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Mark Philip Curchack – 50th Reunion Essay

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….

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John Cytron – 50th Reunion Essay

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…

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Thomas C. Carey – 50th Reunion Essay

Thomas C. Carey 15 Meeting Place Circle Boxford, Massachusetts 01921 TomCareyjr@yahoo.com 617-821-1297 Spouse(s): Ivis V. Carey (25 years) Child(ren): Alexander and Thomas (twins, 1988) Education: SUNY at Buffalo Law School Career: Intellectual property attorney, Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers 20+ years Avocations: golf College: Trumbull I graduated from college with nary a thought about what I’d do next. Flotsam, I drifted out to San Francisco where I got hit from behind while riding a motorcycle…

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Charles J. Carigan – 50th Reunion Essay

Charles J. Carigan 8365 Excalibur Circle, Apt K 3 Naples, FL 34108 charlesngale@gmail.com 239-260-1347 Spouse(s): Gale Entsminger (1969) Career: investment broker (1976–2003) College: Berkeley The Sacred and the Profane The particulars of my life will be of little interest: at Yale I was very lucky to be assigned to the audiovisual center for a bursary job; this position became the centerpiece of my life in New Haven. My financial situation was challenged, so it was…

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William A. Dahl – 50th Reunion Essay

William A. Dahl 800 S. Columbia St. Chapel Hill, NC 27514 dahlhaus@nc.rr.com 919-599-2638 Spouse(s): Barbara Blum Dahl (1972) Child(ren): Julia Elizabeth Dahl (1977); Susan Dahl Sharer (1978) Grandchild(ren): Natalie Dahlia Sharer (2013); Micah Robert Bukiewicz (2015) Education: Yale (‘69 -BA History); Stanford Law School (‘72-JD); Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (‘04-MCM) National Service: US Marine Corps, 72-76 Career: Attorney in Fresno, Calif – estate planning and real estate for 28 years (Thomas, Snell, et al for…

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John Charles Crockett – 50th Reunion Essay

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…

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Allen Harrison Cromer, Jr. – 50th Reunion Essay

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…

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Edward H. Culver, Jr. – 50th Reunion Essay

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…

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Walter Joseph Cummings III – 50th Reunion Essay

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….

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J. Scott Cunningham – 50th Reunion Essay

J. Scott Cunningham 379 Old Dublin Road Hancock, NH 03449 cunninghamnh@gmail.com 603-525-4023 Spouse(s): Kim Cunningham (1980) Education: Yale 1969 B.A. National Service: Conscientious Objector/ Alternative Service 69-72 Career: Artist/sculptor for 30 years plus many arts-related jobs. Avocations: I paint, write poetry and play guitar, mostly Irish & Old-Time fiddle music. College: Saybrook The Arc of this Artist A young man has dreams and visions of who he can become. He reads poetry and literature in…

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Guy M. Cooper – 50th Reunion Essay

Guy M. Cooper 5723 Orchid Lane Dallas, TX 75230 guy@guymcooper.com 312-520-6100 College: Saybrook One lesson of 70 years is that sustaining male friendship is hard. I have only a handful of reliable connections to Yale classmates. Two of my best buds, Charles J. Petre and Dov Ospovat, died at early ages. Some Yale bonds that I expected to persist for a lifetime didn’t hold strong. It’s my fault too. I have never been to a…

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George Corporon – 50th Reunion Essay

George Corporon 1403 Tranquilla Dr Dallas, Texas 75218 corporongw@aol.com Spouse(s): Kathy (1969) Child(ren): Ethan (1972), Hadley (1977) National Service: Russian translator, U.S. Army, 69-72 Career: Journalism and corporate communications, Kansas City, Mo. and Washington, D.C. for five years; 25 years as executive speechwriter, senior editor with Exxon Mobil Corporation, Houston and Irving, Texas Avocations: Naps College: Pierson My moment of clarity occurred while standing in a line of naked Yale freshmen waiting to have our…