Winter 2015–16

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olumbia College Today is changing. The CCT staff has And survey results confirm that CCT is connecting with the vast spent much time during the past two years examining majority of you. In two surveys conducted during the past three years, every aspect of the magazine, from content to design to the majority of respondents indicated CCT was their primary source C distribution, trying to ensure that the publication we cre- for news and information about Columbia College. Nearly all said 14 ate for you, our readers, is fresher, more inviting, more contemporary they read all four issues each year, and 60 percent said they spent 30 and more engaging. The new CCT remains a work in progress, but minutes or more with each issue. Class Notes was rated the most com- with this issue we are proud to unveil a new look that you can see pelling section by the most respondents, with articles about alumni The Joy of Looking on every page, from the CCT nameplate on our cover, to new page achievements, student life, history/traditions and the Core Curricu- designs and graphic treatments, to a cleaner look for Class Notes. lum also getting high marks. When asked about print versus online Professor Robert E. Harrist Jr. GSAS’81 This redesign is CCT’s first in nearly two decades. There have been distribution, 90 percent of respondents in our most recent survey said changes and tweaks along the way, to be sure, but never an overhaul. they wanted to receive a print edition of CCT — a number made all delights in the study of art in all its forms. To borrow from The New York Times when it unveiled its redesigned the more remarkable by its coming in response to an electronic survey. magazine, “We have used the hammer and the tongs but perhaps not With that mandate, we set about the work of renewing and rein- By Shira Boss ’93, JRN’97, SIPA’98 the blowtorch; we sought to manufacture a magazine that would be vigorating CCT. In recent issues, you may have noticed increased cover- unusual, surprising and original but not wholly unfamiliar. It would age of students, faculty and academics (especially the Core), and more be a clear descendant of its line.” We are proud of what CCT has done graphic, eye-catching story treatments. That was dipping our toes in the so well through the years in connecting our readers to one another water; with this issue we dive all the way in, with significant changes and to the College, and we wanted to retain the best of the past, throughout the magazine in the design, organization and presentation supplement it with the product of new thinking and new ideas, and of features, news items, columns and departments. We’ve also added present it all in a way that would appeal to readers of all ages. new elements, such as “Heard on Campus,” which chronicles just a few Take our new nameplate, for example. We’re still Columbia College of the amazing speakers who come to campus each quarter, and “Did 20 Today, but we on the staff have always called the magazine by its You Know?,” which highlights a fun and interesting Columbia fact. initials and we want you to feel as friendly with it and as close to it as Recently, we made the difficult decision to change designers, Making Her Mark we do. We were wowed when we saw the acronym approach, and we believing that fresh eyes and a new perspective were needed to help hope you will react the same way. us achieve what we seek. All of us on the CCT team thank and To lay the groundwork for this redesign, we conducted readership acknowledge the hard work and creative efforts of our previous art NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito ’91 surveys to ascertain what you like about the publication and where director, Linda Gates, of Gates Sisters Studio, who has been a part advocates for the underserved. you would like to see improvement, in content as well as in presenta- of the CCT family for more than two decades and done yeoman tion. On a parallel track, we conducted an intensive study of other work throughout that time. Linda and her sisters Kathleen Gates By Jonathan Lemire ’01 alumni magazines, not only from Ivy League schools but also from and Susan Gates became more than trusted colleagues through the colleges and universities throughout the country. We looked beyond years; they were valued friends. academia, too, to publications of other nonprofits such as museums Joining the CCT family as art director is Eson Chan. Eson is an and foundations, and to commercial magazines that have survived, award-winning designer who worked for 10 years with Columbia and in many cases, have thrived in recent years. All of this was done to magazine; his other credits include the alumni magazines of Brandeis help inform rather than dictate our thinking about what we wanted and Northeastern as well as Columbia Medicine and Columbia Nurs- CCT to be, not just in print but also online (an updated CCT website ing. In the last few months Eson has become an integral member 24 will be coming in 2016). And of course we also took a critical look at of our team, participating in our weekly planning meetings, offer- our own magazine, its strengths and weaknesses, what areas we felt ing suggestions and bringing a different perspective to what we do. were working well and where improvement was needed. Eson’s ideas can be seen throughout this issue, with more to come. Dual Identity To be clear, we’re talking about more than packaging. We looked We hope you are as excited as we are with the launch of this new at every element of our magazine with a discerning eye, asking not chapter in CCT’s life. Let us know what you think: [email protected]. Michael Oren ’77, SIPA’78 bridges only how best we could present something but also whether it was still worth presenting or whether the space could be put to better use. the American-Israeli divide. Simply put, are we giving you what you want to read? Publishing a first-class magazine is an expensive and time-consuming effort, but By Eugene L. Meyer ’64 it is worth it when we connect with you, our readers, and when we Alex Sachare ’71 connect you with fellow alumni and with the College. Editor in Chief

Cover: Illustration by Peter Strain Contents Letters to the Editor departments alumninews President Hamilton?

34 Message from CCAA President Being both a College grad and a resident of Hamilton County, Ohio, I am Douglas R. Wolf ’88 interested in Alexander Hamilton (Class of 1778). I found an error in the CC Pride was on full display at Homecoming. Fall 2015 “Alumni Corner” by Bob Orkand ’58. He states that, due to his 30 birth in the West Indies, Hamilton was ineligible to be President. That is not 35 Alumni in the News really true. Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution states: “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at 36 Lions the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office Lea Goldman ’98, Dick Wagner ’54, of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall Judah Cohen ’85 not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.” 40 Bookshelf Hamilton truly was a citizen at the time of the adoption of the Constitu- Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for tion, so he would have been eligible (even had he not supplied his long-form Broadway by Michael Riedel ’89 State of Hawaii birth certificate). As an aside, several, including this article’s author, think that instead of 42 Class Notes replacing Hamilton on the $10 bill we should replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. As a College grad I have an affection for Hamilton but I am also 77 Obituaries a graduate of Andrew Jackson H.S., so I shall remain neutral.

FRANCIS CATANIA Barry Austern ’63 80 Core Quiz Cincinnati How much do you know about the Core and its history? In his brief essay on Alexander Ham- from Herb Sloan, professor emeritus at Barnard, ilton (Class of 1778) and the $10 bill whose teaching interests are history of the Colo- (“Alumni Corner,” Fall 2015), Bob Ork- nial and Revolutionary periods, and the history 3 Letters to the Editor and ’58 repeats a common error regard- of American law, including the Constitution: CCT Web Extras CCT ing Hamilton and his eligibility to run for “Hamilton was definitely eligible to serve as 5 Message from Dean James J. Valentini President. Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 President under the ‘citizen at the time of the Drawing up a blueprint for Columbia • Homecoming photo album of the U.S. Constitution clearly says: “No adoption of the Constitution’ rule. (You might Person except a natural born Citizen, or a note that all of the presidents before Van Buren College’s future. • Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner photo album Citizen of the United States, at the time were born British subjects and were not natu- • Award-winning articles by Lea Goldman ’98 of the Adoption of this Constitution” is ral-born citizens.) I cannot tell you precisely how 6 Around the Quads eligible for the presidency. Or is he claim- he became a citizen of New York, but I assume it The College launches Core to Commencement, • Snow forecaster Judah Cohen ’85 on TV ing Hamilton served in the Revolution as was by virtue of being there at the time — which Washington’s chief aide, and as secretary of is how he and everyone else became U.S. citizens the first campaign dedicated exclusively to • Q&A on The Year of Lear with James Shapiro ’77 the Treasury, while being a foreigner? under the Constitution … there was no formal Columbia College students and faculty. • More on St. Patrick’s Cathedral’s restoration I find it suspicious that the current secre- process, no paperwork, etc.” tary of the Treasury wants to remove a firm 12 Roar, Lion, Roar Contact Us opponent of slavery, who founded New college.columbia.edu/cct York’s first anti-slavery society, while leav- Don’t Stop the Music Fencing defends its national crown and men’s CCT welcomes letters from readers about ing intact three slaveholders (Washington, basketball seeks to climb the Ivy ladder as the articles in the magazine but cannot print or personally respond to all letters received. $1 bill; Jefferson, $2 bill; Jackson, $20 bill). Great to read about the wonderful piano winter sports season begins. Jackson in particular should be removed as stylist Dick Hyman ’48 [CC’48 Class Like Columbia College Alumni: Letters express the views of the writers and not CCT, the College or the University. a probable bigamist, scorner of Supreme Notes, Fall 2015], who continues to pack facebook.com/alumnicc 30 Forum: The Year of Lear: Please keep letters to 250 words or fewer. Court rulings and initiator of genocide. them in at concerts in the United States, All letters are subject to editing for space, Shakespeare in 1606 Thomas Wm. Hamilton ’60 Canada and everywhere. I knew Dick as the Follow @Columbia_CCAA clarity and CCT style. Please direct letters for Staten Island, N.Y. composer for the Varsity Show, April 1946. Shakespeare, literary architect, performs publication “to the editor” via mail or online: I was part of the all-male chorus line — a gut renovation and creates a classic. Join the Columbia College alumni network: college.columbia.edu/cct/contactus. Editor’s note: CCT reached out to Columbia fac- after daily rowing practice on the Harlem By James Shapiro ’77 college.columbia.edu/alumni/linkedin ulty for clarification and received the following River (I was coxswain at 115 lbs.). Tell Dick

Winter 2015–16 CCT 3 Columbia Letters to the Editor College CCT Today SEPTIMUS MATTHEW to keep it up, make more fingers snap and I was enjoying Adam Van Doren ’84, Volume 43 Number 2 Winter 2015–16 make more records! GSAPP’89’s “The House Tells the Story” Message from the Dean Dr. Joseph P. Rumage ’47 (“Columbia Forum,” Fall 2015) until the Kenner, La. fatal moment the author stepped onto the Editor in chief back porch and experienced its sweeping Alex Sachare ’71 view of the Hudson River. Had he been Expanding Opportunities Executive Editor Putting Names to Faces describing FDR’s home at Hyde Park, all Lisa Palladino would have been well. Alas, he was writing for Our Students The Fall 2015 issue, page 49, features a about TR’s beloved Sagamore Hill, firmly Managing Editor photo with the caption “New students min- anchored above Oyster Bay, Long Island Alexis Tonti SOA’11 his past summer, my son Colin GS’17 took tend with their own beliefs and those of their gle on Low Steps in 1957.” Fourteen fresh- Sound. This geographical absurdity had Editorial assistant Art Humanities and Music Humanities classmates. These are skills that they gain when men (wearing freshman beanies) are shown passed neutrino-like through the scrutiny of Anne-Ryan Heatwole JRN’09 at Reid Hall in Paris. Colin and his class- faced with new challenges beyond the class- with an older gentleman in a dark suit. historian David McCullough, the editors of mates, 18 Columbia College and fellow GS room, while conducting research, working on forum editor T Who are these anonymous students? All David B. Godine, Publishers, and ultimately students, spent six weeks studying the great composers internships or studying abroad. freshmen in the Class of 1961, presumably. the editors of CCT. I conjure the ghosts of Rose Kernochan BC’82 and artists — as they are studied by every Columbia This campaign will ensure the vitality of the Of the five students sitting in the first row, I Van Doren’s distinguished ancestors, Carl Contributing writer College student — but with the special addition of vis- Core Curriculum, the one formative experi- can identify three for certain. Second from (Class of 1911 GSAS) and Mark GSAS’21, Shira Boss ’93, JRN’97, SIPA’98 iting important monuments and museums, and seeing ence that has been shared by all students and the right is Alvin Schifrin ’61, in the middle who would caution the House of Intellect is performances, in Paris and the surrounding region. alumni of the College for nearly a century. It next to him is David Blicker ’61 and next vulnerable as was the fabled kingdom of olde Editorial Intern This was the first summer that the College offered will expand that experience and replenish the Aiyana K. White ’18 to Dave and second from left is Matthew to perishing for want of a horseshoe nail. Art Hum and Music Hum together in Paris, and the academic departments that make it all pos- GS’98 C har S mullyan Chamlin ’61, BUS’64 — that’s me! Some of Tony O’Keefe ’59 art director first year we offered any part of the Core Curriculum sible, and it will provide opportunities for our the other faces look vaguely familiar but I Port Chester, N.Y. Eson Chan abroad (beginning with individual Art Hum and Music students, alumni and faculty to connect and learn in new haven’t a clue as to who they are. Hum classes during the Spring 2015 semester). Colin and imaginative ways. It will allow us to keep the Core Contributing Photographers Alvin was a roommate of mine and I Editor’s note: Van Doren reports that the error Eileen Barroso and his classmates were lucky to have the opportunity true to what it always has been, while allowing the College believe still practices law in California. Dave has been corrected in the book’s second edition, Jörg Meyer to study with two of our most renowned faculty: Robert to continue to adapt to a changing world and prepare our passed away in 2012 and his life and untimely which recently went to press. E. Harrist Jr. GSAS’81, one of the leading scholars on students for the unknown and the unanticipated. death were noted in CCT (college.columbia. Chinese painting and calligraphy, who is profiled in this To do all of this, we are depending on you, our edu/cct/fall13/obituaries). After graduat- Published quarterly by the issue, and Susan Boynton, an expert on both liturgy and committed alumni, parents and friends. This year, you ing from the Business School, I was presi- Correction Columbia College Office of music in medieval Western monasticism, and music and relaunched Columbia College Women, you provided dent of nine consumer product companies Alumni Affairs and Development childhood. And the students were able to extend their internships and mentoring through the Columbia Col- and am now retired. My only connection for alumni, students, faculty, parents coursework beyond the classroom, from the collections lege Alumni-Sponsored Student Internship Program with Columbia these days is occasionally and friends of Columbia College. at the Louvre to Monet’s home in Giverny. and you gave nearly $3.8 million on Columbia Giving auditing courses at the Business School ASSOCIATE DEAN, Expanding opportunities within the Core and beyond Day, topping the leaderboard for the fourth consecu- and attending lectures and other events at Columbia College Morningside Heights, as we have with our new Reid tive year. Columbia College continues to attract out- Alumni Relations the Harriman Institute. and Communications Hall program, are two goals of Core to Commence- standing students and faculty and to rank with the best I don’t recall ever seeing this picture Bernice Tsai ’96 ment, the campaign we launched on November 20. institutions in the world. The College is part of a great before and dating from what was probably Core to Commencement aims to strengthen what university, renewed by the Columbia Campaign, the our first week of our freshman year in 1957, I think can justifiably be called the world’s greatest network of Global Centers and the new Manhattanville it is a bit of an historical relic. Nice to see it! Address all correspondence to: undergraduate experience by bringing the students campus. Our global profile is rising, with faculty and I wonder what other treasures from Columbia College Today who can best contribute to and profit from the unique students winning international awards and propelling Columbia’s past are stored in the Univer- Columbia Alumni Center College experience to campus; by supporting the great scholarship around the world. And our alumni engage- 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530, 6th Fl. sity Archives? scholars who teach, advise and mentor our students; by ment and support is accelerating, with the Columbia New York, NY 10025 Matt Chamlin ’61, BUS’64 increasing opportunities beyond the classroom through College Alumni Association’s strategic plan to drive it. 212-851-7852 New York City A photo of students in the Spectator office internships, research projects, fellowships and global This is the College’s moment, and we are relying on (Summer 2015, page 57) was incorrectly EDITORIAL: [email protected] experiences; by sustaining our unique Core; and by you to support our future. I hope you will visit college. captioned. The students are, left to right: Advertising: [email protected] maintaining the financial aid that makes a Columbia columbia.edu/campaign to learn more about our cam- Teddy Roosevelt’s View Dr. Larry Gartner ’54; Lawrence Kobrin Web: college.columbia.edu/cct College education accessible to so many. paign, about our values and about our commitment to ’54, LAW’57; Dr. Larry Scharer ’54, PS’58; ISSN 0572-7820 Our goal as an institution is to prepare students for a our students, our faculty and our education. And I hope Loved the Fall 2015 issue, especially the Judah Berger ’54; and Michael R. Naver future world that they do not know and cannot conceive. you will continue to help us build the best undergradu- “Columbia Forum” on TR’s house. But ’54. All were members of the 1953–54 Opinions expressed are those of the authors We need to teach students to communicate and work ate experience for our students. please tell me how it is possible to see Spectator managing board. Board members and do not reflect official positions of with people who hold opinions different from their own, the Hudson from the back porch in Oys- not pictured included Charles Selinske ’54; Columbia College or Columbia University. to adapt to unfamiliar circumstances, to navigate complex ter Bay, N.Y., as stated on page 29? Long Bernd Brecher ’54, JRN’55; and Richard © 2015 Columbia College Today situations. We need to offer guidance for how to build Island Sound, yes; Hudson, no. Werksman ’54, LAW’58. CCT apologizes All rights reserved. what Plato called “the Good Life.” These are skills that Allen Breslow ’61, LAW’64 for the error, and thanks Kobrin and Naver students gain through the Core, as they delve into great James J. Valentini Old Bethpage, N.Y. for bringing it to our attention. works of literature, philosophy, music and art, and con- Dean

4 CCT Winter 2015–16 Winter 2015–16 CCT 5 Heard on Around Oct. 8 | Low the Campus Climate change is a reality and not Quads to address it is gross negligence Giving Day by by government and irresponsible College Launches Core to as citizens. The Numbers — Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.), in signing the “Under 2 MOU” agreement, which joined Commencement Campaign New York State in a global effort to reduce The fourth annual Columbia Giving greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050 Day was held on October 21 and, olumbia College has launched ship, including endowed professorships that while also expanding our students’ expe- for the fourth consecutive year, the Core to Commencement, the first- attract and honor the best faculty. The Col- rience and strengthening the academic College topped the charts with the Sculpture exists to be ever fundraising and engagement lege Fund will be reinforced as the College’s departments that make it all possible.” most funds raised — more than in your way, to force C campaign dedicated exclusively essential ongoing source of the funds needed The launch event featured Tony Kushner $3.76 million from the grand total of you — as the viewer, more than $12.78 million. Alumni, to Columbia College. With a goal of raising to assure its continuing excellence. And con- ’78, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright as the participant — to students, parents, friends, faculty $400 million, the campaign is defined by five nections among students, parents, faculty of Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on interact with it. central aims that together will enhance the and alumni will be strengthened through National Themes, in conversation with Lisa and staff participated in the 24-hour College experience: increased mentorships, internships, intellec- L. Carnoy ’89, University trustee and cam- donation marathon, with University — Roberto Ferrari, Columbia’s curator of art properties, tual programming and volunteer opportuni- paign co-chair. Also speaking were Presi- trustees generously funding matching endowing the Core Curriculum; leading a walking tour about ties, among other things. dent Lee C. Bollinger; University Trustee bonuses for various challenges. Some · supporting students; sculpture on campus “I often say that Columbia College is Jonathan S. Lavine ’88; Meredith Kirk ’12; facts and figures from the results: · supporting faculty; the greatest college in the greatest uni- Julie Crawford, the Mark Van Doren Pro- Oct. 20 | alma Mater · growing the Columbia College Fund; and versity in the greatest city in the world,” fessor of Humanities and chair of Litera- · strengthening community. · says Dean James J. Valentini. “The Core to ture Humanities; and Valentini. $12,788,367 Core to Commencement was publicly Total raised University-wide launched with a special event in Low Rotunda Developing an experimental on November 20; the campaign is scheduled “This endeavor will ensure the vitality of the Core Curriculum while practice can be a lonely to run through the Core’s centennial, in 2019. business — they don’t The campaign expresses a comprehensive expanding students’ experience and strengthening the academic $3,760,834 Total raised by the College understand you, or they vision for the College’s future. It seeks to cap- departments that make it all possible.” — Dean James J. Valentini think you’re crazy. italize on the opportunities that are inherent in the College’s unique educational experi- — Wolfram Knauer, director of Germany’s internationally renowned ence, especially the Core, and also created by 13,090 jazz research center JazzInstitut its position within the University and in New Commencement campaign is a commit- The campaign’s details and progress can Total gifts to the University Darmstadt, on saxophonist Charlie York City. It includes priorities as varied as ment to sustaining this greatness for our be found at college.columbia.edu/campaign. Parker’s innovations in bebop evolving the Core through the use of inno- students and the faculty who teach them. I Among other things, the website will fea- vative technologies; offering all students at am excited about this endeavor, which will ture articles about Columbians of all kinds Oct. 22 | Buell least one funded summer internship, research ensure the future vitality of the Core Cur- — students, professors, alumni and more — 1,666 fellowship or global experience; and increas- riculum, the formative experience shared speaking to the impact the College has had Total gifts to the College ing support for faculty and their scholar- by all students and alumni of the College, on their personal and professional lives. $671,936 Increase in funds given to the College, Columbia Honors as compared to 2014 I hope we all leave here with the notion that we are right Alumni Leaders to be outraged about the There is no easily discernable conditions that real people live The 11th annual Columbia $5,000 structure to olfaction … Bonus earned by the College for winning in in this country, and we will be Alumni Leaders Weekend took Considering that, I ask you to a parent gift challenge wrong if we drop out. There’s place October 9–10 on campus. describe to someone the smell so much we can do … it’s a Sponsored by the Columbia of an orange without ever marathon, not a sprint. Alumni Association and featuring mentioning an orange. Odor, 32.6 — Maya Wiley LAW’89, counsel to NYC interactive sessions, an Alumni I argue, can be recreated mayor Bill de Blasio, speaking at the panel Percent of total University-wide funds DAVID DINI SIPA’14 DAVID and communicated only by discussion “Awakening Our Democracy: Leaders Luncheon and the annual given by College-affiliated donors; for Two College alumni were honored during the weekend: Left, at Saturday’s luncheon, University Trustee Ferguson, Charleston & Beyond” having the highest percentage, the Col- association to past experience. Alumni Medalists Gala, the event Kyriakos Tsakopoulos ’93 presented Carlos A. Cuevas ’05, SIPA’12, PH’12 with The Richard E. Witten ’75CC brought together volunteers from Award for Volunteer Leadership, and right, later that day at the College session, Dean James J. Valentini lege received a $65,181 bonus (double — Dr. Richard Axel ’67 at the lecture Nov. 5 | Pulitzer presented Michael Cook ’65 the 2015 President’s Cup, for leadership during his 50th reunion. the percentage of money raised) “Scents and Sensibility: Representations all Columbia schools. of the Olfactory World in the Brain”

6 CCT Winter 2015–16 Nov. 4 | Miller Theatre Winter 2015–16 CCT 7 DidYouKnow? Mini-Core Courses are class series that offer College alumni the opportu- the Essentials nity to revisit the Core in a lecture/seminar-like setting with a distinguished faculty member and other alumni. Topics relate to the Core Chris Washburne Curriculum but explore new texts or ideas. For offerings Mini-Mini-Core: and other information, go Associate Professor of Music Chris Washburne GSAS’99 is an acclaimed trom- to college.columbia.edu/ bonist whose interests and versatility extend to jazz, classical, rock and Latin The Biodiversity Crisis alumni/career/minicore. music. His seven-member band SYOTOS is hailed for its innovations in Latin jazz, and Washburne has played with musicians as diverse as Tito Puente, Arturo Sandoval, David Byrne, Björk and Justin Timberlake. On the faculty at Colum- There have been five mass extinctions in Earth’s history, including the end- bia since 2001, he performs up to five nights a week during the school year in Cretaceous event that felled the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, and many addition to teaching, his directorship of the University’s Louis Armstrong Jazz believe we are in the midst of a sixth, with species disappearing at a rate Did you know that the architect of St. Patrick’s Cathedral was James Performance Program and other activities. But he took time out one afternoon that’s 100 to 1,000 times faster than normal. Don Melnick, the Thomas Renwick Jr. (Class of 1836)? in September — on the eve of a performance at no lesser a venue than Carnegie Hunt Morgan Professor of Conservation Biology, in the Department of Renwick (1818–95), whose father

Hall — to talk about the varied beats of his life and career. Jörg Meyer Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, tackled this topic, includ- was an engineer, architect and ing its causes and consequences, this fall in his three-part Mini-Core Course professor of natural philosophy at Columbia, entered the College at 12 He grew up SYOTOS on a farm in Bath, Ohio, a of the Global Core, draws upward of released its sixth record, “The Biodiversity Crisis.” Herewith, the takeaways from his classes. and studied engineering. He earned a small town south of Cleveland. 400 students. “What I really want is for Low Ridin’, in April. “I decided to do What’s the problem? master’s in 1839. His first major com- students to discover themselves in the Afro-Latin versions of songs that were mission, at 25, was to design Grace His first gig was in high school, as the sounds that we’re studying, even if those important to me in my youth,” he says. Global Trends: Humanity, through our many activities, has drastically altered the envi- Church in New York City, and three trombonist in a Led Zeppelin cover band. sounds are coming from places that are far Among the artists covered are Lou ronment. This has led to mass-scale degradation of land ecosystems; destruction of aquatic years later, he won a competition to from where they are from. I push students Reed, Jimi Hendrix, the Doors and, design the Smithsonian Institution He became interested ecosystems; accumulation of greenhouse gases; decline of populations and species; and in music as a to go beyond the classroom walls, to really yes, Led Zeppelin. increases in emerging infectious diseases. Building in Washington, D.C. career through his stepfather, an amateur jazz come up close to, and have interpersonal His best-known work, however, is SYOTOS stands Local Effects: Plant and animal populations are declining in size and becoming more drummer. “He always had jazz playing in his relationships with, the music or the com- for See You on the St. Patrick’s, built in a Gothic revival isolated as environments are degraded and fragmented, and therefore are losing genetic diver- car and took our family to local clubs. We munities that we’re studying.” Other Side, a phrase that came to him while style with German and French influ- sity more quickly, which means they run a much higher risk of disappearing altogether. saw the Count Basie Band, Lionel Hamp- performing what he thought might be his ences. Renwick was commissioned He founded ton’s band, some really famous musicians.” the Louis Armstrong last concert, in 1992. Days before, Wash- by Archbishop John Hughes in Jazz Performance Program, which burne had been “out of the blue” diagnosed Why does it matter? 1853 as the cathedral’s architect and He earned a bachelor’s of music in classi- offers jazz instruction and performance with a virulent skin cancer and given low Global Trends: construction began in 1858. Progress cal trombone performance from University opportunities through the Music Depart- chances of survival. But after surgery that The negative effects of environmental degradation abound: climate halted during the Civil War but the of Wisconsin - Madison and a master’s in ment, because he thought that “having removed the nerve and muscles from half change; decline of fresh water; collapse of fisheries; loss of pollination, pest control and cathedral opened in May 1879 and third stream studies from the New England a university that abuts one of the most his face, he recovered and has been cancer- disease-buffering services; mortality, morbidity and declining economic security; and was formally consecrated in 1910. Conservatory of Music. His Ph.D. is in important neighborhoods in jazz history free since. It took him two years to fully social displacement, civil disorder and eroding national security. On September 14, 2015, during ethnomusicology: “using music as a lens into — Harlem — and not having an official regain his musical chops. Local Effects: The decline of fragmented populations and species disrupts or dimin- his visit to New York City, Pope the study of culture — combining the fields jazz program was ridiculous.” From eight ishes ecological processes and the invaluable services these processes — pollination, insect Francis delivered the homily during He still has of anthropology and musicology.” students the first year, in 2002, the pro- his first trombone. A neigh- control, water purification and so on — provide the human population. a vespers service in St. Patrick’s. He gram has grown to roughly 130 students bor gave it to him when he started learning was the fourth pontiff to visit the He led the charge to add jazz to the across 17 ensembles. because his family couldn’t afford one. “It How do we fix it? cathedral, following in the footsteps Core in Music Humanities classes, which had been in the attic, this tarnished thing, of Pope Paul VI (1965), Pope John He recently spent happened in 2003. “I always thought it was a year making covered in dirt and dust — horrible looking. Global Trends: Develop policies that incorporate the undeniable reality that nature Paul II (1979 and 1995) and Pope strange that we would study Gershwin and music with inmates at Sing-Sing — part I came home and cried. But my mother said is the infrastructure upon which our security in water, food, health, weather, money and Benedict XVI (2008). Prior to Pope Stravinsky, two musicians who were much of a new project of his that looks at how I didn’t have a choice, if I wanted to play, personal safety depends and degrading that infrastructure makes us not only less secure, Francis’ visit, St. Patrick’s underwent influenced by jazz and who influenced jazz jazz and the principles and processes I had to play this.” Though he bought a but takes tens of thousands of lives every day in places all over the world. a three-year, $177 million renovation greatly — but we weren’t talking about behind the music can be applied to dif- new trombone for college, there came a day that included conserving and replac- Local Effects: Stem rate of transformation of habitats, reclaim hundreds of millions of Duke Ellington or Louis Armstrong. Hav- ferent fields. “I was teaching the inmates when he had to use the old one for practice. ing exterior marble and cleaning, acres that have been transformed and reconnect the now-isolated habitat patches and popu- ing even a small unit of jazz in the Core how to write music, how to improvise His band conductor, who was an antique stabilizing and conserving 3,700 lations of species they host — all to restore gene flow and slow erosion of genetic diversity. enables students to connect the music that within a musical setting, and then trying instrument collector, “took one look and stained-glass panels and the plaster, they listen to much more easily to classical to connect those musical experiences to offered me thousands of dollars for it. I said, wood and masonry interior. music traditions and to a variety of differ- their own life experiences — to processes ‘Uhh, why?’ and he explained what a rare Extra Credit: Read The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, ent societal forces.” of transcendence, of catharsis, of redemp- and great instrument it was. Suddenly my the Father of Genetics, by Robin Marantz Henig. Says Melnick: “His experiments were tion, of healing and reform — and seeing attitude changed drastically. It’s from 1938. I elegant in their simplicity, ahead of their time in their mathematical sophistication and led CCT Web Extras His class “Salsa, Soca and Reggae: where that goes. It was one of the most still play it sometimes.” to discoveries that have stood the test of time. He laid the groundwork for everything we To read more about and to Popular Musics of the Caribbean,” part amazing musical experiences of my life.” — Alexis Tonti SOA’11 know about genetics today.” see photos and illustrations of St. Patrick’s Cathedral’s restoration, 8 CCT Winter 2015–16 go to college.columbia.edu/cct. StudentSpotlight

Building a Better Bleach To Fight Ebola

By Nathalie Alonso ’08

hanks to a trio of Columbia lenge: Confronting the Ebola Crisis, which endeavor quickly became a path to entre- students, healthcare workers launched in October 2014. Alarmed by preneurship. They realized they would

treating Ebola may be better the number of healthcare workers who have to start a business in late 2014, DIANE BONDAREFF protected against the deadly contracted Ebola during the crisis in West when, in what they consider one of the virus by next summer. Africa, and aware that doctors and nurses in most exciting developments of their jour- Welcome Center Dedicated TThe innovation is a powder designed by underdeveloped nations are overtaxed, Jin, ney, the New York City Fire Department budding scientists Katherine Jin ’16, Jason Kang and Tyan sought to improve existing requested a demonstration of Highlight President Lee C. Bollinger formally dedicated the Susan K. Feagin Kang SEAS’16 and Kevin Tyan ’16. Called decontamination protocols without over- and subsequently purchased and incorpo- Highlight, it alters the properties of bleach complicating them. “Our goal was to come rated the product into its hazmat decon- Welcome Center at the Columbia Alumni Center (CAC) on Novem- — the decontamination agent most com- up with something that was easy to use with tamination protocols. ber 19. Feagin, a 1974 GS alumna who is special advisor to Bollinger, monly used in West Africa against Ebola minimal training,” says Jin, who is studying Soon after, the students formed a com- was EVP for University development and alumni relations 2003–10, — to make it more effective. Adding High- biology and computer science. pany, Kinnos, which received $10,000 for during which time the University completed the largest fundraising light to bleach turns the otherwise colorless At first the students conceived of their placing third in the “Undergraduate Chal- effort in Ivy League history, the $6.1 billion Columbia Campaign. She disinfectant bright blue, which allows doc- product solely as a colorizer. But as they lenge” of the 2015 Columbia Venture Com- tors and nurses to see what parts of their pinpointed bleach’s other shortcomings as petition. The company’s board of advisers also was instrumental in the creation of the CAC, which since 2009 protective gear have been sprayed. The visu- a disinfectant, they adjusted the formula. comprises Mary C. Boyce, dean of Engi- has provided a place for gatherings and meetings of Columbia alumni alization helps eliminate gaps in coverage, a In its current form, Highlight also slows LEE SEAS’17 KYLE neering; Aaron Kyle, lecturer in biomedical and is the administrative hub of University and College alumni affairs, potentially lethal pitfall in the case of Ebola. the evaporation rate of bleach to ensure Highlight, working on a hazmat suit. engineering; W. Ian Lipkin, the John Snow development and communications personnel. The stain fades after 10 minutes, the contact enough contact time to neutralize viruses Professor of Epidemiology and CII direc- time required for bleach to kill the virus, to and prevents droplet formation, which having a disinfectant and using it effec- tor at Mailman; and Samuel Sia, associate indicate that the process is complete. essentially allows the liquid to stick bet- tively,” says Tyan, a biology major. professor in biomedical engineering. The students were spurred to develop ter to waterproof surfaces (such as hazmat As a winner of the challenge, which was “[Healthcare workers treating Ebola Postcrypt: 50-Plus and Going Strong Highlight by the Columbia Design Chal- suits). “Highlight bridges the gap between sponsored by Engineering and the Mail- patients] are risking their lives every day, man School of Public Health, the three so we want to do our part to help them,” received support from the University to says Kang, who is majoring in biomedical One of Columbia’s iconic spaces lies develop Highlight, which is patent pending. engineering. “At the same time, in order to deep beneath the stately stained glass win- They scored a major victory last February, keep providing this protection, we need to dows of St. Paul’s Chapel. For more than when Highlight was awarded a substantial have a viable business.” a half-century, Postcrypt Coffeehouse has federal grant as one of 12 winning entries in been bringing musical performers from USAID’s Fighting Ebola: A Grand Chal- Columbia, New York City and beyond to lenge for Development, which received CCT Web Extras its basement performance space — and it’s more than 1,500 submissions. To see a video of Highlight in action, still going strong. Though developed with Ebola in mind, go to college.columbia.edu/cct. “Postcrypt Coffeehouse brings together

Highlight can also be used to combat other the Columbia community and city resi- é D urkin ’15 C hlo infectious diseases. To ensure that it does dents, as well as [unites] current students not compromise the antiviral potency of After graduation, Jin, Kang and Tyan with previous generations,” says head man- Much of the appeal of the ’Crypt, as it is bleach, the product has been subjected to plan to devote themselves to Kinnos. They ager Spenser Krut ’16. “Many of our regu- widely known, is its intimacy — a capacity vigorous viral testing. Having shown to hope to be ready to deploy Highlight to lar audience members attended Columbia of just 30, with exposed brick walls, strings be effective on the West Nile virus in tests areas affected by Ebola by next June. “Our and enjoy coming back again and again of lights and the original stage and mo- conducted at the Center for Infection and dream is to make a tangible impact on the because Postcrypt’s doors are still open.” saic bar. “It’s special because every show is Immunity at Mailman, at press time it was world,” says Jin. “We’re so lucky to have Founded in 1964, the student-run unplugged and the performers relax,” Krut undergoing testing on influenza at CII this amazing opportunity and a series of acoustic performance space hosts two says, “as if they’re just playing and chatting and was slated to be tested on Ebola at the events that have blessed our hard work.” shows weekly during the school year and with friends in their living rooms.” National Institutes of Health ranks as one of the oldest surviving coffee- “The ’Crypt is my favorite place on For Jin, Kang and Tyan, who met as Nathalie Alonso ’08, from Queens, is a free- houses in New York City. Shows are free campus,” says outreach manager Mahelet

KYLE LEE SEAS’17 KYLE first-years and were already good friends lance journalist and an editorial producer for and open to the public. Past performers Fekade ’16. “When you are in the ’Crypt, Left to right: Kevin Tyan ’16, Jason Kang SEAS’16 and Katherine Jin ’16 hope their invention, Highlight, will when they began developing Highlight, LasMayores.com, Major League Baseball’s offi- have included Suzanne Vega BC’81, Jeff it doesn’t feel like you are on campus or in help save lives during infectious disease epidemics. what started out as a purely humanitarian cial Spanish language website. Buckley, Dar Williams and Ani DiFranco. Morningside Heights. It’s an oasis.”

10 CCT Winter 2015–16 Winter 2015–16 CCT 11 the first pair of 1,000-point career scorers Football Roar, Lion, Roar Columbia has had on the same team since 1998–99. Behind Lo, Mullins and Cohen, Snaps Streaks the Lions have solid depth at guard with Kyle Castlin ’18, Nate Hickman ’18, C.J. Columbia’s football team “got that 800- Davis ’19 and Quinton Adlesh ’19. lb. gorilla off our backs,” coach Al Bag- Fencing Looks To Repeat as NCAA Champions; “We’ve been picked to do well, and frankly noli said after the Lions beat Wagner we should,” said Smith, who likely will go 26–3 on October 10 to emphatically end Men’s Hoops Hopes To Vie for Ivy Title with a three-guard lineup most of the time a 24-game losing streak that stretched to take advantage of Columbia’s strength and back to November 19, 2012, when depth at that position. “This is my sixth year Columbia beat Cornell 34–17. olumbia’s fencers are seeking to here; the program has matured and I hope Three weeks later, Columbia ended two defend their national champi- we’re ready to take the next step.” Smith more streaks — 18 consecutive Ivy League Lions celebrate following the win over Wagner. onship and the men’s basketball noted that with a plethora of guards and losses and 22 straight road losses — by Cteam is looking to continue its wing players, it will be important that they traveling to New Haven and defeating and Columbia’s defense, which allowed climb up the Ivy League ladder in the win- “identify their roles” during the non-confer- Yale 17–7 in the Yale Bowl. “This is impor- 38.9 points and 494.5 yards of total ter sports season that began with wins for ence games that precede the Ivy campaign. tant as the next step as we try to establish offense per game last season, cut those both squads in November. At the same time, frontcourt players will credibility,” said Bagnoli, who took over as numbers dramatically this year to 19.8 The fencers opened their season in thletics need to step up. Key figures in this group Columbia’s coach on February 24 after 23 points and 290.3 yards per game. impressive fashion with a clean sweep at are 7-foot-1 Conor Voss ’17 as well as Luke years and nine Ivy championships at Penn. “I think by most people’s standards, the Columbia Invitational on Novem- Petrasek ’17, Chris McComber ’17, Jeff Coby Those wins gave the Lions a 2–8 we’re heading in the right direction,” Bag- ber 6. The men’s team beat Stevens Tech ’17 and Lukas Meisner ’19. record (including 1–6 in the Ivies) after noli said after the final game. “We’re far 22–5, NJIT 19–8 and Hunter 19–8 and Columbia plays 17 games against non- two winless seasons. Equally important, more competitive. We’re playing people for the women defeated Northwestern 16–11, conference opponents before beginning even though Bagnoli is quick to say there 60 minutes. It’s just one year. I’m not sure NJIT 24–3 and Fairleigh Dickinson 27–0. Ivy League play with a home game against are no moral victories, is the fact that what people’s expectations were. But we’re “Last year after we won the NCAA Cornell on Saturday, January 16. After Columbia was competitive in every game making progress — it just never comes as A C olumbia : C ourtesy P hotos championships, we all sat down and it that the Lions will play five consecutive except one (Homecoming against Penn), fast or as seamless as you want it to come.” All-Ivy forward Alex Rosenberg ’16 is back in the lineup after missing last season due to a broken foot. was like, ‘What are we going to do for this Ivy games on the road before finishing year?’” said head coach Michael Aufrich- their season with six of eight conference tig. “And the goal was, ‘Now is the year we year as the defending national champions Columbia traveled to Manhattan, Kan., and games at home, the last against defending Sports Shorts start the dynasty.’ We did lose a few seniors we do have a target. Our mindset is we’re dropped an 81–71 decision to Kansas State. co-champion Yale on Saturday, March 5, who graduated, but we have a huge senior champions, we’re looking to defend that The Lions, who won 21 games two years at Levien Gym. Yale topped the preseason CROSS COUNTRY: Men’s cross country Franklin, Katie Ledecky, Ryan Lochte class and they are really excited to defend championship and be champions again.” ago, dipped to 13–15 last year after All-Ivy media poll with 117 points, followed won the Ivy League Heptagonal Cham- and Michael Phelps. Meili hopes to that championship.” Columbia will compete in four more forward Alex Rosenberg ’16 suffered a bro- closely by Columbia at 114 and Princeton pionship and the women’s team finished compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics Columbia is led by men’s epeeists Jake multi-team invitationals leading up to the ken foot during preseason and withdrew at 108. Harvard, the league champion or third at Van Cortlandt Park on October in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, August 5–Sun- Hoyle ’16 and Brian Ro ’16, who were first round-robin Ivy League championships from school for the year. Coach Kyle Smith co-champion each of the last five years, 30. Director of Cross Country/Track & day, August 21; she’ll attempt to qualify and third, respectively, at last year’s NCAA at Cornell Saturday, February 6–Sunday, is optimistic that with Rosenberg and guard was picked to finish fourth with 96 points. Field Daniel Ireland was unanimously for the team at the Olympic Trials in championships. Aufrichtig also cited over- February 7; the NCAA regionals at Vas- Grant Mullins ’16, who missed last season The Lions’ game at Yale on Friday, Febru- voted Ivy League Men’s Cross Country Omaha, Sunday, June 26–Sunday, July 3. all team depth and what he called the sar on Sunday, March 13; and the NCAA because of a concussion suffered during ary 5 will be nationally televised on FOX Coach of the Year. Leading the men’s “strongest women’s sabre team in the coun- championships at Brandeis Thursday, the previous campaign, returning to a team Sports 1.Two other games will be televised team were Aubrey Myjer ’16 (third over- FOOTBALL PODCAST: WNYC, New try” as other strengths. March 24–Sunday, March 27. headed by All-Ivy guard Maodo Lo ’16 and all) and Jack Boyle ’17 (seventh), both of York’s public radio station, this fall pro- “Our mindset this year is to even go The men’s basketball team, which was the versatile Isaac Cohen ’16, the Lions will whom earned All-Ivy first-team honors, duced the podcast “The Season,” follow- stronger than we did last year,” he said. picked to finish second behind Yale in the have the firepower to contend for their first Roar! while Tait Rutherford ’16 (ninth) ran his ing the Columbia football team under “We know we definitely have a target on preseason Ivy League media poll, opened Ivy League championship since 1968. Lo For the latest news on Columbia athletics, way to the second team. Tops among the new coach Al Bagnoli as it attempted to our backs — I kind of feel as Columbia its campaign at Levien Gym on November (18.4 ppg) and Rosenberg (16.0) led the visit gocolumbialions.com. women were Olivia Sadler ’16 (ninth) and bounce back from two winless seasons. we always have a target but especially this 13 by beating Kean 107–62. Three days later, Ivies in scoring the past two seasons and are Leila Mantilla ’16 (14th), who earned sec- Host Ilya Marritz and the producers ond team all-conference honors. had extensive access to players, coaches, by the American Sports Network: at home alumni and University officials, includ- Scoreboard against Harvard on Friday, February 19, and MEILI: Katie Meili ’13 won three med- ing trustee emeritus and former coach on the road at Princeton on Friday, Febru- als at the 2015 Pan American Games in Bill Campbell ’62, TC’64, who spoke on ary 26. Columbia’s women’s team, in its first Toronto in July, including gold medals in the October 1 episode about why football 45 7 174 10 65 6 season under interim coach Sheila Roux, the 100m breaststroke and 4x100m med- matters. “It is the ultimate team game,” Margin of victory in Countries Yards gained Wins by men’s Points posted by Wrestlers who who took over after Stephanie Glance ley relay, both in event-record times. She Campbell said. “You cannot be success- men’s basketball’s represented by by football’s soccer team the men’s team finished among stepped down to become the executive also won silver in the 400m freestyle relay. ful without a team all operating on the 107–62 win over members of the Cameron Molina ’16 this fall, the most in winning the Ivy the top five in their director of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, also On September 1, Meili was among 107 same page. When you snap the ball, when Kean, the largest nationally ranked in the season finale since 2003 League Heptagonal weights in the has a nationally televised game, at home members named by USA Swimming to you play defense, when you do everything margin in a season men’s and women’s against Brown, Cross Country season-opening against Penn on Sunday, February 28 on the the 2015–16 U.S. National Team, where that you need to do, 11 people all have to opener since 1968 squash teams a career high Championship Hokie Open American Sports Network. she joins such stars of the sport as Missy be in coordination and in sync.”

12 CCT Winter 2015–16 Winter 2015–16 CCT 13 t is August, a traditional time of respite for academics, but Robert E. Harrist Jr. GSAS’81 is hard at work. The Jane and ILeopold Swergold Professor of Chinese Art has just returned from teaching an Art Humanities/Music Humanities immersion program in Paris and is now preparing to travel to China to give a talk about inscriptions on Mount Tai (“When you go to China you don’t just climb a mountain, you read it,” he explains). Harrist, 63, is one of the world’s foremost experts on Chinese painting and calligraphy — and one of the few who did not grow up speaking Chinese — and he knows the subject of this confer- ence particularly well; it is the same as his 2008 book, The Land- scape of Words: Stone Inscriptions from Early and Medieval China. The intense preparation has to do with giving a professional-level, public talk to a mostly Chinese audience, in Chinese — not some- thing he ordinarily does. “Words you think you know how to pronounce you might be mispronouncing because of the tones,” he explains. “All those years you’ve been meaning to look it up but haven’t quite gotten around to it.” Now he is spending hours practicing saying those words. Only days earlier, Harrist was in Paris speaking fluent French. He can also read Japanese and speak it conversationally. Yet he claims he is “not good at all at foreign languages.” He plays Bach, Schubert and Chopin quite well on his Steinway grand, although he says, “I play at the level of an advanced beginner, and have for about 45 years.” He has thought of trying to teach Music Humanities: “It’d be wonderful, but I don’t think I could do it well. I barely know enough to teach Art Hum!” In fact, he has a degree in music in addition to an uncharacteristically deep knowledge of Western art. Harrist’s devotion to various art forms — he is also a balleto- mane who has written for Ballet Review — is part of an overall enthusiasm for life’s ornaments, from the literally monumental to the quotidian. He notices details and delights in them. One might The guess that his varied expertise and talents make him intimidating, but his humbleness as well as joie de vivre have won him many

By Shira Boss ’93, JRN’97, SIPA’98 Joyof Looking Professor Robert E. Harrist Jr. delights in study of art in all its forms Jö rg M eyer The Joy of Looking

friends as well as made him a popular teacher. “I’ve never known tourists and scholars alike, frequently see these giant inscriptions, anybody who takes such deep and great pleasure in life — in works but no one before Bob fully realized how phenomenally significant of art, other people, the weather — you name it,” says William this practice is as a defining characteristic of the Chinese cultural Hood, visiting professor at the Institute of Fine Arts of NYU, a mindset,” says Jan Stuart, who met Harrist in graduate school and former colleague and longtime, close friend of Harrist. “His whole is the Melvin R. Seiden Curator of Chinese Art at the Freer and life is fueled by joy, a capacity to be awed by things most people Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington D.C. wouldn’t even notice.” “In his path-breaking work [The Landscape of Words], Bob com- “I still can’t believe I get paid to do this,” Harrist says. “Can you bined perspectives from these seemingly disparate fields, calligraphy, imagine anything better than being paid to look at sculptures of landscape studies and religion,” Stuart continues. “And he showed us Michelangelo and talk about them with smart, young people? It’s the unique way in which the Chinese have orchestrated their experi- impossible to describe how fortunate people in my position are — a ence of nature by turning the raw material of stone cliffs — mere senior position at a place like Columbia University. We are some of physical spaces — into landscapes that convey deep values reflective the most privileged people on earth.” of religious practice, political history, social engagement and art.” In 1978, Harrist arrived at Kent Hall for an intensive master’s in arrist grew up in the small town of Rockport, Texas, on the East Asian studies, then continued his art history education with HGulf Coast. Adopted as an infant, he was the son of a refrig- a Ph.D. in Chinese art and archaeology from Princeton in 1989. erator and air conditioner repairman and a homemaker. Instead of He joined the faculty at Oberlin in 1987, where he remained for a growing up hearing about when he was born, Harrist heard his par- decade until a position opened at Columbia. He received an Award ents speak of “when we got you.” “It was like being parachuted into for Distinguished Service to the Core Curriculum from the Hey- this world,” he says. He describes his beloved hometown as a cross man Center for the Humanities in 2004 and a Lenfest Distin- between To Kill a Mockingbird and It’s a Wonderful Life. As a kid, he guished Faculty Award in 2006. went hunting (“deer, quail, jackrabbit — you name it, we’d shoot it”) “We have been lucky to have Bob share his expansive appre- Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru, ca. 1095 “It was because of calligraphy that I decided to study Chinese art. I fell in love with it before I and rode on a roundup of his uncle’s cattle. ciation of art with generations of Art Hum students,” says Dean Huang Tingjian (Chinese, 1045–1105) had started to learn Chinese, and although I encourage everyone to study Chinese, it’s possible He also, inexplicably, yearned to learn to play the piano. “In our James J. Valentini. “Bob is known among students for his incredible Handscroll; ink on paper; 12.75 in. x 59 ft. 9 in. to enjoy calligraphy deeply without a knowledge of the language. The text of this scroll consists house, the first and only notes of classical music ever played were knowledge as a professor and for encouraging them to ‘articulate (32.5 x 1822.4 cm) of the biographies of two ancient worthies, but a connoisseur of calligraphy would concentrate by me. I don’t know how I found my way to them,” he says. When the obvious’ when describing art. His passion for sharing artistic Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988 (1989.363.4) on the structure of the characters and the energy of brushstrokes, not on the content of the sensibilities does not stop with the visual arts. While teaching in the text. It’s sometimes said that the linear patterns of Chinese calligraphy can be appreciated combined Art Humanities/Music Humanities program this sum- in the way we appreciate abstract art. That’s true, but unlike, let’s say, a painting by Jackson “Can you imagine anything better than being Pollock, calligraphy has to conform to rules: no matter how wild or abbreviated the characters, mer in Paris, Bob often used his talent on the piano to play for his paid to look at sculptures of Michelangelo and they have to be written from top to bottom following a prescribed order of strokes. In this scroll class the pieces they were studying in Music Hum.” you can see traces of how time passed as the calligrapher worked. In the next to last column on talk about them with smart, young people?” Harrist chaired the art history department from 2007 to 2011 the left, the brush was going dry, and before writing the final column the calligrapher dipped the and was a beloved leader, according to Stephen Murray, the Lisa brush in the jet black ink.” and Bernard Selz Professor of Medieval Art History, who has been his grandmother came into some money, she bought a piano. He on the faculty since 1986. “He has a generosity and a civility that is took lessons and “got saddle sore from practice ... Whatever crazy so rare in academia,” Murray says. “He considered the operation as notions I had, I was always encouraged and supported,” he says. “My a privilege, as the creation of an ideal community of teachers and parents truly were angels.” scholars, not as imposing rules and restraints. He once asked me, Another day, Harrist led Hood upstairs to look at a late-period mosaic on the subway platform at 116th Street. “He never turns his One of those notions, stuck in his head from the time he was ‘What can I do to make your life better as a teacher?’ Has any chair Monet water lilies. Hood says he himself had always been preju- eye off. He’s always looking,” Scheier-Dolberg says. little, was to live in New York. “Everything I knew about New York anywhere ever said that?” diced against the Impressionists, but that Harrist took him up close Harrist says that getting people truly to look is a main job in art I got from I Love Lucy. So from my perspective, everyone was funny to the painting to examine how the color of the paint interlaced history: “The older I get, the more I find myself focusing on that,” and lived in cozy apartments and went down to the club at night. n New York, while on sabbatical from Oberlin in 1993, Harrist with the texture on the painting. “It was astounding. I’d never seen he says. “It’s incredibly hard to look at things. You think you’re see- And except for going down to the club at night, it all came true,” Imet his wife, Weizhi Lu, a Spanish and Chinese teacher at an Monet before,” Hood says. “That’s the type of scrutiny that very few ing things but really your eye is just drifting.” Recently he has been he says, adding, “Well, I guess I could go down to a club at night …” NYC public high school. They now have a 16-year-old son, Jack. people are capable of. He’s capable of deep scrutiny, of any period, examining the ways of the late Meyer Schapiro ’24, GSAS’35, the After starting at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, Har- “I’m from South Texas and my wife is from the south of China of any style, of any culture. Bob is so dedicated to the life enhance- preeminent art reviewer, historian and Columbia professor. Scha- rist studied music at Indiana, where he played the oboe, until he and together we produced a native New Yorker,” Harrist says. He ment that can come to a person who’s willing to put the effort into piro believed that to examine a work of art closely, it helped enor- took his first art history class and changed course, adding an art notes how different Jack’s upbringing has been from his own: “I did engaging with a work of art.” mously to draw it. To that end, Harrist himself took up drawing history major to his music major. He went on to a master’s in art not set foot in a major museum until I was 20, in Chicago. We just Which is why Harrist declares Art Hum his favorite course. He about the time he became chair of the department and enrolled in history from Indiana (1978), where he wrote his thesis on Matisse, didn’t have anything like that in a small town. Being able to go to teaches it nearly every year, alongside Chinese Art 101 and a gradu- classes at a studio downtown. As chair, he secured funds for stu- still his favorite artist. During graduate school he was enchanted by the Met — that would have been the most unbelievably dazzling, ate seminar or lecture, often on Chinese painting or calligraphy (a dents to take life drawing classes. a survey course of Chinese art, in particular the calligraphy. He says glamorous thing you could imagine.” (Jack prefers to go to Yankees rare offering at U.S. schools). Even his graduate classes on Chinese He says about art, “I love it more every year. Sometimes I feel I’ve he may have appreciated it because his eye had been trained to look games, so Harrist has expanded his interests to include baseball.) art, however, are geared toward the non-specialist; he encourages only recently begun to see things myself. It makes me wonder what at abstract art. Nearly two decades after moving to New York, the thrill of seeing students of European art to participate. “He’s a rigorous looker. He I was doing all those years and all I missed.” The professor, Susan Nelson, discouraged him from pursuing the art at the Met has not worn off. Harrist goes to the museum usu- can look at a single work of art for hours and continue to come up field, as the language is so difficult. “You’ll never curl up with a Chi- ally once a week, often with his colleague and friend Hood. In the with fresh observations,” says Joseph Scheier-Dolberg GSAS’12, espite his wide-ranging expertise, Harrist is repeatedly described nese novel,” she told him. He was not dissuaded and later, after he course of teaching art survey classes, both have lectured on Brue- assistant curator of Chinese painting and calligraphy at the Met Das low-key, humble, open-minded and humorous. “He has so did master the language, Harrist made his own mark in the field by gel’s The Harvesters “a gazillion times,” Hood says. Yet one day they and a grad student of Harrist. He recalls the day when Harrist put much knowledge and knows all these facts, but you can go out with examining, in a holistic manner, the inscriptions carved into moun- stopped to look at it together and, as Hood describes, “The next up a slide of an ornamental detail in his Chinese art class and asked him and just have fun,” Stuart says. She says there’s nobody she’d tain faces at thousands of sites across China. “Visitors to China, thing we knew, 1½ hours had passed.” if anyone could identify it. Nobody could. It was a pattern from a rather go to a concert or ballet with than Harrist.

