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| SEP./OCT. 2005 VOLUME 108 NUMBER 2 | Class Notes |
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51 | George S. and Linda Evans, Norwalk, CT, renewed their wedding vows at the "Little Church Around the Corner" in New York City to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Then they were off to Naples, FL, for three months in the sun. "It beats working," he says. George managed international government relations for General Electric while working.
Mary Osborn Gallwey, PhD '58, divides her time between her former home in Pullman,WA, and her new-to-her home in Seattle, doing yard work in both. She's planting a bamboo barrier for a Chinese garden in Seattle, and reports three pears from an Asian pear planted in spring 2004. February blooms, however, provide hopes for a big crop this year. She's still raising money for the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Foundation. "People are very concerned about the erosion of civil liberties under 'W'." Contact with Joan Falconer brought news of Gloria Brooks Degling, and it turned out that the ex-mother-in-law of the chef whose restaurant they use for "homeless cooking" is Patricia SteeleWilson. "Small world! We're now feeding over 200 people from preschoolers, in a family shelter, through teenagers, and on to men and women of all ages."
Bill McKinnon, Michigan City, IN, is still working with a literacy volunteer group. He reports sending pictures of Ralph Gasparello (Hingham, MA) and George Vlahakis '52 taken at a resort where they all worked one summer to Ernest Sofis, also of Hingham, MA. Ralph is married to Joan (Circola). Leonard Feldman, LLB '54, checks in without news from Syosset, NY. Bill Messina, Maitland, FL, checks in with a change of e-mail address, but no news.
Mary Ann Doutrich Seipos, Harrisburg, PA, and Sanibel, FL (winter) writes that she's off to New Zealand via Elderhostel on October 22; back November 6. "Anyone want to join me?" she asks. Paul S. Jones, Atherton, CA, is trying to put his life back together after the death of his wife Nancy (Francis) '52 ended 53 years of marriage. Paul took his seventh (the first by himself) CAU trip, to Armenia and Georgia, in May. Theodora "Todi" Frizzell Frick, Charlotte, NC, says she's fighting her way into old age with a second hip replacement and looking forward to reunion next year.
Leonilda Altman Farrow, Highlands, NJ, is letting us know why we haven't heard from her lately. "Some years ago, I sent news of my continued professional work, including a scientific publication. All of this was carefully ascribed to my HUSBAND (!), thus reinforcing the sexual stereotypes I have had to combat all my life. So please do not expect any more news from me." It's hard to say where, in the process of writing and editing the class column, this error occurred, but all I can say is sorry, and it wasn't me. I haven't heard from Leonilda in the four years I've been doing this. She majored in Engineering Physics while at Cornell.
Frances Goldberg Myers writes that her husband Nat '49 died of complications after surgery due to emphysema. Frances is keeping active in Asheville's College for Seniors and the North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement and volunteering at the Asheville Art Museum (daughter Pamela '78 is the director). Son Kenneth is now Curator of American Art at the Detroit Inst. of Art. Son Chip '82, DVM '87, is an internist-veterinarian in Pittsburgh with partner Dana Kellerman '85, DVM '90. Frances enjoyed a winter break on St. John, VI, and plans to travel to Berlin with the Asheville Art Museum tour in September. She visited NYC with Marjorie Tucker Sablow,Hartsdale, NY, and Shelley Epstein Akabas.
Rudy '52 and Florence Jessup Beaujon continue to live in Maineville, OH, near Paramount's Kings Island (Cincinnati area), while their six children are scattered among six states: Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee,Michigan, Illinois, and Maryland. They have seven grandchildren, ages 13 to 25.When they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Ithaca several years ago, Florence was returning to where she grew up. A note to Dottie Hull Sturtevant, Ithaca, recalls a summer in Vermont and their senior year in high school. She also reports enjoying visits with Jim '48 and Sally Bame Howell, Post Falls, ID, and Arnold '52 and Betty Ann Brundage Huntress '54, Midland, MI, in the summer and fall of 2004.
