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60 | A news release announcing the appointment of George Hays of Morristown, NJ, as president of NACE International, the Corrosion Society, arrived in last week's mail. George, who worked at Ashland Specialty Chemicals as an engineer for 34 years before retiring and now serves as a consultant, was formally inducted into his new office at the annual NACE banquet in New Orleans at the end of March. He had previously received an award from NACE, and has published several articles on controlling corrosion in industrial cooling water systems.

William "Billy" Leagans of Elmhurst, IL, reports that he's "been busy, healthy, and still not wise," and hopes to see classmates at reunion in 2005. Billy, who played Big Red football as a quarterback before leaving in 1958 to work for the Ford Foundation in New Delhi, India, returned to Ithaca in 1961, later spent a year with the Los Angeles Rams, and then worked for 20 years for Thatcher Glass.He is now with a Chicago-area firm,Advance Industrial Construction, that uses steel to erect bridges, machinery, cranes, and tanks.

Also thinking about our next reunion is Burdett "Burt" Lent ofWasilla, AK.He continues to work as a landscape architect and planner in Alaska, and reports that he had his busiest year yet, but is looking forward to retirement "and more Cornell reunions!" Burt says that he and Celia stay in touch with Peter, MS '61, and Diane Cestari Andrewes of Halifax, Nova Scotia, but didn't mention how they do so, given the thousands of miles that separate the two families.

Betty Cohen Gruber notes that she and Marty, DVM '62, are now spending the winter months at their condominium on a golf course in Sarasota, FL. The rest of the year they are in Chelmsford, MA, where three of their grandchildren live around the corner with daughter Wendy and her husband. Their son Ron, DVM '89, and his wife are in Avon, CO, and are parents of the Grubers' two other grandchildren.

Dolores Furtado of Overland Park, KS, has moved in a new direction professionally, and just completed her first year as an elected official, Johnson County Commissioner, after spending many years as a professor of microbiology at the U. of Kansas medical school. Dolores notes that many of the skills she relied upon as a teacher, such as careful preparation of background material, thorough understanding of the issues at hand, and effective communication in public settings, are now serving her well in public office.

Arthur Block's communiqué from San Juan, PR, during the winter reported that the island "had just endured a cold snap, with the temperature at times plunging to 72 degrees." (Thanks for making those of us about to be stuck in the frigid North feel bad, Art!) Art and Maria Elisa traveled extensively in 2003, visiting Denmark, Sweden, and Finland, several cities in Russia, then Warsaw and Prague, trips which demonstrated that Art had nicely recovered his mobility after two hip replacements the previous year. The Block offspring "are maturing," says Art. Daughter Frances and her husband have opened a boutique that specializes in beach and exercise wear, and daughter Karin is finishing graduate work in geology at the City University of New York.

Gerrie Jordan Congdon and husband Steven moved from Wilmington, NC, a few years ago after a discouraging series of hurricanes, and are now enjoying their semiretirement in Santa Rosa, CA, in the wine country. Gerrie works part-time as a Web administrator for the Surface Design Assn., indulges what she describes as her "passion for art quilting," and is very active in her local church. Samuel Gilbert is still practicing law full-time in New York, specializing in trusts and estates, real estate and corporate transactions, and pre-nuptial and marital-separation agreements.He and wife Susan have one grandson and more on the way. They divide their time between an apartment in Manhattan and a house in New London, CT.

When last we heard from Anita Wasserspring Yusem, she and Stephen '58 were planning to build a vacation house on Sebago Lake in Maine, which was being designed by their architect son Michael '88. Anita reports that the house is now completed and being enjoyed by all the Yusem family, which also includes daughter Caren '86, who lives in Chicago and works as the marketing director for the Terra Museum.When they're not on vacation in Maine, Anita and Stephen can be found in Gwynedd Valley, PA. Judy Gantert Schuster writes from Cambria, CA, where she is a fiber artist specializing in portrait tapestries, that she had a wonderful trip to Hungary in June 2003, where she was hosted and royally entertained by the Hungarian Tapestry Artists Assn. Judy reports that just prior to her trip, her artwork was favorably reviewed by American Craft magazine.

