50th Reunion Essay

David Charles Pressel 4120 Oak Park Rd Raleigh, NC 27612 dpressel@nc.rr.com 919-395-4872 Spouse(s): Leslie Bennett Pressel (1969) Child(ren): Katie Pressel Gillespie (1976), Abby Pressel (1979) Grandchild(ren): Bennett (2004), Logan (2007), Joe (2010), and Susanna (2013) Gillespie Education: BS YC ’69, MBA UNC ’73 National Service: SSgt, CTARNG, NCARNG, ’70–’76 Career: 35 years in R&D at Glaxo Smithkline Forty-nine years out of Yale College, my wife Leslie and I are retired and living in Raleigh, North…

Harold D. Price College: Pierson

Nicholas N. Price 402 Waring Road Elkins Park, PA 19027 nprice@schnader.com Spouse(s): Natalie (1983) Child(ren): David, Melissa, Aaron, and Elena Grandchild(ren): Nathan, Olivia, and Andrew Education: NYU Law School, JD 1974 National Service: National Guard, 1970–1976 Career: Labor and employment attorney for 30 years at Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis Avocations: classical music; current events; history College: Pierson Life since graduating from Yale has been very good to me, though perhaps some might consider it…

Gerard Allen Paquin College: Davenport

Jeffrey Pollock 4928 Stony Ford Drive Dallas, Texas 75287 jpollock@shawneeadvisors.com 347-678-6908 Spouse(s): Nancy T Pollock (1971) 47 years Child(ren): Justin Pollock (1975); Jordan Pollock (1982) Grandchild(ren): Henry Pollock (2004); Max Pollock (2006); Stella Pollock (2010) Education: Yale, BA, 1969 Career: 8th grade science teacher 1970; Partner on Wall Street at Mabon, Nugent, 22 years; health care finance Shawnee Advisors, 25 years Avocations: Cooking, News junkie, my wife’s art studio College: Berkeley I think my 70th…

Malcolm S. Pond, MD 1480 Woodvale Ln Riverside, California 92506 malpond@earthlink.net 951-544-6579 Spouse(s): Charis (1977) Child(ren): Lauren (1986) Grandchild(ren): Education: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MD, 1973: internal medicine residency there 1974–1975, cardiology fellowship there 1976–1978, FACC 1978 Career: cardiology practice 1978–2017, founding partner Riverside Cardiology Associates, adult invasive and noninvasive cardiology Avocations: Mountain biking; sport flying, including soaring (completed diamond badges for distance, altitude, goal, duration), and sport aerobatics (2009 US National champion in…

Richard John Panebianco College: Silliman

Louis Fenton Popp Date of Death: 11-Sep-1996 College: Calhoun (This note appeared in the November 1998 Class Notes.) For those of you who missed it, Louis Popp died in 1996, survived by his wife and three children. He lived in Somers, New York, and was a senior executive with the McCann-Erickson advertising agency in New York.

Andrew Popper andrewjpopper@gmail.com 917-576-6133 Spouse(s): Lydia Sigelakis (1997) Child(ren): William (1998), Rudy (2002) College: Ezra Stiles “The essay itself is meant to be a reflection on your life so far.” In other words: Compose before you decompose. My college years were awkward ones. I happened to “place out” of the freshman composition course, and while others struggled weekly with their “Giamatti paper,” I was the guy asking, “What’s a Giamatti?” It sounded like something akin…

James W. Porter 285 Three Oaks Dr. Athens, GA 30607 jporter@uga.edu 706-207-5177 Spouse(s): Karen G. Porter (1972 – present) Child(ren): Delene W. Porter (1979) Education: Yale College, BS, 1969; Yale University, PhD 1973 Career: Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Tropical Research Insitute, Panama; Assistant Professor, University of Michigan 1973–1977; Meigs Professor of Ecology, University of Georgia (1978–2017) Avocations: Underwater photography, book collecting, butterfly and moth collecting (and other busman’s holiday activities!) College: Silliman Unlike most classmates, I…

John D. Porter College: Ezra Stiles

Bruce Edward Poston Date of Death: 21-Oct-2014 College: Calhoun (This obituary appeared in the Knoxville News Sentinel and was reprinted on the Class Website.) Bruce Poston graduated from Case Western Reserve School of Law, and was a highly regarded trial attorney for criminal defense in Knoxville. Like his Irish ancestors, he was a born storyteller, and he excelled in the courtroom with his quick-witted sense of humor and his ability to connect with people from…

Tom Powers 1 Reynolds Court Normal, IL 61761 tpowers@ilstu.edu Education: La Salle High School, Yale (BA), San Francisco State University (MA), University of Iowa (ABD.) Career: Film teacher, author, magazine editor, academic advisor Avocations: Travel (harder now), Texas Hold ’Em College: Branford “So, you growing that beard to cover up your zits?” Actually, I was, though I was embarrassed to admit it. My tormentor that first week in Wright Hall turned out to be a…

Michael John Prather College: Trumbull

Frederick J. Platt III 150 Joshuatown Rd. Lyme, Connecticut 06371 jitney1@sbcglobal.net 860-434-9746 Spouse(s): Christine (33 years as of 2018) Child(ren): Liza Taylor Platt (1974), Stepsons: Mark Clearwaters (1969), Jason Clearwaters (1971) Grandchild(ren): Owen, Cecelia, Darren, and Anneke Clearwaters Education: The Hill School (’65), Yale, BS (’69) National Service: Pennsylvania National Guard ’69–’75 Career: Construction management in many forms with an early retirement in order to pursue other interests. Avocations: Boating, fine woodworking, Artwork, Florence Griswold…

Richard B. Platt 381 Country Club Lane Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 rplatt@proformparts.com Spouse(s): Diane Graham Platt (1997–Present); Anna Dickinson Platt (1970–1993) Child(ren): Richard Booth Platt, Jr. (1977), Anne Platt Barrows (1979) Grandchild(ren): William Barnes Platt (2009), Martha Achelis Barrows (2010), Olin Reed Platt (2011), Jane Karlsson Barrows (2011), Hannah Platt Barrows (2014), Fischer Booth Platt (2014) Education: Greenwich Country Day School 1962, Phillips Academy – Andover 1965, Yale College 1969 Career: Ford Motor Company,…