Charles and Dorothy Ahrend report that a daughter and her husband recently retired from 24 years in the US Air Force and have moved back to the Singers Glen,VA, family farm. A second daughter lives in Raleigh, NC, and their son is a chiropractor in Morgantown,WV. Charles is in his 18th year as an elected county supervisor and is active in county affairs and cooking--pork, beef, and turkey. "See you all in June 2006 at Cornell," he says.
Howard L. Hyde, Clarks Summit, PA, writes that he has "reached the grand old age of 84 and is still in good health."Helen and he report three children, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Howard retired as a partner after 40-some years with Burkavage Design Associates. Now he participates in Rotary, Habitat for Humanity, choral singing, hiking, and sculpture in his spare time. He'd like to hear from his fellow classmates.
Barry Nolin's Class of '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 | First, news from those not heard from before. Judith Rosenberg Bernstein, MA '54, Albuquerque, NM, writes that she has "traveled all over the world in the last 15 years in conjunction with international library conferences and physics conferences." In 2004, she and husband Daniel Finley spent two months in Ireland, Scotland, and England, and four months on sabbatical in Madrid. Active members of the Cactus and Succulent Society, growing and showing, they travel by camper throughout the Southwest and Mexico. They have six children scattered across the US. Judy retired as director of the business library of the U. of New Mexico a few years ago and was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Special Libraries Association.
Bob Jensen, Catonsville, MD, writes, "After nearly five years living in the Charlestown Retirement Community, I was able to locate four other Cornellians among the 2,300 retired residents here." Helen Berdick Freedman '35,Mildred Phillips Ramsdell '41, Mary Close Bean '43, Dean Tuthill '49, and Bob met for a get-acquainted lunch in March and hope to get together again. Helen Freedman planned to attend her 70th Reunion with her daughter.
We travel and keep in touch. Aliza Goldberger Shevrin, Ann Arbor, MI, writes that her husband Howard, PhD '54, was taking his furlough year before retirement from the U. of Michigan, as follows: December to May '05 in New York City; and September to February '06 in Cambridge, England. They had just spent five weeks in Italy. Aliza was about to start another Sholem Aleichem translation. She reported a great visit with WinnieWallens Siegel in San Francisco. Lewis B.Ward-Baker, Rochester, NY, writes that a large group of alumni from the Tau Epsilon Phi house, from the late Forties through the mid-Fifties, spent an October weekend at Saratoga Springs organized by Bernard Schapiro. "He summarized our discussions about the future of the university in a fine letter to President Jeffrey Lehman '77."
Mary Alice NewhallMathews, MD '56, Newton Center, MA, is busy with family, work, and other things.When she wrote in October she was in rehab, having fallen off a ladder cleaning the gutters."Usually I go out the window." She still works two days a week and seriously gardens. She takes two vacations a year to do underwater photography in Southeast Asia and was aiming for the Great Barrier Reef and Wakatobi, Indonesia, in 2005. Further, she and Deedy Sargent make annual visits to the Boston MFA. Last year they saw AnnWoolley Banks '53, whom Mary Alice had not seen in 50 years. "Wow,"writes Mary Alice. "Wow," say I. If you're inclined to see where your old friends are, the online Alumni Directory, https://directory.alumni.cornell.edu, accessible to all Cornell alumni, is a good bet. You'll need your Cornell ID, which is on most mailings from the university, to access the site.
