Yale Class of '52
Artists & Authors

Clyde H. Farnsworth
Yale 1952

“For most of the past half century, I'd been with the New York Times, which doggedly shipped me to all continents, except Antarctica, to write about everything from Shimon Peres' vision of a new rapid transit system in Israel and Elridge Cleaver's Black Panther “embassy” in Algiers to the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Can former newspapermen write fiction? Most journalists, if you accept what the critics say, make up what they write anyway. The question could be rephrased: Can newspapermen like me, who have been in the business for a zillion years, write fiction? The jury is still out.”

We include three of Clyde's books for this exhibit. We think the “jury” has returned a definite affirmative verdict!

No Money Down (Macfadden Books 1963)

Out of This Nettle (The John Day Company 1973)

Shadow Wars (Penguin Group 1998)

William J. McCandless
Yale 1952

“ Regarding my brief art experience, when I retired in 1993 the immediate challenge of free time raised my interests in the arts. I visited Jamaica in 1994, where I visited the gallery of a poor carver and bought a bust that inspired my efforts. I joined a club in Chicago called the Southside Chiselers and learned the basics from friendly and helpful members. About 1996 I took a course in oils at a local college. I found a new source of entertainment and a closer appreciation of the form which led me to acrylics and calligraphy.”

Richard L. Feigen
Yale 1952
Harvard MBA 1954

After getting his MBA, Richard joined the Beneficial Standard Life Insurance Company in Los Angeles where he worked as an officer until 1956. Following that he became a member of the New York Stock Exchange (1956-1957) until he opened his own art dealing firm, Richard L. Feigen and Company in Chicago. In 1966 he moved his base of operations to New York City where he has a gallery on 69th Street, and homes on 5th Avenue and Katonah.

“My major interest has been collecting and recently writing. I have also become involved, finally after 50 years, in the Yale Art Gallery, largely because of its energetic and talented new director, Jock Reynolds.”

Tales from the Art Crypt (Knopf 2000)