2025

January/February

Happy New Year! The 2024 election is behind us, and the media advertising has resumed its more normal offerings.

Jordan Cohen gave his talk about the Affordable Care Act in mid-December to our classmates on our monthly Zoom meeting. His talk and those made earlier by Peter Hutt and Jim Kern are available on our class website. Just click on New! Yale ’56 Talks, the link on the top left of our website’s home page. They are all worth your time, and more will come as Tersh Boasberg will continue to call on our classmates to provide interesting talks every other month on Zoom.

Our last class executive committee meeting was held about three years ago using Zoom. In that meeting we agreed to resume class dues in anticipation of our 70th reunion, funding for scholarships for qualified attendees in Yale Alumni College (YACOL) programs which Marv Berenblum founded, as well as normal administrative expenses. With dues now coming in again, we will be funding two YACOL scholarships each semester.

And now, the unhappy news. Torrey N. Foster died October 14, 2024. After Yale, Torrey served two years on a US Navy destroyer and then entered Washington University Law School where he served on the law review and was elected to the scholastic honorary society, Order of the Coif. He began his law career with a St. Louis law firm, but moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1968, as associate general counsel for Sherwin-Williams Co. Four years later he was transferred to its international division to manage the company’s Brazilian subsidiary in Sao Paulo. Two years later, he was back in Cleveland as group executive managing the company’s international division. His international experience resulted in his managing international divisions of a company in Norway and, later, one in Naples, Florida. He was active in his community with leadership roles in local chapters of the American Red Cross, American Cancer Society, Conservancy of Southwest Florida, the local Yale Club, and several others. He is survived by his wife, Anne Russell.

Clinton Peck Hayne died in his sleep on June 12. At Yale, Peck was a golden glove boxer, a diver on its #1-ranked swim team, and a member of the NROTC. He served in the Navy as a pilot for four years in Oahu, Hawaii, and Okinawa, followed by another four years as a Naval Reserves pilot in New Orleans. While in Hawaii, Peck met his wife, Pam Manhart, who survives. After the Navy, Peck became a stockbroker in New Orleans, working in that capacity for 44 years with several firms including Viguerie Hayne & Chaffe which later merged with Howard Weil and then Legg Mason. His published obituary states, “He lived by his family motto Tenax Propositi—firmness of purpose, stubbornness some might say. Whether heli-skiing in Canada, flyfishing for tarpon in the Florida Keys, bird hunting in Louisiana and Mississippi, boxing in his 50s, prison ministry in Angola, or anything else, Peck was all in.”

Dr. Terrence R. (Terry) Malloy, longtime doctor, clinical professor, retired surgeon, and former chief of urology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, died May 8 of Alzheimer’s. Terry studied engineering at Yale and then spent three years in the US Army as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division where he made 32 parachute jumps. Upon discharge, Terry decided he wanted to be a doctor. He graduated from Penn’s medical school in 1963 and completed his residency in urology there in 1968. He began his practice at Pennsylvania Hospital and served in several capacities there from 1968 until 2012, including chief of urology, director of the hospital’s urology residency program, chairman of its operating room committee, and president of the medical staff. During his final years of practice, he joined several of his former students practicing in Temple University’s urology department, retiring in 2019. Terry held several leadership positions in regional and national urological and educational organizations and wrote over 150 scholarly papers plus giving over 500 formal presentations. At Yale, Terry was a star lacrosse player and later worked as an Ivy League lacrosse referee. He was also an excellent tennis player. One of his daughters described Terry as a genius who never lost his sense of humor. He is survived by his wife Michele Munley, whom he married in 1970.

Robert H. (Bob) Markert died on August 24 after a long bout with cancer. After getting his degree at Yale in industrial engineering, Bob spent two years in the US Army Signal Corps. After his discharge, Bob began his 35-year career in telecommunication management with New England Telephone Co. and NYNEX, a spinoff from AT&T. Bob was active in the community, serving as a Boy Scout master, hockey coach, member of his Congregational church choir, and volunteer at election polls. Following his retirement in 1991, Bob spent his time playing golf, sailing, fishing, caning chairs, and growing hybrid tea roses. He is survived by his wife of 65 years.

