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 1968
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Notes: December 1968

The Yale Alumni Fund October Convocation in New Haven was outstanding. I urge all agents to attend next year. A refresher course on ever-changing academia is well worthwhile. Talks by President Brewster, Secretary Holden, Dean Wilkinson, Director of Undergraduate Admissions, John Muyskens were informative and exciting. A panel of three undergraduates, Chairman of the News, President of the Political Union, and Chairman of the Yale Student Committee on teaching offered insights on students and student attitudes. An encouraging prediction was offered--that a "Columbia situation" could not occur at Yale due to the rapport between students, faculty and administration. An awareness and concern for the world outside is much more evident than in our day. This has resulted in a certain amount of frustration from not being able to effect change.

You might be interested in a list of our classmates at Yale. If I have slighted anyone, please let me know: Don Crothers, Assistant Professor of Chemistry in Molecular Bio-Physics; Sam Chauncey, Special Assistant to the President; Ink Clark, Dean of Admissions; Lou DeLuca, Assistant Dean, Art & Architecture; Don Hester, Associate Professor of Economics; Dick Jones, Director of Purchasing; and Ralph Winter, Associate Professor of Law.

Otherwise, the news is very scarce. DeForest Mellon has just published a book, The Physiology of Sense Organs, Oliver and Boyd (London), as part of the University Review in Biology series. The book will shortly be brought out in America by W.H. Freeman (San Francisco). DeForest, who is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Virginia, prepared this volume as a result of research at the Marine Biological Laboratory at woods Hole, Mass., and at Cambridge University while on a Guggenheim Foundation grant He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1961.

Scott Nicholls, Railroad Analyst for W.E. Hutton & Co., was mentioned in the "Personal Finance" column of the September 26th New York Times issue. He was setting some people straight on estimating earnings for conglomerates.

Dave Reed was recently promoted to Vice President of the Bank of New York. Dave has been with the bank since graduation, and is with the oil and natural gas group of the special industry banking division. He is currently working on his master's in business administration at NYU and also attends Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University. Dave, who lives with his family in Brooklyn Heights, is a member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the Amateur Ski Club of New York, and, of course, the Yale Club of New York.

Have a very Merry Christmas. Write to tell me all the presents Santa brought you. We need grist for this mill.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: November 1968

Free tent before and after Yale-Princeton football game on November 16th. Setups and coffee. Come and bring your friends. A policeman will be on hand during the game to protect our worldly goods.

The class executive committee meeting at 10:00, Saturday, November 16th (morning of Y.-P. game) in conference room of Alumni House at 320 Temple St., New Haven. As mentioned in last month's column, it is extremely important that those who are able attend.

Two more weddings--I thought we had attained the mature point of no return. Bob Joost to Christiana Louise Gaugier on August 10. They will live at 25 Canterbury Rd., Newton Highlands, Mass. I believe Bob is an attorney with Sheff and McGarty in Boston and Frank Lin to Margareta Lundgren on July 20 in Goteborg, Sweden. The last I heard Frank was doing research at Chalmers University in Goteborg.

Fred Guggenheim reports that his wife of three years, Bethany, gave birth to their first child, Jennifer Nicole, on May 28. Fred is currently in his third year of residency in psychiatry at Strong Memorial Hospital and the University of Rochester School of Medicine.

Received a very nice letter from Dick Hall, who reports news that slipped by me. Tom Bergin stepped down in June as Master of T.D. Most of us will miss his quick wit, good counsel and kind words. The Halls recently celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary by calling a halt to further reproduction. They now have four children--Debbie (7), David (5), Daniel (3) and Donald (1). They live in Beltsville, Md., and Dick works in Washington, D.C. as a Staff Engineer from the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. Len Katz has just moved Judy and family to 138 Carriage Circle, Amherst, NY. Len is a Chief of Clinical Gastroenterology and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York in Buffalo. The Katzes recently enjoyed "two delightful years in Wallace Country courtesy of the U.S. Air Force." Len further reports that Steve Wittenberg arrived in Buffalo and is working in cardiology. Steve married Sally Anne Calder in July 1965 and has at least one child. I believe his last assignment was a Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition, at Harvard School of Public Health in Cambridge. John and Jo Tyson have moved from New York City to West Chester, Pa., where John continues his work with Airco. Army Captain David M. Matloff has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service. Dave recently returned from Vietnam where he was a surgeon at the Twelfth Evacuation Hospital. The award was presented for his efforts during the Tet offensive. He is currently stationed at Fort Carson, Colo., and lives at 2028 Ridgeway, Colorado Springs.

