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1960 Class Notes, Richard Banbury

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1960 Class Notes – July/August 2008 Issue

Sturdy and stalwart like a bulldog, the Yale Club of New York still stands across Vanderbilt Avenue from Grand Central Station, nicely convenient to those arriving by train for our Class Dinner on April 18th.  This event occurred as the result of Peter Wells’ leadership, with a timely late-inning assist from Rob Hanke.  A well-attended meeting of the Class Council took place on Friday afternoon, which included an informative briefing on the continuing success of our Les Aspin, John Heinz, and Branford College summer Fellowships.  There were several reporters who spoke of the talented undergraduates who benefit from these programs.  The winners are selected after probing interviews by various panels from our Class.  Members of the Fellowship team who spoke were Peter Knudsen, Arvin Murch, Chuck Schmitz, Rob Hanke, and Bill Weber. The walls of the Trumbull meeting room were then treated to an interesting discussion relating to the concept of a four-day preamble to our official 2010 affair in New Haven.  Based to some extent on a tradition initiated by the Class of 1958, the idea is to take up waterfront lodgings in Westbrook or Saybrook and invite faculty members to share their scholarship with our yet inquisitive minds.  Knudsen has composed an impressive list of classmates and Yale faculty to present their views on four subjects, to wit the environment, world health, cultural and religious conflicts, and the United Nations.  Feedback to Peter at pknudsen@ecoair.com would help determine whether this teaser gets traction.  John Wilkinson and Steve Lasewicz, along with Knudsen, are working as tri-chairs for the Reunion.  Others in attendance at the Class Council caucus were Blake Bidwell, Dave Carls, Peter Felfe, Mike Harris, Bill Martin, Harry Mazadoorian, Ed Pearson, Carol and Barry Schaller, Gus Weidlich, Charlie Weymouth, Howie Wilkins, and your correspondent.

The feature event at the Yale Club gathering was a dinner lecture by Professor Minh Luong, a highly-regarded academic in the field of International Security Studies at Yale.  Professor Luong also drives the Ivy Scholars Program, which brings outstanding secondary school leaders from around the world to New Haven for a rigorous academic program, with the intent of recruiting these dynamic scholars and leaders for Yale’s undergraduate brain team.  Professor Luong’s presentation was on China at the Crossroads, wherein he postulated that the China bubble may well burst under convergent pressures from a deteriorating environment, increasing unrest in the countryside, an aging population, and shortcomings in the area of public health. Having posed the question, Professor Luong then pronounced that the answer will not be known until the decade of 2015 to 2025.  On Saturday, thanks to some timely hitting by host Rob Hanke, the bases were loaded at the Asian Society for a splendid lunch.  The total headcount for this April adventure was half a hundred classmates and fast friends. 

With an academic career in preventative medicine, public health, internal medicine, and medical administration, Bob Reynolds is retiring this summer.  The last 20 of his 44 working years have been at the University of Virginia, where he held a number of high-ranking administrative posts in addition to his role as a professor of medicine and public health. 

The number of Class authors continues to expand.  The History Publishing Company has agreed to publish David George Ball’s manuscript entitled A Marked Heart.  The pre-publication teaser, with a supporting photograph, reports that Dave’s story began when, as a Yale student, he “… gave the relatively unknown Martin Luther King his 30th birthday party”.  Energized by his encounter with Dr. King, Dave decided to work for social and economic progress in a professional career starting after his graduation from Columbia Law in 1964.  His eventual appointment as Assistant Secretary of Labor by the first President Bush presented an unusual opportunity to bring about positive changes for the benefit of working Americans, and the photograph of Dave and Dr. King hanging on his wall was a continuing inspiration in that regard.  Dave became the chief federal officer responsible for enforcing ERISA, and in 1992 he “published a regulation fostering the rapid growth of 401(k) plans”, then described in the New York Times as a watershed event in the pension industry.  The pre-pub bulletin describes A Marked Heart as “A magical chronicle of how one person inspired by Martin Luther King made a difference in the world”.  Dave’s book is scheduled for national release next January.

