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60 | Warm good wishes to Michaelin Reamy and David Watts, who celebrated their marriage with a ring exchange ceremony in November at the Santa Lucia Preserve in Carmel, CA. The happy event was attended by their nine children, nine sons- and daughters-in-law, and 13 grandchildren, along with Cornellians who came from around the country to help celebrate, including Becky (Quinn) and Jim Morgan, MBA '63, of Menlo Park, CA, Dan '58 and Barbara Cyrus Martin of Hartsdale, NY, Gretchen Zahm Babarovic of Greenwich, CT, Margaret Osmer-McQuade of New York City, and Ginny (Buchanan) '61 and Willis Clark of Fort Wayne, IN. The 32-squaremile wildlife preserve has special meaning for Michaelin and Dave, who re-met there through their involvement in the early stages of its development. Michaelin designed and furnished the interiors of its handsome central building, and Dave, the CEO of Granite Construction, built its many miles of winding roads. The newlyweds live in Menlo Park, CA, and are building a vacation house in St. George Island, FL.

Two classmates recently received recognition by major organizations in their professional fields. William Henry of Sequim,WA,manager of a water resources engineering firm, was named president-elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers and will assume the presidency in fall 2004. John Alfano, an attorney who has been city court judge for the City of Rye for many years, was elected secretary-treasurer of the NY State Assn. of City Court Judges.

Class VP Bill Fisher, PhD '68, writes that he is extremely busy teaching and writing during his so-called "retirement years."He is on the faculty at the U. of Central Florida, where he holds the Darden Eminent Scholar Chair, and has just finished a second book, entitled "Case Studies in Commercial Foodservice." Bill and Yvonne live in Oviedo, FL, and make frequent trips north to see family and friends. Dan Crabbe, MBA '62, writes that he is also still working hard, "after selling my company two years ago, in hopes of resuscitating my retirement income." Dan and wife Nancy live in Toms Rivers, NJ. Also in the still-working category is Laurence Dornstein of Beverly Hills, CA, who continues his law practice defending companies and insurance carriers against personal injury claims. Larry's wife Judith is an attorney in the field of entertainment law, and their daughter Courtney, a recent graduate of the U. of Pennsylvania, "is traveling the world," says Larry.

Janice Petro Billings of Corona del Mar, CA, retired in June 2003 after 43 years in education, the last eight of them spent in Anaheim. She and husband Ross then took a long trip to Europe, where they discovered previously unknown relatives in Italy and stayed with them, which was, says Jan, "a miracle."Another recent retiree is Robert Wulf, BArch '61, of Oakland, CA, who is now busy designing a house for himself in Sea Ranch, CA, but notes that "essay writing is still a remote possibility."

Susan Cowan Jakubiak of Potomac, MD, writes that she and Henry are "very much retired tired; that is, very busy but not getting paid." The Jakubiaks' primary focus is leisure travel, and their recent trips have taken them to French Polynesia, where they made dives, says Susan, "in the strongest currents we have ever experienced and yet lived to tell the tale," and also to Italy, Prague, Budapest, and Vienna, and to several places in the Eastern US."My motto is obvious," she says: "Have toothbrush, will travel." Susan and Sue Shank both wrote that the Washington, DC, group of '60 women continues to be very active visiting local museums and historic sites, and they invite out-of-town classmates to join them whenever they are in the vicinity. Susan can be reached at scj9905aut@hotmail.com.

Anne Rothenthaler Vendramin wrote from Italy how sorry she was to hear about the death of Marilyn Miller Roche, who was her Cornell roommate for two years. "She was an outstanding person," says Anne, "and a real pleasure to room with and have as a friend." Anne made a trip to Melbourne, Australia, in April 2003 to visit Carol Treman des Cognets and husband Archer '57, MBA '60, and is planning a sojourn in Boston in Spring 2004, where she will catch up with Toddy Dwyer and Tussie Abbott Williams. Anne has a new e-mail address in Venice, Rothenthaler@virgilio.it, and says she'd love to hear from any classmates who'd care to drop her a line. Also welcoming communication from classmates who live in the area or are visiting is Elaine Smith Schwartz of West Palm Beach, FL, UUA1@aol.com. Elaine moved to Florida several years ago when husband Stuart '58 retired from his medical practice in Utica. The Schwartzes are now traveling a good deal and sharpening their expertise in duplicate bridge (both are now Life Masters) and golf (allegedly both have had several holes-in-one).

A cheerful report came in from first-time grandparent Jon Steinberg of Potomac, MD, whose daughter Amy presented him and wife Shellie with granddaughter Heather in September 2002. "We are having a wonderful time helping out with her care," says Jon, "while Amy returns to work part-time as a physical therapist. Grandparenting is, indeed, grand!" Also delighted with her first grandchild is class officer Margaret McPhee Miano, MS '61, whose son Stephen '88 and wife Sue are the parents of Michael, born in March 2002. Margaret also reports that she and Ralph, PhD '62, had recent visits at their home in New Providence,NJ, from classmates Byrd Avery Lochtie of Eureka, CA, and Lois Lundberg Carter of Pine City.

Frank Critelli writes from Slate Hill that "one son is married; two more children to go." Daughter Alicia '00, MPS '01, has settled in Rumford, ME, where she works for Mead Paper, and son Jamie is living temporarily at the family home after four years as an officer in the Army. Frank's wife Judy is a nurse at a hospital in Middletown, and Frank, retired, is busy doing household projects and planning the Critellis' next cruise. "I wish everyone well and look forward to our next reunion," says Frank.

Family gatherings involving travel have been much on the recent schedule of Ron "Obie"Obermeyer, ME '62, of Fairfax,VA. One daughter was married in Sacramento, CA, in April 2002, and the subsequent months included visits with their son and his family in Anchorage, AK, and with the family of his other daughter, who gave birth to the Obermeyers' sixth grandchild in April 2003. Send news to-- Judy BryantWittenberg, 146 Allerton Rd.,Newton, MA 02461; e-mail, jw275@cornell.edu.

