Published in The Courier-Journal on Mar. 6, 2012 ATHERTON, JOHN MCDOUGAL III, 65, of Louisville, died March 2, 2012 at Hosparus Inpatient Unit. He was a graduate of St. Xavier High School and Yale University. He was predeceased by his father, R. Allan Neblett and his mother, Sarah Anderson Atherton. He is survived by three brothers, Allan (Elsie), Peter (Elizabeth) and Alexander (Carol); and a cousin, Cornelia Yankovich (Bob). He donated his body to the…
Greg Montes (greg2_2008@yahoo.com) writes for the first time in 42 years (he gets extra space): “I saw in the alumni magazine that Class of 1969 ‘missing’ members included Richard Griest. In the early 1990s I read a Los Angeles Times article about San Diego attorney William Lerach, whose former University of Pittsburgh roommate has been, since…
This sad news was reported in the New York Times: “Derek Huntington, longtime Manhattan resident and former president of ZZZ Carpentry, died on September 19 in the West Village. At Yale he was a nationally ranked lacrosse player, and a member of Fence Club and Scroll & Key Senior Society. Music was always a vital part of Derek’s life. Throughout the 1970s he was a…
Class Notes: Greg Montes writes: “I learned earlier this year that Richard Griest died on December 21, 2011, at Pleasant Hill, California. I often ate lunch and dinner with Richard in Morse College in 1966–69 and we lived on the same floor of Morse Tower in 1967–68. We had many discussions about politics, history, Yale, and other subjects. I and others who knew Richard over the years found him to be very intelligent and good-humored. My parents enjoyed meeting and…
Fred “Fearless” London passed away on July 29, at home in Greenwich, Connecticut. I have no details on his death, and only published sources for his life. Fred played varsity tennis at Yale and, after Rutgers Law School, worked at Kirlin, Campbell, and Keating, and then was general counsel at OMI, a shipping firm based in New York and Stamford. Fred was a former president of the Yale Club of…
Published in The New York Times on Sept. 21, 2011 HUNTINGTON–Derek Updegraf, 64, longtime Manhattan resident and former President of ZZZ Carpentry Inc., died on September 19th at home in the West Village. Son of John Willard Huntington and Patricia Shaffer Huntington, Derek was born on 26 February 1947 and grew up in West Hartford, CT. He graduated from Phillips Academy Andover in 1965 and Yale College in 1969. At Yale he was a nationally…
I received this email from Steven Schneebaum in response to the short obituary notice I wrote for Bob Ferris: “Bob was my roommate, and my closest friend, during our first three years at Yale. He joined Army ROTC, not as a political statement for or against the war in Vietnam, but because that was what a healthy young man with talents and no obvious disability was…
Published in GreenwichTime on Aug. 2, 2011 FREDRIC SCOTT LONDON passed away at his home Friday, July 29. Fred was born August 19, 1947 in Bay City, Michigan. He graduated from Phillips Academy at Andover, Yale University, and the Rutgers School of Law. He began his career at the law firm Kirlin, Campbell, and Keating and eventually served for many years as General Counsel of OMI, a shipping firm in New York and Stamford. As…
Our own Robert (Bobby) Haas was featured in the March/April 2011 issue of the alumni magazine. Bobby’s first career was in finance, and for a second career, he has become one of the world’s most renowned aerial photographers. His recent work is contained in three books published by National Geographic, and it is simply stunning. If you have already tossed the mag…
Arthur Schatzkin passed away on January 20 after a year-long battle with glioblastoma. After Yale, Art received an MD from the State University of New York, and an MPH and DrPH from Columbia University. From an online obituary: “Dr. Schatzkin was an internationally renowned pioneer in the field of nutrition and cancer. He came to NCI in 1984, and since 1999 served as the chief of the…
Kathy and Lang Wheeler’s pre-Game brunch was, as always, a smashing success. The food and drink were outstanding, the company was stellar, and the Whiffs sang. (What transpired afterward in a nearby stadium will not be discussed here.) Here is a list of attendees (*with spouse, family members, and/or SigOs): Ned Culver*, Paul Henry*, Carl Lazarus, JP Goldsmith*, Brian…
Posted on the National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics website: Dr. Arthur Schatzkin, an outstanding scientist, mentor, and leader in the field of nutritional epidemiology, passed away on January 20, 2011 from cancer. An internationally renowned pioneer in the field of nutrition and cancer and a gifted public speaker, he was a man of great personal and professional integrity who cared deeply about the impact of his work on public health. Dr….
My online plea for classmate news brought forth much of my last column, and almost all of this one. To all those who read and never write: Do not let the music die. Time to check in with the Mother Ship! Here, now, the news. From Scott Nelson (snelson.md.74@gmail.com): ’I’m in Boulder, Colorado, now, semi-retired, and doing some service medical work. I did join Macon…
Published in Times Argus on Jan. 28, 2011 Robert Dana Ferris died of stomach cancer in Anchorage, Alaska, on Nov. 6, 2010. He was 64. Born in Montpelier, the oldest of four, to Llewellyn and Kathryn (Herbert) Ferris, he attended schools in Middlesex and Montpelier. One year of his high school career was spent as an American Field Service exchange student in Graz, Austria. In 1968, following three years at Yale University, Bobby took a…
Don’t forget: Lang and Kathy Wheeler’s “The Brunch” on November 20th, starting at 9:30 a.m. at 48 Lakeview Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Then “The Game.” Dare we hope for a victory this year over the Cantabs? With some Listserv prodding from your scribe, several classmates have submitted updates on their lives. I hope these reports will embolden…
For those who intend to watch this year’s Game in Cambridge, Lang and Kathy Wheeler (langandkathy@comcast.net) will again be generously hosting the 1969 pre-game brunch at their house. Start time is 9:30. I have attended Lang’s brunches, and I can say with assurance that this is a wonderful chance to see classmates, hear great Yale a cappella music, and fire down…
