Page 27 |
Previous | 295 of 1197 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
Loading content ...
Yale College
27
Willard & Walp 1894-99, partner Mason
& Noyes 1899 until about 1908, attorney
for examination of titles Chicago Title and
Trust Company 1909-12, partner Munroe
& Noyes 1912-13; practiced mdependently
1913-17, associated with Mayer, Meyer
[Abraham, '92], Austrian & Piatt 1917-
40 (partner 1936-40), resided in Chicago
and Sharon 1940-46; trustee Yale Scholarship Trust of Chicago 1907, member Chicago Legal Advisory Board in administration of clraft law in World War I, champion University Club golf tournament
1905; member Chicago Law Institute and
Chicago Bar Association, vestryman St
Chrysostom's Church (Episcopal), Chicago.
Married June 26, 1909, in Toledo, Ohio,
Mary Bryan, daughter of Theodore and
Catharine Wdmerding (Jones) Martin-
dale Daughter. Catharine Martin dale
(B A. Vassar 1931), the wife of David N.
Yerkes (B.A. Harvard 1933; BFA Yale
1935).
Death due to congestive heart failure
Buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago
Survived by wife, daughter, and one granddaughter.
WILLIAM BURNET WRIGHT
B.A 1892
Born October 2, 1870, in Boston, Mass
Dted November 30,1946, in Baltimore, Md.
Father, Rev Wilham Burnet Wright,
D.D (BA Dartmouth 1857), a Presbytenan minister, son of Nathaniel Wright,
LLD (BA. Dartmouth 1811), and Caroline Augusta (Thew) Wright of Cincinnati, Ohio Mother, Lucretia Osgood
(Johnson) Wright; daughter of Osgood
and Lucretia (Bly) Johnson of Norwich,
Vt. Yale relatives include D Thew Wnght
(BA. 1847) (uncle), Thew Wright, Jr,
'36 (nephew)
Roxbury Latin School, Boston First dispute appointment Junior and Senior years,
Yale Athletic Team Freshman, Sophomore,
and Junior years (winner 200-yard dash,
spring athletic games, and half-mile race
intercollegiate athletic meet Junior year),
manager University Football Team Junior
year, president Yale Football Association,
director Yale Field Corporation, and member executive committee Intercollegiate
Athletic Association Junior and Senior
years, captain Yale Athletic Association
Senior year; an editor Yale Daily News
Junior and Senior years, member Triennial
Committee and Psi Upsilon
With Standard Oil Company, Buffalo,
NY, 1892-93, engaged in railroad and
coal business in Pennsylvania 1893-94,
clerk Bissell [Wilson S, '69], Secard, Bissell
& Carey, lawyers, Buffalo, 1894-96, attended Buffalo Law School, University of
Buffalo, 1895-96 (LLB. 1896), admitted
to the bar 1896, lawyer in Buffalo 1896-
1918 (associated with Potter, Wnght &
Potter 1897-1905 and Wright and Mitchell
1907-18); associated with War Department
May, 1918-November 1, 1919, commissioned Major, Law Enforcement Division,
Sanitary Corps, US Army, August 9,
1918; in charge of New England and New
York State outside of New York City and
Long Island and camp areas in that territory, with headquarters in Boston, July,
1918-November, 1919, executive secretary
Baltimore (Md) Alliance, organized to
combat poverty, disease, and immorality,
1919-22, special counsel on law enforcement to Governor Gifford Pinchot ['89]
of Pennsylvania 1923-27; traveled in Europe 1927, lawver in Baltimore 1927-46,
author Four Years of Law Enforcement
in Pennsylvania (1926), vice-president Yale
Alumni Association of Buffalo 1914-15,
president 1915-17; secretary Associated
Western Yale Clubs 1915-16 and assistant
secretary 1916-17, chairman Board of Federated Charities, Buffalo, on Board of
Councilmen, Buffalo, 1907-11, member
Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, Historical
Society of Buffalo, National Municipal
League, Bar Association of Erie County,
New York State Bar Association, and
Roland Park Presbyterian Church, Baltimore
Married October 28, 1925, in Baltimore,
Altha, daughter of J Frank and Anna
(Henke) Crowther No children
Death due to mtracramal hemorrhage
Buried in Druid Ridge Cemetery, Baltimore Survived by wife and a brother,
Thew Wright, '99
Object Description
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1945-1950 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1945-1950 |
