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 Cornell Men's Glee Club
OF THE FIFTIES
Thomas A. Sokol, Director 1957-
Thomas B. Tracy '31, Director 1946-1957

A new cassette transcript of eighteen Cornell songs and twenty secular and
sacred selections never before included in a single tape: almost 90 minutes of
male ensemble singing by the Mens' Glee Clubs of 1953-1958.

SONGS OF CORNELL
Λlma Mater Crew Sotig In the Red & the White
Si tike Up a Song IK7S Give My Regards to Davy
Λlnnmi Song Cornell Medley Tales of Old Cornell
The Hill Cornell Victorious Song of the Classes
Cornel! The Big" Red Team Spirit (if Wisdom
Hail Thou in Majesty Maivh On, Cornell Kveninj? Sottg

SACRED AND SECULAR SELECTIONS

Chorales & Choruses: Spirituals: Americana and
Hallelujah, Λmeu Rid** the Chariot Othc*r Cilees:
Lacryinosn Soon Ah Will be Done Cieiito Lϊndo
And Now 'tis Tune to <ίo Little I,ami) In My Anns
Paul Revere's Ride Seeing' Nellie Home
Ballads & Airs:
Now Praise We Great &. Good Night Ladies
Famous Men
Black is the Color of
My True Love's Hair Evening Hymns:
O Bone .lesu
Down in the Valley Abide With Me
The Rose oΠYalee F''venint* Praise
Aura 1 ,ee Now the Dav is Over

SPONSORED BY THE CLASS OF 1957 GLEE CLUB MEMORIAL FUND

Please send . tapes @ $9.95 each to the following address (or to the additional addresses attached).
Proceeds will be applied to the cost of the tapes and the needs of the Cornell University Glee Club. My check in
the amount of $ is attached. (For international orders, please add an additional $3.00 per tape).

Name
Please mail this
coupon with your
Street Number and Address payment to:
Business Manager,
Cornell Glee Club
City and Zip Code Sage Chapel
Ithaca, NY 14853-6101
My telephone number if there are any questions
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SEPTEMBER 1991 Cover
VOLUME 94 20 Lensmasters Ken Zirkel '88
NUMBER 2 Presenting the winners of the Alumni News's photo contest. won the Grand
Prize in CAN'S
photo contest
28 A Voice for Indonesia for his noctur-
By Amanda Gardner nal vision of
The Indonesian government thought it had quieted dissident writer Goldwin Smith
Pramoedya Toer. Then Prof. Ben Anderson got involved. Hall.

33 Grand Jury
By Ellen Alderman '80 and Caroline Kennedy
An excerpt from an alumna s book explains the concepts behind
our Fifth Amendment right to be heard by a grand jury.

38 Cornell Goes West, Again

By Kathy Bodovitz
Cornell and Stanford have more in common than rigorous admis-
sions policies and red and white football uniforms.

DEPARTMENTS 18 News
The Theory Center is
dedicated.
2 From the Editors 42 News of Alumni
Staff comings and goings; Class notes.
another Straight remembered.
82 Alumni Deaths
6 Letters
Reunion rules rankle some 86 Alumni Activities
alumni. The chimesmasters return; a
new Law School Alumni
10 Faculty Association president.
The university has trouble
hiring and keeping two-career 89 Another View
couples. Le Premier Cru.
Cornell Alumni News is
published monthly except
February and August for 13 Students
$25 a year by the Cornell
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Brown Rd., Ithaca, NY
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15 Authors 64 Cornell Hosts
postage rates is pending Remembering Ken.
at Ithaca, NY and addition-
al mailing offices. POST-
MASTER: Send address
changes to Cornell Alum-
16 Sports 74 Professional Directory
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Records, 55 Brown Rd., Ivy Presidents vote to nix
Ithaca, NY 14850-1266. freshman football. 87 Cornell Classified
September 1991
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 FROM THE EDITORS

OLD FRIENDS AND

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NEW FACES
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ent tone in the summer months. Instead of the
I Janice D. Mazzaπl '50,
! Secretary - Treasi irer
mass of notices hawking concerts and movies and
I ¥ou "Πff:, ASSN. or CLASS OFFICERS:
offering rides, tutorial services and counseling that
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mer-time flyers offer evidence (anecdotal, at least) of
attempts to jettison the detritus of student life. MOV-
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 VACATION BULLETIN

September 1991 Cornell's Adult University Vol. V, No. 7

Mohonk Mountain
November 1-3,1991
"Whatever Became of the Melting Pot?" will
be our look at ethnic and racial pluralism in
America today. Come enjoy a stimulating
weekend at a wonderful retreat far above the
Hudson Valley.

Belize
Januaiy 26-Februaiy 9,
1992
Marine biologist John B. Heiser is heading off
to inland and coastal Belize again. Join him for
what has proven to be a marvelous foray into The British Virgin Islands
the mainland and marine landscapes of a beau-
tiful, friendly land. February 12-21, 1992
Rising steeply from the warm Caribbean, the British Virgin Islands have been luring
Alaska voyagers since Columbus. But Columbus didn't have a marvelous resort and three
talented Cornell teachers to help him appreciate the natural and cultural topography of
May 23-June 5, 1992 these beautiful islands, shores, and waters. Perhaps that's why Columbus didn't stay on,
but we hope you'll join marine biologist John B. Heiser, botanist John M. Kingsbury, and
Alaska is North America's last great frontier
and we hope to do it justice from Juneau and zoologist Louise G. Kingsbury for CAU's thirteenth Caribbean Winterlude.
Glacier Bay, to Anchorage, Denali National
Park, and Fairbanks. Naturalist Verne Rock-
castle will help us examine Alaska's bird, mam- Florida Sapelo Island
mal, and plant habitats while geologist Bill
Travers will help us understand forces that over
February 15-20, 1992 March 30-April 3,
millennia have carved out Alaska's fabulous The natural life of the Florida Everglades, the April 6-10, 1992
landscapes. Ten Thousand Islands, Corkscrew Swamp,
Shark Valley, and Sanibel Island will intrigue Join Howard and Erica Evans along the beach-
you, and naturalists Dick Fischer and Ollie es, marshes, lagoons, and woodland areas of
The Baltic Sea Hewitt will help you see these marvelous one of the most beautiful and historic of Geor-
gia's coastal islands, which once was R.J. Rey-
places in ways few visitors do.
June 7-21, 1992 nold's private estate.
Copenhagen, Stockholm, Gdansk, Tal-
linn, Leningrad, and Helsinki are on our list Louisiana
next spring. We'll cruise the Baltic Sea aboard
March 15-20, 1992 Newport
the privately chartered M.V. Illiria under the
guidance of Russian literature specialist Patri- Last year's foray to New Orleans, the Bayous, April 29-May 2, 1992
cia Carden and specialist in international rela- and Cajun country was so well received that Once a leading colonial port and merchant
tions Ned Lebow. From sites associated with we couldn't resist heading there again. Histo- center, then an elegant hideaway for the Vander-
Scandinavian, Baltic, and Russian culture to rian and Louisiana native Dan Usner will lead bilts and their friends, Newport, Rhode Island is
places like the Gdansk shipyards where mod- this exploration into the history, culture, and today a marvelous place to recapture America's
ern history is being made, we're sure you'll natural environment of one of America's most social heritage. Join historian Stuart B lumin for
enjoy this most special way of exploring north- beautiful and fascinating areas. four days of exploration.
ern Europe.

Arizona
May 2-7, 1992
For full program details and registration materials, please write us at Few vacations can compete with a week in the
Cornell's Adult University Sonoran desert at Tanque Verde Ranch outside
626 Thurston Avenue Tucson, Arizona, especially when led by natu-
Ithaca, New York 14850 ralist Verne Rockcastle and astronomer Yer-
or call (607) 255-6260. vant Terzian. Join us!
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FROM THE EDITORS

start
a year's lecturer in the English department
for two years, as well as a fellow of
the New York Foundation for the
of health, based mainly, I think, on
my knowledge of Ithaca, Cornell and
Willard Straight Hall.

subscrip-
Arts. In addition to his fastidious One night in my barracks [while
work on the Class Notes, Paul will waiting for one of the very few seats
write features for us. available on transportation back to

tion the U.K.] I was shaken awake. It

B
ill Orndorff '43 had his memo- was Whitney saying, "Hurry and get
ry of the Straight family jogged dressed. I've got a flight out and

to the
by CAI\Γs recent stories on there's room for you!"
Willard Straight Hall. He shares Since escapees were not allowed
his remarkable story below: to fly again over German territory

Cornell
I enjoyed the article on the (on the theory that if they were shot
Straight and the family. As a faculty down again they would be execut-
kid, the Straight was an important ed as spies), I was sent to Canada

Alumni
part of my pre-teen and teen life. to train other personnel and Whitney
Later on in life, my knowledge of continued on in a job at the Air Min-
the Straight and its history served istry. He wound up an air commo-

News.
me in good stead, in a totally differ- dore (general's rank) commander of
ent manner. the British Empire with the military
After I parted company with the cross and distinguished flying cross.
Class of '39, I joined the Royal Air He was a great guy and, but for
Force. I was shot down on my 23rd him, I might have spent long dreary
1 year subscription [mission] in July of 1942 over Co- weeks waiting for a flight out of
logne. I made my own way through Gibraltar.
(10 issues): Belgium to France, where I contact-
$25.00

P
ed the underground. I was taken to eter Davies, a professor of plant
a safe house, and it was then that I physiology, writes with a trib-
Foreign subscriptions: met Whitney Straight, Michael and ute to a former student:
$40.00 Beatrice's older brother. Now, the Carol Marie Andersen, a
name Whitney Straight was already wonderful Cornellian, died April
D Γd like to pay by check: a household name in the RAF. Be- 12 at Beth Israel Hospital in Bos-
fore the war he had been a very ton, from complications following a
Please make checks payable to successful racing car driver as well
Cornell Alumni News.
bone marrow transplant in an effort
as an accomplished private pilot. It to overcome cancer. Carol, a dual
was from this background that I rec- plant science and marketing major,
• Γd like to pay by ognized the name. came to Cornell from Englewood,
credit card: It wasn't until some days lat- Colorado in the fall of 1985. She also
J Visa Mastercard er that I mentioned growing up in spent six months as a horticultural
Ithaca, at which point he ex- intern at the Epcot Center in Or-
Card no. claimed, "Why, my father went to lando, Florida.
Exp. date Cornell and there's a building there Carol was an active athlete: a
Signature named after him!" Only then did member, and for two years captain,
I make the connection. So it was of the women's cross country team;
old home week for the two of us a competitor in triathlons and cy-
D Γd like to subscribe by and based on this common knowl- cling; and an organizer of a cycling
paying my class dues. Please edge of Willard Straight Hall, we race in Ithaca. Illness forced her to
became fast friends. withdraw from Cornell in Decem-
send me information. Straight left France on a boat, ber of 1987. However, she was able
My name while I climbed out across the to return in the fall of 1988, com-
Class Pyrenees into Spain, and was taken pleting that semester and her intern-
by train to British soil—Gibraltar. ship at Epcot in the spring of 1989.
Address
At a debriefing, I was told that Carol's family has set up a Car-
City State Zip Whitney had arrived safely and would ol Andersen fund in her memory with
To order, use our toll-free number: be brought in to identify me. (The donations to be used towards re-
British were chary of the possibili- search in the treatment and cure of
(800)-724-8458 ty of English-speaking Germans at- Hodgkin's lymphoma. The women's
or write to the tempting to pose as escaping cross country and track team is also
Cornell Alumni News P.O.W.s.) Whitney showed up in full planning an appropriate memorial.
55 Brown Road uniform wings, medals and every- The team coach, Lou Duesing, can
Ithaca, NY 14850 thing and guaranteed me a clean bill provide details.
Cornell Alumni News
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 4 GREAT REASONS WHY
JEWISH U K AT CORNEU IS
c ' ornell's Center for
Jewish Living is a beautiful
one acre facility on cam-
pus, sponsored jointly by
Young Israel, Hillel and the
University. Alumni and
friends are invited to dis-
cover the facilities and pro-
grams which are makinq
the Center a unique and
indispensible part of
Jewish life at Cornell.

I • The Center's Excellent Facilities

» Meticulously renovated Victorian mansion, with chestnut
' • The Gallery of Art
The Gallery is perhaps the only permanent Jewish art gallery on a
trim, oriental rugs, working fireplaces secular university campus in North America. Visiting acclaimed
• Residence hall with 21 new modern double rooms exhibitions regularly adorn the dining area.
» Extensive library collection of Hebrew literature
» A beautiful new chapel with hand-crafted stained glass
windows and seating for 80
• Professionally landscaped gardens and rock parks
» Recreation room and music room ART
ry
» Recital hall

l The Kosher Dining Hall

This spacious new air-conditioned facility seats 250. Here, daily,
4 • Masters in Excellence Series
Throughout each year, prominent guests are invited to
a delicious, hot, kosher meal is as close as any other campus campus by the Center for Jewish Living to speak on
dining facility. Faculty regularly join stu- important topics.The speakers present a major address
The dents for meals, and students can enjoy at the Center and then talk informally with students.
festive Shabbat or Holiday dinners when Past speakers have included:
they're unable to be with their families.
Marty Glickman (Sports caster, member of the U.S. Olympic
THning With its convenient central location, state-
of-the-art facilities and gourmet food, the
Kosher Dining Hall makes it as easy to
Track Team, Berlin,1936), Wolf Blitzer (Washington editor of
the Jerusalem Post and correspondent for CNN during the Gulf
War), Madeline Kunin (Governor of Vermont), Dr. Albert
keep kosher at Cornell as it is at home.
Wojnilower (noted economist), Lucy Dawidowicz (Historian
and Writer), Leonard Garment (Presidential Counselor and
Arts Advocate), Rabbi Avi Weiss (Jewish Activist).

T he Center offers a full range of programs, both

scholarly and social, further cementing its role as a
place where Judaism can flourish at Cornell. The center
is proof of Cornell's commitment to its Jewish commu-
nity. We invite you to stop in and take a look for your- The Center
self when you visit campus. for
Jewish Living
For a brochure, call (607) 257-2368, or write to
AT C O R N E L L
Sara Beth Canaday, General Manager
P.O. Box 4461, Ithaca NY 14852.
The Center for Jewish Living is located at 106 WEST AVENUE
106 West Ave., Ithaca NY (right below the law school)
 LETTERS

alumni of all ages gathering on the

No LONGER FREE Arts Quad continues.

Registration fees collected at
Barton Hall for non-Reunion-year
alumni cover costs associated with
the Reunion program, shuttle bus-

TO ROAM es and tents. Fees apply only if an

alumnus wishes to take advantage
of the above services. A fee is not
charged if an alumnus is merely reg-
istering to be included in the over-
Editor: As an Ithaca resident and and went home. all Reunion attendance figures. A
Cornell alumnus, I've seen my share John B. Babcock '45 refund has been sent to Mrs. Essick.
of reunions over the decades. I have Ithaca, New York We apologize for any confusion or
been an active participant at the five- inconvenience our policy may have
year anniversaries of my class, and Editor: Our class (1918) celebrated caused.
on "off" years old friends from oth- our 70th Reunion three years ago
er classes call to get together. Our
World War II generation is a blend
of several "class" years.
and decided it would be our last or-
ganized reunion. Since I live only
thirty-five miles from Ithaca, I like
Teaching Calculus
Friday and Saturday nights at the to come back just for a day during
"tents" traditionally means a great Reunion Weekend to see old friends Editor: I read with some fascination
mix of music,fromrock to Dixieland. from other classes, absorb a bit of your news article "Welcome to Cal-
It is the quintessential Cornell class "Good Old Cornell" atmosphere and culus" in the June Alumni News. It
"mixer." The fun is wandering in and attend the luncheon in Barton. seems that the Cornell mathemat-
out of one tent after another, seek- When I registered, I was stunned ics faculty, unwilling to face the oner-
ing out friends of various vintage. to be charged $5 for an "ID" pin. ous task of teaching freshman cal-
Then, starting last year, ugly Had I known that I would have to culus, has found an ingenious solu-
orange restraining fences surrounded pay for a Cornell button to put my tion: farm the work out to teachers
each tent. name and class on, I would have from small colleges. I would like to
This year, special scrutiny of brought one of the many I have ac- make the following modest propos-
badges denied access to those with- cumulated over the years I have been al: since presumably the English,
out current identification. Some of coming to my class reunions. I am chemistry and physics department
those challenged have used the same appalled. faculties don't particularly fancy
old jackets and badges, as a point of Mildred Stevens Essick '18 teaching lower level courses either,
pride, every year. One was required Elmira, New York they should be given a similar break.
to enter and leave each tent through This would afford them a better op-
a single, narrow orange gauntlet Margaret M. Gallo '81, associate portunity to pursue their research
guarded by a squad of officialdom. director of class programs in the Of- and teach graduate courses. In fact,
The challengers were courteous, fice of Alumni Affairs, responds: why doesn't Cornell cut a deal with
their message consistent: No 1991 Greater restrictions on access to some liberal arts college to take over
Reunion badge, no access . . . in- the Reunion tents were enforced on the whole undergraduate program?
cluding your companion. the campus in 1990, following the Think of the advantages to be reaped
Even with my current CRC [Con- alcohol-related death of a Cornell stu- by the Cornell faculty, not to men-
tinuous Reunion Club] badge, each dent. Fencing and updated class but- tion the undergraduates who, if the
passageway at each tent required sur- tons are required by the [state] Li- calculus experience is any guide,
veillance by Check Point Charlies. quor Board each year to ensure that would be a lot happier. Maybe Ithaca
Relentless "ID'ing" cast a pall over the only alumni and selected staff attend College would be interested in my
tent area that can only be compared and that alcohol is distributed in a plan.
in palatability to repeated airport se- safe and law-abiding fashion. Seriously, the news item was
curity clearance, or being asked to go The state authority's message appalling. I [learned] that calculus
several times through customs. rang clear in 1990: say good-bye to had been taught in lectures with 250
At the height of Saturday night the tents or conform. We chose the students. No wonder undergraduates
activity we paused to look out over latter. Mr. Babcock's observation is are happier with the new setup, even
the Arts Quad. We had the queasy correct; Cornell tenting is not what if they are being taught by non-
feeling that the crowd was being it used to be. We are, however, en- Cornell faculty. I am sorry that the
unreasonably regimented, kid-style. couraged by a more recent prece- Cornell mathematics department
Even a rousing rendition of "Won't dent that is being set at the tents— considers freshman calculus unwor-
You Come Home Bill Bailey" failed attendance has increased, alcohol thy of its attention. Many distin-
to mend the spirit. Cornell Tenting consumption has decreased and, or- guished mathematicians have found
wasn't what it used to be. We turned ange fencing aside, the tradition of the teaching of lower level courses
Cornell Alumni News
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 WOMAN
WORLD?
Nelly Furman, Director of the Women's Studies Program, "We don't separate our professional interests from the con-
talks about academia, women, and the future of a ground- text in which we live and work. On our board we include
breaking program at Cornell. members of the Ithaca community and representatives from
nearby colleges, and we publish a monthly calendar listing
COMING OF AGE. 'We're excited that Women's Studies lectures and public events on- and off-campus. With the Office
last year became a major within Arts and Sciences. Since of Human Relations, we host a cafe where everyone interest-
1972, we've pioneered a sophisticated interdisciplinary pro- ed in women's issues can talk informally. We're mindful of the
gram oriented to a feminist point of view." So what does that role of women at Cornell-as students, in teaching and
mean? "We explore the histories and situations of women in research, administrative and staff positions. At Cornell, what
different cultural and social contexts. And we look at how sex- we are studying and doing has made a difference."
ual difference is transformed into social advantage-or disad-
vantage." The program offers about 28 courses annually that, QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY. "Gender roles and sexuality,
on average, 1,300 students take-and an increasing number race and ethnicity, education and social class are the stuff of
are male. More than 20 faculty members across five of our personal identity. Women's Studies pays attention to the
Cornell's colleges teach courses from The Female Literary multiple aspects of our being. We have a dedicated faculty
Tradition to The Political Economy of Women and Work. from a diversity of fields who provide the interdisciplinary
What you'd find addressed in the program? The status of focus. We sponsor courses and events with many other pro-
women in the U.S. and other countries, problems women face grams, from Africana Studies to Western Societies, in disci-
at home, in the work place, and within social institutions, the plines ranging from the biological and social sciences to the
cultural biases linked to race, class, and sexual preference, humanities and the performing arts. Our students discover
the dynamics of discrimination, the question of reproductive that knowledge is informed by ever-changing cultural
rights-many of the crucial issues behind today's headlines. assumptions, and they learn to be sensitive to differences,
confront inequities, and deal with uncertainties: Women's
PERSPECTIVES ON THE ACADEMY-AND LIFE. Studies offers an education for a changing world."
"From the start, feminist scholarship exploded the boundaries
of traditional disciplines by exploring the subtle interconnec- NOT FOR WOMEN ONLY. Like to be on the mailing list
tions between scientific and cultural factors, historic preju- for the bi-annual newsletter? Write or call Nelly Furman,
dices and social reality. In the last 20 years, feminist scholar- Director, Women's Studies Program, Cornell University, 332
ship has established itself as one of the most vibrant sectors Uris Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, (607) 255-6480. She'd be happy to
of intellectual pursuit. Our program often serves at the model respond to any of your questions or send you more specific
for new interdisciplinary units that are restructuring the mar- information about The Women's Studies Program at Cornell.
ketplace of knowledge."

The Women's Studies Program

Arts & Sciences
This series is sponsored by the Office of Alumni Affairs and Development of the College of Arts and Sciences.
We welcome your comments by letter, phone, or fax. We're at 726 University Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14850 and our telephone is 607 255-7225
or 800 331-0650 (8 A.M. till 5 P.M. Eastern time). Our fax is 607 255-6585 and it's on duty all the time.
 LETTERS

a challenge. It is a pity that there ose "house" plan will drain from the an oar" so that he could persuade
are none at my alma mater. Greek community. That dollar fig- Pop that he needed a new one. He
A. David Wunsch '60 ure will truly reveal the consequenc- finally got a new one!
Belmont, Massachusetts es of such heavy-handed social en- Eldred rowed bow oar at least
gineering. some of the time. Our family always
made the observation train for the
Fraternity H. William Fogle 70
Wallingford, Pennsylvania races on the lake.
Caius M. (Kay) Hoffman '32
as 'College' Editor: As a Cornell alumna and also
a professor at another Ivy League
De Lancey, New York

school, I object to the presumptu-

Editor: Once again I read that Cornell ous and paternalistic idea that there
is planning to wreck its magnificent should be "faculty responsibility for
Glee Club Reunion
heritage, this time by developing a students' social and personal devel-
plan to herd undergraduates into an opment" [May Alumni News, p. 19]. Editor: This year's Homecoming
artificial system of residential houses As a student, I would have re- Weekend (October 17-20) will fea-
of roughly 1,000 each during their sented and resisted any attempt of ture the 25th reunion of the Cornell
freshman and sophomore years in the faculty to meddle in my personal University Glee Club that toured
order "to provide a sense of com- and social life. As a professor at Southeast Asia.
munity/' [May Alumni News.] Brown, I do not presume to invade In 1966, forty-one young sing-
If Larry Palmer, vice president my students' privacy by intruding ers from the Glee Club, along with
for academic affairs and campus life, into their personal and social lives. Dr. Alexius Rachun and director
were a little more familiar with his My responsibility is for my students' Thomas Sokol, embarked on perhaps
Cornell history, he would know that intellectual development. the most exciting and ambitious
a fine system of residential colleg- Felicia Ackerman '68 undertaking in the Glee Club's his-
es already exists right under his Providence, Rhode Island tory. These young musicians spent
nose. I am, of course, speaking of three months in Asia, performing 120
the Cornell fraternity system.
As an example, the 1893 lodge
of the Delta Chi Chapter of Delta
Blasting Graffiti concerts in ten different countries.
The [reunion] weekend's many
activities will include Japanese and
Kappa Epsilon at 13 South Avenue Chinese banquets, attending the
(now on the National Register of Editor: It was sickening to read about Cornell-Harvard game, and a joint
Historic Places) was explicitly con- the graffiti sprayed on the walls of concert with the current Glee Club.
ceived and designed to be a resi- Goldwin Smith by black and Latino We will revive some of our Asian
dential college in keeping with the students protesting a decrease in fi- songs and combine them with tra-
[Oxford and Cambridge] tradition. nancial aid. ditional Cornell favorites.
John DeWitt Warner 1872, a char- One accepts verbal and written For additional information, please
ter member of the chapter, later protests but not the unconsciona- contact the Cornell University Glee
wrote [in 1910]: ble desecration of university prop- Club Office, Sage Chapel, Ithaca,
" . . . the pending chapter en- erty and venerable buildings. New York 14853-6101.
terprise that best merits note is the No less abominable was their Adam G. Perl '67
doubling of her chapter house ac- opposition's resorting to similar tac- Ithaca, New York
commodations so as to provide for tics of expression.
thirty-five in residence besides
guests. Thus will be more nearly
realized the 'college' on the Oxford
Subsidize such people? Hell, no!
Benjamin Hertzberg '31
New York, New York
Baseball Great
and Cambridge pattern for which
more than twenty-five years ago we
bought the one site more dominat-
ing the town than any on the cam-
Cracked Oar Editor: The "House of Baseball" in
April was a splendid article. In a pic-
ture of the Cornell team of 1900,
pus; and worked out such plans for reference is made to Hugh Jennings
cloisters, refectory, library and great Editor. A recent issue of the Alum- '04, probably Cornell's most famous
hall—grouped about a court with ni News [May] carried a picture of baseball star. As the manager of the
gateway and tower—which could be "Pop" Courtney and the frosh crew Detroit Tigers, almost on a par with
developed through generations, of 1920. My brother, Eldred W. legendary John McGraw and Connie
while used from the start." Hoffman, Class of '23 and a mem- Mack, he was nationally acclaimed
Mr. Palmer would be well ad- ber of Lambda Chi Alpha, is seated, and, I believe, is in the Baseball Hall
vised to rethink his plan before any third from the left. of Fame in Cooperstown.
real damage is done. As of this date, I remember that he told my dad Incidentally, Hugh's lovely
he has not even calculated the that his oar was cracked and that daughter and her fine dentist hus-
amount of revenue that his grandi- he was going to "bust a gut or bust band, who lived in our block, were
Cornell Alumni News
8
the most handsome couple I ever garet G. Clark '66; Eugenia (Jeanne
knew. Brown) Sander '66 is food service WaymanisWyman
William Pentecost '33 consultant.
Clarks Green, Pennsylvania The food service, laundry, and
solid waste design is being accom- Editor: It was a pleasure to see a
More Credit plished by firms led by Cornellians.
The programming effort was led by
The Joseph Baum & Michael
picture on page 42 in your June 1991
issue which included my father,
Phillips Wyman '17. But alas, with
Whiteman Company, where Joe all the troubles I have had with the
Editor: I have just reviewed the April Baum is Class of '43, and Dennis spelling of Phillips through these
edition of the Alumni News and, as Sweeney '62. seventy-two years of mine, this was
always, find it a wonderful publica- The planning of those facilities the first time I saw the last name
tion. I discovered, with chagrin, some is the responsibility of Cini-Little misspelled. Dad was the editor of the
information lacking on page 79, "In International which currently has Sun as an undergraduate and went on
the News." on staff eighteen Cornellians, in- to be the publisher oiRedbook maga-
The subject was the World Bank cluding three of the four senior zine, so I am aware that a "typo" is
project, where mention is made of principals: John Cini '53, Ronald the bane of an editor.
the architectural firm of Kohn Kooser '61, and William V. Eaton Phillips Wyman Jr. '41
Pedersen Fox Associates and Craig '61. The undersigned, incidental- Mill Creek, Washington
Nealy 77 and Bill Cunningham 72. ly, i$ the project executive respon-
Barber Conable '43 and Jonathan sible for the World Bank project In the same photo caption, the names
Lyttle '67 are also mentioned. and is deeply involved in the plan- of Jane Fennelly Detmold and Mrs.
There are other Cornellians in- ning of the facility. Gladys Burritt were mistakenly
volved as well: The chief of food William V. Eaton '61 switched. The Alumni News regrets
service for the World Bank is Mar- Potomac, Maryland the errors.—Ed.

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September 1991
9
 FACULTY

1984 to 1990 and lost several facul- South-Central New York area, and

THE TWO-
ty candidates because Cornell and Ithaca, with a population of 28,000
Ithaca could not offer satisfactory jobs (not including students) does not
for their spouses. offer many non-academic profession-
Though no one has a campus- al jobs. The nearest "big" cities,
wide count of the number of faculty Binghamton and Syracuse, are each

BODY who leave or decline job offers be- an hour's drive and because of the
cause of the two-career problem, often inclement weather, few peo-
there is a strong sense among peo- ple are eager to commute.
ple involved in hiring that the num-
ber is growing.
"I think it's an unresolvable prob-
lem," says Walter Lynn, the dean

PROBLEM Mermin himself has a two-career of faculty. "If you're in Boston or

marriage; his wife, Dorothy, is chair- New York City or Chicago or San
man of the English department. They Francisco there are just lots more
are one of the university's dual-ca- opportunities for either side of the
reer success stories. The Mermins family . . . I think the nature of our
came to the Hill in 1964, a time of location provides a penalty to this
great expansion, and both got jobs institution which will make it exceed-

A
ssistant Professor Joe Mitchellby mail, without even coming to cam- ingly difficult in the future for us to
pus to interview.
and his wife, Visiting Assistant address that [two-career dilemma]
Professor Esther Arkin, are Since then, Dorothy Mermin, too, with some sort of concrete resolu-
leaving Cornell this month for has seen the dual-career problem tion of the problem."
SUNY, Stony Brook. It's not thwart hiring in her department. Pro- Lynn stresses, though, that the
because they don't like it on the fessor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. problem is not unique to Cornell—
Hill—they'd love to stay. It's becauseand Professor Hortense J. Spillers businesses across the country are
both are PhDs in operations re- both left the university last year be- having more difficulty moving em-
search, both want tenure-track jobs cause, they said, their partners could ployees or recruiting new ones be-
and Cornell just can't deliver. not find suitable employment. cause more and more professionals
"Ithaca had little else to
offer my wife in terms of a
long-term professional ca-
reer," Mitchell says. While
Mitchell was hired into a ten-
ure-track slot in 1986, Arkin
has been a visiting assistant
professor, which does not
lead to tenure. "Stony Brook
was looking at my wife,
Esther, for a while and re-
alized that if they could place
both of us they could prob-
ably snag us," says Mitchell.
Their departure is one of
a growing number spurred
by an increasing and largely
unsolvable, dilemma on the
Hill that Mitchell calls "the
two-body problem." As more
young academics marry oth-
er academics or wed profes-
sionals outside of academia,
Cornell is finding it harder
and harder to attract and
keep faculty whose spous-
es are also professionals.
"The single major prob- Esther Arkin and her husband Joe Mitchell are leaving Cornell for SUNY, Stony
lem in recruiting new facul- Brook, where both will have tenure-track positions, BRUCEWANGUNIV PHOTO
ty is the dual- career problem," says The problem lies largely in are married to other professionals,
physics professor David Mermin, Ithaca's size and isolated location. making relocation an increasingly
who was director of the Laborato- Cornell, with 9,200 employees, is the complex decision.
ry of Atomic Solid State Physics from biggest employer in the six-county, Perhaps the easiest scenario for
Cornell Alumni News
10
the university is when both spous- lem and Joycelyn Hart, associate vice At the same time, J. Courtney
es are in the same academic field president for human relations, says, Fletcher, a labor resources repre-
because then the ability to offer up "We're finding that the reason peo- sentative from the New York State
two spots rests in a single depart- ple are not accepting offers is more Department of Labor who is based
ment. When each spouse is in a dif- frequently because we are not able at the university, helps faculty spous-
ferent academic field, it's much hard- to find suitable employment for a es seek work outside academia. She
er. "If it's across departments or, partner." The problem is particularly says that about eight out of 10 peo-
worse yet, across colleges, it's mur- acute in trying to recruit women and ple she counsels find jobs within six
der," Mermin says. Departments are minorities, she adds, because those months of relocating to Ithaca. "I
very proprietary about their open- people often have other offers and can't say it's the best job they ever
ings and often resent even being choose schools in locales where had," she adds, "but they were suc-
asked to look at the spouse of a job there are more employment oppor- cessful" in finding something. The
candidate in another department. "I tunities for a partner. one constant is a pay cut. "Almost
think we need to change that atti- Hart is working to promote more everybody who comes to the area
tude," Mermin says. cooperation in hiring among the var- ends up accepting something at a
But Dean Lynn disagrees. "It's ious colleges and universities in the much lower salary than they came
not a collegial thing: Ύou hire one area and among local businesses like from," Fletcher adds.
of ours this time and we'll hire one National Cash Register and Corn- Those spouses who have come
of yours next time,'" he says. "It just ing Glass. She has published a pam- and stayed have devised a variety
doesn't work that way. Certainly one phlet titled "Opportunities for Dual- of solutions to the two-career dilem-
of the great successes at Cornell is Career Couples" that describes the ma. Many have carved niches for
not to have the central administra- region and suggests places to look themselves at the university, shift-
tion tell [departments] who they for job listings. She is also drafting ing their career aspirations to fit
should hire." a manual that will include contact existing administrative or teaching
Nonetheless, administrators are people at nearby colleges and busi- jobs there, or have spurred the cre-
very aware of the dual-career prob- nesses. ation of new positions that didn't exist

THE ART OF
PAUL MANSHIP

on view at the
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
September 24-November 24,1991

The exhibition was organized by the National

Museum of American Art; for more information
please call the Johnson Museum at 607/255-6464.
Atalanta by Paul Manship, 1921, bronze, 28 3A" high.
This exhibition has been made possible at the Johnson Museum with the
Collection of the National Museum of American Art;
generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Schwartz, Cornell class of 1960. bequest of Paul Manship.

September 1991
11
 FACULTY

before their arrival. Some spouses have to global warming through the meth- based Society of New Music, is to
started successful businesses in town. ane they emit when they belch, two compose a song cycle for a low voice,
Others have elected to stop working, university resource economists say. such as a tenor, and a small mixed
an option created by the lower cost of "In our view, cows and agricul- ensemble. Stucky is a member of
living in Ithaca relative to metropoli- ture are not the hazard to the at- the composition faculty and is also
tan areas. mosphere that some scientists have composer-in-residence for the Los
But because the majority of fac- made them out to be," says agricul- Angeles Philharmonic.
ulty members are men, the majori- tural economics Professor Duane Locksley Edmondson, profes-
ty of faculty spouses are women, and Chapman, whose work was done in sor of political science in the Africana
many are underemployed. "There collaboration with doctoral student Studies and Research Center, has
was certainly a very clear message Thomas Drennen. "We've got to face been appointed to a five-year term
I was given by a lot of women here," the fact that fossil-fuel consumption as director of the center. He suc-
recalls Pat Poston, who arrived with by industrialized nations is the cul- ceeds Professor Robert L. Harris
her husband, rural sociology profes- prit and therefore must be the fo- Jr., a specialist in Afro-American
sor Dudley Poston, in 1988. "Just cus of any international agreements history, who will spend 1991-92 as
give up, Pat. I looked for a year and slated to reduce greenhouse-gas a humanities fellow of the Rocke-
didn't find anything. Just do volun- emissions." feller Foundation at the State Uni-
teer work," she was told. Pat Poston Some government officials, sci- versity of New York in Buffalo.
has a master's degree in social work entists and others have proposed that Edmondson specializes in interna-
and more recently had a successful methane, which traps infrared radi- tional relations dealing with Africa
real estate business in Austin, Texas. ation from escaping from the Earth's and the Caribbean, and in race rela-
But real estate sales in Ithaca were atmosphere, should be included with tions involving the black world. He
difficult to broach because she wasn't carbon dioxide when international has been teaching in the Africana
familiar with the town. She eventu- agreements to limit emissions of Center since 1983 and taught in the
ally found a job she enjoys and that climate-changing greenhouse gasses government department for three
pairs her skills: housing director for are considered. Each adult cow re- years in the early 1970s.
the Tompkins County Department leases up to 106 gallons of meth- Economics Professor Thomas
of Social Services. ane per day through belching and P. Lyons has been named director
However, the Postons, too, are scientists calculate that the 1.2 bil- of the East Asia Program for a three-
leaving at the end of this year, largely lion cattle worldwide release some year term. Lyons's research involves
to be closer to family, but in part so 60 million tons of methane annual- economic development and planning
Pat can return to the real estate ly in China. He succeeds Professor
business she misses. "We're both But Chapman and Drennen say Karen Brazell, Asian Studies, who
entitled to do the thing we love to that to consider limiting cattle pro- will return to teaching in her areas
do best and to maximize our sala- duction as a way to reduce global of expertise: Japanese poetry and noh,
ries as much as we care to," she warming is absurd. One cow has the a form of Japanese dance-drama.
says. "I think the difference about same global-warming effect as a 75- Walter R. Lynn, dean of the
this [next] move is it's going to work watt light bulb operating for an en- faculty and professor of civil and
for both of us." tire year, they say. "Replacing in- environmental engineering, has won
The dual-career dilemma leaves candescent light bulbs in industri- the Public Service Award from the
administrators like Hart wringing alized countries with new 18-watt Universities Council on Water Re-
their hands. "We don't know of any fluorescent bulbs that provide the sources. He was recognized for his
easy answers," she says. As the same amount of light would go much role in establishing the field oί wa-
current faculty ages and reaches further in reducing future climate- ter-resource-systems engineering
retirement, the resulting increase in change impact than trying to regu- and for making public service a foun-
openings may make it easier to find late bovine emissions in developing dation of his work.
spots for academic couples, Hart countries, which have 53 percent of Gerhard H. Jirka, professor of
says. In the meantime, "The only the world's cows," says Chapman. civil and environmental engineering,
thing that's optimistic is that as long has been named a Fulbright Schol-
as the university is strong, is a leader
globally, people may be willing to
make more compromises to become
People ar for 1991-92. He will spend the
year lecturing and researching at the
Technical University of Vienna.
a part of this university." Physics Professor Maury Tig-
—Kathy Bodoυίtz Music Professor Steven Stucky, ner, director of operations at the
DMA '78 is one of seven compos- Floyd R. Newman Laboratory of

Bovine Belching ers commissioned to write new

works by the Serge Koussevitzky
Music Foundation in the Library of
Nuclear Studies, has been elected
a fellow of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences. He is among
Congress and the Koussevitzky 195 new fellows honored for their
Contrary to recently published es- Music Foundation. Stucky's commis- contributions to science, scholarship,
timates, cows do not contribute much sion, co-sponsored by the Syracuse- public affairs and the arts.
Cornell Alumni News
12
 STUDENTS

artin McCall '91 intends to study indicating that only one-third

HARD
pass some time in Germany. of this year's graduates would have
His plans sound pleasant jobs by July 1. Fifty-five percent
enough; he's taking a few lan- of the Class of '90 had jobs by grad-
guage courses at Regensburg uation last year, the paper report-
University and hopes to make ed.

TIMES IN
enough money to scrape by. My own experience confirms
But, like so many other recent some of the grim numbers. While
grads who didn't have jobs this sum- rejecting my application, the editor
mer, his post-commencement sched- in charge of hiring reporters at For-
ule was penciled in by an oppres- tune magazine informed me that to-

THE REAL sive economy.

Job fairs, networking and ap-
plications for a wide variety of po-
sitions—including some at high
schools, museums, and maga-
zines—didn't come through for
day's job market is worse than it was
during the 1981-82 recession; a re-
porter for the Wall Street Journal said
you'd have to go back to the Great
Depression to see such poor pros-
pects.
McCall, a history major from San Then, as now, students strong-
Antonio. He described this to me ly needed assistance in landing the
a few days before graduation with sparse job offers sought by so many
a rueful grin, acknowledging his applicants. Cornell's Undergraduate
good fortune in being able to travel. Career Center was founded soon af-
Most out-of-work Americans aren't ter the 1933 Bank Holiday that Pres-
as lucky. ident Franklin D. Roosevelt imposed
Many recent college graduates to stave off a run on money. Thom-
like Martin—me, for example—look as Devlin, director of the career cen-
into the future and see only blurred ter, said that use of the center by
uncertainty. students increased last academic
When the Class of 1991 en- year—and repeat use jumped dra-
tered Cornell in the fall of 1987, matically. Some 200 to 500
job opportunities swarmed over Ivy undergrads walked into the Sage Hall
League graduates like killer bees. center each day during the '90-91
Times have changed. The job mar- school year, Devlin said. 'There's
ket is tighter than
it has been in at
least 10 years. Em-
ployers institute
hiring freezes
where they can to
avoid lay-offs.
I try to maintain
a sense of humor
about it, but the 50
or so rejection letters
I've received tend to
sap any optimism I
might have had. And
members of the me-
dia—whose ranks I
aspire to join—
haven't let me forget
it. In one day in late
June no fewer than
five news stories
pummeled me on the
same theme—few
doors will open for
graduates this year.
USA Today
Simone Evans '91 is hoping an drove the point
alumnus will help her find work. home, citing a recent
September 1991
13
 *£*£•*. Mt. STUDENTS

Pleasant
Area
just 3 miles
east of Ithaca
and Cornell. a strong sense of frustration," he Simone's background would
Rural 67 acres of noted. seem to fit in well with her aspira-
mixed hardwood forest and re- Devlin said he also expected tions: she's worked for Cornell's
verted farmland has been donated more than the usual 25 to 30 per- entomology department, the Veter-
to the Finger Lakes Land Trust, a cent of graduates to seek the secu- ans Administration and for the de-
non-profit organization, for resale. rity of graduate or professional partment of surgery at Philadelphia's
Your purchase of this land, schools. Applications to Cornell's Hahnemann Hospital. A solid stu-
protected with a conservation Graduate School for the 1991-92 dent, Simone has the credentials, but
easement restricting development
academic year increased by 10 per- not the job. "I'll give myself until
cent over previous years, with more the end of September/' she said. "If
to one or two houses, will help the
of those applicants who were accept- I don't find something . . . I'll take
Land Trust expand its land conser-
ed choosing to enroll than ever be- any job to bring in some money."
vation efforts. Enjoy your own
fore. Applications to the nation's 430 Income is key: in addition to keep-
nature preserve, abounding with largest graduate institutions rose by ing a roof over her head and food
wildlife, and take pride in your 20 percent, according to the Coun- on the table, Simone's sizeable stu-
action to protect the natural heri- cil of Graduate Schools. dent loans come due in January.
tage of the Finger Lakes Region.
For now, however, even fully ad- Carron Sherry '91 is in a simi-
Contact: Alton Reed Real Estate equate career services cannot protect lar boat. Carron graduated in May
212 Turkey Hill Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
everyone from certain cold, hard eco- from the College of Human Ecolo-
(607)277-3010 nomic truths. For example, on my grad- gy with a 3.2 GPA. In June, she
For information about the Land Trust,
uation day this May, 8,640,000 Amer- house-sat for a friend outside San
contact: icans were unsuccessfully seeking jobs, Francisco. But she appears well-
Finger Lakes Land Trust according to the U.S. Department of equipped to take on a bit more re-
P.O. Box 4745 Labor. That's an unemployment rate sponsibility—as a financial analyst,
Ithaca, NY 14852
(607) 838-3590
of 6.9 percent. And college students for example.
are at the bottom of the pecking order Carron put her economics and
for most jobs. policy analysis major to good use dur-
ing the past three years, interning
ANTARCTICA
A
s one of the 23.3 million young at the Council of Europe, the Poli-
adults who are currently look- cy Analysis Institute, and Ithaca's
AMAZON ing to enter the professional
realm, I'm taking it all fairly
Economic Opportunity Corporation.
Morgan Stanley saw enough in
RUSSIAN ARCTIC hard. A number of would-be
employers have told me that they
Carron to fly her from Ithaca to New
York City for interviews four differ-
Adventure cruises on would have hired me if I had walked ent times, and invited her to its
the newly built deluxe into their offices with my current SuperSaturday session—eight hours
M.V. 'COLUMBUS credentials a few years ago. They of continuous interviews. Competi-
CARAVELLE". couldn't afford me now, they said. tion was tight; even job candidates
ANTARCTICA But I know I'm not the only one with influential contacts at the firm
1991/1992 — Five exped- from Cornell's Class of 1991 who is were shut out. And Carron didn't
tions visiting the have any contacts at all.
channels of Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Islands,
"gainfully unemployed," as I describe
South Georgias and the it to my more inquisitive relatives. Her sister Maureen, a member
Antarctic Peninsula. A number of students each year of the Class of '85, was astonished
decide to travel abroad after gradu- at the number of this year's gradu-
A M A Z O N — March 1992,
exploring the world's
ation and put off the whole "reality ates who left campus without secure
mightiest river and its thing." Others haven't put it off at positions. "She couldn't believe it,"
opulent ecosystem. all—and haven't fared much better. Carron recalled. "She told me that
Simone Evans '91 feels caught her classmates basically walked into
in a vice. A sociology major seek- jobs."
RUSSIAN ARCΉC C| ing work in medical research, she
Summer 1992 — Be among tw That was during the heyday of
the first to explore the ^ spent the summer in Ithaca com- the industry-friendly '80s, when busi-
Russian Arctic and wit- pleting the few credits required for ness boomed, especially in the fi-
ness spectacular scenery her diploma. She sent out and cir-
and wildlife in a region which until recently was nancial markets. But traditional
closed for modern expeditions. culated some 20 applications to hos- friends-of-friends employment oppor-
For further information and a free brochure, contact: pitals, research centers and labs all tunities didn't open up for Carron
over New York City without any suc- or students like her. Nor did pursu-
International cess. ing alumni contacts bail her out. She
CRUISE CENTER, INC. "I'm kind of hoping against hope" plans to move to New York and keep
250 Old Country Rd., Mineola, N.Y. 11501
516-747-8880 to find a job, Simone said. "I'm look- looking. And waiting. She has plen-
ing toward Cornell alumni to help ty of company.
~i£»- βoo-221-3254
me, but so far—nothing." —Dave Folkenflik
Cornell Alumni Mews
14
 AUTHORS

REMEMBERING KEN
University, Sackville, New Bruns-
wick, Canada. Bringing together the
separate realms of political and the-
atrical history, the author re-exam- The World
ines Abraham Lincoln's death as a
tragedy in the fullest sense. (Uni- of Antiquity
versity of Illinois Press)
Egypt 17 days a unique itinerary
THE CHARM OF PHYSICS that traces the development of ancient
By Professor Sheldon L. Glashow Egypt chronologically from the be-
'54, sciences, Harvard. The Nobel ginnings of the Old Kingdom mu-
Prize-winning physicist has compiled seum visits used as orientation for the
talks, newspaper and magazine ar- sites special programs that study the
ticles, book excerpts, Harvard course origin and development of the pyramid
material and some new writings to
form and the role of the pyramids in
discuss the study of physics. (Amer-
J t K i l ! όA L
ican Institute of Physics) the funerary rites of the pharaohs a
Heίen Schuίman '83 '
Nile cruise aboard the new M.S.
THE HAGGLER'S HANDBOOK Nephtis extended tours at Luxor
OUT OF TIME By Peter Goodman '72 and Leon- sunrise at the temples of Abu Simbel
By Helen Schulman '83. In her ard Koren. The authors offer tips,
first novel, Schulman tells the sto- • limited groups the finest hotels.
tactics and strategies for successful
ry of Kenneth Gordon Gold, whose negotiation. (W.W. Norton) Other tours bring a similar approach
impetuous and dashing life ends the
night his car plows into a tree. We to the archaeology and history ofIsrael,
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING
meet Ken through the memories and By Alan J. Miller '57. Can inves- Asia Minor (Turkey), Greece & the
voices of his family and friends. tors and companies be socially re- Aegean, and Carthage & Greek sites in
Schulman goes back in time to show sponsible without sacrificing their North Africa, Sicily & southern Italy.
the family a year before Ken's death investment returns? Miller says yes
and further back into his childhood, and suggests how to do it. (New York Also: the islands of the Galapagos air
before leaping ahead to one year, Institute of Finance) safaris to East Africas, Botswana &
then five years, then ten years af- Namibia Papua New Guinea Aus-
ter his death. WEISSENHOF 1927 AND THE MODERN MOVE-
tralia & New Zealand India & Nepal
The author is a New York City MENT IN ARCHITECTURE
native who majored in English at By Professor Christian F. Otto, • southern India Japan & S.E. Asia
Cornell and then received a Master architecture, and Richard Pommer. Borneo, Sumatra & Sulawesi Thai-
of Fine Arts degree at Columbia The authors explore the political, land Patagonia Special tours of
University, where she now teaches economic, social and aesthetic im- Europe for those who have seen the
in the graduate Creative Writing pact of an exhibition housing settle- major cities: Provence Burgundy,
Program. Her collection of short ment designed by sixteen leading ar- Alsace, Lorraine Northern Italy
stories, Not α Free Show, was pub- chitects of the Modern Movement. Holland & Flanders England, Scot-
lished in 1988. (Atheneum) The exhibition, built on the Weis-
senhof hillside overlooking Stuttgart, land & Wales.
JOHN STUART MILL opened in 1927. (University of Chi-
By Janice Carlisle, PhD '73. An cago Press) Tours are especially designed for the
associate professor of English at alumni of a distinguished group of
Tulane University, Carlisle re-eval- PSYCHOTHERAPY TODAY universities, with deluxe facilities and
uates the links between Mill's ex- By Ronald W. Pies '74. A psychi- the finest accommodations.
perience and his writings. (Univer- atrist and Tufts University profes-
sity of Georgia Press) sor, Pies describes how psychother-
apy works. His book is subtitled, "A
Alumni Flights Abroad
ASSASSIN ON STAGE consumer's guide to choosing the 1-800-AFA-8700 or (914) 241-8700
By Professor Albert Furtwangler, right therapist." (Manning Skidmore A.FA Plaza, Bedford Hills, N.Y. 10507
PhD '68, English, Mount Allison Roth)
September 1991
15
 SPORTS

GOODBYE,
FRESHMAN FOOTBALL
T
he Council of Ivy Group Presi- nature being what it is with athletic has eliminated water polo and wres-
dents has agreed in principle to competitors, they're going to want tling, while Brown has cut water polo,
allow freshmen to compete on to shine as best they can with the golf, gymnastics and volleyball.
varsity football teams starting varsity team." The football team's recruiting
in the fall of 1993. The presi- The Council's proposal, which is effort will be affected, too. Under the
dents also voted to lower the maxi- subject to ratification in December, was proposal, Ivy League schools now
mum allowable number of football designed to help the schools save will be permitted to pay the costs
players in each freshman class from money. With one less program (and of campus visits for just 70 prospec-
50 to 35. The agreement effective- 15 fewer footballers) to support, over- tive football players, instead of the
ly eliminates freshman football pro- all athletic department costs should 85 now allowed.
grams. decrease. The Ivy schools, like uni- Both Kennedy and Hofher
Ivy freshman currently compete versities nationwide, are examining agreed that a student-athlete's pri-
on varsity teams in every sport ex- athletic and physical education pro- mary reason for coming to Cornell
cept football and crew. grams for ways to save money. Yale should be academics. Getting in-
Head football volved in compe-
coach Jim Hofher tition for a position
79 and Athletic with the varsity
Director Laing while at the same
Kennedy '63 time adjusting to
aren't all that ex- the pressure of
cited about the college studies
decision. "In could be a danger-
terms of making ous mix. "We've
us a stronger ath- got to make sure
letic program, there is support
(it's) probably not for them [the play-
(a good idea)," ers] academically,
Kennedy said. so that they don't
"We like the sta- get so wrapped up
tus quo very in competing for
much. Freshman the varsity that
football had a lot something gives
of great things at- way," Hofher said.
tached to it. The In lowering
student-athlete the raw numbers
didn't have to with which he has
worry about the to work, Hofher
competition of said his coaches
making the team, must do a better
the intensity. He'd job of recruiting,
have a year to do recognizing tal-
that." ent both on the
Hofher, a field and in the
three-year letterman as Big Red There will be fewer bodies for classroom. Kennedy called it the
quarterback from 1976 to 1978, ech- practices, coaches say. "rifle-shot approach" to recruiting,
oed those sentiments. "There will as opposed to the previous "shot-
be a good amount of pressure on gun approach."
freshmen now," he said. "Human Despite smaller numbers, Hofher
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 NEWS

THEORY CENTER
DOORS SWING OPEN
T
he guests stood in a polite and faculty, the building has lecture
clump around the animated pro- halls, laboratories filled with IBM
fessor as he gestured at the computers of every shape and size
pictures on the wall, explain- and, on opening day, researchers
ing that what looked like twin posted on every floor who were ea-
blobs was in fact a cell dividing— ger to explain their projects.
caught in the act by a video camera The research being conducted in
hooked up to a computer. the plush new building is clearly cut-
Over the course of the 90 min- ting-edge stuff, but the uninitiated
utes it takes the cell to divide, the observer gleans only the understand-
computer collects an astounding 40 ing that clever minds and powerful
billion elements of data. "So you can computers are combining to make
see we're very keen to form close calculations that are otherwise in-
links with the supercomputing cen- comprehensible.
ter," electrical engineering profes- Some projects, though, were in-
sor Anthony Reeves said with a triguing even to those who didn't
chuckle. fully understand them. Kevin Novins,
Reeves's presentation was the a computer science PhD candidate,
first stop on the grand-opening tour explained how a normal ultra-sound
of the university's new Engineer- reading teamed with his computer
ing and Theory Center, a $35 mil- graphics program allowed him to pro-
lion joint project undertaken by the duce on the screen what looked al-
university, New York State, the Na- most like a heart beating. He is work-
tional Science Foundation and high- ing on making the image three-di-
tech corporations such as IBM and mensional. "By the end of the year
Xerox. we hope to have a machine like this
The seven-story building, on Hoy in the doctor's office," he said. If de-
Road across from the baseball field, veloped, Novins tool would provide
houses classrooms and research facil- a painless, x-ray-free diagnosis of
ities designed to bring together fac- heart ailments.
ulty and students from a variety of The building, which actually
scientific disciplines. The goal: to opened to its first occupants a year
share ideas and equipment. ago, is home to several outfits: The President Frank
After a round of speeches filled Program of Computer Graphics, H.T. Rhodes gets
with thanks, praise and musings which uses computers to generate a helping hand
about the evolution of the project realistic-looking simulations on the at the Theory
("You can't imagine the lengths dis- screen; the Theory Center, one of Center ribbon-
tinguished research professors will four National Science Foundation- cutting
go in fighting for research and of- sponsored centers for advanced com- ceremony.
fice space," said Dean William Streett putational science and supercomput-
of the Engineering College), Presi- ing research; and a handful of pro-
dent Frank Rhodes took up a three- grams within the College of Engi-
foot-long scissors and snipped the neering.
redribbonoutside the building's front The university's supercomput-
door. Several hundred visitors then ers, which were to be moved into
poured inside for a look around. the new building, are going to stay
In addition to corporate-style of- put in the Computing and Commu-
fices occupied by graduate students nications Center because of the cost
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Manufacturing
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in the new building can access the the university-industry link are more
supercomputers through phone lines. obvious, the state, too, stands to November 18-22,1991
As several of the speakers at the make a return on its investment.
dedication pointed out, the Engineer- "We have strong reason to support
ing and Theory Center represents any resource that draws strong tal- For information:
an unusual marriage of money and ent to a whole region," said H. Gra- Programs in Professional
ideas. The State of New York gave ham Jones, executive director of the Education, B121ves Hall,
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 hen the Alumni News put out a call to Store during Homecoming Weekend, Octo-
students, alumni and university em- ber 18-20.
ployees to send their favorite Cornell The contest was co-sponsored by the
pictures to our photo contest, the photography department of the Campus
prints and slides poured in. One hundred Store, with generous support from the East-
twenty-one people sent us 334 pictures. On man Kodak Company. Entries were judged
the next seven pages we present the winning by Gould Colman '51, university archivist;
photographs in each of four categories: The Peter Giles '60, vice president and director of
First 100 Years, Education at Cornell, The corporate commercial affairs at Eastman
Faces of Cornell and Scenic Cornell. There is Kodak; Chris Hildreth, director of university
also an award for the best student entry. The photography; Stefanie Lehman, art director of
grand prize-winning photo is on the cover of the Alumni News) and Peter Salce, photo-
the CAN you hold. graphic supervisor at the Campus Store.
All the photographs we received will be The grand prize winner receives $125
included in a photo album that will be pre- and the student award winner receives $100.
sented to the university at the 125th Anni- In each of the other categories, first prize is
versary Grand Finale Weekend in San Fran- $100, second prize is $75 and third prize is
cisco in October. In addition, the winning $50. In addition, the best student entrant in
photographs will be displayed at the Campus each category receives a Kodak camera.

