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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.
Notes: January/February 2015
Notes: March/April 2015
Notes: May/June 2015
Notes: July/August 2015
Notes: September/October 2015 Notes: November/December 2015
Notes: November/December 2015
Ere you read these September words, your faithful '57 capital city planning
team will have worried itself through the October minireunion and, we hope,
brought it off with success. Roughly 100 classmates, spouses, widows,
companions, and friends have already signed up. I'll report on how it went in
my next column.
Don Roberts spotted a June Wall Street Journal letter by Vin
Marchesi offering a balanced assessment of needed research into Alzheimer's
disease. Yale's Anthony M. Brady Professor of Biology and professor of cell
biology, as well as director of the Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Vin is
a noted specialist in research on the causes of this dreaded affliction.
Gordon Frierson, another of our doctors, this one of internal medicine,
writes that he's "recently embarked on a new retirement project—a blog on
medical history. I'm using it as an adjunct activity for our local Bay Area
History of Medicine Society. Its web site is
medihist2.blogspot.com."
Ron Bland is "alive and well with wife Kay in Issaquah, WA in the
foothills of the Cascades, yet only a half hour from downtown Seattle. Still
wintering in Scottsdale." He's also pursued his undergraduate love of history
on a Gettysburg lecture tour led by Brian M. Jordan (Ph.D. Yale 2013).
In Memoriam: Tung H. Jeong died of prostate cancer in
Tallahassee, FL, on May 4, 2015. Sunne (pronounced "Sunny") had a pre-Yale life
no doubt unique to the class. Born around 1931 in a Chinese village, he didn't
know his real birth date until adulthood—and then found he was three years older
than he'd thought. Nor did he ever know his natural parents. Sold to a
landlord's family, he fled his native country with his adopted mother (later
killed stealing rice for herself and her son) to Hong Kong, then Macau, then
back to his native village, then after WWII's end to Amarillo, Texas. Seeing
his natural gifts, his grade school teacher taught Sunne English. He graduated
as salutatorian from Amarillo High School with a full scholarship to Yale, where
he majored in physics and was a ranking scholar. After earning his PhD in
nuclear physics from the University of Minnesota, he joined the faculty of Lake
Forest College, from which he retired in 1997. Becoming one of the nation's
noted experts in holography, he founded the International Symposium on Display
Holography and with his wife Anna co-founded Integraf, an international
distributor of holography supplies to schools, hobbyists, and businesses. For
his wide-ranging work, he was a recipient of the Robert Millikan Medal from the
American Association of Physics Teachers and other prestigious awards and was
elected a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. He was also a gymnast.
With Frank Galloney, Doug Wright, and Bruce Belason, he
formed the Yale Gymnastics Club and won an AAU medal in 1955. Sunne was
probably best known to us as a cheerleader. Writes his daughter Alicia,
throughout his life he was "often seen wearing his blue Yale sweatshirt and
still had his Yale and Harvard megaphones from his Yale cheerleading and
gymnastics days." Nor did he ever forget Yale's famous cheer, the one
supposedly from Aristophanes' Frogs: "Brek-ek-ek-ek-ex, ko-ax, ko-ax."
May it now resound throughout the heavens--or wherever--and keep the gods on
alert! In addition to Anna and Alicia, Sunne is survived by sons Allan and Alec
and two grandchildren.
In Memoriam: We lost John Wood Bolton, Sr. on June 23, 2015 in
Charlottesville, VA. Woody's career was in finance and business, first with the
Bank of New York, then with U.S. Trust Company. Subsequently, he served the
Carl and Lily Pforzheimer family as vice president and director of its
charitable foundation and petroleum and trading corporation, following which he
took over his wife's family's appliance distribution business in Huntington, WV.
In 1986, he became director of finance and investments for The Nature
Conservancy. For the next 18 years, he guided the growth of its endowment from
$125 million to over $1 billion. Everyone who knew Woody knew him as a sober,
thoughtful, lively, sunny man, someone with a rich combination of appealing
traits. He's survived by his wife, Nancy, their children Richard, John Jr., and
Catherine Austin, and six grandchildren. Memorial contributions should go to
The Nature Conservancy, 490 Westfield Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901 (or
www.nature.org)
or to St.Paul's Episcopal Church, 851 Owensville Road,
Charlottesville, VA 22901.
