60 | Shortly after the previous column went in, John Siegfried wrote with more information on the August reunion of the Ithaca High School Class of 1956, specifically about the "class within a class," those who went on to graduate from Cornell in 1960. John reports that all the "townies,"which group now includes several who have migrated back to Ithaca in recent years, agreed that they would try their best to attend the 50th Reunion of our class in 2010. The reuning group included, along with those mentioned previously, Dave Auble, MBA '62, of Ithaca,Merrill Burr Hille of Seattle,WA, Albert Cappucci, MBA '61, of Ithaca, Jim Carter, MST '65, of Pine City, Carl Crispell,MAT '66, of Ithaca, Dan Dorf of Orlando, FL, Carol Sue Epstein Hai of Rochester, Bob Flannery, MBA '63, of Traverse City, MI, Julie Gentle Jackson of Ithaca, Leonard Johnson of North Falmouth, MA, Hugh Lacy, MCE '63, of New York, Neil MacDougal of Glenwood Springs, CO, Pat Mahool Thayer of Ithaca, Ted Quirk of Las Vegas, Roy Park, MBA '63, of Ithaca, Renee Sack of Woburn, MA, John Stratakos of San Jose, CA, and Herb Warren, JD '62, of Prospect, KY.

John Siegfried is a retired corporate attorney living in Cleveland, OH.When queried about news, he says, "What with six children and 11 grandchildren scattered across the US, my wife Susan and I have very little time to do much other than keep up with our family." Also busy with family is Janice Petro Billings of Corona Del Mar, CA, who has six children and 13 grandchildren and says she "loves spending lots of time with them." A retired school superintendent, Janice also manages to find time to teach at Pepperdine U. and serve as a consultant with the Association of California School Administrators. She and husband Ross have been doing extensive genealogical research and ended up buying some ancestral land on Billings Lake in North Stonington, CT.

Inspired perhaps by the bonhomie of the Ithaca High School reunion, Leonard and Patty Johnson played host on Cape Cod during the fall to a weekend group of classmates who were headed for the Cornell-Brown football game in Providence. On hand for the festivities were Jon and Jane Emerson of Farmington, CT, Pete and Judy Leadley of Rangeley, ME, Ron and Betty Roach of Rocky Hill, NJ, Jack and Grace Gallaway of St. Petersburg, FL, Ray and Marilyn Perry of Newport, and Frank Earl, who came up from Slidell, LA, where, says Leonard, "he has been putting his house back together after Katrina." Leonard's brother Keith '56 and Ned Nolan '53 also joined the group. As far as the game was concerned, "the weather in Providence was sunny and warm, and the band was terrific--more than I can say about the football team!" The group was consoled, however, by a dinner hosted by Ray at a yacht club in Newport.

En route back to Hartsdale from a reunion at Evanston High School, Barbara Cyrus Martin paid a visit to Bob '57, MBA '59, and Liz Chapman Staley at their farm in Loami, IL, where they raise buffalo, llamas, and donkeys. Barbara noted that Liz can be seen driving a tractor around the farm when feeding the herds. The property, which had belonged to Bob's aunt for many years, has been extensively remodeled. Two barns and a pond have been added, and the Staleys are now building an indoor arena for small ponies and carts, which will amuse their nine grandchildren. The four Staley daughters and their families are widely dispersed, living in San Francisco, Seattle, Pennsylvania, and England.

Paul Becker spent three years commuting from his home in Bloomington, IN, to his teaching position at the U. of Tennessee, Knoxville until he retired in spring 2006; Paul points out that it was his third (and presumably last) retirement. Three of Paul's four children now live in Los Angeles. Kevin '89 is a research manager in polymer engineering, Randy has moved on from acting to producing scripts for movies and television, and Tineka is a casting director.His oldest child, Lisa, is the director and head curator at the U. of Colorado Art Museum in Boulder.

Also on the U. of Colorado campus these days is Mel Hirshowitz's older daughter Lauren, now a junior.Mel's younger daughter Emily graduated last June from the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry. Bill Ballou writes from Williamsburg, VA, "I'm still waking on the right side of the grass, consulting, and teaching skiing part time." Bob Aldinger of Aiea, HI, says, "I'm continuing to enjoy retirement. Hawaii proves to be very hospitable, with much to do."

During his term as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Bill Henry of Sequim,WA, was named one of the top newsmakers of 2005 in the global engineering construction industry by Engineering News-Record. Bill began an initiative to reduce global corruption in construction, and traveled with his wife Joan (Kather) '64 to Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe, as well as throughout North America, meeting with engineering leaders to gain their support. Now retired on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington, Bill and Joan say they are "enjoying the outdoors in the Northwest," though it should be noted that his note arrived before the recent recordbreaking precipitation in the region in December.

Jay Harris sent along a letter expressing great sadness about the death of George Farley, his teammate on the Cornell basketball team for four years. "I know that our classmates and teammates during that period, Dave Zornow, FredWynne, and John Furlong, join me in expressing our respect, admiration, and fond memories of George. We had a fine team our senior year and went into the last weekend against Penn and Princeton with the possibility of a tie for first place in the Ivy League. Unfortunately, we lost both games, but in one of them, against Princeton, George had a magnificent night and scored 47 points, setting an Ivy League and Cornell record. He was named to the All-Ivy first team that year. He will be greatly missed." Send news to: -- Judy BryantWittenberg, 146 Allerton Rd., Newton, MA 02461; e-mail, jw275@cornell.edu.

