Yale Class of 1969 – Page 10 – Class of 1969

In Process | Reunion Reflections
Reunion Lecture: Political Tribalism in America
ByAdmin July 9, 2023July 9, 2024
Political Tribalism in America: Why We Hate Each Other – and What We Can Do about it. I attended this lecture for many reasons: I was really impressed by Professor Chua’s earlier book, Day of Empire and had followed the blowback regarding her Tiger Mom book, her role in JD Vance’s life (which he honors in Hillbilly Elegy), and the controversies involving out-of-school parties, comments, clerkships, and other student interactions. I had not kept up…
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Books
Robert Horvitz’ (Ed.) Book Added to “Best Books of 2023”
ByAdmin July 9, 2023September 10, 2023
Robert Horvitz worked as editor/translator on a beautiful book that was recently published, An Older and More Beautiful Belgrade: A Visual Chronicle of the Milosevic Era. It was named one of the best books of 2023 by Barnes and Noble.
Click through to see a superb summary of the book and get your copy of the book, which Robert has generously provided to those interested.
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In Process
ListServ Launched
ByAdmin July 6, 2023March 23, 2025
see this page for full explanation
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Class Notes
Class Notes, Jul-Aug 2023
ByDaniel Seiver July 2, 2023August 8, 2023
Bill Sacco writes: My book, Caribbean Coral Reefs: A Record of an Ecosystem Under Threat, was just released in April by Taylor and Francis Group, Routledge Press. [See Caribbean Coral Reef Book Published.] I spent the summers of 1968 and 1969 as a field assistant to a marine biologist working in Curaçao and Columbia, learned to photograph underwater, and spent all of my vacation time for the next eight years visiting marine scientists in the Caribbean and…
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Announcements
Class Colloquium 18: Klebanoff – Publishing, July 11, 2 pm EDT
ByAdmin June 30, 2023July 6, 2023
Join in a Class Colloquium featuring Art Klebanoff, who is still trailblazing new business models in the world of publishing. He shares his incredible journey in the thick of the NY publishing world and shares some observations about publishing today. Would-be authors and ALL readers will appreciate this look under the hood. Register now
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News
Harold Mancusi-Ungaro Honored by Yale Medical School
ByAdmin June 30, 2023August 31, 2023
Earlier this month our own Harold Mancusi-Ungaro, M.D. (’69, ’73 MD) was honored by the Yale Medical School with the DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD. The citation, reproduced below is very detailed and illuminates some impressive contributions to the Yale School of Medicine, and Yale more generally.
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Potpourri
Update: Who is writing a memoir?
ByWayne Willis June 29, 2023August 31, 2023
Update: With the impending Class Colloquium talk by Art Klebanoff, we are 1) issuing a “second call” for those people interested in writing their personal stories (see below), and 2) huddling as a group on a Zoom call on the day before Art’s talk — July 10th. Several people (listed below) have indicated an interest.
Please click on this Doodle poll to indicate which hours you are available. On Thursday, July 6, we’ll select the best time and confirm.
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Works
Announcing a new section — “Works”
ByAdmin June 28, 2023February 10, 2024
Increasingly, classmates are creating really interesting essays, music, paintings, presentations, playlists, plays, podcasts and other creations we are calling “Works” (as in “works of art”).
Coupled with the existing categories of Op-Eds and Books, this website can serve as a display case where classmates can share their “Works” with classmates. Hopefully, the viewers, readers, listeners, etc. will give some feedback in the comments.
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Music
New Release: “If I Were To Call You”
ByAdmin June 28, 2023July 1, 2023
Michael Folz and his wife Maureen collaborated with our Norm Zamchek (piano) and Paul Severtson (violin) to produce — over the internet — an original that Michael wrote: If I Were To Call You. The production values are quite good, and it’s hosted here on Yale1969.org for your listening pleasure.
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In Memoriam
Lee Carter Mundell, June 26, 2023
ByAdmin June 26, 2023April 26, 2024
from Melissa S. Mundell, Lee’s wife: I just sent an email of an obituary for my husband, Lee Carter Mundell, (See below) Afterwards I thought of some other things I should submit, in case they could be published as well. Lee worked at WYBC in those 1960s years when music was changing so dramatically. He did a morning show and someone he did not know left a sketch of him sitting at the broadcast desk,…
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Works
Jamie Woolery shares a personal wellness journey
ByJamie Woolery June 26, 2023July 1, 2023
Editor’s Note: Jamie wanted to share his appreciation of some medical mentors and his regimen for optimizing his metabolic health.
The metabolic health which I am now blessed to enjoy by the grace of God is the consequence of my extremely careful following of the guidance of Dr. Andreas […]
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In Process
Reunion: YAA Lectures and Tours
ByWayne Willis June 12, 2023July 9, 2024
[DRAFT] At every reunion, the YAA arranges Lectures, Tours and Receptions for all the Classes. Here is a list of of those events. I double-dare you to limit yourself to only four; most people want to clone themselves and attend several.
Some of our ’69ers said they were deeply impressed by events they attended. If so, please leave comments at the bottom of this or any post or send reactions, pix, reviews, links, etc., to support@Yale1969.org.
See “Also On Campus” for listings of athletic/exercise opportunities, exhibitions, receptions, special events, self-guided tours, religious services, open houses, etc.
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In Process
“Also On Campus”
ByAdmin June 12, 2023June 13, 2024
Note: Even though classes were not in session, the YAA ensured that many of the University’s facilities were open and welcoming to our classmates. In case you had forgotten all the incredible resources available to students, just consider the following list of special events, receptions, self-guided tours, athletic/exercise opportunities, religious services, meetups, open houses, exhibits, and just walking around (including access to the colleges).
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In Process | Reunion Reflections
Reunion: Peabody Tour
ByAdmin June 12, 2023July 8, 2024
[hopefully someone will volunteer to write this up and/or offer pictures of the tour. I’ll thunk in what I have so far, but … fingers crossed!] See also ’69 will get a private tour of the Peabody – May 30th, 2 pm
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In Process
Stub for Healthspan and Lifespan
ByAdmin June 12, 2023June 13, 2024
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In Process
Stub for AI
ByAdmin June 12, 2023June 13, 2024
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