40 | Happy Holidays to all--even if it is still hot summertime as this is being written. Since news was running low, it seemed a good idea to tap the class officers-- with pretty good results. Like most of us, Bob Schuyler finds his days full in spite of the lack of newsworthy events. Ellen "Toni" Saxe Stewart and her husband Jack '38, JD '40, are still enjoying life at the Kendal retirement community in Ithaca, although Jack has had some serious medical problems, so Toni has been doing all the gardening. She mentioned, too, that Wilma Mehlenbacher Dondero, MS '52, also lives at Kendal and gets around pretty well in spite of osteoporosis.

William "Bumper" Baird and his wife are resisting the idea of a retirement community and are staying in their golfside house with a lot of help, especially from their children, for the heavy chores. He brags about his cooking skills! BobWood, MD '43, keeps busy with lots of family and volunteering.Marge Baker Tummons says she just keeps busy, while Bob Johnson says that keeping up with 18 great-grandchildren and their birthdays and other holidays is a madhouse! He still lives in Ormond Beach, FL. As for me, I stay healthy--thankfully!--keep active, and still enjoy driving, although this year it's been only for short trips.

In other news, Sig Kriegsman reports he's still in Menlo Park, CA. He plays a little golf, but lots of bridge and Dominoes. Sadly, Bob Brennan died in July. He was well known for his sports activities, especially lacrosse, having been chosen for an All-American team in that sport. Bill Mogk keeps busy in volunteer and family affairs, and he and his wife celebrated their 68th anniversary this past year.

That's all the news for now! Please let me hear from you soon--what you did last summer and/or what you're doing this fall and winter. It doesn't have to be worldshaking! Your classmates just like to hear a bit about you and your life. Again, Happy Holidays to all. -- Ellen Ford, 300 Westminster Canterbury Dr., Apt. 416,Winchester, VA 22603.

41 | The new Men's class correspondent's wife Willie Ann flew to Ithaca last summer for a week to attend Cornell's Adult University (CAU).While she was gone, I had dinner with class officer Eddie Burgess Bartholomew. Having lost her husband Bart two years ago, Eddie had just moved into the place where I live, a Boca Raton continuing care retirement community. After dinner, we went to Boca's Florida Atlantic U. to see a student production of Cole Porter songs. Eddie loved it. She must have felt a bit proud of FAU; she had previously served for ten years as their associate director of public relations. I might mention that I, too, had been on staff there, teaching in the engineering college for 14 years. This followed 32 years at the Grumman (Aerospace) Corp., founded by Leroy Grumman '16.

On to the mailbag: There seems to be no end of stories about Henry Heimlich, MD '43.Here is one sent in by Allene Cushing Knibloe.Hank attended a dinner recently in Buffalo to give one of his annual awards to a young man who had used the Heimlich maneuver to save his teacher. The teacher had saved his life with CPR seven years earlier! Fred Munschauer and his family and friends joined Hank at the dinner. These included Dr. Rick Munschauer '45 and his wife Penny, John Kirschner '51, LLB '53, and his wife Mary Alyce, Jay Brett '53 and his wife Marcy, and Allene Knibloe and husband Wells.

As for Floridians, we have news from several. Bill Van Atta and wife Trudy moved back to Binghamton four years ago after having spent 14 years in Hobe Sound. Edward Steinfeldt, DVM '41, was to depart Cortland, NY, this spring to fly back to his condo in Siesta Key. Hartley Martin, MS '54, and his wife still "snowbird" back and forth by autotrain between Lehigh Acres and Northville, NY. They continue to volunteer in both places. JackWeintraub finds it very satisfying tutoring kids in Sarasota. He says his supervisors keep giving him more and more advanced students--he's concerned about being able to handle fifth grade next! Donald Robinson, MS '54, alternates between Leesburg and Castile, NY.He depends on daughter Connie RobinsonWeaver '66 for transportation. Don reports that he is the oldest living ex-prez of the Ag Alumni Association. John Borst and wife Lucile (Heise) '42 are happy in a lifecare community, also in Leesburg. They were recently visited by daughter Pam Borst Bland '67 and their new great-granddaughter.What joy!

More letters next time. -- Warner Lansing, 6065 Verde Trl. S., Apt. G310, Boca Raton, FL 33433; tel., (561) 487-2008; e-mail, wlansing@bellsouth.net.

When this issue of Cornell Alumni Magazine arrives, the Florida contingent (female and male) will either be basking in the sun already or heading for winter residences. My cohort,Warner Lansing, PhD '49, can keep you posted on male happenings from his home in Boca Raton, but I will have to rely on your "dues" notes to the frozen North, thanks to those forwarded from Dot TalbertWiggans's files. Christmas letters will be most welcome!

It was a delight for Ken and me to have Elsbeth Hartman Button and husband Tom at our table at the last reunion dinner. According to Elsbeth's news notes, she and Tom had planned to take the autotrain from Florida to Washington, DC, only to find it would be delayed and they would miss most of reunion. Undaunted, they drove instead and made it on time. The only other classmate at Reunion from Florida was Allene Cushing Knibloe, without whom we might not have reunions--she is probably already planning our 70th!

Other Floridians (mostly permanent) include Audrey Bernichon Glacken, who is "comfortably retired with grandchildren nearby"; Barbara Schnapp Eisen, who enjoyed a family reunion in St. Augustine and a grandniece's wedding in the spring; Sylvia Margolis Kaufman, who has moved from White Plains, NY, to Boca Raton; and Charlotte Adelman Kotzen, enjoying her condo in Sarasota, which keeps her busy both physically and mentally. She and her husband belong to the Sarasota-Manatee Cornell Club.

