Let’s face it. We are members of a “Last Man’s Club.” We’ll get no new members. And time reduces our number every year.
Every five years, at the reunion, we hold a “Memorial Service” to remember those who have died in the last five years. Traditionally, the Memorial Service was held on Sunday morning. Because many classmates have to leave early on Sunday, the Reunion Committee moved the Memorial to Saturday afternoon, in Battell Chapel.
The Memorial Service, held on the Sunday morning of Reunion weekend, was moving and evocative, according to many of the 60-ish classmates who attended. Most everyone said this one was deeply moving, in large part due to the magnificent singing of our own Dick Williams.
Good news: we have high quality recordings and pictures of the event; check it out —
Editor’s Note: Bill Newman was one of the reunion co-chairs. For so many classmates who attended our reunion, the event was a beginning for us and even more so a celebration of that beginning. We collectively kicked off a new phase for the Class, one where there are new friends, and we rekindled old relationships. It was an opportunity to catch up with people we may have seen relatively recently, say, over the past 25…
William Arthur Newman 40 East 83rd Street, Apt 5E New York, NY 10028 wnewman@bartonesq.com 9177486139 Spouse(s): Pamela J. Newman, 1974–1993; Michele Gotlib Newman (1995 to present) Child(ren): Romy S. Newman (1975), Theodore Ross Newman (1982), Jared A Newman (1996), Dorothea Blake Newman (2001) Grandchild(ren): Zachary Ian Cosmaciuc (2011) Gabrielle Rose Cosmaciuc (2014) Education: Yale University, BA, 1969 University of Michigan Law School, JD, 1973 Career: Private law practice in corporate and business law since 1973…
The schedule for our Class of ‘69 programs covers four days, Thursday through Sunday, May 30 through June 2, 2019. Each day contains some stimulating, entertaining events presented only to our class members and our spouses and guests. The events organized by the Yale Alumni Association for all of the reunion classes will be held on the Friday and Saturday mornings. Reunion-wide programs, such as President Salovey’s address and the Yale music program, take place…
Yes, it’s quaint, and a bit nostalgic, to sleep in our old rooms … on those “Yale single” bedframes that squeak when you sit on them. But many spouses and partners are not so, um, adventurous, not to mention brave enough to deal with shared bathrooms, third-floor walk-ups and the other limitations of dorm living. They (or we!) want a regular hotel room, thank you. This guide will tell you all about hotels in the area, and how to get reservations.
Reunion co-chair Bill Newman reports from the 1968 reunion and some of their remarkable events: 1) a “Quaker Meeting” where people talked about their Viet Nam experiences, often in emotional terms (check them out; what are YOUR stories?), 2) several remarkable, and mostly unknown, career paths/accomplishments by 68ers, 3) a historian talking about the Brewster/Coffin/Inky-Clark era (with pictures!), and 4) an intimate conversation with George W. Bush. See what happened in the ’68 reunion and the implications for our reunion!
On Saturday, November 18th, the Class will host a pre-game get-together — complete with noshies and Bloody Marys — before the annual Yale-Harvard Game at the Yale Bowl. To sign up for this free event and get tickets to The Game …
WILLIAM ARTHUR NEWMAN (Bill). Born October 10, 1947 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, son of Jerome Mager Newman and Doris Evelyn Ross Newman. Attended Wyoming Seminary school, Kingston, Pennsylvania. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive History of Art major; Dean’s List, 1966-67. Resident: Jonathan Edwards (Advisory Board, 1965-66). WYBC, 1966-67. Future occupation: Undecided. Address: 317 Chestnut Street, Dupont, Pennsylvania 18641.
