Yale Club of Houston

The GAME!

2010-10-29T18:10:00.000-07:00

A prior version of our flyer for the GAME mistakenly made it to the printer. If you're looking for details about this year's festivities, head on over to http://www.yaleclubofhouston.org for full information!

We look forward to seeing you at the Forest Club on Saturday, November 20, 2010!

nside the Stalin Archives: Discovering the New Russia

2009-12-29T20:22:00.000-08:00

With Jonathan Brent, former editorial director of Yale University Press

Jonathan Brent, the first publisher granted access to Stalin's personal archive, brings us a provocative and insightful portrait of modern Russia. In his recent book Inside the Stalin Archives, Brent draws on fifteen years of unprecedented access to high-level Soviet Archives to examine Stalin’s enduring legacy. He shows us a Russia in which, in 1992, used toothbrushes were still sold on the sidewalks, while now shops are filled with luxury goods and streets jammed with Mercedes.

Jonathan Brent is currently the visiting Alger Hiss Professor of History and Literature at Bard College and the executive director of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. As editorial director of Yale University Press, he founded the distinguished Annals of Communism series. Professor Brent holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and is currently writing a biography of the Soviet Jewish writer Isaac Babel.

Come join fellow alumni as Jonathan Brent presents a vivid portrait of Russia in the twenty-first century. RSVP to Stuart at shudson7@comcast.net.

Date: January 13, 2010
Time: 11:30 am – 1 pm
Venue: La Colombe d’Or, 3410 Montrose Blvd
Price: $30 members, $20 young alumni, $40 non-members

Around the World with Chip Goodyear, ’80

2009-12-29T20:20:00.000-08:00

Yale alum Charles “Chip” Goodyear has lived and worked around the world as a distinguished energy industry executive. Chip recently retired as CEO of BHP Billiton, the world’s largest diversified resources company. During his nine years with BHP Billiton, the organization grew at an astounding rate, with it market capitalization climbing from US$12 billion to US$220 billion. As CEO, he was early in the identification of China and other developing countries as drivers for future resource demand. During his tenure, BHP Billiton’s volumes grew by 55% as significant project investment and acquisition activity positioned the company to benefit from the growing demand for commodities. The company has also been recognized for its leadership in the areas of health, safety and the environment.

Chip holds a Bachelor of Science (Geology & Geophysics) from Yale and an MBA from Wharton. He has served on the International Council on Mining and Metals and the National Petroleum Council.

Register now to secure your spot for this fascinating discussion of multinational leadership. Send e-mail to Stuart at shudson7@comcast.net.

Date: January 7, 2010
Time: 11:30 am – 1 pm
Venue: La Colombe d’Or, 3410 Montrose Blvd
Price: $30 members, $20 young alumni, $40 non-members

Mary Miller, Ph.D. ‘81

2009-12-22T17:55:00.000-08:00

Mary Miller, Ph.D. ‘81
Dean of Yale College,
award winning Mayan Art History expert

Please join us for Margaritas and Mexican food

Mary Miller, Sterling Professor of History of Art, became dean of Yale College on December 1, 2008. A prominent art historian, Miller has been a member of the Yale faculty since 1981. She was the Vincent J. Scully Professor of History of Art from 1998 until her appointment to the Sterling Professorship ten years later. Prior to assuming the deanship, Miller served as master of Saybrook College for nearly a decade. Her husband, Edward Kamens, is the Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies and served as acting master of Saybrook from December 2008 through the end of the 2008-2009 academic year.

Miller earned her A.B. from Princeton in 1975 and her Ph.D. from Yale in 1981. She has served as chair of the Department of History of Art, chair of the Council on Latin American Studies, director of Graduate Studies in Archeological Studies, and as a member of the Steering Committee of the Women Faculty Forum at Yale.

Specializing in the art of the ancient New World, in 2004 Miller curated The Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. For that exhibition, she wrote the catalogue of the same title with Simon Martin, senior epigrapher at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. She is also completing the work of her archaeological project to document and reconstruct the Maya wall paintings at Bonampak, Mexico.

For her work on the Maya, Miller has won national recognition including a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1994. She has been chosen to deliver the two most prestigious lecture series in her discipline: she will give the Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery of Art in spring 2010 and the Slade Lectures at Cambridge University in 2014-2015.

Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Bayou Club, 8550 Memorial Dr.
Cost: $50 members, $25 young alumni

Questions?
Email Chinhui Juhn at cjuhn@uh.edu

RSVP by Friday, January 1 to
713-668-4702 or shudson7@comcast.net

Make checks payable to:
Yale Club of Houston
4810 Florence St.
Bellaire, TX 77401

Please return the following information with your check:

Name(s): ______________________________

Phone # _______________________________

E-mail: ________________________________

Members attending

____ @ $50 per person = Total enclosed $______

Young alumni attending

___ @ $25 per person = Total enclosed $______

THE GAME 2009

2009-10-30T12:33:00.000-07:00

It’s that time of year again to bring the whole gang to cheer on the Bulldogs. This year we WILL prevail over the Crimson! We are back at the FOREST CLUB with the big screen and not a bad seat in the house. Enjoy the barbecue and bring the kids to play in the great grounds right outside the windows.

Where: Forest Club (9950 Memorial Dr. near Chimney Rock)
Date: Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
Time: 10:30am – 3:00pm (The Game starts at 11)
Dress: Casual

BBQ Buffet Lunch and Open Bar

BRING THE KIDS!
Young kids are FREE!
Outside playground and kids’ TV room with popcorn.

Fees (Food & Open Bar)
Classes ’98 and older $40 Members
Classes ’99 to ’08 $25 Members
Recent Grads ’09 $10
Ages 11 – College Sr. $10
KIDS 10 and under FREE!!!
Non-members $50

Directions:
Westbound on I-10 – exit at
Antoine/Silber.
Eastbound on 1-10 – exit at
Chimney Rock
When on Memorial – look for the white rail fence and turn onto Saddlebrook.

You may join the Club at the door – but please join now!

RSVP by Wed. Nov. 18 (walk-ins welcome—add $5 per person)
(Note: RSVPs who do not pay in advance will be billed
If you do not show up)
Visit the Yale Club web site at yaleclubofhouston.blogspot.com.
Questions? Contact Chinhui Juhn at cjuhn@uh.edu

(PLEASE RETURN THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WITH YOUR CHECK)
Send checks to:
Yale Club of Houston
c/o Stuart Hudson
4810 Florence
Bellaire, TX 77401
713-668-4702
shudson7@comcast.net

Name(s)________________________________________
(PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY)

Please reserve:
____ places for members $40 each
____ places for grads ’99 – ’08 $25 each
____ places for ’09 grads $10 each
____ places for younger classes, etc. $10 each – Ages___ ___
____ places for KIDS 10 and under FREE – Ages___ ___
____ places for non-members $50 eachTotal enclosed $_________

2009 Wine Tasting Event

2009-10-08T19:30:00.000-07:00

Many thanks to Edward Andrews (Yale '45) for hosting the event
and for Nina Andrew Karohl and Anne Furse for planning the event.

