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OF WASHINGTON November 2009

In this issue...

Events at a Glance ...... p. 2 Old Rag Recap ...... p. 3 Big Red Hockey @ MSG! . p. 3 Cornell Cares Day ...... p. 3 Cornell Glee Club at the Kennedy Center NY Philharmonic ...... p. 4 Saturday, January 9, 7:30 pm Ivy Singles: Holiday Party . p. 4 Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre Scarf Donation Drive . . . . . p. 4 2700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC NY Philharmonic ...... p. 4 Int’l Spy Museum Trip . . . . p. 4 The Glee Club will perform in the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater Robert Ladd ’43 ...... p. 5 as part of its 2010 Northeast Tour. The concert program will feature both classical and contemporary men’s choral music, including the Washington, DC premiere of a work Ivy Singles: City Tavern . . . p. 6 commissioned by the Glee Club this year. The Glee Club’s a cappella subset, The Hangovers, will also perform a few pop favorites, and the program will close with your favorite Cornell Songs including the Evening Song and Alma Mater!

This is the Glee Club’s first solo appearance at the Kennedy Center, on a tour that also includes performances in New York’s Lincoln Center and Boston’s historic Old South Church. The tour will also cap a truly remarkable year in Glee Club history: last March, the Glee Club appeared at the prestigious American Choral Directors Association National Convention – the benchmark for choral excellence in America. The Glee Club also traveled to China for the first time in two decades, performing Brahms’ A German Requiem in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong in conjunction with the women’s Chorus.

The Washington Post referred to a past Glee Club performance in Washington as “Cornell night” and noted that the “audience was filled with enthusiastic alumni, who quickly joined in” Cornell songs. The Glee Club’s last area performance in 2006 sold out well in advance of the show, so order tickets early to avoid disappointment.

Cost : $20. To attend : Tickets can be purchased online at www.kennedy-center.org (use the calendar to find the performance), by telephone at (202)-467-4600, or in person at the Kennedy Center. A block of seats are also being held for concert sponsors. To obtain seats in this block, contact Gil Keteltas ([email protected] or 301-706-2579). Metro/Bus : A free Kennedy Center shuttle runs from Foggy Bottom Metro Station (Blue/Orange lines). Parking is available for a fee at the Kennedy Center garage. Questions : Gil Keteltas, [email protected] 2009 - 2010 Officers Welcome New Cornell Club of Washington Members! President Steve Piekarec ’74 Trevor Chan '08 ENGR Eliza McClure '09 A&LS [email protected] Larissa Eltsefon '09 ARTS Justin Manzo '03 ENGR; GRAD: '06 ENGR Ben Gruenbaum '05 I&LR Arnal Matias '09 A&LS First Vice President Jean Gutierrez '04 HUEC Jessica Ng '09 ENGR Nicole DelToro ’91 Dorothy L. Kester Jackman '04 A&LS Emma Osore '09 ARCH [email protected] Ksenia Kaladiouk '09 ARTS Karen Shafrir '06 I&LR Geoffrey King '01 A&LS Vivek Talvadkar GRAD: '74 ENGR Treasurer Christine Lai '09 ARTS Sarah Villarreal '09 ENGR Paul Coelus ’80 Dorothy A. Lange '73 HUEC Elliot Wagner '98 A&LS [email protected] Andrew Loewer '09 ARTS Jason C. Wang '07 ENGR

Secretary Valerie Shubik ’53 [email protected]

Vice Presidents, Membership Brenda Estrella ’96 [email protected] Sandra Paredes ’02 [email protected]

