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| MAY/JUN. 2005 VOLUME 107 NUMBER 6 | Class Notes |
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31 | Has Forman (A. Haslup, 1055 W. Joppa Rd., Apt. 526, Towson, MD 21204), one of our steady reuners, brightened a day with a cheery phone call. Inter alia, he affirms that he is not "sick or infirm--just old."You are lucky,Has! Stay that way until June 2006 for our 75th! How many '31der reunions will that be for you,Has? All sixteen, counting our first under the Dix Plan?
At the Trustee/Council weekend last October, your class correspondent (addresses below) attended the dedication of the Beck Center, the new classroom addition to the Hotel school building. This is a magnificent 35,000-sq.-ft., three-story complex, framed in a striking (especially at night) "curtain of glass" entryway to the Alice Statler Auditorium. It is on the side--and at the end--of the Hotel building, facing what we used to call the Drill Hall, now Barton to everyone. In addition to large, well-lighted, stateof- the-art "wraparound" lecture rooms/classrooms equipped with the latest in audio/visual devices, the addition includes not one, but several private rooms in which recruiters may simultaneously interview students looking for employment, a feature of the plans that no doubt is a significant indication of the status of the Hotel school in the hospitality industry. In the course of the visit, I picked up a copy of the fall issue of the Hotel school's alumni magazine. The Class Notes section is headed by a picture captioned "Managers of three Cornell teams in 1931 are, from left, (the late) Glenn Herb, ice hockey; James R. Knipe (our Class Treasurer, 728 Norristown Rd., Apt. D203, Lower Gwynedd, PA 19002), lacrosse; and (the late) G.Van McKay, soccer." There can be no doubt about it being a contemporary photo--all three '31ders are wearing vests, and their jackets are buttoned.
The Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO) celebrated its 100th Anniversary at the January 2005 annual Mid-Winter Meeting at the New York Hilton with a gala dinner dance, just as the "Blizzard of '05" hit the Northeast. The Class of 1931 has always been well-represented at these meetings; during our more active years we boasted of having more officers than any other class attending these workshops and training sessions sponsored by our accomplished and hard-working friends on the Class Programs, Cornell Fund, and Cornell Alumni Magazine staffs. As they now do all the "leg work" for our class, I did not urge our officers to venture forth for this educational--and celebratory-- meeting.
As the weather got worse, it turned out this was a stroke of genius, but as the program for this 100th Anniversary Gala developed, I wished the whole class, as well as the surviving officers could have been present. It seems that the Board of Directors of CACO had decided to create an "Outstanding Class Leader Award," and to my absolutely flabbergasted surprise, the keynote speaker at the event, President Jeffrey Lehman '77, presented me with a copy of the Resolution of the Board creating the award and naming your Class President as the first recipient. The only thing wrong with this impressive document is that among the "Whereas-es,"my principal qualification for the award does not appear: the longevity bequeathed me in the genes of my parents and ancestors!
In all truth, this award belongs to all present and past class officers of 1931, but especially to those giants of the class who are no longer "with us": Bruce Hackstaff, who led us out of the wilderness of separate Men's and Women's class organizations; Frank O'Brien, who led what we believe is a record number of joy-full reunions; Gert Goodwin, our pioneer woman engineer with her practical, common sense; Sy Katz, with his unfailing good humor, his New York dinners, and his "Sy Katz '31 Parade" down Fifth Avenue; Helen Nuffert Saunders, our longtime class secretary; and Frankie Young, our resident Ithaca liaison and Cornell Fund representative. For them I had the great privilege of "carrying on" with the help of all the other class officers. -- Bill Vanneman, 237 N.Main St., #250, S. Yarmouth, MA 02664-2088; e-mail, ggrampi@gis.net; tel., (508) 760-4250.
32 | A critical shortage of contemporaries willing to communicate with me obliges me to fraternize with a younger group, as you will see from the numerals following their names. I had been concerned that our readership has been so badly eroded that preparing class notes for the remaining corporal's guard seemed to be a waste of ink. The editors said,"Not so." Imagine my delight when I received a handwritten note from Michael D. Riley '78, BS Ag '97.He opened with, "I was reading the Nov/Dec issue of Cornell Alumni Magazine and for some reason started reading Class Notes for '32." I don't know Mike, but he grew up in Buffalo and apparently has lived elsewhere for many years. His note was full of nice things that encourage me to stop complaining and keep writing.
