40 | Greetings to all! Spring will be just around the corner as you read this, but snow is falling in Virginia as I write. I hope all of you had--and some may still be having--a healthy winter.

The request for News that went out with the request for Dues produced only a trickle of responses.We do have one good piece of news from another source: your co-presidents persuaded our great tenor John Thatcher, who entertained us so well at the reunion, to join the Class Council. A very welcome addition. But the response to the News request was very meager--only about ten percent of duespayers sent any news. So let''s hear from you NOW! If you can''t find that yellow form, any piece of paper will do! Everyone has grand- or great-grandchildren, travels at least a bit, volunteers somewhere, or just likes to reminisce about your Cornell days--or "great events" of your life in the last 65 years. So tell us about your life, your family, your interests, or whatever you want--but do let us hear from you.

In the last column we reported the death of Bissell Travis, but too late for that column, Toni Saxe Stewart sent a long and interesting obituary from the Ithaca Journal. It covered Bissell''s life from his days with General MacArthur in Japan at the end of WWII through his many career moves and travels and his growing family. He certainly had an interesting and fulfilling life. News of other deaths includes those of Robert Haller, Grace Hoffman Fingeroth, and George Reader, MD ''43.

In more upbeat news,Mimi Civic Kerpen has gone back to school and loves it! For the last three years she''s been going to the Institute for Retired Professionals at the New School in NYC. This year she''s taking a music appreciation course based on a text by Aaron Copeland when he taught the course. She also traveled with Elderhostel to Yellowstone Park and the Grand Tetons and is looking forward to a trip to Oaxaca,Mexico, with them in January. Another traveler was Austin "Bill" Erwin, who this past summer visited family and friends in western New York State from his home in Sun City, AZ. That would seem like a smart summertime trip until you think of our HOT 65th in June.We hope he was luckier. He is a retired New York State Supreme Court Justice and enjoys golf, dining, and gourmet cooking. Margaret "Tammie" Tammen Perry is living in Florida, where she volunteers in her church and knitted Christmas stockings for her great-grandchildren. She had a great Panama Canal trip last winter with her husband. Robert Knowlton reported that he is moving from Vermont with all its snow to South Carolina, where he says, "Things are done differently"--no explanation! Robert Liebowitz forsakes cold and snowy NYC in the winter for balmy Boynton Beach, FL. He enjoys playing in a violin ensemble and visited Toronto last summer. But James Trousdell, MD ''43, a retired doctor, stays in the NYC area (Oyster Bay) in spite of the snow, enjoying his stamp and coin collecting. He, too, is one of our great-grandfathers.

Robert Barrows regrets that age and illness have required him and his family to leave their northern Georgia property and move south nearer Atlanta. They had started out with a piece of worn out, overcut land and turned it into a dream of a place with beautiful views and over 14,000 trees--pine, cedar, cypress, and more-- which had grown to over 60''. He said this dream started with a course in silviculture he took in our Ag college. He left with deep regrets but with happy memories. His present address is 310 Cortland Way, Roswell, GA 30076.

That covers all the news I have, so please, all non-contributors, change your ways and send some news! Best wishes to all 1940ers, and have a happy spring! -- Ellen Ford, 300 Westminster Canterbury Dr., #416,Winchester, VA 22603; tel., (540) 665-5788.

41 | Greetings from Ithaca, where winter arrived around Thanksgiving to challenge our travel but should be about to wrap up by the time you read this.We will soon enjoy a beautiful spring with its new leaves, overflowing waterfalls, and beautiful lake that make living here so enjoyable.

Allene Cushing Knibloe wrote that Elaine Yaxis Reinke of Massapequa, NY, would like someone to drive to Ithaca with her from Long Island for reunion. She can be reached at (516) 789-0892. Now there is an offer to anyone in that area who has thought about coming in June, but was hesitant about driving. I hope she gets some calls. Cornell was getting ready for reunion as long ago as October. I attended a meeting in the fall at the Statler to get us started. Allene suggests carpooling from NYC, Albany, and points west to Ithaca, Rochester, and Buffalo. She offers her own phone number, (905) 894-1199, to anyone wanting to ride with her and her husband on Thursday, June 8, from the Buffalo area.

Sylvia Jaffe Abrams of Washington, DC, writes that her husband Isidore has died. She suddenly realized she hadn''t been receiving Cornell Alumni Magazine because she had not sent in her dues. Edward "Ted"White of Chapel Hill, NC, reports that he and wife Kay are both active and enjoying the Carolina Meadows retirement community. Howard Schuck, MS ''43, and wife Elinore live in Tucson, AZ. Howard''s story of how a Cornell education produced an unusual contribution is now available at Barnes and Noble (Forbes Books) and is entitled A Fish Biologist''s Impact on National Security.

Dale Kuntz Galston and husband Arthur ''40 of Hamden, CT, have had a hard time. Dale fell and broke her hip in Jan. ''05 and the break was repaired by surgery, but it became infected. She then had several strokes resulting in vascular dementia. They have moved to the Whitney Center, where she lives in the nursing home and he in an apartment. Dale is content, and recently she and Arthur celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary with a party in the nursing home.

