60 | A new Cornell employee, at least temporarily, is Robert Schnur, who accepted an invitation to be a visiting lecturer at the Law school for the 2006-07 academic year. Bob says, "I'm delighted at the opportunity to spend a school year back in Ithaca." Before September, Bob and his wife Betty were living in Verona, WI, where he had a law practice and was a faculty member at the U. ofWisconsin Law School. Also present on campus, at least in spirit, is Evalyn Edwards Milman, who, along with husband Stephen '58, MBA '59, has endowed the Milman Seminar in Baseball and American Culture, taught by Prof. Glenn Altschuler, PhD '76. The multi-disciplinary course, which explores the role of baseball in American literature, history, and social life, is offered in the College of Arts and Sciences and is proving to be a big draw for Cornell students, Evalyn reports happily.

Ken Lipman,MD, is still busy professionally, currently working for Kaiser Permanente in Vacaville, CA, as chief of the Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic. Ken recently returned from an extended trip to New Zealand, where he received job offers, but says "I have no plans for that for at least two years," perhaps because he lives in beautiful Napa Valley. Ken's older son practices immigration law in Walnut Creek, CA, and is expecting his sixth child; Ken's younger son is completing a PhD in ethnopharmacology. Jessie Barker Hill writes from West Chester, PA, that she has been named VP for Legal Affairs USA for Synthes Inc., a global orthopaedic company, and adds, "It's hard to think of retirement when work is such fun." Jessie has eight grandchildren ranging in age from 2 to 15, and has also managed to find time to oversee construction of a native-style house on Nevis in the West Indies, which she describes as a "wonderful, simple island that I have been visiting for almost 30 years." Jessie and Julie Gentle Jackson visited Cathi Morgan Hunt in New York on several occasions before Cathi's untimely death in December 2005.

Another busy lawyer is Stanley Gordon of Rochester, NY, who recently joined the firm of Woods Oviatt Gilman. His law practice focuses on venture capital issues and financing academic technology transfer to commercialization. Not long ago he had a weeklong visit from Michael Gold, who lives in San Francisco and has become, says Stanley, "a quilter of considerable renown." John Thayer recently passed a major professional landmark. He just completed his 40th year as a faculty member in the Dept. of Chemistry at the U. of Cincinnati. "While retirement looms up, it has not yet arrived; I continue my teaching and research activities!" John keeps in touch with Tom Mudge, now a member of the Order of the Holy Cross, and says that Tom regularly travels to Cornell from his residence in West Park, NY.

Mario Escudero retired after 35 years of practicing law in Washington, DC, and is now happily playing golf in Scottsdale, AZ. Larry '59 and Susan Foote Browne are also enjoying their retirement in Santa Barbara, CA, spending the summer and early fall each year at their cabin on a lake in New Hampshire. Arnold Henderson is busy with his responsibilities as head of the volunteer committee overseeing construction of an environmental center in Highland Park, NJ, where he lives with his wife Natalie. Arnold also provides content for the environmental website www.leoraw.com/hpenv and in his spare time does art photography, an interest he began pursuing at The Studio in Berkeley, CA. His work can be seen at www.highlandparkartists.org.

Aileen Easton Merriam writes that she and Gray, PhD '60, continue to enjoy retirement in Arden, Ontario, along what she describes as "the beautiful Salmon River." Gray, a professor emeritus of landscape ecology and environmental science, has just published a book, Discovering Natural Processes: Beauty in Nature's Ways (Penumbra Press), which explores the basic processes that allow environmental systems to be self-sustaining. DonnaWilliams Beusch of Stow, MA, retired from her job in the Massachusetts State House and now spends time working for the local League of Women Voters and organizing the yearly local candidates' night for Stow. She also babysits for her four grandchildren, who all live in the Connecticut suburbs of New York City. Donna and John also had a family gathering at their house on Cape Cod in August and are planning a fall trip to London.

Sandra Epstein Solomon writes from Armonk that she retired from her audiology practice in December 2005. In what sounds like a great plan, she and Alan now intend to spend the better part of their winters in Arizona and the summers at their house in Pittsfield, MA, in the Berkshires. Keep the news coming! -- Judy Bryant Wittenberg, 146 Allerton Rd., Newton, MA 02461; e-mail, jw275@cornell.edu.

