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Call of Duty

After his firefighter father died on September 11, Chris Ganci ’99 finished his MBA—and joined the FDNY

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4 From David Skorton In praise of Peter Meinig ’61, BME ’62 6 The Big Picture At home plate 8 Correspondence David Skorton, paparazzo 12 From the Hill Reunion roundup 16 Sports Roaring success 20 Authors Lit crit 40 Wines of the Finger Lakes Beloved chef remembered 12 54 58 Classifieds & 42 Company Man Cornellians in Business BRAD HERZOG ’90 59 Alma Matters 62 Class Notes Peter Ganci Jr. was the highest-ranking uniformed member of the New York City Fire Department to perish on 9/11—prompting son Chris Ganci ’99 to forego a business 101 Alumni Deaths career and join the FDNY. Having graduated first in his class at the Fire Academy, 104 Cornelliana Ganci works out of a well-regarded firehouse in Brooklyn, where life is a remarkable House beautiful mixture of down time, boyish pranks, and acts of raw courage. “My father always ended the graduation speech with the same line,” Ganci said at his own academy ceremony. “By taking this job, you will never, ever be rich, but you will always be happy.” Currents 48 Observe and Report BRAD HERZOG ’90 22 In Memoriam Stephen Colbert has become a TV star—not to mention a cultural phenomenon— Overseeing the 9/11 memorial thanks to his combination of deft political satire, erudite comedy, and tongue-in-cheek High and Mighty egomania. Among the creative minds behind his award-winning show are two Delta Top jobs at Vertical Access Gamma sorority sisters: staff writer Meredith Scardino ’98 and producer Liz Levin ’98. A visit backstage to “The Colbert Report,” as Scardino and Levin talk about working No Place Like Home for America’s favorite (and self-described) “well-intentioned, poorly informed, high- In her seventies, a new mom status idiot.” Life Span 54 Starve the Beast? Hoover Dam bridge is a career topper Hot Topic ROBERT FRANK Professor Robert Howarth on fracking Antigovernment crusaders have a point, admits Cornell economist Robert Frank: there Plus | is waste in government. But as Frank writes in his new book, The Darwin Economy: Leaping Lemurs Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good, the more interesting question is what Furry forest friends to do about it. In an excerpt, he ponders the libertarian notion of “starving the beast”— and challenges the idea that cutting government spending is always a good thing. The Great Red Way Cornell Theatre Night Hot-Footing It Website Firewalking lessons cornellalumnimagazine.com Cover photograph: John Abbott

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From David Skorton

Changing the Guard: Toward the Future

s we begin the 2011–12 academic year, we welcome the sesquicentennial class, which will graduate Aat the University’s 150th birthday in 2015. We are also preparing for the transition in leadership of our Board of Trustees from the extraordinarily capable Peter Meinig ’61, BME ’62, to the equally capable Robert Har- rison ’76, who will become chair on January 1, 2012. Cornell has been fortunate since its founding to have had excellent leadership on and by its Board of Trustees, including emeritus chairs Austin Kiplinger ’39 and Harold Tanner ’52, who remain inspirations for their service and contributions to Cornell. I have no doubt that Pete Meinig will also take his place in history as one of our great board chairs. A trustee for two decades and board chair since 2002, Pete has guided Cornell with great vision, discipline, and wisdom through unprecedented challenges, including Peter Meinig ’61, the Great Recession and its fallout. Before BME ’62 being elected board chair, Pete served as chair of the Executive Committee—and he helped UP move Cornell into the world of online education as a founding ous committees, most recently as chair of the Executive Commit- member and former chair of eCornell’s board of directors. tee. Bob is a lawyer, a former Rhodes Scholar, and a retired man- Pete and his wife, Nancy, a 1962 graduate of the College of aging director of the Goldman Sachs Group. He currently is chief Human Ecology, revitalized the Parents Fund back in the Eight- executive officer of the Clinton Global Initiative, established by ies, during their years as Cornell parents, and Pete co-chaired the former President Bill Clinton in 2005 to devise innovative solu- scholarship campaign that concluded in December 1999. They tions to some of the world’s most intractable challenges. He is an continue to be involved with students through their support of enormously capable leader—with deep knowledge of business, the Meinig Family National Scholar Program, which they the law, the public sector, and Cornell. endowed in 1999 and which helps selected Cornell students Working closely with Bob as chair of the Executive Com- develop their potential as leaders through executive mentoring, mittee of the Board of Trustees will be Jan Rock Zubrow ’77, a support for internships and experiential learning, financial aid, longtime trustee who served as co-chair of the university-wide and other benefits. fundraising campaign from 2006 until her appointment to head Devoted alumni leaders and wonderful mentors, guides, and the Executive Committee. Under their leadership, our university dear friends, Pete and Nancy have taught Robin and me about will continue to be in very good hands. the traditions of Cornell. Those of you who attended the State Alfred North Whitehead, the British mathematician and of the University Address during Reunion 2011 heard me talk philosopher, once observed: “The art of progress is to preserve about my vision for Cornell in four key areas that have charac- order amid change and to preserve change amid order.” As we terized the University in past years and that are the keys to our prepare for our sesquicentennial, I look forward to a smooth future: access, globalization, public engagement, and faculty transition from the Meinig era to the Harrison era of board lead- renewal. Part of the way we are honoring our heritage as we ership as we implement the changes necessary to create an even approach Cornell’s sesquicentennial is by making these four better future for the University while enhancing the distinctive enduring characteristics priorities for the future. characteristics—access, globalization, public engagement, and There is no doubt that we are a better, stronger university faculty renewal—that are central to our Cornell. because of Pete and Nancy Meinig, and we are very grateful that In my next column, I will reflect on some of the issues that I they have agreed to serve as co-chairs of the sesquicentennial, expect to be on the board’s agenda as we head into the new year working with the committee that will plan and coordinate Cor- under Bob Harrison’s leadership. I invite you to keep abreast of nell’s 150th birthday. the changes in board leadership and to take part in the future of Like Pete, Bob Harrison has a distinguished history of involve- Cornell. ment as a Cornell trustee. A student trustee as an undergraduate, — President David Skorton Bob rejoined the board in 2002 and has since served on numer- [email protected] 4 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 04-05CAMso11skorton 8/11/11 12:02 PM Page 5 06-07CAMso11bigpic 8/11/11 12:09 PM Page 6

The Big Picture

Play Ball! Bob “Tiger” Foltin ’60, BChemE ’61 (right), gets in the umpire’s face at the alumni baseball game during Reunion Weekend. For more Reunion photos, see page 12. LINDSAY FRANCE / UPHOTO

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Correspondence

Hoopla and More Alumni old and young share reunion moments

When my roommate, Margaret Mon- Net Gain teith Edelman ’46, BA ’45, and I attended our 65th Reunion with our As a friend of a classmate who committed husbands, Arnold Edelman and suicide while a student at Cornell (not on Richard Davis, we never suspected the bridges but in his home, hanging him- that the kindly man offering to take a self in the basement), I have to say that the photo of the four of us in front of the plan to fence the bridges is a knee-jerk Statler was David Skorton! Not until reaction to a one-time increase in problems we attended the State of the Univer- (From the Hill, July/August 2011). I can’t sity Address in Bailey Hall and recog- believe that Cornell would believe that the nized the man on the stage did we bridges are responsible for the increase in realize that our photographer was the suicides. Get real! Deal with the real stu- University’s president. His kindness dent problem. will be a major memory of going back Margaret Greene Nicklin ’69 “Far above Cayuga’s waters.” Hall, New York Nancy Mynott Davis ’46 Avon, Connecticut Active Issues I was glad to learn that student activism In his letter to CAM, Gerald Schnei- is being encouraged at Cornell (Letter der ’61 wrote that he had decided not from Ithaca, July/August 2011). Hope- to attend his 50th Reunion because of fully, the actions that students engage in his disappointment in the “hoopla” that India and the Third World; and (5) toured are peaceful. The danger is that Ken Mar- he saw in the program (Correspondence, world-class facilities, such as the new golies ’71, MPS ’11, and other counselors May/June 2011). He was yearning for a Weill Hall, collections in the various from that era will be less than objective more academic program and the chance libraries, and—of course—the Dairy Barn. and neutral on legitimately controversial to informally meet with classmates and Is there “hoopla”? Absolutely. Cor- public issues where harm is alleged but professors, and also to have unscheduled nelliana Night is a chance to get together not proven criminal. Student activists leisure time to tour the campus. and sing favorite (and slightly forgotten) should not be unduly influenced or pres- Sir, you will be happy to know that Cornell songs; there are parties on the sured by the personal views of counselors. this is exactly what happens at reunion. I quads under the stars (or clouds—it is Gerald Schneider ’61 have attended three: my own ten-year in Ithaca, after all); there are wine tours, Kensington, Maryland 2009, my wife’s five-year in 2006, and her concerts, plays, and pickup Frisbee games, ten-year, this past June. During these if one chooses. If not, one can wander the In his article, Ken Margolies extols the reunions, we have (1) visited the Fuertes classrooms, the Johnson Museum, Barton virtues of members of the Cornell Students Observatory and seen the rings of Saturn Hall, attend a reception in a favorite Against Sweatshops (CSAS) and the Cor- as well as a galaxy through the telescope; department and talk to faculty, or sit on a nell Organization for Labor Action (2) attended lectures on the founding of bench and enjoy the summer weather. (COLA). He points out that the efforts of Cornell and the lives of Ezra Cornell and Cornell also treats its more senior alumni these two organizations led to the stocking A. D. White; (3) met with current profes- as honored guests and does its best to roll of products in the bookstore manufactured sors and talked about what aspects of our out the Big Red carpet for them. We hope by a unionized company from the Domini- education and classes were most useful in you will reconsider your decision—look- can Republic. After taking a tangential our careers; (4) engaged with distin- ing forward to seeing you in 2016! swipe at one of our nation’s most innova- guished alumni such as Ratan Tata ’59, James Grady ’99 tive companies, Nike, which has created BArch ’62, and listened to him talk about Sanchaita Mukherjee Grady ’01 countless jobs for Americans, Margolies the development of technologies that help Denver, Colorado trumpets the fact that CSAS and COLA

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September | October 2011 9 William Miller ’73 Miller William Fairfield, New Jersey Glenn MacMillen ’54 Providence, Rhode Island Flower Clark MacMillen ’57 Felicia Nimue Ackerman ’68 As an alumnus whose parents were whose parents As an alumnus Margolies trumpeted the fact that he Professor of Philosophy, Brown University Professor of Philosophy, Correction—July/August 2011 should (page 40): We Day” “Training father, have noted that Jim Axelrod’s Robert Axelrod, was a member of the Class of 1958. Longevity Re: “Remembering Arthur Laurents ’37” (Currents, July/August 2011): As the I was daughter of a ninety-nine-year-old, sorry to learn that the life of Arthur Lau- rents was cut tragically short at only ninety-three. Again On the Road really appreciate the electronic option We live full- for accessing the magazine. We time in our motor home, so we move a lot and mail has to chase us. Thanks for the well-done publication. sent delegations to demonstrate in Wis- in to demonstrate sent delegations to challenges “against and Ohio consin bargaining rights.” public employee a teacher employees—one both public both a state bureaucrat, and the other that, Indiana—I can report working in save, they had to scrimp and though they to Cornell, and I were able to send me a single cent. So I graduated not owing knowledge that can tell you from personal between the need there is no comparison coun- Third World for organized labor in organized labor in tries and the need for the United States. the public sector of were well taken Public sector employees generation, care of during my parents’ I care of today. and they are well taken if the U.S. govern- would also add that aggressive stu- ment did not implement dent lending policies that have allowed most colleges to raise tuition by at least two to three times the rate of inflation, middle-class Americans would still be able college educa- to pay for their children’s tion without going into debt or forcing their children to do so. was involved in some small way in the Straight Hall. Cornell takeover of Willard activists seem to be stuck in time with that one traumatic moment. I would just like to point out that most of us went on and had a real life, and could not care less about what happened in the spring of 1969. cornellalumnimagazine.com |

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Campus News From theHill

LISA BANLAKI FRANK

Reunion Weekend Includes First 80th Class Gathering Reunion 2011 marked two firsts: Cornell’s inaugural 80th class reunion and the first “Reunion Zero” for the Class of 2011. Attendees for the Class of ’31—which has more than two dozen living members—were Rosemary Hunt Todd and her former roommate, Ruth Laible Tallmadge, who were honored throughout the weekend. Also much remembered, and sorely missed, was the late Bill Vanneman ’31, who spearheaded plans for the reunion but passed away in April. In his State of the University address, President David Skorton described the four components of his vision for Cornell: continuing to enable students from all backgrounds to afford a Cornell education; globalization through Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar and other programs; public engagement such as work in sustainability and community service; and faculty renewal. “Sons

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$25 Million Suit in SAE Death The mother of a sophomore who died in an alleged hazing incident at Sigma Alpha Epsilon has filed a $25 million wrongful death law- suit. Nineteen-year-old Brooklyn resident George Desdunes ’13 died in February after allegedly participating in a mock kidnapping ritual in which pledges “abducted” him and another brother, bound them, and required them to drink alcohol if they gave wrong answers to fraternity trivia. According to criminal court documents filed when four SAE members were charged with misdemeanor hazing, Desdunes had a blood alcohol content of .35 when he was taken to the hospital after a custodian found him unresponsive on a fraternity house couch. The civil suit (which claims that Des- dunes had an even higher blood alcohol level of .409) seeks dam- UP ages from the national fraternity, its Cornell chapter, and more than a dozen of its members. “I want hazing and alcohol to stop, and I want those kids to take responsibility for their actions, because I don’t want other parents to go through what I’m going through right now,” Desdunes’s mother, Marie Lourdes Andre, told Matt Lauer during an appearance on the “Today” show after filing the suit in June. The students charged in Desdunes’s death have left Cornell, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon has been banned from campus for at least five years. CU Vies for NYC Tech Campus Cornell is among the universities competing to create a high-tech applied science and engineering campus in New York City. Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued a call for proposals in mid-July, drawing interest from dozens of institutions as far away as Korea. The winning proposal will garner city land in Brooklyn, on Governors Island, or on Roosevelt Island, and up to $100 million in infrastructure subsidies. Proposals are due this fall with a winner announced in December and construction beginning in 2015.

UP Two Die in Gorge Accidents Two students died in separate accidents in Fall Creek Gorge in July. Stanislaw Jaworski, a twenty-six-year-old visiting graduate student in chemistry from the University of Gdansk, Poland, reportedly fell while walking off-trail along the gorge east of the Hydroelectric Plant. Later that same day, Nathaniel Rand ’12, a New York City resident majoring in human development in the College of Human Ecology, drowned while swimming in a prohibited area near Ithaca Falls. Theirs were the second and third gorge deaths of the summer; Kendrick Castro ’11 drowned the day after graduating from the College of Arts and Sciences on Memorial Day weekend. University-Wide Economics Department Created After six years of discussion, the University has created a campus- UP wide Department of Economics, combining the economics faculty from the Arts college and labor economists from ILR. Additionally, a All together now: Scenes from Reunion 2011 small number of senior professors from the Johnson School, the included (clockwise from left) kids climbing the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and Human A. D. White statue on the Arts Quad, aerial fun in Ecology’s Department of Policy Analysis and Management will have Barton Hall courtesy of Cornell Outdoor Educa- joint appointments. “The new department will be able to offer a tion, an appearance by 80th Reunion celebrant fuller spectrum of economic perspectives, bringing the more empiri- Rosemary Hunt Todd ’31, a scooter commute cal approach and policy focus of the ILR school together with the around campus, and serenading by a cappella more theoretical approach of the Arts college,” says ILR dean Harry groups in Goldwin Smith. Katz. David Easley, previously chair of economics in the Arts college, will lead the new department for the 2011–12 academic year. September | October 2011 13 12-15CAMso11fth 8/11/11 12:11 PM Page 14

CU Loses Arecibo Management After nearly a half-century of administering Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory, Cornell will turn over management of the facility to SRI International, a nonprofit research institute once affiliated with Stanford. In 1963, Cornell professor William Gordon, PhD ’53, oversaw construction of what became the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope. The University has upgraded the telescope several times over the years, enabling it to continue making significant contributions to astronomy and atmospheric sciences such as the confirmation of Einstein’s prediction of the existence of gravitational radiation. The management shift, to be completed on October 1, comes after the National Science Foundation chose SRI to manage the facility for the next five years. Professor Walter Lynn Dies Walter Lynn, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering and of science and technology studies, died of cancer in June. He was eighty-two. The university ombudsman for the past twelve years, Lynn was a member of Cornell’s faculty since 1961. During his decades on the Hill, Lynn founded the multidiscipli- nary Center for Environmental Quality Management, served as dean of the faculty, and directed the Program on Sci- ence, Technology, and Society, among UP many other activities. He also served on Walter Lynn numerous National Academy panels, was Happy birthday, Olin: To mark its fiftieth, Olin mayor of the Village of Cayuga Heights, and chaired the City of Library hosted a celebration during reunion, Ithaca’s Urban Renewal Agency. “On the list of desirable attributes complete with speeches and cake. Attended by of a Cornell University ombudsman, the last read ‘Non-judgmental, nearly 200 people, it was also the kickoff for an good listener, fair, diplomatic, calm, sensible,’ ” said President exhibition, “Olin @ 50: Inspiration Since 1961.” It’s Skorton. “That was Walter.” Lynn is survived by his wife, Barbara, on display until December and can be viewed and their son, Michael. online at olinuris.library.cornell.edu/olinat50.

Give My Regards To... of the Caine Prize, known as Africa’s answer to the Booker Prize, for her short story “Hitting Budapest.” These Cornellians in the News Students in Cornell Outdoor Education’s Redwoods Tree Climbing course, who in May became the first people ever to climb one of Téa Obreht, MFA ’08, the youngest-ever winner of the Orange the world’s tallest trees, a 260-foot giant sequoia in the Sierra Prize for fiction for her debut novel, The Tiger’s Wife. Nevada.

Audrey Keranen ’12, winner of a Pickering fellowship in foreign Computer science professor Noah Snavely, winner of a two-year, affairs, given to students planning careers in the U.S. Foreign $200,000 Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship to support his work Service. on technology to construct 3-D images from two-dimensional photographs. Cornell food science students, who took first place in their division at the Institute of Food Technologists’ annual product Cornell Police, who placed first at the New York Law Enforce- development competition with ManiKuki, cookies made from cas- ment Traffic Safety Challenge and went on to finish second in sava. Another Cornell team finished second in its division with the national competition. Vege3, a freeze-dried vegetable snack. Math professor Jiunn Tzon Hwang, elected to the American Sta- Engineer and former Qualcomm CEO Irwin Jacobs ’56, co-winner tistical Association. of the Marconi Prize, one of the highest honors in communication and information science. Robert Katz ’69, chair of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute and vice chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees, winner of the Elizabeth Tshele, MFA ’10, writing as NoViolet Bulawayo, winner Tanner Prize from Cornell Hillel.

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Sports

Bear Care

Class gift endows mascots

even years ago, the costumes worn by the Big Red Bears were beginning to look a little, well... S threadbare. The Class of ’70 jumped in to help, purchasing new bear suits in memory of a classmate and former Big Red Bear named (aptly enough) Jeff Baer. This year, they took it a step further. When the class officers met at the Cornell Alumni Leader- ship Conference in January, vice president Sally Anne Levine ’70, JD ’73, suggested that they look into endowing the Big Red Bears as a class gift. The idea got enthusiastic support from John Foote ’74, the author of Touchdown: The Story of the Cornell Bear, and Cindy Marinaro ’12, current president and spokesperson for the Big Red Bears. With help from Margaret Gallo ’81 in Alumni Affairs and John Webster in Athlet- ics AA&D, the idea became a plan—and now it’s an endowment. Thanks to a $22,500 gift from the Class of ’70, the Big Red Bears will have annual income of about $1,000 to cover cleaning, repairs, and other expenses associated with ursine life. “We felt that the Big Red Bears Gift and Memorial was a lively, fun, and ongoing way to honor the Class of ’70, our classmates who have passed on, and the University community,” says class president Connie Ferris Meyer ’70. “The Big Red Bears are enjoyed by students, alumni, faculty, and staff, and this is a wonderful legacy for our class.”

Sports Shorts

CORNELL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS WORLD CLASS By winning the 1,500 NCAA rules. They must also reduce the num- meters at the USA Track and Field National ber of full-contact sessions during spring Championships this summer, Morgan Uceny practice and are limited to one full-contact ’07 has continued to distinguish herself as practice each day during the preseason. one of the top middle-distance runners in These changes, along with increased educa- the world. Uceny, who also won the 2010 tion efforts, were recommended by a special national indoor title in the 1,500, came committee headed by Cornell president from behind to win the outdoor crown, tak- David Skorton and Dartmouth president Jim ing the lead in the final 80 meters before Yong Kim, both medical doctors. The Ivy winning by two seconds with a time of League indicated that it will research simi- 4:03.91. After that, she posted several lar changes for men’s and women’s ice impressive wins in Europe and was selected hockey, lacrosse, and soccer. to represent the United States at the Inter- national Association of Athletics Federa- HOCKEY HALL After being selected in just tions World Championships in South Korea. his second season of eligibility, Joe Nieuwendyk ’88 will be inducted into the HEAD GAMES In an effort to better protect Hockey Hall of Fame in November. A two- football players from concussions, the Ivy time All-American as well as an ECAC League will reduce the number of full- Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year contact practices this season. Teams will at Cornell, Nieuwendyk went on to play 20 Morgan be limited to two full-contact practices a seasons for five NHL teams, winning three Uceny week during the season, half of the previ- Stanley Cups. He was also a member of two ous limit and three less than allowed by Canadian Olympic teams, including the 16 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 16-19CAMso11sports 8/11/11 3:01 PM Page 17 was Roberto Suppa Leigh Archer will be behind the will be behind Big Red rower Leigh Red rower Big CORNELL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS After 21 incredibly successful After 21 incredibly Two new assistant coaches assistant new Two teamed with Yale’s Dara Dickson Dara Yale’s with teamed For the first time in five years, a in five years, first time For the , who became head became ’90, who Jones Casey Topher Scott ’08 Topher was also selected, taken in the 26th in the taken was also selected, bench this season, replacing former assis- former season, replacing this bench tants who Scott Garrow, coach at Clarkson, and at Princeton. position took an assistant’s coach at Quinnipiac Syer was an assistant while Scott, a past 12 seasons, the for was a at Cornell, letter winner four-year University at Miami assistant volunteer professionally last year after playing (Ohio) seasons. three for TRANSITION women’s the of coach as head seasons teams, country cross and field and track a to become down is stepping Lou Duesing the handing coach and assistant part-time assis- his longtime Bowman, to Rich reins won 25 Heptagonal teams Duesing’s tant. other than any more far Championships, cross the that span, and during school top- straight team posted three country has been an Bowman NCAA finishes. four working past 31 seasons, the for assistant hurdlers, sprinters, with the primarily athletes. multi-event and relays, gold medal team in 2002. He is currently is He in 2002. team medal gold Dallas Stars. the of manager general the DRAFTEES Major in the player was selected Cornell Right- Draft. Amateur League Baseball ’11 Jadd Schmeltzer pitcher handed 49th in the Boston Red Sox by the taken Gulf Red Sox to the was assigned He round. team in Fort Myers, Coast League rookie freshman Incoming Florida. ’15 of A native Padres. San Diego by the round right- six-foot-five the Ontario, Palgrave, Cana- the of was a member pitcher handed team. Junior National dian BEAR & BULLDOG ’13 Archer women’s senior in the medal to win a gold Club Champi- Rowing US the pair during won by a duo The summer. this onships covering seconds, nine nearly of margin course in 7:57.11. 2,000-meter the NEW LOOK staff, hockey men’s the have joined Ben Syer face. is a familiar one although and cornellalumnimagazine.com |

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Authors

The Critic as Artist

The Anatomy of Influence by Harold Bloom ’51 (Yale)

n a summing up of his life’s work, the critic and Yale professor returns to the question Iof literary influence and the importance of Shakespeare in the Western canon. “Literary criticism,” writes Bloom, “as I attempt to practice it, is in the first place literary, which is to say personal and passionate. At its strongest it is a kind of wisdom literature, and so a meditation upon life. Yet any distinction between literature and life is misleading. Literature for me is not merely the best part of life: it is itself the form of life.”

Reimagining Japan edited by Clay Chandler, Demonic by Ann Coulter ’84 (Crown Heang Chhor, and Brian Salsberg ’95 (Simon Forum). In her latest book, the conserva- & Schuster). In March 2011, Japan suffered tive columnist argues that liberals incite the triple disasters of earthquake, tsunami, mob behavior by twisting the truth, stir- and nuclear emergency. If the recovery from ring passions, demonizing opponents, the 1995 Kobe earthquake is any indication, and relying on propagandistic images the country will succeed in rebuilding the instead of ideas. She argues that the pro- Tohoku region. But Japan also faces serious grams of totalitarian regimes are similar social and economic problems: lackluster to many of the Democrats’ proposals and growth, persistent deflation, competition compares the mob violence of the French from China and South Korea, an aging popu- Revolution with the actions of liberal Democrats today. “Repub- lation, and the highest debt-to-GDP ratio in the developed world. licans are the party of peaceful order,” Coulter writes. “Democ- Eighty writers—CEOs, economists, scholars, journalists, and foreign rats are the party of noisy, violent mobs. This nation’s heroes policy experts—address the challenges Japan must face as it tries knew what Louis XVI did not: a mob cannot be calmly reasoned to renew itself. with; it can only be smashed.”

God’s Arbiters by Susan K. Harris, PhD ’77 Artisanal Gluten-Free Cupcakes by Kelli (Oxford). When the United States freed the Terry Bronski ’01 & Peter Bronski ’01 Philippines from Spanish rule in 1898, many (The Experiment). When Peter Bronski Americans, including Mark Twain, saw it as a was diagnosed with celiac disease in moral victory. Twain began as a “red-hot 2007, he switched to a gluten-free diet. imperialist,” but soon changed his mind. “I He and his wife, Kelli, began developing have seen that we do not intend to free, recipes and blogging about them. but to subjugate the people of the Philip- “Those of us in the gluten-free commu- pines,” Twain said. For Harris, a professor of nity are like everyone else in the sweet-loving world,” the Bron- American literature at the University of skis write. “We want to bake our cupcake and eat it, too.” Their Kansas, Twain embodies Americans’ conflicting assumptions: “He artisanal approach harks back to the way their grandmothers came to his anti-imperialism only after judging that America was used to bake, and “gives a nod to the pastries of France, the betraying its own principles by forcibly annexing the Philippines.” cannoli of Italy, the dulce de leche of Latin America.”

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Fiction scape architecture at UC Davis. While technicalities are at the core of regulatory observing a variety of destinations and practice,” she argues, “then they must be Walls Within Walls by Maureen Sherry ’85 attractions, he analyzes the unintended understood as political moves, with broad (HarperCollins). When the Smithfork family consequences of travel and dangers of constituencies and consequences.” moves from Brooklyn to a fancy apartment staged authenticity. on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, the children Solidarity Transformed by Mark S. Anner, discover that the previous tenant, Mr. Post, Revolution Interrupted by Tyrell Haberkorn, PhD ’04 (Cornell). During his research on a deceased millionaire, has left clues to a PhD ’07 (Wisconsin). In 1973, a movement labor unions in Latin America, Anner was puzzle that may reveal a hidden fortune. of tenant farmers and students ousted imprisoned and interrogated—and even Thailand’s authoritarian prime minister. survived a bomb blast. The assistant pro- The Blood Lie by Shirley Vernick ’83 (Cinco Three years later, the old order cracked fessor of labor studies and political sci- Puntos). Vernick bases her young adult down. Drawing on oral histories, newspaper ence at Penn State examines union cam- novel on a historical case in Massena, New articles, and government documents, a paigns in the clothing and auto industries York, in 1928, when a Jewish family was research fellow at Australian National Uni- in Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador, and accused of killing a missing girl as part of versity tells the story of a brief interreg- Honduras. a blood sacrifice. num in Thai politics when social change seemed possible. Architecture and Landscape of the Pennsyl- Poetry vania Germans, 1720–1920 edited by Sally Royal Pains by Leslie Carroll ’81 (New McMurry, PhD ’84, and Nancy Van Dolsen The New and Selected Yuri by Yuri Kageyama American Library). “Dereliction of duty,” (Penn). Scholars and preservationists offer ’76 (Ishmael Reed). In her collection of new writes Carroll, “is what this book is all new social, economic, and technological and selected poems, Kageyama debunks cul- about.” In her second foray into royal his- research on the role of architecture in tural stereotypes and explores how racism tory, she recounts the “jealousies, lusts, Pennsylvania German culture. and sexism scar people. and betrayals” of scandalous nobles, from King John to Ivan the Terrible and Lettice Ordinary Egyptians by Ziad Fahmy (Stan- Non-Fiction Knollys to Princess Margaret. ford). An assistant professor of modern The Ethics of Sightseeing by Dean MacCan- Collateral Knowledge by Annelise Riles Middle East history traces the development nell, PhD ’68 (California). “Tourism con- (Chicago). Riles, director of the Clarke Pro- of Egyptian national identity and resistance tains keys to understanding recent changes gram in East Asian Law and Culture at Cor- to British authority from the 1870s until in the ways we frame our humanity,” writes nell, analyzes the legal reasoning that the Revolution of 1919 through the lens of MacCannell, a professor emeritus of land- underpins global financial regulation. “If popular culture.

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Currents

In Memoriam

As chief of staff to the president of the September 11 memorial, Allison Bailey Blais ’00 has an intimate view of the rebuilding at Ground Zero

llison Bailey Blais ’00 was exiting a Manhattan and another by Joseph Karadin, BArch ’97, and Hsin-Yi Wu, subway station on September 11, 2001, when BArch ’97. The winner—Reflecting Absence, by Michael Arad AAmerican Airlines Flight 11 flew overhead. She and Peter Walker—features North America’s largest manmade watched as it passed far too low over Lafayette Street and gasped waterfalls cascading into two reflecting pools set within the foot- as it crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. prints of the Twin Towers. The sound of the water is intended Blais made her way to the roof of the Public Theater, her work- to drown out the city noise, making the site a sanctuary of sorts. place, from which she witnessed the explosion caused by the sec- The reflecting pools, which symbolize the void left by the attacks, ond plane. Exactly fifty-seven minutes later, she was still stand- are surrounded by 400 trees whose leaves will turn color in the ing on the rooftop, riveted and horrified, when the South Tower first weeks of September. collapsed. “I physically collapsed with it,” she recalls. “I felt my The memorial’s scheduled opening—on the tenth anniversary knees give out.” of the attacks—is reserved for family of the victims. General Back then, Blais dreamed of a career as a Broadway writer; access begins the following day, and it is estimated that five mil- on the Hill, she’d sung with the After Eight a cappella group and lion people will visit the site annually, making it the city’s most performed musical theater. She couldn’t have known that some- popular attraction. The museum, scheduled to open a year later, day she’d be immersed in the creation of a lasting memorial to will be housed below the memorial in a seven-story space 9/11. But ten years later, she sits in an office on the twentieth between bedrock and street level. Visitors will enter through an floor of One Liberty Plaza, just across the street from Ground above-ground pavilion, then wander through narrative and inter- Zero. As chief of staff to Joe Daniels, president and CEO of the active exhibits about the attacks, their context, and their conse- National September 11 Memorial & Museum, she is dedicated quences—including, as was announced in early May, one about to upholding one of the memorial’s stated missions: “Respect this Osama bin Laden’s death. The museum will house a resource place made sacred through tragic loss.” center, exhibits honoring first responders, displays of victims’ and Located beneath the ongoing construction of One World survivors’ personal effects, and artifacts recovered from the site Trade Center (also known as Freedom Tower), which will be (including the famed “survivors’ staircase”). New York’s tallest skyscraper at 1,776 feet, the memorial occu- The $530 million project has been a massive undertaking— pies eight of the World Trade Center site’s sixteen acres. It is the and Blais has been involved with almost every aspect. She joined culmination of a design competition conducted by the Lower the LMDC after earning a master’s in American studies from Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), which was Columbia, opting for a career change as the city’s theater industry charged with planning and coordinating the rebuilding of the suffered in the wake of 9/11. She spent two years as a special assis- area surrounding Ground Zero. tant and project manager before moving into her current position, Out of 5,201 entries from sixty-three countries, eight final- where she essentially serves as a liaison among Daniels, dozens of ists were chosen, including one co-designed by Sean Corriel ’04 staff members in various departments, and what she describes as a “very involved” board of directors. Chaired by Mayor Michael WWW.911MEMORIAL.ORG Bloomberg, it includes such members as David Beamer (father of heroic “Let’s roll” Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer), real estate magnate Howard Milstein ’73, and TV host Jon Stewart. “My role changes from day to day, whether it’s planning a sensitive museum exhibition, an issue with construction, or a PR situation,” says Blais, whose husband works for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as program manager for construction at the World Trade Center site. Beyond the forty-eight-member board, there are thousands of individuals and entities—survivors, local residents and businesses, fire and police departments, relatives of those who per- ished—who are heavily invested in the memorial. “You can’t make everyone happy, and that’s really tough sometimes—to 22 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 22-39CAMso11currents 8/11/11 12:13 PM Page 23

BRAD HERZOG Never forget: Allison Blais ’00 has had a front-row seat for the creation of the September 11 memorial (opposite, in an architect’s rendering).

know that you’re disappointing people who feel deeply about memorial pools and will be illuminated at night. what they’re advocating,” says Blais, who found time to co- One of Blais’s most profound responsibilities was to coordi- author A Place of Remembrance, the official book of the memo- nate contact with each victim’s next of kin and ask how they rial, published by National Geographic. wished the names to be displayed, to verify any company affili- In her position, Blais has become acquainted with many ations, and to inquire about meaningful relationships that could of the victims’ families, 40 percent of whom haven’t received affect placement. An algorithm was then developed to process any of their loved ones’ remains. “This is like a gravesite for such requests—so, for instance, two friends who worked at Can- them,” she says. “It has to feel like a place where they can go tor Fitzgerald or two brothers who served in separate fire com- and mourn, not like a tourist site where they’re in line with panies could be listed adjacently. “We have the privilege of the rest of the people.” The names of the 2,976 victims knowing these families who so graciously share the lives of their (including those from the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania loved ones with us, and everyone feels a deep responsibility to flight) and the six who died in the 1993 World Trade Center them,” says Blais. “Nobody here thinks this is just a job.” bombing are inscribed in bronze around the perimeters of the — Brad Herzog ’90

September | October 2011 23 at Vertical Access Vertical at High and Mighty and High cornellalumnimagazine.com | ent Diebolt ’82 has lost his nerve on the job only once—in 1996, while suspended in a climbing harness from the ceil- Fifth Avenue. ing of the St. Thomas Church on Manhattan’s The ropes holding him aloft were threaded through a small

Up there: Vertical Access climbers at work at climbers Access Vertical Up there: Flume and Hanging Colorado’s atop (below) Thomas Church St. Manhattan’s

A former contractor and one-time nurseryman, Diebolt founded Vertical Kent Diebolt ’82 and his colleagues his colleagues ’82 and Diebolt Kent ACCESS VERTICAL BY PROVIDED use climbing gearuse climbing such august structures inspect to and Philadelphia’s the U.S. Capitol, as cathedrals, Hall Independence

hole in the ceiling of the French High Gothic structure and anchored to a steel beam in the attic. Diebolt had just turned his attention to the object of his study—the terra cotta Gustavino tiles that comprise the vaulted ceiling of the nave—when a fuse blew and he was plunged into darkness. While a colleague “All I could Diebolt dangled 100 feet above the floor. raced to reset the power, you’re so focused on the see was the pews I’d fall on,” he recalls. “Usually, if you fell, you’d be dead.” wonder what would happen: work, you don’t Access, based just outside Ithaca in Lansing, in 1995, using industrial rope techniques to conduct surveys of historic buildings and other sites for preserva- the firm employs five full-time climbers tionists, architects, and engineers. Today, using proprietary software the team developed to integrate still and video dig- K

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ital images, quantitative materials analy- in South Carolina, the team designed a sys- ses, and schematic diagrams. While com- tem of wire slings on rollerblade wheels to monplace in Europe, using climbing gear augment their ropes and harnesses. (“It’s a in the building industry remains relatively challenge to come down the cable in a con- rare in the U.S., where most inspectors rely trolled way and stop when you want to,” on scaffolding and heavy machinery such notes conservator and Vertical Access part- as cherry pickers to assess the condition of ner Evan Kopelson ’94.) steeples, gargoyles, and other remote archi- Ropes allow a unique perspective on tectural elements. “People call us to get to each structure, says engineer Kelly Nuttall places they can’t get to,” says Diebolt, Streeter ’97, a partner in Vertical Access who has scaled the Chrysler Building and since 2002 who taught rock-climbing as Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, among an undergraduate instructor with Cornell others. “But we don’t do repairs, caulking, Outdoor Education. Her inspection of or window washing; there can’t ever be a Marble Collegiate Church, in lower perception that we have a stake in the out- Manhattan, revealed the name of the come of a survey.” nineteenth-century sawyer who had At St. Thomas, the first big contract milled the beams (“McGuire”) scratched in New York City that Vertical Access into a timber in the attic with a nail head. landed, Diebolt and his crew were on a Farther uptown, at the Cathedral of St. deadline. Next door, the Museum of John the Divine—which has been under Modern Art was about to embark on an construction since 1892—she found a expansion that required blasting a mere mallet, forgotten by some long-ago ten feet from the intricate, 100-foot-tall worker on an unfinished structural sup- stone carving behind the altar. “They port. “You find shims that were left in wanted to know whether the church masonry joints,” she says. “It’s not until could withstand the vibrations,” says the mortar fades away, which is why structural engineer Robert Silman ’56, we’re there, that you can see how the who hired Vertical Access to survey the stonework was put together.” But perhaps church on behalf of his Manhattan firm, her favorite climb was the one she made Robert Silman Associates. “When we sent in spring 2010, on the dome of the U.S. Kent up there, he could see daylight Capitol Building. Says Streeter: “You just through the masonry—it was quite alarm- feel in awe that you get to be there.” ing.” There wasn’t time for repairs before Diebolt has gazed into the face of a the MOMA construction was slated to gargoyle carved in the likeness of the begin, but because of Diebolt’s report, Sil- architect who designed the St. Thomas man and the MOMA engineers modified Church; admired the complex geometry the blasting plans to reduce the risk of and impeccable workmanship of the damage. “We often wish we were Spider- Chrysler Building’s sheet metal cladding; Man,” says Silman. “I’d love to look at a and marveled at the legacy of Philadel- building and be able to say what kind of phia’s Independence Hall. “It was built by beams and concrete and wood are inside. people present at the inception of this Now we have Spider-Man: Vertical Access country,” he says. “Part of the joy of this has a capability the rest of us don’t have.” work is the buildings—they are amazing, Scaffolds and cherry pickers can hoist iconic structures.” engineers within range of the structures — Sharon Tregaskis ’95 they’re examining, but the logistics can be a nightmare. Without Vertical Access, says Sil- man, the St. Thomas inspection would have been prohibitively expensive and disruptive. “A cherry picker in front of St. Thomas might take closing one lane of traffic on Fifth Avenue, maybe two,” he says. Interior scaffolding isn’t much better. “It’s ugly,” he says, “and puts the building out of service for weeks at a time.” Sometimes, ropes are the only option—as when Vertical Access surveyed Colorado’s thirteen-mile-long Hanging Flume, part of a hydraulic mining operation suspended from the walls of the Dolores River canyon, constructed in the 1880s and now on the National Register of Historic Places. When the company in- spected the cables of the Arthur Ravenel Bridge, 100 feet above Charleston Harbor

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Leaping Lemurs

Deep in the Madagascar rainforest, a grad student studies furry endangered primates

JEFF GIBBS For weeks at a time, grad student Erik Patel wakes at 5 a.m. in a bungalow near a cliff’s edge, eats a breakfast of condensed milk and oats, then wades through the river separating his campsite from the arboreal homes of his elusive research subjects: silky sifaka lemurs. Since 2001, the PhD candidate in biological psychology has been studying the behavior of the fluffy white mammals, which can be found only in the mountain- ous rainforests of northeastern Madagascar. “They look as if they wear white fur coats and big, black, round sunglasses,” says Patel, who holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Indiana’s Earlham College and a master’s in biological anthropology from Berkeley. “Maybe a cross between a small polar bear and a raccoon.” Though the silky sifakas have only one natural predator—the small, puma-like fossa— they’re one of the world’s twenty-five most critically RACHEL KRAMER endangered primates, a situation made more severe by their inability to survive in captivity. Largely due to hunting, slash-and-burn agriculture, and illegal rosewood logging, the silky sifaka population is dwindling. Patel has observed about 130 of the lemurs, but estimates there are 300 to 2,000 in the country. What began with Patel and a couple of Cornell undergrads scouring the rainforest for the lemurs has grown to involve many of the local villagers. Patel enlists their help in tracking the lemurs and has developed educational programs, giving presentations to primary schools and taking kids on Visit tours of his campsite. “You’d be us online amazed how many people live for more next to Marojejy National Park, cornellalumni where the silky sifakas are Up a tree: Erik Patel magazine. mainly found, and have never supervises research on com seen the animal,” says Patel, the silky sifakas (top). whose work has been the subject of several documentary films, including one currently in production by the BBC. Patel’s first trip to Madagascar was in 2000, when he volunteered at an established research station “collecting lemur poop.” Since the lemurs spend much of their lives twenty yards up in the rainforest canopy, observing them requires a combination of acute observation and sheer luck. When he returned the following year, he spent five weeks hiking through the park before finding any silky sifakas—and when he did, the lemurs were scared of him, making alarm calls and running away. But after about six months they began to trust Patel and his companions. “We have names for all of them,” says Patel, “and we can tell them apart by eye.” While his trips to Madagascar vary in length, Patel generally spends about six months a year there. After he receives his PhD—he hopes to finish in December—he will work for Duke University’s Lemur Center, living in Madagascar ten months a year. He will also continue running his nonprofit, SIMPONA, which he established in 2010 as a vehicle for donations and grant funding. “People don’t realize that so many animals have already gone extinct and we knew nothing about them,” he says. “We are responsible for their extinc- tion, so the least we can do is try to learn about them for future generations.” — Natanya Auerbach ’13

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A first-time mom in her seventies, Marilyn Berger ’56 lives in Manhattan with the boy she rescued from the streets of Ethiopia

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anny Hodes seems like A new life: Marilyn Berger ’56 and her adoptive son, Danny Hodes, your typical nine-year- at home in their apartment on Manhattan’s Central Park West old boy. He sleeps beneath a Spider-Man Dcomforter and totes a SpongeBob back- with Marilyn Berger ’56, the seventy-five- Don Hewitt, creator and executive pro- pack to school. He likes pro wrestling and year-old woman he calls “Mom.” ducer of “60 Minutes.” They were mar- soccer and Scrabble. He dreams of being Berger, who holds a master’s in jour- ried when Berger was forty-three. an actor when he grows up. nalism from Columbia, has had a distin- Although she had experienced maternal It’s hard to believe that three years guished career as a print and TV reporter. yearnings in her twenties, she says, “That ago, he was one of the forsaken masses— She covered the Prague Spring for News- ship had definitely sailed.” In the ensu- a homeless runaway with a crooked back, day, observed China’s Cultural Revolution ing years, her life was orderly, adult- malnourished and begging for loose as a writer for the Washington Post, centered, rarely impulsive. change on the streets of his native served as NBC’s White House correspon- Then she met Danny. Ethiopia. Now, he lives in a luxury apart- dent, and reported from the United The tale really begins in 2007, when ment on Manhattan’s Central Park West Nations for ABC. Along the way, she met Berger had lunch with her Cornell room-

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mate, Jo Ann Kleinman Silverstein ’56. visit evolved into an extended stay with Having just returned from Ethiopia, Silver- Berger and Hewitt—and, eventually, a stein raved about Rick Hodes, an Ameri- permanent home. Danny didn’t want to can-born physician who has spent nearly return to Ethiopia, and they didn’t want three decades in Africa caring for desper- him to leave. “He was happy with us,” ately sick children—and often arranging for she says. “How could we send him back? life-saving surgeries—at Mother Teresa’s He just fit in, like a key in a slot.” mission in Addis Ababa. He has taken A student visa allows Danny to re- more than twenty patients into his own main in the U.S. as long as he goes to pri- home, adopting several. Berger, who has vate school. Since Ethiopian law prohibits interviewed such figures as Jimmy Carter, people from adopting children more than Henry Kissinger, Anwar Sadat, and Golda forty years younger than themselves, Meir, calls Hodes “the most extraordinary Danny has not been legally adopted; human being I’ve ever met.” In Ethiopia, Hodes remains his legal guardian and, like where there are some five million orphans, a number of other Ethiopian children, he is often called Father Teresa. Danny took the last name of the doctor When Silverstein asked if she knew who saved him. Thus he is Danny Hodes, anyone who might want to write a mag- but there is even serendipity in his initials, azine article about Hodes, Berger nomi- as he can make use of Don Hewitt’s nated herself. In January 2008, she trav- monogrammed possessions. Just a week eled to Ethiopia to research the story for after Danny’s arrival in New York, Hewitt Reader’s Digest. On her sixth day, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer; he saw a little boy amid the beggars and ven- passed away in August 2009. dors of a dusty avenue, his arms as thin Now it is Berger and Danny in the as a garden hose. “He was down on his spacious Central Park West home—in a haunches, his hand out, looking up at building whose residents include the likes me,” Berger recalls. “He had unbelievably of Bono and Steve Martin. It is surely an long eyelashes.” exceptional childhood. Yes, Berger reads He also had a profoundly curved to him, tosses a baseball around in the back, a sign of spinal spondylitis, a form park, tucks him into bed. But occasional of tuberculosis that is virtually unknown dinner companions include Alan Alda and in the U.S. but common in Ethiopia—and Candice Bergen. When Danny and his often fatal if left untreated. Berger found “mom” traveled to Universal Studios in Hodes, and they returned a couple of Los Angeles last winter, they had dinner hours later to find the boy, Danny, who with the studio’s president, Ron Meyer; had fled an abusive stepfather and an the other guests included Julia Roberts. overburdened and impoverished mother. That chance encounter in Addis Hodes examined Danny at the clinic and Ababa—which turned a hopeless existence then, as is his custom, snapped a photo- into a life of comfort and promise—was a graph of the boy, telling him to smile. His much-needed stroke of luck for Danny, explanation to Berger: “This isn’t just a now straight-backed and constantly smil- back. This is a soul.” That would become ing. But Berger has discovered that good the title of the book Berger would even- fortune can be a two-way street. “It tually write. William Morrow published didn’t occur to me that he would fill a This Is a Soul in hardcover in 2010; it hole in my life,” she says, “but he cer- came out in paperback in April. tainly does.” Before meeting Danny, Berger had — Brad Herzog ’90 never become personally involved with a story. But something about the boy haunted her. “I just saw this kid,” she recalls, “and thought Rick could help Cornell Alumni him.” Hodes took Danny into his home and arranged for him to have spinal sur- Magazine gery in Ghana. Berger happened to be returning to Ethiopia, so she stopped in Now on your Ghana to visit Danny after the eight-and- a-half-hour operation, bringing him a few iPad— simple gifts—a book, a pen, a teddy bear. iPhone and Android too. By then, she was beginning to admit to an unexpected emotional connection. A few To learn more, go to months later, Hodes told her he was coming to New York City on a fundraising cornellalumni trip. Why not bring Danny along, she magazine.com suggested. It’ll help him learn English. The

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tanding on the rim of the crimson-hued canyon on a March day in 1998, David Goodyear ’73,S MEng ’74, could hardly contain his excitement. As he surveyed the landscape, his mind raced with possibilities. Some 1,600 feet away from the legendary Hoover Dam, the structural engineer had a chance to carve a bit of history out of the unforgiving rock. “I was like a kid in a candy store that day,” Goodyear recalls. “As a bridge designer, you consider yourself tremendously fortunate to have a site like that. It’s a once in a lifetime experience. In this business, that’s what you live for.” It would take another dozen years before he finally saw the finished project: a 1,900-foot-long, eighty-eight-foot-wide concrete ribbon, perched 890 feet above the deep blue Colorado River running JAMEY STILLINGS between Arizona and Nevada. Opened to traffic in late 2010, it has been proclaimed a triumph of modern engineering. It is the longest and tallest concrete-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere and the second- Life Span tallest bridge in the United States (after the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado), and its concrete columns are the tallest in the world. It has become an instant tourist The Hoover Dam bridge is a career topper mecca, with visitors taking the undulating for veteran structural engineer David pathway to a pedestrian lane that runs the bridge’s length. Goodyear ’73, MEng ’74 The centerpiece of a $240 million construction project, the Hoover Dam bypass bridge was built to shift vehicles

Playing bridge: The 1,900-foot-long Hoover Dam span rises 890 feet above the Colorado River.

32 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 22-39CAMso11currents 8/11/11 12:13 PM Page 33 C away from the dam and speed traffic urrents between Las Vegas and Phoenix. Com- mercial vehicles, blocked from using the dam bridge since the 9/11 attacks, would no longer be forced to take a seventy-five- mile detour. The project would also improve safety for motorists navigating the twisty, narrow, congested two-lane dam roadway by shunting traffic to new stretches of U.S. Highway 93. Goodyear, chief bridge engineer and senior vice president at the San Francisco- based civil and structural engineering firm T.Y. Lin International, began assembling a team to bid on the project in 1999 and was picked for the job about two years later. He soon settled on a concrete-arch bridge, a cheaper, sturdier, and more aesthetically sensitive choice than a steel suspension span. “The idea was to com- plement the dam,” says Goodyear, who has helped create more than 100 bridges during his three-decades-long career. “This was the most sensible place to build a concrete-arch bridge, if you were ever going to do one. It just works.” But there were some serious concerns that would shape the design. Initial reports about the potential for epic earthquakes were “quite alarming,” Goodyear says, and wind speed projections were daunting. As a result, the bridge was built to withstand a 1,000-year earthquake and winds that are 25 percent stronger than the industry mandates. Carved into Black Canyon, the span presented design challenges Goodyear had never before encountered; for example, its concrete mix underwent extensive study to see how it would perform after the bridge was set into place. The design process took a full year, and execution was delayed by funding uncertainties. When it finally got started, it was an arduous construction job involving more than 1,200 workers and nearly 400 engineers working in high winds and searing desert temperatures. At one point, the project was delayed for eighteen months when winds reaching sixty miles per hour toppled a construction crane; in a separate incident, a worker was killed in an accident involving a hydraulic jack. In the end, despite the challenges, the team brought the two ends of the bridge together with remarkable accuracy, off by just a few eighths of an inch. “It was a long time coming and it’s gratifying to see something work out so well,” says Goodyear, who was among the throng of dignitaries and visitors on hand for the dedication last October. “But it’s like when your kids leave home. You think to yourself, OK, now I have to find something else to do.” — David Schwartz

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Cornell scientists’ study on gas drilling generates both heat and light

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fter returning to Cornell in the summer of 2009 Afrom a sabbatical in France, Robert Howarth, the Atkinson Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology, heard a radio advertisement that caught his attention: a company was tout- West Virginia ing natural gas extracted from shale as a “green” fuel that did not cause global warming. At the time, much of New York’s Southern Tier was in the midst of The Marcellus Shale a leasing frenzy as gas companies were

obtaining property rights to drill in the WWW.SEARCHANDDISCOVERY.COM/DOCUMENTS/2009/10206WRIGHTSTONE/ Marcellus Shale, a geologic formation stretching from West Virginia north into the farmland surrounding Ithaca. year time period, the paper stated, the find that science.” An earth system scientist who has greenhouse gas footprint of shale gas is at Natural gas is 95 percent methane, a researched global warming for nearly least 20 percent greater than and possibly greenhouse gas that is 105 times more thirty-five years, Howarth wondered if more than twice as great as that of coal. potent in trapping heat than carbon diox- any studies could verify that natural gas Over a 100-year time frame, the green- ide over a twenty-year time horizon and extracted from shale was an environmen- house gas footprint of shale gas is compa- thirty-three fold more potent over a 100- tally clean fuel. Finding no scientific basis rable to that of coal. And when compared year time horizon, the study noted. Dur- for the claim, he decided to launch his to gas extracted using conventional drilling, ing the lifetime of a shale well that uses own study and enlisted the help of two the paper said, methane emissions from unconventional drilling, the study esti- Cornell colleagues: Anthony Ingraffea, an shale gas are at least 30 percent higher and mates, 3.6 to 7.9 percent of the methane engineering professor, and Renee Santoro perhaps more than twice as high. it produces will leak into the atmosphere. ’06, a research technician. “This is widely promoted as a ‘green’ Critics in the gas industry were quick Their paper, published in the peer- fuel that’s good for the country and an to respond. In fact, they launched an reviewed journal Climatic Change Letters easy way of continuing to live off fossil attack on the paper before it was even in April, concluded that natural gas fuels without having to worry about fos- published, distributing information from released through unconventional drilling sil fuels affecting climate change,” says an unauthorized (and not final) draft. The using high-volume hydraulic fracturing Howarth. “It didn’t ring true to me, industry also marshaled a series of nega- (“fracking”) causes more global warming which is why I went looking for the sci- tive blogs and, according to Howarth, than coal. When considered over a twenty- ence [to back up the claim], but didn’t took out a Google ad, so reporters 34 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 22-39CAMso11currents 8/11/11 12:13 PM Page 35 C urrents searching for “Robert Howarth” would gas. In conventional wells, which rely the gas industry to reduce the amount of first encounter a list of critiques. Some mostly on vertical drilling and smaller methane seepage, which Howarth says is scientists, including Cornell colleagues amounts of water, the methane leaks dur- unlikely because it would be too costly, he Lawrence Cathles and Larry Brown, PhD ing those stages are far lower in volume. believes the country should move toward ’76, both professors of earth and atmos- Howarth and Ingraffea oppose high- adopting renewable energy sources, such pheric sciences, also questioned the volume hydraulic fracturing in the Mar- as solar, wind, and geothermal. “We can’t study’s conclusions. Many other scientists cellus Shale because of the negative impact go on using fossil fuels,” he says. “Sooner praised the study, however, and Howarth it could have on global warming. “Our or later, we need to convert to a sustain- is quick to point out that no peer- conclusion is that this could be pretty dis- able energy system. The technology is reviewed journal has published a study astrous for climate change, so I do not mostly there now. The faster we move to that refutes his work. think it is wise to proceed,” asserts that, the better.” Much of the criticism focuses on the Howarth. Instead of trying to convince — Sherrie Negrea study’s conclusions about a twenty-year time frame, since methane lasts only for ten to twelve years in the atmosphere while carbon dioxide remains for about 100 years. Ingraffea says that it’s vital to look at the shorter time period when considering the effects of gas drilling, because of the urgency of avoiding disastrous climate change effects, including the melting of the ice caps. “If your policy is ‘What can we do to slow climate change?’ why wait 100 years if you’re trying to have an effect now, so that we do not have a climate tipping point, which scientists are worried about,” says Ingraffea, the Baum Professor of Engineering. Current estimates show that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is 390 parts per million and is increasing at roughly two parts per million a year, Ingraffea says. If, as many scientists believe, the point of irreversible climate change will be reached when there are 450 parts per million, the window of opportunity to have any impact on global warming could be just thirty years. Subsequent to the publication of the Howarth, Santoro, and Ingraffea study, the United Nations issued a report again stressing the urgency of addressing climate change and emphasizing the need to focus more on methane and other short- lived greenhouse gases. Then, in June, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration issued draft rules that would allow fracking in most of the Marcellus Shale in New York State, with some exceptions including land near the New York City and Syracuse watersheds. Because the Marcellus Shale gas is trapped beneath layers of rock, millions of gallons of water combined with sand and chemicals would be blasted underground to fracture the rock, releasing the gas for extraction. The Howarth study argues that methane escapes into the atmosphere during the first two phases of this proce- dure: flow-back, when the water injected into the shale returns to the surface, and drill-out, when plugs used to separate fracturing stages are removed to release the

September | October 2011 35 Open — Jordan Lite Arts and Sciences . record for not missing a missing not for record in which to fraternize, in which Dead Poets Society Dead Poets Guinness Book and holder of a of holder and The Great Red Way Red The Great Perfect Crime Perfect Leaves of Grass Leaves of Whitman’s Walt channeling sophomore A frustrated terrorizing library, music Cornell’s stacks of love in the in fall Students plas- “Frankenstein’s up for next they’re over whether cows fret Two six ten- vignettes—in other and These familiar? vaguely Sound after concluding that “a cow with a window is uniquely Cornell”: “I is uniquely Cornell”: cow with a window that “a after concluding The venue—off-Broadway’s Snapple Theater Center, just north of Times of just north Center, Theater Snapple venue—off-Broadway’s The A drunken couple searches for neutral territory neutral for couple searches A drunken parents Hall—“My Dickson as Clara campus landmarks such dismissing Hall Sage says—and girl the here,” have had sex might and here met Fair”). “Scarborough Garfunkel’s and Simon of (too reminiscent of roofs over the YAWP barbaric my sound (“I too am untranslatable/I wonder- simultaneously Balch Hall, near on a bridge world”) stands the annoyed and University be at the to enough smart she’s whether ing isn’t mirroring experience that her ballads. in satirical romance vocalize their as they librarian an uptight for sides in their implanted fistulated peep holes surgery”—having tic science. veterinary of sake the Schatz ’03, Tony Hogrebe ’04, Danny Ross ’06, and doctoral student Aoise student doctoral Ross ’06, and ’04, Danny Hogrebe Schatz ’03, Tony put out a Morales and works selected after Brantman had their Stratford) be set or less, run ten minutes that they criteria: The submissions. call for be written by alumni or current and campus, Cornell the in or around selected six were final the scripts submitted, seventeen Of the students. them staging feasibility of and tone, writing, the of strength based on the Levitt, who Bruce professor says theatre fashion, in a minimalist event. the co-curated long- center’s the Russell ’77, star of Catherine courtesy of Square—came running performance in more than two decades. Says Stratford, who wrote wrote who Says Stratford, than two decades. in more performance House people were feel like didn’t and performance, level of was thrilled by the theatre.” of night to a great responding were to Cornell—they responding Jason Brantman ’97, who directed and produced the evening, says a formal network formal says a evening, the produced and directed ’97, who Brantman Jason ’01, Daina Feldman ’98, Lauren Williams ’91, David Wilner (Sheri playwrights The , the event was more of a chance to a chance of was more event , the 2 p.m. Library, Cox co-wrote who For Hogrebe, Whitman-inspired the penned who playwright a professional Wilner, minute plays staged at the first-ever Cornell Theatre Night in early June—were meant not meant in early June—were Night Theatre Cornell first-ever at the staged plays minute of talents the but to showcase audience, Red-heavy a Big among nostalgia only to evoke by Anaiza was organized evening The more. and designers, actors, playwrights, Cornellian Cor- group networking the founded who investor a theatrical ’02, ’00, ME ’01, MBA Morales to Cornell an East Coast answer to offer aiming years ago, three in Entertainment nellians in L.A. field entertainment the alumni navigate helps which in Hollywood, theatrical of his résumé as a director began building as he open doors would have helped have a necessarily “I didn’t ceremonies. U.S. Open opening as the such events other and to pavement the “I had to pound recalls. Brantman City,” York in New connections lot of But when to do.” things hardest the are which cold calls, make to people and out reach there always felt like “It says, he with a fellow Cornellian, to talk business happened he bat.” the off right was a closer connection of version a next-gen envisions felt as a freshman, she homesickness the after considering plays where these fun to do would be really “It on campus. held Night Theatre Cornell and could stop “People said. Wilner site to site,” from event set, a traveling were they would be a blast.” It ten minutes. listen for indulge his creative side than to market himself. The musical, his first, generated the his first, generated musical, The himself. than to market side his creative indulge it library, has a music Cornell I realized “When cheers. and laughs biggest evening’s a speechwriter for Hogrebe, said to pass up as a setting,” poetic too perfect and seemed comedian. as a sketch moonlights Quinn who Christine City Councilwoman York New Inaugural theatre night brings Cornellian night theatre Inaugural Apple the Big tales to PHOTOS PROVIDED BY ANAIZA MORALES ’00 cornellalumnimagazine.com | Show time: Contributors time: Contributors Show Night Theatre Cornell to director top) included (from (far ’97 Brantman Jason left), professor Bruce Sheri and playwright Levitt, Wilner ’91 (center)

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September | October 2011 37 — Nicholas St. Fleur ’13 Hot-Footing It Hot-Footing before a burning bed of red-hot coals in the red-hot bed of a burning before After three hours of team-building activities like activities team-building of hours After three ity. Blisters, which he calls “fire kisses,” are the are kisses,” calls “fire he which Blisters, ity. “After coals. missteps on the of result common most to walk, all himself prepared a person has mentally as if even stride, a light, is maintain to do needs he tells them. he sidewalk,” the across walking and fists, with their boards breaking trust falls, group the necks, with their shafts arrow shattering practice. into lessons evening’s to put the is ready up and building the out of march they by one, One glowing the across each treads firepit—and to the for is an education “Firewalking coals unscathed. And is different. “Each firewalk says. Simons me,” in your free you do people ask, ‘What do when people with, ‘I help it’s fun to respond time?’ ” conquer fear.’ PROVIDED BY TONY SIMONS Hotel professor lessons Hotel firewalking gives The aspiring firewalkers are students in a personal strength and teambuilding work- teambuilding and strength in a personal students are firewalkers aspiring The safe activ- is a relatively that firewalking attendees reassures Simons workshop, the At Twelve spiritual adventurers stand barefoot stand adventurers spiritual Twelve eight- The study. and meditation for a center Light, of Foundation Ithaca’s of back field pitch-black July night. the illuminating them, of in front roars blaze cherrywood foot-long is ready dozen daring the Fahrenheit, 1,100 degrees embers burn at an intense the Though step at a time. one flames the firewalkers—facing to become organizational of professor An associate Simons. Tony school’s Hotel the led by shop ritual in the others has instructed six years and for has been firewalking Simons behavior, personal people overcome to help his workshops it into incorporating a year, about for chal- many the for coals serves as a metaphor over the “Crossing fears. professional and own whose says Simons, lives,” in their people face firewalks—that personal lenges—or 111 times. firepit a twelve-foot-long is crossing record MATT WITTMEYER Baby Professor steps: Tony firewalkers. Simons instructs the future over stroll a successful takes A student coals. the hot Below: cornellalumnimagazine.com | ): Zip Cornell Alumni address label to insure address place label here Moving? new subscription new subscription present renew cornellalumnimagazine.com State a Please include Name Address City Magazine write us you whenever service prompt about your subscription. ❑ ❑ If so, please tell us 6 weeks before If so, please your mag- Include your address. changing new your label, print address azine this coupon to: mail and below, address Records Affairs Public 400 Suite Street, 130 East Seneca NY 14850-4353 Ithaca, with form this mail subscribe, To (payable to check and payment Cornell Alumni Magazine Subscription rate in the United States: United in the rate Subscription $30.00 1 year, $45.00 1 year, countries: Other

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Remembering Deb Whiting

eb Whiting, from which she sourced. co-owner of Her award-winning wine D Red Newt list spotlights exclusively Winery and Bistro, was local production as well—in killed in a car accident on fact, it features more than June 30. Her husband and thirty Finger Lakes wineries co-owner, Dave Whiting, in addition to Red Newt. survived the crash. The Deb was keenly aware that Whitings founded Red what was good for the Newt in 1998. Well known region was good for Red as a source of first-rate Fin- Newt. To that end, she ger Lakes wine, the opera- helped create Finger Lakes tion is equally respected for Culinary Bounty, an organ- the excellent food Deb ization whose goal is to Wines turned out on a daily basis encourage culinary tourism in the Bistro. in the area. While working as a lab manager at Deb’s energetic support of not only her of the Cornell, Deb started her own catering busi- own business but of many throughout the ness, Seneca Savory, in 1992. When she and Finger Lakes made her lots of friends. Her her husband opened Red Newt several years untimely death stunned everyone involved Finger later, equal billing was given to the winery with the area’s wine and food industry. and bistro. While the concept of promi- Many of the hundreds of people who nently featured restaurants attached to attended her memorial service will no doubt wineries was part of the scene in regions be ready to give the same support to Red Lakes like Napa Valley, this was something new Newt that Deb Whiting, a Finger Lakes for the Finger Lakes. visionary, gave to many of them. She will be From the start, Deb Whiting placed great greatly missed. emphasis on the use of local ingredients in — Dave Pohl her cooking. Dishes featuring local ingredients are highlighted on the Bistro’s menus, Dave Pohl, MA ’79, is a wine buyer at and Deb was a great promoter of the farms Northside Wine & Spirits in Ithaca. 40-41CAMso11wines 8/11/11 12:15 PM Page 41

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After the death of his father— the highest ranking firefighter to perish on 9/11—Chris Ganci ’99 abandoned a business career to join the FDNY

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he mural, painted on the cherry red garage door of the firehouse in Flatbush, Brooklyn, sums up the dichotomy of a firefighter’s life. One part shows three uniformed men raising an American flag amid the rubble of the World Trade Center Tabove the words “Strength & Honor.” On September 11, 2001, three men from this firehouse died when the Twin Towers collapsed; four current members lost a father or brother, and all of them lost too many friends. On the wall above that solemn scene is another image: a pirate, grinning jauntily. The caption says “Jolly Rogers,” the nickname of the firehouse on Rogers Avenue. “We’re the ‘land pirates’—we’re known for being aggressive firefighters,” says Chris Ganci ’99, whose father was the highest- ranking uniformed member of the New York City Fire Department to die on 9/11. “You go to a fire, and it’s hard to explain, but it’s the most unbelievable feeling in the world. And then afterward, you’re so spent that there’s nothing left. Then you get called to another job, and the adrenalin carries you through.”

