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Peter Coy ’79 and Andrew Ross Sorkin ’99 on financial reporting in the post-bailout age find people. but then you the numbers, start with You may THE DOW JONES AVERAGE THE DOW bank CREDIT Bailouts MARKETS Inside: THE DEBT CEILING I used to joke Roaring that I was an Success: Ithaca newspaper Tiger’s Wife editor who was author Téa Obreht, taking classes at MFA ’08 Cornell. c1-c4CAMnd11final 10/12/11 2:42 PM Page c2 001-001CAMnd11toc 10/12/11 2:14 PM Page 1

November / December 2011 Volume 114 Number 3 In This Issue Alumni Magazine

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2 From David Skorton Looking ahead to the 150th 4 The Big Picture Milstein unveiled 6 Correspondence Of firemen and fracking 10 Letter from Ithaca 16 Coming home 12 From the Hill A pledge: No more pledging 16 Sports Soccer stunner 19 Authors Composition book 50 22 Finger Lakes Marketplace 44 Money Talks 42 Wines of the Finger Lakes BETH SAULNIER Fox Run 2008 Blanc de Blancs 60 Classifieds & Peter Coy ’79 and Andrew Ross Sorkin ’99 are two of the nation’s top financial reporters—Coy for Bloomberg Businessweek, Sorkin for the New York Times. At CAM’s Cornellians in Business invitation, the two sat down over lunch in the Times building to discuss the state of 61 Alma Matters financial journalism in the post-bailout age, from declining circulation to the influence of social media to the fallout from the News of the World scandal. “I find that I don’t 64 Class Notes really understand something until I’ve written about it,” says Coy, “because the exer- 102 Alumni Deaths cise of writing forces you to boil and boil until you have it straight in your mind.” 104 Cornelliana 50 Cat Woman Bygone bars (and restaurants) ADRIENNE ZABLE ’11 Currents With just one novel under her belt, Téa Obreht, MFA ’08, has become a literary darling. The New Yorker named her one of the top twenty fiction writers under forty, and her book, The Tiger’s Wife, won Britain’s prestigious Orange Prize for female fiction High Spirits writers. Still living in Ithaca after a stint teaching in Cornell’s MFA program, Obreht 26 contemplates such topics as the perils of early success and the inspirational value of Distillery by the lake “Frasier” reruns. Galaxy Quest Shooting stars 54 Galloping Gourmets Get the Gist BETH SAULNIER Vaccines and PR

Last summer—in addition to courses on topics like weather forecasting, Dickens, and Organized Labor Seventies pop culture—Cornell’s Adult University offered two sessions of the Harried Hoarding specialist Leslie Josel ’85 Gourmet. Designed by longtime University chef Dave D’Aprix, the course teaches time- CSI: Reality strapped home cooks to unshackle themselves from recipes and embrace the joys of Crime-scene forensics, no high heels culinary improvisation. A look at one crazy Gourmet day, as D’Aprix helps seventeen students prepare a smorgasbord of dishes—from seafood stew to stir fry, cookies to False Advertising kale chips. The science of “opinion spam” Plus | Website Abstract and Concrete cornellalumnimagazine.com Cover photograph: John Abbott Sculpture garden reno

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From David Skorton

Toward Cornell’s Sesquicentennial

s we prepare to transition from the Board of One significant way in which we seek to increase our public Trustees leadership of Pete Meinig ’61, BME engagement is by partnering with the city of New York to build ’62, to that of Bob Harrison ’76, we look for- a visionary applied sciences and technology campus in Manhat- ward to Cornell’s sesquicentennial in 2015. As tan. The competition is stiff, but with Cornell’s leadership in inter- IA shared with those of you who visited campus for Reunion Week- disciplinary information-age education and research, our culture end, we will maintain a sharp focus on four areas that have been of entrepreneurship, and our strong presence in and commitment important to Cornell’s historic leadership and remain critical to to New York City, we are confident that we are the right choice— our future. and that by undertaking this venture we will accelerate Cornell’s First, we have long been the prototypical opportunity univer- economic impact on our state, our nation, and our world. sity, making good on Ezra Cornell’s promise of “any person, any And fourth, we will renew our faculty within each of the basic study.” Even in the darkest academic groupings. We have made substantial days of the Great Reces- progress, hiring sixty-three new faculty members sion, we maintained our for the Ithaca campus so far in the 2011–12 aca- policy of need-blind ad- demic year. We will keep the momentum going as missions and need-based we approach the sesquicentennial, because faculty undergraduate financial renewal is absolutely crucial to Cornell’s future. We aid. Going forward, we are enhancing the faculty ranks in all areas, with a will keep Cornell within special focus on the humanities and a growing con- reach—not only for under- centration on sustainability. graduates, but also for As I’ve mentioned before, thanks to masterful graduate and professional management by Provost Kent Fuchs in Ithaca and students, and for interna- Provost for Medical Affairs Tony Gotto at Weill tional students, who, espe- Cornell Medical College, we are on track to a bal- cially as undergraduates, anced, sustainable budget with the resources to have only limited access to recruit many new faculty, stabilize our staff work- financial aid. force, and continue our commitment to need- Second, we will set the based student financial aid. We need to balance standard for globalization growth in faculty numbers and new initiatives of higher education, shar- with discipline in cost containment, to slow the ing our knowledge and rise that sooner or later must be reflected in the tapping the insights of the price of a Cornell education. Yet we must also best minds the world over. ensure that Cornell’s excellence, influence, and We have a strong record contributions are shared widely—in our local internationally, from Weill community, within New York State, nationally, Cornell Medical College and globally. in Qatar to such projects Along with good management and the sage as our leadership of inter- guidance of our trustees and overseers, it is the con- national efforts to confer tributions of our alumni, parents, and friends that durable rust resistance in ROBERT BARKER / UP have helped us weather the financial storm. Build- wheat. But the world is changing rapidly, and Cornell must ing on our success so far—with $3.4 billion already raised—and change with it. “Problems without passports,” such as climate with excitement about our sesquicentennial starting to build, we change, infectious diseases, nuclear proliferation, trade regula- are extending the university-wide campaign until December 31, tion, and many others, require international collaboration, and 2015, and increasing our goal to $4.75 billion. all of us need the skills to live and work effectively across cul- Our alumni have been extraordinarily generous over the tures and national borders. decades. With your continued help, Cornell will reach new Third, we will step up to the challenge of public engagement, heights as a world-class, comprehensive, sustainable university bringing the talents of our faculty, students, and staff, and of our with global impact, reach, and significance as we celebrate our research and outreach, to the greater society as never before. Our sesquicentennial. And the time to begin the next phase of our strategic plan includes among its goals making public engagement collective future is now. a distinctive feature of a Cornell education and strongly connect- — President David Skorton ing it to our on-campus research and educational strengths. [email protected]

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The Big Picture

Box Step The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning’s long- awaited Milstein Hall opened in August. Designed by Milstein Rem Koolhaas, the 47,000-square-foot building features Construction (clockwise from top) a dramatic glass rectangle attached Time Lapse to Sibley Hall, a sweeping ground-floor entrance, and vast open studio space on the second floor. A grand opening celebration, including symposia and other events, is set for March 9 and 10. PHOTOS BY LISA BANLAKI FRANK

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Correspondence

Bravos and Brickbats Firefighters, fracking, and fiscal matters grab the attention of our readers

CAM, September/October 2011: it seems to me that the readers of CAM What a great issue! One of the all- would be better served if equal consider- timers. Two great pieces by Brad ation were given to both sides of an Herzog ’90—the amazing, moving important environmental question. article about Chris Ganci ’99 W. C. Thurber ’54, BChemE ’55 (“Company Man”) and the amus- Edgewater, Maryland ing one about the two Colbert staffers (“Observe and Report”)— Prof. Howarth replies: Mr. Thurber refers and a useful excerpt from the new to the paper by Jiang et al., which was Robert Frank book (“Starve the published on August 5, many weeks after Beast?”). Not to mention the Cor- my interview with CAM. Of interest, the nelliana endpiece by Maya Raja- Jiang et al. paper does not conclude that mani ’12 about my fraternity house, our analysis was wrong or flawed in any Llenroc, which was a pleasure to way. In fact, they do not refer to our see. Bravo! paper, and they address a more narrow Keith Johnson ’56 topic than we did. They analyze the green- Sharon, Connecticut house gas footprint of shale gas when used only for electricity production, and Thank you for the wonderful article they focus on the time scale of 100 years on my daughter Meredith Scardino after emission. Their conclusion is that ’98 and her co-worker Liz Levin under these constraints, shale gas is prefer- ’98, writer and producer, respec- able to coal. This conclusion is broadly tively, for “The Colbert Report.” shale is “comparable to that of coal.” consistent with our study, although we Both the Scardino and Levin families had The fact that other Cornell professors believe Jiang et al. have underestimated outstanding experiences while our daugh- disagree with Howarth is dismissed in a methane emissions as well as the global ters were at Cornell. And because both single sentence. There is no meaningful warming potential of methane compared girls were athletes, we got to enjoy all the discussion of opposing views. The article to carbon dioxide. fun of the games and the incredible tail- goes on to say that “Howarth is quick to The larger issues, though, are their gates, not to mention staying overnight at point out that no peer-reviewed journal focus on electricity production and on the the Statler. Any parent should be proud has published a study that refutes his 100-year time frame. We focused on heat when they receive that acceptance packet work.” However, a ten-minute search on production from gas, since this is the in the mail. Cornell is an incredible place the Web turned up a peer-reviewed paper major use of gas in the U.S., and shale gas that prepared my daughter for a success- published in Environmental Research Let- is predicted to largely be used to replace ful future. ters by a team from Carnegie Mellon conventional gas as a source of heat and Anne Scardino Institute titled “Life cycle greenhouse industrial energy (and only secondarily to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania emissions of Marcellus shale gas.” They be used for electricity). Natural gas is used concluded that “Marcellus shale gas adds more efficiently than coal in generating Drilling Down only 3 percent more emissions to the aver- electricity, but has no efficiency advantage age conventional gas, which is likely over coal or oil when used for heat. And I decry the unbalanced reporting in “Hot within the uncertainty bounds of the we focused on both the twenty-year and Topic” (Currents, September/October 2011). study. Marcellus shale gas has lower GHG 100-year time frames. Because methane is The author devotes most of the article to emissions relative to coal when used to relatively short-lived in the atmosphere, its describing a study led by Cornell professor generate electricity.” influence on the longer time frame is rel- Robert Howarth that claims the 100-year I don’t know whether the Howarth atively small. We believe the shorter time greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint caused by paper or the Carnegie Mellon paper rep- frame is critical, if society is serious about extracting natural gas from the Marcellus resents the better scientific approach, but addressing global climate change. Again,

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November | December 2011 7 by was by Lau- Royal Pains Waterville, Maine Waterville, Arts and Sciences Jeff Earickson ’77, MS ’80 Jeff Earickson ’77, MS Yawper on the Balch Bridge Yawper Authors (September/October 2011, I did find the nine-page PDF of the the nine-page PDF I did find “High and Mighty” (Currents, Sep- (Currents, Sep- “The Great Red Way” For go to letters, more cornellalumnimagazine.com Corrections Legacies 2011 (July/August 2011, website): Elissa Prout ’14 was inadvertently omitted from the One Parent list. She is the daughter of James Prout ’83. Elissa is also the great-granddaughter of Ellis Robison 1918. wrote that page 21): We careers. There was also no mention of the mention of also no There was careers. so Cornellians out that is wiping plague I doomed? Is it contagious? Am rapidly. but the on the website, full obituaries in the September/October printed version hope this was a shock. Let’s 2011 issue plague abates. “the second foray into royal history” by Leslie Carroll ’81. It is actually her third. tember/October 2011, page 24): The photographs should have been credited to Jon Reis/Photolink. tember/October 2011, page 36): Due to we misidentified the play an editing error, Whitman. It that was inspired by Walt was ren Feldman ’01, not Ed. Note: Don’t worry, Jeff—there’s no Jeff—there’s worry, Ed. Note: Don’t as you noted, plague. But we have, presenting Alumni changed the way we’re As Cornell’s Deaths in the print magazine. larger each year, alumni body has grown and more difficult we have found it more reported to us. to keep up with the deaths exacerbated by This problem has been that have reduced budgetary constraints the number of pages in most of our print issues. More deaths and fewer pages—so we have been falling farther and farther behind in publishing the obituaries. Recently we were running almost a year behind, which is simply unacceptable. We considered a number of options and decided on a compromise solution, with a listing of names and dates of death in print and full-text memorials online, where there are no space restrictions. This will allow us to publish these obituaries in a timely manner and, in fact, expand the longer versions when appropriate. For full-text versions of all memorials, go to the CAM website. ’91. Sheri Wilner Robert Dunn ’58 Corte Madera, California Mr. Dunn believes it’s a good thing Dunn believes it’s Mr. Building good government is hard as their last bastion of defense against of defense last bastion as their for insatiable and local governments state too much and spending more tax revenue a favored now receive on of what they employees. If Proposition class of public added to the tax burden 13 were repealed, drive we already have would the taxes individu- and productive more businesses in addition to those als out of the state left, with immense who have already a result adverse economic consequences, the Beast?” not considered in “Starve Dunn’s Mr. Taking Prof. Frank replies: in the Golden description of conditions and his fellow citizens State at face value, he at the hands of a dys- appear to be suffering The fact that functional state government. government is often wasteful was, of course, my point of departure in “Starve the Beast?” But what should we do about that? that Proposition 13 has reduced his overall tax burden, suggesting that he also believes that depriving the state of tax revenue is a productive way to eliminate government waste. But as evidenced by the comments from Californians at the online version of my article on the CAM website, that approach has caused good programs Dunn to be cut along with bad ones. Mr. is correct to say that if the overall tax burden and lack of public services in Califor- nia grow sufficiently burdensome, the most mobile individuals and businesses will continue to flee the state. But the most effective solution to that problem would be to reform state government in Dunn cites examples of California. Mr. the corrupting influence of campaign contributions from public employee unions. Others would cite the corrupting influence of campaign contributions from corporate interests. Any and all sources of corrup- tion are ripe for attack, but the corrupting influence of campaign cash should be at list. the top of every reformer’s not impossible. Many coun- work. But it’s tries and many American states have succeeded in building responsible, responsive governments. None of them did it by starving the beast. When I receive CAM, I always flip to the obituaries first to see if I know anybody, to see if I’m listed, and to read about the accomplishments of former Cornellians. I was stunned by the decimation of our alumni ranks this time—three pages of names with no kind words regarding their Alumni Deaths: Yeegads! Alumni Deaths: Climatic cornellalumnimagazine.com | www.eeb.cornell. on August 10. Wigley uses on August 10. Wigley Our fiscal problems would be better Californians rightly see Proposition 13 Had Mr. Thurber continued his Web Thurber continued Had Mr. Bash the Beast distance of criticism from a Robert Frank’s the Proposition 13 in “Starve California’s Beast?” is misinformed and wrong. Tax revenue per capita in California is consistently ranked within the top ten states. The income tax rates are within the highest five states. The top 9.55 percent tax rate kicks in at only $46,766 of taxable income. Cal- ifornia has no separate capital gains rate— capital gains are taxed at ordinary income rates. There is a sales tax that varies locally at an average of 8 to 9 percent. Californi- ans are not under-taxed. solved by cutting the state budget than by raising taxes. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, state and local government employees in California are paid an average of $40.10 per hour in wages and benefits against $27.88 in the private sec- A community college professor can tor. earn $150,000 to $200,000 or more, plus benefits. Before he left office, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger predicted that in twenty to twenty-five years there will be no money in the state budget for anything except public employee wages and benefits. Although the amounts are in dispute, there is little disagreement that state and local governments face staggering unfunded pension and benefit liabilities. Public employee wage and benefit levels are driven by public employee union political contributions. The prison guards union was former Governor Gray Davis’s for exam- largest campaign contributor, ple. The wage and benefit costs extracted by the public employee unions in return for their political contributions are what is bankrupting the state. at shorter time scales, the greenhouse greenhouse scales, the time at shorter than is worse shale gas of gas footprint used to particularly when that of coal, and process energy. generate heat would other literature, he also search for Wigley, a new paper by have found for publication in accepted Change Letters model for estimating a more sophisticated methane on global the consequences of He largely con- warming than we did. that shale gas is firms our conclusion of global warm- worse than coal in terms shorter time scales, ing when viewed over suggest less of although his model results analysis indicated. a difference than our further explore the Interested readers can behind our consequences of assumptions work at our lab website: edu/howarth/Marcellus.html.

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Letter from Ithaca

Homecoming Revisited

A grand tradition gets even grander

Go Big Red: On a crisp September evening, more than 14,000 fans turned out to cheer the 24-13 win over Bucknell.

PHOTOS BY LISA BANLAKI FRANK

first attended Homecoming as a child. My father, Alan Roberts ’22, would Ibring me to campus to see the football game. I’m not sure when this began, but I remember watching a Cornell team coached by Lefty James take on Navy at Schoellkopf. The football media guide tells me this was in 1956, so I was seven years old at the time. As I recall, Big Red halfback Bo Roberson ’58 had a good game, but Cornell lost to the Middies. After graduating, I didn’t return to campus for many years—but since I moved back to Ithaca in 1999, Home- coming has been a regular event on my fall calendar. It’s mostly been about alumni association meetings and tailgat- ing, but in recent years I’ve seen the weekend take on new dimensions. It’s not just about the football game anymore. allow alumni to participate in daytime bration at the Plantations on Sunday This year, thanks to the efforts of activities like guided bird walks at the Lab afternoon. The weather was good, the Big Chris Marshall and his hardworking staff of O, a tour of Milstein Hall, and the Red won the football game, and the entire in Alumni Affairs, Homecoming reached first-ever Homecoming Speed Network- weekend was a grand celebration of Cor- new heights. The festivities kicked off on ing Event. There were also student show- nelliana. If you were there, you know Friday, highlighted by an “A Cappella cases, films, lectures, plays, concerts, and how much fun it was—if not, then plan United” concert in Bailey Hall. On Satur- even a grape stomping. The events to come next year. day, the game was moved to 6 p.m. to wrapped up with the “Judy’s Day” cele- — Jim Roberts ’71 10 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 010-011CAMnd11lfi 10/12/11 2:18 PM Page 11

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Campus News From theHill

LISA BANLAKI FRANK New recruits: Starting next year, fraternities and sororities will have to attract and vet prospective members without the traditional pledging system.

Skorton Bans Pledging in Greek Organizations

In the wake of the death of a sophomore in an alleged hazing George Desdunes ’13, who was found unconscious after a night incident, President David Skorton has announced an overhaul in of heavy drinking at Sigma Alpha Epsilon. His mother has filed a the fraternity and sorority pledging system. “Although pledging is $25 million wrongful death lawsuit against the fraternity and justified as a period of time during which pre-initiates, or more than a dozen of its members; several students face criminal ‘pledges,’ devote themselves to learning the information necessary charges and SAE has been banned from campus for at least five to become full members, in reality, pledging is too often the vehi- years. “For far too long, campuses like ours have worked to be rid cle for activities that are dangerous or demeaning,” Skorton says. of hazing practices, but those efforts have not been successful,” “This must stop.” The University is working with Greek student Skorton says. “Anything less than a complete overhaul of the leaders to develop a new member recruitment and initiation pledging process to bring people into our organizations will process, to be implemented in 2012–13. result in more of the same. We cannot simply ‘try harder.’ Although hazing has been prohibited at Cornell since 1980— We need a clean break with the past.” The executive committee and illegal in New York State since 1983—the pledging process of the Board of Trustees has passed a resolution supporting has come under particular scrutiny since the February death of Skorton’s efforts.

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Oldest Alumna Dies at 109 Native American House Marks

WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE Helen “Happy” Keane Reichert Two Decades on Campus ’25, believed to be Cornell’s Akwe:kon, Cornell’s Native American heritage residence hall, cele- oldest living graduate, died on brated its twentieth anniversary in September. The residence, the September 25 in her New York first on a U.S. campus specifically built to celebrate Native Ameri- City apartment. She would can culture, is currently home to thirty-five students, half of whom have been 110 on November are Native American; its name, pronounced “a-gway-go,” means 11. A longtime copywriter and “all of us” in Mohawk. An anniversary celebration in Appel Com- educator, she taught at NYU’s mons included an Iroquois/Haudenosaunee social dance and Graduate School of Retailing remarks by dignitaries, who were presented with traditional hand- for thirty years after earning a woven baskets and blankets. master’s at Columbia Teaching College. In 1949 she founded the Round Table of Fashion Physical Sciences Building Executives to better represent Gets Environmental Honor women in the industry, and in Happy Reichert ’25 1951 she began hosting a tele- Cornell’s new Physical Sciences building has received a Leadership vision talk show, “FYI: The Helen Faith Keane Show,” on WNEW; it in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold rating. The build- earned her a McCall’s Magazine Golden Microphone Award for outing, which houses research in chemistry, physics, and applied standing service to women. Reichert’s husband, cardiologist Philip physics, earned forty-seven out of a possible sixty-nine points. The Reichert, MD ’23, passed away in 1985. Her survivors include two program judges buildings in categories like energy efficiency, light- brothers, also centenarians. ing, water use, and design innovation. Physical Sciences features Reichert—who, as a Girl Scout, sold World War I bonds out- such measures as ventilation sensors, an air and heat recycling side the New York Public Library—became familiar to listeners of system, a white roof, and light-colored paving to reduce heat gain. NPR in April, when she was the subject of a commentary piece by Weill Hall, the life sciences building completed in 2008, also her gerontologist, Medical college professor Mark Lachs. In the earned LEED gold certification, the program’s second-highest rat- story, he was asked whether Reichert attained her advanced age ing (after platinum). through abstemious living. “No,” Lachs said, “Helen Reichert likes chocolate truffles. Her favorite beverage is Budweiser. And she once announced to me that she was thinking about smoking again. When I protested, she reminded me that she has outlived several other physicians and told me to mind my own business.”

Oberlin Director Tapped for Johnson Museum Stephanie Wiles, head of the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Ober- lin College since 2004, has been named the new Richard J. Schwartz Director of the Johnson Museum of Art. She succeeds Frank Robinson, who retired in June after nineteen years, segue- ing to a job in Cornell’s development office. At Oberlin, Wiles oversaw a building renovation and art storage expansion and acquired major works by artists from Rembrandt to Sol LeWitt. Her LINDSAY FRANCE /UP previous posts include curatorships at Wesleyan University and High noon: The “Science Guy” designed a clock that the Morgan Library and Museum. Wiles, who holds a PhD in art marks the sun’s highest point in the sky. history from CUNY, will assume the job in mid-November, a month after the grand opening of the Johnson’s 16,500-square-foot expansion. Bill Nye Unveils ‘Solar Noon’ Clock Atop Rhodes Hall Milstein Hall Opens—At Last In August, “Science Guy” Bill Nye ’77 was on hand to dedicate the solar noon clock atop Rhodes Hall. A gift from Nye, the clock fun- In August, after a decade of debate and several rejected designs, nels sunlight into a tube to illuminate a fourteen-inch disk on its Milstein Hall opened its doors. Designed by Rem Koolhaas and the face at solar noon each day, indicating the moment the sun hits Office for Metropolitan Architecture, the building contains sixteen its highest point in the sky. It was designed in part by engineering studios with 25,000 square feet of work space, floor-to-ceiling students, led by professor Michel Louge. After a dedication cere- windows, and a 250-seat auditorium for lectures and events. “It mony and public lecture, Nye narrated the approach of solar noon will be functional as well as instructional,” architecture chair Mark from Hoy Field as hundreds watched the clock light up for the first Cruvellier says of the department’s first new building in a century. time. Nye, a former Rhodes professor best known for hosting the “It puts on public display what we do here.” At the start of the Nineties PBS children’s series “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” conceived academic year, some 200 architecture students marched from Sage the idea when, during a campus visit, he noticed a large, round, Chapel to claim their desks in the new building. “It’s beautiful— blank space on the façade of Rhodes Hall and thought it the per- absolutely gorgeous,” said Ben Waters ’14. “I can’t believe it’s fect place for a clock. Solar noon rarely coincides with clock noon; ours.” For photos of the new building, see page 4. the day of the dedication, it struck at 1:07 p.m. November | December 2011 13 012-015CAMnd11fth 10/12/11 2:18 PM Page 14

Cornell Investments Gain Altschuler Marks Twenty Years The Investment Office has announced that as of June 30, 2011, as Continuing Education Dean SCE CORNELL the value of Cornell’s long-term investments (LTI) increased to This year, Glenn Altschuler, PhD ’76, cele- $5.35 billion. This represents a rise of nearly a billion dollars over brates two decades as dean of the School the end of the previous fiscal year, when the LTI—which includes of Continuing Education and Summer Ses- the endowment and other funds—was valued at $4.43 billion. The sions, which offers courses for teens, con- endowment alone, which was valued at $4.38 billion on June 30, tinuing education students, and non- 2010, increased to $4.93 billion in the past fiscal year. These gains degree students. Under Altschuler’s were realized despite the fact that the University has been operat- leadership, the school has introduced pro- ing without a chief investment officer since May 1, 2011, when grams for rising high school juniors Michael Abbott resigned after holding the position for only six (including teens from China), courses on months. At its peak in 2008, before the financial crash, the value finance and law featuring internships in of the LTI had been $6.14 billion and the endowment $5.8 billion. New York City, a post-baccalaureate program in health studies, and a finance Glenn Altschuler, Alan Krueger ’83 to Head course for non-financial managers, among PhD ’76 other initiatives. Altschuler is the Thomas White House Economic Council and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies, a faculty fellow ILR grad Alan Krueger ’83 has been at Hans Bethe House, and vice president for university relations. nominated by President Barack Obama He has received a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowship and a to lead the White House Council of Clark Teaching Award, among other honors. Economic Advisers. If confirmed by Four Undergrad Programs the Senate, Krueger will be charged with spearheading implementation of Make U.S. News Top 10 the president’s economic growth poli- In its 2012 survey of colleges and universities, U.S. News and World cies. An economics professor at Report has ranked four Cornell undergraduate programs among the Princeton, Krueger served as assistant top ten. The University placed second in engineering science/ secretary for economic policy in the engineering physics, fourth in biological/agricultural engineering, Treasury Department in 2009–10 and ninth in business, and ninth in engineering. Other rankings as chief economist in the Department included tenth in economic diversity and tenth on the list of of Labor in 1994–95. He holds a doc- US TREASURY “Great Schools, Great Prices.” For the third year in a row, Cornell torate in economics from Harvard. Alan Krueger ’83 was fifteenth on the magazine’s overall list of national universities.

Arabic literature professor Shawkat Toorawa, recipient of a Give My Regards To... $50,000 post-fellowship award from the Mellon Foundation to complete work begun under a previous grant. These Cornellians in the News Emeritus professor David Mermin, named the “Best Person in Physics” for 2010 by the Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics. Anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy of the University of California, Davis, and biologist Margaret McFall-Ngai of the University of Civil and environmental engineering professor Linda Nozick, Wisconsin, Madison, named to six-year terms as A. D. White appointed by President Barack Obama to the U.S. Nuclear Waste Professors-at-Large. Technical Review Board.

Behavioral ecologist Stephen Emlen, winner of the Distinguished Computer scientist Noah Snavely, named by Technology Review Animal Behaviorist Award, the highest honor bestowed by the as one of the top tech innovators under thirty-five. Animal Behavior Society. Doctoral candidates Takuma Itoh, Ryan Gallagher, MFA ’10, and Art professor Stephanie Owens, named to a three-year term as Eric Nathan, winners of ASCAP composer awards. director of the Cornell Council for the Arts. ILR professor Patrick Wright, named one of the most influential President David Skorton, named co-chair of the newly created human resources thinkers by Britain’s HR magazine. Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council. CALS dean Kathryn Boor ’80 was named a member. Philosophy professor Andrew Chignell, whose article “Real Repugnance and Belief About Things-in-Themselves: A Problem Cornell University, ranked number two in AARP’s list of top and Kant’s Three Solutions” was named by the Philosopher’s employers for people over fifty. The University was also named Annual as among the ten best in the field in 2010. the nineteenth-best employer by Working Mother magazine and one of the top 100 adoption-friendly workplaces by the Dave Emily Richer ’11, winner of a Fulbright scholarship. She’ll teach Thomas Foundation for Adoption. English in Thailand for 2011–12.

14 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com From the Hill discovered December 2011 15 | have invented a have invented for Lyme disease Lyme for reveal how verte- how reveal supports efforts by supports efforts finds that the Ameri- that the finds has found that hostility has found November as having a lower-calorie as having how the cabbage looper cater- cabbage the how and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Women’s and Brigham and More information on campus research research on campus information More at www.news.cornell.edu is available lunch, say nutritional sciences professor David Levitsky and David professor sciences say nutritional lunch, that showed study Their Carly Pacanowski. student grad (but ate as lunches ate portion-controlled volunteers when weight average their meals), at other wanted as they much in ten days. loss was 1.1 pounds the National Labor Relations Board to shorten the time the to shorten Board Labor Relations National the when date the and petition a unionization between filing two gap between the that a longer found It vote. workers intimidation. anti-union leads to greater portable pathogen detector that can identify even small that can identify detector portable pathogen salmo- can also be used for device The anthrax. of quantities forensics. scene crime and detection nella can flag makes people vote Republican. Being shown the flag the shown Being people vote Republican. can flag makes that likelihood the survey increased a 2008 political during election. actual in the McCain John subjects would vote for pillar resists the biological insecticide Bt. Entomology pro- Bt. Entomology insecticide biological the pillar resists that in colleagues found PhD ’96, and Wang, fessor Ping enzyme a digestive resistance, developed caterpillars who was altered. found that long-term use of vitamin E can decrease the risk the decrease vitamin E can use of that long-term found 10 per- disease by about pulmonary obstructive chronic of to both applies finding The over forty-five. in women cent nonsmokers. and smokers toward and fear of Muslim Americans have risen since Osama have risen since Americans Muslim fear of and toward survey Miller says the Yasmin SRI director death. bin Laden’s ability government’s the doubt that citizens also indicates attacks. terrorist from them to protect out have figured Researchers Neurobiology and behavior grad student Karl Berg Karl student grad behavior and Neurobiology could be as easy weight Losing Institute Survey Research Cornell’s researchers Albany of University and Cornell Ferguson Melissa professor Psychology Researchers at Cornell at Cornell Researchers test a new has developed college Vet The Columbia and by Cornell study A joint fish’s brain midshipman the of Regions brates generate sound for social communication, finds neu- finds communication, social for sound generate brates pat- A central Bass. Andrew professor behavior and robiology swim bladder coordinates hindbrain in the tern generator the to that of way analogous in a sound producing muscles, larynx. human that parrots assign unique calls to their chicks just as chicks unique calls to their assign that parrots another one find them children—helping their name humans migrations. far-flung during in horses and dogs. It can detect three types of antibodies types of three can detect It dogs. and in horses Lyme, that causes bacteria to the in response produced intervention. earlier for allowing R&D JOHN ABBOTT Laurie Glimcher, MD Laurie Glimcher, This academic year, the Africana Studies program is being overseen is being program Studies Africana the year, This academic Sci- Arts and of College the from deans associate by two senior announcement The Harris. David Regan and Elizabeth Adkins ences: that a six- acknowledgment the included Lepage Peter by Arts dean bear fruit. “Ultimately, not did leader a long-term for search month was both willing who member a faculty able to identify we weren’t Africana the of majority acceptable to a substantial to serve and is critical enthusiasm that faculty we believe “and said, he faculty,” of source issue has been a The leadership.” to effective long-term Africana the and program the when last year, since controversy Arts of College the into folded were Center Research and Studies optimistic remained he said Lepage In his statement, Sciences. and the plan and hiring an ambitious citing future, program’s about the a group announcement, After the a PhD curriculum. of development co- the of naming alumni issued a letter that called the Africana of in nature.” colonial and “regressive deans Two Deans to Lead Embattled Lead Deans to Two Program Studies Africana New Associate Vice Provost Associate New for Named Enrollment for provost vice associate as Cornell’s has been hired Lee Melvin in University left the who Doris Davis, succeeding enrollment, Connecticut, of University the from to Ithaca comes 2010. Melvin and planning enrollment for president had served as vice he where undergraduate of as director two years and for management UConn in the his time During five. previous the for admissions the and by 28 percent rose enrollment minority office, admissions undergrads. in international increase university saw a 300 percent of University posts at the administrative has also held Melvin of University the Athens; Georgia, of University the Michigan; he Cornell, At State University. Wayne and Madison; Wisconsin, enrollment recruitment, admissions, will oversee undergraduate to “I was attracted Says Melvin: aid. financial and management, from students promising to enroll its mission because of Cornell to need may they resources the of regardless background, any here.” come Medical College Names Dean Dean Names College Medical been has at Harvard medicine and immunology of A professor medical for provost Cornell’s named Med- Cornell Weill of dean and affairs Glimcher Laurie Physician College. ical 1, succeed- on January office will take has served who Jr., Gotto Antonio ing the of 1997. A past president since Immunolo- of Association American researcher is a veteran Glimcher gists, pharmaceutical to the ties with strong the on tenure long including industry, Bristol-Myers of board corporate with such lab is credited Her Squibb. as the breakthroughs immunology transcription T-bet the discovery of Schnurri-3 the and functions, immune regulates which factor, Says President mass. bone adult controls which protein, adapter many her and accomplishment for passion “Her Skorton: David suited to build on ideally her make strengths clinical and research future bright Cornell’s lead Weill and foundation strong Gotto’s Tony as well as par- research translational and education, care, in clinical excel- in fostering University Cornell level of highest at the ticipate life sciences.” in the lence 012-015CAMnd11fth 10/12/11 2:18 PM Page 15 Page PM 2:18 10/12/11 012-015CAMnd11fth 016-018CAMnd11sports 10/12/11 2:19 PM Page 16

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Big Game September 30, 2011

Daniel Haber

Jadd Schmeltzer

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BIG RED SOX After becoming the first Big Red baseball player to sign a professional contract since Rocky Collis ’06, Jadd Schmeltzer ’11 spent the summer with the Gulf Coast League Red Sox in Fort Myers, Florida. A 6-foot-4 right-handed pitcher, Schmeltzer appeared in 15 games for the Sox, picking up a team-high four saves and posting a 2.92 ERA while holding opposing batters to a .233 average.

TOP HONORS A pair of All-Americans are among 10 former Big Red athletes who will be inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall CORNELL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS of Fame on November 11. Steve Baginski ’80, MBA ’84, was a two-time All-American in the hammer throw, and Pat Dutton ’99 n its Ivy League opener, the men’s soccer team stunned Penn by scoring the was an All-American midfielder for the game’s only goal with just 1:37 left on the clock. Forward Daniel Haber ’14 men’s lacrosse team. The other members of did the honors, with a shot fired from the far right side of the penalty box the Class of 2011 are Karen Chastain Iafter a throw-in by team captain Jimmy Lannon ’12. Goalkeeper Rick Pflasterer Hughes ’01, women’s track and field; Chris ’13 made three saves to record his fourth shutout of the season. The 1-0 win Mabley ’65, lightweight rowing; Robin pushed the Big Red’s record to 5-1-3, with their only loss coming in the season Moore ’01, volleyball; Peter Orthwein ’68, opener against Niagara. MBA ’69, men’s polo; Helen Barfield Prichett ’95, women’s swimming and diving; Joseph Splendorio ’01, football; Dave Van Dyke ’74, gymnastics; and Molly Sports Shorts Kauffman West ’97, field hockey. CHARGED UP In September, Bryan Walters ’10 PRESEASON PICK After back-to-back trips became the 42nd former Cornell player to to the Frozen Four, expectations are once play in the National Football League when again high for the women’s hockey team. he suited up for the San Diego Chargers and Cornell was the unanimous choice atop the caught two passes in a 24-17 win over the preseason ECAC coaches’ poll and ranked Minnesota Vikings. Walters, who spent the third in the preseason USCHO national poll. 2010 season on the Chargers practice squad, Big Red players were also busy during the gained national attention when he returned offseason, with seven participating in a kickoff 103 yards in a preseason game. At Canada’s National Women’s Team September Cornell, Walters set Ivy League records for camp. Cornell Head Coach Doug Derraugh both career punt return and kickoff return ’91 is one of the assistant coaches on the yards. He is the first Big Red player to reach Canadian National Team staff. the NFL since offensive lineman Kevin Boothe ’05, who played 16 games for the TRIPPED UP A bid by Morgan Uceny ’07 Oakland Raiders before being traded to his Bryan Walters for a world championship in the 1,500 current team, the New York Giants. meters was thwarted when she was brought MIKE NOWAK/SAN DIEGO CHARGERS 16 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 016-018CAMnd11sports 10/12/11 2:19 PM Page 17 016-018CAMnd11sports 10/12/11 2:19 PM Page 18

down by a runner who had fallen in front of her with 550 meters to go. Uceny picked herself up and finished 10th. Despite this disappointment, Uceny established herself as one of the fastest 1,500 meter runners in the world when she won the Diamond League series title, taking the series-end- ing race in Brussels, Belgium, by passing nine runners over the last 400 meters and posting a personal-best time of 4:00.06.

B-BALL REUNION Former Cornell teammates Jeff Foote ’10 and Ryan Wittman ’10 are together again on the basketball court. Two years after leading the Big Red to its third straight Ivy League title and first trip to the Sweet Sixteen, they have both signed to play with Zastal Zielona Góra in the Polish Basketball League. Foote spent most of last season playing with Melilla Baloncesto in the Spanish second division, and Wittman split his time between Fulgor Libertas Forlì in Italy and the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in the NBA Development League. Their teammate Louis Dale ’10, meanwhile, is back with BG Gottingen, in Ger- many’s top league, Basketball Bundesliga.

TRIPLE PLAY A world championship would be enough to satisfy most runners, but for Max King ’02 it was just the beginning of a busy month. On September 12, King won the World Mountain Running Champi- onship, covering a hilly 12.7 kilometer 100 ACRES OF (7.9 mile) course in Tirana, Albania, in 52 PRIME DEVELOPMENT LAND minutes and six seconds. Then, on Septem- ber 23, he won the USA Track and Field 50 • 1,731 feet on Rt. 13 with Kilometer Trail Championship in his home- 50 acres zoned commercial town of Bend, Oregon, with a time of • Rear 50 acres on Fall Creek, 3:27.54. One day later, King successfully zoned residential defended his XTERRA trail run national • 4 miles from Cornell, airport, and title, covering the 21 kilometer (13 mile) research park course outside Ogden, Utah, with a win- • In Tompkins County, one of the ning time of 1:17.59. most stable economies in NYS • On Rt.13, one of the highest traffic volume roads in the county • No gas lease on the property

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A Compulsion to Compose

Bohuslav Martinu° by F. James Rybka, MD ’61 (Scarecrow)

he twentieth century Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu° wrote more than 400 Tpieces: symphonies, operas, ballets, and many orchestral, chamber, piano, and vocal works. His style evolved from impressionism through experi- ments with expressionism and constructivism to neoclassicism and often employed jazz idioms. The abundance of his output caused some critics to question if the music was facile and uneven. Rybka, a retired professor of plastic surgery at UC Davis and family friend of the composer, emphasizes the quality of Martinu°’s work and makes the case that Martinu° ’s compulsion to compose was a result of Asperger syndrome.

Julia Child’s “The French Chef” by Dana Rallying for Immigrant Rights edited by Polan ’75 (Duke). Julia Child changed Kim Voss, MS ’77, and Irene Bloemraad American attitudes toward food and (California). In early 2006, an estimated turned a cooking show into popular tele- 3.75 to 5 million people across the U.S. vision. “With ‘The French Chef,’ entertain- demonstrated for immigrant rights. ment and instructional strategies came Although their activism helped defeat the together in the force of a dynamic per- Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Ille- sonality who cogently and consistently gal Immigration Control Act, legislation made cooking fun while never losing that would provide a path to legalization sight of the utility of basic instruction,” for millions of undocumented workers and states Polan, a professor of cinema stud- their families failed to pass. A professor of sociology at UC Berke- ies at New York University. “The mere functionality of the cooking ley and her colleagues argue that the legacy of the protests is a demonstration is transformed into steps on the path to pleasure. “call to a new politics of inclusion, one that is being challenged In its own way, ‘The French Chef’ prepares the way for later, more by alternative visions of exclusion and expulsion.” hedonistic cooking shows.” Don’t Expect Magic by Kathy McCul- The Turkey and the Eagle by Caleb Stew- lough ’84 (Delacorte). Fifteen-year-old art Rossiter ’73, PhD ’83 (Algora). Ben- Delaney Collins’s world turns upside jamin Franklin advocated the industrious down after her mother dies and she wild turkey as the symbol of the United leaves her home and friends in New States rather than what he termed the Jersey to live in a California beach “sharping and robbing” bald eagle, a town with her emotionally distant choice that signified aggression and dom- father, a famous life coach and self- inance in foreign policy. One look at the help guru whom she hasn’t seen in four back of the dollar bill shows which sym- years. One day she stumbles upon his bol won. Rossiter, an associate fellow at secret: he’s a fairy godmother. When the Institute for Policy Studies and assis- she discovers that the fairy godmother gene is hereditary, wise- tant professor at American University, reviews the history of U.S. cracking Delaney isn’t prepared for the troubles her newfound domination and citizens’ efforts to control it, from the Spanish- powers cause. She learns that magic doesn’t always help the American War to the current war on terrorism. person who holds the wand. November | December 2011 19 019-021CAMnd11authors 10/12/11 2:20 PM Page 20

Fiction Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey ’81 (Ballantine). The first novel in a trilogy follows the life of Maria Antonia, the young Archduchess of Austria, as she makes the arduous transformation to Marie Antoinette, a suitable wife for Louis, the French Dauphin. Mariage New-Yorkais by David Grossvogel (l’Éditeur). A professor emeritus of Romance studies and comparative literature tells a satirical tale, in French, about a murder investigation in New York. Non-Fiction In Uncertain Times edited by Melvyn P. Lef- fler ’66 and Jeffrey W. Legro (Cornell). Policymakers from the George H. W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush administrations examine how 9/11 and the fall of the Berlin Wall have affected U.S. foreign policy. The Deaths of the Author by Jane Gallop ’72, PhD ’76 (Duke). In close readings of four literary theorists, Gallop, a professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin, reconsiders the poststructuralist idea of the “death of the author”—that the author does not matter, only the text—in light of the recent deaths of several theorists. The Seed by Jon Gordon ’93 (Wiley). The business consultant, life coach, and author of The Energy Bus, offers a fable on how to gain perspective and restore purpose and passion in one’s life and work.

Evolution of Plant Breeding at Cornell Uni- versity by Royse P. Murphy and Lee B. Kass, PhD ’75 (Internet-First University Press). Murphy, former dean of the faculty and head of plant breeding, and Kass, visiting professor in plant biology, tell the 100-year history of the Department of Plant Breeding. Available online at http://hdl.handle.net/1813/23087.

Inside a U.S. Embassy edited by Shawn Dorman ’87 (Foreign Service Books). For- eign Service employees give day-in-the-life accounts of their work in embassies and consulates from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe and answer questions about careers in diplomacy.

Gay Latino Studies edited by Michael Hames-García, PhD ’98, and Ernesto Javier Martínez, PhD ’05 (Duke). The authors explore the state of gay Latino studies in the U.S. and “highlight relationships among ongoing intellectual projects that take the lives of gay, bisexual, and queer Latino men as a starting point.” 20 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Authors December 2011 21 | November by by Emily by Rebecca edited by San- by Emmanuel Teitel- by Emmanuel edited by Toby Emert and Ellie and Emert edited by Toby by Bruce A. Sorrie ’67 (North A. Sorrie by Bruce Bryophyte Ecology and Climate Change Climate Ecology and Bryophyte ’52, G. Slack Nancy Tuba, by Zoltan edited Stark (Cambridge). Lloyd R. ’54, and MS ecosystems varied the describe Researchers exist— bryophytes other and mosses where to alpine to deserts peat bogs from indica- are plants these how regions—and change. climate tors of Studies Cinema Postcolonial dra Ponzanesi and Marguerite Waller ’69 Waller Marguerite and Ponzanesi dra a essays, of In this collection (Routledge). at studies women’s and English of professor examine co-authors her and UC Riverside eco- militarization, migration, effects of the religious and racial and exploitation, nomic for- from filmmakers work of on the conflict U.S. colonies. and Soviet, European, mer Strength through Deterrence PhD ’00 (Nebraska). Matzke, Berens by its ship- Britain’s Royal Navy—backed and steam technology, capacity, building force a deterrent strength—was economic “British naval period. early Victorian in the an argues threat,” power posed a genuine history at Ripon Col- of professor associate exercised “but British governments lege, it.” in using discretion Sand- the to Wildflowers of Guide A Field hills Region Carolina North the A botanist for Carolina). on the focuses Program Heritage Natural of region Sandhills the life of unique plant its depend- and Georgia and Carolinas the ecology. on fire ence Restraint Mobilizing profes- An assistant baum, PhD ’05 (Cornell). international and science political sor of com- University Washington at George affairs India and in Sri Lanka rights worker pares better promotes that democracy argues and success. economic and relations industrial Closer Come Friedland ’76 (Peter Lang). Activists, schol- Activists, Lang). ’76 (Peter Friedland how describe professionals theatre and ars, Boal’s The- Augusto of lessons use the they dialogue to create Oppressed the of atre change. democratic and America and in Europe Nationalism Lloyd Kramer, PhD ’83 (North Carolina). A Carolina). PhD ’83 (North Lloyd Kramer, of University history at the of professor Chapel Hill, looks at the Carolina, North of influence the and nationalism history of revolutions. French and American the Citizenship Embodied Reading Russell ’01 (Rutgers). Using examples from examples Using Russell ’01 (Rutgers). O’Con- Flannery Twain, Mark works of the Foster David and Carson McCullers, nor, English of professor an assistant Wallace, physical how explores College at Rollins of concepts central disability “throws crisis.” into identity American 019-021CAMnd11authors 10/12/11 2:20 PM Page 21 Page PM 2:20 10/12/11 019-021CAMnd11authors 022-025CAMND11flm stg 10/17/11 12:31 PM Page 22

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On a hill above Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes Distilling High Spirits turns local crops into

tasty beverages rive west from Ithaca until you hit Seneca Lake, hang a right, head north along the shore, and there it is: the region’s only liquor distillery. On a hill overlooking the water, Finger Lakes Distilling makes and sells seventeen spirits—vodka to gin, Dgrappa to whiskey. But don’t look for rum or tequila; by law, the company’s ingredients must be sourced from New York State, which nurtures neither sugar cane nor agave. “A big part of what we’re doing is not just running a distillery, but creating something that jibes with a bright spot in this area: wine tourism,” says Drink up: Brian McKenzie ’99 in president and founder Brian McKenzie ’99. “In my mind, it’s a tourism business the tasting room. Opposite: The as much as a distilled spirits business.” distillery (top) boasts a 4,000- Located in Burdett on the Seneca Lake Wine Trail next door to Damiani Wine pound copper still (center) and Cellars, Finger Lakes Distilling has rows of vines in its sloping front yard; its land a dramatic view of the lake. includes a century-old vineyard, and the distillery uses the grapes in some of its 26 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 026-041CAMnd11currents 10/12/11 2:22 PM Page 27

products. On the bottom floor of the custom-designed building is the production facility, jammed wall to wall with stacks of bar- rels, most made from American oak. On this overcast day in June, the distillery is producing its 90-proof corn whiskey, dubbed Glen Thunder. To make a batch of the liquor, hundreds of pounds of corn from local farms are milled to the consistency of flour, then put into the steam-jacketed mash kettle, where the starch breaks down into sugar. Then it’s into the fermenter and finally the 4,000-pound copper still, which McKenzie designed and had shipped from Germany. A clear liquor, the corn whiskey goes straight from still to bottle with no time in the barrel. “It surprises people, because they think it’s going to be like pure moonshine,” McKenzie says. “It has a sweetness to it. It’s actually pretty smooth.” Upstairs is the tasting and sales room, its bar made of pressed tin and its floor salvaged from a Kentucky tobacco barn. Here, visitors can choose from such liquid delights as a Gewürz- traminer grappa with notes of spice and apricot; a rye whiskey whose grain is grown directly across the lake from the distillery; a bourbon made from local heirloom corn and finished in Chardonnay casks; three fruit brandies (peach, pear, and cur- rant); a maple-infused liqueur; and the distillery’s top-selling item, duction space. “Our business is really seasonal,” he says of the Seneca Drums Gin, which was named best New York State spirit tasting-room traffic. “It kicks off on July 4 and stays busy through at the 2010 Food & Wine Classic. But tasters must weigh their October. We’re trying to appeal to a wide range of palates, and options carefully; unlike at wineries, they’re limited by state law we get a pretty good mix of both men and women.” to three samples of a quarter-ounce each. “Nobody’s going to get In addition to selling its spirits, the distillery offers a variety smashed,” McKenzie says. “They’re of high-end mixers, from boutique tonic waters to not even getting a legal drink. A legal rhubarb-flavored bitters. It produces a monthly newslet- drink is an ounce and a half of hard ter with innovative cocktail recipes like Wild Berry alcohol, and they’re getting three- Lavender Lemonade (made with its berry vodka), a quarters of an ounce.” rosemary martini, and a gin-and-Cointreau-based con- A policy analysis and manage- coction dubbed the Corpse Reviver #2. “There’s a big ment major in the College of Human interest in spirits right now,” McKenzie says. “People Ecology, McKenzie grew up in are looking for something authentic, even historical; nearby Elmira and worked in bank- pre-Prohibition cocktails are really popular. It’s fun to ing and finance after graduation. But get a bottle of something and use it twenty-five differ- he’d always had an interest in ent ways, versus just drinking a beer or splitting a bot- whiskey, visiting distilleries in Ken- tle of wine.” tucky and in his grandfather’s native Less fun, McKenzie admits, is the day-to-day grind Scotland while on vacation. When of running a business—even one focused on making the small Upstate bank he worked for and selling high-end libations. “People think it’s a glam- was taken over, he used his severance orous thing to do, but there’s nothing glamorous about to explore his dream job. At a distill- the process side; right now, Thomas is downstairs basi- ing conference in Louisville, he met a cally covered in mash,” McKenzie says of his master master distiller named Thomas Earl distiller. “There are a lot of fun things about it—getting McKenzie—no relation, but serendipitous for future whiskey- out to sell your brand—but at the end of the day you’re doing bottle labeling—and the two men hit it off. Brian decided to go immense amounts of paperwork to keep up on all the regula- for it. “Some people thought I had lost it, maybe,” he recalls with tions.” Speaking of which, he adds: “This is a lot more regulated a smile. “Most people were skeptical—but they thought it had than banking was.” some potential, too.” — Beth Saulnier But there was a major stumbling block. What he planned to do—conduct tastings and sales at the distillery—was illegal in New York State. So he joined other small distillers and the state farm bureau in lobbying to create a new license classification; ‘Visions of Sugar Plums’ then-governor Eliot Spitzer signed the Farm Distillery Act in 2 oz. McKenzie Rye August 2007, and Finger Lakes Distilling opened two years later. 1 oz. ginger liqueur such as Domaine de Canton It now distributes directly to some 400 retailers, bars, and restau- 3/4 oz. Aperol (Italian bitter orange liqueur) rants throughout the state, including tony Manhattan spots like Dash of simple syrup Tribeca Grill, Eleven Madison Park, Craft, Jean-Georges, and Dash of Fee Brothers plum or Angostura bitters Gramercy Tavern. (Ithacans can sample McKenzie’s wares at the Dash of ground cloves Statler Hotel and other local establishments including Moose- wood Restaurant.) While the distillery can’t ship direct to con- Shake ingredients over ice and strain into martini glass. sumers, some of the stores that carry its products offer mail order; Garnish with orange peel and serve. McKenzie is aiming to widen distribution—this summer, the company expanded into New Jersey and Chicago—and enlarge pro-

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Galaxy Quest Amateur astrophotographer Steve Mazlin ’81, BA ’82, captures eye-popping images of the night sky

teve Mazlin ’81, BA ’82, phy.” And this despite the fact that he has Makefield, about thirty miles north of has perfected the whole never taken a course in astronomy or pho- Philadelphia. But he adds, chuckling, dual identity thing. By tography and didn’t even own a computer “Then again, I don’t sail or play golf.” day, he’s a neurologist until fourteen years ago. He is self-taught, Mazlin does have another hobby: Sin Bucks County, Pennsylvania. By night, a backyard hobbyist—quite literally. magic. He taught an Experimental Col- he travels to distant star clusters, explores In 1998, Mazlin constructed a rotating lege course in Willard Straight Hall as an misty nebulae, and watches galaxies collide. dome observatory 100 feet from his house. underclassman, and you can watch a shell And he does most of it while he’s sleeping. Inside the fiberglass structure are a tele- game routine by “The Great Mazlini” on Mazlin is an amateur astrophotogra- scope mount that turns to compensate for YouTube. Mazlin sees a correlation be- pher; he’s part Ansel Adams, part Carl the Earth’s rotation, a high-resolution and tween capturing an instant of deep-space Sagan. His home and office are festooned light-sensitive digital camera, and a laptop wonder and a successful sleight-of-hand. with breathtaking images of the uni- computer equipped with a planetarium “Astronomy is such a mystery, and when verse—the stunning colors and exotic program. With the bells and whistles he you watch a good magic routine you get shapes of wonders like Orion’s Belt, the has added over the years, Mazlin estimates that same gee-whiz feeling,” he says. “In Whirlpool Galaxy, and the craters of the that the total cost of his passion has come a sense, astrophotography is me wanting moon. In fact, eight of his images have to roughly $75,000. But the images are to make rational this totally irrational uni- been selected by NASA as its Astronomy priceless. “It is an expensive hobby, there’s verse. Through the pictures, I’m saying, ‘I Picture of the Day, which Mazlin des- absolutely no doubt,” says Mazlin, who may not be able to understand it, but cribes as “the holy grail in astrophotogra- lives with his wife and two sons in Upper here’s what it looks like.’ ”

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An amateur photographer since age urrents eleven, Mazlin had his own darkroom in the basement of his childhood home on Long Island. Although he never took Astro- nomy 101 during his years as a chemistry major on the Hill, he was always mesmer- ized by the secrets of the universe—a fasci- nation that first crystallized when, as a teenager, he glimpsed the rings of Saturn through a family friend’s telescope. But Mazlin’s two interests didn’t collide until the late Nineties, when amateur astrophotography became possible with the emergence of sophisticated technology. Inside his ten- foot-wide, eight-foot-high backyard observatory are a twelve-and-a-half-inch reflect- ing telescope and a four-inch refracting telescope, as well as a digital camera developed specifically for astro-imaging. The camera includes two chips—one that locks onto a guide star to keep the scope on tar- get and an imaging chip that reduces the his imaging of the night sky. Then he can larger areas are being assembled. “You thermal noise that creeps into ultra-long control everything from his in-house com- have to decide how you’re going to com- exposures (the shutter may be open for as puter. “Hopefully, I’m mostly on autopilot bine the data, what you’re going to empha- much as an hour, as opposed to a fraction once it starts running,” says Mazlin, who size, how much you’re going to sharpen of a second for typical photography). estimates that there are a couple of hun- some areas and blur others, how you’re In the beginning, Mazlin used to camp dred amateur astrophotographers at his going to adjust your color balance,” says out in his observatory until well past mid- elite level throughout the world. “If every- Mazlin. “All of that is the fun part. You night, swatting away mosquitoes in the thing goes well, you have all your data want to come up with an image that is summer or braving the cold of winter as he when you wake up the next morning.” visually appealing, but also realistic.” continually adjusted telescope settings and While Mazlin collects scientific data, Aiming to photograph the night sky as manually rotated the dome to obtain mul- his goal is aesthetic—turning the science viewed from the Southern Hemisphere, tiple exposures over several hours. But now into art. So processing the data—removing Mazlin recently became a partner in Star the dome rotates automatically, software the effects of light pollution and digitally Shadows Remote Observatory, a cooper- allows the telescope to self-adjust, and he superimposing the various exposures—can ative astro-imaging venture (operated with need spend only a few minutes setting up take days, even weeks when mosaics of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) that offers use of a professional installation in Chile. With the dark skies and steady air, says Mazlin, it is “one of the best locations in the world to do astrophotography.” Mazlin can operate the installation’s telescope remotely, imaging distant galaxies by tapping his iPhone. Mazlin’s photographs, which he sometimes sells (“virtually at cost,” he says) to patients or visitors to his website (www. fourthdimensionastroimaging.com), are dazzling enough that they were displayed at New Jersey’s Monmouth Museum a couple of years ago. His images have appeared in magazines like Sky & Tele- scope and Beautiful Universe, and his “Witch Head Nebula” photograph was chosen by UNESCO for its 2009 World Science Day poster. “People see a Hubble [Space Telescope] image and say, ‘Oh, of course. They have a few-billion-dollar piece of equipment that’s out there beyond the atmosphere,’” says Mazlin. “But a schlepper like me in my backyard without any formal training can accomplish some- Star gazer: Steve Mazlin ’81, BA ’82, with his backyard observatory, thing that looks pretty damn good.” which he used to capture images of (top left) Orion’s Belt and — Brad Herzog ’90 Sword and (top right) the Dumbbell Nebula.

November | December 2011 29 LISA BANLAKI FRANK — Heather McAdams ’14 — Heather McAdams eight pieces of modern art loom modern of pieces eight Abstract and Concrete Abstract The sculpture garden took root as an extracurricular project by eleven fourth- and by eleven fourth- project as an extracurricular took root garden sculpture The to be struc- found were pieces the of three installation, the years following In the look industrial that their argue critics—who of share have their sculptures While the Outdoor Sixties-era The arboretum’s art: been restored. have sculptures The Plantations sculpture garden gets a face-lift gets garden sculpture The Plantations Arboretum, Newman Plantations’ in Cornell pond the Near hills rolling to the contrast in rigid standing structures lush scenery—concrete the amid the space for ’52, acquired MFA Squier, Jack art professor But when trees. flowering and I “When heap. than a trash was little more area the early Sixties, in the garden sculpture fifty-five-gallon ties, old railroad was full of land “the recalls, Squier it,” of ahold got as cars.” as big manure chicken piles of and drums, studio in the worked group 1961, the of winter In the students. fifth-year architecture figures—varying the thawed, ground the When scale models. and on sketches with Squier original Of the place. into hoisted sculpted on site and style—were and shape, in size, first piece, to the crane the hooked we “After ten tons. weighed largest the eleven pieces, a now says Squier, it a little,” jiggled and inches about three ground the we lifted it off sure had to make “We Ithaca. and between Florida splits his time who emeritus professor a and crane, the concrete, the donated University The wouldn’t collapse.” crane the Alan them—including of A number rest. the financed students but the mixer, cement Ornithology— Lab of Campus and North Cornell’s designed ’64, who ’63, BArch Chimacoff careers. architecture on to distinguished would go completed a restora- Plantations the last year, down; had to be taken and unsound turally sur- made, were repairs minor cleaned, were pieces The works. remaining eight the of tion sculpture “The was installed. sign an informational and trimmed, were trees rounding says Plantations endeavor,” artistic and culture human aspect of another represent pieces another, one play off sculptures the and trees MPS ’77, PhD ’87. “The Don Rakow, director each.” beauty of the enhancing high- at least one gotten atmosphere—they’ve bucolic arboretum’s the from detracts the Gropius, Walter installation, after their that shortly notes Squier endorsement. profile called to congratulate Bauhaus movement, the of founder and architect German legendary train- had ever seen for he best devices the of it was one thought “He project. him on the suc- they succeeded, students If the was very public. “It recalls. Squier architects,” ing publicly.” failed they failed, If they publicly. ceeded cornellalumnimagazine.com |

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Get the Gist

According to human development professor Valerie Reyna, if public health officials want to counter the anti-vaccination movement, they need to understand how people process risk

Cornell Alumni Magazine: What do you study? Valerie Reyna: I study risky decision-making in children, adoles- cents, and adults. The canonical example is the teenager who takes risks—who speeds or gets into a car with a driver who’s been drinking. Or think about the hundreds of thousands of people who die from smoking every year; almost every one initiates that behavior in adolescence. Certain personality types are what we call sensation-seeking—the fact that something bad might happen makes it thrilling—and many people go through a period like that in adolescence. But the cognition of risk changes fundamentally from adolescence to adulthood.

CAM: Could you give an example? VR: Take unprotected sex. There’s the possibility of HIV infection, and most adults would say it’s not worth it. From the point of view of an adolescent, there are benefits to having sex and the chances of HIV infection are objectively low, so it makes sense to take a risk. But as you go from adolescence to adulthood, there’s what we call a “gist- based intuitive process.” That’s a mouthful, but what it boils down to is this: if there’s a non-negli- gible possibility of a really bad thing, don’t do it.

CAM: How does that thinking apply in areas where people are quite bad at assessing risk? People ride in cars every day but are terrified to fly, even though the odds of dying in a car accident are much higher than in a plane crash. ANDY FRIEDMAN VR: In fact, the joke in my profession is that people drive to the airport, and then they worry.

CAM: So why do people think like that? CAM: What are the most common worries about vaccination? VR: Risk perception is affected by things like familiarity and con- VR: There has been concern about narcolepsy associated with trol. Essentially, if you have less control over something or it’s certain vaccines in Europe; in the U.S., some people continue to less familiar, you’re more fearful. see a connection (wrongly) between autism and childhood vac- cinations. And the prevalence rate for autism—one in seventy for CAM: Given your specialty, why were you interested in study- boys—is very high. As more people talk about this in the media, ing immunization? more people are concerned that there is a link. They think, I got VR: It involves a major public health problem, and also it’s a my child vaccinated and he began to exhibit these symptoms; question of risk. Vaccines are low-risk, but they do have some they connect the dots. risk; there’s the very remote possibility that you will have a severe reaction or even die. Parents have to decide whether to vaccinate CAM: In general, are people good at assessing risk? their children—but there are major public health consequences VR: It depends if they’ve had adequate opportunity to experi- if they don’t. There have been recurrences of some diseases, like ence the outcome. People who lived before the polio vaccine measles, that we thought were conquered. knew people who had polio; they saw friends die, they saw 32 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 026-041CAMnd11currents 10/12/11 2:22 PM Page 33 C C people in iron lungs. The research shows sits next to yours in school? says that, to make a decision, people have urrents urrents that if you have exposure to outcomes, to understand what they’re being told. It you’re able to estimate probabilities very CAM: Given that part of the problem is might be temping to conclude, “The gov- well. But in today’s world, if everybody that one side offers more compelling mes- ernment will put the facts out there about gets vaccinated, you don’t observe the sages, what can public health officials vaccination, heart disease, cancer, or smok- bad event. learn from your research to make a more ing, and that will solve the problem.” But effective case? it’s not facts that determine a decision; it’s CAM: What is happening in people’s VR: The recommendation would be to the mental representation of those facts. minds when they decide whether or not to focus on the gist instead of reporting facts It’s what’s in the mind, not what’s on the vaccinate? that public health officials assume are self- page, that determines what you do. In VR: One thing that’s obvious is that offi- evident—“this is FDA approved, you terms of public health, that’s where the cial sources of information about vacci- should just do it.” The gist-based approach rubber meets the road. nation risks and benefits—government — Beth Saulnier websites, for example—are difficult for laypeople to understand. It’s not that they necessarily use big words; it’s that the concepts—like “herd immunity”— make no sense. The sites just tell facts; they don’t explain them. My theory says that you can encode facts in a rote fashion—what we call “verbatim representation”—but those representations are not what you use to make decisions; to make decisions, you use what we call “gist representations.”