Richard C. B. Clark, Osterville, MA, and wife Sandy were in Portugal and Spain in October. The trip included seven days on the M.S. Duoro Prince, a 46-passenger ship that cruised the Duoro River. They returned to Bermuda for their 12th Christmas there and were looking forward to February in Palm Springs, CA. Rik wrote, "Volunteer responsibilities continue to keep us busy and involved, but we also work hard to save time for kids and grandkids, travel, golf, biking, and other satisfying activities." Arthur Reader, Arden, NC, volunteers as webmaster for the Cornell Alumni Association of the Blue Ridge Mountains (http://caabrm.alumni.cornell.edu). Art would be happy to help with a class website, computer graphics, and so forth. He writes, "Otherwise, thanks to an excellent medical establishment in the Asheville, NC, area, I am still ticking three years after a 'sudden cardiac death' episode."Walter Bortko and wife Rosemary (Manno) '55, Bonita Springs, FL, are "busy with what most 70-year-olds do. Volunteer work, travel, golf, exercise, tennis, and doctors appointments."Walter remains super-enthusiastic about their first grandchild, Ethan, and feels Cornell should recruit him for Class of 2024 football.
Still working is James H.Ward,Washington, DC, who has moved his information technology business, Symbiont Inc., to 1320 Fenwick Lane, Silver Spring,MD. Bud reports that 2005 marks Symbiont's 20th anniversary. Congratulations, Bud. In Lancaster, PA, John and Elizabeth Hunsberger Craver are both busy. Jack as chair of the Research and Professional Grants Committee of the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Foundation, and Lib as an instructor with Lancaster County Therapeutic Riding Inc.
Ina Perlstein Loewenberg asked that I mention the death of her friend Martina Feist Brout in Brussels in 2004 after a yearlong struggle with brain cancer. Some of you may remember Martina, who did not graduate from Cornell. She lived in Brussels with her family, where her husband taught physics at the university, and is remembered as a good wife and mother. Sadly, I must also mention the death of Peter Schurman, the husband of my sorority sister Judy (Calhoun). I ran into Peter during the 1980s when--in addition to everything else he did--he was active with the New Haven Local Education Fund, an organization that worked hard for better public schools. Pete was an all-around good guy and is missed. -- Joan Boffa Gaul, 7 Colonial Pl., Pittsburgh, PA 15232; e-mail, jgcomm@aol.com.
53 | What is so rare as a day in June? Well, there are 30 of them every year.What is so rare as a day in June when a university president ends his Reunion State of the University address, generally viewed as rosy, with a declaration of irreconcilable difference with the trustees--his resignation? That is rather less common. A representative assemblage of '53 classmates were at Bartels Hall for Jeffrey Lehman '77's fare-thee-well. The 99th Reunion of the Continuous Reunion Club (est. 1906) attracted Jim and Sandy Blackwood, Ernie, PhD '69, and Jane Little Hardy, Bill, MBA '58, JD '59, and Nancy Bellamy, Clark and Claire Moran Ford, Gerry and Sue Grady, Bill Sullivan, Lou Pradt, and moi one more time. Gerry presided over the Class of '55's 50th Reunion Saturday morning ice cream social.
"Although long in the tooth,"Martin Ginsburg submits briefly, "I continue full-time teaching (tax courses) at Georgetown U. Law Center. I am also counsel to the D.C. office of a large New York firm, where I practice a little of what I preach at school. In December 2004, the 38th edition of Mergers, Acquisitions, & Buyouts, an exciting fourvolume treatise I co-author with a smart non-Cornellian from Chicago, was published by Aspen. I am currently without hobbies." Daughter Jane teaches law at Cambridge U. in England. Son James has received Emmy nominations for classical music CDs he produces. "Spouse Ruth (Bader) '54 is occupied full-time in the judging business." Bob Ashton (NYC) returned (in 2002) from a nine-and-a-half-year circumnavigation of the globe in his 40-foot sailboat. "I did not race."He's become involved with a large retiree study group doing such things as history and philosophy, "items largely absent from the Cornell mechanical engineering curriculum. I also bike, walk, ski, and travel as time and money permit." Ray Handlan (Greensboro, GA), whose wife Scharlie (Watson) '47, MEd '58, died a day short of her 78th birthday, married Kathryn Medley, "a southern lady whom I met here at Reynolds Plantations," last spring.
