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 1982
Notes: November 1982
Notes: October 1982
Notes: June 1982
Notes: April 1982
Notes: March 1982

Notes: December 1982

With all the talks we have received about the admissions process, it is a pleasure to report on the following group of highly intelligent offspring produced by our Class who listened to the advice and are presently at Yale. A few related older siblings are listed, too. (Two thoughts come to mind--1) Thank you intelligent wives, and 2) it sure was a lot easier back in our day.) Here goes:

Robert P. '84, son of Chip Anderson, Stephen A. '84, son of Donald Bain; Patricia E. ''86, daughter of Pat Baker; Todd R. '84, son of Ron Bland; Marlyn Jill '86, daughter of Kurt Bloch; James H. '86, son of Jonathan Brownell; John D. '85, son of Tim Childs; John S. '86, son of Tom Chittenden; Donald M. '83, son of Roger Cogswell; Amy C. '83 and Laurie E. '85, daughters of Bill Cuddy (does Yale offer a group plan, Bill?); Robert H. '86, son of Doug Dial; Laura E. '85, daughter of Guy Diana; Adrienne Y. '83, daughter of Roger Donald; Julia A. '84, daughter of Bill Finn; Lizabeth N. '85, daughter of Randy Guggenheimer; John '82 and Mark '85, sons of Glen Harris (I know the first one graduated already, but we're still proud of him); Maren '83, daughter of Ian Jones; Jeffrey '84, son of Jay Kahle; Erin L '85., daughter of Gus Kellogg; Andrew M. '84, son of Mark Kenefick; Lars E. '85, son of Lars Kulleseid; Charles V. '84, son of Vern Loucks; Glenn James '83, son of Dean Loucks; Frank '85, son of John Franklyn Mars; Dan S. '84, son of Sandy McDonald; Dan '81, Jeffrey '85 and Tory '86, sons of Ed Meyer (don't worry Yale, he's got one more still at home); Julien '86, son of David Mininberg; Joyce '86, daughter of George Neilan; James '83, son of Wright Palmer; Philip '85, son of Guy Palmer; Craig '83 and Eleanor Evans '86, children of Ernie Pepples; Anne G. ''81 and Robert R. '86, children of Tom Perkins (Anne practically owned the place when she was there!); Margaret M. '84, daughter of Rex Robbins; Amy '84, daughter of Ron Savin; William B. '85, son of Barrett Scoville; Steven '85, son of Ruben Shapiro; Kendall '85, daughter of Alexander Smallens; Randy '82 and Robin Lisa '86, children of Gordon Smith; Gregory L. Srodon '84; stepson of Vern Loucks (no arguments, he counts!); Charles W. '83, son of Charlie Trippe; Jennifer '83, daughter of Al Ulrich; Stuart '86, son of Harry Valentine; Joseph '85 and Jerome '86, sons of Joe Vittoria (the two to come are spaced farther apart, so Joe has some time to replenish the coffers!); Tim '83, son of Ted Vlamis; Christopher L. '86, son of George Vojta; Lelia M. '85, daughter of Allen Wardwell; David '83, son of Dave Wilmerding; Jeanne '82 and William H. '86, children of Bill Wrean; and Diane Lynn '83, daughter of Mort Zalutsky. Totals: 40 sons, 23 daughters and I suspect we haven't finished yet.

Happy Holidays to you all. The next issue is February, so you have two months to figure out how to get your names into print.

—Randolph C. Guggenheimer, Jr.

Notes: November 1982

I still haven't got the hang of this yet. I had planned to alert you all of our Princeton post-game party in the Yale Armory with the other classes of the '50s. However, this issue comes out two days after the game. Well, I hope you all made it and were full of news. More about the turn-out in later reports.

