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DONALD McMILLAN SHAW (Don). Born November 4, 1947 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, son of James Edward Shaw and Leila Allen McMillan Shaw. Attended Ramey High School, Aquadilla, Puerto Rico. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Architecture major; National Merit Scholarship, 1965-69. Resident: Saybrook (non-resident member, 1968-69). Future occupation: Undecided. Address: 90 East 37th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon.

YANNIS MICHAEL SIMONIDES. Born October 18, 1946 in Istanbul, Turkey, son of the late Michael Simonides and Elelen Kara-mihalis Simonides. Attended Athens College, Athens, Greece. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Drama major; Bates Summer Fellowship in Drama, 1968; Pomeroy Day Scholarship, 1966-69. Resident: Silliman (Dramat, 1965-69; Soccer, 1965-68). St. Anthony Hall; Elizabethan Club, Board of Governors,…

HARTLEY STEVEN SPATT. Born November 21, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, son of Milton Emanuel Spatt (Class of ’41) and Blanche Sylvia Bakstansky Spatt. Attended Brooklyn Friends School, Brooklyn, New York. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Entered Colgate University Sept., 1968; Member of the Class of 1970. English major. Resident: Timothy Dwight (Soccer, 1966-68; Softball, 1967)….

ROBERT M. STRUSE (Bob). Born June 3, 1947 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, son of Dr. Tolbert B. Struse and Dr. Sarah A. Patchell Struse. Attended Phoenixville Area High School, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. History major. Resident: Pierson (Tackle Football, 1968). Zeta Psi, Social Chairman, 1967-68; Class Council; Class Gift Fund Executive Committee; Freshman Football,…

JOHN JONES THOMPSON. Born February 21, 1947 in Washington, D.C., son of Robert Luther Thompson and Marjorie Emma Jones Thompson. Attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase Senior High School, Bethesda, Maryland. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Psychology major. Resident: Trumbull (College Council, 1965-68, Treasurer, 1968; Touch Football, 1967-68). Alpha Phi Omega, 1967-69. Roommate: Pancras Henri van der Laan. Future…

ROBERT PHILIP VESTEWIG. Born May 29, 1947 in Waterbury, Connecticut, son of Ernest Vestewig and Ruth Lange Vestewig. Attended the Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Economics major; Ranking Scholar, 1966-67. Resident: Pierson (College Aide, Librarian, Dance Band). McCarthy Campaign Aide, March-August, 1968. Future study: Law. Future occupation: Law, Politics. Address: 293 Peach…

BARRY BENJAMIN WALTON. Born February 18, 1947 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, son of Maynard Hanson Walton and Florence Ruth Cocio Walton. Attended Catholic High School of Little Rock, Arkansas. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Political Science major; Yale Honorary National Scholarship, 1965-66; National Merit Scholarship, 1965-69. Resident (non-resident member, 1968-69): Pierson (Interracial Discussion Group, 1966-67). Political…

ARNOLD WELLES (Arnie). Born January 12, 1947 in New York, New York, son of Arnold N. Welles (Class of ’40) and Adele Harman Waggaman. Attended St. Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Attended Stanford University, June, 1966 to Aug., 1966. Intensive Chinese Studies major. Resident: Jonathan Edwards (Entertainment Committee, 1966- 67; Hockey,…

RICHARD GRANTON WILLIAMS (Rich, Gump). Born March 26, 1947 in Winchester, Massachusetts, son of Kenneth Hugh Williams and Beryl Gran-ton Williams. Attended Louisville Country Day School, Louisville, Kentucky. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. History major; Dean’s List, 1966-67. Resident: Berkeley (Football, 1966-68, Co-Captain, 1967). Freshman Rifle Team, 1965-66. Roommates: John Robert Adams, John Johnston Davis.. Future…

RICHARD LEE ZAHN. Born May 6, 1947 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, son of Fred H. Zahn, Jr. (Class of ’38) and Betty Lee Anthony Zahn. Attended Harding High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. Intensive Administrative Science major; Dean’s List, 1965-66 (fall term); Ranking Scholar, 1965-66 (spring term), 1966-67. Resident: Ezra Stiles (Master’s…

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…