Bill (Jamie) Kunz and a fellow Cook County Public Defender were bound to silence for 26 years after being told by a client that he murdered a McDonald’s security guard during a Chicago robbery, all the while knowing that an innocent man had been convicted of the crime.  This Kafkaesque conflict between legal ethics and ultimate justice was recently explored on 60 Minutes, with Jamie, released from confidentiality by the death of the client, telling his wrenching story to segment reporter Bob Simon.

At least one renowned architect likes to hang out in Dakar with the Ministers of Tourism and Economic Development.  Dave Sellers was camped in Senegal while designing a sports academy promoted by the National Basketball Association and Nike, where African teenage athletes will combine studies and sports with a goal of obtaining scholarships to U.S. .  Describing Senegal as “safe and friendly”, Dave reports that he has encountered several 17 year-olds surpassing seven feet, sans their Nike Liftoffs.  As an aside, Dave mentions a potential role in the design of a billion-dollar port project in Dubai. 

1960 Class Notes – May/June 2008 Issue

Previously in this column I made reference to Robert Moncreiff’s 2007 biography entitled Bart Giamatti, A Profile, published by Yale University Press.  Having now read this rather short volume of 200 pages, I thought a few comments might be warranted.  Moncreiff gives high marks to Bart as a scholar, teacher, and charismatic personality.  On the first day of his tenure as President of Yale, with a mirthful nod to Milton, Bart proclaimed in a circulated memo that “… henceforth, as a matter of University policy, evil is abolished and paradise is restored”.  From the author’s perspective, however, Bart’s old world values and hierarchical view of governance in a higher education setting did not match up well with the changing times during his reign as President from July 1, 1978 until July 1, 1986.  Bart and Yale went through a difficult time with labor relations resulting in prolonged battles for which Moncreiff believes  Bart was not well suited.  Bart’s taste and temperament served him well as President of the National League and then Commissioner of Baseball, a game which he greatly appreciated for its visual splendor and metaphorical message.  To him, baseball was a modern enactment of the literary and poetic epics in which the protagonist sets forth on a grand quest and returns home safely.  In this context one can visualize an heroic Jackie Robinson stealing home to the roar of the Brooklyn faithful.  Given Bart’s romantic and idealistic reverence for the sanctity of baseball, his banishment of the gambling and dissembling Pete Rose was clearly fated. 

Although Robert Moncreiff gives Bart middling marks as Commissioner of Baseball, George Will has a different view.  The eminent columnist and inveterate Cubs fan made the following observations in his 1990 baseball treatise entitled Men at Work:  “Giamatti’s career (as Commissioner of Baseball) had the highest ratio of excellence to longevity ….  If his heart had been as healthy as his soul … Giamatti would one day have been ranked among Commissioners the way Walter John Johnson is ranked … among pitchers:  As the best, period”.  Referring to our classmate as “the designated metaphysician of American sport”, Will accepts and adopts Bart’s notion of baseball as an individual sport played as a team member. 

The Moncreiff volume makes reference to the wise counsel of John Wilkinson, Secretary of Yale during the Giamatti administration, including John’s successful mediation involving the controversial shanties erected on Beinecke Plaza by anti-apartheid undergraduates.    The biography also recognizes Peter Knipe as instrumental in bringing Bart together with Fay Vincent, then CEO of Columbia pictures.  Vincent became Bart’s good friend and trusted adviser during his short term as Commissioner of Baseball and succeeded Bart in that position following his premature death at Martha’s Vineyard on September 1, 1989. 

And wouldn’t Bart have been proud of his son Paul ’89, excelling in the title role of John Adams in the acclaimed television series adapted from David McCullough’s prize-winning biography.  Having studied his character, Paul referred to our second president as “more open, more human” than the other Founders, at the same time noting that Adams “was kind of a neurotic guy with horrible depressions – a complicated man”.  John Dwyer conveys yet another Bart vignette by way of his son Patrick, who works for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.  When a senior manager at the Bank was asked during an interview who had influenced him most in his life he responded “Bart Giamatti, my professor at Yale”. 

Fred Jacobson offers testimony in favor of prosthetic knees, having inserted a pair into his lower extremities prior to renewing a vigorous schedule hiking and guiding in the Swiss-Italian Alps.

History Professor Jay Winter will be the academic leader on a Yale Travel excursion to the Normandy coast in May of 2008.  The code name for the trip is Retracing D-Day, which is designed to capture the karma of June 5, 1944.  Charlie Weymouth encourages classmates to join him for this study of military history within the context of coastal French culture. 

