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Cover Story Alumni News Departments 32 2 K y l e Sm i t h Ta k e s t h e Re i n s B o o ks h e l f Le t t e rs t o t h e 18 Featured: Danielle Evans Ed i t o r New men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith says if ’04’s debut work, Before You 3 Wi t h i n t h e Fa m i l y Cornell can climb to the top of the Ivy League, why Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, not Columbia? a collection of short stories. 4 Ar o u n d t h e Qu a d s 4 By Alex Sachare ’71 34 Remembering O b i t u a r i e s John W. Kluge ’37 36 C l a ss No t e s 6 Austin E. Quigley Theatre Dedicated Features A l u m n i Up d a t e s 6 Alumni in the News 54 Dr. Francis Collini ’78 7 New Sustainable T h e y Co u l d n ’ t Le a v e Ho m e 57 14 Steve Perlman ’83 Development Major W i t h o u t It 65 Emily Landsburg ’01 8 Convocation for CCT asked members of the Class of 2014 to show us 72 Class of 2014 A l u m n i Co r n e r 8 Kenneth Cole the one special item they had to bring with them to Two young alumni, Arianne Sponsors Community the College. Richard ’10 and Jeffrey Spear Engagement Program Photos by Daniella Zalcman ’09 ’10, discuss how they lived 10 Campus News with celiac disease while on 12 5 Minutes with … D r . Jo h n Cl a rk e ’93 Ra p s campus. Martha Howell 22 13 Roar, Lion, Roar f o r t h e He a l t h o f It Physician and rapper Dr. John Clarke ’93 spreads Web Exclusives at college.columbia.edu/cct positive healthcare messages through rhyme. By Kim Martineau ’97J Ro a r Li o n s Watch the press conference introducing Kyle Smith as the C o l u m b i a Fo r u m new head coach of the men’s basketball team. 24 Award-winning novelist Daniel Alarcón ’99 asked 54 Jo h n Cl a rk e ’93, Do c t o r a n d Ra p p e r great writers to describe how they do what they do. Get in the groove with two of Clarke’s hit educational rap videos. The result is The Secret Miracle: The Novelist’s Handbook. Me m o r i e s f r o m Ho m e Don’t be embarrassed about that teddy bear you hid under CCT Do n o rs 2009–10 your pillow. See a slideshow of the cherished treasures the 28 Thank you to the alumni, parents, friends and Class of 2014 couldn’t leave home without. organizations who donated to CCT. Fi v e Mo r e Mi n u t e s Watch Professor Martha Howell discuss the challenges FRONT COVER: New men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith works with forward of starting a gender studies program. Issa Mase ’12. PHOTO: DANIELLA ZALCMAN ’09 columbia college today Letters to the Editor

John W. Kluge ’37 of the music way back when, I was a first Volume 38 Number 2 “ … the tears just froze … ” tenor in those days. I’m a bass-baritone to- November/December 2010 I was sitting in my office. It was a slow day, so even the familiar was unfamiliar. Editor and publisher The bottom line is that it was a thrill to get Alex Sachare ’71 Thursday, Rosh Hashanah, and my colleague Anna Jim ’84 Barnard called over to together with so many Glee Clubbers from Managing Editor so many years to prepare and deliver a de- Lisa Palladino me, “Did you hear that John Kluge died?” manding program. It was a thrill to sing associate editor Just then, the sky became a bit darker. All Ethan Rouen ’04J of a sudden the world was a little poorer, with, among others, my brother Elliott ’60. Associate Director, Advertising sadder. Then, almost on cue, the latest My sincere thanks to Nick and all the oth- Taren Cowan copy of CCT [September/October] landed ers who made this terrific event happen, forum editor on my desk. As I read about Kluge, his ear- including my old buddy Jerry Weale ’57; Rose Kernochan ’82 Barnard ly trials, his spunk, his integrity, his many I can remember how excited the CUGC Contributing writer leadership was when this red-headed su- Shira Boss ’93, ’97J, ’98 SIPA contributions, his love for Columbia and perb musician showed up as a new recruit. Editorial Assistants for his guardian Gracia DaRatt, my own Samantha Jean-Baptiste ’13 tears started to well up. He never disappointed us! Atti Viragh ’12 GS Thanks to John Kluge Jr. ’05, Rose Ker- A few regrets: I really missed the Glee Design Consultant nochan ’82 Barnard and to CCT for the fine Clubbers from ’55 and surrounding years; it Jean-Claude Suarès tribute to a great man. would have been great to have art director seen more of them. I especially Gates Sisters Studio Eric Dannemann ’67 missed Aaron Preiser ’55, ’56E, webmaster Ne w Ca n a a n , Co nn . Thomas MacLean no longer of this world. And Contributing Photographers Glee Club I wish that I, like Nick, might Eileen Barroso I read with great interest have been able to sing my Kim Martineau ’97J old solo (in There is a Balm in Daniella Zalcman ’09 and mixed emotions Nicho- las Rudd ’64, ’67 Business’ Gilead). Sadly, bass-baritones Published six times a year by the article on the Glee Club in can’t come close to the tenor Columbia College Office of “Alumni Corner”[September/ notes it requires. Alumni Affairs and Development. October]. I am a Glee Club Stu Kaback ’55, ’56 GSAS, For alumni, students, faculty, parents and ’60 GSAS friends of Columbia College, founded in 1754, alumnus, and I look back with the undergraduate liberal arts college of pride at the quality of our mu- Cr a n f o r d , N.J. Columbia University in the City of New York. sic-making during my time with the club, Mel’s Gold Rail? Address all correspondence to: including the opportunity to sing with both Columbia College Today I live in Morningside Heights and have Columbia Alumni Center the Notes and Keys and the Blue Notes. Be- watched with interest the construction of 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 ing one who tends to keep programs and New York, NY 10025 Mel’s Burger Bar on Broadway between 212-851-7852 mementos from musical events, I find my- West 110th and 111th Streets. As it neared E-mail (editorial): [email protected]; self looking back at our 90th anniversary completion, I looked in and had a sudden (advertising): [email protected] national tour in spring 1963, which took us, college.columbia.edu/cct realization — Mel’s is the reincarnation of across a three-week period, to 10 states from ISSN 0572-7820 The Gold Rail. New York to Colorado and ended with a Opinions expressed are those of the The Gold Rail closed when I was a authors and do not reflect official concert at Lincoln Center on April 26. sophomore, in 1978. It and The West End positions of Columbia College I was saddened to learn of the club’s were the anchor student bars on Broad- or Columbia University. near-demise and heartened by its recent way at the time. The Gold Rail had cheap © 2010 Columbia College Today renaissance. I hope that the Glee Club All rights reserved. pitchers of beer, burgers and enormous returns to its former state so that future French fries — all back in the day when classes can be provided the musical op- the drinking age was 18. portunities that I feel fortunate to have Mel’s sits in the Rail’s former location on been offered. Broadway and has the same layout — bar Peter Smith ’65 on the right, tables on the left, stairs down Sh a r o n , Ma ss . to the restrooms in the back. (There always was great graffiti in the men’s room, from This antique Glee Clubber really appreciat- the trite “eschew obfuscation” to the sad CCT welcomes letters from readers about ed Nicholas Rudd ’64, ’67 Business’ article articles in the magazine, but cannot “doesn’t anybody remember Peter Hon- print or personally respond to all letters in CCT about our recent get-together. The erkamp?”.) It is with a strong sense of déjà received. Letters express the views of Glee Club was the center of my Columbia the writers and not CCT, the College or vu that I peered through the windows. the University. Please keep letters to 250 life in the ’50s, and I was the next-to-oldest The Gold Rail folded in the economic words or fewer. All letters are subject to of the many participants at the reunion per- depths of the late 1970s. I am taking the editing for space and clarity. Please direct formance. It was especially challenging for letters for publication “t o t h e e d i t o r .” view that the Rail’s ghostly reappearance me, because even though I had sung much (Continued on page 70)

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W i t h i n t h e Fa m i l y A Lasting Legacy

ohn W. Kluge ’37’s approach to bling into business, where his starting philanthropy was summed up in philosophy was, “When you have a quote that appeared in an article nothing, why not take a risk?” He was JCCT published shortly after Co- best known for growing some local ra- lumbia celebrated his 90th birth- dio and television stations into Metro- day with a dinner in his honor in Low media, the nation’s first major indepen- Rotunda on October 1, 2004 (college. dent broadcasting company. In 1984 he columbia.edu/cct_archive/nov04). took Metromedia private in a leveraged “I’d rather by far invest in people buyout, and shortly afterward he sold than buildings,” said Kluge, who died the seven TV stations for more than $2 on September 7 at 95 (see page 4). “If I billion to Rupert Murdoch, who was can help a person to improve his or her expanding his global communications mind, that will pass on to their children empire by forming the FOX Network. and to their children’s children.” Kluge remained involved in busi- Clearly, Kluge, who rose from pover- ness but increasingly turned to philan- Entrepreneur’s generosity has ty to become the richest man in America enabled hundreds of promising thropy. In addition to Columbia, other students to attend the College at one time, was a man without an edif- and make the most of their beneficiaries of Kluge’s generosity in- ice complex. His legacy is not bricks and campus experiences. cluded the Library of Congress and the mortar; while he was Columbia’s great- University of Virginia. est benefactor, no building on campus rewards will be realized for many years Kluge never sought the limelight bears his name. to come in the deeds of the men and and did not employ public relations Kluge’s legacy is the hundreds of women who will benefit from it. Some officers. “I think a great deal of public- men and women who have attended of the money is being used in fund- ity becomes an obstacle,” he said. “I’d Columbia since 1987 as Kluge Scholars, raising matches, so the total impact of love to be in the woodwork all my life. many of whom might not have made it Kluge’s final gift will significantly ex- I enjoy it when I know who the other to Morningside Heights were it not for ceed the pledged $400 million. people are and they don’t know who his generosity. In addition to receiving “To me, philanthropy comes natu- I am.” financial aid, Kluge Scholars participate rally,” Kluge said in that CCT story six But Kluge knew how to enjoy life. He in special programming designed to years ago. “I know that when you pass had homes in Virginia, Florida, New Ro- create an atmosphere in which they can out of this picture, you don’t take any- chelle, N.Y., and the south of France and flourish academically, develop their thing with you. With the sands of time, an apartment in New York City, moving talents and assume leadership roles. we make very little difference, but what between them by private airplane or Many have become doctors, lawyers difference we can make we should try helicopter. “If I like something, I buy it,” and educators; one, Daniel Alarcón ’99, to make.” he once said. is a prominent writer whose work may One of my favorite Kluge stories was Kluge’s story is a remarkable one. be found in the “Columbia Forum” retold in the excellent New York Times Thankfully, he told much of it in his own department in this issue; another, Ben- obituary by Marilyn Berger that was words in a book, John Kluge: Stories, writ- jamin Jealous ’94, is president of the published on September 8. It seems that ten and edited by his son, John Jr. ’05. NAACP. one of the ways Kluge earned pocket The book was published last year and “Why limit the dream to what your money during his College years was by excerpted in the September/October life expectancy is?” Kluge once asked. beating classmates in poker. This caught 2010 issue of CCT (college.columbia. “I would hate to think we have the final the attention of the dean of the College, edu/cct/sep_oct10). The cover of the authority.” Herbert E. Hawkes, who called Kluge book displays many Kluge quotes, lead- On April 11, 2007, Kluge further as- into his office and warned him he was ing off with “What difference you can sured that his dream, his vision, would in danger of losing his scholarship. “I make, you should try to make.” Kluge live on by pledging $400 million to told him, ‘Dean, you will never catch me certainly lived up to that aspiration. Columbia for financial aid — half for gambling again,’ ” Kluge later recalled, CCT is contacting some Kluge Scholars for the College, half for certain graduate “and it was then that I realized the dean a tribute that will appear in a future issue. schools — to be distributed after his didn’t understand the English language. passing. It is the largest gift ever made I had told him he’d never catch me gam- to financial aid in the history of Ameri- bling again.” can education, and it’s a gift whose Kluge took his penchant for gam-

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ohn W. Kluge ’37, the billionaire busi- collection was compiled by his son John nessman who was Columbia’s most Jr. ’05 and excerpted in CCT’s September/ generous benefactor and the founder October “Columbia Forum” department of the Kluge Scholars Program, died (college.columbia.edu/cct/sep_oct10). Jon September 7 at his home outside Following graduation, Kluge worked Charlottesville, Va. He was 95. at a printing company in Detroit. During Kluge was born Johannes Kluge on Sept WWII he served in Army intelligence in ember 21, 1914, in Chemnitz, Germany. His the Aleutian Islands. He then ran a food- father died in WWI, and after his mother distribution company and next turned remarried, Kluge was brought to America to broadcasting. In 1946, Kluge used his in 1922 by his German-American step- Army discharge money to buy his first ra- father, Oswald Leitert, to live in Detroit. dio station, WGAY in Silver Spring, Md., When Kluge was 10, Leitert put him to with a partner. He continued to buy and work as a payroll clerk in the family con- sell stations and invested in what became tracting business. But Kluge was focused the Baltimore-based food wholesaler on education and left home at 14 when his donations from alumni and friends. That Kluge, Finkelstein and Co. In the 1950s, stepfather said he would not pay for fur- gift brought Kluge’s philanthropy to Co- Kluge acquired radio stations in St. Louis, ther schooling. Kluge went to live with his lumbia to more than $500 million, includ- Dallas, Fort Worth, Buffalo, Tulsa, Nash- typing teacher, Gracia Gray DaRatt, whom ing money for the Kluge Scholars Pro- ville, Pittsburgh and Orlando. He also he considered his mentor. Kluge complet- gram, which provides financial aid and invested in real estate and expanded the ed secondary schooling and then attended programming to high-ability students New England Fritos Corp., which he had Detroit City College, later renamed Wayne from underrepresented populations; the founded in 1947 to distribute Fritos and State University. He transferred to the Kluge Presidential Scholars; the Kluge Cheetos in the Northeast. He added Fleis- College, from which he earned a degree Faculty Endowment; and other programs. chmann’s yeast, Blue Bonnet margarine in economics, after he was offered a full “I want to help ensure that Columbia and Wrigley’s chewing gum to the dis- scholarship and living expenses. will always be a place where the best and tribution network. Working with David “If it hadn’t been for Columbia, my the brightest young people can come to Finkelstein, Kluge augmented his fortune path would have been entirely different in develop their intellect, make something of by distributing the products of companies life,” Kluge said at a celebration of his 90th their own lives and give something back such as General Foods and Coca-Cola to birthday in Low Library. “Columbia gave to our communities, our country and our supermarket chains. me an opportunity, and the only way you world,” Kluge said. The most satisfying day in his life, can really repay that opportunity is for you Kluge often spoke fondly about his Kluge said, according to The New York to help someone else.” time at Columbia, saying that thanks to Times, was the day Barney Balaban of Kluge, the longtime chairman and odd jobs and poker games with class- Paramount told him, “Young man, you president of Metromedia, made a $400 mates, he arrived with $15 and left with bring me $4 million and you’ll be able to million pledge to the University in 2007, $7,000. Joking aside, he cited his time at have the Paramount stock in the Metro- the largest gift ever devoted to student the College as a formative intellectual politan Broadcasting Company.” financial aid. The donation provided $200 experience and credited lessons learned With that $4 million, Kluge got into the million in financial aid endowment for from professors and figures such as television business as chief executive of undergraduates at the College and $200 former University president Nicholas Metropolitan, which consisted of two sta- million for GSAS, the School of the Arts, Murray Butler (Class of 1882). A number tions — WNEW in New York and WTTG the Journalism School and SIPA. It has of anecdotes about Kluge’s time at the in Washington, D.C. — and two radio sta- been used in part to create matching pro- College, in his own words, are included tions. He renamed the company Metrome- grams, prompting millions in additional in the 2009 book John Kluge: Stories. The dia in 1961 because he intended to expand

november/december 2010 4 columbia college today around the quads it beyond broadcasting. and his devotion to Columbia and Kluge had no patience for those Columbia students.” he called “self-important corporation Many institutions and charities types cut out of the same cookie cutter” have benefitted from Kluge’s philan- who tended to play it safe. He often thropy. He contributed to the restora- took Wall Street by surprise, but as fi- tion of Ellis Island and in 2000 gave nancial analyst Allen J. Gottesman said $73 million to the Library of Congress, in 1986: “Whatever he does works out which established the Kluge Prize for real well. You always assume there was the Study of Humanities. a good reason, and you usually find In an obituary published on Sep- out later that it was a good move.” Kluge accepts a framed class banner from Kluge Scholars tember 8, the Times noted that Kluge Jessica Perez ’06 and Reginald Gossett ’06 at his 90th “I love the work because it taxes birthday celebration in Low Rotunda on October 1, 2004. acknowledged that he had been ruled your mind,” Kluge said in an interview Photos: Eileen Barroso by his ambitions and traced them to with the Times. “Years ago, I could have the struggles of his boyhood. He re- taken a few million dollars and joined the possible could benefit, as he did, from this called a conversation he had with friends country club and gotten into this pattern kind of educational opportunity.” in college about their aspirations. “One fel- of complaining about the world and about The College recognized Kluge with a low said he wanted to be a lawyer, another the tax law.” John Jay Award for distinguished profes- a doctor,” he said. “I said one thing — that Instead, Kluge grew Metromedia, the sional achievement in 1982 and the Alex- the only reason I wanted money was that nation’s first major independent broadcast- ander Hamilton Medal, its highest honor, I was always afraid of being a charity case ing entity, into a conglomerate that included in 1991. He was presented an honorary and of being a ward someplace. That’s seven television stations, 14 radio stations, doctorate from the University in 1988 and what really drove me all my life.” outdoor advertising, the Harlem Globetrot- was an Alumni Medalist in 2004. In addition to his son John, Kluge is ters, the Ice Capades, radio paging and mo- “John Kluge was a towering figure survived by his fourth wife, Maria “Tussi” bile telephones as well as syndicated rights whose commitment to Columbia and to Kuttner; daughter, Samantha; stepchil- to television shows and movies. higher education sets a standard for us dren, Joseph Brad Kluge, whom he adopt- Kluge made his first billion in 1984, all,” said Dean Michele Moody-Adams. ed, and Diane Townsend Zeier, Jeannette when he took Metromedia private in a $1.1 “He will be dearly missed, even as we Townsend Brophy and Peter Townsend; billion leveraged buyout and then liqui- continue to benefit from his generosity and a grandson. dated the company, more than tripling his take. He sold the television stations for more than $2 billion to Rupert Murdoch, who was expanding his communications empire and forming the FOX Network. Kluge’s sale of 11 radio stations brought close to $290 million. The outdoor advertising business went for $710 million. The Harlem Globetrotters and the Ice Capades, which together cost the company $6 million, brought $30 million. Kluge topped the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans from 1989 to 1991. Upon selling his television interests, Kluge remained a businessman but increasingly turned his attention to philanthropy. He founded the John Kluge Scholars Program in 1987 to enable high- achieving students to attend the College by providing them with financial support and programming to help them flourish academically and develop fully their individual talents. The program has evolved and grown, with additional support from Kluge, so that there is now a steady cohort of approximately 200 scholars in residence at any one time. Columbia President Lee C. Bollinger recalled that Kluge “had a fresh and first- hand understanding of the catalytic effect a Columbia education could have on a young person’s life, as it did on his own. He was determined to ensure as many students as

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ciety … and reaffirms the value of Lerner Austin E. Quigley Theatre Dedicated Hall to our community.” Rita Pietropinto-Kitt ’93, an actress ean of the College Emeritus Austin E. expanding and enhancing Columbia’s the- and a theatre professor at Barnard, and Quigley was honored on Septem- atre program while holding the deanship. Thomas Kitt ’96, a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Dber 13 with the renaming of Alfred On hand to honor Quigley was Dean of Award-winning composer (Next to Nor- Lerner Hall’s Black Box Theatre as the the Faculty and E.V.P. for Arts and Sciences mal), paid tribute to Quigley. Both were ac- Austin E. Quigley Theatre. Quigley, the Nicholas Dirks, who welcomed the guests tive in theatre as students and noted how Brander Matthews Professor of Dramatic by noting of Quigley, “His academic inter- Quigley’s contributions were important Literature, was the dean for 14 years, the ests fed into one of his great passions — to for “making arts at Columbia University a second-longest tenure in the College’s advance theatre at Columbia.” Since com- priority,” as Pietropinto-Kitt noted. history, before stepping down in 2009. He ing to Columbia in 1990, Quigley founded Quigley said that he thought of the is an expert on the works of playwright the undergraduate major in drama and renaming “as an honor for all faculty, Harold Pinter and was instrumental in theatre arts, revived the doctoral program alumni, students and administrators. The in theatre studies and theater will be a resource for our students helped reinvigorate the … it is an empty box wherein you can see M.F.A. program in theatre anything, do anything, in any way you at the School of the Arts. like. There is freedom in this space.” He Quigley, who was joined then joked, “As long as the door is closed by his wife, Patricia Deni- and the dean doesn’t see you!” Quigley son, and their daughter then said, on a more serious note, “My Catherine, also was praised childhood, my teaching life, my profes- by Dean Michele Moody- sional life, all have led to this. Thank you.” Adams, who said that the The evening closed with a skit from the Austin E. Quigley speaks at the dedication of the Lerner Hall Black renaming of the theater 116th Varsity Show, performed by four stu- Box Theatre in his honor. “recognizes Austin’s devo- dents from its cast. PHOTO: EILEEN BARROSO tion to the humanized so- Lisa Palladino

Alumni in the News

n The College has been all over the silver gramming code. The Wall Street Journal York Business. His company, ChallengePost screen this fall. Anna Boden ’02 teamed reports that these robotic sounds have “an (challengepost.com), is an online market- up with Ryan Fleck to direct It’s Kind of intense, hypnotic force and a surprising place where users can post challenges and a Funny Story, which is about a suicidal emotional depth.” Perich is an experimental pledge money to motivate one another to teenager who checks into an adult psy- musician as well as a visual artist who has solve problems. Kessler previously founded chiatric ward where he meets bizarre had solo exhibitions in New York, Copenha- a record label, Messenger Records, which characters, learns life-lessons and even gen and Spoleto. He received the Prix Ars he launched as a senior at the College. Ac- finds love. Another teen comedy, directed Electronica in 2009 and will be featured at cording to Crain’s, ChallengePost already and distributed by Linda Appel Lipsius Sonar 2010 in Barcelona. He also has pro- has raised $775,000 and is nearing an in- ’93 and her husband, shows that a small duced Machine Drawings and 1-Bit Video. stitutional round of funding worth “several independent movie can still make waves. million dollars.” Their film, Smash, starring Lindsey Shaw n Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich ’01 of 10 Things I Hate About You, tells the has been awarded The 2010 n The Republican Party’s hottest story of a tennis champion who suffers an Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s trendsetter, Meghan McCain injury that keeps her out of the game but Award for woman writers of ’07, was featured in an extensive brings romance in the form of Chandler exceptional talent in the early profile inThe New York Times Massey of Days of Our Lives. James Fran- stages of their career. Marzano- Style section in September. In an co played the iconoclastic Allen Ginsberg Lesnevich plans to use the interview conducted near her Ari- ’48 in Howl, a biopic of the Beat poet that $25,000 award to take the time zona home, McCain dished about focused on the obscenity trial waged over to finish her first book, Any One her new book, Dirty Sexy Politics, his masterpiece about gay love, drugs and Of Us, described by the founda- her blogging and how she thinks disillusionment. George Clooney will direct tion as a “personal narrative Alexandria Marzano- young people can become more Farragut North, a political drama adapted that combines memoir with Lesnevich ’01 connected to the political pro- from the play written by Beau Willimon an inquiry into a murder and a cess. Her first attempts as a blog- ’99, ’03 Arts. CCT profiled Willimon in May/ murder’s past.” She draws on her person- ger, writing about her father’s unsuccessful June ’09, soon after the play came out: al trauma and professional experience as run for President, were met with hostility college.columbia.edu/cct/may_jun09. a Harvard Law student defending murder- by some readers but McCain says she has ers and a sex offender in Louisiana. learned from her mistakes and now is a n Tristan Perich ’04 has reduced music to tweeter with 86,000 followers as well as a its bare minimum. His 1-Bit Music features n Brandon Kessler ’96, ’07 Business’ Inter- featured writer for The Daily Beast. The next a CD case containing not a CD but an elec- net startup is proving that economic crisis step for her growing media empire may be tronic circuit that plays a five-movement and economic opportunity may be synony- television, according to the article. symphony specially written in one-bit pro mous, according to an article in Crain’s New Atti Viragh ’12 GS

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College Offers New Major in Sustainable Development

eginning this year, graduates of for the new academic year. Students can es from departments such as economics, the College have another option now also major in financial economics biology, earth science and mathematics. Bto develop dynamic tools that will (replaces economics and operations Sachs, who is a special adviser to not only help them get jobs but also will research) and ethnicity and race studies United Nations Secretary-General Ban help the planet stay green. (replaces comparative ethnic studies, Ki-Moon, says that “systems-oriented Partnering with the Earth Institute Latino studies and Asian American thinking” is increasingly in demand by at Columbia, the College now offers studies). Three new majors also were employers in the development commu- a degree in sustainable development. added last year (Latin American and nity. “Both in the public sector and the The program provides a diverse array Caribbean studies, African studies and private sector,” he says, “there’s a huge of classes in several disciplines that information studies). College students premium on talent that can understand will prepare students to deal with com- have more than 70 majors and concen- these issues and look across them to plex issues of development related to trations from which to choose. come up with creative solutions.” the interactions of natural and social Kathryn B. Yatrakis, dean of academ- DeFries and Kevin Griffin, associate systems. ic affairs, notes, “The major in sustain- professor of earth and environmental “We’re not teaching a single disci- able development reflects the height- science, led the program’s development. pline or skill,” says Columbia econo- ened interest in issues of sustainability Faculty from the College, the Earth In- mist Jeffrey Sachs, who directs the Earth amongst students and the commitment stitute, SIPA, Teachers College and the Institute. “We’re teaching a way to view of faculty in the field to undergradu- Mailman School of Public Health will the complexity of the human situation. ate education. We are very fortunate to provide instruction. In the 21st century, this means the com- have world-class faculty in this area, led The major will equip students with a plexity of a crowded planet in an envi- by the Denning Professor of Sustainable strong theoretical foundation and ample ronment that’s under great stress, and Development Ruth DeFries, so that we practical skills that are in demand in the economic and ecological systems that can capitalize on this interest and offer public, private and nonprofit sectors as are at a crossroads.” this exciting new major.” well as in graduate programs. This new major is one of three added The major requirements include class- Ethan Rouen ’04J

Alumni Giving MAKES IT POSSIBLE. tdipmbstijqt!212

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he sun was hot, the skies were clear and the members of the Class of 2014 and their families T were busy on August 30 as they were welcomed at Convocation into the Columbia family. Under a large tent on South Field that provided shade but not much relief from the heat, President Lee C. Bollinger, Dean Michele Moody- Adams and SEAS Dean Feniosky A. Peña-Mora, among others, addressed the students and their families. After the traditional, colorful parade of students carrying the 159 flags that represented every home state and country of the student body, Dean of Student Affairs and a.v.p. for undergraduate life Kevin Shollenberger welcomed the guests by noting that Convocation is “a celebration of the Class of 2014 as well as transfer students, and a day to honor new students and their families.” New Student Orienta- tion Program coordinator Kevin Magus ’12, who was joined in the audience by President Lee C. Bollinger (top) and Dean Michele Moody-Adams were among the speakers who welcomed members of the Class of 2014, their families and guests at Convocation. many of the NSOP students who ably PHOTOS: DANIELLA ZALCMAN ’09 facilitated the move-in process, made the point that that being at Columbia teaches saying that their “nurture and support have she urged them to “embrace uncertainty, students how to think, not what to think. been essential” and added that “Student and you will be on the path to taming it Moody-Adams took the podium at her Affairs professionals are committed to the … you should find wonder in everyday second Convocation as dean of the College success of your daughter or son.” surroundings and remain open to the pos- and v.p. for undergraduate education. She Moody-Adams stressed to the students sibility of being surprised.” addressed the students as “a select group” that the Core Curriculum offers the best The ceremony concluded with the and congratulated them “on the accom- of the liberal arts tradition. She said that singing of “Roar, Lion, Roar,” Columbia’s plishments that brought you here today.” while they may at times feel stressed by fight song, written by Corey Ford ’23. She also addressed the parents and families, their many choices and responsibilities, Lisa Palladino

Kenneth Cole Sponsors Community Engagement Program

ommunity engagement always has make meaningful and sustainable differ- “We wish to express our deepest grati- been a vital element in student life ences in their respective communities,” tude to Kenneth Cole for recognizing the Cat Columbia. Now, fashion designer said Cole, who sponsored a similar pro- importance of instruction that extends Kenneth Cole P’10 is giving students inter- gram at his alma mater, Emory, in 2002. beyond the classroom and impacts our ested in working on community projects a Kenneth Cole Fellows will participate greater community,” said Dean Michele huge boost. The College and SEAS are part- in a unique combination of academic Moody-Adams. “We are confident that nering with Cole to create the Kenneth Cole study and co-curricular training. They will Kenneth Cole Fellows will have the unique Community Engagement Program (student take at least two approved courses that ad- opportunity to enrich their own learning affairs.columbia.edu/ocae/kennethcole), dress community-building and urban is- experiences while discovering the impor- which will provide 12 undergraduates sues along with a spring semester seminar tant role each of us plays in making a differ- the opportunity to produce meaningful, series that emphasizes practical learning. ence in the local and global communities to sustainable change by developing practical Their fellowships will culminate in a paid which we are all responsible.” approaches to challenges and opportunities summer immersion experience working A committee of faculty and administra- faced by participating communities. in teams on projects for community-based tors from the College, SEAS, the Division of “I am enthusiastic about working with organizations, social enterprises or not-for- Student Affairs and the Center for Career Columbia, one of the nation’s most esteem- profit entities. To complement their sum- Education will select fellows in January ed universities, on a project intended to mer projects, the fellows will participate in from among College and SEAS applicants. inspire its talented student body and em- a unique living-and-learning community Timothy P. Cross ’85 GSAS, power them with the necessary tools to in University residence halls. ’88 GSAS, ’98 GSAS

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CAMPUS NEWS n WE’RE NO. 4: Columbia climbed 10 competition. “We are most grate- Rachel Vishnepolsky ’10, math- gain at Harvard and a 3.1 percent to fourth place, from a tie for eighth ful for the continued support of ematics, Poland; and Emily Wright- increase for institutions tracked by a year ago, in U.S. News & World faculty members who assist the Rosenblatt ’08, African-American Wilshire Associates, a consulting Report’s 2011 ranking of national process through reviewing research studies and English, Venezuela. firm in Santa Monica, Calif. universities, which was released in proposals, conducting language Also, Menachem Kaiser ’09 GS, “The successful investment August. Harvard, which had tied evaluations and writing letters of an economics-philosophy major, performance over time has be- with Princeton for first place in recommendation on behalf of our was awarded a Fulbright Scholar- come a cornerstone of Columbia’s 2010, took sole possession of the top outstanding students,” says Mich- ship to Lithuania, and Lusia Zait- financial strength,” says Senior spot this year, followed by Prince ael Pippenger, the associate dean seva ’10, a double major in creative E.V.P. Robert Kasdin. “It provides ton and Yale. Stanford and Penn who heads the Fellowship Program. writing and French, was recom- a growing source of operating were tied for fifth, CalTech and MIT Following are the Fulbright win- mended by the IIE National Screen- revenue, and our donors know we tied for seventh and Dartmouth, ners, with their class year, major and ing Committee and was awarded take their trust most seriously.” Duke and Chicago tied for ninth. the country in which they will be by the French Ministry Teaching U.S. News’ ratings were begun in teaching, studying and doing re- Assistant program. 1983 and are based on peer evalu- search: Adam Bazari ’10, anthropol- IN LUMINE TUO ations, graduation and freshman ogy, Indonesia; Jonathan Blitzer ’07, n ENDOWMENT: Columbia’s n Wm. Theodore de Bary ’41, retention rates, faculty resources, English, Spain; Amanda Erickson endowment performed well last ’53 GSAS, the John Mitchell student selectivity, financial resourc- ’08, urban studies, Azerbaijan; Mat- year, posting a 17.3 percent return Mason Professor Emeritus and es, graduation rate performance and thew Franks ’09, English, Germany; on its investments to finish the Provost Emeritus of the Uni- alumni giving rate. This year, the Alexander Harris-Hertel ’10, Ger- fiscal year that ended June 30 at versity, was honored by The methodology was adjusted to add man literature and cultural history, about $6.5 billion. That beat the 14 Japan Academy with a unani- high school counselors to the peer Germany; Paige Johnson ’10, drama percent returns of stock averages mous election as an Honorary evaluations and to give more weight and theatre arts, Indonesia; Jamie for the period. It also surpassed the Member on September 13. to graduation and retention rates. Johns ’10, history, China; Alex Jung 11 percent return that Harvard, the The honor was conferred, For more information, go to ’07, anthropology, South Korea; world’s richest school with an en- according to academy presi- usnews.com and search for “best Caitlin Lynch ’10, anthropology, dowment of $27.4 billion, reported dent Masaaki Kubo in a letter colleges 2011.” Brazil; David Nee ’08, English, for its endowment, and the 8.9 to De Bary, for his “outstand- Austria; Natalie Neumann ’10 his- percent return reported by Yale. ing contributions to the stud- n FULBRIGHTS: A record 15 tory (pre-med), Mongolia; Deysy Across the past five years, Co- ies in Confucian ethics and young alumni, including eight Ordonez-Arreola ’10, anthropology, lumbia’s endowment has risen an Japanese thoughts.” members of the Class of 2010, won Macau; Zoe Towns ’07, comparative average of 7.9 percent annually; Fulbright Scholarships in the 2009– ethnic studies, United Kingdom; that compares with a 4.7 percent

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Martha Howell ’74 GSAS, ’79 a professor and go to gradu- Culture, 1300–1600. Although I am a rabid Yankees fan, and GSAS is the Miriam Cham- ate school, but it wasn’t clear it has tons about gender and I know a lot about them. pion Professor of History. Her to me what that would lead other things I’ve become as- Growing up in Northern Vir- research focuses on social, to, maybe a job at a women’s sociated with, it is much more ginia, how did you become a legal, economic and women’s college. Once I got into col- a return to economic history. Yankees fan? history in northern Europe. lege, I had much grander But it is a socio-cultural his- She is the author of numerous ideas. I wanted to be a jour- tory of the economy rather Our team was the Washington papers and books, including, nalist and work in Europe. I than a straight history as Senators, and they were terri most recently, Commerce went to Europe after college economists would tell it. I’m ble, so I never developed a Before Capitalism: European and lived there for a year. I also gearing up for a new passion for them. But one of Market Culture, 1300–1600. came back fluent in German project, which is going to my sons, as a little boy, became Howell earned a B.A. from but was stunned to find out be about the culture of the fascinated with all sports. Georgetown and an M.A. and that The New York Times didn’t economy in the early modern His father was uninterested Ph.D. from Columbia. want to hire me as its corre- period. I think I am going to in baseball. My son needed spondent in Bonn (then West focus on merchant culture: a partner, and he taught me What did you want to be about baseball. For years, for when you were growing up? Germany’s capital city). All how merchants see the world my birthday, he would take Something that was not vis- they wanted to know was, and their profession in a time me to a Yankees game. ible. I grew up in the ’50s and could I type? And I couldn’t when the pursuit of wealth ’60s in a very conventional type. But I had done quite a was still suspect morally. We What is your favorite spot in suburb of Washington, D.C., lot of economics as an under- did not yet live in a world New York City? graduate, and I got a job do- where the market economy in which the only careers I have many, but one of my ing financial research just at could stand as the logic of the imaginable for a woman, oth- favorites is Central Park in the moment when banks and good society. It was exactly er than being a mother with May. an Irish Setter, a station wag- Wall Street decided that they the opposite. How do you recharge? on and two kids, were to be a teacher, a nurse or a Five Minutes with … Martha Howell I go to the country. I ride secretary. I didn’t want to bicycles. I hike. I ski. We be any of those. I didn’t spend summers at a farm What are you teaching this know what I wanted to be. It could hire women. Someone on the Canadian border in semester? wasn’t until later that I started hired me even though I didn’t Vermont. have an M.B.A., and I worked In addition to one graduate to imagine other careers, re- If you could be anywhere in there for a few years, but I re- course and, in the spring, an ally not until I was almost in the world right now, where alized that wasn’t really what undergraduate course, I’m college. would you be? I wanted to do, so I decided to teaching the year-long senior I might be in Barton, Vt., or I How did you become a his- go to graduate school. thesis seminar where the might be in Berlin. torian? history majors who chose to How did you end up at When I started college, I do so can do independent What are you reading for Columbia? thought I would probably be research and have an oppor- pleasure? I graduated from here in 1979, tunity to earn honors. I’m on an Alice Munro kick. got my first teaching job at Rutgers and commuted from What’s your favorite food? What on your resume are New York. Ten years later, Probably either ice cream or you most proud of? Columbia was searching for salad. I was given an honorary someone who could teach degree in 2007 from the Uni- Do you have any pets? and help organize gender versity of Ghent, which is the I have had cats most of my studies, and I had done a lot center for medieval studies adult life, and the two that of work on gender. My first in Belgium. It’s a part of the I had most recently died a book was on gender. Colum- world that I study, so to be couple of years ago. I’m very bia invited me to apply. I was given an honorary degree by sad about that, but I’m doing already living on the Upper that part of the world, where a lot of traveling, so it’s hard West Side, so the transi- they know a lot about their to have a pet right now. tion was easy. history, I guess that’s the best Are you married? Do you thing. What are you have kids? Interview and photo: working on? I am married and have twin Ethan Rouen ’04J I recently pub- boys who are 30. lished a book To watch a video of Howell dis- called Commerce What’s something your stu- cussing the challenges of starting Before Capitalism: dents would never guess a gender studies program, go to European Market about you? college.columbia.edu/cct.

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ROAR, LION, ROAR n SATOW STADIUM: Columbia’s n FOOTBALL: Sean Brackett ’13 the London Olympics and become baseball facility at the Baker Athlet- tied a school record by throwing the country’s first female Olympic ics Complex has been renamed in five touchdown passes as Colum- marathon runner. She moved to recognition of the generosity of for- bia opened its Ivy schedule in fine Croatia three years ago; her father Become a fan of mer Columbia College Alumni As- fashion, trouncing Princeton 42–14 is a native, while her mother is Columbia College sociation president Phillip M. Satow on October 2. Brackett completed American. ® ’63. Satow played second base for 18 of 24 pass attempts for 273 yards “When I saw the result, I thought Today on Facebook the Lions and was a member of the and helped Columbia amass 528 that I was dreaming,” Stublic told 1963 team that tied Dartmouth and yards in total offense, just 20 shy the Croatian Times. “This was the first Keep in touch with Navy for the Eastern/Ivy League of the school record. Brackett’s five marathon of my life and regardless fellow alumni and get championship. TD passes tied the Columbia re- of the fact that we prepared well, I The $1.5 million family gift, cord shared by Paul Governali ’43 did not expect such a good result. I the latest news from which was announced by Univer- and John Witkowski ’84. wanted to come to my father’s home- the College and CCT. sity Trustees Chair Bill Campbell ’62 Columbia’s 42 points were the land, and when I saw the methods at Homecoming on October 23, will most scored against Princeton in of training of my current coach, fund major improvements that will school history, and this marked Slavko Petrovic, I was so excited that make the baseball facility among the first time Columbia has beaten I stayed. And I am not sorry.” the best in the Ivy League. The proj- Princeton in consecutive years. Stublic, a cross-country All- ect includes new seats behind home Columbia won 38–0 at Princeton a American at Columbia, was a Advertise plate and the expansion of seating year ago. member of the team that dominated down the first base line, construc- Ivy League women’s cross country, here! tion of a new home dugout, instal- n VOLLEYBALL: Columbia’s vol- winning championships each of the lation of a new multimedia score- leyball team beat Manhattan 3–0 four years she competed. A two-time Connect with all board and a new press box. (25–12, 25–19, 25–17) on September All-Ivy runner, Stublic qualified for Columbia College alumni. Satow and his family have made 29 for its ninth straight victory, the the NCAA finals in cross country numerous gifts to Columbia, in- longest winning streak in school each of her four years and also for Reach an audience of cluding the Satow Family Scholar- history. The Lions were led against the NCAA finals in the 3,000-meter ship Fund and the widely used Jed the Jaspers by Madeline Rumer steeplechase her senior year. prominent, affluent, D. Satow Room on the fifth floor of ’14, who had 12 kills, and Megan well-educated readers Alfred Lerner Hall. As for his most Gaughn ’13, who had 11. Colleen Contact CCT who are leaders in their recent gift, Satow said, “It was a Brennan ’14 had 26 assists and natural fit. I love Columbia. I have Katherine Keller ’14 had 24 digs. Via the Web fields — attorneys, always been a supporter of Colum- The streak came to an end on CCT now offers online submis- physicians, politicians, bia athletics. And I love baseball; it October 2 when the Lions narrowly sion forms as an easy way to scientists … yes, even is one of the loves of my life.” lost at Cornell 3–2, coming back reach the staff or Class Notes a President. Satow is a classmate of Robert K. from two sets down before drop- correspondents. You can up- Kraft ’63, whose $5 million gift in ping the deciding fifth set 15–13. date your contact information; Significant savings 2007 resulted in the renaming of the submit a Class Note, Class Note football playing field as the Robert n OLYMPIAN: Cross country and photo, obituary, letter to the opportunity. Call today to K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien track and field alumna Lisa Stublic editor or classified advertise- find out more. Stadium. The baseball field’s prox- ’06 qualified for the 2012 Olympics ment; or send the CCT staff an imity to Kraft Field and a planned by running the Berlin marathon in e-mail. Contact Taren Cowan facility named after Campbell will 2:33.42 on September 26. She fin- Click “Contact Us” at college. at 212-851-7967 or cement a bond among the three ished ninth in the race but her time columbia.edu/cct or go to alumni. “I have great respect and beat the Olympic ‘A’ standard by college.columbia.edu/cct/ [email protected]. special affection for Bill Campbell more than three seconds. contactus. and Robert Kraft,” said Satow. Stublic will represent Croatia in

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”I’m a runner, so I like to stay healthy. Oatmeal is really warm and comforting and I made it for breakfast every day at home, so hopefully I’ll keep that up in college.” ove-in day can be Laura Vigilante, 18, Brookside, N.J. a traumatic experience, and not just for parents. For some Mstudents, it marks the first time they will be living away from home for an extended period of time. Volunteers from the New Student Orientation Program make the move-in process run remarkably smoothly, but there comes a time when goodbyes are said, more than a tear or two is shed, and parents and students go their separate ways. As first-year students settle into unfamiliar quarters in resi- “Ratatouille is the one movie I always “I’ve always wanted to be a composer and it dence halls such as Carman and John watched with my friends when I was sad was really important to me that I could bring Jay, we asked, What one special thing or unhappy. I couldn’t leave it at home.” my clarinet to college.” Andrew Wright,18, Parsippany, N.J. Solomon Hoffman, 18, Port Washington, N.Y. did you bring with you to remind you of home?

“Music is the one thing I definitely know I want to study here. If I could “My family is very important to me and I’m only bring one thing with me to going to miss them — but I’ll go home to college, it would be my keyboard.” visit every couple weekends.” Gabriel Ray, 17, Baltimore Bolivar Charles, 18, White Plains, N.Y. columbia college today They Couldn’t Leave Home Without It

”A really good friend gave me this poster of Jessica Biel and I’ve always had it in my room. I think it’ll fit in well here.” Juan Ocampo, 18, Bogota, Colombia

“I’m not really a photo person, but I brought this one picture so I can always keep my family in front of me when I’m away.” Zahra Bhaiwala, 18, Boston

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“These are the hair products that I buy when I go home to Buenos Aires that I can only find there — my hair is disgusting without them!” Ayelen Rodriguez, 18, New York City (by way of Buenos Aires, Argentina)

“This is the Maryland flag and it reminds me of where I’m from. My oldest brother brought it with him to college and had it in his room and then my other brother did it, so it’s become a family tradition.” Gideon Wolf, 17, Baltimore

“This photo is from my best friend’s Sweet 16 party. I’ve known her since I was 4, and she gave me this to remember her by.” “I brought this Mya Reid, 17, Fort Washington, Md. one picture so I can always keep my family in front of me when I’m away.”

”This is the only family portrait we’ve ever ”Lacrosse is a huge part of my life and who taken, so I had to bring it. My family means I am. I’m a recruit, so I’ll definitely be on the everything to me.” Columbia team, and I’m really excited.” Tayler Johnson, 18, Los Angeles Camille Richardson, 18, Philadelphia

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”I’ve had this pillow since I was little. I actually grew up in Brooklyn, so it’s traveled around with me. It’s nice to bring it back to its original home.” Anna-Luisa Mirto, 18, Sterling, Va.

“This monkey is always on my bed, no matter where I am.” “This is the picture from It’s a Wonderful Life, Charlotte Haney, 18, New Rochelle, N.Y. which is the movie my family has watched every Christmas since I was born. It was also my school play senior year, and even though I’m really an athlete I tried out on a whim and got the main part, Mary. It was a life-changing experience.” Hilary Szot, 18, Tewksbury, N.Y. “She’s a Build-A-Bear, and whenever I see her she makes me feel more at home.”