Other members of the class have headed west to sunny California. Carol OgleWoods is a permanent resident with her husband and is two doors away from their son. A granddaughter is completing a degree in art, and their daughter lives in Seattle. She and her husband are both in good health and enjoy California living. An Ogle family reunion prevented their attendance at our reunion. Alta Adams Romo and husband Ralph, MS '42, lived much of their 64 years of marriage in the Pasadena area, near their son Michael--an area they find almost as lovely as the Finger Lakes. Gloria Brown Mithers is "still enjoying life in the slow lane," with no complaints. She swims laps, is active in two groups, and continues to be a feature writer for her community papers. Some slow lane! Her yearly reunion with Norman '42 and Lil Strickman Hecht, of Walden, NY, still revolves around memories of Cornell.

To conclude, there are ten additional classmates in Florida and nine in California from whom I would love to hear. The next issue will feature another area of the country. Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays to all. -- Shirley Richards Sargent Darmer, 20 Haddington Lane, Delmar, NY 12054; e-mail, KID12054@aol.com.

42 | Pres. Liz Schlamm Eddy (NYC), VP Jim Kraker (Gouverneur), and 65th Reunion Chairs Don, MD '45, and Madelaine Ring Kent '45, BA '44 (Palm Gardens, FL) met at Cornell to make plans for all of us for 2007. They had a good meeting and a good time with university alumni officer Deanna Quvus.We will hear all about it soon.

Sally Rudolph Drachman (Auburndale, MA) has moved to a very special retirement community in Lesall Village, "where all residents must take courses at Lesall College (keeps the mind working)." She is taking The Fog of War and American Musical Theatre. Sally has stayed in touch with Eslyn Parnes Banks (Washington, DC) and Estelle Mulwitz Barrett (Sarasota, FL). Her four children are making her proud: Virginia, now head of the history department at Tufts U.; Susan, who left the Great Harvest Bread Store in Larchmont to move to Saratoga Springs; Josh, who spent seven years in Japan and now runs an Aikido School in Boca Raton, FL; and Dori, an environmentalist who helped start a charter school in Asheville, NC.

Tom Flanagan still plays golf with Bob Edmunds in their native Norwich, NY, several times a week.He keeps in touch with Pres. Liz and is looking forward to the 65th Reunion. Roy Tunison (Bradenton, FL) is a member of the very active Sarasota Cornell Club. He enjoys yacht trips on the Gulf of Mexico, polo matches, the theatre, and bar-hopping in Sarasota. Avoiding hurricanes is his major sports activity. Joe Kandiko (Appleton, WI) advises us, "Life is like a garden--what you plant is what you harvest." He had a good year, despite not much of a harvest. His own fault, he says. His life is very full and he tries to ride the tides of change. His health is good, and he walks, talks, and plays bridge.

Virginia Stockamore Henry (Albany, NY) volunteers with the Albany Medical Center Hospital, the Red Cross, AARP, and the Albany Inst. of History and Art. She attends local Cornell activities and has traveled to Cape Cod,Mackinac Island, and Russia. She likes to swim and belongs to a health club. Paul and GretaWilcox Leighton '44 (Scottsdale, AZ; gingerhenry@mailstation.com) are too busy to travel. He is still working as a management consultant, and they volunteer with Christian Services--the church, Gideon, and missionary support. "We praise the Lord each day for our good health."

Bertram King (Aventura, FL; bertking1920@webtv.net) is a retired optometrist serving as VP of the Retired Optometrists Assoc. He also volunteers with Subnormal Vision. Bertram and wife Beatrice have a son who is a clinical professor of gastroenterology at Vanderbilt U. Richard and Aileen Hanson (Corvallis, OR; rhanson@proaxis. com) recently traveled to Crater Lake and Frenchglenn. Richard is into fly-tying for trout midges, nymphs, and flatwing and ocean flies for striped bass, ling cod, salmon, steelhead, and red fish in the Gulf of Mexico. He was a delegate to the World Poultry Congress for US Breeders in 1948 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and works to restore streams to higher quality water. He enjoys his six children and grands.

Jean Pardee Cole has moved to a life-care community in Chesterfield, MO, and would love to hear from you. She took her whole family--children and grands--on a Caribbean cruise last Thanksgiving. And I'll have enjoyed the same on a four-day Carnival cruise to Cozumel,Mexico, by the time you receive this.My granddaughter Myra dances in the shows, so almost all of my kids and grands will see her perform nightly. About 35 of us will share her experiences.

Chris Haller, DVM '42, although retired, takes classes to update his emergency medical activities, as he serves on an ambulance squad.He and Esther had a great career and life, "thanks to a veterinary faculty board that in '38 decided I was worthy of a veterinary education. Thanks, too, to Norm Sonju and Stork Sanford for giving a short guy a chance on the rowing squad." Lloyd Peelle (Rock Stream, NY; 1peelle@sttny.rr.com), who was the first of three generations of Cornellians, takes CAU trips, including one to Bermuda, and is a Rotary Club Paul Harris Fellow.

Jim and Dorothy Dodds Kraker's grandson Jeremy '07 now represents his family at Cornell. Dotty's funeral was held this past spring. She will be long remembered and missed. Sadly, Julia PapezWood (Omaha, NE) lost her husband of 63 years, Harold, and is consoled by nine children, 27 grands, and nine great-grands.

Keep writing to me and use the e-mail addresses you find here.Mine is carolynfinn@comcast.net. -- Carolyn Evans Finneran, 8815 46th St.NW, Gig Harbor,WA 98335; tel., (253) 265-6618.

