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,…

Jeffrey Alderman 2384 SW Madison St Portland, OR 97205 jeffrey_a_alderman@yahoo.com 971-470-1396 Spouse(s): Shizuko Ushiyama (1997 -) Education: Post-Yale: University of Bridgeport, MS (1975); University of NC, PhD (1982) Career: Assistant professor Mt Sinai Med School, NYC; Novartis, clinical research 5 years; Pfizer, clinical research 20 years Avocations: music, languages, winter sports College: Davenport It’s not what I expected but no complaints. I recall well the day I received my Yale diploma. I was glad to…

Edward C. Ahlm College: Davenport

Charles Dennis Ahearn 6201 Inwood Street Cheverly, MD 20785 cdennisahearn@gmail.com 301-467-8434 Spouse(s): Diane Kienast (1980 – ) Child(ren): Brendan Patrick (1984); Holly Marie (1986) Education: University of San Francisco School of law, JD with Honors (1978) National Service: US Air Force (1969 – 75) Career: Intellectual Property Attorney in all areas of IP law, Washington, DC area, 25 years, now specializing in start-up and small/medium sized businesses; Open Source Software licensing expert; Data Rights in…

John Adams 2400 King Street Alexandria, VA 22301 john.adams.bk.69@aya.yale.edu 703-549-6308 Spouse(s): Peggy Schnarr Adams (1976 ) Child(ren): Elizabeth Ann Adams (Yale, 2004 [BK Col]) ) Education: University of Pennsylvania, MA (1971), Ph.D (1976) National Service: 276th Army Band, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, 1970-1976 Career: Technical Editor, Roy F. Weston, Inc. for 4 years; Editor, McKinsey & Company, 2 years; Program Analyst, US Environmental Protection Agency, 28 years Avocations: Saxophone and Clarinet player in several dance…

James Halsey Averill College: Calhoun

Roger Graeme Jung Austin Date of Death: 3-Apr-1994 College: Berkeley From the Class Notes archive: “Roger Austin died suddenly in April of this year, leaving his wife, Wilhelmina, and a son and a daughter. Roger was one of the few of us who served in the Navy during the Vietnam war, and thereafter went to Harvard Business School.” From Steve Finch: My roommate for two years, Roger Austin, was a true gentleman: soft-spoken, kind, and…

Howard Austin College: Calhoun

Joshua Seth Auerbach 129 Holmes Road Ridgefield, CT 06877 joshuaauerbachwatson@gmail.com 203-431-3876 Spouse(s): Jessica Schwartz Auerbach (1969 – ) Child(ren): Sarah Auerbach (1974); Eliza Jones (1977) Grandchild(ren): Audrey Nelson (2003); Caleb Nelson (2005); Kai Jones (2010); Sabine Jones (2013) Education: Yale Ph.D (1977) Psychology Career: Systems Programmer and Manager, Yale Computer Center, 1978-1983. Research Staff Member, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, 1983-2016 Avocations: Music (classical, bassoonist), hiking College: Jonathan Edwards There are three strands to my…

John Atherton Date of Death: 2-Mar-2012 College: Silliman

Frank Strother Ashburn, Jr. 5074 Sedgwick Street NW Washington, DC 20016 fashburn@comcast.net 202-365-9366 Spouse(s): Susan Zimmerman Ashburn (1980) Child(ren): Emma (1982) Stro (1982) Alison (1986) Clare (1988) Grandchild(ren): Michah (2010) Zelma (2016) Amina (2017) Education: Landon school ‘65, Yale ‘69 BA English, Georgetown ‘73 MD Career: Internship Surgery Parkland Hospital, Dallas TX (‘74), Residency Ophthalmology Georgetown (‘78), Fellowship Glaucoma Barnes Hosiptal, St. Louis, MO (‘79), Ophthamologist, Washington, DC (‘79 – present) Avocations: Food and Wine,…

Frank Adams 222 Blackburn Ave Menlo Park, California 94025 f.w.adams@att.net 650-387-1432 Spouse(s): Susan Carson Bryan (1986) Child(ren): Johnathan Werber Adams (1995) Education: Yale BA Mathematics & Physics (1969); University of California, Berkeley, MS (1971), PhD (1976), Physics Career: 34 years with Lockheed Martin as Research Scientist, then Electro-Optical Engineer Avocations: Interest, not expertise: “Early” music, California native plants College: Ezra Stiles Life Stories After a rocky senior year I felt lucky to have the choice…

Robert E. Arras, Jr. Apartado 8-3009 El Roble de Santa Barbara, Heredia Costa Rica Robarras@gmail.com In Costa Rica; Tel 2483-0301; Cell 8385-2078; in US cell (617) 803-0333 Spouse(s): Karen Koehler Arras; married 48 years Career: CEO of Asian Alcohol Corp and affiliated companies in Philippines, Japan and Hong Kong College: Pierson The prospect of my name on a blank page in the 50th reunion Book of Essays worked. So I sit down to record what…

Frank Aronson 21 Woodchester Dr Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467 faronson@pbl.com Spouse(s): Paula (1969) Child(ren): Elyssa (1973); Jessica (1976); Emily (1981) Grandchild(ren): Hallie (age 13); Gabriel (age 12); Eyan (age 8) Education: Yale, Juris Doctor from Columbia Law, Harlan Fisk Stone Scholar Career: Partner, Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP for 17 years College: Jonathan Edwards Reflecting back on these 50 years brings out so starkly the rapid passage of time; the years have passed so quickly,…