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 1997
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Notes: Summer 1997
Notes: May 1997
Notes: April 1997
Notes: March 1997
Notes: February 1997

Notes: December 1997

We received some news along with dues payments and are grateful for everything sent. Robert Rhoads writes that he has disposed of the bulk of his private practice and "works mostly as an attorney-investor." Don Backe is back into teaching — middle school this time — and not missing being an administrator. He writes about "the extraordinary opportunity to teach." As a father of a seventh-grader I send him blessings, and admire his courage. Bill Keen writes that he is retired — again. I hope it works this time! Zachary Sacks and Tamarra are expecting a girl child around December 7, and are very happy. If the child is named Pearl, your classmates may never forgive you!

Phil Clover and Dede are thrilled to have their first grandchild, John T. Clover (YC'19), living nearby. Peter Greer "really enjoyed our 40th. My first time back in 30 years, I'm embarrassed to say. Topped it off with a transatlantic (boat) delivery — Mamaroneck, New York, to the Azores. Summer in Martha's Vineyard has sped by and included the remarriage of daughter Denise to Richard Mulcahy. Great party, and family get together."

Other retirement news: Richard Sletzer retired in February 1997 as news editor of Chemical and Engineering News. Tod Mann retired from Dean Witter Investment Banking early this year. He now splits his time between Brooklyn Heights (New York) and Greensboro, Vermont.

Mike O'Hearn writes, "On December 20 I will marry the most wonderful girl in the world — and all of our children (her four by her deceased husband and my four) will be there plus four grandchildren. Only person missing will be my dear father, '24S, whom we will see in Florida right after Christmas when we drive south to our new winter home in Naples. I can't wait. Life has turned 180 degrees, and I just hope we have some years to enjoy our family, fishing, golf, tennis, skiing, hiking, friends — and reunions! When you read this, her name will be Sherry Lynn O'Hearn."

George Atkeson, a widower since 1993, writes that he was married in November. "We will continue to live in Greenwich, but will have a small house in the Cotswolds, which we will use two-to-four months a year." Jock Newbold will be George's best man. He also notes that he has five grandchildren. Tom Myers married Karen Spikes on August 9, 1997, at Oakland, Maryland. Congratulations to all!

On a sad note, Rodney Koehler writes that his wife Renate suffered a severe stroke in April. I know that Rod would like to hear from friends during Renate's recovery period.

Tim Childs has accepted an invitation to join the board of the Yale Library Associates. He also tells us he has become an apartment dweller (winters only) and continues to enjoy the beauty of Connecticut's Litchfield Hills area during the summer.

A couple of publishing notes: In October a book, primarily authored by Jim Seymour, was published concerning China's prisons and "labor reform" camps. Titled New Ghosts, Old Ghosts, it is the first serious study of this much-discussed but hitherto poorly understood subject. Jim is still at Columbia University's East Asian Institute.

Rufus Goodwin has two books coming out in 1998. The first is a novel, Tear in Time's Eye, a Chaplinesque treatment of a homeless person whose nemesis is a Beacon Hill billionaire. The other book, Give us this Day: The Story of Prayer, is a generalist treatment of the tradition of prayer with emphasis on the cognitive power of prayer. The novel will be published by Commonwealth Publications in Canada, a mass paperback trade house, and the book on prayer appears with Lindisfarne Books of Hudson, New York. Goodwin also appeared in August as a co-presenter with Thomas Moore and Robert Sardellow at the Third Annual Sophia Conference International at Litchfield, Connecticut, on Prayer and Art.

Malcolm Mitchell is wrestling with the question of what the minimum number of classmates should be on the class committee to do something to leave the world a better place. Bob Rosefsky has suggested 57, and we are researching the question of conflict with Heinz.

I had a very nice visit with Dick Massey and his son Steve at their office in Milford, Connecticut. Dick continues to win state championships in badminton and enjoys periodic member-guest golf tournaments, as well as continuing to work at Massey Financial Services (almost) full-time. Leonard Katz and Sandy Clark sent us a card from Florence, Italy (nowhere near Naples, Florida). They claim to have established the Yale Club of Florence, but I am somewhat dubious.

Most enigmatic note of the month comes from Keith McEligot: "Everything cool. I'm out of the loop." Keith, you're not any more.

Please keep those cards and letters coming. Happy Holidays to all.

—Ellsworth Davis

Notes: November 1997

Thanks to those of you who sent clippings and news about classmates. All we need is more. Happy to hear that Art Diefendorf won the North American Fin Class — Masters Division — competition at Cazenovia, New York. Old class treasurers never die, they just sail away, luffing all the way to the bank.

Bob Pelletreau, who retired from the State Department as assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, has joined the New York law firm of Afridi and Angell. He will open their Washington, DC, office. Bob will be able to put his extensive Middle Eastern experience to work and will be allowed to use his sense of humor in pursuit of commerce.

The first issue of Investment Policy magazine (Malcolm Mitchell, publisher) arrived in my office in early September. This new magazine is dedicated to issues of global economics and financial markets. Judging from the first issue, it will appeal to the economically literate and the generalist decision maker. Good luck, Malcolm.

