Nathaniel Adam – 50th Reunion Essay
Nathaniel Adam 4965 Paseo Dali Irvine, CA 92603 Nat.Adam@Yahoo.com College: Jonathan Edwards
Geoffrey Allen Anderson – 50th Reunion Essay
Geoffrey Allen Anderson 950 N Michigan Ave, Apt 4106 Chicago, IL 60611 profhill@comcast.net 312-337-4532 Education: Yale BA 1969, Columbia Law School JD 1972 Career: Law firms Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Reuben & Proctor; Tribune Company Deputy General Counsel, Chicago Cubs General Counsel, 1972–1992 Avocations: Classical Music, Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago, Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. Chicago
Clifton Leon Anderson – 50th Reunion Essay
Clifton Leon Anderson 251 Lavender Ln. Patterson, CA 95363 ClifAnd@aol.com 408-205-0060 Spouse(s): Chantha Child(ren): Safyre, Zenon, Fiara, Raya, Myana Grandchild(ren): Education: Yale BS, U Michigan PhD, U Missouri JD National Service: Career: Patent Lawyer Avocations: Videoing, Computer Music College: Morse After graduating from Yale with a B.S. in math with a minor in physics, I attended the University of Michigan to obtain my PhD in psychology. I became an assistant professor of home economics /…
Jim Amoss – 50th Reunion Essay
Jim Amoss 2700 Esplanade Ave. New Orleans, LA 70119 jimamoss3@gmail.com 504-473-6656 Spouse(s): Nancy Monroe (1975 – ) Child(ren): Adam (1981); Sophie (1985). Grandchild(ren): Luke (2014); Savannah (2016). Education: Yale BA magna cum laude; Oxford University, Rhodes Scholarship (1969-70). National Service: Conscientious objector, alternative service as an orderly at Boston City Hospital (1970-72). Career: Journalist, beginning as a newspaper reporter. Was editor of my hometown paper, The Times-Picayune, for 25 years. We won four Pulitzer Prizes,…
Peter Kirk Amershadian – 50th Reunion Essay
Peter Kirk Amershadian College: Saybrook
Karl Ameriks – 50th Reunion Essay
Karl Ameriks 18945 Apache Dr. South Bend, IN 46637 karl.p.ameriks.2@nd.edu Spouse(s): Geraldine (Benjamin) Ameriks (1970 – ) Child(ren): Michael (1974); Kevin (1978) Grandchild(ren): Nolan (2009); Jack (2015); Maude (2015) Education: Yale BA (1969); Ph. D. (1973) Career: McMahon-Hank Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame (emeritus) College: Branford Looking back: Not too much change can be OK. Coming from a public high school near Detroit, I felt that just being at Yale was a tremendous privilege. I…
John Copley Alter – 50th Reunion Essay
John Copley Alter 2820 Allspice Road Port Republic, Maryland 20676 johncopleyalter@gmail.com 203-446-1059 Spouse(s): Bett Worcester Alter (1985 – ) Child(ren): Aaron Moses Alter, (1986, Yale ‘09); Emily Beach Alter (1988); Thomasin Malone Alter (1991) Education: Yale University, BA (1969); Yale Divinity School (incomplete) National Service: Conscientious Objector Career: Educator, 50 years Avocations: Poetry. Basketball (the Celtics). Sauntering. Travel. College: Pierson I am writing this account of 50 years sitting in the great room of the…
William Allen Alper – 50th Reunion Essay
William Allen Alper 112 Inverness Drive Kendall Park, NJ 08824 w.alper@gmail.com 914-715-1987 Spouse(s): Barbara Black (1976-1991); Kathleen S. Lynn (1995-date) Child(ren): Daniel Black Alper (1981); Benjamin Black Alper (1984) Grandchild(ren): Jackson William Alper (2013); John Patrick Alper (2014); Elizabeth Viola Alper (2016) Education: Yale University, BA (1969); Columbia University, JD (1973) National Service: Army National Guard (1969-1975) Career: Litigator, antitrust and other complex business matters and intellectual property suits Avocations: Travel; Paricipation and Administration of…