A good time was had by all. Posted are a few party pic and you can
click on the following link to view the photo gallery of the party.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp;jsessionid=gOK6DxKnZT0sepbYADVvOA**.ecom405_main?token=702500592309:1696321077

Galveston Bay after Hurricane Ike

2009-10-06T21:15:00.000-07:00

Bob Stokes (Yale ’90), President of the Galveston Bay Foundation will share his knowledge of the current state of the bay, it’s prospects for recovery, and the conservation and research projects underway to protect one of the most productive and bio-diverse coastal areas in the world.

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009
Time: 6:30 – reception (hors d’oeuvres and cash bar)
7:00 – presentation
Location: The Briar Club, 2603 Timmons Lane, Houston, TX

Cost: $20 members ($25 at the door)
$25 non-members ($30 at the door)
$15 young alums ($20 at the door)

RSVP & checks payable to:
Yale Club of Houston
4810 Florence St.
Bellaire, TX 77401
713-668-4702
shudson7@comcast.net
www.yaleclubofhouston.org

Questions?
Email Chinhui Juhn
cjuhn@uh.eduYale Club of Houston

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Please RSVP by Friday, October 16, 2009

Name(s): _______________________________________

Phone # or e-mail: _________________________________

______ $20 member
______ $25 non-member
______ $15 young alum

1st Event: Wine Tasting

2009-08-30T20:37:00.000-07:00

Nina (‘81) & David Karohl

and Anne (‘83)& Austen (‘82) Furse

and The Yale Club of Houston

invite you to a

Lone Star Wine Tasting

featuring the wines of Pheasant Ridge Winery

at the home of

Edward H. Andrews, Jr.(Yale ‘45)

3404 Piping Rock Lane

(corner of Piping Rock and Claremont Lanes)

Friday, September 25th

7-9 PM

presentation at 8:00 p.m.

Wine and hors d'oeuvres

Pheasant Ridge has a long tradition of producing fine estate-grown wines.

Based near Lubbock, the family-owned vineyard and boutique winery produces about 6,000 cases of Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Blanc, Merlot, Chardonnay, and Chenin Blanc each year.

Noted wine critic Robert Parker has written, “Pheasant Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon

is big, bold, and complex and competitive in quality with anyone.”

Owner Bill Gipson will talk about the Texas wine industry and present several of his wines.

Members $20

Non-members $30

Young Alums (‘99-’09) $15

Please rsvp by mailing a check to Yale Club of Houston, c/o Stuart Hudson at shudson7@comcast.net; (713) 668-4702.

President's Annual Letter -- Risher Randall, Jr.

2009-08-30T20:32:00.000-07:00

August 28, 2009

Dear Local Alum:

It’s that time of year again! Yes, it’s time to renew your Yale Club of Houston membership. If you neglected to join last year, or have never been a member, we encourage you to give membership a chance. It is never too late!

Though we do not have a building or a swimming pool or a golf course, we do have fun! This year we are beginning the season with our traditional wine tasting to take place on Friday, September 25^th. Nina and David Karohl and Anne and Austen Furse have agreed to host the event. On deck for the evening of October 22 is a presentation by Bob Stokes, class of 1990, on the condition of Galveston Bay. Bob is President of the Galveston Bay Foundation. In November, we will have our traditional get together to watch the Game.

These events will be followed by many more. In addition, last year’s Yale Day of Service was such a success – with some 45 volunteers manning the Beacon, an organization which cares for the homeless, and constructing a home for Habitat for Humanity – that we are considering another project this year. The Bulldogs on the Bayou program completed its second year as we hosted six Yale students for summer employment.

So please join the Yale Club of Houston and send in your dues payment today. There are several options for membership. The All Events Membership is the best deal, including the cost of membership and admission to all events. Save at least $100 on the cost of attending events by paying for them in advance. You can even buy a second All Events Membership for a spouse or frequent guest. Young Alumni discount pricing is available for both All Events and Regular Membership.

Please also consider sending in a Patron Donation with your membership dues. Since the Yale Club of Houston is a 501c3 organization, your contribution is tax deductible. Patron donations support many worthwhile programs including Bulldogs on the Bayou and provision of the Yale Book Awards.

This year’s theme comes from our service project. Let’s “whistle while we work.” No matter what we do, with the right attitude, with the can do spirit, we will have a good year. We invite you to let us know it you would like to be more actively involved with your club. As I have alluded, there is much to do.

I hope to see you at the some of the upcoming events this year!

Boola,

Risher Randall, Jr.

President, Yale Club of Houston

2009 - 2010 Dues Information

2009-08-30T20:08:00.000-07:00

DUES NOTICE 2009-2010

Please complete and return this entire form with payment by September 15, 2009.

Most event invitations and newsletters are mailed only to members who also pay less for events.

Membership Dues:

( ) $40 Yale Classes up to ’98 ( ) FREE for ’09 graduates

( ) $25 Yale Classes ’99 to ’08 ( ) $25 Parents of Yale Students

If you would prefer to pay membership dues and prepay for all of the events then

please become an All Events Member.

( ) All Events Membership – includes membership and access to

all events $250 (estimated $350 value).

All Events Membership covers one person and is non-transferable.

Your guests will be charged the member rate.

( ) Second All Events Membership – can be used to prepay for

event access for a spouse or a guest $200

( ) Young Alumni All Events Membership – Yale Classes ’99 to ’08 $200

Tax Deductible Donations

Please consider a Patron donation in addition to your membership fee, which will be directed toward activities such as our Summer Fellow, Alumni Schools Committee activities, admit visits, etc.

( ) $ 50 Levin Patron ( ) $100 Harkness Patron

( ) $200 Sterling Patron ( ) $____ Other

Patron contributions are tax deductible and support the Club’s charitable activities.

Please make checks payable to the Yale Club of Houston. Return this form and your check in the enclosed envelope to Ms. Stuart Hudson, Administrator at 4810 Florence St., Bellaire, TX 77401-5020.

For questions and information, please contact our club secretary, Chinhui Juhn ’84 at cjuhn@uh.edu.

Please make corrections to our data. List only the information that you would like the Club to use.

Home Tel ________________________

Office Tel ________________________

Home Fax _______________________

Office Fax ________________________

E-mail ___________________________

SPOUSE NAME __________________

Name / Class: _____________________

Address:__________________________

Yale Day of Service

2009-05-20T06:41:00.000-07:00

Thirty-seven volunteers, all of whom somehow connected to Yale University, manned the Beacon on Saturday May 16, 2009. Located in downtown Houston, the Beacon provides basic services such as a noontime meal, showers, and laundry for Houston’s homeless population.

