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Yale College 185
Robert Phelps Saunders, B.A. 1938.
Born August 10, 1917, in Washington, D C
Died June 4, 1944, in Italy.
Father, Joseph Nelson Saunders/(LL B Georgetown Univ. 1891, LL.M
1892), vice-president The District, The Lawyers, and The Washington
Tide Insurance companies, Washington, son of James Stevenson and
Mary Amanda (Phelps) Saunders of Howard County, Md , and the District of Columbia Mother, Harriet Bray (Ferguson) Saunders, daughter
of Robert Benedict and Alice Virginia (Lighter) Ferguson of the District
of Columbia.
St. Albans School, Washington Scholar of the third rank Sophomore
year, Freshman Baseball Squad, member Jonathan Edwards College (football team Sophomore year, baseball team Sophomore and Junior years)
Attended Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration 1938-
40 (M B.A. 1940); junior accountant Price, Waterhouse & Company,
public accountants, New York City, 1940-41, chief cost accountant Union
Bag & Paper Corporation, manufacturers of kraft products, New York
City, 1941 and Hudson Falls, N Y, 1941-43, member St Albans Church
(Episcopal), Washington.
Married July 20, 1940, in Charlottesville, Va , Nancy, daughter of James
Kerr and Anna Elizabeth (Williams) Barr
Inducted into Army of the United States September 21, 1943, received
infantry training at Fort McClellan and Fort George G. Meade September, 1943—February, 1944; overseas since February 21, 1944,
Death due to wounds received in action at the Anzio beachhead in Italy
Posthumously awarded the Order of the Purple Heart Survived by wife,
father, a sister, Marian S Louden (diploma Pratt Inst 1924), the wife of
Orren Rodenberg Louden of Washington, and a brother, Richard Edward
Saunders (Univ. Wisconsin ^#-'25) of Chevy Chase, Md
Frederick Wilder White, B.A. 1938.
Born October 9, 1916, in Winchendon Springs, Mass.
Died July 31, 1943, on New Georgia Island.
Father, Joseph Nelson White, Jr (Brown Umv <?r-'o3), a cotton manufacturer in Winchendon Springs; son of Joseph Nelson and Annie (Evans)
White of Winchendon Springs Mother, Rebecca Lucy (Wilder) White,
daughter of Frederick Woods and Lucy Jane (Chapman) Wilder of
| 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 185 |
| Transcript | Yale College 185 Robert Phelps Saunders, B.A. 1938. Born August 10, 1917, in Washington, D C Died June 4, 1944, in Italy. Father, Joseph Nelson Saunders/(LL B Georgetown Univ. 1891, LL.M 1892), vice-president The District, The Lawyers, and The Washington Tide Insurance companies, Washington, son of James Stevenson and Mary Amanda (Phelps) Saunders of Howard County, Md , and the District of Columbia Mother, Harriet Bray (Ferguson) Saunders, daughter of Robert Benedict and Alice Virginia (Lighter) Ferguson of the District of Columbia. St. Albans School, Washington Scholar of the third rank Sophomore year, Freshman Baseball Squad, member Jonathan Edwards College (football team Sophomore year, baseball team Sophomore and Junior years) Attended Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration 1938- 40 (M B.A. 1940); junior accountant Price, Waterhouse & Company, public accountants, New York City, 1940-41, chief cost accountant Union Bag & Paper Corporation, manufacturers of kraft products, New York City, 1941 and Hudson Falls, N Y, 1941-43, member St Albans Church (Episcopal), Washington. Married July 20, 1940, in Charlottesville, Va , Nancy, daughter of James Kerr and Anna Elizabeth (Williams) Barr Inducted into Army of the United States September 21, 1943, received infantry training at Fort McClellan and Fort George G. Meade September, 1943—February, 1944; overseas since February 21, 1944, Death due to wounds received in action at the Anzio beachhead in Italy Posthumously awarded the Order of the Purple Heart Survived by wife, father, a sister, Marian S Louden (diploma Pratt Inst 1924), the wife of Orren Rodenberg Louden of Washington, and a brother, Richard Edward Saunders (Univ. Wisconsin ^#-'25) of Chevy Chase, Md Frederick Wilder White, B.A. 1938. Born October 9, 1916, in Winchendon Springs, Mass. Died July 31, 1943, on New Georgia Island. Father, Joseph Nelson White, Jr (Brown Umv |