In a brief note from San Rafael, CA, Rachel Rosenfarb McClung reports that her daughter Devra Coren Moehler began work as an assistant professor of government at Cornell in 2003-04. Also brief was Robert Aldinger's report from Aiea, HI, that he recently retired for the second time, from ten years of teaching seventh grade math at the local school; he had previously retired from a career in the US Navy. I suspect Hawaii will be a great place for Bob's retirement.

Peter Rodgers says he got a surprise e-mail from Steve Rothschild last year, so called him in California and "had a blast rehashing the last 40 years." Peter and Steve talked about getting a group of old Cornell friends together, but at last report were looking for somebody to take the organizational lead. Peter lives in Chester Springs, PA, and Steve is in Alamo, CA, where he works with his son Daniel in the Rothschild Group at Smith Barney. Steve's daughter Livya designs and manufactures women's clothing at her company, Ana Capri. Send news to -- Judy Bryant Wittenberg, 146 Allerton Rd., Newton,MA 02461; e-mail, jw275@cornell.edu.

61 | Jeff Rubens, editor of the widely regarded Bridge World magazine, was inducted into the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Hall of Fame in NYC in July. Founded in 1929, the magazine is regarded as the primary resource for expert players around the globe. Jeff has represented the U.S. in world championships and has won several North American championships.With 170,000 members, the ACBL is the world's largest bridge organization, supporting 3,300 local bridge clubs and more than 1,200 tournaments.

Judy Rensin Mandell and her husband Jerry '58, MD '62, have a total of eight grandchildren, only one of which is a girl. David Bershad is now a proud grandfather, thanks to son William Bershad '92 and daughter-in-law Bleema. Mike Wahl and wife Beth also have their first grandchild, born to son Peter '92 and daughter-in-law Parul Desai '91. Mike enjoys his regular golf game, weather permitting. He sees Chris Brown every now and then.

Barbara LesterMargolin sent us news about the wedding of daughter Sarah Margolin '95 to Christopher Jacobson '95 in April at the Boathouse Café in Central Park, NYC. Among the 24 Cornellians attending were the bride's sisters Carolyn Margolin '01 (now a PhD candidate in marine biology at the U. of Miami) and Julie Margolin '99 (an inventory manager for Royal Caribbean).When they are not at their weekend home in West Dover,VT, Barbara and husband Arthur naturally spend some vacation time on cruises, including a recent South American cruise and one to the Baltic.

Katherine and Al Dybvig visited Adelle Case Picking and husband Skip '60, MBA '62, at their Vail condo last ski season. The Pickings have three grandchildren. Nelson Hunter Spencer's leisure activities include running in marathons and other races, rowing, rugby, photography, and bronze sculpture. Marshall and Rosanna Romanelli Frank biked and hiked throughout the Cyclades Islands (Mykonos, Delos, Santorini, etc.) with six other couples in May. The group included Morty and Nancy Simon Hodin '62 and Marshall's brother Sid '63.

What a year for Bobbie Horowitz's Times Square Group! Bobbie and son David Slone '90, JD '94, founded the group to bring TV, theater, film, and music workshops into NYC public high schools. During a TSG workshop at an alternative high school on Manhattan's Lower East Side, students wrote and performed a series of playlets and monologues. The project was a huge success when the students got to perform their work at The Soho Playhouse with Tony Award nominee Andre De Shields guest-starring as a father.What made this show so special, according to Bobbie, was that her hunches paid off when the school's "bunch of sullen, self-doubting teens were put into the arts project, stuck with it, and subsequently formed a joyful, creative, and supportive family." TSG has applied for a grant to continue these types of programs.

A fall outing is scheduled for Oct. 23, '04, at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ, midway between NYC and Philadelphia. Open since 1992, this 35-acre sculpture park and museum features over 200 engaging, contemporary sculptures on beautifully landscaped grounds. The luncheon will be held at an exciting restaurant called Rat's in the park. For classmates in the southern New Jersey and Philadelphia areas, this is a must-attend event. If you did not receive an announcement about the outing, you can e-mail me for more details.