Larry (formerly Dave) Kramer proudly writes of his screenplay adaptation and production of his first big film, "Women in Love." The stars will be "Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson (a leading actress from the Royal Shakespeare Company), and a beautiful young discovery names Jennie Linden." United Artists is backing the venture and the movie will be in neighborhood theaters next summer or fall. Larry's firm is Brandywine Productions Ltd., 140 Park Lane, London. This flick may not be sanctioned by the Church, but don't miss it even if you must travel to New York's West 42nd Street.

Gary Bellow, formerly Deputy Director of Calif. Rural Legal Assistance has been named an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Southern California. I reported previously on our former Secretary's travels but I quote the following: "Bellow held teaching assignments with Georgetown University, Harvard and USC. Other professional activities have included service as Deputy Director for the Legal Aid Agency of the District of Columbia, and as both Administrative Director and Deputy Executive Director for the United Planning Organization. He also served as Director of the Vera Institute in New York and as a member of the Judicial Conference Committee on Mental Disorders, the American Bar Association's Committee on Extension of Legal Services' to the Poor and on the National Advisory Committee to the Office of Economic Opportunity on Law and Poverty. In 1964 he was selected as Young Lawyer of the Year by the Junior Bar Section of the District of Columbia Bar." Who said Americans have more leisure time?

I don't know how many of you read the Wall Street Journal's September 18th article about the U.S. sending a Frontenis Olympic team to Mexico City. I quote our John Halpern, Vice President of Uris Building Corp., "This is not a bunch of guys going down for a drink-‘em-up. All the men are very good athletes and are very serious." I quote another member of the team, and friend of mine, Dick Squires, when told that the team would not be eligible to live in the athletes' quarters at Olympic Village. "What a pity; we'll have to stay in luxury hotels with our wives." I might add that these finely-tuned (hello Herman) athletes depart almost a week prior to their wives in order to practice and will be staying… See you at the tent.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: October 1968

There is nothing so enjoyable as returning to one's office and then, after much effort, locating one's desk submerged under approximately two and one-half feet of paper. Well, it was a great vacation.

Believe it or not, the football season is upon us, and we will be having a tent outside the Bowl before and after the Princeton game on November 16th. It goes without saying that the more people who attend, the more fun we all have.

There will be a meeting of the class executive committee in New Haven the morning of the Princeton game. Please attend if you are anywhere in the area as we have an important subject to discuss.

Paul Eisele has left Harper and Row to join E.P. Dutton and Co. as General Manager with authority over a broad range of activities including systems development, data processing, order fulfillment, corporate legal relations, personnel management, budgeting and planning. Paul will also engage in editorial activities resulting from his personal ties with government and academic personalities. Karin, for his mental as well as physical well-being, please engage this overworked executive in other than office activities.

Received a nice letter from Dick Lewis whose new address is 1840 Appletree La., Mountain View, Cal. He is planning a career in academic medicine and is starting as an Instructor in Cardiology at Stanford Medical School. During the last two years Dick has been a Captain (Army type) at Madigan General Hospital in Tacoma, Wash. A year ago this past August 28th Richard P. Lewis, Jr. was born to Dick and Marion Ann. Dave Sawyer, after a successful career with Humble Oil, has taken the drastic step of entering Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. After 11 years in the "great Southeast" as Miami District Manager, Dave has uprooted his wife, Sandy, and his two boys to return to New England. He feels that the return to academic life is essential to the satisfaction of his long-term objectives. Jim Seymour received his Ph.D. from Columbia in March and is now Assistant Professor of Politics at New York University. His specialty is contemporary Chinese politics. He is editor of Chinese Law and Government.

I have received a nice note from Anne Somary, who reports that her husband, Johannes, recorded for Vanguard in London a three-record album of Handel's Theodora which will be released sometime next fall. He also recorded a record of Scandinavian music for stings. Anne joined the act and produced their first daughter (third child), Karen Anne, on May 31st. Congratulations.

Another birth--Timothy Reynolds to George and Sue Vojta on May 11th in Kuala, Lumpur. George, I thought you had taken to the cloth again.

Lou DeLuca was kind enough to pass on the news that John McCarty was born to Pixie (her name couldn't be Joan) and Jack Pendergast., This makes it an even half dozen for the Pendergasts. Ruth and Peter Fritzsche had their first child recently. Pete has left Indianapolis and has taken his wife to Chicago where he is with Quaker Oats and will obtain free cereal for their first hungry mouth. Meanwhile back in New Haven, Lou DeLuca, who lives with his wife, Margaret, in New Haven and Stony Creek, left his post as Executive Assistant to Mayor Lee to accept the position of Assistant Dean of Art and Architecture at Yale. Lou will also teach a full course in city planning.

