50 | We have happy news to report: two weddings! It's never too late for romance. Bob Entenman has sent along a clipping from the Hudson (OH) Hub- Times announcing his marriage last May 21, in Hudson, to Ann Winkelpleck. Bob's son was his father's best man, and Ann's son escorted her down the aisle. In the photograph accompanying the article, Ann wears an elegant wide-brimmed hat and Bob wears a wide smile. Bob, a chemical engineer, was an executive with the Flood Company, in Hudson, which manufactures paint additives and wood finishes.

And Walter Crone and Ruth"Midge" Downey Kreitz were married on October 22 in Boulder, CO. "We had dated freshman and sophomore year,"Midge writes, "but then went our separate ways."Walt married his high school sweetheart.Midge married Bill Sprunk '49, who died in 1990, and in 1997 Midge married Bill Kreitz. "Over the years Walt and I heard and read about each other in the alumni magazine and through mutual friends." Then in 2003,Midge lost her "second Bill," as she calls him, following lung surgery, and a few months later,Walt lost Prudence to cancer. The two survivors "reached out to each other with letters, phone calls, visits," Midge continues, "and then in Ithaca for the 55th Reunion last June. The spark that had been present so long ago reignited and led to tying the knot.We were married with all eight children and 13 grandchildren present to help us celebrate." The Crones now live in Longmont, CO.Midge was a reading specialist in Fairfax County, VA, and Walt, a mechanical engineer, was president of Buffalo Railroad Equipment Corp. in Charleston, SC.

Earle "Bud" Barber practices law three days a week at his firm Barber, Sharpe & Rosenberger, which is in the same Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia where my husband and I (Marion) live. Betsy AlexanderWeis (Osprey, FL) is an emeritus attorney--a formal professional designation in the state of Florida--and holds a free legal clinic one day a week at the Senior Friendship Center in nearby Venice, FL. Betsy raised eight children and then earned her law degree in 1990. She practiced full-time in North Carolina before she moved to Florida. Betsy, JeanMichelini Partisch-Farley (who lives in Sarasota, FL), Carol Smith Loveland (Rochester, NY), and Pat Coolican (Corvallis, OR) have kept a round-robin letter going for the past 50-plus years, ever since graduation. The foursome recently had a rare faceto- face reunion when Carol and Pat visited Florida. Pat Coolican was associate dean of the College of Home Economics at Oregon State in Corvallis and associate director of the Oregon State Extension Service.

Jon Ayers (Huntington, Long Island) writes that despite recent hip and knee replacements, he "made sure they didn't interfere with important things--like singing with the Big Apple Chorus at an international contest in the 21,000-seat auditorium in Salt Lake City, or sailing." Jon recently had a weekend sailing rendezvous with Ed Crothers '51, Tony Tappin '49, Halsey Knapp, and Ray Matz, BArch '51, and their wives. "I've given up competitive sailing in favor of leisurely cruises with the grandchildren," Jon e-mails, "and also doing penance as a Race Committee member." Jon, a mechanical engineer, was a program director for Grumman Data Systems in Woodbury, NY. Halsey Knapp (Lewes, DE) owned Nassau Orchard Inc. in Delaware, and Ray Matz (Norwalk, CT) had an architectural practice in White Plains, NY.

Janet Praeger Phillips says that "of course" she is still running her landscaping business, Landscape Arts Inc. in Chattanooga, TN, "with no thought of retiring." Janet raised six children, and then in 1978, 28 years ago, founded her business. "We are one of the bigger landscaping companies in Chattanooga," she explains. "I am also currently president of the Chattanooga Association of Landscape Professionals, an organization I helped found about 15 years ago." "The year 2005 saw one of the best experiences of my lifetime," writes Mary Green Miner (Edmonds,WA). "Two weeks in Europe with my daughter, two granddaughters (ages 14 and 11),my son-in-law, and his mother, who grew up in Switzerland, where we visited four places, including Zermatt, site of the Matterhorn. Spectacular!"Mary's career was an outgrowth of her extracurricular work at Cornell. She was editor-in-chief of the Cornellian our senior year, and she became publisher of the BNA Books division of the Bureau of National Affairs Inc. in Washington, DC.Mary has produced 22 books that are in the Library of Congress.

Herb Lund is chairman of the Environmental Advisory Board for the City of Coconut Creek, FL, where he lives.He also plans and conducts the annual Key West Recycling Seminar, now in its 16th year. Three of his daughters live in Broward County, FL, and assist him with the recycling seminar.Herb, another mechanical engineer, was the editor-in-chief of the McGraw-Hill Recycling Handbook and also the Handbook of Pollution Control Management.Marilyn "Lynn" Layton Bull (Beacon, NY) corrects tests for the White Plains School System and also does income taxes for H & R Block. She volunteers at Beacon Reads (which sells used books to benefit the local library), is learning American Sign Language, and is researching and writing her family history. Tom Bryant, JD '53, practiced law for a while on Wall Street and worked the Watergate year (1972) in Washington, DC, for the Small Business Administration.He then moved to Bend, OR, where he practiced small-town law for over 30 years. Both of Tom's parents were also Cornellians, in the Class of 1915.

If you have been wondering whether the David Pogue who writes about computer technology for the New York Times is related to our class president Dick Pogue, the answer is yes. David Pogue is a son of Dick and his wife Pat. Dick is a senior adviser to the law firm of Jones Day in Cleveland. Jim and Nancy Hubbard Brandt were in town from Chicago recently for a meeting of the Bible and Archaeology Fest VIII and came to dinner at our house along with Libby Severinghaus Warner, who lives nearby in Bryn Mawr. The Brandts have long been interested in the archaeology and ancient history of the Mediterranean region and the Middle East, and over the years have traveled extensively there, including in Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. Nancy's career was with the Continental Bank and the Bank of America Illinois; she now works pro bono for Protestants for the Common Good, trying to reform the Illinois fiscal system. Jim was a VP and general manager at Zurn Industries; he now volunteers with the Executive Service Corps.

Our book about what the women in the class have done with their lives--Women at Work: Demolishing a Myth of the 1950's, by Marion Steinmann and the Women of the Cornell Class of 1950 (Xlibris, 2005)--has been accepted for inclusion in Harvard U.'s Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at the Radcliffe Inst. for Advanced Study. And we earned an "A" for our efforts from Harvard. The book "is certainly a very important document and essential for our collections," writes the Library Curator,Marylène Altieri. "Please convey our thanks to your women classmates, whose accomplishments are an inspiration." -- Marion Steinmann, 237 West Highland Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118-3819; tel. (215) 242-8443; e-mail, cjoiner@ix.netcom.com; Paul H. Joslin, 6080 Terrace Dr., Johnston, IA 50151-1560; tel., (515) 278-0960; e-mail, phj4@cornell.edu.