Reunion co-chair Jon Greenleaf wishes to remind everyone that the planning has already begun for our 45th Reunion, June 8-11, '06. "Save the dates," as they say. For those who haven't worked on reunion planning, I can only tell you that the meetings are a blast! Lots of reminiscing, story telling, and laughs. One of the planning get-togethers is scheduled to take place in Arizona, so be ready to respond positively when the call for volunteers goes out early next year. --David S.Kessler; e-mail, dsk15@cornell.edu.

62 | A plea from class historians Judy Prenske Rich and Peter Slater: they are seeking class stationery, minutes of meetings, class gift project information, and other memorabilia from the class's early years. If you served as a class officer before 1987, please remind us! Reach Judy at jprcom1@aol.com or 535 East 80th St., # 9H, New York 10028. Or send to me along with your current news!

Last year Pete '60 and Judy Shulman Weis's daughter Jennifer (Skidmore '89) and husband David Miner moved from New York City to Los Angeles, taking with them their two granddaughters, Emily and Jessica. "They left us bereft, but also left us the apartment we had all bought together and that we had planned to move into at some future date. So we spent last spring downsizing from a large house in suburban New Jersey preparing to move to a two-bedroom apartment on the Upper West Side, a short walk from Lincoln Center, the American Museum of Natural History, Riverside Park, and Central Park.We're loving it." Their son Eric (Vassar '91) lives in Providence, RI, and is with the East Coast Greenway Alliance.

Pete retired from being a professor at New Jersey Medical School last year, "which means he goes in to school four days a week instead of five, and doesn't teach or do administrative work or get paid.He's enjoying it." Judy (jweis@andromeda.rutgers.edu) is still having fun doing estuarine biology as a professor at Rutgers. She has a lab full of graduate students, and they do field work in the Hackensack Meadowlands, among other places. Judy and Pete are both involved in musical activities. Judy's in the Village Light Opera Group doing Gilbert and Sullivan, and in the Choral Society of Grace Church. Last week at a chamber music concert they bumped into her former Cornell roommate Pat Preller Trester and her husband.

Richard and Neil Ann Stuckey Levine '63 have sold their New York apartment and are building a second home in Greenville, NC, where their oldest son and three of five grandchildren live. The Levines do enjoy college towns: their main residence remains in Princeton, where Dick is in his 39th year with Dow Jones, currently as vice president and executive editor of Dow Jones Newswires. Francine Olman Hardaway (francine@stealthmode.com) remains in Phoenix, where she has just published a memoir of her experiences as a foster parent over the past 12 years. It's called Foster Mom and it's available on Amazon.com. Adds Francine, "I hope you enjoy reading how naive I was when I thought that just taking kids into your home was sufficient to make them successful (or happy)."

Other published authors include Will Anderson, whose 19th book, The Lost New England Nine: The Best of New England's Forgotten Ballplayers, was recently published. Author's note: "If you love baseball--and especially the Red Sox--you'll love this book!"Will resides in Bath, ME.New York is home to Eric, M Ed '67, and Alice Dalton Brown. She is an artist and has been showing there for 30 years. Check out the book about her work that was published two years ago, or find posters of her work online. The Browns have three children and three grandchildren.

Bob Crites '59 and I enjoyed a too-brief visit with Fred '59 and Carol Shaw Andresen (candresen@triad.rr.com), who came through Portland on their way to a wedding in central Oregon.What a treat to see them--it's wonderful to be able to pick up just where one left off x number of years ago! Two of their three married children are in the process of relocating this summer, so Carol and Fred have been enjoying grandchild-tending. They've lived in Greensboro, NC, for 30 years. Carol is art coordinator at the Center for Creative Leadership there. Fred is retired from Ciba-Geigy, but enjoying management consulting with local start-ups.

Also enjoying babysitting for grandchildren is Hal Karbiner, whose adult children and their boys live near the Karbiners in Newtown Square, PA.Hal is retired. Enjoying both grandchildren and retirement are Nancy and Bruce Steele, BS Hotel '61,MBA '62 (brnsteele@aol.com). Bruce retired to Marco Island, FL, after a career in the computer industry in Boston. "I am mostly retired,"writes Douglas Pearson from Eastsound,WA. "Neighbor Richard Bowen,MBA '64, is mostly retired, too."Douglas and Joyce (Smith), MS '65 (djpearson@rockisland.com) have daughter Ann, an assistant professor of biochemistry at Harvard, and son David with Deloitte Consulting.

