Class Books

A. Paul Durham 4619 Maytime Ln Culver City, CA 90230 APaulDurham@gmail.com 310-837-6638 Spouse(s): Malvina (“Mila”—as in: do re MI fa so LA) Shakhnis (1978) Education: Postgraduate studies in philosophy: 4 years at University of California Los Angeles, then 2 years at University of Leicester. Career: 32 years at Diagnostic Products Corporation and Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics (Los Angeles). After 2010: consultant (aka one of the underemployed) and regular contributor to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines….

Douglas Paul Darif College: Morse

Martin Dwyer III Date of Death: 10-Jul-1967 College: Branford (This reference to the Dwyer family was published in the New York Daily News, January, 26, 2003) Andrew Dwyer, lover of movies and cheeseburgers, was the scion of a prominent Yale family; everything from the track to the weight room has the Dwyer name on it. So does the Martin Dwyer III award, which goes to the top first-year hockey player. It’s named for Andrew’s uncle….

John Straub Darrow 2720 Central St. Evanston, IL 60201 johnsdarrow@gmail.com 847-404-3292 Spouse(s): Married Jill Clark (1970-1994); partner Jill Kirk (2008) Child(ren): Bennett (1973), Nicholas (1975), Suzanna (1979) Grandchild(ren): Ewan Darrow (1999), Cora Darrow (2003), Pace Capone (2007), Frankie Darrow (2008), Paloma Capone (2011), Birdie Darrow (2012) Education: Yale BA German 1965, Central Connecticut University MS Elem. Ed. 1973. University of Chicago MBA 1980 Career: Elementary School Teacher in Enfield Connecticut 5 years. Trust Officer at…

Nicholas E. Doob College: Timothy Dwight

Brian Dowling 129 Marvel Road New Haven, CT 06515 bdowling1947@gmail.com 617-901-5459 Spouse(s): Marian Halsey (2012) Child(ren): Haley Dowling, Stephanie Dowling, Jacqueline Dowling, Liza Halsey Thapa, Kate Halsey, Rafe Halsey, Will Halsey Grandchild(ren): Saidan Thapa ( 2007), Novi Thapa ( 2010), Mayadin Thapa, (2014), Milo Halsey ( 2016) Education: Yale 1969 BA Career: Sales and marketing, non-profit management, insurance and property management consulting, ten years of professional football. Avocations: Golf, tennis, reading. College: Berkeley In reflecting…

Robert Lyons Danly Date of Death: 27-Apr-1997 College: Silliman (This memorial, with corrected spelling, appeared in the October 1998 Class Notes.) Robert Danly died of a brain tumor in 1997. He was professor of Japanese literature at the University of Michigan, but achieved immediate fame among translators and scholars of Japanese literature with his Yale PhD dissertation on the writings of a woman of letters in Meiji, Japan. At the time of his death, he…

Felix Cyril Downes-Thomas College: Berkeley

Stanley Francis Drezek College: Pierson

Dennis Dahlen 23 Pond Drive West Rhinebeck, NY 12572 BulletPark@aol.com 845-876-5736 Education: Yale BA German Language and Literature 1969, University of Massachusetts BS Electrical and Computer Engineering 1978, Syracuse University MS Computer Engineering 1986 National Service: US Army 69-71 Career: Computer engineer at IBM Avocations: German and Scandinavian literature College: Davenport Majoring in German at Yale and then studying Norwegian at the University of Oslo for a year was certainly not the most efficient way…

David C. Desjarlais College: Berkeley

George M. Devoe College: Ezra Stiles

Kenneth Steven Devoe 26 West Helen Street Hamden, CT 6514 kendevoe@comcast.net 203-314-9732 Spouse(s): Cindy (1981) Child(ren): Lucas (1987) Grandchild(ren): Finley (2012); Ellison (2017) Education: Yale, BA in American Studies, 1969 Career: Freelance copywriter since 1984 with my own business, The Media Tree. Before that, copywriter at Sound Concepts (1978-84). Before that, Radio personality, program director and production director at radio stations in New Haven, Hartford and Bridgeport CT Avocations: High school basketball referee in New…