These pages contain all class notes from the Yale Alumni Magazine from 1957 on. The notes appear unchanged from their original publication save for the correction of misspellings and other small errors. The few gaps in coverage that exist result from the absence of Class of 1957 notes in a few issues of the magazine over the years. Also, in keeping with changes in the magazine itself, the frequency of publication occasionally changes.

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Notes: December 1967
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Notes: May 1967
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Notes: December 1967

The Alumni Fund weekend in New Haven permitted me an opportunity to catch up on the goings on at Yale and of some of our classmates. President Brewster spoke at dinner about some of the recent "scenes" at Yale and the principles behind them. He admitted that as President of a great University he does not agree with everything that takes place, but at the same time realizes that freedom of ideas and the opportunity this environment offers students to think for themselves makes for a better university and a richer education. During the course of the weekend the fact that higher education today is not only "richer" but more expensive was also impressed upon us. Our tenth reunion fund workers labored this point sufficiently as have the papers of later.

Would you believe Jerry Neary, our newly elected Alumni Fund Chairman, at 11:30 p.m. Friday of the aforementioned weekend wandered around the second story of Yale Provost's (Charles Taylor) house on Hillhouse Avenue looking for a bed. The bed in the first room he poked his head into puzzled our lawyer classmate as it was a double bed, one half occupied. The mental exercise this situation presented will remain unsaid, but the long arrived at decision was to steal quietly from the room and try the house next door. The reception here was somewhat warmer. A note to a "Jerry" led our Jerry up the stairs to a room with twin beds, one occupied. This was more to his liking, and to make a lengthening story less long, Jerry awoke the following morning to find me in the other bed. What caused the error, I'll never know, after explicit instructions at the reception at the top of the Kline Tower that evening "a yellow house two houses down from the President's house"--well, so it turned out to be three houses down…

Another familiar face at the AF convocation was John Stockwell and his wife Deicy. John, Deicy and their two boys and two girls (ages 3-9) live in Rawley, Mass. He is with H.C. Wainwright & Co. in Boston and wanted me to impress upon all that he sits next to two partners. In his spare time he is a keeper of 11 animals including a rabbit, ducks and a pregnant pony. John, who received permission from Deicy to attend our 15th reunion five years hence, supplied me with much needed news about our Boston-oriented classmates. Pebo Browne, an attorney in private practice, is married (Elise) and has two children, Chris 7, and Kathy 5. Cheebe Everitt is with Little Brown and not too long ago bought a house in Manchester. He and his wife, Susan, have a 2-year old son, Timothy. Fortunately Susan enjoys skiing. I wonder how many one-legged deep knee bends Cheebe can still do. Mo Raker is a lawyer with Sullivan & Worcester and has his hands full representing the New Haven Railroad. John Quarles is also an attorney in Boston. Barry Rowland is with Vance Sanders & Co., the selling agent for Mass. Investor Trust & Mass, Investors Growth. Roger Samet continues successfully in the hospital TV racket. The key I am told is good middle management and Roger can occasionally be seen riding a polo pony rather than a hard office chair.

In New York City Mike Pattison is with Spencer Trask and I understand doing very well. Tom Chittenden has moved from Winchester, Mass. to Brooklyn Heights and presumably is working in New York City. Tom is married and has at least two children. Todd Mann within the past year left Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. and has joined G.H. Walker in the investment business. He plans to enrich himself and any of us who care to tag along. Rolf Sandvoss is living in Brooklyn Heights and is Secretary and Treasurer of American Dual Vest, which I am told by an anonymous writer is "one of the first and most prominent mutual trust funds." To date he has one wife and one son.

In other areas of the country, Steve Hopkins and his wife, Judy, have left Brooklyn Heights. They now live in Delmar, N.Y., where Steve is assistant legal advisor to Governor Rockefeller. Judy is expecting her first baby in February. At the Yale-Cornell football game (what a game!), I sat next to Ed Dean and his wife Susan, who is expecting their first in March. They live in Farmington, Conn., and Ed is with the investment banking firm of Putnam, Coffin, Burr & Doolittle. Thanks for the news. Keep sending it. Merry Christmas to all.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: November 1967

Of foremost importance is the fact that our Class will have a tent before and after the Harvard game in New Haven, November 25th. If you plan to come to the game, please visit the tent and see all our classmates. Wives, dates and friends are all welcome.