43 | This from Leon Schwarzbaum (Valley Stream, NY): "Dear Miller, Your pathetic screed arrived today and my wife said, ‘Send the old geezer the money; he'll probably spend it on gruel for your needy classmates,' and I said that you would probably spend it on foolishness like compression hose or deodorant. I want to assure you that it was only your groveling that affected me enough to send the enclosed check. Happily equipped with two implanted lenses, a pacemaker, and an artificial aortic valve, I expect to be around for a long time.Wishing you the same." [Well, Leon, it looks like I'll make it at least through another column.]

Here's a quote from the New York Times obit for the late, great A.M. Rosenthal: "From ink-stained days as a campus correspondent at City College through exotic years as an editor and columnist of the New York Times . . ."Dear NYT: That was then. This is now.What with computer composing et al., the only way a Sun writer is gonna get ink-stained is cleaning a squid.

"Spent last fall traveling the Rhine,Mosel, and the Memorial to the Battle of the Bulge, etc.," writes Jane AdamsWait (Saratoga Springs, NY). "Granddaughter Sascha, sired by son Charles '73, is a member of the Cornell Class of '10. She knew her horse would also be welcome because he's made so many visits to the School of Veterinary Medicine. Smiley face here."Another rolling-stone-no-moss, Constance Austin Misener, one-time basketball/hockey/volleyball star, spent last Thanksgiving in Manhattan with daughter Jerilynn and her husband of 38 years, Guy Cohen '66, and their pediatrician son Daniel Cohen '91. Christmas in Arizona: Tucson with son and family;Mesa with daughter and family.

"Aging as slowly as I can, but faster than I want," writes Renaissance man Lou Mihalyi (Glenfield, NY). "Still an important part of my life is the weekly column I write and have written for the Watertown Daily Times for 25 years. This has spawned two books with several more possible if ever I am motivated. For a number of years I sang bass with the Watertown barbershop chorus and edited its monthly bulletin. I continue to get satisfaction from my garden--lots of vegetables, lots of color. I also kept bees for nearly 50 years--interesting and profitable; eased meeting the budget when the family was young.My helpmate and I walk or cross-country ski every day, religiously. We live in a 60-acre, 75-year-old forest, which provides fauna, flora, and woodland management experience. Life is good. I plan it remaining that way for 10-20 more years."

Dorothy Krisher Phillips (Jenkintown, PA) writes: "We continue to enjoy our home and this Philadelphia suburb. Continue to return to Cape May in June and September, but miss Pat Rider Huber, who moved to be near her Connecticut family.We like firehouse suppers in Bucks County, where for 40 years we had a summer home on the Delaware." "All is okay, considering," writes Karin Engel Danby (New York, NY). "I can't believe it's 63 years since graduation. Still love the Big Apple and do appreciate that I have friends with whom to enjoy a busy life in the big city." Bob Ladd (Poolesville, MD) reports: "Retirement leaves me exhausted. Still active as newly elected member-for-life of the Cornell Council, Technology Transfer Committee with a project so classified even I am not cleared." Greek to me too, Bob.

"Since having retired,"writes Annette Jackson Young (Washington,VA), I've become involved in every environmental and civic organization focused on issues for which I stand, as the current administration does not. Oh, you know: global warming, opening Alaska's oil fields, etc., ad nauseum. Dubya's appointee to the Smithsonian wanted to close nearby Rappahannock Conservation Area, gateway to Shenandoah National Park, and sell it to developers.We won! They lost! Am on Town of Washington Planning Committee, Board of Zoning Appeals, and involved in projects promoting agriculture and land conservation.We have no industry here other than B&Bs and the world famous Little Inn.My home is on the National History Registry. This is a great place to live and enjoy a cultural life as well: two theaters, ten art galleries, good eats. Come see for yourself."

Good news. Contrary to my recent erratum, Bob Clement is alive and well in Virginia. Here's word from Priscilla Alden Clement '46: "When I read that Bob had ‘checked out,' I felt like Mark Twain must have felt when he read his own obit. A hurried call to Lynchburg proved that ‘my' Bob Clement was still with us and doing just fine. His brother Gordon '44,my husband, did die in 2001." Bob hisownself reports that Priscilla ain't too far wrong: he and wife Jan (Sutherland) '46 are just fine, "enjoying the Virginia Blue Ridge, still in our own home of 45 years, and doting on our five children, 18 grands, and four greats."

HarrisWilcox (Churchville, NY, and Astor, FL) turned 87 and is still running and riding. Riding his Tennessee walking horse Bayboy; running auctions. "I'm chairman of Harris Wilcox Inc. Son Craig is doing a great job as CEO.His two sons are also active in our business--auctioning real estate and antiques."Alack, Dear Reader: I'm going, going, gone! -- S.Miller Harris. PO Box 164, Spinnerstown, PA 18968; e-mail, millerharris@netcarrier.com.

44 | The horrible heat wave (the worst since 1930 in the D.C. area) has cooled a bit. Not enough to think of Christmas and snow, but Class Notes deadlines dictate that I write this in August, so here's '44's report.

Some of us are still gainfully employed (earning money). Ralph Clemments, MD '46, writes from Westwood, NJ, that he's still practicing psychiatry part-time ("love it") and celebrating his Cornell med school 60th Reunion. Howard Evans, PhD '50, is teaching an elective course in Cornell's Vet college on Natural History and its Books. Next year he will teach the Natural History of Grenada and the Caribbean at St. George's U. on Grenada. Peg Pearce Addicks is "still busy daily at the Gunnery--some archival work, some teaching etymology, and lots of conversations with like-minded colleagues."Her latest vacation was in Mexico's Yucatan.

