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34 | Here's the Class of '34 reporting in on its 70th Reunion. In a nutshell, it was a most successful and joyful weekend. Sixteen of our classmates returned for this occasion, along with some 30 spouses, relatives, or friends accompanying them. The group was most congenial. They had a fine time catching up, reminiscing, and renewing old friendships, and were kept busy with the long list of Reunion events and optional offerings. On top of that, the weather was perfect at all times. All in all, the Class of '34 70th Reunion--our "Last Hurrah"--was a huge success.

'34 was housed and largely fed in the Statler Hotel. There we had comfort, superb service, and our own bathrooms--not dormitory style! All three of our breakfasts and our three banquet-style dinners were served in the Statler. The hotel was a most convenient location, central to the campus and to reunion activities--one of the advantages of being in the oldest group!

What a great bunch. There were four women and 12 men back. Two of the men came all the way from California. To all who came back, our sincere thanks for your determination and efforts!

Unfortunately, like many others, I was unable to be present.My wife Anne and I were so disappointed to miss out on the fun. I also felt bad for missing my responsibilities at Reunion.My spirit was willing, but the body just was not up to it. Fortunately, our Reunion co-chairs Winnie Loeb Saltzman and Ed McCabe did yeoman service. They ran a superb Reunion--as I heard from many present. It went like clockwork! To Winnie and Ed, our class owes great thanks and gratitude. I also want to thank our longtime class treasurer Marcus Breier, JD '36, who replaced me and presided over our class business meeting.Marcus and I worked well together on the class's financial matters.He has served as class treasurer for some 35-40 years.His help at this reunion and over the years has been priceless (and also salary-less!).

Our class had a lovely trip and visit on Friday morning.We were transported by bus from our hotel to the brand new Ornithology Lab, just a short ride from campus. There we were met by Scott Sutcliffe '75, asst. director of the Lab. Scott talked about this unusual facility, its purposes, and its goals, then took the '34 group on an extended tour. A box luncheon was served out on a beautiful terrace overlooking a lovely pond full of waterfowl, surrounded by trees and shrubs being enjoyed by many birds.We were joined at this luncheon by our honored guests, former Pres. Frank Rhodes and his gracious wife Rosa. Pres. Rhodes, a long-standing friend of our class, thanked the group for being at Reunion and for their long and loyal support of the university.

At the class dinner on Thursday evening former Pres. Hunter Rawlings III joined us and spoke to our group. He is back teaching Classics at Cornell. He stressed the strength of our class and its loyalty to Cornell and also mentioned how delighted he is to be able to stay in Ithaca teaching at the university.

The weekend was full of things to do. The Olin Lecture on Friday afternoon and President Lehman's State of the University address on Saturday morning were great presentations enjoyed by all. All-alumni lunches at Barton Hall are noisy but fun, and a great way to see lots of friends. The Savage Club and Cornelliana Night are two fun events, full of home-grown talent and lots of spirit. All these made for a wonderful Reunion. But scheduled events still left time to relax--to sit around, reminisce, "swap lies,"make new friends, find your favorite old haunts of the '30s (if they still exist), visit your sorority/fraternity, walk around the beautiful campus.

The Class of '34 set several fund-raising records during this past year.We broke the record for the largest number of donors of any 70th Reunion class--15 percent over the old mark. '34 also set a new high for percentage of participation for a 70th Reunion class--45 percent--as well as the largest number of members in the Cayuga Society. The members of the class are to be congratulated.You set these records--these markers--for future classes to aim for and surpass.

It was also announced that over these 70 years, the Class of '34 has given to Cornell a total of more than $25,700,000! For a Depression class, that's quite a sum! As they say, "That's a lot of money, even if you say it fast!"

Congratulations, Class of '34.You are the greatest! And thank you, Cornell, for providing us with such a great 2004 Reunion. Long live Cornell!--William R.Robertson, 143 Rivermead Rd., Peterborough, NH 03458; tel., (603) 924-8654.

39 | Our 65th Reunion was a wonderful experience for me.No rah-rah, no raucous jollity, just a warm, affectionate recognition of old times and old friends, and present appreciation of our opportunity to meet once again at Cornell. Alumni House says we were 1,296 freshmen in 1935, that 928 of us were graduated in 1939, and that there are about 300 of us left, of whom 32 men and women (and the widows of two former classmates) returned to celebrate together.

The University treated us royally, with excellent accommodations, great food, and efficient, courteous service.We were housed at the Statler, with bus service at the door, Barton across the way for lunches, and help everywhere for those with canes, walkers, or wheelchairs.We were coddled and it made the whole weekend very special.Most of us chose to do those activities we could handle, like the Savage Club, the Glee Club concert, and Cornelliana Night, along with a few bus tours, but the best part was the talk.We remembered, we caught up, we laughed, we got a little sentimental now and then. It was very satisfying.

Since our men's correspondent, Phil Twitchell, could not come, I had the pleasant duty of talking to the men, most of whom I had never really known. I couldn't get around to all of them, but those to whom I talked were extremely interesting. Of course Austin Kiplinger and Daniel Kops were there and in fine form, telling stories. It was Kip's father, the founder of the Kiplinger Group, who hired Dan away from his job in Texas and really started him on his journalistic career. William Page spoke about his 50 years in radio and then television and eventual administration in these media in North Carolina. He and his wife Marie now live in a retirement community, and he is still involved in many service activities.

John MacDonald, who came with his son Donald, talked about his many years in steel production control till 1960, when the great steel mills in Pennsylvania began to close, and in allied fields since then until his retirement. John Hull spent years in the US and abroad working in the field of business management and consultation. He lived for 25 years in Sweden and still goes back every summer with his wife Astrid to his home on an island in the bay near Stockholm. Robert Leigh Brown is busy writing his autobiography, called "Bob's Crossing, Christ and Cornell,"which will be published in the fall of 2004.

President Jeffrey Lehman '77 and his wife Kathy Okun visited with us Thursday night, and former President Frank Rhodes and his wife Rosa were with us for dinner on Friday night. Frank gave a delightful talk. Did you know the Rhodeses are honorary members of our class?

And our women! Helen Cooney Bourque came with her daughter Susan, who is Dean and Provost of Smith College. Florence Morgenstern Dreizen, who is reuning for the first time, has been an administrative judge in New York City, still working (!) in labor law, and full of fascinating stories about labor unions and city politics. Janet Wasserman Karz is still a professional potter in Rochester and has a son who makes documentary films. Patricia O'Rourke Smith came from Florida and told me about a second book to be published. She is very involved with literacy help for migrant workers and their children.

I shall have to continue this in my next column, but I do want to report that our class officers for the next five years are: Sally Steinman Harms (President), Anne Newman Gordon (Treasurer), Ruth Gold Goodman and Philip Twitchell (Class Correspondents), Dan Kops and Barbara Babcock Payne (Cornell Fund), Barbara Babcock Payne (Remembrance Garden Fund), and Betty Luxford Webster (Reunion Chair).

It was a great reunion.We missed all of you who could not come.Hang in there, and perhaps we'll all be lucky enough to be together again in 2009.--Ruth Gold Goodman, 103 White Park Rd., Ithaca,NY 14850; tel., (607) 257-6357; e-mail, bg11@cornell.edu.

44 | The Kestens did it again! Reunion 60 was the grandest in numbers (for a 60th, urged by Art's challenging mailings, and in 60th dollars for the university, piled up by fund-raisers Bates Miller and Levitan--and in camaraderie. People were just having good times in perfect weather--cool, sunny, and breezy. Half the group was housed in comfortable dorm rooms at Hurlburt House and half at Hotel Statler. Besides our own scheduled buses, 40 others ran round and round the campus from 7 a.m. till 1 a.m. Between events and at days' ends we gathered in the community room at Hurlburt.

So what did we do? According to Art's printed schedule, people drifted in on Thursday (drivers having received a last minute communiqué to note that parking spaces were room-numbered) and were meeted and greeted with a beer or a coke. Dinner that evening was an international salad buffet in the tent behind Hurlburt Dorm (our daily breakfast bar there too). President Jeffrey Lehman '77--the only Cornellian to claim the crown) and First Lady Kathy Okun (U. of Michigan grad who bonded with Bud Rundell, who earned his master's there) were guests of honor. Pres. Lehman addressed the group and happily received the super-large check, '44's gift to Cornell. Some of us went to the traditional Savage Club concert; others just sat about chatting.

Friday morning we assembled with the Class of '54 in Call Auditorium at Kennedy Hall to hear three speakers--ex-Pres. Frank Rhodes on advanced education, David Call '54 himself on food and agriculture, and Prof. Glenn Altschuler on current American culture. The latter was most amusing and right on the mark--the three Cs--consumerism, celebration, and connectivization. Then the traditional Moose Milk party for lunch at the Straight. Art did squeeze out the tasteless jock strap, bra, and red sock. Bill Falkenstein, we missed you, especially then.

On to the lecture by astronaut Edward Lu '84, who had just returned from 260 days in space. He would be willing to sign on for a three-year trip to Mars.Many of us visited our newly renovated Class of '44 Memorial Room and checked the exhibit at Barton where each college displays its unique offerings.

On to get dressed up (coat and tie) for our only fancy event--cocktails and dinner at the Statler. Bob Gallagher, MC for the banquet, gave an entertaining talk. Some of us went down to the tents to dance--only three this year with Dixieland, rock and roll, and music of the '40s by a 15-piece band. It was only 9:30 so not much action. The Rundells were joined by two other couples who soon quit, as did we--grass too high; should have been mowed for dancing. Lots of people standing around--good listening!

