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    Banner Bio – John Adams

    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 List, 1965-66 (fall term); Daniel G. Tenney Memorial Scholarship, 1966-69. Resident: Berkeley (Arts Festival, 1967). Undergraduate Schools Committee, 1965-69; Eli…

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    Banner Bio – Frank Adams

    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: Ezra Stiles (Dramatics, 1968). Future study: Physics. Future occupation: Theoretical Physicist. Address: 769 Reddoch Street, Memphis, Tennessee 38117

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    Banner Bio – Paul Abrams

    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. Resident: Ezra Stiles (College Council, Elected Representative, 1968-69; Tackle Football, 1966,-68; Softball, 1967,-69; Table Tennis, 1967-69). Phi Beta Kappa; Student…

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    Banner Bio – Thomas L. Reed

    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, 1968-69; Anthologians Anonymous, 1968-69; Soccer, 1965-69, Captain, 1968; Softball, 1968-69). Class Gift Fund Solicitor, 1968. Roommates: Philip Garvin Rourke, David…

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    Banner Bio – Philipp von Türk

    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. St. Anthony Hall; Freshman Crew (150-lb.), 1965-66, numerals; Varsity Crew, 1966- 68. Future study: Law. Future occupation: Law. Address: 12 Dickel…

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    Banner Bio – Thomas McNamee

    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; Dean’s List, 1966-67 (spring term). Resident: Silliman. Fence Club, 1967-69. Roommates: Malcolm McDougal Brown, Robert Lyons Danly, Richard Booth Platt,…

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    Banner Bio – Thomas J. Reed

    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. Mather Scholarship, 1965-67, R. A. Robertson Scholarship, 1967-68. Magna cum laude. Phi Beta Kappa. Resident: Berkeley (Art Club, 1967-69, Social…

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    Banner Bio – Pancras Van Der Laan

    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, 1965-69, Scouting Chairman, 1968; Yale Marching Band, 1965-69. Roommate: John Jones Thomson. Future study: Medicine. Future occupation: Medicine, Pediatrics.

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    Banner Bio – John D. Cunningham

    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 Parents Association, 1967-68; Black Boycott, 1968. Future study: Psychology. Future occupation: Teaching and Research in Social Psychology. Address: 112 Palm…

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    Banner Bio – James Hammarsten

    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, William Allen Mackoff, Robert Stokes Wharton. Future study: Medicine. Future occupation: Physician. Address: 633 N. E. 14th Street, Oklahoma City,…

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    Banner Bio – Randall Straff

    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. Address: 11811 Edgewood Lane, Garden Grove, California 92640.

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    Banner Bio – Michael Harlow

    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. Address: P. O. Box 526, Meeker, Colorado 81641.

  • Mark Deitz, Deceased February 14, 1969 – Needs Content

    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…

  • Reginald (“Tod”) Wheeler, Deceased January 7, 1969

    (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 told us, because his father was drinking hot toddies when he was born.  This was part of his story. He…

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    Banner Bio – Harry Forsdick

    HARRY CLARKE FORSDICK. Born August 26, 1947 in New York, New York, son of Harry W. Forsdick and Helen E. Clarke Forsdick. Attended Garden City High School, Garden City, New York. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Engineering and Applied Science major; Dean’s List, 1965-66 (fall term). Resident: Pierson. Tau Beta Pi. Roommates: Steve Loewenberg, Roger Rahtz. Future study: Computer Science, Ph.D. Future occupation: Undecided. Address: 148 Cambridge Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530.