It is a pleasure to announce that Jerry Neary has been elected Chairman of the 1957 Alumni Fund for a five-year term. Congratulations and rots of ruck.

John Tyson, after many years of "looking ‘em over" has finally decided upon Jo Erhart. They will be married in December in the hills of northwest Connecticut. John is with Air Reduction in New York City, having completed Columbia Business School somewhere between Yale and the present. Not too long ago, he was rooming with Ned Morris, who is with the international division of Phillip Morris in New York City is still a bachelor and sees no reason to change his status. Wayne Moeller is engaged to Ann Volk and was to have been married October 7th.

Better late than never, we are happy to report the marriage of Peter Wolf to Alessandra Aileen Cantey in New Orleans on June 29th. Congratulations.

Ron Ragen's wife, Lee, produced Kent Geer in August. Sorry to say, I don't know what number this is for the Ragens

Don Roberts, Assistant Vice President with the First National City Bank in New York City, who has a wife, Sally, and a daughter, Sarah, took a "business" trip this past spring to Hawaii. There he saw Steve Ackerman and Phil Derby. As some of you know, Andy Poepoe is a member of the Hawaii State Legislature.

Received the following news from Towny Ludington which was very much appreciated by yours truly. "Bob Weinmann is a doctor in the service and writes that he is Chief of Neurology for a 1,000-bed hospital in the Tokyo-Yokohana area of Japan. Dick Newman continues to work for the Attorney General in New Jersey. He managed to get a holiday in Spain, Portugal and London this past summer; he keeps me informed of the latest in cultural events and embarrasses me by mentioning the many things I should have read but haven't. Major John Miller, USMC, is stationed in Norfolk, Va., where he is doing staff work. Read Charlton is working for our government in Thailand. He has written some interesting comments on the situation in Southeast Asia, particularly interesting to me because I disagree with our present policy there, and he finds himself doing likewise as he sees what is going on. (You needn't commit poor Read politically, I suppose!) Otis Graham is still teaching history at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He had a book published this past year. He reports a son born in May.

"Dick Allen and his family are in London, England for a year while he does research in Icelandic for his dissertation in that field. He will be teaching at the University of Oregon the following year. I'll be at the University of North Carolina again this year. Mark Reed teaches there as Associate Professor in English."

From Duluth, Minn.: "Captain Peter J. Haerle was recognized for his outstanding airmanship and courage in safely landing his disabled F-106 Delta Dart aircraft. He was on a flight from Duluth to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., when his F-106 developed engine trouble. With complete disregard for his own safety, Captain Haerle elected to return to Duluth and descended to low altitude. He made low approaches to use the excess fuel. On the final approach, he closed the fuel shutoff switches to shut down the aircraft engine. A smooth touchdown was accomplished for a completely successful landing. The Captain is a member of the Air Defense Command which provides aerospace defense against hostile aircraft and missiles." The release continues that Peter received an award at the Duluth International Airport from Major General Thomas McGehee, Commander of the Tenth Air Force.

I saw Dick Munn briefly on Park Avenue. He is General Sales Manager of Alden Electronics in Boston. George Wiley has been appointed Organization Planning Consultant for American Oil Company. George joined the company in 1966 as Senior Analyst in organization planning, after five years in the personnel division of Cummins Engine Company, Columbus, Ind. David T. Smith has been promoted to Assistant Manager, Technical Services Department at Mobil Oil Corporation's Paulsboro, N.J. refinery. Dave has been with Mobil at Paulsboro since graduation. Tung Hon Jeong, who earned his Ph.D. in 1962 at the University of Minnesota, is presently Assistant Professor of Physics at Lake Forest College in Illinois. This past summer Sunne was a full-time consultant for the Gaertner Scientific Corporation and was involved in a survey of current research activities in quantum electronics and modern optics and the design of equivalent student experiments at the intermediate and advanced level. Earlier this summer, he performed an experiment in differential holography, using a Q-switched giant pulse ruby laser. I'm impressed!