51 | Robert Knight, husband of our classmate Mary Steele Knight, formerly of W. Tisbury, MA, sent us an obituary from the Rome (NY) Sentinel about her life.Mary went from Cornell to Berkeley, where she received an MA in English literature and met and married Robert. They lived in College Park,MD, for 40 years and then built a house on Martha's Vineyard and became year-round residents after his retirement from the U. of Maryland faculty.Mary and Robert had a son, a daughter, and four grandchildren.

Migrant workers at Sodoma Farms in Brockport, NY, were in the local news last fall as the apple-picking season got under way. Three Brockport Sodomas are Cornellians: Robert D., son Michael W. '86, and Robert J. '68. Sodoma Farms produces strawberries, cabbages, and squash in season, as well as apples. Charles Taylor worked for Agway in Cortland his first four years out of Cornell and then operated a dairy farm in Gilbertsville, NY, until retirement.He and Carla have four children, one an environmental engineer in Houston coping with toxic waste, and the others in Orlando, FL, Rochester, NY, and Cortland, NY.

Thomas Borthwick (cabinetm2@earthlink.net) retired from Legg Mason brokerage firm, moved to Pinehurst, NC, and took up golf and reproduction of antique furniture.He made the Tower Club in 2002 with a contribution of his hand-made furniture to Delta Kappa Epsilon. In 2004 he received Cornell's Distinguished Alumnus Award from Vice President Susan Murphy '73, PhD '94. DonWeadon '67, Delta Kappa Epsilon alumni chairman, noted, "Few Dekes have contributed so much effort and soul to the care and improvement of our Gray Stone Castle." Tom has children in Washington State and Connecticut, including Pam Borthwick Bass '84. He remains in touch with fellow Deke Latham Burns of Toronto.

David Taylor cofounded Taylor and Stiegel after 13 years experience with Kenneth M. Dunn in Charleston,WV, and practiced civil engineering installing sewer systems, water lines, and pumping stations in the area.Married twice, David had three boys and seven grandchildren. Both wives died of cancer, the first in 1995 and then 2005. The children's families are in Charlotte, NC, Roanoke,VA, and Oregon. Bob '49, MRP '54, and Elizabeth Robinson von Dohlen,West Hartford, CT, have traveled several times with Cornell--Egypt, Turkey, Syria, and Jordan--and are signed up for Namibia in October 2006. They are active in area art groups and have a grandson Brian Downing Smith '07 at Cornell. Elizabeth has won several local and state awards for her orchids and other plants.

Thanks to a $5.5 million collaborative effort between Webster U. and the Repertory and Opera Theatres of St. Louis,MO, 20,000 square feet have been added in backstage facilities to the Loretto-Hilton Center. The successful fundraising project was jump-started with a $1 million challenge grant by Laurance and Virginia Jackson Browning '53, and the main performance hall has been named for Virginia. Larry is the retired vice chairman of Emerson Electric Company and a life trustee of Webster U. and serves on the board of Opera Theatre. Nancy and Kenneth Jones, Larchmont, NY, treated their three daughters, three grandchildren, and a sonin- law to a CAU session last summer, a repeat for the daughters who had attended with Kenneth and Nancy in 1976.

Aaron and Shelley Epstein Akabas, NYC, report proudly that their son Dr.Myles Akabas '77 has been appointed Director of the MD/PhD program at Einstein Medical College. Shelley and Aaron have moved from a house with five floors to an apartment on one floor--"good for our old knees," she says. Her new book, coauthored with colleague Paul Kurzman,Work and The Workplace: A Resource for Innovative Policy & Practice, was published by Columbia U. Press in February 2005. Ernest Schmid, Goldsboro, NC, a retired lieutenant colonel, attended the Wine Class with Abby Nash as CAU instructor last summer.Wolf Kittler's CAU session on Kafka was popular with the Class of '51: Elliott Oldman,William Philipbar, Kenneth Jones, and Robert Lev all participated.

George R.Chambers flew over 4 million miles to China, Korea, Japan, and thereabouts as a program manager for Hughes, Ramo Woolridge, Aerospace, and TRW. He served as a platoon sergeant in the Pacific before coming to Cornell and feels he should be credited with an MEE for his five-year degree. Retiring in 1989, George has taken up golf. Jay and Jerri Ann Reilly Peck, St. Pete Beach, FL, summered near Skaneateles Lake with friends and family after celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary aboard a Carnival cruise with son Bill, his wife Mary, and daughter Ellen.Michael Chayes and Nelly Vermeij, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, are glad to hear from classmates. Hugh "Sam" and Georgia McGowan MacNeil, MS '49, report from Franklin, TN, that son Michael '74 worked on a joint USDA/South African Ag Dept. project and spoke at the World Angus Conference in Cape Town. Daughter Anne has been tenured at UNC, Chapel Hill, where she is a musicologist.

See you at reunion, hopefully. 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 | I was wrong about those yellow News Forms. The response has been amazing, especially as to what you remember most fondly and from whom you would most like to hear. Insufficient column space for that, but Paul and Polly Prine Herman will make room for it on our Web page, http://classof52.alumni.cornell.edu. As I use the forms, I'll forward them to the Hermans. If you need even more reason to check the website, Joy Rees Hoffman and Bob Chabon, M Ed '55, have been working on plans for our 55th Reunion to be held June 7-10, 2007. The plans include some different and outstanding events. Save the dates and plan to attend. To keep informed, check the class website.

I had a good November visit from Nancy Barner Reynolds, whose present day job is swimming, weight training, reading/study, and a philosophy discussion group.When not occupied with that, Nancy is involved with travel, family activities, and visits to family and friends. She's in good shape, and happy with what she is doing now. Nancy brought a September article from the Wisconsin State Journal, in which the interviewee,Helen Johnson-Leipold '78, said things about her parents, Sam '50 and Imogene Powers Johnson, that would gladden any parent's heart.

Now to the mailbag. Lawrence Breslau, Baltimore,MD, is among the few who still has a day job. A doctor, he is director of the Partial Hospital Project, Baltimore Washington Medical Center.We knew Elizabeth Jacques Browne, Cleveland, OH, as Betty. After her husband,Michael '55, MBA '56, died, Betty decided to stay in her house. That, along with visits to family in Cleveland, New York, D.C., Florida,Michigan, and Hawaii, which last she has not yet done, keep her busy. She's also active in the Cornell Club of NE Ohio, with their summer job network, particularly, and CAAAN. Then there's church, where she is involved in everything from prayer groups to an inner city Books for Children project. OK, Betty, take a deep breath.