16 CCT Winter 2015–16 Winter 2015–16 CCT 17 The Joy of Looking

Nancy Zafris GSAS’79, friends with Harrist since meeting at really easily. There’s not a grain of snobbery in him,” Boynton says. International House in 1978, describes attending a Matisse cutout Those traits also make it easy for Columbia students to relate to exhibition at MoMA last December: “Bob was talking to us and him, she says, and contribute to his popularity. pretty soon there was a little cluster of people listening and follow- Students of Harrist appreciate that he gets to know them and lis- ing us,” Zafris says. “He was so clear and insightful and interesting, tens to them. As part of Art Hum in Paris, on a visit to the Louvre, and so accepting of other people. Two older women were there from Harrist told the class first to spend time walking around Michelan- out of town and he went off with them to look at something. He gelo’s Dying Slave and Rebellious Slave sculptures, and for the students was very excited about what they had to say.” to note what interested them. Then, in the midst of the crowds, Harrist Zafris says Harrist “finds a lot of pleasure in things other academ- led each student around the sculptures individually for a few minutes ics might disdain; he doesn’t disdain anything.” She mentions his to discuss the work. “He asked us what stood out to us and took us over to that part of the sculpture and talked about it,” says Ben Lib- It is the students, Harrist says, who keep him man ’17. He says each student did as much talking as the professor: “It was very collaborative. He really embraces the seminar environment.” inspired: “I’m always looking for new things to “He would incorporate your strengths or interests to bring out say ... it’s through teaching that I continue to the best in you, and for the class,” says Kaitlin Hickey ’18. She says engage with the works.” Harrist picked up on her knowledge of mythology, and when the class was at the Medici Fountain in Luxembourg Garden, he asked her to say a bit to the rest of the class about the depiction of Leda Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children, 17th century (ca. 1616–17) watching a Facts of Life sitcom marathon with her when he was in and the Swan behind the fountain. Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680) grad school at Princeton and his finding it “quite delightful.” On a Indeed it is the students, Harrist says, who keep him inspired. Italian (Rome) visit to New York in October 2014, she and Harrist went to see the “If I were living out in the mountains and not at a university, it’d Marble; H. 52 in. (132.1 cm) Purchase, The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, Fletcher, Rogers, and Louis V. New York City Ballet and then went straight to a Bill Murray movie. be hard to stay interested,” he says. “I’m always looking for new Bell Funds, and Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1976 (1976.92) Susan Boynton, chair of the music department and Harrist’s things to say — even though they’ve never heard it before, I have, teaching partner for Art Hum/Music Hum this past summer in and they can sense a certain staleness if you don’t continue to revise “This work is an old favorite on Art Hum tours of the Metropolitan Museum Paris, noted that Harrist has so many friends that he was invited out and discover new things. So it’s through teaching that I continue to of Art. It is probably a collaborative work by Pietro Bernini and his far more or to someone’s home nearly every night. “He can relate to people engage with the works.” famous son, Gian Lorenzo, one of the great virtuoso sculptors. Finished when he was only 18, this piece is a spectacular demonstration of skill. The visual interaction of the wild faun, plump children, a dog, a lizard, a tree trunk, vines, grapes and other fruit is so complex that it’s hard to know where to start looking. One thing you can do is just try to figure out where all the hands and feet are placed. Looking in this way pulls you around the statue, which is composed to make you move. Another way to enjoy Bernini’s art is to make a visual inventory of the different textures, all carved from marble: skin, hair, fur, bark, leaves, vines, fruit and more. Bernini, like a wizard, could transform stone into anything he liked.”

Princesse de Broglie, 1851–53 Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867) Oil on canvas 47.75 x 35.75 in. (121.3 x 90.8 cm) Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.186) During the year Harrist spent in New York when he was on sab- In 2010, Harrist encountered the abstract paintings of the late “I like to end Art Hum tours with this portrait, which I think is one of the batical from Oberlin, he went to see the New York City Ballet modern artist Roy Newell at a Chelsea gallery. But he didn’t stop at most beautiful paintings in the museum. It stops us in our tracks, above 65 times. It was the year of the Balanchine festival, and Harrist had acquiring a work for his own collection; he returned to the gallery and all because of the seemingly photographic precision of the image. Have discovered a love of Balanchine while in grad school at Columbia. made inquiries, then sought out Newell’s widow, Ann, to learn more. you ever seen a more beautiful blue satin dress? You can get lost in simply “It changed my life,” he says of the first performance he saw. “I could “She was so entranced with Bob, she gave him access to everything,” admiring what a master of oil painting Ingres was. But the painting is full tell instantly this was something marvelous I’d want to see again Hood says. Harrist curated an exhibition of Newell’s work at the Pol- of subtle distortions and weird adjustments of reality. The face has the and again. It’s complicated, like paintings. It’s not something you lock Krasner House & Study Center on Long Island in 2014 and geometric regularity of an archaic Greek statue, and Ingres never let actual bone structure get in the way of painting elegant bodies. Try to figure can see once and think you’ve figured it out.” He became somewhat wrote the accompanying catalogue on Newell and his work. out how the right wrist is attached to the arm. Most of the surface of the of an expert on choreography by self-study. “It was refreshing to do something outside of my normal field,” painting is smooth and glossy, but pieces of jewelry are painted with thick Harrist continues to expand his horizons within the art world. he says. “If you love art, you should love it all. You can’t be an expert encrustations of paint that stand up in relief. The Princesse de Broglie died He has taken an interest in contemporary American ceramics artist in everything, but you should be interested in everything, and you at 35, seven years after Ingres finished her portrait. This fact has nothing to Betty Woodman, for example. He continually goes to exhibitions should stretch yourself.” do with the origins of the painting — neither the princess nor Ingres could — back in New York in September, in the 10 days between his see into the future — but it’s hard not to let this knowledge of her fate cast a return from the China conference and departure for a work trip to Shira Boss ’93, JRN’97, SIPA’98 is an author and contributing writer retrospective melancholy over this quiet, serene image.” England, he was trying to squeeze in a gallery visit to see a show of to CCT. Her most recent article was “Building a Lifeline” (Spring works by Martha Armstrong, an artist he had never heard of. “I can’t 2015). She lives on the Upper West Side with her husband, two sons wait to get down to Chelsea to see the paintings,” he says. and two whippets.

18 CCT Winter 2015–16 Winter 2015–16 CCT 19 Making MarkHer Melissa Mark-Viverito ’91 uses her role as NYC council speaker to advocate for the underserved

s recently as late fall 2013, Melissa Mark-Viverito ’91 was a midnight during the city Democratic party’s yearly retreat to her relatively obscure member of the New York City Council. native Puerto Rico. A A Democrat, she cruised to reelection in her district, And, with her four-year term approaching the halfway mark, she which largely comprises East Harlem and portions of the South doesn’t want to squander any time. Bronx, seemingly destined to serve four more years in the 51-mem- “Eyes around the world are on this city,” says Mark-Viverito. ber legislative body before term limits would force her out of office “Everyone watches what we do.” and, more than likely, back to the world of activism and nonprofits. And then her political future changed forever. ark-Viverito’s journey to New York’s corridors of power began A behind-the-scenes push to elect a liberal speaker of the City Mfar from City Hall. Council — which included unprecedented intervention from then– She was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, but frequently spent sum- Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio — propelled Mark-Viverito into arguably mers visiting family in New York (the five boroughs are home to the second-most powerful elected post in the nation’s largest city. more than 720,000 Puerto Ricans — six times that of any other Mark-Viverito, the first Latino or Latina to be elected to the role, United States city). Feeling the pull of Manhattan, she eagerly has seized the opportunity, leading with a focus on diversity and enrolled at the College. activism that was in part forged by her experiences two decades prior But her transition wasn’t easy. as a College student. Outspoken and often unfiltered (particularly Coming from a high school that had a graduating class of 40, on Twitter under the handle @MMViverito), she has worked in tan- Mark-Viverito was overwhelmed by Columbia’s size. She initially dem with de Blasio on a number of progressive reforms for the city, intended to follow in the footsteps of her father, a doctor, but aban- including mandating paid sick leave and creating a new municipal doned that track after a year. identification program. She also has wielded the power of her posi- She nearly abandoned Morningside Heights altogether, feeling adrift tion to broaden the reach of government into the lives of its citizens, on a campus with few other Puerto Ricans and, she felt, with little sup- particularly those left behind by New York’s recent economic boom. port from the administration. “I started interacting with some people “The speaker is a fierce advocate,” says de Blasio. “A sense of social who had a very negative view of who a Puerto Rican is,” says Mark- justice pervades everything she does. I respect that a lot, and I think it’s Viverito, who previously had never lived anywhere but her hometown. something that her colleagues in the council trust and respect as well.” She can, decades later, still recall the sting when a Carman floormate But Mark-Viverito also has broken with the mayor on several key decried Puerto Ricans as “parasites” who were “all living on welfare.” issues, such as the size of the police force, and has used her office as a Another time, a student yelled at her to “get platform to become a forceful national figure on issues like immigra- back on your boat and go home.” Melissa Mark-Viverito ’91 tion rights and criminal justice reform. “That challenged me,” she says. “That got took office as speaker of While largely no-nonsense in City Council chambers, she also can me thinking about what it means to be a the New York City Coun- display a lighter side, from playfully talking trash during the annual Puerto Rican in this new environment.” cil on January 8, 2014.

City Council vs. Mayor’s office softball game, to live-tweeting the She realized that her experience of being William Alatriste for the Latin Grammy Awards, to sipping champagne and dancing well past an outsider was far from novel at Columbia New York City Council

By Jonathan Lemire ’01 Making Her Mark

and in the city at large. “That did help shape my level of critical downtrodden political left wing, including the formation of a pro- thinking and my place in the city,” says Mark-Viverito, adding that gressive caucus in the city council — helmed by Mark-Viverito — it spurred her to be more involved with social equity issues. and the rebirth of the Working Families Party, which was founded Two passions emerged during her sophomore year that kept her by union and liberal community organizations. at Columbia. The party formulated secret plans to rally around a progressive The first was WKCR. She spent two years co-hosting a radio show speaker candidate in 2013, after more than a decade of rule by that unlocked the world of Latin Jazz to her. Armed with a press moderate speakers who largely kept the body’s liberal tendencies credential, she frequented shows at some of the city’s most famed in check. Mark-Viverito and her allies defied the county political

jazz clubs, from Blue Note to the Village Vanguard. She saw the likes bosses who normally hand-pick the speaker and, with de Blasio’s ork C ity ouncil of Tito Puente perform and was dazzled by their artistry and moved stunning intervention, rounded up enough councilmembers’ sup- by the musical tradition of her native land. (Mark-Viverito’s time at port to secure her victory WKCR would, after graduation, steer her to the New York City radio The vote that made her victory official turned into an impromptu station WBAI, a listener-supported liberal station, where she was a fiesta within City Hall’s council chambers; some spectators waved volunteer contributor to the news department and political shows.) Puerto Rican flags, and a group of drummers and maracas players The other passion was a burgeoning taste for activism, particu- broke out into a salsa-inflected song when the tally was over. Above: Mark-Viverito at the June 8, 2014, Puerto Rican Day Parade; larly for racial and cultural causes. As a sophomore, she joined right: Mark-Viverito and Mayor Bill de Blasio confer on June 19, 2014, before announcing the budget agreement for Fiscal Year 2015. Acción Boricua, a student organization founded to foster aware- ew York City’s government is set up to have a powerful mayor ness of Puerto Rican culture, history and current affairs while also but a bill only becomes law if it’s passed by the 51-person

N for the N ew Y : W illiam A latriste P hotos providing support for Latino issues at Columbia. She also became council which, traditionally, is dominated by a strong speaker who heavily involved with a campaign to diversify the Core Curriculum can set when — or if — legislation can come to a floor vote. Mark- and another to push for more Latino and Puerto Rican professors Viverito’s win moved the council, which only has three Republicans and staff. Both met some resistance. to go along with 48 Democrats, in line with de Blasio and ushered She also opposed the mayor’s consideration of a plan to tear up But while she can be at times cagey in interviews, she speaks Her niche at Columbia grew to include a political science major in a series of progressive reforms and programs. Times Square’s popular pedestrian plazas as a means to rid the more freely in another venue: Twitter. She runs her own account, and a love for Latin-American film classes. She fondly remembers Free pre-kindergarten was expanded throughout the public iconic attraction of costumed characters, like Elmo, and half-naked rarely submitting tweets to her staff for review, and she has been late nights in Carman and Ruggles debating the issues of the day, school system, which educates more than 1 million students a year. ladies who aggressively panhandle tourists. And she pushed de Bla- known to use the social media service to criticize public figures from and also visiting friends at NYU and on the Lower East Side. The NYPD tactic known as stop-and-frisk, which allowed police to sio to declare a truce with the ridesharing company Uber and then Andrew Cuomo to Donald Trump. She also used Twitter to reveal But it was her time involved in political causes at Columbia that question anyone they deemed suspicious, was sharply curtailed after publicly rebuked the mayor for seemingly taking the council’s sup- in August 2014 that she has human papillomavirus, or HPV, and helped to shape her career and eventually the policies of New York critics decried it as discriminatory against young men of color. And port for granted. used the moment to urge her 17,000 followers to get vaccinated. City’s government. the council passed living wage legislation and paid sick leave, offer- The squabbles — and her growing national profile — have helped Twitter is also where she displays her lighter side. She live- Her first steps onto the municipal political stage came a few years ing a helping hand to those barely scraping by. Mark-Viverito move out of de Blasio’s shadow and assert her politi- tweeted a Republican presidential primary debate and often uses it after graduation when she joined a local community board and then “The council under her leadership has been there time and again cal independence. to tease reporters. On the night of her April 1 birthday, she posted a coordinated a group that protested to drive things forward,” de Blaiso says. “Everything is on a case-by-case basis,” the speaker says. “It’s not photo of a diamond ring with the hashtags #OMG #YES, sending the Navy’s use of the Puerto Rican Mark-Viverito’s political views are mostly to the left of the famously like I’m calculating that I have to do this or not. Depending on the reporters — and some of her staff — scrambling. Mark-Viverito’s island of Vieques as a bombing tar- liberal de Blasio. She’s moved past the mayor on pushing for criminal issue, if it’s something I have to break with the mayor, I’ll do it.” Eleven minutes later, she sent another tweet: #HappyAprilFoolsDay. get. She later became a top orga- justice reform, including the creation of a bail fund for minor offend- Mark-Viverito’s voice has become the loudest on immigration That sense of fun is also present in the privacy of her office. There, time involved in nizer at a politically powerful health ers and a call for some low-level violations, such as jumping a subway issues. She’s made regular appearances on cable TV news as the she can be colorful and loud, nonchalantly dropping an expletive political causes care workers’ union before running turnstile, to warrant only summonses instead of jail time. debate in Washington heats up, and the council has established a fund to make a point. Well-liked by her staff, she moves easily between for council in 2003. She also sided with the family of Eric Garner, who was placed in for unaccompanied immigrant minors’ legal fees. She also endorsed English and Spanish when talking to her aides and has decorated at Columbia She lost, but captured the seat a fatal chokehold by a police officer on a Staten Island street, and Hillary Rodham Clinton for President and has become a key surro- her office with Puerto Rican artwork. helped to shape two years later. she wore a T-shirt in the Council chambers emblazoned with his gate for the Democratic frontrunner in Latino communities. One of those pieces is by Don Rimx, the same artist whose mural Mark-Viverito’s focus was on bet- last words — “I Can’t Breathe” — as a sign of protest. The police The municipal ID card, introduced in early 2015, is perhaps once led to Mark-Viverito being accused of — wait for it — perform- her career and tering the lives of the less fortunate unions demanded an apology. She refused. her signature achievement. More than 500,000 New Yorkers have ing voodoo. The painting, of a large and rather colorful decapitated eventually NYC in her Upper Manhattan/South “I feel very comfortable in my role,” says Mark-Viverito, who says signed up for the card, which allows undocumented immigrants — chicken, had appeared on the side of her 2013 council opponent’s Bronx district, which contains the she has tried to balance the needs of her district with those of the and groups such as the elderly and the transgendered — who would apartment building several weeks before the primary. The opponent government poorest ZIP code in the nation. entire council. “I feel really good about what we’ve accomplished. otherwise have trouble obtaining legal identification a means to said it was a hex; in fact the piece was commissioned by El Museo del policies. She sponsored bills focused on We’re really making a change in people’s lives in what we’re doing.” access vital city services. Barrio. (Mark-Viverito, unsurprisingly, took to Twitter to address the tenant harassment and on improv- Early in her term as speaker, Mark-Viverito was dogged by a per- “I think she was underestimated at first,” says Jeanne Zaino, a wild claim, writing “Darn! My little secret revealed! #cantmakethisup”.) ing parks; at times she waded onto vasive belief in political circles that she would not defy the mayor political science professor at Iona College and pundit who has She also says she’d be open to building a relationship with larger stages, such as when she criti- because she was beholden to him for helping to install her atop the watched Mark-Viverito’s tenure carefully. “She has shown a will- Columbia. She has spoken at a few Latino Alumni Association of cized Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)’s prior opposition to so-called council. But that has changed. ingness to step away from the mayor and, on immigration, she is Columbia University events and she credits her time on the Heights “sanctuary cities” for not enforcing all immigration laws. During two consecutive city budget negotiations, she and the becoming a key voice on an issue that looms large in the 2016 presi- for playing a part in getting her ready for her next challenges. “When it comes to issues of fairness, of sticking up for the dis- council advocated for hiring 1,000 more police officers to continue dential campaign.” “I do appreciate the academic rigor and the discipline that it possessed, she will not compromise,” says City Councilman Corey to keep crime low and also to provide more outreach to communi- helps develop,” says Mark-Viverito of her studies at Columbia. Johnson, who represents parts of Manhattan. ties that have felt mistreated by the NYPD. The first year, de Blasio ark-Viverito, 46, has a known preference for privacy and doesn’t “There were tough moments, but I definitely value and appreciate Mark-Viverito won reelection in 2009 amid a swirling contro- held firm and the officers weren’t hired. But in the second, relent- Moften discuss her life outside City Hall. She is equally as tight- that they helped mold me into the person I am.” versy around then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s move to overturn ing to pressure from the speaker and Police Commissioner William lipped about her political plans, though she has ruled out a 2017 may- term limits and capture a third term. The backlash against Bloom- Bratton, he gave in and issued the green light to hire even more oral primary challenge to de Blasio or a run for Rep. Charlie Rangel Jonathan Lemire ’01 covers New York politics and government for berg’s extended tenure breathed new life into the city’s previously police officers (nearly 1,300) than Mark-Viverito had requested. (D-N.Y.)’s Congressional seat when he retires that same year. The Associated Press.

22 CCT Winter 2015–16 Winter 2015–16 CCT 23 Dual Identity Michael Oren ’77, SIPA’78 bridges the American-Israeli divide

By Eugene L. Meyer ’64

AVIRAM VALDMAN ichael Oren ’77, SIPA’78 is no longer Israel’s he speaks daily — sometimes two or three times — and describes as the “literary and jazz fraternity,” and joined the ambassador to the United States, a post he with whom he has written Op-Ed articles. In their col- crew team not only because he enjoyed the sport but also held from 2009 to 2013. But here he was this laborations, Halevi usually sits at the computer while Oren because was in training, he reasoned, to serve in military. Mpast fall in Washington, D.C., beginning a paces and sometimes dictates. “His mind races,” says Halevi. As an upperclassman, Oren decided to pursue a joint grueling 10-day, seven-state speaking tour — and this, master’s program that, for a total of five years at Columbia, immediately after conferring with the presidents of Pan- ren’s successes in academia, in the publishing world enabled him to earn an advanced degree from SIPA in ama and Nepal in their capital cities of Panama City and O and now in politics were not preordained. Raised in addition to a bachelor’s. He moved into an apartment on Kathmandu, some 8,400 miles apart. West Orange, N.J., Oren (né Michael Scott Bornstein) Claremont Avenue with David J. Rothkopf ’77, now the In his first two crammed days in Washington, Oren, struggled with dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity CEO and editor of the FP Group, publishers of Foreign a newly elected member of the Knesset, Israel’s parlia- disorder. “I didn’t know how to spell, couldn’t do math. Policy Magazine, and still a close friend. ment, met with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Elliott I didn’t know how to do a lot of things,” he says. These “He was serious, ambitious, an interesting, diverse guy,” Abrams, a former assistant secretary of state under Presi- deficits consigned him to what he calls in his memoir says Rothkopf, “in some respects, the ideal combination dent Reagan and adviser to President George W. Bush; the “dumb classes,” essentially the lowest track in an aca- of these things that Columbia, and places like Columbia, had breakfast with seven Democratic members of Con- demic classification system. Even when a high school look for.” gress; and met separately with two Republican and two teacher noticed he was writing poetry and promoted him While undergraduates, Oren and Rothkopf were instru- more Democratic members. into honors English, he faced an uphill battle. mental in helping to start the campus television station. During the trip, rising as early as 5 a.m., he would also Oren was preparing to apply to colleges but scored poorly Oren also was news director of WKCR and editor of the do 16 media interviews and 17 scheduled events, includ- on the SATs. The problem was he couldn’t draw a direct yearbook, for which he interviewed Herman Wouk ’34. He ing speaking to students at American University. line from the question to the right answer box. Armed with wrote and produced plays; two were performed on campus. Oren’s memoir of his years as ambassador, Ally: My a ruler when he retook the test, he more than doubled his He was inspired by professors Karl-Ludwig Selig, Colum- Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide, published in scores, helping him to gain admission to Columbia, which bia’s Cervantes expert, and Wallace Gray, who famously June, generated buzz for its critical view of U.S. policies he says was his “dream school.” (A writer of short stories, taught the course “Eliot, Joyce, Pound.” toward Israel and came up repeatedly as he toured. But plays and poetry — some of which were published in Sev- “Selig taught me how to read a book,” Oren says. “Gray

he is writing a new chapter in a hectic and sometimes enteen magazine — he was impressed that Jack Kerouac ’44 taught me how to write one.” He made the Dean’s List and its commander was killed. “And I thought in 18 years Oren (fourth controversial life and career that have taken him from and Allen Ginsberg ’48 were Columbians.) several times. we wouldn’t be at war still,” Oren says. But Yoav, now 32, from right) with Morningside Heights to the heights of diplomacy and Oren’s upbringing also did not seem to presage his Oren likes to point out that a number of his Columbia did serve in the military; he was wounded in 2004 on the his crew team.

now into politics as a member of the Knesset. pathway to the Middle East. Though Jewish, he went friends also made aliyah around the same time, in the late ’70s West Bank by a Palestinian terrorist. (Oren’s other children COURTESY MICHAEL Along the way, the American-born Oren also earned to a YMCA camp because that’s what his parents could and early ’80s. These include Dore Gold ’75, director-general are Lia, 28, and Noam, 25.) Violence affected the family in OREN ’77, SIPA’78 advanced degrees; taught Middle East history at Har- afford. While at the Y camp, he recalls, “I went to church of Israel’s Foreign Ministry and former Israeli ambassador another, horrific way. Oren’s wife’s sister was killed in 1995 every Sunday, said grace before every meal.” The only to the United Nations; Judy Maltz, BC’83, an Israeli jour- while visiting Israel when a Palestinian suicide bomber Jewish kid on the block where he lived, he writes in nalist and documentary filmmaker; and Tom Sawicki ’74, blew himself up on a bus in which she was a passenger. Ally, “I rarely made it off the school bus without being JRN’77, director of programming in the Jerusalem office of Carrying both Israeli and American passports, Oren attacked by Jew-baiting bullies.” When he was in high the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. easily crossed back and forth between “the Israeli-Amer- school, his family’s synagogue was bombed. ican divide,” a not uncommon condition for many Israe- In the face of these traumas, Zionism — the cre- hanging his surname was part of Oren’s accultura- lis with roots or careers spanning both countries. Oren ation of a Jewish national state in Palestine — seemed C tion and assimilation in Israel, where many Ameri- returned to the U.S. in September 1982 to complete a increasingly appealing. “As a teenager,” he writes in Ally, can émigrés adopt Hebrew names. “Oren” is Hebrew for doctorate at Princeton, and to teach history. “my Zionism was simple, a passion for an Israel that fur- pine tree, which Oren describes in his memoir as recall- Oren, the scholar, wrote the 2002 best-seller Six Days of nished muscular answers to anti-Semitism and a digni- ing his American roots but also referring to his regenera- War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East. fied response to the Holocaust.” tion in Israel. But there was more to it than that. After Eliot A. Cohen, in Foreign Affairs, called it “a gripping In May 1970, Oren visited Washington, D.C., on a talking with his father, Michael Scott Bornstein became account narrative that sheds light not only on the tortured trip sponsored by Habonim Dror, a global Labor Zion- Michael B. Oren, to retain at least part of his birth name: ist youth movement. There he shook hands with Yitzhak The “B” stands for Bornstein. “Oren” is Hebrew for pine tree, which not Rabin, former commander of the Israeli Defense Forces Soon after earning an M.I.A., Oren moved to Israel. (IDF) who was then Israeli ambassador to the U.S. and He joined the IDF and was a paratrooper in Lebanon, only recalls his American roots but also refers later the country’s prime minister; he was assassinated in which Israel had invaded in 1982 after cross-border to his regeneration in Israel. 1995 by a Jewish extremist opposed to his peace efforts. attacks by the Palestinian Liberation Movement. Through Habonim Dror, at 15, Oren spent a transforma- The year before, a chance meeting on a Jerusalem street tive summer working on an Israeli kibbutz. He decided led to his marriage to Sally Edelstein, a San Francisco politics of the region but on the broader, troubling ques- then that he would later “make aliyah” (literally, to native who was working in a frame shop and teaching tion of how politicians may find themselves drawn into a vard, Princeton, Yale and Georgetown to undergraduate ascend) to the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people, dance in the holy city. (She is currently president of the conflict that they have neither anticipated nor desired.” and graduate students; and wrote four well-reviewed, a right granted to Jews worldwide; among other things, Hadassah International Board of Trustees, Israel, and on Oren has also written two novels, one of which, best-selling books. His landmark work, 2008’s Power, this would involve immersing himself in the culture and the board of Batsheva Dance Company.) Still in the mili- Reunion, is based on his father’s WWII Army combat Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to in Hebrew language study and, after becoming an Israeli tary, Oren redeployed to Beirut the day after their wedding. experience during the Battle of the Bulge. the Present, and his memoir, published in English, were citizen, serving in the IDF. What motivated him, he says, When Yoav GS’11, the first of their three children, was In 2009, Oren was teaching “America in the Middle scheduled for Hebrew editions late this year. were “my faith plus 5,000 years of [ Jewish] history.” born in 1983, Oren told the obstetrician that his son “would East” and “The Military History of the Middle East” at “He has tremendous energy,” says Oren’s close friend, At the College, Oren took Arabic and majored in Mid- never wear a helmet” because of his own traumatic experi- Georgetown when the ambassadorship to the U.S. opened well-known Israeli author Yossi Klein Halevi, with whom dle East studies. He pledged Alpha Delta Phi, which he ence in Lebanon, where his unit suffered heavy casualties up, and he decided to throw his hat in the ring. The ambas-

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sadorship “connected me to the two parts of my identity,” and navigate moment-to-moment political and personal he says now. “It was the link between Israel and the United tensions while keeping his eye on the long-term arc of States. I didn’t want to be the ambassador to Switzerland.” the relationship.” His first diplomatic post was also Israel’s most important. After Oren stepped down as ambassador in October To assume the post, Oren had to renounce his U.S. 2013, he did not have concrete plans. But Rothkopf had citizenship and surrender his American passport. “I an idea. As he recalls, “I said, ‘Look, what are you going cried, literally,” he says. However, he adds, “I understood to do next?’ He said, ‘I don’t know.’ I said, ‘What about it wouldn’t make me any less of an American, less of a politics?’ He hadn’t thought of it. I said, ‘If you don’t try, football fan or less of a Civil War buff.” you won’t be satisfied. You need to check that box.’ He felt In Washington, Oren would represent not only his he wanted to retain a seat at the table. That was the most adopted country but also the Likud government of Prime reasonable path.” Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a controversial figure A typical day for the Knesset member Oren begins early among American Jews. His challenge would be to walk a enough for him to read four or five newspapers before he fine line, defending the government against its critics and drives 1¼ hours from his home in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. against skeptics in the administration of President Barack The Knesset meets in plenary sessions Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Committee meetings begin at 9 a.m. and last until 2 p.m. or 4 p.m., when the plenary sessions start, Being ambassador was, Oren says, “four years in and sometimes end late into the night or early the next a pressure cooker, with very little sleep.” morning. “I hadn’t pulled an all-nighter since Columbia,” Oren says. “Now, I do it pretty regularly.” Entering Israeli politics on his own, Oren eschewed Obama ’83 while seeking to maintain good relations with the prime minister’s conservative Likud party for centrist the increasingly divided American Jewish community. Kulanu (Hebrew for “all of us”) with a center-left domestic Publicly, Oren frequently referred to Israeli-American agenda but center-right on defense and international issues. relations as “unbreakable and unshakeable.” In Ally, how- With 10 seats, it is the second-largest party in Netanyahu’s ever, Oren writes that privately he found Obama sometimes governing coalition. “I always considered myself somebody overly sympathetic to the Arab world while browbeating who is center-right on security issues and center-left on Israel. “I’m a centrist,” Oren said during his recent Ameri- social issues; Kulanu is closest to that,” Oren says. can tour. “Enough. Let’s stop calling each other names.” Though he chairs the key foreign affairs subcommittee But in his memoir, he is critical of the administration’s on security, he admittedly has a lower profile as one of 120 negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, and he members of the Knesset than as ambassador. “That’s the discloses that he later disagreed with Netanyahu’s decision pinnacle,” he says of his previous position, “and frankly to address Congress as politically polarizing. there is really nowhere else to go.” But, of course, there Being ambassador was, Oren says, “four years [in] a pres- is. Does he aspire to higher office, say, to be the prime sure cooker, without a vacation, and not many weekends at minister? “I’m not going to go there,” Oren demurs. “I’m all, with very little sleep.” Recalls his friend Halevi, “I used happy serving my country in the best way I can. That’s the to get phone calls from Michael at 4 a.m. his time when he diplomatic answer.”

was ambassador, to just test some ideas. I used to ask him, Politics & Prose in June, perhaps the country’s best-known Ever the teacher, Oren explained that Palestinians are Israeli President ‘Don’t you sleep?’ I don’t know how he got through those ren’s fall trip to the U.S. was put together by The independent bookstore, when eager buyers formed a long Sunni Muslims who “see what’s happening in Syria,” Shimon Peres years on such little sleep and [with] such relentless ten- O Israel Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational line for him to autograph their copies. “He’s so patient,” where Shiites backed by Iran are killing their religious (second from left); sions, because Michael’s job as ambassador was to pretend organization that seeks to “inject facts and an honest Meyers says. “He talked to every person.” brethren. Palestinians “don’t want this,” he said, reiterat- Oren (third from left), then the Israeli all was well in the Israeli-American relationship.” perspective into the public conversation about Israel, the Oren’s next stop that night was the Kennedy Center, ing his support for a two-state solution. “But you need ambassador to Oren acknowledges that “it was a transformative, chal- Middle East and U.S.-Israeli relationship.” where he and current Israeli ambassador Ron Dermer someone to sit down at the table with you.” the United States; lenging period. The Middle East basically unraveled dur- At American University’s Abramson Family Recital were named 12th — as “the new Israel lobby” — on Polit- Cuomo turned the focus back to Israel and America. and others leave ing my time. America was deeply politically polarized. Hall, Oren — who had opposed the 2003 U.S. inva- ico Magazine’s top 50 list of “thinkers, doers and visionar- “Things have changed,” Cuomo said. “It feels different.” the White House after meetings with There was the economic crisis. On the other hand, it was sion of Iraq — delivered a ½-hour critique of America’s ies transforming American politics in 2015.” There are “serious differences,” Oren acknowledged. President Barack an inestimable privilege [to serve].” foreign policies in the years since, which he described as A few days later, Oren was talking again, this time at “Iran is a big one,” on which he said there is a national Obama ’83 in He remembers emerging from the White House one a “hodgepodge of American reactions” to the 2011 so- 6:50 a.m. on CNN with Chris Cuomo. The set’s backdrop consensus in Israel that “this deal is bad. Iran moved April 2011. time and seeing the Washington skyline over the South called Arab Spring and to subsequent events, in Libya, was an enlarged cover of Ally. The two discussed escalat- 5,000 soldiers into Syria last week. For us, it’s not just a MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty Images Lawn. “I felt, ‘Am I really here?’ That feeling stayed with Syria and the nuclear deal negotiated with Iran. He then ing tensions in the Middle East and the sometimes dif- nuclear issue.” me during the four years I was ambassador” (actually 4½, settled his lanky, 6-2 frame into a leather easy chair on ficult Israeli-American relations under President Obama, Yet, politicians aside, Oren added that support for as he acceded to Netanyahu’s request that he extend for stage for a conversation with Professor Tamara Wittes, though Obama’s name was never mentioned. Israel in this country is at an all-time high. six months). director of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Oren noted that Palestinian terrorists had killed four Cuomo wrapped up the segment reminding viewers of In Rothkopf ’s view, Oren as “a strategic thinker” was Brookings Institution, followed by Q&A. Afterward, he Israelis within the past few days and there was a “sense Ally, adding, “I read it.” “an extremely effective spokesman for the Israeli govern- lingered to talk to students. Like the politician he is, he of growing violence.” Right-wingers were demonstrating Not missing a beat, Oren offered to autograph his copy. ment. He was a very effective advocate and talented dip- also posed for pictures with them. in front of Netanyahu’s residence demanding retaliation. lomat. He sought to advance what he saw as his country’s Looking on, Leslie Meyers, Oren’s Israel Project facili- Even Oren’s children, whom he says are not right-wing- Eugene L. Meyer ’64 is a former longtime Washington Post interest through a position of strength. He has had to face tator on this trip, recalled his appearance at Washington’s ers, felt Israel should “do something.” reporter, an author and the editor of B’nai B’rith Magazine.

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ing Lear draws so extensively from King Leir that on these and other versions of the story for particular details, it was Shakespeare’s indebtedness couldn’t have come solely King Leir that he worked most closely from — and against. from what he recalled from acting in it or seeing it That “against” would have been obvious to anyone who compared The execution of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot: Claes Jansz K staged years earlier, however prodigious his memory. the title page of King Leir with that of the first printed version of Visscher’s contemporary etching The profusion of echoes confirms that reading the recently printed Shakespeare’s play, a quarto that appeared in London’s bookstalls depicts Londoners gazing from edition proved to be the catalyst for the play now forming in his in early 1608. Ordinarily, considerably more time passed before rooftops, windows and streets as four Gunpowder plotters are drawn mind. King Leir’s survival in turn allows us a glimpse of Shake- Shakespeare’s playing company turned one of his plays over to a to the site of execution. speare as literary architect — performing a gut renovation of the publisher; a delay of a couple of years was closer to the norm for his old original, preserving the frame, salvaging bits and pieces, trans- Elizabethan plays, and as yet not a single one of his Jacobean plays posing outmoded features in innovative ways. had been printed. So it’s doubly surprising Demand for new work was as insatiable at the public theaters that Shakespeare’s play was entered in the as it was at court. Because Elizabethan and Jacobean spectators Stationers’ Register in November 1607, less expected to see a different play every day, playing companies had than a year after it was staged at court. The to acquire as many as twenty new plays a year while rounding out full title of the 1608 quarto of Lear feels like a their repertory with at least that many older and reliably popular riposte to the title page of the old play, which ones. Attendance would eventually drop when familiar plays began had read in full: “The True Chronicle His- to feel stale, and the task of breathing fresh life into those staged tory of King Leir, and his three daughters, at the Globe would almost certainly have fallen to Shakespeare. Gonorill, Ragan, and Cordella, As it hath While we know that Shakespeare wrote or collaborated on as many been divers and sundry times lately acted.” as forty plays, we’ll never know how many old ones he touched This time, the publisher not only names the up. We do know (by comparing early and later versions) that he play’s author but — and this was new —

updated his earliest tragedy, Titus Andronicus (c. 1590–92), adding gives England’s best-known playwright top CREGAN MARY a poignant new scene in which a maddened Titus tries to kill a fly billing in large font. The play is emphatically James Shapiro ’77 with a knife. Some scholars believe he was also the author of the Shakespeare’s: “HIS” is in capital letters and speeches added to that old chestnut The Spanish Tragedy (c. 1587), even gets a separate line. The main title that follows is much the by Thomas Kyd. For all we know, over the course of his career same as the old play’s: a “True Chronicle History of the life and Shakespeare might have refreshed dozens of his company’s plays death of King LEAR and his three Daughters.” It too claims to be in this way and was as practiced as anyone at giving a cold, hard the “True Chronicle History” rather than distinguishing itself, say, look at an old favorite, recognizing what now felt a bit off or what as the “True Tragedy of King Lear.” But the title page goes on to trick had been missed. His ability to pinpoint what was flawed in distinguish the new play from the old one by emphasizing that it is the works of others was one of his greatest gifts, though not one about both the lives and the deaths of Lear and his three daughters. we know enough about nor celebrate today. It was a talent closely It also offers more than its predecessor: a secondary plot about “the allied to his habit of relying on the plots others had devised rather unfortunate life of Edgar, son and heir to the Earl of Gloucester, than inventing his own. and his sullen and assumed humor of Tom of Bedlam.” It would be the first and last time that Shakespeare ever included a parallel plot or subplot in one of his tragedies. He needed it, because it was immediately clear that the story in James Shapiro ’77 is the Larry Miller Professor of English Shakespeare had a talent for Leir lacked counterpoint, a way to highlight Lear’s figurative blind- and Comparative Literature and an eminent Shakespeare ness by juxtaposing it with something more literal. It would also From Leir specialist: the Shakespeare Scholar in Residence at New York’s recognizing the untapped enable him to critique the very notions of authority and allegiance Public Theater, a member of the Board of Directors at the potential of resonant words, at the heart of the main plot. Shakespeare’s genius was first in dis- Royal Shakespeare Company and a governor of the Folger covering the perfect foil to this story and then in almost seamlessly To Lear Shakespeare Library. His last book (as an editor) was Shakespeare in America: An even the simplest ones. weaving it into the narrative of Lear and his daughters. He found Anthology from the Revolution to Now (Library of America, 2014). it in a tale about a blinded father and his two sons, one virtuous, Shapiro’s latest foray into the Bard’s works, The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 the other evil, that he had read years earlier in the most celebrated (Simon & Schuster, 2015), takes a radically new look at the so-familiar author. Shapiro Shakespeare, literary architect, of Elizabethan prose romances, Sir Philip Sidney’s Arcadia, pub- admits that, like most scholars, he saw Shakespeare as mainly an Elizabethan writer; the Before he picked up a copy of the old Leir, Shakespeare was lished in 1590. Sidney’s striking image of a blind and suicidal old performs a gut renovation playwright grew to prominence during the “Gloriana” era’s gradual decline. But three of already familiar with several versions of this story. He may have man being led to the edge of a cliff by his good son, both of whom and creates a classic Shakespeare’s best-known tragedies — King Lear, Macbeth and Antony and Cleopa- first read about Lear’s reign in his well-worn copy of Holinshed’s appeared “weather-beaten” and in rags, had clearly stuck with tra — were written in a single, extraordinary year early in the reign of Queen Eliza- Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He had also read Shakespeare. Sidney’s words had also stuck with him, especially beth’s successor, King James. James had actually named Shakespeare and his players the Edmund Spenser’s brief account of it in The Faerie Queene and had what the old man tells his son as he prepared to leap to his death: “King’s Men,” his official theater company, by 1603. come across retellings of the tale in both Mirror for Magistrates and “Since I cannot persuade thee to lead me to that which should end In The Year of Lear, Shapiro describes how Shakespeare’s Lear was written in the shad- Albion’s England. He might have even consulted Geoffrey of Mon- my grief, and thy trouble, let me now entreat thee to leave me. . . ows of England’s Jacobean gloom, as London was beset by plague and the bitter aftermath of mouth’s Latin version of Lear’s story from which all these other . Fear not the danger of my blind steps, I cannot fall worse than I treason. He shows us Shakespeare’s efforts to renovate an older dramatic work (King Leir, versions derive. Yet scholars who have painstakingly compared am.” It took very few strokes for Shakespeare to make this scene performed by the Queen’s Men) and the subtle literary changes he used to make it modern. King Lear with each of these sources conclude that as voracious a central to his new play. In Sidney’s story, the suicidal old man had — Rose Kernochan BC’82 reader as Shakespeare was, and as much as he might have drawn been a king who was blinded and stripped of his kingdom by his

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Rather than rely entirely on his own considerable vocabulary, Shakespeare somewhat surprisingly recycled what he could from the language of the old play. He had a talent for recognizing the alumninews untapped potential of resonant words, even the simplest ones. Take “nothing.” The word appears often in Leir, even as part of a raun- Contents chy joke (Gonorill and Ragan laugh about women getting stuck , C.34. k .18, title page with a man “with nothing” — that is, one who is castrated, so has 34 CCAA U niversity , H arvard no “thing” [2.3.22–23]). But it is never used with any particular emphasis in that old play, not even when the French king asks Message Cordella whether Leir has “given nothing to your lovely self?” and she pointedly replies, “He loved me not, and therefore gave me 35 Alumni in nothing” (2.4.71). Each Shakespeare play has its own distinctive the News music and, not unlike a symphony, its themes are established at the outset. At an early stage of recasting the old play, Shakespeare B oard © T he B ritish L ibrary seems to have decided that “nothing” would be the motif of Lear’s 36 Lions

Left: title page of the Quarto of L ibrary 22292, H oughton STC score. The first time we hear the word is after Lear demands of Lea Goldman ’98 King Leir (1605); right: title page of Dick Wagner ’54 the Quarto of King Lear (1608). Cordelia what she “can say to win a third more opulent” than her Judah Cohen ’85 sisters, to which she replies: “Nothing, my lord.” Lear, stunned by her response, hurls the word back at her: “How? Nothing can come bad son; it was easy enough for Shakespeare to turn him into an of nothing” (1.78–81). This first “nothing” takes on a life of its own, 40 Bookshelf earl and a follower of King Lear, then have his evil son implicated reverberating with greater force from then on, punctuated by this Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway in both his undoing and blinding. pointed exchange between Lear and his Fool: by Michael Riedel ’89 What seems inevitable in retrospect was anything but: merging plots from a play and a prose romance to form a double helix, firmly LEAR. This is nothing, fool. interlocked and mutually illuminating. Shakespeare also saw that FOOL. Then, like the breath of an unfee’d lawyer, you gave me 42 Class Notes Lear’s elder daughters could vie for Edmund’s affections while the nothing for’t. Can you make no use of nothing, uncle? good son, now named Edgar — in Sidney he eventually becomes LEAR. Why no, boy. Nothing can be made out of nothing. 77 Obituaries king — could emerge as something of a hero. All this could replace (4.122–26) the meandering and unsatisfying middle of King Leir that Shake- speare would all but scrap. It also solved a major problem of the old Shakespeare would also, and brilliantly, use “nothing” to suture 80 Core Quiz play. The anonymous author of Leir had been content to build to a together the Lear and Gloucester plots. Even as Cordelia’s initial somewhat wooden reconciliation scene between father and daugh- response to her father are the words “Nothing, my lord,” so too, in his ter, one that failed to pack much emotional punch. Shakespeare’s first exchange with his father, Edmund, when asked by Gloucester Lear would substitute for that not one but two powerful recogni- about the contents of the letter he has hastily hidden, replies, chill- tion scenes, the first between Lear and Cordelia, the second, soon ingly, with the very same words: “Nothing, my lord” (2.31). after, where the two plots converge, between the mad Lear and In Shakespeare’s hands “nothing” becomes a touchstone — and the Earth tones the blind Gloucester. It’s debatable which of the two is the most idea of nothingness and negation is philosophically central to the play Schermerhorn Hall was heartbreaking scene in the play. from start to finish. Cruelly, by play’s end Lear turns out to be right: built in 1897 as the home As Lear’s division of the kingdoms spills into a psychologically nothing does indeed come of nothing, only not in the way he first of Columbia’s natural sci- complex drama of two families, motives become more compli- meant. Early on in imagining his version of Lear’s journey, Shake- ences. Designed by famed cated and unsettled. Does Lear go mad because he has foolishly speare saw that what began with that first “nothing” must end with architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, the building divided his kingdoms or because of his ruinous relationship with Lear left with nothing, except, perhaps, the knowledge that his dead is known for its inscription his daughters? It’s impossible to tell, because in scene after scene and beloved daughter will never return above the doorway, which the political, the familial, and ultimately the cosmic are so deeply — “never, never, never” (24.303). In the reads “For the advance- interfused. The fortunate survival of Leir enables us to see the sheer interim the words “never” and “nothing” CCT Web Extras ment of natural science. craftsmanship involved in all this. Yet it also needs to be acknowl- recur more than thirty times, the word Speak to the earth and it To read a Q&A with Shapiro shall teach thee.” edged that Shakespeare didn’t always get the parts to fit together “no” more than 120, and “not” twice about The Year of Lear, go to The building is a gift quite so neatly. As keen as he was to work in that image of a suicidal that often. The negativity is reinforced college.columbia.edu/cct. from former trustees chair man led by his son to the edge of a cliff, audiences have wondered by the sixty or so times the prefix “un-” William C. Schermerhorn ever since why Edgar, disguised at this point as Poor Tom, doesn’t occurs, as characters are “unfriended,” (Class of 1840), who encouraged Columbia’s simply reveal himself to Gloucester (the excuse that Shakespeare “unprized,” “unfortunate,” “unmannerly,” “unnatural,” and “unmerciful.” move to Morningside gives Edgar, that he is trying to cure his father by putting him Call it what you will — resistance, refusal, denial, rejection, repudiation Heights from its former through all this, feels lame). And the French invasion of England, — this insistent and almost apocalyptic negativity becomes a recurring location in midtown. The so central to Leir, sits uneasily in Shakespeare’s version, a part of drumbeat, the bass line of the play. gift: $300,000 for a build- the old play that he did his best to integrate but that ends up feel- ing of whatever purpose the University saw fit. ing confused and confusing. He himself — or if not him, members From THE YEAR OF LEAR by James Shapiro. Copyright © 2015 of his company — would go back and tinker with the problematic by James Shapiro. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, invasion, though with only partial success. Inc. All rights reserved.

