The Meaning of Yale for the Class of 1969—One Man’s View

The Meaning of Yale for the Class of 1969—One Man’s View

ByRichard Tedlow

Why is it that the four years from our arrival at Yale early in September 1965, to our graduation on June 9, 1969, have proven so important to so many of us? Most of us will be seventy-two years old in 2019, the year of our fiftieth reunion. Those four years we spent in college constitute a mere one-eighteenth of our lives. Why so important? Why is it that today you can initiate a conversation with a classmate with whom you may not have spoken in a half-century, and it will be as easy to talk to him as it was when we were undergraduates together?

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Richard Tedlow – 50th Reunion Essay

ByRichard Tedlow

Richard Tedlow 27863 Black Mountain Road Los Altos Hills, CA Spouse(s): Joyce R. Tedlow, MD (died 2003); Donna M. Staton, MD (2010) College: Morse In my entry for the 25th reunion, I wrote about my marriage to Joyce. We were deeply in love. Joyce died of cancer on October 2, 2003. Words cannot describe this shattering experience, so I will not try. With the help of friends, I established an endowed professorship in Joyce’s name…

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Banner Bio – Richard Tedlow

ByRichard Tedlow

RICHARD STEVEN TEDLOW (Trick). Born September 12, 1947 in Orange, New Jersey, son of Samuel Louis Tedlow and Lillian Gusman Tedlow. Attended Blair Academy, Blairstown, New Jersey. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. History major; Dean’s List, 1966-67 (spring term). Resident: Morse (Morse-Wilbur Cross Affiliation Program Tutor, 1968-69). Class Gift Fund Committee, 1968, Morse Co-Captain; Political Union, 1965-67. Future occupation: Undecided. Address: 195 Crestwood Drive, South Orange, New Jersey 07079.