Morton Beer, MD ''44, of Morristown, NJ, writes that he had the pleasure of having dinner with his Cornell roommate, JulesWiener, JD ''47, in NYC. Jules looks great and now lives in Savannah, GA, says Morton. Herbert L.Abrams and wife Marilyn of Stanford, CA, continue to live on the Stanford U. campus, where he is an emeritus professor of radiology, but they spend summers in Martha''s Vineyard, MA, where their children and great-grandchildren live. Herbert still teaches, writes, plays tennis, and skis. Recently his family met in Solitude, UT, with four generations on the mountain. His most recent papers appeared in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (July 2005), Stanford Magazine, and the Presidential Studies Quarterly. His three volume work, Abrams'' Angiography, has now gone though four editions since it was first published in 1961, with a new edition coming out this year. He also recommends the book The Company We Keep by his son John Abrams, published in May 2005. He looks forward to the 65th Reunion.

Frederic Joint of Bath, NY, writes that he has moved in with his son and daughter-in-law, who live around the corner from his former home. His wife Eleanore is deceased. Lawrence Ashton Hough of Cocoa Beach, FL, had radiation treatment for prostate cancer last summer. However, he is still sailing in a Morgan 41 sailboat on the Indian River and would enjoy anyone joining him. Elizabeth Sprague Hastings and husband Raymond live in Heath Village in Hackettstown, NJ. Hartley Martin of Lehigh Acres, FL, reports that he and wife Jane celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in September ''05. They are proud of their son and three daughters. They winter for seven months in Florida and spend the other five months in Northville, NY. They have 15 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

James VanArsdale and wife Suzanne (Jameson) ''46 of Castile, NY,move three times a year--from Jamaica to a lake home in Castile, NY, to their main home in Castile where they have been very active in community organizations. Jim is retired from the Bank of Castile (47 years). Having taken advanced drill at Cornell, he spent five years in field artillery in the Army from 1941 to 1946. Jim and Suzanne began going to Jamaica in 1972 when they visited their son Jamie ''72, who was in the Peace Corps for two years there. Gloria Brown Mithers of Oceanside, CA, enjoyed a three-generation experience when she took her daughter and 12-year-old granddaughter on a short cruise. She is still enjoying the good life and is recognized as the community''s top journalist. She is in contact with Norman ''42 and Lillian Strickman Hecht of Palm Springs.

Rose Ewald Bethe and I both live at Kendal at Ithaca. At lunch last fall, she told me her most memorable memory was when her husband Hans received the Nobel Prize and they attended the festivities in Sweden. Her husband died last year, and Cornell honored him with a fine memorial ceremony. She attended Smith College for two years and transferred to Cornell for her last two. Barbara Benson Mansel of San Antonio, TX, has survived a triple bypass and aortic valve surgery. She went on a Caribbean cruise in February ''04 and was anticipating a Christmas ''05 cruise to Hawaii with her daughter Pat. Barbara was also happily anticipating the arrival of two more great-grandchildren. -- Dorothy TalbertWiggans, 415 Savage Farm Dr., Ithaca, NY 14850-6504; tel., (607) 266-7629; e-mail, dwiggans@verizon.net.

42 | As I write this column, I have enjoyed watching Steven Hadley ''69 on all the news stations. As National Security Advisor, he explains the Bush policies. Nice to have a Cornellian so prominent.

Lynn Timmerman (Boynton Beach, FL) is in search of Frederick "Duke" Shelley, who no longer lives in Stamford, CT.He was alerted by a friend of Duke''s, who collaborated with him on his magnum opus, the history of tower clockmakers in this country. If you have info, please contact Lynn at (561) 735-0949 or lynntimm@ bellsouth.net.

Retired Judge Dick Thomas (Meadville, PA) is proud that his students in the local reading program are having success.He and Rosey did a Pacific Mexican cruise, and he plays golf with a slightly higher handicap. His three children have produced six grands. He asks, "Is Zinck''s still functioning?" Emily Germer St. John (Lake Oswego, OR) and Robert enjoyed Elderhostels to southern Oregon and Yosemite and a visit to their son in Lake Chapala near Guadalajara. She is studying Spanish and boasts 17 grands and eight great-grands.

Gen.Myron Lewis, JD ''47 (E. Rochester, NY), who is still practicing law, will celebrate his 85th birthday at Hale Koa Honolulu with his kids from both marriages. TomWilson (Milwaukee, WI) would like anyone who lives near Stuart, FL, to e-mail him at TBWilson@wi.rr.com. He goes there for two months each winter. Harry Hoose and Clara (Sun City Center, FL; chhoose@ij.net) spend summers in Alaska, where they plant a big vegetable garden. "But this year, just as the first vegetables began growing well, a flock of Canada geese landed in our garden and ate every last vegetable.When we discovered the geese the next morning and scared them away I counted at least 60."

Barbara Gerlach Frey sent photos of the damage to her home in Covington, LA, after Katrina. They were evacuated for 11 days; eight trees were felled and the roof was damaged. She and John visited Michigan and Missouri and are now back to normal. Good news: Leroy and Ruth Wilson Long ''44 (Moultonborough, NH; ruthlong@USAdatanet.net) wrote when they missed getting the alumni magazine and wanted to rejoin the class. It''s nice to read about the past, and the more past we have, the better the read. Betty and BillWebster (Little Rock, AR) had a busy traveling year visiting Branson,MO, for Bill''s annual 3rd Attack Group reunion. Only four of the 17 pilots from the 46th Bomb Group survive today. They drove to Springfield, MO, where his grandfather fought in the Civil War. Later, they went to a family wedding and visited friends in Scotland. They are giving their neighboring church an electronic carillon and sponsoring two melanoma seminars at the Arkansas Cancer Research Center in memory of their son.

