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Sheffield Scientific School
121
became Rogers, Brown & Company), with
headquarters in Cincinnati; purchased
Tonawanda Iron & Steel Company, North
Tonawanda, NY, 1890 and president, at
various times president Rogers-Brown Iron
Corporation (Buffalo), Punxsutawney
(Pa ) Iron Company, Niagara Iron Mining
Company, and Munro Iron Mining Company (Michigan), vice-president Iroquois
Iron Company (Chicago), Cleveland Furnace Company, Rogers Brown Ore Company (Minnesota), Cascade Coal & Coke
Company^- (Pennsylvania), and Buffalo
Steamship Company, an organizer and
director American Iron and Steel Institute,
New York City, president board of trustees
Buffalo YMCA 1913-46, on council University of Buffalo 1920-46; fellow Buffalo
Fine Arts Academy (president 1909),
chairman first United Chanties Drive 1917
and United War Work Campaign Committee, Buffalo, 1918, secretary Class of
1874 S from 1935 to 1946, traveled extensively, and interested particularly in art
collecting and in landscape gardening at
his summer home at Kennebunkport,
Maine, senior elder First Presbyterian
Church, Buffalo, 1891-1946
Married May 14, 1884, in New Haven,
Conn, Eleanor Root Silhman (Yale School
of the Fine Arts 1879-83), daughter of
Benjamin Silhman (BA 1837), granddaughter of Benjamin Silhman (B A
1796), and sister of Benjamin Silhman
(BA. 1870) Children Wilham Silhman,
'10, Mabel Elizabeth (died May 29, 1897),
Douglas Trumbull (died March 4, 1894);
Alice Leonard, the wife of Richard Dwight
Hilhs, '10, and Alden (B.S. Princeton
1920) Mrs Rogers died July 11, 1930
Death due to uremia Ashes interred in
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo Survived
by one daughter, two sons, twelve grandchildren, one of whom is Townsend
Rogers, '40, and two great-grandchildren
In 1899 Mr Rogers established the William A Rogers Scholarship Prize at Yale
and in 1925, with Mrs Rogers, presented
to the University a photograph of Professor
Benjamin Silhman (B A 1837).
Mr Rogers was the last surviving member of his class and since 1942 had enjoyed
the distinction of being the oldest living
graduate of the Sheffield Scientific School
WILLIAM RODMAN WHARTON
PH B, 1875
Bom May 9, 1854, in Rwerton, NJ
Died January 7, 1946, in Easton, Pa
Father, Rodman Wharton, member
Rodman Wharton & Brothers, manufacturers of white lead, Riverton, son of William and Deborah (Fisher) Wharton of
Philadelphia Mother, Susanna Dillwyn
(Parnsh) Wharton; daughter of Dr Joseph
Parrish and Susanna (Coe) Parnsh of
Burlington, NJ
C S Hallowell School, Philadelphia,
attended Swarthmore College 1871-72
Entered Sheffield Scientific School with the
Class, mechanical engineering course,
member The Colony and Berzehus
Journeyman in machine shops and iron
foundry in Philadelphia 1875-79, traveled
in Europe in 1880 and 1899, operated
quartz quarry in Maryland 1881-82, paymaster in iron mines in Boonton, N J,
1882-83, associated with Wm Wharton, Jr
& Company, Inc, manufacturers of special
track work for steam railways and railroads, 1884 until retirement 1926 (in charge
street railway track laying 1884-87, draftsman 1888, on construction Third Avenue
cable road, New Yoik City, 1889, draftsman and engineer 1890-92, chief draftsman 1892-98, traveling engineer 1900-03,
chief inspector 1903-08, chief engineer
1909-10, consulting engineer at time of
retirement), member Engineers Club of
Philadelphia and Society of Friends
Married June 22, 1904, in Philadelphia,
Clara Charlotte d'Azambuja, daughter of
Jules Jacques Louis Pangot (M D Umv
Ghent 1834) and Maria Carlota (d'Azam-
buja) Pangot No children
Death due to influenza Buried in Easton
Cemetery Survived by wife
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY ATWATER
PH B 1879
Bom October 28, 1858, in New Haven,
Conn
Died November 28, 1945, in Miami, Fla
Father, Chailes Atwater (B A 1834)
Mother, Emily Howell (Montgomery)
Atwater Yale relatives include Montgom-
