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| 50 | We are in our 55th Reunion year and you should mark your calendars for June 9-12, 2005. Refer to President Cooly Williams's recent reunion invitation and solicitation for our Student Aid class project being chaired by Pat Fritz Bowers and Jim Brandt. Please respond when they contact you. Cooly, MD '54 (or "Cools"), Sante Fe, NM, still does his medical stuff in Albuquerque and Los Alamos and continues his avocation of watercolor painting. He reports that wife Mary "Patch" (Adams) prohibits nudes in his studio, but it is not a problem because his memory is failing. They have a new grandson with red hair, a rare event, but for Cools it's priceless because "at least he has hair."Music fills their free time, frequently with piano duets. Cooly's most pressing problem is letting go of his medical practice. Giving up will deprive him of significant enjoyment and may throw him into the pains of withdrawal. Congratulations to Walt Bruska, Shelburne, VT, who received the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame's Distinguished American Award of 2004 for the Vermont Chapter.Walt was the leading receiver on Cornell's nationally ranked football team of 1947-49 and served Cornell as assistant football coach, assistant to the President, and VP for Development.He went on to serve in VP capacities at Kent State, Springfield College, the U. of Vermont, and Alaska Pacific U.After his academic career,Walt served as VP or executive director of several institutes, then returned to Vermont where he remains active in the Boy Scouts,Meals on Wheels, boards of trustees to prevent child abuse, and corporate secretary to the Champlain Valley Exposition. Ernst Albrecht, Burdorf, Germany, serves as personal adviser to the President of Kyrgyzstan. Lawrence Lodico, Bonita Springs, FL, is retired but active in the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts Chorale. He also tutors for the Literacy Council. Prof.Maria Cristina Garcia's CAU course, From Columbus to Castro, rekindled his love affair with Cuba, so last summer he joined her and others for a visit to Cuba. Miriam McClosky Jaso, Sarasota, FL, "enjoys the good life" and is "truly full of lunch" working for a real estate firm and engaging in the activities of her sorority club, the Cornell Club, Ivy League Club,Women's Cornell Club, and Council of Residential Specialists. Mary Helen Sears,Washington, DC, is still employed as an attorney and is dealing with "too many boxes" brought from her ten-room home of 30 years to her new fourroom apartment. The film Passion of the Christ gave her "a lot to think about."Mary Ellen spent Christmas with her sister in Syracuse, followed by a family retreat at Skytop Lodge in Pennsylvania. Day jobs for David Smith, Newtonville, MA, are "dealing with his stock portfolio and caring for a 100-pound German shepherd." Howard Stevenson Jr., Tampa, FL, is retired but has stamps, travel, and exercise as his after-hours activities. Grandson Casey '05 will graduate next June, and will be the fourth Cornellian and the third civil engineer in his family. Inga Brauner Vatet, Bradenton, FL, claims that "Florida is the place to be when one has come to prefer vacuuming sand from the car to raking leaves and shoveling snow." She enjoys the rewards of volunteering with the Art League of Manatee County and the DeSoto National Monument. Inga celebrated her 75th birthday with her son (CDR-USN) and wife Ann in Lake Tahoe. Jack Richard, MD '53, New York, NY, is retired from medical practice, but teaches at Cornell's medical college and also works half-time in the area of professional conduct for the NYS Dept. of Health. He and wife Elaine celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in April. Jack, a "Triple Red" (BS, MD, and post-doc at the medical college), has "got into golf and digital photography." Charles Pedrotty, Cheshire, CT, sings in his church and community choruses, is active in church activities, bikes and walks, and does summer golf and winter tennis "both to excess."He and wife Helen celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary with all four children, their spouses, and ten grandchildren.Most pressing problem? "Breaking 90!" Carl Strub,Willow Street, PA (near Lancaster) reports on the enjoyment of living in one of the largest and most progressive retirement communities in the country. Carl directs a men's chorus, serves on his church administrative board, and assists in a program to help those with hearing loss. He has seven grandchildren, five of whom are in college at Columbia,UMass,Michigan, Boston U., and Puget Sound. On the most pressing problem today he says, "I worry about the lives of these grandchildren living in a culture whose priorities are money, sex, and violence, and with only half a chance to have a permanent marriage. I'm not smart enough for solutions." James Preston, Ed D '68,Hector, NY, Cornell emeritus professor of Sociology, and wife Gretta enjoy living on Seneca Lake.With 200 guests they celebrated 50 years of marriage with a party given by daughter Cynthia Preston Hagin '79 and her sisters Joan and Barbara. Mort Berger, Briarcliff Manor, NY, celebrated his 75th birthday with wife Margo (Canton) '57 and three sons and their families. Like many of our classmates who report in to us, he stays physically active with boating, fishing, golfing, skiing, travel--and cross-country? Schuyler Stebbins, Kilmarnock,VA, works half days as a foreman for a fledgling vineyard/winery. Last year he worked part-time for a stone, statuary, and paving block company. He and wife Shirley also operate a warehouse that receives donated furniture, home appliances, and other household goods, and then distributes them to the needy. Their fifth son has served in Iraq. Rita Rutstein Kaplan, Camarillo, CA, still works as a secretary and aide in a medical clinic. The most pressing problem is "what's for dinner," for which she has found the ideal solution: "Eat out!"Until recently, Rita was "blissfully unaware of certain body parts until they began to disintegrate and ache."Her after-hours activities are Tetris and bridge. Rita's husband Gerry '47 has combined rose growing and photography into award-winning status. George Cammann, Darien, CT, is a volunteer recruiter for the International Executive Service Corps, and in his spare time fishes, plays tennis, and paints watercolors. James Tregurtha, San Diego, CA, USN Retired, remains active in the Navy League, Naval Submarine League, and Surface Navy Association. His day job is conducting management studies for the City of San Diego. Jim's two daughters live nearby, and he and wife Gloria enjoy the activities of their five grandsons. John MacNeill Jr., Homer, NY, is semi-retired as a consulting civil engineer. He stays engaged in his community by chairing the student exchange program for the Cortland Rotary Club and working with the Cortland College Development Fund. Under the new