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QQ: Would you rather have a Yale diploma without a Yale education, or a Yale education without a Yale diploma?
ByAdmin November 3, 2022July 6, 2024
Editor’s Note: Mark Ryan was Dean of JE from 1976 through 1996 and author of A Collegiate Way of Living: Residential Colleges and a Yale Education. He currently serves as Chair of the Jonathan Edwards Trust, the sponsor of this new history of JE. Editor’s Note 2: Reminiscences are due February 1st! Another in our series of “Quick Questions” Bryan Caplan, an economics professor at George Mason University calls this credential inflation, where the level of…
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Around The Web
At College Dining Halls, Yale Students Enjoy The Best Food Of Their Young Lives
ByAdmin November 2, 2022April 22, 2023
from Forbes John Mariani | Oct 27, 2022, The Yale Schwarzman Center is one of several dining halls where Yale students have myriad food … [+] YALE HOSPITALITY I’ve never met anyone over the age of thirty who has fond memories of school cafeteria food, except my wife, who grew up in Paris, where a school lunch was three courses, including cheese. Indeed, school food usually compares with airline and hospital food, and in primary and secondary…
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Announcements
Class Colloquium 16: Medicare … Advantage?
ByArthur Segal November 2, 2022April 22, 2023
Every year in late fall, the airways are filled with ads for Medicare alternatives. Which ones, if any, should you consider?
Robert Riehle, MD (and Branford ’69) has seen both sides — as medical director of Aetna (and earlier at Cigna and Blue Shield) AND as a surgeon and physician executive. He’ll share his thoughts on how to decide what’s best for you … and field your questions. Register now for the Wednesday afternoon Class Colloquium – November 30^th at 3:00 pm EDT.
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Class Notes
Class Notes, Nov-Dec 2022
ByDaniel Seiver November 1, 2022July 2, 2023
Joe Green passed away on August 17, 2022 at 74 from pancreatic cancer. Excerpts from his Boston Globe obituary: “An accomplished attorney and tennis player, Joe was known for his integrity and agility, both in court and on the court. Born in 1947 in New York City, Joe attended Horace Mann School… followed by Yale University, where he majored in American studies. Upon graduation in 1969, he completed one year at Harvard Law School. He…
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Potpourri
Brunch Before THE GAME, 2022
ByLang Wheeler October 18, 2022April 22, 2023
The Harvard-Yale game will return to Harvard Stadium this year. My wife Kathy and I invite all classmates, spouses, and/or widows who are in Cambridge on November 19th to THE BRUNCH before The Game.

Click thru for details, and please RSVP as soon as you know you can make it.
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In Memoriam
William Barnum Wickwire – September 30, 2022
ByAdmin October 15, 2022April 22, 2023
from Legacy.com William Barnum Wick wire, 76, of North Haven, passed away peacefully on Sept. 30, 2022, at the CT Hospice in Branford. He was the loving and devoted husband for 42 years of Joellen DeRoma Wickwire. Bill was born Aug. 15, 1946, in Syracuse, NY, a son of the late Lyman and Jeanne Barnum Wickwire. He was raised in Homer, NY, and was a graduate of Yale University, Class of 1969. He then went…
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In Memoriam
Paul Stephen McAuliffe – April 26, 2022
ByAdmin October 11, 2022April 22, 2023
We only recently learned of Paul’s passing and there is no online obituary we could find.
Paul had returned to Cleveland, and we were able to find some info from Atom Yee, Keith Nelson, his 50th reunion essay, his Facebook page and LinkedIn.
