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. With author Evan Cornog he wrote Hats In The Ring: An Illustrated History of American Presidential Campaigns. Richard Whelan was…
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’…
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Mike Folz has helped bring Charles Apel (Capel@mail.arc.nasa.gov) back into the fold. Here is Charles’s story: “I look back at my time at Yale with a great deal of fondness and often wonder what would have happened if I had continued there instead of dropping out of the physics program. In the summer of 1966 I enrolled in Harvard summer school to make up for my D in German at Yale. There I met Timothy Leary…
Mike Pfeiffer (MGP@Capdale.com) has taken the midlife marital plunge. Mike writes: “Robin Taub (who accompanied me at the reunion) and I were married in October 2005 in Washington, D.C. Robin is a lawyer with her own family law firm in Bethesda, Maryland, and we reside at my former residence in D.C., which was enlarged and renovated last year to accommodate our five children (her two and my three)…
This column, although submitted before the start of the football season, should reach you shortly before the annual gridiron confrontation with our arch nemesis. (Last year’s titanic struggle caused damage to your scribe’s vocal cords, and in one of life’s minor ironies, the damage was repaired last spring by an ENT surgeon, who was a 1979 graduate of — yup.) For those who intend to watch this year’s Game in Cambridge…
Classmates may still have time to arrange to attend the mini-reunion July 28-30 in Santa Rosa, California, at the Vintner’s Inn. Contact John Gazzoli (JGazzoli@aol.com) for more information. Peter Rodgers (Peter.Rodgers@sablaw.com) brings good news: “I have taken up a periodic correspondence with Jim Grew, who continues to ply his trade as water skiing guru for the able and disabled from his perch…
Changing of the Guard: John Yarmuth (JYarmuth@aol.com) has graciously bequeathed his job to me, so that he can pursue full-time his bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky’s 3rd district (Louisville). We all appreciate his service as corresponding secretary. John’s first political test is a primary on May 16. We all wish him the best of luck. My only real qualification for this job is…
OLEYER, John M. John M. Oleyer, 57, beloved husband of Cynthia, died on Thursday, (April 13, 2006) at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, with his loving family at his side. John was born in New Britain on June 6, 1948 to Michael and Ann (Pacinda) Oleyer of Farmington who survive him. John leaves to mourn four cherished children who were the lights of his life: Matthew and his wife, Ashley, of Boston, MA; Peter…
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Three rather long letters this time, so I’ll dispense with any preliminaries. Eric Muirhead(muirrindu@sbcglobal.net) published his first book, Cab Tales, an episodic novel in 15 stories that tells the experiences of a young college grad driving the night shift for Houston’s Yellow Cab back in the early 1970s. Published by Panther Creek Press (www.panthercreekpress.com), the book is available over…
Published in The Baltimore Sun on January 25, 2006, by Jacques Kelly Dwight Alton Dodge Jr., 58, manager for fuel company Dwight Alton Dodge Jr., a retired fuel company manager and businessman who had been a student leader in his years at Parkville High School, died of a cerebral aneurysm Thursday at Cumberland Memorial Hospital. The former Pasadena resident was 58. Born in Baltimore and raised in Baynesville, he was a 1965 graduate of Parkville…
Classmates: Sorry to have been missing in action the past few months. Correspondence has been sparse, to say the least, except for the occasional obituary. Until the death of John O’Leary, I had followed tradition (as I perceive it) and avoided talking about the passing of classmates. Obviously, as time goes, this type of news could fill up the allocated space, not to speak of being a real downer. On the…
Published in Newmusicbox.org, on December 9, 2005 by Rand Steiger: It is with great sadness I write that Stephen “Lucky” Mosko passed away on December 5, 2005, at the age of 58. Lucky was a unique and innovative composer, a brilliant teacher, and an inspiring conductor. The performances he led at the remarkable CalArts festivals in the ’80s still echo in the minds of all of us who were fortunate enough to attend them. He…
