60 | Nathaniel "Nat" Grew, DVM '63, and his family hosted a group of Cornell graduate students at their Ario Ranch in Costa Rica twice during spring 2006. The students, members of a Johnson School class studying Applied Consulting in Global Sustainable Development, created a business plan for development of a sustainable ecotourism center at the 5,000-acre ranch. The Grews' property sounds like a splendid location for an ecotourism enterprise, as it is on the Nicoya Peninsula, with 2.5 miles along the Pacific coastline. A photo taken by Nat's daughter Annette '02 shows him and his wife Rosamond, along with their children Nat Jr. '94, Caroline '03, Nick '05, and Dan '10, and several of the Johnson students, all impressively seated on horseback on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Jim and Margaret "Peggy"Hospital Bramble also recently hosted Cornellians when they were visited by Archer '57, MBA '60, and Carol Treman DesCognets at their summer cottage on Cayuga Lake. The DesCognets, who spend half their time in Melbourne, Australia, and the other half in the US at their place in Williamstown, MA, were in Ithaca for the 50th Reunion of the Class of 1956 from Ithaca High School, which reportedly sent more than 40 students to Cornell that year, including Bill Fisher, PhD '68, Leonard Johnson, Tina Van Lent Radler, Sue Laubengayer Cowing, and other luminaries. Peggy reports that a fine time was had by the gathered classmates and that, in one memorable moment, Allison "Alice" Hall, who teaches third grade in San Leandro, CA, swam across Cayuga Lake between reunion activities. Each year Peggy and Jim spend the winter months in Austin, TX, where they moved after Jim retired from Cornell as professor emeritus of Mathematics and took a position at Texas A&M U. Peggy says, "I stopped teaching years ago and have enjoyed being free to travel a lot with Jim."Her son Myron Alan Hays '85 is a lawyer in Ithaca.

In October, Jan and Joanne Brown Otto of Boulder, CO, passed through Boston on a two-week tour of New England that was adroitly timed to coincide with the fall foliage season, a trip which concluded with Jan's reunion with several Harvard Business School classmates in Quebec.While in Boston, the Ottos visited with your correspondent and spouse Jack and with Renee Sack ofWoburn, who retired after a career of teaching in the Lexington schools. The trip celebrated Joanne's October 1 retirement from her demanding longtime position as executive director of the National Adult Protective Services Association and the recent publication of a book, Elder Abuse Detection and Intervention: A Collaborative Approach (Springer 2006). The book considers intervention as a team effort, and the contributors, which included attorneys, a physician, a law enforcement officer, and two social workers, wrote it collaboratively in an attempt to model this approach themselves. Joanne's son Ethan works for FEMA and is headquartered in Boulder, and her son Kevin is the director of a music school in San Francisco.

Eva Metzger Brown of Amherst, MA, also participated in a recent publication, contributing an essay to the book entitled And Life Changed Forever: Holocaust Childhoods Remembered (Wayne State U. Press, 2006). Eva has retired from the clinical practice of psychology at the Center for Restructuring Family Relationships and recently traveled to China and Tibet, which she says was "highly interesting." She adds, "I feel fortunate in having three married children and seven grandchildren." Carol Roberts Blodgett of New Richmond, OH, reports happily that she became the grandmother of twin boys, born to her son Clifton Edwards '85. The babies arrived early and had to spend three months in intensive care, but, says Carol, "they came home on August 29 and have been rapidly gaining weight."Carol spent her early career as a teacher in private schools in the Boston area and, after receiving a graduate degree in psychology, she became a psychotherapist in private practice. Her husband Lawrence spent much of his career as a vice president of Chesebrough-Ponds.

Paula Friedman writes that she recently "launched a (very) small press venture, joining my editing, writing, and photography business, all reachable through www.highlightscommunications. com and, happily, all happening out of my pretty log house here in the Oregon countryside near Parkdale and the Hood River." Currently editing a university press book, she reports being "thrilled" by having been awarded a residency from Soapstone, the women writers' residency program in Oregon, for May 2007. On a sad note, Paula reports that Margaret "Peggy" Gordon of Warwick died in July, "following a courageous battle against a long and hard illness." Paula had kept in touch with her through the many months of her illness and says, "Peggy kept up her sense of humor and her mental integrity throughout the entire ordeal." She had recently retired from the Bank of New York after many years as a computer specialist. Her survivors include her husband Fred Miers, two stepdaughters, and three grandchildren. Send news to: -- Judy BryantWittenberg, 146 Allerton Rd., Newton, MA 02461; e-mail, jw275@cornell.edu.

61 | Another deadline and the worst nightmare looms for your rookie class correspondents . . . an empty mail bag! Or almost empty--and certainly not enough to fill two columns in the Alumni News.However, with the help of the Alumni Office, we sent a random e-mail request to about 100 classmates asking for news.We were rewarded with a 10 percent response that puts us over the top and carries us into the next edition. But don't wait to hear from us if you want to send in an update. You can return the News Form that arrived in the fall, or write us directly at the addresses below. Thanks to all!

