Surgeon Describes Wounded Warrior Treatment
Elan Singer, MD, at Y's Men April 19, 2012 Elan Singer, MD, is a young plastic surgeon who donates significant time and skill to treating needy people pro bono. On Thursday he told Y’s Men of...
View ArticleY’s Men – It’s Never Too Late…
Retired entrepreneur turned author Steve Forman talked to Y’s Men on October 18 about his second career and three of his four “compulsively readable comic thriller (novel)s.” Forman is a Boston native...
View ArticleY’s Man Helped Prevent World War III
For 25 years Y’s Men member Marty Yellin “built spy satellites for a living” and helped “prevent World War III.” For 45 years that was his secret – one he could not share even with his wife. The Top...
View ArticleAm I The Only One Who Can’t Find His Cell Phone?
Kristen Cusato, Southwest Regional Director of the Connecticut Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, told Y’s Men of Westport Weston Thursday assured me I’m not – unless I do it frequently – in her...
View ArticleSusan Granger Picks The Winners – Mostly
Syndicated entertainment critic Susan Granger publishes her Oscar predictions every year. She shared them with Y’s Men last Thursday, then Westport Sunrise Rotary on Friday. Ms. Granger grew up in...
View ArticleWestport Honors Veteran Volunteer Bill Meyer
More than 300 people overflowed Branson Hall at Christ and Holy Trinity Church Sunday afternoon to celebrate Bill Meyer Day. State Representatives Jonathan Steinberg and Gail Lavielle along with...
View ArticleWhat Great Bi-Planes
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles – drones – were first used during our Civil War – unsuccessfully. Today’s UAVs are highly sophisticated devices, one small enough to be carried in a soldier’s backpack,...
View ArticleHow Sweet It Is
Nepotism prevails. Speaker Chair Art Greenberg introduced his son, Jim, Co-President of Union Confectionary Machinery Company in the Bronx, to Y’s Men on a recent Thursday to speak about the chocolate...
View ArticleAS WE START A NEW SEASON, A STORY WE SHOULD REMEMBER
A newlywed young man was sitting on the porch on a humid day, sipping iced tea with his Father. As he talked about adult life, marriage, responsibilities, and obligations, the Father thoughtfully...
View ArticleFailing to Plan is Planning to Fail
Dr. Pietro Marghella talked recently to Y’s Men of Westport/Weston about coronaviruses, COVID-19, and preparedness for health related “natural hazards.” COVID-19 is this year’s mutation of the...
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