Cynthia Baldwin Dutton, York Beach, ME, a retired doctor, is also widowed. She writes: "I am retired (since 1994) and live in the house where I grew up. I am involved in a modest amount of volunteer activity, like to go rowing in my 63-year-old skiff, write essays and memoirs, a few of which have been published, and spend time with my daughters and my friends. Life is good here on the Maine Coast."Also in New England is Paul Davis, MBA '59, Chatham, MA, who, retired, has recently been doing "worldwide travel." Lucy Anne Willis Farmer, Ventura, CA, is also enjoying retirement: "I can ride my horse whenever. Also volunteer at Police Dept. storefront." Lucy Anne's husband Peter '51 is deceased.

Not retired entirely is M.Carr Ferguson, LLB '54, New York, NY.He is senior counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell, part-time professor of law at NYU (fall) and San Diego Law School (spring), and still involved in some arbitration and mediation of tax disputes. Off hours, he works on his golf game, writes, and speaks. He and wife Marian (Nelson), MA '54, spent the summer with their four daughters and sons-in-law and 11 grandchildren. Frederick Fuess, M Ed '55, Baldwinsville, NY, is retired and has recently moved from Illinois to New York State. Apart from that, he and his wife enjoy travel. Philip Gottling Jr., Cincinnati, OH, is retired after 36 years at Procter & Gamble. He now does lots of high quality audio recording for church and community concert events, and reports that it was fun being in touch with Dave Murray, a Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity brother, for the first time in over 50 years. Dave arranged the blind date where Phil met his future wife Barbara (Johnson) '54.

Alison Bliss Graham,Wynnewood, PA, writes that she and Charles "Chad" are both active in civic affairs--local government and school district. Chad is professor emeritus at U. of Pennsylvania, where he still helps teach an engineering lab course and is writing a textbook on magnetic materials. They recently had a "nice cruise on the Chesapeake," and their usual two weeks in England, where Chad opened a new physics lab at the U. of Sheffield. John Lankenau, LLB '55, New York, NY, is actively practicing employee rights law in a four-attorney NYC law firm. Fridays, he and Alison are usually at their house in the Hudson Valley. After hours, John works for and gives money to Democratic candidates at all levels, and also works on historic preservation. The Lankenaus celebrated the day of their 40th wedding anniversary with a family/friends party and then went to Paris for 10 days.

Now sadder news. Shirlee Critchfield, Garden Grove CA, wrote that her husband and our classmate Robert died June 12, 2005 of acute leukemia. An avid golfer and photographer in his retirement, Bob is greatly missed by his family and his many friends. John Voigt, MBA '57, Frankfort, IL, wrote only that his spouse, Susan (Bancroft) '54, passed away after a seven-year struggle with progressive supranuclear palsy. -- Joan Boffa Gaul, 7 Colonial Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15232; e-mail, jgcomm@aol.com.

53 | Help wanted. It is now the merest smidgen over two years until our 55th Reunion and not too soon to give it some thought.We're ready to welcome affinity group volunteers, such as teammates to summon teammates, singers to sound out singers, Greeks to rush their brothers and sisters, pomology and poultry club members to round up old buddies, and Sun men and women and wits of the widow to press colleagues into action.

Chuck and Carolyn Juran's (Prescott, AZ) first venture into Elderhostel was to the neighborhood of FDR's "cottage" on Campobello Island. They also loaded their motor home onto a flatbed for a rail trek through the Copper Canyon and down the Mexican coast to Mazatlan. They saw the waterfalls of the Piedmont and the lighthouses of the Outer Banks on a June journey to North Carolina. In the fall, they rode the narrow gauge Durango steam train through the Colorado Rockies. Back home, there's a vast electric train layout and an almost-new Papillon pup, named Almost a Dog. "This has been disturbing to the cats,"we're informed, "but the patriarch, Felix, 13, tolerates the others with a dignity that only age can bring."

What's keeping C.P. Rufe (Waynesboro,VA) busy these days, says he, is "knowing and loving my granddaughters, Julia Joan, 5-ish, and Charlotte Joan, 2-ish. Some traveling (foreign and domestic). Rotary.Working (some) at Waynesboro Public Library. Actively seeking a compatible ‘casserole lady.'Happy in high tech with a new iMac." Irv and Sheila Lefcourt Goldman (South Burlington, VT) report two M.D. offspring--one professor/surgeon, one pediatrician--and grandkids. So family keeps them occupied, along with visits to old friends, cross country skiing, hiking, biking, reading, photography, and, in the summer, kayaking on Lake Champlain. They share a best buddy, Ruby, a bouncy young golden retriever by trade. Dick and Sheila Ragold are settling into new digs at Keswick, VA, near Charlottesville, between the Blue Ridge Mountains and Richmond, with the U. of Virginia nearby.When last heard from, he was "consulting two days a week for the engineering firm I was with in New England." From Jack Otter (Savannah, GA): "Well, happy, and hopeful of peace with honor."

Lorraine Kelafant Schnell (Ramona, CA) notes three landmark happenings: son Mike passed a Players Aptitude Test for professional golf. Daughter-in-law Kerry earned a doctorate. Grandson Matt graduated from the U. of Rhode Island. "Life," Lorraine observes, "is good." Carol Ballagh Boehringer (Wynnewood, PA, and Marco Island, FL) says it isn't easy, but she tries to keep up with husband Jack '52, who was working "mostly full-time at 75" last summer, flying his own plane, and sailing. For over two decades, he has planned a yearly cruise down Chesapeake Bay with old buddies Don Follett '52, Jack Bradt, '52, Dick Groos '52, and Dick (Richard C.) Smith '52. Jack stays in touch with the Engineering college and its seniors. Carol, "mostly retired after 20 years working with him," remains secretarytreasurer of his manufacturing firm, is a hospital volunteer, and gets to the grandkids' athletic events.

Pete and Lois CraneWilliams, M Ed '60, responded to a mighty tug to Newfield, maybe a dozen miles down Route 13 and near Robert Treman State Park, a few Homecomings ago. Lois's great-great-grandfather founded the village a couple of centuries back and built its first mill, on its creek, the West Branch of Cayuga Inlet, in 1809. "We came across a vacant Main St. lot that included creek frontage and, in the excitement of Homecoming, impulsively bought it.We've since given up the thought of a retirement home there and donated much of the lot to Mill Park. Visit it sometime (222 Main Street) and enjoy the park's creekside overlook."