Richard White and his wife, Roberta, have been appointed Assistant Professors at Centre College in Danville, Ky.: Dick in philosophy and Roberta in literature. By this time they will have probably received their Ph.D.s from Stanford University. Dick, who won a National Defense fellowship for graduation study at Stanford served there from 1964 to 1966 as teaching assistant in logic. Prior to that, he was in the Navy as an officer.

This also is a little old (June), but Dick Massey has been appointed Staff Assistant at the New Haven office of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. Last year Dick was named to the company's Vice President's Club for outstanding agents. He lives in Orange with his wife and three children. Larry Singer of New Shrewsbury, N.J. has been promoted to head the Education and Training Department at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J. His new responsibilities include orientation and educational programs for technical employees, Bell System technology courses and several other company educational programs. Larry received his M.E.E. from New York University in 1959 and has done other graduate work at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Frank Niering, of Staten Island, has joined the AP-Dow Jones Economic Report in New York City as a copy editor after being a reporter and night city editor for the Quincy, Mass., Patriot Ledger. He was also recently promoted to Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve. Last February Franks' wife, Marilyn, gave birth to their second daughter. A Harvard Law School notice to alumni announced that Frank Michelman, Professor of Law at Harvard, and Gary Bellow were to speak with and to a very distinguished group at an important Harvard Law Reunion. Hats off to you both.

Last and never least, the papers tell us that Ed Meyer of Chappaqua, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the past three years, has entered private practice with the law firm of Roth, Carlson, Kwit and Spengler in the big city. Ed and his wife, Linda, have four children. Ed's departure will be a great loss to the U.S. Attorney's Office. He worked hard and made a mark for himself. Among his successes was a wagering tax case against Johnny "Peanuts" Manfredonia of Mt. Vernon, reportedly one of Westchester's largest bookmakers and a member of the Vito Genovese family of the Cosa Nostra. As always, the good guy won, and Peanuts is spending one year in a shell.

With that I will take leave. Hope to see you at the Harvard game.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: October 1967

Believe it or not, and I'm sure there are many who would make the latter choice if offered, I am the new Class Secretary. No reflection upon the size of J. Edward Meyer III's sneakers, but they will be difficult to fill. Ed spent many an early morning hour doing the job and deserves hearty thanks from all. But don't write Ed! Please write me, tell me what's up and I'll thank Ed for you.

The past and present Secretaries had difficult transferring the load and thus this column will be practically void of newsy news. At the crucial moment Ed returned to private practice with Ruth, Carlson, etc., etc., etc., a New York law firm within an elevator cable length of Charlie Trippe in the Pan Am building, and the O'Hearns, all five and a half, attempted their first and last family "vacation" in the state of Maine.

Congratulations are in order for Charlie Peet, whom you elected Class Treasurer. One of his first ambitions is to run a dues campaign as successfully as he did the special gifts fund-raising for our 10th Reunion. Re: his honeymoon in South America, "Great, but not for a honeymoon."

Also congratulations to the following who have been elected to our class council: Charlie Abuza, Dick Arnold, Al Boasberg, Carroll Brewster, John Crosby, Ted Frembgen, Pete Fritzsche, Bill Hamm, Ted Jones, Ray Lamontagne, Paul Lopata, Dick Lumpkin, Wayne Moeller, John Somerville, and also Phil Weymouth.

Lastly in the "congratulations--thanks" department I don't know if everyone appreciates fully the effort Howie Gillis made in setting an attendance record for our 10th Reunion. If you have doubts call his wife who enjoyed many an evening alone while Howie dialed away. Howie, thanks for all who attended. It was great fun!

We are working on a tent for the Harvard game but are running into resistance from other classes with whom we wish to split the tab. Tune in next issue for the outcome of the deliberation.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: July 1967

Your newly elected Secretary and Treasurer are Mike O'Hearn and Charlie Peet, respectively.

The big news for 1957 this month is of course our 10th Reunion, and, writing this column three days before the event, what a celebration it promises to be. However, the Reunion is covered elsewhere in the magazine and so this column will be devoted to a few miscellaneous notes which have accumulated.