Lastly, for all us four-eyed or should-be-four-eyed blind bats the renowned ophthalmologist, George Bullwinkel, has returned to this part of the country. His office is at 1911 Sumner St. in Stamford, Conn. After much soul-searching George, Beverly and the kids have left California for the land of ulcers.

See you at the Bowl.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: July 1968

I thought Suzy Knickerbocker was through for the season, but the powers that be at the YAM office corrected me.

Arrived a nice note from Doug Wright reporting the birth of his second son on April 29th, Gregory Rawson. It was a productive spring for the Wright family as in March Doug was promoted from manager, corporate data processing to Director of Information Services for Hammermill Paper Co., Erie, Pa.

I heard from an unreliable source, and could not confirm that Lars and Marit Kulleseid just had a boy (?) to add to the boy and girl they already had.

New York Times, May 17: "The head football coach of White Plains High School resigned today because, he said, he could not develop teams under the board of education's current policy of settling disputes with students by negotiation. The coach, Dean Loucks, said he could not submit to intimidation." Can you imagine a 270-lb. tackle wanting to play quarterback, receiving a negative answer from the coach and then suggesting they negotiate? Suggestion: Split end. Dean will continue to teach social studies.

Charlie Marks reports that his wife, Gillian, produced a baby girl, Elizabeth Anne, on April 30th. Charlie is with Prudential Insurance Co. in New Orleans.

Pleased to announce that John Copelin has gone into partnership with Bill Lee, '55. This young, aggressive architectural firm is already international in scope having several projects in the country as well as abroad, such as a resort in the Virgin Islands. The head office of the Copelin and Lee is in New York City.

Charlie Peet, Class Treasurer, represented our Class at an important meeting in New Haven at which it was decided that the Association of Class Officers be dissolved and become a part of the Alumni Board. News is so scant that I am forced to report Mr. Peet's ten-month wedding anniversary on May 29th.

I think I can safely say that this is it for the summer. Have a good one.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: June 1968

A report from Charles Peet that the response to his pleas for class dues has been better than in past years. On the other hand, participation is not as good as it should be. Through inadvertence many of us have not yet made our contributions. It would be a great help to the Class's financial condition if "the rest of you guys start waling" to our desk and make out a check. Thanks.

Received a very nice note from Ed Dean's wife, Susan, who on March 30th produced Nathaniel Peabody Dean. That label would be too much for any lad, and he is presently called Chip. Chip was six and one-half years in coming and was born with a full head of long hair (and maybe a full set of teeth?) Congratulations and best wishes from many hippie Deans.

Bill and Brenda Dreyer also are happy to announce a new life, Amanda, born on March 29th. This is the Dreyers' second girl, and Bill advises that the second one is not as easy to take care of as the first. That reasoning can be carried forward with each successive child, I might add.

John Miller asked his secretary, Glenda, to write me a little information for the Class. John and Glenda have two daughters, Kerry, 4 and Alison, 6 months and live in Norfolk, Va. John is a Major in the Marine Corps and is aide to Deputy Chief of Staff, Commander in Chief--Atlantic. Glenda says it is a great job offering lots of free drinks.

Believe it or not, Tom Shoop is still with us. He is Assistant General Supervisor-field Advertising for Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati. Things must be pretty dull in Cincinnati as Tom took the big step a year ago last month and was expecting a little Shoop in April of this year. John Swinchatt and his wife and daughter were to spend a day with the Shoops in Cincinnati a couple of months ago. John and his wife, Nancy and daughter, Tara, were living in Hamilton, NY the last I knew.

Mike Sweedler and his wife, Boyna Susan, just had a baby daughter on February 20th, Emily Minna, to go with 3-year-old Jonathan Benjamin. The Sweedlers are moving out to the country, Ossining, and Mike will be commuting to New York to his practice of patent law with Darby and Darby.

Mostly business: George Doty was promoted to Assistant Vice President of the U.S. Trust Company in New York. George has been with the bank since 1962 and is head of the investment services department. The Doty family live in Greenwich and George is a member of the Greenwich Kennel Club, which entitles him to a lifetime subscription to the New York Social Register. Ralph Douglas, Vice President of Mackey-Shields financial corporation, New York City, received the professional designation of Chartered Financial Analyst. Maybe this will help Doug explain the screwy market to his clients. Prentice-Hall has formed a new children's book publishing company, Bradbury Press, Inc., and Dick Jackson was named the new company's vice president and editor-in-chief. Dick has been a children's book editor with Doubleday Macmillan and David White Company and has published two children's books, A Year is a Window and Douglas Saves the Day, and is co-editor of a forthcoming anthology, First Views. Dick and his wife, Nancy, live in Waccabuc, NY, with three children.

