Class Events
Save the Dates! Virtual Class Program – May 1-2 and 8-9, 2021
Greetings, Classmates: YAA has announced plans for the University-wide virtual reunion on June 4 and 5, 2021. For most reunion classes that is when class programming will happen. The reunion committee for the Class of 1971 has decided to hold our Class Program in early May, with all events taking…
Reunion Update
Fellow Classmates, We are delighted to share the wonderful news that — in addition to our virtual reunion this Spring — the University has now agreed that, barring a second existential crisis, the Class of 1971 “will be welcomed on campus in Spring 2022.” At this point we do not have a confirmed…
Reunion in the Time of Covid
On October 7 YAA conducted a Zoom for reunion chairs and class officers about the outlook for reunions. YAA is in the unenviable position of having to plan for events (virtual, in-person, hybrid) in conditions of enormous uncertainty. The good news, in the words of YAA, is “Reunions will happen.”…
50th Reunion Planning Underway – June 2021
Reunion co-chairs Lupi Robinson and Bob Bruner write: Planning is underway for what promises to be a memorable 50th, to be held early June 2021 (date coming soon). Our class includes men and women who have made major contributions in their fields. We hope to hear from some of them during the class…
A Celebration of Darryle Pollock’s Life
Alice Young writes: I wanted to share some photos taken at Darryle Pollock’s celebration of life last week [late August] in LA, a few days before what would have been her 70th birthday. Jean Brenner, Priscilla Lundin, Deborah Rothman, Scott Carde and I from ‘71 and Mary Carde and Tom Shortall from…
Tour Charleston with Yale ’69 and ’70 – October 20, 2018
Join us for a Reception and Dinner Experience the elegance of a by-gone age at a reception in a grand historic Charleston home. Afterwards we dine in one of the private rooms at the celebrated Anson Restaurant: www.ansonrestaurant.com. Register today for this multi-Class (’69, ’70, and ’71)…
Yale ’71 45th Reunion a Resounding Success
I am just back from New Haven where I attended our 45th Class Reunion. I was delighted to see so many old friends, to meet so many new ones -- and to welcome some for whom this was their first-ever Yale reunion attended. All of us thank co-chairs Ken Freeman and Jean Brenner for the obviously huge…
Reunion Gathering with Freshman Counselor Arnie Lehman
Kim Barkan writes, via our reunion Facebook page: Dear Class Members: Our Freshman Counselor, Dr. Arnold Lehman, Former Director of the Brooklyn Art Museum, “BAM,” and now, advisor to the Chairman and CEO of Phillips in New York and London, has accepted our invitation to meet with members of our…
Off-Campus Reunion Accommodations Available
Doug Davie (Silliman ’76 and the son of the late TD Dean, James Davie) and his wife, Liisa (MFA ’87), have a house in Hamden that they’re willing to rent out for reunion weekend. Below is the listing on AirBnB: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/12026785?s=sbvyXJqT They prefer to rent to a family or…