60 | Perhaps looking to set a new world record for the longest distance traveled for grandparent-babysitting, Dan Bidwell recently went from Grand Rapids, MI, to Vietnam to spend a week overseeing three of his grandchildren while their parents made a trip to Washington, DC. The children are the offspring of Scott and Deb Bidwell Ainslie, both '88, who live in Ho Chi Minh City (the former Saigon), where Scott works as a manager for Cargill.Meantime, showing courage of another sort, Dan's wife Jann (Powell) '61 spent several days bear-watching, kayaking, and hiking with four other women on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The intrepid Bidwells subsequently reunited in Michigan for a brief rest before setting off on their next adventures, which for Dan took the form of a hunting trip to Wyoming. In late October, the Bidwells left for Arizona, where Jann worked on reunion planning for the class of 1961.

Another dedicated overseas traveler is Susan Cowan Jakubiak of Potomac, MD, who, accompanied by her husband Henry, has been spending three weeks in France each of the past two years. In early fall 2005, the Jakubiaks headed for houses they rented in central and southern France, where Susan says they "love the medieval hilltop villages with narrow, twisting cobblestone streets.We also love pâté, almond croissants, and good inexpensive red wine." On the home front, she says, "I have spent a lot of time working to outsmart the deer that want to dine on our plants," and, along with attending lectures and visiting museums in nearby Washington, is "trying to become competent in digital photography." The Jakubiaks' daughter Elena is in the process of completing a PhD in computer graphics at Tufts U., outside Boston, and their son Jeffrey, JD '97, is a partner at Troutman Sanders in Washington, where he focuses on electric utility matters.

September was noteworthy for an intense round-robin tennis tournament on Nantucket that involved several competitive classmates. For three successive days, the backcourt and net battles raged among and between Jim, MBA '63, and Becky Quinn Morgan, Dave and Michaelin Reamy Watts, Larry and Margaret Osmer-McQuade, Gretchen Zahm Babarovic, and Jack and Judy BryantWittenberg, while Dan '58 and Barbara Cyrus Martin watched the competition from a safe distance. Jeff Dando, LLB '64, joined the group for the first day's tennis matches, but then retreated to the relative calm of his place on Martha's Vineyard. Everyone played with admirable energy, if not consistent competence, and when the figures were totaled at the end of the third day,Michaelin Watts emerged as the clear winner. The many runners-up consoled themselves with seafood and wine.

Later in September, another group that included several Cornellians gathered on outer Cape Cod for two congenial days of bicycling and beach-walking and conversation. Lynn and Tom Dandridge,MBA '62, were in Wellfleet on a two-week vacation focused on a number of beach-centered activities, and they made chowder for the group from clams that Tom gathered in the pre-dawn low tide. The Dandridges were joined by John and Barbara Anderson Everett, who are normally found in Silver Spring,MD, but were spending time at their vacation house on the mid-Cape in South Yarmouth, and Tony and Deborah Briggs Fraioli, both '65, who live in Newton, MA.

I spotted a newspaper notice of the September 25 marriage of the daughter of Michael and Miriam Glueck of Newport Beach, CA. Jennifer Glueck, who has degrees from Stanford and Columbia and works at General Electric in Connecticut, married Ron Bezoza, a VP at an investment management group of Credit Suisse First Boston. The bride's parents are now both retired,Michael from the practice of radiology, and Miriam from teaching elementary school in Costa Mesa, CA.

Several classmates took advantage of the summer 2005 offerings at Cornell's Adult University. Sandra Nasar Gross read Joseph Conrad's Masterworks, Albert Wald studied Great American Trials of the Twentieth Century, and Ruth Berberian Hanessian learned about Spider Biology and Behavior. Linda Lichterman Osofsky studied The Human Body, and Peter Leadley increased his knowledge of Wines. Send news! -- Judy Bryant Wittenberg, 146 Allerton Rd., Newton, MA 02461; e-mail, jw275@cornell.edu.