CAM: What are gist representations? VR: They capture the bottom-line mean- ing. If you don’t understand what you’re reading, your gist is impoverished. And these websites don’t explain; they exhort. They say, “You should get vaccinated.” Why? “Because you should.” They don’t really explain the risks, the mechanisms of the vaccines, or the process by which they’re approved in a way that people understand and therefore trust. On the other hand, if you go to an anti-vaccination website, it’s very explanatory. There’s a coherent narrative.

CAM: Do the anti-vaccination sites also tend to be more compelling? They can tell a story like, “My son Billy was three years old and developing normally and now he’s autistic because of this vaccine.” VR: That’s precisely correct. We’re seeing stories that are not only emotionally evocative, but also more coherent.

CAM: As a researcher, do you have to be neutral about whether vaccines really cause autism? VR: Being objective does not necessarily mean being completely open-minded about things for which there are established facts. For example, mercury was removed from vaccines—so if mercury caused autism, you’d see a drop in autism, and in fact it continues to be diagnosed at a higher rate. I would not presume that someone who’s anti-vaccination is irrational; on the other hand, there are consequences. If you decide not to vaccinate, what about the child that November | December 2011 33 026-041CAMnd11currents 10/12/11 2:22 PM Page 34

Organized Labor

Hoarding specialist Leslie Josel ’85 helps clients cope with extreme clutter

here was the family whose house was so overstuffed, they had to enter it by climb- Ting an eight-foot ladder to reach a window—and slept in a tent in the backyard. There was the compulsive shopper who bought four houses next to each other to hold all his belongings. Then there are the “sentimental hoarders”—the kind who keep everything from baby clothes to the ugly vase they got as a gift twenty years ago—and the “intellectual hoarders” who hold onto every newspaper, magazine, and piece of mail on the off chance they may need it someday. This isn’t the lineup for the new season of TLC’s “Hoarding: Buried Alive”; it’s Leslie Josel’s career. The former human development major is a professional organizer specializing in clients with chronic disorganization and hoarding behaviors. Her Westchester- based business, Order Out of Chaos, serves clients throughout PROVIDED the tri-state area. About a third of them are teenagers needing help with ADD-related issues or time management, another third are adults who hoard, and the rest suffer from compulsive disorganization. Josel ’85 generally handles the more severe cases, while the more straightforward jobs are passed on to the three organizers she employs; her firm also has a moving and downsizing division. A former human resources executive, Josel founded Order Out of Chaos a decade ago after her son was diagnosed with ADD and learning disabilities. She searched for ways to “untan- gle” his environment, and soon found that others wanted her to organize their homes. While Josel did not initially treat hoarding, she realized there was a growing market for such special- ists and sought certification from the Institute for Challenging Disorganization, the field’s nonprofit professional group. Since then, popular interest in the disorder has grown significantly, with numerous media stories about hoarding cases and two reality TV shows on the topic, “Hoarding: Buried Alive” and A&E’s “Hoarders.” Josel, who has worked with both shows and appeared on “Buried Alive,” believes that public interest has helped sufferers by giving the problem a real diagnosis. “It’s brought the clutter out of the closet,” she says. “Everyone used to joke about the crazy lady in the house with the cats, but now they’ve humanized it.” Still, Josel predicts that such behav-

Cleaning up: To watch professional organizer Leslie Josel ’85 on “Hoarding: Buried Alive,” scan the QR code (above).

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iors will continue to increase, fueled in part by our consumer-oriented society. She has even begun working with children who hoard, including a young boy who keeps 1,000 boxes in his room, forbidding anyone from touching them. “We are a disposable generation,” Josel says, “yet some of us don’t dispose.” One of Josel’s current clients is Robert Stein, a successful New York lawyer who asked that his real name be withheld. Stein is a compulsive buyer, with many collections—from stamps to coins to cartoon memorabilia—and hoarding tendencies. For the past year and a half, he has been working with Josel to cut back on his buying and get rid of some of his collections. “It’s been highly successful, but it’s not done,” he says. “We’re still learning and making progress.” During their twice- monthly meetings, he and Josel determine that day’s goals; she often pushes Stein to rank his possessions on a scale of one to ten, one of her most common strategies. “You learn that you do have a finite amount of time for stuff,” he says. “If you cut back, maybe you can have more time for family if, rather than going on a shopping trip, you spend the time throwing a ball around. It’s been eye-opening.” Josel stresses that it is often crucial to involve families and therapists in the healing process—and that while some people may think hoarding can be easily curbed, treatment can be lengthy. “It is a disease, a real disorder,” she says. “People need therapy, support, and someone in the trenches with them.” As Josel often puts it: “Clut- ter is like another member of the family— and it’s the most dysfunctional member.” — Natanya Auerbach ’13

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JOE PETERSACK

As New Jersey’s top forensic scientist, Howard Baum ’79 oversees a lab without dim lighting (or high heels) CSI: Reality

oward Baum ’79 is well aware that a visitor tions, and lit the room so dimly it made you wonder how any- may be shocked by what he sees at the New one could detect anything at all. “The only thing in that labora- Jersey Forensic Tech Center. It’s not the thick tory that was real was our anthropologist,” says Baum, smiling vault door at the reception area, the sexual and shaking his head. “Everything else was rented or borrowed.” Hassault kit in an exam room, the human jawbone in the anthro- New Jersey has 561 police departments; all of them bring evi- pology lab, or the concrete slab (which once encased a body) dence (logged in by bar code) to the central laboratory or to one being examined in the vehicle bay. of the three regional labs. The evidence ranges in size from No, it’s the fact that it doesn’t look like a TV crime show. microscopic to so large that it has to be loaded into vehicle Here, at the largest of four state labs that Baum oversees as bays—cars, boats, even 4,600 impounded pot plants. “The whole director of the New Jersey State Police Forensic Science Labora- building smelled like marijuana,” recalls Baum, who earned a tory, the scientists don’t visit crime scenes or perform autopsies. PhD from Brandeis after receiving his BS in biology from CALS. They each specialize in one area—toxicology, for instance, or Hired as director in March 2008, Baum oversees 175 scien- drug analysis or arson. And they work under fluorescent over- tists, evidence handlers, and administrative support staff, more head lighting, not the blue backlighting that makes modern than half of whom work at the Hamilton lab. Much of the forensics TV shows look like nightclubs. “And by the way, none microscopic work is done in the criminalistics lab, where scien- of the women here is wearing stiletto heels,” says Baum, as he tists examine hairs and fibers, analyze paint and glass fragments, gives a tour of the Hamilton, New Jersey, facility. “That’s not and study impressions of tires or footwear. Surprisingly, Baum practical.” insists one of the best sources for matching footwear impressions But expectations are such that when a crew from “America’s is zappos.com, because the website offers pictures of the soles of Most Wanted” came to chronicle the so-called Baby Bones case, each of its shoes. “Most people use it as a shopping site,” says they redecorated. “They decided it didn’t look like a laboratory,” Baum, whose Cornellian relatives include his wife, Ellen Zukof- Baum recalls. So the show folks brought in their own equipment sky Baum ’80, a brother, a sister, and a son recently matriculated and glassware, mixed hair gel and water to create colored solu- into the Class of 2015. “We use it as a database.”

36 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 026-041CAMnd11currents 10/12/11 2:22 PM Page 37 C urrents The center’s DNA lab comprises three units—nuclear DNA, mitochondrial is an exclusive offline dating DNA, and CODIS (Combined DNA Linx Dating Index System, a national database linked network. We are conducting a search for to the FBI). But Baum notes that—unlike our female client who is located near on TV—DNA analysis isn’t instanta- Washington, DC. She is intellectual, 36, neous. “It takes us longer than an hour. We do not pop it into a machine and out Caucasian, 5'7", with a natural, healthy pops the match. There are many more look, and a svelte physique. When not steps,” says Baum, who estimates average working as a part-time pediatrician, she turnaround time to be closer to sixty days. is passionate about her two young girls, “The important thing is quality, because people’s lives are at stake. We have to reading, exploring, and having fun. make sure we’re right.” Never one to accept mediocrity or the Which isn’t to say that Baum and his status quo, she is exceptional in every- staff can’t deliver when justice requires a thing she does in her life. Friends would describe her as loyal, gen- quick turnaround. Last fall, a shooting at a Seton Hall University party left three uine, witty, and nurturing. The perfect match is comfortable with injured and one dead. No one could iden- commitment and has been married before. He is between the ages of tify the assailant—but the police knew 33 and 49, Caucasian, Indian, or African American and masculine. that, on his way into the party, he’d gotten into a tussle and suffered a bloody The ideal match is a responsible professional who values education, nose. They called Baum on a Saturday and leads his life with a strong moral compass. He’s well connected morning; he received the blood sample and loving, knows himself, and cares about health and fitness. No and summoned his crew. Within two fees. If you are interested or know anyone who might qualify for this days, they had extracted DNA and found a match: a man who lived three doors unique search, please contact Founder & CEO Amy Andersen at: down from the shooting. [email protected] or visit www.linxdating.com Baum was a research scientist at Life- codes Corp. in Valhalla, New York, What are you waiting for? before being hired in 1990 as deputy director of the forensic biology lab in New York City’s Office of the Chief Med- ical Examiner, a position he held for eighteen years. In the aftermath of 9/11, his PRIVATE SETTING on duties included providing technical lead- 135' CAYUGA LAKE ership in the effort to identify the tens of thousands of remains buried in the rubble of Ground Zero. Baum and the 100 scientists in his lab tested the limits of science during the process, described by his then- boss Robert Shaler as the “largest and most scrutinized forensic investigation in United States history.” The remains of the World Trade Center victims were exposed to such high temperatures and pressure that their genetic material degraded—a Wonderful west shore custom-built 3 bdrm., 2 bath with great open floor phenomenon Baum calls “new ancient plan. Nice second floor deck areas and DNA”—requiring the development of screened porch. Basement family room, new extraction methods. walk-out sliders to lake. Cedar dock. Baum admits that for a while he had 3-bay garage. 35 mins. to Cornell campus. nightmares about his experiences follow- $579,000 ing 9/11. But over the years he has learned to leave the atrocities at the office and to embrace the good that his lab achieves, whether it helps a case or not. “We examine the evidence, and wherever it leads, that’s where it leads,” he says. “You hear Call for our latest inventory! a lot about identifying and convicting the Mel Russo, guilty, but I get great joy from exonerat- Lic. Real Estate Broker/Owner ing the innocent.” At the end of the day, 315-246-3997 or 315-568-9404 he can even go home and watch TV. “As [email protected] long,” says Baum, “as it’s not ‘CSI.’ ” www.senecayuga.com — Brad Herzog ’90

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False Advertising

Two studies explore the murky morality of online reviews

h, what a tangled World Wide Web we weave. Take “deceptive opin- Oion spam,” a virulent new strain of flimflammery that’s a pox on consumers everywhere. “This is not the spam we’ve become accustomed to—those annoying, unsolicited messages that pop up in e-mail,” says communication professor Jeffrey Hancock. “Deceptive opinion MICHAEL SLOAN / THE ISPOT spam consists of fictitious opinions that are deliberately written to sound authentic. That takes deceit to a whole other level.” duced an algorithm that scans text for patterns of prevarication Anyone who shops online is familiar with the star rating sys- based on a first-of-its-kind collection of opinion spam. tem and accompanying testimonials written by customers who Four hundred fake reviews written by known hired guns and have allegedly purchased or sampled the goods. Millions of these 400 (presumably) honest reviews of Chicago hotels were fed into reviews are honest. But deceptive opinion spammers have infil- the system. In repeated tests, the software weeded out the frauds trated this trust-based system and, for as little as five bucks a with about 90 percent accuracy. (By comparison, a control group pop, lavish praise on products and services based solely on their of three Cornell students fell around the 50 percent range, about imaginations. as good as guesswork). The program detects fraud based on parts Consider this five-star review of an Ithaca dental practice: of speech and other tip-offs: deceivers tend to use the first per- “The best dentist ever. Always in a cheerful mood, never down. son singular “I” and “me” as if to validate their observations; Just all around wonderful people.” Sounds great. Until you they often mention traveling companions and their reasons for research this particular patient’s past reviews and find that he being in Chicago (evidence of “overcompensation,” says Cardie). also gave five stars to a roofing company in Tulsa, the Bedford And, like fiction writers, deceivers deploy far more verbs, pro- Plaza Hotel outside Boston, the Brazilian Grille in Boise, and nouns, adverbs, and superlative adjectives. another hotel in South Dakota. The reviewer’s home base is San Truthful reviews, on the other hand, describe concrete spa- Diego. All seventy-four of his reviews are gushing. tial details like bathroom size. Also, they use more punctuation You don’t have to be Miss Marple to crack such a simple and often employ keyboard short cuts like “$” as well as a lib- case of deceptive opinion spam—but it’s surprising how easily eral spray of dashes, ellipses, and parentheses. Honest folks stick fooled we are by online hokum. with meat-and-potatoes nouns, prepositions, and adjectives and According to Hancock, that’s normal. Research on deception eschew the exclamation point. shows that we are hard-wired to believe. It’s called the truth bias, Cardie’s team is well aware that publishing these tricks of the and it makes civilized society possible. Violating that basic trust trade will inevitably generate more deceitful prose. But the more at the point of sale has untold economic impact. The opinion that businesses use spam to improve their bottom line, the greater spam contagion is believed to be widespread, infecting all sites the risk of having their credibility sabotaged by hired hacks and that use customer reviews, say Hancock and his colleagues; juicy insiders seeding their own glowing reviews. Says Ott: “If there is targets include hotel, restaurant, and travel sites like Tripadvisor, an overabundance of positive reviews, the whole system of con- Citysearch, and Yelp, as well as general retailers like Amazon. sumer reviews as a sales tool falls apart.” But no one knows how prevalent it really is, and people are not And while the algorithm has its limits (so far, it is valid only good judges of online writing. “Humans have had about 60,000 for Chicago hotels), the software could be adapted to flag sus- years of face-to-face conversation, so we’ve identified cues for picious reviews; companies could then block writers with a spotting lies,” Hancock says. “But we’ve only been communi- known history of lying. The next step is to try the approach in cating in virtual ways for a relatively short time. We’re not very other domains such as restaurant and book reviews. The indus- adept at identifying online deception in text.” try response to Hancock and Cardie’s study was overwhelming: While the technology for detecting digital deception is in its The researchers were besieged by job offers and inquiries from infancy, Hancock and computer science professor Claire Cardie, Google, Amazon, Tripadvisor, and various hotel chains. along with grad students Myle Ott, MEng ’07, and Yejin Choi, Opinion spam comes in a variety of flavors, some less overtly MS ’09, have developed software that exposes deceptive opinion destructive than others. For example, there is the kind that some spam. By integrating principles of psychology and communica- Amazon reviewers generate simply to boost their own egos; writ- tion with linguistics and computer science, the researchers pro- ers whose reviews are deemed most helpful can generate a fol- 38 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 026-041CAMnd11currents 10/12/11 2:23 PM Page 39 C urrents

November | December 2011 39 . Caveat emptor — Franklin Crawford Pinch’s study provides a composite of study Pinch’s Until technology catches up with the lowing. A study profiling Amazon’s top Amazon’s profiling A study lowing. professor led by Cornell reviewers, 1,000 a world of bored Pinch, reveals Trevor experts retirees, and armchair freelancers, cranking status by vying for most-helpful as dis- of reviews of items out hundreds exercise romance novels, parate as and dog brushes. machines, roughly 70 the opinion-spammer-at-large: 40 percent are pro- percent are male and percent are fessional writers. Eleven him. “After my retirees, a fact that amuses enter all these silly dad retired, he used to and win gifts,” word game competitions of science and muses Pinch, a professor “It of sociology. technology studies and for him.” But was a nice little hobby side: Pinch found that 85 a darker there’s reviewers got free percent of top Amazon products from publishers, agents, authors, and manufacturers. Another 78 percent said they often or always review such giveaways. “If you get something for free,” says Pinch, “a customer review is really not a customer review anymore.” for advisory digital deceivers, a traveler’s online shoppers is in effect: if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. As the old algorithm goes: cornellalumnimagazine.com |

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t is a truism for many in the Fin- This painstaking process mirrors the ger Lakes that the region’s rela- practice of top French Champagne Itively cool climate makes it an houses such as Krug and Bollinger. ideal location for the production of Fewer than 100 cases of this wine world-class sparkling wine. Grapes were made. “I’d be happy to produce ripen more slowly in cooler growing 2,000 cases,” says Bell, “but the demand areas, and when harvested their acid- isn’t currently there.” He notes that ity is relatively high. That acidity is while the locavore movement insists on what lends crispness and elegance locally produced food, when it comes to good sparkling wine. to celebrating, even individuals who Despite this logic, the Finger prefer to “eat local” are happy to Lakes is not yet well known for toast with sparkling wine from its sparklers, and one might argue France, Spain, or California. that truly outstanding examples Interestingly, Bell does not serve are still rare. A wine that may his Blanc de Blancs in a standard help to change that situation is Champagne flute. He prefers to the Fox Run 2008 Blanc de pour it into a small, narrow, regular Blancs. Made solely from Char- wine glass, which he feels does a donnay grapes, this delicate, better job of concentrating the fragrant beauty demonstrates just wine’s aroma. However you serve it, how good Finger Lakes bubbly this lovely wine ($30 retail) is per- can be. fect for holiday celebrations. It can According to Fox Run wine- be purchased only from the winery; maker Peter Bell, this wine was pro- for information, go to www.foxrun duced solely from the winery’s original vineyards.com. block of Chardonnay vines, planted during — Dave Pohl the late Eighties. In an unusual move for the Finger Lakes, the wine was fermented in the Dave Pohl, MA ’79, is a wine buyer at barrel before bottling and re-fermentation. Northside Wine & Spirits in Ithaca. 042-043CAMnd11wines 10/12/11 2:24 PM Page 43

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hey’re two of the most prominent voices in Amer- A conversation ican financial journalism. Former Daily Sun editor-in-chief Peter Coy ’79 is economics editor with financial of Bloomberg Businessweek, where he has journalists worked for more than two decades. Andrew Ross TSorkin ’99, New York Times business columnist and co-anchor Peter Coy ’79 and of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” wrote the 2009 bestseller Too Big Andrew Ross to Fail, an exhaustive analysis of the 2008 financial crisis that was made into an HBO film, which he co-produced; he also Sorkin ’99 edits the Times-affiliated news site DealBook. In early August, Coy and Sorkin sat down with CAM over lunch in the Times building to discuss their careers and the current state of financial journalism. By lunchtime, Coy had already made a lengthy appearance on C-SPAN to discuss that week’s cover story (“Why the Debt Crisis Is Even Worse Than You Think”) and Sorkin had broken the news—on television and online—of Kraft’s decision to split its grocery and snack businesses.

Cornell Alumni Magazine: How do you explain complex financial concepts to the average reader? Andrew Ross Sorkin: As simply as possible. Oddly enough, I was probably better at this when I didn’t know a lot, because then you’re forced to make people explain to you in the most basic terms to the point where you understand every element of it. But when you start thinking you actually understand, it can be dangerous. Peter Coy: It’s true. I find that I don’t really understand something until I’ve written about it, because the exercise of writing forces you to boil and boil until you have it straight in your mind. That, to me, is the most enjoyable part of the job— figuring out hard-to-figure-out things and explaining them to people. The other thing is you have access to really smart people; Andrew and I both work for publications where people will call us back. I get Nobel Prize-winners on the phone giving me tuto- rials—stuff that I should have learned in college, but didn’t.

CAM: How is financial reporting different from any other beat? Or is it similar to, say, sports? ARS: There’s a certain kind of reporting that is sort of like sports. You go to the game, you tell the world what happened; you report on a fire or what the president said today. But business reporting infrequently happens in front of you. It’s rare where you get a

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ringside seat to the board meeting and report on what happened. I think the challenge is to take the reader inside the room—so you can tell the story so that it almost feels like you’re watching the sporting event. But it’s hard to do that in real life. PC: Andrew is one of the best at If somebody does something what he just described. You good, you acknowledge it, and should ask him to tell you the story about how he doped out some of the sequences in when they do something bad, Too Big to Fail, the painstaking work of recon- you call them out for it. But if structing those scenes. ARS: In Too Big to Fail I tried to recreate what hap- you’re just giving atta-boys, pened in every meeting. I would sit with people for hours and ask, “What did you say? And what did he or if you’re just hitting people say? And what did she say back to you?” And I’d do over the head, nobody will this until I’d talked to virtually every person in the room. Then I’d sit in my living room with notes and match the respect that. quotes; for the ones that didn’t match, I’d call everyone back and say, “There’s another person who said you said it like this. And another person who said...” Until I got people to say, “Well you know what, that’s actually right.” PC: Tell the story about the person who didn’t want to talk to you until... ARS: A lot of people do return your calls, but often people don’t want to talk to you either because the information’s too sensitive I want to hear his answer. or they’re not interested. In the example Peter is talking about, ARS: My sense has always been that if you approach people there was an executive who didn’t want to talk to me. Finally I openly—explain what you’re doing, give them the opportunity get him on the phone on a Sunday afternoon and say, “Look, I to respond, and come at them with an open mind—that even if understand you don’t want to talk to me, I’ve talked to your you come to the opposite conclusion than they do, they will friends, your lawyer says leave you alone, I get it.” And then I laid respect you for it. I’ve had lots of instances where I’ve called peo- out for him what reporting I’d done. I said, “OK, I have you in ple and said, “I’m about to write something very critical. You [Morgan Stanley chairman and CEO] John Mack’s house on Sat- are probably going to be very unhappy—or worse. Let’s go urday morning at 10:30. You’re sitting in the living room on the through any and all reasons why I shouldn’t be writing this, or green couch, eating a chicken wrap sandwich his wife brought at least tell me your side of the story.” The other thing is being you. Your son’s lacrosse game started at 1:30, you didn’t show balanced overall; if somebody does something good, you up until 2:30, and this is what you said.” And there’s this very acknowledge it, and when they do something bad, you call them long pause. By the end of the call he said, “I think we should out for it. But if you’re just giving atta-boys, or if you’re just hit- talk.” And that’s how this happens over and over. The deeper you ting people over the head, nobody will respect that. Does that get in the reporting, the more other people become attracted to make sense? talk to you. PC: Yeah, I think that captures it. A lot of it comes down to basic PC: Again, Andrew is one of the very best. journalism practices; you have to make sure your facts are right, ARS: But you do a much more granular analysis. and you’ve got to give people a chance to respond. And you have PC: Well, the difference is that he’s mostly covering Wall Street to pay attention to their responses, even if that means your story and finance and I mostly cover economics, although we do over- changes. I had that happen about a year ago, where I was going lap here and there. Mine is less about recreating a scene than to blast this Washington nonprofit that’s involved in low-income combing through data, looking for patterns, for trouble spots. I housing. I thought I had the goods on them—somebody had love finding a new data source. Then I’ll say, “I still don’t under- tipped me off—and I was reporting around them before I went stand this,” so I’ll get some geek on the phone to explain it to to them; they caught wind, and we talked. So I sat down with me, and some other geek to explain that person’s explanation, the guy, and I realized we needed to kill the story. It was a until I feel comfortable enough I can quote it in an article. momentary embarrassment that I’d wasted a bunch of time, but ARS: Peter, I would say you’re selling yourself short on one I’m glad that story never appeared. aspect of this, which is the reason why your stuff is as good as it is. Not only do you talk to all the geeks and figure it out, you CAM: Speaking of ethics, let’s talk about the British phone- then use the human drama. If you’re writing a mortgage story hacking scandal. As people who’ve chosen to spend your lives in you might find a banker or someone who just lost their house, this profession, what did you think when you heard about it? and tell the story so it’s more accessible. You may start with the Were you surprised? Horrified? numbers, but then you find people. PC: I didn’t have a strong personal reaction, because that is so far from what I do that I don’t really associate with it. CAM: How do you maintain relationships with sources that are ARS: I think of the News of the World and the Sun and maybe cordial without being in their pockets? In other words, how do the New York Post as being in a different business than I’m in. you maintain objectivity while getting people to return your So I didn’t have a tremendous reaction, but I wasn’t that sur- phone calls? prised. I remember years ago having a fascinating dinner with a PC: I am impressed with Andrew’s ability to do that. He lays into reporter from the National Enquirer, learning about the tech- some of these guys he knows he’s going to need in the future. So niques they use—getting hotel rooms next to Michael Jackson, November | December 2011 47 044-049CAMnd11coysorkin 10/12/11 2:25 PM Page 48

day now appears minutes after something happens. What would have been considered the “second day” story might appear by noon, and the sidebar and other offshoots of those stories might be done by four. The good news is that you can get a lot of information out there. The bad news is I worked for the Associated that by default, it’s hard to get great perspective within hours of something happening. Sometimes Press for nine years, and you need to take a step back and ask, what does this all mean? And that’s what Peter does so well. when I left I said, ‘I don’t want PC: Because we’re a weekly, we have to figure to do this wire service thing out, “Here’s where the conversation is now, here’s where it’s heading in the next day or so; where again.’ And when we went on can we go that’s not going to be completely chewed up by the New York the Internet I felt like I was Times and the Wall Street having flashbacks. Journal and everybody else who has a higher frequency than we do?” It can be challenging to pull back like that. But it forces you to look for something new to say.

CAM: Time and Newsweek have seen major drops in circulation. Is there a future for the newsweekly? PC: I think there is—but if it were just my opinion it wouldn’t paying maids to take pictures of celebrities for them. When I matter. Bloomberg decided there is, and has the money to back heard what the News of the World was doing, my reaction wasn’t it up. We were losing money when we were acquired from in the context of being a journalist but just of, “That’s icky.” McGraw-Hill in December 2009, but Bloomberg has deep pockets and can afford to keep us afloat while we rebuild circulation CAM: Peter, you graduated in 1979, Andrew in 1999—so and advertising. That’s the business case; the editorial case is that roughly a generation apart. Peter, are you nostalgic for the pre- a lot of people enjoy a weekly frequency. It’s closer to the news Internet era? Andrew, do you have romantic ideas about the hey- than a monthly but less frenzied than a daily. day of print journalism? PC: I’m nostalgic for my youth because everybody is, but it wasn’t CAM: How does the blogosphere affect what you do? Does it better back then. At the Daily Sun, I used manual typewriters to make your jobs harder? There’s so much information out there— write my editorials. If you rewrote a paragraph you’d have to but also a lot of misinformation. type it on another piece of paper and paste it on; we had to draw ARS: Financial journalism was already a remarkably efficient brackets when we were centering something. We’d take the arti- industry. There were thousands of people going after this news cles downstairs after they’d been marked up, and somebody because there was money to be made in it, way before there were would retype them into a computer to form columns. This was political blogs, arts blogs, or sports blogs. I would say the blog- not a better world. osphere has made it even more efficient; when there is bad infor- ARS: I started my first internship with the Times in 1995; I was mation in the market, it is corrected remarkably quickly. And the here when the paper was in black and white. I do have roman- blogosphere has added some new voices. There are business tic notions about that time. I wrote for the Times from London people who would have never been caught dead participating in after I graduated. Covering a story, I’d have a full day to call a dialogue who now use it as a bully pulpit; a lot of economists everybody I could find. Now that same story would probably be write blogs and have interesting perspectives. I think what some filed in some form by 9 or 10 a.m., and then you’d file iterations of the established publications can do is to act as arbiters, of it throughout the day. There’s a tremendous value to that, but the people who sift through it and figure out what’s right and I also like the idea of crafting a story and spending lots of time what’s not. with it. I write a weekly column, and I labor over it; you try to PC: Overall, it makes my life a lot easier. It’s a great reporting turn a phrase and wordsmith something. But that is harder in tool. When I’m working on a story, I have an RSS feed of thirty this rapid-fire age. or forty blogs and I scan them to see if anybody’s been writing PC: It’s a little different for us at Bloomberg Businessweek; about this. Because, as Andrew said, things move so quickly because we’re a weekly I can spend time polishing something. I now; one person will throw something out, somebody else will do enjoy that. I worked for the Associated Press for nine years, respond to it, and within a few hours the state of thinking on the and when I left I said, “I don’t want to do this wire service thing subject has moved pretty far. If you try to figure it out all by again.” And when we went on the Internet I felt like I was hav- yourself, you’re not taking advantage of the hive mind. ing flashbacks. CAM: What about TV? Peter, you’re appearing on TV twice CAM: What about that desire for instantaneous information? today; Andrew, you’re on CNBC every morning. What do you How does it affect the way you work, and what are the advan- like about it? tages and pitfalls? PC: Frankly, I do it because my employer wants me to, because ARS: The good news about this always-on, twenty-four-hour it gets our magazine out there. On C-SPAN this morning, they world is that information has become much more efficient. The kept showing the cover of the magazine, quoting from my “first day” story that would have appeared in the Times the next story—it’s every reporter’s dream. The hard part, on C-SPAN in 48 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 044-049CAMnd11coysorkin 10/12/11 2:25 PM Page 49

particular, is fielding questions. This morning, some guy who some of the dinosaurs are going to transform themselves and runs a Quiznos in Michigan called in, and he started ranting continue on. about how “these fellows want free potato chips with their order, ARS: We hope. and that offer’s over,” and he started swearing. Then you’ve got people calling in—what was it?—yelling about [anti-tax activist] CAM: In terms of an economically viable system, how do you Grover Norquist. What am I going to say about Grover feel about online paywalls like the one the Times established Norquist? But it’s good for Bloomberg, and it’s good for me too. this year? It’s more likely that people will call me back because they saw ARS: I’m a believer in the model. What I think is smart about me on TV. how we’ve approached it, not to sound like an advertisement, is that it’s a permeable wall. Readers like to go to the newsstand CAM: How different a skill is it to work in TV versus print? and flip through the paper before buying it, so I like the idea that ARS: I’ve enjoyed experimenting with different forms, whether you get twenty articles for free and then we say, “Enough it’s writing in the paper, writing a book, dealing with film, or already.” It’s like getting the tsk-tsk from the man at the news- doing TV. I’ve found that TV is another fascinating, very differ- stand after you’ve been standing there too long. ent medium. It’s obviously more instantaneous; there’s a lot of PC: “This is not a library.” thinking on your feet. You’re not only trying to get an answer, ARS: Exactly. So I think that the approach is the right one, and you’re trying to get an answer quickly. For someone like me it should help us economically over time. It’s probably too soon who’s focused on Wall Street and mergers and acquisitions, it’s to cheer aloud, but all signs are in the right direction. allowed me to stretch myself. And also, I think Peter’s right; there is a personal connection on television that I’m not sure ever truly CAM: Given that, what advice would you give to the Cornell happens in print, in that viewers see you and think they have student who asks, “Should I go into journalism?” some relationship with you. There’s tremendous value to that, ARS: It’s still a tough business. But if you love it, and you have when you become their trusted source. a passion for it, you should do it. The most successful people I’ve PC: A lot of people won’t even know who wrote an article; they encountered in journalism are people who from day one loved don’t look at bylines. But you can’t not look at somebody’s face. it, breathed it, lived it. You know, I always say I haven’t worked Print people tend to hate the fact that every survey shows that a day in my life. I think this is one of the coolest things you could TV is more trusted as a news source—but that’s the way the ever do. world is. People trust the ones they see. PC: Yeah, I agree. I said, “They’re going to pay me to do what I’ve been doing for free here at Cornell all these years?” CAM: Do you ever get recognized on the street, and if so, what’s that like? CAM: So in a nutshell: what do you love about your job? ARS: I do, probably as a function of “Squawk Box” or back ARS: You get paid to be curious, to ask questions of some of the when I went on “Charlie Rose” or all the promotion around Too most interesting people in the world. Occasionally, a TV segment Big to Fail two years ago. If someone says, “Hey, love your or an article can actually have influence, can change the narra- book,” or “Love reading you,” it feels great. I’ve had a couple tive of a discussion or even the national conversation. On tele- of awkward encounters where someone comes over to you and vision especially, I’ve seen the market react to something said on you think you should say hello to them because you know them, CNBC literally instantaneously. Same for the Web. but you don’t, and then you don’t really know what you’re sup- PC: The curiosity, yes. But the part that makes it different from, posed to do. say, being an investigator is then you get to write about it, and PC: I don’t get recognized because I’m not as famous as Andrew. that to me is equally pleasurable. But that’s a problem for another day. CAM: Speaking of curiosity: is there a question you’ve always CAM: Andrew, what was it like to have your book made into wanted to ask each other? an HBO movie starring the likes of William Hurt and Paul Gia- PC: I want to ask Andrew how he got the scoop on Kraft, but matti? he won’t tell me. ARS: Fantastic. There’s not much to say. ARS: It’s not that exciting. It was at five o’clock in the morning. PC: Nothing happens to me at five o’clock in the morning. I’m CAM: You’ve got to be kidding. Not much to say? sleeping. ARS: I mean, amazing, overwhelming, crazy. It’s one of those ARS: You’ve got to be awake at five o’clock in the morning. It’s things where you pinch yourself. where the action is. PC: Oh, man. CAM: You have a cameo, right? You’re a reporter in a White ARS: I have a question for Peter. Do you think that Cornell Uni- House press briefing? versity—your academic career—set you up to do what you do ARS: I do. I did a whole method acting class. [Joke.] today? PC: No, clearly not. I used to joke that I was an Ithaca newspa- CAM: OK, easy question. Is there an economic future for the per editor who was taking classes at Cornell. I took some great news business? classes, but I probably didn’t suck as much of the juice out of ARS: I think that there’s actually going to be a long, viable jour- Cornell as I could have if I’d really been a full-time student. If I nalism business. Do I think it’s going to exist like a magazine or the had to do it over again, I might have majored in econ instead of physical newspaper does? Not necessarily. But I think that’s fine. history. I wish I’d taken more econ, more statistics. Maybe a lit- PC: I feel the same way, and a few years ago I was pessimistic. tle computer science. People think that if the current exemplars are fading away, the ARS: I always think if I went back to school now, I’d learn much business won’t be there. But it’s growing in new places, like furry more. little mammals replacing the dinosaurs. And unlike in biology, PC: I know I would, because I’d be a much more serious student. c November | December 2011 49 050-053CAMnd11obreht 10/12/11 2:31 PM Page 50

By Adrienne Zable

With her debut n a drizzly Ithaca afternoon in late summer, Téa Obreht, MFA novel, The Tiger’s ’08, carries a red umbrella to fend Wife, garnering off the rain on the brief walk from her Commons apartment to literary laurels, Téa Othe Starbucks on East Seneca Street. “I’m always losing umbrellas,” she says with the robust, throaty laugh that Obreht, MFA ’08, punctuates many of her sentences. Since her first novel, ponders early The Tiger’s Wife, was published in March to roaring critical acclaim, umbrellas are just about all she’s losing. success, the Obreht has been traveling the globe giving readings and Balkans’ lost winning awards—including Britain’s prestigious Orange Prize and a spot on the New Yorker’s list of the top twenty generation, and fiction writers under forty. Critics have been raving ever since an excerpt from The Tiger’s Wife appeared the creative font in the June 8, 2009, New Yorker as a short story, and the combination of her youth and critical success (not to mention her striking looks) has continued to that is ‘Frasier’ generate positive press. Her precocity has been mentioned time and time again, in reviews from the New York Times to the Guardian. “The Tiger’s Wife, in its solemn beauty and unerring execution, fully justifies the accolades that Ms. Obreht’s short fiction inspired,” Sam Sacks wrote in the Wall Street Journal. “No novel this year has seemed more likely to disappoint; no novel has been more satisfying.” But the petite young woman in a black T-shirt dress and flip-flops hardly comes across as a literary star. Behind what New York Times reviewer Michiko Kakutani called “a hugely ambitious, audaciously written work” is an animated, slightly goofy twenty-something who made money in college by choreographing couples’ wedding dances and who watches videos of Bruce Springsteen concerts to get her creative juices flowing. “She’s extremely good-humored and funny,” says her teacher-turned-friend from the Cornell MFA program, novelist and professor J. Robert Lennon. “In person she’s deceptively cheerful, and you could be forgiven for thinking that she’s not as serious as she actually is.” The Tiger’s Wife tells the story of Natalia, a young doctor in Belgrade who struggles to come to terms with her grandfather’s death in the aftermath of war in the former Yugoslavia. Along the way, Natalia attempts to separate folklore from reality in the story of her grandfather’s life. Her journey through his past and the unnamed war-torn country in which she lives is intertwined with the magical realism of a tiger stalking her grandfather’s tiny Balkan village; a deaf- mute girl who forms a relationship with the animal; and an immortal man who helps shepherd those nearing death to their final resting place. The novel’s major themes include death, the blurred line between mythology and reality, and the impact of war. And while it is a work of fiction, these themes have featured prominently in the true story of Obreht’s life. Born Téa Bajraktarevic in Belgrade in 1985, Obreht lived in a multi- generational household with her mother, grandmother, and grandfather. (Her father has never been involved in her life.) When she was seven, the family left Belgrade for Cyprus to avoid the escalating violence, and it was there that she

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computer,” she says without a hint of an degree when you come out.’ So junior year, accent, thanks to the bootleg copies of Dis- I decided that that would be art history.” She ney movies that her grandfather would bring rolls her eyes and says with more than a hint home when she was a child. “I wanted to of good-natured sarcasm, “Because you can play with it, so I wrote a paragraph about a do a lot with a BA in art history.” goat that has some sort of adventure.” She During her four years at USC, writing raises her voice by an octave, gasping for took a backseat to the small ballroom dance effect, eyes wide. “I went to my mom and troupe that she founded—until she heard said, ‘Hey, I wrote a story about a goat! I about a last-minute opening in professor and want to be a writer!’” novelist T. C. Boyle’s advanced fiction work- After a year in Cyprus, her mother’s shop. “It was like thunder from the sky,” she career as an economist moved the family recalls, “a sign from on high.” Obreht had once again, this time to Egypt. In school, read Descent of Man, Boyle’s collection of Obreht was always a straight-A student, short stories, and it had reawakened her thanks to her strict upbringing and her fam- interest in fiction. From that point on, writ- ily’s high expectations, and she could often ing consumed her; when she was accepted be found in the school library. When asked into Cornell’s highly selective MFA program, about a rebellious phase, she throws her she moved (yet again) to Ithaca. head back and laughs. “Like six months junior year of high Three days before Obreht’s college graduation, her grandfa- school, I dyed my hair red.” Mostly, her rebellion involved steal- ther, one of the most influential people in her life, died of colon ing books from the library and eschewing other children in favor cancer. The loss hit her hard—and inspired her to begin the story of adults. “I was a shy kid,” she recalls, “but I always liked the that would become The Tiger’s Wife a few months later, during company of grownups. They told better stories.” her first semester at Cornell. Many of the rituals enjoyed by Indeed, stories and mythology played a significant role in Natalia and her grandfather in the novel were taken directly from Obreht’s upbringing, and lend The Tiger’s Wife its folkloric tone. Obreht’s real-life relationship. The novel opens with such a scene, “It’s a novel set in the contemporary world with people who are with Natalia recounting an episode from her childhood: connected to modern society, but it’s addressing legends and folklore,” Lennon explains. “So Téa had to find a way to incorpo- In my earliest memory, my grandfather is bald rate the folklore, both thematically and aesthetically, with the as a stone and he takes me to see the tigers. He puts society that we know.” The novel’s seamless segues between on his hat, his big-buttoned raincoat, and I wear folktale and reality can be traced to Obreht’s lifelong apprecia- my lacquered shoes and velvet dress. It is autumn, tion of mythology. “In Cyprus you’d go for a drive to the beach and I am four years old. . . . The cages face a court- and suddenly you’d find yourself in Pathos, and you’d see a rock yard, and we go down the stairs and walk slowly in the water with a plaque that would say, ‘This, according to from cage to cage. There is a panther, too, ghost legend, is where Aphrodite touched land for the first time,’ ” spots paling his oil-slick coat; a sleepy, bloated lion Obreht recalls. “And then in Egypt, people’s homes were made from Africa. But the tigers are awake and livid, with stones they’d taken from temples. There was this sense of bright with rancor. Stripe-lashed shoulders rolling, the old civilization having died, but you were living with it every they flank one another up and down the narrow day—you’d just take it and build your house with it.” causeway of rock, and the smell of them is sour The storyline of the man who shepherds the dying was heav- and warm and fills everything. ily influenced by the regional superstitions passed down through the tightly knit generations of her family. “My grandmother “Yes,” Obreht says before the question is even posed, “my would put scissors under her bed to ward off evil,” Obreht says, grandfather and I did go to the zoo together and look at the “and every time I go back to visit I look under there to see if she’s tigers.” Before he died, her grandfather, confident in her career taken them away. But no, they’re still there.” Obreht admits to path, asked her to write under his name, Obreht. maintaining some of those beliefs; to this day she can’t bring her- After completing her MFA, Obreht stayed at Cornell to teach self to compliment anyone’s children, because of the superstition a freshman writing seminar and a creative writing class, and that it will call down the wrath of the devil. spent her spare time expanding her short story into a novel. Meanwhile, she had begun to re-establish contact with people she had left behind in Belgrade. The more she went back to visit, hen Obreht was twelve, she and her the more she began to see how greatly the war had impacted her mother settled in a suburb of Atlanta. peers. Though she had escaped much of the horror thanks to her It was by far the biggest culture shock family’s timely move, many young adults in the former she had experienced. “I went from a Yugoslavia hadn’t been so lucky. “A sense of frustration still private school in Cairo with about exists in people of my generation,” she says. “There’s a sense of Wsixty other kids who were of mixed backgrounds—Dutch, Arab, powerlessness, which I think has a lot to do with the economic Syrian, from all over the place,” she recalls. “And then I got to and social shifts that happened during the war. There was this Georgia and my school had 1,200 kids.” Obreht was always the stagnancy with respect to social mobility, what you could do with youngest in her class, having skipped two grades; a few years your life, how much money you could make.” This frustration after the family’s next move (to Palo Alto), she enrolled in the permeates Obreht’s novel in painfully realistic detail—which is University of Southern California as a sixteen-year-old freshman remarkable given that the author never experienced it firsthand. double majoring in creative writing and art history. “My mother “It is a work of fiction,” she is careful to add, “so I did make was always extremely supportive of the whole writing gig,” stuff up.” Obreht says. “Her one caveat was, ‘You can go to college for Sometimes such creativity came easily to Obreht, while at creative writing, but you must have some sort of vocational other moments she found it more difficult. “When writing is 52 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 050-053CAMnd11obreht 10/12/11 2:31 PM Page 53

going poorly it’s agonizing, because it’s a feeling of powerless- Obreht “has at least stretched herself in taking on so large a sub- ness,” she says. “You’re running up against a wall that you can’t ject for her first novel. If she had managed to render her interest- quite see, you just know that it’s there.” While writing her novel, ing topic with an individual and striking voice, she would have she found herself slipping into a schedule that involved sleeping produced something lasting as well as prize-winning.” during the day and writing at night, and she would often stave But while some hint (or, perhaps, snipe) that Obreht may be off incipient writer’s block by hopping into her red Nissan Altima overpraised or have peaked prematurely, Lennon has no such and taking long drives, sometimes for hours, while listening to worries; in fact, he sees her early success as oddly liberating. specific kinds of music for different parts of the book. “Writer’s Why? “Because she’s gotten all this adulation for the first novel,” block for me comes when you sit down and nothing happens in he explains, “and this much hype just can’t happen again.” Then the first twenty minutes, or you hit dead ends, or suddenly you he adds: “She could keep being popular, famous, and critically find yourself googling song lyrics,” she says. “It’s very easy to well-regarded—which I expect will happen.” give up and get out of the chair and go do something KOSKI else. The trick is to do something that will allow you to think about your writing.” Her nightly rides did the trick, and she settled into a routine involving a jug of iced tea and a certain sitcom. “Over the course of writing The Tiger’s Wife I purchased all eleven seasons of ‘Frasier,’” she admits. “It’s such a happy show. I think it’s about conditioning comfort spaces in your brain, so it’s like, ‘OK, I have my “Frasier,” I have my iced tea, here I am, there’s nothing else to do; it’s nighttime, there’s nobody around.’ You sort of have to corner yourself.” In March 2011, nearly two years after the short story version appeared in the New Yorker, The Tiger’s Wife was published by Ran- dom House to critical acclaim. A few months later, Obreht became the youngest- ever winner of Britain’s $45,000 Orange Prize for female fiction writers. “The Food and fiction: President David Skorton and his wife, Professor Robin Tiger’s Wife is an exceptional Davisson, hosted Obreht at a Literary Luncheon in September. book and Téa Obreht is a truly exciting new talent,” head judge Bettany Hughes said in As for Obreht herself, the whole experience still seems fabu- the award statement. “Obreht’s powers of observation and her lously surreal—but she stresses that she’s keeping a firm grip on understanding of the world are remarkable. By skillfully spin- herself and her voice. “A lot of writers I’ve met have said that at ning a series of magical tales she has managed to bring the the end of the day, no matter what the pressure is from fans or tragedy of chronic Balkan conflict thumping into our front critics or the publishing industry, you must be at peace with your- rooms with a bittersweet vivacity.” Obreht says she was self,” she says. “After I finished The Tiger’s Wife, I felt that it shocked by the award; although she is happy with her work, was the best possible work that I could have produced at this she still confuses attendees of her book readings by doing some stage in my life as a writer.” on-the-spot editing of her published writing. For now, Obreht is still living in Ithaca; though she is not cur- Of course, the road to success hasn’t been without its pot- rently teaching, she says she can see herself returning to it some- holes. Obreht’s rapid rise has wearied some, who feel that the day. Asked about her next novel, she is careful not to reveal overwhelming praise is premature for someone so young and with much. “I don’t think I’m quite done with the Balkan region just just a single novel and a few short stories to her credit. Molly Fis- yet,” she allows. “That’s all I can say.” And though she is cher of the New York Observer wrote that Obreht “writes like content to split her time among her Commons apartment, the she’s trying to please the grownups, and in so doing produces the downtown Starbucks, and her nighttime drives, she does not good student’s notion of what constitutes a good book. The anticipate staying in Ithaca—or anywhere else—for the long- Tiger’s Wife reads like it belongs in the running for a Newberry term. As she puts it with another throaty laugh: “I’m a nomad.” c rather than a Pulitzer.” In the Telegraph, Philip Hensher began his review by noting that the Orange Prize “has a slightly shaky Former CAM intern Adrienne Zable ’11 is a freelance writer track record in picking first-rate books.” He went on to say that living in Ithaca. November | December 2011 53 054-059CAMnd11harriedgourmet 10/12/11 2:32 PM Page 54 Galloping

By Beth Saulnier Photographs by Jason Koski / University Photography

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f this cooking thing doesn’t work out, Dave D’Aprix might have a promising future as an air traffic controller. Or maybe a professional juggler.

IOn a Tuesday in late July, D’Aprix is running around (more or less literally) and putting out fires (more or less figuratively) in the teaching kitchen of Human Ecology’s Martha Van Rensselaer Hall. The longtime Cornell chef pinballs among the nine cooking stations where seventeen CAU students are hard at work over cutting boards, mixing bowls, and stovetops. Over the next two hours, D’Aprix’s charges will concoct a cornucopia of dishes incorporating produce procured that very morning during an outing to Ithaca’s downtown farmers’ market. In one corner, David Levine ’78 is doing honorable battle with a bowl of cold, hard butter destined for the crust of some fruit tarts; on the other side of the room, two women are strategizing an ambitious menu of roasted kale chips, baby artichokes, and blueberry- coated duck breasts; in between, their classmates are whipping up such delectables as peach-raspberry pie, seafood stew, stuffed zucchini, glazed scallops, two kinds of salmon, at least four versions of stir fry, salads galore, and wafer-thin sugar cookies with homemade raspberry sauce. It’s an atmosphere of controlled culinary chaos—and that’s before a pepper sauce acciden- tally becomes an aerosolized weapon. “It’s a lot of work on Tuesdays,” D’Aprix muses. “It’s just brutal, because I have twenty people going, ‘Dave! Dave! Dave!’ ” Welcome to the Harried Gourmet, a popular Cor- nell’s Adult University course that trains amateur chefs in the art of gustatory improvisation. D’Aprix, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America who has worked at Cornell on and off since he was hired to teach cafeteria management at the Hotel school in 1980, designed the weeklong course to focus on flexible cooking methods and dishes that could be made in an hour or less. “I

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think it came to me in one of my hallucinatory dreams,” he says. vor.’ It was more about the flexibility of cooking.” Bender— “I might have been thinking a little bit of Rachael Ray, whose whose favorite Harried Gourmet dish was lamb chops in a sauce show I’ve seen twice—the idea that people are in a hurry, so how of anchovies, capers, and sage—cites the time he put a loaf of do you make good food fast?” braided French bread into the oven. “I asked Dave when I should D’Aprix clearly hit a nerve; the course, scheduled for the first take it out,” Bender recalls, “and he said, ‘When it’s done.’” CAU session of the summer, sold out in three days. “Harried As D’Aprix notes, on most days Harried Gourmet is a fairly Gourmet filled in a nanosecond,” says CAU director Catherine orderly enterprise. He does demonstrations in the mornings—on, Sutton Penner ’68. “It even beat out golf, which usually fills up say, how to properly sear a lamb chop, cook an omelet, make a first.” Its popularity prompted CAU to convert D’Aprix’s other Thai curry sauce, or bake a chocolate lava cake—and then stu- course (a more general cooking class scheduled for week three) dents pair off to make their own versions of the dishes, which are into another iteration of Harried Gourmet; days after the change unveiled to the group on a groaning countertop before being con- was announced in an e-mail blast, the second class sold out too. sumed in a communal feast. But the Tuesday farmers’ market out- “The structure was a hit,” says Penner. “I think one of the appeals ings make for an atmosphere of good-natured mania, in which is the idea that someone could put together a meal for family and D’Aprix helps the amateur chefs cook up whatever the market’s friends with a relatively limited number of ingredients.” It’s a tra- bounty has inspired them to create. For the outing during the sec- dition of CAU cooking classes that after the students consume the ond Harried Gourmet session in late July, the haul includes an fruits of their labors, any leftovers are set out in the program’s entire flat of raspberries—the last of the season, D’Aprix notes lounge, free to all comers; during Harried Gourmet, Penner and as he makes a beeline for the vendor’s stall—as well as three her staff made sure to happen by at gustatorially advantageous dozen ears of corn and a dizzying assortment of peaches, kale, moments. “They did a wonderful lamb,” she recalls, “and a pasta artichokes, fennel, sprouts, blueberries, yellow and red plums, with clam sauce, and the breads were fantastic.” cucumbers, beets, chard, zucchini, yellow squash, onions, cabbage, yellow and orange carrots, heirloom tomatoes, and more. Says D’Aprix as he takes his charges past one vendor’s bountiful, f the Harried Gourmet has an underlying philosophy, it’s multi-hued table: “This looks like the cover of Saveur magazine.” this: don’t be afraid to wing it. In addition to giving basic The student shoppers also pick up assorted baked treats for lessons in areas like knife skills, kitchen safety, and menu immediate consumption (“second breakfast,” a Hobbit tradition planning, D’Aprix wants his students to understand the fun- from one of the Lord of the Rings movies, is mentioned), as well damental concepts of cooking, so they’re not wedded to as breads to go with lunch. Some stalls—such as the table bear- Irecipes and can whip up tasty, nutritious meals from whatever ing multiple varieties of garlic—inspire surprise and wonder. “I’m they happen to have in the fridge or larder. “The course was just getting chills,” someone pipes up, “just looking at those cucum- amazing,” says Jonathan Bender ’00, who enrolled at the last bers.” But a few steps down the row of vendors, another veg- minute after his mother, physician Carol Bender ’65, had to drop etable evokes a decidedly less worshipful reaction. “Why don’t out due to work demands. “It took my technique to a whole dif- we get some dandelion greens?” D’Aprix suggests. Pamela Davis ferent level.” Wells ’92, a freelance video producer from outside Syracuse, Bender, a former software engineer now earning a master’s offers a reply worthy of a toddler: “Because they’re yucky.” degree in choral conducting at Central Michigan University, has After a bus ride back up the hill, the students pair off to fill long been interested in cuisine; as an undergrad, he was lucky nine stations in the large MVR teaching kitchen. (Although there enough to get a spot in the Hotel school’s ever-popular cooking are eighteen people enrolled in the course, one is absent today, course for non-majors. “In that class, everything was very spe- leaving Bender without a partner for his lattice-topped fruit pie.) cific, and we followed the recipes closely; if it said two and a half Scrupulously clean, the room is jammed with bottles and jars of tablespoons, you had to put in two and a half tablespoons,” Ben- ingredients; the shelves are laden with cookbooks, from Mark der says. “In Harried Gourmet, the concept is, ‘This is how you Bittman’s How to Cook Everything to Joy of Cooking to titles know when it’s done, this is how you can add this particular fla- by the Moosewood Collective, Julia Child, even Betty Crocker. “My mother hated to cook,” recalls D’Aprix, an Upstate New York native who Seared Lamb Chops with Anchovies, earned a bachelor’s degree in languages Capers, and Sage from Union College before going to culinary school. “I think that’s part of the rea- (Serves four) son why my siblings and I can all cook. The year after I finished kindergarten, my 8 loin or rib lamb chops 3 tbs. drained capers brother was a baby and it became clear salt and pepper to taste 15 fresh sage leaves that my mother wasn’t going to be fixing 3 tbs. good olive oil red pepper flakes to taste us breakfast—so I learned to make oat- 3 anchovy fillets 2 tsp. minced garlic meal. I was always fascinated with food. When I was in Boy Scouts, the first merit 1) Season chops with salt and pepper, at least a few minutes before cooking, up badge I got was for cooking.” to a day. D’Aprix joined the CAU faculty in 2) Heat the oil in a pan large enough to hold them all in one layer. 2010 as a last-minute replacement for 3) Add the anchovies and capers and cook until the anchovies break down, 2 to 3 longtime instructor Shelley Gould ’73, who minutes. was battling lymphoma. (Gould, whose 4) Add the chops and let brown, about three minutes. Turn chops, add sage and father, Sam, founded the eponymous Col- red pepper. Cook until lamb is at desired doneness, 2 to 3 minutes for legetown store that sold University-themed medium/medium rare. merchandise to generations of Cornellians, 5) Remove chops, add garlic, cook for about a minute, spoon sauce over chops. passed away that November.) In addition to his CAU gig—which Penner hopes will 56 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 054-059CAMnd11harriedgourmet 10/12/11 2:32 PM Page 57

continue in 2012—D’Aprix is a fraternity chef at Phi Kappa Psi and Alpha Epsilon Pi. He’s also a former Cornell student; during his days on the Hotel faculty, he began (but didn’t complete) a master’s in hotel administration through the employee degree program. “I think food is inherently interesting for most people; we have to eat,” he says. “I like interacting with students, seeing people get excited about learning. They’ve made comments like, ‘You liberated me from recipes.’ That feels good, because the biggest problem is that people get hung up on recipes and don’t understand cooking techniques. When I’m doing a demo people ask, ‘How long does that take?’ and I say, ‘I don’t know, why don’t you time it? But don’t count on it, because if your oven’s different, or you’re doing a different quantity, it’s gonna be different.’ ” In the second Harried Gourmet course of the summer, D’Aprix’s students range from culinary veterans (such as Sue Thau, a former psychiatric social worker turned professional kosher caterer, who enrolled with her husband and son, Arthur and Matthew Miller) to those just starting out. Kristen Lau ’10, a master’s student in medical physics at Penn, took the course with her mom, Rosemary Mok; the whole Toronto-based family was on campus, with sister Janice Lau ’13 taking summer classes and their dad in a CAU course on the psychology of emo- tion. Levine, vice president of research and development for a Pittsburgh-based software company, enrolled in Harried Gourmet with an eye toward broadening his knowledge of vegetarian cookery, since his family is heading toward a meatless lifestyle. “I’ve certainly gained more confidence in the kitchen and learned a significant amount about menu planning, especially on short notice—basically opening the cabinets and the refrigerator, seeing what’s there, and coming up with a menu that makes best use of what you’ve got and who you’re cooking for,” Levine says. “The other thing I’ve gained is more confidence to either stray from recipes or not use them at all. Dave is a master at improvising; I learned a lot from him and enjoyed watching him do what he does.” Levine particularly liked—and plans to reproduce—the method D’Aprix taught for cooking arctic char. “You place the fish on a bed of cherry tomatoes and slide it under the broiler, and the tomatoes lift the fish off the pan so it doesn’t burn,” he explains. “They keep the underside moist, while the broiler adds crispiness. Dave added potatoes to it, so we had a complete meal that was quick and easy.” The course also satisfied Levine’s long- held desire to master crispy oven-baked tofu. The secret, he learned, is pressing the water out of it, tossing it with olive oil, and cooking it at high heat. “Often, things don’t turn out as the cook expects, but that doesn’t mean that they’re awful,” Levine muses. “This is something Dave conveys, that you have to do the best with what you have. A lot of recipes are created this way; so-called mistakes turn out to be wonderful.” Today, Levine’s projects include a savory and a sweet: he’s making oven-roasted potatoes with rosemary and some fresh fruit tarts. For the crusts, he’s attacking the butter with a hand- crank mixer. “It’s not going too well,” he admits, “but the electric mixer goes way too fast even on the slowest speed. I’m going to look for something to mash with by hand. A potato masher would be perfect.” He buttonholes D’Aprix, who tells him the desired gadget can be found in a drawer at his station. Levine starts mashing, while D’Aprix moves on to the next request. Mok needs fresh ginger for her stir fry, but there’s none to be found. “Somebody took it,” he laments, recommending that she use powdered instead. A beet issue arises; for a salad, Wells asks, should they be raw or cooked? (Cooked, either boiled or Vegging out: Zucchini rounds stuffed with rice roasted.) Rachel Salpeter-Levy, an Israeli-born agronomist living and tomatoes (top) about to go into the oven. in Puerto Rico, asks for advice on the raspberry sauce for her Below: Kristen Lau ’10 prepares a scallop dish. November | December 2011 57 054-059CAMnd11harriedgourmet 10/12/11 2:32 PM Page 58

fond of them either—unlike other dishes, there were plenty of leftovers—though her Basic Thai Curry Sauce salmon with chipotle remoulade was a hit. (Makes two cups) “I won’t lie,” she says with a laugh. “They were still kind of bitter.”) 1 tbs. vegetable oil 1 c. chicken stock or water In addition to her sugar cookies, 1 shallot, minced 2 tbs. fish sauce Salpeter-Levy is making squash stuffed with 1 garlic clove, minced 2 tbs. sugar rice and tomatoes. D’Aprix asks her where 1 tbs. curry paste (red, green, or yellow) Pinch ground turmeric she found the garlic press she’s using, then 1 c. unsweetened coconut milk riffs on the gadget’s relative merits. “You know what I do, what I think is easier, is 1) Heat the oil in a small saucepan over moderate heat. Add the shallot, garlic, chop it up in a Cuisinart and put it in oil and curry paste and allow to sizzle for 15 to 20 seconds. and keep it in the fridge,” he says. “It lasts 2) Stir in about 3 tbs. of the coconut milk. Allow to bubble for 1 minute, then forever.” A small knob of fresh ginger is add the remaining coconut milk and other ingredients. unearthed, but the center turns out to have 3) Simmer for 5 minutes. If you want a thicker sauce, tighten with corn starch a suspiciously bluish-green hue, and and water. D’Aprix decides to toss it. “I’ve gotta teach them mise en place,” he muses, mentioning the culinary term for organizing the ingredients before making a dish. “I haven’t told them that yet.” Mok cuts a finger while washing her knife; it’s not bad, but D’Aprix offers a glove in case she works with something acidic. Someone wants to know where to put the extra bunches of basil. “Put them in water,” he says, “like a flower bouquet.” Matthew Miller, about to start his freshman year at Boston University, announces that instead of grilling his salmon, he plans to marinate it in a sauce of crushed raspberries, olive oil, and Dijon mus- tard, then sauté it. Across the room, his father, dentist Arthur Miller, is making a salad; he notes that since he’s working as an assistant to his wife, it makes him “the Sue chef.” Over at Kessler’s station, fresh fennel is going into his seafood concoction. “It’s not real bouillabaisse,” D’Aprix notes. “Real Mediterranean bouillabaisse has no shellfish; it’s made with five types of fish. Whenever I make it I call it ‘Mediterranean-style seafood stew.’ As soon as you don’t call it something, you don’t have to follow any con- Taste test: D’Aprix dresses grilled zucchini with balsamic vinegar in ventions.” Whole fennel seeds go into preparation for the grand presentation of dishes—when students dig the pot, along with garlic, onions, scal- into a massive meal. Opposite: The chef samples Kessler’s stew (left) lops, shrimp, and lobster tail. D’Aprix and Jonathan Bender ’00 shows off his peach-raspberry pie. retrieves a bottle of sauvignon blanc. “I always cook with wine,” he deadpans, sugar cookies. “You could just cook them down and push them “and sometimes there’s enough to put in the food.” He breaks through a sieve and you’d have a puree and it would be beauti- into a Julia Child impression: “Oh Jacques,” he caterwauls, “it’s ful,” he says. “Take four pints.” about time for a glass of wine!” Then, in his normal voice: “I met A few countertops away, Maryland-based defense contractor her a long time ago. She was such a nice person.” Howard Kessler, Bender’s stepfather, gets lessons in deveining Back over the steaming pot, he advises Kessler to add some shrimp for his seafood stew. Then D’Aprix tells a still-skeptical fish broth. “I’ll show you a trick I learned out of desperation,” Wells how to cook her dandelion greens with olive oil and garlic. he says, dribbling bottled fish sauce, a staple of Thai and Viet- “Put a little salt in to start, but very little, because they shrink namese cooking, into a bowl of water. “It can be overpowering, down. Let them cook a little bit, gently, and then let’s taste them so just a few drops.” They add saffron and some canned crushed and see what we’ve got to do. You might have to braise them a lit- tomatoes. “Ooh, that’s going to be good,” D’Aprix says. “It tle bit, but they look really tender. And if they’re bitter, we can use needs salt, more wine, pepper, and you know what else? A little a little vinegar.” (Despite D’Aprix’s efforts, Wells later admits that squeeze of lemon, because it needs acid.” the greens didn’t win her over. Her classmates didn’t seem overly As D’Aprix contemplates Kessler’s stew, a steady stream of 58 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 054-059CAMnd11harriedgourmet 10/12/11 2:32 PM Page 59

students taps him for advice. Should scallops be seasoned before sautéing? (Yes, with salt and pepper.) How long it will take to oven-roast potatoes? (Thirty to forty minutes.) What sauce might be good on steamed baby artichokes? (A vinaigrette dressing, since there’s no time to make hollandaise.) “Anybody looking for something to do?” D’Aprix asks. “Anybody bored? You want to grill those squashes? It’s hard for me to walk the room and grill.” Then: “Who’s got the zester? Can we borrow it?” Some lemon zest goes into the seafood stew, and D’Aprix advises Salpeter-Levy on thickening her raspberry sauce with cornstarch after straining it. “That’s why the French have apprentices,” he says. “So they can stand there for an hour and do it.” Suddenly the room erupts in coughing and choking, as every breath brings a lungful of abrasive, pep- pery air. Lau and her partner are making a maple-chipotle glaze for their pan-seared scallops with julienned carrots, squash, and Molten Chocolate Cakes onions; per D’Aprix’s instructions, they’ve (Serves six) boiled a cup of maple syrup with some juice from a can of chipotle peppers, and 2 oz. semisweet chocolate, finely chopped 1 tsp. vanilla now everyone is gasping for breath— 1 tbs. dark rum 1/4 tsp. kosher salt though the class seems more amused than 3 tbs. heavy cream 3 eggs alarmed, and nobody stops working. 8 tbs. butter, plus more for greasing 1/4 c. flour, plus more for dusting “When you heat up the pepper sauce it 6 oz. bittersweet chocolate confectioners’ sugar gets into people’s lungs,” D’Aprix observes. 1/2 c. sugar “That’s OK. It’s not toxic or anything.” Returning to the stewpot, D’Aprix 1) Put semisweet chocolate and rum in a small bowl. Heat cream in a small decides that it’s missing something, and saucepan just to the boil, pour over chocolate, and let sit for 1 minute. Sir until adds some red wine vinegar. “It doesn’t smooth, cover, and refrigerate until chilled. Divide into 6 portions, shape into have enough acid,” he says. “These balls, and keep chilled. canned tomatoes are really sweet. The 2) Heat oven to 425 F. wine we’re using isn’t acidic, and I guess 3) Grease bottoms and sides of six 6-oz. ramekins with butter and dust with flour; we drank more than we put in. If we’d set aside on a sheet pan. used a pinot grigio it probably would have 4) Heat butter and bittersweet chocolate in a small saucepan over medium heat been all right.” He samples it again. “It until just melted. Remove from heat and let cool 10 minutes. still tastes flat. Do we have enough salt in 5) In a large bowl, beat together sugar, vanilla, salt, and eggs with a hand mixer there? Yeah, it needs more.” Another on medium-high speed until thick and pale, 3 to 4 minutes. Beat in melted taste, then the addition of a half-teaspoon chocolate mixture; add flour and mix until smooth. of red pepper. “It’s very strong—you don’t 6) Divide half the batter between ramekins and place a chilled chocolate ball in want to kill people—and it’s not tradi- center of each; top with remaining batter and smooth tops. Bake until just set, tional,” he says. Before going in search of about 15 minutes. Let cool 2 to 3 minutes. a knife to slice the duck breasts, he makes 7) To serve, run a paring knife around edge of ramekins and invert cakes onto 6 another pronouncement. “In France,” he serving plates. Dust with confectioners’ sugar and serve immediately. says, “they’re red pepper wimps.” c

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60 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 061-063CAMND11alma 10/12/11 2:34 PM Page 61 almaNEWSLETTER OF THE CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION matters www.alumni.cornell.edu Making Alumni Affairs the Talk of Social Media

Universities are naturally forward-thinking, but slow-moving, organizations. Cornell is no different. But in the ever-evolving world of social media, Cornell—specifically as it relates to alumni—is a pioneer. In implementing the five-year strategic plan that was introduced in 2009 to make Cornell the “platinum standard” by which all universities’ alumni operations would be compared, leveraging emerging media was considered essential to supporting the plan’s overall goal of connecting alumni to Cornell—and to each other. In January 2010, Cornell lured Andrew Gossen from his alma mater, Princeton, where he served in various senior-level roles in its Office of Alumni Affairs. Gossen, who holds a PhD in anthropology from Harvard and is considered a leading thinker in social media practice, was hired as Cornell’s first-ever senior director of social media strategy, with a mandate to implement such tools to better engage alumni. In April 2011, Gossen hired Keith Hannon, an Ithaca College grad who left a job in the gaming industry to return to Ithaca as his assistant director; Hannon brings a unique skill set to engage alumni and students using video and other visual media. In late August, Shane Dunn ’07, a director from the region on the board of the Cornell Alumni Association (CAA), representing New England, talked with Gossen and Hannon about social media and their impact on alumni affairs. CAA: How did you get involved with social media in general, and alumni affairs in particular? Gossen: When I was working in alumni affairs at Princeton about five years ago, I noticed that people were starting to talk to each other and organize via social media, notably Facebook. I saw how fast these communities grew, and it became clear that to be relevant with our alumni, we needed to be involved. Hannon: For me it was a philosophical shift. I wanted to leave the private sector and use my skills and experience to have an impact. Coming to Cornell allows me to use my skills to help the Univer- sity and, in turn, a lot of people.