Goldwin Smith Hall Fall 1987.

by Ken Zirkel '88
I
COVER
"It was fall, it was after dinner. I was looking for a the lighting that was there . . . After I saw the picture
good evening to take night pictures. I was really at- I noticed that there was a light somewhere else in the
tracted by Goldwin Smith because it's such a beauti- Quad that cast a shadow of the A.D. White statue on-
ful building. I used a wide angle lens and I only used to the door. It looks like a person is standing there."
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 After Rain, October 1989. painting. I have it on my wall. I
by Gyula Greschik, Grad thought it would be nice to make
more experiments with rain . . .
SCENIC CORNELL AND
"I was waiting for rain because Γd The rain was finally coming and I
STUDENT AWARD made a photo previously of almost was running out of my office. I
the same location, close up, and it took various photos of the reflec-
looks exactly like an impressionist tion of the tower in rain."
September 1991
21
#ί
 1ST PLACE
FACES OF CORNELL

Fun in the Sun, 1982.

Christopher Wrenn '84
"This is Fun in the
Sun. Alpha Delta Phi
had . . . a whole slide
that had water in it,
made of bales of hay
with plastic over it.
You would get a run-
ning start and slide
down it. The whole
thing got out of hand
and next thing you
know, the whole Arts
Quad got turned into a
pool of mud. Those
two guys are Alpha
Delt brothers."

Campus Roadblock, May 1970.

1ST PLACE
Dick White, professor of engineering EDUCATION AT CORNELL

"It's [taken] right on the bridge across the gorge from

Collegetown. I usually drive over it going to work. I [work]
in Hollister Hall and the parking lot entrance is right across
that bridge. I think the barricade was there for several days
and we had to take detours. It was, of course, a constant
topic of conversation so I just went down there one day to
take a few pictures."

2ND PLACE
SCENIC CORNELL
Double Rainbow, July 1974.
Eric Siegel 72
"I was a teaching assistant in
the introduction to computer
science course . . . Here I am
sitting on the top floor of Hollis-
ter and there's the view out my
office window. I was kind of
looking out the window idly one
day and noticed this double rain-
bow. What followed was a terrif-
ic upheaval as I went around my
office trying to find my camera
. . . I got the camera and took
the picture."

September 1991
23
 ^"^IAHMHRPI^ ~1

Tray Sliding on Libe Slope,

January 1964. 1ST PLACE
Ken Singer '65 FIRST 100 YEARS
"I can't really remem-
ber whether I was
going out or coming
back from some-
where. I was photog-
raphy editor of the
Cornellian so I was
alert to that type of
thing going on. I was
living in the Baker
Dorms so I was near-
by. I probably was
coming back from
somewhere and saw
them, went back and BEST STUDENT PHOTO
got my camera and The Dragon Burns, 1991.
took some pictures. A Michael Mettler '94
good title for it would
be 'Look Ma, No
Hands!' "

2ND PLACE
EDUCATION AT
CORNELL

Blowing Life in Art, 1988. tor of the Cornellian and I had an The subject was doing her sculp-
Steve S. Kim '89 assignment to take some pictures ture and she was almost done. She
about the [College of Architec- was blowing away the dust and
"I used to be the photo edi- ture, Art and Planning] school. that's when I took the picure."
Cornell Alumni News
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 Beebe Lake, Winter 1986-87.
Jonathan Barkey '87
"It had snowed the night before
and then the sun broke through
and it was a gorgeous day, so I
knew it would be a golden oppor-
tunity . . . to run around and get
some pictures . . . At the time the
university was dredging Beebe
Lake. They had built up some kind
of dirt causeway to get steamshov-
els and dump trucks out into the
middle of the lake. I was able to
walk on that and take that [pic-
ture] from a vantage point you
would not have been able to get
3RD PLACE either before or after."
SCENIC CORNELL

September 1991
25
 Friends in the Clock Tower,
Fall 1988.
2ND PLACE
Martin Tornai '89 FACES OF CORNELL

"I borrowed a pole vault pole from the athletic de-

partment and, with some . . . wedges and duct
tape, I taped the camera to the end of the pole. We
pulled the pole up the outside of the tower be-
cause it wouldn't fit in the stairwell . . . I swung
the pole out and suspended it with one arm, and
triggered the shutter [by remote] with the other
hand."

3RD PLACE Autumn Shadows, 1943.

FIRST 100 YEARS Charles Argana '45
"I climbed the Library Tower, which is where the
photo was taken. I took the typical 360 degrees.
That was the one looking over the quadrangle."

FACES OF CORNELL

Reading the Paper,

April 1991.
Mark Pasnik '94
"I was just sitting on
the [Arts] Quad pho- Balloon Ascension, Fall 1987.
3RD PLACE
tographing life going Ken Zirkel '88 FACES OF CORNELL
by . . . It seems to
show both sides of "It was the last balloon ascension [during half-time
Cornell to me—work- at the Homecoming game] that sorority [Delta Phi
ing really hard and Epsilon] did. They were being disbanded that year.
getting time off as Some of them [the sorority members] were in the
well." shade and when they moved into the light I knew
that's when I wanted the picture. I like it a lot be-
cause she's holding the pair of scissors. That gives
attention to the sharp object with the balloons."
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Clowning Around
in the Tree,
2ND PLACE . tι ί\ - >

April 1941. FIRST

Robert Bien '44 100 YEARS

"This was a whole bunch of us from the

College of Architecture. We were just fool-
ing around . . . outside White Hall. White
Hall was the architecture building at the
time. Architects were considered kind of
the nuttiest group on campus . . . It was in
the days before everyone wore jeans."

3RD PLACE
EDUCATION AT
CORNELL

Dragon Egg, 1990.

Michael Mettler '94

September 1991
27
A VOICE FOR INDONESIA
THE INDONESIAN BY AMANDA GARDNER

I B n a blustery April Saturday in

GOVERNMENT I • 1988, two editors from Wil-
M m Ham Morrow & Co. con-
THOUGHT IT HAD ^ b ^ verged at the publisher's Man-
hattan headquarters to make an unusu-
SILENCED DISSIDENT al phone call. Praying that they had been
given the right number, they carefully
WRITER PRAMOEDYA dialed the 14 digits to Indonesia and then
listened to the crackle and whoosh of
ANANTA TOER. the connection passing over North Amer-
ica and across the Pacific. The signal
THEN BEN honed in on a modest house in eastern
Jakarta where night was providing a small
ANDERSON GOT respite from the tropical humidity of the
day. Moments later, the twin ringing of
INVOLVED. the phone began and the voice of
Pramoedya Ananta Toer, "Indonesia's Sol-
zhenitsyn," echoed across the miles.
Conscious of possible phone taps, Pra-

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28
- .. ' : "i^Lr* ••„'•'"

1 1
:<:-.-

v ^'^p-
 moedya uttered the name of a man nation. The 14,000 islands of the In- long-distance friendship has spanned
he has never met before quickly donesian archipelago arc along the the distance separating Ithaca and
hanging up: "Ben Anderson, Cor- Equator east of Singapore and north Jakarta for almost two decades; over
nell." of Australia. And while the country the years, their lives have taken
Someone has to champion the has achieved some of Singapore's strangely similar twists. Like Ander-
cause of the world's dissident voic- economic miracle—enough to give son, Pramoedya has devoted most
es and in Pramoedya's case that the bustling capital of Jakarta a sil- of his life to the cause of Indonesia.
person is Benedict R. "Ben" Ander- houette of gleaming skyscapers—it And like Anderson, he is a casualty
son PhD '67, the Aaron L. Binenkorb has learned considerably fewer of of Indonesian politics.
Professor of International Studies, Australia's democratic traditions. Pramoedya is the oldest of nine
director of Cornell's Modern Indo- On this side of the Pacific, Ben children born to a schoolteacher and
nesia Project and a leading expert Anderson has been instrumental in his wife in Blora, a town in north-
on that country. helping Pramoedya's voice to be central Java. As his father became
Pramoedya needs all the help he heard. In 1988—largely through disillusioned with nationalist caus-
can get. For nearly 30 years, he has Anderson's efforts—PEN, the inter- es, he took to gambling, pushing the
been officially silenced in his own national writers' association, gave family further and further into debt.
country. Each of his dozens of Pramoedya its prestigious Freedom- And Pramoedya, never much of a
books—both fiction and nonfiction— to-Write award. And there may be student,finallyfledto Jakarta in 1942
is banned for containing "Marxist- an even bigger reward coming. Last just as the Japanese swept into Blora.
Leninist" themes. When he wrote year, with Anderson's help, William From then on, Pramoedya's po-
the introduction to someone else's Morrow & Co. started publishing lice record reads like a mini-histo-
book, it, too, was banned. The In- Pramoedya's novels—the first ma- ry of modern Indonesia. He has been
donesian press is forbidden to men- jor commercial publication of an In- imprisoned three times under three
tion his name and he's had nothing donesian writer in this country. Cer- different governments: by the Dutch
published since a novel, Glass House, tainly Morrow had heard the rumors colonial government in 1947 for fight-
was released—and banned—in 1988. putting Pramoedya on the "short list" ing with a rebel group; by the Su-
(Shortly after, a student was con- for the Nobel Prize. karno government in 1960 for writ-
victed of subversion and sentenced ing a defense of Indonesia's suspi-
to eight years in jail for selling cop- ciously-viewed Chinese minority;
ies of the book.) For the last 12 years, and, most notably, in 1965 for his
Pramoedya has been under town involvement in leftist causes.
arrest in Jakarta, unable to leave the The author's own human rights
city limits without special permis- record is not sterling, however. Af-
sion and required to report to the ter his release from jail the second
authorities regularly. time around, Pramoedya was swept
Despite these obstacles—or per- up in the leftist fervor of the early
haps because of them—he remains and mid-sixties, becoming a leader
one of Indonesia's most popular au- in the communist-front cultural or-
thors and possibly the only one with ganization, LEKRA. He was one of
a significant international following. the most vocal proponents of "so-
He has been compared to both cially relevant literature," and in a
Steinbeck (by the Washington Post) literary magazine he edited, Pra-
and Camus (by the San Francisco meodya even ran a list of "those who
Chronicle). In his own country, widely are to be cut down and those who
circulated photostats of his books are to be encouraged." A year lat-
form a sort of unofficial literature er, a group of artists and writers is-
curriculum; even his enemies are sued a Cultural Manifesto demand-
avid readers. "Pram's work contains ing artistic freedom. Pramoedya
extraordinary stories of times that lashed back, reinforcing a commu-
don't make it into official histories," nist party campaign which denounced
says Anderson. "A general leftist the group so loudly that the Sukarno
message and a sense of nationalism government eventually outlawed the
come through. He has a concern for document and, by extension, its sig-
people who get the short end of the or years now, a framed pho- natories. But in an ironic reversal
stick, and the stories are very pan- tograph of the 65-year-old of fortune, the censor became the
oramic. No other Indonesian writer Pramoedya has adorned Ben censored.
has attempted this kind of scale." Anderson's desk in McGraw After the failure of a leftist coup
Pramoedya has become a lead- Hall. Halfway across the world in 1965 which made way for the rise
ing symbol of the discrepancy be- among the moldering, unpublished of the conservative Suharto, close
tween material and political freedom manuscripts in Pramoedya's study to 500,000 suspected communists
in the world's fifth-most populous stands a picture of Anderson. The were executed, most of them by the
Cornell Alumni News
30
military. Some 10,000 others, includ- heard the booted steps of the [Dutch] country's 1945 revolution. It would
ing Prameodya, were exiled to Buru soldiers doing their rounds, Γd clear be the only time Anderson was wel-
Island, a penal colony north of Timor everything away. Since there was a come.
where writing was punished with sliding window in the upper part of As Anderson tells it, in 1966 he
death. When Pramoedyafinallysailed the cell door, through which the wrote a study (later known in gov-
from Buru in 1979, he was one of guards could spy on one, at night I ernment circles as "The Cornell
the last prisoners to leave, his re- could only write beneath the con- Paper") arguing that discontented
lease spurred by pressure from the crete bed stead, flat on thefloorwith army officers, not communists, were
U.S. on Indonesia to free political a lantern at my side. I bought the responsible for the previous year's
prisoners as a condition for aid. kerosene from comrades who coup attempt. According to Ander-
worked in the prison kitchen. Pa- son, the Indonesian government was
per I got my sweetheart to send in." furious that he would question the
This Earth of Mankind, the first basis for its anti-communist zeal
volume of Pramoedya's historical which was responsible for the kill-
tetralogy, was composed during an- ings as well as Pramoedya's lengthy
other prison term, this time on Buru. incarceration. Nevertheless, the In-
Each night he would recite the day's donesians stayed quiet at first, let-
musings to his 18 hut-mates who ting Anderson back into the coun-
would then memorize and retell the try in 1967 and 1968. But when they
story until it spread to the entire discovered him back again in 1972,
camp. When Pramoedya was freed, local intelligence services confiscated
the works were published, only to his passport and deposited him on
be banned almost immediately by the the next plane out of Jakarta.
government. The four volumes (to
be released by Morrow in October)
are considered the author's master-
piece. The story seems innocently
enough to chronicle the liberation
of the Indonesian people from feu-
dal Javanese tradition and Dutch Ί CAME TO THE
colonialism, yet the country's attor-
ney general cited such sentences as:
"All the big rotten fish flock to-
CONCLUSION THAT I
gether to become power-wielders;
all the small rotten ones spread WAS WRONG. I NO
around and make life rotten" as ev-
idence, once again, of Marxist- LONGER THINK
Leninism.
While Pramoedya remains a vir- POLITICS IS THE
tual prisoner in his own country, Ben
hen an author Anderson is free to roam the world COMMANDER. FOR
spends the bet- as long as doesn't set foot in Indo-
ter part of his nesia. In 1972, he was banned from
adult life locked the country. ME NOW, CULTURE
in a cell, it goes without saying that Though of mixed Anglo-Irish
his imaginaton is put to the test find- heritage, Anderson grew up in IS THE COMMANDER
ing outlets for his craft. This is part Kunming, China, where his father
of the Pramoedya mystique. The Fu- was a "narc" with the Imperial Mar- . . . I AM HOPEFUL
gitive, Pramoedya's sparse account itime Customs. By the time he grad-
of an Indonesian activist in hiding uated from Cambridge in 1957, China
during the 24 hours before the Jap- was closed to outsiders so Ander- BECAUSE I BELIEVE
anese surrender in 1945 (published son decided instead to immerse him-
by William Morrow last autumn) was self in Indonesia. "I wanted to re- IN THE YOUNGER
penned in one week while he was turn to Asia," Anderson recalls. "Chi-
held captive by the Dutch in 1949. na was closed, Japan seemed dull GENERATION.'
"It was written in moments when I by comparison, but Indonesia was
was not doing forced labor," in the throes of a civil war and was
Pramoedya once recounted. "Γd exotic and exciting." He made his
squat on a margarine can topped with first pilgrimage in 1961, staying until
a slat of wood, and use as my desk 1964 while he worked on his Cornell
my concrete bed stead. Each time I doctoral thesis on the origins of the
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 Anderson joined Pramoedya as the small parcels would go undetec- Indonesia is seeping gradually
an official outcast but was still in- ted. He was wrong. All the books into the American consciousness
tent on making Indonesia his life's were "lost" en route. "It was months although Pramoedya has little knowl-
work. Before too long, Anderson was after the publication, when we had edge of the transformation. He's still
teaching a seminar on Pramoedya, sent Pramoedya all the reviews, that under town arrest, occasionally re-
translating his short stories and cor- we found out he was very pleased, ceiving guests and studiously work-
responding regularly with the writ- especially with the review likening ing away on an encyclopedia of In-
er. They spoke on the phone only him to Steinbeck," recalls Schwal- donesian history and geography. Not
once, when Anderson was on dead- be. (Pramoedya once translated Of too long ago, Anderson conspired
line with one of the translations, but Mice and Men, and Steinbeck with some friends to send Pra-
direct communication with Pra- is one of his fav- moedya a computer so he could or-
moedya has never been easy: there orite authors). ganize his notes.
is the constant specter of military After fourteen years in jail and
surveillance, and Pramoedya lost twelve years under town arrest, the
much of his hearing when Buru pris- Suharto regime still hasn't let up on
on guards beat his ears with rifle Pramoedya. "There are a lot of peo-
butts. ple associated with the PKI [Indo-
Pramoedya's writing may have nesian Communist Party] who
been banned in his homeland but haven't been harassed like he has,"
there was nothing illegal about pub- explains Anderson. "Other people
lishing him in the U.S.—it was just keep quiet. They've been defeated.
a complicated affair. Will Schwalbe, But Pramoedya keeps fighting by
an editor of Pramoedya's work at quietly writing. And he's the only
William Morrow, realized that even Indonesian writer who's been trans-
though Anderson didn't have time lated into dozens of languages."
to translate The Fugitive, he would Pramoedya still denies the charges
be invaluable as the project's unof- (which have never received a for-
ficial guide. There would be no more mal trial) that his books contain
trans-Pacific conversations. Just an Marxist-Leninist themes: "I was once
executive in Manhattan and a pro- questioned by a military official about
fessor in Ithaca conspiring to bring those accusations and I told him that
the works of an acclaimed Asian if there are aspects of Marxist-Leninist
writer to the American public. thought, then Marx and Lenin must
Pramoedya would be the silent part- have gotten them from me."
ner, more or less oblivious to the In Indonesia now there are mut-
rush of activity he had caused so far ed calls for Suharto to step down
away. after almost three decades in pow-
Relying on Anderson's road map, er. When that happens, Pramoedya's
Schwalbe set about making contact personality situation will likely improve. His
with the various friendly interme- on hand to make the talk show cir- thinking has already experienced a
diaries who could get messages safe- cuit, rave reviews—the New York dramatic shift. During the political
ly to and from Pramoedya's house. Times called Pramoedya "An impor- fervor of the sixties, Pramoedya
"We were fighting the tendency for tant and vital writer"—of the novel shouted the slogan, "Politics is the
Pramoedya's mail to disappear more appeared in almost every major Commander." But times change and
than anything else," says Schwalbe. American paper; sales were just shy with them, people. "I came to the
The contract got to Pramoedya of 10,000 copies—better than those conclusion that I was wrong,"
through these circuitous channels, for a well-received first novel. The Pramoedya recently confided. "I no
as did the cover illustration for The release coincided not only with the longer think politics is the com-
Fugitive which shows a man peer- publication of Ben Anderson's new mander. For me now, culture is the
ing through some palm fronds. A book, Language and Power: Explor- commander... I am hopeful because
few weeks later a polite suggestion ing Political Cultures in Indonesia, I believe in the younger generation.
from Pramoedya drifted back to New but also with the Festival of Indo- I will go on living in this country, I
York: "I like the cover but the nose nesia, the biggest showing of Indo- have spent practically my entire life
is too long and pointy. It's Europe- nesian art and performance ever to working for this country and I will
an." The artist solved the problem reach the U.S. It's not quite the sen- go to the grave in Indonesia after I
by copying Pramoedya's distinctly sation Pramoedya's books caused in have seen change." B
Indonesian nose from a photo of the Indonesia (his books usually sell out
writer. in days, about the same length of Amanda Gardner grew up in Jakarta,
When the book was printed and time they're legal) but the way is where her father was the U.S. Depu-
bound, Schwalbe sent ten packages paved for Morrow to publish the rest ty Ambassador. She is a staff writer
of two books to Indonesia, hoping of Pramoedya's major works. for M Inc.
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 * ; » - • , .

he Fifth Amendment to the

United States Constitution
begins, "No person shall be
held to answer for a capi-
tal, or otherwise infamous
crime, unless on a present-
ment or indictment of a
Grand Jury . . . " In this
bicentennial year of the
Constitution, authors Ellen
Alderman '80 and Caroline
Kennedy examine the Bill
of Rights through actual
court cases in their book
In Our Defense. Among the
cases they discuss is the
following example of the
Fifth Amendment in action.
From the book In Our Defense by Ellen
Alderman and Caroline Kennedy. Copy-
right © 1991 by Ellen Alderman and
Caroline Kennedy. Reprinted with permis-
sion of William Morrow and Co., Inc. '••X,/' i

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O
n April 26, 1989, at about 1:00 teen. They had no money and no in tears about the prospect of their
a.m., Rudy and Tammy Linares experience with the legal system. baby being moved to Sycamore.
went to visit their baby son, Rudy and Tammy tried, but could Tammy left the room around 1:30
Sammy, at Rush-Presbyterian- not find or afford a lawyer to help a.m. Rudy stayed behind, as he of-
St. Luke's Medical Center in them. ten did, to talk to his son alone. But
Chicago. Sammy was in the pediat- Finally, in April, one of the nurses this time Rudy pulled out the gun,
ric intensive care unit. He was in at the hospital gave the Linareses ordered the nurses out of the room,
an irreversible coma, hooked up to the name of a lawyer she knew who unhooked Sammy's respirator, and
a respirator, with tubes coming out would be willing to take the case gathered the baby in his arms.
of his nose and mouth. He had per- for free. The Linareses made an ap- When a nurse attempted to re-
manent brain damage but he was not pointment for Friday morning, April connect Sammy to the respirator,
brain dead. He had been that way 28. But on the Tuesday before, they Rudy cocked the trigger and told her
for nine months, since August 2, were told Sammy would be trans- to get out. He pointed the gun at
when he choked on a piece of a yel- ferred to Sycamore Hospital, a long- Sammy's head and said no one would
low birthday balloon which burst as term care facility two hours away. get hurt unless they tried to stop
it was being blown up. The balloon They would not be able to visit him him. Rudy sat cradling Sammy in his
fragment got stuck in Sammy's wind- as often, and they had seen Sycamore arms and sobbing for about a half
pipe, cutting off the oxygen supply before. All the children there were hour, until the baby stopped breath-
to his brain. He was six months old like Sammy, all on respirators. ing. Sammy Linares was pronounced
at the time. Rudy decided that no one was dead at 2:05 a.m. Rudy then turned
Rudy had tried to revive Sammy going to "warehouse" his baby to the gun over to police waiting out-
with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, die. "If he's going to die, he's going side the unit and surrendered him-
but it did not work. When Sammy to die in my arms 'cause he died in self into their custody. He was ar-
began turning blue, Rudy scooped my arms one time already and he's rested and taken to the police sta-
him up and ran to a nearby fire sta- not going to die someplace strange." tion. To reporters gathered outside,
tion hoping someone there could When they went to see Sammy Rudy explained, "I did it because I
help. Paramedics rushed Sammy to on Wednesday night, without tell- loved my son, all right?"
the hospital, where he was put on ing Tammy, Rudy hid a .357 Mag- But the Cook County state's at-
life support and his heartbeat re- num under his coat. In the unit they torney saw it differently and declared,
stored. Sammy's condition was crit- each held Sammy. They were both "No one has the right to take the
ical. Based on the high acidity lev-
els in his blood, doctors thought he
would die. But given the enormous
and unpredictable recovery powers
of children, they made every effort
to save his life. Had Rudy and Tam-
my known then what Sammy would
go through for the next nine months,
they say they would never have
wanted him to be kept alive.
"You'd touch him, he'd curl up,
he'd start shaking. Fluids out of the
nose, out of the mouth," Rudy says.
"The worst [way] you can see a kid,
that's how you'd see him. There was
nothing left." Not only were they
watching Sammy suffer, without
much hope of improving, but "it was
just tearing apart the whole fami-
ly "
After a few months, Rudy and
Tammy tried to have Sammy re-
moved from life support but were
told by hospital personnel they would
need a court order to do so. They
JΛ
were also told that judges hardly ever
issued such orders. Rudy, twenty-
three, was a high school dropout,
working as a "striper," painting lines
in parking lots. Tammy, twenty-one,
had married him when she was fif-
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law into his own hands." He charged In Illinois, probable cause is not hundred cases. Its role is largely
Rudy with first-degree murder. defined to the grand jurors, but the confined to evaluating the evidence
In Illinois, "murder one" is de- process of indictment is explained. the prosecutor places before it. Still,
fined as intentional killing, or kill- The grand jurors are told that if a the ultimate decision to indict re-
ing with the knowledge that one's majority of them find there is prob- mains the grand jurors' alone. If they
actions create a strong probability able cause to believe the accused indict, the accused goes to trial. If
of death or great bodily harm. Scott committed the crime with which he they do not, the accused goes free.
Nelson, assistant state's attorney in is charged, they should vote to in- At first Tammy was reluctant to
charge of the Homicide-Sex Crimes dict him. On the other hand, they testify. Her lawyers were afraid she
Division and the prosecutor respon- are told that if a majority find the too might be charged with Sammy's
sible for the Linares case, said, evidence is insufficient, they should murder. They tried to have the sub-
"Someone, somewhere may not return a "no true bill," meaning they poena quashed on the grounds that
think this is a real murder case. But refuse to indict. Requiring the state the law protects one spouse from
if you read the letter of the law, it to convince a grand jury that there testifying against the other. They
unquestionably—in my mind at are sufficient grounds for a trial is were overruled and Tammy was
least—is." intended to serve as a restraint on ordered to appear. Tammy then de-
Tammy was subpoenaed to tes- the otherwise unbridled power of the cided to cooperate, believing that if
tify before a grand jury on Wednes- prosecutor by requiring the approval the grand jury heard the Linareses'
day, one week after Sammy's death of a neutral body of citizens before side of the story from her, perhaps
and two days after his funeral. Oth- the state can move against the ac- it would help Rudy. Tammy knew
er subpoenas were issued to Rudy's cused. a little bit about the grand jury
mother, Maria, his brother, Robert, In the past, the grand jury had from watching television, but she
Sammy's doctor, the Cook County the power to conduct investigations had never been in a courtroom
medical examiner, and the police of- on its own initiative, and it still pos- before.
ficer who investigated the incident. sesses the broad subpoena powers As it turned out, the Cook Coun-
The purpose of the grand jury in- of the court. But today the grand ty grand jury room looks exactly the
vestigation was to determine if there jury depends heavily on the prose- way Tammy feared it would. Built
was enough evidence—or probable cutor. An Illinois grand jury, for ex- in the 1920s, it is an imposing room,
cause—to indict Rudy and require ample, sits for a one-month term and shaped like a small auditorium, with
him to stand trial. investigates approximately fifteen high painted ceilings and dark wood-

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 paneled walls. The witness sits in a press in America, but it elevated the conducted in public, in front of a judge
chair, front and center, facing six- grand jury into a bulwark against who decides whether there is suffi-
teen grand jurors in four rows of oppressive prosecution. Gouverneur cient evidence to put the accused on
raised seats. Directly across from Morris, one of the men who drafted trial. If there is, the prosecutor then
the witness in the center of the front the Constitution, called Zenger's trial files an information.
row sits the prosecutor, asking ques- "the germ of American freedom— The grand jury proceeding, on
tions. The grand jurors may also ask the morning star of that liberty which the other hand, is secret. A witness's
their own questions directly. subsequently revolutionized Amer- testimony is not made public and the
Tammy answered the prosecu- ica." names of the jurors are not disclosed.
tor's questions for twenty-five min- It is no surprise, therefore, that The secrecy is to ensure that wit-
utes, but she says it felt like hours. Madison included the right to have nesses reveal as much information
"They all stare at you. They want one's case screened by a grand jury as possible, and that the grand ju-
to see your reaction and how you're among the basic protections to be rors feel free to vote their conscienc-
saying everything. I was scared and included in the federal Bill of Rights. es. Though critics have likened the
crying and I cried through the whole Although the Fifth Amendment right grand jury to an inquisition precise-
thing." ly because of its secrecy, Tammy
Though appearing before a grand Linares says, "I was thankful I didn't
jury may seem like yet another or- have anybody looking at me, like law-
deal for a witness, historically the yers and reporters, and everybody
grand jury developed as one of a cit- else. Staring at me like they're gonna
izen's greatest protectors. Its ori- ACCORDING TO THE write all this stuff in the papers." But
gins can be traced back to the twelfth the most important difference be-
century, when juries of twelve free- tween a preliminary hearing and a
men reported to the king's travel- CHIEF JUDGE OF grand jury indictment system is that
ing judges the names of those lo- ordinary citizens sit on the grand jury
cally suspected of committing crimes. NEW YORK STATE, A and evaluate the evidence against the
Originally, these same men would accused.
then determine whether the person PROSECUTOR COULD Still, the grand jury system to-
they had accused was actually guilty. day often comes under attack. Many
This procedure was challenged as GET A GRAND JURY defense attorneys feel that the grand
unfair, and by the end of the four- jury system is unfair to the accused
teenth century the system had because they are not allowed to
evolved to provide two juries: one TO 'INDICT A HAM present a defense, or even, in some
to accuse, and another to determine states, to speak on their own behalf.
guilt at trial. The accusing jury con- SANDWICH' IF HE Federal grand juries also are allowed
sisted of twenty-three members to consider evidence, such as hear-
(double the number of the trial jury WANTED TO. say, that cannot be admitted at trial.
minus one to prevent a tie vote) and Indeed, many claim that the grand
became known as "le graunde in- jury of today has lost its historic in-
quest" or the grand jury. dependence and become a "rubber
In colonial America, the grand stamp" for the prosecution. Accord-
jury became an increasingly inde- ing to the chief judge of New York
pendent institution. Its members to a grand jury indictment has not State, a prosecutor could get a grand
were future Americans, while colo- been incorporated into the Four- jury to "indict a ham sandwich" if
nial officials and prosecutors were teenth Amendment to apply to the he wanted to.
the king's representatives. In one states, every state constitution pro- In Illinois, as in most states, af-
celebrated instance in 1735, a grand vides some form of screening be- ter all the witnesses have been ques-
jury twice refused to issue an in- fore a person can be tried for a fel- tioned and all the evidence has been
dictment for seditious libel against ony. Roughly one-third of the states presented to the grand jurors, the
John Peter Zenger, a German im- use a grand jury system, while in prosecutor and the court reporter
migrant printer whose weekly news- the other two-thirds the prosecutor leave the room. The grand jury then
paper attacked the greedy, high- may choose to proceed either by begins its secret deliberations. Ac-
handed royal governor of New York. grand jury indictment or by infor- cording to Scott Nelson, "The [grand]
The government finally brought mation. jury is given the facts, and enough
Zenger to trial through a prosecu- Today, an information results knowledge of the law, then we count
tor's information, another type of from a preliminary hearing, which on these people to do the right thing."
charging document that requires no differs from a grand jury proceed- On May 18, 1989, the members
community approval; it is screened ing in that it is adversarial. The ac- of the grand jury returned a "no true
only by a magistrate or judge. Zen- cused is present and is represent- bill," refusing to indict Rudy for first-
ger's eventual acquittal was not only ed by a lawyer who can cross-ex- degree murder.
a great victory for freedom of the amine witnesses. The proceeding is Rudy says he did not know what
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 a grand jury was before his case was
submitted to one. Even though he

ALDERMAN IN ACTION
did not appear to tell his side of the
story, he thought he would be bet-
ter off with a grand jury instead of a
judge. "The way I had it figured
they're people just like I am, and
they're bound to have kids." Rudy
says he fully expected to be prose-
cuted for murder when he left the Ellen Alderman
hospital, but he now believes "the '80 (left) and
grand jury didn't want to indict me Caroline
because my son was already dead." Kennedy.
Today, Linares is convinced that
"everybody should have the right to
a grand jury" because "it's not just
ARTHUR COHEN
one person deciding your fate. It's
a bunch of people, and they can ar-
gue amongst themselves and have
a lot of opinions, and from all the
opinions then they can come out with
the fair one, [better] than a judge."
The grand jury's action illustrates
the power of community participa-
E llen Alderman '80 and Caro-
line Kennedy met in a Colum-
bia University Law School civ-
il rights class, and have since
turned their class project into the
best-selling book In Our Defense:
The Bill of Rights in Action (Willi-
documentary filmmaking. "We had
a lot of the same interests and the
same sense of humor, which is im-
portant," Alderman adds.
In Our Defense took the bet-
ter part of three years to complete.
After painstakingly choosing which
am Morrow, 1991). cases to use, the two set out to
tion in the criminal justice system. interview the people involved. It
The authors were spurred by
The Framers, in providing the right a 1987 newspaper poll showing that was not a full-time endeavor for
to a grand jury and a trial by jury, 59 percent of Americans could not either author. Alderman was also
realized that the jurors would be able identify the first ten amendments (and still is) working in New York
to provide "play in the joints" of what to the Constitution. "We thought City as an entertainment lawyer,
could otherwise become a rigid and it was a shame more people didn't while Kennedy was raising two
formalistic process. In Linares's case, know about the Bill of Rights," says children.
the grand jurors' decision does not Alderman. The classmates decid- The two women interviewed
necessarily mean they felt that Rudy ed to make the venerated document prominent defendants such as
was right to take his son's life. A more accessible by using case stud- Erwin Kroll, editor of The Progres-
ies to illustrate each of the amend- sive, who went to court to defend
"no true bill" means only that the his First Amendment right to pub-
ments.
grand jury did not find sufficient "The whole point is people like lish an article called "The H-Bomb
evidence to prosecute Rudy for first- Rudy who break your heart," Al- Secret." Though the article was
degree murder. [Prosecutor] Scott derman says. Rudy Linares knew based entirely on information culled
Nelson offers his own explanation: little about the Bill of Rights or the from the public domain, the gov-
"They didn't only consider the let- grand jury process before his son ernment sought and won a prior
ter of the law, but what the purpose died, but he learned fast. "In this restraint against its publication. But
of the law is. It's something we instance it [the grand jury] func- the government eventually dropped
shouldn't encourage, because the law tioned the way it was meant to," its case and The Progressive ran the
as written is supposed to be fair . . . Alderman says. "It took no time for story. Alderman and Kennedy also
them to say, 'No, this isn't mur- talked to unknown defendants like
But every once in a while [a grand Jacqueline Bouknight, who believed
der.'"
jury] draws the line the way they the Fifth Amendment's protection
Alderman grew up in Indiana
choose to; it's both a defect and a and New Jersey. She designed her against self-incrimination prevented
power of the grand jury. They have own major at Cornell, mixing film, her from having to tell social work-
that authority, they understood it, art and literature for a program ers her missing son's whereabouts.
they chose to do what they did." whose focus, she says, was com- In her particular case, a judge dis-
municating with people through art. agreed and sent her to jail.
After graduating in 1980 she co- Alderman admits the book

R
udy Linares pleaded guilty to
founded an Ithaca-based documen- could never explain the entire Bill
a misdemeanor charge of un- of Rights. But as she and Kennedy
tary film company called Photosyn-
lawful use of a weapon. He was thesis Productions. She enrolled at note in their introduction, "If we
sentenced to one-year condi- Columbia in 1984. succeeded in what we set out to
tional discharge (meaning he The former filmmaker says she do, you may share our belief that,
will serve no time in jail) and or- and Kennedy became friends be- as the Bill of Rights enters its third
dered to obtain counseling. At the cause they were a little bit older century, it is only by fighting for
hearing the judge said, "As far as than many of their law school class- those rights, win or lose, that they
punishment is concerned, I think you mates and both had backgrounds in will continue, in our defense."
have suffered enough." Θ
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 T H E 1 2 5 T H ANNIVERSARY
SYMPOSIUM IN SAN FRANSISCO NEXT
MONTH WILL CELEBRATE CORNELL
AND STANFORD'S COMMON BONDS.
THEY GO BEYOND RED AND WHITE
FOOTBALL UNIFORMS.

GOES WEST. /

David Starr Jordan, Cornell Class of 1872, at the bat in a Stanford faculty-
student baseball game, sometime in the 1890s.

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38
 BY KATHY BODOVITZ Cornell abound, in large part because
Ezra Cornell and Leland Stanford had
hen David Starr Jordan en- similar goals in mind when each
rolled at Cornell in 1869 he decided to build a university on his
had big plans. "Entering farm. Cornell's mission—which be-
Cornell/' he later wrote, "I came the school's motto—was: "I
had in mind one or the oth- would found an institution where any
er of two alluring callings: I would person can find instruction in any
be a botanist or a breeder of fine study." Stanford aimed to found an
sheep." institution "Primarily for the mass-

IAIN
The young es . . . [that] will put the highest
farmer's son education within the reach of all" and
sped through would provide free tuition for the
STANFORD ϋ ^ V . NEWS SERVICE
college, leaving "children of California." (When
the Hill three Memorial Church, on the Stanford Stanford University first opened,
and a half years campus. tuition was free, though room and
later with both board were not. Students were not
an undergradu- charged for instruction until 1920,
ate and a master of science degree, bration of Cornell's 125th Anniver- when tuition was $120 a year.) The
in 1872. He went on to teach natu- sary. The festivities, to be held Oc- university is a memorial to and is
ral history and biology at several dif- tober 10-13, will include seminars named after the senator's only child,
ferent universities, and at age 34 he conducted by Cornell faculty; a lun- Leland Stanford, Jr., who died in 1884
was named president of Indiana Uni- cheon featuring the presidents of of typhoid at the age of 15 during a
versity. Cornell, Stanford and the Universi- family trip to Europe.
But his biggest career move ty of California, Berkeley (in 1899, The senior Stanford's initial link
came on Saturday, March 21,1891— Cornell Professor Benjamin Ide to Cornell was his friendship with
the day California Senator Leland Wheeler became president of UC Andrew D. White, Cornell's first
Stanford rolled into Bloomington, Berkeley, a post he held for 20 president. On the way home from a
Indiana, in his private, rosewood- years); and the first-ever Stanford- business trip to New York City in
panelled railroad car and asked Jor- Cornell football game. 1891, the Stanfords stopped in Ithaca,
dan to be president of the senator's "The celebration offers a unique and White showed them around the
soon-to-open university. After a opportunity for Cornellians to get Cornell campus. Stanford was eager
quick consultation with his wife, Jor- together and to bring the 125th An- to find a president for his own uni-
dan accepted, packed his bags and niversary to a fitting conclusion— versity and urged then ex-president
set off for what was to be a twenty- and, at the same time, to celebrate White to take the post. White de-
two year presidency of Stanford Cornell's past and look confidently clined, saying the job called for a
University and a new link between toward its future," President Frank younger man, and suggested Jordan,
his employer and his alma mater. H.T. Rhodes wrote in the Grand who had just turned 40. Stanford
In honor of that connection, Finale brochure. proceeded from Ithaca to Indiana,
Cornell planners have chosen San The theme of the anniversary took an immediate liking to Jordan
Francisco, thirty miles north of celebration has been to take Cornell and offered him the job.
Stanford, as the site of next month's faculty on the road for lectures and When Jordan arrived in Califor-
Grand Finale of the year-long cele- symposia across the country. Hav-
ing arranged programs in cities from
Boston to Chicago, planners want-
ed to be sure to include the West
Coast. The Stanford link, combined
with the football game that had been
set up separately, fit together nice-
ly to make San Francisco and
Stanford an ideal spot. (Another
appealing touch was the fact that
Stanford is wrapping up its own
100th Anniversary celebration with
a Finale Weekend two weeks earli-
er.)
Links between Stanford and
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39
 nia, his first task was to round up a
Many Stanford football players the very men we cannot afford to
faculty. As a trustee of Cornell since
receive athletic sholarships. The lose; and I may say to you that we
1887, he had made frequent trips to
Cardinal team upset defending shall struggle hard to keep them."
Ithaca, Washington, New Haven and
national champion Notre Dame last Of the fifteen faculty members
season. Cambridge and thus was familiar with Jordan selected to open the univer-
prominent scholars at a variety of sity in 1891, ten had come from
universities. But after a discourag- Cornell: two had been fellow stu-
ing trip to dents with Jordan, five were Cornell
Harvard, graduates, two came directly from
Jordan the Cornell faculty, and one was
wrote, "I am completing his PhD on the Hill. Two
off on still years later, thirteen Cornell gradu-
[another] ates were teaching at Stanford and
'WE'RE NOT, BY ANY STRETCH, hunt for several others were visiting profes-
professors sors. The faculty houses on Alvarado
THINKING WE'RE THE but find my Row on campus were dubbed "the
best hunting Cornell Colony."
HANDS-DOWN FAVORITE.' ground at Next month's anniversary Grand
Cornell. In Finale will celebrate the academic
—Stanford Coach the Back link between the two universities
Dennis Green Bay [in Bos- with the Presidents' Luncheon and
ton], where the symposia by Cornell faculty on
I am now, Friday. But on Saturday, the festiv-
are men ities will turn to a less lofty arena
whom noth- in which Stanford and Cornell have
ing would only a tenuous connection: football.
induce to go west of Springfield and Stanford and Cornell have never met
men whose regret of their lives is on the football field. The last time
that they were born outside of Bos- Stanford played an Ivy League school
ton." was in 1949, when it beat Harvard
Jordan went about his recruit- 44-0.
ing with such vigor that a month after But the Big Red and the Stanford
he was named president, his old Cardinal (that's the color, not the
mentor, White, wrote to Senator bird—chosen in part for its resem-
Stanford, "Dr. Jordan has selected blance to Cornell red) do have com-
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mon personalities in their football at Reunion, William Phillips '51 joked
histories. Glenn "Pop" Warner 1894, that the Cornell-Stanford match is
who played for the Big Red as an "a triumph of optimism over judg-
undergraduate, came back to coach ment, perhaps."
on the Hill in 1897. In 1924 he went He's not the only one on the Hill
west and took over as head coach who thinks the game is a mismatch.
at Stanford. His first season there, "That's no joke," says Cornell foot-
he led Stanford to the Rose Bowl, ball coach James Hofher. "I think the
though the game ended in a 27-10 facts are that Stanford will have 95
loss to Notre Dame. Warner coached scholarship football players that are
at Stanford until 1932. The two uni- Pac 10 athletes (Stanford plays in
versities also share ties to George the Pac 10 League) and Cornell has
Seifert, coach of the San Francisco zero athletic scholarship players, so
49ers. Seifert was an assistant coach there is a tremendous difference in
at Stanford for two different peri- the level of talent." Still, Hofher says
ods, interrupted by a two-year stint he is approaching the California road
as head coach at Cornell in 1975 and trip like any other game, which is
1976. (Though he led the 49ers to to say that it must wait its turn for
a Super Bowl win in 1990, his first his attention. "The only game that
year as head coach there, victory is or should be our focus at this point
largely eluded him at the helm of is our first game," he says. "Stanford
the Big Red: Seifert's record on the does not come onto our schedule
Hill was three wins and fifteen loss- until the fourth game. There's real-
es. He was fired after his second ly no business in our doing anything
season.) to prepare for Stanford until the week
The idea of a gridiron match be- before we play
tween Cornell and Stanford report- them."
edly came from the late C.K. Poe Meanwhile, on
Fratt '53, who went on to receive the Stanford cam-
an MBA at Stanford's Graduate pus, football fans
School of Business. "We were at a are smug. "We've
'Stanford in the Big Apple' party, got four guys who
around 1984 or '85," says Bob Olt are 300 pounds,"
'53. "That Saturday, I think it was, boasts one enthu-
Poe was talking to [Stanford Presi- siast. But Stanford
dent] Don Kennedy and said, football coach Den-
'Wouldn't it be a nice idea to have a nis Green refuses
football game?' " Somewhere down to predict victory,
the line both schools agreed and talking about the
game day isfinallyapproaching, with game in the gra-
kickoff set for 12:30 p.m. (Pacific cious coach-speak
Daylight Time), October 12. that prevents any
admission of supe-
hile Fratt thought the match riority. "We have
was a great idea, others on a great deal of re-
the Hill are not optimistic spect for Cornell's
about the likely outcome. program," Green
For starters, many Stanford says. "This is the
players receive athletic scholarships fifth game of the
while Cornell players do not. Thus season for us and
Stanford attracts players who are not we'd like to have
only more serious about the game, a winning season
but are taller and beefier than the . . . We're not, by
Big Red team. And if sheer bulk is any stretch, thinking we're the The Big Red's Jim Hofher.
not enough, there's the fact that hands-down favorite," he adds with
Stanford upset football powerhouse a straight face. "We're going to play
Notre Dame last year and plays the hard."
Fighting Irish again, at home, the To the true-blue Big Red fans,
week before Cornell arrives. So the that's just fine. If Stanford can beat
adrenaline should be running high. Notre Dame, then Cornell can beat
In welcoming remarks to alumni Stanford. Right? H
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I ^\ If Paul Young had been able to from Cornell friends. Since our space is lim-
A m " come to Reunion on campus this ited in this issue, because of the photo, I'll
I γ \ year he would surely have won express my thanks in more detail in the next
III ^ e a w a r c * ί ° r oldest alumnus in issue. • Irene M. Gibson, 119 S. Main St.,
I I I attendance. Never mind, he cele-
M ^ ^ brated anyhow, with fellow Re- J ^\ Due to our sadly depleted roster,
union-year alumnus Merrills Dake '26 at Λ I I we ceased collecting annual class
the Elyria United Methodist Home in Elyr- I I J I dues this year, but several class-
ia, Ohio, where both men now live. I ^*M mates opted to continue as direct
Young has lived at the home since 1977. I f / subscribers to the Alumni News at
He is president of the community's resident A \J the special group subscription rate.
council, edits the in-house newspaper, serves As of early May 1991 the News reported 16
on the home's board of trustees, leads a cur- subscribers, of whom eight were men (one
rent events discussion group, and finds time since deceased), and eight were women (in-
to be active in the volunteer department. He cluding two honoraries). As these subscrip-
is, says William McFadden, director of de- tions expire after the December issue, it is
velopment there, "generally one to try and hoped all will continue for the ten issues in
keep up with." He must have been too busy 1992. With recent changes and personnel ad-
to come to Ithaca. ditions, the News should be better than ever.
A photo of Young and Dake appears on As our class contribution to the 125th Anni-
page 46. versary campaign, we donated $500 to the
Cornell Fund in June, to be allocated for use
Knowing that Mildred Stevens by the University Libraries. This leaves a
Essick intended to represent the small balance in our account at the alumni
Class of '18 at nReunion this June, office for emergency use.
w e comm ss
i i ° e d her to get a As usual no news from classmates, so
photo of Foster Hall, the recent as you'll be reading this in September, I am
addition to the Law School. recalling the fall of 1915 and the first of three
Mildred came through with several prints, great fires which occurred during our frosh
one of which appears on this page. You may
not know that Jane M. G. Foster has just
funded a medical science fellowship in mem-
ory of her father, Ezekiel M. Foster, a doc-
tor in general practice. This endowed fellow-
ship "will be awarded to a student earning
the MD/PhD degree in medical science . . .
in preparation for a career in medical re-
search." We all know how generous Jane has
been in previous gifts to the Law School, so
much so that a statement about this medical
fellowship endowment calls Jane "one of the * >:
Recent habitues university's foremost benefactors."
of the main Since so few of us are able to get to
Ithaca these days, it seemed appropriate to
reading room of include this snapshot of the beautiful addi-
Uris Library wilt tion to the Law School. Above the entrance
find this view, in door are chiseled the words:
a photograph CORNELL LAW SCHOOL
taken eariy in in honor of
1955 by Samuel Jane M. G. Foster, LLB '18
J. Hollander '54, Our photo shows the southeast corner,
unfamiliar. In giving a "warm" view of a handsome build-
the 1960s, ing, well suited to a notable group of profes-
Hollander's sors, staff, and students. 1
Thought of this endowed fellowship ^^0M}^'}';'
vantage point
was walled off leads us to mention the Cornell Fund for the
year ending in June 1991. The Class of '18
and the checker- reportedly gave a total of $121,098, from 13 O Sϊεv £ NS ESSίCK
board flooring donors. Part of the total is from continuing
replaced during receipts from the estates of classmates like Foster Hall, at the south end of the
renovation. The Harry E. Mattin and Louis Freedman, Law School, is named for Janet M.
photograph was and definitely does not include the amount 6. Foster '18, who holds the LLB
contributed by Jane Foster.
an entry in the degree (then an undergraduate
The "box" about me in the April Alum-
photo contest ni News, plus some local publicity, brought degree). The Class of '18 column in
reported in this me many cards and phone calls on the occa- this issue reports on her continued
issue. sion of my 93rd birthday in May. Many were generosity to the university.
September 1991
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 year. I was quartered in "Liz" Ryan's board- Mac and I had lunch at the old East July. Burke had his own advertising agency
ing house at 528 Stewart Ave., along with Ithaca Rail Road Station at its present loca- which handled airline and other accounts.
some future celebrities, such as Edgar M. tion on Judd Falls Rd., then went on a tour Congratulations, Burke, on attaining your
Queeny of the Monsanto Chemical family. of the Plantations, nearby. Mac says Dave 90th, and may there be many more celebra-
One noon in December, I returned from a Dattlebaum has had a vital interest in the tions coming your way. There's good news,
class to find my rooming house gutted by development of the present Class of '22 lo- too, about the offspring of our late classmate
fire. Thanks to the efficient Ithaca fire de- cation in the Plantations, at Newman Hill, Bob Hays. His son Michael Hays '62 re-
partment, our clothes and furnishings (what and the '22 garden at Plantations headquar- ceived his MEd in '64 and now has daughter
was left of them) were scattered along Stew- ters. Kelly H a y s ' 9 4 , a fourth-generation
art Ave. and in the cemetery in back of the If you write a note concerning your ac- Cornellian who will graduate 70 years after
house. One enterprising fireman used my tivities, I'll tell about them next time. • Ned Bob did. It all started with the late Louis
mandolin to break windows, creating a bet- Giddings, Wright Rd., Cazenovia, NY 13035. Hays, 1894-96 Grad, Kelly's great-grand-
ter draft for the fire. My roommate found father.
his sweater half burned away, but fortunate- ^ % ^\ Peter H. Harp sent us a book When Fred Wood sent us all a red and
ly recovered some money in the pocket of f I • I he wrote (mentioned in the July green reproduction of the original words and
the other half. We were all relocated in the m J issue) called Horse and Buggy music of the late Carl Schraubstader's
newly completed Baker Dorms. The other J " ^ Days. In the book he writes: "A "Last Night on the Back Porch," he struck a
fires that year were at Franklin Hall, then f i l l half century ago there were many responsive note. One has come from Norm
the chemistry building, in subfreezing tem- •™ ^ ^ tramps all over the country. Miller of Pittsburgh, who tells us, 'This
peratures and later at the Salt Works up on There was hardly a freight train that did not Christmas present really hit me." It turns
the East Shore of Cayuga Lake. have its quota of Knights of the Road. They out that Norm, unbeknownst to most of us,
Other than those events, 1915-1916 was had many characteristics in common, being also has quite a musical background. He
a great year for our class and for Cornell ath- dressed in loose-fitting clothes, dirty and ill started with seven years of piano lessons,
letics, with Intercollegiate Championships in kept, and avoided manual labor as if it were six of them from his mother. He then learned
football (Charlie Barrett '16 was captain), small pox. Those were the days before so- to play the slide trombone—so well that he
track and some other sports. In the spring cial security. Like a carrier pigeon they are was a member of the Erie Railway Band at
of 1916 my frosh crew (which I coxed and a thing of the past." Salamanca for four years and the Cornell
helped to coach) lost its first race to Har- H. Ward Ackerson reports: "After 68 ROTC Band for another four years. He has
vard on the Charles River, but then defeat- years in the family real estate business, I also belonged to the Sixth Press Choir at
ed Princeton and Yale on Cayuga, and won am now semi-retired, but at the office seven Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh. Years ago, Norm
on the Hudson at Poughkeepsie over Syra- days a week." George Street writes: "My writes, he found out that if he played a min-
cuse, Penn and Columbia. • C. F. Hendrie, wife and I lead a rather close-to-home life uet by Paderewski or Dvorak's "Humor-
67 Cannon Ridge Dr., Artillery Hill, Water- since she has to use a four-prong cane. How- esque" on the piano before starting a round
town, Conn. 06795. ever, it has not stopped our social or church of golf, it helped his chipping and putting.
life." And Earl Arnold says that he reached (Do you suppose the pros know about this?)
^\ ^\ Advice from Elsie McMillan the age of 90 this past July. Marvin "Mac" He still plays piano every morning and finds
I M I '55, of the Alumni News, is that Clark, speaking of age, wrote, "At 90 years that it helps the arthritis in his fingers.
m f when news is scarce, one should it's just keep moving, if only slowly." The mail has also brought the following
M J write about something that might Col. Raymond O. Ford was in Florida comment from our "anonymous classmate:"
/ i I i be of interest to our classmates. last December, and "had a nice visit with "I am appalled at the abundance of mispro-
tmtΛ Lai So here is a note about a visit I Ted Crabtree," and Ethel Pickard Lup- nunciations and grammatical errors heard
made to the home of Rollin "Mac" McCar- ton, who was a medical librarian before she over the airwaves these days. Sports and lo-
thy in Ithaca. retired, "came out to Arizona to be near cal broadcasters seem to be the worst of-
As most of you know, Mac lives on daughter Ruth." She says that she occasion- fenders. I don't see why there shouldn't be
Strawberry Hill Rd. The address brings to ally sees Norma Leversee Botkin, '37-39 stricter requirements before anyone is al-
mind strawberry shortcake, strawberry ice SpAg. lowed to go on the air, and closer supervi-
cream, and perhaps the "Berry Patch" col- F. Van Epps Mitchell writes: "After sion thereafter. It's no wonder that so many
umn in the Daily Sun! my wife's death a year and a half ago, I set- of today's youngsters, who spend so much
The house and its location are beauti- tled very comfortably in a new retirement time looking at TV, can't speak or write good
ful, but I will concentrate on two rooms with residence in Redwood City, Cal. I was able English, or get better marks in high school
unusual contents. Mac, his wife Clara (re- to go to Tahoe City last September for the or on their SATs." Charles Cogen: As I
cently deceased) and their children have wedding of my grandson on the Tahoe Queen, recall, you have written many letters to
been great travelers and have collected in- and I made it to Tucson for a family Thanks- broadcasters, pointing out the errors of their
teresting articles from all over the world. giving dinner. But I can tell my traveling days ways and the resultant harmful effects. Do
One-hundred-some-year-old books from Ire- are limited, if you know what I mean! Being you still do this, and do you think it would
land can be found in sealed compartments. less than five miles from Stanford Stadium," help if more of us did likewise? If so, what's
Three, written in Gaelic, Latin, and Greek, he continues, "and only 25 miles from the the best way for us to go about it? • Max
of extra-large size and beautifully printed are Palace Hotel in San Francisco, I hope to be Schmitt, RR5, Box 2498, Brunswick, Me.
distributed, one to Vassar, one to Cornell, able to join in some of the concluding festiv- 04011.
and the third kept by Mac. A collection of ities in October of the 125th Anniversary
clear and white clouded jade, some of it Celebration. If the body was only as able as Our class artist Flo Daley is still hard at it,
carved, has since gone to Vassar. A hooked the spirit is willing." as you will see in the photo on the next page.
rug with Oriental design, about a quarter- Also responding to the News & Dues We can't all reach such heights, but more
inch thick and made of cotton is used as a mailing, but without news, were Dorothy classmates could supply some news, if not
wall hanging. There is a collection of family H. Ronto, Mabel McGlynn Hebel, Mary about present happenings, at least of recol-
photographs, one showing Mac as a lieuten- Butler Davies, Allen S. Rickard and Lou- lections of happy times while we were at
ant during World War I, another of a grand- is R. Hodell. Thanks for being in touch. Cornell. • Gwendolen Miller Dodge, 230
father (taken before Mac's mother was born) Shirley Dr., Charlestown, RI 02813.
who had operated two farms, but enlisted in ^ \ Έ Do you remember those wonder-
the Civil War, was wounded, and died at \ I #1 ful drawings by Burke Dowling ^ ^ j ^ Sully A. Ross writes from Port-
Andersonville. A collection of Clara McCar- m l\ Adams that appeared in the 1 1 1 " land, Ore., that in over 50 years
thy's weaving and hooking is beautiful in / LjJ Cornell Widow during our under- m l^k of engineering practice in the
design and coloring. Several lampshades are f J ^ ¥ 1 graduate days? It's been a long g \ Pacific Northwest and Alaska, he
made of unusual Norwegian marble with ™" ^ time since we have heard from f i l l has met only two other Cornell
flowing pink and cream coloring, made by a or about Burke, but we just learned that he L ^ ^J engineers in the area. Sully's
fellow alumnus. And on, and on. celebrated his 90th birthday in Atlanta last work has largely concerned water systems

