50th Reunion Book Editor John Stewart reports: We have reached an arrangement with Reunion Press to re-open submissions for our 50th Reunion Book. Any new submissions will be distributed as an addendum to the already-published book, and as such, will be distributed at Reunion and mailed out to classmates who do not attend the festivities. This second chance is meant for classmates who: (1) have not previously submitted their information, (2) may have submitted their “facts” but had not yet submitted essays, and (3) may wish to contribute memories of departed classmates. This re-opening is not for editing entries already submitted.

Click on the Reunion Press link at the top left of our Yale62.org home page to log into our section of the Press website, and submit your info, essays and memories today, while the invitation’s right in front of you.

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Dear Classmate:

Less than 1 month to go before our 50th Reunion. If you have not registered yet, please do so.

By now you will have received your Reunion Class Book. John Stewart and his colleagues did a great job. We hope you are enjoying it.

If you did not submit your bio for the book, you now have a second chance. We will publish this summer a supplement to the Book. This will include bios from those who missed the original deadline, any reminiscences about deceased classmates you may wish to add as well as reunion photos and the final report of your Class Survey.

Here is how you submit: go to our class website www.Yale62.org and click on the link to Reunion Press and submit!

I have some exciting new additions to the Reunion Program that was sent earlier:

1. We have arranged a meeting with the officers leading the new Yale Air Force and Navy ROTC programs. “The Military Returns to Yale” to be held on Friday morning, June 1.
2. We will have a description of “College Residential Life in the 21st Century” led by current undergrads as part of a tour of Davenport College on Thursday, May 31 and again on Saturday, June 2.
3. To accommodate the overwhelming responses, Alex Garvin will provide on Thursday afternoon a lecture and slide show on “Revisiting New Haven and How It Has Changed” in lieu of scheduling multiple bus tours. There will be plenty of time for questions.
4. Classmate Rob Irving will offer again guided tours of the Yale’s art galleries similar to those he led at previous reunions. Rob’s tour of the University Art Gallery will be on Thursday, May 31, 1:30 to 2:30 and his tour of the Yale Gallery of British Art on Friday, June 1, 1:00 to 2:00.

The joint 50th Reunion Survey with Smith College is progressing smoothly. If you have not yet completed our 50th Reunion survey, please consider joining almost 300 classmates and doing so. All you need to do is click http://www.yale62.org/50thSurvey/ and put in the yale1962 password. It is anonymous and takes about 20 minutes. A printed report will be distributed at registration and Al Chambers and Celine Sullivan S’62 will report the results on Saturday morning. Plan on peppering them with questions!

We are planning an exciting time, a variety of events, panels, presentations, opportunities to meet and renew friendships and compare notes on life 50 years on. We will have lectures by Yale’s best professors and updates on the Yale of 2012. We will have good food, good drinks (including a very special wine from John Livingston’s vineyards!), music by our own Joe Holmes, some special guests, exhibitions of books, works of art and music by classmates and a few surprises, all at a specially reduced attendance fee.

Sign up and join your classmates, roommates, teammates, or society brothers at this reunion feast of events, opportunities and good times.

BOB OLIVER
50th Reunion Chairman

83 Trumbull Street
New Haven, CT  06511
203-624-5111
oliver@moglaw.com

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Class of 1962 Detailed Weekend Schedule

THURSDAY, MAY 31

8:30 am – 9:45 pm
Class of 1962 “Books by Class Authors” Exhibit
Be sure to stop by the Memorabilia Room at Sterling Library (located near the Wall St. entrance) to view our exhibit of classmate authors, organized by Ed Rowan.  Also in the exhibit will be a copy of our Ivy Ode, translated for the first time, and our Class Poem.
Sterling Memorial Library, Memorabilia Room, 120 High Street

9:00 am         
Class Golf Tournament, Yale Golf Course
Chairman Howard Kolodny. On site Larry Lipsher

1:00 pm
Reunion Headquarters Open in Davenport College
Campus rooms available

1:00 – 11:00 pm
Class of 1962 “Art, Sculpture, Photography and Music” Exhibit
Our Class art exhibit, arranged by Dixie Carroll, is located in the Davenport Art Gallery right next to our reunion headquarters.

1:30 – 2:30 pm
Class of 1962 Art Gallery Tour
Classmate Rob Irving will lead a gallery tour at the Yale University Art Gallery.
1111 Chapel Street

2:30 – 3:30 pm
Perspectives on Yale’s Endowment Philosophy
David Swensen ’80 PhD, Yale’s Chief Investment Officer, will meet privately with our class and provide his comments and perspectives on Yale’s investment philosophy now and for the future. Questions are welcomed. Swensen has earned wide acclaim for his success in managing the University’s endowment.
Yale University Art Gallery, McNeil Lecture Hall, 1111 Chapel Street; enter from High Street

3:30 – 5:00 pm
Class Panel: “The Financial Debacle”
Chairman: Ed Goodman
Panelists: Bob Bremner, Richard Portes, Bob Rosencrantz, Steve Susman, Roman Weil
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 102, 63 High Street

3:30 – 5:00 pm
“Revisiting New Haven and How It Has Changed”
In this lecture, Alex Garvin will present his perspective on New Haven then and now. Lots of questions welcomed.
Yale University Art Gallery, McNeil Lecture Hall, 1111 Chapel Street; enter from High Street

4:00 – 5:00 pm
“Residential College Life in the 21st Century”
Join one of our student reunion clerks on a tour of Davenport, and hear about academic and social life in a newly renovated residential college.  Please meet outside the Common Room.

