Looking Back
Editor’s Note: Because many of you won’t be able to read the entire 50th Reunion book cover to cover, Michael Folz has helpfully condensed all of the submissions into one short, generic, personal essay. 😉
US Senators Call On DoJ to Defund Yale Law School
foxnews.com Hawley suggests Trump admin strip Yale of federal funding if ‘targeting’ of religious students continues By Gregg Re | Apr. 9th, 2019 Missouri GOP Sen. Josh Hawley sent a letter early Tuesday to Attorney General William Barr calling for the Justice Department to closely monitor Yale University — and to cut off the institution’s federal funding if its law school continues…
Bribing admission to college for your kids
Gents, my good wife Regina turned me on to this literate, fabulous commentary in the Atlantic on the college admissions scandal. It is by Caitlin Flanagan. She has a BA and MA in Art History from UVa. She writes it from the point of view of a woman who taught English for 4 years (her…
Yale Repeats as National Quiz Bowl Champ
Yale wins National Quiz Bowl competition By: Hector Ramirez NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – Congrats are in order to some Yale students! Yale University took home the nation’s top spot at this weekend’s NAQT Quiz Bowl tournament. Quiz Bowl is one of the most difficult academic tournaments that tests students knowledge, ranging from sports, pop culture, literature, and biology….
Mini-Reunion In Florida … “Friendships Formed Thru Yale”
Although some of us were virtual strangers, the group gelled incredibly well, and we had a great series of discussions over dinner, which lasted from 6 until just after 10. I think we all felt we had made some new friends (yes, it is certainly possible at our age) and were enthused about reconnecting with each other and all our other friends in New Haven …
College With Best Attendance Will Win Long Weekend on St. Croix
The Reunion Committee is happy to announce our equivalent of a challenge grant: The college with the largest number of attendees (as a percent of its total) will be able to spend a very long weekend in St. Croix, with free accommodation at this spectacular, private, seaside villa! Check out the pictures and details … then call your college-mates and urge them to attend.
Yale Gets A New SCHOOL: Jackson School of Global Affairs
New Haven Register Yale moves forward with transforming Jackson Institute By Tara O’Neill | Apr. 6th, 2019 NEW HAVEN — Yale University’s Board of Trustees has approved the transformation of the university’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs into a school. The trustees are hoping to open the new school in the fall of 2022. But…
Reunion: For God, For Country And For the Planet
Class Discussion at Reunion: Time for your input! One of the defining issues of the last half-century has been the challenging relationship between people and the planet. Everyone is affected. Many of our classmates have been directly involved. Because of the strong interest expressed by members of the reunion program committee and others, we’ll talk…
… and he blew that room away!
Stephen Herseth and his wife, Mary Jo, hosted a “mini-reunion” in February, and this one had an unusual twist. Steve showcased an impressive collection of trumpets, collected by his late father, who for 54 years was First Trumpet at the Chicago Symphony orchestra. The current Second Trumpet from the CSO attended and played excerpts from some of the better-known trumpet repertoire of the CSO. (Steve plans to donate the collection to Yale for use by current students.)
Attending were John Darrow and Jill Kirk, Terry Light and …
Yale Crewmates Honor One of Their Own
An earlier post reported that our classmate Bruce Plyer recently died. Today, he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery: Capt. Bruce Plyer, USN, received full military honors, including horse-drawn caisson, escort, band, firing party and bugler. Four classmates — Wil Lam, Dick Livingston, Derry Allen and Len Richards — are pictured here after the ceremony. They rowed with Bruce on the Yale Heavyweight Crew.
Reunion: Thursday afternoon will make sense of it all
What were we like 50 years ago? What’s happened to us since? What’s it all meant? And where are we going from here? Those and other Big Questions will be addressed — and maybe even answered — at the Reunion opening sessions starting at 2:15 on Thursday afternoon, setting the stage for this uniquely special…
Spin Training Shouldn’t Be Optional
Editor’s Note from Harry Forsdick: There are moments in each of our lives where we have learned a lesson we will never forget. Sometimes these lessons get recorded in a form that can benefit others — whether it be a book, a photograph, a magazine article, or a radio interview. Steve Bemis had one such incident…
Classbook Arrives, Kudos Ensue
Classmates received their copy of the 50th Reunion ClassBook, with most books arriving the first week of April. And the response received by the reunion committee and ClassBook leadership has been overwhelmingly positive: Macon Cowles submitted a “Memories and Observations” post, saying “To our publisher, Art Klebanoff, and to all of you who worked hard, designed well, wrote…
Frank Northam – Deceased August 25, 2018
Frank passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2018. Frank was a resident of Alexandria, Virginia at the time of passing. [in_memoriam_closing]
Reed Hundt’s A Crisis Wasted
The title of Reed Hundt’s recently published book comes from what one of Barack Obama’s advisors was saying in the fall of 2008. A crisis is a terrible thing to waste because it provides the opportunity for accomplishments which would otherwise be impossible. The thesis of Reed’s book is that Obama …
More on Berkeley College
Did you know that…? One of the two basements in Berkeley contains a wall on which hundreds of plaques are placed, each bearing the name of one of the College’s graduates. Reading some of the names there reminds us that there are some great stories associated with the college and its former tenants. Take Potter…