Registering the near 500 homeless as they arrived at the opening shift were Jenny and Jessica Allen, Lily Berniker, and Bill Hixon. The girls are students at St. John’s High School as well as children of Yale graduates. Serving in the kitchen were Chinhui Juhn, Eddie Allen, an interloper from Princeton and husband of Chinhui and father of Jessica and Jenny, and Eric Berniker, father of Lily. They chopped and diced an infinite supply of fruits and vegetables. The coffee accoutrements cart was ably handled by Jane Curtis and her fifth grade daughter Hannah. While Chinhui wore her Yale Day of Service t-shirt and others donned Yale attire, my favorite was Hannah’s simple Yale shirt leaving no doubt of her affiliation.

Chip Cowell, his girlfriend Ronnye Patterson, Travis Torrence, and Robin Preussel served in the laundry room. Arriving and staying late were Austen Furse and his fifth grade daughter Katherine and her friend Tessa Twiford.

The second shift commenced at 11:00 and an energetic group of twelve relieved our hard working early arrivers. Fairfax and Risher Randall and Leslie Goldman took over at the registration desk. Joe Sassin and his daughter Alexa, a recently admitted high school senior, served in the kitchen along with Sylvia and John Freeman, Linda Weiner, Carolyn Swann, and John Gealy. William Booher took over at the coffee accoutrement cart. Omar Rouchon was our sole representative in the laundry. At this time of day, the Beacon is bustling with activity as lunch is being served.

Clean up began in earnest with the third shift. Nena and David Karohl, Kevin Lewis, Blake Barnett, and the Kantor-Stone family served on this final shift. All was done by 4:00 p.m. While by the Beacon’s standards, the crowd was smaller than usual, all our volunteers were put to work doing useful assignments. Several took the business card of Mike Puccio, the Beacon’s Executive Director, and were considering a return visit with their church, synagogue, employer, or just individually.

The celebratory reception was not well attended but we did see Marlon Castillo, captain of our Habitat for Humanity project, which had taken place at the same time as our project at the Beacon. He reported that some fifteen volunteers helped construct a home for a needy family in Pearland (south of downtown Houston). All together, fifty-two volunteers from the Yale community in Houston spent a day giving back a little of its time to help others and paradoxically gained much more. The “can do” spirit is alive and we thank the AYA for fanning the flame.

You're invited to view my online photos at the Gallery.
Enjoy! - Risher

http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=bzgzgp0q.1qxqzf1m&x=0&y=-7pf5j&localeid=en_US

You can save these photos after viewing them by creating a free Kodak Gallery account.

Spring String Soiree

2009-04-14T21:57:00.000-07:00

On Friday, March 27, a group of Yale alumni and friends gathered at the home of Joe and Barbra Munisteri for an evening of champagne, dessert and chamber music. The musical masters of the evening were the Boolean Quartet who charmed the audience with such well-known favorites as Mozart’s “The Hunt” and Dvorak’s “American” string quartets. The quartet also had the audience in stitches when they played spoofs of Strauss waltzes by Paul Hindesmith, a Yale Music Professor who had actually taught our very own Joe Munisteri! The perfect note was completed with Italian Cream Cake from Epicure, and more wine all around. The highlight of the evening was the showing of Joe’s special violin collection, including a vintage 1703 violin from Venice made by Francesco Gobetti, an apprentice of the famed Antonio Stradvari. The sounds of the beautiful instruments lingered as the audience reluctantly headed home.

Annual Dinner

2009-04-14T19:08:00.000-07:00

Annual Dinner

Featuring a presentation by
Dr. Ellen Lust

Elections in the Arab World: Meaning and Prospects

Join Yale Political Science Professor Ellen Lust as she shares her intimate
knowledge of the politics that are shaping the Arab World.

Dr. Ellen Lust is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Yale University. She received a PhD in Political Science and an MA in Middle East Studies at the University of Michigan. Her publications include Structuring Conflict in the Arab World (2005) and Political Participation in the Middle East (2008). Her work broadly examines the politics of authoritarianism, and through this, the prospects for development and democracy in the region. She is currently working on a book manuscript examining the politics of elections in the Arab world. Dr. Lust has studied, conducted research, and led student and alumni groups in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Israel, Palestine and Syria.

Enjoy a customized menu created by the chef including your choice of cod filet cooked with Moroccan flavors or char-grilled USDA choice filet of beef with bordelaise sauce. Finish with the triumphant Raspberry Eruption!

Date: Friday, April 24, 2009
Time: 6:15 pm Cocktails 1 hour open bar; cash bar thereafter
7:00 pm Dinner & Close of Election
7:15 pm Yale Club business
7:30 pm Presentation

Location: The Briar Club,
2603 Timmons, 713-622-3667

Fee: Yale Club members & their guests $50
Young Alums ’98 to ’08 $35
Non-members $60

Mail check to:
The Yale Club of Houston
4810 Florence
Bellaire, TX 77401
Phone: 713-668-4702
shudson7@comcast.net

Please note your dinner choice(s) below.
If no dinner is selected or you RSVP late,
you will be served fish.

Annual Dinner RSVP by April 21

Name(s) ________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Print clearly your name(s) as it (they) should appear on the nametag

______ Fish ______ Beef Total enclosed $________ Number of people to attend _________

Lil Elis Easter Egg Hunt

2009-03-23T13:10:00.000-07:00

Lil Elis Easter Egg Hunt

Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Saturday

Date: April 11, 2009

Location: Roberts Elementary School Park
6000 Greenbriar (between University and Holcombe) in the Med Center/Rice Univ area.
This is the same location as last year (and the previous year).

This event is free. Light refreshments will be served. About 400 plastic eggs will be hidden for the hunt and many will contain candy inside. All ages welcome.

Please call Karen Tripp if you have any questions.
Phones: Office/Home: 713 658-9323; Cell: 832-798-7576.

Rain date will be the following Saturday, April 18—same time and place—please call to verify postponement to this date if April 11 is rainy.

2009-03-10T16:24:00.000-07:00

Yale Movie Night at Landmark River Oaks Theatre

2009 W Gray StHouston, TX 77019

Friday, March 20th
Meet outside at 7 PM
Discussion afterwards at Epicure Café

(Movie to be Announced week of March 16th)

Please RSVP by Tuesday, March 17

to Andrea Hite
713-467-9985

2009-03-10T16:21:00.000-07:00

Spring String Soiree Featuring the Boolean Quartet

Join the Yale Club of Houston for an evening of champagne, dessert, and the glorious music of Mozart and Dvorak. Experience chamber music as it was intended to be heard - in the intimate setting of a lovely home. Joe and Barbra Munisteri have graciously agreed to host this evening of music and fun for Yale alumni and friends.

