Class Books

Robert James Sokolowski College: Trumbull

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…

Hartley S. Spatt 237 Great Neck Road Great Neck, NY 11021 hss24@aol.com 516-652-7630 Spouse(s): Wendy Spatt, since (1971) Child(ren): Martin (1977), Samantha (1980) Grandchild(ren): Marley (2010, Juliette (2011), Madden (2013), Daisy (2013), Nate (2016) Education: MA NYU, 1971; MA, PhD. Johns Hopkins 1975 Career: SUNY Maritime College, 1976-2016: State University Distinguished Teaching Professor, 2004 — Avocations: writing; sports; games of chance College: Timothy Dwight When I arrived at Yale in the fall of 1965, I…

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…

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…

Dennis Garland Smith College: Calhoun

Jerry Edwin Smith College: Davenport

Lamar Seeligson Smith 419 E. Hathaway San Antonio, TX 78209 lamarsmith21@gmail.com 202-716-9622 Spouse(s): Elizabeth L. Schaefer Child(ren): Nell Smith, Tobin Smith Grandchild(ren): Ramsey Smith, Calder Smith Education: Yale, BA, 1969; SMU, JD, 1975 Career: attorney, state representative, county commissioner, Member of Congress (1987–2019) Avocations: tennis, hiking, boating College: Ezra Stiles A majority of those 50 years (32) were spent in Congress, another ten in local and state government. As John Adams supposedly said, “Politics is…

Yannis Simonides PO Box 274 | 203 West 103rd Street, #6C New York, NY 10025 Yannis.simonides@gmail.com +1 914-325-8871; +30 6947-459-262 Spouse(s): 4 marriages, all splendid, 4 divorces, friends for life Child(ren): Celeste (stepdaughter) 1981; Ion (son) 1992 Grandchild(ren): Sophia & Oliver, (twins, 7 years old in 2018), Lennon (4 years old in 2018) Education: Athens College ’65, Yale College ’69, Yale School of Drama ’72 Career: Theatre, radio, film, TV actor, director, writer, producer; Professor…

David E. Sims College: Calhoun

Howard Slavin Caliper Corporation 1172 Beacon St. Suite 302 Newton, MA 02461 howard@caliper.com 617-527-4700 Spouse(s): Leslie Crane Slavin (1975) Child(ren): Laura Slavin (1984) Education: Yale College, BA Mathematics & Urban Studies, 1969 Harvard Graduate School of Design, MCP, 1971 University of Cambridge, PhD 1979 Career: Researcher and Manager, US DOT (Cambridge, MA) 1971–1981, Management Consultant & Director 0f Market Research, Charles River Associates 1981–1983, President & Founder, Caliper Corporation 1983–present Avocations: Food and Wine, Fishing,…

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!…