40 | Greetings to all! And to start with my usual meteorological report, I hope spring has sprung or is beginning to spring for all of you--although as I write, I am waiting for a snowstorm that will herald Santa's arrival.

At last I received a batch of those News and Dues forms from Ithaca, so I have a couple of columns worth of material. But they will run out, so if you haven't sent yours in yet, be sure to.

Margaret "Tammie" Tammen Perry took a Caribbean cruise in February 2006 with ten friends and relatives. A great time, but a lot of wear and tear, too. Otherwise, she volunteers in her church activities. Paul Merz reports that after five years in the Navy during WWII, he owned and operated the Merz Bros. Feed and Farm Supply Co. for 41 years. He has also been active in local government and has traveled extensively. Jim Trousdell, MD '43, after graduation, went on to Cornell Medical College. He is now retired and keeps busy with his properties in Oyster Bay, NY, and Brattleboro,VT.His family is spread out, with daughters in Germany and California and a son in Virginia, but he's very pleased that another son and his family are only ten miles away.

Cornelia Snell Bensley still lives in California, but traveled back east in October '06 to see family and also the fall coloring. I (Ellen) add that California doesn't have anything like the gorgeous eastern fall foliage. I know! Right, Cornelia? At home she keeps busy volunteering in church and clubs and at the Rossmoor drop-in center.

Willard "Ossie" Ossont wrote a lot of news. In full retirement he spends most of his time on the usual chores involved in maintaining his home in New Hartford, NY, and their camp of 57 years on Canandaigua Lake. He's also still a coin collector and the family historian, with pictures going back to ancestors in Europe in 1790! He and his wife of 66 years, Lorraine, are both well and active. They have nine great-grands and are delighted that another grandson is now at Cornell--their third Cornell offspring. Sadly, he reported the deaths of two college roommates, Roger Reniff and J. Stanley Hall '39. All three were fellow AG teachers for some 30 years.

A note from DorothyWeitzman Seely's daughter Barbara Goodman says Dorothy died in December '05. She is also survived by a son and three grandchildren. Estelle Wells Evans remembers her freshman roommates in Risley, including Janet Greenwood Cooper, with whom she still keeps in contact and who is doing well near her family in Burlington, VT. Estelle also remembers Eleanor Roosevelt visiting Home Ec during those years. She ends, asking, "Where has the time gone?"

With that question I'll quit and hope someone has an answer! Happy springtime to all--and do send in your news. -- Ellen Ford, 300 Westminster Canterbury Dr., #416,Winchester, VA 22603; tel., (540) 665-5788.

41 | There is still more to say about Reunion. During the discussion that followed our Friday evening dinner, Ed King reminded the group that our own Mattie Urban--not Audie Murphy--was the most-decorated hero ofWorld War II. The explanation for the oversight: his service records had somehow been lost for 35 years. Their recovery resulted in Jimmy Carter conferring on him our nation's highest award, the Medal of Honor. He also received seven Purple Hearts! Ed is trying to get the university to erect a memorial to Mattie on the campus.Way to go, Ed!

After that same dinner, as Shirley has reported previously, most of our gang went to the traditional Cornelliana Night. Chuck Boak and I chose to do differently; we just adjourned to the Statler lounge to have a drink and reminisce. The discussion turned to campus characters, and Dr. Lee, the undergraduates' favorite physician, came up. Chuck recalled that he was very partial to Cornell athletes. One time when Chuck was crew coxie, he had been admitted to the infirmary less than a week before the Poughkeepsie Regatta with a temperature of 104.When Doc Lee spotted Chuck in the ward he said, "What the h--- are you doing in here with all these sick people?" and imperiously moved him to a private room. Chuck recovered in time for the race!

John Ayer is a different kind of athlete. He's still competing in cross-country ski meets and marathon and white-water canoe races! In his note last spring, he said he was once again going to drive his vintage, freshman-year car to reunion from his home in Skaneateles.Maybe that explains why he never showed up! His most recent words to us were: "Keep active." Jim Van Arsdale and wife Suzanne (Jameson) '46, BS HE '45, report that they are wintering in Jamaica, spending six months at their cottage at Silver Lake, NY, and the remaining two months at their home in Castile, NY.

Stephen Barnes, Sidney, NY, changed jobs after 39 years with Agway, to a local funeral parlor where he is still working part-time.Working may be especially good for Stephen; he lost his wife Patricia three years ago.Maj. Ted Eiben, MS '46, Port Byron, NY, writes,"No nursing home yet, happily, but somewhat lonesome." Ted, I suggest a lifecare community.Many of our class members are going that way and they sound pretty content. -- Warner Lansing, 6065 Verde Trl. S., Apt. G310, Boca Raton, FL 33433; tel., (561) 487-2008; e-mail, wlansing@bellsouth.net.

Our president JeanWay Schoonover and former president Bill Webber will represent us at the CACO Mid-Winter Meeting in Philly in January.More news on that in the next issue. Jean had a week-long trip in October 2006 as a member of the Gibraltar American Council and guest of the Gibraltar government. On her return, Jean was told that her dear friend and freshman roommate Agnes Glueck Manston, Claremont, CA, had died on October 26. They shared a "hole in the wall" apartment in NYC in 1943 until Agnes's marriage. Agnes came to our 50th Reunion, after which she and Jean traveled to Budapest for a great visit with relatives of Agnes.What great memories of a treasured friend, Jean.

