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PAUL HAROLD SEVERTSON (Poison). Born May 6, 1947 in Oakland, California, son of Ansle Theodore Severtson and Hazel Evelyn Berg Severtson. Attended Hoover High School, San Diego, California. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Music Theory major; Dean’s List, 1965-66; National Merit Scholarship, 1965-69. Resident: Saybrook. Manuscript; Yale Symphony Orchestra, Concert Master, 1966-69. Future study: Music. Future occupation: Performing, Teaching. Address: 4648 Kensington Drive, San Diego, California 92116.

IRA E. SILVERSTEIN. Resident: Berkeley.

JAMES BLAKEMAN SPAMER (Jim). Born August 29, 1947 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, son of Velmore Blakeman Spamer and Claribel May Nothnagle Spamer. Attended F. S. Bunnell Senior High School, Stratford, Connecticut. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. English major; Dean’s List, 1966-67 (fall term); Ranking Scholar, 1965-66, 1966-67 (spring term). Resident: Davenport. Political Union, Liberal Party, 1965-68; American Field Service at Yale, 1965-68; Episcopal Church at Yale, Student Committee, 1967-69, Convener, 1968. Future occupation: Undecided. Address: 121 Huntington…

DAVID LYMAN STRETCH. Born December 12, 1946 in Tampa, Florida, son of James Edwin Stretch and Sara Bernice Hutcheson Stretch. Attended Man-hasset High School, Manhasset, New York, and The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Attended Emory University, June, 1968 to Aug., 1968. History of Music major. Resident: Morse (Morse Chorus, 1966-67). Zeta Psi, 1966-69, Rush Committee, 1967; Yale Glee Club, 1967-68; Yale Bachelors, 1965-67; Society of Orpheus and Bacchus, 1967-68. Roommates: James…

CLAUDE W. THAU. Born April 1, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts, son of Marcel Thau. Attended Hartford Public High School, Hartford, Connecticut. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Mathematics major; Dean’s List, 1965-66 (fall term), 1966-67; National Merit Scholarship, 1965-68. Resident: Silliman. Future occupation: Teaching (secondary school level). Address: 277 So. Marshall Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06165.

STEPHEN MICHAEL VAUGHAN (Steve). Born June 3, 1947 in Winchester, Kentucky, son of Harold Lee Vaughan and Irene Wilson Vaughan. Attended Thomas Jefferson High School, Dallas, Texas, and Sandia High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Attended Universitat Hamburg, Germany, Sept., 1967 to June, 1968. Intensive German major; Book Award in German, 1966; Dean’s List, 1965-66 (fall term); Ranking Scholar, 1965-66 (spring term); DuPuy Scholarship, 1965-66; Clark Foundation Scholarship, 1966-69. Resident: Branford (College…

LORENZO ALEXANDER WALLACE, JR. (Zo). Born January 31, 1948 in Atlanta, Georgia, son of Lorenzo Alexander Wallace and Gladys Anita Beverly Wallace. Attended H. M. Turner School, Atlanta, Georgia. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. History of Art major. Resident: Calhoun. Roommate: Richard Allan Funke. Future study: Business. Future occupation: Business. Address: 247 Hopkins Street, S. W., Atlanta, Georgia 30314.

SAMUEL WEISMAN (Sam). Born April 21, 1947 in Binghamton, New York, son of Milton N. Weisman and Doris Eileen Borenstein Weisman. Attended Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Music History major. Resident: Morse (“A” Basketball, 1968-69; Soccer, 1967). Dramat, 1967-69; Society of Orpheus and Bacchus, 1965-69, Tour Manager. 1966-67, Business Manager, 1967-68; Freshman Glee Club, 1965-66; Apollo Glee Club, 1966-67; Yale Glee Club, 1967-69. Roommate: Ralph Scott Sando. Future study: Business or Communications….

