We have received word that Robert Eisenhauer, Morse ’69, passed away in the summer. He was one of our “fallen away” classmates … he never attended any of the reunions, didn’t maintain email or other contact information with the Yale Alumni office, and he didn’t submit anything to the 25th Reunion Essays or the 50th Reunion ClassBook. Accordingly, we don’t know much. If you do, please post your information or recollections in the Comments. According…
from New Haven Register Outbreak elevates Yale COVID alert level, quarantines students By Jim Shay, Nov. 7th, 2020 NEW HAVEN — Students in three Yale University residential colleges have been asked to quarantine and sports activities have been suspended for the weekend after a surge in COVID-19 cases, school officials said. On Friday, Yale also raised its COVID-alert status from yellow to orange. The change in status means no visitors are allowed on campus, travel is strongly discouraged,…
Two of our most iconic classmates, Brian Dowling and Calvin Hill, thrilled us as students and graduated into the ranks of professional sports and successful careers.
Join them and your Yale classmates on December 9th for a Zoom discussion of the evolving role of the student-athlete at places like Yale — and at the Division I colleges where nationally competitive sports are more dominant features of campus life. Needless to say, a LOT has changed over the years!
Be sure to register in advance (do it now!) for the 12/9/20 event, 4 PM Eastern.
Bill Stanisich, a lifelong San Fransisco artist and educator, has had one of his paintings chosen for exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. The painting is entitled Massacre Orlando Pulse Bar. It commemorates the 2016 hate crime in which 49 souls were killed and 58 wounded, the deadliest single mass shooting to that point in US history. “I chose a line from Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” explained Stanisich, ”to…
Editor’s Note: This is an interview from The Wall Street Journal.
Howard Newman, co-founder of private-equity firm Pine Brook, believes the winner of Tuesday’s presidential election should pursue a bigger role for the U.S. in the global fight against climate change and that the nation’s abundant natural-gas supply can be a means to that end.
Mr. Newman spoke to WSJ Pro about some of the energy policies he’d like to see the next administration adopt.
Your scribe has been notified of four more deaths of classmates: Jerry Schnitt, Gregory Kampalas, Morrison Bonpasse and Gene Buzzard.
Steve Bemis forwarded this New Haven Register obituary: “Jerome M. Schnitt, MD (“Jerry”), 73, of Guilford, CT passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, June 9, 2020 after a decade-long battle with cancer….An academic by nature, Jerry graduated from Yale University (Trumbull College) in 1969 before attending Medical School at West Virginia University. He subsequently completed his psychiatric residency […]
Here is the recording of Class Colloquium 6, Akhil Amar on the constitution.
We opened this event up to Yale classes 67 – 73 and had almost 500 registrants! Given the impending election, the crowd was restive, but Professor Amar, a gifted teacher, gave us a great context with which to view current events.
wsj.com Yale’s David Swensen Puts Money Managers on Notice About Diversity By Juliet Chung Close Juliet Chung Biography Juliet.Chung@wsj.com and Dawn Lim The national discussion over race has resulted in an accelerated push for diversity on boards and in companies across the U.S. It has also prompted some investors to look at investment management, one of the least diverse fields on Wall Street. A 2019 study commissioned by the Knight Foundation found women- and minority-owned firms…
Quent had a truly generous spirit to go along with a consistently sweet disposition. He was a marvelous storyteller and had a wonderful, dry sense of humor. As Robb High once said, Quent “could make a stone laugh.” Those of us clueless social science majors who stumbled through astronomy junior year recall Quent’s […]
Editor’s Note: This is an op-ed published by classmate George Priest, a professor at Yale Law School.
The U.S. Justice Department and 11 states filed an antitrust claim against Google Tuesday alleging illegal monopolization. The lawsuit follows the release earlier this month of a voluminous report by the House Judiciary Committee arguing that the four major U.S. internet platforms—Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook —are monopolies and ought to be broken […]
Today, Friday, October 16th, The Trial of the Chicago 7 premieres on Netflix. Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, it is a powerful movie that captures the emotion and excitement of being alive in 1969. That was our time.
Fifty years ago, two of my movement friends and I produced the Tales of Hoffman which became the definitive edition of the transcript of the trial. […] This year, Simon and Schuster re-released it, renaming it The Trial of the Chicago 7. Aaron Sorkin has written an introduction to the new edition.
Sorkin also created a screenplay from the book; Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks and Netflix developed it into a film; and it was released today, quickly appearing on Netflix’ “trending …
“I arrived at Yale as a shy, socially awkward 17-year-old, from a Southern family of very modest means,” he wrote in the first sentence of his essay for the 50th reunion book. This is an old-fashioned way of opening a story of adventure and discovery, as Tom, an English major, knew.
From the Tulsa World Gene Carson Buzzard, aged 73, passed away on July 21, 2020, surrounded by his loving family at their home in Tulsa. He will be remembered by his family and many friends for his intellect, humor, curiosity, generosity, loyalty, general gusto, and for living his life with joy. His enthusiastic dance style placed him in high demand as a wedding guest, and his unconventional approach to mechanical matters often yielded surprising results….
On October 28th at 1:30 pm Eastern, Yale Law Professor Akhil Amar will present trenchant observations about the Executive Branch and his recent research into the Vice Presidency and the Constitution. With a possible electoral crisis in November, having his views and live Q&A may be especially salient.
Join us on the 28th and see why Professor Amar won the DeVane Medal for teaching as well as the Sterling chair for scholarship. Register in advance now.
Where is the first place you’ll travel once air travel is totally unrestricted? Why?
Go down to the “Comments” area at the bottom of this post and list the destination and why you chose it. And check out where your friends are heading post-pandemic!
Editor’s Note: This is a summary and video of Professor Markovits’ presentation and Q&A .
The first Colloquium featuring a speaker from the Yale faculty didn’t shy away from challenging some basic assumptions about our “elite education.”
Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits brought his new book, his grasp of econometrics, and his A-game to our September 30th Class Colloquium.
