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36 | We've heard from several of your classmates, and so, without further ado, here's what they wanted to share. Bill Bebbington, PhD '40 (Evans, GA) is writing a family history. Among his travels are semi-annual holidays with his daughter and her extended family in Colorado. He says his marriage to his late wife Barbara Jean (Wilson) in June 1940 in Sage Chapel is his favorite memory of Cornell.

Charles Dickens (Savannah, NY) was a John Deere dealer for 40 years. He is married and has two sons and two daughters: Kenyon '68, Gail Dickens Parrinello '74, Rodney (Ithaca College), and Nan (RIT). At 92 years old, he is retired from operating a 1,200-acre farm in Wayne County and has turned over operations to Kenyon. Charles has traveled to almost every state in the continental US, with additional trips to Hawaii, Alaska, and the Virgin Islands. He happily remembers playing in the freshman band. "Due to the Depression, I was unable to continue my excellent education."

Stanley Metzger, JD '38 (San Diego, CA) attended the 70th Reunion in June 2006.Married for 63 years, he and his wife have lived in San Diego for 22 years, after 23 years spent teaching at Georgetown Law School. Stanley logged 24 years of government service, mostly at the State Department, and continues to write law books and articles. A world traveler, he has visited all of the continents, mostly by freighter, in a series of 18 trips. He writes that with six years at Cornell (college and law school), it's hard to select a favorite memory.

Robert Price (Holden, MA) is retiring from law practice this year. He is happy to report that his wife Ruth (Bentley) is recovering well from a cancer operation and that he has also healed well from a compound fracture of a vertebra.Meeting Ruth on October 12, 1932 is Robert's favorite Cornell memory. Ralph Heinicke (Louisville, KY) writes that he is still working hard. "In March of this year, Eustace Tilly of the New Yorker magazine and I gave a talk in Las Vegas. Although Eustace generally gazes at butterflies, he consented to illustrate the distribution of xeronine (my discovery) in the human body. It is highest in the brain, next the lungs, and next the liver. Since time was short, we plan to return next year with more fascinating scientific details."

Upbeat news from Sally Clark Shumaker '71, who tells of a great weekend at her mother's reunion. Sally writes, "Helen Harding Clark attended her 71st Reunion with ten of her family members in June 2007, including me. A highlight for Helen was Cornelliana Night at the newly renovated Bailey Hall. She enjoyed singing the Alma Mater, still firmly memorized, and the ‘Evening Song.'Helen lives in a nursing home in Vestal, NY, and is 92 years old. She has two daughters who live nearby, two grandsons who also live nearby, and great-grandchildren in the area, too. Her family visits her regularly."

Send us your news and we'll publish it in the column. Your classmates look forward to hearing about you. -- Class of '36, c/o Cornell Alumni Magazine, 401 East State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850; Class Notes Editor e-mail, adr4@cornell.edu.

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38 | We were pleased to receive a copy of an article from the Chapel Hill News profiling Jane Stiles Sharp-MacRae (Chapel Hill, NC) on the occasion of her 90th birthday on May 22. The mother of four children with her first husband Gordon Sharp, Jane became increasingly involved in politics and environmental issues starting in the late '50s. She received the North Carolina Governor's Clean Air Award for her statewide volunteer work to improve air quality, visited the Soviet Union with a group of agricultural experts from her home state, and, in the 1970s, participated in the building of Arcosanti outside Phoenix, AZ, an experimental town built to embody the fusion of architecture with ecology. She also taught piano lessons, was involved in recycling efforts, protested the Vietnam War, volunteered on voter registration drives, and was featured on the cover of Home Power magazine as one of the first citizens of Chapel Hill to install solar panels on her home. Jane and Gordon were married for 45 years until his death in 1994. She met her second husband, Duncan MacRae, a professor of political science, at the age of 78, and they were married in 1999. Jane is currently a resident of Carolina Meadows and, not surprisingly, heads the recycling committee and is the precinct representative for her assisted-living community. Our thanks to JoanWeisberg Belden '55 for sending the article!

Barbara Heimlich Aaron (Long Branch, NJ) has lately been traveling to the West Coast to visit family in Portland, OR, Reno, NV, San Diego and Chula Vista, CA, and Seattle, WA. At home, she enjoys book clubs, repertory theatre, and exercise groups. About Cornell, Barbara writes, "I remember the friends I made, whom I miss now, the expansion of my horizons, and the knowledge and skills that helped me to advance." JamesMoyer (Ellenton, FL) writes, "Still enjoying no snow in Florida.My wife Ruth (Pierce) '41, PhD '69, attends the local Cornell Club meetings and reports back to me since I don't go out much." John, JD '40, and Toni Saxe Stewart '40 still live in Kendal at Ithaca and keep busy with community activities and counseling other seniors. John, who is retired, says he'd prefer to still be working. Fond memories of Cornell include participating in track and field under John Moakley and the 150-lb. crew squad. He'd like to hear from PrestonWeadon, MD '41.