I was delighted to hear from Alice Williams Hallanan (Alexandria, VA, and Pierrepont Manor, NY), who was sorry to miss our great 65th Reunion, the first she has missed in many years. She and husband Col. George Hallanan Jr. have moved 28 times with their six children as a military family. One son is a colonel in the Air Force, and daughter Alice Marion "Sunny"Hallanan '79, the only Cornellian, is now an Episcopal priest. Col. Hallanan has had three retirements (US Army, Congressional staff, and U. of Maryland), while Alice has been raising the family and running the farm near Lake Ontario, which they still enjoy.

Betty Dicker Kaplan, who has MS, lives with a caretaker near her daughters in Highland Park, IL. She enjoys her new friends at the Community Center and regretted not being able to join us at reunion along with her sister and husband, who were there for their 60th.Many members of her family are Cornellians. Jean Palmer Gerlach, Cleveland, OH, is still living in an independent apartment, enjoying the concerts, pottery classes, and fitness exercises. She has enjoyed talking with Mary Lou Garmong Overman and Marion Pergande Jax and would like to hear from Corinne Hickox Vaughan and June Thorn Cobb.

Isabelle Richards McDermid says that "life is good" at the Bethany Lutheran Village in Centerville, OH, though she greatly misses her husband William, who died in December 2005. Four children and six grandchildren offer priceless support. It was great to see Betty Herrold, Lancaster, PA, and Kathryn Clark Novak, Orange, CT, at our reunion.May the sun be shining for all of you. -- Shirley Richards Sargent Darmer, 20 Haddington Lane, Delmar, NY 12054; e-mail, kid12054@aol.com.

42 | Ed Markham (Bainbridge Island,WA), who enjoyed a Montana hunting spree that netted him several pheasants, sent news of Gus Vollmer.Writing from Caracas, Venezuela, Gus experienced several misfortunes--such as wearing a cast for eight weeks because he broke his arm, and fires burning down his machine shop and all the pasture and pine forest on the ranch. However, he and Luisa enjoyed a nice vacation in Bermuda and, along with the Markhams, are looking forward to the 65th.

News of the 65th on June 7-10, 2007, is making the rounds as our able chairman Don Kent, MD '45 (DSK5169@aol.com) sends out the highlights. President Liz Schlamm Eddy (tel., (212) 752-2032) and treasurer Jim Kraker (tel., (386) 423-8443) welcome your questions and hope for early registrations. George and Barbara Crohurst Howell (Oakbrook, IL), Reunion Campaign co-chairs, also look forward to hearing from you.

Liz asks everyone to call, write, or e-mail members of our Nominating Committee regarding class officers for the next five years. An election will take place at reunion. The committee members are: Dr. Solomon Cook, PhD '50, 303 State Rt. 37, Hogansburg, NY 13655-3114; tel., (518) 358-2395; Al Henderson, LLB '47, 10231 W. Coggins Dr., Sun City, AZ 85351-3406; tel., (623) 972-4620; e-mail, AHenderson10@cox.net; and Ruth Simes Morgan, 12851 Silverthorn Ct., Bonita Springs, FL 34135-2456; tel., (239) 495-8108; e-mail, crmorg3813733@aol.com. The committee will report your ideas and suggestions at the reunion election. Present officers include Liz Eddy, Jim Kraker, Carolyn Evans Finneran, Don Kent, and Executive VP Tom Flanagan.

Some interesting news about retirement communities. Jim, MS '47, and Alice Popp Whitaker write that they have moved to Collington Retirement Community just outside Washington, DC, from their home of 57 years in Storrs, CT, where Jim was a professor of agricultural engineering before retiring a few years ago. "Collington allows for as much or as little activity as one wishes and we have been taking it on the light side. New friends have been made with folks from all kinds of backgrounds, although retired Foreign Service people are numerous and many others have had overseas experience."

Ignatius and Dorothy Lacombe (Plattsburgh, NY) write, "After five years, we still consider that living in a retirement community fits in perfectly with our lifestyle. Four of seven children live in the immediate area, so we have frequent get-togethers. I enjoy research and writing about family history, as well as attending weekly conversational French classes." They visited their favorite vacation spot on Bailey Island, ME, last summer and hope to visit granddaughters in college in Rochester (U. of R. and St. John Fisher College). Great-great-grands continue to arrive in North Carolina, Baltimore, and Portugal. No wonder Iggy states he is doing exactly what he wants to do now!

ArvinWhite (Grand Junction, CO) moved from Upstate New York to a retirement home close to his daughter.He enjoys WWII history, daily walks, and his two grandchildren. Married 42 years to Helen, he is looking forward to his 90th birthday. Henry Otto (Los Gatos, CA) writes, "Following a week of skiing (downhill--cross-country is now too demanding) at Aspen, CO, and a week at Park City, UT,Marice and I went east to spend a few days in NYC prior to a cruise to Bermuda. As everywhere, there have been many changes there. Our late classmate Conrad Englehard's Inveroni Hotel has been demolished and replaced by a conference center and condos; and his 'Far Above' beautiful estate, where he had had us for cocktails, I was told had been sold." Fay Brandis (New Hartford, NY) recounts his career as a pilot: major in 8th Air Force (1942-45); captain at Pan Am Airlines (1945-80); chief pilot, Oneida Limited (1980-85); and corporate pilot, freelance (1985-93). He has two sons and three grandsons, one of whom, Jonathan, is a TV and movie actor.

