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VOLUME 93NUMBER 2

18 Cornell CollectsBy Jill HartzThe Johnson Museum celebrates the American art of itsalumni and friends

24 The Price of a PhDBy William SteeleIs the degree candidate a student, an employee, or amix of the two? An apprentice, maybe?

28 Living Room31 Learning to Teach32 A Place of Their Own

D E P A R T M E N T S 16 NewsReadying the ever-new campus.

4 From the Editors 35 News of AlumniChange in the world of alumni. Class notes.

8 LettersA "no" to zero populationgrowth.

10 FacultyIn pursuit of Columbus.

12 StudentsHome-making in vogue oncampus.

14 SportsCoach Hofher takes over.

71 Alumni Deaths

73 Alumni ActivitiesFriends who help the museumof art.

78 Another ViewA familiar route blocked.

57 Cornell Hosts

62 Professional Directory

75 Cornell Classified

CoverOld Man in theMarket, a 1947oil on canvas byWill Barnet inthe Cornell Col-lects exhibition,reported in thisissue. From thecollection ofMr. and Mrs.William Y.Hutchinson.EMILGHINGER

September 19903

F R O M T H E E D I T O R S

CHANGE

Figures on the seal of New York-Stateare removed from their place atop oldRoberts Hall before the building andEast Roberts were razed this summer.

Acertain change is to be ex-pected in any organization, butmore than the usual amount isbeing recorded in the affairs ofCornell alumni as the universi-

ty begins its 123rd year: a gentle giantamong alumni leaders died, plans areafoot to reorganize alumni and tolaunch a major campaign for fundsfrom them, and the staff of this alum-ni magazine is undergoing significantalteration.

Turn to page 74 for an account ofthe life of the late Joe Driscoll '44. Re-ports of the other changes follow:

Form and FundA committee of leaders met lastmonth to put the last touches on aplan to dissolve both the Federation

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of Cornell Clubs and the CornellAlumni Association, parent body toall alumni groups since 1939. In theirplace is to emerge a single group tooversee such activities as Homecom-ing, secondary school recruitment,regional and club doings, trusteenominations, career assistance, andthe Cornell Alumni News.

Final details are to be available toannounce next month. Action on theproposal is due by the boards of thefederation and association on Home-coming Weekend, October 26.

On October 19, alumni attendingthe annual University Council-Trustee weekend on campus are tolearn of the size and scope of a cam-paign to raise $1 billion or more forthe university.

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alumni than is now provided by Cor-nell '90 and the Cornell Alumni News.A committee under Vice PresidentJohn Burness has narrowed thechoices to two: more issues each yearof the tabloid Cornell '90, to be sent toall alumni; or expanded staff and cov-erage for the Cornell Alumni News(which now goes primarily to under-graduate class duespayers) with sev-eral issues to be mailed each year toall other alumni.

Staff ShiftsIn the meantime, several forces havecombined to bring about change inthe staff of this magazine.

After eighteen years as adminis-trators of the Ivy League MagazineNetwork for ad sales, the AlumniNews is giving up the function to allowits staff to concentrate on local ad andcirculation development. Taken to-gether with a soft market for nationaladvertising and a seeming limit on theincome that can be raised from thesale of subscriptions, this has led us toeliminate two key jobs, those of circu-lation manager and associate editor.

The immediate effect is to cost usthe services of the incumbents in thetwo posts, Barbara Duclos, MS '88and Mary Jaye Bruce '85.

Since joining the News in early1989, Duclos has strengthened ourservice to alumni classes, and repre-sented both Cornell and this maga-zine to the public most effectively.Bruce, who started with us as a part-time assistant editor four years ago,has brightened our pages with herwriting on music (her favorite sub-ject), student life, and a wide varietyof other university activities.

Coincidentally, our businessmanager of three years, Carol Gar-lock, is leaving. She returned thissummer from maternity leave butfound she could not obtain reliabledaycare for her two young children.The answer was to go into the busi-ness herself. She will be missed, hav-ing brought accounting and proced-ural order and firm leadership to ourvery complex fiscal affairs.

Our thanks go out as well toDorothy Kay Kesten '44 and SarahSlater Brauns 73, hard-working

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members of the Publications Com-mittee of the Alumni Association,publishers of the A lumniNews. Theirsix-year terms of service came to anend during the summer.

We are pleased to announce thearrival of a new business manager,Andrew Wallenstein '86, a businessmanagement graduate of the Collegeof Agriculture and Life Sciences. Hebrings experience as a sales managerwith R. H. Macy and a computerfirm, CompUtopia, in Paramus, NewJersey. As an undergraduate he wasactive in his fraternity, in studentorientation, and as an editor of theCornellian. Today he is alumni presi-dent of Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity andan alumni ambassador in admissionswork.

Wallenstein will be assisted in theselling of local advertising by AlannaDowney, a part-time staff membersince March. She is a graduate ofIthaca College who is part owner of aquilt shop in Ithaca.

The responsibilities of our part-time assistant editor, Beth Lordan'83, MFA '87 will increase with theloss of the associate editorship. Bethis the strong right hand of Elsie Mc-Millan '55, managing editor who di-rects the alumni portion of this maga-zine.

We wish the best to our departingcolleagues and welcome the newly re-arranged staff. Bottom lines are bot-tom lines the world over, which iswhy the university will shortly beseeking new support from its alumniand why this magazine carries on inits 93rd year as a leaner enterprise.

ContributorsJill Hartz, who writes about an exhi-bition of alumni art in this issue, is awriter and editor, and the communityrelations coordinator at the JohnsonMuseum of Art.

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No TO ZERO CONTROLEditor: I was greatly disturbed whenI read the article "PopulationGrowth: Zero" by Professor Stycos(April Alumni News). I am appalledat the lack of discernment and the bi-as toward intrusive government thatthe professor shows in the article.

Stycos tries to sugar-coat theChinese population control policy bythe assertion that "this remarkableachievement has made children allthe more precious/' Freedom ismore precious to those unfortunatehostages in the Middle East nowthan before they were taken. Butwould we because of this call the ter-rorism "good" or "a remarkableachievement"? Certainly not, be-cause the means are evil.

Stycos cites surveys in an at-tempt to convince us that there is nocoercion taking place, but that thefamilies freely choose the one-childlimit. The question that obviouslyarises is: "Why are children moreprecious now, if the people are satis-fied with the number of children theyhave, than when they could have asmany children as they wanted?" Theanswer, too, is obvious. They wantmore than the allowed number ofchildren but are being forced to giveup this desire.

I use the word "allowed" advis-edly for, as Stycos admits, "secondbirths are permitted only under speci-fied conditions" (emphasis added).And should anyone exceed the gov-ernment restrictions, severe finesand penalties are imposed. Not coer-cion, Professor? Perhaps you wouldfeel differently if our governmenttook away 10 or 20 percent of yourincome because you exercised one ofyour dearly held rights (such as free-dom of speech).

Amazingly enough, ProfessorStycos appears to defend coercionand "arm-twisting" by the Chineseby saying "the Chinese are used toarm-twisting." Upon excusing theinvasion of privacy and restrictionsof basic human rights because they

are widespread, Stycos urges us toapplaud these acts as courageous.Perhaps, on the basis of this logic,Stycos would have us reward anoth-er society for their "unusual and suc-cessful efforts" to control the popu-lation in the 1930s and 1940s. DoesProfessor Stycos feel we should ap-plaud Nazi Germany for conductinghorrible medical experiments sincethose experiments gave useful infor-mation? And can we defend suchtreatment of humans since it wasnormal under Nazism? No, we can-not. Neither can we excuse or re-ward the Chinese government forimmoral and inhumane acts just be-cause they have previously usedsuch tactics.

I also differ with Professor Sty-cos's assertion that no one conteststhat it is the business of the state tocontrol population. I certainly docontest this. The state can controlpopulation size only by invading theprivacy of its citizens by "big broth-er" monitoring of personal and inti-mate behaviors, infringing upon thebasic and inalienable rights of its citi-zens. I am sure that Professor Stycosapplauded the Supreme Court deci-sions which provided for a right toprivacy in the use of birth control. In-trinsic in this right is the right to pri-vacy in refraining from the use ofbirth control. It is because of a deter-mination to protect such rights andfreedom that the American peoplewould not allow the Congress tobring the abuses perpetrated inChina into this country as well,regardless of the population size.

Frankly, the big brother acti-vism of the Chinese government andthe use of the hordes to intimidateand spy, with which Professor Sty-cos seems so enamored, frighten me.Where would such activism stop—attelling us what religion to practice ornot to practice, what books we mustand must not read, what ideology wemust and must not have, how manyyears we are allowed to live? I say


"No thank you!" to such govern-mental intrusion.

Richard L. McDowell '84Acton, Massachusetts

Just the FactsEditor: You've become more out-spoken since my time judging by thelast paragraph, column one, page 13of the May issue:' 'Public Safety hadlittle power before."

Phyllis Bodler Dunning '26Byfield, Massachusetts

Mrs. Dunning refers to a quote fromLt. Randall Hausner of Cornell Pub-lic Safety, talking about the expan-sion of his department's powers sincepassage of a New York State lawwhich outlawed possession of alcoholby a minor, where before only pur-chase was outlawed.—Ed.

General AllenEditor: Upon our return from my hus-band's 50th Reunion at Cornell wefound the Alumni News for June.George spotted on page 32 a pictureof my grandfather standing besidePresident Farrand.

General Henry T. Allen wroteseveral books on post-World War IEurope and one on Alaska, as well ashaving his biography written by Colo-nel Heath Twichell Jr. [Allen, The bi-ography of an Army officer, 1859-1930which won the 1971 Allan Nevinsprize]. Why he was visiting Cornell,we do not know.

P.S. Neither George nor I can sayenough about the gracious hospitalityand wonderful reception shown thealumni and wives (or husbands) atthis 50th Reunion. Many, manythanks!

Meredith V. Davis (Smith '42)Virginia Beach, Virginia

A Gay LeaderEditor: An important contributor toCornell history, Robert A. Roth 71,died on July 9 from AIDS and Hodg-

kins Disease. Bob Roth was a co-founder of the Cornell Student Ho-mophile League during the late1960s, only the second such organiza-tion in the country, and probably didmore than any other person to makegay and lesbian rights an issue at Cor-nell early in the modern gay rightsmovement.

Much of this early history was re-cited by Janis C. Kelly 71 during theeulogy she delivered at Bob's funeral.During the last weeks of Bob's life,Janis and Bob videotaped their remi-niscences of the birth of gay and les-bian liberation at Cornell, and a copyof this tape will be in the UniversityLibrary's Human Sexuality Ar-chives.

Bob graduated from FordhamLaw School and became a prominentfigure in the lesbian and gay legalcommunity in New York City, wherehe won landmark cases on censorshipand tenants rights, and pioneered theuse of the computer and the videocas-sette recorder in legal practice. Hehelped to start the Cornell UniversityGay and Lesbian Alumni Associa-tion, and incorporated the New YorkPhysicians for Human Rights, lead-ers in fighting the AIDS epidemic.

Bob was a compulsive collectorof journals, flyers, and other memora-bilia, and he had begun to donateboxes of valuable historical materialto the Cornell archives before hisdeath. It was fortunate that the Cor-nell trustees voted to amend the uni-versity's equal opportunity policies toinclude "sexual orientation" in May1990, in time for Bob to learn that themovement he'd launched at Cornellmore than twenty years ago hadachieved this important step in thefight for human rights.

Cornell has lost an important son,and attention should be paid.

Arthur S.Leonard 74New York, New York

Hillary CholletEditor: As a youngster growing up inIthaca, living at the time on South Al-bany Street, I was fortunate in get-ting to know a Cornell student whoworked three or four days a week atthe Reconstruction Home on South

Albany Street. This student alwayswore a white knit shirt and whiteduck trousers when he passed myhouse on his way to work, often wav-ing and saying "hi" when he saw me.When time permitted he stopped atour porch, talked for a few minutes,and would sometimes have a glass oflemonade, and then go on his way towork up the street.

When I found out who he wasand I addressed him as Mr. Chollet,he told me to call him Hillary. Weoften talked about sports. I was soproud when he showed me a newwhite knit shirt and white ducktrousers that he had just purchasedfrom my family's store, Morris'Men's Wear. He told me he was goingto wear them tomorrow and to watchfor him.

One day he brought anotheryoung man with him and introducedhim as his brother Leroy and told usthat he also played sports for his col-lege, Canisius College in Buffalo. Ofcourse, we asked for his autographtoo!

I was fortunate to see a few Cor-nell football and basketball gamesduring the Hillary Chollet years. Nofiner a gentleman or athlete haspassed through Cornell in many ayear.

I never did see Hillary after hisgraduation from Cornell. But his rec-ord for being a "fine All-American"will last forever in my record book.

Ronald M. Lewis '58Ithaca, New York

Dr. Hillary Chollet '49 died in De-cember 1989.

John Summerskill, the first vicepresident for student affairs at Cor-nell, died June 13 in Belle Mead, NewJersey, at the age of 65. He was on theuniversity staff for fifteen years be-fore leaving in 1966 to become presi-dent of San Francisco State.

Elizabeth Baker Wells '28, MA '30died July 1 at Sheldrake near Ithacaat the age of 83. She was a tirelessstudent of local and university histo-ry, publishing a list of all portraits,statues, and plaques on campus in re-cent years. Professor John Wells,PhD '33, geology, emeritus, survives.

September 19909

T H E F A C U L T Y

IN PURSUITOF COLUMBUS

The Sea Education Association'sWestward follows the trail of Christo-pher Columbus in the Caribbean.

CAROL CROSBY

BY KARL JOHNSON

All hands on deck... Prepare tostrike the mains Ί .. . Prepareto anchor." I took my positionat the helm as others reportedto their assigned quarters.

" Ready on the halyard and down-haul ... Cast off the halyard ... haulaway your downhaul."

With the helm to starboard, ourschooner swung east into the wind.Once anchored, we looked up fromour work to the island in front of us.The noon sun reflected off the water,periodically revealing a shallow reef.All the crew, even those who hadsailed in the Bahamas before, andespecially those of us who had not,were impressed with the rich blue-green tone of the sea.

The first mate lowered the fif-teen-foot rubber Zodiac boat overthe starboard rail, and seven of usset off for shore. After cautiouslyreading the waves while steeringalong the east shore, the mate gaveit full throttle between sets ofbreakers and surfed us onto thebeach with perfect timing. Justtwenty yards in front of us stoodthe large cross we had come insearch of. Next to it stood a sign:"Welcome to the first landfall ofColumbus at Long Bay/'

It has been said that Columbus'sfirst voyage to the New World maybe the single most celebrated eventin western civilization. With thequincentennial of his 1492 landfalljust two years away, Spain, Italy,and the U.S. are gearing up for a cel-ebration that may establish this be-yond doubt. Even before the tallships reach American waters in1992, the Public Broadcasting Sys-tem plans to investigate Columbusand his legacy in a seven-part seriestitled "Columbus and the Age of Dis-covery," produced by WGBH TV inBoston.

The cross at Long Bay, on the is-land of San Salvador, marked the be-ginning of our expedition. Our cruisetrack was a retracing of Columbus'sroute through the Caribbean: fromthe Bahamas to Cuba, Haiti, and theDominican Republic. This three-week cruise, which will be featuredin the fourth part of the series, wastaken in January as a cooperative ef-


fort between WGBH and Sea Educa-tion Association (SEA).

SEA, an independent academicinstitution that teaches oceanogra-phy, nautical science, maritime stud-ies—both on land and on ship—for asemester's credit, operates out ofWoods Hole, Massachusetts. Cor-nell's ties with SEA are strong; Prof.John Kingsbury, botany emeritusand founder of Shoals Marine Lab,and former dean of students DavidDrinkwater currently serve onSEA's board of trustees, as did Deanof Faculty Byron Saunders for manyyears.

As a result, Cornell not only ac:cepts credits from SEA, but recog-nizes SEA classes as part of the cur-riculum for the Division of BiologicalSciences. More Cornellians haveparticipated in SEA semester thanfrom any of the 150 participating uni-versities.

For the Columbus expedition,SEA made available their SailingSchool Vessel Westward. WGBHsent a film crew of five and invitedthe participation of three distin-guished scholars: Johns Hopkins his-torian and former Westward captainJeff Bolster, University of the AndesColumbus scholar Mauricio Obre-gon, and Cornell's Kingsbury.

The remaining ten bunks werefilled with SEA semester alumniwho stood watch and aided in thenavigation and other duties onboard. An informal academic pro-gram of daily lectures on theafterdeck addressed topics such asmedieval religion, the technology ofnavigation, Taino and Arawak In-dian cultures, Columbus's knowl-edge of botany as revealed by his log,and the politics of cultural en-counter.

In addition to the footage of thesailing of the vessel and the lecturematerial, this fourth segment of theseries, entitled "God, Gold, andGlory," will also feature our portstops. In consideration of the eco-nomics of the sugar revolution andthe tobacco trade, we visited a sugarcane field and a cigar factory in Cuba.Arriving off the coast of Haiti, whichrequired sailing upwind against theeasterly trades, we dove at the spotalleged to be the site of the SantaMaria's sinking. Lastly, in theDominican Republic, we visited the

recently excavated archeological siteof Columbus's first permanent settle-ment, which he named Isabella.

To sail in the wake of Columbuswith his log book in hand is to reen-act one of the great mystery storiesof all time. Although Columbus isconsidered to have been the best ofdead reckoning navigators, his navi-gational aids and technology were solimited that many of his observationsand calculations remain confusing,and are sometimes clearly inaccu-rate. As a result, the location of hisfirst landfall remains a subject ofheated debate, and there are today atleast four crosses on different Carib-bean islands claiming the privilege.

Perhaps the most significantquestion at this time is how the verymyth of Columbus will be reshapedby this quincentennial. Revisionisthistory, with increasing sensitivityto the treatment of native cultures,has softened the traditional portray-al of Columbus as hero. At the sametime, Obregon suggests that Colum-bus is as important today as ev-er—for in this era of space explora-tion, it is not since Columbus thathumankind has faced infinity and ex-perienced the unknown.

The writer is an alumnus of the SeaEducation Association sailing schooland a Cornellian, Class of 1985.

Two FacultyProfessor Leland Spencer '18, PhD'23, marketing, emeritus, died June12 in Elmira at the age of 94. He ad-vised government and other universi-ties on his specialty, the marketing ofmilk, and was co-author of An Eco-nomic History of Milk Marketing andPricing. Spencer retired in 1964 afterforty-four years on the faculty.

Professor Robert L. Bruce, PhD'60, Extension education, died June18 in Ithaca at the age of 65. He wasassistant state leader of AgriculturalExtension in Maryland before joiningthe faculty in 1961. Bruce was a mem-ber of the Tompkins County Board ofRepresentatives for five years, andtaught in England, Malaysia, andBritish Columbia while on leave.

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Officials help fabricate roof trussesin front of Willard Straight Hall, aproject for the student chapter ofHabitat. Ben Nichols 941, mayor-ofIthaca and professor emeritus ofEE,is at left; Larry Palmer, vice presi-dent for academic programs, at right.

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BY MARY JAYE BRUCE

Agood deal of hammeringheard on campus last termwas traced to Central Avenuein front of the Straight. There,a zealous group of students

were fabricating wooden rooftrusses—forty-four of them—for ahousing project sponsored by Habi-tat for Humanity.

Begun last fall by Martin Brooks'93 and Mark Newman '92, the Cor-nell chapter of this international or-ganization—which serves communi-ties by building homes for those whocannot afford them—has at presentsome 300 members. The main dutiesof the campus chapters, and thereare now 120 across the country, areto support "affiliated partners" withfundraising and volunteer buildingcrews.

These affiliated partners are lo-cal chapters established in more than400 regions and cities across theU.S. that sponsor the home building

projects and maintain professionalstaffs—with blessings from HabitatHQ, based in Americus, Georgia.This mother organization, calledHabitat for Humanity International,was incorporated as a tax-exempt,not-for-profit organization in 1976,and is now in twenty-nine countries,building more than 1,000 homeseach year.

Housed in donated space in theoffice of the Protestant CooperativeMinistry in Anabel Taylor Hall, theCornell chapter does confirm aChristian heritage, but its leadersstress heavily that there is no exclu-sion on the basis of religion—or lackthereof—on campus. "As long asyou believe in helping other people,you are more than welcome."

People who wind up owningHabitat houses must obtain "sweatequity," working at least 500 hourson their home or on another Habitatproject. The houses are sold to thefamilies at no profit to Habitat, andpayment is made over a set period,


with no interest attached. Habitat re-uses the payments to build morehouses. All efforts are made to keepcosts down by using volunteer laborand as many donated materials aspossible.

In the past eight months HabitatCornell has held twenty-four Satur-day workdays helping Ithaca Neigh-borhood Housing Services and theTri-County Habitat organizationbuild three houses in the area; mem-bers also took part in two work tripsover winter and spring breaks (inNew Haven, Connecticut and York,Pennsylvania); and the group hasraised $2,500 in donations.

And Habitat Cornell, with thehelp of many Cornellians, has builttrusses. The roof supports built oncampus during the April 'TrussDays" were the products of donatedmaterials and a pick-up laborforce—anyone walking by theStraight who felt like hammering.These trusses will support roofs on

two homes to be built this summer inHomer, New York, by the Tri-County Habitat group of Tompkins,Cortland, and Schuyler counties,and by Habitat Cornell.

But Habitat Cornell is not con-tent merely to support the local or-ganization's projects. Its goal, "ahouse a year by 1992"—a housingproject of the chapter's own—is anambitious one, unprecedented by acampus chapter to date.

The group sees itself as a meansto bridge the gap between Ithaca andCornell and to create a greater senseof community, according to Brooks.This also works on campus. SaysCheri Peele '92, "No one thing oncampus pulls people together as thisgroup can."

The organization appears to runvery smoothly, and for so young agroup, the management is remark-ably conscientious. The sense of ac-complishment that follows the chap-ter's work encourages further work,

further enthusiasm for committingone's self to the cause. Says CorinneLarrimore '92, "You hear about it,you come, you can't help but comeback."

With so many members, keep-ing everybody busy is a job in itself.There is a working committee fornearly every purpose—publicity, de-velopment, publications, fundrais-ing, work projects. Habitat Cornellhas a bimonthly newsletter calledthe "Habitat Hammer" that thegroup has spread far and wide, farenough to attract the attention ofseveral campus higher-ups. VicePresident Larry Palmer wielded ahammer during Truss Days, as didFrancille Firebaugh, dean of HumanEcology, and Ithaca Mayor BenNichols.

"Cornell needs something likeHabitat, something that has a posi-tive, outward-reaching focus," saysco-founder Newman. "All it takes isthe desire to pick up a hammer."

The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art presents

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Assistant coach Pete Noyesdemonstrates technique during springpractice on UpperAlumni Field. Thenew Biotech Building is in thebackground.

Jim Hofher '79 put his stamp onthe first Cornell varsity he willcoach with a pair of short, in-tense sessions on the one daythe Ivy League allows its foot-

ball teams to practice each spring.Hofher succeeded Jack Fouts as headcoach last winter, and wanted to im-press his new charges with how heruns a team.

He felt he did. The team's pros-pects impress reporters in the eightIvy cities as well. They picked the BigRed to finish third behind defendingco-champs Yale and Princeton. TheRed tied for fifth last year with a 2-5league record.

Hofher has to rebuild his line-backing and defensive backfield, buthas a good number of veterans backfrom last year's team, which had a 4-6year against all opponents.

John McNiff '92 moves from full-back to tailback, after a year as theteam's top rusher and Ivy sophomoreof the year. Scott Oliaro '92 will backhim up. Pete Case '92 and TomDutchyshyn '92 are top candidatesfor fullback, and Chris Cochrane '91

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returns at quarterback, havingstarted all games last year.

Four of five interior linemen onoffense were starters last year, centerGreg Finnegan '92, All-Ivy Jay Bloe-dorn '91 at left tackle, and guardsChris Field '92 and Jason Jenkins '92.Leading receiver candidates areMike Grant '92, a starter, and fivejuniors who saw some action as soph-omores. Carl Boehlert '91, Jeff Knip-ple '92, and Dan Branon '92 are vyingfor the tight end assignment.

Three starters from last year'sdefensive line are Rob Ryder '91, anAll-Ivy second-stringer, at end, andtackles Tim Cronin '91 and ArdrellMannings '91, another All-Ivy secondstringer.

Mark Broderick '92, who filled infor all-everything Mitch Lee '90 atmiddle linebacker, moves to the out-side. Paul Tully '91, an All-Ivy secondstring at cornerback, is the otherbackfield starter who returns. Pat Fa-gan '91 and Ramon Watkins '92 willtry for the other corner spot.

The kicking positions look to beup for grabs. Ken Potash '92 punted


for a 33.5 average last year. Hofhersays the area needs improvement.

Game on TVThe Cornell-Brown game at IthacaOctober 27 is one of five Ivy contestschosen by the ESPN TV network forbroadcast. The Homecoming gamewill be moved to 12 noon to accom-modate the ESPN schedule.

Other Ivy matches to be broad-cast: Penn-Dartmouth, September 15;Harvard-Northeastern, September22; Lafayette-Columbia, October 6;and Princeton-Yale, November 10.

This year's Cornell scheduleopens at Ithaca September 15 againstPrinceton, moves to Colgate Septem-ber 22, and comes back to Ithaca Sep-tember 29 against Bucknell. Octobergames are: 6, at Harvard; 13, at Lafay-ette; 20, Dartmouth; and 27, Brown. InNovember, Cornell meets Yale away,November 3; Columbia away Novem-ber 10; and Penn at Ithaca November17.

Other FieldsLouis Duesing Jr., head cross countrycoach at the University of Missouri, isthe new head track coach at Cornell.He succeeds Jack Warner who retiredafter twenty-three years in the post. InApril the university named VincentLananna of Dartmouth as head coach,but he decided not to leave Hanover.

Duesing is a Lafayette graduatewho coached at Montpelier, Vermont,High School and Penn State before ac-cepting the post at Missouri in 1983.

Robert Dyer was named headcoach of baseball to succeed TedThoren, who retired in June aftertwenty-nine years at the helm. Dyer isa graduate of Vermont who has beenassistant coach successively at theNaval Academy, West Carolina, andAmherst.

The university retired Thoren'sshirt Number 10 along with the shirt'soccupant. Few athletic numbers havebeen retired on the Hill. Two earlierones were the football 44 of Ed Mari-naro 72 and the basketball 32 of JohnBajusz '87. Both were high scorers.

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N E W S

READY FORSCHOOL

A workman rolls supplies into one ofthe vast new rooms of the TheoryCenter, above and right.

Students returned last month to acampus vastly changed fromthe one they left in May. Trip-hammer Bridge is now closedfor repairs, and East Avenue

above Goldwin Smith Hall is blockedto through traffic to allow trucks atthe underground library constructionsite to leave freely with loads of rockand earth blasted from the groundbetween Stimson and GoldwinSmith.

A crew tore down old Robertsand East Roberts halls in mid-sum-mer. The site is to be graded and leftvacant for the time being.

The university's supercomputerstaff moved quickly to occupy the up-per floors of a new Theory Center be-hind Hoy Field. Several departments

of the College of Engineering foundhomes in the floors below.

And, five years of construction atthe College of Veterinary Medicinebegan in late June with the breakingof ground at the upper end of TowerRoad. The $82 million project willprovide new teaching and referralhospitals for large and small animals,and expanded research and improvedteaching space. Both new construc-tion and renovation of thirty-year-oldVet structures are in the plans.

Summer Session programs flour-ished, with enrollment at 3,373.Adult University served another 600.The summer had a focus on Asiancultures, with many lectures, semi-nars, concerts, and other perfor-mances of Asian orientation.


The Ithaca figure includes stu-dents in absentia for the semester,but does not include about 350 regis-tered for extramural study. In NewYork City, the Medical Center wasexpected to register about 400 in theMedical College and 190 in the Grad-uate School of Medical Sciences.Taken together, these figures add upto a grand university enrollment justshort of 20,000.

Students who are registered inabsentia number about 285—200graduate students and 85 engineersbetween their fourth and fifth yearsof study. These students pay Cornelltuition but take no Cornell courses.They are generally living away fromIthaca, and many are taking coursesat another institution.

Extramural students are mainly

BILL WARREN / ITHACA JOURNAL

EnrollmentMay Top 19,000

The campus awaited a freshmanClass of 1994 of about 3,000 studentslast month.

Overall, university enrollment atIthaca is expected to push throughthe 19,000 level this semester, upabout 175 from last fall—75 graduateand 100 undergraduate studentsmore than last year when 4,390graduate and 13,115 undergraduatestudents registered. Professionalstudents account for another 1,360persons, in Law, Vet, and Manage-ment.

away from Ithaca also, taking Exten-sion courses offered by Industrial andLabor Relations, and Agriculture andLife Sciences, but not working to-ward a Cornell degree.

University registration for thefall semester was scheduled for Au-gust 28. Classes this autumn extendfrom August 30 through December 8.Recess will extend from October 6-9and November 21-24. Exams endDecember 22.

Commencement next spring willbe on Sunday, May 26.

Three GeniusesThree Cornellians were among thir-ty-six 1990 recipients of what havecome to be known as " geniusawards," fellowships from the JohnD. and Catherine A. MacArthur

Foundation.Over the past ten years at least

fifteen Cornellians have receivedMacArthurs, unrestricted grants of$150-375,000 to be used over fiveyears as the recipients wish.

This year's fellows include oneformer faculty member, GregoryVlastos, and two alumni, Nancy Kop-pel '63 and Charlotte J. Erickson,PhD' 51.

At 82, Vlastos is the oldest per-son to receive a MacArthur. He is aretired professor of philosophy atBerkeley, was a popular and success-ful member of the Cornell facultyfrom 1948-55, known for his work onancient Greek philosophy, particular-ly on Socrates, and on the psychologyand nature of the mind.

Koppel, a professor of math atBoston University, uses mathemati-cal analysis to reveal new principlesof biological organization. Erickson,the Mellon professor of Americanhistory at Cambridge University, hasused new methods and sources tostudy the influence of immigration onU.S. history.

The Foundation's president ex-plains, 'The creative person is at theheart of a society's capacity to im-prove the human condition. By sup-porting these fellows, highly talentedindividuals working in a wide rangeof fields, the Foundation means tohonor creative persons everywhere."

Fields represented in 1990 in-clude the arts, human rights, mediaand population studies, rural and ur-ban community development, litera-ture, dance, film, illustration, biologi-cal science, math, computer pro-gramming, astronomy, and teachereducation.

Hazing PleasTwo members of Kappa Alpha Psifraternity pleaded guilty to a chargethat they hazed a pledge, a misde-meanor under New York State law.The case was heard in Ithaca CityCourt.

University administrators with-drew the chapter's recognition in thespring for violating a 1988 ban on hav-ing a pledge class while on probation.

September 199017

CORNELLCOLLECTS

Joseph Cornell(1903-73), SunBox, c. 1955.Mixed media,7-3/4 by 12-7/8by 3-3/8 inches.Collection ofAbbyandB. H.Friedman.PHOTOS BYEMIL GHINGER

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here can you stand shoulder to shoulder withMary Cassatt, Hans Hofmann, GeorgiaO'Keeffe, Frederic Remington, and Andy War-hol? This distinguished and diverse group ofAmerican artists will be at the Herbert F. John-

son Museum of Art where, through November 4, themuseum presents the landmark exhibition "Cornell Col-lects: A Celebration of American Art from the Collec-tions of Alumni and Friends."

In planning for more than two years, the exhibitionmarks the Johnson Museum's contribution to Cornell's125th anniversary celebration. All of the seventy-twolenders to the exhibition are either Cornellians them-

The JohnsonMuseumcelebrates theAmerican art ofalumni andfriends

selves or related to alumni, and the breadth and qualityof their collections are reflected in the 162 works thatcomprise the show.

'Through their generous loans," writes NancyAllyn Jarzombek, the museum's associate curator ofpainting and sculpture, in the exhibition catalog, "thesecollectors are helping the Johnson Museum gain widerrecognition not only for its permanent collection but al-so for the network of Cornellians behind the scenes who

Benjamin West (1738-1820), Portrait ofLord Carmarthen, c. 1790. Oil on can-vas, 29 x 24 inches. Collection of Mr.and Mrs. Peter B. Stifel.


Jim Dine(b.1935), RedEtching Bathrobe,1976. Color etch-ing, 42 x 29-3/4inches. Collec-tion ofMedelineand Jay Bennett.


make important contributions to the life of themuseum."

Museum Director Tom Leavitt explains that Cor-nell, unlike its sister Ivy League institutions, whichwere producing the great collectors of the earlier twen-tieth century, was focusing on breadth and depth ofpreparation in other areas of human concern. " WhileYale, Harvard, and Princeton were establishing the bas-is of modern art history and founding museums tohouse the artistic treasures that were being amassed bytheir well-prepared alumni, Cornell was forming ambi-tious plans to create major colleges of agriculture, vet-erinary medicine, industrial and labor relations, homeeconomics, engineering, and architecture, in addition toarts and sciences."

The arts were, of course, part of a classical educa-tion, and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell's first presi-dent, brought to the campus an extraordinary collectionof plaster casts of ancient sculpture from which stu-dents could learn classical ideals and proportions. Oneof the first twenty-seven professorships at Cornell wasgiven to the teaching of aesthetics and the history offine arts.

The university's first art museum opened in 1953 inthe A. D. White House, the beautiful Victorianvilla that had served as the home of Cornell presi-dents. Through the support of such early collect-ors as William P. Chapman 1895, Louis V. Keeler

'11, Evelyn and Herman Metzger '21, and George '13and Mary Rockwell, the museum acquired fine collec-tions of prints and photographs, Old Master paintings,medieval, Renaissance, and baroque artifacts, and anexquisite group of Chinese porcelains. *'Modern art,"notes Leavitt, "has always appealed to a large numberof Cornell alumni, and David Solinger '26, whose majorcollection includes a select group of works by modern

Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956), VillaAm Strand IV, 1918. Woodcut, 10-1/4x 13-1/4 inches. Private collection.

1 kese collectorsare helping theJohnson Museumgain wider recogni-tion not only for itspermanent collectionbut also for the net-work of Cornellίansbehind the scenes.'

September 199021

Isamu Noguchi(1904-1988), EraiYatcha Hoi (Kin-taw), 1931.Bronze cast inearly 1960s, 21 x15-3/4 inches.Collection ofDaria and DavidIlya Brandt.

masters of superior quality, helped the fledglingmuseum establish standards of quality in its collectionsand in its exhibitions."

In the 1960s it became evident that Cornell neededa larger space for the museum's collections and exhibi-tions and a building specifically designed for their dis-play and preservation. The new museum's benefactor,Herbert Fisk Johnson '22, stipulated only that the archi-tect be "the Frank Lloyd Wright of our time." Designedby world-renowned architect I. M. Pei, the Herbert F.Johnson Museum of Art opened in May 1973.

The new museum was a success; alumni and otherfriends donated major works and seminal exhibitionswere organized by museum staff members. For itstenth anniversary, the entire building was given over tothe display of works of art acquired only since its crea-tion. Since then the museum has attracted many newcollections, including a magnificent bequest from MaryRockwell and some fine Old Master and modern paint-ings from the estate of David Goodstein '54.

Cornell Collects" surveys a rich and diverse field ofAmerican art. Covering a range of media—paint-ing, sculpture, drawings, prints, and photo-graphs—it highlights two centuries of Americanart history, beginning with Benjamin West's Por-

trait of Lord Carmarthen and ending with Gray Area bythe young artist Jacqueline Humphries.

The exhibition also presents collecting as a multifa-ceted and highly individualistic activity. Some collec-tions are characterized by works by well-established ar-tists, such as Edward Hopper and Helen Frankenthaler.In that category belong Frederic Remington's spec-tacular bronze Coming Through the Rye and GeorgiaO'Keeffe's Dark Iris Number Two. Other collectionsfeature works by lesser known but significant artists.Both the hauntingly expressive A House in the Night byOscar Bluemner and the probing figure study Fin dePartie by Dorothea Tanning reflect a collector's abilityto go beyond what was fashionable at the time.

"Public collections would not be what they are to-

Elaine de Kooning (1920-89), Cad-mium Wall (Cave 101), 1986. Acrylic oncanvas, 48 x 70 inches. Collection ofJoan and Irwin Jacobs.


Isabel Bishop(1902-88), Unti-tlcd, n.d. Ink andwash on paper, 9x 7-1/2 inches.Collection ofSylvan Cole.

day without the donations of collectors—donations thathave made many of the nation's masterpieces availableto new generations of museum visitors," says Jarzom-bek, who along with Nancy E. Green, curator of printsand photographs, took on the task of locating and se-lecting works for the exhibition.

Because exhibitions that highlight the works of pri-vate collectors are seldom funded through state and fed-eral sources, Richard J. Schwartz '60, chair of the mu-seum's advisory council, pledged a generous matchinggift to bring the show to fruition. More than seventysupporters joined him in contributing to the exhibition.

" 'Cornell Collects: A Celebration of American Artfrom the Collections of Alumni and Friends' presents aunique opportunity for the Cornell community to learnmore about American art and to develop a new appreci-ation for the art of collection," says Schwartz. "Thedream of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Muse-um Advisory Council is that those who have contributedart and resources for this temporary exhibition will con-tinue their interest in, and support of, a campus institu-tion that can enrich the lives of all who enter it."

Man Ray(1890-1976),Dadamadc, 1958.Collage, 9-112 x6-114 inches. Col-lection of CarolR. Meyer.

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Doctoral candi-dates MelanieStein andCharles Delmanand children An-na and Ben onthe front porch oftheir home indowntown Ith-aca. PHOTOS BY DEDE HATCH1


THE PRICE OF A PHDIs the degreecandidatea student,an employee,or a mix ofthe two?An apprentice,maybe?

BY WILLIAM STEELE

Melanie Stein and Charles Del-man love their work; that'sboth an advantage and a dis-advantage. Both are gradu-ate students in mathematics,

and their enthusiasm for group theo-ry and low-dimensional topology, re-spectively, has helped them to per-sist through six years of hard workand low pay in pursuit of their PhDdegrees—with at least one more yearto go—while finding time to createand care for two children. Althoughthe hours they put in as teaching as-sistants take time away from theirresearch and lengthen the time it willtake to earn their degrees, they seethat work as an important part oftheir preparation for academic ca-reers.

But, Delman thinks graduatestudents' dedication to their workmay allow the university to take ad-vantage of them. "We know peoplewho have gone through this in thepast, and the graduate student'sstandard of living is the lowest it'sbeen in twenty years," he says.Many others agree, and for the lastcouple of years organizations thatrepresent graduate students havebeen lobbying quietly and some-times protesting noisily, demandinga "decent wage," better and cheaperhousing, and, among other things, alittle more recognition for the contri-bution graduate students make tothe work of the university.

"There are a lot of other com-plaints, but I think if they were paidmore that would take care of it,"says Alison Casarett, dean of theGraduate School.

Stein and Delman are doing bet-

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DEAN CASARETT:

Graduate studentshave a lot of com-plaints, 'but if theywere paid morethat would takecare of it.'

ter than most, thanks to good plan-ning and a lot of help from their par-ents/Each receives a nine-month sti-pend of $7,800 for work as a teach-ing assistant, plus about $2,100 forsummer work. (They recall thatwhen they started in 1984 the sti-pend was something like $5,300 ayear.) Delman received an extra$600 last semester for taking full re-sponsibility for a class, and thoughthat amount would seem small tosome, it was "much needed," hesays.

What makes it possible for thecouple to survive is an uncharacteris-tically low outlay for housing. Withcontributions of $10,000 from eachset of parents and about $5,000 oftheir own savings the couple wasable to make a large downpaymenton a small house in the west Ithacaflats. Other couples are laying out$500 a month and up for one-bed-room apartments; a place big enoughfor two children could cost morethan $700. Stein and Delman aremaking only $320 a month in pay-ments. Without that advantage, theysay, they would have had to dip intosavings, or even consider the possi-bility of one of them dropping out ofschool.

This year they're dipping intosavings anyway, thanks to a doublingin the cost of student health insur-ance, and they worry over the fact

that the new policy covers less thanearlier ones. "It says right on theform we signed that This policydoes not meet state-mandated stan-dards/ " Stein says. "My father hasbeen after us to buy additional insur-ance."

Stein and Delman met and mar-ried as undergraduates at Harvardand in 1983 moved to Ithaca, whereDelman worked for a year teachingjunior high before he entered Cor-nell. "We both had hopes of going tograduate school and we wanted tohave a baby," Stein explains. Whendaughter Anna was a year old, Steinalso entered graduate school. Fouryears later, "after things were underway," they had a second child, Ben.

"I eased off and took care of Ben[for a year]," Delman says. "Wemanaged not to have either child inday care for the first year." Now,day care also eats into their budget:$100 a week to a graduate studentwife in the Hasbrouck Apartmentswho cares for Ben, and another$12.50 a week for two days a week ofafter-school care for Anna.

Stein and Delman are probablynot typical, they say. Probablya few married graduate stu-dents are more comfortable;the general belief is that many

more are not so well off. In a tele-phone and mail survey taken by theGraduate Advocacy Organization inthe spring of 1989, more than 50 per-cent of grad students reported"some financial hardship," with asmuch as 60 percent of their income,for instance, going to housing.

Spouses who are not studentsmust compete in a fierce Ithaca jobmarket with all the other student andfaculty spouses, assuming they don'thave to stay home with children.Many, according to Delman, can findno other way to make ends meetthan to care for a few other children,like their colleague in Hasbrouck.

Most graduate students receivean "award"—the equivalent of ascholarship—which pays their tui-tion. Most are also assigned duties asresearch assistants (RAs) or teach-ing assistants (TAs), for which theyreceive a stipend that is supposed tocover living expenses. A fortunatefew have fellowships which in effect


pay them for going to school, allow-ing them to spend all their time ontheir own studies and research.

The amount of each student'sstipend is set by the student's aca-demic department, subject only to aminimum set by the Board ofTrustees. For the 1988-89 academicyear the minimum stipend was$6,800. Officially, that was supposedto pay for fifteen hours of work eachacademic week, over nine months.An additional stipend of about$2,000 is paid for summer work.

Students fortunate enough tohave research assistantships in thephysical sciences with generous fed-eral or industrial funding tend to re-ceive the highest stipends: $10,000or so is reportedly not uncommon,and there are rumors of the occasion-al stipend as high as $18,000. But sti-pends in the humanities average on-ly about $1,000 above the minimum,according to Dean Casarett. If that'sthe average, it means many are re-ceiving the minimum, students pointout.

Simmering discontent boiled upin 1986 when "tax reform" made sti-pends subject to federal income tax;what had already been a substandardincome for many suddenly slipped an-other 15 percent. Worse, the govern-ment initially proposed taxing the tui-tion award as well. Students re-sponded by organizing both locallyand nationally. The National Associa-tion of Graduate and ProfessionalStudents (NAGS) was formed to lob-by in Washington, and was successfulin defeating the proposal to tax tui-tion. Cornell's Graduate StudentCouncil, formed earlier, became acharter member of NAGS, whichnow represents some eighty similarorganizations nationwide.

Locally, the Graduate StudentCouncil quietly lobbied Cornell for astipend increase. Soon a few moremilitant students created the Gradu-ate Advocacy Organization, whichalso lobbied, but sometimes took tothe streets to demonstrate.

The Graduate Student Council(GSC), formed in 1985 as anoutgrowth of an advisorygroup created by Dean Casa-rett, includes at least one

elected representative from each

field of study. It has no official statusother than "advisory." Seekinggreater control by graduate studentsover decisions affecting their per-sonal and academic lives, the GSChas proposed the creation of a Grad-uate Student Assembly on a par withthe student, faculty, and staff assem-blies which presently make up theUniversity Assembly. A referendumto create such an assembly was placedon the ballot for student electionslast spring but automatically failedwhen a required quorum of 20 per-cent of the student body was notreached.

The Graduate Advocacy Organ-ization (GAO) doesn't claim to repre-sent graduate students, only their in-terests. It consists of any studentswho want to participate, has no for-mal structure and no officers. Whiledecidedly mellow by the standardsof the '60s, it has chosen to remainoutside the system.

Andreas Kriefall, one of thefounding members of the GAO, sayshe deliberately boycotted the springreferendum because he doubts stu-dents will get what they want by be-coming "part of the system."

