Mark your calendars for the biennial Lang Wheeler pre-Game bash: Saturday November 21 at Lang’s house, 48 Lakeview Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Start time is 9:30 a.m. All 1969 classmates and their fellow travelers are welcome. Catch up with old friends, meet new friends, enjoy tasty comestibles in abundance, and listen to live Yale music. And then, presumably, witness a Yale victory over the forces of darkness. Tom…
I promised better news (as best I can make out the handwriting), and here it is: Terry Benson (terrybenson@nyc.rr.com) writes: “Now that my daughter Kara (’06) is out and off on her adventures, singing in the Yale Alumni Chorus is what keeps me connected. Being an ‘Ambassador of Song’ isn’t easy—18 days of a ‘bus and truck’—but it was a wonderful Yale experience.” Ted Robinson…
I am quite saddened to report three deaths. Hank Payne died in January. Hank received his BA and MA in 1969 and his PhD from Yale in 1973. He was married to Deborah Laipson shortly after graduation. Hank began as an assistant professor of history at Colgate in 1973, became provost at Haverford College in 1985, president of Hamilton College in 1988, and then president of Williams College in 1994. He was…
Published in Austin American-Statesman on Apr. 16, 2008 Stephen F. Parks, 60, of Austin died unexpectedly on Sunday, April 13, 2008 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He is survived by his loving wife, Louise Parks; daughters, Ursula Parks and Sarah Ballou Parks; and son-in-law, Rob Acker. Steve is also survived…
Spring is in the air, and missives appear from everywhere: Bill Krochalis(bill.krochalis@zcsterling.com) e-writes: “Still aspiring to genteel obscurity while residing in Atlanta; very happily remarried and have two in college: one playing hockey for the University of Alabama (really) and one working with autistic and at-risk middle-schoolers while finishing her senior year at Colorado College. A third is…
Maxime Joseph Derbes, III passed away at his home on Wednesday, February 13, 2008. He was born December 19, 1947 to the late Kathleen McCoullough and Max J. Derbes, Jr. in New Orleans, LA and has been a resident of Covington since 1960. He graduated from St. Paul’s High School in 1965 where he was…
VUJNOVICH GARY GENE, Of College Park, MD, passed away on February 7, 2008. Born in Kansas City, KS on January 24, 1947, Gary was the loving husband of Jessie Carpenter and devoted father to daughter Marjorie and son Mark. He is also survived by his brother Larry Vujnovich and nephew Michael Vujnovich, both of Kansas…
Published on the Hamilton College website 17th President of Hamilton College Presented: March 4, 2008, by Dan Chambliss, Professor of Sociology Harry “Hank” Payne, president emeritus of Hamilton College, was born on March 25, 1947, and died unexpectedly on January 7, 2008, at the age of 60. A remarkably accomplished historian and academic leader, he…
January with Simon and Garfunkel: “Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to speak with you again. . . . ” Another year quickly passes into memory, never to return. And still we sing, “time and change shall nought avail, to break the friendships formed at Yale.” Raise a glass, my friend, for dear Old Yale. Now the news. Our New York head doctors are getting the kudos: Stephen Billick…
Once again a titanic battle looms between our stouthearted men in blue and the nefarious visitors slouching in from the north. Once again Yale Bowl will throb with the joyous cheers of the victors and the bitter lamentations of the vanquished. Once again your scribe will be in (muted) attendance, and he has but one fond hope: that “Harvard’s team may fight to the end, but Yale will win.” I haven’t…
(Posted on philly.com, Oct. 16, 2007, by John F. Morrison.) Dr. Ralph Sando, Gentle Eye Doctor It must have been a treat to go to Dr. Ralph S. Sando’s office. Patients could be assured of a cheery greeting by a man who not only knew their names, but also something about their lives and families….
After steady nagging by your scribe, Nick Putnam (dr.putnam@cox.net) has spilled these beans: “Like most of us I turned 60 this year and life continues good to me and mine, although I had four stents placed in my coronary arteries last year. My older daughter, Ariane, is in Hollywood doing star-quality sketch comedy and improv, happily married, and the mother of my new grandson, Roan. My younger…
Published in Garden City High School ‘65 Lance M. Konselman, a man of high erudition with an abiding commitment to public service and a fixture on the Staten Island cultural scene, died at Silver Lake Specialized Care Center, after a lengthy illness. He was 60 years old and at the time of his death was…
Hal Valeche (hal@halvaleche.com) e-mails: “Please add me to the list of class members running for Congress. To shake things up a little, I was not in Stiles but JE. I was elected to the city council of Palm Beach Gardens (pop. 50,000) in November 2004 after being elected to and serving on the board of a special taxing district from 2002 to 2004. I am running in Florida District 16, which is the seat formerly held by…
In Memory of David Richard Whelan Richard Whelan was a noted cultural historian, scholar, and one of the great photography writers of the 20th Century. Mr. Whelan was the author of several biographical books including: Robert Capa: A Biography; Robert Capa: The Definitive Collection; Robert Capa at Work: This is War! Alfred Stieglitz: A Biography….
News from dues: Steve Millner (Stephen.millner.tc.69@aya.yale.edu) writes: “Steve has been working as an independent legal consultant to financial services professionals. He is also active as a professional artist, and his work is shown in several galleries in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He is just beginning his third term as president of Artists of Yardley, a Bucks County, Pennsylvania, artists’…
