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: October 1976

Reunion time draws close with only 15 or 20 reservation days left before the fabulous event. This will be a great opportunity for all of us to get the answers to the critical questions of our day, did Dick Moneymaker really do it, and is he still doing it? Has Bud Trillin's girth expanded as rapidly and as fully as his by-line? Does Bill Hamm really prefer Coors? Can Al Ward still do 500 push-ups in 90 seconds? Can Hank Conlan still blow smoke rings? Will Mike O'Hearn and Ned Morris get through the Class Dinner without throwing rolls? Does Sandy Grinnell's wife call him smelly? Does Maury Ryan still have the best passing arm in the Class? Will anybody remember the exploits of John P. Oberlin? Will the Class Secretary get a punch in the nose and be ousted from his prestigious position by unanimous consent? Show up in New Haven on November 4-7 and get the answers to these and other important questions.

We saw in a recent tombstone ad that Frederick H. Williams has recently become First Vice President and Manager of Institutional Equity Sales at Blyth, Eastman, Dillion & Co. I assume that's the same Frederick H. Williams, Jr. formerly of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, but if not I'm sure we'll hear from Fred. I'm not sure I'd want my promotion publicized in a tombstone format but perhaps it's appropriate for those in the investment fraternity.

Speaking of promotions, Dr. William H. Fleming has recently been appointed Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Bill has been Chief of the Thoracic Surgery section at the V.A. Hospital in Atlanta, Ga., and Senior Research Scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Jonathan Brownell has been named Director of the Public Affairs Center and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College. Jon moved to Vermont in the early 1960's to serve as General Counsel of the Vermont Department of Taxes and later as Assistant and Deputy Attorney General. He has been in private law practice since 1968 and has also acted as special counsel to many committees of the Vermont legislature on such matters as land use legislation, state aid to education, and to the Adirondack Park Agency.

Jon has been a Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth, teaching in the field of environmental law, and is a member of the environmental studies board of the National Academy of Sciences, a Director of the National Academy of Sciences, a former chairman of the Vermont Natural Resources Council, and a consultant to the division of advanced environmental research and technology of the National Science Foundation. Edwin Dean recently left Advest Company in Hartford, where he was a general partner, to become Vice President of F.L. Putnam & Company, where he will be in charge of corporate services. Ed lives in Concord, Mass., with his wife, Susan, and their two children.

We received a news release last June that John Roche has been appointed director of engineering at Perkin-Elmer Corporation in Norwalk, Conn. John is responsible for coordinating all development programs and supervising all phases of the instrumental division engineering. John has been with the company since 1957, most recently as product manager of infrared spectroscopy, and he has several patents in the field of analytical instrumentations.

Alan McGowan, President of the Scientists' Institution for Public Information, participated in Project Knowledge 2000, a Bicentennial program exploring the country's knowledge needs for the next 25 years. Some 350 leaders from a variety of fields in the United States and other countries are taking part in this project in a series of three-day forums. The goal of the project is to stimulate thinking and discussions about the generation, transmission and uses of knowledge in the years to come. Alan participated in one of the forums held last April at the Xerox International Center for Training and Management Development in Leesburg, Va.

Ruth and I were blessed with the arrival of our fourth son, Paul Griffin, in early August. Our only daughter, Kate, didn't take too kindly to the announcement at first, but now that

Griff's home, her natural instincts for mothering seem to have overcome her disappointment over another man in the house.

We have this final flash just in, literally just received in a telephone conversation with Bud Trillin that baring any unforeseen events, he will be our Master of Ceremonies for the Class Dinner on Friday evening, November 5.

See you in New Haven in a few weeks.

—Peter B. Fritzsche

Note: In October 1976 the Magazine went to publishing every other month.

Notes: June 1976

We had a very nice letter the other day from Greg Austin bringing us up-to-date on his movements within the Washington administrative set. After practicing law in Denver for about 11 years, Greg went to Washington in 1973 as a general counsel to the U.S. Small Business Administration. After 2½ years of BSA, Greg was appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate to the position of Solicitor of the Department of Interior. Being a solicitor does not mean that Greg is a happy hooker, but rather that he is the equivalent of a general counsel to the Department, and the third ranking official in the Department after the Secretary and under-Secretary. In addition, Greg supervises the Department's approximately 250 lawyers.