Vice Presidents, Programming Christine Moon Angeles ’03 [email protected] Events at a Glance... A’ndrea VanSchoick ’96 [email protected] November 7 International Spy Museum Tour Vice President, Scholarship Questions : Christine Moon Angeles, [email protected] Meghan Dubyak ’04 8 CCW Knitting Group [email protected] Questions : [email protected] 10 Monthly CCW Board Meeting Vice President, CAAAN (DC/MD) Questions : Steve Piekarec, [email protected] Janet Cornfeld ’72 20 Ivy Singles--City Tavern Club [email protected] Questions : Steve Piekarec, [email protected] 21 NY Philharmonic at Kennedy Center Vice President, CAAAN (VA) Questions : Tomoko Morinaga, [email protected] Craig Lowenthal ’03 28 Cornell Hockey in New York City [email protected] Questions : A’ndrea Van Schoick, [email protected] Vice Presidents, Technology Jason Cho ’98 December [email protected] 4 Ivy Singles Holiday Party Josh Novikoff ’03 Questions : Steve Piekarec, [email protected] [email protected] 5 CCW Knitting Group Questions : [email protected] Vice President, Newsletter 8 Monthly CCW Board Meeting Mike Canino, MBA ’99 Questions : Steve Piekarec, [email protected] [email protected] January Immediate Past President Kim Jones ’98 MBA ’02 9 Cornell Glee Club at the Kennedy Center [email protected] Questions : Gil Keteltas, [email protected] 9 Cornell Cares Day at the Capital Area Food Bank Questions : Phil Collins, [email protected] Cornell Club of Washington 12 Programming Meeting 2148 O Street NW Questions : A’ndrea Van Schoick, [email protected] Washington, DC 20037 Phone: 202.466.2208 2 Club Announcements... CCW Monthly Board Meeting Old Rag Mountain near Sperryville, VA, September 12 Tuesday, November 10 All CCW members are invited to attend and participate in our monthly CCW Board Meetings at 7:30 pm on the second Tuesday of each The week before the Club's fall Old Rag hike, bad month, September though June. Meetings take place at 1341 22nd Street NW, weather threatened from the west. Rain also doused Washington, DC 20037 (downstairs from the Cornell Center). Programming the Washington DC area from the east. However, meeting: January 12, 6:30pm, downstairs from the Cornell Center. 48 intrepid hikers threaded the needle to enjoy one of the most beautiful days in recent memory for a Metro : Dupont Circle (Red Line) hike at Old Rag. Thirty alums and nine Cornell in Questions : Steve Piekarec, [email protected] (Board); A'ndrea VanSchoick, Washington students were joined by nine friends [email protected] (Programming). and family, making the hike one of our more heavi - ly attended excursions. It was overcast enough to keep the sun off us, but clear and sunny enough to CCW Community Service Event at Capital Area Food Bank on keep things bright and vivid with color. Cornell Cares Day Temperatures were in the upper 70s. Perhaps because of the rain to the east, the mountain was relatively empty of the normal level of congestion Saturday, January 9 at some key rock scrambles. As always, carpool Capital Area Food Bank drivers are instrumental to the event's success. 645 Taylor Street, NE (along south side of the Taylor Street Bridge) Grateful thanks to Lee Hendelman '96 JGSM '03, Washington, DC 20017 (202) 526-5344 Andrea Shaw '07, George Rogers '79, Gary Guzy '79 LAW '82, Julie Lundgren '09, Eliot Greenwald Help sort and bag food donations for the needy in the DC area, one of CCW’s '73, Nora Gafton '89, Jeff Tarbox GRAD '77, annual events to help those less fortunate. Thank you for your support this year Vaishali Kushan GRAD '05, Siera Milton '07, Tress when times are even tougher for more people. Visit Goodwin friend of Lauren Kunis '04, Drew http://www.capitalareafoodbank.org to learn more about this organization. McElhare '98, and Nick Woodward '70 for driving carpools or being willing to do so, on a hike that Between shifts, we have a lunch at Colonel Brook's Tavern at 901 Monroe St NE had over 20 people needing rides. Our next hike, Washington, DC 20017-1759 (202) 529-4002. When registering, please note Old Rax IXL (49!) will take place in April 2010. whether you want to buy lunch at the tavern. Keep your eyes peeled for announcements on the Club website and e-mail listserve. Please reserve your spot now: this will certainly fill up fast, as it has done every year.

To attend: Register for either Shift One, 9am to 12pm (room for 40 people), or Shift Two,1pm to 4pm (room for 20 people), by sending an email with your pref - erence to: [email protected]. Metro : This is a 10 minute walk from the Brookland – CUA Metro stop (Red line). Exit on the Brookland side with the bus depot. Questions : Phil Collins, [email protected].