March/April

We ended 2024 with several activities of note. On November 14 and 15, the YAA held its annual Assembly and Convocation which was attended by YAA officers, class representatives, Yale Club representatives from around the world, class officers, and others. Bill Rees has been our class representative for the past three years, but his term of office has now expired. Bill has represented our class with distinction, and his summary of the most recent assembly can be found on our class web page along with the previous two. I will be appointing a new representative within the next few months.

On Saturday following the Assembly, the Bulldogs beat Princeton, and our classmates celebrated with our annual class dinner at the Elm City Club. Those in attendance were myself, Ed Barlow, Truman Bidwell, Don Falvey, Ray Foote, Ken Liebman, Bill Rees, James Van Cott, and Ronald Zacks, most all with spouses, friends, or other family members.

On December 6, 11 members of our Executive Committee held a Zoom meeting to begin planning for our 70th reunion. Our YAA liaison Stephanie Hartnett also participated, telling us that the event will be held on campus in the fall of 2026, though a specific date has yet to be set. The rationale for the fall reunion is to make the event more special for us so we can experience better weather and hotel accommodations plus allowing us to create our own agenda with speakers and venues to visit on campus. Ray Foote, Tersh Boasberg, Marve Berenblum, and Bill Poorvu have agreed to serve as a planning committee to develop the details.

At our monthly class Zoom meeting on December 18, Dr. Jordan (Jordy) Cohen gave a very informative talk addressing the history and issues associated with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) also known as Obamacare. His talk was recorded and is available on our class website along with previous talks we have heard from Peter Hutt and Jim Kern.

You will recall that we established a Class of 1956 Memorial Scholarship Fund many years ago. As of June 30, 2024, that fund had a market value of $791,887 with $37,139 having been distributed for a scholarship for the current school year. Only $10,000 in donations were received this past fiscal year. The fund is a wonderful way to honor classmates who have died and help needy students with tuition costs.

Roger Daniels, Jim Fleming, Arnold Kaplan, and James Van Cott included notes with their class dues payments noting happiness with retirement, family additions and activities, or part time employment.

In spite of all this activity, we are still losing members. I recently learned that Dr. Herster Barres, Jr. died March 7, 2024, after a short illness. After Yale and its School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, he earned a doctorate from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. He became an internationally renowned forestry expert who pioneered programs to combat climate change and diversify crops for small farmers. He founded and ran Reforest The Tropics (RTT) which now manages over 1480 acres of research forests on 17 farms in Costa Rica. His successor at RTT credited Herster with developing systems and management techniques that were considered radical at the time but are widely copied now. President Clinton’s Climate Action Plan chose Herster’s project for reducing carbon emissions as one of the most promising approaches for controlling global warming. A true renaissance man, Herster was an amateur cellist, a pilot who restored World War II airplanes, antique gun collector, motorcycle enthusiast, and avid tennis player. He is survived by his wife Miranda whom he met while in Switzerland. They married in 1961 in Martinique.

Dr. Robert A. (Bob) MacLean died in Houston, Texas on August 18. 2024. He married Audrey Taylor whom he met while vacationing in Hawaii in July, 1956. Following his undergraduate graduation, Bob attended Yale Law School for two years before heading to Cornell Medical School to become a doctor, graduating in 1962. He and Audrey lived in New Haven and New York City before moving to Houston, Texas, in 1966. Bob dedicated his professional career to supporting the public health needs of his adopted city, Houston, and state, serving as Deputy Director of Houston Public Health and Acting Commissioner of Texas Department of Health in Austin, Texas. Among his many interests, Bob had a passion for sailing and the sea, maintaining a sailboat for many years. He is survived by Audrey.