Friday, March 27, 2009
8 – 10 pm
(Music will begin at 8:30 p.m.)
3132 Midlane Street
(Between Westheimer and Richmond-- look for flags flying in the balcony)

Questions?
Email Chinhui Juhn:
cjuhn@uh.edu

RSVP & make checks payable to:
Yale Club of Houston
c/o Ms. Stuart Hudson
4810 Florence St.
Bellaire, TX 77401
713-668-4702

******** SAVE THE DATE: ANNUAL DINNER WITH YALE PROFESSOR
ELLEN LUST-OKAR, APRIL 24TH AT THE BRIAR CLUB ***********

Spring String Soiree – RSVP by March 25th to shudson7@comcast.net

Name(s): ______________________________________________________

_______ $20 members, spouses and guests ($25 at the door)

________$15 young alums ($20 at the door)

HARVARD UNIVERSITY CLUB OF HOUSTON

2009-01-29T15:26:00.000-08:00

HARVARD UNIVERSITY CLUB OF HOUSTON
invites you to a presentation on:
“How to Deal with a Resurgent Russia”

With Professor Timothy J. Colton
Director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University

Thursday, March 5th, 2009 (6:30 – 9:00PM)
6:30PM – Reception (cash bar)
7:00PM – Dinner and Presentation

Houston Briar Club
2603 Timmons Lane
Briar Club - Google Maps(near corner of Timmons & Westheimer)
Houston, TX 77027
Phone: (713) 622-3667

$35 per person for Recent Grads[1] or Incoming Students$45 per person for Harvard Club Members (and family members)$55 per person for Non-Members

RSVP by Monday, March 2nd, 2009,
[2] to Maureen Garnett at HClubHouston@att.net or
RSVP on-line at the Harvard University Club website at https://clubs.harvard.edu/university/houston.
You may pay on-line or mail your check payable to the
Harvard University Club of Houston in advance to
Maureen at 9307 Woodmeadow Lane, Houston, TX 77025.

For questions, call 713-660-9137 before 8pm.

[1] Class of 2004 or later.
[2] There will be a $5 additional charge for signups after the 2nd.

Night at the Museum

2009-01-28T18:31:00.000-08:00

Join Emily Ballew Neff (Yale ’85) for a behind-the-scenes tour of

American Art Galleries at Museum of Fine Arts Houston

A joint event with the Princeton Club of Houston

Don’t miss this sequel to Dr. Neff’s enormously popular tour of MFAH’s temporary exhibits. This time she will take us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum’s permanent collection of American art. As one famous critic observed, “Exhibitions come and go. They’re one-night stands. Falling in love with the permanent collection is how the public makes a long-term commitment to the museum that houses those works.”
The evening will begin with wine and hors d’oeuvres followed by a power point presentation and tour.

Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009
Time: 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.

6:00 – reception, 7:00 – presentation, 7:30 - tour
Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Audrey Jones Beck Building (corner of Bissonnet and Main)
American General Conference Room on Mezzanine Level

Note: Seating is limited to first 100 people who sign up

Questions?
Email Chinhui Juhn
cjuhn@uh.edu

RSVP & checks payable to:
Yale Club of Houston
4810 Florence St.
Bellaire, TX 77401
713-668-4702
shudson7@comcast.net

%---------PLEASE RETURN ONLY THE SECTION BELOW THIS LINE!! ------------
Night at the Museum

Name: _____________________________________

_______ $20 members, spouses and guests ($25 at the door if space available)

________$15 young alums ($20 at the door if space available)

_______ $25 non-members ($30 at the door if space available) – but you can join at the door!

Feb Club Comes to Houston, February 18th!

2009-01-15T20:51:00.001-08:00

You might be sad that Mory's is closed, but come to Feb Club Houston and you can experience the real Mory's Cup tradition without bad food and freezing weather.

Calling all Yalies in the Houston area: Feb Club Houston will take place on February 18th, 8-10 PM at the Mezzanine Lounge.

With a real Mory's cup, the drink recipes and the song (in addition to a full bar, of course), it will be a great time even if you never went to Mory's while you were at Yale. Sabrina Howell (Davenport '08) is the host. We'll be upstairs.

Address:
Mezzanine Lounge
2200 Southwest Fwy (between Kirby and S Shepherd)

Houston, TX 77098

Please RSVP on the Feb Clubs website (click on Texas Night) at http://febclub.webs.com/.

If you have any questions, contact Sabrina Howell (Davenport '08) at howell.sabrina@gmail.com.

Personal Views of the Middle East:

2009-01-05T19:01:00.000-08:00

Ambassador Chase and Diana Untermeyer

Chase Untermeyer is a 1968 graduate of Harvard College with honors in government. He and Diana with their daughter Elly lived in Doha, Qatar for three years from August 2004 to August 2007 while Chase served as the U.S. Ambassador.

Chase Untermeyer has served at all four levels of government – local, state, national and international – over a period of more than 30 years, with work in journalism, academia and business as well. He is currently the U.S. Vice-Chairman of Strategic Real Estate Advisors, a London-based international real estate investment firm. In August of 2008, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates appointed Ambassador Untermeyer to the Defense Health Board.
While in Qatar, Diana Untermeyer was active with women’s and children’s programs and in the conservation, arts and health communities. She participated in numerous equestrian sports including winning top rider of the 20006/2007 endurance season. Before leaving for Qatar, Diana served as the Director of Communications for Christ Church Cathedral. She also served on the Mayor’s privatization Task Force for the Houston Zoo. Diana graduated in 1984 from University of Virginia and is a Raven, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Delta Delta Sorority.

Thursday, January 15, 2009
6:00 pm Reception (light refreshments)

6:45 pm Talk followed by Q&A

$10 per person (please RSVP and you my pay at the door)

Christ Church Cathedral
The Great Hall
1117 Texas Avenue

(Note: Free parking available in the Cathedral garage. Just take a ticket but parking will be free.)

Questions?

Email Chinhui Juhn
cjuhn@uh.edu

RSVP to Ms. Stuart Hudson
713-668-4702
shudson7@comcast.net

Bulldogs by the Bayou '08

2008-09-03T16:48:00.000-07:00

The Yale Club of Houston is looking forward to launching a second successful summer of Bulldogs by the Bayou, a summer internship program for Yale University students. The competitive Bulldogs program provides Houston employers access to highly-motivated Yale students who might otherwise not consider looking in Houston for 10-week paid internships. Bulldogs by the Bayou is patterned after successful programs in six other cities - Louisville, KY, Cleveland, Denver, Minneapolis, New Orleans and San Francisco. To date, over 500 Yale students have experienced the best summer of their lives through meaningful work, social and cultural experiences coordinated by Yale alumni in each city.