I have received a number of letters praising the job that Pete Fritzsche and Gerry Neary did for the Alumni Fund on our 25th Reunion. For the record, our gift of $2,152,300 was the largest class gift ever made to Yale, topping both the previous 25th record of the Class of 1956 ($1,956.000) and the 50th record of the Class of 1931 ($2,141,992). Although there were no gifts over $75,000, we had seven over $50,000, nine more over $20,000, ten more over $10,000, 59 more over $5,000, twelve more over $3,000, and 90 between $1,000 and $2,999. What a wonderful job for all of us to be proud of. And, as Binky Davis pointed out in his letter, throughout it all Pete remained calm and friendly,

Sandy Clark sent me an ad that appeared in a cable magazine featuring Larry Flinn praising Cable News Network. Larry is president of United Video in Greenwich, Conn., which operates and is building 20 systems in Maine, Arkansas, Ohio, Texas, Missouri, and Illinois.

I suppose it was only coincidence that the fall issue of The New Yorker was the first to carry the new raised price of $1.50 featured Bud Trillin's article on eating Chinese food in Hong Kong. How on earth did Bud get the magazine to send Alice and him to Hong Kong to eat Chinese food? I can understand barbecue in Kansas City, but that's a long way to go for spareribs. Do you think they deliver?

It is probably wrong for us to claim any relationship with Paul Leand's daughter Andrea, who last fall left Princeton's Class of 1985 to play tennis. However, she did advance to round 16 in the U.S. Open before losing to Martina Navratilova.

Well, you no longer have any excuse to ignore me. My name and address now have appeared on the top of two columns. No doubt more next time.

—Randolph C. Guggenheimer, Jr.

Notes: October 1982

While I think we are entitled to catch our breath after our smashing 25th Reunion, the implacable Class Notes dictate otherwise. Having read pleas for news for years from other less deserving class secretaries, I am much too haughty to start my first column by begging. However, pleading for news does fill space. So also does the following line, which I promise never to use again: "You may be reading this in October, but I am writing in early August." Anyway, I am pleased to take over from Sandy Clark who did a wonderful job as Secretary for the past five years. The news:

Carroll Brewster was named President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges effective July 1. Carroll was president of Hollins College in Virginia from 1975 to 1981 and previously served as Dean of Dartmouth College. Other academic appointments include Joe Mesics who was named secretary of Phillips Academy, Andover also effective July 1. Joe practiced law in Lebanon, Pa., for the past 16 years and was the public defender of Lebanon County. The search committee that found Joe included Ray Lamontagne. Earlier this year Towny Ludington was appointed Boshamer Professor of English at University of North Carolina. John Strong was recently named Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at University of Nebraska. Brian Walsh has been appointed headmaster of Buckley School in New York. Now all the incipient Yalies have an alternative to The Horace-Mann-Barnard Schools, also in New York, where Ink Clark is president.

Yale has joined with Olin Corporation and The City of New Haven to form the Science Park Development Corporation, a non-profit corporation formed to develop a tract of land adjacent to Yale "for a community of companies engaged in the pursuit and development of new scientific and technological products, processes and related manufacturing." Sam Chauncey is president of the corporation. If anyone knows any high technology companies that might be interested, let Sam know.

Joe Quander's oldest son Joseph III graduated from Austin College in Texas in May. His other sons in order are: Stephen at Brown, Christopher, a freshman at Yale, and Jonathan and Martin still at home. Not bad work for a busy obstetricians and gynecologist.

David Sawyer, CEO of David Mitchell Companies, a real estate developer, was recently elected co-president of the Harvard Business School Association. I would make a snide remark, but my children may want to go there someday. Hal Russell has been appointed Associate General Counsel of FMC Corporation. In his new position he will head a department of ten lawyers in Philadelphia.

In my travels I had a mini-reunion in Boston with Roger Cogswell, an investment adviser, and John Stockwell, a broker. Both were weathering the summer market doldrums well. Also saw Phil Lynch who has his finger in more financial pies than I could possibly describe.

Two sad notes: David Rosen died February 28, 1982 and Ed Chatfield died March 28, 1982.

—Randolph C. Guggenheimer, Jr.

Notes: June 1982

The Reunion was a smash. We wish every one of you could have attended. As it turned out, about 300 classmates were there.

The affair began with two fraternity parties and to this observer's eye and ear the Dixieland party got a much bigger play than the rock and roll party. I gather the final carousers got to bed about 3:30 a.m. On Friday, we had a class meeting and I am especially pleased to announce that Randy Guggenheimer will be taking over the duties of this column starting in September. He will be the Class Secretary and Rod Correll will be the Class Treasurer. We are delighted that they are taking over the operation of the Class. It should also be noted that Don Bab is going to handle the affiliation of the Class of '57 with Saybrook College. This is a new program at Yale where a class works with students at one of the colleges. It involves some vocational experiences and some intellectual experiences. We hope that many members of the Class can be helpful to Don.

