Past Events

Are you interested in joining the Yale Club or participating in some of our activities?  Looking at past events is a good way to find out what we do.  Archived below are approximately four years’-worth of past events.  Come join us at a future function!  We always have fun.  Boola boola!

The global Yale Day of Service in 2009 was an overwhelming success, with over 3,500 members of the Yale community volunteering in nearly 170 sites in 40 states and twelve countries.  So much great work was done in soup kitchens, parks, homeless shelters, schools and more, all because members of the Yale community are committed to making a difference wherever they are.  This year, on March 15, 2010, the local Yale volunteers will return to Foodlink for this year’s Yale Day of Service.  It is a great way to give back to those in need through a great organization. Please mark your calendar and plan to join your fellow Yalies for a great cause.   For more information, please visit yaledayofservice.org. We will provide more information as we near the May date.

When: Saturday, May 15, 2010
Time:  8.00AM-12.00PM
Where:  Foodlink, 936 Exchange St, Rochester, NY 14608
Lunch will be provided to all volunteers.

When: Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Time: 8.00PM – 9.15P with conversation to follow.
Where:  Christ Church Cathedral, 141 East Ave (near Mid-Town garage), Rochester, NY
Price:  No charge

Location:

Restaurant Good Luck
50 Anderson Avenue
Rochester, NY     Map

Time: Thurs. Feb. 25, 2010 at 7:30 PM

Two years ago, a small group of alums from the 1980’s resurrected an undergraduate tradition of uncertain origin by establishing “Feb Club Emeritus.” The goal of Feb Club Emeritus was to for Yale alums of all generations to get together for informal, casual parties around the country, one party on each night of February.

By its second year, Feb Club Emeritus featured 62 parties on 6 continents around the globe, attended by over 5,000 alums from the Class of 1941 to the Class of 2008. These parties were relaxed, agenda-free affairs – no speeches, no pitches, no set format – just a way for alums of all ages, people with common backgrounds and interests, to enjoy a night of good food, drink and conversation (and, at many of the larger parties, Mory’s Cups).

Feb Club Emeritus now enters its third year, with over 80 cities worldwide hosting a wide variety of casual parties for Yale alums and their guests. So, whether you graduated under FDR, JFK, or GWB, come join your fellow Yalies in the Rochester area.

Please register for the event by visiting this page.  For more information, please contact Jeannie Yim at jeannieyim@hotmail.com.

Come spend a dynamic evening with Robert H. Frank, economics columnist for The New York Times and Professor of Economics at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Professor Frank’s latest book, The Economic Naturalist’s Field Guide: Common Sense for Troubled Times, illuminates the intersection between abstract theory and common sense from which satisfying, pragmatic decisions can emerge by virtue of a surprisingly small number of key principles.  You’ll be captivated by Bob’s clear but rich way of explaining things like:

• Why was JFK’s “Ask not” appeal so effective?
• Is the estate tax really as bad as Rush Limbaugh thinks?
• Why do Americans save so little?
• Is happiness the only important welfare measure?

Time: Monday, March 15 — 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Place: Strathallan Hotel
Room: Strathallan A
550 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
Complimentary valet parking

Cost: $12.00

Please register by Thursday, March 11.

Click here to see who is attending.

For more information please contact Alex Chernavsky at alexc@aya.yale.edu or 585.217.2539.

This event is sponsored by the Johnson Club of Rochester, Cornell University’s local business school alumni organization.

Past Event: Pizza Party for Student Applicants, Jan. 6, 2010

Attention Rochester-area Yalies Classes 2010-2013:

Please join us for our annual pizza party for student applicants on Wednesday January 6, 2010 at 6:00 PM.  It will be held at the Brighton Library, 2300 Elmwood Avenue in the large conference room.

We hope you can join us and share a few of your Yale experiences with this year’s applicants from the Rochester region!  The question and answer session is a perennial favorite, and your participation is most appreciated by students and their parents.  You are the highlight of this event!