It sure sounds like a lot of whereases, therefore, and pursuant tos. Of course, the Department of Interior's involvement in all energy matters including the oil on the Continental Shelf, coal leasing, pipeline, water, conservation and environment matters make it a most interesting place to work. At the conclusion of his service in Washington, Greg and Deanna would like to move back to Colorado. It sounds like they're completely ensconced in Washington, however, and we'll believe the move to Colorado when we see it.

Tung Hon Jeong has received another award for his outstanding work in the field of holography. Tung was unanimously selected to receive the 1976 Millikan Lecture Award given by the American Association of Physics Teachers to "a physicist for notable and creative contributions to the teaching of physics." In addition to receiving a medallion in honorarium, he will deliver the Robert A. Millikan lecture at the AAPP national meeting to be held in June at the University of Missouri. The lecture will then be published along with the citation in the American Journal of Physics. Tung is the second Lake Forest college faculty member to receive this prestigious award. Last year Tung completed a national tour as Chautauqua lecturer for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, under the officers of the National Foundation. As part of his program he conducted workshops and lectures at Stanford, University of Oregon, Clark College, LSU, Maryland, Syracuse University, University of Wisconsin, Amherst, University of Mississippi, and the University of Miami, training more than 300 professors in the science of holography. Finally, Tung will participate in the XII Congress of the Union Internationale des Association Techniques Cinematographiques to be held in Moscow in October 1976.

Alan Lovins recently received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Columbia University on March 17, 1976. Currently he is spending half his time in private practice in New Haven, while the other half is spent as Director of Clinical Services for the Jewish Family Service of New Haven. The New Haven area seems to be an old haven for those practicing psychiatry. Dr. Wayne Downey, who has had a practice of adult, child and family psychiatry in Guilford for the past eight years, will be leaving his practice July 1 to become full-time clinical director of the Yale Psychiatric Institute, which is a nationally known psychiatric hospital specializing in treatment and research of the more difficult mental disorders of adolescents and young adults. The YPI will be moving shortly to new expanded headquarters on the campus of Albertus Magnus College in New Haven.

Wayne graduated from the Yale School of Medicine in 1961 and, after training in pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis, he returned to Yale for training in adult psychiatry. From 1966-1968 he served as Chief of Neuropsychiatric Services at the General Leonardwood Hospital at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. After completing his training in 1968, Wayne opened a practice in Guilford, but continued to pursue his interest in teaching and in the emotional problems of physically ill children. He is presently Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center. He was formally interim Director of the Clifford Beers Child Guidance Clinic and also served as a pre-school consultant to the Elm Haven Day Care Center in New Haven and Guilford Center for Children.

We received an announcement from the University Press of Hawaii that Peter Morse has recently authored a massive catalog of Jean Charlot's prints. There are over 800 illustrations and 29 color reproductions by Hawaii's world renowned muralist, painter, and pioneer in color lithography, and a publisher says the book is "a triumph of scholarship and objectification for author Morse, and a powerful document and testimony to the great achievement of Jean Charlot."

Have a great summer and may we put in a final plug for the Yale Alumni Fund, whose books close on June 30, as well as for your attendance at our upcoming 20th Reunion next fall.

—Peter B. Fritzsche

Notes: May 1976

The unmistakable signs of age creep up in the form of children who are now attending Yale for John Crosskey and John Francis. Jim Crosskey and Corinna Barbara Francis both are finishing up as freshmen (or is it fresh-persons) this year, While virtually all of us have crossed the threshold of 40 years, it's reassuring to know that a few can still maintain the pace of yesteryear. The Fritzsches and the Hulshizers are both expecting in August.

We spoke briefly with Hank Hulshizer on our way through New York in March and he informed us that he and Pam are expecting their second. Hank, Pam and Hunter, age 2½, live in Short Hills, N.J. and Hank, who's with the brokerage firm of Tucker Anthony, says it's beginning to smell like the 60s and the game is on again. Ruth and I are expecting our fifth in August but planned parenthood should have nothing to worry about. This was definitely planned. We'd appreciate a little prayerful lobbying for a girl if you can spare the time. Our firstborn, Katie, age 9, has yielded most of her femininity in the face of her boisterous brothers Bart (7), David (5), and Alex (4). One more boy and our little lady is going to end up driving a semi. Also on the subject of happy events, we had neglected to tell you last month in our note on Vern Loucks that he and Linda were blessed with double indemnity with his and her plumbing last spring.

