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: November/December 2009
Notes: September/October 2009
Notes: July/August 2009
Notes: May/June 2009
Notes: March/April 2009
Notes: January/February 2009

Notes: November/December 2009

For those who attended, the class's July minireunion in Chautauqua, NY, a gathering ably arranged by Len Katz and Jack Turben, was a great success. Lectures, films, musical and theater events, as well as leisure-time sporting and social occasions kept participants occupied and pleased. Steve Hopkins's full report of the minireunion, plus numerous photos, can be found on the class website under "Class Events."

I suspect that many classmates have, like I, become used to seeing Bill Schaffner's appearances on television and in news reports and his words quoted in the press. Bill, chairman of the preventive medicine department of Vanderbilt's Medical School, is one of the nation's leading epidemiologists. These days he's helping organize and lead the American and global defenses against swine flu.

Along related medical lines, I caught up by phone recently with Walt Loesche, who, an expert on periodontal disease, remains active as a dental researcher in Ann Arbor, MI, where he was long a member of the University of Michigan Dental School. Walt and I were exchanging largely concurrent views about the scandalous lack of dental insurance for us all and of dental care for the poor and trying to figure out what might be done about that particular defect (among many others) in the American healthcare system. Our conversation arose from a serious and productive continuing exchange of views on the class discussion list, of which too few are members. To join the list, go to the class website, click on "Discussion List" along the left-hand margin, and follow directions there.

Warren Cox gave a spirited and informed July talk at the National Building Museum about the neoclassical tradition in American architecture. Warren maintains his distinguished architectural practice with the firm of Hartman-Cox in Washington and shows no signs of scaling back.

In Memoriam: On August 9, 2009, we lost classmate Gene L. Tunney to the complications of cancer in Tiburon, CA. Many, I suspect, did not know Gene, who, older than we, entered Yale after most of us and didn't keep in touch with the class. I knew this quiet, thoughtful, solid character, whom an admirer called "a bulldog with a heart of gold," through his younger brother John. After serving as a public defender, Gene pursued an esteemed 20-year elective career as Sonoma County district attorney, reorganizing the DA's office, co-founding the California District Attorney's Association, and becoming mentor to many attorneys, judges, and public officials. He is survived by his wife Ann, daughters Kelly, Megan, and Erin, son Gene, brothers John and Jay, and many grandchildren. Contributions in Gene's memory may be made to Hospice by the Bay Marin, 17 E. Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Larkspur, CA 94939.

In Memoriam: John G. Miller died suddenly in Annapolis, MD, on August 31, 2009. After Yale, John became a Marine officer and, like few others in the class, made a career of military service. His most notable roles came during two tours in Vietnam, first as commander of a rifle company, then as advisor to the Vietnamese Marine Corps. He was, as our most highly decorated military veteran Bill Dabney who served with John in Vietnam, describes him, "a perceptive realist about the future of the war and of Vietnam itself." After battlefield duty, John served as principal speechwriter for three successive Marine Commandants, commanded an infantry battalion in North Carolina and the Mediterranean, and was operations officer of Marine forces in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean. After 28 years of service, John retired as deputy director of Marine Corps history. He was, as Dick Jones terms him, "an exemplary Marine and patriot." After retirement, John became managing editor of the U. S. Naval Institute's Proceedings and naval history magazines. Among his many accomplishments in those posts, he published Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October. John was himself the author of many books--the best known perhaps being The Bridge at Dong Ha. He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Susan Bailey Miller, and by his brother, son, two daughters and four grandchildren. His interment with full military honors took place at Arlington National Cemetery. Donations in John's memory may be made to the Music Fund at Calgary United Methodist Church, 301 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, MD 21401 or the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, 3800 Fittler Park Drive, Suite 104, Dumfries, VA 22025.

I have recently read Secrets of the Tomb: Scull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power by Alexandra Robbins '98. It's a shaggy but sensible book that introduced me to this little publicly known side of the university. Some of course will be offended by its publication, perhaps even of my mention of it here. But it does add decently to Yale's history and sweeps away many silly myths.

