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School of Forestry 379
Prepared in Claremont, Calif ; B.A. Pomona College 1896, studied law
with private tutor in Oakland, Cahf., 1897; admitted to California bar
1897, Texas bar 1912, and Colorado bar 1918, taught at Lodi (Calif ) High
School 1896-97 and in a private school m Honolulu, TH, 1901-02; attended Yale Graduate School and Yale School of Forestry 1902-04 (MJF
1904); assistant in reforestation U S. Forest Service, Sierra Madre Mountains, Cahf., 1904-07; assistant manager Oak Knoll Tract, Pasadena, Cahf ,
1907-08; lawyer in Lodi 1908-10; assistant general manager Kilgore Cooperative Sugar Cane Plantations, Mercedes and Harhngen, Texas, 1910-
12; assistant Hawkins and Pierce, lawyers, Brownsville, Texas, 1912-13,
member Rich & Searle, lawyers, Brownsville, 1913-14; judge Willacy
County (Texas) Court and superintendent of schools Willacy County
1914-17; cashier Denver Towel and Supply Company 1917-18; lawyer in
Haxtun, Colo, 1918-33; judge Phillips County (Colo ) Court 1933-41, retired in 1941; member Masonic order and Holyoke (Colo.) Methodist
Church.
Married September 20, 1903, in Lodi, Emily Drinker, daughter of
Frederick Colman (M.D. Cooper Medical Coll 1873) and Emily Whitfield (Sylvester) Colman. Children* Margaret (died June 8, 1912),
Dorothy (died October 10, 1910), Edward Turner Colman (Umv
Denver 1927-28), and Eleanore Catherine (Univ. Colorado 1926-28),
the wife of Samuel Van Meter Rhoads.
Death due to paralysis. Buried in Haxtun Cemetery. Survived by wife,
one daughter, son, and four grandchildren.
Clayton Dissinger Mell, M.F. 1905.
Born November 25, 1875, in Wernersvtlle, Pa.
Died February 28, 1945, tn Mertda, Mexico
Parents, William Dover and Rebecca (Dissinger) Mell
B A. Millersville (Pa.) State Teachers College 1896, ME. 1898; taught
school 1897-1900; attended Franklin and Marshall College 1900-02
(B A. 1902) and Yale School of Forestry 1903-05 (MF. 1905); became
assistant dendrologist, U.S. Forest Service, in 1905; pharmacognosist
U.S. Bureau of Chemistry, New York City, 1912-15; engaged in importation of tropical woods in New York City until 1945 (with Charles H.
Pearson, J. H Monteath Company 1924-28, and under firm name C. D.
Mell); consultant, Board of Economic Warfare, Washington, D C , 1942;
coauthor with his classmate Samuel J Record of Timbers of Tropical
America (1924); wrote section on forests in Geological Survey of St
Mary's County, Md. (1907); New York editor of Lumber; secretary
Philippine Mahogany Association; member Society of American Foresters
and German Reformed Church.
| 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 379 |
| Transcript | School of Forestry 379 Prepared in Claremont, Calif ; B.A. Pomona College 1896, studied law with private tutor in Oakland, Cahf., 1897; admitted to California bar 1897, Texas bar 1912, and Colorado bar 1918, taught at Lodi (Calif ) High School 1896-97 and in a private school m Honolulu, TH, 1901-02; attended Yale Graduate School and Yale School of Forestry 1902-04 (MJF 1904); assistant in reforestation U S. Forest Service, Sierra Madre Mountains, Cahf., 1904-07; assistant manager Oak Knoll Tract, Pasadena, Cahf , 1907-08; lawyer in Lodi 1908-10; assistant general manager Kilgore Cooperative Sugar Cane Plantations, Mercedes and Harhngen, Texas, 1910- 12; assistant Hawkins and Pierce, lawyers, Brownsville, Texas, 1912-13, member Rich & Searle, lawyers, Brownsville, 1913-14; judge Willacy County (Texas) Court and superintendent of schools Willacy County 1914-17; cashier Denver Towel and Supply Company 1917-18; lawyer in Haxtun, Colo, 1918-33; judge Phillips County (Colo ) Court 1933-41, retired in 1941; member Masonic order and Holyoke (Colo.) Methodist Church. Married September 20, 1903, in Lodi, Emily Drinker, daughter of Frederick Colman (M.D. Cooper Medical Coll 1873) and Emily Whitfield (Sylvester) Colman. Children* Margaret (died June 8, 1912), Dorothy (died October 10, 1910), Edward Turner Colman (Umv Denver 1927-28), and Eleanore Catherine (Univ. Colorado 1926-28), the wife of Samuel Van Meter Rhoads. Death due to paralysis. Buried in Haxtun Cemetery. Survived by wife, one daughter, son, and four grandchildren. Clayton Dissinger Mell, M.F. 1905. Born November 25, 1875, in Wernersvtlle, Pa. Died February 28, 1945, tn Mertda, Mexico Parents, William Dover and Rebecca (Dissinger) Mell B A. Millersville (Pa.) State Teachers College 1896, ME. 1898; taught school 1897-1900; attended Franklin and Marshall College 1900-02 (B A. 1902) and Yale School of Forestry 1903-05 (MF. 1905); became assistant dendrologist, U.S. Forest Service, in 1905; pharmacognosist U.S. Bureau of Chemistry, New York City, 1912-15; engaged in importation of tropical woods in New York City until 1945 (with Charles H. Pearson, J. H Monteath Company 1924-28, and under firm name C. D. Mell); consultant, Board of Economic Warfare, Washington, D C , 1942; coauthor with his classmate Samuel J Record of Timbers of Tropical America (1924); wrote section on forests in Geological Survey of St Mary's County, Md. (1907); New York editor of Lumber; secretary Philippine Mahogany Association; member Society of American Foresters and German Reformed Church. |