Dave Carls, our class treasurer, reports that we began the year with a balance of $82,000, a tidy sum as we turn the corner toward the festivities in 2010. 

As an addendum to my last column I can report that, despite a bad game with Harvard, football is alive and well in New Haven, perhaps best illustrated by last fall’s dramatic triple-overtime victory at perennial powerhouse Penn.  

Stayoung.

              1960 Class Notes -- March/April 2008 Issue

              On a miserable Saturday afternoon last November, a number of mates converged on Yale Bowl, joining 52,000 other spectators for The Game, the largest 2007 event by attendance in Connecticut.  Although the weather was cold and damp, the misery arose from the decisive loss to Harvard, paradoxically the more difficult to endure in light of our otherwise perfect season.  Nostalgic class veterans from the Trumbull football team, including John Hill, Jake Bennett, Dick West and Tom Yamin, tossed modesty aside during halftime in proclaiming the preeminence of their juggernaut squad.  Bob Walsh and I eagerly reminded them of Davenport’s upset victory over the Terriers in the inter-college championship game, as well described on page 140 of our Class Yearbook.  This good natured exchange was followed by some friendly emails, and I was glad to send along photographs of the Trumbull team, taken from the ’57 – ’59 Harvard/Princeton football programs, to Hill and Yamin.  Tim Ritchie reports having seen Bob Bose, Al Durfee, Herb Hodos and Dick Sigal at the Bowl.  The handsome guy sitting a couple of rows in front of Pete Knudsen and me was a youthful-looking Dick Gwinn. The old Davenport-Trumbull football rivalry sparked memories of Trumbull quarterback Bob Lewis, who was lost to the Class in 1961.  Although he shunned varsity sports, Bob may well have been the best all-around athlete in the Class, save the recently-departed Gene Scott. 

Residing in the metropolis of Washoe Valley, Nevada, the afore-mentioned Dick West  and Joanne, grandparents of twelve, are celebrating their 50th anniversary this month. 

Rosemary and Lew Lloyd celebrated last Columbus Day weekend by hosting John Blampied and Harold Hammett, with their respective wives, at the Lloyd retreat in New Hampshire. 

When President James Buchanan decided to replace Brigham Young as Governor of the Utah Territory, the armed conflict which followed became known as the Utah War of 1857-1858.  Bill MacKinnon has written a definitive history of that conflict, described as a “remarkably bloody turning point in western, military and Mormon history”.  At Sword’s Point, an illustrated volume of 544 pages, is “a lively narrative linking firsthand accounts … from soldiers and civilians on both sides”.  Bill’s inspiration for this opus, published by the University of Oklahoma Press, has its early roots in Howard Lamar’s great course on the American West.  Bill and Pat have relocated to Santa Barbara and he can be reached at (805) 565-1592 or mackbp@msn.com. 

Yale, with its recent emphasis on developing links with China, has also re-discovered its historical ties to Japan, thanks in no small measure to Chuck Schmitz.  Chuck was a driving force behind Yale’s decision to create the Asakawa Peace Garden within Saybrook College.  Kanichi Asakawa is a hero to the Japanese children in his hometown of Nihonmatsu.  A scholar who taught at Yale for 36 years, Asakawa was the first Japanese professor at a major American University and also the first curator of Yale’s East Asia Collection.  In Japan, his enduring fame derives from his reputation as a tireless advocate for peace.  Prior to World War II, Asakawa  was a strong critic of Japan’s militarism and colonialism.  Chuck and Tazuko, along with a 40-person delegation from Nihonmatsu, recently traveled to New Haven for the dedication of the Peace Garden.

If you are looking for a contrarian in the global warming debate, check out the top geologist at the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Earth and Environmental Science.  In a recent interview, Bob Giegengack was described as “a slim man of medium height with a very high forehead”, and was quoted as saying “I traded my hair for eyeglasses”.  Known to his students as Gieg, Bob is an outspoken critic of Al Gore and his popular documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.  After receiving his doctorate at Yale, Bob was hired by Penn to create an environmental studies program, which he subsequently directed for over three decades.  With a geologist's perspective of 20,000 years, Bob argues that the Earth today is a relatively cool planet.  One factor in determining climate change is the alignment of the other planets, whose gravitational forces can affect the elliptical shape of the earth’s orbit around the sun.  Professor Gieg, relying on an epochal analysis, is unpersuaded that man-made carbon gases are influencing current climate changes.  Though disagreeing with Gore, Gieg promotes energy-saving programs, but warns that, due to the industrialization of China and India, “If CO2  is the problem, we’ve already lost”. 