—JMB

Notes: September/October 2009

I try to keep myself and the class activities I happen to be involved in out of the news. But this month I can't resist. First of all, I joined ten other of my St. Anthony Hall "brothers" for a weekend of conviviality and serious talk in Madison, CT, in early June. Attending were Court Haight, John Harrison, Gus Kellogg, Ray Lamontagne, Ernie Pepples, Hal Russell, Jack Skillman, Gerry Snyder, Dick Voigt, and Nort Wright, plus yrs. truly. The highlight of the weekend was a long tour of Yale's new and modernized buildings, a tour Gus Kellogg arranged. Photos of eight of the attending worthies are on the class website under Class Notes & News.

Second, at the most recent lunch of Washington 57ers, we welcomed the city's second Music in Schools fellow (or, in the lingo, Distinguished Music Educator), who related news of the symposium she had just attended and offered an astute evaluation of the symposium's strengths and weaknesses. With Steve Hopkins's initiative, we have since sent a report of that evaluation to Steve Wittenberg for his use in future discussions with the School of Music.

The second of those two Steves, who now manages the Music in Schools project for the class, reports on the recent biennial symposium as follows: "The symposium began with a kickoff dinner for 50 public school music teachers chosen out of an applicant pool of almost 500 and representing communities throughout the US. Each received a Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award. The next day offered exciting workshops facilitated by distinguished guests as well as the School of Music's talented program directors. The first workshop explored El Systema, Venezuela's innovative music program for inner city youth, and the second the linkage between music programs and the general school curriculum. In the afternoon, two teachers from the 2007 Symposium, chosen in competition for the most interesting and innovative public school programs, returned to lead workshops on their own efforts. Attending classmates were showered with gratitude from the participating teachers. A complete report of the Symposium will be included in the annual report on the music initiative, which should be ready for the class website in the fall."

Two classmates have recently been honored for their achievements. The Yale School of Drama has recognized George White with an annual award, the George C. White Prize, in his name. Established by George's former students, the prize—a sum of no less than $10,000 to be awarded annually—recognizes George as "an extraordinary theater artist, producer, and teacher who has generously devoted a lifetime of talent to the theater, and has graciously guided and inspired a multitude of YSD students and theater professionals." There is, I can tell you, no greater satisfaction than recognition from your students. Also honored, this time with the first Lifetime Achievement Award of Yale's Gay and Lesbian Association on the occasion of its 25th anniversary and the 40th anniversary of the first homosexual student organization on campus, was Larry Kramer. The text of Larry's remarks on that occasion have been posted on the class website under Classmates' Musings.

In Memoriam: Este Fisher "Pat" Hollyday died at home in Nashville, TN, on April 21, 2009 of cancer. Throughout his life a geologist, Pat worked with the U.S. Geological Survey and specialized in hydrology and remote sensing, about which he wrote many scientific studies. He organized the first Tennessee Hydrology Symposium, wrote a geology trail guide for a city park, and was an elder of his church. Pat is survived by his wife Susan and their three children. Memorial contributions in his memory may be made to Southminster Presbyterian Church, 643 Harding Place, Nashville, TN 37211, and the Friends of Warner Parks, 50 Vaughn Road, Nashville, TN 37221.

In Memoriam: Vishnudev Pratt, formerly John Lockwood Pratt III, died in Woodbridge, New York, on April 19, 2009. Vishnudev had one of the more distinctive life paths in our class. Until the mid 1970s, he practiced medicine in Philadelphia and taught at Penn, from which he graduated after leaving Yale and where he also conducted research into bone growth. In Philadelphia, he devoted himself to a wide range of philanthropic activities, and with his wife Denny he organized medical aid to Vietnam, traveled to Hanoi, and helped rebuild Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi in 1973. In 1976, after meeting Swami Muktananda, the Siddha Yoga meditation master, Vishnudev left teaching to dedicate himself to a spiritual journey and moved to New York State with his family to be near his teacher and pursue study of the teachings of his new path. Vishnudev is survived by his former wife Denny and their four children. Contributions in Vishnudev's memory may be made to the SYDA Foundation, PO Box 600, South Fallsburg, NY 12779.

