50th Reunion Essay

Daniel Brinsmade College: Silliman

James Riley Broach College: Branford

Lee Richard Brock 4304 Lafayette Blvd Fredericksburg, Va 22408 leebrock@juno.com 540-842-7556 Spouse(s): Wendy (1986) Child(ren): Max (1987), Piper (1988), Hannah (1991), Zarah (1993) Education: SUNY Upstate, MD 1973, McGill University FRCS(C) Ophthalmology 1979 College: Pierson After chaperoning the 50th reunion of the class of 1919, I managed to get seaman’s papers and a job on the C. V. Seawitch to Bremerhaven, Germany. I hitchhiked and hiked around Europe and Scotland to return to Upstate Medical…

Richard Chaplain Brodhead 1586 Ulster Terrace West Chester, PA 19380 brodhead@temple.edu Spouse(s): Joellen A. Meglin (2002) Education: BA, Yale 1969; A.M. University of Pennsylvania 1977 Career: concert music composer; secondary school taecher, Chestnut Hill Academy (3 years) and The Independent Day School (3 years); Haverford College, faculty (3 years); New School of Music, faculty and Dean (4 years), Acting President (2 years); Temple University, faculty (26 years), with several administrative positions during that time. Retired…

Dwight Cameron Brown Date of Death: 17-Jan-1970 College: Silliman

Earl V. Brown College: Pierson

Francis Allard Boyer Date of Death: 3-Dec-1972 College: Trumbull From the Class Notes Archive: Fran was killed in a motorcycle accident in California. Fran had completed two tours of duty in Vietnam with the Marine Corps and had only about 90 days left in the service when he died. From Bruce Plyer: Fran and I were roommates thrown together freshman year, then sort of drifted apart and decided to room together senior year. A great…

Edward Raymond Boyle Date of Death: 22-Dec-1999 College: Saybrook Dr. Edward Boyle died in December 1999. His death, and his last years, were shrouded in mystery until we found this 2002 eulogy from the Brooke Army Medical Center (the full report is online): “(Ed) graduated from medical school at State University of New York – Downstate in 1973. It was during medical school, on a flight back from Port Au Prince, Haiti, when something caught…

James Robert Biltekoff College: Saybrook

Barney J. Brawer 16 Beals Street Brookline, MA 2446 barney.brawer@thenationalclassroom.com 617-905-3156 Spouse(s): Kitty Boles (1979) Child(ren): Molly (1982), Henry (1994) Grandchild(ren): Skyy (2013) Education: Ed.M 1977, CAGS 1995 – Harvard Graduate School of Education Career: Urban elementary and high school teacher, public school principal in suburban, rural and urban schools, grades K-8, faculty member, Tufts University Avocations: Folk/rock group with Yale classmate John O’Leary College: Silliman Privilege and Poverty: Our Generation and the Future I…

Stephen Bittner 111 Piedmont Road Columbus, OH 43214 sjbitt99@yahoo.com 614-772-4305 Spouse(s): Marcia Playe (1966-2006); Rachel Alexander (2009-present) Child(ren): Darcey, 1973; Jake, 1975 Grandchild(ren): Margot Crawford (2006); Malcolm Crawford (2008); Piper Bittner (2007); Johnny Bittner (2010) Education: University of Chicago School of Medicine, 1973 Career: Pediatrician for 1973-1982; Psychiatrist 1982 to present Avocations: Reading, biking, volunteering College: Saybrook Greetings Gentleman Oldsters, Amazingly, the earth will have spun 26,360 times from my birth to the 50th reunion,…

Michael John Blake Date of Death: 11-Feb-2010 College: Pierson (This memorial is reprinted from the Class Website.) Michael J. Blake, 62, of Wakefield died on Thursday, February 11 at his home. Born in San Pedro, California on June 21, 1947 he was the son of the late Joseph and Frances (Thompson) Blake. Mr. Blake was a graduate of San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, CA, class of 1965. He was also a graduate of…

Peter Bill Blasini College: Trumbull

Thomas Paul Bloch College: Silliman

William Joseph Bogaty Date of Death: 23-Jun-2012 College: Morse (Jim Schweitzer submitted a memorial for Will Bogaty for the Class Notes. This is an edited version of that memorial. The full version can be found online.) Will Bogaty died from complications of leukemia in Sydney, Australia, on June 23, 2012. Will was diagnosed with myelodysplasia, a blood disorder that can lead to the cancer. The diagnosis came shortly after Will had retired from heading ExxonMobil…

Alan E. Boles 525 College Avenue Boulder, CO 80302 alanboles@gmail.com 303-447-3280 Spouse(s): Susan Osborne (1989) Child(ren): stepdaughter Shawn (1964); stepson Derek(1965) Grandchild(ren): Noura (1997); Zakia (2000); Zahara (2011); Andre (2013); Celeste (2013) Education: Yale College, BA, 1969; Yale Law School, JD, 1973. Career: associate, Hollland & Hart, 5 years; city attorney, Boulder, Colorado, 23 years; private practice, 16 years. Avocations: animal rights; care of ex-racer greyhounds; local politics; local conservation; local low-and middle-income housing; taking…