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Our first four Talk ’67 events have all gone extremely well! Click here to visit our Talk ’67 video archive and view the video recordings of the talks. Our 99 Class Survey respondents showed strong interest in programs on classmate experiences and expertise, aging and health, and policy and politics. Football and the Whiffs scored high, and several classmates are looking for long-lost friends. Click here to see the Survey Results Summary.
Talkin’ Baseball
 Yale President Bart Giamatti ’60 beams as University Secretary John Wilkinson ’60 presents Smoky Joe with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, 1/3/85 Click here or on the photo to view amazing photos of this baseball legend, and other gods of the diamond, too. Then return here to Marty Snapp’s Class Notes (below) to learn about how we came to be able to offer you these glimpses of baseball royalty. From the Yale Daily News, February 23, 2014: “THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY: In 1967 Joseph P. McDermott ’67 successfully trades places with his twin Edward, who attends Harvard. The swap was merely for fun, and lasted for a week. The two hitch-hiked to each other’s campuses, and took each other’s classes.” “I had gotten to know both of them, and I caught on to the switch right away when I first encountered Ed as Joe at Yale,” says Tom Whalen. “Joe was one of the most unique and memorable people I met… READ THE ENTIRE COLUMN HERE Faculty Videos
Time to take an intellectual and spiritual trip down memory lane with three of the most extraordinary figures of our undergraduate years: the great art historian Vincent Scully, the unforgettable University Chaplain William Sloane Coffin, and Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom, who passed away on October 14. Links to lectures by all three of them are present on our Faculty Videos page. Click here for some of Professor Scully’s most memorable lectures, including talks on Eero Saarinen, Louis Kahn, Maya Lin, and modern architecture. Click here for some of Reverend Coffin’s most memorable sermons at New York’s historic Riverside Church, where he served for more than ten years as Senior Minister after his time at Yale. And click here to view Professor Bloom’s lectures. We’re still looking for videos of historian John Morton Blum and philosopher Paul Weiss. We’ll let you know as soon as we find them. Please tell us if there are any other professors you’d like us to search for. FIND MORE on our Faculty videos page. 50th & 45th Reunion Videos
Fun Stuff
Classmate Publications
We have news of books by classmate authors Karl Marlantes, John Mauceri, Mike Kail, Dave Richards, Jack Finnell, Bill Betsch, Joe Czarnecki and Stephen Dahl.
The class’ monthly Yale Club of New York City luncheons have resumed their regular schedule, the second Monday of the month. All in the New York area and beyond, if you’re in town, are invited to drop by the Yale Club for good ’67 fellowship. Contact Dave Richards at drichards@steptoe.com for updates.
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John Jackson has been awarded Yale’s highest honor, the Yale Medal for outstanding service to the University. Founder of the Yale Jackson School, John has a lifelong relationship with Yale and has made remarkable contributions to the University. See our Class News page for more details. Highlights from
our 55th Reunion Candid photo collections from Thursday night
Videos of the Class of ’67-sponsored events, including The Jackson School, Teaching and Learning at Yale, the Memorial Service, Class Dinner, Tom Gottshall’s Grove Street Cemetery Tour, Yale Admissions Today, and John Mauceri. YAM Notes: July/August 2022 by Marty Snapp – highlights and reflections on the reunion. Class of 1967 logo items for 55th Reunion souvenirs or year-round gifts. Hello, Kingman!
 No longer a puppy, Handsome Dan XIX, Kingman, is 2 years old! A generous soul, he shared his cake with his best friend, Officer Heidi.  Party on, birthday boy!  Celebrating with the team Yale has a new mascot! Say hello to Handsome Dan XIX, known to his intimates as Kingman. He succeeds Handsome Dan XVIII, aka Walter, who resigned when his caregiver moved to New York. Kingman lives in New Haven with Kassandra “Kassie” Haro ’18, a Berkeley College alumna who will train, socialize and manage the pup’s public appearances. You can read much more about Kingman here, and read about how Handsome Dan XIX got his name, with a great historic photo and dog story of his famous namesake here.
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