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40 | We received an address but no news from Robert Eisele of Belmar, NJ. This is the first time Robert has been mentioned here, so if anyone knows of him, please drop me a line. Ellen "Toni" Saxe Stewart lives in Kendal at Ithaca. She volunteers for McGraw House, the Presbyterian Church of Trumansburg, and Kendal. A few months ago Francis '39 and Theo Beekman Thomas sold their home in the Adirondacks where Theo grew up and moved to 1502 Maryfield Court, High Point, NC 27260. Theo would enjoy hearing from friends. She and Fran visited me in Hartford, NY--she is fine.

I also have a note and picture from Peg Boardman Young. Ross Friedman '00 is with her in the picture. He is the head purser on the American Glory, a small cruise ship on which they traveled from New London up the Hudson to Albany and back--a well-fed week. She is enjoying classes in complex embroidery/cross stitch taught at an embroidery guild near her home in Fort Myers, FL.

Mary Savage Kyle has moved to Laconia, NH. Living in that great and beautiful area, I'm guessing she walks a lot. Her two sons Robert and Richard live close by. She has sent a contribution to the Cornell Plantations, a favorite of our class. Margaret Tammen Perry sends news from Glenwood, FL. She has joined the world of computer owners. She gives time to the Presbyterian Church committees in DeLand, FL, on global mission and outreach.

Raymond Morrell has retired.He enjoys following the high school sports in which his grandsons participate--swimming, baseball, football, and wrestling.He also likes to read about early US history in his spare time. He has three daughters, who surprised him and his wife at their 60th wedding anniversary party when a 15-piece band played tunes of the '30s and '40s!

Bill "Bumper" Baird, your recently appointed reunion chairman, reports that in June he attended the Class of '39 Reunion to check it out, and wants you all to plan now for next year's 65th! -- Carol Clark Petrie, P.O. Box 8, Hartford, NY 12838; phone, (518) 632-5237.

41 | Once again we prove that we are the "Great Class."Today your 2004-05 News Forms started to arrive.You can be sure there is enough news to fill several issues. Please be patient.Your name and news will appear.

Jack Weintraub leads off: "This retirement business is exhausting.With duplicate bridge, volunteerism, and social life, we hardly have time to show pictures of our grandchildren." Bill Sorn is keeping busy delivering Meals on Wheels, taking kids to the Shrine Circus, and with Kiwanis Project and Knights of Templar--plus e-mails to Bob Randall. Bob Harley moved again, downsizing to a patio home near his daughter. Stanley Reich is still teaching radiology at UC Davis and one day a week at UC San Francisco Medical School.

Robert Hoyle was 84 years young last May.His wife had a stroke last year and is recovering slowly.He sold his Tri-Pacer plane after 25 years of flying over the US and Canada. He and Ross Watson, PhD '42, who did graduate study at the Ag college, "did a lot of flying on an Ag School research program." Bob hears from Charles Avery '42, JD '47, a classmate from Auburn High School who went on to earn a law degree after WWII. Don Robinson,MS Ag '54, lives half the year in New York State and the other half in Florida. His wife Thelma (Drake) '42 died in Jan. '04 from a leg infection. Don writes that his lungs are in bad shape, requiring oxygen, but that he is on the Board of Directors of the Wyoming County Fair in Pike, NY.He was secretary and general superintendent of the fair for 25 years.

John Ayer, a winner in every decade, is continuing to come in first. "Two years ago I won the World Championship Marathon. It was easy.No one else entered!" Frederick Munschauer has retired as chairman and CEO of Niagara Machine and Tool Works in Buffalo, NY, and is a member of the Tower Club Committee. Stanley Cohen felt it was payback time and gave seed money for a journalism library in the Cornell Daily Sun's new home. "I owe more to the Sun than I can every repay."At his age he says he's okay. Harry and Maggie Wetzel are happily retired in their Alexander Vineyard and Winery in Healdsburg, CA. Harry writes: "This part of California is crawling with Cornellians: Jay '63,M Ch E '65, and Karen Dean Abbe '65, Lew Platt '63, Frank Woods '54, Tom Reed '55, Marty Pogue '51, granddaughter Margaret Wetzel '03, and sophomore grandson Kevin Wetzel '06! --Ralph E.Antell, Beaufort Towers, 7015 Carnation St., Apt. 408, Richmond,VA 23225-5233.

