On Nov. 30th, Dr. Robert Riehle walked classmates through the maze of choices we face during this “open enrollment” time of year. Should you choose traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage? Here is the recording of his talk, the survey results, and his slides.
November saw the release of Richard Seltzer’s newest book, Grandad Jokes: 3000 Jokes on Trump and Other Nonsense.
Available online for only $3 as a PDF book, you can download your copy right now!
It has a few that probably qualify as simple “dad jokes” (aka, groaners): What did Zorro and the Lone Ranger have […]
Summary from Wired Magazine: Charles Apel’s resume: drops out of Yale in 1967 to become a hippie and get high with Jim Morrison. Lives in the jungles of Colombia to avoid the Vietnam War draft. Eventually pardoned by Jimmy Carter. Fathers seven children. Returns to school and earns a BA in 1999 and a chemistry PhD in 2003. Now works in the Astrochemistry Lab in the Space Science Division at NASA researching the origins of cellular life. Associate editor of Biosystems.
Yale’s president said a Washington Post story about suicidal students being forced to withdraw ‘misrepresents our efforts,’ but promised improved mental health services and other possible changes By William Wan November 17, 2022 Yale University President Peter Salovey wrote a letter to school alumni Wednesday defending the university’s mental health services and the way it treats…
from NYTimes Staughton Lynd, Historian and Activist Turned Labor Lawyer, Dies at 92 After being blacklisted from academia for his antiwar activity, he became an organizer among steel workers in the industrial Midwest. By Clay Risen Nov. 18, 2022 Staughton Lynd, a historian and lawyer who over a long and varied career organized schools for…
Citing flaws in the way the ratings are determined, the schools said they will stop participating, breaking away from the rankings industry. By Anemona Hartocollis Nov. 16, 2022 In perhaps the biggest challenge yet to the school rankings industry, both Yale and Harvard announced Wednesday that they were withdrawing from the influential U.S. News & World…
Driving the news: “America does better when its leaders are rooted in today and tomorrow, not today and yesterday,” Schwarzman says.
“It is time for the Republican Party to turn to a new generation of leaders and I intend to support one of them in the presidential primaries.”
FromWaPO ‘What if Yale finds out?’ Suicidal students are pressured to withdraw from Yale, then have to apply to get back into the university By William Wan November 11, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EST Students experiencing suicidal thoughts and other mental health issues say Yale University has pressed them to withdraw from the school. (Stan Godlewski…
from https://news.yale.edu/2022/11/08/war-context-yales-ukraine-course-reaches-global-audience By Susan Gonzalez November 8, 2022 Timothy Snyder (Photo by Dan Renzetti) In the days leading up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, few people expected an act of such aggression, Yale historian Timothy Snyder told a classroom of students earlier this semester. Looking back now, he said, the fact that the…
Editor’s Note: Mark Ryan was Dean of JE from 1976 through 1996 and author of A Collegiate Way of Living: Residential Colleges and a Yale Education. He currently serves as Chair of the Jonathan Edwards Trust, the sponsor of this new history of JE. Editor’s Note 2: Reminiscences are due February 1st! Another in our series…
from Forbes John Mariani | Oct 27, 2022, The Yale Schwarzman Center is one of several dining halls where Yale students have myriad food … [+] YALE HOSPITALITY I’ve never met anyone over the age of thirty who has fond memories of school cafeteria food, except my wife, who grew up in Paris, where a school lunch…
Every year in late fall, the airways are filled with ads for Medicare alternatives. Which ones, if any, should you consider?
Robert Riehle, MD (and Branford ’69) has seen both sides — as medical director of Aetna (and earlier at Cigna and Blue Shield) AND as a surgeon and physician executive. He’ll share his thoughts on how to decide what’s best for you … and field your questions. Register now for the Wednesday afternoon Class Colloquium – November 30th at 3:00 pm EDT.
Joe Green passed away on August 17, 2022 at 74 from pancreatic cancer. Excerpts from his Boston Globe obituary: “An accomplished attorney and tennis player, Joe was known for his integrity and agility, both in court and on the court. Born in 1947 in New York City, Joe attended Horace Mann School… followed by Yale…
The Harvard-Yale game will return to Harvard Stadium this year. My wife Kathy and I invite all classmates, spouses, and/or widows who are in Cambridge on November 19th to THE BRUNCH before The Game.
Click thru for details, and please RSVP as soon as you know you can make it.
from Legacy.com William Barnum Wick wire, 76, of North Haven, passed away peacefully on Sept. 30, 2022, at the CT Hospice in Branford. He was the loving and devoted husband for 42 years of Joellen DeRoma Wickwire. Bill was born Aug. 15, 1946, in Syracuse, NY, a son of the late Lyman and Jeanne Barnum…
We only recently learned of Paul’s passing and there is no online obituary we could find.
Paul had returned to Cleveland, and we were able to find some info from Atom Yee, Keith Nelson, his 50th reunion essay, his Facebook page and LinkedIn.