knowledge/recent discovery category he reports an intense interest in genealogy and being able to trace his ancestry back to 1345. The news that comes in for our column is mostly positive and upbeat, reporting good health and active lifestyles. However, we need to think of those of our colleagues and friends in failing health for whom a happy phone call, an upbeat letter, or a personal visit would be most sincerely welcomed. Our ranks are thinning and it is important for us to remember and revere those who have contributed to the good lives we have enjoyed. Our reunion will be a good opportunity to do this. --Paul Joslin, 6080 Terrace Dr., Johnston, IA 50131-1560; tel., (515) 278-0960; e-mail, phj4@cornell.edu; or Ruth "Midge" Downey Kreitz, 3811 Hunt Manor Dr., Fairfax,VA 22033; tel., (703) 860-2991; e-mail rdk12@cornell.edu. 51 | Joan Falconer, Iowa City, writes that she has done a lot of traveling since she retired from the U. of Iowa Libraries in 2000. A trip to Iceland included a stopover in Boston to visit her goddaughter Ann, daughter of Joanne (Muenscher) '53 and the late Garret Droppers, MA '53. Marc Ginzberg, Rye, NY, reports that the Johnson Museum of Art will be exhibiting his collection of African art, African Forms, in September. Betty Goldsmith Stacey,McLean, VA, volunteers at the National Cathedral and at church as head gardener. She gardens at home, keeping 1-1/2 acres under control. She is researching her Goldsmith tribe back to 1650 in the US, and says she has no time to travel. David Werdegar, MA '53, Ross, CA, emeritus professor of family and community medicine at UC San Francisco, has taken a position as President/CEO of a communitybased, nonprofit organization serving seniors in the Bay Area, the Institute on Aging. He says his wife Kathryn is the celebrity in the family. She is now completing ten years as a Justice of the California Supreme Court. David and Kathryn have two sons and three grandchildren. John and Rose Carpenter Gernon '53, Glendora, CA, have found John's experience building 11 houses in eight years for Habitat for Humanity very useful in overseeing reconstruction of their own house that burned in August 2003. Back home after eight months of construction, the house is better than ever. James D. Livingston, Braintree,MA, has co-authored with wife Sherry Penney a historical biography entitled A Very Dangerous Woman: Martha Wright and Women's Rights. They have co-authored several related articles on American history that have appeared in New York History and Journal ofWomen's History and a Web project, womhist.binghamton. edu/mcw/intro.htm. James retired from GE in 1989, and for 12 years taught undergraduate physics and chemistry of solids in MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering.His two other recent books are a textbook, Electronic Properties of Engineering Materials, and a popular-science book, Driving Force. Tim and Carol Buckley Swiss, Shrewsbury, MA, visited Spain again recently, this time the Bilbao Guggenheim. Carol volunteers for hospice and as a docent at the Worcester Art Museum. She maintains a longtime interest in the League ofWomen Voters and a local offshoot aimed at reducing domestic violence and aiding victims. She lives too far from their eight grandchildren to do much babysitting, and spends her spare time looking for things misplaced. Alfred, PhD '60, and Dolores Blumstein, Pittsburgh, PA, have four grandchildren (one girl, three boys) rapidly moving into their teens. INFORMS selected Al as their Morse Lecturer (Operations Research) for 2004-05, with the first lecture at York in the United Kingdom. Mary Osborn Gallwey, PhD '58, moved to a new neighborhood (Madrona) in Seattle about two years ago and admires a neighborhood activity called Homeless Cooking. "Once a month a nearby restaurant opens its kitchen to volunteers who arrive with donations of food (or money used to pay for preordered meats or fish from the restau- rant's supplier), bringing with them knives, peelers, cutting boards, etc. The chef-owner improvises a menu and we all set to work preparing, cooking, packaging, and labeling the food, which is then stored in the fridge to be reheated when the restaurant staff arrives in the late afternoon. In four hours we prepare the evening meal for four homeless shelters: one for men, one for women, and two for families--about 150 people in all. Other volunteers take the sumptuous dinners to the shelter and serve them. The dinners are wonderful! The second owner does all those dishes while we sanitize the tables, sweep and mop, and set the tables for the evening's customers."With help from neighbors (including Nikola Davidson '93),Mary designed and planted a small garden in a nearby public park. She plans a summer trip to the Kansai region of Japan with two teenage grandsons. David G. and Sarah Fielder,Akron, OH, celebrated their tenth grandchild in March, traveling to Bellingham,WA, to assist--"before and after, not during."David says he's the new treasurer of Friends of the Library, thanks to Quicken and his wife. They still live on Turkeyfoot Island (south of Akron), an area David wrote a book about several years ago. It is about 15 acres, with 24 homes and a Club building (built in about 1906). Property other than individual lots belongs to the Turkeyfoot Trust (held for all residents), which includes over 40 acres of a woodland road connecting to the mainland. Turkeyfoot Lake was part of the water supply required to operate the Ohio & Erie Canal that connected Cleveland to Portsmouth on the Ohio River in the 1800s. Phyllis Fein Bobrow, Stamford, CT, reports granddaughters ages 17 and 15 from daughter Joanne Bobrow Schoelkopf '76 in Winter Park, FL, and grandchildren ages 14, 11, and 7 (twins), from son Richard Bobrow '79 in Westport, CT. Phyllis and husband Henry, JD '52, still enjoy theatre and dance in NYC. We've lost touch with some of our classmates and hope that readers of this column can help us find a current address for Burton Besner, Virginia Riddell Black, Mary Flynn Bokman, Christopher Booth, and Lewis Bradley (for a third try). Barry Nolin's '51 Web page is http://classof51.alumni.cornell.edu. Please send your news to -- Brad Bond, 101 Hillside Way,Marietta, OH 45750; tel., (740) 374-6715; e-mail, bbond@ee.net. 52 | As I write, Hurricane Charley rages through Florida. So many classmates seem to live or winter there that I can only hope you and yours come through it in good shape. The news that follows is from the old mailbag--news pre-Charley. First, a recent, cautionary note from Jane McKimRoss: "To all grandparents who might want to take their grandchildren to Mexico, you must have a notarized letter signed by the parents permitting you to take their child out of the US. Rick and I were taking Julia, 15, to Cancun for a family wedding.We had attended another family wedding in San Diego and had a great trip up the coast to San Franciso.When we attempted to go to Cancun for the second