Tom Eschweiler, BArch '50, continues his daily activity in Wisconsin's Architectural Archives.Weekends he spends at his country place cleaning up the limbs and brush from 600 trees. Friends are invited to share the work and the firewood.William and Helen Sutphen Elkins closed their abstract title business in Burdett, NY, six years ago, but Bill is still working as a clerk for a county judge and enjoying it. "I thought I was approaching middle age, but now I wonder if it passed me by." Both are still active in church, grange, and the Conservative party. He recently lectured at Cornell for the Eagle Forum Collegians Summit. A fourth of his audience were Marxist students who, he writes, think that the US caused the poverty of the rest of the world. He said they surely didn't learn that at home, and that they learned that nonsense at college. "This troubles me. Cornell wasn't like that when I was there (1940–43 and 1946–49)."He adds quotes from encouraging letters received from previous Collegian Summits attended by students from Kansas State, U. of Missouri, and Georgia Inst. of Technology, among others.He has received hundreds of "glowing comments" from students nationwide. Elaine Smith Feiden of Mamaroneck, NY, is still in the rare book business. She recently exhibited at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair. She claims five grandchildren in college, but none at Cornell.

Other classmates are busy in worthy causes. Curt Beck writes from Storrs Mansfield, CT, that, armed with a PhD from Harvard in 1950, he spent 45 years as a professor of political science at the U. of Connecticut, retiring in 1992. After his second wife Althea died in 1997 he remarried in 2002. His new wife, Ina Ruth Kutz Sarin, graduated from Queens College, taught for many years, and ultimately earned an MA from U. of Penn in folklore. Her research was on the folk tales of Ethiopian Jews. Curt has been involved with mental health, serving as president of Connecticut Alliance of the Mentally Ill and as a member of the Connecticut State Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services. He is also active in local and state Democratic politics. A grandson is a recent graduate of Princeton. Jane Knight Knott reports from Durango, CO, where she is busy, particularly this past summer when she was involved in many anniversary events: 100th for Mesa Verde National Park, 50th for Fort Lewis College, the 20th season for Music in the Mountains, and the 10th for its conservatory attended by students worldwide to study with renowned artists in Durango for the festival. "These mountains are for sure alive with music."

Birthday celebrations are being reported. Fred Allen, who resides in Stamford, NY, wrote that he had a great time on Club 44's trip to Jamaica, Costa Rica, Panama, and Aruba, then spent ten days in Tampa with his son and family in the Riverview area. He celebrated his 84th birthday there, which included a "cliffhanger" baseball game-- Tigers vs. Yankees. "Imagine being able to get a beer and a couple of hot dogs for less than five bucks. No wonder the stadium was filled!"Many more of us will be hitting 84, but Joe Flynn said his entire family gathered to observe his 85th. "We spent much time making plans for my 90th. I can hardly wait!"He lives in San Diego.

This is the holiday issue, so Happy Thanksgiving,Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and the best in the New Year 2007 to all! -- Nancy Torlinski Rundell, 20540 Falcons Landing Cir. #4404, Sterling, VA 20165.

45 | It's been years since we've heard from Richard Saville, BS '49 (Dunkirk, NY), but he has informed us that he retired in 1987. Retired from what, we know not; if Dick will give us a bit more information, we will be able to amplify our report. From Bozeman, MT, Alan Iddles, MD '48, also reports retirement, but with few details. He does say that he enjoys music and photography, but has given up gardening and has fond memories of his days at Sigma Chi. Another short note, from Barbara Schminck Bayer, informs us that she has moved from one unit in Kendal at Ithaca to another.

Our distinguished medical chimesmaster Robert Frankenfeld, MD '47 (Long Beach, CA) is still practicing internal medicine 30 hours/week and regrets attending too many funerals of friends (not patients). He forwarded an item from the med school about its bestowing upon John Clements, MD '47 (Tiburon, CA) its Distinguished Alumnus Award for his research on the cause of death of "blue babies." Bob, one of the presenters, observed that John had developed from a shy intellectual into one of our top scientists and teachers, amassing honors from all over the world, but is also a classical pianist, gourmet, oenophile, raconteur, and standup comic--and adds, "Only on a good day can I keep up with him in tennis."

Ruth BoydWilson (Hume, VA) recalls with pleasure her fun swimming in the gorge, but also likes her summer home in Maine. She is enjoying life on her horse farm with bridge, garden club, church activity, and her four children, eight grandchildren, and three greats.

Occasionally those of our still-working classmates include a business card with their news forms. One is Frederick Williams (Frederick, MD), president of Coakley Williams, a real estate developer. Fred says he is still trying to keep up with his 20-years-younger wife Leslie Rose and would love to catch her. Good luck! Another Williams pops up in our news: Patricia MooreWilliams from Davis, CA. Patty is an advocate for the mentally ill; 20 years ago she and Bill, PhD '51, started Pine Tree Gardens, a residence for mentally ill adults. Patty still serves on its board and is active fundraising for it and increasing awareness in the community of their needs. Good for her! From personal experience I can attest to the problems of adults who have left the sheltered life of special children.

Another attractive card--with a photograph of a lighthouse--came from Dorothy Scott Boyle (Eastport, ME), who is keeping busy at the Quoddy Crafts/Marine Museum and as an artist, working four hours a week and selling her work. Scottie still remembers fondly the Household Art lectures and lab by Nancy Roman. In her spare time she keeps her thumb green as a 26-year member of the local garden club and goes to New Jersey to visit Rick '76, MS '77, and wife Margaret Boyle Delello '77, her daughter, who is working hard as global quality control manager at Bristol Myers Squibb despite two serious bouts with cancer. Scottie doesn't recount any distant travels and says that she is having a great time right where she is. No business card, but still doing consulting is N. Bruce Weir (Glenside, PA), who prefers flying and sailing to his recent activities, attending memorial services. He still remembers his explorations of the Finger Lakes region.Who wouldn't?