Last winter, Ganci and his colleagues were among roughly and supported him unconditionally, even though New York’s 200 firefighters called to a five-alarm blaze that raced through a Bravest is essentially the family business. Over thirty-three years, seven-story apartment building. More than 100 residents were Pete had worked his way up to become chief of the FDNY, com- forced to flee into the chill of a twenty-degree night. Wind gusts manding more than 15,000 officers, firefighters, EMTs, para- of forty miles per hour whipped the flames and created what the medics, and civilian employees. Chris’s older brother, Pete III, fire chief later described as “blowtorch conditions.” The firemen joined Ladder 111 in Bedford-Stuyvesant. His cousin? Ladder battled the blaze for seven hours. Maydays rang out over the 174. His uncle? Ladder 132. His brother-in-law? Ladder 123. radio. One resident died. Nearly two dozen firefighters were Ganci originally aimed for a career in medicine, inspired in injured, including Ganci, who suffered burns on his neck. “That’s part by his mother, Kathleen, who provided home care to termi- the worst fire I’ve ever seen,” he says. “Like being in a blast nally ill children. But, he admits, “I really don’t have an affinity furnace.” for blood and guts.” (On the other hand, he was captain of the But the aggressiveness also applies during the frequent down- Cornell rugby team, which somewhat belies that statement.) He time in the Jolly Rogers, which houses two companies of about graduated from the College of Human Ecology with a major in twenty-five men each—Ladder 157 (the first ones in, searching nutrition and found a job as a sales rep with Merck Pharma- and rescuing), and Engine 255 (the unit that secures a water sup- ceuticals. “I liked what I was doing, but I was always looking ply and suppresses the fire). Maybe an NFL locker room has a forward to having time off,” he says, “whereas in this job you similar vibe, or a gladiator pit. Watch your back: here, there are miss the firehouse when you’re not working.” no greater pleasures than a well-cooked meal and a well-timed As FDNY chief, his father worked eighty to 100 hours a prank—for instance, tossing some firecrackers into a room to week. He liked to say he had 10,000 kids, and sometimes that interrupt a quiet Sunday afternoon interview with a reporter. And meant that his own saw less of him than they would have liked. sharpen your wit: amid the company of adrenalin-fueled men But in the summer of 2001, he and Chris spent every Saturday who spend more time with each other than with their significant together on the golf course. “I tell you,” says Ganci, “it was the others, busting chops is like breathing. best time of my life.” “Where did you go to school?” one of them asks sarcasti- On the night of September 10, Ganci, still living at home in cally, as Ganci steps into the galley during a firehouse tour. “Was North Massapequa, watched a movie with his dad. As was usu- it Cortland? I know it begins with a ‘C.’ ” ally the case, Pete fell asleep somewhere in the middle. “Chief,” Ganci said—that’s what even his son called him—“you missed the best part.” “It’ll be on again,” said Pete, as he stood up and hugged his fter Ganci graduated from Cornell more son, who told him he loved him. than a decade ago, Peter Ganci Jr. play- “I love you, too,” he said, and he walked upstairs to bed. fully hung his youngest son’s diploma in They didn’t see each other the next morning. Ganci had a the bathroom of the family’s Long breakfast meeting with one of his Merck clients in Brooklyn. Island home, as if to say, “Here’s what Pete, as was his custom, awoke before dawn and strolled across I think of your Ivy League degree.” But the street to a house he had found for his best friend and execu- Ahe was damn proud of him, and he had high hopes. Senator. tive assistant Steve Mosiello, who always left the door unlocked Captain of industry. He believed his son could achieve anything and a pot of coffee brewing. Pete was supposed to report for jury 44 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 42-47CAMso11firefighter 8/11/11 12:16 PM Page 45

duty that day. Mosiello was supposed to drive him to the court- rom its inception as a paid fire department in house. Instead, Pete instructed him to drive to FDNY headquar- 1865 until September 11, 2001, the FDNY ters in Brooklyn, where his office was on the seventh floor. It was had lost 778 members in the line of duty. supposed to be on the eighth floor, where the Fire Commis- Then, in a single day, the chief of the depart- sioner’s office was located. “No. I’m a fireman,” he explained. ment and 342 more of New York’s Bravest “The suits are on the eighth floor.” It was this kind of attitude— Fdied. On the Saturday after the attacks, fifty-four-year-old Pete a reputation for approachability, for leaving politics out of fire- Ganci was laid to rest. The fifteen-mile procession from the fighting, for never really letting the axe out of his hand—that led church to the graveyard was lined with firefighters and civilians. him to become known as “the blue-shirted chief.” Officers wear In the weeks and months that followed, Ganci’s mother white shirts; firefighters wear blue shirts. Pete Ganci would remained as strong as she could, but he knew she was hurting. always be a fireman. His sister was just trying to get by. His brother, Pete III, was cop- After the first plane crashed into the North Tower on that ing with his own horrific experience from that day. He had been cloudless Tuesday morning and smoke began billowing from the about to finish a shift when one of his good friends, Mike building, Pete, Mosiello, and FDNY chief of operations Dan Roberts, offered to swap with him. “Pete, jump on the truck,” Nigro jumped into Pete’s car and raced across the Brooklyn he said. “I’ll ride for you on the engine.” Two minutes before the Bridge. They made it to the scene in ten minutes and set up a Trade Center call came in, Pete and Ladder 111 were called to a command post on a ramp leading to a garage near the burning garbage can fire. Meanwhile, all four firefighters from Engine tower. The second plane struck the South Tower moments later. 214 died when the towers fell. (Pete is now a survivor of thyroid Two fires were burning nearly a quarter-mile up. Thousands of cancer, as is a fellow member of his firehouse—likely a result of people were trapped. Nigro told his boss, “This is going to be their search and recovery efforts at Ground Zero.) the worst day we’ve ever had.” Chris was always the most gregarious member of his family, In the days following 9/11, video footage emerged that the most comfortable with an audience—most like his dad. He showed Pete Ganci at that command post. His son recognizes eased into the role of unofficial spokesperson, not only for the the determined look on his face—“like he’s mad at the fire.” He family but eventually for the entire FDNY. He gave speeches and was also frustrated that the department’s radios didn’t seem to interviews, telling NBC’s Brian Williams, “Your whole value sys- be working properly amid the chaos. And when someone tem changes . . . I just know that I’ll never feel innocent again.” informed him that there was a significant chance that one or PROVIDED both of the buildings could topple, he grew angrier still. One minute before 10 a.m., the South Tower came crashing down. Pete and his assistants managed to escape into the garage beneath the North Tower. Choking on dust, they found a staircase a couple of blocks away that led them out. Pete instructed his assistants to set up another command post further north in a safer location. But he headed south toward the other tower, knowing that some 200 firefighters were missing and hundreds more needed to be evacuated. As he directed firefighters to “Go! Go! Go!”, some of them implored him to go, too. He waved them on. He was on the radio with his pal Mosiello, telling him they were going to need more truck companies for search and recovery, when the North Tower crumbled. “The way I look at it,” Chris says, “those were a lot of his friends’ sons that he sent into those buildings, and he felt responsible. If they weren’t coming out, he wasn’t coming out.” Ganci knows exactly where he was at 10:28 a.m., the moment his father died. He was filling his car with gas on the corner of Linden Boulevard and Pennsylvania Avenue in Brook- lyn, having left his breakfast meeting early. When he arrived home, his family was glued to the TV, desperate for information. His mother and sister were frantic, but Ganci held out hope: “I said, ‘He’s the chief. He’s probably in a bunker somewhere or in some armored personnel carrier.’ Now I look back on it, and I feel like it was silly optimism.” Only several hours later, after NYPD cruisers cordoned off the block around the Ganci house, did Chris accept the crushing truth. In mid-afternoon his father’s body was found buried beneath the debris, identified by his patent leather shoes. Mosiello retrieved his helmet, wrapping it in cellophane and plac- ing it in a box in a closet; by the time it was opened years later, it had turned to dust. Recently, Ganci donated the radio his father had been carrying to the September 11 museum, set to open next year on the eleventh anniversary of the tragedy. He still has his dad’s golf clubs, which somehow survived in the trunk of his car. Fallen hero: Chris Ganci’s father, Peter Ganci Jr. September | October 2011 45 42-47CAMso11firefighter 8/11/11 12:16 PM Page 46

The Italian-American Foundation flew him to a rural outpost in Sicily, where local officials produced residents whom they said were long-lost he second-largest Ganci relatives. Less than a month municipal fire de- after the attacks, the Gancis were partment in the invited to the White House. Presi- world (behind Tok- dent Bush greeted them one by one yo’s), the FDNY in the Blue Room, finally arriving at Tprotects more than eight million res- Chris. Their conversation, which the idents in a 320-square-mile area and President repeated moments later responds to more working fires during a nationally televised speech, annually than the departments of unfolded like this: Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadel- “Mr. President, you know what phia combined. The two companies my father would be doing if he were that make up the Jolly Rogers are here right now? among the busiest in the city, which “What?” is why some firefighters spend their “He’d be hitting his three-wood careers trying to get assigned to a over the fence, aiming for the Wash- place like the unassuming firehouse ington Monument.” in Flatbush. “They have a reputa- “No chance. The pressure of the tion for being good at what they do. White House, he’d shank it.” I wanted to be a part of that,” says “No offense, Mr. President. But Ganci. “That’s why I studied so you don’t know my dad.” hard in Probie School.” As Pete Ganci Jr. came to sym- Situated on twenty-seven acres bolize the heroics of September 11, on Randall Island in the East River, strangers would contact the family, the Fire Academy is essentially basic sometimes sending bizarre offerings. PROVIDED training for probationary firemen. “I had a vision of your father,” one On the job: Ganci at a fire scene Informally known as The Rock, it person wrote, “and I drew it on an includes eleven buildings, a 200,000- egg.” Often, they would send gallon water tank, train cars to sim- money, which Chris was reluctant to accept. Eventually, he com- ulate subway fires, and a driving course that includes controllable bined those random bills with a small life insurance payout to traffic lights and electric pop-up obstacles. Ganci spent fourteen create the Peter J. Ganci Jr. Memorial Foundation, which makes weeks in Probie School, memorizing thousands of pages of infor- donations to firefighter-related charities. “You pay it forward,” mation about fire science, equipment, and techniques, while also says Ganci, who still dreams about his dad once or twice a week. passing a series of physical tests that involved everything from “My father was a very generous person, and I wanted to do advancing a hose line to crawling through tunnels. something in his honor.” Based solely on performance at the academy, Ganci was the In 2003, when Scholastic asked Ganci to write a children’s class valedictorian. After receiving a standing ovation as he book, the project offered some catharsis. He had friends whose walked across the stage at Brooklyn College, he told his fellow kids were writing reports on their heroes, but they were choos- probies, “My father always ended the graduation speech with ing athletes like Derek Jeter. “If there is one absolute truth in this the same line: By taking this job, you will never, ever be rich, but world, it is that I never get tired of talking about my father. He you will always be happy. And when someone asks you what was my hero long before the tragedy of September 11th,” he you do for a living, you can look him in the eyes with pride and wrote in Chief: The Life of Peter J. Ganci, A New York Fire- say that you are a New York City firefighter.” Five others among fighter. “For thirty-three years he risked his life so that others Ganci’s 240 classmates from the summer of 2005 had lost fam- could go on living theirs.” ily members on 9/11. Ganci went on living, too. His plan was to transition from The top-ranked probie gets his choice of what fire company pharmaceutical sales to corporate management, so he enrolled he would like to join. “I wanted to be valedictorian, so nobody full-time at NYU’s business school, something his father had could tell me I got here because I knew somebody,” he says. “I encouraged. But he felt a void. “Growing up, I saw my father earned my spot.” But he was well aware of the footsteps he was and these guys, they were like big kids,” he explains. “They following. Pete Ganci Jr. was a legend. The post office on Main smiled every day going to work. And I wanted that feeling.” Street in Farmingdale, New York, where his kids attended high A few years earlier, mostly out of curiosity, he had taken the school, is named for him. A U.S. military installation in Kyrgyz- firefighter entrance exam given by the Department of Citywide stan is unofficially named Ganci Air Base, and the recreation cen- Administrative Services. It consists of a three-hour, 100-question ter there is known as Pete’s Place. In his 2006 interview with written exam as well as a physical test requiring tasks like climb- Brian Williams, Ganci said of his father, “He turned back and ing a Stairmaster while wearing a weighted vest. “I wanted to went right into the breach. He went right back, knowingly, and size myself up, to see how I would do,” says Ganci, who packs I look at it and say, ‘Do I have that kind of mettle?’ ” roughly 200 pounds on a stocky five-foot-eight frame. He Apparently so. On July 1, 2008, Ladder 157 was called to an received a perfect score on each part. When FDNY recruiters apartment fire in which eleven people were trapped. Ganci and began contacting him, he told them he wanted to finish business two other members of the forcible entry team raced to the second school; his dad would have been proud of that. Then, four days floor and found a locked door. Fire and smoke were venting after receiving his MBA, he started at the New York City Fire through the key hole. They broke down the door and found the Academy. entire apartment ablaze. Ganci expended a fire extinguisher, 46 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 42-47CAMso11firefighter 8/11/11 12:16 PM Page 47

‘He turned back and went right into the breach,’ Ganci says of his father. ‘He went right back, knowingly, and I look at it and say, “Do I have that kind of mettle?” ’

The Jolly Rogers: Having graduated first in his class at the academy, Ganci had his pick of firehouses.

helped a colleague drag an unconscious seven-year-old into the the time. “The guys joke that I do twenty-four-hour shifts at hallway, returned to a rear bedroom, found an eight-year-old home and live in the firehouse,” he says. But he insists he does- lying under a bunk bed, crawled with him back toward the apart- n’t want to miss out on his children’s formative years the way ment entrance, then returned once more to assist in the removal his workaholic father did, and he certainly doesn’t aspire to the of a fourteen-year-old victim. Only the eight-year-old survived. same fate. He wants to come home to his family. His actions, “in keeping with the highest traditions of the New Even now, when he smells smoke from a fierce fire, the kind York City Fire Department,” earned him a medal; the award of scent that gets in your hair and in your pores, his thoughts came with a $400 check, which he gave to the victims’ family. “If often turn to those moments a generation earlier when his father I never go to another one like that again, that’s fine with me,” he would return home from a grueling shift. Covered in soot and says. “That fire could have killed all of us. But when you hear looking like he hadn’t slept in weeks, Pete would walk in the children trapped, you throw it into an extra gear.” front door and embrace his son. “It was a good job, Chris,” he Ganci—who lives in Massapequa Park, a few minutes away would say. “I got to play.” c from his childhood home, with his wife, four-year-old son, and two-year-old daughter—has a reputation for being on the job all Brad Herzog ’90 is a CAM contributing editor.

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Late shift: Producer Liz Levin ’98 (left) and staff writer Meredith Scardino ’98 on the set

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Meredith Scardino ’98 and Liz Levin ’98 make merry at ‘The Colbert Report,’ home to TV’s favorite ‘well- intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot’

tephen Colbert is serious. “Out! Out! Out!” he says, as he shoos two of his employees, writer Meredith Scardino ’98 and producer Liz Levin ’98, Sfrom an office on the first floor of the “Colbert Report” studios in Manhattan.

After a full day of work on his late-night TV program, which runs for a half-hour on Comedy Central four nights a week, Colbert has just finished taping the show. He bantered with the 150 audience members waiting in line on West 54th Street, then morphed into a self-aggrandizing demagogue when the cameras were turned on. Col- bert bragged about his portrait going up for auction (“It’s twice as good as Van Gogh’s self-portrait because I have two ears”). He chastised President Obama for “making the classic Democratic mistake of not being Ronald Reagan” and mocked the Admin- istration’s choice of names for a military operation in Libya (“Odyssey Dawn? That’s a Carnival cruise ship”). Finally, he interviewed special guest Steve Martin and even sang backup while Martin played the banjo. 48-53CAMso11colbert 8/11/11 12:25 PM Page 50

It has been a long Monday, and it’s nearly 9 p.m. Colbert is “Boiling Point,” a hidden-camera prank show. Although it may still wearing pancake makeup and a red power tie as he dismisses sound light years from Colbert’s well-informed humor, Levin Scardino and Levin, shuts the door, sits down, and smiles. That’s insists it was “as good an introduction to TV as I could have when the man behind the caricature emerges. It turns out that hoped for, because there’s nothing harder to produce than hid- the real Stephen Colbert is a mensch. He just doesn’t want his den camera.” When “Boiling Point” ran its course, Levin worked employees around while he gushes about them. “I don’t know on another short-lived MTV program, “Trailer Fabulous”— what they do to people at Cornell. I don’t know what they inject believe it or not, a trailer park makeover show. them with. Maybe it’s in the gorge water,” he says. “But both Frivolous or not, the shows were hands-on training for a Meredith and Liz have this unbelievable energy, always ready would-be field producer tasked with turning random stories into with an idea.” funny segments—wading into a quirky subculture, emphasizing Colbert continues in this vein for several minutes and then, absurdity, finding humor in interactions. So when Colbert, fresh the interview over, he opens the door and spots the two women from a breakout role as a correspondent on “The Daily Show,” standing nearby. Narrowing his eyes, he wags a finger at them prepared to whip up a brew of writers and producers to launch in an attempt at intimidation. “I’ll see the two of you early his spin-off in 2005, Levin cast her résumé into the cauldron. tomorrow morning.” Having downloaded everything she could find about Colbert, she Understanding the host’s satirical point of view is one of the felt eminently prepared—except she didn’t have a pen. She sat joys and challenges of writing and producing for “The Colbert down for her first interview, rummaged through her purse and Report.” Pronounce it correctly, please. Both T’s are silent, fur- couldn’t find a thing to write with. “Oops,” said Colbert in a ther emphasizing the inflated ego of Colbert’s character, described pseudo-imperious voice that Levin would come to know well, by the man himself as “a well-intentioned, poorly informed, “now you need an A just to get a B.” high-status idiot.” He is Bill O’Reilly on smug steroids, address- Colbert laughs. “It’s true. I might have been that big of a ing viewers as “the Colbert Nation” and inviting them to “take jerk to her,” he recalls. “But the person who came in before Liz a spin in the no fact zone.” He sits behind a C-shaped desk, was one of the least funny people I’ve ever seen and had one of the worst interviews. Liz was just so full of energy and so bright and was such a breath of fresh air. She had ideas imme- Levin sat down for her first diately, and that’s all I needed.” For her part, Levin shrugs. “Honestly, I’m still interview, rummaged through waiting for them to figure out that I don’t belong.” her purse and couldn’t find a She is now a senior producer in the field department, her job being to pitch thing to write with. ‘Oops,’ said segment ideas, direct the location pieces to which she is assigned, and edit them Colbert in a pseudo-imperious into five-minute comic masterpieces. Occasionally, this might mean a shoot in Manhattan, like the recent segment in voice that she would come to which the show flew in an expert on royal protocol from England, as Colbert know well, ‘now you need an A prepared for his inevitable invitation to Prince William’s wedding. But usually her just to get a B.’ assignments take her farther afield: To Los Angeles, for instance, where she filmed the auction of property belonging despises anything French, and tortures logic, saying things like to disgraced Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham (with “George W. Bush: great president, or the greatest president?” only $200 to spend, the underfunded correspondent wound up Says Colbert, “Generally speaking, everybody has a learning taking home the “Welcome to the Auction” sign). Or to Ten- curve in terms of getting the character’s voice down.” nessee, where Levin profiled a state senator who had pushed Liz Levin got a glimpse of that character in her first job inter- through a law making it legal to carry a concealed weapon into view with Colbert. Born and raised in Newton, Massachusetts, a bar. “Finally,” said Colbert, the segment’s narrator, “you won’t she had been an American studies major in the College of Arts need a bartender to get a round of shots.” and Sciences and a member of Delta Gamma sorority, where she One of Levin’s favorites was a three-part segment (always a met Scardino. Both were athletes; the six-foot-two Levin played coup for a field producer) for a recurring bit called “Stephen Col- on the Big Red basketball team for three years, and Scardino was bert’s Fallback Position,” in which Colbert trains for another a captain of the women’s lacrosse team as a senior. But they profession, just in case even a national treasure like himself falls bonded more over a shared sense of humor. Following gradua- victim to the struggling economy. “If this pundit job falls tion, Levin moved to Jerusalem for six months and mused on a through,” Colbert explained, “I’ll have to take another job that’s directionless future. “I used to think: what job would I hate the less important—like astronaut.” So last year Levin, Colbert, and least in the whole world?” she says. “At the time I thought ‘The crew traveled to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, where Simpsons’ was the funniest thing. I figured the people who make Mark Kelly (husband of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, MRP that probably sit in a room and laugh.” ’97) joined Colbert in a simulated shuttle launch. She moved back to the States, where playwright David Levin prefers segments that include Colbert himself, which Mamet set her on a career course. He was in Newton filming a usually requires filming on Fridays (the show is taped Monday movie, and Levin snagged a gig as a production assistant. By through Thursday), but also means “you know it’s going to be 2003, she had moved to New York, starting as a PA on MTV’s good.” In fact, although Levin and the show’s writers contribute 50 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 48-53CAMso11colbert 8/11/11 12:25 PM Page 51

Colbert rapport: Levin and Scardino with their boss, comic pundit Stephen Colbert

clever quips to each field piece, there are times when an inter- ence of U.S. soldiers at Saddam Hussein’s former palace in Bagh- viewee will say something that begs a witty retort. Levin will dad. “I’ve never been prouder of a job,” says Levin. “I never know there’s something funny in there; Colbert will often come thought I’d have the opportunity to say thank you in person to up with it on the spot. “I think I have a lot more of Stephen’s these guys who put their lives on the line for us.” sense of humor now,” Levin says. “I’ve adjusted. I see the world Of course, the poignancy was laced with the usual dose of through these different comedy eyes.” hilarity and social commentary. In one segment, the soldiers Regarding pitching stories, Colbert says, “There are no bad watched as Colbert peered up at a daunting climbing and rap- ideas. Nothing is too stupid.” But on occasion, Levin and her fel- pelling wall, turned to his grim-faced drill sergeant, and asked, low field producers will propose segments that seem to be a bit “If I’m gay, do I have to do this?” too much fun, and Colbert will call them on it. “Oh, great idea you have for a segment... in Bermuda,” he’ll say. Or like the time Levin, one of the legions with a crush on a particular New Eng- s a post-primetime scribe, Meredith Scar- land Patriots quarterback, pitched “Fallback Position: Tom dino is an anomaly. A 2009 article in the Brady.” It didn’t fly. New York Times pointed out that although Levin points to a trip to a war zone as her most rewarding females constitute a larger proportion of the professional experience. First, she accompanied her boss to South audience, “very few women make it inside Carolina for a two-part segment called “Stephen Strong: Army of theA writing rooms for late-night television hosts.” At the time, Me,” where, as Colbert put it, “I went to basic training... the full there wasn’t a single woman on the writing staff for Jay Leno, ten hours.” A few weeks later, Levin was the only field producer David Letterman, or Conan O’Brien. Colbert’s co-head writer to accompany Colbert to Iraq for six days, where they taped four and executive producer was Allison Silverman, but when she left shows and aired the basic training segments in front of an audi- that year, Scardino (who had been hired a year earlier) was the September | October 2011 51 48-53CAMso11colbert 8/11/11 12:25 PM Page 52

show’s only remaining female writer. male-dominant, but they’re not dominant males.” Scardino allows that perhaps men get more “comedy prac- A native of Villanova, Pennsylvania, Scardino was a born tice” over the years by making fun of each other as a foundation ham. As a four-year-old, she occasionally appeared on a local of their friendships—and that may provide greater confidence, show called “The Al Alberts Showcase,” where she would tell which translates to more late-night writing applications from jokes like, “Where do cows go for entertainment? The moo- men than women. But frankly, she never thinks about the dis- vies.” As a nine-year-old, she wrote a letter to “Saturday Night parity until she is asked, and she’s tired of being asked about it. Live” suggesting that it would be a great gimmick for them to So, it seems, are her affable co-writers. hire a layperson host—perhaps a girl from outside Philadelphia. A couple of years ago, the “Colbert” writing crew gathered “I was a little comedy nerd,” she admits, “but I had no idea how at the Paley Center, only a few blocks from the “Colbert” stu- you went about pursuing that.” dios, and sat for an interview conducted by New Yorker car- Instead, Scardino developed her artistic side. A painting toonist Zachary Kanin. “Meredith,” he began, “I think every- major in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, she one here would like to know . . .” earned a master’s degree in fine arts from Parsons The New The audience surely suspected he was going to reference the School for Design. Always a fan of cartoons, she began animat- elephant in the room: Scardino was the only one of the eleven ing for a couple of Comedy Central series, occasionally con- writers on stage without a Y chromosome. But Kanin knew that tributing scripts along with her drawings. Encouraged by the in 2007 Scardino, Levin, and a friend had been contestants on a feedback, she concluded she was better equipped for a future in TV quiz show that takes place during a taxicab ride (they won words. Her first TV writing job was a gig at VH-1’s “Best Week $1,500). So, this being comedy after all, Kanin pulled a bait and Ever,” a show in which comedians analyzed the previous week’s switch. “What is it like being the only member of the staff,” he developments in pop culture. “It was a good education,” she asked, “who has been on ‘Cash Cab’?” says, “in taking the news and trying to regurgitate it in a way Naturally, the male writers relished the opportunity to roll that was entertaining and told a story.” out the clichés: Scardino—who passed the time in high school history class “There’s a glass ceiling in the late-night comedy world for by making top ten lists—earned a job in 2005 as the only people who have been on ‘Cash Cab.’” woman writing for “Late Show with David Letterman,” where “To be fair, we didn’t get as many applications from writers she says, “You don’t have time to wait to get inspired. You just who have been on ‘Cash Cab.’” have to get good at writing jokes.” Two years later, she applied “It is sometimes awkward when we’re writing about people for the “Colbert” position. She swears that, during her interview, on ‘Cash Cab’ . . .” Colbert (who had recently returned from an October 2007 Laughs all around, but when she was asked the question appearance at Barton Hall) was wearing a Cornell hat. Colbert directly, Scardino offered the best line of all: “I don’t necessarily remembers it this way: “I read a lot of comedy, and it’s hard to feel like the only woman . . .” Or as she puts it now, “It’s really get me to laugh at this point because you can get very mecha- nistic about it. But Meredith, she made me laugh out loud.” Scardino’s fourth-floor office is right next to Levin’s. But Live on tape: Colbert and while Levin’s responsibilities revolve around segments that might his staffers backstage require weeks of focus, Scardino is on more of a day-to-day cre- (opposite). Below: The ative cycle. “The Colbert Report” is a largely topical show, so week’s ‘Report’ rundown. she keeps up with current events via newspapers, magazines, blogs, and TV. But often, Scardino’s creative process thrives on spontaneity. “I wake up, look at the news on my iPhone in bed, and hope that in the shower a really good idea comes to me,” she says. Ideas are proposed in a couple of morning meetings, first with the head writer and then with Colbert and much of the production staff. Although the vibe in the room is relentlessly positive (both Levin and Scardino say it begins at the top with the “ridiculously nice” Col- bert), the environment still requires some fear- lessness. “We’re sort of like salesmen, pitching our products like we’re selling the best vacuum in the world,” says Scardino. “If I’m excited about something, I hope it comes off as confidence.” After the meetings, the writers are sent off in pairs (in ever-changing per- mutations) with the goal of polishing the most promis- ing ideas. Colbert has a background in improvisa- tional comedy, and the writing room reflects that collaborative sen- sibility. “I don’t care whose idea it is, mine or somebody else’s,” he says. “I just want it to be as funny as it can be.” Writing for Colbert’s distinctive voice, says 52 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 48-53CAMso11colbert 8/11/11 12:25 PM Page 53

Scardino, is “liberating because you’re already starting from such present, and future. Naturally, later in the show, the turkey a funny point.” She adds, “Stephen is like a hurricane of skills. (named Joseph Gobbles) went on the lam after shooting an intern He can sing. He can dance. He can cry on command. You can in a drug deal gone bad. write anything for him, and you know he’d do a way better job Then there are times when happenstance leads to humor, like than you can imagine. I’m sure if I wrote something that had him last December when Scardino was strolling through her Tribeca fly fishing while tap dancing, he’d be an expert at it.” neighborhood and picked up a lost credit card. It turned out to belong to a partner at Goldman Sachs, a fellow deliciously named Buckley T. Ratchford. On the show a few days later, Col- ne of Scardino’s occasional assignments is to bert held the card hostage, threatening to reveal one number each prepare questions for Colbert to ask during night until Ratchford appeared on the program to discuss exor- his nightly interview segment, the guests rang- bitant Wall Street bonuses. (Goldman Sachs’s lawyers found it ing from Nicholas Kristof to Kris Kristoffer- less humorous; the card was returned forthwith.) Although son. After perusing a guest’s book or biogra- Scardino found the card, the comedy was developed via the usual Ophy (“You get smarter—at least dinner party smarter,” she says), collaborative effort. In fact, there are times when Scardino can’t it is simply a matter of crafting queries worthy of Colbert’s remember which jokes are hers. “Those are the good ones,” Col- obnoxious alter-ego. So when journalism professor Dan Sinker, bert insists. “The best jokes, the best scripts, you don’t know the man behind a phony and fantastical Rahm Emanuel Twitter who wrote what.” account, was a guest on the show, Scardino wrote this question As part of the writing staff, Scardino now owns two Emmy for Colbert: “Why did you start this fake Twitter feed? Is aca- Awards. “They’re sitting on my windowsill,” she says, “intimi- demia that bone-crushingly boring?” And when Steve Martin dating the neighbors.” After the first win in 2008, Colbert called appeared on an earlier show, Scardino made use of her painting the writers to the set while the cameras were rolling. He pointed major, putting the noted art collector’s knowledge to the test. For to a teleprompter and said, “Guys, there are no thoughts in here. instance, Colbert asked Martin to determine which of two What the hell were you doing all weekend?” choices was actually Ellsworth Kelly’s “Green” and which was Writer: “We were in Los Angeles. We won an Emmy for Best a Sherwin-Williams paint swatch. Writing for a Variety Series.” But Scardino also gravitates toward what she calls “the bor- Colbert: “I did?” derline incredibly dumb things.” Last November, she felt it was Writer: “Well, we all did... ” time for Colbert—“by the power invested in me by basic Colbert raised his arms in triumph. Balloons dropped from cable”—to pardon a Thanksgiving turkey for all crimes past, the ceiling as he shouted, “I did it!” c

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Starve the Beast? By Robert Frank

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In this excerpt from his new book, The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good, Cornell economist Robert Frank challenges the notion that cutting government spending is always a good thing

ROBERT NEUBECKER

y means of three separate Congressional earmarks in 2005, a total of $320 million was proposed for the construction of a bridge linking the town of Ketchikan, Alaska, with its airport on Gravina BIsland. Dubbed “The Bridge to Nowhere,” the project quickly became a celebrated symbol of waste in government.

This particular bridge was a terrible idea from the beginning. Ketchikan’s population at the time was less than 9,000 and Gravina’s was only fifty. Ferry service provided transportation between the town and the island at a fee of $6, at fifteen- to thirty-minute intervals, depending on the time of day. Having bridge access would have been more convenient, obviously, but nowhere enough so to justify the enormous cost of the project. Yet if the bridge was such an obvious loser, why was it slated for construction in the first place? The answer to that question reads word-for-word from the dog-eared script of antigovernment crusaders. The politicians who proposed the project hoped to curry favor with the local voters who would directly benefit from it, while foisting the bill on millions of distant and unsuspecting taxpayers, who would never even notice, much less complain about, the eventual small increment in their tax bills. Legislators Excerpt from The Darwin Economy from other states supported the proposal in the rational expectation of receiving recip- by Robert H. Frank, to be pub- rocal support for their own pork projects when the time came. lished by the Princeton University The encouraging coda to this story is that a firestorm of unfavorable national Press on September 21, 2011. publicity eventually forced the project’s cancellation. In each congressional budget, © 2011. All rights reserved. however, a host of other proposals survive because they’re too small to make it onto the public’s radar screen. Antigovernment crusaders are clearly onto something. There is waste in government. But the interesting question is what to do about it. Many libertarians believe that September | October 2011 55 54-57CAMso11frank 8/11/11 12:29 PM Page 56

the best strategy is to “starve the beast.” Or, as Grover Norquist, conclusion, then, is that Proposition 13 has also caused many president of the anti-tax advocacy group Americans for Tax worthwhile programs to be cut. Reform, colorfully put it, “I don’t want to abolish government. What’s been the net effect? In his 1998 book Paradise Lost, I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the Peter Schrag grappled with that question. Schrag, who had been bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.” the editorial page editor of the Sacramento Bee for nineteen years, offered a meticulously researched and studiously nonpar- tisan account of the state’s economic and social history during the two decades following passage of Proposition 13 and numer- tarve-the-beast proponents make a simple ous other ballot initiatives aimed at curbing the scope of gov- point. Since money sent to Washington (or ernment. Sacramento or Albany) will inevitably be The portrait that emerges is of a state dramatically different wasted, the solution is to send as little from the one that had been “both model and magnet” for the money as possible to those places. Califor- nation during the generation immediately following World War niaS has been fertile ground for proponents of the starve-the- II. The California government’s fiscal position has continued to beast approach because of the state’s unique constitutional pro- deteriorate sharply in the years since Paradise Lost was pub- vision that permits legislative proposals to be decided directly lished, and its overall prosperity relative to other states has fallen by voters. spectacularly. In 2009 alone, for example, revenue shortfalls It’s been said that if you want to see where America is headed, forced the state to make some $20 billion in additional budget you should study California. The state was the first jurisdiction cuts. But even the first twenty years of Proposition 13 had left seriously to tackle the problem of air pollution from auto emis- the state a very different place. Thus, Schrag wrote, sions. It led the way in promoting energy-efficient appliances. It was a forerunner in the expansion of rights for women and California’s schools, which, thirty years ago, had been minorities. It was among the first to confront the issue of sec- among the most generously funded in the nation, are ondhand smoke. And it also spawned the anti-tax crusade that now in the bottom quarter among the states in virtu- has dominated public discourse ally every major indicator—in their physical condition, for the past three decades. in public funding, in test scores—closer in most of them On June 6, 1978, Proposition to Mississippi than to New York or Connecticut or 13 won the approval of almost 65 New Jersey. . . . Its once celebrated freeway system is percent of Californians who voted now rated as among the most dilapidated road net- in an election with near-record works in the country. Many of its public libraries oper- turnout. Officially called the Peo- ate on reduced hours, and some have closed altogether. ple’s Initiative to Limit Property The state’s social benefits, once among the nation’s Taxation, the main provision of most generous, have been cut, and cut again, and then this measure was to limit Califor- cut again. And what had once been a tuition-free col- nia property taxes to 1 percent of lege and university system, while still among the a property’s assessed valuation, world’s great public educational institutions, struggles which in turn would be prohib- for funds and charges as much as every other state uni- ited from rising more than 2 per- versity system, and in some cases more. cent in any year. Debate continues about the Proponents of Proposition 13 counter that other factors have specific details of Proposition 13’s been important in the state’s long-run relative decline. Undoubt- impact on the state. But no one edly so. Yet the fact remains that chronic revenue shortfalls have seriously questions that it signifi- been at the core of the state’s problems. cantly dampened what had been Antigovernment activists insist that the best way to deal with a long-run upward trend in tax revenues. Unlike the federal gov- revenue shortfalls is to eliminate wasteful government spending. ernment, state governments are generally not permitted to run Who, other than the direct beneficiaries of a wasteful program, persistent budget deficits. There is thus little question that Propo- could possibly object? The difficult question is how to eliminate sition 13 also prevented much government spending that other- wasteful spending without inflicting even more costly collateral wise would have occurred. damage. Experience suggests that the starve-the-beast strategy is Since at least some of that spending would have been waste- not the answer. ful, the supporters of Proposition 13 can claim, without fear of Starve-the-beast proponents might be likened to a doctor contradiction, to have eliminated some government waste. But who treats a patient suffering from intestinal parasites by it’s a much harder task to persuade neutral observers that Propo- ordering him to stop eating. The patient’s food intake, he sition 13 made California a better place to live. All government explains, is the very lifeblood of the parasites. Cut that off, programs exist because legislators have constituents who favor and they will eventually die. Well, yes. But the patient himself them. Some of these programs deliver good value for the money. may die first, or be seriously damaged in the process. That’s Others are boondoggles. When revenue shortfalls force govern- why the approved strategies for attacking parasites all take a ment to make budget cuts, the best predictor of which programs much more targeted approach. They attempt to inflict damage get the ax is the power of the particular constituents who sup- on the parasites directly, while minimizing collateral damage port them. As Alaska’s Bridge to Nowhere clearly demonstrates, to their host. however, the mere fact that a group supports a project does not It’s instructive to push the parasite-host analogy a step fur- mean that it serves the broader public interest. The inescapable ther, by noting that no complex organism is ever completely free 56 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 54-57CAMso11frank 8/11/11 12:29 PM Page 57

Government of parasites. Yes, the organism benefits conducts periodic surveys to assess the from reducing its parasite load, and that’s may be quality of the world’s governments. The why natural selection has always favored organization publishes a Corruption organisms with effective immune systems. Perceptions Index (CPI), based on its But natural selection has always favored imperfect, definition of corruption as “the abuse of the most effective parasites, too. The bat- public office for private gain.” Its sur- tle against parasites entails costs as well as but there are veys ask respondents to report “the benefits. The rule of thumb for how to degree to which corruption is perceived wage such battles is the same as that for no countries to exist among a country’s public offi- battles in other domains: use the most cials and politicians.” Some countries, cost-effective weapons first, and use them such as Myanmar and Somalia, are to attack the most dangerous parasites. without one. perennially near the bottom of Trans- But eventually a point comes at which the parency International’s CPI. It’s no acci- cost of the next weapon exceeds the costs Our challenge dent that they and other persistently low imposed by the most dangerous remain- scorers on that index—which include ing parasite. Beyond that point, additional is to come up Afghanistan, Haiti, Tonga, and Uzbek- parasite reduction actually leaves the istan—are among the poorest nations on organism worse off. the planet. The same logic applies to the problem with the best Notwithstanding the rhetoric of of waste in government. The best way to antigovernment crusaders, there seem to reduce it is surely to reach first for the government be some governments that are relatively most cost-effective weapons at our dis- free from corruption and do at least a posal and deploy them against the most possible. reasonable job of responding to their cit- important causes of waste directly. To do izens’ demands for public goods and that, of course, we must ask why waste services. In a three-way tie for the least exists in the first place. Often the answer corrupt government on Transparency is that politicians support wasteful programs because of demands International’s 2007 list were Denmark, Finland, and New from important campaign donors. A good place for opponents Zealand. Singapore, Sweden, Iceland, The Netherlands, Switzer- of waste to focus might thus be on legislation that could reduce land, Canada, and Norway rounded out that year’s top ten in legislators’ dependence on large campaign contributions. (Small that order. Here, too, it’s surely no accident that most of these donations pose a less serious threat because the individuals who countries are among the richest on the planet. make them are in no position to extract major concessions from The causality undoubtedly runs in both directions. Having a legislators.) The cost of enforcing stricter campaign finance laws more honest and effective government helps support activities that would be relatively low, and such laws would be likely to curb raise per-capita income. And being richer generally makes citizens some of the most important sources of government waste. But more able and willing to support more effective forms of gover- the U.S. Supreme Court has shown little inclination to support nance. But the correlation between per-capita income and the CPI stricter campaign finance laws in recent years. On the contrary, is far from perfect. For example, the United States, which had its controversial ruling in the Citizens United v. Federal Election higher per-capita income than any of the top ten on the 2007 CPI, Commission case appears to signal the court’s intention to roll ranked only twentieth-best on that list, primarily because of per- back even long-standing limits on corporate campaign contribu- ceptions that our campaign finance system had corrupted Congress. tions. In countries with honest and effective governments, the view Unless the court reconsiders, opponents of government waste that promoting good government is a worthwhile investment will have to continue working their way down the list of alter- would not strike most observers as absurd. Yet that does not native strategies. One lesson of the Bridge to Nowhere episode, seem to be the position of antigovernment evangelists in the for example, was that boondoggles are less likely to survive polit- United States, many of whom view government service with ically when more voters learn about them. The information rev- thinly veiled contempt. The foundation of honest and effective olution has greatly reduced the cost of putting information in government is a professional civil service that takes pride in its front of voters, so we might make some progress there. But the work. Fostering a climate in which government is viewed with same revolution has also caused explosive growth in the total contempt inevitably makes it more difficult to recruit talented amount of information that bombards us each day. Thus it may and dedicated civil servants. be just as hard as ever to draw voters’ attention to any particu- If we must have a government, it’s surely worth thinking seri- lar wasteful program. ously about how to promote good government. What public In short, attacking government waste is a project that will be goods and services do we want? How can we best raise the with us forever. Going forward, new technologies and better money to pay for them? And how can we attract the kinds of institutional design may facilitate significant progress, but they civil servants we’re willing to install in positions of trust? Going will never eliminate waste entirely. forward, questions like those should be our main focus. c Government may be imperfect, but there are no countries without one. The territory of any such country would have long Robert Frank is the Louis Professor of Management in the John- since been invaded and claimed by some other country with a son School, a New York Times columnist, and the author of such government and an army. So our challenge is to come up with books as Luxury Fever, Falling Behind, and The Economic Nat- the best government possible. uralist’s Field Guide. He also co-authored the textbook Princi- Transparency International, a Berlin-based nonprofit group, ples of Economics with Ben Bernanke. September | October 2011 57 58-58CAMSO11CIBclass 8/11/11 12:30 PM Page 58

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n March 11, an 8.9-magni- tude earthquake hit northeast O Japan and unleashed a devastating tsunami, leading to mass de- struction and killing thousands. While contributions poured in from all over the world, many Cornell alumni helped to provide relief. In June, the Cornell Club of Japan held a relief fund drive. The event, at the Grand Arc Hanzomon Hotel, was organized by club president and incoming University trustee Chiaki Tanuma, MPS ’80. More than sixty alumni gathered to discuss the importance of working together to support the relief effort. Upwards of $12,000 was raised by the event and a matching gift from the Cornell D.C. Club Presents Club of Japan. The proceeds were Annual Honors sent to Ashinaga Ikueikai, an organ- In May, a hundred Cornell- ization offering educational and nu- ians, family, and friends gathered tritional support to children who lost for the Cornell Club of Washing- their families in the disaster. ton’s annual dinner, where the club Individual Cornell alumni are honored its volunteers. Past presi- contributing in their own ways. They dent Carol Epstein ’61 presented include Rose Tanasugarn ’90, BA ’95, the Bondareff Award to Tomoko vice president of the Cornell Club of Morinaga, MPS ’89. The award, named for Esther Schiff Bondareff Japan and member of the CACO Grateful nation: The Cornell Club of Japan ’37 and her late husband, Daniel Board, who plans to run the Kobe (top) expresses its thanks. Above: Hirohide Bondareff ’35, goes to a member Marathon to raise funds for disaster Abe, MPS ’93, Nagisa Ishinabe ’04, MPA ’05, who has given outstanding service relief, and Mark Tanouye ’90, a pro- and Kavin Bloomer, MPS ’90, at the reception. to the club. In addition, Lindsay fessional musician in Hawaii who Schattenstein ’10, BS ’09, and Liz has participated in several multi- gratitude and “thank all our Cornell Mannis ’11, BS ’10, won the best million-dollar fundraisers. friends all over the world who have program award for their young alumni holiday party. The members of the Cornell been praying for us and supporting Club of Japan wish to express their us,” Tanuma says. September / October 2011 59 59-61CAMSO11alma 8/11/11 12:31 PM Page 60

Meet the CAA Board Enrique Vila-Biaggi ’94, ME ’95 Position: Director from the Re- CAAAN Has gion—Southeast Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico A Big Red Year Job: President, iedifiko, a building and facilities management As the number of applications for the firm Class of 2015 hit a new high, the Cornell Cornell major: Industrial engi- Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network neering (undergrad), engineer- (CAAAN) also saw record participation. ing management (master’s) More than 4,700 alumni from around the Campus activities: President, So- world filed more than 19,000 reports de- ciety of Hispanic Professional En- tailing meetings with applicants during the gineers; founding member, Puerto Rican Student Association 2010–11 admissions period—the greatest number of reports volunteers have ever First Cornell volunteer experience: I first became involved submitted—while hundreds more staffed as a board member of the Cornell Club of Puerto Rico. college fairs and special events. “The dedi- Current alumni activities: I am still involved in the Cor- cation of alumni to meeting with potential nell Club of Puerto Rico. I also serve as the CAAAN chair Cornellians is awe-inspiring,” says Bruce for Puerto Rico (I hold the freshman send-off at my house) Wagner ’64, MEE ’66, chair of the CAAAN and on the CAAAN Advisory Council; I am on the Cor- Advisory Committee. “No matter how nell University Council and serve as vice chair of its Com- many applicants we get, our volunteers mittee on Admissions and Financial Aid. make the time to meet them.” Wagner re- Favorite place on campus: Sitting atop Libe Slope, over- minds those who are interested in taking looking West Campus; it just helps me relax. part in CAAAN, especially young alumni, to sign up now, as the new admissions cy- Favorite professor: I have two: Joe Thomas (former dean of cle is getting started. For more information, the Johnson School) and Linda Nozick (civil engineering). or to become a CAAAN ambassador, go to Both are outstanding teachers and incredible human beings. caaan.admissions.cornell.edu. More profiles of CAA board members will appear in future issues.

In Memoriam

From time to time, the Cornell Alumni Association will pay tribute to alumni volunteers whom we have recently lost, via short essays written by the people who worked with—and were inspired by—them.

Robert Snook ’58 Elan “Lon” Benamy ’65, BS Ag ’67 One of Cornell’s most passionate and dedicated alum- I can’t tell you how many Cornell alumni leaders have ni, Bob was actively involved in many activities, both on inspired me since I’ve graduated, but I can tell you who the campus and on Long Island. He was on the boards of the first one was: Lon Benamy. For us middle class kids from Cornell Club of Long Island and the CALS Alumni Brooklyn applying to Cornell in the Seventies and Eighties, Association of Long Island, in addition to his longtime getting a call from Lon was a sign that you were on your role as a CAAAN committee chair. Bob seemed to do way; traveling to Yeshiva of Flatbush High School (where everything. He laid the foundation for the annual bus trip Lon taught biology) for your Cornell “interview” was an to Cornell for high school seniors from Long Island, per- event on the road to acceptance. It seemed that Lon handled sonally arranged for yearly Book Awards for local high all of Brooklyn’s applicants single-handedly, and his enthu- school seniors, and helped plan the CALS Alumni siasm for Cornell was boundless. “He is the reason I went Association summer wine tasting events on the East End. to Cornell,” says Jackie Daniels Saril ’88, who was also one Last fall, although he was already quite ill, he arranged to of his biology students. “I will never forget when he took me have Cornell’s director of athletics, Andy Noel, speak to to see the campus. He was driving a stick shift while eating Long Island alumni prior to the Cornell-Columbia football a bagel and drinking from a milk carton—I have no idea game. Most of Bob’s efforts on behalf of Cornell were how we made it up in one piece.” For more than forty years, behind the scenes, as he shunned the spotlight. But he Lon contributed his time to bringing some of the best and was always willing and able to help out with any Cornell brightest to Cornell. We estimate that during his tenure as function and he always had the University’s best interests an admissions ambassador, he met with at least a thousand at heart. Beginning this fall, the campus pilgrimage for applicants and drove thousands of miles to show the cam- high schoolers will be named the Robert B. Snook II pus to potential students. He made an impression on me— Annual Student Bus Trip in his memory. and many others—that will last a lifetime. — Randy Rosenberg ’74 — Scott Pesner ’87

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For Gay Alumni, Another Reason to Be Proud

ittle did the organizers of the Cornell University Gay and Les- L bian Alumni Association’s annual New York City gay pride party know that the day and location they chose for their gathering would coincide with a pivotal moment in gay rights history. “We had selected the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village not only because of its history, but because it offered us a private party room at a great price,” says Emanuel Tsourounis ’00, JD ’03, a CUGALA board member. It was at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 that a group of drag queens resisted a police raid and rioted, catalyzing the gay rights movement. And it was there, fourteen hours

Party time: CUGALA members pack Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Inn (above) the day after the gay marriage bill passed. Left: Event organizers Matt Hyde ’04 and Olivia Tai ’08, BA ’10.

prior to the start of CUGALA’s party, our party started, people were trying to get that a huge celebration broke out. in thinking it was a continuation of the The night before, the Marriage Equal- celebration,” says Tsourounis. “Alumni ity Act had passed the New York State came who wanted to be with us, to share legislature and was quickly signed by the moment and the location.” More Governor Andrew Cuomo, setting off than 150 alumni and current students, celebrations in the streets outside Stone- including some from Weill Cornell Med- wall, with thousands of people partying ical College, were on hand. “It was amaz- throughout the night. The video and ing to be there,” says Olivia Tai ’08, BA photos made world news. “When we got ’10, another organizer who helped to pro- there the next day, the camera crews were mote the celebration to current students. still there—it was almost as though peo- “We had people RSVP at the last minute ple were making a pilgrimage—and when because they knew it would be special.”

University Council, PCCW Elect New Leaders

he Cornell University Council because of their out- and the President’s Council of standing volunteer lead- T Cornell Women are under new ership, professional leadership following approvals by their standing, and/or com- executive committees last spring. mitment to communi- Katrina James ’96 has been elected ty service. Council chair of the University Council, suc- members act as ambas- ceeding Mitch Lee ’90, JD ’96. The sadors for the Univer- council also elected five vice chairs: Deb- sity and serve on orah Gerard Adelman ’71, MS ’74, Jay advisory committees Carter ’71, ME ’72, Scott Pesner ’87, Jay for Cornell. Silpe ’94, and Annie Wong ’77. New The President’s members-at-large on the administrative Council of Cornell board are Dean Burrell ’79, Angela Clark Women also named a ’88, Stanley Fish ’72, DVM ’75, Andrea new board, electing Glanz ’74, Mary Maxon Grainger ’79, Julie Crotty ’87, JD MPS ’87, Mary Wilensky Kahn ’79, Na- ’96, MBA ’96, as pres- Executive committee: Seated (left to right) are Katrina James talie Teich ’65, and Jeffrey Weaver ’86, ident. Jill Goldy, MS ’96 and Deborah Adelman ’71, MS ’74; standing are Annie Wong MBA ’90. The council also elected more ’78, and Linda Gadsby ’77, Jay Silpe ’94, Scott Pesner ’87, and Jay Carter ’71, ME ’72. than one hundred alumni to four-year ’88 were named vice terms, including fifty who have never chairs. PCCW works to enhance the in- staff, and alumnae as leaders within served on it before. They were elected volvement of female students, faculty, Cornell and its many communities.

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Class Notes

The year was 1906. Ted- Athletic director Andy Noel praised his staff to his classmates encouraging them to attend, dy Roosevelt was in the of superb coaches, which have won 68 Ivy League and Rosemary and Ruth made the historic trip. CRC White House. The Wrights titles and 14 national championships during his Rosemary arrived Thursday, June 9, with her had taken flight in Kitty Hawk. Henry Ford’s Mod- dozen-year tenure, and thanked the alumni who, daughter Sally Solmssen. She made it in time to el T “Tin Lizzie” was on Detroit drawing boards. he said, have made it possible. He introduced our participate in the “Spirit of ’31: Passing It For- Jacob Gould Schurman was Cornell’s president and new member: Cari Hills ’98, a Cornell Athletic ward” ceremony in the Statler Hall Ballroom, Pop Warner its football coach. Rym Berry 1904 Hall of Famer, All-America in women’s lacrosse where a First Reunion Class Banner was present- had of late coined a name for Pop’s boys: the Big and field hockey, and all-time leading Cornell ed to the newest reuners in the Class of 2006 by Red team. Speaking of innovators, a dozen young scorer in both sports. He also hailed as giants in the oldest in the Class of 1931. Rosemary stood alums found themselves bound together, dedicat- their sports oarsman Bob Staley ’57, MBA ’59, up to present the banner, and rose again to sing ed to the proposition that Cornell reunions were present for the dedication of the renovated John the Alma Mater along with President David Skor- too good to be limited to five-year intervals. So Collyer Boathouse, and basketball’s Chuck Rolles ton and his wife, Robin Davisson, President they founded an institution whose object was “to ’56. Football coach Kent Austin reported im- Emeritus Frank Rhodes and his wife, Rosa, uni- have each and every member (signed below) at- pressive progress in building a better Big Red versity administration and staff, family members, tend every reunion of Cornell University for five machine, in no small part due to a newly leveled and reuners from the classes of 1936, 1941, and (5) years from June 1907.” playing field in the area of financial aid. 1946. “It’s overwhelming,” she said, in response Thus was created the Continuous Reunion Tom MacLeod ’70, MBA ’71, escorted Jeanne to the ovation she received from the crowd. Club (CRC). It has been highly continuous ever Thoren to the mound and, at her request, threw Cornell Alumni Magazine caught up with since except in some war years. Last June, scores the traditional first pitch of the Ted Thoren Memo- Rosemary at the Friday All-Alumni Luncheon in returned for its 105th Reunion. The hottest ticket rial Alumni Baseball Game Saturday morning. Rich Barton Hall, and followed up on her TV appear- was the climax of the weekend, Cornelliana Night, Booth ’82 and Dan Dwyer ’76 played. Art Kesten ances (the “Today” show and “Good Morning at an overflowing Bailey Hall, from which some ’44 and the undersigned were designated coach- America”) and radio and newspaper interviews. 600 were diverted to the nearby Call Auditorium es. Honorary member David Wohlhueter manned She began Cornell on East Avenue, in a house simulcast. Second was President David Skorton’s the P.A. Coordinator of Cornell Football Alumni Re- connected to Sage Hall, and remained close Olin Lecture interview of Chuck Feeney ’56, the lations Pete Noyes, speaking at a post-game gath- friends with her freshman-year roommate. She man who donated billions—in secret. ering to honor Thoren’s memory, noted that played field hockey, studied Latin for four years, Our gang met at CRC’s Reunion home, an in- “behind every great man there is a great woman. and was at one point president of her sorority, ternational living center on the North Campus Jeanne Thoren is that woman.” Old players and Delta Delta Delta. She started in Home Econom- named for football All-America/college presi- friends gave her another standing O. A session of ics, but dismayed at the lack of programs for dent/ambassador to Sweden/SEC head Jerome recollected Thoren-esque wit and wisdom followed. women, changed to Arts and Sciences to study “Brud” Holland ’39, MS ’41. They moved out Another vintage a cappella group, Jon Ward- Economics. She remembers the dances at Barton quickly from the friendly North Campus confines ner ’79 and his Alumni Hangovers, serenaded Hall, with a band at either end, and to this day to reunion lectures, tours, and revels. The mem- CRC diners Saturday evening at the Country Club still has a passion for dancing. bers and guests from the Athletics department of Ithaca. Rosemary met her husband, Stanton Todd, jammed the Statler ballroom for CRC’s traditional Cornelliana Night, the final reunion event, was through a roommate, and their courtship was Friday lunch. Jack Brophy ’53 and the Cayuga’s dedicated to Bill Vanneman’s memory. There were mostly through letters. The second time she saw Waiters (approximately) triple-quartet of the buttons for all with his picture at a Cornelliana the man in person, he asked her to marry him. “I Fifties, appropriately, led the program off with Night. It was an evening of recognitions and Cor- was very blessed,” she said. Stanton also loved to “The Old Songs” (as in “the good old songs for nell music. CRC was cited as loyalists to whom dance, and they were married 63 years until his me”). They followed with signature songs we Cornell is held so dear—and reunions are so much death from colon cancer. They lived in Michigan loved so well in the Fifties—Waiters favorites like fun—that we return every year. for 60 years and raised three children. Rosemary “The Day Isn’t Long Enough,” “The Fiji Isles,” and For CRC, it was mostly agreed that this was was active in the PTA and Junior League, and “Good Night, Little Girl.” one of the finest reunions ever. For that, we thank earned a master’s in education from Michigan CRC comes back for the pleasure of each oth- Cathy Hogan ’70 and Christine Rumsey of Alum- State U. when she was in her 50s. Afterwards, she er’s company, but the joy was diminished this year ni Affairs, John Webster and Kathleen Bolton of worked more than ten years as a middle school by the loss of several members, particularly Bill Athletics, Connie Santagato Hosterman ’57, and English teacher and reading consultant. “I like Vanneman ’31 (who had planned to attend an superclerks Carlie Ann Brown ’11 and Randall young people,” she said. “I think if you respect unprecedented 80th Reunion), and our senior (and Pharr Jr. ’12. May their futures flourish. them, they respect you. And that’s what I always honorary) member, longtime baseball and football And hardly anyone parked on the grass— tried to remember.” Rosemary still keeps in touch coach Ted Thoren. The assemblage warmly wel- unless it was absolutely necessary. c Jim with classmate Myrtle “Toots” Uetz Felton. comed Jeanne, Ted’s wife of 64 years. Bill V. cel- Hanchett ’53, 300 First Ave., #8B, NYC 10009; Ruth Tallmadge arrived Friday afternoon with ebrated his 102nd birthday in April, but did not e-mail, [email protected]. her daughters Caroline Tallmadge and Anne Krutell, long survive. Gerry Grady ’53 called for a silent two of the seven children she raised in Rochester, pause in memory of the year’s fallen: Vanneman, NY, with her husband, Edgar ’32, whom she met Thoren, Col. Don Spittler ’40, Domenic Mazza Congratulations to the nationally at Cornell and wed in 1935. Ruth enjoyed a filet ’41, Dorothy Kleine Van Reed ’45, BS ’44, Davis celebrated Class of 1931 and to the mignon dinner at the Statler, breakfast at the Hum Cutting ’48, Richard Jackson ’56, Ernie Hardy 31 two classmates who attended the Ec college, the president’s State of the University ’53, PhD ’69, and Kevin Seits ’60, JD ’63. first-ever 80th Reunion at Cornell University! address, and Sunday brunch at Sapsucker Woods— CRC had a gift for the swimming team, gra- Rosemary Hunt Todd of Hollis, NH, and Ruth the perfect thing, as she and her husband were ciously accepted by assistant coach Wes Newman Laible Tallmadge of Rochester, NY, returned to avid birders during their 60 years of marriage. ’09, a three-time Eastern swimming champ, hold- the Hill for Reunion 2011 and were honored by (Because of their love of birds, the Tallmadges va- er of many Red records, and a dean’s list scholar. alumni and friends, young and old. The festivities cationed in Mexico for many years, and Ruth still David Eldredge ’81, coach of both men’s and culminated in Saturday’s Cornelliana Night, which travels there every year for family reunions.) women’s polo teams these many years, told of his was dedicated to longtime class president Bill Ruth was the first person in her family to at- women’s undefeated national championship team Vanneman, who died on April 26. Bill, whose por- tend college and would have graduated a year (his daughter, Kailey ’14, is one of its leaders) and trait graced the cover of the evening’s program as sooner, but tuberculosis sidelined her at home in his men’s team, which finished second nationally. well as hundreds of commemorative buttons dis- bed for a year before she was able to return to Both teams are powerhouses, year in and year out. tributed during the weekend, had written letters Cornell and earn her degree from the Ag school 62 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:41 PM Page 63

