In Memoriam

Wentworth Earl Miller, Jr., fondly known as Earl by family, peacefully passed away on March 17, 2024, at the age of 76 following a long and courageous battle with cancer.  He is survived by his beloved 99-year-old mother, two sisters, seven brothers, three children, and five grandchildren.

Went was a graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School, a Rhodes Scholar, and the creator of LEEWS (Legal Essay Exam Writing Seminar), a successful law preparation …. 

from Legacy.com: William Francis Streicker, 76, passed away on March 1, 2024. He departed the world peacefully at his home in Richmond, Virginia, surrounded by family. Will was born on June 3, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Yale University, attended medical school at New York University and completed his…

Ken Brown, who roomed with Richard Sophomore and Junior years offered the following for the class notes.

Richard L. Farren of New York City, age 76, died suddenly at his home on December 3, 2023.  Richard was a practicing attorney at the time of his death.  He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1965.  He matriculated with the Yale Class of 1969 but graduated in three years …

Bruce was born May 12, 1947, in Detroit, Michigan. He grew up in Skokie, Illinois and attended Niles West High School where he became a state champion gymnast.

He studied economics as an undergraduate and for his PhD (Yale, 1972). For his graduate research he studied how human behaviors can cause departures from the principles of rational economics, a topic that was not well received at the time, but which (as Bruce would wryly note) led to a Nobel Prize for some later researchers.

William Charles (Bill) Pennington went to be with the Lord on July 14, 2023, surrounded by his loving family in Richardson, TX. He was 76 years old. Bill was born, along with his twin sister, Suzanne Marie, on March 28, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois to Charles Sheldon Pennington and Marcella Mary (Crossen) Pennington. He grew…

Founder of Center for Alcohol and Drug Research Education had a ‘true passion’ for helping alleviate others’ pain   William R. “Bill” Caltrider Jr., the founder and president of the Center for Alcohol and Drug Research Education, who also played a major role in the rehabilitation facility Tuerk House, died of heart failure July 15…

from Melissa S. Mundell, Lee’s wife: I just sent an email of an obituary for my husband, Lee Carter Mundell,  (See below) Afterwards I thought of some other things I should submit, in case they could be published as well. Lee worked at WYBC in those 1960s years when music was changing so dramatically. He…

Nicholas (aka Nick) Hawkin was a bit older than the rest of us, and he carried himself with a grace and wit that were truly enviable.  His father was an Oxford grad and a British diplomat assigned to various offices in Mexico and South America.  His mother was Peruvian, and Nick was educated in South…

James Vincent Minor III of Wilton CT died unexpectedly on April 1, 2023 in Norwalk Hospital at the age of 75. Jim was born to Betty and Dr. James Vincent Minor II in Norwalk CT. He is survived by his wife Andrea Byrne Minor and his three children James Vincent Minor IV, Sister Mary Hannah…

Editor’s Note: See Paul’s published works per Amazon Paul Francis Malamud, class of 1969, passed away from complications in heart surgery on October 26, 2022. Born in New York City in 1947, he moved with his parents, Ann and Bernard Malamud, to Corvallis, Oregon, in 1949. Though he would go on to live in Vermont,…

Sam Weisman remembers Dave: In the fall of 1965, my freshman counselor, Hardy Brereton, found out I was a musician. He asked me if I had an interest in joining one of Yale’s acapella groups. I had no idea what he was talking about. He then spirited me off to the Music Room in Silliman…

Summary from Wired Magazine:  Charles Apel’s resume: drops out of Yale in 1967 to become a hippie and get high with Jim Morrison. Lives in the jungles of Colombia to avoid the Vietnam War draft. Eventually pardoned by Jimmy Carter. Fathers seven children. Returns to school and earns a BA in 1999 and a chemistry PhD in 2003. Now works in the Astrochemistry Lab in the Space Science Division at NASA researching the origins of cellular life. Associate editor of Biosystems.

Michael Harrington reports that he noticed in Class Notes of ’71, David Porter died recently: “Porter entered with our class in Sept 1965 but ended up in the Class of 1971 before finally graduating in ‘76. Quite an academic odyssey.” His freshman roommate, Greg Montes has an extensive recollection of David below, following this obit…

Editor’s Note:
John ran the music program for the 2019 Reunion; see Classmates In Concert>
As the Music Editor of Yale1969.org, he featured Rick Drost, Norm Zamcheck, John O’Leary, Derek Huntington, Mike Folz, the Plastic Visitation, the Lunatic Fringe and The Morning.  He even supported The Whiffs CD (from 35th Reunion). Click thru to enjoy his writing and listen to the music!

Frankly, Reid didn’t leave too much of a footprint online, so classmates who knew or remembered him are encouraged to add comments and remembrances below. He entered Yale a year before us, in September 1964, as a member of the Class of ’68.  He spent our sophomore year at Millsaps College and the University of…

David Click died on May 18, 2021. An edited report from nolo.com: David graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1965 and with a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Yale University in 1969, a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Yale Law School in 1973, and a Master’s degree in Economics from Yale in 1974. David has taught at…