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Yale College
ii
medal of honor by New Haven Advertising
Club 1943, named in his honor are Wilbur
L. Cross Library at University of Connecticut, Wilbur L Cross Parkway in Connecticut, and Wilbur L Cross High School,
New Haven, trustee Connecticut College
(acting chairman board of trustees 1942),
Berkeley Divinity School, and University
of Connecticut, chancellor American Academy of Arts and Letters, director New
Haven Free Public Library, honorary president Connecticut Prison Association 1937;
president Graduates Club of New Haven
1922-26, Elizabethan Club 1927-29, National Institute of Arts and Letters 1931-35,
American Guild for German Cultural Freedom 1938, and Authors Club, New York,
member jury on poetry Pulitzer Prize
awards 1927, on advisory board John Simon
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1930-
36; board member the Hartford Retreat,
member College of Electors of the Hall of
Fame, honorary life member New Haven
Advertising Club; honorary member Second Company Governor's Foot Guard,
Yale Alumni Association of Hartford,
Litchfield County University Club, Hartford Club, Harvard Club of Connecticut,
and Sons of Italy (awarded Civic Romanum
T937); member Society of Mayflower Descendants, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of Colonial Governors, Society of the
Cincinnati, Sons of the American Revolution, American Philosophical Society, Masonic order, and Episcopal church
Married July 17, 1889, in Wilhmantic,
Helen Baldwin, daughter of William Burnll and Helen Mar (Baldwin) Avery.
Children* Wilbur Lucius, Jr, '12 S, Samuel Avery, '18 S, Elizabeth Baldwin (died
190^), and Arthur William (died 1912).
Mrs. Cross died in 1928.
Death due to bronchopneumonia Buried
in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven Survived by two sons, two grandchildren, and
one great-grandchild
WYLLYS TERRY, ba 1885 Born December 6,1864, Brooklyn, NY., died April
21, 1949, New York City.
Father, Edmund Terry (B A 1837).
Mother, Anna (Prentice) Terry Yale relatives include John Taylor (B A. 1784)
(great-grandfather), Nathaniel Terry (B A
1786) (great-great-uncle); Henry W Taylor (BA. 1816) (great-uncle); Roderick
Terry (Class of 1840), Frank H Terry
(Class of 1847) (uncles); Edmund R
Terry, '78, John P Terry, '84 S, Ehphalet
B. Terry, '88, and George D Terry, '92
(brothers), Frederic P Terry, '69, Henry
T Terry, '69, Roderick Terry, '70, John
T Terry, '79, Prentice Strong, '01, Theron
R Strong, '03 (cousins)
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Freshman Football Team, University Football
Team three years (winner and set Yale
record in football kicking contest, fall athletic games Sophomore year), University
Baseball Team (captain Senior year, held
Intercollegiate League record in batting
and fielding), Class baseball team, winner heavy-weight sparring winter athletic
games Junior year, He Boule, Gamma Nu,
Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones
With Franklin Woodruff & Company,
warehousing, New York City, 1885-88,
represented Woodruff interests at Empire
Warehouse Company, Ltd, New York
City, 1888-91, special agent American Casualty Insurance & Security Company, Baltimore, 1891-92; insurance broker New York
City, 1892 until retirement 1947 (president
Wyllys Terry & James T Terry, Inc, at
time of retirement), secretary-treasurer Van
Brunt Street and Erie Basin Railroad 1891-
1902 and treasurer until 1912, president
Monmouth Land Company 1909-12 and
Bernard's Library Association 1926 and
1930-34, played baseball and football with
Crescent Athletic Club 1891, and was sparring partner for James J Corbett, a founder Yale Club of New York; vice-president
Yale Alumni Association of J^ong Island
1902; treasurer Seville Home, New York
City; trustee House of Refuge, Randall's
Island, member Mayflower Descendants
and Sons of the Revolution, trustee St
Bernard's Church (Episcopal), Bernardsville, NJ., 1931-48 (senior warden 1939-
48).
Married June 19, 1907, in Bernardsville,
Marie Louise, daughter of Henry Porter
and Sibyl (Lambard) Baldwin Children:
Wyllys, Jr, '31, Henry Porter Baldwin, '35,
and Walter Bliss, '37.
