Yale Crewmates Honor One of Their Own

An earlier post reported that our classmate Bruce Plyer recently died. On April 4, 2019, 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 were on hand: Wil Lam, Dick Livingston, Derry Allen and Len Richards, pictured here after the ceremony. They rowed with Bruce on the Yale Heavyweight Crew. Fittingly, as they were standing on this dock by the Potomac River, several crews rowed by. These four individuals are lining up other teammates for a row on our reunion weekend. They will remember Bruce as one of their strongest and most engaging teammates.