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Yale College 197
York City. Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Eddison) Haines, daughter of
Charles and Mary Elizabeth (Barton) Eddison of Irvington, N.Y.
The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn Captain Class soccer team
Freshman year; University Soccer Team Sophomore, Junior, and Senior
years (captain Senior year); Class baseball squad Freshman year, on Yale
Community Council four years (vice-president Senior year) and All-Uni-
versity Christian Conference Committee Junior year, member Davenport College, Kappa Delta Epsilon, and Yale Naval R O.T C Member
St. Barnabas Church (Episcopal), Irvington.
Married June 7, 1941, in Greenwich, Conn., Audrey Perot Oakley
(Sarah Lawrence Coll. ^#-'42), daughter of Ralph Lawrence and Sarah
Lee (Perot) Oakley. Son: George Eddison, Jr.
Entered service as Ensign D-V(G), U.S. Naval Reserve, May 1, 1942;
called to active duty June 22, 1942; commissioned Lieutenant (] g ) May
1, 1943; Torpedo Officer, Commissary Officer, and Assistant Gunnery
Officer on destroyer U.S.S. Lansdale July, 1943-April, 1944 (promoted
to Gunnery Officer December, 1943).
Lieutenant Haines lost his life when his ship was attacked and sunk
off the coast of Algeria. (In compliance with Section 5 of Public Law
490, as amended, the presumptive date of death was fixed as April 21,
1945.) Posthumously awarded the Order of the Purple Heart and the
Silver Star Medal for conspicuous gallantry on April 20, 1944, when he
personally lessened the effectiveness of hostile plane attacks by coordinating action of the guns and directing accurate vigorous fire against enemy
aircraft. After the ship was sunk, Lieutenant Haines assisted the men
struggling in the water and contributed to the probable saving of several
lives Survived by wife, son, parents, a brother, Franklin M. Haines, Jr,
'39, and paternal and maternal grandparents.
William Brinckerhoflf Jackson, B.A. 1942.
Born March 21, 1920, in New Haven, Conn.
Died December 7, 1944, in China.
Father, John Day Jackson, '90, editor and publisher New Haven Register, awarded medal of merit by New Haven Advertising Club for distinguished service to the city 1938; son of Joseph C Jackson (B.A. 1857) and
Catherine (Day) Jackson of New York City. Mother, Rose Mane (Hernck) Jackson; daughter of John Wheeler and Annie Elizabeth (Taylor)
Herrick of Elgin, 111. Yale relatives include* Oliver Wolcott (B.A 1747)
(great-great-great-grandfather); Alexander Wolcott (BA. 1731)(great-
great-great-great-uncle); Frederick Wolcott (B.A. 1786) (great-greatgrandfather); Oliver Wolcott (B.A 1778)(great-great-great-uncle);
Schuyler B. Jackson, '71, and F. Wolcott Jackson, M.A. Hon. 1892 (great-
| 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 197 |
| Transcript | Yale College 197 York City. Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Eddison) Haines, daughter of Charles and Mary Elizabeth (Barton) Eddison of Irvington, N.Y. The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn Captain Class soccer team Freshman year; University Soccer Team Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years (captain Senior year); Class baseball squad Freshman year, on Yale Community Council four years (vice-president Senior year) and All-Uni- versity Christian Conference Committee Junior year, member Davenport College, Kappa Delta Epsilon, and Yale Naval R O.T C Member St. Barnabas Church (Episcopal), Irvington. Married June 7, 1941, in Greenwich, Conn., Audrey Perot Oakley (Sarah Lawrence Coll. ^#-'42), daughter of Ralph Lawrence and Sarah Lee (Perot) Oakley. Son: George Eddison, Jr. Entered service as Ensign D-V(G), U.S. Naval Reserve, May 1, 1942; called to active duty June 22, 1942; commissioned Lieutenant (] g ) May 1, 1943; Torpedo Officer, Commissary Officer, and Assistant Gunnery Officer on destroyer U.S.S. Lansdale July, 1943-April, 1944 (promoted to Gunnery Officer December, 1943). Lieutenant Haines lost his life when his ship was attacked and sunk off the coast of Algeria. (In compliance with Section 5 of Public Law 490, as amended, the presumptive date of death was fixed as April 21, 1945.) Posthumously awarded the Order of the Purple Heart and the Silver Star Medal for conspicuous gallantry on April 20, 1944, when he personally lessened the effectiveness of hostile plane attacks by coordinating action of the guns and directing accurate vigorous fire against enemy aircraft. After the ship was sunk, Lieutenant Haines assisted the men struggling in the water and contributed to the probable saving of several lives Survived by wife, son, parents, a brother, Franklin M. Haines, Jr, '39, and paternal and maternal grandparents. William Brinckerhoflf Jackson, B.A. 1942. Born March 21, 1920, in New Haven, Conn. Died December 7, 1944, in China. Father, John Day Jackson, '90, editor and publisher New Haven Register, awarded medal of merit by New Haven Advertising Club for distinguished service to the city 1938; son of Joseph C Jackson (B.A. 1857) and Catherine (Day) Jackson of New York City. Mother, Rose Mane (Hernck) Jackson; daughter of John Wheeler and Annie Elizabeth (Taylor) Herrick of Elgin, 111. Yale relatives include* Oliver Wolcott (B.A 1747) (great-great-great-grandfather); Alexander Wolcott (BA. 1731)(great- great-great-great-uncle); Frederick Wolcott (B.A. 1786) (great-greatgrandfather); Oliver Wolcott (B.A 1778)(great-great-great-uncle); Schuyler B. Jackson, '71, and F. Wolcott Jackson, M.A. Hon. 1892 (great- |