In November, the Bulldogs have a chance to avenge the 29-29 tie we suffered 50 years ago and to do it in famous Fenway Park. Also, Lang Wheeler and the Reunion Committee are looking into ways to revise Lang’s biennial brunch on the Saturday of The Game, and hold it in or near Fenway. And there may be some other festivities during the weekend. So, Save The Date — weekend of November 17th. And stay tuned!
We broke the Coat & Tie rule. We invited women on campus and triggered co-education at Yale. And now we do it again: Instead of a boring little reunion book, we will have a large, beautiful, full-color book worthy of us. Check out the pictures of the ClassBook, outside and inside, and learn more about how your Personal Essay will fit in.
Michael Medved, our very own College Bowl champ and now a conservative talk show host in Seattle, has just launched a new podcast series, Great Minds with Michael Medved. Check out the first two episodes in Season One and learn how to subscribe for more.
Calvin Hill, one of our best known classmates, was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at the 2016 commencement in New Haven. You undoubtedly remember his heroics at Yale Bowl, and you likely knew about his spectacular success in the NFL. But how about his trailblazing work to help those struggling with addiction and his service to Yale … from supporting the employees strike in our senior year to the Calvin Hill Daycare center?
Julian Fisher has returned to his first love, photojournalism, with an exhibit at Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center (January 13 – June 6, 2018). The exhibit, Trapped in the Middle: Photographs by Julian Fisher, investigates, in photographs and interviews, how growing income inequality in the US affects the middle class, and how they increasingly feel stressed – and trapped. Get a preview of the show here!
Our class representative reports back from the annual AYA Assembly, held in November. This year the theme was “creating communities at Yale” — yes, communities, plural! Read Harold’s letter about what he learned, especially about how on-campus and off-campus housing is rapidly changing undergraduate life.
Judge Myron Thompson first visited Yale Law School when he was 15 years old, invited by a YLS student-volunteer who taught Myron during a 1963 Freedom Summer enrichment program. Owing to Myron’s slow recovery from polio, that student carried Myron around to show him the colleges, encouraging him to apply. In a 37 year career as a federal district court judge, Myron ruled Roy Moore’s Ten Commandments monument unconstitutional and struck down Alabama’s restrictive abortion law, among other opinions. Now he receives Yale Law’s Award of Merit.
Ever been tempted by those luscious Yale Travel brochures? Exotic places. Magnificient faculty bringing it alive? In the Spring, join our very own Professor Gene Moore (PC) on a tour of Holland & Belgium via river boat. (And act before December 15th, while tix are available only to us.)
Today we launch an entirely new section of the website — everything you’ll need to know about the 50th reunion. Surprise! there are some long-lead-time items that need your attention NOW!
Our own Matt Flynn (ES) is running for Governor of Wisconsin. He faces a real fight against incumbent Scott Walker, but has a strong chance for victory in 2018.
About twenty of our classmates and their spouses gathered at the Union Club in Boston recently for a small, intimate mini-reunion. “Read more” for pictures and a full report, including some provocative suggestions for our 50th Reunion.
The lifelong mineral collector and Yale alumnus donated $4 million for David Friend Hall, which opened last fall at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.
Over 9 months in the making, the new Class Website, Yale1969.org, is ready for use by the class. Access is limited to members of the Class of 1969 only. Here is a summary of key features: Classmates Functions Find a classmate – by college, by major, by extracurricular activity … or by using the search box in…
July 25, 2017 Class of 1969:In less than twenty-four months, we will gather to commemorate passage of fifty years since Yale declared us equipped for life as adults. Drawn by nostalgia, vestigial loyalties, and curiosity we will wander the campus, dip a toe in the deep waters of Yale learning, and seek reconnection with not-quite-forgotten…
The Reunion Committee kicked off their work at the Yale Club of New York on March 1. See who attended and who’s going to be doing what for the reunion!
Letter from President Peter Salovey, February 10, 2017
