When I graduated in 1969, I stayed in New Haven for a summer job, waiting to go into Navy OCS in the Fall. I signed up to be a reunion clerk because it was VERY good money ($100/day!!) and a lot of fun.
I was assigned to the Class of 1909, which was celebrating its 60th reunion in JE. While I was bartending, under the tent, an old man came up to me and asked, “So, you’re a student, just graduated, right?”
In the Spring of 2018, Head of Silliman College, Dr. Laurie Santos, offered Psych 157a, Psychology and the Good Life. It was the most popular course ever taught at Yale, necessitating it being moved to Battell Hall and having Dr. Santos scramble for another couple dozen grad students to serve as section leaders! The course is available free on Coursera … and in now available as a limited series of podcasts.
Yale’s 50th Anniversary of The Superwomen In April 1969, five months after Yale University announced it was becoming coeducational, its first female undergrads got stuck with a nickname they would never quite shake. The university announced in late 1968 that it would accept women as undergraduate students starting the next academic year, and the following spring, The New York Times Magazine published a feature by a Yale student about the selection process for Yale’s first…
I had fully expected to “retire” as webmaster after the reunion. Yeah, yeah … the Reunion Committee said they wanted the site to continue, but I didn’t think there was enough “news” to sustain a community website. Then an odd thing happened: Many, many people approached me during the reunion, saying they hoped the site would continue in some form. Please read on and leave, in the comments below, YOUR thoughts about what we should do here, what the site should be or do.
The ClassBook was a big hit, with the accent on big! Over 800 pages, 8 pounds, 530 personal essays, obituaries, and 12 longer essays offering broader, deeper looks at our experiences over the past 50 years. Yet, sadly mistakes were made.
John Waldman was one of the first classmates to submit his essay online, and yet, …
Everyone Contributes – Let’s Document What Just Happened.
We need to document what happened at the reunion, mainly for the many classmates who could not attend for medical or other good reasons. Volunteers are writing up reports on events like Classmates In Concert and the Class Survey presentation. But we need MORE of you to volunteer and help document the …
The Reunion Committee wants you to have the latest/greatest info on transportation, housing, weather, an updated copy of the program, etc.: Connecticut Limousine, RIP. For those of you planning on using Connecticut Limousine (vans) to get from NYC airports to New Haven, you’ll have to make other plans. They just went out of business. Here are some alternatives. Leave a comment below with what alternatives you’ve found and cost. Click on “follow comments” if you…
The bridge carrying US 1 across I-95 at Exit 9 of the Connecticut Turnpike, in Stamford, will be replaced this coming weekend, causing all traffic on I-95 to be diverted. (Google map of the affected interchange is here.) Here is how traffic will be diverted from 11 PM Friday night thru 5 AM Monday morning: I-95. Those familiar with how congested I-95 can get on weekends know this will cause major delays. One classmate, who…
Here are four downloadable versions of the Schedule, full or summary, .doc or .pdf. Click or right-click and “save target as” to get your copy of the program.
* Detailed Version (title, time, place, teacher and blurb) – in .doc and .pdf formats.
* Summary Version (same as above, but no blurb) – in .doc and .pdf formats.
Wayne George Willis wayne@willisdomain.com 650-428-1395 Spouse(s): Stephanie Kittredge (1971–1979); Deborah (Debi) Linhardt (1984) Child(ren): Caleb Kittredge Willis (1974), Molly MacFarlane Willis Wilson (1976), Tyler Harrison Willis (1986) Grandchild(ren): Madison McKinley Willis (2005), Macy Jamieson Willis (2007), Blythe MacFarlane Wilson (2015), Evelyn Hayes Wilson (2016) Education: Yale, BS 1969; Yale, MA 1974; Yale Law School, JD 1975 Career: lawyer 2 years, entrepreneur 40 years Avocations: politics, technology-and-the-future College: Jonathan Edwards It all started with the Alumni…
When I graduated in 1969, I stayed in New Haven for a summer job, waiting to go into Navy OCS in the Fall. Needing some pocket money, I signed up to be a reunion clerk because it was easy, short-term, good money ($100/day!!) and a lot of fun. I was assigned to the Class of 1909, which was celebrating its 60th reunion in JE. While I was bartending, an old man came up to me…
70% of the people who have signed up for the reunion are coming on Thursday, most in time for the Thursday afternoon events. That’s VERY smart. Here’s why. And here’s how you can modify your reservation if you were coming on Friday or Saturday and now want to come earlier.
You may recall that our very own Dr. James Porter (SM ‘69, Ph.D. ’73) was the Chief Scientific Advisor and a Principal Cast Member on Chasing Coral, a film which won an Emmy for Outstanding Nature Documentary. See “Jim Porter’s Film Wins Emmy.” Good news! If you want to watch it, it will be screened on a large TV monitor in Davenport Common Room. Actually, it will be screened several times: Friday 9:00 – 10:30 3:45-5:15 (with an…
Editor’s Summary: The ONLY way to register for the reunion (and on-campus housing) is to go to the Registration Page and sign up. No smailmail is coming.
The Reunion Committee is delighted with the pace of reservations. According to the statistics from the Yale Alumni Association, we are running at or ahead of recent Yale Classes and their 50th Reunion attendance registrations.
“Yale decided that online registration …
I have assembled many materials and commentaries on the Halloween affair and debated about publishing it here. Although the “Halloween affair” is complicated and has three sides to the story,** there is no doubt that it is an ugly chapter in recent Yale history, a chapter that makes NO ONE proud.
But despite that depressing display of human nature, Professor Christakis has produced a work of both laudable scholarship and material accessible by the general reader. Relying on his expertise in social networks and evolutionary biology, he concludes …
Other Colleges Are Close Behind
Here’s an interim report on how YOUR college is doing in the contest to see which college will win a long weekend in St. Croix. (See “College With Best Attendance Will Win Long Weekend on St. Croix.”)
