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60 | June 9-12, '05 are the dates for our 45th Reunion, so mark your calendars now! Ten class officers met in New York City on January 24 to begin planning for the big event, and things seem to be shaping up, despite the absence of our longtime, highly effective reunion chair Ken Ackley, ME '66, whom we sadly lost to cancer in October 2003.Volunteers who have already taken on some of the major assignments include Bill Fisher, Geoffrey Bullard, Linda Jarshauer Johnson, and Irene Kleinsinger. Sue Phelps Day, M Ed '62, will coordinate the process.We still need two classmates to do some computer projects, such as creating a class directory. If you're willing and able, please contact Sue at spd6@cornell.edu.

The highlight of the Assn. of Class Officers (CACO) Mid-Winter get-together on January 23, ably organized by Gale Jackson, was seeing the Broadway musical Never Gonna Dance, which was produced by classmate Jay Harris. The evening included a pre-theater cocktail reception at the Angus McIndoe Restaurant on West 44th St., and by all reports it was a great success. Ross and Janice Petro Billings came all the way from Corona Del Mar, CA, to attend; Bob Cohen and wife Amy made the trip from Bethlehem, PA; and Frank, LLB '59, and Fran Pennisi Giruzzi came from Utica.More than 20 others, primarily from the greater New York area, joined in.

George and Linnea Hoberg Bartling of Roanoke, IN, report happily that their first grandchild was born in July 2003. Both Bartlings are still working hard; Linn is a ceramicist who now exhibits her pottery at a new gallery in Columbia City, IN, and George serves as treasurer of the Fort Wayne Civic Theater, where, he says, he is "trying to wrestle the finances of that 75-year-old organization into submission!" Judy Rothenthaler Rochester writes from Cape Elizabeth, ME, that she plans to retire from her position as professor of law at the U. of Maine Law School in June 2004, but will continue her private law practice in Maine and will also teach at law schools in Archangel, Russia.

"At a stage when most of my contemporaries are heading for the golf course, I'm headed for a new career,"writes Carolyn Huntoon Russell from Whitmore Lake, MI. Carolyn now works on a business/government partnership program at the Environmental Protection Agency, recognizing employers who provide transportation benefits that meet the national standard of excellence. "After a lifetime career in the private sector, this glimpse into the federal government is fascinating," she says. "The opportunity to work on a program that contributes to cleaner air kind of takes me back to the 1960s!" Cornell has been honored by the EPA as a Best Workplace for Commuters Employer, notes Carolyn. Emil Cipolla,MBA '63, of Poughkeepsie is semi-retired and now teaches information systems courses at local colleges.His son Jeffrey '92 received a PhD in Engineering from Cornell, and daughter Kimberly got her PhD, also in Engineering, from Lehigh in 1996. The two younger Cipollas have been awarded several patents and have been presenting the results of their research at international conferences.

Now back in Boston after what she describes as a "wonderful year and a half"working in the area of human nutrition at the Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture, Johanna "Toddy" Dwyer has returned to the faculty at Tufts U. and is "trying to catch up on friends in Boston, research, and teaching." Sharon Lasky Mishkin reports from Indianapolis, IN, that her husband Sid is in remission following a bout with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. On the first anniversary of his diagnosis, he went to Antarctica to shoot videos of penguins and icebergs. The Mishkins' daughter Tracy '88 lives in Indianapolis and teaches at Butler U.; daughter Jen teaches at a Waldorf Charter School in Northern California; and son Joe is an entertainer in Portland, OR. Sharon is busy with her duties as co-manager of her synagogue's gift shop.

"In April 2002 I sold my company, Hudson Hills Press, a publisher of books on fine art and photography," says Paul Anbinder, "and after a year or so of continuing involvement, I retired completely." Wife Helen (Rabinowitz) '62 joined him in full retirement in November 2003. Paul and Helen, who live in Dobbs Ferry, have made several trips to Europe and travel regularly to Manhattan to visit museums and art galleries and attend the opera and theater. Paul works one day a week as a "cuddler" at a hospital neonatal intensive-care unit, and also enjoys the activities he didn't have time for during the high-pressure years as a publisher, such as cooking, bicycling, and reading for pleasure. Also delighted with life in retirement is Anita Albert Karasu of Mashpee, MA. She enjoys living on Cape Cod, she says, and is "again painting and continuing with my photography. Retirement is lovely--there is time for all my interests!" Nora Heller Freund reports from Toronto that she and John are "leading a good life, with lots of traveling and visiting family," which now includes ten grandchildren.

Susan Wood Brewer writes that she and Don '59 have now been in Chapel Hill, NC, for more than five years "and are really enjoying its many opportunities."Nevertheless, the Brewers travel regularly to Ohio and NYC to visit their two sons and three grandchildren, and in Spring 2003 they took a long trip to the Netherlands, France, and Belgium. "Although people there opposed the US government policy toward Iraq," says Sue,"we were treated well as individuals." 2003 included several personal landmarks for Eva Metzger Brown of Amherst, MA: her oldest child reached age 40, two of her grandsons celebrated their bar mitzvahs, her husband Norman retired from the practice of gastroenterology, and Eva began the process of retiring from her clinical practice. The Browns enjoy having time to spend with their seven grandchildren and recently took an ecological tour in Costa Rica. "If you like that sort of thing, it is a great trip," says Eva.