—JMB

Notes: St. Anthony Hall Gathering, June 2009

Members of the '57 delegation of St. Anthony Hall met for a weekend together in Madison, CT, in early June. The gathering, the second of its kind (not counting shorter events at Yale reunions), gave old friends the chance to catch up with each other, reflect on their lives, discuss the state of the world, and laugh hard. Following drinks and dinner the first night, we convened around a large table to reflect individually on the highs and lows of life, on how we now assessed our lives and careers, and to report on those not in attendance. We spent the next day in New Haven on a long walking tour, arranged by Gus Kellogg, of select campus buildings, including renovated Jonathan Edwards College (especially its spectacular basement spaces); the renovated Paul Rudolph Hall, home of the School of Architecture; the new, adjacent Jeffrey Loria Center for the History of Art, home of the Department of Art History; and the new Kroon Hall, home of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, on Science Hill, as well as points in between. Another dinner followed, and we departed the following morning. Attending, in addition to Gus Kellogg and me, were Court Haight, John Harrison, Ray Lamontagne, Ernie Pepples, Hal Russell, Jack Skillman, Gerry Snyder, Dick Voigt, and Nort Wright. The accompanying photos show those depicted in a decent state of repair.

—JMB

From left to right: Dick Voigt, Gerry Snyder, Hal Russell, and John Harrison.

From left to right: Ernie Pepples, Gus Kellogg, Nort Wright, and Court Haight.

Notes: July/August 2009

As many can attest, the annual class council meeting in New York was well-behaved and productive, and everyone attending enjoyed dinner afterwards, Andy Glass the featured and lively speaker. A full report, with photos by Steve Hopkins, can be found on the class website.

Maestro Johannes Somary brought his wonderful Amor Artis chorus and instrumentalists to Washington in mid-April to perform at the National Gallery with a program including a composition of his own. The capital's 57ers welcomed Hannes and Ann with a lunch two days before the concert, then turned out in good numbers to cheer the conductor and his musicians. It was a time of high celebration and beautiful music.

In Allan Kaplan's memory, Rob Walker has made a gift to the Yale Art Gallery of "Italian Moon," a ca. 1953 painting by William Congdon '34, a New York abstract expressionist who moved to Italy in the 1950s and is little known today in the US. Rob's gift seems to have inspired more Congdon hunting by the Gallery, which has added two more Congdon's to Rob's.

Tung "Sunne" Jeong chaired the eighth annual International Conference on Display Holography in Shenzhen, China this past summer. I infer from his report that his time there was as much fun as hard work. Jack Hughes, who keeps up with many classmates, reports that Phil and Mary Alice Gignoux, like Frank Lin (reported on earlier), have been in Bangkok and active in Yale Club functions there. Jack urges those traveling to Asia to stop in Hawaii to play tennis with John Somerville and in San Francisco to visit Terry Carlisle, who's recuperating from a recent hip replacement operation (a procedure not unknown to others of us). Bill Schaffner, on the Vanderbilt faculty, periodically appears on TV to discuss national issues related to infectious diseases. And I caught up by phone recently with Peter Kosinski, still practicing architecture, but now in Fort Lauderdale rather than New Haven. I was reminded of him by photos of his firm's work in an ad in The Chronicle Review.

Books galore this season. George Curtis is co-editor of A Man Apart, the journal of a young Englishman in the colonies during the fateful years 1774-1777. The book was favorably reviewed in the April 11-12 Wall Street Journal. One Andreas Braddan (pseud. I can attest to the author's existence while not revealing his identity) has seen published his picaresque nautical adventure, Sea Interlude, set in the 1950s. Read it, and guess its author. Don Hester, Wisconsin economics professor emeritus, has written The Evolution of Monetary Policy and Banking in the US, a concise analysis of the evolution of monetary policy and banking institutions over the past 60 years that stresses the dynamic interactions between the Federal Reserve and banking institutions that resulted from financial market innovations. Could any work be more relevant today?

In Memoriam: Charles D. (Dan) Wolverton, Jr. died at home in New London, CT, on February 10, 2009. Dan majored in mechanical engineering, and at the Electric Boat Company apparently pursued work in that profession throughout his life. Dan leaves no immediate family.