CAA: According to a recent report, fewer than one quarter of universities have staff dedicated to social media strategy in their advancement offices. What’s the draw for you, as professionals, to bring your ideas, talents, and vision to alumni affairs at Cornell? Grin and bear it: In a comic YouTube video, a tearful Touchdown waits in Gossen: We are aware on a daily basis of how lucky we are to have vain for Big Red alumni to arrive at the Ithaca airport for Homecoming. a mandate to be experimental—and the resources to support us. It’s an opportunity that very few people working in social media in Touchdown Scores a Touchdown higher education have. It’s especially exciting when you have such To help promote Homecoming 2011, Andrew an engaged, ambitious alumni body combined with an on-campus Gossen and Keith Hannon leveraged social media group of faculty conducting ground-breaking research in social me- in a humorous way. “We decided to do a riff on the dia. When you put it all together, it’s a great opportunity to apply re- ESPN ‘Sportscenter’ commercials that featured search being done at Cornell to the mission of engaging its alumni. Hannon: I came here because I wanted to use my experience to high- school mascots,” Gossen says. Using Hannon’s light some of the unique and amazing things happening on campus. video capabilities and help from students who play In a time when education, including higher education, is under pub- the Big Red Bear, three videos were filmed with the lic assault for a variety of reasons, I’m excited about highlighting and theme that Touchdown would be lonely if no one expanding access to a prestigious, productive institution. showed up for Homecoming. The videos featured Touchdown at the Ithaca airport, at the Hot Truck, CAA: What’s your goal for social media strategy and imple- and being cloned in a CALS lab. They’re accessible mentation in the short- and long-term? through the Cornell alumni Facebook page and on Hannon: The quick answer is to use social media to connect alum- the CAA YouTube channel. Says Gossen: “Expect ni more closely with each other and the institution. To expand on more like it in the future.” (continued on page 63) November / December 2011 61 061-063CAMND11alma 10/12/11 2:34 PM Page 62

Collaborative Efforts A Message from the CAA President

reetings from the Windy City! alumni as well as our exceptional clubs This is an exciting and important new I am thrilled to be contributing and organizations. CAA vice presidents area of focus. G my first column as president of Scott Pesner ’87 and Laura Fratt ’81 are We are especially fortunate to have the Cornell Alumni Association. Our leading this important initiative. Rhodes Award winner Steve Siegel ’68 sixty-five board members represent every The eighteen directors-from-the- as a vice president. Steve’s focus will be college, graduate region on the CAA board support our diversity initiatives. He will partner program, region- clubs across the globe. This team, led with the Office of Alumni Affairs as a al club, and or- by vice president Shana Chacko Mueller visionary and a source of institutional ganization. We ’96, offers regular leadership training on knowledge. Speaking of which, we have are your ambas- such topics as annual planning and ef- invited all past presidents of CAA to be sadors, liaisons, fective meeting management. The emeritus board members. They will and advocates. training has been greatly valued by our help us build on our strong foundation Over the past regional leaders, and I am happy to re- as we move forward. four months, we port that we will be working with the I am happy to report that the newest have been put- Cornell Association of Class Officers addition to the Cornell Alumni Magazine ting together a (CACO) to offer even more educational (CAM) Committee is Charles Wu ’91, one plan with specific opportunities. We have also partnered of our CAA directors. Charles is an in- action steps to make CAA even more with the Office of Alumni Affairs to credible addition to the committee, and his meaningful to you. send out support materials for regional appointment further cements the rela- One of the important pieces is an clubs—a new “Bear Necessities.” Look tionship between CAA and the magazine. expanded recognition program. In the for it this fall. Together, we can provide greater alumni past we’ve done an excellent job recog- For the first time, we are integrat- recognition in CAM while respecting its nizing our top volunteers through the ing affinity groups into the fabric of strong journalistic independence. Frank H. T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni CAA. Vice president Tom Cummings I am so excited about these collabo- Service Award, given annually to six ex- ’75 is working with the twelve directors- rations at unprecedented levels—and so ceptional leaders who are at least thirty- at-large to identify ways we can support honored to be a part of this dream team. five years from graduation. Expanding existing affinity groups such as athlet- You can expect great things from CAA on this success, we will broaden our ics, Greeks, and music, as well as Cor- this year. I will keep you posted! scope to include recognition of younger nell’s many special interest groups. — Stephanie Keene Fox ’89 In Memoriam: Jim Hazzard ’50 In 1984, President Rhodes appoint- a habit of taking cues for living from encouraged them ed a committee of forty-eight alumni, Bob and Ray, and an understanding of to seek those re- called the Steering Committee on suffering as a true-red fan of Ivy League sponsibilities. He Alumni Leaders, to “examine the partic- athletics. In November 1985, the an- stressed repeated- ipation of women and minority alumni nouncement of Jim’s appointment as di- ly to the current as trustees, members of advisory coun- rector of alumni affairs noted that his alumni leaders cils, in student recruitment, fund rais- duties would include “setting goals and the importance of ing, and the full range of involvement priorities for alumni activities, manag- identifying and programs.” ing programs involving thousands of enlisting into After a year’s study, the committee volunteers, and influencing alumni, ad- their organiza- concluded that “many current attitudes ministrations, and faculty to lead, sup- tions women and and practices must change if alumni ac- port, or participate in those programs.” minority alumni with potential as lead- tivities are to attract women and mi- Clearly senior administrators recognized ers. Cornell then recruited these moti- norities as active participants and in Jim the qualities of spirit and attitude vated and experienced alumni for leaders.” It recommended that Cornell they’d set out as qualifications for the positions on class councils, college advi- launch and support “a vigorous program next director. sory boards, University Council, the to identify, recruit, effectively use, and He hit the road, encouraging alum- Board of Trustees, and as senior coun- advance women and minorities in its ni leaders to set goals and find ways to selors to the administration and faculty. alumni organizations and programs.” measure their organization’s impact on Cornell was fortunate in finding the President Rhodes endorsed the report Cornell. He brought an infectious en- perfectly prepared leader to achieve its and Cornell set about to find a change- thusiasm and commitment to his un- objective of diversity in the ranks of its maker, an experienced leader who would derstanding of the mission: help alumni leadership. Jim’s success is con- embrace these findings and see the rec- Cornell by helping alumni leaders do firmed daily with one of the most di- ommendations through—someone re- their jobs more effectively, and at the verse and functional alumni bodies in spected by alumni, sensitive to the same time provide them with the re- the world. His noble commitment to needs expressed by the committee, and sources to recruit women and minori- that achievement is his perfect legacy. philosophically in tune with the changes ties into their ranks. — C. Richard Lynham ’63, BME ’65 that needed to be made. Jim’s strategy was to personalize Enter Jim Hazzard, perfectly prepared the job and set an example. He met with Dick Lynham is a former president for the job. He had experience as CEO female and minority alumni he felt of the Cornell Alumni Federation (now of a large corporation, a ten handicap, were qualified for leadership roles, and the Cornell Alumni Association).

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Meet the Cornell Alumni Association Board

Theresa Flores ’93 Katherine Ward Feld, MBA ’82, JD ’83 Position: Director-from-the- Region, Southwest/Mountain Position: Director-at-Large Location: Dallas, Texas Location: Short Hills, New Jersey Profession: Lobbyist Profession: Vice President and Corporate Counsel, Prudential First Cornell volunteer experi- Financial ence: Working with the Cornell Club of Washington, D.C. First Cornell volunteer experi- Current activities: Cornell ence: Cornell Law School Advi- Alumni Association of North sory Council Texas (board member); Cornell University Council (just elected); Current activities: Cornell Law Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network (Gener- School Advisory Council; past president, Cornell Law al Chair, Dallas) School Alumni Association; Cornell University Council (2007–11) Major: Government Favorite place on campus: Sibley Library, because of the Favorite place on campus: Law school library (It’s a great couches and the lovely art books place to meet boys; my husband, Jeffrey Feld, graduated from the Law school in 1983.) Favorite professors: Mary Katzenstein (government) and James Turner (Africana studies) Favorite professor: Robert Summers (contracts) More profiles of CAA board members will appear in future issues.

(continued from page 61) that, we are looking at two key variables: that evokes the many dimensions of life first, where there is already a critical mass A former colleague of at Cornell. We also are extremely excit- of alumni activity (Facebook, YouTube, ‘mine says that he uses ed about the potential of live-streaming Twitter). And second, we are looking for alumni events through our Facebook emerging platforms that provide an op- Facebook to reach his page. This ultimately opens up the Uni- portunity to add value to Cornell. students because “you versity to people from around the world. Gossen: It’s also important for us to prove to skeptics that this work is valu- hunt where the ducks CAA: What’s the best way for alumni able to Cornell and alumni. Because of leaders to leverage social media? that, we’re placing a premium on tangi- are.” If you want to Gossen: There is an extraordinary num- ble, measurable deliverables. engage Cornellians, ber of Cornellians on all platforms, from the obvious to the obscure. Anytime you CAA: What challenges have you faced there are 100,000 of have that number of people on a plat- over the past two years? them on Facebook. form, you must think long and hard be- Gossen: It’s not unique to Cornell, but fore saying no to using it yourself. A we have run into people who are not — Andrew’ Gossen former colleague of mine says that he comfortable with the fact that, at its core, uses Facebook to reach his students be- the explosion in social media means that connect with their alumni audiences. We cause “you hunt where the ducks are.” there is less central control over deter- are hoping that our efforts will lead to If you want to engage Cornellians, there mining and disseminating content. This additional collaboration that will posi- are 100,000 of them on Facebook. is a fundamental contradiction of his- tively impact the Cornell community. There is no silver bullet on how to use torical alumni affairs and communica- this. Different audiences will respond to tions practice. We’re used to driving the CAA: You’re dealing with a diverse different engagement strategies. Experi- bus, not listening in the way that we group of almost a quarter million alum- mentation is key; no one is an expert. now have to listen. This requires re- ni. What are you doing to reach them? You certainly can make mistakes with examination of practices and attitudes Hannon: Over the past few months social media—and you should. Howev- that have served us well for a long time; we’ve attempted to connect with alum- er, the medium moves so fast that mis- depending on your level of comfort with ni in a fairly emotional way by creating takes don’t linger long. The biggest change, that could be viewed as an ex- a bit of nostalgia. On Facebook, through mistake you can make, in my opinion, citing opportunity or a threat. the Cornell Alumni Association page, we is to not be involved. have created interactive games and pho- CAA: How has your work affected the to caption contests to re-connect alumni Andrew Gossen can be followed on rest of the University? with their campus experience. We also Twitter @agossen and Keith Hannon Gossen: We are heartened by the fact have a YouTube channel that has rapid- @keithhannon. You can connect to fel- that the Office of Research Communica- ly grown in popularity. low alumni through the Cornell Alum- tions, several colleges and units, and oth- Gossen: Keith’s video experience is vital. ni Association Facebook page at www. er people across the university are telling The social web is an informal, fast-paced facebook.com/cornellalumniassociation us they are excited about expanding their environment in which video works well. and on Twitter @CornellAlumni and own social media presence to further We’re trying to create informal content @CornellAlumniAssociation.

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Class Notes

Marshall Hoke (New London, “Steampunk,” highlighting the fusion of Victorian to South America. “We flew to Buenos Aires, then NH; [email protected]) reports demeanor and punk rock rebellion. Publicity for cruised to the Falklands around Cape Horn, and 38 that he had a good time com- the event stated, “This fashion exhibition is a up the coast of Chile to Santiago. Flew home from posing his memoir “for the benefit of my numer- manifestation of Steampunk style with an injec- there. In August 2011, we plan to cruise from ous descendants.” He says that their visits from tion of Industrial Revolution contraptions and Southampton up the coast of Norway to the very all over the world are a high point of his and wife an infusion of fashions spanning more than two top, 71 degrees N.” Gretchen Fonda Gagnon (Co- Frances’s time. “And,” he adds, “they have been centuries . . . a journey through time.” When she hoes, NY) was also looking forward to attending worldwide travelers.” Marshall swims laps in a lo- wrote, Elizabeth was anticipating a trip to Hous- reunion. “Thankful each day that I can do all the cal college pool for exercise and keeps up (“sort ton in late September to visit the exhibition and things I am able to do,” she wrote in May. “Still of”) with Sigma Phi’s chapter alumni he has speak at the fall meeting of the Southwestern drive my car to ‘the Mall’ and church and enjoy known. The Hokes sold their two-and-a-quarter- Region of the Costume Society of America. We the antics of my four great-grandchildren, who live acre lakeshore residence in 2006 and moved to hope it was a great trip! Send news to: c Class in nearby homes. Great-granddaughter number five New London to reduce the physical challenges of of 1940, c/o Cornell Alumni Magazine, 401 East lives in Greenwich, NY, which is not so far away. maintaining both a 40-acre tree farm and lakeshore State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850. Class I feel that when one achieves the 90s, it’s a priv- housing for 35-plus years. He reports that among Notes Editor e-mail, [email protected]. ilege just to be able to get up in the morning!” the visitors to the pond at the farm are wild Sylvia Jaffe Abrams (Washington, DC) wasn’t turkeys, mallard ducks, snow geese, moose, and able to get to the 70th Reunion, but still re- deer. As a volunteer, he’s been involved in the So- While classmates gathered in June members the 10th vividly and what a wonderful ciety for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests to celebrate the GREAT CLASS of experience it was. She adds, “I still live in and and other conservation efforts, though no longer. 41 1941 on the Hill, a great backlog take care of my 105-year-old house, which I With the help of Cornell Plantations director Don of news accumulated in our mailbags. It should cherish, and have cherished, lo these last 45-plus Rakow, PhD ’87, he planted a 750-square-foot keep the ’41 columns going for quite a while, years. Warmest greetings to all our Cornell fam- wildflower bed this past April, in which he was courtesy of the alumni magazine editors. Don’t ily!” Also still keeping house, Dolores Dirlam sprouting 14 species to fill the space between his hesitate to send news of yourself at any time of Daudt (Midland, MI) says not much has changed lawn and the woods. Being one of the class’s few year, either in the envelope provided in the class since her last writing. “Fortunately, still able to remaining members, he writes of himself and mailing or to the address below. When Shirley travel and have a lot of company in our home Dave Crawford, who he tries to remember to call Richards Sargent Darmer wrote in early June, it built in 1957.” She wrote of her fond memories weekly. “We loved and now greatly miss many of was the first update she’d had to put in the mail of Jean Way Schoonover, “who served our class those gone by.” Other ’38ers are welcome to send in some time—she retired as the ’41 women’s so well. She and I were sophomore roommates news any time of year to: c Class of 1938, c/o class correspondent in June. “Ken and I have had and always kept in touch. Among her last letters Cornell Alumni Magazine, 401 East State St., Suite increasing medical problems, and although we’re were excellent pictures of her family celebration 301, Ithaca, NY 14850. Class Notes Editor e-mail, still living in our home, we are aware that we may of her 90th birthday last September.” [email protected]. need to move eventually,” she wrote. We send our David Altman and wife Beverly reside in Men- personal thanks to Shirley and to men’s corre- lo Park, CA. “Still limping along with a cane, if no spondent Warner Lansing, PhD ’49, for their in- more than a couple of blocks,” he writes. “We Martha Sweet Webb sends this formative and upbeat columns over the years. took a cruise from Rio de Janeiro to Fort Laud- news from the Alexian Village Several classmates provided short reports— erdale last December, but that’s probably the last 40 retirement community in Signal or no reports—but we appreciate their continued cruise, because we don’t take advantage of ex- Mountain, TN: “I’ve been well taken care of by my support of Cornell and the class over the years. cursions on shore. Otherwise, we remain busy with three sons,” she reports. “I still drive, am active Lillian Strickman Hecht (Walden, NY), William games (poker and bridge) and solving world prob- in PEO, book club, and garden club, and volunteer Nicoll (Highlands, NC), William Webber (Pitts- lems, of which there is an endless supply. Maybe in the Alexian library and village store. A highlight ford, NY), and Morton Beer, MD ’44 (Morristown, that’s what keeps us going.” At nearly the oppo- was four days in Maine to celebrate a grandson’s NJ) paid dues but sent no news. Sadly, we learned site end of the state from the Altmans, William marriage, but I missed our 70th Reunion.” She is as press time that Morton, a veteran of the US Turin (Indian Wells, CA) reports that he lives in involved in the Kappa Alpha Theta alumni chap- Army Medical Corps in WWII, died on August 12. a beautiful apartment. Sounds like the climate ter in Chattanooga, formed three years ago. He had a long career as an ob/gyn, both as a vol- suits him, too. “The daytime summer temperature Martha’s husband of 67 years, John, died last year. unteer and as chairman of the ob/gyn department is about 110 degrees F.,” he writes, “which helps Arthur Durfee (Champaign, IL) writes that he at Morristown Memorial Hospital, where he deliv- my old bones stay loose and active. I keep busy moved to the Midwest with his middle daughter, ered over 6,000 babies. His family will remember reading on my e-reader, playing piano, watching “so that daughters on the East and West coasts his quick mind, sense of humor, and the love he Netflix movies, and following the news on my could more easily visit.” He has been woodwork- shared with his children and grandchildren. computer. I’m still driving, although I don’t go ing recently, e-mailing with friends, and enjoying Robert Morse ’67 (Washington, DC) wrote on be- out in the scary nighttime, except to attend my church and family connections. half of his mother, Martha Lawson Morse: “After monthly book club. My family just visited from Cornell received word that David Chambers, several strokes, my mother and father have Los Angeles and Switzerland to celebrate my formerly of Overland Park, KS, died on February moved to Penn Yan (NY) Manor to be closer to 90th birthday. I’m doing well and feeling lucky.” 4, 2011; he was 93 and is survived by his wife, family.” Jack Weikart (Hockessin, DE) was look- More to come in future issues! Send news to: c Kathryn, and his children. Albert Lotz (Buffalo, ing forward to reunion when he wrote, but kept Class of 1941, c/o Cornell Alumni Magazine, 401 NY) died on May 31. He and his wife, Carolyn, his note brief: “No real news; don’t have the old- East State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850. Class had been married 69 years and had four children. time energy to ‘git up and git.’ ” Notes Editor e-mail, [email protected]. We send our sincere condolences to the families. Julian Smith (Ithaca, NY) reports that he re- As reported in the Nov/Dec 2010 class col- mains moderately active, though dependent on a umn, in anticipation of her move to a retirement walker and electric scooter. “Here at Kendal, I Pres. Liz Schlamm Eddy (NYC) community, Elizabeth Schmeck Brown, MS ’45 participate in the writers group and the Kendal reminds everyone that the 1942 (Skillman, NJ) arranged to donate her extensive Chorus,” he reports. “Wrote one play and one 42 Class Scholarship is available collection of garments worn in the 18th and 19th song last year.” At Reunion 2010, he did a solo for your grands and great-grands. Just have the centuries to the Historic Costume Collection at of his own composition in the Savage Club Show student write to the Cornell Office of Financial Houston Community College. In August 2011, the and planned a repeat for the 70th. Last year, he Aid (203 Day Hall, Cornell U., Ithaca, NY 14853; items were displayed in an exhibition called traveled with Larry Lodico ’50 and a few others or: [email protected]), indicate their relationship 64 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 65

to you, and say they want to apply for the Harbor, WA 98335; tel., (253) 326-4806; e-mail, Shig, who spoke no Japanese, was drafted into scholarship. The scholarship was suggested by Al [email protected]. the Japanese Army. A pre-med student at Cornell, Ghoreyeb, and Betty McCabe got it going. So they made him a hospital medic, preserving him let’s keep it in force. Liz also recommends going for a stateside life as MD in pathology and treas- to see The King’s Speech, the excellent movie Jerry Batt sends us, in his ex- urer of the Class of ’43. He reports that current written by David Seidler ’59, who won the 2011 quisite Palmer Method hand, funds stand at ¥2,424,211. Oscar for best original screenplay. Hard to find a 43 what could pass for a profes- If, as we have, you’ve wearied of reading good movie today. sional broadside extolling the virtues of his and your subscription to the Reports from the United Herman Jones (Leesburg, FL) lives a charmed Dorothy’s new digs at Canterbury Woods, States Court of Appeals for the Eighth District for existence, as bad weather has not hit them. His Williamsville, NY, where they are enjoying their the second time, or watching reruns of “People’s living accommodations at Lake Port Square (a life living room, kitchen, two bedrooms [one for Court” with the sound off, here’s a heartening care community) are great—so many activities he sleeping?], excellent meals in the central dining word from the late David Foster Wallace: “Happi- can’t enjoy them all. They have four local theatres, room, library, putting green, fitness center, spa ness is the ability to pay attention, to live in the plus bus transportation to Orlando and Ocala and with heated pool . . . Jerry goes on: “Son Mike present moment, to find second-by-second joy more than 70 acres of landscaped grounds on Lake ’67 is an internist with a splendiferous spread and gratitude at the gift of being alive.” Harris (the third largest lake in Florida), with put- on the Saco River near his practice in Westbrook, He hung himself in 2008. So it goes. c S. ting green, shuffle board, and indoor pool. He en- ME. Kevin’s a lawyer in Boston, Rosemary ’73 a Miller Harris, PO Box 164, Spinnerstown, PA, joys dinners with Lucille (Heise) and John Borst Cornell ILR professor, and Richard a freelance 18968; e-mail, [email protected]. ’41; Cornell is a good topic of conversation. “Every- writer in advertising, also in Boston.” thing you can ask for!” Henry Jones III (Walling- [Canterbury Woods! Why always upmarket Brit ford, CT) faces the challenge of legal blindness. names? We have so many great Native American Art Widmer reports, “Without a After getting his BME, he signed on to a Navy pro- place names over this-a-way: Moyamensing, Man- mate for more than three years, gram at MIT, where he co-authored a text on air- ayunk, not to mention “don’t Conshohocken be- 44 the ‘travel bug’ has been after plane performance and got an MA in aeronautical fore they’re hatched.”] me. So I’m taking part of my family to Norway lat- engineering. His war experiences were on aircraft Sad news. Two deaths in June: Carol Lee er this month. My grandson and his wife are not carriers. While at Cornell, he especially liked the Bowman Ladd, widow of the late Bob Ladd, at joining the rest of us, as they feel it will be a chore Sage Chapel Choir and now sings in the Masoni- Aspenwood, Silver Spring, MD. She was a breeder and not too interesting to have two ‘rug rats’ on care chorus at Ashlar Village, his continuing care of Arabian horses and chocolate Labrador retriev- an airplane for eight hours, so they declined. Life community. He also works with the low vision sup- ers, several of which earned their American Field goes on, slowly, in a retirement home. Not that port group. He’d like anyone nearby to drop in. Trial Grand Championships. Her interests included there isn’t much to do—there always is—but with- Sadly, we mourn the passing of senior judge photography, genetics, genealogy, and dolls. She out a mate and only a little more than 13 men and Dick Thomas (Meadville, PA), former class presi- was a founder of the Sugarland Searchers Doll Club 140 women (quite a few in the 85-97 year brack- dent and outstanding legal eagle and golfer all of Maryland. And Stan Levy, one-time Big Red et) it’s a slow life. I keep busy as the treasurer of his life. He will be missed by all. polo standout. After graduating from Brooklyn’s the residents’ association fund and with my two Ken Brennan ’47, my Rockville Centre, NY, P.S. 139, Erasmus Hall, and Cornell, but before kids, three grandkids, and two great-grands. Life neighbor, had a bum leg, so was 4F during WWII Harvard Law School, he served in the Army as an is a gift and then you . . . !” Lew Mix says that and joined the American Field Service as an am- artillery observer pilot, then practiced law for 61 his immediate goal is to reach 90 in December. bulance driver. His interesting story was sent to years in New York City. He was a philanthropist, “Like a lot of you, I have graduated from a cane me by his daughter, Barbara, who wrote Death Be- Zionist, sportsman, and lifelong Republican. We to a four-wheeled walker,” he continues. “We have fore Dishonor from his diaries. In 1943, Ken went also lost Jack Slater, on September 4—one of our 500 residents in this retirement community—three to the Ag college and states that he babysat for brightest and brainiest stars, one-time captain of women for each man—but only a few Cornellians. my son while he (Ken) was at Cornell. My son, the Big Red tennis team, class president, wit, born If any of you are in Virginia Beach, give us a call.” Frank Jr., did not go to summer school in 1943 leader, and all ’round good guy. Watch for our next Jean Zenner Kaelber writes, “Since George while I finished up my bachelor’s, but Ken did live News & Dues letter and a more fitting tribute. passed away in ’09, my travels have taken me just with me in Collegetown while I got my master’s Charles Harris persists in his mission to get to Washington State and Colorado to visit daugh- in 1943-44. Ken died in 1986, and in those years politicos and media to heed his remedy for ters Libby and Linda and three great-grandchildren. lived near me here in Seattle. Many of you met his healthcare, which we recommend you find at: We Class of ’44ers are aging ‘like good wine,’ and wife, Joan, on our Big Band cruises. Death Before www.primary-care-medicine.net. Pat Kinne for many the travels are less and closer to home, Dishonor is available on Amazon.com—a good Paolella ’46 writes, “In thinking over the past, I but, oh, what wonderful memories we can gath- read. Melva Weidemann Ribe (Linton Falls, NJ) was wondering if you had occasion to work with er up!” George Getman, JD ’48, is also staying has been enjoying life at a wonderful retirement a Cornell alumnus by the name of Knox Burger. closer to home. “My wife and I have reached the community—Seabrook Village—since the passing He was from my hometown of Chappaqua, NY— stage of limiting our overseas trips to less ad- of husband Marshall. “I’ve made many new friends very active in high school and three or four years venturesome ones, and most of them to the and enjoy numerous activities, as well as frequent ahead of me. I was always very touched that he Americas,” he writes. “Our safaris in Africa last visits from sons and granddaughters.” She praises came around to Risley my freshman year because year have to be the last long, extended ones. Be- her Home Ec program for helping her to “adjust to he had seen in the town paper that I was at Cor- sides, with the oldest great-grandchild about to a new life and to maintain a home where my chil- nell and offered his help if I ever had any prob- enter college, that’s a warning I have to change dren and their families are always welcome.” lems adjusting. He was in Beta Theta Pi, I think. my lifestyle.” His note also includes accolades for A note of thanks to Beatrice Swick Ornitz Really was a bright fellow in high school, and the work of Art and Dotty Kay Kesten: “You cer- ’43, who phoned the magazine shortly before when I read of his achievements in the alumni tainly have done a superb job over the years of press time with the news that husband Martin was magazine, I know he was a success in life.” keeping the class advised and functioning. We on his way to New York City to celebrate his 90th We e-mailed Shig Kondo the YouTube video of thank you very, very much.” birthday on September 13. The festivities were an interview conducted by grandson/TV producer Ruth Cosline Rhynedance still lives in her held at the Cornell Club on East 44th Street, and Tony Herman with yours truly. Find, if you have home in Fairview, NC. “I had considered moving included their son Richard ’67, his five children nothing better to do, at: http://www.youtube.com/ to a retirement home in Asheville, where several of (including Beatrice and Martin’s granddaughter user/SMillerHarris#p/a/u/0/Pu-k98rHF4Q. Shig my friends reside, but I opted to stay here and am Alexandra Ornitz ’94), and assorted spouses and wrote: “Couldn’t stop watching. I gave a biogra- enjoying it so much, along with some occasional significant others. Great news! phical talk myself back in 2003 titled ‘A Man With- help. Family is scattered: daughter Karen and fam- Thanks to all for sending me such interest- out A Country.’ My son finally sent me the tape ily in Turkey, Eric and family in California, and Pa- ing accounts of your past and present. Let’s keep and I’m learning to edit it at the Apple Store and tricia three hours away, also in North Carolina. I it going. Please contact friends also and ask hope to burn some DVDs. Very happy you are still surely do have wonderful memories of our fabu- them to contribute. We are all interested in any writing the alumni column. It’s getting scary; we lous cruises—thanks to our leaders, the Kestens! special events of your lives. They make interest- keep moving closer to the front of the book.” Con- Bravo, bravo.” Bill Zieman remains at the same ing reading for all of us. E-mail, phone, write. c stant Reader will remember that when WWII broke, address—47 years and counting—and reports that Carolyn Evans Finneran, 8815 46th St. NW, Gig Kondo père took the family back to Japan where he’s doing reasonably well. “Our daughter Nancy’s November | December 2011 65 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 66

son started at Cornell this fall—third generation.” with friends. She has been to two college grad- graduate in June from Williams College. The last From Marilyn Wise Douglass: “At age 86, I spend uations; one grandson will be living with her for is finishing her freshman year at Bucknell U. days with caregivers. Sometimes we go to our a while. She appreciates being able to keep very Barney Mayrsohn (Purchase, NY) would like small beach condo, south of Santa Cruz, CA, for a busy. Alma still hears from Dorothy “Scottie” to hear from Bill Berley. Alfred Goldstein (Sara- few days. And I write poetry. Grandson Patrick Scott Boyle. sota, FL) received an honorary Doctor of Art degree Douglass ’02 just began a great job with the Jean Herr Gehrett lives in a very active com- from Ringling College of Art and Design. He previ- Dept. of Treasury, dealing with US-China finances.” munity on Hilton Head Island, SC. For details, ously received honorary doctoral degrees from Syra- “This is not news,” writes Nancy Maynard email her at [email protected]. She says that cuse U. and Pace U.; he has served on all of their Harlan, “but since getting married in 1946 in anyone who gets bored there isn’t paying atten- boards for many years. Your co-correspondents en- Sage Chapel on the campus, my home has been tion. The activities she’s involved with include joy hearing from classmates, so do send news to: urban Chicago. Life goes on.” Emeritus professor World Affairs—with guest speakers twice a c Julie Kamerer Snell, 3154 Gracefield Rd., Apt. Howard Evans, PhD ’50, and wife Erica report month—and Life-Long Learning, with all kinds of 111, Silver Spring, MD 20904; e-mail, julie. from Ithaca: “We are well and enjoying all of the subjects by retired college professors. The golf [email protected]; or Bob Frankenfeld, 6291 E. college activities. Reunion Weekend was very nice club and the beach also occupy her time. Frances Bixby Hill Rd., Long Beach, CA 90815; e-mail, and the weather was good for most of the time. Shloss, BArch ’44, is an architect in Beverly Hills, [email protected]. Erica and I will fly to Seattle to spend a week CA. She says that her memories of Cornell include with our son Edward ’74, MBA ’75, and stop in swimming in the gorge, picnics at Flatrock, and Michigan to see our first great-granddaughter. I hiding out on a fourth-floor rain gutter while For a reunion fantastically well have finished the revision of Miller’s Anatomy of avoiding the night watchman in order to finish an conducted, kudos to president the Dog, which will be published by Elsevier as a architectural design project at White Hall. She’d 46 and reunion chair Lloyd and fourth edition.” Twice-retired Durland Weale, MS like to hear from Edwin Kramer, BArch ’44. Marilynn Slaughter (Morgantown, WV; lslaughter ’53, is a real property assessor for the Town of Ad- James Carley, PhD ’51 (Tucson, AZ) is trying [email protected]). Lloyd meant to announce the dison, NY. He previously worked for the agricul- to mend from a fall more than a year ago and 2013 recipient of the Mavis Sands-Sam Miller tural education and BOCES administration for 34 looks forward to resuming biking and snorkeling. Memorial Scholarship Fund. The winner was: Caryn years, and then as instructor and administrator He is concerned about how the beautiful open Berley ’13. He recommends gifts to the fund as for technical training on large process compres- campus is rapidly disappearing because of over- an excellent means for memorializing or honoring sors and large gas engines worldwide. He has fond building and a reluctance to replace old buildings. Cornellian friends and classmates. Lloyd discovered memories of the 65th Reunion and is looking for- He suggests that a committee of trustees should at Reunion that he and and Philip Gisser (New ward to the 70th. He was back on campus on May visit Berkeley for a sobering view of where Cor- York; [email protected]) simultaneously worked 29 for Cornell’s 143rd commencement. “Grandson nell might be going. Richard Weishaar, MD ’52 at next-door corporations in South Charleston, WV. Zachary ’13 graduated from CALS,” he reports. “A (Machipongo, VA) is recovering from a broken neck Lloyd worked for Union Carbide, Phil for Westvaco third-generation Cornellian.” As always, Durland caused by a fall while mowing grass in June 2010. Chemical. In those days, Phil was courting his late enjoys working with and operating old Fords. He fondly remembers living in Collegetown and wife Norma Jean, a Diamond, WV, native. Phil laud- Helen Wright Murphy is “feeling fine and en- satisfying major and minor requirements (Zoology ed Reunion’s exposure to academia and the arts. joying retirement.” Charles De Bare, JD ’49, cel- and Chemistry, respectively) in three years. His favorites were the nanotech lab and the hard ebrated his 87th birthday, attended by ten Doris Klein Lelchook (Newton, MA) plans an hat tour of the Johnson Museum expansion, lov- grandchildren and six children and their mates. annual memorial trip to Israel in memory of her ingly led by retiring director Frank Robinson. He still summers at Elberon on the Jersey Shore. son David ’78 (Ag), who was killed by rocket fire David Day, BCE ’45 (Highlands Ranch, CO; Sig, MFS ’48, and Serena Ginsberg Hoffman ’47, from Lebanon in June 2006. The trip includes a [email protected]) has attended every five- MA ’48, summer in Great Barrington, MA, and en- memorial baseball game with whoever wants to year reunion since his 35th. Accompanying him joy six weeks in Palm Beach at the Fairfield Inn. play. After a memorial service, she will visit with were his number one daughter and son. Marilyn “A good life,” writes Sig. “We are both well and his family—daughter-in-law and grandchildren. achieved number one status through seniority; our six kids are all well, including son David ’76.” Marcia Hutchins Pimentel, MS ’50, and husband Ted, because all four of his siblings are female. Hugh “Dutch” Doerschuk writes, “We are now liv- David, PhD ’51, have moved to North Canton, OH. Gabriel, MS ’51, and Lois Pesce (Port Hueneme, ing in a retirement home located in downtown Phyllis Avery Olin (Charlottesville, VA) attends CA; [email protected]) had a great time at Re- Seattle and still spend time at our condo in Bend, concerts and swims, plays the piano, and keeps up union. It was an opportunity to once again drive OR, located on the road to Mt. Bachelor. Great dry with the news. She enjoys visiting her children and cross-country and visit with the many friends snow skiing, downhill and cross-country.” Much grandchildren. From Cornell days she remembers Gabe and Lois have made countrywide. In Itha- more news to report in future issues. Send yours jitterbugging to Glenn Miller records. She enjoyed ca, they visited many more friends made while to: c Class of 1944, c/o Cornell Alumni Magazine, last year’s reunion with Thelma Emile Hunter. in grad school and teaching at Cornell. Jerrold 401 East State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850. Betty Warner McMurtrie (Elizabethtown, PA) Finch (Bluffton, SC; [email protected]) came for Dorothy Kay Kesten, 1 Crestwood Rd., Westport, is busy doing a mountain of paperwork! (The ex- his 35th and 50th, then every five years since. His CT 06880; e-mail, [email protected]. clamation mark is hers.) But she manages to put highlight was stumbling upon the rededication of in a lot of time reading, as well as watching the Collyer Boathouse Saturday morning. He re- Phillies games. She remembers the wonderful grets that fellow crewmate Park Metzger (Orchard As I write, US Rep. Gabrielle friends she met at Cornell. Frederick Allen (Los Park, NY; [email protected]) did not ex- Giffords (D-AZ), MRP ’97, is re- Angeles, CA) tells us he’s vegetating, but he’s also perience the same serendipity. Park, a tough grad- 45 ceiving a standing ovation upon doing crossword and Sudoku puzzles. He’d like to er, rated Reunion “7” on a “10” scale. He loved returning to the House to cast her first vote since be hiking in the Sierras. He recalls climbing up Cornelliana, the Glee Club, and the Cornell songs, she was seriously wounded in January in Tucson. the Hill in winter with the chimes ringing. He’d on which he was reared. We salute this brave lady. Our sincere sympathy to like to hear from Paul Carus. Melvin Popper (Woodbury, NY) returned af- Bruce Weir (Glenside, PA), who reports that his Ann Shively Kalbach (Philadelphia, PA) is ter many years with two legacy children. Nancy wife Mary passed away on March 25, 2011. After readying a third novel for publication, this one ti- ’76 was reuning; Michael ’78, BArch ’99, was eight years of caregiving by Bruce and their son, tled “French Kiss,” based on a plot suggested by freelancing. Mel was gratified by the camaraderie she lost her battle with Parkinson’s disease. When a tale of a Cornell classmate. She is proofreading offered by classmates. Richard and Betty Hart- a 60-year marriage suddenly stops, he says that books that are transcribed into Braille by the man Selby ’47 (Pittsburgh, PA; bettywaltzing@ things get lonely and confusing. He looks forward Philadelphia Association for the Blind. She has aol.com) thought a wonderful reunion could have to a couple of months of R&R at the shore this been spending recent summers in the Dordogne been improved by dancing at the Statler and bet- summer. He sends best wishes to everyone. Valley of France. Her fond memory is walking ter food at Barton. Richard Turner, BS ’45 (Lake- Julie Kamerer Snell has returned from a glo- across the Quad on an autumn evening. Margaret wood, NY; [email protected]) was thrilled rious week spent in San Francisco enjoying a re- “Peg” Taylor MacDonald (Chapel Hill, NC) says by Cornell and the Statler staff VIP treatment af- union with her family and “checking out scenes they’re still in their villa at Caroline Meadows, a forded us. Dick loved Cornelliana Night and all we knew so well when we lived there 50 years very nice retirement community outside Chapel the Cornell songs. Arthur Voorhis (Woods Hole, ago.” Alma Morton Blazic (Cincinnati, OH) enjoys Hill, NC. She continues with her online genealogy MA; [email protected]) arrived with son An- playing bridge, going to shows, and eating out studies. The eighth of their nine grandchildren will drew for his first reunion in 30 years. He’s amazed 66 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes “Bob” (Sarasota, Charles nddaughter who nddaughter Sylvia Kianoff December 2011 67 , Rockville Centre, Anderson, arlie47@ Anderson, | , West Valley,, West “Hus- NY: Howard Snow Hertz, Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Ft. Lauderdale, Hertz, died June 25, 2010. He lived a 25, 2010. He June died NY: “Retired lawyer, on board of on board lawyer, “Retired NY: Economic group. insurance an Dick Brown November Arlie Williamson c Julie Kamerer Snell ’45 Harland ’49 Jane Handforth Kester I wish everyone a wonderful holiday season. holiday a wonderful I wish everyone ([email protected]) sent three of his four of three sent ([email protected]) meaningful life, one that leaves a footprint.” one life, meaningful Dorothy Hirschhorn letters stamps on complaint been pasting “Have about to be and ruined is financially US bills. and situation still not good enough. Afghan situation Afghan enough. good still not situation at an is largely (poor). Congress same about the abolish Sen- If possible, impasse between parties. to im- 60-vote majority requiring ate rule currently pose cloture. Democrats/ that, elect enough Failing its vari- for NYS is great to total 60 votes. allies Legisla- but the its people, of energy the ety and a better Still, can’t think of is bad-bad-bad. ture 2010 over Thanksgiving to Germany Went state. a car now. Don’t need there). family and (daughter in Wish I were years. five more this one Will keep to Went bay. the from LI, 150 yards Jamesport, place, people, in April 2010. Interesting Croatia a few months Carolina to North Drove history. and par- surprise birthday for in early September, later, Got was truly surprised. He an 80-year-old. ty for 70 mph on a going for Carolina in North a ticket used one Laughable for highway. 55 mph four-lane too but it hurt Expressway, Island Long to the life in my event important to laugh. Most much our four of those birth and my course, of was, OK (I Finances 12 grandchildren. and children the of that at least some discovered Have hope). Can’t apolitical. not are Court justices Supreme success.” of out life; little prospect figure band 48 year at the Vet college. college. Vet the year at FL) has a neurosurgeon son who is a graduate of a graduate is who son a neurosurgeon FL) has a gra and college, Medical Cornell’s psychiatry. studying there is enrolled Cox Beach, FL, Vero Bob lives in to Cornell. children like people who, of with a group is active he where writes that also He used to live in Pittsburgh. Bob, It not? Why activities. is “still active in Cornell he me prepared and education a wonderful gave me a being for society.” world’s greatest the citizen of in Thanksgiving I will be spending and family My grandson as my Jersey, New City and York New Ameri- Great Macy’s in the Lee will be marching Keep parade. big the during Band can Marching sousaphone tall, handsome, the an eye out for Hockey” Hot “Red to the also go may player! We on November Garden Square at Madison game Boston U. With this column, I am vs. 26—Cornell next the for back over to Sylvia reins the turning I news. your her to send Be sure issues. three in you at reunion lots of to seeing look forward June! Shain, [email protected]. aol.com; tel., (585) 288-3752; of at the Barbara Richard (CALS) is a ’ Domm (lldc@ Robert Loeper Mary Lou Gedel Kennedy, 9 Read- Kennedy, George Gurnee Jerome Hausman Jerome of Loveland, CO. CO. Loveland, of Julie Settle ’09 Lois Le Worthy Elinor Baier (Clackamas, OR)(Clackamas, and his family Pinel ([email protected]) Pinel ([email protected]) sings in a sings ([email protected]) The Damnation of Faust The Damnation of In the latest news forms, some forms, latest news In the notes sent our classmates of activi- artistic many about their c Rabeler (Cortland, NY) mentions that NY) mentions Rabeler (Cortland, ([email protected]) of Lafayette, of ([email protected]) Kelley (Southport, CT) is applying her (Southport, CT) is applying Kelley Louis Tyler out on a fourth-floor rain gutter at out on a fourth-floor White Hall. Frances Shloss remembers hiding Frances Shloss Bob Schultz Jane Ruggles from to hear was nice It lives tradition Cornell The on families. in many ‘ ties. ties. Beach, VA; Virginia 40-member chorus that he organized 19 years 19 organized that he chorus 40-member works on a a week and twice also golfs He ago. committee. local communication and line-dancing is still ([email protected]) AL. in Montgomery, singing IL) con- Evanston, ([email protected]; of Art Inst. at the professor as a visiting tinues Ziegfeld Edwin with the was honored He Chicago. Arts Association. Education National the of Award to see to London went as he family, run in Jerry’s of opening the his which for a production Opera, National English director. served as associate daughter Gallery at run the Robert Lint, husband, her and in Hills- Sweep (www.galleryatwellsweep.com) Well barn, located in an old gallery, NH. The borough, ori- sculpture, photography, paintings, showcases Jane. by pottery crafted and rugs, ental Ann Baze Lady ability to the artistic business her Landscaper, flower gar- maintaining and planting, designing, “I am a declares. she what I do,” “I love dens. earth.” the I am sculpting sculptor . . . so now William Pendarvis festival music Pickathon very involved in the are in Oregon. farm on their (http://pickathon.com) com- event 13th festival; the was the Last summer sound beautiful scenery, music, roots Indie bines food. local organic and practices, environmental grapes. noir pinot of also has a vineyard William in Ambler, lives in an apartment aol.com), who and PA; Greenfield speech last commencement the delivered CO, in College Community County at Mercer spring served as and college the founded he Jersey; New 1966–75. from first president its the keeping Mississippi to say he’s from wrote what’s happen- enjoys hearing busy and doctors Hill above Cayuga’s waters. on the ing Shirley Buck granddaughter her second is in her and Cornellian fourth-generation 47 a move to New Hampshire to be nearer one of one to be nearer Hampshire to New a move that they’d to learn in August her I called them. (While in Wyoming. weeks eight from just returned it was wave, had a July heat nation the of rest the were.) they cold where Other to state attendees be writ- keep meantime, In the issue. next continued calling. and ing 19565; tel., PA 302, Wernersville, Apt. Ave., ing [email protected]. e-mail, (610) 927-8777; Paul Jean Sylvia c and Lois and Wilson is , had three Franklin, who Franklin, Lee Bassette Paul Ann O’Connell Skip ’48 Brumsted’s husband, Brumsted’s Rayma Carter Carolyn Usher Marion Moulton McPheeters Richards, PhD ’65, has served PhD Richards, Janet Bassette Summerville Evelyn Call Friedman and her husband took husband her and Friedman Brampton had her interview at interview had her Brampton and and Don Welch has given up her house and lives and house has given up her Welch , arrived on Saturday. (San Carlos, CA; [email protected]) say [email protected]) CA; (San Carlos, Paul. Sylvia has been the official reunion official has been the Sylvia Paul. , 31 Chicory Lane, San Carlos, CA 94070; San Carlos, Lane, , 31 Chicory ’43 Hazel Brill We had a wonderful 65th Reunion thanks to 65th Reunion a wonderful had We Louise Greene Yorkers: New Other Irma Lesser To list your e-mail address in your submis- in your address list your e-mail To lives at Kendal. You’d know her anywhere. She still She anywhere. her know You’d lives at Kendal. Un- skinny. and tall year, as frosh same looks the center nursing is in the husband her fortunately, at Kendal. also live at Kendal. Earlier this year, Don had a this year, Earlier also live at Kendal. Sever- us. but was able to join bout with cancer, at Sage our tour guides were they ago, al reunions and five grands, children, have four They College. two great-grands. us at sev- joined at Cornell, teaching from retired must Batavia, from originally “Suky,” events. eral Cornell largest ’46ers with the for record the hold was dean (one attended brothers Several family. are children their of some and school), Ag the of degrees. their still pursuing the efforts of our class president and his team. his and our class president of efforts the the during women all the to speak to I tried 65 years since up on their caught to get weekend I’ll try to give few issues, next In the graduation. I’ll be- them. each of of sketch you a thumbnail girls: Ithaca gin with the nom- recently, and, chair, reunion president, as VP, because she walker her brought She chair. inating tabs on keeps She back surgery. from is recovering at the a room Sharing me. locals for other the was Statler with her all I got I hope so concert, band the Barton amid stop at An unscheduled correct. information the us at an earli- joining from her ER prevented the with her we greeted to say, Needless er event. as our reunion had served once She open arms. in Itha- own home still lives in her Hazel chair. quarters. to smaller moving ca, but is considering two grandchildren. and has two children She Gallagher us at Barton. Years joined who daughter, with her has four She chair. served as reunion Jean ago, a copy of gave me She five grands. and children of listing newspaper Ithaca the Hotel on April 11, 2011. Both were Willis’s death graduates. school Mayer first-place has won three our class and for “runner” to was unable but she second, one and medals compete this year. cor- served as the She Harbor. Sacketts from came ten years preceding the for secretary responding late husband, her and She me. York New Campus-to-Campus bus from Cornell the considering are and have two children They City. from Binghamton. She is another contact for infor contact is another She Binghamton. from in the taught Rayma about classmates. formation walk- too, had her she, and schools, Point Whitney I (Guess er along. in a wheelchair, only one the was pusher.”) “designated son as my my but I brought Buffalo the from Coming Larry were area and sister, Her six grands. and children Pierce Pierce at all the changes on campus. on campus. changes the at all Levine [email protected]. tel., (650) 592-5273; e-mail, Class http://classof46.alumni.cornell.edu. website, Levine We above. comments positive to all the amen committee will act to im- his and Lloyd know warrants. positive criticism where prove your Include at below address. me e-mail sions, to: news Send state. and city, name, 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 67 Page PM 2:37 10/12/11 064-103CAMnd11notes 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 68