Yesterday I had a phone call from John L.Kirschner '51, LLB '53, who is wintering in Florida. (Remember, this is being written in February.) John is very active in Cornell affairs and seems to find himself in the middle of all sorts of matters that touch on the university, some of which are not life and death situations. He called to ask me what I knew about the Cornell Cup.My short answer should have been, "Not much," although I do remember that many years ago some Buffalo Cornellians set up an annual award for the winningest local high school baseball team. The problem, if I understood John, appears to be that the cup has been kidnapped and some enthusiastic person wants to get it circulating again. I wish John and his friend good luck.My contribution thus far was to place a call to Frank C.Harding '50, whom I consider the best local authority on baseball--whether it be the Major League or something of less general interest. In any event, the ghost of Davy Hoy '22 must be pleased to know that his love of baseball has been carried forward by lads now eligible for Social Security.
Among the files I am thinning out, I found a letter from Martha Travis Houck written in July 1993. The opening paragraph is: "I am honored to be the first in your column not trailing along behind a '32 male. And to top it, to be in the first issue of ‘Cornell Magazine,' which will no doubt become a collector's item!" In the same letter Martha recited the activities of her children and grandchildren. They were doing interesting things in interesting places. She added,"My summer jobs were rather mundane--I worked in a boarding house; I drove a tractor and pulled mustard for a farmer; and worked at a Girl Scout camp in charge of registration, the camp store, and teaching rock-tapping and map-making. I enjoyed them all--but the boarding house, although the longest day, was the most fun." I remember Martha's telling me that when she and Nelson '34 were married, one of his earliest jobs was with GLF in Batavia, NY. They had a large house, which Martha ran as a tourist home. She had some great anecdotes about that part of her early married life. And you must remember that she was trained for top-level secretarial work at the Katharine Gibbs School, which I always heard was the best of the best. -- Jim Oppenheimer, 140 Chapin Pky., Buffalo, NY 14209-1104.
34 | As promised last issue, here are a few of the events described by George Tretter as things he'll never forget.We invite all of you reading this column to send us reports of your own--accounts, descriptions, summaries, bios, or whatever you want to call it--about what you have been doing over the past 70-plus years, and what you'll never forget. George's write-up was quite lengthy, but you should feel free to make yours as long or short as you want.We hope that its preparation will be as enjoyable for you as reading it will be for the rest of us.When you're done, put it in an envelope addressed to the alumni magazine, and we will publish your stories as we receive them (Cornell Alumni Magazine, Attn: Class Notes, 401 East State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850).
George's narrative continues with some memories of out-of-town wrestling meets. "We were given wrestling allowances for expenses on trips out of town.Most of us had no money, so we devised ways of not spending our allowances. For example, we convinced the railroad to permit us to ride in the caboose free of charge because we were poor and thus pleaded poverty.We all ate cheaper meals to save money.When we went to a hotel, as in Syracuse, we couldn't stand the multi-layered mattresses--soft beds-- so we threw the mattress on the floor and slept well.
"In our meet with the Navy in Annapolis, the regular gym was being used for some event more important than wrestling, so we were shifted to the boxing room, where a mat was placed in the boxing ring.We were amazed and confused. How can you creep off the edge of the mat when you were in trouble? How do you use the ropes to your advantage? Do you hold onto them? Well, the Navy men had practiced in the boxing ring beforehand and knew what to do. They would bounce off the ropes and then dive for our legs. Being the lightest weight, I was the first victim and had to educate the rest of the team so they knew what to do. It so happened I won the bout after learning the pitfalls of boxing ring wrestling. I guess this is where ‘learning the ropes' originated."
George went to Washington, DC, after graduation, earned a Master of Science degree, and worked in eight different government agencies over the next 20 years.He then went into business for himself, living in Greenbelt, MD, and Silver Spring. He never lost interest in wrestling--even, at age 55, helping the wrestling coach when his two boys were in high school. He writes that he cherishes the happy days in Ithaca and returns for reunion every five years, including the 70th in June 2004 when he visited the new Friedman Strength and Conditioning Center and had a nice meeting with the wrestling coach and his co-workers. "For my 75th Reunion, I will be 98 and hope to visit the wrestling room again." Thank you, George, for sending these great stories.
Marion Call Hemmett wrote us from Lantana, FL. She remembers the winters on campus--"snow and ice on the trees and bushes as we walked to class, and the beauty of the gorges!"Marion volunteers two afternoons a week at her local library and struggles to learn new skills on her computer. She has a new great-granddaughter, child of a grandson in Bahrain, who designs software and tracks satellites for the military. She writes that the world's biggest problem is how and when the US will leave Iraq."