I had a long talk with Seib Adams, who did not attend our reunion because of an illness he continues to deal with. Seib retired from McGraw-Hill in 1993 and six months later he received a lifetime achievement award from the American Association of Publishers, the first time a McGraw-Hill employee ever received this recognition. Seib's granddaughter graduated from college this year. I wonder if anyone else has hit this benchmark?

Peter Hare has been named distinguished professor at the University of Buffalo, the highest rank in the State University of New York system. Peter has been with the UB faculty since 1962, and has served in a number of leadership positions in the Department of Philosophy. Peter has been recognized as a primary mover among those dedicated to the study of American philosophy.

Jesse Lemisch's book Jack Tar vs. John Bull : The Role of New York's Seamen in Precipitating the Revolution (Garland Publishing, 1997) was just published. This book is based on Jesse's 1962 Yale dissertation. Take heart, all would-be authors!

I visited with Howie Gillis recently, and am glad to report he is back at work (part-time) with the law firm of Gillis, Gillis and Gillis. Those who were at the class reunion know that Howie went through a real siege, and it's good to see steady improvement.

Lou Deluca and Jack and Pixie Pendergast suddenly appeared in my office on a Friday in mid-September, to my complete surprise. For a moment, I thought it was a nightmare, and we were all back in Trumbull. They were about to take the ferry from New London to Long Island to spend the weekend with Roger Samet in Southampton. It sounded like a perfect house party in the making. "Living well is the best revenge."

I heard from Don Miller who called from Kentucky with a "down home" report. He grew more than 500 tomatoes, using a Japanese tomato ring. Everyone in Kentucky (I am told) had a tough year with their tomatoes except Donnie — maybe he had Toyota as a partner. The Kentucky state fair was a great success and Don pigged out on country ham (sorry about that), and generally had a great time. He recently attended an unforgettable funeral that concluded with an 8-year-old singing "You Are My Sunshine," standing next to the open coffin of her great-grandmother. If you want more details, call Miller.

Elliott Schiffman (see 40th Reunion classbook) recently used the occasion of a San Francisco wedding to fly across the country and back over three weeks with his wife and co-pilot, Maxine. Omaha, Yosemite Valley, Mt. Rushmore, Jackson Hole, and Springfield, Illinois, were among many spots they visited or flew over. Orthopedic surgeons never die, they just bone up on new subjects and fly away.

Gordon Smith has once again demonstrated his love for Yale with a leadership commitment to facilities renovation. Yale has announced plans to name the master's office at Timothy Dwight College in honor of Gordon. I noticed that Steve Flagg, Allan Kaplan, and Phil Weymouth were among top donors helping to underwrite construction of a new boathouse. Allan showed balance by splitting his gift between the boathouse and an endowment for American art at the Yale University Art Gallery.

Don Roberts, Tom Quirk, and I attended a Class Leadership Workshop at the Yale Club in New York City on September 5. There was representation from classes ranging from 1932 to 1997. Rick Levin gave a run-down on the physical and financial shape of Yale, and it was a tremendously positive picture. In Rick's words, "Giving is at a stunning level." Details are available elsewhere so I won't go into them here. If you want to make a spot check, try Sterling Library; it's magnificent! A discussion with Frances Beinecke '71, '74MFS and David Gergen, fellows of the Yale Corporation, was part of the program and it was lively and informative.

The presence of spinmeisters (B.J. Cooper, former White House spokesman, is now Yale's spokesperson) at Yale is reassuring. Maybe we'll get fairer treatment in the press in the future.

Thanks again for news and views. Keep it up! Your classmates want to know about your triumphs and frailties, ideas, and activities.

—Ellsworth Davis

Notes: October 1997

We're still getting positive feedback about the 40th Reunion. The high turnout and abundant goodwill proved that some things do get better with age (a short list, besides reunions). Congratulations to the classmates, wives, etc. who brought a good time to each other in the spring of 1997.

A proposal to consider a Yale '57 project, signed by E. Davis, Fritzsche, Gillis, Kosto, and Mitchell, was distributed during reunion weekend in May and received a lot of positive discussion. It seems that despite the diversity of our backgrounds and our experiences after Yale, we indeed share not only a core of values, but also a sense — expressed particularly during the Friday panels — that those values are either under attack or in danger of being forgotten. Therefore, guided by the belief that "for evil to triumph, it is only necessary that the good do nothing," the proposers have suggested forming a committee of correspondence to further the discussion.

The following have put in their names: W. Alexander, Arnold, Cuddy, Glass, Hutchinson, Laventhol, Pattison, Pierce, Rosefsky, Shapiro, Stevenson, Towell, and Wendt. Anyone who would like to join the committee or receive a copy of the proposal are urged to e-mail Kosto (kosto@home.com) or Mitchell (mlm@investmentpolicy.com), or fax Davis (860-437-1770).