"Maybe I'll retire next year," says great-grandmother Ruth Christoff Landon (Indianapolis). "This year I've been teaching a CDA class and three parenting classes in addition to everything else." (There was a Christmas conclave of 20 family members under the Landon roof--so "husband Bill '52 and I went to the Hilton nearby.") If she did retire, Chris would join Bill, "who is semi-retired and finding lots of things to do around the house. But I find work and little children fun." On the other hand, Marguerite Goetke Larsen (Middletown, NJ) is growing accustomed to retirement with, for instance, a cruise to Europe via Greenland, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, and Greece, and courses in creative writing. Now that she's no longer practicing medicine, she says she's "getting used to the 21st century as a patient."
Claire Nagel (North Cape May, NJ) is "involved in Federation of Democratic Women, helping to produce a forum on Social Security" last spring and serving as campaign manager for a local woman. She's been participating in "antiwar demonstrations and vigils" besides continuing as a New York Life agent and registered representative. "In my spare time," she says, "I garden,manage my rental units, and enjoy watching the dolphins in the bay." Retiree Rosemary Smith (Palm Springs, CA), is "enjoying leisure (by) helping a friend produce a book on the memories of an early aviatrix and her contributions to aviation," besides volunteering at the local public library and information center.Hilary LevinMindlin (Pembroke Pines, FL) rejoices in grandchildren ("at last"). Grandson Jared arrived on her 50th wedding anniversary. A little girl was born last March. "We live two doors away, so we get to share in all the fun."
Good news for Julian Aroesty (Lexington,MA): Last son Adam was accepted to the U. of Michigan bioengineering program. Also: "He has informed me that he intends to go on to a PhD or MD afterwards (at $40,000 a year). No wonder I am still working. Still doing research, practicing cardiology at Harvard Med.Mainly cycling for exercise, 10-15 miles at a time. Knees will no longer tolerate downhill skiing very well, so I did not even try this year. Otherwise mainly in good health, looking back on the wonderful years at Cornell, but also the effect of my military service in Korea, when I decided on medicine and had to return to the U. of Rochester to take pre-med courses. I never would have thought it as I was going through it, but my two years in the USAF was also a positive experience . . . it was instrumental in my decision to change my life work from research chemist at Eastman Kodak. I have never regretted it for a moment." Leo Buxbaum (Whittier, CA), when most recently heard from, was continuing the practice of gastroenterology.
Sheila Olsen Chidester, MEd '54 (Madison, NJ) lost husband Lawrence to a stroke last fall. "Children are all well, deo gratias. I was able, during his final illness, to do what needed to be done and enjoy the days and the friends. That's a major gift." The pursuit of knowledge still sends '53 classmates all over the world. In the not too distant past, Cornell's Adult University (CAU) took Bob Abrams to Sicily, Jim and Nancy Bowman to Alaska, Jay Brett to NYC to see what was happening in the theatres of Broadway, and David, MD '57, and Nancy Gluck to Provence.
Fletch Hock forwarded the New York Times notice of the passing of documentary filmmaker Charlotte Kempner Beyers, Bob's widow, in March.Her works were among the first to introduce students to the realities of AIDS, the Times said. -- Jim Hanchett, 300 First Ave., Apt. 8B, New York, NY 10009; e-mail, jch46@cornell.edu.
54 | News was low in early summer as I sat to write the column for this issue, so let me take this opportunity to encourage you to return the annual News and Dues forms as quickly as possible--pay your class dues and send in some news. Don't know what to write? How about giving us an answer to one or more of these questions:What is your present "day" job? What are your "after-hours" extra-curricular activities? What have you been doing recently . . . and is there something you'd rather be doing? What do you remember most fondly from your time at Cornell?