I first met Jack Garland in Pittsburgh in 1957 at a reception for matriculating freshmen. Both of us were bright-eyed and eager to embark on our Engineering studies, complete with McMullen scholarships. Forty-nine years later Jack writes as follows: "After ten years in preparation, we moved to Chicago in 1971, where I taught endocrinology at Rush Medical College, and my wife Nancy (Holden) enriched the development of our son Wilson '89 and daughter Sue '91.We moved to West Palm Beach, FL, in 1982, where I was in full-time practice of endocrinology. Sue had her first job as the office medical transcriptionist during high school, and Nancy managed the office from 1985 to 2005.We closed the office in spring 2005 and were on the road most of the next year, re-establishing closer contact with many family and long-standing friends, and especially enjoying our new freedom.We try to plan a few days at Cornell whenever our travels permit, though we have not come for the big parties. In April 2006 we returned home.Minneapolis, MN, is new, but we had visited our daughter here in the early 1990s, and Wilson has lived here for ten years now. The Midwest suits us and we know we can tolerate the cold (recall Ithaca and 11 years in Chicago), especially without the need for commuting to work.We are within walking distance of Orchestra Hall, Guthrie Theater, the new central library, etc.We would love to see friends who come to town. You may contact us by e-mail at ng68@cornell.edu or jtg39@jhu.edu."

Other classmates responding to our request included Daniel Reisman. Dan retired from the NYS Division of Human Rights. He is staying active with substitute teaching, volunteering in a hospice, and giving workshops on therapeutic touch and Huna. Jack Arney wrote, "For my classmates who remember the happy times we had putting together the Cornell Widow: I have retired from the general practice of law after years of representing the guilty in criminal proceedings, the disinherited in estates, and the outraged in divorces. I am now completing an article for American Heritage entitled, ‘Winter Dragons at Valley Forge.' It has to do with the successful efforts of two of General Washington's aides in planting rumors that the Schuylkill River, which borders the encampment at Valley Forge, was teeming with alligators."

Joanne Schapiro Koch has had a banner year.Her new musical, American Klezmer, was produced in L.A. in January and February, and she has signed a contract for a national tour of the show Soul Sisters. This multicultural musical has toured Cornell and 30 other universities and communities. The West Coast Black Theatre Troupe and the Sarasota Jewish Theater are producing the play in Sarasota, FL, November 7-19. The NYS University Press will publish Soul Sisters in an anthology that includes Driving Miss Daisy and Fires in the Mirror in 2007. Joanne is the director of the Graduate Writing Program at National-Louis U. in Chicago, where she is a professor of English. She and husband Lew just welcomed a third grandchild, Samantha, to the Koch clan.

Former class president Frank Cuzzi, MBA '64, was in the news recently with the launch of a new franchise in the American Indoor Soccer League, which was announced in their press release. "The new entity, the New York Hamptons, will be owned by Frank E. Cuzzi and operated by Corner Kick Int'l. Corner Kick president and founder Cuzzi has been a leader in the sports marketing business for over 30 years. The reputation, contacts, and marketing know-how of Frank Cuzzi can not be duplicated and will be a huge boost to the AISL's image and drive to take its place on the professional sports stage."

Class president Marshall Frank sent the following update after the mini-reunion at the Dia:Beacon Museum, Saturday, Oct. 7 in Beacon, NY. "We had a great turnout on Saturday for our docent-guided tour attended by 30 classmates, spouses, and guests. Both docents were superb, providing excellent commentary on not only the massive works of sculpture, but also the renovated 1929 Nabisco printing plant building, which the Dia acquired in 1999. After the tour, we traveled across the Hudson on the Newburgh/Beacon Bridge to the Newburgh waterfront for a delightful lunch at the River Grill restaurant."

As we put this column to bed, we are enjoying typically fine fall weather. By the time your alumni magazine arrives, the dreariest, bleakest part of the year will be in full control. For those in the Sun Belt, enjoy. For everyone else, there are some wonderful tropical cruises! Please e-mail your input to Joanna McCully or me. -- Doug Fuss, 5 Pineside Lane, Savannah, GA 31411; e-mail, dougout@attglobal.net; Joanna McCully, 1607 Hilton Head Blvd., Lady Lake, FL 32159; e-mail, joannacelticlady@aol.com.

62 | It's hard to believe that it's been almost five years since more than 300 of us got together to celebrate our 40th Reunion. And what a celebration it was! This coming June 7-10 we will gather again for our 45th, and we expect we will well exceed the 300-plus who had such a great time in 2002.

The highlight of any reunion is seeing many old (and some new) friends. But to make it even more fun, our schedule includes a symposium featuring a professor many of us consider one of the best--Walter LaFeber; our Thursday dinner in Duffield Hall (as in Dave Duffield, MBA '64); the Friday dinner/dance at the Statler (few of us could have afforded that 45 years ago); numerous university events (don't miss Cornelliana Night); and our own "mixers" at the North Campus Townhouses.

If you would like to help with one or more of the activities, please contact Ruth Zimmerman Bleyler at rzb3@cornell.edu. And, as we approach our 45th Reunion, Alan Flaherty, our new webmaster, is seeking additional words and photos to fill out the class website. Do you want to contribute to the "Grandchild Gallery" or the "Travel Gallery"? Go to the website and click on the "Send Pictures or Info" button for details.

REMEMBER TO SEND IN YOUR REGISTRATION MATERIAL AT THE END OF MARCH.

John Burns (JohnBurns211@frontiernet.net) advises, "Small town America is the place to be."He's retired in Shepherdstown,WV, where he's HOA treasurer and property manager of his church. "Shepherd U. and the town provide more cultural activities than we can possibly fit into our schedule.We also spend a lot of time in Canaan Valley,WV. The town is small enough that we can walk everywhere."