I want to thank all my classmates who sent in so many notes about their lives this past spring. Edith Lewis Allen writes that in December 2003 she and husband Henry moved to Sterling Park at the Osborn, a continuing care community where they are being "spoiled rotten" having everything done for them. Doris Tripler Kiely, Sylvia Weintrob Kessler, and Dorothy Newman Seligman all live in the Rye, NY, area and get together often to reminisce about the good old days. Edith is still running two support groups: one, a well spouse group for spouses of the critically ill, and one for people with Parkinson's. The motto for the Well Spouse Foundation, a national organization of which Edith was one of the founders, is, "When one is sick, two need help."

Ruth Marshall Kibbey of Tuscaloosa, AL, has nothing new to report, but she is still walking, volunteering, and enjoying life. Betty Niles Gray says she and John are still traveling. Their last trip was to Costa Rica and Panama to look at wildlife. Their next trip is to the Art Institute in Chicago for a one-week Elderhostel program. At home she spends her time reading, gardening, and playing golf and bridge. Jane Frier Bertrand of East Syracuse, NY, is still traveling and had a great 16-day cruise in February from Ft. Lauderdale through the Panama Canal to San Diego with many stops. From Susan Stauffer Blaser '71: "I am writing on behalf of my mother, Ruth Myers Stauffer, to let her friends from Cornell know that she is now in Jacksonville, FL, in a private assisted living home less than one mile from me. She is in good physical condition, but struggling with dementia and eyesight issues.Her love of Cornell remains strong, however, with her diploma proudly hanging over her desk. She delights in the fact that her grandson Neil Blaser (my son) has his sights set on Cornell already at age 13. She sends her love to all her Cornell friends, especially her sisters from Alpha Phi." Ruth can be reached at 8100 Jose Circle West, Jacksonville, FL 32217.

Gloria Brown Mithers of Oceanside, CA, is enjoying a moderately active life in reasonably good health. The big joys of life are her "late-in-life grandkids." "A highlight of last summer was attendance at an intergenerational Elderhostel where I learned about my Melissa's great people skills. In late March I had a brief reunion in Palm Springs with Lillian Strickman Hecht and husband Norman '42, BS Ag '47."

Elizabeth Turverey Cornish enthusiastically writes that "Ithaca is a great place to live." She is still working as a stockbroker with AG Edwards and enjoying it. A boat on Cayuga Lake, a daughter and son-in-law in town, and activities at the Chamber of Commerce and on the McGraw House Board all complete an ideal schedule. "I am looking forward to our Reunion in 2006." Ruth Kessel Butterly says she has now had her 15th year as a volunteer at the New York Public Library. Among her several jobs: she enters menus that are part of a collection dating back to 1860! -- Dorothy Talbert Wiggans, 415 Savage Farm Dr., Ithaca, NY 14850-6506; e-mail, flower@localnet.com.

42 | Will Templeton (Oceanside, CA) sent beautiful photos of the dedication of the memorial to the USS San Diego (CL-53) and her crew. He seems to have been the one in charge of the affair. In her three years of service during WWII, the USS San Diego steamed over 300,000 miles and engaged in most major naval campaigns from Guadalcanal to Tokyo Bay, earning 18 battle stars. Bill says, "The memorial has occupied all my time and I am still working on the details.We had 75 shipmates attend--300 including families and friends. A large number, considering they are mostly 80 years old." Ed Markham (Bainbridge Island,WA) is recuperating from a bad accident.We wish him well. Greta AdamsWolfe '48 reported his accident and hopes to visit my area soon. Art Foster (Bellevue,WA; dogpaw@earthlink. net) enjoyed visits from his daughters, who are gourmet cooks.

When I find out someone is a Cornellian, I like to follow their activities. Some Cornellians making the news are, of course, the very unfortunate Nicholas Berg '00, who attended for two years and was a great student but did not graduate. I also enjoy watching Keith Olbermann '79 on MSNBC every evening. Now I hear that David Ross, co-class correspondent for '73, who has excellent name recognition because he is the local Seattle morning broadcaster, is going to run for the House of Representatives. Dave is a really splendid fellow and I wish him luck. Also the Colorado Senate Race was shaken up when Gov. Bill Owens revealed that Pete Coors '69 is throwing his hat into the GOP ring.

Paul and GretaWilcox Leighton '44 (Scottsdale, AZ) recently moved to a lifecare retirement community. Paul is still doing consulting management work and both are active in church work. They enjoyed the 50th Reunion. Jean Fenton Potter (Washington, CT) has kept busy with her garden club and bridge and playing in the bell choir at church. She also enjoyed a QE2 cruise to London and Lisbon. Other activities include golf, watercolor painting, and enjoying her eight great-grands. Helen Zinn Arenson (N. Palm Beach, FL; opyc@gate.net) visited Plymouth, MA, for her granddaughter's wedding. She enjoys boating and is active at the Old Port Yacht Club as editor of the club's monthly publication. She also boasts three sons, four grands, and one great-grand.

