Colloquium 20: Hughes Norton – Golf, Life, Etc. … Feb. 18th

Colloquium 20: Hughes Norton – Golf, Life, Etc. … Feb. 18th

ByArthur Segal

We kick off 2025 with an interview (and your Q&A) with Hughes Norton.  Hughes was a leader at International Management Group — the legendary sports management company.  After a meteoric career representing Tiger Woods and heading up IMG’s Golf Division, Hughes suffered some rapid reverses in both career and life — all of which he addresses candidly in a new memoir.

This should be a fun time, especially for golfers, frustrated golfers, sports enthusiasts and those of us who’ve endured the “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” more generally

Register now for Class Colloquium 20, on February 18th at 2:00 pm EST.

“We Are All One Family” – Richard Seltzer
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“We Are All One Family” – Richard Seltzer

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Our prolific classmate, Richard Selzer, has done It again – by publishing his newest book, One Family.  This one is very different from his other books, many of which have been profiled in these pages.  This is not a novel; it’s an exploration, a meditation on the nature of human connectedness.

The book starts with a mind-blowing thought experiment (and proof) that, if you have European ancestry, it’s likely that you are related to every other person with European ancestry on Earth today.  We are indeed … ONE FAMILY. 

His argument is so concise and beautifully laid out that, with the author’s permission, I am including a 650-word excerpt below.

Class Notes, Jan-Feb 2025

Class Notes, Jan-Feb 2025

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A long-overdue update on Paul Severtson: “I became interested in music because “my mother was quite an accomplished cellist in her youth. She made sure that all five of her kids learned an instrument. Somehow she managed our musical training in such a way that she got a string quartet out of the first four. The youngest rebelled. He took up the oboe.” Paul majored in music theory and composition at Yale, and then received…

Peabody’s Mineral Galleries Reopen – David Friend Hall

Peabody’s Mineral Galleries Reopen – David Friend Hall

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Editor’s Note: Those who attended the Reunion last summer had an opportunity to get a private tour of the newly renovated Peabody Museum, including the expanded exhibits of dinosaurs and replicas of other prehistoric flora and fauna. We also got to see the work being completed on the David Friend Hall, a section of the Peabody dedicated to the mineral collection donated by David Friend, ’69 Calhoun.

This story is reprinted from this month’s Roskin Gem News Report, a leading journal focused on the natural gemstone industry. It reports on the formal debut of the completed exhibition, well documented with some stunning pictures. 

Yale roommates collaborate on a new novel
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Yale roommates collaborate on a new novel

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Calhoun roommates in ’68-’69, Scott Howard and Bob Brush have a lot in common:  They sang together in the 1966-68 Baker’s Dozen and were founding members of the Roll and Pin Society (along with Bob Wheeler, James Hallet, Wayne Henderson, Charlie Peck, Brad Davenport and Bo Riehle).

Recently, they decided to collaborate in the creation of a first novel, with Bob as the author and Scott as the illustrator. 

Bob is an Emmy-award winning writer and executive producer of The Wonder Years and recipient of other awards. Scott is a retired banker now deep into painting, non-profit work, and family. “Read More” to see more about the novel, The Piazza: Stories from Piazza Santa Caterina

Death and Time 29-29
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Death and Time 29-29

ByRichard Seltzer

Editor’s Note: This is an essay recently published in Medium.  It has a unique take on The Game in 1968 as a metaphor for how we experience The End.  

When my memory plays tricks on me, often the issue relates to time — the order of events and their duration. My perception of time varies with my emotional involvement in what is happening, as well as with my age. Time drags for a child and races ahead for someone as old as me. The final moments of a sporting event can remind us of the variability of time.

Because of rules that stop the clock, the last two minutes of a football game or a basketball game can go on and on, with reversal after reversal. I particularly remember the Harvard-Yale game of 1968….

“Underground Rock” Playlist Recovered
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“Underground Rock” Playlist Recovered

ByThomas Guterbock

Those of you, like me, who enjoyed the cutting edge of music in the late 60’s — what was called “progressive rock” — will enjoy this.

Our classmate at WYBC, Kevin McKeown, went into professional radio, then into sound and film production in California, and eventually served as the mayor of Santa Monica. He compiled this amazing three-hour playlist of songs we used to play “back in the day.”