6:30 – 7:30 pm
Welcome Cocktails in the Courtyard
Come, meet old friends and make new acquaintances!

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Chef’s Classic Buffet Dinner

9:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Socializing in the Courtyard

FRIDAY, JUNE 1

7:00 – 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast in the Courtyard

8:00 am – midnight
Class of 1962 “Art, Sculpture, Photography and Music” Exhibit
See description for Thursday.

8:00 – 9:00 am
Class Panel: “The Military Returns to Yale”
In 2011 the University announced the return of the ROTC program to Yale after a decades-long hiatus. Come hear about plans for the newly revitalized Air Force and Navy programs.  Panelists: Tom Opladen ’66, President of the Yale Veterans Association; LT Molly Crabbe, USN, OIC NROTC; LCOL Theodore Weibel, USAF, OIC AFROTC; Rich Jacob, Yale Assoc. VP, Federal Relations.
Loria Center, Room 250, 200 York Street

8:15 – 8:45 am
“Elihu Yale, the first financier of Yale: who he was and what he means to us today”
Benjamin Zucker
Location to be assigned

8:30 am – 4:45 pm
Class of 1962 “Books by Class Authors” Exhibit
See description for Thursday.
Sterling Memorial Library, Memorabilia Room, 120 High Street

10:00 – 11:00 am
Rehearsal for Memorial Service Singers
At this time we ask all who have volunteered to sing at the Memorial Service this afternoon to meet for a rehearsal led by John Stewart. All voices (SATB) are welcome!
Hendrie Hall, Glee Club Room, 165 Elm Street; use side entrance

9:00 and 10:30 am
AYA Faulty Lectures and tours
Details to be announced

Noon – 1:30 pm
Club Lunch Buffet in the Courtyard
Special guest will be Tony Reno, Yale’s new football coach

1:00 – 2:00 pm
Class of 1962 Yale Center for British Art Tour
Classmate Rob Irving will lead a gallery tour at the Yale Center for British Art.
1080 Chapel Street

2:00 – 3:45 pm
Class Panel: “The Environment”
Chairman: Ed Strobehn. Panelists: Bob Connery, Bill Reilly
Yale University Art Gallery, McNeil Lecture Hall, 1111 Chapel Street; enter from High Street

2:00 – 3:45 pm
Class Panel: “China Rising”
Chairmen: Tony Carbone, Jack Pirozzolo. Panelists: David Scharff, Bill Stork
Yale Center for British Art, Auditorium, 1080 Chapel Street

2:00 – 3:45 pm
Class Panel: “What Are We Doing Next?”
Chairman: Bob Titus. Panelists: Steve Buck, Mike Gill, Dave Hummel, Eli Newberger
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 102, 63 High Street

2:00 – 3:45 pm
Class Panel: “Careers”
Chairmen: Clay Alderfer, Tim Hall
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 101, 63 High Street

4:00 – 4:45 pm
Class of 1962 Memorial Service
Led by the Rev. Peter Sipple, with readings and singing by classmates.
Battell Chapel, Old Campus

5:00 – 6:00 pm
1962 Reception at the Yale University Art Gallery
Director Jock Reynolds will greet you at the stunning new gallery and sculpture terrace donated by our classmate Steve Susman.
Yale University Art Gallery, Susman Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street

6:30 – 8:00 pm
Surfside Buffet Dinner in the Courtyard

8:30 – 10:30 pm
1962 Class Entertainment
Chairmen David Finkle & Bill Weeden. Featuring Sam Waterston, William Hamilton, ’62 Whiffenpoofs, Phil Proctor, Weeden & Finkle, and more.
University Theater, 222 York Street

SATURDAY, JUNE 2

7:00 – 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast in the Courtyard

8:00 am – midnight
Class of 1962 “Art, Sculpture, Photography and Music” Exhibit
See description for Thursday.

8:30 – 10:00 am
“Profiles of Our Class 50 Years On,” Report and discussion,  Joint Class Survey with Smith College
Chairman Al Chambers with Celine Sullivan, S62
Sprague Hall, 470 College Street

9:00  – 10:00 am
Rehearsal for Class Glee Club
Please join classmates (TTBB) to practice for this evening’s Class Dinner entertainment, when we’ll sing three or four songs from the Yale Songbook. John Stewart will lead us.
Hendrie Hall, Glee Club Room, 165 Elm Street

9:00 – 10:00 am
Residential College Life in the 21st Century
Join one of our student reunion clerks on a tour of Davenport and hear about academic and social life in a newly renovated residential college. Please meet outside the Common Room.