The committee's objective is to articulate goals that the class of 1957, collectively and individually, can carry out that will help leave the world a better place for our being in it. Malcolm Mitchell is acting as chairman/coordinator and whatever the opposite of "old Fogey" is. Please participate and share your hopes for the future and what you hold most dear about this life.

Bill Reimann, a serious contender for class Renaissance Man, has installed a sculpture and fountain at a rest stop on the Mass Turnpike, nine miles west of Rte. 128 (westbound), that is delighting travelers as they cross the pedestrian plaza at this location. Fritzsche ran into Bill and his oeuvre on its first day of installation and was delighted (see above) by it. The work features a turtle with a frog on its back, as Reimann notes, " A New England version of The Lion and The Lamb." Bill's years at Harvard, teaching, creating, and rowing on the Charles, have kept him youthful and hopeful (a Harvard educator with a Yale degree). Mobil Corp. funded the project, and Bill hopes there will be more.

Toby Briggs was at the American Library Association's big show in San Francisco in late June, where I had a chance to chat with him and his wife and partner, Kate. Their publishing company, Holiday House, had an attractive booth and very impressive list of titles. Keep alert at holidays and birthdays for gifts for your favorite kids.

We spent the Fourth of July with Dave and Ester Laventhol at Malibu and enjoyed the beachfront "stargazing." Although Dave has cut his work schedule to one-half time, he remains an active part of the "intelligent life" at the Los Angeles Times and enjoys his responsibilities with various boards of museums, and other community organizations. He expressed a lot of interest in the class project and looks forward to participation in its development and implementation.

Fritzsche (you, again?) was in Pittsburgh visiting son Griffin, and called Bob Corry to ask him to breakfast; you are hereby notified that there may be "no free lunch" but if you're in Pittsburgh and call Corry there's a good chance you'll have a shot at a free breakfast. Bob is currently unattached and is honing his culinary skills. If you need an organ transplant, you can talk to him about that, too.

Several discussions with Ralph Douglas disclosed that his liver transplant is a success and he is no longer in the constant discomfort and sleepless state that he was in prior to his June operation. Ralph told me of his condition when we talked about his coming to the 40th Reunion. He couldn't come because of his extreme illness but is looking forward to our 45th, 50th, etc.

Mike Pattison sent me a photo from the reunion and tells me he has "reasonably good shots" of the following: W. Alexander, Bentley, Bowman, Breslav, Carpenter, S. Clark, Clayton, Conlan, B. Davis, Diefendorf, Gillis, Halpern, Hochman, Hutchinson, Hyatt, Kenefick, President Levin, J. Mark, Michelman, Mitchell, Neary, Neff, Pelletreau, Pilsbury, Poinier, D. Roberts, Rosefsky, K. Sharp, J. Shaw, Towell, Weymouth, and Zimmerman.

If you want to see "what time can do" and you haven't seen some of these guys in years, contact J. Michael Pattison, 2934 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33405; or 561-832-9532.

Howie Gillis is recovering from some tricky health problems and is getting stronger daily. He is looking forward to seeing many of you this fall at Nancy Mongillo's, after the Princeton game. Nancy has indicated she wants to carry on the tradition she and Frank created over a number of years. It's hard to believe that Frank is no longer with us in body, but he always will be in spirit. He never met a classmate he didn't like.

Bill Ellis has been elected to AYA as a Class of 1957 representative. Congratulations to him. He is probably the only retired physician in the class who devotes hours each day at the piano practicing (mainly Bach). Hopefully, a recording contract is out there somewhere, or, at least, a recital at a class dinner.

The Gordon H. Smith Scholarship Fund benefited two terrific students during the 1996-97 academic year, and will continue its good work for years to come. Reading about the specific accomplishments of these youngsters gives a real sense of continuity of Yale past, present, and future. Thanks to you, Gordon.

Please get in the habit of corresponding with your corresponding secretary. The more letters and news I can quote and pass on, the fewer cliches I will produce from my own repertoire. We do have a wonderful class, and we need to hear from everybody.

As we continue to add on the years, its good to know that our retiring class secretary will have more time to devote to his urology practice. Berne Kosto is a model of a great alumnus, and we all have a lot to thank him for.

—Ellsworth Davis

Notes: Summer 1997

First the mail. The front page of the March 3rd Barrons, the capitalist financial weekly, features a full-page cartoon of Mike Jordan. "Will the Westinghouse chief split his industrial empire? Will the tarnished Tiffany network shine again?" Don Bab's son Andrew '86 was married at the Yale Club in December. He and wife Cheryl are lawyers in New York. I just received notice of the death of William Hinrichs of St. Louis, Missouri, who passed away suddenly on April 26th. Our condolences to his family. We hope to have more news on this.

Now on to our 40th Reunion. Three hundred ninety-one class members and guests returned to New Haven, nearly a record. Thanks go to Howard Gillis and Ellsworth Davis for having chaired the reunion so capably.

