Class Books

Christopher Coxe Brewster College: Saybrook

David Wayne Brezina Date of Death: 17-Jan-1999 College: Trumbull (This memorial is reprinted from the Association of Legal Administrators website.) David W. Brezina served as ALA President from 1996 to 1997. His career in legal administration spanned more than 20 years. In 1996, Dave was involved in a tragic bicycling accident resulting in paralysis and quadriplegia. Even as he fought this disability, he served his term as President with distinction and vigor. At the time…

Timothy Briney PO Box 129 Old Chatham, New York 12136 brineybriney@yahoo.com Spouse(s): Dallas Briney (1984) Child(ren): Stepdaughter Alexandra Heidinger (1971) Grandchild(ren): Stepgrandchildren Kerr (2001) and Houston (2003) Education: University of Massachusetts MEd (1975) Career: High school teacher and coach, camp counselor (9 years); free-lance writer (3 years); VP NY thoroughbred farm (11 years); financial planner (17 years). Avocations: Our Labrador retriever and her canine “Rally”; croquet; Town government; ballroom dancing; cycling very slowly; being constantly…

Robert A. Brinkley College: Timothy Dwight

Daniel Brinsmade College: Silliman

Morrison M. Bonpasse College: Branford

Stephen Mark Bookbinder College: Trumbull

Geoffrey Kemp Booth Date of Death: 19-Jan-1997 College: Jonathan Edwards (From the October 1998 Class Notes.) Myron Thompson (chief judge of the United States District Court for Middle District of Alabama, and President Carter’s last judicial appointment), notes sadly the 1997 death in Tiburon, California, of his college roommate, Geoffrey Kemp Booth. Myron writes that Geoff graduated from Georgetown Medical after leaving Yale, and had a distinguished career at the VA Medical Center in San…

Donald Ross Bordley College: Berkeley

Michael Frederic Bouscaren College: Silliman

Francis Allard Boyer Date of Death: 3-Dec-1972 College: Trumbull From the Class Notes Archive: Fran was killed in a motorcycle accident in California. Fran had completed two tours of duty in Vietnam with the Marine Corps and had only about 90 days left in the service when he died. From Bruce Plyer: Fran and I were roommates thrown together freshman year, then sort of drifted apart and decided to room together senior year. A great…

Edward Raymond Boyle Date of Death: 22-Dec-1999 College: Saybrook Dr. Edward Boyle died in December 1999. His death, and his last years, were shrouded in mystery until we found this 2002 eulogy from the Brooke Army Medical Center (the full report is online): “(Ed) graduated from medical school at State University of New York – Downstate in 1973. It was during medical school, on a flight back from Port Au Prince, Haiti, when something caught…

James Robert Biltekoff College: Saybrook

Barney J. Brawer 16 Beals Street Brookline, MA 2446 barney.brawer@thenationalclassroom.com 617-905-3156 Spouse(s): Kitty Boles (1979) Child(ren): Molly (1982), Henry (1994) Grandchild(ren): Skyy (2013) Education: Ed.M 1977, CAGS 1995 – Harvard Graduate School of Education Career: Urban elementary and high school teacher, public school principal in suburban, rural and urban schools, grades K-8, faculty member, Tufts University Avocations: Folk/rock group with Yale classmate John O’Leary College: Silliman Privilege and Poverty: Our Generation and the Future I…

Stephen Bittner 111 Piedmont Road Columbus, OH 43214 sjbitt99@yahoo.com 614-772-4305 Spouse(s): Marcia Playe (1966-2006); Rachel Alexander (2009-present) Child(ren): Darcey, 1973; Jake, 1975 Grandchild(ren): Margot Crawford (2006); Malcolm Crawford (2008); Piper Bittner (2007); Johnny Bittner (2010) Education: University of Chicago School of Medicine, 1973 Career: Pediatrician for 1973-1982; Psychiatrist 1982 to present Avocations: Reading, biking, volunteering College: Saybrook Greetings Gentleman Oldsters, Amazingly, the earth will have spun 26,360 times from my birth to the 50th reunion,…

Michael John Blake Date of Death: 11-Feb-2010 College: Pierson (This memorial is reprinted from the Class Website.) Michael J. Blake, 62, of Wakefield died on Thursday, February 11 at his home. Born in San Pedro, California on June 21, 1947 he was the son of the late Joseph and Frances (Thompson) Blake. Mr. Blake was a graduate of San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, CA, class of 1965. He was also a graduate of…