Ronald Alan Dukes – 50th Reunion Essay
Ronald Alan Dukes College: Ezra Stiles
Ronald Alan Dukes College: Ezra Stiles
Dr. Daniel Linden Duke 3679 Perthshire Ct. Keswick, VA 22947 dld7g@virginia.edu 434-971-1745 Spouse(s): Cheryl Denise Duke (1981) Child(ren): Joshua Martin Duke (1970); Devan Elena Duke (1982) Education: Yale University. BA. June 1969; State University of New York at Albany. EdD. June 1975 Career: Asst.Professor, Stanford University, 1975-1981; Professor, Lewis & Clark College, 1981-1987; Professor, University of Virginia, 1987-2018 College: Davenport I have resisted looking at my life in the rearview mirror. Somehow, backward glances always…
Richard William Drost 28 Fairmont Ave Cambridge, MA 2139 rick@rickdrostsongs.com 617-460-0682 Spouse(s): Beverly Conroy (1990-2000) Education: Yale BS Math 1969, Brown MS Math 1974 Career: Mathematics Instructor, Federal City College, 1969-71; Software Engineer, Cambridge, MA, 1973-2015 Avocations: Singing, Choral and Folk; Guitar and Piano; Songwriting; Racket Sports; Photography College: Branford Balance: This one word now keeps coming back when I think about how to live well: being mindful of preparing to sustain it, becoming aware…
Dennis Nils Drogseth 6 Bay Road #36 Newmarket, New Hampshire 03857 drogseth@dennisnils.com 603-781-3882 Spouse(s): Audrey Drogseth (32 years as of 2018) Child(ren): Melanie (1989), Nathaniel (1991) Career: Marketing for IBM and Cabletron; Analyst with Enterprise Management Associates; novelist and playwright Avocations: Jogging, staying at least somewhat current with what’s going on in the world, reading when I can find time College: Saybrook There are seven things that stand out in my adult life as both…
Stanley Francis Drezek College: Pierson
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Robert Lyons Danly Date of Death: 27-Apr-1997 College: Silliman (This memorial, with corrected spelling, appeared in the October 1998 Class Notes.) Robert Danly died of a brain tumor in 1997. He was professor of Japanese literature at the University of Michigan, but achieved immediate fame among translators and scholars of Japanese literature with his Yale PhD dissertation on the writings of a woman of letters in Meiji, Japan. At the time of his death, he…
Brian Dowling 129 Marvel Road New Haven, CT 06515 bdowling1947@gmail.com 617-901-5459 Spouse(s): Marian Halsey (2012) Child(ren): Haley Dowling, Stephanie Dowling, Jacqueline Dowling, Liza Halsey Thapa, Kate Halsey, Rafe Halsey, Will Halsey Grandchild(ren): Saidan Thapa ( 2007), Novi Thapa ( 2010), Mayadin Thapa, (2014), Milo Halsey ( 2016) Education: Yale 1969 BA Career: Sales and marketing, non-profit management, insurance and property management consulting, ten years of professional football. Avocations: Golf, tennis, reading. College: Berkeley In reflecting…
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Dwight Alton Dodge Date of Death: 19-Jan-2006 College: Morse (This memorial was submitted by William Caltrider to the March/April 2006 Class Notes.) It is with a heavy heart that I tell you that our classmate and friend Dwight Dodge died on January 19. The day before, he suffered a massive aneurysm near the brain stem that left him without brain function. Dwight was not only a classmate but also my lifelong best friend, dating from…
Frank A. Dobbs College: Davenport The big thing about Yale for me was unrealistic expectations about filling the needs of my personality as a truth seeker, of the kind that prefers the truth for its own sake, regardless of personal cost. I had been prepared to turn down HYP and go to a liberal arts college, but my time at the Sorbonne made the idea of a great university attractive. But instead of the community…
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Kenneth Steven Devoe 26 West Helen Street Hamden, CT 6514 kendevoe@comcast.net 203-314-9732 Spouse(s): Cindy (1981) Child(ren): Lucas (1987) Grandchild(ren): Finley (2012); Ellison (2017) Education: Yale, BA in American Studies, 1969 Career: Freelance copywriter since 1984 with my own business, The Media Tree. Before that, copywriter at Sound Concepts (1978-84). Before that, Radio personality, program director and production director at radio stations in New Haven, Hartford and Bridgeport CT Avocations: High school basketball referee in New…
George M. Devoe College: Ezra Stiles