Jacksonville, Florida, in 1942. After further training he was sent to the Pacific area. While bombing a Japanese tanker over an enemy harbour on November 25, 1944, one of the bombs exploded about ten feet below the bomb bay badly wrecking the plane amidships. The plane returned over eight hundred miles towards its home base. When it was within forty miles of its base the gasoline gave out. Six survivors were rescued, but Lieutenant Rodgers was not found. His death was confirmed by the Navy Department on November 25, 1945. Malcolm Crocker Class of 1939 0 bit pro patria Malcolm Crocker, the on of Samuel E. M. Crocker and Gladys Thomas Crocker, was born on February 2, 1917, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He entered Trinity in the fall of 1935 and was in College three years. He was a member of the Epsilon Chapter of the Delta Psi Fraternity. On leaving college he went into business with the Ludlow Manufacturing Company in Boston and Ludlow, Massachusetts. After Pearl Harbor he attempted to enlist in the American Air Force, but was rejected. He then joined the RCAF American Eagle Squadron and was sent to California in January 1942 for training. He graduated second in his class, and went to England for further combat training. He was promoted from pilot officer to Wing Com- OBITUARY RECORD 2, mander. He was awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and was decorated by the King. On June 21, 1944, his plane was shot down on a special recon naissance flight near Wessel, Germany. He was reported missing in action, and his death was confirmed a year later. Philip Bartlett Gale Class of 1940, Honorary Philip Bartlett Gale, Chairman of the Board of directors of the Standard Screw Company of New York and its subsidiaries including the Hartford Machine Screw Company, died July 25, 1945, at his home in Bloomfield, Connecticut. He was born in Peoria, Illinois, on October 11, 187 3, the son of Edward and Ellen Maxwell Gale, and received · his early edu cation there. Following his graduation from Lewis Technical Insti tute in Chicago, he entered the employ of the Standard Screw Com pany in 1891, coming to Hartford in 1905 to be vice president and general manager of the Hartford Machine Screw Company when the company was taken over by Standard. He later became presi dent, and in 1920 chairman of the board of directors. He was director of many business and manufacturing institu tions in Hartford, and also served on the boards of a large number of organizations concerned with community welfare and cultural progress. He was chairman of the board of directors of the Collins Com pany; a director of the Smyth Manufacturing Company and Terry Steam Turbine Company; a director of the Hartford Accident and Indemnity, Hartford Fire Insurance and the Hartford Steam. Boiler Inspection and Insurance companies; and a director of the Hartford National Bank and Trust Company and trustee of the Society for Savings. He had been chairman of the Hartford Community Chest and Old People's Home Committee; president of the Connecticut Children's Aid Society for seven years and vice-president of the Connecticut Humane Society; a director and member of the executive committee of the Hartford Hospital; and a trustee of the Hartford YMCA. He was a charter member of the Metropolitan District Commission. -In 1940 Trinity awarded him an honorary degree, Master of Sci ence degree. In June, 1898, he married Miss Bernadine Dodd of Chicago, Illinois, who survives him. · 30 TRINITY COLLEGE John Joseph Rau Class of 1940 0 bit pro patria John Joseph Rau was born at Fanwood, New Jersey, on May 26, 1918, the son of Eugene and Mary Rau. After graduating from Scotch Plains High School, Scotch Plains, New Jersey, he entered Trinity in the fall of 1936 with the class of 1940. He , was forced to withdraw · from college after six months for financial reasons. He was associated with the Lawrence Engineering Company in Linden, New Jersey, prior to entering the service in June, 1943. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces and trained at Miami, Florida, and at Carbondale, Illinois. He received his commission as Second Lieutenant at Ellington Field, Texas, in June 1944, and went overseas in October 1944. He took part in many missions over Europe. On January 19, 194 5, his plane was shot down over Yugoslavia, and he was listed as killed in action by the War Department on January 19, 1946. On February 22, 1941, he married Miss Marjorie Coles of Fan wood, who survives him. There was one son: William Eugene. Alexander Ogden Jones, Jr. Class of 1942 0 bit pro patria Alexander Ogden Jones, Jr., was born in Cooperstown, New York, on June 26, 1919, tll,e son of Alexander Ogden and Alice Van Doren Ripley Jones. After preparation at Roxbury Latin School and Phillips Exeter Academy, he entered Trinity in September 1938 with the class of 1942. He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Leaving Trinity in December 1940, he joined the Army Air Corps and received his commission in December 1941. He was on anti-submarine patrol in the West Indies for eighteen months. At his own request he was transferred to the Fighter Command in North Africa. He was with the 319th Fighter Squadron of the 325th Fighter group with the 15th Air Force. Lieutenant Jones was reported missing in action on March 28, 1944, near Ferrara, Italy. Official confirmation of his · death was OBITUARY RECORD 31 received by the War Department in September 1945. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement as a Thunderbolt fighter pilot, and also the Air Medal with one Silver Oak-leaf Cluster. John Hunter Wamsley Class of 1942 0 bit pro patria John Hunter Wamsley was born in New Rochelle, New York, on December 26, 1919, the son of the Rev. Frederic Wamsley, Trinity 1907, and Beatrice Hunter Wamsley. Preparing for college at the New Rochelle . High School, he entered Trinity in 1938 with the class of 1942. He was on the College Senate, and a member of the Seabury Club. He was on the swimming team for four seasons. He was a member of the Alpha Chi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He enlisted in the United States Navy after graduating with a B.A. degree in June 1942. His rating was soon changed to Avia tion Cadet. After receiving his training he was assigned to scouting and patrol squadrons on the Atlantic coast. In February 1944, he was assigned to the Aviation Unit with the U. S. S. Alaska, and in August 1944, he was promoted to Lieutenant (j.g.). He died on August 11, 1945, at Buckner Bay, Okinawa. Be- . sides his parents he leaves a brother, the Rev. Richard Weld Wamsley, Trinity 1937. William Richard Hartmann Class of 1944, Special Student William Richard Hartmann, the son of William C. and Louise Greble Hartmann, died March_30, 1945, in Hartford, Connecticut. He was born on July 20, 1921, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He prepared for College at the Liberty High School, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He attended Moravian College in Bethlehem, and came to Trinity in November. 1944 as a special student. He; was employed by the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Company of East .Hartford. He married Miss Barb.ara Sisco of Colebrook, New Hampshire, on September 2, 1943. There were no children. 32 TRINITY COLLEGE Stanley Hale Rood Faculty Stanley Hale Rood was born at Brookfield, Massachusetts, on December 7, 1868, the son of James Timothy and Ellen Louise Miles Rood. He received his B.S. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and his M.A. from Harvard. He taught chemistry at the Hartford Public High School for many years, and was al~o head of manual training at the Hartford Grammar Schools. He retired from active teaching in 1933 except for a period in 1944 and 1945 when he taught Physics and Chem- istry at Trinity. · He was a trustee of the Hartford Junior College for Girls, the Hartford School of Music, and the Children's Museum. He was treasurer of the latter at his death on October 29, 1945. ' He leaves his wife, Mrs. Alice Hamilton Gleason Rood, whom he married in 1897; a sister, Miss Clara Rood of Worcester, Massa chusetts; and two nieces, Miss Louise Rood and Miss Janice Rood of Northampton, Massachusetts. Jacques Edmond Bloch Class of 1945 0 bit pro Patria Jacques Edmond Bloch was born in Paris, France, on October 5, 1923, the son of Leon and Ida Bloch. After preparation at Lycee J auson-de-Sailly. in Paris, he entered Trinity in September, 1941, and left in 1942 to go to Yale. He enlisted with the Fighting French Army and left the United States on March 8, 1943. He had his training in London, and was in contact with the French underground movement. He landed in France in September 1944 and volunteered in an Infantry regiment. He was killed on January 27, 1945, by shell fragments on a volun tary mission in Alsace. He was decorated with the French War Cross posthumously. He is buried at Obernai, Alsace. OBITUARY RECORD John Henry Burns Class of 1945 0 bit pro patria John Henry Burns was born in Torrington, Connecticut, on April 3, 1924, the son of John Henry and Lucy Stockman Burns. He prepared for college at the Torrington High School, Torring ton, Connecticut, and entered Trinity in September 1941 in the class of 1945. He was a member of the Delta Chi Chapter of the Sigma Nu Fraternity. · He was inducted into the Army in May, 1943, and received his basic training at Fort McClelland, Alabama. He completed further training at Manhattan College in engineering under the Army Specialized Training Program. He was sent overseas in November 1945, in Company B, 273rd Infantry Regiment of the 69th Division. On February 22, 1945, he was killed in action near Meischeid~ Germany. George Fitzhugh Cobb Class of 1945 0 bit pro patria George Fitzhugh Cobb was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 9, 1923, the son of George and Caroline Laurens Claude Cobb. His father was the Chief Engineer of Baltimore