61 | Class President Marshall Frank and wife Rosanna (Romanelli) attended the Cornell-Columbia football game with a huge crowd of Cornell alumni. Other '61ers cheering on the Big Red were Ed Goldman, Frank Cuzzi, MBA '64, Elke and Peter Greenberg, Len and Janet Blank Horowitz '63, and Dick '58 and Lynn Rothenberg Kay. President David Skorton led the way as hundreds of alumni marched behind the Big Red Band from St. Patrick's Cathedral to the Cornell Club. A "Taste of New York" buffet was a welcome treat, and Marshall and Rosanna were joined by their daughter Erica '03 (and two of her sorority sisters), Bobbie Horowitz, and Dee Palmer Kaplan, M Ed '62.

Memories of Cornell. Arthur Tasker of NYC wrote to remind me of Freshman Camp and the meeting of his folks and my folks in the Straight. The McCullys were considering buying a future restaurant site in East Marion, NY, almost in the Taskers' backyard. Dorothy Ann Meigs Ghent of Melbourne, Australia, is a sacristan (a worker in a sacristy). She performs this function in the Melbourne RC Cathedral. She would like to hear from Phoebe Mason.

Charles McChesney of Mars, PA, retired and is enjoying his grandchildren and church activities. He would like to hear from Joe Carroll, ME '68, Bob Levy, and Lloyd Goettler. Bobbie Horowitz, another candidate for a "100-hour day," is a writer, performer, and producer in NYC. Bobbie has a musical in the works, is currently producing The Betrayal of Norma Blake for a New York run, and is marketing her youngsters' adventure story, The Adventures of Harrold and Marrold. Bobbie says, "I hear from Lynda Psachie Loberg and Frannie Olman Hardaway '62, but where is Billy Kretschmer?" Joseph Santamaria of Houston, TX, is a practicing architect. He fondly remembers the chimes playing the "Evening Song" and would like to get in touch with Bruce Herbert.Miriam Adam Swanson of Kihei, HI, fills her retirement with gardening, kayaking, golfing, beaching, and entertaining visitors.Miriam would enjoy hearing from old Cornell friend John Funsch, MBA '59.

Ruth Virginia Elcan of Pelham, MA, recently toured China with three friends. Extracurricular activities include serving on the board of an arts and crafts center, painting, and gardening. Three friends Ruth would like to contact are Susan Wainger, Terry Tondro, and Judy Stein Goldstein. Adelle Case Picking and husband Skip, MBA '62, of Johnstown, PA, treated grandson Jake Picking, age 15, to a golfing trip to Scotland and sightseeing in London. Adelle mentions Prue Prescott Robertson as a Cornell friend she would like to hear from. Personally, I would like to hear from Larry Bortles's wife Rose.We met at reunion and enjoyed each other's company. Bill Magee of Cazenovia, NY, is the chair of the agriculture committee of the New York State Assembly. In response to whom he would like to hear from, Bill said, "Anyone that remembers me." That covers a lot of ground!

Stephan Minikes, US Ambassador, Retired, lives in McLean,VA, and does consulting for foreign countries and businesses doing business in the US, as well as US businesses doing business globally. He also lectures in the US and overseas on US foreign policy to interested businesses and university audiences. Robert Sussna of Stockton, NJ, an architect and artist, traveled to Italy drawing and painting along the way. The one thing Robert remembers from his time at Cornell was meeting his wife Debby (Beilin) '63. That's so nice.May Lee Ling of Hingham, MA, is a staff nurse at Brodeton Hospital. In August she participated in the PMC 192-mile bike ride for cancer research. Diane Thomas Staab of Memphis, TN, is General Counsel, Asia for International Paper. Diane is planning to move to a newly constructed retirement home in Old Greenwich, CT, when she completes her current Shanghai assignment.

Garrett Codrington of Chester, NJ, another romantic, tells us that the thing he most fondly remembers at Cornell was "meeting my wife Kerstin (Westman), SP '59- 60, and courting her in every beautiful spot on and off campus." Lovely, just lovely. On a trip to New England the Codringtons had a reunion with Gene Shea and Chris Thurlby, JD '69. "Life is good, no changes needed," says Gary. Susan Joyner Hine writes from Shelter Island Heights, NY, that she attended the Jane Austen Society of North America meeting in Tucson. Susan is also involved in a lecture series on foreign policy in NYC and does referrals for summer camps.

Arthur Kroll, chairman and CEO of KST Consulting Group of Hartsdale, NY, spends most of his time doing research to find a cure for leukemia. Arthur and his wife Lois enjoyed a trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. "Next to rice, US tourism is the number one business in Vietnam." Marifrances Tomlinson Hiltz says hello from Franklin, TN. Robert Stamper of Berkeley, CA, is a professor and the Michal Vilensky Chair of Ophthalmology at UC San Francisco. Michael Hirsch, a recently retired orthopedic surgeon will soon be leaving his home in Oxnard, CA. As soon as he and wife Maureen have their boat outfitted, they will enjoy a six-month Mexico cruise.

Please keep sending updates on your many activities. Your news makes our column interesting. -- JoannaMcCully, joannacelticlady@aol.com; Doug Fuss, dougout@attglobal. net. Class website, http:/www.cornell61.org.

