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Yale College 117
Julie Marie Vietor Davis, the wife of John Lionberger Davis (B A. Princeton 1900) of St. Louis, and a brother, George F. Vietor, ^-'04. Another
brother, Carl L Vietor, '00 S, died in 1935.
Benjamin Webster, B.A. 1907.
Born November iy, 1884, in Waterbury, Conn
Died December 2,1944, in Brooklyn, N Y.
Father, Daniel Frederick Webster (B.A. Dartmouth Coll. 1874), a
lawyer in Waterbury; mayor of Waterbury 1892-93, represented fifth
senatorial district in Connecticut General Assembly 1895-96, son of
Frederick Buel and Cornelia Clarissa (Barbour) Webster of Litchfield
and Harwinton, Conn. Mother, Elizabeth Rogers (Fox) Webster, daughter of John Bradford and Hannah H. (Hall) Fox of Plymouth, Conn
Waterbury High School. Honors in studies of Freshman year, second
dispute appointment Junior year; first colloquy appointment Senior year
Secretary to George L. Lilley, representative from Connecticut in 60th
United States Congress, 1907-08; vice-principal and teacher of science
Nyack (N Y.) High School 1908-09, teacher of science The Hill School,
Pottstown, Pa., 1909-10 and Cascadilla School, Ithaca, NY., 1910-11;
studied technology Cornell University summer 1910 and University of
Michigan summer 1911; graduate student in engineering George Washington University 1912-13; attended Georgetown University School of
Law 1913-14 (M.P.L. 1914); editorial assistant US Bureau of Mines,
Washington, 1911-13, assistant examiner US. Patent Office 1913-19,
manager in New York City for Fetherstonhaugh & Company, international patent attorneys, 1919-20; patent counsel Grape-Ola Company,
beverages, New York City, 1920, president Sterling Watch Company,
Inc., New York City, 1921-26, Radio Electric Clock Company 1927-28,
and Sterling Stop-Watch Company, Inc, 1927-31; president and patent
attorney Inventions Exploitation Corporation, New York City, 1930-39;
associated with Pine Grove Cemetery Association, Waterbury, 1939;
patent lawyer in Brooklyn 1940-42, precision inspector Crucible Steel
Company of America, New York City, 1942; associate inspector New
York Ordnance District, U S War Department, 1942-44, member Yale
Engineering Association, American Chemical Society, Society of Mayflower Descendants, Masonic order, and First Congregational Church,
Waterbury.
Married January 28, 1921, in New York City, Jane Stevenson, daughter of Edward and Ida Virginia (Stevenson) Hammond No children.
Mr. and Mrs. Webster were divorced
Death due to carcinoma Buried in Hillside Cemetery, Thomaston,
Conn. Survived by a brother, Bradford Webster, '03
| 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 117 |
| Transcript | Yale College 117 Julie Marie Vietor Davis, the wife of John Lionberger Davis (B A. Princeton 1900) of St. Louis, and a brother, George F. Vietor, ^-'04. Another brother, Carl L Vietor, '00 S, died in 1935. Benjamin Webster, B.A. 1907. Born November iy, 1884, in Waterbury, Conn Died December 2,1944, in Brooklyn, N Y. Father, Daniel Frederick Webster (B.A. Dartmouth Coll. 1874), a lawyer in Waterbury; mayor of Waterbury 1892-93, represented fifth senatorial district in Connecticut General Assembly 1895-96, son of Frederick Buel and Cornelia Clarissa (Barbour) Webster of Litchfield and Harwinton, Conn. Mother, Elizabeth Rogers (Fox) Webster, daughter of John Bradford and Hannah H. (Hall) Fox of Plymouth, Conn Waterbury High School. Honors in studies of Freshman year, second dispute appointment Junior year; first colloquy appointment Senior year Secretary to George L. Lilley, representative from Connecticut in 60th United States Congress, 1907-08; vice-principal and teacher of science Nyack (N Y.) High School 1908-09, teacher of science The Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., 1909-10 and Cascadilla School, Ithaca, NY., 1910-11; studied technology Cornell University summer 1910 and University of Michigan summer 1911; graduate student in engineering George Washington University 1912-13; attended Georgetown University School of Law 1913-14 (M.P.L. 1914); editorial assistant US Bureau of Mines, Washington, 1911-13, assistant examiner US. Patent Office 1913-19, manager in New York City for Fetherstonhaugh & Company, international patent attorneys, 1919-20; patent counsel Grape-Ola Company, beverages, New York City, 1920, president Sterling Watch Company, Inc., New York City, 1921-26, Radio Electric Clock Company 1927-28, and Sterling Stop-Watch Company, Inc, 1927-31; president and patent attorney Inventions Exploitation Corporation, New York City, 1930-39; associated with Pine Grove Cemetery Association, Waterbury, 1939; patent lawyer in Brooklyn 1940-42, precision inspector Crucible Steel Company of America, New York City, 1942; associate inspector New York Ordnance District, U S War Department, 1942-44, member Yale Engineering Association, American Chemical Society, Society of Mayflower Descendants, Masonic order, and First Congregational Church, Waterbury. Married January 28, 1921, in New York City, Jane Stevenson, daughter of Edward and Ida Virginia (Stevenson) Hammond No children. Mr. and Mrs. Webster were divorced Death due to carcinoma Buried in Hillside Cemetery, Thomaston, Conn. Survived by a brother, Bradford Webster, '03 |