"Graduate students aren't inter-ested in bureaucratic processes," hesays. "Just give us enough to live onand let us do our research and wewill be a happy bunch of graduatestudents."

One of the GAO's first moveswas its survey of graduate studentincomes and expenses, which it pre-sented in a meeting with Senior Pro-vost (then Provost) Robert Barker.The GAO—with GSC support-requested an immediate increase inthe minimum stipend of 10 percent,with a 30 percent increase phased inover three years. According toKriefall, Barker rejected their re-quest, saying "This is not a bargain-ing session."

The Board of Trustees voted a5.9 percent increase in stipends for1989-90, keeping pace with inflationfor that year and bringing the mini-mum to about $7,200. "We saw thatas a slap in the face,'' Kriefall recalls.Some 400 students carrying signslike "5.9 percent won't pay the rent"gathered outside Day Hall and even-tually, somewhat to the surprise ofofficials, entered the building and oc-

cupied the hallways outside Presi-dent Rhodes's office for about a halfhour.

Predictably, this failed to influ-ence the Board of Trustees, but factsand figures did. The GraduateSchool commissioned its own sur-vey, which confirmed GAO figures.(As of April 1989, the survey foundannual expenditures averaging$9,578 for singles and $15,291 formarried students. The survey prob-ably underestimates real budgets; itdoes not include costs of out-of-towntravel or state and federal taxes, forexample.) Trustees overrode theiroriginal decision and increased theminimum stipend by 10.3 percent, to$7,500. In theory that would cover asingle student's nine month expendi-tures, which average $7,286 accord-ing to the Graduate School survey.

Students found much of thatgain wiped out when they returnedfor the 1989-90 school year: becauseof a change of carrier the cost ofhealth insurance had jumped from$254 to $409 for single students, andfrom $944 to $1,518 for married cou-ples (still more for each child), withreduced benefits.

"We were lucky to have any in-surance at all," says William Guro-witz '53, vice president for campusaffairs, noting that health insurancecosts are skyrocketing everywhere."A few departments that have moneyraised their stipends by $150, butmost didn't," he reports. For thecoming year, he says, the universityis shopping for a better policy.

Adding in increased housingcosts, new parking fees, and a stu-dent activities fee (formerly part oftuition but now paid separately), theGAO calculated that the net stipendincrease came to only $344 a year forsingle students and could run down tominus $572 for a married studentwith two children. In response to fur-ther demonstrations, the universityagreed to accept payment of thehealth insurance fee as late as No-vember 15 with no interest charge,but refused a request to subsidize thecost to students.

Some students were as annoyedby the last-minute announcement ofthe increase as by the expense. "Oneof the thorns in our side is that deci-sions about graduate student life are

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made off in a room somewhere,"says Glen Crawford, president of theGraduate Student Council.

For 1990-91 the trustees havevoted to raise the stipend to $8,250,down slightly from the $8,500 re-quested by Casarett. Casarett saidthe minimum could be raised with-out increasing the total budget forstipends by * 'narrowing the range,"meaning some of the higher stipendswill be reduced in order to raise thelower ones. "Everyone's not goingto go up by $1,000," Casarett says.

Meanwhile, a more carefulGraduate School survey in April1990 found the average single gradu-ate student spending $10,554 a year.With summer funding of around$2,600 added in, this meant the in-creased stipend was just about keep-ing pace with increases in the cost ofliving.

Underlying all this is a slipperyquestion: are graduate stu-dents just students or are theyalso employees of the universi-ty? According to GSC's Glen

Crawford they are both, and that'spart of the problem. "We are stu-dents but we are also employees,"he says. "The university seems totreat us as whichever it wants in agiven situation. For instance, forhealth insurance we're students."

And, Crawford says, the univer-sity sees an outmoded image inwhich "students are 19 years old andlive in dorms and go home for Christ-mas."

In fact, he points out, today'sgraduate student is older (averageage in the humanities is 35) and morelikely to be married and starting afamily. More of them than in the pastare international students ormembers of minority groups. Themarried graduate student probablylives in an apartment that costs morethan a dorm room, may have a spousewho works outside the home, andperhaps needs daycare as much as astudy carrel. (The university doesn'toffer daycare; most graduate studenthousing complexes set up coopera-tive daycare services, but they're stillexpensive.)

Today's student is also in schoollonger, enduring a low standard of

living for an average of 5.9 years inthe physical sciences and 8.9 years inthe humanities. Xenia Young, agraduate student who serves as oneof the student-elected members ofthe Board of Trustees, suggests thatone reason is that many teaching as-sistants are asked to spend far morethan the officially required fifteenhours per week on their teaching.

Or, she says, financial difficul-ties may force a student to drop outfor a semester here and there andwork at a full-time job. Finally, shereports rumors that some professorsdeliberately keep grads around foran extra year. "We are most produc-tive in our last year or two," Youngsays. A post-doc, she points out, maycost the department $18,000 ormore, so grads are "cheap labor."This has never been documented,but "some labs are notorious,"Young says.

Living Room

P erhaps inspired by the new militance in the air,residents of the university's graduate studenthousing complexes have delivered lists of com-plaints to the Department of Residence Life andthreatened actions ranging from rent strikes to

lawsuits. They say the university's housing is over-priced and poorly maintained, and that the attitude ofResidence Life toward tenants leaves much to be de-sired.

At the Hasbrouck and Pleasant Grove Apartmentson North Campus, near the golf course, residents pay$408 per month plus utilities for a two-bedroom unit,and complain that utilities are ridiculously high be-cause of the uninsulated concrete-block construction;they display photos of ice on the insides of windowsand mildew due to condensation on cold walls.

After charging an additional $5-8 per year forparking for many years, Residence Life upped thefee three years ago to $90 and this year proposed anincrease to $150. The boost in parking fees was whatfinally inspired tenants to organize. "There are about300 units," says Ricardo Correa, secretary of the Stu-dent Family Tenants Council. "At $150 each, that's alot of money to maintain a parking lot."

Students who rented units in the brand new Ma-plewood Park Apartments, just off campus east ofCornell Street, arrived on the day the complex wassupposed to open to find it had not yet been approvedby local building inspectors; the students were hous-


To address the problems of TAsand improve the quality ofteaching, Young has helped toorganize weekend workshopswhere students can refine

their teaching techniques and alsotrain in such areas as time manage-ment. A subtext of the training is toencourage TAs to speak up whenthey feel they are being overworked.

Young points out, however, thatthere are few effective ways a stu-dent can file a grievance. 'The facul-ty member still writes the letter of in-troduction and can make or breakyou," she explains. "You may winthrough a grievance procedure, butbecause of the personal bitternessthat's created, you're screwed in thelong run."

The GAO takes the position thatgraduate students are employees, orat least that the TA or research-as-sistant aspect of their lives should be

ed for a couple of weeks in undergraduate dorms.When they did move in to the pre-fab units the com-plex's roads were still unpaved and landscaping un-finished. They suffered the noise and dust of heavyequipment for another month or so. The roads werefinally paved on November 3 and the promised laun-dry was opened November 17, according to GarveyFord, president of the Maple wood Park ResidentsAssociation, an organization also born out of thegrievances.

The university offered the first month's rent freeas compensation ("and we had to fight for that,"Ford says). The tenants demanded and finally gottwo months free, but also asked to be released with-out penalty from their twelve-month contracts.

The housing contract, which the university in-sists is not a lease (and therefore not subject to NewYork State tenants' rights laws) is one-sided enoughto satisfy any Collegetown landlord; it allows the uni-versity to cancel on one month's notice, but demandsthat a tenant pay a three-month rent penalty for mov-ing out early. William Gurowitz, vice president forstudent life, says the ironclad contract is necessary toprotect the university's investment.

After several months of negotiation and tenantthreats of lawsuits, the university agreed to allow stu-dents to break their contracts; the upshot will prob-ably be that some tenants move out at the beginningof the summer rather than the end.

A tenant at Maplewood Apartments watersplants at the new property, home to manygraduate students.

Rents in university housing complexes are nolower than those in private apartments throughoutIthaca, partly due to a policy decision made severalyears ago that Residence Life should operate on apay-as-you-go basis, meaning that the costs of newconstruction and renovation must be paid back out ofrental income. Graduate students grumble that hous-ing could be financed through capital campaigns, likeacademic buildings, or that rents should be subsi-dized. Gurowitz points out that only about 15 percentof graduate students live in university housing, sosuch a subsidy would serve only a few.

Much of the university's housing is rented to for-eign students and others who come to Ithaca for thefirst time from a considerable distance and find iteasier to take what the university offers, sight un-seen. Complaints center1 on how the product differsfrom what's promised in ah explanatory brochure,and on Residence Life's rigid positions.

"The university should realize that this is affect-ing the attitude of graduate students," says Correa.

Ford agrees. "Our relations with Residence Lifehave destroyed all credibility," he says. "Cynicism isthe rule."

Maplewood is now completed and offers modern,fairly comfortable (if sometimes poorly arranged) ac-commodations. Residence Life has submitted a pro-posal for extensive renovation of Hasbrouck andPleasant Grove, with the addition of more units.

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treated as an employer-employee re-lationship. After much debate it hasbeen decided to take that concept toits obvious conclusion by organizingas a union and affiliating with Local2300 of the United Auto Workers,which represents university staff.The GAO claims that graduate stu-dents are better off at universitieswhere they have formed unions(e.g., the University of Michigan, theUniversity of Florida, the Universityof California at Berkeley), with high-er stipends, formal agreementsabout working hours and grievanceprocedures, and such perks as freehealth insurance.

hether the graduate studentbody at large will supportunionization remains to beseen this fall, when the GAOwill launch a membership

drive. Charles Delman, for one, sayshe will probably join. "There doesneed to be a unified voice," he says."It's necessary for people to get to-gether in order to have enough pow-er to have their needs taken serious-ly." In some cases, as at Berkeley,graduate student unions have called

brief strikes or "job actions" byTAs. As to what he would do if theGAO called a strike, Delman admitshe hasn't thought about it. It might,he says, depend on whether or not hehas the support of his facultymember.

Whether graduate studentunionization is legal also remains tobe seen. An attempt to form a similarunion at the State University of NewYork at Stony Brook was rejected bythe New York State Public Employ-ee Relations Board on the groundsthat graduate students are classifiedas "casual workers." Cornell, how-ever, is considered to be a privateemployer, even in the statutoryschools, according to Al Davidoff'80, president of Local 2300. If Cor-nell graduate students do unionizethey will be the first to do so at a pri-vate university.

Legal recognition may not bethe most important goal, Davidoffsays. "There are unions with legalrecognition that don't accomplishmuch, and there are informal groupsthat accomplish a great deal andhave a very strong voice," he says."The important thing is to take the

Graduate students protest a 60 per-cent increase in the cost of theirhealth insurance, in front of Day Hallin September 1989.

existing organization and progresstoward a stronger voice for the em-ployment concerns of grads."

T o Senior Provost RobertBarker, graduate students arenever employees in the usualsense of the word. "Studentsare here to pursue their in-

tellectual interests," he says. "Theuniversity provides programs to pre-pare them for academic careers."Their work as TAs and RAs, hesays, is an important part of thatpreparation: as future faculty mem-bers they must know how to do re-search and must be skilled instruc-tors, and should learn such ancillaryskills as how to choose research top-ics and find funding. (He admits thisideal isn't completely achieved, be-cause students and faculty oftenhave different goals.)

Even if they are employees,Barker says, they are extremely wellpaid for fifteen to twenty hours aweek: including tuition, he says,they receive a salary in themid-$20,OOOs. Many say tuition is"funny money," since it never reallychanges hands, but Barker says itrepresents real costs to the universi-ty, including faculty time and capitalimprovements. "A big reason we'redigging a $25 million hole out here (areference to library expansion) is thegraduate students," he says.

The philosophy of stipends, hesays, "is to assist students in pursuitof their interests, but it was never acontract to provide an adequatestandard of living." He notes that inmany disciplines (e.g., the fine arts)there is no tradition of support at all.If graduate students are pursuingsomething for their own benefit, heasks rhetorically, why can't theypursue it in the same way as under-grads, if necessary borrowing mon-ey for the purpose?

"But ideally," he says, "I'd sayto hell with that philosophy, selectthe students, and then support themadequately." Unfortunately, headds, that ideal conflicts with realitywhen the university also faces an ur-gent need to increase faculty salariesand financial aid. The extra moneywould have to come from increasedtuition, he says. Or, the universitycould pay graduate students more


but support fewer of them. (This isan approach many graduate stu-dents advocate.)

As it happens, Barker says, Cor-nell has increased the number ofgraduate students it accepts during aperiod when many other institutionsare cutting back, a reflection of Cor-nell's growing importance as aresearch institution.

Xenia Young, the first graduate stu-dent elected a trustee, in her academicoffice in the Biotechnology Building.

Learning to Teach

Consider a paradox: To teach in college you mustearn a Ph.D., which requires that you performoriginal research. If on the way you work as ateaching assistant, it takes time away from yourresearch, making it harder to earn your Ph.D.

to be qualified to teach. Contrariwise, if you work asa research assistant you may not do any teaching atall on the way to a degree that says you are qualifiedto be a teacher.

Some say that every Ph.D. candidate should berequired to teach for at least one year, and given for-mal instruction in teaching methods. In the mean-time, according to Martha (Marty) Taylor, assistantdirector of the Office of Instructional Support, sever-al departments of the university have institutedteacher training programs, many of them funded bythe president's Fund for Educational Initiatives.

The most extensive may be in the College of En-gineering, which requires all first-year teaching assis-tants to take a one-credit course consisting of eightafternoon seminars. A major feature of the programis "microteaching," in which each student prepares alesson and presents it to a very small group, whichthen criticizes; the student is also videotaped.

The College of Agriculture has just begun to of-fer a small teaching workshop before the semesterbegins for thirty to forty students. Professors talkabout teaching and students do microteaching. Thereare also courses in individual departments of the Agcollege, Taylor says.

The College of Arts and Sciences, Taylor says,"is very department-based, but they work hard athaving every department have something." Industrialand Labor Relations has just started a small pro-gram.

The only university-wide program, Taylor says,

is one created by Xenia Young, Grad, with assistancefrom Taylor's office and a three-year, $16,000 grantfrom the president's fund. Young says she createdthe graduate training program not only to improvethe quality of teaching, but also to help graduate stu-dents whose research was suffering because theywere spending too much time on their teaching dueto inexperience.

The program offers intensive one-day workshopsearly in the fall and spring. Several workshops are of-fered in each session, each focusing on one area ofdifficulty, including both classroom techniques andsuch topics as time management. The classes aretaught by professional instructors and some seniorgraduate students with a lot of teaching experience,and include microteaching and videotaping.

The first workshops last fall accommodated 75students of the 140 who applied. The second, in Feb-ruary, was expanded to serve 100. Part of the proofof their value, Taylor says, is that students who havealready completed the Engineering college's courseturn out for them. "I think the fact that it was initi-ated by graduate students encourages dialogue," shesays. "It's not a top-down program."

Finally, for about two years the university has of-fered a special program for international studentTAs. Students are videotaped throughout the semes-ter, and are taught such topics as "Cultural Differ-ences in the American Classroom." One of its prob-lems, Taylor says, is that it only hits those most inneed, those for whom English is a serious problem.

Despite all this effort, she says, there are stillmany graduate students throughout the universitywho get no teacher training. "It's hit or miss," shesays. "It depends on what course you're in or howmuch emphasis is put on teaching by the professors."

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Ejveryprofession demands a periodof 'paying dues,' and some say that'snecessary to testa candidate'sdedication.

Maurice Luker, the first presi-dent of the GSC, offers atleast a semantic compro-mise. He suggests that thegraduate student is an ap-

prentice, a term which he feels em-braces both employee and student. Inthe tradition of apprenticeship, hesays, "The contract is that the mas-ter supports the student until the stu-dent becomes a master."

He places this idea in the contextthat the purpose of graduate schoolshould be to create new faculty, thatthe master needs an heir as much as

the apprentice needs skills. Weshould, he says, be targeting thoseindividuals who will make the bestnew faculty and encouraging them."The Chronicle of Higher Educationsays it costs from $100,000 to$200,000 to make a Ph.D.," he says."It can't all fall on the student."

He adds that if we look at gradu-ate students as future faculty we willfind a better balance between re-search and teaching. Every student,he says, should be required to do atleast one year of teaching, andshould receive formal instruction in

A Place of Their Ownoodrow Wilson, when he was president ofPrinceton, saw graduate education as some-thing happening around a dining table, wherea small group of students and professorsfrom several disciplines could exchange

ideas. With some 6,000 graduate students on campustoday the dining tables should be crowded, but itseems those students are more isolated (not to men-tion lonely and stressed-out) than ever before.

The Henry, a graduate and professional studentcenter in Sage Hall, is seen as a small step towardbreaking down the barriers between academic disci-plines. The center is named after Henry W. Sage,who financed the construction of Sage Hall in 1872.(Originally a women's dormitory, Sage has been agraduate student residence since 1961.)

Students now hope to expand The Henry into afull-fledged Graduate and Professional Student Unionsimilar to Willard Straight Hall and other undergrad-uate unions, with new quarters in a renovated BigRed Barn.

The present center was planned by a committeeof students working with Hilary Ford, coordinator ofgraduate programs in the Dean of Students' Office,

and has been funded for its first two years with about$30,000 a year from general funds. A student steer-ing committee sets policy, and Sharon Boedo, Gradserves as manager.

The Henry opened in the fall of 1988 with broadendorsement from the administration and generousdonations of furniture from Residence Life, CornellDining, and Unions and Activities. By day it servesas an informal lounge; in the evening it provides ameeting place for a variety of graduate student andinternational student organizations. Programs aimedat the "social, cultural, and recreational needs ofgraduate and professional students" range from stu-dent and professional speakers to folk music con-certs, aerobics, and tai chi.

Eventually the university has other plans for thespace, so the operators of The Henry are eyeing thenow idle Big Red Barn. The expansion plan hingeson finding some $500,000 for renovations to theBarn, including extensive plumbing and heating workand structural reinforcement to make the secondfloor usable.

The Barn was built in 1874 along with AndrewDickson White's home and served as a stable and lat-


er a garage for the president's residence until 1956,when it was renovated for use as an alumni centerand general purpose meeting facility. Through mostof the '80s it served as a dining hall, until the openingof a new cafeteria in Academic I. Faculty and stu-dents who enjoyed the Barn's cozy atmosphere havefound Academic I a poor substitute.

After renovation the Barn would again include asmall dining facility open to the public, as well as abeer and wine bar, reflecting the older age range ofgraduate students. Offices for graduate student or-ganizations would be located upstairs; rooms down-stairs would be rented for meetings and public eventsas in other unions.

If the present plan is adopted administration ofthe new union would be transferred from the Dean ofStudents' Office to Unions and Activities, where itwould draw programming funds from the activitiesfees paid by graduate students.

There has long been a need, Boedo says, for a facil-ity exclusively for the use of graduate students, and alsoa need to get students out of their shells. "It's reallytough making a grad student actually do somethingbesides go to the library or the lab," she says. "Theyresist any attempt to make them interact."

Ying Ki Kwong,center, PhD can-dίdate in appliedphysics, with oneof his advisers,Prof. JeevakParpia, PhD 79,physics. Kwongworks on thesisresearch in su-perconductivity,in Clark Hall.Susan Tholen,Grad is at left.

how to teach. On the other hand, hesays, teaching can't take over. "Ifyou're spending forty hours a weekteaching you're not studying," hepoints out.

And as we fashion these newteachers, Xenia Young adds, weshould also build into them more un-derstanding of human needs, includ-ing the needs—both physical andpsychological—of their students. "Ithink there should be a recognitionon the part of the faculty that theyare managers of people as well asprojects, and that they should expectto be part of getting the studentsthrough," she says, noting that toomany students are dropping outalong the way just at a time when ashortfall of talent is expected.

"We hear that there's a need forPh.D.s, that there's a faculty short-age," she says. "Then why are theytreating us like this?"

Every profession demands aperiod of "paying dues," and somesay that's necessary to test a candi-date's dedication. But that's no long-er a valid excuse, says student Mela-nie Stein. "The rigors of the work it-self mean that very few people whoaren't dedicated will go through it,"she says. "I don't think living in anatmosphere where you're constantlyworrying about your medical billswill make you a better Ph.D."

Late last school year, Provost MaidenNesheim and the General Committeeof the Graduate School jointly ap-pointed a Committee on Graduate Stu-dent Life to examine the issues dis-cussed in this article.

Professor Jere Haas, nutritionalscience, is chairman. Other facultymembers are Professors WilliamCross Jr., Africana studies; TobeHammer, ILR; Maurice Tauber, en-tomology; Ken Torrance, aerospaceengineering; Elizabeth Regan, neuro-biology; and Philip Lewis, associatedean of Arts and Sciences. JoycelynHart, associate vice president for hu-man relations, represents the admin-istration. Graduate student membersare Cindy Fuller, secretary of theGraduate Student Council; RooseveltPorter; Ginny Zhan; and XeniaYoung.

A report from the committee isexpected next spring.

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From the glory years, players and coaches watch play during the 1923 seasonwhen the varsity football team had its third consecutive unbeaten year. Fromleft, left guard Robert Morris '25, standing; quarterback George Pfann '24,kneeling; fullback Charles Cassidy '24; coach Gilmour Dobie, assistant coachRay Hunt, kneeling; and assistant coach Leonard "Swede9 Hanson '23, for-mer varsity tackle.


C L A S S N O T E S

JΛ •• Harold G. ''Misty" Meissner^m m was an engineer for 25 years with• m Combustion Engineering, where• m he improved methods for burning

. I m refuse fuels in sugar mills and• m forest products industries. Upon

his retirement, he took up new work with thesame ecological concerns, in the engineeringdepartment of New York City Air PollutionControl—"quite a challenge" as he said at thetime. Harold also invented and developed theMetropolitan stoker, a furnace for apartment-house heating. A long-time resident of Mt.Vernon, NY, Harold now lives in the LakeShore Adult Home in Lake Ronkonkoma, NY,where he's "going strong at 95."

The Class of'18 was representedat this year's Reunion: The regis-ter in Barton Hall shows MildredStevens Essick's name! Nodoubt, like me, you are pleased tothink she made it, on Saturday.

"We had a delicious lunch, as usual. . . Wordspread and I found myself besieged by pho-tographers . . . and felt like a celebrity for afew minutes. At least they know that the Classof 1918 is still among the living." DaughterJoan "insisted on driving me," though "I wasperfectly able to drive myself (the 35 milesfrom Elmira)." That's the spirit!

Thanks to Mildred I have the official pro-gram. Its cover says "CORNELL UNIVER-SITY, 1865-1990, celebrating 125 years."There is a sharp, clear photo of 15 co-eds of1890 in it, also the 1875 crew, plus a tall, neatlooking male from the Class of '32, hands inpockets, striding purposefully along East Av-enue (at least I take it to be East Ave.). Onebooth, Mildred said, had many original docu-ments of the university, including the firstseal, which many reuners asked to havestamped on their programs. The one Mildredsent me has the seal on its back cover; I shallput this Cornell souvenir among my others.

One other Reunion note: Mary JaneDilts Achey '45, daughter of Edith Rulif-son Dilts, got to her 45th Reunion and so didJane Knauss Stevens '45, daughter of ourDorothy Pond Knauss. With her, Jane hadseveral snapshots from Dot's collection, takenat our Reunions. Edith is sending me a coupleof these, and I hope one can be used in a laterissue. Edith, reporting for herself, is able to at-tend a luncheon/bridge, and to write to class-mate Jane M. G. Foster. She only wishesthat daughter Lisa Baker and husband, livingat State College, Pa., lived nearer.

Add another building to the list of placesnamed in honor of a classmate: The US Courtof Appeals building in Atlanta, Ga. was namedon June 11 the "Elbert Parr Tuttle UnitedStates Court of Appeals Building." It is head-quarters for the llth Circuit Court of Appeals.The dedication program included a presenta-tion of colors by the Georgia Army NationalGuard, of which E.P. was a member for 18years. In World War II he entered active mili-tary duty "as a lieutenant colonel. In com-mand of a field artillery battalion of the 77thInfantry Div., he was in the invasion of Guamand Leyte, and the Okinawa campaign, inwhich he was wounded." His medals arelisted. As a brigadier general of the Army Re-serve (now retired), he commanded the 108thAirborne Division. In 1954 he was appointedto the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, of which

he was chief judge from 1960 to 1967. Hisvarious honors in the judicial field are men-tioned. Perhaps his highest honors have beenthe Dewitt Distinguished Service of JusticeAward (1989) about which I wrote in this col-umn, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom,awarded to him in 1981. What a record!

Remarks were made during the June 11ceremony by several notables, including oneon "A Judge's Lady: Sara Sutherland Tut-tle" by Mrs. Jon C. Godbold of Montgomery.Sara, as we know, is Class of '19. The mainspeech, by Professor Jack Bass, of the U. ofMississippi, was entitled "Reflections on aJudicial Career." D Irene M. Gibson, 119S. Main St., Holley, NY 14470.

As I write this on July 1, I amlooking forward to a vacation atMartha's Vineyard for the wed-ding of my oldest grandson JimWooster to Laura Vail on July 7,followed by a week of relaxation

on the beach with my daughter Betsy Woosterand family. Details in my October column,providing you are not getting bored with hear-ing about my activities. If you are, there's analternative; let's hear from YOU! Our rosterhas been sadly depleted, but there must besome of you still able to take pen or pencil inhand and send word to me of yourselves andfamilies, either past or current.

Our class has a great history, as under-graduates, in military service in both WorldWars, and in manifold accomplishments in thebusiness world, much of which could bearrepeating. Among many "firsts," in 1947-48we inaugurated the "Group SubscriptionPlan" (GSP) to the Alumni News and at thesame time initiated the Class Column idea,and since then have not missed an issue,thanks to many loyal class correspondents,prior to my humble efforts over the past fiveyears, which may not continue beyond theDecember 1990 issue, unless more support isforthcoming.

Also, this is the final year for collectingannual class dues as explained in my August1990 letter to the entire class. Of the $20 dues,the News received $15, but we have been noti-fied this will be increased to $17.50 in 1991 un-der the GSP for single subscriptions, and (permy request) any men and women of 1919 whowish to continue as individual subscribers forthe ten issues in 1991 will pay only the specialrate of $17.50. However, they should sendtheir checks marked "Class of Ί9" this falldirectly to the Alumni News at their new head-quarters, 55 Brown Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850.D C. F. Hendrie, 67 Cannon Ridge Dr., Ar-tillery Hill, Watertown, Conn. 06795.

Mildred LaMont Pierce wasunable to attend Reunion inJune Her last was the 60th in1980. She reports on Alice Eisenbrandt Lambert, who hasbeen in a nursing home for six

years. Mildred suggests that '20's men andwomen have someone in the family desig-nated to keep in touch with Cornell regarding"vital statistics," since all are above 90 now.Ellen Meehan reports the death in March ofher mother Helen Jane Lason Wehrle, age91, following a stroke. Helen and husbandPaul were married in the university chapel.She was always a Cornell supporter and active

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in the Class of '20. She enjoyed writing andhad several stories published, one for youngchildren, another in a religious magazine, andMy First Thirty Years is in the archives at Cor-nell. In 1929 they moved to Tucson, wherePaul was professor and state entomologist un-til his death in 1950.

Still on a sad note we must report thedeaths of five classmates: Hillel Poritsky,Marian Irish Hodgkiss, Richard J. Wai-ters Jr., Helen Wilcox Bard, and Mary K.Hoyt.

Personally, your correspondent is blessedwith much happier news. Granddaughter Jen-nifer Dewey has graduated from HoraceMann School with high honors, including Na-tional Merit Scholarship finalist. She will en-ter Harvard this fall. Her dad is our son DonDewey '60. They live in New Rochelle, NY.Grandson Ted Pounds and wife Patty havetwin sons born in April, joining sister Molly.Capt. Ted flies FB-llls, based at Pittsburgh(NY) AFB. He is a graduate of MIT. SonRoger retired as navy commander in Febru-ary, after 20 years' service. He is an alumnusof Brown U. D Robert A. Dewey, RD 2,Box 87, Bemus Point, NY 14712.

f^ M Lisa B. Cook '86 has recentlyI ^ written to me saying that she is

β the Cornell Fund staff personf working with the Class of '21 on

f the 70th Reunion campaign. She• sent a list of the total contributionsmade by the class each year since our 65th Re-union. The total contributions have increasedgreatly year by year as the number of contrib-utors has decreased. The Communique forSpring 1990 reports that the Henry LuceFoundation has awarded $1 million for an ad-dition to the library. A part of this addition willbe the Leslie R. Severinghaus AsianReading Room. The Luce Foundation madethe award to honor Leslie Severinghaus on theoccasion of his 90th birthday. Π James H.C. Martens, 1417 Sunken Rd., Fredericks-burg, Va. 22401.

f^f^ This month Irv Sherman is• | I "guest correspondent" for Mac

M β McCarthy. Mac's job is notf f easy. For a number of obvious

f f reasons, there are progressively.•••• fewer of us available to be his' 'guests." Says Irv—I am glad for this oppor-tunity to tell Cornellians about the CornellClub of New York. We struggled along for anumber of years in a number of spots whichfor better or worse we called the Cornell Clubof New York. They weren't much but we didnot complain because that was all there wasand we made the best of it, but we had nothingto brag about. Now we have hit the jackpot inour new quarters. The Cornell Club of NewYork is something to brag about. First, loca-tion—6 E. 44th St.—midtown Manhattan-two minutes' walk from Grand Central, rightin the middle of New York's best Ivy Leagueand other top clubs.

Secondly, a 15-story building with fourfloors of beautifully appointed living quar-ters—a fine place to spend the night or a week-end. It is all done in exquisitely good taste.There are a gym, exercise rooms, library,lounge, all hotel conveniences—you name it,we have it.

Finally, dining facilities. There are threeseparate and different dining areas and, ofcourse, a good bar. The food is just tops—asgood as the best New York restaurants have tooffer. The main dining room is posh—excel-lent service and ambiance, and the atmos-phere makes a Cornellian feel at home—but allthe dining and other rooms do, too. You cancome here with family, friends, or businessassociates and you will do yourself proud. Andyou don't have to mortgage the farm to comeand enjoy it. I wish there were more '22ers leftto lift the chorus. D Guest Correspondent Ir-ving H. Sherman, 812 Park Ave., NYC10021.

How fast the summer went—fallis here. Hope you all had a goodsummer. I attended the Reunionof the Class of '25, who treatedme royally. Headquarters was atreat in the new Statler. The

handicap rooms (four of them) in the Statlerwere the state of the art for a cripple like me.The campus was hopping with activity, andthe changes are extensive and impressive.

It's a very different campus from the onewhere I spent my undergraduate (1919-23)and graduate (1924-25) years living in the oldTheta Alpha fraternity on Stewart Ave. ThetaAlpha is now defunct, and the building used asspecial housing. The May Alumni News cen-terfold, an aerial view of the campus, failed toshow several fraternity houses, either demol-ished or no longer used as fraternities. I couldwrite a book on the metamorphosis of theGoldwin Smith (Arts) quadrangle to themodern campus of concrete and stone. Eter-nal thanks to the Class of '25 who hosted myvisit with the assistance of the Alumni Affairsstaff, and thanks too, to the Alumni Newsstaff.

John and Bess Nesbett live at the Islesof Vero Beach (Fla.), a retirement apartment,and love it. They traveled recently to the Car-olinas and Litchfield Beach, though John's ac-tivities are limited by poor eyesight. He stilldoes some volunteer work at the hospital. Hereports that Ken Spear, who also lived atVero Beach, died recently.

Ken Roberts (Fairfax, Va.) writes,'One of my chief pleasures over the past sev-en years has been the weekly science and reli-gion discussion group which I started at AdarLane Unitarian Church in Bethesda, Md.Much of my time is devoted to writing on thesubject of the necessity for man to live in har-mony with nature. At present, I am recuperat-ing from surgery at Fairfax Hospital."

Joseph Slate's (Madison, NY) familylive in Rome, but he sees them now and then.He was a farmer for 50 years, and worked forthe county for 11. John Vandervort writesthat he's "still interested in chickens" after along career in poultry extension at the U. of Il-linois and Penn State, and with Agway in Itha-ca after that. He and wife Helen (Bull) '26were treated to lunch at the Statler by sonJack and daughter Phebe VandervortGoldstein '52 in honor of John's 90th birth-day. They remain active in RSVP and seniorcitizens groups.

Lawrence M. Vaughan (Gaithersburg,Md.) writes, "1990 will bring me to my 92ndbirthday; my 18th year of marriage to Jane(Middaugh), the widow of a fraternity brother

at Cornell; and the sixth year of our living in aretirement community here in Gaithersburg.Both of Jane's Children were Cornell gradu-ates, and a grandson will be entering Cornellthis fall. My daughter graduated from U. ofMaryland, has her PhD from U. of Alabama,and now lives in Pensacola, Fla. She likes theSouth. Life has been good to this farm boyfrom Upstate New York."

We had received 1990 dues from 57 class-mates by July, with no news from 29. We ap-preciate those who do write, for they feed ourcolumn. Write when you are able. D GeorgeA. West, Rochester Friendly Home, Room280, 3156 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14618.

f^ JH "How and where did you meetI I MM your wife?" This question usual-

ΛMM ly evokes interesting answersf H (inching facetious ones like,^Γ ^^f "in an elevator that got stuckB m between floors"). Experiencesof classmates are no exception. For instance,when Mead Montgomery married PollyHolbrook in 1929 (what brave souls!) one ofhis ushers was Dick Starr, with whom heroomed in his senior year, and in Mead'swords, 'One of the many great guys in ourclass." Dick came all the way from Persia forthe wedding, and there he found Dot Simpson,one of Polly's beautiful bridesmaids. I don'tknow where Dick spent the interveningtwelve months, but precisely one year later heand Dot were married.

Other notable ushers at Mead's weddingwere the late Charles "Pinkie" Felske, ourfirst class historian, and Roger Egeberg,one of '24's great oarsmen. Rog writes fromWashington, DC that he is "having a go atwriting," while his wife of 60 years is busysculpting, having had two one-man shows ofher creations this past winter. Rog, what areyou telling us in your book? More about yourexploits with General Douglas MacArthur? Itshould be a good one.

Reverting to my opening query, 'wayback in 1921, a sophomore named Gwendo-len Miller was having dinner with a younglady from her house at the Cascadίlla cafeteriawhen four young men sauntered along, look-ing for a place to set down their trays. Noticingfour empty spaces at the girls' table, they askedif they might join them. It turned out thatGwen's companion knew one of the men well,the others slightly, all of them from Pi KappaPhi, including a sophomore named S. Web-ster Dodge. It wasn't long before everyonewas properly introduced and they all had din-ner together. From then on, Gwen and Webliterally skated together through the nextthree years on the Hill. Hardly a year afterthat they were married, and last spring theycelebrated their 65th wedding anniversary atCharlestown, RI. Their son, KennethDodge '51, and their daughter, KathleenMe Williams (Syracuse '56) masterminded thecelebration, with Ken's wife, son, and daugh-ter-in-law adding to the delight of the occa-sion.

As Gwen tells us, congratulations are alsoin order for no less than ten distaff members ofour class who, this year, celebrate marriagesthat go back 60 or more years. What a record,and how different from many of the marriagesof this era! While we're on this subject, howabout writing me or Gwen and telling us how


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and where you and your spouse met? Themost interesting and/or unusual responsewould receive a copy of classmate JesseJackson's new book, A Yankee Boy GrowsUp In Savannah. Let's hear from you—bothmen and women—with your story, while it stillcosts only 25 cents to mail a letter. D MaxSchmitt, RR5, Box 2498, Brunswick, Me.04011.

Max Schmitt's men's column includes somuch news about both men and women thatthe women's column is taking the month offand will return in October. Π GwendolenMiller Dodge, 230 Shirley Dr., Charlestown,RI 02813.

Henrique O. Marques re-turned to his native Lisbon aftergraduation, and spent nine yearsdesigning and installing, first,general machinery, and then thelatest wireless equipment, in

Portugal and its territories. During the secondphase, while he was managing a short-wavestation in the Cape Verde Islands, he was mar-ried by proxy because he couldn't be sparedfrom his job, and shortly thereafter his wifecame out from Lisbon. In 1934 he took a jobwith the Portuguese operation of Ford MotorCo., and stayed with Ford 34 years, in variouscapacities ranging from sales to quality con-trol manager of an assembly plant which hehelped design. "Non-technical" work in-cluded translation and adaptation to Portu-guese needs of a book on soil, which Ford dis-tributed to its farm machinery dealers. Afterhis retirement in 1968 he worked on a com-pendium of musical terms, which developedinto a complete dictionary in Portuguese,French, Italian, English, and German, andwas published in 1986. For the past 18 yearshe has had another serious hobby: collectingand repairing old clocks, which has led to aserious study of horology and travels all overEurope. He and his wife now live "a simplelife on a quiet street in Lisbon," next door tohis son Antonio, who has been a college pro-fessor and author in several countries (includ-ing some years in Gainesville, Fla.).

From Rio de Janeiro, Francisco Cor-rea da Silva writes to explain why hecouldn't get to our 65th Reunion, as he hadplanned. To control inflation that had reacheda rate of almost 100 percent a month, a newPresidente froze, for two years, 85 percent ofall assets that individuals and corporationshad in banks as of March 15. With only 15 per-cent of what they had had, many firmscouldn't meet their payrolls, and individualslimited purchases to strict essentials. Custom-ers of Francisco's textile factories canceled orsuspended orders, "involving millions ofdollars ... At my age to face such an unusualsituation is not easy and I cannot leave Braziluntil things at our factories are under control."I must admit that I've heard so much aboutBrazilian inflation over the years that news ofthis year's incredible rate, and of the subse-quent freeze (instead of the indexing I'd heardabout in the past), had made little impressionon me. Our classmate's letter brings home theproblems of our huge southern neighbor. As ofMay 15, things were improving so that Fran-cisco hoped to visit Ithaca late this summerand show his wife "our beautiful campus."

Grace BlauveltWβDβ__'23

A '90s Womanhen Dr. Grace Welles celebrated her 90th birthday in June, thelocal press took note of the event. There was a party for Welles,shown here preparing to cut the cake, in the town of Orient, onthe eastern tip of Long Island, where she has spent summers formore than fifty years, and has lived full time since retirement

from practice in New Jersey in the 1960s. The Suffolk Times observedthat here is "a '90s woman/' A successful pediatrician and mother ofthree (now grandmother of three, as well) Welles had "waited until hercareer was firmly established before—at age 37—beginning to raise afamily."

Welles remembers that for young women of her day, the thing to do"was teach or be a nurse, not a doctor . . . and you got married, you'dlose your job." Wishing to be her own boss, she originally set out to be"a lady farmer and develop some property." At Cornell she studiedAgriculture, and took time off to work on a farm, where, among otherthings, she learned "the men in those days would not work for a woman.They'd do things for you if you asked them, but they wouldn't work foryou ... so I switched over to pre-med." Welles practiced in Ridgewood,New Jersey.

She and husband Clement Welles, now deceased, adopted twochildren and a third was born when she was 40 years old. As with manymodern women, Grace Welles was called upon to "do it all." DuringWorld War II, "Instead of retiring to be a good mother and housewife, Ikept on practicing" because eight of the fourteen area doctors, all men,had left to join the war effort.

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Willard "Bill Ga" Georgia reminds usthat there are worse things than economic cat-aclysm. In a letter to Joe Nolin from Charles-ton, SC, last May, he said: "Losing my wife of63 years was a blow that is very difficult toovercome ... Per doctor's advice, I will not beable to attend our Reunion. So the next best isto be there in spirit." D Walter T. South-worth, 744 Lawton St., McLean, Va. 22101.

Avast there, Landlubbers Anon-ymous! J. Webb L. Sheehy,Rochester, NY, and wife Ruthattended the 50th anniversarycelebration of the US CoastGuard Auxiliary and he writes,

"A big fuss made over us because I am theoldest living national commodore, as well asthe third national commodore still active in theUSCG Aux." From Greeneville, Tenn. (athome in the Tennessee Smokies) comes asplendid letter from Edward M. Condit'28. He types, "Thanks for the June AlumniNews, noting that G. Schuyler Tarbell, Jr.,is enjoying his 86-hood. I haven't seen Tige for64 years, but always remember him as a su-perlative Cornellian, thoughtful and encourag-ing, and admired by the plodding Llenrocfreshmen of the Class of '28." The letter issigned as legibly as any 80-year-old could(maybe better). Below is written a line:"Please excuse a blind man's signature.E.M.C."

Ted Sanderson, Southbury, Conn., is apotential 86er—not yet, but by the time the ka-tydids are in voice, come August. Next yearhe hopes to be in a continuing care place calledEast Hill Woods, now under constructionnearby. He writes that wife Marjorie had adevastating stroke in November 1987. "Shehas full understanding, and can talk in a lowvoice (I remind her of King Lear's remarkabout Cordelia, near the end of the play!), butis helpless physically. I cope as best I can. Myactivities consist mostly of spending after-noons with my wife, but I do a bit of volunteerwork at the Waterbury Hospital, and I singwith the Heritage Village Singers. I sang withCornell Glee Club 60-odd years ago when Iwas a tenor. Now I'm a bass baritone." (Mightharmonize well with the katydids.)

And keep repeating: A Memorable Cele-bration: Our 65th Reunion and Cornell's 125thAnniversary, June 6-9, 1991. D StewBeecher, 106 Collingwood Dr., Rochester,NY 14621.

This is the last round-up of news on hand,gleaned from the 1989-90 News & Dues letter.Eleanor Hillings Gatlin enjoys a quiet life-style with her spouse of 57 years, John '28.Travel and activities have been cut back, butthey are both enjoying good health and arelooking forward to the 1990s. LouiseRussell and sister Helen '32 had a most in-teresting trip thru the Ozarks. She still con-tinues her study of insects!

Virginia "Ginnie" Case Stevens reportsthat most of her trips now are confined toRoute 20 in New York State. She enjoys fami-ly, friends, church, gardening, and crafts. Re-union in 1991 is on her calendar! MarionBrill Carlson is still active in Grange andchurch. She has 14 grandchildren and sevengreat-grandchildren. Laura Jane Burnettis very happy with her life in Moody House, a

retirement home in Galveston, Texas. Shekeeps well and enjoys the many activities.

Greetings from this final list of duespay-ers—but without news—Sara Rubin Baron,Alice Medway Cowdery, Edith Mills-paugh Green, retired maj. Muriel Guggolz, Joyce Holmes Todt, Ruth Carpen-ter Robson, May Eisemann Reed, MarionQuell, Mildred Brucker Palmer. A happyand healthy fall to all. D Billie BurtisScanlan, Wood River Village, M202, Bensa-lem, Pa. 19020.

^^• Grace Eglinton Vigurs againI m joined the musical group with

m m which she went to Poland twom m years ago, this time on their

^^^ m June trip to Ireland, Wales, andiH mi London. In London, she met herson Rich Vigurs '55 and his wife for aweek's visit in Edinburgh, Scotland to checkon relatives. In May, Orpha Spicer Zim-mer and Jim '26 were so bogged down theywere unable to make the class luncheon inNew York City. Selling their home inSouthampton in an abysmal market and stillsorting over their years of memorabilia is"just almost too much." In their Southburyretirement home, there will be classmatesnearby to welcome them.

Ruth Hausner Stone returned toSchenectady in May after a winter in San An-tonio/Texas. I had a long telephone conversa-tion with Jo Conlon Ernstein, who plans togo to France in the fall to visit her step-daughter and to Switzerland to see relatives ofMary Dorr. Barb Cone Berlinghof's im-mediate family, not grands, returned toBinghamton on June 15 to help her celebrateher 85th birthday; on June 21, she flew toEvanston for the wedding of a granddaughter.

I look forward to hearing from everyonesoon. D Sid Hanson Reeve, 1563 Dean St.,Schenectady, NY 12309.