Jane Smiley Hart (Washington, DC) received awards from the Smithsonian Museum, the Textile Museum, and the Arab-American Friendship Institution for her work over the years. Yes, she has at last retired. She introduced her daughter, who had always lived abroad, to upper New York State on several car trips, and she loves playing her piano--even more now than when she was 15. Caryl Jennings Gustavson reports the passing of husband Carl, PhD ''42. She attended the wedding of her granddaughter in France and enjoys walking, gardening, swimming, and wood-carving birds.

Mary and James Goodwillie (York, PA) stay in contact with Walter Scott (Fayetteville, NY) and Henry Jones (Wallingford, CT). James played golf from the age of 8 to the age of 90, but back problems made him give it up. He still exercises five days a week. One of his six grandchildren is a 2nd Lt. in the Air Force. Don Goldsmith (Delray Beach, FL) is still active doing architectural and interior design (residential and commercial). He and Renee (Brozan) ''47 had a 27-day trip to Italy. Don plays golf and tennis, swims, and enjoys art.

Gordon Kiddoo has sold his house in the mountains; hereafter, Hilton Head Island, SC, will be his only address. Shirley Clark Shumate (Hurley, NY) traveled to California and is proud of her daughter, who received a PhD in psychology in 2005. Shirley takes basic computer courses, belongs to two book clubs, and even enjoys using a stationary bike after four hip replacements. Now that''s an achievement!

Thanks for keeping in touch with me--and use all those e-mail addresses (be sure to print your own e-mail address carefully). And don''t forget to visit our class website, http://classof42.alumni.cornell.edu. Cornell also has an E-news monthly newsletter. If you are not getting it, contact Joe Zappala at jz76@cornell.edu. It keeps you up on all Cornell activities. -- Carolyn Evans Finneran, 8815 46th St.NW, Gig Harbor,WA 98335; e-mail, CeeFinn@juno.com; tel., (253) 265-6618.

43 | Jack Chance (Maplewood, NJ), former flogger of shopping carts [I once quipped here: "Do a classmate a favor. Steal a cart tonight."], writes that these days he travels around New Jersey photographing outdoor sculpture and presenting slide shows for groups. On his bedtable are 1776 and Selected Chapters from the Autobiography of Andrew D. White, the 228-page version published in 1939, which, says Jack, "is when I should have read it." Recently he consented to replace the irreplaceable Jerry Batt as ''43 correspondent for Cornell Hotel School Magazine. His ''43 audience, alas, numbers only 27.

You will be saddened to learn, as are we all, of the deaths of dear and dedicated class secretary Grace Reinhardt McQuillan; of the irrepressible Lefty Marchev; and of golfer, polo player, aesthete Sid Cox, who completed his studies after the war and, as a member of the Class of ''48, endowed the splendid music library in restored Lincoln Hall.

This note from Friend of Cornell Nate Goldman (Columbus, OH): "Clay Rockmore is mentioned in Iwo Jima: Legacy of Valor, 1985. Clay had previously been wounded and decorated for leading a charge on Guam in 1944. On February 22, 1945, as the 22-year-old company commander, I Company, 3rd Division, US Marine Corps, Captain Rockmore was leading a charge across Japanese-held Iwo Jima Motoyama Airfield Number 2 when he was killed by a sniper."

Recently I spoke, as I often do, to longtime buddy Parker Smith (Holyoke, MA), fellow Sunman (sports editor), former Wally Seeley back-up, one-time managing editor of the now defunct NY Herald Tribune. He had just completed the 32nd volume of his memoirs, anecdotes, photostats, and snapshots, each edition lovingly copied and bound by Kinko''s. He said he''d taken my prewrapped copy to the post office. "Is this perishable?" they asked. Parker: "Probably."Master of the arbitrary segue, I continue: Today you can--with the help of your faithful housebroken mouse--find every word ever to appear in the Sun during our years on campus (including the Chesterfield ad on page 12, October 14, 1941) by going online to the Cornell Daily Sun Digitization Project. But not till you''ve finished this column, that is.

Whenever we Harrises get to Manhattan, we visit Kitty and Knox Burger for spirited badinage, a splash of red, a bash of Bush, a nosh of cheese. This time Knox raised his glass for a toast, "To your health. Too late for mine."

Her entry as submitted: "Betsy PorterMacCallum (Hendersonville, NC) and her daughter Claudia (Sebastopol, CA) visited Sugar Hill, NH, in October.We stayed at a B&B that was once my parents'' house, where Claudia and her three siblings spent their ‘growing-up'' summers.We were en route to an Elderhostel in Lyme, NH, where one of the programs was led by a retired Dartmouth professor who lectured on the history of New England. Hanover, about 12 miles away, was hosting Homecoming and crowded. A fun week and probably my last long trip; slowing down.What else is new?"

Ken Stofer (Westlake, OH) writes of a nano-reunion at the home of neighbor/high school pal Ed Donohue. Ed''s grandson Tom Strobel ''96, MBA ''05, and family were in attendance. Tom, freshly engraved Cornell MBA in hand, was en route to his new job at Exxon-Mobil. Turns out Stofe was the influence that guided Tom to Cornell, where he starred in the classroom and on the gridiron--150-lb. [Ken, if you coulda made the weight, you too mighta been a hero in that arena; on the other hand, Arnie Rosenstein and Dave Estes mighta racked up a few minutes of unwelcome bench time.]

