Our class representative reports back from the annual AYA Assembly, held in November. This year the theme was “creating communities at Yale” — yes, communities, plural! Read Harold’s letter about what he learned, especially about how on-campus and off-campus housing is rapidly changing undergraduate life.
In 2018, Yannis Simonides (SM) channels Socrates in a one-man show touring the USA, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Italy and Russia — using ancient texts to challenge modern life.
Judge Myron Thompson first visited Yale Law School when he was 15 years old, invited by a YLS student-volunteer who taught Myron during a 1963 Freedom Summer enrichment program. Owing to Myron’s slow recovery from polio, that student carried Myron around to show him the colleges, encouraging him to apply. In a 37 year career as a federal district court judge, Myron ruled Roy Moore’s Ten Commandments monument unconstitutional and struck down Alabama’s restrictive abortion law, among other opinions. Now he receives Yale Law’s Award of Merit.
Vincent Scully spent virtually all his life in New Haven, as a star student at Hillhouse High School, Yale College, and Yale Grad School — teaching at Yale from 1947 until 2014. A major scholar and gifted teacher, Scully insired us. Read the comments that your Classmates left at the bottom of this remembrance … and leave some of your own.
You’ll get an invitation to the Class Survey shortly. Here’s the behind-the-scenes story about how the survey came into being and the thought that went into the survey design. Lucky enough, one of our Classmates is a leading expert in creating valid and reliable surveys!
Discover magazine asked our own Jeff Wheelwright to write about a UCLA study of the aging brain. Given that his own brain is aging, he enrolled in the study and offers a first-hand perspective.
The resulting article was published in the October issue of Discover. It weaves together a report on what is happening, generally, to all of us, and what, specifically, Jeff experienced.
Ever been tempted by those luscious Yale Travel brochures? Exotic places. Magnificient faculty bringing it alive? In the Spring, join our very own Professor Gene Moore (PC) on a tour of Holland & Belgium via river boat. (And act before December 15th, while tix are available only to us.)
Jonathan Mowry Steere, III, passed away on November 16, 2017 at Hock Hospice Center in Durham, NC after a prolonged illness. He was 71 years old. Jonathan was born on March 27, 1946 in Philadelphia, PA to Jonathan M. Steere, Jr. and Hilda Fletcher Steere. He graduated from Penn Charter High School in Philadelphia in 1964 and later earned a BA in Anthropology from Temple University. He moved to Durham, NC in 1975. Mr. Steere…
Today we launch an entirely new section of the website — everything you’ll need to know about the 50th reunion. Surprise! there are some long-lead-time items that need your attention NOW!
Some reports & stories from Don Lewis and Sam Weisman. References to Joe Mohrman, Bob Horvitz, Reed Hundt and Roger Haile. RIP: Robert Struse. Read more: advanced golf, Jewish ancient wisdom texts and directing a play at regional theatre!
“To Be A Man” was a film commissioned by the Admissions Office in 1966, and it features many of our classmates. We now have a copy you can watch right here.
In 2016, a Yale student wrote a 25-page paper for History 134 (“Yale and America”) on Charles Apel (JE ’69). Apel was an “early adopter” of LSD, marijuana, etc., before dropping out in ’67. Cameos by Timothy Leary, Janis Joplin, … and the campus police.
The key to a great experience on this site is great content. And the key to great content is finding great stories. It might be “News” like Matt Flynn’s run for Governor of Wisconsin or it might be “Potpourri” like Tom McNamee’s work protecting Grizzly Bears. We need “stringers” in each college to spot great stories like these.
Class Historian Hundt explains how the Class Survey (coming soon) was designed. Our answers will support an entertaining presentation at the Reunion and in the 50th Reunion ClassBook.
How will you know when Classmates add content to the website? Well, for new posts, you’ll now get this “summary” of all recent posts in an emailed newsletter. Read more to see all the controls and filters available at the bottom of your “edit profile” page.
Our own Matt Flynn (ES) is running for Governor of Wisconsin. He faces a real fight against incumbent Scott Walker, but has a strong chance for victory in 2018.
