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Class notes November-December 2024

Martin Klotz has retired from the practice of law. He still lives in Brooklyn, as do his children and five grandchildren. As a retirement project, he is writing books on American history. His book Robert Rogers, Ranger: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon was just released, and he is now working…

November 18, 2024

Martin Klotz authors ‘must-read’ history

October 30, 2024

Kaplan Co-Hosts Walking Tour of South Street Seaport (NYC) Museum Area

June 17, 2024

Class Notes for May-June 2024

First, a correction. In the March-April column, I misstated the days on which we hold our monthly in-person luncheons at the NYC Yale Club and Zoom sessions. The in-person luncheons are held on the first THURSDAY of each month and the Zoom sessions are held on the third THURSDAY of each month, NOT…

May 7, 2024

Class Notes for March-April 2024

Andy Sherman answered Yale’s call last fall to return from his semi-retirement and accepted the position of Interim Co-Executive Director of the Yale Center for Research Computing while Yale searches for a new permanent executive director. As co-executive director Andy is leading the technical work…

March 11, 2024

Class Notes for January-February 2024

Greetings for the New Year. I hope that your holiday season was a safe and happy one. Unfortunately, I begin this column with the sad news of the passing of another of our classmates, Ruth Klarman, who died on January 9, 2023. Following Yale, Ruth graduated from the University of Chicago Law School…

January 11, 2024

Class Notes for November-December 2023

Our call for “Draft Lottery Night” recollections has been generating many submissions, including from Bill Hammond, Mark Hassett, Jim Morgan, David Pudlin, Jim Pullman, Jim Seaton, Bob Shulman, Steve Swerdlow, Mike Weaver and Jerry Yesavage. Jay Gitlin and Michael Goodman are working with Tim…

November 16, 2023

Class Notes for September-October 2023

Bill Hammond retired at the end of 2022 from a corporate transactional law practice after 32 years. Prior to his law career, he worked in international banking before “burning out with the Latin American foreign debt refinancing saga.” He spent the first six months of his retirement helping to care…

July 17, 2023

Class Notes for July-August 2023

Joyce Ann (Wilder) Anderson died on November 16, 2022. After Yale, Joyce earned her JD degree from Cornell University Law School in 1974, and later she earned an LL.M. in tax law from Boston University. She practiced law in Nashua, New Hampshire, for several years, and in 1989 she and her husband…

May 12, 2023