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middle (including Walter T. Southworth,

though his was a bit to the side). The gals?
Well, we've gone back to or kept the 1925
style . . . Now back to my 15-inch pile of
mail, but first things first." Maybe she's right
about the gals, but as for the males—how
many could go back to that old smoothie hair-
do, supposing they wanted to?
One more Cornellian update—the 1925
edition lists just one female (Margaret Mur-
phy, women's editor) among 15 board mem-
bers. The 1990 issue shows only two males
(photography and design) among 21 board
members. It also lists a "Business Staff &
Photography Staff" of seven, six of whom
appear to be males, but they're all in one
line of small type at the bottom of the page
and obviously subordinate. I know you want
to keep up with the world's changes . . .
Some news, please. • Walter T. South-
worth, 744 Lawton St., McLean, Va. 22101.

^\ ^\ Our 65th Reunion of gaudy night

an
* I • d festive day was a great gath-
m y \ ering—"one of the best" accord-
/ I I ing to one of the best (name on
f i l l request). Our class broke records
••• V ^ for a 65th Reunion, with a class
fund of $953,000 and an attendance of 38,
with a large guest list to boot, so to speak. Hav-
ing author Kitty Kelley, daughter of William,

Watercolor Class
as a guest at dinner added spice to the occasion
and speculation about her next subject.
Returning alumni as listed on the Statler
bulletin board were: Walter Buckley and
son Walter Jr. '60, R. Whitney Tucker,
hen the director of adult education for the Morris Farr, Art Hodgkinson, Eugene
towns of Hallowell and Farmington, Maine Lehr, Bob Uhry, Cyrl Terry, Dave Book-
staver, Mariano Ramirez and Alicia, Wil-
asked artist Flo Daly of Augusta to teach a liam Kelley, Phil Higley, John Crawford,
watercolor painting class, Daly hesitated to Edwin Harder, Richard Aronson, Rich-
say yes. "Do you know how old I am?" she ard Pietsch, Gordon Andrews, Alan
asked. "It doesn't matter/' responded the director, Stone, William Jones, Stew Beecher and
"you come well recommended." The exchange and Rosemary, and Glenn Alberga. Miss any?
Florence Daly this photo of Daly demonstrating watercolor tech-
Returning alumnae: Sara Rubin Bar-
on, Ruth Boak, Estelle Randall Burnette,
'24 niques on—appropriately for the locale—a seascape Dorothy Lampe Hill, Marguerite Hicks
were published in the Kennebec Journal last March. Maher, Laura Pedersen Menconi, Marie
Daly, 90, has both studied and taught art; she's also Underhill Noll, Louise Russell, Billie
Burtis Scanlan, Pauline Hall Sherwood,
served as a technical data engineer for aircraft con- Rebe Biggs Smith, Virginia Case Stevens,
trol devices. She exhibits her paintings in numerous Helen Bull Vandervort and husband John
arts shows and galleries. Classmates will remember '23 and daughter Phebe Vandervort Gold-
a showing at Cornell during their 60th Reunion. stein '52, and Marjorie VanOrder Kien-
zle, women's president. Four women had to
cancel Reunion plans and were sadly missed:
Helen English Syme, Beatrice Benedix
and treatment plants for sewerage and in- She died last summer." Her death in July Wille, May Eisemann Reed, and Janet
dustrial waste, and has included pioneer work 1990 followed a stroke in May, as we were Nundy Ward. The 14 who did make it to
in lagoon treatment methods. He has trav- saddened to learn after she and husband, Reunion enjoyed it from start to finish. The
eled to all the continents, but his foreign con- Schuyler B. Pratt didn't show up at our women's luncheon—a great success—was
tacts are now limited to ham radio, which 65th, as they had planned. Schuyler now arranged and chaired by Helen Bull Vander-
has been his hobby for 60 years. "One other spends most of his time with his daughter, vort, fully recuperated from last fall's upset.
Cornell contact," he adds, "came as a result Catherine Johnston, at 12705 Huntsman Billie Burtis Scanlan is hanging up her
of a dog fight. My Dalmatian had an ear torn Way, Potomac, Md. I wonder whether typewriter as women's correspondent, due
by a German shepherd. Took him for repair to Hortense ever told him about her youthful to serious eye problems. She has written the
a local vet who turned out to be Cornell Ί8." deviltry—and how did the cat land, anyway? alumnae column faithfully and extremely well
A card from Bob Doty, across the riv- The indefatigable Helen "Hap" Perrell for a long time, and will still be glad to pass
er in Washington, DC, reminisces: "When returned to her home in Kowloon after three items along. Her readers will probably still
growing up in Geneseo, NY, I used to play months in Hawaii and a 23-hour flight from be reminded of the inscription on the redo-
with a pretty little girl next door. We smoked Florida (how does she do it?) to find the lent pillow in the play, Mr. Roberts, which
a cigar butt, tasted ink and threw a cat out a March Alumni News containing Theta Chi's read, "For thee I pine and balsam."
third story window to see if it would land on 1925 Junior Week picture. This led her to [See also page 46 for information about a
its feet. She was at Cornell when I was but I an important research project. "I checked our classmate.'] • S t e w Beecher, 106 Colling-
did not know it. I used to see the name five-pound yearbook and found that of 642 wood Dr., Rochester, NY 14621; (716) 266-
Hortense Black Pratt in every '24 column. male classmates, 219 parted their hair in the 8843.

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 50th are graciously welcomed by the Van
Cleef family as guests. As usual we were
PI"' domiciled in the International House.
Ruth "Bonnie" Bohnet Jenkins was in
town earlier to attend the graduation of her
granddaughter, Laura Miller '91, who re-
ceived a degree in civil engineering with dis-
tinction as well as a special award. Laura is
a third-generation Cornellian as Bonnie's
daughter Jean Keller Miller, an MD, grad-
uated in '55.
Agnes "Coppie" Collier Short was hon-
Merrills L. ored at a 40-year celebration of her "beloved"
nursery school in Garden City with a gold
Pake lizard pin (school logo), a "Coppie Short Gar-
den Fund," and a standing ovation. She's still
'26 a consultant. Remember, keep planning on
how to make the 65th. • Sid Hanson Reeve,
Paul R. Young 1563 Dean St., Schenectady, NY 12309.
'16 The following responded "Present" at the
roll-call at the annual class luncheon at "Les
Pyrenees" in New York City: President
Judge Ray Reisler, who presided, and wife
Harriet; Secretary Al Cowan, who record-
ed the proceedings, and guest Oily; Assis-
tant Treasurer Joe Ayers, who submitted a
report prepared by Treasurer Art Nash on
the satisfactory state of the class's finances,
and wife Caroline; Reunion Fund Chair Ray
Fingado and wife Dorothy; and Women's
Vice President Fran Hankinson, Ethel
Goldstein Alper, Muriel Drummond Platt
and husband Nat, Si Rosenzweig, Sol Tu-
nick and wife Mildred, and Gabe Zucker-
man.
Two honored guests were Lorry Walsh,
widow of Deleon "Dill", and ILR Metropol-
itan District Office Director Esta Ft. Bigler
'70, who was the guest speaker. Her absorb-
ing account of the school's mission and the

Reunion in Ohio achievements of its graduates in solving ad-

versarial management-labor relations capti-
vated the audience and added "alternative
dispute resolution" to its vocabulary.

T
his was a Reunion year for two residents of the Elyria (Ohio) After lunch, Prexy Ray lauded Art and
United Methodist Home. But, because they couldn't get back to Sid Hanson Reeve for the successful fund-
campus, Merrills Dake '26, shown at left in this photo, and Paul raising campaign that resulted in the Class
Officers Assn. (CACO) tapping the Class of
Young '16, at right, celebrated in place. (Shown between them '27 as the top percentage contributor over
is Jerrold E. Blackmore Jr., the home's administrator.) Flowers all the classes that graduated during the
adorned with carnelian and white ribbons graced the table as the two Roaring Twenties. He read a greeting from
alumni were honored in the home's dining room during Reunion Sid Reeve who, for the first time in years,
Weekend. missed the lunch, and welcomed the enthu-
siasm expressed at the prospect of revisit-
Dake has been a resident of the community since 1987 and, with ing the campus next June. The luncheon
his wife Beatrice (Brown), SpAg '26, is reported to be active in the closed with the distribution of brochures de-
home's volunteer and arts and crafts departments. Young has been scribing the school of Labor and Industrial
there since 1977, and the number of his activities would be enough to Relations. • C. D. Kades, PO Box 130,
Heath, Mass. 01346.
slow a member of the Class of '86. (Details are provided in the '16
column, this issue.) ^\ AV Alvin and Helen Worden Car-
l I § 1 penter enjoy hearing from old
g \f friends. Alvin lives in a new home
g r g \ on the lake. He designed it and
^ ^ v v Our last mini-reunion before the came up from Morris Plains, NJ, to drive her I j I • supervised its construction.
I I J I big 65th brought together Nor- there. Zanda Hobart Vollmer, who had ίmΛ ^J Helen, sadly, lives in a nursing
m m ma Ross Winfree and Tom, planned to come, was indisposed with a heart home. Her address is 282 Riverside Dr.,
g I Emily Fasoldt Grams, Betty attack; she telephoned Emily earlier in the Johnson City, NY. Alvin's address is PO Box
I i I Wyckoff Balderston, Ray and week to say not to worry. 74SVS, Binghamton, NY.
LmΛ I Dot Fingado, Charles "Chuck" Friday evening we enjoyed cocktails on Nat Hess is still active in residential
Bowman and Doris (who had a son and Betty's cool porch before a delicious dinner landscaping. Nurseries are selling his
daughter reuning), Sol and Mildred Tunick, at her country club, with our usual table over- rhododendron hybrids. His first great-grand-
Simon and Margaret Lybolt Rosenzweig looking the ninth green. On Saturday we all child is 1 year old. Howard Levie writes
'32, and Sid Hanson Reeve, thanks to her went to the Van Cleef Dinner held at the that he is busy answering inquiries for news-
daughter Sydney Reeve Leach '60, who Statler, to which all off-year reuners past the paper reporters, radio stations, and TV net-

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works about prisoners of war and war crimes ^\ ^\ News from '29ers has been the Marjory Rice Scholarship Fund, Uni-
in Iraq. (He is a retired professor of interna- f i l l scarce indeed. Fortunately, Jer- versity Development, 55 Brown Rd., Ithaca,
tional law, Naval War College.) m I I ry Loewenberg, our distin- NY 14850-1266. • Gerry D'heedene Na-
John Gatling has had a heart problem, / ^rm guished World War II veteran, than, Pine Run Community, Doylestown, Pa.
and is grateful to Medicare and AARP for / i f I mailed me the following a short 18901.
paying most of the bills, so that he will have imΛ ^J time ago: "I was on campus June
enough left to attend our 65th Reunion. Fred 6-9 running the 60th reunion of my law In an effort to rescue the column,
Emmons is traveling a lot. His wife has been school class of 1931. Among the '29ers at- and retrieve the class honor
hospitalized for six years with Alzheimer's. tending that reunion were Leo Katzin and which was sullied by my "Joe
Last year he got to Brazil, Hawaii, Alaska, Morris Glushien; also female '29ers Edith Paxton-Jim Leonard" gaffe in the
and Tahiti. He sees Ira Degenhardt quite Stenberg Smith and Dorothy Smith Mars- April and May Class Notes, I'm
often since they live near each other. He land. putting the next profile on the
hopes to go to the Stanford football game in "Other '29ers I met at various campus back burner and share with you a delightful
the fall. affairs were Ed Whiting, Don Layton, San narrative sent by Class President Matt Ho-
Andy McGowin has many complaints Reis and wife Jo (Mills) who have recently man. Matt tells it in the context of a ten-
about his health, including an arthritic hip given so generously to build a new Cornell day Caribbean cruise last January on the lux-
and muscular degeneration of his right eye, tennis center. Perfect weather, (rare for ury liner Sky Princess, carrying 1,300 pas-
but still manages to play golf three times a Ithaca) made for a perfect Reunion Week- sengers, with stops at Nassau, Bahamas, St.
week. He did not disclose any of his scores. end. Croix and St. Thomas, Montego Bay, Jamai-
John Moor has been doing a lot of trav- "I visited the beautiful new building at ca, the Grand Caymans, and Playa del Car-
eling, including Russia (poor food) and Ber- 55 Brown Rd., right across from the entrance men. Except for the cocktail parties thrown
lin (good food). He and wife Virginia attend- to Ithaca's Tompkins County Airport, which by a group of 108 Empire State Grand Lodge
ed Cornell's 125th Anniversary celebration houses the Alumni News and some other members, the cruise part of the narrative
in Chicago and enjoyed meeting with Presi- alumni offices. After Reunion I spent a week becomes the background for the Homans'
dent Rhodes. He reported that Tom Ross, in my old haunts on Long Island, where I meeting, as their tablemates, a honeymoon-
who spent all his life in Canada, died in Feb- visited Louis L. Spirt in Bayville. Two ing couple—the Churches, Alfred, who was
ruary. strokes in the last several years have left only 90 and Peggy who was only 84 (change
Irv Kahn broke his hip in 1989, but gets Lou severely disabled, so he sold his homes "was" to "is," I'm sure).
around pretty well. He and wife Suzanne in Connecticut and in Palm Beach, and Alfred, born in England, moved to Can-
spend their summers at Pebble Beach, La. moved next to his daughter in Bayville." ada and then moved permanently to Roch-
and celebrated Irv's 85th birthday in Jupiter, Finally, speaking as your class corre- ester, NY, becoming an expert cameraman
Fla. spondent, I ask you to please write me a note with Eastman Kodak; and a pioneer in film-
Paul Harwood and wife Sally have ex- concerning your welfare, activity, family do- ing football games. You guessed it: He filmed
perienced poor health for many years. He is ings and concerns. • Albert W. Hostek, games played during the Carl Snavely 18-
very interested in the possibility that the PO Box 2307, Setauket, NY 11733. game winning streak when Big Ten Cham-
human pin worm is the transfer host for the pion Ohio State became our victim twice, and
AIDS virus. • Ted Adler, 2 Garden Rd., Edith "Sten" Stenberg Smith writes that when Cornell's celebrated Fifth Down vic-
Scarsdale, NY 10583. Dot Smith Marsland joined her for five tory was donated to loser Dartmouth by
beautiful days at Reunion in Ithaca for their Cornell President Edmund Ezra Day (Dart-
Way back in June, Kathryn Altemeier Yohn 60th Law School reunion. During that time mouth Ό5).
and Ruth Lyon came to Ithaca to take part they met up with Kay Hannon Oldberg, William H. Harder, our class treasur-
in some of the Reunion activities. Alyene whose '29 Reunion dress attracted their at- er (his profile will be in a later issue), and
Fenner Brown and I joined them for dinner tention. Kay and husband Sidney, a retired his lovely wife Jane were spending the win-
at the Country Club Friday night and I went professor, joined them for a most enjoyable ter at Rancho Mirage, Cal. when Jane passed
with them to the Van Cleef dinner Saturday lunch at Barton Hall. Sten reports that back away last December. Jane was an active par-
night. in March she took a cruise around South ticipant with Bill in the Plantations in con-
Lillian Lehmann was at that dinner America. Since one no longer "sails around nection with his great Cornell Drive activi-
also. Katty and Ruth heard Sol Linowitz, the Horn," they went through the Straits of ties. She was on the Plantations Board of
JD '38 and President Rhodes, saw people at Magellan and that was exciting enough. In Sponsors. Bill and George Emeny and Jan,
Barton Hall, went to the fifth floor of the April, while Rosalie Cohen Gay and hus- who also wintered at Rancho Mirage, were
Johnson Museum to see the view, and took band Ernie were visiting Kit Curvin Hill together a lot. Now back in Hamburg, NY
the campus and Plantation tours. on Siesta Key, they had an enjoyable week and learning to cope by himself after 55 years
It was good to see them and hear about sightseeing and visiting with other '29ers. of marriage, Bill keeps busy with family and
Reunion. Alyene with a broken toe and I with High spots were Jungle Gardens and Selby friends. • Benedict P. Cottone, Bay Plaza
health problems enjoyed their enthusiasm. Garden, well known for its Bromeliads. #802, 1255 N. Gulfstream Ave., Sarasota,
They left Sunday for Port Jervis where (When on Siesta Key, I, too, visited the lat- Fla. 34236; (813) 366-2989.
Ruth's niece was to meet her for the trip to ter, known not only for its beautiful collec-
Vermont for the summer. tion of plants but also its location on Saraso- Ruth Beadle of Oakland, Cal. has had a
I had a letter from Helen Hyde Howard ta Bay.) One evening they joined other class- rough time. A blow on the head and a rob-
about her pledge to Cornell. She also told mates for dinner; Connie Cob Pierce, Ethel bery in 1987 left her with diminished hear-
me about how much she missed writing to Corwin Ritter, Jo (Mills) and San Reis and, ing. Then in 1988 another attack resulted in
and hearing from Evelyn Calkins Westfall. of course, Kit, their hostess. a broken hip and collarbone and left her lame;
She and Evelyn made it to our Reunion in The Sarasota '29ers are fewer by one walking and standing are painful. No close
1978. Evelyn now is in a retirement-nursing now that Caroline Getty Lutz died on May relatives are nearby, but friends and neigh-
home and unable to carry on correspondence. 16. She had been housebound in a condo- bors have been wonderful. How about cards
Helen said the last she heard Evelyn was minium there for two years. Back in East- and letters to Ruth at 3811 Everett Ave.,
able to go out and enjoyed company. chester, where she lived for many years, she Oakland, Cal. 94602?
Both A. Madge Marwood Headland was a member of the Pine Shore Presbyte- lone Roller Borsher regrets missing
and Ruth were pleased with your gifts to the rian Church, Cornell Alumni Assn. and the our 60th. She and Irving have two great-
Memorial Garden Fund. Katty and Ruth did Society of Mayflower Descendents. The sur- grandchildren. Youngest daughter, Judith E.
go there and said the white peonies were in vivors include two daughters—Barbara Brim '74, was married in Washington, DC in Oc-
bloom. Keep up the good work! of Tallahassee and Caroline of Framingham, tober. There is a seat in their name in the
I always need news material. Here's Mass.—son Gene '66 of Wilton, Conn., and Center for Theater Arts. Simie Kaufman
hoping to hear from you soon, even if it's a six grandchildren. Memorial contributions had hoped to attend our 60th but the timing
change of address. Π Rachel A. Merritt, may be made to the Hospice of Southwest wasn't right. Her sister was going to Greece;
1306 Hanshaw Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850. Florida, 6055 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, Fla. or that plus inertia kept her in Greenbrae, Cal.

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where she is walking, golfing, and doing laps $2,000,000 to the Cornell Campaign-Creat- the Beltway" (DC) and is enjoying the inter-
in the pool. She promises to make the su- ing the Future. esting activities of a retirement community
preme effort for our 60th. Jim Burke—On Saturday morning at in an urban neighborhood. She says that es-
We were saddened to learn of the pass- the Boathouse the university dedicated the pecially interesting has been the process of
ing of Flora Stasch Salisbury, who died of Jim Burke Lounge in memory of our indom- building a garden for residents, including sev-
a stroke in April. Her husband L. Wilson itable freshman and varsity coxswain and eral Cornellians. I would like to know more
'31, wrote that she was a shy girl but also a unofficial "assistant coach" for four years, about this garden.
fighter. Though her first stroke in 1984 crip- including the 1930 Poughkeepsie Champions. At the 80th birthday celebration for Jean
pled her right arm and leg (but not her The reconstruction and furnishing of this Slocombe Baxter, everyone sang "Happy
speech or brain) they had since taken seven handsome room is the gift of Jim's daughter, Birthday, blow quick! Happy Birthday, blow
or eight Caribbean cruises with Flora in a Judith Burke Stephenson '66, with contri- quick!" All of those lighted candles made the
wheelchair, had gone to Keuka Lake every butions also from many of Jim's crewmates. cake too hot to handle.
summer and visited Cornell many times. She It will provide a quiet and comfortable room Kathryn Kammerer Belden and
is survived by three sons and daughters-in- for relaxing, studying and holding meetings. Burt, PhD '31 have happily welcomed a
law and six grandchildren. Our sincerest As it is next to the dormitory room for visit- second great-grandchild, this time a little girl
sympathy to Wilson, who wrote such a ing crews, it will also provide a pleasant en- born last October. Her grandparents are
touching article about his courtship of Flora vironment for our guests. The plaque with Joan Wiesberg Belden '55 and Robert
at Cornell during the '20s in the April 1979 its picture of Jim and the 1930 Champion '55, and her father is Douglas Belden '84.
Alumni News. • Eleanor Smith Tomlinson, Crew will remind future Cornell oarsmen of Kay still enjoys swimming in the ocean dur-
231 SE 52nd Ave., Portland, Ore. 97215. past triumphs and inspire them to go and do ing the summer months. She and Burt are
likewise—and, let's hope, intimidate the vis- enthusiastic about train travel and cover
^ \ I The mention in a recent issue of itors a little. many miles going from coast-to-coast, and
also places in between. PS: Save the date—
I A M y n d e r s e V a n Cleef 1874 of the John Milmoe—John was the youngest
six (of eight) children whom Marg- International Spirit of Zinck's Night is Oct.
J I moved Virginia Clark South- aret Mooney 24, '91. • Martha Travis Houck, PO Box
^k I worth to reminisce a bit. She To honor JohnMilmoe 1886 sent to Cornell.
and mark the celebration of 178, Bedminster, NJ 07921.
I I I writes, "I grew up in Seneca Falls his 60th Reunion, his son Greg '69 and
^J JL and in 1927 graduated from Myn- daughter-in-law Susan (Deitz) '71 have About a year ago we heard from Dr. H. Le-
derse Academy, so named because Mr. Van made onard Jones. He had returned from a Peo-
Cleef had donated money to our school sys- CornellaCampaign-Creating
commitment of $25,000 to the
the Future. ple to People program in China on preven-
tem. An enlarged section of the Barge Canal What wonderful ways these are for the tive medicine. Len says that his notes con-
in Seneca Falls was named Van Cleef Lake. succeeding generations to honor ours. It is stitute an epilogue in a book he was trying
Trinity Episcopal Church and the local library to finish at the time. He expects to attend
abutted the lake. My uncle John Anson nice for all of us to think, "We must have
Reunion in June 1992 and will doubtless au-
Clark 1896 worked his way through Cornell done something right!"
tograph your copy—if it is in print by then.
in three years. He then taught physics and Few Another recent honoree is Joe Cuzzi—
Cornellians have sired a Trustee of the Lawrence E. Ide and Naomi are lay
chemistry at Boys Commercial High in university. readers at St. Martha's Episcopal Church in
Brooklyn. He wrote several textbooks in the electionWe can all share in Joe's pride in
this spring of Frank '61 to a Bethany Beach, Del. Our world class senior
these subjects, also sired four sons. Dr. Wil- term as Alumni Trustee. skier, Andrew G. Tweedie, has been
liam Lowellyn Clark '07, DVM worked his More Vignettes: Rev. Ed Horn's grace- slowed down a little. He had a pacemaker
way through the Veterinary College in three implanted and reports that he's getting stron-
years and set up practice in Seneca Falls in ful invocation at the Saturday evening ban-
ger. Andy and Lucy are fortunate to have
1908. Later my brother Dr. Frederick Low- quet. (We had Rabbi Harold Saperstein
their children and grandchildren living near-
ellyn Clark '38 became a veterinarian. Rose primed for another of his ever-thoughtful
by. We have responses but no news from
Marian Clark, my father's only sister, was remarks by way of benediction—and then in
the scramble to meet the deadline for the Dr. John H. Burke Jr. His latest item was
assistant registrar with David Hoy 1891 for busses for Bailey and Cornelliana Night did a report in 1988 that he had retired and was
over 30 years. not get to call on him—for which we abject- "walking the dog."
"After I graduated from the Ag College, ly apologize.) A. H. "Has" Forman's VCR Valentine B. Pratt exchanged corre-
I had two years of child guidance. It was great spondence with Lewis J. Hull, with whom
preparation for life—all growing things: tape, with voice-over, of snapshots from Re-
he had not had contact since senior year. No
trees, shrubs, flowers, and children. My hus- unionsHas past was enjoyed by many attendees.
recent update from Morris Tenenbaum. N.
band Robert '32 took Civil Engineering. One Now has added lengthy live recordings,
Ingeman Nilsson writes that his efforts to
of our sons had two years of Arts but then complete with sound, of the events of our
60th. If you were there, relive it! If you were improve his golf aren't achieving much, but
went to Nigeria in the Peace Corps." Lots not, he is content because walking is good for
of Cornell connections in the Clark family! of oursee all that you missed, plus the snaps
antics when we were "young and gay" him. However, his other hobby, bird carv-
Can anyone match this record? (in the old fashioned sense) for only $12.50! ing, is showing improvement. Lawrence P.
Looking forward to the letters which Order Fridley swims every day and golfs once a
those of you at Reunion promised to write. timore,from Has at 7005 Copeleigh Rd., Bal-
Md. 21212, (301) 377-8179. • Bill week. He describes this delightful regimen
Remember? • Helen Nuffort Saunders, 1 Vanneman, Box 234, Old Greenwich, Conn. as "hanging in there." D James W. Oppen-
Kensington Terr., Maplewood, NJ 07040. 06870-0234. heimer, 140 Chapin Pkwy., Buffalo, NY
In addition to the three records set by '31 at 14209.
our Sensational 60th—most classmates re- ^ \ ^ \ Frances Ginsburg Ruditzky
turning for their 60th, most donors to Cornell I I I I considers herself a most fortu- During the past four years, Judy
in their 60th Reunion year, and exceeding ^ m nate person. She returns to and Bill Neff have been devel-
the dollar goal of $175,000 (set by the uni- ^ \ f Cornell about every three oping a very special and success-
versity) by over $50,000—our class can take I I / i months to visit her daughter and ful family tradition. Each year
great pride in the announcement during the ^J LaJ family. Rhoda Ruditzky Possen they have invited their three chil-
weekend of very unusual salutes to individ- teaches French literature, and her husband dren and s p o u s e s plus eight
ual members of the class. Uri Possen teaches economics, and is also grandchildren to a one-week reunion, a va-
Carl Meinig—His son Peter '61, his the director of undergraduate study in the cation on Lake Harmony in the Poconos. In-
daughter-in-law Nancy Schlegel Meinig Arts College. Frances's grandson David has cluding grandma and grandpa, that equals 16
'62, his granddaughter Anne Meinig '87 and begun his second year at Ithaca High School; beating hearts in a large cottage, plus a tent
Kathy Meinig, Grad (entering Johnson her granddaughter Rachel was 3 years old with sleeping bags on the lawn. The logis-
School of Management this fall) have estab- in May. tics of the food department are horrendous;
lished the Meinig Family Professorship in Jean Miner O'Connell has moved from fortunately there is one all-important re-
the College of Engineering with a gift of "Outside the Beltway" (Virginia) to "Inside deeming feature—the cottage has five bath-

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 CLASS NOTES

rooms! They also assemble a recreational Wethersfield, Conn, spend a lot of time trav- Hi! We hope you're all set for an-
navy consisting of a 26-foot outboard for wa- eling countrywide in their Airstream trailer. other class year full of good
ter skiing, a sunfish, wind-surfer, a canoe and After last winter in Arizona, they were in health, staunch friends, and usual
a rowboat for fishing. The lake is well Ithaca a year ago last May to attend the grad- and unusual experiences you'll
stocked and the fishing is great. uation of granddaughter Jacoba Channell share with us via this column.
Life has changed for Eugenia Gould '90. The president of the Sodus Bay Histor- "Matthew J. Avitabile and Do-
Huntoon, but she still enjoys a wonderful ical Society, Roger Butts, is a lighthouse lores, presently of Ashland, Mass., formerly
time being as active as possible, doing a lot buff and has visited many of the old light- of New Britain, Conn., celebrated their 50th
of volunteer work as an accompanist. She houses on the East Coast. He was one of wedding anniversary June 16, '91, at a fami-
also has a show with two female musical the leading organizers of a Maritime Muse- ly gathering at the Top of the Hub, Boston.
clowns for which they write their own lyrics um operated by the SBHS. Matt and Dolores have two children, Dorrie
and which they present to various philan- Congratulations to Francis Paternos- Greeley and Dr. Matthew Avitabile Jr., four
thropic organizations. Gene added: "Proba- ter on his marriage last April to Joyce Mos- grandchildren, Kristin Greeley, a junior at
bly I shall eventually ossify with the shape crip. After their Bermuda honeymoon, they Notre Dame, Michael Greeley, Matthew III
of a piano bench!" returned to Walton, NY, where Pat is still and Christine Avitabile. Our Matt, a retired
Dolores Davern Hayes is just great! practicing law but admits to "goofing off quite attorney, was a former mayor of New Brit-
She loves to brag: going on 80 and still ac- a bit" because he has a smart new associate. ain, a state senator, prosecuting attorney,
tive; good job, etc. Margaret Schillke Wil- Speaking of lawyers, John F. Kelley of Spo- alderman, and clerk of court." Congratula-
liams writes: "The great-grandchildren keep kane, Wash., was recently honored for 50 tions and best wishes to Matt, Dolores and
coming. Am expecting the fifth at the end of years of continuous practice of law in the family.
June!" She spent the holidays last year with State of Washington. We regret to report that Hope Palmer Foor wrote that after our
her daughter and family in Springfield, Va.; John Branch of Rochester, NY, lost his wife 55th she stopped in Oneonta to see her se-
her son Robert Safford '56 joined them for and former law partner Caroline (Wilbur) nior roommate, Ruth Ann Martin Haw-
an overnight visit. She enjoys the alumni lun- '37 last October, and we do wish to convey thorne. In September Hope flew to Denver
cheons held in Sarasota, Fla. our deep sympathy to John. and, despite heavy rain and fog, enjoyed the
Enjoyed a recent welcome note from Everett Lattimer and wife Eleanor of one-week Circle Tour of the Colorado Rock-
Ruth and Edgar Taylor, proud of their two Glenmont, NY greatly enjoyed the Adult ies, including a trip from Silverton to Duran-
daughters, nine grandchildren and five great- University (CAU) cruise to New Zealand and go on the narrow gauge railroad, thence to
grandchildren. Report no ailments that be- Australia last February. Ev did not mention Pike's Peak. Betty Williams Stavely, after
fore-dinner-medicine-from-the-fountain-of- if any other '34ers were on the same cruise. last year's three-week stay in Australia, vis-
youth can't minimize. Still maintain their own Lou Rosenthal and wife Hilda visited Al ited Pat Pennock Predmore at her son's
home and grounds, with the exception of and Stella Fleischer in Florida last Febru- home in Palo Alto, Cal. While there they had
climbing ladders and plowing the driveway. ary. Lou also reports that two exhibitions lunch with Lois Coffin Arscott, who was vis-
Manage to find time for a trip to the West from the "Rosenthal" collection (Lou and iting her son in nearby Atherton.
Coast every couple of years to visit offspring Hilda) were presented by Joe Cuzzi '31 at Louise Kreuzer Montgomery wrote
and friends. the Westchester Center for the Arts, Heri- she's busier than ever with shelter work
Charlotte Spencer Stevenson contin- tage Hills. D Hilton Jayne, Carter Pt., Sedg- since Maine industries have been laying off
ues to be very happy at Friends House, a wick, Me. 04676. so many employees. She is also involved in
Quaker retirement home where the pleas- another project, the Claude Montgomery
ant surroundings resemble life in a college The sad news is that Henrietta "Deubie" Memorial Museum in Portland, Me., which
dormitory. Her two sons live short distanc- Deubler, our long-time president, died May was his birthplace. "Any income from sales
es away. One sister, Geraldine, also lives at 16, '91 of a massive heart attack. She served of his etchings or the reproductions of his
the home, where they enjoy family visits. us faithfully and well. We will all miss her. sea- and landscapes will benefit Friendship
Hannah (Wray) '34 and David An- She leaves her sister Emily of 634 Broad House Shelter," which Louise and Claude
drews proudly report their grandson David Acres Rd., Narberth Pa. Her last communi- opened five years ago.
C. Andrews '94 matriculated in August cation to me told of the wonderful time she The alumni affairs office is working hard
1990—a fourth-generation Cornellian. He's and Emily had in May 1990 on a garden tour organizing the International Spirit of Zinck's
already playing trombone in the band. Grand- of England. Night, 1991. If the Cornell Club in your vi-
pa David is still active in AARP's Tax-Aide Olive Homan Bost died Nov. 4, '90 in cinity is sponsoring such a fun night, do save
Program; he is a local coordinator/instructor Sulphur, La. the date, Oct. 24, and join all the new and
in Texas. They still drive back and forth from Beulah Hyman Perskin writes how older Cornellians for a spirited get-together.
Tennessee to Texas every year. happy she is that her daughter Virginia is Adult University (CAU) reported that Mari-
H e r m a n Dreyer is now completely now her neighbor in Florida, and her grand- on Leighton took the trip to Spain and Afri-
retired; no more consultations! A very lim- daughter Wendy and husband as well as ca; Allen Jordan, the New Orleans, Gulf
ited amount of time is devoted to gardening, grandson Hank are near by. Elsie Starks Coast and Bayous trip; Ralph Wise and Eliz-
when there is no demand for household Shreeve and husband Charles, with three abeth, the London Theater study tour. We
maintenance. Enjoy that free time! sons and their wives, six grandchildren, and hope travelers will regale us with their re-
Plans are really underway for the cele- guests totaling 100 celebrated their 50th ports.
bration of International Spirit of Zinck's Night wedding anniversary. They spend long week- Do send your dues in promptly and in-
on Thurs., October 24, in cities across the ends at their bay cottage in Ocean City, Md., clude your 1991-92 doings, as this correspon-
US and around the world. Be sure to mark as Charles still teaches engineering Tues- dent has no more news in her cupboard.
your calendars. • Garrett V.S. Ryerson day and Thursday mornings. They gave • Mary Didas, 80 N. Lake Dr., Orchard
Jr., 1700 Lehigh Rd., Wantagh, NY 11793. Scott, 1, their first great-grandchild, his first Park, NY 14127.
ride on an Aquacot (a catamaran) and he
Good news from former Class loved every minute, including the lifejacket. f\ f\ John J. Gillespie, 4113 Del Mar
President E. Truman Wright, Florence Moulton Wagstaff continues 1 I I Ave., Long Beach, Cal., is still
who has a new lease on life with her long-time work for Methodist women by ^ L % very active with traveling and
a new pacemaker installed last attending the North Central Conference in / \ • 1 enjoying retirement but is very
December. Also, older son Ed- Kansas City. Polly has 13 grandchildren, I I I I sorry that he missed the 55th
ward "Ted" Wright '58, who is mostly living fairly close to her. \^ V r Reunion. You would have en-
vice president and general manager of the Sorry I omitted the names of Martha joyed it, John, but maybe you will make the
Cloisters at Sea Island, Ga., was named the English Martin and Ethel Bonan Hoefler 60th. Herbert Kling, 4069 Streeter Rd.,
1990 Resort Executive of the Year by the from the list of those attending the March Fonda, NY, wrote that he was getting older
American Hotel Assn., the same honor that Sarasota mini-reunion. I goofed. • Lucy and fatter; to this he now wants to add
was first bestowed on Truman in 1972. Belle Boldt Shull, 3229 S. Lockwood Ridge "dumber," as he is still working.
A. Chandler Taylor and wife Jacoba of Rd., Sarasota, Fla. 34239. Charles Noback, 116 7th St., Cress-

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FINGER LAKES LISTING
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Come B a c k t o t h e I t h a c a You R e m e m b e r
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street. Antique beds with large firm setting, rustic 1809 farmhouse 25 Lake. Three large rooms, all private from Taughannock State Park. Four
mattresses. Shared or private bath. minutes from Ithaca and Binghamton. baths. Full breakfast. Near colleges, rooms-Twn, Dbl, Q & K beds.
Full all you can eat breakfast. antique shops and parks. Whirlpool/shared baths. Full
Monday through Thursday rates. American Breakfasts 6 0 7 3 8 7 3 3 7 7
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rill, NJ, has had his book, The Human Ner- husband have? I didn't think to ask her.
vous System, published by Lea and Feliger, One great thing at the Reunion was see-
Philadelphia. Congratulations, Charles. Mor- ing Jo Biddle McMeen, newspaper woman
ton P. Matthew, 107 Sawmill Rd., Litch- and columnist for The Daily News of Hunt-
( ) field, Conn., has furnished us with his ad- ingdon, Pa. Because I was at the Reunion
vice: only on Friday, Jo very kindly sent me her
Bad memory makes you feel rotten, June 12 column about attending the Reunion,
Minutes from: You feel like your head's full of cotton; in which she told of the great meeting in
• Carousel Centre LeMoyne College Don't worry, don't fret; Bailey Hall with speakers President Frank
• Carrier Dome Cultural Activities Some day you'll forget Rhodes and The Hon. Sol M. Linowitz, JD
• Syracuse University Museums
That there's anything you have forgotten. '38 former ambassador, and many other
• NYS Wineries things. Jo also mentioned the construction
Bed & Breakfast Wellington We can use some of the advice, Mor- that was under way on the Arts Quad.
707 Danforth St. Syracuse, NY 13208 ton, but life can be merry and bright. Cornell is always changing! In fact, I can
(315)474-3641 Theodore M. Hogeman, Hillside hardly find my way onto or around the cam-
Hosts: Wendy Wilber & Ray Borg House, Apt. 3, Borden Ave., Norwich, NY, pus now! Jo states: "An addition is being built
was sorry that he missed the 55th last year. to Olin Library . . . down under, not above . . .
Their son Charlie, the only bachelor among ground in order to preserve the beauty of
their four sons, was married in Denver in the Arts Quad where statues of Ezra Cornell
May and the connected festivities made at- and Andrew White preside impressively."
tending Reunion impossible. J. Robert Van Jo also wrote, "I did find the controver-
Allen, 1490 Elmira Rd., Newfield, NY, spent sial Center for Theater Arts, on the edge of
two months in Florida for the 15th year since Collegetown, for a performance of Noises Off,
MOTOR LODGE his retirement. On March 27 he went out on
an all-day Extension service tour of the ag-
the amusing British comedy." At the perfor-
mance Jo encountered John and Anne Dob-
312 College Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850 riculture of Collier County. Saw many im- son. Anne sat in a seat Jo had donated to
(607)273-3542 pressive vegetable, citrus, cattle, and orna- the Center.
DON? RENT A "NAME" mentals operations, which he enjoyed very In closing, about the Reunion, I want to
RENT SERVICE! much. say we all especially missed Charlotte Put-
WE MAJOR IN HOSPITALITY Carl H. Scheman Jr., 6 Foxwood La., nam Reppert, Marion Blenderman Brunn,
THE ONLY HOTEL IN THE Greensburg, Pa., has been enjoying retire- and Maida Hooks Lewis. All the rest of
ψ OF COLLEGETOWV ment since November 1975 with his wife you—take care of yourselves! And send me
RATED •••
Dorothy. They purchased a home in St. Pe- your news. • Allegra Law Ireland, 125
tersburg, Fla., and tried living the winter Grant Ave. Ext., Queensbury, NY 12804.
US. & Canada Reservation: 1-800-666-7666 months in the South. However, they both
FAX (607) 272-3542 prefer living in the North, so they had a large ^ ^ |^TF Law school graduates abound in
house built to their design and at the present • If/ the Charles Beltz family: sons
address, and the home keeps them very J t Robert, U. of Michigan, and Tom,
busy. He is still playing golf and has a de- ^ I Washington U.; grandsons Rob-
lightful companion in a Bouvier dog. I I I ert, also Michigan, and Tom,
N. Peter Arcangeli, 37 Collier St., ^J I Michigan and Wayne State U.
Finger Lakes Hornell, NY, is still enjoying retirement af- Michigan universities attracted son Skip, an
ter more than 40 years of service with the MD from U. of Michigan; daughters Carol,
Central NY State Labor Department and having been Alma College and Wayne State, and Eliza-
Reservation retired since October 1980. He is still doing beth, U. of Michigan. Daughter Bonnie and
community work, such as YMCA, Boy grandson Bill broke tradition at American U.
Service Scouts, Rotary Club, St. Ann's Church, and and Colorado State. The rest of the 21 grand-
• Hotels, Motels, B&B's Hornell's Civil Service Commission. His wife children are all in grade or high school, and
is a retired guidance counselor from the great-granddaughter Monica, 1, rounds out
• Finger Lakes Tours—Escorted Hornell school system. She is currently on the clan.
& Self Drive the board of directors of St. James Mercy Ted Acton was probably being prophet-
Hospital, treasurer of St. James Women's ic when he wrote "none (at present!)" in the
• Winery Tours, Dinner Cruises Board, area director for American Field Ser- space for spouse's name on the News &
All your needs with one call. vice, and active in American Assn. of Uni- Dues form last October, because on March
versity Women. Keep up the good work, both 15 he married Beatrice Seabury Eliot of
1-800-828-3088 of you, and stay healthy and happy. • Col. Wayzata, Minn. They will be living in Way-
Edmund R. MacVittie (AUS, ret.), 10130 zata and at Ted's Freedom, NH home, but if
Forrester Dr., Sun City, Ariz. 85351. the couple continues his peripatetic ways
they won't be home much. Ted was mo-
SERENDIPITY Mary Emily Wilkins Wells, having remar- torhoming in August and September in the
Bed & Breakfast ried recently, is giving up the job of "Perfect Northwest and in British Columbia and Al-
15NorthSt.,Dryden,NY '36V class correspondent, just as I did in berta, with energetic hiking thrown in, ski-
Full Breakfast—Queen 1983 after I remarried. At her request, I have ing in Colorado in February and March, and
agreed to take over the task (the pleasure). was seen in Florida. A shoulder operation a
brass beds, 15 min. Cornell We consulted at the great 55th Reunion in year ago hasn't slowed him down. He plays
607-844-9589 Ithaca, at which I could remain for only the tennis all year, skis whenever he finds snow
Friday events because of the imminent ar- and a good slope, and in the spring can't re-
rival of some of my husband's progeny at sist the lure of white-water in a kayak. Wear-
our homes in Glens Falls and Lake George ing his Reunion co-chair hat, he hopes to see
GENEVA ON THE LAKE (winter and summer homes). Actually, one
reason I gave up the column in 1983 was
a grand turnout at our 55th next June.
Gerard Maier and wife Esther, both
America's Premiere Small Resort that between the two of us, Irving and me, retired teachers, are volunteers with Meals-
Italian Renaissance villa on the shores of Seneca we have ten progeny (five each). Now, it may on-Wheels in the Newburgh area. They have
Lake - terrace, formal gardens, pool and sailing. New be that a similar situation exists for Mary traveled to Hawaii and to Wyoming. We are
York's Finger Lakes Wine District. Open year-round. sorry to learn that Lawrence A. Christen-
Awarded AAA Four-Diamonds. 1-800-3GENEVA.
Emily, since I discovered at Reunion that she
also has five offspring. How many does her s e n ' s wife Grace died last S e p t e m b e r .
P.O. 929, Geneva, N.Y. 14456