Robert Laben passed away last year, but is far from forgotten at UC Davis, where his name is going on one of the two newest buildings in the Tercero residence hall complex. During WWII he served in the Field Artillery and was wounded in the D-Day landing. Between operations he taught in the Cornell ROTC. He later taught animal husbandry at Davis from 1950 until his retirement in 1986. He continued to serve as a member of his department's Memorial Fund Committee, which named a scholarship in his honor.

Two pieces of miscellany. Ezra Cornell helped Samuel Morse string the first telegraph line from Baltimore to Washington, DC, and helped found the Western Union Telegraph Co. If you had known this "Jeopardy" question, you could have won. No one knew it. The recent Superman Returns movie reminds everyone of Cornell's Superman, Christopher Reeve '74, but I couldn't help but see the resemblance Brandon Routh had to my Southside High School friend Carlos Routh. I'd like to find out if Brandon is Carlos's grandson. If anyone has any info on this, I'd love to hear it. Brandon went to Iowa University.

Keep writing to me. Use my e-mail address. -- Carolyn Evans Finneran, carolynfinn@comcast.net.

43 | In assembling the notes you so kindly toss over my transom, I try to deliver them back in some kind of logical order: wanderlust, downsizing/moving day, wondrous offspring, and like that. See if you can figure this one out.

BarbaraWahl Cate writes from could-be-anywhere-on-the-planet: "Retired. Now professor emerita. Husband Tracy and I traveltraveltravel--last spring to the Harley- Davidson Rally in Daytona.We then drove--with tandem bike on the backseat--to Memphis to join eight other couples on the Delta Queen. All rode bikes to New Orleans by day and back to the Queen for the night. Next, to Munich to pick up our offshore motorcycle (this one a BMW) to tour Germany, Austria, Italy, and France. Then to Louisville for an 80th birthday party, not mine. And back to France to study tree farms; we have one. [Keep it mostly Stateside, right?]

"To Paris for two years with the State department," writes Marion Rossman Tozier (Belfast, ME)."Married and divorced a horse rustler. Raised two sons. Remarried a widower." A bow to Marjorie Grohman Gunner, who--in recognition of her long service as president of the Outer Critics Circle--was honored last spring by having her caricature hung on Sardi's fabled walls. [Covered an unsightly marinara splotch. Some improvement.]

Sound Taps, alas, for Art Concors, co-founder of the Thruway Market,Walden, NY, Big Red and lifelong tennis ace.

I call from time to time our walking wounded. Like Parker Smith who told me he was experiencing frequent falls, one so loud that the assisted-living lady next door hurried in to see if he had survived. "Sounded like the atom bomb!" she said. Parker to me on the phone: "Isn't it amazing how many people have heard the sound of an atom bomb?" Bill Jameson, PhD '48, reports, "We moved from Davis to Roseville, CA, to be near our daughters, and have a quiet life, mostly gardening and writing." Joe Hickey (Brunswick, ME): "Moved to a condo development.We take overnight trips throughout Maine and New Hampshire. The foliage was gorgeous this year. I'm regularly in touch with Alan Drake of Lake Placid, NY."

Class treasurer Dr. Shig Kondo writes,"Unlike so many of our classmates, we've moved out of a retirement community to an apartment in Wellesley Hills, MA, within walking distance of our two married daughters. I've retired from performing autopsies. No more blood on my hands." [Shig, he whispered, remember Pearl Harbor?] You may recall reading here of Dr. Charles Harris's hassle unloading the unsold copies of his 1975 autobiographical novel, One Man's Medicine [which I can and do highly recommend; also check him out at civilwrites.com]. Good news! It's been republished. Online at $21; from the author at $12.50. [When you're stuck with this lot, Chaz, the class fund will buy a copy for any of us still standing. Same goes for Ray Ward's dramatic March Into the Endless Mountains, the beginnings of the Revolutionary War and the adventures of a double spy.More on this later.] [Shig:We can afford it. Treasury stands at ¥4,764,173.41. Total for both books might run ¥83,373.4.]

This from Dinty Moore (Sewell, NJ): "Still moving around. Am back in my house, rebuilt after a fire two years ago. Play a little golf when invited. Had to stop driving after a stroke left me with no vision in the right side of each eye. After therapy and much practice I just got my license back.Whoopee!" "Plenty of travel in the past few years,"writes Roy Herrmann (Ontario, NY)."Rotary trips to Australia,New Zealand, and Scandinavia. Traveled to Germany to visit son Eddie '87 and wife Hannah Buxbaum '87, JD '92, a professor at Indiana U. on sabbatical at Cologne with their two daughters."

Margo and Bob Larson (Freeville, NY) sailed to Europe on the Queen Mary in November '05. "Visited daughters who live in a) London and b) Vienna.We also visited Anna Kwiaton '93 in Poland. She was my translator in the '80s, when the US was trying to move Poland off dead center. She was 17 or 18 then, and spoke perfect English. She so impressed us Larsons that we not only encouraged her to go to Cornell, but--together with Esther Schiff Bondareff '37--paid her tuition and fees. She loved Cornell, graduated in three years, received her MBA in France, and became a banking official in the new Polish government."