One of the more interesting press releases which I have received in the last five years concerns Ed Bullard and his obvious inventive talents. Excerpts from the release are as follows: "An end to the picturesque and vermin-ridden ‘little grass shack' in underdeveloped areas of the world was seen here today as the overseas mission board of the United Church of Christ decided to go into the development of building materials with a low-cost roofing material which can be manufactured using sand, local vegetable fiber such as hay, reeds, or twigs and polyurethane form as a binder. The process, conceived by E.P. Bullard 4th, Manager of Production Engineering of the Bullard Company, Bridgeport, Conn., is seen as an answer to the problem of providing quick, cheap housing in time of natural disasters such as floods, typhoons, and earthquakes as well as more permanent housing in poverty-stricken areas. Mr. Bullard conceived the process when he was working as a volunteer for the World Ministries board for a year in Ghana. After returning hone he worked on the problem with what he describes as ‘bucket chemistry.'" It sounds as though this might be the answer to our wives' pleas for that little summer home by the seashore.

Rob Walker, his wife, Jeannie, and Rob's parents were recent travelers to Spain and Portugal, and from what I hear the trip took in almost every castle and bull ring in those two countries. Rob and Jeannie and their daughter, Sage, are living in North Andover, Mass., where Rob is teaching at the Brooks School. Received a good letter from Pat Wilde's father enclosing Pat's Alumni Fund gift. Pat is presently on a research ship from the University of California sailing somewhere between New Caledonia and Fiji. He is a doctor in oceanography, and his present tour of the Pacific has included Australia, New Zealand and Samoa as well as New Caledonia and Fiji,

The Journal of the American Bar Association recently included an article by Bob Joost on "Consolidation of Law Offices," Bob is practicing law in Boston and is also a consultant to the Massachusetts Attorney General. Another one of our attorneys, Crawford Shaw, is a Democratic candidate for the city council of Yonkers, the largest city in Westchester County, N.Y. Doctor Peter Fine and Mary and their two children are pulling up stakes to move Peter's pediatrics practice from New Haven to the Bronx where Peter's work will be connected with the federal poverty program. The Fines, happily for the Meyers, will be living in Chappaqua, only a couple of stone-throws from us. Towny Ludington, now completing his Ph.D. requirements at Duke, has been appointed an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina. I learned today that Todd Mann will be leaving the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. this month and joining the G.H. Walker investment firm in New York. And finally, Andy Kner takes great pride in announcing that he and Carol recently had their first baby, a daughter, Ann.

With the conclusion of this column, I will be laying down my pen as Class Secretary. With your help, I had a most enjoyable five-year term, particularly enjoying the notes from the wives who have definitely proved to be our greatest supporters. For the new Secretary to be elected at Reunion, I can best quote Dean Martin, "keep those letters coming folks."

—J. Edward Meyer

Notes: June 1967

Well, mates, by the time you read this column I imagine that our 10th Reunion will be history and those who made their merry way to New Haven are now paying for their sins of the celebration. Our Reunion Chairman and chief celebrant, Howie Gillis, will be resting up for his next fifty-year performance in 1972. And for those of you who find yourselves reading this column in New Haven--drink up and head home; the Reunion is over and the good wife is waiting for you.

Ten years out or not, the Class remains romantic. A letter from Hugh Peterson reads as follows: "Here's a bit of news from the Southland. On February 25th I married Mary Jane Fincher of Chatsworth, Ga., in the Chatsworth Methodist Church. Hannes Somary played for the wedding, and his wife, Anne, sang a piece he composed. Chuck Leahy, Andy Kner and Dick Lumpkin were among the groomsmen. We had a good little reunion, considering how hectic a wedding can be. On our honeymoon in Hawaii we visited with Stew Wright and Emily. Stew is now a doctor and is serving his Army duty at Schofield Barracks. Though a little far from home, they do have the consolation of such things as a wonderful climate, over 100 beaches on Oahu and bananas and papayas in their front yard. Mary Jane and I are now settling down in Atlanta where I am practicing law." I also understand that Gary Bellow was married in California in April to Jean McElroy. Gary is still with the California Rural Legal Assistance Program.