It is helpful when we receive an updated address, telephone number, or e-mail address, which we pass on to the gnomes in Ithaca who keep files of such. Our classmate Marilyn Potter Withiam, widow of Charles '40, sent her new one in McLean, VA, for which, thanks. John '44 and Carolyn Jean Hendrickson Cummings (Binghamton, NY) report recent activities as "same old, same old" and would rather be cruising, but remember with joy the friendships they made on the Hill, as well as the parties.

It's also interesting to receive specific comments, which we attempt to pass to those who may be able to take some action. One such is from James Rodgers, who lives a hop, skip, and jump from Cushing Street in Hingham, MA (named for my forebears). Jim opines that an aloofness prevails about our V-12ers and chastises me for not having more mentions in my columns. I plead not guilty. I have reviewed my records and find that during the 18 years I have been writing this column I have mentioned 239 males, of which 45, or 19 percent, were V-12ers. Per the best class alumni records I can locate, we had about 851 males, of which 141 (17 percent) were in V-12. I can only mention those who send news and now Jim is added to the list.When Ed Cranch, PhD '51, organized the WWII reunion in April 1993, he sent notices to all of our classmates who are shown as such in the university's file. Ed kept a list of responses, which I still have, and which does not record Jim. He also says that he is unable to get information to contact former classmates, but doesn't appear to have Internet access, so obviously can't get into the online Alumni Directory. He did mention one member of '48, who is therein and I have sent Jim the information. If he, or anyone, would enlighten me further as to what they'd like, I'll try to help. -- Prentice Cushing Jr., 713 Fleet Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23454; tel., (757) 716-2400; e-mail, Cushcu45@wmconnect.com.

46 | Our churning class of '46 began with 581 men and 51 women. By fall 1946, we were 974 men and 247 women, mostly by adding 198 V-12 men. By 1955, after transfers and class year changes, we numbered 502 men and 504 women. Our 1:1 ratio resembles recent Cornell classes, not bygone coed-heaven days of 3-plus:1. Today, 263 men and 306 women survive. Indeterminate are 69 men and 89 women the Alumni Office can't reach. 31 men and 43 women attended Reunion.

Dignified, thought-provoking memorial services were held at Sage Chapel for departed members of reuning classes. Lloyd Slaughter, Pat Kinne Paolella, and Paul Levine represented Class of 1946 leadership. Raymond Duffy came to pay tribute to V-12 roommate Rubin C. Gause, lost when the heavy cruiser Indianapolis sank late in WWII.

In addition to Bob Nist's entry covered in our last issue, David Day, Ray Hunicke,Mavis Sand, and Paul Levine submitted memoirs. Their reading sparked many other tales of college days. "The Song of the Classes" parody contest drew two entries. Dottie Taylor Prey and Paul Levine combined and submitted their joint effort to Scott Tucker, Cornell Glee Club director, for possible Cornelliana Night performance. Prof. Tucker selected one of their verses and coaxed the authors to sing it before the assemblage. Retiring president and Mrs. Rawlings and incoming president and Mrs. Skorton enthusiastically cheered the parody's last line, "Let's help alma mater before our obits."

Of 31 men attending Reunion, six had not reuned nor been mentioned in the class column for over ten years.Welcome back! Alexander and Peggy Brede (E. Lansing, MI; alexb@voyager.net) found Reunion a very special event. Campus walks on the old Engineering Quad and good conversations over good food set a wonderful tone. For nostalgia, he visited the Crew House. Raymond Duffy (Kingston, MA; admlray@swfla.rr.com) regretted he no longer could bring his bride. Nevertheless, he thought Reunion was outstanding, as did Ray Jr. Philip Gisser (New York, NY; philgis@worldnet.att.net) had a great experience in his first social encounter since his wife's Alzheimer death. He marveled that a group of strangers reached out to him.

John Hallam '47, BCE '46 (Rockville, MD) planned Reunion with Pierre "Pete" Lundberg, Oscar Fuller, and Al Cornish. Because Oscar and Al's wives were ill, John and Virginia arrived in Ithaca with only the Lundbergs. John said everything about Reunion was great except the weather. Pete and Mary enjoyed Reunion and time with Brendan O'Hara and John and Virginia. Arthur and Melicent Whinston (Portland, OR) enjoyed good vegetarian fare. Arthur still works at patent law. He is very proud of Melicent's prowess at weightlifting. She is women's world champion in two categories for her weight and age. -- Paul Levine, 31 Chicory Lane, San Carlos, CA 94070; tel., (650) 592-5273; e-mail, PBL22@cornell.edu.

First, I would like to thank my friend, Catherine Ashman Reid (Bucknell '40), who prepared the June article on our 60th Reunion. I told her that her granddaughter Vickie Roberts '02 would be proud of her temporary Cornell status. The reunion article was too long, so I am continuing it now with the first event held on Thursday, June 8. Here are some things we learned on our campus bus tour:

We saw the North Campus residential area, built 11 years ago, learned that about 20,000 students were on campus this year (including 3,000 Frosh), saw old dorms that had been gutted for reuse (Dickson Hall), learned that our Risley is now a residence for Performing Arts students, determined that the suspension bridge doesn't swing like it did in our day, and observed all the building cranes on West Campus (the newest residential area).We asked about tuition--$32,800 in the endowed colleges sans room and board (mine in Arts and Sciences in 1942 was $1,000 all-inclusive). Other tidbits: a movie at the Straight only costs $3.00; the $400 million Life Sciences hall near Lynah Rink will be finished in 2007; Schoellkopf Field now has two sides to the football field; and parking is almost nil, but free passes are available on the campus bus.