Back to Hurlburt and a perusal of the Kestens' books--86 pages of more than 650 legit '44s with addresses and phone numbers, 25th and 55th reunions with lots of photos, and three separate binders of website pages. Next-day plans for Hotel and DVM breakfasts, fraternity, sorority, and Plantations visits were made.

Saturday morning in our red porkpie hats and VPs in the Club '44 shirts, we gathered at Bartels Hall (the much enlarged Field House) for the President's address. On to Barton Hall for the sitting for the Big Picture, and '44's parading around the All-Alumni Lunch tables. A few of us later went down to Uris Hall to take a trip to Mars and to listen to a lecture on electioneering.

After our clams and lobster dinner in a tent behind Roberts Hall, we marched up to Bartels with all the other classes for Cornelliana Night when all the big numbers are announced and we sing the favorite songs. Now for the numbers:We registered 126 classmates, 21 other Cornellians, 56 guests--total 203. Yes, we really broke the 60th record of 105 classmates held by the Class of '38. The check for the university added up to $3,206,348 from 245 donors (duespayers 347). Tower Club members number 38--60-year Reunion Record and a new class best.

Now, how about our in-house statistics? Who traveled farthest--Bill Felver from the Isle of Bute, Rothesay, Scotland (two of his sons met him on his arrival in Ithaca).Who traveled hardest--Stanton Bower and son crossed the US in their RV from San Luis Obispo, CA, and back. Dunbar King drove his antique Ford from Verona, NJ, followed by his friend Richard Fairchild '46, BS '49 (just in case). His traveling companion, a well-stuffed springer spaniel, guarded his car at Hurlburt House. Some facts about the car--1926 Model T, racing green in color, gray wool upholstery, comfortable spring seats but no heater, no defroster, requires eight adjustments to start. Dunbar called me to report the car made it back 200 miles to a restoration shop in Hibernia--just 25 miles from home. Shop owner says it is finished, but Dunbar won't give up.

Andy, MD '46, and Sherrill Capi took off for their usual two summer months in Portugal and the rest of us just started home, heads full of nostalgia, lots of good memories, and everlasting appreciation and admiration of the Kestens. -- Nancy Torlinski Rundell, 20540 Falcons Landing Cir., #4404, Sterling, VA 20165; tel., (703) 404-9494.

49 | A grand time was had by all! The Gilberts--Inger (Molmen) and Jack--did it again! We sure thank them and the Cornell staff and students for a very enjoyable 55th Reunion. The weather cooperated beautifully, once Thursday's rain cleared. Lots of meeting and greeting at our headquarters, after careful observation of name tags! Great to see Doris Kershaw Guba, Babs Stern Isaacson, Bill Barber, Bill Eldred, LLB '53, and Harry Flood, to name a few. The Savage Club show had a lot to like--skits, solos, duets, the band, piano, sing alongs, even juggling, and a bedtime story--and so to sleep.

Friday's continental breakfast in the Mews tent was a perfect chance to make new friends like William Wade and Iris, Jim Mayer, Dick and Rena Lustberg. Congratulations to our athletes: Ralph Coryell was first in the 70-and-older Cornell Run; the Golf class winner was Ronald Hailparn; in the tennis tournament, only six stalwart, olde bodies played--Russ Meyer and Lee Regulski were the best. Jack Rupert, JD '51, Dick and Rena Lustberg, and moi gave it the old college try. Norm Baker finally rowed stroke, setting the pace. Beebe Lake class luncheon saw an influx of new talent: Chuck Reynolds and Sis, Ken and Sally Wallace Murray '50, and Dick and Joan Noden Keegan '50, among others. Lectures, the Cornell Store, and exploring the campus filled the afternoon, followed by a tasty class barbecue on the Ag Quad, with more new faces appearing-- Wendel Kent, Lee Metzger, and Donald "Red Dog" Johnston. A number of us attended the Cornell Chorus (co-ed) concert at Sage--very impressive. Singalongs took place each eve at headquarters with Tom Foulkes '52 on the piano. Stand beside Faith Goldberg Hailparn--she knows all the words! She says, "Can't remember what I ate yesterday but . . .!"

Saturday morn at breakfast we perused a Cornell Daily Sun June 10, '49 newspaper to make sure we had graduated. All names were listed individually by college. One headline read "3,000 ‘old' alumni return for Reunion Week Gaiety." So, were you? The four lesser tennis players tried again while others went to the Johnson Museum to see early Chinese ceramics from the Shatzman Collection (Herbert and Eunice Frohman Shatzman). President Jeffrey Lehman '77, son of Leonard and Imogene Lehman, gave an informative and inspiring State of the University Address at 10:30. After our milk punch party, thanks to Carl Schwarzer and Barbara Bickford, the All-Alumni Luncheon at Barton was enjoyed and our class picture (pictures!) were taken. Perhaps a lecture or even a nap this afternoon. The class reception, banquet, and business meeting at the Statler came next.A delightful surprise was the visit of Ingrid Arnesen '76, daughter of the late Leif Arnesen, at our Saturday banquet.We managed to seat her with a group of Psi Us, including Leif's roommate.We were honored to have President Lehman and his charming wife Kathy Okun join us for dinner. Cornelliana Night fun. Our class gave $1,606,521 and set a record of 460 donors, and tied the record of 39 Tower Club members.

Our officers for the next five years are as follows: President--John J. Gilbert Jr.; VPs--Inger Molmen Gilbert, Richard J. Keegan, and John E. Rupert; Treasurer--John E. Rupert; Class Correspondent--Richard J. Keegan; Cornell Fund Rep.--Richard H. Lustberg; Secretary/Historian--Bette McGrew Benedict; Reunion Chairs--Doris Kershaw Guba and Ken Murray.

Now here is something to strive for. I met Cornell's oldest Reunion attendee this weekend--102 years young and really with it! Good luck and take care! I enjoyed being your class correspondent. Bye! [Mary, the class thanks you profusely for your enjoyable columns. Please enjoy your retirement.] --Mary Heisler Allison, 1812 Puerto Bello Dr., Lady Lake, FL 32159; tel., (352) 259-0203.

54 | Two hundred and ninety classmates did return in June to "tread the Hill again." Including spouses and other guests,we totaled about 480 souls. Our 50th Reunion, comfortably headquartered in Court Hall, was meticulously planned and graciously executed by co-chairs Ken Hershey and Rosemary Seelbinder Jung.As those "remembered chimes" rang out over the campus, we scattered far and wide in perfect weather, many seeing the changed landscape for the first time in 50 years. Ithaca weather was cooperative, allowing for golf, tennis, biking, hiking, strolling, and a great dinner at the Plantations.

Your reunion committee arrived early and managed to send winds and rain on their way by noon Thursday when the celebrants began to arrive. The tennis and golf players had a bit of a soggy time, but those who chose to taste some of the best of the local grapes had a good trip up the lake for lunch and wine-tasting at Sheldrake Wineries under the able stewardship of Lew Stone. Dinner Thursday was to be found in our tent directly across from Class HQ, with Hope's Way serving the first of their fabulous meals. Some of us managed to leave the convivial atmosphere to make the Savage Club Show, relocated to Sage while Bailey is under renovation. Others talked well beyond sunset, seeing some classmates for the first time in 50 years.

The "green elms" of our youth have faded into memory, but we can still bring to mind those "golden dreams" as we hurried from class to class from one quad to the next with only ten minutes to navigate through the crowds. This time we walked or bussed from Court Hall to: Call Auditorium in Kennedy Hall to hear Dave Call, PhD '60, Pres. Emeritus Frank Rhodes, and Glenn Altschuler, PhD '76, discuss "What May the Future Hold for our Grand- and Great-grandchildren" in the areas of education, society, and food; to Uris, where professors Ted Lowi and Joel Silbey debated "The (Un)Making of the President 2000"; to Martha Van where in great numbers we listened as Professor David Levitsky told us all about the latest low carb diets; to Uris to hear about "The Big Red Planet" by members of the astronomy dept.; and to Sibley Hall to see "Being Eisenman–Being Back", a video of Peter Eisenman's work followed by his informal remarks.

Pres. Jeffrey Lehman '77 and his wife Kathy Okun were the honored guests at our banquet Friday night at Barton Hall. Johnny Russo's band played, as it did for us the entire weekend. Bob Levitan introduced President Lehman to the class, and he welcomed us back with a few memory-jogging anecdotes.

Nearly 20 classmates were returning to the campus for the first time in 50 years.Many wished they had returned sooner. From "distant lands" came Abdul Assifi, who is presently in his native Afghanistan working with the new government. Regular returnees Lee and Mary Fitzgerald Morton '56 were not able to attend this year, having been in a plane accident in Denver this past spring. As of June they were undergoing burn treatments in San Francisco.

A number of classmate contributions helped insure we had the proper atmosphere in which to recall those "visions of enchanted times." John Mariani's Banfi Wines were a taste sensation throughout the weekend. Bill Pinchbeck's beautiful palate of pastel roses graced our dinner at Barton Hall. Bob Benzinger's magic playing insured a rousing chorus to two of the songs we knew so well as undergraduates.We may forget car keys, but the words flowed like it was 1952. Peggy Hill's incredible quilt, won by Robert Martin, LLB '60, was the focal point of our headquarters. The quilt glowed with its subtle collection of muted red fabrics. Chick Trayford, MBA '60's ability to run the maze of university databases not only led to the discovery of several lost classmates, but also aided in the even flow at registration. Duane Neil, who for years has been the mainstay of our fund-raising, spearheaded this year's total sum of $1,742,567, giving us a lifetime total of $20,173,164. Carl Dudley once more led our Memorial Service that honors those classmates who have passed on. It was a total team effort reminiscent of those that sent Cornell to the top in the Fifties.