Mary Terry Goff has moved to the Covington retirement community in Aliso Viejo, CA, and enjoys living there and playing bridge. She took a trip to Mexico last fall, and in August attended the large and beautiful wedding of her granddaughter Tracy.Mary has many good memories of Cornell--"the wonderful friends I had, skating on Beebe Lake, and the marvelous dances and orchestras!"
What are your memories of Cornell? What is your most pressing problem today? What interesting things have happened in your life--and what will you never forget? Send your letters to: -- Class of '34, c/o Cornell Alumni Magazine, 401 East State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850.
35 | I am writing this column the morning after my attendance in New Haven at the Cornell-Yale hockey game, which ended in a 5-2 Cornell victory. It was an exciting game with plenty of action and great support by the Cornell Band--as outstanding as always.We expected to see our grandson, who is in the Yale Band, but they were all seated at the opposite end of the rink from us and we had not brought binoculars.
We reported the passing several months ago of Frances "Sansie" Lauman, who was Class Secretary of the Women's class beginning in 1935 and of the combined class from 1985, but something went astray during the editing process, so there might have been some confusion. Sansie faithfully attended the annual meetings in NYC of the "Association of Class Secretaries," and in later years, meetings of the Class of 1935 officers in Barton Hall at Homecoming. She simplified the formalities of these later meetings by never having Minutes from the preceding get-togethers.We have no archives to worry about.
It is not too late to urge you to attend our 70th Reunion, June 9-12, and I know that those of you who are able to go will have a great time. I hope to provide a Reunion Report of all the happenings from that weekend, along with some personal updates from our classmates. Till then, I eagerly await the mails, which may bring a new supply of News. They are necessary for future columns.
I am sure that you know that you can send your News directly to me. You do not have to wait for a News Form. There are telephone, US Mail, and e-mail, any of which will reach me. -- Albert G. Preston Jr., 252 Overlook Dr., Greenwich, CT 06830; e-mail, davada35@aol.com; tel., (203) 869-8387.
36 | Two or three years ago Carolyn Drucker Goodman told us that her son Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner '61 were two of the three young men who, in the summer of 1964, were working in the South as part of the civil rights movement and were murdered there. It drew a lot of national attention, particularly because the killers were identified but not prosecuted. This past December, Carolyn wrote to me again, saying that she is still very much involved in civil rights activities, particularly informing young people about events that took place a generation ago that may all be new to them. In this regard, her primary interest is co-producing a 90-minute documentary titled "The Price of Freedom," which "takes an unflinching look at ordinary [Neshoba County] citizens struggling to find peace with their town's violent, racist past."
I held this news from Carolyn for inclusion in this column when to my great surprise I opened my morning paper on January 7--as many of you may also have done--and saw on the front page an article headlined "Klansman arrested in 1964 slayings."The suspect, a 79-year-old preacher and longtime leader of the KKK, organized and led the group that killed the three young men. The article quotes a phone interview the Washington Post had with Carolyn: "It's something that was late in coming. I just knew that somehow this would happen--it just had to be."Wonderful news, Carolyn, after such a long wait. The film is being produced by Carolyn's Andrew Goodman Foundation. She may be reached at 161 W. 86th St., New York, NY 10024 and will welcome tax-deductible contributions to her foundation.
The latest issue of the Cornell Engineer has a long article about the opening of Duffield Hall, which assures Cornell's continuing "worldwide leadership in nanotechnology research and discovery." The article mentions the Baum Atrium, named in honor of our late classmate Dwight Baum.
Now, on to many of the recent items you have sent. Ernest Cole, MS '59, Sunrise Retirement Home, 45 Katherine Blvd., Apt. 533, Palm Harbor, FL 34684, tells us that he broke his hip last year and is still struggling to walk. However, he is thinking about coming to reunion in 2006 and so is Dr. Charles "Chuck" Noback, 116 7th St., Cresskill, NJ 07626. Hope you both can make it. Chuck writes that what he refers to as his "Last Hurrah" was the publication, with the help of three colleagues, of the sixth edition of his book The Human Nervous System, the first edition having been published four decades ago. Cresskill is only a short distance from upper Manhattan, where Chuck has family. He says, "In the summer I can boat with my tiny grandson on the Hudson, so why move?"