10 am – 4:45 pm
Class of 1962 “Books by Class Authors” Exhibit
See description for Thursday.
Sterling Memorial Library, Memorabilia Room, 120 High Street

10:00 am – 12:15 pm
“A Morning at Yale”
A variety of interesting special programs and presentations organized by AYA; details to be announced

Noon – 1:30 pm
Big City Grill Buffet in the Courtyard

Noon – 1:00 pm
“Hide and Seek: Emerging Gay Lives at Yale in the Eisenhower Era”
Informal discussion led by Bill Nye and Prof. George Chauncey over lunch
Seminar room, Davenport

1:45 – 4:00 pm
Class Panel: “What Yale Means to Me”
With Lance Liebman, David Scharff and Lee Patterson and breakout sessions.
Sprague Hall, 470 College Street

4:30 – 5:00 pm
President Levin’s University Update
The president’s review of Yale today and his outlook for Yale tomorrow
Woolsey Hall

5:00 – 6:30 pm
Celebration of Yale Singing
Alumni from over the years and from the Glee Club, the Whiffs, Whim ‘n Rhythm and others
Woolsey Hall

6:30 – 7:30 pm
Cocktails in the Courtyard

7:30 – 9:30 pm
1962 Buffet Class Dinner in the Courtyard
Featuring awards, election of new officers, celebrations, singing by ’62 Glee Clubbers, music by the Joe Holmes Swing Band, dancing and more.
Special guests to be announced

9:30 pm – midnight
Socializing in the Courtyard

SUNDAY, JUNE 3

7:00 – 9:00 am
Coffee in the Courtyard

7:30 – 11:30 am
Breakfast/Brunch for all class at Commons

8:00 am – noon
Class of 1962 “Art, Sculpture, Photography and Music” Exhibit
See description for Thursday.

2:00 pm
Reunion Weekend Ends – Campus Housing Checkout

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The fifth annual meeting of the Class of ’62 Class Council was held on April 21, 2012, at the Yale Club in New York City, Secretary Jim White presiding. Attendance, in person and by phone, was high. Around the table were White, Oliver, Hedlund, Koenigsberg, Finkle, MacDonald, Chapman, Kane, Stewart, Danetz, Ward, Davis (Richard), and Garvin. Telephonically with us were Cory, Chambers, Honneus, Boyer, Weeden, Livingston, Liebman, Wechsler, Wilder, Wheeler, and Swirsky. Jennifer Julier of the AYA, and Fiona Boucher from the Yale Office of Development also attended the meeting and briefed the members on their reunion planning and fundraising work, respectively, for our class.

The meeting began, with reports from our leadership team. Treasurer David Honneus reported that the Class was in good financial shape with a current account balance of $120,145, an amount that should be ample to cover the expected AYA billing for the 50th ( CorSec notes show that the AYA billed us $26,000 for the 45th). The Treasurer’s written report covering July 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012, showed class dues – the main source of funds for the account – of $31,405 (roughly equal to the comparable amount reported at the first Council meeting in May 2008). To date 323 members have paid up, a 38% participation rate. The sense of the meeting was that a higher rate should be achievable in this reunion year, and Secretary White urged all attendees to remind classmates to pay their dues. After all major expenses, including the reunion book but before the class subsidy for reunion expenses, the $120,000 balance compares favorably with the $76,000 balance five years earlier at this time.

Bill Boyer, Chair of Yale Alumni Fund Agents, reported on giving to the Fund for the current year (July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012). He stated that there had been 290 donors so far out of a target of 364, for a participation rate of 80%. Donations totaled $536,285 against a goal of $750,000, or a 72% success rate. Both numbers were way up over the same time last year, and the average gift of $1835 was more than double that of last year’s campaign ($726). Still needed to meet goals: only 72 more donors and $211,000. His report also noted there had been 105 Nathan Hale Associates (giving between $1,000 and $9,999) and 16 Nathan Hale Scholarship donations of $10,000 or more. There was some discussion about the number of classmates cited in Bill’s report and subsequent research by Jennifer Julier showed the total number of living classmates was 839, of which approximately 807 constituted the “solicitable base,” the difference being those requesting no contact by Yale.

Fiona Boucher briefed the members on reunion giving, an effort headed by Reunion Gift Chairman Bill Reilly. Classmates have committed around $29 million since the 45th, which is almost double the amount committed at the same time for the 45th Reunion (again, as of April 20). Out of a target donor group of 186, 36% had committed, against a participation goal of 62%.

All giving until June 30, to both the Alumni Fund and special reunion gifts, will add to these impressive totals.

Mike Kane gave a suitably brief Corresponding Secretary report, noting that Chris Cory had ably stepped in as Co-CorSec for the 2d half of 2011 and helped to accomplish a steady flow of YAM “Notes” and web postings. The last regular web posting was January 18, after which the class web site (www.yale62.org) had proven invaluable to Bob Oliver’s team, including Chris Cory and Al Chambers, as a medium for issuing 50th Reunion news bulletins and processing the Reunion survey, with more to come between now and May 31.