Best wishes were in order for newlyweds returning to the Hill: Burt and Sylvia Taub Bernstein-Tregub of Los Angles, Elizabeth and Jim Ritchey of North Carolina, and Joan and Bill Pinchbeck of Vermont. Bill actually had his Senior Derby with him, and Paul Nemiroff managed to wear our rejected Dink throughout most of the weekend.

You elected a new slate to carry us through to the next reunion in 2009. Ken and Rosemary will serve as co-presidents to be ably assisted by VPs Clancy Fauntleroy, Louise Schaefer Dailey, and Lew Stone. Our Web genius Jan Jakes Kunz will begin a revision of our site, so stay tuned for new features. Bert Rosen will step into Lew Stone's shoes as treasurer, while Warren Breckenridge will take on the task of Fund representative.Mitzi Sutton Russekoff will continue her duties as secretary.Having been so successful in locating people, Chick Trayford has signed on as reunion co-chair along with Jack Vail. Bob Levitan has been elevated to President Emeritus, and yours truly will remain as your class scribe.

The entire list of those returning for reunion can be found at: http://reunionreg.aad.cornell.edu/attended.cfm?class=54. -- Leslie Papenfus Reed, 500 Wolfe St., Alexandria, VA 22314; e-mail, ljreed@speakeasy.net. Class website, http://classof54.alumni.cornell.edu/.

59 | Magical . . . loads of fun . . . so much to see . . . fabulous . . . an emotional high. Thus did people summarize their experiences during our 45th Reunion on June 10-13.More than 280 people, including 175 classmates, attended our reunion, with most of us staying in the townhouses on North Campus. Among us were eight classmates attending their first-ever reunion.Many classmates worked to make Reunion memorable, with especial credit going to Reunion Co- Chairs Gwen Woodson Fraze and Fred Harwood and Registration Chair Jane Taubert Wiegand. Our class represented over 25 percent of the total 2004 reunion contributions to the university--$11.7 million out of $44 million. Included in this amount was the Class of '59 Scholarship endowment.

Cornell notables who joined our class at various events included Susan Murphy '73, PhD '94, vice president for student and academic services, who spoke to us during our Friday evening dinner at Appel Commons. "The demographics she presented--contrasting the incoming class of 2009 with our Class of 1959--were breathtaking," said Fred Harwood. Glenn Altschuler, PhD '76, the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin professor of American studies, provided dynamic and nostalgic insights about the 1950s and our generation, using numerous examples from our years on the Hill to illustrate his points.

He was followed by Christine Schelhas-Miller, director of the Carol Tatkon Center, a resource center for first-year students located in the south wing of Balch Hall. Classmate Carol Clark Tatkon, who had a remarkable career in the oil industry and served as a university trustee, died in 1997.Her daughter Heather Tatkon Powers '91,MPA '93, and son-in-law Eric '86,MBA '93, worked with the university to find a fitting use for her bequest to Cornell.Many of us toured the center, which hosts poetry readings, coursereview sessions, study-skills workshops, and writing services. There are meetings in conference rooms, discussions in seminar rooms, a variety of programs in a fully equipped classroom--and lattes and smoothies available in Carol's Café.

This year's class forum,"Making a Difference," was conceived and organized by Stefanie Lipsit Tashkovich, M Ed '64, and moderated by Barbara Benioff Friedman. Sid Wolfe spoke about his work as director of Public Citizen Health Research Group; Katy Boynton Payne, an acoustic biologist in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, described her studies on communication in forest elephants; and Mike Green, who retired last year from the National Academies, talked about his efforts on managing research programs in developing countries. Chuck Hill, an investment analyst covering the technology industry, talked about recent ethical misbehavior that has tarnished the investment profession, and Barbara Hirsch Kaplan described her efforts to raise money and plan special events for non-profit organizations such as MANNA, a group that feeds and counsels individuals and families living with AIDS and HIV.

We visited the new state-of-the-art Friedman Wrestling Center, for which Steve and Barbara provided initial funding. The center, which opened on Jan. 26, '03, seats 1,000 fans and features a training room, a strength and conditioning room, a study lounge/video viewing room, coaches' offices, and locker rooms. Steve held his classmates' attention as he spoke about an entirely different matter: his work as President George W. Bush's top economic advisor and head of the National Economic Council.

Saturday evening events began with a student musical in Lincoln Hall, with performances by some of Cornell's most gifted undergraduates. During the reception that followed, groups of us visited the practice room funded by our class gift in 1999. Hyun Kyong Chang '04, a senior music major practicing therein, commented, "All of us fight to get this room because it has the best piano, plus windows that give us a view of the greenery outside."

During a farewell brunch on Sunday morning, we paused for a moment of silence in remembrance of classmates who are no longer with us. A list of those who passed away during the years since our previous reunion, or whose deaths became known to the university during that time, was posted nearby.

Dave Dunlop presented the slate of class officers, which was voted into office for a 5-year term, 2004-09: Co-Presidents George Schneider and Barbara Hirsch Kaplan; Vice Presidents Ron Demer (Affinity Groups), Steve Fillo (Advice & Counsel), and Marian Fay Levitt (Scholarship Endowment);Webmaster Al Newhouse; Treasurer Diane Dogan Hilliard; Secretary Bill Kingston; Cornell Fund Representative Bill Day; Reunion Co-Chairs Dave Dunlop and Harry Petchesky; and yours truly as Class Correspondent. In addition, we approved the creation of a new office, Class Historian, and voted to appoint Chuck and Nancy Sterling Brown to the position.

Chuck then announced the results of the Beebe Lake run/walk, in which participants announce ahead of time how long it will take them to go around the lake.Winners --those who came closest to correctly predicting their times--were Dave Chandler, ME '63, for twice around the lake and yours truly for once around.Which in my case demonstrates that one needn't be an athlete to win an athletic event at Cornell! -- Jenny Tesar, 97A Chestnut Hill Village, Bethel, CT 06801; tel., (203) 792-8237; e-mail, jet24@cornell.edu.

64 | What a great Reunion! One of the best, everyone agreed. Just about everything about it was perfect: the weather (clear and cool), the attendance (238 classmates, a near-record for a 40th, with spouses and significant others making a total gathering of 360-plus), the food (a hugely delicious variety), the music (including a fabulous '60s rock band), the seminars and special events . . . you name it! Those of us who attended owe a big thanks to all who organized our weekend and made sure all went smoothly during it, especially Sue Mair Holden, Barbara Lutz Brim, Don McCarthy, Judie Pink Gorra, Ed Dealy, MBA '66, and Joanne Herron.

A personal observation: just about everyone there looked better--trimmer, more fit, overall healthier--than we did five years ago. This was underscored by our sometimes frenzied dancing Friday night, when we overflowed the dance floor and rocked into the wee hours. And everyone was so darned positive. For all the calamities and geopolitical woes that have pummeled and traumatized America since our last reunion, our classmates are embarked upon renewed lives: some into retirement, others into new careers, still others continuing to work happily away in their chosen fields. It's great that we all get along so well, whether we knew each other on campus or not, as we are bonded by shared remembrances--not only of our time at Cornell, but of subsequent influential events, both personal and otherwise. All-in-all, a great weekend that left everyone anxious for the next reunion.

Now to news. Paul Reading, MD '68, retired May 1 after 30 years in his clinical ob/gyn practice. Paul and wife Kathy live in Poway, CA. Earle Marie Low Manson is also retired (June 2003), she from a 27-year career as a chemist at Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory, ending as division leader of the 900-person engineering sciences and application division. She and also-retired husband Dean Carstens spend time traveling (recently including a tour of Alaska, a five-week East Coast driving trip, and frequent visits to Mexico), plus swimming, hiking, skiing, and bridge. They still live in Los Alamos.

Yet another recent retiree is Ann Wilson Rounds, who had been a teacher and district coordinator and still works part-time as an English curriculum coordinator. Ann and husband Tom enjoy singing, hiking, opera, and bird-watching. They recently traveled to Germany and Portugal. The Rounds live in San Mateo, CA. Valerie Jesraly Seligsohn recently retired from her position as an associate professor of art with the Community College of Philadelphia, then took a similar position with the Daytona Beach (FL) Community College, the new home for her and husband Melvin. She is continuing her work at U. of Pennsylvania College of Design's board as Florida director. Select works of Valerie's were part of a special exhibit at Reunion. In 2002, a large landscape of hers, "Lake of Life,"was made a focal point of Bellevue Hospital's Rita J. Kaplan Breast Imaging Center. She enjoys music, reading, walking, golf, and bicycling, while cutting back on her workload and professional life.

David Austin, MS '67, retired last March after 37 years at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory designing naval nuclear propulsion systems. Dave and wife Mary Anne, still living in Scotia, NY, spend their time as volunteers, supporting several Christian outreach groups, and enjoy traveling to visit friends and see new places. Michael Graves retired in June after 37 years as a teacher and social studies instructional leader at the Green Central School District.Dave enjoys photography.He and wife Suzanne live in Fairport,NY.

