For David L. Sulman: Jon Wahl sent the following: “I have been remiss in not having written before about the passing in December 2016 of David L. Sulman. Dave was one of my closest friends at Yale and beyond, and was best man at my wedding in 1970. He spent his entire career at Teradyne in Boston, retiring eventually as Executive Vice President. Debbie and I spent many happy Labor Day weekends with Dave and Rose-Jane at their place on Cape Cod. A really smart guy, Dave died much too soon and is sorely missed.”
For Peter Grillo: Ted Cox just sent the following on Peter Grillo: “Sadly, Peter Grillo, our Yale classmate and my Phillips Academy, Andover classmate, as well as my neurosurgical partner for many years, passed away on August 6 at his home in Windham, New Hampshire.
“Peter was a well-respected practicing neurosurgeon in the Merrimack Valley area of northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire for many years and played a major role in the establishment and management of the Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital in Salem, New Hampshire . After Yale he trained in medicine at Harvard, and then in neurosurgery in the Cornell program in New York City.”
For Ron Wilmore: Eulogy remarks by Barrington D. Parker, February 2, 2019.
For Ron Wilmore: On February 2, I flew from Savannah to DC to join a hundred friends and family who’d gathered to celebrate Ron Wilmore’s exceptional life. There were warm memories of his student days at Hopkins School and Yale, his years of teaching at St. Albans, and his inspirational tenure as executive director of the Northwest Settlement House. Ron’s intelligence, pride, gritty determination, disarming candor, biting humor, and fierce loyalty to friends and family shone through. (Ron was one of only four Y65 clssmates with a perfect attendance record at Y65 reunions.). Two particularly moving highlights: the affection and respect expressed by our own Danny Parker, another of the five black Y65 classmates; profound appreciation from LaRue Gibson Y85, a black DC St. Albans student whose life changed forever to the good when Ron pushed, prodded, and encouraged him to attend Yale. The fondest words were for Sandy, a tower of strength, a deeply committed partner, and and a motivating force in Ron’s life for over five decades. As one observed, “Ron-and-Sandy” has long been a single word, recognition of an inseparability that began in New Haven, that grew in depth throughout his career of service, that found meaning in their cherished monthly African-American Sunday Book Club meetings, and that culminated in care and love in his last years of suffering. In addition to Danny, others attending from our class were Simian Allison, Ward and Penny Barman, Peter Gross, Jon Grouf, Joel and Barbara Papernek, David Ruffin, and Bob Trupin.
— David Roscoe
For Dodd Fischer: “Dodd and I were two of the eight Oregon guys who braved our way to New Haven in 1961, and we all soon recognized he was the classiest of our bunch — a competent athlete, a curious mind, a hard worker, a loyal friend. The very mention of his name instantly recalls that wonderful knowing laugh, always with a twinkle in his eye. He and Nancy, his wife and best friend for over 50 years, have been an important reason that Y65 classmates and spouses have developed such togetherness and fondness for one another in the past 20 years. We will all miss Dodd deeply.”
— David Roscoe
For Grig Wotton: Bob Hammond writes in, “While surfing this evening, I came across this profile submitted by Grigsby Wotton that appeared on www.couchsurfing.com, a free hospitality website. He apparently wrote this when he returned from teaching in China and moved to Asheville.”
For Steve Morris: “On Saturday Sep 23, in NYC I attended a moving celebration of Steve’s life, emceed by his wife Vickie, which included childhood memories from Jeff Miller and Charlie Stone, as well as a spirited rendition of Alleluia featuring Dan Bergfeld and his wife Holly Adams. Steve’s three brothers, Pete, ’63, Fred, ’68, and Daniel also spoke. In addition, attending from Y65 were the Trotmans, Kinneys, Kendricks, Rusty Tilney and Steve Rockmore. Steve was a highly successful executive, whose main philanthropic passions were public radio journalism and the integration of undocumented immigrants into American society. Steve’s wit, intelligence, leadership, humility, empathy, sensitivity, passion, humor, respect for all others, and his love of gardening and large trays of cookies, all came through clearly in the fifteen stories told by family, friends, and colleagues from all parts of his life.”
— David Roscoe
For Steve Morris: “Steve was a lifelong dear and close friend and his loss is a terrible blow. He had a wry, but invariably cool and intelligent, take on life, and I always came away from our discussions understanding the world, and sometimes myself, a little better. Modest to a fault, but highly talented in his many interests, intensely private and yet caring and sympathetic, a wonderful guy who will be missed by all who knew him.”
— Jeff Miller
For David Hutchinson: “He did occasionally participate on this list serve, the most recent on the discussion I introduced on prostate cancer in which he lamented the fact that he did not timely have the right treatment. He also participated in a discussion about the Thai Government and events going on there. He was a Yale Class Agent and a darn good one. He thought carefully about how he could encourage giving. He and I did meet and had a wonderful chat. He was a caring, warm and intelligent guy. He will be missed by all of us.”
— Burt Haines