50th Reunion Essay

Thaddeus Beal 170, Varick Road Waban, MA 02468 thadbeal@tiac.net 617-821-7258 College: Pierson I went to Yale because it was preordained. My family was blue blood and involved with the Vietnam War at a policy level. At Yale I evolved from an unsettled preppie to an unsettled dissident, and after Yale I had no idea what to do with myself. I worked for a short while at the Nixon White House and then took off for…

Robert N. Bearden College: Branford

Jeffrey Coggan Becton College: Calhoun

John Barrett Beinecke 99 Park Avenue Suite 2200 New York, NY 10016-1601 jbeinecke@antaeus-ent.com 917-509-8849 Spouse(s): Gaily Beinecke, 31 years (as of 2018) Child(ren): Barrett (1988) Career: Since 1983 – Senior management at family office Avocations: Golf, theater, travel, cooking College: Berkeley I found preparing this personal essay not an easy task. First off, I cannot think of many things that would be of interest to anyone else. So, I went back to my profile in…

Lee William Bachman 11477 Cedar Pass Minnetonka, MN 55305 lee4yale@aol.com 612-804-8990 Spouse(s): Silvia Bachman (2014), Bonnie W. (1969-1985) Child(ren): Mark (1972), Andrew (1975), Jonathan (1978) Grandchild(ren): Cristina (2000), Brian (2004), Brandon (2009), Julie (2002), Will (2005), Michael (2008), David (2008), Harvey (2008) Education: Yale BA 1969; University of Minnesota, MBA, 1976 Career: Univac Systems programmer, 1969-1974; Bachman’s Inc, VP Finance, Treasurer 1975-2009 Avocations: Golf, Travel, Photography College: Jonathan Edwards Little did I know 50 years…

David Christopher Smith “J.J.” Bell 3 Banner Hill Way Gloucester, Ma. 01930 j.j.bell@hotmail.com 978-265-7860 Spouse: Jacquelyn C. Bell (1980) Children: Chelsea Putnam Rogers Bell (1987), Morgan Elizabeth Foster Bell (1991) Education: Gloucester High School ‘65, BA Yale University ‘69 and MBA (Finance) Columbia University ‘72 Career: Executive Vice President, The Druker Company Ldt., Boston, Ma., 25 years as developer of high end, multi-use, urban office, retail, residential and hotel buildings. Avocations: Family, Gloucester, urban design,…

Jonathan R. Bell 99 Jane Street Apt. #10C New York, NY 10014 bell4jon@gmail.com 917-280-6919 Spouse(s): Nancy Hall (1969-85), Catherine Janow (1989) Child(ren): Gabriel (1975), Nicholas (1977) Education: Yale College BA 1969, Harvard Law School JD 1973 Career: Trusts & Estates Partner at Debevoise & Plimpton 1984-1993; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 1993-2001; Duane Morris 2002-2007; Stern Tannenbaum & Bell 2007-present Avocations: Board of Directors, New York City Ballet 1995-2007 College: Morse This brief memoir…

Nicholas Francis Bellotto 6807 36th Avenue NE Seattle, WA 98115 bellotto.gill@comcast.net Spouse(s): Kathleen Gill (1982) Child(ren): Giancarlo Bellotto (1986) College: Davenport Over the last half-century, whenever the subject of my years at Yale came up, I was often asked what I had studied. When I answered that I was a French major, the next question would invariably be: “What were you planning to do with that?” In other words, if I didn’t intend to make…

Stephen Theodore Bemis 6500 Jennings Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 stbemis@gmail.com 734-646-6091 Spouse(s): Judith Bemis (1972 -) Child(ren): Todd (1978); Nathan (1980) Grandchild(ren): Christopher, Ariel, Katarina, Sarena, Emma, Leena, Lane, Lee Education: IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, JD (1975) Career: Sanitary engineer, personnel manager, benefits manager for 10 years variously for GTE Automatic Electric, Hammond Organ Co. and The Marmon Group; ERISA, litigation, envrionmental, and general corporate law practice for 35 years for Masco Corporation. Avocations:…

Richard Hill Benes 716 Cordova Street San Diego, California 92107-4220 rbenes@cox.net 619-223-7700 Spouse(s): Cherri V. Benes (1993 -) Child(ren): Savannah Lynne Benes Education: University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, JD, 1976 Career: Certified Specialist in Appellate Law, Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California Avocations: The universe College: Timothy Dwight I am very grateful for a Yale degree. It has been a benefit throughout my post-graduate life and career. However,…

Frank Aronson 21 Woodchester Dr Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467 faronson@pbl.com Spouse(s): Paula (1969) Child(ren): Elyssa (1973); Jessica (1976); Emily (1981) Grandchild(ren): Hallie (age 13); Gabriel (age 12); Eyan (age 8) Education: Yale, Juris Doctor from Columbia Law, Harlan Fisk Stone Scholar Career: Partner, Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP for 17 years College: Jonathan Edwards Reflecting back on these 50 years brings out so starkly the rapid passage of time; the years have passed so quickly,…

Robert E. Arras, Jr. Apartado 8-3009 El Roble de Santa Barbara, Heredia Costa Rica Robarras@gmail.com In Costa Rica; Tel 2483-0301; Cell 8385-2078; in US cell (617) 803-0333 Spouse(s): Karen Koehler Arras; married 48 years Career: CEO of Asian Alcohol Corp and affiliated companies in Philippines, Japan and Hong Kong College: Pierson The prospect of my name on a blank page in the 50th reunion Book of Essays worked. So I sit down to record what…

Frank Adams 222 Blackburn Ave Menlo Park, California 94025 f.w.adams@att.net 650-387-1432 Spouse(s): Susan Carson Bryan (1986) Child(ren): Johnathan Werber Adams (1995) Education: Yale BA Mathematics & Physics (1969); University of California, Berkeley, MS (1971), PhD (1976), Physics Career: 34 years with Lockheed Martin as Research Scientist, then Electro-Optical Engineer Avocations: Interest, not expertise: “Early” music, California native plants College: Ezra Stiles Life Stories After a rocky senior year I felt lucky to have the choice…

Frank Strother Ashburn, Jr. 5074 Sedgwick Street NW Washington, DC 20016 fashburn@comcast.net 202-365-9366 Spouse(s): Susan Zimmerman Ashburn (1980) Child(ren): Emma (1982) Stro (1982) Alison (1986) Clare (1988) Grandchild(ren): Michah (2010) Zelma (2016) Amina (2017) Education: Landon school ‘65, Yale ‘69 BA English, Georgetown ‘73 MD Career: Internship Surgery Parkland Hospital, Dallas TX (‘74), Residency Ophthalmology Georgetown (‘78), Fellowship Glaucoma Barnes Hosiptal, St. Louis, MO (‘79), Ophthamologist, Washington, DC (‘79 – present) Avocations: Food and Wine,…

John Atherton Date of Death: 2-Mar-2012 College: Silliman

Joshua Seth Auerbach 129 Holmes Road Ridgefield, CT 06877 joshuaauerbachwatson@gmail.com 203-431-3876 Spouse(s): Jessica Schwartz Auerbach (1969 – ) Child(ren): Sarah Auerbach (1974); Eliza Jones (1977) Grandchild(ren): Audrey Nelson (2003); Caleb Nelson (2005); Kai Jones (2010); Sabine Jones (2013) Education: Yale Ph.D (1977) Psychology Career: Systems Programmer and Manager, Yale Computer Center, 1978-1983. Research Staff Member, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, 1983-2016 Avocations: Music (classical, bassoonist), hiking College: Jonathan Edwards There are three strands to my…