Gus Hedlund, our AYA Delegate, reported on his activities consisting primarily of attending the annual AYA delegates meeting in New Haven in November, where President Levin among others spoke to the delegates.

The major part of the meeting was 50th Reunion Chair Bob Oliver’s report on the state of his current planning for the reunion. Space does not permit more than the highlights of his comprehensive report, which followed a draft form outline of the Reunion program that he distributed and which is still filling out as individual events take shape .

He noted that attendance so far is closing in on 300 classmates and guests, with 260 classmates already completing the payment process. A further surge is expected in coming weeks. Bob noted that Reunion registration can be done on our website, where in addition classmates can see who’s already signed up. He reported that as a special treat John Livingston is supplying his own celebrated Livingston cabernet sauvignon (Napa Valley) as the red wine for the Saturday night dinner, leaving Bob the challenge of finding an equally prestigious white wine for the occasion. Classmates can visit John’s website www.livingston-wines.com for a lively history of John’s career as a master vintner.
Bob called on Class Book Editor John Stewart, who said the Class Book will be in the mail to all classmates within a week, to give all a chance to check it out before coming to New Haven. The book has biographical and other contributions from over 400 classmates. Bob noted this was a tremendous and successful effort by John, for which the Class was deeply grateful. Bob and John added that special contributions from three classmates, to be named in the book, helped underwrite the Book in hard cover format. Their generosity and loyalty to the Class was applauded. For those missing out on the deadline to be in the book’s first edition, a summer supplement is planned, details to follow from John.

Bob next called on Al Chambers, who reported on his efforts on the class survey, already taken by several hundred classmates, plus Smith College contemporaries. Bob then turned to David Finkle and Bill Weeden, who discussed their ideas for Saturday night’s entertainment -  Dave disclosed that the theme will be a nostalgic return to our four years at Yale and many of the people (such as faculty), events, and places we experienced then. This part of the reunion will not conflict with any other event and therefore cannot be missed.

In adjourning the meeting Secretary White called attention to the excellent service rendered to the class over the years by our webmaster Jean McKillop, who recently expanded her roster of clients to include, in addition to CorSec Kane, Oliver, Cory and Chambers as demanding taskmasters for this period of reunion buildup. Oliver reported that Ms McKillop would receive as our gift a copy of the 50th Reunion Book, and the Council then unanimously seconded his proposal that we extend an invitation to her and her husband to attend the reunion as our guests.

Before adjourning the Council joined in a round of applause in appreciation for Secretary White’s term of service as class leader, including his successful initiative to form the Class Council.

 

Report respectfully submitted by Mike Kane, outgoing Corresponding Secretary.

 

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Class of 1962
50th Reunion – May 31-June 3, 2012

Dear Classmates & Friends:

The time for registration for our 50th Reunion is at hand.

You have received your AYA Reunion Registration Package by now. We will be in Davenport College. Sign up for an exciting time with old friends and new friends, class activities, lectures by the best of Yale’s professors, and a variety of programs for your enjoyment. See and tour the new Yale of 2012. I encourage you to register now (click here to register online).

Plan on arriving on Thursday, May 31. We have special events planned for an exciting kick-off on Thursday afternoon. David Swensen, Yale’s Chief Investment Officer, will meet privately with our class at 2:30 pm for his informal off-the-record comments and perspectives on Yale’s endowment and investment philosophy now and for the future.

Following this we will have two stellar events to choose from: Alex Garvin will lead a walking tour to “revisit New Haven” and how it has changed since we graduated. And Ed Goodman will chair a panel of classmates on the Financial Debacle and the lessons learned or that should have been learned.

On Friday, in addition to AYA’s always stimulating lectures by Yale professors, we have four class panels planned and coordinated by David Scharff, including a discussion of national environmental policies and progress over the last 30 years led by Ed Strohbehn (one of the founders of the Natural Resources Defense Council); a discussion of “China Rising” led by Tony Carbone (retired from Dow) and attorney Jack Pirozzolo (both with many years of business experience in China); “What Are We Doing Next?” led by Bob Titus (who has participated in Yale-inspired charitable work in Latin American and elsewhere); and “Careers” chaired by Tim Hall and Clay Alderfer (both professor and prolific authors on business management and careers).

On Friday afternoon Rev. Peter Sipple has organized a Memorial Service at Battell which will honor our deceased and feature prayers, readings and singing by classmates.

Later on Friday we will have a special class reception at the Yale Art Gallery. Celebrate the construction of an entirely new gallery and sculpture terrace donated by our classmate Steve Susman. After dinner we will have entertainment at the University Theater. Chairmen Bill Weeden and David Finkle are putting together a fun time which will feature their class songs, Sam Waterston, the ’62 Whiffenpoofs, Phil Proctor and more.

On Saturday morning Al Chambers will present the results of our joint class survey with Smith College. A report on the survey will be distributed when you register on arrival. Al will analyze and discuss our current responses, and contrast them with those by Smith, and will also summarize 25 years of data on our lives for us to savor or question. This should provoke a lively discussion. Smith’s Celine Sullivan will join us to keep Al honest.