I'm sorry to report the death of Kathleen Rogers Pettit of Lockport, NY, who passed away in September 2003 after a two-year battle with cancer. Send news to -- Judy BryantWittenberg, 146 Allerton Rd., Newton, MA 02461; e-mail, jw275@cornell.edu.

61 | Irene H.S. So has been selected as a winner of the 2004 Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award. The announcement was made by Director of Alumni Affairs Mary Berens '74 and Muriel Kuhs, president of the Cornell Alumni Federation. All classmates join in congratulating Irene, who is being recognized for her long service in leadership roles. Peter Eveleth ofWashington,DC, was appointed General Counsel of Office of Compliance, which was created by the Congressional Accountability Act to enforce labor relations, occupational safety, and health laws in the Legislative Branch. A graduate of the ILR school, Peter previously worked at the NLRB. William Magee of Cazenovia, NY, is a member of the NY State Assembly and chair of the Agriculture Committee.

Vic Levinson and son Nick have started a new investment advisory firm in New York City. His other son, Tom, has written All That's Holy, based on interviews he conducted with Americans about their faith. On the other coast, Mark Fleischman and wife Mimi have opened an exercise studio in West L.A. that features a system combining yoga isometrics and orthopedic back exercises.Mark still operates The Century Club, the largest supper club in West L.A. A frequent vacation destination for the Fleischmans is the Baja Peninsula. Marlene Alpert Tein has gone into business as a paid tax preparer. She also does volunteer tax assistance work in Chapel Hill, NC.Marlene and husband Arnold travel frequently to Coral Gables, FL, and Rosslyn, VA, to visit their grandchildren.

Phil Bereano, MRP '71, continues to represent environmental and consumer groups at international negotiations (e.g.,WTO) dealing with genetic engineering of foods and crops. As a National Board Member of the ACLU, Phil chairs a committee that develops ACLU policy in the area of balancing privacy, freedom of information, and government oversight. He's looking forward to retirement in 2005 and spending more time at his seaside home outside of Barcelona. Jerome Elbaum's CowParade is a popular art exhibit around the world. To date, over 3,000 works of art have been created by artists who paint three-dimensional cows. Periodic auctions benefit art education and charitable causes. Classmates are invited to check out this unique venture at cowparade.com. Jerome and wife Judy (Brody) '62 enjoy visiting their five grandchildren, all of whom live nearby in Connecticut.

Tammy Greenberg Goell performs as a tap dancer in the Boston area. Husband Jim, PhD '65, is working for a start-up company. The Goells enjoy living in Lexington, MA. Sylvia Cottingham Smyth is on the board of Ten Thousand Villages, a fair trade craft organization. Last year, she completed a nine-foot-tall stained glass window for her local chapel. In her spare time, Sylvia pursues the study of Western North Carolina history (which she describes as rich and diverse). Helen Kiefer left Chicago after 37 years to set up urgent care centers in New Mexico with a partner. Before leaving, she drove by and/or visited every house and hospital that had been in her life in the Evanston/Chicago area. From her Santa Fe home in the "Land of Enchantment," Helen can relax in her hot tub and look out over a valley. In her spare time, she has written two new screenplays, produced a two-hour TV documentary shot in Taos, NM, shot a mystery thriller set in the famous Canyon Road artist colony, and worked on a long-term writing project on "brain-mind integration."

During a "once in a lifetime experience" in New Zealand and Australia, Jeannie (Springer) '63 and Walt Cottrell, MBA '63, hiked through the countryside, mountains, glaciers, and rain forests of New Zealand, hiked in the mountains outside of Sydney, and went diving on the Great Barrier Reef. Jack '60 and Pat Laux Richards have also traveled to those two countries (Alumni Federation trip in 2002). Last year, they visited Japan and took a Loire Valley barge trip with Marilyn and John Sobke. The Richardses, Sobkes, and classmates Dick Tatlow, Jody Dreyfuss, and Robin Bissell were together last summer at the wedding of Marilyn and John's daughter Allison. Also last year, Jody cruised the South Pacific, visiting eight ports in 16 days. Pat Dunning retired from IBM in San Jose, CA. Last summer, she traveled to Russia for a river cruise between St. Petersburg and Moscow. Back home, Pat has held volunteer positions with the Los Gatos Museum, the San Jose Landmarks Comm., the Obsidian Studies Assn., and San Jose State U.

In January, the Cornell Club of Miami held a party aboard a Celebrity cruise ship. The Cayuga's Waiters entertained. Among the classmates at this gala were Loretta Carlson Lustig, Sheila Weinrub Trossman, Knobby Holmes and wife Norma, and Fritz Spitzmiller and wife Bonnie. Previously, we had received a note from Sheila in which she regretfully reported the death of her beloved husband Marty. Her daughter Ilene married Daniel Salzmann in February 2003 and lives in Switzerland.