ruined by global warming. Too late to fix every- keep it until I grind the tires down to the steel from his fraternity brother, Prof. Howard Evans. thing. Florida is ‘crook heaven.’ Health is a prob- rims.” Adelaide “Laddie” Ogonowski Johnson, As roommates, they played many a practical joke lem. Best event in life was my BS in 1948. This East Greenbush, NY: “Golfing, line dancing, writ- upon one another and these are Bill’s favorite planet is doomed—watch it on TV.” Fred Hickling, ing letters to the editor, and reading my Kindle. memories of his time on the Hill. Joyce Graham Endwell, NY: “Moved to Good Shepherd Village in Things looking up; we’re getting out of Iraq and Jordan (Wyoming, NY), married to Gilbert, spends April 2010, a brand new residential center. Haven’t Afghanistan. New York State has beauty and won- her days “looking after our farm and home and our sold our Binghamton home yet. It’s a new life! derful educational institutions, but the State Leg- Bernese mountain dog, Reggie, and our West First great-grandson born May 2010 in Greensboro, islature stinks and the excessive tax structure Highland terrier, Sammy.” Extracurricular activities NC. Went to 2010 Homecoming football game with makes it too expensive for individuals and corpo- include the Middlebury Historical Society and the Yale along with Char Smith Moore and Warren rations to stay. Don’t know what state would be First Presbyterian Church. At the time of writing, ’52 and Sally Hotchkiss Rockwell ’52. Beautiful better. I am the original owner of my car and know she’d been “getting ready for gardening season, day—a full Schoellkopf for a change! Team is its history. Not many miles on it, runs well, and reading a lot, walking the dogs, taking care of our financial bookkeeping.” Joyce says she’s lucky to live “across the road” from her twin grandchildren, Neil Jr. and Brianna, now just over 1 year old. Her I have been a “citizen scientist” for most fond memory of Cornell is “being able to answer correctly a question (aloud) in ‘Grim Don’ ‘ English’s Accounting class.” She’d especially enjoy five years and love it. hearing from Ann Brett Crowley Capshaw. We extend our condolences to William C. Tay- Nancy’ Belcher First ’51 lor Jr. (Flossmoor, IL) on the death of his wife of 61 years. William Wade (Sebastian, FL; biwade@ bellsouth.net) would appreciate getting in touch young and I guess it needs seasoning. Score dis- easy to maintain, so I’ll keep it as long as possi- with him. Wadsworth Stone (Natick, MA; waddys couraging, but atmosphere excellent.” ble. Wish I were playing golf. Getting health in [email protected]) is a project engineer with Com- Marvin Touse, St. Petersburg, FL, and Miner- good shape is work. Greatest event was having our bustion Installations of New England, working on al City, OH: “Greed in corporations and financial children. Have recently learned how to really hit industrial applications. Waddy lists his after-hours institutions is our downfall. Reinstate regulations a golf ball. I try to keep learning all the time. Live activities as golf, travel, opera, and symphony. He and stop sending offenders to country-club pris- life with love!” c Bob Persons, 102 Reid Ave., visited China and Tibet last year. Robert Von ons, where Madoff has been sent. Living conditions Port Washington, NY 11050; phone and fax, (516) Dohlen, MRP ’54 (West Hartford, CT; rjvondohlen@ are excellent in most of the US, but greed is so 767-1776; e-mail, [email protected]. comcast.net), married to Beth (Robinson) ’51, rampant that only a few can enjoy them. At 84, writes, “I’m still living in the house I designed in I’ll avoid buying green bananas. My Lincoln suits 1966 and now wonder whether Beth and I should my age group.” Dave Frees, San Clemente, CA: Our lively class was well repre- be thinking about retiring to a senior housing “Reading, food shopping, church. Back in October sented this year at the Van facility—BUT NOT YET!” He writes that he has trav- 2010, I was waiting to see if improvements would 49 Cleef Memorial Dinner, held eled many times with CAU, latterly “to Chile and come about. We would need honest Republicans each reunion weekend in Ithaca for graduates Patagonia (before the earthquake).” Last fall he in control and in office. California is the best place past their 50th Reunion year whose class is not and Beth sailed on the Baltic Sea with the Smith- in the US to live comfortably, but most of the reunioning. In attendance at the event were our sonian Institution. They visited the Baltic capitals younger generation are mindless and unable to im- class president and vice president, Jack and and met Lech Walesa and Mikhail Gorbachev. prove anything. Car is only four years old and runs Inger Molmen Gilbert (Ithaca, NY); Mary Olsen Dorothea “Dot” Dashevsky Fast (Livingston, fine. Will keep it until it quits. Wish I were where Baurle (Dryden, NY); Bernard “Bud” Stanton NJ; [email protected]), widowed from Shel- I was 60 years ago. Hoping to live a long life in (Ithaca); Virginia Hallett Hardesty (Ithaca); don, JD ’50, is “enjoying lots of three-generation peace. Marrying my wife, Yvonne, was life’s most Mary Sheptak Van Buren (Ithaca); Carman Hill family activities. Sorry to have missed official re- important event. Not to worry unless Congress can- (Ithaca); Robert Nafis (Ithaca); and Dr. Bob and union, but happily meeting when possible with cels my Social Security. I’m beginning to be very Marilyn Mintz Wasserman (Ithaca). those friends near NYC for lunch, news, and rem- absent-minded. Trying to leave the world a better Lee and Jan Steele Regulski (Clearwater, FL) iniscing.” Dot says, “When spring blossoms in place than I found it by helping others.” are retired and “playing.” They write that they New Jersey, I always think of the beautiful cas- Madeleine Miller Bennett, NYC: “New York attended their grandson’s college graduation in cade of forsythia over the stone wall along the Film Festival, docent at Whitney Museum. As of Tempe, AZ, and took a helicopter ride into the Stewart Ave. hill—still there?” Sylvia Hirschhaut October 2010, nothing done to improve US con- Grand Canyon. Their fondest memories of Cornell Frank (Kensington, MD; [email protected]), married dition. New York State is good because NYC is in are “the excitement of meeting new people— to Robert, says that she takes courses, reads, it! But taxes are bad. Still, there’s none better. I making new friends from all over the world.” Lois plays bridge, and socializes, and that Bob does drive a classic Jaguar—will continue until it dies. Bergen Abbott (Boulder, CO; labbott@colorado. pro bono work for AARP, helping elderly people Life’s highlight was granddaughter’s graduation edu) has served as president and on the board of in Washington, DC, with landlord and housing from college. Not worried at all about how to en- trustees of a 750-member Unitarian church in problems. Sylvia has been visiting distant chil- joy life. I’m glad I’m not young anymore— Golden, CO. This year she was in charge of the dren and grandchildren and attending their grad- ’Forevermore is shorter than before’ (‘Gigi’).” Dana pledge campaign. She also traveled to Peru: uations and family events. Granddaughter Jenny Keller, Ralston, NE: “Semi-retired electrical pro- “Deserts in the north, Machu Picchu in the rain in ’10, daughter of Jeff Frank, graduated from the fessional engineer, consultant to electrical engi- the southeast—a steep, high climb.” Lois told us Hotel school. Grandson Andy Frank, son of Jim neers and contractors. National debt: bad . . . that she’d rather be “visiting far-flung children and Frank ’73 (Alexandria, VA), was married on Labor ridiculous. We expect our grandchildren and great- grandchildren.” This summer she attended a fam- Day weekend. Looking forward to next year, Jim’s grandchildren to pay for us. No more deficit ily reunion in Asheville, NC, and she was headed daughter Shannon ’12 will graduate from Arts spending! Initiate a US ‘Buy American’ movement. to Madagascar in September. The gorges are her and Sciences. Sylvia fondly remembers friendships Support the USA in all things. Nebraska has the favorite memories of her time on the Hill. formed, participating in plays, and the beautiful best economy in the country. No state better. I Bill Feinberg (Ocean, NJ; joanfeinberg@ scenery from her days at Cornell. She would en- have done world travel and will do more. I drive verizon.net), married to Joan, is an attorney with joy hearing from Ruth Simon Feinberg ’50. a Buick—best made and in very good condition. Feinberg, Dee & Feinberg, in Bayonne, NJ. He says Jean MacCollom Morris (Ormond Beach, FL; No big problems here. Cornell studies made my that his current “after-hours” activities are fishing [email protected]), a psychotherapist, is electrical engineering successful.” and acting as trustee of two environmental organ- working, which, she tells us, is what she would Tom Trafzer, Carmichael, CA: “I do what izations and one that is involved with the devel- rather be doing. Her after-hours activities consist pleases me. Next stop for US is Communism. Cal- opment of disabled persons. Bill is also an “outdoor of doing research online. Jean’s fondest Cornell ifornia can boast about governor’s clown election. writer.” Recently, he’s been “working for the Yan- memory is of walking over the Fall Creek suspen- Tomorrow I’m doing more of nothing until I get kee dollar,” but would rather be “collecting shells sion bridge every morning for an eight o’clock it done. Traveling ist verboten. Car works fine. Will on the beach of Tahiti.” He would enjoy hearing class. Mary Lou Seeley Reeves, MS ’59, spends 68 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes , , dur- Anne idge” is idge” (Cincin- Corinne Wat- SP A ’50-51 (Marlborough, Stilwell Rowe , Ehni and Ehni and Pope (Adams, NY, December 2011 69 and and , 6080 Terrace Dr., , 6080 Terrace checked in with no checked | “Dot” Marion Steinmann Crosson Bob Siegfried c Anita Van Hassel Blau- Donald James MacKellar ’52 Clark Doris Joan Koelsch and and and Jane November First (Northampton, MA) had her First (Northampton, Dolores Hartnett Howie (Lebanon, NJ) is retired, but NJ) is retired, (Lebanon, Howie Paul H. Joslin Paul At Reunion, Reunion, At put to- a DVD OH) gave me nati, & Engineers Regional by the gether and Ann and (Penn Yan, NY) won the 2010 Yates NY) won the Yan, (Penn Shirley FultonShirley Roberts , PhD ’57, and , PhD ’57, and William Lamb. “Crossing the suspension br suspension the “Crossing Lamb. and and (Ridgewood, NJ) write, “Two of our three of “Two NJ) write, (Ridgewood, Richard ’52 David Richard the 1955 and reunions. 1960 men’s is Now time the a cut-off be setting us; we’ll soon stuff to to send contributions. for date 237 West Highland Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118- PA Philadelphia, Ave., Highland 237 West cjoiner@ix. 242-8443; e-mail, 3819; tel. (215) netcom.com; Johnston, IA 50151-1560; tel., (515) 278-0960; IA 50151-1560; Johnston, [email protected]. e-mail, MA) report a visit from a visit from MA) report Forde time had a great “We trip in March. a business ing Cayuga Lodge.” and about Cornell reminiscing Kent NY. Manlius, from news Scientists of Cincinnati promoting small nuclear small promoting Cincinnati of Scientists 11, 2011 March the This predates sources. energy and in Japan, disaster power plant Fukushima would have prevented that technology proposes to operate power loss of tsunami-caused the meltdown. that caused the pumps valves and Joan Vorwerk Club, Women’s water aerobics, busy with church, visits to Broadway enjoying and Red Hats, and fam- our of very proud are “We local theatre. and one nation, the serving are Our two grandsons ily. Our Army. in the other the and Marines in the is able to visit regularly, and has retired daughter in project his career our son-in-law continues and fa- two from to hear continues Joan controls.” vorite Cornellians, Cornell. from memory biggest her kins Stork last Spirit Award Commerce Chamber of County first great-grandchild, their celebrated year and Don 29, 2010. Corry and born November Ryder, anniversary in June. 60th wedding their celebrated 51 celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in the 60th wedding their celebrated community retirement Landing (VA) Williamsburg Land- the of is president Kent where a year ago, but there, are Cornellians Several Club. Men’s ing classmates. no (Orono, ME) report “quiet after son David and wife and David after son “quiet ME) report (Orono, to Africa,returned Jenny mission- are they where start- sons their to get US in the were They aries. haven’t Dot say they and Richard ed in college.” remember They lately. themselves much traveled the beauty of the and at Cornell, friends making campus. dairy and teacher FL) is a retired Englewood, and 11 of grandmother seven, and of mother farmer, trips. has been on six Road Scholar who velt we have six and Cornell, from graduated children at Harvard is 23 and oldest The grandchildren. is 3. Our daughter youngest the School; Medical her. visiting time so we spend lives in England, visiting son lives in California—another One prac- lives in Massachusetts, third the spot—and mem- Cornell fond Many us. for a neighbor tically by.” years go sweeter as the get they “and ories, Nancy Belcher oils in October pastels and of first art exhibit up this year coming more has three 2010 and newest: is the memory fondest in 2013. Her and lab at Sapsucker Ornithology wonderful “the five for I have been a ‘citizen scientist’ Woods. love it.” years and , , Don have George Richard (Prospect, , MAT ’67 , MAT Milestones , BArch ’53, has , BArch , MD ’53 (rtsilve@ died in August in in August died Engaging Men in Couples Engaging Rodger Gibson ([email protected]) live ([email protected]) Dick Silver and I (Marion) have collect- I (Marion) and Dick Strangeway William Morris Jim Hazzard Casler Florence Maragakes Roukis and and , published by Routledge this past July. this past Routledge by , published (Flushing, NY; [email protected]). So [email protected]). NY; (Flushing, , MBA ’53, was president of FSC Furniture FSC of ’53, was president , MBA A long profile of of profile A long WWII, During A sad note: A sad note: John Marcham John moved from Syosset, NY, to Bethesda, MD, “to be to Bethesda, Syosset, NY, from moved a son in and in Bethesda closer to a daughter ad- was a food-service Florence Virginia.” Northern a staff and kitchens three of head the ministrator, Architect 200. of OH. to Bedford, Heights Shaker from gone Pat ’59, and MS his PhD from earned George at Ithaca. at Kendal Eco- Agricultural of a professor was and Purdue “I still have the years. 30 for at Cornell nomics Hall.” space in Warren office of privilege med.cornell.edu)a in ran issue of recent The College. Medical Cornell Weill of a publication Weill of “one Dick calls article Spotlight” “Alumni “a and members” faculty esteemed most Cornell’s re- His most research.” cancer in clinical pioneer continues, article work, the groundbreaking cent to treat Interferon of introduction the includes diseasesmyeloproliferative usethe and of Imatinib, of remission long-term that promotes a drug of is professor Dick leukemia. myeloid chronic myelo- and leukemia the of director and medicine Cornell. at Weill center proliferative KY; [email protected]) is vice president of president is vice [email protected]) KY; active in Louisville and Club of Executives the Sal- the KY, Prospect/Goshen, Rotary Club of the St. Andrews of Brotherhood the and Army, vation proud- Rodger’s Among Episcopal Church. the of as head Westinghouse, “At est accomplishments: I took the division, air conditioning room the of to industry ten in the number from company in two years.” one number 1950, Class of the of Jim was a mainstay Ithaca. represen- Fund Annual as class president, serving as well as chair, gifts campaign major and tative, From class council. the of member a longtime of as Director 1985 to 1995, Jim served Cornell after only a few years’ retire- and Alumni Affairs, called to work in what was then returned ment, in Jim was tireless Giving. Planned of Office the and alumni, Cornell and to Cornell his devotion missed. will be greatly counsel his wit and 1950 our Class of for material wonderful ed some so far: goodies many the Book. Among Archives and both men’s from photographs group formal the camps in October 1946 (you freshman women’s a gray and we were!) young how can’t believe to us by sent saved and beanie freshman Hudes you, if you haven’t submitted your of rest the We what you have. yet, let us know memorabilia of photographs group formal the still missing are Engaging Men Through a Through Men Engaging Psychoeducational Unique book the for Approach,” Therapy Rela- Intimate of Application PAIRS—Practical of a series recall, may you Skills—is, tionship people helping for Lori developed classes that Lori continues problems. marital and with family psycho- and work, counseling, with administrative writing. to her in addition therapy, [email protected]) NY; (Grahamsville, meas an airplane Air Force Army served in the in Nebraska, and in China chief crew and chanic 24 to ready hours long working recalls he where Dick day. next the to England flights B-24s for 29 years. for agriculture school high taught Read Virginia and WI. He Corp. in Milwaukee, Systems Island,live on Marco FL. , “Dee” Gilberta , MD ’54. , MD ’54, Gordon (Falls Gordon , JD ’51 (Lake- Dorothy Fuentes (Saraso- Fuentes c , Box 904, Scotts- , Box , MD ’54 (Santa Fe, , MD ’54 (Santa Jack Rose Henry Erle lives in Fayetteville, Kenneth Washburn ’26 , MS ’51, writes that he ’51, , MS Jack Rupert Lori Heyman , MEd ’55, and is retired. ’55, and , MEd Williams Stan Rodwin Once again, the Cornell Alumni Cornell again, the Once (CALC) is Conference Leadership in Washing- in January meeting , he had written to us that his had written to , he , MD ’54, and , MD ’54, and Sonia Pressman equently with equently Edward Collum Edward , MS ’50, of Harpursville has passed Harpursville ’50, of , MS “Cooly” Solow, [email protected]. Solow, Stanley ’48 William C. Smith Ralph A current exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Museum Jewish at the exhibit A current Family therapist Family therapist Please accept my apology for having inad- having apology for Please accept my We are saddened by the news that the Rev. that the news by the saddened are We ta, FL; [email protected]) and her family. her and ta, FL; [email protected]) & the Poland of Synagogues “Wooden Entitled about has items exhibit the Connection,” Florida came originally families whose residents Florida were parents Sonia’s Both of shtetls. Polish from mother’s her on display are and born in Poland, in 1892; early Poland, Pilica, from birth record and parents her of photographs 20th-century even and in Germany; and in Poland grandparents they when received family her Card Docking the in 1934. arrived in this country ton, DC, and the Class of 1950 is again having a 1950 is again having Class of the ton, DC, and CALC brings CALC gathering. with the along dinner class officers conference, a three-day for together, other clubs and local Cornell from volunteers and drew last year’s conference alumni associations; is on 1950 dinner Our Class of 800 people. nearly Metropolitan elegant 27, at the January Friday, H 1700 Club, Street NW. send a reservation, make To $85 per person to our usual planning also are We NY 14546. ville, York. Club in New Cornell at the in May class dinner information Beach includes in Miami Florida about lawyer aol.com) hasa written chapter, Program: PAIRS “The 50 NM; [email protected]) continues to continues NM; [email protected]) interests. non-medical pursue two longtime, at and school high since Cooly has been painting with Prof. studied Cornell MFA ’29. Cooly sells his watercolors, oils, and pas- and oils, ’29. Cooly sells his watercolors, MFA NM. in Madrid, Gallery Johnsons the tels through “I Cooly writes, training,” housestaff Also “since deal about what I see and have composed poems I am think- now work. Right medical with in my together.” volume a small about getting ing fr Cooly talks Church, FL; LoriHGordon@ Fort Lauderdale, and VA, Jack Peterson May through October in DeWitt, NY, and from No- from and NY, in DeWitt, October through May mar- FL. She’s April in Clearwater, through vember to ried Mulhoffer wood, OH; [email protected]), our esteemed wood, in the class president, as president, class vice to hearing forward Looking issue. July/August you, classmates! each of from away. Mourning the death of his wife, his wife, of death the Mourning away. ’45 (Stevens) was his wife’s accept- Cornell of memory fondest snow of in 8–10 inches his proposal of ance Inlet. above Beebe Lake characterized vertently “Household duties” compose her “day job,” she job,” “day her compose duties” “Household her work engages after-hours while her tells us, theatre.” cards, park activities, in “church/choir, with “our association fondly remembers Lou Mary Ec’ cafeteria ‘Home and fraternity Alpha Zeta work.” in Wilm- living and Verne to Barbara is married NC. ington, Naples, year in than half the more but spends NY, is retired, Louise and to Mary is married FL. 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Harry and Myra DeVoe Linde recently moved from on waterfront property (means boat and water- Cornell, he would have entered as a freshman New Jersey to Florida. “Am very pleased with liv- skiing). Daughter Leslie, a producer at CNN, visits rather than transferred in as a sophomore and ing in St. Petersburg!” Tom and Jean Orbison with her two sons when she can. Evelyn, a DVM would have taken both semesters of Nabokov. (Hortonville, WI) claim five kids, ten grandkids, retired from practice, visits with her two sons two Elaine Rose Ruderman (San Diego, CA; eroserud@ and six great-grands. Tom writes that they are to three times a year. Hal and I visited Celtic lands aol.com) covered the basics with a cruise to the coping with diabetes, PMR, and Alzheimer’s and with CAU two years ago—wonderful trip. Loved Baltics, community fundraising, playing bridge, enjoying skiing, swimming, and shoveling snow in seeing the Plantations during Reunion. Back as an and doing Tai Chi, yoga, and water aerobics. mid-April. They are also sponsoring a robotic team undergrad, I loved being called by my boyfriend. Bill ’50, MME ’54, and Gertrude Strong Neef, going to the world championship finals in St. We’d meet at Japes and share a root beer float.” MS ’54 (Livermore, CA) spent their 58th wedding Louis. Tom remembers hiking and swimming in Please send your news to: c Brad Bond, 101 anniversary at Disneyland with their grand- Fall Creek gorge while at Cornell. Hillside Way, Marietta OH 45750; tel., (740) 374- daughter, who works and studies there. Gertrude Mary Strawson Ross (Westfield, NY) reports 6715; e-mail, [email protected]. keeps busy with stitchery, helps out her family by the death of her husband, David ’50, on March babysitting and gardening, attends a Bible study, 15, 2011, after 59 years of marriage. David was visits friends, and keeps house. Henry Lyon president/grower of 300 acres of varietal grapes, A surprisingly large—and enthu- (Waikoloa, HI) has been doing a lot of traveling. as well as town supervisor for 24 years. Honors siastic—class council meeting He paints, draws, votes, takes German, teaches included Conservation Farmer of the Year and 52 was held in Ithaca in July. The art, gains weight, and enjoys Hawaii. He claims Grape Industry Person of the Year. Mary’s fond major topic was our 60th Reunion, June 7–10, he is also “whale watching and counting and memory of Cornell was “finding spouse.” They 2012. In the coming months there will be news maintaining a wildlife habitat,” but I wonder. He had one daughter, three sons, five grandchildren, here in the column, as well as in your mailbox, on is also missing has late wife, Betty (Buell), and and one great-granddaughter. Joan Mariani your computer, and perhaps even on your phone I believe that. Shirley Sagen Norton (snorton7@ Whiting’s son Don is carrying on the family busi- (but no robocalls), encouraging you to return to twcny.rr.com) is among the travelers and volun- ness of marketing Banfi Wines at the many La Ithaca to see what’s the same and what has teers with church, library, AARP, and Zonta. Tavernas around the US. She enjoyed Chuck changed on campus and with your classmates. Rik Clark (Osterville, MA; capeclarks@aol. Feeney ’56’s responses at President Skorton’s in- Herbert Dienstag (New York, NY) sent in a com) was at the Ithaca meeting in July, as were terview during Reunion Weekend. quote from a professor (“Dr. Z.”) that “the purpose Bob, MME ’54, and Elle Hospodor Conti, MS ’54. Bob Fuchs (Fort Myers, FL) is his wife’s sec- of life is to get through it,” and continued, “Hav- Rik had earlier written that the two couples trav- ond geologist husband. He worked for a variety of ing reached 80 years of age, I am confidently ap- eled in England and France last fall. Apart from organizations and lived in Washington State and proaching that goal.” Now that we are mostly traveling, Rik is an active cyclist, boater, golfer, Denver before retirement. Jane Newman Springer octogenarians, that seems to be what we are boat builder, and yard man. He also volunteers (Guilderland, NY) says, “Retired life is a hoot! Lots working on in a variety of ways. A note from with nonprofits including Cape Cod Academy, to do, places to go, causes to support!” Jean Stone Robert Jeffreys, MBA ’57 (Cleveland Heights, OH; where after many years as an active trustee, he Wade (Charleston, SC) writes, “Hal ’49, MRP ’55, [email protected]) reports that he and wife Pat, is now a life trustee. Judy Calhoun Schurman and I are well—active and living all summer at our addicted to cruises, are taking long ones and vis- (New Canaan, CT; [email protected]) was Island House ten miles outside Charleston on Sulli- iting children in Seattle and New York. He attends also in Ithaca in July. Judy travels, sings in the van’s Island. Our three kids are happy and produc- golf school and is “playing singles matches against Presbyterian choir, and volunteers in the commu- tive. Derek has Hal’s landscape company in town young, athletic women to stay young myself.” At nity. She is active with Staying Put in New Canaan, a nonprofit group of seniors helping seniors stay in their homes. Judy has also taken up ballroom dancing and Tai Chi. Richard and Suressa Holtzman Forbes (Rochester, NY; [email protected]) have been traveling a lot with rolling family celebrations of Dick’s 80th birthday. Suressa has finished her board responsibilities for Rochester nonprofits, but remains a docent at the Rochester Memo- rial Art Gallery and keeps busy with the gallery council program and travel committees. Con- stance Soelle Geerhart (Montgomery Village, MD) is a volunteer and tutor at the Kingsbury School in D.C., which serves children with learning disabilities. Connie has enjoyed everything about the Washington area. Jan Hofmann McCulloch (Ash- ford, CT; [email protected]) also was in Itha- ca in July. Having toured the Plantations with her, I see why she writes, with exclamation points, that at Cornell she would have taken more horticulture courses. As is, she is a master gardener— planning, planting, and maintaining the town gardens as well as her own. She raises money as president of Friends of the Library. Jan spends time with her children and grandchildren and takes care of family members who are ill. In December 2010, William Hubbard (Pough- keepsie, NY; [email protected]) was recovering from open-heart surgery and valve replacement. He had been in rehab for three months, getting lots of exercise and was looking forward to returning to his part-time job, swimming, and house and yard work. He was also thinking about moving into a retirement community if the housing market picked up. Also considering a move was Evelyn Hoffmann Huffman (Kansas City, MO), who was cleaning out the house. “Lots of junk to get rid of. Decisions, decisions.” She would rather have 70 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes c December 2011 71 | , JD ’57 (Vestal, NY) is get- , states he is sadly leaving , states he , deep in the Grand Canyon Grand in the , deep still lists himself as a real estate a real as himself still lists The writing of this column was of writing The one from but adventure nothing While sitting other. to the end , BEE ’56, along with Jack Keil with Jack , BEE ’56, along November , 300 1st Ave., #8B, New York, NY York, #8B, New , 300 1st Ave., Evan ’14 Dick Long , to on time opened which reviews. rave Bob Morrison A note from our intrepid guardian of all of guardian our intrepid from A note Attorney Attorney Glenn Crone Irwin Jacobs 54 in Alexandria, VA, quietly summoning those muses those summoning quietly VA, in Alexandria, I felt a very together, words to gather we all need years living many of reminiscent motion familiar County. Fault in Marin San Andreas the alongside of sharp crack loud the this was not However, North the itself under plate subducting Pacific of edge on the plate—it was slippage American later was but a few days It zone. fault a known that blew Irene and mayhem town with all her into to your scribe-cum- All this was but prelude chaos. into a step backward taking painter theatre-set three-point a perfect making a riser, thin air off all hip. It new and shoulder, head, of landing herself your scribe shook duty, of line in the being painting finished brush, and up her picked off, Rabbit Hole wildlife, wildlife, striped bass of and porcupines, trout, beaver, the south to join his heading and Country North the and redfish, alligators, manatees, (plus the family a mar- is losing Hampshire New in Florida. snook) Panthers Florida the but I know velous steward, On September him with furry paws. will welcome 8, Soci- Marconi prestigious the was awarded Wolf, from quote 2011. To Prize for ety Fellowship and lives’ work dra- “Their release: press Society’s the accu- and capacity, speed, boosted the matically the around transmissions data and voice of racy technological in a way that is considered world, 10009; e-mail, [email protected]. 10009; e-mail, ting over a Christmas week fire in an adjoining week fire over a Christmas ting their colleagues from him and that drove building Building— Press historic in Binghamton’s offices equally to the them moved It to stay—last year. Tom in Endicott. IBM headquarters former historic have been con- library and office former Watson’s won- and notes, he rooms, verted to conference doors over the THINK signs the whether ders sticks But what REALLY us better lawyers.” “make 188 miles, days, eight of memory with him is the with son Rick rapids menacing 100 or more and grandson and along hikes side hair-rising were in 2005. There way down- their made River as they Colorado the with communication of means with no stream, ac- they day, eighth On the world. outside the “Great canyon. the lift out of cepted a helicopter says Dick. grandson,” with son and bonding Jim Hanchett dealer, but defers to spouse Sybel to deal with to deal Sybel to spouse but defers dealer, around and in generates he leads that business new in the strong says she’s He VA. Ashland, takes So she but “I am challenged.” technology, he so, said And business. the that part of of care fourth my finished “I have nearly a while back, this to press would go it was hoping book.” He (on the first three out my check might “You year. mem- unforgettable most about his Asked Net).” I’ve to say. would be hard “It Glenn admitted, ory, most The good. it of most life, had an incredible our of abduction would be the impactful memory took us two-and-a- It back in 1972. five children Zim- (now in Rhodesia half years to locate them them bring and courts, the through babwe), go have bachelor’s them Four of States. back to the degrees. Two have master’s and PhDs.” for going are , . Don , and high , and Baron’s call Baron’s Hungerford Charley Colbert , a canny observ- , a canny Siegel (University Park,(University FL), (Tunkhannock, PA) had PA) (Tunkhannock, Roz Zalutsky and Patty Patty and Davis (Cimarron, NM), in Davis (Cimarron, Taub, MEd ’54 (Westfield, NJ) MEd ’54 (Westfield, Taub, John Dave Rossin on the giant Tanglewood lawn. Tanglewood giant on the (North Cape May, NJ) is still an ac- Cape May, (North nducted into the Cleveland Heights, Cleveland the into nducted Susan Hanchett ’90 (far above almost all Cornell baseball all Cornell above almost (far , PhD ’61, have grown into master gar- master into , PhD ’61, have grown (also ZBT) and Evie Evie and (also ZBT) Bolero Linda Mitchell Jean Wright Pope way back when, activities many A person of Roz and spouse Phil are accomplished portrait accomplished spouse Phil are Roz and Hail all hail Hail was asking us seniors any such embarrassing ques- embarrassing such any us seniors was asking answered we when tions a mid- for Massachusetts hills of Berkshire to the at Tanglewood Ravel Maurice of afternoon summer If you heard late last July. of days hot the during well- of a vast expanse on gathered a group of soft- Maybe think golf. you might grass, tempered a towering it was ’53 under time ball. But this a to hear company fine and with edibles maple of and, pianist a one-armed written for concerto course, Ithaca a while back for the President’s Council of Council President’s the a while back for Ithaca what also grows of sight caught Women, Cornell The snow. of tops—14 inches on Rocky Mountain walking. were geese snow The airport was closed. Lin- Cowperson Hall-of-Famer and rancher made It it west, as northeastern “wish I could bring da She moisture.” winter no had received Mexico New at Cornell, made she friendships the cherishes a vi- each year, spring and beautiful fall the “and coun- semi-arid from this Westerner for treat sual 6–9, our 60th (June for a return plans She try.” will be a drop there chance a good 2013). There’s blue that weekend. waves of or two above the Eugenie Gilbert a replace- to replace knee in with a new checks to being accustomed grown last April. She’s ment airport security and stopped—invariably—at favorite Genie’s prodded.” and probed, “wanded, on tables in the is “waiting says she, memory, were We friends. good Made years. four for dorms a true community.” Campus Chari- and Club Floriculture the for time husband and Jean very young. we were when ties Daniel ’52 not- she veggies,” lots of planting are “We deners. the for event “to have a tasting ed last spring, and local 4-Hers also advising are We fair. county local soup the for generously Scouts to plant in the food on organic our kids raised We kitchen. for sandwiches good traded they ’70s and ’60s and has edu- locally’ movement ‘eating The Twinkies. around.” this time things to eat good cated kids Claire Nagel of board plus on the Life agent, York tive New Relations Human the Resources, Cape Human and (member), County Cape May of Commission is She (president). Women Community Oceanside Cape Com- at Atlantic students of also a mentor advisory pan- on the and (ACCC) College munity giving. planned ACCC el for Supper followed at the Barons’ rustic retreat. rustic Barons’ at the Supper followed the Phil’s from of one presented They painters. Roguettes to ’53 Rogues and Gallery of Baron Unbekant run average earned with a career pitchers 2.14), of to one and Phil. Roz and Bravo, world. a puzzling er of ten i of one of Alumni Hall Distinguished School OH, High local paper cited his half- The this spring. Fame was He business. and research in nuclear century reason, insight, providing “effectively for honored energy national discuss and wit to explain and was voted and power issues” nuclear and policy in C- Back home Year. the of Man Energy Electric with it was an opportunity to reune Heights, friend kindergarten-through-ZBT Gary ’52 classmate school s , are in , are Warren (Hudson, , LLB ’54, (Monkton, (Nashville, TN; (Nashville, MA ’54 M. Carr , John Crager Richard Charles Smith (Chicago, IL; mlindhei@ (Chicago, (Tivoli, NY; hoaklander1@ (Tivoli, NY; Henry Ver Valen (Bolton Landing, NY; artonie@ NY; (Bolton Landing, There was this Music 101 course was this Music There ’53 of that certain seniors be instructive, might thought George Vlahakis Gaul, [email protected]. Class Gaul, [email protected]. Marian Nelson Ferguson Arthur Franz Marshall Lindheimer I stop here for a word from the the from a word for I stop here Joan Boffa c (Moore, SC) reports some mobility problems. mobility some SC) reports (Moore, working Y, out at the working he’s Nonetheless reading, swimming, yard, the and garden in the do- and meals, family cooking and for shopping paperwork. ing MD; [email protected]) had two discs in his MD; [email protected]) about a month-and- required which replaced, neck he’d reported he In January, a-half’s recuperation. antique several Caribbean and the had a trip in “I still have my wrote, he “Yes,” trips. car-related that antiques two other and Jaguars vintage four maintain.” and I service also works out at the [email protected]) to tries He manageable.” weight my Y—“to keep to see his son. a month once to Atlanta travel been doing anything else. else. anything been doing issues, medical reported earlier who York), New and Arizona in southeast is “surviving!” says he Valley. Hudson the George Lake the of member is a board ieee.org) Mu- Bolton Historical the and Conservancy Land production video freelance also does seum. He updating time spends and computer graphics and charges technology skills as the his system and boats on and gardens he summer In the ahead. Grantham professors mentions He George. Lake “Also Cornell. an impact at as having Strong and and mechanisms Serro taught Rosson, who Prof. systems into career my to redirect me influenced work!” to outstanding leading engineering, Harold Oaklander with unemployment is “fighting frontiernet.net) volunteer who students Cornell of assistance the breaks summer and spring and inter-session their Impact (www.ilr.cornell.edu/dolapuinternship).” let who admissions of director “The at Cornell: I would not in retrospect, in on condition; me today.” have been admitted still emeritus, though medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu), and articles reviews chairs a committee, lectures, He writing. and a little editing does and grants, adviser bono pro to act as an external continues Jacque- and He Organization. Health World to the few trips with Cornell have enjoyed travel—a line work (less with his WHO others Alumni tours and beau- the remembers fondly Marshall expensive). and schools of diversity the campus, the ty of lectures. philosophy and science and programs, at age started college that he remembers also He not. did is glad his kids 16 and and and Lakeville, CT ([email protected]). Carr is a CT ([email protected]). Lakeville, NYU, and San Diego at U. of law professor visiting tax is- corporate arbitrates and mediates he and in the enjoys walking and golfs For fun, he sues. He family. their and Hills with Marian Litchfield choruses. in Baroque and barbershop also sings chairs: our reunion ([email protected]), And June. next for songs railroad some Practice Center, Nevin Plantations’ to the plan to say hello old friends. and addition, Museum Johnson the http://classof52.alumni.cornell.edu/. website, pleasant, and not too stressful. 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genius by experts, yet seems nothing short of interviews he’s conducted over the last decade for on campus, they interviewed everyone in every de- magic to the billions of people who enjoy such Lifelong’s weekly WHCU radio show (Lifelong is partment who was affected. At that point Clifford benefits whenever they use a cell phone, swipe a Ithaca’s senior center). He has enjoyed chatting had tenure in the Psych department, and Pat was credit card, watch a DVD, or retrieve digitized in- on air with many interesting people, including Cor- teaching full-time there. During those years, Pat formation, seemingly out of thin air.” Miloslav nell president David Skorton, Ezra Cornell ’70 (the had established a program for students who want- “Mila” Rechcigl, PhD ’58, has written a personal Founder’s descendant and current trustee), Cornell ed a BA in psychology but didn’t want to go fur- memoir entitled Czechmate: From Bohemian Par- Alumni Magazine editor/publisher Jim Roberts ther with it (no MA or PhD in their sights). To help adise to American Haven, his life’s journey from a ’71, legendary Cornell coaches Ted Thoren and them succeed, Pat developed a field course to give small hamlet in rural Bohemia to life as a research Richie Moran, former Class of ’55 president Joan students experience in the real world and learn biochemist at the NIH in Washington, DC. You can Steiner Stone, and Conor O’Clery, author of The how community agencies could use people with find more on Facebook under Czechmate. Billionaire Who Wasn’t, the story of Chuck Feeney BA’s in psychology. It was a pioneering effort at Lynn and Jane Gregory Wilson have always ’56, whose foundation has given away billions, the time. When Pat was interviewed, she talked been in motion. Perhaps it comes from long years including generous gifts to Cornell and Ithaca Col- about her wish for tenure—and said that if their of service in the Air Force. They appear comfort- lege. Fred concludes, “Getting this ‘geezer’ award marriage was the impediment, she would get a able either abroad or at home in Florida. When surely means the Nobel, Pulitzer, and Oscar can’t divorce, and she and Cliff would simply live to- stationary, Jane makes pillows, knits skullcaps, and be far behind!” Congrats to you, Fred. gether. This was an unheard-of proposition in the collects magazines for soldiers and vets at the lo- Speaking of honors, up to six alumni each year early 1970s! The powers that be and the investi- cal hospitals, along with making holiday favors for are chosen to receive the Frank H.T. Rhodes Exem- gating agency were stunned when they realized nursing home patients. For her own enjoyment, plary Alumni Service Award, honoring alumni who that in order for people to follow their careers in sewing, art, and flower arranging are among her have given long-term volunteer service to Cornell— the same field, divorce would be the only way. favorite things, and I bet they, too, will be shared and one of the 2011 recipients is our own Ginny The UW Faculty Senate took a vote on it and the with others. It would appear that Charles Schulz Wallace Panzer! Past ’55 winners were Stephen nepotism rules were abolished. Pat eventually re- has hung up his shingle and retired from his law Adelson in 2008, Jay Hyman, DVM ’57, in 2006, ceived tenure as a full professor.” practice of 50 years in Palo Alto, CA, but not from Robert Cowie, MBA ’57, in 2003, and Ned Arps, It’s that time of life, unfortunately, when we community work and fun. Charley leads the old- MBA ’57, in 1997. Our very best wishes to all. lose dear friends and acquaintances. A memorial est permanent floating madrigal society in the Ken Sanderson writes, “My wife Barbara and service was held for George Riordan in Quogue, area, started by Robert Noyce 50 years ago when I have had to curtail our travels for medical rea- where he and Ann (Wiggins) vacationed for many Charley was but a very young solicitor. Thirty years sons, but we’re still here! I am now a member of years. Lee ’54 and Barbara Loreto Peltz, Jan ago he started the Palo Alto Community Fund with the Pacemaker Club. Praise the Lord, the doctors, Kahn Marcus, and Elliot ’53 and Karin Hartell the thought of assisting new groups looking to and Medicare!” Ken and Barb continue to volun- Cattarulla attended the service. Gary Ozaroff meet the needs of a growing city. They have giv- teer usher at the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sara- wrote that Robert Marks ’56, who was his clos- en over $300,000 to 40 civic organizations. Num- sota, FL, where David Howard ’51 often appears est friend since their days at Choate, died in 2010. ber one item on his bucket list: avoid kicking it. in plays. “His performances always bring me back Jack Frey was saddened to learn of the death of Although retired from her 40-plus years as the to Cornell, where my interest in theatre was real- his longtime friend and freshman roommate, Clyde Buffalo News food editor, Janice Okun Seidenberg ly established,” Ken explains. “They also remind me Riley. Dick Hanks wrote to tell us that Beverly has maintained her function as restaurant critic. of the Gang from Kline Road and all the fun we Pabst Bolton died last year, and we also learned She is also the author of Buffalo Cooks with Jan- had. Being somewhat isolated on campus, we be- of the deaths of Bill Winters, MD ’59, Don ice Okun. After living for 40 years in the Golden came very inventive pranksters, and, after a year, Scheer, and Guy Bedrossian, MBA ’56, who will State, Linda Stagg Long moved east to Dublin, we brought our acts to the Baker Tower area.” be sorely missed. So stay well, and stay connect- OH, to be closer to her daughter, granddaughter, Paul Kalinich, LLB ’57, spent four weeks in ed. Our college friendships are irreplaceable! c and great-granddaughter. That is incentive enough Russia and returned with his daughter and two new Nancy Savage Petrie, [email protected]. for anyone, and she loves it. Along with her daugh- grandchildren! The kids are enrolled in kindergarten Class website, http://classof55.alumni.cornell.edu. ter, Linda is involved with Women’s Pilot Dog As- and preschool in Wilmette, IL. Paul and his entire sociation. Not being familiar with the organization, family of children, grandchildren, and daughters- I googled it and found they do the same marvelous in-law (13 in all) visited his father’s and mother’s I am writing this column from job as Guide Dogs for the Blind. birthplaces in Slovenia and Croatia. He had lunch Martha’s Vineyard, waiting to Last heard from, Barbara Jones Jenkins was with John Anderluh ’56, Al Pyott ’53, and Lou 56 see if Irene will touch the jousting with Quicken and FileMaker Pro—along Conti ’41 a few months ago. “John played foot- island. Earlier today I had lunch with Leo Con- with making sense of W2s, 941s, 1099s, and ball and baseball, Al was a football player from an very, a longtime friend and resident of this beau- 990s—as all are part and parcel of her role as fi- earlier class, and Lou Conti was our coach. Lou tiful place for many years. He had just come back nance director of the Cannon Valley Elder Col- played on a team that, believe it or not, was a from taking wife Alison and 13 other family mem- legium. Barbara suggests that what prepared her national champion, having beaten Ohio State. He bers to Cornwall for a birthday celebration. The for her fourth quarter was what she inherited also played in the (in)famous fifth down game whole family had a wonderful time and Leo looks from her forebears—good genes and an inde- against Dartmouth. Cornell ended up forfeiting the as good as ever! fatigably upbeat attitude. Totally agree. When game on Monday after films showed that Cornell I heard that Reunion was a blast. We were tennis is no longer an option, she will attack all scored the winning touchdown on a fifth down.” so sorry we could not attend and hope to be those books stacked and patiently waiting to be A nice note from Carol “Ritt” Rittershausen with all of you at the 60th. enjoyed, starting with Isak Dinesen’s Last Tales. Byron brought the welcome comment that “our Norma Redstone Shakun (Williamsville, VT) Ernest ’53, MA ’55, and Elaine Harrison Cohen last reunion was the best ever—the experience of is helping organize courses for Osher in Brattle- are both still hard at work with the Regional Cit- a lifetime!” Part of the fun, she added, was spend- boro, VT. In addition, she is involved in many izens Committee and with their sustainability ing time with Eva Konig Ray, driving to/from Re- community activities. She had been to Paris and work. Bernice “Bunny” Rotter Schmid’s travels union and visiting in Philadelphia, seeing Valley Brazil recently, and celebrated her granddaughter’s have taken her to all points of the compass— Forge, and listening to music in Germantown. bar mitzvah on May 14. Bob Boice (Watertown, Nova Scotia, Alaska, Costa Rica, and Israel. She Ritt’s been busy restoring old photos and slides NY) is in his second retirement in 2010 as a coun- has also moved house from Brooklyn to Long Is- with Photoshop, and keeps in touch with Barb ty legislator. His first retirement was as a county land to be closer to her daughter and grands. c Ramsey Adsit and Laura Weese Kennedy. I’m sure administrator. At the moment he is an energy Les Papenfus Reed, [email protected]. Class that many of you remember Pat Wells Lunneborg, marketing consultant and part-time farmer and website, http://classof54.alumni.cornell.edu. but perhaps you don’t know this remarkable sto- forester. He winters in Summerfield, FL. ry about Pat and her husband, Clifford, that Pat’s It was nice hearing from Ellen Deck Nesheim sister shared with Ritt: (Washington, DC). She just retired as a chemist An Ithaca luncheon and an Al- “There was a time at the U. of Washington when with the USFDA-Division of Food, specializing in bany Capitol Blue Room ceremo- spouses could not be hired to teach in the same seafood. In between, Ellen was assistant registrar 55 ny were part of Fred Antil’s 2011 departments. And if they did, one of them could with the School of Advanced Int’l Studies at Johns Senior Citizens’ Day recognition by Tompkins Coun- not receive tenure—ever. Someone complained Hopkins. She supports the Avalon Theatre in Chevy ty. Fred was selected because of the hundreds of about it to the Feds. When the investigators came Chase. Five years ago she came to reunion after 72 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes , Dick John Seiler trying to make trying c December 2011 73 and I were having I were and obit as ‘a man who obit as ‘a man | , recovering from a se- from , recovering Al Podell , a very active alum, and ’ ([email protected]), who ([email protected]), With no News and Dues forms in Dues forms and News With no notes I’ll use a few e-mail hand, One months. over recent received , that I hope to reschedule.” , that I hope November New York Times New York Barry Grevatt Ted Raab ’57 Les Papenfus Reed ’54 Les Papenfus Reed ). Sadly, Dick passed away. He was fea- He passed away. Dick ). Sadly, Connie Case Haggard Phil Getter During our week of lectures, study, music, study, lectures, our week of During Your correspondent can report on a pleasant can report correspondent Your I have a favor to ask. Every now and then and to ask. Every now I have a favor a most pleasant week there, at this gem tucked in tucked at this gem week there, pleasant a most more learning York, New of southwest corner the a while sharing Islam and about Iran cot- Victorian we caught where That is friends. with good tage sum- their of most spend who Raabs, up with the heading campus before Chautauqua on the mer fam- visiting winter, the for to Ft. Lauderdale down south. Ted trek easy-going on their friends ily and every week dur- neighbors their entertain Pat and with cocktails season summer eight-week the ing to be fortunate we were and dinner potluck and Pat. and Thanks again, Ted them. among that retired we learned etc., kayaking, reading, UCC pastor two years ago, very grounds on these stroke vere the campus Chautauqua to the would be returning Mary caregiver, week with his wife and following his wife, Pat, at Chautauqua Institution this past Institution at Chautauqua Pat, his wife, August. is from is from writes: “I noticed your comment about ‘Wim’ ( Wimmer in the tured that on, Phil, passing “ Thanks for gave up.’ never to know. class will want in the many as I’m sure Phil continued: “I noticed that, I haven’t done world. the of countries all the to so I’m headed back to places, to go as I like cele- as a birthday August of month the for Paris after we other,’ ‘significant my Elaine, for bration 16) at school son (Ian Michael, youngest visit my son (Dou- oldest my meeting NC, and in Asheville, in grandchildren) the and London, from glas, back to NYC come then We’ll France. Montepellier, one I’m season, where theatre the start of the for and awards, TONY the of administrators the of working First the create to folks with some Creative theBank—servicing community’ ‘creative sure [Not glitch in the Phil]. A last minute what that is, trip with up a Cape Cod fishing screwed schedule Dick Seegel ’59 visit with 58 [email protected]. A week on each end of the trip was spent in Vir- trip was spent the of on each end A week and all now?) they (aren’t old friends visiting ginia David grandsons. three his wife and son and their to that it is good thought it up with the summed to is glad Buick the . . . and be back in Arizona 6,000 miles. after another a rest take going what’s of is fine) (short an e-mail me drop know- I would appreciate and on. Our classmates that anything and hobbies, about your travel, ing our 55th we approach as us connected will keep copy, hard If you prefer spring. next Reunion and this fall class mailing annual the look for Form. Thanks! News in the send , , Bob Adam Sandra Adelaide Robert ’56 Mona Reiden- is reading this, is reading passed away in March had an interesting sum- had an interesting is employed full-time in is employed full-time Braun splits her time be- time her splits Braun Nye , 19 Seburn Dr., Bluffton, SC , 19 Seburn Dr., Dorrie Gilbert sends word that he and and that he word sends and Betty and led the ninth annual charge to Ocean charge annual ninth led the Sue Davidson . Barbara and her husband, husband, her and . Barbara Gilbert or Number one item onNumber one Charles Schulz’s Sutnick is also busy with volunteer activi- is also busy with volunteer Sutnick bucket list: avoid kicking it. bucket list: Ed Vant David Barbara Ries Taylor Michelle Striker Boffa no- the when to pay your class dues Be sure Judith Reusswig ‘ c (Russell) nine of party consisted The NJ, in June. City, over the Ed has watched For five years, Vants. in the increase The Association. Summit Taxpayers (sounds was cut to about 3 percent total tax rate board school The Stimulus”). “Son of a little like situa- the overall and money the bulk of the got tar- Christie’s with Governor was in concert tion look out. official, County a Union If you are get. year. next list for on Ed’s short are You and two weeks with friends for Italy touring mer, former neighbors Sweden, from celebrating together pro- then They anniversaries. 50th wedding their Convention. Kiwanis Int’l the for to Geneva ceeded tween her home in San Diego and the Brauns’ the and in San Diego home tween her her Sue sent which from UT, City, place in Park surgery. foot from while recovering iPad via news volunteer; a full-time she’s Back in San Diego with on boards serving and lobbying, fundraising, specialty. is her issues childcare berg a Hospitals, for is Hosts focus A primary ties. in volunteer lodging free that provides group Philadelphia to the come people who for homes still in the are Sutnicks The healthcare. for area in bought Place that they James on St. house to move. need feel no they 1964 and TX, area. Houston, estate in the real commercial First Colony team of management is on the She by was bought company parent whose Mall, Metz ’83 and Opera, Grand Symphony, Houston support the with Epiphany also volunteers Ballet. Barbara the church Her Services. Outreach Health Community supplies and in Houston city one is an inner that pro- to organizations with referrals clients Cornell Some needy. to the services social vide life to play a part in her courses that continue as well as the Spanish Linguistics, major, her are Arts. Fine and Architecture History of had a distin- She Hospice. Connecticut at the psy- and psychologist as a clinical career guished with was an active participant and chotherapist husband, is survived by her She our class. seven grandchildren. and two children, . . . puhleeze!) news some send arrives (and tice regarding on all things so you’ll be up to date univer- to see that the check 2012. And Reunion as nowadays address, e-mail sity has your correct Internet. the via everything out most send they [email protected]. 29909; e-mail, in Washington, DC. Her interest in the field start- field in the interest Her DC. in Washington, Malcolm’s Norman with an undergraduate ed as If philosophy. on Wittgenstein’s course Mortola you at Kainer3@ from hear to would like Rochelle aol.com. Huberth, Karl Fisch- , 1165 Park , I, will Af- try. Best of America Best of Weigt Donald Butkus ndraising and mis- and ndraising Levy, LLB ’59, is or- Levy, (Boynton Beach, FL) (Boynton “Tis” . Kainer is working on her is working Kainer Hargan retired three years three retired Hargan Wittow also passed away, in Wittow also passed away, retired from Syngenta in 1999. Syngenta from retired , MD ’60, writes from his home , MD ’60, writes from Mary K. Wakeman Stephen Kittenplan Judy Richter on Novem- a class event ganizing dinner ber 26—a restaurant Katherine Dick Alweil c Bob Colby Sandra Albert Mary Van Winkle I am sorry to report that I am sorry to report We also send our sympathies to our sympathies also send We Sometimes we get letters of such great inter- great such of letters we get Sometimes Take care of yourselves and stay well. Our re- yourselves and of care Take Rochelle Krugman Gene Sanders , who writes, “I lost the love of my life for the life for my love of “I lost the writes, , who ago from the Mark Twain Library in Redding, CT. in Redding, Library Twain Mark the from ago fu with church is involved She going to a beekeepers reunion. Ellen shares that shares Ellen reunion. to a beekeepers going sorry that space I’m and Cornell, has a son at she in- this of details complete the permit not does person. teresting but she is in Redding, home Her projects. sion in Mys- cottage family at her time lot of a spends tic. in in ’01. Left career “Retired FL: in Englewood, an- about philately, writing for medicine/science books two Published history. religious and tiques, Scott Key Francis the of member am a board and is a ma- Christine, wife, My Foundation. Memorial writer as well.” Congrat- artist and rine/nautical to go ulations Watermedia Artists, Vol. II Vol. Artists, Watermedia who had three of her pieces (two acrylics and one and (two acrylics pieces her of had three who in published collage) watercolor passed away this past February in Jackson, MS. in Jackson, passed away this past February Artist August. She lived in Englewood, CO, and was a and CO, lived in Englewood, She August. recent most Her oil painter. figurative/realist still lifes. and portraits works included er after to cancer succumbed Nancy past 54 years. Don’t years. 30-plus battle for a very courageous died she and didn’t, She ever give up hope. in retired is Karl peacefully last December.” Chatham, MA. to moved last year and Systems BAE from retired playing enjoys and loves his move He Florida. tennis. Now he leads hikes as a volunteer for the City of the for as a volunteer leads hikes he Now a con- Bob also has lives. he CA, where Benicia, time a lot of spends he where Tahoe, at Lake do six grandchildren. and children with his four to summarize. that it is difficult content est and to With apologies ter Cornell, Mary kept up with her chamber music, up with her kept Mary ter Cornell, PhD at Brandeis her toward even while working U. and Stanford, at MIT, humanities teaching and studies). (religious Greensboro Carolina, North of university from took a break 1986-89, she From vil- remote in a school secondary taught life and village, fell in love with the She in Zimbabwe. lage had died parents whose children the of one and husband her girl and This daughter. her became with their along to Mary, door next living now are her part of This is only a small 2-year-old child. to hope it. We you read as richer gets which story, Mary issue. part in a future Cambodian tell you the ’56. Class of the of heroes many the of is one to all. gards Ave., New York, NY 10128, e-mail, Catplan@ NY 10128, e-mail, York, New Ave., aol.com. followed by the Cornell/Boston U. hockey game at game U. hockey Cornell/Boston by the followed Dinner City. York in New Garden Square Madison with everyone Ave., will be at NILES, 371 Seventh to the to go at 5 p.m. If you just want meeting C on your a red to paint has promised Judy game, for at [email protected] her Contact left cheek! evening. about the details further psychologist still a practicing and novel second 57 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 73 Page PM 2:37 10/12/11 064-103CAMnd11notes 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 74

Lou. We were happy to hear that good news since Harry and Jill Petchesky cele- summer. Hosted by Jan and Bill Dring, BArch ’61, we learned that Barry has had a long and slow- brated Jill’s birthday in grand the week-long event was attended by Stan Lomax, moving recovery. We can also report that Roger 59 style this past July. Joined by JD ’62, Hans and Barbara Lawaetz, and Dan and and Irene Rizzi Metzger are doing well in their Nelson Joyner, Neil Janovic, Marty Lehman, Ann Hall. “The gathering was a splendid combi- long-term lovely home in East Aurora; so are Lar- and their spouses, they took an evening cruise nation of trekking and talking, as well as a chance ry ’57 and Marilyn Zeltner Teel in their garden- around the Stockholm Archipelago. The Petcheskys to chat with the New Yorker’s Seymour Hirsch toured dream house in the typical quaint upstate and Janovics then visited with the Joyners at about declining ethics standards in the U.S., a top- New York town of Victor, just south of Rochester. their country house several hours north of Stock- ic I emphasize in my ethics course at the U. of Larry and Marilyn’s home is adjacent to that of holm. “The American flag flies proudly on their South Carolina,” comments Stan. Writes Hans: “We daughter and son-in-law (Kathleen Teel Wagner flagpole in their international community over- enjoyed it all—visiting with each other, the hik- ’87 and husband Dan ’87) and their three big, looking the Bay of Bothnia,” says Harry. Prior to ing, the cocktail reception at the golf course club healthy, sports-centered grandsons, 15–19. the trip, Harry had mentioned looking forward to house, eating sautéed mushrooms with eggs from the back of a pickup in the mountains, attending the rodeo, and being announced as an honored guest from Cornell. Trying to rescue a half-nude— We toasted our 55 years of or was it half-dressed—woman who was running around the neighborhood was also interesting.” ‘ (“You know us, Robin Hoods at heart!” says Stan.) friendship with an afternoon at Was Rick Dyer, MD ’63, punished for missing the Alpha Delt gathering? It sounds like it! While the Presby Iris Gardens. his brothers were busy in Colorado, Rick’s activities included cutting a hedge row at his Black Patricia’ Hamilton ’60 Rock Farm. A tree snapped unexpectedly, causing minor injuries. Shortly thereafter, Rick unwitting- ly roused a ground nest of yellow jackets. “I left Our class has a poet and didn’t know it! We teeing off for 18 holes of golf at 8 p.m. one my chain saw running and ran. I only got about end with this note and idyllic poem from Harold night. But a three-mile hike through the woods twenty stings on my legs, but between that and Zeckel ([email protected]), who sent the fol- to the sea “left only enough gas in my tank to the facial bruises I looked scary!” Rick fared bet- lowing: “I wrote this tongue-in-cheek poem in play nine holes, even though it remained light ter than Gail Stanton Willis. The Houston realtor 1957 at Cornell. It is called simply ‘Miss Hum- enough to play another 27.” was in San Diego for a convention when she fell phreyville.’ At the time there was a big student Small world tale: Harry and Jill were having and broke her arm. She had a pin and screws put demonstration due to the fact that she was ban- dinner in Hudson, NY, one August evening with in the arm and while awaiting physical therapy ning apartment parties. Also at that time, I was Benigna Chilla, a former professor of Art at Cornell. learned that she needed a pacemaker. “I can’t wait taking George Healey’s English course, so I was She mentioned that she was going to Bhutan, and to go through security at the airport!” she says. imitating the style of an old English ballad. In Harry told her that the country’s former crown Harry Chapin ’64 rose to fame as a song- whatever way the poem conveys some sentiment, prince, Lhendup Dorji, is our classmate. The man writer and rock-and-roll performer but what was that makes me happy. I found it rummaging at the next table overheard the conversation and he like during his freshman year at Cornell? Bill through my old photos”: said that he had gone to Choate with Lhendup. Fogle Jr. ’70 is researching that history and Naomi Johnson Dempsey, a longtime resi- would like to contact anyone who has recollec- It’s a girl who’s named Teresa dent of Wilton, CT, has fully retired and moved tions of Chapin on the Hill. Bill can be reached that my heart is longing for. eastward to Madison, CT. She remains an avid gar- at [email protected] or (480) 641-1137. She’s so sweet and pure and honest dener and supporter of animal shelters, now vol- Our reunion attendance records, which are that to some she’s quite a bore. unteering at Forgotten Felines in Madison. Recent 428 (25th Reunion) and 383 (50th Reunion), are But she’s all the world to me and mine travels have included St. Maarten, Arizona, Nan- still intact. The Class of ’86, whose goal it was to I love her, yes I do tucket, and the Finger Lakes region, where “of break our record, had 365 classmates at this year’s And to all who don’t believe me course” she showed her companion the Cornell reunion, and the Class of ’61 had 294, so we are I’ll swear to you it’s true. campus. Eye surgeon Gerald Schultz, accompa- safe for at least another year—and another 26 nied by his wife Joan, has traveled extensively in years for the double record! c Jenny Tesar, 97A Our love is sweet and pure conjunction with his presentations on various oph- Chestnut Hill Village, Bethel, CT 06801; tel., (203) as dear God says it should be. thalmological procedures. They were in Vienna 792-8237; e-mail, [email protected]. And as others pass they envy us, and Prague en route to Berlin for the 2010 World it’s obvious to see. Ophthalmology Congress. Later they returned to For we know they cannot love as we India, by way of Istanbul, where Gerald lectured Our 50th Reunion continues to or feel this clean delight. and did demonstration surgery in Mumbai. Then resonate with classmates, even Love like ours needs the purity came a trip to Moscow, where he and colleagues 60 a year-and-a-half later. Dick that vanishes at night. presented a course on the artificial cornea. Schwartz, MD ’65, writes from McLean, VA, “We Michael Crowley reports that Svein Arber had so much fun at our 50th that I went back for There’s nothing more for us to want, has retired from teaching in San Francisco and this year’s [and] the dedication of the new Cor- each has the other’s heart has moved to Northampton, MA. Michael and wife nell Rowing Center. Oarsmen from many classes To hold and kiss so sweetly Wendy live in Pasadena, CA, but each summer and former coaches showed up, 175 in all; we in response to Cupid’s dart. find their way to Dublin Pond, NH, where they re- went out for a row and had a barbeque. Can’t wait All innocence our love remains side until the end of October. “Paris entered our for our 55th.” Raoul Drapeau, after making the e’er joyful in our ways. life when we purchased a wee nest on the Rue de trip from Vienna, VA, to Ithaca in 2010, returned We do not feel those vulgar pains Verneuil, one of the special streets in the 7th ar- in June for the 50th of his wife Connie (Fekete) nor need not count the days. rondissement that fortunately eluded Hausmann’s ’61. He reports, “Both were great fun and we 19th-century wrecking ball. While there, I devote enjoyed the various lectures and walking around Thank you, Harold. That’s the year-end col- great attention to the city’s architecture; among to see all the new buildings.” Now retired from umn, class. I trust all have received, and re- my modest addictions is a love of the decorative his career as a high-tech entrepreneur, Raoul says, sponded to, Pres. Bill Standen’s e-mail blast and arts, so each morning you’re likely to find me “I keep active with volunteering at a local unit of letters. We need your news, and I would bet that prowling through the galleries of the Drouot auc- the National Park Service, hiking, lecturing (I only a small fraction of the class gets it from the tion house.” The Paris apartment is available for published a new e-book technothriller, The Fat ‘Net. So I hope to hear from you to put it here. rent, with special rates for ’59ers; check it out at Man’s Disk), pursuing inventions, and helping to Cheers and Happy Holidays to all. c Dick Hag- www.wewillalwayshaveparis.net. manage our nine grandchildren.” gard, 1207 Nash Dr., Ft. Washington, PA 19034; The eighth mini-reunion of Alpha Delta Phi Perhaps inspired by last year’s gathering, Ca- e-mail, [email protected]. ’59ers took place in Steamboat Springs, CO, this role Knoop Buffett held a brief mini-reunion at 74 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes Ralph, Isobel Black lives in Abbots- rald is also a vol- rald December 2011 75 of the Fernow Hall Fernow the of at the tent lunch. tent at the . | (Great Falls, VA; SM VA; Falls, (Great Stevens, sastevens61@gmail. Stevens, Carroll (Woodbury, MN) enjoys (Woodbury, Carroll It’s almost time to inaugurate time almost It’s Be sure 2012 calendar. your new June of dates you’ve saved the , [email protected]. November Ling (Laguna Woods, CA) and hus- CA) and Woods, (Laguna Ling Phoebe Mason Margaret Farrell , died in 1964. She’s considering moving, considering in 1964. She’s , died Doug Fuss Dorothy Ann Meigs Ghent Stephan Minikes Astrid Bossi May Lee Susan Williams c Obama to a live national town hall meeting on hall meeting town national to a live Obama tele- the 2010. Following 8, June on healthcare others with four appeared Gerald vised meeting, with commentator discussion in a follow-up on WTTG- that was broadcast Alnwick Melanie DC. Ge Washington, 5 in Channel him. gals” that remember and guys conservation unteer and part-time, odd-hour, paid employee of employee paid odd-hour, part-time, and unteer says he He department. recreation his county’s it.” Gerald his auto needs when “will only re-tire any from would “love to hear Margie was one of the speakers at the class fo- at the speakers the of was one Margie was that forum learn at the rum. What we didn’t Lawyers Pro- Senior Int’l with the volunteers she that and countries, with developing ject working Africa. West in Liberia, months four spent she you all. from news for both dying I are Doug and it. Please write. can’t write a column without We [email protected]) was appointed by Presi- was appointed [email protected]) Ambas- US Bush to serve as the W. George dent Security and for Organization to the sador in Vienna, headquartered in Europe, Cooperation managing that after I gave up my did “I Austria. Thelen, of office Washington the for partnership Vien- from I moved wife and My Priest. and Reid, all had lived in D.C. ME. We to Kennebunkport, na to re- want not did lives and our professional of that’s where we did—because turn. Nonetheless, job op- nonprofit My were. job opportunities the D.C. think-tanks: the with two were portunities in has offices (IRI), which Inst. Republican Int’l human seeks to promote and about 50 countries Inst., Hudson the and democracy, and rights in future think about the scholars in-house whose on Stephan goes ways.” unconventional bold and but reunion, been to a Cornell has never to say he “quite religiously.” alumni magazine the reads Nicolson and and Nicolson PhD ’61 the and area in the dealing drug to “increased due a Euro- and bookshops language English lack of pean delicatessen.” work as paid doing is still She from to hear like a sacristan. She’d to Massachusetts from relocated Chung-li band sons. three to be closer to their California says me our kids, to be near we all like (Wouldn’t They mine.) from country the way across all the enjoying are and house their have renovated serves locally on May that was done. everything Re- At Team. Response Emergency Community her to I had a chance Bill and husband my union, chat with com; retired life by “traveling a lot” and spending the spending a lot” and life by “traveling retired husband and she FL, where in Ft. Myers, winters course communi- in a golf a house “bought Joe ty.” has been challenged She Australia. Victoria, ford, sur- years with replacement last couple of in the husband, Her knees. both hips and for gery 7–10 and made your plans for our once-in-a-life- for your plans made 7–10 and In less than seven in Ithaca! 50th Reunion time in beautiful in Ithaca it will be turning months 7 we June our 50th. Beginning for preparation as at Cornell, do now life as they will live dorm new the into us begin moving of 500 or more 62 , Ron . Judy Doug Bren- , c Richards, Mandell, Mandell, Bollinger from Bollinger Ken Blanchard Susan Williams Tony Seaver published the sad the published Horticulture Maga- Pat Laux . (Evanston, IL) wrote, (Evanston, Edward Robbins (Kensington, MD) reports (Kensington, Judy Rensin Sarah Shean , MBA ’65, , MBA Keenan (Cary, NC) was sad to (Cary, Keenan , there was a display of books was a display of , there , a longtime faculty member in member faculty , a longtime Boston Globe Boston Goldberg, Goldberg, Phil Hodges Greetings! This is Greetings! task the I’ll be sharing and Stevens with your news reporting of Rosenbaum, Lawrence Aaron Phillip Witt Wittenberg, [email protected]. Wittenberg, , Gale Collyer Gerald Schneider . I’m a retired professional librarian and have and librarian professional . I’m a retired David Wunsch Unfortunately, many of us could not attend us could not of many Unfortunately, In May, the the In May, A postscript with regard to our 50th Reunion: A postscript with regard . Among her survivors are a son, Murray, of a son, Murray, survivors are her . Among Neil Goldberger news of the death of of death the of news innkeep- “Journalist, entitled in an obituary cancer years,er, In recent extraordinaire.” chef man- Sarah MA, where in Winchester, a bed-and-breakfast aged up culinary “whipped article, the said often, she included guests” that of groups large for feasts and breads homemade like specialties her of some had a mas- who Sarah, years, In prior cream. ice wrote Columbia, from in journalism ter’s degree as an worked newspapers, Boston-area several for Hos- General at Massachusetts assistant editorial staff at was on the pital, and zine nephews. and nieces several MA, and Somerville, Computer Engineering and Electrical Dept. of the death recent the to report Lowell, wrote at UMass Justin at Cornell, teacher beloved his “most of as J.J. campus on the better known Price, Jesse department Mathematics in the taught who Price,” his “Although says, David ’60s. 1950s and in the with his our attention held J.J. large, classes were in- subject . . . He the love of and wit, humor, two became The a professor.” to become me spired to: your news Send friends. lifelong Bryant reunion. reunion. by our classmates to peruse. Without having the having Without to peruse. by our classmates were represented authors titles to give you, the Betty Schultz da Zeller Barnes PhD ’67, and tells contacts, affinity group of was in charge who in on getting worked that 76 classmates me sports than 83 groups—colleges, with more touch campus organiza- sororities, fraternities, teams, numbers are here a result, so on. As and tions, 12 Kap- Deltas, 18 Phi Gamma them: of some for 16-plus seven Psi Upsilons, Gammas, pa Kappa crew ten-plus lightweight and community, Catholic by Row organized in a Reunion on the times great remember “Still working—but Hill.” 61 Fuss MI; Melbourne, in Kalamazoo, served variously Sacramento, and Scotland; Edinburgh, Australia; pastor’s wife in I’m a Presbyterian present CA. At town with Reedsport, OR (pop. 4,000)—a small gate- the a coastal town and are We heart. a big Recre- National Dunes popular Oregon way to the Dune annual it’s the I write this, As Area. ation Bay. Winchester Fest in neighboring musi- enjoyed wonderful our classmates of Many Glee the Savoyards, the from cal presentations treat- also were We Chorus. Women’s the and Club, organ baroque new the seeing and ed to hearing at lovely harp music then and Taylor at Anabel moments special the Chapel, accompanying Sage Thanks our late classmates. of remembrance the of to 40 people invited by President of was one that he say, “I had planned on coming to reunion; how- to reunion; on coming “I had planned say, cancer. breast for chemo taking I am now ever, early so I am opti- it was caught Fortunately, every- Will miss seeing outcome. about the mistic one.” , Meier Glister Pardoe McLean of McLean Kline, now Kline, Strigle , whose volun- , whose Greg Meier ’91 Mir’ ‘ and and Elaine Moody ’98 Ruth Richardson (Colts Neck, NJ) retired (Colts Neck, Leslie Crouse Barbara Kielar Miriam Rich Carson , DVM ’63, of Manhattan (he Manhattan , DVM ’63, of John John Richard Coburn Patricia Hamilton (Columbia, MD) and MD) and (Columbia, (Princeton Junction, NJ), Junction, (Princeton her home in New Canaan, CT, in June with un- with in June CT, Canaan, New in home her roommates dergraduate teering with Rotary Int’l has taken him to has taken with Rotary Int’l teering imple- is being project a literacy where Ecuador, teach- is training “This project Rich, Says mented. will affect 60 teachers and ers to teach literacy “Our high-tech adds, He 3,000 students.” and which S. Carson Associates], [Richard company security distributes Internet and manufactures is “still he well,” and to do continues products, “I also admits, He golf.” and very active in skiing 2.” iPad to my addicted have become who has spent several years in South America in years in South America several has spent who Service. Foreign US in the then and business continues Kitchen”), lives in “Hell’s says that he in Montague, practice to oversee his small-animal to travel. off time of deal a good NJ, but takes Ramsey, Paul 32 years, of that his partner Now global the of president vice as senior has retired and Service Testing Educational the of division educational international to occasional turned over- time able to spend two are the consulting, in Essaouira, have a house “We says, Richard seas. in Puerto Aventuras, a condominium and Morocco, our ed- for money to raise we rent which Mexico, is to fur- mission project’s The project.” ucational adults young and children for opportunities ther language English by supporting community in the in the and after school, in school, instruction post- for scholarships as well as offering summer, work bono Also involved in pro studies. secondary is in Latin America (Severna Park, MD). This spring we toasted our 55 MD). This spring Park, (Severna an afternoon by spending friendship years of at the twice meet NJ. We in Montclair, Iris Gardens Presby shop- park, and every museum, know a year and Penn- of area Valley Brandywine in the area ping are Elaine out that Ruth and points Pat sylvania.” but still go- retired, now dietitians, both registered Mir was a and together, seminars to nutrition ing years many for own preschool had her who teacher Language as a Second English while also teaching a at college. local community group the of Members including offspring, Cornell have also parented Gwendolyn Glister Boyce, VA. Carole describes their get-together as get-together their describes Carole VA. Boyce, special re-igniting and catch-up of “50-plus years after retired that “Leslie reports and friendships” in last serving Hope, Project for CPA 20 years as a train- in dog passion lifelong Her Africa. and Haiti in tournaments,” recognition national has won ing Vir- in Northern teaches and also directs she and has four Barbara programs. training dog ginia recently Keblish, Capt. David whom, of one sons, years in An- after several to Afghanistan deployed Dept. the of as head napolis at the Orthopaedics of own recent says that her Carole Academy. Naval US various for planning program “include activities the as well as for groups, community and church Pi Beta Phi.” Club of Alumnae Fairfield Southern a job as her from at AT&T analyst computer systems “I says, after 38 years and busy with vol- am now with the and blood center work at a local unteer Pioneers,Telephone do who projects. community I attend often yoga, and ski, do travel, also garden, that her Noting City.” York in New opera ballet and Cornell of generations has four now own family graduates, from 1929 to 2010, continues, Pat “I am our freshman- from friends with my still in touch in Risley: year corridor in Doylestown, PA, and and PA, in Doylestown, 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 75 Page PM 2:37 10/12/11 064-103CAMnd11notes 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 76

