PETER GEORGE STASSUN (Pete). Born September 7, 1946 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, son of Henry Stassun and Dorothy Santako Stassun. Attended Fairfield College Preparatory School, Fairfield, Connecticut. Entered Yale Sept., 1964. Absent from Yale Sept., 1965 to Sept., 1966. Member of the Class of 1968 from Sept., 1964 to June, 1965; Member of the Class of…
RALPH MARTIN SWENSON, III. Born June 22, 1947 in Meriden, Connecticut, son of Ralph M. Swenson, Jr. and Margaret Marie Bjork Swenson. Attended Conard High School, West Hartford, Connecticut, and Barrington High School, Barrington, Rhode Island. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Psychology major. Resident: Ezra Stiles (Football, 1966-68; Crew, 1966-68). Yale Key Society. Future occupation: Undecided….
RICHARD BELL TUCKER (Dick). Born August 3, 1947 in Richmond, Virginia, son of Henry St. George Tucker, Jr. and Mary Grasty Bell Tucker. Attended St. Christopher’s School, Richmond, Virginia. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Mathematics major; Dean’s List, 1965-66 (spring term). Resident: Davenport. Political Union, 1965-66; Apollo Glee Club, 1966-68; Yale Glee Club, 1968-69. Roommate: Edward…
ANDREW N. VORKINK (Andy). Born October 9, 1947 in Plainfield, New Jersey, son of Francois N. Vorkink and Janice Everill Vorkink. Attended Robert Academy, Istanbul, Turkey; Solebury School, New Hope, Pennsylvania; and Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept., 1964 to June, 1965. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive Twentieth Century Turkish History major; Bates Fellowship, 1968; Dean’s…
NEILL PAT WATSON, III (Skinman). Born February 27, 1947 in Newport News, Virginia, son of Neill Pat Watson, Jr. and Violet Kerr Watson. Attended Needham Broughton High School, Raleigh, North Carolina. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Psychology major; Dean’s List, 1965-66 (spring term); Ranking Scholar, 1965-66 (fall term), 1966-67; National Merit Scholarship, 1965-69. Resident: Calhoun (Dramat,…
ROBERT CONLY WHEELER (Bob). Born June 16, 1947 in Laredo, Texas, son of John Parsons Wheeler, Jr. and Janet Conly Wheeler. Attended Hampton High School, Hampton, Virginia, and Landon School, Bethesda, Maryland. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Sociology major; Dean’s List, 1965-66; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66 (fall term); L. Smith Hobart Scholarship, 1966-67. Resident: Silliman (College Aide,…
MORRIS KARL WILSON, III (Mark). Born September 14, 1947 in Evanston, Illinois, son of Morris Karl Wilson, Jr. (Class of ’44) and Monterey Whittlesey Wilson. Attended Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, Tennessee. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. English major. Resident: Timothy Dwight. Political Union, 1965-66; Christian Union, 1967-69. Future occupation: Undecided. Address: 1225 Upper State Road, Chalfont,…
THOMAS LLOYD REED, JR. (Dylan). Born June 13, 1947 in Oberlin, Ohio, son of Thomas Lloyd Reed and Betsy Noyes Mook Reed. Attended Notre Dame International School, Rome, Italy, and Moses Brown School, Providence, Rhode Island. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. English major; Dean’s List, 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66 (spring term). Resident: Saybrook (Folk Singer’s Guild,…
GUSTAV CHRISTIAN OTTO PHILIPP VON TURK. Born March 9, 1947 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, son of A. Friedrich von Turk and Adelgunde Gruner von Turk. Attended Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, New York. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive History, the Arts, and Letters major; Dean’s List, 1965- 66 (fall term), 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66 (spring term). Resident: Davenport….
CHARLES THOMAS McNAMEE, III (Tom). Born July 31, 1947, in Memphis, Tennessee, son of Charles Thomas McNamee, Jr., and Gladys Runyan McNamee. Attended Whitehaven High School, Memphis, Tennessee. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive English major; Scholar of the House; Peter Wallace Memorial Prize in Fiction Writing. 1968; Academy of American Poets prize in Poetry, 1968;…
THOMAS JAMES REED. Born November 5, 1947 in New York, New York, son of Charles Claude Reed and Margo Ilse Zellner Reed. Graduated Trenton Central High School, Trenton, New Jersey. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. American Studies major; New York Yale Club Award for Freshman Achievement, 1966; Dean’s List, 1965-66, 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66; S. L….
PANCRAS HENRY VAN DER LAAN (Pan). Born June 22, 1947 in The Hague, Netherlands, son of Pancras Jacob Van der Laan and Rosetta Van der Laan. Attended James-ville-Dewitt High School, Dewitt, New York. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. English major; Dean’s List, 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66. Resident: Trumbull (Crew, 1967). Gibbs Society, 1967-69; Alpha Phi Omega,…
JOHN DAVID CUNNINGHAM. Born November 26, 1947 in New York, New York, son of the late James Wilbur Cunningham and Ethel May Mansfield Cunningham. Attended George Washington High School, San Francisco, California. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Psychology major. Resident: Timothy Dwight. Alpha Phi Omega, 1965-67; Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, 1967-68; Yale Friends of the Hill…
JAMES ERIC HAMMARSTEN (Jim). Born August 26, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, son of James Francis Hammarsten and Dorothea Marie Jung Hammarsten. Attended Mounds View High School, St. Paul, Minnesota. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Russian Language and Literature major; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66. Resident: Timothy Dwight. Political Union, 1965-66; Yale Marching Band, 1966-68. Roommates: Jay Dean Castelli,…
RANDAiL JEFFREY STRAFF (Randy). Born January 22, 1947 in Oak Park, Illinois, son of Milton Straff and Marcella Konralinka Straff. Attended Garden Grove High School, Garden Grove, California. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. English major; Samuel & Anna Richardson Scholarship, 1965-69. Resident: Jonathan Edwards (Crew, 1966-68). Dramat, 1967-69. Roommate: David Allan Gates. Future occupation: Film Production….
MICHAEL GERALD HARLOW (Mike). Born April 15, 1948 in Rifle, Colorado, son of Gerald Vincent Harlow and Mary Deane Moulton Harlow. Attended Rifle High School, Rifle, Colorado. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Psychology major. Resident: Morse (Football, 1965-68, Captain, 1967-68; Crew, 1966-69, Captain, 1969). Roommates: Douglas Darif, Oliver Ireland (’68). Future study: Business—MBA. Future occupation: Executive….