“I’ve had her for four years — she’s a Build-A- Bear, and whenever I see her she makes me “I’ve had Peter Rabbit since I was born, and I feel more at home.” still cuddle with him.” Hannah Ellison,18, Evanston, Ill. Justin D’Agostino, 18, Monroe, N.J.

november/december 2010 17 columbia college today Kyle Smith Takes the Reins Columbia’s new men’s basketball coach hopes to lead Lions to the next level

B y Al e x Sa c h a r e ’71

n a league historically dominated by the Killer Ps, Penn 86–108 in the last seven years under coach Joe Jones and had three 7–7 Ivy seasons be- and Princeton, Kyle Smith wants to turn Columbia into fore dipping to 5–9 in the league and 11–17 the next Cornell. overall last winter. So what makes Smith, a head coach for the first time after 18 years Last spring, Cornell compiled a 29–5 record and won its as an assistant at San Diego, Air Force and third consecutive Ivy League championship. It advanced to St. Mary’s, believe he can do what so many others have failed to accomplish? the Sweet Sixteen, the third round of the NCAA Division I “The experiences I’ve had,” responds Men’s Basketball Championship, something no Ivy team Smith unhesitatingly. “Where other people see a dead end, I see a tremendous oppor- had achieved since Penn reached the Final Four in 1979. tunity. It was that way at St. Mary’s, and it’s I“Cornell had a great team,” says Smith, who was named Colum- the same thing at Columbia. St. Mary’s was not exactly a juggernaut when I got there. bia’s 22nd head coach on May 2. “It obviously can be done. You could “Don’t get me wrong, this place is not say they got a 7-footer who transferred in and he ended up being 2–27. It’s not,” adds Smith, speaking in his third-floor office in the Dodge Physical really good, and they got a kid from somewhere down south and you Fitness Center prior to the start of the fall could say he just stumbled onto campus. Well, I think Steve Donahue semester. “When Joe got here, he inherited the same situation we had at St. Mary’s. built a pretty good program over 10 years that gave them an oppor- I know how hard he worked. It’s hard to tunity to really blossom and develop and turn into what they did.” get over the hump. Joe put in a lot of work here, and I’m hoping to pick up on that.” Smith can relate. Another team in that mith, 41, was not yet born when But why does Smith think he can take Sweet Sixteen was St. Mary’s, a little-known Columbia beat Princeton 92–74 in a the Lions to the next level? “I guess it’s school in California that had a 2–27 record one-game playoff in 1968 to win its because I’ve been in similar situations,” in 2000, the year before Smith signed on as Sonly Ivy League men’s basketball he replies. “I’ve done it. It comes down an assistant to his longtime friend, Randy crown. The 1950–51 Columbia team that to basketball and team, the things we Bennett. “They were kicking dirt on the went undefeated in the regular season won emphasize. I’ve been in situations where place, talking about dropping down to Di- the championship of the Eastern Intercolle- you have to look at things differently and vision III,” says Smith. Last year, it was St. giate Basketball Conference, the forerunner we’ve been able to overcome the issues we Mary’s that did the kicking, all the way to a to the Ivy League that also included Army were facing. It’s a matter of instilling a be- 28–6 record, its second consecutive season and Navy. Since the Ivy League was creat- lief that it can be done, talking about it and with more than 25 wins. ed in 1954, Penn and Princeton have com- then going out and doing it. “Every job has hurdles you have to bined to win 48 of the 56 men’s basketball “Penn and Princeton have had great get past,” says Smith. “It’s not different championships. teams. Cornell showed it can be done. Co- at Cornell, but they did it. Let’s not let Seven coaches have come and gone since lumbia has had great teams, too. So it’s been the hobgoblins and excuses get in the Columbia last wore the Ivy crown, and done in the Ivy League, and now we’re go- way. We’re going to keep motoring and the Lions have enjoyed just three winning ing to try to do it in New York City. Can you get through it.” seasons in the last 30 years. Columbia was imagine if that happened?”

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The Columbia program bottomed out in 2002–03, when the team was winless in the Ivy League and 2–25 overall. Jones came in and laid a foundation. A campus presence, he boosted team morale, reig- nited spirit among students and alumni, recruited some good players and got the Lions to the middle of the Ivy League. But last spring, when Donahue cashed in on Cornell’s success and moved on to become head coach at Boston College of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Jones resigned to become Donahue’s top assistant.

thletics Director M. Dianne Mur phy said more than 150 applications were reviewed before her A search team selected Smith as Jones’ successor. “He’s exactly what we’re looking for as our head basketball coach,” Murphy said when Smith was introduced to the Columbia community on May 5, cit- ing Smith’s “strong leadership skills, excellent basketball knowledge and successful recruiting experience.” For Smith, the opportunity was “too good to pass up,” he says, even though it meant uprooting his family from a comfort zone on the West Coast. “Head coaching jobs are hard to get, period, and everybody knows the Ivy League and its schools. For certain kids, for certain families, there’s a feeling of awe when you say Columbia. Now I want to get the basketball to match that, which Columbia deserves.” Smith had no qualms about moving from a school, albeit a relatively lesser-known one, that was able to offer athletics scholarships to one where all financial aid is need-based. “I like the non-scholarship piece,” he says. “I was a Division III player at Ham- ilton College, and there was an investment on our part as players. We were there for the love of the game. I’ve been on the other side of that for a long time, where you’re offering scholarships that are worth $50,000 a year. There’s somewhat of a lack of appre- ciation. I don’t know of many 17-year-olds who are ready to take on a $50,000-a-year job, which essentially is what it becomes. There’s a sense of entitlement, and they tend not to want to give back, whereas people at Columbia, or where I went at Hamil- ton, tend to give back.” Smith says he was pleasantly surprised by the interest in the basketball program among alumni. “I think the piece that real- After 18 years as an assistant, ly sells Columbia is that people who have Kyle Smith assumes his first head gone through here have had a wonderful coaching position at Columbia. PHOTO: DANIELLA ZALCMAN ’09 experience and they care so much about it. I wasn’t expecting that. There hasn’t been great recent success in the program, and

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“Where other people see a dead end, I see a tremendous opportunity.” usually when that happens people kind of who will see it the same way. Smith adds, “Sometimes there’s too drift off, but that hasn’t happened.” “For a recruit, I want Columbia to be much of an emphasis on recruiting. It’s While he can’t offer an athletic scholar- his destiny. This is where he wanted to what the fans and the alums like to talk ship as an enticement, Smith believes he has go, this is his first option, boom, I want about — who’s coming in, who’s going to a simple recruiting tool that could be just as to make this happen here. If a guy thinks do what. The big thing we’ll do here is wor- effective. he’s settling by going to Columbia, he’s ry about the ones we have and not so much “Get ’em on campus,” he says. “There not going to be as invested in the pro- about the ones we don’t. The guys we are so many people who are willing to come gram. He’s thinking, ‘I could have gone have now, those are guys we were excited and tell them, ‘This is what it’s like to go to somewhere else, I could have gotten a about three years ago, so let’s see if we can Columbia, this it what it was like when I scholarship.’ Well, we need to change get them to reach their full potential. That was here.’ There’s excitement in their voices. that, we don’t want that mentality. We was our blueprint at St. Mary’s. We weren’t They’re emotionally attached. want guys who wants to be here, who signing McDonald’s All-Americans, but “From my perspective, as an outsider will say, ‘This is awesome!’ ” we got guys with great attitudes, guys who coming from the West Coast, what makes What does Smith, who coordinated re- really wanted to be there. That’s important. Columbia different from the other Ivy cruiting for St. Mary’s, look for when he We’ve got guys who really want to be at League schools is New York City. The kid evaluates prospects? Columbia.” who wants the bright lights, the big city, “Feel,” he responds. “When I say feel, I the culture here … it’s advantageous for a mean an understanding of the game. I like to mith has definite ideas about the certain kind of kid. For some it’s not. But find guys who can pass. They see things hap- kind of program he wants to run at those other seven campuses are different; pen before they happen, offensively as well Columbia. this one’s unique, it’s New York. as defensively. They understand where the S “Our thing is going to be selling “In another sense, Columbia beats ex- other four guys on the team are at all times. team,” he says. “That’s where my con- pectations. People think of New York, “In more general terms, I look for guys fidence comes from. Fans and the media it’s going to be all hustle and bustle, but who can dribble, pass and shoot. You want are going to gravitate to star players; fine, that’s not it at all — especially when you those qualities. And really, that’s harder to that’s how you market the program. But get through the gates and see the green find than you might think. That’s the defi- there’s an underlying integrity to the team, space, the lawns. It’s what you want it to nition of a guard, and we’d like to have five the program, certain expectations that ev- be. Coming to the Dodge Fitness Center of them out there. Now, you’re not going to erybody’s meeting that make it really good. through the campus is my favorite walk. win with five 5-11 guys. But can you find a So at St. Mary’s, when we lost five seniors It’s peaceful and calm. It’s really beautiful 6-8 forward who can do those things? Can from our 26–8 NIT team, including one and not what you might expect.” you find a center who can pass the ball? NBA player and the second-best player Smith is hopeful of attracting prospects That’s a gift.” in school history, we came back and went 28–6 last year and to the Sweet Sixteen. It was a confirmation that team matters, that doing the little things to support each other Kyle Smith: Off the Court is important. If you do things right, if you or a man with a vanilla last name, Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical support each other, you’ll succeed. Kyle Smith has a rocky road back- Center — “a true New Yorker,” Smith says. “The coaching philosophy we had at Fground. Smith spent a year at Deerfield Acad- St. Mary’s and that I’ve carried with me “I’m kind of a product of the American emy and graduated from Hamilton College through high school and college is suited tapestry,” he says. “My last name is Smith, in 1992 with a degree in English literature. for the Ivy League, for guys who are will- but my mother is Italian and my dad is Despite that major, Smith is at a loss when ing to put the team first.” Polish, Czech, Eastern European. My par- asked the last book he has read. ents split and my mother remarried a man “Anything of weight … it’s been awhile,” Like Jones before him, Smith wants his who is Jewish and from New York and he admits. “It’s hard to turn off the coach- team and his players to be fully integrated Philly. I have family in California, Seattle, ing thing. The Kite Runner — I was about into campus life. Texas, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio. five years late to that one, but it was a “I don’t want our shirts to say Columbia My ancestors came through Ellis Island, book of substance that I enjoyed. Right basketball, I just want them to say Colum- and now that I’m in New York, it’s kind of now, with a 2-year-old and a newborn, I’m bia,” he declares. “We can be a great ve- circled back. not sure how much reading I’ll be doing. hicle for promoting what Columbia can be, “We have a rich, deep history of people Actually, I’ve been reading Five Silly Mon- what Columbia is about. Now, I want guys from all around this country.” keys just about every night for the past six who are committed to basketball and being Smith was born in El Paso, Texas, and months.” part of a team, because those relationships raised on the nearby Fort Bliss Army base. Smith played basketball at Hamilton and He played basketball for Rick Sherley, a helped the team to a 26–1 record and a No. are going to last forever. The alumni who prominent Texas schoolboy coach, at Alief 1 ranking in Division III in 1991. He holds a played here have that, and a lot of them are Hastings H.S. in Houston. He is married master’s in educational leadership from the very close. and lives in Morningside Heights with his University of San Diego, where he began “But we’re Columbia. Our guys will be wife, Katie, and sons, Rocco (2) and Bo, his coaching career in 1992. part of the community. They’re students, who was born on August 26 at NewYork A.S. there’s no doubt about it. They’re not separate. People see them, they go to class like

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“Team matters; doing the little things to support each other is important.” everyone else, they’re regular Joes. And we do have the best arena for bringing the community together. We’re on campus. It’s where people can meet. I don’t know what it’s been like, but I’m hoping that no matter what your thing is, you’ll come over here for a two-hour break and support us.” As Smith speaks, Columbia’s 2010–11 season opener at LaSalle on November 12 is more than two months away, so it is un- derstandable that he is reluctant to get into specifics about this year’s team. The top returning player is guard Noruwa Agho ’12, a second team All-Ivy selection who led the Lions with 16.3 points per game and 58 three-point field goals last season. Others who saw significant action a year ago include Brian Grimes ’11, Asenso At his introductory news conference in May, Smith spoke of trying to install an up-tempo style Ampim ’11, Mark Cisco ’13, Brian Barbour of play that takes advantage of fundamental skills. ’13, John Daniels ’13, Steve Egee ’12, Matt PHOTO: GENE BOYARS Johnson ’12 and a pair of 7-footers, Max Craig ’11 and Zack Crimmins ’11. to be the slowest team in Division I. Our the Columbia uniform.” “I’ve watched video of our team,” he two big men were 6-11, 265 and believe Next March, when his first season is in the says, “but I don’t want to get too much of a me, not fleet of foot. We might have had books, how will Smith measure success? preconceived notion of what guys can and four dunks all last year. We were a Sweet “Obviously, results are how you evaluate can’t do. I think they hired me because in Sixteen team that couldn’t dunk. But our your performance in this business and mea- a sense they wanted a clean slate, where skill level was tremendous. In assist-to- sure whether you’ve reached your goals. An each guy has an equal opportunity to pro- turnover ratio, we were near the top in the Ivy championship and a berth in the NCAA duce and earn a place in the rotation. country. Our three-point field goal -per Tournament, we’d be walking on clouds “Obviously, the goal is to win the league, centage was fourth in the country. around here. That would be terrific. But in but we want to see improvement. We want “Our emphasis will be on skill — the more general terms, I want us to be a better to improve each year. We were an 11-win ability to make shots, take care of the ball.” team in March that we were in November. I team and we lost three seniors, but we have Smith also pays close attention to off- want to see us improve each day. some good talent coming back. We want court attributes. “We’re going to give each player tan- to make sure our attitude is right and our “I really want guys with great attitudes gible things to work on and get better at work ethic is right, and let’s see if we can and great work ethics,” he says. “All things each day,” says Smith. “We’ll do a lot of improve from there. We’ll set team goals, being equal, I want the great attitude guy. measurement every day in practice — and we’ll reevaluate them periodically.” You ask him to do something, he’s going we’ll film it, evaluate it and give the guys Asked about his coaching philosophy, to go above and beyond to do it and that’s feedback the next day so they can measure Smith said, “I come from a history of play- the foundation of our culture. We’ll reward how they’re progressing, areas they need ing up-tempo and I prefer to play that guys who do the little things. I’ve been to get better at as well as areas in which way. Now, are you going to go from A to preaching that. they are doing well.” Z in four months, when that has not been “Now, how do we put a team together, Smith cites three metrics as especially Columbia’s style? I don’t know. And there get the chemistry right, get the egos right? important: assist-to turnover ratio, re- are some speed bumps in trying to play That remains to be seen. I’m sure there’ll bounding margin and defensive field goal up-tempo. It’s going to be hard to change be some bumps in the road. But these are percentage. “These are the things that come the way Princeton plays, especially on Columbia kids. They’re sharp cookies, it’s to mind that we can measure. We’re prob- their court. Are we going to be able to as simple as that, and it’s refreshing that ably not going to be able to get all three speed them up? I don’t know. But that’s way. You can raise the bar for them, as far things, but we’ll try. If we can improve in all what I would like.” as the work level that is expected of them. three of those areas, we will give ourselves Smith says there are common miscon- So I’m going to gauge them based on their a chance to have a great season.” ceptions with regard to his chosen style of work ethic and their level of commitment play. to the team. Those guys will do well in Alex Sachare ’71, the editor of CCT, has “Skill is what enables teams to play our program. They might not all play a written, edited or contributed to more than 20 up-tempo and score more points,” he ex- lot. Obviously, only five guys are going books on basketball, including The Official plains. “The general perception is that you to start and only eight or nine are going NBA Basketball Encyclopedia, America’s need to be athletic, quick, fast to play up- to play regularly. But I want guys on the Dream Team (with Chuck Daly) and The tempo. Well, our St. Mary’s team was 20th team who will have a sense of pride and Complete Idiot’s Guide to Basketball (with in the country in scoring last year and had for whom it will mean something to wear Walt Frazier).

november/december 2010 21 columbia college today Dr. John Clarke ’93 Raps for the Health of It

B y Kim Ma r t i n e a u ’97J

r. John Clarke ’93 has rapped about asthma and al- smoking, subject matter serious enough that Clarke is dressed in a lergies, but none of his songs have caught on quite suit and tie, which he wears to all performances. like the one about H1N1 flu. A medical director for As Clarke drove, his latest song played from the car stereo: the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), Clarke spends his free time spreading public health messages Yes, Dr. Clarke is back through hip-hop. As swine flu hysteria swept the I came to drop a rap Dnation last year, Clarke coolly dished out prevention tips in an Cause everybody needs to watch the gap. award-winning rap video. The gap, for those who do not regularly ride commuter rail, is I’m recommending washing hands for protection that treacherous few inches of space separating a train car from Front and back real thorough while you count 20 seconds. the platform, made famous by several serious injuries and law- Hand sanitizer, I advise you get it, why? suits in recent years. The LIRR shot video of Clarke performing It makes germs die, when you rub and let it dry. the rap, for use as a public service piece on train platforms. Clarke has been medical director for LIRR for four years, super- Shot mostly at Columbia, the video was submitted to the U.S. vising its drug testing program and determining whether employ- Health and Human Services’ national flu.gov PSA contest, where it Dr. John Clarke beat out more than 200 other entries to win $2,500, a spot on nation- ’93’s songs often al TV and enough attention to garner 240,000 hits on YouTube. The are a family affair. publicity has allowed Clarke to take his career in new directions. His son, John Jr., The National Psoriasis Foundation and LIRR have since commis- provides vocals, sioned the rapping doc to write songs for them, and most recently, as do his wife and daughter. he has entered an original song to promote condom use in a contest sponsored by Trojan and hosted by rapper Ludacris. On camera, Clarke, a specialist in occupational medicine, waves his hands and leans into the lens as if ready to brag and boast. Off-stage, he is polite and unassuming, leading a quiet life on suburban Long Island with his wife, Elizabeth, a nurse, and their two children. Though Clarke has been writing rap lyrics for three decades (since he was 8) and recording songs for others since college, it ees are medically fit to work. But it wasn’t until Newsday profiled was H1N1 that gave him national exposure. He regularly speaks at him on September 2, 2009, after the H1N1 video hit, that people churches and schools about public health, but lately the requests for at work learned he could rap. In its ongoing campaign to remind his speeches and performances have been rolling in more often. the public about the gap (and avoid more lawsuits), LIRR asked On a Sunday this past spring, Clarke guided his minivan Clarke if he would write for them. through Long Island’s sleepy suburban streets to Grace Cathedral Until that point, Clarke’s hip-hop career had been on hold. His last International, an African-American congregation, where a group of album, Children’s Health Songs, teaching kids about dental hygiene teenagers and their parents awaited. While some artists rap about and healthy eating, came out in 2005. But after the birth of his son, flashy cars and sexual conquests, Clarke is a self-described “physi- John Jr., now almost 5, followed by a daughter, Sandra, 2, he found cian musician” whose material consists of medical case histories his creative energy sapped by the demands of work and parenting. and textbook terminology. Through hip-hop and plain language, One morning in May 2009, swine flu was mentioned on the his goal is to reach those who normally tune out authority figures. news. “Hey John, look!” Clarke remembers his wife saying. The health topics for teens include suicide, HIV and the dangers of “Might be good to write a song.”

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Over the next few days, Clarke started gathering informa- Two puffs of the asthma stuff, tion and writing lyrics, and a month later he recorded the song. Twice a day, In August 2009, while searching for a government agency that Stops the wheeze and helps you to breathe! might like to use the piece, Clarke stumbled across the video contest on flu.gov. With four days to go till deadline, he dusted Asthma sufferer LL Cool J introduced the song in what became off his video camera, called his cousin, a photographer, and an internal hospital video. Since then, Clarke has self-produced six traveled to Columbia to shoot the piece on the walkway over albums about diabetes, sickle cell anemia and even allergies (one Amsterdam Avenue. song is playfully titled “So Many Tissues”) that he sells mostly to By the end of August, the video had climbed to the Top 10 on school nurses and other health professionals. His wife and son often YouTube, and the talk shows began calling. Clarke appeared on contribute vocals while Clarke puts down the layers of synthesizer The Wendy Williams Show and then flew to Los Angeles to appear and drum machines himself. He plays the clarinet, piano, bass guitar on The Doctors. The night before the taping, he was stopped on Hol- and recorder, but says it’s faster and easier to rely on synthesizers. lywood Boulevard for an autograph. “We just laughed,” his wife Clarke’s most ambitious album, Health Hop Music, is geared says. A few days later, Secretary of Health and Human Services toward teenagers. On that Sunday at Grace Cathedral, he inter- Kathleen Sebelius called to congratulate Clarke, and he traveled to spersed songs from the album with statistics and the occasional Washington, D.C., to accept his prize. scripture. The big risk in rapping about medicine, he says, is com- Clarke was a member of the first generation to grow up with ing off as preachy or worse, corny. To avoid that, he tells stories. hip-hop and spent most of his formative years in Queens, where In “Playaz Klub,” a young woman infected with HIV hides her LL Cool J and Run DMC were becoming household names. He status from her sexual partners, a true story Clarke learned about tried to emulate the complex rhymes of Big Daddy Kane and Ra- from a school social worker. Part of the song is told from the guy’s kim, and in high school often memo- rized vocabulary words by setting them to rap. Still, his parents viewed his hobby nervously. “They didn’t like it,” he says. “I had to assure them I wouldn’t allow it to jeopardize medical school.” At Columbia, Clarke was pre-med and did a double concentration in music and sociology. But he also found

Clarke spends many time to rap at talent shows, cut hair for classmates and neighbor- point of view, and as Clarke rapped, sev- weekends touring hood pals, and bring activists to campus to speak, including Rev. Al eral teenagers smiled at the words. Long Island in his Sharpton, Ralph Nader and Dr. Ruth. “He was the only other person minivan, performing at churches and I knew at school who really appreciated early ’80s Jamaican dance- He took her back to the crib to hit a homerun, other venues. hall,” says his friend Michael Goldwasser ’93, a Grammy Award- In his mind he said, ‘This ho’s dumb. Photos: Kim winning reggae producer. “While I could not have predicted that he I didn’t buy her drinks or take her to a movie, Martineau ’97J would later rap about medical issues, it definitely makes sense that didn’t spend a cent and still I got the booty!’ he would rap about issues that are important to society.” Clarke recorded his first demos from Goldwasser’s dorm But getting lucky leads to a life-changing mistake; the song ends room and his first songs in Professor Brad Garton’s “MIDI Music after the guy tests positive for crabs, gonorrhea and HIV. Production Techniques” class, where they experimented with the After the lecture, the crowd stood to applaud. The teenagers synthesizers and sequencers used by hip-hop artists at the time. mingled in the lobby on their way out and gave Clarke positive “We encouraged everyone to really explore their creative side,” reviews. “He had a nice flow,” says Jelissa Dacosta, a student at says Garton. “I guess it paid off for John.” Nassau Community College who is studying to become a nurse. Clarke took Music Humanities with Kitty Brazelton, and for “We hear about this stuff all the time, but hip-hop is a good way his final project, he transposed a piece of classical music that to get the message out.” would later help him compose musical tracks. He aced the class, To see Clarke’s music videos, go to college.columbia.edu/cct. and Brazelton wrote him a recommendation for medical school. During his 1997 residency at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Kim Martineau ’97J is communications manager at Transportation from where he also earned his M.D., Clarke composed his first Alternatives, a walking, bicycling and public transit advocacy group in medical-rap, “Asthma Stuff”: New York City. She is a former science writer at Lamont-Doherty.

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[ Columbia Forum] The Secret Miracle Daniel Alarcón ’99 edits a handbook for novelists

aniel Alarcón ’99 was chosen this year by The New Yorker for its prestigious “20 Under 40” list of the country’s top young fiction writers. Born in Lima, Peru, Alarcón spent his childhood in Birmingham, Ala., and attended Indian D Spring School. “As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona,” he told The New Yorker. (A longtime soccer enthusiast, Alarcón blogged about the World Cup last summer for The New Republic.) In 2007, his novel about people whose lives are torn apart by a civil war, Lost City Radio, was named a Best Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle. Alarcón’s latest book, The Secret Miracle: The Novelist’s Hand- book, is actually a nonfiction collection about the craft of writing that he has edited. Contributors ranging from Mario Vargas Llosa to Ste- phen King and from Amy Tan to Gary Shteyngart answer the basic questions of beginning writers: What should a first chapter do? Do you outline? What makes for a successful ending, and how do you know Daniel Alarcón ’99 PHOTO: MAY-LI KHOE when you’re done? The result is an informal master class in the art of fiction by some of today’s best writers — an Olympian version of literary shoptalk. In the following essay from The Secret Miracle, revised for this magazine, Alarcón muses about the compulsive, dangerous and irre- sistible pursuit of writing. Rose Kernochan ’82 Barnard

november/december 2010 24 Novelists, Alarcón writes, “have good days, bad days, and days where it is more useful to sit quietly and read.” the secret miracle columbia college today

“Apart from a few friends and many routines, the problematic pursuit of around me, running over the manuscript pages strewn about the literature constituted the whole of his life; like every writer, he measured road. Someone came to ask if I was all right. “I’m fine,” I said, and it was true, just skinned elbows and sore wrists, but the fall must other men’s virtues by what they had accomplished, yet asked that other have been spectacular. A small crowd had gathered to watch me. men measure him by what he planned someday to do.” This kind stranger helped me gather my things and push the ru- — Jorge Luis Borges ined bike to the relative safety of the sidewalk. My front wheel The Secret Miracle was hopelessly bent, the bike un-rideable. One of the copies of the novel was damaged; the other two, thankfully, were fine. n December of 2004, just before Christmas, I wrote the last sentence of my first (and for now, only) novel. I wasn’t his little episode was so noxiously, so self-evidently mean- done, nor was it a first draft exactly, but composing this ingful — a man nearly killed by his novel — that I decided seven-word sentence certainly felt like some kind of mile- T to take a trip. I gave up my room, set the book aside and stone. At the time I was renting a room in a big, lonely flew to Buenos Aires, where I spent a week and spoke to no one. Ihouse in the Eastlake neighborhood of Oakland, California. Without my characters I felt very alone. I drank a lot; I watched There was a yard of overgrown grass in the back that I never once people; I tried to have fun. When I got bored, I went to Chile, set foot in. The landlady was my age, with sandy hair and a thin, and a few months later I found myself in a small town on the mousy voice, polite to the point of being nearly invisible, and we Pacific coast called La Serena. It was the Feria Internacional del Li- shared the space like two people in the waiting room of a doc- bro, though it seemed mine was the only international presence tor’s office. Her boyfriend lived in Los Angeles, and every few in town, and I was only there by accident. Alejandra, a novelist weeks she’d go see him and leave me to care for the house, which friend of mine, had come up from Santiago to give a reading, and entailed nothing at all. The lights and the heat went off and on by we were going to meet up after the festival with some people electronic timer; there were no pets, no plants. Whether she was she knew and head to the beach. Or something like that. I can’t home or not made no difference to me: either way, I spent most remember exactly. I do remember however, very clearly, milling of the day inside my room, venturing to the kitchen only to make around after her reading and noticing a rather small, hunched coffee or lunch. I wrote all morning until I got too hungry to keep and nervous-looking man hovering about the edge of the gather- going. I had no distractions: baseball season was over, the disap- ing. He was around fifty years old, with short, light brown hair, pointing presidential election had come and gone, and besides and a face lined with worry. His metal-frame glasses kept slip- my sisters I had essentially no friends in the Bay. For months, that ping down the bridge of his nose. Alejandra was signing books hadn’t mattered; I had my novel. And I knew I was close, knew and talking to the writers who’d just been on the panel with her, I was approaching the end of something, but when it finally hap- and this man circled around them, looking for a way to join the pened, I was caught completely by surprise. conversation. Everyone was deliberately and quite obviously ig- I saved the document and closed the computer. I paced ner- noring him. They knew him. Eventually, he gave up and turned vously around the house for an hour or so, then sat back down to me. He asked if he could give me a book. to re-read the last paragraph, not sure what I would find. To my “Sure,” I said. astonishment, it was still there — the last sentence — and the sen- A poetry reading had begun by then, and we stood listening. sation I had was unlike anything I’d felt before, or have felt since. The novelists took their conversation out of earshot, and the man Not happiness or pride, not fear or abandonment, but some un- giving away his books watched with envy as they wandered holy combination of all four of these discrete emotions. I’d been away. Chileans — God bless them — live and breathe poetry, and thinking about this book for five years, been writing it for more a very attentive crowd had gathered to listen to the reading, but than two, and suddenly I’d come to the end. My fingers tingled. the man next to me was not impressed. He spoke in a shrill whis- My head ached. I had nothing to do. per. Free verse has ruined poetry, he told me, and now anybody The next day I put the document on a USB drive and biked could claim to be a poet. “Do you hear that?” he said, waving a over to a shop on Grand Avenue to have a few copies printed dismissive hand at the stage. I tried to listen. The reading dis- out. It was a beautiful day, clear and sunny, the sort of December gusted him. “Sonnets, young man! Sonnets! What is classic never morning which makes one appreciate California living. The rest goes out of style.” of the nation shivered through winter, but I wore a t-shirt and I nodded, and he took the opportunity to introduce himself. sunglasses, and had finished a novel (or a version of something “Enrique, the most published writer in Latin America.” that would three years later be a novel). I told myself this over “How many books?” and over, feeling at once carefree and agitated. Only when it was “Three-hundred sixty-three,” Enrique said, beaming, and then done, when the copy shop attendant passed me the three cop- recited a few notable figures from his vast bibliography: ninety- ies, did I realize how much it weighed. I’d never seen the entire three books of essays, sixty-seven books about women, forty nov- thing printed out, never held it in my hands, and in my haste, I’d els, one hundred or so books of sonnets. brought nothing to carry it home in. I couldn’t very well ride with Naturally, I let him keep talking. He’d moved to Chile some this much paper under my arm, could I? I was too impatient to thirty years before — that is, he left Spain just after Franco died, leave it at the shop and come back later, so we found a plastic bag, and relocated to Pinochet’s Chile. I did the math, and took a step put the novel inside, and I pedaled home with three copies of the back. He owned a few buildings and lived off the rents, which manuscript swinging happily from the handlebars. I was only a allowed him to dedicate all his time to literature. He started writ- block from the shop, feeling quite content, when the novel got ing in 1998, he told me, and spent a day or two on each book. “I stuck in the spokes of the front wheel. The bike jerked to a halt, think in meter,” he said at one point, in a voice that can only be flipped dramatically, and sent me catapulting onto the asphalt. described as harrowing. I was not that hurt, and the street, at least, was warm. I lay When I told him I was Peruvian, he said he’d written a few on my back for a moment, catching my breath, as cars swerved novels about my country, and those were the ones he’d like to

november/december 2010 26 columbia college today the secret miracle give me. If it was okay with me. A few novels — this was the phrase he used. I found it astonish- ing. It’s not even his country, I thought, and this man has written two. What have I done? “Of course,” I said. It was the entire premise of writing turned up- side down: the goal was to produce pages, meter, rhyme, and finally books in industrial quantities, all these words worth nothing unless they are bound and lining the shelves of one’s own home. There is something narcissistic in the writing of a novel, to be sure, but I’ve never heard it expressed with such glaring honesty. My experience — I’ve abandoned more than five novels, and finished only one — couldn’t have been more different. Enrique came by my hotel the next morning with two books: one called Resentment, about a Peruvian who hates Spaniards because of the Conquest, and another called July 28, Day of Peru, a novel/sonnet in honor of the natural beauty of my country. Both were slim, printed with hu- mongous type, and far be it from me to say what is and what is not a novel, but ... Of course, it is all very obvious now: Enrique was crazy. In his lunacy, he exuded a vulnerability and sadness that perhaps all writers share to some degree. He ran his fingers lovingly over the cardstock covers of his books, and explained how he had come to write them, what he was trying to say with each. I sat in the hotel lobby, sipping coffee, listening to this tender recitation, and was moved. At every other moment, Enrique spoke brusquely, without adornment, but now there was great affection in his voice, as he discussed the process, the discovery, the joy with a certain cluelessness Even today, Alarcón reminds us, there are those who attempt to make sense of the world I recognized. We don’t know what we’re doing, through the reading and writing of novels. and for this very reason, we find it impossible to photos: © estate of andré kertész/higher pictures stop. And when we talk about writing, we are sometimes reduced to this: sentiment instead of insight, because his follow-up Response to a Letter from the Pope, the “novel” he was describing what actually happens and how is next to impossible. most proud of. I should be on these panels at the Book Fair, En- Like Enrique, I don’t have any idea how it gets done, how a rique said, after all, he had the most number of books at the local novel gets written. Perhaps if I’d written three-hundred sixty library! I was silent. I hadn’t brought my manuscript with me. I’d novels, the mystery would be solved — but I doubt that. The nov- done my best to put it out of my mind, and not be a writer for just el is an almost infinitely malleable form, and its flexibility is the a little while. In spite of my best intentions, I thought about my key to its survival and relevance: still, even today, there are those characters every single day. who attempt to make sense of the world — its terror, humor, and “I’m going to the beach,” I said. “I’m on vacation.” beauty — through the reading and writing of novels. Oftentimes “How long?” writing can feel overwhelmingly lonely, a fool’s errand, and it’s “Three days. Maybe four.” gratifying to be reminded that at any given moment, there are Enrique smiled. “By the time you come back, I will have fin- thousands of others, working in hundreds of languages all over ished another novel.” the world, engaged in much the same pursuit. They, like all of us, “Amazing,” I said, nodding. have good days, bad days, and days where it is more useful to sit He shrugged, and looked tired all of the sudden. “If your quietly and read, let the writing itself wait. friend Alejandra wants to leave me a book, she can,” he said. Because I was running late, I let Enrique give me a ride to a For a moment, I thought he might cry. His face clouded, his local radio station where my friend was being interviewed. We eyes closed, but then it passed and he was himself again. “If she were leaving town that afternoon. He spoke without pause, re- doesn’t want to that’s fine too. I’ve published many more books lating how he’d been expelled from various writing workshops than she has.” (jealousy, he said), and fought with the mayor and the editor of the paper over local political controversies not worth getting into. He’d written a book called Letter to the Pope, which he mailed to Adapted from The Secret Miracle (Holt, 2010), reprinted with permission the Vatican, and had even received a note from a representative from the publisher and 826 National. © Daniel Alarcón 2010. For further of John Paul II in return. A very nice letter, he said, which led to information, go to danielalarcon.com or 826national.org.

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Me y e r Jo h n D. Br y a n t a n d Si m e i Le o n a r d Ed i t h E. Co o k e i d i o l d e r Su s a n S. So l o m o n Ju l i a M. Co t t e r H J. H Su z a n n e Me y e r s o n El e a n o r V. So u l s columbia. Ka r e n Lo v e Ro b e r t a Tr o s s Co o k Ri t a Ho r n Li s a Mi c h a e l s o n El i z a b e t h Pa z -Ru m o r e a n d i o pp o l a Ma r i o n H. Sp a n b o c k R C Fe l i c e Ho r w i t z Ha r r i e t E. Michlin edu/cct/ P’06 Fr e d e r i k a Sp e ll i o s Christine M. Pe r f e t t i Sa r a h D. Co r a t h e r s Jo a n n O. Ho v e y Ju d i t h A. Mi ll e r We n d y L. Ba z a r i Va n e s s a Sa n t o r o Hi t o m i Sp e n c e Ly n n Cr a i n Ke n n e t h R. Hu m m e l Ma r y An n e Mi ll e r giving. Ma r k B. a n d Je a n R. Ca r o l e M. St a t h i s He i d i Cr e g o r Ju l i a Hy m a n * Te r r y W. Mo n t e i t h Co h e n Ba r b a r a B. St e i n f e l d P’14 Ca r o l P. Cu m m i n s An i t a Is a k o f f Fr a n c e s J. Mo o r e All a n a n d Ca r o l Ha n n a h S. De c k e r Ja n e K. St u pp i n Cy t r y n De a n n a H. Ke ll y Ma r c i a Te n g Is h i z u k a Ja n e t T. Mo r r i s o n L.M. De Mo n i c o Na t a l i e Su r o v e ll Ell a M. Fo s h a y Fa i t h Wo l f Ju d y t h e A. Is s e r l i s Ba r b a r a Ro s e n t h a l a m a r a e r m k s i a n Ji ll Sw e r g o l d Jo h n a n d Re b e c c a Hs u T D Ro s a l i n d Fe i n b e r g Mo t z He l e n C. Ta v a n t z i s Ca t h e r i n e B. Kl i o n Ja c k i e DeSi m o n e Ja c o b s Ca r o l e S. Mu r o w i t z Do r o t h y Te r r y Ca r o l D. Le i w a n t Ca r o l H. Di c k m a n Da r l e n e C. Ja r r e ll Ru t h K. Na r a h a r a Do u g l a s N. Th o m p s o n * Su z a n n e H. Mi t c h e ll Le s l i e Do l i n Sh e r y l A. Ja w e t z Co n s t a n c e M. Ho g u e t Ja n e McWi ll i a m s Ju d i t h L. Ro s s Friends Je a n M. Do n a h u e Ma r y An n Jo h n s o n Ne e l Ti b a l d i Ju d i t h B. Tr a c y Ke v i n G. Do n o v a n El e a n o r P. Ju c e a m Rh o d a M. Ne w e ll o s l y n i n k e r Ca r o l y n Wi l s o n Ka t h e r i n e B.L. Aa d l a n d Jo a n n e W. Do r e n f e l d Ma r i l y n Ka b a c k Ma r y H. No r k R M. T Pe n n y Wo l f s o n Ma r y Ro s e Al e x a n d e r Ta t j a n a Dr a g i c Li ll i a n Ka g a n An n e D. No z z o l i o Jo a n S. To d e r Patricia Al e x a n d e r Ba r b a r a Dreiwitz Da l e Ka h n El e a n o r Ny d i c k Sh i r l e y Tu r t e l t a u b Ta s i o s G. Va kk a s P’07 La u r a S. All e n -Jo s e p h Ri c h a r d K. Elb a u m * Me l i s s a Ro e s c h Ka n t e r Ma r y T. O’Co n n o r Do r o t h y C. Am b r o s e Ar l e n e Elk i n d Le e Ka pl a n Sh a r o n K. Og a w a So p h i e Va s i l a s Ka t h l e e n M. Hi ll s Ka r e n Am b r o s e Patricia H. Em i c h An n e I. Ka r lb e r g Ce l i a B. Or g e l Fl o r e n c e H. Ve r m e u l e n Ta e Ju Ju n g * Ju d i t h C. An d e r s o n Le a h M. En s o r El i z a b e t h W. Ka t z Ji ll M. Oz a k i Ma r g a r e t S. Vo i g h t Ma r y Kr u e g e r Ma r i o n S. An d e r s o n Ru t h M. Fe d e r Na n c y W. Ka y e Ja n i c e M. Oz i m e k Jo a n H. Vo n Le e s e n Re g i n a M. Mu ll a h y Ju d y A. An g l e b e r g e r Ai m e e Jo Fe l t o n - Ma r i a C. Ke a r n s Ge r t r u d e Pa l m i e r i Ell e n L. Vo n Na r d r o f f Ma r c i n e G. Mu ll e n Vi c k i A. Ar a n o w -Fe i n e r Fr e e d m a n Es t e ll e Ke s s e l m a n Fa y L. Pa p a s Do n n a Vo s e Ga b r i e l e R. Ar e n t s Be v e r l y B. Fe n d r i c k Ma r g a r e t G. Ki n g Abb y Pa r i s e r Ru t h Wa l d b a u m P’08 Al i n e E. As h k i n Ru t h A. Fi n c h * Re n e e L. Kl a p e r m a n Ma r i n a Pa s t o r He l e n e Wa lk e r Ly n n W. Fl a n a g a n Al e x a n d r a Au Ma r y C. Fi s h m a n Ca r o l S. Kl e i n An n W. Pa u l Be t t y J. Wa ll a c e Ta m a r Z. Fr a n k Ai l e e n Mo o d y Ba i n t o n La u r a W. Fl e d e r Fl o r e n c e Kl e i n Te r r y Pe c h a c e k Sa ll i e B. Wa ll a c e Ri c a r d o a n d Di a n a He l e n S. Ba l i c k Je n n i f e r C. Fl y n n Ju d i t h M. Kl i n g o n Patricia N. Pe g r a m Je a n Wa l t h e r Ga r c i a Na n c y M. Ba n z Ell e n R. Fr e e m a n * Miriam H. Kn a pp Sh a r o n R. Pe r r y Ma r i l y n Wa r n e r Jo s e p h J. Ho pk o a n d Be t t y e Gr o s s m a n Ys e u l t Fr e i l i c h e r Ma r g a r e t Ko pl i n k a Ol g a Pe t e r s Fe r n Z. We n d e r Na n c y C. Sh a r t s - a r c a n B Virginia I. Fr e m o n a t h r y n o ppl e u t h e t r i c k El i n B. We r k s m a n Ho pk o K A. K R G. P Ce c e l i a M. Ba r n e t t Je a n e t t e O. Fr i e d e n s o n Ba r b a r a F. Wi l s o n Ke i t h a n d Ga i l Le l a n d Cy n t h i a R. Kr a n e De b o r a h M. Po ll a k Ma r g a r e t J. Ba t i u c h o k Al i c e Fr i e d l a n d Su e Wo j n i l o w e r Me r e d i t h M. Ma e d a Su s a n Kr i s b e r g Jo a n B. Po r t e r My r n a L. Ba y l i s Patricia A. Fo l s o n Su s a n R. Wo o d w o r t h * a n d No r m a Abb y S. Ku r n i t Ja n Po s t m a e r e s a e l m o n t e Mu r o m o t o -Ma e d a T A. B Ar l i n e Fo o d m a n Su z e t t e E. Ku s h n e r Ir e n e Pr e i s e r Ha r r i e t Ya s s k y u s s e ll e r g Of e l i a Or t i z R E. B Su s a n A. Fo x La u r a G. Laibowitz Ka r e n Q. Pr i e s t Lo u An n Ye m o l a o r e e n e r n s t e i n Do r a l y n n S. Pi n e s N H. B Ja n e t W. Ga r n j o s t Ca r m e n d e l Pi l a r Se n t a A. Ra i z e n Ge r t r u d e Gr a y Yo u r k e a r y i e l e Yu r i A. a n d Ol g a S. M H. B Sa r a h K. Ga r t h La n c e ll o Br o o k e Ka m i n De l y n n Mo r i n g Ze ll Po l y a k o v Ka t h e r i n e C. Bi ll i n g h a m Re n e e Ge r s t m a n Ka r e n E. La n c i Ra p a p o r t Ju d i t h H. Zi c kl e r Au d r e y B. St r a h l Ro b e r t a Bl o c k Lu q m a n S. Gh a u r i Ad r i a n a LaRa j a Wa l t r a u d E. Re n n i c k Ef f i e C. Zi s s i m a t o s Ig n a t i o s a n d Ell i e Zairis Je r a l d E. 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Danielle Evans ’04 Sees the Past in the Present

B y Gr a c e La i d l a w ’11

n her new collection of short stories, Danielle vide between truth and fiction, other classes shaped Evans ’04 challenges both social boundaries and the way she thought about writing. Columbia marked stylistic conventions. The author’s first full-length Evans’ first real exposure to contemporary literature, work, Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self and she recalls being particularly inspired by Junot (Riverhead Books, $25.95), is set in modern-day Díaz’s use of vernacular and Toni Morrison’s complex IAmerica. Evans’ characters live in a world of uncer- narrative structure. Evans also credits Morrison with tainty and contradiction. In “Robert E. Lee Is Dead,” a proving to her that the topics she was most interested teenager rises to the top of her high school class only in writing about — including African-American culture to jeopardize her graduation by pulling a dangerous and female relationships — were worthy subjects for prank. In “Snakes,” a biracial girl is tormented by her literary exploration. “I think I needed to read her before white grandmother. Children are expected to make I could give myself permission to write,” Evans says. adult choices, and prejudice persists even as the Evans’ father is a College alumnus and her mother lines between ethnic groups grow fuzzy. a Barnard alumna, and Evans initially was reluctant At the same time, Evans’ narrative style departs to follow them to Morningside Heights. “There was from traditional literary conventions. She mixes in- just so much history there,” Evans says. “I didn’t formal vernacular with elegant prose, creating char- want to feel like I was copying their example.” Her acters whose most poignant remarks are hidden in parents had to bully her into visiting the campus; their most casual comments. Evans also collapses once she did, she was enamored. time and space in her narration; though none of the Evans made the most of her Columbia experience, stories in her debut collection is longer than 40 pages, becoming head of the Pan African House and political many of them span several years and a wide range of secretary of the Black Students’ Organization, among geographic locations. In “The King of a Vast Empire,” a other activities. She also wrote a weekly opinion brother and sister travel from Massachusetts to Mary- column, “(Re)-Education,” for Spectator. Along with land to Washington, D.C., all in the course of a single her two majors, Evans pursued a creative writing night. “Jellyfish” reveals an entire family history by tell- track. She says she especially enjoyed classes with ing the story of one father-daughter lunch. PHOTO: COURTESY PENGUIN Colin Harrison and Victor LaValle. In fact, several of Evans’ treatment of time has thematic implications the stories in Evans’ book began as assignments for for her work. In the minds of her characters, the line between the undergraduate writing courses. present and the past often is blurred. “I think readers will notice Given that she’s been revising some of her stories since col- how present the past is in the book,” says Evans. “Again and again, lege, it is perhaps not surprising that Evans feels more than ready characters find that they can never fully escape their histories.” to move on to her next project. “It’s like I just got engaged, and One boundary that Evans sees as sacred is the line between everyone keeps talking about my ex-boyfriend,” she says. She is truth and fiction. Though she has undergraduate degrees in working on a novel, tentatively titled The Empire Has No Clothes, anthropology and African American studies, Evans chose to about a young woman who is asked to rewrite a history textbook become a fiction writer because, as she explains it, she has too for a progressive charter school. much respect for the truth. Though many of the stylistic elements that define her first “I loved studying anthropology because it opened up the way I book will reappear in this next work, Evans says the project will think about people and the world,” she says. When reading inter- be something of a departure for her. “Writing a novel forced me views and historical documents, however, she found herself frustrat- to think about structure in a new way,” she says. The story has ed. “As an anthropologist, I had to observe and report events exactly been especially challenging to construct, Evans says, because as they happened, but I often thought that I could tell a better story.” large chunks of it are set in the past. Beyond these details, she Rather than risk embellishing the truth, Evans turned to fic- refuses to reveal too much about her latest work, but she does tion. Of course, her stories are not pure invention. Bits and promise an engaging read. pieces of the author’s own life have found their way into her “It’s been a lot of fun to write,” Evans says. “The characters writing. Asked whether she is afraid that people she knows will get up to all sorts of shenanigans.” recognize themselves in her characters, however, Evans laughs. “People are only right about 50 percent of the time, and as Grace Laidlaw ’11 is majoring in creative writing and psychol- long as you don’t tell them which 50 percent, they’ll never know.” ogy. She is director of Columbia’s peer counseling hotline and While her anthropology studies led Evans to think about the di- contributes regularly to CCT. public affairs. In their critique of the Lung Family Professor of Asian Crisis on Campus: A Bold Plan for The Isle of Monte Cristo: Find- modern system of higher education American Studies and professor of Reforming Our Colleges and Uni- ing the Inner Treasure by S.T. in the United States, the authors history. Ngai’s multigenerational versities by Mark C. Taylor, professor Georgiou. Georgiou’s reflections point to oversized bureaucracies and history of the Tapes, a Chinese and department chair of religion. on Christian theology are inspired unreasonable tuition costs (Times family that immigrated to the Unit- Taylor identifies flaws in the current by the writings of poets and close Books, $26). ed States during the 18th century, American university system and friends Thomas Merton ’38 and offers insight into the challenges of proposes an alternative model that Robert Lax ’38 (Novalis Publishing, The Lucky Ones: One Family and integration and the complexities of privileges teaching over research $19.95). the Extraordinary Invention of the immigrant identity (Houghton and places greater emphasis on in- Grace Laidlaw ’11 Chinese America by Mae Ngai, the Mifflin Harcourt, $26). terdisciplinary study (Knopf, $24).

