• Examples Of How Objective Data Will Appear When Published

    ByAdmin

    [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” admin_preview_bg=”] Our model for how “Objective Data” may or may not appear in the 50th Reunion ClassBook is taken from the way the Class of ’67 used it. The table below show screenshots of how different people’s submissions looked.  Some were “Name Only” — probably people who were missing.   Some people only submitted contact information, nothing else.  Some offered some family information, too.  And some submitted everything. One…

  • Submission Alternatives

    ByCarney Mimms

    The easiest way to submit your essay is by filling out a form and attaching your essay (and pictures, if any).  But if you want to mail or email your essay (and related materials), use this checklists: Prepare the file attachments: Objective Data.  Download a copy of the Objective Data Form.  Fill it out and save it as a file with filename = [Your Name]-data. Essay.  Save your Essay as a file with filename =…

  • New Class Website Launched

    ByAdmin

    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 the masthead banner. Missing classmates – a list of Classmates for whom we have no email. (Can you help? If so, send…

  • Letter Requesting 50th Reunion Essay

    ByDoug Colton

    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 names and faces. Whatever else we feel about Yale, we attend Reunions to re-unite with each other, to answer our…

  • Ticket To The Opera

    ByWayne Willis

    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 train down to Grand Central and taxied over to Lincoln Center.  I have no recollection of which opera I saw,…

  • Tom McNamee Defends The Grizzly On NPR and NYTimes

    ByJP Jordan

    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 the episode page. Tom has also authored a powerful argument published on July 14, 2017 as an Op-Ed in the…

  • Jul/Aug 2017

    ByDaniel Seiver

    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 Dramat performances (and performers) of the late ’50s to the late ’60s. She has very precise memories of taking MFA…

  • Bridge

    ByDavid Howorth

    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 Farnam freshman counselors tried to give us tips on duplicate strategy, although in retrospect I realize he wasn’t much wiser…

  • Volleyball Was Fun

    ByWayne Willis

    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 a few points, and it was really, really fun.  I had never played indoor volleyball before.  Needless to say, as…

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    Banner Bio – John J. O’Leary

    ByJohn J. O'Leary

    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 (spring term); Chauncey Brewster Tinker Prize, 1968-69. Resident: Davenport (Aide Staff, 1966-69, Chief Aide, 1968-69; Basketball, 1968-69). Skull and Bones;…

  • May/June 2017

    ByDaniel Seiver

    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 Peabody Museum held a gala opening of the David Friend Mineral Gallery, complete with dinner in the dinosaur hall. On…

  • Robert Struse, April 16, 2017

    ByAdmin

    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 University, where he played football. He served his country as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. After graduating from Syracuse…

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    50th Reunion Essay – David Stover

    ByDavid Stover

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