The women from New York State made up the largest contingent of reuners. Some Ithaca classmates joined us at the Statler for a bus tour to see the buildings erected since our last reunion. Joining us were Hazel Brill Brampton, Carolyn Usher Franklin, BS HE '45, and Marion Moulton McPheeters, BS HE '45, both of Kendal at Ithaca, and Louise Greene Richards, BS HE '45, PhD '65. Some live during the summer on one of the Finger Lakes: Dottie Van Vleet Hicks, BS HE '45 (State College, PA) and Marianne Michaelis Goldsmith, BS HE '45 (Bedminster, NJ). Others on the bus tour included AOPi sorority sisters Nancy Aungier Beveridge, Rosemary Blais Cashin, BS HE '45, who has the most grandchildren (20), my faithful news source Leah Smith Drexler, BS HE '45, our reunion co-chair Mavis Gillette Sand, BS HE '45, former class correspondent in 1946, Jan Bassette Summerville, and Priscilla Axtell Van Valkenburg (her husband told one of the "true stories" at our Saturday dinner).

New Yorkers joining us later were Frances Goheen Hofler and Charlotte Cooper Gill, who came together from Hurley, where the Gills have a huge corn farm (including several roadside stands), plus Ithacans Evelyn Call Brumsted, BS HE '45, and Jean GallagherWelch, and Mary Morris Kelsey of Dryden. Dorothy O'Donnell, BS HE '45, came with Amelia Streif Harding '47. Amelia told me that her family bought shoes at Baier's shoe store in Buffalo in the 1930s. JoanWaite Martens came for her first reunion in Ithaca, but she had hosted a pre-reunion dinner in New York City for our 50th. The men also had a first timer, Phil Gisser. Other reunion attendees to be included next time. (If I made an error, let me know.) Hope you all received your official group photo by now. It was great. -- Elinor Baier Kennedy, 9 Reading Dr., Apt. 302,Wernersville, PA 19565; tel., (610) 927-8777.

47 | Your new News Forms are great. I enjoy keeping up with those who write every year, and I'm delighted to hear from those of you who write only occasionally. When you send in your dues and news, Cornell keeps the dues (and the dues form) and sends me the news. This is why we ask you for your name, etc., on the form. Someone who may not have understood the process sent news with no name on the second form. He tells of a good life: retired, enjoying golf, traveling, and a 3-year-old granddaughter.His son Tom is chairman of the art department of the U. of California, Chico.His wife Nancy is also an artist. His daughter Gail is head of intramural sports at Southern Oregon U. in Ashland, and also coaches their women's tennis team. Last year they flew to Stockholm, then cruised on the Baltic, with stops in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Riga, Latvia. They ended the trip in Germany, spending several interesting days in Berlin and were surprised at how much of "the Wall" still stands. It all sounded great.Who are you?

Page Skylstead Kidder, who lives in Frederick,MD, and is retired, was in Phoenix, AZ, to visit Barbara Pond Shepard. I hope they will come to reunion. I remember last seeing Barbara at our 35th. It's time to do it again! The same goes for Lois Stamey Spear (lois-spear@verizon.net), who lives in Bethesda, MD, and says she is thinking about it. It has been a long time. She reports playing tennis, painting, gardening, volunteering, and traveling. She tells me of her trip with husband Moncrieff '46 to Scottsdale, AZ, to see Barbara "Bimby" Everitt Bryant and of their visit I reported previously. Lois and her husband have led an interesting life, as he was a member of the US State Dept., and was assigned to various posts, including Vietnam.

JuneWhite Irwin is enjoying her carefree life in the Willow Valley Lakes Manor retirement community in Willow Valley Lakes, south of Lancaster, PA. She says it is fivestar- hotel living in the center of a botanical garden and she loves it. She suggests all come to see it. Over the last several years she has traveled to Spain, Portugal, Shetland, Orkney, and Ireland and previously had multiple trips to England, Scotland, France, and Italy. She has "great memories." So many of you travel! Alvin Silvey (as202@cornell.edu; teleline@aol.com) and his wife Estelle have been to China, East and West Europe, Chile, and Communist Europe when it was "Red."He was active in the Cornell Club of New York for over 15 years and now, as a resident of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, belongs to the clubs of Palm Beach and the Gold Coast.

Jeanne Schmidt (jursula1@comcast.net) tells a remarkable tale of survival. After two lung cancer surgeries in 1998, a recurrence in 2000, remission with radiation, recurrence in 2005-06, partial remission, and still working with chemo, she says she is "still alive and kicking." I'm glad. She writes music and directs a men's chorus at a delightful retirement community called The Fountains at Lake Pointe Woods, to which she moved last year after selling the home she had designed and built in 1994. She would love to come to reunion if possible. Jeanne, please plan on it. Richard Greenfield (rkggps@comcast.net), another traveler, has been to Scandinavia, Russia, England, Scotland, Wales, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean. A resident of Lafayette, CO, he is on the City Planning Commission, does community service, plays golf, exercises regularly, reads avidly, and enjoys retirement. Having been to our 50th Reunion, he hopes to return next June.