We have also heard from Maurice "Tom" Tomlinson, 32 N. Park St., Adams, NY 13605, for the second time in 68 years, as he's been "too busy making a living and raising a family (three kids, five grandkids, and 12 great-grandkids)."After leaving Cornell he went to work for G.L.F. (Agway) in Spencer,NY, and then Central Islip, Long Island, in store management. In 1941 he was hired by Southern States Cooperative in Richmond,VA, as Store District Manager, and after moving through several different positions he finally retired in 1978 as Director, Feed Division.He wintered in Florida until 1998 when his wife died, and a year later he married his childhood sweetheart and moved to his present home, where he finds the winters to be much different than they are in Virginia and Florida. He and his wife play bridge often with Don Whiteman '39 and his wife Betty.
All is well with Harold Wright, MD '39, PO Box 7044, Cape Porpoise, ME 04014, after his 90th birthday celebration last October. He and wife Ruth (Barclay) '38 still live in their lovely harborside home, with help from nearby family and fun with two great-grandchildren. Muriel Kinney Reisner, 1801 S. Flagler Dr., Apt. 1203,West Palm Beach, FL 33401, keeps busy traveling and enjoying Chautauqua, NY, each summer. Jean Sherwood Williams is also well and busy working on her family history, particularly her father's.He was Neil Sherwood 1908, who followed his pioneering forebears, building roads and developing Sullivan County, NY. Robert Gorrell, PhD '39, 154 Greenridge Dr., Reno, NV 89509, retired in 1980 as VP for Academic Affairs, U. of Nevada. His wife, Johnnie Belle (Thomas) '38 died in 1978. Robert has remarried and he and his wife Joie enjoyed a cruise from Lisbon to St. Thomas last November. He has published three books since his retirement. Katrina "Puss" Tanzer Chubbuck, 51 Miles Ave., Fairport, NY 14450 (who notices, as many of us do, that our '36 column is getting nearer and nearer to the beginning of the Class Notes), spends each winter in Sarasota, FL, with her sister, Elisabeth Tanzer Battle '32.
I'll finish by thanking Howard "Howie" Heintz for his short note, even though it contained the sad news that his wife Ruth died last October. At the time, he was living in Chevy Chase, MD, but has since moved into a smaller apartment. He says he will try to write with more news later and we hope you do, Howie. Haven't heard from you for a long time. -- Bill Hoyt, 8090 Oakmont Dr., Santa Rosa, CA 95409; e-mail, subilhoyt@SBCglobal.net.
37 | I hope all of you were able to manage in the frigid temperatures we had last winter, and are now enjoying a pleasant spring. As always, please keep us informed of your activities.We hope to hear from many more of you as time goes by.
Dorothy McCormack Grady wrote us last year that she had recently moved from her beautiful eight-room house to the small farmhouse in which her father grew up. Soon she will be living in an apartment connected to the farmhouse. Dorothy is active with the Red Cross Blood Drive and the Town Hall Restoration Committee.Madge Jopson Wells likes to garden and travel. She is very proud of her sons Steffen, a retired Washington, DC, Superior Court judge, and Flemming, director of pediatric psychiatry services at the New York Westchester Hospital.
Barbara Pratt Smiley keeps her mind active with crossword puzzles and watching quiz shows, golf tournaments, and baseball on television.Her last vacation was last July at an annual family gathering in Vermont. Her family visits her frequently at Autumn Leaves Assisted Living Center. Beatrice Hirschfeld Blumenson and her husband Seymour, a retired dentist, spend six months in Tucson, AZ, and six months in their New York apartment. She says that her traveling days are over and that they "sit around a lot." Elizabeth Nichols Sheldon and her husband Robert are enjoying retirement-home living in Venice, FL. She writes that fortunately all the hurricanes bypassed them.
Barbara Keeney Mandigo spends three months in her home in Pulaski, NY, and the winter months in the Lake View Terrace retirement community in Altoona, FL. The retirement community has 350 residents living in garden apartments with full life care. Barbara is a volunteer in the assisted living facility. She has 12 busy grandchildren, one of whom, Danielle Mandigo, is a senior at Cornell. She claims that she and her husband Richard '38 are enjoying a wonderful retirement--best of two states and many great friends to spend it with.