In Memoriam: George C. Hutchinson III died in New York City on
June 26, 2015 after having been ill for some time. With an early bent toward
literature, Hutch subjected himself to the rigors of Daily Themes and was, as
Brandfordians Gordon Frierson and I know, a good raconteur with a wry,
crusty sense of humor. After Yale, Hutch worked in Cincinnati and then
Newcastle-upon-Tyne before returning to the US where, in the mid-1960s, he
founded his own home care medical business and eventually owned his own company.
After retiring, he moved from Summit NJ close to the cultural institutions,
especially the Metropolitan Opera, he loved and traveled widely, often with '57.
He's survived by his children Elizabeth (Branford '88), Geoffrey, and David.
—JMB
Notes: September/October 2015
The 5th biannual Music in School symposium occurred in June. (Yes, we've been at it
that long!) An innovation this year was to bring two-person teams—a music teacher and
someone from a co-operating local non-profit music organization—from each represented
locality. We'll learn later what difference this may make to the project's penetration
into communities. Steve Wittenberg writes that "throughout the symposium, class
members were repeatedly approached and thanked for the class's leadership in public school
music education. Many participants said the symposium was the best professional learning
experience of their careers." For photos, see http://musicinschools.org.
In April, Frank Galloney wrote from Alabama of the spring storm that struck
Dauphin Island's regatta with injuries and loss of life. While he wasn't racing, Frank's
property was "hit with a major waterspout, which took down some large trees in the yard.
Fortunately, no damage to people or houses." A skilled sleuth, Frank has found two
previously "lost" classmates," Dick Lamb, of whom little is known, and Jim
Parsons, with us for a year. After leaving Yale, Jim graduated from Wake Forest and
had a career in finance.
Buzz Brenton sends word and a beautifully designed brochure of the Brenton
Arboretum, a 140-acre preserve in Dallas Center, Iowa (near Des Moines). The Brentons
established the non-profit in 1997 from farmland held in his family since 1853. Buzz would
be gratified to hear from anyone sharing his interests in nature and the land. I've also a
note from Nort Wright about a splendid spring trip that he, Gerry Snyder,
and their wives took to Iran.
Three classmates" books recently appeared, viz., 1) from Arthur Wertheim, W.
C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway: Becoming a Comedian, about
Fields's stage career and its influence on his films. A second volume, about Fields's life
and career from 1915 to his death and how he became a cultural icon, appears in 2016. 2)
from my Directed Studies chum Bill Calin, the publication in 2014 of his 12th book,
The Lily and the Thistle: The French Tradition and the Older Literature of
Scotland. Bill was also recently the recipient of a festschrift, Makers of the
Middle Ages: Studies in Honor of William Calin. 3) from Larry Kramer, the first
volume of his The American People: Volume l: Search for My Heart: A Novel.
In Memoriam: We've belatedly learned of the death on August 17, 2014, of
Peter M. Farrand. Pete died of unstated causes in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he'd
lived for decades. After Yale, he traveled there for insurance brokerage work and remained
for the rest of his life while spending summers in Bend, Oregon. He also worked for
Phillips Petroleum and eventually started his own company, Nova Petrene, now owned and
operated by his daughter, Allison, and her husband. Steve Flagg calls Pete a man of
"dry wit and a refreshingly pithy outlook on life." A jazz enthusiast, he's said to have
ventured to put his pre-collegiate roommates to sleep with renditions of "Taps" on the
trombone. Pete is survived by his wife, Terezinha; daughters Lisa and Allison; former wife
and mother of his daughters, Irene; and brothers Alex and Andy.
In Memoriam: We lost David A. Laventhol, a "giant" of his profession in
Tom Perkin's words, on April 8, 2015, from the complications of Parkinson's
disease. This future publisher of the Los Angeles Times didn't make the Yale
Daily News on his first try because he didn't sell enough ads. Told by the dean to cut
back on reporting, he kept at it under an alias until, his grades suffering, he was tossed
out of college. After Army service, he was allowed to re-enroll, this time making it
through—still, of course, working for the YDN. After some time with the St.
