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Our alumniNote: "(GCNA)" means this alumnus was elected to the Guild of Carillonneurs of North America. Casey
Klippel, Trumbull College 2008Jenn Gardner, Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences 2007Claire Halpert (2005-2007
Co-Chair) (GCNA), Pierson College 2006Christina Meyer (2005-2006
Co-Chair) (GCNA), Calhoun College 2005Jennifer Gardner, Erza Stiles College
2004Elizabeth Adams, Berkeley CollegeElizabeth Bacon, Timothy Dwight College Andrea Giese-Sweat (GCNA), Pierson College Rena Sasaki, Berkeley College Ken Shevlin (2002-2004 Co-Chair), Berkeley College Claire Shorenstein, Pierson '03 & School of Music '04 2003Catharine Bradford (2001-2002 Chair), Ezra StilesSuzanne Bratt (2002-2003 Co-Chair), Silliman College Laura Horak, Calhoun College Alexandra Milsom, Calhoun College 2002Frecky Lewis (GCNA), School of MedicineMichael Horn, Pierson College Julianne Parolisi, Calhoun College Julian Revie, Trumbull College Connie Tse, Ezra Stiles College Matt Wrather, Calhoun College 2001Sarah Donaldson, Pierson CollegeMichael Gelfand, Jonathan Edwards College Emily Ingram, Trumbull College Aruni Jayatilleke (2000-2001 Co-Chair), Silliman College Roy Lee (1999-2001 Co-Chair) (GCNA), Silliman College [featured alumnus] 2000Paul Fadoul, School of Music [featured alumnus]Cara Marr, Davenport College Carolyn Nguyen, Jonathan Edwards College [featured alumna] Rena Okino (1998-2000 Co-Chair), Timothy Dwight College Ellice Wong, Calhoun College 1999Ellen Espenschied Dickinson (1995-1997 Co-Chair) (GCNA), School of Music [featured alumna]Kate Jackman, Timothy Dwight College Yun Kim, Ezra Stiles College Bernice Lee, Pierson College Elena Saxonhouse (1997-1999 Co-Chair), Saybrook College 1998Helen Bailey, Ezra Stiles CollegeKareem Dright, Davenport College Darryl Eaton, Saybrook College Katherine Jackman Kirsten Karsh, Pierson College Frecky Lewis (1996-1998 Co-Chair), Timothy Dwight College Jon Marr, Saybrook College Ken Osowski, Davenport College 1996Joseph Fong, Pierson College1995Dr. William Ching (Royal Carillon School 'Jef Denyn')1990Heather Ewing (formerly Assisting Carillonneur at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and Washington National Cathedral)1988Christina Anderson (1986-1988 Co-Chair) (GCNA, Fulbright Scholar and BAEF Fellow at the Royal Carillon School 'Jef Denyn,' currently one of the two Carillonneurs of London)1978Katharine Webster (GCNA)1977Timothy Hurd (GCNA, Netherlands Carillon School, Royal Carillon School 'Jef Denyn,' 1981 Prix d'Excellence from Holland) [featured alumnus]1975Ed Pepe (1974-1975 Co-Chair) [featured alumnus]1972Winifred Li (1971-1972 Chairperson) (GCNA)1971Robert Bonds (1970-1971 Chairman) (GCNA, advanced at the 1969 Congress held at Yale. Youngest carillonneur in history to dedicate a carillon, namely, the carillon of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Spokane, Washington.)1966Bruce H. Eberle (GCNA, advanced at the 1969 Congress held at Yale. Succeeded Ira Schroeder as University Carillonneur at the Iowa State University of Science and Technology from 1969 to 1971.) [featured alumnus]Honorary MemberMelvin C. Corbett (GCNA President, 1958-1960)Letter from Alfred B. Nelson, bellringer from 1929-1933: I [used] the nine bell frame (the one that's still in the tower, below the practice level). I rang the bells four times per day -- 8:00 A, 12:00 N, 6:00 P and 10:00 P, three days per week. Bells were rung the other four days by the son of the curator of the chimes. The curator came from England and had been an employee of the English manufacturer that had made the bells. He had been in charge of the installation of the bells and stayed on to work for Yale. He was my boss. The first Yale student bell ringer was Clarkson Barnes, class of 1925. Like the rest of us he was not a musician. His brother, Bartlett Barnes, class of 1929, inherited the job from his brother. I lived next door to the Barnes brothers in Bristol, CT. I stayed with Bart in his room at Yale for one week during his senior year and became a bell ringer. Bart introduced me to the curator. I rang the bells for him and was hired, so in the fall of 1929, I assumed bell ringing duties. On one occasion I wanted to see a movie, so I taught (?) one of my rommates, Tony Pasquariello to ring the 10:00 P number. He rang them but evidently could not hear what he had played so he repeated the ringing much harder this time. The Yale Daily News reported that the bell ringer was obviously drunk. I am sorry that I cannot recall the numbers I played. I do recall that the noon rendition was a number from the New World Symphony. I was paid twenty-five dollars per month, good pay at that time. In February 1933 -- the year I graduated -- I took my $25 check to cash at the Yale Bursar's office. The gentleman there said that he could not cash it as the Yale check was not any good. I asked him could he apply the $25 amount to my Yale bill? He said "No" as Yale did not have the funds to pay me. In March and April I again received worthless checks, but when I received the May check I was able to cash the four checks. In this economy it is difficult to imagine how poor we all were in the years of the Great Depression. When I graduated in June 1933, even though I had the top scholastic record in the Electrical Engineering group, I was unable to find a job of any kind. I delivered bakery for my mother who had a small home bakery. I have told this story of Rich Levin and gave him a copy of a letter that I had received from one of my classmates, Carl Dewey. Those were days that none of today's students can possibly comprehend. But there are always opportunities. In my bedroom in Bristol, I made an electrical invention using simple equipment. I started a very crude manufacturing operation. The product received world-wide acceptance. When I retired as President in 1970, we had 1000 employees in plants in the U.S., Canada and Holland. I am still active in a family enterprise, Nelson Energy in Shreveport, LA. Mrs. Nelson and I have four sons, two of them are Yale graduates. My best wishes to you for great success. Sincerely, |
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