Stayoung.

                              January/February 2008 Issue

  The multitude of impulses and inclinations which motivate various members of the class to think and act in the first person plural continue to be expressed in a number of adventures.  Some but not all of these projects spring from the collective imagination of the class executive committee, acting as the operational arm of the Class Council.  In October, around a table down at Mory’s, several initiatives were discussed and dissected by the e/c over ice tea, Caesar salad, and other morsels from the traditional luncheon menu.  As a result, the likely locale for our next off-campus reunion has shifted from Beijing to St. Petersburg.  The one that’s considerably south of the other.  There may be some competition for Marty Adelman, and his Tampa/St. Petersburg contingent, from the east coast crowd, who observe the Sun rising out of the Atlantic from Vero Beach to West Palm.  There was also much discussion about the big event scheduled for 2010, with Pete Knudsen, Steve Lasewicz and John Wilkinson as the troika in charge of that celebration.  One concept, practiced by various classes, is to gather for a few days prior to the formal Reunion, perhaps at one of the beach towns somewhat to the east of the Elm City.  Madison was mentioned as a venue, with the Class of 1958 having formed a beachhead there under the leadership of Madisonite Jack Embersits.  An alternative approach involves several days of academic stimulation in New Haven, including seminars or lectures with willing Yale scholars, perhaps within a cluster of other classes bound for New Haven.  Anyone interested in working on the Reunion plans can contact John Wilkinson at (203) 777-7917 or john.wilkinson@yale.edu.  Those participating at the October executive committee gathering  were Bob Ackerman, Dave Carls, Rob Hanke, Pete Knudsen, Ed Leavitt, Barry Schaller, Jim Taylor, Peter Wells, John Wilkinson, and the author of this column.  Testifying to our continuing solvency, Dave Carls reported that our cash on hand is $57,000. 

A great note from Ken Fujii, recalling that he frequently encountered Bart Giamatti, who was often found lounging on the Old Campus fence as Ken meandered from Silliman to the School of Architecture.  With Nathan Hale as the only witness, they spoke of English literature and American League baseball.  There presumably would have been less concentration on the Red Sox and Indians, Bart’s and Ken’s favored teams, if they could have foreseen Bart serving as president of the National League prior to becoming Commissioner of Baseball in 1989.  Ken also reprised an article that Bart wrote for Harper’s in 1977, memorializing Tom Seaver’s farewell.  The Mets pitcher must have hailed from Fresno, which Ken calls home, since his contemporaneous correspondence with Bart concerned Seaver’s Fresno connection.

Marty Adleman’s most recent tour of China was in the company of Jean and Randy Barry, as part of a small group coordinated by Marty’s wife Priscilla, an enterprising and experienced travel consultant.  One very special evening involved dinner with Po-Wen Huang, who “negotiated the menu at a very wonderful but exclusively Chinese Restaurant”.  Marty, having retired as a physician, has developed a scholarly interest in the Far East, and highly recommends China Shakes the World by James Kynge.  After six sojourns to the most populous  country on earth, Marty observes that the speed of China’s growth is “amazing and … a little scary”. 

Another recently retired doc, Dave Mendelson, practiced obstetrics and gynecology for 40 years in the San Francisco and San Jose area.  Dave wishes to note the outstanding success of roommates Ben Erdreich, with a decade of service in Congress, Dale Purves, a neuroscientist at Duke, and Peter Workman, for his leadership of the Workman Publishing enterprise.