Not retired is botanical artist Sally Greenstein Jacobs, who lives in Los Angeles. Sally writes, "I'm thrilled with my final and most surprising career, painting watercolor plant portraits that are shown in exhibitions throughout the country." Physician Morris Pollock is a gastroenterologist who enjoys golf and extensive travel with wife Suzanne from their home in Raleigh, NC. Suki Sharp Starnes is a lawyer involved in human rights mediation. Last April, she and husband Colin, who live in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, spent five weeks touring China and Thailand.

Carolyn Spiesz Hagaman is a counselor with Student Support Services (a TRIO project) and coordinator of summer programs at the Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky U. She and husband John live in Bowling Green, KY, and have done lots of travel recently--to Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico, plus lots of weddings coast to coast. When it comes to travel, David Marion, MA '66, has a special situation. He has a psychotherapy practice in his hometown, Berwyn, PA, but his wife and teenage daughter live in New South Wales, Australia, where she moved to take a new job. David tries to get there each April and August.

Scientist Leonard Berman writes that he was unable to attend reunion because he was in Milan, Italy, for a meeting of the Int'l Standards Organization. Leonard, who enjoys sailing and tennis, lives with wife Charlotte in Huntington,NY. George and Patricia Lenihan Ayres have a 60-acre farm in Shortsville, NY, where they raise berries, corn, pumpkins, soybeans, wheat, rye, and alfalfa. Pat is berry manager of their Fresh Ayr Farm and is baker and manager of the Fresh Ayr Farm Market. For all that, they're into theater, dining out, and travel, recently to North Carolina and California to visit family. The Ayres are also active with Cornell (the NESARE Project), serve on the Farmington Agricultural Advisory Committee, and serve on their two local library boards and their community development corporation.

Abby Stolper Bloch, a nutrition consultant, is VP of programs and research for the Dr. Robert C. Atkins Foundation. She and husband Stanley live in Manhattan, from which she teaches skiing, plays golf, rides Stanley's Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and goes to all New York Mets home games. On the flip side of life in the Big Apple, Charles Kentnor sells real estate in Sonoita, AZ, and also with his wife operates a bed-and-breakfast facility and a horse operation on their property. Chuck is into bike riding, horseback riding, sporting clays (shooting), and travel, recently to the Cook Islands and Argentina where they have a small vineyard. Chuck manages to get to Tucson for Cornell Club meetings, is on the board of directors of Seesi, and is treasurer of his Rotary Club. He reports recently seeing classmates Gary Ehlig, MBA '66, Tony Anthony, and Steve Halstead, MBA '66.He plans to sell the B&B shortly, but in the meantime invites classmates in the Tucson area to drop by and see their paradise.

Back in NYC, Richard Hecht is a senior partner in the country's 36th-largest accounting firm,Marks, Paneth & Shron.His interests include tennis, golf, biking, running-- and creating a fair federal tax system. Dick and wife Susan live in White Plains, where he is on the school board. A recent trip to Europe found the Hechts in France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Italy, and Spain. Also in Manhattan, with husband Hal, Leslie Seiden still works as a psychiatrist, with no plans to retire. She says she seems to work longer and harder all the time, but still finds it deeply rewarding.

That's all for now. Keep the news flowing--and be sure to visit our class website: http://classof64.alumni.cornell.edu. -- Bev Johns Lamont, 720 Chestnut St., Deerfield, IL 60015; e-mail, blamont@tribune.com.

69 | Crisp, bright skies and comfortable temperatures were the backdrop for our 35th Reunion--just right for walking the campus hills. For those of us attending, there was plenty of opportunity to get calf muscles back in shape. The class was headquartered in Cascadilla Hall, so it was uphill to most venues. If you don't remember this graceful 19th-century building, that's probably because it is located across the gorge, off Stewart Avenue, and was a graduate student dormitory in our time. Its comfortable lounge with large windows framing a view over Collegetown created a relaxed setting to reminisce with old friends and to forge new ones.

The reunion activities began on Friday morning with a thought-provoking class forum organized and introduced by Doug Antczak, a professor of genetics at Cornell. Dr. Philip Reilly, CEO of Interleukin, held our unwavering attention during his talk, "The New Biology: Ethical, Legal & Social Issues."He challenged the audience with numerous ethical dilemmas. For example, what is a doctor's responsibility when confronted with a patient that has a genetic disease with potentially serious impact on the health of an offspring? Is the physician ethically bound to respect doctor-patient privacy or to inform the child? Having earned both a medical and a law degree, Phil was singularly qualified to lead the lively discussion. Everyone came away with new perspectives and a conviction that the program should be shared with a wider Cornell audience.

Both Friday and Saturday allowed time for campus-wide activities that were sponsored by nearly every college and affinity group. There were alumni athletic events, tours, meetings, and lectures. Edward Lu '84, a NASA astronaut and veteran of three space missions, talked on "Rocket Ships, Asteroids, Dinosaurs, and Immortality."He recently returned to Earth after spending six months aboard the international space station. The audience was delighted to see a photograph of the Cornell campus from space. Ed explained that he had passed over many times beginning in the month of April, and it had taken until August to find a cloud-free day.

The class reassembled for cocktails and dinner in Trillium, a contemporary glass-walled room on the Ag Quad, which was followed by the traditional tent parties on the Arts Quad. At the dinner, the class took the opportunity to thank outgoing class presidents Joe Cervasio and Tim Schiavoni for their efforts. A special thanks goes to Tim, who arrived before Reunion began and did yeoman's work to help set up the class headquarters. The dinner also gave us a chance to catch up with classmates. Joe has recently published Bad News on the Doorstep, a saga about a blue-collar ethnic family that is set in the '50s. Bob Tallo is the athletic director at a college in North Carolina and will be teaching a new course on ethics when classes begin again. Gail Papermaster Bender-Satz was there with her husband of two years, Dr.Mark Satz.

At Saturday's breakfast buffet, Joe Burleson had us laughing with his story of freshmen pouring over pictures of coeds in the pig book.When Stan Chess, JD '72, joined the banter, we laughed even harder. After a morning full of activities, the class met at Barton Hall for lunch and the class picture. There were two popular lectures in the afternoon. The first, "The Red Planet: An Up Close and Personal Look at the Mars Rover Mission," was presented by Steven Squyres '78, PhD '81, Cornell astronomy professor and leader of the Mars Rover mission. He delighted the audience with the newest pictures of the Martian surface and described the designing, testing, and operation of the two mission robots. The second lecture, "The (Un)Making of the President 2004," given by Theodore Lowi and Joel Silbey, was standing-room-only.

The major class event of the weekend was cocktails and dinner at the Johnson Art Museum. Although the outstanding venue offered a fine collection and generous views, most people didn't see them, preferring to remain in the lobby reuniting with classmates.We learned that Ken White, MEE '70, is a consultant and president of his enterprise, Visual Sense Systems, located in Ithaca.He also arranges for the guest speakers at the monthly meetings of the Cornell Society of Engineers. John Wilkens, MEE '71, our able class webmaster, works for DuPont and lives in Kennett Square, PA. Rich Nalevanko took the opportunity to retire from Mobil when they merged with Exxon.After a lifetime of relocating to various parts of the world, he and his wife Joy have settled in Alstead, NH. Classmates tell us their guest quarters are located in remodeled boxcars on their farm. After dinner, the Alumnae Chorus/Glee Club entertained in the new Bartels Hall athletic facility, where Knight Kiplinger impressed fraternity brother Roy Little and his wife Betsy by remembering all the words.

Our reunion chair Tina Economaki Riedl worked tirelessly to make the reunion a success. Everything from choosing venues to designing banners to paying the student assistants was her responsibility.As our solo reunion chair, she deserves much of the credit for a memorable weekend. One of Tina's choices, the fleece stadium blanket that was part of the reunion gift, immediately came in handy for the women staying at the Alpha Phi house.At night when the temperature dropped into the fifties, Libby Peters Blankenhorn, Kathy Eagan, and Kristin Keller Rounds used them to augment the thin cotton coverlets on their beds. This was Kristin's second trip to Cornell in as many weeks, as her daughter Jessica '04 just graduated from the College of Human Ecology. Kristin's younger daughter Stephanie is a sophomore at Wellesley. Ted Jope talked proudly about attending 17 consecutive football games at Tufts to watch his son play. This is even more impressive when you know that Ted lives in California, and Tufts is located in Massachusetts. Ronnie Schwartz Monsky had to leave Reunion early to see her 10-year-old daughter dance in a ballet recital. Back in Hillsdale, NY, Ronnie has a thriving psychology practice. Stephen Goldberger took time from his ear, nose, throat, and allergy medical practice in Missouri to attend Reunion. During the weekend, he sparked some lively political debates. Andrew Nierenberg flew all the way from Coral Gables, FL, to be with us. Back home, he is an attorney with a busy private practice. Sandy Schroeder Brinker and her husband Jeff found time to get away from the management of their two retirement communities located in Pennsylvania. They could be seen around campus leading their two beautiful and well-behaved golden retrievers; the foursome even toured Cascadilla gorge! The Brinkers' pets revived memories of our student days when dogs ran free over the Cornell campus.