Thursday night we shoehorned a record 109 people into Mory's for cocktails and dinner. Our class panels on Friday were outstanding. The quality of the presentations and questions could not have been better. After cocktails, the huge crowd enjoyed a New England shore dinner under a tent in the Silliman courtyard. The program of the evening featured singing by the Whiffenpoofs of 1957. Don Roberts announced a total reunion gift of $5 million. The Mongillo family joined us and invited the class to continue post-GAME traditional open house. The class also voted to fund two summer internships for community service in New Haven under the sponsorship of Dwight Hall and in Frank Mongillo's memory.

A new slate of class officers was approved. D. Roberts, secretary; E. Davis, corresponding secretary; T. Quick, treasurer, W.W. Ellis, AYA representative; H. Gillis and E. David, reunion co-chairs; and J. Clark and A. Hockstader, reunion vice-chairs.

Saturday the class enjoyed tennis, golf, and a cruise on Long Island Sound. Later, a large number of the class was found at the Wines of Yale tasting on the Old Campus. In the evening, we were honored by a visit from President and Mrs. Levin. The dinner dance that night featured the consistently excellent food of the Silliman dining hall and music of the Eli's Chosen Six, with our own Dick Voigt and Lyman Drake. The party broke up in the wee hours of the morning.

The weekend concluded with a moving service of remembrance at Battell Chapel. What was especially pleasing was not only the large crowd but also the number of people who attended who had never been to a Yale reunion before. The weather favored us, but as my son reminded me, there had been no need for concern, because, "God went to Yale!"

Finally, your class secretary for these past five years thanks all of you for having allowed me the opportunity to serve the Class of 1957 and this great College.

Those who attended (*spouse/guest): Susan Abuza, Adams, Alexander, Almond*, Anderson*, Arneill*, Atkeson*, Austin*, Bab*, Banner*, Bellow, Bentley*, Berger*, Bingham*, Blue, Boasberg*, Bodkin*, Bogert, Bourquin, Bowman*, Brenton*, Breslav, Brown*, Cannell, Capra, Carlisle*, Carpenter*, Case, Charlton, Cheney, Childs*, Chittenden*, Clark, Clayton*, Clein, Cogswell*, Conkey, Conlan*, Conte*, Cook*, Cooke, Correll, Corry, Crafts, Cronin*, Cuddy*, Curlett*, Curran, Dalton, Davies, Davis*, Debrovner*, Deluca*, Diefendorf*, Doty*, and Drake.

Also: Eaton, Ellis*, Everitt*, Farnum*, Mrs. Steve Flagg*, Fleming, Flinn*, Foote, J., Freeman*, O. Freeman*, Frembgen*, Fritzsche*, Gage, Galloney*, Gardiner*, Gaston*, Gignoux*, Gillis*, Glass*, Goddard*, Gold*, Graff*, Graham, Greer, Grinnell*, Grose, Guggenheimer*, Halbkat, Halpern, Heller*, Herrmann*, Hill*, Hinkle*, Hochman, Hockstader*, Hopkins, Hughes*, Hull*, Hulshizer*, Hutchinson*, Hyatt, Inglis*, Jackson*, Jensen*, Johnson, Jonas*, G. Jones*, R. Jones*, Joost*, Kalkstein*, Kaplan*, Katz*, Keen, Kellogg*, Kenefick, King*, Kner*, Kohler*, Kosinski*, Kosto*, Kramer*, Kulleseid*, Lamontagne, Laventhol*, Leary*, Leinenweber, Lemmo*, Lovins*, Lowe*, Ludington, Lumpkin*, Lynch*, Mackiewicz, Maffly, Marchesi*, Anne Marden, Mark*, Marks*, McGill*, Melhorn*, Mellon, Merritt*, Meyer*, Michelman*, Mininberg*, Mitchell, Moeller*, Mongillo*, Moore*, Mottus*, Myers*, and Myrus*.

Also: Nassau*, Neary*, Neff*, Newman*, O'Hearn*, Oberlin*, Palen, Pattison, Pegg*, Pelletreau*, Pelton, Pendergast*, Pepples*, Perkins*, Peterson*, Pettit, Pierce, Pillsbury*, Poinier, Prisant*, Quirk*, Ragen*, Raker*, Reimann, Ritchie, Robbins, Roberts*, Robertson, Robinson*, Rohner, Rosefsky*, Rubin*, Ruhm*, Russell*, Ryan*, Ryland*, Samet, Sargent*, Savin*, Sawyer, Schaffer*, Schiffman*, Schragger*, Selin*, Shapiro*, Sharp*, Shaw*, Sheffield*, Sullivan*, Sweedler*, Swinchatt*, Taylor*, Tebbe*, Thompson*, Towell, Trillin*, Trippe*, Turben, Vittoria, Vojta*, Walker, Walsh*, Ward*, Wardwell*, Watling*, Weitz*, Wendt, West*, Weymouth, White, Wiley*, Wittenberg*, Wolf, Wolpaw*, Wrean*, Wright*, Ziegler, and Zimmerman*.