Court/Kay/Bauer freshman dorm for three days. He and Bonnie (Woodard) ’66 have a 23-ft. Rob he is a cellist. Gary promises to tell us about the The weekend will officially kick off at 4:30 p.m. Roy yawl, which he would like to be “sailing in rest of his children in a later column. on Thursday with the Phil, BArch ’64, MArch ’65, warm waters with eight weeks in front of the Whin, ME ’68, and Joan Melville (wdmelville@ and Maddy Gell Handler ’65 class video/discus- bow.” Albert likes to create new hiking trails, sail gmail.com) live in Pittsford, NY. Whin still works sion, followed by the opening reception. long distances, and write—currently about the as design center manager for the Rochester, NY, In rapid succession, this will be followed by role of the cat in human societal evolution. Don- office of Intrinsix Corp., which does custom inte- after-dinner social time each evening and break- na and Michael Ernstoff, MS ’65 (m.ernstoff@ grated circuit design. The Melvilles now have nine fast every morning with old and new friends, our LArents.biz) enjoy swing dancing in Los Angeles. grandchildren. Their youngest son, Jeff, earned his gala dinner featuring the Backtalk Band, the Michael lists his present “day job” as “seeking to master’s in English in May 2010 and now works highly anticipated Jane Brody-led seminar, and preserve my retirement nest egg given the wild at Mitre Corp. Richard ’62 and Neil Ann Stuck- many Cornell-sponsored lectures, tours, etc. gyrations of the financial markets.” He’s been act- ey Levine ([email protected]) live a busy life Somehow we will even fit in the traditional class ing as general contractor on the remodeling of a in New Jersey. Their sons are Jon (Purdue ’91) picnic at the Plantations. If you haven’t already condo owned by his son and daughter. and Russell (Michigan ’94). Both sons and their done so, lock in our 50th Reunion (June 7–10, “I am the secret person behind the return families, including five grandchildren (Emma and 2012) on your calendars and remind other class- slot at the local (State College, PA) library,” writes Caroline, 11, Trevor, 11, Lindsay, 9, and Andrew, mates to do the same! Also, check out our web- Betty Lefkowitz Moore ([email protected]). She vol- 8), live in New Jersey. Neil Ann was resource per- site (http://classof62.alumni.cornell.edu) for unteers there and at the local hospital, plays son (“talking head”) on a trip to France, Germany, more reunion information. Ruth Zimmerman bridge, serves as Hadassah president, and has and Switzerland in 2010. Dick was with her and Bleyler ([email protected]) would enjoy hearing “learned to play mah-jongg and love it.” Coke they saw the Oberammergau Passion Play. Neil from anyone who might want to volunteer with plant consultant Joel Sundholm (joelsun@msn. Ann has a regular publication of research essays reunion events or who has any questions. com) is based in Hudson, OH, but has assignments on Amish and Mennonite history and also served Fred and Betsy Hart report a great week with all over North America. He visited China last year as consultant on German letters sent to Thomas grandchildren at Cornell’s Adult University. “This and Germany this year with son Stewart. In Hud- Jefferson—the papers of Thomas Jefferson at was our first CAU experience,” Fred writes. “I stud- son, Joel is treasurer of the Salvation Army serv- Princeton’s Firestone Library. She is a member of ied oceans, Betsy dogs, and most importantly, the ice unit. Fellow engineer Richard Tilles (rtilles@ the Secretary’s Circle of Phi Beta Kappa. grandson built rockets and robots while the pacbell.net) traveled to Argentina and Australia John Rasmus ([email protected]; Kansas granddaughter studied cultures of the world. The from his San Francisco home. Richard volunteers at City, MO) keeps busy in retirement with service grandchildren had a ball, and their parents had a nursing home, takes care of his and Lois’s grand- projects through St. John’s United Methodist what our granddaughter described as ‘the time of children, bikes, and plays golf and piano. Church and South Overland Park Rotary Club. He their lives’—then we brought their children As you send holiday greetings this month, was also appointed to the Strategic Plan Task home.” Also attending during the same week were please remind your Cornell friends to plan to join Force of the Appraisal Foundation in Washington, Bob ’60, MS ’66, and Helen Tintle McAfoos, who you in Ithaca in June—and send a copy of your DC. The task force will assess the first 25 years of have been regular participants in CAU. letter to me in order to update your classmates! the foundation and plan for its future mission and Anne and Willis Ritter (Writter@cwr103. c Jan McClayton Crites, 9420 NE 17th St., Clyde structure. Art Resnikoff (art@ar-and-associates. com) spent last summer in a moving marathon, Hill WA 98004; e-mail, [email protected]. com) lives in San Francisco. Last year, his son with myriad temporary addresses. Best mailing and daughter-in-law had identical twin boys, who address is to Willis’s eponymous law firm on M St. joined their older sister, 7. They live in San Fran- NW in Washington, DC. From McLean, VA, Allison I am writing this column as I sit cisco as well. Art is running again after having a Young Bauer, MA ’67 ([email protected]) in Telluride, CO, looking out at stent repaired in one coronary artery. He spent checks in. She retired last year from her position 63 the beautiful mountain scenery three weeks in Italy last year: Venice, then down at Great Falls Community Library and fills her free and watching the rain clouds coming and going. the coast to Dubrovnik, Croatia, and then back to time with volunteer work at the library and car- While many parts of our country are experiencing Venice. He also spent a few days in Sorrento, then ing for grandchildren, 5 and 8, two afternoons a severe drought, this part of Colorado is blessed Naples, visiting his wife’s grandparents’ birth- week. Doug ’60, MS ’67, still works at the Dept. with daily rains and thunderstorms. When you place. They also enjoyed the pizza! of Homeland Security. By the time this is printed, receive this magazine and read this column, it will Ira and Ellen Levine ([email protected]; John and Joan Ryan Ruh (rucrew66@roadrunner. be only a year-and-a-half until our 50th Reunion. San Diego, CA) have been married 46 years and com) will have returned home to East Aurora from Put June 6–9 on your calendar! I had an e-mail have children Sarah, 44, Andy, 42, and Lizzie, 40. their long-planned trip to China. In addition to from John Daly, who is encouraging his Theta Xi There are grandchildren Meela, 5, Hudson, 2-1/2, daily grandma activities, Joan supervises college brothers to attend our 50th. It would be great if and Marlo, 2. Ira has an active practice in gen- senior student teachers from SUNY Oneonta. all of you who read this would do the same with eral surgery with emphasis on breast cancer and Joan and Bruce Migdalof are retired in Mid- old friends, sorority sisters or fraternity brothers, thyroid and parathyroid disease. He also enjoys dletown, DE ([email protected]). Bruce plays and other classmates. his family, golf, and gardening. He keeps in trumpet with big bands, enjoys photography, and Ellen Sullivan Strader, MEd ’65 (estrader2@ touch with Marty Krasner, Marcia Beiley Laris, is writing a novel. Look for Jim Bernet (jimbernet nc.rr.com; Raleigh, NC) wrote that she and her Ed Kreusser, and Dick Lumiere, MD ’67. [email protected]) on Facebook. Jim enjoys life husband, Lee, are still happily retired. In April, Joe Brennan is compiling a Phi Gamma Delta in Santa Monica, CA, and has traveled to East their house and property suffered a direct hit from e-mail list for the classes of 1960-66 in order to Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. He is with one of the tornadoes that passed through the stay in touch as a group or individually. If you strategic consulting in the mining industry. area. They did not incur any bodily harm and their would like to be added to the list, e-mail Joe at David and Martha Weiss Dobra ’65, MS ’67 home is now back to normal. Ellen and Lee do a [email protected] or jab296@cornell. ([email protected]) report a recent visit to lot of traveling in the Caribbean every winter and edu. That’s all for this issue. Please e-mail me your their Sugar Hill, GA, home by Jan, ME ’67, and in the US the rest of the year. They garden in their news! c Nancy Bierds Icke, 12350 E. Roger Rd., Mary Henry Young ’65, MS ’69, who were touring own extensive vegetable and flower garden and Tucson, AZ 85749; e-mail, [email protected]. the Southeast in their mobile home. The Dobras volunteer in a community garden. They also enjoy have enjoyed travel to the Bahamas, Williamsburg, hiking and swimming laps. Last February, Ellen and New York, and Tennessee. They gleefully report the Lee cruised with Judy Mohney Dennis, MEd ’64, When it comes to news for this arrival of a new baby granddaughter. “Meeting my and her husband, John. Gary Smith (gpSmith@ column, time was that the wife,” Meri (Klorman) ’65, ranked as Paul Schrei- empacc.net) and wife Patricia had a wedding in 64 (snail) mail brought all things. ber’s fondest Cornell memory. Paul (pschreiber@ their family this summer when daughter Rebecca Now it’s more and more e-mails, although the old- bgpma.com) retired in June “after 40 enjoyable married James Bowen of Buffalo, NY. Gary still fashioned way still has precedence, thanks to news years as a primary care pediatrician.” He planned works as a physician. He also coaches football for being added to class dues forms. I personally have to “sleep late for a few days, spend time with our his son, 12, runs daily, and plays golf. Son Daniel no preference for how I receive your news, only seven grandchildren, then lead a life of active is finishing his second year of law school at St. that it be submitted somehow or other. leisure.” Meri and Paul are in North Easton, MA. Mary’s in San Antonio, TX. Rebecca graduated from Update for commentary. In the March col- At Veterinary Relief Service in Westport, NY, Buffalo State College; and Charles finished his first umn, Henry “Hal” Logan, ME ’66, asked whether is Albert Haberle, DVM ’64 ([email protected]). year at Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA— Cornell’s (relative) position in the Ivy League had 76 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes : Jen- Harry Clifford and wife and Marjorie Ru- Kathy Moyd Bill Fogle ’70 December 2011 77 Joe Brennan ’63 (Hood River, OR; River, (Hood .com), who is run- .com), who | . I am working on a . I am working ’66 Stephen Appell , MBA ’67 (Novato, CA; alan. ’67 (Novato, , MBA Robb Bell idgewinery November ([email protected]), and ([email protected]), Andrews Andrews ([email protected]). Clifford ([email protected]). and know that Jennifer was the in- was the that Jennifer know and athaniel and Joslen, she commented she Joslen, and athaniel Bev Johns Lamont ’64 Bev Johns Lamont Alan Harris (Evans Mills, NY; [email protected]), NY; Mills, (Evans Joining the retired ranks is ranks retired the Joining classmates from notes short Three week is a 40-hour Still working needed: help Networking this happening are reunions school 50th high Brody (Littleton, MA) with Advocates Inc. She Inc. (Littleton, MA) with Advocates Brody Schell ROBB@Cathedralr draft direct consumer growing rapidly his ning hour an River, in Hood room tasting and winery lives in Dallas with His son John Portland. from Mor- Daughter Robb’s grandsons. and wife Jackie State. Portland from gan has graduated who CA; [email protected]), (Pasadena, Lab on Propulsion Jet 37 years at the for worked Jupiter. and Uranus, at Mars, targeted spacecraft volunteer- book clubs, for enjoys time now She within 540 Norway, On a cruise to travel. and ing, saw polar bears, Kathy Pole, North the miles of in Cali- Also living birds. nesting and walruses, is fornia [email protected]), who in Wells works part-time and a passion, Golf is banking. community Fargo program golf senior the Alan captaining you’ll find also en- He Golf Club in San Francisco. at Presidio Alan serves as a tournaments. poker joys amateur committee on school County Marin to the delegate that announced he In May organization. district us of many How is still alive at 101 years.” “Mom being “I remember to this comment: can relate is much . which . . at Cornell foolish and young foolish!” old and fun than being more Phillips R.W. Richard Most wife and Richard and retired, are wife Barbara and live in Mt. Kisco, NY. Carol bin Fe on Creativity in Santa a conference attended that also pro- topic an enriching Madness, and for necessary credits education continuing vided grand- two young her of Proud workers. social N children, a 1928 father, after her was named that Nathaniel up with caught Marjorie alum. Recently, Cornell Island. in Rhode family and sister Eleanor her e-mail a Phi Gam (Figi) “I am compiling writes, to stay in 1960-66 in order classes of the list for more. welcome and have over 80 so far We touch. to [email protected] an email Send from And or [email protected].” on your classmate information “Please send nifer Gillett Chapin ’64 is deceased She his songs. two of for spiration class year as un- list her Archives Cornell the and to any folks these 1966.” Thanks from confirmed out! can help you who of folks. many year for study of American singer-songwriter singer-songwriter American of study (Washington, DC) is taking a historic archaeolo- historic a DC) is taking (Washington, photogra- freelance to do preparing and gy class a Raise therapy. physical getting with along phy, with glass along ’ Alan Palm Palmer, MS ’69 MS Palmer, Jason Gettinger , ME ’67 (Golden, CO; , ME ’67 (Golden, Blase (Vineland, NJ; soblase@ Blase (Vineland, Lamont, 720 Chestnut St., Deer- 720 Chestnut Lamont, Sue Gethmann (Fayetteville, NY; susamma-htsl@ after has retired hotmail.com) and husband John Miyanmoto John husband and Henry Nave Bev Johns Sharon Plahy of helping plan a more hopeful future plan a more hopeful of helping for Afghanistan. Look for Look for Jean Chen Following 40 years’ service, 40 years’ service, Following answer- Thanks again for now. That’s all for Marshal Case is in the very thick is in the very thick Marshal Case c ‘ [email protected]) trying to build wind tur- to build wind trying [email protected]) de- he’s time same the At on mountaintops! bines their people improve a website to help veloping wife Michele and Henry compliance. medication each have 3-year-old who have twin daughters boys. working 17 years as an information specialist at specialist 17 years as an information working volun- doing is now CA. She in La Habra, Chevron Cen- Resettlement Refugee work at the teer clerical down Sue traveled This past May ter in Syracuse. Recently, Lyon to Avignon. from River Rhone the of Donovan to Naomi a grandmother became she Aptos, CA. Sue states, at Cornell, time her Recalling guest lec- visiting world in the a broader “I found between Mal- a debate vividly I remember turers. Court room Moot in the Farmer James colm X and X was assassinated.” Malcolm before just months the for volunteers now and aol.com) has retired Leukemia Jersey New the Club and Lions Vineland alum- enjoyed a Cornell She Society. & Lymphoma wonderful the extols and Italy, ni trip to Cortina, with oth- times good and history, wine, and food cum just graduated granddaughter Her er alums. of with a medal was honored UNC and from laude therapy. BS in physical with her along excellence among sisters are with Chi Omega Friendships memories. Cornell fond Sharon’s have enjoyed extensive and WA, live in Seattle, Queen Char- the and Colorado, to China, travel City. York as well as New lotte Islands, 65 Shaftsbury, VT, also helped in the production of production the in helped also VT, Shaftsbury, on one Puerto Rico: in films two documentary neo- on saving other the coffee, shade-grown America. Latin and North of birds migrant tropical & Ex- U.S. Securities the last autumn from retired enforce- office’s York New Commission change himself to be flinging seems Jason group. ment he’s that writing retirement, into whole-heartedly a number through body and his mind furthering concerts, lectures, reading, including activities of to see fam- travel training, tennis, golf, squash, an Diana, to L.A. to see daughter ily (including travel to see friends, travel actress/bartender), cultural more and to Iceland), fun (recently for to even learning Jason’s events. sporting and cello. play the latter the news, and class dues our appeal for ing two more only for of have enough I now which of Also be sure it coming! So please keep columns. to visit(http://classof64.alumni. our class website or online at home to me news Send cornell.edu). at: field, IL 60015; e-mail, [email protected]. IL 60015; e-mail, field, , Ed Parsons not only not Margaret Matthew Joe James , and , and nddaughter, 1). nddaughter, Marshal Case DVM ’97 , Virginia Lange is also still working, in his is also still working, , last in this column 21 years (ILR), and their son, they have son, they their (ILR), and Gorra retired from a from retired Gorra 27-year career Michael ’96 Ewell , six grandchildren. and Judie Last November, , MBA ’66, asks: Relative to what? Athlet- to what? asks: Relative ’66, , MBA Biologist-administrator Biologist-administrator Stephen Berzon Leonard Berman Judie Pink isn’t retired, he’s in the very thick of helping plan helping of very thick in the he’s isn’t retired, having Afghanistan, for future hopeful a more advisory coun- to a five-member been appointed that pro- Afghanistan, for cil, Global Partnership for investments crop as profitable trees motes the of 80 percent comprise who farmers, Afghan 10 some writes, he Already, population. country’s The have been planted. trees cash crop million the to upgrade on efforts is also focusing council still lives in who Marshal, women. Afghan lives of Berman JD ’98 vacation (“Why first trip ever to Hawaii her made retirement asks) to celebrate else?” she anywhere also active She’s time. vacation flexible more and ap- enjoys reading she where in our class council, says she’s She our JFK Scholarship. for plications it “very makes which applicants, by the impressed to recommend. whom to decide” hard case in regulatory affairs, specifically new product new specifically affairs, case in regulatory Corp. Len Pall the his employer, for registration en- and NY, wife Charlotte live in Huntington, and to Seattle recently travel, and tennis, joy sailing, daughter, Between their Vancouver. and broker Produce grandchildren. three life.” enjoying and “still working writes that he’s CA, where wife Shirley live in Carlsbad, and Joe the following and family, enjoy Bible study, they Chargers. San Diego changed over the past half century. No one has one No half century. past the over changed but opinion, or with an answer forth come Dealy knows, If anyone or admissions? academia, ics, the losing regrets Ed meantime forth. come kindly his in Delaware. of neighbors summer as Logans wife Donna and that he reports separately Hal (now winter to their PA, Ford, Chadds from moved say AZ. Ed does in Tempe, too) home summer, is “se- been to a reunion, has never who that Hal, our 50th.” to attend threatening riously his San Fran- of partner is still a managing ago, Berzon. His firm regu- cisco law firm, Altschuler labor and cases involving major larly litigates employment, environment, the constitutional, and has amassed Stephen issues. election and political, 2008 his work, including for awards of a number work on po- his for Year the of Lawyer California Best Lawyers the of one issues, election and litical employment in labor and his efforts for in America “Super California Northern the of one and law, and Stephen practice. his appellate Lawyers” for have a grown CA, and live in Berkeley, wife Marsha gra son (with their and daughter in 2010 to vis- sabbatical took a year-long They Uzbekistan, (Kurdistan, so-called “Stans” it the and Ukraine, the plus Russia, Asia, in Central etc.) two and with a week in Paris finishing Turkey, year, This France. of region Provence weeks in the England trip in northern a walking planned they coast. Dalmatian by a visit to the followed as a school psychologist, but continues working as working but continues psychologist, as a school a received having therapist, family and a marriage lives She last year. just field in the degree master’s Depot, CT,in Washington writes that she she where garden, golf, activities”: retirement enjoys “typical book groups, and activities. church has three Judie including sons, (Clifton Park, NY) dieti- as a registered still works two and has a son, daughter, who Ginny, cian. through by bicycling vacationed grandchildren, March. last South Island Zealand’s New 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 77 Page PM 2:37 10/12/11 064-103CAMnd11notes 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 78

Madeleine (Brooklyn, NY; [email protected]) OH, a suburb of Cincinnati, and has been with the column] and was attending a trustee-council ad- enjoyed the Bryant High School reunion after his same law firm for 43 years. He and his wife, Jan ministrative board meeting. Small world depart- hard work as co-chairman. Judi Fowler Quagliaroli, Frankel, also a lawyer, have two sons. They spend ment: My daughter, Jennifer Polansky Shap ’95 MBA ’66 (Needham, MA; [email protected]) or- their nonworking time “doing charitable work,” bumped into Melinda Mechur Karp ’97 in the park ganized an outstanding weekend at Ithaca High traveling, and visiting their summer place in in their Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. Melinda for her class. Joe Ryan (Buffalo, NY; jryan9778@ northern Ohio. Edward Richards Sr. was ordained is the daughter of Sally (Shoolman) and Bob aol.com) headed up his class reunion in Buffalo, as a deacon in the Episcopal Church. He lives in Mechur ’65. Sally came to Brooklyn from Roch- and received class honors and a standing ovation Panama City, FL, and works as a volunteer chap- ester, NY; I came from Carmichael, CA; and we met for his dedicated work and life accomplishments. lain at two local hospitals. Ronni Barrett Lacroute Ronni Chernoff and Marsha Beirach Eisen for din- Steve Appell writes that he is still teaching on is involved with the performing arts in the Port- ner in June. When Jen lived in San Francisco, she historical subjects at the Inst. for Retirees at land, OR, area—producing theatre and chamber was friendly with Amy Berlin ’95, daughter of Vic Brooklyn College, and hopes to meet up with music events, serving on artistic councils, and even and Janice Milkman Berlin ’68. Sometimes it Harris Shultz when he is in New York for his 50th performing on stage doing headstands and splits takes our kids to help us reunite with classmates!” high school reunion. to raise money for a theatre company. Ronni is in- Kenneth Notturno (Naples, FL; Kenlaw2@ Book news from Rita Bond Bobzin (Seattle, volved with promoting the Willakenzie Estate Win- aol.com) is general counsel of Harp Development WA; [email protected]), who describes the ery, which received the 2010 Winery of the Year LLC. He and wife Michele moved there a few years publication of Flight Around the World, an auto- award from Wine & Spirits magazine. back after his transition from practicing real es- biography by her husband, Capt. Lyle Bobzin. It was Richard Stevens and spouse Joy went on a pil- tate law in Lancaster, PA. These days, he engages published under their company name, Ingenuity grimage to Italy, where they had an audience with in “swimming, golf, tennis, and chasing after my Int’l. The book chronicles Lyle’s early life, raised Pope Benedict XVI. Richard retired from Hewlett granddaughter we are raising.” From the Hill, Ken during the Depression to become a 36-year vet- Packard in 2000 after 28 years of service. He now mostly recalls “parties at Beta Theta Pi.” eran pilot of TransWorld Airlines’ around-the-world assists daughter Janine with her small business. Jim Johnston (Arlington, VA; james.johnston flights. Jeff Parker, ME ’66, MBA ’70, and wife Robert Dona and wife Sharon Johnson remain very [email protected]; peg-jim [email protected]) Julie are now in Gulf Stream, FL (jparker@parker active in hosting foreign visitors passing through writes, “I’m approaching retirement from my sec- familylp.com). Jeff is managing director of the the Kansas City area. They have had a “wonderful ond career (my first being an Air Force JAG) as Parker Family Limited Partnership and a partner time” with State Dept.- and USAID-sponsored vis- chair of the Air Force Clemency and Parole Board at GrandBanks Capital in Boston, a venture cap- itors from Moscow, Belgrade, and Suriname who and president of the DoD Civilian/Military Service ital firm focused on Internet-based information, came and stayed in their home for a week or more Review Board. With regard to the parole work, at financial services, and mobile technology. to become acquainted with American culture. its 2010 conference, the Association of Paroling Au- It is wonderful that we have lots of news Richard Sigel, MD ’70 (Oakland, CA) loves his job thorities Int’l presented me with its Ben Baer Award from many classmates, but all classes have a lim- as a radiologist. He and his fiancée, Dale, an econ- for significant contributions to parole and commu- ited amount of class space in the alumni maga- omist with Wells Fargo Bank, have five children nity corrections. The presentation was a nice recog- zine. Therefore, “hang in there” if you’re still and three grandchildren between them. They took nition of the military services’ efforts to return our waiting to see the news you sent in. Of course the entire crew of 13 to Hawaii after Christmas. ‘misguided guests’ to society as responsible citi- we welcome continued submissions! c Joan Hens Otis Curtis IV, MS ’74, and wife Kathryn (Penrod), zens. Similarly in August last year, the military Johnson, [email protected]; Ron Harris, PhD ’84, live in Brookings, SD. Otis plans to visit corrections committee of the American Correctional [email protected]. Alaska this summer rounding out his trips to all 50 Association awarded me the Austin McCormick states. John Monroe, PhD ’70, and wife Margaret Award for contributions to the Dept. of Defense (Warne), MS ’68 (Palo Alto, CA) toured Scandi- corrections community. I guess I am outliving my Class of 1966 members are in- navia; in Oslo, they had dinner with Reidar Kuvas, competition.” Jim and wife Peggy manage to va- terested in nonprofit ventures. PhD ’70, and wife Anne on the Oslo Fjord. Deanne cation with a theme: in 2009 they took a trip that 66 Peter Freeman (New York, NY) Gebell Gitner and husband Gerry went on an ear- “refreshed many fond memories of Prof. Donald and wife Linda are busy starting their daughter ly spring cruise from Beijing to Bangkok. Kagan’s ancient history courses, traveling by small Victoria “on the path to college in 2012.” Peter is Palliative medicine physician Madeline boat from Athens along the western Adriatic Sea, the CFO of Samelson-Chatelane, a mid-size private Gerken (Meredith, NH) is a staff physician at a disembarking in Croatia, and then overland to textile company. He and his wife founded the hospice in New Hampshire, where she and husband Slovenia.” In 2011 they made it to Morocco. Freeman Family Foundation to provide scholarships Thomas Vohr live in the lakes area. Son Samuel is By the time you read this, you’ll be prepar- to graduating seniors from his hometown (Watkins now a grad student at UC Santa Cruz studying for ing to relax over a crisp Thanksgiving weekend or Glen, NY) high school. Laura Bowman Gray, MAT a PhD in biomolecular engineering and informa- in the Cornell block at Madison Square Garden, ’67 (Santa Monica, CA) is “happy as ever,” and tion, and son Jim is a senior at UVM. George cheering the icemen to smash BU (by the way, spends four weeks a year back on Manhattan’s Up- Stark lives in Houston, TX, with spouse Lois. He it’s about time we won one of those encounters) per West Side visiting friends and family. She is on now owns his own investment advisory firm and instead of waiting as I am now for Hurricane the behavioral and social sciences faculty in the looks forward to growing his asset management Irene to move on out. In addition, planning will Los Angeles community college district, writing a business and his company to higher levels. be well under way for our upcoming 45th Re- book on temperament and its implications for de- Judy Kurtz Polcer bought a condo in New union, which will be Thursday through Sunday, velopmental issues. John Cobey lives in Wyoming, Orleans, where she tries to split her time with June 7–10, 2012. Interested in being in on the her place in Brooklyn. Her son Ben lives in New planning or helping in general with the 45th? Orleans and works as a jazz trumpet player. Hus- Contact reunion chair Dave Darwin, MS ’68, at band Ed plays cornet almost daily while there. [email protected]. Judy “dances up a storm” and also sings. Carol Based on an entirely unscientific review of the Farren (East Durham, NY) is busily remodeling notes you’ve sent in over recent years, many of us her home with its 1832 barn. Carol also has a are retired now, but few of us are doing nothing. place in downtown Manhattan. She is busy with Second or third careers, volunteer work—heck, her relocation service as well as her nonprofit an- I’m working four days a week and just agreed to imal shelter, Love ’n’ Care Pet Sanctuary, online teach a college course for the first time in years. at www.petfinder.com/shelters/lcps.html. c Many of us have not been back to Cornell since Deanne Gebell Gitner, [email protected]; Pete the 25th—that’s 20 years ago—and many have Salinger, [email protected]; and Susan Rock- never been back, things being what they were ford Bittker, [email protected]. when we graduated, and we really did scatter to the four corners of the world. The 45th is a wonderful chance to enjoy the most beautiful campus Karen Kaufman Polansky (Car- anywhere and meet old and new friends among michael, CA; kkpolansky@gmail. classmates in a relaxed atmosphere. We’re likely 67 com) writes: “I was at the leader- to be lodged in one of the new West Campus ship conference in D.C. [see our May/June 2011 houses, which are (almost) all air-conditioned. 78 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes , , , a still , Alexis’s Suzanne Rebecca , PhD ’73. Peter ’99 Altieri. She Altieri. Todd ’97 Deena Cohen Melissa Langs- is vice president is vice , ME ’71, who has , ME ’71, who December 2011 79 Riedl, treidl@opt Riedl, Nichols, who is en- who Nichols, | Stephen ’66 Marilyn (Gross) Scott Page ’69 nddaughters. nddaughters. Eric ’01 . Carolyn Ugiss Jeff Haber Lapple.” Please keep sending Please keep Lapple.” was also in sports management was also in sports Bartlett is busy getting those Bartlett is busy getting Langsdorf, who writes, ”My son ”My writes, who Langsdorf, checks in with this info: “Not info: in with this checks lives in her retirement home on home retirement lives in her Our “legendary” Class of 1970 Class of Our “legendary” scenes the has been busy behind in- our enhancing and changing November David ’04 Tina Economaki Peggy Johnson c Harley and and Harley , Ari’s sister, and and , Ari’s sister, Lonnie ’07 Benita Fair Pete Coors I was happy to hear from freshman corridor- freshman from I was happy to hear Maria Keiser 70 frastructure and communications systems, while systems, communications and frastructure the gifts for class memorial adding and confirming university and community. Cornell Please continue out our class website (http://classof70. to check out our very soon check and alumni.cornell.edu) Thanks to our cornell70.org! website address: new webmaster longtime our class website. adapting to and been adding with the New York Islanders and is now working now is and Islanders York New with the from I would love to hear at Fordham. on an MBA at [email protected].” classmates Still busy in sight. retirement No change. much Coors Brew- with Molson beer globally peddling of Four with MillerCoors. US in the Co. and ing including business, the in are kids the ME ’00, and gra two new her joying Klein Scheckler yet retired. but has not VA, in Draper, Claytor Lake an for technology educational the is doing She U. at Radford practice nursing of doctorate online light the are Four grandchildren VA. in Radford, marriage of 43 years celebrated life; she her of life, her love of with the walking, dog gardening, swimming, “Kayaking, Good for notes. she young,” me keep cooking and you, Rebecca. mate frequent-flyer miles, having returned from at- from returned having miles, frequent-flyer vis- she where Italy, in Naples, a wedding tending Paris—plus Coast, and Almalfi the ited Pompeii, she wrote, she When Florida. and visits to India a 21-month-old (including family was hosting had plans visit. She spring a short for grandson) with in August to Bar Harbor to travel Backiel from heard lawyer, is married to Alyssa, and they have daugh- have they and to Alyssa, is married lawyer, Kaylee. and ters Rebecca Jersey New the of service) sales and ticket (for Devils. at the ethics in medical teaches/writes/researches Still time school. Denver medical Colorado, U. of seven and spouses) four (and six children for way). on the more (with, hopefully, grandchildren is beautiful, Colorado is horrible, economy The drinking are classmates our aging we hope and Miller products!” Coors and lots of dorf ’98 Ari married Page, Alexis State graduates, both Penn Only close family 2011 in Puerto Rico. in January love-fest. three-day incredible but an friends, and wedding: at the Cornellians Other www.cornell69.org. Class website, online.net. married to Sharyn for almost 40 years. We have We 40 years. almost Sharyn for to married graduates! Cornell sons—all three law at Independence to practice I continue father. of board national am active on the and Blue Cross lo- the and Society) Aid Immigrant HIAS (Hebrew trips as well. Still traveling—latest cal HIAS board in October 2010 on an HIAS Ukraine, to Kiev, were trip to Amsterdam a pleasure and mission, board with in touch in April 2011. I keep with get-together have a one-weekend-a-year and Jane Weinberger our new to check forget don’t and your news website. , Steve Price , ME ’71, we have , ME ’71, : “Things have come full have come : “Things Courtesy of our webmaster, of Courtesy John Wilkens www.cornell website: our own (Sonoma, CA) writes, “My chem- “My CA) writes, (Sonoma, ([email protected]) chain of newspapers, and consult and newspapers, chain of Steve Kussin , since graduation, more than 40 years more graduation, , since Herald Steve continues: ”One of the fringe benefits fringe the of ”One Steve continues: Ron Gidron Allen Jones From 69 around the country. Personally speaking, I’ve been speaking, Personally country. the around DVM ’71 DVM Con- way up in northern all the me heard He ago. I teach In addition, we reconnected. and necticut U., at Hofstra Radio-Television-Film Dept. of in the column about education write a weekly newspaper the for circle. Following graduation from Cornell, I was a Cornell, from graduation Following circle. my I left to get News. at CBS Radio assistant desk while teaching at night in broadcasting master’s education, I enjoyed by day. English school high and principal an assistant up becoming ended and Al- 21 years. for I held a position principal, then rewarding, was tremendously that career though if what would have happened I always wondered seven retirement I had stayed at CBS. After my out. This past to find I was determined years ago, to opportunity: I was given a wonderful February, a report write and feature, new ‘CBS on Education,’ reports My York. 880 in New at WCBS Newsradio I had a day. times a week, three air five times to opportunity had the now to write—and hoped the of been one It’s as well. microphone be at the I’m on the life. my of experiences thrilling most on de- Go to ‘audio website at CBSnewyork.com. you’ll find to WCBS, where down scroll and mand’ name.” my and ‘CBS on Education’ from is that I’ve heard station at the working of up my have picked past who the people from I hadn’t seen For example, broadcasts. 69.org. Thank you, John! Thank 69.org. (af- retired 65 and turned “Just this update: sends an inter- work as hard of than 40 years ter more as an entrepreneur/ later, and, executive national won- my for time more I have Now businessman). four kids, four 43 years, of (wife family derful to time more devoting I am now grandchildren). now and playing, composing, of hobby main my This started in 2003, own songs. my even singing the I am finalizing Now CDs. two I published and in than 150 pieces more composed having third, with about 50 songs (including years eight those Several Hebrew). and in Spanish, English, lyrics (mu- development under are projects musical other relax- for ballet classes, for pupils, piano for sic You so on). and reading, for as background ation, www.rongidron.com, website, music can visit my the read and first two albums listen to the and can staff). You (musical scores even the and lyrics or buy download and albums also listen to these style is musical My stores. music at online songs easy listening, ballads, pop, rock, (modern, varied to the pleasant considered generally and Age) New CATCHY.” quite are melodies the ears . . . and short-lived, were at DuPont days engineering ical to allowed me lottery number draft as a high at Wharton. After re- school business segue into 2000, in June career Valley a Silicon from tiring has CA. Retirement in Sonoma, we built a house blue collar as I have perfected many been great as well as lots of building, home skills with the in Ithaca to I returned involvement. community in 40 years first time the 2009 for of summer the ex- never Having two grandsons. and with Donna treat. it was a great in Ithaca, summer perienced campus Cornell The time! had a marvelous We cam- beautiful most the but remains has grown, nation.” pus in the (and ! He (alan Richard Barbara c Mary Hartman Rachel ’98 Richard Weir III Weir Richard c Van Wie (Houston, Wie Van Steven Siegel Steven Alan Altschuler ranching community 76 community ranching ([email protected]) (Erie, PA) was elected coun- PA) (Erie, Congratulations to our class to Congratulations president, of six winners the of was one ), who volunteers with a youth volunteers ), who , of the group members’ work. The members’ group the , of , MPA ’70 ([email protected]) and ’70 ([email protected]) , MPA have been moving. “We spent sev- spent “We have been moving. nddaughter Nesya Rosenbloom was Nesya nddaughter Katharine Riggs , 2925 28th St. NW, Washington, DC Washington, St. NW, , 2925 28th ([email protected]) and and ([email protected]) Following Mark Barry Grossman David Gorelick Alan Stoll Janet (Jacobi Don’t wait for the 50th—those who were in Itha- were who 50th—those the for Don’t wait fun you’ll much you how will tell time ca last bar- groups, singing lectures, with along have, . . . athletics Plantations, the becues, Hoffman B. [email protected]. 20008; e-mail, 68 en months living with daughter with daughter living en months 100 miles from and supermarket a big miles from qui- is beautiful and Depot. “It a Lowe’s or Home work volunteer community will be doing et. We This is FFA. and/or center, senior library, with the we love it!” and Empty, Big the of edge life on the at: your news me Please send [email protected]. Schmidt, Kipp Schmidt little apart- in the living Great CO. Sam) in Aspen, for hosts terrific were They house. in their ment season in a ski season. A whole an incredible Now, mine. of dream ski town—a longtime great Coro- finished.” almost NM—house on to Corona, writesna, is a tiny Mark, the 2011 Frank H. T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Exemplary Rhodes H. T. 2011 Frank the have alumni who honors which Award, Service univer- to the service volunteer given long-term alumni spectrum of broad the sity throughout his dedication of is proud Our class organizations. at Steve can be contacted loyalty to Cornell! and [email protected]. and that after living reports ([email protected]) house/barn same in the children three their raising his wife are and he NY, 30 years in Oyster Bay, for a 1,600-sq.-ft. addition adding of process in the to is expected construction The to that house. liv- a challenging to present and last six months Richard’s of Two that time. during environment ing graduates. Cornell are children three writes that gra hus- her and Judy to daughter born last November both students are parents Nesya’s Joshua. band, at Harvard. TX; [email protected]) writes, husband, “With my on a summers the we spend retired, now William, a traveling We’re York. in upstate New lake small and in September with family on safari lot—going grand- with two darling time spend friends—and Mission, Amistad of board I serve on the sons. in Cochabamba, Bo- supports an orphanage which in clinic Level 1 medical and a school and livia, I also serve as a village. highland an indigenous to teams surgical every year with US translator Faith in Practice.” as part of Guatemala, Antigua, ty executive of Erie County and inaugurated in inaugurated and County Erie of ty executive is married term. He a four-year 2010 for January to Amazon. book is available from choir in her spare time. time. spare in her choir his “sec- is continuing [email protected]) of a member is now as an actor and career ond” to belongs he In addition, Equity. Actors and SAG has published which group, story writing a short a book, wife Nina celebrated their 40th wedding anniver- 40th wedding their celebrated wife Nina Alan Danube. sary last year with a cruise on the es- blue, in fact, was not, Danube that the reports MA, Stolls live in Paxton, The rain. in the pecially in Worcester, TWM & Affiliates Alan works for and MA. 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 79 Page PM 2:37 10/12/11 064-103CAMnd11notes 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 3:46 PM Page 80

There is much more to come. We also now have a Our most recent Class of 1970 memorial gift music and family, which he shares with his wife, Facebook page and invite all of you to visit it and to Cornell and the greater university community Leslie. Their daughter Rebecca graduated from join it too. And we are on Twitter as well! So go was the endowment of the Cornell Big Red Bears. Smith this past spring. William would rather be to www.facebook.com/Cornell70 and www.twitter. The funding will go to the outfitting of and main- touring with Bob Dylan! His fondest memories of com/CornellClass70. These sites are new methods tenance of the Bears in perpetuity. There is an ac- Cornell are of the Arts Quad and Goldwin Smith, to keep connected with Cornell as well as our tive group of Cornell students who act as the along with professors and many friends. He would Class of ’70 classmates and friends. Many thanks Cornell Bears each and every year. The university like to hear from David Simpson. to classmate and technology expert Murem Sakas will invest and control the endowment for our Retired from the Federal government, Cindy Sharpe for setting these up for us. class. The Bears will wear four different style T- Whiteman Waters ([email protected]) and her Last May, our team of class officers and Class shirts (provided by the Dept. of Athletics) for foot- husband live in Falls Church, VA. Her volunteer Council members met via a conference call for a ball, ice hockey, basketball, and lacrosse. These activities include serving as vice president of the class meeting. We had many topics and issues to shirts will always sport ’70 so that everyone will homeowners association (1,045 homes), having discuss and about which to make decisions. know that the great Class of 1970 supports the already served as president and secretary. Cindy Thanks to many loyal duespaying classmates (aka, Cornell Big Red Bears now and forever! Go Red! is also continuing on the Fairfax County Public all of you receiving this issue of Cornell Alumni Ed Zuckerman ([email protected]) writes Schools Advanced Academic Programs Advisory Magazine!), we have a very “healthy” class treas- that he is still working in TV, but with a new Committee. She recently left as the parent rep on ury. In past years, two special funds had been set twist. This past June he got a position with CBS the Virginia Association of the Gifted. By being up. One is the Class of 1970 Scholarship Fund, running a relatively new show called “Blue named a 2010 Lady Fairfax, Cindy was recognized which is now fully funded at $50,000, and annu- Bloods,” which features Tom Selleck. With two for all the above volunteer service, plus years of ally distributing scholarship monies to a deserv- weeks’ notice, he moved to NYC. He is keeping PTA presidencies at her daughter’s elementary, mid- ing Cornell undergraduate. The other is the Class his home in California, and his wife and younger dle, and high schools. Congratulations! Her daugh- of 1970 Art Fund, which has already purchased a daughter are joining him in Manhattan for a year, ter Caitlin is a member of the Class of 2014 at few works of art for Cornell’s Johnson Museum of more or less, depending on how things go with the U. of Texas, Austin. c Connie Ferris Meyer, Art. Classmate Beth Heydinger Treadway has the job. William Kaplan is a dentist in NYC with [email protected]; tel., (610) 256-3088. spearheaded the art fund and worked with the mu- a practice on East 60th St. (www.eisdorferdental. seum to help choose the purchased works. com). His extracurricular activities center around Our classmates have been busy with new 71 business ventures, as well as demanding retirement activities. Bari Boyer (bariboyer@yahoo. Nesting Instinct com; Worcester, MA) writes that she has started a business called Scene 2 Interiors with a friend. The busi- Kenneth Green ’71 ness helps people arrange/install their furnishings, photographs, art- work, and collectibles. In her spare thirty-five-year career in sustainable development, including a stint in the Peace time, she serves as co-chair of the Corps in Colombia and years of studying subsistence agriculture in Latin America and Central Massachusetts Planned Par- A South Asia, taught Kenneth Green a thing enthood Citizen Advisory Committee or two about environmentally conscious building. In and raised $3M for a new clinic. Jim Cunningham ([email protected]) 2004, the former zoology major challenged himself has been serving as the project man- to implement those lessons: he began designing a ager for the painstaking restoration 2,500-square-foot, three-bedroom home with as many of Barrett’s Farm in Concord, MA. The eco-friendly aspects as possible. Dubbed Green Nest, website, www.saveourheritage.com, the $500,000 house on Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay describes the role that this property was completed in 2010 after three and a half years played at the beginning of the Rev- olutionary War, when the British of construction. marched to Concord on April 19, 1775 Serving as Green Nest’s primary architect and con- to seize munitions from the colonials. tractor posed a unique set of challenges. First off, he The house and surrounding farm, says, he had to contain the high costs of green build- which is listed on the National Reg- ing that deter many interested consumers. For in- ister of Historic Places, was owned stance, when he discovered that a solar-powered water by just two families—the Barretts heater would cost $50,000 and cover just 70 percent and the McGraths—prior to Save Our Heritage’s involvement. “Norm” and of his needs, he opted for a more cost-effective tank- the “This Old House” crew visited less system, which runs on propane. “If you have no the project (and interviewed Jim) in monetary limit, you can do anything and everything,” late July. The website notes that a Green says. “But if you have financial limitations, you six-minute segment is scheduled to want to focus on big-ticket items like waste man- be aired in November 2011. agement, rainwater collection, and landscaping.” Some of Green Nest’s sustainable features Classmate Richard Warshauer, who is senior managing director at include stormwater capture, water-saving faucets and toilets, and propane fireplaces instead Colliers Int’l, was the subject of a of wood-burning ones, to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions. NYTimes.com “Deal Book” video re- Another major challenge, he says, was wrangling with building codes and a confusing ar- port, “A Walk Down Money Lane.” The ray of green standards and labels. Green—who has since founded a consulting firm that ad- video shows portions of his annual vises clients on sustainable residential construction—notes that the average consumer has no (24th year!) historic walking tour of idea whether such standards exist for a given product, or which of the many green labels to Lower Manhattan, featuring famous (and infamous) buildings. See trust. “The narrow concept of ‘eco’ or ‘green’ labeling is misleading,” he says, “If you’re build- Richard and some of his satisfied ing a new house, there are more than 2,000 components—nails, screws, bolts, wood, adhe- tour customers at http://dealbook. sives. There’s no way anyone can look at all 2,000 and ask, ‘Is there an eco label on this?’ ” nytimes.com/2011/07/27/a-walk- — Liz DeLong down-money-lane. Melany Scherzer 80 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes Dave at the . Roger , grad- Jessica has joined Carol Fein , glrubin@ , ME ’73, and , ME ’73, c , began as a The Turkey and The Turkey Thomas Nevins December 2011 81 (Valley Stream, NY) Stream, (Valley (neil_comins@umit. Roger Jacobs | now has his own ra- has his now What if the Moon Did- Stephanie ’11 Gary Rubin David Kapelman Noah ’15 co-hosted with him for a with him for co-hosted Margie Smigel , [email protected]. ’87 , and , and Thomas Giordano , PhD ’83, has published a new , PhD ’83, has published live in Scarsdale, NY. Their son Their NY. Scarsdale, live in ). Neil Comins Dave Ross on 97.3 It’s in Seattle. show dio 9 a.m. to noon. FM from November still lives in Hong Kong, where he where Kong, still lives in Hong ’s daughter, ’s daughter, ’13 Michael Halbert Alex Barna Gottesman Gottesman , which was the theme of the Mitsubishi the of theme was the , which Dennis Paese , Kudos go to go Kudos Mark Liff Paul Klug Caleb Rossiter Cornell (Hotel (Hotel Cornell Gail (Fiteni) ’73 Gail (Fiteni) [email protected]; Ross, Christian was married in was married Christian in Haapasalo 2010 to Alli with appraiser is a business Tom Finland. Helsinki, in & Anchin Block Anchin firm accounting the teacher Gail is a kindergarten and City, York New Bronx. in the has written a who ([email protected]), at Cornell, essay about his experiences moving the and serendipity, world, the around traveling about to hear So great earthquake. Japanese 2012. Un- at Reunion reconnect everyone—let’s to: your news please send til then, aol.com; is enjoying retirement, touring racetracks through- racetracks touring retirement, is enjoying out has he horses; racing raising and country the campus Cornell picturesque the of memories fond and the gorge. au- and Maine U. of at the a professor maine.edu), including books, 15 of thor n’t Exist Japan Expo in Nagoya, World 2005 at the pavilion (http://gouldon.com/ardsley69/Neil/NeilExpo/ TV se- a into be developed may and index.htm) our class from only one be the just may Neil ries. Prize-winning cited by Nobel to have his research also to have and S. Chandrasekhar, astrophysicist in Living in Japan. a cartoon character become years is past 39 the for Japan uated with a double major in Art History and major with a double uated his son, Anthropology; Ettinger on Cornell about enjoyed talking they and show out an e-mail Dave sent us, for Fortunately air. fill out the that will help and news for request column this month! 73 freshman this fall. Mark reflects that Cornell has that Cornell reflects Mark this fall. freshman university’s the of one As going. and him coming a deep has developed Mark bankers, investment how for appreciation admin- trustees and well the saw Mark run things. istrators also seen He’s game. lacrosse UVA-Cornell Shaw Jacobs has been in the news of late, in his home late, of news has been in the Jacobs was again elected he where Jersey, New state of Facilities Educational Jersey New the of chairman Pub- Jersey New also serves on the He Authority. managing is the Roger Authority. Broadcasting lic of a recipient and Law Offices Jacobs of partner work service his public for Award Essex Star of the Jersey. New of citizens the on behalf of works for Thomson Reuters. He and Kathey have Kathey and He Reuters. Thomson works for to at- PA, Hope, in New home been back at their daughter, youngest their of graduation the tend Samantha, to see and theirHe’s new granddaughter. now. Kong back in Hong as Chicago South Loop of in the Rubloff Prudential too, spend- a “snowflake,” become She’s a realtor. in winter in the a week or two each month ing live in Miami, who parents, Beach, FL. Her Delray forhave been married 70 years. fly- not she’s When homes, between her ing dancer, is an avid Margie and swing, ballroom, including tango. Argentinean policy, foreign book on American the Eagle: The Struggle for American’s Global Role American’s the Eagle: The Struggle for , , at Gail is at Cindy Glenn David live in Kathleen Rob Blye Thomas Philip Dixon Debra Farrell Jim Gordon , BFA ’72. , BFA . Julia Barash ’73 traveled to Portu- traveled (Christine.holtkamp@ Sara Sutro , a partner at the law firm at the , a partner Bob Crowley , from the US Dept. of Justice, of Dept. US the , from and and , MBA ’74, visited , MBA ([email protected]) and ([email protected]) Lawrence Bachorick ’71 Frank Burke , BFA ’71, and ’71, and , BFA , MA ’79 ([email protected]) lives in Blacks- , MA ’79 ([email protected]) ([email protected]), an internist and clin- and an internist ([email protected]), ([email protected]) is a physician at is a physician ([email protected]) Barbara Posner Jungman Bill Molloy Christine Holtkamp Bruce Gelber who was awarded the American Bar Association’s American the awarded was who the Lawyer of Environmental esteemed award. Year is we breathe air the Also guarding the chair of was named who Albany, JD ’80, of NYS Bar Associ- the of law section environmental Osterman, with Whiteman, is a partner and ation, Legal Aid the of past president and Hanna and York. New Northeastern of Society gal and Spain this summer with husband with husband Spain this summer gal and Col- at Lonestar instructor is a math JD ’74, and year fra- freshman recalls Barbara in Texas. lege a math take it didn’t (where ternity “tea” parties al- was 90 percent punch the out whiz to figure coloring). food 10 percent and cohol Parrott Kath- Wechtaluk. David husband with VA, burg, Tech, at Virginia housing of leen is a professor travel. fiber art, and piano, enjoys the and Ford in Hunt- Latinos indigent serving clinic a medical at the interned CA. Glenn’s daughter Park, ington grad- attends and last summer Commerce Dept. of is in medicine Also at Brandeis. school uate Povar committee ethics the chair of and professor ical Gail Medicine. of School U.’s Washington at George husband and [email protected]). Arnie and his wife/ and Arnie [email protected]). team colleague tennis former USTA the by winning dream a lifetime celebrated spouses for championship clay court national also go 120. Accolades of age with a combined to Maryland. Daughter Alexandra started medical Alexandra Daughter Maryland. married. son Justin got and school re- PA, Pottstown, of ([email protected]) Nor- VP of at work as group is hard ports that he in Florida, offices managing Associates, mandean but would rather Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, sev- children, be out with his three would rather friends—birding, and wife, one en grandchildren, up with old pals catching and fishing, hunting, Don Livingood Bill reports MT. in Choteau, home Jim’s vacation Forest US the for tracker that Jim is a volunteer on horseback, forest national the patroling Service, Jim and illegal fur traps. and poachers for looking his wife, Ann, will visit Bill in December in Phoenix, where Jim will serve with sheriff’s posse, county the to lots by horseback parking mall large patroling Los Ange- AZ (and Also in Phoenix, thieves. deter CA) is les, bms.com), a clinical research scientist and site and scientist research a clinical bms.com), Squibb in Connecticut, at Bristol-Myers manager the causes and children’s for actively volunteers for worked previously Christine ALS Association. South- Texas U. of Hospital, Boston Children’s school. medical Yale and school, western medical Pete Robison FL, across Ellen live in St. Petersburg, wife Mary the from five minutes course and a golf from and 30 years with Texaco from retired beach. Pete safety train- works as an industrial currently Shell, in built on property he house enjoys the and er, generations. three for his family is a painter ([email protected]) Dolinski has been and Italy, in Como, photographer and in project on a resort Mike with husband working and grandchildren, enjoys gardening, She Kenya. with friends days Cornell of memories fond Karasek son Frank’s Steptoe & Johnson. of c , a Bob Lar- Rich Shu- Scott John , Ernie Linda , pres- , The End ). Kathy , a soft- , ME ’72 , MBA ’79 , MBA Jan Roth- , president of , a lawyer at , a, mediator in (Hillsdale, NJ; (Hillsdale, JD ’73 Noveau, Noveau, Flaxman, Sally, Flaxman, , Sally Clark (with wife Trinka Charlie Harak , author of of , author Hal Belodoff Bill Bresnick , BS ’76, and , BS ’76, and , Bill Copacino Rob Fersh Bob Melamud Phyllis Norrie Ron Freudenheim , a real estate developer , a real . Alan Einhorn and wife Randie have moved wife Randie and Jon Kaufmann Arnie Resnick Susan Hotine Gary Gilbert Barbara Brem ). They had such a great time a great had such ). They Kathy Menton , , [email protected]; , [email protected]; Aging, maybe, but the Class of the but maybe, Aging, In down. slowing 1972 is hardly shar- of pleasure I had the June , and , and Jeff Kayden , and , and John Henrehan Kevin Bromberg , a lawyer at the Wilmer Hale firm in Hale Wilmer , a lawyer at the -Miller ([email protected]). -Miller ([email protected]). , Matt ’15 (and wife Alice), wife Alice), (and New York Times New York (with wife Roger Lowenstein ’76 (and wife Polly), wife Polly), (and reports that on November 26, the Class of ’71 Class of 26, the that on November reports Mitch Weisberg Upcoming event: Class president Class president event: Upcoming 72 ing birthday celebrations for for celebrations birthday ing ident of Plymouth Rock Co., a group of auto and of Rock Co., a group Plymouth of ident Northeast. in the companies insurance homeowner were Also attending Foley in Boston, & Lardner Street Wall of in Lovettesville, VA, VA, in Lovettesville, public-interest attorney in the Boston area, Boston area, in the attorney public-interest Johnston Boston, McLean, VA, VA, McLean, ware executive in Boston, executive ware Convergence, a public policy consensus-building policy a public Convergence, in Washington, organization Fascett John Hamilton from Weston, MA, to Alexandria, VA, and Mitch and VA, MA, to Alexandria, Weston, from director, managing job in July as started a new at Robbins- management performance corporate inspired relocation This Gioia. party at a July 20 welcoming to organize maker at- in D.C. Classmates Geoff’s Restaurant Chef included tending (who, after many years as a self-employed IT con- after many (who, Blue for working has started sultant/trainer, IT specialist), as a senior Shield Cross-Blue ([email protected]; Darnestown, MD) Darnestown, ([email protected]; MD, Annapolis, in the home a retirement bought in Sep- there to move was planning and area 12 next within the on retiring “Planning tember. Mar- Lockheed after 39 years at IBM and months, woman, to a wonderful tin. 33 years married son in Syracuse, area, Baltimore in the daughter be- time retirement my on dividing Planning NY. fishing.” tween charity work and Schwartz Dubeck to the evening the of photos has added Flaxman Lest you feel jeal- 1971 Facebook page. Class of actually Sally (who D.C. activity, all the ous of to or- has volunteered WA) Townsend, lives in Port the of area other in any ganize class get-togethers at [email protected]. her U.S. Contact man a pre- ’70s classes for Cornell other will be joining hockey Cornell-BU to the “tailgate” prior game This will be held Garden. Square at Madison game Con- Local Cafe. at the MSG from street the across interested if you’re ([email protected]) tact Jan to: your news Send details. further in receiving Gayle Yeomans Germaine ry Bachorik and son and party networking an encore that Sally organized July the of Most 16. August for D.C. venue) (same by joined were they and 20 “partyers” attended, classmates Spencer Whitney has also attracted the attention of the of attention the has also attracted Whitney presi- is the that she writes She media. national Cos- Permanent for Center Whitney the of dent medical and cosmetic provides which metics, and Jersey, New York, in New services tattooing work has Her (www.permanentmkup.com)! Florida Oz,” “Dr. (including on television been featured includ- in publications and CBS News) CNN, and the ing 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 81 Page PM 2:37 10/12/11 064-103CAMnd11notes 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 82

