General News
Rubin on Jan Morris’ ‘Contact’
Jan Morris, “Contact: A Book of Encounters.” New York: W.W. Norton 202pp. $23.95. Washington Times, April 28, 2010 Reviewed by Martin Rubin Strictly speaking, it is an oxymoron to speak of cities having a personality. Yet it has become a commonplace to use the word not merely for them but for a…
April 28, 2010
Martin Rubin on ‘Freuds’ War’
WASHINGTON TIMES Friday, March 26, 2010 REVIEWED BY MARTIN RUBIN Helen Fry, Freuds' War. The History Press/Trafalgar Square. 223pp. $29.95 Illustrated. By Martin Rubin It’s not often that a reviewer gets to point out just how the apostrophe is placed in the book’s title, but for those of us who…
March 26, 2010
Alice Young Honored by NJBIZ
Congratulations to Alice Young on being recognized as one of New Jersey's Best 50 Women in Business for 2010. A press release from Alice's firm gives details: Alice Young, Partner and Chair of the Asia Pacific group at the law firm Kaye Scholer LLP, has been recognized by NJBIZ as one of New…
March 24, 2010
Rakesh Mohan Named to Yale Faculty
Congratulations to Rakesh Mohan, who has been appointed professor in the practice of international economics and finance at the School of Management and senior fellow in the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Rakesh has served as India's finance minister and deputy governor of India's central…
March 24, 2010
Martin Rubin on ‘Mrs. Adams in Winter’
Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon By Michael O'Brien Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27 384 pages, illustrated Reviewed by Martin Rubin in The Washington Times, Mar. 19, 2010 This enthralling, vividly written book tells the story of an amazing journey in extraordinary…
March 19, 2010
Mitch Garner on the Vancouver Olympics
Mitch Garner and Ellen Keefe-Garner shared with us their blog reports on the Vancouver Olympics: 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver, Canada February 12-28, 2010 by Ellen M. Keefe-Garner, Vice President – Legal, Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club and Mitchell E. Garner Central Region Director, Road…
March 4, 2010
Celebrating Yale Women Conference, Mar. 26-28
Hope to see many classmates at the AYA's Celebrating Yale Women conference at Yale, March 26-28. Speakers include our own Margaret Warner, PBS NewsHour on-air anchor, and Karen Lawrence, president of Sarah Lawrence College: Celebrating Yale Women: 40 years in Yale College, 140 years at Yale…
March 2, 2010
Martin Rubin on Isaiah Berlin Letters
Isaiah Berlin ENLIGHTENING LETTERS 1946-60 Edited by Henry Hardy and Jennifer Holmes. Trafalgar Square. 845pp. $50. Illustrated. By Martin Rubin, The Washington Times, Feb. 26, 2010 More than a decade since Sir Isaiah Berlin died aged 88 in Oxford, loaded with honors and distinctions academic and…
February 26, 2010
Eileen Shim is Henry Scholar for 2009-2010
Congratulations to the winner of the William A. Henry III '71 Scholarship for this academic year. Gail Henry recently received a letter from Carol Hobbs, Yale's Recording Secretary, announcing the award. Carol's letter includes this bio of Ji Hye (Eileen) Shim: I am pleased today to introduce one…
February 15, 2010
The Way We Were, June 1971
Chrissy Citron sent in a clipping from the Yale Daily News Commencement Issue, June 1971. Click below to read Mally Cox's story "First Women Graduate," with quotes from Chrissy, Kathy Bennett (not Cathy, as the article has it), and Jane Hunter (posted with permission of Yale Daily News). 1971…
February 11, 2010