Peggy (610.382.9254) and Bill Dickhart (610.382.9255) are enjoying his-and-her phones and the assisted life at the Meadows at Shannondell, Audubon, PA. ["Hello, Bill. Peggy here, across the table. Put down that bleeping Sports page and bleeping talk to me!"] Sam Hunter (St. Paul, MN) mourns the death [I had written "passing"] of Ken Stofer: "I watched him throw darts to our ends. He was great!"As were you, Sam. As were we all.

The theme of this column? Barbara to Sam. I've arranged you by height. -- S.Miller Harris, PO Box 164, Spinnerstown, PA 18968; e-mail, millerharris@netcarrier.com.

44 | Travel is the favorite sport of '44ers. Gene and Nancy Claney Hoffman made their annual pilgrimage to London and Ireland, finding the trip more challenging and the sites changing. Each change in the five decades of trips has made the area "more charming." Janice Taylor Scott spent time in Mexico--San Miguel and Mexico City. "If you think the traffic is bad wherever you live, I invite you to experience it in Mexico City." She attended a grandson's graduation from the U. of New Hampshire in Durham. No traffic problems, but lots of nostalgia--the family lived there in the early '50s. Dr. Ann Bishop McKusick and husband Victor vacationed in their "old Nova Scotia farmhouse," where they had many guests and enjoyed walking on their country road. In May they were in Canada where Victor addressed the Health Sciences Convocation at McGill U.

The Milton Stolaroffs cruised on the Radisson Seven Seas Voyager to Sydney and the west coast of Australia, on to Bali,Malaysia,Manila, and Hong Kong. They had visited some of those places years ago and were amazed at the changes. They went back to Los Angeles for 12 days, then home to "paradise" (Hawaii)--free of freeways! Bill Wheeler spent the summer on Nantucket, the area of "perpetual rain," but was happy to escape the Arizona heat. He and Jo are healthy and enjoyed a trip to Sicily, remembering General Patton. They claim seven grandchildren and six great-grands.

Dr.Harmon Leonard writes that wife Joey, having recovered from a stroke, was well enough for them to plan a cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Their home is in Gold Canyon, AZ, but they spend summers in Colorado on their daughter's farm. Harmon still rides his horse. Sally and Bob Greenburg, LLB '48, toured the Canadian Rockies in September. They visit his ex-roommate Peter Tolins, MD '47, and wife Gloria (Ellison) '45 in Walnut Creek, CA, several times a year. Bob and Ed Carman play tennis regularly in Potomac, MD.

Harold, JD '49, and Ruth Cosline Rhynedance have decided to stay in their lovely mountain home (Rundell adjective--we've been there) in Fairview, NC, rather than move to a retirement community. Bud and Nancy Torlinski Rundell moved into Falcons Landing in December '96. It has been ten years of comfort, excellent food, fascinating people, and great activities. "We have two cars and haven't given up outside friends or doings." Classmates across the country write glowingly about their CCRCs. Hope Harold and Ruth will reconsider. They are wishfully interested in Art Kesten's next cruise. Shannon and Marie Buenning Cramer await news of the next cruise, too. They really enjoyed their last one.

John Lesure of Altamonte Springs, FL, says the lifestyle they enjoy is "cocooning." They admire those who travel the world, but, because of decreased mobility, they let the world come to them. AaronWaldman writes from Metuxen, NJ. A widower for ten years, he remarried in 2004. Because of health problems they stay close to home, but "look forward to the time when we both can travel."

Editor's Note: If you don't see your news in this column, just wait for the next issue. I'm hoarding for future columns. -- Nancy Torlinski Rundell, 20540 Falcons Landing Cir. #4404, Sterling, VA 20165; tel., (703) 404-9494.

45 | News reports from our class are dwindling; please keep in touch and tell us your latest. One we did receive was from Rosalind Blumenthal Schmorak (Oak Ridge, TN), who is a poet married to a retired physicist,Marcel Roman Schmorak. They attend classes at the Oak Ridge Inst. for Continued Learning, concerts, and theater. She would like to be traveling again and hopes to hear soon from her lifelong friend Doris Klein Lelchook (Newton Upper Falls, MA), whose son David Lelchook '78, sadly, was killed by a Hezbollah rocket while riding a bicycle through his kibbutz in Israel. Peter Lantos, PhD '50 (Erdenheim, PA) has been a management consultant for over 28 years and keeps trying to retire, but keeps getting questions and requests for assistance. Pete says, "As long as I have my wits about me I will try to fulfill these inquiries," but he spends a lot of time with the Speakers' Bureau of the American Chemical Society.

From Scarsdale, NY, Dr.Marvin Moser reports still being editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Hypertension and recently added to his numerous previous books on the subject. In his spare (!) time he is clinical professor of medicine at Yale. From Walter G.MacFarland III (Media, PA): "Jean and I, last July, traveled to Alaska; seven days on the Inside Passage, then seven days inland. The land trip included a nine-hour drive from Fairbanks to Coldfoot, north of the Arctic Circle. Then we returned to Fairbanks via air in an hour and a half. During the trip we took two river trips, one in a rubber raft, the other on a large sternwheeler.We are now planning a trip to Africa to view the game (not to shoot it)."