May/June

Jim Don reported in January with a note to his dues payment that he is “still alive and kicking.”

Claude Offenbacher included a note with his annual dues payment saying that he remains in good health as one of the babies of our class at age 88. He retired from public radio news following a career in school administration.

At our January class Zoom meeting, Peter Brier gave a talk entitled “Would You Be an English Major Today?” While English was one of the most popular majors in our day, it is no longer, having been replaced by several areas of study led by economics.

It is with deep regret that I have received obituaries for seven classmates over the past two months. James G. Englis died peacefully on December 26, 2024, in East Haven, Connecticut. After graduating from Yale, James obtained a law degree from Columbia University and practiced law for over 50 years in Connecticut. As President of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Bridgeport, he led construction of the current church building. In retirement, he played the trumpet, sang with the Yale Alumni Chorus, and provided tours of the Peabody Museum as a volunteer, all this while maintaining a deep commitment to his family. He is survived by Angela, his wife of 58 years.

Philip Gerald (Jerry) Greenhow of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, died on February 6, 2025. Following Yale graduation, Jerry enlisted in the U.S. Army and later worked in New York City before moving to Boston. It was there that he met is late wife Margo while they were volunteering to teach adult literacy. He retired to Cape Cod where he loved being near the ocean, walking Gray’s Beach, and being around boats. He also loved driving “with the wind in his hair” in one of the three convertibles he owned in his lifetime. He is survived by his wife Helen.

Richard F. Gustafson, Professor Emeritus in the Barnard/Columbia Slavic Department, died on May 5, 2024, in New York City. After Yale, he obtained his PhD from Columbia in 1963 and began a four decade career on the faculty of the Slavic Department at Barnard. He was a masterful teacher, an inspiring mentor, and an influential writer. His books include The Imagination of Spring: The Poetry of Afanasy Fet and Leo Tolstoy: Resident and Stranger. In addition, he edited the Oxford World Classics editions of three volumes by Tolstoy and wrote introductions to those volumes and several other books of Russian literature and theology. After retirement, Richard embraced new adventures, learning Spanish, travelling widely, and summering in Maine.

William (Bill) Hoskins died February 5, 2025, survived by his wife, Megan, 5 children, 15 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Bill attended Yale on a Naval ROTC scholarship and upon graduation served three years in the Navy, mostly aboard a destroyer in the Pacific fleet. He then attended Harvard Law School where he met his late wife Bette. After graduation, they moved back to Bill’s home town of Cincinnati where he joined a law firm and specialized in corporate law. In 1966, he became General Counsel for a Bristol-Myers subsidiary, advancing to Associate General Counsel for Bristol-Myers in 1981. A year later, Bill moved his family to Kansas City where he became General Counsel for Marion Laboratories, guiding it through mergers to create Hoechst Marion Rousell, the world’s second largest pharmaceutical company at the time. Bill retired in 1977 and moved to Boston with a summer home on Martha’s Vineyard. He came out of retirement in 2001 to form Resolution Strategies, the first law firm solely committed to the practice of early dispute resolution. His pioneering work is now standard practice in many prominent law firms.

Rolf C. Margenau of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, died February 13, 2025. A native of New Haven, Rolf served his country as a Sergeant in the Korean War, working as a writer and photographer for Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper. He received both his undergraduate and his law degrees from Yale and practiced international law for some 30 years which fed his passion for world travels. In 1956, Rolf married Nancy, his wife of 59 years, who survives. They eventually moved to Rumson, New Jersey. While there, Rolf and Nancy dedicated their energies to building HABcore, Inc., a non-profit agency serving the area’s homeless which he considered to be his proudest professional accomplishment. He indulged his love of antique cars by rehabbing a 1930 Dodge Touring Coupe and a 1926 Pierce Arrow. He was also a gardener becoming known by neighbors as “Farmer Rolf.” Later in life, he and Nancy moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he became a writer of six novels and two photography books.