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Dan Dolgin ’74, LAW’77 was honored Brian Dennehy ’60 starred in the 10-part by Community Impact at its Fall 2015 TNT drama Public Morals, which is set in Gala Benefit Auction with the Outstand- 1967 and focuses on the NYPD’s Public ing Community Service Award. Dolgin is Morals Division. The Golden Globe and the director and co-founder of Power My two-time Tony winner played a mobster Learning, a national nonprofit that uses who controls the west side of Manhattan. technology to improve student achievement with a focus on blended learning, profes- Journalists Jodi Kantor ’96 and David sional development and family engagement. Streitfeld coauthored “Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Work-

Columbia Pride Is on the Rise SIPA’14

ini School of the Arts associate professor of place,” a New York Times exposé on the D the professional practice of film Ramin inner workings of Amazon and its gruel- By Douglas R. Wolf ’88

avid Bahrani ’96

D won the grand prize at ing corporate culture. The piece, which the American Film Festival in Deau- was published on August 16, caused

or those who weren’t at Homecoming this year, let me Columbia College nation is embracing that. Left to right: ville, France, for his film 99 Homes. The controversy when Amazon disputed paint a scene: The CCAA numbers tell the story, with 150 Doug Wolf ’88 and psychological thriller, which debuted on its representation in the article; it also I drove to Robert K. Kraft Field from Boston that morn- meetings, programs and events expected dur- Rob Daniel ’88; September 25, is centered around the sparked wider debate about workplace ing. It promised to be a great day — cool, crisp weather and, ing the 2015–16 academic year. More than ​Justin Ifill ’06 and U.S. subprime mortgage crisis and stars practices in the tech industry. F Christine Ortiz ’08 F ra z er H arrison / G etty I mages just as important, no traffic (or tickets) during the three-hour trip. 8,000 alumni participated in an event or pro- Andrew Garfield and Michael Shannon. Thomas Dyja ’84 The Big Tent hummed with the comings and goings of hundreds gram last year, with 3,500 involved as active ’s book, The Third Coast: Jacob Marx Rice ’12 Hari Nef ’15 of people — alumni, students and their families, many wearing an volunteers. We have a bit more than 7,200 Facebook likes, which ’s play Coping, a Actress and model has bro- When Chicago Built the American Dream, impressively diverse array of Columbia gear. Hellos were called out, does not include the many Columbia-based affiliate groups online. black comedy about suicide, mental illness, ken new ground on the runway, becoming was selected by the Chicago Public lunch plates were heaped full with barbecue sandwiches, pasta salad We have also almost doubled the number of unique visitors to our love and family, premiered at the New York in May the first openly transgender model Library as the focus of its semi-annual and corn on the cob. Outside the tent, the youngest attendees tested website (college.columbia.edu/alumni) in the past year. International Fringe Festival on August to be signed by the U.S. offices of model- “One Book, One Chicago” program. their skill at a variety of games at the Homecoming Carnival. It wasn’t Columbia Pride has grown not only within the alumni base but ing agency IMG Worldwide. In July it This latest installment of the program — long before I found my brother Eric Wolf ’86, his son, Adam, and my also among students. A visit to campus finds students awash in Col- was announced that she would join the which encourages all Chicagoans to read former roommate Rob Daniel ’88. Our gathering quickly turned into lege colors. I hear from parents that their students rave about the cast of Transparent, an Amazon series that the same work with the goal of fostering a mini-Carman 9 reunion including Houston’s Sean Wright ’88 and Columbia experience. Recently, a friend’s son questioned whether focuses on a family with a transgender Long Island’s Rich Ritter ’88. to apply but after connecting with a current student for an over- parent. The second season, featuring Nef, Around the inside perimeter of the tent, shared interest groups night stay, he immediately submitted an early decision application. was set to debut on December 4. manned tables to spread the word about their activities. Among these We should all take great pride in the accomplishments and con- Chris Baio ’07 was our Columbia College Alumni Association table, laden with tributions of our current and former students. There was a great of the popular band stuffed lions, our proud mascot. The lions sported spirited shirts — turnout at Valentini’s College session during Alumni Leaders Vampire Weekend (whose other mem- Ezra Koenig ’06, Rostam navy with our new CCAA logo — and they were as popular as ever. Weekend in October, where Mike Cook ’65 was presented the bers are Batmanglij ’06 Chris Tomson ’06 Kids clamored for them. Students pocketed them, literally, turning President’s Cup for his tireless work on his class’ hugely success- and ) them into accessories that stuck out of back pockets and shirt pockets ful 50th reunion. Session attendees also heard from Yvonne Hsiao released his debut solo album, The Names, and even shirt collars. And then there were the alumni: Some took a ’16, who spoke about her summer experience in California working on September 18. Baio’s press release, lion without hesitation; others felt compelled to offer an explanation with the International Medical Corps — an opportunity offered which appeared in Spin magazine, said for why they wanted the little guy. There were even a few embarrassed- by the Columbia College Alumni-Sponsored Student Intern- the project “has reverberated through my seeming outliers who circled the tent, coming closer to our table with ship Program — provided by Margaret Traub ’88, head of IMC’s mind for much of the last five years … Its TRISTAN NASH TRISTAN each pass, until finally they asked for one (or two). Global Initiatives. And there were opportunities to interact with themes began to take shape when I moved But there’s nothing to be embarrassed about. That’s CC Pride. more than a dozen current students from a range of majors and from New York to London in 2013.” The And it’s not limited to Homecoming. It’s here to stay. backgrounds, each one already extremely accomplished, and it was 16. At the 2014 Fringe Festival Rice won album’s first single, “Brainwash yyrr Face,” Columbia College is having a great moment and it is hard not clear that the alumni who attended were impressed. the Excellence in Playwriting Award for reached No. 28 on the Billboard Twitter to notice. Admissions applications are at an all-time high, and As part of the CCAA Pride campaign, we are hoping to build his show Chemistry. The Coping production Emerging Artists chart. Alex Donnelly ’14, Allie B ill G uerriero / T he P enguin ress Columbia occupies a lofty perch in those ubiquitous college and on this excitement (and have some fun) with our CCAA lion. If team included Carieri ’15 Fernanda Douglas ’16. Richard Ravitch ’55 university rankings. Beyond those numbers, however, I feel the you picked up a lion at Homecoming, please take it with you on and was inducted into buzz and see the signs of Columbia Pride in many places, from my your adventures and send us photos. Feel free to include yourself Crain’s Hall of Fame 2015, which honors community and a book club-like atmo- Class of ’88 Facebook group with its streams of Columbia celebra- or your family in the photos. Please send them to us via Face- On September 30, former U.S. Attorney those who have had decades of business sphere throughout the city — began in Eric H. Holder Jr. ’73, LAW’76 tion postings, to being asked in response to my garb, “Did you also book’s Messenger feature (facebook.com/alumnicc), post them on General and civic leadership success. In a profile that October and will continue through April. go to Columbia?” Reunions have had record attendance in recent your own page or group pages and use the hashtag #CCPride or received Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois accompanied the announcement, Ravitch The Chicago Tribune calls Dyja’s work years, gatherings of College alumni both formal and informal are email them to the Alumni Office: [email protected]. If you Medal, the school’s highest honor in the said, “I was able to accomplish what I did “a beautifully written exploration of the springing up all over the world with increasing frequency and the don’t yet have a lion, never fear; they will be available at upcoming field of African and African-American because there are two things I understand cultural explosion that took place [in Chi- online social scene is growing by leaps and bounds. CCAA events. studies. The award is given to individuals well: finance and politics. I could always cago] roughly between the end of World Dean James J. Valentini likes to say we are the greatest college who have made extraordinary contribu- explain politics to the business world, and War II into the 1960s … ”. in the greatest university in the greatest city in the world, and the Roar, Lion, Roar! tions to African-American culture. business to the political world.” — Anne-Ryan Heatwole JRN’09

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festival, introducing to the stage a rapper you may have heard of a 16-page spread on women sports fans. “No other women’s maga- lions named Busta Rhymes and a little band called Sonic Youth. zines were talking about the fact that on Monday morning, women At Marie Claire, in addition to launching the @Work section, were gathering and talking about ‘the game,’” she says. The league then Goldman edited the magazine’s first column for plus-sized women. added more clothing offerings for women and the magazine contin- As a writer, she authored an expose, “The Big Business of Breast ued to devote more real estate to sports and fandom. Cancer,” which won the James Aronson Award for Social Justice “What I love about Marie Claire, what speaks to me about the mag- Journalism. This spring, she’ll appear regularly as an expert in a azine, is that modern women can be as interested in fashion as they still-to-be-named reality TV show premiering on Oxygen about are about what’s happening in Europe right now, or the immigration women entrepreneurs. As someone who believes that women crisis, or the presidential debates,” should “toot their own horns,” Goldman is not shy about the grit Goldman says. “For a long time, required to achieve these feats. if you read women’s magazines, CCT Web Extras “She is just so tough,” said Dennis Kneale, Goldman’s colleague there was that tacit assumption To read some of Goldman’s at Forbes and now a media consultant. “She eats roofing nails for that you weren’t reading The Wall articles, including her award- breakfast ... yet at the same time, she’s delightfully sardonic, she has Street Journal.” winning piece on the breast such a sense of the absurd and she’s driven for high performance.” As a result of her resourceful- cancer industry and a Spectator Kneale, who was Forbes’ managing editor at the time Goldman ness and eye toward the modern piece on the first Bacchanal, worked there, recalls Goldman’s decision to put rapper 50 Cent on woman, Goldman rarely reads of go to college.columbia.edu/cct. the magazine’s celebrity issue cover in 2004. Goldman recognized credit cards in ice blocks but fre- that the choice to feature him was edgy and captivating. “It scared quently of women who have long broken through glass ceilings and the bejabbers out of our readers, but that was genius: taking some- are ready to “rule the world,” she says. “What I’m most fascinated thing that was a culture story but realizing it was a finance story.” with is that I get to chronicle a revolution.” Aside from writing and editing, Goldman is constantly looking for partnerships, knowing that “in this media world we live in now ... you Lauren Steussy covers Staten Island art and culture for the Staten have to wear many hats.” In 2013, after Goldman’s profile of NFL Island Advance. Her last profile for CCT was on The Two Man lawyer Anastasia Danias was published, Goldman helped launch a Gentleman Band (Summer 2015). Her work has also appeared in San partnership with the league that would include the magazine running Diego Magazine and The Orange County Register.

Dick Wagner ’54 Takes Hands-on SERGIO KLETNOY Approach to Maritime History

Lea Goldman ’98 Is a Shot-caller By Michael R. Shea SOA’10 Among Shot-callers alking the shore of Seattle’s Lake Union in the late 1960s, Dick Wagner ’54 and his wife, Colleen, By Lauren Steussy noticed a change on the waterfront. The fiberglass W revolution had hit boat building, and longtime mak- hen Lea Goldman ’98 joined Marie Claire in 2008, and their professional lives. It’s filled with profiles, advice and the ers of classic wooden craft were closing up shop. there seemed to be a running cliché in women’s ever-elusive definition of “business casual” fashion. Back on their houseboat, with their own collection of a dozen magazines: a credit card frozen in a block of ice. As a writer, editor, and television and web personality living small wooden sailboats tied to the stern, the couple decided to act. W The symbolism was used in advice columns and in New Jersey with her husband and two young sons, Goldman They hung a sign, “The Old Boat House,” on the dock, and began articles, and sometimes in illustrations for those columns and arti- embodies the values reflected in the section’s pages. She’s auda- renting their little fleet to all comers. With that, a new kind of cles. It spoke to the narrow and increasingly outdated notion that cious, stylish and unabashedly successful. hands-on maritime museum was born. women couldn’t make their own decisions, financial or otherwise “I have passions outside the office,” she says, “but my work is very “Before the summer was over, three newspapers and three TV sta- — a concept proven wrong not only by the women reading the important to me. I network my face off and love it. I’m trying to tions interviewed me, and everyone and their pet pig knew this was magazines but also by Goldman herself. be as versatile as I see a lot of these women in the magazine are.” a place to learn about sailing and to have a lot of fun,” Wagner says. “It was never the real stuff happening at work,” Goldman, now Prior to joining Marie Claire as features and special projects edi- Today, The Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) is an interactive Marie Claire’s co-executive editor, says over lunch in the magazine’s tor, Goldman was hired at Forbes magazine straight out of Colum- museum and education center on Lake Union. A nonprofit since Midtown headquarters. “Questions like ‘I just got a job offer. Am I bia and worked her way up to senior editor. Along the way, she 1976, it has worked with more than 60 communities around the just supposed to take the offer and be grateful?’ Or ‘How should I covered finance, wealth and entertainment, and compiled some of world to promote the art and history of sailing and of wooden ask for more money?’ There were real questions people had — that the magazine’s “Top 100” valuation lists. boat building. St. Petersburg, Russia; Alexandria, Va.; Fogo Island, I had, too — about work that were not acknowledged.” Goldman studied literature at the College but admits she was Newfoundland; Provo, Utah; Coos Bay, Ore.; Sausalito, Calif., and Goldman’s answer to those questions was a section she started in more involved in extracurriculars, like student council, and was an Kalispell, Mont., all have similar sailing education centers, started the magazine in 2011 called “@Work,” about empowered women RA. She co-founded the now highly anticipated annual Bacchanal BOATS THE CENTER FOR WOODEN COURTESY under the tutelage of the Wagners.

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“We provide a direct, hands-on educational experience,” Wagner terns will evolve. Cohen’s outlooks often best the National Oceanic his advisers at GISS, the observational scientists at Lamont-Doherty says. “Learning to sail is like learning to ride a bike or learning to and Atmospheric Administration and other government agencies. Earth Observatory flunked him. Mark Cane, the Lamont scientist drive. It’s not an education by laptop or lectern. You learn naturally, “He’s a master at sensing and feeling out special patterns, who built the first model predicting an El Niño event, was called in to by watching and doing.” especially this one,” says his former Ph.D. adviser, David Rind break the tie. “It was like the Roman Colosseum,” Cohen remembers. An architect by training, Wagner studied history at the College GSAS’76, an emeritus researcher at the NASA Goddard Institute “Cane was going to decide — thumbs up or thumbs down.” and credits art and architecture professor George R. Collins for first for Space Studies (GISS). Spared from the lions that day, Cohen vowed to work harder exposing him to hands-on education. “His assignments were to go As Cohen explains it, when snow cover in Siberia is heavier than and question the models. “It bred in him a need to rely more on around New York, to look at buildings, to talk to architects,” Wagner usual, a dome of cold and dense air forms over the ground, forcing the observations,” says Rind. recalls. “I’d walk up and down the avenues, discovering art, talking jet stream north and sending strong atmospheric waves high into the On a cold day in December 1994, Cohen passed his Ph.D. with people about buildings, writing architects with questions.” stratosphere. The polar vortex breaks down, spilling frigid air over the defense, a mug of snow by his side for good luck. He was married While at the Yale School of Architecture, where he earned a mas- Arctic into North America and westward into Europe. ter’s in 1958, Wagner interned one summer for a Seattle firm. The Though his hypothesis has yet to be fully validated by dynami- New Jersey native had never been west of the Delaware River. “I fell cal models — considered the bible of modern forecasting — the in love with Seattle,” he says. After another summer internship, he BOATS THE CENTER FOR WOODEN COURTESY media has embraced it. “Judah Cohen’s winter forecasts have a stel- “It’s incredibly satisfying moved to Lake Union, and fell in love again, with Colleen. Around Colleen and Dick Wagner ’54 in CWB’s early days. lar track record,” says Jason Samenow, weather editor for The Wash- to be right. It almost feels like that same time, Wagner’s work took him to Puget Sound. On the dock ington Post. “His methodologies, while still needing to stand the he watched a man struggling with the mast of an old wooden sailboat. in early 2016, the Wagner Education Center, which will provide test of time, show tremendous promise.” having super powers.” Wagner offered to help, and in time learned to sail himself. “He was learning opportunities for more than 5,000 children annually. Cohen grew up with his eyes on the weather. At the ocean’s edge, one of these guys who didn’t say much,” Wagner recalls. “He had me “Dick has this indefatigable imagination but what makes it spe- in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, he noticed thunderstorms were more watch, then pointed out a thing or two to do. I wish I remembered his cial is it’s always in service of the community,” says Caren Crandall, common and coastal storms often brought more snow than to other name.” The friendship was brief, but Wagner learned much and was CWB’s first assistant director and now a professor at the University of parts of New York City. The eldest son of an ice cream distributor by then to Sherri Rabinovitz BC’91, a psychology major he met on soon studying books on sailing and boat building. Washington. “Before the center, South Lake Union was a rather stark and computer programmer, he arrived at Columbia knowing he the bus ride home from a Washington, D.C., rally to support Jews After Wagner’s marriage to Colleen, the couple traveled the industrial place, and now it’s home to museums, restaurants, a city park, wanted to study the weather. trying to flee the Soviet Union. They moved to Boston, and Cohen world together by sea, hitching passage on a Dutch olive oil tanker public water access. In 30-plus years it’s been completely transformed, Though Columbia did not offer meteorology classes, it did pro- started a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT. and Grecian passenger ships, and worked for four months on an and Dick’s vision showed people how that was possible.” vide access to some of the best minds in climate science, at GISS. At the encouragement of his adviser, he added snow cover on archeology dig in Masada, Israel. At CWB, preschoolers can listen to maritime tales aboard heri- Located above Tom’s Restaurant, where it remains, GISS ran its land to his climate models and came to favor Arctic snow over On their return in 1968, the Wagners began teaching sailing tage vessels. Elementary school students can build toy boats with climate models on an IBM computer that filled an entire floor. ENSO as the lead predictor of winter weather. “It was complete and renting out wooden boats. They soon saw their future in com- hand tools. Middle schoolers and high schoolers can construct Cohen shared an office with two other work-study students. blasphemy,” he says. “I’d go on job interviews and people would munity-based teaching. Wagner continued contract architect work, replica boats and learn to sail them. There are programs for the lecture me on how wrong I was.” but dedicated much of his time to educating locals and tourists physically disabled, including sailing instruction for the wheel- Atmospheric and Environmental Research, a commercial about catboats and Marconi rigged sloops. chair-bound, the deaf and the blind. Many of CWB’s workshops weather firm in Lexington, Mass., hired him as a staff scientist in “More work than you can imagine goes into a wooden boat, a and programs are focused on disadvantaged and underserved youth 1998 and promoted him to director of seasonal forecasting seven boat that’s seaworthy and beautiful,” Wagner says. “The steaming who wouldn’t otherwise have access to the waterfront. years later. Now living in Newton, he and his wife have a daughter, of wood and making of perfect joints, the bronze fastenings. These “We’re thrilled to see people of all ages learning something,” Wag- Gabriella BC’18, and twin 17-year old sons, Jordan and Jonathon. aren’t craftsmen cutting pieces of soap, and in the late 1960s it was ner says. “It’s changed many lives, and I couldn’t be happier about it.” After a string of snowy winters, Cohen in late December 2010 only being done in parts of Maine and on our little lake in Seattle.” penned an Op-Ed in The New York Times, “Bundle Up, It’s Global The center’s sites — two on Lake Union, one on Camano Island Michael R. Shea SOA’10 is a freelance writer based in Ithaca, N.Y. His Warming.” He explained that the extreme cold in the United States in nearby Puget Sound — receive more than 100,000 visitors a year. work regularly appears in Field & Stream and a variety of other outdoor and Europe was not at odds with human-caused global warming. CWB is poised to break ground on a fourth site on Lake Union publications. Visit michaelrshea.com or find him @michaelrshea. The rapid loss of Arctic sea ice in summer, he argued, exposed more open water to the atmosphere, CCT Web Extras with the added moisture feeding To watch an interview show Cohen snow over Eurasia. A blizzard did for The Weather Channel as Reading the Snowflakes, struck New York that day. The well as an interview with Harvey

C ohen ’85, GSAS’94 J udah C ourtesy phone rang steadily after. Leonard, chief meteorologist for Judah Cohen ’85 Calls the Weather Meteorologist Marshall Shepherd (left) had Judah Cohen ’85, GSAS’94 on his For the last four years, Cohen Boston’s local ABC affiliate, go to Weather Channel show, Weather Geeks, on November 3 to give his long-range has provided the winter and college.columbia.edu/cct. winter forecast. summer outlooks on Boston’s By Kim Martineau JRN’97 ABC affiliate. After his prescience last year, when Boston was bur- After graduating with a degree in geology, he set out for the Uni- ied under a winter seasonal-record 110.6 inches of snow, The Boston udah Cohen ’85, GSAS ’94 saw the return of the polar vortex “It’s incredibly satisfying to be right,” he says. “It almost feels like versity of Washington and a Ph.D. in meteorology but left after one Globe chose to feature him and his science under the headline, “The before anyone else. Months before repeated snowstorms hit having super powers.” semester. He wasn’t interested in his assigned master’s topic, fog in the person happiest about all this snow.” New York and Boston in 2014, he warned that the northeast- Cohen’s approach is unique. In mid-November, he looks at how Los Angeles basin. Snow was his passion. Back at Columbia, on his The validation still feels sweet after what he calls “the roller- Jern United States was in for an “active and interesting” winter. much snow accumulated in Siberia the month before to predict way toward a Ph.D. in atmospheric science, he first noticed that snow coaster” of the last 20 years. A commercial weather and climate analyst in Boston, Cohen has how cold and snowy the eastern United States and Europe will created problems when inserted into climate prediction models. Thick “I am very proud of all those correct forecasts,” he says. called three of the last four winters correctly, and his long-range be come January. By contrast, most of his peers look south to the or thin, snow cover seemed to have no effect on the predicted weather. forecasts have hit the mark 75 percent of the time, an astoundingly tropics and use dynamical models to predict how the El Niño- To anyone familiar with real-world weather, including the professors Kim Martineau JRN’97 heads communications at Columbia’s Data good record in a field notorious for its bad calls. Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and other dominant climate pat- evaluating Cohen’s master’s thesis, this seemed absurd. Splitting with Science Institute.

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Razzle Dazzle Raises the Curtain On Broadway’s History 3 1 By Anne-Ryan Heatwole JRN’09 5

ew York has one thing that no other city in the world has, financial crisis in the ’70s and and that’s Broadway,” says Michael Riedel ’89, author of ’80s, and Broadway’s modern 2 4 the gossip-rich Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway rebirth into a billion-dollar “N (Simon & Schuster, $27). Want to know about the hidden industry. It also demonstrates how deeply Broadway’s and the city’s apartments above some of Times Square’s most desirable theaters? fortunes are intertwined, beginning with the story of how the Shu- Or how a stuck curtain in rehearsals led to 42nd Street ’s iconic open- bert brothers (Sam, Lee and J.J.) founded their theater empire at Pure Act: The Uncommon Life Germany for America on November 12, guide. This updated version includes business and beyond. Chapters cover of Robert Lax [’38] ing tap number? Riedel reveals Broadway’s secrets in this behind- the turn of the 20th century. by Michael N. 1938; his wife and 9-year-old daughter fundamental concepts from the topics from goal-setting to prepara- followed the next September. This col- original as well as breakthroughs in the tion to branding. Case in point: Ralph the-scenes history of theater and its impact on New York City. “I didn’t want to write a book that was just a little theater book,” McGregor SOA’97. Lax, an experimental poet, is known in the United States lection of 135 letters, discovered by their orthopedic field (Turner Publishing Lifshitz-turned-Lauren (Regnery Writer of the New York Post ’s theater column since 1998, and with says Riedel. “I needed a broader stage. The book works because all mainly as the best friend of Trappist son — author Hoeber — chronicles the Co., $17.95). Publishing, $27.99). five years covering theater for The Daily News before that, Riedel these shenanigans, all the gossip, the friendships and betrayals, the monk Thomas Merton ’38. But this sin- couple’s separation and acclimation to a Cast of Characters: Wolcott Strange Tools: Art and Human is well positioned to take on back-stabbing and in-fighting, the triumphs and failures — all that gular man — whose life as an artist and new country (American Philosophical 2 4 Gibbs, E. B. White, James Nature spiritual seeker took him from the halls Society Press, $37). by Alva Noë ’86. How his subject. He supplements his is taking place in front of this much larger story of New York City Thurber, and the Golden Age of The New Yorker, into the company of a can creative works be used to under- insider knowledge with thorough collapsing, and how the city revitalized itself.” Sinatra’s Century: One of The New Yorker traveling circus, to a remote Greek island 1 by Thomas stand what makes us human? Philoso- Hundred Notes on the Man research, including interviews Riedel gives special focus to Bernard Jacobs LAW’40 and — warrants attention in his own right Vinciguerra ’85. Founded in 1925, The pher and neurologist Noë undertakes a and His World with some of Broadway’s big- Gerald Schoenfeld, the former heads of The Shubert Organiza- (Fordham University Press, $34.95). by David Lehman ’70. New Yorker came into its own in the wide-ranging investigation in pursuit Rediscover “Old Blue Eyes” through period between the Jazz Age and the of the answer. Insights come from gest names — among them, The tion, and their work to revitalize the derelict Times Square area Freedom and the Self: Essays on the Shubert Organization chairman in the ’70s and ’80s. The pair, he reports, were brought into the the eyes of another — lifetime fan and end of WWII. Vinciguerra chronicles sources as diverse as Cézanne, Bruce Philosophy of David Foster Wallace prominent poet Lehman. In celebra- how the eponymous trio, described by Springsteen and Rosemary’s Baby (Hill Philip J. Smith; chorographer, company as attorneys for the Shubert brothers in the mid-’50s edited by Steven M. Cahn ’63 and Mau- tion of what would have been Sinatra’s founding editor Harold Ross as his and Wang, $28). performer and director Tommy and in 1972 ousted Shubert heir Larry Shubert when his drink- reen Eckert. “Leaning how to think really 100th birthday this December, the staff “geniuses,” and their colleagues With Animal Tune; composer Andrew Lloyd ing and poor money management were driving the organization means learning how to exercise some author offers reflections on the enter- shaped the magazine’s unique style by Carol Guess ’90 and Webber; and lyricist Tim Rice. into bankruptcy. They then went on a mission to reinvigorate the control over how and what you think.” So tainer’s career in music and movies; his (W.W. Norton & Co., $27.95). Kelly Magee. This short story collection said Wallace in his seminal 2005 speech relationships, both romantic and Rat conjures a world where human parents Riedel became immersed in the company, moving from being just landlords of 17 Shubert-owned Spectacles of Themselves: Essays to the graduates of Kenyon College. Packian; and his signature style and have animal offspring. From bees to in Italian American Popular Culture theater world shortly after gradu- Times Square theaters to producing shows and seeking new works In this book, scholars examine the late influence (HarperCollins, $24.99). sheep and squirrels, strange pregnan- and Literature ation, when he was hired as the in which to invest. writer’s abiding concern for the impor- by George Guida ’89. cies give way to the practicalities and Two Men Fighting in a Landscape managing editor of TheaterWeek The book has its share of juicy stories as well, such as how director tance of free choice, and other themes What can a study of the dialect in poignancies that come with raising any magazine. He enlisted critic, and choreographer Michael Bennett (Dreamgirls) and his protégé (Columbia University Press, $25). by Bill Christophersen ’71. An imagined Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas tell us child. When you’re having a dragon, debate with Robert Frost is among the about the characters and their world? playwright and former Colum- Tune (Nine) feuded behind the scenes of the 1982 Tony Awards as even extra-hot salsa tastes mild (Black Down in Laos: Heroism & Inspira- entries in this poetry collection from How did singer Louis Prima’s swing- Lawrence Press, $15.95). bia theater professor Eric Bent- their shows competed for the Best Musical prize. It describes how tion During the Vietnam War by the Pushcart Prize-nominated Chris- ing, multi-lingual style work to draw in The Appearance of Annie van ley as a contributor, and soon Cats went from being deemed, according to creator Webber, “a daft Francis J. Partel Jr. ’63. This fictional tophersen. The 50-plus works toggle audiences — and what message does 5 ANNE WERMIEL Sinderen after took Bentley up on his idea of doing a musical based on a book of poems about cats” that action-thriller follows what happens between experimental sonnets, free it send about ethnicity? The author by Katherine Howe offer to rent a room in his Riv- struggled to get funding to a global phenomenon. And it portrays when a downed Navy pilot becomes verse and traditional forms (Aldrich examines these and other questions ’99. The New York Times bestselling a prisoner of the Pathet Laos. The Press, $17). (Bordighera Press, $18). author’s latest YA novel focuses on two erside Drive apartment. Riedel says that the next two years were producer David Merrick as a larger-than-life character, with one author, himself a Navy veteran, draws central characters: Annie, a teenage Heal Your Hips: How to Prevent The Power of Relentless: 7 “like going to graduate school with the most brilliant professor you account detailing how he tricked investors into selling him back the on research as well as his own experi- 3 girl living on the Bowery in 1825, and Hip Surgery and What to Do if Secrets to Achieving Mega- can imagine. I’d have dinner with him two or three nights per week, rights to 42nd Street when he realized it would be a hit. ence in the Gulf of Tonkin to render Wes, a documentary film student in You Need It Success, Financial Freedom, the story in vivid and historically accu- by Dr. Robert Klapper present-day NYC. It’s no spoiler to say and we’d talk about Brecht, Shaw, Shakespeare. He had a massive “I was blessed by the fact that it’s a book about theater people and the Life of Your Dreams library, and everything he talked about I could go read.” and they are, by nature, theatrical and intensely colorful, and they rate detail (Navy Log Books, $29.95). ’79 and Lynda Huey. Klapper, chief of by the story, which opens with a séance, orthopedic surgery at Cedars-Sinai Wayne Allyn Root ’83. Conservative takes a supernatural turn. The bigger That specialist knowledge is peppered throughout Razzle Dazzle. speak in dramatic and captivating ways,” says Riedel. “The joy of Against Time: Letters from Nazi Medical Group in Los Angeles, and commentator Root delivers this high- secrets go much deeper (G.P. Putnam’s The book traces the highs and lows of NYC theater, from the Great doing the book was that I got to spend a lot of time with these Germany, 1938–1939 by Francis W. his co-author offer this second edi- octane treatise outlining his essential Sons, $18.99). Depression to the golden age of musicals in the ’50s and ’60s, the wonderful characters.” Hoeber ’65. Johannes Höber left Nazi tion of their 1999 health and fitness principles for accomplishment in — Alexis Tonti SOA’11

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history. He recently reminded me that frenzy over professional football has Ad Reinhardt ’35 was a Jester editor spilled over to the college game, and Columbia School Designations classnotes and cartoonist who drew the immortal our Ivy League is now on the scene. symbol of the “Laughing Lion” for Best wishes to coach Bagnoli and our BC Barnard College Jester before he became an acclaimed players for a winning year. Roar Lions! BUS Columbia Business School modern artist, with his work exhibited Send your news to my home CP Pharmaceutical Sciences in museums all over the world. address as listed at the top of the col- William Robbins DM College of Dental Medicine writes to me umn, to [email protected] or call GS School of General Studies from Mount Dora, Fla., with reports me at 413-586-1517. Best wishes to all GSAPP Graduate School of Architecture, on local and national politics, and classmates and their families. Planning and Preservation comments on Columbia baseball GSAS Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and football prospects. Bill was a JRN Graduate School of Journalism distinguished rheumatologist in New 1943 Jewish Theological Seminary York City, on the staff at Weill Cornell JTS Medical College (his alma mater) and G.J. D’Angio LAW Columbia Law School also did research at The Rockefeller 201 S. 18th St., #1818 LS Library Service University. He is a longtime, loyal Lion Philadelphia, PA 19103 NRS School of Nursing and faithful correspondent. [email protected] PH Mailman School of Public Health I have heard from Stewart PS College of Physicians and Surgeons McIlvennan, who lives in Lakewood, My wife, Audrey, and I were reflecting SEAS The Fu Foundation School of Engineering Colo., with his wife, Marie BC’47. recently on how chance events have and Applied Science Marie (90) is still teaching French and very much governed the way we have SIPA School of International and Public Affairs Spanish in local schools, while Stew lived our lives. In her case, it was a SOA School of the Arts follows Columbia football and bas- friendly neurosurgeon in Edinburgh SPS School of Professional Studies ketball news. Stew was a star halfback who steered her to Boston for her SW School of Social Work on our football team and also played post-graduate pediatric training as a TC Teachers College varsity basketball. After a stint in the Fulbright Scholar. The Scot had a close UTS Union Theological Seminary FBI, Stew rose to be a respected execu- friend and colleague at Harvard; what tive in the trucking industry, surviving if his friend had been in San Francisco? occasional negotiations with the late, For me, what if Columbia had rejected notorious Jimmy Hoffa. my application? I had naively applied with my family for years off and on. We of life dominates, along with gratitude As I write these notes, the football only there. Or what if I had chosen have always favored the South Shore for my luck in the genetic lottery and season will begin soon and our hopes NYU (where my brother was already (Paget), so we returned there in August in avoiding major accidents. I hit my are high for success under the new enrolled) for my medical training, rather with my great-granddaughter, Maggie 93rd birthday last month, which isn’t coach, Al Bagnoli. Our opening game than Harvard? Harvard Medical School (2). She thus became the fifth genera- exactly unusual news for any of the likes was on September 19 at Fordham, and Boston Children’s Hospital abut on tion D’Angio — in her case, D’Angio- of us who graduated 72 years ago. I just which gives football scholarships and Longwood Avenue. It was the gravi- White — who has walked those same assume that we’re all past 90. Anyway, coral sands I first saw 60 years ago that philosophic meditations on longevity month. The week was a success. aren’t much of a theme to explore in My wife and I are getting used to these pages and it’s all been said better This past summer, Dr. G.J. D’Angio ’43 and his family life without four wheels, though we by people like Montaigne, whom I read vacationed on Bermuda’s South Shore, making his great- actually do have such: a shopping cart. in first-year Literature Humanities of We are managing quite well, though blessed memory. I promise that between granddaughter the fifth generation to visit the island. with clipped wings. now and December, when I write the I came across the following nugget letter for the Spring 2016 issue, I’ll do Courtesy Columbia University Archives by chance: President Barack Obama something to provide more sparkle ’83 is not the only person with a — perhaps take up skydiving. Happy is a strong team (the final score was tational pull of those two institutions Columbia connection to receive the Thanksgiving, year-end holiday-of-your- The third heat banner and would be happy to have Assisted Living Residence, Unit 115, 44–24, Fordham). Three Columbia that put me in the orbit of academic Nobel Peace Prize (Obama won his choice and New Year to all.” 1941 other classmates join me, as it will be 1250 Maple Ave., Elmira, NY 14904. games were scheduled to be televised pediatrics. And I met both my wives in in 2009). Some of the others include the 75th anniversary of our graduation. Your correspondent was invited to this year: at Princeton on October 2 those halls. Teddy Roosevelt (Class of 1882 of a 1951 Robert Zucker attend, on October 10, the 90th birth- on NBCSN, at Yale on October 31 on Fellow ’43ers: We’re supposed to be LAW), winning in 1906; University 1944 26910 Grand Central Pkwy, Apt. 24G Her- track meet on day party of Avra Mark, widow of Fox College Sports and at Brown on the greatest generation. Send me your President Nicholas Murray Butler Floral Park, NY 11005 bert Mark. Bill Friedman 1942 Herb, who died in 2006, November 20 on NBCSN. Fourteen great “What ifs?” please. What if your (Class of 1882), who won jointly South Field. [email protected] Bob Kaufman 833-B Heritage Hills and I roomed together other Ivy League games will also coach in high school hadn’t said what with Jane Addams in 1931; and José Melvin Hershkowitz Somers, NY 10589 in Livingston Hall in our sophomore be televised during the season, an he did? Or you hadn’t seen that Paul Ramos-Horta (SIPA, no degree), in 22 Northern Ave. [email protected] Hello, CC’41. Please note my new year and remained lifelong friends. I extraordinary level of exposure for this Muni movie? Or you hadn’t heard that 1996 for his work in pacifying East Northampton, MA 01060 Bernie email address, at the top of this column, keep in touch with Bob, who lives in conference. Apparently, the national radio broadcast? Only faithful Timor. Anyone know of others? [email protected] Weisberger and send me a note with your news. Scarsdale, N.Y. Avra lives in Tuckahoe, and I have kept this Bernie Weisberger reports: “I’m A very happy holiday season and New My great-granddaughter graduated N.Y. Her grandson, Christopher Mark column going for the last several issues. having a hard time coming up with Year to you, CC’44. Please take a few from NYU and is spending her time In July, I had a phone call from my old ’02, rowed on the freshman crew team Let me hear from you! much to write about since the last moments to send me an update — our Arthur Wellington Class Notes are submitted by post-graduation traveling — she’s pal to tell me he had and lives in New York City. alumni and edited by volunteer I decided years ago that buying letter, and only my determination to classmates want to hear from you. No now up to roughly 50 countries. Of entered the Woodbrook Assisted Liv- As I write these notes in mid- class correspondents and the unwanted birthday, Christmas or other sustain the honor of ’43 keeps me at news is too small! Send me tidbits my other great-grandchildren, two are ing Residence in Elmira, N.Y. Arthur, September, my perpetual event cal- staff of CCT prior to publication. anniversary gifts for family members the keyboard. But since June I’ve done about your family, travels, retirement, enrolled at High Point University and handicapped by progressive arthritis, was endar reminds me that my old friend Opinions expressed are those was foolish. A better idea was to no traveling, nor anything much of late hobbies or everyday pastimes. Notes Gerald Klingon one is at Smith. My great-grandson, entirely lucid and in good spirits. His will celebrate his 95th of individual alumni and do not provide an all-expenses-paid weeklong except to read and keep up a fairly big can be sent to the email address at who is still in high school, is interested supportive family is nearby, and he is able birthday on September 22. Gerry lives reflect the opinions of CCT, get-together once a year. In those seven email correspondence. I try not to let the top of this column or submitted in attending Class Day with me in to read and to maintain his longtime in New York City and continues to its class correspondents, the days would be wrapped all the usual my conviction that the world is going to through the CCT webform college. College or the University. the spring for the Alumni Parade of interest in horse racing and other sports. pursue his interests in Columbia foot- annual gifts. This year our destination hell (all too common to us greybeards) columbia.edu/cct/submit_class_note. Classes. I will carry our Class of 1941 Arthur can be reached at Woodbrook ball, baseball, politics and American was Bermuda. I have been going there dominate my spirits. My enjoyment Hope to hear from you soon.

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Public Relations Office as a reporter forget that our reunion is coming up, sity of Arizona, Tucson. My specialty It could be about family, career/retire- constant travel and deep involvement in address are at the top of this column; 1945 and then as news chief. After being Thursday, June 2–Sunday, June 5. is cardiology. I am one of the principal 1951 ment, travels, everyday pastimes or the railroad industry, the Okonite Co. you can also submit notes via the CCT

discharged, I was delighted to be investigators in a four-year NIH grant REUNION special events. You never know what in retired Patti and me unexpectedly in webform college.columbia.edu/cct/ Columbia College Today accepted at P&S, where I met Al to study an unusual disease of the heart REUNION WEEKEND your life will resonate with others and June 2013, and we have been occupied submit_class_note. Columbia Alumni Center Starr PS’49, Paul Marks PS’49 and 1947 called Right Ventricular Cardiomy- June 2–5, 2016 spark a connection (or reconnection!) with our physicians, chemo and family 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 Steve Krane PS’51. opathy/Dysplasia. Also, I am one of Alumni Affairs Contact with a classmate. Send your news to ever since but only recently have we New York, NY 10025 Columbia College Today “It is good to see the names of the editors of a book in preparation Fatima Yudeh either the email address or mailing begun to have the time we wanted 1954 [email protected] Columbia Alumni Center [email protected] friends and acquaintances from that on this topic. I am active clinically and address at the top of the column, or with the family. Our five children have 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 212-851-7834 Bernd Brecher distant, hectic time in the ’46 Class read hospital electrocardiograms, see use the webform college.columbia.edu/ blessed us with 17 grandchildren and we New York, NY 10025 2016 35 Parkview Ave., Apt. 4G CCT sends CC’45 best wishes for the Notes columns, such as Herb Hendin, patients and do specific tests in patients Development Contact cct/submit_class_note. Thank you for are expecting our first great-grandchild. [email protected] Bronxville, NY 10708 holiday season. We’re saddened not to Art Lazarus, Jake Israel, Pete who faint (syncopy). I am fortunate in Heather Siemienas reading and be well! “We lived most of our lives (though [email protected] [email protected] have received any updates for this issue Rogatz, Barney Zumoff, Arnie Zent- having a supportive wife, Janet, as well traveling constantly) in New Jersey but Nicholas Giosa 212-851-7855 and hope you’ll consider sending us a ner and distinguished historian Fritz Only Dr. got in touch as grandchildren ranging in age from 4 have been North Carolina residents note for the New Year. We, and your Stern. I regret that I did not keep in for this issue. Here, one of his poems: to 22. Janet and I enjoyed a recent two- 1953 since 1994 and we plan to stay here in Thanks once again to many of you for George Koplinka classmates, want to hear how you’ve touch with many friends and acquain- week cruise to Alaska.” retirement. The railroad industry has keeping in touch. Our classmates want 75 Chelsea Rd. Lew Robins been and what you’re planning to do in tances at the College and P&S. Vanity of Vanities CCT received a hand-written note honored us in many ways since our to hear from and about one another White Plains, NY 10603 3200 Park Ave., Apt. 9C2 the first quarter of 2016. You can send “My writing career was distin- from Dr. Peter Arturi: “Still enjoying departure and we manage to keep our — keep it up. And remember, you can [email protected] Bridgeport, CT 06604 news to either address at the top of the guished only by satirical poetry Keep me from anonymity ! life and family, approaching 89th birth- contacts up as well as spend as much email me on a rolling basis, not just [email protected] column or use the CCT webform published in The Journal of the American Mark my having been day. Still active medically in the Green- time with our family as we can. when you get an email blast about the college.columbia.edu/cct/submit_ Medical Association; Pediatrics; The New with exclamation wich, Conn., community and looking Greetings, CC’51. Although there is “I look forward to reading about forthcoming issue of CCT; you can James Higginbottom class_note. Be well and of good cheer! England Journal of Medicine; and Look more substantial than some tilted stone forward to family time, having given up no news to share this time, you are sent the classmates and encourage all to put a always update or help me edit previous magazine. I also wrote three scientific worn by wind and weeping rain; golf. Best regards to classmates.” encouraged to send in a Class Note following: “Since graduation, I have line in CCT whenever possible.” information before CCT goes to press papers, one of which gave me 15 that might bemuse - CCT, and your classmates, would — your classmates want to hear from read every CCT and happily have kept John Plate SIPA’56 sent along four times a year. Harold Stevelman 1946 minutes of fame when it was picked alas - a burdened Dane’s summation: love to hear from more of you. Please you, and no news is too small. Please up with all those mentioned in each the following: “[Here] is the obituary PS’58 com- Dave Edwards REUNION up by many lay medical columnists. a short soliloquy. share news about yourself, your family, send updates to the email address at issue — a lot of my fraternity brothers of LAW’58, which pleted 50 years of medical practice in REUNION WEEKEND My satirical ‘Understanding Your Nor score the hour your career and/or your travels — even the top of this column or use the CCT and especially my fellow oarsman from recently appeared in the Hartford Westchester, N.Y., as an internist and June 2–5, 2016 Baby Doctor’s Behavior’ in Pediatrics with some meteor’s sweeping eulogy: a favorite Columbia College memory webform college.columbia.edu/cct/ the freshman, JV and Varsity crews of Courant. Dave and I were real friends cardiologist. He is volunteer chair of Alumni Affairs Contact was enjoyed by Drs. Louise Ames and a fleeting swath of fire written — using either the email or postal submit_class_note. 1949–53. The recently published book for 65 years. We met at Columbia, and the ethics committee at NewYork- Fatima Yudeh Frances Ilg, whose newspaper column across evening’s timeless bulletin - address at the top of the column. You And don’t forget, our 65th reunion The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans [email protected] I spoofed.” disquieting trajectory ! also can send news online using the will be held in June. Returning to cam- and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 212-851-7834 Scanning an issue of Northwest Instead, CCT webform college.columbia.edu/ pus is a great way to reconnect with old 1936 Berlin Olympics has taken me 2016 Development Contact Mining & Timber magazine, which if I could choose, cct/submit_class_note. friends and to take advantage of the great back to my time on the crew. Larry Gartner ’54, Larry Scharer ’54 and Larry Kobrin ’54 Heather Siemienas covers the mining industry in the let it be but a word or phrase Best wishes for a happy and healthy intellectual programming and events at “I’ll attempt to fill in a few of the [email protected] are working to identify Korbin’s Columbia photos, with far west of the United States, I came that holiday season and 2016. Columbia. I hope to see you there. gaps with a sketchy account my life. I 212-851-7855 across a photo captioned “Extra- only I could not qualify physically for any of plans to donate them to the Columbia University Archives. ordinary, Private First Class John have said. the OC courses offered in 1953, so I Bernard Sunshine S. McConnell a U.S. Army Private 1949 1952 volunteered for the draft and entered the 165 W. 66th St., Apt. 12G and Engineer.” The picture was taken CCT, and your classmates, would Army in September 1953. In July 1955 New York, NY 10023 John Weaver Columbia College Today from a published history of the 76th love to hear from more of you. Please I married a ray of sunshine named Patti were the best man at each other’s wed- Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital, [email protected] 2639 E. 11th St. Columbia Alumni Center Infantry Division (WWII) and shows share news about yourself, your family, Gibbs (from Seattle), whom I met in dings. Our families remain close.” where he is also a pro-bono reader of Brooklyn, NY 11235 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 the moment after John had crossed the your career and/or your travels — even Colorado Springs while at Fort Carson. [Editor’s note: The following is electrocardiograms. He and his wife, Lawrence Ross [email protected] New York, NY 10025 PS’51 sent in the Rhine River during the war. After his a favorite Columbia College memory The Army made use of my liberal arts excerpted from the Hartford Courant.] Barbara BC’58, have two children and [email protected] following reflections: “Because of first wife died, John married Pearl Col- — using either the email or postal education and promoted me to sergeant “David Robert Edwards died at five grandchildren, and are closing in my experience as associate editor of hoff and he proudly told me, “Together address at the top of the column. You Warm wishes for the New Year, CC’49. (E5) to run the pay and allotments Hartford Hospital on April 8, 2015. on their 60th wedding anniversary. Arnold Tolkin the Columbian in ’45, when I arrived we have 25 kids and grandkids, plus also can send news online using the As we welcome 2016, please take a As we speed toward the end of 2015, section of an infantry regiment. Upon After graduation from Columbia Col- reports that “the in Japan during the occupation I or minus.” CCT webform college.columbia.edu/ moment to send in a word or two to CCT wishes CC’52 a joyful holiday separation from the Army, I began my lege, he was drafted into the infantry family is growing and retirement was assigned to the 8th Army HQ Plus or minus? Come on John, a cct/submit_class_note. either the email address or mailing season and a Happy New Year. We career in September 1955 and have had where he defended Georgia and Ala- is good,” and that he and his wife, Columbia grad can count. Best wishes for a happy and healthy address at the top of this column, or did not receive any updates this time, a wonderful and happy life selling vital bama during the Korean War. In August Barbara, “are still doing a great deal of Here’s some grizzly bear trivia that holiday season and 2016. you can use the CCT webform college. but, speaking of 2016, why not make circuit wire and cable to U.S. railroad 1955, he married Nancy Lee Flaharty.” traveling, and I am still working in the I bet you didn’t know, from a Post columbia.edu/cct/submit_class_note. a resolution to send in a Class Note? signal departments. After a career of After obtaining a degree from the travel industry. It is in my blood.” Falls, Idaho, newspaper clipping sent Law School, “he served as a trial lawyer Many of us in ’54 appear to be by John: “Every year in July, cutworm 1948 for Aetna Casualty Company. He retired “retired but still working”! moths migrate from the plains toward 1950 as lead counsel in 1989. In addition, he The Tolkins’ new great-grand- Columbia College Today the alpine highlands … where the taught at the University of Connecticut daughter, Elizabeth Meg, turned 1 Columbia Alumni Center Mario Palmieri moths feed on late blooming alpine School of Insurance. He was part owner this October; her parents are Aaron 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 33 Lakeview Ave. W. wildflowers. Grizzly bears follow. The of the Studio of Magic, president of the Tolkin ’08, BUS’14 and Dena Tolkin New York, NY 10025 Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 Contact CCT moths provide grizzlies with the high- Wethersfield Rotary Club, past presi- BC’09; the family lives in Florida. One [email protected] [email protected] Update your contact est source of protein available — even dent and secretary of Assembly 21 of of Arnie’s grandsons is marrying “his higher than feeding on deer.” the Society of American Magicians and sweetheart” from Duke, and his oldest information; submit a Class Join the parade — the Alumni The three classmates who got in touch You are accustomed to more than secretary of the International Brother- grandchild, Michelle Tolkin BUS’09, Note, Class Note photo, Parade of Classes — on Class Day, for this issue are all doctors and all this, but troubles, technological and hood of Magicians. has gotten engaged “to a lovely young Tuesday, May 17. As we mark the 70th still working. personal, have interfered relentlessly. “David loved to travel. In retirement, man, Adam Miller BUS’11.” obituary, Letter to the Editor Alvin Eden anniversary of our class’ graduation, we By email, Dr. shares: Be assured, though, that this unlucky he and Nancy visited 30 countries enjoy- Great news and congratulations, or classified advertisement; will process from Butler to South Lawn “Just completed 60 years as a practicing streak will end and future columns will ing the people, arts and cuisine. He was Arnie and Barbara! U niversity A rchives C olumbia C ourtesy or send us an email. with our CC’46 banner (we do have pediatrician. Enough practicing; time bring you up to date. In the meantime, an accomplished chef. David is survived Arnie had some not-so-good news Click “Contact Us” at one) in front of graduating seniors, the to start the real game.” my address is at the top of this column; by his wife, children and grandchildren.” earlier this year about “a little more University president, College admin- Also sending in electronically, please use it. You can also submit Please email your memories of life aggressive prostate cancer than I was Frank Marcus college.columbia.edu/cct. istrators and faculty. The spontaneous Dr. writes: “I am quite notes via the CCT webform college. on campus as well as news about class- prepared to accept,” but he attacked ringing reception will make it a day active professionally and work full-time columbia.edu/cct/submit_class_note. mates, stories, articles and anecdotes it with a new-but-tried, heavy-dose you will long remember. Also, don’t as professor of medicine at The Univer- Regards to all. for future issues. My address and email radiation treatment that he believes