Petersburg Times, then the New York Herald Tribune as city editor before that
paper died ("no connection," he wrote), he inaugurated the Washington Post's
celebrated Style section over the objections of the advertising office ("not many ads
again"). He was then editor of Newsday (four Pulitzers under his watch). David next
went to Los Angeles, where, after leading that city's paper as editor and publisher (three
Pulitzers this time), he became president of its corporate parent, the Times Mirror
Corporation, before it was bought by the Tribune Company. Along the way, he chaired the
boards of the Pulitzer Prizes, the LA Museum of Contemporary Art, the United Negro College
Fund, the International Press Institute, and the Committee to Protect Journalists. (He
also edited some of our early reunion books.) Peter Wolf recalls David as "a sharp
listener who was wily wise" with an "irreverent and independent way of thinking." He's
survived by his wife Esther and their children Peter and Sarah. Gifts in Dave's memory may
go to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 330 7th Avenue, NY 10001.
—JMB
Notes: July/August 2015
Class Events: 1. The annual class dinner in April was, as usual, a
friendship-filled occasion. The speaker was Sebastian Ruth, Class of 1957 Visiting
Lecturer in Music Education in the School of Music, who spoke spiritedly about music and
civic culture. 2. By the time you read this, you'll have received information and
registration material about the Washington DC class minireunion in October. Sign up, and
do so soon! We're anticipating a large registration, and space for some events will be
limited.
Having been over ten years at this job, I want to pay tribute to four people who, behind
the scenes, make the class's records and presentation to the world what they are. The
first is classmate Vic Norton, whose computer skills (and forbearance of my
ignorance of such) keep the class roster accurate and always up-to-date. The second is
Ellen Cole, my sharp-eyed, always good-natured editor at the YAM. Third comes
tireless Angelyn Singer of the alumni records office, with whom Vic and I work constantly
to maintain the university's records of all 57ers, quick and otherwise. And finally is
Christopher Bates, my fellow (and younger) historian, who designed and now maintains our
website. Without each of them, I couldn't do my job; without them, the entire class would
be at a loss.
John Ryan writes that he's "now trying to retire." He also asks if any classmates
live near Naples, FL. If so, they should contact him. From Fernando Alvarez de
Toledo comes word that he's already retired and still going (pauvre petit) to
Capri. Although "still rowing," he "stopped competing a few years ago." The April 2015
issue of The Foreign Service Journal carries a piece by retired
ambassador Alan Wendt, "Viet Cong Attack on Embassy Saigon, 1968", a first-person
account of that fateful January moment by the day's Foreign Service night-duty officer.
Alan, young and handsome in the accompanying photo, reflects on the American embassy's
preparedness (not good) and the likelihood (better) that American forces could have turned
the war's tide under other circumstances. Virginia gentleman Read Charlton
participated as guide in the springtime re-enactment of the 150th anniversary of the
surrender of the Confederacy at Appomattox Courthouse near his home. An accompanying photo
shows him wearing a Yale (i.e., Union) tie.
In Memoriam: Charles L. Gold died at home in West Cornwall, CT on January 7,
2015 after a seven-year battle against cancer. After college, Charlie joined IBM, where he
remained for 34 years. He was program director of its Systems Research Institute, led
education programs for senior executives and attorneys defending IBM in anti-trust cases,
and appeared as expert witness for IBM in federal court. Subsequently, he became an expert
in function point use, a measure of in-house quality standards, and helped set industry
standards. Charlie had a deep commitment to the stewardship of his family farm in West
Cornwall, and with his brother secured guarantees that, upon its sale, much of it would
remain forever open. He's survived by his wife Barbara, their daughters Virginia Gold and
Elizabeth Sobek, a sister, and grandchildren. Contributions in his memory may go to the
United Church of Christ, Congregational, in Cornwall or to the Cornwall Fire Department.
