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Frank Jared Sprole – 50th Reunion Essay

Frank Jared Sprole 16 Trails End Rd Wilton, CT 06897 jerrysprole@gmail.com 203-644-2571 cell; 203-762-8225 Spouse(s): Katherine Blakeslee (1969–1988), Beth Bridge (1991) Child(ren): Jared K. Sprole (1970) Ann Sprole Cheston (1973) Robert B. Sprole, (1976), Sarah J. Sprole (1995), Madison P. Sprole (1997), Ethan S. Sprole (2001) Grandchild(ren): Katherine Cheston (200), Aiden Sprole (2003), Julia Cheston (2005), Robert Sprole (2006), Tristan Sprole (2006), Avery Sprole (2009), Blakeslee Sprole 2009, Emmerson Sprole 2012, Logan Sprole 2016 Education:…

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James Spellerberg – 50th Reunion Essay

James Spellerberg 123 Lansdale Ave. Fairfax, CA 94930 jimspellerberg@aya.yale.edu 415 459-6260 Spouse(s): Susan Lundy Child(ren): Gregory Education: UNC-Chapel Hill, U of Iowa (PhD) Career: Asst Prof Ohio State U; motion picture advertising; software development and design College: Berkeley After 50 years, a deadline looming, another Yale paper due! Yale was not a formative experience for me. I was 16 when I first visited campus, the guest of the brother of a fellow senior at my…

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Hartley S. Spatt – 50th Reunion Essay

Hartley S. Spatt 237 Great Neck Road Great Neck, NY 11021 hss24@aol.com 516-652-7630 Spouse(s): Wendy Spatt, since (1971) Child(ren): Martin (1977), Samantha (1980) Grandchild(ren): Marley (2010, Juliette (2011), Madden (2013), Daisy (2013), Nate (2016) Education: MA NYU, 1971; MA, PhD. Johns Hopkins 1975 Career: SUNY Maritime College, 1976-2016: State University Distinguished Teaching Professor, 2004 — Avocations: writing; sports; games of chance College: Timothy Dwight When I arrived at Yale in the fall of 1965, I…

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Paul Spata III – 50th Reunion Essay

Paul Spata III 1653 Linden St. East Lansing, MI 48823-3717 paulspata@comcast.net 517-282-9423 cell Spouse(s): Susan M. London Child(ren): April Camille Spata (1973–2003) Education: Michigan State University, BA, Sociology, 1971; Michigan State University, Master of Social Work, 1985 Career: 3 years as production/circulation staff for weekly newspaper; 30 years with the Michigan Dept. of Social Services as caseworker, supervisor, and administrator. Avocations: I have played basketball weekly for the last 35 years. I drive a plug-in…

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James Blakeman Spamer – 50th Reunion Essay

James Blakeman Spamer Date of Death: 4-Jul-2000 College: Davenport From Google Books: James Blakeman Spamer, The Kenning and the Kend Heiti: A Contrastive Study of Periphrasis in 2 Germanic Poetic Traditions, 1977.” From Brown University (via Nick Bellotto): He began his career in academia as an associate professor of English at UC Davis from 1977 to 1982, but in 1983 he received his doctor of jurisprudence degree from Texas Technical University, where he was an…

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Bob Santulli – 50th Reunion Essay

Bob Santulli Hanover, NH 03755 rbs@dartmouth.edu (603)-252-2565 Spouse(s): Linda D. Santulli (1978) Child(ren): Stephen (1982), Liza (1989) Education: Columbia U College of Physicians and Surgeons MD 1973 Career: Practicing psychiatrist in NYC area from 1978–1990. Then joined the faculty of Dartmouth, and eventually became a geriatric psychiatrist, specializing in Alzheimer’s disease. Retired from Practice 2014. Now Teach at Dartmouth College. Avocations: Outdoors; music. Thanks to my History of Music courses at Yale. College: Morse Like…

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Aviam Soifer – 50th Reunion Essay

Aviam Soifer 1589 Alencastre St. Honolulu, HI 96816 soifer@hawaii.edu 808-295-3488 Spouse(s): Marlene Joan Booth (1969) Child(ren): Raphael Moshe Booth Soifer (1981) ,Mira Shulamit Booth Soifer (1985) Education: Yale College, BA, 1969; Yale City Planning Department, Master’s of Urban Studies, 1972; Yale Law School, JD, 1972 National Service: Career: Law clerk, Federal District Court Judge Jon O. Newman, 1972–1973; law teacher, University of Connecticut, 1973-79; Boston University School of Law, 1979–1993; Dean, Boston College Law School,…

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Theodore P. Snow – 50th Reunion Essay

Theodore P. Snow 511 Eisenhower Dr. Louisville, CO 80027 tsnow@casa.colorado.edu Spouse(s): Constance M. Snow (1969) Child(ren): McGregor A. Snow (1979), Tyler M. Snow (1983), Reilly A. Snow (1985) Grandchild(ren): Parker Snow (2011); Declan Snow (2014) Education: Yale, BA (1969); University of Washington, MS (1970); University of Washington PhD (1973) Career: Research job at Princeton (1973–1977); faculty position at the University of Colorado (1977–2014 [Emeritus 2014 on]). Avocations: Swimming, golf (before my stroke; pun intended) College:…

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Richard Kent Smith – 50th Reunion Essay

Richard Kent Smith 26 Abbott Lane Wilton, Connecticut 06897 richard.kent.smith@gmail.com Spouse(s): Vivien Orbach-Smith (1982) Child(ren): Tahlia (Orbach-Smith) Tartakovsky (1984); Arielle (Orbach-Smith) Tartakovsky (1987); Jacob Orbach-Smith (1991). Grandchild(ren): Margot Rivkah Tartakovsky (2014); Nava Daisy Tartakovsky (2016); Eliezer (“Lazer”) Irving Leva (2017). Education: Yale College, BA (Anthropology), 1975 National Service: VISTA (Volunteers in Service of America), 1967–’68 Career: Principal, W.R.T. Smith Builders, Inc., general contractor in residential, commercial and institutional construction, specializing in historical restorations throughout Fairfield…

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Michael Emery Smith – 50th Reunion Essay

Michael Emery Smith Date of death: 23-Apr-2018 College: Silliman (This memorial appeared in the September 2018 Class Notes.) Michael Emery Smith died at home with his family by his side after a short, but hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. Here is what we know: Michael’s career was mostly in commercial banking. Michael was an involved member of his community as part of the MDI Lions Club and served on boards of various local charitable…

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Lamar Seeligson Smith – 50th Reunion Essay

Lamar Seeligson Smith 419 E. Hathaway San Antonio, TX 78209 lamarsmith21@gmail.com 202-716-9622 Spouse(s): Elizabeth L. Schaefer Child(ren): Nell Smith, Tobin Smith Grandchild(ren): Ramsey Smith, Calder Smith Education: Yale, BA, 1969; SMU, JD, 1975 Career: attorney, state representative, county commissioner, Member of Congress (1987–2019) Avocations: tennis, hiking, boating College: Ezra Stiles A majority of those 50 years (32) were spent in Congress, another ten in local and state government. As John Adams supposedly said, “Politics is…