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Nicholas Mackechnie Hawkin – 50th Reunion Essay

Nicholas Mackechnie Hawkin helenick@sky.com Spouse(s): Helen Rouse (1999) Career: Translator World Council of Churches, English Language Trainer Canada, Spain, UK, Lecturer Spain, UK Avocations: Photography, public speaking, writing, classic films, rock and roll College: Trumbull Yale changed me completely. My eyes were opened in New Haven between 1966 and 1969—and my mind too, if I’m honest. Yale taught me to sit up, look around and pay attention. I learned about Latin American fiction, the women…

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Steven Albert Haworth – 50th Reunion Essay

Steven Albert Haworth Spouse(s): Dorothy Ann Craft (1972-1987); Susan Amy Shulman (1997-present) Child(ren): Daniel Haworth (1976); Benjamin Haworth (1980); Andrew Haworth (1982) Grandchild(ren): Hilary Haworth (2008); Charlotte Haworth (2011); Maggie Haworth (2013); Frankie Haworth (2014); Whit Haworth (2015); Ellie Haworth (2017); John Joseph Haworth (2018) Education: Yale, BA, 1969; The George Washington University, MA, 1971; University of Virginia, PhD, 1978 Career: Economist, World Bank (DC), 2 years; Assistant Professor Political Science, Agnes Scott College (Decatur,…

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Barry N. Greenberg – 50th Reunion Essay

Barry N. Greenberg 8741 SW 108 Street Miami, FL 33176 bng6071@gmail.com 305-775-6255 Spouse(s): Mary K. Greenberg (1969) Child(ren): Perci (Greenberg) Gomez (1976); Alexis Greenberg (1978) Grandchild(ren): Ash Gomez (2010) Education: University of Pennsylvania Law, 1973 National Service: US Army Reserve, 1970-1975 Career: Litigator, Miami FL for 41 years; Retired 2014 Avocations: Politics, Osher Lifelong Learning Courses, Physical Fitness College: Berkeley My life has been a happy journey. I was born on a dairy farm near…

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James Hooper Grew – 50th Reunion Essay

James Hooper Grew College: Ezra Stiles In 2013, I was the 64th inductee into the US Water Ski Hall of Fame. After teaching French for a year at Andover, I moved to Europe to learn German and Spanish and gallivant about, followed by teaching three languages at Maine’s Gould Academy for two years. Discovering that teenagers had no interest in learning languages inspired me to switch paths abruptly and teach a sport that someone wanted…

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Richard Hadley Griest – 50th Reunion Essay

Richard Hadley Griest Date of Death: 21-Dec-2011 College: Morse (This memorial was submitted by Greg Montes and was published in the November/December 2015 Class Notes.) I learned earlier this year that Richard Griest died on December 21, 2011, in Pleasant Hill, California. I often ate lunch and dinner with Richard in Morse College in 1966–69 and we lived on the same floor of Morse Tower in 1967–68. We had many discussions about politics, history, Yale,…

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Frederick (Rick) Griffiths – 50th Reunion Essay

Frederick (Rick) Griffiths 21 Gray St. Amherst, Massachusetts 01002 ftgriffiths@amherst.edu Education: MA Harvard (1972); PhD Harvard (1974) Career: Amherst College (1972- ): Class of 1880 Professor of Greek, Professor of Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies; Associate Dean of the Faculty (2003–08 & 2011–13) Avocations: Kulcha travel; Dinosaur Groupie College: Trumbull Hullo, hullo, across the Eli ages! I’m honored now to speak amid these pages— Okay, not honored. More like compliant Because too passive for defiant…

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Robert Griggs – 50th Reunion Essay

Robert Griggs 3821 Lynn Ave. St. Louis Park, MN 55416 mngriggs@gmail.com 218-402-0484 Spouse(s): Susan L. Lindberg (1969) Child(ren): Thomas Griggs (1974), David Griggs (1979) Education: Yale Univesity BA 1969, University of Minnesota MA 1971, Harvard Divinity School M.Div. 1973, Andover Newton Theological School D. Min. 1978 Career: Associate Pastor First UCC, Manchester NH for 6 years, Pastor Lynnhurst UCC, Minneapollis MN for 26 years, Interim Pastoriates in Minnesota for ten years Avocations: Travel, Writing, Volunteering,…

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Douglas John Groome – 50th Reunion Essay

Douglas John Groome Date of Death: 27-Mar-2006 College: Timothy Dwight (This memorial appeared in the January/February 2007 Class Notes.) Dr. Douglas John Groome died peacefully at home with his family on March 27, 2006, after a long battle with cancer. After leaving Yale with a BA in psychology, Doug got his MD at the University of Connecticut in 1973. His daughter writes: “He practiced pediatrics at 285 Broad Street, Meriden, Connecticut, from 1976 until his…

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Donald James Galligan – 50th Reunion Essay

Donald James Galligan 123 Silvermine Avenue Norwalk, CT 06850-2038 djgalligan@msn.com 203-845-0690 Education: Columbia University, MBA, 1982 Career: Bond Portfolio Manager for the Ford Foundation for 35 years Avocations: Travel, Hunting, Fishing, Bridge College: Morse The single most important and enduring aspect of my experience at Yale has been the maintenance of friendships that have now lasted 53 years. A group of us gather twice a year and those gatherings have provided, and continue to provide,…