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62 | Jane Brody Engquist (janeengquist@juno.com) has celebrated her 40th year as a science and health writer for the New York Times. "I am now trying hard to reduce my workload in order to visit more of the world and spend more time with my four grandsons, 6-year-old twins who live nearby in Brooklyn and a 4-year-old and 16-month-old who live in Los Angeles. I have an international family--one of my own twin sons married a dynamic Korean woman and the other married an equally dynamic Filipino woman, both of whom produced beautiful Eurasian children. I still love writing my weekly column, ‘Personal Health,' in the Times, and my faithful readers make it clear that I cannot fully retire from professional life. I also continue to love my participation in the President's Council of Cornell Women (PCCW), of which I am a founding member, an invited organization of successful female alums who care deeply about Cornell's future as well as our own. In our 16 years of service to the university, we have done much to support the status of and opportunities for women students and faculty through services and grants. In my spare time, I'm struggling to learn Spanish--from scratch--and I've taken up knitting and crocheting with a vengeance."

Hopkinton, MA, is home to Rick Kelly and his wife Beth (parabama75@hotmail.com). They're enjoying retirement and the opportunity to travel, ski, socialize, and attend Cornell athletic events. Judith Lichtman Elkin (jelkin@optonline.net) retired four years ago as executive director of Talbot Perkins Children's Services in NYC. "It is a private, not-for-profit agency that provided foster care, adoption, and preventive foster care services. Now my husband Michael and I have moved from Oceanside on Long Island to Hopewell Junction in Dutchess County.We are both retired and enjoying the more leisurely pace of life, doing home remodeling and decorating and gardening in our new home. One of our children and her family live close by in Somers and we are very happy to spend more time with grandchildren. Our daughter Gail Elkin-Scott '88 is an art therapist in NYC. Our location allows us easy access to NYC, the Berkshires, and just about any place in the state."

You may notice a recurring theme of "the R word." Laszlo Szerenyi, BEE '65 (lszereny@tampabay.rr.com) is "in semi-retirement enjoying the benefit of both. I ‘work' when I want to--currently with an investor group where we have invested in a small Hungarian start-up and reincorporated it in the US (Dallas), and are in the process of bringing its first product to market. It is interesting and rewarding work. For the retirement part of my time, I travel and just enjoy life in St. Petersburg, FL. Currently I'm on my way to a Cornell Alumni Federation-sponsored trip to the Adriatic Riviera, and later in the summer I'm off to a week at Cornell for a CAU program." Laszlo continues, "I plan to attend the upcoming 45th Reunion and would like to meet my old fencing team members Don Mason, Dave Jordan, PhD '70, and the rest. It is really too bad that such a great program fell victim to Title 9--there is really no reason why a men's and women's program could not be run together. I had wonderful memories of Cornell fencing. I would also like to see my old countryman Pete Gogolak '64."

Jeff Burnam (jeffryburnam@cox.net) lives in Fairfax, VA, and works at the Dept. of State as the special advisor for environment and development in the Bureau of African Affairs. Jeff also is an adjunct professor in the government department at Georgetown U. He and Diana have two daughters and three grandchildren, two of them recently born a week apart. "So we are very active as grandparents since both of our daughters live in the area." Lou Albright, PhD '72 (LDA1@cornell.edu) is a faculty member in the Biological and Environmental Engineering department at Cornell. His expectation is to "work a few more years and then gradually work less!"

Mel Siegel sends along a Web reference in response to the query about his current activities: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mws/.Very interesting--he's on the research faculty at Carnegie-Mellon U. as director of the Intelligent Sensors,Measurement, and Control Lab. Reach Mel directly at mws@cmu.edu.Working part-time in a "wonderful elementary school library" in Amherst, MA, keeps Barbara Hammond Goldstein busy when she's not participating in her "amazing book club," the League ofWomen Voters, or Hadassah. Barbara (bhgoldstein@comcast.net) and Joseph enjoyed a visit from her Cornell roommate Gail Hirschmann Becker and her husband Paul '61, who now live in Indianapolis.

