In Memoriam

Nicholas (aka Nick) Hawkin was a bit older than the rest of us, and he carried himself with a grace and wit that were truly enviable.  His father was an Oxford grad and a British diplomat assigned to various offices in Mexico and South America.  His mother was Peruvian, and Nick was educated in South America and at boarding schools in England:  Elston Hall School, Nottinghamshire, England, and Ampleforth College, Ampleforth, England; Universite d’Aix-en-Provence, Jan.,…

James Vincent Minor III of Wilton CT died unexpectedly on April 1, 2023 in Norwalk Hospital at the age of 75. Jim was born to Betty and Dr. James Vincent Minor II in Norwalk CT. He is survived by his wife Andrea Byrne Minor and his three children James Vincent Minor IV, Sister Mary Hannah (Emily), Andrew Minor, and his beloved granddaughters Zoe and Holly. An accomplished academic, he studied at Portsmouth Abbey, then Yale,…

Editor’s Note: See Paul’s published works per Amazon Paul Francis Malamud, class of 1969, passed away from complications in heart surgery on October 26, 2022. Born in New York City in 1947, he moved with his parents, Ann and Bernard Malamud, to Corvallis, Oregon, in 1949. Though he would go on to live in Vermont, in Cambridge, and eventually in Washington, D.C., thoughts of Corvallis inspired wistfulness in him until the end of his life….

Summary from Wired Magazine:  Charles Apel’s resume: drops out of Yale in 1967 to become a hippie and get high with Jim Morrison. Lives in the jungles of Colombia to avoid the Vietnam War draft. Eventually pardoned by Jimmy Carter. Fathers seven children. Returns to school and earns a BA in 1999 and a chemistry PhD in 2003. Now works in the Astrochemistry Lab in the Space Science Division at NASA researching the origins of cellular life. Associate editor of Biosystems.

from Legacy.com William Barnum Wick­ wire, 76, of North Haven, passed away peacefully on Sept. 30, 2022, at the CT Hospice in Branford. He was the loving and devoted hus­band for 42 years of Joellen DeRoma Wickwire. Bill was born Aug. 15, 1946, in Syra­cuse, NY, a son of the late Lyman and Jeanne Barnum Wickwire. He was raised in Homer, NY, and was a graduate of Yale University, Class of 1969. He then went…

We only recently learned of Paul’s passing and there is no online obituary we could find.

Paul had returned to Cleveland, and we were able to find some info from Atom Yee, Keith Nelson, his 50th reunion essay, his Facebook page and LinkedIn.

Sam Weisman remembers Dave: In the fall of 1965, my freshman counselor, Hardy Brereton, found out I was a musician. He asked me if I had an interest in joining one of Yale’s acapella groups. I had no idea what he was talking about. He then spirited me off to the Music Room in Silliman College, where I was rushed into The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus, The SOB’s, a twist of fate that would…

This was initially posted when John died in February 2020.  The memorial service was postponed twice for COVID but was finally held on September 25th.  Here is a YouTube recording of the service. Several classmates attended; Ted Van Dyke and Steve Haworth both spoke (at 16:07 and 22:02, respectively).

Editor’s Note:
John ran the music program for the 2019 Reunion; see Classmates In Concert>
As the Music Editor of Yale1969.org, he featured Rick Drost, Norm Zamcheck, John O’Leary, Derek Huntington, Mike Folz, the Plastic Visitation, the Lunatic Fringe and The Morning.  He even supported The Whiffs CD (from 35th Reunion). Click thru to enjoy his writing and listen to the music!

David Lawrence passed away on June 25, 2022.  Here is the profile he contributed to Yale1969.org just prior to the 50th reunion. Following my life backwards from the present (2018). A retired commercial photographer of politicians (hired by the campaigns of three Presidents), movie stars, celebrities, and Titans of Industry, I live with my wife Judy in a suburb of Milwaukee. We moved here in 2014 to be with her kids and grandkids, and to…

(from Legacy.com) GREEN, Joseph Benjamin Of Cambridge, Massachusetts, passed away on August 17, 2022 at 74 from pancreatic cancer. An accomplished attorney and tennis player, Joe was known for his integrity and agility, both in court and on the court. Born in 1947 in New York City, Joe attended Horace Mann School for junior high and high school, followed by Yale University, where he majored in American studies. Upon graduation in 1969, he completed one…

Frankly, Reid didn’t leave too much of a footprint online, so classmates who knew or remembered him are encouraged to add comments and remembrances below. He entered Yale a year before us, in September 1964, as a member of the Class of ’68.  He spent our sophomore year at Millsaps College and the University of Texas, before returning to Yale and being a non-resident member of Silliman. He got a law degree from UCLA and…

Editor’s Note: The Hopkins School in New Haven was Jim’s high school, and here are some remembrances from his HS friends, as well as some pix from their 50th reunion in 2015.

James (Jim) Stanford Nippes died unexpectedly Monday evening, May 16, 2022, at his home in Madison, Mississippi. Jim was born on July 10, 1947, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1965; from Yale University in 1969 with a double major in Physics and History; and from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1973. After receiving an LLM Degree in …

Chuck Resor, longtime valley resident, conservationist, co-founder of Jackson Youth Skating and inventor of the Flashmaster, died April 24 at his home in Jackson. He was 75. The following was provided by his family.

Classmate, roommate and old friend Scott Herstin died of a heart attack Thursday, April 14, in Naples FL, following a period of declining health, including a failed kidney for which he had received a transplant.   He was 75 years old. He is survived by two daughters, Hillary Mone and Sara de Groot and five grandchildren.  He is also survived by his former wife and close friend Marilynn Core, of Fort Myers, FL.  A memorial service…

Robert “Bobby” Bradley Haas, passed away unexpectedly of cardiac complications on September 28, 2021.   See a traditional obituary from the Dallas Morning News and the longer story from the Wall Street Journal below.  See also, our earlier story “Bobby Haas Launches New Motorcycle Museum.”