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Yale University Obituary Record
professor of zoology Yale University 1864-
1907, professor emeritus 1907-26, curator
of zoology 1867-1910, son of George Washington and Lucy (Hilborn) Verrill
Mother, Flora Louise (Smith) Verrill,
daughter of Elliot and Lavinia Howard
(Barton) Smith Yale relatives include
Sidney I Smith, '67 S, and Edgar F Verrill, 1869-70 SpecS (uncles); Harry
Mighels Verrill, '89 S (cousin)
Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven
Civil engineering course, prize for excellence in civil engineering Senior year,
Commencement speaker, on executive
committee Sheff Gun Club, member The
Colony and Berzehus Attended Yale
Graduate School 1885-86
Topographer, transitman, and assistant
in construction Union Pacific Railway in
Kansas and Nebraska 1886-87, draftsman
and transitman B & M Railroad, Nebraska,
1887-88, topographer US Geological Survey, Nevada, 1888-89, instructor in civil
engineering Yale University 1889-91; associated with U S Engineer Department
1891-1917 and 1924-26 (transitman and
inspector hydrographic surveys and river
and harbor improvement, New York and
New Jersey, assistant engineer in charge of
fortification work Staten Island and Long
Island, principal assistant engineer in
charge of river and harbor improvements
in Connecticut district at New Haven
1891-1915 and New London 1915-17,
resident engineer in charge of construction
of breakwater at Nawihwih Bay, Kauai,
Hawaii, 1924-26), commissioned Major,
Engineer Officers Reserve Corps, February
16, 1917, called to active duty October 17 as
district engineer officer, 590th Engineer
Battalion, stationed at Fort Yellowstone, in
charge of improvement of Yellowstone
National Park including 400-mile road
system and many bridges, October, 1917-
September, 1918, assigned to New Haven,
Conn , September-October, attended Engineer Officers Training School, Camp
Humphreys, October-December, 1918,
honorably discharged at own request December 6, 1918, recommissioned Major,
Engineer Officers Reserve Corps, inactive
status, October 28, 1919, and transferred to
Auxiliary Reserve because of age in 1930,
engineer Connecticut State Department of
Health 1919-20, locating engineer, rebuilding pubhc works, South American department of The Foundation Company of New
York, Paita, Peru, 1920-22, independently
engaged as engineer in New Haven 1922-
24, resident engineer in charge construction
of municipal pier and warehouse, Monterey, Cahf, and breakwater at Santa Barbara
1926-30, consulting engineer 1930-46
(construction engineer of harbor, beach,
and waterfront improvement for Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara, Coronado,
and Redondo Beach), author of various
articles on engineering, of official and technical reports for government publications,
and Notes on the Fauna of the Island of
Dominica, British West Indies . (1888-
92), and On Some Birds and Eggs Collected
by Mr Geo Comer at Gough Island,
Kerguelen Island, and the Island of South
Georgia (1892-95), from Transactions of
the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences; member Connecticut Society of Civil
Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Permanent International Association
of Navigation Congresses, American Society of Military Engmeers, and American
Shore and Beach Preservation Association
Married (1) August 23, 1890, in Portland, Ore, Maude Mae, daughter of Milton
Z and Helen M (Cole) Price Children*
Addison Emery and Flora Helen Mr and
Mrs Verrill were divorced in 1908 Married
(2) June 3, 1912, in Chico, Calif, Amy
Christina, daughter of Jonathan and Emma
Lydia (Verrill) Doane Children. Ruth,
the wife of Howard James McQuigg (B S.
State Teachers Coll [Santa Barbara] 1938);
Eunice Mildred (BA. Stanford 1942), the
wife of Henry Francis Norberg, Jr (B A
Stanford 1943), and Joyce Hilborn (Stanford 1942-45, 1946), the wife of Arthur
Gene Smith (BA Stanford 1944)
Death due to coronary occlusion Buried
in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven Survived by wife, children, three grandchildren, two sisters, Lavinia Verrill Howe
(School of the Fine Arts 1900-01), and Mrs.