I recently received an email from Gary Bletsch, son-in-law of John A. (Jack) Nord, advising me that Jack died on January 20, 2025, following a fall he suffered in November in which he broke his pelvis and struggled unsuccessfully to regain his health. Jack joined our class after leaving Yale to serve in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. He spent most of his life in his home town of Jamestown, New York, working in his family’s furniture business. He became president of the company in 1973 following his father’s death and held that position until the business was sold in 1992. Jack was a ham radio operator with the highest level of amateur radio license and helped qualify aspiring hams. In his spare time, he built other electronic devices and repaired others for family and friends. He was an active member of his community, holding many roles of leadership in its government and not-for-profit organizations.

Ronald A. (Ron) Partnoy died on January 18, 2025, in Mystic, Connecticut. Following Yale, Ron served in the Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer aboard various ships and joined the Naval Reserve when he left active duty, rising to become a Captain. While serving in the Naval Reserves, Ron held leadership positions with the Navy League, Naval Reserve Association, and the Military Historical Society, among others. Professionally, Ron became a lawyer after graduating from both Harvard Law School with an LLB and Boston University Law School with an LLM. He served in several roles with major corporations including Assistant Counsel at Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., General Counsel and Secretary of Remington Arms Co., and Senior Counsel of DuPont Co. in Wilmington, Delaware. He particularly enjoyed music and played the violin in chamber groups and local symphony orchestras. He is survived by his wife Diane.

July/August

Our April class Zoom meeting featured a very interesting talk by Elliott Schlang about the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Yale Art Gallery whose boards he serves on. During the talk he also discussed issues that art museums are dealing with in today’s environment.  You can hear the talk on our class website.

I have received a record eight classmates’ obituaries over the past two months.  William T. (Bill) Holzhauer died on February 22, 2025.  He is survived by Grace, his wife of 68 years.  Bill worked for Exxon Research and Engineering Co. from 1956 until early retirement in 1986, progressing through the ranks to becoming Assistant General Manager of the Projects Management Department.  During his years of service Bill had assignments in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Venezuela, and Rome, Italy.  Upon retirement Bill and Grace moved to Seneca, South Carolina, where he had a second career with Habitat for Humanity, holding several management roles especially with the Oconee County ReStore until he passed away.  He was also a charter member of the Golden Corner Lakes Sail & Power Squadron, achieving full certification for completing its training courses.

Samuel A. (Sam) Morley died on January, 20, 2025, from Parkinson’s related pneumonia.  After graduation and a tour in the Army, Sam became a Foreign Service Officer in 1958.  He met and married Monica, who survives, while in Washington, D.C. They soon left Washington to begin their adventurous life, first moving to Oregon to run the family’s cattle and sheep ranch.  They moved with their first son to Berkeley, California, in 1961 where Sam pursued a PhD in economics at Cal Berkeley which he obtained in 1965.  With that degree he moved his family to Rio de Janeiro and took on a USAID project in Brazil for a year before accepting a position as an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.  Once in academia, Sam spent time at Rice University and 20 years as a full professor at Vanderbilt University, winning two awards as Teacher of the Year.  In the early 1990s he and Monica moved back to D.C. where Sam joined the Inter-American Development Bank followed by an 18-month project in Santiago, Chile, and ending his career with an international think tank in D.C.  The family loved to travel!

Austin K. Pryor of Plymouth, Minnesota, died on February 21, 2025, after a long illness.  He had a diverse and innovative career starting as a summer employee at Ecolab in St. Paul, Minn., which led to full time employment in the hospital environmental health field, managing development and marketing of new products for 16 years.  A promotion took him to the New York office, but he soon left to become Vice President of Sterling Drug where he managed similar hospital and institutional products.  He then began several career moves which took him to Oahu, Hawaii; Boston, Massachusetts; and Greenwich, Connecticut before landing at Ernst & Young running its innovation and entrepreneurship programs within large corporations.  His final career stop was in founding Foresight Consultants offering innovation services to corporations all over the USA and Europe. He was a committed volunteer to his churches and a counselor to small business for over 30 years.  His wife Dorothy survives.

