Alumni in the News
Class Notes for March-April 2023
Class Secretary Andy Kaufman writes: Bil (“Snake”) Johnson reports that he and Carol connected with Don Oldenburg and Ann over lunch in Greenwich, CT, during the holidays. Don and Ann couldn't attend our Reunion last June because they were in Italy (Ann has a teaching gig there through Georgetown).…
March 14, 2023
Class Notes for January-February 2023
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 two of our classmates. Priscilla Lundin sent word that her close friend and Trumbull classmate J. Brian Sheehan died on September 4,…
January 16, 2023
Class Notes for November-December 2022
Our Secretary Andy Kaufman writes: Dori Zaleznik, co-editor of our Class of ‘71 much acclaimed 50th Reunion classbook, is launching a new project to tell the stories of the historic beginning of coeducation at Yale College. The full story of that interesting time has not yet been told.…
September 30, 2022
Class Notes for September-October 2022
Our Secretary Andy Kaufman writes: With our terrific “50th + 1” Reunion behind us, and with almost four years remaining until our 55th, we can take a breather -- at least temporarily -- from Reunion planning. In the meantime, I’ll return this column to reporting more traditional news from and about…
September 30, 2022
“American Justice on Trial” Screens at 50th Reunion
Yale '71ers Lise Pearlman (Producer/Creator) and John Lissauer (Music) were on hand in Sprague Hall to discuss and answer questions about their new film American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton. An excerpt from the press kit follows: American Justice on Trial World Premiere SFFILM Festival,…
July 14, 2022
Kaplan’s History of Wall Street Dazzles
I've always been in awe of the number of Yale '71ers who have achieved significant accomplishments in fields in addition to the ones in which they are best-known professionally. Jim Kaplan, for example, is a mild-mannered trust-and-estates lawyer by day -- and a passionate chronicler of New York…
June 9, 2022
Class Notes for July-August 2022
Secretary Andy Kaufman writes: By the time you read this column, which I am writing in mid-May, our on-campus “50+1” Reunion weekend will have come and gone. Given the YAM publication deadlines, there was not time to include a report on our Reunion in this edition, but I will include the Reunion…
June 6, 2022
Class Notes for May-June 2022
Secretary Andy Kaufman writes: Philip Rich retired at the end of 2021, after 40 years as a Radiologist practicing mostly in Oakland and Berkeley. One month into retirement, he reports that “it feels like I've just enjoyed a couple of weeks off; the reality that this is "IT" hasn't penetrated. It…
June 6, 2022
Class Notes for March-April 2022
Class Secretary Andy Kaufman writes: I’m sorry to report that Sheldon Hines died on December 1, 2021. A resident of Berkeley College at Yale, Shelly majored in History and rowed crew. After Yale, Sheldon earned a master’s degree in International Affairs from George Washington University in 1977…
January 25, 2022
Class Notes for November-December 2021
Class Secretary Andy Kaufman writes: Kudos to Ralph Dawson, one of this year’s Yale Medal award winners. As Yale’s announcement of Ralph’s award reminded us, Ralph has been a leader for both our class and the broader university community from our earliest days on campus. During our first year, he…
November 1, 2021