Class Notes, Nov-Dec 2022
Joe Green passed away on August 17, 2022 at 74 from pancreatic cancer. Excerpts from his Boston Globe obituary:
“An accomplished attorney and tennis player, Joe was known for his integrity and agility, both in court and on the court. Born in 1947 in New York City, Joe attended Horace Mann School… followed by Yale University, where he majored in American studies. Upon graduation in 1969, he completed one year at Harvard Law School. He then took a four-year hiatus, during which he served on the Washington, D.C. police force and won a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study the French police. But, as it turned out, the French police did not want to be studied. All was not lost, however, as he met his future wife, Carol (a fellow New Yorker), in Paris, where she had been working as a textile designer. After embarking on a three-month backpacking trip through Southeast Asia, Joe and Carol returned to the United States, and he completed the last two years of Harvard Law School, graduating in 1976. Shortly after his law school graduation, Joe and Carol married. Together they have three children… Joe’s law career spanned over 40 years, beginning when he joined Hutchins & Wheeler, a Boston law firm. Always drawn to public service, he left private practice and spent the next decade serving as Chief District Court Prosecutor and Director of Policy and Planning for Essex County, Massachusetts. In 1989, Joe returned to private practice, joining the Boston law firm of Kotin, Crabtree & Strong, and soon became a partner. His practice areas included special education, personal injury, criminal law, and disability rights. In addition, he authored a book and several articles on evidence, trial practice and procedure, and criminal law. Outside of the office, Joe was an advocate for disability rights and served on the board of the Massachusetts Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. Joe was an avid tennis player. He played every Tuesday evening with a steady group of friends for more than 30 years and was a loyal member of the Cambridge Tennis Club, where he also served on the board. He and his son Nick won the father-son doubles championship in 2009. He also won the men’s doubles championships in 2002 and 2006. Joe always looked forward to his weekly golf outings, which occurred on the many Wednesday afternoons he and his golf group took off from work to hit the links.”
The full obituary is here: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/joseph-green-obituary?id=36248394. More pictures and further commentary and tributes can be found on the class website at yale69.org.
David Perry Lawrence, who had an illustrious career as a photographer, including being an official photographer of three Presidents and many other luminaries, died on June 25, 2022. More details are on the class website, and we plan to publish some of them here in our next issue.
David’s wife Judy was kind enough to give us the measure of the man:
“He was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in July of 2021. He followed all protocols presented, with chemo, radiation, surgery, which took 8.5 hours, followed by months of immunotherapy. After repeated and painful hospital visits and bouts with rehab, David took control and decided to enter hospice. He fought valiantly. He passed on his own terms June 25, 2022.
A wonderfully articulate, insightful, brilliant, charming, humorous character passed too soon. I miss him more than words can say. He chose not to have a memorial service and was cremated. I will take his ashes to a lighthouse we both loved to visit located on the bluffs above Lake Michigan.
A memorial has been set up through the senior community where I am resident psychologist and community manager. Gifts toward the memorial continue to come in. The activities committee will decide what type of memorial will be placed on their campus, once all contributions have been received. I think it goes without saying, but I will, he was always the life of the party and had many friends everywhere including his new home in Wisconsin.”
The Alumni Magazine has reported the death of Donald P. Galbraith, but we have no further information at this time. We also have just been informed of the death of Paul McAuliffe. His memorial will appear in the next issue.
There is more upbeat news, however: starting with a 75th birthday poem written by Cleve Morris:
We journey through life in three separate stages.
Shakespeare shouts down from Dramatist’s Heaven,
“No, no, you are wrong! The number is seven!”
But we’ll keep it simple, so let’s all agree,
To limit the number of stages to three.
The times of our life, it’s now understood,
Are youth, middle age, and “You’re lookin’ good!”
The terms I prefer now I’m 75,
Are youth, middle age, and “I’m still alive!”
It’s true that I’m older; it’s true that I’m fatter,
Weight and age are just numbers so really don’t matter.
Of course, there’s an ache and occasional strain,
But I treat every day as a glass of champagne,
And choose to forget insignificant troubles,
With the taste of the wine and the cheer of the bubbles.
And to you, my dear friends, I offer this toast:
Of all of life’s treasure, friends matter most!
Cheers!
Matt Flynn has published another book: “My third novel, Milwaukee Jihad, has just been published by SpeakingVolumes Publishing. Some of the scenes are set at Yale. The novel follows CIA agent Audrey Knapp who has to stop a 9/11 style attack on the U.S. Capitol during the State of the Union Address with her brains, a gun and a knife. I’m enjoying life in Milwaukee with my wife Mary following 41 years of practicing law at Quarles and Brady.”
Next issue will also include a report on our newest Class of 1969 Scholar, Tendo Kalule, ES 2025.
“We haven’t had that spirit here since 1969.”
– The Eagles, Hotel California