Class of 1965 55th Reunion - Program & Schedule - 1965

Saturday 5/25/19

• Saturday Breakfast

  May 25

  7:30AM – 9:30AM

  Silliman College | Room: Courtyard — 505 College St.

  Start your weekend off by joining classmates for breakfast under the Silliman tent!

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  Start your weekend off by joining classmates for breakfast under the Silliman tent!

  Silliman College | Room: Courtyard — 505 College St.

• Yale Signature Bagel Breakfast Under the Tent

  May 25

  7:30AM – 9:30AM

  Pierson College — York St. gate next to 232 York

  Our Signature Bagel Breakfast will include an assortment of "Bruegger's" bagels, sliced tomato an cucumber, smoked salmon platter, hummus, and fresh sliced fruit. Along with assorted fruit and vegetable juices, coffee and tea. 

  Add to Calendar 2019-05-25T07:30:00 2019-05-25T09:30:00 America/New_York Yale Signature Bagel Breakfast Under the Tent

  Our Signature Bagel Breakfast will include an assortment of "Bruegger's" bagels, sliced tomato an cucumber, smoked salmon platter, hummus, and fresh sliced fruit. Along with assorted fruit and vegetable juices, coffee and tea. 

  Pierson College — York St. gate next to 232 York

• Memorial Service for the Deceased Classmates of the Class of 1989

  May 25

  8:00AM – 9:00AM

  Battell Chapel — 400 College Street

  Led by the Rev. John Tirro ’89.  Rev. Tirro is a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, serving as Campus Pastor at the University of Tennessee and Pastor of Music and Campus Ministry at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Knoxville.  He is married to Dr. Misty Anderson ‘89, Professor of English, Adjunct Professor of Theatre and Religious Studies, and President of the Faculty at UTK.  They have two sons, Anderson and Trevor, and one daughter-in-law, Kate (married to Andy). Prior to becoming a pastor, John wrote songs for country radio, and he currently writes hymns and hymn settings, many of which may be heard at www.johntirro.com.     

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  Led by the Rev. John Tirro ’89.  Rev. Tirro is a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, serving as Campus Pastor at the University of Tennessee and Pastor of Music and Campus Ministry at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Knoxville.  He is married to Dr. Misty Anderson ‘89, Professor of English, Adjunct Professor of Theatre and Religious Studies, and President of the Faculty at UTK.  They have two sons, Anderson and Trevor, and one daughter-in-law, Kate (married to Andy). Prior to becoming a pastor, John wrote songs for country radio, and he currently writes hymns and hymn settings, many of which may be heard at www.johntirro.com.     

  Battell Chapel — 400 College Street

• "For God, for Country and for Yale:" Some Chapters from Yale's Christian Past

  May 25

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  A one hour walking tour, led by Jon Hinkson​ of the Rivendell Institute, of some of the sites on campus telling the story of various figures and episodes of Yale's history, from John Davenport and Abraham Pierson and the founding of colony and college, to Jonathan Edwards and Timothy Dwight and the Great Awakenings. Come hear some of the stories behind the names at Yale

  Meet at Phelps Gate, Old Campus.

  Add to Calendar 2019-05-25T09:00:00 2019-05-25T10:00:00 America/New_York "For God, for Country and for Yale:" Some Chapters from Yale's Christian Past

  A one hour walking tour, led by Jon Hinkson​ of the Rivendell Institute, of some of the sites on campus telling the story of various figures and episodes of Yale's history, from John Davenport and Abraham Pierson and the founding of colony and college, to Jonathan Edwards and Timothy Dwight and the Great Awakenings. Come hear some of the stories behind the names at Yale

  Meet at Phelps Gate, Old Campus.

  

• Building Robots that Teach

  May 25

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall | Room: 114 — 1 Prospect Street

  Brian Scassellati, A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

  Robots have long been used to provide assistance to individual users through physical interaction, typically by supporting direct physical rehabilitation or by providing a service such as retrieving items or cleaning floors. Socially assistive robotics (SAR) is a comparatively new field of robotics that focuses on developing robots capable of assisting users through social rather than physical interaction. Just as a good coach or teacher can provide motivation, guidance, and support without making physical contact with a student, socially assistive robots attempt to provide the appropriate emotional, cognitive, and social cues to encourage development, learning, or therapy for an individual. In this talk, Professor Scassellati will review some of the reasons why physical robots rather than virtual agents are essential to this effort, highlight some of the major research issues within this area, and describe some of his lab's recent results building supportive robots for teaching social skills to children with autism spectrum disorder and for teaching nutrition to typically developing children.