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1933 City and moved to Madison with on February 4, 2010. Donohue was byterian Church, 10150 E. Belleview John R. Phelps, music teacher, Sun his wife, Shirley, in 2003. Harrison born on June 24, 1923, in the Bronx, Ave., Englewood, CO 80111. served in the Army from November N.Y. He served in the Army Signal City Center, Fla., on March 4, 2010. 1950 Phelps was born on May 2, 1909. 1942 to November 1945, including Corps and participated in the Battle At Columbia, he was a member of service in Europe in the Battle of the of the Bulge. Donohue earned an Frank P. McDermott, retired deputy the Iota Chapter of the Phi Kappa Bulge. He earned an M.A. in eco- M.A. at Teachers College. He taught assistant treasurer, Agawam, Mass., Sigma Fraternity. Phelps earned an nomics in 1949 from GSAS. Harrison junior high school, worked for the on December 11, 2009. McDermott M.A. from Teachers College in 1936 was a market analyst in the textile federal government in Washington, was born on December 22, 1926, in and a Ph.D. in musical composition industry in New York and traveled D.C.; the New York State Labor New York City and was a graduate from the Institute of Musical Art, a widely for work and in retirement. Department; Republic Aircraft on of the Mamaroneck H.S. Class of branch of Wayne State in Detroit. He maintained close friendships Long Island; and was the market 1944. After serving with the Navy During WWII, he served as an with classmates from both Erasmus research manager for U.S. Motors, during WWII, he earned a bachelor’s anti-aircraft officer, as an instruc- Hall H.S. and the College, going a division of Emerson Electric, for in business from Columbia. McDer- tor in the Officer Candidate School on cruises with high school friends many years before his retirement. mott worked for Hartford Life Insur- at Camp Davis, N.C., and in the and attending College reunions. He also was a Justice of the Peace. ance and later was deputy assistant Philippine Islands. Phelps was the He is survived by his children, Donohue received the National treasurer for the State of Connecticut, organist and choir director at Trinity Tom and his wife, Carolynn, Joan AARP Award in 1992, the Distin- retiring in 1994 after 12 years. Mc- Methodist Church in Highland Park, Provencher and her husband, Bill, guished Service Award from the Dermott enjoyed gardening, bird Mich., and Nardin Park Methodist and Roger; four grandchildren; and Caucus of Connecticut Democrats watching, reading and UCONN Church in Farmington Hills, Mich.; two great-grandchildren. Harrison in 1991, the 1997 Certificate of Merit sports. He was predeceased by his and organist at the United Method- was preceded in death by his wife of from the Connecticut Association of wife, Margaret (Doody) McDermott, ist Church in Sun City Center. He 58 years and by his brother, John ’38, Boards of Education and the Secre- a brother, Jim, and a sister, Jean Bren- composed many works, including ’52 GSAS. Memorial contributions tary of State’s Public Service Award nan. McDermott is survived by his Piano Concerto in D Minor for Piano may be made to The Capitol Lakes in 2002. In addition to his wife of daughters, Anne, Elizabeth and her and Orchestra, the third movement Foundation, 333 W. Main St., Madi- 60 years, Mildred Sileo Donohue, husband, Martin Bak, and Clare of which was performed by the son, WI 53703. survivors include his children, O’Malley and her husband, John; Jeanne D. Miner and her husband, and six grandchildren. Memorial Florida Orchestra on May 28, 2009, 1943 in celebration of his 100th birthday. Bruce, and John J. III and his wife, contributions may be made to the Phelps was predeceased by his wife Henry Corey, attorney, Falmouth, Maureen; six grandchildren; a great- American Heart Association, 2550 of 56 years, Dorothy Schultz Phelps, Mass., on February 27, 2010. Born grandson; and five nieces and neph- U.S. Highway 1, North Brunswick, and a daughter, Janis Benner. He is in Oak Bluffs, Mass., Corey was an ews. Memorial contributions may NJ 08902-4301. Army veteran, serving as a medic be made to Holy Infant Church, 450 survived by a daughter, Nancy; four 1954 grandchildren; and six great-grand- with the 47th Field Hospital dur- Racebrook Rd., Orange, CT 06477 children. Memorial contributions ing WWII. He was in Normandy, or American Legion Post #127, 630 Thomas J. O’Grady, thoracic and may be sent to the Emergency Squad France, in 1944, taking part in the Grassy Hill Rd., Orange, CT 06477. cardiovascular surgeon, Toledo, Battle of the Bulge, and was hon- Ohio, on February 28, 2010. O’Grady or the Security Patrol, both of Sun 1949 City Center, Fla. orably discharged in 1945. Corey was born September 21, 1933, in graduated from Fordham Law in Clyde R. Hampton, environmental Jersey City, N.J. After medical school 1942 1949 and was admitted to the Mas- attorney, Aurora, Colo., on Febru- at Cornell, from where he gradu- David P. Harrison, retired market sachusetts Bar the same year. He ary 14, 2010. Hampton was born on ated in 1958, he served as a captain analyst, Madison, Wis., on February conducted a private practice on May 10, 1926, in Worland, Wyo. At in the Air Force Medical Corps and 3, 2010. Born in Liverpool, England, Martha’s Vineyard for more than the College, he played four years of was stationed in Thule, Greenland. on March 3, 1922, Harrison moved 50 years. In 1955, Corey and the varsity football and was on the team O’Grady moved to Toledo upon with his family to Brooklyn at 11. He late John W. Osborne co-founded that beat Army in 1947. Hampton completion of his training at Boston lived most of his life in New York the Dukes County Savings Bank, was a captain in the Navy Reserve City Hospital, Case Western Reserve now Martha’s Vineyard Savings and a commanding officer of the University and the Cleveland Clinic. Bank, and the Bank of Woods Hole, Naval Intelligence Unit at NORAD He was on the staff at Flower Hospi- Obituary Submission where he was a trustee/officer until in Colorado Springs. He graduated tal, The Toledo Hospital, St. Charles Guidelines his death. A lifelong member of from the University of Colorado Hospital, Mercy Hospital and The Columbia College Today the VFW, DAV and the American Law School and was active in the Medical College of Ohio. O’Grady welcomes obituaries for Legion, Corey was dedicated to the Colorado Bar Association, the retired from surgical practice with College alumni. Deaths are recognition of service people in the American Bar Association, the Rocky the Toledo Clinic on December 31, noted in the next available local community. An avid jogger, Mountain Mineral Law Institute and 1999, and continued his involve- issue in the “Other Deaths he won several Martha’s Vineyard the American Petroleum Institute. As ment in quality assurance programs. Reported” box, but due to Road Races into his late 70s. Corey a pioneering environmental attorney, He was an avid fisherman and the volume of obituaries that CCT receives, it may volunteered at the Woods Hole Hampton was known nationally enjoyed gardening with his wife take several issues for the Oceanographic Institution. He is for special contributions to environ- of 47 years, Inez, as well as family complete obituary to appear. survived by his wife of 57 years, Pa- mental law and was employed for vacations. In addition to his wife, he Word limit is 200; text may tricia (Kiley) Corey; son, Sean J. and 33 years as a general attorney for is survived by his daughters, Naomi be edited for length, clarity his wife, Kristin; daughter, Kathleen Conoco. Hampton also was a found- and Claudia; sons, Justin ’89, and and style at editors’ discre- Lynch and her husband, William; ing officer for the Association for Re- Matthew and his wife, Sarah; and tion. Click “Contact Us” at and six grandchildren. Memorial tarded Citizens and was a deacon at sister, Jane. Memorial contributions college.columbia.edu/cct, contributions may be made to VFW, Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church may be made to the Flower Hospital or mail materials to Obituaries Editor, MV Post 9261, PO Box, 1437 Vine- as well as an avid golfer and skier. Foundation or the Toledo Botanical Columbia College Today, yard Haven, MA 02568. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Gardens. Columbia Alumni Center, L.; daughter, Dorothy N.; a sister; 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530, 1944 and numerous in-laws, nieces and 1956 New York, NY 10025. John J. Donohue Jr., retired market nephews. Memorial contributions Alan N. Miller, retired nephrolo- research manager, Hamden, Conn., may be made to Cherry Creek Pres- gist, New York City, on August 20,

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Prep in Newark. He was recently an years, Barbara; brothers, John and las and his wife, Rachel Osborn, instructor with the Veritas Society at Donald ’69, ’73 P&S; sons, Derek ’91 and Jonathan and his wife, Sally Bellarmine University in Louisville. Arch., Graham ’89, Brian and Jeremy Lifland; sister, Janice Ostock and her Anton is survived by his wife of 51 ’97; and five granddaughters. husband, David; in-laws, Pam and years, Sara (Lembcke) ’58 Barnard; Louis Celecz Jr.; and several neph- daughter, Claire; and sons, Christo- 1970 ews and nieces. pher and Thomas. Memorial con- Robert W. Butterfield, sexton, tributions may be made to Food for Bethlehem, Pa., on January 5, 2010. 1987 the Poor at foodforthepoor.org. Butterfield was born on Novem- Albert J. Weisel, freelance writer, ber 7, 1948. A lifelong resident of New York City, on February 27, 2010. 1961 Bethlehem, he was a graduate of Weisel was born on July 18, 1963. Robert L. Trelstad, physician, Prince- Moravian Preparatory School and He wrote for publications such as ton, N.J., on February 15, 2010. Trel- the inaugural session of the Citizens Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Alan N. Miller ’56 stad was born in Redding, Calif., and Academy of Bethlehem. After a ca- New York Newsday, Us, Premiere, Spin, raised in Salem, Ore. He graduated reer in home renovation, he served Tracks, George, Travel & Leisure, Out, 2010. Miller earned a B.S in 1957 from Harvard Medical School in as sexton for Central Moravian Time Out New York and The Bulletin from the Engineering School and 1966, where he worked with the Church for 24 years, turning his (Australia). From 1999–2002, Weisel an M.S. in finance in 1958 from the pioneers of cell biology. Trelstad was role as curator of historic properties was the movies editor at CDNow, Business School. Prior to becoming a resident at Massachusetts General into a unique ministry to the church where he launched the video/DVD a nephrologist, he was an engineer. Hospital and in 1972 became an as- and congregation. As a member section. In October 2005, Live Fast, Miller served as a captain in the sistant professor at Harvard Medical of the Bethlehem Area Moravian Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Special Forces training Green Be- School. From 1975–81, he was chief Trombone Choir, Butterfield took Rebel Without a Cause, a book co- rets. An avid learner, he took classes of pathology at the Shriners Burns part in its mission trip to Jamaica authored with Larry Frascella, was at Columbia all his life. President of Institute in Boston. In 1981, Trelstad in 2005. He also was a board published, which explores the mak- his College class as well as his class’ became chair of pathology at Robert member of the South Bethlehem ing of the film Rebel Without a Cause CCT Class Notes correspondent Wood Johnson Medical School Neighborhood Center, secretary/ and in particular the relationships for many years, Miller worked in Piscataway, N.J., and in 1998 treasurer of the Sacristans Corp at between director Nicholas Ray and tirelessly to keep his classmates founded the Child Health Institute Central Moravian, treasurer of the leading actors James Dean and Nata- connected. He attended many of New Jersey. He also founded Key- Wednesday Men’s Bible Study and lie Wood. Weisel was known as Jon Columbia events and was deeply board Publishing, which developed treasurer of the Bethlehem Area Swift in the blogosphere, where he involved in class activities and computer-based learning products, Moravian Trombone Choir. But- wrote a satirical political blog (jon lunches. Some fellow Columbians and chaired the Health Professions terfield is survived by his wife of 14 swift.blogspot.com). referred to him as “The Class Act.” Advising Committee at Princeton. years, Helenann Celecz Butterfield; Lisa Palladino An advocate of the 3 x 5 index card Trelstad is survived by his wife of 48 son, Joseph Florio; brothers, Nicho- form of organization, he also was a proud cigar smoker, stock watcher and wine collector. Miller was wid- Other Deaths Reported owed after 37 years of marriage to Libby Shana Halpern Miller Ph.D. Columbia College Today also has learned of the following deaths. Complete obituaries will be He is survived by his partner, He- published in an upcoming issue, pending receipt of information. Due to the volume of obitu- lene Ruddy; mother, Iris; daughter and son-in-law, Elisa Miller and aries that CCT receives, it may take several issues for the complete obituary to appear. Greg Griffin; daughter, Jennifer van 1933 Clarence Barasch, New York City, on August 31, 2010. Voorst van Beest; sisters, Barbara 1935 William C. Oberkirk, retired engineer, Old Lyme, Conn., on June 6, 2010. and her husband, Maurice Kupritz, 1936 and Mona and her husband, Lee Herbert M. Olnick, retired radiologist, Blue Ridge, Ga., on July 25, 2010. Berg; and four grandchildren. Me- 1940 Robert Benjamin, retired textile executive, New Rochelle, N.Y. on August 27, 2010. morial contributions may be made 1941 Cecil H. London, magazine executive, Greenbrae, Calif., on August 21, 2010. to the Columbia College Class of ’56 1943 Edward M. Marwell, Mount Kisco, N.Y., on September 7, 2010. Scholarship Fund. 1947 Edward B. Gold, retired writer and editor, New York City, on September 9, 2010. 1957 Ellis Levine, Bronx, N.Y., on September 5, 2010. Albert J. Anton Jr., oil analyst, Lou- robert H. Marshall, business executive, El Paso, Texas, on August 20, 2010. isville, Ky., on April 10, 2010. Anton 1948 Marvin A. Schlaff, UN official, New York City, on August 18, 2010. was a graduate of Chaminade H.S. irwin F. “Woody” Woodland, retired attorney, Seattle, on August 25, 2010. on Long Island and the Wharton 1949 School. At Columbia, he was presi- David N. Ilchert, retired INS executive, Novato, Calif., on August 9, 2010. dent of Delta Upsilon Fraternity francois D. Vaillant, teacher, Pensacola, Fla., on September 14, 2010. and was a member of the Newman 1950 William J. Hill, quality control expert, Weston, Conn., on September 20, 2010. Club. Anton had a long career as an 1952 Donald J. Bainton, business executive, Boca Raton, Fla., on June 13, 2010. oil analyst and was for more than 30 years a partner and director of thomas E. Murray Sr., retired advertising executive, Venice, Fla., on August 5, 2010. research with Carl H. Pforzheimer Eugene C. Thomas, attorney, Boise, Idaho, on September 13, 2010. & Co. in New York. He was a harold H. “Hal” Wanamaker, retired otolaryngologist, Syracuse, on August 29, 2010. chartered financial analyst and a vernon C. Wynott Jr., sales executive, referee, Belmont, Mass., on April 17, 2010. past president and honorary life 1953 William M. Bason, physician, Chesapeake, Va., on September 18, 2010. member of the National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts. Erik D. Wensberg, writer and editor, New York City, on June 5, 2010. Anton was a featured guest on the 1954 Daniel R. Thompson Jr., retired insurance executive, Queensbury, N.Y., on June 17, 2010. popular television show Wall Street 1956 Seymour Wallace, anesthesiologist, Los Altos, Calif., on August 25, 2010. Week. A former New Jersey resident, 1960 John M. Radbill, Albuquerque, N.M., on August 7, 2010. Anton served on the Board of Trust- 1962 ees of South Orange, was chairman David M. Lowrey, economics professor, Paris, France, on February 27, 2010. of the board of the YMCA of the ovadya Yesodi, Laguna Woods, Calif., on August 22, 2010. Oranges and was a member of the 1964 Leslie M. “Les” Pockell, publishing executive, literary anthologist, White Plains, N.Y., on July 26, 2010. Advisory Board of St. Benedict’s

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Columbia College Today who died on June 27. The cause me in recent years, some of which I lery officer in the Pacific campaigns. Columbia Alumni Center and place of his death were not summarized in a Class Note about After the war, Art and Marilynn 25 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 mentioned. I knew Sandy when we him in the May/June 2008 issue of settled in Elmira, N.Y., where they 40 New York, NY 10025 ran on the freshman cross country CCT (college.columbia.edu/cct/ raised four children, and Marilynn, [email protected] team together. He was tall, thin, may_jun08). He reminisced about who had been valedictorian of fast, had excellent stamina and his classes in politics and public her class at Syracuse Central H.S., Robert Benjamin ’40, a retired tex- always finished far ahead of me in administration with Professor Law- became active in church affairs and tile executive, passed away in New our races. I never saw Sandy again rence Chamberlain ’45 GSAS and his educational programs for the wider Rochelle, N.Y., on August 27. Bob after graduation and did not know 7 p.m. zoology labs with Professor Elmira community. Marilynn was was born on June 6, 1919, in New anything about his military service James McGregor. He had been a a brilliant, modest polymath, with York City. He served with the Fifth (if any) during WWII. He became zealous Elderhostel traveler, with wide knowledge of the arts, litera- Air Corps in the Pacific and came an antique and fine arts dealer in visits to Hawaii, England, Scotland, ture, science and nature. She was a home from Japan in 1945. He is New York City and California, and Wales, Eire, Colorado, California, gifted teacher and was an inspira- survived by his wife, Betty K.; sons, finally in Wellfleet, Mass., before his New England and Canada. Franklin tion to members of numerous social John and Richard; and grandson, retirement and death. He was the was devoted to Columbia and sug- service organizations in Elmira, Scott. father of a daughter, Susan, and a gested that the CCT editors write an including leadership in volunteer Share your news with Columbia son, Fred. No further information is article on Deans Herbert Hawkes, work in the local prison system. College Today. Your classmates and available at the time of this writing. Harry Carman and Harry Coleman Art became a prominent optom- fellow alumni want to hear about Our Alumni Office notified me ’46 because he had positive memo- etrist in Elmira, a part-owner of the your families, travels, adventures, of the death of Frank Gherardi on ries of all of them. minor league baseball team and a memories of your time in Morn- June 28 at his home in Wethersfield, Franklin is survived by his bro harness-racing enthusiast. In 2003, ingside Heights and your thoughts Conn. Frank entered Columbia ther, Dr. John R.; children, Carolyn my wife, Leslie, and I had a won- on the state of the world. Submit with our Class of 1942 but left for Tobey Berardesco, Franklin Joseph derful vacation visit with Art and a Class Note to Associate Editor military service in WWII, serving as III and Alix Tobey Southwick; six Marilynn at their summer cottage Ethan Rouen ’04J by e-mail at an interpreter in an intelligence unit grandchildren; and six great- on the water in Tenant’s Harbor, [email protected] or by postal in France. Post-war, Frank returned grandchildren. We thank Alix for Maine. We had not seen each other mail at the address above. to Columbia and graduated from sending us information about for many, many years, and it gave the Business School in 1947 with Franklin, and we send our condo- us a chance to reminisce about a degree in accounting. He then lences to his family. those happy pre-war days on the Robert Zucker worked for Arthur Young & Co., On August 12, I received a nice Columbia campus in 1938–42 when 41 29 The Birches Catawba Corp. and as a partner in note from Bill Mazzarella, who your correspondent was a pre-med Roslyn, NY 11576 the accounting firm of Gherardi & enclosed a copy of News Of The student and Art was enrolled in the 41 O’Donnell. In 1956, Frank married Few, the newsletter of the Maj. Gen. pre-optometry program, which he [email protected] Mary Markstein, who survives him, Raymond L. Murray Chapter of finished when he returned to Co- The old expression “no news is good along with their daughter, Mary The Chosin Few. Bill is a member lumbia after the war. Art celebrated news” is not good news for the wri Elizabeth; granddaughter, Luz of the Chosin Few, having fought his 90th birthday on May 17. We ter of this column. I assume most of Elena; niece, Sr. Patricia Gould; and with the Marine Corps in that salute him for his loyal friendship, you had a relaxing summer and fall, several additional nieces and neph- terrible battle and retreated from longevity and devotion to Colum- and did I, and were too busy lolling ews. Frank was fluent in Italian and the Chosin Reservoir in Korea in bia. We send condolences to him on the beach and playing tennis to French and was a family historian November–December 1950. Our and his entire extended family on take the time to update us on your with an encyclopedic memory and Marine and Allied Force of 15,000 the loss of Marilynn. activities. memorable narrative style. We men was surrounded by 120,000 As I write these notes in early A call, e-mail or letter would be extend our condolences to his wife Communist Chinese troops and September, our football team re- appreciated. and to all members of his family. sustained 12,000 casualties, includ- cently has been defeated by Brown Our Alumni Office also notified ing 3,000 KIA, before reaching in a pre-season scrimmage 31–0. me of the death of Franklin Joseph their Hungnam evacuation objec- Coach Norries Wilson’s comments Melvin Hershkowitz Tobey II on May 6 in Purcellville, tive, bringing out their dead and about the scrimmage were not 42 22 Northern Ave. Va. Franklin was a retired lieutenant wounded in sub-zero weather. Sixty optimistic, but I take solace in Northampton, MA 01060 colonel in the Army and former edi- years later, on a much warmer and recalling that Columbia defeated 42 tor of the Annual Report to Congress happier day, July 3, Bill participated Brown 28–10 at Wien Stadium in [email protected] from the U.S. Energy Department. in a reunion parade of The Chosin November 2009 in the final game The New York Times of July 1 had a He earned a master’s in economics Few in Oceanside, Calif. At 90, Bill of the Ivy League season. By the brief obituary on Sanford Bayer, at Columbia in 1947. Franklin also completed the parade, pushing his time this issue of CCT reaches us was associate editor of Public Utility walker ahead of him along the way in November, our Lions will have Reports from 1947–57, director of to the end. Bill also told me he is played much of their schedule, and Class Notes are submitted by public relations at W.E. Hamilton “still in love with Marguerite,” his we will know more about our cur- alumni and edited by volunteer Associates,1957–58 and a public in- longtime and beautiful life partner. rent and future prospects for an Ivy formation officer at the Atomic En- I hope to hear from Bill again when League championship. It has been a class correspondents and the ergy Commission in 1958. In WWII, he joins the Centenarian Club in long wait since our last one in 1961. staff of CCT prior to publication. Franklin served as a medical corps 2020, and many times before that, If we cannot do it this year, it would motor transport officer in Europe. too. Congratulations, Bill! be a great accomplishment to win it Opinions expressed are those of He was a multi-talented polymath, With great sadness, I must report in 2011, the 50th anniversary of our individual alumni and do not serving as a merit badge counselor the death of Marilynn Wellington, last championship, a year in which in mineralogy, atomic energy and wife of Arthur Wellington, on almost all surviving members of reflect the opinions ofCCT, its herpetology, and writing articles on August 14 in Elmira, N.Y. Marilynn this Great Class of 1942 will have class correspondents, the College these subjects for Collier’s Encyclope- and Art were married in 1944, when reached their 90th birthdays. dia Yearbook. He also was a member Marilynn graduated from Syracuse Please note my new postal ad- or the University. of the National Press Club. and Art was a Marine lieutenant in dress, at the top of the column. Kind Franklin wrote several letters to WWII, in which he served as an artil- regards and best wishes to all.

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G.J. D’Angio ucts Division of Union Carbide. He bia.edu. Until then, please send notes ment chairman, who said, ‘We can’t 43 Department of Radiation and his wife are well and involved about your life, thoughts, travel, afford you,’ to which I responded, Oncology with many community activities in family and experiences at Columbia ‘You don’t understand. I am donat- 43 Hospital of the University Flemington, N.J. to the postal or e-mail addresses at ing my body to the department of Pennsylvania, John Owens ’44 saw my note in the top of the column. totally gratis.’ With that, the deal Donner 2 the last issue of CCT regarding Pro- was done, and 12 years later the 3400 Spruce St. fessor Wilbur Frohock, who was also deal is still solid. REUNION JUNE 2–JUNE 5 Philadelphia, PA 19104 one of John’s favorites. He added “Our rounds are stereotypically Alumni Office Contacts some interesting facets; for example, structured but different in content [email protected] Alumni Affairs Jennifer Freely Frohock had been on the faculty at every day. We never know the [email protected] The last Class Notes column men- Brown before being recruited by problem in advance. Each session 212-851-7438 tioned Columbia’s first professor Columbia. is an intellectual adventure. We Development Paul Staller of Italian, Lorenzo Da Ponte, who Albert W. Cayot and I exchanged hope for a perfect history and [email protected] was librettist for three of Mozart’s recollections of the lightweight crew physical examination to create an 212-851-7494 most popular operas. A more recent and associated personalities. The accurate image of the patient for history linking Columbia with the lightweight coach was author Alas- Bernard Sunshine our preliminary evaluation. Basic entertainment world is to be found tair McBain. Fellow crew members 20 W. 86th St. laboratory studies are presented, in the book A Fine Romance: Jewish included John Cahill and Tom 46 New York, NY 10024 but no advanced technological Songwriters, American Songs by Da- Cantor. Albert recalled an escapade 46 tests, which I stress are confirming [email protected] vid Lehman ’70. It brings to the fore when he and Tom went into the only after examining the patient the parts played by several Colum- Hudson in a two-man shell against At our class luncheon in the spring, at bedside. We discuss the family bia alumni in the jazz/swing era. regulations, were swamped and Irwin Nydick ’48 P&S told us of history, occupation, social history, Many memorable songs and great had to be rescued. his pro bono work at Weill Cornell recent travel, medications, and Broadway shows were the work of Medical Center and what has come home and community exposures. Richard Rodgers ’23, working first to be known there as “Nydick We synthesize this information and with Lorenz Hart ’18 and later with Henry Rolf Hecht Rounds.” It refers to patient rounds deductively, and often intuitively, Oscar Hammerstein II ’16. Rodgers 11 Evergreen Pl. that he makes with medical stu- try to arrive at a proper diagnosis. and Hart met as Columbia students 44 Demarest, NJ 07627 dents, interns and residents the “old- Finally we review advanced studies and got their start by writing books 44 fashioned way.” I thought it would available for confirmation purposes [email protected] and music for school shows. An- be interesting to have him explain or change in deductive direction. other productive team, with more We recently heard that our ’44 mu- the special nature of the rounds and We emphasize that every study, tenuous Columbia connections, sician laureate, Mort Lindsey, has his philosophy behind them. Irwin whether historical, technological however, was Arthur Schwartz and picked up a Lifetime Achievement wrote: or physical examination, has its Harold Dietz ’40. Award from the Malibu Music “Before acceptance at P&S, I had own sensitivity and specificity and My summer was busy with Organization, only the second time heard that the formidable Dean Wil- should be weighed accordingly. medical meetings in Williamsburg this California cultural group has lard Rappleye strongly favored ‘the This requires a great leap of faith, and Stockholm. My wife and I dispensed such an honor. The eve- whole person,’ one who blended as modern teaching emphasizes stopped off in the Shetland Islands ning, with red-carpet reception for science with liberal arts and human- the technological. Unfortunately, on our way back from Sweden Mort and his wife, Judy, featured a ism. My influences at P&S were physical examination has become a just for fun and touring. We were large-screen presentation of Mort’s inspiring with consistent emphasis lost art, so my findings usually add not disappointed. We then visited career highlights and presentation on science combined with ‘the art of disproportionate data.” old friends in the highlands of of an Oscar-like trophy. medicine.’ The patient was central.” Irwin points out that much of Scotland. In August, we saw 13 this relates to hospital medicine, but members of the family in Bermuda he stresses the importance of “the for a week. It is a biennial gather- devoted personal practitioner who ing so we keep in touch. Great Mort Lindsey ’44 was presented a Lifetime Achieve- knows and cares for the patient setting for that. ment Award from the Malibu Music Organization. through the years, understands John Zullo waited 60 years for nuances of the patient describing his WWII Philippine Liberation unwellness and remembers all the Medal (with one star). It was final- operations, medications and inju- ly awarded in March. The medal We must bid farewell to John After a stellar career that includ ries. Emphasis on developing these was created to honor the help he Bruzza, Jack Lorick (proud achieved four hospital appointments, relationships is critical in changing and many others gave the Filipino er of at least five holes-in-one) and distinguished cutting-edge research our patient-care system for patient people in freeing themselves from Frank Marshall. and private practice, Irwin says and doctor satisfaction as well as for the Japanese during WWII. John, in And on a personal note, your he was lucky to have a great ride enormous savings in unnecessary a recent letter, filled in other details correspondent is saddened to hear (cardiology) and be able to retire at tests and duplications.” concerning his Navy years as well of the departure of Charlie Cole a peak. “I hoped it would then be I was pleased to hear from James as his 40 years of industrial work in ’43, a good friend to many of us on possible to devote time to teaching Ferguson’s widow, Aileen, who the chemical industry. At one point Spectator, even though he was on and share some of the lessons I wrote of Jim’s friendship with Harry in the early 1940s, while working at the business rather than the edito- had learned. The director of the Coleman and Ed Taylor. She also Columbia on an M.S. (professional rial side. Cornell House Staff Program was graciously thanked us for our “infor- chemical engineering), John was in enthusiastic about my idea, and mative column.” the same building as Enrico Fermi. together we developed a proposal: Mark your calendar. The 65th The latter’s laboratory was in the Columbia College Today work 15–20 hours a week (three anniversary reunion celebration of basement, dissecting the uranium 45 Columbia Alumni Center days); attend two core departmental our class will be held on Saturday, atom with portentous results. John 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 conferences; and ‘morning report’ June 3, on the Columbia campus. was told to “stay out of there” in 45 New York, NY 10025 three times a week, when residents Certainly it is a time in our lives to no uncertain terms. It was only [email protected] present patients of particular inter- be savored. An engaging, interest- after the atom bomb was dropped est, diagnostic or treatment dilem- ing program will add to the fellow- that he understood the objective of The Class of ’45 is looking for a class mas, ethical issues and so on. Most ship and good cheer of being with Fermi’s research. correspondent to write a bimonthly crucial, I would conduct individual friends. Wives and friends are of John retired from the Navy Orga- column for Columbia College Today. teaching rounds with my young course welcome. Lock in the date. nized Reserves in 1951, and 24 years If you want an open platform and a charges twice weekly. They chose We can only enjoy and celebrate ago from his position as director chance to reconnect with classmates, the patients, and I would not know the 65th once. and v.p. of synthesis manufacturing please contact Associate Editor the cases in advance. The plan I am sorry to note the passing for the Amchem Agricultural Prod- Ethan Rouen ’04J at ecr2102@colum required approval of the depart- of two classmates. Jack L. Orkin,

november/december 2010 37 class notes columbia college today a retired attorney, lived in Miami. and he wrote: be replaced by the significantly Hawley Tariff (1930), the National He also received the M.S. (business) “At the time of writing, August higher taxes that were in effect at Industrial Recovery Act (1933) and J.D. (law) degrees at Columbia. 19, 2010, no one is sure what direc- the beginning of the decade. and the Agricultural Adjustment Frederick Holte ’46E was a retired tion the U.S. economy will take “Congress is divided over the Act (1933). Now, 80 years later, the executive with Proctor and Gamble. in the next year. Uncertainty is fate of the Bush tax cuts. Some wish federal government’s response to At Columbia, he earned five varsity high because of the terrible events to keep the tax rates low in the crisis displays the same injurious letters in track and field and cross of the last three years and the belief that recession is not the time pattern of ill-conceived economic country. resulting adoption of conflicting to reduce the disposable income of regulation in the guise of reform. policies by the federal government. American households. Some wish We are less likely to come out of The collapse of the sub-prime to restore higher taxes on the very recession quickly when govern- Bert Sussman mortgage market in 2007 led to a rich (defined as income in excess ment has an anti-business and 47 155 W. 68th St., Apt. 27D host of financial catastrophes: the of $250,000). A third group places anti-competitive bias.” New York, NY 10023 bankruptcy and/or fire sale of priority on reduction of the federal 47 major finance houses such as Bear deficit in the belief that it threatens [email protected] Stearns, Merrill Lynch and Lehman to eat up our savings, reducing Columbia College Today I called Masato Doi in Honolulu, Brothers; and the insolvency of Fan- the ability of business to raise new Columbia Alumni Center and he answered with this letter: nie Mae and Freddie Mac, federally capital. They would eliminate the 48 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 “Here goes nothing: subsidized lenders to the mortgage tax cuts entirely, and indeed some 48 New York, NY 10025 “How I got into Columbia Col- markets. The financial shocks led to would raise taxes further and [email protected] lege: When WWII broke out, I was higher unemployment and reduced reduce federal spending. a junior at the University of Hawaii. consumer spending. In 2009, Gen- “My belief is that the paralysis From Durham Caldwell: “Colum After serving in the Army in Italy eral Motors went bankrupt, was of the economy is the result of bia alumni can now listen to music and France till the end of the war rescued and reorganized with an restrained consumer and business composed by two members of the there in 1945, I returned to Hawaii. interjection of $58 billion of public spending, caused to a large degree class, Dick Hyman and Fred “A former high school teacher funds. Now, two years later, the by economic uncertainty over Messner. of mine, Edward T. White ’36, ’40 home mortgage market and home future federal tax and regulatory “A new CD by the chamber GSAS, got me to apply for admis- construction have yet to recover, the policies. The recession will not end music group Palisades Virtuosi sion to the College. This was in wave of mortgage foreclosures is until there is a revival of business features a piece by Dick, Parable for December 1945. Getting transporta- not yet over and the path of unem- spending on new technology and a Parrot. Fred says he is apologizing tion out of Hawaii to the mainland ployment is still uncertain. capital good. Corporations have to Mozart for the title of his compo- United States being extremely “The U.S. Department of the accumulated large cash balances sition. Mozart penned his famous difficult at the war’s end, I took the Treasury and the Federal Reserve but are reluctant to spend. A sig- Eine kleine Nacthmusik (A Little Night first chance I got — even before re- System have spent more than $1 nificant business critique of federal Music). Fred’s piece is a serenade ceiving a reply to my application — trillion in an attempt to prevent government policy was issued — a little evening music — so he and presented myself to the College financial collapse and stimulate June 23 by the Business Round- dubbed it Eine kleine Abendmusik.” dean (Harry Carman, if I remember economic recovery, but the public table, an organization of major “If you’d like to add some Class correctly). He said, ‘Didn’t you get reaction has been sour approval business firms. It is titledPolicy of ’48 music to your record library, our letter? You were rejected.’ rather than a restoration of eco- Burdens Inhibiting Economic Growth go to amazon.com and search for “He explained that College nomic confidence. At such times, (businessroundtable.org/letters/ Palisades Virtuosi and New Ameri- admission policy prioritized the discussions among economists business_roundtable_letter_honor can Masters Volume 3.” thousands of applicants into seven are heated but inconclusive. The able_peter_r_orszag). Smithsonian magazine ran an categories, the highest being those financial crisis has created a variety “The 54-page report contains article about Allen Ginsberg’s who left the College in order to of economic pathologies, and one five major criticisms: photography in its June ’10 issue. serve in the military, and the lowest can find a wide range of diagnoses “1. New health care and financial The Class of ’48 is looking for being those who, like me, were and cures. reform legislation will force com- a class correspondent to write a attempting to transfer from other “Some observers argue that the panies to freeze investments and bimonthly column for Columbia universities. ‘But,’ I told him, ‘here country is on the brink of deflation, hiring until they understand how College Today. If you want an open I am in New York City all the way i.e., a decline of price levels suf- they will be affected by these new platform and a chance to reconnect from Hawaii. Columbia is the only ficiently great to induce households mandates. with classmates, please contact As- college to which I applied. I have and firms to withhold current “2. The current levels of U.S. debt sociate Editor Ethan Rouen ’04J at nowhere else to go.’ He gave little spending in the expectation of lower as well as those required to finance [email protected]. Until then, hope but told me to stick around prices in the future. Many who hold the forecast deficits will crowd out please send notes about your life, and promised reconsideration. I this view have urged the federal private capital. thoughts, travel, family and experi- think it was the day after Christmas. government to press forward with “3. Proposed taxation of foreign ences at Columbia to the postal or “In mid-January 1946, I received greater levels of public spending earnings of domestic corporations e-mail addresses at the top of the the good news that I had been and have admonished the Federal will harm the ability of global column. accepted. The spirit of the holiday Reserve for timidity in failing to American companies to create and season had worked its miracle! carry out a greater increase of the retain U.S. jobs. “Incidentally, I was later forward- money supply. “4. The new tax on private John Weaver ed the letter of rejection. One intrigu- “Others believe that federal health insurance will divert 49 2639 E. 11th St. ing thing about it that I remember stimulus actions portend inflation, resources away from investment Brooklyn, NY 11235 was that the postal stamp on its en- because the dramatically bloated in new technology, processes and 49 [email protected] velope was the higher-priced foreign level of bank reserves and federal jobs, and will significantly raise mail stamp. Ironically, even a learned loans to the private sector will ulti- costs. The summer was one of unbearable institution like Columbia did not mately lead to an explosion of the “5. The administration has failed heat and humidity. Many of us ex- realize that Hawaii was at the time price level. They urge caution in to move forward on pending free perienced what I call “two Augusts” an integral part of the United States monetary policy, in the belief that trade agreements and more expan- wherein the heat and humidity we as its territory and that a domestic inflation would increase business sive presidential trade negotiating traditionally associate with August stamp would have sufficed. risk and create a further threat to authority. was upon us through most of July as “I later went on to Columbia Law business investment and expansion. “We seem to be repeating the well. However, your correspondent School (’50) and became a Hawaii “There is disagreement over history of the Great Depression survived and hopes you all made it state court judge (accounts for the future federal tax policy. The Bush of the 1930s, this time with better through the sweaty days with some ‘Hon.’ title).” income and estate tax cuts of 2001 damage control of the economic happy moments of fun in the sun. I asked George Borts, professor and 2003 are scheduled to disap- and financial losses. But the Great My e-mail inbox was happily of economics at Brown, for a follow- pear at the end of this year, and Depression was extended by such stirred by some passionate ex- up comment on the economic scene, without Congressional actions will policy mistakes as the Smoot- changes from Basil Shanahan,

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Campbell Geeslin and Art Nolan. band, Martin, held at the Supreme plan a bequest to fund the Lou Geh- traditional Saturday Dean’s Day, the Basil and Campbell shared their Court. He and I were associates at rig Scholar/Athlete Scholarship. The Alumni Office will offer an array of strong feelings regarding Colum- WG&M. scholarship will be awarded annu- significant and timely lectures fol- bia College admissions policies “Together, we organized the not- ally to a select number of male and lowing the time-honored academic and their thoughts as they recall for-profit American Association female students who demonstrate format. In addition to the cultural their undergraduate adventures. It of Birth Centers, we exchanged great potential for both academic and entertainment options offered is heartening to experience the con- recipes, and Marty and (his) Ruth and athletic success at Columbia. by New York City, we may attend tinued interest and active intellec- were through the years continuing Sad to report, Harvey M. Radey the annual Starlight Reception on tual exercise represented by these supporters in various ways of (my) Jr. of Clarkesville, Ga., died in De- Saturday evening, which features exchanges. I extend my gratitude Ruth. cember. dancing on Low Plaza. Please keep to both for allowing me to share in “Sadly, my Ruth could not attend, in touch and get reunion updates their conversation. Perhaps most but as instructed, I did. It was well at reunion.college.columbia.edu/ REUNION JUNE 2–JUNE 5 interesting is the articulation of attended, dignified and memorable, alumniupdate. Alumni Office Contacts the cultural tradition of certain but hardly solemn. Marty, aside from How about 60th reunion fund- Alumni Affairs Jennifer Freely ethnic groups whose emphasis on being one of best tax lawyers ever, ing? Class President Robert T. [email protected] academic excellence has weighed was a great cook, a crafty humorist Snyder noted in his e-mail to all 212-851-7438 heavily on their success in college and fine storyteller, and never un- classmates last July that it would Development Paul Staller admissions. comfortable as a second fiddle. be helpful if CC ’51 could raise [email protected] The thought that comes across “These are my random trivia some working capital on its own 212-851-7494 might be to value, study and emu- notes on the reception that fol- to cover planning, program and late such tradition. It would be far lowed: Justice Ginsburg expressed George Koplinka promotional expenses. Class trea- more meaningful than to concern great concern at my wife’s illness 75 Chelsea Rd. surer Willard Block has opened ourselves with imbalance in the and offered her help. On the coat- 51 White Plains, NY 10603 a class checking account at Chase ever-changing complexion of stu- tails of a ravenous Justice Antonin 51 Bank to receive contributions. The [email protected] dent bodies. Scalia, we attacked the food suggested amount is $25 per class- From Art has come a series of delights as he commented that First off, a correction: In the previ- mate. Checks should be made out notes recalling one of his favorite Marty’s ‘deconstructed’ chicken ous column, Class President Robert to Columbia College Class of ’51C professors as well as the mysterious was ‘not to be believed.’ T. Snyder’s e-mail address was Reunion. Please send your check “back story” surrounding that same “I mentioned to the surprise of listed incorrectly. His e-mail is as soon as possible to Willard at professor. Franz Neumann was an Mrs. Scalia that fresh black pepper [email protected]. Anyone his home: 54 Cornwall Ln., Sands extraordinary individual whose was the secret ingredient of a cher- who would like to get involved in Point, NY 11050. life story includes growing up in ries jubilee dessert. Unsolicited, she reunion should reach out to him at Traditionally, reunion classes Germany during the first third of had some very pleasant things to that address. make a major gift to the College. the 20th century, getting out from say about Justice Elena Kagan. With the Class of 1951 60th re- Think in term of sixes: $66, $666 and under the imminent threat of arrest “I spoke to Justice Kagan who, union on the horizon, we want to $6,666 or whatever fits the budget. by the Nazis and being the subject looking happy and trim in her devote this column to its planning A separate CC ’51 Gift Committee of suspicion regarding rumors of stylish pantsuit, was uncommonly and program. will contact classmates soon in what his supposed relationship with the pleasant. On a happy note, Justice First and foremost, save the date is one of our remaining reunion op- KGB during and (perhaps) after Ginsburg announced the impend- for the entire Alumni Reunion portunities to hit a home run! WWII. None of this was proven, ing marriage of her son, James, to Weekend, Thursday, June 2–Sunday, Several organizations and groups and he served our government take place the day following at the June 5. It is not too early to make within CC ’51 already are at work honorably throughout the war and Court House. He was the subject plans now to return to New York in organizing reunion participa- invaluably in the Nuremberg Trials of the ‘collaboration’ between Ruth City and the Columbia campus. tion. Notably, Jim Lowe and Len as well as engaging the minds of his and Ruth during her pregnancy. Our Reunion Committee is prepar- Stoehr in a recent communication students at Columbia. “Unfortunately I could not find ing class-specific panels as well as noted that almost 98 percent of In these days of access to infor- Justice Sonia Sotomayor, for whom cocktail receptions, luncheons and the NROTC cadre at Columbia mation via the various search en- I had two undelivered messages, dinners. In addition, as part of the attended our 50th reunion at Arden gines on our computers, Neumann from my wife and son.” is a subject that will consume as Happy Turkey Day to one and many hours of investigation as any all and, writing in advance of the one of you may wish to devote. fall football season, hope for suc- Columbia School Designations Thank you, Art, for opening this cess to our team. Roar Lions! In Class Notes, these designations indicate Columbia window in history. degrees from schools other than the College. From Bill Lubic, a note of good news regarding his wife Ruth’s Mario Palmieri Arch. School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation battle with viral meningitis and a 50 33 Lakeview Ave. W. Arts School of the Arts spirited report on his attendance Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 Barnard Barnard College at the memorial for Justice Ruth 50 [email protected] Business Graduate School of Business Bader Ginsburg ’59L’s husband. “One and all: It has been a diffi- An item in the inaugural issue of CE School of Continuing Education cult period but the worst is over. The Legacy, the newsletter of Colum- Dental College of Dental Medicine viral meningitis has abated and was bia’s Office of Planned Giving, E The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and tough on Ruth in the first several caught your correspondent’s atten- Applied Science days during the assessment process. tion. Looking out at us was a photo GS School of General Studies “As a result of the inflammation, of Ted Karchuta, accompanying GSAS Graduate School of Arts and Sciences she is still unsteady, but the tremor an article about Ted’s enthusiasm J Graduate School of Journalism is almost gone, and she had made for Columbia’s athletics as well tremendous progress. As of early as its academic excellence. Ted’s L School of Law September, she was at the National wish was to encourage and inspire Nursing School of Nursing Rehab Center in D.C., which is one scholar-athletes, and he chose to P&S College of Physicians and Surgeons of the best in the country. Thank do that in a way that would honor PH Mailman School of Public Health you all for the many good wishes his childhood hero, Lou Gehrig SIPA School of International and Public Affairs received. ’23, who, as we all are aware, is a SW School of Social Work “Parenthetically, Ruth and I had Columbia athletics icon. been invited to attend a memorial Ted’s method of ensuring his TC Teachers College celebration of Justice Ginsburg’s hus- objective was to include in his estate