A 21-gun salute to Don Hershey who, as hehas suggested in this space, is beginning theprocess of relinquishing the office of class cor-respondent! Don has conscientiously andfaithfully discharged the responsibility of thatoffice with skill and sagacity since a timewhereof the memory of man (i.e., Cornell menof '27) runneth not to the contrary. What otherclass correspondent can approach the longevi-ty of Don's term of office, which began beforethe Cold War? During all those years, Don hasproduced more than 300 monthly columnschronicling the comings and goings and do-ings of his classmates, their children, and eventheir grand- and great-grandchildren. In addi-tion, as a loyal, dedicated, and extremely mod-est alumnus, Don has made many untold andunselfish contributions to the university.Some say, indeed, that instead of being his Al-ma Mater, Cornell has been his jealous mis-tress, with, of course, the broad-minded acqui-escence of his understanding wife Gladys.Even when he was an undergraduate Don ac-tively participated in constructive undertak-ings. He served consecutively as president,treasurer, and secretary of his class at the Col-lege of Architecture, as well as being simul-taneously its athletic director and a member ofthe college baseball, basketball, and soccerteams. During his professional career his

works have been manifest. When Al Cowanvisited Sicily recently he met a woman fromRochester and inquired whether she knewDon Hershey. "I have never had the honor ofmeeting Mr. Hershey," she replied, "but Iknow him from beautifully designed struc-tures he conceived and built." Don has beatenan unequalled path; to try to follow in his foot-steps would be the equivalent of trying to rep-licate the Lewis and Clark Expedition. PrexyRay Reisler (that's what Don dubbed ourclass president, the judge) writes of his "grati-tude to Don, a dear friend, for his decades ofservice to '27 as our perennial, excellent classcorrespondent and our men's Reunion chair-man for many years, as well as for hisboundless devotion to Cornell—a great Cor-nellian." Mai Stark also writes to concur inHal Gassner's and Gene Tonkonogy'sprevious tributes to Don. Mai had intended to,but could not, attend the annual class lunch-eon in New York City. Among those who didattend were Joe Ayers, Bill Cassebaum,Al Cowan, Art Nash, Ray Reisler, Si Ro-senzweig, Les Robbins, Gene Tonkono-gy, H. Sol Tunick, Deleon "Dill" Walsh,and Gabe Zuckerman. D Charles L.Kades, PO Box 130, Heath, Mass. 01346.

This note is being written onApril 10, '90. The material forthe second News & Dues letternas iust keen Bailed to Ithaca,after preparation by the comput-ers Al and Ezra. Al is the A lumni

News's and Ezra is the university's; we ar-ranged for their marriage. The outcome of themarriage was—all the envelopes necessary forthe second dues mailing; a list of all the dues-payers for the Alumni News, who will makecopies for all interested parties; a list of non-duespayers for the secretary's files; and final-ly a list of duespayers for the secretary's files.All this was done without any class officerhaving to address envelopes or check off lists,and it meets our requirements for confiden-tiality. Much thanks to Fran Shumway of theOffice of Alumni Affairs, who looks after '28;Ezra and Al think she's wonderful too.

Ted and Martelle Adler attended theAdult University (CAU) at Tortola, BritishVirgin Islands, in February '90. They stayedat the Prospect Reef Resort in Roadtown,BVI, enjoyed the beaches, and passed up thesnorkeling. Got a postcard from Dr. MaxWerner. He was in San Francisco visiting hisdaughter and son-in-law last April, and said hecouldn't wait for the summer to come to makehis usual visit to camp.

Jim Stewart answered the question-naire just with an address, which I take it is anew one: Apt. 17-10-U Meadow Lakes,Hightstown, NJ 08520. Glad to see that Jim isstill around and interested enough to keep usadvised of his whereabouts. Dr. Jules Cole-man writes he's now spending his time halfand half between Yale University and a pri-vate practice. He reminds us he has a grand-son who is class of '85.

Gilbert Hart sends in a note that he isstill training animals to work with handi-capped, disabled, and elderly people. He hasbeen at this a long time, and says it is very re-warding. Emanuel Raices tells us he gaveup his work with the National Executive Ser-vice Corps to make a trip to Japan last May.


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W. Seward Salisbury updates his fileby reminding us that he was a sociology pro-fessor at SUNY Oswego, and retired in 1974after spending a lifetime in that neck of thewoods. Going through the file I found anothercommunication from Max Werner; can't quitemake out what he says but I believe he's start-ing out on a long trip, to touch every state inthe union. The postcard mentioned above, re-ceived in April '90, reported he'd gotten as faras California and was anxious to get back. DLouis Freidenberg, 200 E. 57th St., NYC10022.

When you read this, June will be but a memo-ry! Not our year, but four of the officers of the'28 women were in Ithaca for Reunion activi-ties. Ruth Lyon from Florida and KathrynAltemeier Yohn from Port Jervis were joinedin some activities by Alyene Fenner Brownand me. I took Katty and Ruth to the SecretGarden after supper Thursday. An ideal timeto visit—everything quiet and calm. Dogwoodand white lilacs were gone, but white impa-tiens near our bench were lovely.

I saw Eleanor Bretsch Burden at theHuman Ecology breakfast Saturday morning.We visited about waiting on table, MissSeeley, and Friday Night Class. Her daughter,Ruth Burden '67, brought her. Saturdayevening we four went to the Van Cleef Dinnerand saw another classmate, Lillean Leh-mann.

Sunday Ruth left for Vermont, where shewas to spend the summer, and Katty wenthome. It was good to get together but we missedDot Knapton Stebbins, Katharina "Kay"Geyer Butterfield, and Anna "Madge"Marwood Headland. Alyene has the blue-berry patch to keep track of and I am off toMichigan for two weeks. Let us hear aboutyour summer. D Rachel A. Merritt, 1306Hanshaw Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850.

News coming this way of you allhas been scarce indeed until thefollowing was kindly sent mefrom Col. Jerome "Jerry"Loewenberg. He writes, "At-tending the annual Continuous

Reunion Club's luncheon at the Statler onJune 8 were Ed Whiting, his house guestHowie Hall, and Jerry Loewenberg. Jerryalso had a visit with Don Layton. A featureat the luncheon was the introduction of Cor-nell's new head football coach, Jim Hofher'79, the first alumnus to coach the team inabout 70 years. The new athletic building onthe south side of Alumni Field is something tobehold. In addition to spacious offices for eachof the coaches, it has a basketball court withseating for 4,500 spectators, and an enclosedpractice field suitably surfaced for baseball,lacrosse, and soccer practice. Its interior ishalf the size of a football field."

Albert N. Pedersen sends a brief notefrom San Clemente, Cal. He and wife Vandet-ta traveled to Europe in 1965 and '78, and theyfind Yosemite still beautiful! Albert was dis-trict manager of California state parks1955-70. From 1948-54 he. was engaged in ad-ministration and teaching in California publicschools. Albert was a member of Cornell'sGlee Club and now, sadly, he writes, "DoingOK despite being on dialysis treatment." Car-ry on, Albert. Sadly, too, I must record the

passing of Jerome "Jerry" Kane Ohrbachat his home in Los Angeles on June 28, '90. Inschool days Jerry was active on the varsitytrack squad. D Albert W. Hostek, PO Box2307, Hedgerows Farm, Setauket, NY 11733.

Congratulations to Helen (Markson) andJerome S. Isaacs '28 of White Plains, NY,who celebrated their 60th wedding anniver-sary on May 5, '90, with their daughters andson-in-law, Valerie Martin and Linda and Jo-seph Redmond. Also present were theirgrandsons, Keith and Paul Redmond. A thirdgrandson, Petty Officer Second Class SeanMartin, is stationed with the US Navy at May-port Naval Base, Fla.

Linnea Peterson Ceilly and husband,Dr. Ward, were the hosts of the '29ers at theirlovely home on the Great South Bay in Bright-waters, LI, last June. Rosalie (Cohen) andErnie Gay came from East Hartford, Conn,and spent a couple of days with Agnes "Tib"Kelly Saunders in connection with this, andthey dined with Marian WalbanckeSmith and Dr. Wallace '30 in EastRockaway. Inclement weather kept someguests away, but they were in touch by phone.They included Lizette Hand, Gerry(D'Heedene) and Sam Nathan '27,Edith Stenberg Smith, and AnnaSchmidt. The Sarasota group called also, in-cluding Jo Mills Reis and Connie CobbPierce. Connie told them of her upcoming tripto London to visit her sister, Virginia, whomakes her home there. Jo also told of a trip toHolland she and Catharine "Kit" CurvinHill had just returned from with one of Kit'sSarasota clubs.

Peg Pontius Stephens is kept busy withthe comings and goings of her family. (She isvery fortunate to have so many living in andnear Geneva.) Especially in the summer, herchildren and grandchildren enjoy the familycottage on Seneca Lake, just a few miles fromwhere she lives. D Charlotte Kolb Runey,West Hill Rd., RD 3, Delv. 28, Elmira, NY14903.

Mary Sly wishes her healthwould have permitted her tocome to Reunion. She is happy tonave nad Hazel Reed visit herat Christmas. Martha FisherEvans's husband Henry '31

was recovering from a heart attack; they plannedto come to Reunion. Agnes Talbot Mackaywas moving to a retirement home at the end ofMay, as she suffered leg surgery and a strokerecently. Rachael Field has completed 18years as church treasurer, made 165 Ibs. ofpeanut butter for the church bazaar, and re-tired from the Advisory Board of the SalvationArmy. She likes to walk around the OneidaReservoir where she sees deer, sea gulls, andwild turkeys.

Olive Hoberg Godwin has two daugh-ters, six grandchildren, all living in differentstates. She winters in Hawaii with daughterLynn, visits the rest of the family the rest ofthe year. She's still painting and exhibiting. AState Award keeps her going; also two great-grandsons. Osea Calciolari Noss continuesvolunteer work with Recording for the Blindand also copy editing for the Yale Peabody[Sec page 42 for Reunion-inspired poem by aclassmates. ]

Museum of Natural History Publications, andhelped husband Luther with the book PaulHindemuth in the United States, issued by theU. of Illinois Press in 1989. D EleanorSmith Tomlinson, 231 SE 52nd Ave., Port-land, Ore. 97215.

Your new correspondent follows a tough act:Dan Denenholz's two decades of stellar,"beyond the call" service, for which unboundedgratitude is due. Well done, Dan!

Mayer Brandschain "covered the1989 Penn-Cornell Thanksgiving Day footballresumption in Franklin Field (first in 20 yearsor more) for the Associated Press." ProfessorSidney Kaufman, of the geology depart-ment and executive director of the consortiumfor continental reflection profiling, receivedthe 1990 Hollis D. Hedberg Award from theInst. for the Study of Earth and Man, which heshared with a fellow geology professor, JackE. Oliver. The institute described theirachievements as having "revolutionized sci-entific thought on the potential for oil and gaswithin the continental crust in areas previous-ly considered barren."

Dr. Frank A. M. Bryant has moved toBellevue, Wash, and is volunteer probation of-ficer for the city. J. William Cole is nowchairman of Hilton Head (SC) public servicedistrict. William M. Harder winters in Cali-fornia, driving there 4,500 miles via Florida!Ralph Higley, a Floridian, summers in theColorado mountains, "takes hikes up over12,000 feet!" John A. Laird was lookingforward to two Reunions, his own and wifeSophia's (Wellesley '30).

Wilfred R. Rhodes predicts that he will"probably retire within the next ten years—noapparent reason to retire now—so says mycardiologist." He was the sole attender of his55th year Cornell Law School reunion,echews travel in those "track meets (airports)and cattlecars (airplanes)."

O. E. Duke Schneider, my "neighbor"in nearby Venice, Fla., has reactivated my at-tendance at Sarasota Cornell and Ivy LeagueClub functions.

The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Artannounced, by news release in April 1990, a"generous gift to the museum by Dr. SidneyL. Tamarin, in memory of his wife, Dr. ElmaComer Tamarin. The gift will provide addedseating to the, museum's outdoor sculpturecourt in a project for clearing the court, reor-ganizing the existing sculpture, and addingplanters, in accordance with the consultationfrom the museum building architect's office."Π Benedict P. Cottone, Bay Plaza, #802,1255 N. Gulfstream Ave., Sarasota, Fla.34326; (813) 366-2989.

β In April, as this is being written,the outdoor thermometer regis-ters an incredible 96 degrees

I Fahrenheit. If this keeps up, weshudder to contemplate what

I we're in for by midsummer whenyou'll be reading this. Hope you're sitting in acool, shady spot somewhere! Evelyn Fine-man Miller noticed that the March issue wasshort on news of women classmates. She hascome to the rescue, for which many thanks.She writes from Florida that she's in goodhealth and pretty well recovered from a brok-en kneecap suffered after "a stupid fall." Her

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words, not ours. These things do seem to hap-pen in the twinkling of an eye.

Evelyn's son, Michael Kay '61, is affili-ated with an organization that builds hotelsand office buildings. Always an active alum-nus, he now regularly interviews students inAtlanta who wish to enter the School of HotelAdministration.

We sent a note of sympathy to LenoreTobin Schattner over the loss of her husbandMike and received this reply. "I keep thinkingof our Reunion next year. Imagine our 60th!Γm doing my best, trying to avoid indulgingmyself in deep sadness over Mike's death. Imiss him terribly. He was such a rare, consid-erate husband. Γm fortunate, having manygood friends in Pound Ridge. I keep activewith bridge, the Garden Club, and occasionaltrips to the theater in New York City and theLong Wharf Theater. I visit with my sister,Jane Tobias Muccio '32, in NYC. You mustremember, it was Depression time and wedidn't think we could afford college. ThomasF. Clark, our high school teacher, insisted onour taking the scholarship exams. Luckily wepassed the exams for Cornell. Those were thegood old days!"

Any memories you 'd like to share with therest of us? D Helen Nuffort Saunders, 1Kensington Terr., Maplewood, NJ 07040.

In the April 1990 Class Notes I quoted a gal-lant letter from George Michaels (10 Nor-man Ave., Auburn, NY) about his belovedwife and our classmate, Helen (Wetzler).Only a few weeks after I sent in the report I re-ceived word that George had been strickenwith the dread "Big C," and was to be oper-ated on immediately. Now the good news! In aletter from Helen and George to "all my de-voted friends and relatives" (which doubtlessincluded many of you '31ers) he expresses"our deep and profound gratitude for yourmany warm expessions of friendship duringthe past few months." A hand-written PS adds"Got a great report from my surgeon today(June 13) but I still have a long way to go."We're with you all the way, George and Helen!

One of the truly great joys of this job ishearing from an old campus friend who hasbeen a member of the "Silent Majority" formany years (and I'm sure it is just as great ajoy to you to see the report in this column).Bliss Clark (5401 Palm Valley Dr., S., Har-lingen, Texas), the big No. 6 man (and friendof every stroke who rowed in front of him!) inthe 1930 Varsity Poughkeepsie Champions,recently came through with a very kind per-sonal note and the following biographical sum-mary. "I am long ago retired—but have had abusy life and a fine family. Worked in NewBritain, Conn., as chief of staff and surgery formany years, then medical director, then presi-dent of the hospital (CEO). Then consultingfor hospitals on a national level, then retire-ment in Mexico for five years, then here inHarlingen for ten years. Have four children,two daughters are 46 and 47, one son, an or-thopedic surgeon, and a newly married daugh-ter, 23. (How many of you have grandchildren23 or older?—WMV query.) All doing ex-tremely well. I consider myself extremely for-tunate. Am reasonably healthy, golf four orfive times a week, do some traveling, wife alsohealthy and a golfer. And—that's it!" A cham-pion in life as well as in rowing!

A. Haslup "Has" Forman (7005 Cope-leigh Rd., Baltimore, Md.) sent in a follow-upto his earlier heart attack report in this columnsaying that he had recovered nicely and wasresuming his travels. (We trust he takes hisown advice and makes sure there is a doctoron the ship!) Recently Frank O'Brien(winter address, 1636 S. Ocean Dr., Ft.Lauderdale, Fla.), perhaps sensing that hisprevious Reunion responsibilities as chief pur-veyor of alcoholic refreshment are becomingless onerous as our years increase and our ca-pacities and tolerance decrease, wrote that hehas been corresponding with old campusfriends to rekindle their interest in the class,and so is coming to the Sensational 60th nextJune. One nice response he received camefrom Ed Hall (Indian Mountain, Brackney,Pa.) on House of Representatives stationery,bearing also the legend " . . . United StatesCongressman longer than any other BroomeCounty, NY resident in the history of our Re-public." A footnote by Ed indicates that heserved from 1939 to 1953. It is nice to be re-minded that a classmate has served us and ourcountry so long and so well. ALSO—this ex-change suggests that each and every one ofyou could revive old friendships by sittingdown right now and doing as Has hasdone—writing an "I'm coming, how aboutyou?" letter to a roomie, teammate, fraternitybro., or other good friend. If you need any ad-dresses, write me! Π William M. Vanne-man, 174 Shore Rd., Box 234, Old Green-wich, Conn. 06870.

Robert A. Eyerman andAlice (Hopkins) celebratedtheir 57th in August 1989. Bothgranddaughters (together withhusbands) and two great-grand-children attended the celebra-

tion, which Bob and Alice describe as "Somefun!" Bob is still engaged in the practice of ar-chitecture with some time devoted to land de-velopment but, he adds, it now takes himthree hours to complete a one-hour task.

I can do no better than to quote from anunidentified publication which printed the fol-lowing: "Philadelphia architect/city plan-ner/author/educator/critic Edmund N. Ba-con, FAIA, (received) the UIA's 1990 SirPatrick Abercrombie Prize for Town Planningor Territorial Development at the 17th UIACongress in Montreal." The congress washeld May 27 to June 1, '90, and the interna-tional jury said, "Bacon's book, Design of Cit-ies, is considered a seminal work and standardtext. . ."

Carl Schabtach continues to divide hisyear between Bolton Landing (on LakeGeorge) and Schenectady, with intervals oftravel. Visited Anguilla a year or so, andcruised the Amazon and through the Wind-ward Islands to Guadaloupe the year before.Arthritis in his legs and a prosthetic hip jointhave ruled out sailboat racing and tennis.

Walter F. Deming II reflects some ofthe problems which afflict his contemporaries.His handicap creeps up and the courses getlonger and more difficult. Walt and Freddielive in La Jolla, Cal. with a respite in PalmDesert each winter. Retired ophthalmologistRaymond R. Preefer watches over somereal estate, presumably near his home in W.Palm Beach, Fla. He spends several weeks

every summer in Vermont. D James W.Oppenheimer, 584 Delaware Ave., Buffalo,NY 14202.

Last summer Shirley Fuchs Milton went toAlaska, and enjoyed the wild life inland andshipboard life cruising down to Vancouver.Shirley is still editing The Fashion Institutionof Technology Review.

In July 1989, Dorothy Lee Bennettand Fred '33 enjoyed a week in Vienna. InMay 1989 they visited daughter Barbara andcelebrated her graduation, at which she re-ceived a second master's degree. In Septem-ber they visited son Larry, PhD '66 and hiswife, Margaret (Musgrave) '63, in Alas-ka. Dot and Fred have four grandsons, allteenagers.

Word has just reached me that AliceAvery Guest underwent emergency vascularsurgery early in March. After three weeks inthe hospital, she faced a slow recovery athome. By now I hope her recovery is com-plete.

Margaret Wilkinson Schenck is hav-ing a wonderful life with her new husband oftwo years, traveling over the world. She hastwo fourth-generation Cornell grandchildren,and now a great-grandchild who may becomea fifth-generation Cornellian! Peggy had agrand visit with Rachel Worthen Siden-berg while in Rancho Mirage, Cal. D Mar-tha Travis Houck, PO Box 178, Bedminster,NJ 07921.

Ruth (Fisher) '36 and Fran-cis "Fran" Rosevear took acouple of two-night backpackingtrips in the Adirondacks plussome miscellaneous day trips lastyear. In a major shift, from hik-

ing to music, Fran reported Ruth bought anew cello to carry her through the rest of thecentury. He keeps his oboe, English horn, andsaxophone busy in the community orchestra,concert band, marching band, and chambermusic group as required. Received a welcomenote from A. Carl Witteborg in which hereports enjoying survival, at the still goldenage, up in northern Wisconsin. He hears fromDonn Emmons occasionally. Has not re-turned to Ithaca since an Adult University(CAU) course three summers ago. Carl, manythanks for your kind words about the 1933class news columns.

Charlotte Spencer Stevenson enjoyeda wonderful visit with Marjorie Volker Lun-ger in her home in Williamsburg, Va. Claimingno special news, Katherine Long Bobbittreports she continues to enjoy the ballet at theKennedy Center in Washington and, last Sep-tember, took a Canadian cruise. She closedwith, "Sorry I don't have more to report at thistime—always enjoy reading about friends inthe Alumni News."

Ruth and Robert Hood went to Englandlast summer with the Friendship Force ofLancaster, Pa. They stayed with host familieson the Isle of Wight and in the old city of Bris-tol. "It was a great experience." ElizabethMitchell Stanhope still volunteers one morn-ing each week at the local hospital and library.

Retired from public education in 1977, af-ter 44 years mostly in coaching and athleticadministration, Charles "Chuck" Forrestcontinues to assist in state-run high school ath-


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letic events, particularly basketball tourna-ments, track meets, and all-star football in Ju-ly. Jonas Bassen wrote last March that, asan avid gardener at his age, he appreciates thestatement by Thomas Jefferson on his retire-ment— "I'm an old man, but a young garden-er." He also enjoys the fact that so many ofAmerica's eminent horticulturists were Cor-nellians—with one-time Dean of AgricultureLiberty Hyde Bailey one of the greatest.

Eleanor Crombie Shuman and hus-band A. Cornwell '30 are "rock hounds"who belong to the Wabash Valley Rock Cluband attend shows around the country whereCornwell sells jewelry he makes. They are in-terested in genealogy and spend time in librar-ies and old court houses. Their three children,six grandchildren, and finally one great-grand-child are scattered from Massachusetts toCalifornia. Now looking forward to celebrat-ing their 58th wedding anniversary this year.Congratulations! They visited Ithaca twicelast summer and Eleanor reported, "I approveof progress but it certainly has changed thecampus I loved."

Marietta Zoller Dickerson and hus-band Lucius '39 recommend Tennessee forhappy retirement thanks to a pleasant weath-er pattern, not too cold or too hot.Their 50thwedding anniversary, last year, was a happycelebration with the return of their exchangestudents from Germany and Pakistan, plus ag-ricultural friends from Denmark, and a bounti-ful number of family and friends.

Dues without news from RaymondCothran, Edward Moebus, James Per-kins, Blanche Pearlman Singer, BettyLowndes Heath, Sylvan Nathan, Doro-thy Noonan Foote, and WilliamSchneider. Keep us posted on your currentactivities. D Garrett V. S. Ryerson Jr.,1700 Lehigh Rd., Wantagh, NY 11793.

MGood news! Henry "Hank"Gaily and his committee (in-cluding Sanford ''Sandy"Ketchum, Dick Hosley, Eu-gene Hayden, Lucy BelleBoldt Shull, and Hugh West-

fall) will soon be sending a letter to all membersof our class with all the details for the '34 mini-reunion planned for March 13-14, '91 in Sarasota,Fla. Meanwhile, Hank is serving his fifth term aschairman of the Longboat Key (Fla.) PlanningBoard. In June, Doris and Hank visited theUSSR with an alumni group, as did HowardNulle and his wife.

Bob Kane is completing his book, commis-sioned by the university, on the history of Cornellsports. The title, The, People of Cornell Sports, in-dicates the book's thesis—what kind of personthe Cornell athlete is, and how he or she has donein life after Cornell. In case you missed itelsewhere, Dick Hardy (Hendersonville, NC),was one of the 1989 inductees into the CornellAthletic Hall of Fame.

In January, Bob Tyler, formerly of HiltonHead, SC, and Katherine Richardson were mar-ried. After spending February at Bob's winterhome in Tubac, Ariz., they have moved into theirnew home at 20 Middelton PL, Southern Pines,NC, and are looking forward to life in this area,Kay's home for several years.

Bill and Anne Robertson got back to Itha-ca four times in 1989 from their home in Marl-borough, NH, and Bill claims there is no better

way to charge one's batteries than to be back oncampus. In May, they attended the graduation oftheir second granddaughter, Wendy Wheeler'89, at a most impressive ceremony in the Cres-cent. In June there was our 55th Reunion, andtwo university meetings in the fall. (Note: Bill hasgood reasons to visit the campus often. He is apresidential councilor, trustee emeritus, and aUniversity Council life member.)

Stephanie Mayer '93, the granddaugh-ter of Oscar and Rosalie Mayer, Madison,Wise., is in Arts. Last May Bill Pierce (Dallas,Pa.) returned to Ithaca to see his grandson, JonPierce '90, graduate as an electrical engineer.Dick and Mildred Almstedt Rozelle '35(Glenwood, Fla.) also have a granddaughter atCornell.

Frank Williams (Cuba, NY) never playedgolf before he retired from law practice in 1986,but he now plays three or four times weekly andenjoys it very much. He and wife Marion alsotravel, visiting their three children and six grand-children. John and Jerrie Bennett (Bethesda,Md.) attended the Adult University (CAU) pro-gram 'The Natural World of Sapelo Island" inGeorgia last March-April. Bill North,Lansdale, Pa., is still traveling—most recently byship down the coast of Chile, around Cape Hornto Buenos Aires; then he topped off the winterwith six weeks on Captiva Island, Fla.

Warm congratulations to Dr. Norm Thet-ford and wife Meda (Young) '35, whocelebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in1989—an occasion for all their progeny (six) to bein the same place at the same time; also to DickHosley and wife Betty, who celebrated their50th wedding anniversary in May at their nor-thern home in Marblehead, Mass.; and toFrank Shull and the "gal" he met as asophomore, Lucy Belle (Boldt), who recentlycelebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary inSarasota, Fla. D Hilton Jayne, Carter Pt,Sedgwick, Me. 04676.

Henrietta Deubler wrote that NobukoTakagi Tongyai died March 26, '90, from acerebral hemorrhage. She is survived by hus-band Chakratong (3 Soi Methinives, Suk-humvit 24, Bangkok 10110, Thailand), twosons, and two daughters. Nobuko was a trulyremarkable woman. At Cornell she workedher way with the help of a State Tuition Schol-arship, attaining Mortar Board and Phi BetaKappa. She became the first woman professorin her country. After retiring, she served 17years with the Civil Service Commission, andin 1985 the king awarded her an honorary de-gree in liberal arts, another first for a woman.The King and Queen sponsored all her medi-cal expenses as well as the seven-day funeralrites. Deubie has a wonderful bookletprepared in her memory by her family.

Deubie also wrote that Eleanor "Dicky"Mirsky Bloom (463 77th St., Brooklyn)broke her left wrist and right shoulder at theNew York Flower Show, and also had dentalcomplications. Deubie has been to London forthe Chelsea Garden Show, and to famous gar-dens in north England.

Charlotte Crane Stilwell wrote me ofSarah Miller Cunningham's death March23, '90. Sally had been in failing health forsome time, and is survived by husband David,8140 Township Line Rd. #2203, Indianapolis,Ind. During college summers Sally visitedCharlotte and met her young uncle whom she

married. They both had sons about the sametime, then daughters. The Stilwells were inLondon in June on business and pleasure.Charlotte reports some angina which slowsher down a bit.

Eleanor Bobertz Pirro, 1040 E. Put-nam Ave. #103, Riverside, Conn., was jubilantabout her fifth year coping successfully withhead/neck cancer (malignant melanoma). Sherepeats her offer to interact with anyone withsuch a problem. She works with hospice pa-tients at the Greenwich Hospital: "Anyonecan do it if I can."

Adult University (CAU) notified me thatEstelle Markin Greenhill, 720 Milton Rd.,Rye, NY, recently attended a weekend semi-nar on Latin America. Mina Bellinger Hew-itt, 726 Nottingham Dr., Medina, Ohio re-ceived another needlepoint honor—a pictureand instructions for "Gathering Nectar" pub-lished in the March-April issue of NeedlepointPlus magazine. The design included severalfuchsias and a feeding hummingbird with de-tached wings. But her big news was that twograndchildren graduated from Cornell in May:Scott Shaw '90, Arts, son of Carol Hew-itt Shaw '62, and Barbara Holler '90,Arts, daughter of Nancy Hewitt Holler'59. D Lucy Belle Boldt Shull, 3229 S.Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota, Fla. 34239.

Let's make an effort to sharewâôur câss mem°erstheafterglow of a happy 55th Re-umon ^n this spirit, would youreuners include in your notes forthis column your feelings about

Reunion and your impressions of the Cornellof today and tomorrow, and remembrances ofyesteryears? Many voices will surely make atruer song. Frances "Sancie" Lauman sentseveral of your responses to the reservationforms so other class members would knowwhy some couldn't join us. Ralph Wise sentregards and said he would be in Europe. Mar-garet Robinson Jones sent greetings, andsaid the distance was too far for her to handle.E. Allen Robinson went on the Adult Uni-versity (CAU) tour to Ecuador and the Galapa-gos Islands; he will, however, be in Ithaca forthe 100th anniversary of the Cornell chapter ofSigma Phi. Charlotte Mangan Lattimorewas out of the country. Lloyd Pinckneysaid total blindness kept him away. BettyMyers Martin spent the month in Europe.We're sorry to learn her husband died "sud-denly and unexpectedly last September."Harry Bartlett has been coping with cardi-ac problems and arthritis and couldn't come.Lois Coffin Arscott was visiting her son inCalifornia and sent a picture of four of hergrandsons, ages 2 to 8.

The Esther (Schiff) '37 and DanBondareff Award is granted annually to aCornell Club of Washington, DC member, whohas given outstanding service to the club for anumber of years. Honorees' names are listedon a plaque which hangs in the Cornell Centerin Washington. This year's recipient is PegTobin, who has given unstintingly to the clubfor 40 years. Congratulations, Peg.

There is sad news to report. WilliamDunbar Dugan died this April 15. Thought-ful as ever, his wife Ruth (Harder) wrotethat Bill "had served his country as a medicalofficer in World War II, was in the invasion of

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TwoPoems

ContemplatingReunion Number 60

Memories Provokedby My Beautiful Daughter

Were my eyebrowsEver

Perfect arches asYours

You say youInherited them

From me

Strange that I cannot rememberNot my eyebrows not anythingAbout my body

Was itYoung and litheLimber and firm

I remember excitementsPressures pleadings

Then

Transported to another worldAll the "at home" forbidden

ExperiencesSpread across thisIdyllic campus like

Choice dessertsFor my personal gorging

The memory of the carillon'sPeal

Can today prickle my fleshThe sway of the suspension

BridgeSend fear crawling my spineLike a turgid worm

The clever wielding ofLipsticks

By sophisticated classmatesFrom the cosmopolitan worldThe enormous balloon of

Pleated bloomersMeeting long black stockingsNo speck of flesh bared for

Gym

The faculty advisorBreaking my back with aHorrendous schedule as

He flirted

CornellA Love Poem

From the Class of 1935June 9,1990

What draws us back to you, year after year?Is it your profile stretched out on the hill?The memory of mentors we held dear?The academic pleasures offered still?Buildings that speak the past and future's will?Or is it just old friends, old haunts, and then-Parties that make us feel we're young again?

What do you ask of us? What can we doTo help you with the challenge of these days?Treasure we gladly give, and service tooOn boards and councils, seeking out the waysTo strengthen campus life in every phase.But most of all we witness to your worthSo that your name be reckoned on this earth.

What do we ask of you, in these our times?The world needs healing; a new interfaceAmong all cultures; needs new paradigmsFor politics with justice as its base;And only peaceful tasks in outer space.Oh fair Cornell, help students find the wayTo move our world toward a brighter day.

EleanorMiddleton Kleinhans '35

The pure beauty and aloof strength ofLillian Miller

My collosal voidTo be filled with

Life LearningThe new language of

The Hill

These I rememberThe faces and featuresOf friends and feared

Define meFor those yearsBut no fading photo

RevealsEyebrows as perfect

As yours.

Helen Lipschitz Click '30

Sicily and Italy, and was seriously wounded atAnzio. He was about a year in Army hospitalsbefore all the internal repairs were completed,and then went back to school and became anorthopedic surgeon. He resumed a very activephysical life of tennis and hunting" (championof the Buffalo Tennis and Squash Club, mem-

ber of the Ruffed Grouse Society). BesidesRuth, Bill is survived by two daughters (Mollyand Dixie), three sons (Patrick, Sam '61,Dirk '72), two brothers (Howard '36,David '37), one sister (Jane), several grand-children, and one great-grandchild. We sendour sincere sympathy to Ruth and the family.

More sad news—Louise KreuzerMontgomery lost her husband Claude Feb. 11,'90. He and "Kreuzer" bought a house for thehomeless in 1985 with their "savings nestegg," called it Friendship House, supportedand nurtured it, the first private shelter for thehomeless in Portland, Me. Claude was a re-


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nowned portrait painter and many a paintingwent to help support the House. Their "new-est dream was to establish a second shelter tohelp troubled runaways who had ended up inthe boys' correctional center. So in lieu offlowers, friends have established in Claude'smemory the Friendship House MemorialFund to help youth." Now Kreuzer wants to"thank the many classmates who since our50th Reunion have supported our efforts tohouse, feed, clothe, and give comfort to over600 homeless who are now productive citizensin the community." We send our sincere con-dolences and shout kudos to them both. DMary Didas, 80 N. Lake Dr., Orchard Park,NY 14127.

Some items from summer 1989:June Sanford Dona was stillwalkin£ witn a cane after the

stroke she suffered, but hadmade sufficient progress to takea trip to Canada's Maritime

Provinces and also to attend a national confer-ence of Literacy Volunteers of America. Afterwriting three newspaper articles on the effectsof a stroke, she'd like to write a fourth on"Getting Your Mind Back." So if any of youhave had personal experiences, June wouldappreciate hearing about them. WhenGladys Godfrey Mackay wrote, she was re-covering from two cataract surgeries and hadhad a real "morale booster"—a request for herbiographical data from Who's Who of Ameri-can Women. For Ruth Hill Lane summer wasa busy and fun time with family get-togethersat their cottage on Cayuga Lake. Then in thefall the occasion of attending a family weddingin Boston gave her a chance to spend a nightwith Catherine "Kay" Stainken Hornand Henry '33. Ruth wrote that they walkedand talked for hours.

Since 1974, Eleanor "Billie" ReynoldsHammond and Donald '39 have been liv-ing in a retirement community in Mesa, Ariz.,which was built around a golf course. Conse-quently, much of their winters revolve aroundgolfing friends and travel to such interestingplaces as the South Pacific, Hawaii, EasternEurope, and the British Isles. Last Novemberthey planned to go on a Panama Canal trip-just in time, I guess. In the summers they trav-el in their RV to visit their widely-scatteredchildren: Patricia Hammond Pearson'64, Janet Hammond Pickard '73, andJohn (Syracuse '69). For the first time in 15years they visited Ithaca and saw manyfriends; in particular, Virginia Fernald.

By the time you read this column, yourcorrespondent will, after more than 25 years,have become a married woman again. On June16 I was married to James G. Wells of Escon-dido, Cal., formerly of Buffalo, and a friendfrom high school days. Our wedding tookplace in the home of my younger daughterJane Lytle '77 and Anton Wilson '67 inCroton-on-Hudson; James H. Lytle '62gave his mother away; and his brother MarkLytle '66 was best man. On our way backfrom Croton, we stopped in Skaneateles for ashort visit with Alice Bailey Eisenberg whohad just returned from visiting her two daugh-ters who live out West. After a trip to Mauiand California, we'll be living in my home inBuffalo. D Mary Emily Wilkins Wells, 119Bedford Ave., Buffalo, NY 14216.

J. Vernon Ashworth, 32 Coeyman Ave.,Nutley, NJ, had his second cataract surgery inMay 1990. He states that it is no big deal but itlimits his mobility, and dependence on othersbecomes a fact of life.

Jacob Fassett III, PO Box 362, W. Fal-mouth, Mass, has been on the road again, thistime on a trip around the world with wifeMary and a few other Cornellians for the "Ti-ger Tops." They went from Boston to Seattleto Tharand to Katmandu, Nepal, where they"visited an animal preserve (Tiger Tops) hadtwo, two-hour elephant rides to see the wildanimals—rhinos, wild boar, bear, but alas didnot see a tiger. Then on to India—the Gangesand Taj Mahal, New Delhi—and then to Lon-don and home. The trip took 20 days and wasvery interesting."

Charles S. Gildersleeve, 9 Brockha-ven Rd., Chattanooga, Tenn., advised me thathis wife Edith died in November 1989 justshort of their 46th anniversary and after morethan six years in a nursing home (Alzheimer'sdisease). His son and daughter—both mar-ried—live on the West Coast, which justifieshis annual trip to San Francisco. He took onecruise to Yucatan in March 1990 visiting ruinsin that fine area.

Richard L. Hibbard, 1403 EstateLane, Glenview, 111. says that he has no newsfor this issue but he had a "full case of viralpneumonia" which started in May 1989 andhe is still awaiting his full recovery andstrength. Hope you can recover by the 55th,Dick.

John Pluta, 60 Wheeler St., Deposit,NY is still spending the five winter months inSt. Petersburg, Fla. His son John is teachinghistory at Norwich High School and is alsohead football coach and assistant track coach.Son Tim received his MD and was recentlypromoted to marketing manager for LatinAmerican countries with Glaxo, a pharmaceu-tical company at Triangle Research Center,Durham, NC. Son Ted is a land acquisitionspecialist in Fort Lauderdale. Daughter Kathyrecently moved to Raleigh, NC due to transferof husband Howard Miller. Her oldestdaughter, Chandra, just completed her firstyear at Mount Holyoke College. The Plutasare blessed with seven grandchildren and hestill finds time to do some trout fly-fishing.Find some time to see us at the 55th next June,John. D Col. Edmund R. MacVittie(AUS, ret.), 10130 Forrester Dr., Sun City,Ariz. 85351.

f^ H| The Cornell tradition continues11 m for Augusta DeBare Grey-

^r m son. She and her late husband_^k m William were our classmates.II m Her brother is Charles^0 m DeBare '44, LLB '49. Herdaughter Nancy Greyson Beckerman'64 and husband Barry '61 have a daughter,Sara Ann '93. Their other daughter, Ellen,completed her junior year at Princeton. Au-gusta's son is Dr. C. Bruce Greyson '68.Another Cornell legacy is Emily Coggshall'93. Her parents are Gordon E. '66 andDonna Brogle Coggshall '68; her grand-parents are the late William L. '35 and Jo-sephine Sloughter Coggshall.

Anna Thomas Bissell and husbandHarvey, SpAg '34-36 were able to attendfamily reunions in New York State of both

their families. Harvey is paralyzed as the re-sult of a freak tornado accident and has beenconfined to a wheelchair for the past 13 years.They have a van outfitted with sleeping quar-ters, and this allows them to do some travel-ing.

It is with sadness that I report the death ofDorothy Shaw Jones, and our sympathy isextended to her husband Richard L. '35and their sons. D Mary M. Weimer, 200 E.Dewart St., Shamokin, Pa. 17872.

At the 50th Reunion of his '39 Law Schoolclass, Judge Samuel B. Groner enjoyedseeing '37 classmates, including Alex Gos-sin, Jack Holt-Harris, and Al Mosko-witz. Sam has finished a year's assignment asadministrative appeals judge on the benefitsreview board of the US Dept. of Labor and isback at his regular duties as an administrativelaw judge. Wife Beverly Anne practices infamily law. The Groners live in Chevy Chase,Md.

Rotating playing tennis with writing, Mil-ton A. Lessler is at work on Biography of aLittle-Known Professor. He still has an officeand laboratory at Ohio State U. and does someconsulting. Milt, whose wife Katherine died inJanuary 1989, has moved to a retirementvillage in Columbus, Ohio. Recent travel in-cluded visiting daughter Barbara, an execu-tive with the Freedom from Hunger Founda-tion, in California.

Marvin M. Klein is proud that hisdaughter-in-law, wife of Daniel B. Klein,MD '79, is now professor of international lawat the U. of Santa Barbara, California. Al-though resigning her partnership, she remains"in counsel" to her former San Francisco lawfirm.

Arthur S. Wenborne found Dr. JulianSmith's history of the School of Chemical En-gineering fascinating and nostalgic. Payingtribute to the school's former director as askilled historian, Art recalled that your scribe,son-in-law to the late Dr. Fred H. "Dusty"Rhodes, was a history major. Art—and otherstoo, no doubt—would have found Dusty's un-published typescript history of chemistry andchemical engineering at Cornell, written incollaboration with the late Prof. Emile Cha-mot 1891, an even more fascinating—evenrevealing—document, but it's "classified."D Robert A. Rosevear, 2714 SaratogaRd., N., DeLand, Fla. 32720.

Jim Vaughn and wife Dorothyforsook wintering at Sea Island,Ga. long enough for a two-weekcruise on the Amazon and Carib-bean after a flight to Brazil, thuscelebrating 50th wedding anni-

versary. Jim "struggles" around the golfcourse a couple times weekly, likewise tenniscourts. John Tausig reuned with Jack Kit-tle while attending a golf school at Tucson.Now a member of the Virginia bar, John prac-tices some law there after years in Washing-ton, DC. One serious new objective is to be-come again a golfer "with a high single-digithandicap," and some Florida schooling's alsopart of that campaign.

Dick Goodwin is nearing 12 years of re-tirement and he and wife Mary (Syracuse U.'40) combine Christmas 1990 and their 50thwedding anniversary. Bill Severinghaus's

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varied activities also have varied locales, likethe Carolinas, Florida, Oklahoma, and Illinois,one trip totalling 6,350 miles; an Old Forgecamp gets attendance, too, and he checks inoccasionally with his career expertise on deer-population projects.

Ray GaskilΓs topped a dozen years inFlorida after he "got tired of shoveling snowback in the Buffalo area." His three sons, allcollege grads, are an attorney, another in theimport business, and a neuropsychology PhD.First prize for Christmas 1989 letters has beenawarded Kent and Betty Myers Brown'37, whose four-pager was illustrated withphotos dating back to, well, to dating in one ofthe gorges.

Mini-reunion mystery question: Have youever had a luncheon of seafood and cham-pagne on the quarterdeck of a whaler undersail? The answer if you attend. So sign up.

The Bill Arthurs love travel, and be-sides numerous weekend trips have madelonger treks to Hawaii and Arizona—wherenext?

Ken St. John and Marion hosted Tomand Ruth Albright; the two classmateshadn't seen each other in more than 50 yearsand caught up on Alpha Gamma Rho topics,deciding they still have mileage left to go. Kenretired from hardware merchandising in 1971,and he and Marion have five grandsons andtwo granddaughters scattered from Maine toPoughkeepsie and Melbourne, Australia. Kenand Marion further internationalize things bywintering in the Virgin Islands.

Hobart "Bud" Roberts and Bertha areother 50-year spouses and had "four days ofbig parties," with all the family there; travelsincluded New England states and spring andsummer weekends at Adirondacks SouthLake camp. D Fred Hillegas, 7625 E. Cam-elback Rd., #220-A, Scottsdale, Ariz. 85251.

Add the names of Gertrude (Cobb) and DonSeely, Helen (Brew) Rich and Tom andJulia (Robb) Newman and Paul, PhD'37 to the list of those celebrating 50th wed-ding anniversaries. The Newmans now have afourth-generation grandson in the Class of '92;yet another attends Penn State; and theirgranddaughter is at Purdue, Paul's alma ma-ter. Nelly (Scott) and Ernest Robertsmarked their 40th in June; their daughterEliza was married that same month.

Pat (Prescott) and Karol Hok planned awinter trip through the Arizona desert withfriends, traveling tandem in motor homes.Elizabeth Jennings Perry traveled in 1989first to Colorado to visit her son and family,and then on a Scandinavian trip. She is a long-time winter resident of St. Baits, enjoying thesunshine and the company of old friends andfamily. Margaret Sullivan Paetow Davis,now retired from teaching, has two marrieddaughters and a granddaughter, and her sec-ond marriage to Hollis R. Davis greatly ex-tended the family circle. Peg and Hollis winterin Florida, returning each summer to Ithaca.Both are enthusiastic golfers, and alumnitours have furnished not only congenial com-panions but the opportunity to play many fa-mous courses abroad. Dorothy GodfreyCrowther is a year-round Florida resident,busy with church and community affairs, nee-dlework, and the care of her mother. Her fivechildren are scattered about the US, and at

last count there were ten grandchildren. DHelen Reichert Chadwick, 225 N. 2nd St.,Lewiston, NY 14092.

