John Meyer, JE ’69, passed away peacefully in the early hours of December 11th, after a long battle with frontotemporal dementia, his wife Jo Frances by his side. Born in New York City, and later graduated from Yale University, and Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, John enjoyed a distinguished career as an architect …
Eric was a practicing nephrologist and professor of medicine at Arizona State University in Tucson, where he served since 1978. You can get more details from his reunion essays (linked on his profile page), where you can learn about the loss of his first wife (and Yale prom date) in 1992, the twists and turns of early career and post-Yale study, and great humor and insight expressed in the 50th reunion essay. From Tucson.com/The Arizona…
Martin Hoffmeister, an American architect, has died, but we don’t have a specific date. Your scribe, in spite of much searching, has not found much about his life. Here is what we have from prabook.com: Martin was born on August 27, 1942 in Prague, Czechoslovakia to Vaclav Rohlik and Milena (Hoffmeister) Klikova. He came to the United States in 1966. After getting his Yale BA in 1969, he earned a Master of Architecture from Yale…
From his widow, Anita:
After graduation, Bill took a job as an apprentice blacksmith at Mystic Seaport (it was the sixties after all). An MME at U Mass Amherst followed, then a 3-year stint with Bell Labs in Atlanta doing fiber optic cable research. Unhappy with being a miniscule cog in a huge corporate …
Ed’s widow updated our information: “When my husband Edward passed away at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, one of the hardest things to do was pack up the books that were piled on every available surface in the room. Never one for small talk, Edward loved to engage the hospital staff in discussions about his books on philosophy and religion.
A roommate that Edward had after college wrote “I never tired …
An earlier post reported that our classmate Bruce Plyer recently died. Today, he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery: Capt. Bruce Plyer, USN, received full military honors, including horse-drawn caisson, escort, band, firing party and bugler. Four classmates — Wil Lam, Dick Livingston, Derry Allen and Len Richards — are pictured here after the ceremony. They rowed with Bruce on the Yale Heavyweight Crew.
Frank passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2018. Frank was a resident of Alexandria, Virginia at the time of passing. [in_memoriam_closing]
Classmates, Your scribe has learned from Barbara Plyer that her husband Bruce Plyer died in November, 2018. She reports that “he had just finished lifting weights and came upstairs. His death was a sudden catastrophic event and took only minutes.” “He loved his time at Yale. He was a member of the Dramat; he rowed for four years; he was an architecture major. Bruce was also a talented artist who drew the cover for the Whiffenpoofs’ album….
Frank passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2018. Frank was a resident of Alexandria, Virginia at the time of passing. Please send any information you may have to support@Yale1969.org. See also https://www.martindale.com/washington/district-of-columbia/frank-m-northam-377480-a/ [in_memoriam_closing]
From the Albany Times Union, March 31, 2018: Carnes, Sheldon (Troy, NY). After a joyful celebration of his life with family and friends, Sheldon “Rusty” Carnes paddled peacefully to the Pearly Gates around 3:30 a.m. on March 26, 2018. He left behind his sisters, Katy, Roxy, and Sandy; brother Terry; multiple masks, puppets and flutes; and a wide diversified circle of loving friends. In 2012, AlbanyPoets.com reports that Sheldon Carnes made a rare appearance (with…
(Philip Kuekes died on November 29, 2010. This memorial appeared in the November, 2018 Class Notes.) “Your scribe has just learned of the death of Philip Kuekes, from glioblastoma, on November 29, 2010. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Fairfield, Conn. He was a physics major at Yale. He moved to the Bay Area in 1969, owned his own computer consulting business and worked for TRW in Mountain View. He later worked…
(from https://www.mdislander.com/obituary/michael-emery-smith) Michael Emery Smith, 71, died April 23, 2018, at home with his family by his side after a short, but hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born Nov. 8, 1946, in Bar Harbor, the son of Emery W. and Elaine (Rumill) Smith. Michael graduated from Pemetic High School (SWH), Class of 1965 and Yale University, Class of 1969. Michael’s career was mostly in commercial banking. Michael was an involved member of…
From the Chestnut Hill Local: Edmund Lee Wadhams, 70, of Onancock VA, died on March 21 of natural causes. He was born in Philadelphia, July 6, 1947, to the late Genevieve Newbold Lee and the late Albion James Wadhams, Jr. He was the grandson of Ellen Newbold and Charles Smith Lee, Marcia Elizabeth Hand and Albion James Wadhams. He is survived by his half-sister Katherine W. Cox, (Charles), of Haverford PA, and her mother, step…
Please write in with any information on Joel — a summary or a report of the major events in his life, how you knew him at Yale, good pictures, personal reflections, … anything. You can add them as “Comments” at the bottom of this post, or email them to Dan Seiver at seiverda@miamioh.edu. Here’s what we know so far:
From https://today.uic.edu/deaths-howard-ozer Howard Ozer, former cancer researcher, clinician, professor and leader at the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC), died April 6. He was 71. Ozer, who specialized in treatment of blood cancers, is internationally known for his work on biological therapies for cancer. He made significant developments in research related to blood cell growth factors and cytokines. He also conducted clinical trials in leukemia and lymphoma. Ozer’s leadership role at UIC began in 2010, when he joined…
An incredible legacy: the winningest coach in Ivy League history (which includes back when Yale won everything nationally); College Football Hall of Fame, 2004; 15 players (including our own Hill and Dowling) going to the NFL; 5 Rhodes scholars; only 7 of his 2000 players failed to graduate. Read Brian Dowling’s remembrance in the Comments section of this post.