In Memoriam: George A. Jensen died on January 21, 2015 in Cheshire, CT, from
unstated causes after a lengthy illness. As an undergraduate, George was a ranking scholar
and, from early college days, a master of languages. His Pierson roommate, John Brooke,
writes, "I remember that he decided once to learn a non-European language with a different
alphabet, perhaps Mandarin Chinese or a Persian dialect. When I asked him about it just a
few weeks later, he said he had been adjudged competent at reading, speaking fluently, and
writing." While his career took him into banking--he was President and CEO of the Bank of
HartfordGeorge's interest in languages and cultures kept him involved in international
finance. Upon retiring, he was a consultant for the International Executive Service
Corporation. Someone who loved to cook, he's reported to have prepared meals for family
members and friends every Friday night. "Reticent and modest, retiring and gracious," in
John Brooke's words, "George's interest was in learning." Besides his wife Cynthia of 53
years, George is survived by their daughters Kristin Bures and Karin Jensen and
grandchildren. Their son Erik predeceased him. Contributions in George's memory may be
made to the St. Peter's Church Memorial Fund.
In Memoriam: Robert W. Keaton died of unstated causes in Fort Collins, CO,
on March 11, 2015. As an undergraduate, Bob showed early promise as mathematician and
physicist by winning Yale's Barge Prize in 1954 and 1955. He spent 40 years working as a
physicist at Rockwell International and as the American representative to the OECD Halden
Reactor Project in Norway before finishing his career at GPU Nuclear Corporation from
which he retired as vice president of engineering in 1997. He then went on to a second
career as Episcopal priest. A golfer and fencer at Yale, he ended up an avid chess and
bridge player. Bob is survived by his wife Sheila, their sons Robert and James,
grandchildren, and a brother. His family requests that donations be made to Catholic
Homeless Charities.
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—JMB
Notes: May/June 2015
The class's annual winter weekend included a visit to Wilbur Cross High School to
observe rehearsals of the All City Honors Chorus, Band, and Orchestra. The ensembles were
formed as part of the class's Music in Schools initiative. Sebastian Rush, the
initiative's current visiting professor, talked to classmates. He'll also speak at the
annual class dinner in April.
It's good to see '57 in the news. The YAM's Jan/Feb issue carries a letter from
Allan Wendt setting the record straight on My Fair Lady at the Shubert in
'56, Bob Barton cited for his knowledge of women in the Yale Bowl press box, and
Sam Chauncey featured in a piece about the 1975 "Woodward Report" on free speech at
Yale. Sam's recent book, May Day at Yale, 1970: Recollections, adds substantially
to Yale's recent history in one of its most critical moments. Also in the news, Bruce
McLanahan writes, was a reprise at Manhattan's Kasmin Gallery of the ground-breaking
1969 Met exhibit mounted by Henry Geldzahler. Finally, Larry Kramer received
the first eponymous Larry Kramer Activism Award for "spirit, passion, and fearlessness"
from the Gay Men's Health Crisis, which Larry helped found in 1982. The NYTimes article
carried a photo of Himself smiling and in Bermuda shorts. His legs were almost as shapely
as mine, which once won an award, with a young lady, for the Best Legs in Paris (not
Paris, Indiana).
Bob Ganger is chairman of the Florida Coalition for Preservation. "I wish I'd
become more involved in civic affairs at an earlier age," he writes. "Just as rewarding as
successes in the business world." Merrell Clark is a board member of Yale Alumni
College, which arranges courses to be held in cities around the country. Peter
Kosinski and his son "remain passionate about our architectural practice and are
willing to take on additional commissions." David Thornton Smith (not, as he
writes, to be confused with David Thomas Smith), is enjoying retirement from law
school teaching at the University of Florida and dividing time between his St. Augustine
and Gainesville homes. I recently had a good lunch with my now nearby college roommate
Ken Kauke and welcomed Reed Taylor and Mike Mellen to Washington. All
are actively engaged in a wide range of activities.
In Memoriam: Richard R. Allen died on August 14, 2014 in Berkeley, CA, of
the complications of congestive heart failure. Spending the first part of his career as an
English professor and specialist in Icelandic sagas, Beowulf, and Chaucer, Dick
then took up American studies and taught at Berkeley with his wife Diane Clemens. Towny
Ludington writes that Dick was "a very intelligent man, deeply interested in
literature, with a fine sense of humor with a keen satiric eye." Lynn Willilams
recalls Dick's "wicked, wicked sense of humor, a great ability with the English language,
and a clear perception of man's follies." In addition to his wife, Dick leaves two
children, Hervey and Katharine.