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House. Despite some lingering hard ful, brave, dedicated and obedient in August 1954, I left my successor municipalities. feelings over the unfortunate ban- soldiers gave their young and with a profit of more than $600. “The exploits in this process, ning of NROTC from the campus promising lives for a war of ques- Well, that was my military experi- which involved a run-off election years ago, Jim feels there is a neces- tionable purpose. What about all ence in Korea, and I can’t tell you and a victorious case brought all sity in the organization to reaffirm the countless wounded American how much fun it was running that the way to New York’s highest personal friendships and commit- soldiers who lost legs, arms and club. I thank the Lord I never had to court, are part of a memoir, along ment to the NROTC original oath of other body parts and their mental fire a weapon at anyone, whether with two novels, several short office. As Jim said in a recent e-mail, and emotional normality as well? Chinese, North Korean or Russian. stories and more than 1,000 poems “I fully support a CC ’51 NROTC What had we become? “After [leaving] the Army, I written (since retirement), a great reunion! Many of our group have There was no way I could pos- entered Columbia Law School and many of which have been pub- passed on, and any reunion should sibly purchase those polo shirts. married Alida, whom I met while lished, all under a pen name. now be fused with the entire class.” The price, not in money, but in the at college. We live in a co-op apart- “I leave you with one of them, a (Members of the NROTC should memory of beautiful lives wasted ment in Mt. Vernon, N.Y. We have short rhyming ditty, written earlier contact Jim at [email protected] was much too high. three daughters, Andrea, Alison this year when I almost died from to see how they can be helpful with This is November, the month of and Claudia, and two grandchil- uremic poisoning, called I Just reunion planning.) Thanksgiving. We give thanks for dren, Matthew (8) and Samantha Won’t Go: I saw the Grim Reaper As with our 50th reunion, we many things as well as our won- (6). I have retired from law and am headed for me,/his sharp scythe are planning to publish a 60th derful country. Let us hope that trying to smell the roses.” uplifted in fatal decree./Bravely, I Reunion Yearbook. In all likeli- when we send men and women Your reporter had a long telephone stuttered, ‘I don’t have the time,/to hood, it will not be as elaborate as to war, they come home alive and conversation with Dr. Saverio Pan- accompany you in some misguid- the 50th, but it will contain a good healthy. zarino. We solved all the world’s ed rhyme.’/Smiling, death chided assortment of photographs from Alden Mesrop writes: “This problems, even though the world is that he’d wait and see/just how college days activities, and campus year, being the 60th anniversary of not aware of that. good this poem turned out to be. and sports events along with mini- the beginning of the Korean War, it Saverio wants classmates to “And, oh, yes: my four grand- biographies of classmates. Early brought to mind some of my recol- know that he enjoyed his career in children (well, at least three of in 2011, you will receive a request lections of my tour of duty in that medicine and surgery and appreci- them) are smarter than yours.” for your photo. You may include, country during what was called at ates his Columbia education. He Dr. Bob Rhodes, who holds a if you wish, photos of a spouse, the time a ‘police action.’ Though it invites classmates to contact him at D.D.S and an M.D, writes: “As [Sid children and grandchildren, also is known as the ‘forgotten war,’ [email protected]. will] remember, we discussed one and favorite pets, golf clubs and it will never be forgotten by those, From Jerome Monkarsh: “It was of the favorite topics of 79-year- boats. The yearbook is especially like myself, who took part in it. my first contact in more than 50 oldsters, death, as well as what we important because it will contain “Since I did not join the Naval years with any Columbia classmate. did after graduation from college the latest class directory and an ROTC when I started at the College Sid Prager’s phone call to me in (aside from producing children “In Memoriam” page. Please start in 1948, I was drafted into the Army, Calabasas, Calif., to write something and grandchildren), and I threw gathering information for your and, after infantry basic training at pushed me into this. But how does in suggestions regarding hip joint class secretary, who will once again Fort Dix, off I went by troopship one condense a boringly interesting prostheses. Anyhow, after college, be the editor and can always be (no flying in those days) to Japan lifetime into a few paragraphs? I did a couple of grad schools, reached via the contact information for three days, and then to Korea, “The family fortune was residency training and ended up at the top of the column. where I landed on May 13, 1953, at amassed by my selling commodities in California, where I practiced Several classmates already have the port of Pusan at the southern and not by practicing law, which I surgery for 22 years. volunteered to work on various tip of the Korean peninsula. I was considered too picayune after being “I retired at 60 (19 ½ years ago), reunion sub-committees. In addition assigned to an infantry company imbued with our college’s liberal and my wife, Ethel, and I went to those mentioned in two previ- of the 25th Division, which was arts. Columbia Law ’55 helped me to Florida, got certified for open ous columns, as well as this one, just going on line, where I spent to beat every parking and traffic water scuba and never looked thanks go to Bob Osnos, Jennings the next 10 weeks dodging mortar rap and to win every court case I back. We’ve done about 700 dives Gentzler, Al Petrick and Al Gomez and artillery shells, until, just before ever faced except the most recent in warm waters — Caribbean, for offering help and suggestions. the truce was signed in late July, I one. It took me all the way to the South Pacific, Indian Ocean and Please join the list to see how you, was transferred to a military police California Supreme Court, which so on (no dry suits and cold water too, can be helpful with what prom- company, which acted as security refused to hear my claim against a stuff for us) — as well as hikes ises to be CC ’51’s best reunion ever! for Eighth Army headquarters in giant utility for its predatory billing and assorted trips to western and Seoul. Since I was the only man in practices, and may now be pursued eastern Europe and a couple of our company of 200 who had a colin a half-billion-dollar class action trips to South America and Russia. Sidney Prager lege degree, other than the officers, suit by real lawyers. In short, we’ve traveled quite a bit, 52 20 Como Ct. the company commander ordered “I did win a substantial refund four to five months a year except Manchester, NJ 08759 me to set up a club for the enlisted from our water district provider for for 2009, when I had a thymoma 52 men. fellow city residents for excessive removed and a prosthetic hip joint [email protected] “Consequently, for the next year charges. replacement, which worked out I went to a department store to buy I ran what amounted to a drinking “Yes, my life has been made more fine. We now have our grandson a few polo shirts. I was surprised club. I had Korean bartenders and exciting by tilting at windmills, the (8) hooked on scuba. Anyhow, our when I read the labels to see that waitresses, and my time was my most memorable of which was help- retirement time has been busy and they were made in Vietnam. own, except I had to be at the club ing to kick out of office the majority as much fun as working (which I The Vietnam War was a Cold during the hours of operation from of a corrupt, Tammany Hall-type of enjoyed). It’s still a wise idea not War military conflict that occurred 6–11 p.m. Of course, I had to buy political machine in the highest taxed to define yourself by your work in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia liquor, beer and soda from the (upstate) village in all of New York and be sure you quit before you from November 1, 1955–April 30, American export companies in while running political campaigns crumble so you can follow happy 1975, when Saigon fell. Seoul (Ballantine’s Scotch was $18 and ultimately becoming deputy trails with the wind at your back U.S. military advisers arrived be- a case, Canadian Club $12 a case mayor in the process. Among other and your ass not dragging. ginning in 1950. U.S. combat units and other alcohol at comparable things, I left behind the legacy of the “Cheers and fair winds.” were deployed beginning in 1965. prices) and take care of the records first primary elections ever held in a Ernie Sciutto, in New York City, The war exacted a huge human and inventory of the enterprise. I New York village (instead of smoke- writes: “It has been some time since cost in terms of fatalities, including felt like Rick in Casablanca, strolling filled, backroom party designees I last wrote to the alumni magazine, 3–4 million Vietnamese from both from table to table, making sure all selected and perpetuated by corrupt but my reason for doing so now is sides, between ½–1 million Lao- ran smoothly. For the men wanting committeemen) and the first village that my grandson, Austin Lowe ’14, tians and Cambodians, and 58,159 a drink, beer was 10 cents a can, and elections held during the national is a freshman at Columbia. U.S. soldiers. a mixed drink was an exorbitant 25 November elections instead of costly “In short, my history includes More than 58,000 of our wonder- cents! When I rotated out of Korea special spring elections held in most three years with the Kingsmen,

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Sigma Chi and NROTC, serving members of the West Village Com- Howard Falberg field hockey and soccer, a mam- after college on the USS Iowa and mittee, with Jane Jacobs. Together, 54 13710 Paseo Bonita moth reconstruction job has taken the USS Columbus, then working they blocked an urban renewal Poway, CA 92064 place with regard to baseball: new for Shell Oil for many years. project that would have destroyed 54 scoreboard, new stands, new press [email protected] “I live in the city and have four 14 blocks of Village streets. In 1963, box. It would make our stars of children — a doctor at Columbia, Erik successfully fought Robert This column doesn’t write itself. yesteryear joyous to see the site — an ABC-TV reporter in D.C., a bank- Moses’ plan to build an express- It needs you to share your news. Tony Palladino, John Naley, Rich- er in Hong Kong and an actress in way from river to river in lower Don’t be shy. We all want to hear ard Heffner, Walt Deptula, Jud Los Angeles. Sadly, my wife of 49 Manhattan. what you are up to. Please send me Maze, Tom Brennan, Bob Dilling- years passed away in 2006. At the time of his death, Erik an e-mail or a letter. ham and Jack Freeman. Even Rollie “I read a recent issue of Columbia was in the process of completing Rourke would be proud. College Today and was pleased to see 40 years of work on a biography Jack Stuppin has done it again. that alumni were becoming a more he was writing of James Agee. Gerald Sherwin Our creative classmate has been important part of College life and Although it has not yet been 55 181 E. 73rd St., Apt. 6A participating in a showing at the that 97 percent of the students now published, Erik’s book is the only New York, NY 10021 Hudson River Museum during live on campus. (Quite unlike our biography that was sanctioned by 55 the past couple of months: Oil [email protected] time at Columbia.) I also was glad the Agee family. on Canvas. Well done, Jack. Ron that the Core Curriculum remains We will remember Erik as a As everyone is beginning to real- McPhee continued in reunion an integral part of the Columbia treasured, delightful, outstanding ize, Columbia is becoming the mode by holding a barbecue for experience. classmate. preeminent school not only in the various Columbians at his home in “I was sad to hear of Frank Wal- Talking to Roger Breslau by United States but also around the Westchester during the late sum- wer’s death. I knew him well.” phone, I learned a number of fas- world. One current key initiative mer. (In addition to basketball, Ron From your reporter: Thank you cinating details of the life of one is the establishment of Global participated in a little baseball.) all for your contributions, and I of our brave classmates. In 1971, Centers, which are to be the nexus Lew Mendelson, who was a key wish the Class of 1952 healthy and Roger was shot down over Laos for learning and practice among player at our 55th, still is traveling happy holidays. while serving as a doctor in the Air faculty, students and alumni extensively overseas. He probably Force. Luckily, Marines at a base in overseas. In addition, the popular has more mileage than the prez, Thailand were monitoring Roger’s Alumni Travel Study Program Lee C. Bollinger. We’ve heard from Lew Robins plane and quickly dispatched a will continue in the spring, when a Elliot Gross, who sent some kind 53 1221 Stratfield Rd. Marine helicopter to rescue the special tour will take place cover- words (including a mention of the Fairfield, CT 06825 Americans on the ground. Within ing five major sites: Jerusalem, St. fourth-place ranking of Columbia 53 one hour and 55 minutes, the Catherine’s Monastery near Mount in the U.S. News & World Report [email protected] Marines removed the wounded Sinai, Petra, Luxor and the Great survey), and Berish Strauch, who Sad to report, one of our most Americans from the plane, placed Pyramids. Another exciting trip has joined the alumni group that vibrant, enthusiastic, humorous them safely on the helicopter, set will be the one in the late winter, holds the Great Teachers Award in and talented classmates, Erik fire to destroy their plane and flew where Columbians can swim with October, the Society of Columbia Wensberg, passed away on June 5 the men to their base in Thailand. tropical penguins, walk among Graduates. It’s interview time of pneumonia. Shortly after Erik’s Unfortunately, Roger had broken huge tortoises and experience the for applicants to the College and death, I talked to his sister, Eleanor his back in three places and needed other wonders of the Galapagos. SEAS. Leading the alumna/e Peleyger, and learned that Erik, extensive surgery. Roger told me, Closer to home, Dean Michele from Nassau and Suffolk Counties who grew up in Omaha, Neb., “We all evaded capture and none Moody-Adams will be making her (Long Island) is Larry Balfus. The had always dreamed of attend- of us died in the crash. I was the semi-annual trip to Los Angeles number of students applying to ing Columbia. Eleanor put it his one most injured.” While he was and San Francisco after the first our favorite school gets larger and way, “Erik came to Columbia like on active duty with the Air Force, of the year, meeting and greet- larger. a homing pigeon. It was the place Roger spent a year with the CIA ing alumni, prospective students Don McDonough missed his he always wanted to come to after and was a member of the Apollo 10 and parents. During the late fall, trip to Morningside Heights in leaving high school.” recovery team. various activities took place that early June due to being under the Erik received a Silver King’s After spending 16 years with exposed alumni to the workings weather. He also curtailed his an- Crown award for his work with the Air Force, Roger retired as a of the school’s administration and nual visit to Paris and Ireland. We Columbia Players and was selected full colonel and spent the next 14 what the school has to offer — spe- wish him well and hope to see him to become a Nacom. In 1955, he be- years as a vascular cardiothoracic cifically, at Lincoln Center, Presi- soon. Another absentee was Ferdie came the editor of Columbia Alumni surgeon. dent Lee C. Bollinger chaired a Setaro, who moved from South- News. Erik founded a quarterly In 1963, Roger married Betty. panel of notable alumni discussing ern New Jersey to Staten Island literary magazine, The Columbia This was the second marriage for what inspires creativity and how a few months ago. Barry Pariser Forum, and was its editor from both, and together they have three Columbia contributes to creative journeyed into Manhattan from 1957–63 as well as from 1971–75. adult children and four grand- development. A “jazz jam” featur- Newburgh recently to celebrate a According to his sister, the literary children. They live happily in a ing Branford Marsalis and Terence birthday with Dick Kuhn. Barry, world came to recognize Erik as beautiful agricultural community Blanchard was held right after the after a long hiatus, has gone back an important voice in American in Fallbrook, Calif., which is about panel put forth its comments. to work as an ENT doctor in the letters. He became the editor of The 60 miles north of San Diego. Roger A huge turnout took place for office of the fellow who bought New York Times Book Review in the spends most of his time reading, the Walking Tour series, which his practice eons ago. (What goes 1960s, a literary editor of Esquire participating in an outreach pro- occurred in the late fall and began around … ) magazine, and a book reviewer for gram for hospitalized veterans and at City Hall and then moved across A note to Tony DiSanto: Your Commentary and Vogue magazines. teaching anatomy at the UC San the Brooklyn Bridge to Brook- favorite columnist will do some According to his sister, in 1998, Diego School of Medicine. Because lyn Heights. There will be more sleuthing to find out the where- when Hill & Wang, the publisher of his back injuries, Roger is limited walks to come. As an aside, did abouts of his good friend Ben of Wilson Follett’s Modern American to walking short distances but is you know that you can research Kaplan. Plainview’s (Long Island) Usage: A Guide asked Jacques Bar- able to get around using a mobility burning questions with Colum- Bob Schoenfeld is semi-retired zun ’27 to edit a new edition, Pro- chair. His spirits are inspirational. bia Libraries’ new free online and is devoting more time to his fessor Barzun replied that he was He told me, “I feel lucky to be able resources, including Factiva and avocations, photography and too old and recommended Erik as to walk and to have gotten out of JSTOP (columbia.edu/cu/lweb/ writing. He has had two photo- the best editor for the project. Thus, Laos alive.” eresources/)? All you need is your graphic exhibitions at the National Erik’s name appears on the cover Keep up the good work, Roger. UNI and password. Art Club at Gramercy Park and as the “compiler” of the edition. Your classmates are looking forward There has been much revitaliza- recently published his first book, Erik lived in Greenwich Vil- to seeing you again at our 60th re- tion at the Baker Athletics Complex. Over There. The book chronicles lage and was one of the founding union in 2013. In addition to the new fields for his almost six years of medical

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dent, passed away on August 20 jacket and tie. In any case, let me which were scheduled for after after a 2½-month battle with pan- know by e-mail what you’re doing Homecoming, are two basketball creatic cancer (see Obituaries). His (i.e., work or retired) so we can games: first, the Cornell-Columbia funeral on August 22 was attended include that information in a future game Saturday, January 15, and by the following classmates, Class Notes column. then the next-to-last game of the wives and significant others:A lan Answer to last issue’s pop quiz: season, the Yale-Columbia game, Broadwin, Ronald Kapon, Ralph There were three sets of twins on Friday, March 4. Anyone inter- Kaslick, Arthur Frank, Alan Press, in our class: Chauncy Bartholet ested in attending should contact Barbara and Gerald Fine, Fanny and Paul Bartholet (Paul recently Ron Kapon, who is arranging a and Al Franco ’56E, Judy and passed away), Stephen Easton section of tickets for our class. Also, Maurice Klein, Anita and Lou and Maurice Easton, and Richard there is a mini-reunion planned in Hemmerdinger, Elinor Baller and Steinfeld and Robert Steinfeld. March for our Florida classmates, Danny Link, Anne-Marie and Don Quiz question for this issue: coordinated by Danny Link and Morris, Maya and Mark Novick, What percentage of our class came Lou Hemmerdinger. Best friends John “Sparky” Bree- Roz and Robert (Buz) Paaswell, from New York City public high Our next reunion planning meet- skin ’57 (left) and Roy Wolff ’57 Margo and Bob Siroty, Ruth and schools? (As another interesting ing will be on Wednesday, December posed for the camera during Stan Soren, Ruth and Len Wolfe, question, what is that percentage 15, at the Columbia Alumni Center, Alumni Reunion Weekend 2007. and myself and my wife, Elke. Rest for our reunion class of 2011?) 622 W. 113th St., between Broadway After Wolff suffered a stroke in peace, Alan! We have new class officers as and Riverside Drive, at 4 p.m. All are recently, Breeskin rushed to his I found out about Alan’s passing follows: invited to attend. bedside and reports that his friend that Friday morning in East Hamp- Stephen Easton, president, We still are working with the is recovering. (See the ’57 column ton, where Elke and I were enter- formerly v.p. Alumni Office to finalize venues for more.) taining Danny Link and Elinor. Bob Siroty, v.p., past president for our reunion activities. As a 55th We went back to Englewood, N.J., of the Columbia Club of Northern reunion class, we do not get the studies in Switzerland, where on Saturday to celebrate my 75th New Jersey same first choices as we did with the courses were given only in birthday with my family at our Danny Link, v.p.; will coordi- the 50th reunion, so it is important French and German. Bob hopes home. I attended Alan’s funeral on nate our planned Florida area get- that our class participation speaks to become more active with his Sunday. After spending the last 20 together and continue to host our louder than our good wishes. For classmates and other Columbians years working with Alan on class golf/tennis lunches at his club our 50th, more than 90 classmates now that his workload has been matters, continuing a long personal Len Wolfe, continuing as class attended. We are looking for and cut back. A most wanted person is relationship and then celebrating historian projecting a minimum of 60 for our Harold Kushner, wanted in terms my birthday, this certainly was the Al Franco ’56E, Class Agent, for 55th, but you have to make it hap- of giving speeches and making most emotional three days I have Columbia College Fund fundraising pen. As Alumni Reunion Weekend presentations. The latest request experienced. Lou Hemmerdinger, stepping now coincides with Dean’s Day came from Lew Sternfels, who Class news: in as a class correspondent in order (Saturday), there is a double reason talked to Harold about speaking As most of us enter our 75th to assist me with this column (see for all those interested to attend. to the members of the Western year of life, and our 55th year after below for more) College fundraising activity: I Region of the Federation of Jewish Columbia College, we find we I will be calling various class- attempted to have our Class of ’56 Men’s Clubs in Costa Mesa, Calif. have a full spectrum of classmates mates to work as regional Class Scholarship Fund renamed to Class Lew could not have gotten a better who continue working, in addition Notes representatives so that we of ’56, Alan N. Miller Scholarship person to talk to the FJMC. to those of us who are retired. I have more than the New York Fund to honor Alan’s memory and Where are they now, you ask? count myself as one of the retired City contingent represented in this service to our class. I have been Nathan Olshin lives in Middle- class members, although my wife column. Please respond by saying informed by the Alumni Office town, Conn.; Anthony Nicastri is will disagree with that. “yes” when I ask. Thank you. that we cannot, for legal reasons, professor of pathology at SUNY rename this fund, no matter how Downstate Medical Center in good our intentions. This fund, set Brooklyn; Al Momjian practices up at the time of our 50th reunion his legal trade in Philadelphia; Joe Philip Liebson ’56 chairs the clinical cardiology (which Alan and I worked on with Wagner is doing the same in Man- research department at Rush University Medical the help of all our class contribu- hattan; Monte Manee is a retired tors), now is a permanent endow- investment adviser in Scarsdale; Center in Chicago. ment of $539,000 and funds four and Paul Braverman resides in yearly Columbia College student downtown Manhattan. scholarships. To the unbelievable and unbeat- The working class members Reunion news and events: The For the Columbia College Fund able Class of 1955, continue to do that I have talked to include Roy second reunion planning meeting fiscal year ending Thursday, June good things for yourselves and Russo, an active partner in his was held at Alan Press’ office on 30, 2011, we have an opportunity to others. Keep your sunny side up. Washington, D.C., law firm. Ed East 41st Street and Lexington have all contributions to the College You guys are terrific. Love to all, Botwinick is getting recertified Avenue on September 21. Class- Fund be matched by a like amount, everywhere! for flying (his own plane) and is mates in attendance were Alan based upon our goal of $150,000 considering a CEO position with Broadwin, Ron Kapon, Ralph (our average contributions for the a California technology company. Kaslick, Buz Paaswell, Bob Siroty, past four years), by the John W. REUNION JUNE 2–JUNE 5 Good luck to Ed in whatever he Stanley Soren, Maurice Klein, Kluge ’37 estate under the provision Alumni Office Contacts chooses to do. Mark Novick, Jerry Fine, Peter of his will. The Kluge monies will Alumni Affairs Kimberly Peterson Mark Novick practices psy- Klein, Lou Hemmerdinger, Al be used to establish one permanent [email protected] chiatry in New York City and is Franco ’56E and myself. As hap- endowment scholarship fund, to be 212-851-7872 affiliated with Beth Israel Medical pens when Columbia classmates named Class of ’56, Alan N. Miller Development Paul Staller Center. Philip Liebson is a profes- get together, there is always lively Scholarship Fund, to fund a yearly [email protected] sor of medicine who also chairs discussions, some agreement, scholarship for a four-year period to 212-851-7494 the Clinical Cardiology Research some disagreement, but always a selected incoming first-year stu- Stephen K. Easton Department at Rush University interesting conversation. Some dent every four years (to be selected 56 6 Hidden Ledge Rd. Medical Center in Chicago. of the attendees may say that the on the values that Alan exhibited). Englewood, NJ 07631 At our bimonthly class lunches best part of the meeting was the Thus it is important for us to 56 (now resumed after a summer food from the 2nd Ave Deli (it was reach our goal of $150,000. I think [email protected] recess), we always can differentiate good, and Artie Frank, you missed we can surpass it. I ask that all class For those of you who may not the working members of our class, it). But a lot more than eating was members who can afford it and are know, Alan Miller, our class presi- who generally are dressed in suit, accomplished. The next events, so inclined to become John Jay-level

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contributors ($1,500 or more) this encourages all of us who love him. until I said goodbye to Roy and for outstanding achievement in fund year. Remember, we have until “[Because] he may be changing walked out the door, and then the development or application of June 30 to reach our goal. Hopefully hospitals in the near future, I will proceeded to burst into tears in the rocket propulsion systems. Russ, with our 55th reunion year, and be the contact point for him for our nurse’s station. Monique did not ’58’s leading rocket scientist, spent with the stock market recovering class and would welcome the op- have to say a word, but she held me his entire career in rocket engineer- so our 401ks start to feel and look portunity to correspond with any until I could gain some control over ing, including 32 years at Pratt & more like 401ks, our feelings and of you who wish, as I do, the very my emotions. Whitney Rocketdyne, and he con- commitment to giving to Columbia best for our friend. “I know that what I learned as tinues to work as a consultant. The will increase with our age. It also “I was standing in total shock at a result of visiting my dear friend award honored Russ’ “significant will be a continued blessing to the the foot of a hospital bed looking will be a lesson that will take me improvements to solid and liquid students we are supporting. into the face of my dearest, closest some time to understand, but I nozzle reliability and performance I am again asking all class mem- friend whom I have been privileged know that the end result will be to through introduction and dem- bers who want to keep in touch to know for 57 years. Roy is the leave me both sadder and wiser, in onstration of innovative design to share or update their e-mail only person alive who knew my that order. concepts incorporating new com- addresses by contacting Lou Hem- parents and my brother and, thanks “I wish to publicly acknowl- posite materials.” We asked Russ merdinger: [email protected]. My to the acceptance of brolove in our edge my deep gratitude to my for a translation into English and name will remain at the top of the culture today, we are able to tell one dear friend Michael Gottdenker he replied, “Most of my work was column, but Lou and I will share another, without hesitation, that we ’86, who provided me with angel on advanced, high-performance Class Notes responsibilities. This love one another. [See photo.] wings to speed me on my journey.” rocket nozzles, applying new seems to be the best way to stay in “He is my age (75) and also has While in San Francisco for the high temperature composites to touch with the majority of our class heart problems with atrial fib as I American Bar Association Annual systems such as the Trident II (D5) members. Please keep in contact do. He was lying uncomfortably Meeting and vacation, yours truly submarine-launched ballistic mis- with Columbia in whatever ways in a hospital bed in an intensive had dinner with Ira Lubell and sile, Tomahawk, Delta 4 and many you feel appropriate. It has been a rehabilitation hospital, and he had his partner, Louis Bounsignore, others. It was rewarding to see force of power, I am sure, in each aged at least 10 years since I saw and Sunday brunch with Eloise things I’d worked on send probes and every one of our lives. him a few months ago. He suffered and John Norton. My plans are to Mars, Saturn, Pluto and so on. I Until our next issue, wishing for a stroke, fell to the floor, and it was to return to San Francisco in May also was fortunate to be involved in a fall season of Columbia teams four hours before he could reach a following the ABA meetings in Sac- importing advanced foreign rocket winning and health and good for- phone. Roy has left-side residual ramento; I look forward to again technology and made many trips tune for all our class members. paralysis and is in obvious physical seeing our Bay Area contingent. to France and Russia through the discomfort. His left arm is essen- years to work with their experts.” tially paralyzed, and he tries over We caught Frost/Nixon on HBO Herman Levy and over again to get it to respond Barry Dickman and were delighted to spot a cameo 57 7322 Rockford Dr. only to be faced with failure. His 58 25 Main St. by Carl Stern (NBC News, Washing- Falls Church, VA 22043 face was pale, and he had lost more Court Plaza North, Ste 104 ton): a clip from his post-Watergate 57 than 30 pounds. When I first called 58 Hackensack, NJ 07601 coverage. [email protected] him on the phone just after learn- [email protected] Marshall Front, dapper and Ken Bodenstein left Duff & Phelps, ing of his stroke, I was unable to eloquent as always, appeared on a a financial advisory firm, on August understand him, and I am relieved We are sorry to report the deaths of recent Bloomberg News TV report, 31 after 35 years; he had been mana- that his speech has improved two more classmates. discussing financial stocks and the ging director. His new contact infor- enormously. Dr. George Braman died on June new reform law. mation is 28 Westwind St., Marina “In addition to my great concern 23. He earned his medical degree at Ed Halperin, who confides that del Rey, CA 90292; 310-629-3694; about Roy, I was sharply aware that I SUNY Downstate Medical Center he has “always avoided filling in [email protected]. was looking into myself lying in that and taught in its School of Public the details of my life,” has finally Ken attached a copy of an excerpt hospital bed. What had happened to Health, retiring as an assistant pro- decided to share them with Class from the Daily Bruin (“UCLA’s an- Roy could also have happened to me fessor. George also was director of Notes. Ed is a child psychiatrist swer to Spectator”) of May 25. The and, indeed, is something that I have quality management and assistant practicing in New Rochelle, N.Y.; Daily Bruin described Ken as “not to realize may be in my future. attending physician at Elmhurst he also is board-certified in adult your average tennis fan” and “a “His close companion of more Hospital Center in Queens. In and adolescent psychiatry. Ed is a 30-year-old trapped in a nearly than 10 years, Monique, was with addition, he was a published poet; consultant for Leake & Watts, a Yon- 75-year-old man’s body.” In the him, and she can appropriately many of his poems and essays kers foster care agency. His wife, excerpt, Ken noted he competes in be called an angel of mercy. She appeared in Annals of Internal Beth G. Weingast, is president of the 70-and-over tournaments and that feeds him soup in tiny spoonfuls, Medicine. George is survived by his American Society of Appraisers; she his wife, Diane, was a member of the assists him to the bathroom and wife, Joan; and sons, Donald and specializes in valuing Judaica and Bruin Racqueteers, a support group coordinates all the services that the Leonard. coins (both ancient and modern). for the UCLA tennis teams, which hospital offers. She does this with Edward “Bud” Spraker died on Ed and Beth have three children: “opened his eyes to the UCLA ten- obvious pride over the fact that she July 3. Originally from Knoxville, Alex ’03J, a journalist who recently nis program.” is able to offer her compassion to Tenn., Ed was a wide receiver on won the Sidney Hillman prize for Ronald H. Boorse, retired busi- him, and it is beautiful to observe. the Lions football team and went socially responsible journalism; ness owner, died in Houston on “Roy was quick to point out to on to get an M.A. in education at Anne, who is starting her resi- July 6. A complete obituary will be me that the stroke has not affected Teachers College. He had a long dency in psychiatry at New York published in an upcoming issue, his mind, and he proceeded to teaching career in the Tenafly, N.J., Hospital; and Anthony, who is in pending receipt of information. Due quote Kipling, Henry V and Omar school system, including time as Bolivia on an NIH Fogarty grant to the volume of obituaries that Khayyam with obvious and appro- varsity coach in several sports and to do research on Chagas disease, CCT receives, it may take several priate pride. Of course, we got into as athletics director. Ed sang in the a parasitic infection prevalent in issues for the obituary to appear. one of our ongoing debates about choir at Christ Episcopal Church in South America. John “Sparky” Breeskin: “Roy politics and the dubious applicabili- Teaneck, N.J., and was the Sunday Charles Goldstein has once Wolff had a stroke, and he [was ty of the scientific method. Monique School superintendent for many again made the news for his activi- at this writing] in a rehabilitation and I watched and were moved to years. He is survived by his sons, ties in the art world. As counsel to hospital in the wilds of New Jersey. see Roy’s complexion improve and Gary and John, and one grand- the Commission for Art Recovery, There is no question that Roy is a the sparkle come back to his eyes daughter. a nonprofit that helps victims of fighter, and he receives praise on as he was talking to me, and when Congratulations to Russ Ellis Nazi art thefts, Charles is involved all sides for his motivation directed I left, he told me how wonderful it on winning the Wyld Propulsion with a claim by the Herzog family toward regaining his ability to had been to talk to me in our old Award, given by the American against the Hungarian government, function. He has made remark- style of loving disagreement. Institute of Aeronautics and As- seeking the return of $100 million able progress to date and that fact “I was able to keep it together tronautics. The award is presented worth of paintings and sculptures,

november/december 2010 43 class notes columbia college today including works by El Greco, Ve- surely been active. He writes, “My member who requests it a CD with caught the baby with my wife, Toby, lazquez and Monet. Baron Herzog wife, Meta, and I traveled to the all the slides captioned, and the nec- and me, other family members and was a well-known collector, and the Panama Canal in March, reviewing essary Picasa software included on three midwives present. Ari Elani family also has pursued pieces from the technical aspects of the canal’s the CD, so that any computer with was 22 in., 8 lbs., 7 oz. All is well with his collection in Germany, Russia, history and its current expansion Windows 98 or later will enable one his mom and him. His mom will Poland and Austria with some with a third set of locks to accommo- to see the entire presentation. (The return shortly to teaching nursing at success, but Hungary has proven date the huge ‘Post-Panamax’ ships material was assembled for a talk I the community college level.” particularly resistant. of the 21st century. I was part of an provided recently in New Jersey.) This is a continuation of the con- The Class of ’58 rated two IEEE engineering group invited Just send an e-mail to me: rww@ tribution of Ralph James Alster, mentions in recent issues of New by the Panama Canal Authority to monmouth.com.” the first part of which ran in the York magazine. An article on New see the workings of the canal from Ken Scheffel writes about a great September/October issue. York Times columnist David Brooks the ‘inside out,’ visiting the control trip: “I had a great time in Europe, “Late in the ’80s, I started full time observed in passing that Neil rooms, the machine shops able to but now I need a vacation to recover into the quirkiness of my ruminat- Harris was his thesis adviser at the handle gigantic repair tasks and the from my vacation. It was my first ing fictions that total some 20 or so University of Chicago. operations of the canal and its paral- trip across the pond and only my unpublished titles to date. Several And a piece on an exhibit of the lel railroad connecting the Atlantic second flight (the first came last year times some years back I sent out works of an artist named Brion and the Pacific as well as the giant for our reunion). Spent three days hundreds of queries to editors and Gysin at the New Museum in construction job for the third ‘canal.’ in the Black Forest area of Germany agents, and for receiving back only downtown NYC pointed out that it “In addition to traversing the ca- with a side trip to Koln, a day on the their stick-on, pre-printed notes that was across the street from Gysin’s nal in a small boat, the group visited Normandy invasion beaches plus they like sending for out-of-hand former home at 222 Bowery, which the jungles of Panama within Barro a stop in Bayeux to see William the rejecting as unsuitable to their needs he had shared with his lover, John Colorado, an island wildlife refuge Conqueror’s tapestry and church, what they’ve not even examined. Giorno (who still lives there). in the Gatun Lake (sponsored by three days in Paris (the dirtiest, most So of course it dawned on me that Gysin, who died in 1986, was a the Smithsonian Institute) that is disorganized, least friendly, most you needed someone’s reference for member of the Beat Generation home to thousands of native and beautiful city I saw) and three days getting in the door, and that as the (along, of course, with Jack Ker- migrant species of insects, birds, in London (to which we took the writing itself was so engrossingly ouac ’44 and Allen Ginsberg ’48); a monkeys and crocodiles as well Chunnel. They speak English as if gratifying, I didn’t want to waste any pioneer of postmodern literature; as plants, flowers and trees. All of it’s their native language.). Had a more time non-referenced trying to and the inventor of the favorite this beauty is within a country that great time everywhere and definitely beat down the door. writing technique of another also has more than 70 skyscrapers want to go again, but after sufficient “My Emes Dick cycle came first. famous occupant of 222, novelist in its capital, Panama City, and is recovery time. I was in a beer garden It tells of a Brooklyn yeshiva boy’s William Burroughs: the “cut-up,” a major financial center for South in Freiburg when the Germans beat rise to establishment-media-mogul in which newspapers or other and Central America. The canal is the English in World Cup soccer. The notoriety through his self-altering printed items are sliced, diced run very professionally, and the whole town went bananas. They deceptions that have him becoming and reassembled in new forms. engineering staff, largely trained in even rang the church bells in celebra- a Columbia classmate’s lover just so John is described as the “social Panama and other regional engi- tion. It reminded me of a Michigan- that he might obtain the Mississippi butterfly” of the group, who did neering and business schools, seems Ohio State game. Now, I’m getting boy’s agro-business (think Archer the cooking for their exceptionally well equipped for their tasks. By ready to travel to Ann Arbor for our Daniels Midland) tycoon father’s convivial nightly gatherings in his the way, one trip through the canal equivalent of World Cup soccer. financial sponsorship of his inge- loft (known as the “Bunker”). The costs $1,000 for a small boat and up “If any classmates are in the niously retro-rightist-leaning media building, incidentally, dates back to $450,000 for a large passenger vicinity this fall and would like to contrivances. When Emes Dick’s to 1884, when it was home to the liner or bulk freighter. see a Michigan game, let me know. 16-year-old son suicides himself, it first modern YMCA. It became an “After about a week in Panama, I have several season tickets and launches him downslidingly into artists’ colony after WWI, when Meta and I departed for a rural sometimes have spares, which I his becoming its self-documenting one of its tenants was Fernand part of Costa Rica, Guanacaste, in give away (if family and friends author of my Emes Dick cycle. Leger. Mark Rothko later leased the arid and hot northwest portion aren’t interested, they go to the “The Enviousness of Being a the building’s gym to work on his of the country. Populated largely families of patients at Mott Chil- Book has its reclusive author being murals for the Four Seasons (the by Brahman cattle ranchers with dren’s Hospital). held captive by himself inside his subject of the Broadway show Red). a large native Indian population, “P.S.: I recently passed my five- own attic after the run-in that his John has preserved the Bunker as the shores provide miles of white year anniversary and check-up for head has with one of the backyard a shrine to the good old days, but sandy beaches on the Pacific. Tem- esophageal cancer. So I guess I now swings being swung by one of the historic building is gradually peratures typically exceeded 100 qualify as a survivor. Each new his kids at his invisibility that he’s succumbing to gentrification. degrees, hence the Brahman cattle day is a blessing. conjured himself into after being The Class Lunch is held on the imported from India, where the “If you would have told me dumped into his spell of depressed second Wednesday of every month climate is not dissimilar. Flying to five years ago I’d be alive today, I enviousness by his traveling about in the Grill Room of the Princeton/ San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, wouldn’t have believed you. The one Sunday morning to visit an Columbia Club, 15 W. 43rd St. ($31 we made a five-hour drive over initial diagnosis was 12 months estate sale in the very ritzy town per person). E-mail Art Radin if the Inter-American Highway, and to live. Fortunately, it was wrong. next door to his own. First there’d you plan to attend, up to the day then poor gravel and rutted roads Since the survival rate for esopha- been his finding himself in the before: [email protected]. brought us to Tamarindo for four geal cancer is less than 10 percent, hospital while being prepped for days of relaxation. I even acquired I feel fortunate to still be on this the cerebral-lobe balancing surgery two new shirts when my laundry earth, rather than in it.” that he will have to undergo. Next Norman Gelfand bag was mistakenly discarded Mike Tannenbaum informs he finds himself post-surgery 59 c/o CCT in the trash by the hotel staff; the us that “My memoir of Columbia trapped in his attic trying to read Columbia Alumni Center hotel drove us to several towns physics is posted on the Columbia his latest compositions to the likes 59 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 before they could find shirts size ‘L’ physics webpage: columbia.edu/ of Edmund Wilson, Lionel Trilling New York, NY 10025 in Santa Rosa. cu/physics/about/main/one/ [’25] and Rickey Jay. But their utter [email protected] “Many Americans live and retire index.html, click on ‘Columbia contempt for him has him accom- in Costa Rica, where there are low Physics in the Fifties.’ plishing only his transubstantiation I hope that this finds you all well costs, nice living and reasonable “The direct link to my memoir is into that deck of cards that Ed- and doing things that bring you medical care. Ditto for Panama, columbia.edu/cu/physics/pdf-files/ mund’s tricky fingers keep fiddling joy. Many of have been traveling though there, many of the retirees Tannenbaum.pdf.” with while he’s babbling forth with lately and fortunately some of you we saw were retired military Hal Stahl reports: “A healthy boy his relatively lucid contemplations have sent descriptions of these personnel who had been assigned was born to my daughter Carrie in concerning American authors that adventures. there during their careers. Minnesota. It was a natural water he shares with Trilling’s sharing his Ralph W. Wyndrum Jr. has “I am willing to provide any class birth, and her husband, Lewis, own far more obscure perceptions

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with him. When Rimbaud and Taagtrammer even before that. the bottom right) he had composed and interest-free loans) to plan- Scott Fitzgerald come bounding His dad’s transitions through his for the occasion, I was contacted by etariums threatened with closure up the stairs, things go from bad several self-reincarnations that Arnold Abrams ’61, who had seen for economic reasons. My lawyers to worse. As Trilling’s running out finally gave him his own existence the broadcast and wanted to get hope to have this up and running of smokes and Edmund’s having so remote from his grandad’s long back in touch with Nathan. Both by some time in mid-2011, in time consumed all his bourbon has the ago pre-WWI origins in Ungelikt, had been active on Spectator, Nathan for the fall semester. I will initially two newbies racing back down to Germany, are what he seeks to as managing editor and Arnold as put $50,000 into it, with more later, Cameron Diaz’s adorable naked- decode. The narrative has part news editor. I forwarded Arnold’s to an eventual total of $1 million. ness in the kitchen that out of her one’s relatively sober prose becom- request to Nathan, who I knew The rules I am setting up require cabinets can offer not any resupply ing progressively more and more to be in Paris at the time. Nathan a trustee to have at least five years to help them at all. And which has energized towards part two’s racy responded that his receipt of word experience in the field at the time them next burst forth out onto the free-verse retelling, as the protago- from Arnold cheered him on “a of appointment as a trustee and to street with their running amuck nist proceeds in his unraveling of dreary chilly morning in Paris.” be limited to serving for no more questing until finally there’s that the past that ultimately becomes down pouring torrent of thunder his unraveling of himself. and lightning that it incites for “I started writing short-form, Doug McCorkindale ’61 was elected lead director smithereening its flimsy entirety of lyrical free verse while at Columbia what’s been fictionally establishing and never fully abandoned the form of Lockheed Martin. itself built up. And so that there’s as I became ever more ambitious in next the protagonist finding him- attempting its ever more complex self sailing all alone in a paper boat application to narrative purposes. Nothing could be more hearten- than nine years total, to receive no that’s being curbside swept along During those several years when ing than knowing that through the compensation except reimburse- sewer-bound in the storm’s rush of my creative impulses went entirely agency of class correspondent a ment for actual, approved ex- debris-strewn runoff waters. over into the discoveries I began good deed had been done. penses, and not eligible for any of “Dogwriter Thurber jumps ahead making for myself in painting, I quit At the same time my education the funds to be disbursed. It will be to some indeterminate time in the versifying altogether. And then all was broadened as I learned, to my called the Hamilton Planetarium future when mankind’s idiotic at once there was that fluidity of disappointment, that the weather in Scholarship Fund.” mishandling of its own evolu- narration that in the late ’80s came Paris is not always perfect though Tom, who last year had an aster- tionary preeminence instigates a to me in prose and in supplantation I had long entertained that notion oid named in his honor, has been world-wide canine revolution that of my painting. And now lately, and the belief that it was with Paris awarded the title of Fellow of the has canines superseding humans here’s verse starting up again inside in mind that Alan Jay Lerner had International Planetarium Society. as the dominant terrestrial species me for yet more fluidifying the written: “A law was made a distant This honor was announced at the and with humans sometimes now truth-telling of my narrations out moon ago here, July and August society’s biennial convention, this serving to them as their pets. Every of their resistant blockishness that cannot be too hot, and there’s a year hosted by the planetarium in humanoid who has played any prose more insistently imposes. legal limit to the snow here, in Alexandria, Egypt. Only six such significant role at all in the overall “My New Utrecht classmates Camelot. The winter is forbidden titles were awarded this year, and mismanagement of the planet is will understand me when I say till December, and exits March the Tom was one of only two Ameri- compelled into producing a highly in closing that I cannot give brief second on the dot, by order sum- cans so recognized. detailed written documentation remembrance to my brief Columbia mer lingers through September, in I’d love to hear from the rest of of all his humanoid errors as the years and to my entire life thereafter Camelot. The rain may never fall till the class. price of his retaining to some small without giving pivotal remem- after sundown, by eight the morn- measure of his lost autonomy and brance to Arnold Horowitz. If I’ve ing fog must disappear ... ” and so REUNION JUNE 2–JUNE 5 freedom. As the narrator has not on accomplished anything in my life, it goes. Alumni Office Contacts his own the literary skills essential he was the father of whatever I have Nathan promptly disabused me Alumni Affairs Jennifer Freely to his accomplishing the task he’s accomplished. He died very young, of this fantasy. “Weather in Paris [email protected] had the canine Dogwriter Thurber late ’30s or very early ’40s. But he’s during the summertime cannot be 212-851-7438 assigned to providing the assistance continued with me ever since as predicted from year to year. I never Development Paul Staller he needs. Ultimately, the confession an absence that came far too soon. get the packing right. I remember [email protected] that he produces is found to be — He’d been the mentor to all us early July one year with nothing 212-851-7494 by the humanoid Commissar of ’59ers who’d gone to Columbia out but rain and chill. We had several Sincerely Truthful Communication of New Utrecht, and as to precedent days of high temperatures this sea- Michael Hausig — so replete still with his humanoid New Utrechtites at Columbia as son, then a stretch of incomparable 61 19418 Encino Summit self-deceptions that she appoints well. But with perhaps his having blue skies and moderate temps. San Antonio, TX 78259 him into his vice-commissarship. had a more challenging task at Meteo France also never seems to 61 [email protected] For all of their sincere dedication hand in his wanting to advance me get it right. The storms it predicts to reform, even the new canine out of myself, than in his advancing materialize somewhere, I suppose, We are now less than one year away establishment’s New World Order any of the others who’d already but rarely where the service leads from our 50th reunion, which will leadership understands how ill been so much more advanced self- one to believe. Umbrellas today take place Thursday, June 2–Sunday, equipped it will be for providing it emergent.” are useless burdens. I have learned June 5. The Reunion Committee is on its own to itself, that curriculum Take care, and have a happy to let myself get soaked occasion- planning the event with the help of deceptions that every form of holiday season. ally and to enjoy it. (Famous last of the Alumni Office. Anyone ordering the generally prevailing words. I should not tempt Jupiter interested in helping should contact disorder needs to lean on for secur- Pluvius.)” Bill Binderman (wbinderman@ ing itself in power. Robert A. Machleder One source of anxiety in compil- msn.com), Tony Adler (awadler@ “I have two verse novels in the 60 69-37 Fleet St. ing the Class Notes is finding the spartacommercial.com) or Burtt works. The first depicts an atheist’s Forest Hills, NY 11375 mailbox empty or virtually so as the Ehrlich ([email protected]) bafflement with our culture’s Bible 60 deadline for filing approaches rap- with their ideas. [email protected] dependencies. The second has idly, inexorably. And so, I was most Gene Milone and his wife, Helen, Trip Daydreamer, a 19-year-old One source of enormous delight in appreciative to receive this beautiful recently returned from a cruise to Mormon-convert rock-band musi- compiling the Class Notes is serving note from Tom Hamilton: Alaska to celebrate her birthday. cian examining his dad’s and his as an intermediary to reunite old “I am planning to create a “This is our third cruise in the granddad’s lives as they relate to friends. Following our 50th reunion foundation to provide scholarships last four years, the previous one his own. His dad, who he knows and the broadcast by CCT online to undergraduate and graduate being to the western Mediter- as Manvile Same, he knows also as of Nathan Gross’ performance of students planning to enter the ranean from Barcelona, there to having once been Emes Dick and songs (college.columbia.edu/cct/ planetarium field as well as to celebrate our 50th anniversary.” as having been Reiseverzögerung jul_aug10; see “Web Exclusives” at provide limited funding (grants They have found certain cruises to

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in NYC and completed a summer the truth, it is somewhat embar- internship at College Humor. rassing to mention it.)” David Konstan’s latest book, During the summer, John Before Forgiveness: The Origins of a spent a month in New York City, Moral Idea, has been published by where he completed research for Cambridge University Press. In a book he’s been working on “for the book, David argues that the far too long, [but being in New modern concept of interpersonal York] gave me the opportunity forgiveness, in the full sense of to spend time with Jack Hurwitz the term, did not exist in ancient and Richard Klutch as well as my Greece and Rome. Even more roommate Rudy Chen and his startlingly, it is not fully present wife, Linda, and our Hartley Hall in the Hebrew Bible, nor again in neighbor Murray Mohl and his the New Testament, or in the early wife, Marion. Reconnecting with Jewish and Christian commentar- old Columbia friends is always one ies on the Holy Scriptures. It would of the special pleasures of coming Frank Lorenzo ’61 (center) celebrated his 70th birthday in style with still be many centuries before the back to New York.” Jack Kirik ’61 (left) and Bill Binderman ’61. idea of interpersonal forgiveness, John continues to work in “retire- with its accompanying ideas of ment.” This fall he is teaching a full apology, remorse and a change of course load plus an online course be cost- and energy-efficient ways going through the Mexico City Air- heart on the part of the wrong- or two for the Church Divinity to take holidays with minimal port but did not have a problem. doer, would emerge. For all its School, and in the spring he will packing and unpacking and risks. Later, Al and Bonnie went to vast importance today in religion, teach at SKH Ming Hua Theologi- Gene and a Belgian colleague French Polynesia (Tahiti, Mooraha law, politics and psychotherapy, cal College, the Anglican seminary have edited the volume Astronomi- and Bora Bora). Bora Bora was the interpersonal forgiveness is a in Hong Kong. Since he last wrote, cal Photometry: Past, Present, and Fu- most beautiful place he has ever creation of the 18th and 19th cen- John spent two months lecturing in ture for Springer, based on sessions been, he says, with an over-the- turies, when the Christian concept Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, on this topic that Gene organized water bungalow, beautiful green of divine forgiveness was finally Sao Paulo and Curitiba). You may for the History of Astronomy Divi- water, great food and lovely people. secularized. Forgiveness was God’s contact him at [email protected]. sion of the American Astronomical The gentle breeze, the smell of flow- province, and it took a revolution John Boatner’s older son, John Society at a West Coast meeting in ers and fabulous service cannot be in thought to bring it to Earth and Jr., introduced a young engaged 2009. He contributed to three papers realized by pictures. It is all a dream make it a human trait. German couple to a wedding pro- in this volume, detailing his work now but a wonderful one. Frank Lorenzo recently celebrat cessional for organ that John Sr. on precise photometry techniques Al has been back to work several ed his 70th birthday with Bill Bind- composed. The bride and groom and hardware during the past three weeks now with his usual 12 hours erman and Jack Kirik in attendance. decided to have the work performed decades. Also, the second edition a day and looks forward to his next [See photo.] at their wedding in Hückeswagen, of Exploring Ancient Skies: An Ency- Germany, and John Jr. attended the clopedic Survey of Archaeoastronomy, event. “This work,” writes John Sr., a comprehensive survey of ancient John Kater ’62 was granted an honorary degree of “has probably been performed more and cultural astronomy, written by than 200 times in the United States David H. Kelley and Gene, is now doctor of divinity by The Church Divinity School and England. I am constantly churn- in press and should appear before ing out new CD recordings of my the end of 2010. of the Pacific. published compositions. My current Gene continues to publish projects are Cantata for a Young Girl research papers. His latest paper and Cello Ludens (‘The Cello Wants to (with two European colleagues) adventure (destination unknown). My wife, JB, had a successful hip Play’), for solo cello and symphony appeared in the July issue of the Doug McCorkindale was elected replacement on August 30. She was orchestra.” Astronomical Journal. At the mo- lead director of Lockheed Martin. walking several hours after surgery Several summers ago, Allen ment, he still has a laboratory and Shortly thereafter, he reached the and home the following day. The Young won a lottery, sponsored by office, but 2011 may be his last year retirement age for directors of hip was replaced using a direct Provincetown’s Peaked Hill Trust, as faculty professor. As a retirement Continental Airlines, so he left that anterior muscle sparing approach, for a week’s stay in one of the cel- present (retirement, that is, from board before the merger with United which provides wider range of ebrated, primitive dune shacks in the teaching faculty) a few years Airlines was completed — missing motion, and she hopes to be back Provincetown, Mass. During that ago, his son gave him a 120 mm some interesting events. Doug is skiing at some level in March. week, Allen kept a journal that refracting telescope with exquisite still on the board for the Prudential recently was published by Haley’s definition. While his eyesight still Money Management Group. Publishing of Athol, Mass. The holds, Gene wants to be able to Doug also is on the PGA Tour’s John Freidin book is titled Thalassa: One Week in spend more time just enjoying the Equipment Committee (almost 20 1020 Town Line Rd. a Provincetown Dune Shack. stars that first attracted his attention years now) but has learned from 62 Charlotte, VT 05445 Featuring photographs of the as an apartment-dwelling kid in the personal experience that, notwith- 62 Provincetown dunes and the [email protected] Bronx nearly 60 years ago. standing reports to the contrary, golf shack where Allen stayed, Thalassa Gene is looking forward to technology is not keeping up with This year brought John Kater hon- includes an introduction to the seeing many old friends among the aging process! He hopes to shoot ors and opportunities. The Church shacks and their history as well our classmates at the 50th Alumni his age much sooner than later. Divinity School of the Pacific, as Allen’s journal. Tim Miller, a Reunion Weekend. Don Savini had his first hole-in- which is the Episcopal seminary in performer and the author of Body Al Klipstein spent a week with one recently. He said it was a great Berkeley, Calif., marked John’s “of- Blows: Six Performances, writes his family (two children, their feeling but expensive. ficial” retirement by granting him about the book: “Allen Young’s spouses, four grandchildren and his Bob Soltys and his wife, Patti, the honorary degree of doctor of Thalassa is a joyous call to being fiancée, Bonnie Botwick) in Ixtapa, are downsizing, moving from divinity at graduation in May, and present in the world. The book Mexico, at a Club Med. It was a Alexandria, Va., to Hilton Head his alma mater, the General Theo- calmed me, focused me and made fabulous place for the family with Island, S.C. (Port Royal Planta- logical Seminary in New York, will me feel almost as if I had also been something to do for everyone. The tion). Though neither are golfers, give him its 2010 “Distinguished blessed with a week in Thalassa.” accommodations were great, the they have found the perfect home Alumnus” Award in November. Allen co-edited the 1992 pioneer- food was fantastic, and the beach overlooking the Port Royal Sound “Funny,” writes John, “ ‘distin- ing anthology Out of the Closets: Voic- and weather were wonderful. They marsh. Their son, Andrew, a sopho- guished’ is not a category I’d ever es of Gay Liberation and compiled the were a little concerned for their lives more at NYU-Tisch, is firmly rooted identify myself with! (And to tell North of Quabbin Revisited: A Guide

