Harold D. Price College: Pierson

David Charles Pressel 4120 Oak Park Rd Raleigh, NC 27612 dpressel@nc.rr.com 919-395-4872 Spouse(s): Leslie Bennett Pressel (1969) Child(ren): Katie Pressel Gillespie (1976), Abby Pressel (1979) Grandchild(ren): Bennett (2004), Logan (2007), Joe (2010), and Susanna (2013) Gillespie Education: BS YC ’69, MBA UNC ’73 National Service: SSgt, CTARNG, NCARNG, ’70–’76 Career: 35 years in R&D at Glaxo Smithkline Forty-nine years out of Yale College, my wife Leslie and I are retired and living in Raleigh, North…

Michael John Prather College: Trumbull

Tom Powers 1 Reynolds Court Normal, IL 61761 tpowers@ilstu.edu Education: La Salle High School, Yale (BA), San Francisco State University (MA), University of Iowa (ABD.) Career: Film teacher, author, magazine editor, academic advisor Avocations: Travel (harder now), Texas Hold ’Em College: Branford “So, you growing that beard to cover up your zits?” Actually, I was, though I was embarrassed to admit it. My tormentor that first week in Wright Hall turned out to be a…

Bruce Edward Poston Date of Death: 21-Oct-2014 College: Calhoun (This obituary appeared in the Knoxville News Sentinel and was reprinted on the Class Website.) Bruce Poston graduated from Case Western Reserve School of Law, and was a highly regarded trial attorney for criminal defense in Knoxville. Like his Irish ancestors, he was a born storyteller, and he excelled in the courtroom with his quick-witted sense of humor and his ability to connect with people from…

John D. Porter College: Ezra Stiles

James W. Porter 285 Three Oaks Dr. Athens, GA 30607 jporter@uga.edu 706-207-5177 Spouse(s): Karen G. Porter (1972 – present) Child(ren): Delene W. Porter (1979) Education: Yale College, BS, 1969; Yale University, PhD 1973 Career: Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Tropical Research Insitute, Panama; Assistant Professor, University of Michigan 1973–1977; Meigs Professor of Ecology, University of Georgia (1978–2017) Avocations: Underwater photography, book collecting, butterfly and moth collecting (and other busman’s holiday activities!) College: Silliman Unlike most classmates, I…

Andrew Popper andrewjpopper@gmail.com 917-576-6133 Spouse(s): Lydia Sigelakis (1997) Child(ren): William (1998), Rudy (2002) College: Ezra Stiles “The essay itself is meant to be a reflection on your life so far.” In other words: Compose before you decompose. My college years were awkward ones. I happened to “place out” of the freshman composition course, and while others struggled weekly with their “Giamatti paper,” I was the guy asking, “What’s a Giamatti?” It sounded like something akin…

Louis Fenton Popp Date of Death: 11-Sep-1996 College: Calhoun (This note appeared in the November 1998 Class Notes.) For those of you who missed it, Louis Popp died in 1996, survived by his wife and three children. He lived in Somers, New York, and was a senior executive with the McCann-Erickson advertising agency in New York.

Richard John Panebianco College: Silliman

Malcolm S. Pond, MD 1480 Woodvale Ln Riverside, California 92506 malpond@earthlink.net 951-544-6579 Spouse(s): Charis (1977) Child(ren): Lauren (1986) Grandchild(ren): Education: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, MD, 1973: internal medicine residency there 1974–1975, cardiology fellowship there 1976–1978, FACC 1978 Career: cardiology practice 1978–2017, founding partner Riverside Cardiology Associates, adult invasive and noninvasive cardiology Avocations: Mountain biking; sport flying, including soaring (completed diamond badges for distance, altitude, goal, duration), and sport aerobatics (2009 US National champion in…

Jeffrey Pollock 4928 Stony Ford Drive Dallas, Texas 75287 jpollock@shawneeadvisors.com 347-678-6908 Spouse(s): Nancy T Pollock (1971) 47 years Child(ren): Justin Pollock (1975); Jordan Pollock (1982) Grandchild(ren): Henry Pollock (2004); Max Pollock (2006); Stella Pollock (2010) Education: Yale, BA, 1969 Career: 8th grade science teacher 1970; Partner on Wall Street at Mabon, Nugent, 22 years; health care finance Shawnee Advisors, 25 years Avocations: Cooking, News junkie, my wife’s art studio College: Berkeley I think my 70th…

Robert Pollack, MD 11010 Via Tuscany Lane, Ste #102 Miromar Lakes, FL 33913 bobthebear22@gmail.com 321-229-9750 Spouse(s): Pamela Pollack (1984) Child(ren): Jessie Pollack Gulden (1985) Grandchild(ren): Maddie Grace Gulden (2004); Layla Quinn Gulden (2017) Education: Yale University, BS 1969. Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, MD 1973. University of Florida, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Residency and Chief Residency, 1977. Career: 46 years of practicing as a Board-Certified Psychiatrist. Focus on Treatment Resistant…

Robert Polackwich Date of Death: 23-Apr-1988 College: Pierson (This memorial is reprinted from findagrave.com.) Husband of Stephanie Polackwich, brother of Alan Polackwich. He was a doctor specializing in cancer and a graduate of Yale. Killed (along with Jonathan Richards, his stepson) in a sailboat accident off the coast of Boca Raton, Florida when his boat drifted into some powerlines. From the St. Petersburg Times, 2/21/1993: “While sailing together on a rented catamaran near islands on…

Bruce A. Plyer 123 Tulip St. Summit, NJ 07901 bplyer321@aol.com 908-380-5079 Spouse(s): Barbara (2002) Child(ren): Michael Stein (1978); Rebecca Dooling (1980); Brent Stein (1985) Grandchild(ren): Cordelia Stein (2006 ); Anabel Stein (2008); Zarina Stein (2017); Caittlyn Dooling (2008); Alexis Doolingg (2009); Sean Dooling (2010); Erin Dooling (2013) Education: Yale BA ’69 (architecture); Harvard MBA ’78; College for Financial Planning (CFP) National Service: Capt. US Navy 1970–2000 (Vietnam War) Career: Seven years active Navy service; Bendix…

Michael J. Plishner 1701 Grouse Ridge Road Truckee, CA 96161 plish@comcast.net 510-703-8745 Spouse(s): Rosalind Schein Plishner (1969) Child(ren): Aaron (1973), Alex (1976), Elias (1976) Grandchild(ren): Lilah (2009), Jonah (2011), Camden (2015) Education: Yale College, BA 1969; Yale Law School, JD 1972 Career: McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen (San Francisco; 1972-2002; Litigation Partner; Chair of Litigation Group; Managing Partner); Bingham McCutchen (2002-14; Litigation Partner; Deputy Chair of Litigation Group; General Counsel) College: Berkeley My first two…