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Lee Richard Brock – 50th Reunion Essay

Lee Richard Brock 4304 Lafayette Blvd Fredericksburg, Va 22408 leebrock@juno.com 540-842-7556 Spouse(s): Wendy (1986) Child(ren): Max (1987), Piper (1988), Hannah (1991), Zarah (1993) Education: SUNY Upstate, MD 1973, McGill University FRCS(C) Ophthalmology 1979 College: Pierson After chaperoning the 50th reunion of the class of 1919, I managed to get seaman’s papers and a job on the C. V. Seawitch to Bremerhaven, Germany. I hitchhiked and hiked around Europe and Scotland to return to Upstate Medical…

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Timothy Briney – 50th Reunion Essay

Timothy Briney PO Box 129 Old Chatham, New York 12136 brineybriney@yahoo.com Spouse(s): Dallas Briney (1984) Child(ren): Stepdaughter Alexandra Heidinger (1971) Grandchild(ren): Stepgrandchildren Kerr (2001) and Houston (2003) Education: University of Massachusetts MEd (1975) Career: High school teacher and coach, camp counselor (9 years); free-lance writer (3 years); VP NY thoroughbred farm (11 years); financial planner (17 years). Avocations: Our Labrador retriever and her canine “Rally”; croquet; Town government; ballroom dancing; cycling very slowly; being constantly…

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David Wayne Brezina – 50th Reunion Essay

David Wayne Brezina Date of Death: 17-Jan-1999 College: Trumbull (This memorial is reprinted from the Association of Legal Administrators website.) David W. Brezina served as ALA President from 1996 to 1997. His career in legal administration spanned more than 20 years. In 1996, Dave was involved in a tragic bicycling accident resulting in paralysis and quadriplegia. Even as he fought this disability, he served his term as President with distinction and vigor. At the time…

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Michael Bressack – 50th Reunion Essay

Michael Bressack 21 Osage Ave Los Altos, California 94022 phoebearch@gmail.com 408-605-0933 Spouse(s): Phoebe Goodman Bressack (1972) Child(ren): Leah Bressack (1983); Gabrielle Bressack (1988) Education: University of Pennsylvania, MD, 1973 Career: Pediatric Intensive Care, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Stanford Hospital, Santa Clara Valley Medical Centre; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University College: Trumbull I happen to be visiting Paris in May of 2018, 50 years after being arrested and spending the night in a Paris jail during…

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Richard Breitman – 50th Reunion Essay

Richard Breitman 9013 Grant St Bethesda, Maryland 20817 rbreit@american.edu 301-564-5146 Spouse(s): Carol Rose Breitman (1982) Child(ren): David (1983), Marc (1988) Education: MA Harvard 1971 PhD Harvard 1975 Career: professor of history for 39 years; editor of historical journal for 21 years: historical consultant and author Avocations: tennis, bridge, basketball (spectator only) College: Morse I hoped for a career with opportunities to pursue my intellectual interests. I also liked the idea of working with students. A…

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Barney J. Brawer – 50th Reunion Essay

Barney J. Brawer 16 Beals Street Brookline, MA 2446 barney.brawer@thenationalclassroom.com 617-905-3156 Spouse(s): Kitty Boles (1979) Child(ren): Molly (1982), Henry (1994) Grandchild(ren): Skyy (2013) Education: Ed.M 1977, CAGS 1995 – Harvard Graduate School of Education Career: Urban elementary and high school teacher, public school principal in suburban, rural and urban schools, grades K-8, faculty member, Tufts University Avocations: Folk/rock group with Yale classmate John O’Leary College: Silliman Privilege and Poverty: Our Generation and the Future I…

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Edward Raymond Boyle – 50th Reunion Essay

Edward Raymond Boyle Date of Death: 22-Dec-1999 College: Saybrook Dr. Edward Boyle died in December 1999. His death, and his last years, were shrouded in mystery until we found this 2002 eulogy from the Brooke Army Medical Center (the full report is online): “(Ed) graduated from medical school at State University of New York – Downstate in 1973. It was during medical school, on a flight back from Port Au Prince, Haiti, when something caught…

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Francis Allard Boyer – 50th Reunion Essay

Francis Allard Boyer Date of Death: 3-Dec-1972 College: Trumbull From the Class Notes Archive: Fran was killed in a motorcycle accident in California. Fran had completed two tours of duty in Vietnam with the Marine Corps and had only about 90 days left in the service when he died. From Bruce Plyer: Fran and I were roommates thrown together freshman year, then sort of drifted apart and decided to room together senior year. A great…

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Geoffrey Kemp Booth – 50th Reunion Essay

Geoffrey Kemp Booth Date of Death: 19-Jan-1997 College: Jonathan Edwards (From the October 1998 Class Notes.) Myron Thompson (chief judge of the United States District Court for Middle District of Alabama, and President Carter’s last judicial appointment), notes sadly the 1997 death in Tiburon, California, of his college roommate, Geoffrey Kemp Booth. Myron writes that Geoff graduated from Georgetown Medical after leaving Yale, and had a distinguished career at the VA Medical Center in San…