Jay Urstadt has been in the N.Y.C. news lately for the 1971 Urstadt Law, which has benefited the city’s housing stock by keeping its potentially disastrous rent policies under state control; Battery Park City, which Jay developed in the 1970s and chaired for many years; and his new proposal to reclaim 400 to 800 acres from the Harlem River on the Bronx-Manhattan border for seven miles of public and private development.


Class president George Hartmann is planning an informal mini-reunion for next fall. Stay tuned.


John Stewart Waugh, who died August 22, 2014, basically invented the field of nuclear magnetic resonance that enables scientists to study the molecular structure of proteins, nucleic acids (such as DNA), membranes, viruses, etc. John earned Dartmouth’s top chemistry prize in 1949 and an honorary doctorate 40 years later. He made his initial discoveries at Cal Tech, and spent his postdoctoral career at MIT, living in Lincoln, Massachusetts. He is survived by his wife, Susan, daughter Alice and son Frederick. Our class includes many successful businessmen, professionals, politicians, educators, etc., but perhaps nobody will have more lasting impact on humanity than John.


Frederick Henry Ameluxen died at home in Vashon, Washington, on September 20, 2014. Fritz spent his career as an architect in Seattle and on Vashon Island. He is survived by his wife, Jean, daughter Marci and two stepchildren.


Jay Rosenfield died on October 26, 2014, in Dedham, Massachusetts, where he lived. Jay received a graduate degree from MIT, spent 15 years with GE and Xerox and then became a successful dry cleaner in Concord, New Hampshire. Jay is survived by his wife, Barbara, and five children, including Kenneth ’77 and Micah ’88.


John Edward Taylor died on June 15, 2013, in Lexington, Massachusetts, where he lived. Jack spent most of his career as a salesman at IBM. He is survived by his wife, Anne, and children Bruce, Susan and Virginia.


—John Adler, 75 Silo Circle, Riverside, CT 06878; (203) 622-9069; (203) 637-3227 (fax)