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Yale Gets A New SCHOOL: Jackson School of Global Affairs
ByAdmin April 6, 2019April 22, 2023
New Haven Register Yale moves forward with transforming Jackson Institute By Tara O’Neill | Apr. 6th, 2019 NEW HAVEN — Yale University’s Board of Trustees has approved the transformation of the university’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs into a school. The trustees are hoping to open the new school in the fall of 2022. But in order for that to happen, an additional $200 million has to be raised for its endowment. The announcement came…
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News
Reunion: For God, For Country And For the Planet
ByDerry Allen and Tom Emmons April 5, 2019April 22, 2023
Class Discussion at Reunion: Time for your input! One of the defining issues of the last half-century has been the challenging relationship between people and the planet. Everyone is affected. Many of our classmates have been directly involved. Because of the strong interest expressed by members of the reunion program committee and others, we’ll talk about this subject on Friday afternoon at our reunion. We have agreed to facilitate a class discussion on the broad…
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Potpourri
… and he blew that room away!
ByStephen Herseth April 4, 2019April 22, 2023
Stephen Herseth and his wife, Mary Jo, hosted a “mini-reunion” in February, and this one had an unusual twist. Steve showcased an impressive collection of trumpets, collected by his late father, who for 54 years was First Trumpet at the Chicago Symphony orchestra. The current Second Trumpet from the CSO attended and played excerpts from some of the better-known trumpet repertoire of the CSO. (Steve plans to donate the collection to Yale for use by current students.)
Attending were John Darrow and Jill Kirk, Terry Light and …
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In Memoriam
Yale Crewmates Honor One of Their Own
ByDerry Allen April 4, 2019April 22, 2023
An earlier post reported that our classmate Bruce Plyer recently died. Today, he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery: Capt. Bruce Plyer, USN, received full military honors, including horse-drawn caisson, escort, band, firing party and bugler. Four classmates — Wil Lam, Dick Livingston, Derry Allen and Len Richards — are pictured here after the ceremony. They rowed with Bruce on the Yale Heavyweight Crew.
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Announcements
Reunion: Thursday afternoon will make sense of it all
ByMike Baum April 3, 2019April 22, 2023
What were we like 50 years ago? What’s happened to us since? What’s it all meant? And where are we going from here? Those and other Big Questions will be addressed — and maybe even answered — at the Reunion opening sessions starting at 2:15 on Thursday afternoon, setting the stage for this uniquely special weekend. Classmates Tom Guterbock and Mike Baum will present and analyze the findings of the Class Survey – from the…
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Memories
Spin Training Shouldn’t Be Optional
ByStephen Bemis April 3, 2019April 22, 2023
Editor’s Note from Harry Forsdick: There are moments in each of our lives where we have learned a lesson we will never forget. Sometimes these lessons get recorded in a form that can benefit others — whether it be a book, a photograph, a magazine article, or a radio interview. Steve Bemis had one such incident in his life when he was learning to fly a small plane. Steve writes: Gentlemen – I saw the invitation…
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Potpourri
Classbook Arrives, Kudos Ensue
ByAdmin April 3, 2019April 22, 2023
Classmates received their copy of the 50th Reunion ClassBook, with most books arriving the first week of April. And the response received by the reunion committee and ClassBook leadership has been overwhelmingly positive: Macon Cowles submitted a “Memories and Observations” post, saying “To our publisher, Art Klebanoff, and to all of you who worked hard, designed well, wrote well and shared photographs: Thank you so very much. We are grateful beyond measure for this terrific community of sharing.”…
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In Memoriam
Frank Northam – Deceased August 25, 2018
ByAdmin April 2, 2019April 22, 2023
Frank passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2018. Frank was a resident of Alexandria, Virginia at the time of passing. [in_memoriam_closing]
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Books
Reed Hundt’s A Crisis Wasted
ByRichard Tedlow April 2, 2019April 22, 2023
The title of Reed Hundt’s recently published book comes from what one of Barack Obama’s advisors was saying in the fall of 2008. A crisis is a terrible thing to waste because it provides the opportunity for accomplishments which would otherwise be impossible. The thesis of Reed’s book is that Obama …
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Memories
More on Berkeley College
ByJP Jordan March 31, 2019April 22, 2023
Did you know that…? One of the two basements in Berkeley contains a wall on which hundreds of plaques are placed, each bearing the name of one of the College’s graduates. Reading some of the names there reminds us that there are some great stories associated with the college and its former tenants. Take Potter Stewart, for example. (We quote from a latter-day interview). As an undergraduate, he lived with a roommate in a top-floor…
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Survey
Survey 7: Religion and Spirituality
ByMike Baum March 27, 2019April 22, 2023
Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of the Survey results, and it addresses Religion and Spirituality. Unlike our summary posts on Survey results in parts 1 – 6, this one is an in-depth analysis and report. It’s a copy of the essay that Mike Baum did for the 50th Reunion ClassBook … which you’ll see next month in your mailboxes. It’s longer than the others, but well worth the read. For Whom, for country, and…
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Music
The Results Are In!
ByJohn O'Leary March 27, 2019April 22, 2023
We have the results of our music survey! You have chosen your favorite artist, album, and song from the 1960s—which was arguably the greatest pop music decade ever. Here is what you decided.
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Memories
50th Reunion Book
ByMacon Cowles March 26, 2019April 22, 2023
Dear ones, I can’t overstate the pleasure that I am getting from the 50th Reunion Book that arrived at my doorstep today. To our publisher, Art Klebanoff, and to all of you who worked hard, designed well, wrote well and shared photographs: Thank you so very much. We are grateful beyond measure for this terrific community of sharing. Macon Cowles, Boulder, Colorado April 1, 2019
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Potpourri
Coed Week Revisited
ByJames Porter March 26, 2019April 22, 2023
My perspective on Co-Ed Week comes from being a “stringer” for LIFE Magazine, hired to cover this raucous and marvelously in-your-face celebration of true change. These are my photographs and reflections on the event, and on its meaning to our class and to Yale.
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Memories
Near Emmy Noether’s Pied-À-Terre In Heaven
ByJamie Woolery March 26, 2019April 22, 2023
Editor’s Note: A poem from our own Jamie Woolery.
Some kids and older wastrels hung around.
The least those utter darlings could’ve done
was wait quietly. For something. Rain will come, …
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Memories
Bill Sacco’s Photos
ByWayne Willis March 25, 2019April 22, 2023
For many years, William Sacco, ’69, was a professional photographer working directly for Yale. He photographed all sorts of official and alumni events over the years.
These are some photos from his undergrad years. The Ingalls Rink meeting was the one where the future of ROTC was debated and voted upon (creating the famous tie vote.)
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