Binky Davis led a sensational panel of classmates (Bud Trilln, Gil Merritt, Jim Banner, and Lou Deluca). After a relaxed luncheon, it was back to some serious panels. The first one was chaired by Bud Trilln, Dick Arnold, Bob Pelletreau and President Giamatti spoke. Brother Arnold sees some future in the legal profession, brother Pelletreau has some grim words about the Middle East, and President Giamatti feels that the educational system in America has a long way to go. Trillin, as always, was devastatingly funny. This was followed by a panel of wives of classmates who have been very active. Suzy Abuza led a great panel of Ann Perkins, Wendy Chittenden, Mary Armstrong, and Alice Trillin. Friday night, we had a first-rate dinner. Here we heard again from the President. Peter Fritzsche announced that the Class of 1957 had given over $2,000,000 as a 25th Reunion Gift. That's a record!

The Class also honored Harry Valentine for his past services. Howie Gills, Peter Fritzsche and Andy Clark also received awards from Class. Following the dinner, most of the classmates went to the tent and it's reported that Maury Ryan is still the Class middleweight champion. Apparently there was a difference of opinion and it was settled at about 4:00 in the morning in Maury's favor.

Saturday noon, the Class went out on a wonderful, but albeit rain-soaked picnic. It worked very well. Saturday night there was a wrap-up dance with Pete Williams and Dick Voigt leading the Chosen 6. It was great fun to hear them again. Sunday morning, Bob Pelton said Mass and participated in the service for departed alumni. It was nice to have Bob at the Reunion.

I overlooked the fine performance of Friday night of the 1957 edition of the Whiff's. Carl Myrus had his troops in fine voice and all they lacked was a decent set of white tie and tails. Todd Kendrick sounded like he could make a living singing right now.

It was good to see so many wonderful and dear friends. Ted and Sonny Jones brought their daughter. Morris and Jan Raker were there. Gil Merritt brought two of his children--Gil's daughter seemed to think that my son was of special interest--I've warned him about southern women.

Again, to all the members of the Class who supported the Reunion, special gifts or the regular alumni fund, we appreciate it. To all of you who have helped me over the last five years, I appreciate it. You've been great and I feel very privileged to have been your Class Secretary.

Classmates attending with wife-guest (*), with children (number): Abuza*, Adams*, Alexander* (1), Almond*, Anderson* (1), Armor, Armstrong* (2), Arnold, Atkeson*, Bab*, Backe*, Bain*, Baker, Ball*, Banner* (2), Barrett*, Beam*, Beaney* (2), Beer*, Bellis, Berger*, Bingham*, Boasberg, Bogert*, Bolton, Bourquin* (2), Bouscaren, Bowman*, Breslav* (2), Briggs, Brown, D*, Brown, F., Bullard*, Cannell, Capra*, Carlisle*, Carpenter, Carr* (2), Carson*, Chauncey, Childs*, Chisholm* (1), Chittenden*, Clark, J.* (2), Clark, R.* (1), Clayton* (3), Clein* (1), Clinton*, Cogswell*, Conlan*, Conte*, Cook, Cooke*, Copeland*, Cornwall*, Correll*, Cox* (1), Crafts*, Crisler*, Cronin* (1), Crooks*, Crosby, Cross, Cuddy*, Cunningham, C., Cunningham, S.*, Curlett*, Curran*, Dalton* (2), Davis* (1), Debrovner* (2), DeLuca, Deters*, Dial, Diefendorf*, Doggett*, Doty*, Drake*, Dunn*.