family wedding,American Airlines refused to board us because we did not have the proper letter.Much disappointed, we returned to Dallas, PA. Don't know about other countries, but it would be wise to check."Any of the rest of you out there have similar concrete tips for us? I'd be happy to print them here. Age says the things we don't know are as important as those we do. Donald Collins (Ft. Lauderdale, FL; ibdrc@aol.com) is still sailing at both Coral Ridge and Lauderdale. Yet he writes that he has installed a fuel polishing system, necessary because his Viking motor yacht sits too long at the dock.Why? Because as of March he'd taken a car trip through Maine and Nova Scotia and was planning a cruise on the Crystal Serenity, then one up the Amazon, then another Baltic Sea cruise.He lunches often with Bill McCurdy '48 and exchanges jokes with Richard Bosshardt, who is in Switzerland. Don looks forward to some new material from anyone in the Class of '52. Don Parmet, JD '55, also in Florida, reports that daughter Nancy Parmet Cook '85 has a son Jack, born March 20, 2003. The Parmets continue to travel here and abroad and hope to return to Southeast Asia in the future. They spend a half-year in Melville, NY, and from Dec 1 to April 15 in Palm Beach. Some time is unaccounted for there. Polly Prine Herman had a hip replacement in June and reports coming along fine: "I've been reading all the books I hadn't time for--and enjoying myself!" Polly, with husband Paul, maintains our Web page, on which they are happy to feature your photos. Some are already up. Check them out at http://classof52.alumni.cornell.edu. Kirkwood Personius, MS '56, Rochester, NY, writes that he is nursing hip and knee replacements but coping with less pain. Polly Herman and I can certainly sympathize with that. Kirk enjoys his 11 grandchildren in New York,Virginia, and California, and relaxes at the family cottage on Pine Creek in Pennsylvania. How many others of you are bearing parts new and improved over those with which you were born? Write. I won't tell, if you don't want me to. David Plant, LLB '57, New London, NH, is now "enjoying God's country--all day, every day--on the backside of Little Lake Sunapee."He continues to be "overworked as an arbitrator, mediator, and occasional teacher, but all is fun and sometimes helpful to others." Also in New England, Pat Dexter Clark reports from Falmouth, MA, that the Clarks had a tough health year in 2003, but were hoping for better in 2004. They had a nice visit from Al '51, DVM '59, and Pat Peck Beck '51. Pat says, "Old friends are good for the psyche." True. Pat was depressed, as were many people, by the 2003 Cornell-Harvard football game. Good note from Jim Ling in Fort Collins, CO. "In August of this year (2003),my wife Shelly, daughter Jessie, age 8, and I took an Elderhostel intergenerational trip down the lower Columbia River in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark.We traveled in a 51-foot replica of a Chinook war canoe and camped out one night on our way to Astoria, OR, our final destination. Everyone, from grandparents to kids, had a great time. I highly recommend it if it's offered again. All you need is to be able to get in and out of the canoe. Paddling was optional since the canoe had a motor." Richard Rosa, PhD '56, Polson, MT, writes, "Every spring, for many years, my wife Mickey and I have spent a weekend doing volunteer work (where we chop wood, peel logs, build fences, pick up rocks, dig ditches, clear brush, and eat voraciously) at the Nature Conservancy Guest Ranch near Choteau, MT. Therefore, it was interesting to read in the July/August '03 alumni magazine about the volunteer work that Baltimore attorneys Abby and Jim Gordon '72 do there and in Choteau. Small world." Barbara Schlang Sonnenfeldt, Port Washington, NY, was in Germany, where her husband was on a speaking tour attended by four of their 15 grandchildren. Busy with volunteer work, bridge, and various cultural treats in New York City, Barbara still tap dances once a week. She had a good time at the 2003 AEPhi luncheon at the Cornell Club. Present were Phyllis Berger Corwin, Judy Winter Burger, Jackie Klarnett Freedman '53, and Peggy Binenkorb Scherr '53, Elaine Sneirson Savin '53, Helen Teschner Greene '53, and many other "wonderful classmates." Jean Thompson Cooper, Southold, NY, reports that her Long Island Rug School continues to thrive,maxed out with four on the faculty. Jean teaches hooking and dyeing on both coasts, Oregon in June and Massachusetts in August. As of February 2004, she was on her way to St. Thomas and invited anyone in that part of the Caribbean to give her a call. She's in the phone book. Don't hold her to it, but I suspect the offer is equally good for 2005. Patricia and Robert S. Lamb II, Terre Haute, IN, moved from their country home of 13-plus acres and 27 years two years back, which was why Robert couldn't attend the 50th Reunion. Since then, he has used the background acquired as Preservation and Conservation Librarian at Indiana State, now retired, and some additional training to set up his bookbinding business. He suffered some illness in 2003, but at this writing he was "OK," and rebinding lots of Bibles for local grandmothers. And to wind up: Helen Icken Safa, Gainesville, FL, continues to travel extensively with husband John Dumoulin, and to write, give talks, and teach occasionally, despite her 1997 retirement. The Bruce Warners, Charlotte, NC, celebrated their 50th in 2002 with an open house at their church with most of their family and 125 guests. Bruce, Eugenia, and daughter Elaine continue to sing weekly at a local nursing center and at retirement homes. Bruce manages to fit in a round or two of golf every week.Nancy Barner Reynolds, Madison, WI, when not traveling, is "either swimming or weight training or engaged in the adult education program at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church--body and soul, I guess you'd say." Now, if you haven't seen your name in this column in the last year, it's because you haven't sent news. It's no real effort, and I'd like to hear from you.Maybe your classmates would, too. Try it. Send news. If the stamped, addressed postcard is lost on your desk, try to find it. Otherwise, seriously consider springing for a stamp, or try e-mail. I/we want to hear from you. And mark your calendars for the Class of '52 dinner, Cornell Club, January 22, 2005, in New York. -- Joan Boffa Gaul, 7 Colonial Pl., Pittsburgh, PA 15232; e-mail, jgcomm@aol.com. 53 | It may not take a nuclear physicist to prefer the Berkshires to Florida in mid-July, but it was good to have one, Dave Rossin. He was lettering nametags and making himself otherwise useful right after polishing off the sale of his Florida digs--by cell phone from under a mighty oak in a vast Massachusetts field July 11. Dave had responded to Roz Zalutsky Baron's summons to Western MA for an encore of her inspired picnic with classical music, '53 