CLASS OF 1908

Gustavus James Gustafson died December 6, 1918, of pneumonia, after an illness of six days, at the hospital in Waltham, Mass.

He was born in Boston, Mass., July 22, 1885, and fitted at East Boston High School. His parents were John Alfred and Mary (Johnson) Gustafson. His father is now the editor of Skandinavia, a Swedish weekly newspaper published in Worcester, Mass. A brother, Alford V. Gustafson, is a member of the class of 1918. His fraternity was Phi Sigma Kappa.

For three years after graduation Gustafson was with the Hultman Piano Company of Worcester. In 1911 he spent the summer in European travel. After his return he was variously employed for a year, and in September, 1912, he entered the employ of the Domestic Vacuum Cleaner Company of Worcester. During the greater part of 1914 he was in charge of their Canadian office in Toronto, and was later sales manager of the company. In July, 1916, the company was purchased by the Torrington Company of Torrington, Conn., and he was transferred to that company. In January, 1917, he sailed for Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany, to manage an establishment of the company at that place. The ship on which he sailed turned back when within one day's sail of England, and he returned to the Torrington office, where he was serving as office manager until business relations should be resumed with Germany, when he expected to become continental manager for the company.