"Went to the Women's March in DC and didn't see a soul I know.Very exciting, though," reports Katie Simmons Kaufman (ksk26@cornell.edu). Katie and Steven live in Hollywood, FL. Evelyn Eskin (evieskin@aol.com) reports the she and Dave Major '61 have two new granddaughters.Mira HaLevi (daughter of Jill Major HaLevi '87) arrived in February from China at age 13 months and joins her 5-year-old sister Noa in Charleston, SC. Evie spent all of February in Charleston with Noa--"Delicious!"Valerie Thompson was born in May to Evie and Dave's middle daughter Jane in Reading, PA. Evie knows the road from Philadelphia to Reading very well.

A note accompanying class dues from Robert Gillen of Raleigh, NC (chiller919@aol.com) is worth repeating verbatim: "I have degrees from two other universities and have attended two others as a non-degree candidate, so need to make choices about whom I should support. I have to tell you that the election of trustees by alumni is the issue that made me think that it's better to support Cornell.My other two degree-granting institutions are embroiled in political/financial escapades that are shameful." Thanks, Bob! Hope to see more news and dues coming. Have you sent yours? -- Jan McClayton Crites, 2779 Dellwood Dr., Lake Oswego, OR 97034; e-mail, jmc50@cornell.edu.

63 | The month of May in Racine brought some sad news for Cornell and for our city. Samuel C. Johnson '50, chairman emeritus of S. C. Johnson, died of cancer at 76. He was well liked and respected in the community for many things, but many feel he and his family are responsible for keeping Racine,Wisconsin, alive.We will surely miss him. Cornell's president emeritus Frank Rhodes spoke at the Memorial Service. In attendance were former president Hunter Rawlings and our current president, Jeffrey Lehman '77.

To the news of the Class of 1963. Alice Miller Thomas, MS '65, has been enjoying some of the most rewarding and challenging work of her career during the last three years. She is responsible for one component of a federal grant (which she received through a colleague at the U. of Minnesota) to assist a business university in the Ukraine to make adjustments to reflect the new market economy. She is assisting Ukrainian faculty in writing course syllabi, articulating high level cognitive student outcomes, and teaching and testing for those student outcomes. Alice feels she has "struck gold--professionally speaking!" Alan Chimacoff writes that "at this ridiculously advanced age" he has begun a new architecture firm called ikon.5 architects. The business opened its doors on Oct. 1, '03.His four partners are youthful and do the heavy lifting. They concentrate on architecture and planning for colleges and universities--and "as we did in our former lives, we'd love to do another building at Cornell."Alan's 18-year-old daughter Kate will take next year in France and Italy to become fluent in French and learn Italian and art history before attending Emory in the fall of 2005.

Bob and Mary Dunn Medina are still showing their beloved Tennessee Walking Horses. They have several world champions, which is exciting and challenging. Daughter Liz (Vassar '93) and son-in-law Chris Whitney '87 have son George and daughter Helen.Mary makes the grandmother trip to Darien, CT, frequently. Fred Parkin had two children at Cornell, but as of graduation this past June, he was down to one.His daughter Kathryn '04 has her first job in food service at the Olympic Village in Athens this summer. Bill and Frankie Campbell Tutt have son Ben, MA '97. Ben is manager ofWyndham's Martineau Bay Resort and Spa on the island of Vieques. Bill is chairman of US Space Foundation and chairman of the board of Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo. Frankie led a biking and kayaking tour in Vietnam last fall.

Whin,ME '68, and Joan Heathe Melville live in Pittsford,NY.Whin is practice manager at a software company called Real Time Enterprises. Their two oldest daughters, Janet Melville Ford '96 and Amy Melville Stipe '95 (married to Jason '95), both had their first children in February of last year. Daniel Daly retired from Smith Barney a year ago but continues to run his real estate operations. He and Mary Louise have five children and five grandchildren. Mardee Sue Greenfield Jenrette retired in August 2002 as associate provost of Miami-Dade Community College. She loved her job but also loves being retired. She enjoys having new educational experiences, traveling, catching up with friends, and having more time with her family. Daughter Coral lives in Boston. Peter and Rae Messer Reilly live in Ames, IA. Pete is a professor of chemical engineering at Iowa State U. Rae volunteers at a Fair Trade Shop in Ames, university museums, and her church; she enjoys her two stepdaughters and traveling. Last year Rae and Pete mixed business and pleasure to travel to Germany and the Republic of Georgia.