Classmates have been enjoying CAU in Ithaca. John and Phyllis Blair Lowrie '64 took Roman Epoch and Drawing, respectively. Sam '61, MD '66, and Judith Shapiro Greenblatt studied Islamic Civilization, while Peter '61, MCE '64, and Patricia Brown Gemeinhardt learned about Underground Ithaca and New York State Arts and Crafts and Jerome Solomon Kraus became attuned to his Senses. Ruth and Pete Bleyler, and Myra Maloney Hart and husband Kent Hewitt '59 took a cruise with Frank Rhodes. CAU continues to provide an eclectic array of mind-expanding topics to tempt you!

From Fairport, NY, Barbara Dean Stewart (bstewart@neonexus.com) reports that Workman Publishing has just released her new book, The Complete How to Kazoo, and she's busily preparing it for holiday presentations. Barbara also chairs the Campaign to Make the Kazoo the National Instrument to Keep America Humming. She adds, "America has traditionally pulled together with our own unique brand of humor--and here is the one issue to bring red and blue states together (since it matters to none). See my website at http://www.howtokazoo.com. You are invited to contribute appropriate pictures for the X-treme Kazooing page (X-Treme Kazooing is the dangerous sounding sport with no risk, especially if you have Photoshop for your computer)."

Houston Stokes (hhstokes@uic.edu), professor of economics at the U. of Illinois, Chicago, lists his extracurricular activities as "golf!"He's also working on energy research and tells us that he and Diana traveled to Tivoli for the June nuptials of son William '02, MArch '04, and Melissa Stickle '02. The newlyweds are now in Franklin Park, NJ; he is working on DNA research under an NIH grant, and she is getting a PhD from Rutgers U. in biomedical engineering. "I've never left Cornell--the campus is more gorgeous than ever," notes senior lecturer in physics Robert Lieberman, MEE '65 (RHL10@cornell.edu). (Author's note: Come to Reunion and see for yourself!) When not instructing students, Robert has been producing and directing a new movie (see www.kewgardensmovie.com). He completed the comedy/drama "Green Lights" (www.ithacamovies.com) and has recently published his novel The Last Boy.

In Bellevue,WA, Bob and Jonie Adamowski (R13232@comcast.net) welcomed their first grandchild, a beautiful little girl named Sadie. "Now we know what all grandparents have been exclaiming about." Bob and Jonie attended the wedding of Bill and Leslie Troutman's son in Cincinnati last spring. "It was a beautiful wedding with the reception at the Cincinnati Art Museum." Bill and Leslie live in Osprey, FL, and have spent the last two summers in Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH.

Wayne Kelder has been in elective office in the Rochester, NY, area for over 18 years.He owned and operated Jaway Farms for nearly 40 years and has a long list of community involvements. An update from Patricia Hughes Gulbrandsen (mddoc@yahoo.com). She has retired from the practice of allopathic medicine and has opened a holistic medical practice in her Silver Spring, MD, home. She does "hands-on energy work involving the chakras and channeling." Patricia enjoys birding, as do several other classmates.

Just checking--have you entered June 7-10 on your calendar for our 45th Reunion? If not, do it now! -- Jan McClayton Crites, 9420 NE 17th St., Clyde Hill,WA 98004; email, jmc50@cornell.edu.

63 | 63I am writing this column while we are still in Telluride, CO, on the last day of summer. And on this day, we are having a foot of falling snow. I think the locals who ski are dying to get out on the fresh powder, though it's a little early. I hope this is a harbinger for the winter season ahead.

Back to Cornell news, Chuck and Marcy Bergren Pine split their time between Santa Monica, CA, and Telluride.Marcy is retired but finds time to work with two political action committees that support progressive women candidates. She has met some fabulous candidates--a governor, senators, and congresswomen.Marcy is also playing lots of paddle tennis and golf. She has played golf for 40-plus years, but finds that recent lessons have helped a lot. Last November, Chuck and Marcy traveled to South Africa with Grace and Jack Gallaway '60. The highlight was a five-day safari.Marcy would like to hear from Diane Teal Riddell '62. Since the 2006 News Form had the question, "Who is the old Cornell friend you would most like to hear from?" I'll mention those when appropriate.

As I mentioned in the last column, Stephanie Tress de Pue is heavily involved in writing reviews for books on Amazon.com. She started doing these just a few months ago and as of this writing has reviewed almost 30 books. You can find them by Googling "Retirette" or go to Amazon and ask for Retirette. She is specializing in mysteries, show biz bios, and Scots/Irish/English material.When she started she ranked about 1,300,000 in popularity and is now up to 60,000. She gets credit for all of her reviews that are read. Thomas and Vera Frumkes are retired and living in Prescott, AZ. Thomas is involved with chamber music, hiking, and contract bridge and likes to travel. He would like to hear from classmates Joe Oppenheimer and Harvey Itskowitz.

Whinfield, ME '68, and Joan Melville are still in Pittsford, NY.Whin is design center manager for Intrinsix Corp. in Fairport, NY. He started this job last February and has successfully completed Project Management–PMP certification. Joan and he visit their son at Cornell, where he is a sophomore. They also visit the Bahamas and Bonaire and enjoy scuba diving.Whin would like to hear from his freshman roommate, John Harding. Hal Spitzer lives in Hamden, CT, and has his own architectural firm. He is semiretired and hopes to be fully retired by now. His activities include: theater, board president of Alpha Workshops, trustee of the Professional Children's School, book club, and working out. Sharon Klig Krackov lives in and enjoys the cultural activities in New York City. She is in medical education and specializes in curriculum development, evaluation, student assessment, faculty development, and educational scholarship. She also likes to hike and bike. Sharon and Jerry took an April trip to Australia and New Zealand.

