Yale Banner 1969

DAVID RICHARD WHELAN (Dick). Born November 12, 1946 in White Plains, New York, son of David John Whelan and Alice Walsh Tedford Whelan. Attended Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut. Entered Yale Sept., 1964. Absent from Yale April, 1965 to Sept., 1966. Member of the Class of 1968 from Sept., 1964 to April, 1965. Intensive History of Art major. Resident: Trumbull (Dramat, 1966-68; Crew, 1967-69). Future occupation: Teaching. Address: 10 Greenlea Drive, Elnora, New York 12065.

WILLIAM HARVEY WILSON. Born April 18, 1948 in Middletown, Connecticut, son of William Frederick Wilson, Jr. and Dorothy Tefft Wilson. Attended Middletown High School, Middletown, Connecticut. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive English/French major; Dean’s List, 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66; National Merit Scholarship, 1965-69. Resident: Saybrook. Phi Beta Kappa, 1968-69; Undergraduate Study Committee, English Dept., 1967-68; Class Gift Fund Committee, 1968; Dwight Hall, 1967-68. Roommates: Thomas Gray Hoffman, Hubert Bennett Jerman, Jr. Future study: Comparative Literature….

JOHN ROBERT ADAMS. Born November 23, 1946 in Saginaw, Michigan, son of Ann Cooper Adams. Attended Robert E. Lee School, Midland, Texas, and Robert E. Lee School, Houston, Texas; Texas A&M University, NSF Summer Institute, 1964. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Mathematics and Philosophy major; Andrew White Memorial Prize in historical writing, honorable mention, 1967; Dean’s List, 1965-66 (fall term); Daniel G. Tenney Memorial Scholarship, 1966-69. Resident: Berkeley (Arts Festival, 1967). Undergraduate Schools Committee, 1965-69; Eli…

LANG ANDERSON BAKER. Born August 1, 1947 in Norman, Oklahoma, son of Arley Ray Baker and Mary Frances Reynolds Baker. Attended Baton Rouge High School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Entered Yale Sept.-, 1965. Attended Louisiana State University, June, 1967 to Aug., 1967. Absent from Yale Oct., 1967 to July, 1968, Junior Year at Universitat Hamburg on Smith College Program. Philosophy major; Dean’s List, 1965-66 (fall term). Resident: Pierson. WYBC, 1966-69; Political Union, 1965-66; Yale Marching Band,…

DAVID JOEL BENJAMIN, III (Dave). Born January 3, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri, son of the late David Joel Benjamin, II (Class of ’38) and Jeanne Louise Lyon Benjamin. Attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. American History major. Resident: Ezra Stiles. Zeta Psi; Elizabethan Club; Ya/e Banner Publications, 1966-69, Business Manager, 1967-68, Chairman, 1968-69; Freshman Tennis, 1966, numerals. Roommate: E. Raymond French. Future study: Business. Future occupation: Undecided. Address: Apt. 2103, 121…

PETER BILL BLASINI. Born March 31, 1947 in New York, New York, son of Peter Blasini and Carmen Laura Garcia Blasini. Attended Tilton School, Tilton, New Hampshire. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Sociology major; Peter Capra Memorial Scholarship, 1965-69. Resident (non-resident member, 1968-69): Trumbull (Soccer, 1965-69, Co-Captain, 1968-69, Swimming, 1965-69). Married Koren Carolina Van Eyl at Battell Chapel, New Haven, Connecticut, December 16, 1968. Future occupation: Community Organization, Africa. Address: 2140 Seward Avenue, New York, New…

JAMES RILEY BROACH (Jim). Born December 28, 1947 in Little Rock, Arkansas, son of Wilson James Broach and Billie Ellena Godbey Broach. Attended Hall Senior High School, Little Rock, Arkansas. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Chemistry major; Dean’s List, 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1966-67. Resident: Branford (Debating Team, 1966-69, Captain, 1967-69). Roommates: Donald Robert Joseph, Nicholas Herkiemer Putnam, William M. Thompson, Jr. Future occupation: Undecided. Address: 5511 Stonewall Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72207.

FRANK ELLIS BURKETT (Butch). Born August 21, 1947 in Syracuse, New York, son of Vernon T. Burkett and Elizabeth Ellis Burkett. Attended Clearwater High School, Clearwater, Florida, and Harvard Summer School, 1968. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Mathematics major. Resident: Saybrook (College Council, 1966-67, Representative at Large; Football, 1965-69; Crew, 1965-69). Math Club, 1967-69; Yale Record, 1965-67, Asst. Business Manager, 1966; WYBC, 1965-66. Roommates: Thomas Baker Slick, Jr. (70), James Louis Foorman (70). Future study: Medicine….