—Bernard M. Kosto

Notes: May 1997

This is the last issue of YAM before our class reunion. Make your registration now, because there won't be another 40th. Here's a poem to encourage you, "There once was a guy named Read,/Who lived at a slow rate of speed,/While his buddies at Yale/Grow old and pale/He remained a young twenty-three." –Abram C.R. Charlton, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. Come see for yourselves. Stan Jackson of East Norwich, New York, will be there.

David Griffith is practicing psychiatry in Melrose, Massachusetts. His wife Marcia works part-time in the office. Oldest son John got married a year ago. Son Jeffrey is working for the Miami Dolphins and on a Master's in both sport administration and business administration. (The homework assignments must be interesting. –Ed.) George White's daughter Juliette '89 married classmate Jeffrey Hyson. He was President of the Glee Club and she was the business manager. Both are at Cornell, where she is finishing her MBA and he a PhD in history. Nick Izzo, living in Hamden, Connecticut, is retired and enjoying it all, especially the fourth grandchild.

Americares, the disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization, will be honoring Vern Loucks at its 15th anniversary celebration on May 21 at the Sea-Air-Space Museum on the Hudson River at 45th Street in New York City. President and Mrs. George Bush will be hosting the event celebrating Americare's 15 years of delivering over $1.6 billion of medicine and supplies to more than 100 countries. For information, contact Americares in New Canaan, Connecticut or 1-800-486-HELP. Mike Jordan has become a "cover boy" on a recent Barron's Business Weekly. He will also be an advisor at the Yale SOM.

Somehow people get lost. Cade Ware is an example. There is no listing in either the 25th or 35th reunion directories. I recently learned that he had died, but have no further information. Bob Weinmann is featured in a book published by Cornell, When Doctors Join Unions. The Union of American Physicians and Dentists, located in Oakland, California, is headed up by Bob. Al Lovins has responded to Malcolm Mitchell's letter, "Living and working in New Haven, as I do, and reading the newspapers, as I do, have led me to believe (for a long time) that our country needs to solve its urban problems. We have the resources, knowledge, creativity, energy, and patriotism in our class to make a meaningful contribution toward creating at least a positive social direction, of not more."

It is with the utmost sadness that I must report the death on March 13, 1997, of our classmate Frank J. Mongillo. Frank loved Yale, this class, and the city of New Haven, where he was born and practiced law. Many will remember Frank and Nancy's hospitality at their Oliver Road home by the Yale Bowl, when they hosted classmates and friends after either the Princeton or Harvard games.

Frank earned his law degree at the University of Connecticut. He was a member of numerous legal associations and served as President of the New Haven County Bar Association. In 1977 Frank was the Republican mayoral candidate. In addition to membership in many organizations, Frank was former chairman of the board of trustees of Milford Academy, and a member of the Board of Police Commissioners, Board of Ethics, and the Coliseum Authority. He also served as President of the Connecticut Deafness Research Foundation and was a captain in the U.S. Army Reserves. Besides his wife Nancy, Fran is survived by his son, Frank Mongillo III, MD, and daughter, Wendy, a student at Penn. A eulogy at Frank's funeral was delivered by Peter Fritzsche.

A month before his death Frank was able to talk by phone with many of his football teammates who had gathered for a reunion dinner. Among those present were: P. Fritzsche, V. Loucks, D. Loucks, M. Ryan, R. Corry, R. Correll, S. Acherman, J. Mark, A. Ward, D. McGill, C. Grimes, C. Peet, and T. Loud. A tribute was also paid to Frank at the annual class dinner held at the Yale Club of New York on March 14, 1997. Almost 70 classmates and friends gathered for cocktails and dinner after a class meeting where Clark, Davis, and Roberts gave a 40th Reunion update. The class enjoyed a thought-provoking after-dinner talk by Andre Schiffrin, publisher of the New Press, on the Corporatization of America. Andre discussed the fact that the concentration of publishing in the hands of a few multinational, multimedia corporations has limited the availability of what the public has available to read. The need for book publishers to return high profits to their larger corporate entities makes it hard for them to do other than publish recognized authors or likely bestsellers. A lively give-and-take ended the evening.

Present alone or with significant others were: D. Bab, P. Bourquin, T. Chittenden, J. Clark, R. Corry, E. Davis, W. Ellis, J. Halpern, G. Heller, A. Hockstader, G. Hutchinson, C. Jensen, D. Johnson, R. Joost A. Kaplan, B. Kosto, L. Kulleseid, P. Lynch, R. Machold, A. Marden, D. McGill, D. Mininberg, G. Neary, M. O'Hearn, C. Peet, T. Perkins, R. McEligot, E. Meyer, D. Roberts, R. Robbins, R. Rubin, T. Rubin, A. Schiffrin, C. Sonne, J.H. Turben, B. Walsh, P. Wolf, R. Walker, R. Correll, and R. Goodwin. The class secretary was pleased to see new faces among the crowd and hopes that there will be many more in New Haven for the 40th Reunion of the Class of 1957.