44 CCT Winter 2015–16 Winter 2015–16 CCT 45 Class Notes alumninews has “killed the cancer with little or no the same blood sugars as non-diabetics.” which took place across a three-day, all parts of the University. Read on for A special alumni reception will take of times while handling tax cases. I side effects. So far so good.” He worked out an engineering system glorious weekend in June 2004, and the highlights. place in Boston before the Harvard/ became a partner in two major Phoenix That is indeed some better news. Be to accomplish this, 13 years before he was highlighted by activities and Convocation was held in late Columbia basketball game in late law firms. In 1982, I decided to leave well, Arnie; we are with you! became a practicing physician at 49. special events all over Manhattan, August, welcoming the first-year class January. Classmates in this area who the practice of law and formed Benross Larry Gartner, Larry Scharer Dick has written nine books on the on campus and at [what was then to Columbia. The event included the might want to get tickets are Eddie Corp. to engage in land investments Larry Kobrin and have put their subject of blood sugar normalization, still called] Baker Field. We broke all Alumni Procession, which entails classes Goldberg, Ken Parker (Dick Kuhn’s and syndications in Arizona (which, heads together on a project to identify a concept that is still opposed by most attendance records up to that time. marching with class banners by decade buddy), Sandy Autor, Ralph Wagner, as you might know, is probably the Bill Epstein pictures of and at Columbia that LK professional diabetes associations. He Were you there? Do you still have your (our own was involved), and Richard Kessler, Harold Kushner, fastest growing state in the country). I rescued from his Connecticut house has been criticized for opposing the commemorative reunion yearbook? All speeches by President Lee C. Bollinger Mike Vaughn, Bernie Chasan, Jim have found this to be an enjoyable and before it was sold. “I am having an currently advocated high carbohydrate classmates got a copy, if you attended and Dean James J. Valentini. Lagomarsino, David Sweet and rewarding enterprise in which I con- endless struggle with tons of old pic- diets covered by industrial doses of or not. Here is a quotation from that The fall offered several great events Walt Flanagan. tinue to engage with my son Michael. tures that I can’t bring myself to dis- medications like insulin that cause wild publication, which dealt with some of for alumni and students. Columbia What are Alfred Gollomp, Don I have two other children, Lonnie and card,” says LK. The three Larrys look blood sugar swings. He says these diets the “psychology” of that time and of Alumni Leaders Weekend occurred Laufer and Bill Epstein doing? Mak- Hallie, and five grandchildren.” James Rubin forward to delivering a large batch of should be replaced with very low car- our place in it. Why? Because I hope in early October and featured the ing plans for their periodic dinners in was honored by the photos to the Columbia University bohydrate diets and small physiologic we can pick up on some of the themes presentation of The Richard E. Witten and around New York. Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital on Archives. Classmates: Look forward doses of medications. and “update” their relevance today for ’75CC Award for Volunteer Leader- Dear wonderful classmates, May 28 for 50 years of service and 44 to a special nostalgia trip on a visit to Dr. B. says, “The elevated and wildly us, our children and grandchildren ship and The Richard E. Witten ’75CC For those who attended the 60th, it years as the division chief of clinical campus. On that note, does anyone swinging blood sugar, encountered by (and, as noted earlier, even some great- Award for Transformational Volunteer was a pleasure to see you. For those who immunology and allergy. Jim and his else have pictures or documents you most diabetics utilizing conventional grandchildren) in publications and at Leadership, panel discussions and the were unable to attend the good times, wife, Phyllis, have retired to Cutchogue can’t face parting with but that might therapy, is the major cause of heart events to come. Alumni Medalists Gala, held in Low the clock is ticking for the next event. (on the North Fork of Long Island), The Class of 1956 held a fall luncheon at Faculty House to begin planning be of interest to Columbia? After all, failure, stroke, blindness, kidney failure, About one-third of the class Rotunda. On October 16, Bollinger’s It gets better and better. N.Y., and he invites classmates who its 60th reunion, along with two staff members from the Alumni Office. ours were the Bicentennial years. sexual dysfunction, non-traumatic responded in 2004; I hereby quote and annual 5K Run/Walk had a sizeable No one brings more to the party come out that way to give him a call. Bruce King, Left to right, front row: Jerry Fine ’56, Danny Link ’56, Jilliann Rodriguez Here’s an update on amputations and newborn abnor- paraphrase the following: “More than number of participants. And Don J. than you guys. We have another addition to the M’Barki and Maurice Klein ’56; and back row, left to right: Mark Novick who writes that Columbia University malities throughout much of the world. eight out of 10 considered their Colum- Melnick, the Thomas Hunt Morgan Keep it up. ranks of authors in our class. That Taylor Thompson, ’56, Al Franco SEAS’56, Eric Shea, Stephen Easton ’56, Ron Kapon ’56 Press will distribute his book From New Recent research now implicates blood bia education fulfilling, and two-thirds Professor of Conservation Biology, Love to all! Everywhere! would be who and Lou Hemmerdinger ’56. National to World Literature, and that sugar elevation as a major cause of said the Core Curriculum influenced gave a deep and informative series of lives in Kingston, N.Y. He writes: he’s editing the first draft of his auto- dementia. The common approach to their lives. Almost all were glad they lectures, “The Biodiversity Crisis,” as “Hello, friends. I’ve joined the biography, An Interesting Life, So Far. treatment has generated a huge complex chose Columbia, but only half of those part of the Mini-Core Courses. Many 1956 ranks of other authors (like David

Bruce and his wife, Adele, look forward of medications, companies and person- feel very favorable about Columbia believe we have entered the Sixth REUNION McCullough) by writing and publishing in Orlando and Atlanta. It’s nice to be “I have been active in the men’s today; still, four out of five ‘would do it Extinction spasm in Earth’s history. REUNION WEEKEND my autobiography. It’s titled An Entre- home for a change. club of my synagogue for many years. June 2–5, 2016 again.’ More than half have some close Touching briefly on our reunion, preneur Grows in a Capitalist Culture “I’m taking singing lessons and In 2014, it honored me for my many alumni friends and about one-third I apologize for omitting a few Alumni Affairs Contact and it is available at most booksellers, singing in both a church choir and a years of service to the community by Bruce Donaldson ’54 and Thomas Bowen ’54 visited have been active in some alumni activi- classmates from the attendee list in Fatima Yudeh primarily Barnes & Noble and Amazon. community chorus. Incidentally, a small selecting me as ‘Man of the Year,’ and [email protected] ties. Half claim to be religious, two- the previous issue. Also attending It’s hard cover, so if you get bored you correction regarding the Ford Founda- a booklet was published that included the retired U.S.S. Wisconsin, which had been their ship Anthony 212-851-7834 thirds financially comfortable and just the festivities in May were can always use it as a coffee table book tion scholars you mentioned in a recent my biography. I took the opportunity Viscusi, Bob Brown, Dan Fuchs 2016 for their first NROTC cruise in 1951. under half claim a financial worth of and Development Contact to rest your coffee cup, flower vases or column: I was one and I was 16, but I to list my performing accomplish- Jesse Roth. Milt one-to-five million dollars. Four out of Queens’ Others were Heather Siemienas snacks — you have to be practical. It is had, in fact, graduated from high school. ments, which included appearing on Merritt, [email protected] 10 make annual charitable contributions who was pleasantly surprised also available as an eBook on Kindle. “Best wishes to all and I hope to Broadway. I did not bother to clarify 212-851-7855 of close to $5,000, but twice that num- with the souvenir watches given to all “I think my life illustrates the process see you before too long at one of the that it was Broadway and 116th Street. Joel Beryl Nusbaum, to a visit to their home in Paris by nel, devoted to the treatment of diabetic ber give at least some gift to Columbia. the attendees, and that teaches and inspires individuals class lunches and/or for a 60th reunion “My wife, Harriet, and I continue Gerstl Stephen K. Easton and his wife, Judy, who will be sequelae, instead of their underlying More than half favor affirmative action who couldn’t wait for updates on some to become entrepreneurs. I reveal the planning session.” on our way, playing tennis several times 6 Hidden Ledge Rd. Jerry Breslow stopping off on their way to London. cause. The financial cost of this greatly in college and employment, expected of our sports teams. I hope we get straightforward ways to start a business updated us on his a week, entertaining our grandchild, Bruce Donaldson Harry Scheiber Englewood, NJ 07631 , professor outweighs what it would cost to train to vote Democratic in 2004 and believe professor to come and survive roadblocks like fires, lawsuits, activities: “The last time I wrote (in Jayna, and taking a few trips a year. [email protected] emeritus at Maryland, College Park, medical personnel and patients in the we should not have gone to war in Iraq east for one or more of the crew races. union organizing and personnel prob- 2013), I had become chairman of the Destinations include the Big Apple for Lew Sternfels and his wife, Lois, a retired registered basic engineering principles that under- this time.” took many photos; lems. Contact me if you have questions board of the Maryland Classic Youth theater; St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, nurse, live in Silver Spring, Md. They lie blood sugar normalization, such as These were sample snapshots based if anyone would like them, let your As I write this, I am preparing to (like, ‘Why did you waste your time Orchestras, a Strathmore Hall Founda- for snorkeling; and Hilton Head, S.C., Thomas Bowen recently visited and ‘The Laws of Small Numbers.’ on a wide-ranging number of subjects, trusted correspondent know and they leave for my fall 2015 visit to one of when you could be relaxing in the sun?’).” tion partner that performs in the Music for the beach. Harriet, having recently his wife, Marlene, in Virginia Beach. “Nevertheless,” Dick claims, “orga- and questions were answered anony- will be emailed to you. my favorite Mexican resorts in Puerto Also, for your information, there is a Center run by SHF in North Bethesda, replaced her knees along with her older Tom retired from a career in the Navy nized medicine still advocates very mously during the first half of 2004. I’ll Some classmates who couldn’t make Peñasco, where my wife, Elke, and I chapter in Taylor’s book that will bring Md. The MCYO is a 70-year old orga- hip replacements, also skis in Colorado. Jack Stuppin and then from a second career in per- high blood sugars for diabetics, often share a number of the others across the the 60th were painter will be playing at least 10 rounds of out many Columbia memories. nization that provides talented student “I will be awaiting the reports Har- Robert Lauterborn sonnel management. Tom and Bruce calling such values ‘normal.’” next several issues of CCT. Meanwhile, (recovering from back surgery), golf at its championship course and writes: “This musicians (from third grade to high on the 60th reunion to see who else vey Greenberg together visited the equally retired With all the doctors, researchers I solicit your comments, questions and (Haji was in Europe), will extend our summer activity season spring I got to fly literally around the school) opportunities to perform with plans to turn up, aside from the usual Henry Cohen U.S.S. Wisconsin (docked in Norfolk, and other scientists in our class, let the suggestions about areas of particular (living in Oakland and into the fall. I will also enjoy dinner world in 22 days — Toronto, Shanghai, their peers from the Washington, D.C., suspects who are always mentioned in Giora Ben-Horin Frank Neu- Va.), which had been their ship for debate begin! interest that we might report on. As extolling the virtues of Professor Ted with LAW’61 and Dalian, Beijing, Moscow, Warsaw, Lon- area. Our students perform throughout each of these columns. Serge Gavronsky Bill Langston berger their first NROTC cruise in 1951. retired this year 2015 draws to a close, be well, do good de Bary ’41, GSAS’53), his wife, Arlene. Giora is one of my old don and home again. I was speaking in the U.S. and Europe; this year the kids told me he hopes to attend. Peter Bruce says, “This last of the American from Barnard’s French department, in the world and keep in touch. (also living in Oakland) and neighborhood and Columbia College several of those cities and playing in a performed at the Walt Disney Concert The only other news about classmates Pressman Gordon battleships is still an awesome sight “after 50 years right there!” He was Excelsior! (a breast surgeon in private friends, and he writes: couple of others. This summer I spent Hall in Los Angeles. of which I am aware is that Osmond, and engineering marvel.” chair from 1975 to 2001. A published practice in New York). “After graduation, I pushed my six weeks wandering around Europe — “This past summer the MCYO who resides in Brazil, mar- Richard Bernstein SEAS’55, as poet in both French and English, and This year’s Alexander Hamilton number up on the draft and served the Alps in Austria, Switzerland and merged with the SHF, and pursuant to ried his partner.” Phil Liebson, noted in a prior column, published a a translator of French to English and 1955 Award Dinner honored former U.S. in the Army for two years, including Germany; then my family’s ancestral the merger agreement I returned to the an active Chicago- series of 70 videos on YouTube, called vice-versa, he writes that “the latest Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. ’73, 14 months on a base in France. Upon home (Trier, Germany) for a couple of SHF board, this time as an ex officio based alum, writes: “My wife, Carole, Gerald Sherwin “Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes University.” to be published [is] a co-translation LAW’76. Late fencing coach Irv DeKoff discharge, I entered the Law School. weeks; then a week in Paris and another member. I thus have served in each of and I celebrated our 50th anniversary 181 E. 73rd St., Apt. 6A It concerns basic problems associated of Louis Zukofsky’s A. [My] novels was honored at a memorial service in the [After graduation,] I took a position in England. My elder grandson is doing the three categories of directors repre- in September by spending two weeks New York, NY 10021 with diabetes care that he believes are include The German Friend, translated fall. Irv was one of the most successful with the Tax Division at the Department a semester abroad in London this fall sented on the board: as an appointee of in the Languedoc region in south- [email protected] not adequately treated with conven- in Italian with a handsome preface by coaches in Columbia history. of Justice in Washington, D.C. In 1965, and found a flat in Notting Hill. I don’t the Montgomery County, Md., county western France. I am retired from tional medical approaches. Dick, who Harold Bloom.” Serge has been the While meandering around Lerner I was fortunate enough to marry Arlene begrudge him the opportunity, but I executive (also a Columbia College cardiology but still have a clinic in Alfred invented blood sugar self-monitoring recipient of numerous academic recog- When Columbia throws a party, Hall, I espied a portrait of Kane, a school teacher from Youngstown, am a little envious! I’ll be in the United grad); as director elected by the SHF preventive medicine that I go to once Lerner in 1969, has had type 1 diabetes for 70 nitions, fellowships and awards. it really throws a party. A series of on a wall on the advising floor. Ohio, who was living in Washington. States for much of the rest of the year, board; and as an ex officio director. No a week. My current interests are piano, Jim Berick years and enjoys good health because It’s been 11 years since our Class gatherings have taken place during the A plaque for and his wife, “In 1967, I accepted a position in mostly in Chapel Hill, N.C., except for one else seems to have accomplished dance and the Chicago Literary Club. he insists that “diabetics are entitled to of Destiny’s 50th reunion celebration, past several months, bringing together Christine, is close by. Phoenix, which I had visited a number a couple of conferences I’m speaking at this particular trifecta. I am on the executive committee of

46 CCT Winter 2015–16 Winter 2015–16 CCT 47 Class Notes alumninews the local Columbia Alumni Club and which you will hear about later. Please Gunsite Academy in Paulden, Ariz. Va. My brother, Alan Frommer Morningside Park for a new gymna- preparing for a December cruise on England (Wilton’s Music Hall in Lon- through January 2015, was a cruise also am a governing member of the note the nearby photo, which illus- At 79, I was the oldest member of the (Wellesley, Mass.), and I have started sium, in 1967. My thought was that the Mekong River in Southeast Asia. don and the University of Cambridge) around South America (Santiago to Chicago Symphony Orchestra. My trates that we still have an active group class — the youngest having turned to plan a joint family birthday party our purpose (invoking the prestige of Al is a full-time senior program officer this April. Buenos Aires), with a few days of cruis- Carl I. Margolis literary interest is medieval history, so of class members who are interested 18 during the class. I put about 1,200 (our birthday is December 20, 1935) Pei at the time) was to provide a posi- with the National Academy of Sci- died on July 27. ing Antarctica. It was all spectacular, that I can understand what is going on in making sure we 1) meet regularly rounds through my Ruger SR1911 — amazed that we have made it this tive public face for the University. The ences in Washington, D.C., where he He was a resident of Rockville, Md. especially the various penguin colonies. in current world politics.” and 2) have the best 60th reunion we .45, shooting at various distances far. There are three grandchildren on project was cancelled a year later. provides staff support to committees At the 2015 American Bar Associa- We were lucky and had calm seas across For classmates who have expressed can have. Please contact me if you from three to 25 yards, in the rain, his side, one on mine.” “Another, positive, connection was the of volunteers reviewing and advising tion annual meeting in Chicago on the Drake Passage and great weather ideas for our 60th reunion, please be care to add your name to the group of after dark and even indoors in various From Erich Gruen: “I hit my 80th marriage of my cousin (once removed) the Federal Highway Administra- August 1, yours truly was inducted into while cruising the Palmer Archipelago. assured that although things are still luncheon participants. house-clearing exercises. Exhausting, birthday in May and I am happy to say to a granddaughter of Grayson Kirk, tion’s longterm pavement and bridge the Public Contract Law Section. The The Antarctic scenery is surreal, and in the planning stage, 1) there will be a The subject of fundraising has been but rewarding.” that I am still ambulatory (even though a University president who replaced performance research programs. Fellows is a society of former chairs of we had some adventures as well, Marty Fisher location on campus for our class mem- mentioned by some of our classmates reports: “I am writing my walking pace has slowed down then-newly elected U.S. President After graduating from the College, the section and others who have made including picking up some stranded bers to rest and relax at any time of as a negative part of Alumni Reunion this on a beautiful late summer day in somewhat). The occasion was marked by Dwight Eisenhower in our freshman he remained on Morningside Heights a significant contribution to the field Polish sailors who were retracing one of the day during the weekend; 2) there Weekend. I believe that fundraising New York; I will probably read it on a a celebration on campus at UC Berkeley, year. Do you remember the headline of to earn a bachelor’s and a master’s in of public contract law. Ernest Shackleton’s expeditions. Their will be tours available but also a time, has a place in our alumni connection cold pre-Christmas evening in front of organized with great skill and deception Spectator freshman week, something like civil engineering and then entered adventure became all too real when probably on Friday after lunch, for to Columbia and I think that it is a crackling fire in Florida. Such is the by my wife, Ann (I was kept in the dark ‘Columbia wins, the nation loses?’ Specta- Cornell’s Ph.D. program, which he their sailing vessel ran aground near individual presentations and for inter- important for each of us to evalu- life of a Columbia retiree. until the last moment). Six of my former tor’s editor, the writer of that headline, completed in 1963. After leaving 1958 the Polish Antarctic Station; they gave acting with classmates; 3) there will be ate what he would like to contribute “Fifteen hale fellows well met at graduate students, now all professors eventually became my gastroenterologist Ithaca, Al taught briefly at Con- us some fascinating unscheduled talks Barry Dickman a class-specific wine tasting presented (or not contribute) of his finances to the University Club on September 18 at prestigious institutions like Oxford, (Hillel Tobias ’56). Kirk’s granddaughter necticut, then analyzed and designed about their adventures. We recommend Ron Kapon Ed Wein- 25 Main St. by (currently teaching Columbia to further the objectives of thanks to the good graces of Yale and Brown, spoke (I also have one has been a most definite ‘win’ for our structural components of space this trip (South America/Antarctica, stein. Stan Barnett Court Plaza North, Ste 104 wine courses at Fairleigh Dickinson the College. Irrespective of how large SEAS’58 traveled at Columbia who couldn’t make it). Nor family, and has remained a dear friend all cameras, telescopes, radomes and wind not Shackleton).” Hackensack, NJ 07601 Allan and writing for travel/food magazines); the University endowment is, in order the furthest, from West Kingston (not did they deliver mere eulogies. This was these years, through thick and thin. That turbines at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, From Boulder, Colo., Sal Franchino [email protected] Franklin and 4) there will be a Saturday dinner to grow and improve there is always a Providence), R.I.; as much a roast as a toast, with numerous friendship included my sister Jeanette, Itek Corp., Arthur D. Little, MITRE lets us know: “On June 1 Mark Stanton for our class, for which we are planning need for alumni support. The Reunion and drove in together embarrassing anecdotes revealed — whom we lost in July in her 87th year, Corp., Electronic Space Systems and I retired after 48 years as professor of George to have a special speaker, most likely Committee is exploring avenues of from New Jersey, along with much to the delight of the audience. It the last of my siblings; her children’s Kaman Sciences. He also worked an CC’58, your classmates and friends physics at the University of Colorado. Lutz related to the Core Curriculum. giving such as scholarships, endow- from Warren, N.J. George joined was a heartwarming experience, topped father was a member of the Class of ’45. 11-year stint as a program manager want to hear from you! No news is My wife, Cyndi, and I are enjoying The objective of the Reunion Com- ments or teaching awards that would “Since my formal retirement, most with the Department of Transporta- too small, so please send a Class Note this more relaxing time, and she is mittee’s planning will continue to be possibly be endorsed by most of our of my architectural work has been as tion until he joined the National to me at the email address at the continuing her studies of music. It is, to allow time for classmates to meet, class members. You will hear more favors for family and friends; no charge, Academy of Sciences in 1991. top of the column, or use the CCT however, retirement with a small ‘r’ — greet and spend time together in addi- about this later, but not in any way Erich Gruen ’57 celebrated his 80th birthday on the but gratifying nonetheless. What has After all that schooling, Al acceded webform college.columbia.edu/cct/ I continue my research on the history tion to hearing talks from well-known to the detriment of the camaraderie, UC Berkeley campus; the celebration featured speeches changed me more is the pursuit of an to a family preference for his middle submit_class_note. and philosophy of physics, and I will Columbia faculty members. The com- fellowship, remembrances and fun we activity that has shadowed me since name, Robert, and is now known as “A. have a new book, What Makes a Good mittee will continue to sift through all would all like to all have at our 60th. from some of his former graduate students. childhood: singing, specifically operatic Robert Raab.” Experiment?: Reasons and Roles in Sci- John G. Scandalios: suggestions to accommodate most of As we move forward, my go-to class singing. A former singing teacher, one From 1959 ence, available at the end of December the comments we have received. members on reunion planning will be of the great human beings of my life “Following my ‘retirement’ from NC 2015. This past summer, I gave talks Buzz Paaswell, Danny Link, Bob Norman Gelfand Lenny Wolfe, our class historian, experience and the one whose method State as the Distinguished Univer- at both Fermilab and the School of Siroty Jerry Fine. Alan Brown, Jerry Finkel Ed c/o CCT writes: “For one of our early reunions, and Please feel free PS’61, off by the presentation of a leather- I practice today, recommended that I sity Research Professor of Genetics, Architecture of the Royal Danish Weinstein, Bob Klipstein Columbia Alumni Center I researched and wrote an account of to contact me or any of these men with LAW’60 bound volume of letters collected by Ann scrap my profession and devote myself I continue to write, edit, review and Academy of Fine Arts. The highlight 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 events that took place during the four- your input. and me to make up one table. The (without my knowledge) from nearly 80 exclusively to my vocal studies, predict- give lectures around the world, and to of the former visit was an excellent Carlos Muñoz New York, NY 10025 year period that we spent at Columbia I would welcome seeing many more other was occupied by of my former graduate students, recount- ing that immersion would bring me participate in other scholarly activities. I Italian dinner with our class secretary, [email protected] Norman Gelfand. — from our freshman orientation, to faces at our monthly luncheons so GSAS’61, who has no fewer than four ing experiences, ups and downs, terrors great success within a year. Ironically, particularly enjoy giving annual lectures As befits our status the McCarthy era, to Moses Hadas’ please, if you are a visitor to New York, international trips planned for the com- and glories in my seminars, both badges at that very time, I had just passed the to students at an international institute as grumpy old men, we deplored the delightful preparation-for-life advice at let me know when you will be in the ing year (including Cuba and Vietnam); (like Ph.D.s) and scars. It is a wonderful New York State Board of Architecture’s on the island of Crete and in South Thanks to the response of classmates to decline of liberal arts education and Bob Lipsyte our Senior Dinner, where he told us to city so we may plan one of our class JRN’59, who does not treasure. These are the real rewards of an licensing exam. Courage failed me then. America, Japan and Russia. My pride my plaintive plea, I now have an over- lauded alma mater for maintaining its never fan our soup with our hat or pick luncheons around our out-of-town class seem to have gained a pound since our academic career. On a lesser level in the But now, decades later, I’ve reached and joy, however, is to spend as much abundance of material for this issue, Core Curriculum of humanities and Neil McLellan, our teeth with a ballpoint pen. Advice members. We have an amazing group college years; actively past year, I was made an honorary fellow a point in my studies that persuades time as I can with my six fantastic though I am limited to 2,000 words. contemporary civilization.” Dave Kinne, Gene Appel, Eddie that helped me immeasurably and I’m of class members and we always have a rooting for the Cardinals; of Merton College, Oxford, which gives me that he might have been right. grandchildren: Will, Anna, Melia, I heard from It was great to see Allan and I greatly Boylan, Steve Buchman, Jerome sure worked just as well for others. good time when we get together. an active docent at the Metropolitan me dining privileges there for life (and Singing is a pursuit that is thrilling Celia, Daphne and Penelope. My wife, enjoyed the company and the dinner. Ted Dwyer Charyn, Richard Engelman, Mur- Gene Appel “Perhaps the most important Museum of Art; PS’61, still the food is excellent). It’s not a bad way and challenging at the same time. As Penelope, and I thoroughly enjoy many is now a member of ray Epstein, Allan Franklin, Alvin contribution the presentation made looking in good enough shape to play to enter my ninth decade.” I prepare for my next concert (I write beach retreats with our three daughters the zipper club as a result of a suc- Ron Kushner Halpern, Steve Kallis Jr., Paul Kan- was that it served as a springboard for 1957 half-court; and (along David Kaufman GSAPP’68: this in October), I experience the mix and sons-in-law, fishing, swimming, cessful June 12 open heart surgery. He tor, Harvey Leifert, Bernie Pucker, classmates to offer their own reminis- with Stan, Sal and Mark). “News … a little. But perhaps a bit of excitement and trepidation that even snorkeling and relaxing. Penny and I reports that he is 99.44 percent back Herman Levy Lewis Roth, Steve Trachtenberg cences of our years together. As class- “Mark purchased a condo in of reminiscence as well. My last job the most seasoned performers often do. frequently travel, often meeting up with to normal and as stubborn as ever, and 7322 Rockford Dr. Ralph Wyndrum Jr. mates reported on remembered events, Aberdeen, Fla., only a mile or two was as the Manhattan region senior “I have lost touch with many Col- former students and colleagues. Some and I apologize that his wife, Linda, can now spend Falls Church, VA 22043 others were spurred to talk of theirs. (and several rungs up the ladder) from architect for Citibank, from which lege (and Architecture School) friends of the most rewarding times for me to those whose submissions I couldn’t more time writing poetry! [email protected] Murray Epstein One recollection led to another and, Boynton Beach, Fla., where my wife, I parachuted to retirement in 1993. but have maintained a close tie with at have always been the many opportuni- use at this time or had to be edited. updates us on his before we knew it, the entire session Doris, and I hang out during the eight My work there gave me considerable least one of my ’57 classmates. Often ties to visit Nisyros, the Aegean island They will appear in the next issue. activities since his last submission (he Edward Alexander Alvin Halpern became a fun-filled event. It might be reports, “My book, months per year we spend down there. satisfaction, plus the unanticipated, I wonder: Who among the others of my birth, with my family (especially writes: “My wife, also sent some information about his fun to do again, even if only to prove Jews Against Themselves, was published I hope we can stimulate some intel- fascinating window it opened for me as survives? To them I extend greetings my grandchildren) and to enjoy the Mariarosa, and I continue to enjoy our professional activities, which will be Robert Alter that we can remember what happened in July,” and updates us on lectual activity, other than golf. an outsider into the alien world of byz- from here in Greenwich Village.” sea and to visit and reminisce with the life in San Diego, going to concerts, plays included in the next issue): “All is not Al Raab some 60 to 64 years ago.” his latest news: “In the spring I received “That’s about it for another year, antine corporate politics — shielded SEAS’58, SEAS’59 childhood friends I grew up with on and lectures when we are not taking long work. In March, my wife, Nina, and I We had our first fall 2015 class honorary doctorates from the Hebrew except someone calculated that Sep- by my ‘exotic’ profession from the reports that he and his wife, Fran that beautiful and serene little island.” walks or enjoying Balboa Park (the Cen- visited South Africa in conjunction with Elliott Schwartz luncheon/60th reunion planning University of Jerusalem and from the tember 18, 2015, was almost 62 years competitive acrobatics of the bankers. (Cornell ’61), recently returned home writes that con- tral Park of San Diego), with its many my participating in the World Congress Maurice luncheon. In attendance were University of Haifa. My most recent to the day from when our nervous “Among my previous intersections to Bethesda, Md., from Maine, where, certs of his music are being planned small but excellent museums and, of of Nephrology. We included two lovely Klein, Danny Link, Jerry Fine, Al book, Strong As Death Is Love: The Song freshman class gathered in the John Jay with Columbia, I was part of the for the eighth consecutive year, they for 2016 to celebrate his 80th birthday. course, the San Diego Zoo. We also get and memorable vacations. The first, Franco SEAS’56, Mark Novick, Ron of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel, Lounge for our first Dean’s Reception. team of young architects assembled hosted their three daughters and their One will take place on April 1 at Bow- a reasonable, and very enjoyable, dose of a safari to Shamwari Game Reserve Kapon, Lou Hemmerdinger and me, A translation with Commentary, was I hear that wood-paneled room has by the firm of I.M. Pei & Partners to families (altogether, 15 people) for doin, where he taught for more than grandkid time with our grandsons, Luke in Eastern Cape province, which was and Eric Shea and Jilliann Rodriguez published in March.” changed little in the ensuing years. design the campus ‘Master Plan’ for a week in Harpswell. Lobsters for 40 years, and another at Symphony and Zak, who live not too far away. fantastic — a lovely setting and all the Peter Caroline: M’Barki from the Alumni Office. We From “One of the Happy Holidays to all.” the University. This was in the wake lunch (or dinner, or both), the beaches, Space in New York on September 21. “Still, we do get wanderlust wildlife we could hope for. After my Paul S. Frommer spent a good amount of time planning items on my bucket list was a five-day writes: “There of the neighborhood furor stirred up the ocean and lobstering were the Elliott’s new string quartet will be from time to time. Our most recent medical congress ended, we flew to our 60th reunion activities, more of defensive pistol course given by the is not much new here in Alexandria, by Columbia’s attempt to use a part of usual activities. Al and Fran are now premiered by the Kreutzer Quartet in significant trip, from December 2014 Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and stayed

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at the historic Victoria Falls Hotel, Klevan and I have been meeting seems people take Class Notes to look “He will be missed by so many of who happen to be in the area during a has been a geologist for 53 years and decline, such as workers’ shrinking of 16, and served as a seaman on five built more than a century ago by Cecil weekly for lunch. We wonder whether back a long way, and I will, too. In the us whom he introduced to a whole lunch. They recommend that the New lives in Mississippi. share of wealth, decaying infrastruc- freighters and tankers between 1957 Tom Lippman Rhodes. Victoria Falls truly deserves its any other classmates see each other fall after graduation, while room- new way of thinking about sports and York (and now D.C.) lunch model be and his wife, Sidney, ture, inflating influence of money in and 1960. He earned his M.A. in 1963 Joe D’Atri designation as one of the Wonders of regularly (once every five years at ing with (who left us too themselves. He had a profound effect adopted elsewhere; it’s a great way to flew to Istanbul in September to resume politics, and plunging proficiency of from Columbia and his Ph.D. from Jerry Goodisman Mickey the World. Because we planned our trip reunion does not count).” soon in the ’90s), on my life, and added a dimension to stay in touch. Please contact his late-life gig as a cruise ship lecturer our political institutions in benefiting Ohio University in 1967. Greenblatt at the height of the wet season, when Harvey still loves to travel and has introduced me to a Barnard physics my Columbia experience that contin- ([email protected]) aboard the Crystal Serenity, traveling the general welfare. “A member of the wrestling team at the Zambezi River is flowing in full visited, in the past few years, the Czech major, Carole Kaplowitz BC’62. We ues to resonate.” for more information if you are visiting from Istanbul to Rome with stops in “Abroad we need to reverse the Columbia, Barry also practiced weight force, we were amazed and mesmerized Republic, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, clicked. I continued school for my D.C. and want to join. Crete, Malta, Santorini and Sicily. declining effectiveness of our efforts to lifting, karate, ballroom dancing and Arnold Abrams Robert Goldfeld by the power of the falls. As a history South Africa, Namibia, Ethiopia and Ph.D. in physics (at Princeton) and as In 1966, JRN’62 On a sad note, realize and sustain American security, SCUBA diving. He was a trophy- major, I found the Victoria Falls Hotel Mexico, as well as parts of the U.S. soon as Carole graduated, we were wed 1960 received an East Asian Journalism passed away on September 18. He earned economic and political goals, while winning competitive pistol shot, a a delight, and we availed ourselves of Lew Roth writes: “In retirement we at a big Brooklyn synagogue on Ocean Fellowship from the Carnegie Founda- a law degree from Harvard in 1964. avoiding wars, especially a catastrophic certified range officer at Metacon Gun Robert A. Machleder an excellent historic tour of the hotel, all need to find activities that we can Parkway (visible from her bedroom tion, which funded a year at Colum- nuclear war. Club and had been the Connecticut 69-37 Fleet St. complete with photos of all the ‘movers enjoy. In addition to golf and tennis, in window). As is so often the case, the bia’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute “So what shall we do to regain and director of training for CQC (Close Forest Hills, NY 11375 and shakers’ who were guests: the Brit- both of which I am mediocre at best, rabbi did not know us personally, but (where he learned Chinese and studied 1962 maintain the American dream for our Quarters Combat). He was listed in [email protected] ish Royal family, Henry Kissinger, the bridge has become a passion. I am now he grasped at the fact that we had Asian political history) and another children and grandchildren, to counter Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the John Freidin Clintons and a host of Nobel laureates. a life master and a director. I love getting both majored in physics, to offer the year in Hong Kong. Arnie and his the decline of America and to avoid East, Who’s Who in American Education, 654 E. Munger St. “In July, Nina and I traveled to out to play at the local bridge clubs and audience this gem: ‘Usually opposites September 10, the second Thursday family lived in Hong Kong from 1968 the disaster of war? Americans must The Directory of American Scholars and Middlebury, VT 05753 Sweden for a lovely two-week vacation at sectional and regional tournaments. I attract, but in this case we have two of September, was the occasion of our to 1976, where he was an Asia-based address these questions now, before the other such reference works. Elected to [email protected] in the province of Östergötland, with wonder if there are bridge players read- people who are exactly the same, class’ regular “first Thursday of the stringer, writing for Newsday and next election. Candidates and citizens the Connecticut Academy of Arts and side trips to Stockholm and the beautiful ing this who would be interested in play- marrying each other.’ We kept straight month class lunch.” This change in other newspapers, as well as several should specify and critically evaluate Sciences in 1991, Barry held a lifetime Baltic Archipelago Sea (a sailor’s dream). ing online. There is a free website, Bridge faces while our friends and family schedule may have caused some confu- magazines. He returned to Newsday in Hope all of you are well and will take what they would do. After new policies appointment in the CSU system as As I write, we are back home in Miami, Base Online (bridgebase.com), where chuckled. As we left the party, the sion (undoubtedly it did). 1976, where he subsequently was day a few minutes today to send me the are implemented, we need to continu- CSU Distinguished Professor … David Kirk, Art and preparing to visit our children and players can play against live opponents cloakroom girl opined, ‘I never saw two Nevertheless, editor, national correspondent, general latest about yourself. ally re-evaluate them. The stakes are “He is survived by his daughter, Brett Delmhorst, Bob Berne grandchildren. I wish all classmates a from all over the world. My name on people dance so much and have such and I met assignment reporter and military After 47 years in the paper industry, high — how our children and grand- Ashley Leeds, Ph.D., and his grand- Ed Pressman healthy, fulfilling and enjoyable year.” that website is ‘Lewr’; contact me if you a good time at their own wedding.’ It at the appointed time and engaged in affairs specialist before retiring in 2005. retired in 2009. For children will live, and the continuation children, Gavin Leeds Woods and Julia Richard Engelman informs us: want to play as partners.” was an omen of good things. spirited discussions about politics, the Arnie returned to Vietnam for 38 years he was president and CEO of the American dream.” Leeds Woods, all of Houston, Texas, and “I remain active in cardiac surgical Ralph Wyndrum Jr. SEAS’59 “The next few years were the Trump phenomenon, the state of our about three weeks this past fall. It is a of McAliece Paper Corp. in New Jeff ’s letter elicited many responses, his mate and best friend, Janice O’Brien research at Baystate Medical Center informs us: “I retired this past March academic meanderings that too many culture and of our union, and a variety place of memories, moments, friends York. After “retiring,” Ed first worked which were published on July 26 on of Clinton, Conn. He was predeceased in Springfield, Mass. I have also after 10 years of teaching at Rutgers, physicists know well, even then (and of other foibles and fancies. and faces. It is where he came of age part-time at the Sports & Arts in the editorial page of The New York by his daughter Leslie Lion Leeds, and maintained an academic role, having 37 years at Bell Labs and four years of more so now). I completed my thesis As for other news, I’m sad to report professionally, and it is forever embed- Schools Foundation as its summer camp Times Sunday Review. You may read will be buried next to her.” published the guideline for tempera- consulting in between. My wife, Meta, under Sam Treiman, whose brilliance that the mailbox has been empty. ded in his mind, he says. coordinator, where he was responsible for them at nyti.ms/1LKwbf6. Jeff may be Friends, former students and col- ture management during cardiopul- and I have begun to take part in the I failed to recognize. Then we spent a Here’s wishing everyone a happy He traveled with a friend who knows providing free summer camps and after- reached at [email protected]. leagues of Barry have established the monary bypass, which [as I write] Institute of Electrical and Electronics couple of years at Brookhaven National and healthy 2016 and encouraging much about Vietnam, but had never school programs for inner-city New York I am deeply saddened to report Dr. Barry H. Leeds Award at CCSU in Barry H. was to be adopted for cardiac surgery Engineers’ active Life Member (LM) Laboratory; I was a post-doc with you to write. You can submit updates been there. Their first stop was Hong City children. Since 2010, Ed has been a the death on April 15 of his memory. Donations may be made Leeds in October 2015 in three respected program. In May it sponsored a trip to Gian-Carlo Wick, and Carole was an by writing me at the address at the Kong, then he flew to Hanoi for the first lecturer and seminar leader in the main- GSAS’63. The following to the Barry H. Leeds Memorial Fund, cardiac surgical, anesthesiology and industries in Europe, which took us to editor at Physical Review Letters. Next top of the column or via the CCT time, then traveled on to Hue, Da Nang stream and collegium adult education obituary (ahernfuneralhome.com/ c/o Farmington Bank, 1845 Farming- perfusion journals simultaneously. My Germany, France and Switzerland. we spent a couple of years at Stony webform college.columbia.edu/cct/ and Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City. During programs at Westchester Community condolences/?p=4153) is far finer than ton Ave., Unionville, CT 06085. wife, Jane BC’61, is an active member “The trip was pleasant, informative Brook, and then did a longer stint at submit_class_note. the trip he returned to My Lai, where College. He continues to teach courses anything I might write: of our local museum board.” and collegial, and I [again saw] several Case Western Reserve in Cleveland. he spent a day in 1970 with a Marine in classical and show music, American “Barry was the CSU Distinguished “We have three children and seven people I had met years earlier on That was where I learned of our coastal Corps patrol (Arnie says that the doctor history and current events. Professor Emeritus at Central Connecti- 1963 grandchildren, two of whom will gradu- patent licensing trips for AT&T. Meta provincialism, joking that friends at 1961 who vaccinated him before the trip knew Having attended one of his classes, I cut State University in English and had Paul Neshamkin ate this year, from Penn and Syracuse. and I had taken an LM trip to Japan meetings of the American Physical REUNION about Vietnam the way the Class of enthusiastically attest to his knowledge taught at that institution for 47 years. 1015 Washington St., Apt. 50 Our oldest son, Daniel, is a cardiac where, in Tokyo, I was greeted by a co- Society would look at me from afar REUNION WEEKEND 1961 knows about WWII; the doctor and pedagogical talent. Ed has earned a His teaching career spanned 52 years, June 2–5, 2016 Hoboken, NJ 07030 surgeon at Baystate Medical Center and author from the 1960s, who brought as if thinking, ‘Isn’t that Kantor? I had never heard of the My Lai massacre, large and devoted following; not a seat including appointments at colleges and [email protected] chief of intensive care for cardiology. a signed copy of the original paper we thought he died, or went to the Mid- Alumni Affairs Contact which took place in 1968, several years in the hall was empty. He is a paragon of universities in New York City; Athens, He has become a leader in the subject published — what a pleasant surprise! west, or something.’ Fatima Yudeh before he was born). the Columbia collegiate education. For Ohio; and El Paso, Texas. [email protected] Doron Gopstein of how medical care is to be practiced in “This past August, Meta and I went “Our sons, both born on ‘Lon The last leg of the trip was to the the past three years he has also served on “Barry had long been despondent joined me at Convo- 212-851-7834 this era of globalization, with Medicare on a pure vacation to Paris, met our Gisland’ (remember ‘… suddenly, the Mekong Delta. Arnie says that the the board of the Collegium. over the 1996 death of his beloved cation in late August to participate in the 2016 having an ever-greater role in financing daughter and her nieces (our grand- rat saw … ’?), grew up in Cleveland Development Contact endless rice fields were the greenest On July 21 The New York Times daughter Leslie Lion Leeds, and he was Alumni Procession. This newish tradi- Heather Siemienas Jeff how we are to practice in the future. daughters) for dinner in Paris on their and, when it came time to find another green he ever saw. In that region is the published a telling letter by recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. tion involves bringing alumni to campus [email protected] Milstein, “My interests are discussing the way back to the U.S., then traveled to position or change fields, Carole and village of Ben Tre, a battle site that parts of which are excerpted He was the author of four books — to welcome the incoming first-years to 212-851-7855 ethics of medical research and how this Burgundy, France, and down the Saone I felt that our sons growing up in a became a legend of sorts in the late below (read the full piece at nytimes. including landmark studies of Norman the Columbia family, and kicks off the has continued to be a difficult matter and Rhone Rivers to Avignon before stable and sensible place was worth 1960s when an American officer said, com/2015/07/21/opinion/invitation- Mailer (whom he counted among his New Student Orientation Program. The Michael Hausig to regulate. We continue to see the going to Nice, then flew home. We’re more than pursuing the chimera of “We had to destroy the village in order to-a-dialogue-america-in-decline. friends) and Ken Kesey, along with his welcoming speeches from the deans of 19418 Encino Summit publication of falsified research, which is looking forward to more in-depth, scientific fame. So we stayed.” to save it.” Arnie was there during the html?_r=0). own autobiography, A Moveable Beast: the College and Engineering are always San Antonio, TX 78259 difficult to detect, and we may go years foreign travel.” More from Paul in the next issue. war and, like everywhere else he visited “Children born in America today Scenes from My Life — as well as over interesting, but it is the enthusiasm of Steve Buchman [email protected] without any indication that this has Eddie Boylan writes: “My wife, writes, “I am sad to in Vietnam, he looked forward to see- may expect to live to the year 2100. 200 articles published in scholarly and the hundreds of cheering, color-coded- occurred. It has culminated in patients Ruth, and I celebrated our 50th wedding see that Irv DeKoff, Columbia’s fencing ing it in its present-day version. What kind of life will our children and popular journals as well as anthologies. T-shirt-wearing orientation leaders at Stuart Newman being treated inappropriately and, occa- anniversary on September 19. Regards to head coach from 1952 to 1967, passed The first lunch meeting of the ’s grandson, Lucas grandchildren experience? “Barry was most proud of his career which I am amazed. Of course, we were sionally, has even prompted good care my fellow Class of ’59 alumni.” away in July. [Editor’s note: See college. Washington, D.C., chapter of CC’61 Melendez — son of Stuart’s daughter “Will it be the American dream of our as a professor, which he considered much cooler than that (in a buttoned- to be discredited because it was reported From Steve Kallis Jr.: “This year columbia.edu/cct/fall15/roar_lion_ was held on August 4; 13 classmates Jennifer Newman Melendez ’00 and ideals: ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of hap- himself first and foremost, and for down, tweed sports-coat-wearing way) with discredited data. I have given talks marks the 15th anniversary of the pub- roar_0.]. For me (and for many others), attended. They discussed what they had her husband, Lorenzo Melendez III piness’; ‘equal justice under law’; democ- which he received the distinguished and certainly far less organized (as I on this subject in venues around the lication of my book, Radio’s Captain Irv was a coach, mentor and friend. done since college, children, Columbia ’00 — became quite a slugger in Little racy; equal opportunity and respect; good service award in 1981 from CSU. remember, we had practically no coordi- globe and in the United States; I begin Midnight: The Wartime Biography. With Many teammates were plucked from football (this year will be better), a little League this past spring and his reward education and training; a satisfying job He was editor-in-chief of Con- nation with the administration). All very I begin with film from the Nuremberg holidays coming up, it’s a worthwhile Irv’s physical education classes and given about politics (this year could be worse), was two weeks at Columbia’s Lions and income; security; health and shelter in necticut Review, an interdisciplinary strange for us old ’63ers, but this is a very Mel Urofsky Tom doctors’ trial from 1946 (which is in the gift for anyone interested in old-time a chance to join the varsity team. Many, books written ( and Baseball Camp. Stuart is proud of a sustainable environment with safe food, scholarly journal, from 1989–1992, different generation. Lippman public domain from the Steven Spielberg radio, WWII and/or aviation.” like me, had never fenced before coming have books coming out soon) Lucas, who might be a third-genera- water and air? … and a member of its editorial board In any case, the College would like to Film and Video Archive).” Paul Kantor sent a wonderful con- to Columbia and had the opportunity to and stocks to buy. They hope other tion Columbian in eight years. “Americans need to counter the for over a decade. Born in Brooklyn build on this tradition and involve more Harvey Leifert Allen Lowrie From we learn: tribution, which requires me to split join that rarity of rarities then, a success- classmates in the area can join them retired from the Navy basic causes of decline that exist here on December 6, 1940, Barry joined alumni. As co-chair of the Columbia Morton “For the past couple of years, it into two pieces. Here is the first: “It ful Columbia athletics team. next time, as well as any classmates in October after 45 years of service. He now, as well as other indicators of the U.S. Merchant Marine at the age College Alumni Association Board of