61 | Teachers College at Columbia U. is creating an endowed scholarship fund in memory of our late classmate Judith Berman Brandenburg, professor of psychology and education and the first woman dean at Teachers College (1985-1994). The fund will make an award each year in perpetuity to support a Brandenburg scholar in the field of psychology. Classmates interested in participating may contact the Associate Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving at Teachers College.

Peggy Monkmeyer Mastroianni, associate legal counsel at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, was elected a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Law. She also received the Lefkowitz Public Service Award from Fordham U. John Swanson, ME '63, president of Swanson Analysis Services, was named to an honorary membership in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for lifetime service and because of his pioneering work in the application of "finite-element methods" in engineering. John, who resides in The Villages, FL, developed the widely-used ANSYS computer code.

Ellen Brock Narins is active in the Aurora, NY,Historical Society, which oversees the Elbert Hubbard-Roycroft Museum and the Millard Fillmore Home. Ellen's three children are all active in various medical fields. Skip Picking '60, MBA '62, husband of classmate Adelle (Case), was inducted into the Johnston, PA, Business Hall of Fame. Skip sold his air-conditioning business to York International, and now devotes his time to serving the community, including a bank board, a hospital board, the United Way, and singing in the church choir. He also enjoys canoeing, kayaking, golf, biking, and skiing in Steamboat Springs. Adelle operates a real estate sales firm. The Pickings' travel itineraries include visits to daughter Liz '90, MS '97, in Minneapolis and son Dan and his family in Wellesley, MA.

John Sobke and wife Marilyn are living in retirement at The Landings in Savannah, GA. He stays busy with Rotary, the church, golf, and playing the flute (in the community band). Attending daughter Allison's wedding in Massachusetts last summer were Jack '60 and Pat Laux Richards, Sandy and Robin Bissell, and Pat and Dick Tatlow. Following the grand affair, the Sobkes and the Richardses went on a Loire Valley barge cruise. "Life is good!" exclaims John.

Vic Levinson and son Nick have an investment advisory business. Son Tom has written All That's Holy, which discusses the views of Americans about faith and religion.Marcie and Doug Heymann received a Thanksgiving visit from Susie and Lonn Heymann '90 and their new grandson Abe. Doug is associate chairman and chief of general surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. Gary and Marilyn Schur Hellinger '63 celebrated their 40th anniversary with a trip to Florence, along with Archie and Susan Kurzon Goldin '63. In October, the Hellingers welcomed their 11th grandchild.

Marcia Kessler Weiss and husband Ron are spending this winter touring South Africa. She enrolled in the NH Inst. of Art two years ago, and now devotes many hours to designing and fabricating jewelry. Her collection was shown at the Nashua Symphony Boutique last month. The Weisses, who have five grandchildren, see Jim, PhD '65, and Tammy Greenburg Goell, M Ed '63 (Tammy and Marcia were roommates junior year). Now retired, Bill Drake and wife Helen visit her family each summer in Yorkshire, England. They attended the "Dog Trials at Sandringham" along with the Queen last year (Bill trains English cocker spaniels). David Cantor is still practicing oral surgery and was honored as a "distinguished practitioner."He and wife Karen traveled to the Canadian Rockies last summer. Their son Brian '92 is a general surgeon, and son Neil '94 received his MBA from MIT.

Marlene Alpert Tein was so successful in losing weight on a "six week body makeover" that she was asked to film an infomercial (with other "real people") for the program in Los Angeles. She had lots of fun on the project, which guarantees 30 lbs. in six weeks, and now her friends can look for her on TV. She and husband Arnold are the grandparents of Paulina Tein and Gabriela Ortega (daughter of Naomi Tein '90). Virginia Wolf Peticolas and husband Warner of Eugene, OR, have six grandchildren. In retirement, the Peticolases have an avid interest in opera, which has taken them to Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Paris (where they saw Les Troyens). They are both active skiers and tennis players.

Robert Stamper and wife Naomi have three grandchildren. As a guest lecturer, Robert presented research results in France, Florida, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Africa during the past year. At the last stop, the Stampers spent a week at a game preserve. Stephen Tipton and wife Sally celebrated the marriage of their daughter Debby to Shi-Ling Hsu at the New England Aquarium. Their first granddaughter, Elizabeth, was born to older daughter Becca and husband John Hiebert. Gerald Schneider is a director of the Radio History Society, which operates a radio and TV museum in Bowie, MD.He enjoys collecting vintage radios and TV sets, and is an active graduate alumnus of the Union Institute and U.

Bob Lurcott, BArch '62, MRP '68, notes that our class may have set records in terms of service and contributions to Cornell.With so many significant alumni offices in the hands of classmates, he may very well be right. Need we say: one of the greatest classes in Cornell history! -- David S. Kessler, dsk15@cornell.edu.

62 | Robert McBride (debbobwk@adelphia.net) knows how to start off a column: he claims to have read every one of this writer's columns for over 40 years. Thanks, Bob! Retirement life continues to treat Bob and Debbie very well, as they enjoy rural life on their 15-acre 1813 farm in Harrison, ME. Bob is active in the Lions Club and a member of the town's Appeals Board, while Debbie works on the upcoming town bicentennial celebration in 2005. Fun time includes Bob's expanding civil war memorabilia collection, photography, cruising the Maine coast in their new Wilbur lobster cruiser, and selling antiques in a multi-shop in Maine. Two golden retrievers share the farm and their lives. "Have not made it back to Cornell in years, but hope to visit this next spring and will give serious thought to 2007. Are dogs welcome?"