There are adventuresome septuagenarians among us. Ann Woolley Banks reporting: "Still sore from my Panamanian experience. Just hope to be able to ski." Good grief, what experience? "Birding in Panama.More like a Panamanian army exercise. Up-early-and-out sort of thing, and then there was this mountain! Not bad going up, but the coming down in the rainforest is a different thing. I slipped and fell on my backside four times on the first incline. It wasn't so bad when I got home. Yes, I had trouble getting up the stairs, but I thought a little exercise would be helpful and started to stack my winter wood delivery. MISTAKE! Fortunately, I have grandchillen!"

Dick and Jane Hayes have lived in Brazil for 41 years. They continue to see new things. Dick reports a two-week Argentine tour to the Cataracts of Iguazu, San Ignacio Jesuit Mission, the wetlands Esteiros de Ibara, Buenos Aires, the Province of Chubut in northern Patagonia, the Valdes Peninsula, and Punta Tombo. They watched right whales, sea lions, elephant seals, dolphins, guanacos, rheas, and more than 70 species of birds, most of which are not found in the Northern Hemisphere. Son George has moved from Geneva to London, "so our European base changes." At home in São Paulo, he's president of Instituto Souza Novaes, "a nonprofit entity that helps chemically dependent street kids and adults."

We happy few recall AFROTC summer camp at O'Hare Field (when it was just a small Air Force fighter base outside Chicago), or ground-pounding in Barton, or maybe the colonel who loved trips to the metropolis of "Bimmington." For senior birdmen, a new alumni association is off the ground. Dick Thaler, LLB '56, donated legal services to establish AFCU Inc., which will help Cornell's AFROTC Detachment 520 stay in touch with its old Cold Warriors.

To look back on Ithaca's only morning newspaper's view of '52 and '53, vintage Daily Suns are now online at http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu. -- Jim Hanchett, 300 1st Ave., Apt. 8B, New York, NY 10009; e-mail, jch46@cornell.edu.

54 | Burt '51, DVM '55, and Lucille Fein Saunders attended Burt's 50th Vet college Reunion this past June along with daughter Zena Saunders '79, MBA '81, who was attending her 25th. Zena was accompanied by her family, so it turned out to be a family/Cornell reunion with all three generations staying near each other in the new dorms. Lucille made the comment that writing news for the column brings to mind the best things in our lives that intertwine with the surprises that aging presents. Another loyal correspondent,Marian Russell Boslaugh, writes that the builder has finished the shell of their Unger,WV, home and that Dave is now doing the finishing work inside.When completed, they plan on retiring to their forest, having lived for many years in Ashburn, VA. I would categorize that as a lateral move with no migration routes to be navigated.

Harriet and Bob Friedman had a busy year of travel in 2005 that included a trip to Morty Rochman's 50th anniversary. Bob has for many years done research in India, and this past year during a trip there he signed an agreement with the medical branches of the Indian Uniformed Service to exchange faculty and to carry out collaborative biomedical research. It was an agreement that has been 20-plus years in the making due, in part, to the political upheavals in that part of the world. The Friedmans also traveled to Normandy, Mt. St.Michel, and Chartres, and to Bayeux to view the famous tapestry. Bob is still chairman of his department at the Uniformed Services Medical School.

Debby Kroker Ineich fills her days traveling with Bob, watching the grands play ball, and enjoying the time spent with good friends. They are looking forward to visiting parts of the world they've yet to see--Alaska via cruise ship and Canada via the trans-Canadian rail. Looking back on her years at Cornell, her fondest memories were friends. Attending class reunions and mini-reunions with the DGs has kept Debby in touch with a number of old friends.Walt Lewis, MD '68, has retired from his formal medical practice, but does volunteer work at a local clinic dealing with mind, body, and spirit healing.Walt is writing a book about his experiences in approaches to wellness that are outside the scope of a normal medical practice. He not only remembers Cornell friends fondly, but also enjoyed the prolonged philosophical conversations that added so much to broadening his scope as a human being.

Niles Davies runs his family's apple farm, Dr. Davies Farm, in Rockland County, NY, which has been in the family since the 1800s. The farm has a fascinating history, as I discovered when I went to the website. Niles is the ex-chief of the Congers Fire Dept., past president of the Salvation Army, and member of the Rockland Center for the Arts Cooperative and the Helen Hayes Hospital Foundation, among other community activities. Bill Embury of Lee's Summit,MO, says his day job is that of a manufacturer's rep, but he escapes to fishing, hunting, golf, and working in his huge garden growing annuals and perennials, his substitution for farming. Asia has been among his most recent travels. Fond memories of Cornell include the chimes, football games, and the great college atmosphere.William B.Webber, MD '60, and Elaine Russell Gandal were married this past September. Bill and Elaine had dated in Bronxville High School and had recently rekindled their friendship. Bill is still cycling with the Wobblies in Saguaro National Park and singing bass with community groups.While at Cornell Bill enjoyed his time as art editor of the Cornell Widow.

Tricia Palmer Shope is director and teacher at Hopmeadow Nursery School, but after hours is a weaver and teacher of weaving. Attending the Hartford theatre and symphony fill out her leisure time.Marty Rosenzweig, PhD '59, has found a second career in the performing arts field--not as a performer but as a producer. Having helped build the Norris Center for the Performing Arts in Rolling Hills Estates in the 1990s,Marty has since founded and produced the Norris Cabaret Jazz series. Anyone in the area should check out the website for some interesting programs. Gil Rothrock, being retired, has all the time in the world to play his favorite sport, tennis. Fond Cornell memories are of hot fudge sundaes with Clyde Barker, MD '58. Richard and Lisa Rink Kelly are downsizing in Vermont and establishing winter roots in Arizona, thus creating the rare diagonal cross-continent migration pattern, one of our more complicated ones. Luckily, Lisa finds travel in the western US enjoyable. House parties rank high with Lisa, along with the variety of living in a college town.

The News Form format has changed, and it would appear from the volume of mail that people are finding it to their liking. I would suggest going to the online Cornell Alumni Directory to find classmates--the address is always at the bottom of my column. If you need further assistance, Chick Trayford, MBA '60, our class sleuth, and I stand by to help. If you have e-mail addresses it makes it faster. -- Leslie Papenfus Reed, 500 Wolfe St., Alexandria,VA 22314; e-mail, ljreed@speakeasy.net. Class website, http://classof54.alumni.cornell.edu/; Cornell Directory, https://directory.alumni.cornell.edu/; class news online, http://www.alumni.cornell.edu.classes.htm.