Goes to Tanglewood, a class event set in mountain greenery. Many came from afar for the Boston Symphony's outdoor concert, lugging lawn chairs and coolers for the chance to debate old friends on 21st-century conflict and presidential prospects. Dave reported on the progress of the nuke book he's writing. Ken Jennings, the "Jeopardy" marathon millionaire, got a mention or two. Since we were in Nathaniel Hawthorne country, it seemed suitable to pass along twice-or-more-told tales. But the main thing was the magic of Mozart and Shostakovich. Mort, JD '55, and Anita Brown Bunis '54, the Ned Nolans, Bill Huehn, Dave Gluck, MD '57, the Jack Parkers, the Dave Berkes, Dick '52 and Joan Dinkel Crews '54, the Jim Blackwoods, the Bob Manns, BArch '57, John and Carolyn Anderson Twiname '54, Phil Baron, and Harriett S."Hat"Hanchett and moi shared varied views of things. But when the music began, all listened. Imaginary batons were set in motion as pianist Emanuel Ax caressed Wolfgang Amadeus's magnificent melodies and haunting harmonies. There was hardly any nodding off. The party proceeded to the Barons' nearby hillside home for more mixing and a super supper. The house was looking magnifique after a trying time that resulted from winter-frozen water pipes. The vittles we et were good, you bet. The company was the same.What can we say after we say bravissima, Roz? Well . . . She doesn't talk about it much and not many of us realize that she walked down 29 unlit flights of stairs from her Wall Street area brokerage office, and then, covered in the ashes of Sept. 11, 2001, over the Brooklyn Bridge to her Brooklyn Heights home after the attacks. Roz had seen the second plane fly past her window and some fellow workers saw what they thought might be a third plane coming their way. That's just one thing we maybe didn't all know about her. There is much more in The View from 70: Women's Recollections and Reflection by Ina Loewenberg '52. It came out this year. If you want to find out what our Roz was like as a little kid in Schenectady, this is the place to look. A week after Reunion '04, Jack, JD '58, and Joan Mannix gathered a band of Phi Sigma Kappa brothers and others to the new Fort William Henry Hotel for a Lake George boating outing, leisurely moments far above those waves of blue, and a steak-grilling party at their Queensbury,NY, home on a "Cornell North" weekend. Skipper Jack plied those historic Adirondack waters in a pontoon boat with a relaxed crew.Mark present Cliff Evans, Rick and Lois Patterson Noyes '56, Harvey and Margy Horsfall Schadler, Ernie, PhD '69, and Jane Little Hardy, Henry "Chick" Ver Valen '52, Bob '52 and Jeanne Irish Lewis '52, Dick Davenport '54, and Bill and Jane Wight Bailey '54. Jack maintains that he remains the world's seventh greatest magician, but doesn't practice it so much since his hip replacement. Not everyone has a dream come true in these golden years, but that's what Tom Tweedale reports from Vienna.He says, "I decided that if I really want to follow my dream I better get at it." So he sold the house in Virginia, "put everything but clothes in storage," and has been in Wien since April. "There is a smorgasbord of world-class concerts, museums, art, tours, theater, and other events" and "a day's train trip takes you to Munich and beyond."He says, "My very rusty German is starting to come back." The neighbors on both sides of his apartment are friendly. "I've fallen in with a group of longtime expats who have retired from various musical pursuits."He tells of a fortnight-or-so trip to Venice and Slovenia with a friend, "winding up in The Hague at a wedding with two grooms, one a cousin of hers."He claims he has no clue what is to come after a year of Austrian idyll, "but I hope it will be as much fun as this is." In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, Naomi Leith Smith is a part-time travel counselor at the visitor center of historic Lexington, onetime home of Rebel Gen. Stonewall Jackson. But her real job is breeding Finnsheep, a robust animal first imported from Scandinavia in 1966. At last report her flock numbered 150 registered ewes, bred for size (up to 200 lbs.),multiple births, mothering ability, and structural correctness. Naomi is prez of the Finnsheep Breeders Association. The goal of digitizing the Daily Suns of our senior year has been attained and you'll be able check out "Pogo," ca. Dec. '52, on the Net any day now. And we hope to see a cast of thousands at our traditional annual dinner with other classes of the '50s on Saturday night, Jan. 23, 2005, of the Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO) Mid- Winter Meeting in NYC. -- Jim Hanchett, 300 1st Ave., Apt. 8B, NYC 10009; e-mail, jch46@cornell.edu. 54 | Our 50th Reunion has come and gone, but the joy of seeing many classmates for the first time in years and meeting those not met before will long remain. The lasting joy for your correspondent is the number of notes that the reunion brought forth, some from those not heard from in many years and some for the first time.One such first-time note arrived from Maureen"Moni"Moynihan Schmitt, M Ed '55, a corridor-mate from freshman year.Moni now lives in Ithaca, but since graduation she has lived in Colorado, California, and Arizona. Along the way she taught at the elementary school level and then graduated to working with the elderly.Her daughter Lorraine, a lawyer, also lives Ithaca.Moni, please do not wait another 50 years to write. Tricia Palmer Shope, widowed in 2002, is presently directing and teaching at Hopmeadow Nursery School in Simsbury, CT. She recently toured southern India, studying the art and architecture of the area. As a weaver, spinner, and designer of wallhangings and bedspreads, it must have been fertile ground for the eyes of an artist. Estelle Weinman Laschever, whose magnificent art pieces were on display at our 45th Reunion, will be exhibiting her "Improvisations" at Artworks Galley in Hartford, CT, November 6-27.We are all invited to attend the opening on the 6th. Estelle has also been asked to exhibit her work at the Stevens Gallery, U. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, from January 18 to March 4, 2005. The Laschevers took time off to travel with a Cornell group to Italy, where they headquartered in Orvieto and took side trips to Florence, Rome, Sienna, and Perugia. Gerald "Jerry" Ackerman presently lives in Nova Scotia, but plans to return to his roots in Eastern Ontario to live by the lake he fished growing up.Now, that's a unique retirement location. Jerry obviously enjoys the snow and frigid temperatures. Sally GuthrieWhitman made a long-distance move in 2003, two blocks inland from their seaside home in Manasquan, NJ, to a one-story Florida-style abode. During the process, they had fun going through all the lost or forgotten things that jiggle memories. Sally missed reunion, but sends greetings to all. Fred Heinzelman and his wife spent a lovely month traveling to Egypt and Greece last year. They found Egypt really hurting for lack of visiting tourists, and they were the first Americans many places had seen in five months. Greece and its islands were delightfully free of the multitudes that were expected for the Olympics. Rod Glover is one of the rare Floridians who prefers sailing to driving a small white ball around a golf course.He and wife Nina (French) '56 spend winters on their Tartan 3700 moored at the St. Petersburg YC when not cruising the Florida Keys and Bahamian waters. Summers are spent at their home in Bradenton, FL.Walter, PhD '58, and Patricia Eike Saidak, of Ottawa, have lived in Canada since 1958. Both retired, they take refuge somewhere in the Caribbean every winter to escape the long Canadian winters. Beverly Billinger Deane Shaver, MD '58, and her husband, both retired from the practice of medicine in Paradise Valley, AZ, keep more than busy with traveling to visit their far-flung family: a lawyer in Chicago, an investment banker in London, and a Washington Post reporter in DC. Henry Rosenberg has been VP of R&D for Haber Inc. for the past seven years, and states he has little to no intention of retiring in the foreseeable future. Inger Abrahamsen Elliott spent much of her career as a photojournalist, working mostly in Southeast Asia on assignment for magazines such as Life, Newsweek, the NYTimes magazine, and Esquire. Shifting gears, she built a design and textile company, China Seas Inc., with showrooms worldwide. Along the way Inger wrote two children's books, Batik--Fabled Cloth of Java (being reissued for its fifth printing this year) and Exteriors, a photographic color voyage. She is presently editing her vast photography collection for exhibit. I shall endeavor to get a date for the exhibit. Inger and husband Osborn live in Stonington, CT. Edward Pollack of Ames, IA, is now a professor emeritus of the Dept. of Statistics at Iowa State U. Tish Holloway Brown and her husband are living in Baltimore and enjoying the opportunities a large city provides for learning, the arts, and community service. Michael Lehrman, with his lovely wife Margaret, was at reunion, appearing after 50 years beneath the surface.Michael started out as pre-med, but his love of the air took him along an alternate path. For several years his career centered on aviation, including a stint as part of the cockpit crew of the Concorde when the FAA certificated the aircraft as safe to operate into US airspace. Recently his interests returned to medicine and he started a company that specializes in medical devices. I hope to keep up on some of Michael's devices as they address the inherent problems of seniors living alone with serious medical risks. The Stephen Krausses have taken another wonderful trip. This time it was a self-guided walking tour of Cornwall, England, for a week. They walked along the coastal path by stages, spending each night at a different hotel or B&B. "Cornish mist," friendly people, rugged cliffs, the sea, and some striking art at the Tate-St. Ives Gallery, plus hearty (though not "heart smart") breakfasts made for a great time. Remember to mark January 22, 2005 on your calendars for our class dinner in conjunction with the 100th Anniversary of CACO in New York City. To view Reunion pictures, just click on Reunion News at the class website, http://classof54.alumni.cornell.edu/. -- Leslie Papenfus Reed, 500 Wolfe St., Alexandria, VA 22314; e-mail, ljreed@speakeasy.net. Cornell Directory, https://directory.alumni.cornell.edu/. 55 | Happy Holidays to all! And as 2005 approaches, you know what that means: our amazing, never-to-be-forgotten, never-to-be-repeated 50th Reunion. The dates are Thursday, June 9, to Sunday, June 12, so start making your plans, marking your calendar, calling your friends, and getting ready to join your classmates in celebrating all that Cornell has meant to us. Once we send out the initial mailing about reunion, which should reach you soon, then our list of attendees will be available for viewing at our class website, http://classof55.alumni.cornell.edu. Janet Scanlan Lawrence has volunteered to be our contact person, and she'll forward the names to the website. Janet's address is 229 Marlton Road, Pilesgrove, NJ 08098-2725; tel., (856) 769-3497; fax, (856) 769-8494; e-mail, louisdixneuf@aol.com. Erik Svenson, BArch '56, MRP '60, reports, "After eight years of sailing in the Caribbean on our Bristol 41 sloop,my wife Lesley and I have returned to Florida permanently." The Svensons have also traveled to South America and Europe, and plan to be in Ithaca next June. ("We're very much looking forward to reunion.") Howard Fink retired from Ohio State's College of Law in 1999 and since then has taught at several different colleges, including Emory, Santa Clara, Stetson, and St. Petersburg, where he and his wife Sondra now own a condo. Allen Brezinsky organized the first-ever reunion of Class 57-I of the Air Force Pilot Training Class, held in Colorado Springs last fall. Over 100 pilots, plus their spouses had signed on, including the following old pals from '55: Arne Foss, Dave Levin, and Dick Fisher; and from '54: Bob Holtzapple, BArch '55, and Bill Peters. Of that group, Dave Levin just wrote that he retired as chairman of the Department of Radiology at Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. He's continuing to work parttime, but "I only do work that I enjoy," a better choice, he says, than being a chairman in an academic medical center.Arne Foss notes that he has acquired a step-grandson, "but I can't find the guts to call my daughter a grandmother!" Don Jacobs and his wife Fran (Walden) '56 split their time between Wynnewood, PA, and Kiawah Island, SC--"Cornell friends are welcome!"--and were planning a long Mediterranean cruise.Malcolm Whyte, who founded the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco 20 years ago, says that the museum is settled now in its best locale, near the Museum of Modern Art and the Convention Center, and "continues to flourish."Mal spends several days a week there, either exhibition consulting or fulfilling his chairman of the board duties. The Whytes and four of their friends saw Africa by Land Rover, and were thrilled to discover that "there are such places where these marvelous birds and beasts can roam widely, undisturbed by civilization." Dick Kurtz says he's planning on being at reunion, and he's back in touch with many fraternity brothers he hadn't seen for almost 50 years. Now that he's downsized his business, Dick volunteers once a week at the San Diego Automotive Museum, which he enjoys, but he'd rather be "touring the country in a classic car like a Packard, Dusenberg, or Pierce Arrow, and singing '50s songs!"Amy Devorsetz Eliezer, who's recently moved to Sarasota, has been keeping busy: tutoring in the local elementary school, leading the local celiac support group, playing bridge and golf, and swimming. "I take Pilates to keep fit," Amy