Thanks in advance for your time, and of course we’ll have free pizza and drinks for you.

Please RSVP by email no later than January 4th, and we hope you can make it!

Happy New Year!

Patrick J. Kelly, ’89
President, Yale Alumni Corporation of Rochester

Past Event: “The Game” at the Distillery on Sat. Nov. 21, 2009

Please join your fellow Bulldogs in cheering on Yale in this annual gridiron clash.  Festivities will be held at The Distillery on Mt. Hope Ave. We have reserved the back room for the event.

When: Saturday, November 21, 2009
Time: 12:00 noon
Where: The Distillery, 1142 Mt. Hope Ave,  Rochester, NY
Price: No charge

Past Event:  HYP Ball on Saturday, November 14, 2009

Join your fellow Ivies from Harvard and Princeton for the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton Ball at the Genesee Valley Club.  You will also be receiving an invitation by regular mail.  Musical entertainment will be provided by the Gap Mangione Band.

The Harvard Alumni Association is coordinating this year’s event.  For more information, please contact Isabel Schneider at ischneider@post.harvard.edu.

When: Saturday, November 14, 2009
Time: 6.30PM
Where: Genesee Valley Club, 421 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607

Additional information is available at www.hyp2009.org .

Past Event:  Red Wings Game and Picnic, Fri. June 26, 2009

Our Yale Club’s annual SUMMER PICNIC is on Friday, June 26th at 6:00PM.  Please bring your family and friends and join Bulldogs of all ages!  The picnic will be at the pavilion called The Nest (behind right field).  Game time is 6:05PM to watch the Red Wings play the Columbus Clippers. After the game, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra is playing a concert, followed by fireworks.

Ticket prices to the game AND picnic are: $17 for adults, $11 for kids 4-12, and children under 3 are free!  If you want a seat for your toddler, seats are $5.50.

Menu includes hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, chips, potato salad, pasta salad, watermelon, soda and lemonade.

Please RSVP by JUNE 19^th.  Provide your name, address, and number of tickets to be mailed to you.  Send a check made payable to “Yale Alumni Corporation of Rochester”, 527 Antlers Drive, Rochester, NY  14618. Questions, call Patrick Kelly ’89 at 585-244-0454 or send e-mail to pkelly@rochester.rr.com.

Click here for some photographs from a past picnic.

Past Event: Mixer and Movie Night, Sat. June 20, 2009

Please join the Yale Club and the Harvard Club as we go see a new documentary called, Harvard Beats Yale 29-29.

“Preposterously entertaining… Pulses with the artful, exciting beats of a thriller” – Manohla Dargis, The New York Times.

Late in the eventful year of 1968, Ivy League football teams Harvard and Yale, both undefeated that season, met in Cambridge for one of the most famous games in history. This extraordinary retelling uses rare footage of the wildly unpredictable match and is told exclusively by the original players, including Harvard’s offensive lineman, Tommy Lee Jones. More than just football, the Harvard vs. Yale game, in retrospect, was a major cultural and political event that somehow involved the Vietnam War, the beginnings of the comic strip Doonesbury, both presidential candidates from the 2000 election, and even Meryl Streep!

The Yale Club and the Harvard Club will be meeting at a local bar before the movie.

No need to RSVP — just show up!

When: Saturday, June 20, 2009.
Mixer: 6:30 PM at the bar inside the Strathallan Hotel at 550 East Avenue in Rochester
Parking: We suggest that you park at the George Eastman House, then walk a few blocks down East Avenue to the Strathallan Hotel
Movie: 8:00 PM
Where: Dryden Theater, George Eastman House, at 900 East Avenue in Rochester
Cost: Cash bar. Movie tickets are $8 at the door (no advance sales)

More information about the movie: http://dryden.eastmanhouse.org/films/harvard-beats-yale-29-29/

No RSVP is required — just show up! If you have any questions, please contact Alex Chernavsky MS ‘89 at alexc@aya.yale.edu or 585.217.2539.