Dr. Douglas W. (Doug) Smith died on March 3, 2025.  After Yale, Doug proceeded to obtain his medical degree at New York University School of Medicine followed by a residency in pathology at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, and two years in the U.S. Army.  After his service, he and his young family moved to East Brunswick, New Jersey, where Doug began his 30-year career at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.  For 17 years he was its co-director of the laboratory and Chief of Staff.  Doug learned to sail at a young age and became a skilled competitive sailor, who along with his brother, became a national K-boat champion.  He later encouraged his daughters to enjoy the sport and led his family to sail both at home and abroad.  In retirement he relocated to Eastern Shore, Maryland, with his family and his sailboat.  He is survived by his wife Beryl.

Leonard W. Smith died on January 21, 2024, at home in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.  Following two years in the U.S. Army, Leonard attended the University of Michigan Law School and became a lawyer.  After a brief career practicing law, he became involved in philanthropy for the rest of his working career.  Leonard served a President and Chairman of the Skillman Foundation where he was a recognized leader in dedicating resources to improving lives of children in Detroit.  After retiring in that role, Leonard became Board Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of the Flinn Foundation dealing with mental health issues in Michigan.  He was avid sports fan and played hockey, squash, and tennis throughout his life in addition to following University of Michigan football and the Detroit Red Wings.  Hos wife Nancy survives.

Peter C. Stearns died on September 5, 2024, in his home in Montecito, California due to renal and heart failure.  He, too, spent two years in the U.S. Army before moving to New York City to become a technology analyst in the financial world.  Along the way, he became very interested in emerging artists and opened two art galleries.  He also loved the West which is where he died.  He is survived by his wife Cordelia.

A native of Copenhagen, Denmark, Peter H. Tveskov died on January 9, 2025.  Following Yale he spent 10 years in the oil fields of west Texas, Venezuela, and Brazil before returning to Yale as its physical plant manager and later in a similar role at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut.  Sometime later, Peter became a consultant in facilities operations which resulted in assignments at Brown University, Connecticut College, Milton Academy, and many other academic institutions.  After retiring in 1997, Peter continued some consulting in capital project management as well as serving as a group leader for Elderhostel-Scandinavian Seminar, guiding groups of senior citizens on tours of three Scandinavian countries.  He found time to publish a memoir of his childhood in Denmark during the German occupation in World War II entitled Conquered Not Defeated.  His wife Judith survives.

Charles J. (Chuck) Woodin died September 26, 2024, in Wichita, Kansas, his lifelong home.  Following his years at Yale, Chuck attended the University of Kansas Law School, graduating as a member of the Order of the Coif and Editor-in-Chief of the Kansas Law Review.  He practiced law with a Wichita law firm for over 60 years where he became managing partner and later of counsel until his death.  During his law practice Chuck handled a full spectrum of legal matters relating to oil, gas, and minerals.  His clients ranged from individual land and mineral owners to independent oil and gas operators including some of the largest integrated oil and gas companies.  He was recognized as a “Lawyer of the Year” or “Best Lawyer” by both state and national legal organizations.  Chuck was a classically trained pianist who entertained friends and family.  He could fix anything, and he developed a passion for sailing, going from an Oklahoma yacht club to serving as captain of ocean-going vessels in the British Virgin Islands.  He is survived by his wife Sandra.

September/October

Interesting news from Steve Scher: “As you know, the Frick Collection has reopened after being closed for five years for a major renovation and expansion. There is now a special gallery dedicated to my collection of commemorative medals from the 15th to the 19th centuries. On May 7th, there was a special dinner at The Frick to celebrate the gallery and the collection. My wife and I have also established an endowment for a fellowship to study medals.”  Steve will tell about his collection at our next class Zoom meeting on September 10.