John Chesebro (Springfield, VA) is retired US Army. Thomas Keene (Elkhart, IN) boasts five children, 14 grands, and two great-grands. Glenn andMargaret Botsford are well settled at Kendal at Ithaca. I received an e-mail from a cousin of Frederika Lofberg Decker, who is trying to locate her. He is doing a genealogical study of their family and believes she would be interested.He can be reached at RobertLofberg@cs.com. Joseph and Roma Hoffman (Scottsdale, AZ; joehoff592@msn.com) are active with their homeowners association, as Joe is on the board. They met with Bernard and Lillian Kornblum Sachs '43. They traveled to China, visiting Xian and sailing the Yangtse River. They are very interested in the changes in the 20 years since they last visited. Joe likes his digital camera and computer, plays some golf, and has nine grandchildren, one of whom graduated from Cornell.

Edna "Jonesy" Jones Berry (Atlanta, GA) is officially retired, but is unofficially editing her husband's writings. She has traveled all over the eastern and southern US and England and celebrated her 55th wedding anniversary. She is interested in Bible study and history, as well as journaling, cooking, correspondence, and reading biographies. She loves watching sports and has four children and five grandchildren, all of whom have specialities. She enjoys "updates on classmates who had such inspiring lives in their relationships with the direction and activities of Cornell." Sadly,Marcia Mehr (W. Orange, NJ) reports that Lou is very ill, although he's still interested in stamp collecting and the history of the Civil War. [The University received word that Lou died on Nov. 13, '03.] John Jackson (Palm Beach, FL) reports that his wife passed away shortly after they celebrated their golden anniversary. A belated farewell to Helen Libisch Elmer (Corning, NY), who passed away in '02. She is greatly missed by her husband Thomas, her children, and her three grandchildren, who are Cornell graduates.

You can take a 70-second virtual visit to Cornell on the Internet by going to http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/cornell_fund/spring.htm. Depending on your computer and connection, it may take a few seconds to load. And here's our new '42 website: http://classof42.almuni.cornell.edu/. Do write to all those submitting their e-mail addresses, as well as to me. -- Carolyn Evans Finneran, 8815 46th St.NW, Gig Harbor,WA 98335; tel., (253) 265-6618; e-mail, ceefinn@juno.com.

43 | Sad news: Phyllis Dittman McClelland died in February. It was she, you'll remember, who broke the glass ceiling of the Library Tower by becoming the first distaff Head Chimesmaster. She also starred as Mom in the only mother-daughter chimesmaster team. In 1999 we, the class of '43, honored Phyllis by funding the casting and tuning of a new bell inscribed with her name. Here's a quote from a letter she wrote at the time: "Someone asked me if I ever dreamed, when I went out for Chimes competition that it would come to such notice and such honor.My answer was I didn't at all; I just wanted to ring those bells."

From recent--ha! It's June here in Bucks County--letters and e-mail: Bill Dickhart (Fort Washington, PA): "After three major trips a year for decades, we are now down to one; we visited Madeira for a couple of weeks in March for some sun and fun." Jerry Batt (Williamsville, NY): "Dorothy and I spent a couple of months in Florida, some of it golfing with Dorothy's twin Dolores and her husband Joe. I allowed as how I needed to return to the practice range, but Joe insisted that I need a new set of irons. I find gardening less aggravating anyway, so I'll forego the new irons; use the old set to cultivate the garden." In a recent (June) phone call I was thanking Jerry for sending me a book by Wilson Greatbatch '50, who invented the pacemaker. In reading it I discovered that our own Sam Hunter had lent a helping hand. I don't have a pacemaker, but I can now lecture on the subject. But back to Jerry.He threatened to visit Dave Estes at the Landfall, his fine eatery at Wood's Hole, MA, now under new management--the next generation of Estes.

Robert E.Warren (Spruce Head, ME) writes: "Have lived here since retiring from General Electric Co. in 1983. Spent 15 years sailing to and in the Bahamas.Wife Ruth died in 1998; remarried in 2001 to Nancy. Three children, eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren." Joseph Hickey (Falmouth, ME) visited relatives in Ithaca last fall.He keeps in touch with Al Drake in Lake Placid, NY. Clifford Cole (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL) writes that he's alive and very well. "I can hardly find time to do all that I and my dopamine and serotonin want me to do." Dr. Ben Kaplan (Sarasota, FL): "After graduating from Columbia U. Dental School, went into Navy for two years, then private practice for 54 years. Retired since 1999. Now live in Florida and Dalton, MA."Ann Morgenstern Cohen (Mt.Vernon, NY): "Had a great time at the 60th Reunion and, God willing, plan to come to the 65th."