On December 7, Pearl Harbor Day, I sent e-mail messages to as many of our classmates as I could, begging for some news. I did indeed receive some, but stated that 65 years ago that day, I was attending a meeting of some freshmen with President Edmund Ezra Day when we heard the big news, and then asked the specific question, "What were you doing at the time?" That must have rung a bell, as it produced many replies. GeorgeWieber (Naples, FL) said that he was probably sitting next to me at the same meeting! So did Alice Ross McCarthy, MS '47, who entered the WAC after graduation. Alice says that, after a sad divorce from W. J.McCarthy '49, she was inspired to pay back the universities and professors who educated her so well, so started writing books and newsletters. Her book Healthy Teens is in its third printing, having sold over 40,000 copies and won four national awards. Unfortunately, her semi-annual newsletter (4-page, 4-color), which reached 10-1⁄2 million copies, will end this year, as schools have been cutting all extra expenses to meet the demands of the No Child Left Behind program.

William Glaeser (Columbus, OH) was with his roommate, Jim Conboy, LLB '52 (Fort Plain, NY) in Founders Hall listening to a New York Philharmonic concert broadcast, and when the program was interrupted with the report, they looked at each other and said, "Where is Pearl Harbor?" Bill's wife is recovering from a hip replacement, so they aren't traveling much, but do participate in a program wherein seniors meet with medical students and interchange ideas on a one-to-one basis, which benefits both. Miles Bailey (Louisville, KY) was walking down the hill from the Library and met a roommate from Stewart Avenue, who gave him the word.Miles says he has been active in Rotary Int'l for years, traveled worldwide, and enjoyed every minute.

Class co-president Tod Knowles, MBA '49 (Annapolis, MD) reports that he and wife Marion were at St.Michaels,MD, from Dec. 7-9 "to celebrate our 5th anniversary, having been wed on Dec. 7, 2001. Thus, I can't forget our anniversary! The weather was fine and we were treated to a local Christmas parade. Bill and Lib Mershon Hoffmann (another Crabtown resident) joined Marion and me for a week in the Shenandoah area, staying at Massanutten. They are great company and both were feeling fine." Tod also recalls: "On Pearl Harbor Day, I was in my dorm room on the fifth floor of Lyon Tower. One of my floor-mates was Hawaiian; he knocked on my door and upon responding, I was confronted with his face, white as a bed sheet! That's how I learned of the attack."

Edmund Cranch (Ithaca, NY) recalls, "On December 7 I was doing Engineering homework while listening to the New York Giants football game on the radio." Ed also says that Virginia and he have arrived in Bonita Springs for their four-month stay to avoid the Ithaca winter, and on December 29-30, 2006 will go to the Everblades Hockey Tournament in nearby Estero, FL, where Cornell will be playing the U. of New Hampshire. "Maxine Katz Morse will be in town and we will go with her." The question is: will Maxine root for Cornell or the U. of New Hampshire? George Rautenberg (Lexington, MA) says that he traveled a lot during his working days and is now glad to let the world come to him; for over seven years he's been a volunteer interpreter at Minuteman National Park and enjoys meeting visitors from all over the globe. He recalls eating Sunday dinner at his fraternity house when the news hit, and the next day walking by Risley with a radio in his ear, listening to FDR speaking to the Congress and the nation.

Lena Struglia (Salem, OR) recalls being home in Cortland,NY, celebrating her grandfather's birthday when the news subdued the festivities. She and her brother returned to Ithaca, Lee to Cornell, he to Ithaca College, until he was drafted and returned to finish in 1947. -- Prentice Cushing Jr., 713 Fleet Dr.,Virginia Beach,VA 23454; tel., (757) 716-2400; e-mail, Cushcu45@wmconnect.com.

46 | Last June, we gathered for our 60th Reunion and had a BALL, thanks to Mavis Gillette Sand and Bill Farrell. Each reunion seems bigger and better than the last. How do they do that? We were just as young at heart as we were in 1946, but we were a bit grayer, balder, heavier, feebler, and deafer. Otherwise we didn't change. You could still hear the youthful voices and the enthusiasm for Cornell when we sang the Alma Mater.

Cornell inaugurated her 12th President, David Skorton, on Sept. 7, 2006.Were any of you fortunate to have been there? If so, write and tell us about it. There were some good articles in the last magazine, but a personal account from you would be really great.

Recent correspondents include: Sylvia Mayer Helbert Paul (Williamsville, NY), who fell practicing for the Reunion Run and didn't make reunion.We really missed her, and our class has no medal this year.We hope she can make it for our 65th. Now she is exploring the market and learning about kayaks and one-person canoes that she can manage. She is the most energetic member of our class. She and Larry are planning a trip to Machu Picchu, Peru.We can't wait to hear that story. Priscilla Alden Clement (South Hadley, MA) sent several photos of Cornell family visitors she has had since reunion: Ann Buchholz Alden '45 and brother John '43, Tom '47 and sister Betty Alden Talpey '48, and Dick Johnson '47.