55 | We have a wonderful story from Mark Brandt '86, whose father, Richard, was a member of our class--a Phi Delt, a Hotelie, and a member of the football team.When Mark was contemplating where to apply to college, his father said, "What about Cornell?"Mark thought Cornell would be too expensive, but his dad said, "With your entrepreneurial skills, I think you could pay your way through." So Mark started an asphalt seal coating and line-striping company in Ithaca, and paid for most of his education that way, plus working at Gould's Sporting Goods, running a leaf removal service in Cayuga Heights, and working on a maple syrup farm on Route 13. "The way my father taught me how to fish‚ when I needed it most, is a legacy that Cornell helped me cultivate further." Recently,Mark started a private equity fund that he called The Maple Fund, in memory of the work it takes to reach a goal.

"Sarasota is a volunteer city," says Ken Sanderson, so he and wife Barbara have chosen ("selfishly," he admits) to volunteer as ushers at local theaters. They particularly enjoy partaking of the caviar, vodka, and champagne served during intermission! Ken reminisced about his friendship with the late Henry Repeta, whose name is on the Vietnam Traveling Wall Memorial.When the memorial came to Sarasota, it was set up in center field at the Cincinnati Reds' spring training baseball park. "How appropriate," Ken added. "I never met anyone who loved the game more or knew more baseball statistics than Hank." Ken also remembered the night Hank and John Blaser fought a fire in their Kline Road dorm.

Lorraine Silverman Abrash, PhD '66, of Walnut Creek, CA, writes that their son and his family, who used to live in England, are now in the Bay Area, which means more frequent family get-togethers. Lorraine still teaches one chemistry course per semester at a local community college. And speaking of academics, Pete Replogle is professor emeritus at SUNY. Dan Sachs calls himself "retired, so to speak," which means he still consults in affordable housing and does freelance editorial work. Janet Scanlan Lawrence traveled to Cuba as a representative of the West Jersey Presbytery, and from there to London and a cruise up the west coast of Italy. The Lawrences' son joined them in London to help his mom celebrate her big 7-0. Back home, Janet continues to take courses designed "for students 55 and over-- and most are quite a bit over!"--at the Academy of Lifelong Learning, a branch of the U. of Delaware.

Myrna Stalberg Lippman is a retired newspaper writer/editor and a freelance book reviewer for the Sun-Sentinel in South Florida. Henry and Irene Adler Hirsch are leading a full life in Netanya, Israel, volunteering with causes as varied as the Israeli Army, civilian defense, and a children's home. Renie also teaches and entertains with guitar, and directs and acts in musicals and comedies. Two highlights in Everett "Bill" Tennant's life: his first grandson was born on Mother's Day last year, and Bill's church choir traveled from Mississippi to New York City to present the Verdi Requiem at Carnegie Hall.

Just after Fred McFarlin moved to North Carolina in 2003, he started a youth lacrosse program and league that continues to thrive. Fred further reports that working on his property has resulted in a loss of 15 pounds and two inches on his beltline. His regimen includes cutting the grass on a 50-inch rider mower (which takes 7 or 8 hours), cleaning up the yard, pruning over a dozen fruit trees, and hitting the gym several times a week. Singing karaoke as often as possible adds fun to his schedule. Olga Bruun Staneslow and her partner took a 17-day tour of Turkey, going from harbor to harbor along the Mediterranean in a small boat and visiting Istanbul, Capadoccia, and various ancient sites. In St. Paul, MN, where they live, Olly attends a monthly Cornell Alumni book group.Wesley Lent is still working fulltime as a landscape architect, and an example of his work was to be featured in the June 2005 issue of House Beautiful. Having just come through a successful radical prostatectomy,Wesley advises, "Guys--all of you--get your PSA test!"

Grace Fox Parsons is enjoying retirement, keeping busy with choral and instrumental groups in her church, and volunteering at the Red Cross and historical society, plus gardening, genealogy, and bridge. Nancy Eisenberg Grabow balances her work as a freelance meeting/event planner and writer with volunteer activities and sailing on their 30-foot boat. An annual highlight for Nancy and Dick '44: their vacations with the entire family at Peter Island Resort (BVI). Howland Swift finally retired after 25 years of college fundraising, including as assistant dean for the Hotel school in the '90s. Swifty and Robbi spent three months last winter at their villa in Vieques, PR, which they rent out year-round; you can find info and pictures at enchanted-isle.com.

And a bit further north (Fairbanks, AK), gold mine owner Roger Burggraf writes that his mine will soon be the site for a low-rank coal-water fuel demonstration. "Production of this fuel, which is non-toxic and non-hazardous, could help alleviate some of this nation's energy problems and also help Third World nations develop low-cost energy in their own countries." The family corporation, Greatland River Tours, made a profit last year, Roger explains, despite losing many days of business due to forest fires. Roger concludes, "I wish there were more hours in the day and that I was 30 years younger." And finally, a pop quiz from Pete Bowell, who, with wife Margie has happily relocated to Williamsburg, VA: "2007 will be a big year historically in Williamsburg. Does anyone know the event that will be celebrated?" E-mail me with your answer, and I'll see that it reaches Pete. And while you're at it, send on some news. Thanks! -- Nancy Savage Petrie, nancypetrie@juno.com. Class website, http://classof55.alumni.cornell.edu.

56 | Dick Sklar, San Francisco, CA, is serving as president of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, a $4B project to rebuild the Bay Area water and power system and get all of S.F. wired with Wi-Fi to make broadband accessible to the entire city--with free service to much of the population. Dick has been on the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange since last summer and continues to work with the Prime Minister of Montenegro as his pro bono economic advisor. Dick also continues to produce highly praised Merlot grapes in his California vineyard.

RETIREMENT NEWS: Bob Boger, East Lansing, MI, is dividing his retirement time between summers in Northern Michigan and winters in the mountains of Colorado. Vaughan Larrison, Arlington Heights, IL, retired from Con Agra Int'l in 1997, and has been consulting in the industry since then. Jim Larrimore, Del Mar, CA, continues to consult at the Int'l Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, on nuclear non-proliferation, which received the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. Jim is a docent at Torrey Pines (CA) State Reserve.

Donald Nadeau, Fairport, NY, retired in 1999 as director of procurement for Cadbury Schweppes. In his community, he is a member of the US Power Squadron, which teaches boat safety and handling. From Mike Nadler, a comment on his visits to Europe: "Work habits around the EU haven't changed much. Stores still close for a two-hour lunch. No wonder their economies are not growing!" Barbara Grove Purtee, Gulfport, MS, is involved in community and church work.We hope, Barbara, that you didn't suffer too much damage in last year's hurricanes.

