Jeffrey Alderman – 50th Reunion Essay
Jeffrey Alderman 2384 SW Madison St Portland, OR 97205 jeffrey_a_alderman@yahoo.com 971-470-1396 Spouse(s): Shizuko Ushiyama (1997 -) Education: Post-Yale: University of Bridgeport, MS (1975); University of NC, PhD (1982) Career: Assistant professor Mt Sinai Med School, NYC; Novartis, clinical research 5 years; Pfizer, clinical research 20 years Avocations: music, languages, winter sports College: Davenport It’s not what I expected but no complaints. I recall well the day I received my Yale diploma. I was glad to…
Robert Cauthorn Alexander – 50th Reunion Essay
Robert Cauthorn Alexander Date of Death: 25-Jul-2004 College: Saybrook (This memorial appeared in the November/December 2006 Class Notes.) Robert C. Alexander died July 25, 2004, after a year-long battle with cancer. After graduating from Yale cum laude, he married his college sweetheart, Rosie Bailey. Bob graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was editor of the Law Review. He was a partner at the San Francisco law firm of Heller, Ehrman, White,…
Richard Kenneth Arnold – 50th Reunion Essay
Richard Kenneth Arnold College: Saybrook
John Bodine Babcock – 50th Reunion Essay
John Bodine Babcock College: Pierson
Frank Aronson – 50th Reunion Essay
Frank Aronson 21 Woodchester Dr Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467 faronson@pbl.com Spouse(s): Paula (1969) Child(ren): Elyssa (1973); Jessica (1976); Emily (1981) Grandchild(ren): Hallie (age 13); Gabriel (age 12); Eyan (age 8) Education: Yale, Juris Doctor from Columbia Law, Harlan Fisk Stone Scholar Career: Partner, Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP for 17 years College: Jonathan Edwards Reflecting back on these 50 years brings out so starkly the rapid passage of time; the years have passed so quickly,…
Robert E. Arras, Jr. – 50th Reunion Essay
Robert E. Arras, Jr. Apartado 8-3009 El Roble de Santa Barbara, Heredia Costa Rica Robarras@gmail.com In Costa Rica; Tel 2483-0301; Cell 8385-2078; in US cell (617) 803-0333 Spouse(s): Karen Koehler Arras; married 48 years Career: CEO of Asian Alcohol Corp and affiliated companies in Philippines, Japan and Hong Kong College: Pierson The prospect of my name on a blank page in the 50th reunion Book of Essays worked. So I sit down to record what…
Frank Adams – 50th Reunion Essay
Frank Adams 222 Blackburn Ave Menlo Park, California 94025 f.w.adams@att.net 650-387-1432 Spouse(s): Susan Carson Bryan (1986) Child(ren): Johnathan Werber Adams (1995) Education: Yale BA Mathematics & Physics (1969); University of California, Berkeley, MS (1971), PhD (1976), Physics Career: 34 years with Lockheed Martin as Research Scientist, then Electro-Optical Engineer Avocations: Interest, not expertise: “Early” music, California native plants College: Ezra Stiles Life Stories After a rocky senior year I felt lucky to have the choice…
Frank Strother Ashburn, Jr. – 50th Reunion Essay
Frank Strother Ashburn, Jr. 5074 Sedgwick Street NW Washington, DC 20016 fashburn@comcast.net 202-365-9366 Spouse(s): Susan Zimmerman Ashburn (1980) Child(ren): Emma (1982) Stro (1982) Alison (1986) Clare (1988) Grandchild(ren): Michah (2010) Zelma (2016) Amina (2017) Education: Landon school ‘65, Yale ‘69 BA English, Georgetown ‘73 MD Career: Internship Surgery Parkland Hospital, Dallas TX (‘74), Residency Ophthalmology Georgetown (‘78), Fellowship Glaucoma Barnes Hosiptal, St. Louis, MO (‘79), Ophthamologist, Washington, DC (‘79 – present) Avocations: Food and Wine,…
Jim Amoss – 50th Reunion Essay
Jim Amoss 2700 Esplanade Ave. New Orleans, LA 70119 jimamoss3@gmail.com 504-473-6656 Spouse(s): Nancy Monroe (1975 – ) Child(ren): Adam (1981); Sophie (1985). Grandchild(ren): Luke (2014); Savannah (2016). Education: Yale BA magna cum laude; Oxford University, Rhodes Scholarship (1969-70). National Service: Conscientious objector, alternative service as an orderly at Boston City Hospital (1970-72). Career: Journalist, beginning as a newspaper reporter. Was editor of my hometown paper, The Times-Picayune, for 25 years. We won four Pulitzer Prizes,…
Clifton Leon Anderson – 50th Reunion Essay
Clifton Leon Anderson 251 Lavender Ln. Patterson, CA 95363 ClifAnd@aol.com 408-205-0060 Spouse(s): Chantha Child(ren): Safyre, Zenon, Fiara, Raya, Myana Grandchild(ren): Education: Yale BS, U Michigan PhD, U Missouri JD National Service: Career: Patent Lawyer Avocations: Videoing, Computer Music College: Morse After graduating from Yale with a B.S. in math with a minor in physics, I attended the University of Michigan to obtain my PhD in psychology. I became an assistant professor of home economics /…
Geoffrey Allen Anderson – 50th Reunion Essay
Geoffrey Allen Anderson 950 N Michigan Ave, Apt 4106 Chicago, IL 60611 profhill@comcast.net 312-337-4532 Education: Yale BA 1969, Columbia Law School JD 1972 Career: Law firms Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Reuben & Proctor; Tribune Company Deputy General Counsel, Chicago Cubs General Counsel, 1972–1992 Avocations: Classical Music, Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago, Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. Chicago
Nathaniel Adam – 50th Reunion Essay
Nathaniel Adam 4965 Paseo Dali Irvine, CA 92603 Nat.Adam@Yahoo.com College: Jonathan Edwards
Michael Jon Anderson – 50th Reunion Essay
Michael Jon Anderson College: Silliman
Milton Henry Anderson – 50th Reunion Essay
Milton Henry Anderson College: Berkeley March 2018 (with help from Mortie Meekle and Juan Valdez) What I learned after Yale. This is not in chronologic order. Post hoc ergo propter hoc? This is not true, it is not science. Blood is really thicker than water. Read “Hillbilly Elegy”, J. D. Vance. Try to get your money up front, if possible. Even cheap hookers know this. It only takes one psychiatrist to change a lightbulb, but…
Peter Lance Anderson – 50th Reunion Essay
Peter Lance Anderson Date of Death: 1-Jul-1968 College: Morse (This memorial was submitted to the Class Website by Larry Franks.) “Pete died as he lived—adventurously and following his passion. It happened during summer vacation, a year before our class graduated. Pete was hiking and mountaineering (in Colorado, I think) and fell off a mountain. His departure was a loss not just to his immediate family, but to the family of man. Everybody at Morse College…