Bill and Debby Seyl Wycoff were at reunion last year. Daughter Ann '85 and her husband presented the Wycoffs with a granddaughter last year. Debby wrote about a great trip she and Bill took to Patagonia a year ago March. They cruised Tierra del Fuego, then went on to the Chilean national park, Torres del Paine. The scenery was spectacular. They also took a bus/boat trip through the Andes from Puerto Varas in Chile to Bariloche in Argentina. Bariloche looks like Switzerland--beautiful mountains, lakes, and snowcapped volcanoes. Jack, DVM '60, and Judy Cohn Bloch divide their retirement between Sarasota and the Finger Lakes. Judy retired from a 14-year career as a real estate broker in Rochester. She plays tennis, skis, cooks, entertains, hunts for antiques, and volunteers in the community. She is also proud to be a breast cancer survivor. Judy created "Fan Fare," a cookbook for the benefit of fans of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. She and Jack have loved traveling to Africa, Israel, and Costa Rica with Adult University (CAU).

Louise Salwitz Hochron married Leonard in 1999. They are both retired and feel like they are always on vacation. They live six months in NYC and four months in Boynton Beach, FL, and travel the other months to Italy, Spain, China, and Central Europe. Louise retired after teaching high school and having a career in financial services marketing. Leonard was a dentist in Manhattan for 40 years. They "enjoy the complete change of lifestyle from condoland/mall America to trendy Upper East Side of NYC." That's all for this issue. Keep the news coming. The easiest way to communicate is through e-mail.-- Nancy Bierds Icke, 42 Campus Ct., Racine, WI 53402; e-mail, icke@execpc.com.

64 | Reunion Report

65 | As you are reading this, the lovely fall colors are about to enfold the gorges,Homecoming is around the corner, and Ithaca is at its most beautiful. Nicholas Kass, MPA '67 (NLKass@aol.com) writes, "My daughter Elizabeth was married in May to Vesselin Miloushev, and both are in the MD/PhD program at Columbia. My son Andrew is a VP (Global Corp. Finance) at Deutsche Bank in San Francisco."Nick is still in private law practice in Queens, and is trying to move toward retirement by working one or two days less a week.He is also involved in the development of an agribusiness in the Orange-Sullivan-Delaware County areas.He would like to hear from Cornellians with farming or agribusiness experience in that area.

A new professorship in the AEM (Applied Economics and Management) business program was named for John Dyson. Robert Dyson, MBA '74, endowed the John S. Dyson Professorship in Marketing in honor of his brother, creator of the "I ‘love' NY"tourism campaign. The position is the program's first endowed faculty position since receiving accreditation in 2002. Bruce Smoller was elected president of the Montgomery County Medical Society and for the past five years has been the editor of Maryland Medicine, the journal of the state medical society.

Daniel Stern says he "had a great three-week motorcycle trip in New Zealand in February."He is "enjoying retirement with friends, books, travel, and beer," and looking forward to reunion next year. Diwan Kailash Chand wrote, "I am still in Ottawa, and my younger son Vijay has joined me in the property development business. All doing fine." Patricia Anderson Harwick, who is a fund-raising consultant to churches, says she is looking forward to spending less time working and more time making music with her husband Ray on hammer dulcimers and wirestring harp.

Lawrence Lombard wrote to say that he and Nancy Burmeister were married on Nov. 8, '03. David Tetor reports that he and wife Louise are still big Nascar fans and take their camper to as many races as they can each year.David was reelected town supervisor for the Town of Stanford, which he describes as "a difficult, low-paying retirement job-- but someone has to do it."He has also been selected as an inaugural member of the new Liberty Hyde Bailey Leadership Society for the Ag college.