62 | When you've finished reading this magazine, log on to our class website at http://classof62.alumni.cornell.edu/ for the latest in reunion news, including a list of classmates who've indicated they'll be there. Alan Flaherty (af95@cornell.edu), our new webmaster, seeks additional words and photos for the class website as we approach our 45th Reunion. Do you want to contribute to the Grandchild Gallery or the Travel Gallery? Click on the Send Pictures or Info button on the website for details. Classmates are doing such a variety of activities and have such diverse memories of time on the Hill that you'll just have to be at reunion in Ithaca, June 7-10 to hear about it all!

Cornell recollections from Nancy TerrellWeight (weightn@comcast.net) include the January walk back to the dorm after swimming,"with boots crunching on the ice and hair turning into icicles." Not to be repeated when you're there for June reunion! Nancy's with Chicago Title in Denver, where she enjoys Rocky Mountain hiking and "all activities that come with managing, traveling, and adventuring with my children and five grandchildren (four boys 5 to 10, and a very girlie girl, 3)." One of the highlights of John Curtis, BCE '64, MS '65's last year was traveling with Cornell alumni through the Panama Canal. "It was a lifetime journey for us and we met many wonderful folks along the way.We are quite pleased to receive guests and visitors at our new home in the Dallas area (on Lake Ray Hubbard), though it may be a while before we actually become Texans.We will be more of the ‘like, whatever' California variety and not the ‘y'all come' Texas types, at least until we get some of that black mud on our boots." John (Johncurtis6111@aol.com) has retired as director of parks and public works for the town of Los Gatos, CA, where he was also past president of the Morning Rotary Club.

Boating, biking, and skiing are primary retirement activities for Mary Ann and William Rustay of Amherst, NY (mabrustay@msn.com).William does occasional consulting for his former employer. "Veterinary Relief Service" reads the card of Albert J.Haberle, DVM '64 (ajh55@cornell.edu).When not filling in for other vets in the Westport, NY, area, he and Bonnie (Woodard) '66 enjoy hiking the High Peaks, canoeing, and sailing. They have restored an 1833 house on Lake Champlain. Albert's already planning a '60s party for the classes of 1960-68 in the fall of 2012 at the Delt house, "for all who are still alive or think they are alive." In the meantime, guys, plan on June 2007!

Kent, CT, is home to Susan and Bob Frishman (gsp01@attglobal.net), who are building a home in Sandestin, FL. Bob is president of Greenwich Search Partners, an executive placement agency in the computer industry. The Frishmans enjoy skiing, water sports, travel, and Lions Club activities. The Statler football training table is Robert Ritz's favorite Cornell memory. Retired, he enjoys golf, travel, fitness, and grandchildren. Robert and Dorothy live in Sugarloaf, PA. You'll find Frederick Claus (alphaguy@bellsouth. net) in Louisville, KY, where he's a "preacher"--he received his Doctor of Divinity degree.

"The belly dancing in the Bay Area is fantastic!" enthuses San Franciscan Jennifer Shaw (shaw000@earthlink.net), who lists her activities as dancing and yoga. Volunteering with Court Appointed Special Advocates of Ventura County, CA, keeps Marianne Mattucci Escaron (mvescaron@att.net) busy when she's not docenting at the renovated Getty Villa in Malibu. She's currently learning to write grants.Marianne's grandson lives in Madison, WI. She cited the beauty of Ithaca and excellence of French classes as favorite memories.Wayne Olson (wolson5428@aol.com) has written and edited technical texts from 1987 to 2003 and has authored about 30 scientific articles in the past 44 years.He's consulting with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical houses that specialize in proteins and peptides.He is also writing chapters for two new books. One of those is a murder mystery, for which he can be found "searching for material at the (Kankakee, IL) Salvation Army."

Singing with the Waiters is among DonaldMorgan, MD '72's fondest Cornell memories.He's hoping to hear from former Waiters. Don (neuzamorgan@aol.com) found great skiing at Snowbasin, UT, just before heading to Rio to join wife Neuza there for the winter.When home in Delaware, he enjoys bicycling, reading, listening to music, and socializing with friends. Their older daughter travels to Brazil on Sony business, and their younger daughter is to be married this spring. In New York City, Susan Ribner, MA '65 (SRibner@aol.com) teaches creative non-fiction and freshman composition at Hunter College, as well as a memoir class for seniors. She's enjoyed leading writing workshops at the Prague Summer Program. After returning from Prague last summer, Susan spent a month at a writing residency at Anderson Center in Red Wing, MN. Also in New York, Brenda Barnett Solomon (bbsolomon@aol.com) is a real estate broker with Daniel Gale Sotheby's. She and Charles sold their Roslyn Harbor home to move to Park Avenue, whence they enjoy opera, concerts, the Metropolitan Museum, and Central Park.

It's not too late to volunteer to help with reunion. Of course you'll be there, so get involved! Just call Ruth Zimmerman Bleyler at (603) 795-9912 or e-mail her at rzb3@cornell.edu. -- Jan McClayton Crites, 9420 NE 17th St., Clyde Hill,WA 98004; e-mail, jmc50@cornell.edu.

63 | It's hard to believe that our 45th Reunion is only a little more than a year away. Plan on attending in June 2008. You'll hear more as the year progresses.