Arthur Kroll has continued to fund research into new protocols for the treatment of leukemia. Several hospitals have benefited from this research. His Douglas Kroll Research Program, named in memory of his son who died of AML in 2002, accepts contributions. Can you believe that two of our classmates participated in a Senior Olympics competition (in Hampton Roads,VA)? Frances Shapiro Ivker and Margie Seybold played in 3-on-3 basketball games. Frances is still practicing ob/gyn in New Orleans. -- David S.Kessler, dsk15@cornell.edu.

62 | Bicoastal Judith London keeps her New York City apartment, as well as one in Palo Alto,where she has moved to be grandmother to three grandsons. Both of Judith's daughters live in the Bay Area. She is a licensed psychologist in California (and New York), and works at Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco. Also in California, Lucy Fried Koster is in Santa Monica, where she's with Loeb & Loeb LLP (LKoster @loeb.com). Lucy's nephew David Baker '90 was married last year in Palos Verdes. David's parents are Michael '61 and Alice Fried Baker '64. Sue Buchman Ota '64 was among the guests.

William "Farmer Bill" Brozowski (txfarm erbill@yahoo.com) is full of news: Dan and Kay Kopp are rebuilding a lake home in Scandia, TX. Skip and Bill enjoyed a cruise to Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, and Grand Cayman. They visited the Portillo Ski Lodge in Chile, owned by Henry Purcell '55. The Brozowskis have four grandchildren and live in McAllen, TX.

Linda Himot (SunshineFarm3135@aol. com) has retired to Charlottesville, VA, and hopes to hear from Cornellians in the area. She and Jane Brody Engquist enjoyed a day touring the rose gardens at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Liz Belsky Stiel was enthusiastic about a pre-SARS trip she made to China last year, and is ready to return.Meanwhile, she's living in La Jolla, CA (lstiel@sarv.rr.com). The grandchildren of Virginia Swanson Neville recently moved from Beijing to Arizona with their parents.Virginia enjoys teaching kindergarten in Millbrook.

Four classmates joined the Cornell Council: Alan Flaherty, John Lowrie, Peter Slater, and Don Juran. All four have been active in class activities. With that, the news file is totally empty! Your friends and classmates would love to know what you're doing these days--how about sharing? E-mail, snail mail, or the telephone --they all work! -- Jan McClayton Crites, 2779 Dellwood Dr., Lake Oswego, OR 97034; email, jmc50@cornell.edu.

63 |The Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO) met in New York City on the last weekend in January. Ed Butler, class president, reports that six of our class officers attended and had a lot of fun. They reviewed our 40th Reunion and thought of ideas for the next one. Our 40th roughly broke even, which was a good thing! Ed encourages everyone to pay class dues, which will be coming up soon. This helps keep the class going and helps Cornell as well. Anyone who is interested in helping with class activities should e-mail Ed at Ebutler 24@aol.com.

Marty Lustig retired on January 5 after a career with Sprint, GTE (now Verizon), and Xerox.He and wife Dianne (Flannery) '66, who also retired from Sprint in 2000, plan to work with a small number of clients who want to improve performance of their organizations. Their two children and soon to be seven grandchildren, their interest in Cornell, travel, gardening, and good food keep them busy.Marty has been active in Cornell alumni activities since graduation and he currently serves on the Cornell Council.He is also Tower Club chairperson for the greater Kansas City area. Marty and Dianne are active with the Committee for the Twenty-First Century supporting Cornell Plantations. Joe and Nancy Cooke McAfee have made a big change in their lives--they've moved to Ithaca. Their home has a "fabulous" view of the lake. Joe is VP for Finance and Business at eCornell. Ithaca for them is "instant comfort" after all those years of visiting. They plan to actually do all the things they had always wanted to do: lectures, endless libraries, art exhibitions, concerts at lunchtime, hiking, Finger Lakes, wineries, and hockey.

Margaret "Polly" Pitkin adopted two Peruvian children in 1990 and 1991 and they are now 14 and 13. She received her CPA license in 2000. Although quite busy, she had a fun week on the Oregon coast a few summers ago. Helen Perry and Terry '61 and Vicki Scoble Oldberg were also there. Patricia Hoffman Axelrod works in commercial real estate in San Francisco. She does sales and leasing of industrial and office properties. Her daughter Jill married in March 2003 in New York City and now lives in London, where both she and her husband work for Goldman Sachs. Patty attended a prereunion party at the Cornell Club last March. She saw Cynthia Raymond, Janet Stein Davis, Judy Kross, and Marsha Wineburgh.

Peter Cummings has had a sequence of seven sonnets called "The Adirondacks: A Crown of Sonnets" published in Blueline magazine. Another sequence of seven called "The Invention of the Kayak" was accepted by Canoe and Kayak magazine. Joan Travers Barist owns Primitive Art Gallery, which recently moved to 65 West 13th St. in NYC. The gallery specializes in museum-quality African, Pre-Columbian, and Indonesian sculpture and textiles.

