Major Delays on I-95 Predicted for Reunion Weekend

Major Delays on I-95 Predicted for Reunion Weekend

The bridge carrying US 1 across I-95 at Exit 9 of the Connecticut Turnpike, in Stamford, will be replaced this coming weekend, causing all traffic on I-95 to be diverted.   (Google map of the affected interchange is here.) Here is how traffic will be diverted from 11 PM Friday night thru 5 AM Monday morning: I-95.  Those familiar with how congested I-95 can get on weekends know this will cause major delays.  One classmate, who…

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Notes to Self

The 1969 Class Survey included the following question: “If you could write a note to your 1969 self, what would it say? (50 words or less, please)” Herewith is a small sampling of your advice to your 1969 selves… For a small-town boy from the Texas Panhandle, you did all right, in large part because you married over your head. Leave Yale and find a college more suited to you.  Yale is little more than…

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Time and Change

Time and change shall naught avail To break the friendships formed at Yale. We learned a lot in class, for sure, and in the books we read—both those we were assigned and those we found on our own. In our research, a discovery narrowly sought led us down dim corridors toward unimagined illuminations. We learned that learning is a labyrinth, and our teachers taught us, offering themselves in example, the exhilaration of exploring it. That…

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That 29-29 Game

(with all due deference to Poe’s The Raven) Ah distinctly I recall,  50 years ago this fall, just when we thought we’d won it all, in the Game that turned to lore. All the years have not erased,  not removed, not effaced the memories of what took place: that outcome and that score! Yale was winning, charging, leading, Crimson was retreating, bleeding. The Yale side cheers were overheating,  building to a deafening roar. It seemed…

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Fifty Years of Change in Book Publishing

When we graduated in 1969: We had spent four years with assigned reading from books available only in printed form. We probably bought those books at the Yale Co-op, an independent store owned by the University. New Haven had few other bookstores we would frequent and no chain bookstores. The immense resources of Sterling Library meant that we could do pretty much any research we could imagine on campus. We could not research or access…

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High School Harry; West Coast; Negro; “Achieved Success at Yale”

How Yale enabled a confident naif to game “success.” Above descriptions proposed as applying to me were suggested to merit a class essay of broader scope. This being somewhat a soapbox—irresistible to a Yalie, no?—, here goes. If nothing else, material to guide one into the precious (love mine!) late afternoon nap. First, from perspective of one who’s thus far fended off two episodes of the Big C, if reading this, you’re successful! You probably…

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Group Portrait in Broad Strokes: Results of the Class of 1969 50th Reunion Survey

Class surveys have been a regular feature of 50th reunions for years, and—as we have with so many traditions—Yale ‘69ers might well wonder what purposes this elaborate group ritual might serve. The reunion committee had several purposes clearly in mind: to gather information that would inform several invited essays planned for this volume; to activate interest in class affairs as a prelude to the reunion itself; and to take the measure of where we stand…

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The Yale Daily News

excerpts with commentary Although freshman year could have been justifiably regarded as an oasis of calm, our subsequent undergraduate years (along with 1970) probably constituted the most tumultuous period at Yale (and many other American college campuses) since World War II. The controversial and escalating Vietnam War, the prospect of compulsory service in it following our college careers, the fervent political activity to “dump Johnson” and end the War, the black (and to some extent)…

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Healthcare in America: One Physician’s Perspective

I practiced medicine for forty years before retiring in the spring of 2017. I had flourished in my work, enjoying the challenges even in the most demanding moments. I loved virtually every phase of my career and felt privileged to have the opportunity to care for patients. Beyond the long hours and perpetual sleeplessness, and despite the insatiable demands of the healthcare bureaucracy, I found an inner sense of purposefulness, honor, and responsibility in having…

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For Whom, for country, and for Yale? Religion and spirituality in the Class of 1969

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Proverbs 9:10 “Urim and thummim.” Yale seal (Hebrew script meaning either “lights and perfections” or “curses and blessings” depending on translation – see Exodus 28:30)   “Acquire the Holy Spirit, and a thousand around you will be saved.” St Seraphim of Sarov “Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux.” Camus (“One must imagine Sisyphus as happy.”)   In a way, this essay reflects a journey of discovery….

John Bernard Waldman – 50th Reunion Essay
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John Bernard Waldman – 50th Reunion Essay

John Bernard Waldman 1183 Krumkill Road Slingerlands, NY 12159 drjbwaldman@icloud.com 518-495-2222 Spouse(s): Marjorie (Muffi) Payne Waldman (1969) Child(ren): Aaron Everett (Rett) Waldman (1972), Marjory (Jory) Waldman, 1975 Degrees:Albany Medical College, MD, 1973 Career: Residency in Neurological Surgery, Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany Medical College, 1973-1979; Fellowships in Pediatric Neurosurgery at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto 1980 and Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 1980; Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Albany Medical College 1979- 2012 College: Saybrook…

Announcing Downloadable Copy of Program (as of 5/23)

Announcing Downloadable Copy of Program (as of 5/23)

Here are four downloadable versions of the Schedule, full or summary, .doc or .pdf. Click or right-click and “save target as” to get your copy of the program.
* Detailed Version (title, time, place, teacher and blurb) – in .doc and .pdf formats.
* Summary Version (same as above, but no blurb) – in .doc and .pdf formats.

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Alan L. Zaur – 50th Reunion Essay

Alan L. Zaur 128 Trillium Hill Montpelier, Vermont 05602 AlanZaur@comcast.net 802-223-4176 or 802 272-8913 Spouse(s): Karen Berkman Zaur (1969) Child(ren): Isaac Zaur (1977), Nathaniel Zaur (1980) Grandchild(ren): Jean Marie Zaur (2005), Sophie Marie Zaur (2006), Natalie Marie Zaur (2013) Education: Hahnemann Medical College Drexel University, MD 1975 Career: Private practice of adult and adolescent psychiatry 37 years Avocations: Amateur Radio, volunteer at free community medical clinic, hiking, learning to cook, physics and mathematics College: Silliman…

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Richard W. Zalar Jr., MD – 50th Reunion Essay

Richard W. Zalar Jr., MD 8300 Delmar Boulevard #518 University City, Missouri 63124 Rzalar@aol.com Spouse(s): 1st marriage: (1975–1985). Paula Zuk (1987) Education: Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, 1969–1973, MD degree. Los Angeles County; University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Internship/Residency, 1973–1977 Career: Clinical Practice Obstetrics and Gynecology for 20 years, Chairman of OB Department, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, California 1993–1994. Published Research on Prevention of Premature Birth…

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Richard Lee Zahn – 50th Reunion Essay

Richard Lee Zahn 3357 Brush Creek Road Oklahoma City, OK 73120 rlzahn47@outlook.com 405-818-6793 Spouse(s): Linda Meinig Zahn, (1969) Child(ren): Stephen (1971), Brian (1974), Emily (1978) Grandchild(ren): Regan Zahn (1998), Addie Zahn (2001), Carson Zahn (2003), Campbell Zahn (2005), Peyton Braly (2009), Corbin Braly (2011) Education: Stanford University MBA 1974 National Service: Lt., US Navy ’69–’72 Career: Banker/Investment Banker 8 years, Entrepreneur 12 years, Consultant/Coach. Board Member 25 years Avocations: Golf, Watching Grandkids play sports, College…