Class Notes, Sep-Oct 2025

From Frank Aronson: “I retired from law practice in mid-2019. I now do a lot of serious road bike riding, and tutor a fourth-grader in reading. Paula and I are coming up on wedding anniversary #55, and now have six grandchildren.”

Richard Seltzer reports he has just published three (!) novels:  Shakespeare’s Twin Sister, The Bulatovich Saga: The Name Hero, and  Let the Women Have Their Say. Your scribe, who like many classmates, has produced in his lifetime, three fewer than this, can only marvel at this level of productivity.

From David Katz: “You may remember me as the guy who brought Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to Woolsey Hall in our sophomore year. I’ve practiced transcendental meditation ever since then and still love doing it. The transformations it’s brought about in my life are profound. For the last twenty years I’ve had the good fortune to live on Kauai. I run the annual Kauai Writers Conference, which has grown to be one of the most highly regarded writing and publishing events in the US. Each year we host a faculty of about forty top authors, literary agents and editors. Some 400 attendees come to hone their writing craft under their guidance, pitch their books, and work on their sun tans, not necessarily in that order. Last year was the event’s tenth anniversary. I’d be happy to see any classmates there this November 10 to 16. You can learn all about it at kauaiwritersconference.com.”

Wayne Willis has produced his own masterpiece: a new class listserv which comes in three flavors: 1) Everyone, mainly for announcements, personal news (especially any “Works”), remembrances, class events, obits, etc. — no politicking, proselytizing or fundraising, please. 2) Discussions,  for discussions on topics related to Yale, our class, or our classmates, and 3) Unrestricted, for discussion on any topic, including politics, society, culture, moral philosophy, and other issues relevant to our community.  Your scribe believes that these have the potential to get classmates connecting with each other again. Bravo!

The mailbag is now empty, which is good news (no deaths) and bad news (many more classmates need to write in without me hectoring them!)