Alpha Tau Omega always has a strong contingent at reunions and this year was no exception. John Rees, MCE '70, was back and has agreed to serve as our new class president. At home in Oregon, John is president of Rees & Associates, a real estate development, management, and investment company. Bob Potter, having served as class president and now a vice president, vows to do some "drum beating" so that our next reunion will have a record-breaking attendance. Recently, Bob sold his company, Centre County Community Foundation, and is enjoying well-earned leisure time. Another fraternity brother, Alan Cody, and his wife Elisabeth (Allen), MAT '70, were on hand. Elisabeth, a land- scape architect, impressed those on a Plantations garden tour by recalling the Latin name of a rare species of tree. Alan is a business consultant. The Codys live in Newton, MA. Before closing, the class wants to thank Sandy Mathis Tarpinian, MAT '73, for her hard work as registration chair. --Arda Coyle Boucher, 21 Hemlock Hill Rd., Amherst, NH 03031; e-mail, aboucher@airmar.com.

74 | Our reunion was a blast this year! The weather was great--thankfully so for all of those staying in the dorms--and there were plenty of activities to keep us busy.We had an informative town meeting with President Jeffrey Lehman '77, and a box lunch affair outside the Johnson Art Museum, followed with a private tour. For those of us able to get up early, there was horseback riding, tours of various parts of the campus, and a book group discussion.We all enjoyed a lunch held at the Plantations, and Beebe Beach was the venue for a beautiful evening party. On Saturday afternoon there was the Duffield Hall tour, followed by the Notables dinner at Barton Hall that night.

Renee Alexander won the Fred Bosch award at the Notables dinner. This award was created seven years ago, in memory of the late Fred Bosch '74, to honor the classmate whose volunteer work on behalf of Cornell has made the largest impact on the class. Renee promised to bring back at least 30 African-American classmates for our 30th Reunion-- an ambitious goal and one that if achieved, would increase the number of '74 AA Reunion attendees by more than 1,000 percent. Renee met her goal, and we all benefited from that! She reconnected many classmates with Cornell and with each other. Our class has the largest number of African Americans who matriculated of any class, ever, before or since, at Cornell. One more thing that makes the Class of '74 so remarkable! Thanks go to Janet Crawford and Bill Walker, among others, for assisting Renee.

During dinner, everyone who attended reunion had their yearbook picture flashed on the big screen. It was very amusing to see how young we all looked. Acknowledgments were also made to those who made the reunion such a hit. At the end of the night, classmates checked under their chairs to see if they were the lucky winners of a donated prize.

Thanks go out to the following people who graciously contributed items to Reunion: Bob Dictor, Jacqueline Leidenfrost,Mike Sansbury, John Rolfs, Charlie Henry,MBA '76, Ed Evans,MBA '75, Gary Bettman, Eddy Daniel, Steve Heyer, Jay Spiegel, Jack Wind,Mort Bishop, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Laboratory of Ornithology,Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art,Cornell Plantations,Cornell Outdoor Education,Cornell University Press,Cornell Libraries,Cornell Recreational Services,Cornell Athletics Dept.,University Photography, Johnson School, Cornell Entrepreneurship Program, and the Hotel school. John Foote, Carolyn Gregg Will, and Joe Kowalik are to be congratulated for all of their hard work in putting our reunion together. It was greatly appreciated by all who attended.

Kristen Rupert sent me some info on Reunion stats. The number of classmate attendees was 312, breaking Cornell's record for a 30th by more than 70 people.When you add in other adults (alumni from other classes, spouses, and friends), that's another 130 people. Plus,we had 100 children. It is amazing that 46 classmates attending had never been back to the campus since 1974.

For fund-raising, we are very close to our goal of 1,200 donors with about 1,017.We had 102 Tower Club donors as of June 13, very close to our goal of 125. The mere fact that we have more than 1,000 donors is remarkable and it places us ahead of all other reunion classes in 2004. The fund numbers will change, because gifts will come in through June 30.We've raised about $4.5 million dollars, well on the way to our goal of $6 million.

New class officers were voted into office over Reunion Weekend. John Foote has agreed to be our new President. Other officers include:Vice Presidents--John Alexander,Renee Alexander, Brian Beglin,Mary Berens, Linda Meyers Geyer,Kristen Rupert, and Evan Stewart;Membership Contacts--Jessica Bram and Cris Cobaugh;Webmaster--Andrew Chang; Treasurer --Dale Lazar; Class Correspondents--Betsy Moore, Bill Howard, and Steve Raye; Cornell Fund Representatives--Paul Burmeister,MBA '76, and Nancy Maczulak Fisher; Secretary --Ann Goodwin;Reunion Chairs--Betsy Beach, Joe Kowalik,Helga Valdmanis Toriello, and Carolyn Gregg Will.A Class Council is being formed. If you are interested, please let John Foote know.

This column had to be turned in shortly after the end of Reunion. Needless to say, that left little time to gather stories from everyone. So please forward all of your Reunion stories to one of our correspondents for inclusion in the upcoming issues. Bill Howard and Betsy Moore have volunteered to join Steve Raye in writing the class news as Betsy Beach and I (Linda Meyers Geyer) go on to other jobs for the class. They can be reached at: --Steve Raye, sraye321@aol.com; Bill Howard, billhoward@comcast.net; and Betsy Moore, bmoore@cazcollege.edu.

79 | ReUnioN 25 was a huge success! The weather was spectacular--blue skies with light breezes, temperatures in the mid 70s during the day and mid 50s at night, and crystal clear visibility. A total of 367 classmates, 158 adult friends and spouses, and 241 children attended and enjoyed the diverse activities.Hats off to Brad and Mary Maxon Grainger, MPS '87, who did an absolutely remarkable job planning and organizing the weekend! And special kudos to Class President Jeff Berg,MBA '81, who, along with Mary and Brad, seemed to be everywhere during the weekend, making sure that everyone else in attendance was having a wonderful time!

Many thanks, too, to the following classmates who served on the Reunion Committee and took on significant tasks: Susan Call Terasaka, MPS '81 (food and beverage); Steve Fontana and Mike Furman (entertainment); Mary Anderson Ochs (souvenirs); Elina Hum Pratt (corporate gifts); Karen Jewett (door prizes); Jordan Schell-Lambert, ME '80 (classmate authors); Sarah Lumley Bean and Jeff Ford (class directory); Lori Glass Citak (classmates at Cornell); Peg Caldwell-Ott (our faculty invitations); Ruth Chatterton Robinson (confirmations); Christie Gilmartin Waters (gift wrapping); Jennifer Engel Young (local tourism); and Judi Greif (yearbook photos).

"Then and now" photos adorned the walls of the Balch Unit 1 Lounge and provided an entertaining way to check out who had already arrived. The souvenir table was stocked with great items, including red fleece vests that saw plenty of action as classmates headed out in the night air to the tent parties.

On Thursday evening, the class dinner was held next to Beebe Lake under a tent with "Captain Kush's [Barry Kushelowitz] Beebe Bash" providing musical entertainment. Brad Grainger arranged for complimentary canoes, which were a big hit, enabling attendees to explore the lake and relax. Each evening, "Afterglow" was held in the Unit 1 Lounge of Balch Hall, complete with beer, wine, soda, and snacks, and many classmates and guests could be found hanging out and chatting into the early morning hours.

Friday evening, a BBQ Dinner was held on North Campus under a big tent. President Emeritus Frank Rhodes gave a pithy, heartfelt "welcome home" speech that was greatly appreciated by all. After dinner, classmates went to the tent parties, looked at the stars at the Fuertes Observatory, bowled at Helen Newman, visited the Hot Truck, and/or just sat around and caught up on each other's lives.

Saturday morning, some classmates listened to the first State of the University Address delivered by President Jeffrey Lehman '77. Others participated in athletic events or wandered around campus. Everyone converged on the Arts Quad at noon for a picnic lunch that featured wine served by David Peterson, the general manager of Swedish Hill Winery and Goose Watch Winery. Dave is married to Joan and they have children Amanda, 21, who is an accounting student at St. John Fisher in Rochester, and Kyle, 13.

At the picnic, the following classmates provided this news about their lives: Gary Weiss (gweiss@orrick.com), wife Michiko Tamate, and their children Maia, 15, Natasha, 11, and Kenzo, 5, live in San Francisco. Gary is the managing partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's Menlo Park office. He is an intellectual property trial lawyer, specializing in trade secrets and industrial espionage cases. Gary writes, "It's great to be back in Ithaca!" David Cordon (dcordon@svcmcny.org) and wife Susy have been married 15 years and have children Rebecca, 4, and Gabriella, 5. They live in Upper Montclair, NJ. David is a psychiatrist and runs the adult services at Saint Vincent's Hospital in NYC.

Joann SikorskiWatterson earned her MBA at Columbia and then worked at MCI/Worldcom for 18 years. In 2000, Joann left work to stay home with daughter Livvy, 4-1/2. Joann has been married to Kerry for 17 years and they now reside close to family in Bay Village, OH.Valerie Litwin Meyers is living in New Jersey with husband Larry and daughter Sarah, 10. After practicing law for a number of years,Valerie retired from that career. For the past 12 years, she has been the office manager for Larry's dermatology practice. The Meyers enjoy traveling, most recently to Israel. This summer, they plan to visit Austria and Switzerland.

Phil Ribolow is married to Anne Downes, a native of New Zealand. Phil works for Deutsche Bank in real estate finance with a focus on the hotel industry. Dana Wilde Kozlarek (danakozlarek@msn.com) and family moved back to the US last year after living in Russia for 11 years. They work with The Navigators, a nondenominational Christian ministry. Currently, the Kozlareks are living in Colorado, where they love the mountains, weather, and people. They have children Katie, 16,Amy, 14, Cameron, 12, and Nicholas, 9.

