Class of 1915

Entries drawn from the college history encyclopedia

William Wilcox Edel (1894-1996)

William Wilcox Edel was born on March 16, 1894 in Baltimore, Maryland. His mother was Annie Wilcox, and his father was John Wesley Edel, a prosperous dairy retailer. Edel attended high school at Baltimore City College and then entered Dickinson College, where he graduated in three years as a Phi...

College Relationship: Alumnus/Alumna, Honorary Degree, President, Trustee
Year: Class of 1915

Hyman Goldstein (1891-1982)

Hyman Goldstein was born on April 14, 1891 to Russian immigrant merchant Abraham B. Goldstein and Rebecca Berge in the coal mining town of Portage, Pennsylvania. He prepared at Conway Hall and entered Dickinson College with the class of 1915. He moved on to the Law Department and graduated with...

College Relationship: Alumnus/Alumna
Year: Class of 1915

James Wolcott Gooding (c.1898-1918)

James Gooding entered Dickinson in 1911 as a member of the class of 1915, but he withdrew in 1913. In the First World War, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and died at Cape May, New Jersey.

More information about other Dickinson war casualties can be found through the online project "In...

College Relationship: Alumnus/Alumna
Year: Class of 1915

Gilbert Malcolm (1892-1965)

Gilbert Malcolm was born in New York City on October 13, 1892 to Scottish immigrants, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Duff Malcolm. Growing up in the city where his father was a well-known contractor, he attended the Horace Mann School. Among his young adventures was his notoriety as a very early motorcycle...