Joyce Manley Forney (Dallas, TX) has conducted a 60-year-plus round robin with Priscilla Clement, Virginia Dondero Pfundstein, Alice McKinney Luttrell, and Sara McKissock Vick. They all lived in the same dorm frosh year. Lillian von Wieding Haggart (Grand Island, NE) is apartment living since the death of her husband and her retirement.

Janet Elwin Starr (Hanover, PA) also wrote that her husband Jim '44, MS '48, is deceased and that she's retired. She volunteers in the retirement community where she lives. Janet and her sisters Muriel Elwin Zepp '47, BS '48, and Nancy Elwin Pegues '52 (Lakewood, NJ) visited Woodloch Pines in the Poconos, where they learned that the family running the resort in Hawley, PA, are sons and grandsons who attended the Cornell Hotel and Business schools.

Mavis Gillette Sand, with her brother and sister, had a family reunion near Ithaca. They toured the Ornithology Lab, Taughannock Falls, Corning Glass Museum, and the Glenn Curtis Airplane Museum. Send news to: -- Elinor Baier Kennedy, 9 Reading Dr., Apt. 302,Wernersville, PA 19565; or call (610) 927-8777.

Some promised and arrived solo. Others arrived with significant others. All contributed to 60 in '06's unanimous acclaim as '46's best reunion to date. The credit belongs to our whole class and our very helping and welcoming clerks, Theresa D'Andrea '07 and SadeMcDougal '08. But, particularly, we owe homage to super-organized Reunion Chair Mavis Gillette Sand (East Aurora, NY) and her beaming co-chair William Farrell (Johnson City).

Attending stag were epicurean Allen Boorstein (New York City; allenatamber@cs.com), budding memoirist David Day (Centennial, CO; dvdy@comcast.net), and reunion regular Robert Hubbard (Panama City, FL). Also, former puck chaser Brendan O'Hara (Glen Head, NY) and erstwhile ex-pat Gabriel Pesce, MCE '51 (Port Hueneme, CA; gvp2@cornell.edu).

Paired were Mooney barnstormer Raymond (Roxbury, CT) and Barbara Hunicke, snowbirds R. Fitz Randolph (Vero Beach, FL; fitzrnd@aol.com) and Alice Chin, and terpsichores Richard (Pittsburgh, PA) and Betty Hartman Selby '47. Also, 50th and 60th reuners Gordon (Los Alamos, NM; gspencer48@earthlink.net) and Eve Freyer Spencer '47 (let's coax them off the ten-year cycle to our 65th); song stylist Orrie Stevens, LLB '48, with wife Ann (McGloin) (Wyndmoor, PA); Cornell Annual Fund rep Richard Turner (Lakewood) and wife Autumn; and Anne and Peter Verna, MCE '48 (Charlotte, NC; pvernajr@carolina.rr.com), who are still thriving on their homegrown organic produce. [Note: Sadly, we received word that Orrie Stevens died on Aug. 28.More about our classmate and friend in the next issue.]

There were some who didn't promise, but we were elated they showed up. John Fraser, PhD '49 (Houston; jfrase@earthlink.net) said Hank Gieseler "utzed" him into coming to his first reunion. He said, "It was great seeing Dave Day, Park Metzger, and Bill Papsco again."Herbert Hawley (Geneseo, NY) and Mycology professor emeritus Richard Korf, PhD '50 (Ithaca; rpk1@cornell.edu) renewed their friendship that began with their dramatics apprenticeship as frosh at Cornell. Herb was thrilled with his warm welcome at Student Agency, where he once labored. He still works on Geneseo SUNY campaigns and was honored as one of their top three fundraisers. Dick has given up his Florida home, but not his straw boater, and will henceforth brave Ithaca's winters. He's now working on an audio version of "John Brown's Body."

Ginny and Park Metzger (Orchard Park; parkmetzger@msn.com) had a ball.He was thrilled to see fellow crewmembers and Dave Day. Since reunion, they've been prepping for winter in Buffalo's snowiest area. Barbara and Richard Shineman (Oswego, NY; rshineman@compuserve.com) found reunion "very rewarding."Dick was looking forward to renewing his friendships with David Day and Dick Turner. As he was registering a friendly voice called out, "Hi, I'm David." Dick took the extended hand and marveled, "You're looking so young."He met Dave Day later; the check-in encounter was with new Cornell President David Skorton.

TO PUBLISH YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS, e-mail it to me. Include your name and city and state of residence. Send news to: -- Paul Levine, 31 Chicory Lane, San Carlos, CA 94070; tel., (650) 592-5273; e-mail, PBL22@cornell.edu. Class website, http://classof46.alumni.cornell.edu.

47 | Early spring! I hope you are having crocuses, returning birds, and blue skies. Our reunion committee is planning away with able help from Cornell staff, and you are surely getting mail. I have seen your responses and am pleased about those planning to attend, a little worried about those not sure, and really sorry about those who said no.

Last November, Dean Harry Katz of the ILR school hosted a special event at the Cornell Club in New York City honoring Jerry '49, MBA '50, and Enid Levine Alpern and celebrating the legacy of Jerry's brother, Daniel '46. In 1946 Daniel, who had taken leave from the College of Engineering to serve in the Navy, wrote to the university asking to transfer to Cornell's brand new school of ILR, and one month later was killed in the line of duty. Later that year, Daniel and Jerry's parents established ILR's first scholarship fund in memory of Daniel. A year later, they established the Daniel Alpern Prize, ILR's first prize for scholarship and leadership, and still its most prestigious senior award. The event at the Cornell Club celebrated the Alperns' continuing generosity that has provided 390 scholarships and 129 prizes awarded to outstanding ILR students during the past 60 years. Jerry has always been a good friend of our class in company with Enid, and we certainly extend congratulations for the honor, and sympathies for the loss of Daniel.

