Dick Livingston and Henry Fuller passed on the news that Robert Arras died peacefully at his home in Heredia, Costa Rica (a suburb of San Jose, Costa Rica) in early July. Dick added: Rob graduated from Phillips Academy Andover in 1965. He played soccer for Yale and was the varsity lacrosse goalie. A resident of Pierson College and a member of DKE fraternity, Rob was a gregarious, fun-loving and very humorous individual, always with a…
Karl Ameriks was the Emeritus McMahon-Hank Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. Born in Munich, Karl graduated summa cum laude from Yale—A.B. (1969), Ph.D. (1973)—and wrote his thesis under the guidance of Karsten Harries.
He joined the faculty at Notre Dame in 1973 and taught there for over forty years. He was regarded as one of the leading scholars of Immanuel Kant’s philosophy and has written extensively on the history of late modern and Continental philosophy. Ameriks co-edited the series Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009.
Tom technically is affiliated with the Class of ’70, but he was in our class, in TD, until the spring semester of our senior year. He missed our graduation because while on spring break in Bermuda, he broke his leg when he crashed his motor bike into a stone wall. According to his son, Johnnie, Tom passed away peacefully at Johnnie’s home owing to complications of a constellation of cancers called BPDCN. Johnnie reported that…
Not much is known about Greg. He lived in a single in Ezra Stiles and had an irascible nature. He graduated but never participated in any alumni events and had no internet presence. We only recently learned about his death, which occurred in 2014. San Diego Union Tribune SAN DIEGO – A 66-year-old San Diego man who died when his car veered into a parked pickup Friday, was identified, the Medical Examiner’s Office said Monday….
Subrata Chakravarty passed away on February 1st, just three weeks before his 78th birthday. His family reported that he passed away peacefully at home while in hospice care, no longer suffering from the dementia he had endured in his later years.
Juju, as he was known during our bright college years, graduated with honors and immediately enrolled at Harvard Business School, graduating in 1971. Following this, he embarked on a distinguished career as a business journalist, contributing to some of the most esteemed business publications in the world, including Forbes, Bloomberg, Institutional Investor, and the Boston Consulting Group.
Subrata arrived at Yale after attending an Indian boarding school. Although he spent …
“Professor Priest was a distinguished scholar, revered teacher, and fierce mentor,” said Dean Heather K. Gerken, Yale Law School. “A scholarly pioneer, George left a legion of ideas in his wake. He was also a beloved member of our community, someone who managed to be an intellectual giant with great warmth, humor, and modesty. He made us think, and he made us laugh. And we all mourn his loss.”
Priest joined Yale Law School in 1981 and was named the John M. Olin Professor of Law and Economics in 1986…
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Paul Franklyn Lozier, 77, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, husband of Janet, entered into eternal rest, Friday August 23, 2024. Paul’s life was a testament to his unwavering dedication to those he loved and the causes he championed.
Here is an obituary crafted by some of Victor’s academic colleagues and published in Centre for Economic Policy Research earlier this month. See other tributes on X and other platforms. Victor Danielsen Norman passed away on 20 September after a long battle with cancer. For almost 50 years he was a leading figure in the field of international economics, not only for his own research, but also for his leadership in several research projects in…
Below, we reprint the full story that appeared yesterday in Sport Video Group News. The only other recent mention of Phil online is a story from June when he “stepped upstairs” to Chairman of his business, Mobile TV Group, and named his son Nick as CEO.
You may enjoy this story he told in his 50th Reunion Essay about how he got his start in film and production. My limited experience with Phil was that he could artfully create a great narrative. I only wish he’d shared a bit more. There was a nice profile of Phil printed in his hometown Denver Post in 2016. He briefly touches on how he created a book in 1973 — “Religious America” — that later became a PBS series. In 1983, he became managing producer of the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and moved to Denver to start its western production center. The profile covers later chapters in Phil’s like, like how he and Mark Cuban created HDNet.