George Ehemann has spent 39 years with RCA/Thomson and is still active in CRT design. George and Diane live in Lancaster, PA, and have four grandchildren. Alexis and Pamela Sommers live in Guilford, CT. Alexis is a professor of industrial engineering at the U. of New Haven. He is also president of the Connecticut Assn. of Purchasing Management. Charles "Jay" Abbe, MS '65, was named to the Board of Directors of Sonoma Design Group in Santa Rosa, CA. Jay retired in 2001 as president, chief operating officer, and director of JDS Uniphase Corp. He was also president and CEO of Optical Coating Laboratory Inc. Jay has his MBA from Stanford to go along with his Cornell engineering degrees.

Cornell and Alice Dawson live in Hyde Park, NY. Through spring of 2003, Cornell had been the project engineer for a unique construction project in Salem, MA--they rebuilt a Chinese home that was originally built over 200 years ago. It was dismantled, the pieces were shipped to Massachusetts, and it was reconstructed in a warehouse before being permanently built as part of a major expansion to the Peabody Essex Museum. Opening was planned for June 2003. Cornell's son was the project superintendent and thought his dad could do the job with his engineering background. The Dawsons' first grandchild was born last May.

Jim and Sheila Mack are in Arlington, VA. Jim retired from the Foreign Service and is now working for the Organization of American States. Judith Ruth Bloom retired from teaching in July 2001. She taught high school art for 36 years! She joined the Alliance of Queens Artists and exhibited with them on several occasions. She has been taking courses and trips with the United Federation of Teachers Learning Centers Program, has done some political work, and attended Adult University (CAU) last summer. Fredericka "Ricky" Heinze is semi-retired and has moved to the Poconos. She has joined many civic groups and a new church group and took a barge tour through the Netherlands.

Larry and Nancy Levine live in Poughkeepsie. They stay busy with gardening, golf, and hiking. Larry is involved with the lightweight (Sprint) football annual reunion. Their children are Cornell graduates: Christopher '93, Caren '96, and Joseph '02. They also took a trip to Ireland in July 2003. That's all for this month. Email me your news and it gets in the column right away! -- Nancy Bierds Icke, 42 Campus Ct., Racine, WI 53402; e-mail, icke@execpc.com.

64 | It's never too late! Please register now for the best 40th Reunion ever, June 10-13! Our three wonderful and tireless reunion co-chairs (Barbara Lutz Brim, Susie Mair Holden, and Don McCarthy) report as follows:

"The three of us, with a large reunion committee, have been having a wonderful time planning what we hope will be the best 40th Reunion in Cornell's history. So far (as we write this on a cold early February night), we have a tremendous early response of classmates planning to attend, but we are setting our sights on an attendance record--for which we need YOU! Please register online at our class website, http://classof64.alumni.cornell.edu, or send the registration form you received in your reunion packet to Judie Pink Gorra. And don't forget to return the class questionnaire.We are looking forward to sharing the results at reunion and laughing together at ourselves.

"After you register, check out the long lists (on our website) of those already planning to come. Most have their e-mail addresses listed, and we are hoping classmates will use them to be in touch before reunion.We know these contacts are what prompt others to decide to make the trek to Ithaca. Nothing is more disappointing than to get to reunion and find that the friend you assumed would be at the party is missing. Ed Dealy,MBA '66, our Affinity Chair, will be happy to send you contact information for anyone not listed whom you would like to see again at reunion. Ed has done a wonderful job for the past several months putting classmates in touch with one another.

"We have made what we feel are excellent decisions, including superb meals throughout the weekend.We have planned an Italian picnic as our welcoming dinner Thursday evening at our Headquarters in Risley (with singing and piano music by our own Tom Sturdevant after dinner), deluxe continental breakfasts, a western barbecue with live banjo and fiddle music, a picnic buffet lunch on the shore of Beebe Lake, several educational and special interest forums/ symposiums featuring our classmates, an elegant reception on the Willard Straight terrace, followed by a filet mignon with Chilean sea bass banquet dinner in Willard Straight, and a Class of '64 rock 'n' roll party with the band Backtalk in our tent behind Risley. (This a revival of a class tradition. Do you remember the Shirelles at our 25th?) Go to our class website to check out all the exciting events in greater detail.

"We have a terrific class uniform, or souvenir, which is included in your fee. It is a soft, lightly laundered red nylon windbreaker with a hidden hood that packs in its own bag and sports our updated class logo--perfect for a hike in the gorges! All class activities, and nearly all of the university events, are included in your reunion fee. Please check the Reunion 2004 Highlights brochure included in your mailing for the many intellectual, athletic, and cultural events the university has planned.

"As you can see, we have planned a fabulous weekend of fun and friends. All we need is you! We cannot wait!"

In other news, congrats to Ed '63, MS '64, and Nancy Taylor Butler and Emmett and Carol Britton MacCorkle for being named recipients of the 2004 Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award in February. The award is in recognition of extraordinary service to Cornell, through activities within the broad spectrum of Cornell's various alumni organizations, associations, and related groups. The Butlers, Mac- Corkles, and other award recipients will be recognized at a banquet in Ithaca October 15, during Homecoming weekend.