Paul Pentz, BS Ag '69 (PPENTZ4@aol.com) retired at the end of 1998 as CEO of True Value. Paul and his wife live at Quail West in Naples, FL, where they enjoy golf, bridge, and fishing. "As chairman of MS Home, I spend a lot of time raising money to provide services to about 250 multiple sclerosis patients in Southwest Florida. The MS organization that I work for was started five years ago by a doctor and a nurse, both of whom have MS. Having been disappointed with the lack of services that might improve the quality of life for those already afflicted, they started their own organization with the goal of providing a variety of services at no charge for MS patients in Southwest Florida. They currently provide physical therapy, aqua therapy, animal therapy, acupuncture, weekly exercise classes, monthly luncheons, and devices for improving mobility and safety. They also have a telephone network for shut-ins, and they teach a class for nurses on how to best care for people with this affliction." Kudos to you, Paul! -- Jan McClayton Crites, 9420 NE 17th St., Clyde Hill,WA 98004; e-mail, jmc50@cornell.edu.

63 | The Class of 1963 should be very proud of classmate Jay Light. Jay was named dean of the Harvard Business School in April. He had been acting dean since August 2005.He has been a member of the HBS faculty since 1970. According to the April memo from Harvard president Larry Summers, "Jay is an admired teacher, outstanding case writer, and influential scholar with strong connections to business practice. He served with distinction in a range of senior leadership positions at HBS including chair of the finance area (1986-1988), senior associate dean and director of faculty planning (1988-1992), and senior associate dean and director of planning and development until his appointment as acting dean last summer." Congratulations, Jay!

Warren and I had dinner with Dave '62 and Ginny HoffmanMorthland last week. Ginny and Dave are off on a rafting trip on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Then they will return to Lake Oswego (near Portland, OR) to get ready for their next adventure. They are taking their Selene 47 ocean trawler north through the San Juan Islands and as far as British Columbia for a few months.

Ginny filled me in on some of her Delta Delta Delta sorority sisters. Clif '65 and Chris Householder Schneider were in Tucson. They are retired in Upstate New York near the St. Lawrence River. They both keep busy with community activities. Bill '62 and Karen Kraengle Evenden have moved to Ojai, CA, from Seattle. They own a working ranch that produces lavender, olives, and tangerines. The Evendens spent Christmas 2005 with their daughter and her family in Alaska. Gary, PhD '73, and Kathie DeVanna Evans, PhD '73, live in Seattle. Gary is retired, but Kathie is still working as a city planner. They do travel a lot and enjoyed a trip to Copper Canyon,Mexico, last year, where they did some "birding." Barbara Allen Guilfoyle is a grandmother of triplets! Penney Prudden Denning is in Columbus, OH, and enjoys working in her art studio. She and husband Rich have two grandchildren. Their son is a post-doc candidate in molecular biology at MIT; their daughter is a teacher in Columbus. Fran, PhD '66, and Leonie Gantner Kallfelz live in Ithaca. Leonie is involved with water aerobics, watercolor painting, a ladies investment club, and other social activities. Fran teaches at the Cornell Vet college. They took a trip to Greece last fall with Cornell friends. They also visited Leonie's brother in Paris. Thanks for the info, Ginny.

James Byrnes, MBA '64, received an Outstanding Alumni Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the ALS Alumni Association in November 2005. James is chairman and CEO of Tompkins Trustco, a $2 billion three-bank holding company based in Ithaca. James was president and CEO of Tompkins Trust Company from 1989 to January 2003. He is a "strong advocate of the town-gown relationship between Ithaca and Cornell University." Some of James's activities past and present include the United Way of Tompkins County, Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Service, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Ithaca Rotary Club, and Friends of Ithaca College. He is chairman-elect of New York Business Development Corporation. James and his wife Terry live in Ithaca. Ann Feuerstein Ostrofsky and her husband live in Davenport, FL. Their daughter Ellen Ostrofsky Duffy '92 and husband Shaughn presented them with granddaughter Raina Elise in March. Ann is involved in a quilting group in their residential area. They make quilts and quilted products, which they sell to raise money to buy layettes for migrant workers in the area.