CharlesWalton (Los Gatos, CA): "CAM ran an article on my work November 2004 showing a model of my electronic key identification system. There are mutually interacting coils in the reader and in the key, and if the electronic codes coincide, the lock releases. [And when it doesn''t, Charlie, you go down to the front desk to have it reprogrammed.] The basic principles of radio frequency mutual coupling I learned in one of my Cornell labs. I went from key identification to a more general ID system, known as Radio Frequency Identification, or RFI. I hold the basic patents, all five types.Many thousands of codes are recognizable. At the end of 2004, Wal-Mart switched to RFI from bar code (those vertical black and white stripes); many others, including the Army, followed suit. The result has been a great burst of interest in my work, gaining me respectful attention but also sympathy--the basic patents have expired and royalties on those have gone to zero." [Even in the outskirts of Spinnerstown I seem to read about RFI almost every day now.With it,Wal-Mart tracks products from production line in Outer Mongolia to checkout line in East Jepip. And if you happen to be using a Gillette, Procter & Gamble knows which body part you''re shaving.]

Intimations of Mortality, or at least Infirmity. I sometimes attempt to summon sleep by playing word games. Late one recent night--before Bro Sandman showed-- I got 61 words out of Medicare.Medicare? -- S.Miller Harris, 1955 Miller Rd., Spinnerstown, PA 18968; e-mail, millerharris@netcarrier.com.

44 | It''s holiday time here, but you''ll be reading this in March when the snowbirds are still vacationing in balmy climes. Joyce Cook Bertelson Wilson and her husband "continue to commute" between Wayland, MA, where they have family and many local activities, to the Cayman Islands, where their only concern is hurricanes. The Harold Ogburns travel from Blue Earth, MN, to Saint Simons Island, GA. Renee Wolf Steinberg goes with the seasons: winters in Boca Raton, FL; summers in Rye Brook, NY. She "made old friends" among new ones at reunion. She says she uses real mail and the telephone to communicate. Jerry Tohn winters in Palm Beach Gardens and summers in Larchmont, NY, with two months in Stowe,VT.He spent Christmas in Colorado Springs, and New Year''s celebrating a great-nephew''s bar mitzvah.

Gale NightingaleWiggin ''45 wants to stay on the ''44 mailing list. She sold her house in New Hampshire and moved to Sarasota, FL, but plans to spend summers in New England. Taylor Keller and family spend summers on Canandaigua Lake and winters at home in Pittsford, NY. Granddaughter Kinsey Keller ''03 and her fiancé Zeph Halsey ''04 were on their way to new jobs, crew coaching and teaching at U. of Delaware and Haverford School. Zeph''s father bought Don Middleton''s boat a few years ago. Inez Johnston Murdoch and her husband find summers cooler in Mammoth Lakes, CA, than at home in Palm Desert, CA. The Marvin Huycks, MD ''47, are no longer snowbirds. They sold their home in Naples, FL, and look forward to some hockey games near home in Walton, NY.

Class legacies are adding up. Arnold Tofias says, "All is well." Grandson Jeremy Phillips ''09 is enrolled in Arts and Sciences. Doris Holmes Jenkins wrote that Amanda Jenkins ''09, daughter of David Jenkins ''73, DVM ''77, is the second grandchild to be a fourth-generation Cornellian. Art and Dotty Kay Kesten''s granddaughter Lauren Coakley ''04 joined the Peace Corps, trained in St. Lucia, and is assigned to the National Disaster Management Agency office in Grenada. She assists in the organization of Grenada''s district and village disaster committees.Will she or has she met Howard Evans, PhD ''50, who has been appointed visiting professor for birds and fish anatomy at the St. George''s University Veterinary School in Grenada for a fourth year? His wife Erica enjoys Grenada, too.

Dotty sent a report on the Cornell/Yale football weekend. Kesten houseguests included Jeanne and Ted Thoren, Janet Buhsen Daukas, Gale Nightingale Wiggin ''45, and Robert S.Miller and his bride Mary Lou (Barger) ''47. Also attending the Cornell game and celebration were Howard and Marion Graham Blose,Mort and Lila Perless Savada, Bob Dillon,Hugh Aronson,Mary Jo and Bill Zieman, Lou and ShirleyWurtzel Jacobs ''43, and Luisa and Jim Davis ''67. Cornell lost the game, but the celebrants had a grand time at the Kestens'' post-game party.

Those Kestens do get around. They visited Bunny and Cal de Golyer at their dairy farm, then had lunch with them and Harold and June Smith Parker, MS ''50, at the Glen Iris Inn.

The second time around is very good. Bob Miller married his childhood sweetheart Mary Lou (Barger) ''47 on September 9 in Cape May, NJ. "We are alternating our time between Cape May and Ithaca."Mary Lou''s husband was a Cornellian, Class of ''48. AlanWaldman of Metuchen, NJ, widowed in ''94, remarried in ''04--"a wonderful girl I knew during my employment at Kulite Semiconductor.We share common interests and are very much in love." Gilbert Smith, MD ''47, writes from Kentfield, CA: "Retired, great new wife, fair health, and busy--what more could I ask!"

