Alumni in the News

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

Ralph Dawson Honored by Yale

Excerpted from YAA press release: Since its inception, the Yale Medal, the highest honor presented by the Yale Alumni Association, has been presented to more than 300 individuals who have shown extraordinary devotion to Yale’s ideals and demonstrated their support through extensive, exemplary…

September 14, 2021

Jim Kaplan Featured on NYC History Podcast

Check out Jim's fascinating account of the Wall Street bull statue: https://soundcloud.com/obudmore/extra-edition12-jim-kaplanthe-historians

June 19, 2020

Rothman to Royal Society

From the June/July 2019 issue of Medicine@Yale: "James Rothman, PhD, chair and Sterling Professor Cell Biology, and professor of chemistry [in addition to being Yale College 1971 BR], has been named to the Royal Society. a fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists, and the oldest…

September 3, 2019

Jim Rothman Q&A April 1 on @YaleLive

From news.yale.edu: "James E. Rothman has plenty to say about life in science — and plenty to show for it, including a 2013 Nobel Prize. Now’s your chance to ask what he thinks, wherever in the world you are. The acclaimed cell biologist is scheduled to appear Tuesday, April 1 on @YaleLive, the…

March 25, 2014

Jim Rothman Shares Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Congratulations!! to Jim Rothman---how cool is this? From nobelprize.org: The Nobel Prize…

October 7, 2013

Roz Milstein Meyer Wins Elm Award

Roz Milstein Meyer received an Elm Award at a recent ceremony honoring members of the New Haven and Yale communities for their efforts to sustain and strengthen the two communities. As noted in an online article in the Yale Daily Bulletin: "Yale University President Richard C. Levin and New Haven…

April 29, 2011

Shelley Fisher Fishkin Named Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities at Stanford

Congratulations to Shelley Fisher Fishkin on her recent appointment to a named chair in Humanities at Stanford. The university's Clayman Institute for Gender Studies announces: Current Clayman Faculty Research Fellow Shelley Fisher Fishkin was named the Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities…

January 27, 2011