Other news blows in from the Windy City. Don Miller, who claims to have almost as many moves as Bobby Fischer, is planning to return to the womb of Daleyville from a two-year hiatus in Lexington, Ky. The magnolias and the mint juleps were fine for awhile, he says, but the only lady friends he was meeting were grazing out in the Blue Grass. We see Bob Bentley riding the rails every now and then headed for the world of buyers and sellers on LaSalle Street. Bob's with A.G. Becker where negotiated rates have taken a little of the fun and lot of the profit out of the game, but for now at least they're making it up on volume. Bob and his bride have two big noises from Winnetka, Edward Bunker Bentley (what a perfect moniker for a future Washington newscaster) age 5 and Robert Dewar Bentley, age 12, who apparently was named after somebody who spends a good deal of time in the White Label. Portrait painting takes up a lot of Bob's free time but don't tell the IRS.

We had a brief but pleasant visit with Guy Palmer at the Yale Club in March and he was looking tanned and fit from a recent vacation at his retreat in Palmas Del Mar in Puerto Rico. The resort is managed by Sea Pines which also manages Hilton Head and if you're looking for a super vacation spot to relax, Guy would be happy to rent you his abode for a day, a week or a month when he's not using it. Guy's looks never change. He still exudes that portly, solid conservatism of the successful banker and investment manager which is what he is and has always been. We're convinced that the firm of Davis, Palmer & Biggs will be the first to get the elusive account of the great eleemosynary institution in the sky.

We had a great surprise the other day while talking on the phone with Tom McCann'59. Who should be sitting at his desk but Jim Van Alen whom we haven't seen nor heard from for nineteen years. Jimbo, the Stock, is with the investment firm of Janney, Montgomery & Scott in Philadelphia and I believe he was trying to glean a small finder's fee out of McCann's employer, Alco Standard Corp. I think he's sharpened his hockey skates for just about the last time but his three boys are ready to take up the slack.

Norwood Hill writes from big D that he has recently been appointed Associate Director of the Wadley Institute of Molecular Medicine. He is also Vice President--South Central Association of Blood Banks. Recreation includes coaching boys' soccer in the under 14 age group and kicking and heading the round ball in the men's league.

Jay Inglis reports having dinner with Charlie Peet, who had just returned from a long ski trip in Val D' Isere. Little else to report on Charlie except that he's still a squash freak. Jay also passed on word of the tenth wedding anniversary of Joe and Dee Clayton last month at their retreat in New Lebanon, N.Y.

By the time you read this, if you live in the East, you will have received an invitation to attend a class wine tasting and buffet supper to be held at the Pelham Country Club on Friday, May 21st to promote attendance at our upcoming 20th Reunion. If you're in the area please make a point to bring your lovely whomever she may be. It's a great opportunity to see old friends and to make plans for next fall. Several other regional class get-togethers will be held in late May or early June and we you can attend.

Again, a final plea for your generous support of this year's Alumni Fund Drive, the deadline for contributions is June 30th.

—Peter B. Fritzsche

Notes: April 1976

For some reason our class notes always seem to get more sparse as the winter wears on. Perhaps it's due to the boredom that sets in between Super Bowl Sunday and the Masters golf tournament; a preoccupation with the politics primaries, or the cold weather that has numbed your fingers. Of course it could also be that our class is filled with latter day dullards to whom nothing very interesting occurs. Whatever it is you'd better take your pen in hand because what you send is what you get.

Congratulations to Vern Loucks who was recently named president of Baxter Labs, Inc., one of the premier growth companies in the country. Vern and Linda live in Riverwoods, Illinois close to Baxter's home office in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield.

A previous item that somehow got lost in the Christmas shuffle was a very pleasant visit Ruth and I had last August in Cape Cod with Barbara and Wally Ritchie including a home and home tennis match. Barbara terrorized us with her smashing forehand and it was a good thing time ran out before one of us got hit with one of those missiles. Charlottesville, Virginia is home where Wally is currently Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Virginia. He received a great honor recently, having been named President elect of the Association for Academic Surgery.

The only other item of note was a chance meeting with John Halpern in the athletic lounge of the Yale Club. John had just finished a friendly game of squash with a young unseeded, upstart barely out of puberty. Judging from the redness of John's face, the dryness of his lips and the heaviness of his breathing, John had finally learned what all of us over-forty jocks (except George Blanda and Gordie Howe) already knew. By the time your head is in shape to handle any adverse situation, your legs can't cope. When the trunk is rotten, the tree must fall. In addition to his athletic endeavors John is involved in various facets of the real estate game including consulting on turnaround or "workout" situations. He is now an expert on such things as moratoriums, principal stretch outs, interest reductions, defaults and foreclosures. If you have a project whose outgo significantly exceeds its income John can help, or at least he says he can.