Death due to uremic poisoning Buried
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 11 |
| Transcript | Yale College ii medal of honor by New Haven Advertising Club 1943, named in his honor are Wilbur L. Cross Library at University of Connecticut, Wilbur L Cross Parkway in Connecticut, and Wilbur L Cross High School, New Haven, trustee Connecticut College (acting chairman board of trustees 1942), Berkeley Divinity School, and University of Connecticut, chancellor American Academy of Arts and Letters, director New Haven Free Public Library, honorary president Connecticut Prison Association 1937; president Graduates Club of New Haven 1922-26, Elizabethan Club 1927-29, National Institute of Arts and Letters 1931-35, American Guild for German Cultural Freedom 1938, and Authors Club, New York, member jury on poetry Pulitzer Prize awards 1927, on advisory board John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1930- 36; board member the Hartford Retreat, member College of Electors of the Hall of Fame, honorary life member New Haven Advertising Club; honorary member Second Company Governor's Foot Guard, Yale Alumni Association of Hartford, Litchfield County University Club, Hartford Club, Harvard Club of Connecticut, and Sons of Italy (awarded Civic Romanum T937); member Society of Mayflower Descendants, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of Colonial Governors, Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the American Revolution, American Philosophical Society, Masonic order, and Episcopal church Married July 17, 1889, in Wilhmantic, Helen Baldwin, daughter of William Burnll and Helen Mar (Baldwin) Avery. Children* Wilbur Lucius, Jr, '12 S, Samuel Avery, '18 S, Elizabeth Baldwin (died 190^), and Arthur William (died 1912). Mrs. Cross died in 1928. Death due to bronchopneumonia Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven Survived by two sons, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild WYLLYS TERRY, ba 1885 Born December 6,1864, Brooklyn, NY., died April 21, 1949, New York City. Father, Edmund Terry (B A 1837). Mother, Anna (Prentice) Terry Yale relatives include John Taylor (B A. 1784) (great-grandfather), Nathaniel Terry (B A 1786) (great-great-uncle); Henry W Taylor (BA. 1816) (great-uncle); Roderick Terry (Class of 1840), Frank H Terry (Class of 1847) (uncles); Edmund R Terry, '78, John P Terry, '84 S, Ehphalet B. Terry, '88, and George D Terry, '92 (brothers), Frederic P Terry, '69, Henry T Terry, '69, Roderick Terry, '70, John T Terry, '79, Prentice Strong, '01, Theron R Strong, '03 (cousins) Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Freshman Football Team, University Football Team three years (winner and set Yale record in football kicking contest, fall athletic games Sophomore year), University Baseball Team (captain Senior year, held Intercollegiate League record in batting and fielding), Class baseball team, winner heavy-weight sparring winter athletic games Junior year, He Boule, Gamma Nu, Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones With Franklin Woodruff & Company, warehousing, New York City, 1885-88, represented Woodruff interests at Empire Warehouse Company, Ltd, New York City, 1888-91, special agent American Casualty Insurance & Security Company, Baltimore, 1891-92; insurance broker New York City, 1892 until retirement 1947 (president Wyllys Terry & James T Terry, Inc, at time of retirement), secretary-treasurer Van Brunt Street and Erie Basin Railroad 1891- 1902 and treasurer until 1912, president Monmouth Land Company 1909-12 and Bernard's Library Association 1926 and 1930-34, played baseball and football with Crescent Athletic Club 1891, and was sparring partner for James J Corbett, a founder Yale Club of New York; vice-president Yale Alumni Association of J^ong Island 1902; treasurer Seville Home, New York City; trustee House of Refuge, Randall's Island, member Mayflower Descendants and Sons of the Revolution, trustee St Bernard's Church (Episcopal), Bernardsville, NJ., 1931-48 (senior warden 1939- 48). Married June 19, 1907, in Bernardsville, Marie Louise, daughter of Henry Porter and Sibyl (Lambard) Baldwin Children: Wyllys, Jr, '31, Henry Porter Baldwin, '35, and Walter Bliss, '37. Death due to uremic poisoning Buried |