Ann Rosenberg Rosenberg lives in Sleepy Hollow, NY, and her present activities include "reading, bridge, needlepoint, walking, and taking advantage of courses and other activities offered here at Kendal on Hudson." She reports that her son Peter Sussman is editor of the new book Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford (Knopf). Ann remembers the friends she made at Cornell and the natural beauty of the area. JudsonWilliams, JD '40, (Pompano Beach, FL, and Wells,VT) finds himself occasionally sitting on the clubhouse porch, and admits he'd rather be golfing. He fondly remembers the Glee Club.

HezekiahWebster (Clark Mills, NY) has recently traveled throughout the US and Canada, and would like to continue to do so. Knowing other classmates is one of his strongest memories of Cornell. In San Diego, PhilipWolff's activities include golf, gardening, and building ship models. During the summers, he also works in the 1932 and 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics Museum, and spends the winter season working in the hobby shop at the retirement facility where they live.He writes that he'd rather be swimming in Lake Kiwassa in the Adirondack Mountains. Philip once escorted Elsie Hughes '39 to a dance at Alpha Zeta fraternity at Cornell on a blind date. "She is now Mrs.Wolff." M. Celia Coulter (New Paltz, NY) suffered a broken shoulder and hairline fracture of her hip from a fall last November. After stays in Kingston Hospital and a nursing home, she returned home in January. She would like to get news from Gertrude Cobb Seely, who moved to California, and was happy to hear from EmmaWidger Hunt, who intended to come East in the summer.

George Hobby reports that he is "retired and often tired." It certainly doesn't seem so, though, as George attends frequent birthday parties of family members and good friends, in addition to driving his wife Grace around. "At my 90-year-old age," George says, "I luckily feel quite well and drive our Ford wherever we wish to go." George has been to Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and up and down the East Coast, but he has never been to the West Coast. Lately, he's been keeping in touch with Cornell classmates Bob Shaw and Ralph Vreeland. George loved playing the piano at the co-ed parties he attended at AXE fraternity.

We'd love to hear more! Send news for the column in care of the magazine: -- Class of '38, c/o Cornell Alumni Magazine, 401 East State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850; Class Notes Editor e-mail, adr4@cornell.edu.

39 | When you read this, leaves will be turning color and fall will be on the way, but I am writing this on what must be an auspicious day--7/7/07--and I hope it means the end, for a while, of six months of subjection to the world of hospitals, doctors, and rehab for Bernie '41 and me. Since we are all hovering around our 90th birthday, most of you know what I mean, and for those who don't, do you know how lucky you are?

I have only a few more notes from classmates who wrote while we were away. Elsie RobinsonWhalen, a retired social worker, lives in a retired adult community owned by its residents. It sounds like a delightful place to live, with just about everything anyone could want, and the residents are in charge. I like that--not a spoon-fed life. Alice Quinn Lee lives in Norwich, NY, and says she sees no classmates there. Surely some '39er lives in or near Norwich? If so, let me know. Alice has done some ESL tutoring and is a regular at the Glimmerglass Opera series in Cooperstown, which is a marvelous experience for all New Yorkers, as we ourselves know.

Rose Quackenbush Frangella reported she is retired and enjoying life. Jane Davison Fast sent a wonderful picture of her family and in-laws who gathered together for Thanksgiving '06. Jane looks terrific. Her sons are Peter '64 and Michael '65. Jane has a new great-grandson who lives next door to her, which is just great! Her letter is full of family pictures, making me wonder: is Jane really that proficient on the computer?

While in Rome last December to attend a meeting of the American Women in Rome, Dawn Rochow Seymour was delighted to meet Dora Stadler '96, MD '00, and husband Mikael McCowan '96 at a lecture given by Dawn's niece. Cornellians are everywhere! Last but not least, Dr. Rawley Apfelbaum Silver just published her latest book on using art as therapy, a subject for which Rawley has acquired a much-admired reputation and has a number of books to her credit.

I have been thinking lately about my adventures as an undergrad at Cornell and the wonderful friends and crazy incidents that made life so exciting then. I'm going to write about it next time. How about you? Before all those precious memories are lost, will you join me? -- Ruth Gold Goodman, 103 White Park Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850; tel., (607) 257-6357; email, BG11@cornell.edu.