Magical! I hadn’t heard “8:05” by Moby Grape in over 50 years. Here is the songlist … and the titles:

Paul Franklyn Lozier – August 23, 2024
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Paul Franklyn Lozier – August 23, 2024

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Editor’s Note:  If you have recollections, reminiscences or stories, or want to add anything, please either “Leave A Reply” at the bottom or email your thoughts to Dan Seiver or Wayne Willis.

Paul Franklyn Lozier, 77, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, husband of Janet, entered into eternal rest, Friday August 23, 2024. Paul’s life was a testament to his unwavering dedication to those he loved and the causes he championed.

Results from Colloquium 19: How We Fix Climate Change

Results from Colloquium 19: How We Fix Climate Change

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Our presenter, Wayne Willis, called on his experience as a tech entrepreneur and a leader with Citizens’ Climate Lobby to offer a solution to climate change.  His thesis, called “The EcoTech Synthesis,” observes:
* Reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 requires CleanTech to replace DirtyTech.
* That happens when the “Green Premium” gets to or below zero.
* There are two paths to reducing the Green Premium ….

Andres Serrano: Beyond The Pale
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Andres Serrano: Beyond The Pale

ByRobert Horvitz

Editor’s Note: Our Robert Horvitz interviewed Artist Andres Serrano at an exhibition in Prague, and it was recently published in Trebuchet, the London-based magazine dedicated to contemporary art criticism. See the entire interview online, or reprinted in full here. It is an intelligent, in-depth interview, with high-quality reproductions of artworks from Serrano.

Class Notes, Nov-Dec 2024

Class Notes, Nov-Dec 2024

ByDaniel Seiver

From Ted Snow: “There are a few benefits of having a stroke, which I did several years ago – like good parking spaces and getting special treatment at the airport – but I don’t recommend it. But a few good things came out of it: Time to copy and organize a lifetime’s worth of photos, and writing a book: The Sixth Element: How Carbon Shapes Our World. Before my poor health forced retirement, I was…

Victor Danielsen Norman, September 20, 2024
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Victor Danielsen Norman, September 20, 2024

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Here is an obituary crafted by some of Victor’s academic colleagues and published in Centre for Economic Policy Research earlier this month.   See other tributes on X and other platforms. Victor Danielsen Norman passed away on 20 September after a long battle with cancer. For almost 50 years he was a leading figure in the field of international economics, not only for his own research, but also for his leadership in several research projects in…

What Croesus and Steve Schwarzman Want From Trump

What Croesus and Steve Schwarzman Want From Trump

ByJim Sleeper

Editor’s Note: Yale1969.org is not a bulletin board for proselytizing one’s opinions, but we do want to highlight when classmates’ positions enter the public discussion.  In this post, Jim Sleeper comments on an article in the Financial Times inquiring why certain US billionaires are strongly supporting President Trump … and featuring our own Steve Schwarzman.

Jim writes, “You might well think that I’ve had my say about Steve Schwarzman by now, and I do wish that someone else would take up the torch of remonstrance and dissent. Financial Times writer and American editor Edward Luce has done that today (October 23, 2024) in ‘What Croesus Wants from Trump.’”

Class Colloquium 19: How we fix climate change – Oct. 24, 4 pm ET

Class Colloquium 19: How we fix climate change – Oct. 24, 4 pm ET

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The central chapter of Wayne’s forthcoming book is a framework outlining HOW a climate crisis can be avoided … and what YOU can do today to make a huge difference. This Zoom meeting will share that model and highlight why NOW is a critical time:  You see, regardless of the election outcome, there is a time window in November and December to pass one law (ready for a vote now!) and another window in 2025 to enact a different one (that is being developed)!

Register here

Life Magazine profiled our 1969 Commencement

Life Magazine profiled our 1969 Commencement

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Life Magazine published an article in June of 1969 entitled “The Class of ’69 – With eloquent defiance, top students protest right through commencement.”   It reported on the campus unrest then roiling on campuses, including Yale. 

The speeches and remarks from student leaders, speaking at commencement and other formal assemblies were included verbatim.  Rebuttals from adult leaders of the day were also quoted. Our own Mac Thompson was featured, with Life commenting …