Originated 10 years ago in Louisville, the alumni-sponsored format is a staple of campus life at Yale. “Where will you spend your Bulldog summer?” is a frequent refrain among students. It also engages alumni in a meaningful way. “This is the perfect use of our alumni’s local network to create opportunities for our students,” says Mark Dollhopf, Executive Director of the Association of Yale Alumni. For Bulldog participants, the program offers a great experience in a unique, and typically unfamiliar, part of the country. "It is also a catalyst for participants to return permanently," notes Phil Jones, Director of Yale Undergraduate Career Services.

Yale alumni in Houston are seeking employers who can offer meaningful paid internships for the summer of 2009. Here’s how it works. Employers will post their job description on Bulldogs by the Bayou website (www.bulldogsbythebayou.com), receive applications from students, interview them and then select from the applicant pool (although they are not required to select anyone). “Because candidates typically apply for multiple jobs we always have a robust applicant pool,” says program founder Rowan Claypool.

Summer Feedback

Employers:

Rob Brodsky, Sabre Marketing. Intern: Justin Jannisse. “Assume your Bulldog can do more work than you expect. Pile on the work. Keep your Bulldog fed.”

David Young, Company: Fisher HealthCare – part of Thermo Fisher Scientific. Intern: Sally Tan. “The Bulldogs by the Bayou program provides access to some of the brightest minds of our young people today. They will challenge the way you look at your business and bring a tremendous energy to their role.”

Ryan Dolibois, YES Prep Public Schools. Intern: Lauren Dunn. “This is a terrific program that benefits both the students and the organization. We were thrilled to have a “bulldog” this past summer and look forward to participating in the program in the years to come.”

Interns:

Mansur Tokmouline - Groppe, Long & Littell. “Mentors are incredibly important. They provided advice about moving to a different part of the country (not NY), adjusting after college, etc.. More events with mentors would be great…Bulldogs by the Bayou introduced me to a different type of city, a different type of environment that I really like. Houston’s a very spread out, less hysterical, more family-oriented place than traditional cities. I found the lifestyle very attractive and I’m seriously considering moving here after graduation. That last statement shows just how amazing this program is.”

Michal Benedykcinski, Element Markets. “Being Bulldog by the Bayou means to me being part of a greater Yale family. And it’s probably one of the biggest lessons I took out of this summer. Thanks to the hospitability of the Yale alums and their openness to young bulldogs I was able to learn how the Yale network reaches far beyond our campus. I met some really amazing people that despite all their different interests and personalities had one thing in common. They were all bulldogs at their heart which always came out whenever they had a chance to share with their fondest Yale memories. In a new city and environment I had a chance to feel like at home right away thanks to all three bulldogs working at Element Markets and all those hosting us or organizing different events. I’m really proud to say I’m running in such a great pack!”

Sally Tan, Thermo Fisher Scientific. “Splashtown was one of my most memorable days in Houston. We would go on this water slide again and again, singing Yale songs at the top of our lungs all the way down. Everyone went on this scarily tall water slide with a vertical drop, and the only thing pushing me to go on was their cheering. We had a deliciously overfilling barbeque lunch, and afterwards felt so full that we couldn’t move. The true Texan experience. This day really epitomizes what was so great about the Bulldogs program—having memorable experiences and school pride with Yalies, being challenged by my peers and at my internship, and discovering all the crazy fun things to do in Houston.”

For more information, contact Leslie Goldman at leslie.goldman@thermofisher.com or Bulldogs Across America Program Administrator Ann Curtis, 502-459-3876, ann.curtis@yale.edu.

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THE GAME
November 22, 2008
Family event at the Forest Club.
Details forthcoming

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SAVE THE DATE:
David Frum will be speaking at a Yale Club luncheon at the Bayou Club on Wednesday, November 19, 2008. Please note this was originally scheduled for the 20th.

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Dr. Amy Myers Jaffe will be speaking at the Baker Institute on October 15, 2008 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. This is a joint event with the Princeton Club. An invitation will be mailed to club members and details will be added to this blog in September.

Bill Guest's Antarctica Travels

2008-08-14T07:22:00.000-07:00

Bill Guest, a long-time member of the Yale Club of Houston and current Board member, was gracious enough to share a clip from his journal on a trip to Antarctica, in 2004. If you have fond, interesting details of your travels you'd like to share, please send us a brief write-up and a picture. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The trip to Antarctica was with a group that met in Santiago, then flew to Ushuaia, Argentina, a small port-town located on the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego (which is a very large island, separated from the southern tip of South America by the Magellan Strait), boarded a cruise ship and sailed along the Beagle Channel out of Ushuaia into and across the Drake Passage (some 700 miles) to the Peninsula of Antarctica. The Drake Passage is the meeting place of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, known to have some of the roughest seas on the globe. The continent of Antarctica is huge, 90% covered year-round with ice. Its rainfall is comparable to the Sahara Desert, so the abundance of snow, icebergs, glaciers, and other ice displays is the result of accumulations over millions of years. Antarctica holds some 75% of the earth’s fresh water, locked up in ice. It is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. It doubles in size from the Antarctica summer (November – March) to winter. To make this happen, the freezing winter causes the ice shelves to expand at various edges of the continent. Does seawater freeze? Yes, by one of nature’s water miracles, which is that, when seawater is converted to ice, beginning a couple of degrees below the temperature at which fresh water freezes, a large amount of the salt content is expunged. Antarctica has the coldest temperatures on earth, and the fiercest, most stormy winds. Even in the summer much of the continent is not readily accessible. Except for some 20–25 modern-era research stations (only a few are maintained year-round) there is no history of human habitation.

This trip on a cruise ship (a typical one – the Orion was newly built, so quite modern), requiring 2½ days to cross the Drake, was to spend 5 days on the Peninsula (mostly the adjacent archipelago islands) which extends northward in a long curved “narrow” stretch of land, pointing toward the southern tip of Chile/Argentina. (By a meandering border, the two countries share the southern region of South America – a region known as Patagonia.) Virtually no islands exist in the passage between South America and the Antarctica Peninsula – one is Elephant Island (about a hundred miles north of the Peninsula). A thick chain of islands hugs the west coast of the Peninsula, relatively near the continent. The landings were mostly on some of these islands, with one landing on the continent itself. (A “landing” is a transfer by a zodiac boat, with a capacity of some 12 persons, from ship to shore; there are no facilities for ships to dock.) Ice at Hope Bay defeated the effort to make a planned entrance there. The southernmost reach of the trip was slightly less than one degree of latitude short of the Antarctic Circle (66, 33 minutes, south latitude), which may have been because of the amount of ice in the proximity of the Circle. So, the “trip to Antarctica” was to a small patch of Antarctica, compared to the huge size of “Antarctica,” and consisted only of “touching” the northwestern coast of the Peninsula and coastal islands. (One accepted definition of “Antarctica” is: that area south of 60 south latitude.)