Daniel Daly is retired after nearly 35 years with Smith Barney. He now manages his real estate holdings in Shrewsbury, MA. Sara Mills Olson Mazie is still working at the Dept. of Agriculture. She isn't interested in retiring yet. Sara mentioned that she has seen Barbara StrongWinslow, Sara Hart Olson, and Gwen Sibson Porcaro. Barbara lives in Berkeley, CA, Sara in Bloomfield, NJ, and Gwen in nearby Bethesda, MD. Judy Fischer Reinach is a busy woman. She is director emeritus of Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services, a nonprofit kids' shelter. She has been involved in fundraising for Miami Bridge for many years. At a recent fundraiser, which was written up in Miami Today, Judy was credited with motivating others to participate in Miami Bridge. She also teaches bridge and is a director of duplicate bridge games in Key Biscayne, FL. She likes to run and does yoga as well. Robert and Katherine Epstein live in New York City with their 2-year-old son. Bob is a partner with Epstein, Levinsohn, Bodine, Hurwitz and Weinstein LLP.He is also writing a play called Clean, which will be produced as an equity showcase beginning in June 2006. It will be appearing on urban stages in New York City.

That's all for this month. Keep the news coming! -- Nancy Bierds Icke, 12350 E. Roger Rd., Tucson, AZ 85749; e-mail, icke63@msn.com.

64 | I try to open each column with news from classmates who have not appeared here in some time, or someone with exciting news--or both. This month, we begin with a "both," plus updates from classmates we haven't heard from in some time.

Congrats to architect John Teichert, last here 22 years ago. He has been named project manager for the replacement of the USS Arizona Memorial Visitors Center at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The project is a joint effort of the National Park Service and the US Navy, and is primarily supported by public and corporate donations honoring those who lost their lives on the day of the attack. John lives in Port Angeles,WA, with wife Lisa. Anne Finch-Fakundiny, last here 19 years ago, got a good deal: she retired in 2004 from her job as a technical editor for the US Geological Survey--then immediately got her job outsourced back to her, so she's still working part-time. Anne lives in Rensselaer, NY, with husband Robert, and enjoys kayaking, gardening, and classical music. Virginia Lange Parsons of Clifton Park, NY, last in this column in 1989, still works as a dietician. Ginny, who has a grown son and daughter and two granddaughters, enjoys running, biking, swimming--and hiking, which she apparently relishes especially, as she trooped to the bottom of the Grand Canyon last November.

Stephen Koli, who last appeared here 13 years ago, has retired after a 32-year career as an agricultural research scientist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Ghana. He now lives and works, as a tropical agricultural consultant and crop farmer, in Accra, Ghana, with wife Alice, and also enjoys gardening and swimming. The Kolis have five grown children. Stephen and Carolyn StewartWhitman made a short move into a new home in 2005--across the street from their previous one on 82-acre Churchill Farm in New Lebanon, NH. Carolyn said they are loving having the room for the families of their two grown children to spread out when visiting. They were sorry to have to miss the "'64s turn 64" party in Ithaca, but they had promised son Stewart '93, MBA '00, that they would babysit their grandson that weekend. Here's a special report from our class president Janet Spencer King about the party and the weekend at Cornell:

"'64 turning 64" was just too good to ignore, so a small group of classmates gathered on Reunion Weekend in Ithaca, June 9-10, to celebrate the occasion. Although some classmates were quick to point out that they have a year or so to go before that momentous occasion, most of us are 1942 babies--and celebrate we did. "Waking up in a low-rise dorm room on Saturday morning, I heard the familiar dripping of Ithaca skies and realized I would have to head out to purchase a sweater and an umbrella, which should give you a good idea of the weather that day, previous reports of sunshine to the contrary. But it mattered not to the party.We met late Saturday afternoon at the beautiful new home of former class president and current university trustee Carolyn Chauncey Neuman and her husband John '62 on the west shore of Cayuga Lake, overlooking the university towers on the opposite hill. Finally, the sun emerged and it made for a breathtaking scene. Partygoers included Steve and Nancy Lore Einhorn and Susan Lamme Laessig, MAT '66, and husband Walt '62, MBA/LLB '66.

"These four had come to Ithaca on the previous Sunday to attend a three-day pre-reunion seminar (the first of its kind) on the American presidency from Woodrow Wilson to the present, led by CAU favorites Walter F. LaFeber, the Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor of History, and Joel H. Silbey, the President White Professor of History, Emeritus. They raved about the seminar and have already made plans to attend next year's offering. Other celebrants: Dick and Phyllis Norton Coombe (he works and travels extensively from their Grahamsville, NY, home as a regional head of the National Resources Conservation Service); John Lutz, M Ed '65, recently retired as superintendent of the Cortland City School District, and wife Una; Michael Newman, ME '66, Ithaca-based but continuing to give presentations around the world; and BruceWagner, ME '66, who reports he is enjoying his retirement in Middletown, NJ, fully each and every day.