From Tom Baskous (Schenectady, NY): "Keeping busy playing fiddle with the Adirondack Fiddlers,mandolin with the Saratoga Mandolin Ensemble, and racquet with a bunch of old tennis guys. [Cornered the market on cat gut, eh, Tom?] Jerry Kennard (Fairview Park, OH): "For about 20 years we've seen fellow Cornellians Gus and Betty Davis Ruetenik, both '47, who supply our Christmas trees from their farm at Zoar, OH. Betty was my lab partner in the dreaded Metals Lab. Old friends dig deep. Our other item of note was a Scout Court of Honor for our third third-generation Eagle Scout. There were six Eagle Scouts in the family picture. Oh, yes, my Chapter made Barbershopper of the Year. I am drinking from my saucer 'cause my cup has overflowed."

Harry Cumpston (Naples, FL) lives in a life-care community. "Cut off from tennis, but make a buck or two at golf and bridge." Marion Rossman Tozier (Belfast, ME) also lives in a retirement community. She sings: "O, give me a home / Where the elderly roam / Where the foxes and chipmunks play / Where seldom is heard / A discouraging word / And the ships sail by on the bay." Gene Saks called from his room at the Statler overlooking Cayuga and the cost of long-distance.He and Keren, along with 25,000 others, were there for the graduation of daughter Annabelle '04. "Thrilling," said Gene. Twenty-some years ago when I learned Keren was pregnant, I said, "Gene! You'll be in a wheelchair by the time this kid is old enough to play catch."Well, I don't know if that catch ever happened; the kid became a high hurdler, horsewoman, and crack student, and it's I who belong in that wheelchair.Meanwhile, I searched for and cannot find in Guinness the record for oldest parent of a Cornell graduate; maybe next edition.

Last month--it was May, right?--Tracy and Barbara Wahl Kaufman Cate drove cross-state from Maplewood, NJ, to visit for a few hours before the four of us drove down to Philly and dinner with Emily and Leon Sunstein.We dined at The Prime Rib, where Barbara and Emily promptly ordered The Vegetable Plate. Sad sight.Memorable afternoon/evening.

OK, I'm outa here right this sec lest this column--and Jerry's saucer--overflow and swamp the ships sailing by on the bay. -- S.Miller Harris, PO Box 164, Spinnerstown, PA 18968; e-mail, millerharris@netcarrier.com.

44 | Reunion Report

45 | The latest issue of Beta Theta Pi magazine contained a three-page article entitled "Midland's Elder Statesman" about our noble classmate Herbert Dow Doan (Midland, MI), including a full-page portrait with the Libe Tower in the background. Herb, as he was called in our time but recently known as Ted, retired in 1971 after a distinguished career with the huge company his grandfather founded and of which he became president 42 years ago; he's a highly respected leader in community affairs in his hometown.When I needed relief as our Cornell Fund Representative, I called on him. Always a loyal Cornellian, he took charge and marched off successfully. Like many in our class,Herb enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1943, served as a staff sergeant in the weather service, and returned to acquire his ChemE in 1949. But he definitely considers himself a '45er; let's hope he shows up at our reunion!

Many of us write annual holiday newsletters, which often accompany the news forms for this column--a good source of material. Some are boastful of the accomplishments of offspring, and some are lugubrious, but a particularly joyful message arrived from Charlotte Madison Devers-Wallace (Tucson, AZ), who is so busy with volunteer work at an Alzheimer's hospice and other cultural activities that she needs more time and energy, but still is sneaking away for trips to Sicily and to visit with her family in Boulder, CO, and Lake George, NY. It's best that she tell this herself: "Bob Wallace, MD '47, and Sherry met at Cornell and dated several times; Bob gave Sherry his fraternity beer mug to remember him. The war was on and they parted. Bob went into basic training and then on to Cornell Medical College. Sherry graduated in 1944 and later from graduate school.Years passed. Bob retired from active medical practice, Sherry from library management. They remet at our 50th Reunion; Bob didn't know Sherry, but Sherry knew Bob because he had an oversize name button and she had traveled around the country with the beer mug, using it as a pencil holder. It had Bob Wallace printed on one side. Neither could remember the giving of the beer mug.

