from washingtonpost.com FBI accuses wealthy parents, including celebrities, in college-entrance bribery scheme by Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky | March 12 The Justice Department on Tuesday charged more than 30 wealthy people — including two television stars — with being part of a long-running scheme to bribe and cheat to get their kids into…
from washingtonpost.com Opinion by Mitch Daniels | Mar. 11th, 2019 Students walk on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., in November 2015. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Mitch Daniels, a Post contributing columnist, is president of Purdue University and a former governor of Indiana. A growing staple on the menu of most colleges and universities…
So now that we have the results from our 60s music survey, we’re excited to announce that the winning song will be performed on our reunion weekend by … (wait for it) … YOU! We’re presenting a Classmates in Concert performance which will include a rousing singalong of “Like a Rolling Stone.” And because we…
Fifteen Yale University students have been cited for trespassing following a demonstration in which they called for the university to divest from fossil fuel companies and companies that hold Puerto Rican government debt.
Dear Fellow ‘69ers, In preparation for the big one in New Haven in May, the organizers thought it would be a great idea to have some mini-reunions throughout the country to get everyone into reunion mode. So, we’re planning to do one in early April for those of us who live in SE Florida. It…
Your scribe has learned from Barbara Plyer that her husband Bruce Plyer died on November 15, 2018. In an email to your scribe, she reports that “He had just finished lifting weights and came upstairs. His death was a sudden catastrophic event and took only minutes. He loved his time at Yale. He was a member…
Paul G. Abrams 2125 1st Avenue, #1501 Seattle, WA 98121 Email: pabrams2001@gmail.com Phone(s): 206-310-6685 Spouse/Partner(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 – ) Activities: Travel, Film, Scuba, Politics,…
Many Americans want a new national story: How about this one? by Jim Sleeper, salon.com | Feb. 25th, 2019 The 18 Yale students who crowded into a seminar room one September morning in 1999 for a course entitled “New Conceptions of American National Identity” didn’t know what they were in for. Nor did I, their…
Biarritz. I am sure all you smart and worldly classmates know that this is an elegant seaside resort located somewhere in France. I suspect, however, that only a select few of you will know the secondary meaning of the word. It is also used to describe a putting green that features a deep gully or…
nypost.com Inside the training program that helped launch Gillibrand’s political career By Frank Ryan | Feb. 23rd, 2019 In 2005 an ambitious young lawyer attended a five-day intensive training program at Yale University. The short but grueling schedule at the Women’s Campaign School was packed with workshops on polling, fundraising, public speaking, handling the press —…
The Reunion Details page has a few new items. In brief:
Golf – The Yale Golf Course has reserved a block of tee times starting at 10:00 AM on Thursday for us. Eric Lenck (JE) is organizing things. Details outlined here. If you want to play, plan to arrive early enough to join the other linksmen on Thurs…
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Connecticut, comes as universities across the country have been trying to crack down on bad behavior by fraternities, from binge drinking and sexual harassment to abusive hazing rituals that have led to several deaths. Aware that their image has been tarnished, fraternities have often been partners with universities in trying to change party culture.
Our website editor approached me with a question: Given our level of retirement savings, how would I advise us 69ers (given my career in Wealth Management) about investing at this age? What sort of practical tips would I pass along?
from washingtonpost.com It took 109 years, but Yale’s storied a cappella group just got its first female singer By Julie Zauzmer – Feb. 8th, 2019 When Sofia Campoamor was a ninth-grader at Washington’s Sidwell Friends School, a special-guest group dropped by her chorus class: the Whiffenpoofs, the oldest college a cappella group in the country. The…
The Morning was a Yale folk-rock band, birthed in the campus basements in the winter of ’67. Within six months it was playing the major coffeehouses in Greenwich Village and within 18 months it was sharing stages with Joni Mitchell, The Grateful Dead, Cream, Sly & the Family Stone, Jackson Browne, The Smothers Brothers, and Muddy Waters at the top nightclubs and concert venues on both coasts.
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