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  Brian Scassellati, A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

  Robots have long been used to provide assistance to individual users through physical interaction, typically by supporting direct physical rehabilitation or by providing a service such as retrieving items or cleaning floors. Socially assistive robotics (SAR) is a comparatively new field of robotics that focuses on developing robots capable of assisting users through social rather than physical interaction. Just as a good coach or teacher can provide motivation, guidance, and support without making physical contact with a student, socially assistive robots attempt to provide the appropriate emotional, cognitive, and social cues to encourage development, learning, or therapy for an individual. In this talk, Professor Scassellati will review some of the reasons why physical robots rather than virtual agents are essential to this effort, highlight some of the major research issues within this area, and describe some of his lab's recent results building supportive robots for teaching social skills to children with autism spectrum disorder and for teaching nutrition to typically developing children.

  Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall | Room: 114 — 1 Prospect Street

  

• Constitutional Issues in the Age of Trump

  May 25

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Sterling Law Building | Room: Levinson Auditorium — 127 Wall Street

  Akhil Reed Amar '80, '84 Law, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science

  From George Washington forward, America’s presidents have occupied center stage in the nation’s public life; and the present moment is no exception. Also, at no previous era in American history has the presidency been more tightly intertwined with the Ivy League: six of America’s eight most recent chief executives have been Ivy Leaguers – including four Yalies (Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush). In this reunion session – more an open-ended conversation with alums than a highly structured lecture – Professor Amar will discuss several of the biggest constitutional questions in today’s headlines, with special emphasis on the presidency in general and President Trump in particular. Come prepared to ask questions and offer your opinions – on the electoral college; the Mueller investigation; presidential veto, pardon, nomination, and removal powers; the presidential impeachment process; the Wall; the current presidential succession statute; the Twenty-fifth Amendment; and so on. 

  Professor Amar is a Yale Alumni Association Howard R. Lamar Faculty Award recipient for 2017.

  Add to Calendar 2019-05-25T09:00:00 2019-05-25T10:00:00 America/New_York Constitutional Issues in the Age of Trump

  Akhil Reed Amar '80, '84 Law, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science

  From George Washington forward, America’s presidents have occupied center stage in the nation’s public life; and the present moment is no exception. Also, at no previous era in American history has the presidency been more tightly intertwined with the Ivy League: six of America’s eight most recent chief executives have been Ivy Leaguers – including four Yalies (Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush). In this reunion session – more an open-ended conversation with alums than a highly structured lecture – Professor Amar will discuss several of the biggest constitutional questions in today’s headlines, with special emphasis on the presidency in general and President Trump in particular. Come prepared to ask questions and offer your opinions – on the electoral college; the Mueller investigation; presidential veto, pardon, nomination, and removal powers; the presidential impeachment process; the Wall; the current presidential succession statute; the Twenty-fifth Amendment; and so on. 

  Professor Amar is a Yale Alumni Association Howard R. Lamar Faculty Award recipient for 2017.

  Sterling Law Building | Room: Levinson Auditorium — 127 Wall Street

  

• Expressions of the American Ethos in Musical Theater Song

  May 25

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Linsly-Chittenden Hall | Room: 102 — 63 High Street

  Daniel Egan, Lecturer in the Department of Music and Theater Studies; Coordinator, Shen Curriculum in Musical Theater

  Why do we love musical theater songs so much?  What is it about their construction, melodies and lyrics that move us?  In this interactive session, Professor Egan will explore great songs of the American theater as contexted statements of the American ethos, but also as great examples of taut construction and expressive wonder.  From Showboat to Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, all the way to Hamilton, the American Musical Theater mirrors a changing America, while expressing our collective dreams and desires.