61 | Three dozen classmates, spouses, and guests gathered in Carefree, AZ, at the end of October for three days of pre-reunion activities, including a Welcome Party hosted by Pat and Dick Tatlow, a meeting to review the status of plans for our 45th Reunion, and an assortment of outdoor recreational events.We also were entertained by nearby Cave Creek's Wild West Days, during which people dressed as if they had just stepped out of the 1870s.

This will be another terrific reunion! See our class website (www.cornell61.org) for the details, and be sure to mark June 8-11 on your calendars. Lots of volunteers are working on the event (they pay their own expenses, including the trip to Arizona). Our Affinity Network Committee continues to enlist the help of classmates in reaching out to their sorority/fraternity friends,music, arts, or journalist associates, athletic team members, etc. Check out the website for a list of chairpersons for the various activities. If you wish to work with Affinity Co-chairs Carol Gittlin Franklin, Peter Greenberg, and Judy Gubman Goldfaden, send me a message.

We received news that Edward Robbins has been named president-elect of the 18,000-member Society of Actuaries, an educational and professional organization. Ed is a senior actuary at Allstate Life Insurance. His future plans include spending more time on his Illinois farm. Judy Rensin Mandell is a freelance journalist writing about popular culture for USA Weekend,Washington Post, AARP Journal, and major women's magazines. She and husband Jerry '58, MD '62, enjoy their eight grandchildren.

Our class expert in the Medicare prescription drug benefit program is Pauline Sutta Degenfelder. As general manager for Medicare operations with Coventry Health Care, she is in charge of implementing the new program. Charlene Jackson Beck runs her own meeting and special events business in New Jersey. She enjoys golfing and boating.

When he's not busy operating the Rubell Hotels in Miami Beach and Washington, DC, Don Rubell oversees the Rubell Family Museum of contemporary art in Miami. Don loves what he's doing, and even finds time to play competitive tennis.We assume that means tournament tennis—a great accomplishment for a former Cornell number one tennis player. Following their recent move to Boca Raton, Arnold and Marlene Alpert Tein are busy unpacking and renovating their new home. "Alfie" is also occupied with setting up her tax preparation business. She has seen Dale Abrams Adams and would like to get to know other Cornell alumni in the area.

Marcia Kessler Weiss is director of operations and administration for GED at the Adult Learning Center in Nashua, NH. She is also an instructor at the Inst. for Senior Education at Rivier College.Marcia and her husband Ron recently traveled to Eastern Europe. Classmates Bill and Mary Ann Tower Rolland just finished restoring an 1854 stone landmark home in Niagara Falls.Mary Ann is busy caring for her 95-year-old mother, working on her town's master plan and beautification programs, and gardening. Bill is active with the Lions, his church activities, and gardening. He also is an advisor and counselor for start-up businesses in the Buffalo/Niagara region as part of the nationwide SCORE program.

Those classmates still "lawyering" include Dick Rogovin with Frost Brown and Todd in Columbus, OH; Jill Beckoff Nagy, who is "of counsel" to Bartle,McGrane, Duffy & Jones in Troy, NY (specializing in immigration law); JamesMoore, LLB '64, who has served as a mediator in commercial disputes with Harter, Secrest & Emery; and Charlie Hecht, LLB '63, a principal at his own securities law boutique firm. Charlie, of course, is sculptor-in-residence at the Pickled Arts Inst. in China.When he's not practicing law or making artwork, he enjoys scuba diving in the Cayman Islands.While away from his law practice last year, James and his grandson Andrew took a trip to Normandy last year. He also traveled to Morocco with his wife Shirley. Jill's extracurricular activities include hiking, gardening, reading, and learning how to use her digital camera. She and husband George, PhD '62's recent travel destinations included Cuba, Italy, France,Maine, and China.