Warren Walker, PhD '68, still resides in Den Haag, the Netherlands. He is a professor at the Delft U. of Technology. His son Luke was married in August 2005 and daughter Hannah in April 2006. Frank and SusanWaldo Baker live in Colts Neck, NJ. Susan retired from Red Bank Gastroenterology in March. She likes being a "full-on" grandmother, but also enjoys bridge, gardening, knitting, and travel. Their daughter Christy (Notre Dame '96) and husband Bryan Grant are the parents of their grandson Derek, born in April. Bob Freeman keeps us updated yearly from Sausalito, CA. He is president and managing member of the year-old Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco, located at the San Francisco Airport in Terminal 3 (United) between Gates 82 and 84. He is in partnership there with H.M.S. Host. Bob also finds time to golf.

Arthur "Bing" '62 and Catherine Dedek Steffen live in Fairport, NY. Cathy is retired, but has been helping their youngest daughter with her new baby Jack. Jack is the seventh grandchild and sixth boy. Cathy would like to hear from classmates Emily Schimm Sendler and Carol Sammis Heltzel. Gary and Sandra Nieskes live in Englewood, FL. Gary is semi-retired and works part-time at Prime Time Restaurant. He is president of the Alameda Isles Homeowners Association and an active member of the Englewood Lions and numerous county organizations. He loves living in Florida for the friendly people and great weather. He would, however, prefer not to have to worry about storms. Marion Travalini Rodd is an account manager for the St. John Companies, a medical supply company in Valencia, CA.Marion would like to retire and travel, but does enjoy her grandchildren. She would like to hear from Lenora Clupper Howard. Susan Silverstein Sandler is a registered dietitian specializing in Huntington's disease. She works for Morrison Healthcare Services in New York City. That's all for this month. -- Nancy Bierds Icke, 12350 E. Roger Rd., Tucson, AZ 85749; e-mail, icke63@msn.com.

64 | Most of us will turn 65 this year, the usual retirement age. So let's see who's retired, who plans to keep working, and who plans to do a bit of both.

Lois Sussman McBride is retired from being principal of a consulting firm, and now lists her business address as "upstairs." Lois otherwise keeps busy "toodling" (her term for getting about on her electric scooter; she has MS) into downtown Silver Spring, MD, where she and husband Greg live, to spend time writing in restaurants. Lois also is preparing a neighborhood disaster preparedness plan and is active in the Democratic Party. She is arranging a "grand tour" to celebrate her 65th birthday later this year. The McBrides have three grown children and four grandchildren. Ann Sirrine Rider is retired from teaching and now volunteers as a part-time manager for a geriatric care center. She also substitute teaches in Ithaca, where she lives, serves on the board of the Ithaca Children's Garden (major project: the great concrete turtle), and is an active master gardener with Cornell's Cooperative Extension. Ann has a grown daughter, a grandson, and an adopted grandson.

Patricia Seaver used the form at our class website's new link to send her new address in Potomac,MD, but otherwise left no news. BruceWagner, MEE '66, set up the link last autumn and is now soliciting classmates to submit suggestions on how to expand use of the link--for example, to target classmates who attended the 2004 reunion and other database-related functions. Bruce also wrote of spending time recently in Toronto, where he reports there are good ethnic neighborhoods to stroll through, excellent, if expensive, restaurants, super art and history museums, interesting architecture, theater, and other entertainment--plus "the usual Canadian lack of attitude."

Toby Kleban Levine reports she is now officially retired--but not before completing one last project, "Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State, Educator's Edition," for PBS station KCET in Hollywood. The DVD-ROM is available for purchase. Toby keeps busy gardening and quilting at home in Stockbridge, MA, taking literature courses at her local Lifelong Learning Inst., studying Hebrew--and preparing for her bat mitzvah, to be held in April. She and husband Andy visited Israel just before the recent war there broke out, and also vacationed in Puerto Rico. They go to New Hampshire when they can to spend time with their first grandchild, a boy, adopted from Russia, and also frequently visit Boston and New York. And after five "exciting" years, Toby turned over leadership of the Cornell Club of the Berkshires.

Following are our classmates who attended one of the week-long sessions at Cornell's Adult University (CAU) last summer, with the courses they took: Lucy Guerlac-Battersby, The Way Bugs Work: Insects in their Natural World; Nancy Greyson Beckerman and Martin Garfield, Sculpture Studio: Bronze Casting; Bruce Bender, All Creatures Great and Small: Animal Health and the Veterinarian's World; Jason Gettinger, The Rowing Clinic; Paul Kruger and Bruce Bender's wife Carol (Greenwald) '65, Photography Studio: Instant Imaging; John Looney, Introduction to Fly-Fishing and Fly-Tying; Phyllis Blair Lowrie, Drawing Studio,Meditation and Action--Fifty Drawings (while husband John '62, took The Roman Epoch, and Ours); Thomas Mueller, ME '66,Mysteries of the Deep: Natural History of the Oceans; Marian Levine Steinberg,Masters and Commanders: Great Hollywood Filmmakers and their Films; Bruce Wagner, The Senate; and JohnWilson, Highlights in Astronomy.

Michael Graves retired two years ago as an educator and now keeps busy with various household projects and grandchild babysitting. "Tim" and wife Suzanne live in Fairport, NY. Tim enjoys photography and their two grandchildren. Having retired from the US State department, Sandy Vogelgesang keeps busy writing and working as a civic activist on various global issues from human rights to the environment, and on local election issues (she lives in Bethesda, MD, with husband Geoffrey Wolfe). She reports the babies they adopted from Russia are now each 16 years old and looking forward to college. The whole family recently took a cruise tour to Alaska.

