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DAVID GRAYDON SMITH (Ace). Born January 20, 1947 in Concord, Massachusetts, son of Graydon Smith and Patricia Harriet Hand Smith. Attended Middlesex School, Concord, Massachusetts. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. History major. Resident (non-resident member, 1968-69): Silliman (Ad Hoc Committee, Secretary; Hockey, 1965-69; Crew, 1967-68). Freshman Crew, 1966; Sailing, 1965-69; Skiing, 1967-69. Roommate: Hiram Weld Fuller….

JAMES ALLEN STEFFENBURG. Born December 17, 1947 in Antioch, Illinois, son of Lars Steffenburg and Virginia Ruth Tidmarsh Steffenburg. Attended St. Joseph’s High School, Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Antioch Community High School, Antioch, Illinois. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. History of Art major, Yale Scholarship Trust of Illinois gift, 1965-69. Resident: Saybrook. (Folksingers’ Guild; Golf, 1966-69, Captain,…

ALEXANDER PATRICK TAN (Lex). Born October 20, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, son of George Tan and Joan Eng Tan. Attended Hyde Park High School, Chicago, Illinois. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. History major. Resident: Jonathan Edwards (Tennis, Captain, 1969; Squash, Hockey, Soccer). Beta Theta Pi, 1966-68; Dramat, 1967-69; Tennis, 1968-69. Roommates: Stephen Crawford Hola-han, Hal Robert…

DAVID F. TUFARO. Born March 16, 1947 in New York, New York, son of Frank P. Tufaro and Stephania Maida Tufaro. Attended Woodlands High School, Hartsdale, New York. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive History major; Andrew D. White Prize, Honorable Mention, in European History, 1967; Dean’s List, 1966-67 (spring term). Resident: Silliman. Political Union, 1965-69,…

GARY GENE VUJNOVICH. Born January 24, 1947 in Kansas City, Kansas, son of Mark Peter Vujnovich and Rose Uzelac Vujnovich. Attended Pembroke Country Day School, Kansas City, Missouri. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Philosophy major; James B. Fennell Scholarship, 1967-69. Non-Resident Member: Davenport. Senior Council, 1968-69; U. S. Grant Foundation, 1966-67. Roommate: Donald Mark Lewis. Future…

PETER BROOKS WATSON. Born July 16, 1944 in New York, New York, son of Henry Brown Watson (Class of ’38) and the late Jean Martin Watson. Attended Phillips Andover Academy, Andover Massachusetts. Entered Yale Sept., 1962. Absent from Yale Sept., 1963 to Sept., 1966. Member of the Class of 1966 from Sept., 1962 to Sept.,…

DAVID RICHARD WHELAN (Dick). Born November 12, 1946 in White Plains, New York, son of David John Whelan and Alice Walsh Tedford Whelan. Attended Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut. Entered Yale Sept., 1964. Absent from Yale April, 1965 to Sept., 1966. Member of the Class of 1968 from Sept., 1964 to April, 1965. Intensive History of…

WILLIAM HARVEY WILSON. Born April 18, 1948 in Middletown, Connecticut, son of William Frederick Wilson, Jr. and Dorothy Tefft Wilson. Attended Middletown High School, Middletown, Connecticut. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive English/French major; Dean’s List, 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66; National Merit Scholarship, 1965-69. Resident: Saybrook. Phi Beta Kappa, 1968-69; Undergraduate Study Committee, English Dept., 1967-68;…

JOHN ROBERT ADAMS. Born November 23, 1946 in Saginaw, Michigan, son of Ann Cooper Adams. Attended Robert E. Lee School, Midland, Texas, and Robert E. Lee School, Houston, Texas; Texas A&M University, NSF Summer Institute, 1964. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Mathematics and Philosophy major; Andrew White Memorial Prize in historical writing, honorable mention, 1967; Dean’s…

LANG ANDERSON BAKER. Born August 1, 1947 in Norman, Oklahoma, son of Arley Ray Baker and Mary Frances Reynolds Baker. Attended Baton Rouge High School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Entered Yale Sept.-, 1965. Attended Louisiana State University, June, 1967 to Aug., 1967. Absent from Yale Oct., 1967 to July, 1968, Junior Year at Universitat Hamburg on…

DAVID JOEL BENJAMIN, III (Dave). Born January 3, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri, son of the late David Joel Benjamin, II (Class of ’38) and Jeanne Louise Lyon Benjamin. Attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. American History major. Resident: Ezra Stiles. Zeta Psi; Elizabethan Club; Ya/e Banner Publications, 1966-69, Business Manager, 1967-68,…

PETER BILL BLASINI. Born March 31, 1947 in New York, New York, son of Peter Blasini and Carmen Laura Garcia Blasini. Attended Tilton School, Tilton, New Hampshire. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Sociology major; Peter Capra Memorial Scholarship, 1965-69. Resident (non-resident member, 1968-69): Trumbull (Soccer, 1965-69, Co-Captain, 1968-69, Swimming, 1965-69). Married Koren Carolina Van Eyl at…

JAMES RILEY BROACH (Jim). Born December 28, 1947 in Little Rock, Arkansas, son of Wilson James Broach and Billie Ellena Godbey Broach. Attended Hall Senior High School, Little Rock, Arkansas. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Chemistry major; Dean’s List, 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1966-67. Resident: Branford (Debating Team, 1966-69, Captain, 1967-69). Roommates: Donald Robert Joseph, Nicholas Herkiemer…

FRANK ELLIS BURKETT (Butch). Born August 21, 1947 in Syracuse, New York, son of Vernon T. Burkett and Elizabeth Ellis Burkett. Attended Clearwater High School, Clearwater, Florida, and Harvard Summer School, 1968. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Mathematics major. Resident: Saybrook (College Council, 1966-67, Representative at Large; Football, 1965-69; Crew, 1965-69). Math Club, 1967-69; Yale Record,…

ROBERT VERNON CARR. Born December 6, 1947 in Hutchinson, Minnesota, son of Rev. Russell V. Carr and Margaret Charlotte Trussell Carr. Attended Howey Academy, Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. History of Music major. Resident: Calhoun. Yale Bach Society, 1966-69. Roommates: James Perrin Lansing, Alan Maurice Warner, John Reid Wingard. Future occupation: Piano Tuner, Technician….

DAVID FORREST CLICK (Dave). Born December 17, 1947 in Miami Beach, Florida, son of David Gorman Click and Helen Margaret McPhail Click. Attended Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida, and Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive Philosophy major. Resident: Calhoun (Dramat, 1965-68; Calhoun Magazine, 1966-69, Senior Editor, 1968-69; Calhoun Council, 1965-66). Zeta Psi; Scroll…