John Geoffrey O’Leary, September 21, 2022

John Geoffrey O’Leary, September 21, 2022

Editor’s Note:
John ran the music program for the 2019 Reunion; see Classmates In Concert>
As the Music Editor of Yale1969.org, he featured Rick Drost, Norm Zamcheck, John O’Leary, Derek Huntington, Mike Folz, the Plastic Visitation, the Lunatic Fringe and The Morning.  He even supported The Whiffs CD (from 35th Reunion). Click thru to enjoy his writing and listen to the music!

David Maydole Porter, September 21, 2022

David Maydole Porter, September 21, 2022

Michael Harrington reports that he noticed in Class Notes of ’71, David Porter died recently: “Porter entered with our class in Sept 1965 but ended up in the Class of 1971 before finally graduating in ‘76. Quite an academic odyssey.” His freshman roommate, Greg Montes has an extensive recollection of David below, following this obit…

David Perry Lawrence, June 25, 2022

David Perry Lawrence, June 25, 2022

David Lawrence passed away on June 25, 2022.  Here is the profile he contributed to Yale1969.org just prior to the 50th reunion. Following my life backwards from the present (2018). A retired commercial photographer of politicians (hired by the campaigns of three Presidents), movie stars, celebrities, and Titans of Industry, I live with my wife…

James Stanford Nippes, May 16, 2022

James Stanford Nippes, May 16, 2022

Editor’s Note: The Hopkins School in New Haven was Jim’s high school, and here are some remembrances from his HS friends, as well as some pix from their 50th reunion in 2015.

James (Jim) Stanford Nippes died unexpectedly Monday evening, May 16, 2022, at his home in Madison, Mississippi. Jim was born on July 10, 1947, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1965; from Yale University in 1969 with a double major in Physics and History; and from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1973. After receiving an LLM Degree in …