Not to be outdone in the civic affairs field, Frederic Fischer is on the board of directors and is secretary of Streetwise, the Chicago magazine for the homeless. Ric, still an active attorney at Seyfarth Shaw in Chicago, is currently busy as co-editor of the next edition of the book, How to Take a Case to the NLRB. Ric and wife Gale live in Highland Park, IL. John Fatherley sent an addendum to the report we had in about his work on President Rutherford B. Hayes: seems four of the president's children attended Cornell.

That's all for now, but here's a personal plea.Many of you are submitting your class dues at our class website, which is convenient and quick. Unfortunately, you are not also providing personal updates using the form provided, and as a result, I have very little news to print.When this was done by a printed form, I got all kinds of news, but now . . . So please take some time to go to the website and jot down some recent news for inclusion in this column. And thanks. You can also write to me directly at the following USPS and e-mail addresses. -- Bev Johns Lamont, 720 Chestnut St., Deerfield, IL 60015; e-mail, blamont@tribune.com. Class website, http://classof64.alumni.cornell.edu.

65 | Greetings and happy winter to you all! Hopefully, a glorious spring is on the way. It is refreshing to hear from all of you and sharing your life's passage with classmates. Barbara RosensheinWolfert,MAT '66, has recently changed jobs. She previously practiced elder law at Legal Services of the Hudson Valley and now works part-time under an elder law abuse grant at Pace Women's Justice Center, which is affiliated with Pace U. Law School in White Plains, NY. She and husband Alan, JD '66, spend some of their leisure time golfing and enjoying their six grandchildren. Diwan Chand, writing from Canada, is working as a landlord and developing old properties. His special interests take him boating and backpacking around the world.Most recently, he trekked in South America, in magnificent Patagonia. Another climber is JoanWager, who trekked around Khangchendzonga, the third highest mountain in the world, in Sikkim. She also traveled in South India, where she visited biodiversity projects and attended a wedding. Joan is still a practicing licensed clinical social worker in a private psychotherapy practice. She volunteers for SPCA dog training and Red Cross mental health disasters.

Howard Zuckerman and wife Jenny reside in Maryland. Since his retirement, Howard has spent many blissful hours golfing, jogging, and visiting with his sons and grandsons. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Pan-American Development Foundation. He and Jenny recently spent several weeks traveling in the Dominican Republic and Mexico. After many years of midwifery, Trish GeppertWoollcott has retired. She spends her leisure time volunteering at Planned Parenthood, gardening, and being a wife, mother, and grandmother. James Zimmer, DVM/PhD '68, has retired from academic veterinary medicine and is working in a private practice in Texas.He, too, spends free time volunteering and enjoying his grandchildren.

After-hours fun for Professor Maxine Linial includes hiking, birding, and much time volunteering as a master gardener. She presently is in the member division of basic sciences at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and is the director of interdisciplinary research training. Practicing as an ophthalmic surgeon in Texas is William Lipsky.He finds time to enjoy running, swimming, sailing, flying, and traveling. Currently designing a 22-story residential condominium for downtown Portland, OR, is Robert Freeman. He is a lead architect with Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects. Robert uses his leisure time to kayak, camp, travel, write, and dance. Robert,William, and Maxine Linial have all expressed an interest in reconnecting with past Cornell friends.

Owning and operating a store that handles radio-controlled airplanes and helicopters keeps Andrew "Tom" Schmeltz busy. He has developed an interest in fly-fishing and recently spent some time vacationing on the upper Rio Grande in Colorado doing just that. Tom and wife Peggy continue to call Oklahoma home. From Florida, we hear from MichaelManheim, who is an administrative law judge for Medicare, adjudicating Medicare billing disputes. Consulting engineer Thomas Hager fondly recalls his days at Sigma Pi. Living in upstate New York allows him to enjoy his activities of sawmilling and maple syrup production.

Keeping very busy is Dr.Michael Rosberg. He is the acting director of GUARD (Galen U. Applied Research and Development) Inst. at Galen U., located in Belize.Michael helped organize the Institute and is teaching classes, implementing research, and offering developmental training. The Alberta Press recently published his book, The Power of Greed: Collective Action in International Development. He still finds time to play with his grandchildren.Marjorie Rubin Brody is a residential counselor at Hudson House, a transitional center for chronically mentally ill adults. She also tutors fourth graders through the Greater Boston Jewish Coalition for Literacy and volunteers at Citizen's Library. Swimming, bicycling, hiking, doing Chinese brush painting, and enjoying the grandchildren of her niece and nephew fill the remainder of her time.

As I close this column, I want to thank each of you for providing news items and encourage everyone to write, call, e-mail, etc., Ron, Terry, or me with current information. Many of you expressed an interest in reconnecting with special friends. Please indicate on the news form or in a note that it is acceptable to provide your current address or email in the column. Thanks! Send news to -- Joan Elstein Rogow, 9 Mason Farm Rd., Flemington, NJ 08822; tel., (908) 782-7028; Ronald Harris, 5203 Forestdale Court,West Bloomfield, MI 48322; tel., (248) 788-3397; e-mail, rsh28@cornell.edu; and Terry Kohleriter Schwartz, 36 Founders Green, Pittsford, NY 14534; tel., (585) 383-0731; e-mail, Terryks7@ aol.com.

66 | Do you remember Cornell winters? In February 1963 I kept on my desk a record of precipitation. The result: it snowed 20 days and rained once, leaving just seven days that, if not sunny, it didn't Ithacate. Funny how that data still resides in my memory!