Past Event:  Panel Discussion on Thurs. June 11, 2009

“Explaining the End of the World as We Know It: The World According to TARP. How Safe Are Your Bank Accounts?”

Distinguished Yale alum George Hamlin (President, Canandaigua National Bank) and Cornell alum Pat Burke (Regional President, First Niagara Bank) will be leading a panel discussion moderated by Yale alum Chris Carosa (President, Bullfinch Fund, Inc.), on the the pros and cons (debate format) of TARP funds.  The panelists will also be taking questions on the current state of the financial services industry.

When: Thursday, June 11, 2009

Time: Cocktail reception at 4:30PM with panel discussion at 5:30PM

Where: RIT Conference Center, 5257 West Henrietta Road

Moderator: Christopher Carosa, CTFA, President, Bullfinch Fund, Inc. (Yale ’82)

Arguing in Favor of TARP: George Hamlin, President, Canandaigua National Bank (Yale ’63)

Arguing Against TARP: Patrick C. Burke, Regional President, First Niagara Bank (Cornell ’83)

The reception costs $10.  The panel discussion is free, but reserverations are required due to limited seating.  To register, please go to http://www.nyfpa.org/mc/community/eventdetails.do?eventId=224173.

For questions, please contact Chris Carosa at ccarosa@bullfinchfund.com.

Past Event: Yale Day of Service on Sat. May 16, 2009

Join other area alumni for the Yale Day of Service on Saturday, May 16, 2009. This volunteer effort is part of a worldwide alumni event, coordinated in part by the Association of Yale Alumni in New Haven. The Yale Corporation of Rochester will be volunteering at Foodlink (936 Exchange Street, Rochester, NY 14608 Google map) from 8:30 AM until 1:00 PM, with a simple, on-premises lunch afterwards, so that local alumni can meet and discuss the day’s event.

For this, our maiden year, a total of 30 volunteers are needed, and many slots are still available! Families are encouraged to participate, and children as young as 8 can help! The task for the day will be posted on this website as the date approaches, but will likely be a mix of weighing food, packing boxes, and loading trucks with provisions to be distributed to area families and programs in need. To register for the event, please visit www.yaledayofservice.org, or email Mike Yurcheshen (yurch@aya.yale.edu) or Evar Miller (Illini62@webtv.net) for further information.

We know that alumni want to “give back,” and the AYA wants to give voice to this dedication. We want to enable alumni to come together as Yalies in service to others – whether through their local Yale Clubs, through their classes, or through Yale’s many shared interest groups. By coming together we can be a stronger and more visible force for change for the common good.

Past Event: “The Idea of Cuba”

Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 6:00 PM: The Duke and Yale Alumni of Rochester invite you to a special event featuring noted author and photographer Alex Harris, Yale ’71.

Come explore The Idea of Cuba with Professor Harris as part of the Eastman House

“Wish You Were Here” lecture series. He will share photographs and insights from his award-winning book on contemporary Cuba and visits to the set of Steven Soderbergh’s film Che. Afterwards, there will be a lively Cuba-inspired Mojito and Empanada reception and book signing.

Normal museum admission fee of $10 applies for non-members.

For additional information, please download our PDF flyer about the event.

RSVP by March 9 for guaranteed admission to the privately underwritten reception.

Past Event: Spring brunch and concert with the Yale Alley Cats!

Saturday March 28th, 12:00 – 3:15pm. One of the finest a cappella singing groups at Yale is making a special trip from New Haven to sing for us! Local Yale alum and former Alley Cat member Tom Rusling ‘63 is organizing this terrific event to be held at The Rochester Club Ballroom, 120 East Avenue. Buffet starts at noon with concert at 2:00pm. Paid reservations required in advance. For additional details and to purchase tickets, please contact Stefan Astheimer ‘08 at 585.506.7743 or s.kip@aya.yale.edu.