Diane Solomon Doppelt and husband Earl, JD '71, are the parents of Kyle, Brad, and Meredith. Kyle was accepted to Cornell early decision last fall, but will defer his enrollment until Fall 2005 so that he can attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida. Debbie Heffter and husband have children Zoe, 10, Tristan, 9, Quinn, 5, and Drew, born in January 2004.

Clarence Reed has completed his first and second travel goals and is currently working on his next two goals: first, visit every state; second, visit every US revolving restaurant; third, ride 250 different roller coasters; and fourth, visit every spot mentioned in the song "Kokomo." Tim Miller (Miller@stargen.com), a civil engineering major, is the co-founder and CEO of Stargen Inc., a venture capital-backed start-up that makes semiconductor products. Tim and wife Sarah have children Russell, 13, Ryan, 11, and Allison, 3.

Deborah Webster (Deborah_Webster@hotmail.com) lives in Merrimac, MA, where she is between career stops after being downsized earlier this year. She is keeping busy serving as a deacon in her church, acting in the Merrimac Community Theater, and working as a troop committee member of her son Alex's Boy Scout Troop. Alex is working on his Eagle Rank and daughter Meredith has been accepted to the Commonwealth College at UMass Amherst. Rowlie Bates, MPS '84, is living in Boston with wife Pam (Carney) '81 and their sons Chris, Trevor, and Graham. Rowlie commutes to New Jersey weekly to develop a new private golf club and residential project on NY Bay overlooking the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline.

At the buffet dinner at Bartels Hall, where we also enjoyed the fruit of Dr. Konstantin Frank Wine Cellars, courtesy of Frederick Frank, the new class officers were elected. Class President Jeff Berg (who will serve as our class president for another five years) announced that our class had raised, as of that evening, over $6.6 million from 900 classmates for our 25th Reunion gift! Many classmates won door prizes, and Mary and Brad Grainger learned that the class was sending them on an R&R vacation to recover from their efforts as the 25th Reunion chairs. Around 11 p.m. many classmates headed off to the Arts Quad for the Tent Parties and the delights of the Hot Truck.

Sunday morning arrived and attendees were treated to a wide array of food at the brunch held on the Terrace of Balch Hall's Unit 3. By noon many families had packed up and were on their way back home, each with the glowing, sunny sight of Ithaca in their rearview mirrors.

In closing, we have a new classmate joining us as class correspondent: Cindy Williams of Huntsville, NC. Please don't forget to e-mail us at classof79@cornell.edu so that we can all keep in touch. Or write to us directly. Happy autumn! -- Cynthia Ahlgren Shea, cynthiashea@hotmail.com; Kathy Zappia Gould, rdgould@suscom.net; and Cindy Williams, cew32@cornell.edu.

84 | Reunion was SPECTACULAR! We owe many thanks to Janet Insardi and Kitty Cantwell, our reunion co-chairs, as well as our class officers and the many other classmates who volunteered before and during the weekend. A special note for those who missed reunion: Mike Whiting, husband of Wendy (Zeh) '85, works with Pfizer and orchestrated the welcome bag with Listermint pocket packs and other goodies.We broke our previous attendance record, with more than 345 classmates attending.With partners and families, our total attendance was well above 750! It was great fun to be based at Donlon, which has considerably more indoor space to meet and greet everyone than the old West Campus dorms. By the time our 25th rolls around, we will probably be in a new dorm, all the rooms of which are air-conditioned! Ed Lu, our astronaut extraordinaire, provided two lectures during the weekend: the Olin Lecture, which I am sure is being covered elsewhere in this magazine, and a second talk given especially to the sons and daughters of our class. Special transportation was provided for all kids in the Cornell Youth Program as well. Ed provided a "home" video of life aboard the International Space Station, as well as descriptions of various training tasks undertaken before this six-month mission.

Far above Cayuga's Waters, Christine Miller,MBA '89, married Harry Whaley on May 8, '04 at St. John's Episcopal Church, and the ties to her hometown and alma mater were clear. Christine's sister, Diane Miller '88, was the maid of honor, Terri Port McClellan was a bridesmaid, and other Kappa Alpha Thetas joined in the celebration. Penny Rhodes McDonald is back on the East Coast with her husband Dan and three children. Margaret Nagel Gnegy '85 made the trip from West Virginia to see her "big sister" tie the knot. The Johnson School was also well represented by Shannon Patsey,MBA '89,Nancy Schlie Knowles '83,MBA '89 with husband Jim '87 (who had moved back to Ithaca just days before the ceremony), and Martin Resch,MBA '90. Christine is still in pharmaceutical marketing at Merck, where she has been for 15 years,working on a product that treats osteoporosis.Harry runs a small consumer products company,Woodstream Corp., and they are now living in Downingtown, PA. The couple traveled to Hawaii for a honeymoon before returning for the 20th Reunion.

These notes were gathered during Reunion Weekend.Many Donlonites enjoyed being back in our old dorm and seeing a few others from that primal scream-filled freshman year. Sherri Klein is in Boca Raton, FL, running Klein Communications. Kitty Cantwell and Kevin McCormick brought their children Nicholas,Matt, Patrick,Meg, and Kate, and all seven family members participated in the Reunion Run on Saturday morning. Some family members even took honors in the Run! Bill Lee and wife Pat (Lehtola) '83 had a great time! Bill has been in touch with Michelle Rossi, Jon Fitch, Janet Perales, and Bruce Calkins, all of whom could not make it to Reunion.Kathy Marinelli started a new job with the counsel's office of the New York State Education Dept. It was fun to finally meet Kathy's partner Karin, who gets the credit for getting Kathy to give me an update! Kathy's sister Karen Marinelli and husband Bill Gomez enjoyed the weekend without their young daughters,who were with Grandma. Karen and Bill are living in Chicago and have both been with Marriott for more than 15 years!

Sandy Stephens (s.docandsons@aol.com), a pediatrician, traveled to Cornell from South Carolina with her mature and well-spoken children for the first time since graduation. Duncan Perry,MBA '88, recently reconnected with Bob Geise and Scott Sumner, who have settled in California. Business is taking Duncan to San Francisco on a regular basis. Duncan also headed up major gifts fund-raising for our class this year, with Kersten Lanes. Duncan was spotted in the Donlon Main Lounge catching up with Bob Plunkett, MBA '88, until the wee hours of the morning. Dave Devereaux is living in Arkansas, spending most of his time seeing nursing homes across the country for Beverly Healthcare. Dave is COO of Beverly, still spends time near the baseball field, and recently had a few cold ones with Mark Giangiulio. Mark is living in Summit, NJ, with wife Debra and their hockey-playing daughter and son.Mark coaches his daughter's team, which my son Brian just joined. You can find Mark at the Grand Summit Hotel and Shackamaxon Country Club, as general manager of both organizations. Daisy Ash Lisansky showed her favorite free-time activity all weekend, as she wore a Tampa Bay Lightning jersey one day and a Cornell jersey the next. Daisy says, "If you're ever stuck in traffic in the Tampa/St. Pete area, turn on your radio. I might get you out of your jam!" Karl Haakonsen, known in his Cornell days by a different moniker, was pleased to see that the graffiti commemorating him is still there outside his old room in Donlon Hall.

Cathy Hibbard recently returned to the East Coast after living in Northern California for 12 years. She works for the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Northeast Regional Office in Western Massachusetts. She enjoys competing in long-distance horse rides with her mustang mare, Chance. Cathy and her freshman roommate Anne-Marie Schultz Macchia shared a room at Reunion, too! Anne-Marie is living in Madison, NJ,with her husband and two boys and has been working with L'Oreal for a long time. Timothy Harrod attended Reunion with his adorable daughter Jordan.

Ruby Saake came to our dinner table on Saturday night and gave us this note: "I thoroughly enjoyed seeing old classmates and meeting so many I hadn't known before. I reside in Brooklyn and remain active with Cornell." Karen Beckman and husband Peter live in NYC with their 1-year-old daughter Ruby. Jack Tierney, Guy Donatiello, and Mary Wertz Fitzpatrick all have family members attending Cornell! Ted Kalinka gave up the high tech world to build new homes in New Jersey as founder of Kalinka Homes LLC.He says it's been hard work, but fun, and a great learning experience. Ted recently hiked in the Franconia Notch area in New Hampshire. Brad Wilson is VP of Operations for W Hotels. Brad was the general manager of the first W Hotel in 1998. Currently there are 20 W Hotels and many more to come as the brand grows domestically and internationally. Brad recommends the El Tamarindo Resort in Mexico to anyone needing a good escape. Brad and Liz Schafer are exchanging e-mails to plan a birthday dinner. In the same crowd of friends, Juliette Feeney-Timsit was at Reunion and spent quality time with Rob Kline and his family. Juliette lives in Paris with her husband and two daughters, and Rob is in Northern California, where he's been based since graduation. Chris Conroy, like Brad, is a NYC hotelier, in the restaurant business.

News from the mailbag in the next issue! -- Lindsay Liotta Forness, fornesszone@aol.com; Karla Sievers McManus, Klorax@attbi.com. Class website, http://classof84.alumni.cornell.edu.

89 | Wow--our 15th Reunion was amazing! We had 224 classmates, 120 children, 90 adult guests, and 28 non-class alumni attend. Those are impressive numbers! Thank you to Erika Ange, Carol Borack, and Debbie Schaffel, our reunion co-chairs, for making it all happen. The weekend was filled with activities including class breakfasts,Happy Hour, a barbecue dinner at Noyes, a picnic on the Arts Quad with the Hangovers entertaining the adults while a magician mesmerized the kids, a family scavenger hunt, and a Caribbean dinner at Beebe Lake with a surprise visit from retired university president Frank Rhodes. Plantation and winery tours were also planned for '89ers along with dozens of lectures, Cornelliana Night, and the evening tent parties.

