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 1970
Notes: November 1970
Notes: October 1970
Notes: July 1970
Notes: June 1970
Notes: May 1970
Notes: April 1970
Notes: March 1970
Notes: February 1970
Notes: January 1970

Notes: December 1970

I received a lovely Christmas card picturing a painting at the Garden Festival in Japan from George and Sue Vojta. I have a feeling that George is doing spy work for Uncle Sam, and this is his subtle way of letting us know that he, Sue, Christopher and Timothy are in Japan.

Frank Mongillo, at the Yale-Columbia game, offered his house and liquor supply, 12 Oliver Road, New Haven, to all classmates before and after football games. I suggested to Frank that this be advertised in the Column. Frank's computerized brain analyzed the situation immediately and answered in the affirmative, knowing that the last game would be well over by the time this magazine reaches your home.

Congratulations and hearty ones at that are in order for Charlie Trippe. He will be running the special gifts effort for our 15th Reunion. Assisting him, with the smaller gifts will be Jerry Neary, our Alumni Fund Chairman.

At the Alumni Fund Convocation in mid-October in New Haven, I ran into Dick Newman, a New Jersey attorney, who occasionally sees Denny McGill, who is also an attorney in the Garden State. During that weekend news filtered through that Bob Pelletreau was last seen in Amman, Jordan.

At the Alumni Board weekend in late October, we were all introduced to Bud Trillin, Contributing Editor of the New Yorker, who is on the YAM board. Bud is trying to generate some news out of the tranquil Yale scene for a story and may be having some difficulty. Actually he is having his Greenwich Village house renovated and is looking for a free pad for the week. He, wife and 2-year-old daughter have been "visiting" friends for a while and hope to return to their abode by Christmas. Sam Chauncey, who is responsible for university-wide admissions and financial aid, said a few choice words at both convocations. Also attending the AB convocation were Jack Pendergast, husband of Pixie and father of six, living in Providence; Owen Freeman, who is chairman of his local Yale Club in Pennsylvania, and John Poinier's father.

At the Y-D football game I saw Binky Davis, Roger Samet, Ned Morris, and Lou DeLuca, who is sporting a very smart mustache. I recently talked to Bill Hamm in San Francisco and Ben Case in Minneapolis. Both families are well.

Merry Christmas.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: November 1970

No class notes from C. Michael O'Hearn in November.

Notes: October 1970

Here we go. A tribute to our Chairman, Jerry Neary and all of you who contributed to the Alumni Fund this year. Latest report I saw showed 1957 leading the pack in participation. First time ever!

Someday soon our Treasurer threatens a dues letter. Because of bad times for some, Mr. Peet's enlarged heart precluded him from dunning us for last year's dues. Therefore, with better times predicted, we hope you will contribute for both years when you receive his request.

Ken Jones has committed the most dreadful of all sins. He has driven out of the house his bulldog! The canine deity, Judge Livingstone Jones was a little too much for the rest of the family and had to find a new home. Ken remembers him for his "staunch bulldog spirit, patience in trouble, and charity in understanding." The other Joneses, Kirk (9), Pamela (7), Andrew (4) to remain. Ken is on the legal staff of North American Rockwell as staff counsel in Pittsburgh and enjoys working on the legal aspects of the Sabreliner, Aero Commander.

Fred Laux has been named manager, employee relations, for Union Carbide's chemicals and plastics group. He is responsible for all labor relations and salary administration. He has been with Union Carbide since graduation and has worked in several industrial relations positions in various offices. He and his family live in Stamford, Conn. Dennis Bates has been named Assistant Director of Institutional Research at Drake University in Des Moines, Ia. Dennis acquired is M.A. in history at Case Western University and is scheduled to have completed his Ph.D. in higher education and urban history this last July.

Sam Guy has been promoted to marketing manager-forecasting of Southern New England Telephone's New Haven office. He joined the telephone company in 1959 as an assistant engineer and most recently was a senior engineer. He, his wife, and two children live in Hamden.

George Doty has left Glore, Forgan & Staats in New York (as so many others have) and is now an Assistant Vice President at the Connecticut Bank and Trust Company in Hartford, where he is working in trust administration as a portfolio manager. George, Cynthia, and their three children will move from Greenwich to Hartford. As of September 1st, Jim Seymour is Chairman of the Department of Politics in NYU's Washington Square College. He is also editor of Chinese Law and Government, and is working on a book about Chinese politics.

Dave Sawyer has successfully graduated from Harvard Business School and is now with Gerald D. Hines Interests in Houston. Hines Interests is a major developer of commercial real estate in the southwest. Dave will be initiating and running a residential division specializing in multi-family housing and in both single and multi-family recreational (second home) housing throughout the southwest. When Dave wrote, he and Sandy had not yet found a home, and thus he gave as his address his new employer at 2100 Post Oak Tower, Houston, Tex. 77027; tel.: 713-621-8000.

