Class History: 1969 to 2018
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Class History: 1969 to 2018

[Editors Note:  Originally published on 26 May 2019;  This is fifth in a series of re-published Essays from the 50th Reunion ClassBook.]   Back again, your whilom class historian here reviews our half-century of adulthood by examining the world and American culture at the milestones of our graduation in 1969, the 25th reunion in 1994, and…

The Internet and the Reform of American Politics in 2021

The Internet and the Reform of American Politics in 2021

Editor’s Note: This is adapted from a memo Reed sent to the Biden Campaign.
A President Biden will face problems larger in scale and scope than any previously presented to the United States. The conjoined COVID-19 crises (aka the “pandemiconomy”) now seem monumentally daunting. Yet they may succumb to easier solutions than the long list of secular challenges that threaten the Republic:
* economic inequality,
* immigration,
* infrastructure,
* national security, […]

Make sure all Americans have access to telehealth

Make sure all Americans have access to telehealth

Editor’s Note: This is an Op-Ed published on April 19th in the Washington Post.

As the covid-19 pandemic tears through the country, weaknesses in our communications and health-care systems have been laid bare. Approximately 25 percent of Americans do not have a primary care doctor, in many cases because of geographic, financial, …

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Reed Hundt – 50th Reunion Essay

Reed Hundt 6416 Brookside Drive Chevy Chase, md 20815 rehundt@gmail.com 202-494-4111 Spouse(s): Elizabeth Ann Katz (1980) Child(ren): Adam (1982), Nathaniel (1985), Sara (1989) Education: YC,69, Yale Law, 74 Career: Latham & Watkins, 1975-93; Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, 1993-97; McKinsey, 1998-2008; Skadden adviser, 2009-14; Covington adviser, 2014-present; various boards including Intel 2001-present; CEO, Coalition for Green…

Class History (1969)

(This originally appeared in the 1969 Yale Banner, p. 294) Many years ago we lived through what was the best of years, what was the worst of years. It was a year of constant activity; it was a year of dreamlike sojourn in a quadrangle housing three centuries of tradition and not an iota of…

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Banner Bio – Reed Hundt

REED ERIC HUNDT (Reeves, Scoop, Sidewinder). Born March 3, 1948 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, son of Neal Henry Hundt and the late Vida Fredina Pullan Hundt. Attended St. Alban’s School, Washington, D.C. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive History major; Ranking Scholar, 1966-67; National Merit Scholarship, 1965-69. Resident: Davenport (Photography, 1966-67; Arts Festival, 1965-69; Committee on…