Also retired is Kenneth Earle, who, with wife JoAnn, spends seven months of the year sailing their boat in Bermuda and the Bahamas and along the East Coast. Both also are volunteer consultants in eastern Europe and South America.Home base is Waseca, MN. A November note from Carol Shaw Andresen (candre sen@triad.rr.com): "Our seventh grandchild was born this morning to daughter Nancy and husband Allen Jones in Atlanta. They have named him Stewart Allen. Sister Carly, 3, doesn't know what hit her." Their sixth grandchild arrived in September. Six of the seven were born in the past three years; Carol and Fred '59 have been busy grandparents traveling from Greensboro to Atlanta, where "all seven little gifts live."

The Wall Street Journal reports that Michael Egan has decided to "reinvent" theglobe.com, the Internet company founded by two Cornell students that became famous for its spectacular rise in the Internet boom and its equally spectacular fall in the dot-com bust. Theglobe.com was founded in a Cornell dorm room in 1993 by Stephan Paternot and Todd Krizelman, both Class of '96. Version 2 of the company is offering an Internet phone service. Paternot is working on a screenplay of his autobiography, A Very Public Offering, and hopes to play himself in the movie, the Journal says.

A timely note from Pat Yoder Arney (info@italyvilla.com) reveals that she travels from Sicklerville, NJ, to Italy once or twice a year to inspect villas and apartments that she rents through her vacation-rental business,Villa Vacation Travel Inc. "Of course I also take pleasure side trips while there." Kenneth and Yvonne Schot Hannan remain in NYC, where Kenneth has his own business. Their son also lives in New York, and their daughter is in California.

Don Juran's 3-days-per-week ("the ideal number") consultancy at the FBI ended in November when the project budget was slashed. Don (drj5@cornell.edu) uses the newfound extra time for composing and constructing softball schedules.His rookie season as senior coed softball league commissioner was a success: despite many rule changes and record rainfall, play was completed smoothly and nearly on schedule. Both softball teams he manages took second in their division. Don had his best Maryland Senior Olympics to date: gold in the mile walk and table tennis doubles, silver in table tennis singles and softball. In the performing arts, Don played Nestor in Troilus and Cressida and is now rehearsing as Lord Stanley in Richard III. Two of his compositions premiered this year, a Rosh Hashanah piece at synagogue and "The Miracle of Hanukkah," performed by chamber chorus Convivium at its December concerts. The Jurans have done some hiking with Peter and Nona Okun Rowat. Nona reports that she completed hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. She works part-time as a family doctor in both San Diego and Vancouver, BC. Peter does research in computational neuroscience.

Hawaii's new governor recognized talent when she saw it and has appointed Jane Barrows Tatibouet to the Board of Regents of the U. of Hawaii. Jane and Andre have moved into their new home up on the Waikiki side of Diamond Head. Their home was designed by Francis Oda '63, BArch '64. Jane and daughter Cecily '95 sold their Cape Cod restaurant, and Cecily is now in administration for the Fogg Museums at Harvard. "Her joy is the original Monet hanging over her desk!" A request comes from Charlotte Loewy Rubin. She'd like to receive e-mail from classmates at clrubin@aol.com. Charlotte and Bob '60 live in Brooklyn, where she works with disabled students at the NYC College of Technology. As technology coordinator, Charlotte hires students to teach the use of assistive technology. The Rubins' daughter and son-in-law, Craig and Debbi Rubin Wolfarth, both '85, have adopted a boy and girl from South Korea. Charlotte reports that Amy Smith Bryant has moved to Florida, where she is working part-time.

And a request from your correspondent: I'd like to receive e-mail from classmates, too! Or snail mail, or phone calls. It's the little things that can be most interesting to your fellow classmates, and they hope you'll share! -- Jan McClayton Crites, 2779 Dellwood Dr., Lake Oswego, OR 97034-6721; e-mail, jmc50@cornell.edu.

63 | Imagine thinking ahead to our 45th Reunion in 2008! It's a little scary, but it will eventually be here. The really good news is that Marijane BeattieWatson has agreed to be our chairperson. Thanks, Marijane, for saying yes! We hope that those of you she calls upon will also say yes to helping her. Anyone interested in helping can e-mail her at pa_watson@lgca.org.

After our 40th Reunion, Warren '62 and I visited family and friends on the East Coast. We spent a few hours with Ed '60 and Ruth Morgan Kaufman '62, MA '63. Ruth was my junior year roommate and sorority sister. Their daughters are both graduates of Princeton. Anna received her MLA from Harvard and is currently with Hargreaves Associates in Cambridge, MA. Laurie is also a graduate of the Fashion Inst. of Technology in New York City and has started a pursemaking business called Lorelei Designs.

A letter from Madeleine Leston Meehan is always a treat. She had three drawings of Caribbean musicians and dancers produced in The Caribbean Writer, Volume 17 (2003), edited by Marvin Williams '77, MFA '87. She was also happy to see her husband, who is on long-term duty with the US Navy. The Navy of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (where Madeleine lives) will host and honor the USCG cutter Mohawk, which is electronically empowered by her husband Jim Welker. Keith Olin, DVM '67, is retired and has had trips to Florida to see friends and relatives, as well as New England to see his children. He and wife Robin like to garden and go antiquing. They have five children and seven grandchildren.

John,MBA '62, and Susan Seyler Speirs are lucky to live in Wimbledon near London. Both of them are retired. Susan stays busy taking art, history, and painting/drawing classes in central London. Last spring they traveled to Florida and Florence, Italy. Ned and Suzie Young Allen were one of many '63 couples celebrating their 40th wedding anniversaries in 2003. They celebrated by traveling around the world on a private chartered jet, and visited the Amazon, the Galapagos Islands, Easter Island, Samoa, the Great Barrier Reef, Papua New Guinea, Borneo, the Seychelles, the Serengeti, and the Canary Islands. Wow! Neil, MD '69, and Edie Osborne Kochenour celebrated their 40th with a trip to London. They were also at reunion. Edie retired last June after 25 years as administrator of the Counseling Center at U. of Utah.