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to Nine Massachusetts Towns North of 44 years, having met at a TEP party In July, Howie Perlstein retired recounts his colorful and extraor- Quabbin Reservoir guides (1983 and in 1962. We have three daughters after 42 years as an attorney at the dinary career at the Met: nytimes. 2002) to the north central region of (Holly, Cara ’94 and Lindsay ’01) National Labor Relations Board com/2010/04/28/arts/28connell. Massachusetts where he lives. and seven grandchildren. I left the in Washington, D.C. During his html. Please write. As you can see, practice of allergy immunology career, Howie argued hundreds Tom’s daughter, Phoebe Day we’re in need of material. And four years ago and am a full-time of cases before federal courts of Danziger ’05, wrote to CCT: “I heard Columbia has now made sending a tenured professor at UCLA. Best to appeals across the country. When from one of [my dad’s] CC class- note even easier. Just go to college. everyone.” he retired, he was assistant general mates during the summer, but as a columbia.edu/cct/submit_class_ Gary, I can’t believe it either; time counsel in the NLRB’s Appellate CC alum, it would mean a lot to me note and write. Be sure to select moves too fast. We’d better start and Supreme Court Litigation if any of my dad’s other classmates “1962” in the “CC Class Year” pull- planning. Branch. He writes, “When not had any memories of him, because down, and your message will be Eric Foner, the DeWitt Clinton auditing courses at George Mason I don’t know too much about his automatically forwarded to me for Professor of History, now is a University, playing golf or serving time at Columbia.” Phoebe can be publication in a future issue. You member of the editorial board of on various committees, my wife, reached at phoebedanziger@gmail. also may continue to e-mail me the Progressive Book Club. Linda, and I intend to travel, start- com. directly. Peace to all. David Pittinsky writes, “In ad- ing with the Panama Canal in the Requiesat in pacem. dition to my continuing to work fall, and Israel in the spring.” full-time as a commercial litigator, Also during the summer, Steve Paul Neshamkin my wife, Alecia, and I continue to Singer left for a five-week celebra- Leonard B. Pack 63 1015 Washington St., Apt. 50 take wonderful vacations to France. tory retirement trip to Europe; 65 924 West End Ave. Hoboken, NJ 07030 This summer, we spent two weeks Allen Tobias read Fritz Stern ’46’s New York, NY 10025 63 in Paris and one week in St. Tropez. autobiography, Five Germanys I 65 [email protected] [email protected] We have been going to St. Tropez Have Known; Nick Rudd headed I was lucky enough to spend most since 2002. We have also been going to San Francisco to cradle his I have not received any news from of my time this long, hot summer to Paris every October since 2006 newborn grandchild, Elizabeth classmates since our 45th reunion being a beach bum down the Jersey for extended eating weekends at Lucy Rudd; Nick and Dave Levin in June. While classmates who at- Shore. Not retired yet, just very little one-, two- and three-star Michelin participated in Convocation to wel- tended the reunion may have shared work. Sadly, I wasn’t able to make restaurants. My favorite Parisian come the Class of 2014; and Ivan all of their recent doings, I have to the regular dinner visits with Bettye restaurant is L’Ami Louis, which Weissman attended Old-Timers’ request the rest of you keep those in- and Steve Barcan to Vic’s (best piz- we went to for the fifth consecutive Day at Yankee Stadium. formative communications coming! za) in Bradley Beach, but I was able year this October. If anyone would Speaking of baseball, Marty My wife, Adele, and I spent a to join Tom O’Connor; his wife, like to read my Parisian eating re- Flamm writes, “I am enjoying my wonderful July weekend visiting Terrie; son, Matthew; daughter- ports, which also contain valuable retirement in Arizona with a part- Bob Kronley and his wife, Ann in-law, Emma; grandson, Raleigh; information on other aspects of time ‘job’ as a paid official scorer for Rosewater, at their house in the and other family and friends for a Parisian life, they should e-mail me, Arizona League baseball games. I Berkshires near Tanglewood. Bob great birthday dinner at Sea Grass and I will be glad to share them.” mostly score the rookie minor league and Ann’s house is in the woods, in Ocean Grove. Tom was honored You can reach David at pittin Texas Rangers games, though I also off a dirt road, and I saw Bob at in October with induction into the [email protected]. will do a few Dodgers and Padres his rural leisure, a delightful con- Columbia University Athletics Hall Our regular second Thursday games. It is nice to get paid to watch trast to his Atlanta intensity (not of Fame as a member of the great lunches have been seeing an in- games!” that there’s anything wrong with 1961 football team along with Lou creasing number of you. Some of I’ll say! intensity!). We caught a marvelous Asack, Tony Day, Ron Drotos, the luminaries in the spring and Peter D.G. Brown is the Dist- performance of Mahler Symphony Mike Hassan, Joe Marchese, Pat early summer included Steve Bar- inguished Service Professor of No. 3 at Tanglewood, where we Moran and Fritz Mundorff. What can, Henry Black, Ed Coller, Jerry German at SUNY New Paltz. He saw pianist Emanuel Ax ’70 in the a season! Certainly one I’ll never Dwyer, Doron Gopstein, Bob has edited more than 100 books on audience enjoying a performance forget. Thank you, guys. Heller, Rich Juro, Lee Lowenfish, German history and literature, and instead of giving one. Phil Satow was saluted for his Don Margolis, Larry Neuman, his book Oskar Panizza and The Love generous donations to the athletics Paul Neshamkin, Tom O’Connor, Council: A History of the Scandal- REUNION JUNE 2–JUNE 5 program on October 23 (Homecom- Barry Reiss, Phil Satow and Jeff ous Play on Stage and in Court was Alumni Office Contacts ing) when the baseball stadium was Thompson. If you’re in NYC, published in March. The German Alumni Affairs Mia Gonsalves Wright named Satow Stadium in his honor. try to make the next Class of ’63 play The Love Council appeared in [email protected] The stadium will boast new seat- lunch, scheduled for Thursday, 1894. Peter writes: “The Love Council 212-851-7977 ing, a home team dugout, a press November 11, and then again on is a carnivalesque satire dealing Development Heather Hunte box and a multimedia scoreboard. Thursday, December 9. It’s always with the first recorded outbreak [email protected] It will be one of the best in the Ivy the second Thursday. Check our of syphilis in 1495, which portrays 212-851-7957 League. Congratulations, Phil! website at cc63ers.com for details. the scourge as divine punishment Phil also was rewarded with a In the meantime, let us know for the rampant sexual excesses in Stuart Berkman first granddaughter, Sophie Emilene what you are up to, how you’re the Vatican court of the Pope of the 66 Rua Mello Franco, 580 Elliott, on July 8. The mother is his doing and what’s next. time, the notorious Rodrigo Borgia. Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro daughter, Julie ’96, ’01 SIPA, who Panizza was imprisoned for one 66 25960-531 Brasil is a journalist currently freelancing year on 93 counts of blasphemy, [email protected] with The New York Times, and the Norman Olch the harshest sentence ever given to father is Julie’s husband, Stuart El- 64 233 Broadway an artist in the Second Empire. My Lana Mae Noone, widow of Byron liott, co-founder and editor-in-chief New York, NY 10279 book contains a detailed history Michael Noone, wrote recently that of The Real Deal, a key New York 64 of the play on stage and the court Byron’s life and work were celebrat- [email protected] real estate publication. proceedings that led to Panizza’s ed during her remarks at a program It is fitting that now both the base- I am writing this column in New imprisonment. A new English trans- she presented at the Woodstock ball stadium and football field, York City shortly after Labor Day. lation of the play is included as well Museum, Bethel, N.Y. (the site at Robert K. Kraft Field, are named The scorching summer days are as a biography of its avant-garde, the Woodstock Festival of 1969), on in honor of two of our classmates. over, and everyone is looking modernist author.” July 25. “My program was part of If any of you are interested, there’s forward to a mild autumn. The I am saddened to report the the Woodstock Museum’s Vietnam probably a swimming pool or soccer informal class lunches at the Co- death of Thomas H. Connell III. War 35th Anniversary Retrospec- field that could be named after you. lumbia University Club resumed Since 1981, Tom was the production tive, and I related the events of the Gary Rachelefsky writes, “Can- on October 14 and will continue stage manager — the chief stage ’60s and the Woodstock Festival not believe our 50th reunion is fast on November 11 and December 9, manager — at the Metropolitan itself to the historical issues and approaching. Gail and I are married both Thursdays. Please join us. Opera. The New York Times obituary societal shifts that culminated in the

november/december 2010 47 class notes columbia college today humanitarian Vietnam ‘Operation dom fighters displaced during the borough, although both have left in London at Citibank in risk ana- Babylift’ effort of 1975, in which Afghans’ war with Russia, Poland’s the house. Aside from the above, lytics, and our younger son, Gabe, is Byron played an important role. I reformist government and the spare time goes for reading, cin- a lawyer for Gibson Dunn in New referenced Byron Michael’s years authoring of Nepal’s constitution. I ema, old friends and a bit of travel York. We see Justin regularly, but at Columbia during my talk, which know I’ve left much out. when possible.’ Gabe only a few times a year. Most included comments by my daugh- In 1990, Jenik established the Ee- “Alan Candiotti is professor of recently, the family was together ter, Jennifer Nguyen Noone ’99 SW, sti and Eurasian Public Service Fel- mathematics at Drew in Madison, to watch the races from the Royal who is a Vietnam OBL adoptee. lowship at Columbia. It is a prized N.J., where he has been teaching Enclosure at Royal Ascot. In July, Newsday published an article about assignment that earns undergradu- for the last 30 years. He also is CIO my wife and I were in Siena for the my talk and included a photo of ates the opportunity to work closely for the university, which divides running of the Palio, and in Octo- Byron Michael, Jennifer and me, with the nations’ presidents and his professional time between ber, we cruised the Nile. In other from the day Jen arrived from Viet- cabinet-level officials in countries mathematics and technology. He words, life for us is pretty good nam, June 5, 1975.” Lana’s e-mail is such as Estonia, Georgia, Kenya lives in Bernardsville, N.J. these days. I extend an invitation to [email protected]. and Nepal. Eesti Fellows have gone “Tony Greco: ‘Recently retired, all classmates to visit us if passing From Belmont, Mass., Geoff on to become Marshall, Rhodes and I’m happily using my new freedom through London.” Dutton wrote to us this summer, Fulbright scholars. to pursue old intellectual interests apologizing for having been out of Jenik continues to work with and enjoy New York City more than touch for a long time. “When the the same energy, confidence and ever. I live in Manhattan, not far Arthur Spector latest CCT came and this column charm we remember from his from Columbia, and am frequently 271 Central Park West had so little about our year, I undergraduate days. He practices on campus to use the libraries or at- 68 New York, NY 10024 decided I needed to chime in. I’m law, teaches at Columbia and has tend a lecture or seminar. Columbia 68 [email protected] a relatively anonymous, apathetic taught at Stanford, writes, travels, looks like a much more fun place alumnus living near Boston since organizes, mobilizes and influenc- than it was in our day: There are September rolled into the city, college. Two years out, I married es world events in a major way. several cafes on the south campus, bringing global cooling. It was re- briefly and divorced childless. He saw Justin Malewezi in including one in Butler Library, and ally cold out for those of you who Thirty years hence, I married again, January. “I was the first member the coed atmosphere is a big im- are in Naples, Fla. and remain happily so with a of our class to visit him in Malawi, provement over what we knew.’ I ran into Ira McCown in Sep- daughter (9). Because as a family and I expect to visit again in the “Bill Heinbach retired in 2002 tember. He then sent an effusive man I can’t retire, I keep my day fall,” Jenik says. “Justin is a former after more than 30 years as a public piece about our being in spin class job as a mild-mannered techni- v.p. of Malawi and was responsible middle-school teacher in Brooklyn. at the gym. He reported that I cal writer at a technical software for many of the successful reforms He is blessed with health, great fam- looked in good shape. Thanks, Ira. vendor. At night I prowl the Net of his native country. He takes ily and friends, and almost enough He was at the gym, he told me, for as a mysterious political prankster. personal pride in the education money to enjoy them. He still is in the fourth day in a row. He looks My career started in academia, reform, as he was a teacher as well a kind of awe that so many of his ready to row for Columbia. John doing digital cartography research as a minister.” fellow students and friends from Tait sent a copy of the WSJ edito- at a lab at Harvard in the ’70s and rial praising Columbia’s Core and ’80s. After a variety of professional academic world and concluding, gigs thereafter, in the ’90s I threw Dr. Bill Chin ’68 was appointed executive dean for “Where Columbia Beats Harvard: in the towel and went back to On the Battlefield of Curricula.” school to get a Ph.D. in geography research at Harvard Medical School. But John, we knew that. I will and publish my obscure disserta- take a football win this fall. tion, which fulfilled me but left me I received a note from Bill Chin nowhere to go. So I started writing Jeff Herrmann was kind enough Columbia are, as always, so bright, noting his third career is under about technology for fun and profit, to pass along the following news. so achievement-oriented and such way for what he suggested might and have since branched into other “About five years ago, several good people. Sometimes he wonders be a “slow news cycle.” I have a areas. Some of my writing sloughs classmates began meeting for din- just where he fits in all of this, even copy from the dean of Harvard off to maxentropyproductions.net/ ner in New York every two or three now, more than 40 years later. Medical School announcing the blog, where I happily remain almost months, usually at Meridiana, near “Ken Kramer: ‘I teach mathemat- news about Bill. The dean wrote: anonymous. Maybe it’s better that Columbia, to discuss old times, ics at CUNY and work on problems “It is my great honor to announce way; too much ego-tripping can new times, life, politics, sports and in number theory and arithmetic the appointment of William W. suck one inside out. I have plenty anything else that might come up. geometry. Outside of work, my Chin, M.D., as HMS executive dean to do, and look guardedly forward The group includes Mel Brender, simple pleasures include seeing my for research, a newly created senior to retiring when my kid is out of Alan Candiotti, Tony Greco, Bill grandson Toby and our dinner meet- position with overarching respon- college.” Write to Geoff at gdutton@ Heinbach, Ira Krakow, Ken Kram- ings. My children are Michael ’95 sibility for biomedical research at joimail.com. er Harold Wechsler and me. Art and Caren ’03.’ HMS. As a senior member of my Steinberg ’68 joined us later. About “As for me, Jeff Herrmann, I leadership team, Bill will spearhead 2½ years ago, I moved to London, retired from practicing law at the efforts to design and implement a Albert Zonana but on a short visit home this May, end of 2007 and moved to London vision for research at HMS, with 67 425 Arundel Rd. we all got together again. I volun- with my wife, Mina, who works for special emphasis on interdisciplinary Goleta, CA 93117 teered to collect any comments that a hedge fund. We bought an early research that crosses departmental 67 the group wanted to pass along, Victorian terrace house in Knights- and institutional boundaries. He will [email protected] and here is what I gathered so far, bridge and have spent a good deal also hold an academic appointment Jenik Radon and I had a three-hour in their own words: of time and effort fixing it up and as professor of medicine at HMS. lunch in Santa Barbara in July. He “Mel Brender: ‘I’ve entered a fitting it out. We have developed “Bill’s impressive career is ex- was in town for one of his students’ period of long tenures: I work at a wide circle of fascinating new emplified in part by his extensive weddings, one of the many to TIAA-CREF, where I’ve been for friends from all over the world. We bibliography of nearly 300 papers, which he gets invited. Jenik is an about 11 years, exceeding my stay get out regularly to the Royal Opera chapters and books, most of international business attorney who at any previous job. My wife, Terry, and the Royal Ballet as well as to which were generated during his became an activist many years ago and I have been together for 29 hear several of the fine classical 25 years on the Harvard Medical and is or has been involved in an years, and we’ve been renovating orchestras in London. During the School faculty. After graduating incredible number of causes and and remodeling the same house daytime, I have been filling in the from HMS in 1972, Bill trained at movements, including Estonia’s in Brooklyn for the last 27 of those gaps in my Columbia education by several HMS teaching hospitals, independence movement, advisor years. Our daughter, Kate (25), and taking courses at Imperial College including a medical internship and to Georgia’s Shevardnadze, the our son, Will (23), are making their London, Oxford, and Birkbeck Col- residency at Beth Israel Hospital founding of the Afghanistan Relief way in the world. Fortunately for lege, and struggling to learn to play and endocrine clinical training and Committee for refugees and free- us, neither child has yet left the the piano. Our older son, Justin, is research at Massachusetts General

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Hospital. During his tenure as a people. Ed sent this: for the State of Utah to be complet- science and electrical engineering at faculty member in the Depart- “For the past two years, I have ed in a couple of weeks as of this MIT, recently earned a master’s in ment of Medicine at Brigham and been devoting an increasing amount writing, and having some good fun robotics at Carnegie Mellon, where, Women’s Hospital, he became of my time (when not doing a won- and enjoying my place in Saratoga with his second National Science chief of the Genetics Division and a derful job for my investment clients) more than in the past. The opera Foundation graduate fellowship, Howard Hughes Medical Institute to an organization my wife, Jane season is under way. Maybe I will he is well on his way to a Ph.D. at investigator, advancing to profes- Ross (whom I met at the Columbia run into Bill Henrich, as in the past. the Center for the Neural Basis of sor of medicine and obstetrics, Business School EMDP program in The Texan and his lovely wife show Cognition.” gynecology and reproductive biol- 1978), started 10 years ago. It is called up there periodically. My first opera Hank Reichman writes: “Thank ogy at HMS. Smart Kids with LD (note: not gifted, of the season was Boris Godunov. It you for the nice writeup in the “In this new role at HMS, Bill but stemming from the observa- has been a long time since I saw the summer issue of CCT. It takes cour- assumes a key HMS leadership tion that many, many children with Czar on the Met stage. age, I think, to go onto the Internet position at a remarkable moment in learning disabilities are really quite Do write and let me know the and find info on people and trust the history of biology and medicine. smart). news of the day. I hope you are all that it will be genuine. But you’re One of Bill’s highest priorities will “Jane started the organization well. apparently an excellent researcher, be to conceptualize and develop after spending several years learn- and your information on me was new research initiatives, such as the ing about and finding the resources accurate. I did get some space in therapeutics discovery initiative, she needed to help our son Ben, Michael Oberman the alumni news about a decade envisioned as a focused and in- who only learned to read in the 69 Kramer Levin Naftalis & ago (at our age, who can keep novative effort to bring together the fifth grade. But once on track, he Frankel track?), and I had been thinking enormous expertise of our commu- was not to be denied. Graduating 69 1177 Avenue of the of writing to you with an update nity in order to find effective new Phi Beta Kappa from Bowdoin Americas but was waiting for some notable ways for transforming the world’s in 2008, Ben recently entered the New York, NY 10036 achievement or milestone to report. most vital biomedical research into master’s in architecture program at moberman@ I thought I might have one when, therapies that can directly improve Columbia. kramerlevin.com 18 months ago, the Academic Sen- human health. Bill will also develop “The first honorary chair was ate of the California State Univer- a coherent strategy for the school’s David Neeleman, founder of Jet- Two classmates responded to my sity System submitted my name scientific interactions with industry, Blue and self-confessed LD person. July/August column, in which I and one other to our movie-star ensuring it is both aligned with the His position was recently taken by mentioned that — for lack of news governor for appointment as the HMS Faculty Policy on Conflicts the ‘Fonz,’ aka Henry Winkler, and sent to me — I used the Internet to sole CSU faculty representative to of Interest and Commitment and is two short videos with him talking pick up biographical information the CSU Board of Trustees. Califor- capable of advancing critical unmet about his own experiences grow- on classmates. nia law provides that the governor needs. ing up and pitching for a Smart From Mark Leeds: “You should ‘shall appoint’ from a list of at least “Bill will work closely with me, Kids read-a-thon can be seen at not have to subsist on secondhand two candidates provided by the other HMS deans, the HMS pre- www.SmartKidswithld.org. news, so, listening to the ’65–’69 Senate, but first his office dawdled clinical chairs and other research “Beginning two years ago, Smart selection on tropicalglen.com, I will and then last December demanded leaders across our affiliated institu- Kids made a decision to move from dust off the old keyboard. Most more names, which on principle tions and the broader university to a paid subscription-based printed people are not really interested in the Senate refused to provide. It develop a framework for strategic newsletter to a free web-delivered the vicissitudes of the lives of oth- now appears that no one will be scientific planning. Bill will engage newsletter and resource center. This ers, particularly the ‘tzuris’ parts. appointed at least until we have a the community in support of our will only be feasible longer-term if a Sometimes it is good to share happy new governor, leaving more than key research initiatives designed sufficient number of people become things (‘Shep Nachas’), although 20,000 CSU faculty in our 23 uni- to sustain HMS as the leading bio- subscribers to the newsletter by doing so is said to attract the Evil versities without representation on medical research institution well signing up. Eye (‘kenahara,’ or, thinking of it the board and me with only a run- into the future.” “We have found that grandpar- as part of a Borscht Belt team with of-the-mill professional disappoint- I did shorten the expansive piece ents (our generation, as much as Shep Nachas, Ken O’Hara). That ment to report. Yesterday, however, by the dean, but his ebullience it’s painful to admit) have been said, I will shep a bit of nachas. I received my copy of CCT when I comes through clearly. Great to hear very useful to their children and in “Still trying to make the world returned home from formally fil- from you, Bill, and congratulations. turn grandchildren by using infor- a better place, I am special senior ing my retirement papers, surely We wish you great success in your mation available through Smart counsel at the NYC Environmen- a milestone worth noting. I will third career. Kids. Who knows, maybe even tal Control Board and, trying to be participating in an ‘early retire- Talking about professors, Ted some of the younger grads might advance recognition of rights of ment’ program that allows me to Kaptchuk wrote a little note: “I spy a reference to Smart Kids in people with disabilities, I am active receive my full, but still all-too- have a family and am an associate your Class Notes and spread the in bar association and other efforts. meager, pension while continuing professor of medicine at Harvard word further. My wife, Dr. Marian Demeny ’69 to teach no more than half-time for Medical School. Most of my work “Jane whipped me into shape by Barnard, ’88 P&S (allergy fellow- no more than five years. Of course, is researching placebo effects. Still finding more garden projects for me ship) is board-certified in allergy a half-time teaching load in the kicking.” this summer than I knew existed, and in pediatrics. For our 40th an- CSU is larger than a full-time load Glad to hear you are doing well, melting me down from a portly 242 niversary, in July, I told her I want at Columbia or Barnard, but, still, and it is wondrous how a sugar pill in early May to a nearly svelte 215 40 more. In March, we became it’s a pretty good deal. In addition makes folks feel better sometimes. now.” grandparents. I have been waiting to the faculty governance activities I continue to get beautiful pic- Awesome, Ed and Jane. Great to for our daughter, Dr. Elizabeth you reported, from which I will tures from Bob Carlson from Sitka, hear what you are up to, and Ed, as Leeds Lobel ’02, to share this and be stepping down in retirement, I Alaska. They are truly amazing, Tom Sanford said at our reunion, other news through her own Class also served on our faculty union with eagles and bears and scenic exercise is the way to go. Notes, but she is just too busy. collective bargaining team (this views of mountains and snow. If I am looking forward to the foot- “This summer, Elizabeth finished may be why the governor was any of you want to be added to his ball season this year, under way as a three-year psychiatry residency at reluctant to appoint me!). Since the list, I am sure he would send them you read this. Paul de Bary’s seats Long Island Jewish Medical Center, financial crisis eliminated most of to you, too. Let me know and I will are next to mine so we will share The Zucker Hillside Hospital and the hard-fought gains we won in let him know. some good fall weather again this began a two-year child psych fel- our last contract, I’m back on that I chatted with Jim Shorter. He year. The coach seems fabulous. lowship at Mount Sinai in Manhat- team this go-round (our contract was about to go on a trip. Maybe The team looks better than last tan. She and her husband, Rabbi expired June 30) in the hope that China again for business. He sound year. So it should be a good year if Joshua Lobel of Plainview, N.Y., we can win back at least some of ed great and busy. not a great one for the Lions. celebrated their seventh anniver- what we’ve lost. Ed Brennan and his wife, Jane, I continue to do public finance, sary. My son, Daniel, after a bach- “My experiences at Columbia are being (and I knew this, Ed) good working on a $1 billion financing elor’s and a master’s in computer have turned out to be good training

november/december 2010 49 class notes columbia college today for dealing with difficult university stars Andrei Makarevich of Time cilitated by a thing widely blamed quires participation, especially since administrators. As I told our class- Machine and Boris Grebenshchik- for destroying newspapers: the it is frustrating for me to e-mail mates at the 40th reunion luncheon, ov of Aquarium into a publishable Internet. I found a treasure trove requests for news that often go I once faced down an inordinately work. Seems appropriate, since of information on websites such as unanswered. You can send me your pushy dean with this remark: ‘You so many of my good Columbia www.columbia1968.com. I got in news or your reflections on our Col- don’t intimidate me; when I was 21 friends, such as Gregg Geller, touch with Mark Rudd by e-mail. lege years by e-mail or via Facebook I helped kidnap a dean!’ An exag- Bob Merlis and Mark Wenner ’71, I used the Internet telephone ser- or LinkedIn. Maybe our class can geration, to be sure, but he did back went into the music biz. One of my vice Skype to interview Professor form a group on these sites. down!” biggest hopes for retirement is to Ranum at his summer home in Hank continues: “Members of come back to Columbia for a year Villefranche-de-Panat, France.” our class might also be interested to teach CC. I loved that class and Congratulations to Michael Leo G. Kailas to learn that when Mark Rudd in many ways it helped shape my Rothfeld, the recipient of the 2010 70 Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt published his memoir Under- future, but I also know that I, for Alexander Hamilton Medal (to be 885 Third Ave, 20th Fl. ground: My Life with SDS and the one, never really learn anything presented on November 18 at the 70 New York, NY 10022 Weathermen (which I recommend), until I have to teach it. I had a brief Alexander Hamilton Award Din- [email protected] I arranged to have him give a talk conversation about this with Dean ner, an annual black-tie event held on my university campus. Mark Michele Moody-Adams when she in Low Rotunda). The medal, the It is with regret that I report the did a great job, and our students was in SF earlier this year (Woody highest honor paid to a member of passing on October 20, 2009, of were fascinated by his stories and Lewis, who recently moved back the Columbia College community, Stephen G. Plummer, who was a his heartfelt self-criticisms, but to New York from the Bay Area, is awarded annually by the Colum- chairman and CEO in Crumpler, what made the event unusual and I ‘represented’ our class at that bia College Alumni Association to N.C. is that some right-wing activists event), and she seemed receptive. an alumnus/a or faculty member I also wish to report on a new showed up to ‘confront’ Mark Here in the Bay Area, some mem- for distinguished service to the feature at the CCT website. There (ironically, in a style more often bers of our class and other veterans College and accomplishment in is a “Contact Us” button on the employed in our youth by people of the ’68 strike, including Peter any field of endeavor. homepage (college.columbia.edu/ like Mark and me!), bringing with Clapp, Hilton Obenzinger and As reported in the “Around the cct) that opens to a link that allows them a man who had earlier been Alan Senauke, have been keeping Quads” section of the September/ readers to submit a Class Note di- the only police agent to infiltrate in touch and getting together.” October CCT, Mike, a 1970–71 rectly to me from the site (college. the Weather Underground (for columbia.edu/cct/submit_class_ the details, see Mark’s book or the note). Select our class year from the profile in the ‘Bookshelf’ section Victor Hertz ’70 is president and CEO of Legal pulldown menu. Please report any of the July/August 2009 CCT: col- newsworthy items. lege.columbia.edu/cct/jul_aug09). Language Services. Danny Feldman reported at Well, it was quite a scene, and as reunion that he is leaving his the moderator, I had to work hard position at the Office of the State to ensure that things didn’t get out In another attempt to stimulate International Fellow at SIPA, is a Comptroller to become a professor of hand and all sides had their say. news, I’ve signed onto Facebook University Trustee and a CCAA at John Jay College. Bernie Josefs- I was backed up by half our cam- and LinkedIn and tried to locate board member. He is a former chair berg continues as superintendent pus police force, but fortunately classmates. My social network- of the Columbia College Board of of schools for Leonia, N.J., public they didn’t have to do anything ing yielded one item so far. From Visitors and also has served on the schools. Victor Hertz is president but stand around. In the end, Mark John Castellucci: “In September advisory board of the Journalism and CEO of Legal Language even invited the former agent to 2008, after 30 years as a reporter, I School’s Knight-Bagehot Program Services, and Peter Sugar keeps take the podium and offer his ver- took a buyout from the Providence in business and financial journal- matters in order for NYC Mayor sion of events. Journal, the newspaper where I had ism. A theatrical producer and Michael Bloomberg at the Office “I’m in the 35th year of my spent two-thirds of my career. A private equity investor, Mike has of Management and Budget. I also marriage to Susan Hutcher ’70 month after I left, the Journal laid been an associate editor of Fortune, had a nice conversation with Joel Barnard, whom I met and fell for off 31 people, among them a tal- assistant to the chairman and CEO Mintz, a professor at Nova South- in SDS during our senior year. ented young reporter with whom I of Time, an investment banking v.p. eastern University Shepard Broad After 33 years as a public defender, worked on several breaking news of Salomon Brothers, a managing School of Law, regarding the BP Susan retired last year. Our son, stories, including one that was director in the investment banking oil spill and its effects on environ- Daniel (25), lives with us while headlined: ‘I CALLED THEM FOR division of The First Boston Corp. mental regulation in this country. running the office of a local at- HELP: Mother says Pawtucket and, through private corporations, a Finally, Richard Goodman retired torney in solo practice. He’s gotten police didn’t have to shoot her general partner of Bessemer Capital in April as CFO of PepsiCo. into organic gardening and has son.’ It took the reporter 599 days Partners and Bessemer Holdings. Please keep me in mind when turned our backyard into a minor to find another job. It’s been widely He was a director of The Overhead you have news to report. agricultural center. He even raises reported that reporters are an Door Corp., Graphic Controls Corp. his own worms. Our daughter, Al- endangered species. It’s true. For (non-executive chair) and Kelly Oil REUNION JUNE 2–JUNE 5 ice (21), is entering her senior year someone just starting out in jour- & Gas. He was a member in 1979 Alumni Office Contacts at Claremont McKenna College. nalism, this is a terrible time. But of the first cultural delegation from Alumni Affairs Ken Catandella She was wait-listed by Columbia, for me, the meltdown of the news the United States to the People’s [email protected] but CMC has turned out to be a business hasn’t been a crisis, it’s Republic of China. Mike received 212-851-7430 perfect place for her. Like her dad, been an opportunity. Thanks to the the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Development Heather Hunte she’s a history major, but she in- buyout, I can finally do the kind Circle awards and was nominated [email protected] tends to follow in her mom’s shoes of developed reporting I couldn’t for a Tony for the revival of Gore 212-851-7957 and become a criminal defense do when I had a column to fill Vidal’s The Best Man. His production attorney. This spring we traveled every 24 hours. Since leaving the company received the Lucille Lortel Jim Shaw to Memphis to watch her compete Journal, I’ve written several book Award for the New York revival of 71 139 North 22nd St. in the collegiate mock trial national reviews and op-ed pieces, pitched Our Town. He also is a director of Philadelphia, PA 19103 championships. This also allowed a book about the Station Nightclub The Jed Foundation and a trustee of 71 [email protected] us to see old friends from when I fire and had a 2,500-word article Second Stage theater. Mike is mar- taught at Memphis State for five published in The Chronicle of Higher ried to Ella M. Foshay ’71 GSAS, ’79 Mitch Orfuss: “Life is good. After years in the 1980s. Education about the night, during GSAS, who holds a Ph.D. in art his- a not-very Mad Men career in advert- “In retirement, I hope to get the 1968 Columbia disturbances, tory. They are the parents of Ella M. ising for 35 years, during most of back to writing. My first project that Professor Orest Ranum’s pa- Foshay-Rothfeld ’06 and Augusta F. which my wife, Kate, and I and kids, will be to transform a conference pers were set afire. The research I Foshay-Rothfeld ’08. Kathryn ’11 Georgetown and Stuart paper I did last year on Soviet rock did for the Ranum piece was fa- The vitality of this column re- ’14 Lynchburg College, lived two

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miles from campus, I am happily charming young man who has enthusiastically look forward to the as we are! Can we summon when at work for a company I became a strong working knowledge of reunion in June.” needed the wisdom of Athena acquainted with and joined forces ancient Greek and Latin, look no Ah, yes! Reunion! Earlier in the from the persona secreted in the with during my agency career, a further. evening that I wrote this, I attended folds of your gown? I’ll meet you professional-services firm that ap- “My only Columbia regrets have (by phone) a Reunion Committee on top of the library steps.” plies technology and scale to print been not being able to stay in touch meeting. There are lots of ideas John Miller spent the sum- production, which is as analog a with more of the class over the years. under consideration to take advan- mer hiking many state parks in business as you are likely to find. If you’re in Boston, give us a call!” tage of both Columbia and New Ohio and West Virginia, and was “That, and my wife’s return to David Margulies: “I am a York. A few years ago the Alumni introduced by a good friend to health from leukemia following a research scientist at the National Office incorporated Dean’s Day into the world of Renaissance Faires. stem-cell transplant in 2008, have Institute of Allergy and Infectious reunion, offering even more activi- “We attended one near Cleveland been rejuvenating for me. Diseases of the National Institutes ties and the opportunity to attend during the summer, and we will “Though a recent diagnosis of Health, where my major interest lectures on Saturday by Columbia be going to one in Cincinnati in of arthritis in my feet has put a is in understanding the function professors. October. We dress in the period voluntary end to my daily runs, I and structure of various molecules I always have a great time at and immerse ourselves in the fun still work out conscientiously (or expressed on the cell surface that reunion, with both old friends and of the period. I probably will for- is it compulsively?) and read as if regulate the immune system. new. Our class always has a strong ever introduce my wife to people I still had reading lists — if with “I pretty much have the same turnout. See ya there, Thursday, as My Lady. Anyone who hasn’t less pressure and intensity (though position that I’ve had for the last 25 June 2–Sunday, June 5. Mark your gone to a ‘Ren Faire’ should try it. perhaps better analytic ability!). or 30 years, though I have retired calendars now. To really enjoy it, you must at least And so, in unexpected ways, my from my position as an officer in rent an outfit there to join in the Columbia life seems more present the Public Health Service and now merriment. Being dressed in the to me now than it did then, and have an appointment in the Senior Paul S. Appelbaum period leads to much more interac- certainly more than it was in the Biomedical Research Service. Of 72 39 Claremont Ave., #24 tion with others. Costumes vary first 10 or 20 years after gradua- course, the research changes and New York, NY 10027 from peasants to nobility, pirates, tion. I suspect that Columbia had draws me into new approaches 72 barbarians, knights, etc.” [email protected] as incalculable an effect on my and new problems. John will be visiting NYC this classmates (I knew so few of you, “My connection to Columbia David Ricks, a self-described “de- December (anyone interested in unfortunately) as it did on me, and has been reinforced since our son, linquent classmate,” brought us connecting with John during his I am very lucky for it. Wishing all Dan ’13, a chemical physics major, up-to-date on what’s been happen- visit can contact me for informa- the best to the Class of ’71.” is a student. This past summer, ing in his life. “I work at the National tion). “My Lady has never seen Mark Silverman: “After a long Dan worked in the laboratory of Institutes of Health in Rockville, New York, and I’m looking forward silence, here I am. After CU, I at- Nicholas Turro, who taught one Md. Our multicultural family now to showing her New York at Christ- tended University of Connecticut semester of my organic chemistry includes two daughters (U.S.), wife mas. Is there a more beautiful place medical school (Mike Kempster class in 1969! I guess some things Fatima (Somalia), two sons-in-law than that? And of course there will and I were classmates) followed by don’t change. (U.S., Costa Rica), two sons (Canada, be ice skating,” he says. training at Yale and New England “When visiting Dan this sum- U.S.) and two grandkids (U.S./Costa Some news shorts: Sean Wilentz Deaconess in anatomic pathology. mer, I got a tour of the lecture halls Rica). Recent Columbia contacts has a new book out that had a “Being in the right place at in Havemeyer (exactly the same include opera critic John Yohalem great review in The New York Times the right time, I met and married as ’67–’71) and the new labs there ’71, zymoglyphic sculptor Jim Sunday book section in early Susan Mohr (Silverman) ’72 Bar- as well. Stewart and art curator Peter Frank. September. It’s called Bob Dylan in nard after a chance meeting at the “The Columbia chemistry con- I am enjoying ‘The Adventures of America, and it’s about … well, you Barnard library. nection continued recently at the David and Fatima’ more than ever, know. Mark Roe, the David Berg “Being in the right place, again, NIH, when I attended a seminar still learning, growing and looking Professor of Law at Harvard Law I became the founder and chair given by Charles Cantor (now at forward to what’s next.” School, spent the fall semester as a of the department of pathology Boston University and founder of “As for me,” writes Colin Petz, visiting scholar at the Law School. at Lahey Clinic outside of Boston some four biotech companies), who “I returned to Columbia in 1976 (Isn’t David Berg the guy who used when the new hospital was built taught a graduate biochemistry after graduating with a barely to draw the “Lighter Side” cartoons in 1980. My solo department has course I took in 1971 and was an earned B.A. I then studied calculus, for Mad Magazine?) grown into a large and sophisti- adviser of mine. After the seminar, I organic chem and other non-lyrical cated pathology group. talked with Cantor, reminding him forms of poetry, and became a “We settled in Newton, Mass., that I had taken his course almost physician at the fermented age Barry Etra where we have lived for almost 30 40 years ago. He asked my name, of 33. At 55, I entered Harvard 73 1256 Edmund Park Dr. NE years, raising three great kids along and promptly replied, ‘Oh yes, I through the back door, while Atlanta, GA 30306 the way. Jill, our oldest, is an attorney remember the name.’ (Whether he practicing medicine in Massachu- 73 [email protected] at Goldman Sachs after spending really remembered or was being setts, and reenacted sophomore four years at Paul Weiss. She’s done politically astute, I can’t say.) year, sharing after-class beers and As the seasons go ’round and well despite being handicapped “We’ve made a few trips from philosophical diversions with the ’round (and CCT does the same), I with a B.A. from Yale. It felt a little Maryland to New York, rediscover- clear-eyed Harvard cognoscenti. I remind everyone there is a time lag strange hearing about her working ing the vitality of the Upper West loved it. These digressions aside, between submission of notes and with some of my classmates, but ev- Side, and allowing us to connect ‘Quantum Columbia,’ as I now seeing them in print; if I receive eryone was really nice to her, prov- with some old friends, particularly imagine her, can no longer be notes directly after a column is sent ing to me once again how wonderful Joe Mandel, who lives in New located, by me at least, precisely in in, that could be as much as four our years at Columbia were. York. The last reunion sparked con- space-time without losing a sense months, a consequence of the CCT “My son David ’09 Business saw nections with my freshman/sopho- of her momentum. Perhaps she publishing schedule. Sorry! the light and attended Columbia more roommate, Rick Marsh, with has leapt ahead of the space-time Richard Dorfman’s first feature for a M.B.A., recovering from his whom I met up with again last year conundrum altogether, into that film,Pictures of Lilly, won an Award Harvard follies. He is now one of in D.C., as well as several others. void we feel somewhere behind of Merit at the Indie Fest in La Jolla, those ‘guys’ and works at Eagle “I continue to have a charmed our eyes. Perhaps she’s observing Calif. Richard’s production company Capital in New York. existence, married now more than us as we look backwards futilely is Zenoir Productions. He was seek- “Our youngest, Billy, is a charm- 30 years to Donna Vogel (a recent to recapture the experience of her. ing distribution for the film and ing young man who knows how to Jeopardy! champion) and follow- Sometimes I worry about us both creating his own website when his enjoy himself as he looks for a job ing the progress of our older son, and recall the inscription at Delphi e-mail arrived in July. after finishing Emory last spring. Ben, as he applies his chemistry carved three millennia ago: ‘Know Allen Schill has lived in Torino, He also lives in New York. Anyone background to enology and viticul- thyself.’ And I mean both you and Italy, for 14 years, with the last few looking for a multi-talented and ture at several Virginia wineries. I me, beloved Columbia, entangled on Superga, the mountain that

november/december 2010 51 class notes columbia college today overlooks the city and offers a mag- mates with young children brought care internal medicine practice. resulted in a client selling an inher- nificent view. Allen got his Italian a response from Dave Black in He says, “No awards, no plaques, ited painting that she thought was driver’s license years back, but he Raleigh, N.C. He reminds us that he no honorary anythings here, just, worth $500 for more than $100,000 prefers to cycle whenever it’s reason- claims the record of the “first child as the French say, le toubib du at a major Western art auction. able. He’s been devoting himself to produced by our class mantle.” coin (doctor on the corner).” He (You can read success stories and photography since the early ’80s, (His son Chris was born in January passes on that his son, Julien (20), more about the Appraisal Group mostly still-life, mostly black and 1971, and son Bryan came along in is studying acting at the Univer- at www.appraisalgroupusa.com.) white. Allen taught photography for May 1976, just as he was graduating sity of Santa Fe, and his daughter, While at Columbia, David worked 15 years at CUNY, was an assistant from the Graduate School of Archi- Gabrielle (17), is at the University the auction rooms. Sotheby’s to Irving Penn years ago and has tecture, Planning and Preservation.) of British Columbia, also in theater. had not bought Parke-Bernet on had numerous exhibitions. His web- Dave adds, “Despite this early start, He asked me for updates on Bob Madison Avenue yet, and the art site, which he shares with his wife, my first grandchild is not due until Heimer and Steve Dworkin, so I’ll and antiques world was quite Stefania Levi (a fine photographer November of this year. I guess my find out more on them for a future different. He worked with William in her own right), is impressive: sons learned something from my column. Doyle on East 87th Street and also http://2you.it/levischill. There are experience. It was, however, nice There you have it. The virtual at Tepper Galleries. David says that samples of Allen’s art (self-described to have an empty nest in my early mailbag is always thin during the his Columbia experience certainly as “Joseph Cornell channeling Sam- 40s. I can’t imagine running after a summer months but we still heard was important in the development uel Beckett”), his wife’s and many young one at our age.” from classmates around the coun- of his skills as an appraiser. He is a of his learned musings on other We’ll see how well “gramps” try and even one living abroad. member of the Certified Apprais- matters, both art-related and non-. does at chasing his grandchild dur- With the arrival of chillier weather, ers Guild of America and has an Interesting reading. ing the inevitable babysitting! I hope that more of you find affiliate in Los Angeles. More would be better. E-mail Within an hour of receiving the yourself inside with time to dash The June New York Law Journal with impunity! e-mail from architect Dave, another off an update on what’s happening included a lengthy article, “Mar- architect in the class contacted me. in your life. ried, Filing Jointly? Same-Sex Peter Budeiri, owner of Peter Bu- Marriages and New York Taxes,” Fred Bremer deiri + Associates in lower Man- co-authored by Joseph Lipari and 74 532 W. 111th St. hattan, was just checking in, but it Randy Nichols Deborah Silverman Herman, a New York, NY 10025 was good to hear that construction 75 734 S. Linwood Ave. partner of Joe’s at Roberts & Hol- 74 projects had started again after a Baltimore, MD 21224 land. While I’m not a New York [email protected] year’s slowdown following the 75 resident and not planning to get [email protected] They say that if you wait long financial crisis. Peter and his wife, married anytime soon, I still read enough, everything goes full circle. who is his partner at the firm, live Paul Argenti, professor of corporate with interest. I’ll also be passing This certainly seems to be the case up the Hudson in Irvington, N.Y. communications at Dartmouth’s the article along to some friends! on Morningside Heights. Many in From the West Coast, Mark Tuck School of Business, was Joseph Tibaldi has practiced the class bemoaned the loss of The Goldstein sends details of what quoted in a New York Post ar- endocrinology in Queens for more Gold Rail (the famous “jock bar” he has been up to during the past ticle about Goldman Sachs’ recent than 20 years and is the director of on 111th and Broadway) and what third of a century. Mark got an image-repair p.r. efforts, including endocrinology at Flushing Hospi- many said was the best burger M.B.A. from the Business School discussions to have the CEO appear tal Medical Center. Accompanied in the area. It was replaced in the and went to work for Citibank. on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Paul by his wife of 32 years, Jane McWil- mid-1970s by a Chinese restaurant However, fairly soon he decided said that Goldman should instead liams ’77 Barnard, Joseph recently and more recently by Tomo, a Japa- “to give the Bay Area a chance” explain to customers that the bank had the opportunity to lecture and nese restaurant. Just as the new and moved west. In 1979, Mark serves a purpose beyond lining its vacation in China. While in Hong school year started, the circle was joined Chevron in its informa- own pockets, as its value to society Kong, he looked up former Car- completed. In the place where The tion technology department and is what is being questioned. man suitemate Peter Boczar ’76. Gold Rail once stood, Mel’s Burger gradually became one of its senior James C. Finkenstaedt Jr., a They had not seen each other in 35 Bar has emerged. And yes, it has project managers. After almost 30 former Boston Globe editor on years but kept in touch, and they the best burger in the neighbor- years, Mark retired in late 2008. He the international desk, died in had a wonderful time recounting hood and even serves more than and his wife, Jane, have a son, Sam Paris last year. “Clem,” as he was memories of Columbia. They, of 70 types of beer. As said in The Lion (26), who followed in his dad’s known to his family and friends, course, discussed impacts of their King, “The circle of life!” footsteps. Sam is in Portland, Ore., was a consummate journalist who Columbia experiences and agreed Some of my ramblings in the building high-volume websites. dedicated his life to the public’s that the experience of learning last column brought responses Their daughter, Emily (24), recently right to know and the betterment from professors who actually led from several classmates. Mention returned from a year teaching in of journalism. His career took and lived history in their respective of Sherry Glied (wife of Richard Japan and has started a gradu- him from the Asbury Park Press to fields was absolutely priceless. Briffault) being appointed to a post ate program in English. Mark is the Agence France Press, to the In the last issue, I told you in the Obama administration re- spending his free time hiking in the International Herald Tribune in Paris a little about Alumni Reunion minded Dr. Steve DeCherney that hills near his home in the East Bay, and finally to the international Weekend 2010, but have more to he had Sherry as a health econom- traveling around the United States desk of the Boston Globe, a position report. I hope I didn’t give you ics professor while he was doing and doing a lot of history reading. from which he recently had retired. the impression that I was the only a master’s of public health at the A short note from Chris Hansen Jim was known for his courteous, one to receive a Dean’s Pin. (I Mailman School of Public Health in London tells us that he recently hospitable, welcoming and open recently had mine delivered to me many moons ago. He wrote, “She was installed as the master of his nature. Our condolences and best by proxy.) Receiving theirs from was an excellent teacher. We did Masonic Lodge. I will spare you wishes go to his wife, Elizabeth, Dean Michele Moody-Adams not realize the connection until the the details, but a health problem and their four children. were Paul Argenti, Glenn Bacal, end of the semester, and it did not had him in the hospital just as Years later, victims of Hurricane Barry Berger, Louis Dalaveris, Jim help my grade (B+).” Steve adds, “I his installation was about to take Katrina are still recovering from Dolan, Steve Jacobs, Bob Katz, retired briefly about two years ago. place. After much pleading with her wake, and some have received Charles Lindsay, Ira Malin, Walter It was terrible.” So now he is teach- his doctor, Chris gained permission assistance from a classmate in Ricciardi, Bob Schneider, Wayne ing, seeing patients half-time, is an to slip out for a few hours. “After an unusual way. The Appraisal Turner and Richard Witten. Terry s.v.p. at MedAssurant in Bowie, preparing for that night for five Group, under the direction of Mulry’s was awarded in absentia. Md., is consulting on healthcare years, I would be damned if I was David J. Goldberg, has negoti- Classmates came from far and investments and is on some boards going to let a doctor keep me from ated nearly 150 settlements in the near (well, mainly near New York in the United States and the United enjoying it,” he wrote. New Orleans area and recently City) and brought family and Kingdom. “Good to be overworked Dr. Mark Seredowych sends his has finished appraisals in Texas friends. Since I couldn’t make it, again. Honestly,” Steve says. greetings to one and all from Santa and Washington state as well. I have to rely on other eyes and The column item about class- Fe, N.M., where he has a primary The group’s most recent success ears “on the ground” to report. I