Edelstein, Eisele* (2), Ellis*, Erickson, Everitt, Farnum*, Finley* (3), Fisher* (1), Flagg, Fleming*, Freeman*, Fritzsche* (4), Gage*, Ganger*, Gardiner, Gibb* (1), Gignoux*, Gillis*, Gimmler, Girdler*, Glass* (1), Gold, Goode, Grimes, Grinnell, Guggenheim, Guggenheimer*, Gulliver, Guy, Haerle*, Hagios, Halbkat*, Hall, Halpern*, Harrison*, Heller*, Henderson, Herrmann*, Hewett, Hill* (1), Hinkle* (2), Hochman* (2), Hockstader*, Hoffman*, Hollenbeck* (2), Hyatt*, Inglis* (1), Johnson, Jonas*, Jones, R.*, Jones. T.*, Jordan* (1), Kaplan* (3), Katz*, Kellogg*, Kendrick, Kenefick* (3), Kerr, King*, Kner*, Kohler, Kosinski*, Kosto* (2), Kramer, Krough*, Kulleseid*.

Lamb*, Laventhol, Leahy*, Lewis, Loucks*, Loud, Loughran*, Lovins*, Ludington*, Lumpkin*, Lynch* (3), MacKinnon, MacLaughlin, Machold, Maffly* (1), Mann*, Marchesi*, Marden, Mark*, Marshall* (2), Mascarich*, Massey, R.J.* (2), Massey, R. S., McCarthy*, McEligot, McGill, Merritt* (1), Mesics*, Meyer, E.*, Meyer, T.* (1), Michelman*, Miller, J.*, Miller, W.*, Minninberg* (1), Mitchell, Mobley*, Moeller* (2), Molsen*, Mongillo* (2), Moore*, Morris*, Mottus* (2), Muggia* (2), Munn, Myrus* (2), Neary* (2), Newman*, Nicholls*, O'Hearn, Oberlin*, Oliver, R., Oliver, W., Onthank*, Pace, Palmer, A.* (1), Palmer, G.*, Pegg*, Pelletreau*, Pelton, Pepples*, Perkins*, Peters*, Peterson*, Poinier, Prisant*.

Quick* (1), Ragen*, Raleer* (2), Richards*, Richardson* (1), Riddiford*, Robbins, Roberts*, Rohmer*, Roth (1), Rubin* (3), Ruhm*, Russell*, Ryan, J.*, Ryan, M.*, Ryland*, Samet*, Sargent*, Schaller*, Schoonmaker*, Selin* (1), Seymour, Shapiro* (3), Sharp, K.*, Sharp, J.*, Sharp, R.*, Shaw, C.* (2), Shaw, J.*, Sheffield*, Sheinbaum* (2), Showalter* (2), Simmons, F., Simons, R., Skillman, Smallens* (2), Smith, G.*, Somary*, Sonne* (4), Strasburger*, Sullivan*, Sweedler*, Talashek*, Taylor, A.*, Taylor, F.* (2), Thompson, H., Thompson, T., Tingley*, Tompkins, Towell*, Trillin* (2), Trippe*, Turben*, Valentine*, Van Alen*, Vittoria*, Vlamis*, Voight, Walker, R.*, Walsh, Ward*, Wardwell*, Watling*, Watson*, Webb*, Wedemeyer, Weitz, Wendt, West, Weymouth* (2), White, G.*, White, R.*, Williams, P., Wilmerding, Wilson*, Wittenberg* (2), Wolf, P.* (2), Wood, T.*, Wrean*, Wright* (2), Young, K.*, Young* (3), Zaletsky* (3), Zervanos, Zimmerman*.

—Junius (Sandy) R. Clark III

Notes: April 1982

There is some very good news and some very sad news this month.

I will start with the good news. The Reunion progresses very well. The registration for the Reunion looks strong. We hope that you have made your reservations to come. If you haven't, please call Howie Gillis' office (203) 562-5104 right away.

Continuing with our good news, Philip T. Clover has recently moved to Rhode Island and has become financial manager of General Electric's wiring device division. Phil and his family are living in East Greenwich, R.I.

Bill Keen is now living in Florida where he is working on a special project in power generating. He'll be there through the end of October. It's forced Bill's family to live a two-house existence. In fact, a four-house existence. His wife has stayed in Centre Square, Pa., his daughter is a college senior at Harcum Junior College and his son is a junior at Clarkson. It sounds like the Keens never get together except for things like the Reunion.