However, this was, indeed, a lot. Animals were in abundance. The southern ocean and environs comprise an extremely rich feeding area for whales, seals, penguins, birds and other animals. (Vegetation, limited to appearances such as moss and lichen, is, of course, quite scarce.) The extremely cold water from the icy continent encounters the warmer Pacific and Atlantic waters, churning up low-level nutrients, feeding the growth of krill and shrimp, and so on up the food chain. The ancient continent, known as Gondwana, through the process of plate tectonics beginning some 180 million years ago, divided into South America, Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand and, of course, Antarctica. The drama and grandeur of the landscapes resulting from the geological dynamics are awesome. And the roughness of the oceans, the grand scale of ice formations exhibited in so many ways, and the animals: some whale sightings, birds, birds, birds, seals, seals, seals and penguins, penguins, penguins, penguins! There’s so much.

Some very important topics, such as global warming, the breaking up of the ice shelves, environmental concerns, political interests and scientific research, are not the focus of this trip.

2008 - 2009 Dues Information

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It's that time of year again. Click here for a copy of the annual membership fee statement, or please e-mail Stuart at shudson@comcast.net.

For prospective members, joining the club and paying the membership fee gets you on our mailing list, discounts to club events and a host of other benefits. There's also a discounted fee for recent Yale graduates.

Risher Randall, Club President's Letter

2008-08-08T12:58:00.001-07:00

Dear Local Yale Alums:

When you graduated, you probably expected to be finished with Yale, that you would move to the next chapter of your life and leave Yale behind. Little did you know that when you matriculated in New Haven your freshman year, a life long relationship began. Reunions and the AYA magazine immediately commenced, thereby facilitating the extension of our Yale experience. In addition, Yale Club’s around the country also foster those college relationships.

The Yale Club of Houston is attempting to create a dynamic and stimulating experience which will remind you of those four phenomenal years in New Haven. This year we are attempting to use the internet to invigorate the Houston Yale community. Please check our blog at www.yaleclubofhouston.blogspot.com. If you would like to post a comment, please let me know and I will provide you with the user name and password. In addition, we have a Facebook site as well, known as Eli Houston. All Houston Yalies are invited to join as “friends.” If you don’t have a teenager to help you get situated on Facebook, let us know and we will help. I myself am a novice, but several board members are “ole pros.”

I am pleased to announce that we have many exciting events scheduled this fall. In addition to old favorites such as “Wine Tasting” and “The Game,” we will host a conversation with Rick Noriega, U.S. Senate candidate, at the Briar Club on September 9th. Also on tap is David Frum ‘82, a prolific author and political commentator, who will be our luncheon speaker at the Bayou Club on September 18. With the presidential election knocking on our door, we are likely to hear unique insights about the election’s impact on the political landscape. Later, in conjunction with the Princeton Club, we will hear Amy Jaffe speak on energy issues at the Baker Institute on the evening of October 15. . Special thanks to Gilbert Garcia, Austen Furse and Wally Wilson for engaging these speakers.

These events are merely the “tip of the iceberg.” So please join the Yale Club of Houston and send in your dues payment today. There are several options for membership. The All Events Membership is the best deal, including the cost of membership and admission to all events. Save at least $100 on the cost of attending events by paying for them in advance. You can even buy a second All Events Membership for a spouse or frequent guest. Young Alumni discount pricing is available for both All Events and Regular Membership.

Please also consider sending in a Patron Donation with your membership dues. Since the Yale Club of Houston is a 501c3 organization, your contribution is tax deductible. Patron Donations support many worthwhile programs, including sponsorship of a Yale student as a Community Service Summer Fellow, Bulldogs on the Bayou, and provision of the Yale Book Awards.

Our theme this year is “many hands make light work.” We invite you to not only join the club but to also get involved. If we can enrich one another’s lives as undergraduates, why not as alums as well? Please contact myself or one of the board members if you wish to be more active.

Let’s not forget the words from Bright College Years:
…the seasons come, the seasons go
the earth is green or white with snow.
But time and change shall not avail
to break the friendships formed at Yale…

I hope that you will join the Yale Club of Houston and that I will see you at some of the events in the upcoming year.

Boola,

Risher Randall, Jr.
President, Yale Club of Houston

Immigration and the Border: Conversation with Rick Noriega, U.S. Senate Candidate

2008-08-08T12:56:00.000-07:00

A native Houstonian, former Lieutenant Colonel in the Texas Army National Guard, Commander of Operations at the Laredo Border during Operation Jump Start, U.S. Senate candidate shares his views on the future of immigration reform and steps we need to take to secure our border. Join fellow members of the Yale Club for an informal talk followed by Q&A.
Biographical Sketch: Raised in Houston, Rick graduated from University of Houston on a ROTC scholarship and earned an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 1990, where he was editor of the Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy. Serving as Lieutenant Colonel in the Texas Army National Guard, Rick was deployed for 14 months and served a year in Afghanistan until 2005. Upon his return he served as Commander of Operation Jump Start at the Laredo Border in 2006. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Rick was asked by Mayor Bill White to work as the Incident Commander of Houston's relief efforts at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Elected for two consecutive terms to the Texas House of Representative, Rick is seeking election to the U.S. Senate in November.

Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Time: 6:30 pm Reception
(hors d’oeuvres and cash bar)

7:15 pm Talk followed by Q&A

Location: The Briar Club
2603 Timmons Lane, Houston TX

Cost: $15 members
$20 non-members
(Event fee also payable at the door
but RSVP to shudson7@comcast.net)

Questions?
Email Chinhui Juhn
cjuhn@uh.edu

RSVP & checks payable to:
Yale Club of Houston
4810 Florence St.
Bellaire, TX 77401
713-668-4702
shudson7@comcast.net
http://www.yaleclubofhouston.org/

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Wine Tasting 2008: California vs. France

2008-08-08T12:55:00.000-07:00

On June 7, 1976, the unthinkable happened. At the Academie du Vin, a little known California winery beat out well-known French labels in a blind tasting. The moment is memorialized in the upcoming movie Bottle Shock, produced by Saybrook Alum, Marc Lhormer, and hailed as the new Sideways. See the trailer at http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/bottleshock/trailer/

Come and sample the French and Californian wines especially paired for you by sommelier Debbie Ribar (Houston Wine Merchant). Can you pick out the best from the worst? Does the young spirit of California speak to your soul or is the elegance of Bordeux beyond compare? Help kick off an exciting 2008-2009 season with-- Bottle Shock II.

Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008

Time: 7 – 9 pm

Location: The home of Chinhui Juhn ’84 & Eddie Allen
1936 Sunset Blvd, Houston, TX
(On Sunset, between Hazard and Kent Streets)

Cost: $15 Young Alumni (Classes of 1998 – 2008)
$20 Members (memberships available at the door)
$30 Non-members

Questions?
Email Chinhui Juhn:
cjuhn@uh.edu

RSVP & make checks payable to:
Yale Club of Houston
c/o Ms. Stuart Hudson
4810 Florence St.
Bellaire, TX 77401
713-668-4702
shudson7@comcast.net

New Club Leadership Announced

2008-05-01T16:19:00.000-07:00

At the 2008 Annual Dinner held at April 30, Nisha Desai graciously shared her fond memories during her term as President. We thank Nisha for the vision and hard work she has brought to the Club over the past years!