I also remind and encourage you, if you have not already done so, to complete the 50th Reunion survey. All you need to do is click through to www.Yale62.org/50thSurvey/ and put in the password yale1962. The more classmates who take the anonymous survey, even if you cannot attend the Reunion, the better the data and the opinions will be. I will arrange to have Al’s report on the survey mailed after the Reunion to all who could not attend.

On Saturday afternoon we have a special class session planned: “What Yale Means to Me” led by Lee Patterson and Lance Liebman. After initial presentations we will divide up into small groups to share and compare experiences. David Scharff, Lance and Lee are looking for a few more volunteers to be group leaders. Don’t be shy. Contact David if you are interested.

Also on Saturday President Levin will address the assembled reunion classes on the current state of Yale and his plans for the future. Following the President’s speech a singing jamboree will be held in Woolsey Hall.

All of our dinners will be buffet style under the tent in Davenport. Saturday’s class dinner is no exception. It will feature singing by the class Glee Clubbers, election of new officers, some awards, dancing to the music of our own Joe Holmes Swing Band, socializing and celebrating.

Lots more is planned. Ed Rowan is organizing and gathering books for a class author’s display. This exhibit will be held at the Memorabilia Room of Sterling Memorial Library throughout the reunion (except on Sunday). In addition, Dixie Carroll is doing the same for art, photography, sculpture and music presentations. His exhibition will be staged in Davenport and open during the entire reunion.

Reports from Ed Rowan, Dixie Carroll and Peter Sipple on their projects are posted on this Web site. They welcome your participation.

For you golfers, Howard Kolodny, with Jim Litvack’s assistance, has arranged a golf tournament at the Yale Golf Course at 9:00 AM on Thursday, May 31. If you are interested, contact Howard directly.

The Class Reunion Book is now in the editing stage under the leadership of John Stewart. He received about 450 submissions. We expect to mail it to you in mid-April.

We will reach out to the widows of our deceased classmates. Larry Lipsher is coordinating this endeavor. If you or your spouse can assist, please contact Larry as soon as possible. Widows are invited to attend as guests of the class with fees and campus housing charges waived.

I will have more details on the Program and class activities and announcements of some new presentations still in the works to send you by email and mail as the date approaches.

Last year the Class of 1961 set a record for attendance. I know our class can do as well or better. I have reduced the attendance fee and we are planning on a virtual feast of events and opportunities for socializing, reminiscing, conversing and celebrating. Please sign up and join your classmates at this unique opportunity for a memorable reunion.

See you on May 31!

BOB OLIVER
50th Reunion Chairman

83 Trumbull Street
New Haven, CT 06511

(office)        203-624-5111
(home)     203-467-8255

50th REUNION COMMITTEE

Deputy at Large
Larry Lipsher: 203-389-9645
l.lipsher@snet.net

Panels
David Scharff: 301-951-3630
davidscharff@mindspring.com

Art & Architecture
Dixie Carroll: 202-363-6556
dicksoncarroll@earthlink.net

Class Authors
Ed Rowan: 603-772-4167
ejrowan@comcast.net

Entertainment
David Finkle: 212-255-3718
finkledr@aol.com

Bill Weeden: 212-662-0851
billyweeds@gmail.com

Memorial Service & Singers
Peter Sipple: 845-534-2864
sipplemp@gmail.com

Survey
Al Chambers: 734-971-4440
alchambers@comcast.net

Tour
Alex Garvin: 212-860-8241
garvin@alexgarvin.net

Golf
Howard Kolodny: 301-949-9169
hekolodny@verizon.net

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1.   You’ll be glad to take our survey

Our online 50th reunion survey, titled “70 Questions for Yale’62 70-Somethings,” launched January 18 with our January web issue. You’ll find it interesting. The goals are very simply are to have as many classmates participate as possible; learn from the survey about ourselves as 70-Somethings; make comparisons and contrasts with the information from previous surveys, and then have a spirited discussion in New Haven on June 2.

By any chance, do you care just a bit about family, finances, health, lifestyle and politics? How about sex? Or is that a thing of the past? Are you more or less religious?

This is fourth time that we have done a class survey on such areas in partnership with Smith ’62. The 2007 findings showed quite different attitudes between men and women about marriage and grandparenting. Will it be the same or different in 2012?

Participation is easy.  Have your password at the ready (it is in your email announcing this web issue, and if you have lost the email or you need a reminder, email webmaster@yale62.org and she will send the password to you). Just click on:  Yale62.org/50thSurvey/ and after a welcome and a few directions, you are ready to go. If you want to stop and return later or to complete the full survey and then look back at your answers a few hours or days later, your answers are automatically saved. Just exit the survey when you want to leave it, and return when you want to finish up. You can edit your answers, too, if you need to adjust them.

Because of the anonymity, these surveys are a safe chance to be frank. Over the years, presentation of these survey results, including plenty of audience participation, has come to be a fascinating part of our reunions. As in 2007, the presenters will be Al Chambers and from Smith, Celine Sullivan. They both have professional experience with this kind of data and nice senses of humor and sensitivity about the findings. Once again, we are using the popular Survey Monkey instrument for our “barely scientific” research.