"I cut the double-chocolate cake as we sang ‘Happy Birthday' to one and all--including all of you out there. Happy Birthday! Pictures of the happy event are on the class website."

Janet continues: "Also of interest, the Class of '64 recently made a gift to the university in the form of support for the Carol Tatkon Center. This new facility, in the south wing of Balch Hall, provides support for first-year students with meeting rooms for discussions and presentations, offices and lounges for mentoring and counseling, and a social center for casual gathering. Our class is supporting the center through a gift of $15,000 for the maintenance of a mentoring office.When on campus, do drop by and admire the plaque acknowledging our gift."

That's all for now. Please keep the news flowing (send it via e-mail or snail mail; all contributions gratefully accepted). And be sure to visit our class website, http://classof64. alumni.cornell.edu. -- Bev Johns Lamont, 720 Chestnut St., Deerfield, IL 60015; e-mail, blamont@tribune.com.

65 | Ken Rabin sends his new address in Poland--Ulice Ryczow 15,Warsaw, NA 00-220--and the story of how he got there. "After my first wife Renee passed away in 2001, Ruder Finn, a large established private PR firm that had hired me in D.C. just before my wife died, agreed to let me transfer to London to expand the company's largest practice area, healthcare in Europe. In 2002 I went to a cancer congress in Oslo, Norway, where I met Dr. Anna Wysocka, a medical nuclear physicist from Poland. To make a long story short, we were married in August 2003. Anna and I have restored a row house on the edge of the historic district of Warsaw overlooking the Vistula River. However, we spend the bulk of our time traveling for business and pleasure." Joel Perlman sends the following: "I'm excited to report that Joel Perlman: A Sculptor's Journey was published by Abbeville Press in April 2006. This book follows my career as a sculptor, including what I learned at Cornell! Look for mentions of Susan Rothenberg '66, Alan Saret, Gordon Matta-Echaurren '66, BArch '68, Peter Rosen, BArch '66, and professors Jack Squier,MFA '52, and Victor Colby, MFA '50."

On March 30, the Skoll Foundation honored John Marks, president and founder of Search for Common Ground (SFCG), with a Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. The award was presented by actors Robert Redford and Sir Ben Kingsley, eBay founder Jeff Skoll, and Skoll Foundation president Sally Osberg at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship held at Oxford U. in England.Marks, one of 16 winners from around the world, started SFCG in 1982 in Washington, DC. Under his leadership, SFCG has grown into the world's largest nonprofit working in the field of conflict resolution and prevention, with a staff of 375 and offices in 17 countries.

From the Bonita Springs, FL, News-Press: "When Neena Lurvey (Cristina Martin Lurvey) read an article in the News-Press last fall about a Bonita Springs man who helps people find family and friends, she called him. Then it took Robert Coyle just a week to find Lurvey's best friend from her childhood. And this week the old friends met for the first time in 39 years. Lurvey, of Bonita Springs, hadn't seen Ann Baumgartner since 1967. The two girls had been inseparable all through elementary school in Minneapolis. But after sixth grade, Lurvey moved to New York, and Baumgartner to the suburbs, then California, Hawaii, and finally Missouri.With new last names from their marriages, Lurvey said she found it impossible to find her friend." The article included a lovely picture of the friends together today.

Petra "Petie" Dub Subin,Margate City, NJ, is a social worker and support group facilitator for Breast Cancer Program Orientations at Gilda's Club in South Jersey. In her spare time she is into gardening, theater and music, and her dogs. She recently appeared in an Atlantic City casino showroom in The Vagina Monologues. Henry Nave, ME '67, writes, "I recently quit the northeast Ohio construction scene and relocated to the mountains of Colorado. I am a construction project manager for a series of auto dealerships in California. In my spare time I hike, ski, and watch the elk herds graze around my condo."

John Gerich, Rochester, NY, is a professor of medicine at the U. of Rochester. He's been traveling, lecturing, and writing papers and grants, and in his spare time pursuing golf and fishing and fixing up an On Golden Pond vacation home. "I'm back in school," writes Dianne Zimet Newman, "expecting to complete a master's in public administration in Dec. 2006 after two and a half years of evening classes."Dianne's daytime job is assistive technologies program coordinator for the State of Rhode Island. Recently elected treasurer of the Human Ecology Alumni Association, she encourages all Hum Ec alums to join the HEAA and to meet the new dean, who she says is really terrific.