She will be passing the baton to the Club's new President, Risher Randall, Jr. In accepting the new office, Risher handed Nisha some gifts of gratitude for her service to the Club, including a bouquet of flowers.

Also, Leah Barton became the Vice President of the Club. Chinhui Juhn became the Club's new Secretary. George Littell was reelected as Treasurer.

The Board added Leslie Goldman and Bill Guest as new members. Retiring from the Board were Jason Berns and Rob Brodsky (Guys, don't be strangers!).

-Barry

2008 Annual Dinner

2008-05-01T15:33:00.000-07:00

On April 30, the Club held its 2008 Annual Dinner at The Briar Club. The happy hour reception provided a good opportunity to meet new members and for current members to get reacquainted.

At 7pm, the Club's outgoing President Nisha Desai brought the meeting to order. Nisha introduced the Club's new officers and Board members. She also gave her appreciation for the retiring Board members.

Leah Barton and Chinhui Juhn presented an overview of past and upcoming Club events, including a wine tasting that will be incorporated into a new book.

Barry Zhang gave a brief overview of the Club's new websites. The Club has launched a Blog (which you're reading now) to allow members to comment on postings and provide feedback on events and Club operations - so members: TELL US HOW YOU WANT YOUR CLUB TO BE RUN. There will also be a Facebook profile where members are invited to create their own Facebook accounts if they don't have one already, and link to the Club's Facebook (add "Eli Houston" as your friend). Both sites are designed to enhance the existing club homepage with more tools to foster a vibrant online community for Houston-area members.

The feature speaker was Prof Minh Luong, Assistant Director of International Security Studies at Yale. Prof Luong teaches courses for Yale College and the School of Management in areas including international negotiations and industrial espionage. Incidentally, Prof Luong started the debate team many years ago at Bellaire High.

Also, Prof Luong leads a program to bring talented high school students to Yale for summer courses and activities.

Prof Luong's feature speech was on the topic of China's ascendancy onto the world stage. Specifically, his thesis challenged the general notions that this ascendancy will be all but a sure thing.

During the first half of the presentation, the professor cited some common and not-so-common wisdom about China's meteoric rise, including an avg 9% GDP growth over the past 10 years and an ever growing budget to build up their military.

Then he raised a number of reasons why there may be significant obstacles to China's path to world leadership. China has the fastest aging population in the world. The implications on workforce productivity and lack of a health care system will create strains on China's society. Pollution, socioeconomic disparity between coastal citizens and the rural poor, food and energy consumption, increasing instances of civil unrest - these will all impede China's growth if not carefully managed. The time frame for seeing the negative impacts will be over the next 20 to 30years.

There was a lengthy Q&A where Prof Luong fielded questions from the Club's members. Risher Randall, the Club's new President, presented Prof Luong with a gift showing our appreciation of his speech.

The enlightening and spirited lecture ended at approximately 9:30pm. The Club's outgoing President Nisha dismissed the meeting. We hope you will join us at the 2009 Annual Dinner!

-Barry

Yale Real Estate Conference - April 4

2008-03-19T20:54:00.000-07:00

We would like to extend an invitation to alumni to participate in the National Real Estate Conference which will be held at Yale University on Friday, April 4, 2008, hosted by the Yale Alumni Real Estate Association (YAREA). This one-day conference will bring together real estate industry leaders, renowned architects, deal makers, attorneys and financiers from around the country. Planned speakers include:

Bruce Alexander Yale VP for New Haven and State Affairs and Campus Development

Alan Forman Director, Yale Investments Office

Alex Garvin CEO, Alex Garvin & Associates; Yale Adjunct Professor

Paul Goldberger Dean, Parsons School of Design; Architecture Critic, The New Yorker

Con Howe Director, Urban Land Institute Center for Balanced Development in the West

Gary Mendell Chairman and CEO, HEI Hotels and Resorts

Jon Pickard Principal, Pickard Chilton

Daniel Rose Chairman, Rose Associates, Inc.

Robert A.M. Stern Dean, Yale School of Architecture

Please visit www.yalearea.org/register to sign up.

For more information on the conference please contact Elisabeth Alden at the Yale Development Office at 203.432.8657 or elisabeth.alden@yale.edu. For more information on the Yale Alumni Real Estate Association, please contact David Schlussel at 201.836.6100 x201 or david@key-properties.com.

Lil Eli's Easter Egg Hunt - March 22!

2008-03-19T20:45:00.000-07:00

Yale Club of Houston,

Easter is almost upon us which means it is time for the Lil Eli's Easter Egg Hunt!

This year, the hunt will be held on Saturday, March 22, at the north end of the Roberts Elementary School grounds. Roberts Elementary is on Greenbriar between University and Holcombe, south of Rice University.

The hunt starts at 5:00 pm, so plan to arrive about 4:45. Refreshments will be served after the hunt.

The weather should be beautiful, so plan to join your fellow Elis and their little ones for the hunt!

Questions? Contact Linda Tripp at 832-798-7576 (cell)

And quickly following ... the Annual Event

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Minh Luong, Assistant Director of International Security Studies at Yale, brings a fascinating discussion of modern China to the Yale Club of Houston's 2007-2008 season Annual Event on April 30th. Stay tuned!

The Whiffenpoofs are coming, the Whiffenpoofs are coming!

2008-02-28T21:19:00.000-08:00

SAVE THE DATE

Friday, April 4th

The Yale Whiffenpoofs of 2008

At the Briar Club (2603 Timmons Lane, at Westheimer)

Reception starts at 6:00 pm, Performance at 7:00 pm!

Cost: $35 Members, $40 Non-members, $25 Young Alumns (97-07), $15 Children 18 and under

RSVPs must be received by March 31st!
RSVP to Stuart Hudson (shudson7@comcast.net)

EVENT: Feb 15 - Jonathan Spence speaks at free public lecture

2008-02-13T09:16:00.000-08:00

The Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University is pleased to announce a free public lecture by

Jonathan Spence

Sterling Professor of History, Yale University

with introductory remarks by

Rice President David W. Leebron

CHINA AND THE WORLD: THE ENIGMA OF

TRANSNATIONAL CONTACT

Friday, February 15, 2008, at 4 p.m.