Dick '59 and Pat Podolec Fontecchio also celebrated their 40th in 2003. The Fontecchios are active in Cornell affairs. They attended Assn. of Class Officers (CACO) Mid-Winter Meeting in NYC last January with Dick, BS '65, and Betty Card Lynham. They also attended the Cornell Alumni Federation's New York Alumni Leadership Conference at the Cornell Club in March 2003. In addition, they are active in the Monmouth/Ocean New Jersey Cornell Club, where Pat has chaired the Phonathon ("forever, it appears"). They were also at reunion.

David and Carol Blumenfeld Schaeffer live in Champaign, IL. Carol has been working for the Urbana School District since 1989. David is an associate professor of toxicology at the U. of Illinois. Their daughter Lori and two grandchildren live in the area. Son Steven is at Webster U. in St. Louis studying to be a nurse anesthetist. Their children planned a surprise 60th birthday party last year for both of them.

Sorority sister Leslie Verdier Armentrout lives in Midland, MI, but since husband Dave, PhD '65's retirement, they haven't been there very much. They have a cottage on Lake Michigan and a house on a small island in the Caribbean. They also visit their children who are in Miami, Cape Cod, and San Francisco.With all the places to visit, they spend less and less time in Midland. They do find time, though, for rollerblading, kayaking, and tennis.

Robert and Pati Myers lead an exciting life. They started a new company called Waterskeeter Sports, which makes pontoon fishing boats and float tubes in China. Robert says it has become the number one company in the industry in less than five years. Robert is playing ice hockey at the senior level and competed in Hawaii last year at a senior ice hockey tournament. The Myers have become avid fly fishermen as well.

Warren and I just had our seventh grandchild. Our youngest son Pete and wife Myra had a baby girl named Alyssa on December 6. We will spend some time with them in Colorado before heading to Phoenix to spend Christmas with son Steve and his family. I am proud of my husband, as he completed hiking and backpacking the Long Trail in Vermont. It runs from the top of Vermont to the bottom, ending in Williamstown, MA. It took him 27 days to do 277 miles. The terrain was rugged, there were lot of rocks to climb, and the weather didn't cooperate until the end—plenty of rain until the last week when it was glorious and sunny. Great supporters along the way were Bill Stowe '62 and Bill Walters '62. They provided meals and stopovers for Warren.

I would like to encourage you to send me news via e-mail or by snail mail. I don't want to run out in the spring before dues time comes. Thanks to all those who do write. -- Nancy Bierds Icke, 42 Campus Court, Racine, WI 53402; e-mail, icke@execpc.com.

64 | Early spring is here, which means it's time to think about late spring—which is time for our 40th Reunion! June 10-13. Time to renew old friendships . . . and make new ones. That's right! A good reason to attend reunion is to get to know classmates you didn't know while at Cornell because there were so many of us. I've done that and so have many others. So, c'mon to reunion to see friends and to meet those classmates you never knew.

Reunion Co-chair Susan Mair Holden sent this partial list of events: "We have planned a Class of '64 Forum with classmates and professors sharing ideas and asking for our thoughts as well; a College of Architecture,Art, and Planning reception and symposium; a class hike; a class memorial in the Plantations; small book discussion groups facilitated by Cornell professors (discussing a book we will announce to those of you who are interested well before reunion); a presentation on ‘Our Health and Well-Being—an Update' by Janet Spencer King; and an old '64 tradition—a Rock 'n Roll Party with a live band playing the wonderful music of our era.

"For relaxation and sustenance we have planned a welcoming Italian picnic at Risley on Thursday evening, asked Tom Sturdevant to play his original compositions for us after dinner, and arranged for a western barbecue with all the fix'ns at the Plantations with an accompanying fiddler, lunch on the shores of Beebe Lake, and an exquisite dinner in the Memorial Room of Willard Straight Hall, preceded by cocktails on the Terrace overlooking West Campus. Student a cappella groups will serenade us throughout the weekend.We also will have special continental breakfasts timed for all manner of risers and a farewell brunch under the tent at Risley." Sounds great to me—so plan now!

Robert Powell has retired from his Powells Greenhouse in Woodstock,VT, but the business goes on. The Powells have rented it out to an employee and her husband who will carry on the name. Bob and wife Carol have had the business since moving to Woodstock 37 years ago. They recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. June Layton is also retired. After 33 years living in Seattle, and being single again, she went back to New York State and with classmate Veronica Seyd bought an old farmhouse near Union Springs. Brian Wruble, ME '66's wife Kathleen threw a 60th birthday party for him last year attended by classmates Joe Reynolds, Mike Betar, ME '66, Chuck Seligson, PhD '68, and Stu, MS '65, and Janet Sinder, plus Neil Levy '63 and Ellen and Mike Wolfson '63, LLB '67. Brian is a private investor and partner in a hedge fund.He reports he is featured in a recent book, Dark Waters: An Insider's Account of the NR-1, the Cold War's Undercover Nuclear Sub (New American Library, January 2003). Brian did not say how he was featured; guess you have to read the book to find out.He and his wife live in NYC with their teenage daughter; they also have a grown son and daughter.

Tom Peters, ME '66, author of the popular In Search of Excellence, has a new book out, Re-Imagine: Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age, which offers new perspectives on his earlier findings. Among other things, he takes corporate America to task on what he delicately terms "the women's issue," generally stating that it is high time corporations stopped condescending to women and instead began catering to them. In an interview for The Chicago Tribune last October, Tom cited numerous trends pointing to women's burgeoning responsibilities and assertiveness, which are not being addressed by hidebound corporations.With respect to the socalled "glass ceiling," Tom said that corporate hierarchies should reflect their customer demographics (meaning, if women constitute the majority of your customers, arrange your executive ranks to reflect this) and also that the fact of the glass ceiling has forced many excellent businesswomen to go out on their own, currently to the tune of 10 million women-owned businesses nationwide.