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 D Robert A. Rosevear, 2714 Saratoga Rd., Carol Ann Worden Ridley, Willie (Maz- Cornell in June 1990. A month later we went
N., DeLand, Fla. 32720. ar) and Al Satina, Anne Epley Scott, Har- to the 50th wedding anniversary of Elsie
ry and Tricia O'Rourke Smith '39, the (Harrington) '38 and Bill Doolittle '38 in
Winnifred Hunniford Walker continues Charles Stanleys, George Stothoff, Ed Glastonbury, Conn. It is good to have our
with her peripatetic ways. Her most recent and Lois Williams, the Phil Wolffs, Dick son Howard '67, JD 74, his wife Karen
travels were to Thailand, Nepal and India and Ginny Zens, the Roy Blacks, Carol (Morgan) '68, and their two daughters back
with Doris (Thompson) and Ed Shineman. Thro Richardson, and your correspondents, in Port Washington after five years in Hong
Jeanne (Bredbenner) and Robert L. Hull, Fred Hillegas and Helen Reichert Chad- Kong."
PhD '45 recently took a cruise on Crown wick. We wish you might all have shared the Last reminder: Our '39 Fall Fling is
Odyssey from London, Tilbury, through Kiel fun! Sept. 27-28, '91. And a first reminder for all
Canal and the Baltic, visiting the Scandina- One evening our special guests were alumni of all ages: The International Spirit
vian capitals and Leningrad. Jeanne contin- Carolyn and David Corson, the latter the di- of Zinck's Night will be held on Thurs., Oct.
ues as an art museum doceήt. Windy Drake rector of Cornell's Olin Library. His inter- 24 in cities across the US and around the
Sayer notified me that she got a change of esting talk and many slides described the world. D Sally Steinman Harms, 22 Brown's
address for Alice Gray from Florence Co- complicated planning and construction of the Grove, Scottsville, NY 14546.
hen Strauss. Alice is in a nursing home— new library building on the Arts campus. It
Fairfield Manor, 23 Prospect St., Norwalk, will provide much needed space for Cornell's "Gee-but I'd give the world to see that old
Conn. 06850. The envelope should be special collections, yet will be hidden almost gang of mine." Well, you will if you're one of
marked "Attention Judy Hall—please read entirely below ground level. Fred Hillegas the 42-plus who Bill Lynch reports are
to Alice Gray." Windy believes that Alice is presided as master of ceremonies at the din- signed up for the second annual "Fall Fling,"
partially incapacitated because of a stroke ners, Harry Martien was his usual genial self, Friday, Sept. 27-29.
and probably would enjoy hearing from and Willie Satina entertained us with some By the way, Bill and Babe drove up to
friends, but may not be able to answer. of her poetry, a recent hobby. Maine in July to attend a wedding in Port-
Elinor Sisson Furnival reported that Now we look forward to Homecoming, land and then enjoyed a visit to Skowhegan,
she has stayed close to home since she had and especially to 1993 in Ithaca, with the had gone where they went on their honey-
cataract surgery on both eyes more than a Doolittles again assuming the responsibility moon 45 years ago! Pretty romantic, don't
year ago. Hoped to have both eyes working for Reunion planning. We've filled out ques- you think? Several '39ers took part in Adult
last fall when she expected to get corrective tionnaires, and hope others of you will also University (CAU) since our last report. John
lenses. In April, Margie Kincaid Look had send suggestions to Bill and Elsie at 17 and Cornelia Knower participated in "Nat-
a letter from Edith Talbott-Dickerson's son, Ridgewood Rd., Glastonbury, Conn. 06033. ural Life of the Everglades" and the program
Lee, saying his mother had died on Sept. 13, Do you have a preferred campus location? on "American Pre-eminence" at Coopers-
'89.1 also heard from the Alumni News that Statler, dormitory, or other spot? A tent, lo- town, NY, while Bob and Ruth Phelps
Elizabeth "Betty" Myers Brown had died cated where? Sports activities? More "sit- Latimer '45 enjoyed the cruise to Tortola
suddenly at Boyles Mills, Pa. on May 20, '91. ting and chatting"? Preferred meal locations? and the British Virgin Islands.
Our sympathy is extended to her husband, Send us your ideas. What about other minis, President George Peck devoted much
Dr. Kent L. Brown '38, her daughter and and where would you enjoy meeting? A of his time last winter and spring to super-
three sons. • Mary M. Weimer, 200 E. cruise perhaps? The field is open! Equally vising the million-dollar-plus renovation of
Dewart St., Shamokin, Pa. 17872. important: do please send news of your lives an old dorm at his (and Jack Sheffer's) oth-
and activities to Fred and me! In spite of the er alma mater, the Perkiomen School in
The Connecticut "mini" has time lag between your writing and the mag- Pennsburg, Pa. The old building has been
come and gone, but the memo- azine's publication, your classmates welcome transformed into an arts center with a 270-
ries of nearly five days filled with your news. • Helen Reichert Chadwick, seat theater. As you may recall, George is a
constant conversation, interest- 225 N. 2nd St., Lewiston, NY 14092. life member of the board of trustees and
ing side trips, wonderful meals in chairs the long-range planning committee.
historic inns, and the opportuni- A letter from Marion Stevens This month we have these classmates
ty to forget our advancing years will remain M o l t e n
( Mrs
Robert P.) tells us celebrating 50th wedding anniversaries:
with the 51 reuners for a long, long time! of the death of Catherine Stef- John and Ann Friend on Sept. 13, Bill and
Our thanks and accolades go to Elsie (Har- fen Lumbra, and of Marion's de- Mary Ferguson Mills '37 and Ernst and
rington) and Bill Doolittle for their superb sire to send a remembrance to Hannah Sinauer, both on Sept. 20. Congrat-
planning and hard work; and to their com- our '39 Memorial Garden. Mari- ulations, one and all! We also learned that
mittee, Dick Zens, Mille Brooks Ogden, on then writes that she has never seen the there was a 50th celebration in June, after
Ken Batchelor, and Howard Briggs, who garden and hasn't been back to the campus all. June 21 was the big date of a surprise
helped manage our schedule and keep the since 1953, so I have urged her to come to party in Gainesville, Fla., for Dr. Gene Ger-
laggards in line. Even the weather cooperat- the Fall Fling and think her friends should berg and Jo (Vick) '41. Gene is busier than
ed, with constant sunshine, as well as brisk persuade her to come see the campus and ever with "semi-retirement." In June he was
winds for our four-hour sail on a large schoo- garden. Marion has three children and four appointed a "courtesy professor" in the en-
ner, whose buffet lunch included "whale- grandchildren. tomology department at U. of Florida. Gene
burgers" as a special treat. Our tours took Jackie Hamburger Sherman (Mrs. says there are more entomologists per
us through the Connecticut state capital Robert) writes of retiring in January from her square foot in Gainesville than any place on
buildings, colonial homes, and Victorian man- job as assistant business manager at a cen- earth. Last year he was sent to Paris and
sions, along with a day at Mystic Seaport and ter for retarded clients and looking forward New Orleans for meetings.
Dinosaur State Park, while the finale was a to her free time. Betty Shultis Hering William "Skip" Fuerst visited his
Sunday luncheon at the Doolittle's Glaston- (Mrs. Chalmers B. '37) writes: "Am still brother Ed '33 in California for Ed's 74th
bury home, and a chance to see Bill's pride, living in my hilltop home in Union Springs, birthday on June 26. They all took a five-day
the largest model railway in the state! NY. Have a lovely view of Cayuga Lake and trip through northern California and Oregon
Our group included the Bryant Alt- Frontenac Island (the only island in the Fin- where, around Crater Lake, they saw snow
mans, Howie and Adelaide Briggs, Ken (our ger Lakes!). My oldest son lives four miles as high as the rooftops! We are very pleased
photographer) and Mary Batchelor, Carl and away in Cayuga, second son still lives in Rot- to announce that John Brentlinger has been
Mimi Koshkin Beve '37, Fran (Otto) and terdam, third son in Atlanta, Ga., and fourth appointed poet laureate of our class. With
Jim Cooper, the Herb Cornells, the Doolit- son in Albany, Ga. Have 12 grandchildren the help of wife Carol (honorary classmate)
tles, Ted and Gerry Miller Gallagher, John and one great-grandson. I keep busy main- John has put together a book of his poetry,
and Betty Hooley, Carl and Lynne Irish taining my home, gardening, church work, and one of his most recent poems won a
Johnston, Virginia Dominis Koch, Harry and Red Cross; spend part of the winter in Golden Poet Award from the "World of Po-
Martien, Karl and Betty Nelson, Julie Georgia." etry." The Mort Durlands, Lew Fancourts
Robb Newman, Bob and Betty Newman, Ginny Sturtevant Miller (Mrs. Edwin and Lynches visited Carol and John last June
Millie and Bill Ogden, the John Pistors, M. '35) writes: "We attended Ed's 55th at during Reunion and found John in good spir-

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its, walking around the house with a cane Animal Care and Use facility. I sold my vet- The campus had never looked better in
and swimming in their pool at "Le Grand erinary practice back in 1975 and we trav- spite of never-ending construction, the
Rouge" in Cayuga Heights. eled around the world and about our coun- weather was perfect—all in all a vintage Re-
It is with deep regret that we report the try, via a motorhome, leisurely." union! To keep our Cornell juices running,
death on May 2 of Oliver "Bud" "Gildy" Another, from Martha Alwood Win- please save the date: International Spirit of
Gildersleeve, our beloved cannoneer of the slow, Ellicott City, Md.: "My husband and I Zinck's Night is Oct. 24, '91. Although re-
Class of '39. Last November, the Lynches, have lived in a retirement community in El- minders are only mailed to younger alumni,
Dan Kops and the Bill Millses joined Gildy licott City for three years. We moved here all are invited to participate in this 'round-
for the Yale game at New Haven, where they from the Chicago area to be near our two the-world party. Check with your local Cor-
did the whole bit: tailgating and later dinner sons. The older one, Chris, has four children, nell Club. • Shirley Richards Sargent, 15
at a table down at Mory's. We have lost a ages 14,10, 4, and 1. Our younger son is not Crannell Ave., Delmar, NY 12054.
good friend and a very loyal '39er. married. He has multiple sclerosis, and is
Found a few 39s of interest since the brain damaged from surgery. He lives in a Some 50th Reunion afterthoughts: Applause,
last time. In May, Tom Purtzer won the Co- residential program for non-retarded adults applause to Reunion Chair Ray Kruse. To
lonial Golf Tournament in Texas. Tom is 39. and is enrolled in a daytime program that 145 men who registered. To John Dow-
Another 39er (age that is), Rick Mears, won arranges multiple therapies and a minimal swell who wrote 100 of these columns over
the Indianapolis 500. And if one more per- program of work. He visits us on holiday ten loyal, dedicated years. To fundraising
son had come to my church Sunday we would weekends. committee of Eddie Burgess Bartholomew,
have had 39! • Henry L. "Bud" Huber, 152 "We have had some nice trips: Scandi- Bob Brunet, and Chuck Lake, who re-
Conant Dr., Buffalo, NY 14223. navia, the Caribbean, the Yucatan—an Adult ceived the '41 Award Certificate for raising
University (CAU) vacation with Professors over one-half million dollars. To date, cumu-
With 1992 closing in on us soon, John Henderson '67 and the late Robert lative total is over $4,400,000. To outgoing
I'm certain Lois Milhening "Scotty" MacDougall '62—and through the class officers who served so well. And to
Vincelette will be planning to at- Panama Canal. We go to Chautauqua for Eleanor (Bloomfield) '44 and Anne Antell
tend the Olympics again. She three weeks every summer. who made it possible for husbands Walter
wrote of enjoying the Seoul open- "Husband George paints, and I play the Scholl and Ralph Antell to attend. (Cornell
ing day of 1988. Traveling is her recorder. After having two automobile acci- hills are steeper in wheelchairs.)
hobby, especially since widowhood. She has dents this spring I surrendered my driver's Ten classmates came from California,
taken alumni trips around the world, also license. This will make a vast difference in Ken Luplow from Washington State, Bob
been to Alaska and Indonesia. Lois makes my life and Γm not looking forward to it." Zouck from St. John, VI. Can anyone beat
her home in Bayonet Point, Fla. • Carol Clark Petrie, 18 Calthrope Rd., William Hinton for distance? He came from
Travelers especially fond of France are Marblehead, Mass. 01945. Beijing, China?
Morgan and Esther Jones Sinclaire. Many '41ers are still working. Bob
Christmas 1990 was spent in Paris as part W I Two days after my return from Haase still full time in own business in
of a 59-day visit in France, including his 75th /I Λ our
Serious 50th Reunion my Overland Park, Kans. Ken Tifft, lawyer,
birthday! Morgan has spent a total of nine- /1 I dear 95-year-old mother, who has Elmira, NY. Robert "Bart" Bartholomew,
plus months in Paris since 1961. He has an ^li I lived with me for seven years, teacher. Bob Herrmann, marketing man-
inventory of French photos containing 12,000 ^ | ^ I died after hearing about all of our ager. Bill Shoemaker, Boeing helicopter.
slides as well as 1,500 color shots of a French A A events and festivities. Because Class of '41 still provides leadership in Ithaca:
family in Vauclude, Southern France. He has she was determined that I attend despite her Ben Nichols is hizzonor the mayor.
followed the growth of the four children over failing health, I really think she was waiting Bill Hagar writes. "We had the great-
16 years. They met the president of the for the report and decided it was a fitting est! Ray, Bart, et al. did a terrific job. Had
Cornell Club of France, Richard Meade '60. end to our years together. requests for '41 milk punch recipe. Just come
Morgan says he has much to do and see Allene Cushing Knibloe and Ray Kruse back for seconds in 1996."
there still. Esther is happy, too, according to received well-deserved praise for handling all Proof of inflation. Cost for two persons
a photo sent which will be part of next Re- the nitty gritty of housing, uniforms, meals, for two days at Reunion was $440. That
union! meeting room, etc. Some of the exciting activi- equals exactly our tuition for one semester
Every once in a while I send along re- ties available to all reuners included the stirring in years 1937-41.
ports to you, verbatim. Giving a full picture address by President Frank Rhodes following William Stamets has been named the
of his life in Goshen, Mass, is the report from the symposium on "Courting Creativity"; a ri- first Indiana state government coordinator of
retired veterinarian Allan Vogel: "Lorraine otously funny English farce, Noises Off at the the American Society of Mechanical Engi-
and I had eight children between us, hers, new Center for Theater Arts; the address by neers. The state coordinator program uses
mine, and ours, and they are all good friends. Ambassador Sol Linowitz, JD '38, "Count- member volunteers to provide technical in-
The oldest, a surgeon, lives in Wagoner, down in the Americas"; Cornell Plantations bus formation to state legislatures. Dr. Stanley
Okla. with his wife and two sons. The next tours and campus walking tours; and "Music- Reich is still working; will become emeri-
son lives and works in Indonesia doing pop- Music"—our great Big Band at the dinner tus professor at the U. of California, Davis
ulation work for the AID and the Indonesian dance, the Hangovers from the Glee Club, the and San Francisco.
government, with an Indonesian wife and a reuning Sherwoods, and the beer tents on the Two classmates are doing development
son. One daughter, a budding writer, and a Quad with their bands. Thanks again to Rob- jobs: Al Kelley at Hobart and Albert As-
son with his wife and two daughters spend ert "Bart" Bartholomew for getting us chaffenburg at U. of New Orleans. Al As-
their time between Mill Valley, Cal. and Jack- "primed" with his tape for all this great Cornell chaffenburg also reports having a delightful
son Hole, Wyo. That daughter has two sons music. lunch with Jean Way Schoonover. Irv Mer-
and a daughter. The California son works in On the personal side, my delightful rill, while visiting on Guam, experienced
TV productions. The three remaining chil- roommate and traveling companion, Mary typhoon Ross. Winds up to 175 mph.
dren live in in Massachusetts and have eight Witbeck Chaplin, found her first Reunion Charles Ostrander lives in and loves
children between them with one more on the terrific and enjoyed the Johnson Museum and Ithaca. Enjoys Cornell activities and sports.
way. We have four great-grandchildren. All picture-taking in Fall Creek Gorge and oth- Travels with Cornell Recreation Club. John
at the moment are well and happy. We un- er scenic spots. With close to 80 women class Clark and wife spent six weeks in Salaman-
fortunately lost our youngest daughter at age members in attendance and more than 400 ca U., Spain. "Refreshed our Spanish." Now
24, and we are raising her son, now 8. He in our '41 contingent, it will be impossible living at new address: 3903 NW 55th St.,
lives with us and has given new meaning to to mention all. Three who had planned to Coconut Creek, Fla. 33073.
our lives. So . . . I am saving my money for make it and were sorely missed because they Irv Orkin is treasurer of the Cornell
his education but will consider a donation to were prevented by family illness at the last Club of the Gold Coast in Tamarac, Fla. Paul
the class fund when time allows. I now have minute, were Janie Frier Bertrand, our Schoellkopf regrets missing 50th due to
a part-time job at Smith College which I re- great retiring treasurer, Harriet Howell medical problems. Good news is he is "on
ally enjoy, as the director of the Laboratory Becker and Doris Strong Castor. the mend."

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 Need a classmate address? This corre- Bill Lawrence now calls York, Cal. Scala informs us that he has, for a few years,
spondent has a current' roster. Write and home, summers, Mesa, Ariz., winters, and been in wine country—Napa and Sonoma
send news! • Ralph E. Antell, 9924 Ma- he and Peggy stay in Cheyenne, Wyo. long Counties—with Merrill Lynch Realty as a
plestead Lane, Richmond, Va. 23235. enough to maintain a residency there with vineyard specialist. He knows of a few vine-
their daughter and grandchildren. He should yards and wineries and would like to hear
W ^ ^ Nolan Ryan isn't the only athlete get together with our avid fisherman from from any classmate with a cool cellar and
u r s u m
/ I I I P S excellence into the last month, Ray Dague, for he goes after very, very deep pockets. • S. Miller Har-
ears ar e n
/• W y ^ b y° d expectations, walleye and northern pike in Quebec in Au- ris, PO Box 164, Spinnerstown, Pa. 18968.
^ l i M Take Mario Cuniberti (Colum- gust, trout and crappie in Oregon in Septem-
T ^ / i bus, Ohio), who remains active in ber, and steelhead and king salmon in Cali- The class was glad to hear from Margaret
JL ϊmm rowing. Every morning he is out fornia in June and November. Morse Thalman, Jeannette Treiber Kurtz,
there with a partner rowing his two-man boat Please continue writing me and send- Margaret Von Paulsen Mabbs, and Betsy
alongside the Ohio State Crew. Mario start- ing me clippings. CU in '92. • Carolyn Small Schrader in the spring. But, hey, no
ed after the 40th Reunion and says it gets Evans Finneran, 2933 76th, SE, #13D, Mer- news? I can always count on Bob Burger,
easier every year. He works hard and hopes cer Island, Wash. 98040. our cooling tower specialist, in Dallas. Dick
eventually to enter some competitions. Wallach and he pledged (to each other) to
And there's also Art Foster (Bellevue, W 4\ In the event that you have not attend our 50th, which looms ever closer.
v e t
Wash.) who continues to play ice hockey. He /I • I withdrawn your life savings Start thinkin' on it. At this writing in early
belongs to a team and they compete in Red- /I J from the World Bank, rush out June, Bob was planning to go to Pusan and
wood City at Charles Schultz's Hockey Rink ^ l i ^ to your neighborhood branch and Seoul to deliver seminars to engineers and
in the yearly tournaments. Art sent me the ^ • ^ I I ^° s α ^ r e c e n t N e w York Times clients of a large construction company in
news that it was Cornell's red and white foot- A ^J story reports that Barber B. Korea. He hoped to coordinate that with a
ball uniforms [in 1897] that inspired the col- Conable Jr. is not going to seek a second trip to Taiwan, and Calcutta, Bombay, and
or scheme on Campbell's Soup labels. He five-year term as president of the 155-na- Delhi, where he has all sorts of connections.
says this momentous bit of historical data tion World Bank, the largest dispenser of aid His last paragraph: "In order to preserve my
made him proud, and he's sure others will to developing countries. Instead of watching marriage I have to buy a ticket to send my
feel the same. your money, the former Congressman is go- wife to Pearl Harbor where her son is now
More and more of you are going on the ing to return to Alexandria, NY, and watch stationed. He married my niece and she
Adult University (CAU) programs. George his grandchildren. wants to play grandmother with their brand
and Barbara Crohurst Howell (Oakbrook, Again according to the New York Times, new baby. Then I will meet her on the beach
111.) went to Indonesia; Richard and Ann D. Brainerd Holmes, one-time chairman on the Island of Bali for a week of R&R and
Boone Pendleton '43 (Ithaca) went to the of Raytheon Company, is credited—back in togetherness. Retire? What for? This is fun."
Everglades; Ruth Naitove Sherman (Lyn- the 1970s—with overcoming Defense De- There, Robert, you have your space. Thanks
brook) and Paul Todd '43 went to London; partment resistance to the Patriot missile for a neat letter.
Herman and Jean Copeland Jones '43 program. The jury is still out as to whether Bits and pieces: Bobette Rosenau
went to the Bayous in Louisiana; and John using Patriots to combat Scud missiles over Leidner wrote a while back that she, Bar-
and Elizabeth Eddison took the trip to East- populated areas is the proper application, but bara Liveright Resek, and Leon Sunstein
ern Europe. So with classmates on five of they certainly did make good television dur- Jr. attended their 50th high school reunion
the ten trips, your chances of meeting up ing periods when the press was confined to of the Oak Lane Country Day School. There
with a '42 are 50-50. the children's dining room. were only 17 in the whole class and these
One of our classmates, Eugene Nelson Gene Saks, with Neil Simon's Pulitzer three of 17 made it to and through Cornell!
Hayes (Medford, Mass.) passed away last Prize winning play Lost in Yonkers still pack- Caroline Norfleet Church sees Mary Lib
year. He retired in 1973 from the Smithso- ing them in on Broadway, is currently di- Taylor Rockwell and Ginger Shaw Shel-
nian Astrophysical Observatory at Harvard recting a roadshow revival of Bye Bye Bird- ley fairly often. They just GAB!
where he was an editor, writer and adminis- ie, starring Tommy Tune. Look for it in the Pat Rider Huber and Glad Molyneux
trator. He became famous with the publica- nabes. have new digs at Cape May, NJ. Muriel
tion of Adult Children of Alcoholics Remem- Bob "Dinty" Moore is finally letting Blum Lipman sent notice of a showing of
ber in 1989. He also wrote Trackers of the loose the reins of Aquatrols Corp. of Ameri- her recent works (which arrived too late to
Sky, co-edited If Your Child is Handicapped ca. Number Two daughter Tracy will be new print, Muriel) held at the Small Space Gal-
and Men and Cosmos. He is survived by five president/CEO. Number One daughter lery Arts Council of Greater New Haven
children and four grandchildren. Denise will continue to manage the interna- March 1-28. Muriel would LOVE to have a
I saw Jean Fenton Potter (Washing- tional department, covering a dozen coun- show at Reunion 1993 for all artists in the
ton, Conn.) at the centennial celebration of tries (most of whose languages she speaks). ONLY class. She knows of THREE! Next
the first graduating class of South Side High Third child, son Andy, manages domestic time send news, Phyl Verdine.
School in Rockville Centre, LI, NY. She has sales. "Bobbie and I," he writes, "are taking Our class is thrilled to have dues from
made a fantastic recovery from an illness and a trip to the Baltic capitals with the National one and all, but it's tough to write a column
looks wonderful. She and Art will be at our Trust for Historic Preservation. After Sep- when you send no news. On a personal note:
50th. Bob and Ruth Wright '37 (Tryon, NC) tember 30, official retirement date, there will I have been remiss with the column and I do
were also in attendance. I then went to as- be some consulting with the company but apologize. I lost Tom in August 1990 and for
sist at the birth of my 11th grandchild in decidedly more golf and more time develop- a while nothing much mattered. I'll be lookin'
North Carolina. My daughter-in-law sur- ing our Japanese garden." That makes sense; for notes, letters, ANYTHING, please. •
prised us all, especially my son, by giving probably Union County Medical Examiner Helene "Hedy" Neutze Alles, 15 Oak Ridge
birth by the side of the Durham Freeway just Shigeo Kondo is cultivating an Irish gar- Dr., Haddonfield, NJ 08033.

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an hour and a half after the onset of labor, as den.
they raced for the hospital. They had been George "Lefty" Marchev writes: "Re- We all know and appreciate how
to all the Lamaze classes, but were never membering how smart we were in 1939, I much Art and Dotty Kay
taught what to do if you had to deliver the hired three college students to help out in Kesten do for the class. Since
baby yourself. All's well that ends well. We my 'retirement' sign shop. I found them all Joe Driscoll left us a year ago,
were lucky. very effective, eager to learn, and a delight Dotty has written the column,
Bob McCann (Portland, Ore.) is look- to work with. Noting my slant toward pleading for a replacement. So
ing forward to the 50th. He enjoyed the "Ti- Cornell, the blonde asked if I knew her here's your new class correspondent with
ger Tops" 'round-the-world trip. Now that grandfather, Ken Johnson. The judge! He news: at the Tower Club dinner at the Wal-
he's retired from Freightliner/Mercedes- would be proud of Wendy Wells, but how dorf Astoria on May 10 the class was well
Benz Trucks, he is playing with adult toys: can his granddaughter be in college when my represented by Fred Bailey, Art and Dotty
a boat, plane, some old cars, and his Penn- oldest is five?" Kay Kesten, Jerry and Helen Levitan, and
sylvania farm in the Poconos. From Santa Rosa, Cal., Anthony La Gerry and Deedy Tohn. At Reunion a group

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of '44ers joined the '46 barbecue. They in- er, George Fitzpatrick (McLean, Va.), an- Wow, what a great Reunion you
cluded Lou and Janet Buhsen Daukas '46, other of our classmates, did attend. I'm sor- missed! I'm still all keyed up and
Charlie and Mary Hoens, Art and Dotty ry that Muriel and Joe missed it. find myself singing Cornell songs
Kesten, Rose Matt, Dan Morris, Bob and Kenneth Hillas has abandoned the Gar- every day. Some figures discov-
Ann Grady Ready '45 [word of Ann's sud- den State and gone Down East to Castine, Me ered at our Friday banquet: so-
den death in July came at press time] and (PO Box 625); if he hires a boat from Kenny rority members in attendance—
Charles and Dorothy Van Reed. Spotted Eaton's Boatyard he can shoot across Penob- 12 Delta Gammas (I took a picture of the
on campus were Ithaca residents Howie and scot Bay to Isleboro and have a reunion with following in our lounge: Nancy Allen Cham-
Erica Evans, Frank and Nancy Moore and Mark Pendleton, who is still finishing up his berlain, Dottie Van Vleet Hicks, Leah
Charlie and Barbara Williams (who had house-remodeling job. Mark sold his lovely Smith Drexler, Jackie D e w e y Brett, Jan
spent six winter months in Scottsdale, Ariz.). Herreshoff ketch last year but he could take Bassette Summerville, Dottie Taylor Prey,
Skip and Bette Paul stayed only six his Whaler over to Castine and reune with Ken. Janet Dayton Knipher, Meg Geiling Mur-
weeks in Scottsdale but bought a condo, so Reunions seem to be the order of the day and dock); 11 Sigma Kappas (Louise Greene Rich-
they're hooked. Are you, Charlie? Skip here's another: an International Spirit of Zinck's ards is our new president); Pi Phis, seven; Tri
writes that he's still active as head of the Night on October 24. These are held in various Delts, four; AOPs, three and one Kappa.
Scottish Rite Bodies for Freemasonry in 15 large cities and have been aimed at younger Classmates into athletics at Reunion in-
states north of the Mason-Dixon Line and alumni in the past, but all alumni are invited. cluded croquet, 16 (won by Dick Beard and
west to the Mississippi River. He and Bette Call Fran Shumway at (607) 255-7090 for more his wife); golf, ten (Betty Rosenthal New-
have moved back to Vestal, NY, where they details. man came in second in low gross, and Marie
spent many years when he worked for IBM. The first reunion of the first graduating Prendergast Kautsky finished fifth in low
Their address is 389 Meeker Road. class of the Bronx High School of Science net); tennis, five; and bike race, three. Sue
Others escaping wintry blasts and trad- was an event that rated three columns in the Mayer Paul won a beautiful medal for com-
ing visits were Hank Bates in Key Largo New York Times. That class sent three grad- ing in second in the two-mile run for those
and Jim Clark in Palm Beach. Hank has nine uates to Cornell: Dr. Edwin Cohen (Bing- over 60—"Way to go." Chuck Prey and
grandchildren, ranging in age from a senior hamton), Richard Lee Zimmern (retired Dottie (Taylor), Sal and Pat Kinne Paolel-
at Hotchkiss to 6 weeks old (as of May 24), in Florida as previously reported) and Dr. la, Meg Geiling Murdock, Les Calkins '45
who keep him pretty busy. St. Petersburg Marion Edward Hodes (Indianapolis) who and Ruth Knapp Gieschen joined Barb
has been home for four years to S. Chris earned both an MD and PhD and is doing Schaefer Colbert and members of the Class
Sexauer Simons and Bill, with sister Mari- research and teaching in human genetics at of '71 on her son's boat for a Saturday after-
on Sexauer Byrnes '43 only a mile away. the U. of Indiana. Ed Cohen writes that he noon cruise on Cayuga Lake. Aren't we ath-
She looks forward to visiting daughter Bar- and Ed Hodes hadn't seen each other for 40 letic? Most of us got plenty of exercise just
bara, whose husband Alex Stadlin '75 is years. They had roomed together in College- walking on campus. [See also page 56for more
general manager of the Marriott Hotel in town. information about our class. ] D Elinor Baier
Munich. Other daughters live in Canada and Sanford Whitwell (Fairfield, Conn.) Kennedy, 503 Morris PL, Reading, Pa. 19607.
Pennsylvania. A long-time Florida resident reports the arrival of his first grandchild, a
is Bobby Gans Gallant, grandmother of boy, courtesy of son John '82. Sandy is way This is the first column written by your new
three, who is "still in the thick of politics." behind most of us, like Peg Taylor Mac- correspondent. Since this is all very new to
An elected member of the school board in Donald (Chapel Hill, NC), who reports the me, I'll need both your patience and help.
Gainesville, she gets to lobby in Tallahassee arrival of her ninth. She had a visit from I'm looking forward to corresponding with
for nine weeks and enjoys "seeing the legis- Betty Finley Allen (Hampton, Va.) in Feb- all of you. That's primarily why I took this
lators catch the grenades instead of having ruary, having returned from a trip to England task. At each Reunion our bonds of friend-
to catch them myself." Also in politics is where she searched for, and found, her great- ship strengthen and new friends are made.
Charlotte Licht Smallwood Cook, a prac- great-grandparents' tombstones. Another This column can be a means of keeping these
ticing attorney and Republican chairperson grandma is Dorothy Dietrich Gardner friendships alive between Reunions. I en-
of Wyoming County. (Bethany, Conn.) with three who don't in- courage you to use it.
Pitta Young Waltz happily reports the terfere with her glider-flying and watercol- My first item is to thank Paul Russell for
return of her engineer son from Saudi Ara- or-painting. his work writing this column for the last ten
bia, and we've welcomed our daughter, an And proud grandmother Priscilla Okie years. You did a great job, Paul. Other retiring
emergency room nurse, home from Desert Alexander writes that daughter Nancy and men officers whom we thank are: Whit Sim-
Storm. Wonder if there were any other sons granddaughter Alyssa were featured on the mons and Gordon Spencer, Cornell Fund rep-
or daughters over there? On a recent bus cover of the first issue of the American Ex- resentatives, 15 and five years, respectively;
trip through Eastern Europe (Berlin, Prague, press Your Company magazine. Pat says she Tom Madden, Reunion chair, ten years, pres-
Krakow, Budapest, Belgrade, Sofia, Buchar- is keeping very busy and adjusting to seven ident, five years. Even though this is the men's
est) we found two of our fellow travelers years of widowhood. section of the column, we must acknowledge
were Dave and Harriet Wilhelm Baldwin. Why anyone who has a home in Torto- the dedication and devotion to Cornell and the
Though not acquainted during our college la, BVI would want to spend five weeks tour- Class of '46 by Past-President, Mavis Gillette
days, we shared memories of mutual friends ing Spain and Portugal mystifies me, but Sand. Our thanks to her.
and events while enjoying the magnificent that's what Caroline Rattelman Esperson We missed the wit and charm of Tom
scenery and fascinating city tours as we and husband Dave '44 did after finishing Madden and wife Sandy. They couldn't make
learned about the changing face of Eastern repairs when Hurricane Hugo literally raised it to Reunion because of Tom's physical
Europe. • Nancy Torlinski Rundell, 1800 the roof. They enjoy welcoming the Adult problems. After Tom retired from IBM they
Old Meadow Rd., #305, McLean, Va. 22102. University (CAU) event in Tortola, renew- moved to northern Florida. I spoke to them
ing acquaintances, and learning more details by phone and they invite all to visit them at
Our illustrious retired IBM vice about their tropical environment. Summers their new home at 45 Pheasant Dr., Palm
president, Jerry Haddad, hit the find them in Mashpee, Mass. Lucky Al Coast, Fla. 32137. Please do. Tom said a cold
engineering news again when he Brown and wife Margaret (Smith) '48 are beer and good conversation await one and
was named secretary of the ac- heading for Southern Shores, NC, where they all. Chuck Prey got some interesting sta-
cre
ditation board for engineering will live permanently in their former summer tistics at our Reunion banquet. It was attend-
& technology, of which he had home after retiring from Lincoln, Neb. They ed by 25 V-12s, 1 V-5, and 2 ASTPs. I guess
been a board member representing IEEE for hope more Cornellians will find their way to the V-12ers won the prize.
many years. Speaking of engineers, I have the Outer Banks than did to Nebraska. We trust Please drop me a line with some cur-
learned that Muriel (Wood) (Roselle Park, Hugo's successor isn't one of them. [As this col- rent news in your lives. I'd also appreciate
NJ) is married to Joseph L. Lawrence, a re- umn went to press, word arrived of the sudden some innovative suggestions on how I can
tired Bell Labs engineer who was a class- death in July o/Ann Grady Ready (Mrs. Rob- make this column more useful to you. • Bill
mate of mine at The Albany Academy. They ert '44).] D Prentice Cushing Jr., 317 War- Papsco, 3545 Clubheights Dr., Colorado
were absent from our 50th Reunion; howev- wick Ave., Douglaston, NY 11363. Springs, Colo. 80906.

September 1991
 Rockies tour and an expected summer visit
from classmate Suzanne Tettelbach Colle
and husband Dick. OK, we admit it, this col-
umn is written a few "days" before you re-
ceive it. And how is this for one of our peri-
odic humility awards? Patrick A.
O'Sullivan now residing at Woodmoor, Md.
writes that he's well and happy but that cur-
rent work as consultant in applied linguis-
tics, lexicography is keeping him so busy he
isn't doing much else. For all of this, he's
"sorry to be so dull." And there is good news
Class of'46 from the Adrina Casparian Kayaian front.
She "finally" became a grandmother, as lit-
tle Susan Elaine Garabedian arrived last Oc-
tober in Rockville, Md. Way to go, Drine.
Perhaps we should really commend daugh-
ter Elizabeth and husband Patrick.
Barbara Baze Kelley advises that she
is now traveling solo and that "The Lady
Landscaper" is doing just fine, thank you,
there in Southport, Conn. Richard I. Gavin
'••!' ί ϊ is retired and "winters" in Arizona but keeps
Northbrook, 111. as the permanent family res-
idence. His youngest son, John, is now mar-
ried and other of the Gavin family offspring
have already produced ten grandchildren.
How would you like to do the Christmas
shopping for this clan? Samuel B. Lewis
and Sheila are alive and well in Vernon Hills,
111. where Sam still heads Lewis Associates.
The Lewis family also "winters" in Palm
Springs (yeah, it's tough duty but someone
probably has to do it.) and were joined by
classmates Jay H. and Arienne Cipes, Jay
I. "Jim" and Laurel Vlock and David and
Marjorie Goldberg '45. The summary re-

Garden in a Glen port of this pre-Reunion warm-up: "Great

Fun and Great Reminiscing." OK—let's all
make ready within our Cornell Clubs and
other organized alumni groups for a local In-

T
he Class of '46 has made good on a continuing commitment to ternational Spirit of Zinck's Night 1991. The
that idyllic little rock garden found just south of Willard Straight date, Thurs., October 24. Alumni around the
Hall. Plantings of trillium, iris, columbine, and other wildflow- world will be "back at Zinck's." Call Fran
ers, underwritten by the class five years ago as a 40th Reunion Shumway (607) 255-7090 for details. Be
there, with singing and all the rest. • Stu
project, are well established now; in June classmates dedi- LaDow, 4211 LaTour Ct, Allison Park, Pa.
cated a new stone bench in the garden's farthest reaches (just out of 15101; (412) 487-3613.
sight at the bottom of this view).
Also thanks to the Class of '46, and more important, really, than Elliot Ranard, New Canaan,
any single material gift, says Professor of Floriculture Robert G. Conn.: "Retired in April after 27
years with Combustion Engineer-
Mower '56, PhD '61, is the decision of the class to create an endow- ing. Wife Helene passed away
ment assuring the garden's continued maintenance and improvement. last year from cancer. Last week
Mavis Gillette Sand '46 spoke at the gift presentation ceremony on visited three grandchildren in
Saturday of Reunion Weekend, admitting that this has been a special California. Yesterday I started on a Nautilus
program and took my first piano lesson. Re-
place to her since undergraduate days when "Seaward was taking cently toured Sweden, Norway and Den-
botany and he brought me down here to see the funguses." Her re- mark. Beautiful country, beautiful people,
mark brought chuckles from classmates and a quick correction from magnificent scenery." Connie Rockas, Win-
her husband Seaward A. Sand Jr. '45, PhD '55: "It's fungi, not fungus- chester, Mass.: "General manager of Jimmy's
es," he said. Harborside Restaurant in Boston where I've
been manager for 32 years. Have no inten-
tions of retiring as long as I'm healthy.
Daughter Diane married last November. Big
W W^W Our spring dues notices have sored by the Experiment in International event because she's our only daughter."
/ I 1 I produced News & Dues and both Travel Program. With four years of favor- John Rose, White Plains, NY: "Retired
l\ m w e r e m o s t welcome. Let's go able experience, Bill recommends the pro- from the corporate rat race as a consulting
/ l i 1 with the former as we head into gram. If interested, you may wish to contact engineer. Now doing independent consult-
• " P I fall. William R. Bill" Davies, him at: 280-B; San Jacinto Drive; Ukiah, Cal. ing, but working only with clients I like on a
X I always a faithful correspondent, 95482. Bill also enjoyed a 50th anniversary more flexible schedule that allows some time
writes of the continuing joys of retirement get-together with the crew of his World War for tennis and travel and not worrying about
which permit (and encourage?) writing, trav- II destroyer. Yes, beloved, Bill was out there what my boss will think or how I make more
eling and volunteer work in his local schools. on guard for us even before Pearl Harbor. money for the company. Highly recommend-
Recent travel included Mexico and several Betty Miller Francis checks in from ed. Have recently learned not to believe ev-
weeks of living with a Mexican family spon- Colorado Springs with plans for a Canadian erything I read even if it is in the New York

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Times." Frank Rosenfelt, Los Angeles: sending the Alumni News to non-duespay- 50—great turnout. Forty-eight brothers and
"Daughter Karen married Ken Blancato in ers we had hoped to encourage to become wives. See Dick Lustberg more than I want,
June in Beverly Hills and moved over to Par- Cornell class supporters. This decision, not but since he is president, I cannot avoid him."
amount Studios as senior vice president, pro- unique to our class, had to be made for eco- Tell us about it, " M o " ! Elaine Tobkin Pel-
duction. Son Pete is finishing Pepperdine nomic reasons. The class officers believe that avin, San Francisco, Cal.: "Teacher-consult-
Law School while son Fred, the doctor, it is reasonable and fair that your support be ant. Husband's legal work allows me to tag
works his head off as an oncologist in LA. used directly to keep you in touch with along to Europe quite often. Bought an old
T h r e e grandchildren are wonderful. Last Cornell, your classmates, help sustain class farm house near Lucca in Tuscany and have
year, wife and I were living in London where activities, communications, Reunions, and slowly restored it. Had a visit from Russ and
I represented MGM-UA's interest at Unit- when possible, support Cornell needs in the Mollie Smart, former professors from my
ed International Pictures (the distributing name of 1949. This means our class column time at Cornell." John J. Bilon, Sherwood,
organization for Paramount, MCA, and space will shrink. We will just have to learn Ariz.: "Wife had a stroke in January, but is
MGM/UA). Last week I was playing pretty brevity. That's a laugh! coming along so we hope to go to Hawaii as
good tennis (doubles)." First some news that you did not vol- planned. Managed to do some consulting in
Jose Rossi, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico: unteer. "Jack" Krieger, past class presi- Hong Kong and the Philippines." Roxanne
"Γm still general contractor, president of dent, is now publisher of the Alumni News, Rosse Williams, Bethesda, Md.: "Wonder-
Aireko Inc." Lee Rothenberg, Olympia which answers the question of Frank Se- ing why those '49ers who used to be my age
Fields, 111.: "Last year I was running district nior, Weston, Mass.: "Is Krieger or Dick are retiring while I am a computer specialist
office for Census Bureau (top Class II office Keegan coming back to Ithaca? I get con- at the US Dept. of Agriculture." It must be
in the country). Went from six to 540 to zero fused in my old age as to which twin has the in the genes, "Roxy."
employees in ten months. Last week I was Toni." Curses on thee, Cornell Widow. Jack Reminders: class mini-reunion at the
developing products for proposed new busi- Sheinkman, New York City, is now in his Cornell-Princeton football game on Septem-
ness. Yesterday, I worked my usual eight to second term as president of the Amalgamat- ber 21. Contact Art Lowenthal, (201) 226-
ten hours even though Γm retired. Would ed Clothing and Textile Workers Union, and 5190. International Spirit of Zinck's Night
rather be playing tennis. Today's solution is spent time on campus speaking to various 1991 is on October 24 in cities across the
to vote against t h e i n c u m b e n t s ! " Win audiences as the Alice B. Grant Union Lead- country and around the world. For the clos-
Shiras, Winnetka, 111.: "First of four children er in Residence. John T e w e y and wife Bar- est location to you, call Fran Shumway, (607)
was married this April. Last year and today bara (Samson) returned to Sarasota from 255-7090.
Γm still doing the same thing, management Guatemala, where "Jack" served as a volun- We received word from Ruth D o w n e y
consulting and corporate reincarnations or teer with the International Executive Ser- Sprunk '50 that husband and loyal '49er Bill
resurrections. I feel that retirement at 65 is vice Corps helping a restaurant chain im- died suddenly last Christmas Eve while at-
not suitable. My consulting work is now prove its operations. If some of you retirees tending a concert at the Kennedy Center.
more sporadic than before, but I spend more find the golf course frustrating, this kind of Classmate Eugene Adams, Athens, Ohio,
time giving one-day seminars on 'corporate "work break" can be a satisfying way to use reported the death of wife Mary Case Ad-
workouts (turnarounds)' and 'bankruptcy' at your talents and stay mentally active. A copy ams. Further, we learned of the death of Vir-
college business schools (including Cornell)." of the annual report of the Kingston, NY hos- ginia Mueller Fox in Panama City, Fla. Our
Martha Smith Sowell, Palos Verdes pital was handed to us by a pretty skier this deepest sympathies to the families.
Estates, Cal.: "We will be celebrating our past season. Our confusion disappeared when We did not score very well on brevity,
35th wedding anniversary while on safari in we discovered a picture of Chris Larios but if the class officers will "knock off" their
Africa. Husband Bob is semi-retired and runs being honored for 25 years of outstanding announcements, we will answer the oft-
his own appraisal business for home part volunteer service. asked question about the doings of Walter
time. Have three daughters and five grand- You probably did not know that Gener- "The Trapper" Boychuk and much more,
children and am busy as ever. I work part al Norman Schwarzkopf is in the capable next time. D Dick Keegan, 179 N. Maple
time for Sue's Safaris, a wholesale tour op- hands of '49er Marvin Josephson, head of Ave., Greenwich, Conn. 06830; (203) 661-
erator running photo safaris to Africa. Re- International Creative Management, whose 8584.

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tired last year from Alaska Air Lines. Re- client list includes Farrah, Woody, Meryl,
cently learned how to use Apple computer Whoopi, Henry Kissinger, etc. The word is Stewart Cudworth is still work-
at work. Solution for today's problem is to that Marv flew into the war zone when Op- ing in fiber optics and new tech-
sit down and rest your feet!" Mary Burk- eration Desert Shield was bubbling to a me- nologies with Anixter Bros.,
holder Fredricksen, Camp Hill, Pa.: "Last dia boil and signed up Stormin' Norman as a Skokie, 111. He attended Reunion
July I married Cleve Fredricksen, retired client. Oh, those fast moving Sun people! in 1990 with his sister Helen
CEO of AMP Inc. A year ago, I wasn't doing Bill Kamsler, Littleton, Colo.: "While Cudworth Metzinger. The Re-
much, but last week we were in Bermuda investing Bion Kent into membership of the union highlights for Stewart were seeing
and yesterday we cruised." Golden "K" Kiwanis in Lakewood, I was de- Electrical Engineering classmates, breakfast
Matilda Norfleet Young, Hampton, lighted to learn that he is a fellow '49er.' " at Phillips Hall with faculty, and making new
Va.: "Γm a retired librarian. We live a rather Tom C l e m e n t s , Saratoga Springs, NY: acquaintances around Risley. He went to all
quiet life with occasional bursts of travel and "Been commuting to our condo in Sarasota the speeches and lectures and played nine
family activity along with joyful reminiscence. during the winter. Joined the Meadows holes of dry and nine holes of wet golf. Stew-
This fall we took the Norwegian coastal ex- Country Club and found myself in an orien- art makes custom golf clubs as a hobby.
press from Bergen to the North Cape and tation meeting with my former ATO room- George L. Casler is professor of agricul-
back, a 12-day voyage. No midnight sun in mate Henry J. Gieseler '45! (Groucho said tural economics at Cornell. He is also presi-
September, but brilliant Northern Lights and something like: "Any club that would take dent, Vinophile Society in Ithaca. He was in
a good look at what it must be like to live me as a member, I don't want.") Paul and contact with L. Cecil and Anne Forde
above the Arctic Circle." Leonard Zimmer- Priscilla Bassett Bretschger, Villanova, Lamb '51 in Palo Alto, Cal. in September
man, State College, Pa.: "Γm now dean Pa.: "Paul retired after 41 years at FMC and, 1990 and traveled to Alaska and the Yukon
emeritus of College of Science, Penn State in our travels, we were delighted to run into in July 1990 with an alumni group. George
U." 3 Bob Persons, 102 Reid Ave., Port Barbara Way Hunter and husband in An- is a home winemaker and the winner of Gold
Washington, NY 11050. tigua. 'Bobby' is still in New York and run- and Silver medals at the NY State Fair.
ning her new public relations firm."

