The Reunion Committee made some recent announcements about the upcoming reunion. They fleshed out more of the details, asked us to preregister online and published the sequence of events leading up to the reunion itself on May 30-June 2. Click through to preregister and learn more.
Like many others, Dr. Jim Porter (SM ‘69, Ph.D. ’73) assumed that “Scientists don’t win Emmys.” But this year he falsified that hypothesis when his film, Chasing Coral won an Emmy for Outstanding Nature Documentary. Previously, it had been recognized with an Audience Choice Award at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and had been conferred a 2017 Peabody Award. “The Emmy was thrilling enough,” Porter said, “but winning all three of these awards was the journalistic equivalent of…
We’ve created a simple 3-question survey, asking you to choose your favorite musical artist, favorite album, and favorite song from the 1960s.
So please take a moment to respond. (You don’t even need to be logged into Yale1969.org to use this link!) Taking the survey is guaranteed to give you a dopamine rush of nostalgia.
In a recent e-mail blast to alumni of Jonathan Edwards College, Mark Saltzman, Head of the College, and Mark Ryan, Chair of the JE Trust, announced the forthcoming publication of a new “introductory history” of the College. Alumni of JE are invited to contribute reminiscences for the publication, and, if they wish, to donate. See https://jespiders.org/. Reminiscences, which can be submitted through the website, will be accepted until February 1.
When Random House first published Charles Reich’s The Greening of America in 1970, they thought so little of the radical manuscript that just 5,000 copies were printed. The New Yorker followed the book’s publication with the longest excerpt in the magazine’s history, prodding the publisher to issue a dozen reprints—eventually selling some 2 million copies. The debate about American political culture that the book unleashed has been compared to the impacts of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the Kinsey Report.
At the Harvard Class of 1937’s 50th reunion, E.J. Kahn, Jr., and Frank Goodhue met for the first time. They became the best of friends for the rest of their lives. David Howorth sees no reason why friendships like that can’t be formed at our 50th.
I think many of us would agree that the 60s was the all-time best decade for popular music. In fact, during our three years and nine months at Yale a lot of history’s best rock and pop was blasting out of our hi-fi’s into the college courtyards seven days a week. So it’s time to ask that all-important question, “What is YOUR favorite music of the ‘60s?” We have a quick, 3-minute survey for you to take.
Yale researchers have identified a drinkable cocktail of designer molecules that interferes with a crucial first step of Alzheimer’s and even restores memories in mice, they report Jan. 2 in the journal Cell Reports.
The binding of amyloid beta peptides to prion proteins triggers a cascade of devasting events in the progression of Alzheimer’s — accumulation of plaques, a destructive immune system response, and damage to synapses.
Ken Brown writes: “Over the weekend of October 20th, 6 members of our class with 3 spouses attended a weekend in Charleston, SC. Last November, Ben Slotznick and Ian Glenday from the class of 1970 approached me with the idea of a joint class of 1969, 1970, and 1971 off- site mini-reunion. The thought was that, given the relatively few Yale alumni in the southeast, getting 3 classes to participate would ensure a good crowd. …
Editor’s Note: The author is a member of our Class and a lecturer in political science at Yale College.
In case you are interested, here’s a glimpse at what Yale undergrads are thinking about our political prospects today.
A Portland, Oregon man — and 2006 graduate of Yale University — has become the first person to traverse Antarctica alone, unassisted in any way by wind or with additional supplies
Colin O’Brady, of Portland, finished the bone-chilling, 930-mile (1,500-kilometer) journey as friends, family and fans tracked the endurance athlete’s progress in real time online. The trek was previously deemed impossible.
ISPS was founded in 1968 to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in the social sciences. Today, the institution sustains a vibrant network of scholars and students interested in shaping public policy. It directly sponsors research by its resident faculty, research fellows, and non-affiliated faculty working in the social sciences in a variety of areas, including health care policy, race and inequality, and political polarization.
AYA to YAA: Yale Alumni Association announces new name, visual identity, and website
Mission: The Yale Alumni Association unites the people and ideas that comprise the lifelong Yale experience. We provide the ongoing support and structure for Yale alumni to pursue interests and activities that positively impact their lives, Yale communities, and the world at large.
Our character, strength, and values come from our diversity and our commitment to a culture of inclusion and equity. We encourage and empower our alumni to create, participate, and lead, in ways that are personally meaningful and valuable to the community.
Our mission is to enhance and renew the lifelong Yale experience for all alumni, whoever they are and wherever they may be. We strive to inspire new ideas, affiliations, friendships, professional fulfillment, and acts of service, around the world.
From Yale Press Release. Beinecke Library acquires papers of humorist David Sedaris By Michael Morand december 10, 2018 The guide that David Sedaris was given when he worked as an elf at Macy’s, an experience that inspired his breakthrough essay “The Santaland Diaries.” (Photo credit: Tubyez Cropper) The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library has acquired the papers of David Sedaris, noted American humorist, author, and essayist. Sedaris, who grew up in Raleigh, North…
When someone decides to run for Governor of Wisconsin almost fifty years after graduating from college, a decent respect to the opinions of my friends requires that I explain my motivation. Many of my classmates were generous in supporting my candidacy, and I thank all of you for that. I had served as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin long ago, in the early eighties, and have been a candidate for office in Wisconsin…
One of the more interesting submissions I received following my request for classmates to send me artifacts from our days at Yale, was a 3-minute, 16mm film Steve Bemis created for Art 50b, a second semester, senior year seminar. The film shows his roommates, Ralph Schmidt and Mabry Rogers, playing squash, set to an Erroll Garner jazz soundtrack.
Check it out.