"Meanwhile, Sherry's husband had died. Another five years passed and they met again at the 55th Reunion. During the next few years e-mails passed back and forth, exchanging news. Bob's wife Flora died in 2003 after being ill for some time. Sherry invited Bob to Tucson as a place of beauty where he could relax and rest from the stress that he and his family had been through. Bob visited in May for two weeks, during which they rekindled a warm interest in each other. Sherry paid Bob a visit in Utica in late June; they visited Cornell and had a mini-reunion with some classmates. Sherry's 80th birthday was fast approaching; she had already planned a big party in August and invited Bob. He accepted, arrived on August 4, and voila! A wedding took place on Aug. 9, the day before Sherry's 80th, as Bob did not want to be introduced to Sherry's fabulous array of friends as her ‘special friend from up north.' So we are living in and loving Tucson in the winter; Utica (New Hartford), Lake George, and the Northeast in the warm months.May your lives be as happy as ours." The obvious moral of this story: Attend reunion--good things happen!

Another gladly received form came from my old EE buddy William T. Duboc, BS '44, who moved to Naples, FL, in 2000 after 25 years in Pittsburgh, PA. Bill retired from Westinghouse in 1982, spent 15 subsequent years on the board of Allegheny General Hospital, and was widowed twice, which may explain why we lost track of him.He is now off our "Lost Classmates" list and says he may attend the 60th. I hope so and will certainly try to do likewise, as we haven't seen each other since 1951, when he was in the Med, serving in the cruiser USS Albany and I was driving a submarine around them. That's what reunions are for. Bill's also been to South America, South Africa, and Australia. Another happy note from William G. Doe (Harvard,MA) reports all is well after a pacemaker replacement in April. He is helping his older brother Whitney '43 run a beautiful 35-acre "you-pick" orchard, where the berries start in July and last until the mid-December "cut-your-own"Christmas tree season.Whit was a footballer; Bill a crew man.

Great gal Gloria Marti (NYC) says she's in a rut; her third year of skiing at Alta was followed by tennis and "dancing forever." She's still busy doing financing at F.Marti & Co. and wears me out just thinking about all that! A bit more relaxed, Albert, BS '48, PhD '51, and Margaret Smith Brown '48 (Lincoln, NE) may be back home after their usual summer on the Outer Banks in Southern Shores, NC. Al says that between the Iraq war and the lack of enjoyment in air travel these days, they have stayed closer to home than usual. Amen!

As previously reported, the class website will be changed shortly. Meanwhile, use the new Cornell site by going to http://alumni.cornell. edu and clicking on the links at the top. Go to services and then alumni directory; if you haven't registered, do so by using your last name and your ID number, which is on the magazine label. Check your own information and update it! -- Prentice Cushing Jr., 713 Fleet Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23454; tel., (757) 716-2400; e-mail, cushcu45@wmconnet.com.

46 | I love you, I love you! Just when I was beginning to despair about what to write for the column due June 15, I got 26 letters.Wow! Heard from old faithfuls and even from some I haven't heard from in years.Now I have a few months' supply of news. Our new President Lloyd Slaughter wrote and you responded.We can always use more news, so if you haven't written yet, please write now.

Unfortunately, I got some sad news too: Dottie Taylor Prey (Pittsburgh, PA) wrote that Chuck died Dec. 5, '03. Chuck was co-chair of our 1991 Reunion.He had been ill for over nine years after his 1994 stroke. She wrote, "We miss his presence, even though he could not speak." I remember how he led the singing at reunion.We'll all miss you, Chuck. Alfred Devine (Malvern,NY) wrote that his wife of 56 years, Marilyn (Mayer), died Jan. 21, '04 of pulmonary arrest.

Dottie Hotchkiss Haberl (Golden, CO) wrote, "Lost Bud '47 in February 2001 after 53 years of marriage. I am blessed with four children, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Two children are professors--one in Boston and one in Texas. Tomorrow is Easter and we just had ten inches of snow! I live a very active life and enjoy skiing (over 65 years) and tennis and am trying to master golf. I'm still living in the same house we built 45 years ago. Also into golfing is Emily Briggs Hendrickson (Valley Stream). She's awaiting great-grandchild No. 6 in May. In February she had lunch with Kathy Keyes (Palm Desert, CA).