| 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 |
Description
| Title | Page 27 |
| Transcript | Yale College 27 Willard & Walp 1894-99, partner Mason & Noyes 1899 until about 1908, attorney for examination of titles Chicago Title and Trust Company 1909-12, partner Munroe & Noyes 1912-13; practiced mdependently 1913-17, associated with Mayer, Meyer [Abraham, '92], Austrian & Piatt 1917- 40 (partner 1936-40), resided in Chicago and Sharon 1940-46; trustee Yale Scholarship Trust of Chicago 1907, member Chicago Legal Advisory Board in administration of clraft law in World War I, champion University Club golf tournament 1905; member Chicago Law Institute and Chicago Bar Association, vestryman St Chrysostom's Church (Episcopal), Chicago. Married June 26, 1909, in Toledo, Ohio, Mary Bryan, daughter of Theodore and Catharine Wdmerding (Jones) Martin- dale Daughter. Catharine Martin dale (B A. Vassar 1931), the wife of David N. Yerkes (B.A. Harvard 1933; BFA Yale 1935). Death due to congestive heart failure Buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago Survived by wife, daughter, and one granddaughter. WILLIAM BURNET WRIGHT B.A 1892 Born October 2, 1870, in Boston, Mass Dted November 30,1946, in Baltimore, Md. Father, Rev Wilham Burnet Wright, D.D (BA Dartmouth 1857), a Presbytenan minister, son of Nathaniel Wright, LLD (BA. Dartmouth 1811), and Caroline Augusta (Thew) Wright of Cincinnati, Ohio Mother, Lucretia Osgood (Johnson) Wright; daughter of Osgood and Lucretia (Bly) Johnson of Norwich, Vt. Yale relatives include D Thew Wnght (BA. 1847) (uncle), Thew Wright, Jr, '36 (nephew) Roxbury Latin School, Boston First dispute appointment Junior and Senior years, Yale Athletic Team Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior years (winner 200-yard dash, spring athletic games, and half-mile race intercollegiate athletic meet Junior year), manager University Football Team Junior year, president Yale Football Association, director Yale Field Corporation, and member executive committee Intercollegiate Athletic Association Junior and Senior years, captain Yale Athletic Association Senior year; an editor Yale Daily News Junior and Senior years, member Triennial Committee and Psi Upsilon With Standard Oil Company, Buffalo, NY, 1892-93, engaged in railroad and coal business in Pennsylvania 1893-94, clerk Bissell [Wilson S, '69], Secard, Bissell & Carey, lawyers, Buffalo, 1894-96, attended Buffalo Law School, University of Buffalo, 1895-96 (LLB. 1896), admitted to the bar 1896, lawyer in Buffalo 1896- 1918 (associated with Potter, Wnght & Potter 1897-1905 and Wright and Mitchell 1907-18); associated with War Department May, 1918-November 1, 1919, commissioned Major, Law Enforcement Division, Sanitary Corps, US Army, August 9, 1918; in charge of New England and New York State outside of New York City and Long Island and camp areas in that territory, with headquarters in Boston, July, 1918-November, 1919, executive secretary Baltimore (Md) Alliance, organized to combat poverty, disease, and immorality, 1919-22, special counsel on law enforcement to Governor Gifford Pinchot ['89] of Pennsylvania 1923-27; traveled in Europe 1927, lawver in Baltimore 1927-46, author Four Years of Law Enforcement in Pennsylvania (1926), vice-president Yale Alumni Association of Buffalo 1914-15, president 1915-17; secretary Associated Western Yale Clubs 1915-16 and assistant secretary 1916-17, chairman Board of Federated Charities, Buffalo, on Board of Councilmen, Buffalo, 1907-11, member Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, Historical Society of Buffalo, National Municipal League, Bar Association of Erie County, New York State Bar Association, and Roland Park Presbyterian Church, Baltimore Married October 28, 1925, in Baltimore, Altha, daughter of J Frank and Anna (Henke) Crowther No children Death due to mtracramal hemorrhage Buried in Druid Ridge Cemetery, Baltimore Survived by wife and a brother, Thew Wright, '99 |
