I didn’t have any real interaction with Brian during our Yale years. He was, of course, a star. I was a lowly hacker-type athlete, blessed with size enough to play in high school but not gifted enough for intercollegiate athletics. Happily, the intermural programs gave me an outlet for some play and for some exercise….
Does anyone remember Peachy Kuehn? I remember him from Fellows’ Dinners, where, slightly inebriated, he’d hold forth with shockingly liberal opinions — shocking to me because he was an “adult” and my other role models for adults (my parents, my HS teachers) were either conservative or centrist. Imagine my surprise when I got a note…
When Chris Argyris spoke to us Freshman year, he blew my mind. Never before had a businessman seemed to me to be so insightful into human nature. He was articulate, persuasive and funny. He could even be sacrilegious, once referring to my Catholic Church as “the marketing department of the Lord.” I never got…
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Yale School of Management During the summer between my junior and senior year in high school, my parents took me around to look at colleges. We stopped in New Haven in July. The campus was mostly deserted. I got a map and walked around, eventually walking into a building on Prospect Street (where the Becton…
Sadly, this edition of Class Notes tells of 3 who have passed away … one mini-reunion of friends from JE.
From Rich’s wife Laurie (lauriemattas@yahoo.com): “In 1965, Rich graduated from Morton West High School in Berwyn, Illinois, where he was an outstanding scholar and athlete and a member of their undefeated football team. He continued to play football at Yale, capping his career with the infamous Yale-Harvard game of 1968. After graduating from Yale in…
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(Published in Virginia Gazette on Nov. 16, 2016) WILLIAMSBURG – Neill P. Watson, III, 69, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at The College of William and Mary and faculty member for 32 years, died on November 10th after a short illness. Respected as a teacher, colleague and administrator, Neill focused on clinical psychology in dozens of scholarly papers…
Harold Mancusi reports from the AYA Assembly and Tom Emmons is looking for volunteers. Len Hill, RIP.
Several classmates from JE gathered in Half Moon Bay, partly to celebrate the life of Randy Straff, who recently passed away, and partly to have fun.
A new website inspired by our upcoming 50th Reunion but covering all aspects of our time at Yale and our lives after Yale has been launched.
Bob Bucholz passed away at home in Dallas, Texas, on May 20. This memorial was submitted by Marybeth Ezaki ’73 (Marybeth.ezaki@gmail.com), Richard Tedlow, Terry Light, Phil Gans(pgans@pgans.com), Derry Allen, and Wil Lam: “Bob was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. At Yale, Bob was summa cum laude with a BA in economics. He graduated from Yale…
Published by the Pacific View Memorial Chapel: Randy was born January 22, 1947 to Milton Straff and Marcella Konvalinka in Berwyn, Illinois. He passed away July 22, 2016 surrounded by his close friend and caregivers in Lincoln City, Oregon at the age of 69. Mr. Straff was raised in Southern California. After graduating high school…
Published in Tulsa World on July 19, 2016 Dr. James E. Hammarsten, 68, passed away July 15, 2016 in Tulsa. He was born August 26, 1947, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Dorothea (Dee) and Dr. James F. Hammarsten. Jim was a loving husband, father, brother, and grandfather; an accomplished and beloved doctor who helped advanced the…
Our Class’ Scholarship went to a sophomore woman from Minnesota. News from Sam Weisman, Gary Morson, Alec Tan, Frank Aronson, Terry Benson and Norm Resnicow.