with a concentration in Home Economics. As her years in the castle-like residential hall, and her (Warner, take note). They are: Gretchen Fonda daughter Alice Tallmadge mentioned in an inter- sophomore and senior years in Balch Hall. She re- Gagnon, who attended with her lovely daughters view with ABC News, “Her home economics train- marked that, in her day, the weather never kept (as I recommended to her earlier this spring); ing was oriented toward nutrition and balanced her from class. “There were no snow days. You got Jane Frier Bertrand, who came with transporta- meals. She preached moderation. My parents were your books and went to class!” Ruth majored in tion provided by Eleanor Slack Foster Randles, both farming people, close to the earth, and we Chemistry, hoping to follow in her father’s foot- MS ’78, and son Joseph Foster ’75; and our had a huge victory garden.” Ruth went to work steps as a pharmacist, and it was through her newest class author, Dorothy Papish, with infor- right after graduation, landing a teaching job in studies in the major that she met her husband mation about her new book, The Aqueducts of the Pennsylvania (where she faced discrimination for Francis ’33, PhD ’37. Erie. It is available from North Country Books being a Catholic) and other positions in Richford After receiving her degree, Ruth turned her Inc., 220 Lafayette Street, Utica, NY 13502. Springs and the Catskills. She was happy to be focus to nutrition and published many works doc- All of us remembered our 65th Reunion and able to help put her brother, Paul Laible ’36, umenting the benefits of consuming whole grain those no longer with us, many of whom were through college. Ruth and her daughters send foods. A favorite experiment of hers, that she has there five years ago. The 13 were named at the thanks to Cornell for such an impressive Reunion shown to children for decades, demonstrates the Service of Thanksgiving held in Anabel Taylor Hall Weekend and for all the assistance they were giv- effects of good versus poor nutrition, with the Chapel on Saturday. en by the staff and the student clerks. help of a pair of rats she calls “Goodie” and Our class president, Robert Mueller, BArch At Cornelliana Night, a packed Bailey Hall “Junkie.” She feeds her “Goodie” rats healthy ’42, who took over with the sad loss of Jean Way cheered the returning Thirty-Wonders, and the foods like whole grains, and her “Junkie” rats Schoonover, deserves tremendous thanks from all two classmates joined in the singing of the old junk foods like white flour and sugary meals. The of us. Without his efforts our reunion would have songs—from memory! Chris Marshall, Associate “Goodie” rats, she explained, grow bigger and lacked many of the great features of Statler Ho- Vice President for Alumni Affairs, paid tribute to have healthier bones, muscles, and fur than the tel living, student help, great food, and trans- them and to the great Bill Vanneman, “class pres- “Junkie” rats, which are skinny and sickly shad- portation to everything—because he also was the ident, correspondent, membership chair, treasur- ows of their roommates. Ruth was one of the first reunion chair, due to Allene Cushing Knibloe’s er, and big supporter of all things Cornell. Despite nutritionists to advocate a diet of whole grains unexpected illness. We truly missed both Allene his passing, his spirit is alive and well through- and has offered herself, an active woman now and her husband, Wells, as well as our treasurer out the university and especially in Bailey Hall 97, as living proof of its health benefits. She has Bill Webber at our 70th. Thanks also to Bob for tonight.” Chris also welcomed the members of written for her local church’s Nutrition Gazette our lovely and delicious reunion gift in the Libe Bill’s family present that evening: Bill Vanneman and, along with her husband, has made donations Tower bell package! Jr. ’65 and his wife, Irene; Reeve “Ting” Vanne- to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Other memories: Our welcome on Thursday man ’67 and his wife, Jane (Wallace) ’68, After interviewing you, Ruth, I realized that from our beloved President Emeritus Frank Rhodes, granddaughter Kara Vanneman Klein ’89, and earlier that day, in the Reunion lunch line, I had pinch-hitting for President Skorton, who was de- great-granddaughter Kate. “Thank you for shar- opted to place a slice of whole grain bread on layed in NYC; the Savage Club Show with its ing tonight with us,” he said to them, “and for my plate, instead of a tempting, buttery French amazing show of talent (including that of our sharing Bill with us for all those years.” Our best croissant. You can only imagine my surprise when own Julian Smith); the Chimes Concert on Sat- regards and good wishes to all members of the I realized that your work in nutrition had in urday; the view from the Libe Slope, which still Class of 1931! c Cornell Alumni Magazine, 401 some way influenced my health-conscious deci- remains; and some of the “longing for the Old East State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850. Class sion for lunch that day! c Nicholas St. Fleur Days” still in us all. Notes Editor e-mail, [email protected]. ‘13, [email protected]. Send news to: Cornell The charming members of the Class of 1931 Alumni Magazine, 401 East State St., Suite 301, at their 80th Reunion proved that our 80th is a Ithaca, NY 14850; class notes editor e-mail, possibility. Enjoy each and every day! Love and Cornell Alumni Magazine interns [email protected]. thanks to all of you. c Shirley Richards Sargent Nicholas St. Fleur ’13 and Maya Darmer, 20 Haddington Lane, Delmar, NY 12054; 36 Rajamani ’12 got a chance to e-mail, [email protected]. meet the first woman to play in Cornell’s or- Our 70th is over and my memories chestra and a pioneer in the field of whole grain of it have formed a pattern, after Our 70th Reunion has come and gone and I nutrition when they sat down to speak with Ruth 41 a good night’s sleep, for this report can only say what a wonderful experience it was Fisher Rosevear at the All-Alumni Luncheon on to you. Ezra Cornell’s 1865 dream is now being for me! It was great seeing old classmates, in- Friday of Reunion Weekend. Ruth, accompanied realized internationally and globally in every cluding many whom I first met at previous re- by her daughter, was the only attending member respect—”an institution where any person can unions, and making new friends as well. On at her 75th Reunion, June 9-12. The stories she find instruction in any study.” Thursday, the first day of Reunion, I flew from shared about her time at Cornell and after com- Ken and I looked down from the back row of Fort Lauderdale, near where I live, to Ithaca, prise the entirety of this column. a newly and beautifully renovated Bailey Hall changing airlines at Philadelphia. The Statler had Ruth recalled that she was initially attracted during President Skorton’s brilliant address on the a limo waiting for our flight, so I was soon at to Cornell because of its excellent orchestra. A “State of the University.” He described the new their desk registering. My room was on the sixth cello player since the eighth grade, Ruth loved to and ever-expanding programs and their impor- floor, facing West Hill. Glancing out my window, play her instrument, and the idea of performing tance and extension throughout the world. For Sage Hall was below me on the left. Beyond that, with Cornell’s orchestra was the deciding factor Cornell, achieving a high ranking in its research but obscured by Sage, was Carpenter Hall, where that brought her to the Hill. Unfortunately for regarding our sustainability as a species has now the new dean of the Engineering College has his Ruth, even though she was an accomplished mu- become far more important than beating Ohio office. On my right was the south end of the Arts sician who had qualified to play in the New Jer- State on the football field. President Skorton also Quad. I didn’t spend much time admiring the sey State Youth Orchestra, the conductor at the talked about the financial programs for student view, though—it was nap time for me. I’d been time was unwilling to allow a woman into his or- aid and support in spite of the recession, which up since 4:30 a.m. chestra. It took two years of persistence for Ruth has offered challenges to faculty increases as Our class headquarters were combined with to show the conductor that she was more than ca- well. The new living quarters for underclassmen the classes of ’31 and ’36 and were located in the pable of playing with the men in concert, and she offer much more direct contact with faculty and Yale-Harvard Room of the Statler. The sole mem- became the first woman ever to perform in Cor- a better learning environment as well. His opti- ber of the Class of ’36 had not arrived yet, but nell’s orchestra—opening the path for future fe- mistic outlook for Cornell is contagious and is from a still earlier class, ’31, two coeds checked male musicians. To this day Ruth still manages to proof that his choice as our president just prior in. Wow! They both sat at our table at dinner play the cello, but with her eyesight failing she to our 65th Reunion was superb. His wife, Dr. Saturday evening and bravely admitted they were now resorts to playing her music from memory. Robin Davisson, is an added treasure. 102 years old. Both conversed nicely, better than Ruth went on to share other experiences as Now to the four (plus me) women who brave- I, and one of them walked better, too! an undergraduate. She spoke of her time living ly attended our Reunion with the 13 well-pre- Friday morning, after breakfast in the Statler’s on the top floor of Risley and having to walk served and charming male members of the Class Taylor Room, I opted to walk around the part of down a set of stairs from the tower just to get to of 1941. This was not quite the ratio of 5 to 1 we the campus with which I was most familiar—the the elevator. She spent her freshman and junior had as coeds, but very pleasing nonetheless Arts Quad. Upon my return to our home base, I fell September | October 2011 63 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:41 PM Page 64

in with Herb Cogan and wife Patra and we walked great—all the latest novels. My MD says: ‘Lynn, Which segues nicely to Shirley Shapiro up to the Drill Hall, where we joined other ’41ers whatever you’re doing, don’t change it.’ Helen Woods (Dedham, MA), who not only donates reg- at the All-Alumni Lunch. Later, with booths all asks, What did he say about cocktails before din- ularly to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, but has around the periphery of Barton Hall, I quickly lo- ner? My answer: He said, ‘Don’t change it!’ ” also set up a generous gift annuity to the uni- cated that of Cornell Alumni Magazine to accom- After 65 years, Chris Steinman Foltman versity. “There’s a DVD of my WWII experiences plish another mission—a first-time meeting with ([email protected]; Ithaca, NY) still lives at home working on the Manhattan Project and at Oak my Class Notes editor and mentor, Adele Durham and enjoys going out for lunch, bridge, volun- Ridge. Still volunteer at the Leonard Morse Hos- Robinette. We talked about Shirley’s and my last teering, etc. The campus has changed so much pital, the Morse Library in Natick, and the Dan- contributions to our class column—our reunion it’s hard to recognize parts of it, but if anyone forth Art Museum in Framingham.” Hedy Neutze reports—and said good-bye. I wish her well; she comes to Ithaca, the welcome mat is always out. Alles (Haddonfield, NJ) reports: “Went to Provi- ranks high on my list of Cornell friends. I had a nice chat with RVC friend Roy Ward ’41 dence for Easter. These days I’m just reading mys- That night at dinner, I sat next to Ken Darmer, (Richmond, VA), who is enjoying his new retire- teries and smelling the flowers.” And this from Shirley (Richards)’s husband. He turned out to ment home and writing his memoirs. I’m always Gerald Aronson (Los Angeles, CA): “You asked a be a delightful conversationalist. We had much in amazed at his abilities and activities despite his while ago which teachers we revered back in the common, both being engineers. The next morn- sight handicap. He’s an inspiration. day: Wolfgang Laistner, professor of ancient his- ing, I joined other Civil Engineers at breakfast in Evelyn Kassman Greenspan (Ft. Myers, FL) tory, who most certainly knew Cleopatra, Mark An- Hollister Hall. The new Engineering dean talked to writes, “I spend summers in Columbus, OH, where thony, Julius, and Augustus personally. Prof. us briefly but enthusiastically about the current I am the office boy in my son’s business—I an- Laistner—calm, dignified, self-contained—did emphasis of the whole Engineering College on “di- swer the phone and hold the fort when he needs not suffer fools gladly, but had the ability to con- versity,” and subsequently the new CE director told to have meetings or go to the bank, etc. I have vince us that what happened so long ago could how that would impact Civil Engineering. Then an apartment there and would love to hear from be happening again right now. All you had to do some of us went on tours of the test facilities. anyone who still remembers me. I return to Ft. My- was open your eyes. A remarkable guide.” We had lunch at the Drill Hall again, and that ers in the fall. See you at the 70th—golly, can you We wined and dined the other night with Lee gave another chance to visit with Herb Abrams, believe it!” Meir Sofair (Vienna, VA) is into con- Sunstein and good friend Sue Scott to celebrate Herb Cogan, Larry Kalik, and Bob Mueller, sulting and designing two houses, giving gourmet his move from longtime digs on Philadelphia’s BArch ’42. Over the weekend, I saw others more cooking lessons at his home, and renovating the Rittenhouse Square to Lafayette Hill, the retire- briefly, including Nick Hunter, Julian Smith, and kitchen floors, ceiling, counters, and lights. He ment community located on the estate of the late John Weikart. Greetings and good wishes to all goes to the Oak-Marr Community Center in Oakton educator, philanthropist, and Fortune 500 sports- who came! Lastly, keep sending in your news— for the exercises and whirlpool activities, lectures, man Fitz Eugene Dixon. Lee, you may remember, the alumni magazine will be carrying on with the and seminars. He also has traveled to London and along with six crewmates, crossed the Atlantic in column. c Warner Lansing, 6065 Verde Trl. S., Israel. He’d love to hear from Gus Vollmer and a 41-foot sailboat 20-some years ago at age 70. Apt. G310, Boca Raton, FL 33433; tel., (561) Howard Simpson. Nothing old about Meir! Said he was glad to check that off his bucket list, 487-2008; e-mail, [email protected]. Class Sadly, we tell of the passing of William Far- glad they survived, wasn’t always certain they of 1941, c/o Cornell Alumni Magazine, 401 East ley of Denver, CO. Thanks to all for sending me would, and that it was an insane mission to at- State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY, 14850. Class such interesting accounts of your past and pres- tempt. If coach Allie Wolf were alive today, and Notes Editor e-mail, [email protected]. ent. Keep it going. Do contact friends also. If we’re not saying he isn’t—probably demanding you’re not included here, there’s more news to wind sprints on an Upper Alumni Field somewhere come next issue. c Carolyn Evans Finneran, 8815 non-Elysian at this very moment—we doubt that Pres. Liz Schlamm Eddy (NYC) 46th St. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98335; tel., (253) he would select, as he did 70 years ago, Sim continues her choir singing 326-4806; e-mail, [email protected]. Gluckson for his boxing and/or 150-lb. football 42 duties and enjoys their frequent team. Sim tells us that while he still teaches po- buffets. She also attends her French group lunch- litical science, he’s in rehab and travels with a eons at the Yale Club, where they review French Dear fellow Class-Notes-Corre- walker since his recent laminectomy. Tough old grammar and are reading a book by Brigitte Bardot. spondents, Indigent Division: bird. We can attest to the fact that he was, in the She is busy “keeping her brain going.” Liz also rec- 43 Carry on as before. Jules Renard Allie Wolf days, a tough young bird. ommends the Cornell Campus-to-Campus bus from said: “Writing is the only profession where no one Herman Shepherd has died, alas, in New NYC to Ithaca at a cost of $75 if you are interested considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.” Canaan, CT. After graduation (BS in Botany and in attending the 70th Reunion. A very nice ride. Some time back, Robert Kiernan abandoned Plant Pathology), he joined the US Army Air Corps, Bill Webster (Cammack Village, AK) writes of all worldly goods, vowed poverty, and entered where he taught radar and later operated radar his recent mishap: “68 years after being shot down Weston Priory in Vermont. To honor that decision equipment aboard the USS Taos Victory on a jour- twice in New Guinea in WWII, I got struck and al- the Class of ’43 added his name, gratis, to the rolls ney that took him around the world. In 1955 he most totaled by a USPS truck, 100 yards from my of CAM subscribers. Years later he now writes—not founded Aerosol Techniques in Bridgeport, CT, driveway, and sustained numerous injuries (broken for the first time: “I just wanted to assure you that which later became Armstrong Pharmaceuticals. neck, concussion with loss of hearing in left ear, I am still alive and kicking. I am still receiving Cor- He spearheaded funding for the nation’s first re- lower back and hip sprains). Have been in recovery nell Alumni Magazine thanks to my classmates. I search laboratory dedicated to aerosol pharma- for ten months and am driving again, going to wa- just listened as best I could—my hearing is as ceuticals at Columbia U.’s College of Pharmacology ter aerobics and P.T. classes daily. In order to do poor as my exchequer—to the recently arrived DVD and authored Aerosols: Science and Technology, all this ‘get well’ stuff, I’m looking forward to go- Romp ’n’ Stomp. I also appreciate the books the the first definitive text on the potential of aerosol ing to New Zealand to see my granddaughter grad- class has sent, especially Steinbeck’s The Grapes of medications. Shep’s friendship with Albert Sabin uate from U. of Auckland. I’m also working on a Wrath, which I had always wanted to read but nev- inspired him to co-found the Albert B. Sabin Vac- Civil War history of the 8th Indiana Light Artillery er before found the time to do so. And thank you, cine Inst. in 1993, committed to the reduction of Company based on letters written by my grandfa- Miller, for your dedication to Cornell and the Class suffering by the world’s poorest one billion peo- ther Henry Warren during his enlistment, 1862–65.” of ’43, and for your great sense of humor.” Well, ple from preventable tropical diseases. In 2002, Lynn Timmerman (Boynton Beach, FL) en- you’re welcome, Brother Robert. Go in peace. he founded the Cancer Vaccine Consortium to joys reasonably good health for 91 and is still liv- Mary Honor Crowley Rivin has moved into gather the collective knowledge of the scientific ing in Quail Ridge Golf & Country Club where he an assisted living community in Santa Fe, NM. community to overcome hurdles for cancer vac- manages to get in a bit of golf—nine holes twice She says she had already paid her class dues. It’s cine development. Shep believed that “all of us a week. He and Helen drive up to North Carolina okay if others of you follow her lead. Write news. are smarter than one of us.” The Consortium part- and Ohio to visit their families. They hate air trav- Pay dues. And if you’d be more comfortable with nered in 2008 with the Cancer Research Inst. to el, even though Helen was once an American Air- some assistance, move. Doesn’t have to be San- form the premier organization dedicated to can- lines stewardess. Lynn comments, “I try to get ta Fe. Pat Rider Huber (Cromwell, CT) sends a cer immunotherapy. It contributed to the creation out riding my bike each day, but I’ve had to give shot of three baby robins in a nest outside her of a new scientific paradigm, which found use in up extended walking. Helen visits our physical fit- window, their mouths open wide wanting to be the recent successful development of Yervoy, an ness center daily, but I’m too lazy for stand-still fed. To hell with ’em, we say. If you have a spare immunotherapy for patients with metastatic exercise. We read a lot. Our club’s library is worm, FedEx it to Sapsucker Woods. melanoma. And so we say, Amen. c S. Miller 64 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes Bob c October 2011 65 | September The years fell away for 30 mem- years fell away for The our class as we began bers of 9–12. June our 65th Reunion, ’ Hedy Neutze Alles ’43 Hedy Neutze Snell, 3154 Gracefield Rd., #111, Silver #111, Rd., 3154 Gracefield Snell, Our first official meeting was at a reception meeting Our first official Julie and I await all udpates, including trou- including I await all udpates, and Julie 46 attended by the classes of 1931 to 1946. A feisty classes of by the attended and She ovation. a standing 102-year-old received alumni first Cornell the were classmate another you be- Would an 80th Reunion. to ever attend We Mater. Alma the to sing STOOD it—she lieve then a reception, for as a group every night met dined We class dinners. to our individual we went with salmon, and filet mignon, lamb, on sea bass, (es- desserts plus fabulous salad, spinach lots of We mousse). chocolate for” “to die the pecially Alum- the and Hangovers by the entertained were the from group (a gray-haired ni Cayuga’s Waiters tour of hour-long the had a busload for ’50s). We buildings newest we saw the where campus, had several We our last reunion. since erected had been closed (which at Bailey Hall meetings for our for renovations I 60th Reunion). to use got the of top row sat in the elevators and new the Cor- for 1,300 sat in Bailey Hall balcony. highest from 600 watching with another Night, nelliana 200 nearly and Hall, in Kennedy Call Auditorium By the time we left, we again felt 21 years old. time By the own, arrived on their Some a but assis- needed few grandchildren and children, 23 spouses, so tance, us—we had disappoint didn’t Ithaca along. came President that cancelled a hailstorm on Thursday plus at our first reception, appearance Skorton’s 65 years, After days. other intermittently it rained gear. to carry rain we’ve learned , 6291 E. Bixby Hill Rd, Long Beach, Long , 6291 E. Bixby Hill Rd, Frankenfeld [email protected]; or Julie CA 90815; e-mail, Kamerer [email protected]. MD 20904; e-mail, Spring, blesome but memorable travel news. news. travel but memorable blesome and is not allowed to walk through the metal de- metal the walk through allowed to is not and prolonged to a was subjected with help, tector palpation private body of exam detector and areas. har- of woman this 85-year-old suspected They or at thighs between her gun a machine boring are Both airports bra. bombs in her least plastic in that pas- World Third in the similar to ones room waiting from directly walk not do sengers walk 200-yard to a a ramp but down to airplane, cabin. My to the up a ramp then and on tarmac purse and a large on carrying beloved wife insists on a leaning coat, even though large a heavy coat falls the ramp, the so as we descend walker, the throws yours truly gallantly arm and her from purse strap her wraps and coat over his shoulder two cases on all while pulling his neck, around which bag, is our lunch forgotten What is wheels. breaks and ramp the down walker the from falls mustard and mayo, ham, lettuce, open, spewing to col- a 20-year-old offers Yes, ramp. all over the Our return hungry! us so we won’t go lect it for while hours, three by a mere was delayed flight was replaced. motor part in the a defective Pren- Cummings (Bingham- Cummings (Scarsdale, NY; moserbp@aol. NY; (Scarsdale, , BS Ag ’47 (South Windsor, CT) ’47 (South Windsor, , BS Ag , BA ’44 (Vienna, Roger Milnes, BA Merle Dinse These days I’m just reading mysteries These days Your faithful co-correspondent Bob co-correspondent faithful Your Franken- Marvin Moser C. Jean Hendrickson Dick OH) has Allen, BME ’47 (Cincinnati, and smelling the flowers. ‘ , MD ’47, had an enjoyable prolonged week- feld, MD ’47, had an enjoyable prolonged violin a classical featuring WA, in Bellingham, end there 21. Getting by our granddaughter, recital uses a walker who fun! Wife Betty, was half the Audrey, win- with wife Audrey, who, snowbird is another engineer mechanical is a retired He ters in Florida. its endow- managing is active in his church, who of memories Cornell has great Merle fund. ment beautiful campus. the and friends com) continues his illustrious medical and aca- and medical his illustrious com) continues He blood pressure. in all aspects of career demic a U.is at Yale medicine of professor clinical School Medical Round Table of editor-in-chief Medicine, of pres- Clinical Hypertension, and Journal of the and Foundation. Education Hypertension the of ident edit, teach, and lecture, to write, continues He with wife activities but still squeezes in leisure Adiron- in the summering and travel, golf, Joy: dacks. ton, NY) enjoys many activities in her retirement in her activities ton, NY) enjoys many and choir, in the singing bridge, playing home: to tak- in addition club, health in the exercising quilts at a church baby sewing walks and long ing life dorm wonderful remembers fondly She group. with her weekends fraternity years and all four with two is still in touch She husband-to-be. received never she why wonders She roommates. Drill in the taken our 60th Reunion of photo the with along you one I’m sending Jean, Hall. tice faces the all but two of Cushing’s list naming photo. in the been retired for 27 years from the David J. Hough J. David the 27 years from for been retired in the company metal scrap largest the Co., now had been VP he Steel), where Nucor (part of US every volunteers He 20 years. for operations of poor people’s that repairs at a nonprofit Thursday on nearly has worked he estimates he homes; ski- downhill went he This winter 2,000 homes. Park at Alta and relatives and with friends ing the is exercise vigorous work and (Hard UT. City, from to hear would like He way to stay healthy!) Taylor Keller ’44. home for caring time his retirement spends VA) He be cruising. would rather but he garden, and at the graduation his granddaughter’s attended sub- the joining to her prior Academy Naval US the of was one I thought (which service marine only”). Roger “male left that were few domains teachers. great Cornell’s warmly remembers Bill tutors third grade students in language skills in language students grade third Bill tutors board advisory the of president vice served as and has inter- He year. this education of board the of program home the for applicants of scores viewed tennis plays doubles He Humanity. for Habitat of tour on an extended went a week and times three by a mag- highlighted in March, Africa South of Over by helicopter. Falls Victoria of view nificent sum- This countries! has visited 78 he years the Adirondacks, in the in his home will live he mer 77 years. of a tradition maintaining and , is the board , is the Class of 1944, Class of Bob Ballard c have daughters Lau- have daughters Lindsey Rosenblum ’13. and I attended Reunion I attended and Beth Knauss and ’80. Kathy and and Art “ Continuous the of 2011 as part Club (CRC),” writes Reunion Bill ’48 (Sarasota, Knauss, MBA his very full life. FL) tells us of for Bill was our class secretary and and ’78 Carl Rosenblum ’77 Margot Tohn class and her of ’86, president has started to news and latest dues Your Deedy Tohn, an honorary member of the of member an honorary Tohn, Deedy Cornell Alumni Magazine, 401 East State St., Seth Harper his first ’14, Ellen’s son, finished 45 many years after graduation, at a time when that when at a time years after graduation, many as corre- acting top class officer, was the position reminds person. He “can-do” general and spondent each class had its own cartoon us that back then, in 1990 and retired column. He the top of at the lost his wife to and to Sarasota later moved a won- 2010 after 56 years of in June Alzheimer’s Kathy that produced marriage derful Knauss- Rosenblum ren Rosenblum ’11 husband husband , P.O. Box 164, Spinnerstown, PA 18968; PA 164, Spinnerstown, Box , P.O. Harris [email protected]. e-mail, 44 Dotty class president Kay we do , “as Kesten especially were We very few. every year—missing and Alumni Baseball Game the thankful to attend his was a varsity player during as Art barbecue, in spirit game Art was in the years. undergraduate or as a player participates longer no he since alumni players paid the barbecue, the coach. At Thoren, baseball coach Ted tribute to longtime friend was a very dear 11. Ted on May died who with Club 44. a fellow traveler us and both of of we were service, memorial we missed the Since We tribute. Reunion the for happy to be there with also had a mini-reunion c/o NY 14850. DorothySuite 301, Ithaca, Kay CT 06880; e- Westport, Rd., , 1 Crestwood Kesten [email protected]. mail, wife Renata, Bobwife Renata, widow, Ted’s ’47, and Miller, BA have been honorary Jeanne and Ted Jeanne. Dotty years.” many class for our of members 65th their Art celebrated and that she added anniversary on July 8. wedding class the notified Council, Cornell the of member Ger- our classmate, and father her death the of ald adored dad “My writes, She , last fall. Tohn Deedy, His courtship with our mother, Cornell. we games, football Cornell was based around was he and as children, songs Cornell sung were attend someone to help lookout on the forever was always filled our house fall In the Cornell. coming applicants prospective of with a parade ap- of baskets and alumni interviews for through are His children Orchards. Cornell the ples from involved with Cor- being his legacy of continuing Ellen sister, Margot’s nell.” Tohn ’81 wears Jer- proudly He Engineering. year in Cornell Jer- 25th Reunion. the blazer from flannel ry’s red and on Cornell that Seth decided ry was so proud to wear that very warm blazer!” wanted next to the thanks! Stay tuned in—many come first installment. the issue for chair for Cornell Outdoor Education. Outdoor Cornell chair for years as a ’44 all these “After also wrote: class, Please keep I still feel very connected. spouse, trav- 17 days I spent and list! Margot on the me was a true eye- which this past May, in Asia eling was with I was in China last time as the opener, grand- My changes! Many cruise. Club 44 on the son 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 65 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 66

on Facebook. A very loud, boisterous group joined their jewelry and all of their glitz / Let’s help alma dairy farm, Ethan wrote, “It gave me extreme in the Glee Club singing. We didn’t get back to mater before our obits. pleasure to offer my services for them and to learn the Statler Hotel until after midnight. We ex- To view Cornelliana Night on your computer, about their lives.” Kelsey Shultz ’12 is from hausted my 61-year-old son. go to http://www.cornell.edu/video/. Scroll Plano, TX, and is a senior in the School of Hotel Shuttle buses, golf carts, and the handicapped through the videos near the top and select “Cor- Administration. She has had campus jobs in the bus (plus walking) took us to the Olin Lecture, the nelliana Night 2011.” Make sure your speakers Hotel school and the Dept. of Architecture and Service of Remembrance for deceased class mem- are on for the great talk and music. The program with Campus Information and Visitor Relations. bers, the president’s State of the University speech, lasts about an hour, and the events described Our own classmates are also working, study- the Glee Club concert, and Cornelliana Night. Some above occupy roughly the last 15 minutes. Just ing, traveling, and doing good works. Margaret went to sorority, fraternity, and Engineering break- use the slide bar below the video screen if you’d Newell Mitchell, who is working on our 65th Re- fasts. A few toured the Johnson Art Museum, like to skip ahead to the Cayuga’s Waiters per- union (June 2012), also advocates for planned while some even walked the campus and checked formance. (They will be the group in Navy blaz- giving for the Cleveland Orchestra’s Heritage So- out the nightly beer tents on the Arts Quad. In- ers and ties.) Their serenade of the two 1931 ciety and for Cornell’s Cayuga Society. She says, stead of the usual bleachers at Barton Hall, our ladies is priceless, and this is followed by the “Making a planned gift means you can give away photo was taken on rows of lawn chairs at our Fri- many parodies, including ours. the cow before you kick the bucket and still keep day dinner at the Statler. Mix and mingle was held Elinor Baier Kennedy deserved our praises all the milk!” She and Bill were planning a trip every night at 9:00, and most of us were in good for long, dedicated service to our class. Feting to Alaska through Anchorage, Denali, and Glacier vocal shape and even remembered the old college her were Patricia Kinne Paolella, the Slaughters, Bay for August. Marvin Wedeen and wife Dot took a “fabulous” cruise up the Norwegian coast beyond the Arctic Circle last year and look forward to another cruise this fall through the Greek We exhausted my 61-year-old son. Islands. “While we can, we do,” said Marvin. He and his wife also took a course about the histo- ‘ Elinor Baier Kennedy ’46’ ry, culture, architecture, and gardens in Charles- ton, SC, all tied to the 150th anniversary of the surrender of Fort Sumter. Speaking of the Civil songs, with back-up pamphlets. We departed af- the Levines, and all present at Friday night’s din- War, Frances Mulry Baran wrote of being very inter Sunday breakfast amid hugs, kisses, tears, and ner. Pat, who sparked the idea of an award to Eli- terested in Ken Burns’s recent “Civil War” pre- a promise to return in five years. nor, presented her with a framed, special edition sentations on TV. Her grandfather was a surgeon I cried when Lois and Paul Levine sang to me, Alumni Magazine cover featuring Elinor’s Cornell with the 16th Maine Volunteer Regiment and and the class presented me with a photo for my graduation photo. We and the Slaughters sang a served with the Army of the Potomac in several 55 years as your class correspondent. I accused my “Song of the Classes” parody to mark the event: battles featured in Burns’s series. “roomie” Pat Kinne Paolella and my son of being Elinor Baier Kennedy deserves all our cheers / Jack Levene of Lake Worth, FL, is retired but sneaky in finding my Cornell graduation photo. The She’s covered our women for 55 years. / This belle taking courses at Florida Atlantic U., volunteering Alumni Magazine put it on a mock magazine cov- of Cornell has captured our hearts / She has now at Hospice of Palm County, and teaching med stu- er, and my daughter-in-law framed it. Thanks to all outlasted six male counterparts. dents. Robert ’51 and Jane Johnson McCombs of you for your contributions to our column over Much more will be told, especially of our 18 keep active in church, Rotary, and community af- the years—I couldn’t have written without your male attendees, in the next issue on the great- fairs. They attended Bob’s 60th Reunion in June. help. I LOVE YOU ALL. c Elinor Baier Kennedy, 9 est reunion any of us remember. Send news to: Hope you’ll both be back next June for our 65th! Reading Dr., Apt 302, Wernersville, PA 19565; tel., c Paul Levine, 31 Chicory Lane, San Carlos, CA Jack White ([email protected]) has (610) 927-8777; e-mail, [email protected]. 94070; tel., (650) 592-5273; e-mail, pblevine@ moved to Canandaigua, NY, not too far from Itha- juno.com. ca and close to his sons and other family; he Lois and I were seated with the dignitaries plans to be at our 65th. It was nice to hear from at Thursday’s reunion dinner. ’46 president Lloyd William DeWitt ([email protected]), who Slaughter was there with his charming wife, Mari- The new school year has started lives at Kendal at Oberlin, where he and Betty lynn. Even Rosa and President Emeritus Frank and five students are being enjoy the Oberlin College Conservatory and see- Rhodes sat at our table. But everyone’s center of 47 assisted by the Class of 1947 ing their sons and families. Also good to get attention was my immediate neighbor, “Thirty- Cornell Tradition Fellowship scholarship. Alexan- news from Elizabeth A. Brown, MS ’53, who lives Wonder” Rosemary Hunt Todd, Class of 1931, der Koeberle ’13 is a junior from Cobleskill, NY, at Kendal in Ithaca, Malcolm Rankin (mrr551@ the first Cornellian ever to return for an 80th Re- majoring in Natural Resources in the College of gmail.com), and Marjorie Topkins Goodman union. (She was joined by her classmate Ruth Agriculture and Life Sciences. Besides carrying a ([email protected]), who lives in Manhattan. Laible Tallmadge ’31 the next day.) Rosemary full academic schedule, Alex has a job in a biol- I hope you will all have a wonderful autumn. rose from her wheelchair for the Alma Mater be- ogy laboratory, is active with the Ski and Snow- If you aren’t lucky enough to live where you can fore her interrogation by leading print, radio, and board Club, and volunteers for many environmen- see the beautiful foliage this time of year, think TV press services. Write-ups of her were later tally oriented projects. He’d like to go to graduate back to views in all of our memory banks of the published and broadcast nationwide. During a lull school and then work on climate change and the red and gold trees on campus and carpets of col- in the interrogation, she asked me, “Are you Class impact of humans on the environment. Melissa or along the lake shore. See you next June! c of ’36?” I replied, “No, I’m ’46.” Her quick re- Kachala ’13 is a junior in Chemical Engineering Arlie Williamson Anderson, [email protected] or joinder: “You’re just a kid.” from Rochester, NY. She’d like to go to law school (585) 288-3752; Sylvia Kianoff Shain, irashain The 102-year-olds starred again at Cornell- in order to become a patent attorney involved [email protected] or (201) 391-1263. iana Night on Saturday. They were introduced, with advancements to help the environment. She stood, turned, and joyously waved from their works in banquet service at the Statler and is front-row seats in Bailey Hall. The Cayuga’s Wait- involved with the Society of Women Engineers Bob Harnett, Kettering, OH: ers, a subset of the Glee Club from the 1950s, and the Democrat Club, where she worked on get- “Start every morning with a who had entertained us at our class banquet, ting students to register to vote. 48 daily Mass at St. Charles Cath- paid Rosemary and Ruth their respects, serenad- Fadi Jacob ’14 is a sophomore in Ag and Life olic Church. Lunch with many friends from my ing them with the risqué “Goodnight Little Girl.” Sciences, studying Biology, and is from Alpharet- working, golf, and tennis days. Watching our up- The “Thirty-Wonders” and spectators enjoyed ta, GA. Ethan Wilson ’12 is a senior studying Bio- and-down assets. Hope something is left for our every bit of it. Cornelliana Night also afforded metry and Statistics in Ag and Life Sciences. He family. There’s a steady decline in US of family val- Lois and Paul Levine the opportunity to parody has held jobs in Ithaca at the Hilton Garden Inn, ues. Ohio has its problems, but we are spared bad “The Song of the Classes” before Bailey’s 1,300, in the mailroom at one of the student unions, and things like hurricanes, dust storms, forest fires, Kennedy Hall’s 600 overflow, and nearly 200 more as a tutor. Ethan used scholarship money to trav- etc. As a Rust Belt state, we see much of our man- on Facebook. Our parody: Some come for nostal- el with other students to San Miguel, Guatemala, ufacturing leaving. I had GM cars from 1950 to gia to view the old house / Some come back to where they spent eight days helping local coffee 1986. The ’86 Buick was the worst ever. Switched show off a new trophy spouse / Some show off farmers. Having grown up on an Upstate New York to Toyotas (made in Kentucky). Very satisfied with 66 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes Nature Shinde- (Shadow October 2011 67 | Mary Sanders Paul Seider . His extracurricular activ- . His extracurricular (Medford, OR; r7matteson2@ (Medford, September Scientific American Robert M. Hill Retired from teaching, teaching, from Retired , has written a book, My Golden Years Chester me.com), a physicist married to Mary April Black- to Mary married a physicist me.com), on job” is being “day burn, says that his present reading and sports, watching Internet, the lar (Solway, MN) wrote that she was getting used was getting she that MN) wrote lar (Solway, those all of through “jumping a widow, to being hus- Her was a Marine.” He hoops. government has been 30, 2009. Mary August died John, band, 14 summers spending “after house, her cleaning and visiting with our RV in Alaska, road on the After-hours six layers deep!” were Rooms fishing. watching and reading, quilting, include activities to have more like says she’d she and sports on TV, fondest Her woodcarve. and baskets to make time class. in my friends the “All Cornell: of memories in Balch girls freshman the to know getting I liked that suggests in Cascadilla, too.” She juniors and 1945–50 from Kappas letter from a round-robin would be fun. “I’m in the and sticks touch.” out of and that adds “I’m 83, after all.” He same: the are ities up with modern keeping has been “traveling, he children, four lives of the watching and science, His great-grandchild.” one and six grandchildren, in Vetsburg “living are Cornell of memories fondest which swim team, from the Scotty Little and and All-American.” I became mar- and is retired CA; [email protected]) Hills, ASPCA, the works with golf, plays He to Kay. ried has also He school. church at the volunteers and 16 grandchildren, and children been entertaining are friends Great be running. rather but says he’d like would most He memories. Cornell his fondest describing growing up in New York. He tells of his tells of He York. up in New growing describing at Cornell officer an admissions with interview a city boy; we but you’re told him, “Sorry, who a for begged Chester boys.” only farm take gave him a seed officer the whereupon chance, had easily After he seeds. some chart to identify Latin their them giving about 15 seeds, identified “Stop! When exclaimed, officer as well, the names city boy said, The office?” my into you break did bus ticket!” you my I’ll show “I’ve just arrived. had ever identi- one told him that no officer The asked and before chart seeds on the so many fied that at the explained it. Chester did he him how in- had become he had attended, he school farm a few in cot- had planted and in seeds, terested is over,” examination “The them. raised ton and an un- in.” As are “You announced. officer the Folk Cornell the organized Chester dergraduate, remembers He clubs. Outing Cornell and Dance the campus and the beauty of the fondly most from would enjoy hearing Club and Outing Cornell members. were who those virus diseases. He was responsible for citrus de- citrus for responsible was He virus diseases. Citrus California in the eradication and tection 26 for UC Riverside at Program Protection Clonal year as teacher is in his 26th and years (1960–86) Méditer- Agronomique Institut at the lecturer and more of author The Bari, Italy. Valenzano, ranéen, virus- on citrus virus and than 200 publications was pre- Chester control, their and diseases like (DSc) by the doctorate with an honorary sented was hon- in 1999 and South Africa, Pretoria, U. of Cit- of Organization Int’l the as a Fellow of ored has been in 2004. For 50 years he rus Virologists Bank, the World the for lecturer and a consultant Organization, Agriculture Food and Nations United in coun- as a consultant acting GTZ, and USAID, more has developed He world. all over the tries UN the for 24 e-articles and shows than 50 slide website www.ecoport.org. Bob c DeAlmei- (Dryden, NY; (Dryden, Doty, MFA ’50, Winter MFA Doty, (Canandaigua, NY), mar- (Canandaigua, (Riverside, CA; chetroist@ Greene. (Boca Raton, FL; jfarber01@ It’s great hearing from all of from hearing great It’s you. Our class always has so news interesting much to report! , Athens, OH: “I’m here, OH: “I’m , Athens, Doxsee “Giff” Marilyn Faith Olsen Baurle Jerry Farber Chester Roistacher Joyce Van Denburgh [email protected]) tells us that her present “day present tells us that her [email protected]) a being and gardening, job” is homemaking, to Walter“companion 62-1/2 of husband ’48, my party and plays duplicate cooks, She years.” computer— on her Solitaire” “Spider bridge—and has says she She reads. and to family, e-mails little slower!” but “a things, all these been doing be traveling would rather says that she Marilyn grandchildren, with her time more spending and in Connecticut, great-grandchildren and children, memories favorite Her Maine. and Pennsylvania, Or- Symphony Cornell in the playing are Cornell of for drums bongo playing Winters Gertrude chestra, classes, rhythmics and fundamentals freshman cattle- Days as cook and Home Farm and and with Sylvia is in touch She shower. Colt da and Joyce Teck 49 gmail.com) has been retired since 1987. He en- 1987. He since has been retired gmail.com) and Rome, and Italy cruise/tour of joyed a 16-day cruise to Australia took a 30-day recently more to do “What else is there asks, He China. and when married and A veteran is retired?” one when re- that he thing one the to Cornell, came he my is “having that time of fondly most members on him sitting watching and first born at Cornell used to run all over the lap. He Dusty Rhodes’s David library.” Chem Batt ried to Patricia, writes that he is a Eucharistic writes that he to Patricia, ried Canandaigua and Church Catholic the minister of activities His extracurricular Hospital. Community a Cornell “Just being golf. and gardening are of greatness the realizing and enjoying graduate, remembers is what David this accomplishment” to wishes Hill. He on the his time so well from his Psi Upsilon brothers. from hear on citrus is a world consultant retired, att.net), Park, FL: “Meals on Wheels volunteer—three on Wheels FL: “Meals Park, political morning Sunday of viewer Avid routes. computers wonderful! . . . aren’t And talk shows. the of is a thing Statesmanship e-mail. Especially dead- it’s all about POWER. Shameful past. Now lim- term rescind Suggestion: result. lock is the should Citizens presidency. the for especially its, vote. to their impediment have this artificial not and plants, sunshine, weather, has good Florida state. favorite is still my Texas but landscaping, totally illog- are government and politics Florida house- to the meals I’m delivering Tomorrow ical. like because we time a long takes which bound, 17, on Dec. graduated grandson TCU to talk. My to Col- we all headed there From I was there. and I skiing). went others (the Christmas for orado I wrote Thanksgiving. for was also in Chicago visit.” 2009 Chicago about the ‘creatively’ NY Washington, Port Ave., , 102 Reid Persons 767-1776; e-mail, (516) fax, and 11050; phone [email protected]. is high taxes, lack of competent representatives. competent of lack taxes, is high Don’t know overhaul, also. an states need Most auto fatal in an almost Was tomorrow. do what I’ll was broken. neck be alive). My to (lucky accident very little driv- I do health. in excellent Am not passed away in Au- 54 years wife of My now. ing ” along.’ ‘getting I’m just now, gust 2010. Right Gifford news.” in sending and dues my paying , Winchester, MA: , Winchester, Rockas Bergmann, Washington, DC: Washington, Bergmann, , St. Louis, MO: “Read- MO: , St. Louis, Browde “Custer” “Tolly” “Tolly” Barbara Berman Bart dog the “Walking PA: Grove, Holm, West Anatole William, More Baltimore, in Amer- MD: “Active Constantine five Toyotas. Plan to keep it forever. Wish I were Wish it forever. to keep Plan five Toyotas. many too Losing Carolina. or South in Ireland routines. exercise up with keep Must friends! my became who Minnesota girl from the Finding Head- life. my of highlight was the wife in 1951 grands. eight and children 60th with four for ing (1944- years at Cornell four I had a wonderful 24, 1944. on June as a 16-year-old 48). Entered in Air Force but served in the Missed WWII, to only been back Have 1952-55 as an officer. it very fondly. but remember two times, Cornell Ohio, in universities attended our children All of I where State, Ohio for rooter so I’m a staunch degree.” master’s my received local hos- and in community Volunteer me. and my visiting to stay healthy, hard pital. Working politi- Most downhill. is going Country doctors. against in themselves, only interested are cians to myopic to do, party wants other the anything people to elect good trying Keep needs. national all I’ve traveled fringes. the stay away from and best place is the Pennsylvania and world, over the our destroying but we are world to live, in the Caribbean in cold to cruise the Hope world. with only 60,000 Car is ten years old, weather. it. Right to keep sense miles on it, so it makes last Champlain. Spent on Lake I wish I were now, on Caribbean cruise. winter and there summer No children. good gift in life was having Greatest of to be tolerant learned Have problems. money better than you world Leave the people. other Life is good.” others. it. Help found Everything’s loafing. computer building, ing, terrible health debt, government Huge downhill. in- of Get rid government. bill, non-Constitutional abil- the speech and still have free We cumbents. attack, and from safety in relative are ity to vote, to- drifting but we’re reasonable, are state taxes to a Going socialism. and government huge ward Car is in excel- after church. tomorrow symphony it until Will keep mileage. good gets shape, lent events. Party Tea three I attended us dies. of one Blessed with two to stay healthy. difficult It’s we are, what age matter No great-grandchildren. We active. to be politically continue we must world around the always strive to improve must us.” “Leaders of our ‘beautiful’ USA are in most parts in most are our ‘beautiful’ USA of “Leaders must We country. our great to govern unqualified Reps are habits. spending our national reduce can collect. Result $$ they much elected by how “Professor emeritus of economics, U. of Maryland U. of economics, of emeritus “Professor of Decline book: ‘The U. Writing American and Global warm- About It.’ What to do and Marriage is done. yet nothing our only home, threatens ing carbon tax.” have a huge should We funding. Hospital Shriners and Legion ican Citizens of instead government the for seem to be working term limits Need people. the serving government world—let’s lead the We Senate. and House in the try to run the not should We it that way. keep Hospital a Shriners I’m attending Tomorrow world. In the reunion. a WWII Marine then and fundraiser I drive as little as possible. I’m doing future near it until perfectly—will keep Runs an ’06 Mercury. I stop driving. is old, body My are thoughts but my I Shirley and was when day greatest The young. about worried (1946). Not 64 years ago married, beggars. of a nation have become We old age. How do donations for requests many you receive in each faithful.” Semper Fidelis—always mail? day’s 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 67 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 68

to hear from Gilbert Pinkham. Dorothea Ann in his citation, Walt “is the glue and life of the Some highlights from Reunion Dashefsky Fast (Livingston, NJ; fastdotmom@ Cornell Club of Vermont,” for which he hosts nu- 2011, including new class officers: aol.com) is “happily retired.” She sees close Cor- merous Cornell events at his home on Lake Cham- 51 Mibs Martin Follett, president; Bob nell friends in NYC occasionally, and says it’s great plain. He is among a select group of alumni who Brandt, VP; Mary Beth Weaver Ostrom and Rip to be together. Not long ago she traveled to Aus- have truly made a difference to Cornell. Haley, reunion chairs. Continuing officers: Jane tralia to visit a grandchild at the U. of Brisbane. In a visit to Sarasota, FL, Pat Coolican had Haskins Marcham, VP membership; Brad Bond, More recently she went to Great Britain to see a a pleasant luncheon visit with Betsy Alexander class correspondent; Joan Ruby Hanpeter and granddaughter at the U. of Leeds. A grandson was Weis and Jean Michelini Farley. With an MS from Trev Warfield, Cornell Annual Fund reps. Many of beginning his spring term at the U. of Edinburgh Michigan State and a PhD from Syracuse, Pat had us stayed in Kay Hall, commemorating Bill Kay’s in Scotland. Dottie will no doubt be heading to a 35-year career in cooperative extension work, gift to Cornell, and broke fast in a tent. Anne Scotland in the coming year! Most fond Cornell including eight years at Oregon State, where she Kenney and Don Rakow, PhD ’87, did a fine job memories? “Really, almost everything!” was associate dean and associate director of Ore- of updating us on the status of the libraries and Spending reunion weekend at the Continuous gon State Extension. Betsy raised eight children, the Plantations. President Skorton interviewed Reunion Club were Donald Sutherland (Naples, FL; and after her husband died—and 40 years after Chuck Feeney ’56, the billionaire who gave away [email protected] or [email protected]) Cornell graduation—she earned a JD from Pitts- millions without anyone knowing it, and Glenn and Donald Roberson (Niagara Falls, NY). Please burgh and had a law practice in estate and dis- Altschuler, PhD ’76, roasted us after Saturday’s keep your news coming. c Dorothy Mulhoffer ability planning. Jean raised three children and dinner at the Straight. Many thanks to Shelley Solow, 1625 Lilac Lane, Crescent, PA 15046; tel., worked for more than 30 years running two busi- Epstein Akabas and Steve Rounds for putting (724) 784-0371; e-mail, [email protected]. nesses: selling real estate and teaching home our reunion together! economics, including four years in Japan. Jane Marcham sent me a copy of Harold John Craig (Basking Ridge, NJ; jandmcraig@ Bloom’s photo on the front page of the May 22 On a beautiful evening in Man- aol.com) retired after going to Alaska to close New York Times book section, with a review of his hattan on Friday, May 6, 37 out his last consulting account. John was in the latest book, The Anatomy of Influence. Quoting 50 classmates, spouses, and guests Army in WWII and reports, “I got knocked on my the reviewer, “At the age of 80 with almost 40 assembled in the library of the Cornell Club–New butt twice, but came out OK.” John says that his books behind him and nearly as many accumu- York for our annual spring class dinner. On hand Cornell education was “as good as it gets.” lated honors, Harold Bloom has written a kind of were Jim and Nancy Hubbard Brandt in from William Neef, MS ’54 (Livermore, CA; bngneef@ summing-up—or as he puts it in his distinctive Chicago; Bruce Davis, MBA ’52; Dave Dingle; Bob comcast.net) did controlled fusion research at idiom, mixing irony with histrionism, ‘my virtual Fite and friend Betty Steiger; Lori Heyman Gor- Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. He now main- swan song,’ born of his urge ‘to say in one place don up from Virginia; Mary Holcomb Haberman tains his 38-year membership in Rotary, plays most of what I have learned to think about how down from Maine; Howie Heinsius; Ginny Dav- bridge, reads good books, invests carefully, and influence works in imaginative literature.’“ enport Judson; John and Ann Laibe; John and enjoys activities of his eight grandkids and one William and Jodie Arnold (Coronado, CA) re- Jane Haskins Marcham ’51 down from Ithaca; Dr. great-grandson. Bob Entenman (Hudson, OH) port that daughter Frances Arnold (Princeton ’79; Maria Iandolo New; Dick and Pat Pogue from served in the Korean conflict. In retirement he UC Berkeley, PhD ’86), now a professor of chemical Cleveland; Alex and Phyllis Richardson; Daniel “takes life easy.” He had an enjoyable two weeks engineering at Caltech, won the $500,000 Draper and Betty Rosenberger Roberts; Stan Rodwin in Spain on a Cornell tour. Prize from the National Academy in February for her and Joyce Wisbaum Underberg ’53 down from Chloe Gray Alexson (Rochester, NY; drcgamd@ work in directed evolution. In 2008, Frances be- Rochester (along with Stan’s son Brian); Jack, MD aol.com), a former pediatric cardiologist, now came one of eight living scientists to be elected to ’54, and Lil McLellan Rose ’54; Peter and Arlene works on developing a state/national directory for all three of the most prestigious scientific societies: Rotolo; Dick and Annelle Savitt; Nels, MBA ’51, emergency assistance organizations, as well as the National Academy of Engineering, the Inst. of and Nancy Schaenen; Bill Sharman, BArch ’52; cataloging emergency medical artifacts. Chloe is Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences. Dick Silver, MD ’53; Marion Steinmann and hus- recipient of an award for excellence in teaching “Frances’s work has changed the way we think band Charles Joiner; and class president Pat Carry pediatric interns. Oliver Smith (Denton, MD; ollie. about biological engineering,” said David Tirrell, Stewart up from Florida. [email protected]) served in the Seabees in former chairman of Caltech’s Division of Chemistry Over the salad course, President Pat con- WWII. After Cornell he was a mechanical engineer and Chemical Engineering. “Her methods have been ducted the class meeting. VP John Marcham re- with Westinghouse, then owned a Ford/Mercury adopted by hundreds of laboratories around the ported on the Class of ’50 Archives Project, and auto dealership in Denton, MD. Oliver still mess- world. It’s a beautiful example of a new idea that Nels Schaenen on the several class funds. Acting es with antique cars in two antique car clubs. proved to be almost immediately applicable to a on a request from Straight officials, approval was Martha Galvin Inskip (Buffalo, NY; martyskip@ broad range of fundamental and practical prob- given to release $150,000 from the Class of ’50 roadrunner.com) was an early childhood educator. lems.” After a career in nuclear engineering with Willard Straight Hall Fund: $100,000 to replace In retirement, she “travels as much as possible” Westinghouse, William himself was elected to the the floor in the Memorial Room and $50,000 to and is active in the Alpha Phi Alumnae Chapter National Academy of Engineering in 1974 and is repair and refinish the wall panels—leaving a of Buffalo, a local travel club, and her church’s a fellow and past member of the board of direc- fund balance of $300,000. After dinner Dave Din- women’s guild. She enjoys four children, eleven tors of the American Nuclear Society. He has par- gle and Howie Heinsius led the group in the tra- grandchildren, and six great-grandkids. ticipated in several National Academy of Sciences ditional songfest of Cornell songs. Bob Post has HELP: Matthew Davis, PhD, is working on a studies, including chairing the 2003 study “Im- traditionally led in the singing of seven verses of documentary film on the life and ideas of our proving the Scientific Basis for Managing DOE’s Ex- “Seven Old Ladies Were Locked in the Lavatory.” classmate Eric D. Hirsch, who wrote several cess Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel.” He In Bob’s absence, Jack Rose organized a rousing books, including the 1987 bestseller Cultural Lit- writes, “I am still employed as a board member of rendition with seven different classmates singing eracy. Davis is interested in hearing from persons the US Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.” each of the seven verses with the whole group who knew Eric at Cornell or have pictures of that Sonia Mogensen Adsit (Bogart, GA), on her enthusiastically joining on the choruses. A good time, such as the ZBT house, the English depart- own since Milton ’50, DVM ’50, died, writes, time was had by all. ment, professors Vladimir Nabokov or William “Family scattered, so I don’t see them as often Walt Bruska, our well-known and accom- Sale, PhD ’58, etc. His address: 501 Savannah as I’d like.” She takes care of a 136-acre beef cat- plished classmate and former Cornell VP, is the Ct., Crozet, VA 22932. tle farm and is active in Kiwanis Club, reweaving deserving recipient of the 2011 Frank H. T. Rhodes CORRECTION: In a previous column reporting cane chairs, Lutheran Church activities, and a Award for Exemplary Alumni Service. Walt has the contributions and passing of Charles Wille, Stephen ministry. She keeps up with Betty Gold- served Cornell as a student, administrator, and we reported that he had lived in Montgomery smith Stacey. George Campbell ’49, MNS ’51 continuously active volunteer for more than half County. He was actually from the town of Mont- (Sutton, PQ, Canada) reports that his wife, Jean a century. He has served as class president, class gomery, NY, which is in Orange County. c Paul (Raymond), died April 7, 2010. council member, and reunion campaign member, Joslin, 6080 Terrace Dr., Johnston, IA 50131- Peter and Dottie Ober Cheo are in an “ac- and currently serves on our Class Advisory Coun- 1560; tel., (515) 278-0960; e-mail: phj4@cornell. tive adult” community in Niantic, CT—individual cil. He is also currently on the Athletics Advisory edu; Marion Steinmann, 237 W. Highland Ave., homes with outside upkeep provided. “Our five Council, University Council, Football Association, Philadelphia, PA 19118-3819; tel., (215) 242- children and eight grandchildren are scattered— and Regional Campaign Committee. As reported 8443; e-mail: [email protected]. Colorado, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island, and 68 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes Dick Flood (joana Stephen October 2011 69 Schlaepfer, now Schlaepfer, (rivbirch@wind idge and gotten | Carol Winter Mund Edith Geiger Nichols Somers (LibbySomers Somers and idge and gardens. Carol Joan Aten Beach and and ([email protected]) is ([email protected]) and and September S ’54, and EleanorS ’54, and Hospodor Joan Boffa Gaul ’52 Charles ’51 Greenhaus (carolgreenhaus@gmail. Greenhaus Harrington, her roommate, had the roommate, her Harrington, Bob, M Sandy ’51 ([email protected]) lists his activities as lists his activities ([email protected]) Donald Henn , MS ’54, and Rik ’54, and , MS an Clark. Always glad for Elizabeth Ridenour Sorry to have left out so much about great Sorry to have left out so much ’ Conti ([email protected]) happily spend half the happily spend ([email protected]) She half on Sanibel Island. and York year in New and with a film camera photography is exploring music, reading, are activities Other digital. a new im- mobility This despite life. social and Netflix, a for Prepared at Cornell? Differently pairment. [Ditto that. —JBG] Impact? M.H. Abrams, career. all the Ball. “Also Prof. Novarr, David Sale, William friends.” good at the Y, woodcarving, and working with geneal- with working and woodcarving, Y, at the noth- done would have He photography. ogy and memories.” is fond “All Cornell: at differently ing Carol Singer doing walking, tennis, playing com) has been “In so forth. and reading, cooking, needlework, she Once time.” a fine I’m having words, other Greatest classes. science more taken would have impact: Profs.Rossiter and Konvitz Geol- her and Nickogy professor. ’49 [email protected]) enjoys the company of her of company enjoys the [email protected]) plays br she and friends, Whitney Joan impact at Cornell. greatest Cruthers she but gardener, is another ([email protected]) Highland two West her chasing time also spends terriers. ([email protected]) summer in Ithaca and spend and in Ithaca summer ([email protected]) restthe in Florida time the of or traveling. Prigozy software, Basic Visual writing “Do-It-Yourselfery, reading.” and ephemera, telegraph collecting , MPA ’56, and Susan ’56, and , MPA Dye Youker includes travels and adventures, but our 60th Reunion is but our 60th Reunion adventures, and travels , Terry our co-chairs, from a word Here’s coming. DoriJD ’56, and Crozier Warren will reunion our now year from “A stream.net): 7–10, 2012 will be a June history. be recent will have renewed Aboard’ ‘All and memory fresh ‘I little blue engine: the Remember ties. Cornell will you reach How think I can, I think I can . . .’ e- phone, Write, service? rail without now Ithaca way you can. Re- in any connect classmates, mail ad in this the NYC (note bus from the member by chaired issue). Our affinity committee, more sleep. William McGuire, his CE advisor, had his CE advisor, McGuire, sleep. William more impact. Kirk greatest the ’56 , MS Personius im- more older, “Getting NY) reports, (Rochester, and is reading but he thanks to arthritis,” mobile, Founda- Wesley The friends. and family enjoying impact. greatest had the crew 150-lb. and tion golfing, traveling, and birding. He is also recov- He birding. and traveling, golfing, ering his assisting and a back operation from rather Don says he’d has emphysema. who wife, Cor- At Space Station. Earth in the the be circling would have played less br he nell [email protected]) remain in Florida. Joan re- Joan in Florida. remain [email protected]) having generally “and reading, golf, ports travel, fun.” D. Lewis had the (bmorr@ Raymond Gal- (alfred.h.pagano@ Jeanne Irish ([email protected]) DVM ’53, was honored DVM Cornell Daily Sun Cornell Daily Gildea ([email protected]) Gildea ([email protected]) was co- ([email protected]) Morgan (morgmorgmorg@aol. Morgan Alfred Pagano Alfred Trudy Serby ([email protected]) shoveled ([email protected]) antebellum home to tourists for two antebellum home to weeks each spring. Trudy Serby Gildea opens her Serby Gildea Trudy Ron Gebhardt Joan Schoof Hoffman Retirement and all it entails: all it entails: and Retirement ‘ ([email protected]) are active in local active are ([email protected]) they say They affairs. district school and township at Cornell. differently nothing have done would cel- will and semester our final married were “We best 59th anniversary in January—still our ebrate at the Buddies friends!” volunteers at a hospital, plays bridge, and gardens. and plays bridge, at a hospital, volunteers , Paul late husband, Her by a funded and established with a professorship honor.” surprise . . . bigger “Big student. former Harriette Scannell for is secretary AARP, for taxes income com) does her for historian to and belongs she organizations also work. She church does CCRC, and Monte’s and plays bridge. Het noth- and reads would have done Stott it!” Father at Cornell—”Loved differently ing impact. greatest had the Einaudi Prof. and in Georgia winters who Anne Bezer Lombardo, volunteer is a CASA York, in New summers and has ten grandchil- and travels, reads, golfs, who work- When great-grandchildren. eight and dren Designer American the originated Anne ing, says that Hilary Chollet She at Butterick. division at Cornell. impact on her greatest had the a for—FAME, still volunteers of—and founder independent area Pittsburgh of consortium college. for students needy that prepares schools than with more graduates, boast 60 college They Ron is also a area. back in the half working , YMCA. John L. Brown Sewickley the trustee of at volunteers MD ’55 ([email protected]) He Start program. a Head and shelter a homeless had re- and to a weekly book group also belongs Cor- At tour to Peru. an archaeology taken cently diverse with the more have “mixed he’d nell, anato- Gilbert, comparative Prof. body.” student impact. greatest had the my, greatest impact. greatest for consultant is a part-time usa.dupont.com) communi- is active with several and E. I. DuPont also has He in local politics. and ty organizations hip. new a con- major plays violin—three and still teaches Symphony. Starkville/MSU certs a year with the to tourists home antebellum her also opens She active with lois and two weeks each spring for would have taken She preservation. cal historic time. had in ILR, had she courses more lagher and on TV, sports watched winter, in the snow In grandchildren. and with children time spent Cor- At plays golf. lawn and the mows he summer perhaps and harder would have “studied he nell, Hall in Stocking Jorden Prof. school.” to Vet gone impact. Bill greatest had the Morrissey ([email protected]) spends her time with volun- time her spends ([email protected]) at ath- and class, exercise teer work, gardening, grandsons. her of events letic out working dogs, has been training yadfel.net) , Milton “Mimi” and and David Plant Marion Barbara Jean Orman Waxman (dorwaxman@ Waxman (Reno, NV) report that NV) report (Reno, Parish (fraedaparish@com Parish Francis Hutto, PhD ’53, in (Seneca Falls, NY) is work- Falls, (Seneca is teaching at Penn for the for at Penn is teaching (Fairlawn, OH) remembers “the (Fairlawn, OH) remembers had the greatest impact on her. greatest had the and and Clint Rossiter ’39 A quick count tells me I have 88 tells me count A quick only on and to report forms news it before issues to do a couple of Mazer ([email protected]) Mazer PhD ’33 Christie, Ramsey, NJ, checks in with her in NJ, checks Ramsey, Christie, Peter Shuster Peter Dorothy Baczewiski Jerry Jenkins Violet and Paul and Violet Mok Chad Graham Fraeda Aronovitz uddenlink.net. Bond, bbond101@s Brad c Boston. For many years I enjoyed perennial gar- perennial I enjoyed years For many Boston. CT, in Waterford, Sound Island Long along dening bookkeep- became gave out. Also knees my until with Dept. dealing company, small Peter’s er of of pleas- had many fun (?). We’ve Lots of Defense. Province Yunnan trips to China; and cruises ant with Mary get-together a nice Had is very special. ’52 Jane (Hall) Aspen, CO, last December. Loved those Geology those Loved last December. CO, Aspen, and in Balch Hall, with friends fun trips, field Chapel Choir.” in the singing Danzig “Everything!” Cornell: of memory fondest we re- as classmates my enjoying 1946 and of fall services.” the from turned can be seen Em-Tones the and Mok Mike nephew Max Grandson on YouTube. rockabilly playing and piano, on the ragtime plays Scott Joplin What Paul research. cancer does Margret niece and camaraderie is the Cornell from remembers campus, the beauty of physical the fun times, rela- personal developing classes, the of some different from with fellow students tionships Watermargin. of a member being and countries, Nostrant fondly remembers “working as a waitress “working remembers fondly Nostrant was position that the finding and in Balch Hall estab- fun and lots of all work, but sharing not us would of Some friendships. treasured lishing on Beebe as skate things such do and together get Library on sliding go duty, to breakfast prior Lake spring in the and meal, evening Slope after the A Ithaca. around state parks various the for head contest cow-milking the us even entered few of of a member unbelievably, campus and, Ag on the was her won! It NYC area the our 1951 class from family.” bovine to the first introduction LLB ’57 ([email protected]) is arbitrating, me- is arbitrating, LLB ’57 ([email protected]) U. of and Cornell at the teaching and diating, from recovering He’s law schools. Hampshire New life in a wonderful “enjoying and a little surgery would have studied he Cornell At London.” New be- fun, and more out for got efficiently, more him. He world around the of aware more come a people—including and things says that many an im- lady”—had Alpha young certain “Kappa pact. ing on the farm and installing a new whirlpool. a new installing and farm on the ing as Bert Jennings and cites Stanley Warren He impact. greatest had the having wife Alison and Both he year. second (Bliss) 52 the 2012 News and Dues mailings go out. What go Dues mailings and 2012 News the on very busy reports shortened much are follows to our 60th come suggestion: Strong classmates. talk to each other. 7–10, 2012 and June Reunion, gmail.com) continues as New York editor for a editor for York as New continues gmail.com) Cornell a lot. At travels and magazine Dutch trade harder.” would have “studied she Irene Yigdall and WA, County, in Pierce mediator is a certified Community of directors of board the of a member Sher- James Prof. remembers She Center. Health man. cast.net) works 9:00 to 2:00 every day at a title works 9:00 to 2:00 every day cast.net) company. Profs. , Konvitz 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 69 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 70

