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Thomas L. Reed, Jr. – 50th Reunion Essay

Thomas L. Reed, Jr. 1917 Hibiscus Street Sarasota, FL 34239 reedt@dickinson.edu 603-276-0863 Spouse(s): Dorothy Grant Reed (1987) Child(ren): Abigail Stuart Reed (1988) and Daniel Walker Reed (1992) Education: Yale University, BA, 1969; University of Virginia, MA 1970, PhD 1978 Career: Professor of English Literature and Film at Dickinson College Avocations: Writing, walking in familiar and exotic places, travel College: Saybrook Gearing up for this second quarter-century update, I did two bits of research. First, I…

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Thomas J. Reed – 50th Reunion Essay

Thomas J. Reed 230 West End Avenue New York, NY 10023 tumblereed@aol.com 212-861-1123 Education: Yale University, BA 1969; Princeton University, MPA 1971 Career: Adjunct Faculty, New School Univ./Parsons and NYU School of Professional Studies: teaching, Illustrator/Photoshop. NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene, 36+ years: materials developer/designer, program evaluator/analyst/director. NYC Addiction Services Agency, 4+ years: researcher/evaluator/analyst Avocations: Art, design, teaching, computer graphics. Wrote and illustrated a children’s book. Political cartooning. College: Berkeley As our 50th…

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William Russell-Shapiro – 50th Reunion Essay

William Russell-Shapiro San Francisco, CA brs@absinthe.com 415-430-6508 Spouse(s): Alice Russell-Shapiro (1973) Child(ren): Madeleine Nina Russell-Shapiro (1977); William Haas Russell-Shapiro (1979) Education: BA Yale, 1969; Master of City Planning, MIT, 1975 Career: Urban Planner, 1975–1982; restaurateur 1982–present Avocations: family, reading, occasional travel to old cities, architecture, politics. College: Pierson I’m the grandson of four immigrants whose parents were peasants, some of them persecuted. My parents rode educational opportunity to eventual, not immediate, successful suburban comfort, to…

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Thomas W. Russell – 50th Reunion Essay

Thomas W. Russell 3201 Virginia Avenue South St. Louis Park, MN 55426 952-933-1986 Education: DFA, Yale Drama School Career: Editor, On Film magazine; Professor of English, Shakespeare, and Cinema, University of Minnesota, Clemson University College: Berkeley Define your career? Yegadz! How intimidating, especially when the starring role arguably came right after college. But then, that college was Yale… Though, rigorous honesty, I only got into Yale on the second try. But then, as the Berkeley…

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Hanon William Russell – 50th Reunion Essay

Hanon William Russell 21 Dock Rd. Milford, CT 06460 hwr@russell-enterprises.com 203-710-7663 Spouse(s): Katherine Flynn (1970–1984); Nancy Kierstead (1993) Child(ren): Benjamin, (1974); Rebecca, (1976) Grandchild(ren): Joseph (J.P.) (2014) Education: Western New England School of Law, JD 1979 Career: Real estate agent 1972–1976; Attorney 1979–2003); Owner, Russell Enterprises (1986–present), publisher of chess books; Owner, DGT North America (2002–present), importer of electronic chess clocks and related items Avocations: Chess, Music, Baseball College: Ezra Stiles After graduation, I spent…

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James A. Rubright – 50th Reunion Essay

James A. Rubright 3435 Woodhaven Road Atlanta, GA 30305 rubright65@gmail.com Spouse(s): Mary Angelich Rubright (1987) Child(ren): Noah Michael (1970–2005), Benjamin James (1972), Jamie Rubright Lurie (1975), Nathaniel Dru (1980), James McCurdy (1993), William Angelich (1998) Grandchild(ren): Eleanor Lurie, Caroline Lurie, Emily Rubright, Michael Rubright Education: Yale BA 1969, University of VA, JD 1972 Career: Financings and M&A, King & Spalding law firm, Atlanta, 1972–1993; various executive positions Sonat, Inc. 1994–1999; CEO RockTenn (now Westrock) 1999–2013…

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Alexander Rechter – 50th Reunion Essay

Alexander Rechter 5 Hasadot Road Kfar Shmaryahu, Israel 4691000 ar@rechter.co.il +972 54 423 3312 Spouse(s): Iwona Janicka-Rechter, (2007) Child(ren): Yael Rechter (1977), Dafna Jenny Rechter, (1984), Daniel Meir Rechter, (1986), Olivia Gerula-Rechter, (2008), Eva Maya Rechter (2012) Grandchild(ren): Ella Ponyo Rechter-Cohen, b. (2014) Education: Yale College, BA, 1969, Tel Aviv University, LLB, 1980. National Service: Lieutenant-Colonel, Israel Defence Forces, 1969–1972 (national service), 1972–2002 (reserves). Career: Law practice (1980–1987). Business in real estate and renewable energy…

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Michael Stephen Rubinovitz – 50th Reunion Essay

Michael Stephen Rubinovitz Date of Death: 30-Apr-2009 College: Pierson (From the 25th Reunion Classbook) Work: Associate Director of Development, Corporate and Foundation Giving, Dance Theater Foundation, Inc. Loves: Tennis, lobster Newburg, and Morgan persons. Losses: My happy youth, my piano, and my Shetland wool sweater. Achievements: My return to sanity and surviving Yale. Disappointments: My return to sanity and surviving Yale. Education Honors: Marchesi Solfeg Award, 1984; Zwergtanz Honorarium, Munich Feenbund, 1981; Croix Des Muets,…

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Phillip H. Rubin – 50th Reunion Essay

Phillip H. Rubin phil@legalmaster.com Spouse(s): Laurie Leiber (1987) Child(ren): Sarah Church (1982) and Jacob Rubin (1989) Grandchild(ren): still waiting College: Timothy Dwight About eight years after graduation, I wrote a bit of software in my bedroom and turned it into a 40-plus-year career. I still enjoy the process, though perhaps not with the pioneering fervor of the early years. I have a wonderful wife who is much more engaged in the world than am I;…