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had hoped to come home with a move to a progressive, growing as managing director of Kissinger sity of Chicago, which I attended notebook full of news and things university in a terrific town (one Associates and then founded a com- for grad school. We both lived to include in these notes, but will of those places that appears on pany, Intellibridge, which provided in Hyde Park in Chicago. Now, have to rely on you all to send me “top 10 cities to live in” lists in open-source intelligence to the U.S. however, he lives in Washington, updates. Please send e-mails! magazines). I left administration in government and companies. After D.C., and I am in Oakland, Calif.” Elizabeth, Roberta and Richard a provost’s office to go back onto that company was sold, I started (Richard was pursuing an M.A. in Barnett and Barry Pinchoff came a tenure line in an English depart- what has become Garten Rothkopf, biochemistry at Chicago, inciden- in from Long Island. ment, where I’ll pick up research an advisory firm co-chaired by tally, and has worked since 1997 for Barry Berger, Tamar and Gary again, teach undergrads and grads, former dean of the Yale School of Bio-Rad Laboratories.) As of this Brill, Stacey and Gene Davis (and and share admin work with col- Management Jeffrey E. Garten. At writing, Bob Schuchts is expecting clan — I fondly remember sitting leagues. Specifically, I’m directing the same time, I’ve been doing a an impressive sixth grandchild. with you all at the Alexander both the writing center and the lot of writing and academic work. And Adam Nortick is proud to an- Hamilton Award Dinner a few university’s writing-across-the- I taught for a number of years as nounce that his daughter, Mariel, years ago), Ben Greene and Albert curriculum efforts. an adjunct at SIPA, did likewise at is a 2010 graduate of the Dental Mrozik represented New Jersey. My wife, Nancy, is teaching an- Georgetown and am now also a School: “Mariel will be doing a Coming from farther away tebellum American lit in the depart- visiting scholar at the Carnegie En- residency in pediatric dentistry at were Jim Dolan from Maryland ment; my son Jesse (15) is attending dowment for International Peace.” the University of Alabama, Bir- (my fellow Balti-moron), Peter her alma mater, Boise H.S.; and my And that, again, is the brief mingham,” he informs us, and also Garza-Zavaleta (Florida), Sue and son Gabriel (8) is in the third grade report; for more details, you might that he will henceforth be known Gerry Keating (Florida), Jeff Kes- at Lowell Elementary, which is a de consult the profile of David that as “Papa Doc.” sler (Virginia), Glenda and Tom facto international school from ab- appeared in the May/June 2008 Quarnstrom (where are you these sorbing so many recent immigrants issue of CCT (college.columbia. days? I don’t seem to have a cur- from Eastern Europe and Africa, edu/cct/may_jun08). Among Matthew Nemerson rent address), Joyce and Jeff Retig notably Somalia. other books, David has written 78 35 Huntington St. (Pennsylvania) and Ken Scherzer Please note my new contact in- Running the World: The Inside Story New Haven, CT 06511 (Tennessee — hey Ken, I’m work- formation, at the top of the column. of the National Security Council and 78 [email protected] ing at a Banner school now). And please send your items along the Architects of American Power David Gawarecki (Connecticut for future columns. and Superclass: The Global Power The bright blue sky shines over the — what parking schemes do you Elite and the World They are Making. red brick of Morningside Heights as have when you come to campus?), The book I interrupted, due out the latest college ratings (which in Steve Krasner (Rhode Island) and David Gorman in 2011, deals with the history other circles we are supposed to say Patricia and Paul Kulig (Vermont) 77 111 Regal Dr. and the future of the relationship mean nothing and use an obscure were down from New England. DeKalb, IL 60115 between business and government. and unfathomable methodology) And, no surprise, the largest 77 In addition, let it be noted that have moved Columbia up to No. 4 [email protected] contingent was from the New York David writes regularly for Foreign in U.S. News & World Report’s large Metro area: Bert Grossman ’75E; Steve Caley extends greetings to Policy, among other publications. university standings. [Editor’s note: Steve Jacobs; Jane and Bob Katz; everyone. He lives in Westchester Living in Bethesda, Md., David has See Campus News in “Around the Helaine and Stew Lazow; Fern, and works in NYC, where he’s been able to see former roommate Quads.”] This is a great achieve- Maxwell, Sally, Susan and Charlie been with Kelley Drye & Warren Mike Oren (Israeli ambassador) ment for our president and the Lindsay; Robert Lopez; Janet for many years and is a partner fairly often. “I’m also in touch with power of a good set of strategies, Serle and Ira Malin (city dwellers in the litigation department. “My another former roommate, Andy fundraising and the ascendency of again); Peter McCann; Steve Mill- practice focuses on complex busi- Greenspan, although given that New York City as the global city er; Jacqueline and Joseph Pober; ness and commercial litigation he is in far-away Florida, I don’t and alma mater as its muse. Clara and Walter Riccardi; Regina and advertising-related litigation,” get to see him that often. He seems Anyway, for those of us going Mullahy and Bob Schneider; Rick Steve explains, noting further that to be thriving however, and both along for the ride it’s nice to see. Shur; Mitch Stein; Wayne Turner; his wife, Bonnie, is a Law School ex-roommates have managed Robert Crochelt writes, “I’ve al- Nancy Jane and Floyd Warren; and alum. “Our oldest daughter gradu- thankfully neither to age nor to ways been amazed by your staying Lisa and Richard Witten. ated from Dartmouth last year and lose their senses of humor, so when power [as your humble scribe, no If I missed anyone, got a loca- lives and works in the Boston area. I’m with them, I feel like nothing doubt, Bob would have no clue as tion wrong or made any other er- Her sister is a junior at Northwest- has changed at all. (Sometimes to any other sorts of staying power] rors in the above, forgive me (and ern. In recent years, I have been no change at all is the best kind of and also by the amazing things send updates)! bitten by the golf bug. Fortunately progress. Oy ... I think I’ve been in for me, golf is one of the few activi- Washington too long.)” ties that one can do poorly and still David’s wife, Adrean, works for REUNION JUNE 2–JUNE 5 enjoy tremendously.” Research in Motion, his older daugh- Alumni Office Contacts Manage Your Like the rest of us (if more poeti- ter, Joanna, is studying at the Sor- Alumni Affairs Taruna Sadhoo cally), Steve finds it hard to believe bonne, while the younger, Laura, [email protected] Subscription how much time has passed since “gives me yet another reason to 212-851-7849 “our halcyon days on Morningside think of Columbia regularly, as she f you prefer reading CCT Development Sam Boyer Heights.” is starting her sophomore year at online, you can help us [email protected] I I was pleased to hear from David Barnard, on whose international 212-851-7452 go green and save money Rothkopf and even more pleased advisory board I now have the by opting out of the print Clyde Moneyhun that my e-mail dunning him for pleasure of serving.” David adds, edition. Click “Manage Your Boise State University news gave him a break from his “I travel constantly, keeping up 76 Subscription” at college. Department of English latest book project. “After having with the world primarily by read- 76 200 Liberal Arts Building had a media company in New ing Columbia College Today.” columbia.edu/cct and follow 1910 University Dr. York, I was asked to join the Clinton Updates from all over: The the domestic instructions. Boise, ID 83725 administration in 1993 as deputy aforementioned Mike Oren had an We will continue to notify clydemoneyhun@ under secretary of commerce for op-ed piece in The New York Times you by e-mail when each boisestate.edu international trade policy. When I on June 3. Six degrees of Richard issue is posted online. You left in 1996, I was acting under sec Otter: “Me and Barack Obama may be reinstated to receive The only news I’ll report this time retary of commerce for international [’83], what’s the connection? My the print edition at any time is mine: I’ve moved to a new job in trade, in which I oversaw all the wife and Obama both attended by sending a note to cct@ a new town. It was strange leaving department’s international trade Punahou School in Hawaii, Obama columbia.edu. Stanford and the Bay Area for the promotion and enforcement activi- and I attended Columbia for col- wilds of Idaho, but it’s a happy ties. From there, I did a couple years lege, Obama taught at the Univer-

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Dr. Francis Collini ’78 Leads Surgical Teams to Ecuador

B y Ca s e y Pl e t t

wo years ago, in Ecuador, and burn reconstruction, and young field … looked at as quasi- a 9-year-old boy who had club foot repair are some of surgical,” he explains. “I was Tstepped on a nail came the surgeries Community Cares strongly considering going into to Dr. Francis Collini ’78. The for Kids performs. Ecuadorians surgical infections and diseases, neglected wound had become are informed through television but at the crucial moment I dug chronically infected, and the only and newspaper advertisements deep into my guts.” He trans- cure was a below-the-knee am- about the team’s arrival and the ferred and finished residency at putation. surgical services offered. the University of Medicine and “He had a small tear in his Much of the organization’s Dentistry of New Jersey. eye,” Collini says, “but he bright- work concerns transporting After three years with the ened up and said ‘That’s OK, equipment to the operating the- Mayo Clinic followed by six doc. I know I’m gonna be suc- ater, a naval hospital in the city months with Hollywood surgeon cessful even with one leg. Be- of Guayaquil. (The team stays in Richard Ellenbogen, Collini cause my pediatrician has one a nearby hotel.) “Anything in an opened a practice in Shavertown, leg and he’s a doctor like you. operative field you will need you Pa., in 1990, where he and his So if he can do it, so can I.’ For have to bring with you,” Collini wife raised their children, Lauren, a 9-year-old to have that kind says. This year he and his team 23, and Joey, 20. He continues to of fortitude!” Eighteen months flew down 2,300 lbs. of equip- Dr. Francis Collini ’78 operates live and run a practice there. later, the boy sent Collini photo- ment, from maxillofacial plates on a child with a cleft palate. According to Collini, Ecuador graphs. “He’s healed and doing to nasal implants to sterile sup- has the highest rate of microtia great,” Collini says. plies. The mammoth inventory go to. All 50 said Columbia.” (underdevelopment of the ear) Starting in 1994, Collini has is overseen by Collini’s mother, And Columbia has followed in the world, along with stag- made it his mission to lead a Cynthia, a nurse. him to Ecuador. Dr. Dave Levens gering rates of cleft lip/palate group of volunteer surgeons Though volunteers constitute ’82 P&S is part of the surgical and burn injuries. While his team from America to Ecuador one the entire team, the annual trip team, and Dr. Roy Sheinbaum is in Ecuador, they will triage week every summer to do re- costs approximately $25,000. ’82 P&S, an anesthesiologist, has 250–300 patients and treat constructive plastic surgery for Funds come from a mixture of helped in the past. Collini met about 65 of them. patients in need. He currently a small group of regular donors, both in his time at the College. “You make the decision that takes anywhere from 24–30 an annual fundraiser and a grant Dr. Ray Ortega, a surgeon on the moment whether they get the people with him, and the brave, from the charitable organization team whom Collini knows from surgery,” Morhaim says. “And one-legged boy is one of more SmileTrain (smiletrain.org). high school, is an attending at a lot of them can’t.” Not every than 1,000 people treated by “Frank’s a gifted surgeon,” P&S now, and Dr. John Andrews kind of specialist can go down Collini or his team. says Dr. Jaime Morhaim ’78, ’82 ’89 Dental, who traveled with the every year, and some patients Collini initially traveled to P&S, a bilingual doctor — and team two years ago, met Collini have multiple syndromes that Ecuador with Hands Healing Collini’s College roommate — when he moved to Pennyslvania. make treatment beyond the Hearts, an organization he co- who accompanies Collini to Collini says he did not seek organization’s capacity. Also, founded with a surgical col- Ecuador as a translator. “There out Columbia people, but col- the hosting hospital does not league. After nine years, the aren’t many people in the world leagues he knew from Columbia have an ICU, prohibiting ex- colleague opted not to continue who can do the reconstructive asked to be included as the tended treatment beyond one and the organization disbanded. stuff he does. To see him go Ecuadorian team grew. “It’s really overnight stay. “It’s just tragic, A couple of years later, Collini’s from sitting across the room been quite amazing how Colum- it’s beyond anything you’ve wife, Susan, urged him to return from me studying organic bia gets involved,” he says. ever seen,” Morhaim says. “But to Ecuador. Collini agreed “on chemistry, to this … it’s pretty Collini majored in psychology, you keep going down. Once you one condition,” he says: that impressive.” He and Collini then attended SUNY Downstate go, you can’t stop.” she organize the trips. speak several times a week. Medical School in Brooklyn. He Collini echoes his longtime She accepted, and in 2006, As a high school senior in began his residency at Johns friend. “I’m going to do it until the couple founded Community Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Collini de- Hopkins but left because his I can’t do it anymore. I really Cares for Kids (communitycares bated between Columbia and pursuit of plastic surgery had enjoy it that much.” forkids.org), the current vehicle Fordham. “I was very naïve,” earned scorn from some of the for Collini’s team. he says. “I probably asked 50 other doctors. Casey Plett is a freelance writ- Cleft lip/palate repair, ear people which college I should “In those days, [it] was a very er based in the New York area. some of our classmates did and are same. I have left my practice in West as I write this. I continue to be bles Obama to the Federal Court of doing. I practice general surgery Virginia and am doing locums sur- sed with excellent health and the Appeals, Third Circuit, in Febru- but given the state of our healthcare gery in Alaska and New Mexico, wonderful companionship of my ary. Joe had been a federal district reform, I am considering attending both at Native American hospitals. wife, Donna Lynn Smith. I am not judge for the District of New Jersey school in Modoc, Calif., to learn The organizations are poorly orga- sure what the future holds but am since 1996.” how to operate railroad locomo- nized and inefficient, but the staff is looking forward to an interesting Mark Axinn has been “meaning tives. The pay is not as good, but it’s dedicated to providing healthcare, 2011.” to write as I actually do have some cleaner, and you can always strike if and the patients are grateful. I have Alfred G. Feliu selflessly notes, news worthy of your column. Last the government cuts your pay. made one trip to Haiti as a volunteer “The Hon. Joseph A. Greenaway April, I was elected chair of the “Alas, the hours are about the surgeon and have another planned Jr. was appointed by President New York State Libertarian Party.

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Dedicated to increasing freedom need him! new start was easy. Spending the student entering the seventh grade. and personal liberty in our lives, the Tom’s photo of Columbia men’s weekend removing old and rotten She’s tall, 5-foot-8, a mad rebounder Libertarian Party is the country’s lacrosse action was published wood makes me feel like a coal and starting to knock down the short third largest political party after the in the September 8 Spectator, for miner. Old friends drop by and see jumper for her traveling team. (Co- Democrats and Republicans. which he did not receive a photo me in the pine barrens, where the lumbia is in her early choices of col- “This summer, I coordinated a credit. This continues a tradition sand is flat and there are more pine leges but that’s five years away. Let’s petition drive that resulted in 34,000 started by his older son, in high trees than anywhere on earth.” get through high school first.) My signatures being submitted to the school, where Tom’s photo credit Thank you Bruce, you sound like lovely spouse, Carolyn, continues Board of Elections (we needed always was turned into “Year- Charles Kuralt. her work with physically challenged 15,000) for the Libertarian slate in book” or “Development Office.” We are all happy and healthy children for the NYC Board of Edu- New York. We have pro-freedom, We have a report that Ephraim here in New Haven, although the cation. Daily exercise is keeping the anti-war candidates running for Rubenstein was featured at the trajectory of the world leaves us stress and old age at bay, but those Senate, Congress, governor, lieuten- George Billis Gallery, in the Chel- perplexed and saddened much of old wrestling injuries remind me ant governor, comptroller, attorney sea Art District in New York City. the time. Still, if Columbia taught that I am not 18 anymore. general and state assembly. The gallery features work by both us anything it must be that human “I hope that this missive finds all “The entrenched parties make it national and international emerg- spirit, intelligence and humor can our classmates happy and healthy. virtually impossible for indepen- ing and established artists. overcome the presence of human Peace.” dents to challenge their hold on And finally, Yale J. Reisner has greed, arrogance and stupidity. I Matthew, my next book is called power. Hopefully my efforts this the farthest return address for the just can’t remember if that hap- Stop Exercising, You’re Killing Yourself. year will make it a bit easier to month, as he tells us from Warsaw, pened in history class or the study Keep that in mind, all you exercise provide voters in New York with a Poland, what he has been up to. of the novel. Oh well, write soon nuts! choice other than statism and more “I don’t write much because my with your point of view. Steven H. Shapiro, general government.” life makes for dull copy: I haven’t counsel and corporate secretary of Good luck, Mark, and perhaps changed addresses in 16 years or Cole Taylor Bank, was appointed co- you can tell us what is really hap- wives — even once! — during the Robert Klapper chairman of the national Small- and pening with the Tea Party folks … . last 28. And still the very same 79 8737 Beverly Blvd., Ste 303 Mid-Cap Companies Committee for Tom Reuter reports, “My wife, daughter. Yet every day is new and Los Angeles, CA 90048 the Society of Corporate Secretaries Grace ’78 Barnard, and I live near fascinating, thank God. 79 and Governance Professionals. Ear- [email protected] Albany. In a wonderful turn of “Since our memories aren’t get- lier this year, Steven was appointed family planning, this spring we ting any better, here’s what all that Musical updates from Brewer to the organization’s national Public will attend our son Tim ’11’s grad- stability has entailed: Shettles bring news that “Indie Advocacy Committee and recently uation followed three days later “In 1994, I established the Ronald label Liquid Fusion Records is completed a second term as presi- by our son Matthew ’07’s medical S. Lauder Foundation Genealogy releasing two CDs and two singles dent of the society’s Chicago chapter. school graduation at Georgetown. Project at Warsaw’s Jewish Histori- for entry into upcoming 53rd The society was founded in 1946, The reception and grandparent cal Institute to help Jews with Polish Grammy Awards: Liquid Fusion and has more than 3,100 members management will probably kill us. roots research their family histories. – Psychedelic Blues; Liquid Fusion/ representing approximately 2,500 We never thought about this when The project grew to include Poles The Kitchen – NYC Rock Vol 1; companies. Its members deal with we decided to hold them back an discovering Jewish roots and Liquid Fusion – a rock instrumen- public disclosure under the securi- extra year for kindergarten because Holocaust survivors seeking family tal; The Shiningest Star – upbeat ties laws and matters affecting cor- they were too young. and people claiming citizenship or dance/rock blues instrumental. porate governance. The Small- and “Tim is a history major and property; and to consult for NGOs, Listen free at liquidfusion.com. Mid-Cap Companies Committee future college professor. He had a rabbinates, consulates, government “Making a push for serious long- works to support the unique gover- wonderful time during study- offices and courts. Facing growing term capital investors, as we wish nance needs of smaller companies abroad at the University of St. An- demand, the project became the to integrate music, clothing design through teleconferences, webcasts drews in Scotland. He is proud of Jewish Genealogy & Family History and film all under the power of our and a group-specific intranet. the fact that between his visit to the Center, funded by the Taube Foun- brand, Liquid Fusion. Labor of love! I’d like to describe my belly as Parthenon museum in Athens and dation for Jewish Life & Culture, We’re listened to globally via our small- or mid-cap. Welcome to the British museum in London, with a growing staff and improved free online players. Nice to think middle age. he has mastered the first month of information technologies. we’re helping bring peace and good Dr. Robert C. Klapper: Being a Art Humanities. Scotland was a “Concurrently, my wife, Helise vibes to heal a very troubled world: surgeon in Hollywood these last wonderful experience except for (Anna Przybyszewska Drozd) United States, China, Russia, Iran, 21 years has led to, as you might the food. ‘Dad,’ he said, ‘if I have founded the Lauder Morasha Europe ... .” imagine, taking care of quite a few mutton one more time there will be School, Warsaw’s first Jewish I’m trying to learn the ukulele, well known movie and TV stars. bullets.’ ” school in 45 years. She took the any advice? I would be lying if I didn’t admit “So, Mom and Dad agreed to school from 18 kids to 240 (pre- In June, Glen Savits was elected that it is quite entertaining to be meet him for a few days during his K–9). Helise now directs the Taube v.p. of The National Employment their doctor. spring break in a place where the Center for the Renewal of Jewish Lawyers Association. NELA is the Now, keep in mind, I have a food is fabulous, Paris. Everything Life in Poland, supporting varied largest plaintiff employment bar in young office staff working around went as expected: The museums educational and cultural programs. the country. The national organiza- me, and sometimes I am the only were crowded, the staff at the store “My daughter, Nitzan (22), left tion and its affiliates have more one who gets excited when a major was rude, the waiters were atten- Morningside as a shy 5-year-old than 3,000 attorney members. personality walks through the door, tive, but alas, during the spring the who did not speak any Polish. She’s How many hours of billing is like Tony Danza (this isn’t a HIPPA Parisians serve lamb. No matter, it now completing an M.A. at the that? violation because one of his recent was delicious, one of the best meals Warsaw School of Social Psychol- Architect Matthew A. Peckham office visits with me is on his blog, ever. We all enjoyed touring Paris. ogy. Her Polish is impeccable and reports, “Work is slower these Daily Danza, dailydanza.com). “Matthew is applying for a her shyness has given way to a days. I am not sure if it’s a good I share this with you because residency in orthopedics. He was vibrant social life. thing or bad thing. I am approach- recently I was taking a history from away on rotations in orthopedics “Anyone headed to Warsaw — or ing the decade mark at my firm a new patient whom I could not at NewYork Presbyterian/Colum- with Polish Jewish roots — can drop and begin my ninth year as an stop looking at, wondering why bia University Medical Center in me a line: [email protected].” adjunct professor of architecture he looked so familiar. His occupa- October and at Yale-New Haven Yale, that sounds anything but at the New Jersey Institute of tion was not actor, but rather music Hospital in November. So there dull and in fact, is quite impressive. Technology School of Architecture. composer. The exam continued will soon be another Columbia And we wrap up with a poem Teaching constantly reminds you until all of a sudden I turned to him Lion residing, at least temporarily, of sorts from Bruce Fraser, “Re- of how much you don’t know. and said, “Wait a minute, you were in Eli country!” modeling my ‘fixup’ barn is con- “Family is good: daughter Em- Robbie in My Three Sons!” (His one And me with the bad back may suming a lot of time. Previously, a ily (12 going on 19) is a straight-A truly legendary role, in my opinion.

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ics Complex in the spring for a address, [email protected]. right to be different. Don Quixote game. [Editor’s note: See Roar Lion You’ll all be hearing more about made a point to be different. I have Roar in “Around the Quads” for the reunion from official sources, devoted a good part of my life to more on the new Satow Stadium.] as well as this column, in the com- the study of Quixote. I assert myself Josh Stolow, super-doc from ing months. as Don Quixote did. I am an indi- San Antonio, had a wonderful vidual. I am not a conformist.’ To evening with legendary Professor this day Professor Selig wears rings Jacques Barzun ’27. For those who Andrew Weisman dedicated to Don Quixote and San- do not remember, Professor Barzun 82 710 Lawrence Ave. cho Panza. More than 20 years into is responsible for all of us taking Westfield, NJ 07090 his retirement, he remains steadfast Lit Hum. He spoke of his life 82 in his dedication and devotion [email protected] and career as a historian and his to Columbia and to his former relationship with Columbia. Josh Greetings, gentlemen. I am filled students. He welcomes visits from said at 103, Professor Barzun was with hubris; my threats have students, and while he enjoys remi- as sharp as a tack and that he has borne fruit. Three of our esteemed niscing, he still has much to teach forgotten more than most people creative classmates took it upon us. For contact information, class- Lou Orfanella ’82 was one of will learn in a lifetime. themselves to write. mates can get in touch with me at several students who spent time Best wishes to all for a happy Checking in first this round was [email protected].” this summer with Professor Karl- and healthy holiday season. Drop John Mastrodimos. Some of you Lou, on behalf of all your class- Ludwig Selig discussing Selig’s me a line at [email protected]. may remember John’s excellent sub- mates, thank you for your time and history and his favorite subject, mission from two years ago, where effort in putting this thoughtful Cervantes. he included some poetry. I was glad contribution together. REUNION JUNE 2–JUNE 5 to hear that he still pursues his pas- Last but not least, the extraor- Alumni Office Contacts sion for music. While at the College, dinarily talented Erik Friedlander This was a hip violation because Alumni Affairs Kimberly Peterson John was a student by day and a wrote in on the eve of the release that’s what was hurting.) He then [email protected] punk rocker by night playing clubs of his latest recording. I did a little looked at me and said, “Very good, 212-851-7872 such as CBGB, Max’s Kansas City snuffling around online and dis- Dr. Klapper!” I then turned with Development Sam Boyer and the Village Gate. John continues covered that, were it not for the excitement to tell my staff, who [email protected] to play in a couple of local bands, fact that I reside under a rock, I replied, “What’s My Three Sons?” 212-851-7452 Thank God I have this column including the Time Bandits, which would have known what Erik was to share my excitement with some Jeff Pundyk specializes in classic rock covers up to. The following biographical body. Dada dah dah daaaaah, 81 20 E. 35th St., Apt. 8D and can be seen pretty regularly in information was culled from Erik’s dahhhhhhhmmmmmmm. New York, NY 10016 local clubs and venues in the North website: 81 Jersey area. Additionally, he spent “Erik started playing guitar at [email protected] the last year working on an original age 6 and added cello two years Michael C. Brown The pitiful number of submissions project, Send Dreams. Find them on later. He began formal lessons at 80 London Terrace Towers to this column can only mean one MySpace. Definitely worth a listen! age 12. Erik continued his musical 410 W. 24th St., Apt. 18F thing: that you’re saving your best Also checking in this period with studies at Columbia University in 80 New York, NY 10011 and biggest lies for our big reunion a memorable submission is accom- 1978. Upon graduation, he spent in June. I understand completely. plished author Lou Orfanella: the next decade refining his cello [email protected] I wouldn’t want to waste a single “I had the great pleasure this technique through long hours of The fall has been wonderful this fascinating story here when you summer of spending some inspir- practice, supporting himself by year in New York City, and I have can be telling it in person to that ing time with legendary Columbia playing in various orchestras and been watching a lot of football guy. You know, that guy. That guy professor Karl-Ludwig Selig [see Broadway shows, recording com- games. Our Lions have shown from your dorm who just kind of photo]. While he is slowed physi- mercial music for jingles and mov- some brilliance but still are a work showed up. Maybe he showed cally by numerous health concerns, ies, and doing session work with in progress. It was great to see up at the dining hall or maybe he his mind and devotion to intel- artists like Laurie Anderson, Court- many of you at Homecoming, showed up hanging with your lectual pursuits are as sharp as ney Love’s Hole and Dar Williams. and the highlight of the weekend roommate or maybe he showed they were 30 years ago when he He also started his first small was the Athletics Hall of Fame up just as you were sitting in the stood before us in Hamilton Hall. groups and made his first record- dinner. While no one from the sun on the Low Steps. You may I was pleased to learn that there ings. Erik came into his own in the Class of ’80 was inducted, Shawn not exactly remember his name or has developed a network of friends 1990s as he became an integral part FitzGerald had the honor of pre- even where he showed up, but I and admirers, many of whom he of NYC’s downtown jazz scene, senting Bill Steinman, Columbia’s guarantee you this: He remembers refers to as his ‘wonderful, loyal receiving notices in publications distinguished statistician, with his you. He remembers things about students’ who visit frequently to like the Boston Globe, The Wire and award for service to the University. you that you don’t remember. He provide companionship and lend Billboard which wrote, ‘Friedlander Remarkably, “Stats” has been a has a bucketful of remembrances a hand tending to his needs. As [is] one of today’s most ingenious fixture with Athletics since 1970. to share, things that may sound any of us who studied with him, and forward-thinking musical Speaking of football, I have had vaguely familiar, but frankly, you or were just aware of his presence practitioners.’ ” the privilege of seeing super-lawyer really don’t know what he’s talking as part of the fabric of our years on It should be noted that I also Dave Maloof at many of the New about or what, for that matter, his Morningside Heights know, he is discovered an interview with Erik York Jets home games this season. name is, or whose friend he was. one of the world’s foremost Cer- and a performance on NPR. How In addition to keeping our seas safe But he knows you, for sure, and he vantes scholars. I asked him about cool is that? for travel, Dave is an avid Jets fan would love, love, love to meet your his affinity for Don Quixote, and Erik wrote: “I’m here to offer and a longtime season ticket holder. family and share some of those he explained that he has always some bits of news. I often have The new stadium and good play great stories with them, too. When seen himself as a sort of outsider little nuggets of news about things made for an exciting season. he buttonholes you as you stand in starting in his youth. ‘I wore thick I’m doing. I’m a professional musi- Our annual baseball old-timers that long line simply waiting for a glasses and had psoriasis. I was cian/composer and this is a press event was attended by Eric Blatt- drink, be kind. Remember, we’re ugly so nobody wanted to touch release for my latest CD: man, Shawn FitzGerald and me. all that guy to somebody. me,’ he says. As he grew up, with “ ‘Erik Friedlander’s haunting They don’t call it “old-timers” for As a public service, I’m holding his family escaping the Holocaust new CD, Fifty Miniatures for Impro- no reason, as many of us got a the single submission I received to and arriving in America, Professor vising Quintet, is a collection of 50 step slower since last season. The publish alongside what I’m sure Selig continued to develop what miniature pieces — little worlds — new baseball stadium is a thing of will be an avalanche of submis- he describes as, ‘An interest in the some wild and free, some carefully beauty, and you should make an sions for the next few issues. Send topics and matter of “outsiderli- constructed like line drawings, effort to get up to the Baker Athlet- early and often to my new e-mail ness” and marginality and the others lush watercolor landscapes.

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Steve Perlman ’83 Enhances Communication Through Technology

B y Na n c y Christie

ounder and CEO of and a printer and terminal in But he also has found a … where something is useful San Francisco-based my dorm room,” Perlman says, great deal of satisfaction in to people and people see some Rearden (rearden.com), “and I wrote software so a “developing people” — a talent benefit in it.” an incubator for com- person without any technical for which Perlman also credits For example, when he was Fpanies developing new ways knowledge could do word pro- Columbia, where he had the principal scientist of Apple to combine art and technology, cessing. I know that sounds opportunity to recognize the Computer, Perlman led the Steve Perlman ’83 has spent pretty mundane these days, but vast diversity of journeys there team that developed the Quick- his life building pioneering Inter- in 1979 and 1980, that was a are and how to synchronize Time technology, which “Apple net, entertainment, multimedia, big deal. I had students lined up his efforts with others in a way management thought … was consumer electronics and com- outside my dorm room to get that would be mutually ben- the dumbest idea in the world,” munications technologies and onto the one word processor eficial. It’s a valuable skill that says Perlman. But after Mac services. on campus!” has enabled him to mentor developers “went crazy over it,” But he’s always been more the Rearden team of in Perlman’s words, manage- intrigued by what technology engineers, artists and ment allowed them to ship it can accomplish than in how it scientists. as a product. “Now,” he says, works, viewing computers “just Cindy Ivers, senior “more than 20 years later, it’s as tools, not an end in and of director of account- built into every Mac, iPhone, themselves.” This attitude was ing and finance for iPod and iPad, and every PC apparent in his 1978 Columbia Rearden and OnLive, running iTunes.” admissions essay, which he a Rearden-incubated One of Perlman’s goals is to feels was “pretty unusual:” how company, has wit- develop a platform for creating to build a system that would nessed Perlman’s interactive experience with the understand human speech. approach in action. depth and realism of movies “I don’t know why they ac- When his engineers that average people can enjoy. cepted me but they did,” he come to Perlman with As he explains, while movies says with a laugh. “For some what they consider and television shows are pas- reason or another, they thought an insurmountable sive forms of entertainment, that would be a useful contribu- problem, she says “We stand on the threshold of a tion to the campus.” he encourages them major cultural transition, where Although Perlman’s major to think “outside the … we can step into a world and was computing science, where box.” “He’ll ask, ‘Did become immersed within it, he worked most closely with you think about it this either passively, or actively as Yechiam Yemini, his professor way? Or how about a player. In time, perhaps not in and informal adviser, Perlman this way?’ He just my lifetime, the simulation of said that the classes he en- keeps plugging away reality will be utterly complete. joyed most were those associ- Steve Perlman ’83, founder and CEO of until he finds some- You will see, hear, smell and feel ated with the liberal arts. Rearden, OnLive and MOVA, at the com- thing they haven’t a completely artificially created “I really liked the Core Cur- pany’s San Francisco headquarters. tested yet. He’s told world around you. You’ll experi- riculum: Contemporary Civiliza- PHOTO: Jaymer Delapena me, ‘I am not the ence the terror of landing at tion and Literature Humanities best engineer in the Omaha Beach, or the joy of cra- [and] the subject matter in Art Perlman says that experience company. I just help people get dling a newborn baby. Fantasy and Music Humanities. I also had a huge impact on him. “In over their issues and get them will become indistinguishable took several classes on the every era, there always are peo- to be the best they can be.’ ” from reality and will open huge novel and English literature ple who are stuck in existing But while Perlman has been opportunities for expression and with Barnard professor Maire ways of thinking, and you need successful in his endeavors communication.” Jaanus.” to just find ways around them,” — his recently patented facial How does Perlman define It was this interest in com- he says. “My way, of course, motion capture technology, career success? He says it’s municating thoughts and ideas was to turn my dorm room into MOVA Contour, was used in when “you set out to change through various media that in- the word processing room that the filmsThe Curious Case of the world and make things bet- directly led to one of Perlman’s I thought the campus should Benjamin Button and The In- ter in one way or another, and computer projects at Colum- have.” credible Hulk — Perlman notes, have gotten reasonably close bia. After an article he had Since graduating from Colum- “You never get exactly what to the mark. It’s being able to written for Sundial, a campus bia, the 49-year-old Perlman, you want out of the system. go and move things, move the magazine, on the usefulness of who now lives in Silicon Valley There always are impediments ball just a bit further.” small computers for students with his wife, has continued to or things you learn along the didn’t get a positive response successfully “find ways around” way. What you need to do is Nancy Christie is a freelance from the IT department, he existing conditions and circum- learn while you are trying to writer and author of The Gifts took his idea to the masses — stances, as evidenced by his reach your goal, and then re- of Change. A member of the in this case, the students. more than 100 U.S. patents, formulate that goal so you end American Society of Journalists “I had a computer I designed with more than 100 pending. up with some good outcomes and Authors, she lives in Ohio.

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presidential campaign. In fact, high school and started at a local for our 25th reunion, Dan made a college in the fall. We traveled large contribution to the Columbia home to Nashville with the girls on College Fund in honor of Obama. the August 28 (week three for the At the reunion, Dan also read a girls) and are enjoying settling into memorable letter from Obama to home-at-home life after our home- our class. away-from-home in our Sacramen- In a New York Times article, “Why to rental. They flew like angels. Jet Wall St. Is Deserting Obama,” it is travel (though the pediatricians all evident Dan’s feeling about Obama cautioned about breathing soups have changed. The article states, of pathogens) is agreeable to new- “Daniel S. Loeb, the hedge fund borns. It’s so much like the womb. manager, was one of Barack You get held all the time, there is Obama’s biggest backers in the 2008 a loud ‘white noise’ canceling out presidential campaign. A registered too much stimulation and since Democrat, Mr. Loeb has given and you’re being held you get instant raised hundreds of thousands of dol- care for every whimper. Two days In a possible prediction of the future, Adam Belanoff ’84 (center), co-ex- lars for Democrats. Less than a year earlier, we had driven with them ecutive producer of TNT’s The Closer, cast fellow Varsity Show alumnus ago, he was considered to be among and a family ‘nanny’ figure to Lake and Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti ’92, ’93 SIPA (left) the Wall Street elite still close enough Tahoe for the day and they loved as mayor of Los Angeles, and his father, Gil Garcetti, a consulting pro- to the White House to be invited to a the day but hated the car seats. Jet ducer on the show, as the outgoing chief of police in the season finale, speech in Lower Manhattan, where travel is so much more agreeable.” which aired on September 13. President Obama outlined the need Ken Chin is vice chair for the PHOTO: Rick Wallace for a financial regulatory overhaul.” Harvard Law School 25th reunion. The article goes on to discuss a My family was honored to recent letter to investors written by have Professor Karl-Ludwig Selig The piece was written during a tember 3 Wall Street Journal article Dan lambasting the current state of join us at our home to celebrate particularly difficult time when his “Where Columbia Beats Harvard: affairs in Washington. Rosh Hashanah. Professor Selig, wife, Lynn, was suffering from an On the Battlefield of Curricula.” Ed Joyce, who hosted the still sharp as a tack, immediately unexplained and worsening leg The article states, “If the objective of reunion reception where Dan read identified the painting on my wall pain that eventually turned out a liberal education is to identify the Obama’s letter, forwarded me a as an original drawing by “Sam the to be a breast cancer recurrence. permanent and perennial issues in copy of the Times article. Ed is now Hoishy Man.” My son, David (5), Friedlander found refuge from the the midst of flux and change, then, a partner at the international law performed in the musical Oliver at difficult atmosphere by immersing the Columbia curriculum serves firm Jones Day. camp. Professor Selig thoroughly himself in composing for the five that purpose more directly than David Hershey-Webb sang at enjoyed David’s musical render- instruments (violin, cello, piano, most alternatives. In judging the the Susan G. Komen Race for the ings derived from the Dickens clas- bass, drums). Making playful two curricula, one does not face a Cure in Central Park on September sic. I have read David the Dickens use of style and orchestration, he closer call. If it were a football game, 12. Following that gig, he joined text, and he also loves the movie. varied the groupings, the length of Columbia would beat Harvard by the Blue Yodels at P and G Bar. He would have been fascinated the pieces (some as short as seven several touchdowns.” He sang songs from his new CD, by Professor Selig’s memorable seconds) and the mood ... ” (To I was deeply saddened by the Welcome to the World. Columbia lectures about the inter- read more, go to allaboutjazz.com/ death of John W. Kluge ’37. [Editor’s I was invited to the Columbia relationship of the arts. My entire php/news.php?id=64467.) note: See “Around the Quads.”] University Athletics Hall of Fame family also joined Professor Selig The album was released on Sep- In 2007, he pledged $400 million dinner, held in late October. The in celebrating his 84th birthday. tember 18 on SkipStone Records to Columbia. I had the honor of following student-athletes from I was thrilled to get a telephone (skipstonerecords.com). meeting Mr. Kluge during the 2008 our Columbia days are in the Hall call from Gary McCready, one of I took a little time to listen to Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner. of Fame: Tony Corbisiero (swim- the first friends I made as a fresh- some of Erik’s recordings, and they He is a Columbia treasure and will ming), Barry Nix ’82 (soccer) and man. Gary lives with his family in were exceptional. I would highly be sorely missed. John Witkowski ’84 (football). New Jersey and still knows more recommend following the links Bruce Abramson: “The Repub- David Lyle: “On July 21, I enjoy- about computers than anyone I and checking out his website, and lican Jewish Coalition was been ed a phone conversation with Ste- have met. He looks forward to at- then you’re going to want to pro- kind enough to invite me to write phen Scott Brewer. Scott called me tending our 30th reunion. ceed on to the second link (as I did) a weekly guest blog until Election to follow up on my snail mail letter and order yourself a copy of his Day. I hope to use this forum to ex- about the expected babies. I was new recording: erikfriedlander.com plain why those of us who thought glad to give the good news of their Dennis Klainberg and shop.geteriksmusic.com. that the country enjoyed a period of healthy birth. He and his life part- 84 Berklay Cargo Worldwide good governance in the 1990s must ner, Gioacchino Castiello, recently JFK Intl. Airport now support the GOP, and why returned to their Paris residence 84 Box 300665 Roy Pomerantz the GOP must evolve to meet some after three weeks in Gioacchino’s Jamaica, NY 11430 83 Babyking/Petking serious contemporary challenges. native Italy. They had spent two [email protected] 182-20 Liberty Ave. “My first entry answered the weeks at their favorite remote 83 Jamaica, NY 11412 poignant question, ‘Who Am I European spot, the fishing island As a member of the class most [email protected] and Why Am I Here?’ Subsequent of Marettimo, about 20 miles off identified with “Big Brother is entries should post each Tuesday. the west coast of Sicily. In August, watching,” I’ve done my best to I was thrilled by Columbia’s No. 4 I also plan to use this invitation as Scott resumed teaching duties as keep tabs on you all, but some- ranking in U.S. News & World Report. an excuse to breathe new life into professor of language acquisition times, you either fall between the To be ranked higher than Stanford, my own blog, The Informationist, at the graduate business school at cracks, live under the radar or sim- MIT, Penn, Dartmouth, Brown which has been rather dormant for da Vinci University, Paris. ply don’t stay in touch! and Cornell is noteworthy. With a the past three years. We are in the “I spoke with Robert Lucero I can depend on Richard Roth- 10 percent acceptance rate (same midst of migrating over the old con- by phone. He continues to thrive man to help me by doing what as Princeton), Columbia is one of tent. Look for a relaunch announce- in his position as head of the he does best: follow the money. the most selective colleges in the ment soon! As always, I welcome collegiate store design team at “From 1992–2005 I ran a solo law country. [Editor’s note: See Campus your comments and thoughts.” Barnes & Noble in the Hartford, practice in Chicago, and in August News in “Around the Quads.”] As many of you may remember, Conn., office. His sons, Martin 2005 President George W. Bush Dennis Klainberg ’84 was kind Dan Loeb was a huge Barack and Matthew, are almost grown. gave me a recess appointment enough to forward to me the Sep- Obama supporter during his Marty graduated in May from to a job as U.S. district judge.