Robert Wallace Allen – 50th Reunion Essay
Robert Wallace Allen College: Branford
Frederick Warner (Derry) Allen – 50th Reunion Essay
Frederick Warner (Derry) Allen 3807 48th St., NW Washington, DC 20016 derryallen@aol.com 202-905-5991 Spouse(s): Margaret A. Weekes (1978) Child(ren): Abigail Allen, Nathaniel Allen, Eloise Russo (niece) Grandchild(ren): Theodore, Phoebe Education: Yale, BA, 1969; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1973 Career: I served in several agencies of the Federal Government, including the last 37 years at the US Environmental Protection Agency. College: Silliman For years I have kept the flag of Connecticut close by, a reminder of…
Dale Allen – 50th Reunion Essay
Dale Allen 4771 NE Going St. Portland, OR, OR 97218 dmallen174@gmail.com 503-317-2715 Spouse(s): Wendy Erickson (1970-1980); Suzanne Millies (1986 – ) Child(ren): Risa Allen (1986) Grandchild(ren): None yet. Fingers crossed. Education: Loyola Maryland M.Ed. (1999) Career: Teacher, carpenter, remodeling contractor; Voc Ed coordinator, Portland YouthBuilders Avocations: Yoga, meditation, birding, hiking, climate action College: Timothy Dwight “Hell no! We won’t go!!” Remember that? Some of us got medical deferments, a few moved to Canada; I got…
Paul G. Abrams – 50th Reunion Essay
Paul G. Abrams 2125 1st Avenue, #1501 Seattle, WA 98121 pabrams2001@gmail.com 206-310-6685 Spouse(s): Marguerite Lindstrom Johnstone, Yale M.Phil. (1977- 1999) Education: Yale School of Medicine, MD, 1976. Yale Law School, JD, 1976 Career: Oncology Research, NCI; CEO/Chair/Executive Director of 3 Biotechs, 1 Med Device Company (1985 – ) Avocations: Travel, Film, Scuba, Politics, Human Rights College: Ezra Stiles The Trumpet Summons Us Again Although punctuated by inevitable ups-and-downs, I had felt until two years ago…
DOING THE MATH
Reading through the bios in the class book alphabetically, I was stunned by more than a few revelations. One that really brought me up short came near the end, at V, namely Hal Valeché, who dropped this bomb: “The conceit that ‘I’m not not old’ goes straight out the window when you sit down to put something in a 50th reunion book. Just imagine how we felt about the 50th reunion class when we were…
Reunion Clerks and Time-Binding
When I graduated in 1969, I stayed in New Haven for a summer job, waiting to go into Navy OCS in the Fall. Needing some pocket money, I signed up to be a reunion clerk because it was easy, short-term, good money ($100/day!!) and a lot of fun. I was assigned to the Class of 1909, which was celebrating its 60th reunion in JE. While I was bartending, an old man came up to me…
Why You Shouldn’t Not Come to Reunion
The reunion committee tapped me to be “College Captain Manager,” a position that has let me learn, through our college captains, some reasons classmates give for not coming to the reunion. I want to address those. “Reason” No. 1: “I don’t like what Yale has become, and I don’t want to support it.” You’re not supporting Yale by attending the reunion. In the first place, you’re not supporting Yale financially. Yale breaks even on reunions,…
The Class Essays Tell a Wonderful Story
I have read all of the class essays. I thoroughly enjoyed each one of them, and I especially enjoyed them collectively. They tell a compelling story of dreams fulfilled and partially fulfilled. Of tragedies and recoveries. Together they represent a cross section of humanity that happens to be the Yale Class of 1969. I was impressed by the candor and self-reflection. I learned a lot from reading them. These life stories also reinforced my recognition of how fortunate I have been…
