Over 9 months in the making, the new Class Website, Yale1969.org, is ready for use by the class. Access is limited to members of the Class of 1969 only. Here is a summary of key features: Classmates Functions Find a classmate – by college, by major, by extracurricular activity … or by using the search box in…
July 25, 2017 Class of 1969:In less than twenty-four months, we will gather to commemorate passage of fifty years since Yale declared us equipped for life as adults. Drawn by nostalgia, vestigial loyalties, and curiosity we will wander the campus, dip a toe in the deep waters of Yale learning, and seek reconnection with not-quite-forgotten…
JE has a small endowment of its own, and one of the benefits of that endowment is having season tickets to one box seat very close to the stage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. You can apply to get tickets and the Master’s office distributes them. Once, I “won” the ticket, took the…
On July 17, our own Tom McNamee appeared as a guest on On Point, with Tom Ashbrook. Our Tom and bear biologist Chris Servheen discussed whether removing the Grizzly Bear from the endangered species list in Yellowstone was premature. You can listen to the whole episode by clicking on the link at the top of…
When I went to Yale, there was one Department of Engineering & Applied Science. When I went to MIT for graduate school, there was one Department of Humanities.
From David H. Johnson: “My wife and I recently visited Mary Starnes, widow of former Dramat director Leland Starnes. Mary lives in Salisbury, Maryland. Lee was teaching and directing at Salisbury State College (now University) when he passed away in 1980. Mary’s as bright, pretty, and perceptive as she ever was. She remembers all the…
Once a year, Davenport College had a duplicate bridge tournament, with about 30 pairs competing. Although I was later to run this game, when I arrived at Yale I had never played a session of duplicate. I decided to enter, partnered with one of my Farnam entrymates and fellow duplicate-virgin, Greg Thomas. One of the…
I was introduced to Yale intermural volleyball before I even was admitted. Touring Yale as a HS senior in the Fall of ’64, my guide, Dan Bender (Stiles, 67) was showing me around, and he invited me to come with him to his volleyball game. Since I was wearing sneakers, they allowed me to play…
JOHN JOSEPH O’LEARY, JR. Born January 16, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of John Joseph O’Leary and Margaret Jane Joyce O’Leary. Attended Cheverus High School, Portland, Maine. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. History major; Buck-Jackson Second Prize in Oratory, 1967; Ten Eyck Second Prize in Oratory, 1968; Dean’s List, 1966-67 (fall term); Ranking Scholar, 1965-66, 1966-67…
From Skip Hobbs: “David Friend, a pioneer in digital data cloud storage, has been a collector of fine mineral specimens all his life. He recently funded the $4 million renovation of the Yale Peabody Museum mineral collection and exhibition hall, and donated some of his unusually large and magnificent specimens. (Pictures) On October 21 the…
STRUSE, Robert M. died peacefully at home on April 16, 2017, at the age of 69. Bob is survived by wife, Conni and son, Tim. He was preceded in death by parents, Tolbert Bryson Struse and Sarah Patchell (Ford), and brother, William. He is survived by brother, Bryson and sister, Sally. Bob graduated from Yale…
The Reunion Committee kicked off their work at the Yale Club of New York on March 1. See who attended and who’s going to be doing what for the reunion!
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On a surprisingly mild late November afternoon in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a miracle happened. After a decade of disappointment, Yale’s underdog Bulldogs played superbly on both sides of the ball and upset a potent Cantab team, 21–14. Your scribe enjoyed every minute of it, and will continue to savor sweet victory, undimmed “through mem’ry’s haze.” The…
While not a Calhoun College alumnus, I do appreciate that a name change is jarring for some. However, I want to say that I am delighted with the choice of Grace Murray Hopper. I met her once, near the end of her life, when she spoke to a computer group in the Boston area. She…
Letter from President Peter Salovey, February 10, 2017