If you haven't done so already, please remember your contribution to the 1976 Yale Alumni Fund Drive.

—Peter B. Fritzsche

Notes: March 1976

Having reread our offerings to the YAM these past few months, I must admit it's pretty insipid stuff. I don't know if it's the sophomore slump two years late, or the seven-year itch early, but we'll attempt to get it all together again before passing on the baton next year. Volunteers for the job will be accepted with open arms.

Billy Williams reports in from the land of business jets, i.e. Falcon Jet Corporations, joint subsidiary of Pan-Am and Dassault-Breguet, the French manufacturer of the Falcon airplane. As chief pilot, Bill spends most of his time on the technical side of things, including flight tests, aircraft improvement certifications and liaison with the Bordeaux, France factory. The high-sounding title, of course, does not preclude his carrying your bags to and from the airplane getting you a limo and conducting other general toadying in the hopes that "you'll justify my continued employment by purchasing one of our little rockets for your large enterprise."

One of the fringe benefits of visiting the factory, of course, is the build-up of a sizeable collection if Bordeaux wines and other lesser-known products of the French grape which he has been known to share with less fortunate itinerants passing through his Greenwich/New York territory. Such sharing has repeatedly led to interesting manifestations in the area of conduct and behavior which I'm sure Billy will share with you on your next trip east. He's still active in the Marine Corps Reserves and has recently had the good fortune to be selected to command a squadron at NAS in Willow Grove, Pa. Billy reports having occasional dealing with Charlie Trippe, who's on the board of directors of his company, but that in spite of this and the state of the economy, business is still very good.

Seibert Adams, Jr., reports the happy news that on September 27, 1975 he was married to Ruth Cahill and they have moved to New York City where he is now Vice President and Editor-in-Chief of the Holt, Rinehart, Winston Division of CBS. George White also checks in from New York City, where he is currently President of the Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center and the U.S. Delegate to the Moscow World Theater Congress. Otis Graham has recently become an Associate of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and in January of 1976, the Oxford University Press published his book: Toward a Planned Society, From Roosevelt to Nixon.

Charlie Cushman, who's written his own book called Toward a Planned Bachelorhood, From Budwieser to Kirin, returned briefly to the states just last year from Japan where he is teaching English to Japanese students.

Steve Ackerman took a few days off to see if Charlie still had a yen for American brew. After searching truths for three days at various Los Angeles watering holes, the ultimate truth was discovered. Ackerman had to go back to work at TransCon Lines and Charlie returned to Tokyo like the proverbial camel, with a two-week supply of Coor's in his hump.

Reports of my departure from the secure bowels of The Quaker Oats Company for more venturesome activities have not been exaggerated. Quicker than you could say corporate perquisites, I decided to get back to the business of entrepreneuring and venture capital investing. I wouldn't want to say that the Company lacked decisiveness but when the executive committee, upon review of one of our proposals, said that their decision was maybe and that was final, I figured I was in the middle of a corporate sequel to Catch 22. I'll be affiliated in my new venture with Geneve Corporation where the hats of Jay Inglis and Jack Turben are currently hanging. Jack, in addition to his position as chairman of the executive committee of Geneve, has also been recently named to the board of directors of Alco Standard Corporation a highly diversified NYSE company.

Please don't forget your annual contribution to Yale Alumni Fund if you haven't already done so.

—Peter B. Fritzsche

Notes: February 1976

We are again sad to report the loss of a classmate. Bill Adams died unexpectedly last November of a heart attack. Bill and his wife, Jane, were married in 1963 and soon thereafter he became Vice President of the United Bank of Denver. Surviving, in addition to his widow, are his son, William, and daughter, Jennifer. Jane's address is 2460 South Leydon Street, Denver, Colo. 80222 for those wishing to express their sympathies.

Larry Perlman's widow has informed us that the Lawrence V. Perlman Memorial Fund has been established at the Yale School of Medicine in memory of Larry, who passed away last May. Contributions may be sent to the Office of the Dean, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Conn. 06510.

Additional items continue to trickle in on the back of dues notices. George Wiley is currently an internal consultant on organization planning matters for Standard Oil of Indiana. A recent experience included an extended trip to the U.K. and Africa to consult on company organization for a copper mine in Zaire. George reports that Africa and bush country were unique and exciting compared to his daily routine in Deerfield, Ill. George and Sally currently have three children.