—Bernard M. Kosto

Notes: April 1997

Don Roberts has not only been chairing our 40th Reunion gift committee, but he has made a generous gift to benefit financial aid at Yale College. The contribution will add to two endowments created earlier by the Class of 1957; the Donald K. Walker '26 Memorial Fund; and the Robert P. Perkins '87 Memorial Fund, which supports two seniors from Jonathan Edwards College each year. Also, an anonymous 40th Reunion gift will add to the funding for renovation of the Derby Boathouse.

Allan Wendt retired from the U.S. Foreign Service late last year after 36 years. He joined under the Eisenhower Administration and served under six presidents. His last post was as Ambassador to Slovenia from 1992 to 1995. After Slovenia withdrew from Yugoslavia and the U.S. granted diplomatic recognition, Allan opened our embassy and subsequently was named ambassador. "Slovenia has fared well, having pursued democratic pluralism and a market-based economy. The country is a strong candidate for membership in the European Union and NATO." Jim King, in addition to his daytime job as the senior portfolio manager for trust investments at Hutchin, Wheeler & Dittman in Boston, is running an alpaca breeding operation on his and wife Sue's farm in New Hampshire. They have a herd of 20 alpacas, two llamas, three Scottish Highland cows, five angora rabbits (and s partridge in a pear tree! –Ed.) All are welcome to visit Skyview Alpacas in Elkins, New Hampshire.

Walt Loesche has been appointed the Marcus Ward Professor of Dentistry at the University of Michigan. Joe Vittoria retired as Chairman and CEO of Avis in February. In a story in the Wall Street Journal, Joe said he felt it was necessary to have an officer who would stay on after the initial public stock offering. He initially wanted to retire at 55 but stayed on after the car rental giant was acquired in an employee stock-ownership plan.

The New York Times featured an article on the Key West Literary Seminar on Literature in the Age of AIDS. There was a large picture of Larry Kramer, author of Normal Heart, and Tony Kushner of Angels in America.

Don Beer, who won a gold medal in rowing as a member of the Yale varsity crew at the 1956 summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and carried the Olympic torch through Princeton, New Jersey last June on its way to the summer Olympics in Atlanta, died of a brain tumor. Ailing and having trouble reading and conversing, Don was determined to carry the flame even if he had to use a wheelchair. So many people gathered to watch him carry the touch along upper Witherspoon Street that the police abruptly closed it. Don, according to The New York Times, kept smiling as he ran and thousands cheered. After studying electrical engineering at Yale and receiving an MBA from Harvard, Don became a private investor with a special interest in advanced technologies. Besides his wife Nancy, Don is survived by sons Frederick and Cyrus and daughter Catherine.

Erratum: Jesse Lemisch is at CUNY, not NYU. His wife's name is Naomi Weisstein. Philander Derby called from Harvard to propose that Politically Incorrect ought to have a panel of Trillin, Arnold, Kramer, and Pollitt. Sounds good to me. Anyone know the producer?

When this April issue of the class notes reaches you, there will be a little more than one month before the 40th Reunion of the Class of 1957. The reunion literature will have reached you. Come see old friends. Come meet new friends. Reminisce about the old and learn about the new with the exciting series of class and University lectures and panels. For those who cannot come for Friday and Saturday, do join us for the class dinner on Friday night or the informal gatherings on Saturday night. Call Judy Moore at Alumni House (203) 432-2586. From now on, things will begin to get more difficult. Join '57 in 5757.

—Bernard M. Kosto

Notes: March 1997

To all the procrastinators in the Great Eastern Corridor and points west, this is the last chance to join the annual class dinner on March 14, a Friday, at the Yale Club of New York. Why not make it a weekend? The Yale Club is across the street from Grand Central Terminal. A social hour will be followed by a healthy gourmet meal by the new chef. We will then be privileged to hear our own Andre Schiffrin, who will talk about the "Corporatization of Our Lives." Call Sandy Clark for last-minute reservations at (203) 325-8954.

By this time the class should have received the 40th Reunion class directory, produced under the aegis of Tom Perkins. I would hope that the magnum opus would act as an incentive to all of you to begin making plans to return to Yale at the end of May to learn, see, and enjoy. Call that long-lost roommate or that friend that you have been meaning to see but have not contacted. You are alive. You are 60. And it's your 40th Yale Reunion!

Your secretary would like to pay a special tribute this month to Barbara Goddard, Russ's wife, who for 20 years has been Assistant Master at Jonathan Edwards College, where she has made exceptional contributions to the lives of hundreds of undergraduates. One of her responsibilities has been to preside over a multitude of J.E.'s endowed funds. She has been the right hand of Master Bernard Lytton and his wife Barbara. Our thanks to Barbara a non-faculty woman who helps make Yale run.

Jim Banner writes that Temby Argall died in Salisbury, Connecticut, in early December. After graduating from Hotchkiss, he was the roommate in freshman year of Larry Kramer and later in Branford, of Jim, Larry Bodkin, and Ken Kauke. After medical school and service in the U.S. Army, Temby spent his life as a general practitioner and emergency room physician in western Connecticut. Beloved by his patients and neighbors, witty and sharp-minded, and a gentle, caring soul, he is survived by his daughters Emily, Alix, and Amy.