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Gene Feldman Directors’ “Celebrate Committee,” in Donald Trump’s plan to “head off ” recently appeared in the bit part of Sir Thursday of the month. By the way, our Now that the summer doldrums (feldman.gene@ with me and have opened my mind many conversations with classmates, charge of reengaging alumni, reinvigorat- ISIS leaders. Nick says, “Some may Not Appearing in Spamalot. Hope to class has been having lunches for 12 are long past, send me a note. Your gmail.com): “Our 50th reunion was a ever further with every passing year.” most of whom I had not seen for at Howard Matz ing old traditions and creating new ones, find it shocking, others, inspiring. Dick see many of you at the January class lun- years now; more than 80 different class- classmates want to hear from you. You delightful time. Upon arriving, I was (ahm@birdmarella. least 15 years (and most for 50 years). I welcome all of you to remind me of the Cheney exclaimed: ‘It makes me proud cheon, and next June in Omaha, when mates have attended and many schedule can submit updates to Class Notes by pleased to see that the neighborhood com): “Reunion was very enjoyable. The panel discussions were excellent traditions you remember most fondly, to be an American again.’ You will find the Lions finally make it to the finals of their trips to NYC so that they can join writing me at the addresses at the top above West 121st Street has gentrified. For me, the highlight was not a par- (with bias, as I participated in one of and to suggest some new ones. Drop me it at youtu.be/xtvrAJ8Kdws.” the College World Series.” us. Check cc63ers.com for details. of this column or by using the CCT I was nearly lost on the north part of ticular event but the more gratifying them). But the most fun was being an email anytime. Paul Gorrin promised a more “spir- Rich, if the Lions make it to the In the meantime, let us know what webform college.columbia.edu/cct/ campus with its new buildings, plazas general experience of learning about around the campus again with my David Pittinsky writes, “I am a ited” update, but until I receive it, here finals, save me a seat! you are up to, how you’re doing and submit_class_note. and stairs but the south campus looked the interesting, accomplished and wife, Polly, whom I met in May of our Barry Jay Reiss full-time commercial litigator at 73, is a brief note he recently emailed me: writes, “My grand- what’s next. as it did then. We checked in with a sometimes inspiring lives and careers freshman year at a fraternity mixer but this email is all about the trip of “I closed my internal medicine/allergy daughter (believe it or not) began a post- barcode on our smartphones — what of so many classmates whom I did not (Delta Phi). The Saturday dinner was a lifetime my wife, Alecia, and I took practice in a small town in southern graduate program at Teachers College 1965 a contrast to 1965 tech, when we used know and (unfortunately for me) did great. All in all, a lot of thoughtful on a safari in South Africa in early Delaware three years ago; I wrote some this fall. I had the pleasure of showing 1964 slide rules! The highlight was catching not make it my business to get to know conversations and warm camaraderie.” Leonard B. Pack Steve Steinig September. We went to the Singita about it in Humanities in Medicine, an her around campus, top to bottom, and it up with some friends and talking with more than 50 years ago.” (ssteinig71@gsb. Norman Olch 924 West End Ave. Noah Robbins Lebombo Lodge in Kruger National online publication from the Yale Jour- brought back the usual fond memories. several less-familiar classmates. I was (nrobbins@ columbia.edu): “The limited portions 233 Broadway New York, NY 10025 Park and the Singita Boulders Lodge nal of Biology and Medicine. I am still V&T is still open, and we had its great happy that most of the men at reunion montefiore.org): “Our 50th reunion of reunion that I attended provided a New York, NY 10279 [email protected] in Sabi Sand. Among other amazing married to the still-lovely Ann Robin- pizza for lunch along with a chat with were fit and working at careers they was an extraordinary experience satisfying introduction and reintroduc- [email protected] sights, from an open Land Rover we son, whom I met in Vermont when I our waiter, whose father was a waiter enjoy. A few, like me, have moved on for me. The campus was eminently tion to classmates as well as an oppor- were only 20 ft. away from two lions was at UVM doing a post-doc in lung there in the ’60s and remembered the Our 50th reunion was so successful to the next phase of their lives. It was recognizable, with several additions tunity to catch up with a handful I see mating for an hour; only 30 ft. from cancer immunology, which gave me curry (which is no longer served). As I I am writing this column early in Octo- that I asked attendees to share their a pleasure to see our correspondent, and no obvious deletions. The Friday from time to time. But the biographies watching a mother and daughter chee- my start in allergy medicine. We have was a WKCR guy I also took her up to ber, and the beautiful days of early fall impressions. Here are the responses: Leonard Pack; Don Bachman (fel- night panel on ‘Where Is the World that classmates submitted did an even Michael Cook tah stalk, chase at 70 miles per hour, four children, and a granddaughter due the station, which is as chaotic and messy have given way to hurricane warnings. (Michael.Cook@srz. low Bronx Science alum); and my for- Economy Headed and Can We Do better job of that, walking through col- kill and eat (yes, eat — this is, after all, in a few days [as I write]. I am revis- as I remember it. The folks couldn’t But the Yankees have a playoff spot (for com): “First, classmates told me reunion mer roommate Neil Smith LAW’69 Better?’ offered me insights into global lege memories of classmates and sum- Lou the survival of the fittest) an impala; ing a play about the Roebling family have been nicer, and it was also good to now) and while the Columbia football was a huge success. In the words of (patent lawyer extraordinaire). I missed economics and wealth disparity. I marizing the 50 years since then, often Goodman Archie Roberts, we sat in the midst of a pride of nine (builders of the Brooklyn Bridge), hear the station is still very much a part team lost its first two games, they are , it represented the best of Jay Roberts, Daniel Waitzman and chatted briefly with in a highly reflective manner. I suggest lions; we were 20 ft. from a leopard am reading evolutionary biology and of the University. We had coffee and a showing signs of promise. [Editor’s Columbia College: ‘smart and funny.’ Richard Taruskin, who shared my for whom I was hilariously mistaken that for our 75th anniversary we collect eating what remained of a carcass; we Jewish history, and am keeping an eye soda outside at the nice little café they note: The Lions won their first game of We finally got it right after 50 years; passion for music and physics.” at McGill. Dean James J. Valentini’s and distribute the biographies first and were surrounded by elephants, includ- on English Premier League Soccer via now have in the corner of the Journal- the season on October 10.] having our accomplished classmates run Peter Fudge (psf.steady@yahoo. talk at the Saturday breakfast reassured then have the reunion.” Jay Woodworth ing a newly born elephant, watching a fantasy league.” ism School and enjoyed watching the And the Class of ’64 rolls on. We three substantive programs made the com): “Although I was on the Reunion me that the Core Curriculum is alive (woody17620@ Robert Shlaer Bob Kronley rhinos and hippos; we trailed and then copied me on passing people. Finally we ‘shopped’ at have resumed our informal monthly difference. ’s deft moderat- Committee, I was only able to attend and well (and updated). Professor of aol.com): “[Former Columbia College had a leopard walk right by our Land an invitation to a screening in San the farmers market parade of everything lunches on the second Thursday of ing of the economists’ panel on Friday a limited number of events. My wife, Rover; we watched several giraffes Francisco of Carvalho’s Journey, a docu- from pizza and burgers to baguettes and every month. So if you find yourself confirmed his superb charm and social Kathy, and I enjoyed them very much from 30 ft.; and we sat in the midst of mentary by Steve Rivo about Solomon cheese, set up on trucks and tables along in Manhattan on that day, join us at skills. The Saturday lunch with the panel and I am happy to say that I think the a herd of 500 buffalo. Nunes Carvalho, the Sephardic Jewish Broadway near campus.” the Columbia University Club of New of our physician classmates impressed all whole thing went off very well. One David Pittinsky ’63 took a South African safari, visiting Lee Lowenfish “It is impossible to summarize daguerreotypist from Charleston, S.C., regularly posts York on West 43rd Street. In Septem- of us, including spouses and significant event that had special meaning to Steve Case, Allen Tobias, Beril Alan Green the Singita Lebombo Lodge in Kruger National Park and everything that occurred on our safari who accompanied John C. Frémont’s blog entries about Columbia baseball ber, others. ’s report of his me was going to the Baker Athletics Lapson Fred Kantor so I will send you my eight daily fifth westward expedition in 1853. along with his observations on MLB and were there, conversation with his 100-year-old Complex. Wow! I felt like I was at some the Singita Boulders Lodge in Sabi Sand. Bernard Catalinotto reports. (Note: I have posted all eight Carvalho’s images were among the (leelowenfish.com/blog.htm). Well as was (in from uncle still resonates: we’re still ‘kids.’ The Big Ten school in the Midwest with all , days of David’s journal to cc63ers.com.) first to record the grandeur of the worth a read if you are a baseball (and California). Bernard, a mapmaker panel’s confirmation that our forgetting those impressive new (to me) athletics My dear wife took more than 2,000 American West. The film’s website Columbia) fan like me. explained over lunch that he had names had ‘no medical significance’ also facilities. Columbia was always some- photos and several videos with excellent notes, “The film interweaves stunning Here is another plug for my former recently received a patent for a grid registered. Finally, the well-orchestrated what of an underachiever in athletics Biological Sciences and Chemistry Fund staff member] Sydney Maisel, Frank Partel camera equipment, and she is in the HD digital and 16mm film landscape roommate ’s latest book, system that will enable rescue workers Saturday dinner, with the trivia contest (although we did try hard, I can assure Brent Stockwell’s lecture on apoptosis who should be made an honorary process of culling the best from them. cinematography, rare 19th century Down in Laos. Kirkus Reviews says: to more quickly locate people lost in and the Kingsmen in the background, you!), and it was nice to see that first- reminded me of those uncertain member of CC’65 for her diligent Leon- If anyone wants to know more about a photographs and artwork, Carv- “Military details and dialogue are the wild or in sparsely populated areas. made the weekend. I vividly recall class facilities have sprung up. The old days in freshman year when I sat in work on our behalf, wrote the other Allen Tobias ard Pack Singita safari, he should contact me.” alho’s own surviving paintings and impressive; giving palpable authenticity forwarded to me a lugging reunion directories boathouse was better than it was in my Professor Harry Gray’s chemistry class day with a recap of how we’d done (by Dan Carlinsky Nick Zill is still up to his political daguerreotypes, and interviews with to the story and the characters’ interac- New York Times column published on into Casa Italiana, ’s day and the old locker room building wondering why ligand field theory was the way, Sydney has been promoted shenanigans and has posted another scholars and artists, including modern tions ... illuminates not just the war November 25, 2014, by Jim Dwyer masterful direction of the program and was still pretty much intact — includ- a prerequisite for medical school. The and has moved to the University Steve Handzo short video on YouTube. It reveals day daguerreotypist Robert Shlaer, but the internal conflicts of those who JRN’80 following the death of John ’s awesome command of ing the wooden plaques carved with the lunch panel on the neuropsychiatric Office of Alumni and Development). Pete Donald- who recreates Carvalho’s original had to fight it, from religious doubt to Donaldson, father of trivia (Who is he? What is his story?).” names of all my fellow oarsmen on the aspects of aging was both humbling Former College dean Harry Coleman son. Stan Feinsod Dennis Selkoe daguerreotypes on location.” social upheaval. The result is a ripping, The elder Donaldson was a mail- (stanfeinsod@ walls in the big room upstairs. Brought and optimistic ( ’s ’46 would be proud of us; the breadth Bob, I hope the film gets good distri- visceral read.” man by day and a writer of novels and astound.net): “One of the remarkable back great memories.” comments on research into the and depth of our fundraising for the bution and we all have a chance to see it. If anyone would like me to plug poems at night. The column beautifully things about reunion was the number Tom Gualtieri (ctgualtieri@ development of monoclonal antibodies College was impressive. Rich Juro LAW’66 sent this their book (or anything else), just let captures the character of Pete’s father, of classmates, never before encoun- ncneuropsych.com): “Reunion was directed against Alzheimer’s protein “Our class reached $756,000 in update: “Since selling our business me know! and the lasting impact of a father on tered (according to my 50-year-old bittersweet for me, and here’s why. It’s were particularly uplifting). unrestricted giving to the Columbia seven years ago, my wife, Fran, and I am sorry to report that I have just his children. Pete is the Ford Inter- memories), who were interesting and said that ‘Youth is a wonderful thing, “At the Saturday cocktail party, I College Fund, slightly exceeding our Bill Goebel. Peter I have been traveling more than learned of the death of national Professor of Humanities and entertaining conversationalists; it was too bad it’s wasted on the young.’ The conversed with old friends (like goal of $750,000 in Fund A (College Sack ever. We’ve now been to about 170 My initial research found that he died Professor of Literature at M.I.T. He an amazing few days of meeting and reunion made me think of the friends , whom I introduced to his wife, giving). Our previous best effort was nations: every country in the Western on October 23, 2013. If any of you is also the director of M.I.T.’s Global talking to strangers who were class- I might have made, the good friends I Anne Nucci) and made new ones in 2005 for our 40th reunion, when Stay in Bob Pantell Hemisphere and Europe (including have details or would like to share Shakespeares Video and Performance mates 50 years ago — very enjoyable. haven’t seen in a long time, the things ( invited me to visit him we raised $288,000. On the broader, Touch the breakaway republics of Transnistria memories of Bill, please send them to Archive, which provides online access “I have one quick story about a I might have learned and the things I’d in Hawaii). The trivia contest brought comprehensive Fund B (overall giving), and Nagorno-Karabakh), with one to me. I remember talking to him several to performances of Shakespeare from person whom I was very interested in do differently. I don’t think I realized tears to my eyes. When it was all over, I which includes gifts to athletics pro- Let us know if you have go in Oceania; four in Asia; and about times at our class lunches about his many parts of the world as well as seeing and who had registered. I did that Columbia was as challenging to introduced myself to someone I did not grams, endowed chairs and multi-year Joe 20 in Africa. The best part is meeting memories of his days as the basketball essays and metadata from scholars and not see him at all (and could not have everyone else as it was to me. If I had, recognize sitting at my table. It was gifts, we blew through our lofty goal of a new postal or email Nalven local people and learning about their team manager. Requiescat in pace. educators in the field. Read it here: recognized him if I did). But on the way I’d have appreciated why we were all , the fencer who took several $6 million by more than 2½ times! Dan Car- address, a new phone customs and culture. Remember, our regular class lunches nytimes.com/2014/11/26/nyregion/a- to the Saturday dinner, sitting on a bus so uptight. It’s said college is the best philosophy courses with me, “The class achieved a 35 percent linsky David Denby number or even a new “At home I’m pretty involved with at the Columbia University Club of passion-for-writing-about-war-and- (the subway was closed), someone in a years of your life. My best years are and a half-century giving participation rate, which is more grandkids and three nonprofits: ACLU- New York are always a great place to love-is-celebrated-decades-later.html. suit sat next to me. I asked, ‘What class?’ right now, but if I had a wish it would ago. In summary, our 50th reunion was than any of the last four 50th reunion name. Click “Contact Us” at Jeff Sol, Nebraska, ADL Plains States Region reconnect. If you’re in NYC, try to who lives in Hawaii, and He said, ‘65.’ I introduced myself and, be to go back to September 1961, outstanding and quite unforgettable!” classes. We also finished with 55 John Dennis Selkoe college.columbia.edu/cct. and the Omaha Community Playhouse. make one of the next lunches, which are his wife, Simin, will return to America amazingly, it was the very person I had knowing half of what I know now. The ([email protected]. Jay Associates-level gifts ($1,500 or Howard Katzoff Although my main ‘job’ at the Playhouse scheduled for January 14, February 11 from a trip to Europe in time for been eager to see — things I learned at Columbia didn’t harvard.edu): “I had a wonderful time more), which is significantly more is as volunteer VP of development, I and March 10 — it’s always the second Homecoming and the band reunion. SEAS’65. We had a great reunion.” open me up, then. They just stayed at the 50th and thoroughly enjoyed than the 50th reunion results for the

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Class of 1963 (40 John Jays) and piano quartet concert, with my wife I discovered the papers of [Professor] ingside Park and he met at one point join the faculty at Temple as professor opener at Fordham on September 19 fisherman and a bridge Grandmaster. Virginia Woolf, I’d like to imagine) Harvey Kurzweil 1962 (38 John Jays). This confirms our and I as the sole audience. It was a Robert K. Merton. He never taught with black political leaders in hopes of of strategic communication. His wife, with and several He was also my brother-in-law, mar- is based on him. I wrote those books committee’s view that our giving effort memorable musical evening thanks to undergraduate courses, although I think avoiding this. Truman is quite hard on Deborah Cai, is a professor and senior hundred other Lions fans. To say the ried for many years to my sister, Joyce after leaving teaching in Los Angeles was broad-based, rather than centered these two wonderfully talented recent sociology majors were allowed in his Kirk, blaming him for leaving the ship associate dean of Temple’s School of team’s performance was amazingly Greene NRS’69. Bob was the son of in 1984. I had started a ‘serious’ novel, around one major donor. alumni and their colleagues.” graduate courses. This seems a strange to steer itself, saying that Kirk was on Media and Communication; at long different and better than what we’ve John Hickes ’39, PS’42 and father and didn’t want to grow old without “I’m enormously proud of our class- I noticed a witty letter to the editor policy, because a large number of his the boards of many corporations and last they are now in the same city. observed during the past few years is an of Katie Hickes Karpenstein ’97 and seeing if I could finish it. So I left mates, who turned out in large numbers from Richard Taruskin in the June 7 grad students were social workers only spent a great deal of his time down- Between them they have five daughters understatement. Suffice to say, we expect Emily Hickes Meyn (Wells College). L.A., moved to Cape Cod with my for reunion and followed through with New York Times Sunday Book Review. seeking a master’s. I would like to talk town at their meetings; Kirk told Tru- (just like Tevye) and two grandchil- a radically improved team as we go Bob practiced medicine for many meager savings and wrote every day for generous gifts. Several classmates had TheBook Review had published a review to any of you who took his classes or man he was making so much money dren. Ed’s daughters are in Maryland forward under a new administration and years in Ithaca, N.Y., in oncology and four years while teaching part-time at never before supported the College Fund by Cynthia Ozick of Harold Bloom’s even got a sociology degree. from this involvement that he relied on and complain about abandonment, but coaching staff. Go Lions! hematology before moving to Syracuse, the community college. And though but came through with gifts and then new book, The Daemon Knows: Literary “Merton saved virtually every piece his Columbia salary to pay the income Ed’s view is that a 2½-hour trip is not Finally, the Reunion Commit- and was well-known and loved in both my agent only ‘came really close’ to Larry made supplemental gifts. I thank Creatures and the American Sublime. Hear of correspondence from 1935 to 2002, taxes on his corporate earnings. so terrible: “They can visit!” tee asks all of you to provide us with of these towns simply as ‘Doc.’ He was getting the books published — she has Guido Richard “Rick” Davis for his invaluable and generous the echoes of the Core Curriculum in and it fills many boxes. In 1948, he “Other stuff I’ve done: I dabbled in GSAS’74 thoughts or suggestions regarding res- extremely proud of his connection to probably long since forgotten me! — I support as my co-chair of the Class Gift Richard’s response: “You sure know how tried to analyze (and publish a study op-ed writing for my hometown paper, writes: “I retired just this year from taurant venues (i.e., types of cuisines) Columbia and prized both the educa- wouldn’t change the experience an iota. Committee; I couldn’t have managed to pick them. Cynthia Ozick on Harold of ) letters received by Dwight Eisen- Connecticut’s New Haven Register. In the anthropology department at Bryn or other activities for reunion (possibly tion and the friendships that came Maybe that — the challenge of new the task without him. Our regional and Bloom on the American sublime! hower, then Columbia’s president, one piece I proposed a new designa- Mawr after 37 years of teaching and open-air, double-deck bus tours, boat from it. He is much missed.” experiences — helps explain why I Ed Yasuna athletics chairs also did a great job; their An overwriter overwriting about an urging him to seek the Republican tion for a month: White Men’s History doing prehistoric archaeology. I’ve tours around Manhattan, theater group wrote: “I’ve allowed have always collected stamps, love for- leadership knew no bounds. But, at the overwriter who overwrites about the nomination after [TV and radio per- Month. It was to be January, which spent time digging and probing in lots activities, museum tours, etc.). You can weeks, months and decades to pass eign movies, suffer with the Red Sox, end of May, it was the 200 members of overwritten! Sober exegetes unite!” sonality] Walter Winchell had encour- gets the most snow. I got to know the of places it’s hard to get to now — email your ideas to me at rforzani1@ without responding to Al’s and CCT’s collect wine, play tennis (especially CC’65 who delivered an outstanding gift aged people in a radio broadcast to paper’s editorial page editor; once, after Iran, eastern Turkey, northern Afghan- optonline.net. We want this to be an urgings to share with classmates some- doubles), ski, and build goldfish and for alma mater. I’m so proud of them!” write Ike. Hundreds of letters poured attending a ’66 reunion — the 40th istan, Tajikistan — but also Siberia and incredible experience that you can thing about my world since Columbia water gardens in my yard. Robert Yunich (rhyunich@gmail. 1966 in and Eisenhower gave permission I think — I told him about it. He of many visits to the eastern Aleutians. It share with your partner, your family [Note: This was written originally in “After bucolic Groton I went to

com): “It was amazing to see my fra- REUNION to analyze them and later publish a course asked what college and year, provided endless fascination and dirty and your old friends. 1999, and has been updated for this issue Columbia. New York seemed the right ternity brother Tom Gualtieri, whom REUNION WEEKEND book, or so Merton thought. When after which he told me he was in our fingernails. The best thing, though, is of CCT.]. I should open by saying that experience. I enjoyed classes with Lionel June 2–5, 2016 Charles Kochakian I had not seen since graduation. I the manuscript was ready he met with class. His name is having a large and growing family: four my time at Columbia was excellent and I Trilling ’25, GSAS’33; Kenneth Koch; didn’t realize that Tom had become so Alumni Affairs Contact Eisenhower three times to summarize and I think he lived in Furnald. We children (including son Alex Davis ’04) 1967 have been proud of the College (and the Howard Davis; Barbara Novak; and renowned in the branch of psychiatry Fatima Yudeh and explain the findings. Later Merton didn’t know each other back then. I and five grandchildren. It really does University) all my life. How blessed I am especially Carl Hovde ’50; New York [email protected] Albert Zonana in which he practices. It was like we told his staff it had been like talking have been trying to get him to come to keep my head spinning. No question that admissions in the early ’60s was far in the mid-’60s; and classmates of 212-851-7834 425 Arundel Rd. never left the fraternity house; we to a semi-sophisticated shoe sales- reunions but with no success so far. my undergraduate years at Columbia more gracious than now; were it not, I’d extraordinary wit and talent. I spent six 2016 Goleta, CA 93117 exchanged email addresses and hope Development Contact man! Plans for publication were far “My wife and I have a wonderful son, were transformative and truly fun; I be someone else! months studying at the University of [email protected] to keep in touch. During Thursday’s Heather Siemienas advanced when one of Eisenhower’s who of course returned home to live with even stayed on for another few years to “Life has been good to me, and I Copenhagen during junior year, which [email protected] lunch in the tent on South Lawn, I aides announced the project was being us after college. Actually we enjoy having get a doctorate. I would do it all again hope I have been good to life. Within was only one of many highlights from 212-851-7855 Mott Greene stared at the façade of Furnald, looked canceled and that all materials were him and, since a couple of years later, in a New York minute.” writes: “I retired as the a year, a while back, one of my high that time. Convincing Dean Irving Michael Feingold: where I thought my dorm room (932) to be returned, including the book his girlfriend. We don’t feel we can take More from John B. Magee Professor of Science school classmates was elected to the DeKoff to grant me a leave, to grant me Rich Forzani was and could hardly believe that 50 manuscript. While he was University credit for how he has turned out. When “Since leaving The Village Voice, I’ve been and Values at the University of Puget National Baseball Hall of Fame (for credit for the courses in Denmark and 413 Banta Ave. years passed by so quickly.” president, Eisenhower had two aides people tell me about their children’s teaching a course in theater history for Sound in July 2012, after 27 years. sports writing) and a College classmate to put it in writing (after all, had he not, Garfield, NJ 07026 Owen Zurhellen (zurhellen1@ from the military with him every day; travails I wonder: Did we do something undergrad theater majors at Fordham Since then I have been working and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine [Edi- I’d have lost my student deferment, been [email protected] Richard Axel. aol.com): “Seeing so many of our the military didn’t want to lose him with our son that they have not? I doubt and a course in classic film performances writing at home in Seattle while con- tor’s note: ] My depres- drafted, been sent to ’Nam and been classmates again and having strong, and, sometime later in his Columbia it. All credit goes to him. for first-year acting students at the tinuing my academic career as affiliate sion and diminishment lasted about probably shot — bad career choices, all) positive recollections of our time at You have been receiving emails about presidency, he became head of NATO. “I became interested in singer Leon- Atlantic Theatre Studio. I’ve also man- professor of earth and space sciences seven minutes, until I consoled myself was not easy. In those days, one simply Columbia was tremendously enjoyable our 50th reunion. Please plan to Merton’s project appears to have been ard Cohen and my wife and I went to aged to retain my chairmanship of the at Washington. My latest book, Alfred that neither was a champion-quality did not study abroad. Things certainly for me — as clearly it was to all of attend; it will be very special, mainly canceled because the aides convinced a concert he gave in Connecticut (they Village Voice Obie Awards. Wegener: Science, Exploration, and hall monitor as was I, nor could either have changed. us. We were, indeed, a special class. because the Reunion Committee Eisenhower that he might seek the could have put up a sign saying ‘Under “I’ve also been writing a monthly the Theory of Continental Drift, was get sophomores to write fairly decent “I really liked Columbia. Through Unexpectedly (to me at least), reunion would like to get you guys here while Republican nomination in 1952 and 65 Not Admitted’). One of our friends, essay-column, ‘Thinking About Theater,’ scheduled to come out in October. My haiku, and maybe could not even hit a the years I’ve often wished I had spent provided a life’s juncture that fostered you are still mobile, and also because the letters project might prove detri- who grew up in Montreal, was there for TheaterMania.com, for which, this first book took me six years; my second one-handed topspin backhand. more time wandering the Village, going — even compelled — broad-reaching this will be one of the last and best mental four years on. Merton remained and had dated Cohen in high school! year, I had the exceptional honor of book, 10 years; and this last one, 20 “Fifteen years ago I had a transfor- to the Fillmore, perhaps hanging at self-reflection for me. I’d be interested times to reunite with old friends and interested in this kind of sociology, and Quite a few men, and some women, receiving the Nathan Award for a second years. Unless I can figure out some way mative experience: I spent a wondrous Warhol’s Factory. But then I remind to know if anyone else experienced a acquaintances and relive the fun, in 1952 contacted Adlai Stevenson, came dressed as Leonard. His advice time. Among the five other double to reverse this trend, this may well be year on a Fulbright scholarship, myself that I occasionally went to class, similar phenomenon.” stupidity, naiveté and idealism of whom he favored for President quite that struck me: ‘The older I get, the winners is Bob Brustein GSAS’57, my my last, as I will be 70 in December. teaching English as a foreign language read an assignment, wrote an essay and Martin LeWinter (martin. 1962–66. As most of you must realize, ardently, about analyzing his letters. surer I am that I’m not in charge.’” senior seminar professor at Columbia I am also a dramaturge with ACT at a ‘regular’ high school in Helsinki. studied for an exam. The readings were Russ Donaldson [email protected]) responded that time was a stupendous era for not Stevenson was enthusiastic but no writes: “Like and under whose aegis I worked at Yale Theatre in Seattle working to develop a My application essay focused on often overwhelming, in size if not in with this non-reunion report: “I am only us but also for the world. funding could be arranged and the most of us, I’m retired, but unlike and at the American Repertory Theater stage production of the Japanese war- restlessness and risk-taking; the former scope. One week to read Dickens’ Our Ken Fox: on the board of the Lake Champlain From “Fifty years later, project never got started. many, I still live in the house my — I owe him an incredible amount! rior epic Heike Monogatari in 2017. I know well, the latter sometimes Mutual Friend for Edward Said’s class? Chamber Music Festival, a wonder- Columbia still matters to me. In the “Our class preceded the events of wife and I have shared since 1977. “I’ve recently finished translating “I continue to enjoy life in the surprises me. I recalled my first days That wasn’t going to happen. But I think ful week-long, world-class event that ’90s I gave up teaching and went to law Spring ’68 but Dean David Truman There must be something about this a new French play, Molière’s Feast (Le Pacific Northwest with my wife, Jo (I was 13) at boarding school (the I managed to do well, and I certainly anyone interested in chamber music school. Then I pursued 20 years of law, was at the center of the storm. In the place — maybe the daunting aspect Banquet d’Auteuil) by Jean-Marie Leffingwell. My daughter, Annie Groton School), a world foreign to learned a lot, often in spite of myself. should check out; it takes place at the mostly criminal defense. It actually didn’t ’90s he wrote a memoir of the events, of packing up all our junk for a move Besset, which [was scheduled to have] Greene, is a Montessori teacher in me, my family and my background. “I did take advantage of NYC. I saw end of August in the Burlington, Vt., involve much law; day-to-day it’s more which his son later made available in — that keeps us here in a suburb of a reading at the New York Theatre Seattle and is planning to return to Jim Waugh, my English teacher (‘Sir,’ the Fugs somewhere in the Village, area. The festival strives to have young like social work. Contrary to popular mimeo. It is very interesting. Truman Rochester, N.Y., where I was for many Workshop in November. Best of all, school for a Ph.D. in anthropology of course) at the school, pigeon-toed and might have seen Dylan. I went to musicians and composers participate, belief, the clients know they’re guilty, was on track to replace Grayson Kirk years a legal editor. Even when our two I’ve just learned that my own play, to follow up her master’s in Japanese toward me, holding high my first essay, the Met and the Guggenheim; ballet and my wife, Barbara, and I always they just want a better deal before they as University president. When names children were born, instead of moving Ragozine or The Second-Best Bed Trick, from Washington. a flowery, aimed-to-please piece. ‘Do tickets were $2 for the nosebleed have two or three staying at our house. plead. My motto: Avoid juries at all cost. were solicited for Kirk’s replacement to a bigger house, we just made the will be getting a one-week workshop “As I haven’t seen it noted in CCT, you talk like this?’ he growled. He seats and Mets games were equally This year we had three: a violin-viola- Criminal defense lawyers call going to in summer 1968, Merton explained house bigger. I suppose it’s too big for at Rattlestick Playwright’s Theater it is my sad task to report the July 2013 flipped the paper at my desk, adding, reasonable. I saw a couple of operas Robert G. Hickes cello trio; the cellist is SuJin Lee ’13. trial ‘rolling the dice’; as at casinos, the that he would have favored Truman just the two of us now (three, counting sometime this fall. I would offer some death of PS’71 of ‘Then don’t write like this.’ I began to performed by the Metropolitan Opera. “On a Monday during their stay, the odds always favor the house. but felt it would not work, and not the dog), but it’s become family after reminiscences, but as you can see I’m an infection contracted while practic- value voice, detail and honesty in writ- I had a part-time job taking care of trio was joined for dinner at our house “This year I retired and went back because of any fault and incapacity of all the work we put into it.” far too busy keeping up to look back! ing medicine at Crouse Hospital in ing. That has guided my teaching for ‘troubled’ children, one living in the Edward Fink by pianist Gilles Vonsattel ’03, who is to history writing. I became interested Truman’s. Truman says in the memoir has been on the fac- See you at reunion if I’m not stuck in a Syracuse, N.Y. Bob was a great athlete 30 years [now over 40 years]. East ’60s, two in Riverdale. The latter getting pretty famous in the classical in the sociology of the 1950s, which that they feared rioters from Harlem ulty at Maryland for 34 years, includ- rehearsal hall somewhere.” (All-Ivy second baseman for the Lions “I’ve stayed in touch with Jim. The kids were normal; their mother was the music world. After dinner we were led me to Columbia’s Rare Book & might come on campus because of the ing a 10-year stint as department chair. Your correspondent had the serious and later an excellent tennis player detective in the two mystery novels troubled one. I walked around all sorts treated to an unplanned, two-hour Manuscript Library, in Butler, where controversy over the gym in Morn- He left Maryland this past summer to pleasure of attending our season football and golfer), an avid (and expert) fly I’ve written (Agatha Christie meets of fascinating neighborhoods, once

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discovering a Ukrainian or Slovenian have winterized and expanded a bit. I am which I will report on in a future me that his son Luke had left his job as and financier, starting no fewer than Alan Mintz reports: “I returned to area somewhere in the East 20s, I about five houses from the Nantucket column. I am in great humor, having general counsel to Gov. Dannel Malloy 10 businesses ranging from landmine Morningside Heights in 2001 to teach think. My junior year apartment-mate, Sound and I love living on the Cape. I had a good 2015 (and seemingly a and is running for mayor of Hartford. removal technology, to arsenic removal at the Jewish Theological Seminary as Gil Kerlin, was a wonderful friend. revel in retirement. I walk three miles good run through the years), and I am As I file this column in September, I from drinking water, to newspaper the Chana Kekst Professor of Jewish And my time at Alpha Delta Phi was, almost every day; no more tennis (the in reasonably good health. I was on a can see from various online sources that publishing to copy centers. Literature. Last fall, I had the privilege quite simply, good. Sadly, I’ve lost knees being shot), though, and minimal roll this year; it was a wondrous oppor- Luke won the September 15 demo- “My special experiences on campus of teaching a course at Columbia on touch with these folk. skiing. I work in my gardens; collect tunity to serve communities across the cratic primary, defeating the incumbent include spending massive amounts of the Holocaust and literary representa- “I obtained a master’s from Michi- wine; continue to enjoy music, from country for general obligation needs mayor. By the time this column appears, hours at WKCR as a show producer tion. In the spring, I was a fellow at the gan and a doctorate at Ohio State. Italian opera to classic rock; and admit (health care; housing; transportation, the November election will be history and newsman; being in Edward Said’s Israel Institute for Advanced Studies Nineteenth-century American litera- to having seen the Grateful Dead more including airports, mass transit, bridges — so I can only tell you to check online freshman English class and arguing at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ture and painting became my focus. than 25 times. And Johannes Brahms’ and highways; economic development; to see the outcome. While Luke did not about cultural relevance (not knowing where I was finishing a book on the The field of American studies was music is godly. I read — the books I water and wastewater; public power; follow his father into medicine (becom- that Said was the lion of Palestinian Nobel laureate S.Y. Agnon and the inchoate; I struggled to convince the should have read while in college, the and education finance) as well as many ing a lawyer), Andy (of course) was a scholarship and the independence stories he wrote about Buczacz, the English and art history departments ones that have accumulated on tabletops complex financings. Most importantly, master politician himself, becoming our movement, and one of the world’s lead- town in Galicia where he grew up to accommodate my work. My adviser, and on floors, books I’ve wanted to I was able to get to know some great freshman class president by edging out ing literary scholars); making lifelong before moving to Palestine at the Wayne Guymon sadly, died suddenly. And then a young return to — lots of books about nature elected officials and some special your class correspondent, who thereby friendships with and beginning of the 20th century.” 20th-century specialist and novelist, and the land, lots of classic fiction, some public servants, and I got to work in became freshman class VP. Charles Cannon ’67 (indeed, Charles At the end of June, Marc Rauch Jerry Ernest Lockridge, stepped forward and mysteries, occasional histories, some nearly every part of the country. I did Another story in motion: and I have been in touch almost every left his position as The American Nadler agreed to direct my work. ‘I don’t know contemporary fiction. I write, mostly get to know a number of airports for has been much in the news, week for 50 years, both for business and University in Cairo’s sustainability much about 19th-century literature nonfiction. I have a modest collection of sure! But I don’t miss the travel. and has endured many attacks (some socially!). Wayne and Charles are from director to return to the U.S., joining and painting,’ Ernest informed me, white-line woodcut prints and another I had many challenging assignments crossing any line of acceptable conduct), Utah, so this was my first exposure to the staff of the Environmental Defense ‘but I’ll know when you’re being of studio glass, some given to me by my through the years, like as a senior banker in announcing his support for President the U.S. West — I was a New Yorker Fund as a senior energy specialist at its stupid. And think how much I’ll learn.’ kind parents, and about a dozen pieces for the City of New York for former Barack Obama ’83’s Iran deal. (though born in Hoboken, N.J.), with headquarters in New York. Joel Solkoff Ernest is a lifelong friend. His faith in bought in the last decade. I have no more mayors Ed Koch, David Dinkins and shared a link to the not much interest in things west of David Sokal recalls: “I arrived at me, and in himself, has taught me to wall space for the prints or other space Rudy Giuliani; doing the first financing obituary he delivered in 1989 at the NYC or the Northeast corridor. That Columbia as a naïve and somewhat continue to take chances, to expand for the glass. But that does not slow the post–9-11 as senior banker for the funeral of his father, Isadore Solkoff was an education in itself.” shy 16-year old, not well prepared Jonathan Adelman my vision, to be a risk-taker. How collecting! I volunteer six hours a week at District of Columbia; and, most recently, ’24; the text had been lost for many GSAS’76 for campus life. Fortunately, I found fortunate I have been in my influences a nearby nursing home reading aloud to challenging financings for the New York years. I recommend that you read writes: “I remember the first thing some friends who liked playing cards, and my heroes. two or three residents, playing Scrabble Jets in 2014 and 2015. about this impressive man: joelsolkoff. we learned at orientation was how to and we spent an inordinate amount “I had a few university-level jobs with another, visiting two or three others There were a few $100 billion com/my-father-isadore-solkoff. survive on the streets of Morningside of time playing bridge. I did well my Bill Bonvillian when I completed my Ph.D. Life led me and reading to the pre-school kids there financings and many great profession- reports: “I live in Heights late at night. We were told not freshman year, making the Dean’s List to teach at Phillips Academy (Andover) (the pre-school being a perk for the als to work with, all dedicated to public the Washington, D.C., area and direct to walk near buildings but close to the both semesters and getting an ‘A’ on and the Westlake School (Los Angeles) staff ). I’ve discovered that I am good at finance. Now I have more time to get MIT’s Washington office, working curb and, if someone was following, to the Calculus 101 final exam without after Ohio State. Andover was heaven, this, and just might be on the short-list to my second home in Saratoga, Fla. with federal research and development go into the street and, if still followed, taking the course (allowing me to take but too familiar; California was new. for the Nobel in reading to 4-year-olds. I saw Turandot at the Met in early agencies in such areas as advanced to start running. I remember being Calc 102 in the spring). Sophomore Then the writing beckoned. I taught “As I approach 70 — and I do not October. It seems like a long time ago (it manufacturing and online education. I told that Columbia College was not year I started getting more distracted high school English on the Cape, at like the idea of aging, not at all — I was) when I was a first-year at Columbia teach technology policy courses at MIT, a school to prepare us for a job but to playing cards, with the sailing club Nauset, for 12 years, including five am frequently reminded how blessed and somehow was able to see Aida at the Georgetown and Johns Hopkins School learn the things that really mattered in and spending time with the female U niversity A rchives C olumbia C ourtesy thankless years as department head, and my life is. I am healthy, bright, content. Met with my Hunter H.S. date. of Advanced International Studies. In life. That was truly wonderful! members of the sailing club. I did shortly after the Fulbright took a job I wish I had had children; instead, Please send notes. My email address September, my new book (written with “I also remember, in fall 1967, tak- OK, but didn’t make the Dean’s List. in Andover, Mass., at the public high there are nieces and nephews and a who now resides in (as he regularly likes country. Point guard Maodo Lo ’16 had is at the top of the column, or use the Professor Charles Weiss of George- ing a course on Russian and Chinese In spring 1968, I started feeling tired school there. I designed Nauset’s AP special, special goddaughter. I live in to note) sunny Miami. I am sure he a great summer playing for the German CCT webform college.columbia.edu/ town), Technological Innovation in politics with Professor Seweryn Bialer and depressed, yet didn’t know why. English course and allowed any student a gorgeous part of the world, have would be pleased to see any of us when national team in EuroBasket before tens cct/submit_class_note. I believe I have Legacy Sectors, came out from Oxford GSAS’66. I had become discontented I spent most of my time in the small to take the class as long as she loved to good friends and travel often. When there. I intend to see him soon. We were of thousands of fans and, before that, lost a couple in the last year (I apolo- University Press. It tackles what we with being an economics major and, New York Public Library branch in the read and was highly motivated. I did not one’s largest frustration is the squirrels in Cambridge at the same time (a long leading Germany to the silver medal at gize) and I will be more diligent and believe is a major economic problem: when I took his course, saw the light. I basement of Butler; by the time school care about earlier grades or scores. I also hanging from one’s bird feeder, then time ago) when he was at the Kennedy the World University Games in South spirited in the pursuit of news. I hope While the United States can be good had Professor Bialer as my adviser for was canceled on account of the chaos, taught the lowest-level juniors, another one knows one’s life is good. School and Harvard Law and I was at Korea (losing to America in double to hear from you, and I hope you are at creating new frontier technology my last two years in college and then I had read almost all of its sci-fi books. challenge since so many of these kids “I have not been back for reunion the Harvard Business School. Ira con- overtime). I hope you get to see the team healthy and enjoying these days with a sectors like IT, it is not good at bringing again for seven years until I earned I was saved from flunking out by the were disenfranchised or discouraged, but often think about the many fine tinues, as do I, to be a fan of Columbia this year; coach Kyle Smith is great and few decades to go. innovation into complex, established my Ph.D. from Columbia in the area anti-war protests that closed the Col- angry or troubled. I liked teaching high people I knew at Columbia, and always football. I am so pleased with new coach he has some team. ‘legacy’ sectors, like energy or health in which I still teach — Russian and lege. When I got home, I still didn’t Andy Herz school; kids are ‘new’ readers, and one with much joy. And I hope that the Al Bagnoli and his team of coaches and I heard from — what a care delivery. As technological innova- Chinese politics. Having written or have any energy and my father sent me does not have to deal with theory, just length of all this has not been, well, too am hopeful for the future. gem. He is doing well, working fewer 1969 tion drives our growth, this breakdown edited 12 books, I am working on a new to the doctor. The diagnosis was mono- Paul de Bary; text. And I love to teach writing. Thank onerous. Peace to you all.” his dad, Wm. Theo- hours and doing many good things else- significantly limits our growth rate and one on the Soviet Union in WWII. In nucleosis. I took off the fall semester Michael Oberman you, Jim Waugh. dore “Ted” de Bary ’41, GSAS’53, who where. I hope to get a report on those. well-being. We propose policy strategies addition to being a full professor in the and didn’t expect to graduate with Alan “Buzz” Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel “Along the way, for about six years surely holds the record for football I also heard from to get around these innovation barriers, Josef Korbel School of International our class. Then, a few weeks before Zucker, 1177 Avenue of the Americas in the ’70s, I met and lived with and 1968 attendance; Bob Costa ’67; Bob’s wife, who continues to work with reviewing some examples where these Studies at Denver, I have taken up graduation, the registrar said that I New York, NY 10036 then married a fine woman, Andy Joan; and I were at the September 26 verve and enthusiasm and who, as have worked. writing op-eds on Russia, China and needed only two credits to graduate. I Arthur Spector [email protected] Gilchrist. By the end of the decade the game against Georgetown. Although I may have reported, has a hobby (I “Meanwhile, both my sons are gain- the Middle East. I have had 46 op-eds remembered Calc 101, and the math One Lincoln Plaza, Apt. 25K relationship was no longer working, the Lions lost, they seemed well- wonder if that is the right word for fully employed in the financial sector; published in almost three years, mainly department gave me three credits so I New York, NY 10023 Andy Bronin but such things happen, so I’m told. coached and we have some real talent, going to seemingly every Broadway has been practicing Marco ’14 maintains that [College] link.” on the websites of The Huffington Post, graduated with the class! [email protected] Vaud Massarsky: For many years (well over 30), there for sure. As I write this in September, and Off-Broadway show for years?). dermatology for 37 years and “still From “I Forbes, CNN and the like. “Post-script: My academic record has been a special love, but she lives in I hoped to see some of you at Home- We should get him to talk to us at the enjoys it as much as on the first day.” authored The Adventures of Fletcher “I continue to be active in the was not very good, so I didn’t apply to Ohio and is either too foolish or too Hi, Class of 1968. It seems that I have coming on October 17. We played next reunion about the nature of this He and his wife, Elaine, have lived in MacDonald: Stories, a collection of pro-Israel cause and I work with the medical school. I narrowly missed get- wise to marry me, though I would have been, for a variety of good reasons, Penn. By the way, Paul has some good charming addiction/affection. I wonder Greenwich, Conn., for 28 years, and short stories about a detective from American Israel Public Affairs Com- ting drafted and I joined Volunteers in leapt at the chance. Our togetherness distracted. But I remain deeply com- news, and I hope he will report it so I if he has seen Hamilton? Andy is on the town’s Board of Health. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and I pro- mittee, the Jewish National Fund, Service to America, then for a year was would surely have been a replication of mitted to reporting what I can of the can then report it. In April, I finished 40 years in “We love watching our grandchildren duced 75 commercial plays and musi- Israel Bonds and Jewish Federations a newspaper reporter before deciding the phoenix: exciting and immolating good news about this special class. I I am looking forward to basketball public finance, having started at Gold- (6, 4 and 18 months) grow up,” he says. cals, both in summer stock and in New of North America. I also am on the to go back to school. After graduate and exciting again. have just a couple of items this time: season, as I believe we will have the best man Sachs in 1975 after my stint with Andy shared some news that is York City. I was a judicial clerk for Board of Scholars for Peace in the school and medical school, I went “I retired three years ago to my cot- I hear regularly from former crew roster in the Ivies and be capable of the governor in Massachusetts. I have tricky to cover in a quarterly publica- the Superior Court in San Francisco Middle East and am very active in into international public health and Ira McCown, tage on Cape Cod, a 1911 ‘camp’ that I member and dear friend beating some great teams from across the now decided to do some other things, tion. When he wrote in May, he told and I have been a serial entrepreneur Israel, which I visit every year.” spent most of my career working on