RED HOT HOCKEY 2009

Saturday, November 28 Madison Square Garden New York City

Join fellow Cornell Club of Washington members as the Big Red men's hockey team takes on the Boston University Terriers! Witness first-hand the next chapter in this 85 year old rivalry, in a non-conference NCAA Division I match-up. CCW has secured a limited num - ber of tickets in the 100 level of the arena. This offer is available exclusively to Cornell Club of Washington members.

Cost : $38 per ticket.

To attend: Complete the order form available at www.cornellclubdc.org/events.

Questions : A’ndrea Van Schoick, [email protected]. Information on the pregame rally and reception (ticketed separately) is also avail - able at: http://alumni.aad.cornell.edu/event/register/index.cfm?e_id=16071.

3 Ivy Singles Social Club Holiday Party

Friday, December 4, 2009 6:30 to 9:00 PM DACOR-Bacon House 1801 F Street, NW (at 18th Street) Washington, DC 20006

The Stanford Club of Washington D.C. invites you to the Ivy Singles Social Club Holiday Party! Our venue is the elegant, historic DACOR- International Spy Museum Bacon House (built 1824-25), home to several Supreme Court Justices Tree Stump listening device, and a Maryland governor. The DACOR- Bacon House and Foundation US CIA, early 1970s Saturday, November 7, 10:00 am now serve as a conference and meeting place for Diplomatic and International Spy Museum Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR). 800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC Wear your festive party apparel! Each floor of the DACOR-Bacon What do Julia Child, Roald Dahl, and Supreme Court Justice House will be beautifully decorated for the holiday season. We will Arthur Goldberg all have in common? They were all spies! feast on scrumptious hors d'oeuvres and will serve libations from a Learn about the history of espionage, the secret identities, the cash bar. In the spirit of the season, we also ask that guests bring a 007-type tools, and how spies live among us every day. Join non-perishable food item to donate. Stanford will deliver the collected Cornell alumni and families for a day at the Spy Museum, a food to a local D.C. food pantry. fully interactive and hands-on adventure. A few spots remain, but act quickly please! To attend : Please mail $30 by check payable to the "WDCSA" or “Washington DC Stanford Association” to Phebe Greenwood, 504 Cost : Tickets are $14 for kids ages 5-11 and $17 for adults. Gaslight Drive, Richmond, Virginia 23229. Checks need to be received by Monday, November 30th. Please note your school on the memo line To Attend: Please pay on the Cornell Club website with a of the check. Proceeds from the event are donated to participating credit card or e-check, and also RSVP by email to schools based on attendance. Email reservations and walk-ins: $35 at [email protected]. Your email will allow us to make sure the door. E-mail reservations by November 30th to Charlotte Perry at payment was received. Please RSVP and submit payment by [email protected] with Ivy Party in the subject line. Walk-ins are November 3. Meet at the F Street entrance by 9:45am to welcome, however advance reservations are strongly encouraged as receive your tickets. space is limited. Metro/Bus: Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown Metro/Parking : Take the Orange/Blue Line to Farragut West. Walk 3 (Red/Green/Yellow). blocks south on 18th St NW. Street parking is available after 6:30 pm. Please be aware that most nearby parking garages close early. Check Questions: E-mail Christine Moon Angeles at with the garage attendant. [email protected]. Questions : Steve Piekarec, [email protected].

Scarf Collecting for The New York Philharmonic at the Kennedy Center The Original Pancake House Saturday, November 21, 4:00 pm Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC Every year, The Original Pancake House closes its doors to the public on Christmas Day and feeds the local homeless. This Please join fellow classic music fans for a special late afternoon concert year, they will give handknitted scarves to their guests. at the Kennedy Centerl with guest conductor Riccardo Muti (www.riccardomuti.com). Limited numbers of tickets are available. The CCW Knitting Club will be collecting scarves at the Program: Liszt - Les Preludes; Elgar – In the South; Prokofiev – Suite Sunday, November 8 meeting. If you would like to attend, from Romeo and Juliet. please send an email to [email protected] for location and directions. You may also bring scarves to the CCW Board Cost: 2nd Tier Center (House Right) CCW Members and guests $70, Meeting on Tuesday, November 10. If you cannot make either non-CCW Members $75. 1st Tier Side CCW Members and guests $45, meeting but would still like to participate, please email ccwknit - non-CCW members $50. [email protected] to get a mailing address to send your scarf.