Al advised, “There are no right or wrong answers. Don’t spend too much time thinking or fretting. Just consider your life and your attitude towards being a 70-something and have some fun while you are clicking through our 70 questions. They include a mix of multiple-choice and short open-ended opportunities, which encourage you to share more about what you really care about.”

Celine e-mailed, “I’m getting a bit melancholy as I pull this 50th Reunion research together. I’m recalling my conversation with Chris Cory, one morning back in 1982 at the Psychology Today Xerox machine, where this Smith-Yale caper began. I genuinely look forward to seeing how we’ve changed — or haven’t — over the 30 years.”

Al and Celine plan to start their analysis and comparisons of the two surveys in April. The full Yale results will be part of your Reunion packet for those coming to the reunion. They also will be posted on this website for those who cannot attend.

Let’s see if we can get more than 100 responses by the end of January and 250 by the end of February. It would be terrific if even more classmates took the survey than were able to attend the reunion, where we think attendance is going to be high. You can do your part by answering the survey right away.

2. Key Dates

Now:  make hotel reservations. Suggestions are on the University reunion site, www.aya.yale.edu/reunions

February:  respond to mailing from Yale with registration materials. Even if you didn’t send an indication you’d be likely to go, you still are fully welcome.

May 31 – June 3:  Fiftieth Reunion

3.  From Class Secretary Jim White, “300 essays, goal is in range.”

Jim’s full report is at this link:  Note from the Secretary.

4.  From Bob Oliver, 50th Reunion Chair, “David Swenson coup, powerful panels.”

Bob’s full report is at this link:  50th Reunion Planning Update

5. Reunion Requests for Books, Art, Music and Gays from Rowan, Carroll, Sipple and Nye.

Enriching our reunion will be two exhibits of our productivity in “letters” and art, two chances to sing, and a recently-added panel on being gay in our time. Follow the links below to requests for participation by those interested.

• Our Library of Our Times: Request from Ed Rowan
• Our Gallery of Our Times: Request from Dixie Carroll
• Our Voices for Our Times: Request from Peter Sipple
• Our Gays: Request from Bill Nye

6. Why I Go to Reunions, by Bill Nye

Bill’s title sums it up rather well. Follow the link ahead, for Bill’s view of the continuing value of getting together as a group. Click to read: Bill’s short essay.

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Gentlemen:  I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday season. What a wonderful time of year!  Here’s wishing everyone a happy and healthy New Year.

[1] Our 50th Reunion is set for May 31-June 2, 2012, in New Haven. Our home base is Davenport College. If you haven’t yet set your travel plans (especially hotel arrangements) for what promises to be one smashing, busy and FUN weekend, now is the time to do so. The ’61 attendance for their 50th last year was 400 classmates, 710 in all. Can we top that? Yes, we can. To check out the latest on our reunion, see the piece by Reunion Chair Bob Oliver elsewhere (click here) on this website. You may also access information about our reunion, such as a pre-registration form, hotel information, campus housing, a list of classmates who have pre-registered (as of Jan. 1, 68 of us had done so), and more, all on the AYA website, www.aya.yale.edu. Just click on the box “Yale College Reunions” and follow the easy prompts to “1962 – 50th” and beyond.

[2] 50th Reunion Class Book Editor John Stewart reports receiving some 435 submissions, including 300 essays, for our book. John, you should be mightily pleased with this excellent response. It’s a testament to your hard work and a reward for the stress and strain of putting our book together. Heartiest congratulations.

[3] The next Class Council meeting is set for Saturday April 21, 2012, noon to 3 PM in the Council Room of the Yale Club of New York City.

[4] Dues Paying: We’re off to a bit of a slow 2011-12 start. Class Treasurer David Honneus says this is not unusual. He’s confident the pace will pick up. He urges: if you haven’t yet paid your dues, please do so now. To remind – this is important – these dues are solely for use by the class and will be used, for example, to defray a decent chunk of the cost of attending the reunion. Here are the numbers, processed as of January 3, 2012 (kindly provided by Jennifer Julier of the AYA, who advises these are not year-end “final” figures): 222 men are dues payers; the dues collected so far, $26,085.50. For the year ending June 30, 2011, we had 345 dues payers, 43% of the class membership AYA figured at 805, and the amount of dues paid was $50,812. The dollar figures for both this year and last include classmates who paid dues of $350 or more to become a “50th Reunion Sponsor.”

[5] The current giving year is July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012. 6Y2 contributions to the Yale Alumni Fund (Bill Boyer, Chair of YAF Agents) and for our 50th Reunion (Bill Reilly, 50th Reunion Gift Chair) are both off to an exciting – some might say amazing – start. My thanks to Fiona Boucher of the Yale Development Office for providing the figures that follow. Fiona advises these are not final year-end numbers as her office is still processing what she describes as “quite an influx of gifts at the end of December” (not only from our class, of course, but you get the idea).

