Dan Seiver, Corresponding Secretary 502 Sea Isle Drive San Diego, CA 92154 E-mail: seiverda@muohio.edu ‘Terence Benson ’69 (terrybenson@nyc.rr.com) writes: “Being the TV stage manager for the movie transmissions from the Metropolitan Opera is one of the best gigs I have ever had. Opera is back.” ‘Carl Lazarus ’69 has directed classmates to a new recruiting video for…
Class dues has generated news, with a reunion flavor: Tom Earley writes: “As always, Jane and I had a great time at the reunion. Each time we make another few new friends. My food and agriculture practice keeps chugging along. Jane’s consulting practice focuses on standards development in international law, both trade and environmental. Caitlin (Williams ’01) is now working…
After subtle pressure from your scribe, Ken Wolfe (wolfeak@aol.com) has checked in: “Annemarie and I have recently moved back to Saint Petersburg, Florida, after 11 years living and working in the U.K. We each had three different jobs, which carried us from Manchester to London to Birmingham. I am continuing as chairman of my last company, Betterware, on a part-time basis and will…
News from dues: Douglas Colton (douglas.colton@gmail.com) writes, tongue planted firmly in cheek: “It is an honor to be part of the first formerly prosperous 40th reunion class since the Class of ’90 (1890, that is) was similarly blessed. There appears to be a sublime synchronicity at work, as revealed by the intervals 1929 + 40 years = 1969 + 40 years = 2009.”…
We have lost four classmates since the last regular column. This column is devoted entirely to them. Classmates may want to provide further details or memories. I will get back to the happier news, of which there is plenty, in my next column. “Timothy Lambert McDaniel, professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego, died in San Diego on March 10 after a brave fight against colon…
Lots to report, including a first missive in 40 years from Bruce Bolnick(bbolnick@gmail.com): “With our 40th reunion next year, it’s time to update class notes on what I have been up to for the past four decades. (FYI, I just sent in class dues, after years of neglect.) After finishing my PhD in economics at Yale in 1972, I taught at the University of Nairobi, followed by faculty positions at Duke and…
The mailbag is perilously thin. Your scribe is guessing that everyone is saving up stories for the rapidly approaching 40th reunion. So here is our one item, from John Fisher:“John and Didi Fisher live in Atherton, California, where John has a merger boutique for consumer brands, and Didi is retired from three terms as town councilman and mayor. Didi, who is a crack shot, has not yet…
Another new year has arrived. The year 2008 will certainly have a special place in American history books, both for the once-unthinkable presidential election of a man with roots in Kenya, and for the financial and economic calamity which befell America and the world. Two eras ended, and two new ones have begun. “You say goodbye, and I say hello.” And now to our classmates. Congratulations to our John…
It’s not too late to plan to go to Lang Wheeler’s (lbw@numeric.com) pre-game brunch on Saturday, November 21, at Lang’s house, 48 Lakeview Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Start time is 9:30 am. All 1969 classmates and their fellow travelers are welcome. Catch up with old friends, meet new friends, enjoy tasty comestibles in abundance, and listen to live Yale music. And then, presumably, witness a Yale…
Mark your calendars for the biennial Lang Wheeler pre-Game bash: Saturday November 21 at Lang’s house, 48 Lakeview Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Start time is 9:30 a.m. All 1969 classmates and their fellow travelers are welcome. Catch up with old friends, meet new friends, enjoy tasty comestibles in abundance, and listen to live Yale music. And then, presumably, witness a Yale victory over the forces of darkness. Tom…
I promised better news (as best I can make out the handwriting), and here it is: Terry Benson (terrybenson@nyc.rr.com) writes: “Now that my daughter Kara (’06) is out and off on her adventures, singing in the Yale Alumni Chorus is what keeps me connected. Being an ‘Ambassador of Song’ isn’t easy—18 days of a ‘bus and truck’—but it was a wonderful Yale experience.” Ted Robinson…
I am quite saddened to report three deaths. Hank Payne died in January. Hank received his BA and MA in 1969 and his PhD from Yale in 1973. He was married to Deborah Laipson shortly after graduation. Hank began as an assistant professor of history at Colgate in 1973, became provost at Haverford College in 1985, president of Hamilton College in 1988, and then president of Williams College in 1994. He was…
Spring is in the air, and missives appear from everywhere: Bill Krochalis(bill.krochalis@zcsterling.com) e-writes: “Still aspiring to genteel obscurity while residing in Atlanta; very happily remarried and have two in college: one playing hockey for the University of Alabama (really) and one working with autistic and at-risk middle-schoolers while finishing her senior year at Colorado College. A third is…
January with Simon and Garfunkel: “Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to speak with you again. . . . ” Another year quickly passes into memory, never to return. And still we sing, “time and change shall nought avail, to break the friendships formed at Yale.” Raise a glass, my friend, for dear Old Yale. Now the news. Our New York head doctors are getting the kudos: Stephen Billick…
Once again a titanic battle looms between our stouthearted men in blue and the nefarious visitors slouching in from the north. Once again Yale Bowl will throb with the joyous cheers of the victors and the bitter lamentations of the vanquished. Once again your scribe will be in (muted) attendance, and he has but one fond hope: that “Harvard’s team may fight to the end, but Yale will win.” I haven’t…