Five hip operations have left Tim Brown unable to practice internal medicine in Tucson. "Of course the advent of HMOs made my decision easier." Son Charles was married in October. Ken Gergen, Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore, was named a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar. Ken is most widely known for his writings on the self, both in historical and cultural context, and his more significant writing includes "Social Transformation in Social Knowledge," "The Saturated Self," and "Reality and Relationships."

Paul Hull has moved from Boston to New York where he is working in academic obstetrics and gynecology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. "After a career spent mainly at Catholic hospitals, it is a unique experience being in an environment where Jewish observance taken precedence. I am learning to read scripture in the original (including the Yale seal!), and I have found a new hero: the 18th-century Rabbi Baal Shem Tove ('Master of the Good Name'), the founder of the Hasidic movement."

Peter Hobart, retired from Hobart Brothers Company after 37 years, is dedicating his time to the International Sculpture Center in Rome, where he is chairman. Tod Mann retired from corporate finance at Dean Witter. He and wife Gwen, of 30 years, have two sons: Ken, a stock trader, and Scott, a graduate student in music technology.

I received a thoughtful letter from Malcolm Mitchell, who is managing director of the Center for Investment Policy Studies in Ithaca, New York. "What I miss as our reunions come and go is some consideration for the role of our class in the larger community--some recognition of responsibility for giving something back not just to Yale, but to our country. Do you think any of our classmates would be interested in trying to identify a project that the class as a whole could undertake? I specifically don't mean raising money for any cause, but rather contributing our energies and experiences to some effort that we believe could make this country a better place for our grandchildren." (With all the talent in Yale 1957, the above merits serious discussion at our reunion. –Ed).

Allen Wardwell's elegant book, Tangible Visions: Northwest Coast Indian Shamanism and Its Art, was recently published by Monacelli Press with the Corvus Press. (Having had the opportunity to recently visit museums in Vancouver and Seattle, I can testify to the beauty of this art. -Ed.) Allen is doing well in his recovery from bypass surgery two years ago. Don Lowe of San Diego has had visits from Ivan Wolpaw and Steve and Jill Mottus. John Miller writes, "Trying to maintain an open forum through the U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings magazine during one of the Navy's most storm-filled years has presented a challenge recently. But other than that, life is serene along the Severn." Dick and Holley Munn celebrated their tenth anniversary and his 60th by going to New Zealand. In Hawaii, they spoke with Andy Poepoe, who is doing work for the Department of Commerce. Dick's professional association for service marketers in the information technology industry is doing well. They have 85 corporate members and do seminars, workshops, and the like. Son David works for the new company. Dick and Holley are building a new a home in New Hampshire. Their grandchildren total now is five.

Anne and David Mininberg are off to Egypt and Jordan. Unknown to your secretary until recently is their intense interest in Egyptology. Both read hieroglyphics. David is doing consulting work in the Egyptology Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where among other things he is studying their 11 mummies. David continues to practice pediatric urology at New York Hospital.

George White, Chairman of the O'Neill Center in Waterford, Connecticut, is mentioned in The New York Times article about the possibility that Eugene O'Neill remains may be reburied on the estate grounds. The story is interesting because as a child he was chased off the estate beach.

Seth Kosto '93 struck up a conversation with a stranger in a bar after The Game in Boston, who turned out to be Washington Taylor. E-mail from Peter Farrand in Brazil--stepdaughter got married. Daughter Lisa has quit the theater in Connecticut and was down visiting.

Your secretary usually quotes the Times or Wall Street Journal, but heard this from The Beacon, Dickinson County, Iowa, sports page. In the point-to-point, open water swim, three-and-a-half miles, on Lake Okoboji, Buzz Brenton, 61, of Des Moines, was fourth behind his son Ken, who was first. Our thanks to Colin Jensen for this story.

Your peripatetic secretary was in Nashville in January. I can report that Yale '57 is alive and well. Gil Merritt was taking time off from the judiciary to get in a few rounds of golf in Florida. He will be back to participate in one of the reunion panels. Bill Schaffner is Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt. He is remarried and has a combined family of four children. He travels and gardens and assists his wife in the running of a wildlife sanctuary for Asian elephants in eastern Tennessee! He asks about Mickey Lewin, a fellow urologist in Bridgeport. Pat Hollyday is still working for the U.S. Geological Survey as a hydrologist. His ten-year project on the ground water of the Appalachian range will be published soon. The Hollydays have two grandchildren.

May 29-June 1--mark your calendars!

—Bernard M. Kosto

Notes: February 1997

Hal Hochman is on sabbatical in Torino, Italy, on a research grant at ICER. In the spring he will teach a study-abroad program for Lafayette students at Vesalius College in Brussels. He'll be accompanied by his wife Kappie, his golden retriever, and two gray cats. George Wiley retired for the third time. He and Sally are establishing a new life and home at 3820 Glidden Drive, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin (summer), and 7005 Rue de Marquis, Naples, Florida (winter). Al Boasberg married Krissi Stephens of Cozumel, Mexico, in August 1996. Peter Greer has spent a busy year delivering boats, Florida to St. Thomas in March, Stonington, Connecticut, to Martha's Vineyard in May. "Hope Carmen Cozza's last year will produce a winner--Go Blue!"