I'm Pete Salinger, MBA '68, and was asked to take on the role of one of our class correspondents, along with Sue Rockford Bittker, and Deanne Gebell Gitner. (Our longtime correspondent Bill Blockton will also be writing from time to time.) I graduated from the ILR school and then got my MBA at Cornell. Just before entering the MBA program, I married my college girlfriend, Ruth (Dritch) '67--we just celebrated our 40th anniversary! While at Cornell, I played clarinet in band, was a morning DJ at WVBR, and was a member of Phi Epsilon Pi.We moved to the Washington, DC, area in 1969 and have lived here ever since. I worked, for most of that time, as a government financial systems consultant for what was then Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. (later KPMG). Ruth worked for the federal government as an internal training research and performance improvement consultant.We retired a few years ago and decided to stay in Bethesda,MD, where we've lived for 29 years. In our retirements, we're both involved in volunteer work.What's unusual about me? I continue (for my 25th year as a volunteer teacher) as a facilitator for a "values-oriented" comprehensive sexuality education curriculum for seventh to ninth graders.

In news about our classmates, Roy Troxel is at it again, volunteering for Cornell. He's now president of the Cornell Club of Maryland. Roy writes, "Any alumni living in Maryland are welcome to join. You can contact our membership chair, Stephanie Omokaro '97, at somokar1@jhmi.edu. If you would like more information on our Club's activities, please check our website at: http://ccmaryland.alumni.cornell.edu."

On her "Quick Update . . . or How I've been spending the last 5 years . . . ,"MaryWellington Daly writes that she and her husband moved from Boxford, MA, to Tucson, AZ, where they've settled into their new home. They now have two grandchildren.We got an update from Karen Kyne Dormer. She volunteers as an ESL teacher for Friendship Int'l and also as a teaching leader for the Oklahoma Marriage Initiation. She has seven grandchildren! Mike Singer, who's a professor at the U. of California, Davis, is "teaching, researching (soil science), writing, traveling, and living every day."Wow! Maurice Cerulli was recently appointed by the director of the NIH to the National Commission on Digestive Disease to help formulate a framework for research sponsored by the NIH in gastrointestinal and liver diseases. Only 12 doctors outside the NIH were chosen nationwide.

Nancy Ellen Kurtz reports that she was recently in transition, moving from the mountains to the desert--Moab, UT. She's been hiking, home-building, reading, writing, playing music and singing, and teaching her energy-healing work.We have teachers in our midst. Kenneth Brown teaches middle and high school mathematics--his 14th year. He writes: "I continue to live in my same home with my wife Clare in Rye Brooke, NY (26 years). Our health is good and other than my two new titanium hips, we are great." MarianWood Meyer wrote that she's been "getting a teenage son through high school into life . . ." She wrote of her numerous activities and ended with, "I'm exhausted!"

Frank Spencer, MME '67, whose home address is Woodbine, MD, has spent the last two years living and working in Shanghai, China, and other parts of the Far East. Paul Weinberg wrote that he is having a great time. His job is "wonderful," he is doing some traveling, and he's just enjoying life.Way to go, Paul. James Shulman continues to enjoy his retirement in Galena, OH. He lives in a nature preserve on an eight-mile reservoir and is traveling and writing.

And finally, we received a note from Cathanne Merz Bart. She was sorry to miss our reunion, but writes, "I did spend a wonderful weekend in Ithaca for graduation.My daughter, Suzanne Bart Doucette, PhD '06, received her doctorate in Chemistry. The doctoral ceremony and the Schoellkopf program were very colorful and moving . . . just give me the ‘Evening Song' and you've got me."

Please keep the e-mails, cards, and letters coming. If you're reading this note, there are others who want to hear about YOU! Write to any (or all) of us! -- Pete Salinger, pas44@cornell.edu; Susan Rockford Bittker, ladyscienc@aol.com; and Deanne Gebell Gitner, dgg26@cornell.edu.

67 | REUNION THIS JUNE 7-10,2007! BE THERE!

"Celebrated my 61st birthday by starting my own firm, ITech Recruiting LLC, specializing exclusively in assisting my clients to staff Information Technology (IT) positions at both the individual contributor and all supervisory and management levels," reports Jack Schwartz (Bellmore, NY; jackschwartz@ itechrecruiting.com). "I've been doing this for other firms for the last 23 years--decided to do it for my own firm for the next 23."

Another e-mail contribution comes from James Crawford (Oakton, VA; jwcrawfo@aol.com), who's a security manager for Verizon FNS. "Working harder than ever," he writes, adding,"Doing what I prefer to do" in response to the what-I'd-rather-be-doing question.His Cornell memory is the weather, and he'd like to hear from David H. Brown, MS '72. He recently returned from a business trip to The Hague, and writes, "I visited the Mauritshaus Museum and viewed the ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring' for the second time. She continues to mesmerize me. Don't die without having seen it." That reminds me of being in Philadelphia last year and stopping by its renowned art museum for the first time in many years. Of all the fantastic treasures there, a small Vermeer on loan from an anonymous collector was the high point of my visit.

Carol Polakoff Hall (San Antonio, TX; jeffreyhall50@hotmail.com) retired just one year ago and recently moved into their "new" home in Texas, where she'd rather be doing "just what I am doing." Carol adds that husband Jeff retired later last year from Northwest Airlines. "We intend to travel quite a bit."Her Cornell memory jag brought back Ray Charles, Stones, and Peter, Paul & Mary concerts. She'd like to hear from Ronnie Duberstein, Dottie Labbok, and Tracey Maxwell.