In Memoriam: John F. Skillman, Jr., died on December 15, 2014 in
Scarborough, ME, of metastatic bladder cancer. A teacher and school administrator most of
his life, Jack taught at North Haven High School, then at the Hopkins Grammar School (now
Hopkins School), after which he became headmaster of the Packer Collegiate Institute in
Brooklyn, NY, and of the Harley School in Rochester, NY. After retiring to Maine, Jack,
who greatly enjoyed an outdoor, rural life, helped run a general store and assisted
disadvantaged youngsters and homeless veterans. Everyone who knew him recalls his sunny
disposition, warm chuckle, and giving nature. "A talented, smiling man, rich in loyalty,"
Otis Graham writes. Larry Bodkin, a fellow squash player agrees: "Jack
always had a cheerful, positive outlook on all matters." Jack is survived by his former
wife Sally and their three children Gregory, Mark, and Lee, and their families.
Contributions in his memory may go to the Packer College Institute, the Skillman
Associates Squash Program at Yale, or the Ocean View at Falmouth Residents' Fund,
Falmouth, ME.
In Memoriam: N. Carter Volz died on January 1, 2015 in Sussex, NJ, of
unstated causes. A businessman early in his career, Carter was grievously mugged in 1974
on a New York street and left for dead. How he rehabilitated himself isn't clear, but he
did so and went on to live a long and productive life. After his recovery, Carter became a
psychotherapist and a master of Reiki technique, a Japanese-originated form of hands-on
healing, as well as a hypno-therapist, master practitioner of neuro-linguistic
programming, and Jungian. He taught holistic energy healing and classes in Reiki,
apprenticed many students to their Reiki masterships, and wrote four books. Carter is
survived by his companion Nancy Malone and members of her family, as well as two children.
Donations in his memory may go to Guiding Eyes for the Blind, 611 Granite Springs Road,
Yorktown Heights NY 10589.
In Memoriam: We learned from Roger Cogswell of the death on January 3,
2015, in Concord, MA, of Larry H Strasburger after a long struggle with Parkinson's
disease. Larry was a forensic psychiatrist while maintaining a private psychiatric and
psychoanalytic practice. He was considered by his colleagues, who elected him to be
president of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, to be among the very best in
his specialty. Roger, co-captain with Larry of the Yale Rifle Team and related to him by
marriage, recalls Larry "for his companionship, quiet confidence, and common sense in all
matters, and especially for the warmth of his friendship." Larry is survived by his wife
Carol and their children David Strasburger, Sara Bonds, and Peter "Zark" Strasburger.
Gifts in Larry's memory may be made to Innocence Project-New Orleans, 4051 Ulloa St., New
Orleans, LA 70119.
—JMB
Notes: March/April 2015
Such is the schedule of this magazine's issues, such the lead-time of submission to its
wonderful editors, that I can't report on events occurring close to when I write. You
learn of them much later. Such is happening now: the class's winter weekend in New Haven
is taking place as I put fingers to keyboard. And such it is regarding another event: by
the time you receive this issue, you'll have received an inquiry about your interest in a
minireunion—ten years after the first—in Washington, DC, next October. I urge you to
return your responses to that inquiry as directed as soon as possible if you've not
already done so. If enough of you are committed to attending, your local minireunion
committee will get to work making concrete plans.
I saw Paul and Karin Eisele in Manhattan in January. They and Davenport
classmates Jay Inglis, Joe Mark, and wives had gathered in New York in September.
The Marks and the Eiseles live in the Bay Area, the Inglises in Vail. Joe spends time as
a private investor and adviser to the city of Carmel. Jay has become a master skier and
world traveler. Paul attends lectures, plays tennis, and does advocacy work.
In Memoriam: Lewis A. Froman died of unstated causes on March 12, 2014.