The Shell Auditorium, Janice and Robert McNair Hall

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management*

Rice University

Jonathan Spence is arguably the most eminent and accomplished historian of China in the United States today. He is the author of more than a dozen highly acclaimed scholarly books, including his most recent work, Return from Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man an intellectual biography of the famous 17th-century Chinese scholar, Zhang Dai. Among his many scholarly awards and distinctions are a Guggenheim Fellowship, the William C. DeVane Medal of the Yale Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the Los Angeles Times History Prize, the Vursel Prize of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a MacArthur Fellowship, and election to the American Philosophical Society. In 2001, he was named Companion of the Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, an honor bestowed by the Queen of England for outstanding achievement. Spence was elected president of the American Historical Association in 2004, and in 2006, he was named a fellow of Clare College, Cambridge University.

*For an interactive map of the Rice University campus, visit www.rice.edu/maps/maps.html.

Event Recap: Paul MacAvoy '60 PhD

2008-02-08T11:33:00.000-08:00

Paul MacAvoy '60 PhD, Williams Brothers Professor Emeritus spoke at the Federal Reserve to the Yale Club of Houston on Thursday, January 24. He discussed his experience with the nation's efforts to deregulate industries and his findings, as published in his book, The Unsustainable Costs of Partial Deregulation.
Professor MacAvoy set the context for deregulation by recalling his days in the Ford Administration and a 1975 speech given by President Ford '41 Law to the US Chamber of Commerce in which a paragraph regarding the burden of government on business brought a very positive response. Professor MacAvoy, as the lone microeconomist on the Council of Economic Advisors, was co-chair of the government task force charged with overseeing and assisting the specific industry task forces. He regaled us with stories of OSHA's required life vests for bridgeworkers, even at 1,500 feet above a dry stream; OSHA's requirement that portable facilities be provided to lone shepherds amongst their flocks of thousands of sheep; and the Teamsters' subtle suggestion that he look both ways before crossing the street after a meeting. But more to the point, he discussed industries in which economic regulation had led to cross-subsidies and economic inefficiencies: telephones; railroads; airlines; trucking; natural gas; electricity generation and distribution. He told us that the deregulatory efforts started under Ford and would have languished had it not been for the efforts by the Carter Administration to pass the legislation, and that his work on the Council of Economic Advisors was taken up by Yale Professor Bill Nordhaus.

Professor MacAvoy then focused on the three industries that have been left in disarray by incomplete deregulation: the natural gas industry, the electricity industry, and telecommunications industry. In walking us through charts from the book, Professor MacAvoy demonstrated that both producers and consumers are worse off than under either full deregulation or full regulation. In these industries, producers are required to provide services at prices that do not allow the full recovery of costs. Therefore, there are periods of extreme price volatility for consumers as markets are unable to transport product, e.g. natural gas in California in the 2000 debacle.

Professor MacAvoy ended his discussion with a description of the new program of study at SOM. SOM has adopted a modular style of instruction in the realization that management must deal with all of the disciplines to solve problems. Rather than maintaining silos of course-by-course instruction, the SOM faculty today bring all disciplines to bear upon projects. The modular style allows the accounting, marketing, strategy and finance faculty to work together with the students to examine a specific problem. Professor MacAvoy reported that the very positive approach of Dean Podolny, the faculty and students show that Yale is changing the way the MBA is taught.

The Fed was a gracious host, as we were to have vacated the building by 8:30 pm. We left at 9:30 after even Fed officers had stood in line to obtain Professor MacAvoy's autograph

Below are two links to The Houston Chronicle website referencing Professor MacAvoy and "Unsustainable."

http://blogs.chron.com/lorensteffy/2007/10/our_dereg_probl_1.html

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/side2/5195603.html

After 57 years, the Doodle closes

2008-01-30T07:59:00.000-08:00

The Yankee Doodle Coffee Shop, famous for its fried hamburgers, eggs and pigs in a blanket, and affectionately known to Yalies past and present as “the Doodle,” will not open its doors today, tomorrow — or ever again. The Doodle was 57.

The restaurant’s passing was not completely unexpected. Friends of the Doodle said the restaurant — considered by many to be a historic Yale landmark — had fallen on hard times and was struggling to maintain its business in the face of rising costs and a steadily declining patronage.

FOR REST OF ARTICLE, CLICK BELOW:
http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/23212

EVENT: Space and Architecture: Crafting the Mothership

2008-01-28T19:36:00.000-08:00

Constance Adams is a specialist in high-performance architecture and design innovation, particularly in the area of architecture for human spaceflight. Currently performing operations integration for the International Space Station, her work as an architectural consultant to NASA and Lockheed Martin has sensitized her to issues of human-machine interface, sustainable systems, the importance of biomimetic design and the need for new ways of mitigating risk in the design and building professions. Join fellow members of the Yale Club for a fascinating presentation on the latest in space architecture!

Event Details:

Thursday, February 28, 2008

6:30 pm - Reception

7:00 pm - Presentation

Location: Houston Technology Center, 410 Pierce St.

Cost:

$10 per person

RSVP by sending the names of attendees and checks to:

Yale Club of Houston

c/o Stuart Hudson

4810 Florence

Bellaire, TX 77401

or by emailing Stuart Hudson

Yale Book Club - Eat, Pray, Love

2008-01-28T19:33:00.000-08:00

Yale Book Club

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

by Elizabeth Gilbert

Book Description
This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between the two on the Indonesian island of Bali. By turns rapturous and rueful, this wise and funny author (whom Booklist calls "Anne Lamott's hip, yoga- practicing, footloose younger sister") is poised to garner yet more adoring fans.

Time
"An engaging, intelligent, and highly entertaining memoir. "

Los Angeles Times
"A meditation on love in its many forms�love of food, language, humanity, God, and most meaningful for Gilbert, love of self. "

The Yale Book Club is a rotating event. We will be taking book suggestions at this meeting and asking for volunteers to host the next book club.

Event Details:

Sunday, February 17, 2008

3:00 pm

Home of Andrea Hite

219 Gessner

Please RSVP by responding to Andrea Hite by February 9, 2008

Email Andrea Hite

Phone: 713-467-9985

EVENT: Paul MacAvoy - The Unsustainable Costs of Partial Deregulation

2008-01-28T19:31:00.000-08:00

After three decades of deregulation in the electricity, gas delivery, and telecom industries, Professor Paul W. MacAvoy concludes that deregulation has failed. In his latest book, The Unsustainable Costs of Partial Deregulation, MacAvoy explores how we arrived at a system of partial deregulation, why it doesn't work, and what policies could now encourage competition and improve market efficiencies.

Paul W. MacAvoy is the Williams Brothers Professor Emeritus of Management Studies and former dean of the Yale School of Management. He served as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Ford administration, and is the author of fifteen books, including The Natural Gas Market: Sixty Years of Regulation and Deregulation, published by Yale University Press. Join us for what promises to be an enlightening evening with fellow alumni and one of Yale's most well-known professors.

Event Details:

Thursday, January 24, 2008

6:00-6:30 pm - Reception

6:30-8:00 pm - Speech and Dinner

Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch, 1801 Allen Parkway