The News and Dues letter should be arriving in your mailbox in a few short weeks and I look forward to getting your updates. E-mails directly to me or to the online news site (see below) also work well and may mean that you see your name in print even sooner. Have a good fall! -- Leslie Papenfus Reed, 500 Wolfe St., Alexandria, VA 22314; e-mail, ljreed@speakeasy.net. Class website, http://classof54.alumni.cornell.edu/. Online Class News, http://www.alumni.cornell.edu.classes.htm. Cornell Directory, https://directory.alumni.cornell.edu/.
56 | When I was a young lad, not too many years ago,my father's very favorite writer was Ogden Nash, who wrote wonderful light verse for the New Yorker (one of his most-quoted lines is "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker"). An old friend of mine from my freshman year, Douglas Parker, LLB '58, has left the law and moved to South Orleans, Cape Cod. After settling down, he became active in community theater, and has given lectures and courses on the Supreme Court at local libraries.Most important of all is that with the encouragement of his wife Angela, he set out to write a biography of Ogden Nash. It has been very favorably reviewed. Doug would like to hear from his classmates, and particularly how they liked Ogden Nash: The Life and Work of America's Laureate of Light Verse.
Gordon Davidson of Santa Monica, CA, is retiring from his long-held position in Los Angeles as head of the Center Theater Group, which includes the Taper, the Ahmanson, and the new Kirk Douglas Theater for new and experimental plays. He has led this group since 1967 and is a legend in his home city. This is a $42 million-ayear program, world famous for exciting and innovative theater. Sylvia Gingras-Baker of Bloomfield, CT, is a partner at Hartford Family Inst. She is a psychotherapist and is still thriving in her work.
Lyn Thomas Kennedy (Elm Grove, WI) returned to Cornell for her husband Don '55's 50th Reunion, as well as the 30th anniversary of Hotel Ezra Cornell in April. Their most recent trip was to Prague and the Czech Republic. Gloria Specter Greenberg (Greenbrae, CA) retired last year from the College of Marin in California, where she was professor of learning disabilities. She remarried last September to Peter Marks. The father of two girls, Joseph Carrier splits his time between Cape Canaveral, FL, and Little Egg Harbor, NJ. He and his wife love cruises and car trips.
We are sad to report the passing of our classmate Dr. Leo Rubinstein earlier this year.He was a clinical psychologist and had a varied and very successful career.We send our heartfelt condolences to his family.We are sorry to learn that Dan Silverberg's mother passed away last April. She was a fine lady. Dan and his wife Linda recently took a house in Tuscany with Don '55, BS CEE '58, PhD '68, and Iris Marcus Greenberg '58, MST '64, and Ernie and Barbara Lang Stern. They all reported that it was a super time. Dan also took a cruise recently to South America, and splits his time between Cleveland and North Palm Beach, FL.
The old chimesmaster of the Libe Tower from our class is still continuing his interest in chimes. John Hoare Jr., MBA '57, just moved to a new townhouse in Bridgewater, NJ. Dick Miller, MBA '58, has also recently moved--to Rockford, IL. He retired from his consulting practice last year and reunes with the Cayuga's Waiters whenever he can.
Please keep those notes coming to Phyllis Bosworth and me. Don't forget that our 50th Reunion is coming upon us. If you want to help, please e-mail me and I will be happy to get the news to Ernie Stern. -- Stephen Kittenplan, 1165 Park Ave., New York, NY 10128; e-mail, catplan@aol.com.
57 | "Hurrying to catch a pan that I had left burning on the stove, I tripped on one of my needlepoint rugs and went flying across the living room, arms outstretched, to land hands-first on the ceramic tile floor." So begins a belated Christmas letter from Judy Madigan Burgess. Long story short, it was the day before Thanksgiving and as Judy lay on the floor watching the smoke gather from the heated pan and wondering if it would set the house on fire, her son walked in the door just in time to call 911 and turn off the burner on the stove. Judy wound up in the hospital with two broken arms and rotator cuff injuries, but after treatment was able to be back home the next day to supervise all the family helpers as they prepared the Thanksgiving feast. A few days later she returned to the hospital for surgery, then into rehab and therapy, and finally came home a week before Christmas. Judy is now back on her own again, and in May visited with Bob '53 and Susan Alder Baker on her way to Vancouver and an Alaskan cruise. This fall Judy is off on a 10,000-mile road trip to Atlanta, Nova Scotia, and Tennessee to visit family and friends. She is fully insured.
