General News
NYC Yale Club Lunches
Jim Kaplan, Bill Primps and Bob Shapiro write (1/25/08): On the theory that a new tradition should not die young, the Yale Class of 1971 table at the Yale Club, which has been in hiatus for some months will again be held in the tap room on Friday February 8, 2008 at 12:15 pm. Please contact Jim,…
January 26, 2008
Japan Society Events
A note from Katherine Hyde (1/24/08): I write for the Japan Society of New York and thought classmates who'll be in NYC next week might be interested in a couple of events there: On Thurs., Jan. 31, noon to 2, there'll be a lunch and talk with Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. Brian Lehrer…
January 25, 2008
Stu Brogadir & the MCAT
Dear Harry and Classmates; Lost in the grander preparations for the apocalypse that was to be May Day was the closing of the MCAT testing site at Sterling Chem Lab by the test administrator, the (aptly named) Psychological Testing Service. Since the half of our class that had mastered Organic…
January 22, 2008
Review: ‘Day’ by A.L. Kennedy
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 (SF Chronicle)
Review: Inside the rattled mind of a British World War II vet
Martin Rubin
Day By A.L. Kennedy KNOPF; 274 PAGES; $24
Born in…
January 17, 2008
Discount Tix for Twain
Shelley Fisher Fishkin writes (01/13/07): Dear Classmate, I hope that 2008 has gotten off to a good start for you! As one of the producers of "Is He Dead?" the "new" play by Mark Twain that recently had its world premiere on Broadway (see the arts section of the Nov-Dec Yale Alumni Magazine for…
January 14, 2008
Query from “Snake” Johnson
Bil "Snake" Johnson writes (01/11/07): As an educator I'm wrestling with a question I would like to hear members of the Class of '71 respond to. Having been born in 1949 or so, what in your education prepared you to deal with the world of 1999? I'm asking this because I think your responses may…
January 11, 2008
Mintkeski Holiday Letter
Below is the full text of Walt's 2007 holiday letter, as forwarded by Harry Levitt: Year 2007 brought several happy changes for our family. Younger son Charlie and his partner Rachael (both 26) left December 6, 2006 for a 3 month adventure in New Zealand. We visited them for 2 weeks in February,…
January 8, 2008
Strom Named Vice Dean
Below, forwarded by Harry Levitt, is an announcement from the School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania about Brian Strom's new roles as Vice Dean and Senior Advisor to the Provost: November 30, 2007 We are delighted to announce that Brian Strom, M.D., M.P.H., George S. Pepper Professor of…
January 8, 2008
Honor for Scott Atlas
Harry Levitt forwards a press release on the 21st Leon Jaworski Community Service Award to be conferred on Scott Atlas by the Houston Bar Association Auxiliary this coming March: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2007 Contact: Sandy Norris 713.827.0442; swnorris at comcast dot net HOUSTON BAR…
January 8, 2008
Review: Diamonds, Gold & War
BOOK REVIEW Martin Meredith: "Diamonds, Gold and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa" By Martin Rubin, Special to The LA Times January 1, 2008 THE story of how the discovery of diamonds and then of gold transformed the agrarian backwater of South Africa has been told many…
January 1, 2008