A nice Christmas card from Betty Miller Francis tells of much traveling, seemingly everywhere. At the beginning of last year, she was on a cruise around South America, spending New Year's Eve in Buenos Aires! In May she was in the Bahamas; in June it was Scotland, with visits to London and Ireland; and this past December it was Fiji, Australia, and New Zealand. It all sounds wonderful. I am hoping and planning on you coming to reunion, Betty. Another nice letter was from Margi Schiavone Berens's daughter Mary Berens '74, Director of the Office of Alumni Affairs at Cornell, informing me of the selection of classmate BarlowWare as a winner of this year's Frank H. T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service award. Another honor! I know we all extend congratulations.We can been pleased with our class; class treasurer Margaret Newell Mitchell was an early recipient of this award, honored in the third year of its existence--1997--for her extraordinary service to Cornell.

James Del Signore sent in a News Form containing no news, but since he lives on Taughannock Blvd. in Ithaca, I hope we'll see him at reunion. Elmer, DVM '47, and Ruth Jones Robinson, DVM '47, both graduates of our Vet college, report that they summer in Saratoga Springs and spend winters in Nokomus, FL (which is near Venice), after having been in the Keys for 20 years. They walk and play racquetball, but not as much sailing and running as before. Elmer visited the Amazon in Brazil in 2005 and both were in Scotland in 2006. They exclaim that they plan to be at reunion "no matter what!" Great! See you!

The registration package for reunion should arrive in March. I hope as many of you as possible will come. All of us want to see all of us! -- Arlie Williamson Anderson, 238 Dorchester Rd., Rochester, NY 14610; tel., (585) 288-3752; e-mail, arlie47@aol.com.

48 | Martha ClarkMapes, MS '49, Freeville, NY: "Suggestion for 60th reunion 'class outfit': a white cardigan sweater with pockets and red trim, packable for travelers and wearable year-round in the best of social circles." (Ed. Note: Good idea! Let's not get any cheap hats or silly unwieldy outfits that you wouldn't be seen wearing in public other than "on-the-Hill." Skeeter, do you agree?) (Money is no object!)

Sorry to hear that Irving "Holk"Holcomb passed away in Amherst, MA, in December, a faithful '48 duespayer and news sender to the end.He parachuted behind German lines in the Battle of the Bulge on a volunteer mission to scout enemy deployments; he adopted our class instead of '46, when he was originally to graduate; and he did everything at Cornell: golf, hockey, all the honor societies, and the committee on student conduct on examinations.

John G. and Merilyn Baron Woods, Philadelphia, PA: "Visited grandchildren at Cornell on Homecoming weekend last October 13-14. Mike Woods Lis is '08 Engineering, and Rebecca Woods Lis is '09 A&S." John is a director emeritus of the College of Engineering Alumni Association and attended their meeting. Bill Copeland, Hamilton, OH: "Visited Duck Island in the North Carolina Outer Banks with children and grandchildren last July. Fondest memory is the many Cornellians I love! Meanwhile, one day at a time." Cornelia Ferrell Goodwin, College Park, MD: "Getting around with a cane. Fondest Cornell memory was in Home Ec.Most recent activity is attending church.Would rather be driving."

Dianne Shapiro Gasworth, Palm Beach, FL: "Retired judge--second of four generations. Dad was a judge and three children and two grandchildren are lawyers. Keep active with bridge, tennis, and trying to keep up with bookkeeping.Visited Budapest and Prague.Would rather be returning to Cornell as a student in ILR in their new buildings (original buildings were Quonset huts, or similar). Plans are to enjoy life and maybe see a fifth-generation attorney.World's most pressing problem today is hatred-- toward each other."

Marjorie Wright Mueller, Clermont, FL: "I lead a water exercise group in our park's pool, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Play bridge three times a week. Fondest memory is meeting and marrying my wonderful husband at Cornell in 1948. Sadly, he died 14 days before I wrote this (ruptured aortic aneurysm). He lived a good life. The children and grandchildren all came from Texas, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Tallahassee. They were loving, comforting, and helpful. I miss him a lot, but they were wonderful."

Gerald Sallus, Albany, NY: "I'm a part-time attorney. I chair the Brandeis U.Men's Club, and am on the boards of Culver Marina and the League of Women Voters' Education Fund. Fondest Cornell memory was graduating. Visited Yosemite with daughter and grandson; all was perfect except it was harder climbing Vernal Falls. Spent two weeks in Hawaii with son and family while attending ABA conference and visiting friends. I was Judge Pro Tem at traffic court. It wasn't much fun, but I had more fun than the people who appeared before me.World's problem is war and lack of empathy and action for the most unfortunate. Solution is to 'do something.'"