M. Dan Morris, BA ''76, says he''s "still running ahead of old Father Time--gracefully." Sons Gregory ''87 and Christopher ''96 accompanied him on the annual Turnaround Cruise of Old Ironsides. The Constitution is the world''s oldest warship still in commission. (Ed. Note: I have an 8x10 photo of Commander Louis J. Gulliver saluting aboard the US Frigate Constitution in 1932 sent "to Nancy R. Torlinski from your father''s friend and classmate.") Gregory is an independent writer grooming son Theodore for the Class of ''24. Christopher is doing archaeology at Ft. Drum. Daughter Misty ''89 is a physical therapist for the Racker Centers, treating minority children. Her sons, 6 and 3, are earmarked Cornellians.

Short takes: Richard Clark of Laguna Beach, CA, writes, "There is no accounting for my being alive, but it is still kinda fun." Stanton Bower, DVM ''45, says, "The most exciting thing regarding me is that I''m one year older than I was last year and still living. So save my obit for the time being." Fred Hannahs of Belvedere-Tiburon, CA, sent a picture of himself driving a car that he bought in 1954. -- Nancy Torlinski Rundell, 20540 Falcons Landing Cir. #4404, Sterling, VA 20165.

45 | If you didn''t read about it in the Nov/Dec issue, you might still have noted the photo of our handsome classmate William Berley (NYC) on p. 67 in the story with the heading "Dedicated and Devoted,"which listed Bill as one of this year''s recipients of the Frank H. T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award. This prestigious award honors alumni who have demonstrated extraordinary service to Cornell through long-term volunteer activities within the broad spectrum of Cornell''s various alumni organizations. Such service may be reflected in the leadership roles that the individual has assumed, or through the unique contributions made by the person as a part of his or her service to Cornell. Consideration is given to the length and depth of the individual''s activities; however, gifts are not among the criteria used to select honorees.Well-deserved, he follows our co-president Maxine Katz Morse (Rye, NH), who received it in 2003.

Stanley Johnson (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL), our hard-working and successful reunion co-chairman, remains active as VP Membership of the Cornell Club of Greater Jacksonville, but would much rather spend his time golfing. Fellow Ponte Vedra Beach resident Elizabeth Lind Everett is also a golfer, but says she only occasionally has a good score. She tries to exercise and goes to a gym when the spirit moves her, but finds that not eating is the best way to stay in shape. She and husband William make an annual trip to the Shaw Festival in Niagara, NY, and then to the Big Apple to take in some plays and enrich the restaurateurs. Last year they toured Germany, France, and the Czech Republic. She also enjoys bridge, beach-walking, and drinking "soft or hard"with friends. Liz reports that she recently learned that mahi-mahi is really dolphin (fish as on submarine service dolphins, not mammals as in aquaria) and recently attacked some history of English via tapes. From Royal Oak, MI, Carolyn Worcester Van Decar reports that her son, Jim, and his wife, Tama, are both MDs at Eglin Air Force Base, FL, and have four soccer-star sons. Daughter Mary is in Waterville, OH, with three athletic sons. Carolyn''s husband Philip is suffering from Parkinson''s disease, so they don''t travel much these days. She''s learned that you take one day at a time.

Robert Olmsted (Jackson Heights, NY) was featured in an article in the New York Times of November 14 about the Second Avenue subway. It stated that Bob, "a planner for the Transit Authority for two decades until his retirement in 1989, is intimately familiar with the project''s troubled history, but predicted eventual success. ‘I think we''ll get through the first phase,'' said Mr. Olmsted, who at 81 hopes to ride the line. ‘From there, we''ll see.''" The project was first proposed just before the start of the Great Depression, as a replacement for the Second Avenue elevated line, which was demolished between 1940 and 1942, and the Third Avenue elevated line, which was taken down in 1955, and is characterized as the most famous thing that''s never been built in New York City.

Henrietta Burgott Gehshan (Southampton, PA) brags that her seven grandchildren are all incredibly talented and attractive and do her proud. That is no wonder, since one daughter, Virginia ''74, owns a graphic design firm in Philadelphia; two others are successful Smith graduates (one is retired from MIT''s Lincoln Laboratory), and another is program director for the National Conference of State Legislatures in D.C. Her deceased husband, Nick ''47, would have joined in her gratification. Henrietta also likes chamber music, is a supporter of local music organizations and president of the Women''s Club of Southampton, and helps out with the local library and parks. James ''44 and Phyllis Avery Olin moved to Charlottesville, VA, from Roanoke to be near their son Russ, and a bit closer to Baltimore Symphony son James Jr., their Arlington daughter, another daughter, Kathy, in White Plains, NY, and son Tom, a jazz musician in NYC. They keep busy visiting them all and their children (as well as their first great-grandson), and attending concerts. In her spare time, Phyll plays the piano and swims. Right now she''s irritated by late brokerage reports that cause problems with tax returns. There''s always the little tin box or under a mattress!

Another Virginian, perennial curmudgeon Richard Weishaar, MD ''52 (Machipongo,VA) heads for Tucson in November and spends winters in Key Biscayne, FL, always driving, "as there''s too much to miss going by air."Dick says that he''s learned that there is more to the West than Las Vegas, but has not yet learned to keep his mouth shut, "which is difficult, particularly when . . . (Oh, never mind!)." Other Tucson-lovers are our newlyweds Robert and Sherry Madison Wallace, who summer in Clinton, NY, and graced us with their presence at Reunion. A year ago they traveled to Baja,Mexico, where they learned all about the natives and missions. Bob says he''d rather be lolling in the pool reading than sending news, but we are always glad to hear from them. Another Reunion attendee was O. Thomas Buffalow (San Mateo, CA), who didn''t fill us in on the trip he and Marie made to Sicily just before hitting Ithaca. Their granddaughter Christine is a Cornell Arts and Science major in the Class of 2008. -- Prentice Cushing Jr., 713 Fleet Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23454; tel., (757) 716-2400; e-mail, Cushcu45@wmconnect.com.