Tink Thompson has reportedly joined the publishing students of the Kennedy assassination, and his factual study of why the President couldn't have been killed by one assassin will be published this fall. Perhaps you saw the preview in Esquire. Tink is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Haverford. On the subject of Esquire, Andy Kner is Director of Promotion and Advertising Art for that magazine.

Movement and promotion continues to our class in the business world. Dick Massey has started a new venture in San Francisco manufacturing cartridge tapes. Dick is planning to combine Reunion with a business convention. Tom Scheetz is living in Holland where he is Chief Designer for an American company's Common Market plant. Tom writes that he is still single but is carefully looking over the Dutch girls. John Webster has been elected as Assistant Vice President of Dominick & Dominick, the New York brokerage firm. The American Oil Company has announced that George Wiley has become its organization planning consultant. George only joined the company last year after five years with the Cummins Engine Co. in Columbus, Ind. Bill Colville has joined the legal staff of the Upjohn Company in Kalamazoo, Mich. He had received his LL.B. at Columbia Law School in 1960.

Alan Carr has become an account executive for the Boston-based investment firm of Eaton & Howard. Alan is living with his wife, Jane, and their four children in the Boston suburb of Hingham where he is very active in Red Cross work and as a school trustee. His membership in several yacht and tennis clubs indicates that he remains quite the athlete. Giving our usual recognition to the noble legal profession, Jack Pendergast has been made a partner in one of Providence's law firms. Jim Banner writes that he is teaching American History at Princeton and living there as well with his wife, Lois.

Our resigning Treasurer, Bide Thomas, writes that he took his large family to Phoenix, Ariz., for spring vacation and due to the resulting loss of vacation time from Commonwealth Edison in Chicago he is doubtful whether he will have enough vacation left to make our Reunion. He looks forward to ten years of service with the company when he will get a three-week vacation. As for your resigning Secretary, he has one more column left to write and hopes that you will make it easier by dropping me a card or note as to your doings.

—J. Edward Meyer

Notes: May 1967

The sparity of your letters and notes this past month can only be the result of your busy planning and packing for our Reunion. We do look forward to a great time together as reunion chairman Gillis handles the arrangements and, as usual, acts as our gracious host.

Random notes comprise our news this month. Hugh Peterson was married in February to Mary June Fincher, and the ushers included Andy Kner, Chuck Leahy and Dick Lumpkin. Charlie Peet has just become engaged to Penny Levy of Bedford Village, N.Y. Penny is a Smith graduate who is presently with the press and public affairs office of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. Charlie and Penny will be married in July and are planning a skiing honeymoon in South America. Charlie is now practicing corporate law in New York.

Chris James and Ellen have moved to Rye, N.Y., while Chris is working in nearby Harrison for IBM. Pete Fritzsche was in New York recently on a business trip for Industrial Growth Capital Corp. for which he is Vice President. Pete with wife, Ruth, and daughter, Kathleen are living now in Indianapolis. Dave Riddiford and Quince Hunsicker continue as management consultants with McKinsey and Co. in New York. Phil Pillsbury is back in the U.S. after a long and interesting term of service in Africa with the U.S. Information Service. Ron Ragen is doing extensive recruiting work for Yale in Portland, Ore., where he is also a practicing lawyer. And finally, another one of our productive attorneys, Mike Leisure, became a father in April.

As we face the responsibilities as well as the fun of our 10th Reunion year, it seems fitting to close by quoting from a recent letter from Tim Childs: "My tours of Foreign Service duty in the Middle East have made me acutely aware of the incredible value to our own country of an institution with the academic distinction that Yale can offer. I feel very strongly that our great universities are every bit as much of a vital national resource as our factories or forests or what-have-you, and those of us who can give, have bloody well got to." See you in New Haven.

