Tom Cosgrove has lots to report: “I retired after 28 years running my own executive search company in the Hartford area when my robotic prostate cancer operation laid me low. In September I was able to buy a fly-all-you-can pass on Jet Blue. I visited 11 cities and two foreign countries, and a lot of Yalies. “I started in San Francisco where my daughter, Vicky ’98, is a postdoc in psychology at…
Dan Seiver, Corresponding Secretary 502 Sea Isle Drive San Diego, CA 92154 E-mail: seiverda@muohio.edu ‘Terence Benson ’69 (terrybenson@nyc.rr.com) writes: “Being the TV stage manager for the movie transmissions from the Metropolitan Opera is one of the best gigs I have ever had. Opera is back.” ‘Carl Lazarus ’69 has directed classmates to a new recruiting video for…
Class dues has generated news, with a reunion flavor: Tom Earley writes: “As always, Jane and I had a great time at the reunion. Each time we make another few new friends. My food and agriculture practice keeps chugging along. Jane’s consulting practice focuses on standards development in international law, both trade and environmental. Caitlin (Williams ’01) is now working…
Michael J. Blake, 62, of Wakefield died on Thursday, February 11 at his home. Born in San Pedro, CA on June 21, 1947 he was the son of the late Joseph and Frances (Thompson) Blake. Mr. Blake was a graduate of San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, CA, class of 1965. He was also a graduate of Yale University, 1969 and Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University, 1973. He served in…
After subtle pressure from your scribe, Ken Wolfe (wolfeak@aol.com) has checked in: “Annemarie and I have recently moved back to Saint Petersburg, Florida, after 11 years living and working in the U.K. We each had three different jobs, which carried us from Manchester to London to Birmingham. I am continuing as chairman of my last company, Betterware, on a part-time basis and will…
News from dues: Douglas Colton (douglas.colton@gmail.com) writes, tongue planted firmly in cheek: “It is an honor to be part of the first formerly prosperous 40th reunion class since the Class of ’90 (1890, that is) was similarly blessed. There appears to be a sublime synchronicity at work, as revealed by the intervals 1929 + 40 years = 1969 + 40 years = 2009.”…
We have lost four classmates since the last regular column. This column is devoted entirely to them. Classmates may want to provide further details or memories. I will get back to the happier news, of which there is plenty, in my next column. “Timothy Lambert McDaniel, professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego, died in San Diego on March 10 after a brave fight against colon…
Message from the family on tributes.com – Mr. Lathrop Mead Gates of Kansas City, MO died Monday, July 6, 2009 at his home. Memorial services will be held 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 14, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 40th and Main, Kansas City, MO; with a reception immediately following. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial contributions to St. Paul’s Church, Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, or the charity of your choice. Lathrop was born…
Class Notes: David G. Smith died of cancer at his home in Westlake, California, on May 4. Henry Fuller writes: “David was a special person and my Yale roommate for three years. He was born on January 20, 1947. David grew up in Concord, Massachusetts. He graduated from Middlesex School in 1965. After Yale, David served two years (1970–72) in the Peace Corps in Micronesia. He devoted his life to the teachings of Maharaji (RAJI) and…
Lots to report, including a first missive in 40 years from Bruce Bolnick(bbolnick@gmail.com): “With our 40th reunion next year, it’s time to update class notes on what I have been up to for the past four decades. (FYI, I just sent in class dues, after years of neglect.) After finishing my PhD in economics at Yale in 1972, I taught at the University of Nairobi, followed by faculty positions at Duke and…
We need a volunteer who knew this Classmate to help assemble information for an “In Memoriam” remembrance. Please use the Contact Us form to get in touch with one of our editors. What we need from you is anything about this person that we can use to create a proper tribute — memories from our student days, links to obits that ran in newspapers, pictures, what you know about their lives, email addresses of survivors…
Published in GreenwichTime on Mar. 31, 2009 BRADLEY NITKIN 62 of Greenwich, CT died on March 29, 2009 after a courageous battle with gastric cancer. Beloved husband of Helen Nitkin, father of Sophie and Andrew, son of Gaby Nitkin and brother of Roger, Leslie and Regina. Bradley graduated from Yale College and Cornell Law School and became a successful owner and developer of Real Estate through his company The HB Nitkin Group. His loss has…
Published in the UVA Magazine, Spring 2010 Linwood G. Lawrence III (Law ’77) of Ossining, N.Y., died March 26, 2009. He taught elementary school in Westchester County, N.Y., before attending law school. At the University, Mr. Lawrence was executive editor of the Virginia Journal of International Law and was awarded the 1977 Hardy Cross Dillard Prize for writing the best student note in the journal. He served as corporate associate with the Wall Street law…
Posted on the UC San Diego Department of Sociology webpage: Timothy Lambert McDaniel, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego, died in San Diego on March 10, 2009, after a brave fight against colon cancer that lasted more than a decade. He was one of the leading comparative-historical sociologists of his generation, an inspiring teacher, and a man of unwavering probity and extraordinary erudition. A dedicated scholar, he contributed greatly to the…
The mailbag is perilously thin. Your scribe is guessing that everyone is saving up stories for the rapidly approaching 40th reunion. So here is our one item, from John Fisher:“John and Didi Fisher live in Atherton, California, where John has a merger boutique for consumer brands, and Didi is retired from three terms as town councilman and mayor. Didi, who is a crack shot, has not yet…
