From online sources: “James Vincent Minor III of Wilton, CT died unexpectedly on April 1, 2023 in Norwalk Hospital at the age of 75. Jim was born to Betty and Dr. James Vincent Minor II in Norwalk, CT. He is survived by his wife Andrea Byrne Minor, his three children, James Vincent Minor IV, Sister…
Is anyone else in the class composing and performing original music? How about all the folks who serenaded us at the 50th — Classmates In Concert: Drost, Zamcheck, Bicknell? How about all you veterans of those wonderful acapella singing groups we enjoyed in the ’60s?
Michael Folz (who’s recovering from kidney replacement surgery!) and his wife Maureen have mastered a new piece of recording equipment and have created three new songs. Check ’em out! And here’s a playlist of all three songs.
Note: In 2012 I gave a talk to a group of Yale undergrads who gathered at the Yale War Memorial on Beinecke Plaza — about how liberal education, especially at elite institutions such as Yale, finesses but sometimes clarifies the difference between self-censorship that’s prompted by fear of a state, of corporate employers, and of other authorities versus a kind of self-censorship that’s prompted by the seductions of power, i.e., by calculating that …
William Charles (Bill) Pennington went to be with the Lord on July 14, 2023, surrounded by his loving family in Richardson, TX. He was 76 years old. Bill was born, along with his twin sister, Suzanne Marie, on March 28, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois to Charles Sheldon Pennington and Marcella Mary (Crossen) Pennington. He grew…
A few dozen classmates joined Host Art Segal and guest Art Klebanoff for a mid-summer afternoon Zoominar on “publishing,” as seen through the eyes of Art Klebanoff’s career as lawyer, agent and publisher. See Class Colloquium 18: Klebanoff – Publishing, “A Life in Publishing: 50 Years Spent Bringing the Facts of Life into Focus” for details on the program and Klebanoff’s bona fides.
Without further ado, here is the recording of the conversation:
Robert Horvitz worked as editor/translator on a beautiful book that was recently published, An Older and More Beautiful Belgrade: A Visual Chronicle of the Milosevic Era. It was named one of the best books of 2023 by Barnes and Noble.
Click through to see a superb summary of the book and get your copy of the book, which Robert has generously provided to those interested.
Bill Sacco writes: My book, Caribbean Coral Reefs: A Record of an Ecosystem Under Threat, was just released in April by Taylor and Francis Group, Routledge Press. [See Caribbean Coral Reef Book Published.] I spent the summers of 1968 and 1969 as a field assistant to a marine biologist working in Curaçao and Columbia, learned to photograph…
Join in a Class Colloquium featuring Art Klebanoff, who is still trailblazing new business models in the world of publishing. He shares his incredible journey in the thick of the NY publishing world and shares some observations about publishing today. Would-be authors and ALL readers will appreciate this look under the hood. Register now
Earlier this month our own Harold Mancusi-Ungaro, M.D. (’69, ’73 MD) was honored by the Yale Medical School with the DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD. The citation, reproduced below is very detailed and illuminates some impressive contributions to the Yale School of Medicine, and Yale more generally.
Update: With the impending Class Colloquium talk by Art Klebanoff, we are 1) issuing a “second call” for those people interested in writing their personal stories (see below), and 2) huddling as a group on a Zoom call on the day before Art’s talk — July 10th. Several people (listed below) have indicated an interest.
Please click on this Doodle poll to indicate which hours you are available. On Thursday, July 6, we’ll select the best time and confirm.
Increasingly, classmates are creating really interesting essays, music, paintings, presentations, playlists, plays, podcasts and other creations we are calling “Works” (as in “works of art”).
Coupled with the existing categories of Op-Eds and Books, this website can serve as a display case where classmates can share their “Works” with classmates. Hopefully, the viewers, readers, listeners, etc. will give some feedback in the comments.
Michael Folz and his wife Maureen collaborated with our Norm Zamchek (piano) and Paul Severtson (violin) to produce — over the internet — an original that Michael wrote: If I Were To Call You. The production values are quite good, and it’s hosted here on Yale1969.org for your listening pleasure.
from Melissa S. Mundell, Lee’s wife: I just sent an email of an obituary for my husband, Lee Carter Mundell, (See below) Afterwards I thought of some other things I should submit, in case they could be published as well. Lee worked at WYBC in those 1960s years when music was changing so dramatically. He…
Editor’s Note: Jamie wanted to share his appreciation of some medical mentors and his regimen for optimizing his metabolic health.
The metabolic health which I am now blessed to enjoy by the grace of God is the consequence of my extremely careful following of the guidance of Dr. Andreas […]
Nicholas (aka Nick) Hawkin was a bit older than the rest of us, and he carried himself with a grace and wit that were truly enviable. His father was an Oxford grad and a British diplomat assigned to various offices in Mexico and South America. His mother was Peruvian, and Nick was educated in South…
On May 16th, Classmate Eliot Norman shared his journey, moving from ‘one form of practice (law) to another (piano)‘ as his primary retirement activity. Organizing his remarks around Chopin’s astonishing Prelude No. 24, “Of Blood. Of Earthly Pleasure … of Death,” Eliot wove together Chopin’s personal journey and Eliot’s own. In truth, Eliot has played…