Howard Rowen included a note with the payment of his class dues advising that he and his wife Laurel remain in good health though he has given up flying but is still driving.  They winter in Florida and summer in Cleveland, Ohio.

Bill Poorvu was our featured speaker at our June class Zoom meeting filling us in on the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning.  This is a relatively new initiative at Yale established in 2014 to be a collaborative environment for students and faculty to share information, knowledge, and resources – while also learning from one another.  In 2017, it became the Poorvu Center, recognizing Bill, his wife Lia, and their children for their generous gift supporting the center.  If you missed Bill’s very interesting talk, it was recorded for viewing on our webpage.

In early July, I had a phone call from Warner Merritt who now lives in Mobile, Alabama, after spending most of his professional career with several companies in Texas.  He filled me in on his various jobs as well as his travels to all the lower forty-eight states.  It was a very interesting conversation which I thoroughly enjoyed.

As usual, we continue to lose classmates.  Perhaps the most entertaining obituary I have ever received was the report of the death of Dr. Charles Jan Dyke who died on May 26, 2024.  I learned very little about him from that document though I read in our 50th Reunion Yearbook that he was a surgeon.  His obituary reported that he was a “repair man,” and prior to his death “he [had been] allowed to take out the garbage and was certified to drive at night.”

Charles’ identical twin brother Dr. Peter C. Dyke died on April 10, 2025.  He, too, was a doctor, having received his M.D. at Duke University School of Medicine followed by a residency at Johns Hopkins.  He became interested in oncology which led him to become a pathologist specializing in surgical pathology and cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York City.  He was particularly proud of his research and publishing.  He spent his later career in private practice and moved to Fargo, North Dakota, after retirement to be closer to family.

I only recently received a notice that Craig Hanyan died suddenly at home in St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada, on March 24, 2022.  He was a professor of American History at Brock University in St. Catherine’s from 1969 until his retirement in 1999.  He chaired the History Department for two years.  While at Brock, he served on a number of university-wide committees and was a leader in the computerization of Brock’s systems. Craig co-wrote his major publication DeWitt Clinton and the Rise of the People’s Men with his wife Mary which was published in 1996.  He was also active in the Niagara Historical Society.

Judson H. (Jay) Morris died on January 18, 2025.  After serving in the U.S. Navy, Jay had a distinguished career in marketing and advertising in New York City before moving to Maine to enjoy his passions of boating, fishing, and racquet sports.

John P. Noonan of New York City died on December 19, 2024. The New York funeral director reported John’s passing, and its web page included several memorial comments from family and friends.  Unfortunately, the only information about him I have been able to find is a report in our 50th Reunion Yearbook that he was in sales with British Airlines, and he married Mary Sugrue in 2002, whom I believe survives.

William C. (Bill) Scott, III, who died on July 7, 2024, joined our class after graduating from Phillips Andover Academy; however, he transferred to William and Mary University because it was a co-ed institution.  Following William and Mary he and a college friend started an energy commodity trading company located in Toronto, Canada. Following a downturn in the oil and gas industry he moved to New York City taking a position with Booz Allen Hamilton as a Vice President.  Following that employment, Bill held other senior management positions with Cordura Corporation, Western Pacific Industries, and Panavision.  He had a passion for classical music, serving as President of Opera Orchestra of New York and the Metropolitan Opera Club.  He also served on several other boards with a focus on the arts and education.

David R. Slavitt, poet, novelist, critic, and translator died on May 17, 2025 in his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was praised and admired by fellow wordsmiths and was very prolific with over 130 published works.  His written works ranged from collections of his own poetry and literary novels to translations from a variety of languages, including ancient Greek and Latin, Hebrew scripture, Sanskrit, and medieval English.  He also wrote plays, criticism, essays, and an opera which he co-wrote with his friend and filmmaker, Fred Wiseman.  Some of his bestsellers were written under the pseudonym Henry Sutton.  He was beloved by his circle of seven fellow poets who christened themselves “A New Pléiade” in their 1998 collection of selected poems.  His works were particularly praised by Joyce Carol Oates and Henry Taylor, a Pulitzer Prize winning poet and longtime friend.   The July 3 issue of the New York Times ran a wonderful article about David which focused on his career as a writer in several genres and his many published works.

