Paul Franklyn Lozier, 77, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, husband of Janet, entered into eternal rest, Friday August 23, 2024. Paul’s life was a testament to his unwavering dedication to those he loved and the causes he championed.
Our presenter, Wayne Willis, called on his experience as a tech entrepreneur and a leader with Citizens’ Climate Lobby to offer a solution to climate change. His thesis, called “The EcoTech Synthesis,” observes:
* Reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 requires CleanTech to replace DirtyTech.
* That happens when the “Green Premium” gets to or below zero.
* There are two paths to reducing the Green Premium ….
Editor’s Note: Our Robert Horvitz interviewed Artist Andres Serrano at an exhibition in Prague, and it was recently published in Trebuchet, the London-based magazine dedicated to contemporary art criticism. See the entire interview online, or reprinted in full here. It is an intelligent, in-depth interview, with high-quality reproductions of artworks from Serrano.
From Ted Snow: “There are a few benefits of having a stroke, which I did several years ago – like good parking spaces and getting special treatment at the airport – but I don’t recommend it. But a few good things came out of it: Time to copy and organize a lifetime’s worth of photos, and writing a book: The Sixth Element: How Carbon Shapes Our World. Before my poor health forced retirement, I was…
Here is an obituary crafted by some of Victor’s academic colleagues and published in Centre for Economic Policy Research earlier this month. See other tributes on X and other platforms. Victor Danielsen Norman passed away on 20 September after a long battle with cancer. For almost 50 years he was a leading figure in the field of international economics, not only for his own research, but also for his leadership in several research projects in…
Editor’s Note: Yale1969.org is not a bulletin board for proselytizing one’s opinions, but we do want to highlight when classmates’ positions enter the public discussion. In this post, Jim Sleeper comments on an article in the Financial Times inquiring why certain US billionaires are strongly supporting President Trump … and featuring our own Steve Schwarzman.
Jim writes, “You might well think that I’ve had my say about Steve Schwarzman by now, and I do wish that someone else would take up the torch of remonstrance and dissent. Financial Times writer and American editor Edward Luce has done that today (October 23, 2024) in ‘What Croesus Wants from Trump.’”
The central chapter of Wayne’s forthcoming book is a framework outlining HOW a climate crisis can be avoided … and what YOU can do today to make a huge difference. This Zoom meeting will share that model and highlight why NOW is a critical time: You see, regardless of the election outcome, there is a time window in November and December to pass one law (ready for a vote now!) and another window in 2025 to enact a different one (that is being developed)!
Tom Guterbock was wondering why the new license plates that he ordered for his car had not been sent to him. So, he inquired. Today he got the reply:
(Click thru to see the one-page letter from the DMV with the surprising explanation.)
Life Magazine published an article in June of 1969 entitled “The Class of ’69 – With eloquent defiance, top students protest right through commencement.” It reported on the campus unrest then roiling on campuses, including Yale.
The speeches and remarks from student leaders, speaking at commencement and other formal assemblies were included verbatim. Rebuttals from adult leaders of the day were also quoted. Our own Mac Thompson was featured, with Life commenting …
Ted Snow announced his new book, published just after our reunion, with customary humor: “There are a few benefits of having a stroke, which I did several years ago – like good parking spaces and getting special treatment at the airport – but I don’t recommend it. However, a few good things came out of it: Time to copy and organize of a lifetime’s worth of photos, and writing a book, The Sixth Element: How Carbon Shapes Our World.“
The following Amazon blurb summarizes the contents and offers a preview of the book. Ted’s other personal update is included below that.
If you’ve been following developments in green banking, you might remember the Inflation Reduction Act that was passed in August 2022. That landmark legislation opened the door for funding Reed Hundt’s Coalition for Green Capital. See “Reed Hundt’s Coalition For Green Capital Wins Major Victory,” April, 2024.
Well, the funding finally arrived last month. $5.1 billion dollars!
Reed has been passionately advocating for this initiative for over 15 years. It’s great to see a successful milestone achieved. Click thru to see how he’ll spend the money and what’s coming next.
Below, we reprint the full story that appeared yesterday in Sport Video Group News. The only other recent mention of Phil online is a story from June when he “stepped upstairs” to Chairman of his business, Mobile TV Group, and named his son Nick as CEO.
You may enjoy this story he told in his 50th Reunion Essay about how he got his start in film and production. My limited experience with Phil was that he could artfully create a great narrative. I only wish he’d shared a bit more. There was a nice profile of Phil printed in his hometown Denver Post in 2016. He briefly touches on how he created a book in 1973 — “Religious America” — that later became a PBS series. In 1983, he became managing producer of the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and moved to Denver to start its western production center. The profile covers later chapters in Phil’s like, like how he and Mark Cuban created HDNet.
Terri Lewis, Don’s wife, reports that Don passed away on July 20, 2024. Services will be held on July 23rd at 3:00 pm at the Jewish Funeral Chapel in Bangor, ME.
After Yale, Don went on to MIT, where he graduated with a Masters in Architecture in 1973. As he reported in his 50th Reunion Essay: “After Yale, I got my architecture degree from MIT, married, worked in Boston for a while, then moved to Maine. We thought we’d do a lot of camping and canoeing for a year or two, then move somewhere more sensible. We’re still here 45 years later. Along with work, served on several community boards and 6 years as board member then president of the Maine Humanities Council. Was involved for over 30 years with the men’s movement and several groups that met monthly for 30 years.”
In 1983, Don co-founded Lewis+Malm Architecture with a partner, Rick Malm. He sold his interest in the firm to an employee in 2016, after …
From his wife, Ellen: “Dr. Robert Michael Williams aka Dr. R. Michael Williams untimely passed away on July 18, 2024. Instead of winning the Nobel Prize for his lifetime work, he died unexpectedly.
“He is one of those unsung heroes, well known in the scientific community, without whom the modern world would not exist. To summarize a fulfilling, exciting and productive life of a gifted humanitarian who shared his profound talent and intellectual achievements unselfishly with family, friends, colleagues and patients requires a proper biographical text. He was a rare individual with laudable accomplishments who, without being pretentious, carried himself with precise dignity and professionalism with an absolutely profound knowledge of immunology and the biology of cancer.
“Dr. Williams was the proud and only child of Mr. Robert Arvel Williams and Mrs. Eva Mae Williams. As a loving child of …
As members of the first group of “Fivers,” Tim Weiskel and Mark McCormick are reaching out to any Yalie in the 5-Year B.A. program — or who took a “gap year” of their own design — and inviting them to a Zoom meeting with kindred souls on Thursday, 26 September 2024 at 4 PM Eastern Time.
Read the article for details and/or how to stay in touch with the group even if you can’t make the Zoom meeting.
Attorneys in our class will appreciate Bill’s insights; others might enjoy this peek into how attorneys prepare and conduct direct and cross examinations and the extensive, detailed analogies to classical music and dance.