(a) Here are the numbers for 6Y2 contributions to the Yale Alumni Fund through January 3: 188 classmates, a 25.9% participation rate, have contributed $401,236 toward a goal of $750,000. For the giving year ending last June 30, the final numbers were: 314 classmates, a 43.1% participation rate, donated $207,146.

(b) Bill Reilly has a hard-working 23 member 50th Reunion gift committee, one of whom may be calling you. When that happens, you’ll know what to do – please be generous doing it. The dollars collected so far (again, counting only those gifts processed through Jan. 3) as our 50th Reunion Gift to Yale now exceed $25.6 million. The goal, Bill says, is to double the 6Y2 45th Reunion gift of $16.8 million. If accomplished it would be a top-10 50th Reunion gift.

Finally, Bill emphasizes the importance of percentage of participation. To that end, every gift counts, no matter the amount. Bill’s goal is a participation rate of 62% for ’62 – a lofty goal but one certainly within range now as 54% of the Class has made a gift that counts for the reunion.

[6] Gus Hedlund, our delegate to the AYA, reports on the November 2011 AYA assembly elsewhere in this posting (click here).

[7] Congratulations to Bill Reilly, recipient of the National Building Museum’s prestigious Vincent Scully Prize. Bill joins a long list of distinguished honorees. He was honored for his “unswerving commitment to smart environmental planning, comprehensive land use, and preservation of open space.” The award ceremony took place on Nov. 8, 2011, in the stunning Great Hall of the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. In his acceptance speech, Bill touched on a variety of subjects, for example his work as a Presidentially appointed director of The Presidio Trust. Further information is available on the museum’s website, www.nbm.org.

[8] Does any Yale class have a better website than ours? I seriously doubt it. Acting Corresponding Secretary Chris Cory prepared this superb posting. There are several 6Y2 web postings each year, all to be found at www.Yale62.org and all done with the expert, cheerful help of our State of Maine webmaster Ms. Jean McKillop. To keep the site as lively, interesting, informative, and comprehensive as it is, your news and views are always welcome. Feature articles are particularly welcome. With Corresponding Secretary Mike Kane now back home and, he tells me, “fit for action,” please send anything and everything to him at mkane40@gmail.com. Last but certainly not least, thanks to Chris Cory. While Mike was with his wife on her sabbatical these past several months, Chris stepped in and, without missing a beat, produced postings of top quality. Profuse thanks, Chris, for a job well done!

That’s it for now, men.

Take good care and best to all,
Jim White

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Al Chambers is the Class Survey Author for our 50th Reunion Survey.

Al reports, “As of February 10, just under 100 classmates have completed our 50th Reunion Survey since it launched online January 18. The goals very simply are to have as many classmates participate as possible; learn from the survey about ourselves as 70-Somethings; identify contrasts in the information from previous surveys and then have a spirited interactive discussion about the findings as part of reunion activity in New Haven on June 2.”

Family, finances, health, lifestyle and politics.

By any chance, do you care about those subjects just a bit?

How about sex? Or is that a thing of the past? Are you more or less religious?

Has anything else changed in your life since you were in your early forties (our 20th reunion) or your mid-fifties (our 35th), or your mid-sixties when we last polled as part of the 45th reunion?  This is the fourth time that we have done a class survey in partnership with Smith ’62. The 2007 findings showed quite different attitudes about marriage and grandparenting.  Will it be the same or different in 2012?

Participation in the survey is easy. Just click on www.Yale62.org/50thSurvey/ and after clicking through, entering the password (yale1962) that also appears in our email alert; then read a quick welcome and a few directions, and you are ready to go. If you wish to stop and return later or to complete the full survey and then look back at your answers a few hours or days later before submitting your answers will automatically saved. The only proviso is that you need to use the same computer to return to an already-started survey. Continue to the end and that’s it: you’ve completed the survey.

Our goal would be for every living classmate to participate, but that won’t happen. Let’s see if we can reach 200 responses by the end of February and 300 by March 31.  Wouldn’t it be terrific if even more classmates took the survey than were able to attend the reunion, where we think attendance is going to be high? You can do your part by answering the survey right away.

Because of the anonymity, these surveys are a safe chance to be frank. Over the years the presentation of these survey results, including plenty of audience participation, have come to be memorable parts of our reunions. As in 2007, the presenters will be Al Chambers and, from Smith, Celine Sullivan. They both have professional experience with this kind of data and nice senses of humor and sensitivity about the findings. Once again (as in 2007), we are using the popular and easy to navigate Survey Monkey instrument for our “barely scientific” research.

Al advised, “There are no right or wrong answers.  Don’t spend too much time thinking or fretting. Just consider your life and your attitude towards being a 70-something and have some fun while you are clicking through our 70 questions. They include a mix of multiple-choice and short open-ended opportunities, which encourage you to share more about what you really care about.”

Celine e-mailed, “I’m getting very melancholy as I pull this 50th Reunion research together. I’m recalling my conversation with Chris Cory, one morning back in 1982 at the Psychology Today Xerox machine, where this Smith-Yale caper began.  I genuinely look forward to seeing how we’ve changed — or haven’t — over the 30 years.”