e-mail comment or question.” c Joan Boffa Justice,” the celebrated documentary about women Gale Brooks, BArch ’54, lived in Alfred for Gaul, [email protected]. Class website, http:// judges who were pivotal in the battle to end years, and four years ago moved to Andover, where classof52.alumni.cornell.edu/. apartheid in South Africa, produced by Ruth Burns he has been able to continue his interest in ar- Cowan (NYC), has become available in its entire- chitectural preservation. He serves on the Andover ty. For more information, check amazon.com. Free Library Board and was instrumental in the Fifty-three’s impact on Reunion Settling into a retirement community, C. Pey- revival of the Andover Historical Society, which 2011 wasn’t quite the same this ton Rufe (Waynesboro, VA) rejoices: “No more he now serves as president. Gale’s time with the 53 year without that matchless milk yardwork, snow shoveling, etc. Downside: Supper Air Force in Japan created his appreciation of his- punch à la Warren Grady (garnished with a sock). at 4:30 p.m.” He fondly recalls an ROTC parade on toric environment, and his architectural studies Gerry and several others our age, many from CRC the Arts Quad. (“Set off fireworks. Didn’t get away at Cornell gave him the background. Bill Webber, (the Continuous Reunion Club), were there, from with it.”) Herb Neuman (NYC) looks back at fresh- MD ’60, moved to Tucson in ’98 to be closer to the tents to the Olin Lecture, along with a num- man year studies that weren’t mentioned in the his two daughters and their families and also en- ber of notables from early- to mid-’50s classes. Civil Engineers’ surveying course description. While joy the mild climate that allows for year-round Chuck Feeney ’56, who became a freshman checking out the Arts Quad during a surveying biking. Bill says he is retired, but also said he just Hotelie in 1952, after four years in Korea as an class project, the alert scholars discovered first attended his 50th Reunion at Weill Cornell Med- Air Force radio operator, was a hero of Reunion floor windows in the Fine Arts Building. Behind the ical College, where he delivered a short paper on ’11. Described by President David Skorton as “the windows were live models posing for a figure study reconstructing a nose lost in an auto accident. world’s most generous—and modest—donor,” class. The fledgling engineers observed closely. Retired, or semi-retired, Bill volunteers for Mobile Meals of Tucson, works on his photography hobby, and enjoys the grands. Bucket list items are one more trip to Alaska and Hawaii. Now I can do all the things that I Alden Reed West moved to Palm Desert from Northern California in order to take care of fam- ‘ ily, but luckily loves it. She took her love of the- used to say I’d rather be doing! atre garnered at Cornell with her. Alden performs in local theatre and reads to first graders through Eliot “Cot” Orton’ ’55 Book PALS, an organization of members of the Screen Actors Guild who use their talents to promote literacy and a love of reading. Ralph Stew- Feeney, 80, was this year’s choice to give the Retired from Procter and Gamble for more than art lived in Gloversville when applying to Cornell prestigious Olin Lecture—in the form of an in- 20 years, Bob Ashton may be the saltiest of our and lives there still. Retired, he enjoys the grand- terview with Skorton—in Bailey Hall. “Giving ’53 sea lubbers. He spent a decade in the early ’90s kids at their games and extracurricular activities, while living,” he has, in complete anonymity un- sailing around the world, always with a crew of at or just hanging out with them. til recently, given billions of dollars to feed the least one. He visited the US from time to time dur- Walt Lewis, MD ’60, always has something hungry, sought peace in Ireland and health in ing the long voyage and took 18-month shore positive to write. He lives in what he calls para- Vietnam, and contributed fortunes to Cornell, to leaves in Australia and New Zealand along the way. dise in Santa Barbara, plays relaxed tennis, sails scratch the surface . . . lightly. There were shorter visits to the Galápagos, Soci- for fun in lovely environs (i.e., Caribbean and the Jack Brophy rounded up a triple quartet of ety Islands, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, New South Pacific), and is still consulting as a physi- Cayuga’s Waiters of the ’50s, including our own Caledonia, Sri Lanka, and Madagascar. Plus. Cur- cian dealing with mind, body, and spirit-healing John Nixon and Al Packer, and the melodies of rently, “I’m alive and well and love being retired work in advanced cancer patients; it’s work he our youth lingered on at various reunion venues. in NYC. Go to ‘school’ three days a week, docent finds rewarding and challenging. His volunteer Once again, we heard the songs we loved so well. at the American Museum of Natural History once hours are also in the health field. He enjoys the “Hello, Young Lovers,” ”The Day Isn’t Long per week, sing in a glee club, on the speakers company of his grands, who live in rainy Portland, Enough” and “Oh Gee, Say Gee, You Oughta See committee of the Explorers Club, and attend events OR. Do you suppose they fly south more than the My Gigi from the Fiji Isles,” and “Good Night, Lit- at the Cornell Club when I can. (Makes me tired to reverse? In short, Walt’s desire is to be a good dad tle Girl, Good Night” struck familiar chords to think about it.) Travel when the dollars accumu- to his daughter, 16, a fun granddad to the Oregon many. It was the Waiters’ seventh consecutive Re- late. Would love to hear from anyone.” Jack Otter bunch, and a great husband to his fabulous wife. union appearance, Brophy reports. ”To put the (Savannah, GA) gets the last word, almost. His re- Don McCobb, MBA ’55, traveled to Tuscany time interval in perspective, “ he adds, this year’s ply to inquiries about recent events: “No news is this past October to visit his daughter’s condos at return performance by our ’53 classmates “would good news.” But not for everyone. Columnists ap- San Giovanni D’Asso to see what has progressed be like the Class of 1895 entertaining the Class of preciate everything they hear from classmates. since they had their B&B there. For all your golfers 1953,” 58 years after their commencement. Jack, The last two words last time in this space out there, and I know you are legion, check out a future Naval person in ’53, recalls the Sigma Phi were “she wrote.” It was meant to be “he wrote,” Don’s blog at: golfnutsandbolts.com. Ronald submarine that didn’t quite get off the ground for meaning all-around super ’53 Cornell Tradition Fel- Shapiro has to be up for the traveled-far-and-wide the Beebe Lake crew race. Seems Beebe didn’t low Nickyta Fishman ’12, not all-around super award. Evelyn and Ron have been on 12 CAU trips contain enough water for the Sigs’ sub, which she, Jan Button-Shafer. Regrets to both. c Jim and then they flew around the world on a char- wound up abandoned in knee-deep water. Hanchett, 300 1st Ave., #8B, NYC 10009; e-mail, tered jet with 70 others, stopping at several lo- Speaking of enthusiastic reuners, a passel of [email protected]. cales between Lima and Luxor. When their bags spry Westfield, NJ, High School Blue Devil ’49ers are unpacked they reside in Port Orange, FL, where gathered to practice 60th-reuning. (Ours has made Ron is the prez of the Daytona Beach Symphony a blip on the futurescope—June 6–9, 2013.) Fre- As I write, it is the hot, hazy, Society and oversees two charitable funds he has quent ’53 festives Jim Blackwood, Fred Buhren- humid season in your nation’s created, one for spinal cord research and the sec- dorf, Harry Hutton, Ann Smyers Livingston, and 54 capital, when little gets accom- ond for a group of smaller charities. Dick Welch joined the Jersey revels. plished and the question of our panda’s pregnan- It’s hard to write about a moving dynamo the Helen Teschner Greene (Great Neck, NY) sees cy—or pseudo-pregnancy—seems of monumental likes of Karen Wylie Pryor. Karen has been writing great leaps forward in the nature of women’s bas- interest. The tourists are here en masse to watch books, training animals, lecturing, and building a ketball since the Fifties. She notes with proper pride Congress and the bears, road construction is at its business for years. To any of us who study, own, that her granddaughter, Dana Greene, a junior at zenith, closings and detours abound, and it all train, teach, work with, or have animal compan- the Masters School, turned her school’s team around goes to making negotiating the area a very con- ions, Karen is our most favored guru. She is known last winter with “excellent play and sportsmanship.” fusing, nightmarish challenge. But fall equals a and revered worldwide for her operant/target There are all sorts of ways to mark one’s intro- return to normal here—and Homecoming, sched- training of animals. From dolphins to tigers to duction to octogenarianhood, we’ve learned. Joyce uled this year for September 16–18, sounds di- goldfish, Karen gently works with animals. Those Wisbaum Underberg (Rochester) elected to go on vine. Cornell will play Bucknell at Schoellkopf on are your correspondent’s comments. Now for a cruise. To Alaska. With her four kids. And their Saturday at 6:00. Check www.cornell.edu for more Karen’s: She founded her own company, which is spouses. And her nine grandchildren. ”Courting details on the many weekend activities. growing fast now, 15 years ago. She travels a great 70 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes at , class Rudin), Richard Jon Lindseth Ed Berkowitz October 2011 71 | Mage and her seven her and Mage (EMS), (EMS), . Marilyn, a television and a television . Marilyn, was very personal for those for was very personal September Jerry Tarr Browning and Jim and Browning Quest Curt Chuck Reis, and Rolles. Some ErnieCarole chair Stern, registration Thompson, and our fabulous student clerks, student our fabulous and Thompson, Dinner was at Mann Library on the Ag Cam- Ag on the Library was at Mann Dinner by Steve was followed Dinner Alexander Jim Quest’s panel on Reinventing Our Lives on Reinventing Jim Quest’s panel Most of us arrived at Alice Cook House on House Cook at Alice us arrived of Most Bill Greenawalt pus, which has two reading rooms that feature rooms has two reading which pus, Dick support from gifts and plaques that honor Joe ’57, and Bulman, MBA Manelski. Saturday’s fea- and Ithaca Club of Country was at the lunch president Cornell former as a guest speaker tured Rhodes, Frank classmate honorary with and sat who Chuck, Feeney dis- Manuscripts Books and Rare to the us went of collectors and featuring at Olin Library cussion Library to the contributors generous (docent), and Rose and (docent), Goldman on a to be taken fortunate us were of Some veils. ad- a very welcome Milstein Hall, new the tour of hard wore We school. Architecture to the dition construction, under is still building the since hats, en- structural the led by Bob Silman, we were and that be noted should It project. on the gineer on engineer structural Bob has also been the (now Hall Sage projects—including Cornell many us lived in of many where School), Johnson the years. our undergraduate Gail of (husband Steve Rudin and Gifford collecting. art of about the spoke who chose Others Sapsucker and Ornithology Lab of the tours of by architect designed Hall, or Weill Woods lobster dinner traditional ’57. The Meier, BArch speaker featured the and meal evening was the 55 the ten of enumerated who was Ed Berkowitz, by have accomplished we should believes he items class overwhelmingly the dinner, the our 55th. At as president himself Stern to succeed elected Ernie Joe also approved and ’58, as ex- Henninger, MBA that would position a new president, ecutive vice of position to the to succeed in position put Joe necessary. if that became president, followed with personal accounts by Jim Quest (en- accounts with personal followed trepreneurship), president Rapp was at Al- Dinner us. of care good took such who was provided entertainment and Cook House ice golden some with ’50s Cayuga’s Waiters by the featured our program morning, On Friday oldies. Marilyn This is a Soul: of author -Hewitt, Berger Rick Hodes The Mission of and to research to Ethiopia went journalist, print Hodes, Rick doctor, write about an American then the and sick the of sickest the for was caring who be- herself Marilyn then And poor. the of poorest encounter A chance story. involved in the came on the disabled child begging severely with a then both. for life-changing proved streets who attended, and there wasn’t a dry eye in the wasn’t a dry there and attended, who the piano, and then some of us broke away from us broke of some then and piano, the at Night Cornelliana with Steve to attend singing Ser- Memorial The nostalgia. more for Bailey Hall led Hall Taylor at Anabel morning on Sunday vice by Thursday, June 9, greeted by our reunion chairs by our reunion 9, greeted June Thursday, Percy Edwards same, a lawyer has turned docent at the Smith- the at docent has turned a lawyer same, in an and, History, American of Museum sonian’s two reunion skill, our of showing impromptu decision Eisenhower’s General chairs duplicated when, report D-Day based on a weather to move they storms, approaching of news upon getting what from lobster dinner to switch the decided been a muddywould have tent on a hill in the comfy dining and dry to the Plantations Cornell with- pulled it off House—and Cook at Alice room details. more for reading out a hitch. Keep an- Jan Lance has Lance - Pippa Loengard are keeping alive keeping are Petrie, nancypetrie@ Petrie, retired as chairman of the of as chairman retired It was a spectacular reunion, our attended all who agreed only aspect missing 55th. The Nancy Savage Loengard’s daughter, Loengard’s Sara Smith Ellison c Dave Levin Stephen was on a 50th Kittenplan, who , presented her mom with a new mom her ’93, presented and and We heard from classmates who have rein- have who classmates from heard We After your class from note I’ll close with a grateful Bill now on campus. The Ellisons have high praise have high Ellisons The on campus. now 56 vented themselves. One became a mother for the for a mother became One themselves. vented orphan), an- an adopted 74 (of at age first time at NIH to pick as a microbiologist retired other demon- then (and dancer up a skill as an Oriental those involving one the audience to a rapt strated seller furniture successful seven veils), a former his local of room emergency works in the now stu- teaches now entrepreneur another hospital, the to do how school Hotel Cornell at the dents was the genial presence of our co-class corre- of presence genial was the spondent up, held weather The anniversary cruise. wedding buses seats in the than enough more were there and we saw old friends that took us to our events, we Together”—and Time “A friends—aka new met It our Cornell. than $25,400,000 for more raised breaker, a record class, other than any was more by all total raised the of one-third almost and classes. reunion correspondent: a big thank you to all who re- thank you to all who a big correspondent: if Don’t worry news! for to our request sponded column yet— up in the hasn’t shown your info And so stay tuned. ASAP, along it will be coming if you have some time at any me please e-mail ’55 news. http://classof55. Class website, optonline.net. alumni.cornell.edu. abdominal aortic aneurysm last December, and last December, aneurysm aortic abdominal his 170 maintaining and as new,” “good says he’s Evelyn in bowling. average Barber as a fam- retired She 36 years. for lived in Hawaii ily court judge and is world as a the tr aveling independ- judicial law and on rule of consultant and food “good and tennis, Music, issues. ence doing. she’s fun things the among are wine” Senderowitz Almond Peter and last March, granddaughter Haje last February. born twin granddaughters, nounces U. Hos- Jefferson at Thomas Radiology Dept. of ca- on a third embarked he pital in Philadelphia, socioeconomic of a variety on research doing reer: utilized and gets radiology how e.g., trends, used appropri- it’s getting whether overutilized, people have got- a subject that lots of “It’s ately. the of is one imaging in, since ten interested in areas controversial most and growing fastest to publishing this has led me Anyway, medicine. speaking lots of literature, medical in the articles high- Gold Medals—the even the and invitations, or- radiology national five major est honors—of Dave’s first career Congratulations! ganizations.” was as an Air Force was his second) (medicine F-86 Sabre- 1956-1959, flying pilot from fighter at Cor- course was thanks to AFROTC “That of jets. I still life. my part of great was another and nell, even days, those of memories vivid have some ago.” than half a century more were they though in Irvine, home their from distance Despite the CA, to campus—our 55th Re- returning of record their a third- become 12th! They’ve was their union Max grandson with their family, Cornell generation ’13 com- service—”a shuttle NYC-to-Ithaca the for City York a New way to combine relaxing fortable, trip.” with a reunion vacation Phyllis Phyllis and and (Tucson, AZ) (Tucson, Ocean Springs is retired, but is retired, Gail (Kweller) writes from Atlanta writes from . Theatre training, dra- training, . Theatre (Stony Brook, NY) writes, Brook, (Stony Reed, [email protected]. Reed, came through surgery for an for surgery through came and wife Patricia moved from moved wife Patricia and are at home in Santa Rosa, CA, in Santa at home are e-mails, “I’m still operating the “I’m still operating e-mails, Allan Ripans re- year of in his 23rd that he’s tirementbusi- restaurant the from , PhD ’71 (Las Cruces, NM) Orton, PhD ’71 (Las Cruces, Melnick, who says she “cheerfully sur- “cheerfully says she who Melnick, “Cot” Les Papenfus Norm Nedde c Hutter, a New Jersey girl (West Orange), still Orange), girl (West Jersey a New Hutter, . It’s called ‘A Funny Thing Happened Thing Funny called ‘A Gazette. It’s Seymour Musiker John Kernell Eliot Harold Sweeney deal and had a new book published in 2009, published book had a new and deal Mind the Animal Reaching ma, and all the natural history courses she took she courses history natural all the and ma, as she Music, career. her have influenced at Cornell History of the and singer, choral is still a serious work Volunteer enriching. very proved Architecture Hu- American the of boards on the involves being Foundation, Skinner B.F. the and Society mane each of enjoys Karen work. bono pro plus other to venues by one one them takes and grands her with it was Greece This June choosing. their of snorkel- list item: more 13. Bucket grandson, her excel- Boston’s finds Karen check: A climate ing. lent. Class website, http://classof54.alumni.cornell.edu. 55 says he regrets the current real estate depression, real current the regrets says he cele- Vanessa and that he but is happy to report last year. marriage 50 years of brated ness, and adds that he, his wife, his wife, that he, adds and ness, They wine. zinfandel of is a maker Charlie where enough property—”just on their have 30 vines Don happy sipping.” some for Golos moi- like seniors humor-loving for Geezer Brigade from rehab it in 1997 as part of I started même. after a took off in 1995. It in Mexico a stroke Diller ‘Dear Abby’ in early 1998. Phyllis boost from Comedian-in- only) honorary was our first (and or shine, rain Friday, through Monday Residence. funny Geezers’ Digest, a potpourri of I edit the Still etc. sayings, sarcastic jokes, pix, wisecracks, What’s members. have about 75 loyal duespaying more for column I’ve been writing is the newer the our local paper, than a year for (MS) Subtitle: ‘Senior Retirement.’ to My Way on the Current humorous. and both serious It’s Moments.’ all is my of Newest Aging.’ jour: ‘Quality du topic us- Now learning. digital with lifelong obsession Simply and Company, Teaching the Netflix, ing that iMac support. I have a new Books for Audio to best wishes send We for.” is to die , and their entire family are in “reasonably good in “reasonably are family entire their ’61, and Ruth news. is always good which health,” Lauter- bach Muse- Newark at the work as a docent enjoys her um. Corwin Rogers ’59 Birnholtz When a full recovery. expects and vived cancer” back to to go plans Phyllis returns, energy her and service jobs—court community volunteer her also was look- prison. She at a women’s tutoring grand- her for to Cornell to returning forward ing in May. graduation Alana’s daughter “After 44 years of pediatric practice, I’m hanging practice, pediatric years of 44 “After Howard stethoscope.” up my Fink and fall, State in the law at Ohio still teaching some spring—leaving in the Stetson Law School in St. Petersburg, home to enjoy their time free FL. daugh- to be closer to their WA, to Tacoma, Idaho Charlie in Seattle. family her ter and says, “Life is all extracurricular since I have no since “Life is all extracurricular says, accrue not does news and activities, scheduled as I as long have been retired to people who I can “Now upside: a definite But there’s have.” be that I used to say I’d rather things all the do doing!” 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 71 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 72

house when Percy Browning sang the “Evening Kossoff, Bernie and Chris Zeller Lippman, Charlie pain-free ways to make a “down-range” gift to our Song,” accompanied on the new baroque organ. and Gill Parker, and Judy Richter Levy, LLB ’59. alma mater. c John Seiler, [email protected]. There were some high school classmates who The reunion committee met at Marj Nelson found each other, including Joann Kleinman Sil- Smart’s house in Ithaca during Reunion Weekend verstein and Jim Larrimore of Great Neck (Long in June to make plans for our 55th. Among the I had a nice news form from my Island) High School, and Bronx High School of Sci- events scheduled after lunch on June 9 is a panel former roommate, Joan Bleck- ence graduates Paul Gorenstein, Alan Natapoff, discussion, “Classmates in the Arts,” at the Per- 58 well McHugh, and her husband and Bert Schwarzchild. The comfortable sur- forming Arts Center. Paul Noble will serve as mod- Mick. They both continue to work full-time, Mick roundings of our living room at Alice Cook made erator with participants Ellen Stekert, Beth Ames as a dentist and Joan as a clinical social worker at conversation very easy, and I personally want to Swartz, Mike Hausman, Ann Stevens, Bill Schmidt, a treatment center for boys in Kansas City. They say that I enjoyed sharing it with all of you. and Art Gensler, BArch ’58. Looking forward to re- love seeing their children and seven grandchildren Burt and Naomi Siegel told me about the house union are Bill and Jan Charles Lutz, who are off as often as possible. One granddaughter graduated they built in the Hamptons. It was great to talk to South Africa later this month on an Overseas from the U. of California and another attends with Sam and Linda Basch about their very ac- Adventure Travel trip. Joan Reinberg Macmillan is Washington U. in St. Louis. Both Joan and Mick tive professional lives. The Thetas all lived in a eager to defend her mixed doubles tennis cham- enjoy tennis and fitness activities and have been row together in Alice Cook, and I spent some pionship from our 50th when we gather next June. living in the same home for 45 years. Audrey time with my sophomore and junior year room- Joan spent the summer on the shores of Lake On- Wildner Sears enjoys volunteering and traveling mate, Barbara Barron Starr. George McLean re- tario, and Bobbie Redden Leamer and family en- with her husband. They try to take each of their galed many of us with his wonderful Irish wit. joyed their annual stay at their Saranac Lake home. grandchildren on a special trip, so last year they Norma Redstone Shakun told me about her time Earlier in the year Bobbie and her daughters trav- took their two oldest grandsons, 12 and 14, to spent in Paris every year. Perhaps we should have eled to Europe, where they took the Sound of Mu- the Charlevoix region of Quebec to see the whales a mini-reunion with Ellie Schaffer, who lives in sic tour and visited family in Prague. Ed ’55 and in the St. Lawrence River. Belugas, humpbacks, Paris, and Barbara Rapoport, who lives there for Joyce Dudley McDowell cruised the Volga in June minkes, fin whales—a wonderful experience in a two months every fall. from St. Petersburg to Moscow, and Carol Gehrke beautiful part of Canada! In the sports department, Dick Bulman fin- Townsend was in England for her fifth trip with Rev. Bob Beringer has retired as pastor of ished second in his men’s 5K category. Foster Coopersmith’s Garden Tours. Traveling the other Christ Union Chapel at Culver Lake in Branchville, Kinney climbed all 139 steps up the Libe Tower direction in March were Warren ’55 and Phyllis NJ, after 21 years as summer pastor. He continues to watch the musicians play the chimes. “It was Whithed Spielmann, who visited China with the as parish associate of Basking Ridge Presbyterian. a loud thrill,” he said, “that I missed during our local Chamber of Commerce. The first stop upon He and his wife also work with students from undergraduate years.” And, in a final comment, I their return? In-N-Out Burger, their favorite ham- Newark as tutors in math and reading. Robert received this from Helene Reiback-Berger: “As I burger store! c Judith Reusswig, 19 Seburn Dr., Mayer retired more than a year ago and has been drove through that horrific thunder and lightning Bluffton, SC 29909; e-mail, [email protected]. very active as an arbitrator for FINRA. He writes, storm on my way to Cornell, I was certain that I “Had a wonderful trip to the Baltic Sea last year had lost my mind in attempting to go. But you Jack Schuerger sends along an update on his visiting Copenhagen, Tallinn, St. Petersburg, and all encompassed me with warmth and kindness and Ginny’s activities. They alternate winters in Stockholm, but customs stopped me from bringing and I never felt alone for one minute. It was so California and Florida. 2011 will be a south year. home our Swedish tour guide!” He and his wife be- good to reconnect and return to a small slice of Golf (more vigor than skill) and Ginny’s bridge came grandparents this year to a happy little girl my life as memories flooded through me.” dominate the winter months, with Jack’s involve- who only lives one hour away. He isn’t moving, For the “futures” department, I am happy to ment with the neighborhood homeowners group yet, but is looking in California and Florida as pos- announce that the reunion co-chairs for our 60th and development association taking up quite a bit sible locations. He cooks monthly for MANNA, an will be Carole Rapp Thompson and Cid Brandon of time. On a recent trip west, they saw Gene and organization that provides meals for those unable Spillman. Save the date! Seeing that we’ll be in Sally Caufield and Harry and Gloria Boyd. to take care of themselves, mostly people with our 80s by then, you’d better write it down right Gonzalo Ferrer goes north from Puerto Rico AIDS. “It’s not easy mixing 150 pounds of meat- now. c Phyllis Bosworth, [email protected]. in the summer, spending time at his house in loaf or deep frying 200 pounds of chicken wings!” Woodstock, VT. They have also been known to be Anita Podell Miller lost her husband in 2008; there now and then for the foliage season and she is still an adjunct professor, teaching land use Only ten months until our 55th Christmas. Gonzalo spent some time in Guate- law at the U. of New Mexico School of Law and Reunion (June 7–10, 2012)! To mala, fishing with his son Gonzalo Jr. ’92, BArch College of Architecture and Planning. She is very 57 get things off to a booming start ’92, and two grandchildren. They caught, using active on community boards and volunteers in we’re having a pre-reunion party the weekend of light tackle—and released—60 or so Pacific sail- Bar-related activities; she organized a program on September 30 at the Sagamore Hotel, Bolton fish averaging 100 pounds. Gonzalo has decided advocacy for cancer patients at the new UNM Can- Landing, NY, on beautiful Lake George. The sched- to cut back his work schedule somewhat, but is cer Research Center. “I have graduated from the ule includes cocktails Friday evening with a din- still active in his real estate appraisal business President’s Council of Cornell Women, on which ner to follow, Saturday class breakfast, and a Lake in Puerto Rico. Barbara Buerig Orlando, Madeline Isaacs Noveck, George cruise. There still may be time to join in If Karl “Stef” Menger, BEE ’58, were looking and A. C. Church Riley have represented the Class by calling the hotel at (518) 743-6283. If you’re for a job, he would have a most interesting re- of ’58 at annual meetings at Cornell.” not receiving e-mails from the university or from sume, with more long and impressive words than Liz Fuchs Fillo writes, “Just when I thought the class, it may be that your e-mail address is not your humble correspondent is able to assimilate. I should be cutting back, I’ve joined two more current. Make sure to update your address so you It involves electrical engineering jargon, but it boards. Besides serving as an honorary trustee for don’t miss out on any reunion information. is interspersed with his love for music, which he McCarter Theatre, I am now on the boards of In May the New York Times reported the has parlayed into a paying gig on most Thursday Planned Parenthood and Young Audiences of New death of Joanna Russ. Joanna, who lived in Tuc- evenings at Montillo’s in Boston (Franklin Street Jersey.” She still maintains a large garden and a son, AZ, and was a student of Vladimir Nabokov’s at Federal, near Downtown Crossing), where he year ago hosted a visit there by the Garden Club of while at Cornell, was a writer of science fiction mans the piano. He is still active in computer America. She continues to sing with the Cayuga’s and also published essays, criticism, and short consulting in the Boston area, where he has lived Waiters at Cornell reunions. Judith Welling Baker fiction. She was a winner of the Hugo Award, for more than 50 years. continues traveling, but a volcano canceled a spring presented by the members of the World Science Harriett and I once again enjoyed the hospi- visit last year to Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam. They Fiction Convention. tality of Rod and Liz Beckwith in Charlottesville, spent a delightful week in Barcelona. In October, A small group of ’57ers gathered in NYC last VA. Like many of our generation, they are con- they traveled to Algiers and Tunisia visiting Roman April for a matinee performance of Il Trovatore at templating a move into a retirement community, ruins. At home, she volunteers at the Goddard the Met, and in the evening to hear a concert at having lived for many years in a house they built Riverside Community Center. She feels it is impor- Carnegie Hall featuring works by Steve Reich. En- following many years in Australia and Darien. Phil tant to help where you live in an organization of joying the musical events were Phil McIndoo, Mike McIndoo (Princeton NJ), who has been involved proven worth in the area of social welfare. Hausman, Ed and Adelaide Russell Vant, Paul in so many worthy Cornell projects, sends along A sad note to end the column. Dick Wimmer and Paulette Noble, Dick, MBA ’59, and Arlene a reminder that there are many imaginative and died in May. He once held the record for being 72 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes writes, October 2011 73 | ’ and I are traveling the traveling I are and Kennedy had what she calls had what she Kennedy September Robert Mayer ’58 Robert Mayer found themselves in Egypt in January in Egypt in themselves found Ellen Thomson A memorable travel experience was also re- experience travel A memorable is Albert in Florida Also happily retired organizations, serving on the boards of the of boards on the serving organizations, Foundation, Fellowship National Wilson Woodrow Epis- National Hospital, St. Luke’s Trust, Civil War “I Says he, Tecumseh. Camp and copal Church, way I like that’s the and plate on my have much that we have been blessed with add it. I should to more with hopefully grandchildren, eight are 20 to 1!” Two from in age range They come. at Harvard, one and at Gettysburg in college—one on started as a freshman “she says Walter, where, spring.” team in the lacrosse women’s the ported by Elaine Smith and she , when Schwartz Stuart ’58 began on the uprising anti-government the when had al- and time the at in Luxor were 25th. “We told Our guide ten days. been in Egypt for ready be demonstrations would probably us that there that it escalation the like but nothing that day, 26th and on the flew back to Cairo We became. 27th on the leaving that day, a tour for canceled last the trip, but was an amazing It Jordan. for were they once Ironically, tense.” were few days that the suggested guide their in Jordan, it was a beau- “since to Damascus, Schwartzes go pass up that to wisely decided but they tiful city,” Palm in West Safely back opportunity. dangerous playing retirement: enjoying are Beach, FL, they taking and regularly bridge duplicate and golf U. Richard Atlantic courses at Florida Wolf practice medicine left his internal , who Tripodi has been living and ago a decade in Syracuse state. the west coast of on the on Key Longboat and beaching, tennis, “I enjoy cycling, Al says, “an amazing experience,” when she spent the fall the spent she when experience,” amazing “an work at a new social teaching 2010 in Uganda of bor- Rwandan the near in Kabale, program MSW social taught five weeks and for “I was there der. Uganda from adults to a class of work practice textbooks, was a challenge—no It Rwanda. and In- intermittent library, in the very few resources deliv- service a very limited social access, ternet workers social professional ery system, no students the instructors—but available to be field of quality the very committed to improving were that her admits Ellen communities.” life in their there going about her was a bit worried husband capital dur- Ugandan in the violence because of “but I was absolute- world soccer games, the ing and was welcoming Everyone healthy. ly safe and was an experi- It there. being my for so grateful forget!” I will never ence ’61 wife Ann (Moore) “My trip This year their our retirement.” world enjoying of saw one they where a visit to India, included wild, in the found tigers Bengal few remaining the then thrill!” They great as “a describes Rich which stops making in an easterly direction, continued are Wolfs the Now Kong. Hong Bali, and in Java, ready “getting says, he MA, and, back in Brewster, visits with their summer and sons our three for at our Cape Cod home.” families Bar- Jenny c has taken in South- Nelle Spahn Madeleine Fried Walter, Buckley Greer sent along sent Greer and and in Unionville, PA, look- PA, in Unionville, Levieux in Paris, taking a taking in Paris, Levieux Abrams of NYC reports that her NYC reports of Abrams Nancy Link that several happy news the she widowed, years after being celebrated their 50th wedding an- 50th wedding their celebrated Ira Lindsey ’s granddaughter Brous Kaplan has been riding camels in Mo- camels has been riding Kaplan was elected to Quill & Dagger in April. was elected to Quill & Dagger Customs stopped me from bringing me from stopped Customs home our Swedish tour guide! home our Paul horticulture of ’64, professor Read, MS Ruth Rosen Eleanor Ross , 97A Chestnut Hill Village, Bethel, CT 06801; Bethel, Hill Village, , 97A Chestnut William Schiff commer- ’84. Ruth, a former “I’ve been catching up on 30 years’ worth of “I’ve been catching “Another Abrams will be marching to the Big to the will be marching Abrams “Another It was great to hear from from to hear was great It ‘ She was home in Alameda, CA, for a month, then month, a for CA, Alameda, in was home She fjords, Norwegian to the cruise a 35-day left for Ed Baltic. the and Murmansk, FL). PhilBullock (Gainesville, is , who Winters Stanley in NYC, has been spending with Morgan six and children with his five grown time a lot of also trav- Ludmila, his wife, and He grandchildren. to Switzerland. mostly el overseas on business, in Man- relaxing to catch them But if you’d like St. Regis in the check afternoon, hattan some fu- the for planning and Folks studying Bar. Hotel ture: Kimcourse on Shakespeare. Mitchell Bruce to use his computer. how learning CT, bury, NH, cutting, London, ’65, in New , MBA Pfann com- the wood for of cords stacking and splitting, Walt winter. ing Stewart Grossman ’61 says projects!” neglected clutter and niversary in Florence, Italy. David Italy. Florence, niversary in Hurd Costa Rica. and Alumni trips to Israel Cornell bara Hirsch rocco. led a study- Nebraska, U. of at the viticulture and Nebraska U. of this year for trip to Australia abroad students. resources natural and agriculture Lindsey is the Hotel Ezra Hotel is the Lindsey and chef executive Cornell dean. school’s Hotel to the an assistant Tesar [email protected]. tel., (203) 792-8237; e-mail, Red!” Schiff, Abrams Craig grandson, oldest at is starting Robinof son the He’s this fall. Cornell Abrams ’86 and investor, estate owner, real cial broker, leasing and city of- that the events cultural many enjoys the af- swimming lot of a also been doing She’s fers. knee a right and hip replacements ter bilateral replacement. Brous ’12 ing into geothermal heating and solar panels and heating geothermal into ing or farm to stay on the whether while considering community. live in a city or retirement 60 has remarried. She reports, “I reconnected with “I reconnected reports, She has remarried. We Leif Erickson. friend, school high a long-ago and in February beach in Florida on the married is a husband new Her NY.” live in Millbrook, now couple is the minister and Presbyterian part-time All activities. mission and involved in church Nancy! best wishes, MBA ’62, after a long silence. The founder and founder The silence. ’62, after a long MBA Capital Management Muething Buckley of president re- Steel, he Bethlehem of executive a former and Lord I wish to be. do nor retired “I am not ports, as I have my at it as long I will keep willing, nonprofit is also involved in several He health.” and and MA ’63, Benson, Ken (Sharon, Jan Arps c in 2001. Dick (Aiken, SC)(Aiken, is project Michael ’93. Rogers is a broker with is a broker Rogers ield,” which featured Rob featured which ield,” Pryor (Palm Desert, CA) tu- Pryor (Palm In April, the Section of Int’l Law Int’l of Section In April, the Bar Association American the of 2011 Louis B. the presented spent a month in Italy that includ- in Italy a month spent Cohen spent a spent Cohen week theatre-going of Chester Nichols (Ithaca, NY) volunteers in the pre-K in the NY) volunteers (Ithaca, , he saw several other works other saw several , he Irish Wine Ilona Ozols Phyllis Corwin —who divide their time between time their divide Riskind—who Retired, but . . . SidneyRetired, Boorstein George sci- political of , professor Vernardakis Lots of traveling on folks’ agendas! agendas! on folks’ traveling Lots of history’s most rejected author. After his break- After author. rejected most history’s through two than at more writing taught and print reach colleges.dozen Lassie Boyne’s also wrote He with two published were Dream, which Hagar’s books as Irish Wine Trilogy earlier Reiner. by is survived and unexpectedly died He grandchildren. four and two sons also wrote the screenplay for the 1982 TV movie 1982 the for screenplay the also wrote Inf Million-Dollar “The 75254; e- TX Dallas, Dr., 6524 Valleybrook Jarvie, [email protected]. mail, 59 tors high school dropouts in math, helping them helping in math, dropouts school tors high Joan a diploma. get and exam pass an exit Travis Kravis at the Beach, FL) ushers Pittel (Boynton Palm West Arts in Performing the for Center Beach. manager for Uranium Co. of Texas, starting up a starting Texas, Co. of Uranium for manager “It doesn’t in Texas. uranium for program drilling the “but it is actually writes, he much,” like sound I discovered deposit on a career my of pinnacle Paul Food broker 40 years ago.” Carbide Union for Paul of CT), director ’60 (Greenwich, , MS Marcus and to Japan has begun exporting Charles Ltd., “The countries. Asian to other to expand hopes writes. he is still a winner!” business food such with clients consulting restaurant MA) does chain) England (a New as Wild Willy’s Burgers and his grandsons Monitoring McDonald’s. and End West as the such in charities involvement Pat Girls Club also fill his days. Boys and House Williams Elementary city’s Northeast at the program School. Sohn Award for Public International Law to John International Public for Sohn Award for law at Villanova, of , LLB ’62, professor Murphy to contributions long-lasting his “distinguished, who John, law.” international public of field the inter- transactions, business international teaches criminal international and rights, human national and monographs 14 books and authored has law, law topics. international on various 89 articles ten- enjoys playing John time his leisure During getting and theatre, to the going reading, nis, our from some including with friends, together our found Laura wife and (he at Cornell days “spectacular”). 50th Reunion State U. in Murfreesboro, Tennessee at Middle ence Montreal. and in Baltimore conferences attended singing are activities his extracurricular Heading and Society Choral Tennessee Middle in the tenor Geologist/ puppy. terrier a Bedlington training geochemist Coldwell Banker in Santa Rosa, CA. She also is Rosa, CA. She in Santa Banker Coldwell parliamentarian Club and Lions the of president the supports she and Club, Soroptimist her of Blind. the for Earle Baum Center Judy CO—traveled Steamboat Springs, AZ, and Tucson, to cele- two sons with their Sonoma and to Napa of 40th birthday the brate MBA ’62, and Mary ’62, and MBA Ellen Dahlen Simon, Switzerland. and trip” to France took a “delightful Linda Rogers to Turkey. traveled recently, more and, in London Carole Parnes region. Lakes a walk in the cruise and ed a 13-day 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 73 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 74

sunsets almost daily, and volunteer in a clinic for Thursday evening got Reunion off to a fast volunteered to share the responsibility going for- the indigent—the Sarasota Senior Friendship Cen- launch. The dinner was excellent, the Sherwoods ward. As always, we need your continued support ter. I also participate in weekly continuing med- were in fine voice, and the wine and conversa- and input to make the column a success. Send us ical education activities, and teach an adult tion flowed freely. Following dinner, Ken Blan- an e-mail at: c Doug Fuss, dougout@attglobal. education class at the U. of South Florida. I am chard, PhD ’67, hosted a champagne reception net; or Susan Williams Stevens, sastevens61@ in a committed relationship with a wonderful honoring our Cornell couples. Marshall and gmail.com. woman.” He adds, “My three sons and their fam- Rosanna Romanelli Frank produced an impres- ilies (seven grandchildren) live near Syracuse, and sive listing of the Cornell affinities and linkages I visit there frequently in the summer.” Among of classmates and those from other classes linked These notes are being written Al’s grandchildren are two lacrosse players, one through marriage. Looks like a close group! as Cornell makes news by host- of whom just finished his freshman year at Union Friday morning, at the continental breakfast, 62 ing its first 80th Reunion. Two College. Sandra Koodin Money’s husband John is I sat next to James Baden, MD ’65. He had retired, of the 30 surviving members of the Class of ’31 British, she reports, “so we spend our summers in recent memory, from his practice in surgery. Co- enjoyed the festivities in Ithaca in June. If they in England, visiting his four kids, two step-kids, incidentally, Jim selected Hilton Head Island as his can be there for their 80th, you have no excuse and ten grandkids. The rest of the year we live in “community of choice”; it is a short, one-hour for not joining in our 50th next June! This is our Miami Beach—taking time, when we can, to vis- drive from Savannah, where we have lived for the kickoff month for the build to our 50th Reunion it my five step-grandkids in Buffalo, NY, and past 14 years. What I did not realize at the time next June 7–10. It’s a great time for each of us Montclair, NJ—and run the US branch of Ocean was that Jim was celebrating his first reunion on to contact a friend to join us in Ithaca next June. Books.” The Moneys’ work involves updating the the Hill along with 28 other first-timers. While we Ruth Zimmerman Bleyler, our reunion chair- books in the libraries of about 25 cruise ships, in were chatting, Robert Segaul, MD ’65, stopped by woman, is seeking volunteers for a variety of the fall and spring when they change their itin- and announced that we had resided on the same activities. She welcomes an e-mail or phone call eraries, and adding other books as needed, such floor freshman year, along with his roommate Hil- if you would be willing to help. Her contact infor- as best-sellers every two months for some of the lel Swiller, MD ’65. (Certainly correct as I con- mation is: [email protected] and (603) 643-4388. ships. Sandy says, “It’s lots of fun; I get to read firmed with my Frosh Register as I’m writing this For more information about plans for reunion my favorite of the books before we ship them out, column.) In addition to Jim, we welcomed first- weekend see our class website, http://classof62. and we’re very anxious to see how the new era of timers: Arnold Allan, Muriel Bertenthal Kuhs, Lt. alumni.cornell.edu/. e-books will change our business.” Gen. James Brabham, Nancy Brandon Tuma, The Distinguished Public Service Award, the In late May, I received a sad note from Bob Lawrence Braverman, Alice Bruno Schmeelk, Bar- highest that can be presented to a civilian, was Cohen that our classmate and his dear friend bara Burfeind-Davis, Charles Dann, MEd ’64, Capt. awarded to John Ohlsen in April by the president Kevin Seits passed away on May 21. He died of a Robert Everson, Doreen Finger Cohen, Michael of the National Defense U. on behalf of the Joint heart attack in a Gainesville area state park while Hauser, Joel Jayson, ME ’62, Raymond Kruczek, Chiefs of Staff. The award recognized his work as trail-riding his horse, which Bob describes as “one Robert Levy, Peter Mitchell, ME ’63, Carolyn executive VP and managing director of the Defense of Kevin’s favorite activities.” He had been the di- Mulliner Horton, Ellen Mutterperl Johnson-Fay, Orientation Conference Assn. John was cited for rector of the Cayuga’s Waiters during his under- John Petry, William Riley, Daniel Robinhold, his work with international student programs for graduate years, and sang with the Waiters alumni Edward Sachtleben, William Schmeelk, Betty NDU. John Boothby, MD ’66 (Falmouth, ME; group at reunions for a number of years. He was Schultz Goldberg, Richard Seiferheld, Jeffrey [email protected]) is a neurologist and an also a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church Strauss, Daniel Tomkins, Roger Williams, and advocate for establishment of a Maine mandate Choir in Gainesville. Send your news to: c Judy Douglas Young, MBA ’63. for adequate management of young athletes suf- Bryant Wittenberg, [email protected]. The class forum “Then and Now” at the fering sports-related concussions. John’s favorite Statler Auditorium on Friday morning was well Cornell memory is “meeting my future wife, Edie received and coincided with one of the few in- Milhorat ’61, walking across the Arts Quad.” Hours Our 50th Reunion was a tremen- cursions of rain during the weekend. Led by Jack off include biking, gardening, building stone walls, dous success, attended by nearly Neafsey, MBA ’63, the program included Chuck and “especially enjoying our six grandchildren.” 61 500 classmates and guests. Even Lee, Margaret Farrell, Robert Herdt, MS ’63, Lt. Anna Fang Wu (Wilmette, IL; afangwu@gmail. the unpredictable Ithaca weather cooperated to Gen. James Brabham, David Klein, and Suzanne com) is a retired physician. She volunteers teach- give us a “no rainout weekend.” Despite the Oparil. At the conclusion, the advances against ing at Northwestern U. Medical School. Ira Nelken sense of celebration, there was also a sense of traditional benchmarks of the preceding 50 years ([email protected]) is an educational consultant in transition. After all, we have now journeyed half were both impressive and overwhelming. Pinole, CA. He enjoys painting in pastels and wa- a century into the future since graduation. Count- Saturday was a whirlwind of fun activities fea- tercolors and helps to care for his youngest grand- less other Cornellians and future classes will turing the class picnic (still no rain) and enter- daughter, 1. Also in California, Marianne Mattucci engage the challenges we have confronted as we, tainment by the Cayuga’s Waiters. The picnic is a Escaron ([email protected]) lives in Agoura slowly, move across the stage. Certainly the high- great meet-and-greet event, bumping into names Hills with husband Pierre. She’s busy as a CASA lights were many, led by the record class reunion and faces that needed a reminder. Our class din- volunteer and council chair for Ventura County, gift of $24,214,798 to Cornell! In total, 481 peo- ner was a highlight event featuring a dialogue be- with AAUW, Women’s History Project, and as a do- ple affiliated with the Class of ’61 attended the tween our trustee Peter Meinig and President cent at the Getty Villa in Malibu. “I’m giving an four-day event—including 290 classmates—in David Skorton. In a lively and candid format, they inordinate amount of time to nonprofit CASA, pro- Ithaca on June 9–12, 2011. Thanks to our re- discussed many of the issues confronting a world- viding a transition to autonomy—work I love to union co-chairs Pauline Sutta Degenfelder, Carol class university engaged in the challenges of the do.” Marianne also does Tai Qi, gardens, and rides Gittlin Franklin, Doug Uhler, and Neil Gold- 21st century. Of significance, Pete is stepping the Diabetes Tour de Cure in Napa every May. She berger for organizing a terrific four days of down after ten years in his position, leaving a fine and Pierre retreat from all this by hiking in the events. Thanks also to Ed Goldman, Jon Green- record of accomplishment and achievement for Cor- Pyrenees, where they have a little place. leaf, and Lassie Tischler Eicher for producing a nell. Finally, Cornelliana Night was an overflow suc- In Wainscott, NY, Peter Wadsworth, MBA ’65 fabulous reunion yearbook. cess with an online simulcast for those with Web ([email protected]) is with Amory As- Marshall Frank, who invested ten outstand- access who were unable to attend. The two Class sociates, National Executive Service Corp. He’s ac- ing years as class president, presided over our of ’31 attendees made the national news and the tive with Choral Society of the Hamptons and Sunday morning breakfast wrap-up. As he ac- program was the right mix of nostalgia and enter- Citizens for a Quieter Airport. Peter likes to trav- knowledged the contributions of those involved tainment. A fine ending to a fine reunion. el south. Ask him about Costa Rica, South Amer- as class officers and reunion chairs, he also an- So, time to wrap up this Reunion column. Let ica, or French Polynesia. If you’re in the vicinity nounced the slate of new officers for the next me acknowledge Joanna McCully, who, despite of Vail, CO, or Piermont, Coralie and Bruce Rogers five years. President: Peter Greenberg; senior VP: some physical difficulties, was able to attend the ([email protected]) hope to see you. Bruce Sue Rand Lewis; treasurer: Walt Cottrell, MBA full weekend and enjoy the festivities. I wish to manages a small law firm in Piermont when not ’63; 55th Reunion co-chairs: Doug Uhler, Pauline thank Joanna publicly for sharing the class cor- skiing, golfing, playing tennis, or “with my grand- Degenfelder; class correspondents: Doug Fuss respondent duties with me the past five years. children and eating well.” and Susan Williams Stevens; and webmaster: Now, with another five years of class columns It’s been 50 years since I’ve spoken with Bill Larry Wheeler. waiting to be written, Susan Williams Stevens has Troutman ([email protected]). We had a great 74 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes October 2011 75 | September Maury still live in and Carole and live in Shrews- live in Poughkeep- Ellen ’02, was married live in South Hamilton, live in writes from Canandaigua, NY, Canandaigua, writes from Icke, 12350 E. Roger Rd., Tuc- Rd., 12350 E. Roger Icke, and Mary Louise Daly Mary and Lutz Tracy and live in Fairport, NY. Larry’s first wife of 38 wife of Larry’s first live in Fairport, NY. , MBA ’64, and Terry Byrnes Terry ’64, and Jim, MBA Miriam Browner Lacher Daniel Pete Heinrich John Nancy Bierds c that he is in his fifth year of retirement but busier retirement is in his fifth year of that he and was on a trip to Egypt last fall He than ever. at the was staying group The out just in time. got view would have had a good Hilton, so he Ramses to watch it on FOX but preferred protests, the of in College American at the still teaches He News. Inst. Rochester the of is a subsidiary which Croatia, fa- teaching of This is his fifth year Technology. of winter the during management property cility and American The March). through (November quarter and hospitality of college is a four-year College old walled city of the of heart tourism in the Pete in English. taught All courses are Dubrovnik. even in festive, city very colorful and the finds winter. Finan- Tompkins of Jim is chairman where Ithaca, at course in banking a one-credit teaches He cial. Eco- Applied of Charles H. Dyson School Cornell’s Terry Jim and each fall. Management and nomics at The apartment year in their the part of spend still son Andrew Beach, FL. Their in Vero Moorings hopes team and national Canadian the for rows That’s in London. 2012 Olympics it to the to make your news! me Please e-mail this month! all for [email protected]. son, AZ 85749; e-mail, Wetzel of complications from years passed away in 2006 Carole, married In 2008, Larry sclerosis. multiple shares who 40 years and for had known he whom they Together cruising. and travel his love for Larry five grandchildren. and have six children the cruise of a honeymoon took Carole and cruised they in 2008. In 2009 Mediterranean Atlantic, the across Canal, Panama the through Pa- South cruised the In 2010 they to Rome. and Communications Frontier from Larry retired cific. 38 in the and them in 2008 after 18 years with him back as a hired Frontier telecom industry. 2009. Larry will embark 2008 and for consultant Cornell the of term as president upon his second In 2009, Rochester. Greater of Alumni Association Fame. of Hall ROTC Cornell to the was admitted he “such alongside in Barton Hall hangs His picture as Col. Frankluminaries” Barton 1891, Gen. Bruce Clarke Lt. Gen. Jared ’27, and Bates. and Smith Barney from retired Daniel MA. bury, estate holdings. his real manages now Mary and He 11 grandchildren. and Louise have five children daughter, youngest Their Richardin Boston in August. , ME ’66, Feliciano age at the engineer professional a licensed became study- of memories back fond brought 64. “It of his wife live in and He at Cornell.” exams for ing 5, Miles, has sons son Richard MD. Their Arnold, has daughters Nadel Nicole 3. Daughter Reid, and also en- Felicianos 2. The Soledad, 3, and Chiara, Richard regularly. grandchildren the joy seeing which in Paris, last Christmas his wife spent and says was a “spectacular experience.” he and in 2003 College Vassar from retired Maury NY. sie, Bird Waterman R.T. the of president is now and NY. County, Club in Dutchess MA. Last March they went skiing in Utah and in Utah skiing went they MA. Last March daughter, Their in six days. mountains five skied Partners Farmer’s Paul for working Alison, started coordina- Haiti their as two years ago in Health the since to Haiti five times has traveled She tor. Lawrence 2010 earthquake. January but missed the Royal Wedding. Plans for the sum- the for Plans Royal Wedding. the but missed Sky in June. in Big home Neil’s to to go are mer John (R.Peter. John Phillips, Jan McClayton Collister, Collister, c Margo Hebald, BArch Frank ’64, Quirk, MBA Bill That’s ’s card. Stowe committee). Life members and I had dinner in April at I had dinner and ([email protected]) to the to ([email protected]) I will probably be reminding I will probably our 50th you in each column of 6–9, 2013. I on June Reunion SteveNancy , LLB ’65, Ploscowe (ex-officio in his role as chair of the as chair of in his role (ex-officio Rudy, Muenster Clark, MEd ’64, Neil with , MD ’69, was there Kochenour Alex ’64, Bob, MS Vollmer , and Wood Fred Hart, “Protect our environment” reads the business the reads our environment” “Protect Your information misinterpreted correspondent Warren Icke ’62 Crites, 9420 NE 17th St., Clyde Hill, WA 98004; Hill, WA 9420 NE 17th St., Clyde Crites, [email protected]. e-mail, Neuman, ’63, Williams Neil ’64, George, MS Schilke ’67, Slocum, MBA John Steve and Bleyler, , Ruth Zimmerman Sullivan culpa. Ettinger, DVM ’64. Mea of the Council are Char are Council the of Jones MS ’70 ([email protected]). The native Ithacan native The ’70 ([email protected]). MS in the teaches he FL, where Gorda, in Punta lives envi- leads guided and program naturalist master also serves as an advisor John walks. ronmental “All Program. Estuary National to Charlotte Harbor author reads Together” Cornell Alumni Magazine visit over Skype a few weeks ago from his beau- from few weeks ago Skype a visit over to chance a nice was It FL. in Osprey, tiful home the of see photos and Leslie, wife, his lovely meet and Jonie visit of was the occasion The grandkids. Bob Adamowski be- time their divide Leslie Bill and Troutmans. The home. Cleveland their and tween Florida to visit! where know Adamowskis Bob went Bill and It’s after we graduated. Law School on to Michigan my fortune good great Bob near- and to have Jonie traveling. not they’re when WA, by in Bellevue, administrator college retired of card gold about the wrote he book the of name the of 1964 Olympics, in the crew medal-winning Bill reside and Barbara a member. was he which busy with Rotary, keeps he where Placid, in Lake south in especially travel, and Assn., Crew Cornell Harry Wheaton Jr. and Margaret winter. the happily retired are ([email protected]) NC. Peterin Chocowinity, Mogielnicki med- of a professor [email protected]), works part- School, Medical at Dartmouth icine as a VT, in White River Junction, V.A. at the time conserva- gardening, into He’s internist. general volunteering, medical international programs, tion Health World Wyman of board on the service and in anticipation Polish is learning Peter Partners. to learn about his ancestors. a trip there of Cornell elected to the about classmates received Cur- as follows: have read list should The Council. Nancy are Council on the serving rently Schlegel Meinig, Dick Levine know it seems far away, but it will be here before but it will be here away, far it seems know celebration! be a wonderful should it. It you know the home of Christine Jim, MD ’69, and Newton Dauber. Chris closed on Jim and Engelby. Diane his friend, now They in February. in Pittsburgh house their in Tuc- house rented between their time split their house OR. The in Portland, condo their son and in the owned they house the is actually rent they to visit Por- Chris have plans Jim and early 2000s. will be this trip they Around tugal this summer. can participate so they bicycles on their training is a Cycle Oregon in September. in Cycle Oregon deep fertile valleys, through 410–499-mile ride coun- wine rolling and coastline, rugged forests, had Diane and Daubers! Neil to the Good luck try. flat in Lon- weeks in Neil’s three to spend plans plays, several to attend expected They in May. don 63 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 75 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 76

This month’s column brings out Joel lives in San Francisco, CA; he traveled east [email protected]). She is a psychologist the statistician in me. For some to Denver, CO, and Richmond, VA, to visit his two specializing in early childhood trauma, impaired 64 time now, I’ve casually weighed children and four grandchildren. attachment, and special needs adoptions. She and classmates who are retired vis-à-vis those still Frank Grawi, MS ’68, has retired from Ford husband Manny report that son Joel ’03 married working. Clearly, the former are gaining, but to Motor Co., where he was a mechanical engineer. Erica Grimm ’04 and they both work in business. what degree, I’ve no idea. Anyway, here are some Frank and wife Mary Ann live in Novi, MI, and Daughter Rachel (Brown ’99) is employed by the more recent retirees. have two grown children and three grandchildren. World Bank. Alice and Manny were in Greece and DeVeau “Dee” Hurley Bissell, appearing here Frank enjoys sailing the Great Lakes and downhill Turkey last year and Mexico in February; they for the first time, writes that she’s retired, but from skiing (he just celebrated his 36th year as a Na- plan to take a trip to China in October. Happy to what, she doesn’t say. Dee lives in Newfane, NY, tional Ski Patrol volunteer), and has no intention live near their son and daughter and families are and notes, “It’s hard to believe I’m not cooking of retiring from either recreation. Tongue in cheek, Chris and Jan Langenmayr Mabley (Austin, TX; and sewing anymore, but [I’m] doing more music he cites himself as the “second leading cause of [email protected]). They especially love (playing piano and singing) than I ever thought global warming” for driving around his grandson’s being only 15 minutes away from five grand- of doing.” Linda Collyer Logue is also retired, and travel hockey team. Physician Peter Mansky is still children. Jan continues as a psychotherapist and also doesn’t mention from what. Linda lives in active in his private practice in Las Vegas, and Chris has left school administration but contin- Southport, NC, where she is an avid, passionate even more so in professional associations. Peter is ues to teach. Because of flexible schedules, they gardener and a golfer working on her game; she director of the Nevada State Physician Health Pro- spend two summer months in New Hampshire to adds, “Aren’t we all.” Linda recently spent time at gram, on the board of trustees of the Clark Coun- flee the Texas heat. her timeshare in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with her ty Medical Society, and president of the Federation Planning her next trip to an exotic locale is daughter, son-in-law, and two granddaughters. She of State Physician Health Programs. On top of all Nancy Levine Castro (Pittsford, NY; NCastro@ also went on a comprehensive, multi-stop Mediter- this, he was awarded the 2011 Community Service rochester.rr.com). Nancy and Peter ’64 are en- ranean cruise. Linda notes she just “celebrated 25 Award by the Nevada State Medical Assn. Peter joying retirement via volunteering with the Osh- years of alcoholic sobriety—it’s awesome!” And and wife Susan live in Las Vegas and have three er Lifelong Learning Inst. activities and board she has some sage advice for us all: “Live each day grown children. Peter enjoys swimming, playing work for Crestwood Children’s Center. Travel is a to the fullest; follow your dreams and goals today guitar, and photography. Recent travel included passion: they spent three weeks in Australia last or when you can, as we don’t know what tomor- Lake Tahoe, CA, Portland, OR, and Seattle, WA. year and a month this past fall in South Africa row will bring; when disaster hits, deal with what That’s all for now. Thanks again for answer- and Botswana visiting daughter Wendy ’94, who you can do, process your grief or loss, get back on ing our appeal for class dues and news. I still need works in the international health field there. They your feet, and don’t dwell on the past.” more of the latter, however; I’ve only enough news also caught up with daughter Stephanie, husband Janet Warren Fatherley, last here in 1987, for another couple of columns. So send it in, and Mike, and Audrey, 6, their future Cornellian, in retired in 2005 after a 20-year career as an ex- also be sure to visit our class website, http://class Ohio. Nancy fondly recalls “hanging out in my ecutive assistant in Dartmouth Medical School’s of64.alumni.cornell.edu). Send news to me at freshman corridor in Dickson V.” Marvin and Glo- Endocrinology Division. Janet, who has two home or online: c Bev Johns Lamont, 720 Chest- ria Foster ([email protected]) are in grandchildren, lives in Bradford, VT, where she nut St., Deerfield, IL 60015; e-mail, blamont64@ California. Marvin writes, “Still trying to make a enjoys fixing up her old farmhouse, reading, and comcast.net. living selling trucks.” He recalls working at the travel, most recently to Scotland and her 50th Straight with a great group of friends. high school reunion in New Jersey a year ago, Combining business and pleasure, Judith Ro- and last February to Dominica (her 17th trip Tom Borut and wife Ruth live suck Fox (New York, NY; [email protected]) there; guess she likes it). Janet sends kudos: in Manhattan Beach, CA; Tom is and husband David attended a world reunion for “Thanks to all of you class officers for keeping up 65 medical director of Concentra alumni of the Louis August Jonas Foundation in our class spirit.” Thank you, Janet! Anne Comar Medical Centers in L.A. Their son, Jeff, is a trauma Berlin and then went on to Italy for a week of Beaman, last here in 1989, writes that she’s now surgeon in the Navy and served in Afghanistan. fun, food, and culture. Judith is the executive di- a retired licensed clinical social worker, but no Daughter Jill is an attorney in NYC. Tom remem- rector of the foundation that operates a summer other news. Anne lives in Atascadero, CA. bers sliding down the Hill using lunch trays from leadership program for teenagers from around the Joan Page Gerring, MD ’68, for 40 years a Willard Straight Hall. Trish Geppert Woollcott world. The reunion included more than 250 alum- psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins, not only is not re- ([email protected]) and husband Philip are ni between the ages of 16 and 80. John and San- tired, she’s taken on a “new and challenging po- in Harbor Springs, MI, where Trish volunteers at dralee Zien Davis (Newfield, NY) write, “Like sition as the first chief psychiatrist at the Office Planned Parenthood and serves on water conser- everyone else, we are doing our best to stay on of Children and Family Services, Division of Juve- vation/ecology boards. She retired from her work top of things, keeping the family happy during nile Justice.” (I’m supposing Joan’s new job is as a nurse midwife. They enjoyed travel to Japan the current economic crisis.” They are facing the near her home in Renssalear, NY, where she lives last year to visit son Chris teaching, and this year challenge of treating John’s cancer, which was with husband Robert.) Joan goes on, “The job is will be in Costa Rica for his wedding. Daughter discovered in 2008. They have a dream of travel- an opportunity to do good public service, plus I’m Rachael Winfree is professor of ecology at Rutgers ing by train across Canada and then on to Alas- very happy to be back in my home state.” and her specialty is native bees. She and husband ka. A fond Cornell memory for Sandralee is Ulle Laaman Dunlap retired in 2009 from her Erik have children Nicolas and Sophia. Erik is pro- “joining the Episcopal Church at Anabel Taylor position as professor of English and comparative fessor of molecular computing at Caltech. Trish Hall with Rev. Gurdon Brewster.” literature at Ohio Wesleyan U. From her home in writes, “I loved learning about Chinese medicine Another couple who applauds the grand- Delaware, OH, Ulle enjoys photography, French 1900–1960s from the astounding collection in the parenting role is Jim, MBA ’66, and Carol Bittner and Chinese cooking, and travel, recently to Chi- library stacks.” Altemus (Bloomfield, NY). Their daughter Beth na, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. She would love to Bob Leshner, MD ’69 ([email protected]) and and her husband had a daughter in December. hear from people who lived in Clara Dickson Hall wife Debbie moved from Washington, DC, to La Jol- Jim is entering his 11th season as a cabinetmaker in the 1964-65 school year. She adds of the dorm: la, CA, to be closer to children and grandchildren. and gunsmith at Genesee Country Village and Mu- “What an astonishing ‘Victorian’ place to live!” Bob continues to work at the U. of California and seum. Carol has achieved master gardener status Physician Lois Copeland, MD ’68, an internist, is Rady Children’s Hospital as a clinician-educator/ and also enjoys quilting. Living the Florida still practicing in Hillsdale, NJ, still lives in Up- child neurologist. He’s made several trips to Europe lifestyle in retirement are Kathy and Joe Schnei- per Saddle River, and has four grown children and in the past year for clinical research studies. “I like der (Naples FL; [email protected]). They three young grandchildren. She recently traveled exactly what I’m doing, only would rather be do- have fun dining out, golfing, and going to the to Spain, and enjoys oil painting, photography, ing 20 percent less! Favorite Cornell memories are beach. They spent the month of January on a and her pets. Architect Joel Cantor is still work- the first snows and the first signs of spring—plus land/cruise tour of Australia and New Zealand and ing, but writes, “With this economy, I have a peer group second to none.” John Gerich had dinner in Auckland, NZ, with Steve Gross and branched out from my specialty of designing fit- (Wayne, NJ) retired as of July, but still lectures and wife Pat. Joe recalls good times at the training ness clubs to working on high-end residential and consults in his field. Recent travels have found him table at the Statler with the football team and college building remodeling.” He plans to return in the Caribbean, Taiwan, Korea, and Stockholm. writes, “It was great to see Duke Grkovic, Dave to Cornell this autumn to attend the grand open- Peace vigils on the Arts Quad are memories Miles, Lou Ferraro, George Arangio, MD ’69, Joe ing celebration of the new Architecture building. of Alice Schaeffer Nadelman (Teaneck, NJ; Ryan, and coach Fred Dunlap at Reunion.” 76 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes (Be- Greenwald October 2011 77 | September Miriam Steinberg Galston (North Potomac, MD; pfg2000@ Potomac, (North and and Bill Peter Gold Peter “We (with husband Robert) have done a fair have done Robert) (with husband “We “Following our daughter Courtney’s Chico State Chico Courtney’s daughter our “Following her enjoying California, around team basketball our son Welcoming game. the for passion to California back daughter-in-law and Cameron in Mar- counselor a probation now he’s where tinez.” thesda, MD) report, “Our son Ezra, 26, married 26, “Our son Ezra, MD) report, thesda, been a Bill has to our delight.” Bender, Shira DC, for in Washington, at Brookings fellow senior at has been teaching Miriam five years and 1990. since school U. law Washington George (Melville, NY, [email protected]) “and [email protected]) NY, (Melville, world. all over the people from I’ve loved meeting I would move If I ever had to leave our country, in Child Develop- I majored Australia. to Sydney, career my all of and Family Studies and ment coursework at Cornell. my from originated choices I bono. pro patients some by seeing I volunteer it’s interesting, work in private practice: love my all at once.” challenging and informative, amount of traveling to Europe, Africa, Asia, and Asia, Africa, to Europe, traveling of amount writes ElaineSouth America,” Kamhi aol.com) is president of the Gold Group, Char- Gold Group, the of aol.com) is president firm, banking merchant and a legal services tered, and on risk arbitrage guidance has provided and since matters legislative and regulatory related First of is chairman and co-founded 1984. 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Creek, (Walnut “Still loving the Bay Area,” reports Ted reports Bay Area,” the “Still loving Hamil- Laurie Faber We all have indiv We We know that life is not all happiness. Sad- all happiness. that life is not know We classmates our 50th! Several for Plan now Susan Rockford c ton com) traveled in June with a choral society to per- society with a choral in June com) traveled Mozart’s form job as a special “My towns. to tour other lan, and day- with a 3-year-old in her working ed teacher careThese fulfilling. and class has been challenging have so little preparation kids unstimulated poor, Chorus, Cornell The school. real for a con- including Center, at Lincoln centennial the cert for certainly Cor- work at the my as did life, my has influenced in Child Devel- major the (and school nursery nell on the president is also vice Laurie opment).” first nation’s “the Chorale, Stonewall the of board gay and lesbian over founded chorus 30 years ago.” stetter group an international I joined “And rr.com). which Rochester, Club of Newcomers within the from York New Western into individuals welcomes back to “I moved adds, She world.” the around plan to and Fairport after two years in Taiwan Volun- our kitchen. remodel a while and stay for that a nonprofit Two, with Generation teering in city to play with first graders adults older brings suburban schools.” and 67 were serenaded by the Sherwoods, including four including Sherwoods, by the serenaded were House at Becker stayed group singing The ’66ers. Sat- breakfast. at Sunday us also serenaded and was Atrium Sciences Physical in the dinner urday fun. great and both elegant ly, we learned just a week before reunion of the of reunion just a week before we learned ly, John of passing ’68, this column’s , MBA Miers active a lifelong and correspondent, first “Men’s” were all our late classmates and John Cornellian. Ser- Remembrance university’s at the remembered Our by a ’66 representative. attended always vice, to deeply extended are collective condolences Mary wife, wonderful John’s Loosbrock so if you have first reunion, 45th their the made is chance your next a ‘66 reunion, attended never declared has already five years away! Alice a short 2016. for group affinity networking newest the un- were you who all of are says its members She called, 45th but wrote, the able to join us for be there definitely ”But I’ll swore: and promised, Alice you are—and who know our 50th!” You for it twice.” checkin’ a list and “makin’ says she’s us then! ALL of to seeing ALL look forward We Deanne Gebell to the “special” quality of a ’66 reunion. Late Fri- a ’66 reunion. of quality “special” to the I stopped at Don and husband my evening, day gathered group a small found and Lounge Becker around with Cajun music. group the entertaining greatly program MFA the chairing at RIT, is a professor He plays fid- He Animation. Film and of School in the Cajun, and old time, of banjo in genres dle and area. Rochester in the is well known and Klezmer, him later in the to speak with had a chance We this is like interests personal for Time weekend. our reunion. part of also an important and humanity, and kindness John’s to his family. will not our class, for and Cornell for his passion be forgotten. Salinger, [email protected]. Fran Mary for all for and and Sander and Sander Korn, Korn, Carol Atkin Levine for heading for Levine California Planning California Johnson, joanhpj@ Johnson, Dobrow, Dobrow, and husband Fred husband and ’64, Jeanne Brown Stephens (lorenstephens@att. Stephens Joan Hens Reunion was wonderful! Our was wonderful! Reunion it hap- made thanks to all who pen. Diane Stein c Rolf handling , ME ’67, for Frantz Ron, [email protected]. Harris Berglas planned and executed a bal- executed and planned Berglas talking about Ithaca’s local history. about Ithaca’s talking Lacroute, learn about Cornell viticulture learn about Cornell Lacroute, Everett, Everett, Linda Cascio Engstrom Saturday had us hearing about green build- about green had us hearing Saturday A special thank you to Rolf’s wife, Nancy thank you to Rolf’sA special wife, began with a welcome-back-to- Our weekend campus of (or not) all enjoyed a choice We Loren Meyer in the to me sent were forms news Lots of Alice Katz class Thanks to (outgoing) fun time. and anced co-president many Thanks to the details. other and registration in many contributed who members Class Council thank yous to Sue Extra ways. Stern 66 ME ’66, taste local foods and wines, or attend wines, and ME ’66, taste local foods programsuniversity-wide if to. Complete we wanted bear paw pins, as watches, such trinkets with great well known we were hats, and scarves, pedometers, to our activities. campus as we went around with market housing on the or predictions ings Jeff Keith ’67, and , MS Tester , followed Jurow with Ralph Market Farmers’ Ithaca by a trip to the we our Beebe Beach picnic At Janis. Rhoda and Jansen many to the committee and networking up the to make with them worked who ’66 Captains Team for. than we hoped even more our attendance more donated and crocheted ’68, who (Nystrom) the curly scarves for than 150 red-and-white Cornell received men (The classmates. women We baseball caps with our ’66 class bear logo.) a thank you, too, to Margaretadd Clark set- and decorations with souvenirs and help her Big biggest the And weekend. the ups throughout Cornell all to our incredible Red thank you of and Joseph, Ashemsa, Chris, class clerks—Nina, it all made who students five Cornell Laura—the days! four happen 24/7 for really aca- and student of by VP presentation Cornell Susan services demic Murphy ’73, PhD ’94, who life undergraduate of view gave us a true insider’s evening Thursday into right we dove Then today. by followed Atrium, in Sage with dinner activities Tay- in Anabel organ Baroque “new” the a tour of Purity Our famous hear. a joy to see and lor Hall: with Michael course followed, party of cream ice Turback with President Breakfast morning. tours Friday by our ’66 to us was followed speaking Skorton Ralph by Forum—coordinated Janis Blau—at two which distinguished most Cornell’s of LaFeber, Walter Silbey and Joel professors faculty, the and country about the expertise their shared with Ronni to taste wine had a chance We world. Barrett with Kay, andKay, Hilda Lichtenstein global.net) and spouse Dana Miyoshi are at home Miyoshi are Dana spouse and global.net) to “I continue writes, CA. Loren Angeles, in Los clients, Write Wisdom my for memoirs ghostwrite struggle to and Life Story, Your teach Writing son Josh ” Her Fate.’ ‘Ichiro’s novel, complete my at School Kennedy work at the completed course the of is editor and Harvard UT, in Deer Valley, five days spent Report. Loren of month the will spend and winter the during from would love to hear NM. She Fe, July in Santa there. or living vacationing Cornellians edi- next the in more last batch, so I will share to write Please continue Class Notes. the of tion to Ron or me! comcast.net; comcast.net; 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 77 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 78