Frank and Barbara Peterson divide their time between La Quinta, CA, and Tigard, OR. Frank is emeritus professor of geology at the U. of Hawaii. He and Barbara like to golf, hike, and participate in geologic activities. His fond memory of life at Cornell was tray-sliding down Libe Slope. He would like to hear from Bill Goodall. Elenita Eckberg Brodie had a busy 2006. She went to Belize on a dive trip last May. Then, in the summer, she went to Moscow and boarded the Trans-Siberian Railroad, taking it to Ulaan Bator,Mongolia, with stops in Krasnoyarsk and the Lake Baikal area. In Mongolia she stayed in the gehr (yurt) camp and did some horseback riding. After that she spent a few days in Beijing. She visited Vicki Fielding Maxant in Massachusetts, and they had a chance to take a whale-watching cruise out of Boston Harbor.

Paul and Judy BrantonWilkins still live in Penn Valley, CA, and Judy still teaches piano and has recitals. They are enjoying new adult relationships with their children. Son Brian (USC '95) is a manager of talent in the film/TV industry and has started his own firm. Cathy (UCLA '04) is going to Cal State Northridge for a master's in special education.We had a nice three-day visit here in Tucson from Neil, MD '69, and Edie Osborne Kochenour. Neil retired last July. He and Edie spent two weeks in New Zealand in early September. Neil then went fly-fishing in British Columbia. Edie, also retired, is helping people record their oral histories. She works with a professor at the U. of Utah who is a folklorist. She is also active on a university women's commission. Neil and Edie bought a home in Academy Village on the southeast side of Tucson and were hoping to settle in by the fall.We are looking forward to having them here.

Alexis Sommers is coordinator of graduate programs in industrial engineering at the U. of New Haven, CT. He is lead professor in the new forensic engineering program in the Dept. of Forensic Science. He has research interests in metal failure and casting fracture, which is part of the field of forensic science. Alexis also plays doubles in tennis and says he has a high handicap in golf.He is a member of Guilford, CT's Pension Committee and unsuccessfully ran for town treasurer.Wayland, MA, is the home of Donald and Dee Clark Gould. Donald is retired but is running a small nonprofit company, the Karelian Scholarship Fund, which raises money in the US to fund university education for Russian students in Russia. His hobbies are watching sports, birding, studying Russian, and traveling. Lewis and Carol Childs live in Rochester, NY. Lewis finished work last year on a new Buffalo life sciences research facility.He is now a freelance consultant architect. Other projects that Lewis has been doing include residential, food industry, and Monroe Community College rehab. Their daughter and 10-month-old grandson live with them and keep them busy. Lewis is looking forward to backing off on his practice, moving to a better climate, and working on some sculptures.

Linda BermanWaldrum is a tax examiner in Ogden, UT. Vivian Grilli DeSanto wrote this fall that Stephanie Tress Depue and her friend Gene Murphy came to Wilmington, NC, to attend the DeSantos' Italian Festa to celebrate their daughter's 40th birthday in July. Stephanie and Gene live nearby. In October, Russell and Paula Trested Laholt-Oeste came for a few fun days. Carolyn Handler Miller writes from Los Angeles that she is a lecturer at the U. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, a freelance writer for digital media books, and a consultant on media content. She is also extremely active in committee work for the Writers Guild of America, the union that represents writers of television, feature films, and digital media. She has published a book, Digital Storytelling: A Creator's Guide to Interactive Entertainment (Focal Press). Ron King (formerly Allen A. King) and his wife Gerri live in Concord, NH. Ron is self-employed as president of the Natural Playgrounds Co. (www.naturalplaygrounds.com). He designs natural playgrounds all over the country and is very happy doing that. Ron and Gerry are involved in politics and like traveling, hiking, and chocolate!

Cornell's Adult University reported the attendance of the following '63ers: Bob Bouton in Science; Alexandra Shapiro Garrison, PhD '71, in Senses; Diane Flora Gutterman in Fields and Forests; Vicky Fielding Maxant in Wines; Barbara Keebaugh Poresky, MS '70, in Underground Ithaca; and Charles Skinner in Adult Sailing/Rowing. That's all for now. -- Nancy Bierds Icke, 12350 E. Roger Rd., Tucson, AZ 85749 e-mail, icke63@msn.com.

64 | It's early spring of '07, which means we're past the halfway mark to our next reunion. And according to an e-mail I received from TedWeinreich, if you wish to support our class and its projects with donations spread over multiple years, 2007 is the year when it's legal to begin making those donations.Meantime, let's catch up with some news.

Last November 11,Veteran's Day, there was a big Cornell celebration in NYC following the Cornell-Columbia football game. BruceWagner, who lives in Middletown, NJ, was there and filed this report: "The Big Red Marching Band--seemingly all 200 of them--arrived in midtown and marched down 5th Avenue from St. Patrick's Cathedral (50th St.) to the Cornell Club-New York (44th St.). Hundreds of Cornell alumni and friends, outfitted with red kazoos and march stickers, marched and sang with the band. After the parade, the band played our favorite Cornell songs in front of the Cornell Club, followed by a Taste of New York buffet at the club."Other classmates there included Toby Kleban Levine (with husband Andy), Carolyn Chauncey Neuman (with husband John '62), Nancy Taylor Butler (with Ed '63 and their daughter Katie '96, MBA '04),Marcia Goldschlager Epstein, Jason Gettinger, and Nancy Alfred Persily.

Cornell offers a Summer College Program to promising high school students who have completed their sophomore, junior, or senior years and have what it takes to undertake college-level work. This past summer, Brian Wruble's daughter Henrietta was one of those attendees. Brian and wife Kathleen live in New York City. Last October, JoanMessing Graff was named a recipient of the 2006 Loren Miller Legal Services Award, the California State Bar Association's highest honor given annually to a lawyer who has demonstrated a long-term commitment to legal services and performed significant work in extending legal services to the poor and indigent.