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Throwback Threads: 150 Years of Yale Football
ByAdmin October 7, 2022April 22, 2023
from ESPN – College Football Uniforms Yale will honor 150 years of football history with its threads this weekend. The jersey design is inspired by the Walter Camp era. According to the school’s website, Camp, an 1880 Yale graduate, was a two-time team captain and the head coach from 1888 to ’92. He is considered the father of American football because of his efforts in “reshaping the doctrines of English rugby into American football.” The jerseys are…
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In Memoriam
David Langdon Raish, September 29, 2022
ByAdmin September 29, 2022April 26, 2024
Sam Weisman remembers Dave: In the fall of 1965, my freshman counselor, Hardy Brereton, found out I was a musician. He asked me if I had an interest in joining one of Yale’s acapella groups. I had no idea what he was talking about. He then spirited me off to the Music Room in Silliman College, where I was rushed into The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus, The SOB’s, a twist of fate that would…
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Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: Yale University
ByAdmin September 27, 2022April 22, 2023
from Coindesk Fran Velasquez | September 26, 2022 Yale University may offer fewer than half the blockchain-based courses of its Ivy League peer Cornell (though on par with Columbia University), but with a recently announced new investment, the 321-year-old school is about to propel its blockchain research. Yale comes in at TK on CoinDesk’s Best Universities for Blockchain 2022. 2022 Rank (+/- 2021) University Name Total Score Courses Region Regional Rank 34 (NEW) Yale University…
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News
Classmate Gives Birth To A Unicorn
ByAdmin September 27, 2022April 22, 2023
The Boston business press proudly announced that “After dry spell, Boston has a new unicorn.” (A “unicorn” is a startup valued at over a billion dollars.) The profile is of David Friend, ’69, who founded his company – Wasabi Technologies — in 2017 and just closed a funding round of $250 million at a company value of $1.1 billion. This is David’s seventh company and his biggest. He also has been a long-time Yale supporter,…
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Op-Ed
When an election rigging was real: A N.Y. story
ByJim Sleeper September 26, 2022April 22, 2023
[Op-Ed] Author’s Note: I learned it when I watched some Democrats rigging an election 40 years ago. Today’s Republican Party is anti-democratic (as well as anti-Democratic) in a reactionary – “populist” way that’s trending toward fascism, but the harder, subtler truth — new to many in America’s neoliberal chattering classes — is that many ordinary […]
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In Memoriam
Update: Memorial held for John Eric Nelson
ByTed Van Dyke September 25, 2022April 22, 2023
This was initially posted when John died in February 2020. The memorial service was postponed twice for COVID but was finally held on September 25th. Here is a YouTube recording of the service. Several classmates attended; Ted Van Dyke and Steve Haworth both spoke (at 16:07 and 22:02, respectively).
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Potpourri
Recording: A Crisis in Today’s Republican Party?
ByArthur Segal September 23, 2022April 22, 2023
If you’re experiencing daily headaches and anxiety from the constant drumbeat of news related to the upcoming midterm elections, the daily exposure of ever more surprising revelations related to the seemingly unlawful behavior(s) of the former President, to the attacks upon our institutions and democracy, then you were justifiably optimistic turning to Class Colloquium # 15 for better understanding and a renewed sense of hopefulness. Once again the Class turned inwardly, to radio host and…
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In Memoriam
John Geoffrey O’Leary, September 21, 2022
ByWayne Willis September 21, 2022April 26, 2024
Editor’s Note:
John ran the music program for the 2019 Reunion; see Classmates In Concert>
As the Music Editor of Yale1969.org, he featured Rick Drost, Norm Zamcheck, John O’Leary, Derek Huntington, Mike Folz, the Plastic Visitation, the Lunatic Fringe and The Morning. He even supported The Whiffs CD (from 35th Reunion). Click thru to enjoy his writing and listen to the music!
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Announcements
WYBC classmates invite you to their alumni activities
ByKenneth Devoe September 19, 2022February 14, 2024
Earlier this year, a few ’69ers who were student broadcasters at WYBC organized some Zoom meetings to reconnect, reminisce and socialize a bit. We also hosted some substantive discussions about WYBC developments and updates on the radio industry more broadly.
We are inviting all classmates to listen to the zoom recordings of the previously recorded sessions and/or to add your name to the email list for this group. You do not have to be a former WYBC-er to join our group. Everyone is welcome.
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