Here are the final tallies of classmates who attended Adult University (CAU) last summer and their study areas: Lois Weyman Dow (Field Ornithology and Great Battles Past and Present), the latter course also with Bob Ketchum, MD '68, and John Looney; Stephen and Nancy Lore Einhorn and William Freedman (Whose Promised Land? The Middle East Struggle in Our Times); Jill Waxman Polymeropoulos (The Wine Class); and Marian Levine Steinberg (Great American Trials of the 20th Century). This was the sixth CAU experience attended by Marian and/or husband Ed.

Sailing afficionado Jody Hutchinson's resume took a huge leap forward late in 2002 when she crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a 43- foot Swan sailboat with the male captain and other crewmen. The boat landed at Gibraltar, Morocco, and several of the Canary Islands before heading for the Cape Verde Islands off Senegal, where they loaded up provisions and set sail for Barbados. Jody says the crossing took 19 days in mostly fair weather. It was not altogether a lonely crossing as they had a satellite phone and e-mail service. They reached Barbados the morning of Dec. 22 and Jody was back home in Wilmington, DE, by Christmas Eve night. She sailed with the same captain last summer.

Sandy Vogelgesang has been busy writing and consulting—and lately, selling Tibetan antiques, including chests and jewelry she and US Foreign Service officer husband Geoffrey Wolfe gathered during their tour of duty in Nepal. Sandy and Geoffrey also recently launched a total renovation of their house in Bethesda, MD, about which she comments, "We're in our sixth month of camping and bonding in our basement." They have a teenage son and daughter. Karen Sommer Shoff, a social worker, gerontologist, and long-term care insurance specialist, has a new book out, There's No Place Like (A Nursing) Home, meant for people our age to help them plan properly to avoid the facilities of the title, and to be able in their old age to receive dignified at-home care without burdening spouses and children or destroying retirement assets. Karen lives with husband Allan in Santa Monica, CA, where she is active in her synagogue and conducts many book seminars. They have a grown son and daughter.

Don't forget our class website, http://classof64.alumni.cornell.edu . . . and don't forget to plan now for reunion. And please don't forget to send your latest news with this year's dues. -- Bev Johns Lamont, 720 Chestnut St., Deerfield, IL 60015; email, blamont@tribune.com.

65 | We are getting well into the class dues cycle, so the news we have is getting a little skimpy.When you get your next mailing from the class this spring, please make sure that you complete the News Form and send it back to Cornell. We know many of you have lots of news that you would like to pass on to the rest of the class.

A number of our classmates participated in Adult University (CAU) last summer, taking a broad range of classes. Donna Goodman Albin and husband Rick '63 attended Gorgeous Gorges of the Finger Lakes, while Lon Benamy attended The Way Bugs Work. Carol Greenwald Bender attended the Landscape Design Workshop, and Thom Carley took in some military history when he attended Great Battles Past and Present. Learning more about the arts, Gerald Kestenbaum took Alabaster Carving: Sculpture Studio. Other participants included Penny Skitol Haitkin (Great American Trails) and Dan Stern (Wall Street 2003). Hope this program helped Dan benefit from the market's positive performance in 2003.

Jim, PhD '78, and Cindy Booth Ware have a lot of news to pass along including a picture from a mini-class reunion in Crossville, TN— the new retirement home of Susie Rogers McCullough and husband Jim '63, MBA '65. Joining the Wares and McCulloughs were: Andrea Shulman Williams and husband Charles Dewey, Sally Fry Morgens and husband Jim, Joan Spurgeon Brennan and husband Larry, and Alice Middaugh Kelly and husband Bill. In addition to the news on the gathering in Tennessee, the Wares had other news to pass along. Jim has co-founded a new business, The Work Design Collaborative, that helps companies reduce the cost of workforce support through innovative use of technology and facilities— focusing on managing remote workers and distributed teams. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of Heald College in San Francisco. Cindy continues to paint landscapes and still life, with an annual show each fall in San Francisco, as well as frequent commissions.

Patricia Williams, in a long letter, updated us on her recent activities. In addition to family- related travel, Patricia and her best friend organized an 80th birthday party for a friend that had 67 friends and family joining in the celebration. Those in attendance ranged in age from the mid-20s to the mid-90s. Career-wise, Patricia is still a Supreme Court judge in the Bronx, but is now handling civil cases after judging criminal cases for 17-1/2 years.

From George Arangio, MD '69, we hear that at Homecoming this past fall, seven members of the Class of '65 who were All-Ivy Football players were honored by the Cornell Football Assn. Those honored were Bob Baker, Duke Grkovic, Clarence Jentes, MBA '67, George Norman, former class president Joe Ryan, Dick Williams, and last but not least, George himself.He closed his note with the following: "Looking forward to planning and enjoying our 40th."

One day my wife was reading the international edition of the Jerusalem Post and came across an interesting article on a breakthrough in treating Gaucher's disease by a team of Weitzmann Inst. scientists. This is a genetic disease that affects mostly Jews of European heritage. A member of the institute's team was Prof. Joel Sussman ofWeitzmann's structural biology department. A number of years ago I had the opportunity to see Joel when he was in the Detroit area for an event sponsored by the local group that supports the Weitzmann Inst.

Class President Dave Roitman reports that he proudly represented the class in the procession at the inauguration of President Jeffrey Lehman '77. According to Dave the ceremony was inspiring and President Lehman's words encouraging. Among the members of the Class of '65 who participated in the ceremonies were Sharon Hegarty Williams, Penny Haitkin, Bruce Eissner, and Natalie Teich. If we missed anyone, please let us know. Dave also reported that his son Mitchell '92 was elevated to assistant professor of neuroscience at the U. of North Carolina. Stephen '67 and Judy Kellner Rushmore sent us a couple of family holiday letters to keep us up to date with the goings on in their family. The 2003 edition featured news about son Stephen '96's marriage on the 4th of July to Kristin Little '98 at Sage Chapel. The letters also discussed how Stephen proposed to Kristin— while piloting his plane to Nantucket for an Easter holiday family gathering in 2002. I'm pretty sure there aren't many of us who can match that for how a child of ours got engaged.

