Jeffrey P. Horton 2619 Wilshire Blvd. Apt 202 Los Angeles, CA 90057 jp1horton@me.com 323-806-5707 Spouse(s): Larry Pickens (1983, d. 2007) Child(ren): Dante Pickens-Horton (1989); Lorenzo Pickens-Horton (1991) Grandchild(ren): Anastasia Malaya Horton (2016); Dante Lee Horton Jr. (2018) Education: Yale BA (1969); Pt. Loma Nazarene M.Ed. Career: 42 years in public education; 22 years as a…
For most of us 1947 is a very important year. After all we were born during those 12 months. (For those of you born a year or two before or after, this is still relevant.) The approximately 70 years of life we are currently reflecting on started in that year. So maybe we wonder what else was born in that year, what else started in 1947. The Swedish historian Elizabeth Asbrink has an answer to that question in her recent book 1947: Where Now Begins. Asbrink doesn’t know us and didn’t write this about us, but she does suggest in this book that major events shaping our world today began in 1947.
Calvin Hill, one of our best known classmates, was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at the 2016 commencement in New Haven. You undoubtedly remember his heroics at Yale Bowl, and you likely knew about his spectacular success in the NFL. But how about his trailblazing work to help those struggling with addiction and his service to Yale … from supporting the employees strike in our senior year to the Calvin Hill Daycare center?
JEFFREY PRIESTLEY HORTON (Jeff). Born November 12, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, son of Priestley A. Horton, Jr. and Lucille Williams Horton. Attended LaHabra High School, LaHabra, California. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive Philosophy major; William D. White Prize (2nd) in Political Philosophy, 1966; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66, 1966-67 (fall term); National Merit Scholarship, 1965-69; Yale…