Sad news: Sonia Kosow Guterman, MS '67, sends word that her husband Martin, PhD '68, died February 4 after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer. Martin had taught mathematics for 35 years at Tufts U.He lived to attend the wedding of one of their daughters and also to see his other daughter perform a solo at Lincoln Center. Sonia still lives in Belmont, MA, and works at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.

Don Zuckerman has retired from the NY State Attorney General's office, but still has a small practice specializing in criminal and civil appeals and matters pertaining to parole release, rescission, and revocation ("the three Rs"). Don and wife Donna hope to fully retire in 2006 and move to western or central Massachusetts to be closer to their children and to escape "the unbelievably high taxes and costs of housing here in Westchester County." Don adds that he is coming to "our glorious 40th" (he hasn't missed one yet) and so are Pete Gogolak (whom he encountered in Grand Central Station in January) and Jack Litman, a friend with whom he serves on the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Assn. Criminal Justice Section.He adds that his ex-roommate Herb Adler, also a lawyer with an office in White Plains, is "leaning toward" attending, but his ophthalmologist, Bruce Gordon, "is most unlikely to jeopardize his record of having missed all seven prior reunions!"

Reunion committee member Joanne Herron will have a shorter trip to Ithaca this time. Feeling the need for a city and activity after living at the beach (near Santa Barbara, CA) for four years, she moved to New York City last September. Having done very well on renovating a beach home and several others before that in San Francisco, and deciding she needed an adventure, Joanne bought a pre-war condo in a great area and completed a major renovation in December. As of January, she was deciding whether to start a major job hunt or sell her place and find another place to work on now that she knows how to get things done in NYC.

See you next month! In the meantime, please send me your news. -- Bev Johns Lamont, 720 Chestnut St., Deerfield, IL 60015; email, blamont@tribune.com.

65 | I recently came back from the CACO Mid-Winter Meeting. Although it was bitterly cold in New York, it was warm and comfortable at the Grand Hyatt. I'm pleased to report that the planning has begun for our 40th Reunion. George Arangio, one of our reunion co-chairs, and his committee have started to work on the activities of the weekend, so save the dates--June 9-12, 2005--and be ready to get together in Ithaca for a great time. By the way, George needed a little help to get around. He is recovering from hip replacement surgery. But I'm sure he will be fine in June '05. Other class members who attended Mid-Winter Meeting included class president David Roitman, Barry Cutler, Fay Thomas Bakhru, Penny Skitol Haitkin, Bob Kessler, Sharon Williams, Joan Elstein Rogow, Grace Hershberg Morganstein, Judy Kellner Rushmore, Roberta Kupfrian Tarbell, Arnie Rabinor, and Ron Harris. Hope I didn't miss anyone.

A highlight of the weekend was the luncheon address by President Jeffrey Lehman '77. More than 600 Cornellians were present to hear him follow up on the theme of his inaugural address: what should Cornell be like when it celebrates its sesquicentennial in 2015, the year of our 50th Reunion. He is hoping to hear back from many more of us on the "Questions for Engagement" from his Call to Engagement email in December.

Kathleen Gaffney, MD/MPH, of Williston Park, NY, reports that after two years of retirement she has accepted a full-time teaching position as clinical professor, health policy and management, at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia U. "I'll be using my 25 years of public health administration to teach a new generation of public health professionals." From Teaneck, NJ, Alice Schaeffer Nadelman and husband Manny report they have been spending a lot of time in Ithaca over the past four years. Their son Joel '03 graduated last May from the ILR school. Their older daughter Rachel graduated from Brown in 2000.Now that they are finished with tuition checks, Alice reports that she and Manny are beginning to look toward retirement and have recently bought a cabin in the Berkshires (Lake Buel). Alice still has a thriving practice as a child psychologist.

Charles Bigelow III, ME '66, brought us up to date on his family and career. His son Glen is a captain with Net Jets, daughter Linell is a sophomore in high school, and younger daughter Emily is in sixth grade. On the career front, Charles reports that he is closing his investment business in real estate.He and wife Nancy live in New York City. From Hollywood, FL, Bert Gaines reports that he and wife Eileen are into long distance running, Bert in triathlons and Eileen in ultra-long distance running. As far as family is concerned, Emily, 8, is a violinist and actress, and son Aaron is a drummer and actor. During the summers they journey "north" to Georgia.

Alan Fleischman has lots of news to pass along. He and wife Denise have two children. Daughter Courtney is a senior at the Spence School in NYC. By the time you read this, her college search, which included Cornell, should be completed. Courtney excels in art and drama. Son Morgan started high school at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School this fall. He loves sports and is an outstanding hockey goalie, as well as a good golfer and tennis player. Alan is active as a real estate broker specializing in commercial properties--restaurants, bars, retail stores, office space, warehouses, and industrial buildings. For recreation, he likes biking around NYC and New Jersey. He has been active in recreational biking for 20 years, getting in 50- 100 miles a week.