Joyful words came in with dueslast fall from those classmateswho attended the 50th Reunion.'Our nifty 50 was indeed nifty,"from Isobel Whiton DeWitt(Mrs. Harold); "50th Reunion

was great," Marian Putnam Wentworth(Mrs. Paul); "We attended 50th Reunion. Lovedit," from Marie Bennett Jones (Mrs. Alden);"Reunion was highlight this year," fromJune Thorn Cobb (Mrs. Gilbert); "My hus-band was with me at the 1989 Reunion. Weboth enjoyed the trip and will look forward toanother visit anytime," Dorothea ShanksRose.

OK! "Anytime" is this fall for anothervisit or to make up for the Reunion youmissed—at a mini-reunion for our wonderfulClass of '39. The particulars: a "Fall Fling" atHomecoming on Oct. 27, '90. There are roomsat the University Inn reserved for the class ata special group rate. There will be a block ofseats for the game (perhaps at a reduced rate)with Kite Hill parking permits (maybe). Afterthe game, a cocktail/reception in the Universi-ty Inn's Library/Lounge and then dutch treatdinner at the Box Car. It is an easy "fling" forthose of us who live in or close to Ithaca—but agreat weekend for those of you farther away ifyou take advantage of the room reservationsand come for Friday and Saturday nights.How can we entice you? It all sounds great, soI hope a lot of you will come. Of course, therewill be a deadline, and you will have to get res-ervations in early to get the tickets, rooms,etc., so if you think you can come, please get intouch with Bill Lynch, 6 Victorian Ct.,Wayne, Pa. 19087.

The "Fling" is the big news but we havemore: Ruth Schroeder Teeter (Mrs. Rich-ard) writes: "I work for Cayuga CrushedStone Inc. in Lansing as treasurer and officemanager. I have a lot of house plants, agarden, and a dog." Marie Bennett Jones alsowrites of seeing two classmates who didn'tmake Reunion: Eudora HendricksonHruschka in College Park, Md., and RuthLanders Carapezza in Rochester, NY. Hopeto see many of you at the Fling—I'll bethere. G Sally Steinman Harms, 22Brown's Grove, Scottsville, NY 14546.

Quiz time! What special event takes place latein the afternoon of October 27, next? No—notCornell's win over Brown in football; not theBreeders Cup horseraces. Naw—none of that.It's the "Fall Fling" of the combined Classesof '39 and '38, to begin with liquid refresh-ments in the lounge of the Best WesternUniversity Inn immediately after the Home-coming game. Dinner (Dutch) follows at theLoading Dock. We've given you the details be-fore, so now it's up to you. Let Bill Lynch,Bill "Skip" Fuerst, or the writer know yourintentions as to reception and/or dinner assoon as possible. Numbers are important tohelp us plan.

Just saw the June newsletter on the 1990Big Red from new Football Coach Jim Hof•her '79, and it looks as if the team is in goodhands. If any of you can make it, the firstgame, on September 15 vs. Princeton, defend-

ing Ivy co-champion, should be a dandy. Andif size, weight, and numbers mean anything,the 1990 frosh squad listed in the newsletterlooks very impressive.

President George Peck proudly reportsthat he has been elected a life member of thePerkiomen School (his and Jack Sheffer'salma mater) board of trustees. George alsochairs the long range planning committee.Those of you who received the June issue ofthe Cornell Chronicle saw the picture of ourLew Fancourt on the front page—kind ofscary in a lacrosse helmet and cage! Seemsthey were looking for players for the All-Alumni Lacrosse Game during Reunion and,of course, Lew (a former stickman)volunteered. Turned out he was the oldest(sorry, Lew) man on the field and he even wona few face-offs from Richie Moran (honorary'39), the head coach!

Everett "Ev" Randall of Carson City,Nev. was sorry to miss Reunion, but insteadtook the alumni trip around the world in 17days, visiting such interesting places as Co-penhagen, Moscow, New Delhi, Bangkok,and Hong Kong. Stanley Katz has beenmayor of Deal, NJ since 1978, and is still prac-ticing law there! Stan and Lorraine visit familyin Tucson, Ariz, and Minneapolis, Minn, atleast twice a year.

Last fall, Ben Dean visited France withthe Overseas Press Club of NY. He was, ofcourse, peddling his new book, A Virginian inYankeeland. Volumes III and IV may be off thepress already. John and Bettie Ogden knownice places to visit, too: Hilton Head Island,Williamsburg, Va., and Nantucket Island.

We regret to inform you of the passing lastDecember of Richard Bratton of Newmar-ket, NH and Clearwater, Fla. Dick was an ar-chitect and was responsible for the design ofthe vertical assembly building at CapeCanaveral. He was director of physical plantdevelopment at the U. of New Hampshire,where he had received an honorary doctor offine arts degree. Dick designed the seal for thetown of Durham, NH. D Henry L. "Bud"Huber, 152 Conant Dr., Buffalo, NY 14223.

Have an earlier letter fromMarian Wightman Potter,who planned to be on campus inJune, reporting that MyrtaMunn Dudgeon (Mrs. David),living at 9120 Hesperia Rd.,

Space 63, Hesparia, Cal., would love to hearfrom classmates. David '38 died in Octoberafter a long illness. Hopefully, Kay BallSmiley who was to be in Walla Walla, Wash,for a family wedding during Reunion time,was able to get down to Hesparia to visit se-nior-year roommate, Myrta. Kay and San-ford "Sam" Smiley '41 live in their retire-ment home in Wilmington, NC, keeping busywith crafts, gardening, and helping others.

Cornelia Snell Bensley's daughterJulie, her husband Pete Rasmussen, and herson are rebuilding their home in St. Croix, VI,after storm Hugo last fall. A month later Cor-nelia's sons Russ '68 and William "Bud"'76 were in Candlestick Park when the earth-quake hit. Everyone is essentially OK. Corne-lia and Bill '39 were to celebrate their 50thwedding anniversary in June, too.

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daughters by her son Morgan '72 who prac-tices law in Sacramento, Cal. She has twodaughters who live in New York. She has re-tired from her career in gerontology, recentlyenjoying a trip to Churchill, Canada to watchthe polar bear exodus to the northern ice floes,and later a birding and wildlife tour of the na-tional parks of Australia and New Zealand.

Betty Long Norris and her children arestill operating the family Sea Breeze Amuse-ment Park in Rochester: "I've thoroughly en-joyed this experience just as I did my Cornellexperience in the College of Architecture."Another overdue update: Rita North Polaklost her husband John in December 1989 after43 years of marriage. She has three sons:Richard, in the Navy in Hawaii; William, anauditor in Rochester, NY; John, in Hartford,Conn, with Hartford Insurance Co. John hasthree children. Rita spent 20 years in nursingand 20 in elementary, education after gettingher MA at the U. of Rochester in 1962. Shelives at 621 Eastbrook Lane, Rochester.

Inez Fischer Miller's husband Mar-vin also died suddenly, in October 1989. Inezwill be missed at Reunion. She has had a totalhip replacement and fortunately has threechildren and many friends for her supporthelp. Her address is 425 FoxhurstRd., Ocean-side, NY. Madelaine Weil Lowens '39 hasnotified us of her sister Jean Weil Oberdor-fer's death Nov; 30, '89 after a brave battlewith cancer. She too will be missed.

Hugh Holley died last December. Hewas, at 81, about ten years ahead of the rest ofus.' His last report indicated he was stopping inat the Animal Science buildings where heworked for 33 years—many changes to see.He said he was slowing down, yet in the samebreath mentioned dancing, cross-country ski-ing, fishing, and golf! He also made a few sale-able items in his woodworking shop. His son,Richard '73, works in social services in Al-bany and has a new daughter. Hugh's daugh-ter, Gail Jackie, has been a third-grade teacherin Kirkville.

Bob Haller and his wife gathered theirfamily in England last November. Son Forrestcame from San Diego, Cal. and younger sonRobert from Atlanta, Ga. Bob is semi-active inmechanical engineering as a P.E. doing con-tract construction material supply for boilerplants. Still very active as lobbyist for ASMEat the Georgia state capital with elected repre-sentatives.

Get Hank Thomassen to tell you abouthis canoe-guide boat trip. (We haven't roomthis time for a full report.) Miriam "Mimi"Civic Kerpen says, "I am a busy widow-reti-ree. Spend two days a week helping a wonder-ful teacher with her fifth- grade class on NewYork's Lower East Side." She also helps herdaughter with her 2-year-old, so she can getout to weaving workshops in Irvington. Sheoften takes one of three grandsons for outingsto the Aquarium, Holograph Museum, Gilbertand Sullivan, etc. Her Viennese husband real-ly enjoyed our 45th and she planned to be withus this time, too.

Jim Young retired at 65 and immediate-ly remarried and "lost my freedom." Theyspend winters in Lakeland, Fla. and summersin his hometown, Cherry Creek. He reportsspending most of his time golfing, working inthe yard, and going to baseball games—withsome traveling, too. He has a step-grand-

daughter enrolled as a freshman in the Ag Col-lege.

Ken Sorace had a total hip replacementin July 1989 and is back to doing all the thingsthat were problems before—indulging in golf,curling, and bicycling to keep the muscles ingood shape. D Carol Clark Petrie, 18Calthrope Rd., Marblehead, Mass. 01945.

J ^ My prayers were answered andMm UΛ treasurer Jane Frier Bertrand

MM forwarded the News & Dues let-^^L I ters for the needed transfusion to^^f our column. I was especially de-

• lighted to receive the messagesfrom classmates who have not had a recentupdate, and will give these top priority. Eliza-beth Alt Laidman, whose husband Hughdied in 1987, has sold their home and studioand moved to an apartment at 10 Province-town Lane, Apt. 5, Orchard Park, NY. Hopeto see you at our 50th, Betty.

Madelon Rufner Umlauf writes thatshe finally completely retired as of February1989, after 21 years as a medical secretary,but she keeps busy with Muhlenberg Collegeand Allentown Hospital auxiliaries as well asan Eldercise club and the board of CotillionDance Club. She and husband John, alsoretired, enjoy their three daughters and twogranddaughters, and Madelon plans to makeour 50th.

From nearby Cohoes, NY, GretchenFonda Gagnon reports that she keeps verybusy running Gagnon's Paint Store with thehelp of daughter Mary Sue Ray, since hus-band Rudy's death in 1987. Gretchen says thata six-day work week agrees with her; in addi-tion she finds time to be a board member of theCohoes Commerce and Industry Assn., is ac-tive in her parish, and enjoys her grandchil-dren—two of each. It sounds to me as thoughyou will be ready for a Reunion vacation inJune 1991, Gretchen.

Elsbeth Hartman Button writes fromBrooksville, Fla., that she and husband Tomenjoy the good life there—golf, bridge, andvolunteer work—and are looking forward tothe big 50th.

Our condolences go to BarbaraSchnapp Eisen in the loss of her husband Eu-gene after almost 41 years together. He was adevoted father to Joan "Joni" Eisen McMil-lan '68 and Susan. Barbara, who lives at 4502Rolling Green Lane, Tampa, Fla., hopes to seeus all in June 1991.

To continue my search for classmates,please let me know of addresses or informa-tion about the following: Mortina WilburConcilio, Agnes Boardman Fredrickson,Anne Strong Miller, Helen HitchcockWilson, Rachel Burmaster Winter.

Many thanks. D Shirley RichardsSargent, 15 Crannell Ave., Delmar, NY12054.

Information on 1991: Philip "Buz" Kuehnhas advised that Ted Thoren, baseball's headcoach who retired in June, has accepted his in-vitation to attend our 50th with wife Jeanne.Irving Drantch and wife Lily plan to attend.Irv, you may remember, if you follow the col-umn, was presented his degree in 1981, 40years late. He was six hours short for gradua-tion in 1941 because of fund problems. How-ever the Ag College finally accepted 30 hours

of Army credits and awarded him a degree.That's got to be some kind of a record!

Here are two items that the editors cutfrom the copy for the July '89 issue and thenthey got lost in Ithaca: Fred West and Ruthcontinue living in Vero Beach, Fla. where theyhave had property for 11 years and love thislow-key and sleepy little town. Unfortunatelyit has now been found—population grows, butno high-rises and a few unpaved streets. AtaH. Berker's wife Margareta was recently incharge of the private reception honoring theKing and Queen of Sweden when they visitedDetroit. She has served as president of the De-troit Swedish Council and has been decoratedwith the Royal Order of the North Star.

Adult University (CAU) reports RobertE. Ohaus attended the program in NorthernArizona which involved ecology and astrono-my at Flagstaff, Sedona, Oak Creek Canyon,Meteor Crater, the Lowell Observatory, andthe Grand Canyon. Dr. John Ayer and wifeMary will be with us in 1991, in their 1914Ford in which John arrived in 1937. He retiredfrom active practice in 1988 but still teachespart time. In 1989 he and his wife worked in amedical clinic in Haiti—what an eye opener,he says. His athletic career was slowed downlast winter with a serious leg fracture in a50-kilometer ski race but John says, he is backin his canoe and hopes to win the Gen. ClintonCanoe Marathon in the veteran division (over50) for the third time.

Francis F. Schley reports that in addi-tion to the antibiotic company he and a grouprecently formed, they have now launched theAlcohol Disease Foundation—research andeducation on the metabolic aspect of alcohol-ism. A diagnostic for that aspect and alcoholictendency may be "in the hopper."

One liners from 1989 news: StevensonW. Close retired last year from real estate;John W. Kruse says planning for the 50thguarantees a great one; Dr. Stanley B.Reich is still a professor of radiology at U.California, Davis; Joseph S. Hubert says,"Finally a grandfather"; John L. White-bread is still spending his time leisurely andpleasantly in Ithaca; William C. Flickingeris just enjoying retirement. D JohnDowswell, 7 Sequoyah Rd., Colorado Springs,Colo. 80906.

MM ^^ Thanks for the memories ofMM I room and board "$425 a year,

MM M and we get food like this!" And^^L f served to us in delightful dining^^m mi rooms. And tuition $440 per

B ••• year, if I remember correctly.These statistics came to mind as I read tuitionin 1990 will be $15,000 and overall yearly ex-penses to $21,000.

Wouldn't it be nice if the new Cornell Clubof New York allowed those of us who only visitthe city once in a blue moon to have some sortof a visitor's visa to use the facilities for, say, a$10 "Blue Moon" membership? For it is saidabout going home, when we go back to the oldhometown, we find it isn't our town we miss, itis our childhood.

Liz Schlamm Eddy, class treasurer,profers a plea to please use your Cornell num-ber when you pay your dues, even if you don'tsend anything but a check. Put that numberon it. Thanks. My plea is for news or com-ments.

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Although Conrad Engelhardt sold hisinterest in the Inverurie Hotel in Paget, Ber-muda, the new owners are still honoring histradition of having our class return during theBermuda Rendezvous. Among those attend-ing at the newly named Palm Reef Hotel wereEd Holub and Jane, John Conroy and Pat(Arlington, Va.), Ed and Marjorie "Midge"Millison Ryder (Farmington, Conn.), andDewitt and Ruth Dillenbeck Kiligas(Wyckoff, NJ). The singing of "Give my Re-gards to Davey" and the "Alma Mater" re-prised the farewell party. If interested in goingin 1991, contact Ed Holub, PO Box 1049,Ridgefield, Conn. 06877. Ed and Midge alsovisited Alaska, and Ed completed a two-yeargemological course.

Interesting to note that new Cornell stu-dents are again being introduced to traditionalCornell songs. It is important to teach theworld to sing, and it certainly can't sing newage music. As Artie Shaw said on his 80thbirthday, "Madonna can get out there anddance around in a jock strap, but that ain't mu-sic." Also, Time notes that a new craze at Cor-nell is wall climbing. For practicing this skillCornell built a 60-foot-by-150-foot wall, 30 feethigh, costing $160,000. It's dangerous, butyou don't get killed. Seattle has a Vertical Clubwith 400 members. Again quoting Coca-Cola,whatever happened to the real thing?

Evelyn Van Tyne Morrison (Nedrow,NY) and Frances Ardell Kettler (Syracuse,NY) visited Ireland with a contemporary the-ater group. Evelyn also toured India and Pak-istan. Both are active members of the Syra-cuse Cornell Club, now in its 66th year.

Pat (Maynard) and Jack Downing'40 (Concord, Mass.) have three grandchil-dren in college and three under 4 years old.They sail in the summer, ski in the winter, andplay tennis all year 'round.

Gushing Smith (Wilmette, 111.) writes ofthe sad passing of Wilbur Herbert (WheatRidge, Colo.) in an accident at his home. AndDoris Stone Hanrahan lost her handsomehusband Art. Stonie now lives in Punta Gorda,Fla.

Sally Rudolph Drachman (Mamaro-neck, NY) will serve on the Reunion commit-tee and I hope all of you are making your plansnow for 1992. Hope to see EVERYONE there.It's guaranteed you'll rediscover your collegedays. D Carolyn Evans Finneran, 293376th SE #13D, Mercer Island, Wash. 98040. '

From Savannah, Ga., HughBrown sends the followingCliff notes: "Family: nothingnew> Just all gating older.Work: mow lawn, clean house,golf game. Travel: British Isles

via AARP. High marks. The Smokies of NC.High Hampton lovely mountain in summer.Hobbies: crossword puzzles, golf (see 'work'above). Other activities: Ride bike everymorning to pick up morning paper (sevenmiles at 12-15 miles per hour). Honors: N/A.Celebrations: Just about everything is causefor."

Jack Campbell is retired and in marineconsulting work in Mobile, Ala. "Have fre-quently run into Tom Stanley '42 in NewOrleans—strange that we both wound up inthe marine business—he sat right in front ofme in calculus class 'way back in 1940. Regret

very much the way Cornell treated Phi Gam-ma Delta."

"Retired as architect for Dept. of Healthand Human Services after 17 years. Studiedpainting, sculpture, and print-making at near-by Anne Arundel Community College. Ampleased (a) that we have become great-grand-parents and (b) that I have had shows (mostlyoils) in Annapolis." That was from J. ConradBreiby. A little pretentious, don't you agree,parting his name on the left?

Last May in this space my piece aboutEarl Benjamin's death in the Battle of theBulge brought forth the following from pen-ever-at-the-ready (and many thanks for that!)Jack Slater: "Went to Artillery OCS withEarl and we both wound up as forward observ-ers, a trade with little future. In October mydivision (9th Infantry) got chewed up in theHurtgen Forest near Aachen and was sentdown to a quieter sector in the Ardennes. Iestablished an observation post with an infan-try company just east of Krinkelt, Belgium,facing the Siegfried Line. The Germanpillboxes were across a road just inside theborder. Except for occasional patrols therewas no activity. I adjusted fire on several largepill boxes but we couldn't harm them.

"All I did was watch the Germans pull lit-tle wagon loads of food and ammo from thewoods into the boxes. Then it snowed and thewagons were exchanged for sleds. I almostgot to know who was who. No attacks; lots ofnight patrols. In early November I got instruc-tions to watch for tanks being moved up in thewoods, particularly at night. There were re-ports from civilians of motor noise. They wereright; it was the staging area for the final Ger-man do-or-die offensive. Shortly the 9th Infan-try was ordered north to cross the Roer Riverat Duren to the Rhine plain. We were relievedby the 99th Infantry.

"They took over the holes we had dug andwe spent a few days teaching them tanknoises and the targets I had fixed. I most vivid-ly recall the platoon sergeant saying to one ofour riflemen who had been on the line sinceNormandy, 'When will we get a crack atthem?' Our sergeant answered in his bestGary Cooper fashion: 'Don't worry, Jerry'll behere soon enough.'

"We went up north as planned and had nosooner begun what was to be an Allied attackwhen the Bulge hit and we were rushed backthat night to the Elsenborn area. It turned outthe main SS Panzer tank force hit at almostexactly the spot that had been my O.P. androlled over everything right through Krinkelt.

. '' Coming back up we met remnants of the99th Artillery in the woods; they were shat-tered. Years later, in the 1960s, I went back tothe area and found the original hole I had dug.So much for being in the right place at theright time."

Amen. D S. Miller Harris, PO Box164, Spinnerstown, Pa. 18968.

It is with much sadness that Iwrite to you of the death of ourbeloved classmate and classcorrespondent, Joe Driscoll.J°e died peacefully in his homein Drexel Hill on June 27 short-

ly after his return from Reunion Weekend. Joehas had a role at almost every major Cornellgathering, and as president of the Continuous

Reunion Club (CRC), he had emceed the JuneCRC luncheon at which retiring BaseballCoach Ted Thoren, incoming Football CoachJim Hofher '79, and Director of AthleticsLaing Kennedy '63 were guests of honor.

Joe was, without question, the Class of'44's most active Cornellian, being heavily in-volved in every phase of alumni activity . . .class, club, Assn. of Class Officers (CACO),Johnson School of Management, fundraising,Tower Club, CRC, Alumni Admissions Am-bassador Network (CAAAN). You name it,and Joe did it. His Cornell friends were legion.He had close friends in all classes, and was re-cognized as a super alumnus by many facultymembers, administrators, and students.

In light of his personal involvement in theestablishment, preliminary financing, anddedication of the Class of 1944 Classroom inthe new Alberding Field House, our classplans to underwrite a permanent bronze plaqueon the classroom door and have the plaqueread, "The Class of 1944 Classroom, given inmemory of J. Joseph Driscoll Jr. '44."

Contributions to memorialize Joe on cam-pus in this manner are most welcome. If youwish, you may make a check payable to "Cor-nell University" and credit it to the Class of1944 Classroom in memory of Joe Driscoll.Please forward your check to me for direct ac-knowledgment to you, notification to the Dris-coll family, and subsequent re-forwarding toCornell. D Dotty Kay Kesten, '44 presi-dent, 1 Crestwood Rd., Westport, Conn. 06880.

We'll be talking about our 45thReunion for the next five yearsuntil the big 50th! You can marky°ur calendars now . . . June8-11, 1995. That's official. Oneof the last images, photographed

by many, occurred after the Hangovers hadsung their last farewell song. Imagine StanJohnson and Joe Douglass stretched outon the sidewalk in front of Clara Dickson row-ing for all they were worth to the Crew Songbeing sung by the die-hard '45ers who didn'twant to go home! There's never enough spacein this column to mention all who at-tended—we'll do that in the newsletter, buthere's a sampling of some not previously men-tioned.

Robert "Smoke" Adair, our Canadianstalwart from Calgary, Alberta... he'd nevermiss a party. Elizabeth Finley Allen(Hampton, Va.), our chimesmistress, playedthe chimes for us and is willing to play thepiano for the singing at our 50th. John andNancy Babcock (Ithaca) were there, ofcourse, and have offered their home again foranother '45 Babcock Bash in 1995. We can alllook forward to that! Bill Beddoe and hiswife (Fairborn, Ohio) are among our greatest'45 promoters. Edwin Cohen (Binghamton,NY) was there, this time with friend MarianSinger. Seaward Sand and wife Mavis(Gillett) '46 were back. Mavis was collect-ing ideas again for the Class of '46 45th Re-union next year. She showed us the class di-rectory they have put together. Greatidea—we may be able to do something likethat between now and 1995.

John Stiles Jr. and wife Elizabeth (Riv-erside, NJ) were there. They were in Alaskafor our first Reunion. They lived in Brazil for awhile where Jack worked with bees in an agri-


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cultural program. Bob Olmsted and wifePauline reported that they have a new grand-son, Nicholas, born on Easter Sunday. One ofthe unsung heroes of the weekend was Minet-ta Leister, President Ed's wife. She, asalways, is a font of knowledge about the classand the Reunions, Gloria Marti (NYC) wasescorted again by Fred Ferguson. It was goodseeing him again. Judy Kirkland Leidy wasamong the live wires as usual. Jane F.Smith was there, for her first Reunion. Wehad fun getting acquainted over lunch at Bar-ton Hall. Ed Spear and wife Amy (Clark)'48 managed to break away from their retire-ment home to join us at Cornell. Ed is writingto more newspapers about more things thanever—and getting published! Look for him inthe letters to the editor in the Wall Street Jour-nal, Washington Post, New York Times, and allthe magazines.

Erma Nightingale Wiggin and Blan*ton "Bud" '44 (Wellesley Hills, Mass.) wereat it again—relaxing with old friends and mak-ing new ones. They're so great at that. MargeHammersley Wesp (Buffalo, NY) camewith stories and pictures of her interestingfamily, and we all met Elizabeth "Tish"Price Wehrle's new husband, Bob, who fit inas if he'd always been at Cornell. Williamand Pat Moore Williams (Davis, Cal.) tooktime out from their work, he as agronomy andrange science professor at UC, Davis, and sheas director of a non-profit corporation to pro-vide housing for mentally ill adults. They toldus approximately one-third of the homeless inAmerica are mentally ill. D Eleanor DickieRichardson, 1201 W. US Hwy. 20, LaPorte,Ind. 46350.

John '48 and Patricia Dem-arest Brace moved perma-nently to Cherryfield, Me. inMay 198δ* *ohn has a machine

shop set up and builds and re-pairs operating model steam lo-

comotives. They now have seven grandchil-dren. In February 1989, Claude, MD '50and Joan Rider Trapp restored and movedinto a Federal-style house originally built in1812 in the oldest section of Lexington, Ky.Joan has been a pediatrician for 35 years andis "still enjoying it—now have a lot of grand-children patients whose parents were pa-tients." Claude is an ophthalmologist. Theytraveled to the Bahatnas and the Adirondacksrecently.

Gordon '44 and Priscilla Alden Cle-ment had a visit from Ross '52 and JoyceManley Forney '46. The Forneys movedto Sedona, Ariz. They also had a visit fromJohn '43 and Ann Buchholz Alden '45.

Seaward '45 and Mavis GilletteSand's youngest son graduated from Cornellin 1988. Also in attendance at graduation weretheir other Cornellian children: Natalie '76and Kevin '80. All six children came homefor a reunion—17 total, including two newgrandchildren. This was the first time togeth-er in 12 years. Mavis wrote, "We hope every-one is happy with the Willard Straight RockGarden Project, $15,600 for an endowmentfund, and a plaque acknowledging our gift byReunion 1991." Remember the fund whensending in dues.

Estelle Hecht Geller is a veterinarianat the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in

the Bronx. Her husband is Lester '47. DElinor Baier Kennedy, 503 Morris PI.,Reading, Pa. 19607.

Herbert Hawley has retired from insur-ance, but is active as a realtor. He's currentlyboard of trustees president for the publiclibrary and Stowell-Wiles Art Gallery in Per-ry, NY. He just returned from two weeks inSpain and Portugal with emphasis on art andarchitecture. The Society of ManufacturingEngineers (SME) has given F. KennethIverson, chairman and CEO of Nucor Corp.(Charlotte, NC) its 1990 Donald C. BurnhamManufacturing Management Award for "hisunwavering commitment to higher productivi-ty and quality in steelmaking and manufactur-ing, and ... for his management expertise inmelding technical, human, and financial re-sources to build a highly competitive, world-class corporation." In 1989 the Wall StreetTranscript named Iverson the best chief exec-utive in the steel industry. Nucor's sales rose,under his guidance, from $22.3 million in 1965to more than $1.2 billion in 1989. Not bad!

Steven S. Marder reports that he's re-tired, but self-employed at Marder Associatesin Scarsdale. Donald S. Phelps is semi-retired at the other end of New York, in Roch-ester (even farther away than E. Aurora).

Yours truly is cutting this column shortbecause his daughter is anxious to get to theBoston Esplanade for our about-15th consecu-tive Pops Concert and fireworks show on the4th of July. After that we're off to Budapestand Vienna where we are doing a house ex-change. Π Paul L. Russell, 10 PickerelRd., Wellesley, Mass. 02181.

J •• So how was your summer? Toomm m short or too little accomplished

m I m among those special plans? Did^—^L m you participate in one of those^^f m excellent Adult University

• M (CAU) programs? Now let's gofor a great fall season. We do have news toshare. Let's start with our ever faithful ClassTreasurer, Herbert R. Brinberg. Herbtook that early retirement, or "commence-ment" as he calls it, from what "was" at year-end 1989. Then came his fourth, and, hehopes, most exciting career, with his own Par-nassus Associates International and Parnas-sus Press, helping US and European compa-nies develop their information resources andcompany structures for growth. Son, Todd,JD '78 does legal chores for the new venture.In any spare time, Herb is adjunct professor ofmanagement at Baruch College in NYC.

Remember Walter E. Cohan? (Ofcourse—how could we miss, or forget, all 6'4"or so of him?) It seems that Walt was returninghome to Weston, Conn, one day last fall whena drunk driver rear-ended his car. A severecase of whiplash developed but thanks in partto that great V-12 Marine training, etc., etc.,he has now almost fully recovered. He evencredits that indomitable trio of '47 classmates,John Ayer, Don Berens, and WilliamPendarvis for part of that early survivaltraining. Now, if someone can come up withan extra '47 umbrella to replace the one ruinedin his car trunk on impact day, Walt will bereally delighted. The Cohan clan still receives[See page 48 for word of John Ayer '47 and hislatest project]

mail at 19 Norfield Woods Rd., Weston, Conn.A further sobering note, Walt and MADDhave joined forces to lend a hand in dealingwith the serious problem of drinking drivers.Let's all be extra cautious! And finally, Waltjoined classmate Barbara "Bimby" EverittBryant to "save" this year's census. The juryis still out?

From Bliss, Idaho, comes news aboutBernardine "Barnee" Morris Erkins andhusband, Bob, whose Bliss Valley Foods wona highly publicized lawsuit against a localbank. The Erkins grow mushrooms in a bigway, and use geothermal water for productpasteurization and the heating and cooling oftheir extensive facilities. The Erkins are alsomuch involved as organizers and prime mov-ers of the International Seafood Conference,dealing with worldwide industry concerns.

Word from Dr. Richard R. Bass, whostill checks in from Manhattan, tells us of afine CAU field seminar to the marine lab onthe Isles of Shoals, Me., and the arrival of thatfirst grandchild, courtesy (at lease partially) ofson, Andrew '78. Ithaca-based RaymondT. Fox, now Professor Emeritus, and wifeVera (Hakanson) report a busy retirementwhich continues to include much travel, andcommencement decorations, a 42-year Cor-nell tradition, as well as a Faculty Marshallturn. Like many other friends, they are look-ing seriously at the Brevard, NC, area for thatjust-right retirement spot. Ithaca winters be-coming a drag? D Stu LaDow, 4211 La TourCt, Allison Park, Pa. 15101, (412) 487-3613.

D. Lee Mitchell Nilson, Itha-ca: "Spent June voyaging 'in-side passage' to Alaska onwhale research expedition withson Russ '73 aboard his shipAcanίa. Back to Cape Cod^or

me, to catch up with daughters and grandchil-dren. Russ's wife, Cynthia D. Vincent, justpublished in seven countries (Bolton Press)Voyaging with the Whales, containing photosand scientific text of their life and work aboardtheir two research vessels." Gerald Sallus,Culver City, Cal.: "Retiring from Hughes Air-craft and will devote full attention to my lawpractice." Fred "Bud" Seymour, Winnet-ka, 111.: "Last year: hoping to get last of broodout of college! Last week: thankful to get lastof brood out of college! Yesterday: tried to as-sist last of brood in getting a job! I can't re-member what I'd rather be doing instead offilling out this senility form. I have recentlylearned that unemployed children are expen-sive. Today's most pressing problem is to getjobs on someone else's payroll for the wholebrood."

Bill Seymour, North Eastham, Mass.:"Was dairy farmer for 16 years and postalworker for 19 years, now retired and movedhere from Carmel, Putnam County, NY. I'vefound that the Maritime Provinces of Canadaare very pretty and historic places to travelduring the early part of September and thatthe eggplant is a favorite vegetable of Greekcooks. Today's problem solution is to stop giv-ing taxpayers' money away to countries whodo not deserve it or appreciate it." Claude"Bud" Stone, Morton, 111.: "Mother had her90th birthday last July, in excellent shape,lives with us. Had a hearing test last year andfound out that I could hear, but just didn't lis-

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Recycler

John Ayer '47 proudly holds aloft a handful ofcompost produced at the Madison Countylandfill in Upstate New York. He chairs thecounty's solid waste and recycling committee,a pioneer in the young field of municipal waste

reduction and management.Ayer's county has been the first to compost and

the first to reuse waste motor oil, and in Julyopened a million-dollar recycling plant at its landfillnear his home base of Cazenovia. The countyAssociation for Retarded Citizens will run the plantto separate and process glass, corrugated paper,plastics, and metals and shred newspapers. Thecounty already uses jail inmates to produce shredd-ed paper that farmers buy by the bail. The waste oilwill fuel county garage furnaces. "Waste pays forwaste," says Ayer, a retired engineer.

And by cutting the volume of trash going to thecounty landfill, he hopes to delay the need to buy anew landfill by as much as a decade. "I figure sav-ing the environment is something each of us can dosomething about. AIDS, the defense wind-down,drugs—most individuals can't affect these—buteveryone can reduce waste."

ten all the time. Last week I took a nap andyesterday I saw a movie titled Dad. Just re-turned from a trip through Texas to Tucsonand Los Angeles, visiting children in Tor-ranee, Cal. Had romantic dinner on the River

Walk in San Antonio."Dr. Allen Van Poznak, Tenafly, NJ:

"Four children, 30 through 38, four grandchil-dren, 3 through 11. An Excellence in Anesthe-siology award named after me is to be given to

a student graduating each year from the Cor-nell Medical College. Man does not live bybread alone and today is the tomorrow youworried about yesterday." Nancy Lehr-bach Yost, Hendersonville, NC: "Recentlymoved here from Florida, going in the oppo-site direction of most people who retire. Slow-ly getting settled and happy to be in four sea-sons country." Mary Beneway Clifford,who writes as Mary Louise Clifford, has pub-lished her tenth book (Lippincott Press), TheLand and People of Afghanistan. Mary Louiseresides in Williamsburg, Va. She is a formerforeign service officer. She has written bookson Malaysia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and theArabian Peninsula, and is at work on an adultnovel about the Virginia Indians during theperiod 1560 to 1686.

Sid Law, Ormond Beach, Fla.: "Retiredfrom Northeast Utilities. Daughter Nancy'84 is assistant director of undergraduate ad-missions at Cornell. Last year I was washingmy fifth wheel 35' trailer prior to hauling it toDisneyworld. Last week and yesterday I wasparticipating in water aerobics. Took five-daycruise to Mexico from Miami and spent amonth touring Wales, Scotland, and Hollandwith son Jim and his family. I've recentlyfound out what chiropractors are good for andthe solution to today's most pressing problemis to go to bed."

Malcolm J. MacGregor, Half MoonBay, Cal.: "Last year wrote Christmas cards,last week helped wife with her shop, and yes-terday I sat in the hot tub, but would rather beskiing. Recently learned that by the year 2000California expects to have 35 million popula-tion. Today's most pressing problem solutionis socialized medicine."

Lila Smith Lίghtfoot, Madison, Wise.:"Can't remember what I was doing last yearor last week, but yesterday I complained.Would rather be attending the opera, going toa party, dancing, singing in the shower, orreading a good book. I've recently learnedthat I will never be taken off the Most Wantedlist of the IRS. Solution for today is to stopsending money to El Salvador and send it tome instead and then I'll give it to Cornell (well,at least part of it!)." Martha Clark Mapes,Freeville, NY: "I'm on the faculty of the Divi-sion of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. Movedto Lansing area two years ago. Now live in1830 country home with 97 acres. Barth '49retired from Animal Science. Current nutri-tional sciences activities focus on developingheart health resources for adults, alcohol edu-cation, and resources for youth grades five toeight and working with Cornell Co-op Exten-sion Home EC and 4-H agents statewide." DBob Persons, 102 Reid Ave., Port Washing-ton, NY 11050.

All Cornell Reunions are won-derful! I guess that is why thereis a Continuous Reunion Club.Joan (Noden) '50 and I returned from her 40th Reunionweary, voiceless, smiling, and

more impressed than ever with our Cornell. Astrong '49 group attended and held a "mini-re-union." Congratulations to '50 for a great 40thReunion and their incredible gift to Cornell.To honor their record-smashing gift, the Classof '49 passed along its red Golden Fleece FundShirt to '50. This old "achievement shirt"


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(Brooks Brothers, of course) is to remain intheir possession until we break the 45th Re-union record and earn it back. Then the Classof '50 has to break our record, and we returnthe sh i r t . . . on and on to the "last" Reunion.

Before plunging into the news, the classofficers have requested that I remind youagain of the need for paying this year's classdues if you had forgotten to do so. After a fan-tastic 40th Reunion, we have fewer duespay-ers than last year. In the last report of the Cor-nell Assn. of Class Officers (CACO), the Classof '49 had the largest number and highestpercentage of duespayers of all the classes inour time on the Hill and later. We also had thehighest percentage of subscribers to theAlumni News, which is where the major partof class dues goes. What is happening, 1949?

Sports and traditions, himself, ChrisLarios, Kingston, NY: "Trying to ease out ofBrinnier and Larios PC and leave the engi-neering business in the hands of son Dennis'76. Have just completed my first seriousnovel, called Presidential Retreat and awaitingpublication. Besides receiving my doctorate incommunity services, I am trustee emeritus ofKingston Hospital, Ulster County CommunityCollege, president of the YMCA board for 25years and a trustee of Ulster Savings Bank.Incidentally, my book will bear the pen nameof Christopher Lauren." We never expectedChris to be an author. We could understand apainter, perhaps, after that Big Red job doneon a certain Indian statue at Annapolis!

Anne Lanzoni Young, Camp Springs,Md.: "With Art '50 retired, we have beentraveling the country." Don Geery, NewYork City, is my steady reporter and passed onthe publication, Cornell Plantations, with anarticle about Sev and Catherine Joyce, whohave had a strong commitment to CornellPlantations for many years. With creative giv-ing, the Joyces helped solve a real problem atthe Plantations by making posible the acquisi-tion of lightning rods for some of the tallesttrees, which in turn will make secure the homeof the Groundcover Collection. Don is "caughtup in the Plantations fever, also. Once Ilearned about the birds and the bees, it seem-ed to be a natural thing to do." Oh?

Al Quinton, Miami Shores, Fla.: "Had arash of weddings in the family but I still havethe occasion to visit and see classmates suchas Pete Roland from Lake Placid, CharlieSchreck, Dick Fincher, Jim Henry andothers. Sorry I missed Reunion, but I went tovisit Ellie Peterson and attend the weddingof her daughter, Lisa. Lisa is the daughter ofour dear departed friend Ed Peterson '48,known to all '49ers as Έig Ed' on the basket-ball court." Howard F. Smith, Caledonia,NY: "Never sent in news before. Retired after40 years of teaching; 15 years as an agricultur-al teacher and 25 years as a guidance directorwith 37 of these years at Caledonia-MumfordCentral School. Also retired after long serviceas sole assessor for our town. Three sons: aspeech writer for President Bush, an AirForce captain, and one in construction. Twodaughters: a director of compensation and ateacher. Sang in the Men's Glee Club andSage Chapel Choir, and have stayed active inmusic. My children established a collegescholarship under my name at Caledonia-Mumford for a student who has been involvedin music while going through school." We

liked the way Howard ended his letter: "Lifehas been good to me and my family and I havetried to give back to others in the way we havebeen blessed. My experience at Cornell gaveme a great foundation for life."

Bert Warner, Penfield, NY: "We en-joyed two weeks in March at our timeshare,Dutch Village, in Aruba. Property was beingwell managed by Divi Hotels, Ithaca, and em-ploying many Cornellians in their Caribbeanoperations." Patricia Grabb Schneider'47, Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.: "Class of'49 news for you. Peter Tudda '47-49,SpAg and his wife entertained your class-mate, husband Burkhard Schneider '47(BEE '49) and me at their home at Crispeen,Saba, Netherlands Antilles. The Tuddas hadpreviously entertained 14 Cornellians whowere visiting Saba from the sailing ship SeaCloud in 1986, and who found Peter on thistiny island through his Cornell bumper stick-er." Now, what other class column can bringyou news from such far-away places? Here isan additional bit of local knowledge. If youhappen to be on the Island of Saba on a Wed-nesday, you can meet the Tuddas and otherAmericans for breakfast at "Scout's Place," alocal eating establishment. Barbie CorellLawrence, Schenectady, NY: "Al '50 and Ihad a great time at Reunion—lots of oldfriends. (Pardon!, friends of long standing!)Still busy building a new house, enjoyinggrown children, and looking forward to a tripto Norway with former Class PresidentChuck Reynolds and Sis." Joan DickeyHardieand Dave, Lansing, NY: "Great Re-union! Enjoyed ever so much H. R. and Nan-cy (Nicholas) Wengert '48, winners of our'weekend on the farm' in the Reunion raffle.Daughter Meg '87 enjoys being part of theCornell Connection in Boston. Now have sev-en grandchildren, thanks to Ann (Yale '83)."

Sometimes an item, written and typeset,wanders off into publishing limbo and just willnot settle down in this column. This happenedto news about Barbie Corell Lawrence, whichI have rectified, and I have retrieved news onRobert O'Connell, Basking Ridge, NJ:"Since retiring from the federal government, Ijuggle two jobs. Sell real estate for SchlottRealtors, here, and do freelance editorial andpublic relations. Currently write a quarterlyfor Merck and Co. while consulting withNegative Population Growth Inc. WifeFrances is a writer, also: winner of a EugeneO'Neill Award and writer for television,screen, major corporations, video, and arti-cles. Daughter Alison is promotion director ofCosmopolitan Magazine. Recently, we spent avacation in Turkey." You can bet Bob willwrite about it! Some other news from March isfloating out there. I will haul it in next issue.

I regret to have to record the deaths ofJohn R. Bogardus, Dr. John W. Brom-ley '48, BA '49, MD '52, and Russell S.Bogert. Π Dick Keegan, 179 N. MapleAve., Greenwich, Conn. 06830.

M jack Rose, Riverside, Pa., re-ports he is still doing lots of urol-ogy and enjoys taking care of pa-tients, but also spends time inthe other kind of water—fishingat his cabin in Quebec. Frank

Bradley, Ridgewood, NJ, is still working forStone & Webster Management and thinks he

will for a few years more. He and Kathleenhave ten children, ages 25-41, all out of collegeand working. Barbara Hatch Cavalieri isstill at Memorial-Sloan-Kettering Cancer Cen-ter as a molecular biologist and also teachingenvironmental science at SUNY.

John J. Carr is beginning his 12th yearas manager of the Chartiers Country Club inPittsburgh and appropriately reports swim-ming and golf as hobbies. Patricia JohnsonCarlow of Willowdale, Ont, Canada retired in1989 as a speech-language pathologist withthe Etobicoke Board of Education. Jona-than S. Ayers, Huntington, NY, retiredfrom Grumman Corp. in January 1989, but hasbeen pretty much on the go ever since—sail-ing, gardening, and singing barbershopquartet. His wife Cynthia (Smith) '52 isstill busy as a travel agent and likes it. HerbLund of Pompano Beach, Fla. is the recy-cling manager for the City of Hollywood, Fla.and says he is heavily involved in all forms ofsolid waste. He is also working on an 800-pagerecycling handbook, but has time left over tocruise the intercoastal waterways in his newBayliner. Bob Entenman, Hudson, Ohio, isstill working as sales manager for SonnebornBuilding Products. Besides getting married(to Dotty, in January 1989), church choir, andvolunteering as a counselor for Hudson JobSearch, he keeps busy sailing, skiing, andplaying tennis. Nancy Hubbard Brandtand Jim live right downtown, off MichiganAvenue, in Chicago. Nancy is the manager ofeducation programs for community relationsat Continental Bank and Jim has virtually nocommute to work, either. The Brandts movedback into Chicago from the suburbs in 1981and love it. William C. Atkinson, Weston,Mass., reports that he is retired, but still work-ing on engineering computer programs.Twenty-five-thousand vertical feet of climb-ing in the Tetons, later Joshua Tree NationalMonument in California, and this year cross-country backpacking in Quebec have occu-pied a little of his time. Chloe Gray Alexson,Rochester, NY, is a professor of pediatric car-diology at the Rochester U. Medical Center.She says this involves lots of patient care andteaching, but still leaves time for campingwith her husband in Canada. James G.McMillan Jr., Wilmington, Del., retired inDecember 1989 after 39 years in the plasticresins business. He expects to do a little con-sulting, but now has time to visit son Tom'79, who lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.Kirk Birrell, Montgomery, Mass, is the co-owner and manager of the Entre ComputerCenter in W. Springfield, Mass. Currently, heis obtaining a private pilot's license, but lastsummer made a two-week singing tour withthe Henly Denmead Chorale that hit Venice,Florence, and Rome. Natalie Me WilliamsCobb, Stoneridge, NY, retired as a guidancecounselor, teacher, and 4-H Club agent in1986, but since then has been very busy withthe Ulster Choral Society, which performs or-atorios with the Hudson Valley PhilharmonicOrchestra. Six children and six granddaugh-ters make a lively family for the Cobbs. On theday after the British Open ended, Libby Sev-eringhaus Warner shot a hole-in-one. This isnot a tall tale since Jim Hazzard, who wascaddying part time for her, witnessed it. DRalph C. Williams Jr., 2516 NW 20th St.,Gainesville, Fla. 32605.