Tung Hon Jeong headed a colloquium on holography at Marquette University in Milwaukee recently and is the author of an article on cylindrical holography published recently in the Journal of the Optical Society of America. A new way of making holograms or three-°dimensional picture that can be viewed through angles of either 180°or 360° has been devised by Dr. Jeong. He has been engaged in holography research for several years. For the ignorant members of our Class, holography is the study of handwritten documents.

Reed Taylor is a grad student at Emory University in Atlanta. Woody Bolton was also (in addition to George Doty) promoted to Assistant Vice President at the U.S. Trust Company, and his promotion was announced by the board chairman. Woody has been with the bank six years and is a Senior Security Analyst in the Investment Research Department. He is a member of the Oil Analyst's Group of New York, the American Petroleum Institute and the international oil advisory sub-committee of the Financial Analyst Federation. He is also a member of the municipal planning board of the Borough of Alpine, N.J., where he and his wife and two children live, if he has time.

John Bowen, Instructor in Economics at Ripon College, has won the Severy Award for outstanding teaching. There were a few beans to go with the award. The bequest requirements are quite interesting: That income from the fund be used to augment the salaries of professors who "have outstanding teaching records rather than a reputation for other accomplishments." (Applause) John has taught at Vanderbilt and Princeton Universities and is a member of the American Economic Association. He and his wife, Marcella Lea, and their three children live in Ripon, Wisc.

Peter Hare has been awarded a National Foundation for the Humanities Younger Scholar Fellowship for 1968-1969 to work on a book on the philosophy of C.J. Ducasse (I think he fights the winner of the Ellis-Frazier bout). John is the co-author of Evil and the Concept of God published this spring. Vern Loucks has been appointed Administrative Vice President for Baxter International. Vern joined the Baxter organization in 1966 as Assistant to the President. He is director of the John L. and Helen Kellogg Foundation, a trustee of the Chicago Latin School, and as Associate of Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital and resides with his wife and two sons in Chicago. Jim Crooks, Assistant Professor of History at Hollins College, Va., has been named Chairman of the Department of History for the 1968-1969 year. Jim received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: May 1968

Please excuse the haste but I am off for vacation, rather my wife is, and I'm following her to keep her out of trouble.

Benton Case finally had a baby boy to add to his brace of females. I understand that Ben was a wee bit anxious about the odds on a third girl. Jim Crooks who holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, and is an Assistant Professor of History at Hollins College, Va., has been named Acting Chairman of the History Department for the remainder of the school year. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Drake announce the arrival of a daughter, Chloe Andriveau, on March 16th. Talked on the phone to Bill Hamm, who is back in San Francisco with his wife and daughter. He recently saw Pat Jones, who is working for the Crocker Citizens National Bank.

Jay Inglis has done it again. January of this year has produced Sarah Carolyn for Jay and Judy. Jay enjoyed his independence too long anyway. The other barrel of the shotgun produced a promotion to Second Vice President of Hayden, Stone in New York City. Jay is in the Corporate Finance Department. Ian Jones has been appointed Manager of the Nuclear Technology Department of the systems group of TRW, Inc., in Redondo Beach, Cal. Ian will direct research and development activities in radioisotope power and propulsion, electro-thermal propulsion, aerospace and nuclear safety and zero-gravity propellant gauging. Prior to joining TRW in December 1963, he conducted research in neutron diffraction and neutron optics at the University of California's Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. He has published a number of papers on radioisotope propulsion technology and reactor spectrum measurements and holds two patents in these areas. For those who are uninitiated, the TRW systems group is a major operating unit of TRW, Inc., where more than 70,000 people at over 250 locations around the world are applying advanced technology to electronics, space, defense, aircraft, automotive, and related industrial markets. When he has time, Ian resides in Palos Verdes Peninsula with family and their two children.

