Yale Class of 1969 – Page 15 – Class of 1969

In Memoriam
James Stanford Nippes, May 16, 2022
ByAdmin May 21, 2022April 22, 2023
Editor’s Note: The Hopkins School in New Haven was Jim’s high school, and here are some remembrances from his HS friends, as well as some pix from their 50th reunion in 2015.
James (Jim) Stanford Nippes died unexpectedly Monday evening, May 16, 2022, at his home in Madison, Mississippi. Jim was born on July 10, 1947, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1965; from Yale University in 1969 with a double major in Physics and History; and from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1973. After receiving an LLM Degree in …
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Potpourri
Dan Yergin: Recording, chat and transcript from Class Colloquium 14
ByAdmin May 21, 2022April 22, 2023
About 200 Yalies assembled for an hour to listen to, and interrogate, Dan Yergin (’68) on the current state of geopolitics, markets and climate-motivated transitions of the oil and gas markets.
Read More Dan Yergin: Recording, chat and transcript from Class Colloquium 14
Reunion Reflections
Good genes are nice, but joy is better
ByAdmin May 21, 2022April 22, 2023
Note: What leads to happiness? At a session exploring this question at our 45th reunion (2014), we explored a longitudinal study of 268 Ivy grads from the Class of ’38. This article recapitulates and updates those findings. Spoiler alert: it’s all about relationships.
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In Memoriam
Charles P. Resor, April 24, 2022
ByDaniel Seiver May 19, 2022April 22, 2023
Chuck Resor, longtime valley resident, conservationist, co-founder of Jackson Youth Skating and inventor of the Flashmaster, died April 24 at his home in Jackson. He was 75. The following was provided by his family.
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Announcements
Class Colloquium#14, Energy Expert Daniel Yergin on Energy, Climate, and Geopolitics (May 19^th)
ByAdmin May 2, 2022April 22, 2023
Gas prices spiking at the pump, war in Ukraine, Russia versus the U.S., new threats of nuclear weapons. Once again the world is on edge with a global energy crisis. (Remember OPEC and long gas lines in the ’70s?)
These dangerous developments come on top of transformative changes in energy markets – fracking and the shale revolution, cost-effective renewables, China and India becoming big-time players, a new race for critical minerals used in new technologies.
Dan Yergin ’68, energy expert (yes, the one you’ve seen on TV), will brief us on what is actually going on – and what it means for us – and answer your questions. Be sure to register now for the May 19^th zoominar.
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Class Notes
Class Notes, May-Jun 2022
ByDaniel Seiver May 1, 2022July 2, 2023
The good news: the mailbag is empty, so no bad news to report. The bad news: there is no good news to report. Your scribe has therefore raided the class website to report on the activities of Bruce Bolnick, who has written about his “second act” in tax preparation. A worthy undertaking, Bruce! Quoting Bruce: “Want an excellent mental challenge to hold off cerebral atrophy? Here’s one you might want to consider. First, a bit of…
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Potpourri
Rejecting The Nature/Culture Dichotomy – An interview with Robert Horvitz
ByAdmin April 28, 2022April 22, 2023
Robert Horvitz is an Exhibitor at a new show sponsored by Lisbon’s Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology. This is a published interview with him, with lots of pictures from his days as art director of The Whole Earth Catalog. Click through for pix of geodesic domes, inflatable houses, pasted-up pages of Whole Earth, a young Stewart Brand, and an even younger Robert Hovitz — along with some thoughtful comments on the role of art.
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Potpourri
Eliot Norman and Friends in Concert
ByAdmin April 27, 2022April 22, 2023
[Update 5/4/2022: Recording of the concert available.]
Eliot will play solo favorites from Bach/Marcello to Chopin and Brahms, livestreamed on the library’s YouTube channel. Harry Wise on trumpet, too!
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In Memoriam
Scott Herstin, April 14, 2022
ByNed Culver April 14, 2022April 22, 2023
Classmate, roommate and old friend Scott Herstin died of a heart attack Thursday, April 14, in Naples FL, following a period of declining health, including a failed kidney for which he had received a transplant. He was 75 years old. He is survived by two daughters, Hillary Mone and Sara de Groot and five grandchildren. He is also survived by his former wife and close friend Marilynn Core, of Fort Myers, FL. A memorial service…
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Op-Ed
The Case for a Nuclear Renaissance
ByJeff Wheelwright March 29, 2022April 22, 2023
Retiring existing plants, especially a problem-free facility like Diablo Canyon in California, will aggravate the real problems: energy dependence and climate change.
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Around The Web
Yale Cuts Ties With the Sacklers Over Opioid Disaster
ByAdmin March 10, 2022April 22, 2023
from The Daily Beast Purdue Pharma has donated millions of dollars to Yale University including endowing two professorships and a program in the sciences. Mathew Murphy Senior News Editor Published Mar. 09, 2022 12:16PM ET Yale is severing ties with the Sackler family, the founders of pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma, which has donated millions of dollars to the university. “In 2021, the University made a decision to pursue a separation from the Sackler name and has been…
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Potpourri
Video & Transcript for Class Colloquium 13: Depression
ByAdmin March 9, 2022September 5, 2023
Here is the video of Jerry’s talk and Q&A. It was VERY well-received.
For those who just want an audio recording, it is also attached.
We’ve also included the questions posed in the chat window, as well as a transcript auto-generated by the speech-to-text software that generated closed captions for the session.
Read More Video & Transcript for Class Colloquium 13: Depression
Books
Seltzer Extends Productivity Streak: Publishes To Gether Tales
ByAdmin March 7, 2022April 22, 2023
Classmate Richard Steltzer extends his string of well-received fiction with the March 4th release of To Gether Tales.. No, that’s not a typo. Read more to see the explanation for the title and the prescient reflections on/in/about the current pandemic.
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Around The Web
Yale Prof Timothy Snyder, Yuval Harari and Anne Applebaum on Ukraine
ByAdmin March 3, 2022April 22, 2023
Editor’s Note: This is a very intelligent, interesting discussion of the Ukraine situation. Personally, I’m proud that Snyder teaches at Yale.
Read More Yale Prof Timothy Snyder, Yuval Harari and Anne Applebaum on Ukraine
Op-Ed
Too much reality: Putin’s Ukraine invasion summons Europe’s dark past
ByJim Sleeper March 2, 2022April 22, 2023
Editor’s Note: This is a recent Op-Ed published by a classmate. Send in any that YOU have had published recently.
Putin must be stopped by force, and his American apologists must be thoroughly discredited, much as Hitler and Mussolini and their American apologists and collaborators were, even if doing so requires pain and sacrifice from the rest of us.

What T.S. Eliot called “very much reality” doesn’t stop there. […]
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Around The Web
Yale School of Public Health to become independent school
ByAdmin March 1, 2022April 22, 2023
from Becker’s Hospital Review Cailey Gleeson (Twitter) – Friday, February 25th, 2022 The Yale School of Public Health will transition into a self-supporting, independent school, and its leaders have pledged $150 million of endowment toward the school’s teaching, research and practice, they said Feb. 24. The organizational changes were based on input from the school community through listening sessions, meetings and written correspondence over the past few months, they said. The school has operated as a department within Yale’s…
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