Banner Bio – Felix Downes-Thomas

FELIX CYRIL DOWNES-THOMAS. Born December 22, 1944 in Bathurst, Gambia, son of the late Charles Whitfield Downes-Thomas and Juliana Henrietta Maurice-Jones Downes-Thomas. Attended Gambia High School, Bathurst, Gambia, and Taft School, Water-town, Connecticut. Entered Yale Sept., 1964. Absent from Yale from May, 1967 to May, 1968. Member of the Class of 1968 from Sept., 1964 to May, 1967. Political Science major. Resident: Berkeley (Commonplace Society, 1965-69; Berkeley Bach Society, 1966-67; Soccer). Elizabethan Club, 1967, member of Board of Admissions; Aurelian Society, 1969; Scroll and Key, 1968; Union of African Students, 1964-69, Secretary, 1966; Board of Deacons,
Battell Chapel, 1967-68. Roommates: Thomas Richard Gerety,
U Hoi Sang, Daniel Gundersen (70). Future study: International Relations. Future occupation: Diplomatic Corps. Address: 31 Clarkson Street, Bathurst, Gambia, West Africa.