Gatherings of Yale graduates will mark the first weekend in June, as the alumni/ae of Yale College, the School of Medicine and its department of epidemiology and public health, and the School of Nursing return to campus to take part in reunion programs.
Yale College
The Association of Yale Alumni (AYA) is holding the second of two consecutive reunion weekends Thursday-Sunday, June 4-7.
The reunion classes of 1953, 1958, 1963, 1988 and 1993 will return to campus, along with alumni from the entire University who are enrolled for the second weekend of AYA Seminars. Alumni attending both programs are invited to four faculty lectures:
* "We Now Know: Cold War Secrets Revealed" by John Gaddis, the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History and professor of history in international security studies;
* "The Lost Western Canon: Medieval Europe and Authentic Multiculturalism" by María Rosa Menocal, the R. Selden Rose Professor of Spanish and chair of the Spanish and Portuguese department;
* "Personal Digital Data: Bar Codes, Credit Cards and Smart Cards" by Roman Kuc, professor of electrical engineering; and
* "Twentieth-Century Art at Yale" by Thomas Crow, the Lehman Professor of the History of Art.
The headquarters and reunion chairs of these classes are: 1953 -- Davenport College, Edgar O. Crossman II; 1958 -- Branford College, Joel Schiavone; 1963 -- Pierson College, Guy Miller Struve; 1988 -- Silliman College, Kristina Hartzer Nguyen; 1993 -- Timothy Dwight College, Seth Kosto and Carl Lingenfelter.
School of Medicine
A panel discussion on research at Yale and a symposium honoring a former faculty member who was an early advocate of socialized medicine will highlight the School of Medicine's reunion program Friday and Saturday, June 5 and 6.
A special presentation on "The Yale System" of medical education -- exploring its evolution, strengths and problems -- will open the reunion activities at 4:15 p.m. on Friday in Rm. 110 of the Jane Ellen Hope Building (JEH), 315 Cedar St. Dr. Robert H. Gifford, associate dean for education and student affairs, will be the featured speaker. The Dean's Reception will follow the lecture in the Medical Historical Library. Dr. David A. Kessler, medical school dean, will offer greetings and present brief remarks.
Highlights of Saturday's reunion activities will include:
* The John P. Peters Symposium at
8:30 a.m. in Rm. 110 of JEH. Peters, a graduate of Yale College, served on
the Yale medical faculty 1922-56. The symposium will focus both on Peters'
many scientific breakthroughs in the area of kidney physiology and on the
political controversy that surrounded the physician, who was targeted by
conservatives during the 1940s and 1950s because of his support of
socialized medicine. The symposium speakers and their topics will be: Dr.
George D. Lundberg, editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical
Association, "The Committee of 430 Physicians"; Peters' son, Dr. Richard
M. Peters '43S B.S., '45 M.D., professor emeritus at the University of
California at San Diego, "Reflections on My Father"; Catherine G. Roraback
'48 LL.B., an attorney in Canaan, Connecticut, "John Peters, McCarthyism
and the Supreme Court Decision"; Dr. Phillip Gorden, who served on the
medical school's housestaff 1961-66 and is now director of the National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, "Contributions to
Diabetes Mellitus."
* A panel discussion on "Research at Yale: A Closer Look" on Saturday at 11:45 a.m. in Brady Auditorium. Kessler will moderate the panel, which will feature medical school faculty members Dr. Richard P. Lifton, Carolyn Mazure and Eric J. Nestler. This event will be part of the annual meeting of the Association of Yale Alumni in Medicine, chaired by New Haven surgeon Dr. Nicholas M. Passarelli '55 B.S., '59 M.D. The presentation of the alumni association's Distinguished Service Award will precede the panel, and a buffet luncheon in Edward S. Harkness Hall will follow.
* Guided tours of the Yale University Art Gallery, historic sections of New Haven, the Eli Whitney Museum in Hamden and the Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital and Medical Center.
For further information about the medical school reunion, call 785-4674,
Epidemiology and Public Health
"Facing the Challenges of the New Millennium: Public Health at Yale" will be the theme of the reunion program presented by the Association of Yale Alumni in Public Health on Friday, June 5. All of the events will take place in the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Public Health, 60 College St.
The day's highlights will include:
* An address by Dr. Michael H. Merson, dean of public health and professor and chair of the department of epidemiology and public health (EPH), at 9 a.m.
* A workshop on "Eight EPH Initiatives: Responding to the Needs of the 21st Century," at 9:30 a.m. The initiatives to be discussed are: Regulatory Affairs, Emerging Infections, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Health Management, WHO Collaborating Centre on Health Promotion, Adolescent Alcohol Study, Asthma in the Community and Urban Health.
* A luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Dr. David A. Kessler, dean of the School of Medicine, will present the 1998 Distinguished Alumnus award to Samuel Korper '76 Ph.D., '69 M.P.H. The event will also feature a talk titled "Health Threats to Urban Life: Is It Too Late To Save Our Children?" by Dr. John Ashton of Warrington, England.
* "Comments from the Field: Six Practitioners Give Their Views," a workshop featuring EPH alumni, at 2:30 p.m.
* A special reception marking the retirement of Lowell Levin '60 M.P.H., professor of public health and director of the Yale/WHO Collaborating Centre.
For further information about EPH reunion activities, call 785-4989.
School of Nursing
Graduates of the School of Nursing (YSN) will mark "75 Years of Excellence" and pay tribute to the school's outgoing dean during their reunion program Friday-Saturday, June 5-6. Unless otherwise indicated, the events will be held in Rm. 118 at YSN, 100 Church St. South.
Highlights of the reunion weekend will include:
* A talk on "The History of YSN: Lux et Veritas" by Helen Varney Burst '63 C.MDW., '63 M.S.N., on Friday at 9:30 a.m.
* A panel titled "Reflections of Three Deans" on Friday at 1:15 p.m. The featured speakers will be Florence S. Wald '41 M.N., '56 M.S., one of the health care professionals who helped bring the hospice movement to the United States, who was acting dean of the nursing school 1958-59 and dean 1959-67; Donna Diers '64 M.S.N., the Annie Goodrich Professor of Nursing and a specialist in nursing, policy and management, who was dean 1972-85; and Judith B. Krauss '70 M.S.N., a specialist in health care policies for the mentally ill, who is stepping down this month from the deanship she has held since 1985.
* A reception and banquet in honor of the outgoing dean beginning 6:30 p.m. on Friday at the New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Ave. A highlight of the evening will be the unveiling of a portrait of Judith Krauss.
* A panel discussion titled "YSN: The Next Horizon," exploring new roles and directions for advanced practice nursing, on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Deborah A. Chyun '82 M.S.N. will moderate the panel.
For further information about YSN reunion activities, call 785-2389.
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