(2010, Algora Press, NYC). Caleb retired from full- show, as a member of the Clare College, Cam- to Diamond Mountain. She invites us to check it time teaching at American U. and has been pur- bridge team. Susan has developed a new range of out at www.hellerfamilyvineyards.wordpress.com. suing his long-held dream of being a high school paper craft punches for Tonic Studios called Petal Bonni Schulman Dutcher reports that she and math teacher. He just completed his first year at Pairs. The punches interlock so one can build a her daughter went to Israel on a trip sponsored H. D. Woodson High School in Washington, DC. variety of flower shapes. She describes her DEA by the Cornell Alumni Association. They saw fan- He reports, “The bureaucratic madness of public training as having come in very handy. tastic sites and met several other Cornellians. She schools boggles the mind, but the students are a Darlene Cox has accepted an administrative continues to work for Dendreon, a Seattle-based delight! They face tremendous barriers in a com- director position at Hackensack U. Medical Cen- company that makes Provenge, the first autolo- munity in which graduation is the exception, yet ter. David Moutner, MS ’77’s excuse for visiting gous immunotherapy for prostate cancer. Bonni keep climbing over them.” Herb Mendel has com- Cornell—as if he needed one—is his daughter’s has been living in Maryland for 12 years and trav- pleted his second year as Central New York Alum- acceptance into a master’s program in Archaeol- els a lot on business. Natural resources grad Mike ni Director for CALS. His daughter Marisa ’06 has ogy. Fred Teichman and his wife got involved in Cavanaugh retired a few years back after a long graduated from the SUNY Upstate Medical Center Rotary in the mid-’90s through a student ex- career with the NYS Dept. of Environmental Con- and is starting her residency in psychiatry at the change program in which high school students servation and keeps busy with his video produc- Harvard-Longwood program. Herb’s son, Jordan, spend an academic year in a foreign country with tion business, Cavanaugh Communications. He has works for Booz Allen Hamilton as a consultant. two or three host families. The Teichmans have earned certification as a kayaking instructor and Colleen Vaeth Schiefen writes, “When I left hosted eight students, and Fred has served as dis- restores antique wooden canoes. He and Alan after graduation, I never thought, hoped, or trict outbound chair. He describes the exchange Mapes ’73 take an annual camping and kayaking planned to live in Ithaca again. Of course, Mike program as “life-changing” and a true “opportu- trip that they call “Geezers Go South.” Artist died in Sept. 2005, and I never expected to live nity of a lifetime.” Gail Cassidy Pinkus has spent Wendy Goldberg-Hammond had a solo show at the in Virginia, Chicago, or the New Jersey/New York the last two years at the Vandiver Inn in Havre Stanford U. Faculty Club, as well as a show called area either. But here I am, ”convenient to Cor- de Grace, MD; she describes it as a lovely B&B “Boxed In” in a Forestville, CA, gallery. She stays nell,” as the real estate ads say, and convenient that also does weddings and events. Better still, in touch with Rebecca Ryland and Ann Rollins. to my daughter, Monica Schiefen Van Fleet ’03, the owner and chef is Susan Henry Muldoon ’88. Mary Lotowycz Ball writes that she and hus- son-in-law Geoff ’03, and their little ones. The Beverly Evans has become executive director of band Jim ’77 met at the Mary Donlon ice cream grandbabies brought me back to Ithaca. Our son Pi Delta Phi, the national French honor society. parlor in 1973 and have been married since 1987. Bill lives in Troy, NY, not too far and a nice drive There are more than 350 chapters in US colleges They run a small dairy farm in Locke, NY (half an from Ithaca. Ithaca is a wonderful place to live! and universities, as well as two representative hour from Ithaca) and currently ship milk to Hori- Or visit—old college friends are always welcome.” chapters at the American universities in Paris and zon Organic. They wish that Cornell would do more Todd Dalland is putting his architecture degree Aix-en-Provence, France. serious research for organic dairy treatments in the to use advancing the use of renewable energy and Saundra Whitney Curry, MD ’82 (Chappaqua, Vet college. Elliott Wagner notes that he went to green building design. Todd, a fellow in the Amer- NY) has been working as an anesthesiologist at a great Cornell alumni event in Los Angeles, ican Inst. of Architects, has started a company, FTL NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, on the Columbia where President Skorton talked with his daughter Solar, that puts flexible photovoltaic films onto campus, since 1986. Husband Donald ’73, ME ’74, Nicole ’13. Elliott switched from working with a structural fabrics and mass-produces lightweight is a litigator for a New York firm. Their son Peter group of radiologists to form his own teleradiol- buildings that make their own electricity. You can graduated from high school and is taking a year ogy company and now reads films from all over purchase the structures on eBay! off to play tennis, the next leg of his plan to be- the world. Peter (Hotel) and Barbara Johnston Janet Gayler and Bob Fallon continue to live come a professional. He will attend U. of San Wayman (HumEc) report that they split time be- and work in Maryland. Janet is a biochemist work- Diego in 2012. Saundra reports that Harold Levy, tween Dallas with the grandkids and L.A. on the ing in assay development at Siemens Health Care. JD ’79, and family are well, and that she and sailboat. Peter is SVP of the Pocket Testament Bob works in the microbially enhanced oil recov- Harold were high school classmates. League, “a century-old ministry that promotes ery group of DuPont. Their son Dan works as an Jodi Sielschott Stechschulte and her sister reading and sharing God’s word.” IT consultant and lives in Maryland. Doug is a Lt. Jeri Sielschott Whitfield ’72 and spouses vaca- A retired Wall Street executive, Lisa Yang ’75, JG in the Coast Guard stationed in Miami. Now that tioned in Nevis, where they enjoyed water sports BS ILR ’74, devotes much of her energy to dis- the boys are not so time-consuming, Janet and and learning about how the volcanic island’s econ- ability and mental health advocacy. Her “commit- Bob concentrate their volunteer efforts on a lo- omy survived on sugar plantations for centuries. ment to making the corporate world much more cal nature center that provides outdoor, environ- Jodi tells us that Jeri is a new grandmother, hav- disability-friendly” has inspired her to make a ma- mental education for schoolchildren. Janet sees ing welcomed Violet Anne into the family in Oc- jor gift to the ILR school’s Employment and Dis- Anne Cadel once a year in Manhattan. Janet loves tober, and that Jeri enjoys having a baby girl in ability Institute (EDI). She serves on the board of the change from her small town of Elfton, MD! the family after raising her three boys. Jodi’s chil- the Devereux Foundation, one of the nation’s lead- She also keeps up with other friends from her dren are also thriving. Lisa ’04 is finishing her ing mental health organizations. Lisa also works freshman corridor in Donlon, Lynn Wells Malchoff master’s in computer engineering at U. of Mary- with a college in the Philadelphia area to develop chief among them. land; John ’06 summered in La Jolla, CA, on a an associate’s degree program for people interest- As this column was going to press, we learned work project; and Lynn ’09 lives in Katonah, NY, ed in the mental health field who want to work that, sadly, Gerry Thomas, PhD ’78, husband of while working for Duracell and gets back to Cor- directly with autistic people in the workplace, as classmate Susan Murphy, PhD ’94, passed away nell often. Paul (Purdue ’10) spent the winter as well as in day programs and residential settings. after a long illness. Donations in memory of Ger- a ski instructor in Breckenridge, CO, and had plans For the full story in EZRA magazine, go to http:// ry may be made to: the Gerald Smith Thomas to start medical school at Ohio State U. in August. ezramagazine.cornell.edu/update/May11/EU.Yang. Memorial Fund at Weill Cornell Medical College. The Lauren is a sophomore in high school and an ac- EDI.html. Stephen Hatch reports that he is now fund supports the Memory Disorder/Alzheimer’s complished tennis player. Amidst this whirlwind deputy director at the Commodity Futures Trading Disease Program at Weill. Our hearts go out to family, Jodi finds time to work as a drama direc- Commission. Recently he and his wife went on a Susan in her loss. Please send your news to: c tor in her school district. She also works with tour/cruise vacation that included Singapore, Phyllis Haight Grummon, [email protected]. Lynda Roth Guenther ’76, who is the tech di- Malaysia, India, Oman, and Dubai. In Dubai they rector at the middle school. Lynda and husband were hosted by construction industry friends who Walt ’74, MBA ’75, are also Jodi’s neighbors. gave them an inside tour of the remarkable Burj Judi Friedman Babcock still works José Bonilla (San Jose, Costa Rica) describes Khalifa, currently the world’s tallest building. as a play therapist with children himself as dedicated to a family tourism business, Last but not least, and long overdue, is the 74 ages 5–14. She also makes acrylic an Internet and communications portal, and a recognition due to our classmates and loyal class paintings, which she has been showing and sell- Web design enterprise. He would like to hear from officers John Foote and Kristen Rupert for being in the Boston area (http://mysite.verizon. his classmates. Joan Schmidt Heller and husband coming recipients of the Frank H.T. Rhodes Exem- net/judibabcock/paintings.html). In addition, she Steve, PhD ’77, have adventure in store for their plary Service Award in 2010, bestowed by the is volunteer executive director of a nonprofit that retirement. They formed Heller Family Vineyards board of directors of the Cornell Alumni Associa- establishes children’s libraries in impoverished LLC, and are now grape growers in Napa Valley. tion. We can appreciate again all of the outstand- areas in the Philippines. Susan Niner Janes’s son They have ten acres of Cabernet and two acres of ing service and leadership these two have provided Daniel was on “University Challenge,” a quiz Merlot grapes located in Sonoma County, adjacent to our class for so many years! Keep the news 82 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes , Andy (sitruc , MD ’11, , dsgellman@ , published by , published Mitch Frank and wife Angele and c December 2011 83 Boroff, boroffka@ Boroff, Curt Alling | ’ ([email protected]) Deb Gellman is now associate professor of professor associate is now Leslie Delfiner ’07 Tim Kelley Betsy Moore ’74 , [email protected]. , CEO of Loews Corp., is on the , CEO of Greetings, classmates. Hope this Hope classmates. Greetings, you all well.finds into right Going friends, our many from news the November , PhD ’79 ([email protected]) , PhD writes that he has started his sev- writes that he Karen DeMarco writes that after a writes that after six-and-a-half-year Come Closer: Critical Perspectives on Come Closer: Critical Perspectives Joan Pease both commute to their homes in Orleans, homes to their both commute James Tisch Ellie Friedland Madeline Ginzburg Don Zinn Ken Levin John Ostman with RBS Citizens industry banking in the diversion his has resumed TD Bank, he recently most and by joining products in engineered career previous sales and as VP of Co. Inc. Aircoil Baltimore the and he weekends, most Now, marketing. O’Neill lives in Mary- working their MA (Cape Cod) from land. 76 early childhood education at Wheelock College in College at Wheelock education early childhood Wheelock also works with the she Boston, where a book with has co-authored She Family Theatre. Emert, Toby in the Oppressed (Counterpoints: Studies Theatre of Education) Theory of the Postmodern evo- the reveals (2011). This text Inc. Lang Peter over initiatives Oppressed the of Theatre of lution can be a catalyst for theatre As last 40 years. the this book illuminates dialogue, transformational contexts, of shape in a variety work takes the how class- education to public education higher from to commu- programs education to teacher rooms work. to intercultural nity based settings Search Exigent last company, hopefully and enth his calling has found he believes he and Partners, search. in executive [email protected]) start- job” and “left a perfectly good with four consultancy environmental ed a new in Inc. Environmental (Ascent partners other closely with back to working get to Sacramento) plan- environmental resources, on natural clients it Curt describes issues. change climate and ning, I decision best late-career the and fun as “great on very im- is working He could have ever made.” cap-and-trade California’s like projects portant trans- region-wide the and regulations program Tahoe Lake the for program planning portation basin. New of Reserve Bank Federal the GE and of board York. and wife Miriam spend a lot of time in their apart- in their time a lot of spend wife Miriam and daughters, their of Two Israel. in Ra’anana, ment Tamar, third, the US; live in the Yonina, Carmit and as- a lot of does Ken Fisher. to Bernard is married even had an as- and hobby, as a mainly tronomy, started he in life, Earlier after him. named teroid in company a high-tech Focal Systems, Infrared Last year, MD. Silver Spring, shu.edu; shu.edu; hotmail.com; hotmail.com; writes that daughter writes that daughter [email protected]; graduated from Cornell Med this past May and will and this past May Med Cornell from graduated Hos- at Mt. Sinai residency pediatric her be doing coming! news the pital. Keep Gail (abhale@ (doug@d-word. , who “all made me Alan Hale (Haverhill, MA; Richard@ MA; (Haverhill, , which was about Lucy’s , which (West Babylon, NY; frank Babylon, NY; (West Doug Block is scheduled to premiere at the to premiere is scheduled ([email protected]) works ([email protected]) The Kids Grow Up Pastoral teleradiology company and now reads company and now teleradiology the world. films from all over Frank Tangredi Richard Alexander Elliott Wagner formed his own formed Elliott Wagner Urie Bronfenbrenner ’38 Urie Bronfenbrenner ‘ think.” In looking back, he has “tried hard to live hard has “tried back, he think.” In looking human, compassionate and as an understanding for architecture sensible for advocating then communities—only and neighborhoods, homes, On his our planet.” in that way can we sustain combus- internal out the list is swapping bucket ultra- amphibious on his retractable engine tion Interestingly, engine. an electric for aircraft light also cited who classmate another from we heard as an inspiration. Hall Prof. Pasadena Playhouse. This summer marked Frank’s marked This summer Playhouse. Pasadena 30-year anniversary with Pearson/Prentice-Hall, social editor in the is still a supervising he where department. studies in NYC living filmmaker com) is a documentary Daugh- a law professor. Silver, with wife Marjorie In College. Pomona from has graduated ter Lucy as the April, Doug was invited back to Cornell and lectures of Irik Sevin Fellow to give a series recent his most his work. This included show film, cedarcrest.edu) is a professor of biology at Cedar biology of is a professor cedarcrest.edu) in women for arts college a liberal College, Crest was at Cornell his focus Although PA. Allentown, Alan now systematics, and evolution, on ecology, lab and to teaching energy and his time devotes He viruses. and bacteria on pathogenic research adviser at Cor- his research Hall, that Prof. notes val- the for in him an appreciation instilled nell, has been he research—and undergraduate ue of years. many for his students for same the doing in global diseases, a minor Alan has developed people from of millions prevent to help hoping says that he Finally, each year. needlessly dying this past in India days eight after spending basis on a daily what people face “seeing March, perspective.” puts life into really in India that his second reports [email protected]) His off. to take is starting as a playwright career play pre- which and college before last year at home on HBO (www.thekidsgrowup.com). miered Henderson owns Toronto, near in theatre semi-professionally communi- serves on several and own studio, her ap- and produces, directs, She boards. ty theatre long comedies—“a and dramas, pears in musicals, but a at Cornell, minor and major my way from in careers This all follows life.” very fulfilling edu- and analysis, systems management, project cation, textbooks of authorship materials. educational and is in upper 26. One 22 and are Gail’s daughters the chain, and retail in a prominent management producer. and comedienne is a standup other origamido.com) writes that after 30 years doing after 30 years writes that origamido.com) enjoying has been he management, environmental “sig- art. Richard’s origami and papermaking hand his advisor, are life” people impact on my nificant Don Young, Adelman, Marvin and Hall, Charles Dr. and Su- PhD Bob write Doug , Helen Chuck Joan Mil- Lowell Garner —for a tremendous —for , BFA ’75, is an artist , BFA Glenn Altschuler Wood (rcwood1953@ Wood William Blumenreich Weinstock and and Weinstock , [email protected]; , JD ’60 Rosenfeld, PhD ’80. Rosenfeld, ([email protected]) (Suzanne@aigenfinancial. , ([email protected]) reports ([email protected]) Ordman I’m writing this after another I’m writing week at Cornell’s summer great Adult University time, (CAU)—this in Bloomfield Hills, MI; Hills, in Bloomfield Joan Leibowitz Breidbart ’78 Robin Casey , MS ’77 ([email protected]) , MS , [email protected]; and and , [email protected]; Betsy Moore “Pixie” “Pixie” and and (Teaneck, NJ; [email protected]) has NJ; [email protected]) (Teaneck, Bonnie Siber Faust Rossi Faust c Irene Blecker , [email protected] won the 2011 Alumni Association Achieve- 2011 Alumni Association won the Husserl at Bonnie’s home. Present by tele- Present home. at Bonnie’s Husserl , MBA ’77 ([email protected]), and wife and ’77 ([email protected]), , MBA Roz Goldmacher Suzanne Aigen Aline David Kathy Levine . , and , and coming! coming! Jack Wind Bendix Political Trials. A very heartfelt “thank you” is rich- “thank you” A very heartfelt Trials. Political professors deserved—by ly ’76 75 aol.com), a landscape architect in Richmond, VA; in Richmond, architect aol.com), a landscape John Solecki course and to all the incredible CAU staff for run- staff for CAU incredible to all the course and you of For those program. a first-rate such ning missing seriously been, you are have never who trav- highly-published Frommer—the out. Arthur time, first the this week for at CAU el expert—was LOVED it. his wife and he and as was accepted Last year she in Vermont. living Ameri- of Society Pastel the pastelist in a master juried accepted in national work has been ca. Her Ameri- the America, of Oil Painters the of shows Society. Pastel the and Society, can Impressionist at http://alineordmanartwork.blogspot. her Find lives son Max Her www.alineordman.com. com and is finishing Sammy works in NYC; daughter and in Florida. College last year at Rollins her Briggs his grad- 40th anniversary of on the Award ment became he Since Thayer Academy. from uation in Mass- Insurance Fire Mutual Quincy of president have company the assets of in 1994, the achusetts worth has tripled. its net and quadrupled nearly MA, Hingham, live in Sorgi wife Claudia Doug and Cecilia. and Nelson have children and Gruye CA; and Susan in Orinda, ([email protected]) in Milton, MA. ([email protected]) that she has been a civil court judge in Kings has been a civil court judge that she was ac- daughter 2007. Her since NY, County, Per- the for School High cepted to LaGuardia with news Also sending viola). Arts (for forming dues: their san Lustick to is married she lives in Ithaca; ’76 that daughter Emily is a second-year resident in resident Emily is a second-year that daughter in Center Medical Children’s at Cohen’s pediatrics of is a 2011 graduate son Samuel Park; Hyde New Yale. for as president-elect service her for was honored Providers Service Financial of Society Nassau the her 31st anniversary of the also celebrated and Corp., Development Island Long the of founding and businesses to small loans making a nonprofit LIDC has assisted thousands asset entrepreneurs. of thousands of in tens resulting companies, of this seder a joyful Passover Roz spent jobs. new year with bauer was Cornell singing the for Chicago from phone trustee com) is also in Ithaca, with Aigen Financial with Aigen com) is also in Ithaca, services). financial and LLC (insurance Group Saltzman pro- advancement an institutional enjoyed being executive is currently 35 years; he for fessional his Both of at Hofstra. alumni affairs for director degrees. undergrad their have finished children with fellow alumni from Bob is in limited contact Red Band. 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adopted son Kernan Davis, born June 21, 2010. Technology Inc. That’s all for now. Please stay in Leslie Herzog is a food scientist who has They now have a daughter Laurie, 21, and a 1- touch! c Karen Krinsky Sussman, Krinsk54@ worked at Unilever for the past 33 years, since year-old son. Tim is figuring Davis for the Class of gmail.com; Pat Relf Hanavan, [email protected]; Lisa earning an MS from Rutgers. Unilever makes 2031! John Rodis helped them tremendously with Diamant, [email protected]. everything from Hellman’s Mayonnaise to Ben and the neonatal issues involved. John will be leaving Jerry’s Ice Cream to Lipton Tea to Slim-Fast. Leslie Stamford Hospital after ten years to take a posi- was promoted to manager of Go-to-Market Savory tion at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in I am writing this column as we for Unilever R&D North America, addressing issues Hartford, CT, as chair of ob/gyn and women and await the storm of the (21st) once products go to market. He has been married children’s service line director. He also traveled 77 century, Hurricane Irene, on the to Jackie Beckley for nine years and travels ex- to Italy to visit his daughter, who was studying East Coast. This followed a rare, 5.9 earthquake tensively to places such as New Zealand (last art history in Venice. Steve Medwin was promot- that affected much of the Northeast and Midwest Christmas) and the Venice Bienniale every other ed last year to director of systems and advanced (the earthquake was even felt in Ithaca, where I year. He also remains very involved with Cornell engineering at the Raymond Corp., part of Toyota was moving my daughter into one of the new res- and goes up to Ithaca five times a year to recruit, Industries. Steve’s son was married on May 6, idential colleges on West Campus). Speaking of to participate in the Inst. of Food Science Advi- 2007 and had a daughter, born August 9, 2010. residential colleges, Michael Hecht is a professor sory Council, and, last semester, to teach a Food Steve and wife Michele (Brand) go to visit their of chemistry and also Master of Forbes College, Science course with one of his chefs. He lives in granddaughter in L.A. whenever they get the one of six residential colleges at Princeton U. In Denville, NJ, not far from Unilever’s headquarters chance. In March 2011, Brian Boland commenced addition to running Forbes College, he teaches in Bergen County. his new career position as senior VP, corporate courses and runs a research lab with students Gary Buerman writes that his daughter Eliz- counsel at UMB Financial Corp. and UMB Bank NA working at the interface of biology and chemistry. abeth ’12 is a senior majoring in Food Science. at their headquarters in Kansas City, MO. Karen Zelkind Buglass, a fourth grade As a result, Gary has traveled frequently to Cor- Philip Loud and wife Jennifer have decided teacher at the Green Acres School, received the nell. He has worked at Seneca Foods for the past to take the early retirement plunge, selling their 2010–11 Shirley J. Lowrie “Thank You For Teach- 16 years and before that, for 17 years at Miller house in Ann Arbor and moving permanently to ing” Award. Gerald Lowrie and his daughter, Lynn Brewing Co. He has an interest in antique cars and is currently working on a 1962 IH pickup. Mindy Schleger is incoming president of the Cornell Club of Los Angeles. Any alums living out there should Philip Loud volunteered this past get in touch with her. Cynthia Spencer has lived in New York for years, but recently went to Port- ‘ land, OR, for her daughter’s graduation from Lewis summer on a 77-foot schoolship and Clark College. Mitch Kirsch is in his 25th year of practice as a nephrologist (kidney specialist) schooner. on Long Island. His oldest daughter has graduated from Cornell and is now at Stony Brook Med- ’ Karen Krinsky Sussman ’76 ical School. His youngest daughter just entered the Cornell School of Human Ecology. Mitch is very active in autism advocacy as a result of his Northern Michigan, where they have had a home Longley, spoke about the history of the Shirley J. son. Upcoming projects include refinishing his for the past 40 years. Philip volunteered this past Lowrie Memorial Fund, which was established to basement, installing electronic medical records, summer on a 77-foot schoolship schooner. They honor their late wife and mother, and presented and getting a colonoscopy (which is a reminder take grade school kids out on the bay and teach Karen with a certificate and a $2,500 prize. Also of the importance of getting this procedure since them about water quality, fishery, seamanship, in attendance were representatives of Indepen- we have all passed the age of 50). stewardship, etc. Marlaine Brem Darfler writes from dent Education and the Community Foundation for After a successful career as a children’s lawyer Groton, NY. She has moved her massage practice Montgomery County, which have partnered with the and family mediator in the 1990s, Mitch Genser to her home in a mode of semi-retirement allow- fund to administer the award. In choosing Karen, reports that he spent much of the past ten years ing more time for her to garden, read, cook, and be the selection committee took note of the immense as an options trader and a financial education in- with family and friends. She remains very involved regard that her colleagues have for her. Their let- structor and business consultant. Now he has in the Lansing Library and volunteers at hospice ters of recommendation highlighted her special launched a “green,” socially responsible commer- as a therapist and as a public speaker. Her grown- manner of relating to children, her uncommon abil- cial real estate business (www.pvpgreen.com) spe- up children have been moving back to the area, ity to engage all types of learners, build students’ cializing in multi-family properties. He has been and she says that they all love the activities that confidence, and relate to students in a deep and married for 21 years, and his daughter, 18, has Cornell has to offer. Wayne Stokes and wife Kristi meaningful way. In addition, her colleagues have started at Northeastern U. as a freshman, major- live six miles north of campus, high above Cayu- found her support and counsel invaluable. The ing in international relations and business. His son ga’s waters with all the wonderful views. Two years committee also cited Karen’s consistent efforts to was to start high school in the fall, hoping to play ago Wayne read The China Study by Prof. T. Colin go above and beyond the call of duty both inside both baseball and basketball at his neighborhood Campbell, PhD ’62—on his doctor’s advice—and the classroom and out of it. Congratulations, Karen. school. Mitch and his wife have lived in a small he says he has made remarkable health turn- Rob Glidden remarks on the profound influ- town in Sonoma County, CA, for the past 20 years arounds. He says he never grows tired of contin- ence that Cornell had on him: marrying his wife, and love the serenity of their dead-end street and uing to play hockey at Lynah Rink. whom he met at Sage Chapel two days before grad- acre of land. The vineyards and apple orchards in Lynne Pollenz Weber (Emerald Hills, CA) and uation, the friendships he made, and the oppor- the area often remind him of the rolling hills of her husband have lots of fun attending Cornell tunities he had. He cites one example: at our 30th gorgeous Ithaca and that always puts a smile on Baja SAE competitions, because their son Bobby Reunion, he got back in an eight-oar racing shell his face. Patricia Boyce Lopez has set up a well- Weber ’13 is on the team. Last year Cornell won for the first time since graduation (it came back ness center in an independent living facility in the 100-university meet at RIT, and they plan on to him like riding a bicycle). He became so inspired Florida and enjoys the direct patient contact as attending the Alabama and Kansas meets. Mary that he learned how to row a single scull and now, an RN manager. Her daughter graduated from a Rossettie has been enjoying international travel four years later, has 20-plus medals, including first- veterinary college and has passed all of the while maintaining a law practice in Manchester, place finishes at the 2010 Masters World Champi- boards, so Patricia now has a family that attends CT. She attended an Oxford Roundtable with her onship and 2011 Crew Classic (the latter with two to both people and animals. husband, Yehia Khalil, a Yale professor, for a sec- other highly accomplished Cornellians in the boat, Lastly, I helped move my daughter, Miriam ond year. She met with Oxford professor Clive one a former Olympian). He has forged many new ’13 (aka “Mimi”), into Rose Hall on West Campus Holmes, formerly of the Cornell History depart- friendships, including one with Cornell’s current (where U-Halls 1 and 2 used to be). She is be- ment, while in Oxford. He is retiring after 20 History department chair, Prof. Barry Strauss ’74, ginning her junior year as a History major in the years at Lady Margaret College. Rena Natansohn whose journey learning to row after the age of 40 College of Arts and Sciences. The new West Cam- Epstein retired from the federal government and was chronicled in Rowing Against the Current, pus dorms are a marked improvement over the now works part-time for a consulting firm, Centra which mirrors Rob’s experience perfectly. cinder block of the U-Halls (the gothic dorms such 84 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes , . JD on Ju- Re- is a , Sarah resides and and , BArch Stephen Bill Frey Jake , MBA ’57, , MBA Sellew, MBA Sellew, Dave , MBA ’80. , MBA . Rachel ’15 , is a sophomore Caryl Handelman December 2011 85 Bill Sussman ’80 , (Westport, CT), (Westport, Fred ’56 Eaglesham said son Eaglesham said | Hugh ’80 Tenhagen Steven Alcott , . Sarah’s aunt is aunt . Sarah’s Vredenburgh lives with Vredenburgh Zoe ’14 Lisa Preger Jules Silberberg John Scelfo lives in New Hope, PA, with PA, Hope, lives in New Rich Bobro (Wenham, MA) have daughter (Wenham, Rebecca Ashby-Colon ’13 wrote that after 22 years report- wrote udget Group.udget coast, other On the Way Too Big to Fail Too Way November , MBA ’80, and ’80, and , MBA ([email protected]) enjoys liv- ([email protected]) Bobbi ’80 Burstein is following in her footsteps and con- and footsteps in her is following Barbara Seaman Barbara in A&S, joining older brother brother older in A&S, joining , Steve Malsch ’80 , just started at Cornell, joining the ma- the joining , just started at Cornell, (Human Ecology) is a third-year medical is a third-year Ecology) (Human Pam Rappleyea Pam . Beth Glintz Gutz ’56 and cousin and Tim Minton This fall a number of our classmates from our classmates of a number This fall Michael Tucker Scott Smith , a newly minted lawyer; her youngest son, youngest lawyer; her minted , a newly Gutz ’83 James ’15 works as a lab Barbara in Microbiology. centrating laborato- Microbiology general the for instructor to seeing looks forward and ry course at Cornell then. and on campus now James Dave Reed DVM ’83, and Abrams, dinates federal environmental policy. Gary is de- Gary is policy. environmental federal dinates lighted that his daughter, Sciences. and in Arts children. three and Kate with wife NY, in Sauquoit, to was promoted He VP Insurance National at Utica firm in the joined He NY. Hartford, in New Group develop- product of manager is now 1983 and with assists and Steven is a soccer coach ment. dra- School High Hartford New the for set building club. ma ’79, works for the American embassy in Moscow, embassy American the ’79, works for em- to that posting is his second This Russia. issues policy foreign works on Russian He bassy. affairs. political/military and becca ’15 of offspring triculating are parents Judith’s campus. and other several joined he York, in New news the ing com- this year to start a media earlier ex-NBCers a website also launched They called Zazoom. pany to check invite classmates called Buzz60.com and 60-sec- entertaining and out Buzz60’s informative quirky. to the stories big from on news takes ond than 4,000 affil- also available on more are They His daughter sites. partner iated ’82, across the US enrolled children on the Hill. The on the children enrolled US the across of daughter oldest dith Ashby Gutz Sarah ’15 ’12 husband Dan in Chenago Forks, NY. She is the She NY. Forks, Dan in Chenago husband out- youth and children for team leader treatment Greater at the services health mental patient is oldest Her Center. Health Binghamton ’11 Zach ’09 U. at SUNY Upstate Medical student Madison. and Michelle daughters and wife Renee offi- compliance chief and counsel is general He thecer for B Avis Bruce Burstein CA. His work assignments Niguel, in Laguna ing the parts of many have allowed him to explore Washington, Minnesota, Alaska, including country at vacationed This year he Idaho. and Oregon, to be continues He parks. national Zion Bryce and football, Cornell follows and Red sports fan a Big would love to He lacrosse. and hockey, basketball, from hear His oldest son is a senior at Lehigh. Rich looks Rich at Lehigh. son is a senior His oldest (U. Holly his wife, campus with to visiting forward to see is excited 4, and twins, and Rochester), of alumni/legacy events. at the classmates whom all of children, CT) has three (Greenwich, just started at daughter His oldest rowers. are Bill has worked team. crew is on the and Cornell many for market bond finance structured in the Financial Greenwich of founder is the He years. He markets. securitization Russian set up the and mortgage- the of criticism in the has been central a book published and meltdown securities backed called in August aol. Paul , MBA . worked (Prince- Shauna Ryan Gary Graziano , MBA ’81, led , MBA Jeff Weiss Bonnie Greenfield Appel, MBA ’81, and Appel, MBA Bob Lerner Hillel couldn’t let her Hillel couldn’t Kurt Fraczkowski , [email protected]; , MBA ’82. Stephen, Shau- ’82. Stephen, , MBA Michelle Kay Garvey , MBA ’81, and ’81, and , MBA Brian Dunn ’77 Luke Our classmates areOur classmates many enjoying lives. their phases of different ele- and still have nursery Some Jeri Roberts , JD ’82, lives in Washington, DC, , JD ’82, lives in Washington, , MBA ’81, and ’81, and , MBA Susan Fink , died in June. Paul was a recent ad- was a recent Paul in June. , died Lefland, [email protected]. Lefland, Stephen Cindy Fuller transferred from the U. of Vermont to the Vermont U. of the from transferred c (Marcy, NY; [email protected]) NY; (Marcy, as retired , MBA ’81, , MBA Gary Guzy Jeff Berg enjoyed celebrating his 30th John- enjoyed celebrating Berg Jeff Jeff Berg Lastly, some sad news. Our class webmaster, Our class sad news. some Lastly, this column. Updates for news That’s all the Back among the working stiffs, stiffs, working the Back among husband Mark, and and Mark, husband husband ’81, and na, Michelle, and and Michelle, na, “Leader- discussion, panel executive a CXO-level of afternoon on Saturday Learned,” ship Lessons is online event the of video Weekend; Reunion at http://mediasite.video.cornell.edu/mediasite/ SilverlightPlayer/Default.aspx?peid=fadd1c8cf7ba 4a48891db4da212455cf1d. deputy works as the He Sprague. with wife Safray White House the of counsel general and director Quality on Environmental Council (CEQ). CEQ serves coor- advisor and environmental President’s as the closely with senior Cornell administrators to help administrators Cornell closely with senior City Mayor York to New university respond the to build a new a proposal for request Bloomberg’s Cornell’s sciences. applied campus for graduate was to have Campus,” NYCTech “Cornell proposal, May- The October. of end been submitted at the by the a selection his advisors will make or and submitted by proposals December from of end universities. than 20 competing more classmates with many in June Reunion son School including mentary school children, while others are empty- are while others children, school mentary and students college of parents or proud nesters in- are Many lives. All have meaningful graduates. first or sec- interesting and volved in productive active volunteers. are many and careers ond King 79 get back in touch with with back in touch get ton, firm. His daughter investment an NJ) launched Dana ’14 Sciences. Arts and of College Bonsongs@ PA; Meeting, (Plymouth Warren mu- her for to Nashville com) has been traveling last sum- closest success “ [I] had my career. sical It by Reba McIntyre. on hold with a song mer, song!” loved the album, but she the make didn’t Paul Bonner his made he but roster, class officer to the dition 2011 In January time. of period in a short mark in New company work at a software started he’d was mentioned which City called Roundarch, York column. May/June in the group. class LinkedIn on the welcomed greatly are at you next I’ll be writing season, and Enjoy the issue! Evans NYS Dept. the from architect landscape regional some doing He’s years. after 32 Transportation of in visited his son and side, on the landscaping Los Angeles. pres- is vice [email protected]) (Lititz, PA; LLC, Group Concrete High of marketing for ident lower carbon dioxide new, is developing which products. In addition, chairs he the Disabil- United services provides which Foundation, Services ities a 20,000-square- just opened and to 2,500 people, in his township. library foot Ilene Shub husband have all the fun, so she retired after 19 retired fun, so she have all the husband seven weeks spent They Express. years at American City winter. York New to escape the in Sarasota (FLXwine Nancy An- Schlesinger ndraising. His ndraising. Peter Cooper- Gibbs (Arlington, retired from Squire, from retired , heisen@drexelmed. Jay Sletson . Also in the European . Also in the , [email protected]. Paula Chandler (Santa Barbara,(Santa CA; Stephen@ Jody Katz (Boulder, CO; bobjulieannear@ (Boulder, Tom Woofter Holiday greetings from Seattle! from greetings Holiday a decid- This issue’s column has the of edly western tilt. Many Morgan (Calabasas, CA; klmorgan (Calabasas, Morgan Howie Eisen ith the older son, who does marine does son, who older the ith ([email protected]) is professor ([email protected]) Jay Henry c Berman (Orange, CA; [email protected]) (Orange, Berman (San Mateo, CA; [email protected]) is the CA; [email protected]) (San Mateo, Stephen Pope Annette Mulee Bob Annear California. in from came forms news Several the have also made classmates A few other as Lyon, Boldt, and McFadden are still there). It still there). are McFadden and Boldt, as Lyon, son Jonathan Hill. My on the to be back was fun Louis in May U. in St. Washington from graduated last year spent He in physics. degree 2010 with a Blood and Lung, Heart, National at the working DC, in Washington, MD, living in Bethesda, Inst. of School Sinai Mount started at the just and warn- have a tornado We York. in New Medicine all That’s basement. to the have to head so I ing, en- (and views and news Please forward now. for to An- so as well) either to do friends courage or me: nette edu; edu; travel department, department, travel stein San Fran- chain in the a 12-unit pizzeria of owner an outlet in Shang- is opening and cisco Bay area, hai his coaching he’s time, in 2011. In his free tennis team. school middle daughter’s news forms that hit my mailbox for this issue were for mailbox that hit my forms news Mississippi. the west of living classmates from Robert Kelly U. at the Anthropology Dept. of the of head and in patches surveys ice He in Laramie. Wyoming of remains, archaeological for Park National Glacier fu art of fine the with learning along to serve has left academia imagine-research.com) in a startup company of officer technical as chief a music/ released He retrieval. information music millennium,” new the for a “mass of setting video at HeavenEverywhere.com. can be previewed which for divestitures and acquisitions does msn.com) company. gas exploration/production an oil and Alps ski route” “haute took the he spring In the most like He’d to Chamonix. Zermatt tour from from to hear Islands. Comoros in the research biology Katie Lankford Fast Forward in is a partner [email protected]) video in the agency consulting LLC, a sales and “I said, never Katie market. middleware game but now own company, I would have my thought it.” life for of perfect time is the derson out with both children “Life’s a lot quieter reports, first year her finished daughter Her house.” the of his son finished while her Law School, at Penn her spending U. She’s year at Chapman second Cali- that Southern ”Love gardening: time quiet weather!” fornia 2011. Dempsey LLP in January and Sanders, to retirement. transition Pennsyl- from to Ithaca moved [email protected]) of room tasting in the works part-time and vania to like He’d Lake. on Seneca Winery Garden King’s after-hours activities include keeping up with two keeping include activities after-hours oth- from to hear Robert would like sons. teenaged depart- Anthropology Cornell in the were ers who ment. to went TX; [email protected]) (Houston, anniversary. 30th wedding her to celebrate Italy Seybold Kelsey with the a pediatrician Paula’s in Houston. Clinic a month from returned [email protected]) VA; was son, who younger her visiting in Turkey ex- then she in Istanbul; a semester spending plored w Israel 78 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 85 Page PM 2:37 10/12/11 064-103CAMnd11notes 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 86

freshman—the start of his family’s third genera- had a line 1 trillion pennies long. According to Commissioner of Baseball as executive vice pres- tion studying above Cayuga’s waters. Sue Morand this experiment’s designer, fellow correspondent ident of labor and human resources. He and wife Meyers lives in the western Philadelphia suburbs and math whiz kid Dik Saalfeld, I would be tak- Colleen live in New York. Greg Dollarhyde, MBA with husband Fred (Brown ’78) and two sons. ing a lunch break in Varna and completing my ’81, has set up a fellowship at the Johnson Alex ’15 is in the Arts college, and her younger task with a hero’s parade down Main Street in School to aid new business school students. Greg son is in 10th grade. She was delighted to attend Dryden before the sun went down. is chairman of two companies in the restaurant the open house and picnic supper for incoming Since I am limited to fewer than one tenth industry and is CEO of a third. He lives in Malibu, freshmen and their parents held at Brad and Mary of one percent of a million words for this article, CA, and is further connected to his alma mater Maxon Grainger, MPS ’87’s house and are happy I’ll fast forward to the inglorious end of my day: through the regional Cornell Club. for an excuse to visit Ithaca more often. Once Sue my son Kevin Jerrard ’12 pulling up alongside me Red Hot Hockey is right around the corner. started visiting so many other campuses for Alex, on Route 366 and shouting, “Put down the wheel- Find out about the game and pre- and post-game she was reminded of how fabulous a place Cornell barrow and get in the car . . . you’ve been duped!” events at our Cornell Class of 1980 group on is. Alex Plache lives nearby in Valley Forge, PA. According to Kevin and his Engineering buddies, Facebook, or our class website, http://classof80. His daughter Alli was accepted to the College of I was attempting to assemble a line of pennies alumni.cornell.edu. Also visit the Cornell Alumni Architecture, Art, and Planning. She will enter that would ultimately circle the earth more than Web page, http://alumni.cornell.edu. Your class Cornell in the fall of 2012, after a gap year, as a 475 times. I can only imagine Dik’s embarrassment correspondents wish you peace, joy, and good third-generation Cornellian. Her grandmother is when the news of this failure reached him in health for the holiday season and 2012. Keep that Marilyn Hall Plache ’53, MBA ’54. Washington, DC, the Mother Ship of Large Num- news coming. c Dana Jerrard, dej24 @ cornell. Maureen Metz Charhut’s youngest child, bers. (The day was not a total loss, however; I edu; Cynthia Addonizio-Bianco, caa28 @ cornell. Bridget ’15, started in the Hotel school. Her oth- paid Kevin’s spring semester tuition by dumping edu; Leona Barsky, leonabarsky @ aol.com; Dik er daughters attended Emory and Northwestern, 2 million pennies in the parking lot at Day Hall.) Saalfeld, rfs25 @ cornell.edu. so Maureen is thrilled to finally have a legacy! Numbers play a key role in the lives of our Maureen and husband Ken ’80 look forward to classmates to this day. Bill Condaxis wants low spending more time in Central New York and see- numbers from his students; he is a golf teacher and Almost in a new year—2012. Who ing their good friends Craig, MBA ’80, and Carol coach with Extraordinary Golf, a top 20 golf acad- could believe it? Time has been fly- Zimmerman Buckhout, MPS ’82, who live in emy in San Jose. John Kendrick is executive di- 81 ing by since Reunion (where I had Cazenovia. The Charhuts have lived in Southern rector of planned giving at George Washington U. a great time, by the way). My kids are now in dif- California since 1996 and are enjoying the area. in D.C. John and wife Emily are planning the wed- ferent schools (preschool for Brayden, 3, and el- Ken is in the medical device business and has ding of daughter Chelsea in Utah this winter. ementary for Ella, 5) and life is carrying on. I am worked for small startup companies for the last Snowy Salt Lake was the site of a reunion of David still volunteering in their schools and loving it! ten years. Maureen spent a lot of time planning Ayers and fellow Fijis Doug Calby ’81, Bill Dun- We hope you are all safe and sound after the nat- her oldest daughter Kelly’s wedding in October. bar ’81, Jim Kirchgessner ’81, MS ’85, Bill Wiberg ural disasters of last summer, including tornadoes, Now that they’re empty-nesters, they look forward ’81, and Tom Croskey. The Rocky Report: great an earthquake in Virginia, and Hurricane Irene! to more travel and to being involved in commu- snow . . . great friends. Rich, ME ’81, and Linnea On to the news. nity service activities. Veronica Alfero, MD ’83’s Peterson Linderman left their mark while students Bob Zeidman tells us that he recently had youngest, Larissa McGlade ’15, is also in the Ho- on the Hill, but their son has made Cornell histo- another book published, The Software IP Detec- tel school, and her sister Anastasia McGlade ’13 ry. Matthew ’12 is the founder and president of tive’s Handbook. It explains software patents, is in Arts and Sciences. Anastasia’s twin, Alexan- the Cornell Business Review, first published in April copyrights, and trademarks in easy-to-understand dra, is a junior at Columbia. Matthew, the oldest, of this year. Matt is in the Applied Economics and language for computer programmers, business stayed closer to home and graduated from Pomona Management program in the Dyson School of the managers, lawyers, and entrepreneurs. It also ex- College two years ago; he works in Manhattan as College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Linnea plains the new mathematics he created to meas- a paralegal as he contemplates some type of grad- is a pediatrician and Rich is a senior scientist ure and compare software intellectual property. uate program. Veronica and her husband, Charles with the US Air Force Research Lab in Rome, NY. Rhonda Brauer was recently elected to the board McGlade, plan to stay in Oregon despite the fact Linnea hopes to hear from Sue Stalzer, MD ’84, of directors of the Society of Corporate Secretaries that all four kids are in New York State. Both of and/or Helene Wassermann-Bloodworth. and Governance Professionals in NYC. She has be- them continue to practice medicine and enjoy all John Prokos, BArch ’80’s body is made up of come the team administrator of her 13-year-old that the West Coast has to offer. more than 50 trillion cells, but his family and ca- son’s baseball travel team—which means cheer- Connect to our class online through Face- reer news is even more impressive. John is managing, paying team bills, and getting everyone to book (Cornell University Class of 1979) and ing principal at Gund Partnership, an architectural games! Whew! When asked what she’d rather be LinkedIn (Cornell University Class of ’79), and and planning firm in Cambridge, MA. Most recent- doing, she replied, “Being Suzy Waldman and do- send news to your class correspondents to keep ly, John designed a new corporate headquarters ing color commentary radio broadcasts for the this column filled. Send updates to classof79@ for a financial institution in New Hampshire. The Yankees.” Gotta love it! cornell.edu, directly to your class correspondents, oldest son of John and wife Kim (Tracy) ’78 is a Sandra Waring Holloway is the owner/presi- or via the hard copy News Form in the fall class summa cum laude graduate of Connecticut College, dent of a catering company called Tasteful Con- mailing. c Linda Moses, mosesgurevitch@ currently on an internship in Cambodia. Ellen Kay nections Inc. in Rochester, NY. She also volunteers aol.com; Cynthia Ahlgren Shea, cynthiashea@ Faulkner Little is director of product development in several outreach ministries through church and hotmail.com; or Kathy Zappia Gould, rdgould@ and engineering for World Kitchen, a manufactur- community. She has been figuring out how to sur- comcast.net. er of kitchen and household tools, cookware, and vive and thrive in the “empty-nest syndrome.” cutlery products. Although based in the Chicago Lisa Todes-Meyer has been a solo practitioner in area, Ellen’s job involves frequent overseas travel; dentistry in Easton, PA—for 26 years! She also As I listen to politicians, pun- thus she is an ideal candidate to help with my finds time to ferry her youngest daughter to all dits, prognosticators, and plan- next attempt at the Trillion Penny Line. Laurie of her activities. Marty Jacobsen is a managing 80 ners pontificate about our eco- Aude works at the V.A. hospital in Iowa City, IA. director of a boutique management consulting firm nomic future, I am struck by the cavalier mention She is active in the New Song Episcopal Church focused on executing renewable energy strategies of “trillions” of anything. Our numeric reference and sings with a community group called “The within the electric utility industry in New York. points have certainly changed; while waiting at Quire.” Daughter Heidi graduated from South He also coaches his sons’ (8 and 10 years old) the West Campus laundry early one winter morn- Hardin High this summer. Laurie is looking to re- basketball and baseball teams. Also in New York ing in 1977, I figured out that 1 billion fluid connect with Sonya Griffith Biorn-Hansen or oth- is David Pauker. He is an executive managing di- ounces of Utica Club beer would fill the Teagle ers from Cornell women’s crew (1976–80). For rector at Goldin Associates. Hall pool 11 times, with enough suds left over for those of you playing word association as you read Daryl Georger is president of HRT, a com- an “I Survived Chem 208” party. How much more this article, give yourself a trillion bonus points mercial food service equipment supplier/designer, fun could a trillion be? I recently headed back to for: Crew . . . Big Numbers . . . Winklevoss. and associate professor in hospitality management campus under the pretense of visiting my chil- Baseball is a game of numbers, with more at Mercyhurst College in Erie. PA. Lawrence Hall dren; my actual intent was to start laying pennies statistical categories than any sport except bank- writes from Georgia that he is the president and edge to edge at the base of McGraw Tower until I ing. Robert Manfred Jr. works in the office of the CEO of Par Springer-Miller Systems. When he has 86 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes Earl Allan . Ruben Bramson , MS ’84, , MS has been Dole, DVM Dole, Keith Dutill , dskalka@ Werner. Michael Gor- has just started Van ’82 Ned Ensor December 2011 87 (jack_grein@ml. , MBA ’84 (gbick , MBA (NirMargalit@cox. Liz Dibs Rebecca Hamilton , who recently grad- recently , who | Janine Allo , [email protected]; and and Leah Edelstein Lexi ’15 ([email protected]) is ([email protected]) Doug Skalka Holly Alwyn c and and Nir Margalit Katelin ’11 com), wealth management advi- com), wealth management VP- (senior Lynch sor at Merrill John Grein November , [email protected]. . Steven Crump ([email protected]) has ([email protected]) Rob Palumbo ([email protected]) has been ([email protected]) PhD ’72 Ed Pawkett , ([email protected]) is entering his is entering ([email protected]) Gayle Moncrief Bicknell Enjoy your fall and please remember our up- please remember and Enjoy your fall Everette Phillips investments; portfolio manager, PIA program), manager, portfolio investments; have been mar- Ana, his wife, and that he wrote a law works for Jack, “Our oldest, 27 years. for ried first year her Allison just finished firm, daughter started Amherst Eric and at Boston U. Law School, will play lacrosse.” and this fall College King-Shaw in Capital Management Mansa launched recently on early focusing Boston, a private equity fund infor- healthcare in the companies growth stage sectors. services healthcare and technology mation MA, with his wife, lives in Carlisle, Ruben, who of board Cornell was also elected to the Patricia, daughter Their trustees. to “I continue adds, in ILR! He as a freshman was and students school high and college mentor Fam- National the of board elected to the recently I also serve on the Association. ily Caregivers Com- Oversight and Advising Program Medicare graduate, a Cornell of Father mission.” I are and Lora, wife, “My writes, PA) (Phoenixville, of parents proud Sciences.” and Arts of College the from uated husband and [email protected]) Keleigh daughter Their NY. Post, live in Painted 83 ([email protected]) writes that she en- writes that she ([email protected]) TX, with husband in Dallas, joys retirement King 7–10, 2012. Thanks again June reunion, coming all your news. for npmlaw.com; net) has returned to private law practice as a to private law practice has returned net) lead- in California with Foley & Lardner partner practice. its global hotel ing Mark E. Fernau named president of Kelliher Samets Volk, a mar- Volk, Samets Kelliher of president named in firm with offices communications keting York. New Boston, and Burlington, don board. his local school of sixth year as a member worth- is “exciting, experience writes that the He ways to fi- new need We frustrating. and while, education.” public nance has been busy car- ([email protected]) twin girls Zara 9, and Eden, children her for ing 7-1/2. Talia, and Adams enjoys gardening, and choir active in his church farm. fiber his hobby maintaining baseball, and Coun- Crossroads include activities His volunteer the of with residents visiting and Lima cil for to hear Earl would like Home. Nursing Clark Manor from ’86, and husband Tony Farone live in Syracuse, live Farone Tony husband ’86, and veterinarian. animal Liz works as a small where Virginia to central relocate to plans couple The for community in her Liz volunteers year. next or- American as the such ganizations Heart Associa- tion, the American Cancer to like would She association. veterinary Association,regional the and from hear LLC Networking Global Manufacturing of president of board advisory serves on the CA, and in Irvine, @ Cornell. Entrepreneurship selected because of its work with human rights with human its work of because selected stu- involves which base, volunteer its large, and world. all over the from dents Beth Don- Lloyd Laura Su Yon Sharon . and and (sre7@cornell. (npenningsdo@yahoo. na Goldstein Epstein has started her edu) First Im- own business, Olympia, WA, San Fran- San WA, Olympia, Northampton, cisco, and Wein- company, MA. Her provides stock Scripts, screenplay full-service script and consulting free In her doctoring. enjoys trav- Laura time, Spanish teaching el and seniorsto LGBT writ- and GED preparation and ing youth. She to homeless from to hear would like Jim Damiano . Business owner owner . Business iduals, running, and biking. and running, iduals, organized a demonstration in a demonstration organized ([email protected]) works as a ([email protected]) ([email protected]) has set- ([email protected]) Yong Ik Shin Herrick, MD ’86 (timothy.herrick@comcast. Herrick, , BS ’81, at SUNY hospitalist an academic is ’ and and Eric Aronson Nicholas Pennings Laura Kim pressions College Consulting, based in Redding, Consulting, College pressions to how students teaches which business, The CT. interview essays and application write college and degree English is a perfect fit with her skills, volunteer Sharon’s background. communications Club was Garden Redding the of work as president de- website she the this year when recognized Garden National from award won a national signed it out at www.reddinggardenclub.org. Check Clubs. at Chad’s UN than 1,000 students more April of girls and women safety for demanding Mission, with Chad’s UN ambassador met Eric Darfur. from also Eric than 2,000 letters. more delivered and he an organization Int’l, with Amnesty volunteers com) writes that he has retired from his private from has retired com) writes that he to with wife Carol moved and practice medical weath- SC, to enjoy warmer Beach, Myrtle North busi- wellness and health a new to develop er and medicine practice teach family to plans He ness. In his Carolina. in North school medical at a new Chil- Ahearn at Brian volunteers Nicholas time, free kids that helps a local organization Fund, dren’s illnesses. with serious afflicted families and Tremer MA, live in Centerville, Timothy husband and net) direc- medical of position the accepted she where at South Coast Hospitals. oncology radiation tor of swim a masters with Beth swims time, free In her Cape Cod the of board serves on the and team Society. Cancer American the chapter of Roberts is split be- time His free U. Hospital. Brook Stony volun- to visit family, travel tween cross-country clinic a free for physician as an attending teering indiv uninsured for Laura State Bank in Colorado. Wilshire for banker This this year. earlier center a daycare purchased in her challenge has been a major venture new in a difference to make trying and life—learning also volun- Laura children. preschool lives of the to Korean- related organizations multiple teers for and North of unification the issues and American from to hear would like She South Korea. Pak Weinstock in Seattle and CA, after stints tled in Los Angeles, reunion on the horizon, or perhaps we just enjoy we just or perhaps horizon, the on reunion you thank reason, the Whatever in touch. staying us providing and inquiries to our responding for and hobbies, jobs, on your families, with updates news, our recent from note you will As interests. generously have been our classmates of many non- of to a diverse group time their contributing organizations. profit , , in Sue Doug Skalka ’82 Susan Ken ’79 William , Nancy Bat- Laura Kim purchased a daycare center earlier this year. Brandon writes Brandon Cathy Goldrich JoAnn Minsker Lori Schifrin Steven Schwartz ‘ Betsy Silverfine Barb Amoscotto , and Ed and and Ed , and c , . Nancy Wu is in the Arts college and Arts college is in the ’86 Apseloff Shaffer regularly vol- Shaffer regularly Apseloff Sherry Vogel Mallin Despite our busy schedules, you Despite our busy schedules, your reporters to send continue Perhaps class news. of a plethora and and ewery before- Daniel Sisler Bralower Bralower Amelia ’14 is VP, Solaris Engineering at Oracle. His at Oracle. Solaris Engineering is VP, is the general manager! manager! general is the is deputy general counsel for tax incen- for counsel general is deputy , volleyball games, Joel ’55 Ann Core Greenberg ’80 We are all in various stages of our lives, but our lives, of stages all in various are We Barbara White Want some ice time ice some Want please you, so from hearing would relish We Greenberg is living in Glencoe, IL, and is the president and president is the IL, and in Glencoe, is living the of company (parent Inc. Holdings TCA CEO of wanted really Clubs chain). He Athletic Midtown son graduated but his oldest to Reunion, to go weekend! same the college from a Golden- CA, is thrilled to be raising San Rafael, that’s what I call fun! puppy! Now, doodle mem- our wonderful are what we have in common Cornell! of ories as great forms Listed on your news the friends, 5, great 3, U-Hall U-Hall memories: Any- the Club, Outing Chi Phi, the school, Hotel waterpolo on Fall Creek, That Floats race thing Commission, Concert Cornell the practice/games, Cramm Desk, Von Noyes Coop, Prof. terman York New City of supervision, housing tives and Development. and Preservation Housing Dept. of in- with trip to Tanzania family a big took She laws free time he likes to hang glide, scuba dive, and dive, scuba glide, hang to likes he time free time! the to find Now, his Harley! ride and Adams, [email protected]. Adams, from Ridgefield, CT, that she is a member of the of is a member that she CT, Ridgefield, from to campaigned and board Library Public Ridgefield library! to build a new funds raise Nesheim daughter a place to CallbaXX. If you need with the sings Inn— Aurora try the York, stay in upstate New Edinger PhD ’62 and classes, psychology beautiful Ithaca just how is! really with your fellow ’81ers—or class at least to watch? The re- tickets has a block of BU vs. Cornell served for on Satur- Hockey Red Hot day, 26, November 2011 at Garden in Square Madison will be at the NYC. Dinner Br Heartland on this For details hand. Class of the check event, at https://www.facebook. ’81 Facebook group com/groups/CUClassof1981/. corre- we have two new remember write! And them Let’s welcome JoAnn. Barb and spondents, five years! next the in for [email protected]; [email protected]; Sabaitis, unteers at the Cancer Resource Center and First and Center Resource Cancer at the unteers volun- is a She NY. in Ithaca, Church Presbyterian as well. She Center Nursing at Oak Hill teer pianist (Are grandchildren! and children her loves visiting at that stage?) we really Pal- JCC on the the for is an accountant Shepard is attending daughter Her Jersey. in New isades busy prepar- is youngest her U., and Binghamton events good like Nothing his bar mitzvah. for ing Hampshire, New you busy! From to keep we all recognize that there is another big class big is another that there we all recognize 82 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 87 Page PM 2:37 10/12/11 064-103CAMnd11notes 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 88

recently graduated from high school and is now As I write, the market is fluctu- Andrew Foster ([email protected]), attending Rochester Inst. of Technology (RIT) ating wildly. For those of you formerly of Dickson Hall, lives pleasantly in Pasade- studying industrial engineering. Andrea Kane 84 who may be queasy right now, na, where he is president of Milton and Hubble ([email protected]; Washington, DC) is remember the words of Henry Ward Beecher (cour- Rare Books, a specialist book dealer, and consult- the senior director for policy at the National tesy of Jahn Gazder): “No matter what troubles or ant to a variety of collectors and researchers in the Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Preg- travails may loom ahead for you, do not let your- arts and sciences. Any pals are welcome to con- nancy and feels that progress is being made on self be cheated out of the joy and beauty of today.” tact him to chat about old times. Brent Taggart is an issue that can be challenging. “I especially Jahn sent this news a few months ago: “Af- a partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease LLP, like finding new ways to address these issues, ter two years of study at the College for Financial where he has practiced law since 1989. His na- working with new allies and partners.” She adds, Planning, I sat for and passed the CFP exam (Cer- tionwide litigation and alternative dispute resolu- “My Political Science and Government courses tified Financial Planner). I am now more than half tion practice includes disputes involving business, proved very useful. The Cornell in Washington way through my master’s in financial planning. commercial, consumer, employment, employee ben- program was my introduction to life in D.C. and Personal news: I purchased a house on Landen efits, and products liability law. He was honored made me interested in returning.” Andrea also Lake (north of Cincinnati), which I am gutting in with a “Center of Influence” award by the 1-137th volunteers in a local elementary school and says anticipation of renovating it from floor to ceiling. Assault Helicopter Battalion of the Ohio National she enjoys coordinating other volunteers, ob- I also adopted twin, rescue black Labs, each 120 Guard. In his spare time, Brent continues to en- serving public education from the inside, and pounds; Bull and Bear are their names.” Thérèse joy fly-fishing, hiking, riding, and trap shooting. connecting with the students. Filardi LaRussa is a hospice social worker in Mass- Linden Craig is still employed as a veterinary pathologist by the U. of Tennessee College of Vet- erinary Medicine, but was on a six-month sabbatical at Massey U. in New Zealand when she wrote. David Jaroslaw and Paul Haskel She was thoroughly enjoying the university and she and her husband have loved the friendly peo- ‘ ple and beautiful country. She highly recommends have shared Mets tickets for the it for anyone who enjoys the outdoors. Kudos to Lisa Sotto, who completed a legal past 25 years. treatise on privacy and information security (As- pen Publishing). Last year she was appointed man- ’ Joyce Zelkowitz Cornett ’85 aging partner of Hunton and Williams in New York. Han Chiu still lives in La Jolla with wife Wendy Wong ’86 and children Daniel, 18, and Kristen, 14. Tim Henn ([email protected]; Atlanta, GA) achusetts. She went back to get her MSW when Daniel is applying to college and they’re hoping and wife Heather married in 2007 and have since she and her husband decided to have children. he’ll go to Cornell. Han is working on a new start- had two boys, John and Grant. “I have moved from Both were trial attorneys in Boston at the time up focused on helping orphaned curative medical New York to Boston to San Francisco to Chicago and there was no one to raise the kids . . . and treatments reach the market. And (best for last) to Atlanta in 20 years! All good!” Richard Haberek so the career changed. The children are Nick, 15, John Boggan, MS ’91, and Dan Speck were mar- ([email protected]) works at Remington Katie, 12, and Jack, 8. She also teaches law and ried in a small civil ceremony in Washington, DC, Arms Co. in Ilion, NY. He enjoys traveling and psychology at a local college. Thérèse reports that on April 5, 2010 after an engagement of 28 years. meeting new people, but says it’s a challenge to she is always looking for hospice volunteers. Be- Congratulations! Thanks for all the news! c Janet find free time. Richard has been a Navy Reservist lieve it or not the best way to contact her is M. Insardi, [email protected]; Karla Sievers for 20 years: “I enjoy serving and want to make Facebook—she has teenagers after all. McManus, [email protected]. Class website, a real difference.” Carol McIntosh (cmcmd135@ Anita Riddle is manager of the procurement http://classof84.alumni.cornell.edu. gmail.com), a gynecologist, recently moved to sourcing process center of excellence with Exxon- Maryland from Grenada, West Indies, via New Mobil. She and her staff in the US and Argentina York. She is working in Fairfax, VA—“strictly of- compile and share best practices for procuring Here’s hoping this column finds fice gynecology and addiction medicine”—and items ranging from convenience store confections you in mid-autumn, with crisp has done volunteer work with the Ministry of to oil refinery maintenance. With ExxonMobil pro- 85 air wafting through the orange Health and Wellness in the House of the Lord curement offices in Europe, Asia, and the Ameri- and red leaves and football season in full swing. Church. She is also considering part-time teach- cas, she and her team enjoy the opportunities to As I write, it’s about 95 in the shade and we are ing at the Guyana School of Medicine. meet international colleagues. Anita and husband all hoping that the heat will die down at some Marilyn Wilson-Lund (marilyn@wavgroup. Steven Schmidt live in Fairfax, VA, and have daugh- point soon—preferably before we all die of heat com; Arroyo Grande, CA) has been busy raising her ters Sierra, 9, and Christine, 6. James Beemer prostration or the shock of the A/C bill. daughter, Alexandra, while running two business- married in 2009 and relocated to Bloomington, IL, Our e-mail request was well answered! Thank es: WAV Group Consulting and RETechnology.com which is where his wife, Dawn, and her two sons you all for your news. Jeff Reisner, a partner in with her husband, Victor. She would love to hear are from. It must agree with him; James published the Newport Beach office of Irell & Manella, has from Irene LaCota. From Linda Copman (copman@ a book of poetry, Raven Comes to Call, through been inducted as a fellow of the American College gmail.com): “I recently moved back to Ithaca af- Vantage Press, and it received good reviews. of Bankruptcy. A managing partner called Jeff ter 25 years on the island of Hawaii to enroll my Amy Brooks-Kayal and husband Rana Kayal “among the top echelon of lawyers in the area of three daughters in the excellent schools in town.” have moved to Denver. Amy is chief of pediatric bankruptcy.” Congratulations, Jeff. Abbey Huret Thresa Mosely Gibian (tg@gibiandesigngroup. neurology at the Children’s Hospital and a has been appointed director of community man- com) sent dues but no news. According to her tenured professor at U. of Colorado’s School of agement for Estée Lauder. She oversees their business card, though, she is a NYS certified inte- Medicine. The move from Philadelphia after 20 Facebook and Twitter communities. How cool! She rior designer and a LEED accredited professional at years has been challenging but fun. Rana con- enjoyed spending time at the 25th Reunion with Gibian Design Group, where she focuses on facil- tinues in his role as president of SPI Pharma in Leslie Greenberg Josel, Sheila Winik Silberglied, ities planning, design, and procurement strategies. Wilmington, DE, commuting between the cities. Lisa Weltz Waldman, Ronee Trosterman Cowan, Beth Bay ([email protected]; New York, NY), Skype, Blackberry, and Southwest make it all pos- Beth Falk, MBA ’90, Dale Bornstein Reinhardt, Judith Boice ([email protected]; Yardley, sible. They thank those who contributed to the John Spielberger, Ron Prague, and Rob Klugman. PA), Michael Prospero ([email protected]; invention and buildout of the digital world and Amazing Ed Catto is a retropreneur (I think he Sycamore, IL), Gloria Mabry ([email protected]; its marvels. Daughter Anjali is in her second se- coined that phrase) working with Steve Rotterdam Yonkers, NY), and Gregory Hartz (gjhartz@gmail. mester at Wellesley College after a gap year in ’80, “bringing back the classic toy” at Captain Ac- com; Ithaca, NY) also sent no news, but renewed New Delhi, India, and son Zak is a sophomore at tion Enterprises in Ridgewood, NJ. Awesome! their class membership. Thanks to everyone for a school that has a class size of more than 850 Denis Hurley Jr. (Delmar, NY) works as a per- your continued support! Send news to: c Lorinda kids. Epic snow in the Colorado mountains and sonal injury trial lawyer with Conway & Kirby. He Buffamante, [email protected]; Alyssa Bickler, the skiing that comes with it takes the edge off and wife Anne are members of the Hudson Mohawk [email protected]. for all in the family. Road Runners Club, planning to run a half marathon 88 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes , . Mitch , But until Washington Scott Hines Steve Wells (Atlanta, GA) Inside a U.S. , December 2011 89 Elise Berger ’90 Elise Berger Ed Decker (Stevenson, MD) is (Stevenson, . On the personal . On the , ngdoing. , [email protected]. | Jodi (Hooper) ’87 Foreign Service Jour- (Wyoming, NY) works as NY) works (Wyoming, Lael Bellamy . Jill Marans ’85 (CALS) just joined their busi- their (CALS) just joined . Evan is a principal with Glass- . Evan is a principal was one of 34 federal workers 34 federal of was one ddress below. The class mailing The below. ddress Holly Isdale November Although this column reaches Although we winter, start of you at the this of thinking you are hope c and wife and , at the West Campus pub. Campus pub. West , at the Pamela (Davis) ’92 (Davis) Pamela Evan Blum Benjamin ’11 Renee Cowan ’85 Dan Meyer Shawn Dorman McKenzie Greg Chamberlain East Coast classmates writing in this month writing East Coast classmates The sole source be my cannot forms class news , “The Defense department’s inspector gen- inspector department’s Defense , “The . Recently, she finished a book, finished she . Recently, (Mooresville, NC) is regional VP for distribution for distribution VP for NC) is regional (Mooresville, 87 coming June and the 25th Reunion of the Class the of 25th Reunion the and June coming to hard working chairs are reunion 1987! Your of you and for weekend a wonderful put together Cor- out our Facebook page, Check your families. about updates 1987, for Class of University nell to be in Ithaca your calendars mark and reunion some are here meantime, 7–10, 2012. In the June your classmates. from updates Service J. Hyman 2011 Samuel the for nominated in the reported As Medal. to America Post serv- protecting had a system for has long eral wro report who members ice the of an editor/publisher Dan Meyer and his team were hired in 2004, hired his team were and Dan Meyer retali- from suffered whistleblowers who civilian a created advocate . . . Dan Meyer had no ation na- report employees who that protects program These fraud. procurement security and tional clearances security lose their whistleblowers often whistle him- blew the once Meyer as punishment. dis- who officer line was a Navy he self, when a 1989 of investigation closed flaws in the sailors.” that killed 47 American explosion nal Work Embassy: Diplomacy At and two teenagers has been busy raising she front, this for trip to Indonesia a family was planning fondest also told us that her She past summer. husband, her was meeting Cornell from memory Shawn ’85 Lubin ’85 wife and and and Ratner, a restructuring advisory firm, and lives in lives advisory firm, and a restructuring Ratner, celebrated wife Mindy and NJ. Evan N. Caldwell, Cornell- with several bar mitzvah son Matthew’s including in attendance, ians cows Jersey all registered has Greg a dairyman. 700 cows while farming nearly is milking he and with his wife, 1,700 acres Son in Philadelphia on the way to Reunion. Jeff called Jeff way to Reunion. on the in Philadelphia room, in our guest that night stayed and me following the to Ithaca drive the on me joining we had a very special While in Ithaca, morning! is now who LaFeber, Walter with Prof. breakfast in his dis- as spellbinding but still fully retired policy! foreign and politics of cussions include ness. is a Greg a 4-H and councilman town board day the of end left at the has energy and leader of involved in all manner kids after to “chase recreation.” sports and is married to Rich Barnard. She is chief counsel is chief She Barnard. to Rich is married and ING Americas for privacy officer chief and Lael was elected Harrison. Foster and has sons Association Int’l the of directors of board to the Privacy Professionals. of anytime news so please send columns, these for a year to the of where into insights interesting some list offers hear I’d rather but working, and all living you are you! it from . Eve Jon Julie “Tuck” Friedman Tom Asya Kamsky , , who joined the joined , who , based in Santa Laurie Feinswog Cornett, cornett06 Cornett, ’85 works as a director of works as a director , [email protected]; Iglehart works for Mer- works for Iglehart is moving from Waikiki, from is moving Susan Garretson Hobbs Hobbs Farhi, [email protected]. Risa Mish I am feeling a tremendous sense tremendous a I am feeling as the déjà vu (all over again, of the be writing to goes) saying Jeffrey Cowan Dan Blumenthal ’85 Joyce Zelkowitz Beth Freishtat David Lewin c Ann Kahlow Roncal is based in Burlingame, with hus- is based in Burlingame, Roncal , who took his older son Sean on took his older , who a 21-state, Adrienne Silverstein is also in the L.A. area, working as a part- working L.A. area, is also in the Weed, traveled east, in a more direct manner, direct a more east, in traveled Weed, Also traveling, but more of a “relocating back a “relocating of but more Also traveling, “SoCal” in on some south to check Moving West Coast classmates dominate the news this news the dominate Coast classmates West , and , and Roberta Zwiebel 86 column after a 15-plus-year hiatus. It is wonder- It hiatus. column after a 15-plus-year partic- and, classmates from news the ful to hear to this past June, ularly after our 25th Reunion For those Ithaca. you in of have seen so many turnout we had a fabulous missed reunion, who was seeing highlights the of one me, for and, as sharing such settings, in familiar classmates with Nines pizza at the and her husband, Charlie, and and Charlie, husband, her and There were lots of representatives from other class- other from representatives lots of were There including es, ’85 Staggs two-week “fly about” plane, in their 6,598 covering go- and WA, in Redmond, miles starting nautical only tar- With the took them. wind the where ing Fly-in, they EAA Airventure Oshkosh the being get oth- fly over many to see 21 states and managed younger and to wife Kay home returning ers before State resident, Washington Another son Alex. Bick on Cape family with vacation summer her enjoying in August. mom a trip to NYC with her Cod and stateside,” will be he where to San Francisco, HI, back home Regency. Hyatt the of manager general the Saltman Sidney, daughter Skip and band as the working and an on-demand OnLive Inc., for legal officer chief titles game new delivers OnLine company. gaming contributing (definitely Internet over broadband 15-year-old that my sprawl” “invertebrate to the Eve was Online, late!). Before has perfected of other among Autodesk, and Systems with Siebel firms. celebrated advisor and as a financial rill Lynch this sum- graduation school Caitlin’s high daughter with Reunion. coincided unfortunately which mer, classmates, is writes that he Jon Shaw LLP. at Seyfarth ner use represent- to good his ILR education putting class mainly litigations, employers in large ing those of side other on the work. Perhaps action be cases might Cowan Law Firm. An accom- with the Monica in mag- still dabbles Jeff by day, attorney plished lately. as often performing is not he although ic, his twin boys, probably are fans His biggest opportunity to I had a great Jason. and Matthew him stranded delays as weather catch up with Jeff human resources and facilitates seminars for teens for seminars facilitates and resources human in Beverly Hills (www.nativeseminars.com). Meer festivities. For those who really liked reunion, liked really who For those festivities. Club (CRC) that Reunion is a Continuous there Hill every year in June! back to the comes the of one having for rights column. Bragging to goes vacations” summer “coolest or [email protected]; [email protected]; apartments, and, of course, U-Hall 1, as well as all 1, as well U-Hall course, of and, apartments, it easi- has made ’85. Facebook from Hotelies the not I did with people in touch I love being er and every- Hope see/talk to ever again. think I would terrific! and healthy, was happy, summer one’s Send us. your class through with in touch Keep to: info , , ’s Pe- and and Eric Kyle ’83 Ahve- Bobby Solomon , MS ’90, , MS Gail Fisch- have shared Charlie is in Arts and is in Arts Stacy Kaiser . Halperin Halperin and and Melissa Frank Glenn George Kurt Mieth Cindy Jo Gross David Jaroslaw (Mill Valley, CA) (Mill Valley, Park’s son Park’s Eileen Cooper Ruth Lindenthal Arthur . Rihm on the way home Rihm on the Paul Haskel is a dermatopathologist in is a dermatopathologist Denis III ’14 Green lives in Chappaqua, lives in Green (Chapel Hill, NC) have a (Chapel Hill, NC) have Bev Schwartz Lisa (Megargle) ’89 Bill Hoppin is the newest graduate of Cor- of graduate newest is the is down in my neck of the woods the of neck in my is down David Forman ’13 Walker is now in Colorado Springs in Colorado is now Walker (Pittsford, NY) is an internist, en- NY) is an internist, (Pittsford, Rachel Kessler (Jericho, NY) are proud of son of proud NY) are (Jericho, Marcy Roth and and Lisa Cohen Steffi Weill Matt ’11 and see them often. often. see them and Claye Hart We had lots of e-mails from classmates with classmates from e-mails lots of had We Eldy Dale Rose Evans Haddonfield, NJ, residents NJ, residents Haddonfield, I am still at Lanier Village Estates, trying to trying Estates, Village I am still at Lanier (A&S). Art is the CFO of PR Herzig (a broker (a PR Herzig CFO of the (A&S). Art is will be in Engineering and joins cousins cousins joins and will be in Engineering in September. Their son son Their in September. nell (CALS) and a former member of the Big Red Big the of member a former and (CALS) nell and Phyllis live near team. They football Gusick man Pesner ’15 at VHB manager project senior Gail is and dealer) Engineering, Architecture. Landscape and Surveying Cornellians. of generations new friend her of wrote Cornell into got who Jessie, and Aaron twin boys, early decision. Sciences. Sciences. NY, with husband Phil and their four children. Old- children. four their Phil and with husband NY, est son ’15 Kessler ’14 from their older son’s college search in Boston. search son’s college older their from Karen Weiner Goss 2013. Class of school Hotel in the daughter as a student services adviser in the higher edu- higher in the adviser services as a student school has been busy with high She field. cation in Cornell. interested students Schwarz celebrated her 25th anniversary as an her Schwarz celebrated have Marc husband and She with MetLife. actuary two with all visited They children. and Gilmour joying taking her kids to their activities and stay- and activities to their kids her taking joying of a member was Eldy tennis. active playing ing has and volleyball team at Cornell women’s the and Phi Psi 500, Collegetown, of memories fond Libe Slope. a medical lab in Newton, MA. She enjoys spend- MA. She lab in Newton, a medical and novels, reading Vineyard, on Martha’s time ing forth back and travels She boys. three her raising and boyfriend with her time spending to Dallas, with hers house one of dreaming and his children of memories Lisa has great his all together. and Ground. Common at the dancing Mets tickets for the past 25 years and will see each past 25 years and the for tickets Mets at Citi Field. baseball season the during other of Brooklyn, says his legal practice takes him takes practice says his legal Brooklyn, of to the to California Orleans New from everywhere and He Germany. UK and nainen has resumed a Cornell hobby of weaving of hobby a Cornell has resumed nainen is recovering and items) linen and (cloth, fiber, too, Eileen. there I’ve been surgery. foot from be- around you’ll be getting up and foot the Keep it. you know fore at Aerohive development business works as VP of wire- lower cost, one-stop “delivering Networks, just the a commercial, Not access.” less LAN cloud truth. tran works for Ecolab, a company I know well, as I know a company Ecolab, works for tran her is also pursuing She safety scientist. a food CPA Minnesota. PhD at U. of MBA ’86, and wife ’86, and MBA Glenn works at boys. young three busy with keep based out of Consulting, Bates White Economic from to hear would like D.C. He Bennett Mitten III ’86 W. in Smyrna, GA. He is the senior technical archi- technical senior is the He GA. in Smyrna, for a team responsible managing AT&T, tect for At deployment. systems financial HR, and SAP, football, play soccer, his kids watches he home, football. Wee Pee coaches and piano and chess, and food with good elderly the lives of the enrich their from stories the I love hearing ear. a listening with I stay in touch or military stints. days college Ravenwood Street, Delaware from roommates my 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 89 Page PM 2:37 10/12/11 064-103CAMnd11notes 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 90