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Doris Vaneps Burton retired in 1984,
As you read this issue, you should Clover Breiling Durfee, Bethel, Vt.: but keeps busy as a tutor in a fourth-grade
know that you are part of a very "Met Dick Lustberg and wife at the 40th mentor program. She is also a tour guide for
special group. You are a loyal Reunion which led to enjoyable tennis and Osceola County Historical Society "Pioneer
'49er duespaying supporter, and get-togethers in Vermont." Morris Gordon, Village." She enjoys ceramics, stamp collect-
a major part of your dues goes to Brookline, Mass.: "Vice president, contract/ ing, biking, shuffleboard, and choir. Doris has
bring you this magazine. Reluc- design for Rykoff-Sexton Inc. Put together a the best of both worlds by summering in
tantly, the class had to cease the practice of Zeta Beta Tau reunion for Classes of '43- Portlandville, NY, wintering in Kissimmee,

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Fla. with husband Donald '51. Zoe Bay- Nichol and wife MJ have retired from teach- at Yale Medical School, where he teaches
lies finds retirement such fun and so en- ing and coaching sports at the high school medical and graduate students and conducts
grossing that she wonders why she took so level in Hempstead, NY where they contin- research on control of some of the Third
long to decide to do it, and how she ever ue to spend winters. They spend summers World virus diseases. He's involved in
had time for business! Zoe just started vol- at the Connecticut shore. projects in Venezuela, Thailand, and Egypt,
unteer work as a trainer for election inspec- J. Norman Freed and his wife have though the Egyptian project was put on hold
tors and still chairs the volunteers at the completed their first year of retirement and during the Gulf War. Terri Novotny Raed-
New York City Ballet Gift Shop and is very first year as permanent residents of Chilmark er writes, "After working for the State of NY
much involved with the ballet's archives. on Martha's Vineyard, which they report is in the field of data processing, I retired. The
David Howard Dingle and Susan Mar- a delightful winter, as well as summer, com- last 20 years of my working life were with
ia Grathwohl are happy to announce that on munity. If your vacation plans take you to SUNΎ Central Administration, which afford-
April 13, '91 in the Chapel of Brick Presby- the Vineyard, contact them. Other Vineyard ed contact with Cornell in a professional ca-
terian Church, NYC, in the company of their residents are Dick Smith and—soon to be pacity from time to time. Since retirement, I
children, family, and friends, their rings were permanent—Lou '51 and Nancy Morrow have traveled . . . am almost a commuter to
given and vows spoken in joyful celebration Winkelman '54. Part-time summer resi- England. I breed, train and raise Irish wolf-
of their wedding day. Good show, Dave and dents are Kenneth '52 and Joanne Hun- hounds, showing them both in breed com-
Susan! A recent newspaper article indicates tington Tunnell '51 and your class corre- petition and obedience. Have spent many
that Robert Hoagland has been having a spondents. years as an obedience instructor, conducted
hellava good time driving the Blue Light bus Shirley "Terry" Long Woodward and a 'Puppy Class' at Hudson Valley CC, and
for Cornell Transit. The article indicated that husband Gordon '45 are retired, spending currently teach the adult education dog train-
Hoagland took up his new vocation/avoca- winters in Sun City, Ariz., and summers in ing class locally. I write for several maga-
tion 2-1/2 years ago after his retirement in Maine, NY where Terry has been town his- zines on the subject of dogs, particularly Irish
1985 as superintendent of schools in Romu- torian for 30 years. W. Peter Williams has wolfhounds, and also on training topics. Can
lus. (Remus is still working.) Observing an enjoyed reading about classmates over the be found doing dog show circuits in a motor
increase in the proportion of international years and has broken the silence about him- home during the season."
students and faculty on campus, he looks at self. He's working in investment manage- Jim and Pat (Gunderson) Stocker,
his new job as a great way to meet people ment in Columbus, Ohio, but finds plenty of '53 are co-chairing Cornell's 125th Anniver-
from all over the world. Hoagland had been time for golf there and, in the winter, in Vero sary Celebration in San Francisco, October
concentrating on his Spanish during breaks Beach, Fla. 10-13. There's a host of activities planned
in his job since he wanted to "talk with the Robert "Bob" Vance reports no plans and any classmates who may be in the area
natives in Cancun this summer." He plans for retirement yet. He's having too much fun and need information can contact the Stock-
to spend future winters in Florida and to con- traveling and playing golf at his condo in ers at 866 Hermosa Way, Menlo Park,
tinue working as long as he can pass the Grenelefe, Fla. He and wife Pat became Cal. D Bob and Joanne Bayles Brandt, 60
physical and continue safe driving. Better members of Travelers Century Club, having Viennawood Dr., Rochester, NY 14618.
stop when you see his red light flashing! been in 104 countries following a trip with
Major credits should be given to Canon Adult University (CAU) to North Africa last W1^ ^^k Ithaca skies are featuring Cygnus,
Charles Perry, past recent provost of the November. He wonders how many '51ers | ^ \ I Corona and Sagittarius by now;
National Episcopal Cathedral in Washington, have been to more. In June he was planning l^k m travelers during the past summer
DC, since he oversaw fundraising and intri- to lead a group of sailors to Turkey to cruise I r viewed unusual shows of North-
cate details of construction of the last stages the Turquoise Coast. There were 86 people I 1 / i ern lights, Jupiter/Mars/Venus
of completion of this thrilling church! Since signed up for 18 bare-boat charter sailboats. V ^ mam pictures in progressive conjunc-
completion of the National Cathedral in the Bob lives in Riverside, Conn. Speaking of tion, volcanic ashes dissipating, and just plain
fall of 1990, Canon Perry has become presi- CAU, several classmates have attended re- moonlit campfires. Among the more recent
dent and dean of the Church Divinity School cent programs. Among them, Charles Ad- Adult University (CAU) travelers were Ha-
of the Pacific in Berkeley, Cal. Howie Hein- ams and wife Jacquelyn and Julia Schaen- rold Chadwick and Lydia, Stockton, Cal.,
sius has recently been appointed president zer Whelan with husband Tom '52. who joined the early February group in "Be-
of Robinson, Yesawich & Pepperdine. Great Reed Deemer and wife Pat went to lizean Ecologies from the Highlands to the
work, Howie! We hope they still let you do Europe last fall, visiting AFS exchange stu- Sea." Later the same month, Rudolf Kraft
a little singing on those lunch breaks! We dents who had stayed with them. They also and Lorna Gillio, San Jose, Cal., searched out
recently received an advance copy of the fa- did some genealogical digging and may have "New Orleans, the Gulf Coast, and the Bay-
mous '50 40th Reunion Widow from Mike a connection, 12 generations back, to a man ous." Mary (Shear) and Jack Brennan,
McHugh. We all thought it was fine except born in Mertzville, now in France, in 1575. DVM spent part of May studying "Culture
that in the issue I got, the usual Jim Haz- Barbara Kunz Buchholz and Arthur and Ecology of the Chesapeake," and can
zard centerfold was missing. My copy had '50 are retired and doing considerable trav- now write an essay of the "what I did on my
it torn out. I hope most of you fared better, eling through England, Scotland, Wales, Bel- summer vacation" variety, telling us of St.
and had a great summer. D Ralph William, gium, Holland, West Germany, Luxembourg, Michaels, Annapolis, and historic St.
2516 NW 20th St., Gainesville, Fla. 36205. France, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Michaels City.
Their domestic trips have taken them to San More travels are reported by Elaine
^1 I David Epstein is almost certain- Jose, Cal. to visit son Bill '78 and to Syra- (Shannon) and William W. Zimmer '51,
ly Λ ^ ^ e o n ^ m e m b e r of our class cuse to visit son Bruce '75. They now have RD 3, 180 Putnam Rd., Schenectady. Bill
l ^ k I to "graduate" with the Class of five grandchildren between their two sons. retired in March and they visited Hawaii,
• I '91. It seems he left Cornell af- They get together with Don and Carolyn their 50th and last state to visit, then Cali-
I I I ter three years to enter dental Niles Armington, who are also retired and fornia over Easter with a son and family in
\ ^ A. school. Throughout the years, on the travel circuit, having visited son Keith Costa Mesa. Elaine recounts, "Last summer
he's been needled about his lack of an un- '79 in Singapore in February. we went with a tour group to four countries
dergraduate degree by many family members Donald Ullrich, who is president of in Europe, especially to see the Passion Play
who are Cornellians. He decided to do some- Pecten Chemicals, Houston, wrote that he at Oberammergau, Germany, an all-day live
thing about it, completed all the necessary remarried in 1985. His heavy travel sched- performance given every ten of the last 300
courses, and was awarded the BA in June. ule enabled him to take wife Marilyn on trips years." They planned to be back for Bill's
Dave lives and practices dentistry in Fort to Korea, Japan, China, Australia and New 40th Reunion this past June and to celebrate
Myers, Fla. Zealand, as well as Europe. Their travel also their 40th wedding anniversary.
Another Floridian who returned for Re- brought them to Ithaca in June, where he A brief note from Lewis M. Ress, JD
union was Fred Hudson, an industrial de- attended his first-ever Reunion. Retirement '54 (senior partner, Ress, Mintz, and Trupp-
signer who designs boats in the Miami area. is planned some time during 1991, with lots man, PA, 1700 Sans Souci Blvd., N. Miami,
Fred keeps in shape by running and partici- of skiing at a home in Crested Butte, Mont. Fla.) with commentary: "It is a pleasure to
pated in the road race during Reunion. Bruce Dr. Robert Shope writes that he is still support the Class of '52." A similar note

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 comes from Cynthia Fabian Gray, on hand-
some Prudential Preferred Properties letter-
head, from Winnetka, 111., also her hometown of
20 years. The last 14 years have seen her spe-
cialize in marketing and negotiating, Graduate
Realtors Inst., and Multi-Million-Dollar Club
membership. Her offer to assist with commit-
tee work has been pounced on already.
Committees . . . we've been in receipt
of a request to remind classmates that even
though we're no longer in a "younger class"
grouping, The International Spirit of Zinck's
Night of 1991 is a good opportunity to gath-
er, and includes all classes. This year's offi-
cial date is Thurs., Oct. 24 in most active
alumni areas. Call Fran Shumway (607) 255-
7090, for information.
Next month, with 125th Anniversary
Grand Finale—celebration and the historic
game with Stanford in California—our 6 p.m.
Class of '52 dinner at Walt Harrison's in
Stanford (817 San Francisco Ct.) after the
game on Oct. 12, then Homecoming (Har-
vard) on Oct. 19, partymakers have been
handed a solid theme: Big Red in spades!
Further word on attire, or stationery and
favors, for Reunion can possibly be had from
the Cornell Campus Store, which, for those
of you who haven't been back in awhile, is
Formal Acclaim
packed with so much it is almost a morn-
ing's work to experience; a quick shop stop icrobiologist Gene Nester hardly expected his work in the lab-
is also found in Statler now. The newest oratory would lead to the purchase of his first tuxedo. But last
source will be our Reunion "Button Chair,"
Mike Scott, who has taken on added re- year, when informed he would share the inaugural Australia
sponsibilities of regalia and possible new Prize for "outstanding achievement in science and technology
Olympics-type sports events. (Mike can be promoting human welfare in the field of biological sciences
reached at 405 S. Royal St., Alexandria, Va.) related to agriculture or the environment," the invitation to the cere-
If this referral creates too many phone calls,
Mike, we suggest you delegate. The morn-
mony in Canberra said "black tie."
ing panel by classmates on topics of interest Nester is shown here, at right, with Australian Prime Minister
to '52 will again be organized by Sid Gold- Bob Hawke at the ceremony. At home, Nester is a professor and de-
stein as it was at the 35th; this is a true partment chair at the University of Washington. In the 1970s he and
command performance. For those of us who
sat in that year on the lecture of Professor
his colleagues began studying the way a common soil microorganism,
Emeritus Scott Elledge, PhD '41, take Agrobacterium tumefaciens, is able to transfer and insert a piece of its
note that the work-in-progress he discussed own DNA into plant cells. He is considered a pioneer in plant genetic
then, Wider Than the Sky; Poems to Grow engineering.
Up With, has been published by Harper. This year, in June, Nester received the 1991 Cetus Biotechnology
Time in a few months to think about a
correspondent to take over in June. With Research Award and delivered the keynote address at American So-
technology at the Alumni News now, per- ciety of Microbiology (ASM) meetings in New York City. An article
haps the West can take over. We'll pass on about him in the ASM News mentions that his work has produced
offers, appreciated by early October, to the more than 120 scientific papers and credits his laboratory with creat-
nominating team.
Timely r e m i n d e r s : Princeton game ing, maintaining, and distributing "many of the strains and vectors
(Sept. 21) tailgate of chili with Peter and used to study plant development and to create more nutritious and
Jean Thompson Cooper and Class of '53 heartier vegetables and agricultural crops."
at Kite Hill and Coopers' RV. Jim Hanchett Dori Crozier Warren '52, in supplying this information about
'53, 300 1st Ave., NYC 10009, has agreed
to be block seating ticket agent for both Nester, notes that his interests range far beyond the scientific. The
classes. Our Class Vice President Jack Nester family lives in Edmonds, Washington, but travels widely, of-
Craver (717) 560-0223 will in turn be block ten to pursue the study of Native American art of the Pacific North-
room reservation chair, for the Sheraton/ west. Nester serves on the Ethnic Arts Council of the Seattle Art
Ithaca, for the October 19 Homecoming
Weekend, for both classes. Class council
Museum.
meeting is Saturday a.m. (come!) and tail-
gate (again at Coopers' RV on Kite Hill) pre-
game and dinner at "What's Your B e e f with et brigade runs (pump broke) by Terry's • • • ^ ^ Was it Jack Mannix who made
song, are once again on schedule. Instead of nephew and partner Stuart Warren Cord- I * I I all those years disappear? Not
the usual reception at the Andrew D. White ell '78, FAX from Little Current to Ithaca, l^k J guilty? Well, as world's seventh-
House Solarium, Class of '52 members are all exemplifying foreign corresponding, are 1 ^ greatest magician, can he bring
invited to Walter Relihan's home in Cayu- highly recommended for regaining sponta- I I I I them back? Reunioners try. It's
ga Heights for a gathering after the game. neity. Lyn's dad and mum: Wilma "Billie" ^J ^J not as tricky as pulling bunnies
Thanks are due to Lyn Starke Green Robbins and Ralph M. Starke. • E. Ter- out of bonnets. Anyway, "I carefully moni-
for loaned, boat-delivered, auld Swiss Porta- ry and Dori Crozier Warren, 1046 Locust tor the health of the first six, says Number
ble typewriter in Ontario bush country, buck- Dr., Ashtabula, Ohio 44004. Seven. Number Five was in bad shape at a

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 VA hospital on Long Island. Great medical agement. Retired in Slingerlands, NY and Ft. tra" to Dwight Vicks, who co-chairs the Big
care and heavy doses of a new medicine— Myers, Fla., Bill and Nancy Milliman Bur- Red Band endowment fund drive (under
but no magic—brought him around. That nett summer at their Seneca Lake cottage. Cornell athletics)—"Help support the only
leaves me at Number Seven." Jack appeared They like to tour Civil War battlefields. Nan- real marching band in t h e Ivy League."
in Alice Statler Auditorium for a Savage Club cy is a Red Cross volunteer at the Albany Dwight writes too that all is well with busi-
show in May. He's hoping he and others have VA Medical Center. Naomi Pollin Zucker ness and family. Son Dwight III '84 is at
the wizardry to revive the Segavas, who have checks in with a grandson born to daughter the Johnson Graduate School of Management
been among us since 1895 but show signs of Laura, a nurse practitioner, and Laura's hus- and has been selected as a Fried Fellow.
going the way of the Widow, Jim's, Jape's band Kevin, who teaches school near Peek- Three grandchildren are Cornell prospects.
and Zinck's. Jack remains familiar with the skill. From Jacksonville, Fla., Ginny Wenz Juliet Bohman Grahn welcomed her
occult, or at least the cryptic, in everyday Cobb, who describes herself as a housewife, first grandchild, a girl, in July and spent some
life in Glens Falls, where he still practices announces a third grandchild. U. of Connect- time in Seattle with her and the proud par-
law. Getting better at it, too. icut nursing professor Marga Simon Coler ents. As a result, she has "picked up knit-
One Reunion every five years isn't is finishing a Fulbright grant in Brazil as a ting needles (last time I knitted was in col-
enough for some of us. So Ann Woolley research fellow in nursing diagnoses. lege—argyle s o c k s — r e m e m b e r those?)"
Banks went to the Van Cleef Memorial Din- Next: football and tailgates, kicking off When not knitting, Juliet works as a proba-
ner for pre-'40s classes at the Statler with at Princeton on Sept. 21. Stanford is Oct. 12. tion officer/alcoholism counselor in Bright-
her mother Virginia Van Vranken Wool- We'll homecome vs. Harvard on Oct. 19. The waters, NY. Steve Baran is in Westfield,
ley '25 in June. Ann says she has her ham Coopers' silver Airstream is tailgate HQ. The NY, operating Baran Vineyards and serves
license now but no radio yet. Stay tuned. Bill traditional dinner is on again. We're invited on the College of Agriculture advisory coun-
Sullivan, Ingvar "Swede" Tornberg, Rich to join our new old buddies of Dartmouth cil. Paul Sternheimer is with Astra Corp.
Jahn, Gerry and Sue Grady with son War- '53 for lunch at the Hanover Inn ($12) and in Saarlouis, Germany and was back in the
ren (Ren) Grady '91 and daughter Tammy, postgame activities Oct. 26. And Zinck's may State for Easter 1990 with his family. They
in from San Francisco, were seen around be long gone from Aurora St., but the mem- saw Patrick Pleven in New York and then
Continuous Reunion Club haunts. So was ory lingers, and not only in song. The Inter- went on to visit Mickey Mouse & Co at Dis-
Susan M. Hanchett '90, who used to work national Spirit of Zinck's Night will take place ney World. Masao Kinoshita and wife Al-
in Chicago, in a department store (Neiman here and abroad Oct. 24. Interested? Call ice, MS '54 have left Columbus, Ohio for
Marcus)—she did but she don't any more— (607) 255-3021. • Jim Hanchett, 300 1st Tokyo to work there for at least two years.
and mot. So were Jim and Sandy Black- Ave., NYC 10009. Masao is an architect and planner with UDCI;
wood, whose daughter Janet was planning he received his master's in urban design
to enter Cornell this year, and Bob and Lou What a great summer! Bob '53 from Harvard in 1961. Dorothy Walpole
Schaefer Dailey '54. Mort and Anita and I enjoyed a three-week visit Flaherty has moved, too, from Albuquerque
Brown Bunis '54 were scouting Reunion from our son Mark, his wife Pa- to 120 Sailview Dr., Forest, Va. Ash Col-
possibilities in the tent of the Queen of the tricia and three children from Sin- lins moved the other way—to Albuquerque
Quad, Peggy Haine '65 and her Lowdown gapore. Daughter Sheila with hus- from Greenwich, Conn. His company is Red-
Alligator Jass Band. Dick Thaler made it to band Henry and "baby Louise" dy Communications Inc., a utility public is-
the tents and so did Ernest and Jane Lit- came up from Philadelphia for the long holi- sues analysis and services consulting prac-
tle Hardy. Ernie's retired again, this time day weekend and our house was really jump- tice. He was appointed chairman, Public Ser-
from the World Bank, and that ends the com- ing! It was wonderful to have everyone home vice Co. of New Mexico in June 1990. His
mute from Ithaca to DC. Jane went to Indo- (four other unmarried, too, plus one fiancee) wife Susan is an RN at Presbyterian Hospi-
nesia on President Rhodes's Adult Univer- and equally as wonderful to get off alone af- tal, son Ash III is at Texas Instruments in
sity (CAU) trip in January. So did Elaine Co- terward for a two-week cruise on Long Is- Dallas (BSEE from Duke) and Kimball is at
hen Levitt. land Sound and to Newport, Buzzards Bay Amdahl in Sunnyvale, Cal. (BA, Duke). Hob-
Nancy Van Cott Jones reuned with her and Martha's Vineyard. Spero "Spud" Davis bies ("when?") include tennis and soaring
son. Jim '51 and Pat Gunderson Stocker is enjoying his grandchildren, too. His daugh- (tow pilot, also). John Mariani is on the
were drumming up trade for the gathering ter Adrienne Davis-Wolff and grandson Marc move, too, and his new address is Atlanta-
in San Francisco, which they're organizing, Joseph live in Sacramento and son Chip, wife by-the-Sea, 4 Mid-Ocean Dr., Tuckers Town,
and Pete and Jean Thompson Cooper '52 Lynn and granddaughter Ashley Marie live Bermuda.
and John and Linda Will were present. (Fi- in Des Moines. Spud is in home improve- Some happy news from Bill P e t e r s —
ji's back.) Linda passed up her Skidmore 35th ment sales and wife Dallas is working on "Having met my former wife Sally at our
(and she'd been a busy recruiter for that one) opening a "teddy bear" factory for limited daughter's wedding, one thing led to anoth-
to join us. John didn't play in the old-timers' edition, signature bears. Stu Loory reports er and we remarried after being separated
lacrosse game. news of his grandchildren: " 1 . Matthew for 21 years." Congratulations! David Beh-
In April, a band of '53s helped wish their Loory, born to son Joshua and wife Fern; 2. rens recently married Patricia McGovern, a
alma mater a happy 125th Anniversary at the Rachel Kronbach, born to daughter Miriam New York attorney, and they live in Man-
Sίlvermine Tavern in Norwalk, Conn. They and husband Daniel; 3. Championship Tac- hattan. David is a writer with New York
were Bill Gratz, Bob Olt, Bob Dailey, Rich tics, a book about how to win sailboat races, Newsday. Peter Eisenman was married last
Jahn, Dave Borglum, Mort Lowenthal, born to son Adam with Gary Jobson and Tom November to Cynthia Davidson. He is the
Barbara Green Bock and Claire Moran Whidden." Stu is in Atlanta with CNN as principal of Eisenman Architects in New
Ford. Nancy Webb Truscott reported back editor-in-chief, "World Report." I'm glad to York and she is editor-in-chief of Inland Ar-
from her 35th Harvard Law reunion. Besides hear of other sailors in the ranks—does that chitect magazine. Betty Duncan Van Dyke
Cambridge, she had also visited Oxford (Md.) include you, Stu? Maybe we should all get married a Presbyterian minister in Decem-
and California. Mike and Barbara Bryson together and have a sailing mini-reunion! ber '86 and they have 11 children between
and Carol Keyes Rader made a winter CAU Speaking of Reunions, Ken Hershey writes them and, at last count, 19 grandchildren. Irv
trip to the jungle and coral reefs of Belize that he still has some of those wonderful Gozonsky welcomed his first grandchild in
with Prof. John Heiser. Ned and Ann Nolan sweaters we all sported at our 35th. If you 1990—Michael Eric Zaccardo, born to Dan
and Dick and Joan Klein mulled US preem- would like one (or another) send $35 to Ken '81 and Anne (Gozonsky) '81. Son Mark
inence in a CAU session at Cooperstown fea- at 385 Panorama Trail, Rochester, NY. Be- '83 is in Austin, Texas working on his ca-
turing Prof. Theodore J. Lowi. sides doing a great job for the class Ken has reer as a self-sustaining writer.
Bill Gurowitz is off to Illinois State U. kept busy interviewing candidates for the Bob Morrison's daughter is Carolyn
as vice president of student affairs. Frank Classes of '95 and '96. Vacation time last '90. On the way to her Commencement from
Simpson is "still plugging away" at animal winter was spent at Hilton Head, SC enjoy- Hawaii, Bob and Susan stopped in Seattle to
medicine in Port Jervis, and says he's look- ing golf, tennis and the ocean with wife Sue visit Peter and Sally D o w n e y and to be the
ing forward to retirement and travel with his and assorted Cornellians found along the surprise guests at the 35th wedding anni-
grandson. Frank's daughter Lisa '89 is start- way. While pulling out the checkbook for versary celebration of Peter and M. "Shar-
ing a master's program in health care man- your sweater, consider sending a little "ex- lee" H o w z e Eising '55. Bob had been best

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 CLASS NOTES

man at the original festivities. In November lacrosse team. Wife Cindy (Tschorn) '58 her roots.
Bob was the speaker at the 25th anniversa- "continues as the breadwinner," says Earle, Bob Seidenberg was another happy
ry of the commissioning of the USS Ben- by working as a criminal justice planner in camper at Reunion. Bob is still practicing
jamin Franklin, the submarine he command- the mayor's office in New York City. entertainment law at 61 Broadway, NYC. I
ed 1969-74. D Louise Schaefer Dailey, 51 Bob Cane, another retired veterinari- spent some time with Keith Johnson on
White Oak Shade Rd., New Caanan, Conn. an, now owns an insurance agency in Baton the Cayuga Lake boat ride and heard about
06840. Rouge, La. He reports that wife Sarah Ann his newest acquisition, a country home in
is "still holding it all together and keeping Sharon, Conn. Lil Heicklen Gordon, from
John Wertis is a busy man. me in the traces," and that their children, the Rochester contingent, is still a comput-
When he's not teaching life sci- most of whom graduated from Louisiana er consultant to several non-profit agencies.
ence to seventh graders at De- State U., have chosen careers in horticul- Another Rochester returnee was Jim Biben.
Witt Middle School in Ithaca, he's ture, real estate, and archival and manuscript From Skaneateles came Virginia Poad
boiling maple syrup on his Tru- science. "Come see us!" Bob adds. Leo Zechman, who has changed jobs slightly. Af-
mansburg farm; remodeling a Tranka, who lives in Jordan, NY, is also of- ter teaching first grade for many years, for
new house; "working for the city's good" as ficially retired, but continues to work part "an enternity," she says, Ginny has finished
a director of the Finger Lakes Land Trust time for his former employer, the NY State her second year of teaching second grade.
and a member of the Conservation Advisory Department of Labor. She also does consulting work for the Open
Committee; and leading other teachers in a After taking early retirement from Court Publishing Co. You can also find her
human genetics and DNA workshop this past Kodak in 1986, Al Brezinsky has been in handiwork at "Kids, Kids, Kids" in the West
summer. Also doing good works is Bonnie residential real estate ever since. Al and Village in Manhattan.
Thaler Monroe, an attorney who lives and Kay's four children all graduated from Cali- Dr. Eli Shuter, St. Louis, organizer of
practices in Great Neck. Bonnie is an ani- fornia universities, and all are in sales. "Kay our Reunion bike race, was elected associ-
mal rights activist, and is on the board of and I celebrated our 31st wedding anniver- ate chief of the medical staff at Christian
directors of United Poultry Concerns. sary" notes Al; "not too bad for having spent Hospital Northeast-Northwest last year. Le-
Psychiatrist Joe Silverman and his wife the last 22 years in California!" Grace Fox onard Eaton and wife Patty came from Tul-
traveled from Altoona, Pa. to Miami to cele- Parsons of Penn Yan retired early (March sa, Okla. Len arrived at Reunion to celebrate
brate their 30th anniversary. Tom White '56 1991) after 35 years at the NY State Agri- the first day of his retirement from the Bank
(whose daughter is married to Joe's son) cultural Experiment Station. She'll be help- of Oklahoma, where he served as chair and
operates a number of Longhi (Bob Longhi ing Dr. Robert Shallenberger, PhD. '55 CEO.
'56) enterprises in the Miami area, and was edit a book on sugars, but is also looking for- Many classmates will be converging on
"a ridiculously generous host," according to ward to gardening, baking, flower arranging, San Francisco, Oct. 10-13,1991, for Cornell's
Joe. Tom arranged outings both in the air (a knitting, needlepoint, square dancing and 125th Anniversary Celebration Grand Fi-
helicopter tour) and under the sea (scuba handbells. "And most of all, ignoring the nale. Let's continue the good times from our
diving) for the Silvermans. Joe and Vera alarm clock!" 35th in Ithaca, and hope to see all of you
Steiner Simon marked their 35th anniver- Hope you've had a wonderful summer there.
sary with a trip to Holland, where Vera was and that you'll be back to campus for a foot- [See also page 63 for more information
born. A freshman year corridormate of Ve- ball game this fall. • Nancy Savage Mor- about our class.] • Phyllis Bosworth, 8 E.
ra' s and mine, Judy Powell, was married ris, 110A Weaver St., Greenwich, Conn. 83rd St., NYC 10028.
this spring to George Lothrop, and lives with 06831.
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^ | W^ wThese next two columns will
tired from college teaching and is a part-time More news from our glorious I I I r a P UP the notes of 1990, just
occupational therapist in a psychiatric hospi- 35th.The statistics are in: we have l^k m as the 1991 notes start piling up.
tal. Don and Jan Scheer chose Alaska and broken an attendance record. For I • Much better a feast than a fam-
Eastern Russia for their 35th anniversary our 35th, 173 classmates re- • 1 1 ine! Travels in 1990 took Bob
destination, and Robbie Bellis Lang and her turned, compared with 167 at the ^J I '55 and Vanne Shelley Cowie
husband Lee returned to the Virgin Islands, 30th, five years ago. Including to Africa with Adult University (CAU). As a
where they had honeymooned 35 years ago. spouses and friends, 290 attended our 35th result of her visit to Kenya, Vanne has be-
Also "tripping" were Dick and Betsy Reunion, and from all reports, everyone had gun importing and selling Kazuri jewelry—
Jennings Rutledge '56 of Wίlmette, 111., a spectacular time. colorful, handmade ceramic jewelry produced
who visited Europe last fall. Dick, a private Reunioners Ronnie Hartman and wife by a small company that employs women
investor before he retired, wrote us his news Sylvia celebrated their 34th wedding anni- who are generally poorly educated single
while "sitting in the patio whirlpool in Sun versary at our 35th. Ronnie and Sylvia have mothers. Vanne can be reached at 2521 Un-
Desert, Cal., getting a little tan on parts the lived in Lakewood in southern California for derhill Rd., Toledo, Ohio 43615 if you'd like
sun usually doesn't reach." He says they the past 26 years. Margot Lurie Zimmer- more information.
miss Cornell ("still the greatest campus man reported a job change at Reunion. After Carole Lewis Stoddard volunteers her
we've seen") and will be back in the area 12 years with a non-profit group specializing time at the International Center in New York
this fall for a high school reunion in Warren, in family planning in developing countries, teaching English as a second language and
Pa. Don Robinson and his wife Joan toured and traveling much of the time, Margot has traveling as well. Carole and her husband
Germany, Switzerland and Austria last year, joined International Medical Services for took two barge cruises in France last year,
reporting that the castles and cathedrals Health, and will specialize in domestic health one on the Canal de Midi. Boating on the
were "impressive" and the Passion Play at services. Margot's new offices are near Erie Canal in the summer of 1990 was Ellen
Oberammergau was "outstanding." Dulles Airport. Derow Salovitz and her husband. They rent-
A brief summary of the last 36 years Reunioner Sandra Rodetsky Slipp, ed a canal boat in Cayuga and were able to
from Louis Wolfe, an attorney in Platts- Englewood, NJ, heads her own company that negotiate the locks for a week's journey.
burgh, NY: "Still doing the same thing— specializes in management training for multi- With the help of a summer grant from the
law, golf, four children, wife." Lou and Fran- ethnic groups. Last to arrive at Reunion were Head Royce School in Berkeley, Cal., Bar-
klin Tretter are the maternal and paternal the Basches, Dr. Sam, Linda, and daugh- bara Freid Conheim and Michael took a
grandfathers, respectively, of Rachel Sara ter, Abie, from their home in Riverdale, on marvelous trip to France and Switzerland.
Tretter, born in May 1990. "Does the Class the Hudson River in New York City. Cidney Also in Europe combining business and plea-
of '55 have any other such progeny?" Fran- Brandon Spilhnan and husband Bob came, sure was Barbara Parker Shephard, tak-
klin wonders. Veterinarian Earle Peterson and had a wonderful time hanging out with ing time off from her job as a microbiologist
retired from a 12-practitioner group practice the contingent of Theta sisters. Cidney's in South Bend, Ind. In addition to visiting
in Raritan, NJ and has now hung out his solo main interests are the Pennsylvania Youth Germany and the Netherlands, Barbara and
shingle in nearby Edison. He plans to remain Theater in Bethlehem and area foundations. her husband spent a few weeks in Singapore,
active as a trustee at JFK Medical Center Cidney also chairs the advisory board for Thailand and Malaysia.
and as a volunteer assistant to the Rutgers Theta at Lehigh—as she says, a return to Traveling of another kind—to visit chil-

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dren and grandchildren—is what some of our nization dealing with teenage pregnancy. engineering consulting firm. This follows a
"empty nesters" are doing these days. Wil- Brian Elmer is chairman of his own law 22-year stint with Rihm & Haas Co.
helm "Tad" '56 and Shirley Wagoner firm, Crowell & Moring in Washington, DC. Phil Coombe is the corrections admin-
Johnson who live in Lakeland, Fla., have a He recently opened branch offices in Lon- istrator for the NY State Dept. of Correc-
son practicing patent law in Houston, a don and California. Jim Quirk has been do- tions in Albany. His daughter Catherine '92
daughter in Washington who is a lobbyist for ing management-side labor/employment law is the 11th Coombe to go to Cornell. • Jan
a utility company and a younger daughter in and litigation with the Brobeck law firm in Arps Jarvie, 6524 Valley Brook, Dallas, Tex-
pre-med at Emory U. in Atlanta. Both of Car- San Francisco for 25-plus years. The firm as 75240.

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olyn Fillius Ginnings's children are married has grown from 45 to over 400 attorneys
so when Carolyn isn't busy restoring an old since he started there in 1964. He says he Cornellians get together for the
farm house she's off to Michigan or Massa- finds himself working harder than ever and nicest reasons. Gail F r e e m a n
chusetts for visits with them. • Judith gaining new appreciation for the term "old Long, 62 E. Park Rd., Pittsford,
Reusswig, 5401 Westbard Ave., #1109, f—." Anita Podell Miller has returned to NY, writes that she participates
Bethesda, Md. 20816. solo practice, specializing in land use, plan- in a gourmet lunch group of 12
ning and zoning law. She is also teaching the alumnae. Gail, who is active in
A number of classmates have taken advan- legal aspects of planning at the U. of New the Cornell Club of Rochester, recently
tage of the Adult University (CAU) program Mexico. Meyer Gross continues to practice changed jobs and is now doing property man-
recently, among them David and Ellen in NYC and Joell Turner is a patent attor- agement for condominiums. We Cornellians
Hirsch in Indonesia, Gary and Carole Kir- ney for Bell, Seltzer, Park & Gibson in Char- also meet under the most unexpected circum-
by '56 in the Everglades, Bill and Diane lotte, NC. stances. Carl Leubsdorf, who covers Pres-
Hoffberg Eisen '59 in Cooperstown and Marilyn Winters is divorced and is a ident Bush for The Dallas Morning News,
Andy and Ann Phillips Drechsel in Tor- computer programmer at Michigan State U. recently traveled to Maine as part of his du-
tola. In addition to going to exotic places, Ann Doug Peterson is the headmaster at Lin- ties, and while there, decided to visit the site
has had the unparalleled advantage through- den Hall in Lititz, Pa. Ellie DeMov Schaf- of the boys' camp he had attended some 40
out her life of being taken for the twin sister fer is a retired teacher and now enjoys vol- years ago on a beautiful cove of one of the
of your correspondent. Andy, in a note fol- unteer activities as well as gardening, ten- state's many lakes. He writes: "The camp
lowing the trip, reports that it was a kick. nis, needlework and exercise therapy. She had been closed some years ago and the land
He continues as a sales designer with St. recently took a trip to Israel, which included sold for development and I was curious what
AndrewsTextiles in New York City. visits to Golan Heights and Egypt. it looked like. Most of the original buildings
Also traveling is Charlie Feledy, who Art Shostak is a sociology professor were gone except for the old director's lodge
is director of purchasing for Sun Microsys- at Drexel U. His 14th book, Robust Union- and the old infirmary, both of which have
tems in Mt. View, Cal. He buys electronic ism; Innovations in the Labor Movement, was been turned into vacation cottages. As I
components on a regular basis in Asia. His published in December 1990 by the ILR looked around, I ran into a young man who,
oldest daughter, Ann, graduated last spring Press in Ithaca. Lee J a c q u e t t e lives in when I told him why I was there, hastened
from Michigan State U. Allison Collard's Phoenix, where he is the CFO of the Flinn to get his father, who he said loved to meet
daughter Elizabeth '91 is now in law school Foundation—Arizona's principal private people like me who knew the history of the
at New York U. She has aspirations to be a grant-making organization. He is married to place. His father turned out to be Marty
patent agent like her father. Allison and June Barbara Leech '61, and over the years they Lehman, now a Boston architect. We had
have also been on the road, visiting Russ have enjoyed numerous trips to Europe and never met, as far as we could determine,
Taft '58 in Maui last Christmas. Retired Africa; but their most memorable trip oc- during our days at Cornell or since. I told
from the Navy and not traveling as much is curred last autumn when they traveled to him some history, we talked about how we
Bob Watts, who spent three years trying the Peruvian Inca cities of Cuzco and Ma- had ended up at Cornell, and about our lives
to develop a sizeable endowment for the chu Picchu in South America. since, and we discovered we had a mutual
graduate program at the Naval War College After three years as COO of Thompson friend, Bob Greer, who had attended both
before seeing the light and getting into the Medical Co., best known for "Slim-Fast," the camp and Cornell."
retail business with the Tandy Corp. Oldest Frank Diprima left to join Western Pub- Margann (Frantzen) and Bob Dodge,
son Rob is now a yacht broker. lishing Group as president and COO. West- 8358 Alvord St., McLean, Va., became fos-
ern is a Fortune 500 Company and the na- ter parents of an "adorable" baby boy last
The crimson sun so softly fades
tion's largest publisher of children's books, year. Margann writes, "He is deaf, so I am
O'er Gary and Carole in the Everglades,
mostly through its "Golden Book" and "Lit- learning a lot of new things—most impor-
While Sister Ann sips Suave Bolla
tle Golden Book" imprint. Frank lives in tantly, sign language." Margann has scaled
While sunning and surfing in Tortola.
Chatham, NJ. back her work in property management and
Cooperstown, Asia, Indonesia, Tom Cernosia is vice president, ITT real estate brokerage. And Bob, who went
As a father it would please ya Automotive Inc. in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. from a civil service career (mostly at HUD)
To have a daughter follow through He and wife Betsy (Poit) '60 have become to retirement and real-estate development,
As a patent agent from NYU. avid golfers and purchased a winter home in is now with the Resolution Trust Corp., help-
Naples, Fla.—right on a golf course, natu- ing to dispose of the assets of failed S&Ls.
With Dad in the Navy for thirty years,
rally! Ruth Chimacoff Macklin, 3671 Hud-
Son Rob confides to all his peersThe march- son Manor Terr., Riverdale, NY, professor
ing orders from Father Watts, Bob Purcell recently graduated from
the Florida Inst. of Technology, where he of biomedίcal ethics at Albert Einstein Col-
"Forget the real world—Broker Yachts." lege of Medicine, notes that she enjoyed the
received an MS in oceanography/coastal zone
• John Seiler, 563 Starks Bldg., Louisville, management. As of early this year, he was proverbial "15 minutes of fame" as a result
Ky. 40202. searching for an East Coast or Great Lakes of a feature about her work that appeared in
position in coastal management. He has four The New York Times last year. Among the
Think I'll start off this column grandchildren ranging in age from six months honors: interviews by Bill Moyers in two of
with news of our class lawyers— to 11 years. his "World of Ideas" public TV shows. Ruth's
the newest one is Robin Biels- Don Gleklen, senior vice president of work takes her to Geneva twice each year
ki. After a courageous struggle corporate development and planning of to meet with a WHO committee, and this
with illness, she has recently MEDIQ Inc., has been elected to chair the year she is also on the faculty of a two-week
been admitted to the NY Bar. board of trustees of the Pennsylvania Col- seminar in Salzburg. When not working or
Congratulations! Bob Dunn practices in lege of Optometry. Don served as an officer traveling, Ruth squeezes in visits with her
California and recently won a landmark Cal- in the US Navy and earned a LLD degree daughter Shelly Macklin Taylor '83, son-
ifornia property tax case as the attorney for from Columbia. He and his wife have three in-law Jim '83, and their two young daugh-
AT&T. Bill Jensen practices in Denver and children and reside in Newtown Square, Pa. ters, who live in Ann Arbor. Ruth's other
in November 1989 married Denise Peterson, Jack Weaver has begun a new career work- daughter, Meryl, is a partner in a law firm in
who is director of a Denver non-profit orga- ing for Roy Weston Inc., an environmental Los Angeles.

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 CLASS NOTES

FOUR FOOTED FOTOS

The Red Wins ence from Santa Anita's Vice

President Art Hershey '56, one
in suspects) and the horse to bet was
"Diable Rouge."
Backed by alumni, the thor-
Class of'56

W
hen members of the oughbred went to the post the fa-
Class of '56 spent a day vorite and "did not disappoint,"
at the races at Santa says Curt Reis '56, shown sixth
Anita Park in Southern from left in this winner's circle
California last April, photo. Shown standing on Reis's
they bet on the horses with right are classmates Lael Jackson
"red" in their names. The fifth and Mike Nadler. And that's
race was named for the "Cornell Diable Rouge, with jockey Gary
Class of '56" (with a little influ- Stevens up, second from right.

Mimi Petermann Merrill, 306 N. Bill Eisen '57. Many apologies for recent missed
Pinckey St., Madison, Wise, has returned to Sandra Pollack, a professor of human- columns. A bout with pneumonia
private practice as a fee-only financial advi- ities and women's studies at Tompkins Cort- was an unexpected part of my
sor. Her book, Financial Planning in the land Community College in Dryden, NY, is spring, but all seems to be back
Bank, was published in 1990 by the Ameri- working on a documentary film on ILR Pro- to normal now. First, class events
can Bankers Association. fessor Emeritus Alice Cook, and is seeking to note: mini-reunions are possi-
Since last October, Wil and Rachel funding to complete the film. She would ap- ble throughout the fall. Mark your calendar,
Rudin Blechman, 5250 SW 84th St., Miami, preciate any help people could provide, both and make your reservations now. On Sept.
Fla., have been traveling extensively financial and in terms of resources. Marian 23, '91 there will be a Decade of the '60s
throughout the US, Canada, Far East and Montgomery Randall, 512 11th St., Del Mar, party following the game at Princeton. The
Europe on behalf of Kiwanis International. Cal, is a third-grade teacher at the La Jolla gala 125th Anniversary Celebration finale in
Wil is the 1990-91 president of the organi- Country Day School. She and her family trav- San Francisco, Oct. 10-13, '91 includes a Sat-
zation and the architect of its new three-year eled to Jordan, Israel, and Egypt last sum- urday class party and a block of rooms re-
major emphasis program, Young Children: mer: "We are so glad we got to go when we served for class members in Redwood City.
Priority One. As a member of the advisory did!" Call Sue Phelps Day for details, (203) 673-
council for the program and as a member of Many thanks to Art Ostrove, 8 Maple- 5958. For Homecoming, Oct. 18-20, '91 Ron
the Florida Bar Commission for Children and moor Lane, White Plains, NY, for telling us Periera has 50 rooms reserved for class-
Children First, a medical/legal joint venture that Joseph Lipsky lives at 11946 Montana mates in Ithaca. There will be a class party
on behalf of children, Rachel has been as- Ave., Los Angeles, Cal. Writes Art: "Joe has on Saturday evening. For information and
sisting Kiwanis in developing programs in enjoyed the California life for more than a reservations, call Ron at (703) 494-0223.
which volunteers can be of significant assis- decade, is writing prolifically and hopes to Sue Day and Gale Jackson Liebermann
tance in early intervention programs for chil- be published." put the class newsletter together in July.
dren at risk. Dick Remele has a new address: PO Look for it soon. Note that volunteers are
Attendees at Adult University (CAU) Box 534, Belhany Beach, Del. And Gail needed for the class council. If you'd like to
programs earlier this year included Nancy Stanton Willis has moved to 811 Thread- join us, call Sue, or write to her, ASAP, at
l a m s Walsh, Helen (Sugarman) and Saul needle # 2 5 7 , Houston, Texas. • J e n n y 25 Longview Rd., Avon, Conn. 06001.
Presberg '58, Judy Cook Gordon, Carolyn Tesar, 97A Chestnut Hill Village, Bethel, Keith Everett spent six months last
Gowdy Virtuoso, and Diane (Hoffberg) and Conn. 06801; (203)792-8237. fall helping Arco Chemical rebuild the Chan-

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nelview, Texas, plant after an explosion and gan a new full-time position as director of Peter R. Keville writes: "Since 25th
fire on July 5. The rebuild took lots of extra the privately-funded community center in have edited software books for Lotus, IBM,
hours and innovative techniques to finish in Lake Forest. With a range of duties from Digital, Microsoft Press. I remain in touch
six months. Irene Kleinsinger has moved development, to public relations, to renova- with classmates R. Jon Fairbanks, Mark
from Greenwich to 423 Martling Ave., Tar- tion and management of a National Register Witkin, Bernice Broyde, Marilyn Slutz-
ry town, NY. building, and a clientele from infants to re- ky Zucker and Vicki Cederblom MacKech-
Sandra Nasar Gross and Barry, MA tirees, the job pulls together a multitude of nie, who, despite advanced MS, is working
'62 spent a month in Santiago, Chile, where volunteer experiences, as well as my pub- away on (and publishing) her writings with
Barry had a Fulbright scholarship at Catho- lishing and historic preservation back- the help of a customized Macintosh. Friends
lic U. Sandra continues editing at the Col- grounds. Having also assumed chairmanship may contact Vicki at 600 Valley Rd., Mid-
lege of Education at Michigan State U., and of the city's architectural review board a few dletown, RI 02840."
Barry, a professor in the English Depart- months earlier, my days quickly became While telling us that spring arrived at
ment, is now director of Jewish studies. Son even busier than usual! I still freelance, Cornell "with an unusually vibrant display
Michael, an investment banker in Manhat- mostly in historic preservation, and was of forsythia," the development office an-
tan, was married in January 1991. Son Leon pleased to design, edit, and oversee the pub- nounced the first recipient of $1,100 from
is working on his PhD in philosophy at the lication of Lake Forest's first historic guide- our endowment of $14,000 for the Michael
U. of Chicago, and Daniel '89 is pursuing a book this spring. • Gail Taylor Hodges, Schwerner Memorial Scholarship: Daniel
doctorate in history at Harvard. 1257 W. Deer Path, Lake Forest, 111. 60045. Lipson '93. In 1990-91 Lipson was a sociol-
Tillie Guttman Speck and Bob '58 ogy major, volunteer for Habitat for Human-
are "up to their ears" in a tax practice. They ^\ A Awakened alum/Eats words, regur- ity, and researcher for Prof. Susan Olzak,
missed Reunion, sadly, because of the m " A gitates them/In two tight columns. sociology, on racial and ethnic conflict in ur-
deaths of her mother on May 3, and Bob's γ± I (Actually, we would need 800 ban areas. The venerable Class of 1961
partner, on May 30. "Otherwise life is treat- I I I c ass
l ~duespayers t 0 get two col- Scholarship-Loan Fund, worth $38,000, pro-
ing us very well. Drop in when you are in I I I umns, but 1-1/2 has too many syl- vided a $1,600 scholarship for fine arts ma-
Philadelphia." David Wunsch reports that V ^ ML. lables.) Two thousand careers,/ jor David Schmetterling '93, son of Elea-
his son Aaron will be a senior at Haverford Progeny graduating,/Not much room in here. nor Boykoff Schmetterling.
this fall and his son Oliver has just started To make room for more, your new bimonth- Classmates with children graduating
first grade in Belmont, Mass. ly co-conductor announces a haiku contest from Cornell this past spring: Hillel Swill-
Peter Rogers wrote that his oldest Send your news in lines of 5-7-5 syllables to er (wife Willa (Radin) '62). With children
daughter, Karen, is manager of communications the address at the end of the column. entering Cornell this fall: Carl A. Clauss;
for Guest Quarters Hotels in Boston, son Keith Meanwhile—on stage: Judy Goldhaft Lewis and Anne Klein Rothman.
is working for a landscape contractor, and celebrates water and describes our complex Now for the haiku contest. First entry:
daughter Jennifer is studying biology and ge- relationship to it in Water Web, a 20-minute "Research to the Point":/Harcourt Brace Jo-
netic engineering at the U. of Buffalo. "Finally performance before audiences of all ages vanovich/Published it in Jan. (Adv't.) That's
got a family member to attend Cornell—neph- from Hawaii to New York. Planet Drum my innovative research paper textbook. Glad
ew Wayne Wet stein '94 Ag." Foundation, PO Box 31251, San Francisco. to be here! Remember International Spirit
Pummy Miles Yarnall was sorry to Sophie Tucker, Totie Fields and Belle of Zinck's Night (huh?) Oct. 24. And send
miss the 30th, loved looking at the pictures, Barth meet in a musical play, Sophie, Totie your haiku. • Allan Metcalf, 212 Brookside
and hopes to make the 35th. Her family is and Belle, by Joanne Schapiro Koch that Dr., Jacksonville, 111. 62650.
spread over three states now, with New started in New Hope, Pa. in May before
York continuing to be "home"; husband moving on to Atlantic City and San Francisco. ^\ ^ X Bob and Nancy Blank are sched-
Kent is working temporarily in Princeton, A million of her books in the Families in I I I I uled to attend Reunion next June.
NJ, and summers are spent at Candlewood Touch series are now in circulation. Look lf± I They climbed Mt. Washington
Lake, Conn. Keeping up with all three for a musical with lyrics by Horowitz and I 1 / (NH) last summer with Nancy
proved to be a job in itself, so she gave up Spector on Broadway in 1992. Tom and Bob- I I / i and Peter Schuck; "Mt. Ever-
her part-time work with the Bank of NY. bie Horowitz Byrum have also just gone ^J Mmm est is next." Their three children
Her oldest son works in Norwich, and her into the skincare business. attend Germantown Friends School in Phil-
youngest is class of '93 at SUNY, Platts- Retirement: Larry Murray "retired adelphia. Bob and his partner (Whitcom Part-
burgh, where he is preparing to teach high from my financial consulting/tax practice at ners, NYC) own newspapers and broadcast
school social studies. the end of 1989, had a hip replacement op- properties. Bob serves on the boards of the
Last September your correspondent be- eration, and married Jennifer in 1990. On International Herald Tribune in Paris and of
April 6, 1991 she presented me with our Toll Brothers Inc., a homebuilding company
daughter Abigail (class of 2012?), my first founded by Bob Toll '63. The Blanks' ad-
little girl after three sons." In March, Brad- dress is 1187 Wrack Rd., Meadowbrook, Pa.
**> When you come back to ley L. Griffin retired as regional supervi- An interesting letter from Helen My-
sor of the NY State Department of Environ- ers Lebowitz reads, in part: "I am executive
campus, stay with us I mental Conservation and set out by car and editor of the PSR Quarterly: A Journal of
Ed {'67) & Linda ('69) Kabelac train across the country. Thirty years ago Medicine and Global Survival. We publish re-
he brought wild turkeys back to the Finger search, analysis, and informed scientific and
SPRING WATER MOTEL Lakes, and in 1989 he was NY State Profes- medical opinion on 1) the nature and conse-
1083 Drvden Road - Ithaca. NY - 607/272-3721 sional Conservationist of the Year. "I can quences of weapons of mass destruction and
For Reservations within NYS - 1-800-548-1890 think of few subjects where there was not a 2) the impact of catastrophic events . . . that
world-renowned authority or garden-variety threaten regional or global devastation of the
wacko," he told the Ithaca Journal, "and it environment. The first issue is scheduled for
fell to the department to sort them out." March 1991 and is right on schedule (an
After a year of retirement, David P. amazing achievement for one who had to get
Friedley is moving (from Oregon) back to an extension for many papers she wrote at
California, for the third time, as president of Cornell). For interesting and insightful read-
Kingston, NY
Maybrook, NY Wiltron, an electronics instrumentation com- ing on the questions of human survival into
Middletown, NY pany in Morgan Hill. Leaving Schlumberger the 21st century," contact Helen at 30 Brush
Monticello, NY after 13 years, J.L. Clifford Wagoner Hill Rd., Newton, Mass. Bob and their three
Oneonta, NY moved from Houston to Charlotte, NC in children are well: Amy graduated from Con-
Toll Free 1-800-843-1991 February to join Kewaunee Scientific Corp. necticut College this year, Seth '93 is in
as director of contract business. The move Arts, and Becky is in high school.
reunited him with Eli Manchester '52, who If you're in France this year, look up
George Banta '57 Jeremy Banta '62 is CEO. Gail Wlodinger, who teaches at the Amer-

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 ican School of Paris in St. Cloud, or write to Λ A 1963 AND PROUD TO BE! in-town moves: Dave '63 and Betty Bond
her at 100 Bix Rue du Cherche-Midi, 75006, I l | I Here we are, starting back to fall Snyder are now at 7342 Windsor Dr., Boul-
Paris. Έf\ J activities. Where did the summer der, Colo., where Betty is a realtor; Walter
Pittsburgh is home to George '61 and W 1 | go? Save the date! International and Elaine Wellman Becker are now at 266
Marcia Mugglin Seeley. Marcia teaches at I I I I Spirit of Zinck's Night will be Brian Dr., Warwick, RI; and Stephen and
Allegheny Intermediate Unit, NPSP. They ^J ^J held on October 24 at many sites Phyllis Blair Darrah built a new house at
live at 1098 Greenbriar Rd., Bethel Park, Pa. around the country. Watch for news from 523 Wykehurst Dr., Richmond, Va. Elaine is
Allen Middle School in Greensboro, NC, your local Cornell club. News from several a technical editor at American Mathematical
employs Sylvia Valetich Meisner as a me- classmates this month—and I hope for more Society in Providence. Phyllis, a French in-
dia specialist. as the News & Dues forms are returned. structor at U. of Richmond (a natural after
Lake Forest, 111. is home to James F. Vicki Fielding Maxant has been elected eight years in Europe), wrote that she and
'60 and Diana Hazard Matthews. Diana president of the Boston chapter of the Spe- Stephen enjoy swimming, tennis and golf,
is preschool director of First Presbyterian cial Libraries Assn. Her daughter, Diana '94, and that their younger son is Greg Darrah
Church Preschool in Lake Forest, 111. Their is on the Dickson Council. Bill Halpern and '91 (Engineering).
home is at 880 Morningside Dr. It seems his family recently relocated to London. Bill Four moves were in-state: Dr. William
appropriate to note at this point that their would love to hear from any Cornellians Klempner is now at 58 W. Wildwood Rd.,
daughter, Kathy, and our daughter, Valerie, passing through. You can reach him by call- Saddle River, NJ; David Litwin is at 72 W.
became best-of-friends at Stanford. What fun ing the Mobil Europe office at 3 Clements Oak Hill Rd., Williston, Vt.; Edward "Ted"
to have the intergenerational ties! Also in Inn. Lummis is at 502 Neptune Ave., Leucadia,
the small world department, one of Valerie's From Patricia Mills '86 comes news Cal.; and Margaret and Russell Catania are
classmates in the Foreign Service junior of- of Edith Lederer, who was the senior AP at 25497 Anthony Dr., Novi, Mich. Russell
ficer training class was Frank Neville, son of correspondent in the Desert Storm theater. is still human resources director at TRW
Maurice and Virginia Swanson Neville. Val Edie has covered stories from Vietnam Engine & General Components Group. Be-
was a bridesmaid in Frank's and Kirsten's through the Persian Gulf, and interviewed coming general manager of SofTech Inc.'s
wedding before they were sent to Taipei and Patricia in December. Arthur Sussman has support systems division meant leaving Wy-
she to Hong Kong. If your travels take you recently been named general counsel and oming for Barry Bendel. He, wife Loree
far East. . . vice president for administration of the Ar- and their two young sons are now settled
Columbus, Ohio (1347 Brookridge) is gonne National Laboratory, which is man- into 3992 Locus Bend Dr., Dayton, Ohio.
still home to John and Ruthie Holzapfel aged by the U. of Chicago under contract to Barry's other two children have already "left
Fortkamp. Ruthie is an insurance rep. New the US Department of Energy. He has been the nest." Another new Dayton resident is
address for Paul and Mary Davis Deignan, involved with Argonne since 1979. Edgar Thorsland, who left Texas to become
dba Deignan Enterprises (consultants), is That's all for this month—hope to have director of the VA Medical Center there. He,
8705 Isle Ct., Cottage Grove, Minn. more next time. If any of you attend the wife Sylvia and their two children are used
Jeremy Banta also has his own busi- 125th Birthday celebrations in California, to moving—Ed has been with the Dept. of
ness: Banta Food Co., 842 Main St., Pough- please write and tell us all about it. Veterans Affairs since 1972, assigned to fa-
keepsie, NY. Carl Austin has Carl Austin • Elenita Eckberg Brodie, 3930 Lake Mira cilities in El Paso, Texas, the Bronx, Tusca-
Inc., 580 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY. Dr., Orlando, Fla. 32817. loosa, Ala., Lake City, Fla. and Richmond,