New! Yale Club Photo Gallery

Are you interested in finding out more about the Yale Club and what we do? Or maybe you attended one of our many activities, and you want to see photos of the event. In any case, click on the thumbnails below to view images of past functions:

	Casino Royale, February 2008
	Harvard-Yale-Princeton Ball, 2008 (and other years)
	Yale Glee Club performs at Asbury First United Methodist Church, January 2008
	Yale Club picnic at Frontier Field, July 2008
	Casino Royale, February 2007
	The Game, November 2006
	HYP Ball, December 2006
	Yale Club picnic at Frontier Field, 2006
	Regatta on the Genesee River. October, 2006.

Past Event: Evening at Kirtas Technologies

Thursday, November 6^th, 2008: Evening at Kirtas Techologies

at 7620 Omnitech Place in Victor. Come find out about an exciting, dynamic start-up company located just outside Rochester. Kirtas Technologies creates robotic scanning devices that can automatically digitize books at over 2,000 pages per hour. Kirtas has a contract with the libraries at Yale and Cornell Universities to digitize hundreds of thousands of books.

CEO Lotfi Belkhir will talk about Kirtas and its relationship with Yale and Cornell.

Schedule:

6:30 PM Networking and light refreshments

7:00 PM Presentation by Lotfi Belkhir, CEO: “Kirtas: Moving Knowledge from Books to Bytes”

7:30 PM Q&A / discussion

8:00 PM Tour of the facilities

There is no charge for this event, but because of space constraints, attendance will be limited to the first 25 people to respond. Please RSVP to Alex Chernavsky MS ’89 at alexc@aya.yale.edu or by phone at 585.217.2539. Email is preferred.

This event is being co-sponsored by the Johnson Club of Rochester (MBA alumni from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management).

Past Event: Harvard-Yale-Princeton Ball, 2008

Come join us at the 76th annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton (HYP) Ball on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at the Genesee Valley Club. The Johnny Matt band will be providing the musical entertainment. Click here to view some photographs from a past Ball.

Join us for this annual Rochester tradition—always a warm, elegant, and festive event! To RSVP, please download this response card and send it in (by October 31) with your payment. For questions, call Jay Giess at (585) 271-8308 or Tom Wright at (585) 256-3131.

Past Event: The Game, November 2008

On Saturday, November 22nd, 2008, alumni of both Yale and Harvard will gather at The Distillery to watch the Bulldogs defeat the Crimson. A good time will be had by all! Click here to view some photographs from the event in 2006. Join us again next year for this fun, annual event!

For more information about these or other Yale Club events, please contact club president Patrick Kelly ’89 at (585) 244-0454, or by e-mail at pkelly17@rochester.rr.com.

Past Event: Tailgate Party in Ithaca, Sat. Sept. 27, 2008.

Come watch the Bulldogs defeat Big Red at Cornell Homecoming. The Yale Club and the Cornell Club of Rochester are holding a joint tailgate party in the Kite Hill parking lot, next to Schoellkopf field on the Cornell Campus. The pre-game lunch will be fully catered, including beer & soft drinks. Tailgate starts at 10:30 AM, game at 1:00 PM. Tickets are general admission.

Cost:

Tailgate & game ticket for adults: $25. Tailgate only: $15.
Children 12 & under: Tailgate, free. Game ticket: $10.

Cornell’s Big Red Band may perform in the Kite Hill parking lot following the game. Light fare and drinks after the game, weather permitting.

Past Event: Baseball Picnic, July 2008

See photos of this event here.

Summer Picnic and Baseball Game: Friday, July 18, 2008 at 6:00 PM. Rochester

Redwings v. Norfolk Tides. Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and fireworks after the game. Food includes hotdogs & hamburgers, potato salad, pasta salad, watermelon, and soda.

Prices: $17.00 (adult picnic and seat); $11.00 (kids 4-12); children 3 and under are free. If you want a seat only, tickets are $5.00.