Lowe’s. His region covers the southern part of the in a city where she knows some. She connected been selected to join the Hockey Hall of Fame. US, stretching from South Carolina to Stockton, CA. with Jill Fields and Sheryl Lindros Dolan in Jan- During his Cornell days, Joe twice earned All- In his spare time, he is remodeling a house in the uary during a trip to Washington, DC. Kim Henry America status. His 73 goals rank sixth all-time North Carolina mountains that had sat abandoned (Santa Rosa, CA) says that her two kids and six in Big Red hockey history, despite the fact that for four years. He also enjoys spending time with pets keep her really busy. Following in her foot- he skipped his senior season to start his stellar his family, including two baby granddaughters! steps, her son now plays the trombone, as she did professional career. In case you haven’t followed Ellen German lives in Kura, ID, with her three at Cornell. In addition to music lessons and a very his career, Joe won the Stanley Cup with Calgary, daughters and owns a small animal veterinary clin- busy household, Kim also volunteers at her chil- Dallas, and New Jersey—and also helped Canada ic there. In her spare time, she enjoys boating, dren’s school. Six pets! Too bad Sandra Young win the gold medal at the 2002 Salt Lake City mountain biking, and dirt biking with her girls. She Klindt, DVM ’93, lives across the country in New games. He is now the general manager of the Dal- writes that she has wonderful memories of “the York State. Sandra has a veterinary care practice las Stars. Congratulations, Joe! people I lived with at Phillips House (‘P’ House)” that even makes house calls. Sandra and husband Thanks for the great updates, everyone. I ad- and would love to hear from Tom Hoskins ’86. Rodger have been doing some renovations on their mire how so many of you are following your pas- Josephine Connolly-Schooner is an assistant clin- 1850s farmhouse. She’s gone back to Cornell for sions, with great success. c Brad Mehl, bam ical professor and executive director of the nutri- the annual Vet conference and says that “walking [email protected]; Sharon Nunan Stemme, sen28@ tion division at Stony Brook U. Medical Center, on campus just feels like home. And it’s always cornell.edu; Steven Tomaselli, [email protected]. and lives on Long Island, NY, with husband Mar- great to hear from John Gustavsson—it’s like no tin and their children. Her current extracurricular time has passed since we were undergrads.” San- activities include “keeping up with my three kids.” dra is chair of her PTO and enjoys being part of Greetings, ’89ers. Everyone must She has fond memories of a different extracurric- her son’s school to help the students and the be having a busy summer be- ular activity—”closing time on College Avenue!” teachers. She is also very active in and one of the 89 cause very few people respond- Molly Driver wrote, “In August, I shared a organizers of the Central New York Academy of ed to my plea for news! Dave Cherry, MD ’93, and wonderful dinner at the still-lovely Taughannock Continuing Education for veterinarians in the area. wife Chrissy Schwinn live in Berkeley, CA, with Farms Inn with husband Michael DeStefano ’88, She would love to hear from Nancy McLoud. their daughter, 6, and son, 3. Over the past 18 son Jackson ’13, and our newest addition to the Robyn Tice (Belmont, MA) is head of public months, they have been involved with five other Cornell family, daughter Kelly ’15. Michael and I relations for one of the oldest investment man- families (including three other Cornell grads!) in had our first dinner date at the Inn before a Chi agement firms in the country. She really likes starting Yu Ming Charter School (www.yuming Psi formal in the spring of 1985. Our kids what she does and also enjoys teaching a gradu- school.org), California’s first Mandarin immersion (youngest son Brian is a high school sophomore) ate course in crisis communications part-time. public charter school. Located in Oakland, Yu have enjoyed Cornell visits over the years and are Robyn also volunteers in a reading program called Ming will open its doors with 100 students in always at our side cheering on the Cornell lacrosse Power Lunch Everybody Wins in Boston. Through kindergarten and first grade this August, and will team and meeting their dad’s former teammates. this program she reads to a second grader, and grow to K–8. Dave and Chrissy are also building Now they are making their own memories.” Cliff she absolutely loves it. In thinking about Cornell, a “pre-fab” modular green home in the East Bay Rohde and wife Allison Schultz ’88 “continue to Robyn writes, “My Pi Phi friendships will last for- hills. Chrissy has changed her job to become as- be amazed that 25 years have passed since Cliff’s ever. My Cornell memories are eternal.” Michael sistant director of the Global Marine Team at the graduation. Cliff just started his own law firm in Grady is doing his part to stimulate the economy— Nature Conservancy, where she has worked for al- the Albany, NY, area, focused on telecommunica- he just built a new building and is expanding his most ten years. Dave is medical director at Thun- tions and renewable energy issues and alternative pediatrics practice in San Marcos, TX. He finds his der Road, an adolescent treatment center in dispute resolution. He is the current president of work rewarding yet challenging, especially during Oakland and has a private psychiatry practice. the regional Cornell Club of the Greater Capital Dis- flu season. Michael also volunteers as the med- Other Cornell grads involved in starting the char- trict and, while no longer hosting morning happy ical director at a school-based health center in a ter school are Matthew, MBA ’97, and Wynee hours with his housemates, Cliff (and Allison) medically underserved area in Texas. Yang Sade ’94, and Gloria Lee ’92. hope to see good friends at Reunion 2012.” Pam Darer Anderson writes from Toronto, Chris Pavone with wife Madeline McIntosh Lastly, Dan Dubelman sent in news of his ON: “I was in New York City before the holidays (and twin sons Sam and Alex, 7) have returned to latest act! He tells us, “I am playing a character last year and met up with Christine Russo and New York City after a stint in Luxembourg. While named Danny Mann in a musical production called her three girls. We went ice skating at Rockefeller living in Europe, Chris began writing The Expats, The Rock In The Country Band. We have been de- Center with my four girls. I am still in touch with a novel to be published by Crown in spring 2012 veloping the act for six months and have per- Nancy Beck, Tracy Sebastiano Patracuolla, Cathy and, soon after, in a dozen other countries in formed at the Viper Room a half-dozen times or Bendor, and Cindy Bishop, all fellow ’88s living Latin America, Europe, and Asia. FiL Straughan, so. In the show, Danny Mann & The Rock In The in various parts of the US. My husband, Graham, BArch ’91, will be heading to Europe for a tour Country Band perform the music of Kenny Ches- MBA ’88, and I have a great house, which we to support his just completed latest album called ney, as well as original music, classic rock, and built a few years ago. Everyone is welcome to “FiL the SouL,” which is receiving great reviews. country songs. Social media was instrumental come visit us in Canada. Looking forward to plan- Check out his video at http://www.youtube.com/ (pun) in putting this project together. Cornell winning our big 25th Reunion!” watch?v=59cXzIe16kM. ters helped prepare me well for touring—I have Isn’t it great when classmates marry and their Dave Scher writes that last year he was lead toured all over the US, and even performed at work takes them in the same direction? Harry Lin co-counsel on a case brought on behalf of the Farm Aid with Willie Nelson and Neil Young.” and Cynthia Liu live in Southern California and Dept. of Education against student loan compa- Send us your news in an e-mail to either have had careers involving the Internet. Since nies. “Our firm (www.employmentlawgroup.com) Heidi or me, through the link at our class web- 2008, Harry has been CEO of three different start- helped settle for $57 million and returned millions site, http://classof87.alumni.cornell.edu, by an ups and, in 2011, is now taking time off. Cynthia of dollars in improper interest payments back to update at the Cornell University Class of 1987 has moved her writing career online, where she the DOE to fund educational programs in the fu- Facebook page, or via a Class of ’87 News Form. blogs and does social media marketing. Thomas ture.” Dave has moved to Bethesda, MD, and looks c Brenna Frazer McGowan, [email protected]; Bottoni and wife Dawn made a two-week trip to forward to becoming active in the Cornell Club of or Heidi Heasley Ford, [email protected]. Italy. Thomas reports that they enjoyed it im- Washington. He also practices transcendental med- mensely and visited the picturesque Amalfi Coast, itation and has participated in a launch program Rome, Venice, Florence, and more. They already through the David Lynch Foundation that has Our fellow classmates in the miss the food and rich history of Italy. taught TM to 150,000 underprivileged students Class of ’88 are a busy, vibrant, Here are updates from two high-profile Cor- around the world and now is teaching TM to 88 and generous bunch and your nellians. Micah Fink had a new film come out in 10,000 veterans with PTSD. His son Noah, 14, is updates reflect an ongoing commitment to vol- July on HBO. It’s called Mann v. Ford, and tells already thinking about Cornell and wants to come unteer work and a real giving spirit. the story of a small community of Native Ameri- with him to our next reunion! Daughter Molly is, Kelly Smith Brown, MBA ’92, still loves being cans (living only 38 miles from New York City) he says, “11 going on 25 and a light of peace to a mom and a volunteer. She is very involved with whose homeland is used as a toxic waste dump— anyone she meets.” Attorney Stacy Schneider the Cincinnati Ballet and was named vice chair of and their struggles for justice. Joe Nieuwendyk, (CALS) is working on her second book, “Under- the board. When she can, she visits the Tri Deltas who helped three teams win Stanley Cups, has cover Parenting,” which teaches parents expert 90 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:37 PM Page 91 C tips on how to screen people who are dangerous days were spent with a few good books and en- NJ) completed her doctor of neuropathy degree lass Notes around kids, how to hire a trustworthy nanny, and joying great friends—including her future hus- this January. She is an instructor of anatomy, how to protect your kids on the Internet. Stacy band. Yet another vet contributes to this edition’s physiology, and pathology at the Gentle Healings is a criminal defense attorney in NYC and a legal mailbag: Audrey Kelleman, DVM ’90, of School in Cranbury, NJ. Congrats on the degree! commentator for CNN and Fox News. She gave on- Gainesville, FL, writes of her warm weather swims If Lynn Miller May ’89 is reading, Laura would air commentary on the Casey Anthony case. in the gorges near campus. She now works at the like to reconnect with you. Mindy Schechter Tashlik shares news of a College of Veterinary Medicine at the U. of Flori- Walking over the gorges bridges is Chris wonderful evening in late June spent in NYC with da. After a long day of unpacking moving boxes, Gilbert’s fond memory. In Houston he is a partner ’89ers traveling to the Big Apple from far and she unwinds with her sister Aileen Kelleman- at the Thompson and Morton law firm, which spe- wide. Joining Mindy were Patti Levine Marks, Band. She looks forward to fishing and boating in cializes in representing educational entities such Lynn Nachwalter Broder, Dina Stein Propp, Amy Florida. Aileen missed Kirsten Wehmann Berger as public schools, private schools, charter schools, Susman-Stillman, Lori Rolleri, and Lori Schain during the last reunion. Huge congratulations to and community colleges. His kids set the free-time Hiller ’88. They convened at Hell’s Kitchen Restau- Karen Mitchell and Rob Chodock ’89, who wel- agenda: Cub Scouts, a soccer league for which he rant in NYC for a summer night of friends, fun, and comed son Hudson Joseph on Feb. 6, 2011. Let’s is an assistant coach, and karate. His wife, Mary laughter. Mindy also reports, on the Q.T., that she hope he carries on the Big Red family tradition. Beth, keeps everyone running on schedule. If Erik is bragging about Beth Kane Feldman, who Jennifer Bell-Dauphinais and husband Karl Johnson, MD ’94, is out there, please drop Chris a opened a fabulous cupcake shop in Larchmont, live happily in West Hartford, CT. She is a regis- line via the class correspondents. Also in love with NY, called Sweet and Social. “All Cornellians must tered dietician-nutritionist working part-time at sunny days in the gorges, Jessica Lattman and try out the incredible Red Velvet!” Reporting from Hartford Hospital and expects to complete her David Rosenberg ’89, MD ’93, try to keep up with Syracuse, NY, are Matthew and Katherine Jack- MA in integrative medicine this year. To complete their three children’s vigorous pace. Jessica is a sur- son Saufley with news of their fifth child, Liesl the Cornell connection from many years past, Karl geon in New York City and relaxes by playing the Barbara, born in March 2011. Also in Upstate New was accepted to Human Ecology’s Nutritional Bio- piano. The family visited Argentina, Switzerland, York, Colleen Kimble works as a biologist with the chemistry program; however, he chose and grad- and Wyoming this year. In spite of a demanding NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation. She vol- uated from Colgate in 1992. Recalling her Ithaca schedule, physician Chris Michetti writes (in quite unteers with the Clumber Spaniel Club of America years, Jennifer writes that she never took the legible script) that his favorite Cornell memory is and would love to hear from Laura Judd Mello. beautiful environment or nature for granted. Every the camaraderie of fellow classmates—after all, Kristina Borovicka Gerig (kgerig@columbus. walk across campus offered discoveries. Now she school is a good place to make long-lasting friends. rr.com) remarks that at her kids’ school of only wishes to reconnect with Karen Peterson Rut- When not directing trauma surgery teams and the 150 families in Athens, OH, seven parents are Cor- ledge if possible. Also involved in alternative ICU at Northern Virginia’s Inova Fairfax Hospital, nellians. They call it a cluster. Mark Miller is in medicine, Laura Calvert Richardson (Princeton, he and wife Katherine play with young son Nashville and sent a contact e-mail of [email protected]. In an interesting but presumably unre- lated coincidence, Eileen Rosen Miller, who lives in Manhattan, also sent contact info: eileenmiller180@ Natural Selection gmail.com. And for those of you drinking a cup of coffee while read- Dawn Mulhern ’92 & John Skowlund ’89 ing this, if you are in Connecticut, perhaps you purchased it from a Mountain Mudd Espresso drive- hen Dawn Mulhern was a child, one of her favorite places was the Discovery Room through. If so, say thanks to Phillip Penn, who is introducing the fran- of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, where she could touch chise to Connecticut via a partner- W rocks, fossils, bones, and other specimens. Six years ago, Mulhern wanted to give ship with his firm, PJP Enterprises. her toddler son a similar experience at home; she shopped around for a commercial “discovery Phillip lives in Burlington, CT, with box” filled with natural objects, but couldn’t find one. So she and her husband, John Skowlund, his family and has transitioned into decided to make their own, giving it to their son for the beverage business after a suc- Christmas. “It’s possible that I actually had more fun cessful career as an insurance and finance executive. putting all the stuff in it than he had opening it,” Please keep the news coming says Mulhern, an anthropologist who spent seven via e-mail or snail mail. Check out years working at the Smithsonian and now teaches at the Class of ’89 Facebook page and Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. get involved! c Lauren Flato The experience prompted the couple to start a Labovitz, [email protected]; home-based business, World Discovery Box; Mulhern Kimberly Levine Graham, KAL20@ and Skowlund say they now sell thousands of the cornell.edu; Stephanie Bloom Avi- don, [email protected]; Anne boxes each year, largely via their website, www. Czaplinski Treadwell Bliss, ac98@ worlddiscoverybox.com. Mulhern handles the concep- cornell.edu. tual and scientific aspects, while Skowlund, who has a marketing background, handles the business side. Made of birch wood, the boxes—filled with rocks, Written yet again fossils, shells, and other natural objects—are aimed from 35,000 feet 90 over Texas, here is at getting kids ages five to ten excited about science. the news from our high-flying class- They come in three sizes: a large set of drawers for mates. John ’88 and Nancy Dobbin $289, a medium set for $169, and a small slide-top Shaw, DVM ’94 (Denville, NJ) report box for $75. Each comes with a “starter set” of ob- that earthly pursuits including hik- jects, but kids are encouraged to add their own. The ing, gardening, and family travel are boxes are also intended for use in schools; 50 per- constants in their free time. Last year the Shaw crew headed west to cent are purchased for classrooms, where teachers can the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone Na- link their curricula to the objects. “The magic that happens with the discovery box is in the tional Park, and Mount Rushmore. minds of the kids,” says Skowlund. “It’s not so much the box. It’s the curiosity, the surprise.” Nancy is a veterinarian. Her Cornell — Jamie Leonard ’09 November | December 2011 91 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:38 PM Page 92

Dashiell. He would prefer to travel for family va- a 1930s apartment that they are thoughtfully ren- (who isn’t?) and Chi Phi. Michael Maltenfort cations rather than for medical conferences. ovating around her schedule as a pediatrician at lives in Chicago with his partner, John Glover. From New York City, Michael Karangelen Park Avenue Pediatrics. Somehow, they found time Michael is a professor of math at Truman College maintains all his strong school connections to get married in April 2010! Greg Stoller wrote and a square dance caller in his free time. He through years of service to the University Coun- to let us know that he and wife Arlene are grate- fondly remembers Glee Club. cil, the Arts and Sciences Board, the Class of 1990 ful for their three kids’ health and well-being; their Don’t forget to visit our class website at Fundraising Board, the Student Agencies Board (as oldest is 10 and they have twins, 8. Greg owns a http://classof91.alumni.cornell.edu to stay up to chairman), the E@C Board, numerous panel speak- real estate company, consults in Asia, and studies date on news of our class. Have a great holiday ing engagements, and “lots of other small stuff.” foreign languages as a hobby. He’s studied Japan- season! c Wendy Milks Coburn, wmilkscoburn@ Michael and I lived in the same STA building just ese and most recently, Mandarin. Greg is part of me.com; Charles Wu, [email protected]; and Tom south of the Collegetown bridge and above the an immersion learning program at the Carroll Greenberg, [email protected]. bagel shop. As a result, we spent some time School, where students learn international busi- studying Spanish together, and I recognized his ness by solving real client problems. handwriting on the news form. A fun and funny Especially proud of her work in 2010 in Haiti YOU are invited! In a few short memory for me! Not surprisingly, his favorite times with USA Today and in the Dominican Republic months, please join us for our were spent in the Student Agencies office and re- with Operation Smile, Jessica Lifland, BFA ’92, 92 20th Reunion: June 7–10, 2012. laxing (huh?) on the Quad. Michael still fills his is a freelance photographer and part-time photo- Our class has a Facebook page: Cornell Class of days at TowerBrook Capital Partners in Manhattan. journalism instructor at City College of San Fran- 1992. Please check it out and “like” us! Feel free Debra Helfand tells us that husband Jonah cisco. She and husband Darragh Caffrey are in to “share” the page to other members of the class Klein often runs among the trees growing in contact with many Cornellians through Facebook as well. Our class website is updated, too. Visit: Brooklyn. His competition schedule demands that and in other ways. Nate Bailey wrote to let us http://classof92.alumni.cornell.edu. he dash between New York, New Jersey, and Con- know he works at GE Healthcare as a human re- As you may know, my husband, Todd Kantor- necticut—a true tri-state triathloner. In Septem- sources manager. He enjoys family time with wife czyk, and I are reunion co-chairs, along with vet- ber, he was planning to participate in Syracuse’s Camille, and seems to be keeping up with son eran chair Ian Kutner. This past June, Todd and half-Ironman. Jonah’s day job (let’s hope there is Jack, 7, on outings to NYC and San Diego. Wendy I attended the Class of 1991’s 20th Reunion to a desk involved sometimes) is as a human re- Elizabeth Gale is a candidate for missionary at get some ideas and scout caterers, locations, etc. sources manager at Calvin Klein. Debra is manag- Wycliffe Bible Translators. She earned her MDiv in It’s amazing to see what’s new on campus and ing editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux publishing. June 2010, while working as a computer pro- what (thankfully) hasn’t changed at all. Others at I’m sure that many of our undergraduate days were grammer at SunGard HE. the 1991 reunion included: Allison Bergstrom, spent with a Farrar volume in hand. Keeping the Balancing work, play, and family life seems Lisa Everts, Stephen Goldstein, Oscar Hernan- family traditions, their bookish, athletic, and styl- to be a theme with the Class of 1991. David dez, Michael Isip, Catherine Kim Kumaradas, ish son Sebastian finishes first grade this year and Kleidermacher is writing a book and some Kimberly Sanders Lehrman, Corinne McKamey, enjoys Tae Kwon Do, swimming, and Legos. iPhone apps and blogging. He also likes to play: Francoise Nieto-Fong, Mimi Lee Patterson, Beth Yet again, another leg of our collective flight with his kids, poker, and golf. Charles Andola Riordan, and Sambav “Sam” Sankar. In Septem- path lands successfully. Please file your next III is a surgical physician assistant; he and wife ber, Todd, Ian, and I were joined by class presi- flight plan with us and we’ll record the journey. Israel enjoy sitting on the beach with their kids, dent Karen McCalley to attend Reunion Kick-off c Kelly Roberson, kelly-roberson@sbcglobal. dinners out, and going to shows and symphonies. weekend on campus. We are planning a great net; Amy Wang Manning, [email protected]; Alarik Myrin raises grass-fed beef on a ranch in time for you and yours and we really hope you Rose Tanasugarn, [email protected]. Utah with wife Staci. When not busy feeding and make plans to join us in June! calving the cows, Alarik likes to consult and help Corinne McKamey has started her second year other businesses in his field. He’d rather be hunt- as a professor of science education at Rhode Is- As we near the holidays, thoughts ing in Botswana right now, though, and would land College. Her husband, Max Chang, works of old friends and good times keep love to hear from Steve Hall. Chris Reynolds, a with Doug Hurley at Synapse Energy Economics 91 me anticipating the holiday cards. high-yield bond broker, is happy to report that in Cambridge, MA. She writes, “You get a three- It never gets old to see my friends in their kids’ he’s busy at work, but is also raising four kids for-one e-mailing me!” Corinne says she’s having faces. Wendy Milks Coburn here, writing from with wife Ginette. Chris coaches lacrosse for his a great time at RIC. “After time off with the kids lovely Kennebunk, ME. Since graduating from kids’ teams and fondly remembers Cornell’s view and a research postdoctoral year at Wellesley Cen- Cornell in 1991, I’ve lived mostly in Boston and high above Cayuga’s waters. ters for Women, I had forgotten how much I real- Maine. My husband, Rob, and my son, 3 (a future Joelle Vlahakis Angsten is proud to be rais- ly like teaching.” Sam Sankar writes, “I’m surprised Cornellian), daily celebrate our year-round status ing three busy children: Olivia, 14, Harrison, 11, to realize that I’ve now lived in Washington, DC, in this vacation town. Of course reality does set and John, 7, while working as associate medical for as long as I lived in Northern California—ten in five days a week—I work at TD Bank as VP of director for Tidewell Hospice in Sarasota, FL. She years and counting. Along the way I’ve picked up direct marketing. and husband Brian are active in their kids’ hob- a wife, Amanda Leiter, a stepson, Zachary, 8, and And now for you all . . . It seems Karyn Gins- bies, especially baseball. Rebecca Darien Yodzio a daughter, Kirthi, 2. I spent the better part of berg and her husband, John McCormack, have and husband Wayne are busy with their boys Tyler, the last year helping to lead a presidential in- been bitten by the renovation bug. They bought 6, and Dylan, 4. Rebecca still finds time for con- vestigation into the causes of the BP oil spill, but sulting, kickboxing, and aerobics. Susan Halebsky now I’m back working as an environmental lawyer Dimock and husband Michael enjoy playing with at the Dept. of Justice.” their son. Susan also enjoys gardening. Saman- A thank you to all who sent in your news tha Waterston Peele and husband Michael are in forms. Aileen Smith Amirault lives in Oviedo, FL, Virginia; they are happy fans of the Nationals and with husband Stephen; she’s a director of pro- proud parents. Jean Signorelli Spiegel manages a gram management. Christine Bui Lankevich lives Kohl’s department store, volunteers for her daugh- in Durham, NC, with her new husband, Sy. She is ter’s school and Girl Scouts, travels with husband a research epidemiologist at RTI-Health Solu- Bruce, and spends as much of her summers as pos- tions. All the way in Singapore, Richard and sible at their place on Cayuga Lake. Larissa Selepouchin Stockton ’95 love life Agnna Varinia Guzman is an associate at there. Larissa enjoys swimming and golf and re- Tressler LLP, where she specializes in corporate members her Cornell friends fondly. Joshua Mey- immigration law and business transactions. She er is a communications consultant at the Segal loves to travel, especially abroad, and can claim Co. in New York City. He and wife Lori keep busy recent trips to Barcelona and other parts of with son Benjamin, 4, and daughter Sophie, 17 Spain, as well as northern Germany. Robert Em- months. Also in the Big Apple is Cynthia Caru- merich Jr. is the associate athletic director at so. She is head of human resources and internal Stony Brook U., and also moonlights as a college communications at ING Investment Management. baseball umpire. He is nostalgic about Hot Truck She is also on the board of trustees of Cristo Rey 92 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes and Kurt sent a sent Ethan December 2011 93 wrote that he was that he wrote notes, “Things are “Things notes, sent her update via update her sent | Marc Milgrom live in North Caldwell, live in North notes that he produced a produced that he notes has been working as donor has been working reports that he vacationed to vacationed that he reports , DVM ’98, is busy “enjoying Hi, everyone! I’m writing on a I’m writing Hi, everyone! Jer- in New in August day rainy weath- today’s sure but I’m sey, Ted Mertyris joined Genentech in March 2010 in March Genentech joined was our other lone snail mailer. snail lone was our other November Frank Ableson Braxton Pope Jennifer Quin Henniger James Caton Nik Kolatkar Joseph Basralian Julie Fixman 94 er is still better than what some of you are facing are you of than what some er is still better Please approaching! with winter this as you read with us by returning your news sharing think of Your class mailing. recent the Form from News the quite is classmates your undergrad affinity with with folks corresponding I enjoy I know valuable. each year, solicitation an e-mail out I send when . . . news will too! On to the you I’m sure and husband and herself representing mail, snail same writes that in the Jennifer Colorado. from U. of at the school to grad returned Kurt month life “enjoying is now She job. her lost she Denver, a plan- 7, starting 10 and our girls, with at home health her growing and business,” consulting ning at the also volunteers She business. wellness and PTA. in the and classrooms in their girls’ school Donald Nguyen and with wife Shantii DE, lives in Wilmington, He Laris- newborn 2, and Gavin, 5, Lauren, children with manager is an R&D finance sa. Donald Fu, and Chi, Kung Tai enjoys tennis, and DuPont piano. playing 1. daughter, PR, with his wife and La Parguera, con- building leads IBM’s intelligent For work, he writes that and America, in North practice sulting the that’ll change work to be doing it’s “great world!” on a is in pre-production film and sci-fi feature in Puer- this fall to shoot film that was scheduled an art is “producing Braxton In addition, to Rico. recent- and novelists acclaimed featuring project Vidal.” Gore ly photographed cardiovascular-metabolism, for director as medical nov- of development is involved with the he where dis- cardiovascular and diabetes for el therapeutics New the celebrated wife Jennifer Nik and ease. Vivienne first child, their birth of with the Year fam- the 1, ’11 in San Francisco; Anjali, born Jan. Bay Area. CA, in the lives in Burlingame, ily now news, In political in the process of running for Raritan Township for running of process the in Jersey. Committee in New “This e-mail message: “stream-of-consciousness” a two-week of middle in the Tokyo in me finds for I leave this afternoon trip to Asia. business back to and by Singapore, followed Kong, Hong before, I’ve been to Japan Friday. States next the in country to any first time but this will be my say.” as they Japan,’ ‘Asia-ex NJ, with kids Lucas, 10, and Samara, 7. Ethan Samara, 10, and Lucas, NJ, with kids relations manager with the Nature Conservancy Nature with the manager relations and than two years now, more for Jersey in New im- extremely doing organization, “Great writes, work.” portant IT busi- my to grow Continuing well here. going energy custom work in the some including ness, ap- mobile new in NYC, as well as some industry I will speak at legal industry. the for plications later this month, in Nashville conference ILTA the an Android of edition a new as well as releasing busy book. I have also been fairly programming Way United the of formation this past year in the of result is the which Jersey, New Northern of UW offices.” five distinct merging NY.” in Mahopac, medicine veterinary practicing son, 2. have a husband her and She Arielle Hecht Schiffman . past with , live Kopp Beth Mon- Janet ’92 Tonon, idge Rosenberg, Rist Sottile, mtc Sottile, PhD ’00 Buljat, , Suzanne Wallace Moss, melimoss@ Carrier, and and Carrier, Peugeot is at law Peugeot , McCormack, McCormack, Taylor shares news shares Taylor Andy Williams ’90 buddy for the Andy is the director of ex- of director is the Lisa Moskin .” Also living abroad is abroad .” Also living ’93 , who recently finished recently , who Kristin Sponaugle and his wife, Lindsay, had Lindsay, his wife, and lives in Seoul with his wife Yael Berkowitz Melissa Carver Melissa Hart c , and have been trying to get have been trying , and Samantha Williams Char Kanstrup wrote from his home in New York, in New his home from wrote Debora Cappucci Deanna Stanley , Mary Wallace ’92 recreated spring break to celebrate to break spring recreated , Miranda Ruhland , and , and Chris Miller Jung-Hwan Lee Jung-Hwan ’92 Roger Lam -Neuman, -Neuman, Kimberly Melchionda Kimberly My husband and I both celebrated milestone I both celebrated and husband My We’re just 18 short months away from our own away from months just 18 short We’re Sung-Hwan Choi Sung-Hwan Scott Fink Nancy Snell Weislogel . yahoo.com. Prabhash Subasinghe he where in Sri Lanka, house his dream building Prabhash business. export tire and a seafood runs en- are 10 and 8 and now are two kids “My writes, world with me.” all over the traveling joying so I surprised him with a week- this year, birthdays in concert—our Clapton to see Eric in London end we had a While there, kids. the first trip without up with catching time terrific Cambr live near Ann, who his wife, and their three kids. It’s the first time I’ve seen Andy first time the It’s kids. three their I and Hill. I’m glad Greg on the our days since were celebrate and respite a brief away for able to get father- dear we lost my after, long Not together. This year has been full of in July. Mario, in-law, it special and important how of reminders tender friends. and with our families time is to spend you’ve we hope 6-9, 2013—and reunion—June so we can reminisce on your calendar date put the mean- In the together. old friendships renew and & Dues blue News wait to fill out those don’t time, us an e-mail Or send that we love so much. forms at work, project you finish an interesting anytime together get with your family, day a great spend some- doing or just feel like friend, with a good Have With Friends. Words than playing other thing to see you hope season, and holiday a wonderful Year! New in the [email protected]; [email protected]; in Ithaca with their twin daughters Clare and Clare twin daughters with their in Ithaca Genevieve. 6). He Jeremy, 9, and (Madeline, children and with good in touch “I have been keeping writes, friend few years, “more akin to finding peace.” Miranda has a beau- Miranda peace.” akin to finding “more her around garden plant native tifully flowering Herbs, and Acupuncture Gesundheit private clinic, in Seattle. big Oliver joins last spring. son Oliver Samuel CO. in Golden, home new in their Charlie brother enjoys his and company an educational Chris runs the use of “frequent the of in spite life, work and snowblower.” about “That’s writes, and at Georgetown, school exciting! pretty I think it’s as it gets.” as exciting Deanna. on your exams, Good luck ’92 Kallet ica Stamm at a spa in Cabo. As birthdays milestone their peace inner oceanfront “Lots of Kimberly wrote, like Sounds friends!” with dear guacamole and 40s! fabulous in the to ring ways great some at a had a mini-reunion recently that she wrote spa with Arizona relaxing ecutive education operations and international and operations ecutive education at school Hotel the for collaborations academic husband, her and She Cornell. hold of another Class of Class of another of hold where he is an assistant professor of medicine at medicine of professor is an assistant he where Transplantation Liver Disease and for Center the U. Hospital/Columbia at NewYork-Presbyterian have children Amy wife Scott and Center. Medical 4. Ilana, Ryan, 2, and Bumpas ’92 Hadley Beth Purcell c Ann Crall Lois Julie John- Megan Fee Tara Blitzer Lisa Ginsburg Heather O’Hara Chapman also re- Chapman Hilary Judis Diana Matcovsky Pierson, and and Pierson, Christa Fossee cational Foundation. He Foundation. cational Freedman, Freedman, ndro, 1, with husband Jeff husband 1, with ndro, ee kids with wife Jackie and wife Jackie with ee kids Dies, and and Dies, Ana Gomez works in Pasadena, CA, where CA, works in Pasadena, Richter, Richter, idge Edu I love Ithaca, but November in but November I love Ithaca, is just about my England New leaves The place to be. favorite , [email protected]; , [email protected]; Summers in Sun Valley, ID. Holly lives ID. Holly in Sun Valley, Summers Shuter had a mini-reunion 40th birth- had a mini-reunion Shuter Carolyn Duarte Castellano, [email protected]. Castellano, is “enjoying and witnessing the fascinating the witnessing and is “enjoying Alexandra Migoya Gabi Ritchie Debbie Roach This is a big year for our class, as many of as many our class, year for This is a big Jack Schaedel We received an e-mail from from an e-mail received We 7- reunion—June our big forget Please don’t Rosenberg two sons, and husband with her in Los Angeles and started a family recently and Zach, and Tyler of see some To business. lifestyle photography website at www. out her work, check Holly’s straightshuter.com. Berg, cently celebrated her 40th, with a weekend birth- 40th, with a weekend her celebrated cently bash in NYC that included day have all turned and are long blown into our blown into long are and have all turned and kids, my for “leaf Olympics” more No woods. to want Fall seems over. soccer season is long the sun daytime The on just a little longer. to hang frosts morning but the warming, and is still bright up coming breezes the and to noon, last nearly are sharp. Plans brisk and are our mountain with Christmas Thanksgiving, for made already corner. the around right 40. turning or are have turned our classmates Holly Zax with in June celebration day son, Nero, Benson, Benson, 93 New York High School and does volunteer work volunteer does and School High York New a co-teaches she where Loyola, Ignatius at St. a home- at volunteers and Catholicism class on where to Italy, went she Last spring, less shelter. Pope for mass beatification the attended she that it was writes She II at St. Peter’s. Paul John pilgrims 3 million the of to be one “amazing to celebrate!” there enjoys his thr raising [email protected]; Torrance, speaking to groups about employment law. He re- He law. about employment to groups speaking with his fraternity trips road taking members now. more could travel he wishes and brothers Rojas son Aleja her world” of Duffy Jacobs. She writes that she could use more sleep could use more she writes that She Jacobs. else she’d nothing but there’s energy, more and to son goes After her now. right be doing rather consulting health to fit in public tries she bed, bragging was recently that she shares work. She was at brunch Sunday great about how to friends (shrimp cocktail!). Hall Straight Willard with husband NY, lives in Hamilton, She Jaquay. 12. Kallie, 15, and Lauren, daughters and Kevin Nutri- Animal with Cargill has been working She Nutre- for consultant nutrition as an equine tion show daughters her and Heather 19 years. for na in English, Appaloosa circuit on the horses their They events. gymkhana and Western, jumping, raise they where farm hobby also have a small eggs. and own beef, chicken, their And our class Facebook page! 10, 2012—and at it electronically can do You us your news. send http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/participate/class- ad- us at the of to any or by writing notes.cfm, thanks so much! and care Take below. dresses Jean Kintisch he’s a partner at Hernandez Schaedel and Associ- and Schaedel at Hernandez a partner he’s law employment emphasizing law firm a small ates, past president immediate is the He litigation. and Flintr La Canada of 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:38 PM Page 93 Page PM 2:38 10/12/11 064-103CAMnd11notes 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:38 PM Page 94

works at Morgan Stanley. Arielle is busy as secre- Denys Lau was promoted to associate pro- your info! Happy holidays, everyone, and best of tary of the PTO, captain of a women’s tennis fessor in the College of Pharmacy at the U. of Illi- luck in 2012! c Abra Benson Perrie, amb8@ team, and leader of Samara’s Brownie troop. Con- nois, Chicago. Denys’s research focuses on proper cornell.edu; Veronica Brooks-Sigler, vkbrook gratulations are in order for Jeffrey Feldman, and safe medication use in vulnerable older adult sigler@gmail. Class website, http://classof95. named to the Super Lawyers Rising Stars list as populations. In his free time, he is learning to alumni.cornell.edu. one of the top attorneys in Pennsylvania for 2011 row on the Chicago River. Denys adds, “I love it in the category of business litigation. so much, I don’t understand why I never did row- Danielle Garsin has been in Houston, TX, ing at Cornell.” In New York City, Jonathon White We hope many of you were able since 2004. “I am faculty in the microbiology and was been promoted to associate dean of Student to partake in the annual Zinck’s molecular genetics department at the U. of Texas Affairs at Eugene Lang College/The New School. 96 happy-hour tradition with your Health Science Center at Houston. As of Septem- Additionally, he has served on the mosaic com- local Cornell alumni chapter. As the holidays and ber 1, I will be promoted to associate professor mittee in alumni affairs for Cornell for the past family gatherings approach, it is also a time to with tenure. I very much enjoy running my own year. Todd Edebohls, a former Amazon.com ex- ponder what goals you achieved in 2011. Whether research laboratory, where we investigate the mo- ecutive, founded and launched the website In- you made resolutions or attained achievements this lecular basis of host response to infectious dis- side Jobs (www.insidejobs.com); it helps people year that you didn’t even set out to accomplish, it ease. I married Mike Lorenz, another faculty choose a career and introduces them to schools is always a productive exercise to reflect a little on member, in 2005 and we are blessed with chil- offering relevant training. the hectic year that you likely faced in your career dren Matt, 4, and Katie, 2. I have been thinking Holly Decker Mazzotta sent in a lively update: every day. What are you looking forward to most fondly of Cornell and the beautiful upstate New “I’m closing in on two fan- in 2012? Is it Leap Day so York summers, as we are suffering from record- tastic years at Communispace you can get in an extra day breaking drought and heat here in Texas.” in Boston, where I facilitate of work (or take a “floating Lastly, Jennifer Salm writes, “My husband, private online communities I love the flex” day off, perhaps)? Eric Radler, and I welcomed our new daughter Josie and serve as my clients’ mar- Maybe it’s the London Sum- Amelia in March. After ten years as a pediatrician ket research house. I just ‘ mer Olympics or the antic- I am trying to practice what I preach, although celebrated my second wed- Swedish ipated Mayan calendar date sleep and silence often trumps the ‘right’ thing to ding anniversary and we of Dec. 21? Whatever the do! She is changing so fast and we love being par- added to our family through work/life New Year brings for you ents. I had a mini-reunion with Carrine Burns, the adoption of a Vizsla pup and your family, happy hol- Elena Jeffries Nadgauda, Tracey Chabot Flammer, named Misha. I completed a idays from all of the Class and Neysa Reiss Etienne in January. We had a two-year term on the board balance. of ’96 class officers. weekend-long slumber party in Boston similar to of directors for our local Just as immigration our old days at ‘the Oreo,’ our house on East Seneca American Marketing Associa- Rebecca Kauffman’ ’95 made the Irish diaspora so St. We hope to make it an annual event.” Best tion chapter.” Atena Rosak influential worldwide, Cor- wishes for a safe winter and a Happy New Year! c is a general surgeon in pri- nellians from the Class of Jennifer Rabin Marchant, jennifer.marchant@post vate practice at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tow- ’96 have made their contributions known at home foods.com; Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik, dmp5@ son, MD, and bought a condo in downtown and abroad. Classmates checking in from overseas cornell.edu, Dika Lam, [email protected]. Baltimore with a view of the Inner Harbor. Atena include John Reardon (Jack.Reardon7@yahoo. is active with the local Kappa Alpha Theta alum- com), a US Navy helicopter pilot at the US Africa nae chapter and Baltimore Alumnae Panhell. Command in Stuttgart, Germany. John and his I’d like to start this column with Isela Hernandez has been a very busy entre- wife have a son Jack, 2. John also enjoys skiing a giant thank you to everyone preneur, launching HERNÁN (www.hernanllc.com), and traveling. Heading further east, Sidharta 95 who responded to my e-mail a company based along the US-Mexico border that Oetama is managing director, Southeast Asia, at plea for news. The responses were overwhelming markets Mexican kitchenwares and a line of 100 Formica Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand. He says he is (more than will fit in just one column) and filled percent natural Mexican hot chocolate from Chia- picking up golf while he and his wife stay busy with great stuff. Let’s get down to business. pas. All of the products are made in Mexico in a with their son and daughter. He enjoyed a family Christine Chui Lee and husband Wayne are partnership with local artisans. Isela adds, “Our vacation to California and Florida in August. proud to announce the birth of their daughter, products can be found in gourmet and specialty Back home in the States, many East Coasters Ilsa Yan-Ling Lee, on March 1. Christine writes, stores around the US. I’m looking to the day our dropped their news forms in the mail (the Pony “Ilsa is a serious baby. She looks at people and Mexican hot chocolate is served in Cornell dining Express may have been held up at the Mississip- has a furrowed brow if she doesn’t know you well. halls! It will make for more bearable winters!” pi, as all was quiet on the West Coast front for Maybe that means she’s very studious?” On April Speaking of Cornell, in August, Sarah Lefton class news). Jennifer Tishman Willey is an in- 7, Alejandra Marie was born to Carla Bravo and brought her husband, Bill Selig, and their toddler dustry practice head of consumer products group Tim Kaness. Carla adds, “We live in Dallas and Levi to Ithaca for their first visit ever. They wined and health at AOL. She lives in Matawan, NJ, with love it here! Since getting my MBA from Darden and dined, swam in waterfalls, and spent time on her husband and they have two young boys. Also in 2002, I have been working for United Tech- Seneca Lake with Melanie Lefkowitz and her fam- reporting from the Garden State is Devin Gallagher nologies in the aviation industry.” Joe and Lau- ily. They made the trip from San Francisco courtesy ([email protected]), who lives in Ho-Ho- ra DiTalia expanded their family to include its of Sarah’s speaking engagement about her work Kus and is the director of Asian equity sales at Bank newest member on May 25. They are now the with G-dcast.com, her website that is animating of America Merrill Lynch. He and his wife have three proud parents of baby Brayden Christopher and the Bible in funny and accessible cartoons. sons, and Devin travels a lot to Asia for his job. his big brother, JR. Our final bit of news comes from Rebecca Jeanne Rudski is president of Locon Sensor Jeff Marcus and Joanne Seiff (and their dogs Kauffman. “After moving to Malmö, Sweden, at Systems Inc. and lives in Perrysburg, OH, where Harry and Sally) were thrilled with the arrival of the beginning of 2009, I have finally gone local she also serves as docent at the Toledo Museum their twin sons, Leo Frederick and Samuel Max, this year and have a new job at Sweco working of Art. Matthew Allen ([email protected]) on June 1. Jeff writes, “We look forward to sleep- with environmental certifications for buildings. is an AP European and world history teacher at ing again sometime soon. The dogs are very cu- There’s really nothing like diving into the deep end Byram Hills High School and coaches varsity boys rious about the twins. Sally keeps a sharp eye on of a new job to learn the culture and language! soccer. He lives in Danbury, CT, with his wife and the boys, and Harry makes sure the babies receive Thankfully, my husband has been a huge help with their daughter, 1. Steve Vieux (stevevieux@yahoo. dog kisses on a routine basis.” In Washington, navigating and making light of my cultural and com), a staff attorney at the Federal Trade Com- DC, on June 14, Ron and Jaclyn Goldstein Spitz language fumbles. I am enjoying the challenge, mission specializing in healthcare and antitrust welcomed Riley Eva into the world. Shareef Bata- learning a ton, and happy to be able to walk or law, was appointed to the board of directors for ta and wife Reham had a baby girl named Rayana bike to work in this environmentally friendly city— the Washington, DC, Bar Association. He lives in on August 6 in post-revolution Egypt. Shareef has and I love the Swedish work/life balance.” Silver Spring, MD, and plays in a rugby league. started a new position as associate director at If you sent in news and didn’t see it in this Mark Pizov, ME ’97 ([email protected]) is the Silatech Qatar, which addresses the growing issue column, have no fear. Your updates will be shared director of inventory and warehousing at Westing- of unemployment of Arab youths. in the near future. Thanks again for sending in house Electric Co. He and his wife live in Wexford, 94 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes is , ME quite Kevin David- Utano, Carolyn Kipnes, Al Yu Bracken, Elizabeth have lived , BS Ag ’09, , BS Ag Daphna Abrams December 2011 95 David Luedecke- . Yoni Fridman | Uthica Jinvit Michael Chabot Jon Nathan Karen Dorman Salins, Salins, , and , and Alyse Dibenedetto and and Molly Darnieder has expanded and moved his moved and has expanded Kameros writes that she and writes that she Kameros c lives in Boston with wife November lives in Saratoga Springs, where she where Springs, lives in Saratoga Gregg Brochin Amanda Panissidi ’01 Dora Chen Risa Levine Miller has a new job as an assistant pro- job as an assistant Miller has a new works full-time as a management con- as a management works full-time Kirchofer, DVM ’07, who moved to Scotland moved DVM ’07, who Kirchofer, Did you read about yourself in this column? you read Did Mahesh Netravali Emily Lobel Filip Galiza Travis Betters , BA ’97, and two daughters (ages 4 and 8 4 and (ages two daughters ’97, and , BA Injury Research and Education Foundation and has and Foundation Education and Research Injury England New the to found a grant been awarded study a regional It’s Injury Consortium. Spinal Massachu- in surgeons spine of composed group wife and Christian trauma. spine study setts who ago. months two James, first child, their had Cara maple. and walnut crib out of “I built his said, He night the sleeps through that he I’m convinced it’s because Actually, craftsmanship. fine to its due care great takes who mother has a wonderful he Amen! a blessing.” really him. He’s of sec- their welcome thrilled to Dean were husband big Ethan, on July 19. Joshua’s Joshua child, ond live in South Or- 2-1/2. They is Gabriel, brother about five Emily is enjoying NJ, and ange, to returning leave before maternity of months early since worked has she where & Young, Ernst na- with their director 1999. Emily is an associate en- team. She inclusiveness diversity and tional and classmates, with lots of in touch joys being corner, the just around some are loves that there including frequently. Waxman, and and Waxman, can pursue veterinary medicine. can pursue veterinary Scott so his wife, ’96 running year of in his tenth is now He months). WebPageCreation. business, design his own Web filled with trips to years were His last four org. Nether- Spain, the Hawaii, China, Japan, Peru, sees He Greece. and lands, ’99, son Max 2002. Their DC, since in Washington, has a “He was born last year. Chen-Nathan Jonah Dora. fun,” reports of is tons hair and of full head lawyer and as an anti-trust has been working Jon Edith to Commissioner an attorney-advisor is now Dora Commission. Trade Federal on the Ramirez Em- Service lawyer at the works as an in-house on organizing focusing Union, ployees Int’l union. the into workers healthcare love to We’d us your news. please send If not, you! from hear [email protected]; and [email protected]; [email protected]. Kobiki to start his own businesses while trying sultant estate invest- real and products in anti-corrosion US, in the to be a CPA is also studying He ing. adds He a toddler. raising and Mandarin, learning bas- football, fellowship group, that a Christian continue alumni network Tokyo the and ketball, part in his life. to play a big a new bought and NY, to Rochester, company York, Also in upstate New Victor. in nearby home Allyson Byrne to a son, born Sept. 17, mom new and is a dentist would love to hear 2010. Allyson writes that she who Orlov, Sidney teacher freshman her from Edge.” on the class “Living the taught and Jersey, to New to move plans who ow, Gelfand Amherst. at UMass, fessor in marketing a is starting as he change, of midst also in the Hawaii U. of at the program MBA China-focused year one for in Honolulu will study He this fall. year. another for China, in Guangzhou, then and are move Also on the c Matt Erica Susan Kosher only 12 min- Brenner in May 2011. Max in May Brenner completed a spine surgery completed a spine stays busy in Cedar Rapids, Cedar stays busy in writes that he has returned writes that he writes that he works as a free- works writes that he reports that she has been in- that she reports Writing this column never ceases this column never Writing our things The me. to amaze bringing do—from classmates Carter, [email protected]; [email protected]; Carter, Karla Gebel Perrin and and —hit the shelves in the summer, af- summer, in the shelves —hit the Sunny Kim Nelson, [email protected]. Nelson, Sarah Musher Jim Roger Hom A number of additions have joined the greater the have joined additions of A number on with our what’s going to know want We Christian DiPaola Michael Levy , ran the Triennial Finger Lakes Trail Relay for Trail Lakes Finger Triennial the , ran Disney Endurance series in 2011—78.6 miles of 2011—78.6 in series Endurance Disney will sneakers) miles (and training Lots of racing! enough, busy her keep doesn’t If that be involved. in crim- course a bachelor’s-level is designing she was She university. an online for procedure inal husband, her as Hill this fall back on the ’95 your in all of Rebecca, Good luck, time. fifth the endeavors! as two Yorkies, and two kids, IA, with his wife, Progressive practice, well as his private medical PLC (www.prmpractice. Medicine Rehabilitation com). en- CG artist in the and development visual lance shares, He industry. broadcast and tertainment in the mainly exist design I things the “Although all the physical, the not and virtual the of realm have Architecture at Cornell I learned lessons an environ- design I play every time into come the a spaceship, or a pitch for a creature, ment, See? That Cor- baby diapers.” greatest latest and is useful! really degree nell parents joined Baby Maxwell ’97 family. Class of and Matt excit- were who Henry, and Tali siblings big joins to work continues Sarah him home. ed to welcome in Orange consultant development as a leadership the into entrance a dramatic CA. Making County, joined who Perrin, “Brody” world was Broderick parents broth- Big hospital! arrived at the utes after they The brother. his new for was excited er Whittaker west only three moved up and packed family Seattle. OH, for Columbus, later—leaving months enforce- criminal a job as regional started Karla loves 10. She Region EPA, US at the counsel ment his Jim is finishing Northwest. Pacific the it and military State U. in early American Ohio PhD from Washing- in the as a major history while working Brody! and to Max Welcome Guard. ton National and mailing class dues the Look for classmates! envelope provided! in the your news send Sarah Deardorff Broennle Chinese: Living, Teaching, and Eating with China’s Chinese: Living, Teaching, Other Billion Michael! Congrats, journey. ter a three-year Barbara Master executive on the secretary recording stalled as the Flat- of Sholom Temple synagogue, her of board in Mill Basin, synagogue conservative bush, the writes a column called “Schmoozin’ She Brooklyn. newsletter. with Susan” in their 2009, BC, in 2008 and fellowship in Vancouver, tu- injuries, cord spinal lots of treated he where has been at U. he then Since scoliosis. and mors, department, orthopaedics in the Massachusetts of has also He surgery. solely on spine focusing Spinal called the organization started a nonprofit children into the world to writing books, follow- books, world to writing the into children farms running businesses, to starting dreams ing neat world—it’s all really the around to running with to share it’s a privilege about and to read Enjoy! others. now and Corps service after Peace China from His first book— Brooklyn. lives in DUMBO, 98 , MS Carin Bradley Siobhan Rebecca Ron John- , along with , along Joshua Babbitt nduct parent coordi- parent nduct Robert Cruikshank ([email protected]) gives back to the Cornell gives back to the ([email protected]) , MPA ’93. We hope to CU at hope ’93. We , MPA , [email protected]; , [email protected]; ’92 Holiday season and the end of end the season and Holiday approach- fast year are another see what Let’s look back and ing. Jennifer Grosso ’13 has reopened her law practice in law practice her has reopened , who was promoted to partner at to partner was promoted , who and and Moore Moore Rajen Shah -Silverman, [email protected]; [email protected]; -Silverman, , [email protected]. Class website, http:// Class website, , [email protected]. Kristin Boekhoff Following the need for elder services with the services elder for need the Following Keep us posted on any exciting news in your news exciting us posted on any Keep Closer to campus, to campus, Closer Liam O’Mahony Dan Turinsky c community by hosting interns at her resort. This resort. at her interns by hosting community students saw Architecture past summer our classmates have been doing in 2011! have been doing our classmates Kinsey ’13 Emilie Tennant from the U. of Edinburgh, join Edinburgh, U. of the from Tennant Emilie bamboo con- and mud new Kristin developing techniques will be These techniques. struction Kristin’s so- for building used to build a prototype Pan- resort, sustainable environmentally and cially located in southern (www.panigram.com), igram will be fully resort the Kristin hopes Bangladesh. is very involved in 2012 and by fall operational is lo- she in which community back to the giving place looks website—the out her Check cated. world career in the success Also enjoying amazing! is 97 Kasowitz, Benson, Torres, and Friedman LLP. Dan LLP. Friedman and Torres, Benson, Kasowitz, U. Law Washington George his JD from earned practices in employment specializes and School to you Congrats NYC office. in the litigation and Dan! on your accomplishment, population, Baby Boomer aging rapidly Cantor Amster al- law mediation, on elder with a focus Florida in children to represent will continue she though as well as co cases, divorce Family Court. County Miami-Dade with the nation entire the was running that she Rebecca shared stone classof96.alumni.cornell.edu. Lustig ’97 ([email protected]), who now serves as VP serves now who ’97 ([email protected]), Sydell at the acquisitions for counsel general and of manager and developer, an owner, Group, NYC. in Hotel Ace the including lifestyle hotels, Christopher Dimaio of director in July as the position started a new of School Sinai at Mount endoscopy therapeutic Medicine. O’Mahony Thanksgiving game BU hockey the in NYC for MSG your class officers! from Holidays Happy Weekend! is an equity research analyst with CastleRock analyst is an equity research daugh- a new welcomed recently and Management 3. Ra- also have twin boys, his wife and He ter. basketball. jen loves playing us a note! 2016 to send wait until don’t and life, group reunion 1996 2011 Class of 2006 and The 1996 Class of have been posted on the photos if any- 1996), and Class of (Cornell Facebook page class 2001 reunion the of shot has a digital one ad- us at the of it to one please e-mail photo, re- set of so we can complete the below, dresses this writing I finish As to date! photos union I have correspondent, class column as a new beach- amazing to see the Phoenix from traveled sister, visit my MA, and Nantucket, es of PA, where he coaches youth soccer and is a mem- is and youth soccer coaches he where PA, Pittsburgh. 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WOW! That is all I am going to Shalyn Clute Campellone and husband Ken “Jake, 2, has been a great helper, but who knows say regarding the outpouring of welcomed Kara Lynn, their first child, in May how long before they are wrestling for control over 99 responses from the Class of 2010. Shalyn still works for Bristol-Myers Squibb, their toys.” The sleepless nights are draining, but 1999. I speak for all of our class correspondents but is transferring from California to Connecticut, Nicholas would love to be a stay-at-home dad. An- when I say THANK YOU to everyone who took the as her husband was offered a faculty position at other two-time dad, Brian Murray, shared news time to fill us in on what was new in their re- UConn. Shalyn and Ken are excited to move back of the birth of Mackenzie Quinn, born on March 8. spective lives. So, in order not to waste any more to the East Coast and just purchased their first Brian and wife Meg are also parents to Brian John, character space this month, let’s get right to it! home in Glastonbury, CT. Best of luck, Shalyn! 2. Elizabeth Stavis Reed was named the assistant Randi Rotjan is settled into a permanent re- In October 2010, Jean Dodds moved back vice president for alumni relations at Barry U. in search scientist position at the New England to Long Island after being in Connecticut and January 2011. She is hard at work reinventing the Aquarium, which houses an academically styled working for the Care of Trees, a national tree care school’s alumni relations division and truly enjoy- research program. She is one of the core scien- company, for the last 11 years as operations coor- ing it. Elizabeth and her husband, Jerry, live in tists working on the Phoenix Islands Protected dinator. She now works for Ray Smith & Associates Fort Lauderdale, FL, with their two rescued Boston Area, the largest and deepest marine world her- (another, smaller, tree and landscape company) as terriers. In the summer of 2011, they celebrated itage site on the planet (see recent stories in Na- controller and HR director alongside her twin broth- their two-year wedding anniversary with their first tional Geographic and on NPR). She has also been er, who is vice president. Also in April, Jean be- trip to Europe, on a cruise with port calls in Spain, traveling to various oceans working on fish-coral came president of the Long Island Arboricultural France, and Italy. Class Council alumna Andrea interactions and on expedition in Panama, Saudi Association and in June, secretary of Friends of the Wasserman, class president Rebekah Gordon, Arabia, Indonesia, and Belize. Randi was lucky Long Pond Greenbelt (sounds like a busy spring!). and class VP (and fabulous co-class correspondent) enough to attend the wedding of Dr. Mukund After working ten years at the Breakers in Andrea Chan have been elected to four-year terms Thattai in Bangalore, India, along with many Palm Beach, Rodolfo Saccoman resigned in 2010. on the Cornell Council. They join our former class other Cornellians. Immediately after all of this In addition to being director of online market- president Emanuel Tsourounis II, JD ’03, who travel, Randi and husband Jeff Chabot (PhD, MIT) ing, Rodolfo was part of the investment commit- was elected to the council last year. Congratula- celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary. tee. Meanwhile, he launched a company called tions, and thanks for serving our university and Jake Dehne lives in Wauwatosa, WI, a sub- MyTherapyJournal.com with his brother. Together representing our class so capably! urb of Milwaukee. Jake is married with daughters Rodolfo and his brother won an investment on I recently spotted two classmates on televi- Kendra, 3, and Sydnie, 6. He owns two night- “Shark Tank,” ABC’s entrepreneur show! Rodolfo sion. Mickey Rapkin was featured on “CBS Sun- clubs: Buckhead Saloon and Suite in downtown then went to work for Morgan Stanley in Miami. day Morning” discussing his book, Theater Geek: Milwaukee. He works with Tate Winckler ‘97 and Recently, he has resigned from banking to start his The Real Life Drama of a Summer at Stagedoor always welcomes Cornell alumni and friends to next entrepreneurship venture, AdMobilize. Rodol- Manor, the Famous Performing Arts Camp. Mickey visit. In summer 2010 Jake had a small weekend fo hangs out with many Cornellians in Miami—a is a senior editor at GQ and this is his second reunion in Milwaukee with Eric Boden, Assad tight group. He wishes everyone much success book, after Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate Waathiq, Doug Gault ‘97, Matt Sargent ‘96, and spiritual wealth and looks forward to hear- A Cappella Glory. Jeff Ng was featured playing pok- Josh Grapski ‘96, and a few others when the ing from any classmates. That’s all we can fit this er with Anthony Bourdain on the Travel Channel’s Phillies played the Brewers. month, folks. Don’t worry, though, your respons- “No Resevations Macau” episode. Jeff, who lives Adam Price, wife Ariel, and daughter Sari es have been received and they will be included in Macau, reported, “I first met Tony in Macau for welcomed the newest addition to their family in the next issue. Best wishes to all of our class- dim sum and I asked him what kind of tea he with the birth of Eli on April 22, 2011. The Prices mates! c Taber Sweet, [email protected]; would like to drink. He responded, ‘How about gin reside in Southbury, CT, where Adam is an in- Beth Heslowitz, [email protected]; Liz and tonics?’ It was 10 a.m. on a Tuesday. I knew house employment attorney for a pharmaceutical Borod Wright, [email protected]; Melanie I would like him. Tony is a witty, sarcastic, funny, company. Kristen Hartnett is a forensic anthro- Grayce West, [email protected]. and overall good guy who just loves his life. He pologist for the office of the chief medical exam- knows he’s a lucky guy and is quite modest about iner in New York City. Kristen LOVES her job doing it. I had a great time shooting the episode with forensic casework (like on the TV show “Bones,” One nice surprise I’ve found Tony and his crew. What a fun week!” but not really . . .) and also works at the World since moving back to New York An earlier column shared the sad news of the Trade Center doing archaeology there for ongoing 00 has been all of the Cornellians passing of Jonathan Page and his wife, Yulin forensic investigations. Kirsten is married and has I randomly meet. My neighbors, other moms at Wang. Jonathan developed a passion for science an amazing son named Owen, who turned 1 on the playground, even the farmer who runs my while attending high school at Bishop Eustace July 12. Owen was born at 29 weeks, spent two local CSA—all Cornellians! It’s great being back Preparatory School in New Jersey and studied months in neonatal intensive care, and truly is a in Cornell country! physics at Cornell. He established a strong back- miracle baby—he’s completely healthy! (As a side Living in New York made for an easy trip to ground in engineering research and worked in the note, Kristen was fortunate enough to share the the wedding of Marc Greenberg ’99, DVM ’03, and communication power industry in Palo Alto, CA, fourth floor, Class of ‘28 dorm with yours truly.) Laura Hoyt. Their May wedding was a beautiful developing anti-missile systems, thus saving Meow Seen Yong wishes to connect with any affair, and the two veterinarians enjoyed a honey- many lives. Since his untimely death in a car ac- classmates, especially those who lived in Mary moon in Paris. Dave and Janna Reis Johnsen cident in September 2010, Jonathan’s friends and Donlon Hall. Currently residing in Singapore with ’01, Brian Bier, Navid Zarinejad, Andrew Mon- family have created a foundation to fund an an- his family of six, including his parents, Meow tario, and Chris Weld and I celebrated with the nual memorial scholarship for a Bishop Eustace Seen would love to host anyone coming by Sin- happy couple. Marc and Laura live in NYC. graduate planning to pursue a science major in gapore for a visit. (It is always good to have a I love catching up with fellow Cornell grads college. This year’s recipient of the first Jonathan place to crash, people!) Brady Russell has sold in person, but receiving updates is equally enjoy- Page Memorial Scholarship was Frank De Vone, his house in deep North Philadelphia and now lives able. Erica Sackett Pyper is enjoying the ex-pat who received the award on Friday, June 3. in South Philadelphia. He is thrilled to be a renter life in Switzerland. She is mom to two boys, 3 and Fundraising events will be planned to perpetuate again (and you are probably not alone on that one, 1, and leads a multicultural English-speaking play- funding of this scholarship. Brady). Brady works for Clean Water Action Penn- group. Erica and her boys enjoy picking apples Please keep sending us your updates. We love sylvania as the eastern Pennsylvania director, do- from their orchard and feeding them to the neigh- hearing from you and sharing your news, big or ing work to fight hydrofracking. He was the first borhood cows. She spends her spare time learn- small! c Christine Jensen Weld, ckj1@cornell. organizer to go to Dimock, PA, ground zero for ing German and participating in a book club. edu; and Andrea Chan, [email protected]. some of the worst fracking accidents. He was also Motherhood is an amazing experience, reports the first Clean Water Action staffer ever to be Mindi Holtsmark Green, who has a new daughter, quoted on Radio Free Europe. To Brady though, Magdelena (Maggie), and a toddler, Kristoffer, 2. Happy fall, Class of 2001! It’s been his biggest news was the launch of his Web com- The family lives in Lynnwood, WA. The kids keep an active year on many fronts and ic last February (http://EatTheBabies.com/), Mindi busy, and she says she wouldn’t change it 01 we hope the end of the year is go- which updates twice a week and features Woody for anything! Writing from Livingston, NJ, ing well for all of you. In class news . . . Congrat- Guthrie, John Maynard Keynes, and a walking, Nicholas Mandala welcomed his second child, ulations to Alex ’02 and Lori Luckow Gitomer on talking TV. Check it out. Cooper Aiden, on Oct. 22, 2010. Nicholas writes, the birth of daughter Zoe Myla, born on May 14, 96 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes , He- Jason Wiener December 2011 97 Atchara Ma- Mara | November , who has moved back to Bangkok, in- back to Bangkok, moved has , who , who moved to Minneapolis to pursue to to Minneapolis moved , who I’m always surprised when I see a kelly green a kelly I see when surprised I’m always This next piece of news, from from news, of piece This next their 400-head dairy farm and Katie is a fore- Katie and farm dairy 400-head their Fisher-Price. for analyst casting in Oregon, way out here T-shirt Gorges” Is “Ithaca very far to look needs never one but apparently classmate. former a to find hatchavaroj several friends Cornell sees that she me forms at the and Kong, Hong in Bangkok, a year times has completed Atchara Thailand. Club of Cornell Sasin Graduate from program MBA executive the Chulalongkorn of Administration Business of Inst. jewelry man- family’s at her works full-time U. and Hopefully, business. exporting and ufacturing to move I should why reason more gives just one once, I’ve only been there someday. CO, Boulder, a beautiful that it was such but I was impressed Jason, dispositions. sunny sun and full of place, his and Meghan with his fiancée lives there who had this to say about his Siena, and Dharma dogs pos- by the excited up every day life: “I wake daily counsel as general brings role my itive challenge board was elected to the Jason Solar.” Namaste of Indus- Solar Energy Colorado the of directors of role a leading playing is he and Association, tries a to guide that is helping coalition in a business elec- Boulder’s to municipalize effort landmark investor-owned incumbent the from service tricity you succeed! hope one I for Jason, utility. len Perakis fellowship, will have similar luck surgery a plastic love says she’d She community. a Cornell finding area, in her Cornellians with other to reconnect cross- lots of to do hopes She be shy. so don’t you and sports, winter other and skiing country this June. in Ithaca her on seeing can count , , c , MPA Chris- Claire ’s “Part Krista Gillian Lauren and and Kyle McKen- idged version idged has also made Monaghan gave Monaghan welcomed their welcomed Andrea Sweeney Michael Hanson (Annual Fund repre- Fund (Annual ’s marriage began with began ’s marriage , Tsee Lee The Little Mermaid (publicity chair); (publicity Julie Langelier Reichart, Reichart, Yaminay Nasir Chaudhri Lynn Vitiello Katie (Cody) Katie The musical tribute to musical The Boudreau der- a horse’s pyramid, a human Hammer, [email protected]. Hammer, (Class Council); and and (Class Council); and and Lora Epstein Trina Lee . A few months before that, Febru- before . A few months Nathan Connell , Hammer (class correspondent); correspondent); (class Hammer and and as an event planner at MIT. On June 10, On June at MIT. planner as an event Contrary to recent trends, weddings no longer no weddings trends, to recent Contrary to control trying of topic While I’m on the Keeping up the trend, trend, up the Keeping Diana Tyler Lauren Bontecou (Class Council/webmaster). Please keep for- Please keep (Class Council/webmaster). rière, and a lot of singing. Gill’s old housemates singing. a lot of and rière, Cornell,from of House as the known affectionately an abr to reenact endeavored Love, of to Gill’s life of tune the 02 first baby, Hannah Elizabeth; it sounds like Elizabeth; it sounds Hannah first baby, best: like on what babies experts basically they’re on works with his parents Adam toys. milk and of Your World.” The audience was a bit puzzled, audience The World.” Your of Dave looked at first, as Gill and quite intrigued and their praying grandparents, to their nervously like inappropriate something wouldn’t do friends end, the But by Bear Stare.” or a “Care stand a keg was everyone fireworks, and power chord after the The out sparklers. passing and cheering up and gob- had this to say: “I was just completely bride I was literally and thing whole by the smacked beaming with my fists held ceremo- whole it.” The of end toon person by the up to mya like face car- allowed time It jovial. and relaxed, was sincere, ny to but also old memories, rekindle only to not took place on July festivities The ones. new make VT. in Burlington, Dave’s property 30 on Gill and we have to see our only chance the to be need just so happens It simultaneously. buddies Cornell I’ve got- up and is coming that our 10th Reunion vow to be there. people who from mail ten a lot of person is such One Philly to from moved He change. career a drastic on as was hired He Fellows. NYC Teaching join the school at a high teacher education a math/special survivor from For America a Teach As in Harlem. pa- and luck best of I wish you all the Bronx, the all that while it takes Just remember Tsee. tience, stu- the and to be effective, head and your heart all they will do administrators and parents, dents, your self-esteem, it’s just business. can to destroy with in- a robot you’re Pretend personal. not It’s endless and goals, unwavering finite patience, things. wonderful you’ll do and compassion about let’s hear generations, future direct and was born on June Adelaide Maisie babies. some our own, 29 to two of tian Yunker ary 24 to be exact, to In addition Rose. Meghan birth to daughter with Lynn has worked a mom, being Lance Adam Becker BArch ’03. You may remember her as an Architec- her remember may ’03. You BArch in changes some has made but she student, ture She side. artistic her has embraced life—she her art video makes now and in May an MFA finished Works. called Collar NY, a gallery in Troy, runs and out at www.yaminay.com. her Check and and na of on news short We’re news! good the warding some send on with you, so please all that’s going our way! at [email protected]. E-mail Also, Twitter! us out on Facebook and to check be sure 2011! of end a fabulous everyone Wishing Lauren Wallach sentatives); sentatives); Wallach Ackerman ’02, Binder Leah Sarah Kellen , ME ’03 (presi- for herstudies of (VP/membership chair); (VP/membership wrote to tell us she had to tell us she wrote (secretary/treasurer); (secretary/treasurer); was written up in the March was written up in the New Yorker Palmer has lots of news to share. news has lots of Palmer was on the “Cash Cab” episode that “Cash Cab” episode was on the Praveen Anumolu Vengels and husband David welcomed David husband and Vengels Ziemba, who joined the law firm of law firm the joined who Ziemba, Gregory Robinson We’d like to welcome our new class officers our new to welcome like We’d Laurel Braitman Sharon Ellis Melanie Woodrow trichotillomania (or compulsive hair-plucking). She (or compulsive hair-plucking). trichotillomania of phenomena the of on studies has been working theories Her animals. in nonhuman illness mental experi- shared that the belief have led to the emotional and disorders certain mental of ences in trichotillomania of diagnosis the from states, to depres- in dogs anxiety to separation gorillas sion in cetaceans,a leads to of understanding new anthropo- and historical Her relatedness. species socio-historical the investigates research logical mental identifying that have made circumstances possible. animals other and in humans disorders environmen- and as a biologist has worked Laurel tal in- interests her and professional conservation between relationships shifting only the not clude under- but also how creatures, other and humans and relationships evolutionary of standings our- of our ideas change distinctions species on her research about Laurel’s Learn more selves. http://animalmadness.com/. website, our class to the leading to them look forward and reunion! next dent); Adam Halston Dunst 14, 2011 the issue of 2011. Looking forward to Zoe being a part of the part of a being to Zoe forward Looking 2011. news, baby In other 2033! of Class Heckscher 30, on Nov. Kyle, a son named child, first their news, In funny to flourish! continues 2010. He Connor Galvin new with old and connecting time a fantastic lives in Virginia, She 10th Reunion. at the friends a local TV sta- for news the anchors she where certifica- her is earning yoga, and teaches tion, Inst. the coach through health as a personal tion to Congratulations Nutrition. Integrative of Hurtgen in its as an associate Best & Friedrich Michael firm’s ener- the joined She WI, office. Madison, her team, focusing industry sustainability gy and de- new of permitting and siting on the practice and agricultural including projects, velopment envi- on clients counseling and projects, energy firm in the to joining Prior matters. ronmental in Peabody at Nixon Leah was an associate May, as a legal clerk career started her She York. New Dis- Northern the of Office Attorney’s US the for policy as a public worked and York New of trict lobbyist for and coordinator, regulatory specialist, NY. in Glenmont, Farm Bureau York New the originally aired July 2, 2011; he won $3,200! Nice! he July 2, 2011; aired originally She had the best time at Reunion in June and June in Reunion at time best had the She it For her, organizers. to the accolades gives high every- introduce and friends to see old was great Re- also attended who Brent, husband, to her one 5, on March married Brent and Sharon union. Howard of directors co-managing are 2011. They representation tenant + Co., a commercial Ecker York in New with offices Chicago firm based out of They Miami. Charleston, and Denver, Detroit, City, ten- corporate represent and office Miami the head new for lease negotiations retail and in office ants relocations. and renegotiations, renewals, space, 2009 and in November office the opened They won an award Sharon success. have had incredible for Commerce Chamber of Miami Greater with the first her impact during biggest the made having her exceeding + Co., for Ecker year with Howard has gained she recognition the for and job duties, to Sharon! Congrats industry. in the 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:38 PM Page 97 Page PM 2:38 10/12/11 064-103CAMnd11notes 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:38 PM Page 98

