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John Edwin Ecklund

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John Edwin Ecklund

Birth
Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York, USA
Death
9 Mar 2000 (aged 83)
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Bethany, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Treasurer Yale University 1965 - 1978

Birth: Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, USA

Death: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

John Ecklund was a 1938 graduate of Yale College and a 1941
graduate of Yale Law School. He was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and received a commendation for his role in the location and destruction of the German submarine that sank the USS Block Island. Mr. Ecklund successfully
practiced law in the firm of Wiggin & Dana and served as Yale general counsel before he was appointed Yale's Treasurer.

John was a skilled woodworker, built his own home, as well as his own sailboat.
Treasurer Yale University 1965 - 1978

Birth: Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, USA

Death: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

John Ecklund was a 1938 graduate of Yale College and a 1941
graduate of Yale Law School. He was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and received a commendation for his role in the location and destruction of the German submarine that sank the USS Block Island. Mr. Ecklund successfully
practiced law in the firm of Wiggin & Dana and served as Yale general counsel before he was appointed Yale's Treasurer.

John was a skilled woodworker, built his own home, as well as his own sailboat.


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