Linda Wellman Stansfield traveled with a Cornell group to Iran. She describes Persepolis (555 BC) as "glorious and so impressive in its magnificent condition." Barbara Timen Holstein visited her daughter in London last year, where she got to see her newest (fifth) grandchild. Then it was on to Prague to see her other daughter, who is producing a movie. Judy Bird has left Pawley's Island, SC, to live permanently in Hawaii; and Bob '56 and Mimi Hester Ridgley have a new home in Camas,WA.
On campus in June were a number of classmates whose husbands were celebrating the 50th Reunion for the Class of '55: Adele Petrillo Smart, GraceWohlner Weinstein, Jo Field Bleakley, Harriet Merchant Shipman, Sue Sutton Moyer, Barbara Haglund Schlerf, Gwen Barrera Hart, Myrna Lacy Rooney, Nancy Krauthamer Goldberg, SueWestin Pew, and Vanne Shelley Cowie, among others. The Continuous Reunion Club (aka CRC) gathers each year to enjoy Reunion Weekend, and among those who made it this year were Joe '56,MBA '58, and Sue DeRosay Henninger, as well as Connie Santagato Hosterman. MarciaWishengrad Metzger celebrated with the Law school Class of '60 at their 45th. Just two more years and it's our turn to tread the Hill once more. -- Judith Reusswig, 19 Seburn Dr., Bluffton, SC 29909; e-mail, JCReuss@aol.com.
JimBroadhead and Paul Tregurtha hosted a reunion in March for several members of their Chi Psi Class of 1957. Attendees included Peter Buchanan, Tom Criswell, Guy Henry,Walt Gundel, Doug Love, Chuck Slater, and ClintWalker. Only BradWright and Steve Smethurst were not able to attend. A Friday night dinner kicked off the festivities, and a Saturday evening reception was held at the home of Jim and Sharie Broadhead. This was followed by a Sunday brunch at the home of Paul and Lee Anderson Tregurtha '59. Golf, tennis, biking, and lolling on the beach were high priorities during the day. It seems that no one has changed, and the singing voices were in great shape.
I received a delightful e-mail from Jason Wright, a member of the Class of 2002. He graduated this spring from the Ohio State U.Moritz School of Law, and passed on to me his great respect for Sheldon Halpern, LLB '59, the C.William O'Neill Professor of Law and Judicial Administration. Jason took copyright, trademark, and defamation courses from Sheldon, and it was the highlight of Jason's experience at Ohio State. In his 21 years at the school, Sheldon has distinguished himself in many ways, notably in the case of McFarland vs. Miller, involving the unauthorized use of the name of George "Spanky"McFarland, the actor in the television show "Our Gang."
Another outstanding teacher was Sanford Lowe, who died in March.He taught religious studies at Santa Rosa Junior College in California. Ordained as a Reform rabbi at Hebrew Union College in New York, and having earned a doctorate of ministry from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Sandy became a much beloved professor, known for his expertise and interpretation of the Christian Bible. He taught at Santa Rosa for 30 years, retiring in 2001.
Class president Bob Watts has served his country, our class, and Cornell with great distinction, and the following is a quote from Jeffrey Lehman '77: "I am very pleased to notify you that the Board of Trustees has elected you to the Cornell University Council for a four-year term beginning July 1, 2005. You were nominated by the Council for membership because of the leadership and outstanding service you have demonstrated in your profession, in society, and especially for Cornell." (Special thanks to Joe '56 and Sue De Rosay Henninger for finding out and forwarding this wonderful news.)