People came from near and far. The person who definitely traveled the farthest was Heather Doering Mitchell, who came from Australia. Julie Eskay-Eagle was a close second, traveling from London. Classmates came from all parts of the country, like John Dunn, from Seattle; David (and Sharon) Harap from Austin; Amy Susman-Stillman from Minneapolis; and Jamie Platt Lyons from Atlanta. Nearly 30 were attending reunion for the very first time.

During Cornelliana Night our class was recognized as having new class bests for the number of Cornell Fund donors (totaling 760) and Tower Club members, reaching 17. Our class raised $258,381 dollars for the Cornell Fund--thank you to all who donated! We have 42 Quadrangle Club members and 69 Charter Society members, and a whopping 587 class duespayers. Again, we all thank you for that!

Reunion starts the next term of class officers.Many thanks to the outgoing classmates who devoted so much of their time over the past five (or ten!) years to working for our class. Elise Billings Hamann, president; Melinda Fellner Bramwit, vice president; Gretchen E. Brooks, secretary; and Ross Rubin, webmaster. Our new officers, who will serve from June 2004-09, are: Rob Chodock and Debbie Schaffel, co-presidents; Shannon Gallivan, vice president; Carolyn Day Flowers, treasurer; Michael Dabrush, secretary; Stephanie Avidon, Anne Czaplinski Treadwell, Lauren Hoeflich, and Michael McGarry, class correspondents; Joy Higa, Tom Nemeth, Jamie Platt Lyons, and Leslie Scheidt Redd, Cornell Fund representatives; Erika Ange, Carol Borac, and Debbie Schaffel, reunion chairs. Class Council representatives will be Elise Billings Hamann, Lauren Hoeflich, John and Laura Pearlman Kaufman, Leslie Morgan, Joel Seligman, MS '00, Trevor Steer, Cathy Taylor, and Suki Tepperberg.

Now onto the news: Joel Seligman sent an e-mail to let us all know about his exciting news. He and his partner Steven Ralston had a commitment ceremony on Oct. 18, '03 in York Harbor, ME. Nineteen of the guests were Cornellians, including classmates Joe Dessi from San Francisco, Dave Houggy,MEng '91, from Chicago, and Bruce and Amy Tietjen Smith '88 of Lebanon, NH. Joel honeymooned for two weeks in Brazil and the Galapagos Islands and lives in Boston, where he is executive director for university communications at Boston U.

Lisa Waldman and husband Paul had their first baby girl,Hailey Nicole, on Dec. 16, '03.While in the maternity ward, she ran into Debbie Skolnik, who gave birth to her second daughter. Carolyn Day Flowers was back at Reunion with her two 3-month-old twins. Shadi Feiz-Fahid sent an e-mail about the birth of her daughter Roxanna Alyssa Fahid, born on Apr. 6, '04 in London.Anne Czaplinski Treadwell passed along news about Catie Blackler, who had a terrific time at Reunion despite being 38 weeks pregnant. Catie gave birth two days later (June 15) to her second daughter, Elizabeth Mahoney Blackler Raymond. Catie, husband Derek Raymond, and big sister Caroline, 2, live in Rochester,NY.

Gayle Shomer Brezicki sent an e-mail about her marriage to husband Paul in May 2002, and about the birth of son David Ross on Sept. 16, '03. Gayle lives on Lake Norman, north of Charlotte, NC. She took a one-year leave from her job as staff photographer for The Charlotte Observer. A press release came in announcing that Matthew Biben joined The Bank of New York as managing counsel. Prior to that,Matt was an assistant US attorney in its criminal division, where he received the Attorney General's Director Award for superior performance.

Please keep sending us news. Here's to the start of another wonderful five years until we all get back together for our 20th! -- Stephanie Bloom Avidon, stephanieavidon@optonline.net; Anne Czaplinski Treadwell, ac98@cornell.edu; Lauren Hoeflich, laurenhoeflich@yahoo.com; and Mike McGarry, mmcgarry@dma-us.com.

94 | Was Libe Slope always this steep? Were the rooms at Sperry always this small? Inquiring minds were sparked by our 10th Reunion, which unfolded under glorious skies free of Ithacation (the never-ending rain that you might have forgotten). Singer-songwriter Sam Shaber (whose latest album, "Eighty Numbered Streets," was released in 2003) was scheduled to kick off the festivities with a performance in our class tent (one of many big-tops that dotted the campus like a series of marathon wedding receptions). Speaking of nuptials, the Friday night barbecue outside the Johnson Museum yielded happy news from Karlene Rogers, who wed Adam Aberman on May 30 in Bermuda. Bridesmaids Carmen Vasquez and Marisol Matos were also present. Carmen is an attorney at Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer, while Marisol works in finance at Citigroup. Romy Bakhru Minaya gave news of Julie Kim, who married Ryan Richards on May 28 before setting off on a honeymoon cruise to Turkey and the Greek Islands. Romy, husband Jose, and 2-year-old daughter Isabella live in Berkeley Heights, NJ.

Bright and early Saturday morning, while less-active members of the Class of '94 were resting up for the winery tours, Jeremy Matz, father of twin girls, took part in the five-mile Reunion Run. He shared updates on Eric and Catherine Manlove Smith, MEE '94 (who drove to Ithaca from Iowa), John Kapitan, who has four children (Avery, Hayden, Larson, and Emmet), and Chris Fry, who celebrated his marriage to Ying Wang at a reception in Buffalo. Also in Buffalo is former Daily Sun columnist Lisa Wiley Moslow, who brought her baby girl to Reunion.When asked if having an infant was challenging, Lisa said, "Oh, she has two older brothers at home."

Following an a cappella concert on North Campus, classmates wandered to the tent outside the new North Campus dorms for dinner. In the quesadilla line, Angie FernandezWinchell cradled her newborn daughter Ellisa. She and husband Mike are living happily in Vermont. Meghan Concannon Hess, our class president, is the proud mother of twin girls, Evelyn and Natalie, born in February. Anne Paoletti is an eighth grade math teacher in the Boston area. Jack Hughes,MEE '97, was a fount of information, having just attended the wedding of Tammi Miller to Gabriel Fox on June 6 in Tappan,NY. Jack and wife Amy are part of what Jack describes as a "Cornell colony" in Falls Church,VA, where colonists Andrea Palm and husband Marty Newhouse live down the street from the Hugheses.Andrea works for the House of Representatives while Marty punches the clock at Accenture. Jack adds that if you happened to look at Gourmet magazine last fall, you might have spotted a story on brothers Mark and Brian Nicholson, whose organic apricot orchard is reportedly the largest of its kind on the East Coast. Further updates: Christy Wallace moved to Cape Cod for a new job, Holly Staid got married, and Derek and Kristi Morrison Bohn just celebrated their tenth anniversary.

After climbing 161 steps to the top of the clock tower, Hemda Mizrahi and Julie Jong were greeted by cookies, chimesmasters, and Carol Huang, a dermatologist in Manhattan. Hemda, an outplacement counselor at JP Morgan Chase, is building a freelance practice for those who are looking to make a career change. Julie, a pediatric dentist, hangs her hat in Leonia, NJ. Also calling the Garden State home are Esmerita Sepulveda-Lusky, who works for Morgan Stanley, and Mark Antholt,MEE '95, who manages a coffee plant. At Rulloff 's, one of the few recognizable establishments on an ever-changing stretch of College Avenue, some alumni were bemused to be carded. Screenwriter Jessica O'Toole showed off a picture of her guinea pigs Suge, Janet, and Mitzi, who were included in the pilot that Jessica recently sold to the Oxygen Network. She and husband Jesse Mullen-Carey '92 bought a house in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles.

Under the 84-year-old telescope at Fuertes Observatory (remember Astronomy 102?), Kathy Burdette and her husband gathered with former floormates Sandip Tarafdar, MCE '95, and wife Carly Powell, as well as Laurie Taylor. Kathy is a litigator in Boston. After the farewell breakfast (bagels, bagels, and more bagels), Trevor Connor, a native of Ontario, didn't have far to travel. An Ithaca resident, the competitive cyclist was planning to head to the Canadian nationals two weeks after reunion.

Some non-reunion e-mail reports: Jen Spirn wed Richard Bernich last September and now lives in Northport, NY. She wrote, "I'm a partner in a law firm in Woodbury, Long Island, having finished a fellowship with the Center for Capital Litigation in Columbia, SC, where I was representing indigent clients on death row." Susan Bryan earned a master's in landscape architecture from U. of Michigan and started her own design firm. She wrote, "It is rewarding for me when spring comes and everything looks great!" Timothy Simpson's wife Alicia Grandey penned an update on her husband: Tim earned a PhD at Georgia Tech in 1998 and is now an associate professor in engineering at Penn State U. The couple was married in Baltimore.

An important correction. Due to a syntax mix-up, Abhinov Singh was mistakenly reported in the March/April issue as having married France Jaffe '95. His wife is Catherine Roure. France Jaffe was a guest at the wedding. -- Dika Lam, dikaweb@yahoo.com; Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik, dmp5@cornell.edu; Jennifer Rabin Marchant, Jennifer.marchant@kraft.com.