Scott Nicholls has left Baker, Weeks in New York and has joined W.E. Hutton where he is the expert on the railroad industry. Jack Skillman has been appointed the sixth president of the Packer Collegiate Institute, effective July 1. Jack is presently at Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven where he teaches English and is Director of Admissions. He also coached freshman squash and tennis at Yale for years and for the past four years has been Assistant to the President of the Connecticut Foundation for Independent Schools. Jack, Sally, and their three children will move from Deep River, Conn., to Brooklyn Heights. Al Ward has been appointed Superintendent of Manufacturing and Processing for the Acme Products Division of Interlake Steel Corporation in Riverdale, Ill. Al has been with Interlake since 1959 and from the list of his post positions would seem to be headed for the top. He, Joan, and the three children live in Clarendon Hills.

I read in the March 2nd edition of the New York Times that Pete Bostwick beat James L. Van Alen II of Philadelphia in the finals of the court tennis tournament at the Racquet Club in Philadelphia. From the article it was obviously a hard-fought march in which Jimbo gave his all. To demonstrate his efforts throughout the match I must quote the second paragraph of the article: "Bostwick ended the match with a backhand placement drive across court after 1 hour 40 minutes of sterling and strenuous action. In haste to congratulate his conqueror, Van Alen, runner-up to Bostwick also in 1965 and 1966, tried to hurdle the high net, tripped on the net cord and spilled." What a way to go!

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: April 1968

As you are all too aware, this year's Alumni Fund is in full swing; in fact if a few of us would sit down and write out a thoughtful check, we could wind it up. Avoid those dunning follow-ups by making your contribution now.

At the February football dinner in New Haven honoring the Ivy League champions, I saw briefly Digby Brown, Dick Jones, Vern Loucks, and Denny McGill. Digby lives in Darien, and works at Bechtel Corp. in New York City. Dick has the monumental task of Director of Purchasing at Yale. He and his family live in Woodbridge. I can just picture Dick smiling with the big, broad grin of his as he says "no" to some persistent peddler. Vern lives in Chicago and works for Baxter Laboratories. Denny, who spoke at the dinner on behalf of our Class's contribution to Yale's football history, is an attorney in Jersey City, N.J. The dinner was a great success, and the hope was raised that we would have another one next year.

The following bits of information have been received over the past month. Bill Carter, who lives in Towson, Md., has been named manager of the Baltimore petrochemical plant of Continental Oil Company. During the ten years he has been with Conoco, he has served as technical assistant to the manager of manufacturing, associate research chemical engineer, process engineer, and most recently, superintendent of the local plant. Bill's countenance made the front page of the financial section of the Baltimore Sun. Keene Taylor was appointed Director of the Federal Systems Division of the Jonker Corporation and has also been elected Vice President of Jonker. During the past three years Keene has worked in various sales and consulting activities, helping system users to develop methods of indexing their records for use in the Jonker system. The Jonker system is over my head, but it sounds terrific. Tom Quirk is living in Scarsdale, N.Y., and I am told doing very well at the Chemical Bank New York Trust Company in the big city. George "Tip" Atkeson has returned from Belgium where he was working for General Foods. He is now working for Avon Products in N.Y.C. and is living in Greenwich with his wife, Mary, and their two boys and one girl. John Onthank is uprooting his Fairfield, Conn. family and moving Judy and their three boys, ages 4, 6, and 8 to Atlanta, Ga. John was Director of Product Development at Canada Dry in New York, and has recently sold his soul to Coco-Cola in their new products division. Dave Wilmerding has been elected a trustee of the Institute for Cancer Research in Fox Chase, Philadelphia. Dave resides with his family in Bryn Mawr and is Vice President in the Personal Trust Department of the Philadelphia National Bank. Robert Carey Neff has associated himself with the law firm of Meth and Wood in Newark, N.J. Bucky promised me a report on one of our infamous classmates some time ago, but I have heard nothing to date. Received a very nice letter from Leo Bearman, who is a flourishing attorney in Memphis.

By the time this column goes to print an unbelievable event will have taken place. Carroll Brewster will have succumbed to Ursula Mary Orange from Ontario. As I told Carroll, she must be something very special to have convinced him to discard his independence. Carroll is an associate with a large New Haven law firm, the first of many names being Tyler. I received a post-card from Hi and Mimi Maxim announcing the birth of Merritt Stevens Maxim on February 5th. Merritt tipped the scales at about 9 pounds. I think that's bigger than his father was at Yale. Bill Everett writes to announce his second son, James Boyd, born on February 17th. Their first son was born October, 1966. Bill is Division Patent Counsel for the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics and is anticipating receiving his master's degree in E.E. from UConn this June. He is active in barbershop singing and Republican politics. Dave Lipsher, Ph.D., announces the birth of Rhoda's and his third child and first daughter, Mila Beth, on January 31st. Dave is at the Timberlawn Psychiatric Center in Dallas, Tex. where he is Director of the Department of Psychology. He is also teaching at various institutions of higher learning in the Dallas area. Oh yes, Nancy O'Hearn produced Scott Sherwood, I believe in February. The other three house apes arrived home the same day as did mother and babe, the two-year-old with the 24-hour grippe. The odor the next morning brought back memories of the New Haven town dump, and for the next ten minutes I suspected a dead rat in the basement (that's where the kids sleep). My suspicion was ill-founded, or, to put it another way, the 30-pound rat was wearing pajamas and wallowing in the crib. I did what any responsible husband would do--alerted the maid and went to work.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: March 1968

