April 14: Annual Yield Reception

The Yale Club of Singapore held its Annual Yield Reception on 14 April 2007 to welcome new students for the year.

 

ADMISSIONS

 

This year, Yale received a total of 19,323 freshman applications. 1,860 students were admitted. From schools in Singapore, a total of 179 students applied and 14 were admitted. We were happy that 9 of those students and their families were able to attend the reception. In total, we had about 70 Yalies, their families and guests attending. We were also happy to have Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions Peter Chemery join us at the reception.

 

SPECIAL MENTION

 

Special thanks go to Hogi and Claudia Hyun for being such gracious and generous hosts, in sharing their home with us as well as the champagne we had enjoyed that night. Thanks also to Club President Henry Eng and Vice President Devin Kimble for sponsoring the F&B (Henry and Devin were unable to attend – Henry was not feeling well and Devin was in Australia participating in a beer brewing competition); Sibyl Eng and her team of interviewers for working behind the scenes; Brewerkz staff (Yen Leng, Sharon, Matthew and Jacob) and Nora (Hogi and Claudia’s helper) for managing the F&B logistics; Elizabeth Tan for helping out at the reception; and Ping Tan for leading the round of “Bright College Years”. Last but not least, many thanks for those who were able to take time out of their busy schedule to join us at the reception.

 

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).

Yale Club of Singapore Membership

Membership

Regular membership is open to individuals who have matriculated from Yale on a full-time student basis, for at least one semester, whether or not if they have received degrees. Regular members also include holders of any honorary degree from the University, and present or former members of the Yale faculty or members of the University’s executive staff.

Associate membership is open to individuals recommended by the Exco subject to the approval of a majority of a quorum of members attending a General Meeting. Such individuals should generally be spouses, children or parents of regular members.

Non-resident membership is open to individuals who would be entitled to be regular or associate members, but who are not residents in Singapore.

Honorary membership is open to individuals who have rendered outstanding or meritorious service to Yale or to the Club, or are otherwide recommended by the Exco, subject to approval by the majority of a quorum of members at a General Meeting.

 

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Executive Committee Members

EXCO MEMBERS

 

 

 

• President. Henry Eng
• Vice President. Devin Otto Kimble.
  • Devin Otto Kimble is the founder and managing director of MENU Pte. Ltd. Food & Drinks Group, which owns and operates Brewerkz Restaurant & Microbrewery, Brewerkz Bar & Grill, Café Iguana and WineGarage.
  • Formerly, Devin was the regional operations manager in Singapore for Dan Ryan’s Chicago Grill and a multi-unit manager and corporate recruiter with Taco Bell in Connecticut, USA.
  • Mr. Kimble is a graduate of Yale University and holds a Master’s Degree from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration. He currently serves on the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore’s board of governors and is its honorary treasurer and an executive committee member. He is also a member of the Restaurant Association of Singapore management committee and the Singapore American School board of governors as well as vice-president of the Yale Club of Singapore.

  • He has been a speaker and panel participant on various business-related topics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Cornell– Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management, the Singapore American School and INSEAD where he has also served as chief judge for the Annual Business Plan Competition.

  • A native of California and a Singapore resident since 1995, he is married to Amy E. Sittler, who is a director and regional head of investment bank information services for Merrill Lynch. And they have a daughter, Zelda Drew, who attends the Singapore American School.

• Secretary. Shawn Tan.
  • Shawn is a Foreign Service Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, having specialised in areas such as US and Mexican politics, Intellectual Property, International Economics Issues and International Economics Organisations (WB, IMF, ADB, OECD etc).
  • Shawn is also an Executive Committee Member of the Distinguished Universities Alumni League (DUAL), which the Yale Club (Singapore) also belongs to.
  • Some of his more interesting past and present interests include, inter alia, playing the gu qin (Chinese 7-string zither), krav-maga, flying, go and Argentinean tango.
  • Shawn received his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto and his M.A. (International Development Economics) from Yale University.
• Treasurer. Kenneth Cheng.
  • Kenneth Cheng is the Chief Analyst for Asia and Head of Informa Global Markets Spore Pte Ltd, which is a leading information provider of real-time financial analysis across key asset sectors of foreign exchange, sovereign fixed income, credit derivatives, emerging markets and equities.
  • Kenneth was previously a foreign exchange derivatives trader with Deutsche Bank in Singapore and Bankers Trust of New York in New York and Tokyo and lectured in Statistics and Quantitative Methods in Finance at the Wharton School of Univ of Pennsylvania.
  • Kenneth holds a B.Sc from the University of the Philippines and Master’s Degrees from Yale University and the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania.
• Officer at Large. Chi-Ho Song.
  • Mr. Song is a Consultant in the Singapore office of Cambridge Associates. Mr. Song’s investment experience in the United States and Asia ranges from investment advisory to investment management for both Limited and General Partnerships.
  • He began his career in New York as a Corporate Analyst at Lehman Brothers in the Utilities and Project Finance Investment Banking Group where he was responsible for helping secure the financing for a US$253 million co-generation facility at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. After business school, Mr. Song returned to Hong Kong to work as an Investment Manager at First Eastern Investment Group and was involved in the investment of US$90 million of private equity funds raised from limited partners such as Keppel Bank of Singapore and GE Capital. Subsequent to that, he joined the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Special Investments as an Assistant Vice President in Silicon Valley and Singapore where he was responsible for investing over US$100 million in private equity funds and non-public companies in the United States and Asia. In 2000, Mr. Song served as the Vice President of Whitney & Co., a U.S. based private equity fund that managed over US$500 million in institutional capital and was in charge of the firm’s Singapore investments and operations. Most recently, Mr. Song served as Founder and Managing Director of a corporate communications training provider that offered consulting services to Fortune 500 companies such as IBM and Siemens in developing customized sales and teambuilding workshops.
  • Mr. Song is a graduate of The Hotchkiss School and received his BA (with Honours) in Economics from Yale University and MBA (with Honours) from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

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