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HThreading in and out of summerholidays, family, sports, news,travel, benchmark plans for thefuture? Ah, yes. As Thomas Au-gustine Daly would have it (in"The Quid Apple Woman")

friends can do where others cannot:With her basket of apples comes Nora

McHugh,Wid her candies an' cakes an' wan thing an'

another,But the best thing she brings to commind

her to youIs the smile in her eyes that no throuble can

smother.About now Nancy Guttmann Slack

and husband Glen, PhD '56 will be tryingConnecticut apples for a change? Nancywrites that they will both be visiting researchfellows at Yale for the 1990-91 academic year:'Other years we live in the country outsideSchenectady. I am a biology professor at Rus-sell Sage College. Our first grandchild, Ra-chel, was born March 20, '90, to David andLucy Garbus Slack, both '80." After Sep-tember 1: 111 Trolley St., Guilford, Conn.

Rayma Kale Prince, 962 WildwoodRd., Oradell, NJ (in her first full-time job since"leaving the world to raise a family") has com-muted to midtown Manhattan for a year and ahalf as editor of Rheumatology News. "A nicepart of the job is that I travel. . . I covered theEuropean League Against Rheumatism(EULAR) symposium in Athens, Greece, andmy husband came along to help me convertthe drachmas ... we saw the Olympic Gamesarena, listened for the oracle at Delphi, andwere awed by the acoustics at the am-phitheater at Epidaurus, which is still in use!Next stop is Seattle . . . late October."

Dr. John Lyman Brown Jr., PO Box62, Bethlehem, Conn, retired from New YorkMedical College, remaining as emeritus staff.His present home, owned for six years, is a60-acre early farm property; after reading theNY Times every day of his life he now is toobusy to do that with fishing, birding, garden-ing, vacations to Europe and Central America,as well as devoting two days a week to NewYork Botanical Gardens work on a project stu-dying medicinal plants in Belize.

Miguel Abizaid, 2870 N. Lake RidgeTrail, Boulder, Colo, gives us some of his phil-osophy: "My business takes me to Lebanon,Italy, and the US. In between, Barbi (Broth-ers) '53 and I take vacations, breaks toGreek islands, Hawaii, and Caribbean. We tryto make the best of our time together whilecoping with life's problems . .. before gettingtoo old! Salut!"

Nancy Taylor Brown has now returnedto non-stop gardening and involvement withlocal art and historical societies, is painting inoils, has cat population stable at six "from anall-time high of nine." Nancy retired in March1989 after ten and a half years as a socialworker for Rhode Island, the last five spentworking in the field of retardation. A bit of PRfrom her: "The world will soon hear aboutClayville, now designated officially as a Na-tional Historical District." Her address: POBox 98, Clayville, RI.

Sheldon Appel, 4 Longfellow PL, Bos-ton, Mass, writes, "For my 60th birthday,family and friends established the Shelly Ap-pel Scholarship Fund for lightweight football.

Truly the most meaningful gift I have ever re-ceived."

By press time Tucson will have cooled?John R. Ferris and wife Marilou are "Ari-zona old-timers," of a year. In walking dis-tance of three swimming pools, squash courts,craft classes, banks, stores, post office."Come on down, but call first, (602)298-1572"; address is 7245 E. Camino Bacel-ar, Tucson. John, two questions and one an-swer: 1) How was the first full-time Southwestsummer? 2) Do you want us all in February orMarch? Then, the answer to your question(and that of almost everyone who's writingnow) . . . here are some dates between nowand Reunion to plan around: Homecoming:Oct. 26/27, '90, Brown; Oct. 18/19, '91, Har-vard; CΛCO/NY: Jan. 25/26, '91; Jan. 24/25,'92; Commencement: May 26, '91; May 24, '92;Reunion: June 6-9, '91; June 4-7, '92.

So, June 4-7, '92 will bring in our 40th har-vest as a class! Then, we can quick get in a lateplanting for another fall; didn't some of yourdads say not to sit back on your laurels? Besure and let us know if you'd like to help in anyway; the class meeting at Homecoming in Oc-tober will center around committees andtimetables so we'll be glad to hear! Postcardsto the Warrens are best, as Adult University(CAU) Ireland, Canada, Martha's Vineyardtrips fill calendar. Jack Veerman, (212)644-1350 and President Jean ThompsonCooper (516) 883-1241 are other key numbers.This is idea and volunteer time! D E. Terryand Dorothea Crozier Warren, 1046Locust Dr., Ashtabula, Ohio 44004.

MThe games are afoot again andso once more unto the breach,dear friends. Follow your spiritand join us pursuing the pupils ofthe personable new pigskin pro-fessor, Jim Hofher '79, one-

time passing, running, and even blocking Cor-nell quarterback for George Seifert and BobBlackman (and a Continuous Reunion Clubclass clerk, as well). The Big Red has won itslast four Homecoming games. This year, it'sBrown, October 27, when we will join '51 and'52 in tailgating on Kite Hill, block seating,apres-game refreshments and, once more,dinner at What's Your Beef, songs and cha-rades included. We'll have blocks at Yale, No-vember 3, and Columbia, November 10, too.You'll be hearing more about this.

A few rallied to Reunion to help Ezra'sschool launch its second 125 years. For some,it began with a retirement bash for Ted Thor-en, who started as a football aide at about thetime we were leaving, and has become practi-cally a classmate. He turned out to be the IvyLeague's winningest coach (baseball andfreshman football), with 541 baseball tri-umphs gained and 611 wins in all sports. BillSullivan, Ingvar "Swede" Tornberg,Russ Zechman, and W. Gerard "Jerry"and Sue Grady made the Lynah Rink dinnerbut we didn't all last through the Iron Citybeer and slivovitz late-late post-party partychez Thoren in Cayuga Heights. Bill and JanPeifer Bellamy '54 arrived at the Statler intime for the Continuous Reunion Clubmeeting at Friday lunch. Carroll McCon-nell Manning was seen, well, manning a Hu-man Ecology booth at Barton Hall. NancyWebb Truscott made a brief appearance.

She's settling into her old Maryland home.Bill Gurowitz kept an eye on things. In thetents, you could spot a brisk potato chip Fris-bee game, Edgar Mac Burney (dancin' upa) Storm, Jim and Sandy Blackwood,Dick Thaler, Ernest and Jane LittleHardy, and Gerry Scher.

The Gradys, up from Jumby Bay, a300-acre island just 15 minutes off Antigua,visited Swede on neighboring Tortola, BritishVirgin Islands, heard from Dick Kirwan ofSt. Thomas, and welcomed several othercruising Cornellians, including Bob Engeland Bob Weber during the winter. Gerryclaims mastery of a March croquet tourna-ment and urges it be included in the next Re-union. ("There's no sweating involved.") Asfor the island: "We have our own Jumby Bayrum, produce our own water, wear littleclothing, have indoor plumbing—not muchmissing from our life!"

Allan and Roberta Vesley also saw Tor-tola's waves of blue, with Adult University(CAU) in February. James and Clarice "Re-cie" Miller Scott and Jim and Judy Logs-don made the African trek on which Jane Lit-tle Hardy has reported (see June '90 AlumniNews, p. 17). Gilbert Wildstein took a CAUcourse on academic freedom at Mohonk inMay.

Meanwhile, in Toledo, Ohio, managementconsultant Jerry Jakes has been appointedto the American Marketing Assn.'s businessmarketing division advisory council. Theylike his "outspoken support for marketing'srole in strategic planning." Jerry has beencalled a "businessman's businessman" byToledo Metropolitan magazine. He has lent hisexperience and expertise to small firms tohelp them reduce sales costs and improve pro-ductivity, and make Mud Hen country a littlemore exciting. In Oklahoma City, traffic man-ager Joseph Dewey was named Man of theYear 1989 by the National Industral Transpor-tation League.

Old Chi Psi brothers Don Dickason andCraig Falk are granddaddies of year-oldPeter Erickson Falk, who lives in DrexelPark, Pa., an hour and 20 minutes from grand-pa Don in Princeton. Peter's parents areHolton '78 and Deborah Dickason Falk'78. Northern New Jersey Cornell Club boardmember Judy Resnik Chabon says daugh-ter Lizabeth Chabon McOsker '80 andhusband have moved to Pittsburgh. "Unfor-tunately for us, they took our grandchildrenwith them." Son David '83 is a partner inUnion Street Restaurant and Bar ("The Back-yard in a previous incarnation"), NewtonCenter, Mass. "It's very quiet here now,"Joan Anne Lee McGowan reports fromNorth Bergen, NJ. Daughter Courtney hasflown to NYU. On the other hand, husbandPaul has retired from Peat, Marwick Main.

In May, we witnessed the graduation ofSusan M. Hanchett '90 and a few thou-sand others. Some say that can't be. After all,she just got here. We recalled what one of herteachers, one Professor F. G. Marcham,PhD '26 is alleged to have told her: "It's niceto see how one generation progresses fromwhat went before." Hmm. We don't have somuch reason to go back so often now. Butmaybe something will turn up (seeabove). D Jim Hanchett, 300 1st Ave.,NYC 10009.


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MHappy fall, fresh starts, new be-ginnings, and all that—the newschool year seems as fitting atime as the new calendar year.Hope you all had a great sum-mer. Bob '53 and I welcomed

home for too short a visit our son Mark, hiswife Patricia, and our three grandchildrenfrom Singapore where Mark heads up theBloomberg Financial Markets office. Theyshared thoughts of the Far East with Bill andJane Waters while enjoying the beach. In thecourse of turning the house into akindergarten some items surfaced that hadbeen cut from previous columns—sorry thatthey are not too current.

Sam Alessi writes from Jamestown,NY, where he is a city court judge and chairsthe board of trustees of Jamestown Communi-ty College. He and wife Rowena visited herfamily in Alberta, Canada and took a six-daypack trip into the Canadian rockies withdaughter Susan, 28, and son Mark, 27. DickBaer and Vickie live at 12104 Foxhill Lane,Bowie, Md., where Dick works for the federalgovernment.

Laura Rilander Zellnick is a freelancewriter in Cherry Hill, NJ, and writes that theymoved back into their newly rebuilt home lastfall after a devastating fire in December 1988.Happily, no one was hurt and they have beenbusy unpacking possessions hastily boxed.Their children are in college, Miriam a seniorat Glassboro State, Joe a junior at Duke, andDavid a freshman at NYU-Tisch School of theArts. Nancy Moskowitz Wachs and hus-band Arthur live in Rochester, NY where he isfinishing his career as director of water for thecity's Dept. of Energy Conservation. Nancy iscontributing editor for the Rochester chapterAIA newsletter and their two grown childrenlive and work in Los Angeles.

Lewis and Joan Steiner Stone '55make their home in Berkeley Heights, NY,and he is associate director of the national ad-vertising division, Council of Better BusinessBureaus, in New York, Marjory White-hurst Epstein moved from Manhattan sevenyears ago to New Concord, NY, "an historichamlet in the Hudson River Valley." She andhusband Harvey breed purebred border Lei-cester sheep on their 100-acre farm. DaughterMarjory Gibson is an architect in Washington,DC, and daughter Cosby Gibson lives inCherry Valley, NY and has a son, almost 2,William Whitehurst Arct.

And my apologies to Roger Schlichtwho I misidentified. He is a consulting enginerand vice president of the Alfred Crew Engi-neering Co. in Mahwah, NJ. He has six chil-dren and two grandchildren; one son is an ar-chitect in Boston. Debby Kroker Ineich hasa large family, too—six children and by now 12grandchildren. She and Bob live in DownersGrove, 111. and manage to travel a fair amount.They are involved in church activities andDebby earned her MA in library science inDecember 1989. Jim Lennon and Gerry(Mitchell) '55 live in Menands, NY andhave five children—youngest son Joe '93 isin Engineering and daughter is Kati '82.Ken Lord sold Penn Airborne Products Co.,in 1988 and is now in temporary retirement.He, wife Martha, and daughter Jennifer, 3,will live in Jackson, Wyo. for a year or two be-fore the next project.

Mike and Dot Noll Hostage have re-tired, too, but stay busy with several small lo-cal businesses—commercial nursery, printing,hotel development—and are enjoying havingmore time together. They have nine childrenand 12 grandchildren, and live in Wellesley,Mass. Last but by no means least, a long notefrom Rosemary Seelbinder Jung fromMartha's Vineyard, where she has been work-ing on getting her real estate license. She hada good visit with Nancy Ranck Lee '53 ayear ago and they reminisced about workingin the Home EC cafeteria: "I guess if it werestill in existence it would be called the HumeEC cafeteria—doesn't have the same ring."They also had a great visit with Tony '53 andSally Simmons Quartararo '58 and Ned'53 and Ann Nolan. "This is a great place tolive—everyone loves to visit!" Hope to see yousoon, Rosa, and look forward to seeing manyclassmates at some of the football games thisfall. D Louise Schaefer Dailey, 51 WhiteOak Shade Rd., New Canaan, Conn. 06840.

'The best is yet to be . . ." andfor many '55 classmates, thismeans tackling new jobs, explor-m§ new hobbies, and welcomingnew grandchildren. AnthonyCardone reports that his family

is "enjoying the good life in the Rocky Moun-tains." All are accomplished skiers and main-tain low golfing handicaps. Joe Marotta'shandicap is down to 10, which enabled himand his partner Joe DiMaggio to win a recentPro-Am tournament. "What vision he has! Hemust have seen the baseball like a watermel-on!" adds our Joe. The Marottas have recent-ly bought a condo near Naples, Fla. but gotback to Ithaca for Reunion and the retirementdinner of his old baseball coach, Ted Thoren.Dwight Emanuelson is active in scuba div-ing off the South Carolina coast, and says"ocean kayaking is a sport that is being pio-neered here." Dwight served as president ofthe Hilton Head Rotary Club this past year.

Norm Nedde has retired from the insur-ance business, and is now working as a full-time substitute for the Indianapolis publicschools. Ray Trotta is also retired and is de-livering a sailboat from Lake Michigan toSouth Carolina, about a two-month trip."Beats the hell out of working!" Ray adds. AlBlomquist, Franklin Lakes, NJ, writes,"After 30-plus years in the chemical industry,I've established my own consulting firm."John Weiss retired early from Prudential-Bache Securities and has recently put togeth-er a small importing and distributing firm; hisfirst major product is source vitamin C chew-ing gum. John's a member of the Cornell Clubof Fairfield County (he lives in Westport,Conn.) and is major gifts chair for our 35thReunion.

Carroll E. "Duke" Dubuc formed anew law firm consisting of about 115 lawyers,with offices in New York City, Washington,DC, and Baltimore. His son Steve '90 is ingrad school on the Hill. Duke advises thatDick Thaler '53, Bill Tull, Dick Barger'56, Al Ehringer, M. G. "Rip" Ripley'57, and he have acquired the corporaterights to the name Zinck's, and plan to reopenthe bar. Bob Leader of Gouverneur, NY, an-other lawyer, proudly to announces that sonHenry '84 has joined his firm. Frederick

"Bud" Rose, JD '60 served as trial counsel inthe defense of Cornell in a civil suit brought bythe parents of the freshman murdered in herdorm in December 1983. The case was set-tled, Bud reports, after a day and a half of trial.We missed Bud and Judy at Reunion, but theywere in Ithaca for the 30th reunion of his lawschool class.

Barbara Brott Myers is co-owner of ageneral contracting firm in Buffalo, plays celloin the community symphony, and sings in thecommunity chorale. Also limbering up her vo-cal cords is Charlotte Bialo Picot, whosings with the Collegiate Chorale in New York.The group performs twice a year at CarnegieHall; this year they sang with Pavarotti on"Live at Lincoln Center." Barb visited withDr. Sandra Wiltse last year, a pediatricianwith Kaiser Group in Walnut Creek, Cal. R.Tad Slocum also lives in Walnut Creek. He'sa financial consultant with Shearson LehmanHutton, and is president of the local KiwanisClub and his church board of trustees.

The real estate market may be soft whereyou live, but Dick Kurtz says commercialreal estate in Southern California is one of thehottest areas in the US. "It's wonderful hav-ing an order backlog in the land/developmentbusiness; I'm in the right place at the righttime with my own company."

In Millwood, NY, Judy SilvermanDuke writes a monthly newsletter for class-mate Elliott Minsker's firm, and does otherfreelance work as well. Deborah GolubLeibowitz, Bethesda, Md., just received fund-ing for a project to benefit economically de-prived children. Her daughter, Paula Leibo-witz Sayag '83, is working toward her doc-torate in human development at the U. ofMaryland. Francie Williams Scott reportsher first book, From the Eye to Infinity, hasbeen accepted for publication: "Watch for iton the top of the insomniacs' best seller list!"She is starting a new career as vice president,United Way of Lubbock, Texas, "getting paidfor what we've all been doing as volunteers,"but "very pleased to be working where myheart's been for years." Another first for Fran-cie was a family trip to Cozumel, where shebroke her leg on the first dive. Francie's sonwas overheard to say, "Mom's like an old car Ihad in high school; you could take it to themall, but not out of town."

Ron Mulliken, who lives in Tampa, Ar-thur Murakami from Honolulu, Don Ma-clay (Malibu, Cal.), Dick Strouce (Allen-town, Pa.), and I were among the thousands ofparents celebrating our children's graduationfrom Cornell on May 27. The most stalwartamong us made the trek back to Reunion justtwo weeks later! Thanks again to our Reunionchairs for such a well-planned weekend, andmuch love to the friends old and new withwhom we shared the songs, the memories,and the fun of Reunion 1990. D Nancy Sav-age Morris, 110A Weaver St., Greenwich,Conn. 06831, (203) 532-0287.

Under the watchful eye of Er-nie Stern, Bill Callnin, BobHerron, and others, our Re-union is gradually taking shape.Bill and Bob have already con-cocted many surprises and won-

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you yearn to come back to a few glorious daysin Ithaca. By the way, if you have not yet sentin your pledge card, please do so—generously.

It was so nice seeing Roberta KarpelSilman at our most recent Reunion meeting.Roberta and husband Robert live at 18Larchmont St. in Ardsley, NY. She is a fictionwriter who has a dynamite book coming out inthe fall. The title is Beginning the World Againand deals with the women who accompaniedtheir scientist husbands to Los Alamos in theearly '40s. I cannot wait to read the book andΓm happy that she has joined us on the Re-union team.

Thank you, Cdr. James F. McCarthy,for your constructive comments about ourpast and next Reunions. Rest assured that weare all working to make our 35th a very mean-ingful experience. I was glad to learn aboutyour activities of sailing, travel, etc. and wehope to see you in June.

Sandra Albert Wittow (Mrs. HerbertL.) deserves an apology from this writer foromitting announcements of her art exhibitionsover the years. We know she is a very talentedartist and enjoys many art forms includingdance and music. Her address is 29 SedgwickDr., Englewood, Colo. If you will call me at1-800-221-3744, I'll make sure your next showis featured in bold print.

It was also nice to note the comments ofWilliam Rieflin. It is true that news fromclassmates sometimes falls through the cracksand it is also true that the more active and in-volved get more column space but we reallytry to do our best. I was glad to receive yourideas about an agenda for retirement yearsthat could be a part of our Reunion program.We look forward to any other ideas you mighthave and for any other news about your life.

Richard Meier continues to work on theGetty Museum in California that surely is oneof the plums of the world of architecture. Wealso hear he is designing a new museum inBarcelona, Spain. In the same vein of excitingnews, Peter Hearn is testing the waters forthe possibility of running for mayor of Phila-delphia. Since this column is written weeksahead of publication, I'm sorry we cannot bemore current on what surely is an interestingstory.

Michale Cornman, 230 Park Ave.,NYC, is a patent attorney and has done a superjob as a single parent after his wife died in 1986.He has a daughter and son, with his daughterhaving a starring role on a recent TV series.Peter B. Dirlam visited Poland last year andhad a great time on the London Adult Universi-ty (CAU) program. He may be reached at POBox 416, Southbridge, Mass.

Carol Rosenberg Feder of 205 WestEnd Ave., NYC is a freelance writer and edi-tor. She has traveled extensively in the FarEast. The Rev. John H. Maltby is the min-ister of the Miller Memorial PresbyterianChurch in Monmouth Jet., NJ where he livesat 658 Ridge Rd. He is a very active grandfa-ther, involved in the Boy Scouts, First AidSquad, the Big Red Alumni Band, and takinghis first cruise last year. What an active per-son!

Arthur S. Penn lives and works at 18East 74th St. in NYC. He is with ElmrockPartners, involved in various investments. Hesits on various boards as well as the JohnsonMuseum Council and the University Council.

In theNews

The federal courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, has beenrenamed for Elbert P. Tuttle '18, LLB '23. He pre-sided over the Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Ap-peals in the building from 1960-67, handing downlandmark civil rights decisions. Tuttle joined thecourt in 1954 and still handles cases today at age 93.

Edward A. Fox '58, who built the Student LoanMarketing Association ("Sallie Mae") as its first em-ployee, left as its CEO in the spring to become deanof the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.Sallie Mae is a federally chartered, stockholder-owned corporation that buys insured students loans,growing to a $40 billion enterprise over seventeenyears.

Jane Brody '62, personal health columnist forthe New York Times and author oίjane Brody's GoodFood Book, was queen of the first-ever Garlic Day atthe Brooklyn Botanical Garden during the summer.She has been a prime proclaimer of the health virtuesof garlic.

Purdue University named Leonard Harris, PhD'74 director of its Center for Afro-American Studiesand Research and professor of philosophy, to take of-fice January 1. He is on the faculty at M'organ Statein Baltimore.

Early tests on a new electrically heated catalyticconverter suggest it may allow autos to meet Califor-nia's strict anti-smog regulations. The converter isthe product of Camet Company of Hiram, Ohio,whose president is Richard Cornelison '48. Califor-nia's tough.anti-emission laws were at first thoughtunattainable.

James M. Lawrence '69, founder of the maga-zine Harrowsmith in Canada, is publisher of EatingWell a Canadian bi-monthly introduced this summerinto the U.S. market to compete with the likes ofGourmet and Bon Appetit. Lawrence said the launchwill cost $12 million over three years, aiming for aninitial paid circulation of 225,000 and an eventual 1million. The magazine intends to relate the healthaspects of food, rather than food's relationship tofitness.

Joseph Blumenthal '19, a noted publisher andtypographer, died July 11 in West Cornwall, Connec-ticut, at the age of 92. From 1926-71 he ran the SpiralPress in Manhattan, printing limited editions on highquality paper. He was best known for his special edi-tions of the poems of Robert Frost.

We would like to hear more news fromGeorge Rohrer, PO Box 5698, Manama,Bahrain; also David L. Rosenbaum, MD,215 N. Saltair Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.

Dear Marilyn "Micki" Lasky Schneid-er: A personal thanks for your note about yourfamily. I was glad to learn you are living at 351Sea Horse Ct, Foster City, Cal. and that youare employed by a national greeting card firm.It's nice hearing from old (young) friends.

Mary Quinby Vann (244 N. Chester, In-dianapolis, Ind.) retired from her gift shop lastyear. She really loves the outdoors, havingskiied and hunted for elk in the past year. Sheand Peter have four grandchildren and are de-voted to their large family. Evelyn Margu-lies Yudowitz is proud of her son Martin'89. She may be found at 485 Warren St. inBrookline, Mass.

Please keep the news coming. We will doour best after over 30 years writing in this

same space. See you at the 35th. D StephenKittenplan, 1165 Park Ave., NYC 10128.

• •• I spent summer vacation in the• M US this year so I had an opportu-IA m nity to attend a June function at~ m the Cornell Club in New YorkB B M City to hear about the progress^^ m of the Cornell Tradition. Thisprogram helps students in need of financial aidthrough fellowships sponsored by individualsas well as classes. Our class has a part in thisprogram, as do several classmates. Enthusias-tic supporters are Bob '51 and JoanneClark Nelson, and D. Steven Hirsch. Jo-anne and Steve spoke briefly about the per-sonal rewards derived from their sponsorshipof Tradition fellows. Joanne is a regular volun-teer at the Vanderbilt Museum in Huntingtonand during the school year has a tutoring pro-gram. While in NYC, I visited Judy Richter


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Levy (in person) and Adelaide RussellVant (by phone). Addie was in Britain inAugust to attend choir school followed by atour of England and Scotland with Ed. Judyspent the summer squeezing in some golf andtennis between her law practice. Following inMom's footsteps (but not in the family firm) isdaughter Susan, a spring graduate of NYULaw School.

A new address for Arlette Stevens Dy-ott: 4607 Angus Dr., Gainesville, Va. Mark,MS '56 was transfered to Fairfax with MobilOil. Their youngest, Stephen '91, spent thepast year studying at the London School ofEconomics. Barbara Flynn Shively hasspent a number of years working in the homeraising children, and is now at Exxon workingas a technical editor/writer for software. Herlatest project is called Helpfiles. In addition,Barbara's biography of Geraldine RockefellerDodge has been included in a newly publishedbook, Past and Promise: Lives of New JerseyWomen.

See our ad on page 11 regarding Homecom-ing—October 27—a mini-reunion for '57(many of whom, born in 1935, will turn 57 inthe year of our 35th!). D Judith Reusswig,5401 Westbard Ave., #1109, Bethesda, Md.20816.

Fred Sherman has retiredfrom the private practice of den-tistry and is now offering careertransition consultations to den-tists who wish to enter or leaveprivate practice. He is still active

with the California Dental Assn. judicial coun-cil, and as an examining member of the Cal.State Board of Dental Examiners. Fred enjoysscuba diving off the California coast regularly,and is active in youth soccer with son Andy, agoalie for his high school varsity.

Jayne Vogan has been on sabbaticalleave from the State U. of NY. She is workingon a book about William James and says "anyJamesian scholars out there who'd like to com-pare thoughts would be welcome!" She spentthe last five years in college administrationand now is back to full-time teaching. She hasspent a lot of time traveling to China, Austra-lia, Mexico, and most recently to Cambridge,Mass, to enhance her research at the HarvardArchival library. Carol Mayer Utter retiredafter 31 years with the Bureau of LaborStatistics. She is now embarking on a newcareer as a lady of leisure and traveler extraor-dinaire!

Bob Hendricks is a materials engineer-ing professor at Virginia Tech. His son Rob-ert '89 is now a grad student in aero at Cor-nell. Bob is busy trying to write an intermedi-ate level textbook on electronic materials forsenior EEs. He says it seenis like a task thatwill never end, but each semester he seessome progress! Prof. Ken Naylor washonored recently by the government of theSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia forcontributing to cultural and scientific coopera-tion between the SFR of Yugoslavia and theUS. A specialist in Slavic and Balkan linguist-ics and culture, Ken's extensive publicationsfocus on the structure and history of literarySerbo-Croatian and Serbo-Croatian dialects.He is the editor of Balkanistica and FoliaSlavica, and served as secretary of the Amer.Comm. of Slavists 1978-1988.

Larry Kaufman is a journalist, writing"Larry Kaufman's Inside Talk on Transporta-tion" for the Journal of Commerce, a Knight-Ridder paper, every Monday. It is the oldestdaily business newspaper in the country, firstpublished in 1828! John Laemle is still inmarketing with IBM and is in his second yearas president of the Jewish Community Centerof White Plains, a Reform Temple with morethan 900 families. He says, "It's a challeng-ing, exciting, frustrating, and rewarding job!"Bill Moffatt is just finishing his last year atRussian Orthodox Seminary in Kodiak, Alas-ka. His wife works as an RN in alcohol treat-ment; oldest son works for United Airlines,No. 2 son is working on his masters at the U.of Alaska (yes, there is one!), No. 3 son hasenlisted in the Marines, hoping to becomeanother Ollie North! The family princess, at13, is his last hope for a Cornellian to follow inhis footsteps and those of her grandparents,the late Claire (Moody) '29 and Col. C. K.Moffatt '27.

Jack and Diane Baillet Meakem '61have sons Bruce '90, a Cayuga's Waiter, andCharles "Chip" '93, who as a frosh playedJV basketball. They are building a house on alake in the Berkshires, western Mass. Theirprimary residence remains in Armonk andJack has that lovely little commute to Green-wich and his Premier, Inc. D Janet ArpsJarvie, 6524 Valley Brook Dr., Dallas, Texas75240.

Hope you had a WONDERFULsummer! Delaware's Mother ofthe Year: our very own Debor-ah Sutton Layton, 2600 W.19th St., Wilmington. Debbiewas nominated by the Cathedral

Church of St. John in Wilmington, then chosenby the Delaware Assn. of American Mothers.Debbie has been a member of the CathedralChurch since age 8. She's in the church choirand has been a licensed lay reader since 1971.Trained as a lay Eucharistic minister, she cantake communion to shut-ins and others unableto attend church. Debbie and husbandRichard are empty-nesters. Daughter Marcia,who graduated from Wellesley and then ob-tained an MBA from the U. of Michigan, mar-ried Christopher Cartwright '87 andlives in Rochester. Son Jonathan graduatedthis year from the College of William andMary.

Proud parents: Cornell's graduation was avery special event for Nancy Ann HewittHoller, PO Box 1031, Auburn, Me. Herdaughter Barbara '90 graduated Phi BetaKappa, with honors in English. Also wearingcap 'n gown was Nancy's nephew ScottShaw '90. Nancy is a customer service rep.at L. L. Bean and director of adult education ather church. Cardiologist Lawrence Glass-berg, 85 Catherine Rd., Scarsdale, NY, sawhis youngest child, Michael '90, graduatethis spring—Larry's third Cornell offspring!Michael is headed for graduate school atSyracuse. Hans Krauss, E10521 CimmaronDr., Spokane, Wash., reports that son Erik,Grad is completing work on a master's incommunications. Hans is a state conservationagronomist with the USD A.

Graduation plus: Beth WeinsteinNewburger was back on the Hill for thegraduation of son Eric '90 and niece Carrie

Weinstein '90. The day was also her firstwedding anniversary. Beth married RichardSchwartz, founder and CEO of Boat/US onMay 27, '89. They reside at 1401 N. Oak St.#902, Arlington, Va. "I'm keeping 'Newburg-er' ", she writes; "Beth Weinstein NewburgerSchwartz '59 is a little much for anyone!"

Decision of the year: Noel Smith, Box644, Ames, NY, says "I have to decide if Iwant to retire from being a contractor after 26years or phase myself out gradually." Noel'swife Priscilla retired this past June after teach-ing 33 years at the same school.

Trips of the year: Jim Glenn, 45 WalnutDr., East Greenwich, RI, has been workingfor a plastics machinery manufacturer for thepast few years and since last October has beenresponsible for sales in Asia, Latin America,and the eastern European countries. Whichmeant four trips to the Soviet Union in thespace of six months. Here's a sampling ofJim's escapades on one of those trips: "I didget to Moscow (fourth visit) and Leningrad...I did squeeze in a grand tour of the Hermitage... I saw 25 Rembrandts, 12 Picassos, onlyfive van Goghs, and 40 (count 'em) Raphaelsamong thousands of paintings. A very impres-sive and vast collection was started by Peter[and] his barons and continued by the Red Ar-my making collections (whisper that!) in theoccupied countries after World War I I . . . I'mnow working on a potentially $25-30 millionorder from a large Russian defense plant inwestern Siberia ... My guess is that it is a mis-sile factory... I know Chairman Gorbachev hasinstructed some defense plants to convert tomaking consumer products. This plant wantsto buy a complete package of equipment, rawmaterials, and technology to make 40 millionaudio cassette tapes, cassettes, and Phillipsboxes for domestic and export markets. We canoffer all. It's the modern equivalent to beatingswords into plowshares."

Address changes: Gary Randorf, Box46, Whallonsburgh, NY; Robert Meade,9669 Rte. 89, Trumansburg, NY; MarcFishzohn, 201 Wilshire Blvd. #A-22, SantaMonica, Cal.

Gail Lewis Baker has moved from Seat-tle to Texas, where she is completing her grad-uate studies at the U. of Texas GraduateSchool of Biomedical Sciences. Her mailingaddress: 3627 Tartan Lane, Houston, Texas."After nearly 30 years as an applied psycholo-gist, I've just begun an exciting new career asa neuroscientίst," she writes. "Fortunately,my three children have been wiser than I.They're getting their career training whilestill in their 20s—and before they marry andhave children!"

If you haven't yet sent in class dues for thecurrent year, please do so! TODAY! And besure to enclose news and notes about yourselfand your activities so your classmates canread about you RIGHT HERE! D JennyTesar, 97A Chestnut Hill Village, Bethel,Conn. 06901.

One of the highlights of my Cor-nell associations these past 20years has been writing this col-umn. It has been a special plea-sure keeping in touch with all ofyou, sharing your triumphs, tri-

als, and thoughts, and learning about yourfamilies and the memorable times in your

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lives. The 30th Reunion revealed that, like theuniversity itself, we have not only survived,but succeeded with a strengthened ability torespond creatively to the challenges that arecertain to lie ahead. Much as this is a time oftransition for Cornell, as it stands on the edgeof a new era and a new century, so also it is forclassmates, with new business endeavors forsome and thoughts of retirement for others,"nests" emptying for some and children be-coming a major focus for others, moves forsome and "digging in" for others—and twingrandchildren due soon for one couple! I'm de-lighted to continue as the co-author of our"History of the Class of 1960."

Spring 1989 found Stephanie HermanAdelman, Shelah Stahl Moller, and Lin-da Jarschauer Johnson in Paris celebratingtheir continuing friendship and their collective150th birthday. They spent a week in Maywalking, talking, and visiting almost everymuseum. Stephanie, who publishes Art NewEngland, left Lester '59 at home in Brook-line, Mass, with Jessica, 13. Her son Michaelis Bard '90. Shelah's husband Marc '61, JD'63, was in New York City with Alexandra, 15.Son Jonathan is at Columbia, and olderdaughter Danielle is at Barnard. Shelah isworking at a private law firm after severalyears of working for judges. Linda still happilycommutes between Ithaca and Washington,DC as executive director of the Cornell inWashington Program and the new CornellInst. for Public Affairs. Her son Seth '89 isworking in DC, and Suzannah '93 is study-ing urban and regional studies and very in-volved with Delta Gamma.

Ron Obermeyer, manager of interna-tional marketing for Atlantic Research Corp. inGainesville, Va., reports daughter Dee Dee, aCPA with Peat Marwick & Main, was marriedin October 1989. Both sons are in the AirForce—one, in Tacoma; the other, teaching atthe Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.Ron attended Homecoming last fall to help cel-ebrate the 100th anniversary of Gamma Chap-ter of Phi Sigma Kappa. George W. Robertsmade major career and geography changes lastyear, from a position in research managementwith Air Products and Chemicals Inc. in Allen-town, Pa., to an academic job as head of theDept. of Chemical Engineering at NorthCarolina State U. in Raleigh. He asks: "Arethere any '60 or '61 alumni in the vicinity ofRaleigh? How about a Cornell Club?"

Marilyn Miller Roche wrote last fallthat her family has "moved back up to thePalo Alto area from sunny Newport Beach,where we sailed and surfed indulgently. DΆr-cy is CEO/president of a new company, a fiberoptics start-up, having sold his former compa-ny to the British. I am working with the re-search libraries group at Stanford, developingscholars' data bases and appropriate electron-ic document transmission mechanisms—a farcry from the Connecticut State Legislaturethat had previously been my 'home.' Sean ismarketing the restaurant management andtraining software he developed and produced;James is an architect in Berkeley; Matt is cap-tain of water polo at Yale, after two semestersat Oxford; Steve is a junior and on universitycouncil at Princeton; and Scott is a senior atMenlo School and captain of water polo."

Jonathan Rosefsky is now director,medical services, Wyeth-Ayerst Laborator-

ies, Philadelphia. Allan Salzberg and wifeCarol (Wachtel) '59 moved to Bath, NYlast fall when he became chief of medical ser-vice at the VA Hospital there. Allan is alsoassociate clinical professor of medicine atRochester and a consultant to National Insts.of Health on AIDS modeling. DaughterDeborah Holmes (RPI '83) lives in Endwellwith her two children and husband Randall.Son David is studying for a PhD in geophysicsat SUNY, Binghamton. D Gail TaylorHodges, 1257 W. Deer Path, Lake Forest, 111.60045.

Do you have a special interest or1 expertise? Our 30th Reunion com-I mittee is entertaining proposals

from classmates wishing to runI discussion groups during Reunion

weekend, June 6-10,1991. If inter-ested, please contact Reunion Co-chair DaleAbrams Adams, no later than Jan. 1, '91, at87 Hickory Rd., Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510.By now you should have received a video ofour 25th plus a letter from co-chair and chiefcheerleader Ken Blanchard. Are you get-ting excited?

Five more duespaying classmates haveincluded with their news items their commit-ment to attend Reunion, and an additional twohope to attend. Liz Kelley Blunden will bethere and has enthusiastically joined the plan-ning committee. Liz does program planningfor the Cornell Club of NE Ohio and is themother of twins Connie '92 and Bill, ahopeful transfer. Ginny Buchanan Clarkand husband Willis '60 will attend, havingwarmed up at Will's 30th this past June,followed by a visit with Margie Farrell Ew-ing in Washington, DC. Ginny is busy suppor-ting the local Food Bank and Philharmonic inFt. Wayne and with the activities of twograndsons. The Clarks have two Cornellianoffspring, Alison Clark Levy '84 andBrian '85. Robert Gambino writes, "It'sgreat not to be bored." He'll tell you why ifyou join him on the Hill in 1991. Dr.Frederick Siegal is another parent of twoCornellians, David '89 and Nina '91. Fredis a professor at Albert Einstein College ofMedicine and was recently appointed to chairthe Ad Hoc AIDS Working Group of the Na-tional Heart, Lung and Blood Inst. The fifthpromise to attend is from Doug Fuss, whowrites, "After 27 years avoiding technicalassignments I've had to revisit my oldengineering degree since IBM appointed memanager of the computational chemistry op-portunity." Doug works out of IBM's NationalScientific Center in Dallas.

Two "maybes" are Rochelle KramerBusch and Joe Santamaria. Deepest sym-pathy to Rochelle on the death of her husbandin 1987. Rochelle has spent time abroad, andrecently went on a biking trip to Bordeaux forfun and exercise. Address: 14 Sutton PlaceSouth, NYC. Joe still interviews applicants forthe College of Architecture and participates inCornell Fund Phonathons in Houston, Texas.

Congratulations to Class CorrespondentNancy Hislop McPeek, recently inductedinto the first Canton YWCA Stark CountyWomen's Hall of Fame, as recipient of theBusiness/Industry Award. Nancy is assistantvice president of Central Trust Co., serves onboards of several community organizations

and is president of Family Counseling Ser-vices and the Canton College Club.

Iris Figarsky Litt was recently pre-sented with a distinguished teaching award byher alma mater, SUNY Health Science Centerat Brooklyn. Dr. Litt is a professor ofpediatrics and chairman of the adolescentmedicine department at Stanford U. MedicalCenter. Joanne McCully is the recipient ofsix awards from university offices since herreturn to Cornell and best of all, her degree inHuman Ecology after 33 years of careers,family commitments, and major healthobstacles. Joanne's story is truly inspirational,and she's willing to share it. Address: 901Dryden Rd., Lot 61, Ithaca. D Pat LauxRichards, Spring Meadow, Box 165—RD 1,Seven Valleys, Pa. 17360, (717) 792-0822.

It's hard to believe that fall ishere again. As you read this, Iam returning from gettingdaughter Laura off to VirginiaTech, where she will major in an-imal science. I couldn't convince

her to brave the Cornell winters! RobertCarson is a professor of geology at WhitmanCollege in Walla Walla, Wash. He presented apaper last spring to the Oregon Academy ofScience, describing his research on icebergdeposits and glaciation in the Pacific North-west. Donna Forsman also did some ex-ploring; hers was with Adult University(CAU), exploring the jungles and barrier reefof Belize. Sharon Klig Krackov is at the U.of Rochester Medical School, directing thecurriculum development office, which sup-ports new initiatives in the medical curriculumand evaluates the ongoing courses during allfour years. Son Warren lives in Washington,DC, doing graduate work in English; son An-dy will spend this academic year in Oxford,England.

Bob Freeman is president of CaliforniaCafe—a restaurant group with twelve loca-tions, all in California. Joanne Rog Kahnwrites from Buffalo that she continues withher interior design firm. She also has a son atthe U. of Vermont and a daughter at Tufts.Philip Grieve has recently been made direc-tor of sensor research for the Grumman Corp.on Long Island. He lives in Manhattan and,with his wife, does the reverse commute eachday to enjoy the benelts of New York City onthe weekends.

Herb Holden is a veterinarian in SenecaFalls, NY, with a practice limited to small ani-mals and swine. Son Wilbur '91 is studyingbusiness management in the Ag School. Adaughter is at North Carolina State (yet anoth-er two-collegian family!), with one son still athome. Helen Downs Haller has left thedepartment of Chemical Engineering at Cor-nell after five years of teaching the UO labcourse. Now she's copy-editing books inchemical engineering for Hauser Publishers, aGerman firm. Her first book was publishedlast winter, a second this summer, and she'sstarting on a third. She says, 'The work is agreat combination of intelligence and skill, sci-ence and craft." Helen's nest is empty after 20years with a daughter at Brown, a son atBerkeley, and a ward at RIT.

Bob Kramer has joined the Alumni Ad-missions Ambassador Network (CAAAN) inthe Roslyn, NY area, and will do interviewing


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next year. His stepdaughter Felicia Shutterplans to start as a freshman in Ag this year; hisdaughter Jennifer opted for the U. of Pennsyl-vania. Another Cornell freshman is VickiFielding Maxant's daughter Diana. JudieFeigin Strauss's daughters are Cheryl '91and Marcy '92. Judie is director of medicalservices of MediQual Systems, a companythat has developed a quality assurance systemto evaluate hospital medical care. Her hus-band is director of nuclear medicine at Massa-chusetts General Hospital and editor in chiefof the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Last yearthey traveled to Italy and Spain.

Bob Filner is a councilman in San Die-go. Alan Goodman is physics professor atTulane U. in New Orleans. David Smith iscompleting his 14th year living in France; hisdaughter is Stephanie '90. Another class-mate abroad is Ezekiel Hacohen, managerof the Red Rock Hotel in Eilat, Israel. Jen-nifer Patai Schneider is completing a newbook, Sexual Healing for Recovering Couples. Itdeals with sexual addiction. Her son is a stu-dent at Princeton and her daughter attendsStanford. Jennifer has her own medical prac-tice in Tucson, Ariz., specializing in internaland addiction medicine.

Thanks again to all who are sendingnews—please keep up the good work. DElenita Eckberg Brodie, 80 Sheri Dr.,Allendale, NJ 07401.

MMany thanks to all of you whosent news with your dues lastspring! First off, there are ninenew and two old-but-never-re-ported-when-they-were-newaddresses to pass along. Bar-

bara Bova Hamilton and husband RobertMcGowan left city living, but not too far.They moved to the 18-acre Bittersweet Farmin Clarkston, Mich. Barbara was named direc-tor of freshman writing at Oakland U., whereshe is a professor. E. Henry "Terry" andLeslie Leiphart moved from Miami to 2603Habersham Dr., Atlanta, Ga., where he has aChevrolet dealership. Terry didn't say wheth-er he still has the dealership in Miami.

Washington, DC, has two new residents.David Smith moved from Massachusetts to607 North Carolina Ave. SE, and is now work-ing at the Smithsonian's Natl. Museum of Nat-ural History. Nancy Alfred Persily mergedher Coral Gables, Fla., consulting practicewith Lewin/ICF in DC, and is looking forwardto working with a large consulting firm afterhaving her own business for the last eightyears. Nancy's move to 2022 Columbia Rd.NW, #305, also puts her a lot closer to her twochildren, in college in New England. Also inthe DC area, Elaine Emling changed sub-urbs, then made a within-suburb move to 661681st St., Cabin John, Md. She's now workingas a planner for the northern Virginia countythat contains Dulles Airport, and still enjoyssailing, music, art, and the ever-present poli-tics.