The most inspired and diligent troop of classmates is undoubtedly the vagabond golfers.  Their latest venue was San Francisco, including assaults on the most challenging of courses.  Merrill Magowan was the host at the San Francisco Golf Club, and at the Orinda Country Club   they were welcomed by Tom Trowbridge.  According to Steve Lasewicz, who organizes and chronicles these events, an amazing dinner at Orinda was “… selected by Tom to replenish the calories lost on the battlefield …we felt like honored triumphant warriors …”.  The three-day tournament concluded at the Olympic Club Lake Course, the site of four United States Opens.  Keith Kittle emerged with the low gross score and Lazz garnered the low net.  Lazz summed up the experience as follows:  “It is absolutely impossible to try to capture the magnitude of the camaraderie that these reunions generate among us”.  In addition to Merrill, Tom, Keith, and Steve, the participants were Mike Dickerson, Matt Freeman, Dick Gwinn, Mike Harris, Howie Levine, Tom Nolting, Jack Reese, George Rieger, Dave Sellers, Dick Sigal, Bob Sugarman, and Dave Toomey.

               Stayoung.

                            November/December 2007 Issue

Seniors can be juniors.  Governor Jodi Rell, using exceedingly good judgment, nominated Barry Schaller to the Connecticut Supreme Court in August.  Having been unanimously approved by the legislature’s Judiciary Committee, Barry was sworn in as the junior justice of that esteemed Court, and has settled into the important tasks of hearing oral arguments and rendering scholarly Opinions, a role which he previously fulfilled with distinction on the Connecticut Appellate Court.  Unlike New York and a few other odd states, the Supreme Court in Connecticut is indeed supreme, acting as the final authority on all civil and criminal matters, subject only to review by the United States Supreme Court.  The breadth of Barry’s legal scholarship is further illustrated by his new treatise entitled Understanding Bioethics and the Law, which is being released this month by Praeger Publishers.  Among the accolades is the following from Carolyn Mazure PhD, a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Yale School of Medicine:  “With remarkable clarity, Judge Schaller identifies the pressing issues at the interface of law and biotechnology.  He illustrates convincingly that the use of litigation to resolve ethical concerns raised by the development of science, medicine and technology should be the method of last resort …”.  John Paris, a Professor of Bioethics at Boston College, lauds Barry’s ability “… to explain the arcane and sometimes mysterious ways in which courts transform ethical issues into a legal context”.  Bioethics is a cutting edge academic field and a subject about which Barry has lectured and taught at Wesleyan, Trinity, and Yale. 

Los Angeles, while Carolyn is the executive assistant to the Dean of the Pepperdine Business School.

As an unofficial goodwill ambassador to Bhutan, Dr. Frank Williams continues to perform volunteer medical care and teaching during his semi-annual trips to that Himalayan kingdom.  Frank’s home base is in the Sunshine State, practicing ophthalmology in Clearwater at an elevation barely above sea level, in rather stark contrast to Gangkhar Puensum, the highest peak in Bhutan, which is reported to be 24,835 feet.

On the other coast of Florida, Palm Beach Gardens is the new home for Susan and Dick Seidman, who is finally retired after forty-three years of practicing law in Connecticut.  Don’t assume that this loyal Bulldog will not be seen at Yale Bowl this year, which will be his sixty-seventh consecutive season attending at least one home football game.  That’s not a misprint, and not even surprising in light of the fact that Dick’s dad, Judge Saul Seidman, walked through the portals of the Bowl during an amazing run of 77 consecutive years. 

Another class doc, Kevin Harrington, reports from Mill Valley that he has retired from the practice of orthopedic surgery and academic medicine in San Francisco.  Kevin is now flourishing as a painter and antiquarian book collector, but floundering in his attempts to master the mysteries of golf. 

Back from Baghdad, where he managed oil, gas and electricity reconstruction operations, Tom Cranmer is optimistic about the future of that troubled land.  He reports that, despite an antiquated infrastructure, “the fully staffed Iraqi government ministries are doing all the work of running the operations”.  Tom further observes that 95% of Iraqi citizens just want to educate their children and “live normal lives in a democracy”.  Having returned unscattered to Great Falls, Virginia, Tom is now striving to become a professional portrait painter. 

The new Cullman-Heyman tennis center will include eight indoor courts and an area dedicated to the history of tennis at Yale.  Athletic Director Tom Beckett, in announcing the state-of-the-art facility, thanked Sam Heyman for his generous leadership role in underwriting the project. 

the Harvard House champ both years.  Bob O’Connell, Fred Reker, Bob Gould, Tom Miller and Bob Walsh were among the gritty gridiron guys on those teams. 