Arlene Thomson Morey, BS Nurs '48, and her husband John, PhD '60, reside with their youngest son James, PhD '90, and his wife Barbara and their four children in Atlanta, GA. Jim is a professor of medieval literature at Emory U., so it is a stimulating intellectual household. Arlene enjoys reading this magazine and especially likes news of hall-mate friends of 1943-44 in Balch 4, including Margaret NewellMitchell, Bimby Everitt Bryant, Charlotte Bullis Pickett, and more. The family sometimes has excursions to North and South Carolina and Georgia, where they do occasional day-sailing.

Barbara Lucas Thatcher, BS Nurs '47, of Worthboro, MA, is retired from nursing, having taught health at Health Career Vocational School, grades 9-12. She has also been a registered antique dealer for 30 years. I sometimes wonder what happened to other friends who were on campus with us for their first two years, then went to NYC for nursing--like Mary Snell Martin, BS Nurs '48, and Sally Gibson Noel. It would be nice to know of them and see them again. Another traveler is Alan Wilson (abwilson@berkeley.edu), who has been to China, England, France,Malaysia, and Russia. Arthritis now inhibits his mobility, so he is investigating genealogy and reading history, mostly medieval.He sees Betsy RannellsWood '49, MS '51, who lives in the San Francisco East Bay area. Betsy lived next door to me her freshman year, and the last time I saw her was in the bowels of Boulder Dam where we, two NYC travelers, were each on tours but going in opposite directions. Small world! It's nice for me to learn of her again.

Are you all reading the freshman book, The Great Gatsby? Enjoy! -- ArlieWilliamson Anderson, 238 Dorchester Rd., Rochester, NY 14610; tel., (585) 288-3752; e-mail, arlie47@aol.com.

48 | Leon Hammer, MD '52, Gainesville, FL: "I am president of Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine, where I teach, design the program, and write--seven days a week. Also play tennis, which I would rather be doing right now, along with kayaking and sailing. Fondest memory is the campus and companionship." Julia Marzec Cacavas, Buffalo, NY: "Retired from 31 years with the government. Son Martin is World Karate Champion and in three halls of fame. Daughter Eleanor is a judge in New York and also has the honor of being advisor to the law school dean at U. of Buffalo. Retired due to arthritis, but have learned that a positive attitude brings positive results."

Lee Rothenberg, Longboat Key, FL: "Town commissioner (non-paid); first appointed, then elected. I play tennis four to five times a week and am team captain for league play, 75s and 80s. Great luck--had no hurricanes here. Traveled to Leicester, U.K., to cheer stepson who received his PhD, then to Paris to celebrate." Constance AveryMix, Virginia Beach, VA: "Very interesting mission trip to Turkey. Family keeps expanding, with weddings of four grandchildren and 11 more to go!" Greta AdamsWolfe, Lake Stevens,WA: "Can't imagine so many pages following our '48 news column in the alumni magazine. I don't like to look at the necrology, but do like to look at what others are doing.We follow a ‘pattern.' I enjoy looking at Web news of Ithaca."

Gerald Starr, Old Westbury, NY: "Gardening.Moving to my first home 50 years ago was fun. Now it's just plain work.Went to India for a month. Now moving boxes and following Ronda's commands on setting up our new home in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Enjoying recently acquired interest in golf.Most pressing problem is death among the military in Iraq.We must train the indigent Iraqi police and armed forces and make sure they understand that in one year we will leave only advisors, not soldiers. The differences in people seem more apparent today. Life means birth, procreation, good deeds, self-education, and departure (for the next guy). Looking back, my time spent at Cornell looms over much else that I've experienced. It seems to be taking on more importance in my memory. I wish I could locate my roommate Lester."

Vivian Hoffman Miller (aka Vivian Grey), Haverford, PA: "I flunked retirement. Do not intend to retire. Present ‘day job': 1) lecturer at the U. of Pennsylvania in creative writing courses (‘Write your life story'; ‘Writing for the children's market'; and ‘Jumpstart your creative writing'); 2) workshop leader at various colleges on the topic of writing; 3) editor of various articles; 4) author of a book for younger readers; 5) consultant on writing topics; and 6) founder, one-on-one writers conference (in its 32nd year), sponsored by Rutgers U.My latest book,Moe Berg: The Spy Behind Home Plate, is under option for a movie. I'm an active doubles tennis player, in widow/widowers groups, play duplicate bridge, and take R&R at a summer home on Long Beach Island, NJ."

Barbara Borden Floyd, Cherry Hill, NJ: "Tutoring in chemistry and math; bridge, theatre, lunch with the girls. Am also being tutored on my computer by five children and grandchildren. They try, but I am hopeless. I've been to Prague, Slovenia, Romania, the Black Sea, the Jersey Shore, and Key West. Last remember getting the furnace filter out and going for some tape. I think that was yesterday, or was it . . . ? Plan to go to Florida in January and check in on friends in Naples and stay with friends in Fort Myers Beach (if it's still there). Took some of the family to my grandfather's grave. He fought in the Civil War, 33 Co., 2nd Batt., 24 Regt.Most recently discovered that all of my descendants can fix my computer."

