Class Books

Stephen Mark Bookbinder College: Trumbull

Geoffrey Kemp Booth Date of Death: 19-Jan-1997 College: Jonathan Edwards (From the October 1998 Class Notes.) Myron Thompson (chief judge of the United States District Court for Middle District of Alabama, and President Carter’s last judicial appointment), notes sadly the 1997 death in Tiburon, California, of his college roommate, Geoffrey Kemp Booth. Myron writes that Geoff graduated from Georgetown Medical after leaving Yale, and had a distinguished career at the VA Medical Center in San…

Donald Ross Bordley College: Berkeley

Michael Frederic Bouscaren College: Silliman

Francis Allard Boyer Date of Death: 3-Dec-1972 College: Trumbull From the Class Notes Archive: Fran was killed in a motorcycle accident in California. Fran had completed two tours of duty in Vietnam with the Marine Corps and had only about 90 days left in the service when he died. From Bruce Plyer: Fran and I were roommates thrown together freshman year, then sort of drifted apart and decided to room together senior year. A great…

Edward Raymond Boyle Date of Death: 22-Dec-1999 College: Saybrook Dr. Edward Boyle died in December 1999. His death, and his last years, were shrouded in mystery until we found this 2002 eulogy from the Brooke Army Medical Center (the full report is online): “(Ed) graduated from medical school at State University of New York – Downstate in 1973. It was during medical school, on a flight back from Port Au Prince, Haiti, when something caught…

Lawrence Berg Date of Death: 30-Jan-1995 College: Trumbull

G. Darrell Berglund College: Silliman

Joachim Bagriansky College: Timothy Dwight

Alan S. Berkeley, MD 11 Cooper Road Scarsdale, NY 10583 914-262-2760 motu47@gmail.com Spouse(s): Elisabeth Ehrich Berkeley (1999 – ) Child(ren): Sara (1986); Shannon (1990); Benjamin (1990); Lisa (1987); Ellen (1990); Rachel (1992) Education: New York Medical College, MD (1973); Intern, GW University Hospital (1974); Resident and Fellow, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale-New Haven Hospital (1979) Career: Assistant and Associate Professor of Ob/Gyn, New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center (1979 – 95); Professor of Ob/Gyn, NYU…

Ira Berkower 3113 Dogwood St., NW Washington, DC 20015 ira.berkower@fda.hhs.gov 202 431-1212 Spouse(s): Jackie S. Levinson Aug. 6, 1972 Child(ren): Risa, Ariel, Simone Education: Albert Einstein College of Med, MD/PhD 1975 National Service: Captain, US Public Health Service 83-03 Career: Immunologist working on monoclonal antibodies and vaccines Avocations: Family, active at Adas Israel Congregation College: Jonathan Edwards Innovation: As a chemistry major at Yale, I learned about recent advances in chemistry. But I was also…

Thomas S. Bermingham College: Branford

José V. Bernal Calle 161 # 54-10 Torre 3 Apartamento 702 Conjunto Senderos del Carmel 2 Bogotá, DC1 00001 bernal.josevicente@gmail.com 57- 317-512-7500 Spouse(s): María Eugenia Mattos de Bernal Child(ren): Ximena E. Bernal; Camila C. Bernal Grandchild(ren): Tomas (2017) and Sarita (2015) Vargas-Bernal; Emma (2013) and Tobias (2017) Baquero Bernal Education: Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá Colombia. High Management (1987), and Financial Legistation (1993). Career: Entire career in financial management: Hartford National Bank and Trust Company…

Bennett Jay Bernblum College: Trumbull

Kenneth Alan Bernstein 361 High Rock Street Needham, MA 02492 kalan05@comcast.net 617-838-0980 Spouse(s): Constance Bernstein (1975) Child(ren): Deborah, 1979; Rebecca, 1980; Zachary, 1991 Grandchild(ren): Abigail, 2011; Madeline, 2013; Jacob, 2016; Sophie, 2016 Education: Yale BA, 1969; Tufts Medical School, 1973 National Service: Lt. US Army, 1969-1973 Career: Practiced primary care, internal medicine at Cambridge, MA for 38 years Avocations: jazz piano, spy novels, Boston sports teams and Bruce Springsteen music College: Branford Yale had an…

Jim Besancon 46 Glen Street Natick, MA 01760 jbesancon@wellesley.edu 508 572 6766 Spouse(s): Julia B. Speyer 1985 Child(ren): Jeffrey R. Speyer Besancon (1992), Elizabeth A. Speyer Besancon (1993), Rachel K. Speyer Besancon (1997) Education: MIT PhD, 1975 Career: Professor, Wellesley College, 42 years Avocations: Curiosity about how the world works. College: Jonathan Edwards What to say? I left Yale completely ready to dive deeply into geology. MIT was exhilarating, with the paradigm shift to plate…