50th Reunion Essay

James Spellerberg 123 Lansdale Ave. Fairfax, CA 94930 jimspellerberg@aya.yale.edu 415 459-6260 Spouse(s): Susan Lundy Child(ren): Gregory Education: UNC-Chapel Hill, U of Iowa (PhD) Career: Asst Prof Ohio State U; motion picture advertising; software development and design College: Berkeley After 50 years, a deadline looming, another Yale paper due! Yale was not a formative experience for me. I was 16 when I first visited campus, the guest of the brother of a fellow senior at my…

Frank Jared Sprole 16 Trails End Rd Wilton, CT 06897 jerrysprole@gmail.com 203-644-2571 cell; 203-762-8225 Spouse(s): Katherine Blakeslee (1969–1988), Beth Bridge (1991) Child(ren): Jared K. Sprole (1970) Ann Sprole Cheston (1973) Robert B. Sprole, (1976), Sarah J. Sprole (1995), Madison P. Sprole (1997), Ethan S. Sprole (2001) Grandchild(ren): Katherine Cheston (200), Aiden Sprole (2003), Julia Cheston (2005), Robert Sprole (2006), Tristan Sprole (2006), Avery Sprole (2009), Blakeslee Sprole 2009, Emmerson Sprole 2012, Logan Sprole 2016 Education:…

Michael Stallcup 1961 Micheltorena Street Los Angeles, CA 90039 stallcup@usc.edu (323) 797-1982 Spouse(s): Terry Riemer, (1980) Education: Yale BA 1969; Univ of California Berkeley PhD 1974 Career: graduate student, UC Berkeley 1969–1974; postdoctoral fellow, UC San Francisco 1974–1979; Assistant/Associate Professor, Univ of South Carolina 1980–1985; Associate/Full Professor, Univ of Southern California 1985–present; Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Univ of Southern California 2002–2015 Avocations: hiking, tennis, travel, travel photography, basset hounds, theater, art, reading,…

Michael Emery Smith Date of death: 23-Apr-2018 College: Silliman (This memorial appeared in the September 2018 Class Notes.) Michael Emery Smith died at home with his family by his side after a short, but hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. Here is what we know: Michael’s career was mostly in commercial banking. Michael was an involved member of his community as part of the MDI Lions Club and served on boards of various local charitable…

Richard Kent Smith 26 Abbott Lane Wilton, Connecticut 06897 richard.kent.smith@gmail.com Spouse(s): Vivien Orbach-Smith (1982) Child(ren): Tahlia (Orbach-Smith) Tartakovsky (1984); Arielle (Orbach-Smith) Tartakovsky (1987); Jacob Orbach-Smith (1991). Grandchild(ren): Margot Rivkah Tartakovsky (2014); Nava Daisy Tartakovsky (2016); Eliezer (“Lazer”) Irving Leva (2017). Education: Yale College, BA (Anthropology), 1975 National Service: VISTA (Volunteers in Service of America), 1967–’68 Career: Principal, W.R.T. Smith Builders, Inc., general contractor in residential, commercial and institutional construction, specializing in historical restorations throughout Fairfield…

T. Lawrence Smith College: Pierson

Theodore P. Snow 511 Eisenhower Dr. Louisville, CO 80027 tsnow@casa.colorado.edu Spouse(s): Constance M. Snow (1969) Child(ren): McGregor A. Snow (1979), Tyler M. Snow (1983), Reilly A. Snow (1985) Grandchild(ren): Parker Snow (2011); Declan Snow (2014) Education: Yale, BA (1969); University of Washington, MS (1970); University of Washington PhD (1973) Career: Research job at Princeton (1973–1977); faculty position at the University of Colorado (1977–2014 [Emeritus 2014 on]). Avocations: Swimming, golf (before my stroke; pun intended) College:…

Aviam Soifer 1589 Alencastre St. Honolulu, HI 96816 soifer@hawaii.edu 808-295-3488 Spouse(s): Marlene Joan Booth (1969) Child(ren): Raphael Moshe Booth Soifer (1981) ,Mira Shulamit Booth Soifer (1985) Education: Yale College, BA, 1969; Yale City Planning Department, Master’s of Urban Studies, 1972; Yale Law School, JD, 1972 National Service: Career: Law clerk, Federal District Court Judge Jon O. Newman, 1972–1973; law teacher, University of Connecticut, 1973-79; Boston University School of Law, 1979–1993; Dean, Boston College Law School,…

Robert James Sokolowski College: Trumbull

James Sleeper jimsleep@aol.com Spouse(s): Seyla Benhabib, (1998–present), Rachel Gorlin, (1988–1996) Child(ren): stepdaughter Laura (1986) Education: Yale BA, Harvard EdD (1977) National Service: Alternative-to-Military Service, 1971–1973 Career: writer, journalist (Newsday, New York Daily News); college instructor (Harvard, Yale, Queens College, New York University) Avocations: Reading and writing about American civic-republican traditions, including old New England. College: Davenport Maybe it was Woolsey Hall’s acoustics, but mostly it was immaturity that kept me from understanding Kingman Brewster when…

Bruce Michael Small 10540 Stoneway Clarence, NY 14031 brucesmall73@gmail.com 716-713-5597 Spouse(s): Teresa Jen Small (1976) Child(ren): Louis (1981), Joseph (1983), Daniel (1991) Education: Yale BS, 1969; Stanford MS, 1971; Albert Einstein College of Medicine MD, 1975 Career: Internist, hematologist, medical administrator and consultant in Western New York. Now blissfully retired! Avocations: I am still a skier, amateur radio operator and amateur musician. I also keep busy traveling and volunteering in the community. College: Berkeley Well!…

Michael Stuart Smernoff 959 Paw Paw Court Tallahassee, Florida 32312 smernoff30@aol.com Spouse(s): Leslie (1971) Child(ren): Jessica (1978) and Megan (1986) Grandchild(ren): Gabriel and Brendan, twins (2015) Education: Rutgers, MBA, 1972 Career: CPA, Haskins and Sells (now Deloitte), Wometco Enterprises Director of Internal Auditing, Tallahassee Democrat, Controller and VP Operations, Tri-Eagle Sales, Director of Finance Avocations: traveling, children and grandchildren, politics and the Boston Red Sox College: Trumbull I suppose I am very much the same…

Dwight H. Smiley College: Ezra Stiles

Alan George Smith College: Jonathan Edwards

Ralph Scott Sando Date of Death: 13-Oct-2007 College: Morse (Jim Schweitzer submitted this memorial to the January/February 2008 Class Notes.) I’m sorry to have to pass on the sad news that our classmate, Ralph Sando, died of cancer in mid-October 2007. Ralph, who was a prominent ophthalmologist in Philadelphia, is survived by his wonderful wife Joyce, whom he met our junior year and married in 1970; three children, all of whom graduated from Yale; and…

David Graydon Smith Date of Death: 4-May-2009 College: Silliman (This memorial appeared in the Class Notes September/October 2009.) David G. Smith died of cancer at his home in Westlake, California. From Henry Fuller: David was a special person and my Yale roommate for three years. He was born on January 20, 1947. David grew up in Concord, Massachusetts. He graduated from Middlesex School in 1965. After Yale, David served two years (1970–’72) in the Peace…