Vera Johnson Lee, San Francisco, retired for 11 years, sings with the San Francisco Choral Society. Hersch Koblenz, Shaker Heights, OH, is retired and continues to be active in community affairs. Thomas Parks, San Jose, CA, is a retired physician. Joan Hoyland Phaneuf,Viera, FL, retired from teaching in New York State. Lois Patterson Noyes was a realtor for 24 years and now lives in Sarasota, FL, at the Oaks Country Club. She is involved locally in the Fine Arts Society and the Symphony Association, and is a Junior League volunteer. Lois has been married to Rick '53 for 50 years. Betty Jennings Rutledge,Wilmette, IL, describes herself in "multisemi- retirement" as private investor, handwriting analyst, wife, mother of three, and grandmother of eight! Mary Ann "Polly"Whitaker Dolliver, Spokane,WA, retired in 2000 as a public school administrator and continues to consult in the education field. Larry Levin, Denver, CO, is retiring from the practice of law and will be at work with the American Jewish Committee and other non-profits. Larry, it was great to see you at the Washington meetings of AJC last year.

I am so sorry to note the passing of classmates Herbert Bernhardt (Charlottesville,VA) on June 11, 2002; Ed Fitzgerald, an attorney in New Haven who lived in Hamden, CT, on November 11, 2005; Deborah Epstein Miller (Monroe Townships, NJ) on November 13, 2003; and Barbara Taubin Phillips (Oakland, CA) on August 12, 2005.

We have heard from the following classmates: Pete Thaler (Los Angeles); Ronald Chandler (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL), who recently finished putting his house back together from Hurricane Frances; Vincent Rubatzky (Haddonfield, NJ); Gail Rudin (Manhasset, NY); Alayne "Lucky"CzurlesWerner (Buffalo, NY); Joseph Libretti (Mt. Prospect, IL); Ernest Stent (Prescott, AZ); Jack Shirman (Quechee, VT); Alex Cicchinelli, who lives in Italy; Sandra Wittow (Englewood, CO); and Chuck Woolf (Williamsburg, VA).

The Johnson Museum of Art is exhibiting the Paul (Yale '55) and Margot Lurie Zimmerman Collection of modern Indian art. The collection will remain at the museum through our 50th Reunion. This is a major collection amassed by the Zimmermans over the last 40 years since they lived in India (Paul was country director of the Peace Corps in the 1960s).

Doug Merkle, MS '59, Panama City, FL, is writing a history of the US Air Force civil engineering group. Susanne Kalter DeWitt, Berkeley, CA, is involved with pro-Israeli political action groups. Judith Cimildoro Jones, Toledo, OH, is commissioner of the Ohio Public Utilities Commission and volunteers for the Toledo Symphony and the Toledo Museum of Art. Grace GoldsmithWahba,Madison, WI, is into her 39th year as a faculty member at the U. ofWisconsin,Madison, now as the I. J. Schoenberg-Hilldale Professor of Statistics. Grace and her partner, David Callan, are still doing their annual three-week summer bicycle trips and winter crosscountry ski trips. Paul Shane is professor of social work at Rutgers U., Newark, NJ. Betty Specht Rossiter, San Marino, CA, is involved with local art and design projects, including the Pasadena Showcase House of Design, which benefits the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Youth Museum. Lorna Jackson Salzman, Brooklyn, NY, is active with the Green Party's climate crisis coalition to stop global warming.

Leland Mote, Big Bear Lake, CA, is working full-time as a senior loan analyst, and looking for land in Niagara County to grow pinot noir grapes. Tom Lotito, Woolwich Township, NJ, started a second career in the mental health field, which he finds truly rewarding. Says Tom, "The sense of giving back each day is very fulfilling." David Golden, Palo Alto, CA, researches the chemistry of the atmosphere and of combustion at SRI Int'l,Menlo Park, CA, which culminated in being SVP for Science. Since 2000, David has also been consulting professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford U. David plans to return to campus for our 50th and hopes that all the people he was close to while we were undergraduates come as well.

Curt Reis, Rolling Hills, CA, our beloved former class president, is still chairman and president of Alliance Bank, a subsidiary of Alliance Bancshares CA. I am sorry to tell you that Curt's mother Jo Mills Reis '29 passed away in August 2005, but his father Sanford '29 is still going strong and living in Sarasota, FL. Curt's parents are both honorary members of the Class of 1956.

NEWS IN OUR CAREERS: After 28 years at the same law firm,Howard Schneider, JD '59, NYC, has switched to work for client Man Financial Inc., a commodities futures commission merchant (the equivalent of a securities broker dealer in the futures trading area).Howard will be a senior VP there and will remain "of counsel" to Kalten Muchin Rosenman LLP. Says Howard, "A great change of pace, which I am truly looking forward to." Joe Bograd, Pompton Lakes, NJ, opened a new furniture store for second homes, called Bograd's Second Home. Syrell Rogovin Leahy, Ft. Lee, NJ, had two books published last year: Murder in Alphabet City and The Silver Anniversary Murder. Her newest is Murder in Greenwich Village, all under the name of Lee Harris. Syrell's first mystery, The Good Friday Murder, was made into a TV movie called "Murder without Conviction" and aired on the Hallmark Channel in 2005. It is repeated from time to time. Syrell spends part of the year in the Southwest.

Percy Edwards Browning is back from climbing the mountains of Bhutan and planning our upcoming 50th Reunion with Jim Quest. It's going to be wonderful to get together with everyone, and we hope to break attendance records for a 50th Reunion. -- Phyllis Bosworth, 8 East 83rd St., New York, NY 10028; e-mail, phylboz@aol.com.

57 | Beach Kuhl reports from San Francisco that he is still involved in the practice of law and the practice of platform tennis, serving on the board of the American Platform Tennis Association and president of the western region of that organization. Beach more than holds his own in the national championships in ascending age categories. He keeps in shape by trying to keep up with three grandchildren under the age of 2, and another about to jump the net. Lee "Deacon" and Ginny Glade Poole '54 are also keeping busy, involved in putting a new roof on a number of buildings on their Vermont property. Lee is also refinishing Vermont maple furniture, which he refers to as "Vermont gold"when a piece sells. He passes along an experience (I'll handle this gingerly) of sitting next to a "lovely young" heart surgeon on a plane recently, who explained how she excises potential death out of heart tissue and arteries. Deacon countered with tales of a streetwise hometown chaplain. I trust the open middle seat served as a buffer.