Arthur Bernstein,White Plains, NY: "Two great-grandchildren. I'm a consultant. Fondest memory at Cornell was meeting my future wife, Helene (Fehrer) '47. Harriet Morel Oxman, Sarasota, FL: "Still traveling.Visited Bhutan looking for James Hilton's Shangri-la. Have renewed my passport for another ten years. Lots more places to visit.Will keep you all posted."Marilyn King Dawson, Asheville, NC: "I moved across town to 38 Sheffield Circle."Al Eisenberg,Hypoluxo, FL: "I'm taking continuing education courses at Hofstra U. when up North, and at Palm Beach Community College in winter. Still play tennis, fish, and golf, and broadcast with my ham radio gear. Fondest Cornell memory: sailing on Lake Cayuga, summer of '47. Toured Italy last summer. Attended reunion of my WWII ship, the USS Huntington, in Savannah, GA.Will be getting a replacement hip soon--too much tennis.My wife of 53 years, Arlyne, passed away in July '05.

Harold Raynolds Jr., MA '53,Woodstock, VT: "Activities are reading, politics, gardening, and travel, day and night. Fondest memory is 'Jennie McGraw Rag' echoing from the bell tower. Traveled to Berlin and Dresden, chasing opera. Family events are constant, including 50th anniversary of the construction of our Vermont home. There is much joy in the constant search for opera.Would like to hear that the US Congress is facing its responsibilities.World's problem is chaos in the Middle East and growing disparity of income in the US and in the world. Solution is a regime change in the US. Recently discovered a Nobel Prize author, Portuguese-born José Saramago and his novels.Meaning of life is 'enjoying what is!'" (Ed. Note: Harold's writing is very legible.) -- Bob Persons, 102 Reid Ave., Port Washington, NY 11050; phone and fax, (516) 767-1776.

49 | Milton "Bill" Herzog (Columbus, NJ) writes: "The family keeps getting educated. Son Steve '74, PhD '81, just got his master's in taxation. 'Professor Don' '78 keeps writing books on political theory. Now, Carol (Felder) '51 and I have our first granddaughter, Emma '10, starting Cornell as of fall '06. Her parents met on the Hill, just as we, her grandparents, did. Time will tell . . ."You can reach Bill and Carol at bherzog@net-gate.com.Volunteer pediatrician Lois Johnson Hamerman (Philadelphia, PA) continues with research on brain damage in newborn infants. She also set up a nonprofit, Pennsylvania Center for Kernicterus (per Google: a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice). Lois and husband Conrad '53 remember the beautiful campus, excellent teachers, and friends from Cornell.

Eighty-seven years old and "beating the odds" is Rev. Franklyn Cism, MS '50, of Harpursville, NY. "Retired from teaching chemistry, physics, earth science, and general science for 32 years in Harpursville Central Schools.Was on the school board for 20 years, as well as the Town of Colesville and Broome County planning boards and the Broome County Environmental Management Council.Was also a member of the American Legion Post 1596. Recently, I've been watching the corn grow and cars pass by. Have developed peripheral neuropathy and am now mostly home-confined.Would prefer to be walking without assistance. I remember my life from 1946-50 with my family, wife Gilberta (Stevens) '45, daughter Reita, and son Lyn at Vetsburg, then Tower Road."

Three singers sent in news last summer. Alan Jamison of Trumansburg, NY, remembers Cornell NROTC, Glee Club tours, Big Bands, and a train trip to Wells College with some Navy buddies for dinner, a play, and a dance. Alan is still singing bass with the Trumansburg United Methodist Church choir, and keeps busy reading, watching TV, and maintaining two homes with wife Mary. "Enjoying our second home (boating, etc.) on Cayuga Lake across from the Village of Aurora. Life is perfect outside of doctors' interventions. I feel lucky to be the oldest of seven siblings still surviving." Leonard Abraham of Belchertown, MA, is retired and keeping the house going--weekly food shopping and clean-up and repairs. "I've been singing in the church choir and doing some barbershop quartet work. Still active in the 'dog fancy,' especially dog shows. I remember my time at the SAE fraternity and doing high-jumps at track meets." Reach Leonard at LGAKMS@cs.com.

A long note came from a third singer, Peter Demnitz of Morristown, NJ, who has been retired since January 1998. "I've sung bass in the Morris Choral Society for over 25 years, looking for a 'special someone' with whom to sing a duet.Was reintroduced to a lady whom I first met in fourth grade on Staten Island, who now resides on Long Island. She's active as a master gardener with the Nassau County Cornell Extension Service. Hoping to make her an honorary member of our class before the 2009 reunion. What's the initiation fee? From Cornell I remember my active involvement with the newly formed I.C. (Independent Council) for us non-fraternity/sorority types. Other memories are too numerous to count!" Pete would like to hear from "Tail Gunner" Joe Apicella from the original gang at 516 University Ave., and Al Dendo, too. "Please also remember me to Dick Keegan, who had something to do with me being on the Class Council, for which, at long last, I'm willing to do some work! Also, farmer Dave Hardie, who, with his lovely spouse, kept me from having too close a relationship with John Barleycorn. Seems like Ole Man Liver has withstood the rigors of time quite nicely, thank you. Best to all!"Class of '49, c/o Cornell Alumni Magazine, 401 East State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850. -- Dick Keegan, 100 Ashlar Village,Wallingford, CT 06492; e-mail, rjk27@cornell.edu.