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ADVERTISEMENT ding? The place reeks with style. Do accomplishments or reports on your graduation of our daughter, Deborah 82-minute concert film Rolling Stones: him, and it certainly would. I visited umn or via the CCT webform college. it again!’ significant family events. You can Sachare BC’14, the birth of three Live at the Max is on YouTube; the New York during the summer and was columbia.edu/cct/submit_class_note. “Fast forward to the evening of submit updates by writing to me at the grand-nephews, and five more vacations Uptown Horns are introduced at pleased to find that its livability, while November 9, a Tuesday (I looked it up). addresses at the top of the column or at our timeshare home-away-from- 1:00:29. Close your eyes and imagine not on par with London, continues to I was in an elevator with one or two via the CCT webform college.columbia. home in Aruba, where we renewed being introduced to a stadium full of improve. Biking in Manhattan appears 1973 friends from the higher floors of Car- edu/cct/submit_class_note. our wedding vows in a beautiful sunset screaming fans by Mick Jagger. less hazardous than London, and I plan man. Inexplicably, the elevator stopped ceremony on the beach in March 2014. If you search “legends of rock and a circuit of the island sometime soon.” Barry Etra between floors and the doors appeared “Lori graduated from SUNY Buffalo roll all-star jam” on YouTube, you Shep Hurwitz PS’76 is a “semi- 1256 Edmund Park Dr. NE to be stuck shut. We yelled, rang bells 1971 State and was a professional journalist will see Arno and the Uptown Horns not-practicing orthopedic surgeon” and Atlanta, GA 30306 [email protected] and generally made a racket, but no one REUNION and publicist. She served for five years jamming with Ray Charles, B.B. King, the executive director of the American panicked. We finally managed to pry REUNION WEEKEND as the public information officer for the Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, James Board of Orthopaedic Surgery in June 2–5, 2016 the doors open and discovered we were Town of New Castle in Westchester Brown, Fats Domino and Bo Diddley, Chapel Hill, N.C. In response to my This is the winter … ’nuff said. Marc almost exactly halfway between floors. Alumni Affairs Contact County, N.Y., and wrote for several all together. invitation to reflect on our first week Gross is the managing partner of We soon saw that the entire campus, Fatima Yudeh local publications, including the Journal Some other YouTube searches to on campus, Shep reports “some hazy Pomerantz, which was appointed as as well as all of Morningside Heights, [email protected] News in Westchester (N.Y.) County see Arno in action are “J. Geils Band I recollection” of our freshman week, lead counsel representing investors 212-851-7834 was dark. I don’t especially remember and Inside Chappaqua magazine, for Do” (select the official version), “Tom 1968: “The orientation was minimal in the securities fraud action against 2016 the conclusion of the blackout evening, Development Contact which she authored an inspiring essay Waits Downtown Train Arno Hecht” and the registration process was Petrobras, the scandal-ridden Brazil- just that it was so much like the rest Heather Siemienas about her experience, ‘Finding the for a New York-appropriate song, or, chaotic in the old University Gym. ian oil company. Marc’s wife, Susan [email protected] of our first semester at Columbia that “Can” In Cancer’ (theinsidepress.com/ fittingly for Columbia, search “George Socialization began at The West End Ochshorn BC’75, recently published 212-851-7855 fall and early winter of 1965. We didn’t finding-the-can-in-cancer). Benson on Broadway Arno Hecht.” — remember, the legal drinking age Squandering America’s Future - Why know much about what was going on “The good news is that after her You can also just search for “Arno was 18 — and the Gay Way Tavern.” ECE Policy Matters for Equality, Jim Shaw or how it had come about, but it was an long fight, Lori died quickly, without Hecht” matched with famous names Steven Hirschfeld PS’83 is still with Our Economy, and Our Children, an 139 North 22nd St. enormously exciting, adventurous and pain, and with her family by her side. such as Joan Jett, Joe Cocker, Keith the U.S. Public Health Service, where advocacy primer on the importance of Philadelphia, PA 19103 challenging experience. For the most Barely a week before her passing, she Richards and so on. he’s chief medical officer for its rapid investing in early childhood education. [email protected] part, it was more fun than I remember was able to experience a remarkable Among my favorite videos are deployment force, and is associate direc- Marc is the grandfather (!) of Fox, having had any time before. And before healing ceremony, organized by our blues numbers featuring Arno solos, tor for clinical research at the Eunice Maddy and Hawk. we knew it, both that November night Bill Christophersen: “My debut poetry rabbi, where more than 40 friends in particular, “Way Over Yonder” and the first semester had passed into collection, Two Men Fighting in a Land- and relatives gathered in our home with Hiram Bullock on guitar at the history. We were just a bit better edu- scape, was published by Aldrich Press. and described to Lori how much she Chicago Blues Fest. To see it, search cated, more experienced and perhaps I’ve been writing since college, when had meant to them, and she was able “Hiram Bullock Arno Hecht” on You- In August, Bill Christophersen ’71 published even a tiny bit wiser for it. I took modern poetry with Professor to respond to each. This outpouring Tube and select the 9:10-long version. his debut poetry collection, Two Men Fighting in “One other clear and sparkling rec- Kenneth Koch. His giddy explications of love and support from family and Now is the time to ramp up to ollection is our freshman orientation of the poems of Walt Whitman, Gerard friends continued following her pass- reunion, Thursday, June 2–Sunday, a Landscape. He’s been writing since college. session, at which Dean David Truman Manley Hopkins, D.H. Lawrence, ing, was of great comfort to Deborah June 5. The campus is the same, yet and Professor Fritz Stern ’46, GSAS’53 Wallace Stevens et al. went a long way and myself and served as lasting evi- different. And so are we. Enjoy old were speakers. They both made a toward making them approachable, and dence of the many lives she touched.” friendships and make new ones. I have Howard Gould HIV prevention and family planning for his controversial tweets. I led the tremendous impression on me, which his exams — surprisingly rigorous, I Alex reports that Lori always already heard from class members on Kennedy Shriver National Institute of moved to a solo law at FHI 360. After retiring from paid investigation of that case.” — obviously — I did not forget.” can’t help noticing, as I look over a sur- looked forward to Alumni Reunion other continents who plan to attend. Child Health and Human Development. practice in early 2014, and has since employment, I co-founded a nonprofit, Mike Schell writes: “I flew to viving rexographed specimen — always Weekend, and especially the camara- Remember back 49 Septembers During the Ebola crisis in West added two other attorneys; their focus the Male Contraception Initiative New York from Chicago right after included among the essay questions a derie at the class dinners. We will miss ago, and the feelings we had, including Africa, Steven contributed by backfilling is on anything real-estate related. How- (malecontraceptive.org), which focuses Labor Day in 1965. I remember being 1970 poet’s option: ‘Write four lines in the Lori at our reunion as well as class- of adventure, as we entered Columbia for colleagues who were deployed to ard’s son, Kevin ’12, works for a financial on developing a contraceptive pill nervous, apprehensive and uncertain, style of Lowell’s Lord Weary’s Castle; mates and other loved ones who have College. We are still connected. that part of the world. He and his wife, industry e-commerce analysis company Leo G. Kailas for men. A few years ago I remarried while at the same time excited to begin discuss the success or failure of your imi- passed. We want to see you there. France (a tenured professor at Mary- in Manhattan; his daughter earned a Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt Mary Lacombe Ph.D.; we retired in this huge new adventure. Navigating tation.’ Koch’s own poetry often seemed To me, music has always been an land’s School of Medicine), are raising Ph.D. in computational biology from 885 Third Ave., 20th Fl. 2012, are in good health and enjoy the bureaucratic shoals into my new to dissolve in giddiness, but his parody expression of emotion. You’ve heard 1972 Josh (11), whose “shoe size and age are MIT and works at a Bay Area biotech New York, NY 10022 Arno Hecht staying active and traveling. We have home in Carman did little to dampen of Robert Frost (‘Mending Sump’), an and his tenor saxophone still in alignment” and whose avid sports company. They often travel together; [email protected] Paul S. Appelbaum one grandson, whom we enjoy chal- my enthusiasm and happily produced early shot across the bow of canonical everywhere, from Buster Poindexter’s interests keep Steven reading the sports this year’s planned trip is to Costa Rica, 39 Claremont Ave., #24 lenging and spoiling.” two or three new acquaintances on American verse, still shoots the moon.” (né David Johansen) “Hot Hot Hot,” pages every morning to keep up. with Antarctica as next year’s choice. Hank Reichman: Alex Sachare: New York, NY 10027 Dennis From “For the the way, including my roommate. We Many of our classmates are excited “I am deeply sad- to the B-52s’ “Love Shack,” both of Now for some sad news. Howard lives in Malibu, Calif., with his [email protected] Greene past few years I’ve been first VP of the agreed it would be good to celebrate that Al Bagnoli has taken over as dened to report that Lori Sachare, which you can easily find on YouTube , one of the founding members wife of 31 years, an infectious-disease American Association of University the occasion with a beer or two in one head coach of Columbia football and my wife of nearly 27 years, died on if you pick the official videos. of Sha Na Na, passed away in Dayton, doctor whom he met in a sailing class. Arnold Horowitz Professors (AAUP) and chair of the of the local bars. We wandered down is working to instill a new, winning August 14, 2015. She was diagnosed In some videos you can play your writes, “I am glad Ohio, in early September. (Thanks to As the former president of the local Mike Gerrard Association’s Committee on Academic Broadway to The Gold Rail (after the attitude on the team. I know that with stage four cholangiocarcinoma own version of “Where’s Waldo,” to see that Istvan Deak, the Seth Low for sending the news.) alumni club, he welcomes contact from Freedom and Tenure. At this year’s polls closed, as it was Primary Day). many football team members from our (bile duct cancer) in October 2010 and catching glimpses of Arno. Here are Professor Emeritus of History, has, After 15 years with Sha Na Na, Den- fellow Columbians. Bernie Josefsberg, Phil Greg Gall centennial meeting in Washington, I cemented my earliest friendships at class (like battled the disease for nearly five years some YouTube searches you can make at 89, come out with another book, nis left to get a master’s at Harvard is still involved in Russotti, Terry Sweeney, Peter Ste- D.C., the Saturday evening banquet Columbia late into the night. with unfailing grace. She never lost if you want to catch Arno playing with Europe on Trial: The Story of Collabora- and a law degree at Yale. The obituary fencing; he is head fencing coach at vens, Frank Furillo included a talk by Juan Gonzalez ’68, “I remember my first writing and football and her positive attitude as she exhausted big names. tion, Resistance, and Retribution During in The New York Times quoted him: the Hackley School in Tarrytown, Dennis Graham columnist for the New York Daily assignment in English Comp that baseball great ) have the few FDA-approved treatment He did not participate in the music World War II. I have fond memories “Being a rock star was never something N.Y. Greg also is a self-employed News and co-host of Democracy Now! fall. Our instructor was Michael suffered through many painful games regimens for this rare form of cancer, video shoot of “Love Shack” (although of studying European history with that was particularly interesting to me. architect and his wife, Kim, is now After the talk, delegates adjourned to Rosenthal GSAS’67. (He was then at Robert K. Kraft Field and would then underwent several clinical trials. what you hear is him playing) but him. He is going strong and is still on It was a great job. I loved the singing retired after 35 years with IBM. Their a celebration with live music by The just a graduate assistant, as he told me love to see a more competitive team on She worked to raise awareness of bile that’s Arno front and center as Dion Morningside Heights. All the issues part. The byproducts, unfortunately, daughter, Christine, graduated from Nighthawks, led by Mark Wenner when I saw him at a book party for his the field for Columbia. duct cancer and was a featured speaker sings “The Wanderer,” with Paul of internal and external menace that were exhausting; travel and the Haverford in 2012 and completed her David Lehman ’71; I was joined by my wife, Susan work Nicholas Miraculous: The Amazing reports that Sina- at the American Cancer Society’s Simon singing backup; to see Arno, bedeviled Europe in the 1930s are ongoing-forever politics of being in a second (and final) year of service with Hutcher BC’70. This year, four uni- Career of the Redoubtable Dr. Nicholas tra’s Century: One Hundred Notes on Relay for Life at our local high school search on YouTube “Dion Paul Simon unfortunately also going strong. business controlled by young adults.” FoodCorps in Maine. Greg is still Eric H. Holder Jr. versity administrations were placed on Murray Butler, in 2006.) He sent me/ the Man and His World, his nonfiction this spring. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th The “Our son, William, began his sopho- Dennis became a VP of Columbia wondering “why the AAUP’s censure list for violations us to Brooks Brothers to capture the book, was released by HarperCollins “How important is staying positive? Wanderer” (a good version to pick is more year at The George Washington Pictures and then a law professor, most LAW’76 cut his hair.” Drew Gerstle of faculty academic freedom, including style of the place in a 500-word essay. on October 27. During those last five years, in between the one that is 3:39 long). University and is studying computer recently at the University of Dayton. is a professor of Japa- the administration of the University My submission asserted the place had After you read these notes, please trips to places like NYC and Boston As a member of Uptown Horns, engineering. We recently took a trip to [Editor’s note: See Obituaries.] nese studies at the University of London of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for its no style. His red-marked comment remember to send news of what is for treatment, she was able to experi- Arno toured with the Rolling Stones England to see if a semester abroad at You can submit updates by writing and was elected a fellow of the British dismissal of Professor Steven Salaita dripped with contempt: ‘Are you kid- going on in your lives, your personal ence the trip of a lifetime to Israel, the on their Steel Wheels tour. The nearly University College London might suit me at the address at the top of the col- Academy for the Humanities and Social

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Sciences in July. He was a guest curator included interviews with 15 women as entered the College with the Class I’ve heard of in the families of our class- send in your updates. Your classmates out on Sunday, he looked at me and Jersey City as well as other northern not working in the Dean’s Office at of the British Museum exhibition varied as actress Edie Falco to designer of ’73 but graduated with us and now mates — still not sure what the “infin- want to hear from you. No news is too said, “A lot has changed about Colum- New Jersey municipalities, including Rutgers New Jersey Medical School as “Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Betsey Johnson to Rep. Nancy Pelosi is “firmly committed as a member of ity” reference was all about, though. small, so make 2016 the year to send bia, but one thing is still the same … Harrison, Kearny, Madison and Clifton. the director of educational assessment Scott Kunst Art in 2014”; an exhibition based on that (D-Calif.). The mini-memoirs covered the Class of ’74.” When we last heard News came in from in a Class Note. You can send your Carman is still Carman.” “While I haven’t ventured far from and research, is a tenured professor of show opened in Tokyo in September. the pain of rejection, longing and loss, from Roger, he was the founder of (landscape historian and purveyor of news to me at the email address at the Homecoming, on October 17, was my roots, my son, Matthew, decided biostatistics and epidemiology. Joel Pfister Artie Gold is the Olin Professor and the stress of living complex lives. AutoKthonous Marketing Solutions in heirloom bulbs at his company, Old top of this column or use the CCT fun, and the improving football team to leave his job at a major financial writes, “A couple of of English and chair of the American Carla Baranukus of Women’s Voices NYC. Now he tells us, “After a lifetime House Gardens in Ann Arbor, Mich.) webform college.columbia.edu/cct/ gives us a lot of hope. [Editor’s note: firm in NYC to take a position with a months ago I had the great privilege of Studies Department at Wesleyan. for Change reviewed it saying, “If there in NYC and New Jersey, and faced that his son, David (30), was married submit_class_note. The Lions won their first game of the start-up in San Francisco. I admire his seeing Bob Hebron ’76 while he was in His sixth book, Surveyors of Customs: were a way to take a film and bottle it so with dramatic changes on all fronts, I last May in a ceremony in St. John, season on October 10.] Columbia spirit and hope it works out for him. town. I hadn’t seen him in 38 years, but American Literature as Cultural Analy- it could be sipped quietly in moments moved to Lancaster in 2011 to be with U.S. Virgin Islands. David and his wife, Giving Day was successful — thanks My daughter, Jamie, will be getting we effectively just continued our conver- sis, is dedicated to his wife, Lisa Wyant of frustration, fatigue, failure or fear the late-found love of my life, Patricia, Emily, live in San Francisco, where 1976 to all of you for your support! married next year, so this is keeping me sations of long ago. While sitting in the

(a Stanford grad), to whom he is “very for a little dose of courage, calmness or a professor of English at Franklin and David is an executive at Groupon. REUNION It seems that Reunion Commit- and my wife, Donna, busy (and work- Driskill Bar (right by where I work in happily married.” confidence, I would want the elixir to be Marshall College.” More recently a Facebook post REUNION WEEKEND tee outreach and this new gig as class ing!). So with the reunion, 2016 will be downtown Austin) we were joined by a And — to end with some comic ‘The Women’s List.’” Roger and Patricia were married showed a picture of the wedding of June 2–5, 2016 correspondent have put me in touch an eventful year. It still is hard to grasp couple of my (often frighteningly) young Will Willis, Barry relief — George Geller wrote in to from Palm Beach last March, and in July Roger began a Allison Klayman, daughter of Alumni Affairs Contact with a lot of classmates; that is very that it will be 40 years. colleagues, who were regaled with stories Klayman clarify that he’d dropped out (after Gardens, Fla., emailed after reading new career working for the governor (partner at the law firm Fatima Yudeh rewarding and enjoyable. All of us have “The current success of the Colum- from an entirely different century.” Tom Luciani [email protected] starting as a ’73er), graduating from in a recent column that as the director of policy in the Depart- Cozen O’Connor in Philadelphia), a wealth of stories and experiences, and bia baseball team brings back great Until now, we’ve been long-time, 212-851-7834 Tony Dardis; Wayne State and then Michigan Law; planned to retire in the near future. ment of Transportation. and her husband, Colin. The wedding I look forward to reporting those. So memories of our championship season no-hear from he sends 2016 he spent 13 years representing labor Will says that he sold his company Roger concluded the email with was in late August at the Pearl S. Buck Development Contact send in those updates! in 1976. I am confident that new news that at a swim meet in June, he unions. From 1998 on, he has been (Global Technovations) last December thoughts on starting his new life (on House in Perkasie, Pa. Heather Siemienas If any of you are in the New York football coach Al Bagnoli will bring to swam the 100m backstroke and that [email protected] the international representative for the but wonders, “I’m not sure if I’m many fronts): “This day I am relishing Here’s a real Columbia College area for Class Day and Commence- the football team the winning tradition he is currently ranked No. 38 in the 212-851-7855 Teamsters in NYC. He looks forward to retired or unemployed.” He added, the prospect of returning after many romance, through and through. Hilary ment, I encourage you to participate in that coach Brett Boretti has created nation in his age group for this year. Peter Sullivan retiring soon and “playing lots of Mad- “Please let Tom know that once he years to public service, where I have Sullivan ’07, daughter of the Alumni Parade of Classes on Class with the baseball program.” This accomplishment is in addition to Ken Howitt den NFL football with my godson.” retires and is traveling the country in enjoyed the most rewarding experiences and Mary Krueger BC’74, met Conall Day (which includes a breakfast in John Keep those updates coming. I look being professor of philosophy at Hof- 1114 Hudson St., Apt. 8 That’s all we wrote. Thanks, gents! his Winnebago with [his wife] Theresa, of my professional life, and particularly Arora ’06 in an Art Hum class in Jay — mmmmmm, memories … ) and forward to seeing all of you on Morning- stra, where Tony has taught since 1992 Hoboken, N.J. 07030 Please share news about yourself, your he always has free water and electric so in this new home, where I came for 2006 when Conall was presenting his the academic procession for Commence- side Heights in June! My offer still holds: (FYI, Tony has a master’s and a Ph.D. [email protected] family, your career and/or your travels hookup at my place. Relative to the love, and which I fell in love with.” opinions of artist Jackson Pollock’s art ment. Both ceremonies are very different If anyone ventures to NYC, shoot me an from UC Berkeley). He published a — even a favorite Columbia College sewer, he’s on his own!” An unusual story appeared in The works. While her first impression was from what our graduation was in 1976. email and I will meet you in the city. It book in 2008, Mental Causation: The memory. You can write to me at the N.B.: This is the third or fourth New York Post in July that featured reportedly not so positive, things turned Planning for the 40th reunion is moving The campus is beautiful and usually the is a quick boat ride from Hoboken and Mind-Body Problem, and his latest address at the top of the column or via official retirement claimed by Will. Arthur Schwartz. It blared, “A promi- around and the couple was married along. The Reunion Committee has a weather cooperates; and, if the weather then a subway from the spanking-new article is “Modal Fictionalism and Steve Davis, the CCT webform college.columbia. Stay tuned. nent Manhattan attorney is facing hand- in May in the Rhinebeck, N.Y. area. core group, led by with does not cooperate, the Class Day parade Hudson Yards 7 train station. Modal Instrumentalism,” published in edu/cct/submit_class_note. Last year we mistakenly reported cuffs and a night in Central Booking Conall works in finance and Hilary is me playing Tonto to his Kemosabe, and will feature the latest in Columbia the Organon F journal. Brian Eskenazi that had retired because he dared to dismantle hidden in business school at UVA. The couple we have (as usual) a good representa- College-branded rain gear (through the Please share news about yourself, from being CEO of Riverside Books, cameras he found trained on his 93-year- plans to return to NYC following Hil- tion from the New York City area with years, I have received rain ponchos and 1977 your family, your career and/or your Michael Sackler, Jim Bruno, Jon 1974 a publisher of illustrated art books. old client’s apartment.” Arthur believed ary’s graduation, scheduled for next year. umbrellas). So look for emails announc- travels — even a favorite Columbia Margolis, Anthony Messina John David Gorman Turns out he is only semi-retired and and ing those events. If you get to campus on College memory. You can write to me Fred Bremer Connell. 111 Regal Dr. continues to sell down his inventories We also have representation those days, we will have a pre-reunion at the address at the top of the column 532 W. 111th St. Dan Gottlieb DeKalb, IL 60115 but found the economics of publishing nationwide with calling lunch after the ceremonies. or via the CCT webform college. New York, NY 10025 Dennis [email protected] new “cocktail table books” daunting. PBS debuted The Women’s List, the latest installment in from Washington State, More updates: columbia.edu/cct/submit_class_note. [email protected] Goodrich He has returned to selling foodstuffs from upstate New York and My junior year roommate, Rich of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders ’74’s series The List; this Joel Gedan for import and export, saying it is “the anchored in Minnesota. Feldman, sent this note: “I enjoy the And we are back. I begin with updates “Are Prestigious Private Colleges continuation of a family business that episode featured interviews with 15 famous women. The weekend is coming together practice of law and visiting the children from several classmates. 1978 Jess Lederman Worth the Cost?” asked a March 1 I went into after graduation.” Brian is and looking to be an enjoyable time. with my wife in Northern California. is in Alaska, Matthew Nemerson headline in The Wall Street Journal. involved in the export of roasted nuts On Thursday evening we will have I’m growing older as gracefully as pos- where he is 1) taking piano lessons 35 Huntington St. Well, we all know the answer to that and the imports of olives, processed a joint event with Barnard ’76, and sible and riding my bike as often and 2) publishing books to help raise New Haven, CT 06511 question! It is still gratifying to see vegetables and bulk spices. the landlord was using these cameras to It is with great sadness that we report classmates will also have the option for as many miles as time allows.” money for the ALS Therapy Develop- Gary Atutes [email protected] the College in the top 10 in the “Best It is amazing how the careers intimidate the woman, to whom Arthur the passing of last Febru- of enjoying downtown cultural offer- He did not mention if he is still ment Institute of Cambridge, Mass., Returns on Investment, Liberal Arts of classmates continue to morph in was appointed guardian, in order to get ary. The only details we know are from ings planned by the Alumni Office doing his Errol Flynn swashbuckler the foremost nonprofit biotech devoted Majors” category. every direction! her to move out of her $700/month the Columbia alumni directory, which for all reunion classes. Friday will imitation with the épée. to finding a cure for Lou Gehrig’s Sometimes this is a lonely job and I Tom Sawicki Jon Kushner, Based on the four-year cost (using We heard from (in penthouse in Greenwich Village. The says he was the territory sales manager of feature Mini-Core Classes, campus My WKCR partner, Disease and 3) helping to spread the have to stop myself from crying out in 2013 tuition, room and board with no Jerusalem) when his attendance at a landlord called it felony grand larceny Pittsburgh Seafoods, and from the obitu- and neighborhood tours, an all-class sent this from Ohio: “My wife, Gail, words of George MacDonald, the the immortal words of the defining — financial aid) of $236,500, the Pay- Columbia Alumni in Israel event tickled (even though Arthur had turned the ary, which notes that he died “suddenly.” lunch and then a class-specific evening and I celebrated our 30th anniversary great inspiration to C.S. Lewis, G.K. though now forgotten — TV drama Scale College ROI Report estimated his memories of his days on campus. cameras over to the Attorney General If anyone knows more, please send it in. event. Saturday begins with the Dean’s in November; son Adam is a health Chesterton and countless other Chris- of our generation, The Day After: “Is students at the College would earn “Without a doubt, all my wife, Susie, and office). The last we heard was that There you have it. Much joy amid Breakfast, then the full slate of Dean’s administrator at Children’s Hospital in tians. Anyone interested in the latter anyone out there? Anyone at all?” I $614,300 across the following 20 years. I think and care about now is our grand- Arthur may have been in handcuffs, but some sadness. Careers that are ending Day events, an afternoon barbecue Cincinnati; son Ben is in his third year two activities can contact Jess at won’t even go into the impending crisis They calculate that this gives a return daughter, Zohar, whom we call Zuzu.” was released from Manhattan Criminal and some that are evolving. Keep and then a class-specific dinner (with at Ohio State’s College of Dentistry. [email protected]. the Reagan-era “made for TV” movie Bart Holland on investment of 6.8 percent. To put He tells us that son Amitai recently Court on his own recognizance. sending in information on what is a speaker!). We have a few people on I’m using all of my Columbia know- ’s daughter, Alicia, was about; it seems too trivial today that in perspective, it handily eclipsed finished 12 years in the Israeli air force We’ll let you know how this major happening to you and with classmates. the short list and will let you know by how to console each of these Buckeye started at Teachers College this fall, given our worries over Syria and the the 5.8 percent return that was recently and began med school last October. legal battle plays out — perhaps after And try to stay out of handcuffs! email who is scheduled to speak. alums the three times a year their team and he is confident that she will use Fed raising interest rates. reported for the most recent fiscal year I emailed back that he will soon the Supreme Court rules! For those planning to travel to NYC has a bad drive and has to punt.” her people skills and her language My goal, once so proudly held, of the Harvard endowment! Not too be able to use the famous New York The last portion of this column can for the entire weekend, lodging will be In addition to giving time to gifts to become “that” English teacher, is no longer the dream of including Jim shabby for an education that includes a phrase, “My son, the doctor.” be called the “Ben Casey Segment” 1975 available on campus. Just a caution- Reunion Committee efforts, the one who really makes an impact some funny and touching triumph of Bruno hefty allocation of time to a Core Cur- Tom’s younger son, Ariel, is consider- (after the TV show some of us will ary tale from the 30th reunion: One sent this: on students. His son, Charlie, will human interest about each and every Randy Nichols riculum that includes the “great books,” ing a research position in the Israeli remember from our “Wonder Years,” to classmate traveled to New York with “I typically don’t like to talk about be using his great empathy and deep one of the 700-plus graduates of our 734 S. Linwood Ave. Ken Howitt the history of political thought and all army. Susie is with the New Israel Fund, mix television genres). This early 1960s his spouse, who had never been to New myself but successfully interest in psychology, the mind and class before we reach that sadly empty Baltimore, MD 21224 the other required courses. and Tom is director of programming at medical drama began with a hand York City. He is a good friend of mine asserted some pressure at our reunion helping others in a program at NYU first column near the front of the back [email protected] The latest installment of the “List” the Jerusalem office of the American drawing symbols on a chalk board while and I spent a good part of reunion with meeting so here is what is going on he started this past fall to train to of the book. Each class bows out in Timothy Greenfield-Sand- series from Israel Public Affairs Committee. a voice intoned, “Man, woman, birth, the couple. As I live in Hoboken, N.J., with me. My real estate law practice be a psychological counselor. Bart’s a unique and equally unimpressive ers, this one titled “The Women’s List,” A lengthy email came in from death, life, infinity.” In other words, here Early Happy New Year, CC’75! No it was easy for my wife and me to stay continues to be strong, and my focus is wife, Jean Donahue, is principal of manner; something like, “I am writing Roger Cohen, premiered on PBS on September 25. It in Lancaster, Pa., who are some quick notes of changes that news this time, so please make sure to at home. As our classmate was checking on redevelopment projects in my native Bronx Science and Bart himself, when in to tell you that my grandfather has

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forgotten which class he was in, so he officer for the Taxi and Limousine Paul Phillips has always kept us up adviser for accelerated disease control “When I started to think of what ogy. As chief scientist at Regeneron the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; departing on a three-week sail around will not be filing any future columns Tribunal of the NYC Office of to date on the musical happenings in at the WHO South-East Asia off-campus jobs I would have to work, I Pharmaceuticals in Tarrytown, N.Y., the Art Institute of Chicago; and the the Svalbard Archipelago in the Arctic about which of his friends died for Administrative Trials and Hearings. Providence, R.I., and his own excit- Regional Office in New Delhi, leading asked her for a third and final time, ‘Are he is responsible for the creation of British Museum. Last year, Bill joined while fine-tuning his screenplay, The your magazine in the future … .” No, This past summer I took my pension ing globetrotting travels. He reports, the efforts in the 11 countries of the you sure there are no jobs available on four approved drugs and a technol- the Board of Trustees of the Smithson- MacKenzie Breakout. after 37 years in this job, my quest from the city and moved with my wife, “Lots of traveling this past year, with region to maintain a polio-free region, campus?’ With smoke coming out of her ogy platform designed to invent more. ian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries. Also checking in this period was Daniel Ginsberg Charles Markowitz, seems at times to have been reduced Renee, to Cleveland Heights, as I was guest conducting appearances in to verify a region free of maternal- ears she replied, ‘There is only one job Always a humble guy, George hopes to recently was at a the erudite who to putting something — anything — born in Cleveland. France, Macau and Argentina, and a neonatal tetanus and to make progress that is available, and it has been available be “an inspiration to kids who might meeting in Madison, Wis., and, unable related that he had the pleasure of between the covers of each edition of “I plan to continue my legal career wonderful family vacation in Iceland. toward the 2020 goal of measles for five years, because it’s not fillable.’ I otherwise become hedge fund manag- to shake the ties of alma mater, he attending this year’s Convocation and CCT and to keep our class represented there and I’d love to hear from fellow Last year I led the Brown University elimination and rubella and congenital said, ‘What job is that?’ She replied, ‘We ers,” as he says in the August 17 article. jumped in a car, drove to Bloomington, marching in the Alumni Procession, Alan Lessoff. Sal Volpe near the midpoint of new life (CC’15) alumni who live and/or work in or Orchestra in concerts at Carnegie rubella syndrome control. In October, I need a bowling alley repairman for the [Editor’s note: See college.columbia. Ill., and met up with where he saw . Says Charles: and impending death (the last mem- near Cleveland.” Hall and the Fisher Center at Bard will move to Hanoi to lead U.S. CDC Ferris Booth Hall bowling alley.’ edu/cct/summer13/features3.] Both had a grand time, and appear not “We reminisced about our pre-med Chuck Callan bers of CC’40). has written wonder- College. Manhattan Intermezzo is the efforts in influenza in Vietnam.” (Let “She said this job had remained I trust everyone is having a wonder- to have aged a day since their time on days at the College, memories that But, lest you think I am discouraged, fully and consistently for decades: “My title of the new Naxos CD that pianist us know if Jane Fonda gets the flu!) unfilled and one of the three bowling ful winter and I look forward to seeing Morningside Heights. included the good, the bad and the Jack Lipari I am not. The football team has won a third of four children recently began Jeffrey Biegel and I recorded with the recently joined the law alleys has remained broken because no you at a hoops game. Drop me a note Well done, Dan! ugly. We were both at Convocation game and tomorrow is another column! college and my wife, Mary, and I now Brown Orchestra last fall. It features firm of Helmer, Conley & Kassel- one has the skill set for this job. Like at [email protected] or send Please keep me updated on your for the same reason: Our sons (Bryan Still, I do thank the stalwarts, those have a college freshman, sophomore compositions for piano and orchestra man (805 New Rd., Somers Point, NJ Groucho Marx, I replied, ‘I know how updates via the CCT webform college. events, achievements and travels. I Markowitz ’19 and Sal Volpe Jr. ’19) who love to share something (though and junior and a high school freshman. by Neil Sedaka, Keith Emerson, Duke 08244; 609-601-6100). He says, “I to fix a bowling alley.’ With her eye- columbia.edu/cct/submit_class_note. look forward to hearing from you! were there as members of the entering occasionally the very same thing you Few things are quite as terrifying or Ellington and George Gershwin, and practice mostly in the area of criminal brows as high as the ceiling she replied, You can write to me at the address at class — quite an achievement for told us last issue) with our curious but sleep-depriving for parents as having will be released in January.” law, specializing in appeals and motion ‘Then you have the job!’ the top of the column or via the CCT them, considering how hard it has less-forthcoming classmates. This issue three teenage drivers. So, the day after Marvin Ira Charles Siegfried work, though the firm does all dif- “Imagine my first day, staring into 1981 webform college.columbia.edu/cct/ become to gain acceptance to the Col-

you came through again. daughter Grace began her first year at closes our notes with an honest, “Noth- ferent types of work and has offices the back of a piece of machinery with REUNION submit_class_note. lege these days.” Seriously, folks, this remains a great college, we took the old Volvo, ‘Battles- ing much new to report; I’m a teacher in throughout the State of New Jersey.” 50 belts going in 50 directions — but REUNION WEEKEND These two young men must be June 2–5, 2016 gig and CCT only gets better each car Gallatica,’ to be reclaimed at the Brooklyn but now I stay because I want (Hmmmm, criminal law in the state of at least I had a job. To make a long extraordinary students! issue, so try to send more news. local scrap yard. to, as I have reached retirement age New Jersey … I think you’re going to need story short, I looked into the back of Alumni Affairs Contact 1982 Charles also reported: “Sal told me Gary Pickholz frequently tells us “For Mary and me, it was the (over 55) and years of service (over 30). many new partners!) the other two bowling alleys that were Fatima Yudeh that he lives on Staten Island and is Bill Lee [email protected] Andrew Weisman what’s what from either Israel or his moment when terror and exhaustion My wife and I spent a lovely Christmas Pediatrician has been at working and merely tried to replicate trained as a geriatrician, although more 212-851-7834 81 S. Garfield St. perch at the Business School. He reports, turned to exhilaration and freedom. vacation last year in London and some Scarsdale Pediatric Associates since what was working in these two with recently he has been administratively 2016 Denver, CO 80209 “My youngest son, Yair, recently received The teenage years are wonderful years time in Aruba this past summer. We’re 1987 and is now its president. He what was not working in the broken Development Contact managing a hospitalist group. My [email protected] his combat wings in the Israeli Air Force. as well, in particular, the spring semes- expecting our first grandchild early next writes, “I have been married to Lara one — a skill I use often to this day as Heather Siemienas family enjoyed meeting him and his [email protected] I shall next sleep in 2020.” ter of senior year in high school. The year — too early to say if the baby will Sargent NRS’82 for 29 years. Our an orthopedic surgeon. That job taught family at the Legacy Lunch prior to Joseph Schachner 212-851-7855 can be counted introspection, the maturation process, be Columbia-bound (the baby’s dad is a daughter, a teacher, will be married me one thing: I could no longer work Gents, I trust all is well and that one the ceremonies. on to take the column seriously — the inevitability — I was thrilled for Cornell graduate).” next year. … I still listen to Suzanne for an hourly wage, and for that I am and all are enjoying the satirically “As for me, not much has changed Michael Kinsella thank you, Joe! — and this issue is no each of my kids throughout this transi- Our question of the month had to Vega. She was in Purchase, N.Y., last grateful. So technically, I graduated with fecund environment that our nation’s during the past 25 years. I have main- 543 Nelliefield Trl. different. “My older daughter and her tion, for there is no greater knowledge do with the numerous New Yorkers year, and even took my song request a degree as a pre-med art history major, election process has become. Yours tained my medical practice in Lake- Charleston, SC 29492 husband both got jobs in the psychol- than self-knowledge. running for President of these United during her concert! This past year, I with a minor in bowling alley repair.” truly spent the week of September 22 wood, N.J., specializing in physical Joel [email protected] ogy department of UC San Diego; “This, of course, is true for ris- States. A few of the better comments: attended the Varsity Show with Roar, lion, roar! … And may the in NYC battling with the faithful for medicine and rehabilitation, and I have Landzberg finding two jobs in the same place is a ing 60-somethings as well. There is “The Donald is a moron, and we’d and Ron Weich ’80. One strikes be with you! room on the city’s sidewalks: the Pope, held directorship and leadership posi- rare and remarkable thing. something about transitions that make be better off with Bozo the Clown of the composers was Sam Balzac ’17, Winter greetings! It was nice to hear the UN General Assembly and Chi- tions in both hospital and rehabilita- “My younger daughter started life so alive, so vivid. I reread Sid- (although they do share one thing in son of Fred Balzac ’80.” (I hear that at good news from so many of you. nese President Xi Jinping all managed tion facility settings. I have lived at the Stephen Masiar teaching last year, and her first year was dhartha and saw in it this time a light common: bad hair);” “It’s time for Hill- our age Suzanne Vega is changing her 1980 is happy to to confound my travel plans. I must Jersey Shore with my wife, Meryl, for awful; almost no support or collabora- I couldn’t have seen or known when I ary because it’s time for a woman;” “Ber- name to Suzanne I-Haven’t-The Vaguest report that his eldest son, Michael, is say, I’m rather disappointed with the more than 20 years, and we are adjust- Michael C. Brown tion from the school. If anyone thinks was reading the Core. It is not simply nie Sanders would do a much better job idea what the next lyric is!) engaged and is planning a wedding New York Post for not making use of ing to being empty-nesters, with our Robert C. London Terrace Towers teaching is an 8 a.m.–4 p.m. job, she a search for life’s meaning, a somewhat for this country than Trump, and he is a From yours truly, for 2017. Michael recently relocated the most obvious “Post-ian” headline to son and daughter both at college. There Klapper: 410 W. 24th St., Apt. 18F and I can assure you it’s more like an bohemian call to spiritually — we New Yorker in exile of course;” “Trump I recently was invited to a to Los Angeles, where he is a medical relate the details of Xi’s speech: “That’s is, however, one new development: New York, NY 10011 8 a.m.–4 a.m. job. This is an ongoing knew that — it’s also about raising is somewhat less frightening than the birthday party at a bowling alley, which physicist. Stephen’s second son, Chris, What Xi Said.” In addition to my medical degree, I [email protected] story; further updates next year. children and letting go. Just as Sid- other Republicans;” “Trump should not prompted this Columbia memory: graduated from Fordham Law and On another personal note, I am earned a law degree at Rutgers 12 years “Within the next year I will turn 60, dhartha takes leave of his father, so too be president because he did not go to “Beginning our junior year (that is a compliance analyst at Citigroup. somewhat humbled to announce ago but have used it sparingly until I’m sure just like many classmates. It’s he must let go of his son, Rahula. ‘Take Columbia;” and “I’m stumped.” would be 1977), I realized my finances The winter holiday season is always His youngest son, Brendan, is also that I was recently elected president now. In an effort to more fully expand kind of interesting to start visualizing him [Rahula] to a teacher,’ says the Please write soon, even with stories from working in the Catskills as a fun in New York City, with the Saks recently engaged with plans for a of the Society of Columbia Gradu- my horizons, I have become of counsel retirement. I don’t feel old, but I think wise ferryman Vasudeva, ‘not because about being hounded to join AARP or waiter and busboy would not be enough Fifth Avenue windows, skating in wedding in Maryland, where he is a ates. For those unfamiliar with this to the firm of Eichen, Crutchlow, by 66 and four months I will be ready.” of what he will learn but because he your experiences investing your retire- to cover tuition and room/board. I really Rockefeller Center and Central Park computer security specialist. Stephen’s organization, SOCG is one of the Zaslow & McElroy, headquartered Rob Blank is always quick to will then be among other boys and ment pensions. needed a job during the school year. and, of course, basketball! Coach Kyle daughter, Lauren, is in her second year oldest continual service organizations in Edison, N.J., with an emphasis on fill us in on the latest strange things girls, in the world where he belongs.’ When I showed up to begin the first Smith has a seasoned team of veterans of a graduate program in regional and affiliated with Columbia. Its nearly health-related litigation.” coming out of one part of Wisconsin ‘What father, what teacher, is able semester, I went to the campus employ- with the size and speed to compete for city planning at Boston University. 1,000 members meet in fellowship to Gents, thanks for checking in! or another, but this time it’s just family to protect him from finding his own 1979 ment office where I met the typical the Ivy League Championship, and I’ll How did all this happen? Stephen and promote and celebrate service to the Remember, you can write to me at the updates: “My daughter, Deborah, is a path?’ Hermann Hesse tells us that smarmy, gum-chewing, why-you-wast- be there to root on the Lions. his wife, Tricia, celebrated their 34th University. Its objective is to encourage address at the top of the column or via high school junior and is looking at these transitions are opportunities to Robert Klapper ing-my-time administrator in charge of On the subject of sports, congratu- anniversary this past August. and maintain mutual understanding the CCT webform college.columbia. colleges. I hope that she and Columbia find oneness again.” 8737 Beverly Blvd., Ste 303 on-campus employment, another reason lations go out to coach Al Bagnoli and Congratulations, Stephen! between Columbia and its graduates edu/cct/submit_class_note. Bill Carey choose each other, though there is Carl Brandon Strehlke has regaled Los Angeles, CA 90048 why many of you want nothing to do the football team for the turnaround In NYC, announced and to uphold the University’s influ- stiff competition from my wife’s alma us over time with his many interests [email protected] with Columbia post-graduation (I am that is occurring at Robert K. Kraft his marriage to Jeong “Terry” O. Shin, ence and further its interests. mater, MIT.” and passions. “This past March I choosing selectively to forget many of Field. There is a renewed commitment who is from Korea. They will reside In 1949, the society was inspired to 1983 Hugh Weinberg is somewhat got a certificate (with honors) for a Family news from Jeff McFarland: these interactions, which is why I write to excellence within the program, and in St. Louis, New York and London. embody Columbia’s highest ideals by Roy Pomerantz new to the ranks: “Hi, all! Earlier this three-month course on Chinese art “I will become a grandfather when my this column). it is apparent to me that the best is yet In addition to his investment firm establishing the Great Teacher Awards, Babyking/Petking year I topped off my career in public at the School of Oriental and African daughter gives birth to her daughter in “When I asked what jobs were to come. (Cortland Associates), Bill has, for the which have been awarded every year Dennis Costakos 182-20 Liberty Ave. service, having worked in various legal Studies at the University of London, December in Hong Kong. She lives in available, she replied, ‘There are none; forwarded a nice past 10 years, built a series of Chinese since then. These awards honor great George Yan- Jamaica, NY 11412 positions (mostly for New York City a post-retirement treat for me. Now Shenzhen, China, with her husband. they’re all gone.’ My reply was, ‘Really? article in Forbes on Dr. art funds with the Xiling Group, undergraduate teaching at the College copoulos [email protected] government) since 1984. I am about to publish a catalogue of My son is a junior at Reed College, Isn’t this the first day of the first GSAS’86, PS’87, Medicine which has major Chinese ceramics and and at Engineering. “Most notably, I was general coun- the Bernard and Mary Berenson Col- majoring in mathematics. I live alone. semester? And they’re already all gone?’ Man. In addition to being one heck of bronzes on loan to various museums, Checking in briefly this period was Scott Simpson, sel to the Queens borough president lection at I Tatti in Florence, Italy, the “In professional news, I am She replied, ‘What part of “all gone” a wrestler, George has been dubbed a including the Museum of Fine Arts, the intrepid who was My family celebrated my daughter for 14 years and then was a hearing city where I have settled.” concluding two years as the regional did you not understand?’ scientific superstar in the field of biol- Boston; the Fogg Museum at Harvard; heading in early October to Oslo, then Rebecca’s bat mitzvah at Faculty House

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on September 12. The Columbia campus My diverse credits include producer of Rothkopf, ‘and Obama’s policy will be public hearing prior to final approval selected by the Chicago Public Library gery in Asians: Principles & Techniques, sparkled. Participants included Marc Queenas, a feature length documentary ABB’ – Anything But Bush.” by the governor. as the focus of its yearlong ‘One Book published this summer. I am scheduled Gary McCready; Peter Rappa: Ripp ’80, LAW’83; about Latino transsexuals, financed by From “I always enjoy Andrew is a director at McLane One Chicago’ program,” he writes. “Last to go to Ecuador this coming year to Ed Joyce; Eddy Friedfeld; Adam Bay- Canal+ and The Danish Film Board; the Alumni News section of CCT, and Middleton in Woburn, Mass., where year was Michael Chabon’s Adventures operate on children with congenital roff; Dennis Klainberg ’84, Mark Simon co-producer and editor of Great Streets: it was great to see some recognizable he represents corporations, smaller of Kavalier & Klay. Other authors the deformities as a guest of the govern- ’84; Leon Friedfeld ’88; and Amy Nelkin Champs-Élysées, starring Halle Berry faces in the photo [on page 67 of the businesses and family-owned-and- library has honored include Tom Wolfe, ment. My ‘free’ time is spent coaching ’89, LAW’91. My son David recited for PBS; and co-writer, producer and Summer 2015 issue]. My wife of 28 operated enterprises in complex busi- Toni Morrison, Colm Toíbín, Jhumpa high school varsity basketball. Onward an original, rhyming poem/toast about editor of the feature documentary years and I have triplet daughters, two ness and employment-related disputes. Lahiri and Neil Gaiman.” and upward, my brethren!” Rebecca’s life while I manipulated balls, Dislecksia: The Movie, starring Billy of whom play polo at Texas Tech. The He was chairman of the board of the Belated congratulations to Miami Longtime reader, first-time contrib- Bernardo Burstein Daryl Neff apples, clubs, diablo and devil sticks with Bob Thornton. Shortly after I got out other is in the College of Fine Arts at Smaller Business Association of New legal eagle LAW’88 utor SEAS’86 is a partner all the moves relating to the content of of USC, I got into reality television, Texas. I am working on a second book. England from 2009 to 2011 and is on on his daughter Jessica BC’19’s recent at Lerner David in Westfield, N.J., a the poem. I also balanced a guitar on my starting with the second season of The The athlete in me never died; I still the board of the Associated Industries matriculation into Barnard. 70-attorney firm specializing in intel- Yossi Rabin chin and juggled razor-sharp hatchets Real World (Los Angeles). Through the play tennis two to three times a week of Massachusetts. He is also on the and his wife, Kochava, lectual property law. He spends most while balancing on a rola bola. My finale years, I’ve worked on a lot of shows. The and I carry a football and a baseball board of Lazarus House and is a get a double mazel tov on the births of of his time helping clients obtain U.S. was balancing a rose on my forehead and most well-known is Survivor. I worked glove in my gym bag.” member of the parish counsel of St. their fifth and sixth Israeli grand- and international protection for their then presenting it to my daughter. David on that for eight years and received six Peter is a board-certified physician Augustine Parish in Andover. children: Shir-Tzion Bracha Rabin, inventions in electronics, computer- and I finished the routine by passing six Emmy nominations (zero wins). I’ve in physical medicine and rehabilita- Andrew sent me a breathtaking born on March 7, and T’chelet Bracha related technologies, medical devices balls (we can pass seven, but I wanted to spent the last five years working on tion in Dallas. A two-sport athlete at framed print of one of his oil paintings Eden, born on July 22. and financial services. Neel Lane make sure we didn’t drop). We can for- Shahs of Sunset for the Bravo network; the College, he earned an M.D. from of a lighthouse. I focus on it when I was nominated by Texas Former Connecticut Yankee and ward a video link for anyone interested. I’m the show’s executive producer/ Texas Tech in 1989 and completed a am feeling stressed at work. Lawyer as “Lawyer of the Year” in Columbia University Marching Band Jeffrey Rashba My wife, Deborah, and I hosted a showrunner. I was married, but my wife physical medicine and rehabilitation Thank you, Andy. recognition of his legal work for the trumpet player reception for parents and new students recently passed away. She had a short residency at Baylor University Medical Classmates: The Center for Career cause of marriage equality. He also reports: “After having been blessed at my son’s middle school. Dean Gillian (50 days) battle with some aggressive Center in Dallas, where he joined the Education’s mentoring program began a three-year term as chairman with five daughters, I finally got a boy Lester, of the Law School, and her hus- cancer. We don’t have any children, attending staff in 1993. As medical (careereducation.columbia.edu/alumni/ of Episcopal Relief & Development, to join the clan when my eldest daugh- band, Eric Talley, the Sulzbacher Profes- other than two beautiful poodle mutts director for rehabilitation at Baylor opportunities) is a great way to assist the international relief and develop- ter, Orli, married Eitan Chajmovic sor of Law at the Law School, attended. that we rescued two years ago — Jake Medical Center at Garland, in affilia- students and recent graduates, and I ment agency of the Episcopal Church, on July 30 in the Jerusalem area. Our On September 20, my sons, David and Elwood are brothers/littermates. tion with RehabCare, he ran a 12-bed encourage you to join the program. I headquartered in New York. During home still feels like a Barnard dorm, and Ricky, and I attended the Fourth I love to travel and have spent a lot inpatient unit that was awarded the recently received this message from the last few years, while attending but with some official raiders.” Todd Sussman, Annual Les Nelkin SEAS’87, LAW’87 of time in Europe and Mexico, where Outstanding Rehab Unit award for Amy Park ’13: “Back in 2012, we met his son Shelby’s basketball games who honed his

Pediatric Cancer Survivors Day at I’m building a retirement house on a the company. In 1995, Peter took an at the Columbia internship program’s at Claremont McKenna College in writing skills at Spectator, Jester and Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, N.Y. beach in the middle of nowhere. I also opportunity to grow an inpatient/out- mentor/mentee event. It’s been two Southern California, Neel has met up the 1984 Columbian, melded his love Pete Lunen- Steve Holtje: “In October 2013, an collect wine, with particular interest in patient practice with a special interest years since I graduated and now I am with TV education guru for writing and entertainment by feld. actor, Brandon Nagle, who worked at Champagne and Italian wine.” in brain and work injury as medical looking to relocate to L.A. I wanted to He also stays in touch with becoming a film critic, video reviewer Carl Faller: a bar I frequent recommended me to “Greetings from director for Baylor Scott & White reach out to you and see if you know of rugby teammate and esteemed former and columnist, most prominently with El Gray. the director of the film he was acting Columbus, Ohio. After leaving New Medical Center in Irving, as well as great opportunities on the West Coast. University senator Neel says, “Todd’s Corner” in the London-based in. The director, Enrico Cullen, needed York City in 1998, my New York City serving The Centre for Neuro Skills I would love to reconnect with you.” “(Although) I don’t see my classmates international fan publication, All About somebody for a non-speaking role in two native daughter, Carolyn, returned this Dallas. His career has encompassed Amy has experience in marketing, nearly enough … I love seeing every- Barbra (Streisand). In addition, he is a scenes. He arranged to meet me at that fall to the Bronx to attend Fordham. appointments with Baylor Institute for media and publishing. If any Colum- one’s updates on Facebook.” licensed mental health counselor and U niversity A rchives C olumbia C ourtesy Tom Gilman, bar, we hit it off and he gave me the part. She is pleased to share that a high Rehabilitation, The Center for Neu- bians want to get in touch with her, let working in Maine in licensed marriage and family therapist, Then I suggested to him that I could also school classmate, Noah Goss ’19, is roskills and Integra Hospital Plano as me know. human resources at IDEXX Laborato- and is an administrator specializing Steve Coleman provide the score for his movie, and he now at Columbia. My wife, Mary, and has been named ton, D.C. It’s a good short set for well as national medical director for I look forward to seeing you at ries, is happy to report that his daugh- in privacy rights in the Broward agreed to give me a shot (I had scored a I reside in German Village, a historic secretary of the Executive Board of the the group. My son Ross is the first Centerre Healthcare Corp. in affili- some Columbia football and basketball ter, Julia, has started her freshman year County Public Schools. A great fan of movie in 2006, but it was never released). neighborhood of Columbus, and she Columbia Alumni Association and I trombone on the end of the second ation with Methodist Rehabilitation games. I have season tickets this year. at Colorado College. Tom and his wife, Bette Midler, he visits New York and Roy Pomerantz “We collaborated well, and it turned works for Mettler-Toledo. Our twin ( ) have been named row, nearest to the vocalists when the Hospital in Dallas, where he has been Sue BC’85, are adapting to their life Columbia at least once yearly. Feel free out pretty good, if I do say so. A Man sons, Bob and John, are sophomores at co-chair of the “Serve Committee” of girls are singing. The kids in this group the medical director since 2009. Peter as empty-nesters. He notes his former to make contact at [email protected]. John Albin Full of Days premiered at the Anthology the Wellington School and maintain the Executive Board of the Columbia are all between 15 and 19. Happy has appeared in D Magazine’s “Best 1984 squash coach, Ken Torrey, recently From : “I don’t remem- Ed Joyce Film Archives in May as part of the an interest in basketball. Given the College Alumni Association. listening: kennedy-center.org/explorer/ Doctors Dallas” in 2004, 2012, 2013 retired and wishes him the best. ber when last I updated, but I continue Dennis Klainberg Jonathan Duitch NewFilmmakers New York series, and recent success of Columbia’s team you says, “I marched with our class in the videos/?type=A&id=M6407.” and 2014. He says in 1998 he began announced: to toil away at the NYC Department Berklay Cargo Worldwide in October it was shown at the Lau- described in CCT, it may be time for Alumni Procession at Convocation Michael Oren ’77, SIPA’78, who incorporating advanced principles of “I am excited to share the fantastic of Finance, subverting city government 14 Bond St., Ste 233 sanne Underground Film and Music the team to schedule a return to the in August as my daughter, Sarah ’19, served as Israel’s ambassador to the power inherent in spirit along with news of the September 7 wedding from within. I get together regularly Great Neck, NY 11021 Mike Melkonian Festival. The soundtrack was released by Schottenstein Center and play Ohio entered the College.” U.S. from 2009 to 2013, wrote a book medicines and therapy as an adjunct to of my firstborn, Merav, to Moshe with and Rob Kahn Wayne Allyn Root [email protected] MechaBenzaiten Records (distributed State. The same actually holds true reports, “I Ally: My Journey Across the American- rehabilitation and recovery, within his Jacobs. Merav is in her third year at ’83 to play music, including the occa- by Forced Exposure) on CD and for for the Columbia tennis team, which recently sold my third TV series to Israeli Divide. The New York Post traditional medical practice. A series of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sional live performance. We recently Daniel Berick download in August and has gotten last visited Columbus for a first-round Hollywood — I’ll be executive producer ( June 21) notes: “Researching the lectures that described his experiences has been named the and studies philosophy, politics and did a set at The West End (no, not that good reviews. And now my wife no lon- match in the NCAA tournament.” — and my company, Cool Hand Root candidate by reading his memoirs eventually became his first book, Heal- 2016 Cleveland Corporate Law economics; her husband studies West End), on West End and West ger frowns when I go to the bar, because Carl sent me a copy of The Lawgiver Productions, is co-producing. See Robin and his statements on Israel, Oren ing Heart to Soul: One Doctor’s Journey Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers, a philosophy, also at Hebrew U. Teddy 107th. Nothing will ever quite match [Barack] that’s where people give me work.” by Herman Wouk ’34 as a small gesture Leach’s column for more information sensed immediately that ‘a of Health, Healing, and Life. longstanding and well-respected legal Weinberger ’83 and his wife, Sarah the glory of the Blue Rose, but it’ll do. Obama David Adler Eric Gardner: “Immediately after I of thanks for my efforts in support of the (lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2015/ presidency might strain the Andover, Mass., resident and peer review publication. In each major Ross Weinberger BC’83, attended the GSAS’87 has a new Andrew Botti graduated from the College, I went to class and Columbia through the years. He aug/24/television-las-vegas-da-my- US-Israel alliance.’ But even Oren was attorney has been legal market, a single lawyer in each wedding. A fun time was had by all!” book out: The New Economics of Liquidity David Kung USC School of Cinematic Arts. As a noted, “In the recent past, I thoroughly fab-40th-thrill-factor-). Also, my new surprised, around the time of Obama’s appointed to the Massachusetts Eco- discipline is honored as “Lawyer of checks in for the first and Financial Frictions, published by the director, I won several awards including enjoyed reading the Caine Mutiny with its book, The Power of Relentless: 7 Secrets inauguration, by the assessment of nomic Development Planning Council the Year.” Dan was honored in 2015 time in a long time, and here’s why: CFA Institute Research Foundation. Scott Avidon: best feature film at the Big Bear Lake Columbia campus descriptions.” to Achieving Mega-Success, Financial [Oren’s] former Columbia University by Gov. Charlie Baker (R-Mass.). and 2013 as the Leveraged Buyouts “Three decades have brought about “I toured Israel dur- Film Festival for Under The Influence, Carl, I am a huge Herman Wouk Freedom, and the Life of Your Dreams, roommate, David Rothkopf [’77], The council’s mission is to develop and Private Equity Law Lawyer of the amazing change. I live in Bethesda, ing the summer. Saw my share of the starring Peter Greene. I was senior fan. Thanks for thinking of me. was the No. 1 bestselling business book who had served as undersecretary of a written, comprehensive economic Year, and was named Cleveland Secu- Md., with my lovely wife, Bonnie archaeological gems, religious shrines Dan Loeb editor of Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction, In short updates, hosted nationally in August, according to commerce, and who told him, ‘The development policy for Massachusetts rities/Capital Markets Law Lawyer of DM’89. We’re the proud parents of and national sites. Rode a camel, got one of Fox’s highest rated specials, and a $5,000-a-person East Hampton CEO-READ.” first thing Obama will do in office is and to construct a strategic plan for the Year in 2014 and 2011. two awesome future alums: Nathan soaked in the Jordan River and had a Kevin Chapman: received world-wide attention when I event in honor of Gov. Andrew Cuomo “The below link pick a fight with Israel,’ a statement its implementation. The plan will then As Cleveland rocks for Dan, Chicago ’16 and Justin ’17. I am engaged in the beer at Earth’s lowest bar. I’ve been a David Hershey-Webb Tom Dyja co-wrote, produced and edited the fea- (D-N.Y.). takes you to a one-hour performance that caused Oren to ‘nearly spill my be submitted to the Legislature’s Joint is ’s kind of town. “My Chi- practice of plastic surgery and recently workers’ compensation judge in New ture film Breakaway, an action/comedy performed with several other musicians by the Philadelphia Jazz Orchestra curry.’ ‘The previous administration Committee on Economic Develop- cago book, The Third Coast: When Chicago completed work on a definitive two- York for 15 years. I chat with Harris starring the infamous Tonya Harding. at Stuyvesant Cove Park on July 20. at the Kennedy Center in Washing- was perceived as too pro-Israel,’ said ment and Emerging Technologies for Built the American Dream, was recently volume textbook, Aesthetic Plastic Sur- Morgenstern ’85 from time to time.