Shirley Ringholm Longstreet-Platt, Jupiter, FL: "Spouse Jim Platt passed away in 2003.Went to the ‘Lake Country' of Italy with Cornell alumni last September. There were 45 travelers.Wonderful time--simply gorgeous! We all waved to George Clooney's villa on Lake Como.My fondest memory of Cornell was the Tri-Delt house on the gorge (Beebe Lake)--now Alumni House. Also, hearing the Libe Tower chimes count the hours, and the friends I made and still have." Dana Keller, Ralston, NE: "I have a Nebraska professional electrical engineer's license and do electrical plan review for electrical contractors and some job site observations. Active in ballroom dancing and golf. Travel extensively, most recently to Ireland. As an Elder in my church, I married grandson Jason Agnew in August '05 to his girlfriend of long standing. Early in 2005 Beverly entered my life, a lovely, intelligent lady who challenges my outlook and habits.We do much together, including golf. Lots of activity causes me to get younger." -- Bob Persons, 102 Reid Ave., Port Washington, NY 11050; phone and fax, (516) 767-1776.

49 | Travelers. Gabriel "Gabby" Rosenfeld, JD '51 (Chappaqua, NY; gablou@optonline.net) has been cruising extensively in the Caribbean and Europe. "Cruising Bahamas in 53-ft. Hatteras motor yacht as captain; also lecturing on WWII, building model ships, gardening, and public speaking. Just retired as chairman of the Newcastle Zoning Board of Appeals after 30 years, making me the longest-serving town official ever." Gabby's civic activities don't end there.He's been a board member or past president of more than a half dozen other organizations, including Rotary, a women's shelter, the local art museum, and a Holocaust education center. Anne Dickinson Murray (West Grove, PA; Annepvfarm@aol.com) took a trip to Italy, Sicily, and the Greek Islands--"with a solar eclipse.Wonderful!" Anne's day job and after-hours activities: "Teaching poetry at the Academy of Lifelong Learning at the U. of Delaware. I'm responsible for a writing class and a reading appreciation class. I prepare with lots of reading. Also have frequent grandchildren visits; there are eight, and four are close by in Wilmington. Plus, concerts and films in Philly."

Jacques Zakin (Worthington, OH; zakin.1@osu.edu) has traveled to China,Mexico, and Israel. A professor emeritus at Ohio State U., Jacques is still teaching and doing research. After-hours activities include tennis, softball, jogging, jazz concerts, opera, and ballet. Martha Merrifield Steen (San Francisco) took a trip to Chicago "to see art and architecture. I did ‘Lincoln country' in Springfield, IL, and went on to St. Louis and Kansas City." She is the librarian for the retirement home where she and husband William live. "We are given around 60 books a month from residents. I'm also active in flower arranging for the public rooms."Martha enjoys reading plays, and when she sent her update in early summer, she was looking forward to being back in Maine for the month of August. Norman Merz (Morristown, NJ) and wife Patricia went on an Elderhostel bike trip in May 2005 from Berlin to Prague. "This May [2006] we will bike in Sicily. Served as an AARP tax consultant again this year for the elderly. Plan to take the entire family (wife, three children and spouses, and five grandchildren) to Disney World for a week over Thanksgiving."

John Dodd (Sacramento, CA), retired and happy with his present activities, has been traveling on a limited basis, watching sports events, and attending the San Francisco Opera. He'd like to hear from Howard Loomis, MBA '50.William Feinberg (Bayonne, NJ; joanfeinberg@verizon.net) is still a practicing attorney, as well as an outdoor writer and fisherman. His list of things he'd like to be doing appears to be exactly what he has been doing: practicing law, traveling, fishing, and writing.He would like to hear from Jerry Alpern, MBA '50, and George Mack '50, and misses the many classmates who have passed on.

Golfers and more. Robert Engelbert (RbtEngel@sbcglobal.net), retired from Republic Steel since February 1984, lives with wife Georgia (Ganson) '47 in Rocky River, OH.What he's been doing recently is "playing nine holes of golf three times a week in a riding cart--and shooting under my age of 83." Also retired, Richard Reynolds (Tavernier, FL; RerePops@aol.com) travels and plays a bit of golf ("not well"). "Somehow wife Freddie and I seem to keep busy.We are in Florida seven months, split between the Florida Keys and Naples, then Stamford, CT, for the late spring and summer." Irving Hirschberg (Amagansett, NY; irvphyl@optonline.net) plays both golf and tennis when he's not tutoring ESL students in the local high school, and calling seniors up in the morning as a volunteer with RSVP. He writes that there's nothing he'd rather be doing. "I'm happy, as everyone is healthy."

EarlMurray (St. Petersburg, FL) writes that he is a golfer ("not what you see on TV!"), a volunteer (St.Vincent de Paul soup kitchen and Daystar outreach), and a member of the Olympic cocktail team! In June he had just returned from the Cornell graduation of granddaughter Cailin Wilke '06 (heading to U. of Michigan for MS/PhD program in cell immunology) and was already planning for a return trip in two years for the graduation of grandson Colin Wilke '08 from Cornell Engineering. "Cheers for their parents!" Earl would like to hear from Hotel grad Bud Callis.

Favorite Cornell memories. "Finding my wife of 56 years, Louise (Passerman) '50" [Gabby Rosenfeld]. "Early morning bird walks with the Ornithology class" [Anne Murray]. "Big weekends" [Jacques Zakin]. "Friends in the DG house and my professors in Sociology" [Martha Steen]. "Engineering classes at the old Lincoln Hall building and four good years at Alpha Delta Phi fraternity" [Robert Engelbert]. "Induction into the EE Delta Club--a beer contest" [Irving Hirschberg]. (Irv adds that he would like to hear from William Hershleder.) "Working as the business manager of the Cornell Daily Sun" [John Dodd]. "Watching the sunset over Cayuga Lake while the chimes played the ‘Evening Song' " [William Feinberg]. Oh, yes.

Stay well. Stay happy. Be proud to be a '49er! -- Dick Keegan, 100 Ashlar Village,Wallingford, CT 06492; e-mail, rjk27@cornell.edu.