STEVEN LAWRENCE WILKINSON (Steve, Wilk). Born November 13, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, son of Lawrence Harold Wilkinson and Elizabeth Lou Horning Wilkinson. Attended Hamilton High School, Los Angeles, California. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. English major; Alfred P. Sloan Scholarship, 1965-69. Resident: Branford (Swimming, 1966-69, Captain, 1968-69; Soccer, 1967-69; Tennis, 1967-69). Dwight Hall Tutoring Project; Swimming, 1965-66, numerals. Roommates: John Paul Corwin, Arthur Lee Osterman, James DuBois Seymour, Robert J. Yudell. Future study: English. Future…

ROGER HUNG TUAN YEE Born June 21, 1947 in New York, New York, son of Bim Faye Yee and Grace Chi-Heng Yeung Yee. Attended Elmont Memorial High School, Elmont, New York. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Anthropology major; Dean’s List, 1966-67; Lispenard Stewart Witherbee Scholarship, 1968-69. Resident: Ezra Stiles (College Aide, 1966-69, Art Aide, 1967-69; Social Committee, 1965-69). Future occupation: Architecture. Address: 89 Sterling Road, Elmont, New York 11003.

ROBERT EDWARD ARRAS, JR. (Bobo). Born February 22, 1947 in Orange, New Jersey, son of Robert E. Arras (Class of ’43) and Jean Lloyd Arras. Attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Political Science major; Dean’s List, 1965-66 (fall term). Resident: Pierson. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Rush Chairman; Desmos, Rex; Freshman Soccer, 1965-66, numerals; Varsity Soccer, 1966-69, Major Y, 1967,-68; Freshman Lacrosse, 1965-66, numerals; Varsity Lacrosse, Major Y, 1967,-68. Roommate: Nick Price (70). Future…

MICHAEL HART BAUM (Mike). Born July 15, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, son of Harold Morris Baum and Patricia Eleanor Tenney Baum. Attended Hyde Park High School, Chicago, Illinois. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. English major; Dean’s List, 1966-67. Resident: Timothy Dwight. Freshman Glee Club, 1965-66, Assistant Manager; Apollo Glee Club, 1966-67, Manager; Yale Glee Club, 1967-69, Manager; Freshman Fencing, 1965-66, numerals. Roommate: Jack Deemer Lantz. Future occupation: Writing or Teaching. Address: Apt. #2, 5325 Harper Avenue,…

JAMES ROBERT BESANCON (Jim). Born December 13, 1946 in Rochester, New York, son of Albert P. Besancon and Catherine E. Cook Besancon. Attended Greece Olympia High School, Rochester, New York. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive Geology major. Resident: Jonathan Edwards (Darkroom Committee, Chairman; Directory Staff, photographer; Swimming, 1966-69). Yale Marching Band, Yale Concert Band, 1965-69. Future occupation: Geology. Address: 178 Floover Drive, Rochester, New York 14615.

FRANCIS ALLARD BOYER (Fran). Born March 12, 1947 in Potts-town, Pennsylvania, son of George Elmer Boyer and Mary Olivia Hiltwine Boyer. Attended The Haverford School, Haverford, Pennsylvania. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Economics major. Resident: Trumbull (College Council, 1965-68, Secretary, 1966-68; Social Committee, 1965-68, Chairman, 1967-68; Swimming, 1965-69; Crew, 1965-69). Delta Kappa Epsilon, 1966-69; Alpha Phi Omega, College Captain, 1967-69; Group One Forty-four, 1968-69, Co-Chairman, 1969; Yale Key Society, 1966-67; Prom Committee, 1968, Catering Chairman; Yale…

MICHAEL BUAS (Mike). Born September 6, 1947 in Washington, D.C., son of Frank Buas and Katherine Moutsos Buas. Attended St. Albans School, Washington, D.C. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Physics major. Resident: Davenport. Roommates: Reed Eric Hurat, Randall Howe Kennon. Future study: Physics. Future occupation: Physicist. Address: 9713 Forest Grove Drive, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.

JAMES CACOS. Born November 26, 1946 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, son of Harry C. Cacos and Thespa Limberakis Cacos. Attended Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. French major. Resident: Calhoun. Future occupation: Teaching. Address: 26 Victoria Street, Somerville, Massachusetts 02144.