Another golfer is Marguerite Ann Fellows (Bradenton, FL). She plays year-round and helps as a sports psychologist (to lower scores using new techniques). She started helping at Mt. Snow golf school in 1978. "I taught at Russell Sage College 1959-1962.After my MA, I finished my doctoral work in 1970, having attended Teachers College at Columbia, U. of Wisconsin, U. of Buffalo, and U. of Colorado. I retired from SUNY Brockport 1963-1987. Enjoy opera, travel, skiing, and reading." Janet Elwin Starr (Hanover, PA) has lived in a retirement community (Homewood at Plum Creek) since James '44,MS Ag '48, died."My son lives nearby. I'm off to Ireland in June for my sixth Cornell alumni holiday with my sister, Muriel Elwin Zepp '47. I went to Russia last summer with my sister Nancy Elwin Pegues '52. These trips are a wonderful way to travel.

Here's my new address again--y'all write!-- Elinor Baier Kennedy, 9 Reading Dr., Apt. 302,Wernersville, PA 19565.

Joseph Brozina is in a rehab hospital in Hackettstown, NJ, recuperating from a stroke to his left side.Hopefully, he will continue to improve.His wife Lea has taken an apartment nearby. Joe and Lea would love to hear from classmates and friends. Send e-mail to: LLBrozina@goes.com, or write them at: Heath Village, Apt. 217, Schooley's Mtn. Rd., Hackettstown, NJ 07840.

Joseph and Susan McKinneyMcConnell (Mansfield, PA; jmcconel@npacc.net) retired to the family farm in 1988. They are the fourth generation to live there near Mansfield U. and its fine music school. Joe plays the french horn with MU's distinguished wind ensemble. He also plays piano and trumpet with other groups. That repertoire runs the gamut from Dixieland to Big Band swing. Susan runs Mansfield's Episcopal Church. Stanley Bender (Delray Beach, FL; stanbender@adelphia.net) graduated in 1945 after transferring to the Navy V12 program. He retired from GE in Cincinnati in 1989. Since then, he and Louise have taken up bridge with a vengeance. They became tournament bridge players, bridge teachers, and tournament directors, both on land and on cruise ships. They have acquired more than 3,500 master points each and are Gold Life Masters. That's roughly ten times the amount your correspondent brags about.

Sanford and Marilyn Klion (Palm Beach, FL; wecinq@aol.com) are proud to announce a third generation at Cornell. Granddaughter Jodi Klion has just matriculated at the ILR school. She is the daughter of Seth Klion '78 and is the sixth in the family to attend Cornell.Marilyn revealed the secret to her recruiting success. "I am a Cornellian by osmosis since I attended Adult University (CAU) for three summers. As each granddaughter reached 10 she was taken to the Hill, and the seed of love was born!"

Frederick and Betty Kircher (New Hartford, NY) celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary last September with a 30-day ocean cruise. They sailed from Copenhagen to Rome,making 19 port calls in nine countries. Fred said, "We enjoyed every minute of it." Their favorite locales were St. Petersburg and the hill country of France and Spain. Joseph Andersen (Destin, FL) had planned to attend the WWII Memorial Dedication in Washington,DC, on May 29 with fellow members of D Company, 303rd Infantry Regiment, 97th Division. It was not destined to be. Joe blew out a knee days before the dedication and had to cancel and settle for his buddies' reports. But all was not gloom for Joe.He reported that a family member has, at last, come within the fold. Granddaughter Caitlin Andersen has transferred from NYU into Cornell's Class of 2006.

TO PUBLISH YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS, e-mail it to me. Include your name and city and state of residence. Send news to: -- Paul Levine, 31 Chicory Lane, San Carlos, CA 94070; tel., (650) 592-5273; fax, (650) 593-2572; e-mail, PBL22@cornell.edu. Class website: http://classof46.alumni.cornell.edu.

47 | I've received much new news from you! Thank you. In fact, I received so much news that it won't all fit in this column, so I'll let it out slowly over the next few months. It has been quite enjoyable to hear from so many of you that I haven't heard from in years.

Class VP Barlow Ware has achieved another first. He was the centerfold picture, and story, in Communiqué for agreeing to bequeath the bulk of his estate to the Athletics dept. It's a very nice article that details so many of Barlow's contributions to the entire university. His generosity was also written up in Spirit!, the Athletics dept. publication. This past spring, the Cornell Club of Rochester celebrated its 100th anniversary with a big party that also toasted President Jeffrey Lehman '77 and his wife. It was a grand affair, organized by, among others, class president Pete Schwarz and yours truly. I saw Joy Gulling Beale and husband Bill '46 at the party, and we had a good visit. I am happy to report that she is doing well.