We are sharing a tent with the Class of 1958 before and after the Princeton game on November 14th. Bring wives and friends.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: July 1970

I saw photos of model villas and golf clubhouse, designed by Copelin (John) and Lee as part of Palmetto Dunes, a 2,000-acre community at Hilton Head Island. Very beautiful and interesting.

Another classmate fell on June 6th. Reed Taylor married Glynda Sue Stephens in Atlanta. Glynda is from Williamsburg, Ky., a graduate of the University of Kentucky, and has a master's in English from the University of North Carolina. The Reeds, like the song Tennessee Birdwalk, will spend the summer in Atlanta and then move to Buffalo in September when Reed will teach high school English at Amherst Central High School. Also a little mixed-up is Tuck Halbkat, who is a Vice President of the Liberty Corporation in Greenville, S.C.

Our Sam Chauncey has been promoted, effective July 1st, to Director of University Admissions and Financial Aid Policy and Director of Institutional Research. As you know, Sam has been Special Assistant to Kingman Brewster. Sam will co-ordinate the admissions policies of the ten undergraduate, graduate and professional schools. In his latter capacity he will develop an office to replace the Office of Educational Research, whose director, Paul Burnham, retires next January. He will instigate research which will help in the development of new admissions policies at all levels for the University, so I've read.

I had a nice chat with Ed Meyer, who is running for the New York State Legislature. He is taking a little time off from his law practice and working a 16-hour day. Knowing Ed, I think he'll make it.

Lastly, what column would be complete without a report on Lake Forest College's Associate Professor Tung Hon Jeong. Professor Jeong, with the help of a $14,500 grant to his college, is producing a film on holography. In case any of you have dared to forget, holography is a new lensless-laser-produced three-dimensional photographic technique, which is proving to have wide application in medical research, data processing, engineering and other fields. Dr. Jeong has been happily engaged in this field under a $50,000 grant.

Have a cool summer, particularly the South Carolina and George Birdwalks.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: June 1970

Women in Love, that much-talked about, X-rated film was written and produced by our own Larry Kramer. Larry is in London, obviously working hard and doing what he enjoys. He was in New York in March for the opening of the picture.

Dick Sargent, was made a vice president of Chubb & Son, and is now Manager of Processing Operations. Pete Smith was recently promoted to Vice President of the Citizens and Southern National Bank. He and his family are enjoying California and he recently ran into Dick Moneymaker. Tom Brown has been promoted to Assistant Superintendent of the sheet and tin mill in Bethlehem Steel's Burns Harbor plant in Chesterton, Inc. Tom has been with Bethlehem since graduation.

The February 22nd issue of the Atlanta (Ga.) Journal and Constitution had a very nice picture and article about Hal Gulliver, who was named Associate Editor of the Atlanta Constitution. Hal will continue as a member of the editorial board and as a regular columnist. He joined the paper in 1962, left briefly for the Associated Press in 1967 for which he covered Georgia and regional news, and then returned to the Constitution last year. Hal is married to Marian Godwin of Valdosta and they have a 7-year-old, Harold III.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: May 1970

Peter Morse, living in Waipahu, Hawaii, has just had a book published by the Yale University Press, John Sloan's Prints. The book contains all the graphic art works of John Sloan including nearly 400 reproductions. For $50 it is a real bargain.

Enid Reed, lover of David H., gave birth to their second daughter, Sharon Lathrop, on February 28th. Dave and Enid live in Brooklyn, N.Y. Nancy (my permanent maid) and I, and Ned Morris are flying to Eleuthera shortly. Actually Ned and I are going, and we figured in keeping with our social position, it would be appropriate to bring someone along to do the cooking and cleaning. We each purchased the most powerful spear gun made, and this may just be my last column. Farewell!

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: April 1970

The 1957 football team seems to be progressing through life admirably and relatively normally with one exception--Wayne Moeller. Having come close three times, Wayne is still single. What distresses me most is that he is happy about his freedom, and as all we married men know, misery likes company. He is presently Vice President of Marketing for Duncan Industries located near Chicago. They make fare boxes and parking meters (Wayne has samples and will travel). He thoughtfully mailed me some financial reports from Duncan, one of which stresses the importance Duncan places on hiring exceptional man--and then goes on to highlight our hero, of course. Another of the reports makes mention of a non-recurring expense. If this turns out to be Wayne's incentive to join Duncan, it might be grounds for a stockholder suit.