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Twenty-four of us were chosen ricula.” He basically tells the world Development and he was a board living (the serious stuff, not just for these appointments. At the what we have always known: that member of New Destiny Housing the weatherman type). He is the request of Congress and the Bush Columbia’s Core Curriculum is sec- Corp., a not-for-profit dedicated to director of seasonal forecasting at administration, I investigated ond to none. Kudos, Mr. Piereson! developing and managing housing Atmospheric and Environmental terrorism and terrorist financing Wishing you all a wonderful for domestic violence survivors Research, where he has been since activity. Most of what I did is clas- holiday season. during 2002–10. Rich is working on 1998. Prior to AER, Judah spent two sified and cannot be discussed. a law review article on the creation years as a National Research Coun- In December 2006, President of multifamily housing recycled cil Fellow at the NASA Goddard Bush reappointed me to a second Jon White bonds and their use in the financing Institute for Space Studies after two recess term. In 1987, I completed 16 South Ct. of affordable housing. He lives in years as a research scientist at MIT’s a master’s on a fellowship from 85 Port Washington, NY 11050 Chelsea. Parsons Laboratory. He has focused Chicago, where I wrote my thesis 85 Tom came in from Boston with on conducting numerical experi- [email protected] on the Nuremberg Trial of Ger- his wife, Karen, and their 16-year-old ments with global climate models man banker Hjalmar Schacht, who Part II of our 25th reunion report: daughter. Tom is president of the and advanced statistical techniques helped rearm Germany in viola- On Saturday morning, June 5, Appraisal and Valuation division of to better understand climate vari- tion of the Kellogg-Briand Pact a second Glee Club rehearsal was Gordon Brothers Group, based in ability and to improve climate and the Treaty of Versailles. In my held. In addition to those previous- Boston. prediction. In addition to his re- recent job, I incorporated my rely mentioned, it was really great to I spent some great time at Satur- search interests, Judah directs AER’s search to identify money launder- see Tim Tomasi, Rich Froehlich day’s lunch with the irrepressible development of seasonal forecast ing and other suspicious activities and Tom Scotti as part of our well- Michael Cho, who had come from products for commercial clients, inside the United States.” represented class. San Francisco with his wife, Julie, who include some of the largest And if Richard is unable to hunt Tim has worked in the U.S. At- and three kids (10, 9 and 5). After investment firms in the United you down, I need only turn over torney’s Office in Vermont for the living in New York (Julie had at- States. He has been interviewed on your dossiers to Phil Segal, our last three years, after having worked tended the Business School), they local and national television and by class’ Philip Marlowe. Phil recently for the Vermont Attorney General. have now been in San Francisco for The Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe was interviewed on PBS regarding He enjoyed the work but had a bit 13 years. They spent an extended and Investor’s Business Daily, among his expertise in assisting lawyers and longer commute (40 minutes, which weekend in New York taking in others. Judah’s work is highlighted others as a private investigator. He for Vermont is a lot more than NYC). the theater. Mike is as entertain- as breakthrough technology by the has shown a keen insight in Internet He has three kids (13, 12 and 8), and ing as ever and remains in charge National Science Foundation. He security matters and has provided he is involved in coaching them. of Destination RX. He and John lives in Newton, Mass., along with his services on dating sites and other Rich is e.v.p. for Capital Markets Phelan had a great discussion my Glee Club cohorts Jon Abbott e-commerce venues. Check out his and general counsel of the New about the new healthcare law, and ’84 and Cathy Schwartz Cotton ’83 website: charlesgriffinllc.com. York City Housing Development I have no doubt that both of their Barnard. By using techniques provided Corp. (HDC) and all of its subsid- cutting-edge concepts will play a Barry Kanner is an attorney. He by these guys, and the folks at iaries. He also is an adjunct assis- prominent role in the future. resides in Hackensack, N.J., and TMZ, I was able to dig up info tant professor of public finance at At lunch, I caught up with has two children. on Wayne Weddington III and the Graduate School of Architec- Steve Sivakoff, who has 18-year- Adam Fleischer ’87 lives in Santa his wife, Gabrijela, on their recent ture, Planning and Preservation. old twins who started college this Cruz and since 2005 has been a mar- dream nuptials in Croatia! (Actu- Rich directs the corporation’s legal fall. (One child at college is quite keting copywriter, project manager ally, Wayne “volunteered” the fol- department as well as its bond enough for me.) Steve is an adjunct and consultant there, offering busi- lowing details, but I can’t discuss and finance activities and also is lecturer in entrepreneurship in the ness writing and consulting services, my methods at this time.) responsible for managing the cor- Department of Management of the including strategic messaging, “I chose Dubrovnik because it is poration’s finance divisions in- Zicklin School of Business at CUNY writing, editing, information archi- a place we have enjoyed together cluding cash management, capital Baruch. He previously worked at tecture, instructional design, SEO, many times, and it is magically markets, loan servicing, account- The Polytechnic Institute of NYU, research and project management. beautiful. Most important, it is ing and budget. Rich has been where he taught coursework in I had far too little time to chat close to Gabrijela’s family, which I the main coordinator of HDC’s entrepreneurship and innovation with two of my former Barnard/ thought was important since she preservation efforts, which have capital. Steve has extensive experi- Macintosh lunch pals. Gary Brown spends at least 11 months a year led to the continued affordability ence in the online media industry last year was named chief compli- away from them. of approximately 20,000 units of and is a pioneer in secure digital ance officer at Computer Associ- “Gabrijela’s family is a close-knit low- and middle-income housing data distribution. He helps direct ates on Long Island, where he has cluster of strong women in a village in New York City. He also has been corporate strategy and business responsibility for the handling of about 30 miles east of Zagreb. There a leader in designing and imple- development at start-up technology compliance issues and manage- are no men there, effectively attri- menting HDC’s participation in companies with a focus on Internet ment of compliance improvement tioned by the transition of Yugosla- NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s information technology. via to its separate states, including New Housing Marketplace Plan to After lunch, I borrowed the Croatia. When I visit I am the only build and preserve 165,000 units of Phelan family room in Carman to What’s Your Story? man, so it is always eventful.” affordable housing. change into Glee Club concert attire Letting classmates know To see a most amazing and pro- Prior to joining HDC, Rich was (the Carman cinderblocks look the about what’s going on in fessional wedding video, check out with O’Melveny & Myers and Skad- same). The concert went amazingly your life is easier than ever. youtube.com/watch?v=YwI5w den, Arps, and was an assistant well, considering how we had little Send in your Class Notes! TDulFo. general counsel at the New York rehearsal time, different arrange- Aside from his one-time stint State Housing Finance Agency. Rich ments and much vocal rust. The Online by clicking as a GQ model (as reported here also is a board member of the Na- performance was enjoyed by par- “Contact Us” at college. some years ago), Wayne is a part- tional Leased Housing Association, ticipants and the several hundred columbia.edu/cct. ner at Brunswick Capital Partners a national organization representing alums/friends/family members E-mail to the address at and author of Do-It-Yourself Hedge private and public participants in who attended. the top of your column. Funds: Everything You Need to Make the affordable multifamily rental Our more formal class dinner Millions Right Now. housing industry. Rich has recently was held on Saturday in the lovely Mail to the address at the This just in: James Piereson, been selected to join the governing space of the second floor of Casa top of your column. president of the Willian E. Simon committee of the American Bar Italiana (which I had never seen Class Notes received by Foundation and senior fellow at Association Forum on Affordable in all my years associated with November 8 will be eligible the Manhattan Institute, wrote an Housing and Community Develop- Columbia). I got to spend all-too- for publication in the op-ed in the September 3 Wall Street ment Law. He is a past chairman of brief time with many classmates. January/February CCT. Journal, “Where Columbia Beats the New York City Bar Association Judah Cohen has four children Harvard: On the Battlefield of Cur- Committee on Housing and Urban and studies meteorology for a

november/december 2010 59 class notes columbia college today programs. Gary continues in his of the class as their first “class” for columbia.edu/reunion. Please join “Agnes, aka Ella, from Chicago, role as CA’s chief counsel for litiga- Lit Hum). A few tears shed, but off our class’s Facebook group: Colum- graduated from Lake Forest Col- tion. He joined CA in 2005 after he goes. bia College Class of 1986. And stay lege there in addition to studying serving for 15 years in the U.S. As if I didn’t have enough to do tuned for updates! in Salamanca, Spain, and Santiago, Attorney’s Office for the Eastern with the University, I am pleased to After finishing an M.F.A. in Chile. Her areas of focus were art District of New York. Mike Reilly report that, effective mid-Septem- fiction at UMass Amherst,Jamie history and international relations, lives in Delaware and practices law ber, my wife, Allison ’86 Barnard, is Berger started a nonprofit, The and she now is in the financial there. associate director of alumnae affairs Thrive Project, aimed at helping industry providing bank-to-bank Our class was well represented by at Barnard. It will be nice for our young adults pursue happiness. product services. She also is a pas- folks in public service that evening. family to get to work on Columbia Thrive is based in Turners Falls, sionate photographer. Ken Handelman has been work- reunions and earn a living at the a former mill town in Franklin “Since college, I have enjoyed ing for the Department of Defense same time. County, Mass. It provides young a continuous tenure at WKCR, in Washington, D.C., for 15 years. The College’s Alumni Office also people with experiences, inspira- where I remain rooted in the New Konrad Motyka has been with the sponsored a nice Legacy Lunch, as tion, support and role models. Music Department, hosting the FBI for 15 years, has two children (13 more than 70 members of the Class Check it out: thethriveproject.org. Audio Gumbo/Transfigured Night and 9) and resides in Hoboken, N.J. of 2014 were proud to continue their With great sadness I must tell show as well as assorted Jazz and He also is the president of the Fed- family’s Columbia tradition. I met you that we lost a classmate, Joshua In All Languages (World Music) eral Bureau of Investigation Agents multiple families who had multiple Moreinis, to cancer. Josh was mar- programs, and specializing in pro- Association, a professional associa- CC legacies, including Lou Vlahos ried to Pamela Ivinski and lived in ducing, mixing and recording live- tion with a membership of nearly ’84. I also had a brief visit with Len Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. He was a in-studio performances. I am now 9,000 current and more than 2,000 Genova, whose son Jerome also senior planner at STV and a land- developing a radio show to launch retired agents nationwide. is in the Class of 2014. Len lives in scape painter. Josh was a Fulbright soon here in Zurich and online. FCC Chairman Julius Genach- Massapequa with his wife, and, like Scholar in South Korea and earned “In 1999, I founded Lovevolv, owski honored us by being our me, has forsaken the everyday prac- an M.S. in urban planning in 1988 a New York 501(c)(3) arts and dinner speaker. He gave a brief tice of law for the family business from the Architecture School. You education company; see lovevolv. overview (smartly questioned by (in his case, construction develop- can see photos and memorial post- org for information and listings. Leslie Smartt) covering the many ment work). ings for Josh at josh.gamefaceweb Most of my activities flow through pressing issues confronting the Now, with the reunion info com- design.com, and you can see his Lovevolv, including content pro- FCC today. Unfortunately, the is- plete, I need your updates again. beautiful landscape paintings at duction, marketing and publicity, sues are complex and we just had Thanks. joshpaintings.com. Please e-mail and artist representation. For a de- a little time to discuss them. Julius’ me with any memories of Josh cade, I managed the Times Square eldest son started at Michigan this you would like to share in a future recording studio KMA Music. In REUNION JUNE 2–JUNE 5 fall. Thanks again to both Julius column. 2006, I co-founded the label net- Alumni Office Contacts and Leslie for a job well done. work LiveWired, releasing a series Alumni Affairs Jennifer Freely After dinner, we stopped by of albums last year. I am directing [email protected] briefly at the Starlight Reception, Sarah A. Kass a short film for the Zurich venue 212-851-7438 held under a large tent on Low PO Box 300808 Bazillus encompassing 50 years of Development Kimberly Rogers 87 Plaza and featuring champagne and Brooklyn, NY 11230 archives. [email protected] disco music. We quickly retreated 87 “In addition to arts-related pur- 212-851-7492 [email protected] to the comfort of the Sundial, where suits, I am a wordsmith: journalist, many of our previously mentioned Everett Weinberger I spent a lovely summer evening copy editor and proofreader in Glee Club cohorts practiced our 50 W. 70th St., Apt. 3B catching up with Ilene Weinstein various corporate spheres, now all-too-familiar Glee Club songs and 86 New York, NY 10023 Lederman, who was on holiday providing quality assurance to the all-too-familiar beverage consump- 86 in New York visiting friends and Zurich law firm Schellenberg Witt- [email protected] tion on the Sundial. family. Usually I only get to see her mer, and offering remote editing Again, it was a really enjoyable In this fast-paced world, there’s when I am rushing through San services to clients worldwide. weekend. My apologies for not very little we can predict other Francisco for academic conferences, “It would be great to hear capturing more extensive updates than the inexorable passage of but this was a chance for leisurely from fellow alumni. E-mail me at from everyone there (so for those time. I know for a fact that in less drinks and snacks at Rosa Mexi- [email protected].” I missed, or put in only a small than seven months, we will reach a cano. Joining us for the festivities Lance Hosey has been named piece, please drop me a note). I milestone: the 25th anniversary of was Gerri Gold, and by the end president and CEO of GreenBlue, a hope that in five years we will see our college graduation. If you had of the evening, it was just us three Charlottesville, Va.-based company the same group as well as more of asked us in May 1986 to describe Columbia women having a gabfest. with an office in New York, special- us on a return to campus. the alumni celebrating their 25th What could be finer? izing in sustainable design. Lance I am sad to report that William college reunions, words like old, Charles Blass wrote in with the has been an architect and designer F. Evans, investment banker and geezer and even alta cocker might following update: “In an intimate and is co-author of the book Women musician, New York City, passed have been used. But now that we ceremony in Central Park in early in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design. away on July 10. His latest book, The Shape of Green: And finally, I am happy to re- Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design, is port that you would not recognize Lance Hosey ’87 has been named president and CEO expected out next year. the crisp organization, staff and Diane Zanger lives in New Ro- student enthusiasm and support, of GreenBlue, which specializes in sustainable design. chelle, N.Y., with her husband, Noah and overall solid planning that I Berkowitz ’86, and their five chil- experienced during my son Isaac dren. She said, “Our oldest started ’14’s move-in and orientation in find ourselves in this group, we June, Agnes Elizabeth Gugala and college, and that is taking some late August. Both for his initial know that we are actually young, I were married. Several days later, getting used to. But our youngest move-in for the Co-Op program, dynamic, successful and in our we relocated to Zurich, Switzer- is starting kindergarten, and he is and for the larger orientation pro- primes. So let’s celebrate! Mark land, where we now are based. keeping us young.” Diane practices gram, it went incredibly smoothly. your calendars for Alumni Reunion On August 10, Agnes gave birth cardiology with a private practice in Some things remain familiar (the Weekend, Thursday, June 2–Sun- to our daughter, Isabel Rose, who Fort Lee, N.J. boat ride around Manhattan, the day, June 5. A Reunion Committee is healthy, gorgeous and peaceful. She has been trying to get in touch odors in the John Jay cafeteria, has formed and is planning some We live in the Niederdorf, the old with Hannah Jones, so Hannah, if neighborhood tours), and some great events. Please go to the follow- section of the city, between the you are reading, please get in touch. things are new (night on the In- ing page to ensure that the Alumni university and a handful of majestic I’d love to hear from you, too! trepid, a second-day lecture on The Office has your correct contact info church towers. At certain times of Leslie Vosshall was promoted Iliad attended by every member for reunion updates: alumni.college. day, the exchange of bells is striking. to the post of the Robin Chemers

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Neustein Professor at The Rock- lege (although this past spring, I although not an alum, I met on the that had a 1-in-10 passing rate and efeller University in New York this was commuting to New Haven, Columbia campus) and have two voluminous disciplinary/safety is- spring. Her research laboratory where I was visiting at Yale). My sons (14 and 16) whom I hope will sues in 2005. We are now one of the studies the sense of smell in insects wife, Christine Donis-Keller ’91 someday be part of the Columbia best schools in New York City and and humans. You can see more at Barnard, and I have two children, family, too. We live in Forest Hills, New York State by many metrics. benchmarks.rockefeller.edu/view Parker (9) and Raines (7). Other N.Y., and I am a director in the Our school had the highest Quality Article.php?id=292&issue_id=99. than the usual fare of an academic Enterprise Risk Services practice Review (an audit of all things in On a sad note, I must report the vagabond, I have no adventures to at Deloitte & Touche. I recently be- a school) three years in a row. We passing of Albert J. Weisel, who report, although I have taken up ice came an active part of Columbia’s earned a Progress Report Grade of had been a freelance writer in New hockey, which it turns out is a four- Alumni Representative Committee A in 2009 as well as a No. 1 ranking York City, on February 27. season sport again.” and interviewed several potential for both middle school and high school levels in New York State according to Schooldigger.com met- Abha Jain Sinha Dan Max ’90 joined the law firm of Apatoff Peters rics. Who knows, perhaps there are 88 9633 Eagle Ridge Dr. fellow alumni who are looking to Bethesda, MD 20817 Ebersohl as a partner and chair of the business make a difference in children’s lives 88 and our nation’s future through [email protected] department. monetary support and high school September has long passed: The student internships or who may be kids are back to school, vacations interested in applying for teaching are lamentably over and football Joe Wanner provided us with a students, which not only gave me jobs at our school?” season has been preoccupying my snapshot of the significant events in a sense of how strong the incoming For more information on Scholars’ husband for two months. Sum- life since graduation: “1991: moved classes will be but also was a great Academy go to schools.nyc.gov/ mer went by too fast. And as I back to Chicago, 1994: married way to reconnect (and gave me an SchoolPortals/27/Q323/default. dropped off my eldest child for Kathy, 1996: Kellogg M.B.A., 1997: interesting perspective on life in htm. her freshman year at college, I am daughter Natalie born; moved to general: ‘Wow, you graduated be- Brian keeps in touch with feeling that the years are also going suburban Riverside, Ill., 1999: CFA fore I was even born!’). I definitely classmates and added, “I recently by too fast! But at least we have Distinction, 2000: private pilot’s have not done a good job staying saw Jon Dwyer, who has a tribe a chance to reconnect here, and I license, 2001: daughter Haley born, in touch with classmates, but now of great kids and a pretty wife. was delighted to hear from several 2004: started company Vesta Prop- have a Facebook account, so look Jon is doing phenomenally with classmates. erty Development for real estate me up.” fatTail.com. I also linked up with Jesse Greenberg updates us, “I investing, 2005: son Joe born.” I hope to hear from the rest of Bennie Seybold, Matt Engels and work at IBM (13 years now) and David Putelo sends greetings you soon. Don’t make me beg! Paul Childers. Not too long ago, I am happily married to my wife from Syracuse, N.Y.: “I love the life touched base with Bob Giannini of 20 years, Karen. Our kids are my wife, Susan (we recently cel- and Duane Bartsch. Bob is livin’ doing great: Daniel (17) recently ebrated our 20th anniversary), and Emily Miles Terry the single life to my knowledge, earned his Eagle rank in the Boy our three daughters (insert ironic 89 45 Clarence St. and Duane and his wife, Donya, Scouts and attended Boys State this comment here), Anna (15), Audrey Brookline, MA 02446 recently had child No. 2! A few summer as a delegate, Hannah (15) (12), and Lizzie (6), have forged. 89 more Columbia cubs in the litter.” [email protected] wants to go to Columbia College Our lives consist of school, sports I also had some happy news (Class of 2017?) and Sophie (13) and enjoying the great outdoors: This summer, I heard from Brian from Dan Corcoran, who sent recently had her bat mitzvah.” running, skiing, golfing and the O’Connell, who is married to Jean in a birth announcement: “My Stephen T. Briones writes from many activities that Central New Marie and has two kids, Shane husband, Augusto Lima, and I are Thailand: “I’ve been in Bangkok York offers. I look to get together (4) and Shannon (5) (Irish twins). thrilled and proud to announce the with my wonderful kids, Natalia with other graduates at a dinner, Brian writes, “This is my 20th year births of our children, Lucas and (12) and Nicholas (9). Despite the golf outing or a road race such as an educator. I have been an ad- Maria. They were born on July 26 political demonstrations and vio- as running marathons with Nick ministrator for 10 years, a teacher in Overland Park, Kan. We are all lence, we are all fine, and Bangkok Leone. prior to that.” happy to be back home in New is starting to recover. I’ve been in “After graduation, I went to Brian is the founding principal York.” Congratulations! Bangkok for more than 10 years, NYU, where I earned an M.B.A. I of the Scholars’ Academy, a middle and I could never have foreseen have worked in the pharmaceutical school and high school that Brian the craziness that occurred in May. industry for different companies started as a gifted program while Rachel Cowan Jacobs It will take a while, but I hope holding various positions. I’m now principal of The Belle Harbor School, 90 313 Lexington Dr. Thailand will return to live up to a manager for GSK.” a kindergarten–grade 6 school, in Silver Spring, MD 20901 its slogan as the Land of Smiles.” Donna Schober tells us, “Since 2004. In 2005, the program Brian 90 [email protected] William (Bill) Seeley writes, “I leaving Columbia, I have followed began was expanded to a standalone was inspired by Jamie Friedman a circuitous path through the culi school and then each year thereafter I’m taking this opportunity to and Patrick Crawford to send in an nary world, first apprenticing in a a grade was added. Today Scholars’ thank not only our classmates who update. After graduation, I stuck fabulous (now closed) New York Academy, in Rockaway Park in send me news “unsolicited” but around for a couple of years and restaurant, then heading to Cornell Queens, N.Y., is an established and also all of you who have thanked received an M.F.A. in sculpture in to complete my M.B.A. with a highly regarded school for gifted me over the years for writing this 1992 from the (now defunct) Divi- concentration in hospitality manage- children from grades 6–12. column. I’ve enjoyed every mo- sion of Painting and Sculpture in ment. It’s been restaurants ever In June, Scholars’ Academy will ment of it — except for when I the School of the Arts. I was head since. I’m now in Orlando, having graduate its first class of high school issue threats and act like a bully assistant for sculptor Ursula Von moved south many years ago, and students. Scholars’ Academy offers — and really appreciate your kind Rydingsvard ’75 Arts for several am a proud mom to a high school an accelerated academic program words. Now, on to business! years. I then followed Henry Jack- freshman. During the summer, I including foreign language and the There’s a lot of movement in man and Neil Feit into philosophy took my daughter for her first trip to arts, and has a sports program that professional arenas this issue. Liz (I usually see Henry a couple of NYC, and we took in a show, a Yan- includes basketball, golf, baseball (Lang) Poston moved back to times a year). I received a Ph.D. kees game and the museums. We and softball. According to Brian, Washington, D.C., in June, after from CUNY’s Graduate Center in also toured Columbia and Barnard a current student is a stellar golfer almost six years in Florida, to take 2006. My research on the ways that because college is right around the who is being aggressively recruited a position as e.v.p. at Prism Public we engage and experience artworks corner, though sometimes I feel like a by many Ivy League schools. Brian Affairs, a policy-oriented strategic lies at the confluence of philosophy kid who just graduated myself.” also wrote, “The school is excep- communications firm. Her daugh- of art and cognitive neuroscience. Khalid Wasti writes, “I am tional in many ways. We began ter, Ava (4), is turning into quite the We are still in Maine at Bates Col- happily married to Joanne (who, replacing a failing middle school city kid, taking Metro around town

november/december 2010 61 class notes columbia college today on field trips with her preschool Chris Kotes sent in this update: cific Northwest, “Here in Portland, the business-media division of The class. I’m always glad to know of “My wife, Lori, and I welcomed life is full of gardens, backyard BBQ Nielsen Co. Rob started there as an another classmate in the area. Given our second 9 ½-plus-pound baby gatherings, hikes in the woods and editorial intern during his senior the number of CC/BC/SEAS ’90 into the world on July 21: 9 lbs., other activities that make it a total year at Columbia and moved up alumni in the D.C. area, we could 15 oz. Kyle Christopher, or KC, as contrast to NYC.” another rung of the ladder every throw quite a party. If anyone wants his older brother, Tyler (2), calls Facebook allowed me to catch three or four years. He explains, to organize, let me know. It’s just him. I had 12 paid paternity weeks, up with Peter Robbins. Peter is an “While it was a bit scary to leave too bad that Gemma Tarlach won’t some unreal benefit of Bank of attorney for the U.S. Department of in order to do my own thing, it’s be able to supervise the desserts. America. I am truly blessed and Commerce and also has developed allowed me to do projects across She wrote in July, “Since graduat- am enjoying my time with the a second full-time job as a writer several industries, which has been ing from The Culinary Institute of boys. I am not on Facebook but for and about the fishing and boat- incredibly interesting and made America a couple years back with my e-mail is [email protected] ing industries. I don’t think Peter is me a better businessperson in addi- a fancy pants degree in baking and if anyone wants to catch up with likely to be proven wrong in assert- tion to a more-informed writer and pastry arts, I’ve worked everywhere me. I recently changed positions at ing that he is “the only Ivy Leaguer editor.” from the mega casino-resorts of the bank and now manage credit with a blog about professional bass Rob is pursuing development of Las Vegas to a luxe ranch perched card authorization approvals from fishing called ‘Pete Weighs In’ (in a humorous decorative brand for at nearly 9,000 feet above sea a fraud perspective. So if you have sideline.net/index.php/blog-pete). golf apparel, hats, towels and club level in the Rockies to a super-posh good credit and still get declined, Peter spends “just about every mo- head covers called OhMyGolf!, and lodge on the South Island of New that’s my team. Tyler is quite the ment away from the office” either is presenting it to the large sporting- Zealand. By the time this issue of athlete already, playing golf, which in a boat or towing the boat some- goods retailers around the country. CCT is out, I will be in Antarctica. makes Dad happy.” place. Alums who live near Zapata, Those who wanted to take a peek I’m going to be one of the bakers at at some of Rob’s work can visit a McMurdo Station for about eight website designed for individual months. This will be my seventh Elizabeth Weeks Leonard ’93 was promoted to full purchases: OhMyGolfStuff.com. continent and the realization of a Rob took a vacation in August dream I’ve had since I was little, so I professor at the University of Kansas School of Law. that involved flying to Denver with am super-excited.” his girlfriend, renting a Harley Gemma, this is way cool. Have and riding through the mountains. any of the rest of us spent time in In January, Ted Stern ’94L started Texas, Guntersville, Ala., Culiacan, As he described it, “Coming over Antarctica? a new job as general counsel at En- Mexico, or Lake Biwa, Japan, may Wilkerson Pass on day No. 2, we Dan Max joined the law firm vision EMI in Vienna, Va. Envision have seen him passing by. stopped at a scenic viewing spot of Apatoff Peters Ebersohl in Falls is a leader in providing experiential Peter is in frequent contact with and noticed that the 14,000-ft. peaks Church, Va., as a partner and chair educational programs to students his junior year roommate, Greg before us were named Mount Har- of the business department. He from grade school through college Wiessner. Peter shares that Greg vard, Mount Princeton, Mount Yale invites everyone to get in touch. throughout the world. In addition and his wife, Jennifer, live in North and Mount Columbia. Although This is kind of funny. With to handling all legal matters, Ted Yarmouth, Maine, with their sons, it was not the tallest of the peaks, Ijeoma Acholonu Ejeh bringing works in business development. Keji and Breton. In March, Peter it was apparent to everyone that this column to a close, you will now He and his family live in Washing- attended a surprise 40th birthday Mount Columbia was the most have read about 100 percent of your ton, D.C., and son Teddy recently party for Rich Brosnick in NYC, well-rounded one.” Class Notes columnists. (Ijeoma and turned 7. where he reconnected with a host Sounds like a fitting tribute to Dan were my predecessors.) Ijeoma Looking forward to hearing from of his fellow alums from Beta, in- alma mater and a fitting end to this and her family have been in Fay- more of you. Until next time, cheers! cluding Matt DeFilippis ’93, Bruce writing. I look forward to serving etteville, N.C., for three years, hav- Wacha ’95, Francois Furstenburg you up more news next issue. ing finally stopped moving around ’94, Matt Murphy ’94, Miguel so much for fellowship training and Jeremy Feinberg Javier ’93E, Rick Brenders ’95 and job opportunities, and are happy to 92 315 E. 65th St. #3F Linden Edsel (Buff) Thomas ’91. Betsy Gomperz be back on the East Coast. She is a New York, NY 10021 I saw Andy Contiguglia on his 93 41 Day St. laparoscopic general and bariatric 92 New York visit this summer. He and Newton, MA 02466 jeremy.feinberg@ surgeon, and chief of bariatrics at his girlfriend had a whirlwind tour 93 verizon.net [email protected] Cape Fear Valley hospital in Fay- of Manhattan, in which he saw Peter etteville. She regrets having missed With a little bit of help from super Hatch, Amy (Blumberg) Schraeder A huge thank you to Isolde Bri- seeing everyone at reunion. hero Class Notes Editor Ethan Rouen and Karen Sendler ’94. Andy’s elmaier, who recently provided If any of you has regrets for not ’04J, I asked, and you answered. I encounter with Amy was the sort me with loads of information for having sent me news or updates, hated to have an empty column for of thing that could only happen in this column! Isolde reports: “All please don’t live your life in regret. you last time. Absolutely hated it. New York: He was walking on 76th is great by me. I am a professor at Just write! But you wouldn’t want me to make Street toward Central Park when Vassar College, where I teach art stuff up. Please do keep the commu- two kids who were playing in a history and cultural studies. I’ve nication lines open and let me know street yard hit their tennis balls over also been guest teaching a contem- REUNION JUNE 2–JUNE 5 what’s going on, like those who the fence and out into the street. One porary photography and video Alumni Office Contacts wrote in this time. of the balls bounced across the street course at Barnard the last four Alumni Affairs Taruna Sadhoo I need to give credit to the first to where Andy was walking. When years, which has been fun. I’ve [email protected] of our classmates to use the newest he picked it up and went to toss it to been doing a lot of independent 212-851-7849 means to submit Class Notes, as the mom crossing over to retrieve it, curating in NYC and abroad with Development Rachel Towers Ethan detailed in the last issue that mom was Amy. As Andy put a big museum exhibition opening [email protected] (college.columbia.edu/cct/submit_ it, “In a land of eight million people, here in NYC at the Bronx Museum 212-851-7833 class_note). I was pleased to hear and me just visiting, what were the in January. My fiancé, Mangue, Margie Kim from Brenda (Peterson) Fowler chances that Amy’s kid would al- and I welcomed a daughter, Far- c/o CCT in this way, which is via the CCT most hit me with a tennis ball?” rah, in the summer, and although 91 Columbia Alumni Center website. Brenda is a psychotherapist All I can say is, come back soon sleep-deprived, we are loving life 91 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 and works with couples in Portland, Mr. Contiguglia. and little Farrah! Clearly, we are New York, NY 10025 Ore. She “loves the wonder of be- I heard for the first time in a a class with loads of energy and margiekimkim@ ing a new-ish mom to Eleanor Rae while from Rob Carey. Rob has had creativity! Case in point: I’m in hotmail.com (1).” Brenda’s husband, Ben, is with his own journalism and market- touch with my dear friends Diana a start-up software company and ing communications firm in NYC McClure and Herby Raynaud ’97, Greetings, all! It’s a short column this plays alto sax on the weekends. since August 2007, when he left his who both live near me in Brooklyn. time, but entertaining nonetheless. Brenda raved about the life in the Pa- position as editorial director within Diana remains a true creative guru

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— an artist, writer and cultural Roni’s girlfriend, Christy Pomeranz ton writes. “Small, small world.” Teng at the event at 230 Fifth.” programmer — who in addition to ’04. In addition to his happy wed- Gwen bumped into their new While he did not see any Kings- her own art practice has consulted ding news, Russell also shared that neighbors and invited them over men all weekend, he has stayed in with the Queens Council on the in January he became a partner at for a barbecue. touch with a few. “I met baby Wyatt Arts and Miami Art Basel, among Shearman & Sterling, an internation- “The family came over and when Yang when Welly Yang ’94 and his others. She is the editor of a great al law firm, where he is a financial I saw the husband, I couldn’t believe wife, Dina, brought him to town online magazine: cultureserve. institutions regulatory lawyer. my eyes. It was Hilton Romanski this spring,” Mark writes. net. Herby works hard in the tech In addition to sharing Russell’s from my freshman Lit Hum class,” Thanks for these great updates, industry and plays hard at his news, Shawn had some news of his Gene writes. and keep the news coming. newfound love of salsa dancing. own: He, his wife Zuzana, and their Their sons go to the same pre- His volunteer work includes teach- daughter, Abby, welcomed Natalia school and play together at home. REUNION JUNE 2–JUNE 5 ing fencing to inner-city kids and Miriam Riemer Landres on July 3. “We can hear them over the fence, Alumni Office Contacts DJ’ing! Jennifer Anglade Dahl- Many Columbians attended her and our families hang out together Alumni Affairs Taruna Sadhoo berg is back in Sweden working baby naming, which was officiated all the time,” Gene writes. “Hilton [email protected] on her second novel and hanging by Rabbi Sharon Brous ’95. turns out to be a great cook, and 212-851-7849 out with her husband, Christian, In other baby news, Ayanna we couldn’t have asked for a better Development Rachel Towers and kids, Yazmin and James. Erin (Parish) Thompson, her husband, set of friends or neighbors.” [email protected] Dracos Scott and Paul Scott live Derek, and their son, Dashiell, an- Gene is a lawyer. He met his wife 212-851-7833 a wonderful life in Berkeley with nounced the birth of their daugh- at Stanford Law, and he had been their two kids and are about to ter/sister, Thaisa Rose, on June 8. in academia for a long time, having Ana S. Salper embark on a one-year around-the- Congratulations to everyone. completed a Ph.D. in politics at 96 24 Monroe Pl., Apt. MA world adventure, spending most Look forward to hearing more news! Oxford. Brooklyn, NY 11201 of their time in the South Pacific I have my own baby news, too. 96 [email protected] and East Asia. Evonne Gallardo My husband, Scott, our son, Ike, and ’96 is executive director of Self Janet Lorin I welcomed our daughter, Charlize Greetings, classmates. This is my Help Graphics and Art in East Los 127 W. 96th St., #2GH “Charlie” Sarah, on August 7, 15 first of many appeals to you to Angeles, a legendary 30-year old 95 New York, NY 10025 days early. She had the good sense come back to Morningside Heights Chicano/Mexican visual arts cul- 95 not to intrude on her brother’s for our 15th reunion! Yes, our 15th. [email protected] tural center that works to advance second birthday of August 8. Those of you who attended our fifth Latino arts both locally and nation- This update revolves around sum- Like Ike, Charlie was delivered and 10th reunions know how much ally. She also is a board member of mer babies, who might be the Class by the fabulous Rebecca Amaru. fun it can be to, well, reunite. So Pasadena Heritage, which works of 2032 if they attend the College, The morning after Charlie was born, please come. We would love to see to preserve the cultural history of and meeting up with friends from Rebecca had her own daughter! Orli you there and relive the glory days. Pasadena, and she has been a long- Lit Hum. Maayan Waitman joins sisters Jolie, After almost 10 years with Nike, standing member of the National First up: David Webber and his Lyla and Isabel. Anastasia Thanopoulos (née Association of Latino Arts and Cul- wife, Irit Tau-Webber ’02L, wel- Rebecca practices with Shari Yatrakis) left to join her family’s ture. And last, I heard that Angela comed Noam Zev Tau on August 15. Brasner and Isabel Blumberg in real estate/property management Hernandez was working at a think He joins brother Boaz in the family’s Manhattan. company. She focuses on sales and tank in Washington, D.C.” adventure in Boston, where David Two months before Charlie was rentals in Brooklyn and Manhat- I also heard from Elizabeth teaches law at Boston University. born, my husband and I took a tan. She and her husband, Billy ’95, Weeks Leonard, who last spring On the other coast, Hilton Ro- week-long trip to London, where have two children, George (3) and was promoted to full professor at manski and his wife, Emily Meyer, I saw a familiar face on our flight Nicholas (5). Sarah Robbins lives the University of Kansas School of welcomed Georgia James on June to and from England. Sitting in in Washington, D.C., with her son, Law, where she teaches health law 16, a day after Emily turned 40. the row in front of us was Owen Miles (1), and husband, Nathan and torts. Elizabeth is spending She joins Clement (2). The family Grover; his wife, Erin Gilbert ’95 Thompson. She works at the BBC the fall semester in her hometown moved back to Palo Alto from San Barnard, ’99 GSAS, and their son, as the planning producer for BBC of Athens, Ga., teaching at her law Francisco just in time for Emily to Devon (8). Owen was in my Lit World News America, the interna- school alma mater, the University give birth a month later to Georgia. Hum class with Jim Lewis. tional news-focused evening pro- of Georgia School of Law. Her hus- Emily’s entrepreneurial venture The couple celebrated their 10th gram broadcast anchored in D.C. band, Thom Leonard, is an artisan (teacollection.com) continues to be wedding anniversary on July 1 and Sarah has been working with the baker and heirloom grain consul- the top brand in the country for are happily ensconced in the Wind- BBC for 10 years, first based in Los tant who will spend the semester children’s luxury clothes. Hilton has sor Terrace section of Brooklyn. Angeles, then for a bit in London learning about hominy, peaches been working for Cisco for 10 years Owen has been working for five and now D.C. and other Southern delicacies. and recently moved from v.p. of years at Clear Channel, where he corporate development leading the runs programming and market- M&A and investments globally to ing for the company’s digital unit. Leyla Kokmen helping to lead its service provider Erin finished her dermatology Submit Your Photo 94 440 Thomas Ave. S. business. residency at SUNY Downstate and Submitting a photo for Minneapolis, MN 55405 Thad Tracy; his wife, Michele recently joined Gramercy Park Class Notes is easier 94 Haberland ’04 SIPA; and their twins, Dermatology Associates, where [email protected] than ever! Sacha and Tobin, live in Morningside she’s eager to treat fellow alumni. Thanks to a tip from Shawn Landres Heights, Hilton writes. Thad recently Finally, I didn’t get to include a Online by clicking (more on him later), I learned that accepted a key role as the general reunion update from Mark Filstrup, “Contact Us” at college. Russell Sacks was married in March counsel of a private equity fund. (I who ventured up to 116th after columbia.edu/cct. to Lauren Tobe. Shawn attended the caught up with Thad this spring for living south of 8th Street for the last wedding, and Russell filled me in on lunch, and we ran into Russell Sacks 15 years. Mail by sending the the slew of Columbians who came to ’94 at a diner in midtown.) “I was impressed with the show- photo and accompanying celebrate: Negar Nabavinejad and Hilton moved to Palo Alto and ing from Architecture (Sara Moss caption information to her husband, Mehran Azar; Sarah found a classmate next door: Gene and Vivien Chung ’01 Arch.), the Class Notes Editor, Sheffer; James Bradley; Pablo Mazo, who lives with his wife, Varsity Show (Chad Levinson ’97, Garcia; Heather Sutton Walsh ’94E; Gwen Parker, and their son, Max (3). Rebecca Gottesman and Laura Pi- Columbia College Today, Ron Meyers ’92; Noah Rosenthal ’96; “Gene and I were in Wallace etropinto ’00) and Carman (Amanda Columbia Alumni Center, and Terence Woolf ’99, ’02L. Also Gray’s Lit Hum class freshman year Kahn-Kirby, Maria Celis Jean- 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530, in attendance were Russell’s sister, and have been catching up over seaume and Janet Lorin),” he writes. New York, NY 10025. Robin Sacks Silverman ’97, as well wine and impromptu dinners with “It was also fun to see Adlar García, as his brother, Roni Sacks ’04, and our two families all summer,” Hil- Roosevelt Montás and Winifred

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his wife, Debbie, moved to London writes that life is good in Austin, with their daughter, Charlotte (2), Texas. She and hubby David Sim- in October 2008. Caleb runs the Dis- monds are happily working and covery Channel across the emerging raising their children, Patrick (6) markets of EMEA (Eastern Europe and Hannah (4). “Any Columbia from Russia and the CIS running folks visiting the area should be south through the Balkans, Turkey sure to look us up!” she says. and Middle East to South Africa). Amrit Nagpal writes that things Caleb travels extensively for work are going well in San Francisco. and has been everywhere from “Reyna (5) started kindergarten, Qatar to Dubai, Turkey, Slovenia, which was a milestone (and will Serbia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan and hopefully be the start of her journey Russia (where he is about once a to Columbia!).” Her brother, Jay (3), Nine years after their first date as seniors, Abena Boakye ’01 and Omar month) to ensure that everyone who started preschool. Slowe ’01 were married in November 2009 on the island of Maui. Soak- has cable or satellite TV can satisfy Carrie Sturts Dossick was ing up the rays with them were (left to right) the bride’s father, Kwadwo their curiosity through Discovery awarded promotion with tenure at Boakye; Kwabina Appiah ’78 Business; Kofi Boakye ’10; David Simpson Channel, Animal Planet and TLC. the University of Washington. As ’01E; Franklin Amoo ’02; Selom Gasinu ’04E; Alexander Gumbs ’01, ’07 Navid Mootabar lives in Bedford, of September 15, she is an associate Business; Raefer Gabriel ’07 Business; the bride’s mother, Cynthia Boakye N.Y., with his wife, Nava (a dentist), professor in the Department of Con- ’94 PH; the groom; the bride; Chris Motley ’03; Reginald Cash ’04; Adrienne and daughters, Kimia (6) and Lila struction Management in the College Bowman ’01; Vanessa HS-Doyle ’01 (née Hutchinson-Szekely); Jon-Mychal (2). Navid is the associate chairman of Built Environments. She also is Bowman ’99; Avrielle Gallagher ’01; Guambi Makoso ’01E; Akua Boakye ’11 of the department of ob/gyn and the executive director of the Pacific Business; Damali Slowe ’10; Dionne Wilson Gumbs ’07 Business; Jacqueline the director of gynecologic surgery Northwest Center for Construction Corona ’02; and Danae Mullings-Makoso ’01E, ’08 CE. at Northern Westchester Hospital in Research and Education. Carrie and Mount Kisco, N.Y. He has a special her husband, Stephen Dossick, interest in laparoscopic and robotic welcomed twins on July 23, 2009: Dennis Paul recently left UBS newborns to adults and have an op- surgery and stays involved with Co- Charles Ellis and Sara Verdie. and moved his entire team, the erating room on the premises. Their lumbia through alumni committees. In April, Ruth Mason and her Rosenau/Paul Group, off of the children are Skyler (13), Jasmine Julie Satow gave birth to a girl, husband, James Wetterau ’05 GS, “big box” banking platforms to (10), Caitlin (7) and William (2). Elie Sophie Emmilene Elliott, on July 8. had their first child, Felix. HighTower, where he is a regis- writes that they are looking forward Eric Creizman and his wife, Michelle Suzanne Park and her husband, tered investment adviser. Dennis to our 15th reunion. Weber, live in Westchester, N.Y. They Trevor Foucher ’98 UC Berkeley, is co-managing approximately Jen Sarnovsky Guagenti earned have two boys, Judah (5) and Caleb are proud parents to Coralie Jae, $725 million for 110 investors in an M.Ed. in early and middle child- (2). Eric is a litigator in the New York born June 9. Suzanne also recently long-only U.S. equities and fixed hood education from Ohio State in office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher launched a line of eco-friendly income. On the stock side, Dennis’ 2000, married Joe Guagenti, whom and focuses on white collar criminal laptop bags and accessories, avail- group has outperformed the S&P Jen knew from her hometown in defense and securities litigation mat- able at plaiddoctrine.com. 500 index for the past 10 years. He Ohio, taught second grade for sev- ters. Elizabeth (Tanenbaum) Baron can be reached at dpaul@hightow eral years, stayed home with her and her husband, Michael, have two eradvisors.com. kids for six years and went back children (8 and 6), and live in south Sandie Angulo Chen Noah Cornman lives in NYC to teach fourth grade this fall. Jen Florida. Elizabeth’s daughter started 98 10209 Day Ave. and is a music producer and record has five kids: Allison (born 2001), school at the Donna Klein Jewish Silver Spring, MD 20910 label executive with Sh-K-Boom/ Joseph (born 2002), Margaret (born Academy of Boca Raton this fall. 98 [email protected] Ghostlight Records, which special- 2004), Ethan (born 2008) and Eliza- Elizabeth is working in commercial izes in original cast recordings and beth (born 2009). Jen and her family real estate for a privately owned Hello, classmates. Unfortunately I solo albums with Broadway stars live just north of Columbus, Ohio, company in western Florida. In her don’t have too many updates for and composers. He continues to and they are having fun with all of spare time, she jogs, swims and does you this column, so I’ll once again work with his Pulitzer Prize win- the kids’ sports and activities. She Pilates. Sala Patterson is married to invite all of you to send me news, ning friends Tom Kitt and Brian writes: “Life is good.” an Italian artist, has a son, Teo Free- even if you haven’t recently got- Yorkey ’93. The three worked on the Jeremiah Crowell and his wife, man (1), and lives and works in Paris ten married, changed jobs or had Varsity Show together at Columbia, Heather McGeory ’97 Barnard, for the Africa and Middle East desk a baby. Don’t make me resort to and more recently they recorded welcomed their second son, Beau, of the OECD Development Centre stalking you on Facebook! Next to Normal. Noah has worked on Cinco de Mayo. Beau’s brother in a dual policy analyst/outreach There is one piece of fabulous with Tom on numerous recordings is Callum (2). Jeremiah and his coordinator role. Sala and her fam- news: Kapil Desai wrote with baby and live concerts, and last year, family recently bought a home in ily have been there for a little more news. His wife, Stefanie, gave birth Noah was nominated for a Gram- Park Slope, and Jeremiah owns a than two years. Before that, Sala was to their first child, Julia Ann, in my for his recording of Hair. small production company in Soho in Tunis, Tunisia, with the African July. She delivered at Mount Sinai, Jeff Gale and his wife, Dana, that is developing a feature film. Development Bank, and before that, where Kapil is an assistant professor have a daughter, Julia (3), and A short film of Jeremiah’s,Small with the UN in Rome. in musculoskeletal radiology. The welcomed a new child to the fam- Collection, played at the Sundance More news to report next time ... happy family lives on the Upper ily this past summer. TicketBiscuit, Film Festival in 2009 and many I will leave you with this: East Side with their English bulldog, the online ticketing company Jeff other festivals in the following “The poets down here don’t Bella (1). founded in 2001, continues to grow. months, winning eight “best of write nothing at all, they just stand Congratulations, Kapil and Deganit Ruben (née Stein) lives in fest” awards along the way. back and let it all be.” Stefanie! Savannah, Ga., with her husband, After living in Los Angeles for —Bruce Springsteen, “Jungleland” Jesse, and daughters, Jordan (5) and eight years, seven of them as a trial Elana (2). Deganit planned to get attorney with the federal public Lauren Becker back to teaching English and writ- defender’s office,L ara Bazelon Sarah Katz 99 19 Devalan St., Apt. 3N ing at the college level this fall. Elie moved to San Francisco to begin a 97 1935 Parrish St. Brooklyn, NY 11231 Levine and his wife, Jody Alpert- two-year clinical teaching fellowship Philadelphia, PA 19130 99 [email protected] Levine, have been in their joint at the UC Hastings College of the 97 [email protected] medical practice on the Upper East Law. She lives in Cole Valley with Unfortunately, I haven’t heard from Side for more than two years. Jody her husband, Matt, an associate at Nomi Victor was named associate most of you in years, if ever. But is an adult and pediatric dermatolo- Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass. Lara publishing director of the trade luckily, I’ve been driving around gist, and Elie is a plastic surgeon. and Matt have a son, Carter, born department at W.W. Norton. the country unearthing some select They take care of everyone from in April 2009. Caleb Weinstein and Claire (Fenton) Simmonds morsels of information, and a couple

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Emily Landsburg ’01 Makes Sewage Part of the Solution

B y Gr a c e La i d l a w ’11

or most environmental agencies and commercial busi- FOG-to-Fuel system in 2009. have given BlackGold an edge activists, sewage water nesses to use biodiesel by mak- BlackGold owes much of its in the hiring process. “In an represents a biohazard ing both the fuel and its delivery success to the expertise and environment like this,” she says, — part of a growing as affordable as possible. The enthusiasm of Landsburg, who “people are more willing to take Fwaste disposal problem that search for a cost-effective way was named CEO shortly before risks, and in that sense, it’s a threatens to upset the planet’s of generating green energy BlackGold separated from The great time to be a start-up. We ecological balance. For Emily from otherwise useless materi- Energy Cooperative. Before have some fabulous employ- Landsburg ’01, it’s part of the als led the company to focus on she arrived in Philadelphia, the ees.” solution. the wastewater industry and, young entrepreneur already had Those who knew Landsburg Landsburg’s company, Black- ultimately, drove the invention built and sold her first company, during college are not surprised Gold (blackgoldbiofuels.com), of the FOG-to-Fuel technology. a seasonal business that main- that she has made a career as has created the FOG-to-Fuel As interest in biodiesel grew, tained boats. Water was familiar an entrepreneur. Carina Schoe- system, a device that converts the project gained momentum, territory for Landsburg, who nberger ’02, who sailed with sewer water into renewable and BlackGold officially split off spent four years on the sailing Landsburg at Columbia, says energy. “FOG” stands for “fats, from The Energy Cooperative team while at Columbia. Before that her friend has never been oils and greases,” three compo- in 2008. long, however, she decided to afraid to disregard convention. nents of wastewater that can be What started as a regional branch out. “I really loved build- During a team trip to Miami, chemically altered to produce effort has since gone national. ing businesses, but I wanted to Schoenberger remembers biodiesel and other eco-friendly BlackGold already has begun be in a field that had more of an Landsburg wandering off after byproducts using the technology receiving widespread acknow- impact,” Landsburg says. practice to chat with local fish- developed and sold by Black- ledgment for its environmental Though BlackGold occupies ermen about the equipment Gold. Until now, the filtering of conservation efforts, including a very different niche than they were using. FOG has presented a budget a Renewable Energy Leadership her first company, Landsburg “She’s definitely a perpetual concern as well as a health Award from the governor of Pen- believes that her previous expe- student,” Schoenberger says. hazard for sewage treatment rience as an entre- “She learns from everything she facilities. By turning the waste preneur was good does.” into sellable fuel, BlackGold’s preparation for While at Columbia, Landsburg invention transforms a liability her current work. majored in applied math — a into a revenue source. “There’s a certain program usually reserved for The company’s motto — scrappy resource- SEAS students. Her decision “Converting our crudest wastes fulness common required a special waiver from into our cleanest fuels” — em- to all start-ups,” the Office of Academic Affairs. phasizes the environmental she says. There are “I wanted to focus on applied and economic implications of common challenges math, but I loved the Core,” she its flagship product. Landsburg as well, such as the explains. “It offered a little bit of further points out that the pre-revenue phase everything, a great overview.” system has benefits from a that all new busi- This enthusiasm for tackling national security perspective. nesses must deal a wide range of subjects may If used widely enough, the with while facing explain Landsburg’s willingness technology has the potential to deadlines and sat- to take on the hectic schedule improve the U.S. economy by isfying investors and broad-ranging responsibili- limiting American dependence without the ben- ties of a small business owner. on foreign oil and making the efit of independent “I’ve always liked having my country less vulnerable to en- cash flow. By the hands in a lot of different proj- ergy shortages as a result of time she started ects at once,” she says. natural disaster. BlackGold, Lands- Landsburg is confident that “It’s a pretty simple propo- burg had already there will be more entrepre- sition,” says Landsburg. “The BlackGold founder Emily Landsburg ’01 become an expert neurial undertakings in her more energy independent a speaks at the 5th Annual Canadian Renew- at saving time while future, but not for a while. nation is, the more secure it able Fuels Summit in 2008. BlackGold con- cutting costs. “At some point, much further can be.” verts sewer water into renewable energy. She is quick to down the road, I’d like to start BlackGold began as a subsid- PHOTO: National Biodiesel Board distinguish, how- more businesses,” she says, iary of The Energy Cooperative, ever, between “but for the foreseeable future, a utility provider based in Phila- nsylvania. The company ranks financial and human resources. this is my sole and total focus.” delphia. The original venture, third on Bloomberg Business- Landsburg believes that even co-founded by Landsburg in week’s list of America’s Most in an economic downturn, it is Grace Laidlaw ’11 is majoring 2004, was a green energy initia- Promising Social Entrepreneurs possible for start-up companies in creative writing and psycholo- tive on the part of the coop- of 2010. Its client list includes with limited means to attract gy. She is director of Columbia’s erative. The project was aimed the city of San Francisco, which talented workers. In fact, she peer counseling hotline and at encouraging government purchased the first commercial thinks that the recession may contributes regularly to CCT.