Four moved-but-no-other-news: J. Ed-ward "Ted" and Caryl Loomis, from Wash-ington State to San Diego, then a few milesnorth to 325 S. Sierra, Unit #22, SolanaBeach, Cal.; Joseph and Lynn Steger Glea-son from St. Croix back to Red Hook, NY (RD1, Box 523); Norbert Roihl, in-town to 1928Winners Dr., Palm City, Fla.; and Colin and

Susannah "Suki" Sharp Starnes from Hal-ifax to Bridgewater (RR #4), Nova Scotia.

Sometime after 1985, Joseph and NancyMark moved to 33 Thurston Dr., Palm BeachGardens, Fla. He is manager of advancedtechnology engines programs at Pratt & Whit-ney, and spends his spare time golfing, sailing,and scuba diving. After divorcing 15 yearsago, Leonard Adams moved to 800 Ter-race Dr., Clinton, Iowa; Nina ShapiroAdams is still at 1717 S. Whittier, Springfield,111. Carol Androsky spent the summer in atemporary sublet (c/o Fuller, 1610 MalcolmAve.) with the intent of permanently movingback there from New York City if all went well(which I interpret to mean getting back intothe film industry, maybe to resume her movieacting career).

With both children now out of college,Patricia Seaver (27 Halfmoon Isle, JerseyCity, NJ) is using her maiden name again. Sheis executive vice president of Cellcom Corp., anational reseller of cellular phone service anda distributor of cellular equipment. Congratsto Jerry Jossem on his marriage to MaryBrock. With Mary's daughter and Jerry'sthree children, they now have a full house at85 Dowsett Ave., Honolulu, Hawaii. In Au-gust, all vacationed at Keuka Lake (where myfamily vacationed for the first 17 years of mylife). For the sixth year, Jerry made the list of"Best Lawyers in America"— more congrats!

Class president Nancy Taylor Butlerreported seven classmates and five guests en-joyed a '64 mini-reunion at Reunion Weekendlast June. They stayed in the dorm set asidefor 'non-reuning classes, held a Saturday mor-ning class meeting, and had dinner at theStatler that night. "They" are: Nancy and Ed'63, Ada Dot Hayes and her mother (who'dnever been to Cornell), John '62 and Caro-lyn Chauncey Neuman, Bill Russell,Stu and Janet Sinder, Ted Weinreich, andSteve and Carolyn Stewart Whitman.All decided it was so much fun that it'll berepeated next year— look for details in the '64class newsletter in early 1991 .

Very sad to say, Judy Shaw Munsellpassed away last June. Judy was an activemember of the Class Council and did a terrificjob overseeing affinity group recruitment forour 25th Reunion in 1989. Husband Jim, a'63 engineer adopted by '64, says donationsin Judy's name can be made to GreenwichHospital Cancer Center, Greenwich, Conn.06830.

Remember, it's never too late— keepthose News & Dues comin'. D Bev JohnsLamont, 720 Chestnut St., Deerfield, 111.60015.

And my beloved spake unto me

one' anc^ come awaγ with me

The day of the big game dawnedcrisp and clear. All happy fami-lies are the same everywhere. It

was the best of times; it was the summer ofour contentment; it was our 25th Reunion. Be-ginnings. Reunion is neither a checkpoint northe culmination of anything; it is a beginning,a time to renew old friendships and start newones, a time to re-affirm old commitments, atime to care, and risk, and dream once again.It's wonderful.

After years of anticipation and planning,

our Reunion began in Mary Donlon Hall onWed., June 6,'when early volunteers and un-dergraduate staff arrived to stuff envelopes,inflate balloons,, check arrangements. Excite-ment was in the air—it was like decorating thegym before the big dance. Seen sitting on thefloor making signs, hooking up the computers,calling old friends: Reunion Co-Chairs PennySkitol Haitkin and George Arangio, Jimand Cindy Booth Ware, StephanieSchus Russin, Steve Appell, Madi GellHandler, Class Clerks Carolyn DeWilde'91, Sean "Goose" Egusa '91, and manyother hardworking souls.

At midnight, we adjourned to College-town for refreshments and had one of thoselong wonderful gab-fests, which continuedback in the dorm lounge and included TomTalley, Bruce Eissner and Patricia Wil-liams. Collegetown has gone up-scale.Where once we saw coin-op laundries anddiners like Pop's Place and the 400 Club, wenow see boutiques with hot neon signs, pastaristorantes, and Cafe Decadence. But thereare still the Triangle Bookstore, Johnny's BigRed, and the Royal Palm, where Joan HensJohnson's daughter Lauren Picard '90 hasart on permanent display. Collegetown news:Chris Anagnost of Ithaca is in the apart-ment business. Gus Lambrou, the grocer, nowhas a travel agency. Sam Gould still has theCollegetown store. And Tony Petrillose stillcuts ("styles") hair and rents rooms.

The Tekes, faithful Reunioners, con-vened early (many at the Royal Palm): Dr.Jim Dempsey; Paul Bower; Dave andSharon Mooney Franklin '66; Gerryand Lou Griffin; Maurice "Soup" andCourtenay "Corky" Klug Hoag; Bill '64and Laura Robinson Lacy; Dave Als-pach; Phil Langefeld; and the 1963 TekeSweetheart, Karen Dean Abbe. The Colle-giate Greek groups are doing well. Many sor-orities have 150 members. Kappa KappaGamma, for years known as the independentlocal "Kappa," is Kappa Kappa Gamma oncemore. Chi Omega, once involuntarily (andmysteriously) turned into Phillips House, isonce again Chi Omega. The ZBTs are back oncampus. The young people are much morecautious these days. All living groups have amandatory alcohol policy, and many have ac-tive education programs against alcoholabuse. Many Greek groups had alumni openhouses on the weekend, among them AlphaPhi, Chi Omega, Alpha Sigma Phi. Sigma Chihad a good turnout, including Jim Maglis-ceau, Chuck Foster, and Hall-of-FamerBruce Cohen.

On Thursday, we had a picnic. PhyllisLandau's beer got smacked by a frisbee.-Ivor Moskowitz gave us words of wit andwisdom. Seen enjoying the ambience: Chris-tina "Neena" Martin Lurvey, KathySliney Schulz, Tom Connor, Kathy Gaff-ney, Nick Schiavetti, Nick Condorousis, Carol Willers White, Joe Ryan, BobLibson, Billy Kauff man, Denny Black,Robin Chernoff, Virginia "Ginger"Teller, Ronnie "Gurf" Gurfein Silbert,James "Murf" Butler—so many fine peo-ple, so little space.

Thursday night featured dancing and mu-sic in tents on the Arts Quad. The center tentstarred Peggy Haine '65 and the LowDown Alligator Jass (yes, it's Jass) Band—you

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should hear them do "St. James Infirmary!"At the rock V roll tent: Tanya Dietrich andHerman Muller, Ron "P.R." Schendel andDan Stern, Jon Casher and Jeff and JulieParker, Carol Newman, Joan Wager,and Bill Waylett showed them all that our'65 dance steps were the best.

Friday our crew re-assembled and rowedonce again: Harold "Bud" Suiter, PhilDavenport, John Rothschild, DanKrez, Jeff Moak as stroke, and cox, EdSteinglass. Later, the class picnic was heldat Stewart Park, well known for submarineraces. Some classmates ran in the 5-kilometerReunion Run—it was Jaxon Teke's first timein Schoellkopf Stadium to audience applause.

At Bailey Hall, President Frank H. T.Rhodes introduced George F. Will, who gavea humorous yet cautioning talk on politicalperspective and the situation of our countryand the world. A thought-provoking talk, pep-pered with statistics and baseball stories. Youmust hear or read him yourself—he cannot becompressed into "sound-bites." Other specialevents included workshops on admissions andfinancial aid, four AA meetings, and a recep-tion for Vietnam veterans.

Our main banquet and class business ses-sion was Saturday evening. Susan Daven-ny Wyner and the Cornell Chorus/AlumniChorus gave us 'Summer Fare." Elan "Lon-ny" Benamy gave a simply elegant invoca-tion. The '65-era Sherwoods—including FredKewley, Geoff Hewitt '66, and JimWhite—gave us the old favorites "Πya," "IMarried an Angel," and "Bennie's FromHeaven." Arnie Rabinor held the winningticket for the '65 Mustang convertible do-nated by Jim Venetos. Judy Levy Lesleyled the "Alma Mater."

Our class picture was posed on the bleach-ers in Barton Hall. The photographer made uslaugh when he blew out his bulbs, dropped hiscamera, and knocked his electric cords looseagain and again! No—that was not pre-arranged!

Many classmates packed and left early onSunday morning—after last-minute farewells,to the sound of dropping keys, closing doors,and car engines—but somehow it wasn't sad,it wasn't sad at all.

Most special thanks must go to ClassPresident Stephanie Schus Russin, whoseskill, dedication and delightfully smiling facewere so instrumental in putting this all togeth-er. Thank you, Stephanie, we couldn't havedone this nearly as well without you, and itwouldn't have been nearly as much fun.

When you pray, remember those whocould not be here and those who have gone onahead without us. God bless you. D ScotMacEwan, 2065 NW Flanders St., Portland,Ore. 97209.

Otis F. Curtis, 258 Gulf Rd.,Bekhertown, Mass., writes thatson Otis V. '91 is in Agricul-ture and son Gregory is a sopho-more at the U. of Massachusetts.Otis was remarried, to Kath-

ryn Penrod, PhD '84, and was recentlypromoted to head of the division of communi-ties, families and youth, of Massachusetts Co-operative Extension. He hoped to completehis EdD last May. Congratulations.

Richard A. Borten, 9 Clarke Rd.,

Swampscott, Mass, writes that daughter Jill, ahigh school junior, is a congressional page inthe House of Representatives for 1990. Rich-ard left the directorship of the MassachusettsCorp. for Educational Telecommunications inFebruary to develop international distancelearning projects, and promises to explainwhat that means at the next Reunion.

Jane Montag Evans, 6600 QuakerRidge Rd., Rockville, Md., was remarried inJanuary to Hart T. Joseph. She and Hart areprogram managers for IBM. Sons Chad, 15,and David, 13, live with them in Rockville.

Robert L. Feldman moved back to Ith-aca in 1979. He manages to keep hand andfeet in the Cornell Chimes, playing once aweek and serving as advisor. By the way,there will be a celebration of the McGrawTower's centennial in 1991. We will all bethere to listen. Robert is manager of consult-ing services at the Cornell National Supercom-puter and wife Susan (Goodman) '67 con-sults on information services, as "Data-search." We know from Robert that he hadnothing to do with the famous Cornell compu-ter virus.

Lawrence Berger writes that he en-joyed playing with the Cornell Concert Bandat Carnegie Hall last May. Over 300 currentband members and alumni were at the concerthonoring retiring director Marice Stith.

News from Geraldine "Gerri" Suss-man Marcus is that husband Averill is a laborattorney in private practice and son Jeff, 16, isa junior at Palmetto High School and travelsextensively for debate. Daughter Jennifer, 13,is in the eighth grade at Palmetto MiddleSchool. Gerri is a speech-language pathologistwith her own private practice and works pri-marily with children. Along with Nancy Al-fred Persily '64, she is very active in the Cor-nell Club of Miami and the Alumni Admis-sions Ambassador Network (CAAAN), inter-viewing Cornell applicants.

Here's some more news from classmates,forwarded by Alice Katz Berglas: JudyBurke Stephenson is working as special as-sistant district attorney in Middlesex County,Mass, and helping husband Scott Harshbar-ger's campaign for state attorney general forMassachusetts. From Virginia, JohnGlasgow writes that, as of December 1989,he has been assigned as senior military assis-tant to the assistant secretary of defense forforce management and personnel at the Pent-agon and is currently a colonel in the USMC.Also in Virginia, Stephen Scheckler writesfrom Blacksburg that he has been appointedco-director of his university's new naturalhistory museum and that wife Rebecca(Klein) '69 has just been awarded her MS incomputer science from VPI & SU. SandySmith Comsudi is living in Austin, Texas,where she chairs the Austin CAAAN and isemployed by IBM. Judy Shannon Stick-ney is the organist/choir director at St.George's Episcopal Church in Newport, RI.Each July, she and husband P. B. "Bill" '61and their three children become very much in-volved with the Newport Music Festival, bothas volunteers and employees. Allan Jacobshas recently accepted a new position as direc-tor of obstetrics and gynecology at Beth IsraelHospital, New York City.

Several classmates included news of theirchildren going off to college this fall. Susan

"Joey" (Joseph) and Ivan Wolff send newsthat son Adam will be entering Harvard. JimUnckless writes that daughter Amy was toattend Cornell beginning in August and DickLockwood's oldest son, Daniel, was to enterArts and Sciences, also as a member of theClass of '94. Robert Lindsley included thenews that son Rob '91 will be graduatingnext May and closed with: "Hope to see youall at Reunion next year!"

And speaking of Reunion, here are a fewwords direct from Lorrie Silverman Sam-burg and Alice: "As you read this, the fallterm has already begun, and the campus isalive with activity: classes, lectures, parties,and football games. But, as we write, we'vejust returned from Ithaca, where we were theguests of the Class of '65, sharing the celebra-tion of their 25th Reunion. We hope all of youare planning to join us 'back on the Hill,' June6-9, '91. We promise you classes, lectures, andparties—okay, no football games—but the an-

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^^• "We are now fortunate enough• M to have two children at•A M Cornell," reports Ralph V.Wn M Wilhelm Jr., 233 Mill Farm• M Rd., Noblesville, Ind. "Heidi^9 m '91 is in Arts (govern-ment/foreign studies) and Peter '93 is in En-gineering. Both have acquired our love forCornell—must be in the genes! I still get backto campus four to five times per year—an ex-tra part of my GM job is to act as a coordinatorfor General Motors activities on the Cornellcampus," Ralph adds. "Katherine and I havebeen in Indiana now for three years—betterthan Michigan 'cause fall stays longer, winteris milder, and spring comes earlier."

William F. Newell, 5304 Fender Ct,Alexandria, Va., continues to serve as analumni interviewer in his area: "I find the po-tential students to be so much better preparedthan I was 25 years ago."

Lou Amadeo had just left his law officeand was heading to Candlestick Park forGame Three of the World Series when the Oc-tober 17, '89 earthquake struck. He reportsthat he suffered no damages but hopes that"that was the big one." Edward D. Spear,Box 18L, Blooming Grove, NY, and wife Nan-cy McLaughlin have nine children: Laurie, 19,a sophomore at Cortland; Genevieve, 18, afreshman at Oswego; Eddie, 16, and Rebecca,14, in high school; Regina, 12, Grace, 10, andGregory, 8, in grade school; with Paul, 4, andDavid, 6 months, still at home. Family activi-ties: "Making money to keep this ark floatingfor at least 20 more years." Ed is president ofSpear Bros. Lumber Inc., hardware andbuilding material sales.

Sharon Argus Paschos, Heiduferweg51, 4600 Dortmund 50, W. Germany, wouldlove to hear of other Cornellians in Germany.Husband Manny, PhD '67 is on leave fromthe U. of Dortmund, where he's a professor ofphysics, at Fermi National Laboratory in Ba-tavia, 111. Children Tony, 17, Christina, 15, andJohn, 9, are involved in all sorts of sports.

Margaret Zader Morgan, 9501 OrionCt., Burke, Va., is a systems engineer at MitreCorp. ("I mange 2,700 PCs") and observesthat daughter Beth, "15.5," hopes to enterCornell's Class of '95 and play on the women'ssoccer team. Daughter Cricket, 13.0, is stilldeciding.

W. John Zygmunt, 1 Rittenhouse Rd.,Bronxville, NY, reports that "after 20 years atJ. P. Morgan, last as managing direc-tor—M&A" (mergers and acquisitions?), "I

joined Nabors Industries (Amex-listed oil drill-ing concern) as vice chairman, corporate de-velopment."

Dr. Robert W. Kraybffl, 3105 W. Brig-antine Ave., Brigantine, NJ, operates ananimal hospital there, next to Atlantic City."Attended national veterinary convention inOrlando in July 1989. It was hot! Also spentLabor Day weekend a year ago visiting myson William '91, who's majoring inpsychology." Older son Robert graduatedfrom Princeton last year and is at MorganStanley in M&A (see previous entry).

Donald B. Hendrich, Bluff Rd., RR#3, Box 115, Newport, Vt, which is 'way upthere by the Canadian border, is a fifth-grademath and science teacher. He, wife Lynn Jen-ness, and children Jess, 18, and Luke Hend-rich, 16, and Rebecca, 11, Matthew, 7, andMaria Jenness, 4, spend summer vacations inBoothbay Harbor, Me. and also enjoy birding,boating, walking, and running. D RichardB. Hoffman, 2925 28th St., NW, Washing-ton, DC 20008.

Hope you all had a very pleasantsummer. First of all, let me givecredit to the four people, yes, fourpeople, who identified two of ourclassmates from the photo show-ing the backs of their heads that

appeared in a previous column. The four win-ners are: Ira Shepard, Alan Altschuler,Les Kristt, and Carol Rizzuto O'Brien.The two famous heads were those of RichieCohen and Jon Ellman. Both Rich and Jonshould take credit for being recognizable fromany angle. Due to the four-way tie, no valuableprizes will be awarded, fortunately.

Les Kristt runs an office supply businessat Monticello, NY. Carol O'Brien reports thatshe recently had dinner with her former room-mate, Ann Brody, who was off to Italy forseveral months. Ann is the author of "Made inItaly," a guide published by Workman Press,where she is an editor. Carol also reports see-ing Roger Newell '67. David L. Hoof an-nounces the publication of his first novel,Sight Unseen, an original paperback publishedby Signet Books under the pseudonym DavidLome.

A note from Adult University (CAU) re-ports Robert Sleeth had attended a week-end seminar on Latin America. I would beinterested in hearing from anyone else who at-tends CAU. I hear good reports on their pro-grams and hope to attend next summer, withmy family.

Richard Knape lives in Kingwood,Texas. Robert Oakley lives in Rockville,Md., and is a law librarian at Georgetown U.Warren Hill lives in Westwood, NJ. JeffreyKoch lives in Tenafly, NJ and is a vice presi-dent of finance at Willcox & Gibbs in NewYork City. Robert J. Kurtz lives in NYCand is a physician. Alan Stoll lives in Paxton,Mass.

D. Felicia Acker man teaches philoso-phy at Brown U. and also studies meteorologyand does weather forecasting at the U. ofLowell. She also writes short stories whichhave been published in several magazines.Lois Uellendahl Alexander is a CPA andlives in Sherborn, Mass. Sally Best Baileyreports she loves living in Colorado. Sheworks as a college counselor at Fountain Val-

ley School in Colorado Springs and tries to vis-it colleges and universities across the countryto better counsel students. Her husband Alanworks for Martin Marietta Corp. in Denver.Mady Amreich Bauer is a computer scien-tist at the Tartan Labs in Monroeville, Pa.John Belknap lives in Greenwich, Conn.

M. Douglass Bellis continues to workas an attorney in the House of Representa-tives, Office of Legislative Counsel in Wash-ington, DC. His work on constitutional issues,civil procedure, criminal law and procedure,and civil rights keeps him busy. Doug's wifeAlice is a Presbyterian minister and also a pro-fessor at Howard Divinity School. The Bell-ises have two daughters. Barry Kohn livesin Carmichael, Cal., and is a physician. JerryKreider has an architectural firm in Philadel-phia named Kreider/Matsinger Associates,which, he reports, was named lOth-fastest-growing privately-held firm in 1989 in a con-test sponsored by the Philadelphia BusinessJournal The basis was the growth of revenuesover the previous three years. The firm is afull-service architectural and interior designfirm serving the commercial and institutionalmarkets on a regional basis. Robert J.Kurtz lives in Manhattan. Richard Lon-don is a physician in Allentόwn, Pa. Richardand Roberta (Thier) live in Allentown. (Iremember Roberta from when she had a datewith my good friend, Dave Gertler '67, butthat's another story.) Jean S. Colling lives inCarlsbad, Cal., where she is assistant directorof an intergenerational day care center.Richard Chipman lives in Centerport, NYand works as an engineer with GrummanCorp. in Bethpage. Richard and wife Helenehave three daughters. The family's major hob-by is sailing, and they are members of the Cen-terport Yacht Club. Kevin Bertrand is aprofessor of biochemistry and biophysics atWashington State U. in Pullman, Wash. JoelKurtzberg is a district manager with AT&Tin New York City.

That's all for now. Send some photos ofyour family or activities. D Gordon H.Silver, The Putnam Companies, 1 Post Of-fice Square, Boston, Mass. 02109.

Richard Erali and wife Gailare the very proud parents ofthree children. Two wereadopted—Elizabeth was fol-lowed by Richard Andrew whoarrived in the Erali family from

Korea in 1987. A month following the adop-tion Gail was pregnant (although doctors hadsaid it wouldn't be possible) and in August1988 Christian Evan joined the family, muchto the delight of all. Dick's podiatry practice is"progressing very well."

Last November Christopher David-son's tour company, Australia Tours, hostedan Adult University (CAU) group for five dayson a sheep ranch in the Australian Alps. Chrishas been director of the Melbourne OlympicCommittee "to assist in our city's bid to attractthe Olympic Games for 1996—a challenging,but achievable task."

Timothy P. Neher (Wellesley, Mass.) ispresident of Continental Cablevision, the thirdlargest cable operator in the US. Tim was the1988 recipient of the Vanguard Award-Young Leadership Award for the NationalCable Television Assn. "Frequent visits with


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Kermit "Chip" Stofer '66 and Steve Bel-kin. Chip and Steve both live in Weston,Mass."

John Rice is mathematics in psychiatryprofessor at the Washington U. School ofMedicine in St. Louis. John's wife Nancy(Newman) '72 is art professor at MaryvilleCollege. Nancy's work has been shown at agallery in Chicago, and John is editor of a bookon the genetics of the affective disorders pub-lished by Alan Liss. The Rices have two chil-dren, Ian and Amanda.

Barbara Bessey writes of a "marvelousexperience" in the Caribbean where she, herhusband, and four friends chartered a sailboatin St. Lucia and sailed south among the islandsfor ten days. They enjoyed "exploring in thesefar-away places that are often unlabeled dotson a map." Another "exciting but very differ-ent kind of experience this year was attendingWagner's Ring at the Metropolitan Opera. Wefelt it was one of the best productions of it wehave seen so far."

Gary Shaye married Elizabeth Camp-bell in August 1989 in Old Black Point, Conn.Gary is regional director in Latin America andthe Caribbean for Save the Children. He re-ceived his master's degree from the School forInternational Training at the Experiment inInternational Living. His wife is the managerof the economic development unit for Save theChildren.

John M. Babbitt (Rochester, NY) haschanged jobs within Kodak. He is now direc-tor of business and product planning with thephotofinishing systems division. AnnAgranoff and husband Fred Anderes reportthe birth of their first child, April Claire, thispast April. Ann has been teaching writing atLa Guardia Community College. WayneDrayer's son Jeffrey has entered Cornell and"is enjoying every minute of it."

Regional Vice President Stephen H.Goldberger has invited classmates to "visit,play golf, and reminisce" now that his houseon the 17th fairway at Mesa Verde CountryClub in Costa Mesa, Cal. has finally been re-built. "It's a beauty." Steve placed second inthe Alumni Golf Tournament during our 20thReunion. With three children attending Pega-sus School in Huntington Beach, Steve hasbeen appointed to that school's financial de-velopment committee.

Landscape designer Ingrid VatsvogWachtler (Gig Harbor, Wash.) spends "anenormous amount of time in my neighborhoodactivities. I am a trustee, treasurer, architec-tural committee chairperson, and the one ev-eryone seems to call when there is a problem. . . We have one of the best views of Hale'sPassage, part of Puget Sound. It is heavenly!A sun-drenched southern exposure cheersthings up even during our somewhat rainywinters."

Alfred A. Hagedorn III (Cedar Knolls,NJ) is still managing the chemical develop-ment section at Berlex Labs. "This has beenexpanded to include a peptide synthesis ser-vice as well as analytical and process de-velopment. Fun!" (Sure, Al.) On the personalfront Al is "suffering the nightmare of a kit-chen remodeling; the incredible rains this yeararen't helping. We've inched up the intelli-gence scale with our pets, having added a ca-nary to the collection of fish and guinea pigs."

Dr. Eric W. Blomain (Dunmore, Pa.)was elected treasurer of the IVY Society (Pa.

Plastic Surgery Society) last March. In addi-tion he is currently vice president of the Lack-awanna County Medical Society.

A. Walter Esdaile (New Haven, Conn.)recently completed his 12th year at CitytrustBank where he is a senior vice president andregional manager. He is a member of theConn. State Board of Education and presi-dent-elect of the Natl. Assn. of State Boards ofEducation in Washington, DC. He is also anassistant coach of the varsity basketball teamat South Connecticut State U. "I recently vis-ited with Peter and Marilyn Gross Coorsin Denver during the NCAA Final Four. I talkwith Dick Whittaker all the time and seeJohn Sponheimer at most Yale-Cornellathletic events." D Joan Sullivan, 1812 N.Quinn St. #627, Arlington, Va. 22209.

••• In late June 1990,1 received fivem I " column cuts'' from previous is-

m sues. They were from July, No-m I I vember» and December 1989M B f and from May and June 1990. SoB ^^ here is some "old" news that Ididn't realize hadn't yet appeared in our classcolumn. I guess I better start reading the actu-al column each month! I'll launch into "newnews" in October. Have a great fall 1990.

Cindy Johnson Menge, 110 Bay ViewAve., Greenwich, RI, is the crystal productmanager for Gorham Inc. (PO Box 6150, Prov-idence). In June 1989, she went to Europe towork with their crystal manufacturers there.She spent one night in Geneva, Switzerlandand had dinner with Margo Williams Pol-lak. Margo was about to return to the US af-ter living for several years in Switzerland withhusband David '69 and their daughter. Cin-dy enjoyed their dinner together overlookingthe lake and catching up on many years ofnews.

Dr. Arthur Laurell, 8330 Warbler Dr.,Kalamazoo, Mich., earned his MD degreefrom Ohio State U. and sub-specialized in di-agnostic radiology with additional training atthe U. of Michigan. Art has been in the privatepractice of radiology with a 19-member singlespecialty practice (Kalamazoo Radiology, PC)since 1977. He is currently co-executive direc-tor of the group. Last year he finished a two-year stint as department chief at a local480-bed hospital. Art has three daughters.They all attended and enjoyed Adult Univer-sity (CAU) a few summers ago. His wife MaryAnn is an RN (retired) and she devotes muchof her time as a volunteer in many localsubstance-abuse programs, run by the schoolsystem or privately. Elizabeth LillisMcMorrow continues as a nursing instructor,teaching maternal-child health nursing at theSt. Vincent's Medical Center of Richmond onStaten Island. She and husband Tim live at 26Rainbow Ave., Staten Island, and they are stillbreeding golden retrievers. They had twoweeks of playing golf on Hilton Head Islandlast year.

Judy Day Lawson is a math teacher andhusband Ed has recently retired from Pruden-tial and is doing consulting. Their new addressis 38 Gilligan Rd., E. Greenbush, NY. Beforemoving in the summer of 1989, they had spent15 years in the Upper Montclair, NJ area.Judy had taught at the Montclair KimberleyAcademy and is now chairing the math de-

partment and teaching 7th, 8th, and 9th grademath at the Albany Academy for Girls inAlbany. Their daughter Kristin is there, andson Timothy was to enter kindergarten at theAlbany Academy. They bought a house on sixacres and are looking forward to lots of out-door enjoyment (swimming, skating, skiing,bike riding, etc.). In June 1989, they spent anafternoon with Becky Tyrrell Zagraniskiand her son Teddy, 7.

Vincent Blocker, 48 boulevard de Vau-girard, 75015 Paris, France, who is an interna-tional public relations consultant, is verypleased to announce the birth of his first child,Axel Edward, in Paris on Oct. 30, '89. Axel'smother is Eija Herrala, who comes from Fin-land, where Vincent met her on a businesstrip. Vincent's work with Finns in Paris con-tinues to develop. His Finnish clients includeUnited Paper Mills which seems destined tobecome one of Europe's largest newsprintmakers in the next two years (now suppliesLeMonde, Miami Herald, et al.). Other clientsare Valmet, Neste, and Finnfacts Inst. Withone of his US clients, United TechnologiesCorp., he worked on the Paris phase of theUTC-sponsored Margaret Bourke White927 photo show which coincided with theParis Air Show in 1989. He has been doingresearch for Hayes Microcomputer Productson the single European market.

Writer Ed Zuckerman and Vincenthave worked together on writing projects forinternational clients. Vincent helped theJohnson School of Management find aspeaker and organized the media relations inconnection with their Paris seminars, whichwere held in March 1990. While DanUpdegrove was in Europe promoting hisbusiness (nonprofit consulting on informationtechnology in higher education) he visited theBlockers in Paris. In November 1989, Kent1'73 and Eva Papadopulos Davy "72 alsovisited with Vincent. Kent, a lawyer, was inEurope to negotiate rights to MichaelJackson-related merchandise. The Blockerclan had a family reunion in Paris at the timeof the celebration of the French Bicentennial.D Connie Ferris Meyer, 16 James ThomasRd., Malvern, Pa. 19355.

^• ^ A large pack of News & Duesβ ^ forms arrived in time for this col-

m umn. Thank you to the stalwartsm who continue to write stuff onm their dues forms so your class cor-M I respondents have news to pub-lish. You non-writers will have to make dowith reading about everyone else. As we headinto the year of our 20th Reunion, here's allthe news that fits in print.

Doug Meyer writes. "I was the WVBRDJ for the Sunday morning 'Salt Creek Show.'Therefore, it follows form that I am still play-ing music here in San Diego, primarily as acountry musician on pedal steel guitar andbass. Aside from playing the bars, I have donesome recording projects and worked on a mu-sical at the Old Globe Theater." Doug andwife run a medial transcription business andhave recently acquired two horses, including aTennessee walker. Doug welcomes calls fromCornellians, especially WVBR alumni.

From news bulletins, I learned that envi-ronmental scientist Steven Shaf ran was se-lected as an adjunct professor at Florida A & M.

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He is a former Vista volunteer and took theuniversity assignment as part of an intergov-ernmental personnel loan program. He hasworked for the US Dept. of the Interior, Bu-reau of Land Management, since 1976. Laur-ance Harman and Lee Jablin, partners inan architectural firm bearing their names, re-ceived some New York City press notice forsome recent work. Harman-Jablin designedthe preservation and conversion to a hotel of aSoho-district landmark building.

On the home front, Elizabeth KaplanBoas writes of her family and community ac-tivities. Husband Rick is still in private oph-thalmology practice in nearby Norwalk, Conn.Elizabeth stays quite busy with three children,3 to 9, the Young Woman's League (she justcompleted a term as president), the WestportSynagogue, PTA, Cornell, and Westport An-tiques Show.

Our now 40-something classmates arestill working on growing their famiies. Here'ssome news on some recent arrivals. The L.Scott Feilers report their daughter just turned1 in April. Scott is a physician living in Ather-ton, Cal. Denise Kasten Zetterbaum saysthat her family doubled in less than two months.The Zetterbaums adopted two newborns, oneof each, and she says, "We couldn't be happi-er." As a change of pace from one new daugh-ter and one older daughter, Jan NickersonGraham took a course on dolphins at theMarathon Florida Dolphin Research Center."Dolphins are twisting, lovable, intelligent.We could learn a lot from them." Jan figuresthe dolphins will help figure out how to put herCPA, MBA, CFP, and CFO accreditations togood use. Michael Gardener's family alsoincreased by one in the past year. The threechildren range in age from 1 to 12 years. HisBoston law firm practice covers criminal, en-vironmental, and general civil litigation.

Linda Davis Harrar expects six years ofwork to culminate in October. She is seniorproducer for a PBS Nova television series call-ed "Race to Save the Planet." She and herhusband live in Wayland, Mass.

If you attended PC Expo at New YorkCity's Javits Center last June you might haveseen Chris Risley talking to some prospec-tive customers. He is president of NoteworkCorp., a computer software company based inBrookline, Mass.

A group of classmates skiied the ColoradoRockies last winter. According to SteveFierce, the Fred Harrisons, Bob and Lo-is George Illick '72, along with the Fiercesschussed their way down and over severalmountains and threaten to make it a tradition.Steve recently became executive vice presi-dent at Drexelbrook Engineering Co. and wasin the process of moving to Philadelphia whenhe wrote.

Deborah Gerard Adelman also re-ports a career move. She is now vice presidentand general manager of the Travelers RealtyInvestment Co. in NYC. Husband Charlie'70 is partner in a large NYC law firmspecializing in tax law. The Adelmans live inNYC, where her children are involved withcurrent issues—recycling and the homeless.Deborah says, "I guess they're trying tochange the world a little as were we, when wewere at Cornell."

That seems to be all we have room for thisissue. Yes, folks, this is get ready for Reunion

year—June 6-9, '91. Details will be in the mailbefore you know it. D Matt Silver man,356 Smith Rd., Yorktown Heights, NY 10598;also Joel Moss, 110 Barnard PL, NW, Atlan-ta, Ga. 30328.

••• Thanks for filling out the NewsM^ & Dues forms. I've gotten a lot

m β of good news from them. Herem M goes . . . Stephen and Peggym f Smith had a third son, Mat-M H thew, born in September 1989.Melissa Ziriakus moved to New York Cityafter ten years' "tour of duty" in Chicago andlooks forward to visiting her East Coast Cor-nell friends more easily. Melissa has taken anew job as a vice president with Hill andKnowlton International Public RelationsCounsel.

Steven Zimmerman, wife Robin, anddaughters Wendy and Jodie have lived inAvon, Conn, for eight years. Steven is an asso-ciate medical director for Aetna Life and Cas-ualty. William Walther moved to Portage,Mich, in August 1988 to accept a position asmarketing manager for the axle and brakedivision of Katon Corp. His two oldest sonsare now at the U. of Wisconsin and WesternCarolina U. Eva Yim To is a nutrition consul-tant in private practice in White Plains, NYand consults for a large-scale cholesterol-lowering project in New York City.

John Roberts and wife Beth have chil-dren Bryce and Lydia, and live close to ChapelHill, NC. Beth was a teacher, now works inthe home. John is an engineer and designsheating and air conditioning systems forbuildings. He recently joined the firm of Knottand Roberts Engineers and is currently de-signing systems for the North Carolina StateMuseum of Natural Sciences and the desertpavilion at the North Carolina Zoo.

Ava Moncrieff e, an architect with Mer-itter Harris Inc. recently married Leslie Kor-mann, a construction manager. Nancy Mc-Carthy was recently elected to the MerinGeneral Hospital board in California. Shepractices employment/labor law. JacquelineDavis Manigaulte received the DistinguishedService Award from the National 4-H AgentsAssn. for establishing a 4-H Club program inNYC and other innovative programs in youthdevelopment. Kenneth Light and wife Lizhad their third child, Hilary. Kenny's familylived for a year in Buffalo, where he com-pleted a fellowship in spinal surgery. Kennynow limits his practice to spinal problems andlives in Mill Valley, Cal. Kenny ran intoWayne and Karen Conrad at Beaver Creek,Colo. Kenny and Wayne are former room-mates and fellow swimming team members.

Steven Lazaro is now a physician inChίco, Cal. He would really like to get in touchwith Jeffrey Schutz, his former roommate.If you're out there, Jeffrey, please contact Ste-ven at Rte. #2, Box 301, Oak Way, Chico, Cal.95926. Danelle Molphy Jones and hus-band Steven enjoy living in a small town innorthwest Georgia. Steve is vice presidentand chief financial officer of Carriage Indus-tries, a carpet manufacturer. Danelle is a com-puter programmer and teaches computerclasses to the general public. The Joneseshave children Brad, 16, and Becky, 14.

Carolyn Jacobson is the public rela-tions director at the Bakery, Confectionery,

and Tobacco Workers Union and ended a sec-ond two-year term as president of the Interna-tional Labor Communications Assn. (an or-ganization of representatives of about 1,000AFL-CIO affiliate publications). Caroline re-cently returned from a ten-day trip sponsoredby the Swedish government to study labor re-lations and policy in Sweden. She recentlysaw: Joanie Brooks Alexander, who is oneof the lawyers involved in the Love Canalcase; Ira Kay, who is managing director ofhuman resources for Kidder Peabody; andBruce Raynor, who is a vice president forthe Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Work-ers Union.

Robin Hurwitz Inwald developed anew psychological test, the "Ailson PersonnelProfile/Success Quotient," for measuring suc-cess potential in the workplace. To relax, Rob-in and husband Gary '73 went to Tahiti forten days, leaving their three children at homein Kew Gardens, NY. One of the advantagesof writing this column is that I get my owngood news in. My husband Larry was named aprincipal in Barnes, Morris and Pardoe, acommercial real estate services firm in Wash-ington, DC. That's all for now. D SusanRosenberg Thau, 6217 29th St., NW,Washington, DC 20015.

In only a couple of months youwill be receiving the 1991 News& Dues form, so please take acouple of minutes to fill it out, sowe will have plenty to writeabout in the coming year. This

column is often the only way we have of keep-ing "in touch" with old friends and class-mates. Bruce I. Cohen writes from SanFrancisco that his fourth child, Barry, joinedthe gang in July 1989. He was working at UC,San Francisco on a language for the predictionof protein substructures, hoping to completehis PhD in biocomputing before his wife's40th birthday this past summer. (Did you suc-ceed, Bruce?) Ira Dauber, MD, is an assis-tant professor of medicine and cardiology atthe U. of Colorado Health Sciences Center.His responsibilities include research, teach-ing, and patient care. In March 1989 he mar-ried Sylvia Brice, MD, and Tom and CarolynMulligan and Jim Tack attended the wed-ding.

Roger London, MD, an assistant pro-fessor of medicine in the nephrology divisionof Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NYC, hasreceived a medical research grant through theresearch funding arm of Baxter Interna-tional's renal division. His international re-search program will investigate the "Permea-bilities and Ionic Conductances in Renal Fail-ure."

Gary Apps writes from Kalamazoo,Mich., that he now chairs the region's AlumniAdmissions Ambassador Network (CAAAN)group. Robert Kellman, of Jamesville, NY,reported the good news of his recent marriageto Dr. Jessie Shayevitz, DVM. And SusanDenburg Yellin announced the arrival of herthird son, Benjamin, on her birthday, Oct. 24,'89. "Life here in Great Neck, NY is delightfulchaos."

Capt. Michael Felice was transferred toOklahoma City, Okla. in August 1989, wherehe has been promoted to north region main-tenance group manager. Don Fisher and


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wife Lori live in Syracuse, NY, where he is the1989-90 national chairman of the appraisalreview committee of the American Society ofFarm Managers and Rural Appraisers.

Irene (Kohan) and Barry Greenberglive in Alameda, Cal., where Irene has beenlitigating with the San Francisco law firm ofLong & Leirt. M. S. "Mandy" Griffin had asecond daughter in April 1989. Although shesays she really enjoyed her four-month mater-nity leave, she is now back at work as presid-ing judge of Dekalb County Juvenile Court insuburban Atlanta. Her husband Jim Sandersis a partner in the firm of Stacy, Sanders, andMe Alpine.

Janet Fromer Hedge and Gary '72now own and manage 43 rental units in the Tu-junga, Cal. area. Gary works for MCBA Inc.,and they have two boys. They have a hugehouse with seven bedrooms, a pool and aVIEW, so any of their friends are invited tocall or write and come for a visit. BerniceCramer is now living in Newton, Mass., after13 years in Japan. In addition to raising twosons, she is running an international manage-ment consultancy, called PAOS Boston Inc.The main focus is consulting for Japanesecompanies. And Gordon Chang writes fromHong Kong that he gets back to Los Angeleson a monthly basis, so he has been able to keepup with some of his Cornell friends in theUS. Π Marth Slye Sherman, 48 WoodstoneDr., W. Berlin, NJ 08091; (609) 627-1984.

• JR It may be four years away, butM mm Class Secretary Joan Salts-mm man Oelschlager (Mrs. Rob-

m ^^L ert F.) is already at work on aM ^^ class archives for display at ourm 20th. She's looking for memora-

bilia, such as pictures of undergraduate daysor earlier Reunions, sorority or fraternity pho-tos, old matchbook covers, napkins, and othersuch items from places of fame or infamy. Youcan forward contributions to Joan at 9 GastonDr., Pittsfield, Mass. 01201.

Steven Booth reports from Andover,Mass, that he's a district sales manager atHewlett-Packard. Alison Goulder is a spe-cial-needs teacher in the nearby Newton pub-lic school district. Also from the Boston area,William Hodgetts writes that he's an or-ganizational psychologist with Fidelity Invest-ments.

We've received dues but no news fromWashington, DC-area denizens Dene Fisch-er, Barry Wold, and Clifford Segal.John Grimshaw and J. Patrick Galla-gher, as well as Iris Schoenberg Dowden,reported in from the Chicago area. MarieVan Deusen writes from Baltimore that shegraduated cum laude from U. of BaltimoreLaw School and is now an investmentmanager with Paine Webber. Robert Baldi-ni reports son Rory joined the clan in June.Robert is a vice president at S & A RestaurantCorp. in Oakton, Va. Bob Hoff reported infrom Grand Rapids, Mich, with news of thebirth of son Eliott Michael in September. Bobrecently returned from Navy Reserve exer-cises in Europe, and was just promoted togroup marketing manager for Data Manage-ment Systems and Products.

Janet Sisman Levy proudly announcedthe birth of Alana Brooke in May, joiningAdam, 4, and Andrew, 2. Janet manages to

balance family life with a full-time job at DeanWitter in New York City in strategic planning.Regina Higdon Paul greeted the arrival ofson Bobby in March to join big brother Jim.Regina is an education consultant working outof Manhasset, NY. D Steve Raye, 25 Litch-field Dr., Simsbury, Conn. 06070.

••••• Lauri Nussbaum YarnellMM and husband Gary '74, DVM

M |A '76 are living in Harrison, NY,m ~ with two children, Nikki, 5, and

M J J Adam, 1. Laurie is a communica-m ^tw tions and public relations consul-tant, whose principal client is the Berni De-sign Co. in Greenwich, Conn. Gary is the own-er and executive director of the Rye/HarrisonVeterinary Hospital in Rye, NY. Other veter-inary news comes from Joanne Bicknese.She and husband Paul Woitowicz are playingfarmer at Locustwood Farm, in Cream Ridge,NJ. They have two dogs, four cats, and lots ofhorses! They have a Standardbred colt, "PiksBy Day," and he has raced to victory innumerous stakes races in New York, NewJersey, and Pennsylvania.

Steffi Adler Ben-Yaish is a psychothera-pist for the Inst. of Sociotherapy in New YorkCity. Steffi has expanded her work interna-tionally in her field, traveling to Barcelona,Spain, Budapest, Hungary, with plans totravel to Krakow, Poland, where she is to par-ticipate in a Family Therapy Conference.

Eric Allen writes that he and wife Leslielive in Schaghticoke, NY with their childrenRobin, 8, Eben and Ethan, 7, and Clayton, 3.Eric is very busy developing two John Deerefranchises. Another entrepreneur is BobFinkelstein, living in Wayne, NJ. Bob hasbeen very busy doing commercial kitchen con-tracting, and writes that the business has been"overwhelmingly successful!"

Barbara Oliver is having fun teachingin the Newburgh School District in Newburgh,NY. Barb and husband Pete Gonzalez, a fel-low educator, have enjoyed "taking it easy"during the summer months! They have chil-dren Christopher, 9, Corinne, 7, and Deanna,4. Barb also writes that she has visited AnitaPicozzi Moran and husband Kevin, who livein Dallas. Barb also attended the wedding ofJohn Sadlo and Ainsley McNeil in Weston,Mass.

Planning to visit the Pittsburgh area? Ifso, include Joel Helmrich and his family onthe agenda! Joel and wife Barbara havechildren Joshua and Rachel. Joel is an at-torney for Tucker Arensberg in Pittsburgh.Thank you to Craig Myers, who sent us lotsof news about classmates. Craig and wife Nan-cy live in Bucks County, Pa. He is the directorof material planning for Strick Corp. Hewrites that Bill Wachenfeld and wife Beth(Mitchell) '76 have a little girl, Jana. Billrecently formed his own law firm in Newark,NJ. Jeff Zimmerman and SusanFeinberg '75 have two children and live inYardley, Pa. Jeff is a project manager for Mer-rill Lynch. Robert Seman is a seniorengineer for Lockheed. Bob does reliabilityengineering, and recently returned from a tripto Sweden. Lastly, Mark Stepich works foran airline association that sets the tariffs for allinternational cargo. He and wife Angel recent-ly returned from a two-week trip to Finlandand the USSR!