Arline Sroka Sumner reports that her son Joel '93 is married and lives with his two children in Austin, TX. Both Joel and wife Elisa work in the computer industry. As for Arline, she has been with the NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation for more than 17 years as an environmental chemist and toxicologist. In 2002 she attended an international conference in Brisbane, Australia. In her free time she has been singing as a member of a number of choruses. Recently Arline has been volunteering with a group in the Capital District called the ARISE Organization. It is engaged in bringing church, community, and political support to bear on issues involving youth, education, and after-school activities.

Leslie Steinau lets us know that he changed law firms a couple of years ago. He is now with Siller Wilk, a firm doing corporate and intellectual property law in NYC. Les has been actively involved in Cornell Daily Sun alumni activities.At a recent Sun alumni event at the Cornell Club, he caught up with classmate Bob Kessler. He also worked with Class of '65 members in raising funds for the Sun's first permanent home--a building it purchased on West State Street. Les and wife Suzanne live in Scarsdale, NY.

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 | Hello, people. I am writing this column shortly after participating in the annual Assn. of Class Officers (CACO) Mid-Winter Meeting, held annually in New York City. Predictably, there was too much snow on the ground to have it in Ithaca. There was a lively and interesting discussion about where our class is headed over the next two years, and about getting ready for our Big 40th. It really isn't that long until June 2006! Your class officers, especially Alice Katz Berglas (akb66@aol.com), are beginning to solicit ideas for our next class gift. Others at the class meeting included Susan Rockford Bittker, Diane Stein Dobrow, Larry Eisen, MS '67, Herbert Fontecilla, ME '67, Rolf Frantz, ME '67, Dick Lockwood, MNS/MBA '68, John and Mary Loosbrock Miers, Betsy Bierds Schenkel, and Bill Schenkel.

I hope that many of you have responded to President Jeffrey Lehman '77's Call to Engagement (calltoengagement@cornell.edu). President Lehman is very serious about hearing ideas from all corners, and especially from alumni.

Speaking of alumni, I have a note from the American Philosophical Society that Caryl Geppert Emerson has been elected to membership in that group. Caryl is A. Watson Armour III University Professor at Princeton U. Bruce '64 and Toni Leroy Berger (vailberger@com cast.net) write from Baltimore that daughter Jill Berger Inbar '91 has a son and twin girls. Toni is still doing residential interior design, but devoting more time to painting. Sue Bittker and husband Don were in Baltimore in late February for the American Craft Council show that Sue's brother does. "He gets us into the wholesale show, which is very interesting.We also stay for the first day of the retail show, as new artists come just for that part."

Geri Sussman Marcus (gerimarcus@aol. com) is married to Averill, M ILR '67, and they are looking forward to grandparenting. They live in Miami, where Geri is a speech-language pathologist and Ave is a lawyer. They like to travel and are looking forward to China and Hong Kong. Lawrence Berger (lhb6@cornell. edu) reports that his son Matthew '00 married Kelly Chesbro '00 in July 2001. Son Michael '03 is planning on law school. John Deasy,MPS '72, lives in Doylestown, PA, where he flies his '51 Beechcraft Bonanza and enjoys spending time at their remote camp in the Adirondacks.

One member of our class, Ira Drukier, ME '67, is now vice chair of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Advisory Council. The Johnson Museum has presented "one of the finest collections of Surrealist works on paper in the world." Ira lives in New York, where he is a real estate developer and hotelier. Bruce Bergman has written two supplements to a three-volume series entitled "Bergman on New York Mortgage Foreclosures" that was presented to the New York State Land Title Assn. when they met in Boston.

That's all for now. Send in your updates and be sure to look at the Class of '66 website, http://classof66.alumni.cornell.edu. Roy Troxel really does good stuff! -- John Miers, John_Miers@nih.gov; Bill Blockton (rbsfabrics@aol.com); and Susan Rockford Bittker, ladyscienc@aol.com.

67 | Barbara Weinflash Denerstein (Pine Plains, NY; barbara.dener stein@usma.army.mil) recently changed her job at West Point from Child Development Services Coordinator to Community Coordinator. She's also a ballroom dance instructor. Pamela Mattice Thompson (Brimson, MN) is a writer and herbalist (see www.givingground.com) and writes that daughter Alexandra (whose middle name, Rogers, was after her maternal grandmother, Martha Newcomb Rogers '39) spent a year in Americorps tutoring children of Hispanic migrant workers in Florida and has now started at the U. of South Florida in Tampa. Arthur Amberg (Solana Beach, CA; aamberg@acgjobs.com) expanded his staffing consulting business to California and currently recruits and places technical professionals and managers in manufacturing companies nationwide.

Class VP Judy Silverman Kaufman (Stamford, CT; judykauf@aol.com) reports the arrival of her first grandchild, Lauren Heather, last July to daughter Jane, who completed her residency in ob/gyn at Cornell-New York Hospital and is now an attending physician at Columbia Presbyterian. Judy's other daughter, Abby, married fellow Yalie and UMass medical student Micah Hernani last October and is working at the Goodwin Proctor & Hoar law firm in Boston. Judy's husband Bill '65 started a second career teaching TV production at Norwalk Community College.