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Tarrytown is also home to Bob '61 and Lor- Va. Pending a house buy, Ed's running, ten-
na Lamb Herdt at 226 Hunter Ave. Save a couple of dates in Octo- nis and "computering" are done at 7847 Lois
Gift fund donor Sue Peery Moore ber to join classmates and other Cir. # 1 2 1 .
(Mrs. William) lives at 119 Midland Ave., Cornellians in celebrating—Sat., As of May 1, Lawrence Loewen-Rud-
Bronxville, NY. Nearby, Joseph A. Pri- Oct. 12 in Palo Alto, Cal. (Stan- gers is the agronomist for all crops in North
or's home is at 10 Governors Rd., Bronx- ford), for the football game and Tanzania—prompting a move from Mreva to
ville. Alan, LLB '61 and Jenny Trupin activities culminating the 125th Arusha. He, wife Erna and their three chil-
Marx come home to 105 Bayeau Rd., New Anniversary Celebration; and Thurs., Oct. 24 dren can be reached c/o Tanzania Canada
Rochelle. in cities across the US and around the world, Wheat Project, Box 6160. In his spare time,
Find Marilynn Schade Stewart at 36 the annual International Spirit of Zinck's Lawrence enjoys singing in a choir, playing
Columbia PL, Mt. Vernon. Two New York Night. Contact Alan Goldenberg (6960 Paso piano, studying history, jogging and swim-
City doctors: Andrew S. Dalsimer (320 W. Robles Dr., Oakland, Cal.) about the former, ming. He adds, "don't forget Africa now that
86th) and Richard D. Feuer (230 West End and your local Cornell Club about the latter. eastern Europe and the USSR are becoming
Ave.). Both should be great fun. popular recipients of aid." By the time you
Have just returned from a visit to class- Back in March, Joe James wrote that read this, Peter Raven, wife Masi and their
mate Chris Hemmeter's latest, the Hyatt he was looking forward to seeing lots of son will have moved from Pullman, Wash.
Regency Waikoloa on the Kona Coast of classmates at the Cornell-Stanford football Peter just received a PhD in business ad-
Hawaii. Chris wasn't there; his headquarters game. A produce broker who lives at 526 E. ministration, with emphasis in international
is No. 1 Capitol District, Honolulu. He's cre- Kelso Ave., Fresno, Cal., with wife Shirley marketing, and has become a faculty mem-
ated a truly fabulous spot, as is becoming and their three children, he also comment- ber at Eastern Washington U. in Spokane.
usual for him. While you're there, don't miss ed, "Two kids in college is expensive!" And Congrats are also due him—he was elected
the helicopter ride into the volcano crater. if you're in Miami, Fla., this fall for the Mi- to the Beta Gamma Sigma and Alpha Mu
Nothing like it! ami City Ballet's Nutcracker peformance, Alpha honorary societies. Peter said he's
With this issue we will begin to bring look for Ted and Nora Weinreich (10303 even teaching his son to play lacrosse, which
you news about our upcoming 30th Re- SW 142nd St., Miami)—they'll be volunteers he says is gaining popularity in the West.
union. Kelly Behan and Alex Vollmer in the souvenir booth. Ted, who represents (That makes Nick Carroll happy.)
are busy putting together the Reunion Carl Zeiss Optical in Fla. and is into real es- Be sure to keep those News & Dues
planning committee. Mark your calendar tate as a sideline, took his family to Israel in comin'. D Bev Johns Lamont, 720 Chest-
for June 4-7, '92! May 1990 (good timing!) to celebrate his and nut St., Deerfield, 111. 60015.
We hope many of you will be able to Nora's 25th anniversary.
attend some of the upcoming fall activities. Lots of classmates (13) have reported ^% ^ ^ September traditionally marks
They are Cornell's 125th Anniversary Cele- moving experiences. The award for "far- • * I academic milestones—the first
bration at Stanford, October 10-13, and foot- thest" goes to Matti and Seija Sarkia—from Mf\ l ^ k day of kindergarten, the first day
ball tailgate parties at Princeton on Septem- Sweden to 8697 Doverbrook Dr., Palm I I • I of high school, the first day of
ber 21 and Ithaca on October 19. These Beach Gardens, Fla. No word on what he's I I I I college. This fall Richard Bank
events provide great opportunities for class- doing there, but as always, as soon as I hear, ^ / ^ ^ '63 and I mark another mile-
mates to get together. D Jan McClayton you'll hear. The award for "closest" goes to stone—the first September without a child
Crites, 2779 Dellwood Dr., Lake Oswego, Peter Janover—one block, to 208 River enrolled in school. Brian, our youngest, was
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cum laude with high honors in history, and writes that Jenny is a law student at New Chapel Hill, NC, that he is directing clinical
is presently teaching English in Tokyo. I con- York U. and Are is a sophomore at Emory. trials with marketed antibiotics; one of the
gratulate and hope to hear from all of our She and husband Bob Haveman will spend major drugs he has worked on is Zantac, for
classmates who also had June graduates and the year in New York City at the Russell ulcers. In 1990, he had lots of foreign travel,
are marking similar or different milestones. Sage Foundation. both for business and pleasure, everywhere
Classmates who have informed us about Congratulations to Jane E. Mushabac, from Argentina to New Zealand. Jonathan
college graduations include Dr. Bonnie Tav- who was honored in May 1991 as a "Man- Wechsler is located at 76 College Ave.,
lin Kay, whose son Stephen was graduated hattan Educator of the Year" by the Chan- Poughkeepsie, NY. His son William '91
from Washington U. Bonnie also notes that cellor, NYC Board of Education, and the graduated from Arts with honors in govern-
her daughter Lisa Kay '93 lived in her old Manhattan Borough president through the ment. Daughter Sarah is in Syracuse, and
sorority room this year. Michael '54 and Reliance Awards for Excellence in Educa- Dick now chairs the social studies depart-
Bonnie reside in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Judith tion. The award was for parent leadership in ment, Millbrook (NY) High School.
Blaine Abrams writes from Newton, Mass, the public schools. Last October, Jane re- Martha Goell Lubell writes from 426
about daughter Lise, Barnard '91, and son ceived an Outstanding Community Service Bolsover Rd., Wynne wood, Pa. that she is
David, Stanford '92. She recently co-authored Award for NYC Community Board #7. working in the public relations office of the
House Buying Step-By-Step (Massachusetts Finally, save the date—Oct. 24, '91— U. of Pennsylvania Medical Center. Nathan
Edition) with her husband Jerry, an attor- All alumni are invited to participate in Inter- Wong, MD writes from 5361 Kilauea Ave.,
ney. national Spirit of Zinck's Night 1991 which Honolulu, Hawaii, where he is a family prac-
With both a college and high school will be held in cities across the US and tice physician for Kaiser. He is married with
graduation last June, Dr. Elaine Sarkin Jaffe around the world. • Florence Douglas three children. Also in Honolulu is Richard
celebrated Greg's graduation from Williams Bank, 6420 Goldleaf Dr., Bethesda, Md. Turbin (4557 Kolohola St.) now co-chair of
College and Cale's graduation from Landon 20817. the local Alumni Admissions Ambassador
School in Bethesda, Md. This fall, Greg will Network (CAAAN). He notes that "Cornell
attend Columbia U. Graduate School of Jour- This is the first column after the is hot in Hawaii." Richard is an attorney with
nalism and Cale will enter Yale. one which we wrote while still a 14-person law firm.
High school graduation notices arrived at Ithaca celebrating the 25th. To Dotty Hoffman Fine is now located in
from Jacqueline Norris Blazey and Rich- all of you who were there, wasn't Boston at 321 Dartmouth St. She is training
ard '63, whose son Charles expects to en- it a blast? To all who couldn't for the Boston Marathon, after finishing in
ter the College of Arts and Sciences this fall make it, we missed you. I tried third place in the Cape Cod Marathon. Also
as a Dean's Scholar. Jackie, the director of to keep notes on most of the people who I in that area is Tom Graboys, located at 70
the Children's Center of Brighton, a school- met up there, and I got a lot of this informa- Fairmount St., Brookline, Mass. Tom has
age child-care program, lives in Penfield, NY, tion into last month's notes, but I have some begun to "freelance" for Lifetime Medical
where she is with the Alumni Admissions more. One of the most interesting conver- Television, in addition to his ongoing work
Ambassadors Network (CAAAN). Dianne sations I had was with Carol Farren, who with the Brigham and Women's Hospital in
Zimet Newman let us know that her son lives at 301 E.48th St., NYC. I asked her Boston. His specialty is cardiology, carrying
Ari will be a freshman at Boston U. Dianne, what she does, and she replied, "Entrepre- out research on abnormal heart rhythms.
CAAAN chair for Rhode Island and Bristol neur." It turns out that she is a management Lynn A. Jones has moved to 3095 E. Coun-
County, Mass., says that her entire family consultant in housing and design, for Facili- try Place Dr., Collierville, Tenn. He is tech-
enjoyed her 25th Reunion and is hoping to ty Management World Wide Ltd. Her pri- nical director for the National Cottonseed
attend the 30th. Recently, she traveled to mary specialty concerns ideas about retire- Products Assn. Ann Marie Eller Winters
Japan, Brazil, Italy, and Wales as director of ment communities. She is on the board of writes from 415 Windmill Way, Somerville,
business planning.and analysis for the Al- Cornell's design and environmental analysis NJ. Her husband Ed and she have a new
lied-Signal Aftermarket Group. Fran Auer- department. baby, Catherine Ann, as well as a daughter,
bach Rubin, who resides in Bethesda, Md. An interesting talk with Tom Guise 15, and a son, 8. William Kilberg has been
with husband Robert, MD '70 and son Da- (725 Belmont Ave., Williamsport, Pa.) turns appointed a member of the Administrative
vid, reports that Elyse is a freshman at Wil- up the fact that he is vice president (mar- Conference of the US. He works for the law
liams College. A senior research microbiol- keting) for the Shop-Vac Corp., a company firm of Gibson, Dunn, & Curutcher, 1050
ogist at Walter Reed Army Inst. of Research, which has vacuumed some of my funds in Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington DC.
Fran was the plenary speaker at the Inter- the past. He has an MBA from the Johnson From 1973 to 1977 he served as solicitor for
national Symposium on Typhoid Fever in School of Management, and he is now on the the US Department of Labor. Bruce Berg-
Bali, Indonesia last December, where she Sigma Phi Fraternity board of directors, and man writes from 12 Hawthorne Lane, Law-
"summarized research studies on rapid di- gets to Ithaca three or four times a year. rence, NY that he is now a partner with the
agnosis of typhoid fever." David Landry is now a Philadelphia law firm of Certilman, Balin, Adler, and Hy-
Former Class Correspondent Debbie lawyer. He is located at 3290 Heebner Rd., man in E. Meadow.
Dash Winn says she is reassessing her vol- Collegeville, Pa. After Harvard Law School Judy Shannon Stickney is located at
unteer activities since her daughter's high he went into the JAG Corps, and then to 56 Holman St., Portsmouth, RL She is cur-
school graduation. Debbie writes that hus- Philadelphia. He is now with a commercial rently director of music at St. George's Epis-
band Richard recently "got the Good House- law firm, and has done a lot of international copal Church, Newport, RI. Her daughter
keeping Seal of Approval, as that magazine traveling to Chile, Bolivia and Sweden. He spent her junior year studying in France and
listed him as one of the 400 best physicians has daughters aged 14 and 11. Priscilla Ra- Italy, and her son is in school at Gettysburg
in the US." He was also mentioned in the chun Linn is now at 2869 Beechwood Cir., College. George S. Warren III writes from
April baseball issue of Spoήs Illustrated in Arlington, Va. She is an anthropologist, and II Connelly Blvd., Sharon, Pa. that "Our
an article about a Toronto Blue Jay. Michele notes that she is writing a book with a cura- Quaker Steak and Lube restaurant was vot-
"Shelly" Brown Levine says she bumped tor at the Smithsonian on Brazilian ethnog- ed the Best Wings in the US!" • John G.
into Jayne Solomon Mackta in the super- raphy, and is also taking piano lessons. Eu- Miers, 5510 Huntington Pkwy., Bethesda,
market recently, and "we both agreed that genia "Jeanne" Brown Sander is also lo- Md. 20814.
neither had changed at all!" Shelly lives in cated in Virginia (5255 Signal Hill Dr., Burke)
S u s a n E p
Bridgewater, NJ with husband Bert, a vice and came to Reunion. She is now the quality ί\ F T almer, 7271 S. Pon-
president at Johnson & Johnson, who also assurance officer for the food services sec- M 1 I tiac Way, Englewood, Colo., is
teaches political science at Rutgers. She says tion of the World Bank. Husband Tom is a y \ I administrative manager of the
they love visiting Williamstown, where son colonel, specializing in Western Europe. • I f Hall of Life at the Denver Muse-
Michael is a sophomore at Williams College. They have lived in Turkey, England and I I I um of Natural History. She's seen
Barbara Press Turner reports from Fon- Germany. \y B Brenda Bryant, who was on
tana, Wise, that son Christopher Turner Andrew Pfeffer lives at 20-1/2 North- sabbatical from U. of California, Davis, doing
'94 just finished his freshman year. From star St., Marina Del Rey, Cal. Jeffrey J. research in Montpellier, France, and Fred
Madison, Wise, Barbara Kingshoff Wolfe Collins writes from 5908 Hathaway Lane, Lehlbach, who spent four days in the Rock-

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 "Much deja vu while attending Parents
Weekend at Cornell last October," writes
Carol Borelli, 94 Main St., Ridgefield,
Conn., "including a visit with my daughter
Laura Fricke '92, an English major, to the
Royal Palm! Carol, an art teacher in New
Canaan, saw Judith Brown Lillis in Kansas
City a year ago April while attending an art
educators' conference and Chad Greiner,
son of Carl '65 "is one of my students."
John A. Eisenberg, 25 Parsons Way, Los
Altos, Cal., is a microwave engineering con-
sultant. Michael E. Feldman, 1021 Loft
Natalie Rd., Woodmere, NY, is a senior vice presi-
Kononenko dent group director at the Young & Rubi-
cam advertising agency. Kenneth
W.Drummer, 8 Greensburgh Lane, San
'67 Anselmo, Cal., became a partner last Decem-
ber in the Coopers & Lybrand accounting
firm: he's in charge of health care cost con-
tainment consulting for the Western region.
Robert K. Niles was named vice pres-
ident of human resources for Helene Curtis
Inc., maker of personal care products. He
lives in Naperville, 111. Emilie Gostanian
Marchant, of Beaufort, SC, became dean of
academic and administrative affairs at John-
son & Wales U. in Charleston, "The Hospi-
tality College of the South," sez the release.
Charles Bazerman, professor of literature,
communication and culture at Georgia Inst.
of Technology, is co-author of the recently-
published book, Textual Dynamics of the Pro-
fessions: Historical and Contemporary Stud-
ies of Writing in Professional Communities
(U. of Wisconsin Press), a study "examining
the real effects of tests on professional prac-

Minstrelsy Lives
tices."
If you haven't returned your personal
reflections for inclusion in the 25th Reunion
yearbook yet, please take a few minutes and
Jk ¥ atalie Kononenko, a professor of Slavic languages and litera- get something together and send it to Mar-
gie Greenberg Smith or the undersigned;
1 m 1 ^ u r e s a ^ ^ e University of Virginia, is shown with a group of we're looking for 300 words from every-
1 l i kobzari, or wandering minstrels in this photograph taken a one. • Richard B. Hoffman, 2925 28th St.,
1 \ Y e a r a β° i n Pereiaslan, Ukraine. She was there to attend the NW, Washington, DC 20008.
A 1 first International Congress of Ukrainists.
Bob Oakley is law librarian and
The lute-like instruments shown are badura, she writes, and the professor at Georgetown U. Law
kobzari represent a Ukrainian tradition that has survived near-extinc- Center. Bob was also appointed
tion under Soviet rule. "The men in the picture have established a to a position on the Depository
school to train young people to play the instrument. . . and teach Library Counsel which advises
them historical songs and epics. Since minstrelsy and epic poetry are the Public Printer of the US on
information policy issues. Robert Snyder
my specialties, you can understand my interest... I try to support lives in Webster, NY and is a systems con-
the school, most recently by sending books containing music and sultant. Marc Silverman lives in Forest
song lyrics, which seem better preserved among Ukrainian emigres Hills, NY. Tom Silliman is head of an elec-
in the West than in the country of their origin." tronics research firm and also involved in
consulting. Tom's other interests include two
Beyond the pleasure of meeting with these kobzari, Kononenko children, two motorcycles, five kayaks, one
was happy to learn that her grandfather, who had been tried under canoe, and a 1968 Olds convertible. Merille
Stalin in the 1930s, was now "rehabilitated. This means," she re- Ruben Siegel is assistant professor of com-
ports, "I am no longer a descendent of an enemy of the people." puter and information sciences at Passaic
County Community College in New Jersey.
John Shonnard is a physician at the Frank-
lin Regional Medical Center in Franklin, Pa.
ies with the Palmers and went to the Cen- Leslie A. Glick, 13509 Esworthy Rd., John Seligman reports (although it's old
tral City Opera. Jeffrey R. Moore, 15429 Germantown, Md., is an international trade news) that his family spent a fun-filled New
E. Del Prado Dr., Hacienda Hgts., Cal., is attorney and just published a book, Guide to Year's Eve with Al "Fido" Fidellow, John
senior survey analyst for a small civil engi- U.S. Customs and Trade Laws. Judith Edel- Wallace '67, Bill "Mr. Excitement" Aus-
neering firm in Downey, Cal. He prepares stein Kelman, 60 Thornwood Rd., Stamford, tin and their families at the Fidos' Stratton,
maps, legal descriptions and land survey anal- Conn., published another mystery this sum- Vt. ski house. John recommends that you call
yses for residential subdivisions. Judith E. mer, Someone's Watching. Son Matt Fido soon if you are interested in spending
Graves, 6009 Brookside Dr., Chevy Chase, Kelman '93 is in Arts; Josh, 17, is a high New Year's Eve with all of them.
Md., is a programmer for a small software school senior. I've found Judy's mysteries to Gary Schwarz and wife Doris live in
company. be good reads. N. Caldwell, NJ with sons Scott 13, and Ross,

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9. Gary's work involves manufacturing high- to researchers at universities and hospitals." tion research and industrial engineering. He
technology products from ultra-hard materi- Arthur, wife Deborah and son Michael have spent the spring 1991 semester on sabbatic
als, primarily industrial diamonds and cubic moved to Darien, Conn. I also received a let- leave at the Centre for Mathematics and Its
boron nitride. Gary has one plant in New Jer- ter from Brian L. Cornell who says he is Applications at Australian National U., Can-
sey and one in Montrose, Colo. All of which now in his 20th year at Price Waterhouse in berra. While in transit, David vacationed in
is a bit unusual for a psychology major. John Boston, his only job since graduation. He Hawaii and Fiji.
Schwartz is a psychiatrist in New York City. specialized in tax consulting and was recently Dr. Byron Diggs, was recently select-
Dick Schuler practices law with Schul- appointed to lead the Northeast region tax ed to become clinical chief of adult medicine
er, Wilkerson & Halvorson in West Palm practice. "This will get me close to Ithaca at the Health Centre (affiliated with Boston
Beach, Fla. William Schneider is senior more often as our offices in Buffalo, Syra- City Hospital). While at the Harvard Square
vice president for strategic planning and cuse and Rochester are included in my re- May Day Festival, he saw Judith Richland
product development, and director of mar- sponsibilities. I get to New York City often '71 with her husband and two children. By-
keting, with the Prentice Hall School Divi- and have found the Cornell Club—New York ron occasionally plays tennis with Herb Full-
sion of Simon & Schuster publishers. an excellent place to stay." Brian has two er '68, who is now working out of Harvard.
Tom Saunders lives in Atlanta, Ga. "active" children, Michael and Betsy, who Byron says raising two kids, cycling, tennis,
Malcolm Ross is an attorney in New York keep him involved in soccer, softball and gardening, fishing and beach-bumming keep
with Ashinoff, Ross & Korff. Candi Rosen- baseball on a daily basis. him happy and out of trouble. Another class-
berg Rosen and husband David live in New O'Brien & Gere Engineers Inc. has an- mate in Massachusetts is Elliott Hillback.
Rochelle. Candi is a community health edu- nounced the promotion of Saunders E. Wil- Please note the address change for our class
cator with the American Red Cross. Glen son Jr., CIH, to the position of technical as- directory: 347 Manning St., Needham,
Rhodes is a physician in the practice of vas- sociate in the environmental science division Mass., (617) 449-8331. He has joined Gen-
cular surgery. Glen is also involved in the of the firm's Syracuse headquarters. His re- zyme Corp. (a $100 million biotech-based
production of medical TV programming. sponsibilities include the evaluation of po- health care products company at 1 Kendall
Judy Reiser Powell and husband Ken live tential exposures to chemical and physical Square in Cambridge) as senior vice presi-
in Livingston, NJ. They have three children, hazards at hazardous waste sites, industrial dent with additional responsibilities as pres-
ages 15 to 8, and Judy works as office man- worksites and during chemical emergencies; ident and director of Neozyme Corp. and di-
ager and program coordinator in a tutoring the development of remedial actions; and rector of IG Labs! His wife Margie and their
office. John Perry is process engineer with training in safe work practices at hazardous children Elliott III, 19, Geoffrey, 16, and
Land O'Lakes in Minneapolis. Cheryl Katz waste and asbestos remediation sites. Shanna, 13, joined him in Needham (coming
Kaufmann and husband Nick '67 live in Judith Barth Meier (Fort Collins, from Georgia) last September. Son Elliott is
Scarsdale. Cheryl is a physician and I under- Colo.) is working in a PhD in human resource a s o p h o m o r e at Hamilton College and
stand she has a very active eye surgery prac- development at Colorado State U. and was Geoffrey is a high school junior and may be
tice in addition to maintaining her outstand- appointed assistant to the director for CSU the next Cornellian. The family all enjoyed
ing tennis game. Cooperative Extension. Barbara Kamler watching the hockey team at the ECAC tour-
was awarded her PhD from Deakin U. in
That's all for now. I look forward to hear- nament.
ing from you. Send in some pictures from Australia. "My thesis is entitled Gender and Elliott keeps in touch with Robert A.
your summer vacation. • Gordon H. Silver, Genre: A Case Study of a Girl and a Boy Scott, PhD '76, who was a dean in the Col-
The Putnam Companies, 1 Post Office Learning to Write. I've also just moved and lege of Arts and Sciences when we were on
Square, Boston, Mass. 02109. began a new academic position at Deakin U. campus and is now president of Ramapo Col-
in Geelong, Victoria as a senior lecturer in lege in New Jersey and doing very well. El-
Dear Friends: The news well is language education. Many changes all at once liott says that Bob has built a great reputa-
almost dry, so I am hoping that are exciting and exhausting." tion as a progressive leader of various
those of you who have not sent David Mrazek (Denver, Colo.) was a schools and remains a great person and good
news for the column lately will member of an Adult University (CAU) study friend to students. Also in New England,
consider doing so. The class dues tour in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germa- Marie Sposito Cerino has a new address:
forms will be out again in the ny this past May. Ingrid Dieterle Tyler 35 Buckingham Ave., Old Saybrook, Conn.,
fall—a perfect opportunity to write a few (Rumson, NJ) is the proud mother of Bridget, (203) 388-1371. She and husband Bill and
lines about what you've been doing. If you've who was to enter with the Class of '95 in children Carla, 15, and David, 13, moved to
sent something in the past and it hasn't ap- Hotel School. "We're looking forward to their renovated and winterized beach house.
peared in the column, please send it again, more campus visits than class Reunions." Marie is still (13-plus years) warden at CCI
or write me directly. The dues forms go D Joan Sullivan, 1812 N. Quinn St., #627, Niantic, Connecticut's only women's correc-
through a bit of a convoluted pipeline and Arlington, Va. 22209. tional facility (houses more than 600 inmates
every once in a while, in spite of our best and employs a staff of 350). For the year
efforts, things slip through the cracks. Re- ψf ^\ "Vote Mark Finkelstein for 1990-91, Marie was president of the Con-
member, too, that the lead time on the col- f / 1 1 mayor of Ithaca!" How is that for necticut Criminal Justice Assn. Bill is a sci-
umn is at least two months in advance, so it I I I a campaign poster? Mark wrote ence teacher and department head in Old
does take time. I I I to tell us he is indeed running for Lyme, Conn.
Among the news items still to report is I I I mayor and has the endorsement Merry "Deedee" (Bloch) has daugh-
word from Suzanne Nielsen Andriukaitis I ^ / of both the Republican and Lib- ters, Bailie, 5, and Neely, 2, and is married
(Chicago) who reports a "new job this year— eral parties. His opponent is incumbent Ben to Robert Llewellyn Jones, an attorney. Mer-
but the most exciting event of the year was Nichols '41, a retired professor, Electrical ry is a writer and producer. She has co-au-
creating a computer lab for my son's elemen- Engineering, who is a Democrat and also a thored a book on stepmothers which will be
tary school. The computer lab was complete- member of the Democratic Socialists of released by Carroll Publishing under the
ly paid for by parent donations and is entire- America. Birch Lane Press imprint in the spring (or
ly staffed by parent volunteers for 20 hours Mark's major goals include the improve- fall) of 1992. She has also written for the In-
per week of programs. This has really been ment of relations between Cornell and the quirer Magazine in Philadelphia. F e l i x
'parent power' at work." Suzanne's new job Ithaca community, and revitalization of the Kramer now goes by his middle name; while
is as executive director of the Chicago Con- local economy. He would enjoy hearing from at Cornell we knew him as L a w r e n c e .
sortium for Psychiatric Research. any classmates interested in learning more Please note the name and address change:
Arthur Eisenberg wrote to say that he or getting involved in any way. Check the 895 West End Ave., #10-C, NYC. Home
has recently joined the Council for Tobacco Class of '70 Directory for his address; tele- telephone, (212) 663-8969, business, as list-
Research in Manhattan, leaving behind phone, (607) 272-4000. ed. H e has been in NYC's Upper West Side
"many wonderful years in Rochester, NY." This past June, Mark reminisced with for 20 years, where he owns a company pro-
The council "obtains funds in excess of $18 his good friend, Joanne Kolodrub Burtaine viding electronic publishing services for
million to fund basic medical research in ar- ' 7 1 , at the Reunion tents. Also in Ithaca, some corporate clients, but mainly for non-
eas like cancer and cell biology. Grants go David Ruppert is a professor in organiza- profit organizations. Felix says he is still put-

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C
hildren seem to love them—
some adults, too—those small
brightly colored Lego building
blocks that can be made into
almost any kind of a structure
or creature, depending on the
builder's patience and creativity.
Harold C. And the man who directs the
molding of all those pegged plastic
Atwater III playthings is Harold Atwater.
The photo shows Atwater as he
checks some of the machinery used
in making Lego blocks, which are
produced with "a precision mea-
sured to 0.005 of a millimeter/'
according to information supplied by have played with Lego bricks.
Lego Systems Inc. There are over 1,300 components
Legos came on the market in to choose from. Some parents
their present form in 1958 and since believe they've had at least that
then, the company claims, 300 many underfoot at one time or
million children around the world another.

ting to use everything he learned in Cornell's W^ I Let me start out by thanking our dent of Tri-Quad Enterprises Inc., a software
anti-Vietnam war movement and at The Glad J I Jk classmates at Reunion who voted and consulting company based in Hartford,
Day Press. In 1990 he co-authored Desktop # • to retain Matt Silverman and me Conn. Don works out of his home in order
Publishing Success: How to Start and Run a • I as class correspondents. I hope we to spend more time with his twin girls, 3,
Desktop Publishing Business. It is the first I I can take that as a vote of confi- and 1-year-old son. Wife Pat is an active duty
book to explain how to make a living in this I M. dence that we are at least doing a Navy plastic surgeon stationed at Charles-
fast-growing, high-tech field and was pub- competent job. If not, or if you have any sug- ton, SC Naval Hospital. Karen Adams Ce-
lished by Business One Irwin. The book has gestions or criticisms, please let us know. rami is the music director at Our Lady of
been praised by the CEOs of leading soft- David Beale in N. Tarrytown, NY writes the Lake church. With five children between
ware companies and Publish, the main in- about his law practice: "I am still in the gen- the ages of 2-1/2 and 20, Karen concludes
dustry magazine called it "the Bible of the eral practice of law in New York City with a that she is "Busy! Busy! Busy!"
desktop publishing biz." He and wife, Roch- specialty in media law and litigation. I was Dr. L. Scott Feiler reports the birth
elle Lefkowitz '72 each work four days a admitted to the Florida Bar in December of a second daughter last November. He is
week so they can spend time with their son 1990 and am exploring options there. (If any living in Atherton, Cal. Back East in Troy,
Joshua who was born in May 1990. His busi- classmates are practicing in Florida, I would NY, Hollice Person Flynn reflects, "As a
ness address is Kramer Communications, love to hear from you!)" In addition to his middle school teacher, the end of the school
310 Riverside Dr., Suite 1519, NYC. children growing up and a working wife, Dav- year finds me too tired to think about 'up-
Correction to Directory: Partrick id's news includes his membership in the dates.' It has been a trying year with budget
Kelly, 40 Arthur St., Apt. 1002, Ottawa, Ont, Cornell Club—New York, where he can usu- cut-backs. It is very frustrating to see many
Canada K1R-7T5; (613) 231-6240. ally be found Tuesday mornings and Thurs- of the gains cut so fast because growth is so
Have a good autumn. There's still time day nights at the fitness center, and in the slow. Fortunately, the rest of my life is joy-
to make your plans for the Grand Finale of main dining room for lunch. He is in contact ful and rewarding. Our two sons are now in
the 125th Anniversary Celebration in the San with Peter Alman, Dave Schiff, Laurie high school, busy with numerous activities
Francisco area, Oct. 10-13. (For information Berke-Weiss, Norman Rafelson and Marc and realizing college choices must soon be
call University Council office, (607) 255- Cohen. made. So the cycle continues, only too fast!
7555.) • Connie Ferris Meyer, 16 James From Mt. Pleasant, SC, Donald Buss Sorry, we couldn't make it to the 20th Re-
Thomas Rd., Malvern, Pa. 19355. writes that he recently became vice presi- union. Too many other commitments right
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now! rah Fink Zigun. Michael Golden resides ters Danielle, 9, and Nicole, 7, are directors
We have a law professor in our midst. in Scarsdale. of the household. Walter reports that his fam-
Wendy J. Gordon has just received tenure Many of our classmates are in the med- ily is well and looking forward to the 20th
and a promotion to full professor at Newark ical profession. Several sent in news along Reunion next year.
Law School. Another lawyer, in Delmar, Cal., with their class dues. Richard S. Nenoff is Howard Wilf is a teacher at Birming-
William E. Grauer, writes that for the past chief of magnetic resonance imaging at ham High School in Van Nuys, Cal. Carol
six years he has been a partner in a 180- Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque. Jaffe Woodside is manager, standards and
lawyer corporate law firm in San Diego spe- The lives of Richard and wife Deborah Rid- nutrition, for Mrs. Smith's Frozen Foods Co.
cializing in the defense of complex corporate ley '74 take a family focus with Jennifer, 3, in Pottstown, Pa. Kenneth Woods is nu-
litigation. Previously he was a federal pros- and Rich, 8. They keep very busy with ten- clear field engineering manager for General
ecutor for five years. Bill remains close with nis, weight lifting and playing in the South- Electric. He and spouse Brenda live in Ches-
Doug Schwartz, who is a partner at a ma- western sun. The family spent two weeks apeake, Va. Robert Joy is an architect with
jor San Francisco law firm. traveling 4,000 miles together 'round trip to Robert Joy & Associates in Glens Falls.
Executive Director Diane Brenner Florida in March and survived! Cindy Mike Harris is director of administration
Kermani, of the NY State Psychological Frankel had an eventful decade. She mar- for Premier Hotels International Inc. in
Assn. in Albany writes that they are " . . . ried Alan Kusinitz in 1983, received a PhD Montvale, NJ. Judith Harrod Strotz is a
regularly in touch with Linda (Germaine) in clinical psychology in 1985, moved back Foreign Service officer with the Department
and Joe Miller '69, Leslie (Jennis) and to NYC in 1986, where she is a practicing of State. Stephanie Stern is a laser optics
Mike Obus, Amy (Pastarnack) and John clinical psychologist, and had baby Joshua manufacturer residing in Mt. Kisco, NY.
Hughes '70, Susan Devins and Warren Paul in 1988. Dennis Someck is in commercial real es-
Rubenstein, Beth Shapiro and Neal Stroul, Stuart Lipton is an associate profes- tate with Stuart Marshal Real Estate in NYC.
Sandi (Taylor) and Jeff Eisenstein '69, sor of neurology and neuroscience at Har- See you in San Francisco for the 125th An-
Arlene (Rosenfeld) and Howie Schenk- vard medical school and director of the Lab- niversary Celebration and Cornell vs Stan-
er, Caryn Furst, Rick Leland, Steve Rap- oratory of Cellular & Molecular Neuro- ford football game, October 10-13. Send
paport, Andy Tisch, Steve Gorfine. All science at Children's Hospital in Boston. Stu- news. • Alex Barna, 1050 Eagle Lane, Fos-
of our kids are even friends! And we'll all be art and wife Lisa, a Boston attorney, recent- ter City, Cal 94404.
at Reunion together!" D Joel Y. Moss, 110 ly had a baby boy Jeffrey Harris Lipton on
Barnard PL, Atlanta, Ga. 30328; Matthew Jan. 28, '91 to join sister Jennifer, 4. In the Jl^ψ^\ I g ° t a ϊ° n g letter from Roger Ja-
Silverman, 356 Smith Rd., Yorktown Boston area Stuart sees John Stock, an as- J gm I cobs today, bringing us up to date
Heights, NY 10598. sociate professor of medicine at U. of Mas- m J on his activities. He and wife Rob-
sachusetts Medical Center and David Nel- • ^ in have just finished a second
Πf^\ As evidence that someone actual- son, professor of physics at Harvard. Alan I I I home on the beach on Corolla,
J i \ I ly reads this column, I received a Lisbon, wife Carol and daughters Amy, 10, I ^J NC. When his family is not using
m m letter from Peter Goodman who and Emily, 7, live in the Boston area. Mi- the house, it will be available for rent, with a
1 f discovered that the Gerald J. chael Friel resides in Dalton, Pa. special discount to Cornellians. During non-
I / i Howard mentioned in the Janu- Susan Rosenthal is chief of the divi- vacations, Roger and family, including Joshua,
I l a ^ ary column is none other than sion of pediatric gastroenterology and nutri- 7, and Rachel, 3, live in W. Orange, NJ. Rog-
"Gerry" Howard, editor of a book coauthored tion of the Department of Pediatrics at Rob- er has a law practice in nearby Newark: "Re-
by Peter, The Haggler's Handbook: One Hour ert Wood Johnson Medical School in New ally doing what I trained for at the ILR
to Negotiating Power. Peter says the book is Brunswick, NJ. Susan thanks the College of School." Last semester he taught at Fordham
perfect for Cornell parents negotiating with Human Ecology (Home Ec, when she was Law School. And he regularly runs into class-
cold-hearted financial aid types about loans there) for her career interest in both pediat- mate Claudia Gaillard Meer at Rutgers
for their kids. His "real job" is as publisher rics and nutrition. She and children Aaron, when he is teaching in her labor program.
of Stone Bridge Press in Berkeley, Cal. They 6, and Rebecca, 8, live in E. Brunswick, NJ. He also saw Paula Singer from Baltimore,
specialize in books about Japan for Ameri- Susan would like to hear from Cornellians Md. and says she is very busy in her own
cans, and publish in the areas of business, in the central New Jersey area. Susan Far- human resources consulting practice. Roger
language, travel and literature. Peter lived ber Straus is a clinical child psychologist. In speaks regularly with David Kapelman, an
in Tokyo from 1975-85 working for Tokyo- addition to having a small private practice, attorney in New York City, and frequently
based publishers of English-language books. she works with seriously emotionally dis- talks with Sandra Sharon Rapoport. At a
New Yorkers Rochelle Lefkowitz and hus- turbed children and neglected/abused chil- recent New York U. law reunion he saw
band Felix Kramer '70 have plenty to cel- dren in residential treatment centers. Daugh- Sharon Kern Taub, who is married to one
ebrate this year. Last summer their first ters Rebecca, 12, and Emily, 8, also keep of his law school classmates, and saw Steve
child, Joshua Ethan Kramer, was born. Last her busy. In their spare time, Susan and hus- Levy and Diane Goller Lehman '74.
winter Felix's new book, Desktop Publishing band David M. Straus, PhD '76 take pi- Bill Welker writes that he was back at
Success got rave reviews and Rochelle's so- ano lessons and participate in a local drama Cornell in January when he spoke as part of
cial issue public relations firm, Pro-Media, club. a food manufacturing seminar put on by the
turned five. This spring the couple marked Stanley Fish is a veterinarian at the Engineering College. He and wife Francey
their tenth anniversary. Massapequa Hospital for Animals. Last live in Glen Ellyn, 111. Ellen Marshall and
Evan A. Pezas was appointed director spring he attended the Vet College reunion husband Thomas Nielsen live in Snyder, NY.
for Greek tourism in Canada. Fluent in Eng- and participated in the five-kilometer Alumni Ellen wrote that she had been out of touch
lish, French, and his native Greek, Evan has Run, (Stan didn't realize Cornell Plantations with the Alumni News for about six years
followed a specialized career in Greek tour- is so hilly!) and played in the Alumni La- and was looking forward to catching up with
ism in both the public and private sectors crosse Game. It was a blast being introduced classmates. She was particularly interested
since graduating from the Hotel School. Hav- to the crowd of "thousands"at Schoellkopf in the whereabouts of Nancy Miller Clif-
ing held various positions with the Greek and having Coach Moran lead the team in ford (now living in Swarthmore, Pa. accord-
National Tourist Organization in New York "God Bless America." Stan has a regular rac- ing to our records) and Richard Goldberg.
City and Los Angeles, he was most recently quetball game with Dave Schulman '76, Joel and Rose Jachter Greenman live in
manager of travel for Greece and Cyprus DVM '80 and Paul LaPorta DVM '87. Stan Sherman Oaks, Cal. and Rose wrote that she
with American Express International in Ath- also chairs the Alumni Admissions Ambas- would rather be attending Cornell as an un-
ens. Evan also serves as director of opera- sador Network (CAAAN) in the Merrick dergraduate, when life was simpler, than fill-
tions for Homeric Tours in NYC. Several area. Walter Molofsky is associate direc- ing out the News & Dues form.Harold Doty
classmates attended Adult University (CAU) tor of the pediatric neurology division at the of Houston has taken several awards at the
programs last summer in Ithaca, including U. of Medicine of New Jersey and in private Dixie Cup Home Brew Contest, including the
Barry Richter and wife Joan Oremland practice in Livingston, NJ. Wife Brenda is Best of Show. His daughter is a freshman at
'73; Mark Schimelman and wife Shelley director of the pediatric endocrinology divi- U. of Texas. D. Mark Doman and wife Jane
Grumet '73; and Stuart and spouse Debo- sion at Long Island College Hospital. Daugh- Allen recently moved into one of the older

September 1991
 singer. Dr. Jeffrey Corwin (still single af-
ter all these years) is enjoying Charlottes-
ville, Va. and the U. of Virginia following his
1988 switch from the faculty of the U. of
Hawaii. He says science is going very well,
but keeps him too busy. He now serves on
the panel that decides on National Institutes
of Health grants for hearing research, includ-
ing those of former Cornell professors. (The
tables have turned!) One of the highlights of
his year was teaching with friends at Cor-
nell's Shoals Marine Lab on Appledore Is-
land, Me. Margaret "Peggy" Sipser Lei-
bowitz taught Arbitration (ILR 602) this past
spring on campus after teaching in the ILR
Extension program for the past 12 years. She
writes that Max, 5, and Tovah, 2, keep her
and husband Leonard busy. • Martha Slye
Sherman, 48 Woodstone Dr., W. Berlin, NJ
08091-1046.

^ ^ P W The Cornell connection reaches

J I Λ saround the globe and provides
m / 1 u P P o r t an< 3 friendship where we
I ^ti least expect it. Patricia Mills '86
I ^ | ^ took the time to write from Saudi

Presidential Quilts
I X Arabia to let us know what an in-
spiration Maj. P. Dan Gilbert '74 was to
her. Both graduates of Cornell's ROTC pro-
gram, they met during Operation Desert
Shield, their "Cornell roots took hold" and
uilter Lisa Turner and President Emeritus Deane W. Malott started they became instant friends. Patricia reports
collaborating on quilts in 1979, after Malott, who lives in Ithaca, con- that Dan is a very successful officer, has been
tacted the local quilter's guild for help infinishinga quilt made from chosen for some of the Army's top programs,
and played a pivotal role in the planning of
pieces of his neckties. Turner took the pieces apart and, after con- Operation Desert Storm. As a junior officer,
sidering them, went back to the source for more ties. Then, she she appreciates having "guys like Maj. Gil-
says, she made a "Log Cabin Star quilt in bright gold, blue, and bert to look up to." Thanks, Patricia, for writ-
. . Mr. Malott, as Cornell's president, had a great many red ing and congratulations on your promotion
to captain!
Mary Vane '73 reports she had a mar-
In 1988, Malott asked Turner to make the quilt shown in this velous visit with Shelley Cosgrove DeFord
photo. The ties for this one contained more muted colors, so Turner during her fall 1990 business trip to Asia.
supplemented them with pieces from a gold brocade dress and two Shelley, husband Phil, and daughters Nicole,
scarves donated to the cause by Eleanor Malott, the former presi- 4, and Katherine, 1, continue to live in Hong
Kong, where Shelley is active with the
dent's wife. Tie pieces that are embroidered with McGraw Tower are Cornell alumni group and the Alumni Admis-
visible near the center. In the border, some of the pieces contain em- sion Ambassador Network (CAAAN). Sev-
broidered Jayhawks from the University of Kansas, Malott's alma ma- eral classmates have moved recently. Rob-
ter. This quilt, titled "November Remembers," is currently owned by ert and Wendy McKee Wuest relocated
the University of Kansas museum. to Fairfax County, Va. due to Bob's transfer
to a headquarters position with Mobil Oil.
More recent quilts for the Malott family contain pieces of silk, They and their children, Jimmy, 9, Diane, 6,
cotton, and linen from Eleanor Malott's dresses. Each, says Turner, and Ellen, 1, are busy "re-networking" them-
"has served as a lesson; I have had to try new techniques and solve selves; have found the DC area a great place
to live and invite any Cornell friends who
new problems in design/' visit the capital to stop by.
Turner is a former manuscript editor for Cornell University Press Marianne Stein Kah moved from
who now mixes quilting with volunteer work and motherhood. Some Houston to Boston this year where she's
of her quilts are being shown October 5 and 6 at Ithaca High School manager of planning at Cabot Corp. and
as part of a Tompkins County Quilters Guild show. struggling to get reacclimated to New Eng-
land winters. She would like to hear from
classmates in the area. Randy and Joanne
Lian N e w m a n moved to Westminster,
houses in Utah, built by a Mormon Church Veverka, Steven Squyres '78 and Peter Mass, after 13 years in Belchertown. The
member who was excommunicated and left Thomas, PhD '78. Like most of us who 65-mile commute became too wearing.
Utah after his conviction for polygamy. Ac- have children in the preteens and teens, Joanne is busy decorating their new home.
cording to Mark, "Although it is fun to think Tony and his wife recently had to face the It's quite a change from her past job as a
of our predecessors in this house, neither fact that their daughter's new braces cost newspaper editor. Their two children are
Jane nor I are inclined to follow them." Tony more than the new car he bought in his jun- now heading into their teens and Randy re-
Delgenio was selected to be a member of ior year at Cornell. ports, "We both expect to be totally gray in
the imaging team (those people who take and William Chamberlain is currently the near future and totally broke, as both
interpret the TV pictures) for a NASA mis- working as an assistant corporation counsel children want to go to Cornell!" Bruce '70
sion to Saturn called Cassini in the year in the law department of the City of Chica- and Peggy Hart Earle purchased the old
2002! His teammates include Cornell astron- go, specializing in environmental law; this Devereux Home in Devon after a fire rav-
omers Joseph Burns, PhD '66, Joseph following four years as a professional opera ished the building. They are restoring the

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house to its original splendor while turning I report news from all over the country Gallanda Dyer, and Peter Feiden. • Mike
it into their residence. It is a massive project,
this month, starting in the New York City Tannenbaum, 18 Overbrook Dr., Kirksville,
but if all goes well, they should be relaxingarea. Bruce VanDusen is an attorney with Mo. 63501; and Karen Leung Moore, 18
there by the time this column is printed. the Wall Street firm of Hawkins, Delafield Tolland Cir., Simsbury, Conn. 06070.
Stu and Jerri Trink Hochron, Douglas, & Wood. Bruce and wife Susan Whiting
5, and Benjamin, 2, threw a farewell party celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary ^ 7 ^ \ ^ w a n t t o b e gi n m y second five-
for Emily Siegel Friedland who is moving with dinner at the Cornell Club—New York J 1 m " year term as class correspondent
with her husband Steve to Boynton Beach, with Charlie and Judy Wesalo Temel, and m y \ by welcoming two new correspon-
Fla. Cornellians present to wish them luck Nancy Barrer. Also in the Big Apple is I I I dents, Lisa Diamant and Karen
included Nancy Segal, MD, husband Rick Fran Melton-Levine, a tax accountant with I I I Krinsky Sussman. Lisa, Karen
Liebman and daughters Tracey,5, and Abby, First Manhattan. Fran and veterinarian hus- I V ^ and I will be taking turns writing
3; David '73 and Karen Farber Freedman band Marc Levine '74 are so busy with jobs this column over the next five years on a
and daughters Emily, 11, and Amanda, 7. In and keeping up with youngsters Emily and rotating basis. So send in your News & Dues
Penn Wyne, Pa., Peter Saunders enjoyed Amanda that they miss the "easy" days at forms so we can share the most up-to-date
a visit from former roommate Bruce Land- Cornell. (I think that many of us can sympa- information on all you illustrious classmates.
on, wife Atsuko and son Colin, 2, who live thize with those views.) Up the river in Cro- What was left over in my files from the last
in Anchorage, Alaska. Their third roommate, ton-on-Hudson, Neal Haber and Suzanne term is really too old to print, so we're start-
Dave Moretzsohn, who lives in the Phila- Heller-Haber (and two kids) are enjoying ing fresh. Special thanks to Martha Plass
delphia area, joined them for dinner one the change in lifestyle (they moved about a Sheehe for sharing deadlines with me over
year ago from Manhattan), and last fall en-
evening. It was the first time Bruce had seen the past five years. Martha has committed
Peter and his wife Judy since they visited joyed Cornell's defeat of Yale at New Haven herself to working on our 20th Reunion in
Anchorage in 1986 and the first time he'd with Mary Anne Germain, husband Jon 1996!
seen Dave since 1979 at Peter's wedding. Kreisberg '74 and their children. Hopefully For those of you who didn't make it back
Dick Clifford had planned to join the mini- the Big Red can repeat the victory (and many to Ithaca in June, here's a brief update on
reunion but business pulled him away at the more) at Schoellkopf this fall. In E. Mead- friends: Richard E. Neff of Rancho Palos
last minute. ow, NY Rory Sadoff is an oral surgeon at Verdes, Cal. has completed two years as a
Our Cornell family continues to grow. Nassau County Medical Center, and in southern Californian. He serves as interna-
Dennis and Julie Langley, daughter Kelly, Whitehouse Station, NJ Edward Barbieri tional counsel for Ashton-Tate Corp. and was
7, and son Jo-Jo, 4, greeted Daniel James, is a chiropractor, with special emphasis on recently elected to chair the board of the
born in late June 1990. He weighed in at ninecaring for the spinal health of the Olympic Business Software Alliance, a Washington,
pounds, eight ounces. Steve Kubisen sent equestrians who live and train nearby. Ed's DC-based organization that is dedicated to
news of his expanding family. Jean gave birthtwo daughters are state-ranked riders, and combatting software piracy and improving
we should look for them in future Olympic
to their first child, Robert, in April 1990. Dr. copyright protection around the world. He
Harvey S. Gold wrote to announce the ar- trials! Kenneth Rotner is also a physician, is running anti-piracy campaigns in Thailand,
rival of Lynn Frieda on June 18, 1990. She working in family practice in Durham, NH. Brazil and other countries.
was born four weeks early and has contin- Maureen McNamara Laraia and family are Catherine Sullivan Krope of Marble-
ued to surprise her parents by being early operating four Village Silver stores (Cam- head, Mass, practices dentistry in Swamp-
for everything. Harvey is still traveling ex-bridge Side, Mass; Princeton, NJ; Danbury, scott. John C. James has a new address in
tensively (Japan, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Conn, and near home in King of Prussia, Pa.). Nanuet, NY. Dale '75 and Yuko Yano Pa-
etc.) in support of DuPont's development of Maureen loves living in Chester County, Pa. lesch live in Hanahan, SC. Yuko is an assis-
plastic automobile gas tanks. His basic as- and writes that Patricia Gavin is alive and tant professor at the Medical U. of South
signment remains that of a traditional ana- well in Queensbury, NY. Down in Florida, Carolina in Charleston. Elaine R. Lubin of
lytical chemist, but his involvement with theBetsy Kane Hartnett and family (three chil- Arlington, Va. has her own law practice in
worldwide marketing team for "selar" gaso- dren) built their dream house on the beach. Washington, DC. William E. North is di-
line tanks is exciting. Betsy directs a large preschool in Sarasota rector of conferences at Wells College in
I've reached my favorite month of the and has discovered "that there is life beyond Aurora, NY. Joan L. McCool and Michael
year—July. My children's ages are easy to New York"—a sentiment echoed by this E. Rutter live in Buffalo, NY. Michael is a
remember, 9, 7, 5, 3. No one I'm responsi- writer. Ellen Roche, an economist with Fan- psychologist at Buffalo Psychiatric Center.
ble for has to be out of the house before 9 nie Mae in Washington, DC, lives in Po- Jeffrey and Janice Turick Morris '75 live
a.m. (I'm still not a morning person.) And tomac, Md., and Francis Vitale moved in in Silver Spring, Md.
once I finish this column, I have no immi- 1990 from Wayne, Pa. to Annapolis, Md. And Jan D. Russak married Allan Chu of
nent project deadlines. The only improve- in the nation's heartland, Steve Maish is Rockville, Md. in 1989. Allan is a U. of Penn-
ment I need is more news to report, so grab practicing law (Maish and Mysliwy) in Ham- sylvania graduate and refuses to talk to Jan
mond, Ind., where he resides with wife Mary-
a pen and jot a brief note and send it to Steve during Cornell-Penn games, claiming it
Raye, Betsy Beach or me. Thanks. • Jodi anne and children Stephanie and Suzanne. would be fraternizing with the enemy! Jan
Sielschott Stechschulte, 1200 Brittany Deep in the heart of Texas, Alan Weiss and Allan live in Martinsville, NJ. Scott A.
Lane, Columbus, Ohio 43220. is a staff programmer for Datapoint Corp., Ricketts of Neshanic, NJ is a staff manager
San Antonio. Alan and wife Kye celebrated with AT&T in Morristown.
W*W ^ ^ Karen Leung Moore received a their tenth anniversary in August 1990. Deb- As you can see, current news is sparse.
' I I beautiful birth announcement orah Schoch is a reporter with the LA Write to any of us directly and tell us about
m 1 ^ ^ from our former class president, Times and lives in Torrance, Cal., after sev- your new business ventures, family celebra-
I I George Murphy. Molly Brett eral years with the Rochester, NY Times tions, exotic and not-so-exotic travel, awards,
I I I Gui Xin Murphy entered the Union. And finally, Aline "Pixie" Ordman, promotions, and day-to-day adventures!
I V ^ world on Jan. 6, '91. Belated con- who taught art at the Academy of Arts Col- • Suzy Schwarz Quiles, 117 Blake Ct., Old
gratulations to the Murphy clan! Karen also lege in San Francisco, recently moved with Bridge, NJ 08857; also Karen Krinsky Suss-
enclosed several clippings from Buffalo and husband Joe Rosen '74 and children Max man, 29 Margaret Ct., Great Neck, NY
Ithaca newspapers detailing the awarding in and Samantha back East to cold winters in 11024; and Lisa Diamant, 31 Ingleside Rd.,
March of a Purple Heart to US Army Maj. Hanover, NH. Lexington, Mass. 02173.
Rhonda Scott Cornum, a flight surgeon who Again, thanks to the following class-
was aboard a helicopter shot down during mates who have supported the class via their ^ n ^^f Regretably, I have little news to
the Gulf War. Cornum, who had suffered se- dues: Richard Adie, Ronni Stein Arnold, f I f I report this month, though you
vere injuries in the crash, remained a POW Sandra Belsky Auerbach, Nancy Natali m m should expect more later in the
for about a week before being freed at war's Baranay, Richard Berlay, Peter Bye, 1 f fall, as our annual News & Dues
end. Please continue to send all such news Irene Chang, Fran Rosenberg Cogen, I I forms are dispatched to you. The
items to Karen for distribution to the team William Crowell, Michael Dimattia, • • little material I have is dated, and
of class correspondents. Michel Ducamp, Dexter and Roxanne comes from those of you disinclined (or per-