Creel (from his distinctive middle name, Acrelius) secured a Northwestern doctorate in
political science, then joined the faculty of the University of California, Irvine. He
contributed in major ways to the early development of this now powerful campus and served
as dean of its School of Social Sciences from 1971 to 1975. A scholar of the American
political system, the sociology of knowledge, and critical political theory, he was also
an expert on the works of Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Foucault, and Marx. He's survived by
his wife, Anh Tran, and two daughters.
In Memoriam: Walter C. Copeland died in Madison, FL. on October 13, 2014
after a long battle against Parkinson's and Lewy body diseases. Walt spent his life in
Madison, his career revolving around the Copeland Gas Company, a family firm. His
lifelong love of music evidenced itself at Yale, where he played the trumpet in the
Symphony Orchestra and Marching Band. He also hunted in the forests and went backpacking
in Europe. In addition to his wife Frances, Walt is survived by their three sons Brett,
Walter, and Scot, three grandchildren, and other family members. Contributions in his
memory should go to Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahon Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308; to
Madison First Baptist Church, PO Box 307, Madison, FL, 32341; or to Madison Academy, PO
Box 690, Madison, FL 32341.
In Memoriam: We learned from Art Gardiner of the death from heart disease
of Fred A. Simmons III at home in Los Angeles on November 21, 2014. With a McGill
MD degree, Terry was a lifelong doctor, his specialty being hepatology. A partner with
the Southern California Permanente Medical Group at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Los
Angeles, he was instrumental in establishing the Regional Liver Transplant Service, of
which he remained chief until his retirement. He was also clinical professor at the UCLA
School of Medicine from 1974 to 2011 and the USC School of Medicine from 1989 to 2014. He
led, reports Towny Ludington, "a semi-bohemian life in a house he'd partly
constructed away from the glitz of Hollywood tucked back on Beverley Canyon Road, which he
shared with coyotes and other animals" and owned a "primitive" get-away house in Baja
California at which he repaired equally primitive autos, wind-surfed, and drank tequila at
sunset. Towny recalls Terry's "antic wit, deep intelligence, and vitality." He had a
"great aptitude for the arts and humanities," and was "a vivid human being." He's survived
by his partner Karen Cove, brothers George and David, sisters Mona and Geneva, and their
children. Donations in his memory may go to the Simmons Family Fund (a/c 24893),
Renaissance Charitable Foundation, c/o Mark Markland, 1230 Rosecrans Ave. (# 610,)
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266.
In Memoriam: Fred Gaston notified us of the death on November 22, 2014,
of Robert Wrenn, presumably in Madison, Wisconsin. Bob left little information
with the class, and aside from the fact that he'd been vice president of Bradner, Smith, &
Company in Chicago, we have little to go on. Bob loved the outdoors. He and his wife Ida
were also enthusiastic dancers. Fred reports that on a class trip to South Africa, the
two Wrenns, activated by a display of native dancing, spontaneously joined the performers
who were delighted at their performance. In addition to his wife, Bob is survived by
their children Nancy Bauch, Pam Wrenn, Jennifer Winner, Kent Wrenn, Jon Wrenn, and 10
grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Donations in Bob's memory may be made to two
Madison organizations to which he devoted many volunteer hours: the YWCA Third Street
Program and Lussier Community Center.
—JMB
Notes: January/February 2015
Can you imagine, two re-marrying classmates? One is our matey John Spender in
Sydney, lucky husband of the former Catherine Muldorff-Frellsen. The second is Ernie
Pepples, now bound to the former Duane Garrison Elliott. All salute these men of
abiding hope!
Neal Blue plays a major role in Richard Whittle's Predator, a study of the
eponymous drone's development under Neal's leadership as CEO of General Atomics, the
drone's manufacturer. Val Kibens has written a memoir, including coverage of his
undergraduate days. It can be found at valdiskibens.blogspot.com. Ray Ellison, out of Austin, is a
singer (Hayden's Creation), music lover, and amateur actor. While, as he writes "my
wife and I are officers, directors, and VIP's in no organizations whatsoever, we do our
share of volunteering through church and other eleemosynary organizations." A serious man,
at last report Ray was reading Crime and Punishment (using roommate Terry
Carlisle's undergraduate copy).
