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Class Colloquium 18: Klebanoff – Publishing, July 11, 2 pm EDT
Join in a Class Colloquium featuring Art Klebanoff, who is still trailblazing new business models in the world of publishing. He shares his incredible journey in the thick of the NY publishing world and shares some observations about publishing today. Would-be authors and ALL readers will appreciate this look under the hood. Register now
Harold Mancusi-Ungaro Honored by Yale Medical School
Earlier this month our own Harold Mancusi-Ungaro, M.D. (’69, ’73 MD) was honored by the Yale Medical School with the DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD. The citation, reproduced below is very detailed and illuminates some impressive contributions to the Yale School of Medicine, and Yale more generally.
Announcing a new section — “Works”
Increasingly, classmates are creating really interesting essays, music, paintings, presentations, playlists, plays, podcasts and other creations we are calling “Works” (as in “works of art”).
Coupled with the existing categories of Op-Eds and Books, this website can serve as a display case where classmates can share their “Works” with classmates. Hopefully, the viewers, readers, listeners, etc. will give some feedback in the comments.
New Release: “If I Were To Call You”
Michael Folz and his wife Maureen collaborated with our Norm Zamchek (piano) and Paul Severtson (violin) to produce — over the internet — an original that Michael wrote: If I Were To Call You. The production values are quite good, and it’s hosted here on Yale1969.org for your listening pleasure.
Lee Carter Mundell, June 26, 2023
from Melissa S. Mundell, Lee’s wife: I just sent an email of an obituary for my husband, Lee Carter Mundell, (See below) Afterwards I thought of some other things I should submit, in case they could be published as well. Lee worked at WYBC in those 1960s years when music was changing so dramatically. He did a morning show and someone he did not know left a sketch of him sitting at the broadcast desk,…
“Also On Campus”
Note: Even though classes were not in session, the YAA ensured that many of the University’s facilities were open and welcoming to our classmates. In case you had forgotten all the incredible resources available to students, just consider the following list of special events, receptions, self-guided tours, athletic/exercise opportunities, religious services, meetups, open houses, exhibits, and just walking around (including access to the colleges).
Reunion: Peabody Tour
[hopefully someone will volunteer to write this up and/or offer pictures of the tour. I’ll thunk in what I have so far, but … fingers crossed!] See also ’69 will get a private tour of the Peabody – May 30th, 2 pm
55th Reunion Reflections
Kudos to the Reunion Committee (Bill Newman, Derry Allen) for putting together an excellent, interesting and informative array of “Class Only” events. For those of you who could not attend, here are some materials and related items from each of the Class Only lectures: Yale Class of 1969 Survey Redux: New Information About the Class as It Turns 55 Our classmates Tom Guterbock and Mike Baum, who presented the main survey results in 2019, will…
Campus Miscellaneous — Beyond Core Reunion Events
Check out these additional activities happening during the May 30 – June 2 weekend! Here’s a Table of Contents for everything below: SPORTS FOR ALUMNI & GUESTS SPECIAL EVENTS FAMILY FRIENDLY EXHIBITIONS RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES SPORTS FOR ALUMNI & GUESTS Payne Whitney Gym Access Enjoy the Adrian C. Israel Fitness Center and other activities in Payne Whitney Gym. Visitors must wear their wristband, show their reunion nametag, and complete a release form at…
Yale Council works on free speech recommendations for president
Yale University’s presidential advisory body is reportedly giving feedback to President Peter Salovey on free speech issues on campus.
The news comes against a backdrop of free speech problems at the school, including the disruption of an event last …
James Vincent Minor III, April 1, 2023
James Vincent Minor III of Wilton CT died unexpectedly on April 1, 2023 in Norwalk Hospital at the age of 75. Jim was born to Betty and Dr. James Vincent Minor II in Norwalk CT. He is survived by his wife Andrea Byrne Minor and his three children James Vincent Minor IV, Sister Mary Hannah (Emily), Andrew Minor, and his beloved granddaughters Zoe and Holly. An accomplished academic, he studied at Portsmouth Abbey, then Yale,…
Another Selzer Novel: We First Met in Ithaca, or Was It Eden?
Richard Selzer continues his prolific run with his latest novel, We First Met in Ithaca, or Was It Eden?
It is available on Amazon, Booklocker, Target and GoodReads. Here is the “blurb” about the book:
Elle and Oz, strangers ready to restart their lives, meet by chance and flirtatiously swap stories in a dark abandoned house. They soon sense that …
Paul Francis Malamud, October 26, 2022
Editor’s Note: See Paul’s published works per Amazon Paul Francis Malamud, class of 1969, passed away from complications in heart surgery on October 26, 2022. Born in New York City in 1947, he moved with his parents, Ann and Bernard Malamud, to Corvallis, Oregon, in 1949. Though he would go on to live in Vermont, in Cambridge, and eventually in Washington, D.C., thoughts of Corvallis inspired wistfulness in him until the end of his life….
