61 CLASS NOTES for SEPT/OCT 2025 due JUL 8, 2025
Class Notes Editor – Paul Capra
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Webmaster – Lou Allyn
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Website: http://yale1961.org/
Class officers:
Jamie McLane – Co Chair – E-mail: jmclane@profexa.com
Henry Kuehn – Co Chair – E-mail: hhkuehn@gmail.com
Hank Kuehn reminds us that our 65th Reunion is scheduled for the end of May 2026 which, as you read this, is just around the corner. The Reunion Committee is already planning a unique opening night dinner at one of Yale’s treasures, followed by two days filled with enticing activities. Make sure you plan to attend!
Lou Allyn’s wife Cindy passed away peacefully in early July in Hospice Care at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital New London CT and in the company of her family. Cindy was a constant support for Lou and his essential work on the Class Website.
David Noble shared that McGill University recently acquired more than 40 of his photographs for its art collection. The photographs depict Mohawk iron workers building a tall building in Manhattan in 1970. The Kahnawake Band of Mohawks Reserve is located across the St. Lawrence River from Montreal, so members of the band can now easily view pictures of an important tradition in their culture. To see examples of these photographs click on https://www.davidgrantnoble.com/mohawk-steelworkers/.
Wilford Welch has published his memoir entitled “Values and Circumstances that Shaped a Life”. Wilford has been a diplomat, educator, and strategist, tracing the profound moments, global experiences, and personal values that have shaped an extraordinary life across nearly nine decades. From Connecticut to playing a role in reestablishing U.S. China diplomatic relations, Wilford’s journey spans warzones, diplomatic missions, remote villages, family life and soul-searching encounters. You can find it on Amazon.
Classmate Peter B. Moore received a Yale Honorary Degree at this year’s commencement ceremonies. What follows is the citation that sums up this exciting award. “Distinguished scientist, you are best known for your studies of the structure of the ribosome, the cellular machinery for making proteins, which are essential for life and have implications for pioneering medical advances. Generous collaborator, mentor, and Yale community citizen for more than fifty years, known for your high standards, integrity, and professionalism, you have always been a champion and exemplar for what you insist the world needs: a devotion to basic science, which does not start with a specific aim, but leads to discoveries no one yet has imagined. “Ardent partisan of the laboratory arts, Yale honors you for your contributions to science, and to your university, as we gratefully award you your third Yale degree, Doctor of Science.” [This note re: Peter Moore missed publication deadlines in an earlier Class Notes, and is therefore repeated here]
Keep an eye out for Andy Block and Gary Fox’s 1961 Goes to the Movies. The Bicycle Thief is coming up in October. They have had a terrific run with The Third Man, Casablanca, Rear Window, and High Noon, to mention just a few. Their treasure trove of discussions of oldies and goodies can be found on the class website yale1961.org.