Morgan Browne, retired CFO of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, now serves as past
president and trustee of Planting Fields Foundation in Oyster Bay and trustee of the
Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, of which he, like the rest of us,
is slowly becoming one. Pierre Bouscaren has left Washington for rural Virginia,
where he remains active in residential real estate on a referral basis, sings, cruises,
golfs, and relaxes at his Outer Banks beach house.
In September, at Tom Perkin's original suggestion, many classmates and guests
gathered over dinner in New Haven to celebrate (somewhat early) the 60th anniversary of
Yale's 1955 14-12 football upset over Army, a score to which many '57ers contributed and
which many more happily witnessed. (Vince Scully likened the win to "a victory of Athens
over Sparta.") Denny McGill and Colin Jensen, both on the field in '55,
helped organize teammates' reunion. It was followed the next day by another Yale victory
over Army, also witnessed by some of us.
In Memoriam: J. Christopher Schwab died at home in New Braunfels, Texas,
on August 3, 2014. Chris matriculated with '54, stopped out for two years in the US Army,
then re-entered Yale in with us before eventually receiving his B.A. degree from the City
College of New York. For our 50th, he wrote that he'd spent some years with the RCA
Institutes in New York as dean of their evening division, then settled into a career as a
freelance technical writer and industrial training consultant. Upon retirement, he and his
wife Judith settled in the hill country of Texas. Chris is survived by his wife, three
children, and grandchildren.
In Memoriam: Charles F. Leahy died August 21, 2014, after a short
illness. Over a long career, Chuck became recognized as one of New Hampshire's pre-eminent
attorneys. He was particularly proud of his work co-leading a broad study of the New
Hampshire court system, many of whose recommendations were adopted. Always interested in
education, Chuck served on the Concord School Board and as trustee of the White Mountain
School and helped found the Concord Trust for the Enhancement of Public Education. Writing
that Chuck "brought a spark to every group he joined," Hugh Peterson reflects that
he "was a private person but among friends extraordinarily gregarious." Tink
Thompson writes that "there are people whom you sometimes meet who seem to enrich life
around them. Chuck was one of those." In addition to his wife Susan, Chuck is survived by
their five children. Contributions in his memory may be made to the New Hampshire Supreme
Court Society, PO Box 1341, Concord, NH 03302-1341 in support of civic education.
In Memoriam: William S. Greaves, Jr. died in Toronto on September 27,
2014 of multiple myeloma. At the time of his death, Bill was professor emeritus and senior
scholar in the Department of English Language and Literature of Glendon College, York
University, Toronto. In addition to being a teacher and scholar, Bill was a competitive
sailor and fencer, cross-country skier, steward of a farm in Prince Edward County,
Ontario, lover of red wine and wood fires, and enthusiast of both The Ring Cycle and New
England whaling songs. He's survived by his wife Anne, their daughters Ellen and Jane,
their son William, five grandchildren, and a sister. Gifts in Bill's memory may be made to
the William Greaves Fund in Linguistics, Glendon College, York University, or to Princess
Margaret Hospital, Toronto.
In Memoriam: G. Dean Loucks died on October 17, 2014 in Monsey, NY. We
knew Dean in college as an athlete. He was known principally as the varsity football
team's quarterback, earning All East honors and All Ivy League honorable mention. He
gained greatest renown, Bob Barton points out, when, in the 1955 Yale-Army game,
his right-handed touchdown pass to Paul Lopata helped secure the Bulldogs's final
14-12 unexpected win—a feat achieved despite his having been born without the use of his
throwing arm. Upon securing his MA in teaching, Dean returned to his White Plains High
School alma mater to teach social studies and coach its football team. He them directed
the Iona College football team and in 1972 went to rescue and rebuild Fordham's team. He
also owned and ran two New Hampshire summer camps and founded and long ran an employment
service company for mostly Latino and blue-collar workers. Dean is survived by his
daughter Kathy and a grandson. A daughter, son, and brother predeceased him. Donations in
his memory may go to the Glenn D. Loucks Track Meet, c/o Daniel Woodward, White Plains
High School, 550 North Street, White Plains NY 10605.
—JMB
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