adds. Ron Milner and his wife Lucy enjoyed a wonderful trip to Ithaca for Homecoming in 2003. They stayed at the Statler, in a room overlooking the campus and Cayuga Lake, and the experience was "melancholy and great." The Milners will definitely be at reunion. Alan Kaye was one of those present at Joel and Sherry Vogel Mallin's pre-reunion art exhibit, and was glad to see Otto Schneider and Mike Sena after many years. The Senas are retiring from New York City to Asheville, NC. Alan retired from law practice in 2002 after 44 years as a management labor attorney, and is finding time for golf, bridge, piano, and aerobic walking. He was widowed in 1998, but happily has recently become engaged. Donald Demske attended the pre-reunion gathering at Jay Hyman, DVM '57's house in Delray Beach, where he was pleased to reconnect with Bill Doerler. The Demskes are in Delray four months of the year, and in Silver Spring,MD, the rest of the time. Don's been building sets for a little theater group, as well as doing some landscape painting, and regrets that he "can't get down in a three-point stance" any more. Time's catching up with all of us, Don, one way or another! -- Nancy Savage Petrie, nsm55@juno.com. 56 | Dan Silverberg's 70th birthday celebration in March in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, was described by one observer as the "mother of all parties." For the entertainment, Steve Cohen '93 performed his Chamber Magic Show.We understand that Steve performs every Friday night at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Peter Hearn sent a wonderful archive.He found a picture of Dan and himself at breakfast in their hotel in Shiraz, Iran, in July 1956, when they were 22 years old with the famous (or infamous) Group of 20. Here's a report from our occasional guest columnist, Ed Berkowitz: "After years of ignoring brochures touting Cornell Adult University's summer offerings, I finally decided to give CAU a try. This year's programs included something called ‘Normandy Revisited,' which was not a travel guide to northern France but a very interesting perspective on World War II. The class members were at least as interesting as the faculty. There were a number of us who lived through the early 1940s and who had a good deal of personal experiences to offer, including one gentleman who was a World War II combat vet. "Most interesting for me was my next-seat neighbor, a young Japanese woman whose family had been very involved in the central government of Japan during the war. Her grandfather was actually prosecuted as a minor war criminal for his pre-war role, although he never served his jail sentence due to his advanced age and bad health. In addition, her father served in the Imperial Army, and another relative was an unsuccessful kamikaze pilot who was unable to complete his assigned mission because of engine failure, compounded by the dropping of the A-bomb before he could be sent out again. Needless to say, her view from the other side of the war was fascinating. "It should be noted that CAU was generated by our beloved current Class President for Life, Ernie Stern, and our beloved former Class President for Life, Curtis Reis. The bottom line of all this is that CAU proved to be a great way to spend a week on campus meeting a few old friends and finding a bunch of new ones, all while discovering that, even though at our age we may not be able to remember where we left the car keys, we can still learn about a lot of other things." In other news, Larry Brown (Highwood, IL) is director of Nuveen Mutual Funds. Michael Cornman continues to practice intellectual property law in NYC as a senior partner at Schwetter Cornman Gross and Blondell.He returned to Ithaca in November 2003 for an alumni basketball game, along with '56ers Chuck Rolles, Marty Wilens, and Bill Greenawalt.Michael reports that he lived up to the "Chucker" nickname: he took four shots and never hit the rim--one "swish" and three "airballs." Go Big Red! Tom Dawson (Pacific Palisades, CA) completed his 19th year as organizer of the Pacific Palisades Annual Toys-for-Tots Drive, in which 14,000 toys were distributed to kids through the local fire station. A real hands-on project. In addition, Tom and wife Barbara held a Cornell scholarship dinner at their home and raised $1,200 for scholarships. Foster Kinney (Fullerton, CA) reports that he has developed a niche in investment real estate working with redevelopment agencies to create or rehab affordable housing. "Each project takes an excruciatingly long time, but I feel that I am contributing to reducing low income housing problems." For all you hungry classmates vacationing in Paradise, R.J. Longhi (Lahaina, HI) has three restaurants in Hawaii. Lakeuna on Maui opened in 1976,Wachea on Maui opened in 2000, and Ala Moana opened in Honolulu in 2003. Paul Shane (Philadelphia, PA) is a professor at Rutgers U. in social work and welfare, and co-director of the Prisoners and their Families Project. Dixie Davis Curtice (Washington Crossing, PA) is a broker/sales associate at Weidel Commercial Real Estate in Pennington, NJ (near Princeton). Leland Mote is still working as a senior auditor. Robert Chernaik (Brookhaven, NY) practices internal medicine and is director of a nursing home at Brookhaven Health Care Facility. Dr. James Yates (Lemoyne, PA) is in his 35th year as a plastic surgeon. Clarence "Neil" Burgher, DVM '58 (Linden, PA) has retired from veterinary practice. Neil attended the "white coat" ceremony in December 2003 at the Vet college, which celebrates the third-year class entering into the clinical years. Robert Winship (Topsfield, MA) retired in 1998 from managing a small company that developed small hydropower projects.He is currently chairman of Topsfield's Finance Committee, which recommends the annual budget to the Town Meeting. Matthias "Ty" Frank (Washington, UT) has moved from Quincy, IL. He says, "No more snow to shovel." Thomas Witschi (Wading River, NY) retired from private practice, but is involved with the Mt. Sinai Orthopedic Residency Training Program at Elmhurst Hospital Center. Morton Landau (Lawrence,NY) is semi-retired as a project manager for a steel fabricator for high-rise office buildings. W. Eugene Sanders Jr., MD '60 (Englewood, FL) is retired, and has been buying and selling antiques part-time.With his wife Christine, he has published three books on antiques: 1) Pocket Matchsafes: Reflections of Life and Art 1840-1920; 2) Striker Lighters; and 3) Figural Perfume Lamps. They also publish the occasional article in trade journals. And from our 2006 Reunion Chair, Percy Browning . . . SAVE THE DATE: June 8-11, 2006--our 50th Reunion in Ithaca, NY. --Phyllis Bosworth, 8 East 83rd St., Apt. 10C, New York, NY 10028; e-mail, phylboz@aol.com. 57 | When the cupboard is bare it's not to Wegmans, Kroger, Harris-Teeter, or Publix I go, but to the Internet and e-mail. And a plea for news got results. Jane Wedell Pyle read my e-mail