—J. Edward Meyer

Notes: April 1967

The Class had a big night in New York last month with a pre-Reunion dinner attended by 60 of our mates at the Seventh Regiment Armory. Howie Gillis gave a report on Reunion plans requesting an early reply to the Reunion invitation. Mike Dodge gave us some good laughs by speculating in his way on what Yale ("Yassar") would be like in 1974 after the proposed merger with Vassar and Ink Clark told us what it would really be like, and before 1974. Your Secretary emceed, collected the dinner money and pointed out, drawing on his law enforcement experience, the various crimes that would surely result from the merger!

In addition to the above, the following appeared to be enjoying the liquid refreshments and roast beef at the Armory: Chris Schwab, Dave Armstrong, Randy Guggenheimer, Alan Hockstader, Jay Blaugrund, Fred McKechnie, Chuck Debrovner, Ted Loud, Gordon Bellis, Larry Bodkin, Jim Richardson, Steve Hopkins, Gerry Snyder, Don Roberts, George Hutchinson, Jack Newbold, Morgan Browne, Dave Riddiford, Bob Rospond, Rex Robbins, Ray Sipherd, Tony Converse, Charlie Carpenter, Bill Bogert, John Watson, John Donovan, Larry Perlman, Bill Fleming, Pete Capra, Ray Lamontagne, Bob Pegg, Tom Ruhm, Denny McGill, Dick Newman, John Breslav, Rucky Barclay, Toby Briggs, Ralph Lilore, Charlie Abuza, John Watling, Pete Davis, Merrell Clark, Mike Pattison, John Tyson, Mike O'Hearn, Ned Morris, John Halpern, Dave Elwell, Bernie Witter, Dan Freeman, Dave Mininberg, Mike Sweedler, Gerry Neary, Nick Tingley, Charlie Peet, Crawford Shaw, Harry Valentine and John Shaw. If this turnout is any indication, we should have a great Reunion come June, and Chairman Gillis urges us to bring our wives for whom some very special events have been planned. Of course, the Alumni Fund solicitors remind us that with all 10th Reunion fun there goes a certain financial responsibility, namely to raise some $50,000 as our gift this year. So let's dig deep.

Some promotion notes: Pete Richetta was recently promoted from instructor to Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Lehigh. Pete had a B.S. in physics at Yale and then received a Ph.D. at the University of Maryland. Glen Harris has been appointed planning manager in the Data Processing Department of Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company in Hartford. Glen joined Phoenix Mutual after college and is living with his family in Glastonbury, Conn. Another insurance promotion is that of Frank Devney who has been named manager of the underwriting, casualty-property department of The Travelers Insurance Companies in the Newark office. Frank is married and has three children. Jim King has been appointed to the research staff of Boston Fund as an industry specialist. He will be responsible for the electrical equipment, electronics, transportation and utilities industries for this large mutual fund. Jim's business background includes the Harvard Business School, an insurance company and General Electric. Tung Hon Jeong recently reported on his experiments in three-dimensional photography carried out without the use of a camera but instead with light from a laser at a laboratory of the Lake Forest College campus. Tung (Sonny) had come to the U.S.A. from China in 1948, and his American citizenship is pending.

The Class has contributed $100 to the Yale Alumni Placement Service. The chairman of the Service has expressed his thanks and suggested that we all think of ourselves as "stockholders" in this service because of its considerable value to "men who are facing a major change in their careers."

Those of you who are planning to attend the reunion from points west might drop me a quick note to that effect so that I can make special mention of it in this column. In the meantime, "think New Haven" for June.

—J. Edward Meyer

Notes: March 1967

The varied activities of the members of the illustrious Class of 1957 have frequently been reported in magazines, newspapers, and other publications but never, but never, in the women's fashion annals of Vogue. Never, that is, until Mike Dodge hit Vogue's February issue as one of its great "Renaissance" men. It appears that Mike's emergence from Vogue's Middle Ages stems not only from his riding a folding bicycle around New York City decked out in "a long muffler tucked into a J. Press tweed short coat and big green English cap" but also from certain other cited exploits: 1) his interest in two record companies and writing of radio commercials, 2) the mobile of five bicycles suspended from the ceiling of his Greenwich Village office, 3) his district leader position in New York's Conservative Party, 4) his work for a doctorate in philosophy and 5) his plan for the revival of an old-time showboat called the Drift Wood. Can anyone beat that?