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 121 |
| Transcript | Sheffield Scientific School 121 became Rogers, Brown & Company), with headquarters in Cincinnati; purchased Tonawanda Iron & Steel Company, North Tonawanda, NY, 1890 and president, at various times president Rogers-Brown Iron Corporation (Buffalo), Punxsutawney (Pa ) Iron Company, Niagara Iron Mining Company, and Munro Iron Mining Company (Michigan), vice-president Iroquois Iron Company (Chicago), Cleveland Furnace Company, Rogers Brown Ore Company (Minnesota), Cascade Coal & Coke Company^- (Pennsylvania), and Buffalo Steamship Company, an organizer and director American Iron and Steel Institute, New York City, president board of trustees Buffalo YMCA 1913-46, on council University of Buffalo 1920-46; fellow Buffalo Fine Arts Academy (president 1909), chairman first United Chanties Drive 1917 and United War Work Campaign Committee, Buffalo, 1918, secretary Class of 1874 S from 1935 to 1946, traveled extensively, and interested particularly in art collecting and in landscape gardening at his summer home at Kennebunkport, Maine, senior elder First Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, 1891-1946 Married May 14, 1884, in New Haven, Conn, Eleanor Root Silhman (Yale School of the Fine Arts 1879-83), daughter of Benjamin Silhman (BA 1837), granddaughter of Benjamin Silhman (B A 1796), and sister of Benjamin Silhman (BA. 1870) Children Wilham Silhman, '10, Mabel Elizabeth (died May 29, 1897), Douglas Trumbull (died March 4, 1894); Alice Leonard, the wife of Richard Dwight Hilhs, '10, and Alden (B.S. Princeton 1920) Mrs Rogers died July 11, 1930 Death due to uremia Ashes interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo Survived by one daughter, two sons, twelve grandchildren, one of whom is Townsend Rogers, '40, and two great-grandchildren In 1899 Mr Rogers established the William A Rogers Scholarship Prize at Yale and in 1925, with Mrs Rogers, presented to the University a photograph of Professor Benjamin Silhman (B A 1837). Mr Rogers was the last surviving member of his class and since 1942 had enjoyed the distinction of being the oldest living graduate of the Sheffield Scientific School WILLIAM RODMAN WHARTON PH B, 1875 Bom May 9, 1854, in Rwerton, NJ Died January 7, 1946, in Easton, Pa Father, Rodman Wharton, member Rodman Wharton & Brothers, manufacturers of white lead, Riverton, son of William and Deborah (Fisher) Wharton of Philadelphia Mother, Susanna Dillwyn (Parnsh) Wharton; daughter of Dr Joseph Parrish and Susanna (Coe) Parnsh of Burlington, NJ C S Hallowell School, Philadelphia, attended Swarthmore College 1871-72 Entered Sheffield Scientific School with the Class, mechanical engineering course, member The Colony and Berzehus Journeyman in machine shops and iron foundry in Philadelphia 1875-79, traveled in Europe in 1880 and 1899, operated quartz quarry in Maryland 1881-82, paymaster in iron mines in Boonton, N J, 1882-83, associated with Wm Wharton, Jr & Company, Inc, manufacturers of special track work for steam railways and railroads, 1884 until retirement 1926 (in charge street railway track laying 1884-87, draftsman 1888, on construction Third Avenue cable road, New Yoik City, 1889, draftsman and engineer 1890-92, chief draftsman 1892-98, traveling engineer 1900-03, chief inspector 1903-08, chief engineer 1909-10, consulting engineer at time of retirement), member Engineers Club of Philadelphia and Society of Friends Married June 22, 1904, in Philadelphia, Clara Charlotte d'Azambuja, daughter of Jules Jacques Louis Pangot (M D Umv Ghent 1834) and Maria Carlota (d'Azam- buja) Pangot No children Death due to influenza Buried in Easton Cemetery Survived by wife WILLIAM MONTGOMERY ATWATER PH B 1879 Bom October 28, 1858, in New Haven, Conn Died November 28, 1945, in Miami, Fla Father, Chailes Atwater (B A 1834) Mother, Emily Howell (Montgomery) Atwater Yale relatives include Montgom- |