request at a motel in South Carolina, the first stop on a six-week car trip with David '56 and their retired racing greyhound. The Pyles visited Seattle before returning to their Sarasota, FL, home, where they are active in the Cornell Club. June and July were busy times too--a trip to the North Cape of Norway and visits by children and grandkids. Barbara Kaufman Smith, she of "Ace is the Place," has converted the Smith's hardware store in Georgetown, KY, to Do It Best co-op. Good help gives the Smiths a chance to get away, as they did in June, taking their Aline pop-up camper out to see Mt. Rushmore, the Corn Palace, the Badlands, and Custer State Park. Barb has a 2-year-old granddaughter who was diagnosed with diabetes, but takes her daily "pokes" like a trooper. They are enjoying their only grandchild immensely, although Barbara admits to "spoiling Amelia rotten." Judy Tischler Rogers has started practicing piano again on a regular basis for her own enjoyment, continues with yoga, and plays tennis with her husband Jim in Crestline, CA. In the fall she was off to visit two sons and families in Colorado and Florida. Also spending time with grandchildren, travel, and leisure are Al and Mona Reidenberg Sutnick. Cuba, Spain, and St. Lucia were stops in the past year, as well as Salt Lake City for a meeting of the Society for Nutrition Education, in which Mona just finished a four-year stint as secretary. She still does work in nutrition education, mostly writing and developing her own recipes for her nutrition column. Earlier this summer Jerry '54 and Sue Shelby Schurmeier toured the Inside Passage of Alaska aboard the Yorktown Clipper, stopping for whale and puffin watching. July and August were spent at their lake home in Wisconsin with the family. Don, PhD '60, and Barbara Ress Rotenberg joined Harry and Barbara Rovner Flaxman for a trip to St. Petersburg and Scandinavia last May. Bobbi and Don have three grandchildren all living in Massachusetts, so they try to visit as often as possible. Marilyn "Mimi" Ridgley was in Santa Fe, NM, for most of the summer, but headed to Lake Placid in August to attend the wedding of Betty Ann Rice Keane's daughter. Last spring Mimi and Bob '56 had a wonderful trip to Umbria and Tuscany, where they hiked and learned about the wines of the region. They've also been enjoying their four grandchildren, taking them to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Santa Fe Opera for a bit of culture. Please fill my cupboard. Send news! -- Judith Reusswig, 5401 Westbard Ave., #813, Bethesda, MD 20816; e-mail, JCReuss@aol.com. Steve and Marilyn Miles hosted a reception at the River Oaks Country Club in Houston in honor of President Jeffrey Lehman '77 and his wife Kathy Okun this past February. The event drew 225 Cornellians from the Houston area (with a smattering from Austin), and served as both a Texas welcome and probably the largest gathering ever of Texas Cornellians. A small dinner party followed the reception, and among those dining were Ned '55,MBA '57, and Paula Bussmann Arps '56 and Southwest/Mountain Regional Director Susan Hennessee and husband Dewey. Steve is a lifelong member of the Cornell Council. Allan Dunn, a noted orthopaedic surgeon, specializes in something we all need or will need soon, namely, the regrowing of cartilage in arthritic joints. He discovered Intra-Articular Growth Hormone (IAGH.com) injections. Allan, you might want to bring a truckload to our 50th in less than three short years. John Maclay very gently called to my attention that I goofed in my April column in reporting his marine exploits involving submarines. It should have been submarine cables.He also recounted how he needed a new roommate after his two roommates of the fall semester of his fifth year finished after that term. And that, your honor, is how he convinced Marilyn that they should get married. I'll reserve judgment on that until I hear her side of the story. For those of you tired of light reading, Mordy Blaustein has published his first textbook (with two other authors) entitled Cellular Physiology. It might not be a pageturner in the Grisham fashion, but you'll be able to wow your buddies on bowling night. In a tangential situation, Sam Thier is a newly elected member of the American Philosophical Society, which bills itself as the "nation's oldest learned society." I believe it, because Frank Rhodes is currently that organization's president. Our class president (note the flow) Bob Watts had a most memorable Father's Day weekend.With his two sons, and grandson, age 9, he spent four days hiking in the northern Presidential Range in New Hampshire's White Mountains, at one point climbing 3,700 feet in five hours and on to a 5,300-foot summit the next day. They endured 30-degree temperatures and 50 mph winds on the trek. This was a homecoming of sorts for Bob. He spent Cornell summers working for the Appalachian Mountain Club trail crew in the White Mountains. Last spring,my son, grandson, and I visited Ithaca for an NCAA lacrosse tournament game.We visited the Uris Library (grandson Ben rang the noon chimes in the tower-- at age 4 he needed very little help to count to 12), and climbed to the Class of '57 Kinkeldey Room, where we were pleased to find the room full of students studying for finals. Ben and I had our picture taken in front of the plaque designating our class's participation, following which I was asked if I was a member of the class.When I responded positively, several "thumbs-ups" appeared, and I was the recipient of a number of high-fives, administered quietly--quite a kick. --John Seiler, 221 St.Matthews Ave., Louisville, KY 40207; tel., (502) 895-1477; e-mail, suitcase2@aol.com. 58 | We have only five News notes in hand, and on those we'll report; where we go from here for future columns is up to you,my fellow classmates. Roberta "Bobbie" Erde Epstein and husband Mark find themselves driving to Tucson frequently to visit their daughter Cynthia, a real estate agent, and her family. Bobbie continues to say that they're "on the road approximately four months a year and it's definitely too much" (yet they hoped to take a family trip this year celebrating their 40th anniversary--we'll watch for news on that). Bobbie and Mark have become very active working for their favorite charities, particularly in supporting the local (Las Vegas) ballet theater and Toys for Tots, yet they still find time for winning special bridge-playing events in the region. Bob and Linda Dunn took an Alaska cruise last year and also went to the US Grand Prix in Indianapolis. Bob's now been in every state except North Dakota and he hoped to cover that soon.Meanwhile, his new book,Winning with Expert Witnesses in Commercial Litigation, came out last fall; he says that if every classmate buys just one copy, the publisher will break even. Alan Goldman and his wife Joanne traveled to India last November, where they visited cousins in Calcutta (US Consul General), trekked, and