GEOFFREY ALLEN ANDERSON (Geoff). Born August 3, 1947 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, son of Roger Allen Anderson and Ruth Teninga Anderson. Attended Hinsdale Township’ High School, Hinsdale, Illinois. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. English major; Dean’s List, 1966-67. Resident: Saybrook. Freshman Glee Club, 1965-66, President 1965-66; Yale Bachelors, 1965-67; Yale Glee Club, 1966-69, Stage Manager 1967-68;…
CLIFTON L. ANDERSON (Clif). Born February 5, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, son of Flerbert L. Anderson and Jean Betty Clough Anderson. Attended University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, Illinois. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Mathematics major; Barge Third Prize in mathematics, 1966; Putnam Prize, honorable mention, in mathematics, 1966. Resident: Morse (Touch Football, 1968; Soccer,…
JOHN ROBERT ADAMS. Born November 23, 1946 in Saginaw, Michigan, son of Ann Cooper Adams. Attended Robert E. Lee School, Midland, Texas, and Robert E. Lee School, Houston, Texas; Texas A&M University, NSF Summer Institute, 1964. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Mathematics and Philosophy major; Andrew White Memorial Prize in historical writing, honorable mention, 1967; Dean’s…
FRANK WILSON ADAMS, JR. Born September 16, 1947 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, son of Frank Wilson Adams and Elaine Vaught Adams. Attended-Arlington Heights High School, Fort Worth, Texas, and White Station High School, Memphis, Tennessee. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Mathematics and Physics major; Dean’s List, 1966-67 (fall term); Ranking Scholar, 1965-66; National Merit Scholarship, 1965-69. Resident:…
PAUL GORDON ABRAMS. Born January 10, 1948 in New York, New York, son of Raymond Michael Abrams and Leonora Grossman Abrams. Attended North Senior High School, Great Neck, New York. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive Political Science and Economics major; Dean’s List, 1965-66, 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66, 1966-67 (spring term); Yale National Honorary Scholarship, 1965-66….
THOMAS LLOYD REED, JR. (Dylan). Born June 13, 1947 in Oberlin, Ohio, son of Thomas Lloyd Reed and Betsy Noyes Mook Reed. Attended Notre Dame International School, Rome, Italy, and Moses Brown School, Providence, Rhode Island. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. English major; Dean’s List, 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66 (spring term). Resident: Saybrook (Folk Singer’s Guild,…
GUSTAV CHRISTIAN OTTO PHILIPP VON TURK. Born March 9, 1947 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, son of A. Friedrich von Turk and Adelgunde Gruner von Turk. Attended Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, New York. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive History, the Arts, and Letters major; Dean’s List, 1965- 66 (fall term), 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66 (spring term). Resident: Davenport….
CHARLES THOMAS McNAMEE, III (Tom). Born July 31, 1947, in Memphis, Tennessee, son of Charles Thomas McNamee, Jr., and Gladys Runyan McNamee. Attended Whitehaven High School, Memphis, Tennessee. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive English major; Scholar of the House; Peter Wallace Memorial Prize in Fiction Writing. 1968; Academy of American Poets prize in Poetry, 1968;…
THOMAS JAMES REED. Born November 5, 1947 in New York, New York, son of Charles Claude Reed and Margo Ilse Zellner Reed. Graduated Trenton Central High School, Trenton, New Jersey. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. American Studies major; New York Yale Club Award for Freshman Achievement, 1966; Dean’s List, 1965-66, 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66; S. L….
PANCRAS HENRY VAN DER LAAN (Pan). Born June 22, 1947 in The Hague, Netherlands, son of Pancras Jacob Van der Laan and Rosetta Van der Laan. Attended James-ville-Dewitt High School, Dewitt, New York. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. English major; Dean’s List, 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66. Resident: Trumbull (Crew, 1967). Gibbs Society, 1967-69; Alpha Phi Omega,…
JOHN DAVID CUNNINGHAM. Born November 26, 1947 in New York, New York, son of the late James Wilbur Cunningham and Ethel May Mansfield Cunningham. Attended George Washington High School, San Francisco, California. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Psychology major. Resident: Timothy Dwight. Alpha Phi Omega, 1965-67; Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, 1967-68; Yale Friends of the Hill…
JAMES ERIC HAMMARSTEN (Jim). Born August 26, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, son of James Francis Hammarsten and Dorothea Marie Jung Hammarsten. Attended Mounds View High School, St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Russian Language and Literature major; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66. Resident: Timothy Dwight. Political Union, 1965-66; Yale Marching Band, 1966-68. Roommates: Jay Dean Castelli,…
RANDAiL JEFFREY STRAFF (Randy). Born January 22, 1947 in Oak Park, Illinois, son of Milton Straff and Marcella Konralinka Straff. Attended Garden Grove High School, Garden Grove, California. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. English major; Samuel & Anna Richardson Scholarship, 1965-69. Resident: Jonathan Edwards (Crew, 1966-68). Dramat, 1967-69. Roommate: David Allan Gates. Future occupation: Film Production….
MICHAEL GERALD HARLOW (Mike). Born April 15, 1948 in Rifle, Colorado, son of Gerald Vincent Harlow and Mary Deane Moulton Harlow. Attended Rifle High School, Rifle, Colorado. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Psychology major. Resident: Morse (Football, 1965-68, Captain, 1967-68; Crew, 1966-69, Captain, 1969). Roommates: Douglas Darif, Oliver Ireland (’68). Future study: Business—MBA. Future occupation: Executive….
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(Reginald Tremaine Wheeler III died on January 7, 1969. This memorial was submitted by Nathan Gans.) “There was Reginald Tremaine Wheeler III, and there was Tod Wheeler. Reginald Tremaine Wheeler III was the first person in his family to go to Yale. His predecessor Wheelers had all gone to Harvard. He was nicknamed Tod, he…