ROBERT VERNON CARR. Born December 6, 1947 in Hutchinson, Minnesota, son of Rev. Russell V. Carr and Margaret Charlotte Trussell Carr. Attended Howey Academy, Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. History of Music major. Resident: Calhoun. Yale Bach Society, 1966-69. Roommates: James Perrin Lansing, Alan Maurice Warner, John Reid Wingard. Future occupation: Piano Tuner, Technician. Address: Rt. 2, Box 47, Clermont, Florida 32711.

DAVID FORREST CLICK (Dave). Born December 17, 1947 in Miami Beach, Florida, son of David Gorman Click and Helen Margaret McPhail Click. Attended Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida, and Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive Philosophy major. Resident: Calhoun (Dramat, 1965-68; Calhoun Magazine, 1966-69, Senior Editor, 1968-69; Calhoun Council, 1965-66). Zeta Psi; Scroll and Key; Yale Literary Magazine, 1966-69, Executive Editor, 1967, Senior Editor, 1968; WYBC, 1966-67; Political Union, 1966-68. Roommates: Jeffrey C….

GEORGE WILLIAM CORPORON, III (Bill). Born August 7, 1947 in Kansas City, Kansas, son of George William Corporon, Jr. and Florence Belle Shead Corporon Attended Wyandotte High School, Kansas City, Kansas. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. American Studies major. Resident: Pierson. Future occupation: Undecided. Address: 2628 Armstrong Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66102.

JOHN STRAUB DARROW. Born April 16, 1947 in Evanston, Illinois, son of William Wheeler Darrow (Class of ’39) and Anita Louise Straub Darrow. Attended North Shore Country Day School, Winnetka, Illinois. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. German major. Resident: Pierson (Baseball, 1967-69; Volleyball, 1968-69, Captain, 1969; Football, 1965; “B” Basketball, 1967, ’69). Zeta Psi, 1967-69; Yale Glee Club, 1967-69; Yale Alley Cats, 1966-68, Rush Chairman, 1967. Roommates: Richard C. Brodhead, Lathrop M. Gates, T. Edmund Rast….

DWIGHT ALTON DODGE, JR. Born July 25, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland, son of Dwight Alton Dodge and Evelyn Brooks Dodge. Attended Parkville Senior High School, Baltimore, Maryland. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Philosophy major. Resident: Morse (Social Committee, 1966-69, Chairman, 1968-69; Aide, 1966-69, Head Printer, 1968-69; Soccer, 1965-68). University Guides, 1966-69. Roommate: Joel Leigh Peterson. Future occupation: Undecided. Address: 8604 Chestnut Oak Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21234.

THOMAS FRANK ELEK. Born June 6, 1947 in Potsdam, New York, son of Frank Elek and Edwina Julia Dougan Elek. Attended Parishville-Hopkinton Central School, Parishville, New York. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. History major. Resident: Calhoun (Football, 1966,-68; Touch Football, 1967-68; Soccer, 1966-68; Volleyball, 1965-68, Co-Captain, 1968; Hockey, 1966-69, Captain, 1968-69; “B” Basketball, 1966-69; Baseball, 1968-69; Softball, 1966-69). Freshman Football, 1965, numerals, Y-H-P Championship; Freshman Baseball, 1966. Future study: Medicine or Computer Work. Future occupation: Pediatrics…

THOMAS JOSEPH FINARELLI. Born April 6, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of Hugo James Finarelli and Anna Aquilino Finarelli. Attended Upper Darby Senior High School, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. History major; Dean’s List, 1966-67 (fall term); National Merit Scholarship, 1965-69. Resident: Branford. Freshman Glee Club, 1965-66. Future study: Law. Future occupation: Law. Address: 266 Bayard Road, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania 19082.

WILLIAM REGINALD FREEMAN (Bill). Born May 23, 1946 in New York, New York, son of Samuel Rothschild Freeman and Dorothy Barrows Freeman. Attended High School of Music and Art, New York, New York. Entered Yale Sept., 1964. Member of the Class of 1968 from Sept., 1964 to June, 1966. Attended Columbia University School of General Studies, Sept., 1966 to June, 1967. Intensive European History major. Resident: Davenport (Art Festival Committee, 1964-66). Yale Literary Magazine, Associate…