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Yale College 5i mstructor Junior Division, Military Camps Association, Fort Terry, July-August, 1916, and member executive committee of the Association, attended Officers Training Camp, Fort McPherson, May-August, 1917; commissioned Major, Infantry, August 12, 1917; appointed Adjutant 163d Infantry Brigade, fed Division, Camp Gordon, and sent overseas April, 1918; ordered to Aimy General Staff College/) Langres, France (received certificate September 17, 1918); on General Staff, Army of Occupation, November-December, 1918; sent to Germany and then assigned to Pans as American military representative of the Inter-Alhed Commission on the Rhenish Provinces January, 1919; promoted Lieutenant Colonel April 16, 1919; returned to United States in April and discharged May 5, 1919, one of the organizers of the American Legion m Paris; chairman National Finance Committee American Leg- ton; member board American Legion Weekly, helped plan American Legion pilgrimage to France on invitation of French government 1921; Chevalier Legion of Honor 1921; an Officer Order of Leopold (Belgium) 1921; in 1922 became president Citizens Committee of America, an organization to aid disabled veterans; chairman paint industry in War Loan drives and U.S.O. campaigns, New York City, and member Industrial Advisory Board, National Recovery Administration; member Grace Church (Episcopal), New York City. Married April 9, 1904, in Macon, Ga., Martha, daughter of Joseph Marshall and Martha Fort (Huguemn) Johnston. Daughters: Martha Barclay Kountze Harnson Wood, the wife of Dudley Phelps King Wood (BA Harvard 1929), and Helen de Lancey, the wife of Jacquehn Allien Swords (Harvard 1925-29, LL.B Columbia 1932) Death due to heart disease Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City Survived by wife, daughters, five grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs Grafton Winthrop Minot of Corsier sur Vevey, Switzerland In 1928 Mr. Kountze presented to the University an antique Roman marble, and six bronze cannon and four mortars of the late Spanish Renaissance. In 1929 he gave a statue of Athena to the Yale Art Gallery, and in 1939 a collection of Washingtomana and Americana. CHARLES TRESSLER LARK B A 1899 Born July 25, 1876, tn Berrysburg, Pa. Died October 3, 1946, tn Hac\cnsac\, N J. Father, Henry Lewis Lark, a lawyer in Millersburg, Pa, son of Simon Boyer and Sarah (Boyer) Lark of Pennsylvania Mother, Loyetta Ehzabeth (Tressler) Lark; daughter of Colonel Jonathan Tressler and Elizabeth (Loy) Tressler of Pennsylvania. Yale relatives include a nephew, James T. Gies, '27. Peabody (Kans) High School, BA. Gettysburg College 1898, MA 1902. Entered Yale College Senior year, philosophical oration appointment and one-year honors in political science and law, member Phi Beta Kappa. Attended Yale Law School 1899-1902 (LL B magna cum laude 1902, honors of Junior and Middle years, chairman board Yale Law Journal and registrar of the School Senior year, member Apollo Glee Club, Wayland and Kent clubs, and Corbey Court) Admitted to the bar 1902, lawyer in New York City, specializing in estate and corporation law, 1902-46, associated with Sheehan & Colhn and Collin, Wells & Hughes, member Stanchfield & Levy 1911- 14, Rockwood & Haldane 1914-16, and Rockwood & Lark 1916-18, practiced independently 1919-46, part owner Bergen Record, Hackensack; trustee Gettysburg College 1922-46 (member building committee 1927-46 and executive committee 1936-46 [chairman 1938-46]; awarded Alumni Medal for Service 1942), director Mark Twain Corporation, vice-president Yale Alumni Association of Bergen County 1927-28; composed hymns, the best known of which are Christmas Spirit (1936), Transition (1937), and Teach Us to Pray, Bene- dtcte—Abtde With Us, and Remembrance (1938), served in Company D, Home Defense, Hackensack, during World War I, member Association of the Bar of the C*ty of New York, American Bar Association, Authors Club, The Pilgrims and Ma-