Terri Lewis, Don’s wife, reports that Don passed away on July 20, 2024. Services will be held on July 23rd at 3:00 pm at the Jewish Funeral Chapel in Bangor, ME.
After Yale, Don went on to MIT, where he graduated with a Masters in Architecture in 1973. As he reported in his 50th Reunion Essay: “After Yale, I got my architecture degree from MIT, married, worked in Boston for a while, then moved to Maine. We thought we’d do a lot of camping and canoeing for a year or two, then move somewhere more sensible. We’re still here 45 years later. Along with work, served on several community boards and 6 years as board member then president of the Maine Humanities Council. Was involved for over 30 years with the men’s movement and several groups that met monthly for 30 years.”
In 1983, Don co-founded Lewis+Malm Architecture with a partner, Rick Malm. He sold his interest in the firm to an employee in 2016, after …
From his wife, Ellen: “Dr. Robert Michael Williams aka Dr. R. Michael Williams untimely passed away on July 18, 2024. Instead of winning the Nobel Prize for his lifetime work, he died unexpectedly.
“He is one of those unsung heroes, well known in the scientific community, without whom the modern world would not exist. To summarize a fulfilling, exciting and productive life of a gifted humanitarian who shared his profound talent and intellectual achievements unselfishly with family, friends, colleagues and patients requires a proper biographical text. He was a rare individual with laudable accomplishments who, without being pretentious, carried himself with precise dignity and professionalism with an absolutely profound knowledge of immunology and the biology of cancer.
“Dr. Williams was the proud and only child of Mr. Robert Arvel Williams and Mrs. Eva Mae Williams. As a loving child of …
The Class convened in Battell Chapel on Saturday afternoon to share remembrances of the 45 classmates who have passed away during the prior 5 years. The Rev. J. Douglas Ousley ’69 officiated. Eliot Norman and Dick Williams organized the musical portion of the program. Dan Seiver read off the names (see slides below, one per person) and attendees shared stories and memories of the deceased.
from Norman’s 50th Reunion Essay:
“…. Beyond these headstrong episodes, I’ve realized what a lucky life has been granted me. After our parental generation’s 16 years of economic depression and world war (my mother’s family escaped Germany in 1939), I was born in the right place at the right time. It was a given our generation would advance and prosper beyond our parents. (Not a given now.)
I had the luck to apply to Yale just when the Ivy League broadly opened up to boys of my background; to enter the law firm world just when top tier firms likewise opened up; and to begin practice when there was a fair shot to grab the prized partner ring. Timing does matter and, for me, has made a strong difference. …”
Simon’s Yale years were interrupted twice (once for the 67-68 school year, once later), for reasons he explained in his reunion essays in both 1994 and 2019 (see below):
From his website: “Simon Whitney, MD, JD is a family physician and ethicist. He taught at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, for twenty-two years. He is retired from the practice of medicine but continues to publish and teach about medical ethics.
… Dr. Whitney has studied the Institutional Review Board system, including its origins, its triumphs, and its failures, since 2007. … In 2023, he published From Oversight to Overkill: Inside the Broken System That Blocks Medical Breakthroughs—And How We Can Fix It (Rivertowns Books). This book brings to life how scientists struggle …”
My best friend at Yale, Bill Sacco, passed away on February 10th, 2024. Bill was one of the most talented photographers of our generation.
Our friendship began in sophomore year on the day we moved into Silliman College. While everyone else was upstairs trying to make their new rooms livable, Bill and I converged downstairs in Silliman’s photographic darkroom. We both looked at the enlarger. “Schneider lenses,” I observed. “Yes, but no Tiffin filters,” Bill commented. Professional colleagues whom you also like! This is one of the gifts that Yale can give.
Wentworth Earl Miller, Jr., fondly known as Earl by family, peacefully passed away on March 17, 2024, at the age of 76 following a long and courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by his beloved 99-year-old mother, two sisters, seven brothers, three children, and five grandchildren.
Went was a graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School, a Rhodes Scholar, and the creator of LEEWS (Legal Essay Exam Writing Seminar), a successful law preparation ….
