February 24: Post Chinese New Year Get-together

The Club organised a little post-Chinese New Year get-together on 24 February 2007 by the Singapore River at Brewerkz. In total, we had about 30 Yalies, their family and friends attending. It was also a good opportunity for a visiting Yalie and an early admissions student to meet with alumni.

SPECIAL MENTION

We were happy to have amongst us Denise Joselson from New York. Denise, who graduated with a masters in social work from Yale in 1946 (back in the days when women were not allowed admission into undergraduate studies). Denise was in Singapore visiting her son over the Christmas break. Denise is an active member of the Yale community. She continues to interview students for admissions to Yale (although she tells me that despite her many years of interviews, non of her interviewees have ever been admitted) and serves on the board of the Yale Westchester Alumni Association. She indeed gave Club President Henry Eng a run for his money on being the oldest Yalie in Singapore. (NB: Henry graduated in 1950, but is older than Denise as he had enlisted in the army prior to joining Yale.) Also accompanying her were Denise’s husband, Morton (partner in the securities firm Montag & Joselson), and her son Tedd (a renowned international concert pianist).

~ by yaleclubsingapore on k April 2007.