50th Reunion Essay

Jay B. Cunningham College: Silliman

Jeffrey Alan Denner College: Berkeley

Walter Daniel Cantarow Date of Death: 30-Apr-1999 College: Saybrook (This memorial appeared in the February 2000 Class Notes. It was submitted by his father. The spelling of Walt’s last name has been corrected.) Walter David Cantarow of Norwood, Massachusetts, died in an accident on April 30, 1999, in Providence, Rhode Island. He was 52. He received his BS from Yale in ’69 and his PhD from Tufts University in biochemistry and pharmacology. He did postdoctoral…

John David Cunningham College: Timothy Dwight

Mark Philip Curchack 226 W. Rittenhouse Sq. Apt. 2805 Philadelphia, PA 19103 mpcurchack@gmail.com 215-901-6789 Spouse(s): Peggy Lehman Curchack (1970) Education: Yale, BA, Culture and Behavior, 1969; UC Berkeley, Anthropology, 1987 Career: University Professor and Administrator for 39 years Avocations: social justice, a cappella and choral singing, international travel College: Davenport Fifty years ago, I was studying anthropology and singing. Now, in retirement, I’m pretty much doing the same thing. Growth? Doesn’t matter much to me….

John Cytron 348 N. Oak Hinsdale, IL 60521 rgsjohnny@sbcglobal.net 630-235-7368 Child(ren): None, but 3 nephews and 5 grand nephews and grand nieces, all of whom I consider my children Education: Yale, BA 1969 summa cum laude; Harvard Law School 1972, cum laude Career: Tax and corporate law at Berger, Newark & Fenchel 37 years Avocations: See personal essay College: Davenport I remember the day I left Yale. I could not stay for graduation as my…

Richard Lee Cantor College: Davenport

David B. Canine College: Calhoun

Anthony Michael Covell Date of Death: 3-Nov-2004 College: Davenport (This memorial appeared in the January/February 2007 Class Notes.) Anthony Covell died of cancer on November 3, 2004. His wife of 35 years, Natalie, reports: “He was very well known as the founding director of Poole Centre for the Arts in Dorset, a large complex comprising concert hall, theater, cinema, art exhibition space, and studios. As well as hosting national and international orchestras and solo musicians,…

Macon Cowles 1726 Mapleton Ave. Boulder, CO 80304 macon.cowles@gmail.com 303-447-3062 Spouse(s): Regina Cowles (1982) Education: Univ. of Colo. Law School, JD, 1975 Career: Teacher, cabbie, trucker, sawyer, carpenter, 1969-1972; Steamboat Springs, general law practice, 1975-1983; Personal Injury lawyer, Boulder, 1983-1997; Environmental, toxics, civil rights, western US, 1988-2004; Boulder City Planning Board, 2001-2006; City Council, 2007-2015; Business litigation, Denver, 2010-2014; Hearing Officer, Denver, Board of Health, Excise and Licenses, 2010-present; Counselor at Law, now. Avocations: Eurovan…

Thomas Erick Craft College: Davenport

David Lorimer Craig College: Trumbull

John Charles Crockett Date of Death: 10-Dec-2013 College: Pierson (This memorial appeared in the Kansas City Star and was reprinted on the Class Website.) John Charles Crockett, Sr., ’67, of Prairie Village, Kansas, passed away peacefully at home on December 10, 2013, after bravely battling cancer. John was born June 17, 1946, to Charles Allen and Annie Marie (Brewer) Crockett at Norfolk Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. He attended Pembroke Country Day School in Kansas…

Allen Harrison Cromer, Jr. Date of Death: 16-Feb-2001 College: Ezra Stiles From Andrew Popper: Allen, my freshman year roommate, was a genuinely gracious person. He was modest, warm-hearted, and fully at ease with himself. At a time when Yale’s dominant culture was macho to excess, and soft-spoken, unpretentious students were easy targets for baiting and bullying, Allen didn’t project the least amount of discomfort. I regret not getting to know him better, though we remained…

Edward H. Culver, Jr. 190 Tradd St Charleston, SC 29401 ned.culver@comcast.net 781-223-5544 Spouse(s): Susan Chase Culver (1980) Child(ren): Jennings Lee Cameron (1986), Anne Prentice Culver (1992) Education: Yale, B.S., 1969 National Service: Destroyer Officer USNR, active duty 1969-72, reserves 1975-1980. Retired as LCDR Career: Advertising – account executive and management; residential real estate – sales and management. Avocations: Golf, bridge, genealogy College: Davenport I suppose I have always been a Yalie (you can’t say “Yale…

Walter Joseph Cummings III Date of Death: 12-Nov-2000 College: Timothy Dwight (Walter’s 1994 essay for the 25th Reunion is reprinted in part here.) In 1966, on a family trip, I’d taken one look at San Francisco. Its beauty was (and is) captivating. So, on graduation, Westward Ho. A Judy Collins concert-inspired blind date led me, in 1970, to Polly Field, visiting San Francisco from Milton, Massachusetts. My father married us on Cape Cod in 1975….