46 | Our "60th in ''06" committee has enhanced reunion plans.Mavis Gillette Sand reports that Bob Nist will again head our V-12 Affinity Group, assuring active pursuit of "old salts."V-12ers, Bob needs help. E-mail him at bobnist@msn.com to volunteer.Mavis and her committee have added a visit to the Cornell Theory Center in Rhodes Hall to our Early Bird Bus Tour. There we''ll have a demonstration in the Computer-Aided Virtual Environment Lab.

Despite all the positives, your editor has a bone to pick. There have been few contest submissions to the 300-words-or-less college days adventure or a parody of a verse from "The Song of the Classes." Both men and women are eligible. Send entries to the e-mail or US mail address below. Send your entries soon. It''s not nice to make an 80-year-old editor beg. Remember: Call your ''46 buddies. Tell them there''s only one place to be from June 8-11. It''s at our "60th in ''06." The Statler will be our luxurious headquarters and residence. The Hill will be our oyster.

Dorothy Taylor Prey (San Mateo, CA) recently moved west to join her children. Two live in Northern California and one in Salt Lake City. Happily, she called to announce her arrival. Dottie has already volunteered with our local Cornell Club and plans to return for reunion. She will visit with JoanWaiteMartens in New York, then together they will journey to the Hill for our 60th. (Ed: Elinor, please forgive my poaching on your territory. I was enthralled by a lovely lady.) Jim Mayer ''49 (Wilmette, IL; mayer1410@aol.com), one of my Pi Lam pledge brothers, will be at reunion.He is part of the Continuous Reunion Club (CRC) that returns every year. Another Pi Lam brother, Lee Rothenberg ''48 (Longboat Key, FL; ROTHLEE@aol.com) and his wife Frances are considering pledging CRC and probably will reune.

Alfred Levine (Bethesda, MD; enivel@gis.net) and wife Deena will check their calendars and try to get back to Ithaca for our 60th. Al longs to socialize once again with his old V-12 buddies. He enjoyed his career, which he started as an electrical engineer. Later, he went to law school and became a patent attorney.He is interested in helping Bob Nist recruit other V-12 classmates for reunion.William Dilger, PhD ''55 (Freeville, NY) also enjoyed his career. He was a scientist and researcher at Cornell. His primary field was ethology, the study of the biologic behavior of animals. Since retiring, Bill has worked on wood, leather, and canvases. On canvas, his paintings are well respected in the Ithaca area. He has also done some notable botanical work. Bill doubts that any of his friends will be at reunion. If one or two of his friends phone him to the contrary, he might well change his mind and attend. 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; e-mail, PBL22@cornell.edu. Class website, http://classof46.alumni.cornell.edu.

I''m writing this in mid-December and looking at the snow from two storms, but I''m thinking "It''s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Reunion," and hoping to see many of you there. Please call your old buddies and encourage them to join you for our 60th on June 8-11, 2006. See if we can''t beat our 55th Reunion record.We have some great folks working on plans--Mavis Gillette Sand, Louise Green Richards, PhD ''65, and Bill Farrell. Check out our website at http://classof46.alumni. cornell.edu. You''ve all read Paul Levine''s articles on the men attending; now, how about you gals?

In Christmas cards I learned that Jan Bassette Summerville (Sackets Harbor, NY) hopes to be in shape from a September hip replacement to attend reunion. Sal and Pat Kinne Paolella (Lakehurst, NJ) wrote,"Hope we all make reunion OK.We''ve made our reservation at the Statler." I also made mine early for a handicapped room. Bob and Meg Geiling Grashof (winter, Spring City, FL; summer, Boone, NC) are coming.Meg has a grandson at Albright College (Reading, PA) who is a senior football player. She tried to get together in Syracuse with Dottie Van Vleet Hicks, Jan Bassette Summerville, and Leah Smith Drexler. I''m still reeling--I thought she told me she was expecting her 15th great-grandchild (I don''t even have one).When I spoke to Rayma CarterWilson (Binghamton, NY) she was getting ready to go to British Columbia with Friendship Force for an exchange program. She''ll be at reunion. I also discovered that Elouise Decker Bretch moved four years ago to Mohnton, PA (only 15 minutes from my old home) when her husband Bob ''53 died. Elouise has two children and taught school until she was 71 years old. At Cornell, she lived at the 9th South Avenue cottage with Marie Solt and then worked for a family on Eddy Street.Mutual friends here at Phoebe Berks Retirement Village spoke to Wilbur and Marj Eberhardt Haupt (Overlook Park, KS), but forgot to ask if they were coming to reunion. I''d love to see them.