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haps too busy) to fill out more than the first man, who is a chemist at Miller Brewing in Lakeland, Fla. Kenneth Siegel is an in-
few lines of the 1990 News & Dues forms. Co. in Fulton. Diane Freedman is an as- vestment banker with Wertheim Schroder
The New York City metropolitan area sistant professor of English at Skidmore in in NYC; he spent a year on assignment in
still appears to be home for a large number Saratoga Springs, and Caren Cirona Baldi- London and still spends lots of time working
of our classmates. Jan Rock Zubrow is with ni is a homemaker in, yes, Ithaca. In Rhode in Europe on international mergers and ac-
Cambridge Management Corp., a venture Island, C. R. "Corky" Lavallee is a senior quisitions. Also in the banking business,
capital firm in Manhattan. Also working in consultant with KPMG Peat Marwick, and Robert Trisciuzzi writes that he has been
Manhattan are Sheryl Checkman, a graph- his wife Donna (Fulkerson) is a nutrition working on getting a new subsidiary started
ic designer for Burson-Marsteller; David coordinator with New Visions of Newport for the Bank of Tokyo. He is the vice presi-
Barr is the controller of Tommy Boy Mu- County. David Deklewa is a general con- dent and deputy manager of the new corpo-
sic Inc.; and William Waller is a banker with tractor with John Deklewa & Sons in Bridge- ration. He and wife Patricia have a daugh-
BAII Banking Corp. Cindy (Rosenthal) ville, Pa., and John Gammel is an engineer ter, Liana. George Cornell has started a
Heller is a school administrator with United with AT&T in Reading. Michael Thomp- new job with the Maple Leaf Mills Flour Ltd.,
Cerebral Palsy of Queens, in Jamaica. North son is director of purchasing with Mc- Canada's largest flour miller. He is the di-
of the city are Regina Kelly Rice, a mar- Donald's Corp. in Oak Brook, 111. Jeffrey rector of commodity trading and purchasing.
keting communications consultant who lives Peterson is a department manager with Joyce Chiu is a a chemical engineer
in Croton-on-Hudson; Mary Paul, a graph- American Cyanamid in Willow Island, W.Va. based in Massachusetts working for James
ic artist with GE Capital in Stamford, Conn.; and in St. Louis, Mo., Richard Pershall is River Graphics Inc. She attended Cornell's
Susan Wolcott Stuart, a homemaker in Fair- with the engineering/architectural firm of Volunteer Leadership Conference last year
field, Conn.; and Peter Lloyd, a logistics Foth & Van Dyke. Finally, working for Pari- in New Hampshire. Along with 60 other
manager with Kraft General Foods Interna- bas in London is David Brunner. alumni, she heard about the university's pro-
tional in White Plains. Working in New Jer- A reminder: Homecoming is on Sat., grams in alumni affairs, recruiting, develop-
sey are Michael Kogen, who is with the Oct. 19, in Ithaca. Until next time, be well. ment and the Isle of Shoal's marine labora-
Tamcrest Country Club in Alpine; Joan • Gilles Sion, 515 E. 79th St., Apt. 22E, tory. Michael Rogers is a clinical social
Pope Kokoska, who is a consultant based in NYC 10021. work manager for the Stanford Home for
Washington Township; and John Kalpin, the Children; his wife, Pamela Marrone, is
president of General Foundry of Flagtown. This month's column will start off president of Ento-tech, a biotechnology com-
Living in Dix Hills, Long Island is Cara Leb- with some birth announcements pany. They are living in Davis, Cal.
owitz Kagan. from our classmates. Steve Zinn That's all for now. Keep those cards and
Closer to Ithaca are Emy Lore Schob- and wife Catherine welcomed letters coming! • Pepi F. Leids, 7021 Boot
loch Franz, who is a family court hearing Anne Theresa into the world on Jack Rd., Bath, NY 14810; Henry E. Far-
examiner in the NY State Family Court for December 3. Steve is an assistant ber, 6435 289th Ave. SE, Issaquah, Wash.
Tioga County, in Owego, and Gary Buer- professor in animal science at the U. of Con- 98027; Angela DeSilva DeRosa, 12550
necticut and Catherine is a veterinarian. Su- Piping Rock No. 28, Houston, Texas 77077;
san Maze-Rothstein and husband Steven Andre Martecchini, 17 Severna Ave.,
had a baby boy, Isaac, on November 2. Wed- Springfield, NJ 07081; Sharon Palatnik, 145
Walter C. Scott ding bells rang for Peggy Koenig and Dav- 4th Ave., Apt. 5N, NYC 10003.
'74 MPS '83 id Graves. Peggy is a vice president of the
Sillerman Companies, a merchant bank in ^ ^ ^ \ Save the date: International Spir-
New York City; David works for Westing- f # 1 I it of Zinck's Night is Oct. 24, '91!
house Broadcasting Co., also in NYC. Belin- m WJk Melodie Domurad was recently
da Ward, a television writer, married Frank • ^rm named the business manager of
Kirby in Stamford, Conn, last summer. I I I the Center for the Study of Nu-
• Employe* Douglas Johnson is an attorney for a I ^J trition and Medicine at New Eng-
• Personal very large law firm in New Jersey. His wife, land Deaconess Hospital. Navy Lt. Cdr. Dav-
Ann (Hamilton) '78, works as a supervi- id Johnston graduated from the US Naval
sor for a pediatric nursing agency. They have War College in Newport, RI in March and
children Kelsey and Sam. Mark Rouleau received a Navy commendation medal for
graduated from Loyola Law School in May. dynamic leadership directly contributing to
He also works for Associated Hosts Inc., high retention and advancement rates for his
which operates Bombay Bicycle Club Res- detachments.
taurants around the country. The medical We have lots of classmates outside the
All the cost saving benefits profession continues to be well represented US. Kay Stone writes that she is living in
of cogeneration without by the Class of 1978. Charles "Randy" Rob- Germany for at least a year. Right now she's
inson is a board certified ophthalmologist in learning the language and when it improves
capital investment private practice in Bristol, Conn. Jay Stark sufficiently she plans to look for a job. She's
is also in private practice; he specializes in moving frequently, so friends can write to
family practice in Chittenango, NY. Mitch- her mother's address; 5 Evergreen Cir., Cin-
O'Brien Energy develops, owns and ell Rivitz is a radiology resident at Massa- cinnati, Ohio 45215. Catherine Waung
operates 1 megawatt to 200 megawatt chusetts General Hospital. Dena Seifer Cheung is a self-employed marketing con-
Friedman is a psychiatrist doing consulting sultant in Hong Kong where her life is
power projects that provide substantial work, and husband Alan is in private prac- blessed with daughters Stefani, 4, and Liana,
electric and thermal energy savings tice in Princeton, NJ, specializing in obstet- 1. Celebrating her seventh year in Hong
rics/gynecology. Dena and Alan have daugh- Kong, Iris Finkelstein Stoner is excited
under guaranteed long-term contract. ter Jennifer, 2. Hector Lanauze is a physi- about achieving permanent resident status.
cian/surgeon practicing in Puerto Rico. He She writes that spending all these years in
If your business is energy intensive, Asia hadn't been the plan when going to
is also active in the Cornell Club of Puerto
call us for a free feasibility analysis. Rico, which boasts over 200 members. China in 1981, but that the region seems to
S. Whitman McLamore operates have that affect on people. Iris's pre-school
three Burger King restaurants and is based daughter, Erin, shocks and charms the Chi-
in Tampa, Fla. He is also very involved with nese when she starts chattering in perfect
sport aviation. Whitman got his pilot's license Cantonese. Iris is a self-employed journalist
O'BRIEN ENERGY SYSTEMS in Stoner Editorial Services. Stuart "Tom"
while he was a student and is currently pres-
An American Stock Exchange Company ident of the local chapter of the Experimen- Cain served in the Peace Corps for two
215-627-5500 tal Aircraft Assn.; he was also the airshow years after graduation, then traveled for five
coordinator for the Sun-n-Fun EAA Fly-In months, visiting Israel, France, Belgium, and

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 Ireland. He then obtained his MS in electri- at least all the class news had been in one projects for RJR Nabisco. Kauffeld had joined
cal engineering from Notre Dame and place. I uncovered a few birth notices from Booz Allen in 1985 after three years as gen-
worked for Delco in Kokomo, Ind. and South- some of our more efficient and organized eral supervisor of scheduling for Allegheny
west Research in San Antonio. In 1988 Tom classmates. Former Daily Sun Sports Editor Ludlum Steel Corp. He and wife Anita
returned to Africa and taught in a mission Esther Elkin Mildner wrote in June to an- planned to move from Solon, Ohio, to Win-
school in the small town of Maralal, Kenya. nounce the birth of her second girl. Caroline ston-Salem, NC to take the job. RJ. Rey-
This year he's teaching in Nairobi. Henry "Carrie" Lisa joined 2-1/2-year-old sister nolds manufactures and markets one of ev-
Schiemann, who makes his home in Swit- Alana. Mark and Esther send their announce- ery three cigarettes sold in the US.
zerland where he is a field application engi- ment on a fancy pink, white, and silver card Elsewhere in North Carolina, David T.
neer with Industrade AG, was elected to the decorated with a carousel horse and ribbon. Ivin has joined Ryland Homes as vice pres-
University Council for 1990-94. I'm ahead of you, though, Esther. My wife is ident and division manager of the company's
Back in the US, Sherry MacWilliam working on Number Three. This one sent Charleston division. He previously worked
Read decided to give up private consulting my wife to the hospital for bed rest—it has for Ryan Homes (since 1984). He studied
for a slot as corporate quality statistician for to be a boy. civil engineering at Cornell. Ryland, the
Hercules, a chemical company in Wilming- Speaking of boys, I'm embarrassed to homebuilding arm of The Ryland Group Inc.
ton, Del. Ever the eager traveler, she visit- say I unearthed an old, yet equally creative, has built more than 90,000 homes since it
ed Korea for two weeks last summer and birth announcement. I fear I never reported was founded in 1967. • Jon Gibbs Craig,
reports that the nickname "The Asian Mira- the birth of Andrew Joseph Rapp (Cornell 213 Wellesley Rd., Syracuse, NY 13207;
cle" fits; it is surprising how highly devel- 2012). Classmate Jeff Rapp and wife Anne Pam Simons, 213 Elm St., Albany, NY
oped the Koreans are and how few Western used an illustration of an old-fashioned base- 12202; Jill Abrams Klein, 12208 Devilwood
tourists get to see it. Bjarne Mikkelsen ball player to reveal the arrival of their new- Dr., Potomac, Md. 20854.
established his own cruise wholesale busi- est team member. Coincidentally, baby An-
ness in New York City a year ago, specializ- drew Rapp's first birthday was on the birth- ^ \ I Greetings from Boston! I am de-
ing in European tours. He writes that while ing day of Esther's daughter Carrie—March II A lighted to be a new class corre-
he has had not time for marriage, children 27, '91. \f I spondent. For those of you who
or exotic vacations, he has been told that Class of '49 correspondent Dick Kee- y\ I don't know me, I was a student in
these will all happen after he's made his first gan sent us some news and expressed some I I I Arts. During four wonderful years
million dollars. envy at our class's ability to maintain three ^ ^ M. at Cornell, I was a Kappa Delta
Ronda Pearlstein Fein is working as correspondents to share the news load. "I and worked at the Sibley Fine Arts Library,
a clinical psychologist in private practice and would like to know how you people 'conned' the Straight Desk, and in U-Hall 1 as an RA.
consults for a preschool program for handi- your class into three correspondents," Kee- These days, I'm a real estate manager for
capped children. She enjoys living in Upstate gan wrote. "Obviously, we older classes are The Beacon Companies in Boston's finan-
NY near Saratoga Springs with husband Lar- dumber or meaner." Actually, Keegan is cial district. In 1989,1 married Henry "Kip"
ry and children Jonathan, 5, and Casey, 3. shrewder than he thinks. By sending all LaShoto (Holy Cross '81), a chiropractic phy-
Robert Bianchi married Linda Schreiner in three of us carbon copies of his news, he's sician. I so look forward to the next five years
April 1989 and is now the vice president of bound to get the item in two—and possibly of reporting weddings, births, promotions,
sales and marketing for Chapman Instru- three—issues. That's because, as organized career changes and other thirtysomething
ments Inc. a start-up firm in Rochester, NY as we are, the two-month advance deadlines happenings!
which manufactures a system using lasers can foul us up. This column will be in the Reunion was just spectacular. The June
to measure surface roughness. David Kru- mail about the time Jill Abrams Klein or weather in Ithaca was superb, and the many
lee is finishing his service obligation as a Pam Simons is writing her next column. events fun-filled. It was great to see so many
staff psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Med- Dick's son, Stephen J. "Keegs" Kee- happy faces. Celebrants came long distanc-
ical Center but is eager to start a child psy- gan was married to Anna Gebelein, a Mid- es to join in our 10th festivities. Leslie Wat-
chiatry fellowship at the Inst. of Living in dlebury grad, on June 8, '91 in Grafton, Mass. son, my Cornell roomie for three years, trav-
Hartford. He reports that he's meeting oth- They plan to live in Danbury, Conn., where eled all the way from London, where she is
er Cornellians training at Walter Reed but Steve is a software design engineer for Per- a vice president for Manufacturer's Hanover.
they're from classes too young to mention. kin-Elmer Corp. The bridal party left the Ed Dean and wife Loretta came from Los
Pam Rappleyea Vredenburgh writes church on an old hay wagon decorated with Angeles where Ed is an emergency room
that when her sons Jacob, 4-1/2, and Zachary, Cornell banners, Magic Mountain signs physician. Also in from California were Andy
3, aren't keeping her busy she's the program (where they had met as ski instructors) and Malcolm and his wife. Andy is an engineer
coordinator for the children and youth mo- an engineer-written sign that proclaimed for Sutter Home Winery. John Hartman
bile mental health team at the Binghamton them to be "recently interfaced." The and wife Marybeth flew in from Atlanta,
Psychiatric Center. This unit does mental Cornell Lambda Chi Alpha contingent was where he works for Cox Cable Communica-
health consultation for various agencies in led by best man Brian "Rod" Rooney and tions and she is a director of nursing. Angie
four counties in the Binghamton, NY area. ushers Bill "Staz" Stasiuk, Joe Kane '79, Duke came from Seattle, while Janice Ker-
Laura "Jens" Jensen Bishop and husband Rick Meigs, and Mark "Mef" Fernau '81. zner Tillo journeyed from Florida.
Tom '78 love Austin, Texas, their home of Adding further Big Red support were Mel- Bostonians at our 10th included: Cathy
three years. Jens is a homemaker enjoying issa Fernau '83, Dr. Pam Lein-Meigs '81, Cosentini, Rich Caplow, Karen Levine,
her children more than ever; they're Jessi- Mike Lennon '81, Dick and Joan Noden Anita Lichtblau and husband Rick Brunell,
ca, 9-1/2, Katy, 7-1/2, and JJ Qoseph Jensen), Keegan '50, Carl Schwarzer '49, Walt Mona Wetter Dolgov, Barbara Amosca-
3-1/2. Laura and Tom miss Cornell and hope Peek '49, E.T. '48 and Charlotte Smith to Sabaitis, Pam Carney Bates, and Chris
to make it to our next Reunion. D Linda Moore '48, Doug Noden '53 and Thomas Crehan, to name but a few.
Rust, 1617 E. River Terr., Minneapolis, "Tim" Pierie '64. Seen twisting and shouting at the Rock
Minn. 55414; Elizabeth Rakov Igleheart, Dick Keegan ended his note by saying, 'n' Roll tent party on the Arts Quad were
4811 Mill Creek PL, Dallas, Texas 75244; "The peaceful New England calm rocked to Joann Minsker, Steve Ritchey, Ruthie
Mary Maxon Grainger, 12 Highgate Cir., lusty Cornell singing and "Staz" Stasiuk's Wimsatt Kwiecinski, Joe Long, Tom
Ithaca, NY 14850. electric guitar until the wee hours, when the Foster, Don O'Connor, Karen Osofsky,
newlyweds headed off to Spain and Portugal Don and Tina Carlson Ross, Carol
Amazingly enough, I found all the for their honeymoon." Bowler, Pui Shan Ng, Jim Draddy, Tom
tidbits of news—and more—bur- No joke. Richard W. Kauffeld Jr. has Dziedzic, Raeph Chierchio, John Alt-
ied in boxes in my basement to- moved from booz to smoke. Kauffeld has meyer, and Amy Babat.
night. They've been there, "tem- joined RJ. Reynolds as vice president of busi- Many Reunioners are now proud par-
porarily," as I built a deck and ness planning. He was previously a principal ents. Laura Weiss Heil and husband Steve,
prepared to renovate my kitchen of the international management consulting MBA ' 8 2 , are parents of lovely daughters
(that part is years away). The project is cen- firm of Booz Allen & Hamilton. He spent Megan, Jennifer and Kimberly. They live in
tered on my former study. It was messy, but much of the past 3-1/2 years working on Princeton, NJ, where Tom and Monique

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 C L A S S NOTES

Van Perlstein Stadulis and their two boys

also reside. Jeff Cassidy and wife Ginny
recently moved to New Jersey with their
sons Dillon and Brett. Carolyn Koplinka
Peterson and husband David also have sons
Elissa
Ford and Michael, and they live in Richmond, Wolfson
Va. T o m and Wendy Kibrick Frank live
in Cleveland with son Jake. Tom is now an '81
ob/gyn doctor, and had all of us future moms
asking about childbirth! Bob and Lisa Nils-
son Gabler just moved to Los Angeles with
their new daughter. S t e v e Nelson and wife
Liz have two children and live in Florida,
where Steve is a minister. Roni Kasten
Fishkin, one of our terrific Reunion chairs,
and husband Glenn have two boys and live
in New York City.
Newly elected Class Council members,
who will be helping to coordinate regional
events, include P e g O'Sullivan Conway,
Cathy Cosentini, Scott Craver, Dori Tre-
gurtha Croskey, Laura Dake, Frederic
deWolf, Mitchell Dorf, Jeff and Kathleen
Golden Dussault, and T o m Dyevich.
We love to receive mail, especially
Cornell info. Please send news and an-
nouncements, so that we may pass on your
good news to all your '81 friends. Enjoy the
remaining days of summer! • Kathy Phil-
bin LaShoto, 114 Harrington Rd., Waltham,
Mass. 02154; Robin Rosenberg, 145 W.
E is for Environment
67th St., Apt. 11A, NYC 10023; and Jennifer
Read Campbell, 103 Crescent Rd., Glaston-
bury, Conn. 06033. anaging Editor Elissa Wolfson was in at the birth—twenty

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months and ten issues ago—of E, a nonprofit environmental
Jeff Raff, Jim Jermanok and
Bob Hollander were a few of our
magazine based in Norwalk, Connecticut. Circulation rose dra-
classmates at the 125th Anniver- matically in E's first year, and stood at about 80,000 this past
sary Celebration party in New August. There have been awards for design and content. Times
York City in April. Bob is won- are tough in publishing, as in other parts of the economy, but Wolfson
dering over the whereabouts of reports that revenues from advertisers (only those deemed ecologi-
Jeff Hare, Ned Bent '81, Brian Davis and
Rick Bottcher (who still owes him from Bob cally sound) are holding steady. She's confident the bi-monthly maga-
Adler's wedding.) Bob lives in Madison, NJ zine, in which the staff tries to cover as many environmental issues
and works for Falcon Jet Corp. in Paramus, NJ. as possible and "keep it as simple and nontechnical as possible," is
Brian and Barbara Daniels Davis have surviving.
a daughter Kathryn Anne, born May 5, '90, sur-
prising the Davis's by arriving five weeks ear- Wolfson is shown in the photo with the evergreen tree E's edito-
ly. Barbara says, "Of course, she's gorgeous." rial staff planted when the first issue appeared in January 1990. (Though
Mom and dad are both attorneys and live in E is printed mostly pn recycled paper, they plant a tree for each is-
Walpole, Mass., just ten minutes from college sue, symbolically, at least, helping to "make up for the paper we use,"
roommate Anita DeFanti Sadek, who is a
nurse in Boston. Jonathan and Donna Jung
she says.)
Parkinson are the proud parents of a little girl, After graduating from the Ag College, Wolfson worked as an en-
Kaia, born Sept. 2, '90. The Parkinsons reside vironmental educator/naturalist for a number of organizations, mostly
in Chapel Hill, NC. in the New York City area. She wrote articles for publication on eco-
Helen Nuffort Saunders '31, fellow class
correspondent whose father was Class of '00
logical subjects, earned a master's degree from the New Jersey School
(as in 1900!), sent news from the Maplewood/ of Conservation, part of Montclair State College, and came to E from
S. Orange (NJ) local paper that John Bradley a post as assistant guide at the Audubon Expedition Institute, which
'82, MBA '83 came in first in the voting for she describes as "a traveling environmental college program giving
board of education membership. John, his wife its students first-hand knowledge of issues and ecosystems across
and two daughters have lived in Maplewood (my
home town) for the past five years. He is active the country." Her decision to join the Publisher Doug Moss in start-
in numerous community organizations and is a ing up E magazine seems, well, natural.
vice president (human resources) at J.P. Mor-
gan in New York City.
Continuing in the "it's a small world" with and influential in the music industry and 25 Mist Hill Dr., Brookfield, Conn. 06804.
category, Jonathan Kanders was a house- hopes they might be willing to chat with him.
mate of mine in the Hamptons this past sum- Cyrus can be reached at (212) 861-8618. Ahhh, S e p t e m b e r . It used to
mer. A classics major, Jonathan got his MBA Don't forget International Spirit of mean Orientation Week, compar-
from New York U. and now trades in the Zinck's Night 1991 on Thurs., Oct. 24 in cit- i n β tan lines, and giving freshmen
market for himself. ies across the United States and around the the wrong directions to any-
Cyrus Copeland, MBA '90 a "brash world. Sorry so short. This is a plea for where. Years later, there seems
young graduate alumnus" is looking for ad- news! • Nina M. Kondo, 323 W. 82nd St., to be a whole new meaning to the
vice from classmates who might be involved 4A NYC 10024, Nancy K. Rudgers (Boyle), words "Labor Day." Some classmates expe-

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 rienced a special kind of labor . . . Congrats dance. Katie and Eric are settling down in dletown to Chestnut Ridge, NY goes Joanne
to Steven and Laura Bellamy Fitzpatrick, Anchorage where they're opening a law P. Kennedy, a technical representative for
parents of a boy, Connor, born in December firm." Stepan Co. Joanne recently got together with
1990. Laura writes, "He is a bouncing blue- Sorry some of last year's news didn't Anita Lawrence Ferro and husband John
eyed blondie. We recently moved to Chap- make it in. If we get more subscribers, we in Hyattsville, Md. Elizabeth M. Schafer
paqua, NY to be close to his Cornellian grand- get more space. • Caroleen L. Vaughan, moved from San Francisco to Washington,
parents. Steve is with Morgan Stanley and I PO Box R-256, Radnor, Pa. 19087; Michele DC. She is a sales manager with Four Sea-
am returning to Lever Brothers." Brad and Silverman Krantz, 181119th St. NW, Wash- sons Hotels. Bill E. Gossman, an engineer
Dina Wolfman Baker are also parents of a ington, DC 20009. working with Noise Cancellation Technolo-
boy, Isaac, born in April 1991. The Bakers gies Inc., moved from Westerloo, NY to Sil-
are both entrepreneurs. Dina is president of Fall is rapidly approaching, and ver Spring, Md. Bill and Scott Miller '83
the Delaware Valley (Phila.) Chapter of the along with the color changes of have gotten together.
Society for Technical Communication. the leaves and a slight change in Elizabeth Suarez has graduated from
Others made it "down the aisle": Jan temperature, there is also a Wharton Business School and will be set-
Held married Mark Woodworth in May 1990 change in fashion. If you want to tling in Blue Bell, Pa. Elizabeth is a senior
in Binghamton, and they are living in Hom- lead the field and put your best market analyst with Cigna, P & C Co. Deb-
er, NY. Two Cornell sweethearts, Michael foot forward, I hope you all read the item in bi E. Rosenband, a fourth-year associate
Sedayao, MEng '84 and Norine Ng, finally the May issue about Vanessa Noel Ginley's with Seamons Cherin and Mellott in labor
said "I do"! Michael writes, "We were mar- Shoe Salon on E. 66th Street in Manhattan, and employment law, has left Pittsburgh for
ried in October 1990 in Mountain View, Cal. where you will be treated like royalty and Reading, Pa. Last year she and Arlene
and honeymooned in Florida and the Carib- will look like royalty in her shoes. Bluth, Andy Lelio and Brian Collins were
bean. Quite a few Cornellians were in atten- Vanessa, do you make shoes for chil- together celebrating Sue Cohn Senowitz's
dance: James "Andy" Sosa and wife Lor- dren too? If so, David Venetianer and wife wedding. Also in Pittsburgh is Michelle I.
raine "Dee" Longfellow; Joanne Poggi Susan might be in with their first child, Rossi, a physician completing her residency
Quirk; Luke '84 and Dr. Kim Mallinson Megan Elizabeth, born July 5, '90. A mail in internal medicine at the U. of Pittsburgh.
Lester, DVM '87 (bridesmaid); James service might be convenient for Jeanine Michelle visited Andy Baxevanis in Balti-
"Andy" Comly, Warren Wade; Matthew Thomas Riband and husband Herb, who more. Andy is completing his PhD in bio-
Palumbo; Joseph Wyan, MEng '84 and have relocated to Madrid, Spain, Jeanine with chemistry at Johns Hopkins U. Michelle
wife Jennifer Rosato; Steve Beede; and Procter and Gamble, and Herb with Ernst drove and "hiked around" the Southwest
Danaya Wright. I am an applications engi- and Young Asesores, SA. You can write Jea- with Leslie Chun '83, also attended the
neer for Elantec in Milpitas, Cal. and Norine nine c/o P & G Espana, SA; Departmento wedding of Fred Cohen '81 in Brooklyn,
is a vice president for Silicon Valley Bank in de Publicidad Jose Lazaro Galdiano, 6, 28036 NY.
Palo Alto." Madrid, Spain. Lisa Batter O'Rourke and Laurie Sheffield lives in Cambridge,
In wrapping up last year's news, the doc- husband John have relocated to London, Eng- Mass, and Andrea Homolac Adams lives
tor- and health-care-types were busy heal- land, with their respective firms, Bankers right down the block. Laurie and fiance
ing and teaching . . . Dr. Jordan Kassoff is Trust and Goldman Sachs. They have done Jonathan Austin visited Jonathan's family in
a physician and he lives with wife Leona some traveling while in Europe, visiting England during the holiday season. Jeff Ro-
Pillsbury in Albany. He writes, "Dr. James France, Ireland, and the Canary Islands off sen recently moved to East Falmouth, Mass.,
Lenhard is finishing his residency in inter- the coast of Africa. Other classmates outside after trading in his career as an ice cream
nal medicine and will be starting a three-year the continental US are Jose R. Souza and salesman for one with Macintosh Comput-
endocrine fellowship at Harvard. He spends wife Moreira in Salvador-Ba-Brazil, John R. ers at the New Alchemy Inst. Making the
his free time hunting and doing needlepoint. Toohey in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. John is ice cream rounds with Jeff were classmates
His Cornell friends should please look him a meteorologist/forecaster for the National John Rotondi and Frank Campagna.
up." Dr. Steven Neuberg is a professor in Weather Service Forecast office, San Juan. Thomas Hall graduated from Annapo-
psychology at Arizona State U. in Tempe. Neil and Beth Goldstein Weissman '85, lis in 1988, received his MBA from George-
Penny Nemzer is busy caring for four- and Alan Baren have visited John. town in 1990 and is now an advertising as-
legged patients at the Scarsdale Animal Hos- Here's a big move! Moving from Bridge- sociate with Procter and Gamble in Wyo-
pital. water to Clifton, NJ is Theodore "Ted" J. ming, Ohio. From Ohio we go to Paw Paw,
Dr. Joy Gaylinn Reidenberg is a sci- Kalinka. Ted is another classmate turned Mich., where Janna G. Weil lives but
entist and instructor of anatomy at the Mt. entrepreneur. His new company, Advantage doesn't spend much time—her career as an
Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Personnel of Paramus, NJ is a temporary and electrical engineer has taken her to Japan,
Joy writes, "We have a new boss, our daugh- permanent personnel service. Ted welcomes Thailand, Hong Kong and Mt. Fuji. In the
ter Danielle, born in February 1990. Hus- all Cornellians considering career changes in states Janna visited with Corinna Cook
band Bruce '81 is an infectious disease fel- the engineering, financial, and office manage- Huffaker in Seattle, Wash.
low in pediatrics at Mt. Sinai. We three com- ment fields to give him a call. I'm presently in transit (again) if you
mute together now (Danielle's day care is at Back to relocation: Robert J. Altman need to contact me please contact my co-
Mt. Sinai). In other news, Cindy Goldberg and wife Yvonne Brouard '83 have moved correspondent instead. • Tim Becker, in
married Dr. Jay Fine in April 1990." Dr. from Pittsburgh, Pa. to San Francisco. After transit; and Lisa Starsky Bronstein, 77 Hav-
Martha Leslie Harwit is a senior resident graduating from the U. of Pittsburgh, Rob- erford Ct., Somerville, NJ 08876.
in internal medicine at Stanford U. Hospital. ert and Yvonne are fulfilling residency re-
She and husband Alex '82 live in Palo Alto. sponsibilities in SF, Rob in OB/GYN and Even though I've been out of
Dr. Daniel Carlucci is in a cardiology Yvonne in pediatrics. Relocating from Keans- school for three years now, the
fellowship at the U. of Massachusetts Medi- burg, NJ to Los Angeles is Karry P. Kela- onset of fall still makes me wist-
cal Center in Worcester. Celia Mann is a her, pursuing a career as a writer. Moving ful for the days when September
medical student at the SUNY, Stony Brook from LA to Playa Del Rey, Cal. is Man M. signaled the beginning of anoth-
School of Medicine. Janet Margolis com- Bui. Man's direct supervisor is John Spiv- er s e m e s t e r at our dear alma
pleted her master of social work program at ack '58, marketing branch manager for IBM mater. Some of our classmates don't have
Hunter College and is working at Lenox Hill in LA; Man is a marketing representative. to engage in this kind of nostalgia, however,
Hospital's AIDS program. Marty Heslin is Noreen A. Pazderski, DVM '87 because even as we speak they are heading
doing cancer research at Memorial Sloan moved from N. Tonawanda, NY to Amherst. off to class at Cornell. Jacqueline Toribio,
Kettering Cancer Center in NYC. He writes, She is a small animal vet. Moving from Es- who received an MA in cognitive science at
"I took a recent trip to Miami and stayed sex Junction, Vt. to Wappingers, NY is Ali- Brandeis and then conducted linguistics re-
with Dr. John Schor. He and his wife are son Clark Levy, husband Max and sons Max search at Penn State, is now pursuing a PhD
doing well with the new baby. In wedding Buchanan and Alexander Julian. Max is em- in linguistics at Cornell. Iskah Singh has
news, Katie Keib married Eric Johnson in ployed with IBM in Fishkill, NY while Ali- also returned to the Big Red, this time as a
June 1990, with Steve Ciabattoni in atten- son works as a full-time mother. From Mid- first-year student in the Law School. Across

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campus at the Johnson School, Michael study anthropology at the U. of Arizona, and san Lowum, who works for General Mills
Stahlkrantz is beginning his second year for classmates who are toiling ably on the in Minneapolis.
of business study and trying not to be too seemingly endless road to a graduate degree: Send news of your latest lives, loves,
distracted by the charms of his wife, Jen- Kristi Swope, at the U. of Minnesota; Mary travels and summer vacations to your class
nifer Moore '86, and 3-year-old son An- Jones, at Washington U.; Jeffrey Horn, at correspondents. • Michael Berkwits, 630
drew. Eugene Casey is also at the Johnson Illinois; Victor Wang, at Wisconsin; Kevin 2nd St., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48103; also Karen
School, fresh from a summer marketing job Miller, at Cambridge U.; Wendy Peiffer, Dillon, 23 Virginia Rd., Reading, Mass.
with Procter & Gamble. at Michigan State; Pamela Bliok, at Hof- 01867.
Other classmates who are also enjoying stra; Sara Poor, at Duke; Carol Hubbard,
the pleasures of financial accounting, statis- at the U. of North Carolina; and Mark Al- ^ \ WTf I received a note in camouflage
tics, and other subjects from which I fled at fenito and Kim Wagner, at Harvard. Hang I f f / (really) from Lt. Dan Meyer a
the speed of light include, at Wharton, Bruce in there, everyone—you can do it! • Risa \f m few months ago; he reported that
Gretz, David Bonalle, and Jonathan Mish, 630 1st Ave., #5H, NYC 10016-3785. y \ • both he and Mike Moore were
Teplitz (who reports that Philly "leaves a I J I planning to say goodbye to the
bit to be desired" but that he "still gets a Andrew Greenberg, a student ^ ^ I Navy this summer. Dan hoped to
chance to play social representative"); Ger- doing something somewhere (he spend some time traveling the US after see-
ald Davis, at Columbia, who just wed Deb- wouldn't—or couldn't—say) ing quite a bit of Europe and the Middle East
orah Goodman in Montreal (send details!); writes with other assorted fac- these last few years. He also wrote of class-
Carlos Martinez, at U. of California, Berke- toids: Eric Margolis is a police mate Kevin Smith, who sells commercial
ley, who wants to know if anyone remem- officer specializing in drug-relat- real estate in Cleveland.
bers the "Benyenuto Sanchez Memorial Eat- ed crimes in Syracuse; Sang-Mo Kang is First Lt. Cynthia Roberts Dubots and
ing Club" (if you do, write him at 5499 Clare- doing AIDS research at the National Insti- classmate Tom were married in June 1990
mont Ave. #31, Oakland, Cal.); Jeanne Var- tutes for Health (NIH); and Jeffrey Frankel and spent much of their first year of mar-
ney, who left the hotel industry for an edu- is an assistant producer with an underground riage in the Persian Gulf with the Army's
cation in marketing at George Washington independent movie producer in Hollywood. 101st Airborne Division. Cynthia was quot-
IL; and Robert Ashcraft, PhD '71 and In money matters, Tamara Durdan ed last February in a New York Times arti-
Beth Benjamin at Stanford. Podolny is an economics analyst in the Bos- cle about the differences between Vietnam
Our back-to-school group also includes ton area; Robert Hagedoorn is an econo- and the Gulf War. Lesli Brickman and Karl
classmates immersed in the study of law and metrician for the NY State budget depart- Vohwinkel, pastry chef and graduate of the
medicine. The future barristers include Lau- ment, and Turhan Saleh is an economist Culinary Inst. of America, were also married
rie Strauch Dix at Boston College, who for UNICEF in Rome, Italy. last June. They have since settled near Mi-
belatedly notes that she wed husband Wayne If chocolate is your thing, talk to Abi- ami in North Bay Village, Fla., and Lesli
two years ago this month, and Joselina gail Hohner, who's not only a research and writes that she would love to hear from any
Medrano, in San Diego. Our future healers development engineer for M&M/Mars in Cornell alumni.
include Shirley Fox, at the U. of Minnesota New Jersey but also has interesting friends. Jackie Baron and Patrick Hasson
medical school, who lived in Scotland but She writes: "Eileen Tsai ("E.T.") is work- (MS '87) were married last September. Jack-
"decided to return to the world of sleepless ing for Citibank in Hong Kong installing ie wrote that they honeymooned by sailing
nights and poverty . . .", and Avner Leon, ATM machines throughout Asia. My other off the coast of Maine and this spring took a
who served in the Israeli Army for 2-1/2 senior year roomie, Judi Thomas Merrifield, scuba diving class where they met classmate,
years as a tank commander before entering is working in Indonesia documenting lan- Cathy Green. Jackie is working part time
the Ben Gurion U. of the Negev Medical guages that have no writing system. Michal and taking classes part time at the U. of
School. As his mother wrote, "Not at all what Amir is in her second year at Columbia Maryland. She and Patrick live in Arlington,
you might expect of a philosophy major!" medical school. And I am still working for Va. After their October 1990 wedding,
Speaking of changed expectations, Joe M&M/Mars doing process development, and Joshua Friedlander and Heidi Seibert '89
La Villa wrote that after successfully de- some days I find myself going home covered settled in Toluca Lake, Cal. Joshua is a hu-
fending his PhD dissertation in chemistry at in chocolate." Sounds like a new taste sen- man resources specialist with Exxon in
the U. of Rochester, he decided he'd rather sation to me. southern California. Classmates at the wed-
cook mesquite than molecules. Joe has offi- Lest you think our class is working on ding were groomsman Jeff Handelman, and
cially exchanged his lab coat for an apron and an unhealthy diet, we have all the other food Karen Petrus-Astarita. Alejandro Padil-
is now enrolled at the Culinary Inst. of Amer- groupies represented, too. Dietitians include la married Karen Bronchetti this past Feb-
ica! Dorothy Poshadel at the Monmouth Med- ruary in San Antonio, Texas. Classmates
Peter Gold's recipe for success in- ical Center in NJ, Terry Walsh at the Albert Chu and Tom Zarembinski were
cludes a master's degree in international re- Cornell Cooperative Extension in Plainview, in the wedding party. Albert was on assign-
lations/Japanese studies from the School of NY, and Geriann Grave, who graduated ment with Andersen Consulting in Zurich,
Advanced International Studies at Johns Hop- from NY Inst. of Technology (NYIT) in Jan- Switzerland until last spring and Tom is
kins. As Peter noted, "If Bush's New World uary and is a clinical dietitian in the burn working on his PhD at U. of California,
Order ever does come about . . . [my de- unit at Nassau County Medical Center. Su- Berkeley. No more weddings to report this
gree] should provide me with exciting ca- san Sturgess started her master's in nutri- month. And just one baby—Debbie Mat-
reer opportunities." tion at the NYIT but wasn't so busy that she thews Lynch and husband Brian '85 wel-
Terry Reiser, a graduate student in couldn't dash off for a Club Med Cancun fan- comed their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth (Class
gerontology and health administration at the tasy adventure, where she "ran into fellow of 2013?), this past April 13.
U. of South Carolina Andrus Gerontology '86ers Scott Braunstein and Joel Silver- Carol Schwartz teaches in an infant
Center wrote of the exciting opportunity she man. We tanned, drank, and Lombada'd to- development program at a special education
seized upon: that of wedding classmate Carl gether." Susan also sends word that Tam- center in New York City. Michael Reven-
Sutter. Their wedding party included best my Sand married Tony Lee last New son "graduated" from Middle School and is
man Christopher Slon and bridesmaid Su- Year's Eve. Both lived in the same dorm now a math and chemistry teacher at Ma-
san Manogue Adelman. Other Cornellians freshman year, but they didn't meet each hopac (NY) High School. He is also a lieu-
on hand to wish the happy couple well in- other until "years later" at graduate school. tenant of emergency medical services for the
cluded Allen Wong, Tony Lacke, Christa But back to food. Other folks with a win- local volunteer fire department. He says, "All
Siering, Diane Ferro Slon, Bob Plunkett ning do-or-diet attitude include nutritionist teachers have and need second jobs."
'84, Mark Woodard '83, Heidi Russell Amy Ciabattoni, who recently took a new Chris Olsen is an attorney with Jack-
'88, Aaron Osofsky, and proud mother of position at Kraft-General Foods in White son and Associates in Los Angeles since re-
the groom, Marcia Willemen Sutter '55. Plains, and dietitian Lenore Dileo, who ceiving his JD from U. of Southern Califor-
Congratulations! works at Mt. Sinai Med Center in NYC. Our nia (along with classmate Ron Odom) and
Congratulations are also in order for resident food scientists are Carol Manning, passing the California Bar exam last year.
Alison Stratton, who won a fellowship to working for a company in Indiana, and Su- Chris handles the defense of insurance and

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 product liability claims. He wrote of several man is also back in school, this time at MIT, 80th St., Apt. 7, NYC 10021; also, Jason
classmates. Lowell Sachs is in law school pursuing both a MS in Management (MIT's McGill, 2956 Shasta Rd., Berkeley, Cal.
at the U. of Virginia, Jessica Rothschild is version of an MBA) and a MS in Mechanical 94708; and Pam Chertok Caine, 215 W.
working on a graduate degree in architec- Engineering. Liz says that "Cornell-wear" 59th St., 2B, NYC 10025.
ture at U. of California, Berkeley, Amy abounds in the hallways! Liz is in the same
Anderson studies planning at UCLA, and program as Keith Camhi, who recently fin- Thanks to the many of you who
Kristen Finnegan is at Harvard's Gradu- ished a six-month internship in beautiful sent news this time around!
ate School of Design. Burlington, Vt. Jeffrey Evans writes that Some news of my own: I am
Leyla Kaplan is a laboratory technolo- his MBA at Villanova U. is "progressing working this summer in the
gist for Curative Technologies in Mineola, slowly." Nearby, Ken Szydlow has been chairman's office of the Equal
NY and writes that Susie Kim Riley recently promoted to coordinator of the division of Employment Opportunity Com-
moved to Boston where she is a senior soft- geriatrics and the diabetes center at Allen- mission, as well as doing research for a la-
ware engineer for Proteon. Alfredo Mar- town Hospital/Lehigh Valley Hospital Cen- bor law professor at George Washington U's
tel, an account manager for BBDO, handles ter. Debbie Shalvey is studying pharmacy National Law Center (where, coincidentally,
advertising for the second largest bank in at the U. of Buffalo with Anita "Nina" At- I have finished my first year—strangely long-
Puerto Rico, where, he says, "The beaches tard '89. Debbie still sees Carrie Gallup er than my four years at glorious grassy
are open and the sun is warm all year. Come '90 and Stu Pergament '87. A little far- green Cornell). I attended the wedding of
down!" Daniel Fessenden is director of the ther away, Nicholas Whitcombe is a stu- Eliza Mayo and Daniel Burstyn (Rutgers
NY State Assembly minority leader's region- dent at Vanderbilt U., in Nashville, working '85) on June 23, along with Peter Gold '85,
al office in Syracuse. In his spare time he on an MBA. What does Nick miss the most Jeffrey Spector, Allison Seidman, Shira
serves as a director for the College of Agri- about Cornell? Cheap beer! Leibowitz '88, Bern Weintraub '86, Lou-
culture and Life Sciences alumni association. From the New York City metropolitan ise Shacknow Mayo, MA '59, Judith
He and wife Marnie also operate a farm over- area, Jouel Velasquez is working at Saks Burstyn '80, and Fredrica Brooks '80.
looking Cayuga Lake near Union Springs. Fifth Avenue as a computer consultant, and Eliza and Dan are living on Kibbutz Lotan in
Just a quick note from me. I've moved, says hello to Annette Tien. Janet Walsh Israel, luckily well south of the action that
so please note the new address below. Re- is a social worker for Catholic Charities, and area saw earlier this year. Jeff also attended
member, we run through the News & Dues often sees Ann-Marie Helldorfer and Ann another '89 wedding—that of Howard
forms pretty quickly and always enjoy hear- Loricchio '90. Peter Moss is an associate Chafetz and Amy Berger '90, on June 2,
ing from classmates directly. D Amy Marks, at the law firm of Jackson, Lewis Schnitzler in Florida. Eric Rauch, Jeffrey Zigman,
1558-A Lombard St., San Francisco, Cal. & Krupman, along with Steve Fuchs and David Cohen y88, and other Cornellians at-
94123; Rich Friedman, 32 Whites Ave., Joan Button '86. And fellow ILRie Jean- tended. Jeff S. reports that he has just com-
Apt. 2205, Watertown, Mass. 02172; Stacey nine Rippa is back in NYC and having fun pleted his second year of law school at U. of
Pineo Murdock, 20 Hartford Rd., Manches- with Kate Cheney '90 and Sharon Barth. Pennsylvania, along with Steven Berg,
ter, Conn. 06040. Vicki Seley works at the Metropolitan Mu- Matthew Biben, Rachel Blech, Scott
seum of Art as a research assistant, and Coffina, Jennifer Goldenson, Peter Jones,
Greetings classmates: here's spends her free time with Nick Amos '89, Joy Kaplan, Hope Kerstman, Andrea
your news in very different style/ Joanna Tan '89 and Elena Prato. After Levitan, Felecia Listwa, Chad Meyer,
Sing it to our alma mater. Only successfully taking NYC by storm, Elena has Julie Pollack, Rich Procida, Shari Prus-
one month trial./ In September I moved on to Niigata Prefecture, Japan, and sin, Larry Rosenberg, Ed Roth and Lo-
am starting class at NYU; / MBA. is working in an executive and teaching pro- ran Wasserstrom. So those of you who
through part-time study, degree gram run by the government. New York is thought everyone besides you was going to
in 2002. /Back at Yale for chemistry is Helen not the same without her. law school—you're right!
Shih-Min Lu/Like us all she misses Cornell After graduating from the U. of New Just kidding. Lots of interesting careers
friends and campus, too!/Susan Waltman: Hampshire with an MBA, Kimberly Brock- are abrew out there: Aaron Salamon is in-
Helen wishes she'd seen you since school/ ett married Michael Capelli on Aug. 25, '90. terning with Catholic Relief Services, and will
send some news, we'll hook you up. Hey, Three weeks earlier, Timothy Schilde was be traveling to Asia, Latin America, and Af-
wouldn't that be cool./David Epstein sees married. Tim built a house in Sharon Springs, rica to audit programs and finances. He has
Tony Avellino, Marc Eigg and Todd Kop- NY, and works as a roadside market and just received a master's of international af-
pel /Craig Fishman, Cecille Tapia-Santia- greenhouse manager. His wife Lisa is a fairs from Columbia's School of Internation-
go, Young Yoo and Melissa Pittel./Dave teacher of business. Mildred Curley Druyff al and Public Affairs, where he frequently ran
says hi to Correspondent Jason T. McGill;/ is a human resources supervisor in Danbury, into Joanne Littlefair. Sara-Ellen Amster
and he says Steve Rosenbaum is doing re- Conn., and is proud to say that in the past is a reporter covering social services for The
ally well ./The Newark Airport Vista Hotel two years she has two new, lovely grand- News-Journal, the major daily in Delaware.
sent to us a fax /it's from the conference ser- daughters and two grandsons. Congratula- Laurie Bechhofer is a sexuality educator
vices manager, Stacey Max./She ran a con- tions, Millie! at Planned Parenthood. She recently co-ed-
cert on the beach, complete with Urban Lisa Widmier works for a real estate ited a book called Acquaintance Rape: The
Blight/She set it up. I hope you went. It re- development firm in California, and is project Hidden Crime with Prof. Andrea Parrot of
ally was a sight. manager of a 3.2 million-square-foot, mas- the Hum Ec human service studies depart-
OK, that's enough—anybody else with ter-planned, mixed-use development, with ment (John Wiley & Sons, publisher). Julie
a headache? Stacey writes that Jocelyn Yo- construction beginning sometime this year. Bestry is the assistant program coordinator
cum is great, getting her master's and teach- Just up the beach is Dorothy "Dorby" for WFXG-TV (Fox Television) in Augusta,
ing certification at the Bank Street School in Browne, an executive assistant at Linda Ga., after getting her master's in TV pro-
Manhattan and living with Ellen "Bo" Brett. Goldzimer Consulting. Barbara Dingee duction and management from the Newhouse
Bo is starting Columbia Business School in works as an assistant front office manager School at Syracuse. Julie recently saw Ja-
the fall, where Dawn Zappetti has just fin- for the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. Cor- son Garbis, who lives in Atlanta, and re-
ished her first year. Jeanne Baum is work- nellians she sees often include Amanda ports that Bridget Collins was married in
ing in the Boston area for American Express, Potter, Chip Bradish, Dan Glynn '87, October '90 (but gives me no name for the
and Stacey says hi to Suzanne Fisher, who Ken Flaxman, Alan Eisler, Ted Dennis, happy hubby). Johnna Metzler-Northrup
is working for Hyatt in Washington DC. Cheryl Frost, and Joe Goldstein '86 and '88 and Tiffany Metzler '90 were brides-
DC is also home to Julie GonenΛ who his wife Mary. Barbara invites classmates maids, along with Julie. Brooke Bourassa
recently completed a third year of working who are in the area to drop by and visit. is lucky enough to actually be where so many
on her PhD in political science at American Ozhan Olcay is working as a civil engineer of our hearts still are: she is a bartender at
U. Julie spends her time hanging out with and hotelier in Istanbul, and has generously the Waterfront in Ithaca and stays in touch
Vicky Wiseman '87, Carolyn D'Ambrosio offered to give all the help we need for our with Beth Peet. Brooke let us know that
'85, Leslie Wagner, Andrea Balinson '89, next meeting in Turkey. Olga Federoff y88 is in Russian imports.
and Annett Inacker '90. Elizabeth Alt- All the best! • Jacques Boubli, 512 E. Julie Jordan is also doing something off the