A few business items first: Charlie Peet is working hard, and successfully, to collect class dues. As Charlie mentioned in his letter, it does seem unfortunate that the large majority of those who do not give regularly enjoy the YAM and would give but just don't get around to doing it. How about those who haven't sent in their $8 doing so within the next few days?

Walt Alexander's August 31st year-end report on the insurance program of our Twenty-Fifth Reunion Class Gift Fund shows that the face value of insurance in force is $200,000. Cash value and dividends total more than $80,000 and the premium in arrears only $10,000. The picture would look even better if we could reduce the $10,000 figure. Need I say more?

I have received many articles and letters to the editor about Jesse Lemisch whose contract as Assistant Professor of History at the University of Chicago was not to be renewed. This happened more than a year ago, but I guess the impact was slow to be felt. Evidently Jesse was hired by the University of Chicago in 1964 for a three-year period, and in the fall of 1966 he was informed that he was not going to be reappointed to a second term. Our friend Staughton Lynd had a few words to say in the fall issue of the Columbia University Forum. Mr. Lynd considered Jesse's work on the seaman and the common man during the Colonial period to be "the most brilliant and original research yet done by an American specializing in the Eighteenth Century." Evidently the University's decision was partially based on Jesse's participation in a student sit-in in the spring of 1966 directed against the practice of sending students' class ranks to draft boards. It is interesting to note the following from Lynd's article: "I believe persons associated with universities like Yale and Chicago tend to assume too quickly, that, in contrast to institutions such as Chicago State College, Northern Illinois University, or the Circle Campus of the University of Illinois, they have academic freedom. From my viewpoint, the truth is almost the reverse." Having read and heard a bit about Yale's handling of the well known Lynd controversy, I wonder how free Mr. Lynd thinks our academic freedom should be. Incidentally, after reading all the material, I cannot determine Jesse's present employer. According to my records, however, he is married to the former Naomi Weisstein.

This might be an appropriate place to quote the following abbreviated citation from Commanding General Krulak for Captain Charles J. Goode, Jr., USMC: "For meritorious achievement in aerial flight as a designated aerial observer in the Third Marine Division during combat support missions in support of the Republic of Vietnam against insurgent communist (Viet Cong) forces from 11 November to 4 December 1966. Captain Goode contributed materially to the success of his unit. His courage and devotion to duty in the face of hazardous flying conditions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United Naval Service."

In the December issue I mentioned that Tom Chittenden was working in New York. I later had lunch with Tom and he is at the Vera Institute of Justice. To quote Tom: "Vera is involved in devising demonstration projects which will test innovations and improvements to the criminal justice system of New York City." Tom is focusing his attention on the correction and probation operation.

Jonathan and Diana Breslav announce a baby daughter, Allison Marjorie, who first saw light December 13th. I hope John let Hertz put him and not Diana in the driver's seat on the way to the hospital. Allison tipped the scales at 7 lbs. 9½ ozs. Jon, what did you weight when you were born? Just as I was turning in the column I received a letter from Don Bab who has recently joined the law firm of Spear and Hill on Wall Street in New York. Don reports that he and his wife, Ryna, produced Andrew Lawrence two and a half years ago and are looking forward to another in May. Good luck.

John and Laura Crosby visited the Dave Riddifords over New Year's. John is Director of Admissions and a history teacher at Lake Forest Academy. I believe they skied for three days during which time Dave's finely-tuned car: 1) produced two flat tires, 2) wouldn't start on two separate mornings and 3) became tired of the road and decided to test the resiliency of a local snow bank. Well, what can you expect from a management consultant?