Howard Greenstein is still serving as rabbi of the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island in the fall and winter, and is now a visiting lecturer for Holocaust studies at Florida Gulf Coast U. in Ft.Myers. He and Lenore (Brotman) '56 treated each other to a Scandinavian cruise last June to celebrate their joint 70th birthdays. While most of us are 70 or so, Chuck LaForge has hit 75, and claims the air is fine up there. His regimen is golf in New Hampshire in the summer and in Florida in the winter. Ted Engel, MBA '58, MS '64, continues to raise and race standard-bred horses. He is 72, and reports two of five sons are unmarried. Potential spouses should be able to cook and clean, and have boat and motor. Please send picture of boat and motor.

Steve Laden is active as a trustee of Curtis Inst. of Music, and is currently chairing the capital campaign. He also serves on the advisory board of a capital management company in Devon, PA. Roger Soloway, MD '61, is still hitting it full-time as a professor of medicine, senior hepatologist, and chief of staff of U. of Texas branch hospitals.Marilyn has retired after 18 years as a real estate attorney. They have grandchildren from 11 down to 1, and celebrated Roger's 70th last November in Philadelphia. Roger Jones, MPA '60, is retired but still living in the Spruce Creek fly-in community in Port Orange, FL, and he and Peg keep a boat in a nearby marina. They recently saw Ted Raab, Peter Wolf, and Jay Schabacker. Their recent travels include Greece, Turkey, Italy, Slovenia, and France. v John Seiler, 221 St. Matthews Ave., Louisville, KY 40207; tel., (502) 895-1477; e-mail, Suitcase2@aol.com.

Milestones were reached last year and continue on into 2006 with 70th birthdays, 50th reunions, and golden wedding anniversaries. Mabel Klisch Deal had a family celebration in Stanley, NY, last summer, and in November the Deal clan all got together on Hilton Head Island. Also marking the occasion of her 70th at Hilton Head in November was Betty Ann Rice Keane. Kids, spouses, and grandkids joined in the fun. Sue Sutton Moyer writes that she and Bill '55 are "aging gracefully and healthily." The Moyers took a 50th wedding anniversary cruise to Italy, Tunisia,Malta, Greece, and Turkey. A family party took place last summer in New Hampshire with children and grandchildren enjoying swimming, outdoor grilling, and, of course, champagne.

Adelaide Russell Vant and Judy Richter Levy celebrated their birthdays in style with a trip to London aboard the Queen Mary II last summer. Judy is still practicing law in New York, but finds time to visit her granddaughters in Tucson, AZ. It was a Disney cruise for Martie Ballard Lacy on her 70th. The whole family was on board as well, and presented Dick and Martie with a beautiful album of letters and photos, some from way, way back, and others more recent. Among the contributors were Jackie Byrne Lamont, Sue Shelby Schurmeier, Sheri Flynn, Sue DeRosay Henninger, and Ginny Elder Flanagan.Martie recently went back to teaching as a long-term sub in the Syracuse area.

Nancy Kressler Lawley, a Prudential realtor near Philadelphia, welcomed her ninth grandchild last year, and in September Dee Heasley VanDyke became a grandmother for the fifth time (she also has three great-grandchildren). Dee's 70th was acknowledged in a rather interesting way. She was part of an art piece on aging women. "The artist did a body casting of my upper self, from navel to neck--quite an adventure." Only Dee's very close friends received a snapshot of the "masterpiece." Dee is finally using her BFA degree. She had four sculptures accepted in the annual Hawaii Craftsmen Show in October and now has her work on view at the Bethel Street Gallery in Honolulu.

SueWestin Pew enjoyed a super 7-0 on Martha's Vineyard last July. Then she and Dick '55 spent a week touring Prince Edward Island. Sue continues her volunteer work at the hospital, school, and church in her Belmont, MA, community. Another longtime volunteer--for Children's Center for the Visually Impaired--is Ela Oudheusden Shacklett of Shawnee Mission, KS. Ela took a trip to Alaska for her big birthday and has some advice for us going into the next decade: "Keep active. Despite decreased vision and loss of driving privileges, I still swim regularly and am active in school and social activities." Ela is looking forward to the '07 reunion and hopes to see Flo Spelts Booth and Sue Hitz Magnuson there.

Elaine Meisnere Bass finds herself rather busy running two houses with non-stop houseguests--in the Berkshires and in Jupiter, FL. Last summer she had a visit from Ellen Derow Gordon. Ellen Stekert moved from a huge 15-room house in Minneapolis, MN, into a more manageable one in Brooklyn Park, MN. The new place will be perfect for her antique business and to house her inventory. Ellen is a retired English professor from the U. of Minnesota.

Betty Starr King's 2004 was full--with both joy and sorrow. She and Bob celebrated Betty's 70th in Hawaii, visited family and friends on the West Coast, and welcomed their third grandchild in September. But sadly, Bob passed away in October. Although Bob was a U. of Maryland grad, he was supportive of our class and Cornell. We extend our sympathies to Betty and her children. -- Judith Reusswig, 19 Seburn Dr., Bluffton, SC 29909; e-mail, JCReuss@aol.com.

58 | Some News came through just before the year-end holidays, so we're back in business, thanking those prompt 'Mates for their updates and watching for more. This column is written amidst the writing and sending of holiday greetings to family and friends; I'm sorry that the greetings here won't arrive till March.

From out West, we hear from a few we'd lost for awhile. Helen "Copper"West Pynn is a retired investment banker with Citicorp in NYC and now a very active volunteer in theatre, concerts, and museums in Santa Fe. Her big love is the Santa Fe Garden Club when not exploring the West in her and Malcolm's conversion van or visiting children and g-children in Georgia. The Pynns also travel abroad, especially to Malcolm's home country of England. Copper can be reached directly at mpynn516@aol.com. James "Jeff" Brown writes from Amarillo, TX, where he's still chief medical officer at the region's military entry point. Jeff spends his free time riding and training horses. (I'd include his e-mail address, but physician's writing makes that too unreliable!) Bob Hunter, LLB '62, lives a little further west, in Phoenix, AZ. He and Carol toured Pennsylvania recently, and took a train tour of the Canadian Rockies and a week in Puerto Vallarta,Mexico.When he's working, Bob is in Phoenix real estate sales.