Charlie Goode's kids are out of college and married. He has changed his lifestyle to a slower pace. "We now eschew the fast track and the information highway. How great our little dirt road where we smell the flowers. Our life is fun and not a bore. We get to spoil the grandkids more. Golf and travel and lots of play are the things that make my day." Will Reimann has won a commission to design artwork for the Mass Turnpike Authority. He is also the designer and executioner of artwork for the East Boston Piers Park Project, which will consist of 24 sandblast-carved panels, highlighting the immigrant groups that populate east Boston. Will saw Steve Flagg and Fernando Alvarez de Toledo at the U.S. Master's rowing national championships, where Will won single and quadruple scull events, F. Class. He also saw the same suspects near Budapest at the World Veteran's Rowing competitions. (Will won four Golds at that one!)

Avrum Kalkstein's son Jed, after a stint in the Justice Department, is attending Yale's SOM in public sector management. Jed's wife Cath is development director of a battered women's safehouse in DC. Daughter Kendall is a talented teacher and outdoor photographer in Boulder, Colorado. She returned from two months in Alaska where she learned that more people are trampled by moose than are killed by grizzlies. Avrum's wife Karen crafts custom tile murals and designs for those who can afford permanent works of art in their kitchens. Avrum continues photographing the world and hoarding photographs. "Current project: artists and sculptors. I am trying to get inside their heads and capture their intensity of concentration while working." The Kalksteins returned from six weeks trekking in Tibet, with its difficult logistics, impossible politics, marvelous pictures, and altitude highs.

Buell and Margaret Neidlinger are living near Penn Cove, Washington, sailing their Columbia sloop, and playing a lot of chamber music. Daughter Miranda works for a property management firm in San Francisco, where Yale has a lot of money invested in malls and other commercial real estate. Son Mike is in business for himself in Santa Cruz and returning to college to study computer engineering.

Richard Young is married to Joan Riedrich. Between the two they have nine children and 11 grandchildren. Richard owns a small but success management advisor firm where his main objective is positioning the firm to continue growing without him so that he can semi-retire on full income. (We should all be so lucky! -Ed)

Carl Myrus' son Whitney was married to Elizabeth McLaughlin of Chevy Chase, Maryland, in September. Charlie Strong is still enjoying life in Florida, where his waste-to-energy business keeps him busy. He is very involved with church and exercise activities.

Franco Muggia, after ten years in California, has moved back to the east coast, "hopefully wiser on managed care." There are six grandchildren equally divided between Florida, Illinois, and California. Arthur Nassau is enjoying "of counsel" status with his law firm, which gives him time to be with his grandchildren, and an opportunity to get his handicap down. Art, Ruben Shapiro, Ara Bagdasarian, and Bern Kosto and wives got together in Hartford for some early planning for the 40th Reunion.

From the Wall Street Journal comes this advertisement: "As a successful biographer, Peter Grose has spent thousands of hours cross-referencing facts and documents, always longing for a faster compiling system. Then through a writer friend in Taiwan, he met the Primax DataPen. By running the head of the little scanner across a printed page, the text transferred instantly to a computer… very well made in Taiwan." Peter's book, Gentleman Spy: The Life of Allen Dulles, was well reviewed in The New York Times New and Noteworthy Paperbacks as "a superb biography, full of surprises."

Fernando Alvarez de Toledo won two gold medals and one silver in the U.S. rowing nationals in Syracuse in the fall. He also won a Gold at the FISA world championship in Hungary for the Cambridge (Massachusetts) Boat Club.

Sadly, I must report the death of John Marden, after a long and valiant battle with cancer. Despite all, John and Anne managed to attend many class functions in the past couple of years. John was a longtime resident of Scarsdale and maintained homes in Pennsylvania and Vermont, where he died. He graduated from Andover and Yale, where he was on the Banner. He went to law school at Cornell and joined Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle, where he practiced until his death. As head of volunteers, he worked on Yale admissions for ten years. He was a member of Nathan Hale Society and through his estate established a Vermont to Yale Trust for qualified candidates. John is survived by his wife, Anne, two daughters Cynthia and Elizabeth, and two stepsons, Andrew and Matthew Peck. A copy of the memorial service held at the Yale Club was sent to me by Larry Bodkin. Anne Marden may be reached at 100 Steeplechase Road, P.O. Box 356, Devon, PA 19333. Word has been received of the death of Temby Argall in December. Further information will follow.

The annual Class dinner is scheduled for Friday evening, March 14, at the Yale Club of New York. We will be privileged to have as our speaker Andre Schiffrin. Plan on attending, and do consider coming to New Haven to celebrate our lives and our 40th reunion.

—Bernard M. Kosto