Class surveys have been a regular feature of 50th reunions for years, and—as we have with so many traditions—Yale ‘69ers might well wonder what purposes this elaborate group ritual might serve. The reunion committee had several purposes clearly in mind: to gather information that would inform several invited essays planned for this volume; to activate…
Thomas Martin Guterbock 951 Fairwinds Lane Crozet, VA 22932 tmg1p@virginia.edu 434-760-0909 Spouse(s): Carole A. Sherman (1972); Bernice A. Marcopulos (1994) Child(ren): Sara Elisabeth Guterbock (1975); Deborah Rose Guterbock (1986); Alexandra Margareta Guterbock (1998); Halina Gisele Guterbock (2001) Grandchild(ren): Maia Alyciana Guterbock (1998); Phoebe Annabelle Miller Guterbock (2014); Sebastian Mordecai Guterbock Miller (2017) Education: BA, Yale…
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?).
It was in some ways a foregone conclusion that I would heel WYBC. My brother Walt (TD ’66) was the Program Director of the station when I was a freshman.
I was naturally blessed with the gift of gab, a resonant voice, and a love of radio. That deal was sealed the night in January 1966: The WYBC Freshman News Reading Contest!
I learned the next day that I had WON the free pizza. My brother took no end of grief about his younger brother acing the competition.
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.
Good news: the Reunion Committee has authorized the release of the survey results in advance of the reunion!
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.
You’ll get an invitation to the Class Survey shortly. Here’s the behind-the-scenes story about how the survey came into being and the thought that went into the survey design. Lucky enough, one of our Classmates is a leading expert in creating valid and reliable surveys!
THOMAS MARTIN GUTERBOCK (Tom). Born July 21, 1948 in Ankara, Turkey, son of Hans Gustav Guterbock and Frances Heilman Guterbock. Attended University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, Illinois. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive History, the Arts, and Letters major; Dean’s List, 1966-67 (fall term). Resident: Silliman. Scroll and Key, 1968-69; WYBC, 1966-69, Vice-Chairman, 1968;…