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beaten path—she's a missionary in Roma- with juicy news from all of our classmates Center in Syracuse. In the NYC area, Miri-
nia. Jennifer Aliski is a kindergarten teach- who are too shy to write about themselves. am Cohen works hard for the MD status at
er in Bristol, Conn., and was a counselor at Got it? Great! Send it to one of the Albert Einstein Medical School in the Bronx;
Camp Chateaugay in the Adirondacks. following: D Dina Wisch Gold, 950 25th St., Rob Forster is at Cornell Medical School
Lots of us are still in school—I don't NW, 429N, Washington, DC 20037; Stepha- in Manhattan; and Denise Fernandez thor-
feel so terrible knowing that I'm not the only nie Bloom, 401 E. 80th St., Apt. 32D, NYC oughly enjoys her time at NY College of Os-
one of my classmates accumulating debt like 10021; Alan Rozen, 315 E. 80th St., NYC teopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, Long Is-
Donald Trump. Tami Carlow is working 10021; Dan Gross, 27 West St., Apt. #8, land.
towards her master's in entomology from Cambridge, Mass. 02139. Down South Lauren Berkow and Jes-
Texas A&M. Also at A&M for a master's is sica Kim return to U. of Maryland medical
Kevin Cook, who will be pursuing his PhD Normally I stuff our column with school. Kimberly Bazar attends Duke med-
in plant breeding (vegetables) at Oregon juicy information so everyone can ical school, and Tara McCaffrey is at Em-
State. Mark Fuller confesses that he always read about someone they know. ory law school in Atlanta. In Boston, Scott
thought the Straight cookies were too However, I'm running low this Blake attends Harvard medical school, and
sweet—I guess we have to pay attention to month since the new News & Adrienne Cohen is a financial analyst as-
him now that he is doing his PhD research Dues forms you filled out haven't sistant for a downtown law firm. Adrienne
at U. of California, Davis. (In what, we ask?) reached us yet. The information here is a occasionally sees Amy Kiss, who works for
Jill-Ellen Ruderman writes that she has mixture of stale submitted material and re- Pepsi in Boston.
just completed her second year at Albany cent chance encounters. Robert Price relocated to Boston also,
Law School and is working for a New York Just yesterday, June 22 (good grief, is to work in management consulting for the
City law firm this summer. Jill is active in that how far in advance those professional Monitor Co. He writes: "My professional
her mother's campaign to be family court gossipers write their columns?), we had a search has landed me in Boston, home of
judge in Westchester County, NY. (She's small but enthusiastic group of '89 and '90ers the 1991 recession. But I'm doing well, and
Terry Jane Schwartz Ruderman '66.) Vi- gather at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles as a management consultant have had the
oleta Argueta, a law student at Fordham, for a Dodgers-Pirates game. Afterward, we opportunity to work with two Fortune 100
writes that she misses being surrounded by battled the famous LA freeway traffic to go companies in developing economic strategy.
smart people at Cornell. Melanie Bennett to Legends Sports Bar in Santa Monica, I also get to eat a lot of take-out."
is pursuing her PhD in clinical psychology where an equally successful event—"Face- I know we repeat this often, but that's
at Rutgers. She attended the wedding of time"—had been held June 6. Unfortunate- because no one takes us up on our offer:
Leslie Kelly to Bob O'Donnell on Sept. 23, ly, apartmentmates Wendy Caron and Joy Please send any information you would like
'90 along with Melissa Raucher, Lori Nichols were unable to attend, due to their to see in our column. Important dates to re-
Duke, Tom Bruechert, Mike Jiser, and busy Hotelie jobs. Wendy works in the cafe member: Oct. 12—Cornell vs. Stanford foot-
Karen Rapley. The O'Donnells are living of the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, made ball game in Palo Alto; Oct. 19—Homecom-
in Vernon, Conn. Mike is in his second year famous by Richard Gere and Julia Roberts ing in Ithaca; Oct. 24—International Spirit
of medical school at New York Medical Col- in Pretty Woman. Those classmates who did of Zinck's Night, in a city near you. Enjoy
lege. Ilene Agisim is a medical student at make it included Sherri Appel, a manage- the beginning of autumn, everyone!
Mt. Sinai; she rooms with fellow med stu- ment consultant in downtown LA; Scott • Kristyn Benzinger, 4 Scott Ct., E.
dents Jennifer Brooks and Jodi Rosen- Hayes, assistant engineer for Turner Con- Setauket, NY 11733.
baum. David Goldberg, Robert Rauch, struction Co.; Laurie Sobel, now a second-
Manuel Hernandez, and Joan Pellegrini all year law student at UCLA; and Rose Tana- ^\ I "All good times must come to an
attend Tufts U. medical school with Lau- sugarn, our class vice president who was I I A end so that more can begin,"
rence Bailen. Stacy Baskin is working for home on break from her English teaching I j I wrote classmate John Hodg-
Coopers & Lybrand in Manhattan after get- job in Japan. ^*M I kins, toward the end of our final
ting her MS in an accounting program at New Rob Lemos also ventured to Japan, as i l l semester at Cornell last spring.
York U. She is now working on getting her a technical translator for ICCS in Tokyo. He ^J Ί Now, it's September. Last year
MBA and CPA. Stacy runs into lots of class- writes: "I have relocated myself to-wonder- at this time we were all getting settled back
mates strolling around the Big Apple, includ- ful, scenic Tokyo, where the smog is as thick into a normal routine at Cornell. Grand
ing Nancy Solomon '90, Randi Freedman as pea soup, breathing is cancerous, and the Course Exchange, buying books, Fun in the
'90, Hang Choi Lee, Kelly Deere, Jean Japanese are knee deep. It is actually a won- Sun, then football games was the usual se-
Winkler, Robin Gordon, Julie Pollack, and derful place, though mastery of the language quence of events. Has anything changed in
Lisa Paton. Carol Borack will be starting is eluding me for the moment. Hopefully, •Ithaca or at Cornell? Maybe Rachel Teck
graduate school at the U. of North Carolina, back to Cornell for grad school in 1992." could tell me, because she spent the sum-
Chapel Hill School of Public Health. In May I spotted several classmates in mer as a research consultant at Treman State
Lots of weddings, too—you'd think we New York City at the Tower Club dinner: Park; or maybe Richard Haynam, who was
were becoming adults or something. Besides Julie Kimmel, who was then working for a head resident for Cornell Summer College.
all the nuptials that crept in above, Jordan corporate head-hunting firm; Ted Bloom, Other classmates will be returning to Cornell
Alliger married Ellen Krajewski (Ithaca Col- who enjoys his job as an analyst for Gold- this fall semester to continue their studies.
lege '89) on Aug. 11, '90. He's a financial man Sachs; and Meg Talty, who traveled Stacey Ries is in the Veterinary College,
analyst for Goldman Sachs, and recently went from Washington, DC, where she clocks while Elizabeth Wood is completing a mas-
out for drinks with Dave Vollweiler and plenty of hours for Coopers & Lybrand Con- ter's in the Cornell education department.
Brendan Fitzgerald '90 after work. Cyn- sulting. Alice Davenport is pursuing her master's
thia Charatz married William Litt '90 on At Springiest on the Slope I ran into in public,administration, and Yvonne Dries-
June 15: she is director of administrative af- Margo Ellis, who vibrantly recounted tales sen is enrolled in the Cornell Inst. of Public
fairs at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los (tails?) of a Dress Your Pet event she coor- Affairs. In the area of engineering, John
Angeles. Brian Couture and Grace Man- dinated as a district sales representative for Floyd and Peter Scimeca are both study-
chise '89 were married the summer after Ralston Purina in Baltimore. With Margo was ing for their master's in Electrical Engineer-
graduation and already have a new addition— Debbie Hayden, who trekked all the way ing; Sabine Vinck is studying applied phys-
a cocker spaniel. They are both engineers from Chicago, where she crunches demo- ics, Eric Hannay's interest is operations
working for Stone & Webster in Boston. graphic numbers for Sears's marketing de- management, and Christian Loew is seek-
Richard Freidman '87 is also working for partment. ing a master's in Civil Engineering. Good
Stone & Webster. Many classmates currently are launch- luck to you all, and please keep us informed!
Now, everybody read this (I know you ing into their second year of graduate school. This past summer, rather than hanging
just skim the column for your name, but this Garret Filler is back at our Alma Mater in out at the Palms in Collegetown, Europe
is really important). Save the date—Interna- Law School; Leslie Appel is in the Veteri- seemed to be popular as an off-campus hang-
tional Spirit of Zinck's Night is Oct. 24, '91. nary College; Maria Facci is right nearby out for many of our new Cornell grads. Per-
I expect all of you to go, and write to me in medical school at SUNΎ Health Science haps Karen Schmeidler, Rebecca Warme,

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Steven Weiner, Scott Berniker, Hallie

ALUMNI DEATHS
Goldman, Joshua Berman, Susan Segalow-
itz, Teddy Goodman, Dave Russ, Beverly
Yirenkyi, Adam Black, Anthony Antonuc-
ci, Michael Levine, and Pamela Sewell
bumped into each other at some point in their
travels. If so, please tell us about it.
Wedding bells have already rung for one
classmate. Congratulations and best wishes '12 ME—Guy T. Morris of Fort Myers, Georgetown, Conn., June 29, 1990. Alpha
to Eugene Bose who was married on June Fla., April 7, 1991; retired patent attorney Phi.
1 in San Diego. Eugene, a member of Navy with AT&T.
ROTC, will be serving in Japan with the US '23—Stanley E. Perez of Sarasota, Fla.,
Marine Corps. Nalini Deonarine will be '17, BS H E '20—Esther C. DeGraff of formerly of Ithaca, NY, April 6,1991; retired
working for BASF in Geismar, La. in the field Amsterdam, NY, Nov. 8,1990; retired teach- architectural draftsman. Phi Delta Theta.
of chemical engineering. er of home economics.
Two of our international students, Firuz '23—Edith Smith Danielson (Mrs. Freder-
Hussin and William Chan, both from Malay- '18—Mary Luscher Lord (Mrs. Robert) of ic) of Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1991.
sia, expected to stay in the US to work. Firuz, a LeRoy, NY, May 26, 1988.
loyal Dragon Day fan, is employed at Fred Tho- '23 BA, PhD '28—Stephen A. Emery of
mas Assoc. in Ithaca. William accepted a posi- '19 BS Ag—Esther Hawley Funnell Phip- Denton, Texas, March 12, 1991; professor
tion with Oracle Corp. in Redwood City, Cal. ard of McLean, Va., May 18, 1991; retired in of philosophy at Bishop College in Dallas,
Other Class of '91 members are start- 1969 after 30 years as food economist with and for more than 30 years at the Universi-
ing out in businesses that cover a broad US Department of Agriculture. Kappa Del- ty of North Carolina, where he chaired the
range of interests. New York City is flooded ta. department for 11 years; active in profession-
with new advertising account and media rep- al affairs.
resentatives. Jennie Tenser is at Foote, '19 BS Ag—Carlos Montes of La Paz, Bo-
Cone, Belding, Stephen Weinstein is at livia, Dec. 3, 1978; was manager of Hacien- '23—Aline Meyer Kaye (Mrs. Emby) of
Ogilvy & Mather, and Hanny Patel is at da Taraco for more than 30 years; was ac- Tulsa, Okla., Dec. 5, 1990.
Grey Advertising. The financial district on tive in business and community affairs.
Wall Street welcomes several grads: Antho- '23—Helen H o w e s Kelly (Mrs. Francis) of
ny Antonucci and Avinash Mehrotra are '20-21 SpAg—Constance Fog Faerch Danbury, Conn., July 27, 1989.
at Morgan Stanley, David Lenhardt is at (Mrs. Ernst) of Pr. Brodal, Denmark, 1978.
Merril Lynch, R e b e c c a D o n o v a n and Alpha Phi. '23 BS Ag, MS '38—Clara Jonas Legrid
Steven Weiner are at Salomon Brothers, (Mrs. Lester) of Sarasota, Fla., March 12,
Lauren Rosenblum is at Smith Barney, and '20 BS Ag—Gladys E. Herrick of Glens 1991; retired, had taught at a number of high
Katherine Chan and Mary Tuma are at Falls, NY, Aug. 21, 1989. schools and at the University of Wisconsin.
JP Morgan. Other analysts include Basil De-
meroutis, at Bankers Trust; Andrew Gal- '20—Karl L. Rankin of Punta Gorda, Fla. '23 MD—John F. McDermott of Honolu-
ligan, at First Boston Corp.; and J. Scott and Kennebunkport, Me., Jan. 15, 1991; lu, Hawaii, Dec. 23,1990; retired orthopedic
Berniker at Citibank. former ambassador to China and Yugoslavia; surgeon.
If you are looking to invest in a car, talk to engineer; author of China Assignment.
Jeffrey Moore who is working at General Mo- '23 EE—John G. Nesbett of Vero Beach,
tors in Warren, Mich.; if you have news to re- '20 BA, PhD '35—Eleanor C. McMullen Fla., April 5, 1991; founded the Nesbett
port in the Syracuse area, contact Anna Chan of Red Bank, NJ, formerly of Aurora, NY, Fund.
who is writing for the Syracuse papers—The Dec. 19, 1990; retired after many years as
Post-Standard, The Herald-American, and The professor of biology at Wells College; had '23 BS Ag—Kenneth E. Paine of Agawam,
Herald-Journal; if you find your business sends been instructor in zoology at Cornell for 15 Mass., formerly of West Springfield, Mass.,
you traveling, look for classmates Michael years; active in professional affairs. Delta Feb. 10, 1991; retired in 1967 as supervisor
Fisher at Hilton Hotels, Daniel Dammann at Delta Delta. in the seed department, Eastern States
Le Meridien San Diego Resort, or Rita Schulz Farmers Exchange; active in church and
at Embassy Suites in Dallas. History buff Ann '21 BA—Dorothy Cooper Downs (Mrs. community affairs. Alpha Zeta.
Pierce is teaching history at Roland Park Coun- Charles) of Mountain Lakes, NJ, formerly of
try School in Baltimore, Md., while math whiz Caldwell, July 1990; retired high school '23—Harry Schaffer of Boca Raton, Fla.,
Cristos Goodrow will be teaching high school teacher in New York and New Jersey. Jan. 26, 1991.
math in Long Beach, Cal. after attending the
Teach for America Summer Training Inst. at '21 ME—Hollis E. Hogle Jr. of Limerick, '24 BA—Francis N. Bacon of Wayne, Pa.,
U. of Southern California in Los Angeles. Me., Nov. 11, 1989; was an electrical engi- April 1985.
Finally, words from classmates them- neer for more than 30 years with Westing-
selves in "The Quote Corner." First, a com- house and General Electric; active in com- '24 BS Ag—Cecil A. Daley of Glen Ellyn,
mon misconception about Carl Sagan's pres- munity affairs. 111., formerly of Bronxville, NY, Dec. 29,
ence on campus is cleared up by Michelle 1990; was engineer with NY Telephone for
Lane: "Carl Sagan really is on campus. I '21 BA—Carl E. Purple of Norwich, NY, more than 25 years.
know, I worked for him!" Debra McMahon Jan. 23, 1991; retired engineer.
says of her experience at Cornell: "It was '24 BA—Anthony J. Delario, MD, of Ches-
better than Cats. I would like to see it again '22—Vernon W. Blodgett of Rushville, NY, tertown, Md., Feb. 6, 1991; retired physi-
and again"; and Tamara Highsmith adds, May 30, 1988. cian; author of many articles, and the book
"It's been a four-year experience and educa- Roentgen Ray and Radium in the Treatment
tion, in more ways than one." '22 BA—Arthur R. Edwards of Arlington, of Disease.
Good luck to you who are beginning grad- Va., formerly of Middletown, Ohio, Dec. 19,
uate school and new jobs this month. Thanks 1990; president of Books USA; retired in '24 BA, MD '27—Robert M. Lintz of Try-
to contributors to '91 as an alumni class—we 1965 as president of Armco International, on, NC, formerly of New York City, April
anxiously await your news! • Melanie steel corporation, after 42 years; active in 23, 1991; retired physician, who was in pri-
Bloom, 25293 Bridgeton Dr., Beachwood, professional affairs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. vate practice for 40 years.
Ohio 44122; also Jeffrey Anbinder, 312 High-
land Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850; and Howard '22 BA—Alice Burchfield Summer (Mrs. '24 EE—Howard S. Orcutt of Cincinnati,
Stein, 11 Judith St., Plainview, NY 11803. James) of Ft. Myers, Fla., formerly of Ohio, Feb. 22, 1991.

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'24 BChem—Thomas Rynalski of Kings- Brookfield Center, Conn., Dec. 29, 1990. ration. Delta Upsilon.
ford, Mich., Jan. 23, 1988; was metallurgist
with Detroit Fabricator. Alpha Chi Sigma. '27 BS Ag—Clarence C. House of Avon, '29 BA—George Levin Jr. of East Strouds-
NY, Feb. 6, 1991; farmer; former owner of burg, Pa., formerly of Milwaukee, Wise, Jan.
'24 EE—Orin R. Severn of Novi, Mich., Crescent Lea Farm in Caledonia and York, 11, 1991; retired credit manager with vari-
March 8, 1991; retired patent attorney with NY; leader in area agriculture; active in pro- ous Milwaukee firms; active in community
General Electric and Curtiss-Wright Corp. fessional and community affairs. Alpha Gam- and volunteer activities. Pi Lambda Phi.
Theta Alpha. ma Rho.
'29, BA '30, MD '33—Harold H. Lowen-
'25 BS Ag—Andrew V. Ackerman of Lit- '27 EE—Robert W. Hughes of Shrews- stein of Columbia, SC, Jan. 6, 1991; retired
tle Falls, NY, Jan. 30, 1991. bury, Mass., Nov. 29,1988; was an engineer ophthalmologist; active in professional affairs.
with AT&T for more than 25 years. Tau Epsilon Phi.
'25 BA—Ethel Walton Boehret (Mrs.
Frank) of Lafayette Hill, Pa., Dec. 29, 1990. '27 LLB—Lester D. Melzer of Santa Mon- '29 BA—Marion E. Murphy of Phoenix,
ica, CaL, Dec. 17, 1990. NY, April 15, 1991; retired research editor
'25 PhD—Ruby Davis of Richmond, Ind., with US Government Economic Research
April 26, 1975; retired professor of English, '27—Alice Beard O'Neil of Ithaca, NY, April Program.
Earlham College. 20, 1991.
'29 BA—Victor H. Rothschild of New
'25, LLB '26—Robert W. Eiler of Ches- '27 ME—George M. Trefts of Shaker York City, March 18, 1991; retired after 40
wick, Pa., Feb. 9, 1991; was executive with Heights, Ohio, formerly of East Aurora, NY, years as lawyer. Phi Kappa Phi.
National Supply in Pittsburgh for many years. May 25, 1991; retired president of Farrar &
Delta Tau Delta, Phi Delta Phi. Trefts; active in civic and professional affairs. '30 BA—George I. Failla of Great Bar-
rington, Mass., formerly of New York City,
'25 BS HE—Elizabeth Hamlin Howard '27 BA—Walter Scott Walls Jr., MD of Jan. 31, 1991; sales manager, Metropolitan
(Mrs. George) of Binghamton, NY, Dec. 21, Charlottesville, Va., formerly of Buffalo, NY, Life Insurance for 30 years. Sigma Upsilon.
1990; teacher of home economics in Kings Feb. 15, 1991; retired surgeon; past presi-
Ferry, NY, Tom's River, NJ, and S. Arling- dent, NY State Medical Society; active in pro- '30 CE—Emmett C. MacCubbin of Balti-
ton, Vt. schools; had been elementary teach- fessional affairs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. more, Md., Jan. 28,1991; retired from Home
er in Sanford, NY schools; active in profes- Mutual Life Insurance in 1986 after 53 years
sional and community affairs. '28—Courtenay Barber Jr. of Chicago, 111., with the firm, two years as board chairman
March 16, 1990. and 29 as president; active in professional
'25 BS HE—Elizabeth Meach Inland affairs. Alpha Chi Rho.
(Mrs. Arthur) of Florida, formerly of Buffa- '28 BS Ag—Don L.L. Bates of Middle-
lo, NY, Jan. 13,1990; was a teacher in Buffa- town, NY, Feb. 26, 1991; owned and operat- '30 BA—Robert O. Modarelli of Union
lo high schools for more than 25 years. Al- ed Bates Celery Farm until retirement; City, NJ, April 12,1991; retired after 35 years
pha Xi Delta. former alderman and president, Middletown as teacher, coach, and history department
Common Council; active in church and fra- chairman, Union City High School.
'25—Robert G. Sheldon of Utica, NY, Jan- ternal affairs.
uary 1991. '30 BS HE—William T. Reed of Tryon,
'28 BS Ag—John Ehrlich of John's Island, NC, March 30, 1991; retired in 1973 from
'25—Marjorie Strong Zehrfeldt (Mrs. Hell- SC, formerly of Detroit, Mich., Jan. 20, 1991; Colgate Palmolive Co. Alpha Sigma Phi.
muth) of Teaneck, NJ, Oct. 28, 1990; retired retired microbiologist; was associated with
after 26 years as statistician at AT&T. Kap- Parke-Davis for many years; leader in early '30 BA—Harry B. Sinclair Jr. of Tucson,
pa Delta. development of antibiotic drugs; active in Ariz., April 27, 1991; former president, Sin-
professional and community affairs. clair Advertising Agency. Kappa Sigma.
'26-27 Grad—Benjamin H. Duddleston
of Trumansburg, NY, Feb. 5, 1991; founder '28 PhD—Louis L. Larson of Greenville, '31 LLB—Lester A. Fanning of Roches-
of Halsey Farm Seed Company; active in Del., 1987; retired in 1966 after 40 years as ter, NY, Jan. 29, 1991; attorney; former NY
community affairs. research chemist with E.I. Du Pont de State Supreme Court clerk.
Nemours; pioneer in synthetic fibers.
'26 BA, LLB '29—Thomas F. Fennell of '31 BA—Ava Ward Lindsay of Seminole,
New York City, May 23, 1991; retired law- '28—Ralph E. Leff of New York City, Feb. Fla., March 2, 1991; was a real estate bro-
yer; arbitration expert; member of Cornell's 4, 1987. ker; former copy editor with F.H. Owen Pub-
Athletic Hall of Fame; active in alumni af- lishers in Danville, NY; had taught in Cham-
fairs. '28 PhD—Paul P. Rogers of Austin, Tex- plain and Sodus, NY schools; active in com-
as, formerly of Oberlin, Ohio, Aug. 5, 1989; munity affairs. Pi Beta Phi.
'26 BS HE—Margaret H. Hubert of retired professor of Spanish, Oberlin College,
Woodstock, Vt., formerly of Nyack, NY; where he had taught for 37 years; author of '31—Edward F. Mogge of Manlius, NY,
former teacher in Nyack and Belleville, NY. more than 20 books; set up and led Ober- April 4, 1991; retired engineer for Carrier
lin's summer language programs abroad. Corporation.
'26 BS Ag, MEE '37—Charles I. Sayles
of Ithaca, NY, Jan. 9, 1991; professor emeri- '28 ME—Thomas G. Ross of Kanata, Ont., '31—G. Naoomi Nakahara of Tokyo, Ja-
tus of hotel administration at Cornell, where Canada, March 19, 1991; retired engineer, pan, October 1990; retired director, Meiho
he was a member of the faculty for more superintendent, Masonite Co. of Canada. Phi Tourist International.
than 30 years; pioneer in hotel use of data Delta Theta.
processing and computerization; active in '32 BS HE—Mildred Garman Arnold of
professiona, community, and civic affairs. '28—William M. Smartt of Nashville, Fort Collins, Colo., Dec. 22, 1990.
Delta Upsilon. [See also page 19 in March Tenn., Aug. 9, 1988.
1991 and page 8 in July 1991 issues.] '32 MS—Nebelcho S. Deloff of Sofia, Bul-
'29 BS HE—Eleanor M. Dempsey of garia, Nov. 2, 1988; associated with the Bul-
'27 BA—Beatrice C. Brody of Silver Elmira, NY, Nov. 2, 1990. garian Ministry of Commerce.
Spring, Md., Nov. 11, 1989.
'29 EE—Karl F. Kellerman of Hilton Head '32 BA, LLB '34—Lloyd L. Rosenthal of
'27 BArch, MArch '28—Burton A. Bug- Island, SC, formerly of Detroit, Mich., Jan. Poughkeepsie, NY, April 30, 1991; retired
bee of Mitchellville, Md., formerly of 20,1991; was executive with Bendix Corpo- attorney; active in civic, professional, and

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alumni affairs. Pi Lambda Phi. Manson of Lansing, Mich., Feb. 9, 1991; ar- '38 PhD—Bassett Maguire of Bronx, NY,
chitect; active in professional and communi- Feb. 6, 1991; botanist; retired in 1978 as cu-
'33—Vivian Schultz Bates (Mrs. C. Richard) ty affairs. Wife, Marie (Shriver) '35. rator with NY Botanical Garden after 35
of Wrightsville Beach, NC, Dec. 21, 1990. years; leader of many botanical collecting ex-
'35 BA—Gordon M. Murray of Washing- peditions; discovered and named "Mountain
'33 BA, MA '34—Frederick D. Becker ton, DC, April 8. 1991; retired official of US of the Clouds" in South America; active in
of Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 25, 1990. Department of Transportation; consultant to professional affairs.
World Bank's Economic Institute.
'33 BS Ag—Leonard J. Coyne of Albu- '38—Frank McTague of Pompano, Fla.,
querque, NM, formerly of Taos, NM, Jan. 9, '35 EE—Leonard R. Reid of Milwaukee, Dec. 8, 1990.
1991; retired executive with Waddell & Reed Oct. 19, 1990; was associated with Allis
investment firm; retired US Air Force lieu- Chalmers Manufacturing for many years. Chi '39 BA—Lewis B. Daniel of Cincinnati,
tenant colonel; pioneer in the New Mexico Psi. Ohio, April 19, 1991; retired vice president
skiing industry; active in community and of trust division, Fifth Third Bank. Sigma Chi.
alumni affairs. '36 BA—Robert B. Falk of Islip, NY, for-
merly New York City, December 1989. Sig- '39 CE—Oliver D. Gildersleeve of Bran-
'33 MA—Thomas D. Miner of Levittown, ma Alpha Epsilon. ford, Conn., May 3, 1991; owned and operat-
NY, Feb. 27, 1991. ed S. Gildersleeve Shipyard. Kappa Alpha.
'36 EE—William R. Harry of Hartland,
'33—John Z. Speer of Augusta, Ga., Nov. Wise, February 1991. '39 BA—Thomas H. Hawks of Roches-
26, 1988. ter, NY, April 3, 1991; retired bank presi-
'36 EE—George L. Koester Jr. of Point dent, philanthropist; active in community and
'34 BS Ag—A. George Allen of Winter Pleasant, NJ, Oct. 24, 1990. Alpha Chi Rho. educational affairs. Chi Psi.
Haven, Fla., formerly of Utica, NY, April 4,
1991; retired from Oneida County 4-H de- '36 BS HE—Maida Hooks Lewis (Mrs. '39 BS Hotel—Francis H. McCrory of Por-
partment; active in civic and fraternal affairs. Douglas V.) of Port Washington, NY, Feb. tola Valley, Cal., Jan. 29,1991. Phi Kappa Phi.
14, 1991; had been a dietitian with AT&T.
'34—Jesse M. Blake of Elkhart, Ind., May Husband, Douglas V. Lewis '35. '39 BA—David F. Mullvihill Jr., DDS of
1982. Sag Harbor, NY, March 19, 1991; had prac-
'37 BS HE—Elizabeth Myers Brown ticed dentistry for 30 years. Sigma Nu.
'34 BA—Henry Bretzfield of Rockville, (Mrs. Kent) of Westfield, NY, May 20,1991;
Md., formerly of New York City, Feb. 15, editor and writer for 41 years with King Fea- '39 BS HE—Hilda Keller Myers (Mrs.
1991; former advertising executive; retired tures Syndicate and Highlights for Children; Harry) of Trumansburg, NY, Feb. 20, 1991.
writer and editor. Delta Gamma. Wife of Kent L. Brown '38. Pi Beta Phi. Husband, Harry Myers '38, PhD
'52.
'34 BA—Henrietta M. Deubler of Nar- '37 BA—George R. Corney of Hilton, NY,
beth, Pa., May 16,1991; taught in Lower Mer- Jan. 7, 1991; retired in 1971 after 35 years '39—Leith A. Slocum of Oriskany, NY,
ion schools for 30 years; owner-operator as research physicist and X-ray specialist April 28, 1986.
Camp Oneka for 30 years; active in alumni with Eastman Kodak; author of Radiology in
affairs. Sigma Kappa. Modern Industry, and many technical papers; '40 PhD—Millard V. Barton of Los Ange-
active in professional and community affairs. les, Cal., Dec. 28, 1988.
'34_john A. Elder of Slidell, La., Oct. 26, Wife, Shirley (DeVoe) '37.
1990. '40 BA, LLB '42—Philip Engelder of
'37 BA—Bert Klatskin, DDS of Denver, Wellsville, NY, Dec. 24, 1990; attorney;
'34 BS Ag—John E. Fagen III of St. Pe- Colo., formerly of Staten Island, NY, Nov. Wellsville town justice for 26 years and vil-
tersburg, Fla., formerly of Moorestown, NJ, 30, 1990; was an oral surgeon; author of ar- lage justice of Wellsville for 22 years; active
Jan. 14, 1991; retired farmer. Alpha Chi Rho. ticles in professional journals. in community, professional, and alumni af-
fairs. Wife, Katherine (Kampel) '43.
'34 MCE—Ying-Choi Hu of Happy Valley, '37 BA, MA '38—Albert H. Leisinger Jr.
Hong Kong, June 1989. of Washington, DC, March 3, 1991; retired '40—Stanley Olsefski of Ithaca, NY, Jan.
after 40 years as an official of the National 23,1991; retired instructor of civil and struc-
'34-37 SpAg—Roland J. Kelly of Locke, Archives; authority on archival micrograph- tural engineering at Cornell; had taught for
NY, Feb. 27, 1991; agriculturalist; founder ics; active in professional affairs. Wife, May 40 years.
of Ithaca Farmers Market; associated with (Rawitch) '39.
American Breeders Service and NY State '40 DVM—Russell B. Oppenheimer of
Foundation Seed Improvement Cooperative; '37 BA—James Nolan of Washington, DC, Poughkeepsie, NY, Jan. 30, 1991. Alpha Ep-
active in professional and community affairs. formerly of Chapel Hill, NC and Woking, silon Pi.
England, May 1,1991; author of the book Of
'34 BS Hotel—James W. Miller of San Golf, Dukes and Princes. Theta Delta Chi. '41 BS Ag—Roger E. Diehl of Oriskany
Francisco, Cal., Dec. 12, 1990. Falls, NY, Nov. 23, 1989.
'37 DVM—George G. Pickett of Jekyll Is-
'34 BS Ag—Burton S. Payne of William- land, Ga., formerly of Stratford, Conn., Feb. '41 BME—Elza W. Dozier Jr. of Louis-
son, NY, Feb. 2, 1991. 2, 1991; retired veterinarian, after 40 years. ville, Ky., Oct. 1, 1990.
Omega Tau Sigma.
'34 BS Ag, '34-36 Grad—Joseph M. Pon- '41 BS Ag—Leland W. Irish Jr. of Vala-
zio of Fanwood, NJ, March 24, 1990. '38 BA—Abraham Davidson of North tie, NY, June 1990; dairy farm operator; ac-
Hollywood, Cal., Feb. 23, 1991. tive in agricultural and community affairs.
'34 MA—Pauline Boschen Sawyer (Mrs. Tau Kppa Epsilon. Wife, Mary (Strong) '39.
Richard) of Beacon, NY, Jan. 3, 1990. '38 DVM—Benedict V. Favata of Los
Angeles, Cal., Jan. 10, 1991; veterinarian. '41 MS—Edward Pierson of Brooklyn, NY,
'35 MS Ed—Madelaine Frink Constant Omega Tau Sigma. Jan. 17, 1991.
(Mrs. Charles) of Laurens, NY, Nov. 26,
1989; was chemistry professor at Hartwick '38 MD—Charles A. Lippincott of Gulf '42 BS Ag—James M. Cake Jr. of Hayes,
College; active in professional affairs. Breeze, Fla., June 1987; was captain, US Va., May 12, 1990.
Navy for many years, serving as a medical
'35, BArch '37, MArch '40—Elmer J. officer at naval bases across the US. '42 BA—Edward A. Kaufman of Marble

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Falls, Texas, Feb. 22, 1990. Delta Chi. 1990; was associated with United Airlines. pany; active in community affairs.

'42—Blossom Penney Loper (Mrs. God- '51 BA—Carolyn Miller Kilbourne of Los '59 MS—Horace Payne of Mona, Jamaica,
frey) of Garfield, Ark., March 28, 1991. Angeles, Aug. 21,1990; had been associated 1987.
with Carl Byoir, public relations firm; former
'44—Robert H. Brownell of Pompano model and television actress. '59 BA—Winifred Lehrer Schare (Mrs.
Beach, Fla., March 6, 1991. Donald J.) of Saratoga, CAL, Sept. 9, 1990;
'51 BS Ag—William J. Kirsch of Kirks- was associated with Measurex Corp. in Cu-
'44—Sidney Lelchook of Newton Centre, ville, NY, formerly of North Syracuse, NY, pertino, Cal. Husband Donald J. Schare '58.
Mass., July 1, 1990. April 13, 1991; active in civic and church af-
fairs. '59 MRP—Anthony K. Toth of Shaker
'45—Herbert M. Okun of Delray Beach, Heights, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1990; was executive
Fla., April 3, 1991. 52 PhD—Dalton McFarland of Grand with Design Resources in Cleveland.
Haven, Mich., formerly of Birmingham, Ala.,
'46 MS—Raymond Atherton of Morris, Feb. 6, 1991; retired professor of business, '60—Roary Murchison, MD of Woodlawn
Conn., Jan. 31, 1991; retired after 30 years University of Alabama; author and editor of Hills, Cal., August 1990; Sigma Alpha Epsi-
with the US Department of Agriculture and thirteen books in the field of business. lon.
University of Connecticut as agricultural
agent. Phi Delta Mu. '52 BCE—Wesley A. McMahon of Long '62 MST—Samuel W. Day of Ithaca, for-
Beach, Cal., April 30, 1988. merly of Cortland, NY, April 9, 1991; retired
'47 PhD—Leonard H. Blakeslee of Bad professor of chemistry at SUNΎ, Cortland.
Axe, Mich., June 16, 1987. '52—Anne Farmer Meyer (Mrs. Charles)
of Bradenton, Fla., formerly of Poughkeep- '62 BS Ag—Robert H. Shaw of Dover,
'48 MCE—Richard Ackroyd of Nokomis, sie, NY, July 4, 1988. Del, Oct. 17, 1990; retired lieutenant colo-
Fla., Feb. 11, 1991. nel, US Army, who had earned his degree
'52 BA, LLB '54—Lawrence Nirenstein after a 23-year military career; formerly a
'48—Marshall R. Modery of Clarks Sum- of Great Neck, NY, June 1, 1991; lawyer, baker in Colorado and Wyoming.
mit, Pa., formerly of Cortland, NY, April 8, specialist in tax law.
1991; retired businessman, engineer. '63 MD—Brian R. Nagy of Charlotte, NC,
'52 BS Hotel—Arthur J. Packard Jr. of formerly of Horseheads, NY, Sept. 5, 1990;
'49 BArch—George A. Diamond of NYC, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Dec. 13,1990; was presi- physician; was associated with Elmira Med-
April 16, 1991; was an architect in Manhat- dent, American Hotel Association, and chair- ical Arts Center.
tan for 37 years; noted designer of Greek man, Liberty American Life Insurance Co.
Orthodox churches; active in professional and '64 MEd—Jane DeRoin Maclnnes (Mrs.
community affairs. Kappa Sigma. '52 MD—Lewis Shenker of Tucson, Ariz., John) of St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of
formerly of Flushing, NY, May 9, 1991; ob- Ithaca, NY, Dec. 21, 1990; retired after 30
'49 BA—Barbara White Doyle of Cleve- stetrician, past president, NY Obstetrical years as teacher in Ithaca schools.
land, Wise, formerly of Utica, NY, Jan. 8, Society; faculty member, University of Ari-
1990; was insurance claims examiner; had zona. '64 BA—Gary L. Rossell of Barnegat
been teacher of English. Light, N.J., formerly of Philadelphia, Pa.,
'52 MS Ed—John M. Snyder of Towanda, April 21, 1990. Theta Delta Chi.
'49 BA—Richard M. King of New York Pa., Jan. 24, 1990.
City, Jan. 10, 1991; was an executive with '65 MBA—John Lauritz of San Francisco,
McCall Publishing Company; was sales exec- '53 PhD—Bernice D. Borgman of Bell- Cal., October 1989; owned and operated a
utive with Selective Circulation Systems, ingham, Wash., Nov. 15, 1990. yacht brokerage business.
Forbes, and other publishing firms; active in
professional and alumni affairs. Beta Sigma Rho. '53, BS Hotel '54—William R. Van Gil- '66 DVM—Richard Bushnell of Manches-
der of Pocono Pines, Pa., April 9,1990; res- ter, Conn., Nov. 6, 1990.
'49 MS—Robert Reddish of Gainesville, taurateur, Jubilee Restaurants.
Fla., September 1989. '66 BA—Karen Windsor Sheriff (Mrs.
'54—Robert Brink of Bellaire, Texas, July Stephen M.) of Raleigh, NC, formerly of Ves-
'49 BS Hotel—William H. Sprunk of 12, 1980. tal, NY, 1989. Husband Stephen M. Sheriff
Springfield, Va., Dec. 24,1990; CPA; retired '65.
in 1985 as an executive with Geico in Wash-' '55—Clara Vargha Ilic (Mrs. Vladimir) of
ington, DC; consultant; active in profession- Pacifica, Cal., Sept. 23, 1989. '71 JD—Warren C. Ogden Jr. of Mercer
al and community affairs. Alpha Chi Rho. Island, Wash., Oct. 20,1990; headed own law
Wife, Ruth (Downey) '50. '55—Stanley J. Locke of Endicott, NY, firm; active in religious and professional af-
June 7, 1990. fairs.
'50 LLB—Paul V. Miller of Naples, NY,
Nov. 27, 1990. '55—Alan F. McKee of Great Falls, Mont., '73 JD—Frederic A. Strom of NYC, Nov.,
Aug. 25, 1989. 1990; attorney with Clark Boardman Co.
'50 BA—Jean M. Newman of Wocester,
Mass., Nov. 10, 1990. '56 BS Hotel—William F. Cooper of '74 BS Ag—Robert E. Ackerman of Ves-
Smithfield, Va., formerly of New Jersey and tal, NY, July 20, 1983.
'50 JD—Martin A. Schnorr of Tonawan- Pennsylvania, 1983.
da, NY, Nov. 8, 1990; attorney. '75 BA—Tomas Cabrera of Miami, Fla.,
'57 BS Ag—Frederick Belden of Williams- March 13, 1991; lawyer; former vice presi-
'51—Mildred Hershenhart Bermas (Mrs. burg, Va., Feb. 10, 1991; retired landscape dent and chief legal counsel, Beatrice Inter-
Stephen) of Great Neck, NY, April 19, 1991. architect; active in professional and commu- national Food Co.
Husband, Stephen Bermas '49, LLB '50. nity affairs.
'85 BS Ag—Pamela Orsi of Ramona, Cal.,
'51 Chem—Raymond R. Bernabei of '57 DVM—Thomas C. Murray of Yonkers, March 14, 1991; animal keeper at Wild Ani-
NYC, March 15, 1989; was an engineer with NY, April; 29, 1991; veterinarian. mal Park in San Pasqual, California.
H.K. Avery Associates in Green, SC.
'59 JD—Phillip K. Dorn of Utica, NY, Jan. '89—Carol Anderson of Englewood, Colo.,
'51—Robert E. Dowling of NYC, April 18, 15,1991; executive with Norstar Trust Com- April 12, 1991.

September 1991
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 ALUMNI ACTIVITIES

A BELL-

GOOD TIME
F
alling in love was probably the who played a duet
last thing Robert Frankenfeld with his son Bruce
'45 was thinking about when, 75, said even though
feeling lonely on his first night one may be out of
at Cornell, he climbed the 161 practice, "You don't
steps to the top of the McGraw Tow- forget how to play
er. What he heard and saw changed chimes. It's just like
his life. "I walked up the stairs and riding a bike."
saw this fellow jumping around— And like cycling,
doing an aerobic dance practically playing the chimes is
and sweating—and I said, "That's physically demand-
forme!" ing. In order to get
Frankenfeld was hooked by the the Cornell carillon
Cornell Chimes. It is, he discovered, to ring, chimes-
a life-long addiction. masters stand at a
Happily, Frankenfeld must not keyboard and push
suffer alone. There are nearly 100 wooden levers with
chimesmasters, those happy musi- their hands while
cians who learned how to play the Phyllis Dittman McClelland '43 and daughter Lane pressing wooden
19 bells that rest in McGraw Tower. McClelland '70, MBA '73, JD '74 pose before a pedals with their
In mid-June, 40 of them journeyed familiar backdrop during the Chimesmasters feet. Phyllis Ditman
to Ithaca for the first Cornell Reunion. McClelland '43, like
Chimesmasters Reunion. It's an apt a number of older
year for a reunion: 1991 marks the 100th anniversary chimesmasters, felt a little rusty because the dimen-
of the McGraw Tower. sions of the clavier (the playing stand) had changed so
The big draw, of course, was the bells that chime much since she was a student.
familar tunes over the campus. Since bells are not ex- The reunion was not all ringing, however. Anec-
actly as handy as harmonicas, most of the chimesmasters dotes flew fast and furious, like the tale of Leon Blostein
have had few opportunities to play them since leaving '38, DVM '42 being stopped by a campus policeman as
the Hill. So like children on Christmas morning, he was speeding to make the bell-ringing: "I said, Ήow
Frankenfeld and many of the other past chimes- about giving me a ticket and then letting me go?' which
masters couldn't wait to get back to the top of the tower he did," Blostein laughs. Blostein raced up the tower
and try their hand at ringing. Before Saturday afternoon's steps and arrived at his post a minute before he was to
jam session (one of four concerts over the weekend) play "The Changes." Daniel Zlatin MS '80 said that
former bell-ringers waiting for a chance to play formed during one Halloween concert campus security asked
a line that stretched halfway down the stairs of McGraw the performers if there was an electric switch that con-
Tower. trolled the bell's volume so they could turn it down.
The concert opened with the traditional "Jennie Current chimesmaster Duane Barber, a graduate stu-
McGraw Rag," followed by pieces by Bach, Handel, and dent in electrical engineering, said after watching him
Gilbert and Sullivan. It concluded with fifteen min- practice the bells, many visitors have asked him if he
utes of various versions of the "Alma Mater." At least was programming music into a computer. "They don't
a half dozen chimesmasters played individually and to- realize it's a live performance," he said.
gether during the grand finale. Fremont McKenrick '48, There was a business aspect to the reunion, too.
Cornell Alumni News
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 CORNELL
CLASSIFIED
The Chimes Advisory Council vot- Reunion, Kurtyka promised to be an
ed to conduct a feasibility study on activist president and called upon all
a retuning project. They agreed that alumni to join her in promoting the
despite their sentimental attachment welfare of the Cornell Law School
to the raucous-sounding bells, as an institution that fosters "the Real Estate
retuning was necessary to improve highest standards of learning and CAPE COD—Residential Sales & Rentals, Bun-
Jenkins '34, Pine Acres Realty, 938 Main Street,
them musically. (The chimes' flaws ethics in the legal profession." Chatham, MA 02633. Phone (508) 945-1186.
are especially apparent when com- One step toward that goal is bol- VICTORIAN—4,400 sq. ft. Brick Home (fur-
plicated pieces are played.) Chimes stering the participation of women nished) with carriage house and 2 bedroom
consultant Richard Strauss said graduates. Although women have guest house on 54 acres. All amenities. Eight
retuning would give the bells a more miles to Cornell. $800,000. (607) 564-9926.
been admitted to the law school since
melodious sound. The work would 1893—five years after the first grad- Rentals
involve making sure every part of uating class—it was not until the mid KAUAI, HAWAII COTTAGES—Peace. Palms.
each bell is in tune with every oth- 1970s that they were admitted in Paradise. Cozy Tropical Getaway. (808) 822-2321.
er part and that all the bells are in significant numbers. Their numbers ST. JOHN—Quiet elegance, 2 bedrooms, deck,
tune with each other. The retuning continue to grow. While women now pool, spectacular view. Off-season rates. (508)
could take up to nine months and would 668-2078.
constitute just over 10 percent of
cost about $250,000, a large part of the alumni, they make up 42 per- BOCA GRANDE—Florida like it was years
which would cover the cost of remov- cent of the class of 1993. "I want all ago. Two bedroom, 2 bath condo on water.
Tennis, pool, dock. Off season rates. PO Box
ing the bells from the tower. of these women to feel very includ- 876, Ithaca, NY 14851 (607) 273-2952.
—Carol Skawinskί ed in the association," says Kurtyka. LONDON, ENGLAND—Luxury self-catering
apartments in the heart of Mayfair. British

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home. Weekly year-'round, video. (617) 721-
1266.
OCTOBER
Syracuse, New York TRAPP FAMILY LODGE, STOWE, VT—One
week time-share for rent or sale. August 22-29,
October 10. New York/Ontario Cornell 1992 (Week 34). Fully-equipped condo, sleeps 6.
Club: Speaker Ron LaFrance, American (607) 272-6867.
Indian Program. Call Debbie Ward (315)
428-7:*30. " ST. JOHN—Beautiful 2-bedroom villas. Pool.
Privacy. Beach. (809) 776-8080.
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October 10-13. 125th anniversary Miscellaneous
celebration. SINGLE BOOKLOVERS nationwide Estab-
October 12. Football at Stanford. lished 1970. Write SBL, Box 117, Gradyville,
PA 19039 or call (215) 358-5049.
Ithaca
October 124.3. Fall break. LET THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE your
small business. Grants/loans to $500,000. Free
j October 17-19. Federation Weekend. recorded message: (707) 448-0330. (HM4).
! October 17-20. Twenty-fifth reunion of
Ruthanne Kurtyka '70 Wanted
the Glee Club Southeast Asian tour,
including Sage Chapel concert, 8 p.m., BASEBALL memorabilia, cards, POLITICAL
Pins, Ribbons, Banners, AUTOGRAPHS,

T
October 19. Call Terry Homer (607)
he Cornell Law Association has 255-3396 or Adam Peri (607) 277-2637.
STOCKS BONDS wanted. High prices paid.
elected Ruthanne Kurtyka 70, Paul Longo, Box 490-K, South Orleans, MA
October 18-20. Homecoming. 02662.
JD 73 as the first female pres-
ident in its 68-year history. Heidelberg, Germany For Sale
Kurtyka says her goal dur- October 25-27, Law School Alumni in SLIP-DECORATED, redware plate, made by
Europe reunion weekend. Contact Paul Ezra Cornell in his father's pottery in De-
ing her two-year term is to spur the j , L, Paez-Maletz, joscphstrasse 20, D- Ruyter, NY, circa 1824-26. One of a kind. Ver-
association's 6,500 members—par- 51 MM) Koln 1, Germany". ifiable by experts. Includes glass display case.
ticularly women and those interested LA
Colored photo available. (603) 436-2629.
in international law—to greater in- M..Mis .OF jfϋRESL MOBILE HOME FOR SALE—Best park in
volvement. Parents* Weekend* November i-3, Ithaca—5 minutes from Cornell. Two bedroom,
two bath; storage shed included. Decks and
"We have a tremendous network TrusttHi/Council Weekend, Novem- awnings. Everything in excellent condition.
of alums already," Kurtyka says, "but ber 7-9. Karl Garlock (607) 255-4774 days, (607) 273-
5181 evenings/weekends.
the more people we involve, the Last clay of classes* December 7.
stronger the law school will be. I
This cίilendίir is a sampling of activities
have a lot of ideas but if there is a open lo alumni and reported to ihe
theme to my presidency it is to be Alumni Nαvs by press time. The most See page 88 for information
as inclusive of all groups and inter- up-to-date listing of Cornell Club about placing a classified ad
ests as possible." activities is maintained at the Office of
During her acceptance speech at Club Affairs (607) 255-3516. in the Cornell Alumni News.
September 1991
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Use this form to...

Sell it Kurtyka, 43, is a partner in New

York City's Kaye, Scholer, Fierman,
in the Hays & Handler, a firm practicing
international law. She is a special-
ist in corporate and securities law
Cornell and much of her work in the corpo-
rate andfinancedepartment involves
supervising large domestic and in-
Classifieds ternational transactions.

F
or the past ten years Kurtyka
has lent her expertise to city,
1 .Classified rates per word $1.25,1-2 insertions; $1.15,3-4 insertions; $1.05,5 state, and national bar associa-
or more insertions (10 word minimum). tion committees dealing with
2.P.O. box numbers and hyphenated words count as 2 words. Street and international trade, corporate,
telephone numbers count as 1 word. No charge for zip code or class and business law. An active alum,
numerals. ALL CAPS on the first line standard. Kurtyka also serves on a number
of university and law school com-
3. Ads maybe placed under standard headings: For Sale, Real Estate, Rentals,
Travel, Wanted, Miscellaneous, Employment Opportunities. Other headings
mittees.
$3 extra. Kurtyka majored in medieval
studies as an undergraduate and
4. Headings of your choice in boldface type will be centered above your ad for recalls that one of her most enjoy-
$6 per line in addition to the per word charge. Boldfaced words $2 additional able experiences was reporting the
word. news and weather for WVBR, a po-
5 .Copy should be received five weeks prior to publication with payment in full. sition for which women rarely ap-
No agency or cash discounts. plied, let alone were accepted, in the
mid '60s.
6.Please attach your advertising copy or use the form below.
Her interest in international af-
7.Classified AdCopy: fairs dates back to her law school
Heading (See 3 and 4) days when Kurtyka served on the
Board of Editors of the Internation-
Copy al Law Journal Establishing an In-
ternational Law Network is one goal
of her presidency.
'The purpose of the network,"
Kurtyka says, "is to tie in the law
school to those alumni practicing in
the international arena, both here and
abroad, willing to offer internships
to students, fund symposia, lecture,
and provide the latest materials on
developments in the field." The
project received enthusiastic en-
8. Issues to run dorsement from other alumni attend-
ing Reunion.
Kurtyka succeeds M. Carr Ferg-
9.Name uson '54, a former assistant attor-
ney general in charge of the tax di-
Address vision of the Department of Justice,
State Zip currently a tax specialist with the
New York firm of Davis Polk &
Phone (days) Wardwell.
When asked about becoming the
10.Send to: Cornell Alumni News Classified, 55 Brown Road, Ithaca, NY first woman president after 30 men—
14850-1266. Call (607) 257-5133 for further information or FAX your ad to
(607)254-7166.
including such luminaries as Willi-
am P. Rogers, JD '36, Sol Linowitz,
JD '38, and Milton S. Gould, JD '33—

Cornell Alumni News Kurtyka replied, "I'm delighted! It's

a tremendous honor to be in this
line."
—Metta Winter
Cornell Alumni News
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 ANOTHER VIEW

LAUBIN

A
rchitect-turned-paint-
er Carl Laubin 7 3 de-
picts an imaginary,
composite view of the
sixty-one classified cha-
teaux in France's Medoc re-
gion, as of 1855. The chateaux
are arranged by crus, or
growths, with thefirst,Premier
Cm, at the top.
The painting was com-
missioned by the Syndicate des
Grands Crus Classes du Medoc,
the official body representing
these chateaux. The commis-
sion resulted from other paint-
ings Laubin did for a 1988 ex-
hibition at the Pompidou Cen-
ter in Paris titled "Chateaux
Bordeaux."
The American-born Lau-
bin, who now lives in England,
studied architecture at Cornell
and worked as an architect until
1987. Known as a talented
painter, he had been asked to Carl Laubin (1947-), Le Classement de 1855,
paint an illustration of a hous- 1990. Oil on canvas, 210 cm x 150 cm.
ing development he was help-
ing to design. That led to oth-
er similar collaborations with
architects to paint representations architectural scene that one has talent for making architecture pal-
of their building plans, and in 1987 come to expect any really prestigious atable, even popular. It is a talent
Laubin left the architectural firm to development scheme to be accom- which, to his credit, disturbs him and
paint full time. panied by his meticulous per- which he exercises with a degree
Through his paintings over the spectives," according to an article of responsibility that is uncommon
last several years, Laubin "has so in the British magazine Country Life. in the ruthless world of the devel-
much set his mark on the British "Laubin recognizes that he has a oper."
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