I ran into Reeve “Ting” Vanneman, Washing- Hope you all have enjoyed your have a large solar electric system I added this year, ton, DC, who teaches sociology at the U. of summer! Phyllis Kestenbaum which I hope to add on to. We grow most of what Maryland, at an opera performance at Kennedy 69 Snyder was elected honorary na- we eat and enjoy our small piece of heaven on Center featuring the ageless Placido Domingo, tional president of the National Council of Jewish earth! Doing better than I deserve! My five kids are and heard that Ting’s dad, the seemingly ageless Women, having served as national president from all married and doing very well, and have provid- Bill Vanneman ’31, had died at 102. He was a 2005–08. Check out their website at www.ncjw. ed me with nine grandchildren so far.” Michael ap- delightful gentleman who graced our reunions of- org—and congratulations, Phyllis. Rob Schwart- preciates that his medical career has allowed him ten with his presence. ing, MCE ’76, writes, “Just ended five years of ad- to make the career change to agriculture and writes Another classic Cornell occasion: a young junct appointment in Cornell’s City and Regional that he hopes his remaining time can be spent try- graduate who works in my office was recently Planning, teaching Public Administration, Urban ing to be a good contributor to the welfare of the married—in Sage Chapel, naturally—and tells me Finance, and Quantitative Methods courses. It was planet—”as we move ever closer to 100 percent that the preceding two days were spent in a rain- great to be around enthusiastic, mentally hungry organic, greater renewable energy consumers and swept Ithaca. As all emerged from Sage into the graduate students. Opened a B&B on Keuka Lake providers, and trying to live as healthy a lifestyle late afternoon, however, the skies cleared, the and began a run for county legislator this sum- as possible. Glad to see Cornell is leading the way sun emerged, and his marriage was off to a bril- mer. Wanting to stay fit and healthy while still in promoting the interdisciplinary approach to sus- liant start. c Richard B. Hoffman, 2925 28th St. partaking of home cooked gourmet meals accom- tainability investigations and collaborations!” NW, Washington DC 20008; tel., (202) 667-6481; panied by great local wines. Yeah . . . a tough Rob Kaufelt writes, “We are heading to Itha- e-mail, [email protected]. choice. Friends are invited to visit—spectacular ca soon to begin a wonderful new program with sunsets from the lakeside porches, and Cornell is Murray’s Cheese and Cornell University to develop only an hour away.” the artisan cheese industry in New York State. Many thanks to those of you Victor Reus, professor of psychiatry at UC San Meanwhile, we will soon have 30 cheese shops who sent a fresh batch of news Francisco School of Medicine, is still actively en- within shops in Kroger supermarkets in Ohio, At- 68 items for this column! Gordon gaged in full-time academia. “This year I am vice- lanta, Dallas, Houston, and Colorado, bringing spe- Silver ([email protected]) paid a visit to chair of the American Board of Psychiatry and cialty and farmstead cheeses to these markets for my office after he attended a meeting in Boston. Neurology and ending my term as chair of the psy- the first time. My wife, Nina Planck, is working on In December he moved to Fisher Island—near chiatry residency review committee for the ACGME. her new ‘real food cookbook’ (out next year) at our Miami, FL—although he retains an apartment in [Traveled] to Singapore at the request of the Min- farm in Stockton, NJ, and we’ll soon celebrate the Chestnut Hill, MA. He continues to work as a istry of Health to help them plan for a transition second birthdays of our twins Jacob and Rose.” director for private and public companies in to an American model of physician certification Shep Burr checks in from his home outside Florida, Massachusetts, China, and elsewhere. that would be overseen by the American Board Orlando, FL: “It seems like yesterday we were However, despite his busy professional schedule, of Medical Specialties. On the research side of writing about weddings, babies, and careers. Now Gordon still finds time for tennis, golf, swimming things, I was proud this year to be a co-author we are staring at retirement, which for me will be on Fisher Island and in Maine, and friends like on two papers on telomeres with current Nobel at the end of 2011, after a 42-year career as a Steve, MBA ’70, JD ’71, and Sharon Lawner prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn, and also had CPA. I joined a large CPA firm in Philadelphia Weinberg, PhD ’71, and Dave ’67, ME ’68, and the enjoyment of hosting and interacting with right after graduating, got the CPA license and an Jane Frommer Gertler. Gordon’s volunteer activ- another Nobel prize winner, James Watson, at our MBA from Drexel, then started my own CPA firm ities include being a trustee for Massachusetts genetics project in Costa Rica in January. Travel- shortly after being transferred to Orlando. Three Eye and Ear Infirmary and activities at the Har- ing enough to maintain global services status on years ago I merged with a large regional CPA firm vard Business School. United, and will add to that at the end of the and am now one of seven partners. I have a gen- Laura Hoffman Ceppi, BS Nurs ’68 (Ojai, CA) summer when wife Kira and I take off on a self- eral tax practice, with a niche serving real estate is retired. She enjoys her kitties, as well as read- guided bike trip from Vienna to Prague.” investors in this very distressed real estate maring, spending time with her grandson, and vol- Susan Wohryzek Mittler is president of the ket. I am frequently called on to conduct semi- unteering at the Ojai Lavender Festival. She would Ithaca Teachers Association. She still lives in Itha- nars for realtors, real estate investors, and other love to hear from Gail Miller Gregory, BS Nurs ’68, ca. Her two children graduated from Cornell as well. CPAs on real estate tax strategies. I expect to be and Maureen Kennedy Loy, BS Nurs ’68. Howard Jessica Mittler ’94 (AA&P) went on to earn her busy in retirement, helping my wife, Fern, and her Needleman, MPS ’75 ([email protected]) writes doctorate at Harvard; son Craig Mittler ’98 (CALS) sister Heidi manage our own real estate invest- that he retired at the end of 2010 from a job he went on to earn his MBA from Wharton. Husband ments. Our son Daniel, born during my senior held for ten years. Although he liked the job, he Dan is semi-retired in the College of Engineering. year, is an industrial equipment sales manager, felt that there was no reason to continue putting Marge Weisberg Silvestri checks in with this news: and our daughter Deborah is—are you ready for up with commuting and with the little annoy- “Three years after retiring from teaching, I am now this?—Florida gopher tortoise plan coordinator, ances that even a good job has. Despite the fact working part-time, combining my education and managing a multi-million-dollar budget to protect that he planned for his retirement for several marketing backgrounds. I assist a dean at Endicott the endangered critters. Fern and I have become years, it still took him some time to construct his College with creating regional off-campus teacher Broadway theater nuts, and travel to NYC several new life. He was grateful that he had done prior centers for graduate programs, then following times a year to get our fix, usually packing in four planning for the non-financial aspects of retire- through with recruiting and marketing. We’ve just shows in three days. I always enjoy socializing at ment when he finally retired. been approved to be one of only four colleges in Central Florida Cornell Club and Cornell Hotel So- After leaving Cornell, Susan Berger Sabreen the country to offer an MEd with a focus on autism ciety functions, and I volunteer for CAAAN—the ([email protected]) earned a master’s and ABA. Just enough excitement at this age. I’m Alumni Admissions Ambassadors Network—inter- in international relations at Johns Hopkins also proud to be assisting another ’69 alumna and viewing candidates for admission to Cornell, and School of Advanced Int’l Studies and worked in dear friend Judy Klevin Erel, who will soon be manning the Cornell booth at college fairs.” television as a news reporter, producer, consult- publishing her book. Anne Palmer Plaine has re- From Mike Natan: I retired from my CIO role ant, and news director. Thereafter, she graduat- tired from the Ithaca High School library. Her fa- at One Beacon Insurance Co. two years ago, al- ed from Columbia Law School and spent a decade ther, Robert Palmer, a Cornell professor emeritus, though I still do some occasional consulting work as a lawyer, focusing on First Amendment law. passed away on July 3, 2010. Her son works at with prior colleagues. Life has been great with Afterwards she returned to television, as execu- Mann Library, so she has many connections to two married children and one grandchild (so far). tive producer for ten seasons of a nationally syn- Cornell. Anne has a granddaughter, 9. We split our time between Wynnewood, PA, and dicated health program for public television. Now Michael Rowland sent this update: “Retired Sunapee, NH, where we have a summer house on she has entered the documentary world and is from Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, NC, in the lake. I have been refreshing my skills in golf, producing a documentary film entitled “Mrs. 2008 after 33 years as a physician from my gener- tennis, sailing, and bridge and have taken some Judy’s Secret,” about a Canadian woman who se- al surgery position with the Pinehurst Surgical Clin- courses and am looking for some meaningful vol- cretly rescued more than 3,000 Jews from Syria ic. Now running my small farm with beef cattle, unteer work. Additionally, we are traveling quite over a 25-year period ending in 2001. Check out horses, vegetables, and fruit trees, trying to be as extensively. My fraternity brother and roommate www.MrsJudysSecret.org. Please send me your self-sufficient as possible and employing solar hot from Cornell, Ken Lawrence, lives nearby and we news. c Mary Hartman Schmidt, mary.schmidt@ water to supplement the wood/hot water/heating get to see each other quite often. I look forward schmidt-federico.com. system we’ve used these last 14 years. We also to the 45th Reunion in a few years.” 78 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes at- Gil- (jsr33@ Bob Buhmann, October 2011 79 Shumaker.” Bob Shumaker.” | and visited the Psi visited the and Steve Kirk, ME ’72, Jan Rothman Bob Rule, , [email protected]. Jay loved visit- . They Kaplan September ([email protected]) enjoyed ([email protected]) Ray Pavelka and and I had an en- that everyone hope after an extremely joyable summer back being (it was like wet spring Al Mickey Rimmer, and Fenzel Linden and David and Linden many the Beale , and as my co-correspondent. Matt co-correspondent. as my Silverman Laurie co-chairs reunion -Weiss, Berke Gayle Yeomans A special thank you to all who helped to helped thank you to all who A special John Burnap We also have a new slate of class officers, slate of a new also have We In addition to enjoying the festivities, ap- festivities, the enjoying to In addition This column presents a new voice in our voice a new This column presents Linda [email protected]; Germaine-Miller, c make Reunion so successful: our outgoing pres- our outgoing so successful: Reunion make ident da Klein cornell.edu). Jan is a CPA/partner in Resnick is a CPA/partner Jan cornell.edu). firm located LLC, an accounting Group Druckman ’73 (Greene) Debbie His wife, in Manhattan. (HumEc),a is in nu- an MS with dietitian registered nutri- and food of director NYU and from trition servicestional Extended Avenue at Park Care Center, Beach. located in Long facility rehab and a nursing City in the Robyn, 33, a teacher have children They 30, a pre- Joshua, System, and School York New of court system. federal in the officer services trial many midnight past worked who class officers transportation, menus, to plan events, nights that go details the all and class headquarters, this scope. of an event into most notably our president, president, our notably most preciating the natural beauty of the campus, re- campus, the beauty of natural the preciating in participating old friends, with connecting fine Cornell’s of partaking and events, sporting that we ex- to report our class is proud faculty, more by raising goals our development ceeded as to Cornell, in donations dollars than $4 million Club members. Tower for our goal well as beating may be contacted at [email protected]. contacted be may oarsmen jumped in the new shell and took her for her took and shell new in the jumped oarsmen Bill and Bob Linden classmates ’71 a row. , Brown who Wetherill, Dave in—Bob for ’72, filled MBA and that morning, acute back pain had developed our class of members Other K.C. Flanigan. Bill for Pete were events day’s the for down came who TomBrink, BS ’73, Heiss, Mark Sally Clark , and Ketchum reunion and attended with his wife, Joanie. They Joanie. with his wife, attended and reunion live in New Canaan, CT, have two and grandchildren at manager is a project John live in Maine. who time a lot of spent He York. in New SiriusXM Radio with at Reunion Upsilon house. They were quite impressed with quite impressed were They Upsilon house. how has been maintained. house well the and John Julie , ME ’72, and with Jay time also spent Joanie Reisner Carter that reports John at night. tents Arts Quad the ing team reunion ’71 lacrosse a great was part of he in April. Bruce, Teague Gayle column as I welcome alumni magazine Yeo- mans for this column together I have been writing and on to focus down is stepping but he years, eight I wish opportunities. professional exciting some to- time as we have had a great luck, much Matt Class of the love for this labor of sharing gether Please to Gayle. I wish a warm welcome ’71. And we will write about you! and us your news send and Rob, Wagner Moran. coach Richie with head along tended in Ithaca). Speaking of Ithaca, it’s in our 40th Reunion too early to to attend not plans start making so I calendar, the checked 2012. I’ve already June as soon as re- to California I’ll have to return know I so ends union cham- Open golf US the can attend Club in San Francisco. Olympic at the pionship 72 Re- K.C. edu- Sandy (Allen- and and Nigel Watt Gerry Eich- traveled the traveled Connie Ferris Joseph ’03, and c John Dunn ’73, otmail.com) report that, report otmail.com) Roy Olsson Brill. The sun was shining Brill. The Kathy Law Orloski Kevin ’99, came from São Paulo, Brazil. São Paulo, from came Dave four ’72, and Wetherill and President David Skorton— David President and (McLean, VA; [email protected]) VA; (McLean, ([email protected]) writes that ([email protected]) and and cocktail reception on the Straight on the cocktail reception As I write this column I am recalling As weekend. reunion an outstanding on the it began with a stroll For me Don Fisher ’73, Richard ’94, ,and Rick, JD ’71,and Bill Fogle Jeff Cornett exception ’72, ME ’73. With the Here are a few highlights of the weekend, the of a few highlights are Here Bob Mike Linden, MD ’75, and Staines town, kathyorloski@h PA; from graduated have four five children, their of Cornell: Katherine to is married ’10. Katherine ’10. “unlucky the has completed a history of he DKE military avia- Cornell the of DEKES,” stories Bill century. last lives in the lost their tors who AZ. his wife live in Mesa, and tel., (610) 256-3088. [email protected]; Meyer, Shands Elligers to enjoy retirement.continue their celebrated They Con- with a trip to Stockholm. 40th anniversary grats! Skorton. James’s wife finally understood what the understood wife finally James’s Skorton. his friends and he why and all about was Truck Hot 2 a.m. And at weather degree in zero stood outside about nothing knew he told her he way, by the Grill! John and Red Bar Big Johnny’s shared with me by classmates: the Plantations the by classmates: with me shared con- chimes Cornell the tour, wildflower garden at Rock- demonstration physics a household certs, and memory, on nutrition, a lecture efeller Hall, Orni- Lab of a visit to the Ec, at Hum immunity between dialogue Olin Lecture—a the thology, Chuck Feeney ’56 and address, University the State of Skorton’s Pres. tents reunion at the live bands great to dancing a just are These nights. Saturday and on Friday that took place dur- events numerous the few of Cornell’s that showcased Weekend Reunion ing busi- the and beauty, natural faculty, outstanding our for highlight One a university. running of ness class was the and Skorton by Pres. was attended which Terrace, his wife, Robin Davisson. Dr. our classmates Among Reunion, attended who 1971. team of crew champion on the cated me marked our 40th Reunion of “Saturday Bob writes, Cayu- on the at Collyer Boathouse down doings big Cen- Rowing Cornell new Inlet. First, the ga Lake of culmination the This marked ter was dedicated. renovation and expansion boathouse an $8 million how- Just as important, begun last year. project of christening ’71 was the Class of the for ever, to this year’s Cornell was donated silient. This shell in rowed who oarsmen team by the heavyweight (IRA) Association Rowing 1971 Intercollegiate the Two year. our graduating Championship National John and Staines Mike ’71 classmates, , Swanson Zyg with two juniors, that boat along manned ’72 Malowicki sophomores, AlFlanigan ’73, and boat’s cox’n Danser ’73. The was else everybody passed away, has since K.C., who of in 1971 was that day victory involved with the Cayuga After boat’s dedication. the for present the on Resilient’s bow, water was splashed Lake Arts Quad with friends Diane with friends Arts Quad , Brenner Lesliener, and Kirpich some- Arts Quad the a clear blue sky and against than I remember beautiful even more seemed how there, were you who of For those it 40 years ago. If you missed it, mark reunion. it was a terrific our 45th! for 2016 June for your calendars 71 longest distance, from Bangkok, Thailand, and Thailand, Bangkok, from distance, longest Thomas Simmonds c and Mar- Schastok’s position Schastok’s Sandy Schorr (Concord, MA; gerhardt (Concord, ([email protected]) has ([email protected]) In our last column, we incor- and wife Virginia live in Hud- wife Virginia and Riedl, [email protected]. Riedl, Autumn has arrived and the stu- the has arrived and Autumn Hill, so back on the are dents in Ithaca, bustling are things Krammer Piers ([email protected]) still ([email protected]) Piers married Douglas Gunn, an artisan married there, rather than volunteering, and than volunteering, rather there, arkway, and Smoky Mountains Na- Mountains Smoky and arkway, “Gert” Chuck ’69, live in , MAT/MS Breckheimer , graduated from Cornell Law School. Cornell from JD ’11, graduated working Peter Ambrose James Winchester Kurt Corrections Dept. Corrections Abigail ’04 husband husband Sandy NC ([email protected]). Hendersonville, has but now to work as a pediatrician, continues a community co-directing dreams her job of the of Ridge outside Hospital) nursery (Park hospital for half-time has been working NC. She Asheville, to pursue time the loving last two years and the likes particularly She medicine. of outside things western North of mountains and trails the hiking the two forests, located near are Carolina—they Blue Ridge P chem- school high is a retired Chuck Park! tional School High at Ithaca taught who istry teacher up has been very busy setting He 25 years. for as well as work- County in Henderson recycling Chuck groups. environmental with several ing chem- school high struggling to help also tries he And tutoring. by volunteer istry students They his tennis game. works a lot on improving last year! both enjoyed Reunion of is a professor Peter son, NY ([email protected]). Communi- Greene at Columbia sciences biological ty College, from this past spring retired Virginia and after 40 years as a school high Cairo-Durham 21, On August counselor! school 2010, daugh- their ter daughter 2011, their In May cheesemaker. , garet Susan mar- daughter on July 9, 2011, their Then, to everyone! Congratulations McGuire. Michael ried Sharon Hoopes in School High Catholic at West chemistry teaches husband lives with she MI, where Rapids, Grand in June retiring considering is seriously She Ken. is a semi- Ken have ten grandchildren! 2012. They some to do hope They professor. chemistry retired time “spare” In her retires. Sharon once traveling when- reads bells, hand rings in a choir, sings she flute. to play the is learning and ever possible, a vegan lifestyle and have adopted Ken and She but very it to be quite an adjustment, finding are Katy daughter Their healthy. and interesting at Rush surgeon ’98) is an endocrine (Princeton as well as an assistant in Chicago Center Medical there. school medical at the surgery of professor is a finance DePaul) (MBA, Meg daughter Youngest Authority. Transit Chicago with the manager much as they are in all our lives. Hope you all you Hope in all our lives. are as they much will and fun summer and healthy, had a happy, about your fel- news Enjoy the fall. have a great low classmates. in an works part-time [email protected]) and been to Namibia has He clinic. Alzheimer’s again in the to Africa to go hopes and Botswana, to teach. and to help future 70 expanded Avionic Products Inc. Products Avionic several expanded to include distribu- audio and amplifiers in video companies unmanned the including military aircraft for tion en- thoroughly his family and He market. drone with President Studios at Fox Evening joyed the Sara Weisblat Sara described rectly has She Foundation. Community Evanston with the been Please Sara. Sorry, CEO. and president is currently to: coming notes and names, news, the keep Tina Economaki 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 79 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 80

Also in Ithaca, legendary Cornell baseball and hear from Warren Mullison. Lawrence Blaustein It’s official: we are now old football coach Ted Thoren passed away in May. Ted is retired and living in Chagrin Falls, OH. James enough that several class mem- was our freshman football coach in the fall of Stewart works for Wilkin Management Group LLC. 73 bers have lived past retirement 1968 and the varsity baseball coach for our class He fondly remembers his friends and associates at and are now back on the job. After several years members during the 1970–72 seasons. Those of us Cornell and is proud to be in the first class to of retirement, Roberta Axelrod Meyerson reports who played for Ted have fond memories of him. graduate from the accredited Landscape Archi- from Boca Raton (where she lives with husband June Feeks Brooks (Eugene, OR) reports that tecture program. James enjoys spending time Bill ’72) that she now works for son Geoffrey as in October 2010, she, her husband, Dan Kaye, her with his family and would like to hear from John the administrator for his business development Cornell roommate Nancy Drews Harding, and Nan- Carroll ’73. Mike Belzer, PhD ’93, is associate advisory firm. Randy Barbarash is retired after 34 cy’s husband, Robert ’70, all traveled to Greece professor of economics at Wayne State U. in years in public education, most recently as prin- to celebrate their 60th birthdays. Both Nancy and Michigan. After hours, he is principal, chairman, cipal of Warwick Valley High School in New York, but he too remains in the work force part-time as an adjunct for two local colleges (golf permit- ting). And Karen Kindle Hartsuyker has finally re- If you want to contact Gary Goldberg surfaced in these pages after being a stealth Class of ’73 member for the last 38 years. She’s moved ‘ back to Ithaca after “retiring” from the ag- about monkey problems, he is biotech industry in October, lives on the lake, and works at the Boyce Thompson Inst. on Facebook. Jack Thompson, ME ’74, chief engineer at Cincinnati’s General Tool Co., has moved back to ’ Alex Barna ’72 Ithaca with wife Susanne and is putting his 30- plus years of experience to use as a senior lecturer and advisor to MEng students. Tom Clausen June are retired elementary school teachers and and president of Great Lakes Gateway Inc., creat- remains on the staff of Mann Library—his 36th year new grandmothers. Even though Nancy lives in Vir- ing the Great Lakes Freight Gateway, a freight cor- in the access services department. Visit the Mann ginia and June in Oregon, they get together reg- ridor linking Michigan to Halifax, Nova Scotia. home page to see the haiku he posts each day by ularly in New York when they visit extended family. Mike would like to hear from Mussarrat Patel ’73. the poet of the month. Liz Bauman, also of Itha- June donated the scrapbook she made during Steve Kane, MBA ’73, is president of the board ca, co-authored the photo book Ithaca: The City, freshman and sophomore years to the University of trustees of the Oakland (CA) Zoo. Gorges, and Colleges. It’s at owlgorge.com. Colleen Archives. She says that it was weird to know that We received an e-mail from Irwin Rosenfeld Vaeth Schiefen’s life odyssey has taken her to Vir- she was old enough to have her possessions proudly announcing that in May, his third grand- ginia, Chicago, New Jersey, and finally back to archived. The mementoes included such diverse child, Liam Scott, was born, joining big sister Siena Ithaca to be near daughter Monica Schiefen Van items as football game programs, an invitation to Bay, 2, and cousin Caleb Reed, who was 1 in Fleet ’03 (Arts), son-in-law Geoff Van Fleet ’03 join Pi Phi, and newspaper articles about anti-war March. Their parents live in Renton, WA, outside (Ag Eng) and, yes, the grandkids. One other child, demonstrations during 1968–70. June is correct of Seattle. He goes up to see them every two Bill, is just a few hours away in Troy. in observing that those were indeed “interesting months (from his home in Orange County, CA, Steven Gottlieb spoke at the retirement din- years.” She sums up her news report by proclaim- where he continues in the private practice of psy- ner for legendary physics professor David Cassel, ing, “Life is good.” chiatry). Irwin purchased a condo near them for sharing memories of Physics 206-207 from An- Bob Shaw (Santa Cruz, CA) is an investor his girlfriend and him to stay when they visit. Ir- drew Cook, Walter Mooney (see below), Kather- whose hobbies include fishing, mountain biking, win continues to pursue his hobby of duplicate ine Olesko, PhD ’80, and Mark Bautz. He also skiing, kayaking, and watching lacrosse. I hope bridge, and this past winter achieved the rank of visited fellow former Cornell Daily Sun staffer Liz Bob did not have a boat or kayak berthed in San- regional master. Ann Freedman Spoont of Boca Ra- Bauman and Prof. Barry Strauss ’74. Sara Weiss ta Cruz harbor when the tsunami generated by the ton, FL, is a pediatric dentist. She loves to travel and her husband attended the Cornell graduation earthquake in Japan caused significant damage to and volunteers in Israel doing dentistry on indi- of their second son, which makes two Cornellians many craft in the harbor. Bob attended the 40th gent children. Ann says that she plans to go once (Jason Wasser ’11 and Louis Wasser ’07) and Reunion of the 1971 Cornell NCAA lacrosse cham- a year. One of her fondest memories of Cornell is one Yalie (Rachel, who is co-CEO of Teach For pions in April. He watches as much Cornell hanging out at SDT, her sorority. Armando Olivera China). Sara works with divorcing parents as a lacrosse as he can, while fondly remembering the is president and CEO of Florida Power and Light Co. forensic psychologist in Manhattan. joys of an MBC from the Hot Truck. Virginia Mc- Gary Goldberg, DVM ’76, is a veterinary med- Books to read: Laurence Bernstein is man- Namara Lester is retired and residing in San An- ical officer/field specialist specializing in non- aging partner with his Toronto consulting firm, tonio, TX. Julia Kosow Grosberg lives in Yorktown human primates (NHPs) for USDA/APHIS/Animal Protean Strategies, and says he’s adopted The Art Heights. She has fond memories of International Care in Worcester, MA. The USDA/APHIS enforces of Choosing by Sheena Iyengar as his new inspi- Folk Dancing on Japes roof (the Boathouse) over- the Animal Welfare Act by consulting with veteri- rational bible, replacing the Wisdom of Crowds by looking Beebe Lake on warm spring nights. Sounds nary medical officers and animal care inspectors James Surowiecki. Sandra Sharon Rapoport’s lat- like fun. William Molloy, MBA ’74 (Phoenix, AZ) dealing with difficult non-human primate issues est book is Biblical Seductions: Six Stories Retold is a healthcare real estate developer who enjoys at zoos, circuses, breeding colonies, and research Based on Talmud and Midrash, completed during a watching his border collie compete in agility tri- facilities throughout the US. Recently, he visited residency at Harvard. It retells the often-censored als. The thing Bill enjoyed most about Cornell was NHP breeding colonies in Israel and retirement fa- stories of six of the most audacious women in playing on the Big Red lacrosse team and winning cilities for NHPs that were used in research. In his the Bible. More at biblicalseductions.com. Dan the first ever NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship. limited spare time, Gary is learning Portuguese and Dlugonski, writing under the name Dan Raphael, Gerald Howard ([email protected]) reviewing Spanish and Hebrew. He also sings in just saw his Impulse & Warp: The Selected 20th is executive editor and vice president of Double- choirs and prepares lectures. Gary plans a trip to Century Poems published by Wordcraft of Oregon; day. He says he is always reading and writing the Israel to work in the Volunteers for Israel program. February saw the release of his first CD, “Children occasional essay and review for Bookforum, the He would love to be teaching at the NYS College of the Blue Supermarket.” Times Book Review, etc. Gerald published a piece of Veterinary Medicine or traveling to Africa, Chi- Nancy Winternight (Nancy Ellen White at about the liberal arts at Cornell, “The English Ma- na, South America, Indonesia, or Japan to do field Cornell) and Robert Selkowitz celebrated 38 years jor Who Got Away With It” in the Chronicle of studies of non-human primates. Gary fondly re- as a couple. They own a summer art gallery and Higher Education and in a slightly expanded form members singing with the Cornell Glee Club, cram- studio on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Robert’s in Cornell Alumni Magazine. He has pleasant mem- ming for finals at the Straight, and swimming in books include A Painter’s Path through the Catskill ories of his classes with Edgar Rosenberg ’49, the gorge. Gary wants everyone to know that if Mountains and A Painter’s Path on Cape Breton Is- MA ’50, Scott Elledge, PhD ’41, and Walter you want to contact him about monkey problems, land. Nancy pursues her art and also teaches as an LaFeber and of the occasional sunny day in Itha- he is on Facebook. Send news to: c Alex Barna, adjunct professor in education and expressive arts ca. Gerald wants to give a shout-out to Debra [email protected]; Gary Rubin, glrubin@aol. at SUNY New Paltz. More at www.artfolks.com. Ani- Seabrook and Nancy Kollisch and would like to com; or Carol Fein Ross, [email protected]. ta Graves Deming, MPS ’78, who works at Cornell 80 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes John ’s daugh- Dana Smith October 2011 81 (El Cerrito, CA) became associ- became Nicola ’14, suc- | tells us that he is beginning tells us that he September graduated this year from the Arts the this year from graduated , have joined the empty- the PhD ’88, have joined , to the Federal District Court bench District Federal , to the Jurak, ME ’75, and her husband enjoy husband her ME ’75, and Jurak, Phyllis has lived and who -Williams, Turner In May 2010, after more than 25 years in the 2010, after more In May , DVM ’81, and husband Higgins, DVM ’81, and Florence Morris Diamant President Obama appointed my husband, husband, my appointed Obama President Bridget ’11 School of Design and Production at the UNC at the Production and Design of School Henry Grillo Arts, the of School at the Filmmaking of School in the ate dean (Ganss) ’75 , Kathy His wife, Arts. the of School in the shop costume to work in the continues Arts, the of also at UNC School Dance, of School Last Oc- designer. as a cutter/draper/costume Daniel visited son Henry and Kathy tober, ’08 Nurul his wife, and Abrori for ’08, in Singapore marriage. their of celebration the Woroniecki Islands, Caicos and Turks in Providenciales, living villa, Crystal rental vacation on their working and will introduce so that they Villa—so much Sands Beach Villa on Sapodilla villas: Coconut two new Beach and Islands Caicos and Turks Bay in the Dan Islands. Virgin US Villa in St. Croix, Sands enjoy a tech- to visit and classmates her urges Pete environment. nology-free Saracino ter John Lebens, will finish son, Greg, older as their ranks nesters some- science in political degree his associate’s swimming while teaching year, next in the time will attend son Zack younger and local Y, at the ChrisSUNY Binghamton. Shiber Eng- New the of president year as a vice his third Men’s Jewish of Federation the of Region land proof has been active in a variety He Clubs. Day Remembrance Holocaust including grams, as such events, fundraising and HaShoah) (Yom Tikvah Special the for ride bike Shuls de Tour the Barbara at Camp Ramah. Program Needs Gales herself envisioned initially that she reminisces in a Fortune as a physician working 500 company seven uncles or with a sports team. After having call- her found she however, military, serve in the now She served us.” who “to serve those ing New in the hospital in a V.A. works as a physician to veter- care delivers she where area, England de- She Afghanistan. and Iraq from returning ans in but rewarding work as challenging, scribes her have defended who to those services delivering most has also traveled—her Barbara our freedom. up met she trip was to Dubai, where memorable with last 20 years with the for Arabia in Saudi worked husband. and family her placed in a meadow by a lake, Anthony Gormley Anthony by a lake, in a meadow placed fo- thick through “ominously” appearing figures rising Paladino Mimmo a “heart-stopping” liage, yet a “spine-tingling and a hill, of crest on the every in- covering scene Liza Lou “noir” comical” Airstream. a classic of inch square terior Methodist El Cerrito United of pastor interim is the to approval that after getting reports She Church. Christian to a Chinese building church sell the her will move she Church, into “tiny congregation” walls. without a church become and parsonage the She them- consider people who to attract hopes is also She religious.” but not selves “spiritual for supported housing” on “permanent working son gradu- Her with children. families homeless grad- daughter her in 2009, and Cornell ated from a is pursuing and in 2005 Barnard from uated Management. of School Yale at the MBA nonprofit college as a Theatre Arts major and was accept- and Arts major as a Theatre college in theatre. program MFA U.’s ed to Brown Kronstadt ’73 Our daughter, in Los Angeles. Arts year in the freshman cessfully completed her and and Tom Jes- Mike Phyllis Charles David Ross, Cornell Chron- c Marty, Toomajian , PhD ’81, and his spouse, Lora his spouse, , PhD ’81, and Marty Alex, and Rubin . Sokil reports that after seven years in reports Robert maintains , who Boynton Sacks, who was sitting shiva for sitting was who Sacks, informs us that in March, his wife, his us that in March, informs Thank you for your prompt replies your prompt Thank you for so many, received I e-mail! to my all the able to report I was not reports that he attended the 100th the attended that he reports Place, BArch ’75, an architect involved ’75, an architect BArch Place, Eric, Kaplan and his partner—she has moved to Hon- has moved his partner—she and Grummon, [email protected]. Grummon, Purcell, describes an art viewing as “one of as “one an art viewing describes Purcell, Jeff Lang Mara Miller Lou Walcer art, Deborah for passion her Citing Doden- (http://www.news.Cornell.edu/stories/may11/ sica Nagelberg Robin L. Esther. mother, her ’75, , BArch Murray NJ, was ele- in Trenton, architect rlm of principal Architects of Inst. American the vated to Fellow of professional her for leadership volunteer and in sus- livable communities. and growth, smart tainability, few- are over 80,000, there of a membership Out of with the distinguished er than 2,700 AIA members only 300 that number, of and fellowship, of honor in New only architect Robin was the women. are this with this honor to be distinguished Jersey year. this year’s during Alpha Mu Sigma anniversary of has seen that he and weekend reunion , Morrow ’73, Wasserman hoff of joyous art experiences” and fulfilling most the Jim of planning thanks to the life, her Irish Joel of graciousness and generosity the ’55 Sherry Vogel Mallin led a private Mallins ’55. The on their Park Sculpture Buckhorn their tour of es- which Ridge, NY, reports Deborah tate in Pound 70 outdoor of collection a breathtaking features selected Each has its own specially sculptures. discs Serra Richard gigantic two including venue, news in this column. All updates, however, will however, in this column. All updates, news columns. appear in future visited with regularly she Philadelphia—where Seidner as “cre- describes what she writes she olulu. There, with a painter has become and ative nonfiction,” PEN by sponsored exhibition works in a juried four to join in February to NYC went She Women. Roberta to a man- was appointed Bandel-Walcer, litigation LLC, a medical at Excelas position ager Adrienne, daughter, their support firm. In May, with a BS in Rochester U. of the from graduated as a customs is serving son Marshall biostatistics; Lou, too, in Arizona. officer protection border and com- his job as senior from resigned He has news. Innova- Clinic at Cleveland officer mercialization of director as the to accept an appointment tions Develop- Venture for Family Center McGovern the at Hall based in Weill Life Sciences in the ment in the provided Details are Cornell. icle many the that among recounts He Walcer.HTML). has with this appointment associated pleasures by offered back to Ithaca” been a warm “welcome Don including friends many Tennant, director ’73 Facility; Nanofabrication at Cornell’s operations of Chris Tichy activities philanthropic and ventures in business NY; in Cortland, he when use on weekends for in Ithaca property alumni re- of director as executive engaged is not and Technology; of Inst. Jersey New the for lations Michael Delwiche to visits MS ’81. Lou looks forward (Dickerhoff), ’74. Class of Notable the of members other from 74 and Gilbert & Sullivan. Thank you for the near- the you for Sullivan. Thank Gilbert & and For dragnet. e-mail to my response instantaneous and cards punch teeth on that cut our a class evolved nicely. we’ve mainframes, [email protected]; WA, Island, Mercer Haight is John start- Susan Helen Bendix Miller attended is ais geophysicist ’02. Lee Grossbard started a new job started a new Bruce, and Turnbull Susan Laeger, Sturc Cody Cody and and is CEO of Magnetics Vascular just opened a new concept a new just opened Ed Long, Nancy (Heller) ’74’s (Heller) Nancy wife and Mona Deutsch , MBA ’74, reports that his son ’74, reports , MBA Walter Mooney Sheehan is still consulting for is still consulting Sheehan have been married since 1977. since have been married John ’72 Bailey, Bailey, Dick Woodward As for your humble class correspondent, I was class correspondent, your humble for As Riki Poster Bill Horowitz ’77, started a , JD/MBA John Kontrabecki Abe Berookhim Jonathan Kaplan in medical with a master’s has at last graduated se- nine over majors three after pursuing science, years by three followed at two colleges, mesters finally and courses, more part-time, working of any did How school! graduate two-plus years of years? it in four us make of the up against team (KIRO-FM) going on a media was forcibly and Alums, Globetrotter Harlem five shots after missing forward by their benched allowed rules the even know I didn’t in a row. Glee Club sports were college my that, but then with the US Geological Survey (USGS) and helped and Survey (USGS) Geological US with the and well. He BP’s Macondo of closure oversee the Jodi Gandolfi Clark, Rheinstein Eliot. Greenwald Cooperative Extension in beautiful Essex County, Essex in beautiful Extension Cooperative The History to Fields: From Forest of author is the . Valley Champlain in the Agriculture of a de- with them presented son Andrew youngest as of- babysit they Now nddaughter! gra lightful of Class “Cornell whisper can as they ten as they as- is a senior ’74, , MBA 2032 . . .” Jeff Algatt Philadelphia in the & Millichap at Marcus sociate El- his wife, own, and on their are kids The area. his ur- shares sadly passed away in 2008. He lie, swaps Cornell cats and a pair of with ban condo others Jim Davis, and with Bill Totten, stories community. Philly Cornell in the called Fog- California in Northern boutique winery Noir Pinot a fabulous released they’ve gy Bridge; Daryl Groom. by winemaker made Zinfandel and idgewinery.com. at foggybr More management, product marketing, running at Bose, paths crosses She Bose headphones. sales of and Gerson at work with Ilyse Inc., a startup spun off by the Children’s Hospital Children’s by the a startup spun off Inc., for a treatment developing It’s Philadelphia. of guid- magnetically artery disease using peripheral to diseased drugs to deliver ed nanoparticles (for shoes After 30 years designing blood vessels. Saks), Jamie and Charles Jourdan, Timberland, will launch husband her ’73, and , BFA Lawenda in made brand a new twentyfive-sixtyeight, at the her you can find Summers Guatemala. veg- to the tending in Bridgehampton, house Berniceetable garden. Cramer chief operating officer and principal of Clearview of principal and officer operating chief five managing now Capital in San Diego, Hotel Wife Randeeproperties. ’72 (McCutcheon) Randeethetutor. company, ed a private tutoring com. John for ceremony induction the , who Kronstadt District Central Court, District US sits on the now to is married John California. of please know is out there, Bedichek ’70’s family wish you all well.” him and I still think of of in restaurant bar and L.A. called SteingartenLA. out check and See it at www.steingartenla.com, Night! Pint Stone ’74, her- Mona Court judge. Superior a Los Angeles writ- law, practicing “slow lane,” the self prefers Backbone Fierce with L.A.’s working and plays, ing many me has given “Cornell company. theatre late “If the writes. she friends,” lifelong Sheehan Associates, husband Michael’s political Michael’s husband Associates, Sheehan was at the She company. media corporate and saw and DC, mini-reunion Washington, Heller 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 81 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 82

college and received the full benefit of a Cornell working for VW in Germany, they returned to the To get your NetID (which is your initials and a education that spanned pre-med courses, Italian, US. They also took up competitive ballroom danc- number assigned by Cornell), please go to http:// sculpture, and rock-climbing. She made many new ing and, we hear, they won the 58th annual Salsa www.cornell.edu/search/ and use the “People” friends from all over the country. Son Erik ’06 Congress at the Nevele Hotel in 2007. Kevin and tab. Type your name and your Net ID will come up. graduated in June from Stanford Business School Mary Beilman McNary ([email protected]) Afterward, go to https://cornellconnect.cornell. with a master’s in education. Thanks again for all are another Sperry couple. They now live north of edu/ and “Login.” Then: “I forgot my ID”; then your e-mails! c Helen Bendix, hbendix@verizon. New Orleans, LA, with their two sons. Kevin has “Activate your NetID.” After you get your NetID net; Betsy Moore, [email protected]; Jack his own law practice and Mary follows suit with and password, log in. Search for yourself, update Jay Wind, [email protected]. her own dental practice. Moving further west did your profile, and have fun finding others! Anoth- not deter Sperry fans from returning. Howard er way to reconnect with classmates is to send Green ([email protected]) came from Los Gatos, news into Cornell with your e-mail address at- I just returned from the 2011 Re- CA, while Tom Berry, ME ’76 ([email protected]) tached. We try to include them in the column for union (I crashed 1976’s festivities came from San Jose, CA, where he works for others to get in touch (unless we are asked not 75 and had a blast) and am already Galileo Systems. Also from California, was returnee to). We all love to hear about second and third excited about June 2015, when our 40th coin- Harry Levinson ([email protected]), a sen- careers, retirement activities, recent travels, chil- cides with Cornell’s 150th anniversary. I thought ior fellow and manager at Global Foundries. dren’s successes, and grandchildren and other ad- it would be appropriate to send the final install- On to more recent news: Steve Lapointe, PhD ditions to the growing families we have! Continue ment of my news from last year’s notebook of Re- ’86 ([email protected]) is a research entomolo- to contact your class correspondents with news union 2010 recollections: gist, discovering insect pheromones. Living in Vero updates, and we will get them in as soon as pos- At Saturday’s dinner, there was a group from Beach, FL, enables Steve to enjoy running, kayak- sible. c Deb Gellman, [email protected]; Sperry Hall that was able to reconnect; it looked ing, and walking the beaches, as well as the in- Karen DeMarco Boroff, [email protected]; Mitch and sounded like they were having a blast. Over door pleasure of piano. He does miss cross-country Frank, [email protected]; Joan Pease, dessert and wine, they filled my notebook with skiing at Hammond Hill. Daughter Lauren ’14 is in [email protected]. lots of notes (although I couldn’t read some of it Arts and Sciences and runs cross-country and track. and some of it I can’t repeat!). According to Steve’s second daughter just finished high school them, the following Sperry Hall-mates were able (at the time of his note in December 2010, she Reunions just get more and more to bond: Susan Reiner-Gillis (susan221@charter. had not decided where to attend). Vicki Mercer fun. Bill Hanavan and I drove net) and husband Kurt live in Sandy Hook, CT, ([email protected]) and husband John O’Donoghue 76 from Michigan and found lots of where Susan is a behavioral nurse at Danbury are in Eugene, OR, where Vicki earned a certifi- pals among the 205 classmates, plus their families, Hospital. They have daughter Elsa ’10 and son cate in mediation from the U. of Oregon. Her art- who attended (according to Martha Plass Sheehe’s Harrison, a junior at Colgate. Susan was pleased work is also on display—in North Carolina! She count). Huge thanks to our four intrepid and gra- that, while many of our classmates were sporting worked for the North Carolina State Parks about cious reunion chairs—Martha, Mary Pykosz Creek- more gray hair at Reunion, none had really grown four years ago and drew plants and animals for more, Terry Wolff Heinichen, MBA ’83, and Ellen up! Also from the East Coast is Denis McDaniel many of the trail markers. She fondly remembers Gobel Walsh—for the top-notch arrangements! Our ([email protected]), who is president of Cyned Dr. Mower and Prof. James McConkey for the time accommodations take a definite step up with each Transport and lives in Wrightstown, NJ. they spent with students. Sandi Belsky Auerbach reunion; this year, though we don’t rate the Statler Ernie Guenzburger, BArch ’76 (Holmdel, NJ; ([email protected]) writes that her son yet, we were in the newish townhouses on North [email protected]) is an architect with Castle Jonathan ’05 married Danielle Schwartz (Wake Campus. It was hard for U-Hall veterans to believe Woodcraft. Another Sperry architect, Len Roberts, Forest ’05) in NYC last October. The wedding par- that those are freshman dorms. The U-Halls are no BArch ’76 (Framingham, MA; lnnrdrbrts@rcn. ty included daughter Alissa ’09, nephew Jason more, and in fact, the campus has undergone so com) has his own architecture firm. Also in Mass- Belsky ’08, and several of the groom’s class- many upgrades that our class received helpful maps achusetts is Sam Liao, MS ’76 (liao@pbworld. mates. Nearly 20 other Cornellians were also in with the outlines of buildings as they were in 1976 com) in Sharon. Sam is a senior project manag- attendance including Jeffrey Belsky ’77, Alan superimposed on the current campus layout. er at Parsons Brinckerhoff. Bob Stein (Montclair, Belsky ’85, Jeffrey Auerbach, Jeffrey Berg ’79, Our gatherings showcased some of the fancy NJ) is a partner at the law firm of Blank Rome MBA ’81, and Judy Urman Elbaum ’74. new buildings. Friday night we had a local beer in New York. Daughter Erica ’05 (with wife Paula In March, I attended a Cornell Wall Street and wine tasting and dinner at Keeton House on Kirschenbaum ’76) had an editorial in the Daily panel discussion entitled, The World Economic West Campus. You know, Keeton? As in your fresh- Sun over Reunion Weekend. Daughter Joanne ’08 Outlook: A Conversation on Japan, the Long man biology textbook? The building, named in works for Citibank in NYC, and son Alex is a jun- Slump, Global Inflation, and a Broke Baby Boomer honor of Prof. William T. Keeton, opened in 2008 ior at Tufts. Also working in law in New York is Generation. Charlie Temel ([email protected]) was and is a residential house for upperclassmen and Peter Lavigne ([email protected]), who is on the panel with other Cornellians from the ’60s transfer students on the former site of U-Halls 4 special counsel for Sullivan & Cromwell. Mike through the ’80s. Also in attendance were Jay and 5. Another sign that our class is moving up in Tannenbaum (Rhinebeck, NY; mike.tannenbaum Sterling, MBA ’75, Ralph LePino, and Fanny Ho. the world: Cornell president David Skorton spoke [email protected]) is provost and VP of academic Charlie and wife Judy (Wesalo)’s three children at that Friday dinner. Or does that have anything affairs at Hartwick College. are all Cornellians. Erica ’06 is at Fordham Law to do with the fact that our class now provides Further down the coast were Sperry folks in and wrote that five-year alumni viewpoint for the six, count ’em, six members of the university Virginia/D.C./North Carolina. Christine Oster lives reunion issue of the Cornell Daily Sun I mentioned Board of Trustees, including chair-elect Robert in Alexandria, VA, John Van Beek is an attorney earlier. Laura ’09 is working for Bank of America Harrison? Whatever the reason, it was a charming at Young, Goldman & Van Beek in Fairfax Station, in NYC, and Dan ’14 just finished his freshman evening. We caught up with Larry, MBA ’78, and VA, Cindy Johnson Giambastiani splits her time year. I see Charlie and Judy regularly in NYC and Karen Hasby Epstein ’77. If there was a trend between D.C. and the Chesapeake, and Mark Pow- beg them for news, and finally Charlie sent a quick during the weekend, it was the answer to, “What ers ([email protected]) and wife Karen note. He and Judy were in San Francisco last No- are your kids doing now?” Consistent initial re- Lauterbach ([email protected]) are in Chapel Hill, vember and took a winery tour in Napa, where sponse: “One is at home, dog-sitting.” That was NC. Mark is a pulmonologist at Duke Medical and they were surprised to run into Dennis Ling Larry’s first reply, too, but upon further inquiry, we Karen is in marketing communications at RTI Int’l. (Greenwich, CT; [email protected]) and his learned that Larry and Karen’s daughter Kate, the Karen is also our webmaster, so if you have pic- wife, Janice. Charlie and Dennis, an avid fisher- sometime canine caregiver, just graduated from tures from reunion or other Cornell get-togethers, man as well as a lover of wines, were on the same the dance program at Muhlenberg College and now please e-mail them to her and she will start post- U-Hall 1 floor freshman year! I subsequently ran works for a dance company in New York, while son ing them on our website! Moving westward, we into Dennis at a One Day University held in NYC Mike is a health education writer in New York City. had Sperry Fever coming from South Milwaukee, that I attended with Lynn Arrison Harrison. Larry himself is the director of the entertainment WI, where Guy Costello (guycostello@sbcglobal. I would like to remind you all to try the new and arts management program at Drexel U. net) lives, and Colleyville, TX, where Steve Segien CornellConnect site, which is expected to replace Saturday morning found us at the rededica- is president at Exxon Mobil. the old alumni directory. If you have not accessed tion of the newly expanded boathouse on Cayuga Dave ([email protected]) and Carol Borst this site and updated your profile, now is a good Lake with former oarsman Kevin Walsh and wife Harkcom ’74 came from Rochester Hills, MI. After time to do so. You will need a NetID and password. Ellen. Bill and some of the other superannuated 82 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes ; their (Hous- Jon Cle- MA, after more October 2011 83 | Ruderman) ’79 are also empty-nesters, are ( Dan Shank, serves on the ([email protected]) and ([email protected]) September ([email protected]) admits to admits ([email protected]) Tim Dave LaBeau, and Ambrosia (Arts) continues at Cornell. With two at Cornell. (Arts) continues is pursuing a PhD at Duke and daugh- and a PhD at Duke is pursuing Rich Jaso Debbie (Graham) ’78 (Graham) Debbie Jeff Belsky Also starting down the road to being empty- to being road the down Also starting Division as a logistics planner. Karen writes that Karen planner. logistics as a Division work important their do soldiers loves helping she Randy our country. defending of Kubota reis another ton, TX; [email protected]) a short to work after returned He retiree. formed gen- is now and Chevron/Texaco from retirement Control. Wild Well for engineering of manager eral he when work, but bit for quite a travels Randy “enjoys and runs, plays golf, he traveling, is not with along He, life.” Foundation. Diabetes American the of board Cheryl ’77 (cherylkeown@jayebee. , BArch Keown husband lives in Abu Dhabi with her com) now the from as a principal retired She daughter. and in Cambridge, Partnership Design writes that Cheryl there. than 20 years practicing need that “architects agree husband her and she are.” cranes the to be where to forward looking few years. next in the retirement manager is the 31 years), Jeff Still with IBM (for global adminis- for operations finance/global of in his prospective idle than sitting Rather tration. in adventures new is considering Jeff retirement, nonprofitthe in or science math world or teaching will have been wife Rosalie and Jeff school. high that son reports He 30 years in September. married Jason ’08 year at SUNY second her is finishing ter Janine his wife “empty- and Jeff making Binghamton, nesters.” nesters are Lewis are nesters , MS Weinstock ’80 (lweinstock@ Marian and triad.rr.com) wife he’s also has a job in global operations: Rich and Rich’s Both of Unisys. for global operations VP of in touch keeps he and to Cornell, went children Steve buddies with Cornell Corbo ’78, mente ’78, mul- together have gotten ’82. They ’78, JD/MBA last five years the for every summer tiple times team has The tournaments. golf to play in various sport proudly members the and times won several guys! go, You shirts. Red” golf “Go Big son Joshua has started at Emory and daughter and has started at Emory son Joshua Rachel ’12 however, plates, on their tuitions private college in retirement is no Lewis writes that “there En- the for manager Lewis is an air quality sight.” based in Research Agency Protection vironmental efforts leads research Marian NC, and Park, Triangle At Leadership. Creative for Center at Greensboro’s on a plan to vacation Marian least Lewis and spend Caribbean and southern cruise in the family Down on to visit Rachel. in Ithaca a weekend in all Karen Barbara Dember. Dember. ([email protected]), Hanavan, [email protected]; Hanavan, and Terry Wolff Heinichin, Wolff Terry and were the lives of the party. the of lives the were Fraas (lynnefraas@yahoo. Fraas Ellen Cord Spring must have decided to skip have decided must Spring I write As OR, this year. Portland, tempera- the this in early June, and and Pat Relf David Daly c Warner, her husband Milo, and daughter Milo, and husband her Warner, Sussman, [email protected]. Sussman, ([email protected]) retired from the Army the from retired ([email protected]) A bonus appeared after we got home: Karen home: after we got appeared A bonus The Royal Palm was busy on Reunion Week- on Reunion was busy Palm Royal The Some of us apparently couldn’t sit still in reus apparently of Some Lynne Corwith Simon rep- Fund Annual ’77, Cornell , MBA Krieger resentative; Lisa Diamant, [email protected]; Krinsky Polivy forwarded me a post-reunion e-mail from e-mail a post-reunion me forwarded Polivy Skip I had a and “Rhonda . Skip said, Newman weath- pleased that the were and time wonderful on Skip went time).” the of (most er cooperated bi- nation’s the of us that, in honor to remind with tradition broke in 1976, Cornell centennial of president the than other invited someone and university to speak. Our commencement the and LaFeber, Walter was history professor speaker typescript actual the a scan of Skip attached Elite Pica on a typewriter, (“typed by his secretary adding, Skip notes, font,” fixed-width 11-point It’s in time”). itself is a throwback document “The it to to forward I’d be glad and to read, a treat to to Skip and Thanks asks. who classmate any Reunion made who friends and classmates all the fun! such Grindrod Elizabeth Barker ’08 Barbara floor, dance up the tearing not she’s When a made was recently job: she serious has a pretty missed We cyber-security. IBM for of president vice Karen ’79, and Don, MBA Krinsky Sussman up at that moment laid was our frolicking—Karen to be them we expect with a back problem—but reunion. next at the line conga the leading end, and there were also high spirits at the tents spirits at the also high were there and end, late both Friday too partied We Arts Quad. on the townhouse-mates Reunion with our Saturday and Karen Polivy website community managers; and Martha Plass Martha and managers; community website chairs. reunion Walsh, Ellen Gobel and Sheehe serving! for Thank you all tirement and moved on to other things, or at least things, on to other moved and tirement Karen life after our first careers. contemplating are Juli about spent that she reports back in 1996, and in family and friends visiting six years traveling, and Korea, Germany, Italy, Morocco, places like is back and Georgia lives in southern She Turkey. Infantry 3rd the helping as a civilian, Army in the com) writes that she actually retired from Ma Bell Ma from retired actually com) writes that she in Alabama after working about five years ago, hus- her and Lynne over 26 years. for Georgia and plan to start and USA the have been seeing band has she Although this year. travel international to cre- time still finds Lynne two grandchildren, out her can check You quilt memories. ate T-shirt about Also retired work at www.quiltsouth.com. five years is Guy Dahms a month, vacation “a is taking writes that he who a year.” a vacation of instead ture is 59 degrees and it is overcast. Again. is overcast. it and is 59 degrees ture plea for to my responded you who Thanks to all of that news interesting so much provided You news. the it over this column and we have to spread into easing I am self-employed and As one. next I was particu- time, than work time leisure more you of those of news the to note larly interested what our parents into moving also are who Or at least the years.” “golden to as the referred years. “post-first-career” 77 Joe Maira president. Other president. Walker, MBA ’78—job well MBA Walker, Richard Meier ’56, BArch Iris was weekend Schneider, the and and Eileen McManus Our Saturday night reception and dinner hap- dinner and reception night Our Saturday At Saturday night’s dinner, Bob Harrison dinner, night’s Saturday At crewmembers took shells out for a spin as the for out took shells crewmembers mem- class Other off. held kindly rain promised the Run and Reunion the campus for on bers were A at Bailey Hall. address University the State of new to another took our class barbecue lunch a Hall, Weill building, biol- molecular to cell and dedicated ’57, design Van at Martha an overflow crowd was There ogy. Mem- “Nutrition, lecture, our class-sponsored for ory, for fall did rain promised The Immunity.” and just Appropriately, afternoon. a while late Saturday our to represent I was honored fell, rain as the Thanks- and Alumni Remembrance class at the Chapel, with its Taylor at Anabel Service giving The organ. baroque installed newly impressive, class- the for memorial was a touching service roommate former my we’ve lost, including mates Sandy with our reunions wonder Widener. No every time. more and more mean friends dear building: new impressive at yet another pened Over pitch- Quad. Engineering the on Hall Duffield cocktail,” raspberry our class’s “signature ers of in person, met, I finally Bill and mojitos, at librarian is a research Maira Bundza. Though mere lives in Kalamazoo, U. and Michigan Western and e-mail only via we had met us, miles from but we will I guess, a reunion, takes Facebook. It back in Michi- other each of see more definitely let’s say, with us about the, reminisced gan. Maira crew volleyball and women’s state of “formative” to see the great It’s at Cornell. we were when For then. since sports have taken women’s strides Ira Rosen the 25th anniversary of their meeting at our 10th meeting their 25th anniversary of the CBS’s for a producer Ira, Reunion. “60 Minutes,” is based on his report- on a screenplay consulting was Ira Gotti Jr. with John an interview for ing that Buckdisappointed lives he Briggs, though a sports Buck, reunion. at the was not in Ithaca, had been invited to lawyer by trade, arbitration that week- in Massachusetts a wedding at preside soccer great chatted with Cornell We end. elected Garydone!—and Davis Mo- Lorraine and Creekmore Pykosz Mary officers: , mem- Diane Baker presidents; ’78, vice han, MBA bership chair; Rob, secretary/treasurer; Hellman , an estate planner based in Toronto. Joe’s based in Toronto. Mui, an estate planner development works with him on land son now pitch reg- out on the still gets Joe and projects, this re- from absence the bemoaned We ularly. Dean friend our mutual of union Lennox ’75, who our class of a member equally himself considers reunions. attends usually and 1972–76 experi- our shared of memories shared ence, 4 “U-Hall declaration dorm-window the from to the Straight the stump outside the and Sucks!” myste- streakers—who Campus stripper and North 1976. been seen on campus since have not riously Cornell the chair of will become who Hmmm. Bob, five reasons shared in January, Trustees of Board Presi- Cornell: of future about the optimistic he’s as a Cornell of his vision and Skorton David dent compet- is more that Cornell leader; policy public diverse than ever; its invest- and selective, itive, retirements as a wave of faculty new in great ment kind in the investment Cornell’s sweeps through; that our class had a art facilities state-of-the of that news the and to see that weekend; chance total of a stunning to raise is on track Cornell of end by the (with a B) in funds $4.75 billion to fulfill its strate- year, 2015, its sesquicentennial class presi- our outgoing applauded plan. We gic dent, 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 83 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 84