Joan is the third lawyer in her family and has devoted her 39-year career to resolving employment issues that beset the working poor. In 1981, she became the first woman to lead the 90-year-old Legal Aid Society of San Francisco-Employment Law Center, which provides direct legal services to the working poor, and has been its executive director ever since. The Center had just four lawyers and a four-member support staff when she took it over, and over the past quarter century, Joan has built it into a large (13 lawyers, 17 staff members, and hundreds of volunteers and student interns) and important force in the San Francisco legal community, including free legal clinics in San Francisco, San Jose, and Berkeley. Over this time period, the Center's work has expanded from general legal aid to a wider focus on employment law assistance for the working poor, covering issues that include wage and hour violations, unemployment compensation, family and medical leave, public school access for disabled students, and discrimination based on disability, parenthood, and sexual orientation. The chair of the LAS-ELC board wrote, "As a result of her leadership, the society has improved the lives and economic self-sufficiency of hundreds of thousands of working poor individuals and families, and achieved positive changes for low-wage workers on a systemic level." After Columbia Law School graduation in '67, Joan began her law career with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, DC, before moving to San Francisco in 1970.

Sonia Kosow Guterman, MS '67, still works as a patent attorney in South Boston and says she has no thought of retiring, "as I am enjoying getting people patents and also training associates." Sonia recently convened a Boston Bar Association continuing education program on biotech licensing, and co-chaired the association's Life Sciences subsection of the Intellectual Property Committee. She displays her love of music by playing violin ("at the back of the seconds!") with the Wellesley Symphony. Sonia has two grown daughters. She recently attended a benefit at Tufts U. for a scholarship named in honor of her late husband Martin, PhD '68, at which Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Yehudi Wyner performed and Sonia saw Wyner's wife, Susan (Davenny) '65. Sonia also enjoys "gardening up a storm," and has converted her house in Belmont, MA, into an arboretum with lilacs, ferns, orchids, and native lady slippers.

That's all for now. Once again, I could really use some news, especially from classmates who haven't been in this column in some time. Look for your annual class mailing scheduled to arrive shortly. You can also visit our class website, which has, in addition to class news, a link to a site for you to use to e-mail your news to me: http://classof64. alumni.cornell.edu. -- Bev Johns Lamont, 720 Chestnut St., Deerfield, IL 60015; e-mail, blamont@tribune.com.

65 | Your annual News and Dues class mailing will be arriving soon.We've reached a point in our lives where lots of things are going on with us and with our children and grandchildren.We can't pass this good information on to your classmates without hearing from you, so make sure to fill out the News Form and send it in, or write to your correspondents directly at the addresses below.

Now for this issue's news. As usual, a number of our classmates participated in CAU on-campus programs last summer. Carol Greenwald Bender took a class in Digital Photography led by Marilyn Rivchin Kawin, MFA '91. Former reunion chair, and recently honored by Cornell for her alumni activities, Penny Skitol Haitkin and her husband Jeff each took two classes. Early in the summer Penny took Neal Zaslaw's Mozart: Music, Life and Times, while Jeff learned about great films in Jonathan Kirshner's Master and Commanders: Great Hollywood Film Makers and their Films. They closed the summer program by participating in Glenn Altschuler, PhD '76, and Joel Sibley's class on the Senate. Other classmates participating were Bruce Maston, who took the Roman Epoch and Ours led by Barry Strauss, and Francine Grace Plaza, who learned about Bookbinding and Book Conservation from Michele Brown.

I'd like to thank co-president Barry Cutler for the next item. Classmate David Oshinsky, MILR '68, was awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in history for his book Polio: An American Story. And thanks to Google I was able to learn a great deal about David since he left Ithaca. Presently, he is the Jack S. Blanton Chair in History at the U. of Texas, Austin. David received his PhD from Brandeis and spent over 25 years at Rutgers U., where he was the Board of Governors Professor of History and received a number of honors. In 1987 he won the university's Distinguished Teaching Award. Previous literary awards include the 1996 Robert Kennedy Book Award and the American Bar Association Scribes Award for his book Worse than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice. Dave also is a regular contributor to the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Tim Richards has a lot of news to pass along. He is presently a "92 percent" owner of Orchard Hills Athletic Club, a 75,000-sq.-ft. indoor/outdoor multi-purpose athletic club located 75 minutes northwest of downtown Boston. In January 2006, Tim was surprised by being awarded the first-ever President's Medal for his service to the community. It is the highest award given by Fitchburg State U., Lowell. Then four months later he was honored with the Service Beyond Self award from Mt.Wachusett Community College. Tim was recognized primarily for starting the first Boys & Girls Club in the region. According to Tim, the club has been successful beyond his wildest expectations, and he has received strong support from the leaders in the communities being served by the club. He and wife Sheila recently moved into a condo overlooking a lake. Tim continues to keep in touch with Jeff Parker, MBA '70, his former roommate at Cornell. For the past 30 years they have been getting together for lunch about every other month. The best way to contact Tim is to call in at Orchard Hills Athletic Club, (978) 534-5957.

Passing along news from Ithaca is Peggy Haine. Peggy retired from the university in 2004 and is now a realtor. In her new occupation, Peggy reports that there are some beautiful high-end condos being built in Ithaca--"perfect for Cornellians who'd like to retire in Ithaca." For "after hours" activities, she is a board member of the Ulysses Philomathic Library in Trumansburg. Peggy is also a food and wine writer specializing in Finger Lakes restaurants, growers, and wineries/vineyards. As if this isn't enough, she and husband Peter Hoover are in the process of a major renovation of their home--they've demolished half and are living on only one floor of it. To quote Peggy, "It would have been cheaper to build a new house, but we love our old farmhouse and orchard."