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We both edited Course Guide many give to our younger selves. I put some and is interested in the arts, includ- A really cool evening — thank evening; Dan Poliak and Beth Knobel I don’t know how that got mixed so much to sell books as it is to help your contributions. I can’t do this years ago when typewriters still existed of the initial survey results in the Fall ing drawing and guitar. I had a blast you, John! BC’84 joined in. up — sorry. people enjoy work more and gain access alone, unless all you want to hear is me and the Mets owned New York.” 2015 issue. Here is a summary of the reviewing The Odyssey with her. Throughout much of reunion, as Condolences to Dan on the recent And finally, in case you missed it, to more opportunities.” mesmerize you with tales of existential Dennis Tom Cornacchia, James With great joy, yours truly balance of the survey results: “From our class, I primarily keep in always, Tom Carey was taking photos loss of his dad, Paul Poliak. congrats to Many classmates have never been psychology. … I thought not. Please Klainberg Michael Nagykery Hagani, Josh Hyman, Jinduk Han, had the honor of attending A total of 39 percent of us reported touch with and with his “real” camera. After many Joe Titlebaum writes from featured in this column. Please take write to me at the address at the Brian Kirby Marty Moskovitz, Joe Titlebaum the bat mitzah of Rebecca Pomerantz, “creative passion” as the reason for our as well as Amy Guss BC’85 years in Montana, Tom has moved to Bethesda, Md., where he has lived for John’s lead and send an update on top of this column or via the CCT Larry Slaughter, daughter of Roy Pomerantz ’83 (my fel- career choices, with 26 percent report- (Amy and I were high school class- Maumee, Ohio (a suburb of Toledo), 16 years with his wife, Julie, and their and who get to your doings since graduation; your webform college.columbia.edu/cct/ low Class Notes correspondent). With ing financial security/aspiration and mates). I occasionally run into former where he is an associate pathologist kids, Ben ’19 (18), Aaron (15) and Eve add the “P: ’19” designation to their classmates want to hear from you! submit_class_note. Eddy Friedfeld ’83, Leon Friedfeld ’88, 24 percent reporting public service/ members of the Armenian Society of for ProMedica. One of his children is (12). Joe is co-founder of Mezzobit, a Columbia moniker, as their children You can write to me at the address at Marc Ripp ’80, Adam Bayroff ’83 and philanthropic goals. Columbia University. This past August, applying to med school, while another Silicon Alley big data/tech company, are all members of the Class of 2019. the top of the column or via the CCT other luminaries present, this already Several of us stated that they’d my firm relocated to Glenpointe Centre is enrolled at Montana State. and so now has another reason to be Best wishes for a happy holiday webform college.columbia.edu/cct/ 1988 impressive and heartfelt event reached rather be at Columbia circa 2015 vs. West, in Teaneck, N.J.” Our Friday dinner was at V&T, in New York City in addition to Ben’s season, and all the best in 2016! submit_class_note. Pace Cooper: Eric Fusfield new heights when Roy and his son 1985 for one reason: “girls.” Others “It’s kind of sad, but where not too much has changed move to Morningside Heights. 1945 South George Mason Dr. David honored Rebecca and thrilled reached the opposite conclusion we went to reunion only late Saturday and I reconnected with (albeit too I’m sorry I didn’t run into more of Arlington, VA 22204 the crowd with an after-party juggling based on the same reasoning, with night (after a late Sabbath end) and we briefly), among others, Abe Thomas you; I saw some pictures on Facebook 1986 1987 Mark Roth- [email protected] routine that included balls, apples, clubs one member voting for 1985 saying, got there [for the Starlight Reception on (who has moved to New York from of Columbia scenes from REUNION Sarah A. Kass and machetes! “I wouldn’t want to be 21 again now,” Low Plaza]; it was not by class and we Michigan with his teenagers), Alex man and Eugene Jen. My apologies REUNION WEEKEND June 2–5, 2016 PO Box 300808 Jonathan Roth For those of you not in the know, Roy while another classmate voted for 2015 did not recognize a soul! My wife, Aileen Rodriguez (who was appropriately if we chatted briefly and my failing Congratulations to Brooklyn, NY 11230 is a world-class juggler who shared his “because it would mean I’m 30 years Herman Cooper BC’85, and I have six talking baseball), Andy Andriuk (who memory and/or notes didn’t get all the Alumni Affairs Contact BUS’04 in Pasadena, Calif., on his [email protected] talent on the field with the Marching younger now!” amazing kids. My eldest three, Jeremy lives in Westport, Conn., with his good info locked in so I could include Fatima Yudeh recent professional advancement: [email protected] Band in our day and, thereafter, was one Our bucket list goals are varied. ’17 (21), Dylan ’18 and Ethan ’18 (both three children and works in residential it here. Please send it on so I can put it “Jonathan Roth has been named 212-851-7834 of a select few entertainers (20, I seem to Many of us hope to travel, listing 19), are costing us a not-so-small fortune real estate development), Konrad in a future column. My apologies for the short column this executive director of the advertising 2016 recall — it was on the news!) accepted places like Japan, Russia, India, the but they love being there. I hope their Motyka (who’s working at Columbia), The Reunion Committee also Development Contact time. But even though we don’t have agency Ayzenberg’s sub-agency, ION,” in 1983 at the exclusive Ringling Bros. Galapagos and Kazakhstan as places brother, Elan, and sisters, Serena and Joe Chu (who lives in Tenafly, N.J., realized that a five-year gap between Heather Siemienas the quantity, we do have the quality. according to the company’s press [email protected] Jay Dipasupil and Barnum & Bailey Clown College to see as well as a goal of cycling across Yael, will choose schools in Tennessee! with his two children) and Lydia Hsu major events is too long — both has been appointed release. “He will work closely with 212-851-7855 (alumni and former instructors include the country. Others want to play golf “I’m busy with my hotel business SEAS’85 (representing a nice group not to reconnect and to help build VP for underwriting, errors and ION’s management to continue devel- Penn Jillette and Bill Irwin). Sadly (or in Scotland, some want to build a (Cooper Hotels); we have 20 hotels, from SEAS). participation for our next event. A omissions for professional services opment of its best-in-class influencer Everett Weinberger perhaps prudently, as the Clown College home, some want to run for elective mostly in the various Hilton brands. For me, the rest of Friday night and Tri-College reunion was held in NYC and financial institutions at CNA, the identification and engagement offer- 50 W. 70th St., Apt. 3B is no more), he chose Harvard Law office and one of us claims to want to I was recently appointed chairman Saturday afternoon included reunion, on July 23 to continue the reunion eighth largest U.S. commercial prop- ing, helping to scale ION’s technology New York, NY 10023 instead and joined his family business. visit a bucket factory. of the Memphis-Shelby County and many formal and informal perfor- momentum and to refocus our efforts erty and casualty insurance company. to build a leading platform play. Prior [email protected] A loving husband and father, and a In advising our younger selves, there Airport Authority, am president of my mances (some on campus and some on ensuring that all three schools Previously, he was VP of professional to joining ION, Mr. Roth spent 10 dedicated fan of Columbia basketball, is a common thread regarding seeking synagogue and am a minority partner in the wee hours of the morning on interacted. John Phelan reported, liability for the Fireman’s Fund Insur- years at leading middle-market advi- John Stepper Roy works hard to keep the world’s happiness: “When confronted with in the Memphis Grizzlies. So my a Lower East Side rooftop) with the “Five of us showed: Joe Titlebaum, SEAS’87 sent a first- ance Co., where he was responsible for sory firms in New York, Seattle, Los children (and their parents!) entertained major life choices, such as where to extra-curricular passions keep me busy. Columbia Kingsmen, who had coor- Ian Winograd SEAS’85, Eric Epstein time update: “I was reading the Fall the company’s professional service and Angeles and Boston.” Claudia Kraut Rimerman and happy, albeit with his world-class work, where to live and who to spend Aileen has become an accomplished dinated an alumni event to coincide ’83, Michele Shapiro BC’85 and 2015 column, and it prompted me to healthcare portfolios selection of licensed baby products. time with, always optimize for what cyclist to add to her achievement list with reunion. More than 60 Kingsmen myself. So we achieved the Tri-College send you this email after, well, 29 years. Congratulations, Jay! writes, “I recently started a relation- Lee Ilan makes you most happy, even if it takes since MIT Sloan School of Manage- alums, some going back more than 50 goal! (A photo was posted on our I’ve recently published Working Out writes: “It’s been wild ship management job in Boston for you on an unusual career/life path or ment and a great business career.” years, attended. Joining me were David class Facebook page: facebook.com/ Loud: For a Better Career and Life. It’s settling my daughter into pre-K. We’ve telehealth firm American Well. That 1985 seems to be the less-safe course. It On Thursday night during reunion Zapolsky and Elliot Friedman. David Columbia-College-New-York-Class- available on Amazon or at workingout- all spent years (hopefully) feeling keeps me away from my youngest child will always work out better in the long we had a lovely cocktail party in Mid- (who recently celebrated his son Ian of-1985-121664639320). All liked the loud.com. The book helps people build smart and accomplished, and suddenly (at home in Stamford, Conn.), but Jon White Brian Cousin. run,” a classmate advises. One of us town, courtesy of I ran ’15’s graduation) works at Amazon and gathering and want to do it again in a network toward a goal they care about we’re supposed to be connoisseurs puts me near my sons, one at Phillips 16 South Ct. succinctly says: “Relax — everything into many classmates there, including travels the world, while Ian works and the fall. We missed the rest of you!” — think ‘Dale Carnegie meets the of early childhood education. Our Academy in Andover, Mass., and the Port Washington, NY 11050 Greg Viscusi will turn out just fine.” (who works in Paris with lives in NYC. Elliot now teaches at One correction from my last column: Internet.’ Peer support groups that help family is pretty excited about this next other at the White Mountain School [email protected] Greg Kinoian was only able to Bloomberg, has an 11-year old daughter Purdue after stints in Williamstown, Mitch Regenstreif lives in Manhattan people put ideas into practice are now chapter; while our kiddo has settled in Bethlehem, N.H.” Claudia finds attend the Sunday brunch on Barnard’s and coordinated attending reunion with Mass., and Madison, Wis.; he has twin Beach, Calif., not New York. forming in 10 countries. The goal isn’t in happily, her parents are taking a bit time to correspond with classmates: Brian Diane Bauer Here is the second installment of my campus, “but I saw a couple of friends his dad, Anthony Viscusi ’55), 17-year-old children. longer to adjust. Otherwise, there is “I stay in touch with Margolis Orlinsky, Alumni Reunion Weekend report; and some familiar faces. It was a good (who practices at Wilmer- Many of our contemporary no shortage of contaminated sites to who recently celebrated the thanks to so many of you for your time,” he reports. Greg is an attorney and Hale and whose oldest child is enrolled Columbians came in from across the clean up in New York City, or of new bat mitzvah of her fourth child and is Tom Scotti updates. Some were in the Fall 2015 says, “My practice is primarily in bank- at Rochester), (whose country just for the Kingsmen festivi- development projects, so I’m busy at preparing to send her second to college issue and some follow here. I welcome ruptcy court (mostly in New Jersey, but daughter Anne ’16 has loved so much ties, including Charles Lester ’84, Jon the Mayor’s Office of Environmental while maintaining a wildly successful hearing from the rest of you (whether also in New York) and primarily involves of her College experience) and Furnald Abbott ’84, Phil Birnbaum ’86, Paul Remediation. I also recently got back dermatology practice in Baltimore. Kevin Kelly, you made it to NYC for reunion or Chapter 11 cases, representing secured grocery maven who posted Spinrad ’86, Kieran Mulroney ’87, from presenting (and live-tweeting) Recently visiting the United States was Jonny Roskes, not) to let everyone know what’s up. and unsecured creditors, equity holders some great campus pictures online. Kirk Woerner ’88 and Abe Glazer ’88. at the Brownfields 2015 conference who has moved back Reunion was a great chance to in closely-held corporations, commercial After the cocktail party, some of us I can’t tell you how amazing it was to in Chicago. You could be our 300th to Hong Kong to run the deal conflict reconnect with old friends and to landlords, parties that purchase assets proceeded to the New York City Ballet reconnect with this group (many of follower at @NYCOER.” of interest group for Bank of America. Laurence Holzman rekindle memories from 30 years ago. I or businesses out of bankruptcy and for its evening performance; one of the whom I had not seen in 30 years) after A birthday celebration update: continues to Steve Abrahamson have had a lifetime of great experiences debtors. I earned a J.D. from Brooklyn members of the company was Unity having spent countless hours as an celebrated his write great musicals and raise his two John Phelan. but have trouble believing so much Law in 1991 and practiced at two firms Phelan, daughter of The undergrad creating so many wonderful 50th in Paris with his wife (and my sons with his wife, Lara.” Tim Rood Abe Glazer time has passed. Before the event, the in NYC before joining my current firm ballet pieces were a great combination memories with them. dear friend from high school), Maritza and Reunion Committee circulated a brief in December 1998. of traditional and jazz (including a While traversing campus on Saturday Guzman SIPA’90, and their daughter, attended the Kingsmen reunion on survey and received about 40 responses. “I have two wonderful daughters. Jerome Robbins precursor to West Side I ran into Ken Handelman, who works Sofia. He says, “Since 2004 we have campus in May, “along with many oth- We discussed the survey questions at Melissa (19) is a sophomore at the Story piece). After the performance, for the Department of Defense. He lives been living in Montclair, N.J., where ers from the revival of the Kingsmen the Saturday dinner, creating a great College of New Jersey and wants to Unity and one of her fellow corps in Bethesda, Md., and three of his four Sofia is now in fifth grade. For the past in ’84 through ’90 and beyond,” Tim way for each table to reconnect. major in biology and possibly pursue members gave us a private backstage children are in college (two at Maryland, five years I have been director of direct reports. “Events included the current During Alumni Reunion Weekend 2015, The Kingsmen held an all-class The survey asked about family, a pre-med track. She took an EMT tour, and we got to take a group photo one at the College of Charleston). response fundraising at the Planned ’Smen’s annual reunion party, gener- reunion on the Lower East Side. Attending, among others, were Charles education and professional accom- training course this summer in Passaic right on the main stage. I was amazed Unfortunately, I missed the Parenthood Federation of America. ously hosted by Jed Bradley ’06, a short Lester ’84, Jon Abbott ’84, David Zapolsky ’85, Jon White ’85, Hank Jaffe plishments as well as open-ended County, N.J. Natalie (15) is a sopho- how the performers use a new pair of Saturday dinner, as my youngest son On September 25, Maritza and I cel- performance in Alfred Lerner Hall as ’86, Phil Birnbaum ’86, Paul Spinrad ’86, Bruce Fischer ’87, Kieran Mul- questions about our “bucket lists,” if we more in high school at the Academy of ballet shoes every day, how they beat was attending his junior prom. I was ebrated our 16th wedding anniversary.” part of Alumni Reunion Weekend, and roney ’87, Tim Rood ’88, Abe Glazer ’88, Matt Park ’89, Bennett Cale ’90, would we rather be on campus now or Holy Angels. She particularly enjoys them up and how they juggle this with also sorry to miss the Glee Club mini- You can help bring quantity along lots and lots of hanging out and sing- Chris Payne ’90 and Dave Kansas ’90. 30 years ago and what advice would we her English, French and history classes all of their school classes. concert at the Sundial on Saturday with quality. Please, please send me ing. 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66 CCT Winter 2015–16 Winter 2015–16 CCT 67 Class Notes alumninews both turned out to have excellent Yale University Art Gallery and began tions companies. I’m loving the great and theater around the United States works in the ER at the Queen’s Medi- message or report updates through the He is the co-editor of Election Law Brett has been married for 18 years; acoustics with plenty of natural reverb.” working at Harvard in April 2014. Midwest and am having fun exploring and abroad, I have received a full-time cal Center in Honolulu; it’s the only CCT webform college.columbia.edu/ Stories, which will be published next he and his wife, Kelly, have three boys: Laura Eberstein Jacobs and her If any of you get to see the Colum- my new home. I’ve already caught up faculty appointment at NYU/Tisch trauma center in the Hawaiian Islands, cct/submit_class_note. year. Read more about his work: law. Matthew (14), Jake (8) and Ben (6). Sunhee Lee, Alice husband of 20 years, Erik Jacobs ’81, bia women’s swim and dive team, with who’s a longtime School of the Arts. I started as an so it’s “not quite the chaos of NYC My one piece of news is that wfu.edu/faculty/profile/mazoed. The family has lived several places Seth Antiles “Ali” Bers SIPA’85, have drawn inspiration from be sure to cheer for ’ Chicago resident. I’d love to catch up associate arts professor in September, hospitals but pretty busy,” with patients (along with John Baick Before becoming a law professor, (Washington, D.C.; Burlington, Vt.; the pop culture of Laura’s years on cam- daughter, Jessica Antiles ’19, a swim- with others who are living here or just and my title is resident director and head coming in from as far away as the Mar- ’91) attended the June wedding of Gene worked for large firms (Skadden, Chicago; Ithaca, N.Y.) before settling pus. Laura and Erik and their children, mer. Seth writes, “A flood of great passing through!” of dramaturgy in the Tisch Gradu- shall Islands and Samoa, he says. Alexandra “Ali” Wagner ’94 to Danielle Arps; Slate, Meagher & Flom; and in Maplewood, N.J., where Brett plays William (12) and Margo (8), “have memories rushed in as I moved Jessie In “Our Children Are Now in ate Program of Design for Stage and The good doctor says he doesn’t Pershing in Los Angeles. Ali and John Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton) soccer and coaches his kids. Betty Mar Tsang converted their savings to a nest egg, into Carman. My wife, Janette BC’92, College” news, Film. Upcoming opera projects include miss seasons, but “Surfing is still a had a fun evening and also enjoyed the and was the general counsel of a small David Webber moved, with his SEAS’90 bought a Winnebago and are making BUS’97, and I are thrilled that we will ’s son, Tyler SEAS’19, lives Offenbach’sOrpheus in the Underworld challenge, especially since we have a company of Sonya Duffy ’94. company in Silicon Valley (that’s when wife and three children, from NYC to Hilton Romanski plans to celebrate turning 50 by getting be going back to campus periodically 1-year old named Maya, so I’m spend- he lived next door to ). teach at Boston University. His work Michael Wara ‘Lost in America’ in 2016,” according to watch Jessie race. I have two other ing much of my time off changing On the other coast, focuses on investment law, including Darien to Erik. kids, boys aged 16 and 15. Both are diapers and learning how to do most of 1994 teaches at Stanford Law and shareholder activism, corporate gover- Shanske Keep us posted! heavily involved in sports; the 16-year- Carol “Kate” Guess ’90 published With Animal, a my day-to-day work with a 20-lb. baby is at UC Davis. Michael nance and shareholder litigation. Leyla Kokmen Everyone else, also please keep old is a swimmer and the 15-year-old in my arms,” he says. is an expert on energy and environ- “I was always interested in fraud, magical realism short story collection highlighting c/o CCT sending updates — and photos! I plays hockey.” Han also extended this invitation: “If mental law, and his work “lies at the in financial regulation, in the fraught Columbia Alumni Center look forward to hearing from you. Seth and his family live in South the bond between humans and animals. you (or any alums) are in Honolulu and intersection between environmental challenge of regulating a global market,” 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 You can write to me at the address at Orange, N.J., where he is a portfolio want to grab a Mai Tai, please drop me law, energy law, international relations, he writes, and adds he spent several New York, NY 10025 the top of the column or via the CCT manager at Seix Investment Advisors in a text and I’ll come meet ya. Aloha!” atmospheric science and technology years litigating securities and deal cases [email protected] webforms college.columbia.edu/cct/ global sovereign debt, with a specialty in Your humble correspondent is policy,” according to his Stanford bio. in New York, which he enjoyed. “But I Laura submit_class_note for notes (comes emerging markets and global currencies. on Carman 8 (the best floor!). at the Virginia Opera and Bach’s St. John thrilled to report that he heard from Darien pursued graduate studies in wanted to delve deeper into the under- Shaw Frank directly to me) and college.columbia. I recently visited Columbia and ’s daughter, Ateret, is Passion with the Pittsburgh Symphony Jake Novak GS’92. Jake is entering his Hi, everyone. I’m sorry to report that philosophy and rhetoric at McGill and lying issues. I wanted to devote more edu/cct/submit_class_note_photo for loved discovering a great little coffee taking a gap year in Israel and will Orchestra as well as a world premiere fourth year as a supervising producer Class Notes are in limited supply this UC Berkeley. After finishing his Ph.D. time to learning and thinking about photos (goes to CCT, or you can send shop in Butler Library (which issues matriculate at Maryland in fall 2016 production of Embedded by composer at CNBC. He and his wife, Adar, time out, which means you will now be at Berkeley, he was a public finance them. Issues of fraud, financial regula- Donna Herlinsky photos to me via my email). Don’t alumni cards easily). as part of the College Park Scholars Patrick Soluri at the Fort Worth Opera.” and their daughters, Jordan and Yael, subjected to my urgent plea for more consultant in Sacramento, Calif., before tion and economic inequality force you MacPhee Robin Zornberg Wald forget caption info! introduced me to a delicious Program. After 17 years with Hansberger moved to their new home in Merrick, information. Share your news, be it returning to law school at Stanford. As to grapple with the same deep questions SEAS’90 Ron Holt “modern Mediterranean” restaurant, ’s son, Aaron, is a freshman Global Investors, launched N.Y., this past summer. big changes or quotidian observations. a law professor, he focuses on tax (par- you wrestle with in the Core,” he says. Tessa, on Amsterdam and West 76th at Hampshire College. PREMIS Capital Partners in October At CNBC, Jake has overseen a Your classmates want to know what’s ticularly state and local tax), state and If I missed any other law professors 1989 Street, whose owner is Larry Bellone If your child is a new college stu- 2014. PREMIS is located in Fort Lau- number of shows and writes what he going on with you! local government and public finance. out there, please send in an update. ’77. I highly recommend it whenever dent and I didn’t mention it, it’s only derdale and focuses on providing global describes as “a popular but controversial Whew, now that the demands are “I think of these interests as Everyone else please send in updates, Emily Miles Terry you might be lucky enough to find because you didn’t tell me. I welcome equity investment management services editorial column” on CNBC.com. Your out of the way, I do have a couple of exercises in applied distributive justice, too; your classmates want to hear from 45 Clarence St. yourself looking for something to eat all news from everyone, so please write. to institutional clients and high net correspondent put that in quote marks nice updates to share: which means that I am able to pursue you! You can send updates to either the Brookline, MA 02446 David Gonzales III on the Upper West Side. You can submit updates by writing me worth individuals and families. Their because much of the most popular is starting his my interests in public policy and phi- email address at the top of this column [email protected] Your classmates want to hear from at the address at the top of the column first fund was launched in April. content online is, shall we say, challeng- second term as a Cameron County Court losophy at the same time, more or less,” or through the CCT webform college. you! Please be sure to write to me at the or via the CCT webform college. In case you haven’t heard (or lost ing to readers. Jake is fiercely active on at Law judge in Deep South Texas. he writes. He and his wife, Stephani, columbia.edu/cct/submit_class_note. Hank Torbert Hi, classmates! I hope 2015 was a address at the top of the column or via columbia.edu/cct/submit_class_note. count), Alumni Reunion Weekend, social media, where those who follow writes from New have a daughter, Maisie (2). Read great year for you and your families. I the CCT webform college.columbia.edu/ Happy 2016! which celebrates the 25th anniversary his work can get almost daily blog Orleans that he is launching EnergX, an more about his work: law.ucdavis.edu/ Doug Cabot, connected recently with cct/submit_class_note. of our graduation, is scheduled for updates on Columbia football (ROAR!) energy-focused accelerator for start-ups faculty/shanske. 1996 Brett Frischmann who lives in Salem, Mass., with his Thursday, June 2–Sunday, June 5. at culions.blogspot.com/. in Louisiana, in partnership with notable SEAS’97 is REUNION wife, Carrie, and daughters (7 and 9). 1991 Annie Giarratano Della Pietra is Jake says he is “extremely excited energy industry executives and The Idea a professor and co-director of the REUNION WEEKEND June 2–5, 2016 Doug writes, “In order to have more 1990 REUNION the Reunion Committee chair, and about the upcoming season under coach Village, New Orleans’ oldest incubator. intellectual property and informa- time with my family, six years ago I REUNION WEEKEND the committee is off to a great start. If Al Bagnoli and believes his persistent Thanks to both of you for sharing tion law program at Cardozo Law. I Alumni Affairs Contact Rachel Cowan Jacobs June 2–5, 2016 made the jump from working in docu- you’d like to join the committee, please calls for a truly substantial commitment your news. Everyone else: It’s your emailed him on a fortuitous day: “It Fatima Yudeh 313 Lexington Dr. [email protected] mentary television to teaching film and Alumni Affairs Contact send me an email. from the administration for the sport has turn! You can submit updates to Class is ironic that you reached out to me Silver Spring, MD 20901 212-851-7834 animation at Salem H.S. I’m still play- Fatima Yudeh Until next time, cheers! Don’t for- finally materialized.” He closes his note: Notes by writing me at the address at now because I’m writing this email in [email protected] [email protected] 2016 ing drums in a rock n’ roll band, still get, you can write to me at the address “See you at Homecoming!” the top of this column or via the CCT a Columbia law school adjunct faculty Development Contact 212-851-7834 making movies and recently I’ve taken at the top of the column or via the Alas, your humble correspondent webform college.columbia.edu/cct/ office, a few minutes before I teach Heather Siemienas 2016 [email protected] up oil painting. Most days I’m amazed A lot of stuff went down in August Development Contact CCT webform college.columbia.edu/ was unable to attend Homecoming submit_class_note. copyright law,” he replied. “It is quite a Carol “Kate” Heather Siemienas 212-851-7855 by the simple fact of life.” 2015 for CC’90. cct/submit_class_note. but hopes that you all took good notes thrill to look out of the window at the David Odo, Guess [email protected] I connected with a ’s 15th book, With Animal, was at the game and early in the evening Columbia campus and see everyone 212-851-7855 Ana S. Salper visual anthropologist and the director published in August. The magical real- (but maybe not later in the evening) 1995 swarming about.” 24 Monroe Pl., Apt. MA of student programs and research ism short story collection highlights 1992 and will share them with me for a After graduating from Columbia Margie Kim Janet Lorin Brooklyn, NY 11201 curator of the University Collections the bond between humans and ani- future column. Send to the address at with a major in astrophysics and then 1923 White Oak Clearing Olivier Knox 730 Columbus Ave., Apt. 14C [email protected] Initiatives at Harvard Museums, who mals. With Animal was co-written with the top of this column or via the CCT earning an M.S. from SEAS, Brett Southlake, TX 76092 9602 Montauk Ave. New York, NY 10025 is keeping busy. David’s latest book, Kelly Magee, her colleague at Western webform college.columbia.edu/cct/ earned a law degree from Georgetown. [email protected] Bethesda, MD 20817 [email protected] The Journey of “A Good Type:” From Washington University. submit_class_note. “I have always been drawn to Hi everyone! Only a bit of news to Judy Shampanier [email protected] Artistry to Ethnography in Early Japa- In August, ran interdisciplinary work, and in a sense I report this time: Lisa Cohen Gene Mazo Ian Lendler nese Photographs, was published this into as they were leaving Greetings to all! I was fortunate to Many thanks to for am a perpetual Ph.D. student because published The Stratford Elise year. In A Good Type, David examines Hamilton, the hottest Broadway play spend some quality time with Greetings, CC’92ers! 1993 serving as emcee during our reunion I continually work across different Zoo Presents: Romeo and Juliet, the second Scheck the Peabody Museum’s collection of of the summer. Lisa and Judy proudly when we were both in The first submission I received for dinner on Saturday, and for mention- disciplines, from law to economics to volume in his series of graphic novels Betsy Gomperz Japanese photographs and explores discussed Hamilton’s several references Orlando this summer for confer- this column took me back to evenings ing that a handful of classmates have science and technology,” he writes. He that translates Shakespeare for children. 41 Day St. their production, acquisition and to King’s College, and name-dropped ences. She continues to amaze me by of cigarette smoke and Rolling Rock at become law professors. says his biggest professional accom- He spent this past year traveling around Han Park Newton, MA 02466 circulation in the 19th century. David the buildings on campus named for the successfully juggling a family of seven, the Marlin — it came from Gene, who teaches at Wake Forest plishment was a 2012 book, Infrastruc- the United States and Britain talking to [email protected] also mounted a related exhibition at historical figures mentioned in the show. her legal career and countless hours PS’97, a first-time Class Notes writer, in North Carolina, is an expert in ture: The Social Value of Shared Resources, schoolkids about graphic novels, Shake- Anita Bose the Harvard Center for Government BUS’95, PH’95 writes, of community service. Elise’s most who sent in an envy-generating update. democracy law and writes about elec- which won the 2012 PROSE Award speare and his love of tacos. Arman Rousta, and International Studies. “It’s been “After nearly three decades in NYC, recent project is the Women’s Impact Han and his wife shed New York Greetings, classmates! This has been tion law, constitutional law and legisla- for Law & Legal Studies and received one of our star exciting to see both projects come to I finally made the leap to Chicago! Initiative, which she chairs through the for Honolulu in 2011. “We got tired of a slow news quarter, so I will make tion, according to his school web page. great reviews in “some pretty cool soccer players who led the men’s team fruition since starting my current posi- I’ve started a gig as head of client and Greater Miami Jewish Federation. the long winters and cramped quarters my regular plea for updates — you His research focuses on the regulation places” like The Economist and Science. to an Ivy League championship, is in Sam Helfrich tion at the Harvard Art Museums,” business development at W2O Group, sent this update: “In in Manhattan and decided we had to can email me at the address at the top of the political process, democratic Read more about his scholarship at touch with several fellow ’96ers (mostly Greg he writes. David was previously at the a network of marketing communica- addition to continuing to direct opera move somewhere warm,” he writes. Han of the column, send me a Facebook development and constitutional design. brettfrischmann.com. guys from the soccer team) like

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Frith SEAS’96 and Rikki Dadason and their daughters, Lena (7) and We reached out to many of you chronic backaches. We live in beautiful Sarah and Bill reside on Sullivan’s Green, along with more CU alumni as well as Charles Balsamo ’98. Arman Caroline (4), moved this past summer this time around but maybe you Brooklyn Heights. I also launched a Island, a tiny barrier island just off than I can list (or, really, remember reports Greg married Kimi Yasunaga. to Hopewell, N.J., into Brian’s child- were enjoying your summer beach legal consultancy this year that focuses Charleston, with Sophie, their Calico. what years they graduated). Arman is the founder and CEO of hood home. They enjoy the slower pace time. Now that we’re back in the on the needs of creative entrepreneurs Sarah said she had the unexpected Evan and his father, John Zeisel ’65, Daryl Weber Blueliner Marketing, a leading digital of life and look forward to being there well-scheduled days of autumn, and in the events and wedding industries. It pleasure of running into GSAS’71, created (along with many oth- agency headquartered in New York for a long time. just about into winter, send us your combines my backgrounds in corporate at the New Orleans airport’s cab stand ers) Scripted-IMPROV, an Alzheimer’s City. He is responsible for strategic Brian became director of operations dispatches! And enjoy that sweater law and events production and, while in March; they shared a taxi into the disease-centered drama program that planning, general management, soft- at Impax Laboratories in Middlesex, weather; maybe we’ll even see you at a most of my clients are in New York, city and enjoyed catching up. was released worldwide in June. The Andres Zuleta ware research and development, and N.J., where he enjoys his new and basketball game? Yeah, yeah … I also advise creative small businesses ’s luxury travel com- dementia care training and drama activi- Blueliner’s expansion into new markets increased responsibilities and, after five Don’t forget, you can submit throughout the country.” pany recently marked its second anniver- ties program is based upon the National such as Latin America, Europe and years of commuting daily from Brooklyn updates by writing to either of us at Congratulations to Mary and sary. Boutique Japan (boutiquejapan.com) Institutes of Health and National Insti- Asia. In 2000, Arman founded 401Kid, to Long Island, also appreciates the the addresses at the top of the column her family! specializes in private culinary and cultural tute on Aging-funded clinical research Matthew Rascoff

an education funding advisory portal shorter and more bucolic commute. yder P hotography or via the CCT webform college. and his wife, trips to Japan. study Evan was part of during the Sara Velasquez aimed at bettering opportunities for Hannah is focusing a lot of energy columbia.edu/cct/submit_class_note. Emily Levine, welcomed a son, Jasper lives and works last five years. During the study, Evan

children. Prior to founding 401Kid on helping their girls transition this H eidi R Hirsch Rascoff (CC’37?!), on August in the Philippines to assist those helped write, test and perform plays and Blueliner, Arman spent five years year but is also working part-time 20 in Durham, N.C. Jasper is named who were worst affected by Super specifically designed for people living Tim Laurie and Jeff Cohen ’98 were married on September 5 in Santa as co-founder and COO of Exeter advising a charter school in Red Hook, 2000 in memory of Matthew’s father, Dr. Typhoon Yolanda, which made landfall with Alzheimer’s disease. Evan was also Monica, Calif. Pictured are John Fisher; Jen Briggs Fisher; Kim Van Duzer ’98 Technologies, a New York-based Brooklyn; helping eighth-grade New Joel H. Rascoff ’63, PS’68. in November 2013. She also works one of the lead consultants in designing and her daughters, Sophia and Elena; the grooms; Andy Topkins ’98 and his Prisca Bae Max Dickstein automotive electronics firm. Jersey SEEDS scholars prepare their and his wife, Erin on projects in Pakistan and recently training materials for the program. wife, Keri Chaimowitz Topkins; Leah Madoff ’98; and Nick Rynearson ’97. 344 W. 17th St., Apt. 3B I really need more notes from you! high school applications; and working Branum, welcomed Benjamin Branum completed research on child abuse in New York, NY 10011 Please send your news to me using the remotely for Trinity School’s Office of Dickstein on September 14. Paraguay for a multi-country study [email protected] new email at the top of the column or College Guidance. They had the pleasure Congratulations to Max and Erin! commissioned by UNICEF. 2003 Gabriella Tifphani White Seth Dadlani Morris submit via the CCT online form college. of attending the wedding of ’s “Summer Love” story and his wife, Sara is also helping to expand the Carolini Colin Harris Michael Novielli columbia.edu/cct/submit_class_note. to Tom Parent and are excited in The New York Times; it’s remarkable. 1999 writes, “I am leaving Giti, welcomed their second child (a successful Special YOU Reading Club Cindy Warner World City Apartments And remember, our 20th reunion to welcome their son! Tifphani and her husband, Michael private practice in upstate New York to boy, Shaan) on August 28. project in California. The project links Kruger Adrienne Carter and Attention Michael J. Novielli, A608 is Thursday, June 2–Sunday, June 5, also attended the wedding. In King, met when she was 15 and he accept a position as an assistant profes- Congratulations to Seth and Giti! community volunteers with children to Jenna Johnson Block 10, No 6. Jinhui Road, on campus and throughout New York addition to seeing many other friends was 18. Except for a brief separation sor in the department of orthopaedics, I recently enjoyed a wonderful help the children become comfortable c/o CCT Dan Chaoyang District City. I hope to see many of you there. from Columbia as often as they can, right after she finished law school, they spine division, at Rutgers in Newark, group dinner in Los Angeles with reading and telling their own stories, Columbia Alumni Center Laidman Beijing, 100020, I leave you with this: Hannah and Brian stay in close touch dated for 23 years and were married N.J., at the first of the year. I have a and Miriam Haskell BC’02. using the book You Are a Very Special Daphna Gut- 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 People’s Republic of China “Why fit in when you were born to with married couple at St. Paul’s Chapel on June 26. For 17-month-old son, Grayson, and am The cuisine was vegan and the discus- You (available in English, Spanish and man Jon Schwartz, New York, NY 10025 [email protected] stand out.” and their girls’ the first years of their two-decade excited to be moving back to the New sion was lively. There were four lawyers Mandarin). The organization celebrates [email protected] — Oscar Wilde godparents. Daphna recently became the relationship, Michael could only visit York metro area. at the table, but when they weren’t diversity and similarities, and is look- [email protected] Paul Mul- principal of a public elementary school Tifphani for Sunday family dinners at “I keep in contact with talking about the law, we focused on ing to expand the project to more I start this month’s column by thank- lan Ali Ahmad, on the Lower East Side. her home on Long Island. They went to and both of whom great memories from Spectator. It was multi-cultural communities in which ing those who have sent updates 1997 Kerri Bauchner Stone lives in her prom together in 1994, and during Classmates! Here at home in New are also practicing physicians (Ali in so nice to see them all! children speak Spanish, Mandarin and recently, and to ask for the help of Miami with her husband, Josh, and son, her freshman year at Columbia, he York City we enjoyed some perfectly Hackettstown, N.J., and Paul in Nor- I hope to see many of you at English. Visit specialyoureadingclub. those who have not recently done so. Sarah Katz Dylan, and was recently promoted to full proposed with a diamond ring. It wasn’t golden last days of late summer (with a folk, Va.) and are doing well.” Alumni Reunion Weekend, which org, and if you have any ideas, she’d Many classmates tell me that they 1935 Parrish St. professor of law at Florida International the first time he’d asked her to marry nip in the air that took us back to our Thanks for the update, Colin! celebrates the 15th anniversary of our appreciate hearing them! don’t feel comfortable sending an Philadelphia, PA 19130 University College of Law. him (the first time was a few months first days on campus in 1995!). We’ve CC’00: Your classmates want to graduation, Thursday, June 2–Sunday, Zecki Dossal BUS’13 co-manages update because they have not recently [email protected] Don’t forget, you can send updates after they met, with a vanilla ice cream been happy to have messages from a hear from you! Send updates to me at June 5. Wow, time has flown! the private equity and venture business been promoted at work, gotten married to either the email address at the top cone instead of a ring), nor would it few of you to make those memories the address at the top of this column Please write with updates on your GLG, a professional learning platform or had kids. Please rest assured that we Swati Khurana earned an M.F.A. in of this column or through the CCT be the last. When he proposed for the even stronger. Here’s a little news: or via the CCT webform college. adventures; you can write to me at the that helps organizations access targeted want to hear what’s new in your life — Meghan Taira fiction from Hunter, where she taught webform college.columbia.edu/cct/ third time, it was with a considerably writes in with news columbia.edu/cct/submit_class_note. address at the top of the column or via expertise. He joined the company soon even if that means just sharing news two undergraduate writing courses, submit_class_note. “larger, fancier ring,” according to The of her life in Washington, D.C., where the CCT webform college.columbia. after graduating from Columbia; when about a fun trip you took, a Columbia and received the Mary M. Fay Award New York Times. Tifphani, a partner at she is legislative director for Sen. Chuck edu/cct/submit_class_note. he started, the company had 35 employ- event you attended in your city or even in Poetry, a Hertog Fellowship and Deloitte Tax, also splurged on a ring Schumer (D-N.Y.). She fits in regular 2001 ees and now it has more than 1,000. an interesting book that you’ve recently

the Dean of Arts & Science Master’s 1998 for Michael, who owns a barbershop travel, though, and told us about a little REUNION Zecki also launched the company’s social read. So please, don’t be a stranger. Thesis Support Grant. She received in South Jamaica, Queens. His Cartier Columbian serendipity: “Last sum- REUNION WEEKEND 2002 impact division and is working with the Sandie Angulo Chen June 2–5, 2016 scholarships for Sarah Lawrence’s ring is inscribed with their initials, their mer I was vacationing in Hawaii and Global Partnerships Forum to build a 10209 Day Ave. James Boyle Sonia Dandona Hirdaramani Summer Seminar for Writers and wedding date and “est. 1992.” literally ran into in the Alumni Affairs Contact platform and tools to drive transparency Silver Spring, MD 20910 2 Rolling Dr. Skidmore’s New York State Summer Congratulations, Tifphani supermarket. I am back in Hawaii for Fatima Yudeh in the social sector, and to help accelerate [email protected] [email protected] Old Westbury, NY 11568 Writers Institute. Swati says her great- and Michael! vacation [as I write this] and had dinner achievement of the United Nations’ 212-851-7834 [email protected] est success was successfully navigating Congratulations are also in order for with James and his fiancée, Stefanie. It’s Sustainable Development goals. Jeff Cohen, 2016 Evan Zeisel David the first universal pre-K process in Happy fall, CC’98. Although some who married Tim Laurie a small Columbia world!” Development Contact reminds us that Epstein NYC for her daughter (4). classmates (including myself ) already on September 5. Jeff, a Los Angeles Congratulations on your engage- Heather Siemienas Hi CC’02. I’m happy to share some wrote a well-received book, [email protected] Zaharah Markoe and her husband, have teens and tweens, there are still County public defender, and Tim, a ment, James! exciting news about our classmates. The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of 212-851-7855 David, welcomed a son, Abraham “Abie” plenty of us starting and adding to television producer, were together for In addition to raising two daughters Please keep the updates coming to Extraordinary Athletic Performance Submit Carmen Van Kerckhove Benjamin, on July 10. He joins sister our families. five years before their nuptials. Jeff (6 and 2), [email protected]. Thanks! [Editor’s note: See college.columbia. Sognonvi Jonathan Gordin Melissa Stewart Claire. Zaharah moved back to South This edition’s baby announcement described their wedding as a “beautiful has been raising the quality (née Tominac) edu/cct/winter13/bookshelf1.], which Your 3030 N. Beachwood Dr. Florida about two years ago, re-met belongs to my dear friend and fellow outdoor ceremony on a sunny day in of life for the residents of Ditmas Park, and her husband, Mike Stewart was on The New York Times bestseller Julie Yufe. Los Angeles, CA 90068 David (a high school crush) and mar- Spectator alum, Julie and her Santa Monica, followed by cocktails, Brooklyn. Seven years ago she and her SEAS’03, are overjoyed to announce list in 2013 when it was released. Photo [email protected] ried him in January. In attendance at husband, Michael Dreyer, are happy to dinner and dancing.” In attendance husband started a karate and kickboxing the arrival of William Martin, born David is at the forefront of inves- CCT welcomes photos Andy Topkins, Kim Van Duzer, the wedding were Jennifer Feldsher, announce the birth of their daughter, were school, Urban Martial Arts (urbandojo. August 1 at 1:52 p.m. (on Swiss tigatory journalism; he works for Leah Madoff that feature at least two Rushika Conroy (née Richards), Mat- Zoe, born on July 29 weighing 6 lbs., and Nick Rynearson ’97. com). The school is thriving and Car- I hope everyone enjoyed the fall. When I National Day!). He was a happy and ProPublica and recently published yet thew Wang and Judy Choe BC’97. 15 oz. I was lucky enough to visit Zoe a Mazel tov to Jeff and Tim! men has spun that success further: She look back on my time as a student, it was healthy 9 lbs., 1 oz., and 20.5 inches another pivotal piece on performance- College alumni. Carrie Bass Mezvinsky, husband week after her birth and I can say that, Your classmates want to hear from is now training and advising business my favorite season to be on campus. long, and is growing quickly. enhancing drug use, this time focusing Mary Herrington Sarah Lundquist Norton Click “Contact Us” at Scott and son Beau welcomed twins like her mother, she is quite the beauty. you! You can write to me at the address owners on local marketing. She has (née Lee) wrote in married on the track and field communities. Nora Jean and Grace Olivia on July 7. Congratulations to Julie and Mike! at the top of the column or via the been featured in Inc., Entrepreneur, Fox with an exciting update: “In early Janu- William Norton (Boston University Evan further reports that he had the college.columbia.edu/cct. Hannah Trooboff McCollum, We also have two wedding CCT webform college.columbia.edu/ Business Network and Crain’s New York ary, I welcomed my son, Lee, who joins Law ’04) on September 13, 2014, in pleasure of attending the summer wed- David Epstein husband Brian McCollum SEAS’97 announcements to share. Please Google cct/submit_class_note. Business (carmensognonvi.com). his sister, Margot, in giving their parents Sarah’s hometown of Charleston, S.C. ding of and Elizabeth

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Shaun Ben Harwood Osman Ongun I recently caught up with named Stellan, born in mid-June. launched the web- Tracy Reuter (née Bucholski) says: “I’m moving to to create the comedic web series First Ting Kenneth Sim , and Chee Gan I also started medical school at the site thatsoundscool.com, which he calls writes: “Announcing the birth of our Istanbul to work for Multi Corp. after 10 Dates, which was released on July 27.

