50th Reunion Essay

Alexander Tan 440 Lakeview Road Pasadena, CA 91105 alectanarch@gmail.com 626-484-6060 Spouse(s): Ellen Hartfield Tan (1973, 44 years) Child(ren): Nicholas (1977); Megan (1980) Grandchild(ren): Julian (2012); Kaya (2013); Rose (2014); Nico (2017) Education: Yale, BA, 1969; UCLA, MArch, 1976 National Service: Ltjg, US Navy, ’69–’72 Career: Principal Architect, Alexander P. Tan Architects for 25 years; Senior Architect, ML Architecture, 10 years Avocations: Model Railroading College: Jonathan Edwards It seems all too familiar. Just like fifty years…

Gregory N. Thomas 18 Rosecrown | PO Box 4030 Avon, CO 81620 gregorythomas@outlook.com 617-283-7669 Spouse(s): Barbara “Ripley” Thomas Child(ren): Katie Marsh (1981), Tucker Thomas (2001) Grandchild(ren): Mia Marsh (2015), Lily Marsh (2017) Education: Yale BA 1969; Univ. of Chicago MBA 1972 College: Davenport Personal over the past 50 years: I have a wonderful wife, two great kids, one outstanding son-in-law, two gorgeous granddaughters, a first-class Labrador retriever, a sister with whom I am close, and…

John Christopher Thomas Date of Death: 1-Oct-1990 College: Davenport

Jeff B. Thompson College: Morse

John Jones Thompson College: Trumbull

Myron Herbert Thompson College: Jonathan Edwards

William McIlwaine Thompson, Jr. 105 W. High Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 wmthompson@wmtpc.com 434-242-0342 Spouse(s): Elsie Wilson Thompson (1981) Child(ren): William McIlwaine Thompson, III (1982); Alice Haven Thompson Boothby (1984); Anne Claiborne Thompson (1989); Orme Wilson Thompson (1993) Grandchild(ren): Clara Pryor Thompson (2015); Grace Wilson Thompson (2016) Education: BA Yale, 1969; JD, UVA, 1972 College: Branford While I was practicing law in Richmond after graduating from UVA Law, a friend and I started an oil and…

Richard P. Thomsen College: Silliman

James McCormick Tolmach 1369 Miller Avenue NE Atlanta, GA 30307 jimtolmach@icloud.com 404-294-5194 Spouse(s): Sarah W. Ferguson (1980) Child(ren): Elizabeth (1983); Rebecca (1986) Career: Designed and built wooden furniture in Atlanta for 44 years Avocations: Cooking and eating, worshipping and playing with Atlanta Friends Meeting College: Saybrook My life so far has been quite fortunate, with few regrets and a balance of joy and sorrow, struggle and ease. I did stumble off the starting blocks, having…

Richard Rowe Treffers 10 Vista Lane Alamo, CA 94507 RichardTreffers@Astound.net Spouse(s): Donna Trantolo Treffers (1972 still going strong) Child(ren): Ryan (1979), Steven (1981) Grandchild(ren): Evelyn (2015), Leon (2016) Education: UC Berkeley PhD 1973 Career: U. Arizona 1 year, UC Berkeley 25 years, astronomy consultant 15 years Avocations: travel, private pilot College: Silliman After graduation on that sunny June day, I bicycled to our family home in Bethany and packed to journey west to graduate school….

Tom C. Tsui College: Trumbull

William G. Tankoos College: Timothy Dwight

Daniel McKendree Tucker, MD 207 Lampkin Str., NE Atlanta, GA 30312 dmtuckermd@gmail.com Spouse(s): Jean Tucker Child(ren): Dawn McKendree Clark Tucker; Justin McKendree Adams Tucker; William McKendree Daniel Tucker Grandchild(ren): Fletcher Steimer (2008); Joaquin Tucker (2009); Elroy Durand Tucker (2012) Education: University of Florida College of Medicine, MD degree, 1975 Career: Physician, Psychiatrist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist College: Davenport I am privileged to be alive, and humbly so, appreciating good health, wholesome work, and abiding love,…

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