Thanks to those who sent News and Dues recently: Leah Smith Drexler (Sherburne, NY) is spending the winter in South Texas. She welcomed her first greatgrandson in August. She wrote that she has 30 Cornellians in three generations of her family--can anyone best that? She''d like to hear from Elaine Darby MacDonald. Dorothy Sells Miller (Floral Park, NY) also had hip surgery. She has been taking post-graduate courses at Post College, Long Island U. She would like to hear from Jacqueline Forman Flam. RuthWood Green (Roscoe, NY) had lots of plans for November. She was moving to the house where she was born and then she was leaving for her condo in Sun City Center, FL, for the winter. Harold and Barbara Spencer Ihrig (Madison, TN) ran into stumbling blocks in selling their home. (I hope they are ironed out so they can join us in June.) She''d like to hear from Shirley Hughes Ainslie.

Write soon or call about your plans, so I can include you in the list of reunion attendees. Better still, contact your friends to join you. -- Elinor Baier Kennedy, 9 Reading Dr., Apt. 302,Wernersville, PA 19565; tel., (610) 927-8777.

47 | Do you notice how quickly time goes by? To me it seems not long ago the days were longer with more sunshine, yet as I write, it is mid-December-- and when you read this it will be almost spring. It flies! Is it our age?

Two of our classmates are fortunate to be among those living in Ithaca again--at Kendal. Elizabeth Brown, MS ''53, took a cruise up the coast from New England to Montreal. Ellen Earle Humphrey reports that she and her husband Henry, a retired physician, have five children, 11 grandchildren, and a great-grandchild expected at the time of her writing. Thelma Kaplan Reisman reports three sons, nine grandchildren, and also a great-grandchild expected at time of writing. I hope all is well with mothers, babies, and families.

Sanford Reiss, MD ''51, another retired physician, keeps in touch with his Cornell Medical School classmates and is studying American political history. He and his wife Beatrice (Strauss), BS Nurs ''47, who noted their 55 years of marriage last June, have spent part of every July for 40 years in the Berkshires. They have four children; one is Cornellian Monica Reiss Zimmerman ''74, and the others were graduated from George Washington, Rhode Island School of Design, and Tufts.Well educated! Question: do the Reiss and Reisman families know each other? Do you know you are almost neighbors in Westfield and South Orange in New Jersey? Harold and Rita Koenig Tepperman ''42 (HALTEPP@Juno.com) are also nearby neighbors in West Orange. Hal reports he is retired. A neighborly ''47 Jersey lunch maybe?

Henry Lustig, another retired doctor, still sees some of his old-time patients. He is also a volunteer teacher of third and fourth grade children. In reporting on his family, Henry tells of his son George ''78, a graduate of Cornell and Columbia, and then a teacher at Cornell. He was killed in an automobile accident. The family established a History prize in his name that has been awarded for the last 25 years and will continue.Henry, I am sorry for your horrible loss. You have surely done a good thing in remembering him in this way and in benefiting other students in the process. Henry''s younger son Andrew heads the equestrian program at Savannah College of Arts and Sciences.

Jay Cipes (AUCIPES@aol.com), residing in Sherman Oaks, CA, reports he sees fellow Cornellians Jim Vlock, MBA ''48, David Goldberg ''45, and Sam Lewis. Jay travels frequently--early this year to Berkeley,Washington, DC, San Francisco, New York City, New Haven, and Toronto. He says his wife Arianne Ulmer is a "nonprofit," volunteering at the Ulmer Preservation Corp. preserving films and documentaries. They have (if I count right) six children and eight grandchildren.My, we are a productive group! Henriette "Hank" Pantel Hillman reports that she celebrates still being here and works at living. She travels hither and yon, her children and grandchildren are charming and bright, and she sees many Cornellians. She and husband Joel ''44 also live in Jersey--in Englewood. Possibly seeing the above mentioned classmates?

Barbara Kenrick Miller, MS ''54 (bmllr9@cs.com) sees Cornellians at her local Cornell Club. She has a 7-year-old granddaughter. James Healy, who is a fellow scribe as the ''47 correspondent for the Hotel school, is a volunteer at the local (Fayetteville, NY) hospital, pushing wheelchairs two days a week. Nice! Last February, while cruising through the Panama Canal, he was upgraded to the "Presidential Suite." Those Hotel connections! His daughter Mary is director of the Sacramento Zoo and was recently elected second vice president of the national association AZZA. Bernardine Morris Erkins reports that nothing is exciting, though she and her husband Robert went to his 60th Reunion at Notre Dame last June. The offspring count of children and grandchildren was 26, with one expected at time of writing. Two were at Notre Dame, two at Gonzaga, two at U. of Idaho, and one at U. of Alaska. Good work!

I am delighted to hear from Beatrice CarlsonMurray. She and I arrived at the same time to far away Ithaca from little (before the Verrazano Bridge) Staten Island, part of the big city of New York, knowing nothing of anything west of the Hudson River. Though we attended rival high schools, we still connected, and I have often wondered what happened to her. She now lives in Southbury, CT, and reports the sad news that her husband of 54 years died last summer. I am sorry, Bea, and wish you well. I hope you all remember that Bea was featured in the Sunday New York Times Magazine at the time of graduation telling of her plans for going out into the great wide world.With picture! I still have a copy. Happy spring to one and all! -- Arlie Williamson Anderson, 238 Dorchester Rd., Rochester, NY 14610; tel., (585) 288-3752; e-mail, arlie47@aol.com.

48 | Here we go! The latest up-to-date ancient news (history?) composed by classmates Sept. and Oct. 2005 has arrived. As always, we use the FIFO system (first in, first out).