October 27 , 2007: Steve Lasewicz report of Yale 60 Golf Outing to San Francisco, October 15 - 18.

And just when we thought that it couldn't get any better!

Although it is not with forethought that we plan each new venue to top any previous ones, it seems that we experience just that . To be sure, our San Fran outing was totally First Class, thanks to meticulous attention to details of every day's itinerary.  

From our arrival at the the Pacific-Union Club on Knob Hill and our welcoming dinner to our farewell dinner at the St. Francis Yacht Club, all of our senses enjoyed one treat after another.   Our first venture on the links of the San Francisco Golf Club awed many and humbled those whose expectations were unrealistic. One of the nations most exclusive and prestigious courses, SFGC was designed by A.W. Tillinghast and is ranked among the best in the world. Our host, Merrill Magowan, who was able to introduce 15 other classmates to this special golf experience, could not have been more gracious or accommodating. Once again Merrill, your generous offer to share a coveted golfing experience, unavailable to just anybody, with our Y60 Golf Group will be a memory we will long treasure--------------MANY THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dinner followed at the historic "Trader Vics" where many of SF's socialites used to long to be seen munching on exotic Polynesian cuisine.  

On day two, we left the rain back in SF and went across the bay to Orinda C.C. where Tom Trowbridge hones his handicap and were put to the test again challenging its many relentless hills and doglegs as if to punish us for daring to think it would be a piece of cake after SFGC. Our bruised egos were later soothed by the ample supply of fine adult beverages and the warm reception by Tom and his lovely wife Lynn at their award winning home on top of the ridge. Truly an architectural masterpiece reflecting the warmth and personalities of the Trowbridges, we all fanaticized at what it must be like to enjoy this spectacular retreat day after day. To that issue, Dave Sellers offered an impromptu explanation of the many subtle features embraced in the design that made one feel so comfortable and content to be there. Congratulations Lynn & Tom --- You deserve the best --- and thanks for opening your wonderful home to us !!!!!!!!!!!

Dinner at the Orinda C.C. was carefully selected by Tom to replenish the calories lost on the battlefield and we felt like honored triumphant warriors being catered to by the watchful and attentive staff.  

Onward to the home of four U.S. Opens, two Tour Championships and two Amateur Championships, The Lake Course at The Olympic Club. Folks, it just doesn't get any better ! Incredibly fine weather set the stage for our last memorable contest. The scenery was so dramatically distracting that at times it was tough to focus on our golf. That and the hectic schedule endured by these gracefully aging minds and bodies was reflected in some of the daily scorecards.   When The Czar finalized the three day tallies, to no ones surprise, Keith Kittle once again copped Low Gross Honors and to many people's surprise, Steve Lasewicz found enough of his old swing to rescue Low Net Honors for the second time since our very first outing in Chattanooga in 2000.  

Sadly, some of our gladiators had to catch some early flights back home. Those remaining, once properly lubricated, enjoyed the splendid view of SF Bay and the Golden Gate from the Commodore's table at the St. Francis Yacht Club while pondering "wudda, cudda, shudda's"over our last supper.   It is absolutely impossible to try to capture the magnitude of the camaraderie that these min-reunions generate among us. Truly we are blessed to enjoy such treats. God willing, we will continue them as long as our health holds out. We invite all who are able to join us on future venues and share in the memories.  Available from our webmaster are the summary score sheets with all the "believe-it-or-not" details, the Prize Awards recap and the Past Champions list.

October 20 , 2007: Posting of Banbury Notes on the Class Notes & AYA Report Tab above.

Postings below are dated but represent an interesting list of past Class activities.

From the Boston Mini Reunion Leadership Team!

Dear Classmates
 
Re:       Mini Reunion in Boston on May 10th 12th, 2007
 
We write to give you the details of the up coming mini reunion scheduled for May 10th  through 12th, 2007 in Boston. This is a beautiful time of year, for the dogwoods, lilacs and other spring flowers are in full bloom. The climate should be ideal and the city is not yet inundated with parents attending graduation ceremonies. We have put together an itinerary which provides access to the best of Boston while still allowing plenty of free time. All these activities are within the heart of Boston/ Cambridge and thus accessible by foot, T(subway), bus or taxi. The day to day itinerary follows:
 
Thursday, May 10th
12:00pm Luncheon at The Harvard Club of Boston
Speaker: Peter Vanderwarker, an expert on Bostons history and architecture.
 
