From Skip Hobbs: “David Friend, a pioneer in digital data cloud storage, has been a collector of fine mineral specimens all his life. He recently funded the $4 million renovation of the Yale Peabody Museum mineral collection and exhibition hall, and donated some of his unusually large and magnificent specimens. (Pictures) On October 21 the Peabody Museum held a gala opening of the David Friend Mineral Gallery, complete with dinner in the dinosaur hall. On…
On a surprisingly mild late November afternoon in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a miracle happened. After a decade of disappointment, Yale’s underdog Bulldogs played superbly on both sides of the ball and upset a potent Cantab team, 21–14. Your scribe enjoyed every minute of it, and will continue to savor sweet victory, undimmed “through mem’ry’s haze.” The white handkerchief came out, and vigorous waving shook off the years of dust and dreams denied. It even dabbed a…
Sadly, this edition of Class Notes tells of 3 who have passed away … one mini-reunion of friends from JE.
Harold Mancusi reports from the AYA Assembly and Tom Emmons is looking for volunteers. Len Hill, RIP.
Bob Bucholz passed away at home in Dallas, Texas, on May 20. This memorial was submitted by Marybeth Ezaki ’73 (Marybeth.ezaki@gmail.com), Richard Tedlow, Terry Light, Phil Gans(pgans@pgans.com), Derry Allen, and Wil Lam: “Bob was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. At Yale, Bob was summa cum laude with a BA in economics. He graduated from Yale Medical School in 1973, and completed a surgical internship at the University of Colorado, then returned to Yale for his…
Our Class’ Scholarship went to a sophomore woman from Minnesota. News from Sam Weisman, Gary Morson, Alec Tan, Frank Aronson, Terry Benson and Norm Resnicow.
Your scribe sought out Tom Orum, who was in Econ 10 (Saybrook CDG) with me in the Fall of 1965. Here is his first-ever report for this column: “I got a master’s in agronomy and plant genetics from the University of Arizona and worked for 25 years as a research specialist in the plant pathology department at the University of Arizona. My wife, Nancy Ferguson, and I both retired in 2000 to volunteer with the…
The mailbag has gotten thin, and is now empty. I would especially like to get a word or two from classmates who have not appeared in this column in recent years. Inquiring minds want to know! News from Dues: Brian Ibsen “has retired from the Aga Khan University, but I remain active in fund-raising for Africa and for historic preservation in Chicago. Clementine has been very active at Second City, so we are seeing a…
Steve Rose (1969rosesa47@outlook.com) writes to us for the first time: “The booming of autumn wind in the pines outside my window sounds like the audible rushing of time and prompts me to send in my first class note. Following graduation, I sailed with the navy for 30 years as …
Greg Montes writes: “I learned earlier this year that Richard Griest died on December 21, 2011, at Pleasant Hill, California. I often ate lunch and dinner with Richard in Morse College in 1966–69 and we lived on the same floor of Morse Tower in 1967–68. We had many discussions about politics, history, Yale, and other subjects. I and others who knew Richard over the years found him to be very intelligent and good-humored. My parents enjoyed meeting and talking with Richard when he stayed overnight with them in Omaha, Nebraska, while driving from Yale to San Diego in June 1969.
News from Yale: “President Peter Salovey has announced a $150 million pathbreaking gift by Blackstone founder Stephen A. Schwarzman to create a world-class, state-of-the-art campus center by renovating the historic Commons and Memorial Hall. Schwarzman’s gift, the second-largest single donation in Yale’s history, will establish a university-wide center that serves as a campus…
As Garrison Keillor would say, “It’s been a quiet month in Lake Wobegon.” Very little news, either good or bad. Bad: I have been officially informed that Richard Griest has died, but I have almost no information on him. Greg Montes has said he will prepare a memorial. Here is what I have from our yearbook: Richard was born in Salt Lake City, and entered Yale in 1966…
Juan Montermoso writes, “After 27 years in the high-tech industry, primarily with HP, I am now enjoying a second life as a professor of marketing practice at Santa Clara University as well as doing gigs as a leadership development consultant.” Juan also was nominated for an award for his many years of ASC interviewing work. Tom Guterbockwrites that his second grandchild, Phoebe…
Kevin McKeown (kevin@mckeown.net) e-writes: “In my fifth term on the city council, I’m currently mayor of Santa Monica, where I’ve now lived most of my life. WYBC propelled me here, via a radio career that saw me general manager of L.A.’s KROQ just before I stopped trusting myself at age 30. Yes, I once subscribed to The Who’s ‘hope I die before I get old,’ but…
Professor Ted Snow has officially retired from the faculty of the astrophysics and planetary sciences department at the University of Colorado, after 34 years of service. Their newsletter states that “Ted has been a mainstay of our observational astronomy faculty, teaching a wide range of undergraduate courses and writing several astronomy and physics textbooks with student guides…
Your scribe has moved to central California. Some loose electrons fell out of the moving boxes, and I have finally found them. My apologies to Robert E. Levin. He reported via the web in January: “We welcomed Jonah Luis Henao into our family, our first grandson born to our daughter Amelia and our son-in-law Harvey. Despite having a Michigan/Illinois background, we’re…