99 | Dining room food theft. Co-ed sleeping arrangements.Walking cross-campus uphill, both ways. Ah, REUNION 2004. It was like the MTV Summer Beach Party, minus the beach. Otherwise, essentially the same.

First and foremost, kudos to reunion chairs Meagan Ballard, Logan Pandolfi, Brenda Sonnenstuhl Kirouac, and Sheyna Horowitz for staging such a fabulous "Reality TV"-like weekend. I know that people enjoyed it because they kept telling me. Little do they know that the class columnist is responsible only for dishing the gossip post- Reunion, not for any of the real work. So, thank you, ladies!

Like a fine five-year aged red wine (to go with the dozens of cheese-and-cracker receptions), the Class of '99 poured into Clara Dickson Hall for a memorable weekend resulting in a marriage proposal by Gerry Lee and an acceptance by senior year biochem lab partner Jennifer Kwong (Mazel tov!); the 27th birthday of Elina Zaretsky, complete with dorm decorations and RPU b-day cake; a Cornell Campus Store book-signing premiere for New York Times best-selling author Lauren Weisberger (The Devil Wears Prada); the harrowing admission of a full house of guys that they had dubbed Julie Allmayer their "untouchable" dream woman senior year; and the continuation of a fiveyear speculation that Dave Sandoval is a top underwear model--a rumor that he will "neither confirm nor deny."

It is certain that the past five years have matured us all. This became immediately apparent when wine bottles started disappearing from the Dickson lobby. I will not point fingers.However, there was one kickin'Happy Hour at 4 p.m. in the rooms of Alex Kunz,Nick Barnard, Pat Purcell, John Anderson, and Chris Stanek.Our budding adulthood was also evident when Evan "Norm" Yavarkovsky encouraged the women to strike a Janet Jackson Super Bowl pose for the class photo. And who could forget Sam Goldberg's exit from the dining hall (aided reluctantly by Drew Sawyer) with a full double-fudge chocolate cake that he threw from the suspension bridge later that evening? If you saw the Class of '99 banner affixed to the top of the clock tower on your way out of town--yeah, that was Sam, too.

It was both odd and nostalgic sleeping in that extra-long twin-sized bed again; gossiping over Fruit Loops at dinner with LaShonne Watts, who's now a successful lawyer in New York with Pillsbury Winthrop; seeing another New York lawyer Charlie Michael register digits at Dino's straight into his cell phone; dining with former President Hunter Rawlings at Saturday night's "Mexican Fiesta"; enjoying a glass of chardonnay with William Adam Slivers who, thanks to the alphabet, sat next to me in Wines, where we never overpoured; recounting Baker Court rooms and residents with Kevin Wood, Cate Strauss, Zivah Perel, Ed Morrell, Rob Burak,ME '00, Cheri Shack Day, Bill Reilly, and Miriam Post; and canoeing around Beebe Lake with Jay LeBoeuf and Jon Felske, who defied the mandatory lifejacket rule.

It was a time for reminiscence spotting Ian Kaufman sporting his "Ithaca is Gorges" tee on the Arts Quad, while Philipp Meyer donned the "Ithaca is Gangsta" version in Okenshields; seeing Jodie Hamill Sadowsky jogging her familiar college route, now with husband Scott in tow; sharing a sink to brush my teeth with former roommate Amy Weiswasser, who's now an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn; and learning that Andrew Sorkin could enjoy an afternoon tent party while simultaneously submitting his New York Times Sunday Business column.

Five years more accomplished, Liz Borod is now an associate editor of Folio, a magazine for the magazine industry, having worked for Fortune.com and Good Housekeeping. Five years has turned Will Friedland into a prominent commercial real estate agent in New York City and Sarah Cantrowitz into a commercial real estate investor. Paulette Rudolph, ME '00, is enjoying the creative side of construction, and has just bought her first home in Austin, TX. Lisa Lerner is in nursing school in Philly and works for the Urban Nutrition Initiative, teaching kids about nutrition through gardening and cooking.And Jamie Roth is a news reporter for WFSB Eyewitness News in Hartford, CT. By the way, did anyone notice that Sam Solovey--that pesky guy who was the first one fired on "The Apprentice"--was in our freshman year Facebook? If anyone's got any gossip on him, you know where to send it.

Being just five years out, some of the more special moments were ones spent reveling in the reun-ing of those who had tossed their caps well before we were even in diapers. Allegra Schafer had the honor of meeting Cornell's eldest chimesmaster, age 103. And Liz Arguelles, Tim Holden, and I watched sweethearts of the Class of '34 swing dance in the Big Band tent.

May we all be swing dancing into our golden years at our fair alma mater on the Hill.Here's to a fun weekend, Class of '99! See you in another five!--Jess Smith, jessica@fenton.com; Melanie R.Arzt, snoopymel@yahoo.com; and Jennifer Sheldon, jsheldon@law.uconn.edu.

CRC | The Hill was alive with the sounds of Reunion, and about 100 Big Red-blooded members of the Continuous Reunion Club (CRC) were there to carry on the tradition that 13 dedicated fledgling alums established in 1906. There are those for whom only one reunion every five years just isn't enough. So men and women of CRC attend every year. This time, there was almost nothing but blue skies to go with intellectual stimulation as required, the pleasure of good company, a chuckle or two here and there, fine food and drink, and strongly moving moments.

CRC's 98th Reunion met in the Low Rise 9 dorm, aka Just About Music, on North Campus. It's peopled by musicians during the school year. For this long weekend, it was filled with the sound of laughter, grownup conversation, and, at one point, a swinging set of music-makers of mature years. On Thursday night, lots of the CRC crew went to Sage Chapel for the Savage Club show, a traditional display of the talent that springs from the Cornell well. (The Savage Club began in London during the time of Victoria and quickly established branches all over the world, including Ithaca.) Back at the dorm, there was discourse until late.

The Friday CRC lunch goes back longer than most people can recall. Once again coaches were guests of the Club at the Statler Ballroom.We paused at the beginning to note the conspicuous absence of Bill Vanneman '31, who usually drives over from Cape Cod, but who thought it was maybe a bridge or two too far this time, and also of Lee '54 and Mary Fitzgerald Morton '56. They were healing from burns sustained in an air crash. Lee was flying, and, it is said, his skill averted a worse outcome.

The senior member (honorary), Ted Thoren, longtime baseball and freshman football coach who has been one of us nearly a half-century, kicked off with pungent Thorenisms before revealing what he really thinks of new football coach Jim Knowles '87. Even though three pro coaches rejected Cornell when it was hiring last winter, he says "we hit the jackpot." Ted allowed as how Jim, who had played and coached here, was a winner then and is "Cornell qualified"--he knows his way around CU and the Ivy League. Ted pointed out that his own football teams had won 109 games and he hopes Knowles will catch up with him. Later, Thoren asked the MC (moi) to introduce Ed Savitsky '59, who was his first coal mining area football recruit, and an excellent one. Done.

Knowles, who played defense end for the Big Red for three years in the '80s, and won the team's Doc Kavanagh Training Room Athlete of the Year Award in 1986 for "distinguishing pain from injury" on the field, recalled turning down offers from Princeton and Harvard recruiters and deciding after a visit to Ithaca, "This is the place for me."He returned after graduation as an assistant coach but moved on. Last winter he said no thanks to Nebraska, which wanted him for linebacker coach, to return again to Alma Mater. He spoke with pride of how his team rallied to ride a bus to Ohio last spring for the funeral of teammate Jaime McManamon '07, killed in a car crash on the way to his little sister's First Communion. Knowles said his team will be imaginative and tough and "we will find a way to make Cornell victorious."

Women's basketball coach Dayna Smith accepted a donation--CRC makes one every year to a deserving team. She said she had just met me for the first time a day or so before and appreciated my appreciation of below-the-rim roundball like what her team plays. "But Jim," she continued,"if I run across a 7-foot-tall center who can dunk the ball, I guess I'll take her if I can."Athletic Director Andy Noel praised coaches and players, reporting that, for the second year in a row, seven Big Red teams won Ivy League titles. Women's polo won a fifth consecutive national title.

Lacrosse coach Jeff Tambroni, whose team endured searing tragedy but nearly made the NCAA final four, told of the death of senior captain George Boiardi '04, struck by a ball in a game--and how the team played the season for him, managing major upsets of Harvard and Princeton "with the strength of George" to reach the playoffs. Richie Moran spoke in warm support.Many who were at the lunch said later they felt they had been in on a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Gerry Grady gave a financial report and evoked the memory of the players, CRC members Bill Fuerst '39, MS '61, Gertrude Kaplan Fitzpatrick '37, and Mary Savage Webber '58, lost in the year past, and, on the national day of mourning, Ronald Reagan.

At tea time that Friday, pianist Tom Foulkes '52, klezmer fiddler Stu Warshauer '53, MBA '54, and clarinetist Lou Pradt '53 serenaded CRC at Just About Music. Jon Wardner '79 and fellow alumni Hangovers sang for our Saturday night supper at Dempsey's, out Route 34.

We thank those who made it happen, like Andy Noel, his aides John Webster and Kathleen Bolton, Margaret Gallo '81, Cathy Hogan '70, Kelly Woodhouse, our magnificent Reunion clerks Anna Angel '06 and Caitlin Warren '06, and many others.

Coming to Schoellkopf Sellout II vs. Yale Sept. 25?-- Jim Hanchett '53, 300 1st Ave. #8B, NYC 10009; e-mail, jch46@cornell.edu.

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