As I noted earlier, we need your help to get news to your classmates. Please send in your News Forms or contact us directly. -- Ronald Harris, 5203 Forestdale Ct.,West Bloomfield, MI 48322; e-mail, rsh28@cornell.edu; Terry Kohleriter Schwartz, 36 Founders Green, Pittsford, NY 14534; e-mail, TerryKS7@aol.com; and Joan Elstein Rogow, 9 Mason Farm Rd., Flemington, NJ 08822.

66 | Eric Rabkin, esrabkin@umich.edu, and his wife Betty (Backer) are the proud grandparents of 2-year-old twins, children of their son David. Eric also reports that their daughter Rachel was married last May.We were pleased to get an update from Winfield Coleman (winfield1@mindspring.com), who lives in San Francisco with his wife of 25 years. After grad school at Harvard, he received an MFA in painting from NYU. He recently served as a curator in the AOA department of the Stanford Art Museum, specializing in the arts of Oceania and the Americas. He would love to hear from fellow classmates or others who might remember him, especially Marc Kessler '67, Carol Hoffman-Guzman, and Ellen Borker '67. Hugh and Erin Fleming Starr are also new grandparents. The Starrs continue to live in Hawaii.

John Deasy, MPS '72 (deasyjjr@aol.com) is enjoying retirement. He and wife Konstance McCaffree spend time at their camp on an Adirondack lake. John also flies an old Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft. Our 40th Reunion was John's first, and he thought it was great. Retirement has also been enjoyable for former teacher Bonnie Lazarus Wallace, bonniew1@sbcglobal.net. She is able to travel all over the world with husband Stephen as he lectures on dental implants. She also enjoys spending time with her grandchildren. Cesar Carrero continues with his own real estate business in Puerto Rico. His stepson is communications director for Hispanic affairs in the US Senate. Cesar and wife Mayra travel and most recently enjoyed a trip along the rivers of Western Europe, traveling in France, Spain, and Germany. They also went to Scotland.

Also reporting retirement is Joanne Pakel Ikeda, jikeda@berkeley.edu. She spent 36 years as a nutrition specialist in the Dept. of Nutritional Sciences at UC Berkeley. Husband Roy is retiring from his law practice. They look forward to expanding their volunteer work in the San Francisco Bay Area and spending time traveling. "Eat your almonds!" That directive comes from John Monroe, jwm28@cornell.edu, who works in the family almond business, Done-Again Farms. John is also a musician and played in a concert with the Golden Gate Park Band in San Francisco. He and wife Margaret (Warne), MS '68, traveled around the country last year. They helped their son move from Iowa City to Ames, IA, then attended reunion, and in August spent a week at the Outer Banks.

Bill '65 and Dorothy Hoffman Fine (dottyochbill@yahoo.com) have retired but did not move to Stockholm as planned. They live in Dublin, Ireland, and are avid hillwalkers. Lee, lindqbike@aol.com, and Joan Buchsbaum Lindquist '68 welcomed their third grandchild, son of Kevin, MBA '99, and Annette Harville Lindquist, MBA '98. Lee and Joan biked Acadia National Park and visited Tom and Vicki Graboys in Boston. Last May they visited Bob '67 and Nancy Kaye Litter '68 at the Getty Museum, where Nancy is a docent. Charlie Rappaport (cr74@cornell.edu) and wife Penny Hall continue to enjoy retirement. Charlie's daughter had to leave Tulane due to Hurricane Katrina and is getting an MSW at the U. of Tennessee.

Willakenzie Estate Winery, owned by Ronnie Barrett Lacroute, rlacroute@willakenzie.com, was the scene for the wedding of daughter Nathalie '97 to Joshua Lizotte. Ronnie, who led a marvelous wine workshop at reunion, reports that the winery nearly sold out of wine this fall due to great reviews and stellar vintages. New releases are now available. Donald and Susan Rockford Bittker became grandparents for the fifth time, with the birth of Dean Starbuck Bittker in October.

On behalf of the class officers, Class Council, and volunteers, we appreciate all the comments and thanks received for reunion.We are so glad you enjoyed it! -- Susan Rockford Bittker, ladyscienc@aol.com; Deanne Gebell Gitner, dgg26@cornell.edu; and Pete Salinger, pas44@cornell.edu.

67 | Don't forget! Our 40th Reunion is scheduled for June 7-10. Dave Darwin and his committee have done a great job planning for the weekend. Events include a sunset welcome dinner on the Straight Terrace; an ice cream social; a special class forum with Ross Brann, M. R. Konvitz professor of Judea-Islamic studies at Cornell, covering the latest in the Middle East; a rock-and-roll party; a class picnic; dinner in fabulous new Duffield Hall; college and school breakfasts; recreation activities; all things Cornellian that go with reunion (Olin Lecture, Savage Club, Cornelliana Night, the reunion tents on the Arts Quad); plenty of time to visit, talk, walk, and reminisce; and lots more. Look for the March registration mailing and BE THERE! More information is available at our class website, http://classof67. alumni.cornell.edu/. E-mail questions to Dave at dd69@cornell.edu.