Pat Huy Baxter (Los Angeles, CA) is associate dean for administration in the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. Jeff Serfass (Washington, DC; jeff72345@aol.com) has been president of Technology Transition Corp. for almost 20 years. Mark Schiffman (mark_schiffman@ haks.net) is senior VP with Haks Engineers PC and has three children in their teens, Roger, Erica, and Wendy.

Marvin Marshak (marshak@umn.edu) writes that his new project is taking over Homestake Gold Mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota and converting it to an underground science lab. Susan Jossem Mitloff (Sarasota, FL; sjm6@comcast.net) wins the irregularly awarded "Where in the world is Myron Kaufman?" prize for this year by reporting that the elusive Mr. K is in Marina del Rey, CA, at myronkau@earthlink.net.

Noël Relyea (Mountain View, CA; nrel yea@yahoo.com) became project manager with Roche Molecular Diagnostics in Alameda, CA. John Lyncheski (Clinton, PA; jlyncheski@cohenlaw.com) lives "on a 150-acre ‘gentleman farm' in a dream stone-and-cedar home." He enjoys golf, hunting, and fishing, and raises English setters. John adds that he and wife Kathy have three grandchildren. He also chairs the AHLA labor and employment committee, is on the ALFA legal advisory council, and was listed in Best Lawyers in America for labor law.

Janetta Rebold Benton (Greenwich, CT; jbenton@pace.edu) directs the honors college at Pace U. in Pleasantville, NY. Her book, Art of the Middle Ages, was published in 2002 by Thames & Hudson, London. She and husband Elliot '65, ME '66, have children Alexander '95, MS '96, Ethan,Meredith, and Leland. Anthony Borwick (aborwick@aol.com) writes that he's been a judge on the General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals, hearing and resolving government contract disputes. Daughter Abigail is a junior at Beloit College, and wife Nina substitute teaches in Montgomery County, MD.

Two belated deaths to report: Anthony Robb on Oct. 9, '00, "tremendously missed by his two daughters, his girlfriend, and family"; and John "Jay" Gilmour III, on Nov. 27, '01, "after a three-year battle with kidney cancer." -- Richard B. Hoffman, 2925 28th St. NW, Washington, DC 20008; e-mail, rhoffman@erols.com.

68 | Hope you have had a good spring. James Kirkpatrick is executive associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts at the U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He's also a professor in the geology department. Jim recently received the Dana Medal, which recognizes outstanding scientific contributions through research in the mineralogical sciences. Judith Winter Andrucki, MST '69, practices law in the Lewiston, ME, area and is also active as a trustee for the U. of Maine.Her husband Martin is professor of theater at Bates College. Their son Max is completing a master's degree in geography and applying to PhD programs.

Jane Frommer Gertler and husband David '67,ME '68, went on a cruise in Alaska last summer and met Chuck Levitan and wife Ellen, along with Jerry Levitz and wife Pam, on the ship. Jane reports enjoying an Alaskan salmon dinner; the chef used a 20-pound salmon that Jerry caught! In November the Gertlers attended the bat mitzvah of the daughter of Corrine Ertel and her husband Ken Sachar in Cambridge, MA. It was a "mini-Donlon, freshman corridor reunion"with Jane Frommer Gertler, Jane Friedlander Gerard, Nonie Diamond Susser, Nancy Bloom Brenner, and Ruth Mandel Pincus.

Cle Austin and wife Penny (Smith) '69 live in Erie, PA, where Cle is president of a contractor and construction management firm. After Cornell, the Austins moved to the San Francisco area where Cle received his MBA and MS from Stanford. He worked for a few years in California before moving back home to Erie. Cle is active in a variety of civic organizations, including public TV, economic development, and the trade association. He enjoys golf in Naples, FL.

Rob Kaplow is an attorney in Farmington Hills,MI. Rob frequently travels to Boston to see his children. Daughter Julie received a PhD in child psychology from Duke and is completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Boston Medical Center. Son Jeff is finishing a master's in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Bill Besgen,MBA '69, and his wife live in New Canaan, CT. Bill is COO at Hitachi Credit America and enjoys spending time at his second home in Key Largo, FL.

Ed "Fast Eddie" Tuleja lives in Tasmania, Australia, and is a guitar teacher. Eddie has private students and teaches at several schools. He has also recorded CDs and is active with several bands. Eddie has a 50-acre farm and reportedly "the best air and water in the world," as well as a freezer full of his own meat. Vicki Nelson lives in Newark, NJ, and is active as a freelance writer and tenant association officer. She had previously worked at Essex County College as Head Tutor in English, but retired in the '90s due to a variety of health problems. Since then she's made steady progress and last year she had support of the mayor and others in her election to office to a major local tenants association.