Grace Gale Paris informs us that her son Col.William F. Paris, US Army Ret., was working at his desk at the Pentagon on that fateful 9/11 when the walls came tumbling down. He was shaken up a bit, but is now fully recovered. He is retired and lives in Burke,VA, a suburb of Washington, DC. Elizabeth Eldridge Boylan, who was 90 on January 19, enjoys good health and spirits. She retired from teaching home economics for grades 7-12 and is busy reading, watching TV, and playing golf and bridge. Her civic activities include working with the Congregational Church and the Emporia Public Library. Elizabeth moved from her home to an assisted living unit in Emporia, KS. Her new address is: 1200 W. 12th Ave., No. 104, Emporia, KS 66801-2575. In a personal note to Ed Shineman, Elizabeth writes, "Dear Ed: I was indeed sorry to learn of your loss of Doris. I appreciate all of the past time and effort the both of you put in for the Class of 1937." -- Selma Block Green, 15 Weaver St., Scarsdale, NY 10583; tel., (914) 472- 0535.
38 | "On two occasions in recent months my wife Edith and I have been guests at the Beach Point Club in Westchester,"writes Harold Segall (Harrison, NY), "and each evening we had a delightful chat with three Cornell '38 classmates: Marvin Fenster, Howard Grayson, and Monroe Lazere. Both Howard and I earned our class numerals in freshman basketball. Each of us had the good sense not to try out for the varsity. I have been practicing law since February 1945, after four and a half years in the Army. I continue to be quite busy. In addition to my professional work for clients, I have been asked by my firm, Holland & Knight, to spend a lunch hour with the 2005 summer associates as I did a year ago, covering some of the topics in my class as an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School,Managerial Decision Making: The Lawyer's Role in the Client-Lawyer Team. At Elmwood Country Club Edith and I continue to enjoy the company of Dr. Leonard Roberts and his wife Gloria. I play golf all through the winter.When asked about my proficiency as a golfer,my answer is: ‘Geriatric appropriate.'"
Marian Myers Kira, MS '60 (Ithaca, NY) writes, "We are well for old people and attend Cornell events occasionally.Many family members have predeceased us, unfortunately, but we still have a few members of the Cornell faculty and other relatives sprinkled around the country. Ian Prendergrass is our new great-grandson, who lives in Albuquerque, NM.His mother is in medical school there, and his father takes cares of his son at home, with his computer for keeping his business under control. One sister, Elizabeth Myers Martin Slutz '35, is still going strong, thank goodness, but we have lost the other two sisters."
Frederick Smith shared the sad news that his wife Ruth (Wells '38) died on April 14, 2004. "She was fabulous and I miss her terribly. First spotted her at the crew races in May 1937.Vibrant, intelligent, good looking, mother of five sons. Two graduated from Cornell, plus granddaughter Hilary."
Miriam Johnson Faulkner says she's "pretty much of a homebody these days. I used to travel at least two weekends a month, judging cat shows around the world. Community activities now include local AARP chapter and coordinator for election inspectors." This last would explain why, when Miriam wrote us in early December, she said, "I'm glad November is over." Clara Rhodes Rosevear of DeLand, FL, keeps busy as Parliamentarian for the PW/Central Florida Presbytery and Guild and the DeLand Museum of Art, as well as the recording secretary for the PEO Chapter and area council. She writes: "We survived hurricanes Charley, Jeanne, Ivan, and Frances with no damage except to trees in the yard. Learned of the kindness and concern of our neighbors on the street, and remembered living without electricity, ice, stove, etc. Glad to have had the experience, but enough is enough!"
Two other classmates shared stories from Florida. James Moyer of Ellenton, FL, says he's "still plugging along" and still trying to catch up with his older classmates--he just turned 85 last August. "The Florida hurricanes last summer missed us, for which we are grateful."Margaret Brown Coryell of Barefoot Bay, FL, writes that her town "looks like a battleground. I received many blessings, which I am sure I do not deserve.My house received a minimum of damage--one small section of my carport and some trim. The insurance company has been very generous.Many of my friends have been far from lucky--I feel guilty, but thankful."
More news to report in future issues. Thank you all for writing! -- Class of '38, c/o Cornell Alumni Magazine, 401 East State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850.
39 | It's comforting to know as I write this on a cloudy, cold Valentine's Day that you will be reading it in the May/June issue. Lots of news since October '04, so I shall get right to it. Mona Brierly Carvajal spent the summer months in Burlington,VT, with her daughter Nancy Carvajal Lang '64 and other family members. She stays strictly away in the winter, having lived so many years in warm Puerto Rico and now Florida. Nancy is the AARP president for the State of Vermont. For anyone who would like it, I now have an address and phone number for Anna Rae Present, who has been in an assisted-living facility in Lakewood, NY, for the past three years.