George Peterson, MBA '69 (Somerville, MA; gbp@airmail.net) is VP, finance and administration at ABTI-American U. of Nigeria. "I am in northeast Nigeria as part of the team that is establishing the first American-style university in sub-Saharan Africa (www.aaun.edu.ng). This is being done with the help of American U. in Washington, DC. AAUN is now in its second year of operation." Bob Wood (Allentown, PA; bob.wood@sodexhousa.com) is executive VP, client development at Sodexho USA, part of a multinational specializing in food and management services."My role is to help our teams add value to our clients by enhancing their image with their customers. Sodexho has also encouraged my community involvement in helping nonprofit organizations feed the needy through our Stop Hunger initiative. On June 17 last year, I became the very proud husband of Ilene (Rosenthal) '76, the most special woman in my world. I'm also the proud grandfather of Sara Paige Meltzer, and I look forward to spending time with her as she grows up. I am happy to say that after much soul searching and reflection, I am doing exactly what I want to be doing.While many fellow Cornellians and professors have touched my life,my fondest memory is the role I had as executive chef of Hotel Ezra Cornell in 1967."

Sally Leibowitz Kitch has a new address in Tempe, AZ. "When people read that I have a new address in Arizona, it may suggest that I'm retiring, but that is distinctly not the case. Instead, I'm leaving my job as professor and department chair at Ohio State and taking on a new position directing the new Inst. for Humanities and CLAS Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Arizona State U. It was one of those opportunities that came knocking at my door, and although it was difficult to leave Eastern winters, I ultimately decided that the ASU offer was too good to pass up, especially since it came with an initial sabbatical to work on my new book, entitled ‘The Sex Factor: Gendered Foundations of Race and Strategies of Resistance.' Arizona is also closer to California and my two little grandsons, as well as to Santa Fe, where we spend the summers. I'm finally a westerner through and through."

Sally continues: "I did some consulting with the Feminist/Sexuality Studies program at Cornell in April 2006. It was fun to be back on campus after 14 years or so. Of course it snowed and turned bitter cold for the occasion and reminded me why a move to Arizona is a good idea. I had lunch in Risley, which now has an open cafeteria. It was great to see professors having lunch with groups of students in the dining room, something that never happened in our day. The food was pretty much as I remembered it, but there was more choice. I particularly enjoyed talking to the cashier, an African American man in his 50s, who told me that he was a big supporter of Hillary Clinton. He figured I would be, too, since I had told him why I was visiting Cornell." -- Richard B. Hoffman, 2925 28th St. NW, Washington, DC 20008; e-mail, rhoffman@erols.com.

68 | I hope you've had a good winter. In November,Marty Glenn was sworn in as Judge of the US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. Among the invited guests were Joan GottesmanWexler, Jay Berke, and Jay Waks, JD '71. I know Jay Waks has been busy working for Cornell, as he is doing an outstanding job as chair of the Cornell University Council in addition to his active involvement with the Law school.

Art Kaminsky and his wife Andrea live in Manhasset, NY. Art is president of Athletes and Artists Inc., and he is an expert in contract negotiations. Art enjoys doing color commentary for telecasts of local high school and college sports, and has done over 100 games in the last two years. Last year he spent two weeks at the Winter Olympics in Italy. Allan Brookstone (formerly Allan Stone) lives in Valladolid,Mexico, and works as an English teacher. He enjoys painting, writing, and doing research for a novel. Allan asks for news of Mike Platzer '67, MA/JD '71. The last address we have for Mike is in Austria, and I urge him to write in, should he see this column.

TomWeiss is a psychiatrist with a very busy practice that includes work in an urban outpatient clinic, a second rural clinic for an underserved population, and also in a medium security prison. Tom reports, "There is no such thing as ‘after hours,'" but he tries to get to the Caribbean and islands of Maine when he can. Tom lives with his significant other Mary McCall and is proud to have two Cornellian children, Anna Rachael '07 and Nathaniel Albert '09. Linda Jacobsen lives in Groveland, FL, and describes her job as "commercializing transfection reagents." After 30 years in the Midwest, Linda feels "home again with her East Coast neighbors." Linda's husband Kai Ewald is a former New Yorker, also apparently glad to be back East.

JudithWinter Andrucki, MST '69, and husband Martin live in Lewiston, ME. Judy is an attorney and also busy as a trustee of the U. of Maine system and member of the board of directors of the Maine Music Society. She enjoys singing with a local group. Judy asks for news from the members of the Notables who toured for the USO in 1969. Sara StrawWinship and husband Dale live in Atlanta, GA. Sara retired in 2001 and presently enjoys playing a lot of tennis. She is involved in a variety of volunteer activities as well, including tutoring an adult literacy student. Like many of our class, Sara reports she would rather not be turning 60 around now, "but, yes, I have considered the alternative, so I'm marching forward merrily." Sounds like wise advice!

Stan Smith is president of Smith Economics in Chicago and has recently been involved in investment activities in China. Stan is engaged to a Chinese national. He asks for news about Ken Reich and Andy Hirshik. Karen Woyshner Zill lives in Washington, DC, with husband Nick. For the last four years Karen has been an independent educational media consultant. This follows her 20-plus years in public television. She is active with the Alliance for a Media Literate America. Karen is an active gardener and skier. Her older son graduated from Columbia and is now working toward a PhD in molecular biology; her younger son graduated from Columbia in '06.