James Keen was named dean of the Jefferson College of Graduate Studies at Thomas Jefferson U. in Philadelphia. He is professor of microbiology and immunology at Jefferson Medical College and also director of the school's Kimmel Cancer Center. Jim's research has focused on biochemistry and cell biology factors relevant to diseases as diverse as atherosclerosis and cancer, and he has received important grants from the National Institutes of Health. Jim previously was associated with Temple U. School of Medicine. He lives in Melrose Park, PA. David Gorelick and wife Noami Feldman, MD '77, celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary last year with a trip to Paris. David and his wife are both physicians and during their trip David presented some of his research on marijuana abuse. They also had time for sightseeing and fine eating in France. Their son Jonathan '02 is married to Orley Stahl '04.

That's all for now. I look forward to hearing from you. -- Gordon H. Silver, Putnam Investments, 1 Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109; fax, (617) 760-8349; e-mail, gordon_silver@putnaminv.com.

69 | There have been numerous retirements among our classmates. The Human Ecology News reports that Carol Hudson of Richmond, CA, retired from the USDA, but she is still active in the American Assn. of Cereal Chemists. Thomas Levanduski has more time for tennis, skiing, and horses now that he is retired after 30 years of service to the state of New York and 28 years in the Army Reserves. Chuck Pearson retired from Visteon to work with The Nature Conservancy on habitat restoration at one of their preserves. Chuck also tells us that his son George '97 lives in Berkeley, CA, and works in finance at Dreyers Ice Cream (east of the Mississippi, it is called Edy's). John McGraw writes from San Francisco that after the sale of one of his start-up companies and finding a CEO for the other one, he and wife Lynne will spend more time growing grapes and wine-making in the Sonoma Valley. However, John expects to remain involved in the venture capital community. After 31 years at Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Richard Gobrecht retired from the global IT department. He also celebrated 35 years of marriage with two weeks in Hawaii. Richard writes, "Our first time there--it was wonderful."

Another classmate celebrating milestone anniversaries, John Wilkens reached his 26th year with DuPont, where he is in central research and development. At the same time, he and wife Lucie have celebrated as many years of marriage. Their son Chris is a freshman at MIT planning to major in electrical engineering and computer science. And as many of you know, John has been ably serving as our class webmaster from his home in Kennett Square, PA. George Chapman and wife Deborah are still residing in Maumee, OH.

Speaker and author Emily Parke Chase has written a book, Why Say No, When My Hormones Say Go? (Christian Publications, copyright 2003), which is in its third printing. She and her husband Gene, PhD '79, have grown children. Tim is married and working in Texas, Prisca was married last June and lives in Maryland, and John is attending college. Emily tells us that she traveled to Bosnia for two weeks in 2003. Also a writer, Lawrence Levy is a Writers Guild Award winner for excellence in comedy for the show "Seinfeld," and a two-time Emmy nominee. His daughter Erin shows a similar interest. She is at USC Film School in the screenwriting program, and son Josh attends UCLA, where he excels as a high jumper on the track team.

John Kiesendahl, president and owner of the Woodloch resort and golfing community in Hawley, PA, writes that the business continues to prosper. Presently, he is starting construction on a destination spa nearby. Sons Bob '92 and Matt are both in the business. Bradley '98 works for Four Seasons in Philadelphia. John also has four children from his second marriage who are all in school or involved in the business. Robert Lightfoote's son Stephen '07 is the fifth generation of his family to attend Cornell, beginning with the class of 1888! Robert is an administrator in county government and his wife Diane works at SUNY Potsdam. Ronald Arlas is serving his third term as mayor of Larkspur, CA, his fourth term on the city council, and his fourth term as the chairman of the Twin Cities Police Council. In his capacity as an attorney, Ronald is chief litigation counsel for a large publicly traded wholesale mortgage company. Son Nick, 17, is a senior at Redwood High School and participated in the 2003 US Junior National Rowing Championship. He rowed in lightweight eight, and came in second. Jessica, 13, is on a traveling soccer team and plays softball in the Senior League. Ronald's wife Madeline works for United Airlines, and the family has enjoyed traveling to many parts of the globe, including Central America, Australia, the Cook Islands, and a climb up Mt. Fuji in Japan. Ronald includes his e-mail address, Rarlas@ci.larkspur.ca.us, for anyone who would like to get in touch.

Harris Raynor and wife Dr. Denise (White) '70 tell us about their children. Derek '97 graduated from the ILR school, Shelley graduated from U. of Michigan in 2000, and Keith is a senior in high school. Harris is employed as the International VP and Southern Regional Director of Unite, AFL-CIO. Marie-Celeste Scully has been with PeopleSoft Consulting for over five years and since 2003 she has been commuting to Dallas.Marie-Celeste says, "It's great for the frequent flyer miles, but it means I only have visitation rights to my vintage home in Rochester, NY. "Meanwhile, her daughter Celeste wound her way through New Zealand and Australia for three months. "We are doing our part to keep the airline industry in business."

I hope to see you at our 35th Reunion. -- Arda Coyle Boucher, 21 Hemlock Hill Rd., Amherst, NH 03031; e-mail, aboucher@airmar.com.

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