Jonathan Mowry Steere, III, passed away on November 16, 2017 at Hock Hospice Center in Durham, NC after a prolonged illness. He was 71 years old. Jonathan was born on March 27, 1946 in Philadelphia, PA to Jonathan M. Steere, Jr. and Hilda Fletcher Steere. He graduated from Penn Charter High School in Philadelphia in 1964 and later earned a BA in Anthropology from Temple University. He moved to Durham, NC in 1975. Mr. Steere…
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Download The Form Here is a copy of the “Objective Data” form in various formats. Left-click to download (or right-click and “Save target as” or “Save link as” depending on your browser): Microsoft Word version Apple Pages version RTF version (which works with most other word processing programs) What The Objective Data Form Covers: Here is a preview of what you’ll see in the form you download and use: NAME: CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: Phone(s): Address…
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” admin_preview_bg=”] Our model for how “Objective Data” may or may not appear in the 50th Reunion ClassBook is taken from the way the Class of ’67 used it. The table below show screenshots of how different people’s submissions looked. Some were “Name Only” — probably people who were missing. Some people only submitted contact information, nothing else. Some offered some family information, too. And some submitted everything. One…
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Over 9 months in the making, the new Class Website, Yale1969.org, is ready for use by the class. Access is limited to members of the Class of 1969 only. Here is a summary of key features: Classmates Functions Find a classmate – by college, by major, by extracurricular activity … or by using the search box in the masthead banner. Missing classmates – a list of Classmates for whom we have no email. (Can you help? If so, send…
STRUSE, Robert M. died peacefully at home on April 16, 2017, at the age of 69. Bob is survived by wife, Conni and son, Tim. He was preceded in death by parents, Tolbert Bryson Struse and Sarah Patchell (Ford), and brother, William. He is survived by brother, Bryson and sister, Sally. Bob graduated from Yale University, where he played football. He served his country as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. After graduating from Syracuse…
We need a volunteer who knew this Classmate to help assemble information for an “In Memoriam” remembrance. Please use the Contact Us form to get in touch with one of our editors. What we need from you is anything about this person that we can use to create a proper tribute — memories from our student days, links to obits that ran in newspapers, pictures, what you know about their lives, email addresses of survivors…
From Rich’s wife Laurie (lauriemattas@yahoo.com): “In 1965, Rich graduated from Morton West High School in Berwyn, Illinois, where he was an outstanding scholar and athlete and a member of their undefeated football team. He continued to play football at Yale, capping his career with the infamous Yale-Harvard game of 1968. After graduating from Yale in 1969 with a BA in physics, he continued his education at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, where he earned an…
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(Published in Virginia Gazette on Nov. 16, 2016) WILLIAMSBURG – Neill P. Watson, III, 69, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at The College of William and Mary and faculty member for 32 years, died on November 10th after a short illness. Respected as a teacher, colleague and administrator, Neill focused on clinical psychology in dozens of scholarly papers and convention presentations that he wrote and co-authored. His research explored Rogerian theories of psychotherapy and ways to measure discrepancies…
A new website inspired by our upcoming 50th Reunion but covering all aspects of our time at Yale and our lives after Yale has been launched.
Published by the Pacific View Memorial Chapel: Randy was born January 22, 1947 to Milton Straff and Marcella Konvalinka in Berwyn, Illinois. He passed away July 22, 2016 surrounded by his close friend and caregivers in Lincoln City, Oregon at the age of 69. Mr. Straff was raised in Southern California. After graduating high school at Garden Grove he attended Yale University where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in English and Business and received numerous…
Published in Tulsa World on July 19, 2016 Dr. James E. Hammarsten, 68, passed away July 15, 2016 in Tulsa. He was born August 26, 1947, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Dorothea (Dee) and Dr. James F. Hammarsten. Jim was a loving husband, father, brother, and grandfather; an accomplished and beloved doctor who helped advanced the study of medicine; and a friend to everyone he met.Jim will be missed by his wife of 43 years, Beth…
Len Hill died on June 7, after a courageous battle with brain cancer. From his obituaries in Variety and the Los Angeles Times: “Len began his career as a writer on Adam-12. After working at Paramount, Universal TV, and MTM, he joined NBC as an executive in the drama series department. He later joined ABC as VP of movies, where he supervised The Jericho Mile and Amber Waves. Throughout his career he produced over 45 television…
Bob Bucholz passed away at home in Dallas, Texas, on May 20. This memorial was submitted by Marybeth Ezaki ’73 (Marybeth.ezaki@gmail.com), Richard Tedlow, Terry Light, Phil Gans, Derry Allen, and Wil Lam: “Bob was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. At Yale, Bob was summa cum laude with a BA in economics. He graduated from Yale Medical School in 1973, and completed a surgical internship at the University of Colorado, then returned to Yale for his orthopedic…