Galveston Island for more than 25 years, Ellen grandfathers were born and have half the town Having worked for 18 years at Johns Hopkins Brennan Hanley ([email protected]) writes that stop by to say, “Ciao, cugina!” (Hello, cousin!) U., Sarah Beran Steinberg, ME ’79, was appointed her five children are mostly launched and “the ad- Thanks again to those who shared their news vice provost for student affairs, with a new set of justment to an empty nest has been great.” Ellen with us. For those of you who haven’t shared responsibilities. She would love to hear from mem- is the director of a small residential substance news with us lately, your class correspondents bers of the class ([email protected]) and would abuse treatment program for medically indigent would love to hear from you. You can send news enjoy seeing anyone visiting Baltimore. Life is good women in coastal Texas (www.adawomenscenter. via e-mail, snail mail, or the alumni website, for Don and Gaby Kaufman Shanin, who enjoy be- org). Ellen writes that since small nonprofits have http://www.alumni.cornell.edu. c Annette ing empty-nesters. Their daughter Julia is a senior no retirement plan, she has no retirement plans. Mulee, [email protected]; and Howie Eisen, at York College of Pennsylvania, studying abroad Many of us appear to have no retirement [email protected]. this semester in Australia. Their son Daniel is in his plans, either, but continue to work at our chosen second year at the Boston U. School of Medicine, vocations and avocations with gusto, even as time after graduating from Haverford College. Both Don catches up with us. Marc Swerdloff (mswerd@ I begin with a terrific legacy and Gaby went to graduate school in Boston, so bellsouth.net) writes that although his hair is story. Seth Klion saw his daugh- they’re having fun getting to know the city again. thinner, he is enjoying middle age as a neurolo- 78 ter Rachel ’11—the eighth Cor- Don is vice president for corporate compliance and gist and father down in South Florida. None of nellian in the family, representing the third gen- deputy general counsel at Campbell Soup Co., where Marc’s children have decided to follow their par- eration of Klions—graduate this past spring. he puts his ILR training to good use as head of the ents into medicine, but Marc does see fledgling Seth’s brother Scott, JD ’82, explains that their company’s labor and employment group. Gaby’s in doctors in the Cornell externs who join him dur- father, Sanford Klion, was the pioneer, graduat- communications at Prudential. Bruce Schneider is ing winter break. He has also discovered Facebook ing from Engineering in 1946. Following him back at AIG heading the process, policy, and per- and was recently contacted by Alan Bleier, who were his brother Frank ’54 (A&S) and then all of formance management unit of global sourcing. A is now on the Cornell faculty. Marc invites all of Sanford’s children: Jill ’75 (HE), Seth (CALS), and resident of Westport, CT, Bruce celebrated his 30th us to “friend” him on Facebook, take a look at Scott. Seth then picked up where their father left wedding anniversary. His son is a junior at NYU. his profile picture, and lie to him about how he off, having the pleasure of watching all his chil- David Bilmes had a low-key summer this year hasn’t “changed a lick in 40 years.” dren graduate from Cornell: Jodi ’06 (ILR), Dana after making his first trip to London last summer and spending two fantastic days at Wimbledon, where he watched the longest tennis match in history between Nicholas Mahut and John Isner and Ellen Brennan Hanley writes that since also got to see Roger Federer play on Center Court. David is proud of son Elie Bilmes ’10, who com- ‘ pleted his first year of Teach For America, teaching small nonprofits have no retirement at one of the lowest-achieving high schools in St. Louis. “Anyone who says teaching is easy need only plan, she has no retirement plans. spend one day in my son’s classroom and they will never say that again,” says David. Tom Sennett re- Annette Mulee’ ’77 ports that he, Steve Follett, and Mark Pinnie got together to see the Phillies play in June. (It was a Chi Psi event, so there were other Big Red alums Dean Dilley ([email protected]) con- ’09 (CALS), and Rachel (CALS). Needless to say, in attendance, but none from ’78.) Despite the 98- tinues to practice law at Patton Boggs in Wash- it was quite an emotional day for them all. Karen degree heat, Tom says Steve remained as cool as ington, DC, where he has been since 1984. He Schwartz-Sidrane and husband Steven Sidrane, he was in college and never broke a sweat, saying and his wife, Margarita (Knoepffler), celebrat- MRP ’79, were also at Cornell commencement it didn’t feel as hot as our last class reunion, “when ed their 28th wedding anniversary in Hong Kong. with their daughter Lindsey ’11, who earned a they stuck us in those miserable dorms on North Margarita is on the boards of CH Energy Corp. and degree in Chemical Engineering. Karen and Steven Campus!” Mark is still handsome, though hairless; the National Cathedral School. Dean writes to practice law together at their own firm, Sidrane Tom refuses to recognize that he graduated years congratulate the latest graduates of the Weill Cor- & Schwartz-Sidrane LLP in New York City. Roger ago and has been masquerading as an adult. They nell Medical College in Qatar, an institution that Strauch admits being terrified while delivering can all be found lurking somewhere on the Web, he helped establish in 2001 as legal counsel for the commencement address to more than 6,000 if you have any interest in tracking them down. the Qatar Foundation. Amy Birnbaum (amybirn@ UC Berkeley engineering grads and their families Lynne Kolton Schneider (drlynne@hotmail. gmail.com) is still a producer at CBS News, where in May. That event was soon followed by another com) got tired of the cold and shoveling snow, the CBS Evening News has undergone a change high-pressure experience when he and colleague and moved with her husband down to Boca Ra- with new anchor Scott Pelley. Amy lives in River- Dan Miller helped take their renewable oil com- ton, FL—just ahead of last winter’s snowstorms dale, where she enjoys being an urban dweller pany, Solazyme SZYM, public on NASDAQ, earning in the New York and New Jersey area! Lynne still while still being able to do a “fair amount of bird a market capitalization exceeding $1 billion. works as a freelance medical writer and she’s also watching and nature walks.” A colleague of Michael Banks was presented with the 2011 starting up a new practice as a board-certified sex Amy’s, Jim Axelrod ’85, has written a memoir Judge Learned Hand Award by the American therapist in sunny Florida. [Correspondent note: about his father, called In the Long Run, about Jewish Committee in recognition of his lifelong Shades of Meet the Fockers?] She would love to the NYC marathon and happiness. Amy looks for- commitment to the legal profession and his con- hear from anyone living in southeast Florida—or ward to our reunion next year and to giving her tributions to the institutions that enhance the anyone visiting that sunny and warm location! On daughter a taste of Ithaca and Cornell. quality of life in the Philadelphia area. Among his the “hardier-souls-still-up-north” list are Bob and Speaking of reunion, class president Joe Reina professional accomplishments, Michael and his Sunshine Lorenz Weggler, who celebrated their tells me that plans for our 35th Reunion are well partner, Gordon Cooney, represented, pro bono, a 30th wedding anniversary this year in Northfield, under way, with Karen Lipton Wellin and M. Jane man wrongly convicted and sentenced to death VT, where they have relocated to a fixer-upper. In Klein Epstein assisting Cara Lebowitz Kagan. Save for the murder of a New Orleans executive and an their 11th year at Norwich U., Bob is the men’s the date—June 7–10, 2012! Joe also writes that unrelated armed carjacking. In 15 years of post- rugby coach and Sunshine is the editor of the Barbara Bennett is the new webmaster for our conviction proceedings, the team uncovered evi- alumni magazine, the Norwich Record. You can find class website (http://classof77.alumni.cornell. dence, witnesses, and critical information that them both online—Sunshine on Facebook under edu/), where I expect you will see updates as re- changed the outcome of the case when it was re- her married name, Diana Weggler. Their children— union draws closer. tried in 2003. The defendant was found not guilty Ryan, 29, Rose, 25, Wilhelmina, 18, and Pearl, And for those of you kind enough to inquire, and released after 18 years in prison. A partner 16—and dogs Coda, 4, and Lady, 2, keep them my trip to Italy last fall was, as the kids say, “awe- at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP in Philadelphia, young at heart. Sunshine writes, “We send our some!” My Italian improved markedly, so I am now Michael is a fellow of the College of Labor and best wishes out to all our classmates and hope able to participate in meetings of local Italian Employment Lawyers, a faculty member at the that life fulfills all your hopes and dreams.” I speakers. And it was sweetly overwhelming to vis- Academy of Advocacy, and faculty lecturer for the couldn’t have said it better myself! Until next it the small (pop. 3,000) town where both my Temple Law School in trial advocacy. time, keep the news items coming in to me or 84 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes Lin- Paul ’79. Carolyn Girvin. Barbara Blair October 2011 85 | . She discussed the . She is a rising junior at junior is a rising Donna, who Lanier Brown writes, “I am happy to share writes, the new ‘Battlestar new the Galactica,’ September Kimelman reports that reports Kimelman she“work- is Shapiro is studying Reiki, a hands- is studying Shapiro alumni, as well as Tyrone Taborn, ’81 Michele lives in Marblehead, Rubin, who Jill Teltser Drew Kleibrink The list of accomplished people we profile in we profile people accomplished list of The at Hof- , PhD ’90, a professor Leslie Feldman da Goodman promote and stress on technique to reduce Reiki prac- a opening of in anticipation healing, that setting Reiki in a hospice shares She tice. patients. because it serves Medicaid chose she ing full-time as a music teacher to pre-schoolers teacher as a music full-time ing in- of Jill is a woman schools.” different three in challenge is professional Her to finite patience. cre- every child in the ways to engage “new find school in high are children Her ative process.” this issue starts with starts with this issue enjoysthat she writes her for working community, the for a professional as and both as a volunteer fundraising include activities Her Tampa. city of and chorus, church in the singing church, her for St. John’s church, Her youth activities. organizing the of needs to the is “responsive Presbyterian, clin- on-site health have an they [and] community, pro- for has a passion She center.” childcare and ic neighborhood as well as exploring arts, the moting job with the Her issues. transit and development con- the of some to “experience city allows her This past major.” as a Government cepts I studied writes She in Tampa. a home purchased she winter Umoja Sasa News from to hear would like that she Journal Saucier Hanna ’81, and -Coraor Nekvasil The Spaceships and Politics: U., has published stra Rod Serling Theory of Political interview, In the Radio. Public book on Northeast she states, television “Today’s audiences—particularly ‘LOST,’ of fans the think might Slayer,’ Vampire ‘Buffy the and to so- fantasy and fiction science of connection ‘LOST’ fea- trend. is a current commentary cial political of names the with tured characters and Hume, Rousseau, philosophers—Locke, be- balance delicate the explored Burke—and it like shows evil. But ‘LOST’ and and tween good em- television, in classic clearly have antecedents but also Zone’ Twilight only by ‘The ployed not ” This is good Outer Limits.’ ‘The and ‘Star Trek’ time the justifies and potatoes, couch for news in front parked lounges U-Hall in the you spent T- a Led Zeppelin and tube in gym shorts the of shirt. is a that she reports Roby, MA, with spouse Carol “I am also starting Siemens. for manager project an to fit into is challenging which a PT business, enjoys motorcycling, She very busy life.” already health her maintain To bicycling. and kayaking, diet, to her pays attention activity level, she and class at Cornell nutrition that her reports and industry food the eyes to how open my “helped US.” in the food processes [and] handles Erika daughter that my ’13 she empty-nesters; are husband her and Canary plan They husband. with her to hike likes jogs and trails on the puppy a workout new their on giving involved in Best Bud- is “deeply She this summer. people with intel- helps which Connecticut, dies Best to its website, According disabilities.” lectual to “dedicated organization is a nonprofit Buddies that cre- movement a global volunteer establishing in- friendships, one-to-one for ates opportunities development leadership and employment, tegrated dis- developmental and people with intellectual for from to hear would like Barbara abilities.” Bernadette and Beaty-Mack O’Connell Cornell in the Landscape Architecture program. She program. Architecture Landscape in the Cornell there!” is excelling and loves Cornell Kahn Shea, Gould, of Oak Park, of (Potomac, MD) (Potomac, Linda Moses, c Mary Wilensky Kathy Zappia Kevin Bruns is the orthopedic director of director orthopedic is the Anne Updegrove I accom- a list of used to keep people I’ve lived longer plished Dean, James Arc, of than: Joan Michael Gross Your class correspondents would love to hear class correspondents Your We are deeply saddened to hear about un- to hear saddened deeply are We Unfortunately, last winter Sarah slipped and fell and slipped Sarah last winter Unfortunately, ex- hip. She her broke and storm ice an during for fondness has a new and a full recovery pects weather. warm the your news so we’ll have a lot to write about. You your news Facebook through to our class online can connect LinkedIn 1979) and Class of University (Cornell your ’79). Please send Class of University (Cornell to or directly to [email protected] updates your class correspondents: [email protected]; IL. She passed away on February 16 after fight- passed away on February IL. She a half. a year and for tumor brain a malignant ing by this loss; her is totally devastated family Her at can be contacted Holmbeck, Grayson husband, faculty was an adjunct Anne [email protected]. PhD program psychology clinical in the member at Loyola U. from Chicago 2002 to had a and 2010 psychologist clinical as a licensed private practice was Anne note, 1989 to 2010. On a personal from living freshmen were when suitemates my of one vi- was always amazingly Campus 9. She in North with was friendly and outgoing and vacious at Cornell—she was very active Anne everyone. was a sis- varsity tennis team and played on the ter in Delta Gamma. or [email protected]; Ahlgren [email protected]. timely the death of of death the timely sports medicine at Hackensack Hospital. In addi- Hospital. at Hackensack sports medicine in & Wellness Health Active co-founded he tion, Hackensack, NJ. The full-service wellness facilityfers of- health personalized programs. wellness and Be- is he medicine, in preventive his interest cause of in anti-aging in a fellowship enrolled currently toward is working and medicine restorative and of Academy American the from certification board Medicine. Anti-Aging was named the alumni for of director Cornell’s on the is working he Intra- Admirably, Council. fraternity old- rush. Kevin’s dry to a 100 percent transition est son, Connor to campus next , will return ’11 a for year to study Engineer- in Structural master’s with is working Kevin ing. Affinity mar- our class. for on affinity relations com- through Cornellians connect seeks to keting as sports or fraternities such activities college mon is to obtain goal Mary’s and Kevin sororities. and in 2014. Reunion our 35th for turnout a huge 80 Cleopatra, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Elvis Presley, Jr., King Luther Martin Dr. Cleopatra, Bobby . . . You and two, Jack Dean times James though, proposition, a losing It’s picture. the get because less august people, unless I start picking the perhaps, was, which to compare, tendency the spirit, the to is vexatious first place, in the point in the are so far accomplishments given that my and a mirror able to floss without being of nature time. same at the not at night—but driving Or par- with problems other were there well. And ticularly Jackson. Michael as adding list, such the keeping strange. but genuinely yes, was accomplished, He is Also abandoned list has been set aside. So the in the made I die, before to do things list of the and dollars a million youth: “Make optimism of “Learn to that one). of took care (inflation retire” in 1978). goal a good like juggle” (it seemed I can live with. This is one lists.” “Stop making White moved Bean works “P.J.” “P.J.” Jackie Lee Sut- Pat , and and ) is that I was volun- Lefland, ilefland@snet. Lefland, Sarah Lumley ([email protected]) and wife ([email protected]) and Tom ’78 Each generation has certain Each generation remembers. everyone that events what we exactly us know of Most Ilene Shub Monte ’78 Kramer c Cindy, [email protected]. Fuller My story (LindaMy Moses York live in New our classmates of A number Warren Frankel Marcy. In 2009, Marcie Wachtel Gitlin Cindy at: net; net; 79 Gail live in New City, NY, in Rockland County and County in Rockland NY, City, Gail live in New at his decorative opening a grand held recently on 58th showroom hardware and fixture plumbing showrooms, has four now He in Manhattan. Street would Warren in Manhattan. them of with three from love to hear were doing at a precise moment. Our class’s first moment. at a precise doing were grade in first we were when probably was shock col- recent most The JFK was assassinated. and 11, 2001. It September was likely lective memory that ten years have impossible to believe is near hand, one On the day. that shattering passed since still are wounds because the so recent it seems sky- and grounds Center Trade World the and raw On construction. and emptiness have so much line has much how it is unfathomable side, other the Each then. lives since in our world and occurred us has our own story to tell about that day. of to school children’s my to enable time my teering building. a new to finance bond issue a municipal which to decide with law firms to meet I needed law firm sug- One bond. the firm would document 85th floor on the office at their meeting gested 7 September either on Center Trade World the of Septem- I picked or 11 at 9:00 am. Fortuitously, other with the so I met our meeting, ber 7 for li- school middle children’s lawyers in my set of on September 11. I will always remember brary told me she when face librarian’s on my shock the has been very close to the office My news. the I spent attacks, so after the years, many for WTC wit- and lines police through navigating months le- smells, the through catastrophe the nessing unfathomable and vehicles, emergency of gions debris. carting barges and trucks of numbers ZenaCity or nearby. ’81, lives on , MBA Saunders she In May, Manhattan. of Upper East Side the a Cornell hosted Glenn Schlossberg husband and Polenberg Richard Prof. that featured Hillel event then and roots about Bob Dylan’s Jewish talking from Cornellians Many a Dylan singalong. leading Larry including attended, our generation Unger and is en- She in Upper Manhattan. home to a new in a nurs- worker as a social career new her joying challenging it extremely finds She home. ing their residents, home nursing with her working staff, but it is also reward- facility and families, In her in people’s lives. a difference to make ing travel loves of her maintains Marcie time, spare and Certain artistic as well as music. reading, and exposure initial her stem from interests cultural finds Marcie this, On top of at Cornell. to them New of Service Nurse Visiting with the volunteers she which through program, care hospice York’s work This extraordinary ill clients. visits terminally she that someday thought with the was made She job with them. a full-time be able to get may are who Cornellians, with many stays in touch closest friends her among cliffe ’78, Randy’80, and Sauer. at Michael Allen Co. in Darien, CT. She is active She CT. Allen Co. in Darien, at Michael leader a den is currently Cub Scouts and in the CT. 10-year-old son’s pack in Trumbull, her for 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 85 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 86

and college, which presents challenges on the With 336 classmates, 31 spouses, and 40 kids, Through the persistence of Sandy Mitchell home front. Cornell activities and influences that reunion was worth it! Our view of campus from Kelly and husband Kim ’82, there was a DKE re- continue to play a part in her life include social the top of High Rise 1 was spectacular. While union with 15 brothers from 1979–83 to memo- activism, an interest in whole foods, and environ- everyone wants to look their best for reunion, I rialize John “Jake” Kearney ’79, who died last mental activism. She volunteers in her synagogue, was found wandering the hallway in my nightgown spring in a motorcycle accident. In attendance as well as for a group home for developmentally Saturday morning, after my spouse of 26 years ac- were Scott Morris, Tom Quinones, Steve Pozzi, disabled people, and in environmental and po- cidentally locked me out of our room—felt like old and Doug Hart. litical organizations. She writes that she would times. Donna Feeney Alexander (of U-Hall 3) pro- This was the first time in 30 years that Doug like to hear from Bill Goldsmith and Rosa Lee vided cell assistance . . . Futile, since my husband Craw and his wife made it to reunion. In recall- Charpentier. Scott Peer still lives in Los Ange- was having fun at breakfast with Jill Flack, Alyssa ing past events, they referred to our memory les and works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labora- Alia Malanga, Audrey Haddad Perrotti, Janet shortages as “sometimers, not Alzheimer’s.” Doug tory, specifically on the Cassini spacecraft Schulman Buder, and Sandy Goldstein Karlin! is the director of human resources for Koatsu currently in orbit around Saturn. At the time of Jay Wrobel, PhD ’83, was my hero, saving me America Corp. in Peoria, IL. Married for 15 years, this writing, the craft was readying for a flyby of from further embarrassment by retrieving the key. Doug and Vicki enjoy scuba diving in the Saturn’s moon Titan. The craft left our blue Donna Feeney (Fairport, NY) is married to Charles Caribbean. Doug’s only complaint was that “the sphere 14 years ago; the next time you curse Alexander; they have a son, 12, a daughter, 17, weekend went too fast and I couldn’t do every- your server for taking eight whole seconds to and a daughter who is sophomore at Cornell, who thing I wanted!” Chris Crehan (Franklin, MA) had send a Mother’s Day eCard, think about the in- also worked for the ’96 Reunion. Jay is married us all in stitches quoting Joan Rivers and an air- tricacies of programming ancient hardware mov- to Theresa (Kronik), who manages her own mar- line attendant: “Where’s my seat?” “Well, it’s about ing at thousands of miles an hour, almost a ket research company. They are “empty-nesters” in an inch lower than it was last year!” billion miles away—Scott does that. Lawrenceville, NJ, with daughter Julia earning a We missed the bus to Saturday lunch at Planta- Adding to the list of empty-nesters is Greg- chemistry degree from Swarthmore and son Gregg tions, so we squeezed in for a double-buckled car ory Gordon and wife Roberta, who will send their a junior at James Madison U. Tanis MacKay-Bell ride with Carlo and Maureen Mello Scaramella, youngest to Cornell in the fall. Decidedly not on and husband Michael Bell were also present. Mike David Orthwein, and Anne Pavelka. Carlo and the list is Doug Hughes, who, with spouse is chief medical examiner in West Palm Beach, Maureen are, respectively, an attorney and a Frances McLaughlin, welcomed Mack to the FL. Their oldest, David, 24, graduated from U. of chef/nutritionist in Marlton, NJ. Their kids are 17, household in September 2010. Doug states, in a Miami. Dana, 21, is a senior at U. of Florida, Mor- 20, and 22. Anne is a geologist in Marleton, NJ, desperate scrawl on his News Form, “I cannot tell gan is a junior at Cornell, and Dakota, 16, is be- while David came in from Eolia, MO. The Cornell you anything that has happened since that day— ginning his college search. Big Red Band played after lunch and we heard it’s a blur.” Mack joins Dougie, 3. Michael Totta Pi Phis showed up in numbers! We toured 330 President David Skorton talk about the university’s (Yarmouth, ME) is a physician in Portland. His Triphammer and checked out our girls’ rooms for sustainability initiative. The university’s goal is to daughter Alison will attend Cornell in the fall and the fall. Audrey Long O’Connor’s daughter Kelly is decrease its carbon footprint. It is now weaned will likely row, following in dad’s oar-strokes. Dad in the same pledge class as my niece Alli Wood. off coal, obtained LEED Gold status for the Weill still rows, incidentally, and competes in master’s Audrey and husband Neil’s son Andrew is a fresh- building, and has efforts under way to attain a races. Scott Picon is developing a 90-unit condo- man at Cornell. I had a blast catching up with Platinum rating for other campus buildings. We minium complex in Costa Rica, on the Pacific side, Sarah Garlan Johansen—at her first reunion. had a very “green” reunion—very limited use of at Playa Vista Ocotal (www.vistaocotal.com). The Sarah has been on the faculty of Dartmouth Med- printed paper and no disposable plastic bottles— complex is a 20-minute drive from Liberia Airport. ical School, since obtaining her medical degree and challenged other classes to be green. Hal Ginsburg is the managing partner at a Clo- there in 1990. She is married to Tom, MBA ’83, Posy Smith Durning is at the New England vis Point winery on Long Island (www.clovispoint the VP/CFO of GW Plastics in Bethel, VT. Their Organ Bank as director and oversees donations wines.com/). The wines have won numerous daughter Caitlin, 26, is a UNH grad with a master’s and transplants and was featured in the ABC News awards. They offer free tastings for alumni. Amaz- in justice studies, while daughter Jennica, 21, is series “Boston Med” in spring 2010. She and hus- ingly, as if running a winery weren’t enough, Hal a senior at Mary Washington. Son Christian, 17, is band Joe enjoyed Reunion with their kids Megan, also practices law at the firm he founded in 1984. a high school senior, lax player, and Equity actor. 15, Erin, 13, and Kelly, 8. Kelly won third place My wife and I are engaged in a recon effort Patty Bahr Breslin and husband Stu (UNH in the watermelon spitting contest following Sat- aimed at picking a retirement location, despite the ’81) hadn’t been back since our 5th Reunion! urday dinner (12.7 feet, preceded by Ron Space fact that my “days until retirement” countdown is They have been married for 27 years and have kids of Freeville, NY (23.3 feet) and Jim Sigler of a number in the thousands. This year we’ve de- Chris, 21, in engineering at Purdue, and Daniel, Southboro, MA (25.7 feet)). Josh Moore donated voted a couple of weeks to Maui and St. Thomas. 12, and Emily, 10, who enjoyed seeing Cornell’s watermelons, and Gabe Diaz-Saavedra had them Other Hawaiian and Caribbean islands are on the gorges. They live outside of Indianapolis, where shipped up from Bell, FL, for everyone to enjoy. list. The idea is to pick someplace warm, but not Patty is “semi-retired.” Ford ’82 and Kathleen Thank yous can go to [email protected]. too remote that various nieces and nephews won’t Flynn Fay came from Highlands Ranch, CO, where Posy sees Amy Schwartz Goober, who is a Lia come to take care of us when we’re old and (pos- Ford works in Telecom. Their kids are Ryan, 22, Sophia jewelry representative, traveling to Myr- sibly) senile. We’ve already eliminated French Poly- Sean, 18, a freshman at Dickinson College, and tle Beach and Puerto Rico. Amy’s oldest, Saman- nesia, and Hawaii is a stretch. The plan is also Cassie, 16. John and Laura Dake Roche brought tha, is a freshman at Boston College, her son is dependent on being nice to said relatives, some- their youngest, Caroline, 13, to Reunion. They en- in tenth grade, and the youngest, 9, has taken thing that comes naturally to Kelley, but requires joy West Hartford, CT, while raising kids Morgan, up rock climbing. Laurie Rivlin Caspert teaches a bit of work on my part. Civility toward people a freshman at Bucknell running track and cross- art classes to children near Woodcliff Lake, NJ covered in tattoos with pants down to here is country, Will, and Caroline. Rosemary Schrauth (http://yougottahaveart.org/). Laurie and hus- problematic for me, so I’ll likely wind up in a Gale had fun even though husband Alan had to band Ronny have kids Rachel, a freshman at the nursing home in western New York. Come for a stay home in Gaithersburg, MD, with son Jona- U. of Indiana, Sammy, and Kenny. En route to the visit. Wear a name tag. c Dik Saalfeld, rfs25 than, 10, and daughter Samantha, a freshman at Hot Truck on the Arts Quad, I ran into Anna @ cornell.edu; Dana Jerrard, dej24 @ cornell. Northeastern U. Rosemary has her law degree and Graves, attending her first-ever reunion, with her edu; Cynthia Addonizio-Bianco, caa28 @ cornell. Alan works for the Justice Dept. daughter, Ally, a tenth grader. Anna obtained her edu; Leona Barsky, Leonabarsky @ aol.com. MJ Marlinski-Lehman went solo to Reunion. law degree at UVA and is a partner with Pillsbury She owns three retail stores and has launched an Winthrop Shaw Pittman in Los Angeles. e-commerce site. Visit NickyNicole.com to see the After 20 years as your class correspondent, I As I approached from Route 13, boutique fashion and trends for girls ages 4 to 14. am stepping down, along with Kathy Philbin my heart was pounding . . . I did- MJ lives in Hudson, OH, with husband Dave and LaShoto. With my daughter in her fourth year at 81 n’t realize how much I had missed daughter Nicole, 12. Her son just graduated from Tennessee and my son heading off to UVA, I will Ithaca. If you missed reunion, you’ll enjoy college and lives in Chicago. It was also fun to be seeking new adventures, including figuring out http://vimeo.com/23897683, which was put catch up with Naomi Gelzer Kettler, BArch ’82, Facebook! Kathy’s son is a sophomore at Bentley together by Alex Silver ’11 and passed on to me with husband Jim, BArch ’81, from Bethesda, MD; College, and she will be starting the college by Nancy Amer-Lake via her daughter Jessica Gail Merriam from Somerville, MA; and Sandy process all over again with her 11th grade daugh- Lake ’10. It will make you wish you were there! Waring Holloway from Rochester, NY. ter! JoAnn Minsker Adams and Barb Amoscotto 86 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes are married in Buffa- Siegman (ealder6665@ October 2011 87 | Martin Hartmanis, Bernacki ’94 Penny Nemzer, DVM ’87, Steven Crump , spc25@ ([email protected]) and ([email protected]) Ellen Ilivicky ([email protected]) lives in ([email protected]) September John Schmucker Rachelle lo, NY, on June 5, 2010. Atten- on June lo, NY, Hope you all had a great sum- all had a great you Hope mer! ([email protected]) (who was best man), and William and was best man), (who Liz Meller Alderman , MS ’85, and Mina ’85, and , MS Chan Baum ([email protected]) returned to cen- returned ([email protected]) serve as chairpersons for CAAAN Commit- for serve as chairpersons 4 Lorinda [email protected]; , Buffamante Lynn Leopold c Dennis McNamara Nell ’85 ([email protected]) MBA Cady-Kruse, Steven 83 wrote that she and her husband moved to Singa- moved husband her and that she wrote risk offi- chief is now Nell Kong. Hong from pore Chartered Standard for banking wholesale cer, Bank. as York New City of the works for and Manhattan Divi- Tort Unit, Trial Manhattan Counsel, Senior Ju- the chair of appointed was recently She sion. City Bar York New the Committee for venile Justice Association. is profes- and NY, Rochelle, aol.com) lives in New College Einstein at Albert pediatrics clinical sor of med- adolescent the also directs She Medicine. of at the ambulatory practice fellowship and icine husband and She at Montefiore. Hospital Children’s Eric ’81 NY). Mt. Vernon, Pelham, Rochelle, tee 48 (New buddy Cornell her Liz and Alumni Association Westchester the chaperone seniors. school high trip for Cornell and NY, in Manhasset, living are wife Barbara Conor, teenagers up with their are busy keeping executive Caitlin, 14. Dennis is currently 17, and Oppen- of counsel general and president vice & Co.heimer Inc., Barbara City. York in New Frank are Rick husband and ([email protected]) ac- got Guior Sonia daughter thrilled that their ’15. Please write Class of CALS in the cepted into let us know and or e-mail in with your news, what’s happening in your life. from love to hear We you. Alyssa Bickler, [email protected]. writes from sunny Florida: “I teach part-time at “I teach part-time Florida: sunny writes from FL, in the in Clearwater, College St. Petersburg I also have a program. legal studies/paralegal concen- practice arbitration and mediation small Ellen matters.” financial and in business trating the as chair of synagogue at her volunteers Educa- is VP of committee, education youth and and Hadassah, for Affairs American and tion Len Parenthood. Planned works on behalf of Newman at the stretch a long in 2006 “after York New tral psy- in the member I am a faculty Illinois. U. of I am U., where at Syracuse department chology I still area. psychology social the of director the I met people the of with many in touch keep 1 on U-Hall floor of fourth the around wandering at Cornell.” first day my 8 proud of the fact that son Jeff will be a member that son Jeff fact the of proud fall. in the at Cornell 2015, starting Class of the of Cornellians of generation a third This will mean Robert Jeff’s grandfather including family, in the Baum trips more to many look forward ’57. They John Wanvig Martin I was at Cornell, , PhD ’91. When Luecke on Cayuga to windsurf how me taught Hartmanis today! to actively windsurf I continue and Lake Don to Cather- , MEE ’85, is married Augenstein PA. live in Pittsburgh, ’86. They ine (Groos) dees included: Stefan included: dees James, [email protected]; [email protected]; cornell.edu. Mark Bjork. c “Andy” “Andy” has, since Novem- since has, traordinary contribu- traordinary life in to cultural tion In Switzerland.” Berne, 2010 Mark November Swiss Com- represented at the Radio munity AMARC10 Conference of Association (World Sta- Radio Community Aires, in Buenos tions) at which Argentina, com- noncommercial, stations radio munity Barbara Pam and Griggs-Pratt, has been living in London,has been living Eng- lives in New York City and works City and York lives in New also lives in New York City. He is He City. York also lives in New Nina, Kondo ’ Clare Ludgate Several classmates live and work in the New in the work live and classmates Several It is always interesting to hear from my fel- my from to hear is always interesting It Urania Poulis Urania City area. York St. Michael’s of administrator ber 2009, been the in Yonkers. Home Adult Orthodox a Greek Home, Randolph Hunt supervisor with Re- City as design Island in Long He Transportation. NYS Dept. of the 11 of gion polit- history and reading and enjoys swimming peo- young guides and helps he and science, ical Program. Mentoring Cornell the ple as part of Robert Coll not- donor-supported the of director and founder (based in Water Moon corporation for-profit is to “in- mission NY) whose County, Westchester in mental positive self-regard of a sense spire communi- meaningful through consumers health myths and diminish stigma to help ty involvement issues.” health to mental related relocate within the next 18 months or so. Cur- or so. 18 months next the within relocate a farm- is (which house the out we rent rently, so to a family acres) horse-fenced with 20 house to look forward We empty. sit there that it doesn’t we hope and climate temperate to a more moving in that live down who classmates will see some as Richard (such area to Booth).” Liz returned and reunion college 25th Veterinary her for Ithaca to our reunion. also looks forward low U-Hall 5 hallway denizen K. A. 5 hallway denizen low U-Hall Schneider ’83. Also overseas is Mark, Stenzler con- radio work with community “My writes, who radio pirate the after I co-founded long tinues on the time my during Ithaca’ Free ‘Radio station in the to Switzerland came Hill in 1980–81.” Mark in par- at CERN and, researcher 1980s as a physics staple the has hosted jobs,” allel with his “day “Blues Zeppelin” program (see http://www.rabe.ch/ 1989 since sendungen/musik/blues-zeppelin.html) LoRa in Zurich/ (Radio Radio on Swiss Community “In 2011, I was adds, He RaBe in Berne). Radio to directors of board the of elected as member just been awarded RaBe has Radio RaBe. Radio ex- Bern 2011 for Kantons des Kulturpreis the represented. were than 110 countries more from land, for 12 years and also maintains an apartment also maintains years and 12 for land, works She monthly. visits City that she York in New Tri- from would love to hear and funds in hedge Delts He and wife Carolyn live in Westborough, wife Carolyn and He MA. Andy business our 50-year-old family “I merged reports, one number the firm to create with another serves Andy industry.” home gift and in the agency Exton, PA, the for officer strategy chief as VP and LLC (www.ivystone.com). Group Ivystone company and Reserve command Navy also shifted his US He Command Allied Supreme NATO for working is now many Like VA. in Norfolk, (SACT) Transformation the downsizing “I’m considering says, Andy us, of our youngest in two years once suburban home to college.” off goes Hanna, daughter, Douglas, [email protected]; Fernau , Skalka Mark Stenzler ’82 Barb Gross- Brandy Dorothy and and Rowe, BArch Rowe, to continue the to continue and wife Cheryl. and My work with community radio continues. Lewis Klotz ’56 Jeff James Magruder Elizabeth Aksionoff ‘ and and (Baltimore, MD)(Baltimore, that hopes Mary Parkman Campbell, [email protected]; Campbell, We have plentyWe to report, news of to all of thanks very much and up fired are We our duespayers. Adams, [email protected]. Adams, , [email protected]; , [email protected]; Sabaitis, [email protected]; Sabaitis, Timothy McCausland John Servis live in Scarsdale, NY, where busy Liz keeps lives in Plano, TX, with husband Giuseppe TX, with husband lives in Plano, Hope Hansen, Carol Ruth ’82, and Diamond, BArch Logan. Class couple Michael Chi Alpha Lambda John McDaniel III Jennifer Read Jennifer c Betsy Silverfine will join Betsy Sabaitis best! you the Wishing column. the for tradition Betsy Silverfine Amoscotto JoAnn Minsker Salshutz co- PTSA School’s High as Edgemont volunteering She Cornell. for a CAAAN contactor and president Cornellians, of generation next the enjoys meeting Facebook Cornell with current loves staying and to our 30th Reunion looks forward She updates. Vassar attends daughter older Their spring. next dance student-run with their dances and College will be- Karen daughter younger FlyPeople; group did “Where soon. Liz asks, search college gin the go?” time the We from also heard ’82, Meeker VT. Dori live in Strafford, and . Jeff Wolfe in White River Junction, groSolar is CEO of Jeff in 1998. to found that Dori helped a company a is writing and groSolar from retired is now She Dori grandparents. about her novel historical Cornell the of track keeps and remembers fondly are Wolfes The But Treble. Nothing and Chorus youth education, (religious active in church re- and town (energy the and choir) and group, sus- to “live more committees), trying cycling to “make and tainably” step one a difference, at a time.” brother He PA. lives in Orefield, earned in history an MA U. in Janu- Lehigh from a ary 2011, submitting as De- titled “War thesis John in Action: mocracy Dewey’s Support for Intervention American Hill, NY, Rock hamlet of tiny I.” The War in World is home to There he provides a positive role model to model a positive role provides he There work with the his volunteer through teenagers Organization. Youth Catholic for Reunion 2012! Proud mom Paige mom Proud 2012! Reunion for Klotz man NJ) (Tenafly, grandpa and has been accepted in- Grossman that David report to 2015. Class of college, Engineering the Alvarez Lazzara. is an Brandy foreign in the lecturer Italian Dedman at the program literatures and languages par- with her is still very close She SMU. of College son, her to take hopes She live close by. who ents, as “hallowed grounds” to see the 16, to Ithaca in contact remains She search. his college part of with 82 and still sees Jim around town. Elizabeth still sees Jim around and Dibs Dole, DVM ’86, live in Farone Tony husband and Syracuse, (dog/cat) animal is a small she where NY, “We (in June), reports She practitioner. veterinary we plan to where VA, in Orange, a home bought “Cornell and Johns Hopkins will resume their old their will resume Hopkins Johns and “Cornell the can cheer so he games” season lacrosse regular up on we coming Are “Wow! says, Red on. 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to the Ithaca area. Felicia Zekauskas (zincdesign@ team. Second son Zander wants to play lacrosse Back up north, Konomi Takeshita lives in aol.com) and husband Peter Maloney have pub- in college. Daughter Caroline and son James also Central New Jersey with husband Sean McMurtry lished their 16th children’s picture book, One Foot, play lacrosse. Rob Goldwasser (robgoldwasser@ ’86. Konomi is a patent attorney at a law firm in Two Feet (Putnam, May 2011), an irregular plural yahoo.com) is a financial analyst at BNY Mellon Philadelphia. Sean is an assistant prosecutor with counting book. Felicia would love to hear from Tri- in New York City. Outside of work, he’s been do- the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office in Trenton, Deltas and creative writing pals from senior year. ing a lot of biking and hiking. “My wife, Jennifer NJ. The family plans a summer trip to the Grand Canyon with their kids Liam, 14, and Mariko, 10. Crossing to the other coast, Laura Rabinowitz Lefkowitz became the chief of podiatric surgery Dana Lee Evans reports driving at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Her husband, David ’86, is a professor of music com- ‘ position at UCLA. Daughter Talia is 11, and son 35,000 miles in the past year— Adam is 15. Scott Clifton (San Diego) writes that he and his wife and two kids live in the Rosecroft to nowhere. national historic estate. They are both still retired and recently hosted six Cornell students from the ’ Susan Seligsohn Howell ’86 Glee Club at their home. Back to the East Coast, Mark Larsen took a jump with his wife Bebe into instant parenthood! Sandra Stephens is a director of clinical (Katz) ’85, and I have a home in the Berkshires, They adopted two girls ages 13 and 11 from Rwan- services in Orangeburg, SC. She and husband Luke where we enjoy hiking and all the cultural offer- da! They still live in Greenwich, CT, where Mark is Cooper have three children; they all love where ings. I continue to see many of my DKE broth- the MIS director at a large heavy construction com- they live. Sandra would like to hear from Lisa ers.” Rob and Jennifer’s son is Matt ’10. c Karla pany in the NYC area. Speaking of fatherhood, Mar- Jones, Vanessa Jeffers, and Margo Carrancejie- Sievers McManus, [email protected]; Janet tin Lubell is a stay-at-home dad while auditing Monperous ’83. Rachel Bennett is building her Insardi, [email protected]. Class website, classes at the College of Wooster, where his wife, medical practice, taking care of patients, raising http://classof84.alumni.cornell.edu. Beth Muellner, is a German professor. Martin hopes four boys, and maintaining a house. She’s mar- to gain acceptance to the Johns Hopkins online ried to Alan Jacobs and enjoys traveling, outdoor bioinformatics program this fall. Sarah Willens activities, hiking, and biking. Randy Katz has The Class of 1985 continues to Kass teaches eighth-grade English in Bethesda, been living and working in Monticello, NY, where spread its wings across the MD. Sarah’s sons attend college in California; El- he practices dentistry. He is married to Eileen and 85 country and deeper into their liot enrolled at Occidental and Jacob is at Clare- has kids Lauren, 15, and Ryan, 12. They were professions, industry, education, and, of course, mont McKenna College. Husband Mark practices busy this past spring getting ready for Ryan’s bar their children. Judy Cone keeps things close to business law, working primarily on Israeli startups. mitzvah, which was in June. Randy says, “I home. She is the COO of MCCI Corp., which is Living in our nation’s capital, Howard Spira, passed through Ithaca last fall on the winery tour based in Ithaca. Judy has been with MCCI since MBA ’86, is back in the States working for the US circuit and it looked just like 1984 (sort of)— its founding in 1995. Judy is married and lives Treasury. He was appointed to the post of chief must have been the wine.” outside of Trumansburg, NY. On the other end of technology officer for the Office of Financial Sta- Amy Wagner Winkelman and husband Rick things, Marc Gillman moved from New Jersey to bility late last year. He came to this position with have been working at their family farm market Florida in August 2009. Marc has three boys extensive experience in the private sector in tech- and find the challenges of the economy and the ranging from 13 to 19 and is about to embark on nology and international banking. Wife Hanan and weather very difficult. They live in Sanborn, NY. a new restaurant venture called Smashburger. kids are settling into life in the capital. His oldest Amy would love to hear from Lydia Cox and There are currently 100 stores from this Denver- will be a senior in high school next year and will Katherine Darko Simpson. Jim Coppola started based concept. Marc’s stores will be in Miami- hopefully put Cornell on the wish list. In Atlanta, a vineyard, Toro Run Estates (Tororunestates.com), Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. Tony Pickett is the executive director of the Atlanta on Rt. 89 in Romulus, NY. He has utilized many Fredilyn Sison is an attorney with the Fed- Land Trust Collaborative (ALTC). Tony is responsi- Cornell resources, including staff and alumni, to eral Defenders of Western North Carolina in ble for leading this organization’s efforts to main- assist in his efforts. Jim says, “Agricultural Eco- Asheville. She has co-authored a book, Trial in Ac- tain affordability in neighborhoods that are at risk nomics in general has served me well with my tion: The Persuasive Power of Psychodrama. The of gentrification and displacement due to the At- new vineyard (cost analysis).” He plans on mov- book was published in December 2010 and is a lanta BeltLine and throughout the City of Atlanta. ing to Central New York in a few years. step-by-step manual that will help lawyers who If I am reading this right, Levin Nock is do- Steve ([email protected]) and are new to psychodrama search for the truth ing all he can to live up to going green. He works Susan Seligsohn Howell ’86 have been busy run- through dramatic methods. Beginning with the for Pike Research as an industry analyst consultant ning their business, Howell Custom Building history of psychodrama in law, the book moves on energy efficiency in buildings. He loves telecom- Group, a high-end residential design/build firm in through various techniques used in and out of the muting and sold his car two years ago! Levin is up Lawrence, MA, and attending their teenagers’ bas- trial setting. Jill Gaydosh Kafka started a new job in Portland, OR, with his wife, two dogs, and a cat. ketball games and crew races. Writes Steve: “We as the executive director of the Partnership for In- I am doing plenty of driving in my Prius, as I look forward to spending time at Cornell again— ner-City Education in New York. This organization spent the winter touring the ice skating rinks in our daughter, Olivia, will be a freshman this fall will raise and invest more than $15 million a year the Northeast for my daughter’s figure skating in the Arts college.” Steve is also a board mem- for scholarships and program improvements at in- competitions and practices. I almost ran out of gas ber at Habitat for Humanity. When Julie Helitzer ner city Catholic elementary and high schools by in a snowstorm on my way into Lake Placid in Feb- Shubin wrote in June, she was busy grading final working with donors to drive excellence into ruary for the Eastern Synchro Championships. What exams at George Mason U. Her ILR classes in La- schools that serve low-income families. can I say? You don’t put gas in a Prius that of- bor History still play a big part in her life, and she While my knees are starting to show their ten. c Roberta Zwiebel Farhi, rfarhiesq@aol. also keeps in touch with many Cornell friends. She wear from more than 30 years of running and I com; Joyce Zelkowitz Cornett, cornett0667@ adds, “My whole family volunteers at Lost Dog continue to plug through endless gym classes— comcast.net; Risa M. Mish, [email protected]. and Cat Rescue Organization, helping with cat including, but not limited to spin, yoga, Zumba, adoptions. I also feed feral cats and am a mem- and “barre burn”—at least one of us has accom- ber of Mason Cat Coalition.” Amy Allen Moorman plished the most grueling of athletic feats: the What a memorable, fun, and lives in Tennessee and is on the faculty of the Ironman triathlon! Kelley Noonan Jensen com- nostalgic 25th Reunion—or- Elon U. Love School of Business in Elon, NC. She pleted this race (a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike 86 ganized by our maestros Dina teaches business law and business ethics. ride, and 26.2-mile run) before the cutoff time of Lewisohn Shaw and Katie Roth Boyar. Kudos to Peter Baccile has been at JP Morgan for 25 17 hours. Kelley is back working for Coca-Cola in them for yet another perfectly orchestrated event. years now. He is vice chairman of investment Atlanta after a five-year hiatus from corporate We were thrilled to learn that they have signed banking. He and Katie, his wife of 22 years, have life. She tries to make it back to Ithaca with hus- on to do it all again for our 30th! The event was a son Nick ’14 who plays receiver on the football band Dave every couple of years. attended by 255 of our classmates and raised over 88 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes Eli and Peter Debra Muller. Cheryl Muller. Certalic (Oak Certalic October 2011 89 is an emergency in the Risley din- in the | Rob, who Goldberg (Falls Church, VA) is a VA) (Falls Church, currently directs TV. Look TV. directs currently is a trauma surgeon in surgeon is a trauma Martin is a stay-at-home Martin September writes from Oakland, CA, that she Oakland, writes from remembers her this way: “She was this way: “She her remembers are busy with a new puppy. Susan puppy. busy with a new are is a lawyer on Long Island, working as working Island, is a lawyer on Long Stern will gladly accept your offer! Scott’s your offer! gladly accept Stern will Andy Karanas Lynne Raymond Did anyone catch the Cornell Entrepreneur Cornell catch the anyone Did We have lots of news from the doctors in our doctors the from news have lots of We sad with you the I am sorry to share Lastly, From Niskayuna, NY, Jeff NY, Niskayuna, From Handelman, MPA Steve McPherson have been partic- ’86. All three would love to hear Emile in triathlons. ipating “Chowds.” year roommate, his freshman from ing hall. Emileing Levisetti to Me,” “Lie “Castle,” on “Bones,” his episodes for has been that he reports He Wives.” “Army and with Kevin cycling a lot of doing Reilly ’84 Rotenberg an- the is memory Cornell favorite that her notes Messiah Handel’s of reading nual Howard is [email protected]. e-mail in Brand Your “Marketing (CEN) webinar Network Beth featuring Economy,” a Post-Recession mar- chief and president vice , senior Hirschhorn was has it she Rumor MetLife? of officer keting in Manhattan. family Beth lives with her fantastic. Susanna Gordon depart- analytics systems the of manager is the spouse and She Labs. National at Sandia ment with reunion, our chairs Scott, Melissa, and and Scott, Melissa, our chairs with reunion, class column, in our previous an appearance made from way all the 25th, coming be at the to plans Kaua’i,leaving but like I don’t is, “Truth Hawaii: Aloha.” Event. Big the for an exception I’m making class. class. Mark MO. Chesterfield, Nicoletti Kirstin physician. medicine Crowe Cheryl of passing the of news Welch Franklin the of sole owner and founder was the NJ. Her Lakes, in Franklin Hospital Animal Lakes sister sorority Alpha Chi Omega and friend good Andi Dobin her. for best word the really That’s PASSIONATE. Bernstein PC. Presser and Scott, Murphy, at Scully, a partner baseball, and to coach soccer, time some finds He 13, Sarah, 15, and Daniel, his kids for basketball no work and it’s mostly days that these but notes out to Steve gives a shout Peter play. . Jureller in medicine in family WI) works part-time Creek, the Kirstin spends walk-in clinic. an acute care with on “adventures” going time her of remainder that but comments misses traveling, She kids. her which motherhood, it in before a lot of got she Davidwas even better. di- Gruen, MD ’91, is the Danbury Health for imaging women’s of rector directors of board serves on the and Systems Care Foundation. Komen Susan B. the for ’92, writes that he is the deputy director of human of director deputy is the ’92, writes that he NYS School the for administration and resources about to finish a two-year He’s Association. Boards he which, his synagogue, of term as president as rewarding and “was about as challenging notes, time, his free During I have ever done.” anything his watching and camping, stays busy skiing, Jeff lacrosse. and play baseball, softball, kids mom to Julia, 8, and Molly, 5. She belongs to a belongs 5. She Molly, 8, and to Julia, mom daugh- her is busy attending and band community rehearsals. and competitions ters’ Irish dance recently Greg husband and writes that she Lynne to the look forward and first house their bought in- house the will be “furnishing they when day Good on repairs.” all our money spending stead of William Lynne! luck, Herz Fertil- at the programs scientific of president vice Pro- Environmental US serves on the He izer Inst. has and Board Advisory Scientific Agency tection Agriculture’s Dept. of US to the been appointed Force. Task Air Quality Agricultural c ar- Lisa Mike Claudia Wagner; was back- Lori Spy- Evans, who Evans, Thakor; treasurer: Wrenner; and reunion and Wrenner; Hine, lauracornell86@ Hine, Emily Nisco Frank ’87 and and Howell, susanhowell86@verizon. Howell, Hope you’ve all got your calendars you’ve all got Hope our 25th Reunion, for marked 7–10, 2012. will run June which Joan Button Melissa Mary Hodes, and Bowman Ryan, [email protected]; Ryan, [email protected]; Irene Molnar Brinker, who is living in Maine, started in Maine, is living who Brinker, Manaster; membership chair: Elizabeth membership Manaster; Johnson and her husband, Scott. They husband, her and Johnson Wagner, [email protected]; Michael [email protected]; Wagner, Also in attendance was DanaAlso in attendance Lee it back couldn’t make who classmates Several announce- up with the always wraps Reunion If you’d like to get involved with our class, to get If you’d like 87 Scott, Pesner out this to check this past June to Ithaca traveled by joined were they where year’s reunion, Regen comparing at venues, looking weekend the spent classes planned. what other seeing and caterers, through ate our way “We reports, Scott Pesner our class.” of good the But it was all for Reunion. to help willing if you’re date—and So save the secretary: secretary: to Ithaca took solace in connecting with others took solace in connecting to Ithaca Joan- In fact, ’86 Facebook page. Class of on the na Morris the slate for the Here’s class officers. new of ment VP: Tohn; Margot President: five years. next Hellinger deMolloy Coluby; class correspondents: Holly Isdale Ryan, Wagner, Michael Lori Spydell and An- Wagner; rep: Fund nual HiloryManaster; webmaster: Federgreen her 25th Reunion at Cornell. The Reunion website Reunion The Cornell. at 25th Reunion her on Reunion to follow alumni returning invited itiner- upload and page, visit a Facebook Twitter, on goes article The smartphones.” their to aries digitally, plans make to tried Lauren to say that base to touch a human for looked end “but in the confident we’re And did! glad she with.” We’re VP the savvy as digitally becoming quickly she’s Bank. Sovereign for planning distribution of de- humorously and CT, lives in Old Greenwich, domestic the job” as “slave of “day scribes her “go- activities, favorite her lists among She kind.” four my of to Staples at 8:59 p.m. because one ing driving reports She poster board.” needs children She past year—to nowhere. 35,000 miles in the ath- to the town and around that driving clocked Kevin fields. letic the of is director Kevin where Syracuse, rived from out- and an urban spirituality Faith Center, Brady Kevin city. the of south side the on center reach from in age ranging children Emily have four and adventure new to this look forward 13 to 20. They that allow peo- retreats to offering in ministry and that God things good See” the and ple to “Come people. struggling lives of in the is doing from photos lots of by posting reunion” a “virtual in to let us know checked Others days. our college Peter couldn’t attend. they why Quinter Geor- northern from Trail Appalachian the packing with his son. Dangia Dalmeida, ME ’87, a high was in Seattle, teacher science and math school na- compete in the to his daughter accompanying Ming in D.C. finals history day tional , MBA Wong but invites class- to travel, ’89, felt it was too far him to contact mates they when Kong. in Hong are please contact Margot ([email protected]). We ([email protected]). Margot please contact cities in their events people to host for looking are our class. for serve as ambassadors and towns and as your class correspondents. you farewell bid We Susan Seligsohn chairs: Dina Lewisohn Shaw and Katie Roth Boyar. Katie Lewisohn Shaw and chairs: Dina Laura and net; Nieboer to: updates news future Send sbcglobal.net. Holly Isdale dell , [email protected]. Wagner Har- Gayle Karen . article flew in Boublik, Michelle Eric Hage, and others, and Holly Isdale Saydah, Saydah, Asya Kamsky Lauren Jensen summed up her summed Lynne McFarland and and Wexler, MRP ’88, Mar- MRP ’88, Wexler, Jones and Elizabeth and Jones Suzanne Ringold Ken Nacar, Friedman, Friedman, Julie Chen Abolafia. Down the hall were Down the Abolafia. and her family taught me that me taught family her and Lori Spydell Beth , and Wagner Neuhaus, Neuhaus, Mason, ME ’90. Incom- Wenger and and and and Pete Keith, and Rogers Olson , MRP ’90, came from D.C. with Dave from , MRP ’90, came Hope Haskell also visited from Texas, reconnecting Texas, also visited from Lisa Teitelbaum Bliss Texas, Blodget-Stephan flew from Marc Abizaid, Mazlish, Lisa Maier, Hope Jones, Jones, Hope Lisa Maier, Mazlish, made it from Boston, especially after Boston, especially it from made Regina Carol, and Franco . DiBenedetto de Coluby were back on campus for the for back on campus were Coluby de Lisa Maier Wood. A big surprise was seeing Kappa sis- Kappa surprise was seeing A big Wood. Moses Michael Susan Garretson People came from near and far, overcoming far, and near from came People Alpha Chi Omega sorority had 11 of its found- had 11 of sorority Alpha Chi Omega We were glad to see Bob were We On Saturday night, we danced the night away night the we danced night, On Saturday As for your correspondents, we felt like stu- we felt like your correspondents, for As Outgoing class president Michael president class Outgoing ’s Wagner Lisa grad- we hadn’t seen since , whom Walker obstacles to get to Ithaca. Jeff to Ithaca. obstacles to get Cowan up driv- ended and called her so he lives there, from L.A., but weather left him stranded in left him stranded L.A., but weather from that remembered He Philadelphia. , Adelman ing sisters return for Reunion, including including Reunion, for sisters return ing Reichler , Gryson 14. son Jack, her and with Holly to Ithaca ing John got Tohn, Sue Tohn, got Zieman, Tim Smith, , and Dan’85, and Blumenthal ’85. titled “The Age of the Digital Dinosaur.” The ar- The Dinosaur.” Digital the of Age titled “The with her “confronted as being Lauren quotes ticle to attend plans making limits when own digital Bruno ter is busy she where in Chicago, Lisa is living uation. stepchildren, three and two children her raising for director managing as the as well as working Capitol Advisors. Leadership by an followed ’86 tent, in our very own Class of college lot—just like parking after-party in the an RV that had around party revolved The days. Pe- by Phi Delt brothers to Reunion been driven ter Bell, with Corning in a Boston Globe featured Lauren seeing . McCurdy Laurie Airlines. American works for she where Feinswog you can walk up to the Plantations—rather than Plantations—rather you can walk up to the and two daughters Lisa’s we showed driving—and The Collegetown. of highlights Shawn the husband of view had to be the weekend my of highlights 5th floor and Museum’s Johnson the campus from his and Rhodes Frank Emeritus President having dinner.” night Friday Rosa, as our guests for wife, suite with a dorm all over again, sharing dents Mimi friends sisters and Kappa Wohabe Solomon Sydney Carol and man, Getz Maria son 14-year-old with her Elias-Williams, Cobi, $2 million. Organized weekend events included events weekend Organized $2 million. hous- open sorority and fraternity tents, reunion morn- a Saturday and photo, and a class lunch es, class led by classmate yoga ing McKinnon. Molloy loved it! they and 25 years, in nearly first time Michael with along Hope, Jackson of dedication the Row at a Reunion took part in facility. rowing a new with gorge a swim in the was highlight reunion John Conti ing class president Margot class president ing Tohn to three went “This year I as follows: weekend Chuck I heard lectures. great Feeney ’56, founder the (at Olin Lecture at the Shops, Duty Free of fully air-conditioned and renovated wonderfully bees that we can apply how learned Bailey Hall), hives to business new their to find cooperate out found and decision-making, and meetings to be people tend conservative that politically and thoughts, visuals, to offensive sensitive more smells. 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 89 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 90