For the fifth year in a row Maddy Gell Handler and husband Phil '62 have spent a year capturing on videotape the lives of graduates of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning for presentation at reunion. The graduates talk about why they enrolled, what they experienced at Cornell, and how their professional and personal lives have evolved since they graduated. At the video showing,Maddy ran into Roberta Kupfrian Tarbell, associate professor of art history at Rutgers. George Arangio, MD '69, our reunion co-chair, was at reunion scouting things out in preparation for next year. Ellen Fluhr Thomas, who is still practicing law in New York City and serving on the University Council, was there with husband Butch '64.

Maddy says it was "a real blast from the past" to see Deirdra Gray Polow after not seeing her for 39 years. "Didi," who was there with husband Ian '64, was her freshman corridor buddy and junior year next door neighbor. In the top floor Tower rooms in Risley in the spring of 1964, Didi would blast the Beatles from a record player on their "terrace."

If this can happen in an off-year, think of the great reconnects that could happen at our 40th next year. Block out the dates on your calendar now for next year--June 9-12! And send news or updates to --Dennis Norfleet, 3187 State Rt. 48, Oswego, NY 13126; tel., (315) 342-0457; e-mail, dpn5@cornell.edu; Ronald Harris, 5203 Forestdale Ct.,West Bloomfield,MI 48322; tel., (248) 788-3397; e-mail, rsh28@cornell.edu; and Joan Elstein Rogow, 9 Mason Farm Rd., Flemington, NJ 08822; tel., (908) 782-7028.

66 | We are retiring, traveling, consulting, enjoying our grandchildren, still working, and . . . turning 60! John Monroe, PhD '70 (jwm28@cornell.edu) has retired but still consults with Hewlett Packard on matters and strategies relating to international technical regulations for electronic products. He also enjoys teaching trombone to fifth to eighth graders. John and wife Margaret (Warne), MS '68, took a cruise last year to Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, and Greece. They were amazed at the impressive archaeologic sites in the area.

Gerry and Deanne Gebell Gitner (dgg26@cornell.edu) cruised around Cape Horn last fall and saw lots of sea lions and penguins. The Gitners have become snowbirds, spending October to May in Highland Beach, FL, and the rest of the year in Fairfield, NJ. Catherine Eugenia "Jeanne" Brown Sander is the 2004 President of the Cornell Hotel Society. Larry and Diane Stein Dobrow (dsd24@cornell.edu) attended the wedding of Wendy Miller Richman's daughter Jennifer. Other classmates in attendance included Alice Katz Berglas and Carol Atkin Kay.

Jonathan Reader, PhD '81, was named the first Baker Professor of Sociology, a newly endowed chair in the social sciences at Drew U. Bob Feldman, PhD '75 (rlf4@cornell. edu) joined current and alumni chimesmasters last October at a 21-bell chimes tower in Winchester, MA. It is one of two other bell towers as large as Cornell's and was cast by the same foundry. Bob and Susan (Goodman) '67 now reside in Framingham, MA. Ed and Belle Sauer (sauer@zoomtown.com) are enjoying their grandchildren. Ed is doing part-time consulting in oleochemicals.He attended the Alumni Hockey Golf Tournament in July '03, where Joe Nieuwendyk '88 brought the Stanley Cup for the weekend--a big thrill for all the old-timers who always aspired to that level of play. Hockey seems to be the only team sport where a revered trophy is allowed to travel with and be shared by the winners each year.

Charles Rappaport (elfish@tdstelme.net) is enjoying retirement. He reports that after four years in Maine, he has finally set up his home workshop. His wife is Penny Hall. Judith Kurtz Polcer (jpolcer@nyc.rr.com) has "early retired" and is spending more time on music (singing jazz, theater, etc.), and literally (physically) working on Brooklyn's Prospect Park to keep it beautiful. She also teaches English as a Second Language to adult immigrants. She plans to travel more extensively with husband Ed, who is a jazz musician and performs in the US and Europe. Fred Keller has been teaching a course at Cornell titled Sustainable Business: The Challenge of the 21st Century.