Loren Meyer Stephens lives in L.A. and is working full-time for her own company,Write Wisdom Inc., ghostwriting memoirs, editing memoirs/life stories, teaching, and coaching. Her extracurricular activities include attending writing seminars and cooking classes, skiing, and art collecting. Joan Elstein Rogow and husband Steve '63 took a three-week cruise last winter to South America and Antarctica. They stopped in Rio de Janeiro,Montevideo, Uruguay, Buenos Aires, and Chile. From Chesterfield, MA, Carol Blau Jolly does occasional consulting on global warming and energy policy. After-hours, she volunteers at Smith College Botanic Garden and is tending (or actually creating) her own garden. Carol and husband Bill '64 are enjoying spoiling their grandchildren.

Edward Nathan is the medical director of Sierra Health Services in Las Vegas. He recently finished a term as president of the Nevada Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. He's enjoying skiing, golfing, and spending time with granddaughters. Dr. Thomas Borut is the medical director of Concentra/Lax Medical Center in California. He lives in Manhattan Beach.

From Naples, FL, comes news and dues from Joseph Schneider. He and wife Kathy are retired and living in Naples, FL, from October to May and in Wellfleet on Cape Cod from June to September. Joe is spending his time golfing, fishing, swimming, walking, reading, and traveling. Dr. Howard Alex is also retired. He recently remarried and has moved into a new home in Marlboro, NJ.

Judith Kellner Rushmore has been fundraising for a group, called "The Inn," that operates all the soup kitchens and homeless shelters on Long Island. Judy is planning to move to a new condo development in Belmont, MA, in November. She has also planned a few biking trips in Europe. Marjorie Sussman Davis is retired and living in Chestnut Hill,MA. She is teaching ESL and volunteering with the local symphony orchestra. -- Terry Kohleriter Schwartz, 36 Founders Green, Pittsford, NY 14534; tel., (585) 383-0731; e-mail, Terryks7@aol.com; Ronald Harris, 5203 Forestdale Ct.,West Bloomfield, MI 48322; tel., (248) 788-3397; e-mail, rsh28@cornell.edu; Joan Elstein Rogow, 9 Mason Farm Rd., Flemington, NJ 08822; tel., (908) 782-7028.

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67 | Believe it or not, our 40th Reunion is soon upon us--June 7-10, 2007. So plan on being there, and contact reunion chair Dave Darwin (daved@ku.edu) to help out.

"I enjoy doing surgery still, helping people, essentially,"writes Adam Romeiser Jr., redskiball@aol.com, who's in general surgery practice in Lake Forest, IL.He adds that wife Ellen and he have a second home on Michigan's Upper Peninsula and that he's "looking for a new occupation or a missionary job next year." Son Adam III '03 went on to Northwestern U. medical school, Emilie graduated from Johns Hopkins U. in '04, and Lillie is at Princeton. Robert Goodman, PhD '73 (New Brunswick, NJ; execdean@ aesop.rutgers.edu) moved from Wisconsin to New Jersey: "Too little sailing; on steep learning curve in a terrific new and exciting job" as executive dean for agriculture and natural resources at Rutgers, and dean of Cook College there.

James Crawford (Oakton,VA; jwcrawfo@aol.com) is a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton in McLean,VA, and reports business travel to India and Azerbaijan. Kenneth Burres, Alta Loma, CA, writes that he married Roberta Lepins at Lake Arrowhead, CA, this past May, adding, "Third time is the charm." Lois Thetford (Seattle,WA; loisth@mindspring.com) remains engaged in health care for homeless families and youth at the 45th St. Clinic, PSNHC, Seattle. She reports having made five quilts this year and is involved in peace and justice work in two groups, as well as finding time for kayaking and hiking.

We've been informed that Jeremy Strickland, River Edge, NJ, died December 13, 2004.

Richard Weisman, PhD '73 (Bethlehem, PA; RNW1@lehigh.edu) notes that he and wife Melody are "proud grandparents of a 1-year-old girl,Mia. The world is fresh and new again! I'm in my ninth year as associate dean of engineering at Lehigh and looking forward to being just a ‘regular' faculty member again. I spoke to Mike Eskridge a year or so ago and try to remain in contact with Lee Pasarew, ME '69, via e-mail." Senetta Hill Koch (Manhasset, NY; shk24@cornell.edu) became international training manager for Information Builders, a software development firm. She writes, "I really enjoyed our [last] reunion, and spent a lot of time with ex-roommates Sally Nellis Kuehl, Sandy Nellis Lane, and Kathia Sloughter Miller--also Jane Capellupo!"