Sally Best Bailey is enjoying her job as director of college counseling at College Prep Boarding and Day School in Colorado. In her spare time, she enjoys taking care of five mountain dogs. She and her husband live in Elbert, CO. She has fond memories of her years at Cornell and singing in the band the Hedge. Jim Gutman is VP and executive editor with Atlantic Information System in Washington, DC. Jim and wife Kathy live in Laurel,MD. He enjoys playing in the 48-plus baseball league and "pretending I'm still young." That's something many of us do well. I look forward to hearing from you. -- Gordon Silver, 2 Avery St., #26C, Boston, MA 02111; e-mail, gordon_silver@comcast. net.

69 | Linda Pearce Kabelac happily writes from her Cornell Office of Trusts, Estates & Gift Planning that the School of Hotel Administration will be receiving the largest-ever single gift: $15 million from Leland and Mary Pillsbury. The gift was announced at a general meeting of the Cornell Hotel Society in New York City and is earmarked for the Inst. for Hospitality Entrepreneurship. The institute is concerned with forming new hospitality businesses, managing small and family-run enterprises, franchising, corporate venturing, new venture funding, and innovation. Its goal is to provide students with the skills and ability to think like an entrepreneur. "I am pleased to be able to give back to the school that has meant so much to me. It was through my professors and my fellow students that I was able to develop as a businessman and an entrepreneur," said Leland in an announcement from the Hotel school.Meanwhile, when Linda Kabelac is not making major announcements from the trust office, she indulges her interests, which include: the Ithaca Garden Club, acting as a master National Garden Club judge, breeding championship Korat cats (originally from Thailand), and antiquing.

The New York Times reports that twice in less than two years,William Perez has accepted a position as CEO. Having left Nike, he will now head the Wm.Wrigley Jr. Co., the maker of chewing gum, Life Savers, Altoids, and other confectionary products. From a press release we learn that Steve Belkin, one of the Atlanta Spirit LLC owners and Atlanta Hawks governor, is involved in community service. Last year he helped fourth grade students from Atlanta with their American Dream Program, designed to expose young people to another area of the country while reinforcing their school's curriculum. Students traveled to Boston to learn about the Colonial and Revolutionary War periods.

Tim, MA '83, and Suzy Crane Larkin have been cycling again. They made their nearly annual trip from Brooktondale, NY, near Ithaca, to Block Island, RI. Their progress on a tandem bike was followed by several classmates through the Larkins' remarkable website. John Rees learned that Cynthia GravelyMorse, formerly on the missing classmate list, graduated with the Class of '69 after spending her freshman and sophomore years at Wells College. She received a master's degree from Tulane and was a kindergarten teacher in New Orleans for 35 years. Before Hurricane Katrina, Cynthia lived in the Carrollton district and was in the process of retiring.

A medical oncologist and member of the board of directors of Midwest Medical Insurance Co., Gail Papermaster Bender tells us she traveled "to Hawaii, Norway, and Paris on learning vacations." She also says that she had a wonderful time visiting with Gail Merel and her husband in Houston. Characteristically, Gail most fondly recalls her friendships made at Cornell. Stan Chess, JD '72, has an interesting job as CEO of Law TV and as a member of the Cornell Daily Sun Alumni Assoc. He maintains his ties with the university and remembers David Lettick. Jesse Jenner writes that his former law firm, Fish & Neare, merged with Ropes & Gray last year. He writes, "Now I am a member of the managing policy committee and enjoy the resources of 800 law firms."Also in January 2005, Robert Jossen joined the law firm of Dedert LLP. He tells us that his son Daniel '02 is teaching in the Fairfax County public school system, and that Matthew '04 works for Nevo, a computer consulting company located in Cambridge, MA.

Kenneth Kohn and his wife Patricia are proud to announce the graduation of their son Jonathan '05. Daughter Kimberly is married and lives in Stamford, CT, while their son Scott lives in Charlotte, NC. Kenneth is employed as a financial consultant with Paramount Planning Group, but enjoys off-hours out-of-doors on the golf course, biking, kayaking, and jogging, interspersed with indoor workouts and travel. Kenneth celebrated his dad's 90th birthday and tells us that his father is still substitute teaching. In answer to the question about old friends you would like to hear from, Kenneth wrote Dennis Huff '70, Al Gulkow '68, and John Barbre. "Great professors" was his outstanding memory of Cornell. Harry, PhD'76, and Ruth Sauberman Wachob '70 are enjoying their new granddaughter, Arwen. Harry is founder and chair of BioDevice Group, a professional organization for biomedicine and biotechnology, and is also on the board of Nano BioConvergence Group.

Attorney Reuben Munday, MPS '74, is a senior partner with Lewis & Munday PC. He also gives his time to the City Year Board; National Conference for Community Justice, Detroit Board; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Detroit Advisory Board; and Detroit Riverview Hospital Board. Reuben is also working on a novel, and most fondly remembers discussing literature at the Temple of Zeus. He would like to hear from David Borg. Frank Powell, ME '72, writes that he and his wife Sally have moved back to their roots in suburban Philadelphia--Bryn Mawr.

A number of classmates took the opportunity to participate in Cornell Adult University's on-campus program. Robin Atwood Fidler took a culinary course, Gary Gartenberg learned about digital video, Jim Glidden perfected his fly-fishing, and Gary Keller tasted wine. In addition, Susan Burlingame LeVangia took a course on fields and forests, while IlesMinoff sculpted in bronze and Mike Natan sailed. -- Arda Coyle Boucher, 21 Hemlock Hill Rd., Amherst, NH 03031; e-mail, aboucher@airmar.com.