Got a nice note from Dick Sheinbaum. He and Bob Rosefsky, Ron Savin, Mark Gassner and Bruce Schragger have had their own pre-union reunion. They're obviously planning to come. Dick is senior vice president at Connecticut Bank and Trust serving Stamford, Greenwich and New York City. He and his family live in Westport.

Had a nice note from Mitch Kur living in Brookline, Mass. He is with Digital Equipment Corp as a financial controller for the Technical Market Group. His wife, Carol, is managing editor for Moment Magazine. He has three daughters--one is at Brandeis University, another at Connecticut College, another struggling to work her way through the eighth grade (love those days). Mitch sounds like he's doing fine.

Dick (Psi) Simons is teaching history at Punaho School in Honolulu. All three of his kids have gone to New Haven to school. One's at Yale, another at Mooreland Hill School, and his youngest is at Southern Connecticut State University. He is coming to see them at the Reunion. Psi's home leads us to the first of several sad bits of news.

Marshall Dodge was killed late in January in Hawaii while riding a bike in the back woods. There was a very nice funeral service at the Yale Divinity School Chapel, for him on January 29. Marshall was a great friend to a lot of us and the inventor of "Bert" of Down East Maine fame.

I also heard sadly that Joe Curtis died in December. He was a building contractor in Winter Park, Fla.

Also, John T. Conover passed away in the fall. He lived in Orlando, Fla., and his wife Bethany Conover is now living in Toland, Conn.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Hope you will come to the Reunion and reminisce about the good and the bad times.

—Junius (Sandy) R. Clark III

Notes: March 1982

Spotted Bob Mobley at breakfast this morning. He looked fine and reports that the training business goes very well. He's definitely planning on attending the Reunion. Said that he'd send in his reservation. When I got home, I found that Bob had, along with 25 others, sent in their "Early Bird" reservation. You'll spot them by the silly hats they wear at the Reunion.

He reported that Steve Ackerman was recently promoted. He's now the Chief Financial Officer of Caeser's World, Hope Steve will send us a press release that will fill in all the details.

Heard that Harry Valentine has relocated to Vail, Colo. as of the first of the year. Vals also is claiming the Oldest Living Father Award. He and his wife, Jo Ellen, adopted a daughter, Virginia, in November. Does anyone want to challenge Harry for the title? Does anyone want to visit Harry during the skiing season?

I received a nice card from Phil Pillsbury with a picture of his wife and three children... and a very slightly balding Phil. He fits into that 30% of the Class (according to the survey) that is tending to lose some hair. Do you fit that category? Phil reports that he "hopes to make the Reunion." I hope he does too.

There was a great turnout at and after the Yale-Harvard game. By my count, nearly 50 members of the Class showed up with wives, a few with girl friends and many with children. Randy and Jane Guggenheimer put everyone to shame by bringing their oldest son, a senior at Harvard and their daughter, a freshman at Yale. Ken Sharp was there with his daughter. Charlie and Pammie Trippe came with many children. (I even spotted one of Tony Hogan's children with the Trippes but alas, no Wah or Sandra.) Some of the other classmates whom we talked to were Mo and Jan Raker, Don Miller (who is now working in Boston), Alex Grinnell, Alex Smallens, Gordon Bellis, Peter Kosinski, Art and Dodie Diefendorf, Pierre Bourquin, and Alan and Birgitta Hockstader. In case you were worried, the "regulars"--Neary, Fritzsche, O'Hearn and Gillis were there, too.

Got an announcement from ABC Television that Mark Roth is climbing up the ladder at the network. He's recently been promoted to Vice President and Assistant to the President. Mark will have wide-ranging duties in operations, financial planning, programming and administrative activities at ABC Television. We wish him much good luck and may he discover a Dallas for ABC.

The Class Book is nearing completion and it looks terrific. I hope that it is in the mail to you about the time you read this. It brings back many fond memories. Seib Adams has done a terrific job on it.

That's a sneaky way of leading in to a small appeal to those of you who haven't sent in the most recent dues. If you could, it would be a terrific help to us. This money is used to help us stage the Reunion and the Class Book is one of the biggest expenses. So, if you haven't done so already, would you send us $25 today?

See you next month.

—Junius (Sandy) R. Clark III