At our Freshman Assembly in Woolsey Hall, held at the end of that frenetic first week of moving in, buying used furniture, getting new books, and meeting scores of new people, we gathered to hear Kingman Brewster address us as Yale men for the first time. Among other things, he observed: “You’ll notice something unusual…
This is a slight break from the main subjects we’ve addressed so far — politics, family, work/career, wealth, and health. Today, we’ll report results from some of the lighter (dogs or cats?) or more random questions we asked (attempted suicide?).
We are only a couple weeks away from the mid-term elections — consequential elections being held during a time of extreme partisanship and vitriol. Reasonable minds can debate whether 1968 or 2018 represents the worst case of division within the country in our lifetimes. That said, now seems like a great time to report to you what the Class Survey said about our political opinions in 1969 and today.
Work, career, volunteering, entrepreneurship — what did the broad sweep of our productive years entail? What are we doing now? How well, financially speaking, did we do? That’s the subject of this installment of these “reports From The Class Survey.” When we first graduated, before settling into a serious career, we had to deal with…
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a multi-part series reporting on the results of the Class Survey taken last winter.
Any shrink will tell you that the three taboo areas people don’t like to talk about are sex, money and their relationship with God. Our Class Survey asked about all three. And we are going to share results in that order: Today’s report is Sex and Health, including reports on how fat we are, pot use, prosthetics, smoking, sexual activity (and aids) and other measures of our health.
This is a report on the first of 9 sections of the Class Survey — this one about who took the survey, marriages, children, grandchildren and miscellaneous other data points. Future reports will cover other sections of the survey.
I love podcasts. I listen to them when walking. I listened to them when driving, before being grounded by stay-at-home orders, that is.
I’m curious, though: What’s YOUR experience with podcasts? Are you a frequent listener? A podcaster?
Are podcasts moving into the mainstream far enough to reach educated Boomers like us?
To that end, please answer the following 2-minute survey. I’ll “close” the survey and […]
Our website editor approached me with a question: Given our level of retirement savings, how would I advise us 69ers (given my career in Wealth Management) about investing at this age? What sort of practical tips would I pass along?
Good news: the Reunion Committee has authorized the release of the survey results in advance of the reunion!