Past Event: Spring Dinner, March 2008

We invite you to our annual Spring Dinner! Come hear a lecture by Charles Hill, Distinguished Fellow International Security Studies at Yale. Professor Hill’s lecture is titled, “The Presidency and Foreign Policy”.

Tuesday March 11, 2008
The Country Club of Rochester
2935 East Avenue
Rochester, NY
6:30PM Registration/Cocktails
7:00PM Dinner
8:00PM Lecture
Cost: $35 per person, including dinner and beverage (Checks made payable to the “Yale Alumni Corporation of Rochester”)

Past Event: Ivy Casino 2008

Get ready for the second annual Ivy Casino! This is a fund-raising event that will benefit the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC). The date has been set for Saturday, February 2, 2008, and the event will take place at the Museum again. Last year’s event was a huge success! Come have fun with us as we raise money for this
worthy cause. When more information becomes available, it will be posted on www.ivycasino.org.

Past Event: Yale Glee Club

The Yale Glee Club is coming to Rochester! On Saturday, January 5, 2008, the Glee Club will be performing a concert at the Asbury First United Methodist Church of Rochester. The concert will begin at 7:30 PM. The suggested donation is $10 for adults and $5 for children. If you are able to host one (or more) of the Yale students, please contact Yale Club president Patrick Kelly ’89 at 585.244.0454 or by e-mail at pkelly17@rochester.rr.com. The students would stay overnight at your house from Saturday night to Sunday morning.

Past Event: HYP Ball 2007

The 75th Annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton Ball took place on Saturday, November 10th, 2007 at the Genesee Valley Club. The HYP Ball was organized by the Yale club this year. The Johnny Matt Band provided the dance music. A good time was had by all! If you have any good photographs of the event, please e-mail them to alexc@aya.yale.edu so that they can be used to help promote next year’s event.

Yale Club Membership for 2007 – 2008

Membership in Yale Club is open to all Yale alumni, including persons with Yale undergraduate, graduate or professional degrees. Thank you in advance for your support. Payment of your dues makes you an active member of the Yale Alumni Corporation of Rochester and supports local alumni activities.

Please mail your check for annual dues of $20 for 2007-08, payable to YACR, to:

Johanna Bartlett
YACR Treasurer
7 Helmsford Way
Penfield, NY 14526

If you would like to be a Yale Patron, please send a separate check for $85, payable to YACR, to Johanna Bartlett (at address above). Patrons save $50 per couple attending the HYP Ball.

Latest issue of the Blues News:

The Blues News is the official newsletter of the Yale Alumni Corporation of Rochester. The printed version is sent
by postal mail. Read the electronic version for Spring, 2007 here (link opens a 79K PDF document).

Past Event: Carter Wiseman lecture, June 7, 2007

Join us for a Spring Gathering on Thursday, June 7, 2007. The featured speaker will be Carter Wiseman ’63, Yale

Professor of Architecture and former editor of Yale Alumni Magazine. He will discuss the work of Louis Kahn, the renowned architect who designed the Yale Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art. Meet us for dessert and coffee in a building that Kahn designed – the First Unitarian Church at 220 Winton Road South in Rochester.

Time: Mingling with Professor Wiseman over dessert & coffee begins at 6:30 PM. Lecture begins at 7:30 PM.

Cost: Dessert & coffee (by Phillips European Restaurant): $10 per person when paid in advance by June 1; $12 when paid at the door. Lecture only: $5 at door.

On sale after lecture: Autographed copies of Carter Wiseman’s new book: Louis I. Kahn: Beyond Time and Style: A Life in Architecture.

Past Event: Picnic with Dick Jauron, June 10, 2007

We are pleased to invite you to a Spring Picnic by Lake Ontario with…

Date/Time: Sunday June 10, 2007 at 6:00pm
Location: The waterfront home of Connie and Joe Vasile ‘87
570 Shipbuilders Creek Road
Webster, NY 14580
Catered picnic buffet and dessert. Casual attire.
Cost: $20 per person or $35 per couple.

