Yale College in the Class of 1917. As an undergraduate
he was distinguished alike for high scholarship and for
proved capacity in leadership among his fellows, as evidenced
by his selection as Gordon Brown Prize Man
from his class. He received his commission as Second
Lieutenant, United States Field Artillery, at the First
Officers’ Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, and in
December, 1917, was detailed abroad for service, receiving
subsequently the Distinguished Service Medal. He
was killed while on active duty near Thiaucourt, France,