Recent columns have been dominated by memorials to classmates who have run their life course. While this is the most important (and sadly growing) function of these notes, a brief respite from my lugubrious duties means there is room this month for a few of the living. Dailey Swan Press recently published Matt Flynn’s Pryme Knumber, a CIA thriller set in Milwaukee. Matt sent reviews from Milwaukee that praise the…
Tom McNamee has just published The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat: Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance. With a listerv nudge from Dave Howorth, your scribe also found this: “Tom McNamee’s essays, poems, reporting, and reviews have appeared in Audubon, the New Yorker, Natural History, and the New York Times. He wrote the PBS documentary Alexander…
As promised, here is the Jim Schweitzer memorial for Will Bogaty: “Will Bogaty died from complications of leukemia in Sydney, Australia, on June 23. At the beginning of last year, Will was diagnosed with myelodysplasia, a blood disorder that can lead to the cancer. The diagnosis came shortly after Will had retired from heading ExxonMobil in Tokyo and moved to Sydney with his…
For those who intend to watch this year’s Game in Cambridge, Lang and Kathy Wheeler(langandkathy@comcast.net) will again be generously hosting the 1969 pre-game brunch at their house. Start time is 9:30. I have attended Lang’s brunches, and I can say with assurance that this is a wonderful chance to see classmates, hear great Yale a cappella music, and fire down some tasty…
Chris Hoffman writes: “I’m happy to report that my second book of poetry, Realization Point, has just been published. About a year ago I launched a pro-bono sustainability website: www.earth-dashboard.org, showing key indicators about how we are doing as a planet. I’m still working as an organization development consultant, focusing on organizations that are…
Greg Montes (greg2_2008@yahoo.com) writes for the first time in 42 years (he gets extra space): “I saw in the alumni magazine that Class of 1969 ‘missing’ members included Richard Griest. In the early 1990s I read a Los Angeles Times article about San Diego attorney William Lerach, whose former University of Pittsburgh roommate has been, since…
This sad news was reported in the New York Times: “Derek Huntington, longtime Manhattan resident and former president of ZZZ Carpentry, died on September 19 in the West Village. At Yale he was a nationally ranked lacrosse player, and a member of Fence Club and Scroll & Key Senior Society. Music was always a vital part of Derek’s life. Throughout the 1970s he was a…
Fred “Fearless” London passed away on July 29, at home in Greenwich, Connecticut. I have no details on his death, and only published sources for his life. Fred played varsity tennis at Yale and, after Rutgers Law School, worked at Kirlin, Campbell, and Keating, and then was general counsel at OMI, a shipping firm based in New York and Stamford. Fred was a former president of the Yale Club of…
I received this email from Steven Schneebaum in response to the short obituary notice I wrote for Bob Ferris: “Bob was my roommate, and my closest friend, during our first three years at Yale. He joined Army ROTC, not as a political statement for or against the war in Vietnam, but because that was what a healthy young man with talents and no obvious disability was…
Our own Robert (Bobby) Haas was featured in the March/April 2011 issue of the alumni magazine. Bobby’s first career was in finance, and for a second career, he has become one of the world’s most renowned aerial photographers. His recent work is contained in three books published by National Geographic, and it is simply stunning. If you have already tossed the mag…
Arthur Schatzkin passed away on January 20 after a year-long battle with glioblastoma. After Yale, Art received an MD from the State University of New York, and an MPH and DrPH from Columbia University. From an online obituary: “Dr. Schatzkin was an internationally renowned pioneer in the field of nutrition and cancer. He came to NCI in 1984, and since 1999 served as the chief of the…
Kathy and Lang Wheeler’s pre-Game brunch was, as always, a smashing success. The food and drink were outstanding, the company was stellar, and the Whiffs sang. (What transpired afterward in a nearby stadium will not be discussed here.) Here is a list of attendees (*with spouse, family members, and/or SigOs): Ned Culver*, Paul Henry*, Carl Lazarus, JP Goldsmith*, Brian…
My online plea for classmate news brought forth much of my last column, and almost all of this one. To all those who read and never write: Do not let the music die. Time to check in with the Mother Ship! Here, now, the news. From Scott Nelson (snelson.md.74@gmail.com): ’I’m in Boulder, Colorado, now, semi-retired, and doing some service medical work. I did join Macon…
Don’t forget: Lang and Kathy Wheeler’s “The Brunch” on November 20th, starting at 9:30 a.m. at 48 Lakeview Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Then “The Game.” Dare we hope for a victory this year over the Cantabs? With some Listserv prodding from your scribe, several classmates have submitted updates on their lives. I hope these reports will embolden…
For those who intend to watch this year’s Game in Cambridge, Lang and Kathy Wheeler (langandkathy@comcast.net) will again be generously hosting the 1969 pre-game brunch at their house. Start time is 9:30. I have attended Lang’s brunches, and I can say with assurance that this is a wonderful chance to see classmates, hear great Yale a cappella music, and fire down…
Tom Cosgrove has lots to report: “I retired after 28 years running my own executive search company in the Hartford area when my robotic prostate cancer operation laid me low. In September I was able to buy a fly-all-you-can pass on Jet Blue. I visited 11 cities and two foreign countries, and a lot of Yalies. “I started in San Francisco where my daughter, Vicky ’98, is a postdoc in psychology at…