In Memoriam: Our well-known and well-beloved classmate Joe D. Clayton died April 18, 2009, in Labanon, New York, of complications from cancer. Joe had been suffering from melanoma for some time but characteristically bore his affliction with great equanimity and thoughtfulness to all around him. Born in Sentinel, Oklahoma, Joe entered Yale as what Bud Trillin reminds us was called a "brown shoe" boy—someone from a public high school. Those of us who knew him in college identified him early with music, starting in the Freshman Glee Club. He was president of the Yale Glee Club and sang as tenor with the Whiffs. Hank Conlan recalls their bursary job together in Commons under the case "of that wonderful martinet, Janet," their job "to wrap and disburse silverware for our classmates during breakfast. We immediately realized that we were way out of our depth technically, so we took to doing what we subsequently did for the next four years, we sang to our classmates as they passed our way with scrambled eggs and mystery meat on their trays." After college on a Keasbey Scholarship Joe attended New College, Oxford, from which he received a doctorate. After that, he attended Yale Law School. After starting out at Davis, Polk & Wardwell, Joe joined the firm of Mudge Rose as partner, then moved to White & Case, from which he retired in 1999. Those of us who knew Joe valued him and his friendship for all sorts of reasons: his intelligence, his quiet humor, and his modesty. He is survived by his wife, Denise, and their three children, Thomas, Katherine Parsons, and Andrew.

—JMB

Notes: May/June 2009

The class continues its busy ways. 57's website carries reports, written respectively by Steve Hopkins and Gus Kellogg, of last fall's class trip to Israel and Jordan and of the class's winter gathering in New Haven. By the time you read this, the annual class dinner will have been held in New York. Next up after that: the summer minireunion in Chautauqua, New York. Because too few classmates signed up for a Santa Fe minireunion, that gathering has been canceled but may, if the economy improves, be rescheduled next year.

In previously soliciting the URLs of your home pages (if you have them) for the class website, I forgot to ask for information about the blogs any of you may write. Some classmates have sent that information to me anyway, now noted on the site. I hope that other bloggers will let me know, too. No words, no views, of '57ers should be lost to history.

News of classmates: Bill Bogert will appear this year in the film "Tenure," in which he plays a dean who decides whether a young academic is to land a permanent teaching berth. Among deans I have known, Bill will be the most handsome and have the best voice. Also along filmic lines, Norton Wright has completed production of another television movie, "Safe Harbor." Based on a true story, it's about a married couple running a nautical rehabilitation program for juvenile delinquent boys and will air on the Hallmark Channel on Saturday night, May 30, and be rerun many times after that.

Bart Vincent traveled last year with Bob Pegg and their spouses to the Dalmatian Coast, Croatia, and Slovenia where they encountered the emotional wounds of the 1990s wars there. Our apparently indefatigable Bern Kosto and Gail were also bopping about the world, their travels taking them to Antarctica, Namibia (with Morris and Jan Raker), Paris, and even the Outer Banks. Rod and Betty Farrow celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last year on a small boat cruise around the British Isles from England's south coast to Edinburgh. Along the way, they visited the Isle of Islay where Rod's great, great grandfather built a hotel, still operating, in the 19th century. The Farrows continue to rent to classmates and other friends their three homes in Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard.

We remain an active lot. Few of those who report in to me seem to be at rest. Larry Herrmann still practices criminal defense law, mostly in federal courts and most involving extradition cases from Colombia. Bob Ganger continues as the historic restoration expert he has become. Last year saw him help restore two historic buildings, now retrofitted for local historical societies, in West Palm Beach and Delray Beach. Tom Myers, "retired," seems anything but. After more than 50 years in the paper and wood industry, in 2008 he stepped aside from running the family's log home business. "I expected to have lots of time to work on home projects and hobbies, but find," he writes, "that I'm devoting most of my days to a cancer foundation by the name of the International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation in charge of the foundation's research activities. This particular kind of cancer, which affects only about 1500 Americans annually, is considered incurable, but we have made much progress in developing treatments." Bob Weinmann continues as president of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists Independent Practice Association while also practicing neurology in San Jose. He's been weighing in on the politics of healthcare by trying to end California's way of permitting doctors without state medical licenses to make utilization review decisions for insurance companies concerning injured or sick workers.