She was passionate about her friends, her career, their Philly roots” after 25 years and allow them can write or e-mail with updates on your lives, her kids, her animal hospital, her life. She was the and their four kids to hopefully stay put for a work, and families. Until next time, I wish you one to ask ‘Why not?’ when a crazy idea got float- while after 11 Navy moves in 22 years. peace. c Steven Tomaselli, [email protected]; ed. She was infectious. Her father told me that he A little further to the south, George Frangos Brad Mehl, [email protected] and Sharon called it the ‘Cheryl Disease.’ When you met her, sent word that he has opened Farm Burger in De- Nunan Stemme, [email protected]. you always wanted to be with her because you catur, GA. They raise all their own grass-fed cows knew it would be fun and different. She even took and heritage pigs on their farms in Georgia. George up surfing last summer! For the FIRST TIME. I en- says that “it’s amazing to bring farm to table to a I’ve been having fun lately tour- vied the spirit with which she lived.” Beautifully $6 burger rather than a $50 meal.” You can learn ing colleges with my daughter, spoken, Andi. Our condolences go to Cheryl’s four more about Farm Burger at www.farmburger.net. 89 and I’m pleased that her vote children and to the rest of her family. Continuing down the eastern seaboard, Mark Tamis for the most beautiful campus is still Cornell! Continue sending us your news through the sent word from Miami Beach, FL, that he has an Best wishes to all of you who have kids going off link on our Class of ’87 Web page (http://classof amazing new career as SVP of guest operations for to college this fall. 87.alumni.cornell.edu), or through our Facebook Carnival Cruise Lines; he oversees dining, enter- Karen Weinreich Weiss has a few years to go, Group, “Cornell University Class of 1987.” c Hei- tainment, housekeeping, and guest services for all but is thinking already: “My big news is our new- di Heasley Ford, [email protected]; and Brenna 23 ships in the fleet, including the Carnival Magic ly adopted daughter! Lana Hope Weiss was born in Frazer McGowan, [email protected]. launched in May of this year in Venice, Italy. Mark November 2010, and although I knew she would and wife Amanda celebrated their 20th wedding bring big changes and lots of joy, I had no idea anniversary in November 2010 on the island of St. the extent of each of those. We’re enjoying this Hello, fellow ’88ers! Last year at Bart’s. Congratulations to you both! Mark also new diaper and bottle phase, even as some of our this time, I wrote about my wife mentioned that he and his kids—Harry, Ricky, and classmates celebrate their children’s bar mitzvahs 88 Ann and me surviving and cele- Isabella—look forward to Thanksgiving every year and (gulp) even some college applications! We brating our first year of parenthood with our when they continue to bring www.dadsforgiving.org look forward to Lana’s first campus visit this June daughter Grace. Well, another year has gone by, and to life in service of their local communities. and to her joining our other classmates’ children while we are still celebrating, the surviving part Another classmate engaged in community for Reunion 2014. Never too early to start the in- has taken on new twists and turns as Grace seems service is Karen Luludis Gundrum. Karen is a vet- doctrination!” Mark Michael went to the Cornell to be trying to fulfill every stereotype of being in erinarian living in Ocean Isle, NC, who, with hus- vs. Columbia basketball game in NYC with his the “terrible twos!” Those of you with young chil- band David, also owns and operates a family three children and met Amy Arthur Samuels ’90 dren are probably experiencing something similar. restaurant named Roberto’s. They have a “Team and her three children. This has been an annual Those of you with older children are probably shak- Roberto’s” that works on fundraising for the event for them for the past three years. ing your heads and laughing quietly to yourselves. American Cancer Society’s “Relay for Life” pro- Samantha Berg updated us on a current pas- Speaking of those with older children (note gram. Another ’88er in Miami is Andrew Levi, a sion: “After graduating, I worked as an animal I only mention that the children are older), I am former federal prosecutor who has joined the in- trainer at SeaWorld of Florida in Orlando for three happy to report that Brad and Angelica Watson ternational investigative firm Nardello and Co., and a half years. I now live in Palmer, AK, where Botkin have officially completed the cycle of opening their new office in Miami. Andrew is an I own and operate an acupuncture center with my adding a Cornell legacy in their family as their accomplished trial lawyer and financial investi- husband, Kevin Meddleton ’91. I have complete- son Alex ’11 graduated from the College of Engi- gator who has prosecuted a number of large-scale ly changed my mind about marine mammals, es- neering on May 29, exactly 23 years since the securities, banking, and tax fraud cases. pecially killer whales, in captivity. I briefly worked date our class marched into Schoellkopf Field for Jennifer Lee Chandler has been a faculty with the whale that killed Dawn Brancheau last commencement. Congratulations to Alex, Brad, member of the Canterbury School in Milford, CT, February, and since that time I have been work- and Angelica! since 1993. Jennifer teaches chemistry and ing to get the word out about orcas in captivi- Before I start obsessing about how long I coaches girls’ soccer and boys’ squash. She played ty.” View an interview with Sam at http://theorca have to wait for a similar event, let me turn to squash at Cornell for all four years and says she project.wordpress.com. news from other classmates keeping young by still loves sports including hiking, yoga, running, John Stuart, ME ’90, bought a house in having some of those younger children. Jill cycling, and working with her own children and Winthrop, ME, in early 2009, and explained that Lemire wrote to tell of the birth of her second others to learn sports. On the international front, he made this decision “through prayer and con- daughter, Reilly, in September 2010. Jill said that Raphael Kassin is an investment manager living sideration of broader purposes than shelter such Reilly and her older sister, now 2-1/2, are getting near Zurich, Switzerland. He spends a lot of time as hosting meetings, providing for guests, and along fine. Christopher Pearce sent word that traveling between London, Dubai, Brazil, and connecting with community.” John works in IT he and wife Molly welcomed their second child, Turkey. He keeps in touch with a few Cornell and volunteers with his church, hosting a mid- son Benjamin, into their lives on March 21, friends, but finds it challenging as “people live week Bible study and teaching Sunday school. He 2011. “We are thrilled to be parents again, but everywhere and far away.” Raphael wrote, “There enjoys canoeing and camping and living across the it’s a challenge when you already have an active is nothing like school life at Cornell; I really miss street from a lake. He traveled to Australia and 3-1/2-year-old at home.” (I think I hear that qui- it. But the real world is great, too. I find Cornell Montana to see family and would like to recon- et laughter again.) Chris and family live in offered us a very realistic microcosm of the globe nect with Steve Parks. From Erika Ange: “Our big Alexandria, VA, where Chris is a government rela- and it prepared me well for my career.” news is that my family and I (husband Bernie tions manager with S.C. Johnson & Son. Last, but certainly not least, Merih Dagli- Sheehan ’88, Zoe, 4, and Max, 2) moved to Roch- Okay, let’s move beyond the news of children, Odonoghue is a stay-at-home mom of four in ester, NY (my hometown) in summer 2010. We’re older or younger. There were quite a few class- Hagerstown, MD, and a physician who plans to re- missing some things about Washington, DC, but mates with interesting career news to report. turn to family practice once her youngest child is love our new house, the neighborhood, and being Steve Labows wrote in about the “twists and in grade school. Merih does a lot of volunteering so close to family. I telecommute with my parent turns” of his career in the US Navy over the past at her kids’ schools, most of it photography relat- company, Ingenix, working in government affairs, few years. Between 2006 and 2009, Steven was ed. A few years ago she submitted some photos to and Bernie volunteers at the Empire Justice Cen- the lead test pilot for the Navy H-60 Helicopter the schools for yearbooks and now assembles the ter while he looks for his next legal opportunity. Test Team at Patuxent River, MD. That tour was in- grade school yearbook and makes a video yearbook We got to see Rachel Hollander this past No- terrupted by a year in Baghdad, where he was the for the preschool. She was even approached to be vember in NYC. I’ve spoken to Carol Borack executive officer for the Army General responsible a wedding photographer once, but turned it down. Copenhaver—she, Chris, and the kids (Bryn, Ryan, for logistics in the Iraq Theater of Operations, Well, that’s it for this column. I hope you all and Addison) are all doing well outside Asheville, where he worked directly with Iraqi and Coalition enjoy hearing about your classmates’ doings all NC. We’ve also run into Jeff Hirschberg, whose forces on many infrastructure rebuilding efforts. around the country and the world. If you are youngest son attends the same daycare program Upon returning home, Steven was promoted to looking for an online outlet to reunite with oth- as our kids. Small world.” captain and has taken command of the defense er ’88ers and happen to use Facebook, please look Leslie Feifer Rice hasn’t moved lately, but she contract management agency office at the Boeing for and join our class group, Cornell ’88 Alumni. and her husband, Kenneth, have been fixing up helicopter plant in Philadelphia. This has given A number of classmates were getting reconnected the home they bought six years ago in Oceanside, him and his wife, Emily, the chance “to return to right around reunion time in June. As always, you NY. They love their new bathroom and kitchen; 90 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes October 2011 91 | Manning, aw233@ Manning, Rose, nt28@ Tanasugarn c September Amy Wang From June 9 June From June through 12, mem- 1991 took a Class of the bers of to routines normal their from break Kelly, kelly-roberson@ Roberson Alleva (Placitas, NM), who works as Web NM), who Alleva (Placitas, For the fourth time in four reunions, the Class the reunions, in four time fourth For the It is hard to believe that ten years has passed that ten years to believe is hard It Healing words of wisdom come from Cather- from come wisdom of words Healing of ’91 broke the all-time university record for num- for university record all-time the ’91 broke of of members 441 in attendance. classmates ber of reunion 63 first-time including our class returned, a 20th Reunion for record previous The attendees. that should record class was 416, so we set a new mem- family account into to beat. Taking be hard 1991 boasted 809 Class of the friends, bers and 2011 other than any more attendees, registered were families their and Classmates class. Reunion spotted all across over campus and wearing Ithaca T-shirts Cornell white tie-dye and red fabulous the co-chair Jeffthat reunion , MD ’95, de- Weintraub signed. our num- of envious classes appeared Other reason. with good shirts—and and energy, bers, return to Cornell for our 20th Reunion. As in years As our 20th Reunion. for to Cornell return with a wonder- classmates provided past, Reunion we times good the ful opportunity to remember on our lives over to reflect and as students shared at marveled Hill. We we left the years since the our grad- on campus since has changed much how blissfully has remained much at how and uation enjoyed classmates weekend, the During same. the Sat- to Beebe Lake, barbecue next night a Friday under breakfasts at Barton Hall, dinner night urday Night Cornelliana Donlon Hall, to Mary next a tent Run, the Reunion the Bailey Hall, renovated at the Arts Quad, carnival on the family Fun-in-the-Sun over the zip-lining Woods, walks at Sapsucker bird Arts on the parties tent Beebe lake, behind gorge a sororities, and at fraternities receptions Quad, Ithaca the wines, Lakes Finger cappella groups, buffalo cocktails in Collegetown, Market, Farmers’ Nines, dish pizza at the deep at Napoli’s, wings offered (now Pines Glenwood at the Pinesburgers activ- other countless and Truck, with bacon!), Hot in lingered classmates significantly, Most ities. catch- quads, and stairways, lounges, rooms, dorm and with old friends memories sharing up and ing memories. new creating and friends new making 91 cornell.edu. since 9/11 and the terrible events of that day. As that day. of terrible events the 9/11 and since heroic and innocent the we pause to remember left that were families the lost and lives that were to lead with our we all remember may behind, us a bet- world around the try to make and hearts everyone. ter place for cornell.edu; sbcglobal.net; ine Park Health task lead at Indian technical development their raising are husband her and She Services. 2. “I’ve Kai, 4, and Alex, sons Korean adopted stay me help yoga, which joys of the discovered constant of time a during present and grounded for looking of practice The change. radical and thoughts, in one’s of instead internally oneself about the thoughts analytical are they whether with critical becomes future, the past or fears of and present very much are they since children to be as well. So this is my parents their need and conscious, be as present, path—to current heart.” lead with the as I can be and aware building. The story always ends with resilience, with always ends story The building. Hope in school.” learning of a love through the from recovered have family her and Colleen ex- cultural many their through scary experience region. in the travels colorful and periences MPS MFA John , Charles Doug Onsi, Buchman, Buchman, made amade difference Jane Lynch moved back to the moved serves as Northern in Boston wrote to in Boston wrote Michael Kim, Fox Studios, complete Studios, Fox ograms (laura.denbow@ Tavora Leitman Mitch helps Lee, JD ’96, which Jay Samir Shah, and , MS Somaiya Green was also among the 450 alum- 450 the was also among Green Kenichi MPS ’90, and , Kiriyama Michael, Karangelen NYC resident ColleenNYC resident O’Neal Speaking of volunteers, the Class of 1990 is Class of the volunteers, of Speaking The annual general meeting and dinner of the of dinner and meeting general annual The On a lighter note, the highlight of my visit my of highlight the note, On a lighter say, “My wife, Lisa wife, “My say, I have three Bumbalo, and some- be Cornellians to all aspire who kids great a few for applicants I have been meeting day. Suzy easy to do.” years; it is fun and Schwam to speak with time FL) found (Jupiter, Tomassetti that it “brings adding freshmen, prospective four husband Suzy and memories!” Cornell back great in Kennebunkport, each summer part of spend Joe 14. Marisa, 5, and Joey, children ME, with their Class of of plenty with group volunteer Another Coun- University Cornell is the 1990 representation by cil, chaired friends and alumni, parents, of opinions the make strategic administration’s Cornell in the heard are Council on the serving Classmates planning. Ivan, Brockman , Cayer ’95, Kevin, MBA Lynch McManus, David, Pollin to to reconnect ’93. If you would like ’92, MBA for looking are and as an alumni volunteer Cornell ways to help, Denbow, Laura please contact senior pr volunteer of director or 607-254-7253). cornell.edu quite active in the Cornell Alumni Admissions Am- Alumni Admissions Cornell quite active in the around (CAAAN). Receiving Network bassador 2015, Cornell Class of the for 36,400 applications League schools Ivy the popular of most was the Harukathis year. Yamashita for while I am co-chair CAAAN chair, California JoshCAAAN Japan. Wright , who was a scheduled guest on the “Tonight guest on the was a scheduled ’84, who clip. video humorous us via but joined Show,” Longtime L.A. Club of Cornell volunteer webmaster Yasmin Salas out west. Red festivities Big the for ni on hand Cornell Club of Japan was postponed from April to from was postponed Japan Club of Cornell dis- for Red fundraiser a Big into turned and May Kavin to catch up with was great It aster relief. Bloomer, cases of my niece’s Girl Scout cookies to Ishino- cookies Girl Scout niece’s my of cases hit areas. hardest the of one maki, in Southeast Asia while on a yearlong Fulbright while on a yearlong Asia in Southeast psychol- clinical teaching in Malaysia, scholarship men- children’s urban refugee researching ogy and highlights, are “There writes, She issues. tal health all. They them it’s tough to weed through although as our best ambas- 1) our children around: center trail refugee the 2) following to Asia; sadors 3) and Malaysia; and Thailand, Burma, through in Malaysia kids refugee among trauma studying to an due our own mild version through going and overnight gas explosiona in apartment neighboring home to L.A. was “Early Evening with David Skor- David with “Early Evening to L.A. was home ton,” at event a magical and dragon, the Andy, and Ezra of with replicas Kevin Truck! Hot Johnny’s Reilly ’84, president of with Skorton Dr. presented Entertainment, Fox from “Glee” memorabilia signed , at the Tokyo gathering, where one million yen million one where gathering, Tokyo ’90, at the Japan—and alumni throughout from in donations fees—were participation event’s the about half of of orphans for fund an educational collected for Andrew tragedy. the Hazelton but last December, with his family Japan from US and occurred earthquake the when was in Korea only “My reported, He day. next the flew to Tokyo to I moved was a cold shower. inconvenience of rest the stayed there and business for Nagoya only I am the and week. I’m back in Tokyo the feeling.” odd Very in Shinagawa. foreigner White (Sudbury, Kimberly . In other fun . In other Anne Czaplinski Kim Bradley c , MBA Capek Howard Bunszel e-mailed back in e-mailed Bunszel and and Matt McGinity and her family before her before family her and Brian Mathews Konnichiwa from Kobe, class- Kobe, from Konnichiwa in Japan Cornellians We mates! your con- appreciate sincerely Tracy Taylor Graham, [email protected]; Stephanie [email protected]; Graham, Avidon, [email protected]. Avidon, has settled down in Princeton, NJ, with his in Princeton, has settled down Joseph Tagliente Amy Pfannenstiel Amy news, my team here in Oregon built an iPad app built an iPad in Oregon team here my news, interested kids to get designed called Tinkerbox, it is I write this, As physics. and in inventions and App Store on the game free one number the in less than 250,000 downloads we’ve had more spread things how is incredible than a week. It days.” these wildfire like Lauren [email protected]; Bliss, Treadwell Flato Labovitz, [email protected]; Levine Bloom wrote from Great Falls, VA: “My husband and I and husband “My VA: Falls, Great from wrote Aidan, 9, and 14, Pierson, Gabrielle, have children busi- insurance and services own a financial 7, and I am involved Group. Falls Insurance Great ness, chil- on my focused but mostly business, with the sports, PTA, schools, at their volunteering dren, horses, I ride duties. mom all other and dance, of photography lots of do run, ski, work out, and Army the I did nature. and dogs, horses, kids, this races more plan to do and ten-miler last fall at a horseback I volunteer and daughter My year. is reward- which disabled kids, for center riding every moment!” but loving I am a busy mom, ing. estate company. a private equity real ’93, manage econ- is the Joseph, notes challenge, biggest Their friends with his football stays in touch He omy. busi- on the volunteers and brothers fraternity and his daughter’s for committee development ness their near rowing with community team and crew MA. in Weston, home anniversary eight-year my “I celebrated February: senior job as the started a new and at Autodesk from I’ll move business. AutoCAD the of director with my Bay Area San Francisco to the Oregon 9. Nolan, 11, and Renee, kids and Chris, husband, lots are There we come! here sunshine, California more I’ll be working and at Autodesk Cornellians of with closely now MA) purchased and renovated a commercial build- a commercial renovated and MA) purchased Inc. Superlogics his business, for in Natick ing as leases times several had moved business “The to provide building this we purchased so expired, vendors.” and customers, employees, stability for Sig- of with friends in close contact remains Matt families. their and Nu ma next up is a new fence and front and back doors. back and front and fence is a new up next pit a 3-year-old Moo, Maggie adopted Rices The a as enjoys serving Leslie last summer. bull mix, Long the in participating and CAAAN ambassador Alex Delta Delta Delta. alumni chapter of Island Martin in keeps He children. four their and Maria, wife, who , an ER physician Nathan Andrew with touch and Janet, ID, with his wife, Boise, of lives outside passing if you’re Say hello children. three their or Boise! Princeton through tinued good wishes and support following the support following and wishes good tinued in tsunami and 11 earthquake March devastating DC, that I was in Washington, region. Tohoku the Studies with fellow Asian visiting morning, alumna State Dept. re-assignment to Laos. Despite world- to Laos. State Dept. re-assignment disaster in about a possible nuclear worries wide flight precautionary a last-minute and Fukushima to return I managed airlines, by the cancellation then, 20. Since on March as scheduled to Kobe two sending including what I could, I’ve done 90 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 91 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 92

Reunion co-chairs Jeff Weintraub and Dorine Deborah Best, an attorney in Seattle, WA, team around. On behalf of all Mets fans in our Colabella and class president Bob Baca each put flew to Toronto, where she met up with Cather- class, here’s hoping David can share some of his forth a tremendous effort to make Reunion a ine Kim Kumaradas ’92. After enjoying some Midas touch that has made him so successful on smashing success. Their tireless dedication, atten- much-needed girl bonding spa time in Toronto, Wall Street with the Mets. Please, David, we want tion to detail, and non-stop good cheer were in- Catherine and Deborah piled into the “swagger meaningful October baseball in Flushing! Jen- strumental in making the weekend so memorable. wagon” and drove to Ithaca. Ernie Joynt traveled nifer Leeds and Robert Hess came to Reunion Not only did these three officers work hard plan- from Denver, CO, where he works for the National with their sons Jaden, 13, and Max, 10, from Ar- ning the reunion throughout the prior 13 months, Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. At NOAA, lington, MA, where Jennifer works for Novartis they were busy all weekend attending to last- Ernie is responsible for global IT projects regard- Pharmaceuticals as an executive director of an- minute details and ensuring that everything ran ing the collection of data on natural hazards such tibacterial discovery and Robert is a patent at- smoothly. We are so lucky to have such dedicated as tsunamis. He claims that he does not in fact torney at a boutique intellectual property law officers, and we thank them for all they have done control the weather, but the twinkle in his eye firm. Jennifer and Robert were looking forward to over the past 20 years and for what they have suggests otherwise. moving to the San Francisco area during the sum- signed up to do for the next five years. Many classmates enjoyed seeing class-favorite mer, where Jennifer will continue to work for No- Not only did we have a record-breaking num- band Rock N Roll Chowder reunite to play at the vartis. Jennifer and Robert would love to hear ber of classmates at Reunion, they came from all Nines. The band includes Teige Carroll, Noah Korn- from other classmates in the Bay Area. over the world! People returned to Cornell from blum, Mark Weigel, and Jeff Webb, as well as Kim Rugala LaFontana sent news almost im- Washington, DC, 34 states (including Hawaii), Matt Kane ’90. According to Sharlyn Carter Hes- mediately upon returning home, reporting that she Puerto Rico, Canada, England, Russia, Switzerland, lam, who was at the show, the guys were amaz- had a fantastic trip to Ithaca. “It was an amazing Indonesia, and Kenya! Jerry Ray arrived as a non- ing, and when the crowd cried for an encore, Ruth chance to catch up with friends—old and new— preregistered walk-in, having been traveling the Ann Keene, JD ’98, said, “If they stop playing, and to stay up much too late. My freshman year world—most recently in Japan. Michelle Gilardi I’ll have to open my eyes and be old again.” roommate Ruth Anne Keene and I wondered at came all the way from Kenya, where she is a hos- Luckily they played one more song and the audi- how at-home we still feel in Ithaca after all these pitality consultant. Geoffrey Moscowitz traveled ence was able to be 20 years old for a little bit years.” Kim is managing director at the Advisory from Moscow, Russia, where he is continuing his longer. We hope the band will return to play for Board Co., and spends her “free time” chasing her quest to ensure that capitalism flourishes in the the class at our 25th Reunion! two little girls to ballet class, T-ball, soccer, gym- former Soviet Republic, running his own industri- Just weeks after the news wires announced nastics, and preschool. Also upon returning home, al and business cleaning business. Ivan Arzola that David Einhorn had entered into exclusive Stacey Ries, DVM ’95, posted on the Cornell91 came from Puerto Rico, where he works as an en- negotiations to buy a minority stake of the New Facebook page: “Can’t believe I missed the previ- gineer for a local company. Ivan brought his wife, York Mets, David and Cheryl (Strauss) joined the ous reunions! What was I thinking!? Thanks to all daughter, and parents to Reunion, and they were class at Reunion. David proudly wore a Mets cap the organizers and the student help. Wonderful time looking forward to spending the following week to dinner Saturday night and enjoyed hearing and such great memories.” Finally, although he was traveling the Northeast, ending in Washington, DC. people’s ideas on what can be done to turn the not at Reunion, special congratulations go out to John Tillman, head coach of the U.

of Maryland’s men’s lacrosse team. In

his first year as head coach, John ! brought his team all the way to the NCAA championship game. John pre- Hola! viously served as head coach of the Harvard U. men’s lacrosse team. Alexandra Migoya ’93 After five wonderful years writing about the Class of 1991, this is my final column. Kathy, Shar, and I hen Alexandra Migoya was looking for an after-school Spanish program for her have enjoyed sharing your news with two daughters in their home city of Washington, D.C., she was disappointed the Cornell community, and we now W with what she found. “Many Spanish teach- hand over the reins to a new trio of ers these days are using a lot of slang, a lot of Angli- writers. Thank you to Kathy and Shar cisms,” says Migoya, a former corporate lawyer who for being such great co-correspon- c majored in the language on the Hill. “I visited one class dents! Ariane Schreiber Horn, [email protected]. Our new corre- where the teacher used troca for ‘truck’ instead of spondents: Wendy Milks, wmilks@ camión, and I was like, are you kidding me? That is not maine.rr.com; Tom Greenberg, what Spanish is. This is the language of Cervantes, of [email protected]; and Charles Gabriel García Márquez.” Wu, [email protected]. After her search for the perfect program proved futile, Migoya and a friend decided to start their own. Now that the Sum- Opened in 2009, Isabella & Ferdinand Spanish Language mer Solstice has Adventures offers classes after school and on weekends 92 passed, and a col- for students aged one to ten, all taught by native speak- orful autumn is waiting to emerge, ers. Some sessions are geared toward bilingual children, read on to find out what our class while others cater to kids who are new to Spanish. has been up to! Amy Bonsall Harry Migoya and her partner created the school’s curricu- and husband Lance have been busy taking their 6-year-old son to all of lum, in which music features prominently. In April, the his newly found activities—hockey, school released Olé & Play, a CD of thirteen original songs karate, swimming, and baseball. Amy on topics from Pablo Picasso to Don Quijote. “Using music in the classroom allows students and her family moved back to Mass- not only to learn proper pronunciation,” says Migoya, the daughter of a Spanish father and achusetts in October 2010, and she a Dominican mother, “but is also a great way to teach about culture.” The school’s ultimate is an enrollment counselor for Bright goal, she says, is to show children the richness of Spanish and Latin American language and Horizons Family Solutions. She is re- heritage—and not just the obvious, Americanized variety. “When a lot of teachers teach cul- sponsible for helping families through the childcare research and enrollment ture, they focus on food,” says Migoya. “My joke to the teachers is, ‘If you can teach Mexi- process. Meghan Degolyer Hauser co and never once use the word taco, I will be infinitely grateful.’ ” writes that husband Rick—who is — Adrienne Zable ’11 the owner of In.Site Architecture— 92 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes Su- Rosen- Sottile, completed Moss, JD ’97, Moss, was thrilled to checked in to checked October 2011 93 | in NYC in June and in NYC in June is executive produc- is executive Yael Berkowitz Campagna and Michelle’s and Campagna in New Zealand. in New Melissa Hart c September Let the news begin, as it so of- news the Let Yorkers. New the with ten does, Dana Hagendorf Nilay Shah Stephen Hsieh is also a new parent; he and wife and he parent; is also a new on Jan. 29, 2011 in Key West, FL. West, 29, 2011 in Key on Jan. and and Kaila go- excitement Colbin: “Lots of and husband Adam Constabaris welcomed Constabaris Adam husband and Michelle Connolly Leo Yen From From Former New Yorker Julian Yorker New Former earned , who Harker Every year at this time, I marvel at the chang- at the I marvel this time, Every year at Jeffrey fields, changed recently Anbinder, who 94 an MFA in film production from New York U., is en- York New from in film production an MFA he where Los Angeles, city of his adopted joying After a seven-month development. works in Web Peihua in Afghanistan, deployment Ku Hamilton. first child, their birth of the announce I waited so long how know Susan, “I don’t Wrote birth), but I should this (I was 40 at the to do parents the to all of Kudos it sooner! have done world. other is a whole It kids. raise who out there reported She procreating!” but we’re late, We’re that Rand. first child, just had their Song we Zealand, New in Christchurch, home on! At ing so in February, earthquake hit by a massive got I gave a talk there. down insane pretty are things opportunity incredible the and quake about the it led to me Christchurch; for that it represents suc- it was a hugely TEDxEQChCh in May; running impact will have a big that I hope cessful event our start- city! Meanwhile, the of future on the ten of was one world MiniMonos.com up virtual the than 230) for more selected (from companies in Cambridge, accelerator venture Springboard out in so I’m hanging months, three for England, up met Kaila In February, July.” UK through the with also She son Oscar. and baby Carmen new kids: with time spent announce the launch of her new company, Gal- company, new her of launch the announce consul- marketing a boutique Group, Media lant Mandarin on luxury brands. with a focus tancy it Check first client. was her Group Hotel Oriental Also in NYC out at www.gallantmediagroup.com. is in high- career law to his former from switching “I’m Jeffrey, Wrote development. er education gifts at major of director associate senior now home a lovely 1.3-mile walk from College, Barnard Tomto campus.” Goldstone Zakaria “Fareed show CNN’s world affairs er of at gave a lecture Zakaria GPS.” In April, when to talk to stu- Ithaca him in joined Tom Cornell, govern- my “I’m putting about his career. dents wrote. use!” he to good major ment to the was promoted he where a tour in Virginia, In Navy. US in the commander lieutenant of rank as- to start a new to Maryland moved he January, MI, Ann Arbor, family-friendly From signment. san Bryan Ben Shunfenthal ’06 ing season and happily think of the beautiful the think of happily and season ing an excit- brings This September autumns. Ithaca is redhead fiery as our our family, for change ing big her joining kindergarten, starting “finally” every- fall, Happy school. in elementary brother care Take happy everything. happy changes, one, please share. and ,Coleman a had who 2011. Karin in March daughter Abell con- 27, 2010. Lastly, on July Zaphod son Emmett Ike married , who Flores to Theresa gratulations Enahoro ’94 2010, Facebook in March via re-connected They is “theirstory.” say, as they rest, the and [email protected]; [email protected]; berg, [email protected]; Melissa [email protected]; berg, Carver [email protected]. Kristi has be- PhD [al- has relo- , moved to a moved Michael Tino Stefan Green- has become the has become and wife Adriana, and David Sims who are holding back, holding are who Thomas Greenberg ’91, The Youngest Light. The Youngest , and moved to Sanibel Island, moved Lee moved to Westchester Lee moved , for babysitting. Daphne Liu, for Lee James has joined the MITRE Corp., the has joined Chin has also become a published Chin has also become and his wife welcomed daughter his wife welcomed and Peter Savage moved to Greenwich, CT, after living in NYC after living CT, to Greenwich, moved “Face of Opportunity” entrepreneurial award. Opportunity” entrepreneurial “Face of Jane Chen jobs have started new classmates Several Kim, Azzarelli JD ’97, a fascinating published Jison Ellen Kim and/or relocated. relocated. and/or article with former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Court Justice Supreme former with article support- how discusses article The Day O’Connor. every- world benefits the around judges female ing Bank World the both from research Analyzing one. in- how reveal authors the sector, private the and the bottom of girls at the and in women vesting economies boosts the pyramid economic and social authors The live. they in which societies the of to positive results the for in order that, maintain access to have equal girls must and women stick, protections. and rights human basic and justice Cornell Int’l Law in the published was article The VP Daily Beast Co.’s Newsweek Journal. Kim is the di- managing the and ventures business new of also co- She’s World. in the Women of rector for Global Center Avon the chair of and founder Law School. at Cornell Justice and Women books: Practical three has published She author. Pharmaceutical Executives Leadership for ternative] Career Clinic is www.janechin.com/ page author Amazon Her author, published Another amazon. book Coming Out in has written a chapter in the Universalists. Unitarian LGBTQ of Faith: Voices Unitarian the minister of serves as the Michael in Westchester, Northern Fellowship of Universalist was honored His congregation Kisco, NY. Mount growth. congregational for award with a national Adrian Medici, New com- strategy ’s media Sexton nationally—by has also been recognized pany, British Airways/Harvard Business Re- the winning view brands, consumer works with studios, Medici New a startups on media social and basis. go-to-market It new models businesses, digital prod- providing distribution. and marketing, social strategy, uct made our Class Notes more interesting and inform- and interesting more Class Notes our made ative. you of those To an update in by sending joining consider please of Speaking below. are addresses Our kind. any of in. let’s jump right news, new medical director in oncology at Pfizer Inc. in oncology director medical new Jeffrey Hammer federal in the consulting management providing sector. FL, and opened Sanibel Island Gear, a retail store a retail Gear, Sanibel Island opened FL, and cigars, clothing, sunglasses, high-end offering Samantha beach gear. and Hardaway general is associate she where cated to London, Corp. R. Taleo EMEA for counsel, Andrew Sewell has been and CT, Haven, in West a house bought at Yale scientist research to associate promoted Hans Maentz Medicine. of U. School was CA, and Cornell, in aptly named house new private wealth man- VP of to senior promoted Stanley. at Morgan agement in Jones advisor with Edward a financial come City. Kansas a suburb of KS, Mission, County, NY, to be closer to family. to be closer to family. NY, County, berg twin boys, his wife welcomed and He 16 years. for is 3, 2011. Stefan born March Tiago, and Luca to his brother, grateful his sister-in-law, and Marc Watkins Orange, live in West his family and He Annabelle. a Group, Property Rockledge runs Marc NJ, and also estate firm based in NYC. Congratulations real David parents to new Bombard and Garvick, Collins daughter welcomed who Erik lives -Bellamy works part-time and wife Nikki have and writes that she is en- writes that she Karen Usselman Storz is a creative process Storz is a creative Castellano, LKD2@cornell. Castellano, (Tully, NY) is a landscape ar- NY) is a landscape (Tully, lives in Wilmette, IL, with wife lives in Wilmette, Happy fall, fellow classmates! I fellow classmates! fall, Happy was fun that your summer hope you look and rejuvenating, and and wife Andrea are residing and residing are wife Andrea and Ellen Huang Beth Yancey Lois Duffy c Jean Megan Kintisch, [email protected]; Torrance, [email protected]. Torrance, Bill Haveron Sean Nolon Matthew Shaw in Delaware with her husband, Jeff, and their and Jeff, husband, with her in Delaware a veterinarian, being busy not When daughters. and teenagers her raising time her spends Karen as well as the girls’ school, the at volunteering like would she What association. local veterinary to good Sounds Traveling! now? right to be doing too! Danielme Domenech in Allen- five children their been very busy raising Daniel a parent, to being town, NJ. In addition at Ameri- resources human VP of the is currently Allentown is very active with the and can Express to be a Lit- also manages He Church. Presbyterian to you hats off tle League baseball coach! Daniel, your endeavors! with all of has just opened another office in Geneva, NY, in NY, in Geneva, office another opened has just NY. Perry, located in office main to the addition proj- Valbio a Center on working is currently Rick com- to be is scheduled which ect in Madagascar, is a dairy Meghan Rick! Congrats, pleted in 2012. Farmers’ Perry in the has participated who farmer has also been She past ten years. the for Market as well in Perry, organizer Arts Series Summer the Chalk Art Festival. Perry the for organizer as the Sean is a pro- VT. Norwich, in children their raising has been and School Law Vermont fessor at the yoga in his downtime. and skiing, hiking, enjoying his on happenings out his latest check can You blog, www.seannolon.com! Megan and writes that he is currently an account is currently writes that he and Megan Marketing/Advertising at Ogilvy Action director enjoys he time, In his spare Chicago. in Agency soccer Amelia’s his 7-year-old daughter coaching Bill tells us marathons. team, as well as running York New and Boston, Chicago, has run in the he marathons! Go in Morristown, To at Ideas consultant design innovative facilitates and designs she NJ, where is also She 500 companies. Fortune for sessions 7- and baseball with her very active in soccer and Dan10-year-old sons. Tomaselli Part- at Foradori planning financial in corporate idual is also an indiv He CT. LLC in Norwalk, ners enjoys the says that he He advisor. investment refinancing. mortgage of challenges twin boys, identical with her time joying Maxwell and 1 this past June. turned who Theodore, live in Franklin, wife Marni Harris, MHA ’92, and at reimbursement of director Erik is the TN, where Jessica Therapeutics. BioMimetic Ingram from recognition Congressional special received 2011 (D-NY) in March Charles Rangel Congressman strengthen- to commitment her of in appreciation as a success- was recognized She our nation. ing Women’s as part of entrepreneur ful NYC woman own boutique up her heads Jessica History Month. marketing issues advocacy and social and civic on competitive also advises nonprofits firm. She strate- communications and positioning, branding, now, That’s all for Jessica! Congratulations, gies. folks! chitect. In his downtime he likes getting outdoors, getting likes he chitect. In his downtime art. and skiing, edu; edu; Fee forward to getting back into everything that this everything back into to getting forward thank you to those A hearty season brings. new that you have grateful are We news. sent who 93 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 93 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 94

We got a fun update from Margot Vigeant. the country’s largest and fastest-growing luxury impressive feat considering the typically unpre- “My big Cornell news is that my youngest broth- residence fund.” A luxury-residence fund “is de- dictable Ithaca weather. er, Mark Vigeant ’11, is now also a proud Cornell signed to offer spectacular vacations in addition U is for the unhappy classmates who did not alum! He joins me and my husband, Steve Stum- to real estate investment opportunities. Member- arrive at class headquarters on Thursday in time bris, in the Cornellian family.” At Mark’s gradua- ship is structured as an equity interest in the to enjoy the culinary bounty delivered courtesy tion, the revelers restaged a family photo that fund that owns the vacation homes and offers use of Hot Truck. they took 17 years earlier at Margot’s com- of these residences, in addition to appreciation G is for the gala on Friday night at the John- mencement. Mark shared a link to the photo on when the homes are sold.” Despite the gasping- son Art Museum, attended by more than 177 Class the news aggregator Reddit, where the whimsical for-air economy, “Adam and Philip have managed of 1996 alumni and their families. The event in- image drew over half a million hits. to grow Equity Estates by more than 50 percent, cluded an address from President Emeritus Frank For Margot and Steve’s sons Gabe, 9, and Si- year-over-year. They constantly travel the world H.T. Rhodes, who joked about his retirement and mon, 6 (future Cornellians, no doubt), the highlight looking at multi-million dollar homes for the having left the Class of 1996 early and missed our of their trip to Ithaca was that hidden gem, the fund.” Adam has been married for 11 years to commencement. It was a wonderful evening, and Cornell Brain Collection. Margot is associate dean Rachelle Gross from Atlanta and has children many classmates sought out Pres. Rhodes for pho- of the College of Engineering and associate profes- Chloe and Aidan. Since Equity Estates has two tos following his remarks. sor of chemical engineering at Bucknell U. In 2010, residences in NYC, Adam is there all the time and A is for the impressive athleticism shown by she took a class to Brazil, and will be accompany- loves to reconnect with other Cornell alumni. more than 150 alumni and guests who competed ing another class to China in 2012. Steve works at Mary Alice Lee, director of the New York City Saturday morning in a five-mile race from Barton the Small Business Development Center, providing Playground Program, writes, “My organization, the Hall’s historic entrance through the Cornell Plan- engineering design services for small businesses. Trust for Public Land, holds planting days at tations and back to Lynah Rink. Among the list As for me, I’m still working as a freelance schoolyards that we have renovated in NYC. (We of finishers was Liam O’Mahony, who placed 25th editor and enjoying my adopted city of Chicago. transform asphalt schoolyards into community out of more than 80 runners. You’ll find my book reviews in the online literary parks and gardens.) Generally, the people who vol- S is for Saturday afternoon, when Touchdown magazine TheNervousBreakdown.com, where I unteer are students from the school and residents the Bear made an appearance at Fun in the Sun. also interviewed author Jennifer Egan, this year’s from the neighborhood. People can always go to More appropriately/cynically known as Blast in the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. c Dika www.tpl.org for more information.” A fellow veg- Overcast, this family-friendly event attracted hordes Lam, [email protected]; Jennifer Rabin etarian, Mary Alice attended a vegan barbeque of kid-toting alumni of the classes of ’86, ’91, ’96, Marchant, [email protected]; Di- Memorial Day Weekend. Sign me up for next year! and ’01, and included a dance contest, face paint- neen Pashoukos Wasylik, [email protected]. Jack Hayes recently spent some time with Patrick ing, water balloons, bounce house, and ice cream. and Angela Ruggieri Omilian ’97. They went on The dark clouds were menacing, but the actual rain a wine tour in our old stomping grounds. I plan held off until the very end, when most of the kids The East Coast has been my on hopping in my invisible jet next time to join (and some of the parents) were exhausted, full of home for the majority of my them. Anyone else? Jack keeps busy parenting his junk food, and ready to take a nap anyway. 95 life—except for the brief stint I little girl, while Angela and Pat have a daughter W is for the woodsmoked barbeque that was did in Ann Arbor when I attempted to be a law- and son. I hear man-to-man defense works well served Saturday evening at the class photo, class school-attending Wolverine. Why I had to move in parenting; zone is a bit tougher. meeting, and dinner event on Saturday evening. to New Orleans before I was able to attend Book The gaggle of crazies (Patrick Omilian, Tom The festivities were set up under and around a Expo America in NYC shall remain a mystery. I just Hughes, Jeff Kline, Eric Krug, and Janice Sieg- tent erected on the shores of Beebe Lake. returned from a week away, where I met many ford) that I lived with or near during my time at A is for A’ndrea Van Shoick, class co-presi- booksellers, publishers, authors, and bloggers, and Cornell plans a mini-reunion before our 20th (in dent, who thanked the Class Council for five ate a ridiculous amount of food. Who knew read- 2015, people). We hope to rent a house along the years of great work, thanked all who were in at- ing could be so fattening and heavy? I shipped water. Janice claims she does not actually want to tendance, and recognized deceased classmates by home 80-plus pounds of books and such. One of see any of us; she just wants to be able to shout, reading their names and asking for a moment of my favorite moments was meeting Tom Angle- “Living on the lake,” a popular catchphrase in our silence in their honor. Distinguished members of berger, the author of The Strange Case of the day. If you have ideas about our 20th Reunion, Cornell Alumni Affairs team—Pat Burns, Tina Origami Yoda. An intern (or maybe the president don’t hesitate to contact us. Remember, we have Gourley, and Cathy Hogan ’70—were also of Abrams) dressed as Darth Vader handed me an a class website (http://classof95.alumni.cornell. thanked for their tireless efforts and presented origami Vader, and I was in geek heaven. While in edu) and a Facebook page (search for “Cornell with tokens of appreciation. New York City, I was able to travel to the bowels Class of 1995”). c Veronica K. Brooks-Sigler, T is for tipping out of a canoe, which is exactly of Grand Central to consume Magnolia Bakery’s red [email protected]; Abra Benson Perrie, what happened to class co-president Krishna Col- velvet cake with Mei Mei Lee ’96. We have not [email protected]. lie when one of our class clerks stood up at an seen each other since I graduated; we met in the inopportune moment on Saturday night while bowels of Ecology House her freshman year. Appar- navigating around Beebe Lake. ently, we like to hang out in dark places. Mei Mei I have three children, ages 7, 8, E is for enthusiasm shown by and toward the is as beautiful and full of energy as I remember. and 10, the time in life when all 1996 Class Council slate, which was voted unan- Speaking of energy, Brian and Caroline Rose 96 poetry assignment roads invari- imously into five-year terms at Saturday’s class (Dallas, TX) welcomed their fourth child, Gideon ably lead to an acrostics poem. I’ve caught the meeting. 2011-16 class officers are: A’ndrea Van Nathaniel, on May 25, 2011. Caroline writes, bug. For your consideration, here is an account- Schoick and Alexi Clinton (co-presidents); Dave “Gideon has three, thrilled, big siblings: Cyrus, ing of the June 2011 Reunion Weekend spent far Caleca (treasurer and VP membership); Steph- Nina, and Arden. Here’s to a half-dozen Roses!” above Cayuga’s Waters. anie Cockerl (nominations chair); Carlton Griffin Russ Levitan and wife Sheri Koblenz are pleased C is for Carlton Griffin, who, along with fel- (reunion co-chair); Ron Johnstone, Carin Lustig- to announce the birth of daughter Alana Joan, low reunion co-chair Jennifer Lagnado, MAT Silverman, and Liam O’Mahony (class correspon- born on May 26, 2011. Dad says he, his wife, and ’97, worked endless hours to coordinate a suc- dents); Nicholas Grego (Web communications the new baby are doing well, but “big sister Jamie cessful Reunion Weekend and expressed thanks chair); and Krishna Collie, Jonelle Bradshaw de has no idea” what is happening with the new ad- to all who attended. Hernandez, Katrina James, and Jennifer Lagna- dition. Valerie Guilfoyle Sanders has drawn the A is for the Alumni Affairs team at Cornell, do (at-large Class Council members). Still avail- line at two kids. She lives in Walnut Creek, CA, with who did their typically spectacular job in organ- able for the taking are the following positions: her husband and “awesome kids Riley and Claire.” izing an interesting and eclectic mix of events reunion co-chair; reunion registration chair; VP Valerie works in IT security, but I hope she still has that were expertly run and very well received. affinity; and class historian/communications. If time to do some theater! If any Alpha Phi sisters Y is for fans of the 1983 Barbra Streisand anyone is interested in volunteering, please con- are headed to the Bay Area, please look her up. movie Yentl, at least one of whom must have tact Stephanie Cockerl at [email protected]. Adam Capes and Philip Mekelburg ’91 found- been among the group of 331 alumni, family, and R is for the representative of the Cornell En- ed Atlanta-based Equity Estates (www.equityestates friends who attended our 15th Reunion. The vironmental Health & Safety department who ca- fund.com). Jordan Blakesley, who provides public group missed setting a record for classmember joled ’96 alums to relocate the party indoors to relations for the company, notes, “Equity Estates is headcount, but it was a great turnout and an the class HQ after the rains returned following the 94 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 95 C class meeting. By that time, of course, many at- joining their family. 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Sheeleza Deba, also in the Garden State, lass Notes tendees were too deep in the celebratory mood Lee celebrated their first birthday this past spring earned the title of “Favorite Aunt” by traveling to to notice either the drizzle or the mandated trans- in the company of future classmates Jackson and be with both her brother on Long Island and her fer to sheltered environs. Anne Wallace (and their parents Scott and Kathryn sister in Florida, when it came to delivery time. She S is for the live stream in Kennedy Hall that Boniti Wallace) and Braden Mitchell (with parents is the proud aunt of Adam, Hanna, and Maxwell; was necessary to accommodate the masses of Brian and Kelly Patel Mitchell). The twins’ circle they have a ball when they are together. Maxwell people who were turned away from a jam-packed of friends also includes Maxwell and Zoe Campbell, James Yerrakadu is the son of Sheeleza’s twin sis- Bailey Hall for Cornelliana Night, held late Sat- children of Magnus and Cheryl Tourney Campbell. ter, Shazeeda Bacchus Yerrakadu and husband urday night. Always a popular cap to Reunion Jill Dash and husband Jerome Brown welcomed Stephen. The families will celebrate Maxwell’s first Weekend, the gala included performances by the daughter Maya Greer to their family in November birthday in August. Congratulations on becoming Alumnae Chorus and the Alumni Glee Club of 2010. Welcome to all the future Cornellians! parents, Shazeeda and Stephen! In other baby songs of Cornell. The undeniable highlight of the Perhaps as you read this column you are news, Syeda Ali and husband Yousuf welcomed show was when the Alumni Glee Club serenaded thinking to yourself, “How can I get involved with their daughter, Inayah, in February 2011. Big two female members of the Class of 1931 seated Cornell now that it has been almost 15 years since brother Ibrahim is excited to have a little sister. in the front row, who were in town for their 80th (yes, 80th) Reunion. After festivities ended at Bailey Hall, a robust crowd made its way back to the Arts Quad for a late night of cocktails, danc- We transform asphalt schoolyards ing, storytelling, and catching up. Robert Frost I’m not. Best wishes for a won- ‘ derful rest of 2011! c Ron Johnstone, raj6@ into community parks and gardens. cornell.edu; Liam O’Mahony, liamom@yahoo. com; Carin Silverman, [email protected]. Class Mary Alice Lee ’95’ website, http://classof96.alumni.cornell.edu.

I graduated?” Well, I have the answer: contact Definitely future Cornellians in the making! It’s hard to believe (or maybe I am Marike Bradford Toothaker at mjb11@cornell. That’s all for now, but please send us your just in denial) that 15 years ago edu. Marike has been working in Alumni Affairs news so we’ll have more to share next time! Keep 97 we were embarking on our senior and Development for Cornell almost since gradua- the news coming to: c Uthica Jinvit Utano, year on the Hill. What was happening 15 years tion. She encourages anyone with questions about [email protected]; Karen Dorman Kipnes, kld8@ ago? In October 1996, Hunter Rawlings was en- how to give to or get involved with Cornell to cornell.edu; or Molly Darnieder Bracken, mbd4@ tering his second year as president of the univer- contact her. She and husband Tom live in Fairfield, cornell.edu. sity and the men’s hockey team was coming off an CT, where Tom is a neurologist. Daughter Susanna ECAC championship over Harvard during 1995–96 is 4 and is getting used to being a big sister; her and headed to another. What else do you remem- little brother, William, was born in May 2011. I recently had the chance to ber? We would love to spend the next few columns Pamela Tan relocated to Ithaca in June to become catch up with Paul Arnold remembering some of the fun times had by our director of admissions for CALS. She says the most 99 (paul.arnold@rosewoodhotels. class during that year, so send in your memories. bizarre part is retracing some of her old steps and com), a former 221 Eddy Street housemate, in New We’ve received updates from all over the realizing that the last time she walked that path York City. After 12 years of working with Ernst & globe, including Geneva, Switzerland, where MC she was most likely listening to a mix tape on her Young’s real estate, hospitality, and leisure adviso- Gasco-Buisson has relocated with her husband fol- Walkman (and perhaps wearing flannel)! ry practice globally, he joined Rosewood Hotels & lowing a promotion to associate marketing direc- Thanks again for all your replies to the e- Resorts, the premier manager of ultra-luxury hotels tor (for prestige fragrances) at Procter & Gamble. mail request. If you haven’t sent something in and resorts around the world, as VP of development MC shares that they love European living! Also in yet, please do. We’d love to hear from you! c for the Middle East, Africa, and Indian Ocean. Paul the marketing arena is Josh Grossman, who is Sarah Deardorff Carter, [email protected]; Erica will be responsible for growing Rosewood’s portfo- the head of marketing for SavingStar. His com- Broennle Nelson, [email protected]. lio throughout these regions as well as supporting pany has launched as the only national paperless their development activities in Europe. He is based coupon service by linking the eCoupons you se- in Dubai. William Aw is spearheading the Asia- lect on SavingStar.com (or on your smartphone) I’m writing this column in June, Pacific Natural Gas Vehicle Association (ANGVA) to your local store’s loyalty cards. Josh mentioned and to me, summertime has Green Highways 2011 event; it is a forum to dis- that the company works with more than 100 98 always been an opportunity to cuss Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV) as a viable al- chains, including a Cornell favorite, Wegmans. step back and reflect on recent events or even an ternative to petrol and diesel. To find out more, Josh was kind enough to let me know that my fa- academic year, especially when I was in school. visit http://www.angva.org/main.asp?pageid=76& vorite local chain was also included! Maybe it was the summer heat that seemed to slow Access=P. Jennifer Ose-MacDonald traded in her Returning to his ILR roots, Eric Saidel now things down, but whatever the case, if you find Wall Street career to devote her energies full-time directs human resources for Easton Associates, a yourself slowing down a bit—enjoy the moment! toward studying and repairing our global food consulting firm offering strategic business advice Smell the roses! Reflect and share your latest news system. Currently a master’s candidate at NYU, for life science companies; they have offices in with us! We’d love to hear from you like we’ve Jennifer is studying the environmental, ethical, New York, London, and Beijing. Eric mentioned heard from these fellow Class of ’98 members. and economic factors in food production and dis- that he had a chance to catch up with Sean Cut- Linda Obasi hosted a private catered event tribution with the goal of applying her product ler, who was passing through NYC on business. back in March to screen her film, Overseas, a sto- and business management skills toward the de- Eric is already planning to be back on campus for ry about a woman discovering her family’s past to sign of a more sustainable food system; she reunion next summer. See you there! Class Coun- embrace her cultural identity. The special evening would love to connect with other grads working cil member Donell Hicks has become the presi- marked the premiere viewing of Linda’s labor of in this field. dent of the Cornell Club of Greater Miami and the love. Invited guests included me, David Haro and David Dalpe and wife Jodi (Colgate ’02) also Florida Keys. Make sure to contact him to get in- wife Patty, Sheeleza Bacchus Deba and husband live in NYC, where David is a global head of de- volved if you live in the area. Thanks for repre- Ravi, and Tawana Bean. Linda and her family or- velopment at Thomson Reuters. Congratulations senting the Class of ’97, Donell. Josh Carter was chestrated a wonderful time for all. Look for her on the birth of their son, Jordan Alexander, whom admitted to the partnership at Pricewaterhouse- film at a film festival near you! David Haro has no they welcomed to the world on April 12. Lee Coopers, effective July 2011. When not busy trav- complaints. He and Patty are balancing work life Humphreys and husband Jeff Neiderdeppe, both eling for work, he is enjoying spending time with and home life just fine. He was recently promot- assistant professors in the Dept. of Communica- his wife (that’s me!) and his three crazy kids. Con- ed to manager of sales engineering at 24/7 Real tion at Cornell, welcomed their first child, Ruth grats to all our classmates on their successes. Media while Patty is a chemist at Coty. Together, Leora, on April 13. Samantha Muhlrad, who is Michelle McKee Cubbon and husband James they are parents to adorable Jonas, 3, and baby living in East Setauket on Long Island, started are excited to share the news of future Cornellians Liam. The family lives in New Jersey. an orthopedic hand surgeon practice at Stony September | October 2011 95 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 96

Brook U. Medical Center. Marissa Perman also There’s nothing better to cure Also making strides on the African continent, works in medicine and was slated to move with your “I-can’t-believe-I’m-11- Jennifer Wolter serves as biology teacher and as- her husband, Ben, and son Zachary, 20 months, 00 years-out-of-college” blues than sistant director of student life at the African Lead- to Philadelphia to begin a pediatric dermatology a trip to Ithaca to see 6,000 bright faces gradu- ership Academy, a pan-African boarding school. fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadel- ate as Cornell’s Class of 2011. So this Memorial Day Jennifer has been in South Africa for the last four phia on July 1, 2011. She still finds some time Weekend, I did just that. I drove up, up, up the years and has been traveling throughout south- to play lacrosse and was looking forward to be- Hill to see my little cousin, Courtney Chan ’11, ern Africa, Ethiopia, and Kenya. This summer she ing closer to family and friends on the East Coast turn her tassel and toss her cap. Cheers for Big Red, added Uganda and Mali to her list when she as- after spending the past six years in Cincinnati chimes from the clock tower, and a round of the sisted students with their self-started social en- training in pediatrics and dermatology. “Evening Song” were music to my ears. Not only terprises. And last, but certainly not least, a Many ’99ers live in or near Boston. Laurel was it a very proud day, but one that reminded hearty congratulations goes out to Jenny Mogy Singer and her husband live in Medway, MA. For me that you really never lose your Cornell spirit. Zajac, who had a baby boy this year! Jenny writes, the last four-and-a-half years, Laurel has worked If you can’t get up to Ithaca until our 15th “Dylan was born on March 29, 2011 and is the as a staff attorney for the public defender’s office Reunion (hint, hint), don’t despair, because as light of our lives.” All such great news! in Worcester, MA. Laurel and her husband own a Dorothy said, “You don’t have to look any further As for me, I am honored to tell you that I was catering company and café, J & L Catering, and than your own backyard to find your heart’s de- recently appointed to a four-year term on the Cor- cater anything from small, intimate dinners to sire or some Cornell pride.” OK, maybe I took nell Council, and am humbled that I will be join- large weddings and corporate events. Joshua some creative liberties on that last part, but the ing the ranks of some truly amazing Cornell alumni, Chaitin-Pollak, ME ’01, works as a software ar- sentiment still applies. If you just look in your including our own former class president Emanuel chitect at a pre-but-close-to-IPO robotics startup own town, I’m sure there’s bound to be some Cor- Tsourounis, JD ’03. Best of all, I have a new ex- in Boston, and spends half of his time in Beijing, nellians right around the corner. Just follow the cuse to take another trip back to Ithaca! And I where his wife, Sharon Chaitin ’00, is doing le- red and white balloons! promise to keep you all updated on the changes gal research on a Fulbright grant. Matt and Julie For instance, just the other day, I was en- on campus, if you promise to keep us posted on Heim Jackson welcomed their second child, gulfed by more than 200 Cornellians at the Cor- the wonderful things happening in your lives. Send Owen, last year. Julie works as a child and ado- nell Summer Student-Alumni Networking Event at news! We love hearing from you, and we love writ- lescent psychologist with a local private practice. the Cornell Club-New York. It was fantastic! I was ing for you. c Andrea M. Chan, amc32@cornell. Matt has teamed up with some former Microsoft especially excited to see Jill Lustbader Rudich, edu; Christine Jensen Weld, [email protected]. executives on a startup in the Boston area that who had an incredible mommy glow. Jill and her is focused on incubating new software product husband, Adam, recently celebrated the birth of ideas. Julie Allmayer is training for her first daughter Ayelet Rina this past March. Jill told me We have lots of great news to triathlon in Philadelphia—good luck, Julie! they can’t wait to take the baby up for her very share with the Class of 2001 after Lauren Tauscher Woods and husband David first visit to Cornell. It was great to see Kimm 01 our 10th Reunion in June! We had ’95 live in Dallas, TX, with their son, Lucas, 2. David Maugeri ’01 as well. Kimm is working at Paul a total of 369 attendees: 272 classmates, 19 non- completed his second Ironman triathlon in Hous- Weiss and earning her master’s at Columbia, and reunion-year alumni, 55 guests, and 23 children. ton. Lauren loves her job working for Southwest on top of all that, she still makes time for all her The reunion weather was on both extremes: from Airlines as the technology manager of southwest. Cornell committees! Mike Walton ’01, MD ’05, as melting heat to a torrential downpour. The class- com. They just got back from seeing Bonnie Gault popular as ever holding down the healthcare table mate that traveled the furthest was Katy Billing Biggee in Pleasanton, CA, and her three beautiful at the event, is now a psychiatrist at NewYork- Lundholm. She came from Vejle, Denmark, with kids with husband Michael ’98, MS ’99. Also in Presbyterian Hospital and also an instructor at her husband and two children. California is Deborah Schoeneman, who moved to Weill Cornell Medical College. A quick summary: Our class wine tour con- L.A. three years ago after a decade as a journalist After the formal segment of the event, the sisted of stops at Cayuga Ridge Estate Winery, in New York City for publications including New York alumni were invited down to the Big Red Tap & Goose Watch Winery, Lucas Vineyards, and Swedish magazine and the New York Times Sunday “Style” Grill for some refreshments and reminiscing. Amy Hill Vineyards. At the College of Agriculture and section. She is a writer for “Girls,” a new HBO Gruenhut ’01, currently the reserve partnership di- Life Sciences breakfast, Jim Alves completed his comedy series debuting in early 2012 that was cre- rector at Refinery29, was there; and Randy Brand- final duty as president of the college’s alumni as- ated by Lena Dunham (“Tiny Furniture”) and exec- off ’98 is literally jet-setting all over the world as sociation. During a reception in the Dept. of Com- utive produced by Judd Apatow (“Bridesmaids,” the chief marketing officer of NetJets, a private munication, beloved professor Brian Earle ’67, “Knocked Up”). On Feb. 26, she married Joshua company of Berkshire Hathaway. Sarah Binder ’01, MPS ’71, wore a tie that Ali Solomon Mainhart Groban, a senior adviser for policy and appoint- Kaitlin Dufton ’07, and Pat Burns were amazing painted for him ten years ago. Ali is the creator ments to Gov. Jerry Brown, in Palm Springs, CA. hosts of the event. And of course I can’t forget to of the comic strip Strings Attached (http:// Kelley Prebil, BArch ’99, lives in San Fran- mention Margaux Neiderbach ’99, who not only stringsattachedcomic.com), which, among other cisco. She works as a database administrator for helped plan the evening, but also greeted each papers, appears in the Daily Sun. Cory Earle ’07 Coupons.com Inc. and administers one of the student with a nametag and a smile. Thanks to all was our guide for a historical tour of campus, largest SQL Server OLTP database systems outside of you for organizing such a successful night. which concluded on Saturday just before the storm of Microsoft. She spends her free time skiing, cav- Over on a different hill, Murray Hill to be ex- broke. And the Hangovers performed at the being, canyoneering, hiking, scuba diving, riding mo- act, I ran into Clifford Lerner who happened to ginning of our class meeting. A special congrat- torcycles, and volunteering with the Western Cave be right next to me grabbing some bagels one ulations to the Class of 2001 Reunion Run medal Conservancy and National Speleological Society. Sunday morning! Cliff went up to Ithaca this year winners: Elizabeth Farrell placed first in the 2- Maggie Mellon (Portland, OR) works for Providence for Sigma Alpha Mu’s Centennial, and had an awe- mile (female, age 30-39); and Alan Nawoj placed Health & Services. She also enjoys spending a lot some time with all the Sammys. Cliff is the second in the 5-mile (male, age 30-39). of fun, quality time with her good friend Kyle Con- founder and CEO of SNAP Interactive, a top de- As a class, we blew away our Reunion Cam- nell ’00, ME ’04. Ira ’00 and Daryl Nierenberg veloper of social applications on Facebook and the paign goal of $160,000, raising over $715,000! Noble were married in December 2010 in Florida. iPhone. SNAP is one of the only publicly traded And we not only met our original Tower Club goal, Their joy is somewhat bittersweet due to the un- companies purely focused in the social space but also achieved a “Super Goal” of 31 Tower Club fortunate and sudden passing on May 21, 2011 of (Ticker: STVI) and owns AreYouInterested.com, one members! Our class broke two records for 10th Daryl’s mother, Lynne, who was married to her fa- of the largest social dating applications, and Reunion classes: 1) total number of Tower Club ther, Andrew Nierenberg ’69, for 42 years. To WhoIsNear.com, a product that enables you to dis- members (previously held by the Class of 1990); commemorate her legacy as an educator of gifted cover new people and places nearby. Incredible, and 2) total dollars raised (previously held by the children for more than 30 years, they have estab- Cliff! And speaking of amazing feats, David Kap- Class of 1997). Kudos to Sarah Binder and Lora lished the Lynne Nierenberg Memorial Scholarship son and his wife, Heather, successfully summited Epstein, our Annual Fund co-chairs, and their Fund to benefit gifted and talented children in Mt. Kilimanjaro just this past February. They hiked team on this huge accomplishment. South Florida. c Beth Heslowitz, beth.heslowitz@ 45 miles through five micro-climates, and claim A big Reunion 2011 shout-out for its huge gmail.com; Taber Sweet, [email protected]; that sleeping in tents with their down jackets success! Special thanks to Claire Ackerman (re- Melanie Grayce West, [email protected]; Liz every night was well worth it to see the breath- union chair), Andrea Sweeney, Diana Tyler, Greg Borod Wright, [email protected]. taking view from the top. Nice job, you two! Robinson, Katrina Dryer, Lora Epstein, Nathan 96 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes -Leeson, October 2011 97 Corey Earle ’07, | Anne C. Jones serves as a graduate resi- serves as a graduate c has accepted a new job as has accepted a new completed her doctoral work doctoral completed her graduated from law school at law school from graduated September Hello, Class of 2005! I hope 2005! I Class of Hello, sum- had a wonderful everyone that was filled with plenty mer Stephens has been busy prepar- Stephens completed her MBA in May 2010 in May MBA completed her Chen Chow Yeoh Chen Chow Kate Jackson Thomas Balcerski three years. Anne has just graduated from resi- from graduated has just Anne years. three be will and medicine family care primary in dency and both she where Hampshire, to New moving at Dart- positions new will start husband her to: news Send mouth. [email protected]. 05 of sunshine. Our classmates have been busy have been Our classmates sunshine. of Zach In Montreal, world. the around Weinstein by McGill Award Scarlet Key with the was honored Osler McGill the of president As College. Medical event “Osler Hour” the created Zachary Society, at uniting aimed fundraiser a monthly series, partner- to forge faculties science health McGill’s Que- of practitioners health future ships among also been an active fundraiser has Zachary bec. a organizing Life Campaign, for Best Care the for the close to $3,000 for charity soirée that raised proj- redevelopment Centre’s U. Health McGill new 89th Annual the to planning ect. In addition Osler Soci- oversaw the Osler Banquet, Zachary managed program, shadowing ety’s physician French coordinated projects, outreach community discus- organize helped and workshops, medical sci- of intersection on the focused groups sion is committed Zachary humanities. the and ence the outside education school medical to enriching team- inter-professional promoting and classroom faculties. science health the work among part of the leadership team for Groupon Malaysia. Groupon team for leadership the part of Jacklyn Popeil an- is a senior She to Houston. has relocated and Phillips. Conoco for policy public corporate alyst of Aviesha Palmer per- selling business an e-commerce to launch ing to manufacture expects and products care sonal has also started a She line. care own personal her Corp. at Aon executive job as an account new Bay Area to the has moved She Houston. U. of the a work for then Bar and California the to take looks She Valley. firm in Silicon prosecution patent Cornellians the with all of to reconnecting forward to connect looking and Also moving out there! with alumni is Christian ’05, MBA , BArch Polman Johnson at the has completed his studies ’11. He Bain to work for to London is heading and School & Co. Tiffany Halo is work- and at Yale department chemistry in the Nanotechnology for Inst. International at the ing on October 8. was married U. She at Northwestern JacquelineDavid, ME ’06, and Conti Rimshnick is David this past summer. to Ithaca returned & Indus- Research a PhD in Operations starting plans (ORIE), while Jacqueline Engineering trial at Cornell. Music Dept. of to work with the Cam- West the of newest fellow (GRF) at the dent had the He Rose House. Flora pus residences, First Amer- course “The the teaching of pleasure 2011. This one-credit in spring University” ican with co-instructor offered course, To history. in Cornell’s topics important explored than 100 stu- more surprise, great instructors’ the in format a change necessitating enrolled, dents Chroni- Cornell The to a lecture. a seminar from feedback the and course in March the cle covered positive. very has been generally students from Cam- West the as part of course was offered The initiative. learning” and pus “living lives Anna Re- Samantha still lives in c or Levy Restau- , cmd35@cornell. and husband Alex are Alex husband and A short column this time, but column this time, A short next in the to come more life settles down issue when After one too many gray days, gray too many After one in Seattle has finally summer I put together and arrived! Pat still lives in works with and Vegas wrote from Texas: “Lots going on “Lots going Texas: from wrote Noonan, [email protected]; and [email protected]; Noonan, Carolyn Deckinger Connie Wong c Jeff, [email protected]. Barker Thanks to all our classmates who shared who Thanks to all our classmates Zach Conine Kay Scott Kay Chung started a job with CW Capital on their Chung 03 Chicago, where he has been since graduation. has been since he where Chicago, f aurant open a rest helped Matt news! Matt Fellow Hotelie Replogle a couple of vegetable boxes in the side yard and yard side in the boxes vegetable a couple of kohlrabi, our mini-harvest of have been enjoying and peppers, lettuce, Swiss chard, carrots, beets, way! on their are tomatoes the And radishes. I traveled and Pat yard, in the than working Other It Marathon. Prague to run the in May to Europe the we ran This month experience! was a great 26,000 other with Seattle Rock ’N’ Roll Marathon the along bands had a blast. The people and motivators. incredible course were rants called Oak St. Beach. Adamrants Shindler Argentina. Aires, works in Buenos and sek writes Anna ago. REO team a few months Hotel Hotelies. great with lots of is working that she Day over Memorial I was married important, “More honey- a great from back just got and weekend Anna! in Spain.” Congratulations, moon compa- subsidiary their and Partners Venture Fine their LEV opened Group. LEV Restaurant the ny, burgers, i [heart] concept, restaurant first original end Lobster ME at the is opening and in January team assum- is also involved in the Zach July. of Luck Lady at the operations and development ing Casino in Downtown Las Vegas. law is attending He lives with Law and of Boyd School at UNLV’s school Teresa medical is halfway through ’08, who Vente Democra- have two dogs, Teresa and Zach school. are “Both dogs to Zach, According Liberty. and cy awesome.” Buckingham Sudha Nandagopal, [email protected]. here. The kids are 5 and 3 now and I’m still run- and 3 now 5 and are kids The here. still in the and Still have six cats, after them. ning last sum- first full Ironman my I did house. same so then, since 100-mile runs a couple of and mer early this fall. a Double Iron for I’m training now hit our that tornado was the news biggest The lost a few We a few weeks ago. neighborhood it’s and fences, new and roof a new we need trees, getting around running of amount been a crazy weak it was a fairly stuff! Luckily, and estimates but its path through was hurt, so nobody one, clear.” is pretty neighborhood the back in New York City. Connie participated in a participated Connie City. York back in New Inc.’s to support Cool Culture effort fundraising Art. Cool of Museum Queens at the 18 event June families low-income works to provide Inc. Culture area. York New in the museums access to all the Who would you like to see there? Just a few sen- Just see there? to like would you Who all in us keeping job of our make will help tences us any of to either Write easier. just a bit touch or send below, addresses e-mail year at the of time envelope pro- in the Form copy News in your hard you had a great Hope class mailing. in the vided summer! edu; edu; 04 for your class correspondent, who has been on who your class correspondent, for span of states in the in three living move, the Lauren sends his sends c Niels Heil- Angela Wong Christina Peruto and and Jonah, Bamberger Lyle Young Mulgrew, Mulgrew, Crone, and Sara and Crone, Diedrich Butler, and Allison and Butler, Batten checks in from New York City, York New in from checks The news is low as your corre- news The returns await the spondents News class’s annual the from Amit Michael Bhatia, and Zito . , Elie Gamburg Jocelyn Heyman wel- , who Dyer John Lundholm, and and Praveen Binder, Sarah , ME ’03, Anumolu Hammer, [email protected]. Hammer, (Graduate School of Communication). Go Communication). of School (Graduate Kim Mescher Catherine Kelly Amy Galebach Nate In other class news . . . Congratulations to . . . Congratulations class news In other Nicole D’Amato Congratulations to MaureenCongratulations , who Sullivan What are you up to? Have you traveled, you up to? Have What are , BArch ’05, who were married the weekend the married were ’05, who ’04, BArch MA. Many in Lenox, at a ceremony Reunion before party including wedding in the were Cornellians classmates Trineesh Biswas , Connell Trina ef- great their for else everyone Lee, and re- A great weekend! a fabulous it to make forts with tweets from was written Reunion cap of a class- Tyler, Diana Connell, Nathan classmates feed, our own class Twitter and spouse, mate Our feed was http://sfy.co/BNh. @Cornell2001: during Tweeter” Prolific “Most as the recognized so- of director Gossen, senior by Andrew Reunion Cornell. for strategy media cial Stuart, Weiss to associate from was promoted who is Stuart law firm Cozen O’Connor. at the member department. litigation commercial in the a member complex litigating experience has extensive He courts and federal in state and matters commercial in- fields of in a variety clients has represented care, legal, health securities, financial, the cluding andindustries. manufacturing his last year starting He’s Florida! from greetings Florida, at U. of residency surgery orthopedic of a for to Emory will be heading and Jacksonville, after finish- in Atlanta surgery fellowship in spine Reunion couldn’t attend he Although residency. ing well, is doing everyone hopes his regards, sends he time! was sorry to miss out on a great and telling us that she recently accepted the position the accepted recently us that she telling property global intellectual of at Samsonite counsel Since company. luggage world’s largest LLC, the Boston, it’s of outside is headquartered Samsonite time more opportunity to spend given Nikki the with comed daughter Madeleine in December Madeleine daughter comed 2010. Con- to gratulations Elie and Angela are living in NYC. Angela is cur- in NYC. Angela living are Angela and Elie rently on an extension/renovation working to Delta at JFK terminal Air Lines’ was pro- Elie Airport, and Fox Pedersen at Kohn principal to associate moted published, articles had three PC. He’s Associates un- has buildings and to teach at NYIT, continues as well Korea, and in both India construction der China. and York in New projects as additional Lexington, of Mauk Hayden married KY, Vi- at Point last July 2010. Many in California Lighthouse cente of much including in attendance, were Cornellians class- them, team (among hockey field Cornell the mates Post, JR classmates and Brohl) , Taormina mann, Timothy father, bride’s Costa, plus the , Sullivan MPS ’81 good the forwarding Red! Please keep Big news! usE-mail at [email protected]. Wallach 02 and Dues mailing this fall. Please look for it in the Please look for this fall. Dues mailing and been in if you haven’t already weeks ahead—and in an send e-mail, via or me with Jeff touch class. with the we can share update sport or hob- up a new skill, taken a new learned you plan- Are classmates? you seen any by? Have June? next to our 10th Reunion on going ning 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 97 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 98