Down in sunny Ocala, FL, Cindy Rogers Heinbach (cindan1@aol.com) has retired but is busy with choral groups, courses at the local community college, and travel to see her grandchildren and a visit to Australia and New Zealand last fall. In Charlottesville,VA, Gerald Mandell, MD ' 62, is in his 36th year on the faculty of UVA Medical School, reachable at gm@virginia.edu. He and Judy have eight grandchildren ranging from 2-11 years of age. Gerald says this about one of his fondest memories at Cornell: "I'll always remember walking down the hill after swim team practice with frozen hair!" Susan Hertzberg Ullman retired from teaching social studies in Bayside, NY, and now plays "bridge, bridge, bridge"while recovering from a knee replacement. She'd like to be traveling more, she says, and also would most like to hear from Bunny Lundgren Hartmann. This past summer Ken Pollard (kbpol@rochester.rr.com) saw the family gathered for his and Beuhlah's 50th wedding anniversary; all three children, their spouses, and seven grandchildren were able to be present. The Pollards continue to enjoy their new home overlooking Cayuga Lake, but also were expecting to spend some time in Florida this winter. Although retired, Ken is active with several organizations including serving on one of the Board of Governors of the Shriners Children's Hospital in Springfield, MA.

David Eckel is president ofWagner Realty, headquartered in Sarasota/Bradenton, FL.He says he tried to retire in '95, but became bored, so he developed his company into 250 people and also handles close to a thousand vacation rentals.He and Joanne recently enjoyed a visit from two heptagonal track champions:MikeMidler, PhD '64, and Chuck Hill '59; Dave, you're one also, are you not? Barbara Avery, MA '59, is the director of a non-profit religious coalition in Columbus, OH. Her organization is the state affiliate of a national organization of pro-choice denominations and faith groups. Barbara put in time working for FEMA in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina, but says what she'd REALLY like to be doing is "trekking in the Himalayas with my husband--as we did in 1997." Barbara remembers most fondly at Cornell someone playing "Go Down,Moses" on the chimes at the beginning of the Suez Canal crisis. (Quite a memory this old chimesmaster says, but I can't take credit for playing that one; to me, it sounds just like something another classmate chimesmaster and friend George Ubogy would play, since he's so with it on tying tunes to events--and still doing so while writing and transcribing many new ones for the chimes.)

A couple more names popped up that haven't appeared here in awhile. Ronald Bratone writes from Setauket, NY, where he is semi-retired from his own construction equipment rental and sales company. He and his wife Gail "help with raising a 14-year-old, Erik, and two beautiful granddaughters, ages 4 and 6." Ron says that the Bratones would like to be doing a little more traveling and that his fondest Cornell memories are around his fraternity, Alpha Phi Delta. He'd like to hear from any of his brothers from the Mu chapter. Our column ends with a note from PaulWiley that he is now retired after 40 years of dairy farming; he has gifted the five-generation Wiley farm to his son. He and Barbara are volunteers for Heifer Int'l ("Have animals, will travel") and have visited churches Sunday mornings to tell stories using their small animals. Paul, as a member of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church, says he has had wonderful experiences in their many mission projects.

From your correspondent: I am swamped with spam in my e-mail, so am changing my address by one letter. Please replace "r" by "d" to give the new address as shown. Thanks. -- Dick Haggard, dhaggard@voicenet.com; and Jan Arps Jarvie, jjarvie@sbcglobal.net. For other news and events of our class, see: http://classof 58.alumni.cornell.edu.

59 | Hank Stark, who with his wife Cheryl moved to Ithaca in 2000, continues to write a column about day trips to Finger Lakes wineries for the Ithaca Journal and restaurant reviews for the Ithaca Times. In addition, he has begun to participate in Prisoner Express, a program for prisoners throughout the US that is run by Gary Fine of the Durland Alternatives Library in Anabel Taylor Hall.Hank offered his book, Sierra Story: Yosemite Adventures and Reflections, to any of the prisoners who wished to take a correspondence course with him. "Gary and I think that offering intellectual activities aids rehabilitation and shows prisoners that people on the outside care about their needs and interests," says Hank. At press time for this column,Hank had sent books to 21 prisoners who had expressed interest in participating in the course.Many of these 21 are writers and have had works published both within and outside prison. Hank will comment on their responses to his book and "talk" with them about outdoor activities, writing experiences, and publishing. (Classmates interested in Hank's book and in starting a similar dialogue with him can contact him at hbs6@cornell.edu.)

At the beginning of last year, Bob Greer, 20 Cushman Rd.,White Plains, NY 10606, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). As reported by the White Plains Journal News late in the year,"He promised himself then that he would not give in to fear, anger, bitterness, or depression, which he said could poison his enjoyment of what he has left, including his seat on the White Plains Common Council, the Handel operas he [loves], and his family." Bob's wife Helen (Litton) '61, a retired textbook editor at Random House, is his primary caregiver, and their youngest daughter, Alexis, moved home several months ago "to be ‘another pair of hands' for a man she said once couldn't be kept down." Bob is retired from MBIA Insurance Corp., where he was VP of finance.

Last July, Paul Read, MS '64, professor of horticulture/viticulturist at the U. of Nebraska's Inst. of Agriculture and Natural Resources, took office as president of the American Society for Horticultural Science. From September through this past February he worked at the U. of Tasmania on a faculty development leave.His wife Christine and children Emma, 12, and Peter, 10, traveled "down under"with him. "I thought I had retired in June '04,"writes Robert Dann of Amherst, MA, who had practiced radiology, nuclear medicine, and nuclear cardiology at Baystate Medical Center. Then he answered a plea to work part-time with a group in Greenfield, MA. Before he knew it, that became a full-time job. Now Bob's planning to fully retire in June. His wife Nancy retired as an oncology chaplain last September.

Sidney Boorstein of MacIntosh Farm in Sharon, MA, is semi-retired from the food and beverage industry. He's an active or past president of numerous philanthropies and professional groups, including Children's Trust Fund of Massachusetts and the Brandeis Athletics Hall of Fame.His wife Beverly has been a probate and family court judge for some 14 years. Class of '59 participants in CAU's on-campus program last summer included Barbara Parsons Hildreth of Vienna, VA (Field Ornithology). Her husband Richard '56, ME '59, chose All Hands on Deck: Navies, Naval Power, and the Flow of History.

Jane TaubertWiegand has moved to Attleboro, MA, with a new e-mail address: JaneW3438@comcast.net. Her new home is a newly constructed townhouse, which she was able to have modified to meet her preferences. "I hope I never have to move again!" she writes. Last year saw the birth of Jane's first grandchild, Anna Elizabeth, born April 23. Skiing continues to be the focus of Jane's winters as she begins the New Year on the Western ski slopes. Last year she skied areas in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, with much the same route planned for early '06. -- Jenny Tesar, 97A Chestnut Hill Village, Bethel, CT 06801; tel., (203) 792-8237; e-mail, jet24@cornell.edu.