Returning to the world of domesticity, we see that some of our eligible bachelors have thrown caution to the winds and taken the bit step. John Webster was married in Princeton, N.J. to Katherine Mulligan. Mike Pattison and Woody Bolton were two of the bridesmaids. John and Kate will be settling down in New York where John is with the investment firm of Dominick and Dominick. Bill MacLaughlin has married Sherry Smith, a UCLA graduate in Beverly Hills, Calif. They spent their honeymoon in Mexico and are now living in Westwood, Calif. Further along the domestic path are Larry Perlman and Marla who recently had their second baby, a daughter, Abigail Lee. Larry writes that he has entered her in Yale's Vassar Class of 1989, and we'd better get used to the fact that the Yale-Vassar merge is only around the corner, at least according to the two Yale Deans from our Class, Ink Clark and Sam Chauncey. Back to Larry: he completed a residency in internal medicine in New Haven and is presently a fellow in chest medicine at the Yale Medical School. He plans to spend next year working in preventive medicine with the U.S Public Health Service.

A few business notes: Merrell Clark has become a vice president of one of New York's large advertising firms. He, wife, Lynn, and daughters are living in the New York suburb of Hartsdale. Garson Heller was recently transferred to Mobil Oil's operations research department for a special assignment dealing with linear programming systems. He and Velma will continue to live in Westport, Conn. Brad Lovejoy, who last year received a commission in the Navy, is now Episcopal Chaplain for an American naval base in the Philippines, which is a support point for seventh fleet operations in Southeast Asia. Brad's background after Yale includes General Theological Seminary in New York, a parish in Yalesville, Conn, and Chaplain for a Marine division at Camp Lejeune, N.C. A letter from Charlie Cushman's mother discloses that Charlie has been "hiking" around the world--Africa, India, and most recently Japan.

A hockey game and dinner was attended in New Haven in January by about 25 of our classmates and their wives as a pre-reunion activity. The evening brought our Class together with the 15th Reunion Chairman Class of 1952. A severe stomach bug prevented my attendance but I hear the dinner in the Presidents' Room was enjoyable and the hockey game a success with Yale on a 12-2 winning end over Dartmouth.

On the subject of Reunion, I must report to you that Bide and I will not be up for re-election as your officers this June, and we have each taken the so-called "Sherman" pledge. In accordance with our class constitution, a nominations committee will select nominees for the two positions and those attending reunion will vote. If any classmate wants to suggest a nominee, drop me a line, and I will pass the name on to the committee.

—J. Edward Meyer

Notes: February 1967

When I sat down to write this column this month, I found no accumulation of news to report--the cupboard was bare. So take up the pen and let's hear from more of you even if it's only to say that you'll be at the Reunion this June. On the subject of pre-reunion activities letters went out this week to all mates in the New York and New England areas re a dinner and Yale hockey game on January 28. And as reported before, there will be a Class Dinner in New York on March 8 with invitations sent to all in the New York metropolitan area. Cocktails, roast beef, a comedian and some straight talks about Yale (a merger with Vassar?) should make a delightful evening. I very much hope that some of the rest of you in other cities will take the initiative and organize similar pre-reunion dinners. If I can be of any help in providing classmate lists or anything else in this regard, let me know.

A review of my reporter's notebook indicates that during the past year Bud Trillin and Alice were in Rhodesia where they found a flourishing Yale Club. Bud was preparing for an article in that tabloid The New Yorker. Gerry Jonas is also on the staff of that magazine and has been contributing poetry and short stories to it and other journals. Gerry was recently married to Susan Krieger. Mike O'Hearn continues as a paddle tennis champion playing out of New Canaan, Conn. Peter Wolf is teaching architectural history at New York University after completing a Fulbright scholarship. I was at a dinner party in Westchester County a few weeks ago and I ran into Dave Riddiford and his wife, Gina. We found ourselves to be practically neighbors. As far as the Meyer family is concerned, I can only report that all four children now have mumps and bear close resemblances to a quartet of chipmunks with mouthfuls of nuts stored for the winter.