In May,my husband Doug Anderson '50 and I attended the memorial service in Sage Chapel for Scharlie Watson Handlan, M Ed '58, whose death I reported last issue. Scharlie had worked for Cornell from 1969 to 1988, and many of her former colleagues spoke at the service and remembered her fondly. I, however, was the only one at the service who knew her as an undergraduate. At a reception that followed in the Memorial Room, I visited with her husband Ray '53 and her two sons and their wives, and I was happy to be able to tell them stories of Scharlie and our times together.

Scharlie's freshman roommate, Arlene O'Hara O'Connor, writes that she is active in her church and that one of her 13 grandchildren was recently ordained as a deacon in Baltimore. Arlene is also happy that a granddaughter has recovered from a heart transplant three years ago and graduated from high school this past June.Maxine Stern Moore, MS '48, wrote me from Princeton, where she tries to stay in touch with all her friends from Cornell. One of those friends, Lauraine Serra Warfield, who attended Curtis High School in Staten Island with me, writes that she is "glad to be alive!" She is recovering from heart surgery and is reengaging in her community activities.Her husband George, PhD '50, a retired professor of electrical engineering from Princeton, was honored by having a classroom named for him. Their children are quite active socially all over the country. Lauraine and George have retired to a farm in Vermont, where they celebrated the birth of 205 lambs from 80 ewes this spring. I marvel that a girl from New York City learned to deliver lambs!

Fred Lathrop, MD '52 (flathrop@blast.net) wrote from Flemington,NJ, to say that he and his wife have celebrated 50 years of marriage.He has retired from his pediatric practice and teaches computer classes to senior citizens.He and his family are very active in their church. Congratulations to Robert Ormsbee, DVM '47, a veterinarian, who recently turned 90. He has six children, 19 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

I was delighted to hear again from Lois Stamey Spear. She and Barbara "Bimby" Everitt Bryant (bryantb@umich.edu) both wrote to tell of a mini-reunion they had in Scottsdale in the spring with Lois's husband Monty '46 and Dorothy "Dot"RynalskiManser '49, MA '53, and her husband Lyman, JD '53. Lois writes that she hopes to make our next reunion. George Field and his wife Virginia have decided to forsake winters in California for the glorious ice of Ithaca, where Virginia was born and raised. I guess the memories of "traying"were stronger than the pull of the surf. Stu LaDow and his wife split the year between Pennsylvania and Florida, where Stu is still active in sports and may be one of the few Cornellians allowed to vote by Florida officials. Though Stu has retired from business, he brags that he still reads the Wall Street Journal.

Betty Miller Francis had three grand-nieces at Cornell this past school year: Elizabeth Sargent in the Grad School, a second Elizabeth Sargent who was a senior, and Morgan Miller '07, a freshman. Betty took a cruise on the Rhine and Moselle rivers last summer and liked it so much that she took a cruise down the Danube this summer from Passau to the Black Sea. In between cruises, Betty stays busy with the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and the Fine Arts Center. It was nice to hear from Mary Lou Gedel, who joined Eileen Peck '48 and other Cornellians on an Antebellum South Intracoastal Waterway trip last fall.Mary Lou's only regret was that she was the only attendee from our class. L.R. "Andy"Anderson, MS '48 (andpeg@aol.com) spends a lot of time traveling.He and his wife Peggy split the year between Chautauqua and Arizona, and Andy says he goes to the US Tennis Open every year.He also lists trips to the Norwegian fjords, a Balkan capitals cruise, and four photo safaris to Africa.

I gratefully acknowledge the help of my son Roger '78, who helped me compose this column, since I am still not fully recovered, and my editor for her patience. Send news to -- Arlie Williamson Anderson, 238 Dorchester Rd., Rochester, NY 14610; e-mail, arlie47@aol.com.

48 | Albert Eisenberg, Hypoluxo, FL: "Present activities include president of Condo Assn., plus tennis, golf, ocean fishing, and gym in summer when up North. Taking senior continuing education courses at Hofstra, and in Florida taking some courses at Palm Beach County Community College. Couldn't make 55th Reunion--but just wait till the 60th rolls around!" Anatole "Tolly" Browde, St. Louis, MO:"Enjoying life and writing. Recovering from surgery. Off to Ithaca for a council meeting then to New York City to await arrival of grandchild No. 2. Couldn't travel for a while, so missed 55th. Had great family reunion in August '03. Children and grandchildren made new friends. Problem: persuading our country that the Iraq war was justified." Gerald "Gerry" Sallus, BS Eng '49, Albany, NY: "Part-time attorney. Active in local civic and legal associations. Just appointed to statewide commission task force on emergency medical services as the public member. Going on an Elderhostel trip to South Dakota.Wasn't at the 55th as I was saving myself for the 60th. Had to see a sick friend that weekend. Celebrated 50 years of marriage July '03."