Brian Walsh reports from Beverly, Mass. where he is Headmaster of Shore Country Day School. Among parents of children at Brian's school are Cheebe Everitt and John Stockwell. Ron Sharp is active in Eastern Connecticut as a member of the board of directors of the Yale Club of Fairfield County and interviewing prospects for the Alumni Schools Committee. In addition, he's on the executive committee of the tax section of the Connecticut Bar Association, and has lectured extensively to lawyers and accountants on various tax matters. Ron and Sue have two children, Nancy (9) and Greg (6).

Norty Wright has been traveling again doing interesting things on behalf of the Children's Television Workshop. He spent the first six months of 1975 in and out of the Middle East endeavoring to set up an Arabic language version of Sesame Street. The "troubles" in Beirut have literally blown away one of his major production centers and he's now resorting to the talent and facilities of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Abu Dhabi. Norty's looking forward to getting production underway sometime in 1976. Wife, Susie, enjoyed an excellent season of winter stock and returned last spring to do the new Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt musical, The Bone Room. She wasn't too busy, however, to give birth to their second son, Douglas, last June. This October Nortie was in India helping UNESCO with its satellite programming of rural villages, and he and Susie manager to take the long way home via Egypt, Greece and Turkey. Despite all of this activity, Nortie finds free time for his creative bent and recently had a sculpture show at the Ward-Nasse Gallery over Christmas and New Year's.

—Peter B. Fritzsche

Notes: January 1976

It is sad to have to report for the third straight month that one of our classmates has passed away. Mike Leisure died apparently of a heart attack while jogging in Washington Square Park last October. Mike was a partner in the law firm of Davis, Polk and Wardwell at the time of his death, and had previously served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the southern district of New York from 1966 to 1970. Mike's father and two older brothers had also served in the same slot before him. Mike's family had another distinction in that on April 18, 1966 Mike's dad stood before the bench of the U.S. Supreme Court and moved that his three sons be admitted to practice before the court. It was the first time that a father had ever nominated three sons at the same time. In addition to his parents, Mike is survived by his brothers, George and Peter, and his children, Michael, Jr., and Margaret.

Fred Loucks was appointed Vice President--Personnel for Phillip Morris USA in September, after moving to Phillip Morris from Union Carbide in 1974. Keith McEligot was recently appointed general engineering manager for the Monmonth area of New Jersey Bell Telephone Company and informs us that he got married in 1973 to Mace Loftin and they have one daughter 14 going on 22. Why is it that daughters all seem to be 14 going on 22 while sons are 14 going on 15? John Ryan brings us up to date from Philadelphia where he is with Sun Oil as Vice President in charge of the information services division. John and Carole are just now getting active in local district affairs, where apparently it takes five years just to be asked.

Dick Roberts recently became executive director of the International Management Development Institute. IMDI is a small non-profit organization devoted to management development in the third world, principally and primarily in Africa, through short-term workshops and training programs. Dick's always interested in locating qualified interested trainers and he can be reached at IMDI, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York 10017. Mark Carleton is becoming almost a full-time and unpaid public servant. He was recently appointed to the Louisiana Constitutional Records Commission, and board of trustees and editorial committee of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana. In the off moments Mark teaches at LSU where the interest in history is "very big." Cmdr. Bob Crafts recently returned to La Jolla, Calif. after three and a half months on Guam where he was supervising the medical care of 5,000 Vietnamese in five camps.

Mike O'Hearn dropped us a note the other day that he had a recent visit from John and Jo Tyson and Ned Morris and some sweetie from the Big Apple (could she be golden delicious and he a winesap?) John is in charge of marketing for one of Airco's divisions and Ned is now with Pay TV Corp. Any of you venture capitalists with a few million dollars to spend are urged to contact Ned, who has a company in which to invest. Mike also reported being with George and Bevie Bullwinkel, but didn't give us much news except to say that George is an ophthalmologist in Stamford.

We've had several communications recently from Howie Gillis concerning plans for the 20th Reunion to be held next year on November 4-6. The Class of 1956 held their 20th Reunion during the Yale-Dartmouth game this year and the indications are that they were very happy with the switch of the Reunion from spring to the fall. Some regional committees will be formed in the coming months to promote interest in the Reunion and to get commitments for attendance. Sam Chauncey has generously offered to host cocktails and dinner at his rather spacious Hillhouse Avenue house. November of 1976 sounds like a long way away, but it really isn't too long to be planning ahead for a return to New Haven.

—Peter B. Fritzsche