November/December

As I begin this set of notes, I want to remind you that they are written two months before publication.  Thus, they are being submitted as summer is coming to an end.  Overall, it has been a quiet summer for our classmates.

A very important news item is the announcement that Bill Poorvu has been selected to receive the Yale Medal in November during Yale’s Annual Assembly and Convocation.  The medal is given in recognition for all he has done for Yale, particularly for the endowment funded by him and his family for the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning at Yale.

Our monthly Zoom meetings were suspended for July and August but resumed in September with Steve Scher telling us about his important medallion collection which he has given to the Frick Collection in New York City.  That talk is available on our class web page in case you missed the Zoom presentation.

We continue to lose members of our class.  It was only recently reported to me that Dr. Simon Epstein died on September 20, 2021.  Following his Yale graduation, he obtained his Medical Degree from New York University School of Medicine and began a private medical practice.  Additionally, he was the Associate Medical Director of the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut, past president of the Connecticut Psychiatric Society, and Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.  He was an antique collector, scrimshaw artist, and an ever-optimistic Mets fan as well as being devoted to his family and a mentor, friend, and colleague to those around him.

Albert (Al) Francke, III, died March 2, 2025, in an assisted living community in Greenport, Long Island, New York.  Upon graduation, Al spent two years in the U.S. Navy where he became a member of an Underwater Demolition Team (UDT), a forerunner of the Navy SEALS.  His team worked with the first astronauts mimicking weightlessness underwater.  At one point, the team was tasked to blow up a coral reef off the Officers’ Beech Club which was cutting the feet of Navy wives and their children.  Overestimating the amount of explosives to use, his UDT team blew up the reef and the Beach Club.  Following his naval experience, Al attended Stanford Law School, graduating in 1961, and joined a law firm in New York City, serving as managing partner from 1987 to 1990, after which he opened a branch of the firm in London where he served from 1992 to 1994.  He later divided his time between New York and Bridgehampton, renovating a small beach shack into a stilted home near Sagaponack Pond in Bridgehampton.  He was an active bird shooter at gun clubs in Sag Harbor and Shelter Island.  He is survived by his wife of 15 years, Rose Marie Morse.

James A. (Jim) Harris died in his sleep on June 27, 2025, just two days after turning 91.  While at Yale, Jim spent his junior year abroad at the University of Florence, Italy, a program of Smith Ciollege.  There he learned to love all things Italian, the joy of travel, and honing his skills as a photographer.  After graduation followed by marriage and service in the Navy near Chicago, Jim and his wife moved to New York City to begin his career as a buyer for J.C. Penney traveling extensively to sources of its wares including Japan and Hong Kong.  He later moved to Framingham, Massachusetts, to take a job as a sporting goods buyer for a New England based department store.  After a few years of this, he left to partner with a friend to form Felton-Harris Associates representing companies selling sporting goods to stores throughout New England.  This business venture lasted over three decades.  When not working, Jim and his wife Susan traveled all over the world.  He was an avid sports fan and a collector of knives, watches, flashlights, and audiophile equipment.

Robert T. (Bob) Page died June 19, 2025.  After graduation, Bob worked 13 years in sales for Alcoa but moved back to his beloved northeast Ohio in 1970 to begin a career with Parker Hannifin, a technology company in the greater Cleveland area, that lasted 39 years.  Bob believed strongly in community engagement, serving as president of Moreland Hills Benefit Association, Habitat for Humanity (Lake Geauga Chapter), and his high school alumni association.  He was also a board member of Geauga Parks Association.  He enjoyed fishing, golf, tennis, and visiting Longford Reserve in central Ontario, Canada.