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.
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.
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.
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,…
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 […]
[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.
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).
[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
Kudos to the Reunion Committee (Bill Newman, Derry Allen) for putting together an excellent, interesting and informative array of “Class Only” events. For those of you who could not attend, here are some materials and related items from each of the Class Only lectures: Yale Class of 1969 Survey Redux: New Information About the Class as It Turns 55 Our classmates Tom Guterbock and Mike Baum, who presented the main survey results in 2019, will…
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.,…
On May 16th, Classmate Eliot Norman shared his journey, moving from ‘one form of practice (law) to another (piano)‘ as his primary retirement activity. Organizing his remarks around Chopin’s astonishing Prelude No. 24, “Of Blood. Of Earthly Pleasure … of Death,” Eliot wove together Chopin’s personal journey and Eliot’s own. In truth, Eliot has played piano since early childhood, rendering it not only a lifelong avocation but an ongoing central theme to his life. Piano…
This website was started in 2016 to give the Class an online home in the runup to the 50th Reunion. It proved to be popular and found renewed purpose after celebrating the 50th when the pandemic drove us all indoors and online, including to the wonderful series of Class Colloquia. But several issues and problems arose recently. First, the “old site” was designed with a number of complex features that were difficult to maintain and…
Check out these additional activities happening during the May 30 – June 2 weekend! Here’s a Table of Contents for everything below: SPORTS FOR ALUMNI & GUESTS SPECIAL EVENTS FAMILY FRIENDLY EXHIBITIONS RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES SPORTS FOR ALUMNI & GUESTS Payne Whitney Gym Access Enjoy the Adrian C. Israel Fitness Center and other activities in Payne Whitney Gym. Visitors must wear their wristband, show their reunion nametag, and complete a release form at…
Yale University’s presidential advisory body is reportedly giving feedback to President Peter Salovey on free speech issues on campus.
The news comes against a backdrop of free speech problems at the school, including the disruption of an event last …