Paul Anderson (pkanderson@yahoo.com) reports that he is no longer an innkeeper, having sold his second one in 18 years. He is now living back on Cape Cod. Retired teacher and guidance counselor Donald Goldman is thoroughly enjoying his new life.He worked for the New York City school system for 35 years. Don and wife Cheryl took a cruise to Greece last fall, seeing Athens, Siros, and Santorini. This was the first September vacation he had ever been able to take. Nathan Wong (natekelii@aol.com) notes that his youngest child is at Dartmouth. This will give him an opportunity to stop by Ithaca next fall on his way from Hawaii to Hanover. Nate is still a family physician with Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii, enjoying both clinical and administrative work. He is nearing retirement from the Hawaii Army National Guard.

Stuart Peterfreund (s.peterfreund@neu.edu) is now directing the W.E.B. DuBois Program in the Humanities. Administered by Bard College, the program offers six credits of humanities courses to adult learners who are at or near the poverty level. The program is in partnership with community-based agencies such as, in the Boston area, Roxbury Community College. Stuart is also a professor of English and director of English Graduate Programs at Northeastern U. He notes that his wife Christina Sieber and their daughter compete in various horseriding competitions.-- Susan Rockford Bittker, ladyscienc@aol.com; John Miers, John_Miers@nih.gov; Bill Blockton, rbsfabrics@aol.com.

67 | Father's Day was warm and sunny in Washington this June, so with the other Cornellians in the house unavailable (my wife off teaching in China for the month and my daughter busy with everything rising sophomores--I know, we never used that term "in my day" as the late Rym Berry '04 [that's 1904] might have put it--do during their summers) there was nothing to be done but go to the annual Cornell Club outing at the Kiplingers' farm out in Poolesville.

And sure enough there were all sorts of familiar faces, including classmates Bill Newell (Alexandria,VA; wfnewell@aol.com) and Col. James D. Johnston, USAF (Ret.), also of Arlington, and their wives, both still plying their governmental callings at the USDA and the USAF, respectively, the colonel having turned consultant. Also had a chance to catch up with Jim Gutman '68, now living in Laurel,MD, and Art Spitzer '71, whose e-mail is pretty irresistible: info@brainsurgery.com. Some day he'll tell me what that has to do with the ACLU.

Then I found myself being congratulated on my shirt choice for the day--a Cornell 125th tee with the inscription "Cornell-Stanford, first, last & only game!"--by none other than the host Austin"Kip"Kiplinger '39 who was also at that game out West and knows how to make you feel good.Asking if I had been "on the field" that day, I replied by recalling the greatest Cornell party ever on the sunken ball diamond at Stanford. That was better than noting that a quarter century or so earlier, I was already relegated to the press box.

While in New Jersey recently checking out courts in Camden, I caught up with Peter Buchsbaum, Stockton, NJ, just as he was about to become the newest judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey. Peter brings a many-sided and always distinguished career at the Bar to the bench. He clerked for the late famed New Jersey Chief Justice Joseph Weintraub '28, LLB '30, was counsel for the ACLU in New Jersey, joined the Office of the Public Advocate, and has practiced with a number of firms in Princeton, Trenton, and Woodbridge. His specialty is land use law. He's been recognized as a national authority by the American Bar Association and wrote a column for years taking on all comers on issues concerning the courts and the Bar in the New Jersey Law Journal.

While I'm still overseas myself, it's high time to recall my serendipitous attendance at a Cornell function far from Cayuga's waters. This was the 100th anniversary banquet of the Cornell Club of the Philippines, held at the Discovery Suites in Pasig City, in the Manila area, where I was staying while on an assignment and which of course was managed by Tom Wisniewski '71 of the Hotel school, who had something to do, I think, with the rounds of fireworks set off in honor of the occasion. Club president Corazon Santos de la Paz, MBA '65, who heads the Philippine Social Security System, welcomed a large assembly. Some of you who took Econ 101 will recall Vicente "Vic" Valdepenas, PhD '69, then a section man and since a cabinet officer and now board member of a major Philippine bank, who was there with several family members who had journeyed to Ithaca for study.