I recently visited Tony,MBA '58, and Gail Lautzenheiser Cashen at their farm south of Albany, where my grandson, 5 years old and a lock for Cooperstown, lives. Tony is retired to the point of doing pro bono-only headhunting, and Gail is active in several community organizations. The highlight of the visit was Tony's four-wheeler thrill ride, with the future Hall of Famer hanging on remarkably well. At least two wheels were on the ground at all times. -- John Seiler, 221 St.Matthews Ave., Louisville, KY 40207; tel., (502) 895-1477; e-mail, suitcase2@aol.com.
58 | I hope that by the time this reaches you, the weather will be cooler and the leaves starting to turn.What a great time to send Dick or me some news! Phil Getter is still an eligible bachelor around New York City, often taking care of his 10-year-old son and four nephews and nieces. During the day he is an investment banker and sits on a bunch of public and private company boards. Nights are spent mostly in the arts and at the theater as one of the administrators of the Tony awards. Another New Yorker, David Goldstein, JD '60, underwent brain surgery on Jan. 25, 2005 at Weill Cornell's NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in NYC. He has retired from his public position as the NYC Tax Commissioner representing Manhattan. Before that, he was NYC Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner and chairman of its board. He and wife Rena have been married since 1969. Unfortunately, their first child, Scott, who was born in 1972, passed away in 1988 after a long illness. David wrote "Scott's Memoir" in 1988. He would love to hear from any classmates via cell phone at (917) 886-1920.
Last July, Michael Isaacs and his wife relocated to San Francisco, CA. They reunited with their daughters, who both love the Bay Area. Meyer Gross's daughter Dana was married last November at the Hudson Theater on Broadway. Both Meyer and Dana sang on a Broadway stage! Meyer and his wife planned to travel last January to Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam with a business/vacation stay in Bangkok. Byron Golden, Myron's best friend at Cornell and the person who introduced him to his wife, died last summer. Peter Klem also relocated to be nearer to his daughters and grandchildren.He now lives in Durham, NC.He is writing a book to end all books on basic philosophical questions. He keeps in touch with Arthur and Susi Gruen Pfeffer '59, who have retired in splendor to San Marcos, CA. Robert Dunn is another Californian and just bought the car of his dreams--a Ferrari 355 GTS (still a kid at heart).
Charles Marshall writes, "Our family business, Mr. Stox Restaurant, in Anaheim, CA, was selected to the Nation's Restaurant News Fine Dining Hall of Fame in 2004-- one of 180 restaurants worldwide to have received this recognition. The restaurant also received Wine Spectator's Grand Award for its wine list--one of 84 restaurants worldwide to receive this award." Recently, he has visited with Tom Tuttle '57. Tom is retired from the Air Force and is still an outstanding golfer! Don Alpaugh recently retired to the South Carolina coast, where he built a new home in a golf community. He is enjoying retirement, travel, and golf, with a little consulting thrown in.
Do keep us posted on your news! -- Jan Arps Jarvie, 6524 Valley Brook Dr., Dallas, TX 75254; fax, (972) 387-0160; Dick Haggard, 1207 Nash Dr., Ft.Washington, PA 19034; e-mail; rhaggard@voicenet.com.
59 | In May, Publish America released Joel Goldberg's first novel, Misfits. Joel, who writes under the pseudonym Joshua Grant, notes that his second novel, Shaman, will be published in 2006. Next up will be The Zoo, in 2007. You can read the first chapters of the novels at www.joshua-grant.com.When Joel retired at the end of 1998, he moved to Alto, NM. (He has since returned to the East Coast, to Hockessin, DE, to be near his family, including his six grandchildren.) While Joel was in Alto he became involved with Big Brothers/Big Sisters and "big brothered" a boy who, with his older brother and younger sister, was living in a foster home while their mother was in prison. Misfits is based on Joel's experiences--good, bad, often traumatic--with the three kids. The book, notes the publisher, "is a story about a group of boys who grew up in dysfunctional families; boys whose cries for help went unheeded . . . Forced to be loners, they kept to themselves, refusing to talk about the abuse they've suffered.Moved from one foster home to another, there was no love in their lives, only dispassionate provision of the most basic necessities of life. They were misfits . . . They dressed differently, failed every subject, skipped classes, fought, had no interest in girls, and were in trouble with school authorities and the police. These boys formed a bond of friendship isolating themselves from everyone, relying on each other for emotional support and security. They develop a plan--an almost foolproof one--to get even. And they successfully execute the plan."