saw some of the area.When here,Alan continues his merger and acquisition advisory work and business consulting, but gets in time for lots of tennis (ranking up to number 2 in Eastern Tennis Association in 65-plus doubles). Alan is also chair of his local American Red Cross chapter and is now on the executive committee of the School of Public Health at Columbia U. Gail Glueck Bernstein and husband Ralph '57 write that "daughter Alison and her partner Judy Appel were among the thousands who got married in February at San Francisco City Hall--attended by their two kids and loving friends.Meanwhile, we were in London with our two older grandkids (Rex, 11, and Olive, 9), where we rented a gorgeous flat off Kings Rd. and had a great time." Gail adds that a highlight for all was a sunny day at Stonehenge. Nach Waxman writes that his wife Maron has recently retired from the American Museum of Natural History and that "he hopes to catch up with her on the leisure front soon." Their son Joshua is a rabbi with an interesting commute: from Philadelphia, where he and his family live, to a congregation in Minneapolis (this writer hasn't figured out how that works). Daughter Sarah is an immigration specialist working with Mexicans in Chicago.Nach's bookstore, Kitchen Aids and Letters, specializing in food and wine, just marked its 20th year.He judged a number of food competitions at the Iowa State Fair last year, and survived. Nach is trying (unsuccessfully thus far, he says) to free up a little more time for him and Maron. And that's all there is, 'Mates. As I've written before (in fact, exactly a year ago): we are absolutely out of News--zero, zilch. If you want to see more here, send it in. Your Dues will help the class coffers, too. Cheers to all, and, while not believing how another year could have rolled by so quickly, I wish you all Happy Holidays at year's end!-- Dick Haggard, 1207 Nash Dr., Fort Washington, PA 19034; e-mail, rhaggard@voicenet.com. Class website, http://classof58.alumni.cornell.edu. 59 | Happy memories of our 45th Reunion remain in the minds and hearts of those fortunate enough to have attended. As Sidney Wolfe wrote to Ron Demer, "I was excited to see all of you and to hear the very interesting talks by our classmates, as well as the impressive ‘my first year' talk by President Jeffrey Lehman '77. What a wonderful place we were lucky enough to spend four years at!" Since 1972, Sid has been the director of the Public Citizen's Health Research Group in Washington, DC. He has written numerous books and articles--and testified before Congressional subcommittees and the Food and Drug Administration-- about drugs and drug safety, and the impact of lowering standards for drug approval by the FDA. In June, in the medical journal Lancet, he continued to raise concerns about the safety of Crestor, a cholesterol-lowering drug approved by the FDA in August 2003, citing cases of severe muscle deterioration and other illness tied to the drug. Dale and Rita Burrell of Holley, NY, enjoyed reunion, especially since they missed our 40th because they were traveling in Alaska. (Excuses, excuses!) In their RV travels --usually accompanied by their cat--Dale and Rita have attended fairs from Fairbanks, AK, to Plant City, FL, and Freyburg, ME. "The oxen-pulling contests in Freyburg have been the highlight so far," Dale says. He continues to be active in the Genesee-Orleans Cornell Club, and in 2002 received the club's Spirit of Cornell Award. Presenting a documentary at a Chicago meeting of the American Medical Association kept W. Jeanne McKibben of Oberlin, OH, from reunion. Jeanne officially retired in April after 25 years as an internist-geriatrician. "The medical liability crisis hitting many states was the reason," she said. "I now have more time for my granddaughter, who is 6,my garden, traveling, video editing, and historical preservation." Jeanne would love to see any classmates in or traveling through the greater Cleveland area; she can be reached at wjmckibben@aol.com. Gail Oglee Hathaway of Yarmouth Port, MA, is on the board of the Cornell Club of Cape Cod. She, too, welcomes visitors. Ann Marie Behling has left her townhouse high above downtown Asheville, NC, for a new house not too far away on a 5.77-acre lot on Big Flats Mountain in Fairview, NC. Margaret Anne Frueh Rogers, whose husband Joe '58 died in December 2001, has moved to Fairfax Station,VA. She retired last year as professor of mathematics from Shoreline College in Seattle. "I love Seattle and I will miss my good friends there," she writes, "but I have an urge to be close to my family.My new home is only a six-minute drive from my daughter Linda Rogers '91 and my two young grandsons." Following her retirement from Wheaton College, where she served as president for 12 years, Dale Rogers Marshall and husband Don '58 headed west, returning to their house in Piedmont, CA. The American Political Science Association honored Dale last year with the Frank Goodnow award for her contributions to the political science profession. Patricia Hughes Dayton and her husband Richard have moved from Freeville, NY, to Ocala, FL."My husband has always wanted his home, his workshop, his airplane (which he built himself), and everything else all under one roof,"writes Patricia. "We just taxi down the road to the airport and take off!" Although her nursing days are over, Anne Carpenter Robertson still uses PDR to look up new drugs. A resident of Redwood City, CA, she has four children, three stepchildren, and three grandchildren. "My retirement efforts go into new language learning," she says. She speaks French, Spanish, and Portuguese, and has been studying Russian. Susan Saul Spencer of Frankford, DE, writes that she and husband Rick enjoy golf, duplicate bridge, painting, kayaking, and visits with family and friends. "We never tire of our life of aimless ease.We are fortunate to spend winter on Oahu's North Shore and the rest of the year on the Delaware beach." Bob Furno of New York City recently became a grandfather for the first time. The proud parents are his son Erik '86, BArch '87, and wife Jill Mastaloni Furno '92. "They named their daughter Daryl, after my late wife--and Erik's mom--Daryl (Davis) '61. Maybe she'll be a third-generation Cornellian!"Cindy Cavenaugh Shoemaker of Marbury,MD, writes that after her husband Doug passed away in April 2002, she returned to work at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center as associate director of University Programs. Cindy has four children, each of whom has three children--"so I do a lot of shopping at holidays!" As the year ends, your class officers send best wishes to all for a holiday season filled with happiness and joy, a New Year filled with peace and love--and resolutions to send me lots of news! -- Jenny Tesar, 97A Chestnut Hill Village, Bethel, CT 06801; tel., (203) 792-8237; e-mail, jet24@cornell.edu.
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