Rory Sadoff is an oral surgeon, and wasrecently appointed acting chair, Dept. of Den-tistry and Oral Surgery, Nassau County Medi-cal Center. Rory writes that he has "two chil-dren" in his family: his son Zachary and hiswife Noreen! I think we can relate to that!

Congratulations to Frances DeBarde-laben Booth, who was named to Outstand-ing Young Women of America! Frances andher husband, Steven '74, have childrenGregory, 6, Daniel, 4, and Jacquelyn, 1.Frances is a psychiatric social worker in pri-vate practice.

News from New England includes that ofEllen Perry Dole and Randall, who areliving in Concord, Mass, with children Rebec-ca, 4, and Christopher, 3. Karen Graves Ag-new sent exciting news about her new house,which she and husband Clark are building inOrange, Vt. The house, designed by Clark, isbeing built into a hill with a southern exposureand has a solar underground structure!

Well, keep the news coming! We all wantto know what you're up to! D Karen LeungMoore, 18 Tolland Cir., Simsbury, Conn06070.

Nine months from now we'll allbe headed for Ithaca for our 15thReunion. Serious planning isnow underway and assistanceand suggestions are most wel-come. If you would like to help

in any way, from calling classmates in yourarea to organizing a whole event, please con-tact Reunion Chair Karen Rupert Keating,at 1192 Park Ave., Apt. 16C, NYC 10128, orClass Presidents Kevin and Ellen GobelWalsh, at 55 Brown Rd., Ithaca, NY14850-1266; (607) 254-7180.

Anthony J. Sciandra, president ofLandscape Management Systems in RyeBrook, NY was recently invited to address theCulpeper, Va. Renaissance Group regardingthe landscaping of a major downtown im-provement project. Peter A. Gold, a partnerin the labor and employment law departmentof the Philadelphia law firm of Blank, Rome,Comisky and McCauley, recently spoke at aprogram sponsored by the Greater Cherry Hill(NJ) Chamber of Commerce and Roche Bio-medical Laboratories, entitled "SubstanceAbuse in the Workplace: A Business Prospec-tive." Peter resides in Cherry Hill. H. JaySloofman writes that it's been four yearssince he left Pepsi, where he was marketingmanager for Pepsi USA, and started a consult-ing company called Slarketing Visions Inc. inWhite Plains, NY. His clientele include Bris-tol-Myers Squibb, Pepsi-Cola, and Kraft Gen-eral Foods. After the birth of their daughterLaura (April 1, '87) his wife Beverly joined thecompany full time.

Two classmates recently moved fromNew York City to New Jersey. Dennis and II-ise Zimmerman Posen had a seconddaughter, Michelle, in March 1989, joiningStephanie, now 4. After 12 years in NYC, theyhave now bought a house in Haworth. Dennisis an architect with the Grad Partnership inNewark. Last fall they visited Don '75 andKaren Klein Polakoff to support Cornell atthe Princeton game. Lauren and Robbie Po-lakoff, then 6 and 3, were the most spiritedfans there. They were supposed to be joinedby Mike '75 and Elizabeth "Liz" Carter

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Foster, but the Fosters were busy givingbirth to Jaclyn, Bryan's baby sister.

Robert G. '74 and Susan MaleSmith had a busy April 1989 when theirdaughter Jenna Lindsay was born; they soldtheir co-op in Park Slope (Brooklyn); andbought a house in Madison, NJ. Son Ryan, 4,loves both his new sister and the new house.Susan has taken time off from her budding ca-reer as a health writer to settle in and get ad-justed to taking care of two kids. (She's prob-ably an old pro by now!) She expected to beback in front of her computer screen some-time in 1990. Some of her articles appeared inRedbook and Health in 1989.

Also in New Jersey are Raymond '75and Fern Rappaport Millman with chil-dren Alanna, 8, and Aaron, 5. They recentlytraveled to Hawaii for a wonderful vacationand spent a couple of weeks at Ocean City,Md. When not busy with the kids at home andat school, Fern can be found working out atthe gym. Ray is the controller at the law firmSkadden Arps.

David Phares of Walpole, Mass, re-ceived his MBA from the Johnson School ofManagement in 1980 and has held several fi-nance positions in the Northeast. Currently heis the controller of the ophthalmic division ofBio-Rad Laboratories in Cambridge. He andwife Lorri have daughters Erin Katherine, 3,and Maura Elizabeth, 7 months. They wouldenjoy hearing from any Cornellians in the Bos-ton area. (Maybe David could be recruited toorganize a pre-Reunion get-together?) Kath-leen M. Sullivan of Cambridge was grantedtenure at Harvard Law School in 1989.

Like many classmates, Lisa Wax Breitsays she leads a "too busy life" in Waltham,Mass., full of professional activities, youngchildren, family, and friends. She has foundeda program called CONNECT which helpsnon-profits to use computer systems effective-ly. Son Raphael, 2¥2, loves to join mom anddad canoeing, hiking, and camping. Lisa'scontact with Cornellians in the Boston areahas remained active.

She reports that Jane Schwarzschildand Bill Hodgetts '75 are married withtwin boys, Daniel and Noah; and Eric '74and Sue Ellen Cherry Schwam '75 havechildren Aaron and Elana. They are all intouch with a number of others from "theirgroup" who are scattered around the country. . . "friends for life!"

William H. Aherns and wife Peggylive in Fargo, ND with their boys Ben, 6, andMitch, 3. William, an assistant professor,teaches two courses in weed science at NorthDakota State U. and does research in weedcontrol in no-till cropping systems. InChicago, William M. Silberg is a newseditor for the American Medical News, theweekly medical trade newspaper published bythe AMA.

Peter Einset of Geneva, NY (only ashort hour's car drive from Ithaca) spent fourdays last September in Cape Cod studying"Ecology and the Great Fall Migrations" withAdult University (CAU). We're now predict-ing that June 1991 will see the Great Migra-tion of the Class of 1976 to Ithaca for our fabu-lous 15th Reunion. That's just nine monthsaway! D Suzy Schwarz Quiles, 117 BlakeCt., Old Bridge, NJ 08857.

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John DePolo was married inJuly 1989 to Lorraine Knowltonin Charlottesville, Va. OtherCornellians in attendance wereJerry Theodorou '79, andDoug '74 and Cheryl Vogt

Sweigard '77. A Canadian honeymoon in-cluded a transcontinental train ride throughthe Canadian Rockies. John is working for afederal consulting practice in Washington,DC, in charge of the human resources func-tion. Another wedding took place in Marchwhen April Fischer married David Kates.Lots of Cornellians attended the festive occa-sion including Steve Nojeim, Liz Pal-mowski-Topp, Ilene Fischer '74, DickYates '71, and Laura Kates '89.

Parenthood seems to appeal to a goodmany of our classmates. Laura Day Ayersand husband Dave '80 have a 1-year-olddaughter, Kathleen. They were able to escapefor a few days in Tucson last fall and to Ver-mont for some skiing in March. LauraHowe Czekaj is another proud mom. She isactive in the PTA and Girl Scouts as well asbeing a volunteer for the computer and artrooms where daughters Claire, 7, and Katie,5, attend school. The girls are also busy withgymnastics, Brownies, twirling class. Herfamily also includes step-sons Jeff and Mike.Laura manages to find some time for herselfand enjoys singing in the church choir and par-ticipating in a local Gilbert and Sullivantroupe. She and her family enjoy vacationingin Ocean City, Md. Jody Katz Gibbs is also afull-time mother to David, now 2. Jon Hand-lery and wife Margaret have children Cather-ine, 4, Robert, 2lk, and Laura, 1. The wholefamily is planning a trip East from California.

Terri Seewald Klein and husband Tomhave daughters Heather, 4 ¥2, and Emily, whojust arrived in June. Terri has recently starteda business called The Nutritionists, Inc.,which provides consultation in nutrition andhealth promotion to individuals, groups, andcorporations. David S. Smith is working inFullerton, Cal. as a research and developmentmanager for Beatrice/Hunt Wesson. He andwife Mary have a son, Matthew. Joan Ohl-baum Swirsky and husband Barry have a1-year-old daughter, Chloe Leia. Joan is a law-yer for Drinker Biddle and Reath in Philadel-phia, Pa., but makes her home in Cherry Hill,NJ.

Glenna Silverman Deutsch is a free-lance medical illustrator. She lives in UpperSaddle River, NJ with husband David andchildren Lauren, 5, and Ari, 3V2. The familyenjoys camping, and Glenna likes to work inthe garden and is active in civic programs per-taining to the preservation of the environ-ment. David Bilmes is an award-winningsports editor for The New-Times in Danbury,Conn. Lawrence Becker has moved toPittsford, NY, where he works as a managerfor Xerox in nearby Rochester. He and wifeLinda have sons David, 4 ¥2, and Jeffrey, IVz.There certainly seem to be lots of future Cor-nell graduate potential out there judging bythe number of children had by the class of 78!More news next month! D Pepi F. Leids,154 E. Morris St., Bath, NY 14810; AndreMartecchini, 17 Severna Ave., Springfield,NJ 07081; Sharon Palatnik, 145 FourthAve., Apt. #5-N, NYC 10003; Angela DeSil-va DeRosa, 12550 Piping Rock #28, Houston,

Texas 77077; Henry Farber, 6435 289thAve. SE, Issaquah, Wash. 98027.

Steve Fontana says he saw alot of old fraternity buddies atthe Phi Sigma Kappa 100th an-niversary banquet at the StatlerBallroom during 1989 Home-coming, including Byron

Widger, Mike Mushroe, Roger Yerdon,Bill Crouse, and Howie Spinner. All to-gether, 132 Cornell Phi Sig alumni attended,from the Classes of '89 to '23!

Michael, PhD '82 and Lorina ChengBarbalas are back in China and they writethat business is picking up, so they are stayingbusy. They hope to travel to other parts of Chi-na but ask any alumni visiting Tianjin to get intouch at MTI, 25 Youyi Rd., Hexi District.

Mike Accardo started a new job as aconsulting actuary for the Wyatt Co. in Stam-ford, Conn. He writes that it was a bit of aswitch as he had no prior experience in pen-sions or in consulting. He's enjoying the sub-urban commute from his home in Port Ches-ter, NY after years of taking trains to NewYork City. He and wife Jina are enjoying theantics of their toddler Adam. Mike is on theboard of directors of the Alumni Assn. ofWestchester County and he invites any West-chester/Rockland alums to contact him at(914) 937-8213, if interested.

Bob Platt has become a partner at thelaw firm of Maratt Phelps Rothenberg & Phil-lip, a large firm in Los Angeles. He practicesin the area of business litigation. BjarneMikkelsen has started his own business,EuroCruises, after ten years in the industry.Rick Maloney, a sales specialist with As-grow Seed Co., received an award from theUpjohn Sales Academy.

Joe Magid is now working as a com-puter consultant for Reohr Technical Ser-vices, owned by Jack Reohr III '57. Joehas a dream assignment: he's automating aclient's entire operation, a new system fromstart to finish. He's living in Philadelphia andinvites anyone who's working there to givehim a call at (215) 891-1800.

Nancy Kaplan recently moved fromManhattan to Hackensack, NJ. She is work-ing at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Centeras a child psychiatrist specializing in adoles-cent depression.

Michael A. Schulman and wife Loriare proud to announce the birth of their firstchild, Jessica, last March 14. Mike is a soft-ware engineer at Silicon Graphics in MountainView, Cal. He stays in close touch with friendsJeff Ganeles and Roy Ginsburg '78.They had their own mini-reunion in Minneap-olis in August 1989 and got together for a skivacation at Lake Tahoe in January. Anotheralumnus in Silicon Valley is Sally Weir Fun-dakowski, who is working in marketing for atechnical software company, Ready Systems.She also writes that she and her husband aretearing down their house and building a newone while a toddler gets underfoot.

Pierre Crawley is a partner in a foodimport company, CMS Trading Inc., in Mil-burn, NJ, serving supermarket chains nation-ally on private-label canned food products. Helives on Staten Island and enjoys flying pri-vate planes out of Linden Airport in New Jer-sey.

M. C. "Peggy" Caldwell is a busy per-son. She is a consulting forensic anthropolo-gist in Manhattan while she pursues a PhD inanthropology at Rutgers U. She is teaching a200- or 300-level class at Rutgers each term,teaches fourth-grade science at Rutgers prepschool, is vice president of the AnthropologyGraduate Student Assn. and coordinator of adiscussion group in physical anthropol-ogy. Whew!

Celinda Crego is a food technologist at'Progresso Foods, formulating many of thenew soups, sauces, and bread crumbs intro-duced by Progresso each year. CoreyBurchman finished his residency and fel-lowship at Massachusetts General Hospitaltwo years ago and now chairs the anesthesiadepartment at a small naval hospital in PuertoRico.

Janine Betts left Cornell to be a struc-tural test engineer for Boeing. She writes thatshe has ''broken" two landing gears, a 737right wing, various spoilers and flaps, andhelped "break" a whole 757 and a 767 air-craft. Bored with just breaking things, sheswitched to the Dynamic Test Labs, wherethey shake, rattle, and roll aircraft in the airand on the ground. After nine years of suchfun, she recently quit her job to stay homewith Jamie, 2, Kira, 1, and husband NealWatts. They raise pigs, cows, chickens, andgeese on their five-acre farm on Vahon Island,Wash.

Keith Stobie went on an Adult Univer-sity (CAU) trip to Australia. Write the details!Brad and Mary Maxon Grainger hosted apicnic in July to welcome Jim Hofher andhis family to Ithaca. Class of 79ers in the Itha-ca area were invited to greet our classmate,who is Cornell's new head football coach.

It's time to renew your class membershipand magazine subscription. Watch for mail-ings to make this easy for you. D LindaRust, 1131 N. Hamline Ave., Apt. 14, St.Paul, Minn. 55108; Elizabeth Rakov Igle-heart, 4811 Mill Creek PL, Dallas, Texas75244; Mary Maxon Grainger, 12 HighgateCir., Ithaca, NY 14850.

New educational complexes. Oldmemories. The same Libe Slopethat makes us huff and puffwhenever we walk up it. A rushto the brain recalling how muchwe learned in such a short time

between crisscrossing that slope in the middleof the night. Recognizing an old freshmandormmate from more than a decade ago andremembering her name is Myra Boenke.How could I forget a name like that? Just a fewof the millions of thoughts from Reunion'90—our 10th—and I was only there part of thetime.

More than 300 classmates arrived withspouses/children. Lots of children and manyothers on the way. Mine stayed at home,growing up for 1995, but were rewarded withBig Red turtlenecks, sweaters, or sweatpants.Other classmates could be seen holding uptheir young as if they were comparing produceat the supermarket. Whose was longer, peppi-er, cuter?

Many of the friendships that run on a five-year cycle picked up conversations wherethey left off during a taco and margarita partyat Schoellkopf Stadium in 1985. Only this


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time, we were way the heck out in the Planta-tions crunching on corn, clams, and shrimp,and spattering lobster guts all over people weonce knew well but hardly knew now. Weknew them well again by the time we foundour way out of there.

At the Plantations, it was hard to believeso much unblemished property exists, whenthe center of campus was dominated by newbuildings upon old ones: The new AthleticsField House, the new Comstock Hall, newTheory Center, new futuristic BiotechnologyBuilding, overhauled U-Halls, and once run-down dinosaurs like Rockefeller Hall. And Imean overhauled, from top to bottom. Allthose bucks spent back then ... they were putto good use since.

Luckily we left with a Reunion T-shirt,some futuristic red shades that I actually woreto work, and more fine memories. Many of uswondered about those of you who didn't at-tend.

Someone suggested to outgoing presidentLynda Hershey Spalding that we startprinting some of the lesser known news, likesomeone who had quit work to take care of anailing grandparent. So before I forget, tell uswhat you're up to, even if it's not a birth, pro-motion, or new degree.

There are plenty of people sharing horrorstories about juggling two careers and kids orgiving up careers for a while to raise childrenand provide childcare that even Ivy Leaguegraduates were finding unaffordable.

And how about all the Cornellians now liv-ing in New Jersey?

Several classmates made a point of parti-cipating in Friday's golf tournament or listen-ing to a lecture by columnist George Will.Others mingled at U-Hall 5 for an ice creamspree as the Hangovers, a student choralgroup, sang traditional college tunes. Corny tome, but many classmates were actually clapp-ing and laughing.

Back to the Plantations Arboretum. Peo-ple kept saying, "I didn't know this place ex-isted." It was beautiful, a great place to returnto for a stroll or bike ride. Before our roar ofgood times stole the airwaves, you could actu-ally hear the bullfrogs and the quacking ofnine baby ducks on a pond behind theirmother.

For those who missed the thrill of ourera's sports team, you could watch the alumskick the current lacrosse team at Schoellkopf.I saw classmates Charlie Wood and JoeTaylor score at least one goal.

I joined people like Mitch Bernstein inwondering how Doug Richard was doing.Scott Miller was there, sans beard, sayinghe gave it up after eight years, buckling topressure from fellow doctors. Really, Scott?

The bricks were still there on Stewart Av-enue, rattling mufflers and shocks as carsheaded up from State Street. Remember whata hassle it was going to Collegetown tostraighten out that bounced check at CitizensSavings? Well, the bank has come to the stu-dents, with a branch in Willard Straight Hall.Luckily the clocktower hasn't changed. Stillgetting us places on time.

Colleagues could be seen checking out thestacks in Uris Library... or the bumper sculp-ture by Jason Seley '40, 'Ήerakles in Itha-ka," outside Uris Hall. A reporter from theCornell Chronicle was in the field gathering the

university's perception of what was happen-ing. One suggestion overheard: offer the op-tion of paying for individual events to keep thetotal cost of the next Reunion down. Onepraise heard: We weren't hit up for donationsas much as last time.

A new class president was voted in:Kathleen Cote Snyder. Ira Halfond be-came a regional vice president. KathrynChrist Haupt will join Jodi Diehl Nestle andNancy Maclntyre Hollinshead in planningthe next Reunion. And Pamela D. Simons,who is apparently moving from Albany to Cal-ifornia, will join us as a new correspondent, re-placing Steve Rotterdam.

Please pass along some personaltales/encounters from your Reunion. Π JonGibbs Craig, 213 Wellesley Rd., Syracuse,NY 13207; and Jill Abrams Klein, 12208Devilwood Dr., Potomac, Md. 20854; PamSimons, 269 Elm St., Albany, NY 12202.

Λ It is hard to believe, but ten yearsago, we were beginning our senioryear at Cornell. I hope you are all

I looking forward to our 10th Re-union in Ithaca next June 6-9. As I

I write this column in early July, Iam preparing for my first pilgrimage back tocampus in four years. Based on all the newconstruction that has taken place, it will, nodoubt, be quite a change of scenery.

Jeff and Martha Obler Kohn wrote inApril from their home in Guttenberg, NJ to in-form us about the birth of son Brian Edwardon March 10, '90. Brian, who was born onJeff's birthday, weighed in at eight pounds,five and one-quarter ounces.

Cheryl Snedeker, now living in Bloom-field Hills, Mich., is the latest classmate to jointhe ranks of published authors. Cheryl is theproud co-author of Special Women: The Role ofthe Professional Labor Assistant. The book isabout women who provide childbirth assis-tance to pregnant women, and was publishedthis past May by Pennypress Inc.; phone,(206) 325-1419. The book is an outgrowth ofCheryl's personal interest in the subject,which began when she hired a childbirth assis-tant two years ago after she and her husbandmoved to the Detroit area when she was fivemonths pregnant. The assistant she hired totake care of her happened to have had a bookin rough form, and the two combined their ef-forts and put the book into print. Although thebook has a narrow market (persons in thematernity care field and those who want tobecome childbirth assistants), Cheryl is plann-ing a second book aimed at helping pregnantwomen find a professional labor assistant.

On news of a personal note, Cheryl re-ports that she and her husband celebratedtheir fifth wedding anniversary in June, andtheir daughter turned two on May 31.

Kevin Williams, an Upstate New Yorkmeteorologist and television personality, gavea speech to students on campus in April, spon-sored by the Cornell chapter of the AmericanMeteorological Society. Kevin is the weatherbureau director of WROC, the CBS affiliate inRochester. He also runs Weather Track, anenterprise that provides weather forecasts forradio stations throughout the state.

The Peace Corps announced that JamesC. Robinson, an Ithaca resident and practi-cing attorney for the past six years, received a

two-year assignment in the Corps to serve on ahealth and sanitation improvement project inrural communities in Mauritania, in West Af-rica. According to James, he joined the PeaceCorps because it was "time to move on tobecome involved in a more socially responsi-ble activity."

In Los Angeles, John R. Williams IIhas been named one of five vice presidents ofthe Junior Chamber of Commerce. John hasbeen active in the Chamber since 1982 and is avolunteer coordinator at CovenantHouse/California. He lives in Los Angeles.

Tragically, we have three deaths to reportthis month. Lianne A. Ritter died on May24 of this year in an automobile accident inFlorida. A scholarship fund has been estab-lished in her memory at Cornell. We have alsobeen informed that Alice R. Herman, ofWoodside, Queens, died on Nov. 22, '88, andRodney B. Chase, of Brentwood, LongIsland, died on March 14, '84.

If you have not yet responded to our classNews & Dues solicitation of this past spring,please do so. We would like to hear from youso that we can write about as many classmatesas possible. D Jon Landsman, 811 AscanSt., N. Valley Stream, NY 11580; Robin Ro-senberg, 145 W. 67th St., Apt. 11A, NYC10023; and Jim Hahn, 47 St. Joseph St.,Jamaica Plain, Mass. 02130.

Thanks for sending all of yourgood news! You are probably ashappy as I am to see a longer col-umn. We really had reached thebottom of the news barrel! Val

. Baum doesn't like to see hername in print, but since we were so desperate,she wrote to tell us that she works for the De-partment of Defense as a procurement ana-lyst. She enjoys her job but is looking forwardto leaving New Jersey to get a change of scen-ery.

Wedding news has come from many ofour classmates: Marty Goldin marriedJoyce Bockserman in St. Louis last June. Cor-nellians in the wedding party included Dr.Mark Mandel and Janet Goldin Rubin'79. After a honeymoon in northern Scotland,visiting B&Bs, a wedding reception was heldin New York City, where Patti Rose Man-del '83, George and Lisa Esposito Kok'83, Dr. Robert Bachner, MD '86, andthe wedding party toasted the newlyweds. Inthe middle of all the celebrations, Martyopened the doors of his own real estatemanagement and investment business, knownas Goldin Management.

John Ferris married Catharine Dohertyin April. John is an associate in the New Yorklaw firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamil-ton; Catharine is a kindergarten teacher inBrooklyn. Robert Hoffmeister and DianeHueske (Duke U.) tied the knot in May at theDuke University Chapel. Cornellians in atten-dance were Greg Yannekis '81 and TomAugeri '80. The newlyweds honeymoonedat Cruz Bay on St. John, USVI before return-ing to work at Northern Telecom in NorthCarolina.

Kathryne Opton and Djam Hakimwere married last February. Keo works at theHorace Mann School in Boston, teaching lan-guage and social studies to deaf children. Sheis still training to compete in body building

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and plans to enroll in the School of Educationat Boston U. to complete a doctoral programin linguistics and deaf cultural studies. Djam isassistant director in the news department atChannel 5, WCVB in Needham, Mass, and en-joys skydiving; Keo does not

Joyce Hendley and Henrik Lumholdthosted many alumni, family and friends at aninternational June wedding in Stowe, Vt,which mixed Danish tradition, Italian rela-tives, and Ben & Jerry's ice cream. JillKirchner, Judy Rubashkin, GregLangan, Julia Martin, Andra Vebell andhusband Larry Hoy, Robin Ewing and GregD'Allesandro, Dave Officer '83, Jack andSandy Fischpera, and I celebrated with thecouple. We also toasted Julia and Robin, whobegan new jobs, and Jack and Sandy, who arenewlyweds. Julia ΊsRedbook magazine's seniorassociate editing health articles and Robin isthe art director for Nickelodeon. Jack andSandy were married in Rochester, NY in May.

Also on the job front, Todd Parker wasnamed Los Angeles Clippers Co-Executive ofthe Year. Todd is the director of corporatemarketing, responsible for overseeing the cor-porate sponsorships of the Clippers' market-ing department. Prior to joining the Clippersorganization, Todd worked with the LosAngeles Olympic Organizing Committee man-aging the 1984 Olympic soccer competition;he earned his master's degree in sports man-agement at Ohio State U.

Congratulations also to new mom BethReznik Beller. She and husband Michael areproud parents of Matthew Brad, born inMarch. Beth is a registered dietitian in privatepractice; Michael works as sales representa-tive in hospital sales for Miles Pharmaceuti-cals.

Andrew Hanjie Qu was born in November1989 to Andrea Lee Wells and JianyongQu. The Qus left Hangzhou, People's Repub-lic of China during the May 1989 demonstra-tions and now reside in Adelphia, Md. Andreawrites that hopelessness has engulfed thehearts of their friends back in the PRC, butthey are hoping this will be the last relapse oftyranny in China.

In another part of the world, CharlesKrell has returned to home base Sao Paulo,Brazil after eight years managing Resort Ho-tels in the northeastern region of Brazil. Hewill be opening and managing a business of in-dustrial equipment for restaurants, hotels, etc.with an already prominent business leader,Richard Semler. Charles is hoping all goeswell in Brazil's "great and stable" economy.

We're hoping all is well with you. Pleasetell us what you've been up to all summer! DNina M. Kondo, 323 W. 82nd St., 4A, NYC10024; Nancy K. Rudgers (Boyle), 25 MistHill Dr., Brookfield, Conn. 06804.

Amy Goldstein and WayneGould of Pittsburgh are proudparents of Scott, born in July1989. Amy writes, "In additionto my involvement with my owntravel agency, We're Going

Places Travel, and Wayne's with his company,Turret Steel Corp., we are enjoying beingowners and directors of a children's summercamp, Camp Walden, located in the Adiron-dacks. Kathleen Frenz Betelak is a re-search associate for the Indiana U. School of

Medicine's ophthalmology department. Kath-leen and husband Chris wrote, "We movedfrom hectic, fast-paced, sunny Los Angeles toIndianapolis. We took a month off to driveacross the country by way of Vancouver andGlacier National Park." William Wildmanis a lawyer working in Atlanta. DouglasSantoni is an American Airlines manager inDallas. Andrew T. Hahn is a Washington,DC attorney, working for the US Army.

Kappa Delta news: Laurie Bayer Katzof Winchester, Mass, gave birth to her secondchild, Benjamin, in February 1989. He joinssister Jennifer. L. E. "Dee" Longfellow is apsychotherapist intern and lives with husbandJ. Andy Sosa in Hawthorne, Cal. JoannePoggi Quirk, husband Joe, and son Brendanmoved to Half Moon Bay, Cal. At CindyHarris's 1989 marriage to Steve Gray thewedding party included Donna Joyce (also aKD), Anne Harris Roberts, MS Ed '84(matron of honor), A. Brian Harris '86,and Margaret Moore Harris '86.

Elisabeth Borsy married DavidStonehill '85 in November 1988 and theyare living in Stamford, Conn. Cornellians in at-tendance include: Michael Dawson, AliceYih, MD, Sylvia Kuzman '86 (maid ofhonor), Deborah Brozina '85, Robert S.Russell '84, Andy Hanushevsky, MSCS '86, Loren Selzηick '80, Bill Rich-mond '82, and Jackie Granfield Fergu-son '86. Elizabeth found Alice listed amongthe missing '83 grads and kindly passed on heraddress. (Let's find more ''missing" class-mates!) Alice is completing a three-year resi-dency in Phoenix.

The FC (Foreign Contingency) of fourth-floor Dickson (aka Avenue of the Americas)lives: Flores Alfonso, MD of Union City,NJ is training in internal medicine at Morris-town Hospital in New York City. He was apathology resident at New York U. and gradu-ated from Albert Einstein JVIedical School.Armen Meguerditchian of Arlington,Mass, is the controller for Cameras Inc. AWharton graduate, he is helping run the fami-ly business. A. Danny Torres is computerconsultant in Venezuela. Jose Ayala is an in-ternal medicine resident in Los Angeles.

Kenneth L. Miller is a NYC attorneyfor Rogers & Wells, married to Lori Van Auk-en. Eric Messinger of Brooklyn is a journal-ist for the NY Times. Mary Kubli of Ber-nardville, NJ is a system administrator forAT&T. Jay Wysocki, Hoosick Falls, NY, isa sales manager for American Breeders Ser-vice and his wife's name is Megan. WalterLee of Albany, NY works for GE's CorporateR&D in Schenectady. Marijane Magliaro,Maplewood, NJ, works in human resources atMorgan Stanley in NYC. D CaroleenVaughan, 699 King of Prussia Rd:, Radnor,Pa. 19087; Michele Silverman Krantz,1811 19th St., NW, #5, Washington, DC20009; and Vicki Raudonis Mclntosh, 2105Woodfork Rd., Timonium, Md. 21093.

So, "say good-bye to the sum-mer" and I guess it's time tobuckle back down to our careers. . . but, not so fast, some of ushave been traveling during thepast months. Here's who and

where: Kris Bagwell met fellow-alumnus,football great, and movie star Ed Marinaro

'72 during the American Airlines/VH-1 Ce-lebrity Ski Fest in Crested Butte, Colo. Kris,does Ed know snowskiing? Kris has also trav-eled to England, Scotland, and Ireland, butfound his most interesting experience right ina New York City restaurant, where Kris andhis dinner mates found themselves in the mid-dle of a chair-throwing brawl. Kris reportsthey escaped unharmed, but hungry. Kris wasrecently promoted to vice president, South-east Region, MTV Networks. Dr. Dolores A."Hi-Dee" Boeder had a difficult responsibilitywhile chaperoning her CYO girls' basketballteam... they were on a Caribbean cruise. "Hi-Dee" recently got together with John Brad-ley '82 and Ed Seydel '83, and Stepha-nie Robinson '86. A "spontaneous" trip tothe theater to see "Meet Me in St. Louis"brought them together. Patricia Shin is aninternational equity sales-trader in NYC.Patricia's career has enabled her to visit suchEuropean cities as London, Paris, Geneva,and Amsterdam. Margaret Crupi Crouserecently escorted 400 sales achievers fromUndercover Wear Inc. on a luxury vacation.Margaret reports that she also visited AnnTrautman in Boston. Ann is working on herPhD at New York U. While in Philadelphia,Pa. Carol Bender-Conforto visited withCathy Cianfrani Schweiger '86 (Hotel).Carol also reports that she spoke with KimKrinsky, who is in Texas concentrating onan internship in psychology, while finishingher PhD at Emory U. If you live in Vermontand would like a taste of Ithaca, Deborah"Debbie" Steele-Lippman suggests a visit toBurlington. Debbie and husband John spent aweek in Burlington, Vt. in August 1989 andwere enamored with Burlington's likeness toIthaca and the spectacular views of LakeChamplain. If you do visit, Debbie suggests avisit to the "Vermont Pub and Brewery." Deb-bie graduated from Hahnermann U. in Juneand is pursuing a career in anesthesiology.Donna Lenzner-Gage recently visitedKaren Klafter-Schakner at Karen's homeon Long Island. Karen recently gave birth to ababy girl. Donna is pursuing a master's innutrition at New York Medical College. In apast issue I incorrectly wrote that JoseSouza was president of an international trad-ing company named APROCEX. Jose recent-ly wrote to let me know that APROCEX is ac-tually an association of people who work in thefield of international trading, of which he wasthe president until this past June. Jose hasrecently married Claudia Andrade. Claudiahelped open the first McDonald's franchise intheir home city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.During their honeymoon, Jose and Claudiavisited Ithaca and other great US cities, suchas NYC, Houston, Orlando, and Boston. Josereports his business, Jose Ruben Ltd., is grow-ing at a fast pace. To end our travel report,Andrea Chmil Costello writes that sheand husband T. J. '85 will celebrate their firstanniversary in Jamaica. Congratulations, An-drea and T.J.!

Joining the list of newlyweds are NicoleBertomen Cooper and Maria McNamara-Centore. Nicole reports that she married anMBA in MIS. Catherine Ching-Randolphannounces her recent marriage to her husbandBruce, in Pittsburgh, Pa.

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wife Martha had a baby boy, Trevor KennedyTerris, born in November 1989. Finally someinformation on the achievements and careersof more of our fellow alumni. Dr. P. DouglasGorman '84, also DVM '85, will join theFayetteville Veterinary Hospital. Dr. Gormanwas inducted into Zeta Psi at Cornell in recog-nition of academics. Pursuing her DVM isKaren Johnston. She expected to have herdegree by May 1990. Earl Kim is a highschool math teacher and wrestling coach inTrenton, NJ. He married Kathryn Hughes inJune 1988. Earl participated in the NATOMilitary Pentathalon in August 1989 and took1st place in the pistol competition. Earl hasalso traveled to Germany and London. HeyEarl, slow down! Lee Bender is an assistantdistrict attorney for the city of Philadelphiaand is recently engaged. Kathleen Kahngis an assistant to the vice president of circula-tion with the New York Post Jane Nilsson-Snow is a banker in W. Barnstable, Me. Mat-thew Siegal is a lawyer and resides with wifeLaura (Weiner) '85 in NYC. LeoLanders is currently chairing theWashington section of the American WeldingSoc. Leo was invited to participate in theAmerican Welding Soc. East CoastChairman's Golf Invitational Championshipthis past July. Lisa Bailey is a brand assis-tant and completed her MBA in marketingand international business at Columbia thispast May. Karen Nelson-Plunkett is a se-cond vice president at Chase ManhattanBank. Thanks for the news, everyone, andkeep it coming in! D Tim Becker, c/o MSUAthletic Academics, Me Arthur Hall, Missis-sippi State, Miss. 39762; and Lisa StarskyBronstein, 237 Chaucer Ct, Old Bridge, NJ08857.

For the past few months I'vebeen lucky to receive mail frommany readers and from the em-ployers of classmates who wantto share with me their goodnews. Because of Reunion, how-

ever, I had to put that mail aside temporarily,so I could provide you with the most pressingnews. Now that Reunion is over (and thankyou, by the way, for your kind words about thegood time you had there) I can share those let-ters with you so that the writers don't thinkI've forgotten them.

Clarkson Hine wrote to tell me that hehad hit the political big time on Capitol Hill. InMarch 1990, Clarkson became deputy presssecretary for Senate Republican Leader BobDole, an experience he terms "extraordinary."

Moving from the Senate Republican Par-ty to New York house parties . . . CamilleLepre, with the international financial com-munications firm, Dewe Rogerson, and Mad-eleine Goldman, a research nutritionist atthe American Health Foundation, wrote to tellabout the Spring-into-Spring Party (Yes, Iknow it's already fall; time flies when you'rehaving fun . . .) that they hosted in theirManhattan abode. The party was attended bybuddies Lawson Cooper, Mark An-sorge, Tina Woods, Joel Simon '82,Meredith Berg '86 and Bennett Egeth'83. The hostesses also asked me to mentionthat they missed seeing invitees Ian Rowe,Jane Dornfeld, and Rich Strassberg.

Michael Weinstein sent word of his

own celebration, his wedding in Palm Beach,Fla. to Linda Fessler. The party and honey-moon are now over for Mike, however; he'sback in the Big Apple and has entered his firstyear of law school. Mike's ILR classmateJohn Reynolds wrote to tell me that he lefthis position as a personnel manager at Macy'sto become a recruitment/compensation spe-cialist with CPC International Inc., a Fortune100 corporation. John confesses that beforeleaving Macy's he managed a stint as a bal-loon operator in the Macy's Thanksgiving Pa-rade! He also notes that another ILRie, Kell-ey Noonan Jensen, is an employee relationsmanager with Pepsico's Pizza Hut division.

Speaking of the Navy, I noticed while per-using the News & Dues forms (how's that forinternal rhyme?) that quite a lot of our class-mates are living the military life, which, to mytired New York eyes, looks pretty glamorous.Navy Lt. Terri McCormick wrote that shehad been stationed in Iceland, but that theNavy decided to let her thaw out in Pearl Har-bor, Hawaii. In news from Navy pilots, GreigSchneider wrote of his return from a six-month cruise to the Western Pacific and saidhe is now based in San Diego; Eric Mackemnoted that he is based on the USS Midway, outof Yokosuka, Japan; and Geoffrey Perrysent word of his marriage to Christine Stefano,who is in the Pepsico training group.

Not to be outdone by the folks at sea, ourclassmates in the Army and Air Force alsowrote of their adventures. Dick Monroe, an

Army Military Intelligence lieutenant, wrotethat he participated in a battalion deploymentto Honduras for which he received the ArmyService Ribbon, Army Achievement Medal,Army Commendation Medal, and Para-chutist's Badge. (I hope he has a large chest.)Dick says he is working on a book about hisexperience in Ranger school entitled "The58th Day." Tom Cruise, save a slot on yourfilming schedule.

Liz Mozesky sent word of her promo-tion to Air Force captain. Somehow, in be-tween tours of duty, Liz also managed to gether MBA in finance at U. of Chicago! Indeed,these Air Force officers must be bionic, be-cause classmate Jon Schoenberg noted thathe, too, combined military and student life andeven ran a marathon, to boot! Jon not only gothis master's at Northeastern, while serving atthe Rome Air Development Center, but healso ran the Boston Marathon in 2:48, a feat heattributes to "the supportive Boston crowdslining the race route."

Marian Silberstein, another Air Forceofficer in Massachusetts, showed her staminaby serving the military and planning a wed-ding at the same time. Marian's betrothal toCraig Gilbert, an Air Force Academy grad,was attended by maid of honor JeanneKlauser, as well as Naomi Weinstein,Chris Miller, Nancy Toth, and JeanMontes '84.

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Joseph Finkle. Joseph wrote that in Febru-ary of our senior year, he discovered he had amalignant brain tumor. Joseph left Cornell toundergo chemotherapy and radiation treat-ment and did not receive his diploma until Jan-uary 1986. Although Joseph's vision is nowpermanently impaired, he writes that heworks at his local library and does private tu-toring on the side. Joseph would greatly ap-preciate hearing from his fellow classmates.Write him at 29 Kiltie Dr., New Hope, Pa.18938. We thank him for sharing his coura-geous story with us.

Thanks to you all, as well, for sharingyour news with me. D Risa Mish, 630 1stAve., #5H, NYC 10016-3785.

You've heard it before but I'll sayit again: Reunion is only tenmonths away (June 6-9—can youbelieve it?), and it's time to startthinking about taking that senti-mental journey to get happi-

ly reacquainted back on campus. But from thestart, you should know that this isn't a partythat just happens by itself; there are alreadypeople working hard to make for a great week-end. Our Reunion chair is Margot Tohn,who recently moved to New York City and hasalready been involved in a few more local Cor-nell activities as a member of both the NYCYoung Alumni Committee and the core pro-gramming committee of the Cornell Club. Sheworks as the coordinator for the group adver-tising plan in the corporate department ofMurdoch magazines. Our Reunion co-chair isNoreen Kennedy, who's also served on thecore programming committee for the CornellClub and works as a group manager for Pru-dential Life Insurance. Both have a lot of ener-gy, enthusiasm, and ideas, but they can't go italone. There's a lot of planning, organizing,programming, and rearranging that has totake place in a relatively short period of time.Anyone anywhere in the country (and NYespecially!) who can afford to lend a helpinghand is encouraged—nay, urged—to contactMargot at 330 W. 85th St., Apt. 4H, NYC10024, (phone (212) 721-3210), or Noreen at 41W. 85th St., Apt. 4A, NYC 10024 (hey!they're neighbors!) phone (212) 877-9458.Don't be shy.

Noelle Berger '88 wrote me to say thatKelly Kling married Jim Selander '84this past June 2 in Glen Cove, NY. After hon-eymooning in Bermuda, the newlyweds movedto Michigan where Kelly will intern to com-plete the PhD in counseling psychology thatshe began at SUNY, Buffalo four years ago.Charles Reing wrote me a nice note to saythat after graduating from New York U. medi-cal school, the nicest graduation present heever got was Adrienne McVicker '87,whom he married on May 28. The two honey-mooned in Negril, Jamaica in a last reprievebefore Charlie started his internship at LenoxHill Hospital in a one-year requirement beforehe moves on to an ophthalmology residency atMount Sinai Hospital next summer. Congratsto the happy couplets!

Karen Lu, a manager of college recruit-ment at Morgan Stanley in NYC, wrote mepersonally to raise several legal points. Jona-than Englander and Michael Flanagan,she wrote, graduated from the U. of Michiganlaw school this past spring; Jonathan is now

working for Simpson and Thatcher, a Man-hattan law firm. Diane Lifton, also a newblue-and-maize law grad, has headed south forthe year, to clerk for a federal judge in Dallas.Steve Wells is in Dallas practicing real es-tate law after graduating from Vanderbilt inthe spring of 1989.

Other attornies in our class include AlanCohen and Nancy Kessler Platt, both inDC; and Matt Berke, Dan Cantor, Sta-cey Davidson, Daniel Devine, DarleneFairman, Anne Feldstein, JosephGregory* Bonnie Rattner, and Rob Yel-len, all in NYC. Alan Block is a lawyer inLos Angeles, and Laura Niczky practices inSacramento. Laura is close to celebrating thefirst anniversary of her marriage to JohnWeubbe, MBA '86—who's now a commer-cial banker for Bank of America—in Octoberof last year amidst a matching set of Cornellfriends from both sides. His: Jerry Berg,Richard Caplan, Sig Exposito, Phil Gi-uca, Jamie Hintlian, Terry Hogan, EveKingsley, Norm Lind, E. Katarina Sod-erstrom, and Joe Wilson, all MBA'86ers; and hers: Wendy Behm, SusanBuckley, Hilary Auerbach, ReginaFranco, Mike Goldgof, Marianne Mel-let (who married Steve Fenske a year ago,too), and Margie Binhak. Margie works asa sales rep for Hershey Chocolate in Pennsyl-vania. It was part of her job to go looking for"Mr. Goodbar," who fortunately appeared inthe guise of Neil Shapiro; the two were mar-ried last November. And the word is out: eventen months later, the air still "Krackels" whenthey exchange Hershey's Kisses. How sweet.

Finally, corrections. Carol Getz is notmoving to Cleveland, as was erroneously re-ported in the April issue. She is quite contentfor the time being, thank you, as a sales man-ager at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NYC.Watch for Carol in syndicated reruns ofMTV's "Remote Control"—she was a contes-tant in the summer of 1989. Also, as reportedin the May issue, Matt Krane and KathyRobinson work for DEC—the Digital Equip-ment Corp. not the Department of Environ-mental Conservation. My editors misinter-preted the acronym; I guess they weren't deal-ing with a f u l l . . . well, you know.

A belated salute-a-toot-toot to the firstharvest of Cornell '86 physicians. They're abumper crop, for sure.

Please note my new address. The placesmells and tastes a bit like Ithaca, but believeyou me, it's a poor substitute. Π MichaelBerkwits, 200 N. State St., Apt. 303, AnnArbor, Mich. 48104-1533.

As class correspondents, RichFriedman, Amy Marks, andI get to read and report on whatour classmates are doing withtheir post-Cornell lives—some ofwhom you might think about

trading places with. And others, you mightthink, "That's great . . . FOR SOMEONEELSE." When writing this month's column, Icame across Eric Ford's news form . .. andthis is one I would not have to think twiceabout. Eric wrote, "I am presently unem-ployed having won the Illinois State Lotteryworth $17,650,000. I bought a Ferrari and Iam recreating Jack Kerouac's novel, On TheRoad. Don't bother calling." Not bad, huh?

