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^ Yale College 125
Leach & Company, investment securities, Duluth and Minneapolis, 1919-
22; manager Minneapolis office Blair & Company of New York City
1922-27; with Farnum [Henry W, '94 S.] & Winter [Wallace C , '93 S.],
brokers, Minneapolis, 1928-31, manager securities department Minneapolis
Gas Light Company 1931-37; with A. O. Slaughter & Company, brokers,
1937-38, solicitor Harris, Upham & Company, Minneapolis, 1938-39, manager Minneapolis office Mankato Brewing Company 1939-44, secretary-
treasurer Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest 1921-25, enlisted in
National Army August 27, 1917; attended Officers Training Camp, Fort
Snelhng; commissioned First Lieutenant, Infantry, November 25, 1917;
assigned to 337th Infantry, 85th Division, Camp Custer, overseas June,
1918-Apnl, 1919; transferred to Company H, 47th Infantry, 4th Division,
stationed in Germany with Army of Occupation, discharged April 15,
1919; member American Legion (commander Gopher Post 1942) and
Cathedral Church of St. Mark (Episcopal), Minneapolis
Married August 25, 1920, in Duluth, Elizabeth Stevens, daughter of
Rolhn Albert and Clarissa (Stevens) Horr Children William Preston,
Jr. (Univ. Minnesota 1940-42), and Mary Elizabeth, the wife of John
Hughes Griffith (B B.A. Umv Minnesota 1942)
Death due to injuries received in a fall. Buried in Roselawn Cemetery,
St. Paul. Survived by wife, children, a sister, Mrs Payson Gilbert (died
April 7, 1945), and a brother, Edwin White, '06.
Wayland Wells Williams, B.A. 1910.
Born August 16, 1888, in New Haven, Conn.
Died May 6, 1945, in New Haven, Conn
Father, Frederick Wells Williams, '79 Mother, Frances Hapgood
(Wayland) Williams. Yale relatives include: Aaron Arms (B A. 1813)
(great-grandfather); and Francis Wayland (MA Hon 1881)(great-
uncle).
Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, and Westminster School,
Simsbury, Conn Honors in studies of Freshman and Junior years, honors
in English composition Junior year, philosophical oration appointment
Senior year; vice-president Cercle Francois Senior year, on Class Book
committee, member Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, The Pundits, Psi Upsilon, Chi Delta Theta, and Phi Beta Kappa
Studied history and German at University of Munich 1910-11; reporter
for New Yor\ Evening Post 1911-13; engaged in literary work in New
Haven 1913-28; author: The Whirligig of Time (1916), Goshen Street
(1920), Family (1923), I, the King (1924), and The Seafarers and Other
Poems (1924), editor. Castle in Spam, by Walter Brooks Drayton Henderson (1942); contributed to Atlantic Monthly, Century Magazine, The
| 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 125 |
| Transcript | ^ Yale College 125 Leach & Company, investment securities, Duluth and Minneapolis, 1919- 22; manager Minneapolis office Blair & Company of New York City 1922-27; with Farnum [Henry W, '94 S.] & Winter [Wallace C , '93 S.], brokers, Minneapolis, 1928-31, manager securities department Minneapolis Gas Light Company 1931-37; with A. O. Slaughter & Company, brokers, 1937-38, solicitor Harris, Upham & Company, Minneapolis, 1938-39, manager Minneapolis office Mankato Brewing Company 1939-44, secretary- treasurer Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest 1921-25, enlisted in National Army August 27, 1917; attended Officers Training Camp, Fort Snelhng; commissioned First Lieutenant, Infantry, November 25, 1917; assigned to 337th Infantry, 85th Division, Camp Custer, overseas June, 1918-Apnl, 1919; transferred to Company H, 47th Infantry, 4th Division, stationed in Germany with Army of Occupation, discharged April 15, 1919; member American Legion (commander Gopher Post 1942) and Cathedral Church of St. Mark (Episcopal), Minneapolis Married August 25, 1920, in Duluth, Elizabeth Stevens, daughter of Rolhn Albert and Clarissa (Stevens) Horr Children William Preston, Jr. (Univ. Minnesota 1940-42), and Mary Elizabeth, the wife of John Hughes Griffith (B B.A. Umv Minnesota 1942) Death due to injuries received in a fall. Buried in Roselawn Cemetery, St. Paul. Survived by wife, children, a sister, Mrs Payson Gilbert (died April 7, 1945), and a brother, Edwin White, '06. Wayland Wells Williams, B.A. 1910. Born August 16, 1888, in New Haven, Conn. Died May 6, 1945, in New Haven, Conn Father, Frederick Wells Williams, '79 Mother, Frances Hapgood (Wayland) Williams. Yale relatives include: Aaron Arms (B A. 1813) (great-grandfather); and Francis Wayland (MA Hon 1881)(great- uncle). Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, and Westminster School, Simsbury, Conn Honors in studies of Freshman and Junior years, honors in English composition Junior year, philosophical oration appointment Senior year; vice-president Cercle Francois Senior year, on Class Book committee, member Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, The Pundits, Psi Upsilon, Chi Delta Theta, and Phi Beta Kappa Studied history and German at University of Munich 1910-11; reporter for New Yor\ Evening Post 1911-13; engaged in literary work in New Haven 1913-28; author: The Whirligig of Time (1916), Goshen Street (1920), Family (1923), I, the King (1924), and The Seafarers and Other Poems (1924), editor. Castle in Spam, by Walter Brooks Drayton Henderson (1942); contributed to Atlantic Monthly, Century Magazine, The |