Metro/Bus: Foggy Bottom, Blue/Orange Line. All kinds of scarves are welcome; the only restriction is that the scarf must be machine washable. Please attach a note to your Questions: Tomoko Morinaga ’89 MPS (CALS) [email protected]. scarf if there are any special washing directions (i.e. delicate cycle only, not machine dryable, etc.).

4 In Memoriam

ROBERT DANIEL LADD, 87 years old, Cornell 1943

Born: January 16, 1922 in Ithaca, NY Died: October 1, 2009 in Poolesville, MD Parents: Carl Edwin Ladd, Cornell BS 1912, PHD 1915 and Lucy Frances Clark Carl Ladd was Dean of the Colleges of Agriculture and of Home Economics, and Director of the agricultural experiment station at Cornell. He died in July 1943. Older sister: Elizabeth Marie Ladd, Cornell BS 1938 (Carl and Camilla Marie Cox), b. November 11, 1915; d. April 12, 1996 Older brother: Carl Edson Ladd (Carl and Frances), b. July 13, 1919; d. April 17, 1973 Lived: 401 Bryant St, Ithaca; at “Rolling Hills” farm on Hile School Road, Freeville, NY Attended Ithaca High School, graduated June 1939 Attended Cornell University, Ithaca, NY graduating in May 1943 with a BS in Agricultural Economics. Graduated from advanced ROTC. He was a member of the Seal and Serpent Fraternity, the Senior Honorary Society, Scarab (the Agriculture and Hotel Administration Society), the Faculty Committee on Student Conduct, the Junior Prom Committee and the Inter-fraternity Council – Judiciary Committee. He played lacrosse in the spring, polo 1 season, and Freshman Hockey, then Varsity Hockey for the next three years.

Bob stayed involved with Cornell University throughout his entire life. After WWII, an MBA, and working for National Dairy, Bob joined the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) as Executive Vice President living in Tulsa, Oklahoma (1949 – 1952). He helped to restart the Tulsa Cornell Club with Herb Gussman. After his move to Washington, D.C. in 1952 to be the executive assistant to Vice President Nixon, Bob joined the Cornell Club of Washington. He twice became its President in the 1960s (1960-1961, 1967-1968). He organized and ran a major testimonial dinner for William P. Rogers, the new U.S. Attorney General, Cornell Law 1937. Later in 1973 he organized and ran a very large testimonial dinner for Secretary of State William P. Rogers. He arranged for Vice President Nixon to make a campaign stop at Bailey Hall in 1960.

He was a life member of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Alumni Association. He served three terms on the Cornell Council and was made an honorary Life Member of the Council in 2007. He was an active member of Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network (CAAAN) and interviewed prospective applicants to Cornell until five years ago. He was one of the five founders of the CALS Development Committee where he served for 20 years. He was responsible for the largest gift to CALS, the Madrey Farm, bringing in $1.3 million to Cornell. The first year’s interest purchased the first computers for Mann Library. In 1992 Bob lectured at the Personal Enterprise Program – CALS – on the subject of using Government Research and Development dollars to start up a high technolo - gy company. He worked with the International Program office at ALS to help implement the Cornell-In-China effort much of which was focused on food production. During many of Bob’s projects he would draw on the talents and resources at Cornell ALS to assist him get the job done and provide Cornell ALS professors with wider exposure to new technologies and people. Bob was selected for the CALS “Outstanding Alumni Award” in 1999 based on his extensive support for and work with CALS. He was profiled in the ALS News, May 1982 edition.

Bob and his wife Carol, Cornell, BA 1943, used to host Cornell Foreign Students visiting Washington, D.C. during the spring breaks. Bob would provide horses for horseback rides at the Annual CCW Picnic held of Fathers’ Day at Austin Kiplinger’s farm in Poolesville, MD. Bob and Carol have five children, four of whom graduated from Cornell. They have 14 grandchildren, five of whom graduated from Cornell. They have five great grandkids, all too young at this writing to go to Cornell. The Ladd Cornell family tree now includes 21 Cornellians, including the five grandchildren who are 4th generation Cornellians.

A memorial service will be held at 5 pm on Saturday November 7th at the Potomac Hunt Club, 21315 Peachtree Road, Dickerson, MD.

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