Edith Barton Verrill Akers of Norway,
Mame, and a brother, A Hyatt Verrill
(School of the Fine Arts 1890-91) Another
brother, Clarence S Verrill, '97 s, died
in 1918.
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 124 |
| Transcript | 124 Yale University Obituary Record professor of zoology Yale University 1864- 1907, professor emeritus 1907-26, curator of zoology 1867-1910, son of George Washington and Lucy (Hilborn) Verrill Mother, Flora Louise (Smith) Verrill, daughter of Elliot and Lavinia Howard (Barton) Smith Yale relatives include Sidney I Smith, '67 S, and Edgar F Verrill, 1869-70 SpecS (uncles); Harry Mighels Verrill, '89 S (cousin) Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven Civil engineering course, prize for excellence in civil engineering Senior year, Commencement speaker, on executive committee Sheff Gun Club, member The Colony and Berzehus Attended Yale Graduate School 1885-86 Topographer, transitman, and assistant in construction Union Pacific Railway in Kansas and Nebraska 1886-87, draftsman and transitman B & M Railroad, Nebraska, 1887-88, topographer US Geological Survey, Nevada, 1888-89, instructor in civil engineering Yale University 1889-91; associated with U S Engineer Department 1891-1917 and 1924-26 (transitman and inspector hydrographic surveys and river and harbor improvement, New York and New Jersey, assistant engineer in charge of fortification work Staten Island and Long Island, principal assistant engineer in charge of river and harbor improvements in Connecticut district at New Haven 1891-1915 and New London 1915-17, resident engineer in charge of construction of breakwater at Nawihwih Bay, Kauai, Hawaii, 1924-26), commissioned Major, Engineer Officers Reserve Corps, February 16, 1917, called to active duty October 17 as district engineer officer, 590th Engineer Battalion, stationed at Fort Yellowstone, in charge of improvement of Yellowstone National Park including 400-mile road system and many bridges, October, 1917- September, 1918, assigned to New Haven, Conn , September-October, attended Engineer Officers Training School, Camp Humphreys, October-December, 1918, honorably discharged at own request December 6, 1918, recommissioned Major, Engineer Officers Reserve Corps, inactive status, October 28, 1919, and transferred to Auxiliary Reserve because of age in 1930, engineer Connecticut State Department of Health 1919-20, locating engineer, rebuilding pubhc works, South American department of The Foundation Company of New York, Paita, Peru, 1920-22, independently engaged as engineer in New Haven 1922- 24, resident engineer in charge construction of municipal pier and warehouse, Monterey, Cahf, and breakwater at Santa Barbara 1926-30, consulting engineer 1930-46 (construction engineer of harbor, beach, and waterfront improvement for Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara, Coronado, and Redondo Beach), author of various articles on engineering, of official and technical reports for government publications, and Notes on the Fauna of the Island of Dominica, British West Indies . (1888- 92), and On Some Birds and Eggs Collected by Mr Geo Comer at Gough Island, Kerguelen Island, and the Island of South Georgia (1892-95), from Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences; member Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses, American Society of Military Engmeers, and American Shore and Beach Preservation Association Married (1) August 23, 1890, in Portland, Ore, Maude Mae, daughter of Milton Z and Helen M (Cole) Price Children* Addison Emery and Flora Helen Mr and Mrs Verrill were divorced in 1908 Married (2) June 3, 1912, in Chico, Calif, Amy Christina, daughter of Jonathan and Emma Lydia (Verrill) Doane Children. Ruth, the wife of Howard James McQuigg (B S. State Teachers Coll [Santa Barbara] 1938); Eunice Mildred (BA. Stanford 1942), the wife of Henry Francis Norberg, Jr (B A Stanford 1943), and Joyce Hilborn (Stanford 1942-45, 1946), the wife of Arthur Gene Smith (BA Stanford 1944) Death due to coronary occlusion Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven Survived by wife, children, three grandchildren, two sisters, Lavinia Verrill Howe (School of the Fine Arts 1900-01), and Mrs. Edith Barton Verrill Akers of Norway, Mame, and a brother, A Hyatt Verrill (School of the Fine Arts 1890-91) Another brother, Clarence S Verrill, '97 s, died in 1918. |