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  Daniel Egan, Lecturer in the Department of Music and Theater Studies; Coordinator, Shen Curriculum in Musical Theater

  Why do we love musical theater songs so much?  What is it about their construction, melodies and lyrics that move us?  In this interactive session, Professor Egan will explore great songs of the American theater as contexted statements of the American ethos, but also as great examples of taut construction and expressive wonder.  From Showboat to Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, all the way to Hamilton, the American Musical Theater mirrors a changing America, while expressing our collective dreams and desires.

  Linsly-Chittenden Hall | Room: 102 — 63 High Street

  

• Fighting Like a Girl: The Heroines of American Classic Comedy

  May 25

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Loria Center | Room: 250 — 190 York St.

  Catherine Sheehy, Professor in the Practice of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Yale School of Drama

  A decidedly American genre, screwball comedy is a battle of the sexes on steroids. Its heyday was driven by a lineup card of great comic actresses in Hollywood’s Golden Age. Katharine Hepburn, Irene Dunne, Carole Lombard, Myrna Loy and Rosalind Russell could (and sometimes did) take it on the chin and still give as good as they got. Cary Grant, William Powell, Fredric March, and Henry Fonda were all fine specimens of American manhood, but in the clinch, they were no match for their smart and agile sparring partners. What makes these films particularly American? How did they reflect their time? And do they have anything to teach us about ourselves today?

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  Catherine Sheehy, Professor in the Practice of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Yale School of Drama

  A decidedly American genre, screwball comedy is a battle of the sexes on steroids. Its heyday was driven by a lineup card of great comic actresses in Hollywood’s Golden Age. Katharine Hepburn, Irene Dunne, Carole Lombard, Myrna Loy and Rosalind Russell could (and sometimes did) take it on the chin and still give as good as they got. Cary Grant, William Powell, Fredric March, and Henry Fonda were all fine specimens of American manhood, but in the clinch, they were no match for their smart and agile sparring partners. What makes these films particularly American? How did they reflect their time? And do they have anything to teach us about ourselves today?

  Loria Center | Room: 250 — 190 York St.

  

• New Director & New Directions at the Yale Art Gallery

  May 25

  9:00AM – 10:00AM

  Yale University Art Gallery | Room: McNeil Lecture Hall — 1111 Chapel Street

  Stephanie Wiles, Henry J. Heinz Director, Yale University Art Gallery

  A specialist in British and American works on paper, Ms. Wiles began her career in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Morgan Library & Museum. She held various curatorial positions there over 16 years, organizing a wide range of exhibitions and catalogs. Following her tenure at the Morgan, Ms. Wiles taught and oversaw collections at the Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University; and in 2004 she began an eight-year tenure at Oberlin where she oversaw LEED Gold renovations and additions to the museum's buildings. In 2011, Ms. Wiles was named the Richard J. Schwartz Director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell, where she oversaw the commission of a site-specific light installation, "Cosmos," by Leo Villareal. Comprised of 12,000 LEDs, "Cosmos" is permanently installed on the exterior ceiling for high visibility on campus and in the City of Ithaca. Ms. Wiles also oversaw the development of a new collections handbook for the Johnson Museum.

  Add to Calendar 2019-05-25T09:00:00 2019-05-25T10:00:00 America/New_York New Director & New Directions at the Yale Art Gallery

  Stephanie Wiles, Henry J. Heinz Director, Yale University Art Gallery

  A specialist in British and American works on paper, Ms. Wiles began her career in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Morgan Library & Museum. She held various curatorial positions there over 16 years, organizing a wide range of exhibitions and catalogs. Following her tenure at the Morgan, Ms. Wiles taught and oversaw collections at the Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University; and in 2004 she began an eight-year tenure at Oberlin where she oversaw LEED Gold renovations and additions to the museum's buildings. In 2011, Ms. Wiles was named the Richard J. Schwartz Director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell, where she oversaw the commission of a site-specific light installation, "Cosmos," by Leo Villareal. Comprised of 12,000 LEDs, "Cosmos" is permanently installed on the exterior ceiling for high visibility on campus and in the City of Ithaca. Ms. Wiles also oversaw the development of a new collections handbook for the Johnson Museum.

  Yale University Art Gallery | Room: McNeil Lecture Hall — 1111 Chapel Street