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 |
Title | Page 51 |
Transcript | Yale College 5i mstructor Junior Division, Military Camps Association, Fort Terry, July-August, 1916, and member executive committee of the Association, attended Officers Training Camp, Fort McPherson, May-August, 1917; commissioned Major, Infantry, August 12, 1917; appointed Adjutant 163d Infantry Brigade, fed Division, Camp Gordon, and sent overseas April, 1918; ordered to Aimy General Staff College/) Langres, France (received certificate September 17, 1918); on General Staff, Army of Occupation, November-December, 1918; sent to Germany and then assigned to Pans as American military representative of the Inter-Alhed Commission on the Rhenish Provinces January, 1919; promoted Lieutenant Colonel April 16, 1919; returned to United States in April and discharged May 5, 1919, one of the organizers of the American Legion m Paris; chairman National Finance Committee American Leg- ton; member board American Legion Weekly, helped plan American Legion pilgrimage to France on invitation of French government 1921; Chevalier Legion of Honor 1921; an Officer Order of Leopold (Belgium) 1921; in 1922 became president Citizens Committee of America, an organization to aid disabled veterans; chairman paint industry in War Loan drives and U.S.O. campaigns, New York City, and member Industrial Advisory Board, National Recovery Administration; member Grace Church (Episcopal), New York City. Married April 9, 1904, in Macon, Ga., Martha, daughter of Joseph Marshall and Martha Fort (Huguemn) Johnston. Daughters: Martha Barclay Kountze Harnson Wood, the wife of Dudley Phelps King Wood (BA Harvard 1929), and Helen de Lancey, the wife of Jacquehn Allien Swords (Harvard 1925-29, LL.B Columbia 1932) Death due to heart disease Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City Survived by wife, daughters, five grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs Grafton Winthrop Minot of Corsier sur Vevey, Switzerland In 1928 Mr. Kountze presented to the University an antique Roman marble, and six bronze cannon and four mortars of the late Spanish Renaissance. In 1929 he gave a statue of Athena to the Yale Art Gallery, and in 1939 a collection of Washingtomana and Americana. CHARLES TRESSLER LARK B A 1899 Born July 25, 1876, tn Berrysburg, Pa. Died October 3, 1946, tn Hac\cnsac\, N J. Father, Henry Lewis Lark, a lawyer in Millersburg, Pa, son of Simon Boyer and Sarah (Boyer) Lark of Pennsylvania Mother, Loyetta Ehzabeth (Tressler) Lark; daughter of Colonel Jonathan Tressler and Elizabeth (Loy) Tressler of Pennsylvania. Yale relatives include a nephew, James T. Gies, '27. Peabody (Kans) High School, BA. Gettysburg College 1898, MA 1902. Entered Yale College Senior year, philosophical oration appointment and one-year honors in political science and law, member Phi Beta Kappa. Attended Yale Law School 1899-1902 (LL B magna cum laude 1902, honors of Junior and Middle years, chairman board Yale Law Journal and registrar of the School Senior year, member Apollo Glee Club, Wayland and Kent clubs, and Corbey Court) Admitted to the bar 1902, lawyer in New York City, specializing in estate and corporation law, 1902-46, associated with Sheehan & Colhn and Collin, Wells & Hughes, member Stanchfield & Levy 1911- 14, Rockwood & Haldane 1914-16, and Rockwood & Lark 1916-18, practiced independently 1919-46, part owner Bergen Record, Hackensack; trustee Gettysburg College 1922-46 (member building committee 1927-46 and executive committee 1936-46 [chairman 1938-46]; awarded Alumni Medal for Service 1942), director Mark Twain Corporation, vice-president Yale Alumni Association of Bergen County 1927-28; composed hymns, the best known of which are Christmas Spirit (1936), Transition (1937), and Teach Us to Pray, Bene- dtcte—Abtde With Us, and Remembrance (1938), served in Company D, Home Defense, Hackensack, during World War I, member Association of the Bar of the C*ty of New York, American Bar Association, Authors Club, The Pilgrims and Ma- |