Announcements

Editor’s Note: We ran out of time at the end of the Reunion, so we didn’t have our quintennial “Class Meeting” with all members of the class.  Our Class Co-Secretaries invite all of those who have an interest in guiding Class action as part of the Class Council to raise your hand!

Had any of us been thinking 50 years ahead as we graduated, we probably would not have guessed that one of the defining issues of the next half century would be the challenging relationship between people and the planet. It turned out that 1969 marked the beginning of what is commonly thought of as the modern environmental era. Since then, many of our classmates have been directly involved in addressing environmental issues in a variety…

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, …

Hey, after the reunion, Yale1969.org will publish pictures, reflections and memories captured at the reunion. So, if you attend, please take pictures!   If you get some good ones, please send them to us.  (Attach a note with the names of any people in the pictures.)  See below for tips and how to send them. Even better, if you have a “memory or observation” that you think other people would enjoy hearing about, please write it…

Spouses and partners are asking, and some Classmates are asking, too:  What’s the dress code for the reunion? The Reunion Committee says: Business casual-throughout the weekend, nothing formal. For Friday Dinner- Men – coats, with or without tie, encouraged Women – cocktail dress, Capri, pants suit, or skirt/ blouse combination. My wife interprets this as “look nice but be comfortable.” For the daily events, Casual is the order of the day, even shorts if the…

Although some of us were virtual strangers, the group gelled incredibly well, and we had a great series of discussions over dinner, which lasted from 6 until just after 10.  I think we all felt we had made some new friends (yes, it is certainly possible at our age) and were enthused about reconnecting with each other and all our other friends in New Haven …

The Reunion Committee is happy to announce our equivalent of a challenge grant: The college with the largest number of attendees (as a percent of its total) will be able to spend a very long weekend in St. Croix, with free accommodation at this spectacular, private, seaside villa! Check out the pictures and details … then call your college-mates and urge them to attend.

What were we like 50 years ago? What’s happened to us since?  What’s it all meant? And where are we going from here? Those and other Big Questions will be addressed — and maybe even answered — at the Reunion opening sessions starting at 2:15 on Thursday afternoon, setting the stage for this uniquely special weekend. Classmates Tom Guterbock and Mike Baum will present and analyze the findings of the Class Survey – from the…

Editor’s Note:  This is a re-issue of a post published earlier, along with a reminder that the “due date” on the survey for First Wives is April 30th.   Brian has had a few interesting responses already, and he promises to write up a report summarizing what he learns. So, if you know any “first wives,” please urge them to participate. Details inside!

Dear Fellow ‘69ers, In preparation for the big one in New Haven in May, the organizers thought it would be a great idea to have some mini-reunions throughout the country to get everyone into reunion mode.  So, we’re planning to do one in early April for those of us who live in SE Florida. It will be a very informal event — cocktails and hors d’oeuvres — and will be a chance to connect with…

The right sidebar on the home page shows only the last five (5) comments.  Responding to popular demand, here is a page that shows ALL comments, in reverse chronological order, 12 per page. (This page is always accessible from the link at the end of the five (5) comments in the sidebar.)

The Reunion Committee made some recent announcements about the upcoming reunion. They fleshed out more of the details, asked us to preregister online and published the sequence of events leading up to the reunion itself on May 30-June 2. Click through to preregister and learn more.

Here’s everything you ever wanted to know about our email discussion tool, the 1969 Listserv. It’s an easy way to talk with the class as a whole. How to join. How to use it. How to manage it — the whole works, all here.

When the Reunion Committee recruited me and Harry Forsdick to be webmasters of this site, it was because we brought some technical chops to the table.  I had run some e-commerce businesses, and Harry is/was true engineering talent.  Little did we know, but Harry has been exploring painting and watercolors … using his engineering talents, like Vermeer, to create images on an iPad good enough to warrant an Exhibit of his latest works.

Yes, it’s quaint, and a bit nostalgic, to sleep in our old rooms … on those “Yale single” bedframes that squeak when you sit on them.  But many spouses and partners are not so, um, adventurous, not to mention brave enough to deal with shared bathrooms, third-floor walk-ups and the other limitations of dorm living.  They (or we!) want a regular hotel room, thank you. This guide will tell you all about hotels in the area, and how to get reservations. 

Editors’ Note:  Doug Colton is one the three co-chairs of the Reunion Committee. Based on the success of regional  “mini-reunions” in Boston and New York, the Reunion Committee is organizing get-togethers in places where Classmates are clustered.  The first two of these have been announced.  If you are in or near either the greater DC area, or the Richmond, VA area, please attend!  We’d love to see you. “Mini-reunions” are casual gatherings meant for re-acquaintance, conversation, and convivial…