Pete Fritzsche is Director of Acquisitions for Quaker Oats. It is rumored that Peter B. may be seen any Sunday morning in tails walking the avenues of Winnetka with his wife, Ruth, two poodles, and two children. Vern Loucks, Vice President-International for Baxter Laboratories, shuttles between his home in Brussels and his skiing retreat in Switzerland. Paul Lopata is an executive with Castle Company, manufacturers of hospital equipment, in Oak Brook, Ill. He and his wife, Dolores, have four sons and one girl. Steve Ackerman has been appointed Vice President and Treasurer of Transcon Lines in Los Angeles, where he will be responsible for the company's banking relations, claims, tax administration, credit, and collections. Nothing else? Steve has to pull himself and his family from Honolulu where he was with Alexander and Baldwin.

Todd Kendrick has merged his head-hunting firm with that of another Yale man, Russ Reynolds. The new firm has offices in New York and Greenwich. Bob Neff has been made a partner of Meth and Wood in Newark, N.J. Roger Samet, Mr. Success, I am told has sold his hospital-TV company to Sylvania. His new toy is something like medical communications in New York City. All that talent, and he is still single. Roger, if you are ever in Chicago.... Bill Hinrichs said you-know-what to the Chicago smog and moved closer to the real thing. He has been married about a year and works for Glore Forgan in San Francisco.

Cheeb Everitt, former Olympic-caliber skier, reports that he is living with Susan and a small boy (Timothy) in Manchester, Mass. He has a guest room--which we don't, in case anyone was thinking of paying us a visit--and is tearing apart the editorial department of Little, Brown and Co. in Boston.

Laugh, the market has bottomed!

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: March 1970

Sin City, N.J. is a fable. I visited Hank and Nancy Hulshizer (and daughter, Lisa) in that quaint ghetto, and it was mighty tame. Blindness struck me a good part of the weekend, and I may have missed the action, but, when visible, the scene did not live up to its potential. Believe me, it has potential, because the same puppets were on stage, but someone was pulling the wrong strings. Even an old nun friend of mine turned me away.

While there I saw John Poiner and Dick Sargent. John is the officer in charge of personnel, and Dick the vice president of computer systems (?) for Chubb & Sons in Short Hills.

Gary Bellow was just appointed Associate Professor in the Law Center at the University of Southern California. He is director of the student internship of the Center. It says here that one of his interests is carpentry--I didn't know that!

John Ryan was just appointed Director, Administrative Services of Sun Oil Company in Tulsa. He joined the company in 1964, and prior to his promotion was manager of marketing planning. Rutgers Barclay was appointed Marketing Manager--International Division of Schweppes and lives in New York.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: February 1970

No news to report this month, except that Charlie Abuza has moved his law partnership to 17 John St. in New York and I am going down South for a few days with, believe it or not, my wife.

I hope you all had a nice Christmas.

—C. Michael O'Hearn

Notes: January 1970

Our annual class executive committee "meeting" was well attended by Charlie Abuza and Peet and me. It is difficult to accomplish much with what small number in spite of the high caliber of those present. I think the next time members are elected, emphasis should be domicile.

Received a very informative letter from Berkeley Tompkins, who after several years of teaching history and performing as a dean at Stanford, joined the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace as a senior fellow. He is currently running a major international conference on the subject of peaceful change in modern society. At the conclusion of the conference, Berkeley will edit a volume with the papers presented at the conference, authored by such as Anthony Eden. At the same time he is publishing a book on the anti-imperialist movement.

Dick Arnold is spending a great deal of time as a delegate to the Arkansas Constitutional Convention which met for 90 days this summer and is meeting again this month. Their big project is drafting a new constitution for Arkansas. Dick has been active as Chairman of the Alumni Schools Committee in his area. Ted Notz writes that Toby Briggs was in Chicago for Tim Towell's wedding. Notz notes, incidentally, that his wife, Sandy, gave birth to their first child, E.U.N., Jr., on August 28th.

Larry Perlman, Director of the medical clinic at County General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Marquette School of Medicine, writes that Susannah Jane appeared on October 18th, joining brother, Jonathan and sister, Abigail. Emil Buhler, since 1965 manager of Waldo Perez, Inc., has joined Designers Flooring Company and is in charge of the company's day-to-day showroom and plant operations. I believe the company is in Coconut Grove, Fla.

Another installment on Tung Hon Jeong. Dr. Jeong has been commissioned by the Optical Society of America as traveling lecturer in the eastern United States for 1969-70. He will introduce and exhibit holograms, or laser-produced, three-dimensional photographs, at local sections in New England, greater New York, Delaware Valley, Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Mich., Rochester, N.Y., and Huntsville, Ala. As you know Dr. Jeong is under a $50,000 grant from the Alfred and Christine Sonntag Foundation for Cancer Research and has received a $5,000 Frederick Gardner Cottrell grant from Research Corporation, a New York Foundation. I think I chose the wrong vocation.

—C. Michael O'Hearn