’05 in Singapore. Shaun recently Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm — the Airbnb of activities. It’s in beta second child, Lillian Jane Reuter, born years in London and in banking.” Check it out at firstdates.tv. Nathaniel Becker Chase Carolyn Christine Schook returned from his brother Yan Ting a late and exciting career shift.” testing in New Orleans, so check it out September 2 at 9:53 p.m. to me and writes: (now Cyrus Habib SEAS’06’s wedding to Emily Tsai is running for if you’re in the Big Easy and want to my husband, John Reuter, and proud “My wife, Annelise BC’04, and I moved Foster) and David Wesley Foster were SEAS’05 in Los Angeles. A number lieutenant governor of Washington get down like the locals. big brother, Jack.” after seven years — two blocks away! married on April 11 by the bride’s Italome Ohikhuare of Columbians were in attendance, State (cyrushabib.com). In other wrote, execu- Xan Nowakowski says: “My life Sign we might never leave Manhattan.” aunt, retired U.S. Court of Federal Paul Morton including Michael Sin ’05, Jennifer Washington news, is a tive-produced and starred in her first partner and I started a blog about From Max Shterngel ’04: “It was Claims Judge Christine O.C. Miller, Lee ’05, Sandy Huang ’05, Johnny Lan Ph.D. candidate in cinema studies at short film, The Mermaid, which won scholarship informed by the lived experi- great to see old friends at reunion this at the University Club of Chicago. SEAS’05, Jonathan Huang SEAS’05, Washington, in Seattle. the Best Film designation at the Canes ence of trauma and adversity; visit us at past summer! On August 16 I married Carolyn earned her medical doctorate Erica Yen ’05, Justin Wei SEAS’05 and In response to my email about Film Festival at the University of writewhereithurts.net and on Facebook.” the lovely Lena Kushnir at a sweaty at Harvard Medical School and recently Lien De Yanni Guo BC’06. Kenneth has been favorite vacation destinations, Miami and is touring the international Bartek Ringwelski reports: “My outdoor wedding in Williamsburg, finished her year as chief pediatric resi- Brouckere busy with his job at the Singapore writes, “My favorite recent festival circuit (themermaidfilm.com). wife, Marija, and I bought a house Brooklyn, just a few blocks from our dent at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Elizabeth Claire Saylor Workforce Development Agency vacation was cycling the Karakoram is a visit- in San Francisco. Also, her medical apartment. Columbians who helped us the University of Washington School Sebastian Siadecki, and took a business trip to Denmark, Highway through the Hunza Valley in ing assistant professor of Arabic at billing dispute startup recently got celebrate were of Medicine. David is a patent attorney, Greg O’KeeffeSEAS ’05, Sunil which he thoroughly enjoyed, he says. northern Pakistan, then through Xinjiang Bard College, having earned a Ph.D. funding. I am now a hang 2 licensed entrepreneur and founder of SnapDoc, Adam Libove Amin, Oleg Slinin, Ramya Angara writes, “After close to Province in China and ending in Bishkek, in Arabic literature from UC Berkeley hang glide pilot.” a legal software company in Seattle. He SEAS’05, Natasha Tsiouris, Jason three years at New York City’s Depart- Kyrgyzstan. Cycling on- and off-road was earlier this year. Her dissertation, A Joseph Choorapuzha announces: pursued his undergraduate studies in

Liang SEAS’05, M orse aul

ment of Investigation, in early August the best way to see and experience the Bridge Too Soon: The Life and Works of “On October 3, I married Jayne Abra- Kate Gluzberg ’04 computer science and mathematics and P I transitioned to the Brooklyn District stunning scenery; to enjoy the open air, ’Afifa Karam, The First Arab American ham in Chicago. In the bridal party and Jane Rubinshteyn BC’07. If you’re earned a law degree from the University Bryan Mochizuki ’07 married Hannah DeLetto on March 21 on the north Attorney’s Office as a senior assistant orchards, tea, apples, dried apricots and Woman Novelist, brings to light a from Columbia were Mark Chatoor looking for a beautiful outdoor venue of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The shore of Long Island. Left to right, back row: best man Jacob Olson ’07, district attorney in the Public Integrity challenging climbs; to meet people; to neglected pioneer of the Arabic novel, SEAS’05, Amil Mody SEAS’05 and for a smallish wedding, consider Jungle couple met and reside in Seattle. Rachael King Ady Barkan Tim Paulin ’08, Dan Neczypor ’08, Adrian Demko ’07 and Matthew Bars- Bureau. My unit investigates and pros- sleep in yurts; and so much more.” Lebanese immigrant writer and jour- Arturo Pelaez SEAS’05. Our flower Design NYC in Williamsburg.” and Jessica Chan amian ’07; middle row: Alana Weiss ’07, Luciana Olson BC’07, Geo Kara- ecutes corruption and fraud committed adds, “My last trip nalist Karam (1883–1924). girl was Madeleine Longo, daughter Congratulations to everyone on were married on October 9 at the petyan ’07, Jordy Lievers-Eaton ’07, the groom, the bride, Todd Abrams by elected officials and public servants was to Turkey for my wedding on Sep- After nearly a decade living in the of Tom Longo and Christina Longo the moves, babies, marriages and County Courthouse in Santa Barbara, ’07 and Stephanie Davis ’09; and front row: Andrew Walther ’07 and Noah at all levels of government. It has been a tember 5 to Anil Taner. In attendance perpetual spring of the West Coast, SEAS’05 (née Vullo).” abiding friendships! Write me at Calif., where they moved in September Katherine Jorda, Shay Weiner Cooper ’08. Not pictured but in attendance was Ben Baker ’07. great change so far.” were Elizabeth says she is relishing the In her first submission, Francesca [email protected] with 2014 for Rachael to be an assistant Oscar Chow recently married and Yong Woo SEAS’02. We were beautiful fall colors while revising her Hoffman writes: “I got married at the your news. professor of English at UC Santa Bar- Celeste Luk on the beach in Phuket, married in İskenderun, Turkey, but my dissertation into a book manuscript end of September in the Catskill Moun- bara. In attendance at the wedding were Ciel Hunter, Sim Kimmel, Davida Thailand, in the presence of a number of family and I traveled to Cappadocia and teaching Arabic language and tains to Celia Basner (Mount Holyoke ment of Health Policy and Management. I are ecstatic to announce the birth of Schiff SEAS’06 Jeremy Dell, Carlo Columbians including his brother Justin afterward. I highly recommend a hot literature to a brilliant and dedicated College ’06). We went to high school 2006 , We’re definitely enjoying it here, plus the our beautiful son, Miles Sebastian. He Jacob Boeding, Matthew Canepa Chow ’08, air balloon ride there at sunrise.” group of students. together on Long Island but never spoke REUNION and Jillian Wein Riley BC’05. proximity to NYC (and friends there) is was born on July 15 weighing 8 lbs., 9 Arrieta-Joy, Connie Raisa Belyavina Paul Chun ’04, is in the Kyrgyz until we officially connected a few years REUNION WEEKEND Ady is senior staff attorney at the Cen- a huge perk.” oz. We are loving every minute.” Chun June 2–5, 2016 Zak Kostro (née Sheu), Ethan Farbman ’02, Republic through the end of 2015 ago. Columbia attendees were Andrew ter for Popular Democracy, where he shares, “Happy to say Natalie Farbman BC’03 (née Fung), 2004 doing fieldwork research toward her Hao, Jennifer Preissel, Dan Fasten- Alumni Affairs Contact directs the Local Progress and Fed Up that after eight years of bartending Akram Zaman ’01, Rohan Saikia ’04, doctorate at Teachers College. berg, Laura Coradetti ’06, Sasha Davi- Fatima Yudeh campaigns (the latter of which recently since graduating (as well as pursuing 2008 Angela Georgopoulos Rebecca Breheney [email protected] Eric Wallace ’05 and Rajeev Emany ’05. (née Warner) dov SEAS’05, Rebecca Eskreis BC’05, received extensive coverage in The New voiceover and acting gigs in NYC and Anand Venkatesan 200 Water St., Apt. 1711 212-851-7834 Neda Navab married Bo married Jesse Breheney on July 26 at Matt McAndrews ’04, Nicole Tourtelot York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Los Angeles), I’m back at Columbia at New York, NY 10038 2016 353 King St., Apt. 633 Han at the University of Pennsylvania the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. ’04 and Karan Gulaya ’04.” Development Contact Street Journal, The Huffington Post and the Journalism School. It’s great to be [email protected] Merry Boak San Francisco, CA 94158 Museum of Archaeology and Anthro- welcomed a son, Theo Rachel Feinmark reports, “After Heather Siemienas other media). Rachael and Ady say they back at alma mater, living the dream [email protected] [email protected] pology in Philadelphia in September. Biber (CC’37?). He has already been almost a decade in Chicago, I recently are settling into the SoCal lifestyle and and doing what I love, writing.” 212-851-7855 Mariely Hernandez Columbians in attendance were No news this time, but here’s wishing showered with love and spoiled by his moved back to New York for a post- would love to see any CCers passing recently Daniel Dykema, Jackson Shafer Nikki Thompson you a happy holiday season and New honorary uncles and doc at the Tenement Museum. I’d love through the area. started at the clinical psychology doc- Happy New Year, CC’08! The mailbox Shelly Mittal, Gaurav Shah Paul Wright Keri Wachter Michelle Oh Sing BC’03, Year! Speaking of 2016, why not make and auntie . to reconnect with NYC people!” Congratulations to all the new- toral program at City College. was empty this time, so please send 9 N 9th St., Unit 401 Bryan Mochizuki and Peter Koechley. it a resolution to send in a Class Note? lyweds! Happy holidays to all and married Hannah news for future issues — your class- Philadelphia, PA 19107 Lisa Bearpark (née Pettersson) It could be about family, career, travels, wishing you the best in 2016! DeLetto on a Saturday in spring on the mates want to hear from you. No news [email protected] “recently had a second child, a boy everyday pastimes or special events. north shore of Long Island. In atten- is too small: From travels to career Jacob Olson, You never know what in your life dance were his best man, changes, from relationships to hobbies, Luciana Olson; will resonate with others and spark a Dear Class of 2006, here are some 2007 and his wife, grooms- let your classmates know what’s hap- Matthew Barsamian Ben connection (or reconnection!) with a updates from classmates: men and pening in your life. Send to the email David D. Chait Baker; Alana Weiss; Todd Abrams; classmate. Send your news to the email Jeremy Kotin took a hiatus from address at the top of the column or use 4621 Old Cheney Rd., Apt. 6 Adrian Demko; Jordy Lievers; Geo address at the top of this column or media work to edit and co-produce the the CCT webform college.columbia. Lincoln, NE 68516 Karapetyan; Andrew Walther; use the webform college.columbia.edu/ feature film Blood Stripe, which he looks Noah edu/cct/submit_class_note. [email protected] cct/submit_class_note. forward to bringing to film festivals in Cooper ’08; Dan Neczypor ’08; Stepha- 2016. He’s extremely excited to spend nie Davis ’08; and Tim Paulin ’08. the winter working with Baz Luhrmann I hope that everyone is having an There are also lots of new faces and 2009 2005 on his new series for Netflix. enjoyable winter (and staying warm)! several potential members of the Class Alidad Damooei Send in This past August, Will Thomas Thanks to everyone who submitted of 2038: Claire McDonnell c/o CCT defended his dissertation in phi- notes for this issue. Remember, you can My wife, Amanda Mullens Chait Your News 47 Maiden Ln., 3rd Fl. Columbia Alumni Center losophy, thus successfully bringing send along an update or note at any point; GSAPP’13, and I are happy to San Francisco, CA 94108 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 Share what’s happening in to a close his combined J.D./Ph.D. just email me at david.donner.chait@ announce we welcomed a daughter, [email protected] New York, NY 10025 program at Michigan. gmail.com or use the CCT webform Julia Rose, on July 1. She is an absolute your life with classmates. [email protected] College sweethearts Talibah college.columbia.edu/cct/submit_ joy and is already developing a complex A ndre L. P erry Click “Contact Us” at Hi Class of 2005! Here are some updates: Newman SOA’13 and Uzo Ometu class_note. from her oodles of Columbia gear. Nate Bliss Talibah Newman Ometu ’06 and Uzo Ometu ’06 were married on May 2 in Liz Miller Valentina Castillo college.columbia.edu/cct, or and his wife, Amira BUS’13 married in Riviera Maya, Here are some exciting updates (née Epstein) shares, “Some and Frederick Riviera Maya, Cancun. Here, with their wedding party, left to right: Brittany Jonathan Bliss (née Ibrahim) BC’05, SIPA’09 Mexico, on May 2, accompanied by from classmates: exciting news: My husband, Gaston Hall were married in Atlanta email or mail to the address Dubose ’08, Chad Musgrove ’10, Victor Ometu, Quinn Miles, Megan Browder Abby Friedman Miller, welcomed baby Miles on July 16. After friends, family, colleagues and various writes, “A year ago, and I welcomed our precious son, on August 29. The couple met in law ’06, Randy Appiah, the bride, the groom, Jeff Coles ’06, Melanie Singleton at the top of your column. some time off during the summer, the classmates from the College and the my husband and I moved to New Haven Nathaniel Asher, on July 13.” school and will live in Washington, D.C. ’06, Narada Newman, Simone Gaines ’06, Segun Oluwadele, Retanya Dunbar, Samantha Feingold Criss TiffanyT ang, Nora Sturm, Caleb van family is resettled in their home in Business School. The couple resides where I’m an assistant professor in the writes, Gunwa Oluwadele, Stephanie Colley ’06, Marty Ometu and Yinka Oluwadele. der Swaagh, Saumil Kachhy, Andrew strollerville Brooklyn. in New York City and collaborated Yale School of Public Health’s Depart- “My husband, Dr. Jonathan Criss, and

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Scheineson, Amari Hammonds and never the type of person to believe that tory Theater in San Francisco. At the know a ton of people from CU are Answers to Core Quiz on page 80 Teddy Poll, Tara Menon, Dhruv Scott Maxfield and Carmen Ricardo Saavedra SEAS’09 were on our nation would need as much help as time of this writing, he was playing either areligious or anti-religious, Vasishtha, Elyssa Goldberg ’12, Molly Rosenberg-Miller, who started dating 1. In September 1919, “Introduction to Contemporary Civilization in the West” Victoria Callaway hand to celebrate the union and the those countries on the lower rungs of Wickham in a world premiere produc- and I probably sound like an athlete was created as the first course in what became the Core Curriculum. Spector BC’11 and as juniors, got engaged on July 2. Scott close of their two years of long-distance the GDP scale, nor was I the type to be tion of Pride and Prejudice at Center after they’ve won the championship in Fairfax, Va., for the wedding of proposed under the George Washington September 1937. dating. The Columbia College crowd seen in any of our Columbia University Stage in Baltimore. He also wrote and who has to say, ‘I give it all up to the 2. Nora Diamond to Austin Jones. They Bridge during a run along the Hudson was well represented on the dance floor, gear. I am a former cynic and native of directed an award-winning short film, man upstairs, without whom this all 3. September 1947. met at UVA Law and will be attorneys River. He is an associate in the Urban much to the bride’s delight. the Upper West Side. However, my new The Train, starring Academy Award wouldn’t be possible.’ I believe it’s true. 4. Homer’s Iliad, Aeschlyus’ Oresteia and Dante’s Inferno. in Washington, D.C. We wish them Investment Group at Goldman Sachs, On June 27, Spencer Silverstein position demands that I demonstrate winner Eli Wallach in his final perfor- But I also want to point out that I’m the best as long as they stay out of where he has worked since graduation, surprised his girlfriend of three years, what a proud Columbia graduate is by mance. The film has played at numerous going through this journey to uncover 5. Sophocles’ Oedipus the King. medical malpractice law. and Carmen began a Ph.D. in art history Alex Gross Ashley Zwoyer, by proposing to her in wearing our apparel for some of the festivals this year, including The Van- what God, my purpose on this planet, 6. A second year of CC, called “Introduction to Contemporary Problems says he had a whirlwind at Princeton this past fall, focusing on beautiful Santa Barbara, Calif., wine smartest middle school students that couver International Film Festival. humanity, etc. all mean. These ques- in the United States,” was introduced in 1928; it became elective in summer: He graduated from the M.B.A. 19th-century French art. Scott and Car- Jing Li country at the Demetria Estate in the New York City has to offer. has been steadily making tions have pretty big implications that 1961 and was dropped in 1968. program at Notre Dame and started a men recently moved from Manhattan to Santa Ynez Valley. After enjoying a “I missed the opportunity to attend a career transition into investments could and should affect the rest of my 7. Jane Austen, whose Pride and Prejudice was added in 1985 and remains. brand management job in Columbus, Brooklyn, after buying an apartment by weekend of emotional euphoria with this year’s reunion, but I am now research. Right after undergrad, he life and my outlook on things, so I’m Ohio, with Scotts Miracle-Gro helping McCarren Park, and thoroughly enjoy 8. James V. Mirollo GSAS’61 and J.W. Smit. excellent food, wine and scenery, the more aware of the real impact that our was a fundraiser to get by and took trying (and it’s tough in cities, where a people of all ages express themselves on their neighborhood. couple returned to Los Angeles to attendance at Columbia has on us. The graduate-level accounting and finance young person’s life is so deeply secular) 9. An Extended Core requirement was created in 1990; this evolved into their own piece of the earth, he says. As you get engaged, married or celebrate their engagement with their honor of being a member of CC’10 is classes. He also interned with a family to confront them in an intentional Major Cultures and finally into what is now the Global Core. Between those events, he competed in make celibacy vows, keep your class immediate families. They will be married clear to me as I (and the team of fel- office for the past few years. He’s in his way. For me, that experience looks like 10. Plato and Shakespeare. the International Federation of Ameri- correspondents notified! We love hear- on October 15, 2016, in Los Angeles. lows) work to lead the next generation second year at the Business School and attending church, getting involved in can Football World Championship for ing from you, and we wish you a very Stephanie Chou released her second of thinkers toward the future.” looks to make a full career jump with a faith community and surrounding the American team (he played profes- Happy New Year. Dan D’Addario full-length CD, Compass. It is the debut lives in Brooklyn his M.B.A. Any leads in credit or equity myself with people who will challenge sionally in Europe for two years follow- Jacob Schneider. recording of the Octavia Romano and with his fiancé, Dan research-related roles would be much me and keep me accountable. For the to balance reality with the romantic remind me of the values that I hold ing graduation)! The team won the gold Stephanie Chou duo; the two perform is a staff writer at Time magazine and appreciated: [email protected]. longest time (and even still), I have idealism that you have in your dreams. true and dear. There’s really nothing medal (as the American team should in 2012 Chris Yim: folk songs and originals sung in English, Jacob, who recently graduated from And from “I recently had this way of making up rules for After 2½ years in San Francisco, a big that I can complain about. Until the an American football tournament). He Sarah Chai Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese. Octa- the NYU School of Law, is working in read some of the Class Notes in the myself, deciding what I thought was part of me is itching to travel and see next episode, I bid you farewell.” says he felt ancient and rusty compared c/o CCT via is an Argentinian guitarist Stephanie the family defense practice at Brooklyn Fall 2015 issue, and the most badass moral and immoral, right and wrong. the world. I’m not very different from to the gang of recent graduates but the Columbia Alumni Center met during graduate studies in music Defender Services. Dan and Jacob got one that I’ve ever read is from Kasey It’s a very egocentric approach to how anyone else our age. I know that I have game returned to him quickly after a few 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 composition at City College. The CD engaged on a recent trip to Berlin. Koopmans ’11. She hiked thousands of you live your life, and it starts to paint to do it before I have a kid, and at 2011 practices and he had a successful tourna- Jehan Sparks New York, NY 10025 release concert/party was at Rockwood is entering the third miles on the Pacific Crest Trail and got your lens on how you see people/ the same time, there are professional REUNION ment. He has settled in Columbus and [email protected] Music Hall in NYC on October 24. year of her Ph.D. in social psychology out alive, giving me major FOMO. world — as equally selfish, greedy and aspirations that I want to fulfill. It’s REUNION WEEKEND would love to connect with Lions there. June 2–5, 2016 Visit stephaniechoumusic.com to hear at UC Davis. Her research focuses on “Oh man, where to begin? Here’s self-seeking. I know that this isn’t the hard to squeeze all your dreams into There is no alumni group in central Ohio or buy the album; you can also hear her behavioral economics and judgment what else is going on: way I want to be and something has to a mason jar with finite capacity. Also, Alumni Affairs Contact (only in Cleveland and Cincinnati) so As 2015 draws to a close, I wish the previous full-length album, Prime Knot and decision making. “On married life: An older friend change. Check in with me about this you get used to having a certain type of Fatima Yudeh he has been adopted by the Dartmouth Class of 2012 a wonderful holiday Veronica Couzo [email protected] (2011), and C for G, her 2012 commis- married her law told me something poignant about later. This effort has been a few years lifestyle and it’s hard to not have that group. Whomp. season and a Happy New Year. I am 212-851-7834 sion for former American Ballet Theatre school sweetheart on July 25. After marriage. It sounds like a no-brainer, in the making now; it’s a tough one. when you think about moving from Ryan Gingery declares he is listen- sure many exciting things will happen 2016 principal ballerina Susan Jaffe, there. living in Memphis for a year during but she said, ‘You’ve got to be able to David Foster Wallace says ‘We all wor- place to place. I’m definitely seeking Development Contact ing to his Truth and letting it dictate during the holidays, so send in those Your classmates want to hear from Veronica’s clerkship with the Honor- tell each other anything.’ People have ship something.’ We have to figure out advice here. Feel free to share :). Heather Siemienas how he expresses himself. updates afterward! Here’s the latest: [email protected] you! Please share news about yourself, able Julia Smith Gibbons, the couple been asking me what’s different since for ourselves what that thing is. “On philosophizing: I’ve never con- Tomas Rodriguez says he had an This past summer, Columbia soccer 212-851-7855 Nora Dooley Mike Maz- your career and/or your travels — even recently moved to Chicago. They are I’ve gotten married (which I still can’t “On wanderlust: I grew up watch- sidered myself someone who is super incredibly exciting summer. On May alums and zullo a favorite Columbia College memory. excited to be Chicago homeowners and believe), and my response usually is, ing too many movies and spending sophisticated. I’m a country bumpkin 29 his son, Tomas Enrique, was born traveled to South Africa and Nuriel Moghavem and You can write to me at the address at Veronica is thrilled to have started in ‘The big difference now is that it’s for a lot of time on the Internet. When from the sticks of Virginia who was and he and his wife, Valentina, have Malawi to volunteer with Coaches Sean Udell the top of the column or via the CCT October as an associate at Jones Day. life.’ What those two things together you do this, you get this idea planted fortunate enough to not grow up with tremendously enjoyed being with him Across Continents. CAC partners with Isla Hansen Ryan c/o CCT webform college.columbia.edu/cct/ Artist shares, “ mean is that I’m not able to have a in your head of what your life should a thick Southern accent. I was one (despite not sleeping much). They all local organizations across the globe to Withall SEAS’10 Katharine Columbia Alumni Center submit_class_note. and fully healthy relationship with my wife, look like. If you’re an extroverted of those kids who never talked in Lit moved to California in September, use soccer for positive social change. In Abrams 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 are engaged to be married Grace (’10 Parsons), if I can’t tell her experience-seeker, and you’ve grown Hum or CC because I didn’t want to where Tomas began an M.B.A. pro- an interview with Columbia Athlet- New York, NY 10025 next May. Their wedding ceremony the things that I’m feeling, and I have up somewhat privileged like I have, sound stupid (and also because I never gram at Stanford. ics published on August 20, Mike [email protected] 2010 will be performed by me — I earned to be fiercely honest — though there’s then you want to do so much. It’s hard read any of the books — I read slowly, Akosua Ayim recently completed explained, “Coaches Across Continents [email protected] an M.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon this a difference there from being brutally OK?!). I had also never been exposed her M.B.A. at the University of Cam- has an unusual platform: using sport Julia Feldberg year and recently became a minister for honest. You have to also be careful, to intellectualism at that level, get- bridge and plans to move to London to to teach about anything from gender One Western Ave., Apt. 717 the Church of The Flying Spaghetti because once you say something you ting immersed in conversation about Though you’re reading this in Decem- continue the dreaded job search. At the equity to HIV to mathematics. It’s Boston, MA 02163 Monster for the sole purpose of marry- can’t ever take it back, which happens society, race, privilege, how to enact ber, we’re writing these notes in the moment she is interning with Adludio, a education through soccer. Sounded like [email protected] ing my many, many straight friends a ton when you’re in the heat of the change and take action. Since college, first week of September; TimeHop is London-based start-up that creates sen- a great idea to me!” and passing these ceremonies off as moment. In marriage, it’s good to have Read I haven’t been involved too much, so reminding us that about eight years sory advertisement campaigns. If anyone Mike returned to New York in the Lauren “Casey” Hayes-Deats Adam Lampell joined art projects. may be short-term memory loss, to be able CCT those brain muscles have atrophied. ago we were reading The Iliad and is in the London/Cambridge area, please fall to resume teaching and coaching the staff of the Brooklyn Arts Exchange involved with these shenanigans (but to forget (and forgive) the things that CCT And let’s face it, people in Silicon posting bizarre status updates. Also, feel free to drop a line! soccer at his alma mater, Fordham Tania Harsono as education manager. She is also com- he probably is, guesses this authority).” happen. The fortunate thing about Valley don’t care too much about the is it just us, or are On September 5, Kasey Koop- Prep in the Bronx, while Nora works Olivia Frazao Chris Elizondo SEAS’11 pleting her master’s in applied theater recently moved back marriage being a forever-type of thing Online common people/good. However, I’ve and in every mans completed the Pacific Crest full-time with CAC. Varun Paul Hsiao at CUNY and had the opportunity to to NYC and is developing her life is that you are forced to figure it out. To opt out of the print had good influences here — picture from first year ever? Trail, hiking 2,650 miles between the reports that he had the Gulati SEAS’10, Jake Grumbach Sean Udell travel to Rwanda this past summer to coaching and energy healing career. I am lucky to have a person who is edition, click “Manage Since our last update, Canadian and Mexican borders. After best summer ever, starting with the facilitate workshops for undergraduates She’s excited to connect with other equally committed to the figuring it and Rohit Iragavarapu ’12 — who is in the throes of his first year of four months of living in the forest, launch of his side project, Standard Nuriel studying drama education. She hopes to alumni who share similar interests. out part, even when I’m a total pain Your Subscription” at keep the wheels spinning and ask the medical school at Penn and she’s now sitting in Seattle and trying Shirt, a menswear company focusing Jordan Fraade Moghavem return to the country for a longer stay! writes, “I recently and acting like a child. I know I’m challenging questions. I still sit on the has moved to Sacramento, to figure out what’s next. on — you guessed it — shirts. He col- Daryl Rashaan King college.columbia.edu/cct Vesal Yazdi writes, “After started a master’s in urban and regional painting a very real version of marriage and follow the domestic sidelines silently, but I do ponder and Calif., to work for his local legislator started classes at laborated with Michael Discenza ’13, pursuing various stints at art galleries, planning at UCLA, where I’m study- but it’s an awesome thing to find the talk to my wife about it. in the California State Assembly for a Harvard Business School this past fall GSAS’15 to create the visual aesthetic nonprofits and other organizations, I ing public transportation and land-use person you want share your life with instructions. You’ll receive “As always, thanks to everyone who year. He hopes to learn more about the and became engaged to Nicole Cerutti of the company. He says he also had a Emily Ahn am as surprised as anyone to announce policy. For my first year I’ll be navigat- and have him or her involved in all the an email when each new keeps me on my toes and challenges legislative process and is set to work on BC’12 after proposing in Sydney, lovely time with in Cape that I recently started working as an ing Los Angeles by bus and bike — complexities and intricacies of it. me. Thanks to those whom I have in water policy, among other items. Australia. They never met while at Cod during the July 4 weekend. urban education fellow for a local New wish me luck!” “On the eternal search for truth: I issue is posted. my life who are compassionate and Before moving to Sacramento, Columbia, despite the overlap, but Congratulations are in order for Asher Grodman Zack Susel Ricky Michele Beth Levbarg- York City charter school as a part of earned an M.F.A. know that I write some very appar- teach me humility. I am blessed to Nuriel joined with , were introduced later through friends newlyweds Schweitzer Diana Greenwald Klein AmeriCorps. To be more precise, I was in acting from the American Conserva- ent Christian stuff in my updates. I surround myself with good people who , , — quite serendipitous! and Max Rayden! They were

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platform that blends crowd-sourced edu if you — or you and a friend; a two- content with professional editing. After person team is fine too, if you want to 10 weeks in beta with a closed group share the job — are interested or have obituaries of writers — who, she says, produced a questions about the role. wide range of stories from an interview CCT thanks Emily Dreibelbis Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New Committee, where he was instrumen- with a 2016 presidential contender for her great work during the past 1936 York. In 1958 Wallace joined Cornell, tal in obtaining funds from the Port to a candid sit-down with A$AP 1½ years. Until a new correspondent where he was a professor of genetics Authority of New York & New Jersey, Rocky — the mobile-first news site has is on board, please send your news Venan J. Alessandroni, attorney, Old until 1981; he then joined the biology enabling Hoboken to purchase a por- hard-launched and is fully open to the to CCT at the email address at the Greenwich, Conn., on November 20, department at Virginia Tech, where tion of the waterfront for development. public. The site is receiving rave reviews top of the column or via the CCT 2014. Alessandroni earned a degree from he became University Distinguished He also led homeowners associations in TechCrunch and Columbia Journalism webform college.columbia.edu/cct/ the Law School in 1939. During WWII, Professor of Biology and was active until in South Mantoloking, N.J., and Pom- Review as well as garnering server-bust- submit_class_note. he served in 1943–44 as a member of the he retired in 1994. In 1970 Wallace pano Beach. Rotondi is survived by his ing traffic numbers. After more than Board of Economic Warfare, stationed at was elected to the National Academy wife of 69 years, Marie (née Senatore); 2.5 million page views and hundreds of Léopoldville (Kinshasa) in the Belgian of Sciences. He was a member of the daughter, Mary-Frances Dougherty, posted articles, now anyone can log in 2015 Congo. He remained in the Congo American Academy of Arts and Sci- and her husband, Robert; son, Charles, and create stories on Slant, get profes- for 14 months and traveled extensively ences and was president of the Genetics and his wife, Patricia; four grandchil- Kareem Carryl sionally edited and get paid for his or throughout Central Africa. From Society of America, the American dren; and three great-grandchildren. c/o CCT her work. If you like to write, Amanda 1945 to 1946, as a first lieutenant in Society of Naturalists, the Society for the Columbia Alumni Center suggests you try out Slant’s easy-to-use the Army, Alessandroni was appointed Study of Evolution and the American 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 creator tool, found on slantnews.com. chief military judge in Seoul, Korea; he Genetic Association, as well as an editor James J. Byrnes ’42 1947 New York, NY 10025 Stephanie Nass founded Victory presided over the trial of approximately of Evolutionary Biology. Samuel Roth ’12 married Helena Yoo ’16 in a traditional Korean wedding Club, a project to bring together [email protected] 50 members of the Communist Party. retiring he volunteered for 20 years, fixing Sidney Gelber, university co-founder, ceremony at the Westin Chosun in Seoul, South Korea, on August 22. Left to friends of friends over the culinary and In recognition of this service, he was Robert S. Wallerstein, psychoanalyst, bicycles for young children, at the Christ- administrator and professor, New York right: Seoung Yeon Kim LAW’16; the groom’s sister, Sarah Roth ’16; the groom; visual arts. Victory Club began as a Hello, Class of 2015! Let’s jump right awarded the Army Commendation Belvedere Tiburon, Calif., on December mas Toy Shop in St. Petersburg, Fla. City, on November 13, 2014. Born the bride; the groom’s father, Steve Roth ’77; and Yongho Kim GSAS’92. way to bridge the gap between a liberal into the news: Ribbon. Throughout his law career, Ales- 21, 2014. Born in Berlin, Germany, Byrnes met his wife, Joan, at Brookhaven in New York, Gelber graduated from Maria Diez arts college experience and post- was recently the set/ sandroni lectured and wrote extensively in 1921, Wallerstein moved with his National Laboratory in New York; they DeWitt Clinton H.S. and served in college life in a non-creative industry. costume designer for Ennui: An on estate planning. In 1974, he became family to New York City at 2. He married in 1951. She survives him, as Army counterintelligence during WWII. married on August 27 in a beautiful at none other than Mel’s Burger Bar, Stephanie, a trained chef, started English Comedy with a French title for an an adjunct visiting professor at the Uni- earned a degree from P&S in 1944 and do his daughters, Maureen, Eileen and He earned an M.A. in 1950 and a Ph.D. ceremony at The Pierre in New York which was (as Randy put it) “a staple cooking for friends in her shoebox American audience, a new comedy written versity of Miami School of Law. He was became an internationally renowned Colleen; and two grandsons. in 1954, both from GSAS, and joined City. After a honeymoon in Hawaii, of our college experience”! New York City apartment in late 2014. and directed by Henrietta Steventon the estate tax and gift tax editor of The psychoanalyst after having trained at the Columbia’s philosophy department the couple plans to live in New York Congratulations, Randy and Kiva! The springboard for conversation at ’18, which ran at the Theater for the Journal of Taxation and was published in Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kan., faculty. Gelber was on the editorial and Palm Beach, Fla. In 2013, Michele After seven fantastic years in New that time was the work on her walls New City August 30–September 6. The The Banking Journal; Journal of Taxation; where he became director of research. 1945 committee that rewrote the source book Vighnesh Subramanyan earned an M.A in history of art from York City, — primarily her own paintings but Dream Up Festival, at which the play and Journal of the University of Miami Wallerstein received the Sigourney for Contemporary Civilization, and Benjamin R. Kaplan, the Courtauld Institute of Art in moved to Philadelphia this past year. also treasured gifts from artist friends. debuted, describes the plot as: “A director Institute on Estate Planning. Alessandroni Award for Outstanding Contributions retired attorney, he taught classes with Lionel Trilling London. She is an assistant buyer for He writes, “While it is sad to move Now, with 50 subscribing members faces ex-lovers, Method actors, a psychic is survived by his wife of 35 years, the to Psychoanalysis in 1991. His 20 books Brooklyn, N.Y., on November 28, 2014. ’25, GSAS’38 and Fred Dupee. Gelber handbags at Bergdorf Goodman. from a city that I have been thrilled to and hundreds of guests, the project has assistant, horrible British accents and former Adelle Lincoln. and his more than 350 scholarly articles Kaplan was born in Brooklyn in 1925 helped to create and build SUNY Stony Alexandra Lotero is a data call my home through these formative outgrown her apartment; events take even fedora-phobia as she attempts to made a vast contribution to the scientific and was in the first graduating class at Brook and rose to academic VP and manager at Student Success Network, a years, I am excited to be starting an place bimonthly around New York stage a 1920s British farce.” study of psychoanalysis. He was an advo- Midwood H.S. He earned a degree in provost. In 2001 he published a book, networked improvement community of M.B.A. program at Wharton. To (with pop-ups in the Hamptons and The creative team also included 1940 cate for training analytic practitioners 1951 from the Law School and owned a Politics and Public Higher Education in education and youth development non- classmates in the area: I would love to London) in art venues like galleries, Mike Kling GS’17 (lighting designer) from lay backgrounds and founded the storefront law office on the Lower East New York State: Stony Brook—A Case His- Albon P. Man IV, profits that work together to ensure that get in touch; please do drop me a line museums, artists’ studios, homes with as well as Alex Taylor BC’15 (assistant editor, Palisades, Doctor of Mental Health program at Side of Manhattan, on Avenue B, where tory, a definitive history of the university. New York City students are empowered at [email protected]!” private collections and restaurants director/stage manager). N.Y., on October 22, 2014. Man UC Berkeley-UCSF. Wallerstein was he practiced for 50 years. Kaplan was He also shared his expertise with Ben- with the social/emotional learning com- with art collections. The project has As always, your classmates want earned a degree from GSAS as well as predeceased by his wife of 65 years, an avid blues record collector and had Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, petencies needed to succeed in college been covered in Town & Country, The to hear from you! Write to me at the a degree from the Law School, both Judith, and son, Michael. He is survived a complete Bessie Smith collection on where he was on the Board of Governors and in life. Classmates can contact her at 2013 Observer, Food & Wine and Harper’s address at the top of the column or via in 1950. He worked at Prentice Hall, by his daughters, Nina and Amy; original 78s. He is survived by his wife, and received an honorary doctorate and [email protected]. Bazaar, and membership grows daily. the CCT webform college.columbia. where he became editor-in-chief of his daughter-in-law, Liz; sons-in-law, Glenn Charlotte, whom he married in 1952. a Lifetime Achievement Award. Gelber Celine Pascheles Tala Akhavan is in her fourth As always, I encourage everyone to edu/cct/submit_class_note. division, and at the American Institute and David; and five grandchildren. also was an accomplished pianist who c/o CCT year of medical school and is applying submit updates so classmates can hear of Certified Public Accountants. Man Memorial contributions may be made Columbia Alumni Center for her residency in the field of emer- about your accomplishments and mile- was a community volunteer and activ- to the Wallerstein Memorial Library, 1946 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 gency medicine. She is excited about the stones. Feel free to email me directly or ist for peace both early and late in his UCLFAA, Inc. (University College New York, NY 10025 Paul C. Rotondi, Obituary Submission year ahead and eagerly awaits her match. submit via the CCT webform college. life. He was predeceased by his wife of London), c/o Chapel and York, 1000 N. business executive, [email protected] Guidelines Good luck, Celine! columbia.edu/cct/submit_class_note. 44 years, Yolanda Abruzzi Man, and is West St., Ste 1200, Wilmington, DE Lakewood, N.J., and Pompano Beach, Chuck Roberts Columbia College Today welcomes This past fall, Happy Holidays! Columbia survived by his son, Anthony; daugh- 19801; or New Israel Fund, PO Box Fla., on January 28, 2015. Rotondi obituaries for College alumni. started his first year as part of the Happy winter, Class of 2013! I hope ter, Angela Pungello, and her husband, 96712, Washington, DC 20077-7438. served in the Army Air Force during Deaths are noted in the next Stanford Law Class of 2018. everyone is gearing up for the holidays College Steven; and one grandson. WWII. He was president of Dan Dee available issue in the “Other Congrats, Chuck! and enjoying a break from the heat! 2014 Belt & Bag Co., Hoboken; was chair- Deaths Reported” box. Complete On August 23, Randy Subramany Thanks to those who submitted updates Alumni 1942 man and CEO of Washington Savings obituaries will be published in an proposed to Kiva Eisenstock BC’12 in on their whereabouts this quarter. Columbia College Today on Facebook 1941 Bank, Hoboken; and served on various upcoming issue, pending receipt of front of the lawns near Hartley and Wal- Ryan Mandelbaum has moved back Columbia Alumni Center James J. Byrnes, chemical engineer, boards, including Wearever-Proctor- information. Due to the volume of lach Halls. Randy planned an elaborate to New York after spending two years 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 Bruce Wallace, retired professor, St. Petersburg, Fla., on February 18, Silex. Rotondi was president or chair- obituaries that CCT receives, it may facebook.com/alumnicc take several issues for the complete surprise involving the couple’s families managing software implementations New York, NY 10025 Blacksburg, Va., on January 12, 2015. 2015. Born the son of Irish immigrants man of nearly every group he joined, [email protected] obituary to appear. Word limit is 200; (including Kiva’s parents, who flew in for Epic Systems in Verona, Wis. He is Like the page to get Born and raised in McKean, Pa., Wallace in New York City, Byrnes entered with including the Cliffside Park Board text may be edited for length, clarity from California), Robert McMahon, pursuing a master’s in journalism with an earned a bachelor’s in zoology in 1941. the Class of 1942 and graduated from of Education; the North Hudson William Mazur, alumni news, learn and style at the editors’ discretion. Emma Sorkin BC’12, advanced certificate in science reporting Calling all CC’14ers! CCT needs a His Ph.D. study under Theodosius Engineering in 1943. He worked on the YMCA; the Hoboken Rotary Club Click “Contact Us” at college. Brandon Christophe, William Reggio at NYU’s Science, Health, and Environ- new Class Notes correspondent for this about alumni events Dobzhansky at Columbia was inter- Manhattan Project, helping to develop (Walter Head Fellow); the Hoboken columbia.edu/cct, or mail materials SEAS’13, Jessica Cui BC’12, Marc mental Reporting program with hopes column. Being a class correspondent is and College happenings, rupted by WWII. After four years in the the atomic bomb, and later worked for and Hudson County Chambers of to Obituaries Editor, Columbia Fitorre SEAS’11, Sarah Brovman ’11 of becoming a science journalist. You can a great way to stay in touch with friends Army, Wallace returned to Columbia Burns & Roe as a project manager, build- Commerce; the Model Cities Program; College Today, Columbia Alumni and Amanda Hofman BC’03. see his pieces on scienceline.org. and classmates and to share all the view photos and more. and earned a Ph.D. in biological sciences ing a number of power plants. He ended the Hoboken Steering Committee Center, 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530, After the proposal, the group took Amanda Gutterman updates us amazing things that the class is up to! from GSAS in 1949. He took a position his career there as a VP. Byrnes enjoyed for Redevelopment Projects; and 6th Fl., New York, NY 10025. photos on campus and then celebrated on her work with Slant, a journalism Please reach out to us at cct@columbia. at, and later was assistant director of, the solving problems and fixing things. After the Hoboken Waterfront Advisory

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performed in Carnegie Hall with his attended its elementary school as well 63 years of marriage, raising four He began his career with Mobil but sports enthusiast. His wife survives him, N.J. Olstein had broad experience in wife, Anita, and valued the two years that as medical school (PS’53) and resi- children in Garden City, Long Island. spent most of it in metallurgy with as do his daughters Carolyn Green and intellectual property law and was an Other Deaths Reported he was president of the Mannes College dency. He was a Columbia University Vellvé traveled extensively throughout Huntington Alloys. In 1960, Rudolph Pamela Townsend Jenkins; son, Ben- expert in chemical and biochemical Columbia College Today also has learned of the following of Music. He is survived by his children, Medical Center faculty member, special the Southern Hemisphere, principally moved to Houston, where he began jamin; two grandchildren; and brother, inventions, with particular emphasis deaths. Complete obituaries will be published in an upcoming Alexis, Stephen and Valerie, sons- and adviser to the dean for international as a sales representative for American his family. As an adult, he learned to Robert. He was predeceased by his on their medical applications. He is issue, pending receipt of information. Due to the volume of daughter-in-law, Mark Whitaker, affiliations and ultimately professor Seating Co. products. At retirement in speak Spanish and Portuguese fluently, daughter Laurie. Memorial contribu- survived by his wife, Joan; sons, Erik obituaries that CCT receives, it may take several issues for the Abraham Yacob and Susan Luciano; and emeritus of neurological surgery. A 1984, Vellvé moved his family to Paris, in addition to German, which he could tions may be made to the Leukemia & and his wife, Kathleen, and Jon and his complete obituary to appear. five grandchildren. He was predeceased distinguished neurosurgeon, Housepian where he toured widely. Before his speak from childhood. He enjoyed Lymphoma Society. wife, Laura; and five grandchildren. in 2012 by his wife of 64 years. made early contributions to cerebro- health declined, Vellvé assisted with travel, and his love of Mayan ruins led vascular and image-guided stereotactic interviews and acceptance coaching of to one of the biggest adventures of his 1936  Carl E. Schorske, retired university professor, Peter LaForte, 1960 1962 East Windsor, N.J., on September 13, 2015. ophthalmologist, surgery. Loyal to his Armenian heri- French applicants to the College. He life: a three-week canoe trip down the Ridgefield, Conn., on August 24, 2014. tage, he helped organize relief efforts is survived by his wife; two daughters; Usumacinta River between Mexico and 1939 Jerome G. Arnold, Stamford, Conn., on September 30, 2015. LaForte was born in Frankfort, N.Y., on after the major earthquake in Armenia two sons; and six grandchildren. Guatemala with four close friends in Stephen B. Brown, attorney, New Harvey J. Goldschmid, law profes- 1940 Franklin N. Gould, Arlington, Va., on November 25, 2014. November 27, 1924. Moving to Brook- in the 1990s, for which he received 1977. Rudolph is survived by his wife, York City, on December 27, 2014. sor, New York City, on February 12, lyn, N.Y., with his family at an early several honorary doctorates from its Dianna; children, Kristen, Bill and Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and a lifelong 2015. Goldschmid was born on May 1941  Ulrich P. Strauss, retired chemistry professor, age, he graduated from NYU Medical medical institutions, its Presidential 1953 Susan; and sister, Mary. He was pre- New Yorker, Brown played basketball 6, 1940, in the Bronx, N.Y., where his Highland Park, N.J., on August 7, 2015. School. In a career that spanned more Citation and the Humanitarian Award deceased by a son, Richard. Memorial at Columbia and attended NYU Law father was a furrier and a postal worker. Julius “Jules” L. Ross, 1942 Walter C. Boschen, retired editor, Wolfeboro, N.H., than 60 years, LaForte initially practiced from the American Association of retired financial contributions may be made to Border School. He earned a second bachelor’s, Goldschmid said in an SEC Historical on June 7, 2015. pediatric medicine and in later years Neurological Surgeons. executive, New York City, on December Collie Rescue Texas (bcrescuetexas.org). a B.S. in 1961 from Engineering. Society interview he knew he wanted returned to complete a medical residency, 4, 2014. Born in the Bronx, Ross was a For many years, Brown was general to be a lawyer from the time he was 1943  Michael S. Bruno, physician, New York City, pursuing a career in ophthalmology. Eugene D. McGahren Jr., retired retired Air Force officer, avid sports fan counsel at Champion International, 12. He earned a degree in 1964 from on November 16, 2015. He maintained a private practice in attorney, arbitrator and judge, Yonkers, and voracious reader. A 1954 alumnus of 1955 and after retirement was town attorney SIPA and another in 1965 from the ophthalmology in Stamford. A WWII N.Y., on January 2, 2015. A graduate the Business School, Ross had a success- for Southampton, N.Y. He claimed Law School. Goldschmid joined the 1945 Jerome Rothenberg, professor emeritus of economics, Richard B. Knapp, Waban, Mass., on August 10, 2015. Army veteran, LaForte was a member of of Roosevelt H.S., McGahren earned ful business career and then devoted his physician, New the “World Record for Grandparent Law School faculty in 1970 and became the American Academy of Ophthalmol- a degree from the Law School in 1952 time to reading, playing bridge, attending York City, on November 29, 2014. Attendance” at baseball, basketball, the Dwight Professor of Law in 1984. 1946  Ira E. Shein, retired commodities trader, Teaneck, N.J., ogy, Connecticut State Medical Society, before serving as a lieutenant in the Navy Torah study and enjoying the company Knapp graduated from New York lacrosse, tennis and golf events along He was general counsel of the U.S. on October 28, 2015. Senior Men’s Club of New Canaan and and Merchant Marines. After return- of his wife of 36 years, Carole; children Medical College (NYMC) and the Eastern Seaboard, where his five Securities and Exchange Commission the Country Club of Darien. He was a ing from two tours around the world, Jennifer and her husband, Michael, Peter completed a residency in anesthesia grandchildren participated during from 1998 to 1999 and a special senior 1948 sears E. Edwards, physician, Garden City, N.Y., member of St. Mary Catholic Church including time in the Korean War, he and his wife, Barbra, and David and his at Cornell-New York Hospital. His the last decade. They survive him, as adviser to the chairman, Arthur Levitt on August 14, 2015. and its choir. In addition to his wife had a lengthy and successful career as an wife, Jessica; five grandchildren; brother, distinguished medical career included do his wife of 51 years, Linda Sirota; Jr., in 2000. Goldschmid, a Democrat, 1948 stanley N. Rader, retired fastener company executive, of 54 years, Jeannette LaForte (née attorney at Sperry Rand and later as an David Rosensweig; and friends. being professor and chairman of anes- daughters, Ali Kotin and her husband, was named to the SEC by President Boca Raton, Fla., on October 19, 2015. Grieco), LaForte is survived by his chil- arbitrator and judge. His passion for the thesiology at West Virginia University Alan, and Jen Simon and her husband, George W. Bush in 2002, just after the dren, Peter and his wife, Judy Ratner, law was matched only by his enthusiasm Medicine. Knapp was a medical naval Neal; and brother, Harvey. President had signed one of the most 1948 Jackson H. Sheats Jr., musician, Lansdowne, Va., Elizabeth and Christopher; sister, Faye for aviation (he was a private pilot), travel 1954 officer during the Cuban Missile Crisis. sweeping federal securities laws ever on January 27, 2015. Reggio; and five grandchildren. LaForte and family gatherings. He and his wife He and his wife of 61 years, Harriett, Elliot M. Olstein, attorney, Butler, enacted, the Sarbanes-Oxley­ Act. He Richard J. Rudolph, 1954 robert A. Falise, attorney, Bedford, N.Y., on August 13, 2015. was predeceased by his brothers, John, of 57 years, Elizabeth, enjoyed many engineer, Houston, started and maintained for 13 years N.J., on November 27, 2014. Born in was a commissioner from 2002 to 2005. and Frank DiMostra, and sisters, Anna vacations around the globe. She survives on January 30, 2015. Born on October a medical program on the Caribbean the Bronx, N.Y., on August 15, 1939, After he returned to the Law School 1954 Leon Gordis, physician, epidemiology department chair, Alfano and Frances Messina. Memo- him, as do his children, Eugene D. III, 3, 1932, in Long Island City, N.Y., island of Barbuda. Knapp authored The Olstein graduated from DeWitt Clin- to teach antitrust and corporate and New York City, on September 1, 2015. rial contributions may be made to the Thomas, Kevin, Brian, Paul and Peter; Rudolph spent his childhood in Flush- Gift of Surgery to Mankind: A History ton H.S. He earned a B.S. in 1961 from securities law, Goldschmid was also a 1957  Neil R. McLellan, retired teacher, Freeport, N.Y., National Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, 10 grandchildren; brothers, George, ing, enjoying summers at Little Neck of Modern Anesthesiology. He enjoyed Engineering, a J.D. from Georgetown policymaking consultant. He is survived on October 28, 2015. 801 Roeder Rd., Ste 750, Silver Spring, Richard and Kenneth; and several Bay fishing, clamming and exploring the teaching medical students, residents and in 1965 and an LL.M. in taxation in by his wife, Mary; and sons, Charles ’99, MD 20910, or via tsalliance.org. daughters- and sisters-in-law. Memorial bay on a boat he built. After graduating other physicians, for which he received 1977 from NYU. He was a partner LAW’04; Paul BUS’06, LAW’06; and 1957 John Wellington, retired university and foundation contributions may be made to The from Bayside H.S. in 1949, he studied the Distinguished Alumni Medal from in the firm of Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Joseph BUS’14, LAW’14. executive, Summit, N.J., on September 29, 2015. Lancaster General Health Foundation, chemical engineering at Columbia. NYMC. Knapp loved travel and was a Olstein, Brody & Agnello in Roseland, — Lisa Palladino 1958 richard W. Bossert, retired senior analyst, 1948 Attn.: Myles McGahren, 609 N. Cherry Queensbury, N.Y., on February 13, 2015. St., PO Box 3555, Lancaster, PA 17604- John H. Bottjer, retired mortgage 3555, or The UVA Children’s Hospital, 1961 robert Goldfeld, attorney, Goshen, Conn., broker, Eastchester, N.Y., on March 28, Attn.: Eugene D. McGahren Jr., 1215 Classified Ad Information on September 17, 2015. 2015. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Bottjer Lee St., Charlottesville, VA 22908 classifieds television executive and producer, graduated from Erasmus Hall H.S. or childrens.uvahealth.com. 1966  John A. Litvack, $3 per word for one issue, discounts for four and earned a master’s at Haverford Regular classifed rates: Los Angeles, on March 21, 2015. consecutive issues. Ten-word minimum. Phone (including area code) and College. He was a 62-year resident of Robert J. Vellvé, retired educational PERSONALS FOR SALE PO boxes count as one word. Words divided by slashes, hyphens or plus 1966 Richard H. 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So you made it through 1.  When was the Core Curriculum created? Contemporary Civilization 2. When was Humanities A, or Literature Humanities as it is and can still quote from now called, added? The Odyssey. But how 3. When did Art Humanities and Music Humanities become required, much do you know about rather than optional? the Core Curriculum as 4. What books have been on the Lit Hum syllabus from its inception an institution? to the present, without interruption? 5.  This book had been on the Lit Hum syllabus since the course’s inception but was dropped this year.

6.  Was Contemporary Civilization ever a two-year requirement? 7.  Who was the first female author to be included as required reading on the Lit Hum syllabus?

8.  Which two longtime faculty members were co-recipients, in 1993, of the first award for Distinguished Service to the Core Curriculum?

9.  When was the Core expanded to require courses in cultures not Core Curriculum website (college. Sources: covered by Contemporary Civilization and Lit Hum? columbia.edu/core) and An Oasis of Order: The Core Curriculum at Columbia College by Timothy P. Cross GSAS’98. 10. Not counting the Bible, which has had 16 books on the Lit Hum syllabus, name the two authors who head the list with 12 of their Answers: page 75. works being required at one time or another. Columbia Nonprofit Org. College Today U.S. Postage CCT PAID Columbia University Permit No. 724 622 W. 113th St., MC 4530 Burl. VT 05401 New York, NY 10025

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