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and higher taxes. To do that, we planning, career development and must win back our Congress. I community leadership projects. will do everything in my power When not founding nonprofit or- to ensure that Randy Altschuler is ganizations or running marathons our next Congressman because the for charity (runningtosupport future of our nation is at stake. I also youngdreams.com), Rob is a v.p. congratulate Chris Cox for a vigor- in the Principal Investment Area ous campaign. of Goldman Sachs. Several other “Thank you to the Republican alums were in attendance to sup- party chairman, John LaValle, port Rob and NYNY, including for opening the primary process John Rowan ’01, Andrew Pyo ’01, so that we could participate and Jeremy Falk ’02, Cindy Helen Brea spread our message. ’99E and Marissa Ballan ’01 Bar- “I have met thousands of people nard. It was wonderful to catch up across Long Island, and they all with everyone and celebrate Rob’s agree that our spending is out of tremendous accomplishments. control and our taxes are too high. We must change course in this na- Judy Vale ’04 and Mike Rubin ’04 hosted a Columbia reunion at their July REUNION JUNE 2–JUNE 5 tion or our future is at risk. 4 wedding in Garrison, N.Y. Partying with the couple were (top row, left Alumni Office Contacts “I am so honored at the tremen- to right) Rae Neugarten ’04, Zoe Marcus ’04, Jon Steiner ’04E, Joe Gaynor Alumni Affairs Mia Gonsalves Wright dous support we received from ’04, Mark Franczyk ’04, Tom Biegeleisen ’04, Zach Rosner ’04 and Kentaro [email protected] so many leaders including Rush Kaji ’04; and (bottom row, left to right) Sara Topek Spronz ’04 Barnard, 212-851-7977 Limbaugh. I will continue to fight Marisa Cohn ’02 Barnard, Mary Amasia ’04E, Kimberly Ong ’04, the bride, Development Eleanor L. Coufos ’03 for our principles and our values. the groom, Neil Vaishnav ’04, Eric Chang ’04 and Rajesh Banik ’04E. [email protected] I believed in them yesterday, I 212-851-7483 believe in them today and I will brave souls have written in with both me and my 150-lb. mastiff, believe in them tomorrow. Jonathan Gordin news. Bear. We cruised around town and “May God bless you and always 01 3030 N. Beachwood Dr. Aaron Greco ’04 Business: “I visited Jenn and her darling baby continue to bless the United States Los Angeles, CA 90068 recently founded a tech company and happy husband. Jenn noticed of America.” 01 [email protected] that allows students and parents Ebon Moss-Bachrach on Damages, That’s all for now. Bye! to customize pages that get added and shared that Susie Lee reads Hi everyone. Hope things are go- in their school yearbooks. We’re this column, that Pete Younkin ing well and everyone is gearing doing everything we can to get got hitched and that she got a Prisca Bae up for the holiday season. the word out about our product, Rosh Hashanah card from Ethan 00 344 W. 17th St., Apt. 3B It’s not always easy to fill this col- and I thought CC alumni might be Davidson. New York, NY 10011 umn. Sometimes a cursory glance interested in hearing what we’re Later, we all had dinner with Es- 00 at the Sunday New York Times gives [email protected] up to. I encourage you to check out ther Chak, who revealed, after 1½ me lots of great material, though. our website if you’re interested: glasses of wine, that she’d recently I recently attended the inaugural Jonathan Vogel and Jacqueline treering.com.” seen Mike Erman, but he told her benefit and silent auction at Cipri- Bell Lance were married on August The most devoted and scrupu- not to tell me. (Mike, why?) Esther ani 42nd Street for New York Needs 14 at the Princeton University Cha- lous contributor to this column, also told me that Sofia Perenyi has You (newyorkneedsyou.org), a non- pel. The couple met at Princeton, Kristina Kaufman, wrote to say, opened a yoga studio in Paris, that profit that provides high-potential from which the bride graduated “I visited Erika (Moravec) Jaeggli Chris Hardin stopped in Chicago first-generation college students and Jonathan earned a Ph.D. in and Nelson Jaeggli ’97 in Austin, en route to San Francisco via train with the most intensive career economics. Texas, for five days during Labor for his birthday, that Julia Bloch mentorship program in New York The bride is a manager in the Day weekend. They’re doing well, is a video editor and hangs out in City. Hundreds of the city’s most mergers and acquisitions group at raising two cute and hilarious kids Brooklyn with Matt Miller ’00E prominent and philanthropic indi- Capital One in McLean, Va. Jona- named August and Raina. Erika’s and Maggie Pouncey ’00, and that viduals were in attendance. NYNY than is an associate professor of painting as much as she can and interactive designer Mira Alibek honored Howard Marks, founder economics at Columbia. Congratu- has a studio space in East Austin was in Odessa at some point but is and chairman of Oaktree Capital lations to Jonathan and Jacqueline! with other artists. We had a great now back in Brooklyn. Esther and Management, and Cory A. Booker, Jennifer Shalant and Luke time going to the botanical gardens Jenn both see David Meshoulam mayor of the City of Newark, N.J., Groskin were featured in the Vows and the pool, and of course eating ’00 often. He lives in Evanston for their support and commitment section on September 5, which at least our weight in Tex Mex and with his wife and their daughters towards NYNY’s crucial mission. documented their wedding cel- BBQ. I learned that things really (1 and 3). As a first-generation college grad, I ebration at the Prospect Park Zoo. are bigger in Texas (bugs, cars, etc.) This flurry of boldface names is found the entire evening to be very Jennifer is a managing web edi- and that it’s acceptable to bring what happens when people actu- moving. tor for the Wildlife Conservation your own beer cozy to a cookout. ally give up the goods. The organization, founded by Society, which runs the Bronx Zoo. I almost got stuck there because of Finally, in case you were still Robert Reffkin, leverages 200 Her husband is a videographer for Hurricane Ermine and experienced curious about George Demos’ run highly accomplished profession- the society. The couple met while my first tornado warnings! But I for Congress (I was), I pulled this als who volunteer more than working at the zoo. Luke would made it back in one piece. Erika from his website: 10,000 hours of mentorship. It is send her previews of his video and I also realized that it had been “Thank you to all of you who the only nonprofit organization clips about the new animals at the exactly 15 years since we met dur- worked so hard for our campaign in New York City that focuses zoo. Jennifer was then responsible ing our first weeks at Columbia. We and for our cause of true conserva- exclusively on first-generation for writing the captions for the felt old!” tive values. We have fought the college students. The foundation videos. Congratulations to Jennifer In August, I drove out to the good fight for conservative prin- was launched after Rob, who also and Luke! West Coast for a long-overdue ciples, exceeded all expectations, is president, uncovered significant Now, some people actually do consultation with my favorite psy- but come a little bit short tonight. empirical data indicating that the write in with exciting news, and chiatrist, Dr. Jenya Kaufman, who “Moments ago, I called Randy education level of parents, fam- I encourage all of you to do the is lovely and insightful as ever. Altschuler and congratulated him ily structure and socio-economic same. I know your classmates On my way back east, I stopped on winning the Republican nomina- conditions have a significant influ- would love to hear from you. in Chicago and stayed with Ethan tion for U.S. Congress. It is impera- ence on the economic mobility of A hearty mazel tov to Lauren Fischer and his sweetheart, Robyn, tive that we stop the Obama-Pelosi- youth. The primary components Silvers (née Goldstein) and her who courageously put up with Bishop agenda of reckless spending of the NYNY curriculum are life husband, Dan, on the birth of

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Ethan Braun, born on July 14 at 7 husband, Nat, welcomed their first lbs., 10 oz. and 19 ¾ in. Ethan joins baby, Eva Tess, on July 29. Evie sister Hayley at home in NYC. already has been enjoying walks Courtney Vowels wrote in with with Mom from the Upper West an exciting update: “John Garn- Side to the Columbia campus. evicus and I got married on July Daniel Lupo is serving in the 4, 2009, on the Garnevicus family Army as a chemical specialist at farm in Nelson, Wis. It’s the farm Fort Carson, Colo., and is soon to John’s mom grew up on; his par- be deployed to the Middle East. ents retired there a few years ago Ginger Gentile is filming her first after 40 or so years in the Bronx. feature documentary, Goals for Girls: We happily were able to convince The Movie, which follows the struggle about 60 close friends and family of teenage girls in a Buenos Aires to make the tough trek to the mid- shantytown who dare to play a sport dle of the country (2½ hours from off-limits to women in Argentina: the nearest airport and about a soccer. You can watch the award- mile from the closest neighbor) and winning short and support the got to give a bunch of city folks the project at goalsforgirlsthemovie.org. Jessica Bobula Foster ’06 married her UVA School of Medicine class- full rural Wisconsin experience, Lindsay Jurist Rosner gradu- mate Sean Foster in Charlottesville, N.Y., in July 2009. Keeping the bride including feeding newborn lambs ated from Harvard Business School company were (from left to right) Lauren Baranco ’06; Carly Hugo ’06; at the farm next door. and lives in Los Angeles. She Tara Wedin ’06; Kelly Gavin ’06; the bride; Danielle Joset ’06; Katie Fer- “Columbians in attendance works for Microsoft. nandez ’06, ’09L; Dana Gold ’06; and Emily Berkman ’06 Barnard. included Karen Bram (née Garnevi- Avi Fernandes graduated with PHOTO: Dave Crockett cus) ’74 Barnard, Erin Bailey ’09 TC, an M.B.A. from INSEAD after hav- Elisa Jacobs ’01 Barnard, Joe Garn- ing lived in France and Singapore and entered my second year of my residency.” evicus ’03 (John’s middle brother; for the last 10 months. He is now three-year contract in the fall. I am Lastly, Beth Priest “recently his youngest brother and my broth- deciding on which city to make his part of a 30-person ensemble and completed the Intern Development er were also in attendance), Kate permanent home: HK? SF? Singa- am working at the Staatstheater Program and passed the last of my Fillin-Yeh ’01 Barnard, Josephine pore? NYC? Only time will tell! Hannover. It is the state repertoire Architecture Registration Exams Lee, Dean Lin, Laura Baldez and Su Ahn will be attending busi- theater for the State of Hannover. to become a licensed architect. I Tom Garnevicus ’69 (John’s dad). ness school at INSEAD in Foun- Every state and big city has a state am practicing at DeStefano and Also present was Ben Frisch ’10 PH, tainbleau and Singapore beginning theater in Germany.” Partners in Chicago. My husband, and present in spirit was Rebecca in January. Eric Siskind recently published Gregory, and I welcomed a daugh- Zimmerman. She was scheduled Bethany Milton ’06 recently his latest novel, Moment of Clutch, ter, Mallory Eleanor Murphy, into to be part of the wedding party, but finished a two-year tour as a which can be purchased and down- our family on April 5.” instead was on the other side of the foreign service officer at the U.S. loaded on Amazon for Kindle, iPad, planet welcoming a new addition to Consulate in Mumbai and is head- iPhone, and smartphone reader her family: She and husband, Eric ing out again in April to serve as applications. Lauren Kornreich Angela Georgopoulos Friedman, are now busy raising an economic and consular officer at Shawn writes, “I married Brett 200 Water St., Apt. 1711 their son, Shai, in Israel. the embassy in Tel Aviv. Shawn. We didn’t know each other 04 New York, NY 10038 “John and I have had a whirl- in college, surprisingly, but met a 04 [email protected] wind of a year. Just before the few years out of college. I’m in my wedding we bought a townhouse Michael Novielli last year of residency in emergency Hello fellow alumni! I hope you in our hometown of the past four 03 World City Apartments medicine at NYU/Bellevue, and are all doing well and gearing years, Seattle. John teaches high Attention Michael J. Brett is a first-year associate at Wa- up for a fun holiday season. As school math and science at Lake- 03 Novielli, A608 chtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.” Luz always, please send any and all side School in Seattle, and I’m the Block 10, No 6. Jinhui Jimenez graduated from medical updates my way. On to the news: director of education at Tacoma Art Road, Chaoyang District school and is in her second year Ryan Brumberg is the Republi- Museum. I’m also on the board of Beijing, 100020, People’s of residency in combined internal can candidate for Congress in New our local Columbia alumni club, so Republic of China medicine/pediatrics. York’s 14th District. Ryan gradu- we’ve gotten to meet a lot of local [email protected] Pat Holder writes, “My wife, ated from Stanford Law School alums.” Kirsten, and I moved in June 2009 in 2007 and worked at McKinsey Congratulations to Courtney I wanted to take a moment to reflect, to Boston, where I took a job as a and Co. for the past several years and John! through this column, on the unfor- postdoctoral researcher for Daniel as a management consultant. In Best wishes to all, and please do tunate passing of John W. Kluge ’37. Nocera in the chemistry department March, he resigned in good stand- keep in touch. His generosity toward Columbia at MIT. I was fortunate enough ing to run full-time for Congress. was unparalleled, and the Kluge to receive an NIH Fellowship for Matthew Einhorn is his campaign Scholars Program that benefitted three years for my research. Kirsten manager. Sonia Dandona many of our friends through the found work with the John A. Volpe After three years as a litigation Hirdaramani years is just one example of his leg- National Transportation Systems associate at Cahill Gordon & Rein- 02 2 Rolling Dr. acy. In this season of giving thanks, Center in Cambridge, where she del, Sogol Somekh started a judi- 02 Old Westbury, NY 11568 it seems fitting to thank him and his is planning alternative transporta- cial clerkship in the fall working in [email protected] family for their generous support of tion such as shuttles and trails for the federal courthouse in Brooklyn our alma mater. National Parks and federal land Heights. She is looking forward to Hope everyone enjoyed the sum- Members of our class continue agencies.” what should be a wonderful profes- mer. With fall came a new season to make unique contributions to Miru Kim has been “working sional and personal experience. and many new beginnings. Fill us society, including Lien de Brouck- full-time on my artwork and travel- Congratulations to Arielle Fenig in by e-mailing me at soniah57@ ere, who is “now happily living in ing a lot. This year: April, one-month stein and Yehuda Cohen, who gmail.com. lovely Hamburg, Germany, where stay and a solo show in Istanbul; were married on August 1 in L.A. Melissa Tominac was married I am at White & Case’s office here May, shooting in Iowa; July–August, Yehuda writes, “We knew each other on June 12 to Mike Stewart in New working on EU and German com- The Fountainhead Residency in during college but were not really York City. They will live in London petition law.” Miami (artist residency); September, friends; we reconnected while living this year, where Melissa is partici- Oscar Olivo ’04, also in Ger- Lodz, Poland, stay for two weeks in Washington Heights during the pating in a study-abroad program many, completed his “diploma to produce work for the Łódź Bien- past two years. Arielle is an English for her second year of law school. in 2008 at the ‘Hochschule für nale; October, Uruguay for a show teacher at SAR H.S. in the Bronx. Beth Stein Lipschitz and her Schauspielkunst “Ernst Busch” ’ in Montevideo and another Miami I am completing my residency in

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agement (Northwestern) in June visits to la vita bella in Italy. Victoria and celebrated with a trip to see the Baranetsky sends a haiku from World Cup in South Africa (joined Cambridge: by Charlotte Jacobs). We spent three “Last year in school now weeks in the country and went to Makes me think about CC two games, quarter-final match of Oh the many roars.” Argentina and Germany in Cape- Tamar Fuhrer and Jonathan town and third place match between Faria were married in Toronto on Germany and Uruguay in Port August 14. Other Columbians pres- Elizabeth. We also survived a three- ent included maid of honor Peta- day safari in Krueger, where we saw Kaye Johnson ’07, best man Daniel all of Africa’s ‘big five,’ and more! Faria ’12J, bridesmaid Kayla Small Now I am busy settling back into my ’07, Hilary Parsons, Vlad Adzic Dalinez Martinez ’08 married her high school sweetheart, Eliu Lanzo, in hometown, Dallas, after a nine-year ’06E and Connie Shi ’07E. Tamar New Rochelle, N.Y., on May 9. Nickisha Berlus ’08 (seated, far left) and hiatus, i.e., since I left for Columbia. and Jon live in Los Angeles. Tamar Laura Lee ’08 (standing, second from left) were among a group of Co- I work full-time with A.T. Kearney is a transportation planner for Fehr lumbia alumni joining the festivities. management consulting.” & Peers, a consulting company. Jon PHOTO: The Pros earned his law degree from UCLA in May and began as an associate at REUNION JUNE 2–JUNE 5 internal medicine at Montefiore and fellowship in the black studies Kirkland & Ellis in September. Alumni Office Contacts next year will be heading to Boston department at UC Santa Barbara. Last, but certainly not least, I Alumni Affairs Mia Gonsalves Wright for a fellowship at Beth Israel Dea- She’s excited about completing the want to extend a warm, much [email protected] coness in infectious disease.” last year in her Ph.D. program. belated congratulations to Jessica 212-851-7977 In attendance at the wedding Yan Feng continues his work as Bobula Foster, who was married Development Amanda Kessler were Josh Weinberg ’04E, ’06E; a religion correspondent for The in July 2009. The wedding was in [email protected] Ariel Zell; Michael Wiener; Elie Straits Times in Singapore. He will Charlottesville, Va. She married 212-851-7883 Hassenfeld; Talia Falk ’06; Shifra spend this fall shuttling between Sean Foster, a fellow medical school Koyfman ’05 Barnard; Regine New York, Denver, D.C. and Doha, Michelle Oh classmate at the University of Vir- Setton Galanti ’04 Barnard; Ilana Qatar. If you’re in any of these 06 17 John St., Apt. 2D ginia. They both graduated in May. Mann ’03 Barnard; Lisa Keller- cities, he’d love to catch up: yen. New York, NY 10038 Jessica is doing her residency in man; Elie Kravitz ’06; Zev Wiener [email protected]. 06 pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s [email protected] ’06; Tara Herman; Saul Haberfield Congrats to Rebecca (Pollack) Hospital. [See photo.] ’05E; and Scott Rader ’03, ’06L. Kee and Bill Kee. Their first child, Hello, everyone. Here are some Congratulations also go out to James Richard, was born in San updates from our classmates: James Lee ’04E and his longtime Francisco on August 21 at 12:03 Sean Duffy is taking a year off David D. Chait girlfriend Susan Kim, who he met a.m.. James was 5 lbs., 5 oz., and 18 from medical school at Harvard to 07 1255 New Hampshire Ave. while she was visiting a friend at in. Rebecca says that this “future work at IDEO in San Francisco. N.W., Apt. 815 Columbia our freshman year. There Columbian” plans to “major in Brian Wagner is an account 07 Washington, DC 20036 was a big showing of Columbia philosophy.” director at an international public [email protected] alumni at their wedding: Eric Rhee W. Garner Robinson was se- relations firm in Washington, D.C., ’04E, ’06E; Jared Kennedy ’04E; Ben lected for a commission as an intel- where his undergraduate interest “Our truest life is when we are in Farber; Miklos Vasarhelyi; Mark ligence officer in the Navy Reserve. in Chinese history and politics is dreams awake.” Bhupathi; Andrew Sohn; Jesse He began training this fall. finally being put to good use. Brian —Henry David Thoreau Scott; Brian Ballan ’04E; Ray Lansi- Lily Hsu married Konrad Schlick also is entering his second year as gan; Anna Fang; Megan McCarthy; in Malibu, Calif. The newlyweds an officer in the Navy Reserve, and It’s wonderful to hear the amazing Lindsey Smith ’04E; and Sogol moved to San Diego, where they’re is working at the Pentagon as of things our classmates are up to. Somekh. both medical residents. Congrats! October. He reconnected with Mi- CC ’07, you’re all living the dream! Congratulations to Judy Vale and Eliana Meirowitz Nelson writes: cah Springut, Claudia Sandoval Nishant Dixit writes in from Mike Rubin, who got married on “My husband and I soon will move and Montse Ferrer at a young Mumbai, India: “I recently finished July 4 in Garrison, N.Y. It was a mini to Jerusalem for a year. He’ll be con- alumni event in D.C. recently and up a project at TechnoServe with the Columbia reunion of sorts, with 18 tinuing his rabbinic studies, and I’ll hopes to rediscover more Columbi- Tibetan Government in Exile. This alums in attendance: Rae Neugar- have an internship at the Smokler ans in the coming months. government, created by His Holiness ten, Zoe Marcus, Jon Steiner ’04E, Center for Health Policy Research Julia Nagle writes, “I’m working the Dalai Lama, was founded in 1959 Joe Gaynor, Mark Franczyk, Tom as part of my work toward a master on my second year in a public pol- to manage the affairs of the Tibetan Biegeleisen, Zach Rosner, Kentaro of public health degree at Boston icy master’s program in California. community in India. The project goal Kaji, Sara Topek Spronz ’04 Barnard, University. We’re excited to spend I’m loving the Bay area: the fresh is to enhance livelihood opportuni- Marisa Cohn ’02 Barnard, Mary time in Jerusalem and also use it as food, outdoor excursions and great ties for approximately 80,000 Tibetan Amasia ’04E, Kimberly Ong, Judy a launching pad for some interna- weather. Feel free to get in touch if refugees across 28 settlements. This Vale, Mike Rubin, Neil Vaishnav tional adventures. (We’re thinking you’re in the area.” involves planning and designing col- ’05, Eric Chang ’04E, Rajesh Banik about going to Italy, Greece, Norway, After eight years in New York laborative livelihood interventions ’04E and Fernando Martine. Sweden, Egypt and Jordan during City, Ganesh Betanabhatla relocated in agriculture, tourism, rural call Happy holidays to you all. See the year.) If I have any classmates to Houston in August. He works centers, access to financial services you in 2011! in Israel, it’d be great to reconnect. in energy private equity at CCMP and entrepreneurship. Our project And if you’re living somewhere else Capital and will be opening a new was presented to the Central Tibetan amazing and want some visitors, let office for the company. If any of you Administration in June. Peter Kang me know.” are in Houston, please reach out. “In July, I traveled to South 05 205 15th St., Apt. 5 Phil Sandick recently finished Holly Guzman is starting her first Africa to watch the World Cup. It’s Brooklyn, NY 11215 a book on the history of a private year at the full-time M.B.A. program amazing to see how far the country 05 secondary school in Botswana. He of the University of Chicago Booth has come in such a short time. I saw [email protected] also got engaged in a hot air balloon School of Business. Thessaly La Ghana versus Germany with Alper I hope everyone had a wonderful over the Serengeti to Colleen Kelley Force is the web editor of The Paris Bahadir at Soccer City Stadium in summer. Here are some updates ’07 SW. He is enrolled in a four-year Review. She recently launched a blog Johannesburg. I was able to meet from classmates. J.D./L.L.M. program in internation- and redesigned the website. Professor Sunil Gulati, president LaToya Tavernier recently al human rights at Northwestern. J.J. Stranko has started a master’s of the U.S. Soccer Federation, for moved from Atlanta to Santa Bar- Lizet Lopez writes: “I finished my program at SAIS-Johns Hopkins in breakfast in Johannesburg.” bara, Calif., to begin a dissertation M.B.A. at Kellogg School of Man- Bologna and welcomes any and all Many of our classmates started

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graduate school this fall. trail. She steals campaign signs in nightlife blog.” More info can be three-month volunteer project in Jessica Zen (née Wong) and her New Hampshire, tastes the nightlife found at davidhenrygerson.com. Guanajuato, Mexico. There, work- husband moved to Cambridge, in Nashville, and has a strange Stanimir Rachev has moved to ing at a shelter for abused women Mass., where Jessica started busi- encounter with Laura and Jenna Shanghai. “I started a science teach- and girls, she took up multiple ness school at MIT Sloan. Bush at the White House. Along the ing job in a high school. I am looking projects including education of the Becca Hartog shares, “I com- way, she falls in love with America forward to meeting any Columbia girls in math, science and Eng- pleted my Peace Corps service in while seeing how far the Republican grads in China!” lish. Her group also developed a Cameroon in November 2009 and Party has veered from its core values Caroline McNamara recently computer lab with eight computers traveled to Tanzania with Alison of freedom, honesty and individual- returned from a weeklong trip in for the girls to learn to type and O’Neill ’07E afterward. More re- ity. In Dirty Sexy Politics, Meghan Germany and the Czech Republic use computer programs. After the cently, I’ve begun medical school at McCain gives us a true insider’s with two friends from high school. project, Marissa decided to do a the University of Pittsburgh School account of life on a campaign trail.” “We traveled to Berlin and Prague cross-country bike tour with the of Medicine. Go Steelers!” and had a great time,” she said. American Lung Association, raising Mark Keller writes, “I’m in the Riaz Zaidi returned from Iraq more than $6,000 for lung disease United Kingdom this fall to pursue Neda Navab in February and after visiting alma research. It took 48 days, more than my M.Sc. in Latin American 08 53 Saratoga Dr. mater while on leave in July de- 3,300 miles and many ice cream studies at St. Antony’s College, Jericho, NY 11753 ployed to Afghanistan in October breaks to get from Seattle to Wash- University of Oxford.” 08 with the 1st Squadron–113th Cav- ington, D.C. Marissa has learned [email protected] Aaron Berman moved to Vail, alry Regiment. to speak to cows, developed zebra- Colo. He writes, “I’ve been enjoying Hello CC ’08! Lots of exciting news Rachel Weidenbaum (now like tan lines and learned how to the outdoors and also started a per- to report from the last few months, Rachel Claire) and Noam Harary pitch a tent and find cover during sonal chef and catering company, my favorite of which may be the starred in the independent film ridiculous hailstorms. She started Double Diamond Chefs. Hoping for WSJ article, “Where Columbia Heaven is Waiting, directed by Shlomi massage school in New York City in a lot of snow this winter!” Beats Harvard: On the Battlefield Ben Yair and produced by Pegah September and is searching for a job John Shekitka notes, “After of Curricula.” (Look for the piece if Easton. The film has been screened that unfortunately does not involve earning a master’s or two, I relocated you haven’t already seen it!) at the following international festi- making drinks. to the Central Valley of California to Thommen Ollapally recently vals: the Cannes Short Corner, Milan, After a year in the United King- teach at a charter school operated by moved back to Bangalore, India, Montreal and Rhode Island. dom, Eric Lukas spent the summer Bard College. Aside from teaching after a two-year stint with Morgan working in Washington, D.C., and at the Paramount Bard Academy, Stanley in New York. He kicked at home in northern Virginia as an my days are spent eating In-N-Out things off with a backpacking trip Alidad Damooei assistant editor at Foreign Policy burgers, listening to Katy Perry and around India up to the Himalayas 09 c/o CCT magazine. From June–September, sweltering in the oppressive heat.” and is excited about all the op- Columbia Alumni Center he was a regular contributor to Tarik Bolat shares, “Dave Schor portunities that await in the moth- 09 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 ForeignPolicy.com’s Oil and Glory participated in the King of Prussia erland. He strongly encourages New York, NY 10025 blog, where he provided news and Cheese Rolling Competition, work- Columbians to visit. [email protected] commentary on the latest developing with a wheel of young Gouda Neda Navab is taking time off ments in the business, politics and and finishing a respectable 12th from McKinsey to work in Kigali, As the leaves have fallen and we economics of energy. Among some place.” Rwanda, with TechnoServe, an start piling on the layers of cloth- of his favorite pieces were posts on Mike Groopman embarked this NGO that focuses on finding busi- ing to keep us warm, the Class of the future of the oil industry after summer on a two-week trip in Swit- ness solutions to rural poverty. 2009 continues to pursue exciting the BP oil spill and on clean energy zerland, where he hiked in the Alps, She is supervising a pilot business endeavors everywhere from Hol- initiatives in the Middle East. He stayed in rustic cabins and made training program for 200 socially lywood to Mongolia. writes, “It’s not often that you’re his own muesli at each stop. (This and economically excluded wom- Keli Leong took time off before in a position to write about exactly evidently is the point of the trip.) en throughout rural Rwanda. “So graduate school to film part of the what interests you, and I felt very Lukas McGowan is touring Buf- far, it’s been wild, and bizarre, and James L. Brooks movie How Do You fortunate to have this opportunity.” falo, N.Y., performing his critically just what I needed: a great shakeup Know in October 2009. Reese With- When he was not blogging, Eric acclaimed one-man show, Pots, after six years in New York.” erspoon stars in the film in which hiked and biked through Virginia’s Pans, and Glass. Inspired by the hit Rachel Trager recently launched her character is a professional Blue Ridge Mountains and visited musical Stomp, Lukas has created Pink Pangea (pinkpangea.com), an softball player. Keli represented her New York and New England. He what he calls a “special cat-suit” online community for women trav- sport by portraying one of With- also caught up with friends over that comprises household kitchen elers. Pink Pangea is a site where erspoon’s teammates on the U.S. dinner and drinks in Washington, items including whisks, wooden women travelers share their expe- National Team. The movie opens including Spencer Silverstein and ladles, a Cuisinart blade and electric riences abroad, connect to fellow in theaters on December 17. It was Kunaal Sharma ’10. Eric returned skillets, which he uses to play an travelers and inspire other women a fantastic networking opportu- to Oxford in October for the second entire catalogue of Philip Glass com- to explore the world. Pink Pangea’s nity that led Keli to a volunteer year of his master’s program in positions. The Buffalo News quoted goal is to make travel easier, safer assistant coaching position at Iona international relations, where he is him: “In college, I was inspired by a and more fulfilling for women of College. During her time there, the studying the problems of interna- course called Music Hum[anities]. I all ages. “I invite all CC women to team won the softball program’s tional cooperation in energy. thought, hey, I like cookware and I check it out and share their travel first Metro Atlantic Athletic Con- love the Minimalist compositions of experiences,” says Rachel. ference Championship in 25 years Philip Glass — it just seemed like a David Gerson’s short docu- and made its inaugural NCAA Julia Feldberg natural marriage. You really haven’t mentary film,Ultra Violet for Sixteen Division I Regional appearance. 10 4 E. 8th St., Apt. 4F experienced Mr. Glass’ compositions Minutes, about Dali’s mistress and Liz Berger returned last sum- New York, NY 10003 until you’ve heard them through the Warhol’s muse, the born-again mer from Mongolia, where she vol- 10 [email protected] timbre of a Macy’s crock pot.” Mormon Ultra Violet, has been suc- unteered on the Mongol-American Lukas is in negotiations with cessfully playing festivals around the Khovd Archaeology Project. Volun- Hello, 2010. I am writing this in early several Off-Broadway theaters and United States. “Totally engaging,” teers worked on an excavation of a September from my new apartment hopes to bring his show to Man- writes Albert Maysles. “A gem of a 2,000-year-old cemetery in the Altai in Greenwich Village, shared with hattan in the fall. Keep an eye out! little film,” says HuffPo. “Because of Mountains and had the chance to Charlotte Furet ’10 Barnard and San- In August, Meghan McCain pub- this film the industry newsletter Film experience contemporary life in the dra Cariglio. As I watch the NYU lished the book Dirty Sexy Politics. News Briefs named me one of May’s Mongolian countryside (including freshmen move into their dorms and Publisher Hyperion Books describes ‘top four filmmakers to watch.’ I also much off-road driving and even try not to wince when cashiers ask it: “In this witty, candid and boister- recently acted in several New York some barbecued marmot). if I have my NYU student ID, I am ous book, Meghan takes us deep theatrical runs as well as a national After graduation, Marissa Smith struck not only by the fact that we behind the scenes of the campaign ad campaign for NBC’s new local took to bartending to save for a are not returning to school but also

november/december 2010 69 columbia college today by how far we have come since we nalism, concentrating in the highly my voice messages and found out I biting. Nevertheless, she says she is entered Columbia four years ago. regarded Cultural Reporting and had been taken off the waitlist for a excited to still be in New York City! After graduation, Louis Miller Criticism program. He may still be Fulbright research grant. I had been Veronica Couzo’s summer was traveled across Western Europe seen around Morningside, how- on the list for several months. Now filled with moving, packing, and and returned to New York with a ever, as he will soon move to West I’m going to Poland to study phi- more moving and packing. In ad- new interest in art and travel. He Harlem with his partner, Cam Mc- losophy, math and logic. My college dition to studying for the LSAT, she is working in the Capital Markets Donald, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in boyfriend, Corey Bregman, will join has been a full-time employee at group of Morgan Stanley Smith cultural anthropology at the New me in Warsaw.” MTV since June. She says the most Barney, which he says he is enjoy- School for Social Research. Chris Yim certainly wins for exciting thing that happened to ing so far. He also is developing an Ajay Kumar Mangal writes, “I either his fiction writing skills or his her during the summer (other than interest in politics and is looking left NYC with a dream to create op- remarkable experience. Chris writes, attending a Backstreet Boys concert) for a forum to explore it further. portunities for teenagers in rough, “While mowing the lawn, I was was having a bathroom ceiling in Although it will be his first fall low-income communities through stung by a scorpion in my backyard. Columbia graduate housing collapse not playing football, he says he is Teach for America in Houston. I After being taken to the hospital on her head. Stay safe, Veronica! excited to watch his brother, Evan have been doing my best to bridge and hospitalized for two weeks Thank you for all of your great ’12, play football at Columbia. the achievement gap while coming for an almost fatal sting, biologists submissions. Keep them coming! Nirvikar Jassal works for NYC to realize how much I miss New who study insects started studying Mayor Michael Bloomberg in City York City and all of my friends, the origins of these scorpions that Hall as a research analyst. He re- who have significantly changed had made their way as far north cently moved to Long Island City, my life. I can’t believe I’m on my as central Virginia. My misfortune a short commute to Grand Central, own. Soon enough, I’ll be heading began the pioneering of widespread with Jonathon Sanchez and Eric to medical school. Until then, I’m research on the species. Glad I could Alumni Corner Pogue. They love their apartment, training for the Iron Man competi- help. Since then, I moved to Seoul, which has spectacular views of tion while making a difference in South Korea, and am teaching Eng- (Continued from page 72) Manhattan. the lives of others.” lish at an English academy.” Rachel Vishnepolsky Erica Lee After spending a relaxing post- has quite a hasn’t seen any says. “The result, after a bit of re- graduation summer working odd story to share. She writes, “My plans scorpions lately, but she has seen search, was a gluten-free, dairy-free, Bryan jobs and living in Brooklyn, were fixed: I was to teach English in many “cute little mice” in her egg-free and sugar-free cake that Lowder is downtown this fall at South Korea for a year. But in the taxi Harlem apartment. She is hoping actually tasted good.” But you don’t NYU pursuing a master’s in jour- on my way to the airport, I checked to escape before the bedbugs start have to be a magnificent pastry chef to support a celiac friend. We were able to enjoy countless dinners because people simply asked questions tonians who were members. confronting irate Columbians who about what food was safe for us. Letters When Columbia took residence sounded so much like Deutsch: So, what is Columbia without many years later, the atmosphere unknowledgeable, unhelpful and to (Continued from page 2) gluten? Without beer, pizza and changed. Endless meetings took a great extent offensive. Chinese take-out? In the end, not all over the most enjoyable rooms. Princeton owned the building, that different. You find alternative in the form of Mel’s is a positive Members were shunted from small the ground and the air. As they drinks and foods, plan for meal-less economic indicator. Or at least it will room to small room. Quiet was were in need of financial support, emergencies and make understand- be a good place to get a hamburger. shattered by loud voices, as person- we were in need of a viable venue. ing friends. While a gluten-free diet Bruce Paulsen ’80 al business was conducted by noisy During our contract negotiations, is certainly not an unsurpassable Ne w Yo r k Ci t y groups in open view. The Princeton there had to be a certain amount of obstacle, our point is that it need Club was no longer the Princeton give and take. We could not usurp not be an obstacle at all. The only Conservo? Club. The Columbia Club that Mr. the total identity of Princeton. We thing truly daunting about celiac I see that you are publishing cons- Deutsch remembers never was. could and did establish and slowly disease and a gluten-free diet is the ervo-oriented letters these days — Milton Kamen ’40 expand Columbia’s identity. barrier of unfamiliarity. We thrived more so, it seems, than in the past. Ne w Yo r k Ci t y The Columbia membership has at Columbia because we were able Thank you. grown to almost that of equal size to break down this barrier within a Martin Heilweil ’66 I write as immediate past president with Princeton alumni. Programs small group of friends. But if celiacs Ne w Yo r k Ci t y and president emeritus of the Co- of interest and entertainment to are willing to speak up, to not be lumbia University Club of New the Columbia community have on apologetic about their condition, Columbia Club York (CUCNY). Jay R. Deutsch ’66, occasion been merged with those and the rest of the community is a I suspect that distant memories who must have attended the Col- of the PCNY. And yes, we are the little more conscientious, the barrier have added enchantment. Mr. Jay lege during my tenure as an un- Columbia Club in Residence. We needn’t exist. We hope that the Co- R. Deutsch ’66 (Letters, September/ dergraduate but was not known to have never been disingenuous about lumbia community will continue to October) remembers an idealized me, seems to opine on a topic about that fact. rise to the challenge of being aware clubhouse. which he knows little or nothing. If a grateful alumnus, perhaps and supportive of its celiacs, tak- I was a member for many years Many years ago, when the CU like Deutsch, would donate a building a lead in helping three million before it closed. It was a moth-eaten, Club bunked with the physically ing in the midtown area, furnish Americans lead normal lives. dusty mess, with spooky moose inadequate Williams Club, we ex- it, staff it and leave it as his legacy, heads coming out of the walls. The plored other venues. The Princeton then we might well have our own For more about celiac disease, see the food was something to write home Club of New York was one possi- CUCNY. Perhaps if Deutsch had article in the Winter 2009–10 issue of about; it was awful, with service to bility. The PCNY was strapped for known some meaningful facts, he Columbia magazine: magazine.col match. cash and casting about for a future. might have had a more complete umbia.edu/features/winter-2009-10/ We gave the Princeton people I had many conferences with the understanding of what preceded against-grain. our club privileges while they were University’s financial and alumni the current successful situation. Per- building their new quarters and in administrators. They, as we, knew haps he might even have tendered Arianne Richard ’10 works in an au- return they offered our members a that a place for Columbia alumni to some positive suggestions. He toimmunity research lab at the National chance to join their brand-new, gather socially in NYC was essen- might even have been a little kinder Institutes of Health and intends to enter beautiful new club. I took advantage tial. Finally, after months of negotia- and less offensive in his remarks … graduate school in fall 2011. Jeffrey of their offer and for some 30 years I tions, I signed a five-year agreement but then again, probably not. Spear ’10 works for the Center for the enjoyed the quiet, dignified setting, with the president of the Princeton Laurance J. Guido ’65, ’69 P&S Core Curriculum and is trying to earn including the members’ lunch table Club. I spent more hours of conge- Si a sc o ns e t , Ma ss . a place on the U.S. 2012 Olympic fenc- where anyone alone could dine with nial conversation with my Princ- ing team before applying to graduate others. We were the only non-Prince- eton board colleagues than I did school in fall 2012.

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A l u m n i Co r n e r College without Pizza: Life at Columbia with Celiac Disease

B y Ar i a n n e Ri c h a r d ’10 a n d Je f f r e y Sp e a r ’10

f you were asked how much of your day in- your roommate’s homemade guacamole, the volves food, you might think about a couple of outrageous cocktail your friend just dreamed up. hours spent preparing and eating meals. Think Sharing food provides a bonding opportunity in again. Think about your coffee breaks; the odd social gatherings but often the celiac must refuse candy and baked goods found in colleagues’ and risk offending the host. Arianne remembers Ioffices; free food at an event, meeting or informa- one archetypal interaction: “My host was so excit- tion session; and snacks or drinks with friends after ed about a freshly baked apple pie, she could not dinner. How many of these instances involved food fathom my refusal to try a slice. When I explained that you prepared and how many food that a res- having celiac disease, she quickly reassured me taurant, co-worker, friend or processed food com- that she had used white flour, and when I said pany prepared? You probably have not seen the raw that this was still a problem, she suggested I eat ingredients and preparation process for the grand only the filling. Unfortunately, this was not a safe majority of your food for the day. Now, imagine that solution, either, and as I turned down the offer an ingredient common to most kitchens, dishes and again, I was met with a scowl.” processed foods will induce a massive autoimmune In addition to social discomfort, this conversation reaction in your body. What in your daily life would Arianne Richard ’10 and Jeffrey highlights two common misconceptions. The first Spear ’10 at graduation. you have to change? is that only whole-wheat flour contains wheat. In Such is the situation of a person with celiac dis- fact, all common flours, pastas, breads and pastries ease. Gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye, induces an as well as many marinades, soy sauces and liquors contain wheat. autoimmune reaction in the small intestine of the celiac patient that The second is that celiacs can pick around the flour, that a little cross- leads to nutrient deficiency, weight loss, fatigue, numbness and, contamination won’t hurt. Although celiac patients don’t have the often, autoimmune reactions in other parts of the body. Undiag- immediately life-threatening reactions associated with some aller- nosed, the disease can become deadly. Jeff was more than 50 lbs. gies, many are sensitive enough that even the small amount of glu- underweight before he was successfully diagnosed at 16. He says, ten spread from a shared stirring spoon can initiate an autoimmune “My condition became so bad that at one point doctors told me attack. It’s better to think of gluten like raw chicken — afterward, that, if I survived my then-unknown illness, I would have to cope you must wash your countertops and utensils to avoid salmonella. with permanent mental and physical disability.” Still, being a celiac is not all about walking a tightrope around Fortunately, a gluten-free diet prevents these effects and recov- socially obligated eating. During our time at Columbia, we were ery is usually quick to follow its implementation. Studies estimate lucky to find support in the local community and at the University. that one in every 100 Americans has celiac disease. This is approxi- The Celiac Disease Center at P&S, established in 2001, hosts benefit mately three million people, or about the population of Manhattan events and free roundtable discussions and is diagnosing and treat- and the Bronx combined. Each Columbia College class, therefore, ing more than 2,000 patients annually from around the world. The likely includes 10–12 celiac students. We write as two from the Class Morningside Heights deli Nussbaum & Wu now serves gluten-free of 2010 in the hope that our stories will add to a growing awareness pizza, allowing us, in our senior year, to laugh at the absurdity of of celiac disease by providing information to both celiacs living in finally being able to order our first dorm pizza. John Jay dining hall the Columbia community and non-celiacs who interact daily with has made an effort to support gluten-free students by labeling dishes the celiac population. in the cafeteria and stocking a gluten-free refrigerator. Unfortunately, Thus we return to the question: What would change in your daily cross-contamination remains a concern in both the kitchen and serv- life? Perhaps first would be your perspective on free food. To the ing trays; one such incident left Arianne dizzy and numb during her average college student, free food is a staple of sustenance. Whether freshman year. We recommend better control over the gluten-free used as enticement to lunchtime review sessions, bribery to share food and better advertising of the gluten-free refrigerator. your thoughts with the student council or excuses for dinnertime The greatest encouragement, however, came from our friends. conferences, students respond. As celiacs, however, we generally Arianne recalls her suitemates surprising her with cupcakes from experience such events without food. This is often just a minor an- Babycakes, a gluten-free bakery on the Lower East Side, or excit- noyance, but during all-day events or travel, externally provided edly reporting a new gluten-free product at Westside Market. Some food becomes essential. Jeff recalls attempting to live on salad while friends were daring enough to try gluten-free baking themselves. traveling to fencing meets, while Arianne, who was diagnosed at Jeff fondly remembers the attempts of a few friends to make celebra- 18, remembers subsisting on corn chips during the 28-hour Dance tory brownies, cupcakes and cookies. In perhaps the most ambitious Marathon her freshman year. Our reaction to the statement “Food and impressive of these projects, a friend baked a cake for the gradu- will be provided” is not relief or enthusiasm but concern. ation party for his major. “My friend decided that for such a spe- The second change to your daily habits may occur in more cial event, she wanted to make a cake that everyone could eat,” Jeff casual communal eating settings: dinner at a classmate’s suite, (Continued on page 70)

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