The first to pen his news is Harold Vroman, MS ''52 (82 years old), Cobleskill, NY: "Wives Marian and Doris both deceased. I travel, take part in historical events, ARC of Schoharie County, Rotary, church, ‘so-on'' and worthy projects--‘onward and upward.'' The US is not immune from tragedies. I spend my winters in Florida. Would rather be doing other chores than housekeeping. Plan to study more Dutch history. Spend Thanksgiving, etc., at son Ted''s and families in Yorktown,VA. Don''t spend time blaming other people.Make things better, especially yourself. Today''s problem is keeping up to date (not always the most pleasant news). Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and all the chaos, destruction, and suffering--so many losing their homes and lives. Solve the problems with joy and God''s help. Keep being more positive with more thank you''s. I get tired more often but never give up; get more and more people to help. Life means helping people and making more new friends."

Joyce Goldstein Kahn, Palm Beach, FL: "Husband deceased. Play bridge and golf; moved last Sept. 19.Will travel more. One grandchild graduated college. Other a senior in high school. Life is the importance of family and friends and belief in God, carrying on through crisis." John Osborne,Vestal, NY: "Still retired from IBM. Granddaughter graduated from North Carolina at Wilmington."

Ben-Ami Lipetz, PhD ''59, Schodack, NY: "I have been lucky! In 2004 I bought a Hybrid car at my wife Carolyn''s insistence, and now we laugh, remembering how I used to grumble. Actually, I''ve been doubly lucky. It''s been ten years since retiring, and I find myself in better shape than ever expected. I stay semi-active at the U. of Albany, and preside over their library friends. Also, I bring library service to my local senior center twice a week. I co-edited and contributed to a book published in the fall of 2005 called Covert and Overt: Recollecting and Connecting Intelligence Service and Information Science."

Hamilton Miller, Longview, TX: "Retired. I''m still getting out and painting small cars for the women''s shelter and the two local hospitals. I''ve been able to give some cars to the children of the evacuees from Katrina. There are over 300 evacuees here in Longview, TX."William Purcell Jr.,Wallingford, PA: "Retired--do woodworking and reading. Vacation in Camden, ME. Today''s problem is our foreign policy."

Eugene Littman, Newburgh: "President of U.S.A. Illumination, a lighting fixture manufacturer. I play golf most every day after work at about 5:00 p.m., as well as Saturday and Sunday mornings.We have designed and tooled about 20 new products for a great increase in sales. It is starting to help very much. I sold my large lighting fixture company known as Lightron of Cornwall about five years ago, and kept my smaller company, which is starting to grow. I hope to continue as president for another 10 years, and to play golf for another 15 years. One of my children is a fine doctor in Baltimore and my other three children all run lighting fixture companies." (Ed. Note: It makes so much sense that anyone named Littman should be in the lighting business. His ancestors probably made candles.)

Nathan Carpenter, Fort Lauderdale, FL: "Wife died. I''m a board-certified physician in aerospace and preventive medicine. Traveled back to Ohio where I was born. I miss my wife." Lynn Ellis, Clearwater, FL: "The latest hurricane out there is up to ‘M'' (Marie)--the first one I saw in 1938 began with a ‘C''--the world moves too fast! Where have I been recently? In the swimming pool, and the last thing I remember doing was lunch.Would rather be doing dinner now. Tomorrow I plan to do breakfast. Two grandsons are college freshmen. Bills, paying bills, Katrina recovery, and finding the megabuck cures are today''s major problems." (Ed. Note: Lynn, I apologize for the typo in the March/April ''05 issue in which the column referred to you as "she." That mistake was made in Ithaca, not Port Washington.)

Tom Latimer, Chapel Hill, NC: "The way I count my wealth is family, friends, and health. I''m very rich! I hope you understand." Lillian Soelle Austin, Chapel Hill, NC: "Volunteering, maintaining home and health for both of us as well as possible. There were 30 Cornellians and spouses on the trip to the Canadian Rockies, from Clara Rhodes Rosevear ''38 to our own Cornell hostess KellyMaule ''97.We traveled on the ‘Rocky Mountaineer,'' under the auspices of the Cornell Alumni Federation. Oldest grandson, 16, went to Italy with the Latin Club from Midlothian High School in Virginia. His 13-year-old brother joined us for a week at CAU. The course was The Human Body.What a great nation we have to the North.What great people--O Canada! Life-practical concerns combined with a spiritual life, putting the latter into motion."

While on the subject, ''48ers who spent a week at Cornell Alumni University (CAU) in 2005 attended the following programs: Lillian Austin, The Human Body; Madeline Miller Bennett,Wall Street;May Daniels, Kafka;Walter ''45 and Barbara Rapp Hamilton, Eclectic Cook; Burnett Haylor, Photography; Richard Jackson, Golf Clinic;William Kaplan, American Trials; Larry Merson, Architecture. -- Bob Persons, 102 Reid Ave., Port Washington, NY 11050; tel./fax, (516) 767-1776.

49 | "We sold our Greenwich house and are preparing to move to Wallingford, CT, in March.We looked at where we are going and are uncertain that we really down-sized, but the deed is done." Thus wrote your esteemed VP and Class Correspondent Dick Keegan as partial explanation for the absence of a full column this month.

If the computer connection can be established in the new digs in time for the next deadline, you should see Dick''s entry in this space in the May/June issue. Stay well, stay happy--and stay tuned. Be proud to be a ''49er. -- Dick Keegan, rjk27@cornell.edu.