Larry Reich (Auburn, MA; larreich@aol.com) is "still actively in dental practice after one-third century.My wife Marcia retired from the Worcester Public Library, and is helping with fundraising for several musical organizations. Older son Dan, 28, is poised (can you poise for three years?) to finish his master's in environmental science, and Nathan, 20, is a junior at Providence College. Both sons are out of Boy Scouts now, but I am still an active leader, going camping, hiking, rock climbing--anything to keep me moving.What also keeps me moving," he adds, "is my daughter Sarah, who will be a senior in high school this coming fall. She's been active in bird-banding for seven years and has been a federally licensed bander for two.We get up before sunrise on weekends in migration periods to open mist nets to capture and study migrating birds, many making round-trip flights of more than 10,000 miles annually. By the time this note appears, she will have spent two summers in Ecuador doing bird research, ESL, and guide training. She wants to be a vet someday, and will be applying to--guess where--this fall." -- Richard B. Hoffman, 2925 28th St.NW,Washington, DC 20008; e-mail, rhoffman@erols.com.

68 | Henry Siegel is chair of our upcoming 40th Reunion, which is June 5-8, 2008--less than two years away! Henry reminds everyone to save the date. Henry also needs volunteers to help organize the program committee, panel discussions, and other reunion events. Please contact him at henry_siegel@yahoo.com if you are able to help in any way.

Doug Bellis lives in Washington, DC, and is deputy legislative counsel for the US House of Representatives. His two daughters Margaret and Elizabeth graduated from law school this year. In his spare time, Doug enjoys travel, playing squash, playing music, and singing. He also works on a variety of good causes. Doug would like to hear from Cornell classmate Randy Koch. So would I, and I hope Randy will read this and send in some news!

David Gorelick lives in Baltimore. David's second grandson was born in 2005 to son Jonathan Gorelick-Feldman '02 and wife Orley in New Brunswick, NJ, where Jonathan is studying for a PhD in plant biology. Another grandson was born in Jerusalem to son Benjamin and his wife Malka. David and his wife spent a week visiting in Jerusalem after the birth. Jim Michaels is rabbi and director of pastoral care at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington. Jim received his doctorate in pastoral counseling. He saw Mike Kerstein Lahav during a visit to Israel and has also seen Richard Hoffman '67 and wife Eileen (Barkas) '69.

Perry Odak has had a very active business career. He is presently president and CEO ofWild Oats Markets, a leading retailer of natural and organic foods. He had previously been CEO of Ben & Jerry's Homemade, the ice cream company, and head of Graham Packaging, where he developed the first plastic recycling plant for the industry, while also growing the company's worldwide sales. Perry and his wife Rosalie Vitrano share their time between Florida and Colorado and have three children. Steve Steinhardt is special counsel to the law firm of Nolan and Heller in Albany, NY, where his practice is health care. Last year Steve went to Pittsburgh with his basketball team to compete in the National Senior Games (55-59 age group). He will be playing again this year and has been "promoted" to the 60-64 age brackets. Steve and his wife Sherrie are enjoying being grandparents.

JayWaks, JD '71, recently hosted the New York meeting of the Cornell Council Admissions Committee at his law firm, Kaye Scholer.Having been at the meeting, I know the arrangements were super and the firm very hospitable. Jay recently helped organize a trip for Cornell law alumni to China and was joined on the trip by wife Harriet and daughter Ali '08. Jay reports that Marty Glenn recently became a grandfather for the first time.

David Hughes lives in Lancaster, PA, and is an orthopedic surgeon. In his spare time Dave enjoys racing sports cars at Watkins Glen and other racetracks, including the Virginia Int'l Raceway. He also enjoys glass blowing. Dave asks about our classmate Peter Burke, MPA '73. I don't have an address for Peter, and ask anyone who knows his whereabouts to send me a note. Alice Richmond lives in Boston with husband David and daughter Betsy. After a very active legal career, Alice is busy with community activities as well as some remaining legal work.