City, and his. mother is a graduate of the Union Memorial Hospital. He prepared for college at Boys' Latin School in Baltimore and entered Trinit:y as a freshman in September 1941. He was a member of the Sigma Chapter of the Delta Phi Fraternity. Leaving College in 1942, he was inducted into the army in June of 1943 and received his basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama. He was sent to Company A, 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Division, Third Army, Camp Breckenridge. He sailed overseas in September 1944, and immediately went into Germany with the 1st Army, 1st Division, 26th Regiment, Company I. His squad was sent on a night patrol to bring in a prisoner for questioning. They entered a house unopposed, but the enemy opened fire and sur rounded the position. The squad leader decided to withdraw to the front line, as opposition was rapidly increasing. George Cobb 34 TRINITY COLLEGE was last seen firing at the •enemy. The house was captured and was not recaptured for some days. This happened near Verlautenheide, Germany, shortly after the Battle of Aachen. He was reported missing in action November 3, 1944, and his death was confirmed by the Army November 3, 1945. Robert John Derick Class of 1945 0 bit pro patria Robert John Derick, the son of Gordon Smith and Sarah McGill , Derick, was born on April 1, 1923, in Hartford, Connecticut. After graduation from East Hartford High School, in 1941, he attended Trinity for a year with the class of 1945. He was active in class basketball. He enlisted in the Navy, Merchant Marine, and received train ing at Pass Christain, Mississippi. He sailed from New York City on August 13, 1943, and was lost at sea on August 19, when his ship, the J. Pinckney Henderson, crashed into another ship in the convoy, and an explosion followed. Henry Garratt Honeysett Class of 1945 0 bit pro patria Henry Garratt Honeysett was born in Glenside, Pennsylvania, on December 31, 1921, the son of James Webster and Milie Kribs Honeysett. After preparation at Germantown Academy, Germantown, Pennsylvania, he entered Trinity in 1941 with the class of 1945. He left college after one year. He did war work at the Standard Pressed Steel Company, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, before entering the Army Air Corps as a Cadet in February 1943. He graduated November 1, 1943, at Moody Field, V aldorta, Georgia, as a Second Lieutenant in the 50th squadron, 314th T. C. He was sent to Sicily and England for further training, and took part in missions over Normandy· after "D" day. He was killed on September 18, 1944, while flying over Holland carrying British paratroopers to the Arnheim area. OBITUARY RECORD 35 Louis Robert Guzzo Class of 1946 0 bit pro patria Louis Robert Guzzo, an ensign in the United States Naval Reserve, met his death on August 30, 1945, in a crash at Holtville, California, while on a rocket firing test. He was born on August 8, 1924, at Hartfo.rd, Connecticut, the son of Louis Michael Guzzo, Trinity 1923, and Clementia Josephine Guzzo. After preparing for college at William Hall High SchQol, West Hartford, where he starred in football and track, he came to Trinity College in 1942 in the class of 1946. He enlisted in the United .States Naval Reserve, and lett College on March 3, 1943, to report for duty. He was a member of the Phi Psi Chapter of Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity. He received his wings with the' commission of Ensign on September 19, 1944, and was attached to the 98th Air Group at Oxnard, California. In, May, 1945, he was attached to Torpedo Squadron 80 at San Diego, California. Up to the time of his death he had been doing considerable test flying of rocket firing planes. He was engaged to Miss Beverly M. Shea of West Hartford . ..l OBITUARY RECORD 37 INDEX Clasa Page 1904 Allen, Walter Best 19 1925 Averill, Edward Wilson, Jr.. 25 1890 Barber, Henry Hobart . 8 1928 Baylis, Jack Edward 26 1899 Benson, Lloyd Raeburn . 14 1907 Biller, Ernest Cecil 20 1898 Bissell, John Hugh 11 1945 Bloch, Jacques Edmond 32 1924 Bolles, Chester , Alford . 24 1945 Burns, John Henry 33 1921 Camp, John Spencer 23 1938 Carty, James Francis 27 1945 Cobb, George Fitzhugh . 33 1902 Crane, Joseph Baird 18 1939 Crocker, Malcolm. 28 1913 Danforth, Herbert Gray 22 1898 · Davenport, John Sidney, Jr.. 12 1945 Derick, Robert John 34 1940 Gale, Philip Bartlett 29 1916 Gray, Charles Bartlett Wells 23 1898 Gray, Robert Watkinson 12 1910 Green, Harold Chamberlain . 21 1883 Greene, George 6 1946 Guzzo, Louis Robert 35 Hamlin, George Edwin . 11 Hartmann, William Richard . 31 Hicks, Richard Allen 25 Honeysett, Henry Garratt 34 / 38 TRINITY COLLEGE Class Page 1901 Howell, William Henry 16 1942 Jones, Alexander Ogden, Jr.. 3(1 1899 Kramer, Frederick Ferdinand 15 1900 Kurth, Karl Frank Frederick . 16 1938 LeFevre, Charles Henry 27 1890 McCook, John Butler 9 1903 McKean, Robert Lincoln 19 1899 Mather, William Hale . 15 1919 Mitchell, Henry Cook 23 1891 Morse, J