We end this month with a wealth of matrimonial or pre-matrimonial news. Bob Pelletreau was married to Pam Day in Hartford in December. Ray Lamontagne, Gerry Snyder and Lars Kulleseid attended the festivities before Bob and Pam returned to Beirut where Bob is with the Foreign Service. I understand that they have an apartment overlooking the Mediterranean. John Webster is engaged to Katherine Mulligan, and I believe they will be married by the time this column goes into print. Jim Trowbridge is also engaged to Susan Bell who is currently a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Jim is presently studying at the University of Pennsylvania. And finally, Ted Frembgen will be married this April to Penelope Joan West who from a picture I received appears to be a most attractive blonde.

I shall look forward with keen anticipation to hearing from any of you to prevent the demise next month of this column. Of course, there's always the alternative of the collect telephone calls.

—J. Edward Meyer

Notes: January 1967

Happy New Year, and what better way to start the New Year than to plan a June trip to New Haven for our Tenth Reunion. And if you're worried about coming a long distance and leaving the family, well make it a vacation trip and bring ‘em all. Reunion Chairman Gillis may even volunteer to babysit, or at least provide babysitters. As a Reunion prelude, I know classmates in some parts of the country are planning special events. The northeasterners should look forward to a Yale hockey weekend in late January or early February featuring not only a hockey game but also a dinner at the "Top of the Kline" which to the uninitiated means Yale's fabulous café at the top of the Kline Biology Tower. Then on March 8 there will be a New York City Class Dinner. Notices about these events will be going out to classmates in the New York metropolitan area. Any others who want to come should get in touch with me.

From the Foreign Service comes news that Tim Childs has received the State Department's Meritorious Honor Award for this work in the Office of Near Eastern Affairs. Tim is presently Second Secretary at the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran and is reportedly discovering the delights of reasonably-priced fresh caviar. After a long term as Special Assistant to the American Ambassador in Spain, Tim Towell has returned to the U.S. and has been in Washington on consultation and in Cleveland on home leave before embarking to his next post, Cochabamba, Bolivia (8,500 feet up, 95,000 population, mostly Indians).

Jay Inglis was in the hospital in December recuperating from a shoulder injury received on one of his skiing exploits. Jay is now with the Hayden, Stone investment firm in New York. Mike Kohler has been appointed manager of the Boston Sales office of Kohler Co. and as such he is supervising sales of Kohler plumbing products and electric plants in the Northeast. Mike had been manager of Kohler's Kansas City branch but is now living in the Boston area with his wife Lucile and their three sons. Dave Reed has become an Assistant Vice President of The Bank of New York. He is covering the New York and New Jersey area for the bank while living in Brooklyn Heights. Mike Leisure, who is an Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York, was admitted last year to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court and had the honor of being sponsored by his father. Peter Morse, who is with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, is writing a book about the American artist John Sloan and has also written some music in his spare time.

A blocked punt and a long runback of the recovery in the last two minutes brought a sad ending for the Elis in the Princeton game. But the prospect of the loss didn't deter a good turnout from our Class both in the Bowl and in our class tent beforehand.

Those I can remember seeing were: Rod Correll, Jay Kahle, George Hutchinson, Howie Gillis, Larry Bodkin, John Barrett, Charlie King, Charlie Trippe, Bill Hall, Morgan Browne, Peter Fine, Alan Hockstader, Sam Chauncey, Chris Sonne, Larry Perlman, Jack Skillman, Carroll Brewster, Ben Moore, Tom Ruhm, Woody Bolton, Ed Masters, Harry Russell, Toby Briggs, Kim Cheney, Pete Davis, John Webster, Wayne Silbersack, John Appel, Mike Poutiatine, Tim Wilson, Charlie Abuza, Todd Kendrick and Joe Lemmo.

Ending this month on a few family notes. Paul Hull and his wife Pamela have had their first child, a daughter, Geraldine, while living in Boston where Paul is training in obstetrics and gynecology. Roy Gillespie and Peg have also produced a seven pounder named Drew. And finally, Todd Mann was married in Westport, Conn., in November to Gwen Patterson.

—J. Edward Meyer