Marjorie Rubin Brody recently passed along news on her children from her home in Littleton, MA. Her daughter Jennifer, a PhD in clinical psychology, is working on a fellowship at Westchester Inst. of Human Development; Jennifer's husband Jason Carter is an associate professor at SUNY New Paltz.Marjorie's son Jon is a graduate student in social work at Smith College. Her youngest, David, is a graduate of Northeastern U.He is presently in a work-study program in Belgium. Marjorie was planning a trip to Belgium over this past Thanksgiving. She still works full-time as a social worker for chronically mentally ill adults. George Arangio, please note: Marjorie closed by saying she would like to help out at our 40th Reunion in 2005.

We need to hear from you, especially as we approach our 40th Reunion in June 2005. Please send your news to one of our correspondents. -- Ronald Harris, 5203 Forestdale Ct, West Bloomfield, MI; tel. (248) 788-3397; e-mail, rsh28@cornell.edu; Dennis Norfleet, 3187 State Rte. 48, Oswego, NY 13126; tel. (315) 342-0457; e-mail, dpn5@cornell.edu, and Joan Elstein Rogow, 9 Mason Farm Rd, Flemington, NJ 08822; tel. (908) 782-7028.

66 | Best wishes to Robert Kerchner, PhD '71, and wife Marcia (Davis), PhD '71, who celebrated the wedding of their son Steve (Princeton '98) to Rachel Rubenstein last November in Pittsburgh. Also attending were son Daniel '94 and wife Deborah Stahl '94 and their children Yaakov, 3, and Rena Esther, 2. Other Cornellians celebrating with them included Dave, PhD '71, and Jannie Mieras Noble '68, David Brochstein, ME EE '67, and Ellen and Joe Bravman, PhD '71. Earlier in the year, Bob and Marcia took a fabulous Crystal Line cruise to the Far East, visiting Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and China. In Beijing their "extraordinary" guide was Jannie and Dave Noble's son Jon, who is completing his PhD in East Asian studies.

Christie Grigsby Murata is still enjoying life in Denver and continuing her work as one of two preservation architects for the city whose goals are to preserve the best elements of the past. Come to think of it, as we all approach the big 60, it's probably on all our minds, too. Christie says she loves her job, which is a testament unto itself. Gwendolyn Gartland Scalpello and husband Richard are now official residents of Vail, CO. She's fully retired but still very active: condo association, Betty Ford alpine gardens, Performing Arts Center, and one day a week as a volunteer in community guest services (mountain ambassadors—gets her a free ski pass). She bought a bike to keep her in good shape for her active retirement life.

Names in the news truly can be applied to Linda Michelson Bauman and husband Paul. They are scientists who have already had two bacterial species named after them and now have added the endosymbiont of the glassy winged sharpshooter, Baumania cicadellinicola, to their list. The Baumans traveled to Norway and Denmark in 2002 for scientific conferences. Contact Linda at LMBauman@UCDavis.edu. Ira Sadoff (isadoff@colby.edu) has published his seventh collection of poetry, Barter. One of his poems appears in Best Poems of 2002. Ira is the Dana Professor of Poetry at Colby College. His wife Linda, a former litigating director at Maine Legal Services, now has her own clinical practice in counseling.

Fran Blau (fdb4@cornell.edu) and Larry Kahn are in their tenth year on the ILR faculty. In 2002 they published a book, At Home and Abroad: US Labor Market Performance in International Perspective, selected as an outstanding scholarly book by Choice magazine. In 2001, Fran received the Carolyn Shaw Bell award from the American Economic Assn. Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. Richard Turbin (richturbin@aol.com) was awarded the Traphagen Distinguished Alumnus Award by Harvard Law School in Oct. 2002. He was also elected president of the Hawaii Trial Lawyers Assn. and was appointed by the Governor to the Civil Rights Committee.

Also in 2002: Lyudmila and James P.Maher III, BA '69, took an extended cruise to South America. James's new email: JPM@morganpriceco.com. Robert Gochfeld (gochfeldlaw@aol.com) retired from the NYC Dept. of Planning and opened a private law practice concentrating on land use and real estate development. Andrew Berger, JD '69, reports that his son left Cornell for the warmer climate of California and Stanford. Andy looks forward to visiting there.

David '65 and Linda Lomazoff Roitman (lrr2@cornell.edu) keep busy with volunteer work and visits to children and grandchildren. All the Roitman children are Cornellians: Brian '90, Mitchell '92, and Ari '98. Joyce Miller Mahon (Joyma2@aol.com) also has several grandchildren. She manages to travel a lot, spending summers at Sodus Point on Lake Ontario, as well as visiting Spain and taking a tour of four national parks in Utah. Living in Florida makes it easy for her to occasionally take a cruise to the Bahamas and the Caribbean.

Dr. Jerrold Ellner gave a lecture last October at New York Medical College. He spoke to the Division of Infectious Diseases about the problems of tuberculosis and AIDS in Africa. Your correspondent was there as a member of the division. It was nice to speak with Jerrold after the lecture and discover we knew mutual classmates. Shri Joshi,MILR '66 (nirmala.joshi@att.net) has been working as an Inquiry Authority in disciplinary cases of managerial personnel in India. He has retired from full-time service and lives in the metro Washington, DC, area. He would like to find part-time work in the area.

Our continued thanks to Roy Troxel for all his work on the class website (classof66.alumni.cornell.edu).We hope many of you will go to the site to read about us, give your opinions and comments, and give us input for our next class gift. It is also a great way to contact classmates you may have lost track of recently. -- Susan Rockford Bittker, ladyscienc@aol.com; John Miers, John_Miers@nih.gov; Bill Blockton, rbsfabrics@aol.com.

67 | Kathy Koretz Abeles (Santa Fe, NM; kathy@abeles.net) was recently appointed by Governor Bill Richardson to the New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism, "which, among many other things, administers the New Mexico AmeriCorps program." Daughter Liza, 24 (Amherst '01) married Bobby Lutzker, also 24 and Amherst '01, in Santa Fe last June 22. She teaches science at St. Ann's School, Brooklyn Heights, NY.