Past Event: Casino Royale, February 3, 2007

The first annual Casino Royale – held on Sat. February 3, 2007 – was a huge success. We raised over $2,500 for the Planetarium at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. Click here to view some photographs from the event. Look for it again in February 2008!

Chris Carosa ’82 presents a check to Kate Bennett,
President of the Rochester Museum and Science Center.

Yale alumni and guests enjoy games of chance at Casino Royale 2007.

Past event: Harvard-Yale-Princeton Ball, 2006

This year’s HYP ball took place on Saturday, December 2, 2006 at the Genesee Valley Club. Click here to view some photographs from the Ball. Join us again in December, 2007 for this warm, elegant, festive event!

Past event: The Game 2006

On Saturday, November 18th, 2006, alumni of both Yale and Harvard gathered at The Distillery to watch the Bulldogs break a five-year run by the Crimson. Final score: Yale 34, Harvard 13. A good time was had by all! Click here to view some photographs from the gathering. Join us again next year for this fun, annual event!

Sunday, October 8, 2006 was the 18th annual Head of the Genesee Regatta. The event took place at Genesee River Park, on the University of Rochester campus. The regatta featured local and regional collegiate teams, as well as some teams from area high schools. Additional entertainment was provided by singing groups and jazz bands from RIT and U of R. The Ivy Alliance tent featured free lunch and snacks.

Some additional photographs are available here.

The Yale Club’s annual summer picnic took place on Friday, July 21, 2006 at Frontier Field in Rochester. Good food, good company, a baseball game, and fireworks – what more could you need? Click here to view some photographs of the event. Join us again next year!

The Yale Alumni Corporation of Rochester was pleased to host the 2006 Spring Dinner and Concert, held on Friday, March 24, 2006 at the Country Club of Rochester. The evening featured a very special concert from the Duke’s Men, one of the finest undergraduate a cappella singing groups at Yale! Two of its members are from Rochester, and they brought the group home for a weekend of singing. For more information about the Duke’s Men, see: http://www.yale.edu/dukesmen/

For more information, please contact Patrick Kelly ‘89 at 585.244.0454.

BLUES NEWS

The Autumn, 2005 issue of Blues News has hit the streets. The Blues News is the official newsletter of the Yale Alumni Corporation of Rochester. Members receive the printed newsletter by postal mail. Electronic versions of the five most-recent issues are available below:

• Autumn, 2006 (47K Word document)
• Autumn, 2005 (83K PDF document)
• Spring, 2005
• Autumn, 2004
• April, 2004

RECENT EVENT: The Game, Nov. 2005

On Saturday, November 19th, 2005, alumni of both Yale and Harvard gathered at The Distillery to watch “The Game”. And what a game it was! After a triple-overtime contest that lasted almost four hours, the Bulldogs took second place. The final score was Harvard 30, Yale 24.

Click here for more photographs from “The Game”.

PAST EVENT: Annual Baseball Picnic, Summer 2005

July 22, 2005 was a warm, summer Friday – a perfect day for an evening of baseball! Local Yalies gathered at Frontier Field to eat a delicious picnic dinner and then watch a game between the Red Wings and Durham Bulls. The night ended with fireworks. Children of all ages had a great time.

Click here for more photographs from the picnic

PAST EVENT: The Game (November, 2004)

On Saturday, November 20th, 2004, Yale (and Harvard) alumni gathered at The Distillery to watch “The Game”, broadcast by satellite. The Yalies were heard cheering mightily as the Bulldogs took second place. Some photographs are available here.

ALUMNI SCHOOLS COMMITTEE

Thanks to ASC Chairman Rob Turner ’83 for organizing interviewing activities and coordinating everything with the undergraduate admissions office in New Haven. Further thanks to all 27 of this year’s alumni interviewers:

We need more alumni interviewers for the 2005-2006 admissions seasonl. If you’re interested in interviewing applicants to Yale, please contact RobTurner.