In Memoriam: Joe Clayton originally sent word that Clarence E. "Ren" Zimmerman died of pancreatic cancer in Brookline, MA, on January 12, 2009. Ren had been diagnosed in December, and the disease quickly took its course. Fortunately, he died painlessly in his sleep at home. A distinguished surgeon specializing in transplants, he was long associated with Boston's Beth Israel Hospital and as a surgeon with the Harvard Community Health Program, an early HMO, in Boston. He was also a member of the surgery faculty at the Harvard Medical School and the author of research articles and a book. Even those who never knew this witty and impish man knew his voice, for his was the enviably deep bass of our Whiffs. He was also a pianist all his life and at one point was on the board of overseers of the Boston Baroque, the nation's first all-baroque orchestra. He also collected 18th-century American furniture and Mayan art and epigraphy, about which he wrote critically. Ren is survived by his companion Marian Marill, two daughters (another having predeceased him), and four siblings. A private service was held in January.

—JMB

Notes: March/April 2009

Another work from Bud Trillin: Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme. Serious verse, of course. Bob Bentley was featured in the winter 2008-2009 issue of Door County Living, the magazine of the Wisconsin county where he lives. A noted portrait painter, Bob has painted George and Laura Bush in a portrait hanging in the White House. Carl Becker, retired, is a docent at the Milwaukee Art Museum, weekends in Door County (near Bob Bentley?), sails, and pursues carpentry. Neal Blue, CEO of General Atomics, was featured in a Fortune article in October. Also in October, the press box at a new football complex at the University School in Hunting Valley, Ohio, was dedicated in the name of Pete Fritzsche. Sandy Clark, Jack Turben, Kurt Bloch, and John Oberlin attended. More than 20 classmates contributed to the project.

Jim Seymour, in Hong Kong, has left retirement to teach a new graduate-level course at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on the political economy of the Silk Road area and, writes Jim, "the region's evolving strategic importance in the age in which we live." Jim Crooks passes on the following words from Honolulu's Dick Simon, who long taught at the Punahou School: "Several people have asked if I taught Prez Obama. Tempted though I am to say 'Yes I did... and I frequently counseled him about a career in public service and....' I have to tell them 'No, I didn't have him in class.…'" Recovering from some nasty surgery, Keith McEligot rues that his operation "hasn't helped my golf score, which is approaching my bowling score (and vice versa)."

John Tracy has been heard from after many years. Following Navy service, marriage, and law school, John was legislative assistant to Colorado's Senator Peter H. Dominick. Returning to Colorado, he practiced law, was appointed to the bench, and eventually became chief trial judge with general jurisdiction and a specialty in water cases. "No, not maritime law," he writes. "In Colorado we like to fight over water. 'You can mess with my woman, but don't you dare touch a drop of my water!'" The Tracys remain active pilots who "never tire of exploring our beautiful country from the birds' perspective."

From Val Kibens, also after long silence, comes word of a long-ago John Hopkins PhD, then a stretch of aerospace engineering teaching at the University of Michigan, finally a move to Saint Louis to work at Boeing in technology development where he remains employed. Val writes that he's "currently applying for a patent on a solid rocket motor improvement. Who'd want to give up that kind of fun?"

Class news items: Because of two planned 2009 minireunions, no class trip under Alan Hockstader's dominion will leave from American shores this calendar year. Last fall's trip to Israel and Jordan was, by all accounts, a great success. At the class council meeting in November, it was announced that Rod Correll had received an Alumni Fund award for his service and stellar results as chair of 1957's annual giving.

In Memoriam: Keene Taylor died of lung cancer in Guilford, CT, on October 19, 2008. A chemical engineering major, Keene was coxswain on the varsity crew (although not a member of the legendary Olympic crew of 1956). After being in the engineering world for roughly 20 years, in 1980 he and his wife Nancy opened one of Washington's most esteemed real estate brokerage firms, and he remained active with the firm into the last months of his life. He was surely one of the best read and thoughtful realtors I have ever known, perhaps the best read ever known in this city. Keene is survived by his wife and professional partner Nancy and by their four children Keene Jr., Lawrence, Jessica Benoliel, and Eleanor. Memorial gifts may go in his name to National Public Radio, 635 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001 (www.npr.org) and to the Connecticut Hospice, 100 Double Beach Road, Branford, CT 06405 (www.hospice.com/cthospice).

In Memoriam: Randers H. Heimer died on November 4, 2008. A graduate of Andover and a bit of a hell-raiser, Randy roomed in Silliman with Goey Franciscus, King Cross, and Frank Brown until he withdrew from Yale in 1956. He subsequently graduated from Berkeley in 1957. His career was spent in the advertising business in New York, where he rose to be senior vice president of Benton & Bowles. He is survived by his wife Judith.