Many at the dinner came to Cornell for graduate work. Program notes recalled how Filipinos and Filipinas had weathered the definitely different climate of snow. Others had participated in the Cornell-Philippines Rice Program at Los Banos. President Jeffrey Lehman '77 mentioned his then-upcoming trip to China during his talk at the Father's Day picnic and he should know that he will find a loyal and enthusiastic group of Cornell alumni in the Philippines the next time he travels that way.-- Richard B. Hoffman, 2925 28th St.,NW,Washington, DC; e-mail, rhoffman@erols.com.

68 | I hope you are having a good summer. Jim Kirkpatrick received the Dana Medal, which recognizes outstanding scientific contributions through original research in the mineralogical sciences. Jim is executive associate dean, College of Arts & Sciences at the U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Professor Jim Maas, PhD '66, spoke at the May meeting of the Cornell Club of Boston. Classmates there included Beth Deabler Corwin and husband Rick, Alan Stoll, MPA '70, and Joyce Pfeffer Gordon and husband Neil. Joyce lives in Wayland, MA.

Jane Frommer Gertler reports seeing Sue Selton Benjamin at a conference in Phoenix in March. Sue and Bob '67 live in Los Alamos, NM. Their daughter Alana is in medical school and son Josh '99 lives in Stamford, CT. Steve Steinhardt is enjoying retirement and playing a lot of tennis, basketball, and golf. Steve was ranked number 21 by the US Tennis Assn. in his age group and region. Sue Mascette Brandt reports, "After 31 years of an all-consuming law practice, I retired in 2002 and am now happy as a clam quilting and choral singing with two classical groups in Rochester." Sue's son Nick (Williams '02) will attend Boston College Law School, and son Josh (Brown '04) is a civil engineer.

Felicia Ackerman lives in Providence, RI, and is a philosophy professor at Brown and a short story writer. Her philosophy research centers on themes in the work of Sir Thomas Mallory and she also works in the field of bioethics, "to combat our society's eagerness to get rid of sick old people." Felicia advises, "Support stem cell research. It may save your life someday." Ronni Gordon Bergman lives in Pasadena, CA, and is a nurse practitioner. Her husband Richard is professor and chairman of physiology at USC School of Medicine in Los Angeles. Ronni's son Doug is an economist involved in energy distribution in California, and her daughter Elizabeth is a social worker.

Richard and Karolyn Kinsinger Mangeot live on a "mini-homestead" 20 miles from Louisville, KY, in the town of Croydon, IN. They keep busy volunteering for local community service organizations. Karolyn reported that Bob Wiltenburg, dean of University College at Washington U., coordinated the school's huge sesquicentennial celebration, which included a beautiful history of Washington U. written by Bob's wife Candace O'Connor '70.

Jeff Burtch lives in Orangeburg, NY.He was looking forward to a solo show of his sculpture at the Piermont (NY) Flywheel Gallery. Naomi Weinstein Berman and husband Emory live in Plainview, NY. Naomi retired in 2002 after 31 years teaching. She has enjoyed travel to Australia and New Zealand. Laura Sevush Langworthy and husband Dick '66 live in West Newbury, MA. Laura's grandson joined her for a family celebration in Switzerland in February--at 9 weeks old. He is the son of Laura's daughter Kimberly Langworthy Blair '94 and husband Marc. Laura's son Bill '97 is a writer and producer of a TV pet talent show called "Pet Star."

Kathleen Maney Fox and husband Gary live in Cortland, NY. Daughter Melissa Toner Lozner '97 was married in Sage Chapel in 2003 and is clerking for a federal judge. Kathleen retired in June 2004 and was selected (for the second time) in Who's Who Among America's Teachers. Pete and Nonie Diamond Susser live in Great Neck,NY. Daughter Wendy Susser Levinbrook '93 is a dermatologist in Connecticut, and is expecting her second child. Daughter Carrie Susser Goldin '96 is consumer marketing director for "Teen People." Their son Andrew attends USC.

Send in some information regarding your summer vacation. Our class is at a life stage where people are doing a wide variety of activities--some working in full-time careers, others fully retired, and others doing a combination. I look forward to hearing from you personally. --Gordon H. Silver, 20 Rowes Wharf #510, Boston, MA 02110; e-mail, gordon_silver@comcast.net.

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