Ella Thompson Wright, MA '41, reports that her eyesight continues to deteriorate, but she is going to stay in her Virginia home. Her daughter Kathy (an honorary member of our class) lives in a group home nearby.One son is with the World Bank and another raises strawberries on the family farm in South Jersey. Ella, you will remember, was our class correspondent before me. Elvira Falco Bass, MS '40, a faithful correspondent, still has more energy than anyone else I know. She helps run monthly book sales at her Blue Hill, ME, library and has discovered that books she can't sell, like The Dark Field Microscope (1925), do very well on eBay. She has abandoned her vineyard to the deer because they were destroying it anyway, and is beginning to think ten acres is a bit too large for her. I quote, "Please ask anyone who chooses to visit this part of Maine to look me up. I do love visitors." Elvira is a great hostess, as a number of our classmates can testify, and her place is just beautiful. The most amazing thing is that almost everything you see she built by herself, including much of her lovely house.
Patricia O'Rourke Smith and husband Harry '38 celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with their family in Galveston, TX, in September, the second 65th celebration for her in 2004 because she was back at Cornell for Reunion--as charming and interesting as ever.We are indebted to Alice Quinn Lee for reporting that Alice Kennedy Ahern passed away in May 2004. Alice had planned to come to Reunion, I know. Does anyone have more information?
Helen Stephenson DeLuca works with a group of women at her Clearwater, FL, community who are raising money by recycling greeting cards. She doesn't say how it works, but apparently it's very successful because they are able to buy flowers for newcomers and for those who are ill, as well as support the library. Just as Elvira has discovered eBay, other classmates seem to be diligently supporting important institutions like libraries by innovative fundraising.
Janet Wasserman Karz reported that her meeting with Sally Steinman Harms and Dawn Rochow Seymour was a huge success, and they are planning to continue their get-togethers. If any of you would like to try meeting with '39ers in your area, I'll be glad to help you find them. You'll be pleasantly surprised and delighted. I guarantee it. -- Ruth Gold Goodman, 103 White Park Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850, tel., (607) 257-6357; e-mail, bg11@cornell.edu.
Dan Kops and his wife Nancy of Palm Beach, FL, and Branford, CT, spent a month on a cruise from Alaska to Japan, followed by a stay in Tokyo. He has three children and seven grandchildren. James Pendergrass likes to travel annually on small ships. He has been to New Zealand, Australia, and Western Europe. He and his wife Jean live in the Meadow Lakes Continuing Care facility in Hightstown, NJ.
Kenneth Holgate (Dundee,NY) went to the Cornell-Yale football game last fall, which brought back to him great memories of the 1939 game with Ohio State. Alexander Yaxis (Jamaica, NY) christened a new racing shell for the Cornell rowing team at our reunion--the Violet Y '41 in honor of his late wife Violet (Schalke) '41.Whit Irish (Ocala, FL) is on the board of directors of and still singing with the Canton Goldenaires Barbershop Chorus. Paul Bracht (Seneca Falls, NY) died September 10, 2003.He was superintendent of United Fruit Sugar Company in Preston, Cuba, from 1950 to 1957. Paul worked as an engineer with the National Machinery Co. in Tiffin, OH, from 1960 to 1978. After he retired he moved to Chipley, FL, and was active in the local Presbyterian church.He left a son and daughter, eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Robert G. Latimer, MS '42, and his wife Ruth (Phelps) '45, MS '46, are starting their fifth year at a retirement community in Mt. Dora, FL, where classmate Dale Brown, MS '59, is also a resident. They love the warm weather, and the four hurricanes last summer caused only a bit of worry. Russ Hopping now lives in Roswell, GA, and says that he gets in some golf between visits to the doctor and as an out-patient at the hospital. In October he and his wife took a trip to Denver where they were babysitting for their grandson while son Bill '69 was away on a business trip. Russ was able to get in some golf there, too.
Sam Whittlesey reports that he and wife Betty have moved to a new home in Largo, FL. Philip Fitzhugh and wife Linda have sold their summer home on Canandaigua Lake in New York, and now have a permanent home in Naples, FL. Walter Barlow sent no news, but is still living in Princeton, NJ.
Classmate Sally Steinman Harms sent a note that George "Doc" Abraham, who was written up in our Jan/Feb column, died January 27, 11 days before his 90th birthday, at a hospital in Canandaigua, NY.He was a horticulturist and radio broadcaster, having co-hosted the "Green Thumb" program for six decades. According to the Rochester newspaper, he was "the definition of charm."-- Phil Twitchell, 1963 Indian Valley Rd., Novato, CA 94947; e-mail, philtwitchell@comcast.net.