Let me squeeze in one last piece of news from his first triathlon this year, and this October he lack of cooking and food preparation skills, she David Carlucci, of the NYS Senate. David was sworn is going to Honduras to staff a free clinic for the and her colleagues designed a hands-on intensive in in January to represent the 38th District, which poor for two weeks. Heather Schroeder has been nutrition class (called “Bariatric Bootcamp”) for is all of Rockland County and parts of Orange Coun- on the move. She earned a master’s degree in city their patients to learn more about eating properly. ty. As if that weren’t momentous enough, David and regional planning at UNC, Chapel Hill in May The patients have the opportunity to review food followed up a few days later with his wedding to 2010. She writes, “The one-year anniversary of groups, weigh and measure foods, read labels, taste longtime girlfriend Lauren Grossberg. Speaking of my move to Boston is coming up in early Septem- foods they might not have tried before, and apply weddings, I want to offer my personal thanks for ber, and I’ve lucked out by having Cornellians as what they learn about food and cooking to remain one of your summertime votes, David. Well done. some of the best tour guides in town—including successful after surgery. Nina was scheduled to ac- Here’s one last blurb from our class officers. my college roommates Sara Rosenblum and Amy cept the award at the ADA’s Food & Nutrition Con- Congratulations to Lori Kramer for submitting the Goodman. My sister Kristen ’00 couldn’t be more ference & Expo in San Diego in September. She is winning entry in our class reunion logo competi- thrilled for my move to Beantown—now she has also president-elect of the South Carolina Dietetic tion! You can check out the logo on our website, an excuse to come up for the Cornell-Harvard Association, and will be pursuing a PhD in health http://classof02.alumni.cornell.edu/; it will also hockey game in Cambridge every year!” psychology at Walden U. beginning in the fall. Her be used in all of our 10th Reunion materials. It wouldn’t be a proper column without wed- dissertation will focus on psychosocial factors and If you sent news and it didn’t appear in this ding and birth announcements—of which there weight regain in post-gastric bypass patients. She issue, look for it in the next one. We sometimes were too many to fit into this column. So, briefly, hopes to graduate in December 2012. go through dry spells where there isn’t enough congratulations to: Siobhán Cully Mattison, who Calling all NYC alums! On Saturday, Novem- news, so when it pours down on us we like to wrote, “My husband, Peter ’00, MS ’05, and I have ber 26, please join the classes of 2004 and 2005 save it up and parcel it out like canned fruit or recently moved to Auckland, NZ, where I began a for a pre-game event before you head to MSG for state quarters. That, however, should not stop you post in the anthropology department as a lectur- the Cornell vs. Boston U. hockey game. We will from sending more news. Keep it coming, and er. We have also welcomed our first child, Leif, have the upstairs party room at Slattery’s (8 East start making those reunion plans now. c Jeff born in 2011. If any graduates are now located in 36th St.) from 5-7 p.m. Please visit this website Barker, [email protected]; Carolyn Deckinger, Auckland, please let me know!” Katie Carlino for registration: https://secure.www.alumni [email protected]. Reilly and husband Rick ’02 welcomed their first connections.com/olc/pub/CEL/event/showEvent child, Colin, last December. Susan Klein and Form.jsp?form_id=75562. Hope to see you there! Daniel Jossen ’02 welcomed their daughter Orly Send news to: c Anne Jones-Leeson, CU2004 It was a crazy summer here in late last year as well. Now 10 months old, Orly was [email protected]. Seattle (and on the East Coast, to be a flower girl at her (Uncle) Matthew Jossen 03 too) and we’ve got plenty of ’04’s wedding over Labor Day weekend. news to report. Let’s talk about all our Cornell Sheerin Florio wrote, “I’m living in D.C. and Greetings, fellow ’05ers! I hope entrepreneurs first! Anand Puri shared that he last year married my husband, Vincent, whom I some of you were able to make moved to New Delhi from Calcutta and opened met while in grad school in Paris. Here in D.C. I’m 05 a trip up to Ithaca to enjoy the Saket Bed and Breakfast (saketbedandbreakfast. in enterprise software sales for Rosetta Stone, fall foliage! Thanks to all who responded to our com). It’s already reached the top ten of B&Bs in where I’m using my Cornell-acquired languages, as e-mail request for news. Unfortunately, we could- Delhi. Anand invites Cornellians in Delhi to come well as learning Portuguese. I also volunteer as a n’t fit it all into one column, so if you don’t see check it out and make it a meeting spot! I just middle school student mentor with an amazing your news this time, look for it in the next issue. checked out the website and would like to recom- organization called the Higher Achievement Pro- We have a lot of classmates who have gone mend that Alumni Affairs consider hosting a retreat gram.” Sara Rosenblum celebrated her wedding to back to academic life to continue their education. for class columnists . . . OK, wishful thinking. Howard Fishman. They met a few years ago in Carlos Hill received a full scholarship to attend If you’re thinking, gosh, I’d love to travel, but Boston, which is where they are still living. Jamie the McCombs School of Business at the U. of Texas, I’d love it even more with a travel partner, perhaps Porco Guglielmo wrote, “I got married in June to Austin for his MBA. Afian Anwar is doing his PhD you are just the person to check out Erika Ettin’s Louis Guglielmo (a non-Cornellian, but one who at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence new business, A Little Nudge (www.alittlenudge. appreciates Ithaca!) in Westchester, NY. We were Laboratory at MIT. Victoria Sears is headed to com). Erika writes, “I genuinely want everyone to married at the church in my hometown where I re- Nashville, TN, this fall to start her master’s degree find happiness (I met my boyfriend online), which ceived all my sacraments. The day was wonderful, in education policy at Vanderbilt U. Joanne Orhue is why I started the company. It is a service to surrounded by lots of friends and family and, of graduated with an MD from Universidad Ibero- coach people through the first hurdle of finding course, a table of Cornell friends! We took a relax- americana Medical School. Diksha Basu will move love—creating an online dating profile and then ing honeymoon to the Greek Islands and are plan- to New York City from Bombay to do her master’s using it to its fullest extent.” So if you’re in the ning to move out of NYC back to the suburbs soon.” at Columbia U. She sold her first novel, Opening throes (joys?) of online dating, give Erika a holler. Well, that’s all for now. As always, you can reach Night, to HarperCollins Publishers India. The nov- Michael Inwald has also started a new com- Sam or me by e-mail to share your news. c Sud- el is a story of a young woman’s journey on Broad- pany. He writes, “While getting my MBA at Yale ha Nandagopal, [email protected]; Saman- way and then in Bollywood. She is working on her SOM in 2009, I took a leave of absence to start tha Buckingham Noonan, [email protected]. second novel, “The Law of Averages.” America’s first quick-service grilled cheese fran- There are also a lot of classmates who are chise concept. The company is called Cheeseboy: starting families! Eleanor Hodara Mroz and her Grilled Cheese To Go. We are based in Boston with Alexandra Lewin ’04, MPA ’05, husband built a home in Westfield, NJ, and are four stores open and five more planned for devel- PhD ’08, was married on July 3, celebrating son Jack’s first birthday. Jason Brown opment in the next six months. The organization 04 2011 in Washington, DC. The married Sara on July 8, 2011 on Martha’s Vineyard; has over 60 employees and we are growing rapid- groom, Alex Zwerdling, is a Middlebury alumnus. Ryan McGrath, Andrew Timko, Ryan Herman ’04, ly, especially as we begin franchising in early The wedding ceremony and reception were held and Noah Theran ’04 were in attendance. Jason 2012.” Good luck, Michael. Caroline Grew coat Zaytinya restaurant. Alex currently works at the moved to New York City with Kimpton Hotels and founded CIRENAS (www.cirenas.org), a nonprofit Food and Nutrition Service, US Dept. of Agriculture. Restaurants, where he is responsible for East Coast education and research center, with husband Cornell alumni at the wedding included Rachel Mar- acquisitions and development activities. Last Sep- Tucker Szymkowicz on the Nicoya Peninsula’s golis, Wendy Soref, Melanie Eisen, Lara Barmish, tember, John Gleason married classmate Lauren largest coastal watershed in Costa Rica. And Kate Davidoff ’05, Rebecca Jannol, Lauren Her- Dworkis, who is finishing her residency in inter- Justin McManus wrote to say, “I recently opened man ’05, Sarah Holtz Giroux ’03, MS ’06, Andrea nal medicine at the U. of Rochester. John will a sports bar and lounge with fellow Cornell alum Shaw, and Adrianne Kroepsch ’03. make a trip to Red Bluff, CA, for a bobwhite quail Jordan Harris. We are on 14th St. between 7th Nina Senesac Crowley, who received her BS in hunt with Charles Shuey, Sandeep Chawla ’06, and 8th Ave. in NYC (www.snapsportsbar.com).” Nutritional Science, was recently awarded the Amer- and Grant Meyer, PhD ’08. Brian Ranade had a While some were building new businesses, oth- ican Dietetic Association Foundation (ADAF) Mary wedding celebration in Santa Monica, CA, this past ers were making a business of running. Sara Parr Abbott Hess Award for Recognition of an Innova- summer; Kate Kastenbaum, Belinda Haerum, Syswerda ran her first half-Ironman triathlon this tive Food/Culinary Effort. Nina works in Charleston, and Paul Cady were in attendance. summer and is training for several road races that SC, as a dietitian for the Medical U. of South Car- Edward Pettitt served as a Peace Corps vol- will happen this fall. Simon Tanksley completed olina’s Bariatric Surgery Program. Based on patients’ unteer in Botswana from 2006–09, working to 98 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Class Notes , , ) ven- Joshua , . Jennifer Daniel Brous missed Cornell in Washington, December 2011 99 Lauren Friedman Lauren Michael Greenberg , | , [email protected]; , MS ’58, and maid of maid ’58, and , MS Andrew Hong Andrew Marianna Gomez resigned his active duty his active resigned is one of the few working the of is one . Last January, Victoria and Victoria . Last January, . The two were wed on Sept. two were . The (Hotel) married married (Hotel) Michelle Bernstein , DVM ’11, , [email protected]; is manager of executive com- executive of is manager Washington Post Washington As we approach our fifth we approach As year out I am pleased to find college, of inching us are of that so many , [email protected]. November Dru Kleinfeld , and , and Ben Crovella Victoria Rehkugler , Nicole DeGrace c Diana Maxwell Gerald Rehkugler ’57 Jared Coren Jared Lastly, I would like to shout out to all of my of out to all to shout like I would Lastly, Jennifer Okun Melanie Tu In June, In June, , Kate DeCicco TC4 people, and remember all the good times we times good the all remember and people, TC4 Send alive! memories precious those had! Keep to: news Tory Lauterbach or 07 ever closer to finding our place in this world. Af- our place in this world. ever closer to finding in TX, falling in Austin, months two ter spending I ( niece, new love with my Emily Gordon at the pensation Homecoming for the first time last fall to marry last fall first time the for Homecoming Matthew Tittler ’05 that recounts Victoria NY. 25, 2010 in Skaneateles, because 23 homecoming,” of “it was its own kind her including in attendance, were Cornellians other father honor honeymoon their for to St. Lucia traveled Matthew Piton Mountain, Gros top of it to the made and To “put Libe Slope to shame.” says, she which, on Long a house bought they year, close out the their steps in starting took a few more and Island two kittens. by adopting family new skin grade a medical Skin Care, Environ works for at Bank of is an associate while Daniel line, care Lynch. Merrill America Raff tured to Ethiopia to add some more field work to field more some to add to Ethiopia tured Wash- at George health an MPH in global earning Africa Asia, and America North U. Following ington in I have rung in which continent third was the yet you from to be writing I hope Year; New the to join me in 2012. If you’d like continent another please visit smaller, this world a little in making blog, www.theolivesparrow.blogspot.com. my then He Corps. Marine US in the commission trad- to work in sales and City York to New moved Citi. for ing on August Briafcliff National at Trump (HumEc) the top of at the to Jennifer proposed 20. Daniel a friend it all began, while visiting where Slope, graduates on July 15, 2010. Cornell still at Cornell party included bridal in the Alissa Stock Martin at the regularly also volunteers DC. She free teaching Library, Memorial Jr. King Luther she why explains Melanie computer skills classes. Memo- at MLK Jr. is so committed to volunteering educa- shape my to helped libraries “Public rial: I was growing when learning thirst for and tion skills in gain essential others up. I enjoy helping feels satisfac- She society.” technological today’s able to suc- are students that her in knowing tion world. real skills in the cessfully apply these Rachel Schell-Lambert sciences. plant studied: she field in the directly at North- coordinator farming is a beginning She York, New of Association Farming east Organic where support ef- and training coordinates she has She York. in New farmers organic new for forts there after moving Rochester settled into become in her 2010 by working job in November her for in a Spanish participating and garden community “challenged says she’s Still, she group. language task of also by the and abroad, living by missing with similar interests.” friends finding , Michele EJ Track works for is a lawyer works as an , ME ’07. They . He is engaged . He Andrew Dailey Sutherland and husband and Sutherland is an associate at iStar is an associate lives and works in South lives and J. Seph Demeo is an assistant coach for is an assistant Joshua Katcher . Marissa Fang is getting his MBA at NYU’s his MBA is getting Deborah Birnbaum Malia (Magers) , his roommate from freshman from , his roommate works as a server at McCormick works as a server ([email protected]), a Hotel ([email protected]), , and , and , ME ’07, lives in Highlands Ranch, in Highlands , ME ’07, lives Arzoo Bhusri . Jon Borer Claire Faggioli Yanni Hufnagel Jack Steiner Ed Sabia Jack Schaub Natasha Raye Stein Amit Caspi CO, with his wife, wife, with his CO, and Schmicks restaurant; Schmicks and is he a and also an actor Dept. the in his time remembers He member. band teach- great the and Dance Film, and Theatre, of ers! 31, on Jan. Grace, Francesca first child, had their 2011. Congratulations! USthe Dental Air Force his residen- Corps through not When be golfing. would rather he although cy, softball, flag football, at work Seph skis or plays corn nuggets remembers He golf. ball, and dodge his old from to hear like would and Nines, at the friend Jon! Dennis (Colgate ’06). Congrats, to Rachelle Keelah Rose Calloway a week in Vietnam. from just returned and Korea every summer lemonade still misses Cornell She best in everything ’06 the of rest the wishes and pursue! they merchandise analyst for PETCO. She is also train- She PETCO. for analyst merchandise to launch trying and traveling, a marathon, for ing Day! is Slope memory fondest Her business. a small LLP, Taft and Wickersham, at Cadwalder, attorney beach, on the be “sitting would rather he although and relaxing other, book in the hand, in one drink of alumni board serves on the He nothing.” doing in South America in 2011 brought Pi. He Sigma in Brazil) days five and in Argentina days (four re- he thing The in August. to Scotland went and as a spent he time was the fondly most members trustee.student-elected to like would most He hear from Stern School, Class of 2012. This past summer he 2012. This past summer Class of Stern School, with completed an internship Sean Urquhart year. year. basketball. Harvard DC. She LLP in Washington, Porter and at Arnold remembers fondly most and English also teaches basis. people on a regular new great, meeting group. capital markets in the Financial works as an operations and GA, lives in Mableton, as a and is also a soccer referee, He supervisor. and interviews candidate does CAAAN volunteer a soph- also mentors He fairs. college school high years at Cornell. his four through engineer omore at Slope Day with his ac- Nelly EJ enjoyed seeing brothers. fraternity and brother tual Aviv, Tel city of hot sweltering is in the grad, is He cafes. corner beach life and the enjoying interna- steps after living out his next figuring Dubai, Thailand, years: past four the for tionally would Amit never Israel. now and Singapore, five years Aviv would be in Tel he have imagined experiences open to new but being post-Cornell, world. has led him all over the adventures and which during days, college carefree the misses He us. of ahead future exciting the of we dreamed from to hearing I look forward “Fellow Hotelies, let me in Israel, are “If any writes. you,” he know.” Richard live in Oamaru, New Zealand, and are the are and Zealand, New live in Oamaru, Richard a dairy Limited, Pasture Suthern of owners proud and 600 cows daily manages Natasha where farm husband. cows with her 470 dairy milking shares Club-North Farmer’s Young the is also part of She would what she queried When Branch. Otago what I’m do- “Exactly stated, she be doing, rather remem- it!” She loving and all day ing—outside with Denny Science Meat and Science bers Animal from to hear like would most Shaw and Segalini , , on Lind- Wash- Hilary Le Figaro , MPA ’10. . , , the , the Mother Jones Danfung Den- , , ME ’06 (Somer- Jenny Ho , [email protected]; Rolling Stone Hell and Back Again , , ME ’07, works as a re- New York Times New York met up with friends at the up with friends met Wall Street Journal Wall works at IBM in Dallas, TX, as works at IBM in Dallas, Joel Edinberg We’ve been out five years now, been out five years We’ve but years are our Cornell and Let’s keep memories. distant , the , the (Fresh Meadows, NY) works as a Meadows, (Fresh , [email protected]; , [email protected]; Guardian TIME has spent time in Kauai, Madrid, Paris, Madrid, in Kauai, time has spent , Johnny Chen , the , the , and the the , and Financial Times Magazine c , , [email protected]. , BS ’05, won the World Cinema Jury Prize Cinema World the , BS ’05, won Clover Whitham print- we’ll keep and coming news the Keep Brittani Rettig Newsweek Cornell-Harvard game. She works as an editor at works as She game. Cornell-Harvard has and newspaper daily largest Vermont’s sig- her and she which an old farmhouse, bought has been It slowly renovating. are other nificant on a wood cooking from them, for an adventure their in, to building first moved they stove when is not though, thing, favorite Her kitchen. dream Clover also en- laundromat. to the to go having even mind not does says she and garden, joys the lawn! the mowing sey Cochran TX, Facebook in Austin, works for She Prague. and Alto, in Palo office headquarters the but frequents in fi- specializing sales, advertising does CA. She with adver- directly working and services nancial efforts. response direct and tisers on branding with your latest happenings can share it! You ing in our class form news or on the e-mail us via around is right winter inspiration, As mailings. updates, to your normal addition corner—in the snowy of memories tell us about your favorite Ithaca! Johnson ville, MA) has started the Somerville Symphony Somerville MA) has started the ville, just gypsy-punk band instrumental The Orkestar. for has played first album, and their released First Night celebration, Year’s New Boston’s official 2011, and for Somerville’s ArtBeat so be sure tour, next their during to Ithaca head festival. They will back at Cornell! if you are them to look for Michelle Wong ington Post Magazine Der Spiegel the war in Afghanistan. Since graduation, Danfung graduation, Since war in Afghanistan. the and Uganda in as a consultant has also worked as a working in 2006 began and South Africa, in Iraq with troops filmmaker and photojournalist see his still photographs can You Afghanistan. and in nis ’04 at Award Cinematography Cinema World the and his first fea- Festival for Film 2011 Sundance the documentary ture-length build local capacity for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, prevention, HIV/AIDS for capacity build local vol- Corps Peace a returned is now support. He and 2011the in participating unteer, Folk- Smithsonian in Washington, Mall National at the life Festival Botswanan the of five members escorted DC. He so- traditional to perform Group Dance Giraffe Naro dances. healing and spiritual, cial, 06 those memories alive by taking a moment to a moment alive by taking memories those remember fondly about what we most reminisce to hear like we would most who and Cornell from . . . from Jenna Chesaniuk a senior consultant in business strategy focusing strategy in business consultant a senior travels She processes. people and on organization and books, political work, reads for to Europe remembers She classes. fitness Kick Turbo teaches in Collegetown nights fun Friday the fondly most at RPC. She dinners two- to three-hour her and Gold! Michael Prof. from to hear like would most Christopher Kakovitch searcher at Campell & Co. and tutors physics and tutors physics at Campell & Co. and searcher be would rather he although after-hours, math bear-watching. to is married He 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:38 PM Page 99 Page PM 2:38 10/12/11 064-103CAMnd11notes 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:38 PM Page 100

Sarah Ray moved from Cleveland, OH, to New analyst in investment banking. In her free time, Wedding news! Ashley Cagle and Alex Con- York City to begin her first year at Columbia U.’s she enjoys playing on a women’s soccer team; tryman got married on July 9, 2001, and live in Teachers College to earn a master’s in arts admin- she’s also taking a course to be licensed to teach the San Francisco Bay Area, where Alex is a grad- istration. Also residing in New York City, Andrea English worldwide. Marina Gershkovich, BA ’07, uate student at Stanford, and Ashley is employed Arce is in her first year of a dual degree program moved to Philadelphia and is pursuing her PhD in in Oakland. (They met in the drumline in the Big at NYU on her way to earning an MBA at the Stern clinical psychology. She’s having fun exploring the Red Marching Band!) Congratulations! School and an MPA at the Robert F. Wagner Grad- city. Mike Chua left Morgan Stanley Private Equity Lastly, two classmates sent news while work- uate School of Public Service. She had been work- and now works as a talent buyer for the Venetian ing toward advanced degrees: Ben Pen Jui Hung, ing as the director of development and marketing Macao. Among other things, he is focused on rout- ME ’10 (Roanoke, TX; [email protected]) is a at Mt. Carmel Holy Rosary School. She says the Cor- ing major Western music acts through China. He PhD student at Johns Hopkins U., and Sam nell Public Service Center continues to play a role has begun his MBA studies at UCLA Anderson. Schueler (Camillus, NY; slamminsammy2121@ in her life—connecting the center with people, or- Cheryl Sorace Agaskar writes, “Ameya ’07, gmail.com) is a third-year medical student at ganizations, and opportunities in New York, and ME ’08, and I were married in Baltimore this past SUNY Upstate Medical U. He also works with dis- through volunteering at and attending PSC events. June—with many Cornellians in attendance—five advantaged youth in Syracuse. Send news any Thank you for sending in your updates for our class years after we met as undergrads in Applied and time of year to: c Caroline Newton, cmn35@ column and please keep ’em coming! Just shoot Engineering Physics. We are settling back into life cornell.edu; Julie Cantor, [email protected]. an e-mail anytime to your class correspondent, c in Cambridge, MA, where we are both engineering Marianna Gomez. [email protected]. grad students.” Congrats and best wishes! Sam Kit- tayapong, BA ’07, has been busy: “During the past Class of 2010, in this time of giv- year, I have co-founded the tech firm Whowish ing thanks, let us not forget to Although I’m sitting here writ- Ltd. (Whowish.com) and am the company CEO. 10 thank our mothers for giving us ing this article in the aftermath Whowish is located in Bangkok and has launched life and helping us through it. We also cannot 08 of Hurricane Irene, by the time five Facebook applications in the past two forget our other mother, whose Latin name, alma you see it, the winter holidays will be fast ap- months. These include two e-commerce platforms mater, actually means “nourishing mother.” The proaching! Hope all of you Class of 2008ers have (SwapSquare and CollegeSwap), an online meet- rest of the world knows her as Cornell Universi- a lovely holiday season! Now for the news. ing organizer called 2Meet4, a fun love/hate app ty. Here are some of our classmates who have Matt Richwine, ME ’09, writes that he works and website at Squeks.com, and FriendMage (that made their momma proud. as an electrical engineer for generator and elec- allows users to print posters and calendars with Molly Clauhs joined her uncle to bring a new trical systems at GE Energy. He spends his time photos of their Facebook friends). I have also ex- business venture, the Silver Spork Food Truck, to sailing, playing volleyball, and playing the guitar. panded production of my patented notebook case, local farmers’ markets in Rockford, MI. Molly aims Recently, he’s been restoring a “ ’65 ’stang.” He’d Komshell, which I developed while a student at to show people that healthy foods can be created love to get in touch with Matthew Rozek, ME ’09. Cornell. Check out Komshell.com.” That’s all the in their kitchens at home—and be simple and still Scott Silverstein (Boston, MA) is a structural en- updates we have for now—be sure to keep us taste good. She plans to enter her main dish, the gineer at Ammann & Whitney. He’s been “working posted! c Libby Boymel, [email protected]; whitefish “Mitten Bagel” sandwich, in the Grand on several new bridges and bridge replacements and Elana Beale, [email protected]. Rapids “Grandwich” competition. If you are ever in throughout Massachusetts, including a pedestrian the area, be sure to look for the truck’s location bridge that will serve as the focal point of a new on Facebook. Meanwhile, Tony Craddock Jr. record- park on the north bank of the Charles River, con- Jessica Longoria (longoria. ed a Christmas album, called “Christmas in the Air,” necting Charlestown and Cambridge over commuter [email protected]) finished on the saxophone. It should be released around rail tracks.” He’s also become a skiing champion— 09 her two-year Teach For America November. While some tunes will sound familiar, he was the overall points winner in the men’s commitment last summer—”both the hardest and Tony exercised his creativity and added some nov- telemark division at the conclusion of a series of best thing I’ve done thus far.” Now she’s in Cary, elty to the listening experience with influences competitions known as the Triple Crown at Mad NC, having just moved from Texas, and is actually from classic jazz, smooth jazz, R&B, and gospel. River Glen in Vermont. Congrats, Scott! excited for a “real” winter. Jessica is still con- Rockwell Shah started PoeticPictures.com, Daniel Jaouen (Rochester, NY) has been ex- nected with Chi Alpha on campus and has visited which originated from a book of his own poetry. panding his business, Aleph Null Designs, a Web since graduation. Robert Napolitano (Brooklyn, The website’s concept is to pair every poem with development and design studio. He’d love to hear NY; [email protected]) recently did volunteer a picture to give readers a richer experience when from his Cornell friends. Brigid Farrell lives on work at a boys home in Venezuela, the Fundación enjoying art. Ever the optimist, Rockwell is a be- the Upper East Side and works at New York Life Refugio Pana in Valencia. “There I learned about liever in the “1+1=3 philosophy,” adding, “To- Insurance Co. as an agent and financial services not-for-profit organizations and studied and gether we can create and contribute so much more professional. She’s also heavily involved in the observed the culture, conduct, and tendencies of than we can individually.” The goal is to have a community. She serves as a junior committee board at-risk youth. Giving is an incredible way to boost website that brings together poetry and pictures member for the New York Center for Children, is a self-esteem and generate emotional well-being. I from artists around the world and Rockwell hopes PowerBar ambassador, and plays Cornell alumni also enjoy experiencing different social contexts.” this will “let their art open our eyes in unique softball. She somehow finds time to run, play soc- Robert is thinking of relocating to Cambridge, MA, and interesting ways.” He has gotten tremendous cer, and read as well. Jonathan Leiman graduated “in order to hob-knob in an [apparently] rich positive feedback and there has even been an in- from the U. of Montana with an MS in environ- intellectual community.” stance where the site fostered an international mental studies. He was enjoying his time off fish- Matthew Stukus (Irving, TX; mhs42@cornell. artistic collaboration resulting in an exhibition in ing and hiking and planned to start looking for a edu) moved to Texas earlier this year in order to Bulgaria. Elie Bilmes is in his second year of job. Best of luck with the search, Jonathan! be with his wife, Yuanye, and they have been en- teaching world history and coaching girls’ and Some of us are still in Ithaca (kinda jealous joying museums and movies. “It’s been a challenge boys’ tennis as part of Teach For America in St. . . .). Alexis Heinz, BS ’07, has stayed at Cornell finding a full-time job, but I finally did.” Other Louis. He lives with Liz Curran, who also com- and is the lab manager for a Natural Resources lab. free-time activities include chess, which Matthew mitted herself to TFA and is teaching high school It seems like she’s enjoying Ithaca, doing some bi- got back into, thanks to the Cornell Chess Club. “I math. Sahar Raoofi works in the operations di- cycling, yoga, walking with friends, going to music even taught chess to elementary school students vision at Goldman Sachs, but took some time off concerts, and being creative by cross-stitching and last spring.” Benjamin Williams (benbo109@ to visit Harry Potter in Disney World. making candles and sugar scrubs! Ajemo Haltom hotmail.com) lives in Borger, TX, and is planning Now for some holy matrimony: Rebecca Da- is also around, working as a computer analyst in a move to a home in the countryside. Ben is at ley tied the knot with Greg Fuoco ’09 this sum- the Dept. of Information Technology. He also serves SNC Lavalin Engineers & Constructors Inc. and mer in the San Francisco Bay Area. The tables had as an assistant pastor. He went to Ghana and South writes that he’s “working on a Ryton™ (PPS plas- Cornell-themed names, and a number of 2009-10 Africa this past summer. Hope you had a great trip! tic for Chevron Phillips) plant, and doing chemi- men’s lightweight crew team members traveled all Charlotte Schmidlapp teaches English at the cal plant construction engineering.” Steven Sachs the way to California for the celebration. The Abriendo Mentes School in Playa Potrero, Costa (Little Neck, NY; [email protected]) is a wedding of Nicole Boxer to Jack Jacob ’09 was Rica. Before that, she was working 80-hour weeks senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers doing on July 16, 2011. The bride is in a prestigious in Boston for America’s Growth Capital as head advisory strategy. graduate program for genetic counseling, and the 100 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:38 PM Page 101

Alumni Deaths bridegroom is starting his studies in osteopathic medicine this fall. Many of her friends from the Class of 2010 representing five of the seven undergraduate colleges were in attendance. Rong Ma To access the full-text Alumni Deaths section, go to: wed Priscilla Cunha in Qatar and had a celebra- cornellalumnimagazine.com (Table of Contents / Alumni Deaths) tion stateside in Boston. Andrew Daines married Jane Harper. We send all of our newlywed class- To obtain a hard copy of the full-text Alumni Deaths, write to: mates the warmest blessings. Cornell Alumni Magazine After working on a dissertation project on la- 401 East State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850-4400 bor policies affecting migrant domestic workers in Dubai, Froilan Malit Jr. started his MSc in migration studies at Oxford in October and has gra- 1920s ciously invited me for dinner. He firmly believes ’29 BA—Jerome Lehner, Apopka, FL, March 15, 2011 that Cornell has given him a great educational foundation for his future postgraduate studies. 1930s Christine Baptiste-Perez works in the marketing ’31 DVM—Lawrence T. Waitz, Cutchogue, NY, February 27, 2011 and sales department of a startup company called Schoolit, which is the first online coupon site ded- ’32—Isabel Korherr Parker, Bonita Springs, FL, February 24, 2011 icated to fundraising for schools. Christine developed the company’s slogan, “Save Our Schools” ’33 BA—John B. Mowry, Mexico, NY, February 19, 2011 (S.O.S), and is ramping up the number of business partners for Schoolit in the New York City area. ’34 BS HE—Janice Berryman Johndrew, Gainesville, FL, February 11, 2011 She’s also studying for the LSAT and applying to ’34 BS Ag, MEd ’39—William N. Kaskela, Whitesboro, NY, March 12, 2011 law schools; we wish her the best of luck. ’34 BEE—Abraham Piltch, Palm Harbor, FL, February 11, 2011 Stephanie Wong is a research assistant in a cardio- ’34 BA—Ada “Betty” Buck Reynolds, Kankakee, IL, January 6, 2011 vascular imaging lab at Mount Sinai School of Med- icine. To keep her own cardio in tip-top shape, she ’34—Seward G. Smith, Pflugerville, TX, February 26, 2011 also began running regularly, and did her first 5K run in May. Christina Blacken joined the business ’35 BEE—Reeve W. Dean, East Aurora, NY, February 13, 2011 development team of the nonprofit DoSomething. ’35 BA—Richard L. Jones, Stone Mountain, GA, February 18, 2011 org, where she creates nationwide volunteer cam- ’35 BS HE—Charlotte Mangan Lattimer, Belleair Bluffs, FL, March 29, 2011 paigns in partnership with major corporations and foundations to help teens “rock the causes they ’36 BA, BS Chem E ’37—Michael Golben, St. Paul, MN, January 8, 2011 care about.” You also may have watched their an- ’36 BA—John M. Longyear, Kennebunk, ME, March 27, 2011 nual DoSomething Awards that premiered on VH1 ’36 BS Ag—Merton W. Miller, St. Petersburg, FL, February 19, 2011 this August; they gave $100,000 to a major so- ’36 BS Ag—Robert G. Smith, Hagerstown, MD, February 22, 2011 cial changemaker under the age of 25. Christina is also a part of the Black Ivy Alumni League ’37 BA—Elizabeth Godwin Daniel, Claremont, CA, February 7, 2010 (BIAL), which planned a networking event in the ’37 BEE—Charles E. Greif, Brunswick, ME, February 19, 2011 Hamptons. Finally, she’s been singing in a cover band called Mixolydian. Feel free to check out ’38-40 SP Ag—William S. Elkins, Sandy Spring, MD, February 24, 2011 their soul/funk music show at mixolydian.net. ’38 DVM—Harry J. Fallon, Huntington, WV, March 11, 2011 Bryan Kim experienced several life changes ’38 BS Ag—Philip G. Wolff, Saranac Lake, NY, February 3, 2011 since graduating Cornell. For one, he has become more engaged in his faith as a Christian, and as ’39 BA—Everett L. Arthur, Rome, NY, February 23, 2011 a result, he’s now a youth leader and a leader for the young adult ministry. He has also been vol- ’39 BS Hotel—Philip H. Fitzhugh, Naples, FL, March 19, 2011 unteering as an EMT to prepare himself for a ca- ’39 BS Hotel—John B. Goff, Rochester, NY, February 20, 2011 reer as a physician assistant. Whatever life ’39 DVM—John D. Murray, Keuka Park, NY, February 25, 2011 throws at you, just count your blessings instead ’39 DVM—Daniel Skelton, San Jose, CA, February 5, 2011 of sheep and you’ll be fine. To send us your blessings, please contact either Mike or me at: 1940s c Rammy Salem, [email protected]; Michael ’40 BA—David M. Chambers, Overland Park, KS, February 4, 2011 Beyman, [email protected]. ’40, BME ’41—Robert Knowlton, Little Compton, RI, March 28, 2011 ’40 MS—Ruth Sperber Marx, Kings Point, NY, April 2, 2011 ’40 BS Ag—Benjamin Suchoff, Palm Beach, FL, March 6, 2011 Hello, Class of 2011! We will resume ’40, BArch ’41—Edward T. Wassell, Oxnard, CA, February 28, 2011 with your regularly scheduled class ’40, BCE ’41—William A. White Jr., Dennis, MA, March 12, 2011 11 column in the upcoming issues, but in ’40 BA, MD ’43—I. Robert Wood, Clifton Springs, NY, April 1, 2011 the meantime it’s time to send in your updates for the Cornell Alumni Magazine Class Notes. Please ’41—Dorothy Wells Black, Hilton Head Island, SC, February 2, 2011 e-mail one of your hardworking correspondents at ’41 BCE—Warner Howe, Memphis, TN, February 8, 2011 the addresses below and let us know about any- ’41 BA—Irving R. Merrill, Walnut Creek, CA, February 22, 2011 thing interesting going on in your lives. Did you ’41 BA—Gloria Brown Mithers, Oceanside, CA, April 2, 2011 land a great job . . . or is the search ongoing? Are ’41 BA—Charlotte S. Pratt, Geneva, NY, April 5, 2011 you back in school? Doing volunteer work? Have ’41 BA, B Chem E ’42—Sol Ruden, Lincolnwood, IL, August 6, 2010 you traveled, seen Cornell friends, taken up a new sport or hobby? ’41 BA—Jean Way Schoonover, New York City, April 3, 2011 All news is welcome. Please take a moment ’41, BA ’46—William E. Van Atta, Binghamton, NY, March 31, 2011 to tell us what you’re doing, and we’ll include you in one of the upcoming class columns. Hap- ’42 BA—Helen Zinn Arenson, Denver, CO, January 26, 2011 py holidays from your correspondent team! c ’42, BS Chem E—John L. Beecher, Winter Springs, FL, February 12, 2011 Michael Stratford, [email protected]; Kathryn ’42—William H. Farley, Denver, CO, December 18, 2008 Ling, [email protected]; Lauren Rosenblum, ’42 BA, MD ’44—Edwin D. Kilbourne, Madison, CT, February 21, 2011 [email protected]. ’42 PhD—John J. Gerald McCue, Lexington, MA, February 8, 2011 November | December 2011 101 064-103CAMnd11notes 10/12/11 2:38 PM Page 102

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’42, BA ’43—George S. Scoville, Nashville, TN, February 12, 2011 ’48 BS Ag—John Sterling, Indian Harbour Beach, FL, February 18, 2011 ’42 BS Ag—Wendell H. Wilson Jr., Napa, CA, February 17, 2011 ’48 PhD—Marlowe D. Thorne, Savoy, IL, February 17, 2011 ’42 BS Hotel—Kenneth I. Zeigler, Conover, NC, April 2, 2011 ’48-52 GR—Jay R. Whetstone, Bethel Park, PA, March 4, 2011 ’48 BS Nurs—Irene Sieminski Williams, Sullivan, ME, March 18, 2011 ’43 BME—Frederick J. Anderson, Concord, MA, March 11, 2011 ’48 MEd—Barbeur Grimes Wise, Palos Verdes Estates, CA, March 11, 2011 ’43 BEE—Robert R. Clement, Lynchburg, VA, February 13, 2011 ’48 BME—Robert O. Woodward, Desert Hot Springs, CA, March 31, 2011 ’43, BCE ’48—Richard L. Collignon, Bettendorf, IA, March 13, 2011 ’43 MS, PhD ’44—Harry W. Coover Jr., Kingsport, TN, March 26, 2011 ’49 BME—Otto E. Adams Jr., Athens, OH, April 15, 2011 ’43 BArch—Elizabeth Porter MacCallum, Hendersonville, NC, Feb. 2, 2011 ’49 PhD—Edward W. Anacker, Bozeman, MT, April 3, 2011 ’43 BS HE—Dorothy Brown Murphy, Venice, FL, March 5, 2011 ’49 BS ORIE—Stanley M. Birnbaum, Kettering, OH, February 28, 2011 ’43 BA—Bertram J. Oppenheimer, Eastchester, NY, March 18, 2011 ’49 BS Hotel—Minor C. Bond, Williamsburg, VA, March 29, 2011 ’43 BCE—Stanley J. Segal, West Palm Beach, FL, December 26, 2010 ’49 BA—Angie Hoskins Gillcrist, Manasquan, NJ, February 20, 2011 ’43 BS Ag—Herman R. Shepherd, New Canaan, CT, March 28, 2011 ’49 BME—Richard L. Hunt, Cincinnati, OH, February 25, 2011 ’43 BA—Marion Rossman Tozier, Belfast, ME, August 3, 2010 ’49, BS Ag ’50, PhD ’56—John Kupka, Houston, TX, November 2, 2009 ’43 BS Ag—Matthew M. Vittucci, Englewood, NJ, March 31, 2011 ’49 BCE—Christus J. Larios, Hurley, NY, February 26, 2011 ’49 BS Ag—George I. Middaugh, Trinity, TX, March 7, 2011 ’44, BME ’45—John E. Campbell, Slate Run, PA, March 6, 2011 ’49—Daniel J. Rosetty, Jensen Beach, FL, February 11, 2011 ’44 BA—Nancy Chien Chang, Palo Alto, CA, February 2, 2011 ’49 BA—Priscilla Gage Specht, Rochester, NY, March 20, 2011 ’44 BS Chem E—Burl A. Kimple, Manlius, NY, February 8, 2011 ’49—James W. Strasburg, Youngstown, OH, February 23, 2011 ’44 MS HE—Ann Moore Klosterman, Wooster, OH, March 30, 2011 ’49 BS ORIE—Bertram B. Warner, Rochester, NY, February 28, 2011 ’44 B Chem E—David MacLean, Rockaway Township, NJ, March 15, 2011 ’49 PhD—E. Travis York Jr., Gainesville, FL, April 15, 2011

’45 BCE—Ralph M. Atkinson, Falmouth, ME, February 12, 2011 1950s ’45, BCE ’44—Robert M. Brown, Vermillion, OH, March 5, 2011 ’50 BCE—Keith M. Abbott, Cleveland, OH, February 25, 2011 ’45—David F. Friedman, Anniston, AL, February 14, 2011 ’50 MNS—Joan Ellison Cain, Springfield, MO, April 1, 2011 ’45, BA ’47, PhD ’55—Joseph Kazlauskas, Denver, CO, March 3, 2011 ’50 BME—Charles J. Fiden, Cincinnati, OH, January 8, 2011 ’45, BArch ’48—Robert L. Norman, Savannah, GA, February 27, 2011 ’50 BS Ag—Edward W. Jedrzejek, Little Valley, NY, April 15, 2011 ’45 BME—Bernard Pomerantz, Glenview, IL, November 4, 2010 ’50 MBA—Richard A. Johnston, Wilmington, NC, February 25, 2011 ’45, BS Ag ’49—Richard W. Saville, Fredonia, NY, March 22, 2011 ’50—Sarah Knowles Kauffman, Clifton Park, NY, March 26, 2011 ’45, DVM ’51—John S. Sickles, North Dartmouth, MA, July 20, 2010 ’50 BS HE—Eleanor Bailey McDowell, Amherst, NH, March 20, 2011 ’45 BEE—Gordon S. Smith, Winter Park, FL, March 2, 2011 ’50, BS Hotel ’49—Henry Purchase, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 9, 2011 ’45—Carolyn Worcester Van Decar, Waterville, OH, March 1, 2011 ’50 BS Ag—David N. Ross, Westfield, NY, March 15, 2011 ’50 BA, MD ’54—Robert P. Singer, Glen Allen, VA, March 29, 2011 ’46 BS HE—Marcia Noyes Archibald, Cresskill, NJ, April 13, 2011 ’50 BA—Audrey Raymond Smith, Charleston, WV, March 24, 2011 ’46 BME—Alexander Brede III, East Lansing, MI, March 23, 2011 ’50 BS Ag—Schuyler C. Stebbins, Kilmarnock, VA, March 18, 2011 ’46 BS Nurs—Alice Monroe Daniels, Madison, WI, January 9, 2011 ’50 BA—C. Leslie Sweeney Jr., Raleigh, NC, March 9, 2011 ’46, BCE ’45—Seth W. Heartfield Jr., Naples, FL, February 28, 2011 ’50 BA—Dorothy Ganshow Wagner, North Bellmore, NY, February 16, 2011 ’46, BCE ’47, PhD ’49—Warren Houck Jr., McKinleyville, CA, July 24, 2010 ’46, BA ’45—Martha M. MacGuffie, New City, NY, March 7, 2011 ’51—William R. Ayers II, New Johnsonville, TN, April 17, 2011 ’46, BME ’47, MS ’49—Carl Mortensen, Beacon, NY, February 13, 2011 ’51 BCE—Howard I. Baker, New York City, February 28, 2011 ’46 BS Hotel—Mary Ann O’Connell Willis, Plymouth Mtg, PA, April 11, 2011 ’51 BS Hotel—George M. Bantuvanis, Ithaca, NY, March 31, 2011 ’51 BA—Col. Henry M. Bussey II, San Antonio, TX, February 9, 2011 ’47 BS Hotel—Joseph W. Barclay, North Fort Myers, FL, April 20, 2011 ’51 BA, MBA ’52—Robert H. Johnson, Old Lyme, CT, April 7, 2011 ’47 BS Ag—Donald H. Bishop, Pullman, WA, March 25, 2011 ’51 BA—George P. Kubica, Presque Isle, WI, April 7, 2011 ’47 BA—John L. Brankamp, Plymouth, IL, October 5, 2010 ’51, BA ’52—Richard E. Nellis Jr., Middleburg, PA, March 21, 2011 ’47, BA ’46—Edward C. Bressler, Los Angeles, CA, December 27, 2010 ’51-53 GR—Mary H. Sellers, Columbia, MO, March 25, 2011 ’47, BME ’49—Robert E. Claar, Exeter, NH, April 13, 2011 ’47 BA—Elizabeth Miller Francis, Colorado Springs, CO, April 9, 2011 ’52, BS Ag ’53—Richard Felbeck, Wernersville, PA, February 27, 2011 ’47 BS Nurs—Ellen Earle Humphrey, Ithaca, NY, February 19, 2011 ’52 BS HE—Sally Kernan Lathrop, Greenville, SC, April 16, 2011 ’47, BME ’45, BA ’47—Alexander Hyde, W. Columbia, SC, March 15, 2011 ’52 MA—Robert E. Merry, Gig Harbor, WA, March 9, 2011 ’47 BA, MFS ’49—Allen A. Kraft, Iowa City, IA, February 15, 2011 ’52 BS Ag—John S. Oakley, Albany, NY, March 7, 2011 ’47 BS ORIE—Paul H. Malenchini Jr., Willoughby, OH, March 13, 2011 ’52 BS Ag—Jean Kenyon Pierce, Painted Post, NY, January 10, 2011 ’47—Robert J. McBride Jr., Bethesda, MD, February 1, 2011 ’52 MS Aero, PhD ’54—Martha Graham Smithmeyer, Arcata, CA, Nov. 7, 2010 ’47—Bernard N. Nathanson, New York City, February 21, 2011 ’52, BLAR ’53, MRP ’60—Robert Titus, Rochester, NY, February 19, 2011 ’47 DVM—Alan D. Stevens, Crestview Hills, KY, February 26, 2011 ’52 MS Chem E—Elzie Wolker, Midland, MI, February 13, 2011 ’47 BS Ag—Maurice F. Switzer, Whitesboro, NY, February 7, 2011 ’52 JD—Robert T. Woodruff, Bridgewater, NJ, April 8, 2011 ’47—Herbert S. Sylvester, Mountain Lakes, NJ, January 13, 2010 ’52 BEP—Paul Zuk, Allentown, PA, February 25, 2011

’48 BS ORIE, MS ILR ’52—Dale S. Beach, Latham, NY, April 23, 2011 ’53 BA—John D. Isaly, Avon, OH, February 25, 2011 ’48 BA, LLB ’51—Stanley B. Frenze, Philadelphia, PA, March 28, 2011 ’53 BS Ag—Bob E. Tepke, Manchester, NJ, September 28, 2010 ’48 BME—Frederick L. Heisley, Cottonwood, AZ, March 21, 2011 ’53 PhD—Ralph A. Young, Grand Junction, CO, April 21, 2011 ’48 PhD—Robert D. Miller, Ithaca, NY, April 11, 2011 ’48—Miriam Lindquist Misiewicz, Asheville, NC, April 3, 2011 ’54 MA, PhD ’58—John J. Bateman, Fort Pierce, FL, March 6, 2011 102 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com Alumni Deaths NJ, Mar. 17, 2011 December 2011 103 | idge, idge, November , Baden, Austria, Feb. 14, 2011 Feb. 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Stewartsville, Lamia, , Mumbai, India, April 10, 2011 India, , Mumbai, , Baggs, WY, March 23, 2011 March WY, , Baggs, , Mattituck, NY, April 2, 2011 April NY, , Mattituck, , London, England, April 11, 2011 April 11, England, , London, , Warm Springs, GA, March 11, 2011 March GA, Springs, , Warm , Quezon City, Philippines, April 5, 2011 Philippines, , Quezon City, , Marshfield, MA, February 21, 2011 MA, February , Marshfield, , Sherrills Ford, NC, March 9, 2011 NC, March Ford, , Sherrills , Houston, TX, February 10, 2011 TX, February , Houston, , Indian Rocks Beach, FL, March 2, 2011 FL, March Rocks Beach, , Indian , Ridgefield, CT, April 3, 2011 CT, , Ridgefield, , Oak Park, IL, February 16, 2011 IL, February , Oak Park, , Phoenix, AZ, February 6, 2011 AZ, February , Phoenix, Sheldon, Tenafly, NJ, March 16, 2011 NJ, March Tenafly, Sheldon, , Wayland, MA, March 16, 2011 MA, March , Wayland, , Ocean City, NJ, January 26, 2011 NJ, January , Ocean City, , New York City, February 26, 2011 February City, York , New , Seattle, WA, February 18, 2011 February WA, , Seattle, , Fort Collins, CO, April 18, 2011 CO, , Fort Collins, , Clayton, MO, January 15, 2011 January , Clayton, MO, , Maynard, MA, April 5, 2011 , Maynard, Sumner, Guilderland Center, NY, March 1, 2011 March NY, Center, Guilderland Sumner, , Washington, DC, February 5, 2011 DC, February , Washington, ewey , Laytonville, CA, March 24, 2011 CA, March , Laytonville, , Wethersfield, CT, April 21, 2011 CT, , Wethersfield, , Franklin Lakes, NJ, February 23, 2011 NJ, February Lakes, , Franklin Simon H. Milton Sir s s s ’65 MS Ag—Ralph N. Freeman ’65 MS Ag—Ralph Sroka ’65 BS Ag—Arline Todia ’66 BS Hotel—John J. ’67 PhD—Renato M. Labadan ’67, BA ’68—James E. Neary III ’68—James ’67, BA Miersma ’68 BS Nurs—Kathleen A. Frey ’69 PhD—Eberhard Kamoski ’69 PhD—L. Edward Payne PhD ’73—Norman ’69 BS Ag, ’71—Gary J. Redmond ’69, BS Ag ’69 BEE—Eugene M. Spalding 1990 Garrity ’94 PhD—David B. D. Adler ’95 JD—Matthew 1980 ’83 BS ILR—Jane E. Reddin ’84 BEE—Eric E. Coffman L. Coudriet ’84—Jeffrey R. Morley ’84 MBA—Christopher ’85 MPS— A. Stephenson ’87—Deborah ’86, BA ’87—Cheryl A. Welch M. Mavaddat ’89 MBA—Vafa 1970 Cole F. ’70 BME, MME ’73—Clifford L. Chant Jr. ’71 BS Ag—James ’71—William E. Greeley J. Kronman ’71 MPA—Albert Carter ’73—Warren ’72 BS ORIE, MBA ’72 BS Hotel, MS ’84—Dennis Michael ’73 BEE, MEE ’76—Gordon K. Francis ’73 BEE, MEE ’76—Gordon ’73 MS ORIE—Sudhir L. Shetye ’76—Ellen Goren ’74, BFA E. Brown ’75 BS Nurs—Katheryne ’76 MPS—J. Donald Caccia A. D ’76 BS Ag—Jeffrey ’77 BEE—Joe Cornelio Daines F. ’78 MD—Richard Pettengill ’79 BS Ag—Cathleen L. Updegrove ’79 BA—Anne ’76 PhD—Robert L. 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Cornelliana Last Call A look back at some of Ithaca’s legendary hangouts

LISA BANLAKI FRANK 1959 CORNELLIAN

his summer, two popular College- town bars, Dino’s and Johnny O’s, shut their doors for good. Although their stretch of College Avenue has servedT as the epicenter of Cornell nightlife for the past decade, their empty facades remind us that no watering hole lasts forever. Many of Cornell’s legendary bars and restaurants have come and gone, but these historic haunts live on in the memories of generations of Cornellians. Only one bar is so central to Cornell’s history that it merited a mention in the University’s unof- ficial drinking song, “Give My Regards to Davy.” Zinck’s, founded by German immigrant Theodore Zinck in 1876, drew crowds of thirsty students through the end of the nineteenth century. But in 1903, the iconic bar was touched by tragedy when Zinck’s only daughter died of typhoid, and her grief-stricken father drowned himself in Cayuga Lake. Zinck’s later re-opened under new management and, after closing during Prohibition, saw renewed popularity in the Forties. As retired CAM editor John Marcham ’50 recalls: “It was a great favorite with fraternity boys.” Another much-beloved twentieth-century desti- nation was Johnny’s Big Red Grill, a bar and restaurant in business from 1919 to 1981. (It stayed open as a bar until the Nineties, and its iconic sign remained aloft on Dryden Road until 2009.) Nov- elist Richard Fariña ’59 wrote about Johnny’s, and famed folkies Harry Chapin ’64 and Peter Yarrow ’59 played there. Its owners, John and Ruth Petril- lose, founded an Ithaca dining dynasty; their son, Bob, created the ever-popular Hot Truck. “Every- body knew the Big Red Grill,” says Cornell archivist emeritus Gould Colman ’51, PhD ’62. “The Petrillose couple knew all the students, and

we would be greeted when we came in.” KOSKI / UP FRANK Across the street, the Royal Palm Tavern—still open, despite recent rumors to the contrary—has Watering holes: Of these four Ithaca bars, only the Royal Palm served a steady stream of students since the Thir- Tavern is still in business. ties. Mid-century Cornellians also frequented Wes and Les, a late-night diner by the railroad tracks, and Old Land- another Eighties-era favorite. “On your birthday you could get a mark, a popular bar and grill downtown. Later generations free drink that was equal parts tequila, 151-proof Bacardi, and trekked to the west side of town for cheeseburgers, fries, and a Tabasco sauce,” says Mark Anbinder ’89. “You had to pay for the game of pinball at Bud’s Diner, operated by Bud and Amelia entire pitcher of beer you’d need to wash it down with, though.” Wimer on Old Taughannock Boulevard from 1966 to 1974, and While Cornell’s gustatory landscape continues to change, then on Lincoln Street until 1988. some things stay the same. Anbinder notes that his uncle, Stephen In the Eighties and Nineties, students flocked to Dos Amigos, Anbinder ’59, is a longtime fan of Joe’s, an Italian restaurant that a Mexican eatery on the Commons that served wings and beer late has been in business on Meadow Street off and on since the Thir- into the night. ABC Café, another longtime favorite on Stewart ties. “When my uncle came up for Reunion,” he recalls, “the first Avenue, played host to local bands and open-mike nights while thing he said was, ‘We have to go to Joe’s, and I have to get serving coffee and vegetarian fare from 1980 until it closed in spaghetti and meatballs.’” 2009. The Connection, a now-defunct bar on College Avenue, was — Amanda First ’12 104 Cornell Alumni Magazine | cornellalumnimagazine.com c1-c4CAMnd11final 10/12/11 2:42 PM Page c3 c1-c4CAMnd11final 10/12/11 2:42 PM Page c4