In Short Hills, the Sin City of Jersey, I saw Nancy and Hank Hulshizer. We played in a paddle tennis tournament, and he and I arrived at the same, sound conclusion that we'd have more fun off the court than on, thus proceeding to blow our respective matches. I was since told that we enjoyed ourselves immensely. Jim Brady put in a short appearance but figured this place wasn't for him. It wasn't. It is for those who live out-of-state and can convince their pregnant wives that they will be much happier at home--as did the undersigned.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: February 1968

Just after I had turned in notes for January YAM issue I learned of the death of Morton L. Shapiro. He was killed when his car skidded off the road and hit a pole in Bloomington, Minn. I, among many, am deeply saddened. One of Mort's greatest assets was his ability to enjoy life and this enjoyment was contagious to those around him. I particularly remember the many laughs we shared at our 10th Reunion. Morton L. Shapiro Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established at St. Paul Academy to finance the education of a boy who would not otherwise be able to attend.

Twenty-eight of our classmates showed up at our tent at the Yale-Harvard game. I would appreciate comments on how we might attract a few more.

From the November 24 issue of Time magazine: "Publishing excerpts from a forthcoming book, Six Seconds in Dallas, the Post can hardly contain its excitement. Calling author Josiah Thompson, 32, a philosophy teacher at Haverford College, a ‘warm and engaging idealist with a mind like a ripsaw,' editor Bill Emerson, Jr. enthusiastically writes that the book ‘demolishes' the Warren Commission Report. An equally emotional editorial declares that the details amassed by Thompson ‘cry out for the truth to be told and for murderers to be punished.'" In case you didn't recognize Josiah, he is also known as Tink.

Charles R. Schaller has been appointed manager, special studies, of Commonwealth Oil Refining Company. Chuck joined Corco from the Celanese Chemical Company where he had been product director. As manager, special studies, he will report to Dr. B.V. Vaus, Vice President, Chemical Development. He will be located in Corco's New York office. Chuck and Mrs. (Marie) Schaller and their three sons make their home on Miles Road in Darien, Conn., and since graduation Chuck attended the program for Management Development at Harvard Graduate School of Business.

Received the following note from Sally Ann Lieberman regarding her husband, Al. "Al resigned from the Ford Motor Company in order to accept a position as an Account Executive in the Motor Statistical Division of the R.L. Polk Company, Detroit, Mich. He shall be involved with specialized market research data. We will be moving shortly after the first of the year to 2050 North Reserve, Dearborn, Mich. 48128 and are looking forward to what we understand is a very active Yale Alumni Association in that area. Would love to see or hear from any of Al's classmates who now reside in and around the Detroit area."

Ann and Mike Kenefick sent me a very cute Christmas card with a drawing depicting a fast growing family. Annie mentions that they now have four children and two young Labs. It seems that one house isn't enough for this large group and they are building a summer home in Woods Hole on Cape Cod and they plan to be there for August. I quote, "If I can get Michael to join me, I hope to be skiing considerably more than last year (bogged down by tight-fitting stretch pants last year). We seem to have become paddle tennis fans (N.B. Reynolds, Giffords, the Youngers) and play whenever we can shake the "encumbrances." Mike is now an experienced member of the investment department in the Marine Trust Company of Western New York (joined them last January)."

Also received a card from Barbara and Charles Gold who were married November 25th in the Hill School Chapel, Pottstown, Pa. Barbara graduated from Ohio Wesleyan in 1963. Present at the wedding from our Class were James Healey and Leigh Berglund. Now try catching up to the Keneficks.

The easy-riding New York Times advised that on December 9th Nina Lord and Gene Doggett were engaged and plan to operate as a unit in April. Nina graduated from Madeira, Briarcliff and Columbia and teaches at Greenwich (Conn.) Country Day School. Someone will have to pull up stakes because Gene is Executive Vice President of New Hampshire Finance Corp. in Manchester.

Finally, and with tears in my eyes as I relate the carefree fun-filled escapades of another bachelor, Edgar Masters, who is marketing manager for industrial synthetics for West Point Pepperell in New York. Ed spends much of his free time in Vermont skiing and the rest amassing a fortune. Can you imagine having only one mouth to feed--your own!

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: January 1968

I hope everyone had a very nice Christmas.

Authors or would-be-authors in our Class will cringe while reading this column. There is no theme, in fact no cohesiveness whatsoever.

As you may know, Crawford Shaw ran for councilman in the 12th Ward, Yonkers, N.Y., and was defeated by only 150 votes. I know Crawford worked hard and it is encouraging to have people such as him activity involved in politics. I might add 150 votes is by far the closet a democrat has come to winning the election in a long time. He has made such an impact on the political scene that big Bobby K. enthusiastically endorsed him at a large gathering in Yonkers. In addition to his political endeavors, Crawford practices law full time and has a Bronxville as well as a New York City office.