Robert Thompson (Arlington, VA; Robert_L_Thompson@att.net) took early retirement from the World Bank in late 2002, and spent 2003 lecturing all over the world.He continues to serve as chairman of the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council, an international wisemen's group seeking politically feasible ways to liberalize international agricultural trade. He and wife Karen continue condo life within walking distance of Washington National Airport. Daughter Kristina is an international student advisor at American U. in Washington, DC, and son Eric is pursing a master's degree at Denmark's Technical U. in Copenhagen. Karen oversees the Smithsonian Inst.'s lace collection.

Robert Morse (Washington, DC; ramorse@starpower.net) writes, "After 21 years of teaching at St. Albans School, I am enjoying a sabbatical year, writing and traveling with wife Mimi, also on sabbatical. Son Ricky '00 continues to live and work in the Boston area. Son Alan '02 just received his 100-ton Inland Waters Master's Certificate from the Coast Guard and will join the privateer Lynx (Newport Beach, CA) as boatswain. Daughter Danielle (MIT '00) is pursuing graduate work in meteorology at Florida State U." Thomas Moore, ME '68 (San Rafael, CA, or Owls Head,ME; trmsem@ix.netcom.com) retired from Chevron as president of Chevron Shipping Co. in fall 2001. "We started building a house in Maine at the same time, which is now completed, and I'm now spending half of our time there (guess which half!). So we live on both coasts, but our Maine home has a truly spectacular view of all the activities on Penobscot Bay."

Now it can be told department: Ben Fischer (McLean,VA; BenBF@msn.com) is an historian at the Center for the Study of Intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency.He was a visiting fellow at the Norwegian Nobel Inst., Oslo, in 2002, and won the Mission Achievement Award in 2003.

Another "dual living set-up," reports Candy Baldwin Richards (Scottsdale, AZ, and Longport, NJ), whose celebration of her seventh wedding anniversary last September was preceded by daughter Katie's wedding last June. "John and I are both fortunately retired so we can have this dual living set-up of waves and beach followed by gorgeous mountain peaks and starry, starry nights! My life changed drastically, first with John and then in March 2002 with a kidney transplant. A modern miracle making all the activities after it possible: polar bears, whales in Baja, Galapagos in three weeks—all quite a fantasy life." Candy's seen Carol Borelli ("loving touring and giving tours of Tuscany") and Sherry Carr, MILR '70 ("followed up from reunion; such fun to catch up with her!").

Dr. Michael Miller (Huntsville, AL) married wife Elizabeth in 1998. He now has two step-daughters and two grandchildren, is an orthopaedic trauma surgeon, and just passed the British farriers exam. Deborah Budd-Levine (N. Brunswick, NJ; TigerMomma45@aol.com) reports that son Adam Levine '03 graduated magna cum laude from Arts, majoring in social inequality, and is currently studying political science and political economy in a doctoral program at U. of Michigan. -- Richard B.Hoffman, 2925 28th St. NW, Washington, DC; e-mail, rhoffman@erols.com.

68 | Sheldon Kafer, BArch '70, is a physician living in Avon, CT, with wife Estelle. He is working on research for NYU in Manhattan. Their daughter Shira graduated from Brandeis last year, daughter Ilana is a student at Penn, and son Jared is a high school sophomore. Jim Greenberg has been appointed managing principal of the national architectural firm Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn. Jim's responsibilities include oversight of the firm's projects in New Jersey, New York, Los Angeles,Washington, DC, and Shanghai. For the last 20 years Jim was associated with the national architectural firm The Hiller Group.He was operations director of its New York office and chief information officer. Jim lives in Princeton Junction, NJ, and has won numerous awards around the country for design excellence.

Jim Michaels and wife Karen moved to Rockville, MD, where Jim is Rabbi/Director of Religion at Hebrew Home for Greater Washington. Since moving to the DC area, Jim has seen a lot of Chet Stein and Judi Gichner Kauffman. In September Jim went to Israel where his son got married. Among the guests were Michael Kerstein Lahav and his family. The wedding reception for Lou Germaine and wife Jane Rosen on a bright day last summer was attended by many Cornellians, including Joel and Linda Schwartz Negrin '69, Helen Karel Dorman and husband Neal, and Nonie Diamond Susser and husband Pete. Margit Joy Maakestad Coltvet and husband Benjamin live in Berlin, Germany, where she is a missionary. She reports that in September 2003, she and her husband moved from Cedar Falls, IA, to accept a call to be missionaries at the American Church in Berlin. Her letter reports, "It is truly an adventure and we are learning a lot, including some German. We have a wide variety of people from many nations and occupations who attend our church—from asylum seekers from Africa to opera singers and musicians to ambassadors from several countries including the US. I'm using both my nursing skills and my musical skills in many different situations."

Jim MacCrate and wife Judith Betts live in Glen Head, NY, where Jim is a real estate consultant. He has been appointed to the Nassau County Board of Assessors to assist in overseeing one the largest real estate reassessment programs in the US. Jim has offices on Long Island, and additional offices in New York City and Saratoga Springs. Bill Falik and wife Candy live in Berkeley, CA.With two-thirds of their children "out of the roost," Bill and Candy are enjoying their dream of international travel— Rio, Cape Town, Dublin, and Hawaii. Bill is planning a large-scale master planned community for 10,000 residents in Roseville, CA. Candida Dabi Vene lives in St. James, NY, and took early retirement from teaching in 2000. She has enjoyed hobbies and volunteer activities and reports, "Life could not be grander." Henry and Ellen Schaum Korn live in Larchmont, NY. Henry is an attorney with the firm of LePatner & Associates in NYC, where he oversees a litigation practice.His son Greg '98 is an architect in Washington, DC. Their daughter Joanna '02 works for Random House in NYC. Henry and Ellen are on the advisory council of Adult University (CAU). I hear that Henry is also an outstanding tennis player.