Franklin M.Wright, MA '49,Memphis, TN:"Retired from faculty of history, Rhodes College,Memphis in 1989. Read,write, occasional trips, recovered from surgery and illness. Would rather be visiting friends in London. Dr. Samuel Johnson told his friend Boswell, 200-plus years ago, that ‘a man who is tired of London is tired of life!' I think his words still hold true. Trying to keep active mentally and physically. Enjoyed visit from longtime East St. Louis friend Edwin C.Younghouse '49 and his wife.We both held Murphy Scholarships at Cornell, saw service in WWII, and returned in '46 to finish our studies. Problem: having to fill out this ‘News' form decently, while trying to avoid the Scylla of Taciturnity on one hand and the Charybdis of Loquacity on the other. The solution is self-evident.Most recent discovery is the phenomenal growth of the English language as a means of international communication since 1900. The meaning of life was definitely stated by the great Alexander Pope in his ‘Essay on Man'written 250 years ago." (Yes, Frank, but we need it boiled down to 25 words or less.)

Murray Heimberg, MNS '48,Memphis, TN: "Professor emeritus of pharmacology and medicine, after being chairman of the pharmacology department for 20 years. Primary interest is in endocrinology and metabolism. I currently work half-time at post-graduate teaching, caring for patients with lipid disorders, diabetes, and related problems. I'm also involved in clinical trials and offering guidance where possible for research with my former colleagues. Plan to work as long as health holds out. Family affairs kept me from 55th."Hamilton "Hamy" Miller, Longview, TX: "I cut out small wooden cars and helicopters, paint them, and donate them to the women's shelter and two hospitals in Longview. It's a hobby. Couldn't travel to Ithaca for 55th."

Barbara Matlack Hughes, Alexandria,VA:"Macular degeneration kept me from the 55th Reunion. Nevertheless, I loved reading about it. I'm now a great-grandmother of two little boys. Really a great achievement."Madelene Miller Bennett, NYC: "Tearfully reporting that cherished husband of 53 years, Jay, died suddenly Sept. 30, '03. Problem: getting along without Jay. Solution: time."

Art Behrer, Trent Woods, NC: "Pay bills, yard care, dog care, civic club activities, golf, duplicate bridge. Participated in fund-raising yard sale for New Bern Civitan Club (charitable organization). Keeping healthy playing golf. Couldn't travel to 55th.Had to stay home to care for adopted greyhound guard dog. (Really a peaceful, quiet, loving, and wonderful couch potato.) Attended Schoenhut Toy Collectors Annual Conference in Winston-Salem. Problem: religious intolerance,world competition for raising family incomes, and erasing worldwide poverty--plus warfare and terrorism. Solution: ??"

Dana Keller, Ralston, NE: "I review, correct, and/or approve electrical plans for contractors part-time. Update my computer a great deal for church work. I'm an elder in the Community of Christ. Golf once or twice a week. Belong to a 1940s dance club." Bob and Marge Wright Mueller, Cleremont, FL:"Marge leads water exercise group every day for one hour. Bob investigates genealogy of our family and relatives.We play bridge four times a week. Bob devotes hours to computer games and e-mail. Explored Canada for three months in our 22-foot RV--New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Labrador, and Prince Edward Island. Had beautiful weather, views, campgrounds, and restaurants. Enjoyed reunion." John Osborne, Vestal, NY: "AARP tax counseling for the elderly. Grandson graduated from Appalachian State U., Boone, NC.Meaning of life: love, hope, and joy."

William Thompson IV, Oakdale, NY: "Manage tree farm in New Hampshire and apartment house in Oakdale.Modest work with parishes and clergy in deployment process. Enjoy leaf-color changes in New England.Visited son Erik '93 and brother Sawyer '47 in Georgia and Florida. Spent Christmas at Arctic Circle in Norway on board coastal ship Trolefjord. Enjoyed reunion, even though I came in second in the Casablanca contest. Pleased to hear from Barbara ‘Marty' Borden Floyd. Problem: shirts and food, water, population. Solutions: wash-and-wear, enlightened leadership. Looking forward to sleeping in the Statler at our 60th Reunion." --Robert W. Persons, 102 Reid Ave., Port Washington, NY 11050; tel. and fax, (516) 767-1776.

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