From the Class of '29 to the Class of '88,Cornell was well represented on St. Patrick's^ \y this year in Delhi, NY. No, green beer• --as not imported from Dnnbar's to toast themarriage of Terri Cuα* and Marty Stal-lone. However, there was plenty of Cornellspirit among the 35 alumni in attendance.Cara Giarrusso, Stacey Pineo, LeslieStutzman '86, Wendy Williams, MarkCollins, Jim Frontero, Jim Knowles,and John "Toes" Phelan represented theBig Red. Others who joined in singing our"Alma Mater," later in the night, includedMildred Truscott Clark '29, PeterDouglas Clark '63, Thomas Hagar, LoriStalter White '79, Dr. Hollis Heinzer-ling '82, Jeff Gibb '83, Scott White'82, Mary Vogel Gibb '84, KaiOfengand, Faith Grietzer, Sue Davis,Kenny Johnson, Steve Lipic, DanGavin, Tom Malone, Bill Darley, PaulProspero, Jay Sbrollini, HeidiHeinzerling '88, and Debra Ochs Johnson.Terri and Marty honeymooned in Puerto Rico,St. Thomas, and Virgin Gorda before return-ing to Wyomissing, Pa., where they now live.

Other wedding news (from the better-late-than-never category)—On June 24, '89, Ma-rissa Rago married Fredrik Hedengren'86 in Morristown, NJ. Alumni in the wed-ding included Linda Videtta, AmySchwalb '89, Sue Davis, Jim Durant'86, and Greg Alvarez '86. Otherscelebrating were Mike Tolajian '89, RichCaccappolo, John Poli '86, Amy Perez,Tom Murphy, Dean Kartsonas andDave Roberts. Marissa reports Fredrik is acurrency trader with SE Banken in Manhat-tan; she manages a training program and is anofficer at Chase Manhattan Bank.

Deirdre O'Regan has had one of themore unusual jobs I've come across. For twoyears, she has been sailing as deck crew onvarious schooners—mostly authenticGloucester fishing vessels, vintage late-19th-century, and over 100 feet long. She is cur-rently on the crew of the Ernestina in Massa-chusetts, the last 1890s schooner still sailing.

Lawrence Smith's job certainly doesnot fit into any banker, lawyer, merchant cate-gory. He trains thoroughbred race horses at atraining center near Baltimore. He wrote,"It's a bottom-line sort of business, wherewinning is everything and excuses don't helppay for the oats. An incredible range of peopleare involved in racing and I've enjoyed turn-ing their heads with many of my unconven-tional methods, mostly derived from fouryears of animal science study and Big Redfootball training."

Now for the rundown of who's domgwhat, where, and with whom: ChristineWeiss is a member of the RidiculousTheatrical Company, the oldest Off-Broadway company operating in New YorkCity and she has been in three productionssince the summer of 1989. Amy James iscompleting her master's in counseling at Col-umbia and Dan Oliverio is completing hisMFA in directing at U. of Texas, Austin,while Jen Maisel received her playwrightingdegree from New York U. in May.

At Ingalls, Quinn & Johnson in Boston,Colin Gibney coordinates advertising andpromotional development for several OceanSpray fruit juice products. Colin wrote that


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during a trip to Los Angeles for a commercialshoot in January, he ran into ChristopherReeve '74 and played a set of tennis withhim at West Hollywood Hotel. (He didn't men-tion who won.) Terry Quinn lives outsideConcord, NH working for Versyss Computers;Pat Daly is pursuing an MArch degree atHarvard's Graduate School of Design; Dar-rin Wetzel lives in Cambridge, employed atStratus Computers; and Scott Johnsonworks at Cambridge Technologies.

Cheryl Littman is teaching seventh-grade science and coaching boys' volleyballand girls' lacrosse at Finley Junior High inHuntington, NY. After attending WesleyanU.'s Alternate Route to Certification Pro-gram, Jennifer Austin Miller is teaching ata high school in northwestern Connecticut andis coaching middle school girls' soccer andbasketball.

As I write this column in June for the Sep-tember issue, weather reports of record-breaking temperatures out West and photos ofeggs frying on the street in Phoenix are every-where. I hope all of you in the western part ofthe US survived the summer and are not"hard-boiled," as one woman described howshe felt to a CBS reporter! D Stacey Pineo,45 Mt. Sumner Dr., Bolton, Conn. 06043;Rich Friedman, 10 Vairo Blvd., Box 329,State College, Pa. 16803; Amy Marks, 1558Lombard St., San Francisco, Cal. 94123.

Thank you for taking the time tokeep me up to date by filling outyour News & Dues forms. It wasgreat to hear so much from somany! Did anyone catch RobertWalikis in his band "YRU" in

the Hamptons this summer? He moved hismusic from Ithaca to Long Island after closingfinals week with more than 250 fans at TheHaunt. Or, has anyone seen Amy Rosen-stein when flipping through the cable chan-nels? Amy, a customer service supervisor atContinental Cablevision, appears on air in herown segment of a cable TV show, which shealso writes and produces.

Karen Franklin, a pension consultant atWyatt Asset Services in Portland, Ore., wrotethat Kristen Heath married Bill Cossel onMay 5. Karen, the maid of honor, partied withArthur Misyan, Steve Thomaselli,Steve Werblow, Anna Barnsley '90. Af-ter a honeymoon cruise around Florida, theCossels moved to Phoenixville, Pa.

Congratulations also to newlyweds Deb-ra Willner and Joseph LeDoux '86, whowere married on Dec. 30, '89. The LeDouxeslive in Tacoma, Wash., where Debra is an AirForce representative at the Boeing Co. andJoseph is a naval officer on the fast-attack sub-marine USS Archer Fish. They send word thatSharon McLaughlin graduated from AirForce pilot training in June.

Another couple, Gordon Wallace andHeidi (Keuhnule) write that after theirwedding during the summer of 1988, theymoved to Hawaii, where Heidi is a professorin the horticulture department at the U. of Ha-waii. Gordon is an architect with Group 70Ltd., where he works primarily on large resorthotels. Also at Group 70: Ziad Aazam andAndy Scott '86. Also in Hawaii is JanNovak, who moved there from Toronto toopen a new Four Seasons property in Wailea.

Stephen J. Scott'89 " "

To Understand Others

As barriers to internationaltrade and travel topple—orcrumble—in various parts ofthe world, Steve Scott isone of the people who is

working to smooth the way forcross-cultural commerce.

Scott is marketing managerfor Bilingual Services Ltd.,organized last year to serve Ameri-cans and others entering the rapid-ly expanding international businesscommunity. The firm offers train-ing in protocol, languages, andcustoms, claiming expertise inmore than 30 languages covering75 countries, and can supplybusinesses with interpreters orother specialized staff, as well.

The hospitality industry ac-counts for about 25 percent of Bi-linguaΓs business, and a companyspokesman credits Scott with suc-cess in attracting that clientele.(No, Scott is not a Hotelie, but ma-jored in human development andfamily studies in Human Ecology.)

An article last June in theWashington Post reported on a re-cent seminar conducted by a Bilin-gual Japanese language expert forWestin Hotel managers. MichaelSansbury 74, general manager ofthe Washington, DC Westin Hotelwhere Scott is shown in this photo-graph, learned, among otherthings, that the Japanese are notlikely to express negative emo-tions, but will mask anger or sad-ness with a smile; also, thatslouching, or putting one's feet up,and "talking" with one's hands ismore apt to make the Japanese un-comfortable than put them at ease.Sansbury (who is a Hotel schoolgraduate) says that during a visitto Japan, he received an Englishlanguage newspaper, every morn-ing, and the hotel phone systemwas coded so that any time he usedhis room phone, he was connectedwith someone who spoke English;"It only makes good businesssense for us to reciprocate."

An unofficial tie for most-news-sub-mitted-for-this-column goes to Tomoko Na-kawatase and Jill Oberlander. Tomo, amedical student at the U. of Pittsburgh, saysshe keeps in touch with other alumni there:Christi Cheng, Paul McAdams, Mi-chael Perlman, Mark Powell, HilarySmith, Ngoc Thai, Kevin Hunter '85,and Yusuke "Spike" Sagawa '85. Shewrites that on a trip to Washington, DC shesaw Joyce Yoon, who is at Georgetown med-ical school, and Danny Chung, at SUNY,

Buffalo in law. She also keeps in touch withfellow medical students Annette Tien (Tu-lane), Daniel Lang (Cornell), CorraineYoung (U. of Miami), Suzy Cheng (Colum-bia), and Michael Tao, a hospital administra-tor at the U. of Chicago.

Jill Oberlander is living in Manhattan withLiz Kreuz, Nona Weiner, and SuzanneMeadow. Liz works for Manufacturers Han-over Trust; Nona, for Andersen Consulting;and Suzanne, for Sapnierman Gallery. Also inNYC is Jill Goldfarb, who works for "Gopd

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Morning America"; Alan Price, who worksfor Arthur Andersen; and Steve Hadley,who is at Fordham law school. LaurenEzrol '87 and Mickey Shaghalian live inBoston and go to law school at Harvard andBoston U., respectively. Both worked for thelaw firm of Simpson, Thatcher in New YorkCity this summer. Bonnie Glick, who livesin Washington, DC, started working for theForeign Service this summer. Also in DC,David Ohrenstein is working on CapitolHill for a congressman from Florida. On theother coast, Trudy Edelson is living irr SanFrancisco, and Linda Manaster is workingfor Disney in Los Angeles. Oh, and about Jill0., herself: she's working for the NYCMayor's Transportation Office.

Simon Miller was also at the Mayor'sOffice, working on the development of newcourthouses throughout NYC's five boroughs,until he recently left to go to law school. Dan-ielle Leonhard-Spark shares an apartmentin Hoboken with Jeff Childs. Danielle sellsjunk bonds at Mabon, Nugent & Co. withRobin Haskel-Epstein '84, Adam Ro-senblum '83 and Peggy O'Sullivan-Conway '81. Karen Kraus writes that afterspending a year in Germany working as a nan-ny, she backpacked through Europe from Ire-land to Greece. Now, back in the "real world,"Karen works at Lowe Marschalk, an advertis-ing agency.

Lisa Molloy has been serving in thePeace Corps in Zaire, Africa for the past twoyears in their fish management program.Faithful deliveries of the Alumni News fromher parents keep Lisa up to date on her class-mates. And, not to sound corny, but faithfuldelivery of your news keeps everyone up todate on the Class of '88. D Pamela Cher-tok Caine, 223 Bloomfield St., 3C, Hoboken,NJ 07030; Jason McGill, 422 Washington,Ave., Point Richmond, Cal. 94801, (415)232-8648; Jacques Boubli, 40-806 NewportPkwy., Jersey City, NJ 07310.

The summer's mail brought aboon to class correspon-dents—reams of pink, yellow,and green dues renewal sheetsdocumenting the whereabouts of'89ers. Far more gratifying,

though, were newsy letters and notes receivedfrom classmates. Cathy Taylor wrote fromMinnesota, where she is working as a fieldrepresentative for Representative Bill Frenzeland is serving as president of the Cornell Clubof Minnesota. She reports that Eileen Ros-en is working at the Mirage in Las Vegas.Hong Xu works at the Mirage, as well, andKaren Gang is an analyst at the Vegas Hil-ton. Hotelie Paul Schimoler sends wordthat he took a leave of absence from his job inDallas to play club lacrosse and prepare forthe World Games in Australia. Another for-mer Big Red athlete making good is Tom Mc-Hale, who, at last word, is playing for theTampa Bay Buccaneers. He is married toLisa D'Alessandro.

Cornellians are checking in from all overthe world. Marguerite Nogues is a man-agement trainee at the Tokyo Hilton. JoseBaerga is an engineer with a firm in LosPiedras, Puerto Rico. Also in the Caribbean,Tony Sutherland is an assistant at a com-[See page 69 for further news on a classmate.]

modities firm in St. Thomas. Frank Ben-zoni and Jeff Kofsky are both in the PeaceCorps, in Lesotho and Paraguay, respectively.And Luis Chaya is working in the sugarcane business in Cali, Colombia. Closer tohome, but still across the border, KimberleyThompson works for the Canadian govern-ment in Cambridge, Ontario.

In the media world, Gayle Shomer isworking as a free-lance photographer with theAssociated Press in Boston. Jeff Lampe is asports writer with the Decatur (111.) Record-Herald. Adam Goodman is an assistant mu-sic director at Z100-FM in New York, and Er-ic Januzelli is an entertainment writer forthe Phoenixville, (Pa.) Evening Phoenix. Ericoccasionally runs into Linda Chase, who isan underwriter in Philadelphia. Elsewhere inthe City of Brotherly Love, Christine Far-ranee is a PhD candidate in biology at Penn,Melanie Bennett is a research assistant atthe Medical College of Pennsylvania, andBeth Katinsky is a research assistant withPannell Kerr Forster.

Stephen Bernstein works for PannellKerr Forster, too, but in San Francisco. Andalthough most Cornellians seem to have re-mained in the East, there's a critical mass of'89ers on the West Coast. Matthew Berta isstationed with the US Navy in San Francisco.Scott Best is a design engineer at NationalSemiconductor in Santa Clara. David Dun-lap is a computer distributor in Alameda.Lisa Wisser lives in Alameda, as well,where she works as a toxicologist. LisaHague is an engineer in Canoga Park, andKris Hallden writes that she and MicheleLim are classmates at the UC, Davis veterin-ary school.

Still, the center of post-Cornell life seemsto be New York City, where many '89ers areseeking their fortunes in the financial world.Michelle Adelman is a consultant with Ar-thur Andersen, Laurie Agin is a benefitsconsultant at The Equitable, and AndyWeisenfeld is an analyst at Merrill Lynch.Allison Seidman is in personnel with PriceWaterhouse, Debra Schaffel is an under-writer at AIG, and Steven Panzer is a re-search analyst at Paine Webber.

That's all we could squeeze in, thismonth. The Class of '89 is suffering an embar-rassment of riches. The sheer volume of re-sponses has been overwhelming. And with thenews we have, we could probably put out aweekly column! Unfortunately, the magazinebusiness being what it is today, the AlumniNews isn't likely to go weekly. Keep sendingnews, and dues; we'll get it into the columnone way or another. D Daniel Gross, 27West St., #8, Cambridge, Mass. 02139.

In case you're already missingCornell, the verdant hills, thebalmy weather, the gorges, re-joice: Homecoming is at hand.But between the tailgates, thePalms and Rulloffs, and the

game, be sure to keep Sat., Oct. 27,9:30 a.m.,open. That's when Class Head Cheese ScottBeijer has scheduled our first class meetingas alumni. Gather in Hollis E. Cornell Auditor-ium in Goldwin Smith and listen to Scott andthe other class officers talk about all the ex-citing plans for the future. The meeting is sureto be fun-filled, and informative, too.

For instance, you can ask everybody youhaven't heard from in a while how their sum-mers went. Scott can tell you about his trip toLondon (one of the few places with weather ri-valling Ithaca's). But, if Scott's body guardskeep you away, you might direct your queriesto Douglas Onsi, who, along with Jeff Co-hen, was also in London visiting friends. Al-lan Rousselle was in London, too, workingto earn enough money to finance the rest of histrip around Europe. Andrea Panagakisalso said she planned on working for trip-fare.

I hope none of the travelers went to Eur-ope seeking to find themselves in the facelessanonymity of summer European crowds, onlyto find other members of the Class of '90.Among those with plans to invade Europeover the summer were (in no particular order)Carla Nastro, Lauren Berkow,Kimberly Abell, Margaret Mordy, SethLichtenstein, Carolyn Cassin, GregoryGallent, Stephanie Swan, Nicole Akel,Sherry Carpenter, Jennifer Kaplan,James Kumpel, Nicholas Kolias, RisaArin, Rene Barseghian, KimberlyBazar, and Sharon Bender (reportedlytraveling with Melissa Wasserman, LisaWaldman '89, and Lesley Wagner '88).Although travel plans were vague, I reallyhope some Cornellians went to EasternEurope in time to catch the last days of left-wing totalitarianism. Their kids might want tohear about it some day.

The majority of vacationers seemed tohave legitimate plans for their after-Europelife. No so Jeffrey Bershad, who only toldus: "No job—no plans—Europe!" Awright!

On the other hand, we have DanaBlakeslee. After doing the Europe thing,she said, she will lend her talents to the PeaceCorps, come December, mixing exotic localeswith goodwill.

Some other Cornellians went for exotictravel, although we don't know how muchgoodwill they spread. Jennie Chen, for one,spent the summer in Taiwan, while CarrieGallup went even farther down the Pacificbasin to New Zealand and Australia. In con-trast, Richard Loh, who calls Malaysiahome, just wished to take a long vacation, any-where. He should have talked to Marc Lan-dau—all Marc could say is that he wantedtravel somewhere in the summer before retur-ning to Cornell to enter the Master of PublicAdministration Program.

Hey guys, you should've followed Rob-ert Quinn, Maureen O'Neill, MariannePerie, and your own humble correspondent,who just used the summer to see more of thegood oΓ boring USA (in separate cars, as faras I know). Michael Pierce would probablyscoff at us: "Why bother with mechanical con-traptions when you can use muscle power?"he might ask at the October 27 class meeting.While he was waiting to hear from potentialemployers, he was keeping up with bicycleracing. On a bike, a trip around town might beas exciting as a cruise around Europe.

But why take my word? Come to Home-coming, go to the class meeting, and ask thepeople who know. PS: I have to thank the nicefolks at the Silver Surf Motel in Santa Barba-ra, Cal., who let me use their office computerto write this column! D Sam Zia-Zarifi,3640 Cardiff Ave., #110, Los Angeles, Cal.90034.


'13 BA—Sadie M. Britton of Albion, NY,May 17, 1990; retired in 1961 after more than48 years as teacher in Albion High School; ac-tive in professional, community, and alumniaffairs.

'16, CE '17—S. Everett Hunkin ofNaples, Fla., formerly of Cleveland, Ohio,March 6, 1990; retired president and chair-man of Hunkin Conkey Construction; active incommunity affairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon.

'18 BA—Louis Freedman of Hallandale,Fla. formerly of New York City and WhitePlains, NY, April 22,1990; attorney; active inalumni affairs; university benefactor.

'20—Myrtle I. Lawrence of Lew Beach,NY, Oct. 5,1989; was with Simplicity PatternCompany.

'20 ME—William E. Richmond of Evanston, III, Jan. 31, 1990; retired executivewith Automatic Canteen. Sigma Chi.

'21 B A—Kenneth M. Shaw of DownersGrove, 111., April 26, 1990; in sales for manyyears. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

'21 BS Ag—Alfred M. Wolfson of Murray, Ky., April 23, 1990; retired in 1969 after40 years as biology department chairman atMurray State University; active in profession-al and community affairs.

'22 CE—George Brayman of Ft. Lauder-dale, Fla., formerly of Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 3,1990; retired executive with Brayman Con-struction, bridge builders; active in alumni af-fairs.

'22 BA—Henry G. Brown of S. Dayton,NY, Feb. 28, 1990; in insurance for manyyears.

'22 BA—Roberta Wallace Lord of WestGrove, Pa., Dec. 22, 1989. Delta Delta Delta.

'23 BA—Gordon S. Braislin of New YorkCity, April 3, 1990; retired in 1976 as chair-man of Dime Savings Bank; had been presi-dent of Braislin, Porter & Wheelock real es-tate firm for more than 25 years; active in pro-fessional and community affairs.

'23 BA—Alinda Burnham Couper (Mrs.Walter) of Dobbs Ferry, NY, Sept. 6, 1989;musician; retired music teacher; active in pro-fessional affairs.

'23 BS Ag, CE '33—Kenneth L. Rob-erts of Fairfax, Va., May 1, 1990; was engi-neer with Federal Power Commission; activein professional affairs.

'23—Lloyd Stone of Corry, Pa., Dec. 25,1989.

'23 BA—Alice Green Trout (Mrs. Hugh) ofRoanoke, Va., March 7,1990. Alpha OmicronPi.

'24 BA, MD '28—Eben T. Breed of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., formerly of Garden City,NY, March 11, 1990; retired physician; hadbeen surgeon for the Garden City police and

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fire departments for more than 35 years;trustee emeritus of Hofstra University; activein professional affairs.

'24 BS HE—Thala Ball Fuller (Mrs.James) of Georgetown, Texas, Feb. 23, 1990;retired home management supervisor withUS Dept. of Agriculture.

'24 EE—Robert N. Leonard of Scranton,Pa., Nov. 29, 1989.

'24, BS Ag '25—Edna Wood Lyon (Mrs.Kyle A.) of Santa Ana, Cal, March 29, 1990.

'24 ME—John L. Sturges of Worcester,NY, formerly of Scarsdale, NY; Aug. 23,1988; was in sales with Goodyear Tire andRubber Company for many years. Pi KappaAlpha.

'25 BA—Herbert B. Claster of New YorkCity, March 29, 1990; attorney. Pi LambdaPhi.

'25 BA—Thomas L. Stirling of FalmouthForeside, Me., April 12, 1990; retired in 1966as paper industry executive. Kappa Sigma.

'26 BA—Donald E. Meagley of Green-ville, SC, April 11, 1989; manager with Kop-per Co., construction firm, in Pittsburgh, Pa.,for many years.

'26 BA—Louise Beaujon Stone (Mrs.Alan) of Bethesda, Md., Jan. 30, 1990.

'27 BA, JD '29—Sidney J. Berger of Miami Beach, Fla., June 5, 1990; lawyer; formerspecial counsel to the Dade County GrandJury; active in professional affairs; universitybenefactor.

'27—Donald R. Gates of Ocean Grove,NJ, March 13, 1990.

'27 BS Ag—Bertha F. Reifschneider ofJamesburg, NJ, April 7, 1990; retired super-visor with Mobil Oil in New York City.

'27 BS Ag—Helen Speyer of Hastings,NY, May 6, 1990; was mental health worker.

'27 ME—Frank J. Toman of Ft. Myers,Fla., Feb. 11,1990; engineer; active in profes-sional and alumni affairs. Theta Kappa Phi.

'28 BA—Miriam Crego Becker (Mrs.George M.) of Claverack, NY, Nov. 22, 1989.

'28 BA—Irving L. Fiske of Rochester,Vt, April 25, 1990; writer; founder of QuarryHill, a community for artists, writers, andfree-thinkers in Rochester.

'28, BArch '29—John T. Holsman ofBainbridge Island, Wash., Feb. 8, 1989. PhiGamma Delta.

'28—Mildred Leeming Taulane (Mrs. Jo-seph H.) of Maplewood, NJ, Nov. 12, 1989.Alpha Omicron Pi. Husband, Joseph H.Taulane '28.

'28 BChem—J. Frank Thompson ofTempe, Ariz., formerly of Rochester, NY,

Feb. 14, 1990; was a chemist and engineerwith Rochester Gas and Electric for manyyears; active in professional affairs.

'29 ME—Henry J. Botchford Jr. of Ft.Myers, Fla., formerly of Wilmington, Del,April 29, 1990.

'29—Marion A. Eygnor of North Rose,NY, March 23, 1990.

'29—Nils H. Hellstrom of Sound Beach,NY, Dec. 29, 1989; in sales for many years.Zeta Psi.

'29 BS Ag—George C. Hoffman of Ros-well, Ga., Jan. 30, 1984. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

'29 ME—N. Thomas Shelton of Chico,Cal., March 30, 1990; engineer; retired in1974 as executive for Potlatch Forests Inc. af-ter many years; active in professional andcommunity affairs. Lambda Chi Alpha.

'31 BA—Irving D. Shire of Buffalo, NY,March 16, 1990; pianist; was leader of the IrvShire Dance Orchestra for 38 years; had beena teacher of music at the Nichols School inBuffalo.

'30 BA—Alfred L. Abrams of Green Valley, Ariz., Jan. 8, 1990.

'30 BA—Herman R. Agins of New YorkCity, July 10, 1988.

'30 BA—Bluma Jacobs Bassevitch (Mrs.Marcus) of West Hartford, Conn., April 30,1990. Sigma Delta Tau. Husband, MarcusBassevitch '27.

'30—Lindsay P. Hilton of Homer, NY,April 15, 1990.

'30—Edwin W. Jamieson of Springfield,NJ, June 10, 1989; was with Prudential In-surance for many years. Sigma Phi Epsilon.

'30 JD—Arthur D. Unversaw of VeroBeach, Fla., formerly of Indianapolis, Ind.,March 8, 1990; retired as legal editor forTaylor Publishing Company after 42 years.

'31 BS Hotel—H. Glenn Herb of HiltonHead Island, SC, April 15,1990; retired as op-erations executive with Stouffer Foods aftermore than 20 years. Pi Kappa Alpha.

'31 ME—Frank M. Watson of Ft. Wayne,Ind., Feb. 10,1990; engineer with Internation-al Harvester for more than 30 years. Seal &Serpent.

'32-34 SpAg—Wesley B. Morse of Maybrook, NY, June 13, 1988.

'33, BA '36—Bertram T. Brooks ofLynn Haven, Fla., formerly of Asbury Park,NJ, May 2, 1990; retired owner and managerof a chain of ladies' clothing stores; active inprofessional and community affairs. Pi Lamb-da Phi.

'33 BS Ag—Robert H. Hollenbeck ofLake George, NY, April 2, 1990; former own-er of Pedrick's Glass Garden Florist, retired in

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1975 after many years; active in professionaland community affairs. Delta Chi.

'34—Albert T. Day of San Diego, Cal.,January 1988.

'34 BA—Walter B. Hirsh of Clifton, NJ,Dec. 3, 1987.

'34 BS HE—Marjory Smith Scott (Mrs.Robert W.) of Tulsa, Okla., Feb. 17,1990; re-tired school teacher; active in community af-fairs.

'34—Noah H. Van Wormer of Cohocton,NY, Dec. 27, 1989.

'35 BA—William D. Dugan of Hamburg,NY, April 15, 1990; physician. Phi DeltaTheta. Wife, Ruth (Harder) '35.

'35—George A. Rothfuss of Madison,Wise., July 12, 1988.

'35 MD—Chauncey L. Royster of Ra-leigh, NC, Feb. 15, 1990; physician.

'35, BArch '36—John D. Spaeth Jr. ofSeattle, Wash., April 18, 1989. Psi Upsilon.

'36, ME '37—Albert G. Beyerle of Anna-polis, Md., Dec. 1, 1989.

'36 BSHE—Dorothy Burton Cramer(Mrs. Ralph) of Elmira, NY, Dec. 18, 1989.Kappa Delta.

'38—Walter L. Fleisher Jr. of New City,NY, March 13, 1990; conservationist; engi-neer specializing in heating and cooling sys-tems; active in community affairs.

'36 ME, MME '45—Samuel K. WolcottJr. of Penn Yan, NY, Feb. I/, 1990; retired in1986 after 36 years as executive of SenecaFoods; engineer and inventor; active in profes-sional and community affairs. Sigma Nu.

'37, BA '47, MBA '48—Charles E.Benton of Bethesda, Md., Nov. 22, 1989.

'37—Barton R. Stevenson of Youngs-town, Ohio, Dec. 8, 1988.

'38 BChem, ChemE '39—Frank W.Bo wen of West Chester, Pa., formerly of To-ledo, Ohio, Feb. 19,1990; chief chemical engi-neer with Sun Oil in Toledo for many years.Alpha Chi Rho.

'38 BS Ag—David H. Dudgeon of Hes-peria, Cal., Oct. 2, 1989; retired in 1978 after23 years as sanitarian for Los Angeles County.Wife, Myrta (Munn) '40.

'39 BA—Marjorie Stodart Hendrick ofDelmar, NY, Dec. 20, 1989; was a teacher.

'41 PhD—Lowell W. Nielsen of Raleigh,NC, Aug. 9,1988; plant pathology professor atNorth Carolina State University for manyyears.

'42 MCE—Arturo Botero-Hoyos ofManizales, Colombia, Nov. 8, 1985.

'43 BS Hotel—Henry W. Boiling ofProspect Heights, 111., March 17, 1990; ex-ecutive with Boilings Inc., restaurant firm.Sigma Nu.

'45, BA '49—Wendall E. Blanchard ofCanastota, NY, June 22, 1990; with MadisonCounty ARC.

'45, BA '44—Judith Ellen Loeb Wanderof Menands, NY, June 6,1989; had worked inreal estate. Alpha Epsilon Phi.

'47—Louis R. Dudley of Gloucester, Va.,July 20, 1987.

'47 PhD—Eunice Matthey Dufour ofNew York City, March 19, 1990; retired in1985 as childhood education professor atBrooklyn College; active in professional af-fairs.

'47 BS ME—Ralph R. Herniman of EastAurora, NY, Aug. 15, 1988; engineer. PhiKappa Psi.

'48 BS Ag—Albert N. Abelson of Auro-ra, Colo., June 1,1990; retired US Army colo-nel; former commander of Navajo (Ariz.) Ar-my Depot; active in community affairs.

'48 BS Ag—Charlotte J. Avers of Som-erset, NJ, March 6,1990; biology professor atRutgers University for 30 years; author ofseveral textbooks and many research articles;active in professional affairs.

'48 BME—Sanford Berman of Rich-mond, Cal., Feb. 26,1990; retired president ofCustomline Control Panels, engineering firm.Alpha Epsilon Pi.

'48 BS AE—Keith W. Cramblet of SantaAna, Cal., March 21,1990. Phi Kappa Sigma.

'48 BChemE—Leonard W. Steiger Jr.of Danville, Cal., Feb. 1,1990; had been chem-ist with Quaker Oats Co.; active in profession-al, community, and alumni affairs. Alpha ChiSigma. Wife Eleanor (Gaynor) '48.

'49 BS Ag—William R. Fritts of DarienCenter, NY, March 1, 1990; teacher.

'50 PhD—Stanley J. Slinger of Guelph,Ont, Canada, Jan. 3, 1990.

'52 BA—John A. Bengough of Brent-wood, Tenn., April 13,1990; was with IngramIndustries in Nashville.

'52 BA—Virginia Stephenson Bovard(Mrs. James P.) of Westport, Conn., July 20,1989. Husband, James P. Bovard '53.

'52 PhD—Thomas E. Roberts of Wil-mington, Del., November 1985.

'53 BA—C. Dickie Williamson of Ft.Worth, Texas, May 17, 1990; chairman andCEO of Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing,clothing firm, for 30 years; active in alumni af-fairs. Delta Kappa Epsilon.

'54—Selden E. Ball of Perryville, Md.,

Dec. 18,1989; retired in 1986 after more than20 years with Hercules Inc.

'55 BS Ag, MBA '59—James H. Ben-son of Bethel, Conn., July 2,1987. Wife, Noel(Alexander) '54.

'55 BA, LLB '57—Robert F. Randle ofDanbury, Conn., Feb. 13, 1989.

'55, BME'56, MBA '58—Alan H.Spindler of Davenport, Iowa, April 5,1990;industrial engineer, instructor, consultant,and researcher for the Army ManagementEngineering College (Rock Island Arsenal,111.); active in community and alumni affairs.Psi Upsilon.

'55 BS Ag, PhD '62—Marie L. Vorbeckof Columbia, Mo., Nov. 24, 1986; pathologyprofessor at University of Missouri School ofMedicine for many years.

'57 BA—Cecil R. Good of Brooklyn, NY,May 1990; active in community affairs.

'57 MS ILR—David Singer of New YorkCity, March 20,1990; economics professor atHofstra University and Kingsborough Collegefor 20 years.

'57, BS Ag '59—Leigh E. St. John Jr. ofOverland Park, Kans., formerly of Ithaca,NY, May 2, 1990; retired in 1981 after 23years as analytical chemist at Cornell.

'58, BArch '60—Peter T. Schneck ofRome, Italy, May 7,1990; architect; principaldesigner, Costa Smeralda resort, Sardinia.

'59—Robert A. Allison HI of Scottsdale,Ariz., formerly of Buffalo, NY, Aug. 10,1989.

'59 BA—Robert S. Amdursky of Harri-son, NY, May 22, 1990; adjunct professor atNew York University Law School; specialistin public finance law; active in alumni affairs.

'59 BCE—Richard P. Spiro of Brick-town, NJ, May 4, 1990.

'62, BS ILR '63—Robert S. Lamson ofNewington, NH, June 4, 1985.

'63 B A—Robert F. Levy of Soquel, Cal.,April 28, 1990; editor-reporter for San JoseMercury News for 15 years.

'70 BA—John D. Soper of Indianapolis,Ind., Sept. 20, 1988; linguist; translator forRadio Liberty of Radio Free Europe.

'78 BS Ag—Richard J. Ripberger of Tal-bott, Tenn., April 7, 1988.

'79 BS Ag—Kevin C. Shank of New YorkCity, April 28, 1990; horticulture director forthe Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

'81 BA—Lianne A. Ritter of Rockland,Me., May 24, 1990,

'85 BS HE—Carol R. Weiss of Ithaca,NY, formerly of East Meadow, NY, May 6,1990; social worker.


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FRIENDSWHO HELPTHEMUSEUM

Carved wooden sculpture purchasedby Friends for the Johnson Museumof Art. The 'Portrait of a Seated Bud-dhist Priest'is a fifteenth centurywork from Japan.

GHINGER

BY ANDREA STRONGWATER

The Friends of the Herbert F.Johnson Museum was re-formed about two years ago bya small group of alumni whohave a long standing interest in

the museum and the arts at Cornell.The new group raises funds to

purchase works of art for the muse-um (currently the university allocatesno money for this purpose) and actsas a public relations arm for the muse-um. The museum needs to be betterknown in general and in the art worldspecifically. Events focus on educat-ing members about the museum andits holdings as well as art in generaland the marketplace.

Past events have included a for-mal English tea at the National Aca-demy of Design during the exhibit ofDavid Johnson's work which was or-

ganized at the Johnson Museum, anda panel on women artists at NancyHoffman's gallery in Soho and a re-ception at the Spanierman Gallery,both in New York City, when galleryand museum staff discussed Ameri-can Impressionism.

Each year the Friends are alsohosted to a weekend in Ithaca. Theweekend includes the museum's an-nual black tie dinner and visits to localartists. This year we also saw Cyranode Bergerac at the new Center forTheater Arts and enjoyed a dinner inits flexible theater.

Planning of events is done duringsmall meetings open to all Friendswhich are held approximately everysix weeks in the home of one of theNew York City Friends.

Our first year's purchases, chos-en by voting by all Friends, were asculptural portrait of a seated Japa-

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nese priest and a print by EdouardVuillard. This year's purchase will bedecided at our annual meeting De-cember 4 at the Berry Hill Gallery inManhattan.

Also planned this year are a din-ner for new Friends at the home ofBill '45 and Isabel Mayer Berley '47on October 2 (the Berleys collect awide variety of contemporary art) anda reception November 18 at the homeof Bill Brill who will show us his col-lection of African Art.

Under discussion is a springevent to visit some alumni who arenow successful sculptors, in theirdowntown lofts. And, of course, thenext visit to Ithaca in April 1991.

Anyone can become a Friend bydonating $250 or more to the pur-chase fund. For more information orinvitations to any event please con-tact Andrea Strongwater 70, (212)873-0905 or Jill Hartz at the museum(607) 255-6464.

Joe DriscollJoseph Driscoll Jr. '44, MBA '49 diedJune 27 in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania,at the age of 66. A loving obituary inthe Ithaca Journal was subtitled, "Mr.Cornell," which pretty well summa-rized the life of the man.

He was a native Ithacan, startedcollege, served as a B-29 navigator inWorld War II, and earned a BA and anMBA after his return. He worked forScott Paper Company for thirty-fiveyears, retiring eight years ago as ex-ecutive in charge of its managementinformation system.

Joe Driscoll was a warm heartedbachelor who made a second full-timejob of helping his alma mater. In duecourse he raised funds for the Man-agement school, was director of theCornell Club of Philadelphia, andpresident variously of his undergrad-uate alumni class, of alumni of theManagement school, of a group of an-nual returnees known as the Continu-ous Reunion Club, of the Associationof Class Officers, and of the parentCornell Alumni Association.

Sam Bookbinder '57 of Philadel-phia observed that Driscoll "workedtirelessly for Cornell. He knew andwas on a first-name basis with every

well known Cornellian there is." Hehad no trouble recruiting others,Bookbinder said; "Here's a guy whodid so much, how could you say no tohim."

125th in DCWashington, DC will be host to thesecond event of the university's 125thanniversary celebration, a day-longprogram September 22 on "Science,Policy, and the Environment."

Dean David Call '54 of the Col-lege of Agriculture and Life Scienceswill moderate a panel of faculty whowill discuss the subject. They areProfessors James Lassoie, chairman,and Barbara Bedford, naturalresources; and David Winkler,ecology and systematics.

Invitations are going to alumni inMaryland, Virginia, the District ofColumbia, and Delaware, and to a se-lect group of high school students,teachers, and counselors.

Similar events are planned forTaipei November 1, Tokyo Novem-ber 7, Hong Kong November 9, andSeoul November 13. Next year's

schedule includes events in ChicagoFebruary 9, Boston March 30, and abirthday celebration April 24 inIthaca that will be available bysatellite to alumni clubs around thecountry. Another event will be held atReunion June 8 in Ithaca, and a con-cluding program October 11-13 in SanFrancisco and at Stanford that will in-clude the Stanford-Cornell footballgame on October 12.

They're No. 1The Cornell Class of 1950 appears tohave broken the all-time record forgifts by an alumni class to a universi-ty. A class at Yale held the record un-til this year, in the $7 million range.The July Pennsylvania Gazette an-nounced Penn's Class of '65 raised$10,196,000 this year.

At Reunion this year, Cornell '50had raised $8.8 million. Sam Johnsonsaid if his classmates reached $9million, he'd add another $1 million.They did, with room to spare, for a to-tal of $10,400,000 at the end of the fis-cal year.

The '50 effort was led by Fund

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representatives Sally Stroup deGrootand Warren Harms and Barrie Som-merfield, major gifts chairman.

Admissions Aidefor Alumni

Elizabeth Giles '86 occupies a newposition in the office of Alumni Af-fairs designed to help alumni off-spring who are considering applyingto Cornell for admission. She willwork with prospective students andtheir families through the applicationprocess and inform students aboutthe Cornell of the 1990s.

The children of alumni may thinkthey know all about Cornell from vis-iting once or twice with parents, Gilessays. "I want to work with studentsto see if this is really the right placefor them."

She is planning to set up informa-tion workshops during Homecomingand Reunion for parents and prospec-tive students. 'These sessions are agood place to find out what the admis-sions community is looking for—re-gardless of whether or not theychoose Cornell."

Her phone is (607) 255-2390 andaddress, 626 Thurston Avenue, Itha-ca 14850.

Trustee PetitionsThe Office of Alumni Affairs an-nounced a new arrangement anddeadline for alumni who wish to runfor the Board of Trustees inde-pendently of the process under whicha committee endorses four can-didates. The office's announcement:

"Each year the Cornell AlumniAssociation's Committee on AlumniTrustee Nominations endorses fouralumni for election to two seats on theboard. The names of these four alum-ni appear on the annual ballot.

"If any alumni wish to run for theboard independently of the endorse-ment process, they must secure thesignatures of 100 of their fellow alum-ni on nominating petitions. To appearon the ballot for the election con-

Cornell ClassifiedReal Estate

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CANDOR, NY—Sprawling 13-room ranch, 4V2baths, 5 bedrooms, 2 kitchens, 5-car garage,separate private office; central air, 80 acres.E.R.A., Sumner Agency; By appointment only,(717) 888-2424.

TWO NEW HAMPSHIRE TREE FARMS-2hrs. from Boston, abutting State RhododendronPark and Little Monadnock Mountain. Both underforest management 20-plus years, and are underconservation easement to continue, except forHOMESITE ACREAGE. 1,295 acres, including42-acre homesite-$600,000. Timber inventory$580,000 will double in about 14 years.631 acres, including 66-acre homesite-$350,000.Timber inventory $290,000 will double in about 14years. Looking for a buyer who would build a homein the country and manage the forest to pay for it.Survey, forest maps and inventories available. Al-so services of the man who has managed it. TREEGROWERS, INC., P.O. Box 58, Keene, NH03431. (603) 357-1971.

CAYUGA LAKE-Breathtaking bluff home siteswith panoramic views and lake access includingboathouse and permanent moorings. Prices from$24,900 for five acres. Easy owner financing. (914)786-3790.

ITHACA—Picture-book farm among the New-field hills. 161 acres, 2 houses, big red barn, work-

ing sugarbush. $450,000. David Donner '60, SalesRep., Dick Wilsen Real Estate, (607) 257-1123,(607) 257-4368 evenings.

RentalsSAN FRANCISCO'S FINEST SMALL HOTEL—Hotel Vintage Court. Home of Masa's Restau-rant. Alumni discounts available. Informa-tion/Reservations 1-800-654-1100.

ST. JOHN, USVI-Fabulous private home nearbeach. Peaceful. Furnished. Box 12287, St.Thomas, VI00801. (809) 775-4266.

LONDON, ENGLAND-Luxury self-cateringapartments in the heart of Mayfair. We offer youthe comfort and privacy of a recently convertedperiod Georgian town house. Please contact BritishBreaks, Ltd., P.O. Box 1176, Middleburg, Virginia22117, USA. Telephone (703) 687-6971. Fax (703)687-6291.

KAUAI, HAWAII COTTAGES-Peace. Palms.Paradise. Cozy Tropical Getaway. (808) 822-2321.

STJOHN-Qiiiet elegance, 2 bedrooms, deck,pool, spectacular view. Off-season rates. (508)668-2078.

Help WantedATTENTION: EASY WORK, EXCELLENTPAY! Assemble products at home. Details. (602)838-8885, Ext. W-16541.

MiscellaneousSINGLE BOOKLOVERS Nationwide Established1970. Write SBL, Box 117, Gradyville, PA 19039or call (215) 358-5049.

WantedBASEBALL memorabilia, cards, POLITICALPins, Ribbons, Banners, AUTOGRAPHS,STOCKS, BONDS wanted. High prices paid. PaulLongo, Box 490-K, South Orleans, MA 02662.

ducted in the spring of 1991, thesesigned petitions must be received byAlumni House, 626 Thurston Ave-nue, Ithaca, New York 14850 no laterthan Monday, November 12, 1990."

We'll All Have...A group of alumni has acquired thecorporate rights to the name Zinck's,according to a report in this issue'sClass of 1955 notes. The group plansto open a bar in Ithaca. Zinck's was afavorite student bar in downtown Ith-aca for many years.

The Wooden IndianHarold Jansen, a writer for the IthacaJournal, told the story of the woodenIndian princess used as a football tro-phy by Cornell and Dartmouth in thelate 1930s. He devoted a chapter ofThis Way to Podunk, published byVantage Press, to "On the Trail of theWooden Indian."

The six-foot carved princess wasgiven by Harry Gordon '15 and class-mates as a trophy for the annual gamein 1938. Soon after it was stolen fromSchoellkopf. After several years itwas returned, and passed back andforth, held by the school that won thelast game. Jansen wrote in themid-'50s that by 1950 athletic direc-tors of the two schools had substi-tuted a small trophy and retired thebig one to the archives at Dartmouth.

In 1988 Dartmouth offered to re-turn the tall trophy to Cornell. "Withthe de-emphasis of the Dartmouth In-dian symbol, she has been banishedto the attic through no fault of herown." Cornell declined the offer(February 1989 and May 1990 Alum-ni News).

Margaret Tallmadge May, MA'25 died June 17 in Ithaca at the ageof 94. She was a research scholar atthe university for more than thirtyyears, best known for her translationfrom the Greek of Galen on the Use-fulness of the Parts of the Body, forwhich she won the Pfizer Award inthe history of science and the WelchMedal in the history of medicine.

September 1990

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Triphammer Bridge gets a new surface and no traffic atthe end of the summer, midpoint in a City of Ithaca re-pair job that began the Monday after Reunion and is ex-pected to end some time next month.

This view is from the Baker Lab knoll, looking northtoward Balch Hall. Walkers use a footbridge near Trip-hammer Falls, and motorists divert to Forest Home to theeast or the Stewart Avenue Bridge to the west.


THE CORNELL LAMPOnce again, Sirrica, Ltd. announces theavailability of the popular CornellUniversity Lamp. This beautifullydesigned commemorative lamp symbolizesthe image of excellence, tradition andhistory that has been established atCornell University.

The craftsmen at Sirrica, Ltd. havecreated this 22" hand polished, solid brassdesk lamp which will provide lasting styleand beauty for generations. The OfficialUniversity Seal is richly detailed in goldon a black parchment shade. The lampfeatures a black marble base andcenterpiece as well and shall serve as ahandsome reminder of your days on thecampus and the ensuing fellowship, fun,and achievements.

Since you can purchase your lamp directlyfrom Sirrica, Ltd. you can own it forsignificantly less than similar lampspurchased in custom brass shops.

You can have your lamp personalized withan engraved brass plate affixed to themarble base. Include full name, year ofgraduation and degree.

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