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Terry Holcombe ’64 was featured or mentioned in 38 articles in Class News

June 20, 2023

Hearing the sad news of Terry Holcombe’s death in June, Tony Lavely indexed 38 Class News articles featuring or mentioning Terry.

Characteristically, Terry’s name was often not in the headline. So much of his work occurred behind the scenes.

The following stories are all on this website.


November 25, 1999: 1958 Branford-East Haven clash more than just a football rivalry

April 21, 2009: Remembrance of Jack Cirie

August 22, 2011: Terry Holcombe '64 to be awarded Yale Medal

November 17, 2011: Terry Holcombe '64 awarded Yale Medal

February 2, 2013: Annual Class Council meeting and Urban Resources Initiative intern presentation

November 15, 2014: Chris Getman '64 celebrates 50 years in The Bowl

December 1, 2014: Larry Crutcher '64 reports on "The Entrepreneurial Spirit at Yale"

February 7, 2015: 1964 Class Council recognizes Class leadership in creating and sustaining the "new" Mory's

April 17, 2015: Terry Holcombe '64 and Nick von Baillou '64 interviewed on senior societies

November 1, 2015: Terry Holcombe '64 comments on the campus "counterrevolution"

February 6, 2016: 1964 Class Council renews support for Mory's

March 17, 2016: In Memoriam Ward Cates

April 27, 2016: Class of 1964 Gateway will be in Benjamin Franklin College

November 7, 2016: Class of 1964 Portal taking shape in Benjamin Franklin College

October 12, 2017: Chris Getman '64 reports on the fall golf outing

November 1, 2017: Chris Getman '64 reports on lunch at Benjamin Franklin College

December 15, 2017: Terry Holcombe '64 rediscovers Kingman Brewster's inaugural speech

February 3, 2018: Terry Holcombe ‘64 remembers an Ashcroft-Comey connection

May 4, 2018: Terry Holcombe ‘64 accepts Yale award for Kurn Hattin Home

December 3, 2018: Terry Holcombe ‘64 shares a memory of George H. W. Bush ’48

December 21, 2019: Terry Holcombe ‘64 spots a Good Samaritan on campus

December 22, 2019: Many ’64 classmates went to The Game, a double-overtime thriller

February 4, 2020: Tony Lavely ’64 meets quadruplets all at Yale playing football

February 8, 2020: Class Council meets with students from the William F. Buckley Jr. Program

February 8, 2020: 1964 Class Council, 25 members strong, meets at SOM

February 7, 2020: Holcombe, Jones, Massey, Lavely ’64 serve breakfast at Sunrise Café

February 8, 2020: 1964 Class Council honors Yale police officer Tristan Kiekel

April 18, 2021: Tristan Kiekel (hon. ’64) continues to assist people and animals

April 30, 2021: Len Baker ’64 made dire predictions about higher education

September 21, 2021: Tony Lavely ’64 explores Yale connections to Muhammad Ali

February 19, 2022: 1964 Class Council recognizes Marie Coady at Mory’s

March 14, 2020: Terry Holcombe ’64 updates the Sunrise Café story

April 4, 2022: Terry Holcombe ’64 reports reopening of Sunrise Café in New Haven

April 14, 2022: Tony Lavely ’64 retraces history of 1964 Class Secretaries

May 30, 2022: Classmates remember what parents told them during World War II

July 15, 2022: 26 classmates vie for oldest Yale memorabilia

September 9, 2022: Dick Niglio ’64 and Terry Holcombe ’64 elected to New Haven Gridiron Hall of Fame

June 5, 2023: In Memoriam Terry Holcombe