Nicholas Francis Bellotto 6807 36th Avenue NE Seattle, WA 98115 bellotto.gill@comcast.net Spouse(s): Kathleen Gill (1982) Child(ren): Giancarlo Bellotto (1986) College: Davenport Over the last half-century, whenever the subject of my years at Yale came up, I was often asked what I had studied. When I answered that I was a French major, the next question would invariably be: “What were you planning to do with that?” In other words, if I didn’t intend to make…

Jonathan R. Bell 99 Jane Street Apt. #10C New York, NY 10014 bell4jon@gmail.com 917-280-6919 Spouse(s): Nancy Hall (1969-85), Catherine Janow (1989) Child(ren): Gabriel (1975), Nicholas (1977) Education: Yale College BA 1969, Harvard Law School JD 1973 Career: Trusts & Estates Partner at Debevoise & Plimpton 1984-1993; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 1993-2001; Duane Morris 2002-2007; Stern Tannenbaum & Bell 2007-present Avocations: Board of Directors, New York City Ballet 1995-2007 College: Morse This brief memoir…

David Christopher Smith “J.J.” Bell 3 Banner Hill Way Gloucester, Ma. 01930 j.j.bell@hotmail.com 978-265-7860 Spouse: Jacquelyn C. Bell (1980) Children: Chelsea Putnam Rogers Bell (1987), Morgan Elizabeth Foster Bell (1991) Education: Gloucester High School ‘65, BA Yale University ‘69 and MBA (Finance) Columbia University ‘72 Career: Executive Vice President, The Druker Company Ldt., Boston, Ma., 25 years as developer of high end, multi-use, urban office, retail, residential and hotel buildings. Avocations: Family, Gloucester, urban design,…

Lee William Bachman 11477 Cedar Pass Minnetonka, MN 55305 lee4yale@aol.com 612-804-8990 Spouse(s): Silvia Bachman (2014), Bonnie W. (1969-1985) Child(ren): Mark (1972), Andrew (1975), Jonathan (1978) Grandchild(ren): Cristina (2000), Brian (2004), Brandon (2009), Julie (2002), Will (2005), Michael (2008), David (2008), Harvey (2008) Education: Yale BA 1969; University of Minnesota, MBA, 1976 Career: Univac Systems programmer, 1969-1974; Bachman’s Inc, VP Finance, Treasurer 1975-2009 Avocations: Golf, Travel, Photography College: Jonathan Edwards Little did I know 50 years…

John Barrett Beinecke 99 Park Avenue Suite 2200 New York, NY 10016-1601 jbeinecke@antaeus-ent.com 917-509-8849 Spouse(s): Gaily Beinecke, 31 years (as of 2018) Child(ren): Barrett (1988) Career: Since 1983 – Senior management at family office Avocations: Golf, theater, travel, cooking College: Berkeley I found preparing this personal essay not an easy task. First off, I cannot think of many things that would be of interest to anyone else. So, I went back to my profile in…

Jeffrey Coggan Becton College: Calhoun

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Thaddeus Beal 170, Varick Road Waban, MA 02468 thadbeal@tiac.net 617-821-7258 College: Pierson I went to Yale because it was preordained. My family was blue blood and involved with the Vietnam War at a policy level. At Yale I evolved from an unsettled preppie to an unsettled dissident, and after Yale I had no idea what to do with myself. I worked for a short while at the Nixon White House and then took off for…

Robert Edgar Beach College: Berkeley

John Bay 10506 S Dunmoor Dr Silver Spring, MD 20901 dunmoor@verizon.net Spouse(s): Constance Y. Li (1995) Child(ren): Nolan G. Bay (1999); Nora L. Bay (2001) College: Timothy Dwight I don’t like telling people where I went to college. I don’t lie about it, but I don’t volunteer the information either. If I’m asked by a stranger, I fear that the answer will give rise to exaggerated expectations. If I’m asked by someone who knows me,…

Michael Baum 206 W. Erie Street Spring Valley IL 61362 mhbaum@gmail.com 608-575-2077 Spouse(s): Ruth Baum (1977) Child(ren): Patricia (1981); Harold (1984); Eleanor (1987) Grandchild(ren): Magdalena Kishler (2005); Susannah Kishler (2007); John Kishler (2010); Isaac Kishler (2012); Bridget Kishler (2014); Joseph Kishler (2016) Education: Yale MAT, 1970; Northwestern MBA, 1994 National Service: SN, US Navy, 1969-1970 Career: High school English teacher, New Haven, 1969-1970; Buyer, Bennett Brothers, Chicago, 1970-1983; Franchise consultant, executive vice president, Francorp, Olympia…

George M. Bass, Jr. 104 Hempstead Road Williamsburg, Virginia 23188 georgeandgerri@aol.com Spouse(s): Geraldine C. Bass (1969) Child(ren): Kristin (1972), Rachel (1975) Grandchild(ren): Bryce (2010), Alyssa (2012) and Sara (2014) Education: PhD, University of Minnesota 1977 Career: Educational psychology professor at the College of William & Mary for 35 years College: Morse My most significant event at Yale took place on my last weekend at Yale. On Saturday of graduation weekend, my father married Gerri and…

Douglas E. Barzelay 210 Lewis St. Southampton, NY 11968 debarzelay@gmail.com Education: Harvard Law School, JD 1973 Career: I practiced corporate law from 1973 to 2009, including as a partner at Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, as General Counsel at The Dime Savings Bank and at W.P. Carey Inc. Since retiring in 2009, I have founded several companies engaged in various aspects of the wine business. Avocations: Grand Cellérier of the Commanderie d’Amérique, Confrérie des Chevaliers…

Robert C. Barton College: Morse

John Bodine Babcock College: Pierson

Robert Cauthorn Alexander Date of Death: 25-Jul-2004 College: Saybrook (This memorial appeared in the November/December 2006 Class Notes.) Robert C. Alexander died July 25, 2004, after a year-long battle with cancer. After graduating from Yale cum laude, he married his college sweetheart, Rosie Bailey. Bob graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was editor of the Law Review. He was a partner at the San Francisco law firm of Heller, Ehrman, White,…