Alan '64 and Barbara Greenwell Goldenberg live in Oakland, CA. Barbara reports, "Since I retired from a 32-year banking career in November 2001, I have become a ‘professional volunteer' and traveler—a good combination." She staffs a help line at the local Alzheimer's Assn., and she also tutors at a nearby elementary school and at Oakland's American Indian Children's Center. Jay Waks, JD '71, our Cornell Fund representative, has forwarded me a letter from Tanneasha Gordon '06, who is a recipient of our Class of '68 Cornell Tradition Fellowship. She extends a warm "thank you" for the generous donations from our class, which have supported her fellowship. Lee '66 and Joan Buchsbaum Lindquist live in Coeur d'Alene, ID. They designed and built their own home on a hillside overlooking the lake and surrounding hills and prairie. They have an active life enjoying the beautiful Northwest outdoors. Their son Kevin Lindquist, MBA '99, lives and works in Southern California, and their daughter Kirsten Lindquist Wallace '92 works in Boise for a federal bankruptcy judge. Joan hospitably offers, "If anyone is interested in playing golf at the fivestar Coeur d'Alene Resort, give us a call."

On a personal note, I'm delighted to report that my daughter Nicole Silver, a senior at Noble & Greenough School in Dedham, MA, has been accepted in the Arts college for the Class of '08. That's all for now. I look forward to hearing from you and hope you had a good winter. -- Gordon H. Silver, Putnam Investments, 1 Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109; fax, (617) 760-8349; e-mail, gordon_silver@putnaminv.com.

69 | Our 35th Reunion is just months away. It will be a wonderful time to get reacquainted with old friends, make new ones, and savor old memories. If you can make it, you will be glad that you went.

James Chiafery, ME '71, who lives in Andover, MA, stopped commuting to work in Philadelphia after four and a half years.He came back to the Boston area to be the director of investor relations for a high tech company.However, after the firm downsized, James began a new career as a consultant, and his former employer was his first client! James's wife Marjorie is superintendent of schools in Merrimack, NH, where she keeps busy with 5,000 students, 700 staff members, and the first new school construction in 30 years. James also writes that he combined family, business, and fun by attending the inauguration of Jeffrey Lehman '77 as Cornell's new president. James found Lehman's address inspirational, but he writes that the evening events were the highlight. All the colleges, organizations, and sports teams were featured, and James says, "There was even a link to the international space station where one of our alums was on board!" James concludes, "See you at our 35th." Maria Keiser Bartlett has also embarked on a new career—parenting education. Her focus is on speaking engagements and teaching parenting classes in the Boston area. On the opposite coast, Maria's daughter Alison is attending UC Berkeley's Haas Business School, and her son Brian, a graduate of the US Coast Guard Academy, is an ensign stationed in Alameda, CA.

Dr. Gail Papermaster Bender is also planning to attend reunion. Gail is still in solo medical oncology practice in her home state of Minnesota, but there have been many other transitions in the past year. In February, Gail married Dr.Mark Satz. The following spring her son Seth graduated from Washington U. and her son David graduated from the U. of Michigan. When fall arrived, Seth entered Fordham Law School, and David began his graduate studies in physiology at Georgetown U. George Bubrick lives in Fort Lauderdale with his wife Flor and their 4-year-old son. George owns and oversees two businesses,Home Care in South Florida and Waste Water Treatment in Louisiana. In his leisure time, George enjoys blue marlin tournaments, thoroughbred horse racing, golf, and travel. The highlights of 2003 were a trip to Alaska, with its incredible sights and salmon fishing, and racing in San Diego for two weeks this past summer.

"Occupation: retired," reads Albert and Claire Scully DeLauro's note. They divide their time between a home in San Antonio, TX, a condo in San Francisco, and numerous trips to other locales. Al has left paid employment, but he is busy as the regional director of the Ferrari Club of America. "Being part of the club has been a great way to meet new folks," says Al. The DeLauros keep in touch with Maria Bartlett and Peggy Johnson Nichols. Peggy even visited San Antonio in the midst of a two-day ice storm. Al says, "Not fun when there are no snowplows or sand and salt!" Richard Poznysz farms cranberries in Mattapoisett, MA, and was elected to the board of directors of Ocean Spray Cranberries. His daughter Christine PoznyszWilk '90 gave birth to Thomas Wilk less than a year ago. Cheryl Cibulka Gordon tells us that she is back in the US—Oakton, VA, to be exact.

The note that traveled the most distance arrived from Robert Brender in Jerusalem, where he works as an Israeli tour guide and is on the board of directors and part owner of Escholot Tours. Robert lives with his wife Orly and their children Joel and Auigail.When time permits, Robert likes to ski, and over the years he has tried the slopes of Vermont, Colorado, and the Alps in France and Switzerland.He also scuba dives, primarily in the Red Sea, and has "picked up drawing, sculpture, and jewelrymaking from Cornell."As a family, the Brenders have traveled in the US and Europe. Robert stays in touch with a few friends from Cornell and would like to hear from classmates at brend erob@yahoo.com. Don Verdiani, ME '71, took his extended family, which numbers 14, to Tuscany, where they rented a villa and had a marvelous time. Don is currently the corporate projects manager at Sunoco Inc., "a job," Don says, "I pretty much invented for myself." Additionally, Don's daughter Kristy works for Lehman Brothers in New York City, and his daughter Jennifer is a freshman at Arizona State U.

Several sources have written to say that Barbara Gross Grosz has been elected to the American Philosophical Society, the country's oldest learned society, founded by Benjamin Franklin and friends to promote knowledge in the sciences and humanities. Barbara is the Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences at Harvard U. and the Dean of Science at the Radcliffe Inst. of Advanced Study. Classmates are anxious to hear from you, so please return your news and dues cards soon. -- Arda Coyle Boucher, 21 Hemlock Hill Rd., Amherst, NH 03031; e-mail, aboucher@airmar.com.

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