50th Reunion Essay

John Leslie Stewart College: Pierson

Eric Michael Stiffler Date of Death: 24-Aug-2014 College: Branford (A longer version of this obituary appeared in McDonough Voice and was reprinted on the Class Website.) Dr. Eric M. Stiffler, 67, of Macomb passed away August 24, 2014, at his residence. He was born on January 20, 1947, in Philadelphia, to Harold and Beth Mackey Stiffler. He married Janice Owens on July 23, 1993 in Galena; she survives. Also surviving are his parents, Harold and…

Hubert M. Stiles, Jr. 915 Rolandvue Road Towson, Maryland 21204 herbstiles@aol.com 410-821-4006 (landline), 410-978-8018 (cell) Spouse(s): Constance M. Pohl (1981) Child(ren): Aimee (1976), Francois (1984) Grandchild(ren): Mirah (2008), Molly (2011), Amelia (2013), Malcolm (2015), Hattie (2016) Education: Yale (BS Ad Sci, 1969), NYU (MBA, 1973) Career: Commercial and Investment Banking at JPMorgan NYC (‘69-’88), Portfolio Manager at T. Rowe Price in Baltimore (’88–’01). hedge fund at DDJ Capital in Boston (’01–’02). Avocations: Judo, boxing, tai…

John V. Stone College: Saybrook

William John Stanisich 714 Broderick Street San Francisco, CA 94117 wjstanisich@comcast.net 415-613-0486 Spouse(s): Jim Meyer (37 years) Education: Yale BA ’69 Career: Educator, English and Art, Urban School of San Francisco (28 years); artist and author Avocations: Music, Opera, Dance, Films College: Ezra Stiles I came to Yale from a small boys’ day school in San Francisco that was as homophobic and competitive as Yale. I was an only child of driven parents, particularly my…

John Wyatt Starr Date of Death: 16-Dec-2003 College: Calhoun (John Wyatt Starr passed away in Taipei, Taiwan, of a heart attack. This memorial was submitted by Steve Kovacs ’68 for the 1968 50th Reunion Classbook and was edited by Dan Seiver.) John Starr was a champion runner in high school and ran for Yale as a freshman. He had dashing good looks, an easy manner, great taste in clothes. He was a bursary boy in…

Peter George Stassun College: Calhoun

Ramsay Hoguet Saurel Date of Death: 26-Dec-1966 College: Berkeley

Jonathan Mowry Steere III Date of death: 16-Nov-2017 College: Branford (This memorial appeared on the website of Hall-Wynn Funeral Services.) Jonathan Steere died at Hock Hospice Center in Durham, North Carolina after a prolonged illness. Jonathan was born on March 27, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Jonathan M. Steere, Jr. and Hilda Fletcher Steere. He graduated from Penn Charter High School in Philadelphia in 1964 and later earned a BA in Anthropology from Temple University….

James Allen Steffenburg 145 Glen Road New Haven, CT 06511 steffenburgs@comcast.net 203 777 2995 Spouse(s): Gloria Anne Pregano 40 years . June 20 1970 to October 30 2010 (her death) Education: Yale School of Management MPPM 1981 Career: Project Manager, Construction for10 years; Director Management Consulting for 30 years with PriceWaterhouseCoopers Avocations: Service to my Church including soup kitchen support,Parish and Finance Council, Trustee; Lessons and playing in a bluegrass ensemble; Collecting vintage stringed instruments;…

Ben Stein College: Berkeley

Jonathan Stern College: Calhoun

Bob Santulli Hanover, NH 03755 rbs@dartmouth.edu (603)-252-2565 Spouse(s): Linda D. Santulli (1978) Child(ren): Stephen (1982), Liza (1989) Education: Columbia U College of Physicians and Surgeons MD 1973 Career: Practicing psychiatrist in NYC area from 1978–1990. Then joined the faculty of Dartmouth, and eventually became a geriatric psychiatrist, specializing in Alzheimer’s disease. Retired from Practice 2014. Now Teach at Dartmouth College. Avocations: Outdoors; music. Thanks to my History of Music courses at Yale. College: Morse Like…

James Blakeman Spamer Date of Death: 4-Jul-2000 College: Davenport From Google Books: James Blakeman Spamer, The Kenning and the Kend Heiti: A Contrastive Study of Periphrasis in 2 Germanic Poetic Traditions, 1977.” From Brown University (via Nick Bellotto): He began his career in academia as an associate professor of English at UC Davis from 1977 to 1982, but in 1983 he received his doctor of jurisprudence degree from Texas Technical University, where he was an…

Karl A. Spangenberg College: Timothy Dwight

Paul Spata III 1653 Linden St. East Lansing, MI 48823-3717 paulspata@comcast.net 517-282-9423 cell Spouse(s): Susan M. London Child(ren): April Camille Spata (1973–2003) Education: Michigan State University, BA, Sociology, 1971; Michigan State University, Master of Social Work, 1985 Career: 3 years as production/circulation staff for weekly newspaper; 30 years with the Michigan Dept. of Social Services as caseworker, supervisor, and administrator. Avocations: I have played basketball weekly for the last 35 years. I drive a plug-in…