"Peggy and I just returned from a wonderful trip to Jordan and Egypt," reports James Johnston, Arlington, VA, who's chair of the Air Force Clemency and Parole Board. "While Egypt's 5,000-year-old and younger antiquities are well known, Jordan's are still essentially undiscovered. Our tour group of 13 explored various Greek, Roman, Crusader, and Saracen sites, which, except for Petra, were unhampered by crowds of tourists.Moreover, our journey to both countries was an interesting refresher course in Old and New Testament history, as well as an introduction to Muslim beliefs and practices, as we were traveling before and during Ramadan." Jim's looking to hear from Mike Porter.

Roger McCauley (Glouster, OH; mccauleyrd@aol.com) has spent nearly 30 years as an advocate for children, families, and the elderly who live in poverty. He's director of the Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development (COAD) and "was instrumental in acquiring major funding for an Appalachian initiative for a Child Care Resource and Referral Network that continues to this day."He received the Irene-Bandy-Hedden Early Childhood Education Leadership Award for Advocacy in October 2005 for his work in supporting Head Start and Early Learning Initiatives and gaining funding from the State of Ohio.

Also in Ohio is Roger Goldberg (Ada, OH; r-goldberg@onu.edu), who is associate vice president for academic affairs at Ohio Northern U. His children Nathan and Erin are accounting majors at Butler U. in Indiana. Prof. Howard Reiter (Coventry, CT; howard.reiter@uconn.edu) reports locating someone who had been on the missing list: Carol Weiss Lewis (Storrs, CT; carol.lewis@uconn.edu). -- Richard B.Hoffman, 2925 28th St.NW,Washington, DC 20008; e-mail, rhoffman@erols.com.

68 | Congratulations to JayWaks, JD '71, for his recent selection to receive the Groat Award from the ILR school. The Judge William B. Groat Alumni Award is given annually to honor an ILR graduate who has demonstrated outstanding service and support to the school, and it recognizes career accomplishments in the field of industrial and labor relations. Jay is a partner in the litigation department of the New York office of Kaye Scholer LP and is chair of the firm's employment and labor practice. His service to Cornell includes being chair of the University Council and chair of the Cornell Law School Advisory Council. Jay and his wife Harriet have two children, a daughter who is a Cornell junior and a son at Harvard Medical School.

Jane Frommer Gertler and husband David '67 live in Scarsdale, NY. Their daughter Meredith '98, a Cornell grad and NYU MBA, works in media business in NYC. Their son Howard is a movie producer in New York. Variety magazine recently named Howard as one of the "ten producers to watch in 2006."Howard was a producer of the recent hit film Short Bus, which received accolades at the Cannes and Toronto film festivals last year, and many good reviews when it opened in the US. I liked it very much when I saw it.

A note from Cornell's Alumni University indicates the following classmates have recently attended some of CAU's outstanding programs: Claudia Deutsch, Lois Gartlir, David Maisel,Margo Stout Kilbon, and Elliot Sleight, MBA '70.

Helen Karel Dorman and husband Neal live in Millwood, NY. Helen is a real estate broker with Sotheby's Int'l Realty in Chappaqua. They are enjoying their new granddaughter Kyle Zoe Kipnes, born to their daughter Karen Dorman Kipnes '98 and her husband Todd '96. Peter Bos and his wife Terri live in Destin, FL. Peter is a real estate developer and enjoys deep-sea fishing. He is now thinking about reducing work and spending more time on other things. Pete asks for news on Paul Himmelman. Larry and Carol Stiles Kelly live in Oxford, CT, and are both retired, Larry from General Electric after 35 years and Carol from First Steps Learning Center. They are busy with travel and local organizations and activities. They spend part of the year in Connecticut and part in Arizona. They enjoy visiting Ireland, where they own some property, and visiting their children in Boston, MA, and Montgomery, AL.

Jean Walton Haven and husband Miles '67 live in Potomac,MD. Jean is performance director at the Montgomery County Public School and was recently a middle school principal. Jean sees Janice Milkman Berlin at her book club and also Judy Klimpl '67. Jean and Miles are avid travelers and have been to Ethiopia, Thailand, and Glacier National Park.Miles is a marathon runner and recently ran the Boston Marathon. Jean has fond memories of her freshman corridor at Dickson 5 and the lifelong friends she met there.

Janet Fisher Anisfeld is a psychotherapist and lives in Riverdale, NY, with husband Leon. Janet is completing her dissertation for a PhD. Ina Bendis reports receiving numerous degrees following Cornell. This includes her PhD in molecular biology from Albert Einstein, an MD from UCSF, and an MS in management from Stanford Business School (Sloan Program), as well as patent agent and real estate broker licenses. She recently got a law degree from Concord Law School.

Ed Tuleja, a music teacher, lives in Tasmania, Australia, with his wife Diana. Ed enjoys playing the guitar, building on 50 acres, and raising children. He asks about Ozzie Alers, PhD '66. Roger Stetter is an attorney in New Orleans and lives in the city with his wife Barbara. His recent work has included civil litigation of child abuse cases against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. Their son Jack '09 attends Cornell. Roger asks for news of Paul Young and Mike Rubin '67, and I urge them both to write in.

Alan Stoll, MPA '70, works in Worcester, MA, and is involved in healthcare business as an adviser and investor. I know firsthand of Alan's great reputation for his expertise. Elaine Elinson is an editor and communications consultant in San Francisco. She is writing a book on the history of civil liberties in California. Last year she got an MFA degree, was busy helping family members through illness, and also marched for immigrants' rights. Elaine asks for news of her acting buddy Al Gingold, MFA '71, and has fond memories of canoeing on the lake with friends and a bottle of wine.Madelyn Berman Heintz lives in NYC with husband Nick Davy. I bumped into Maddy in the Berkshires last fall, where I believe she has a house.

