May 8:
Members of
the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation gathered at the Yale Child Health Research Center (YCHRC) for the unveiling of a plaque marking the establishment of THE TIMBER SPEARS ENDOWMENT FUND in memory of a tribal member who died from a primary immune deficiency in 2001 at age 3. The fund supports both basic and clinical research by the Section of Pediatric Immunology. 1. From left: Danielle Bachinski, Honey Carter, Roxanne Young-Perry, Keri Spears, mother of Timber Spears, and Lake Spears Jr., brother of Timber Spears. 2. Tribal Council Chairman Michael Thomas (left) with Ensign Professor of Medicine and Dean Robert J. Alpern, M.D., after the unveiling. 3. Keri Spears tours the research area. 4. From left: Professor of Pediatrics and YCHRC Director Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., speaks with Joey Carter and Crystal Whipple.

July 9: A kickoff party for the Bike Across America (BAA) CONNECTICUT CHALLENGE, a bicycle ride to raise funds to build Connecticut’s first comprehensive cancer survivorship clinic at the Yale Cancer Center (www.ctchallenge.org), was held at the Fairfield, Conn., home of BAA co-founder Jeff Keith and his wife, Karin (see “Benefit Bike Ride Raises $250,000 for Yale Survivors’ Clinic”). The party and items auctioned that evening raised over $40,000. 1. From left: Steve and Meg Stanton with Mitch McManus, owner of BMW Bridgeport and event sponsor. 2. From left: Drs. Michael and Elizabeth Brennan with Suzie Manegia. 3. John Ragland Jr. and John Ragland Sr. 4. From left: Dr. Mel and Linda Coolidge, Richard L. Edelson, M.D., director of the Yale Cancer Center, and Karin Keith.

July 25: A celebration at the medical school’s Child Study Center marked the christening of THE EDWARD ZIGLER CENTER IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY, formerly the Bush Center, in honor of Edward F. Zigler, Ph.D., the center’s founder and Sterling Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale. Zigler, a leading researcher of programs and policies for children and families, was instrumental in the planning and implementation of the Head Start program, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Schools of the 21st Century initiative. 1. Timothy P. Shriver, Ph.D., chair of Special Olympics (left), meets Edmund W. Gordon, Ed.D., John M. Musser Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale. 2. From left: U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT), U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), former Bush Center Senior Fellow and U.S. Rep. John B. Larson (D-CT). 3. John DeStefano Jr., mayor of New Haven. 4. Zigler (left) and Walter S. Gilliam, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Child Study Center and director of the newly named center.

August 30: Medical school alumni, spouses and guests gathered in Sterling Hall of Medicine’s Beaumont Room for the WHITE COAT DINNER, which followed the annual ritual in which newly admitted medical students receive a physician’s coat from leaders of the School of Medicine. 1. From left: David J. Leffell, M.D., professor of dermatology and surgery and deputy dean for clinical affairs, speaks with Maureen and Harold D. Bornstein Jr., M.D. ’53. 2. From left: Samuel D. Kushlan, M.D. ’35, Ethel Kushlan, and Paula Del Guercio. 3. Marie-Louise T. Johnson, Ph.D. ’54, M.D. ’56. 4. Maria Kayne and Martin Gordon, M.D. ’46.