Favored retirement activities of Dick Marks, MILR '61, JD '76, of Bonita Springs, FL, include playing golf--"poorly"--and riding his Harley Davidson--"proficiently enough to have ridden through 41 states to date without a tumble."He plans to ride through the remaining 9 states by the end of 2006. Dale Rogers Marshall and husband Don '58 of Piedmont, CA, "love retirement."When Dale concluded her 12 years as president ofWheaton College in mid-2004, the college honored her in many ways, including raising a million dollars to create the Marshall Fund, naming a building the Marshall Multicultural Center, and giving her an honorary degree at commencement.
Susan Mattison Fraser and husband Bill, longtime residents of Greensboro, NC, are active in their church and community and "travel as much as possible." In 2004 they went to Antarctica, the Canadian Rockies, and Wyoming, and Bill went to Uganda.Motor-sports consultant Theodore Goddard of Perkinsville, VT, has cut back on his largest client, New Hampshire Int'l Speedway. "After 28 years I was tired of working 24/7 for 30 weeks of the year."He continues to be very active in SCCA performance rallying in New England. Donna Mason Drummond of Portland, OR, continues to enjoy downhill skiing, hitting the slopes in Canada, Utah, New Mexico, and the "usual" Oregon and California venues earlier this year. During the off-season, she's "on the bike!"
Sylvia Rich Alderman and husband Edwin of Palo Alto, CA, are both retired--she after 11 years as a middle school librarian, he after a career as an academic cardiologist. Sylvia has discovered the pleasures of quilting, and they both enjoy the outdoor life, including camping, hiking, and birding. Last March, DaveWarner of Kiawah, SC, was among the 25 alumni and guests at the first event of the newly formed Alumni Interest Group for the "Low Country" area of South Carolina. The luncheon, held at a well-known restaurant in historic downtown Charleston, featured guest speaker Prof. Joseph Hotchkiss, chairman of Cornell's Department of Food Science. Classmates who enjoyed CAU Off-Campus Study Tours this past spring were Alan Rosenthal (The Biltmore, the Vanderbilts, and the Nineteenth-Century World of the Superrich, in Asheville, NC) and William Tafuri (April in New York: A Spring Theatre Weekend).
Barbara Specht is the town historian of Harrison, NY. "Since our family has a long history in Harrison, this is a 'natural' for me. I'm enjoying educating the children about their local history and bringing history alive for them." Barbara enjoyed a three-week trip to Provence and Brittany last March, delighting in old historic places and the extremely friendly people. Harvey Weissbard of Maplewood, NJ, is "still thrilled at the chance to influence the law on one of the busiest appellate courts in the country. Two and a half years to mandatory retirement."When he's not on the bench or in Virginia enjoying being a grandparent, he's "consumed" by his book collecting.
Vic and Diane Samuelson moved to Hilton Head Island, SC, last December. "It feels very much like home, since we have been coming here for 37 years and have owned property here for 35 years," writes Vic. He finished up working for TEC (The Executive Committee), but continues to provide executive advice, consultation, and facilitation service to CEOs and senior executives of small to mid-sized companies. "Enjoying life!" says Carol Rafferty, who retired from Parade magazine, where she was VP Human Resources, and moved from Manhattan to Wayne, NJ. -- Jenny Tesar, 97A Chestnut Hill Village, Bethel, CT 06801; tel., (203) 792-8237; e-mail, jet24@cornell.edu.