As for me,my summer has been busy with work. After some time off from my position with Putnam Investments, I have returned to work in the investment business as independent fee consultant for the DWS Scudder Funds, a mutual fund complex advised by a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank. I am also joining the board of a real estate company based in Florida. It would be great to hear from any classmates who visit my home area of Boston. I look forward to hearing from you. -- Gordon H. Silver, 2 Avery St., #26C, Boston, MA 02111; e-mail, gordon_silver@comcast.net.

69 | After living 36 years in Rochester, NY, Jane Plitt relocated to Florida, where she loves the sunshine and the welcoming community. However, Jane was still at the U. of Rochester last fall as a visiting scholar. Her article on a German Jewish Holocaust victim's efforts to reconcile with her betrayers was published in Reform Judaism magazine. Jane's outstanding memory of Cornell is "the access to brilliant faculty," and she says she would most like to hear from classmate Judy Seidenstein Orloff. Joe Cervasio fondly remembers his football playing days and would enjoy hearing from Cornell Hall of Famer John Sponheimer, "to share the joy of his induction." Joe is vice president of organizational and management development and director of Bluegreen Leadership Inst., but says that he would rather be writing fiction and non-fiction full-time, speaking, and teaching. Joe is currently negotiating with writers for a screenplay of his novel Bad News on the Doorstep, and he is in the process of transferring his book to a mass-market publisher.While many classmates commute great distances, Joe's is certainly one of the longest; he lives in New Jersey and works in Boca Raton, FL. You can learn more about Joe by visiting his Web blog, joecervasio.typepad.com.

"Culture vulture" is how Dr. Stephen Goldberger describes himself. Since moving to Farmville,VA, a few years ago, he has been taking advantage of the many programs open to the public at the two nearby colleges. In fact, what Stephen enjoyed most about Cornell was the great lectures, so Farmville is an ideal location. There is also plenty of opportunity to play golf. Stephen mentions seeing Ralph Castelli at a high school reunion in 2005.When Ted Gill is not playing a lot of golf, he is working on developing a 75-unit condo project near downtown Denver. In addition, he volunteers for the Denver Police Dept. and the Guardian Angels, and established a boxing venue for the D-Town Boxers. Ted remembers his time at Cornell as a deskman at Willard Straight Hall, "getting to know the majority of the student body."

Robert Lightfoote joined the Peace Corps while at Cornell and remembers his training group senior year.He says, "We were convinced we would change the world, but the world changed us."He would most like to hear from all the members of that training group. Today, Robert is assistant director of community services for Warren and Washington counties in New York. After hours, he is registrar of the Adirondack Soccer Club. He also sings bass in the Adirondack Voices and has been active in Cornell Cooperative Extension for 25 years. But Robert says he would rather be canoeing in the Adirondacks, especially in the fall with all the autumn colors around him. His son Stephen '07 is studying meteorology and Robert says,"He's there in part because of the scholarship help of the Class of '69! Thank you."

A cranberry grower, Richard Poznysz was re-elected to another term on the board of directors of Ocean Spray Cranberries. Currently he is the audit committee chair. Diane King is a lab technician in microbiology and balances her work with canoeing, camping, dirt bike riding, and running. Not surprisingly, the beauty of Cornell's campus is what stands out in her mind.More recently, Diane took a trip to New Jersey and "visited a fun zinc mine in Ogdensburg." Don Verdiani, MCE '71, and his wife spent three weeks working with the Red Cross in San Antonio, TX, at a 3,000-person Hurricane Katrina/Rita shelter. Back home, Don is corporate projects manager at Sunoco and likes to restore vintage motorcycles in his free time.

A newspaper clipping from November tells us that Nike CEO William Perez was on board his corporate jet when a landing gear malfunction forced the plane to circle the Hillsboro, OR, airport for six hours. Eventually the pilot managed to unlock the landing gear and return everyone to the ground safely.

Has anyone heard from: Ronald Lowe, Ellen Randall Bartel, Howard Goldberg, Kenneth LaPensee, Douglas McKenzie,Mary Gifford Meisch, Pamela Goldberg,Marcella Burke Mercurio, Peter Johnston, Richard Beck, James Adams, Suzanne Holman McKinley, Kenneth Goldman, and Robert Maloney. -- Arda Coyle Boucher, 21 Hemlock Hill Rd., Amherst, NH 03031; e-mail, aboucher@airmar.com.