I just returned from an amazing weekend at Cornell for a meeting of the University Council and can report on how great the campus looked and how impressive the present generation of students is. There was a major presentation on the recently launched Cornell Campaign to raise $4 billion, and I had to chance to meet President Skorton. One could not help but be impressed by the dynamic thinking behind the campaign and the importance of this effort to maintain excellence and leadership at Cornell. The weekend was also exciting for me as I had a chance to visit with my daughter Nicole '08, a junior in Arts and Sciences. I look forward to hearing from you. -- Gordon H. Silver, 2 Avery St., #26C, Boston, MA 02111; e-mail, gordon_silver@comcast.net.

69 | Milton Jay, BA '73, has gotten in touch with us after a long hiatus. Although he started in our class, he left Cornell and the Engineering college in 1967, returning in our senior year to major in Psychology. Through the late '60s and early '70s,Milton played blues and rock bass guitar in and around Boston and New York, at one point with Bonnie Raitt. By 1981, he had completed a doctorate in psychology and post-doctorate work in neuropsychology and begun working at Boston City Hospital, where he remained until 1996. Presently,Milton is in private practice in Brookline, MA--but he has also been playing bass in various bands.Milton writes, "Ah, the full circle."He adds that he has been married for 27 years and has two kids and a dog. Although Ronni Schwartz Monsky is a psychologist by profession, she spends much of her time shepherding Saskia, her pre-teen daughter, to dance classes, Hebrew school, soccer, skiing, and skating.What would Ronni rather be doing? Swimming in the Caribbean. Ronni is most grateful to Cornell for the opportunity to meet people from all over the world and for the beginning of her love affair with film.

From a press release we learn that David Minkin, former co-managing shareholder of Greenberg Traurig, South Atlanta office, joined Powell Goldstein LLP law firm as a partner in its financial products and real estate services department. David's credentials include law and business degrees from Harvard. The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, announced that Dr. David Mrazek, chair of the Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychology, was presented with the 2005 Simon Wile Leadership in Consultation Award at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Victor Ivar Reus, a professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry at the U. of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, writes that both he and David are currently directors of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Victor's work requires him to travel frequently; most recently he gave the keynote talk in Shanghai at the Pan-Pacific Mental Health Congress and went on to tour Cambodia and Vietnam.However, he says that he would rather give up his United Airlines 100,000-mile status and stay home more.Victor likes to bike in the Sonoma Valley and scuba dive off the California coast and the Pacific islands.His fondest Cornell memories are "a moonlight swim at Triphammer in some sort of altered state and a road trip to Woodstock."

MargueriteWaller, also a professor, has been writing about neo-liberal economic policy and gender, yet she dreams about going on a long retreat. Looking back, her Cornell memories include anti-war activities and the 1969 meetings about restructuring the university. "I learned so much." A clinical social worker at Catholic Social Services in Broome County, NY, Ildiko Czmor Mitchell is also kept busy volunteering with the Broome County Environment Management Counsel and caring for family and friends. Recently, Ildiko hiked the Appalachian Trail across New Hampshire and the Connecticut River into Vermont. Another hike is planned for next year, and she welcomes any Cornellian who is interested to e-mail. She goes on to write that retiring and finishing the trail is what she would rather be doing.When Ildiko looks back at her college days, fraternity parties with live bands, especially big party weekends, stand out in her mind. She wonders where Peggy Greene Nicklin is. (For this and related questions, check out the online Alumni Directory at: https://directory.alumni.cornell.edu. Use your Cornell ID to get in; you can find it on the mailing label of this very magazine and every mailing you get from the university.)

Mike Madden and his wife Marcia biked 5,000 miles across the US--starting from Tacoma,WA--as a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity.Mike is a past executive director of the charity's Tacoma chapter. Joel Negrin '68 passed on an e-mail from Bill and Nancy Garlock Edmunds. Their son Nathan was the 2006 winner of the National Tennis Association's Arthur Ashe Award for leadership and sportsmanship in men's Division III tennis. It is given to the player who most shows outstanding leadership and sportsmanship during his college career, in addition to scholastic, extracurricular, and tennis achievement. "Needless to say, we are very proud of him," wrote Nancy. A clipping from the York State newsletter tells us that Dennis Wright entertained the NYS Retired Teachers Association (NYSRTA) annual convention with a humorous talk entitled "I Chose to Teach."His life has gone through many stages before becoming a secondary school science teacher. In high school, Dennis began playing guitar and writing music. After college, he worked in Ghana and West Africa with the Peace Corps. In addition to teaching, he has been a coach and wrestling official. He is also a husband, father, grandfather, woodworker, stained glass artisan, rug hooker, and stonemason. The newsletter also reports that Dennis loves to make things that last and loves his music.

Below is the final group of names from the missing classmates file.We would love to hear from:Michael S. Begun,Martin H. Bloomberg, Fedwa Malti-Douglas, John K. Blumenstein, Margaret T.Mantis, Robert B. Booth, Kenneth R. Goldstein, Jack Manheimer, James D. Borzani, Stephen J. Caracappa,Holly Vincent Bowersox, Graham E. Bowes, Sue Elsten Manlove, Stephen H. Burton, and Richard A. Calgaro. -- Arda Coyle Boucher, 21 Hemlock Hill Rd., Amherst, NH 03031, aboucher@airmar.com.