Al and Celine plan to start their analysis and comparisons of the two surveys in April. The full Yale results will be part of your Reunion packet for those coming to the reunion. They also will be posted on this web site for those who cannot attend the reunion.

How many of you followed New York Times columnist David Brooks’ interesting end-of-the-year columns and blogging where he asked people over 70 years old to send in what he called their “Life Reports?” They are good reading. http://brooks.blogs.nytimes.com

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YALE CLASS OF 1962 — 50^TH REUNION — DAVENPORT COLLEGE

FOUR MONTHS TO GO

January 2012

Dear Classmate:

Planning for the celebration of our 50^th Reunion Thursday, May 31 through Sunday, June 3, 2012, is picking up speed.

We now have special events planned for an exciting kick-off on Thursday afternoon, May 31. Yale’s Chief Investment Officer David Swensen will meet with our class at 2:30 PM for his informal off the record comments and perspectives on Yale’s endowment and investment philosophy now and for the future. He will entertain questions. It will be a lively and informative start to our reunion.

Also on Thursday afternoon Alex Garvin will lead a walking tour which will revisit New Haven and how it has changed since we graduated.

Friday afternoon June 1 and Saturday afternoon June 2 will be packed with a variety of class panels and programs being planned and coordinated by David Scharff.

On Friday we will have a Memorial Service at Battel which is being organized by Peter Sipple. He is looking for singers to volunteer for the service.  We will also have a special class reception at the Yale Art Gallery before dinner and class entertainment after dinner at the University Theater.

In this website issue, you are invited to participate in our long-awaited class survey authored by Al Chambers (directly at this link) in coordination with our class at Smith College. We will distribute the results of the survey when you register on arrival. On Saturday morning, June 2 Al and Celine Sullivan of Smith will report on the survey and the 25 years of results. This should provoke a lively discussion.

Lots more is planned. Ed Rowan is in charge of gathering books for a class display. Dixie Carroll is doing the same for art, photography, sculpture and music presentations.

Reports from Ed (books by classmates), Dixie (art, architecture, photography by classmates) and Peter (memorial service & singers) on their projects are posted with this report of mine.  Click on their names in the previous sentence to read their reports.  They welcome your participation.

The Class Reunion Book is now in the editing stage under the leadership of John Stewart. He received about 450 submissions.  The target date for mailing it out is late April.

We also want to reach out to the widows of our deceased classmates. If you or your spouse can assist, please contact me as soon as possible.

I will have more details on the agenda and class activities with my next announcement in February.

AYA will send out the Class Reunion Registration mailing in March. Mark your calendars now for May 31 through June 3.

Bob Oliver 50th Reunion Chairman
83 Trumbull St. New Haven, CT 06511 203-624-5111 oliver@moglaw.com	Bill Weeden billyweeds@gmail.com Entertainment
John Stewart Cell 314-322-7915 Res. 845-789-1407 johnhargerstewart@gmail.com Reunion Class Book Editor	Dixie Carroll dicksoncarroll@earthlink.net Art, architecture, photos
David Scharff 301-951-3630 davidscharff@mindspring.com Panels	Alex Garvin garvin@alexgarvin.net Tour
David Finkle 212-255-3718 finkledr@aol.com Entertainment	Howard Kolodny hekolodny@verizon.net Golf
Al Chambers 734-971-4440 alchambers@comcast.net Survey	Ed Rowan 603-772-4167 ejrowan@comcast.net Class Authors
Peter Sipple 845-534-2864 sipplemp@gmail.com Memorial Service & singers

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YALE CLASS OF 1962 — 50^TH REUNION BOOK DISPLAY
MAY 31 – JUNE 3, 2012

Books by Classmates
Report By Ed Rowan

January 2012

Dear classmate:

As it has for the last decade, the Sterling Memorial Library invites 50^th Reunion authors to be part of a special exhibit from mid-May through mid-August.  In past reunions, 60 to 80 classmates have responded each year, so the Library has limited the number of submissions to three (3) published works by each author.  Publications include, but are not limited to, books, technical manuals, and magazine or newspaper features, and each is accompanied by a descriptive note and displayed securely behind glass.

Our Reunion Committee also invites authors to be part of an open “hands on” display at Reunion Headquarters in Davenport College.  Tables there will have no special security measures.  There may be an opportunity to discuss or sign books if there is enough interest.

If you wish to participate in one or both of these events, please do the following:

First, contact me, Ed Rowan, to indicate your interest and provide a list of titles.  If you want to be part of the library display, I will tell you how and when to ship material directly to the library (they will not take holdings out of their collection) and help you develop the descriptive note.  If you wish to be part of the Davenport display, then you will have to bring the material with you to the Reunion; however, we do need to know in advance how much space to allot for this.

This is a great opportunity to show classmates and the Yale community at large what you have accomplished, and I encourage you to participate. Please contact me.

Ed Rowan
33 Prentiss Way
Exeter, NH 03833

(603)772-4167
ejrowan@comcast.net

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