2:00pm Historic tour of Boston on the acclaimed Ducks, amphibian craft which navigate the streets as well as the Charles River.
 
3:30pm Arrival at the U.S.S Constitution Old Ironsides, and its Museum.  Tour of ship and museum.
 
5:00pm Evening cruise of Boston harbor with historic talk. Beverages will be available at a cash bar.
 
6:45pm Arrival in downtown Boston. Dinner on own. There are many excellent restaurants in the immediate area. A list of suggested restaurants will be provided.
 
 
Friday, May 11th
10:00am Museum of Fine Arts (MFA)
Talk by Carol Troyen, Curator of the Edward Hopper Show.
Thereafter, you will be able to view the Hopper Show as well as an exhibition on Italian Renaissance Sculptures and whatever else interests you.
 
12:30pm Luncheon in dining room of MFA
 
2:00pm Free time
One can spend more time viewing exhibits at MFA, walk one block to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, visit the Christian Science Center with the walk through of the globe or shop.
 
7:00pm The Boston Pops, Symphony Hall
Dinner and drinks available at Symphony Hall but their cost is not included in the number below.
 
Saturday, May 12th
9:00am We will go to Harvard where we will addressed by two outstanding scholars. Q&A will follow each talk.
 
Charles Nesson, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and founder  and faculty co-director of The Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
 
Paul Bracken, Professor of Management and Professor of Political   
 Science at Yale. Prof. Bracken is a leading expert in global competition with a particular knowledge of Asia. He was a visiting Professor at Beijing Univ. He is consistently rated as the best teacher in Yale's executive programs.
 
11:30am Discussion by recent Yale graduates as to how their lives were affected by the Branford, Aspin and Heinz Fellowships which are
annually provided by the Class of 1960.
 
12:30pm Free for lunch and afternoon.
Suggested activities include: tour of Harvard campus, visits to the Fogg Museum of Art and/or the world famous collection of glass     flowers, take in an athletic contest or just wander along the Charles River.
 
6:00pm Dinner at Harvard Club of Boston
Lew Lehrman has arranged for General Josiah Bunting, one of the noted historians associated with the The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History to address us. Gen. Bunting is currently superintendent of Virginia Military Institute. He was formerly headmaster of Lawrenceville School. He is an accomplished author, a respected historian and an outstanding orator.
 
The cost for all the activities listed above, excluding liquor, wine, beer and ,if required, local transportation is:
2 days: Friday & Saturday:                   $285.00 per person
3 days: Thursday, Friday & Saturday:      $375.00 per person

Reservation Form 1960 Boston form
 
Accommodations
Rooms have been reserved at the following 3 establishments. It is up to you to make your own reservations. When calling, please reference the Yale Class of 1960 room block. These blocks of rooms will be held until April 27, 2007.
 
Harvard Club of Boston
374 Commonwealth Avenue
Room Rate: $200 for double
Reservations: 800-957-6667
This establishment is very similar to The Yale Club of NYC
 
Chilton Club
287 Dartmouth Street
Room Rate: single $200; double $269
Reservations: 617-266-4860
Located in the heart of Copley Square approximately a 15 minute walk from the Harvard Club & Eliot Hotel area. This ladies club is an incredibly fine place with lovely rooms.
 
Eliot Hotel
370 Commonwealth Avenue
Room Rate: Junior Suites $275
Reservations: 800-443-5468
This is a boutique hotel located next to the Harvard Club.
 
Reunion Reservations
If you are interested in attending, please send your check made out to Yale Boston Mini Reunion for the full amount per person to Bob Ackerman at 274 Beacon Street, Boston, MA.02116
 
Please note that as some of the venues are not that large, we must limit the number of participants. Thus it will be on a first check basis.
 
We have given this itinerary alot of thought and hope that you find it interesting. As we approach May, we will see if some of those coming would be interested in either some golf or an early morning bird walk through the beautiful Mt. Auburn Cemetery. We look forward to seeing you in May.
 
