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232 Yak University Obituary Record
Lieutenant Emerson lost his hfe when his pursuit ship crashed dunng combat
training m Georgia He was posthumously awarded the Air Medal "for men-
tonous achievement whde participating m anti-submarine patrol" Buned m
Spring Grove Cemetery, Cmcinnati Survived by parents and a sister, Adele
Emerson Tytus (Smith Coll 1932-34), the wife of Francis J. Tytus, '32, of
Farmington, Conn
Frederick James Murphy, Jr., B.S. 1940.
Bom September 27, 1916, in Evanston, III.
Died December 31, 1942, near Macclenny, Fla.
Father, Fredenck James Murphy (B A 1910), assistant comptroller Inter-
chemical Corporation, New York City, son of Dennis Henry and Georgina
Catherme (Blades) Murphy of Westboro, Mass Mother, Mane Amelia (Wells)
Murphy, daughter of Charles Walker and Frances Helene (Dis deBar) Wells of
Parkersburg, W Va, Mdan, Ohio, and St. Petersburg, Fla Yale relatives include Wilham H Murphy, '93 (great-uncle), and Augustus L. Wells, *i6
(uncle)
King School, Stamford, Conn, Stamford High School, and Phdhps-Andover.
Industnal administration course; Freshman Football and Baseball squads; Umversity 150-pound Football Team Semor year, member Timothy Dwight
College (football team Jumor year, baseball team two years and captam Semor
year)
Service engmeer Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Division of Umted Aircraft
Corporation, East Hartford, Conn, 1940-41; commissioned Ensign, US.
Naval Reserve, July 10, 1940, called to active service June 28, 1941; assistant
engme overhaul officer, assembly and repair department, Naval Air Station,
Jacksonville, June-November, 1941, resigned commission December 3, 1941,
to begin Naval Reserve flight training course as seaman (2d class), received preliminary training at U S Naval Reserve Aviation Base, Atlanta, Ga, until
March 5, 1942, and then transferred to Naval An* Station, Jacksonville, for
advanced flight training, appointed Aviation Cadet, U S Naval Reserve,
Apnl 2, 1942; commissioned Ensign November 3, 1942 (to rank from August 11, 1942), and appomted Naval Aviator (heavier than air)
Unmarned.
Ensign Murphy was killed in an airplane crash whde on active duty attached
to the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville Ashes scattered over the Atlantic
Ocean Survived by parents, a sister, Mane Jeannette Murphy Stevens (B A.
Umv of Michigan 1935), the wife of Wdham Burd Stevens (B S m ChE.
Umv of Pennsylvania 1934) of New Rochelle, N Y., and a brother, Wilham
Harold Murphy (Dartmouth ex-41) of New York City
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 232 |
| Transcript | 232 Yak University Obituary Record Lieutenant Emerson lost his hfe when his pursuit ship crashed dunng combat training m Georgia He was posthumously awarded the Air Medal "for men- tonous achievement whde participating m anti-submarine patrol" Buned m Spring Grove Cemetery, Cmcinnati Survived by parents and a sister, Adele Emerson Tytus (Smith Coll 1932-34), the wife of Francis J. Tytus, '32, of Farmington, Conn Frederick James Murphy, Jr., B.S. 1940. Bom September 27, 1916, in Evanston, III. Died December 31, 1942, near Macclenny, Fla. Father, Fredenck James Murphy (B A 1910), assistant comptroller Inter- chemical Corporation, New York City, son of Dennis Henry and Georgina Catherme (Blades) Murphy of Westboro, Mass Mother, Mane Amelia (Wells) Murphy, daughter of Charles Walker and Frances Helene (Dis deBar) Wells of Parkersburg, W Va, Mdan, Ohio, and St. Petersburg, Fla Yale relatives include Wilham H Murphy, '93 (great-uncle), and Augustus L. Wells, *i6 (uncle) King School, Stamford, Conn, Stamford High School, and Phdhps-Andover. Industnal administration course; Freshman Football and Baseball squads; Umversity 150-pound Football Team Semor year, member Timothy Dwight College (football team Jumor year, baseball team two years and captam Semor year) Service engmeer Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Division of Umted Aircraft Corporation, East Hartford, Conn, 1940-41; commissioned Ensign, US. Naval Reserve, July 10, 1940, called to active service June 28, 1941; assistant engme overhaul officer, assembly and repair department, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, June-November, 1941, resigned commission December 3, 1941, to begin Naval Reserve flight training course as seaman (2d class), received preliminary training at U S Naval Reserve Aviation Base, Atlanta, Ga, until March 5, 1942, and then transferred to Naval An* Station, Jacksonville, for advanced flight training, appointed Aviation Cadet, U S Naval Reserve, Apnl 2, 1942; commissioned Ensign November 3, 1942 (to rank from August 11, 1942), and appomted Naval Aviator (heavier than air) Unmarned. Ensign Murphy was killed in an airplane crash whde on active duty attached to the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville Ashes scattered over the Atlantic Ocean Survived by parents, a sister, Mane Jeannette Murphy Stevens (B A. Umv of Michigan 1935), the wife of Wdham Burd Stevens (B S m ChE. Umv of Pennsylvania 1934) of New Rochelle, N Y., and a brother, Wilham Harold Murphy (Dartmouth ex-41) of New York City |