At the Yale-Harvard game I ran into Toby Briggs, who is President of Holiday House (publishers), Steve Flagg, who is a resident at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York, specializing in plastic surgery, and Reed Rubin. Also at the game were John Watling and Tom Rhum. Tom is in corporate law at Davis, Polk, etc., New York City, specializing in international law. His wife is an assistant buyer for J.C. Penney.

On the commuter train (the one that leaves Grand Central at 3:10 p.m.), I ran into Webb Wilson, who is with Fortune Magazine. He and his wife live in Wilton along with Frank Brown and his family. Frank is with Life. Also in Wilton are Todd Kendrick and his wife, two daughters and a son. Todd recently started a computer business which I think would sound fascinating, if I understood what it was all about. Reid White is with Shields Company in New York City having left the Bank of America in San Francisco. He just bought a house in Lawrenceville, N.J. where he and his wife, Laird, and their little girl live. Paul Bunyon was a favorite of Reid's and you can find Reid any weekend tending a forest he recently planted around his house.

Gerry Snyder has won a White House Fellowship and is a Special Assistant to Secretary of Transportation Boyd. Jerry took leave from James H. Oliphant Company in New York, where he was a senior partner. Evidently he is having a great time running around the country to make sure people get places on time. Nort Wright is still in the movie picture business and as you may know is the producer of Captain Kangaroo. Ed Bullard was to leave the Bullard Company December 30, 1967. It was a difficult decision for him to make but he feels he can personally best serve God and man outside the business world. At the time I talked to him in October he hoped to be engaged in the activities of the United Church Board for World Ministers and/or National Council of Churches. He planned to continue the development of inexpensive roofing and siding materials for use in developing countries through the charitable contribute to efforts being made towards solving the problems of the inner city through organizations such as United Neighbors for Self Development.

Turning to other parts of the country I have a note from Ted Kurtz who is now living in Cape Elizabeth, Me., with his wife and three children. His fourth child was due in December. Ted is an associate with a law firm and spends much time sailing.

Received a nice note from Mrs. Colin Jensen. The Jensens planned to come all the way from Sioux, Iowa for the Yale-Harvard game. They planned to stay in Farmington, Conn., so Elizabeth, age 8, could see Miss Porter's School.

David Sawyer has been named Miami District Manager for Humble Oil and Refining Company, effective September 1. He was previously industrial sales area manager, assigned to the company's Southeastern Region office in Charlotte, N.C. George Bullwinkle is a full-fledged ophthalmologist in Richmond, Cal. I told George about my ailing ophtham, but he declined my request for diagnosis. George and his wife, Bevi, and children have pretty much circled the country having last been in Miami. Cale Carson came all the way from Albuquerque for the Yale Alumni Board Convocation the first weekend in November. Cale's arm is pretty well recovered after his rapid descent from a local water tower prior to our Reunion. He looked great! His wife, Nancy, will receive her teaching's certificate in February and is now teaching in a local high school. They have three children, two boys 9 and 7 and a girl, 3. Cale mentioned that Terry Simmons came through Albuquerque on his way to Los Angeles, but they missed connections. Bill Paulus is our other class member in Albuquerque. Bill works for Sandia Corp., which is a division of Western Electric.

Out in the Minnesota area Ben Case was last seen with a gun over his shoulder heading into the woods. I am told that he has not only had some "good shots" but is the financial wizard of Minneapolis. He must be, he is Phil Pillsbury's broker. Phil is project director of the Urban League Job Training Program in Minneapolis. Evidently the program principal responsibility is to help "fallouts" back into productive jobs. Bob Dick, who I believe was with us only a couple of years, is living with his family in Kingston, Jamaica where he is a manager of the largest supermarket. Correspondence from Gary Bellow advises that he is married to Jean McElroy and they are expecting a child in January. The Bellows are living on a little farm in McFarland, Cal., where Gary does legal work for farm workers unable to afford a lawyer. He is Deputy Director of the California Rural Legal Assistance.

I don't know how many of you read the October 1957 report on Yale's admissions policy. It is well worth your time. Although mistakes are bound to be made and have been made, Yale appears to do a pretty good job. To emphasize this, President Brewster at the Alumni Board Convocation mentioned that in his opinion we have the best admissions committee around.

As a final note you will be happy to learn that the reunion loss to our Class was only $173, or about 80 cents per man. This was due primarily to the record turnout and a great job by Howie Gillis.

Happy 1968 and best wishes to Brian Dowling for another successful fall!

—C. Michael O'Hearn