Thanks all for the great updates. Have a fan- Saki bombing at Plum Tree, bubble tea from the A green belt in Six Sigma and a black belt in tastic fall season and don’t forget to stop and take Old Tea House, darts at Rulloff’s, the back patio Tae Kwon Do, Mark O’Hern is administrative di- a minute to remember the Cornell orchards, apple and extremely long bathroom line at the Palms, rector at cardiology services at U. of Pittsburgh cider, and the beautiful autumn colors of the Itha- walking around campus with friends, Ms. Pac-Man Medical Center Presbyterian Shadyside. Before mov- ca trees. c Hilary Johnson, [email protected]; at Pixel, browsing Uris Library and the “Harry Pot- ing to UPMC, he was clinical director of ambulato- Johnny Chen, [email protected]; Michelle Wong, ter Room,” driving past the downtown Commons, ry services at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and [email protected]. bagels and sangria at CTB on College Ave., brows- has participated in the Pittsburgh chapter of the ing the Cornell Store, and late night shopping at American College of Healthcare Executives. In his Wegmans . . . just to name a few. free time he volunteers at the local food pantry It’s around noon on Friday of So much has stayed the same, and a lot has with Cornell Club of Pittsburgh and with a program Reunion Weekend in Ithaca, changed. The construction on campus is clearly that provides horseback riding for the handicapped. 06 NY, and the rest of us ’06ers an ongoing process that will probably never Aaron Mauer is proud to have married his are trickling onto North Campus, finding our way cease. But the new buildings look amazing, and sweetheart, Jacqueline Lull, MAT ’09. They re- to the appropriate dorm room. Gazing out from I’m sure the students are thrilled. It was cool to side in Syracuse, NY. Aaron recounts proposing to the fourth floor of Balch Hall, I’m laughing while see how West Campus has evolved as well. But Jacqueline over winter break at her favorite spot watching fellow alumni schlep their luggage in just as the campus changes and grows, so do we. at Cornell—under the WWI arches on West Cam- one hand and a red Cornell embroidered snuggie It was exciting to hear about what everyone has pus. Previously working for the Federal Aviation in the other. I’m already so excited to be back. been doing. We are growing as people, working Administration on airplane safety and detection, The other goodies in our ’06 welcome package hard, making our mark in the world, and repre- Aaron recently made the switch to radar systems included a slap bracelet and Kanye light-up glass- senting Cornell in the best way. I also noticed a working for the US Military at Sensis Corp. es—also red, of course. This was definitely the lot of bling on campus. Congrats to all of you Jacqueline is happily teaching earth sciences at beginning of what was going to be a most mem- who are engaged! So exciting! Please do keep us a local school. After an unsuccessful attempt at orable weekend (and a very needed escape from updated when you get married, because we’d love returning to school, BJ Siasoco left his job at the five years of reality—aka non-campus life). to write about it! More news to come in the next Sciencenter in Ithaca to travel around Southeast There were so many weekend highlights, it’s issues. c Kate DiCicco, [email protected]; Asia and visit his family for more than a month. difficult to only mention a few. On my run around Nicole DeGrace, [email protected]. He’s dreamed of seeing all the UNESCO world her- Beebe Lake Friday morning, I came across some itage sites and added a few more to his list on planned activities—canoeing and zip-lining. Nat- the trip. He visited Hong Kong and Bali, saw the urally, I had to get involved and zip-line across Fall is upon us and times are ora (Komodo dragons) in Komodo, and swam with the lake. Although there were predominantly old- changing with the seasons. whale sharks in the Philippines. BJ says that liv- er classes with their families, I’m sure a few oth- 07 Read on to see how our class ing in Ithaca for the past three years after graders of us went as well. I also ran by a Dinosaur has kept up. uation has been interesting, and he has decided BBQ catering truck. Salivating, eyes wide, I in- Mary Montague recently accomplished two to continue his job hunt there. quired as to when they would start serving—de- major feats. She ran her first marathon and grad- Can Babaoglu moved to Palo Alto, CA, and liciousness—but to my dismay, it was for the uated from the French Culinary Inst. in New York started an online sporting company, Zonline Class of ’91. Luckily, we ’06ers had our Dinosaur City before relocating to Massachusetts. A. An- Sports Inc. This is the second Web-based en- feast planned for the following evening under the gelina Ang moved from central New Jersey to deavor launched by Can; he figured that Silicon tent in front of Dickson Hall. It had been raining Hoboken to be closer to New York City, where she Valley was the right place for him. Jessica on and off that day, which only added to the ex- works in supply chain by day and in cupcakes by Hochberg attends the U. of Miami Medical School perience. It felt like summer camp, but with Ries- night. With an engineer’s mind she believes cook- in Miami, FL. She volunteers as a coordinator for ling, a DJ, and college buddies. ing is an art, but baking is a science. Her fiancé, Project Sunshine, serving families of children Later that night, the festivities continued at Brian Lee, lives on Long Island. with medical difficulties through educational and the beer tents on the Arts Quad. There were three Jeffrey Stambough moved to St. Louis, MO, to social programs. Jennifer D’Amato recently got tents, and each one had a different musical band begin residency in orthopedic surgery at Washing- a job as a research scientist at Platinum Perfor- and vibe: ’80s rock, Salsa, and American classics. ton U. Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Jeffrey is excited mance, a company in California. She also recently It was amazing reconnecting with old friends, to have Nathan Skelley as his co-resident. Lauren adopted a chocolate Lab puppy! meeting new ones, and rocking out with the oth- Trakimas has entered her third year of medical Passionate about spacecraft and missions, but er classes. I even engaged in a dance-off with a school at the U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New failing to find aerospace jobs in New York, Parker Class of ’60 Cornellian. Maybe you saw him—long Jersey (UMDNJ) School of Osteopathic Medicine. Imrie moved to Oakland, CA, in fall 2008. He also gray hair, full beard and mustache, and a Cornell She is appreciative that Cornell’s College of Human found little success in the California job market in T-shirt. One word: radical. Ecology taught her to take into account all the the midst of the economic recession. So in March Other wonderful planned events included wine forces that can shape a person and is applying that 2009 he enlisted with the California Air National tours, wine tasting at Trillium, rock climbing at concept to her understanding of clinical medicine. Guard. Allowing the opportunity to move into the Lindseth, and the Champagne breakfast. There was She also feels very fortunate to be in her third year aerospace industry, the Guard also afforded him so much stuff I never got around to, but there were of rotation at Morristown Hospital and the Atlantic full-time training and student loan repayment as- “musts” I couldn’t not do while back on campus: Care Hospital System during her time at UMDNJ. sistance. Perhaps his plan worked, because in May 2009 he joined Team FREDNET, competing for the Google Lunar X Prize. The prize offers $30 million to fund a team to build a robot that can send images of the moon back to Earth. FREDNET did not win the prize, but they were still offered a $10 million contract with NASA. Although the team dissipated shortly thereafter, Parker was able to make some connections and scored two part-time jobs as a result. He is currently interning in NASA’s SOFIA program at the Universities Space Research Association and is also working to develop the math and physics department for an accredited undergraduate degree program at American Acad- emy of Aeronautics, a small flight school. As a bonus, he receives free flight training. “This patchwork employment situation is an exciting way to keep afloat, but I am still looking for a full-time aerospace engineering job, and I may have just found one . . .” 98 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes c is also October 2011 99 is about to cel- | Bryan Latchford — Adrienne Zable ’11 — Adrienne says he has left Morgan Stan- has left Morgan says he Marvin Chaney his two-year anniversary ebrate Water Texas with the working September Long before playing competitively, Johnson competitively, playing before Long Development Board. This is a major accomplish- a major This is Board. Development economy the state of current the considering ment In within his agency. layoffs as well as recent and to promote continues to that, Marvin addition to by volunteering service in public participate 09 returning to school this fall, leaving his job as a leaving this fall, to school returning will be and Ltd., at EnviroTrac scientist project science in environmental a master’s for studying send- Keep Barbara. at UC Santa management and you! from love to hear in your news—we’d ing Elana Libby Beale, [email protected]; , Boymel [email protected]. and decided to pursue baking full-time. I’ve been full-time. baking to pursue decided and over for team culinary on the at Facebook working has been degree Science Nutritional my and a year, healthier toward is geared focus my since helpful ve- and gluten-free create to working and desserts website (that a baking as well. I have gan options build),Life helped Nick http://www.bebaking.com. Mikeis good!” Chua works as a talent currently and ley Private Equity things, other Among Macao. Venetian the buyer for acts music Western major routing on is focused he will begin his MBA he fall, In the China. through Anderson. at UCLA studies times,” says Johnson, “I even play Facebook says Johnson, times,” club—with peo- at the games between Scrabble meeting.” also at the are ple who as children. game the each enjoyed Slivka and Pacific to the moved Johnson In 2009, when at in education to pursue a master’s Northwest club as a way the joined she Seattle University, a Slivka, met she That’s when people. to meet “Re- club’s director. the and computer consultant out to do first person to invite me becca was the Johnson, remembers in Seattle,” social anything men- Scrabble purpose of served this dual “so she too, enjoys the Slivka, tor as well as friend.” you tournaments, “At aspects. social game’s country,” the around from people a lot of meet , recently Gabriel Arana Jeanette Perez Gasca has been living with her fiancé with her has been living has been planning her wedding. her has been planning Hilary Johnson ’05 & Rebecca Slivka ’83, MArch ’86 Hilary Johnson ’05 & Rebecca in the Bayin the Nick graduation. since Area Juan husband My ’06, in December. very Tuesday night, Hilary Johnson and Rebecca Slivka join the other members of the of members other join the Rebecca Slivka and Hilary Johnson night, very Tuesday But the straight. hours four for game $6 to play the paying Club, Seattle Scrabble John- and Slivka addiction. Scrabble friends’ the aspect of just one are weekly meetings Johnson (left) and Slivka Other perks of competitive Scrabble can include cash prizes; tournament veteran Slivka veteran tournament cash prizes; can include Scrabble competitive perks of Other Becky Vayo son each spend more than fifteen hours per week honing their Scrabble skills by studying Scrabble their per week honing than fifteen hours more son each spend “Some- Northwest. Pacific the around in tournaments competing and online, playing wordlists, that way.” in touch keep and you can play with people you know online “and says, she play is favorite vocabulary; Johnson’s expanded the there’s Then has won $3,000 so far. ad- she what it means,” know “I don’t wordlists. by studying discovered she which “jiao,” a unit it.” (It’s of end way that you can’t put an ‘s’ on the hard the “but I’ve learned mits, is its own reward. game the playing part, says Slivka, most the But for currency.) Chinese of is that you about Scrabble thing great “The says. she a way to let loose intellectually,” “It’s bag.” the to pull out of going you’re what letters know never Double Word Score Double Word NY, and working as a financial services consultant. services as a financial working and NY, his husband, married recently He many by DC, “surrounded , in Washington, MA ’09 loves writes that while he He alums.” fellow Cornell base- “back in the be rather he’d York, life in New at Cornell crazies with all the Bartels Hall of ment out- the love of my teaching Education, Outdoor remembers will listen.” He who anyone to doors his from friends” with dear brunch “lazy Sunday Hill. years on the ‘college my with us: “I married an update shared sweetheart,’ live with our four- and Jersey New to I moved and start- I recently DeNiro. pug named a child, legged corporate in their Inc. Ross Stores for ed working at Ann two years working after department control planners, of Speaking as a planner.” Inc. Taylor Morgan Beschle Dialog at Health analyst operations is a senior She to everyone! ME. Congratulations in Portland, Nick Sunseri In- at Facebook, in the year working is in his third “I’m also writes, team. Becky marketing ternet After grad- at Facebook—as a pastry chef. working at a start- working I was initially Cornell, uating but was operations, in client up in San Francisco where to pastry school, to go I decided unhappy. baking. for passion my I absolutely identified job office I quit my a half ago, About a year and E Nicole Suzanne and and Rohan, Thakkar Nina Coutinho, Happy autumn, Class of 2008! autumn, Class of Happy this column in the I’m writing York in New summer of height is living in New York, in New is living in Collegetown. Matt is Matt in Collegetown. Marianna Gomez, MariannaAGomez@ c Matt, Perkins Becky Garima , and Wolozin Thank you for sending in your updates for our for updates in your sending you for Thank I was lucky enough to catch up with what enough I was lucky I also opportunity had the at the many marriage, of Speaking class column, and please keep ‘em coming! Just coming! ‘em keep please and class column, correspon- to your class anytime an e-mail shoot dent: gmail.com. ’s very Cornell wedding weekend in Ithaca, weekend wedding Clark’s very Cornell described accurately 24-26, 2011! Someone June who Suzie, Steve and celebrating festivities the Nothing and Hangovers in the while singing met Ori- of combination as “a respectively, But Treble, weekend as the Week,” Senior and Week entation Sage picnic, Cass Park sing, an arch included reception, Hall Straight Willard Chapel ceremony, bride The on Sunday. tour wine Lakes Finger and Collegetown and was even spotted in Rulloff’s was an amazing It gown! wedding Pizza in her best you the we send and love, full of weekend Steve! and Suzie Red wishes, Big wed- 2008 at the of Class the half of like seemed ding! and together up to Ithaca I drove , and Mangiere Jonathanwe stayed with fellow attendees Feld- man, Malhotra his work with Gener- still enjoying puts his engi- he where al Electric, and skills to use selling neering recent- and solar panels, marketing Becky and to Manhattan. ly moved past this roommates were Garima Gari- DC, where year in Washington, at student will be a second-year ma Colum- America’s U. of Catholic the Becky was Law and of bus School Federal at the paralegal an honors Becky has re- Commission. Trade to Cambridge, MA, moved cently School Law Harvard is starting and fall. in the to catch up with classmates wedding Michael, McKeon Lauren Adam Rotman, and . Gay Nina of hometown in her is living in donor working ON, and Toronto, while Children, the at Free relations at student is a second-year Lauren of Reserve U. School Case Western I also While in Ithaca, Medicine. Jason into ran Beekman , JD ’11, grad- Bar following the for studying Ja- Law School. Cornell from uation seven wonderful “After son writes, to I am moving Ith, years in the clerkship a one-year for Baltimore Motz, J. Frederick Hon. with the I have Since Maryland. of District last the law student been a hermit to forward I am looking years, three fellow ’08ers with my reconnecting world!” Jason real in the out there Cornell any from would love to hear area. Baltimore alumni in the have written in to share classmates nuptials. recent their of news the Michael Collis 08 City, where classmates seem to be everywhere, and seem to be everywhere, classmates where City, Stephenafter celebrating Welker 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 99 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 100

clean up the parks of Austin, TX, with local organ- wrong) impression that the class had just given up Safety Association as an IT specialist while she izations, organize events for the Human Rights sharing their news. He panicked, hoping there was applies to medical school. Teddy Lu is entering Campaign’s local chapter, and take care of his new a minor technical glitch with his e-mail account, the challenging world of real estate and hopes to cat, Grace. Andy Cochran and fiancée Pam Ahn yet fearing that members of the Class of 2010 had further his education in the future. And your class met freshman year in Donlon, and have been in literally dropped off the radar one year after grad- co-correspondent, Mike Beyman, is an associate love ever since. They live together in New Jersey, uation. Fortunately, I am pleased to report that, producer at CNBC, working in its primetime doc- just outside NYC, where Andy works for Tom James after a few messages with the technicians, my umentary unit. Lastly, many adventures come of New York. Cornell gents can give him a call. mailbox is filled to the brim with notes. The Class from the bonds of holy matrimony. Adrienne Pam teaches high school English at Chatham High. of 2010 is still excited and willing to share the Chan married Scott Silver ’07 on June 5. The Tristen Cramer recently finished her second good news of the adventures they are on. happy couple now lives in Henderson, NV. year of law school at Regent U. She will be serving Fil Eden writes: “After graduation, I headed Of course, adventures happen well after this as chairman of the Regent Law Moot Court Board to Budapest, Hungary, to finish up some elective column’s deadline, so send reports of your new ad- for the 2011-12 school year. Maria DeBye-Saxinger credit so I could get my diploma. After that se- ventures to: c Mike Beyman, mjb262@cornell. has graduated with her Master of Landscape Archi- mester, I decided to bum around for a bit. I spent edu; or Rammy Salem, [email protected]. tecture from Rhode Island School of Design. She Christmas with a new friend in Germany, then was a special invited guest at the Int’l Design Fes- hitchhiked through Romania and Moldova, to tival in Quebec, Canada, for this year’s opening of Odessa, headed south from there through Bul- Congratulations, Class of 2011! You’ve the 12th edition of Contemporary Garden Designs. garia, hitched through the former Yugoslavia and officially made it to the first “fall se- She will be enjoying cycling, running, horseback Albania, and back to Budapest. From there I went 11 mester” post-Cornell. Since gradua- riding, and spending time with her loving family in up through Germany and through the Netherlands tion, you have spent the summer traveling to all upstate New York over the summer after finally fin- and Belgium, took a bus to the UK, and then a corners of the world, enjoying time with fellow ishing six years of school! Crystal Maring has ferry to Ireland, where I spent a month with my Cornell grads, preparing for your first full-time joined the Boston office of the design firm Stantec grandfather and cousins.” Fil urges any of his job, and relaxing before immersing yourselves in as a landscape architect. She is joining Stantec’s classmates who have a few months to “stick out graduate level studies. To commemorate your new planning and architecture division, which employs your thumb and see where the world takes you.” alumni-status lives, please keep your classmates several Cornell grads and focuses on design, per- For many of our classmates, a new adventure posted by submitting updates about what your mitting, master planning, and related site issues begins with graduate school. Matt Bouraee, cur- time away from the Hill entails. for all types of building and development projects. rently playing professional soccer for the Puerto For the next five years, we (Lauren Rosen- Ari Evans has had a whirlwind past two years, Rico Islanders, will head to University College Lon- blum, Kat Ling, and Michael Stratford) will serve including spending a year as a business analyst don’s School of Energy Resources. Ben Cole, after as your inquisitive correspondents. This position at Goldman Sachs and picking up an MS in man- spending a year as a technology pioneer at entitles us to regularly ask you about what is go- agement science from Stanford U. He has recent- Google, heads to the U. of Cambridge as a Gates ing on in your life while not appearing too ly started as a product manager at Zynga in San Scholar. Haden Lee is heading west to get his PhD creepy—at least, we hope not. Accordingly, since Francisco, and in his free time he works feverish- in computer science from Stanford U. Jessica you do not want us to stalk your Facebook too ly on his own music startup, LessThan3.com, Weyman will head to medical school at the U. of much, we oblige you to answer our requests for up- through which he hopes to one day change the Connecticut with her fiancé. dates. Just imagine—you can share exciting parts model for artist compensation in the music indus- A few from the class are heading back to the of your life with fellow Cornellians without worry- try. Also in California, Marissa Fessenden lives in Hill. Ishan Sharma is going for his master’s in ing about the number of Twitter followers you sunny Los Angeles. For the past two years she has Applied Physics and Gaby Rocha is returning for have. Send us information about your eye-opening worked at UCLA in a neuroscience lab and at a law school. For some, graduate school itself is the travels, your outstanding position at your new job, flow cytometry core lab. Now she is headed to UC adventure. Samantha Stout is in her second year your accomplishments in the “real world,” or your Santa Cruz in the fall for the science writing pro- at UC San Diego, studying material sciences and wedding announcements (write us after the event gram, with the eventual goal of seeing her name engineering and will receive an IGERT Fellowship occurs and give us all the details!). in print as a science journalist. When Rachel Har- to work in the Center for Interdisciplinary Science As your class correspondents, we are just one ris sent her news, she had just finished her sec- in Art, Architecture, and Archeology as a trainee part of your Alumni Class Council. The council ond year of law school at Penn and was working in engineering for cultural heritage. Melanie works together to run the Senior Class Campaign as a summer associate at the law firm Sullivan and Stewart is heading into her second year of law (remember all those phone calls you received dur- Cromwell in New York City. She is on the execu- school at Howard U. Blanca Hernandez attends ing senior year?) and our 5th Reunion in 2016. tive board of the Prisoner’s Education & Advoca- law school at the U. of Southern California. For Our co-presidents Jeff Stulmaker and Alina cy Project, an umbrella organization that works others, a new adventure begins when graduate Zolotareva oversee the efforts of the class offi- for criminal defendants’ rights. Her favorite part is school ends. Adam Agata graduated from Colum- cers. Our events/publicity chairs Liana Passanti- teaching legal education courses to inmates. bia U. with a master’s in statistics and now works no, Kristina Francillon, Ernest Meadows, and Adam Hall is now working at Gatorland in Or- for the New York Yankees. Rachel Zheng gradu- Dan Gusz organize creative events that build lando, FL, as an educator/entertainer, which is ated with an MS in business from the U. of class identity, and they will work with our reunion what he loves to do. He teaches people about rep- Rochester’s Simon School of Business and is join- chairs Briseida Castellanos, Ashley Jeanlus, tiles through fun shows—and, yes, he wrestles al- ing RBS as an investment analyst in its Hong Chris Mejia, and Elizabeth McInnis to make our ligators! Jonathan Yale moved to Mexico in July Kong office. Scott Tucker hung around the Hill 5th Reunion unforgettable. To facilitate commu- 2010 to work at a company that imports welding for another year and graduated with a master’s nication throughout the year, secretary Janelle supplies for wholesale. He recently moved to Cleve- in Biomedical Engineering. Teng records the efforts of the class officer team, land to start a similar business with the CEO of the In other adventures, Alison Ewing joined the and treasurer Nicole Morson is responsible for Mexican company. He sees his Chi Psi brethren of- Big Red’s hockey rival Harvard U. in their Office maintaining the class budget and helping with ten. Julie Cantor has recently gotten into piemak- of Student Life. Carolyn Richley serves as a pla- the strategic planning and funding of class pro- ing, although she has yet to create any actual pies. toon leader for an Army airborne construction grams. Webmaster Laurie Josephson ensures that Her first will probably be apple, but she’s heard unit. Beginning next year, she’ll be dispatched to our class website is current, and last but not scary things about working with crust. After fin- help with the aftermath of natural disasters least, our Annual Fund chair Ben Bissantz is ishing up two years with Teach For America, she around the world. Christina Blacken now works charged with making sure our class gives back to will be attending American U. for law school. Send for dosomething.org as a business development Cornell in gratitude for all the opportunities the news to: c Julie Cantor, [email protected]; associate and moonlights as the vocalist for the university has afforded us. Caroline Newton, [email protected]. New York City-based band Mixolydian. Star Li is Help us fulfill our role as your class corre- developing a new phone app that aggregates dis- spondents by sending us information about YOU! counts for various membership card programs. Keep us updated on your lives—we are eager to Your faithful class correspondent Over in Jakarta, Indonesia, Marijke Schouten hear from you! Leave Your Mark by e-mailing us got quite a scare when he began works for the German Development Corp., deal- at: c Lauren Rosenblum, [email protected]; 10 composing this column. For a short ing with issues of social protection. Stephanie Kathryn Ling, [email protected]; or Michael while, he was under the frightening (and very Purnell works for the National Highway Traffic Stratford, [email protected]. 100 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 101

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1930s ’30 MS—Helen Besley Overington, Waynesboro, PA, December 4, 2010 ’41 BS Ag—Joseph Hilzer, Flemington, NJ, January 26, 2011 ’31 MA—Katherine Watkins Rooney, Nashua, NH, January 21, 2011 ’41 BA—Marion A. Hoos, Liberty, NY, November 2, 2010 ’31 BA—Sylvia Weiner, West Hartford, CT, December 29, 2010 ’41 MS, PhD ’47—W. Keith Kennedy, Ithaca, NY, February 18, 2011 ’31 BS HE—Frances E. Young, Ithaca, NY, January 16, 2011 ’41—Richard C. Kern, West Bloomfield, MI, November 26, 2010 ’33 BA—Isadore A. Honig, Silver Spring, MD, October 29, 2010 ’41, BArch ’42—Robert McCroskery, Desert Hot Springs, CA, Dec. 12, 2010 ’33 BME—Andrew Pinkerton Jr., Palm Beach, FL, January 31, 2011 ’41 BME—John C. Sterling Jr., Bloomfield, CT, January 10, 2011 ’34 BS Ag—Theodosia Taylor Carlson, Denver, CO, December 5, 2010 ’41 BS HE—Anna-Rose Bernstein Tykulsker, New York City, Dec. 16, 2010 ’34 BA—Esther A. Leibowitz, Rockville, MD, December 19, 2010 ’42, BA ’46—William H. Bright, Vero Beach, FL, November 23, 2010 ’34, BME ’36—Thomas B. Martin, Placerville, CA, June 25, 2010 ’42 BA—Barbara Gerlach Frey, Sonoma, CA, August 15, 2010 ’34 BA, PhD ’37—Leon L. Miller, Rochester, NY, September 3, 2010 ’42—Wilbur F. Gasner, Key Biscayne, FL, January 21, 2011 ’34 BA—Ada Buck Reynolds, Kankakee, IL, July 6, 2011 ’42 BA—Joseph Good Jr., Wayland, PA, March 11, 2010 ’35 BA, MD ’38—Alvin R. Mintz, Morristown, NJ, November 3, 2010 ’42 BA—Frank H. Hiscock, Skaneateles, NY, January 4, 2011 ’36—Douglas P. Boyea, Plainville, CT, November 19, 2010 ’42 BS Ag, MS Ag ’43—Conrad E. Hoffmann, West Grove, PA, Dec. 19, 2010 ’36 BS HE—Ruth Staley Engel, Toms River, NJ, January 22, 2011 ’42 BME—John T. Jackson, Palm Beach, FL, December 17, 2010 ’36 BA—Herman P. Kessler, Albany, NY, December 8, 2010 ’42 BS HE—Ruth Goodyer Jones, Wallingford, CT, August 9, 2009 ’36 BA—Muriel Silber Nathan, Pompano Beach, FL, November 27, 2009 ’42 BA—Elaine Hoffman Luppescu, Lake Worth, FL, Dec. 17, 2010 ’36 BA—Margaret Kraemer Rumble, Gaithersburg, MD, November 18, 2010 ’42 BS HE—Jean F. Potter, Washington, CT, January 17, 2011 ’36 BS Ag—Finley M. Steele, Horseheads, NY, December 18, 2010 ’42 BS Ag—Lee Selbst, North Hollywood, CA, May 8, 2010 ’36 JD—Charles E. Strobel, Greer, SC, November 22, 2010 ’43 MA, PhD ’46—Stephanie Benton, Denver, CO, November 28, 2010 ’37 BS HE—Theda Backalenick Frank, Santa Barbara, CA, Jan. 15, 2011 ’43 BME—Thomas H. Danforth, Williamsville, NY, December 11, 2010 ’37 BA, JD ’39—Alex J. Gossin, Rochester, NY, April 15, 2010 ’43 BS Hotel—Philip B. Gibson, Stratford, CT, January 7, 2011 ’37 BS HE—Elizabeth Halsey Guldi, Rockdale, TX, January 29, 2010 ’43 DVM—John F. Hokanson, Salt Lake City, UT, December 8, 2010 ’37 BA, LLB ’39—Charles J. Mistretta, Albuquerque, NM, June 13, 2010 ’43, BS HE ’48—Hannah Hartmanns McLay, Lynchburg, VA, Dec. 21, 2010 ’37 BA, B Chem E ’38—John H. Pendergrass, Cincinnati, OH, Dec. 12, 2010 ’43—Richard W. Overton, Watertown, NY, January 27, 2011 ’37 BA—Glenna Vreeland Wilcox, Whiting, NJ, November 30, 2010 ’43, B Chem E ’44—Louis A. Schroeder, Littleton, CO, Nov. 26, 2010 ’38 BA—Martin F. Beck, Roslyn Harbor, NY, October 21, 2010 ’43 MD—William C. Thomas Jr., Gainesville, FL, December 25, 2010 ’38—M. Dudley Buck, Youngstown, OH, December 25, 2010 ’43 BS Ag, PhD ’51—Donald J. Watson, Suffield, CT, August 4, 2010 ’38 BA, LLB ’40—W. David Curtiss, Ithaca, NY, January 26, 2011 ’43 MA, PhD ’47—Alice Sperduti Wilson, Oxford, OH, Dec. 25, 2010 ’38 MD—Gilbert L. Klemann, Augusta, GA, January 18, 2011 ’44 BA—Margaret Pearce Addicks, Washington, CT, December 13, 2010 ’38 DVM—Thomas Lawrence, Buena Vista, CO, January 30, 2011 ’44 BS Ag—Marie Buenning Cramer, Washington, DC, Feb. 6, 2011 ’38 SP Ag—David F. Melrose, Broomall, PA, December 17, 2010 ’44, BA ’46—Morris Goodman, Johnson City, NY, December 9, 2010 ’38 BA—Leonard M. Roberts, New York City, December 15, 2010 ’44—Henry A. Hitch Jr., Huntington Beach, CA, December 8, 2010 ’38 BA—Harold A. Segall, Scarsdale, NY, December 8, 2010 ’44—Betty Jacobs Kalik, New York City, December 6, 2010 ’38 BA, JD ’40—Judson C. Williams, Surprise, AZ, December 31, 2010 ’44 DVM—Charles R. Robinson, Portland, OR, December 12, 2010 ’39 MA—Rosamond Shurtleff Banks, Exeter, NH, January 2, 2011 ’44—Maurice S. Schaeffer, Topanga, CA, May 3, 2010 ’39—Cynthia Kerr Bates, Newtown, PA, December 11, 2010 ’44 BS Ag—Fern Chase Whitehurst, Plano, TX, October 26, 2010 ’39 BS HE—Rose Quackenbush Frangella, Coeymans, NY, January 1, 2011 ’44, BS Ag ’47, PhD ’50—Harold Yacowitz, Piscataway, NJ, March 20, 2008 ’39 BS Ag—Evelyn Zimmerman Linowitz, Washington, DC, Oct. 9, 2010 ’45—Mitchell W. Beardsley, Villanova, PA, December 29, 2010 ’39 BA—Charles R. Milford III, Red Bluff, CA, December 28, 2010 ’45 DVM—Theodore J. Beyer, Conesus, NY, January 21, 2011 ’39—Rose Knight Speno, Syracuse, NY, December 25, 2010 ’45, BME ’49—W. Craig Bradley, Skaneateles, NY, January 5, 2011 ’39 BS Hotel—Arthur N. Wladis, Orchard Park, NY, January 14, 2011 ’45, LLB ’52—James W. Conboy, Fort Plain, NY, December 7, 2010 ’39 BA, MA ’41—Ella Thompson Wright, Annandale, VA, Feb. 13, 2011 ’45, BS Hotel ’48—William R. Ebersol, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Dec. 9, 2010 ’45, BS HE ’44—Henrietta Burgott Gehshan, Southampton, PA, Feb. 8, 2011 1940s ’45—Fremont D. Lockwood, Camillus, NY, August 21, 2009 ’40—Frank Q. Barone, Las Vegas, NV, June 2, 2009 ’45—Sue Lopez Moody, Berne, NY, December 10, 2010 ’40 BA—Robert L. Case, Canandaigua, NY, November 25, 2010 ’45 BME—Albert J. Schauer, Dover, PA, December 25, 2010 ’40 BS HE—Martha Atwood Cheney, Mt. Dora, FL, January 1, 2011 ’46 BS Nurs—Myrtle Seabright Donner, Yardley, PA, January 11, 2011 ’40 BS Ag—Joseph Dell, Delmar, NY, December 28, 2010 ’46—Joseph Gottlieb, Boynton Beach, FL, January 6, 2011 ’40 BA—Evelyn J. Gray, Rochester, NY, January 15, 2011 ’46 BS Hotel—Ruth Wood Green, Roscoe, NY, November 16, 2010 ’40—Earl W. Henry, Eden, NY, December 25, 2010 ’46 DVM—Robert W. Kirk, Ithaca, NY, January 19, 2011 ’40 BA—Theodore R. Hoenig, Longboat Key, FL, January 25, 2011 ’46—Robert P. Kwalwasser, Renfrew, PA, January 26, 2011 ’40 BA—Muriel Updike Hymen, Castleton-on-Hudson, NY, Dec. 31, 2010 ’46, BSChemE ’45, BChemE ’47—James Moore, Evanston, IL, Nov. 12, 2010 ’40 MA HE—Elsie Gabel Lutz, Frederick, PA, January 20, 2011 ’46, BS HE ’45—Gertrude Botsford Moseley, Lake Placid, NY, Dec. 13, 2010 ’40 BCE, MCE ’44—Francis W. Montanari, Alexandria, VA, June 25, 2009 ’46 BS HE—Joyce Burke Ricciardi, Lakewood, OH, October 15, 2010 ’40 BME—Kingman W. Page, Olean, NY, December 21, 2010 ’46-47 SP Ag—Edgar F. White, Phoenix, AZ, January 16, 2011 ’40 BS HE—Iantha Sheldon Papero, Peru, NY, January 26, 2011 ’47 BS HE—Nancy Wigsten Axinn, Tucson, AZ, September 28, 2010 ’41 BS HE—Marjorie Carpenter Block, Great Valley, NY, Jan. 23, 2011 ’47—Helen Pinola Crawford, Dallas, PA, January 1, 2011 ’41 BA—Persis Whitehead Cohen, Orlando, FL, December 17, 2010 ’47 MS, PhD ’49—Robert B. Deering, Davis, CA, December 1, 2010 ’41 BS HE—Elizabeth Turverey Cornish, Ithaca, NY, Nov. 25, 2010 ’47 BS HE—Bonnie Kauffman DeLaMater, Macungie, PA, Jan. 5, 2011 ’41 BA—Marjorie Healy Herrick, Lockport, NY, November 28, 2010 ’47 GR—Betty Lowery Fox, Rochester, NY, January 8, 2011

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’47 DVM, MS Ag ’49—John R. Leahy, Otego, NY, January 19, 2011 ’51 BA—Arnold W. Guess, Corona Del Mar, CA, September 5, 2007 ’47 BEE—Paul R. McCormick, Murrysville, PA, November 26, 2010 ’51 BS Ag—John O. Lawrence, Malone, NY, November 30, 2010 ’47 BA—Betty Wingert Moore, Daytona Beach, FL, January 9, 2009 ’51—Marshall B. Leibowitz, Ridgefield, CT, November 24, 2010 ’47 BA—Alden J. Perrine, Springfield, OR, May 30, 2010 ’51 BS Ag, MEd ’61—John A. Oliver, Ithaca, NY, January 5, 2011 ’47 MS Ag—Kenneth L. Robinson, Ithaca, NY, December 8, 2010 ’51 MS, PhD ’54—Henry Y. Ozaki, Atlanta, GA, December 27, 2010 ’47 BS Ag—Edward E. Stapleton, Boulder, CO, January 5, 2011 ’51, BME ’52, MS Aero ’53—Peter H. Rose, Seattle, WA, July 18, 2010 ’47-49 SP Ag—Peter F. Tudda, Ridge, NY, September 17, 2009 ’51, BA ’54, PhD ’60—K. Norman Sachs Jr., Madison, CT, Jan. 29, 2011 ’47 BA—Audrey Smith Wilson, Honolulu, HI, November 26, 2010 ’51 BS ILR—George F. Truell, Williamsville, NY, February 7, 2011 ’48 DVM—Kenneth W. Benson, Bainbridge, NY, January 2, 2011 ’51 BS Hotel—Richard L. Verkouteren, Oro Valley, AZ, Jan. 10, 2011 ’48 BCE—Alexander H. Borsani, Monongahela, PA, November 15, 2009 ’51 JD—Roger A. Williams, Carthage, NY, December 4, 2010 ’48, BA ’49—James A. Eichner, Richmond, VA, November 20, 2010 ’52 BA—P. Richard Bauer, Denver, CO, February 6, 2011 ’48 BS Ag—Joe Fairbank, Ashville, NY, November 27, 2010 ’52 BS ILR—Charles J. Christenson, Cambridge, MA, Nov. 18, 2010 ’48 BA—B. H. Friedman, New York City, January 4, 2011 ’52—Ross H. Forney, Dallas, TX, December 14, 2010 ’48 BA, MA ’50—Anthony Geiss, New York City, January 21, 2011 ’52 JD—Richard M. Hays, Mt. Lebanon, PA, January 7, 2011 ’48 BME—Lawrence J. Gonzer, Short Hills, NJ, December 19, 2010 ’52, BS Nurs ’53—Elaine Willis Hazard, Bemidji, MN, Dec. 28, 2010 ’48—Thomas R. Hunter, Whittier, CA, November 11, 2008 ’52 BA—William P. Hoffman, North Miami, FL, January 17, 2011 ’48—Nicholas J. Lavrinos, Fly Creek, NY, December 19, 2010 ’52, BEP ’53—Ben Josephson Jr., New York City, August 4, 2010 ’48—Charles B. Miner, Oriskany Falls, NY, December 14, 2010 ’52 BS HE—Ann A. MacLenathen, Lake Placid, NY, August 1, 2009 ’48 BS ORIE—William P. Purcell Jr., Lansdowne, PA, Nov. 19, 2010 ’52 BS Ag—Richard F. Meier, Batavia, NY, February 9, 2011 ’48 BS Hotel, MBA ’50—Thomas T. Rollinson, Raleigh, NC, Jan. 26, 2011 ’52 BS Ag—Kenneth H. Pugh, West Winfield, NY, October 29, 2010 ’48 BCE—John L. Rose, Lenox, MA, December 17, 2010 ’52 BA—Richard M. Ross Jr., Dallas, PA, February 17, 2011 ’48 BME—Bruce M. Thomas, Middletown, OH, December 27, 2010 ’52 BS Ag—Dan O. Taylor, Rush, NY, December 21, 2010 ’48 MS, PhD ’54—Michael Waldner, Newbury Park, CA, Dec. 17, 2010 ’52 BS Ag, DVM ’52—Gerald L. Thorington, Rushford, NY, Feb. 2, 2011 ’48 BS HE—Janet Reese Yacker, Cranford, NJ, October 23, 2010 ’52 PhD—John G. Tryon, Boulder City, NV, January 9, 2011 ’49 BS Ag—M. Lawrence Bayern, Bozeman, MT, December 30, 2010 ’52 BA—John H. Voigt, West Chester, PA, October 11, 2010 ’49 JD—Henry R. Dutcher, Port Charlotte, FL, April 16, 2009 ’52 BArch—Bruce Warner, Charlotte, NC, October 16, 2010 ’49 LLB—Henry A. Fischer, Vero Beach, FL, January 2, 2011 ’52 BS Ag—William C. Weinpahl, Fleischmanns, NY, May 11, 2010 ’49 BCE—George N. Freeman, Greenlawn, NY, February 15, 2011 ’53 BS Nurs—Joan Christman Arnold, Middletown, RI, Feb. 15, 2011 ’49 BA—William E. Johnson, Hampstead, NC, January 20, 2011 ’53 BA, MBA ’54—Robert C. Bell, Pittsburgh, PA, December 11, 2010 ’49 BA, MD ’52—Theodore I. Jones, Isle, Mull, Scotland, UK, Oct. 30, 2010 ’53 MS, PhD ’55—Robert L. Bergen Jr., South Hadley, MA, Jan. 11, 2011 ’49 BS Hotel—John A. Krieger, Ithaca, NY, January 14, 2011 ’53 PhD—Charles F. Buck Jr., Lexington, KY, January 14, 2011 ’49—William Malick, Albany, NY, November 27, 2010 ’53 BA—Donald E. Clark, Manlius, NY, July 20, 2010 ’49 LLB—Paul D. McCusker, Durham, NC, November 23, 2010 ’53 PhD—Jerome Gavis, Baltimore, MD, February 8, 2011 ’49 BCE—Howard E. Newcomb, Hockessin, DE, December 20, 2010 ’53—John N. Gehl Jr., Green Valley, AZ, December 26, 2010 ’49 BME—William H. Novak, Pittsfield, MA, November 22, 2010 ’53—John J. Kleske, Binghamton, NY, January 26, 2011 ’49, BA ’50—Harold W. Osterhout Jr., Port St. Lucie, FL, Feb. 8, 2011 ’53 BA, BS Hotel ’61—Carol Erdman Merkle, Panama City, FL, Dec. 28, 2010 ’49 MA, PhD ’53—Robert B. Pearsall, Sioux Falls, SD, Nov. 27, 2010 ’53 BS Ag—Carl A. Pfeiffer, West Seneca, NY, February 16, 2011 ’49 BA, JD ’52—John R. Phelps, Niagara Falls, NY, February 1, 2011 ’53—John M. Rhodes, Big Flats, NY, January 17, 2011 ’49 BS Ag—William C. Phelps, Westfield, MA, January 27, 2011 ’53 MME—Nagakazu Shimizu, Tokyo, Japan, October 4, 2010 ’49 MCE—James J. Scott, Charleston, SC, February 5, 2011 ’53—Elliott H. Stone, Cambridge, MA, December 19, 2010 ’49 BCE—Richard C. Sharp, Woodbury, CT, December 17, 2010 ’53 BArch—Barbara Palestine Waxman, Kintersville, PA, Nov. 9, 2008 ’49 BEE—Richard A. Siek, Rumney, NH, January 24, 2011 ’53, BA ’54—George N. Williams, Gates Mills, OH, March 28, 2007 ’49 BS Hotel—Frank J. Thomas, Penfield, NY, April 26, 2010 ’54, BME ’55—Alan A. Blatz, East Brunswick, NJ, January 2, 2011 ’54-55 SP Ag—Dorothy Voorhees Burgess, Salisbury, CT, Jan. 2, 2011 1950s ’54, BEE ’55—John L. Fryling, Easton, MD, February 4, 2011 ’50 PhD—Phillip Adams, New Providence, NJ, January 28, 2011 ’54, BArch ’55—Audrey Nightingale Greenwald, Cos Cob, CT, Dec. 24, 2010 ’50 BA—Earle N. Barber Jr., Philadelphia, PA, November 28, 2010 ’54 BA—William C. Morgan, Bowie, MD, November 20, 2010 ’50 BA—Patricia Fritz Bowers, New York City, December 13, 2010 ’54 JD—Alvertus J. Morse, Pelham, MA, January 23, 2011 ’50 MS Ag—Glen A. Campbell, North Manchester, IN, Jan. 29, 2010 ’54 BA—Robert D. Myers, Mechanicsburg, PA, January 29, 2011 ’50 BA—H. Lawrence Goldstein, Syracuse, NY, January 27, 2011 ’54 MS—Frederick P. Salzer, Rexford, NY, January 6, 2011 ’50 BS Nurs—Alma Tagliabue Harr, Ft. Myers, FL, August 14, 2006 ’54 BEE—Robert F. Schuetz Jr., Scottsdale, AZ, January 31, 2011 ’50 BEE—Alfred E. Hirsch Jr., Warren, NJ, February 1, 2011 ’54 PhD—Theodore W. Sery, Haddonfield, NJ, January 2, 2011 ’50 MD—Dean G. Hudson, Seattle, WA, November 25, 2010 ’54 BA—Gladys Carson Warshauer, Naples, FL, January 16, 2011 ’50 BA—Robert N. Jacobs, Napa, CA, February 8, 2011 ’55 BA—Robert Brandwein, Newton Centre, MA, October 2, 2010 ’50 BS Hotel—J. William Keithan Jr., Seattle, WA, December 9, 2010 ’55 MS—Donald C. Dobson, Cedar City, UT, January 10, 2011 ’50 BA, MA ’52—Fay Binenkorb Krawchick, Rochester, NY, Nov. 29, 2010 ’55 BA—Naomi J. Kahn, Oakland, CA, December 7, 2010 ’50—Charles E. Malsan, Clifton Park, NY, December 4, 2010 ’55 JD—John W. Keib, Jamesville, NY, December 18, 2010 ’50 MEd—Robert F. Powell, Annapolis, MD, December 29, 2010 ’55 MS HE, PhD ’59—Nina Weingarten Lambert, Ithaca, NY, Dec. 10, 2010 ’50 BME—Milton J. Rice Jr., Rockford, IL, December 24, 2010 ’55 BS Nurs—Susan Toshach MacFarlan, Boulder, CO, January 1, 2011 ’50 BA—Herbert J. Sukenik, New York City, January 14, 2011 ’55—William L. Murphey Jr., Carmel, CA, June 6, 2010 ’50 BA, PhD ’54—George A. Theodorson, State College, PA, Dec. 20, 2010 ’55 BA, MD ’58—Ronald N. Ollstein, Bronx, NY, December 30, 2010 ’50 BA—Jane Bird Trafzer, Carmichael, CA, December 28, 2010 ’55 BS Ag—Barton D. Seager, Smyrna, NY, November 28, 2009 ’50 BS Ag—Charles E. Wille, Montgomery, NY, December 22, 2010 ’55 MD—Miles H. Sigler, Merion Station, PA, November 29, 2010 ’50—David A. Wolcott, Rush, NY, October 19, 2010 ’55 PhD—Paul W. Van Der Veur, Sebring, OH, January 20, 2011 ’50 BME—Edward E. Zajac, Lubbock, TX, and Tucson, AZ, Jan. 30, 2011 ’56 MD—Donald E. Allen, Standish, ME, December 31, 2010 ’50 BS Ag—Raymond Zimmerman Jr., Upper Marlboro, MD, Jan. 19, 2011 ’56 BA—Donald E. Butkus, Jackson, MS, February 2, 2011 ’51, BME ’52—Marcus N. Bressler, Broomfield, CO, January 7, 2011 ’56-57 SP Ag—Melvin R. Claassen, Mountain Lake, MN, Feb. 2, 2011 ’51 LLB—Wallace F. Davidow, Islandia, NY, July 19, 2008 ’56 MS HE—Elizabeth C. Davies, Middleton, WI, January 11, 2011 ’51 BA, JD ’53—Mark E. Fields, Kissimmee, FL, January 9, 2011 ’56—Dalton W. Dedrick, Leesburg, FL, February 9, 2011 ’51 MD—James G. Gray, Elmira, NY, December 22, 2010 ’56 MA—Richard D. Goff, Surf City, NC, January 16, 2011 ’51 BA—Ruth Gutgesell Griffith, Aurora, CO, January 25, 2010 ’56—Thomas E. Henderson, Middletown, NY, March 11, 2010

102 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Alumni Deaths October 2011 103 | September Mullen, Auburn, AL, Jan. 23, 2011 AL, Jan. Auburn, Mullen, , Lubbock, TX, January 13, 2011 , Lubbock, TX, January Oppenheim, Newton, MA, Jan. 21, 2011 MA, Jan. Newton, Oppenheim, , Dunwoody, GA, Sept. 17, 2010 GA, , Dunwoody, Stiler, Austin, TX, January 2, 2011 TX, January Austin, Stiler, , Chiangmai, Thailand, April 28, 2007 Thailand, , Chiangmai, Cooley, Seneca Falls, NY, Dec. 12, 2010 Dec. NY, Falls, Seneca Cooley, Sipes, Ivoryton, CT, January 18, 2011 January CT, Ivoryton, Sipes, Elligers, Windsor, CT, Dec. 13, 2010 Dec. CT, Windsor, Elligers, Murphy, Cary, NC, June 1, 2009 NC, June Cary, Murphy, , Poquoson, VA, December 17, 2010 VA, , Poquoson, , Chadds Ford, PA, September 14, 2010 PA, Ford, , Chadds , Schenectady, NY, December 11, 2010 December NY, , Schenectady, , Clarksburg, MD, February 11, 2011 MD, February , Clarksburg, Fadale, Mechanicville, NY, January 15, 2011 January NY, Mechanicville, Fadale, , Yarmouth, ME, January 15, 2011 ME, January , Yarmouth, s s s s 2000 4, 2010 MA, November ’01 JD—Benjamin I. Julier, Winthrop, 12, 2010 DC, November Heho, Washington, ’02 MBA—Susan C. Kulkofsky ’04 MA, PhD ’07—Sarah December 12, 2010 NY, , Brooklyn, ’09-10 GR—Daniel E. Ferrero December 2, 2010 NY, , Ithaca, ’10 PhD—Tine K. Rubow 1980 27, 2011 MA, January A. DeJesus, Reading, ’80 BS Ag—Paul Messerschmidt W. ’80—Kurt ’81 BS HE—Alan E. Barman 1, 2011 Feb. NY, Freeville, ’84—Jane Genung Dickinson, MFA ’81 BA, ’81—Diane L. Geist M. Berry ’82 BS ILR—Val Kalaf ’87—Katherine ’82, BS Ag 4, 2011 January NY, , Bayside, Wong ’82 BS ORIE—Teresa Tan-Kim-Yong ’83 PhD—Uraivan Fabry ’85—Kathleen ’84, BS Ag Bopp ’84 ’90—Yvonne DVM BS Ag, 9, 2011 NJ, January , Lawrenceville, Hoffmann ’85 BEE—James F. 30, 2010 AK, March , Homer, I. Kirsis ’85—Valdis S. Rosenberg ’86 BS ILR—Jeffrey ’88—Silvy Fernandes ’87, BA 22, 2011 OH, January , Columbus, PhD ’89—Eric G. Wruck ’87 MBA, 14, 2008 AL, August , Auburn, ’96—Robert L. Ard ’89 MS, MBA 12, 2009 June City, York Chai, New ’89 BA—Peter 1990 24, 2011 January CT, Campson, Simsbury, ’91 MBA—Michael 26, 2011 January NY, , Ardsley, L. Novins ’91 MS, PhD ’94—Kevin NH, December 15, 2010 Barry, Portsmouth, ’94 BS—Chad T. December 22, 2010 NY, , Kenmore, ’94 PhD—John M. Kalb Hill, NJ, December 3, 2010 , Cherry J. Snyder ’98 JD—Steven 14, 2011 , Elizabeth, NJ, January M. Flores ’99 BS—Richard 1970 2010 27, MN, November , Woodbury, J. Kovalak ’70 BA—Drew Kupec PhD ’74—Jacqueline ’70 MS Ag, , Dallas, TX, October 31, 2010 , Dallas, Faber W. ’71 BA—Thomas 11, 2011 Cruz, CA, January J. Garr, Santa ’71 PhD—Daniel 2010 24, Nov. MT, , Lewistown, Kurzawa ’71 BS Hotel—Hans-Joachim FL, October 13, 2008 R. Lutz, Maitland, ’71 BS Hotel—Thomas 26, 2010 December PA, Chester, M. Friedman, West ’72 MD—Steven 30, 2010 Nov. NY, , Trumansburg, Juenger ’73—James B. ’72, BS Ag NJ, December 27, 2010 Milford, New ’72 PhD—David L. Ostfeld, Moschitto ’73 BS Ag—Frances Earle ’73 PhD—LaVerna 10, 2011 IN, January , Bloomington, J. Gardner ’73 MA, PhD ’75—Roy 27, 2010 November NY, L. Gould, Ithaca, ’73 BS HE—Shelley 28, 2011 January NY, , Rochester, Nowak B. ’73 BA—James FL, July 5, 2010 Miami, R. Shook, North ’73, BS ORIE ’75—Thomas 27, 2010 November Salem, NY, , North E. Greig ’74 MBA—Carolyn NH, December 4, 2010 , Nashua, ’74 BEE—Gary D. Herlihy 30, 2010 NC, November , Asheville, ’74 MPS—Charles E. Mettam 26, 2011 January NY, , Shoreham, ’74 PhD—Charles Rockwell 20, 2010 Nov. MS, Christian, ’75-76 GR—Chelson R. McCathen, Pass Brainard ’76 PhD—Joel P. IL, December 5, 2010 , Peoria, ’78—William H. Kohaus ’76, BS Ag 25, 2011 January City, York ’77 JD—Mark C. Flavin, New 17, 2010 December PA, , Philadelphia, C. Kaniss ’78 PhD—Phyllis 2011 8, February NY, , Webster, J. Sadowski ’78 BS Ag—Paul ’79—Madeleine Neary ’78, BA 27, 2010 CA, November Allgaier, San Francisco, ’79—Randolph P. 21, 2010 November NY, A. Friedman, White Plains, ’79 DVM—Jeffrey 2011 5, DC, February , Washington, ’79, BS ILR ’80—Mark J. Hulkower OH, December 8, 2008 Heights, , Shaker Katz ’79 BA—Jack 25, 2011 CA, January , Sunnyvale, Kearney ’79 BME—John V. 10, 2011 MA, January , Scituate, Jr. ’79 BS Hotel—Henry G. Vickers , Manlius, NY, December 5, 2010 December NY, , Manlius, Paltz C. ’68 JD—Robert 11, 2010 December NJ, , Newton, A. McGee ’69 MD—Paul MA, Oct. 20, 2010 , Lancaster, MA, Jan. 4, 2011 MA, Jan. , Lancaster, , Beach, FL, Vero 26, 2010 Dec. , Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 1, 1991 Jan. Thailand, , Bangkok, Schaevitz, New York City, Nov. 10, 2010 Nov. City, York Schaevitz, New , Kirchheim, Germany, Feb. 9, 2011 Feb. Germany, , Kirchheim, Tower, Branford, CT, August 9, 2007 August CT, Branford, Tower, , Vienna, VA, March 14, 2009 March VA, , Vienna, Machanic, Cambridge, Machanic, King, Fairport, NY, January 20, 2011 January NY, Fairport, King, McAleer, Berwyn, PA, December 10, 2009 Berwyn, PA, McAleer, Leiserson, Fairfield, CA, December 6, 2010 CA, December Fairfield, Leiserson, Stegman, Chapel Hill, NC, Dec. 19, 2010 Chapel Hill, NC, Dec. Stegman, , Placida, FL, January 5, 2011 FL, January , Placida, Hill, Wayne, NJ, January 28, 2011 NJ, January Hill, Wayne, , Lawrence, MA, February 3, 2011 February MA, , Lawrence, Coggshall, Mountain Lakes, NJ, Dec. 3, 2010 NJ, Dec. Lakes, Coggshall, Mountain , West Palm Beach, FL, Dec. 14, 2009 Beach, FL, Dec. Palm , West E. Kuhnel Edward s , Glendale, CA, December 13, 2010 ’63, BEE ’64—Donald J. Cole, Glendale, 15, 2009 CA, June ’63 PhD—Robert J. Gould, San Diego, 8, 2011 ME, February ’63 MA—Michael Selkin, Phippsburg, 18, 2011 January NY, , Bayside, ’64—Jack Parl 27, 2010 Beach, FL, November Palm ’64 MD—Robert H. Reid, West 9, 2011 WI, January ’64—Catherine D. Theobald, Wauwautosa, 29, 2010 Dec. VT, , St. Albans, ’69—Clark K. Bushey DVM ’65 BS Ag, MA, October 5, 2010 , Newton, Jr. ’67—Derwin M. Hyde ’65, BA 21, 2011 ME, January , Edgecomb, ’65 BS Hotel—David A. Margonelli 23, 2009 February CT, , Weston, ’65 LLB—John C. Parker 19, 2010 Dec. Beach, VA, Reed III, Virginia ’65 BCE, MCE ’66—Allen B. Richards ’65 BS ORIE, MS ORIE ’66—Timothy Beach, FL, September 1, 2010 Rink, Pompano ’65 BA—Jenny 28, 2011 January NY, , Trumansburg, L. Savage ’65 DVM—Edward 11, 2011 Feb. PA, PhD ’74—James R. Thornton, Landenberg, ’65 MPA, CA, September 9, 2010 , Orinda, ’65 MS—R. Dennis Wayson Arjsongkoon ’66 MS, PhD ’74—Picroh NC, December 3, 2010 Pines, , Whispering ’66 EdD—Harry G. Beard 5, 2011 January NY, ’67—William H. Blockton, Mamaroneck, ’66, BA 5, 2011 February NY, Lake, J. Badolato, Mohegan ’67 BS Ag—Robert ’67 BS HE—Mary Ann Reilly , Fredonia, NY, February 1, 2011 February NY, ’63—Robert L. Gloor, Fredonia, ’62, BS Ag 23, 2010 SC, January , Blythewood, ’62—Jonathan E. Meincke FL, December 20, 2010 ’62 MS, PhD ’63—Robert E. Miller, Naples, 2010 16, NM, November Fe, , Santa ’62 MD—Dennis D. O’Keefe 13, 2011 Beach, FL, January , Fort Walton M. Quiray ’62 MS—Aurelio ’62 BS HE—Constance Lanfranchi 6, 2011 February , Devon, PA, ’62 PhD—John M. G. Zajacek ’63-64 GR—Gottfried Averdunk , Sherman, NY, December 31, 2010 NY, Mosher, Sherman, T. ’61 BA—Robert 30, 2010 November NY, D. Schultz, Brocton, ’61 BS Ag—Herbert Combs P. ’62 DVM—John Weiss ’62 BS HE—Nancy Brogle ’68 BA—Donna CA, December 6, 2010 G. Gindes, Eureka, ’68, BS ILR ’69—Andrew ’61 JD—Col. 1960 NJ, December 1, 2010 M. Husain, Pitman, ’60 PhD—Syed 14, 2011 February NY, M. Jolliff, Cape Vincent, ’60 BS Ag—Thomas October 5, 2010 CO, Hills Village, , Cherry J. Marks ’60 BA—Michael 8, 2011 MD, January E. Olson, Frederick, ’60 DVM—Roger 11, 2011 AZ, February Valley, , Paradise A. Wallace ’60 BA—Kenneth 6, 2008 ’62—Alan S. Berlet, Otto, NC, January ’61, BS Ag 7, 2010 PR, June , San Juan, Bird ’65—Ricardo ’61, BCE ’63, MBA OR, December 26, 2010 Point, , Central J. Boyle ’61, BCE ’63—Andrew , Dayton, OH, April 22, 2008 ’61 JD—Robert N. Farquhar Brady ’61 BS Ag—Helen , Easton, MD, December 24, 2010 , Easton, MD, December ’57—Daniel H. Palmer 15, 2011 FL, January H. Squier, Miami, ’57 BS Hotel—Richard December 19, 2010 KS, , El Dorado, Calkin Jr. B. ’58 BA—Harland A. Dion ’59—Frederic ’58, BA December 27, 2010 NY, , Smithboro, H. Lounsbury ’58 BS Ag—John 6, 2011 January CT, J. Michl, Manchester, ’58 BS Ag—Daniel September 9, 2010 NY, , Woodside, Tyler ’58 BS ILR—Robert T. 7, 2011 NC, January , Archdale, Allnutt Jr. ’59—William B. 2011 17, MD, January , Lavale, C. Heckert ’59 MS, PhD ’64—Paul 2011 3, NJ, February , Mountainside, D. Levinson ’59 BA—Joel 10, 2011 CA, February ’62—Henry E. Studer, Davis, MS Ag ’59 BS Ag, 12, 2010 MA, December , South Hadley, ’59 PhD—Edwin S. Weaver ’56 BA—Alice Peckworth ’56 BA—Alice 12, 2011 Feb. NY, , Ithaca, C. Ludington ’59—David MS Ag, ’56 BS Wright ’56 BS ILR—Elizabeth 24, 2007 RI, June , Newport, S. Yale ’56 JD—William Jr. Burke F. ’57—Patrick MA, Oct. 19, 2010 , Rehoboth, C. Cleaveland ’57 BS Hotel—Normand 20, 2011 January NY, G. Fielder, Alpine, ’57 MS—Francis Hoffman ’57 BS HE—Eileen FL, October 29, 2010 , Miami, Jr. Lopez-Castro ’57, BCE ’61—Amadeo Miller ’57 BS Nurs—Sandra ’59,’57, BArch Minnerly ’61—Leander MArch 62-103CAMSO11Notes 8/11/11 12:42 PM Page 103 Page PM 12:42 8/11/11 62-103CAMSO11Notes 104-104CAMso11cornelliana 8/11/11 12:43 PM Page 104

Cornelliana House Party Delta Phi celebrates a century at Llenroc

zra Cornell was not a grandiose sort. Buildings like Morrill and White, constructed under his supervision, reflect his prag- maticE approach to architecture. Llenroc, the stone mansion he built for his family, is an anomaly in the founder’s design aesthetic—a for- midable neo-Gothic villa boasting twenty-foot ceilings, crystal chandeliers, and intricate mold- ing that many initially dismissed as “Cornell’s Folly.” “It’s not really in his character,” says Uni- versity archivist Elaine Engst, MA ’72. “He was a Quaker—plain-thinking, plain-dressing, and plain-living.” But an 1862 tour of English country homes, as well as some persuasion by the more extrava- gant A. D. White, influenced Ezra when it came time to build a grand house for his family. He personally selected the materials—the façade was

made of limestone from a quarry near White CARL A. KROCH LIBRARY / DIVISION OF RARE AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS / CORNELL UNIVERSITY Hall—and oversaw construction, which began in 1867. When Ezra died in 1874, he left the unfinished house to his prominent Ithaca lawyer and co-founder of the chapter, pur- family. The following year saw the completion of Llenroc (the chased Llenroc from Ezra’s daughters. “There are a number of name, of course, is “Cornell” spelled backwards), and Ezra’s wife big houses that other fraternities live in,” Engst muses, “but this and children moved in. They lived there on and off for thirty-two would have been seen as a real prize.” With the exception of years, holding “pantry teas” in the kitchen on Sunday evenings. both World Wars—when servicemen occupied the house—Delta By the early twentieth century, the Cornells had vacated the Phi brothers have lived there ever since. In September, the fra- villa, too grand for their needs. Meanwhile, the Pi chapter of ternity will mark a hundred years of ownership with its “Cen- Delta Phi fraternity, incorporated at Cornell in 1891, was search- tury at Llenroc” celebration, aimed to bring several hundred ing for a house. In 1911, George Tarbell 1891, LLB 1894, a members and their families back to the villa, the largest gathering of alumni in the chapter’s history. LISA BANLAKI FRANK Llenroc itself has evolved over the years. Modern furniture has replaced Victorian trappings, and framed class photos of the brothers hang on the library walls, a reminder of the generations who have passed through. “We consider it our home,” says Delta Phi Association president Ian Wright ’94, “so it can be a challenge, with the wear and tear of time, to keep it a beautiful, historic place while upgrading the facilities for Internet, modern heating, and energy savings.” Members of the Llenroc Founda- tion hope to raise $1 million to fund renovations, which have included projects like repairing the roof, restructuring the kitchen, and refinishing the woodwork. “It’s not very glamorous stuff,” member and architect Art Gensler ’57 explains, “but it should be maintained, first because it’s Ezra Cornell’s home and second because it’s one of the great buildings in America.” In 1980, that significance became official when Llenroc was added to the National Register of Historic Places. “The chandeliers in the music room and living room, there are only three in the world like them,” Gensler notes. “One of them is in the Smithsonian— Rock of Ages: Ezra Cornell’s East Hill mansion and the other two are in Llenroc.” circa 1913 (top) and today (above) — Maya Rajamani ’12 104 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com c1-c4CAMso11 8/11/11 12:01 PM Page c3 c1-c4CAMso11 8/15/11 4:05 PM Page c4

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