In Memoriam: Alexander England died on April 7, 2008 of complications from a stroke. Sandy joined the Air Force after graduation, was a mechanical engineer with Martin Marietta, then tried his hand at residential architectural design. He is survived by his wife, Louise Stewart-England and by a son Donald V. England and a daughter Valerie England Ngolle.

—JMB

Notes: January/February 2009

Each time I prepare these notes, I regret that they appear so long after the news they convey has occurred. Often they report the dates for class events (see below) that are ahead of us when I write but behind us, or at least already announced by mail or email directly to you, when you read about them here. Therefore, the best way to be informed about class news in as timely a manner as I and your class officers can arrange is to register your email address with the class through me (at the email address above). Rest assured that these addresses, listed in the directory on the class website, are password protected and that all email comes to everyone in a manner (through blind copies) that protects everyone's addresses.

As I write, another class trip, this one to Israel and Jordan, is in progress. And by the time you read these notes, the class's annual fall get-together in New Haven over football and a gathering at Nancy Mongillo's home, along with a meeting of the august and omnipotent Class Council, will have taken place. Also, the date of the 2009 annual dinner in Manhattan is March 12th. Put it on your calendars and arrange your lives to attend. Finally, plans for upcoming minireunions are taking shape. One in Santa Fe is scheduled for April 27-May 1, 2009, the second at the Chautauqua Institution in New York State for July 8-11, 2009. Stand by for more details via regular mail and email.

As I've reported via email to all classmates with registered email addresses, the class website has undergone another upgrading with added links and new pages for photos about your own lives and for the listing of your own websites and home pages. I hope that you'll find these additions useful and enjoyable. I try to report periodically via broadcast email messages not only about changes to the website but also about specific additions from classmates and about class reports posted there.

And now for the heavy news about five deaths since my previous column.

In Memoriam: Donald L. Heimlich died in Manhattan on December 11, 2007. I have been able to gather little information about Don's life and career. Roger Rossen writes that Don received a 1961 medical degree from New York University and then practiced medicine, with a specialty in thoracic surgery, the rest of his life. Perhaps in keeping with Ralph's observation that, even during freshman year, Don "tended to keep very much to himself," Don listed no information about a family or his life in recent reunion books.

In Memoriam: Peter V. Andes died on June 21, 2008, presumably in Manhattan, of unknown causes. Carl Myrus and John Copelin tell me that after graduation Peter studied at Yale's School of Architecture. Subsequently, he worked for Knoll International. Beyond that, nothing more about Peter is now known.

In Memoriam: Philip M. Lynch died in Cleveland on September 29, 2008 of complications from a series of illnesses. One of the class's youngest members, Phil was a ranking scholar and spent his junior year in Geneva. A world traveler and classicist, he spoke many languages and brought extensive knowledge to bear on everything he did. Some years ago, he formed Northern Technologies International Corporation and served from 1979 as its chairman and CEO until retiring in 2005 as chairman emeritus. He was also executive vice president of Inter Alia Holding Company, a financial and management consulting firm. Phil is survived by his wife Juliane and their children Sarah, Patrick, and Jennifer. The family asks that any contributions in Phil's memory be made to the Srinivasan Charitable Trust through Irina Roytman (IRoytman@ntic.com).

In Memoriam: After a battle with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, which, writes his long-time friend Phil Weymouth, "took its sweet time in bringing this noble warrior to his knees." John R. Peters, Jr. died on October 6, 2008, in Edgard, LA. Andy Glass, a freshman roommate, recalls John as "a laid back charmer, a scion of the Louisiana gentry." John Harrison writes of John's having had "a distinguished career as a trial lawyer specializing in matters like offshore oil litigation and being very much a part of Old New Orleans." Pete Greer recalls John as "fun and funloving with an earthy Lousiana humor that came to the fore in most encounters." John's wife Ann has written me that "Johnny [was] so very proud of his Yale education." Memorial contributions should go to Trinity Episcopal School, 1315 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans 70130, the church's Rebuilding Fund, PO Box 459, Pass Christian MS 39571, or the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 3636 S I-10 Service Road W, Metairie, LA 70001.

And In Memoriam as I write: Keene Taylor died on October 9, 2008. More anon.

—JMB