Sincerely,
 
Bob Ackerman                            David Carls                             Al Durfee
                         Ted Stebbins                                Jim Taylor
 
 

Attendee list as of Jan 1, 2007:

Ackerman, Bob & Meg
Adelman, Martin & Priscella
Amenta, Tom & Jan
Barry, Randy & Jean
Belin, Dorrance & Susan
Berry, Ken & ??
Bush, Bucky & Patty
Curran, Michael & Nancy
Dickerson, Mike & Lynn
Dunckel, Nicholas & Donna
Goddard, Allan & Abby
Griffin, Michael & Molly Hart
Guiler, Doug & Lana
Hamill, Jon
Hamilton, Lewis & Lucy
Hanke, Rob & Lynn
Harris, Mike & Alison
Hazelwood, John & Anne
Heyman, Phil & Ann
Hirshorn, Ralph
Johnson, Vard
Knudsen, Peter
Langenbach, John & Mary
Latimer, Earl & Barbara
Naples, Ceasar
Ottaway, Jim & Mary
Pillsbury, Jock
Reese, Jack & Pam
Robinson, Robo and Elizabeth F. Stribling
Sampsell, Dave & Martha
Schaller, Barry & Carol
Schmidt, Bob & Sally
Seger, Chris
Sellers, Dave
Severance, Bob & Sallee
Sucoff, Mark & Roberta
Taylor, Jim & Lyn
Toomey, Dave & Virginia
Wells, Peter & Lisa
Weymouth, Charlie
Wilkinson, John & Virginia

Yale Class of 1960 Mini Reunion

May 5& 6, 2006

New York City

Summary of Events

A Class mini-reunion was held in New York City over the weekend of May 5 & 6, including a dinner Friday night and a Class Council meeting Saturday morning at The Yale Club of New York City and a Saturday luncheon at the home of John and Betty Levin overlooking Central Park.

Class Dinner

Cocktails and dinner started at 6:15 with approximately 75 classmates and guests in attendance.  After a sumptuous repast and much catching up with old friends, we were treated to remarks by Fay Vincent on the subject “Bart”.  Fay was Hotchkiss ’56, Williams College ’60 and Yale Law School ’63.  His background includes being President of Columbia Pictures, on the board of major corporations (e.g., Time-Warner) and successor to Bart as Commissioner of Baseball.  His insights into life with our classmate and friend Giamatti were wonderful and his thoughts on other subjects were interesting indeed.  Of note was Fay’s prediction that, sometime in the near future, colleges like Yale will no longer charge for tuition.

Dates for the next mini reunion, May 10-13, 2007, in Boston were announced.

Class Council Meeting

The Class Council met at 9 AM in the Tap Room of the Yale Club, chaired by Class Secretary Peter Wells.  Our upcoming 50th Reunion was discussed and Co-chairs of the reunion were announced:  Peter Knudsen, Steve Lasewicz and John Wilkinson.  Each has attested that they have spousal approval to assume the mantle.  An announcement of who will be spearheading our class gift effort will be made in the near future.

Peter Knudsen provided an update on the Class Fellowship programs, and the idea of including a panel of past recipients at our next mini reunion was discussed.

Dave Toomey, our class AYA rep, discussed the AYA meeting format and schedule, the next one being scheduled for the Harvard Game weekend this fall.

Mike Dickerson, Class Webmaster, made a plea for content submissions for the website.  Including Class Fellowship proposals and activity reports on the website was suggested.

As Dave Carls, our Class Treasurer could not be in attendance, the Treasurer’s report was omitted from the agenda other than to say that the Class is in a healthy position financially.

Attendees at the Class Council meeting were the following:  Peter Wells (chair), Mike Dickerson, John Wilkinson, Ken Barry, Gus Weidlich, Rob Hanke, Bill Weber, John Dwyer, Peter Knudsen, Bob Feldman, Dave Toomey, Harry Mazadoorian, Chuck Schmitz and Bob Ackerman.

Class Luncheon

Once again, Betty and John Levin opened up their lovely apartment to the Class and sponsored a wonderful luncheon.  40 classmates and guests took advantage of a glorious day, a spectacular setting, great food and good fellowship, thanks to the generosity of Betty and John.

Respectfully submitted

Peter Wells

From Richard Banbury, Class Notes Correspondent.

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