After 38 years on the faculty of Temple U., Edwin "Andy" Anderson retired to live with his wife Josie in Naples, FL. His geological research took him to many parts of the globe, including southern Spain, the French Jura, and Dorset, England. Their current activities include tennis and sailing. Also relaxing in Florida is Joanna McCully, who sings and presents travelogues to assisted-living residents. She also raises dachshunds and creates jewelry designs. Her plans include a scuba trip to Bali.

Miriam Adam Swanson and her husband Dave have traveled to Japan and Montana to visit friends. Her retirement in Hawaii features golf, kayaking, the beach, and gardening. William Kadner spends his retirement playing the violin, traveling, gardening, and walking. Joanne Schapiro Koch is the co-author of American Klezmer, which will have a two-month run at the Egyptian Arena Theater in Los Angeles beginning on January 28. An immigrant story of musicians coming to America in 1910, it was hailed as one of the most promising new musicals in the country after it was first performed in Chicago. Joanne would love to see Cornellians in the L.A. area come to see the performance. -- David S. Kessler, dsk15@cornell.edu. Class website, www.cornell61.org.

62 | Happy New Year! It seems strange to be thinking of the new year on this lovely, balmy day in Seattle, but by the time you receive this magazine, winter will be well under way. As always, copies of any annual holiday letters you may send are most welcome—your classmates would like to keep up with you!

Bob Crites '59 and I enjoyed a cruise in Tahiti in October. Pictures and prose just don't do justice to the colors of the lagoons seen in person. The plane trip gave me a chance to read the annual Freshman Reading Project book, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. If you've been meaning to read it, don't delay!

Peter Lockner,ME '67, reports that he's just moved from New Mexico to Hopkinton, MA (plockner@att.net) to begin his fourth profession, that of nanny. Also in Massachusetts are Louise and Daniel Tarsy (dtarsy@bidmc.harvard.edu). He's just been promoted to professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. He directs the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. The Tarsys make their home in Wellesley.Wilmington, DE, is home to Neuza and Donald Morgan, MD '72 (neuzamorgan@aol.com). They're enjoying retirement and spent last winter in Neuza's hometown, Rio de Janeiro, and in southern Brazil. Since returning home, they've traveled to the Grand Canyon, Zion, and Meteor Crater and to the Everglades while visiting their daughter in Miami. The Morgans invite Cornellians to call when in Wilmington.

Wild Bill Brozowski has also been traveling. He took several months "traveling, visiting, building, and actually working—a very hot and dry summer in Texas and 13 other states on the way to New York and Canada. Good wheels and fine food and spirits made for a nice time." Bill's itinerary included the car ferry from Wisconsin to Michigan, Door County, WI, the Kansas plains, Oklahoma antique shops, Niagara Falls, country living in Michigan, "scenic and clean Canada," the majestic Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence and Thousand Islands and Boldt Castle, the Adirondacks, the beautiful Finger Lakes with boats and wine, Cornell's gardens, muscle car shows, fairs, the Catskill Mountains and historic Hudson Valley, Orange County, NY, estates, old cemeteries, Amish farms, killer peaches in Pennsylvania, real home cooking, square-dancing, and more. Home for Bill is McAllen, TX (txfarmerbill@yahoo.com).

Check out the website of Anna Boese Dawson (annadawson@berk.com) at www.ourhometownfoods.com to learn more about research and development of healthy frozen and vacuum-packaged local farm foods.Her company,Hometown Foods, has received research grants from SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) over the past several years. Anna's son Dr. Geoffrey Seidel '85 and daughter Jennifer Seidel Ellsworth '86 both live in Michigan with her eight grandchildren. Class Prez Alex Vollmer (abv5@cornell.edu) reports that his son Daniel and daughter-in-law Carey Simon, both '00, are happily surfing near their Rincon, PR, home. They have a vegetarian cafeteria in the FreshMart store at Plaza Victoria in Aguadilla, PR. Alex's daughter Rebecca has opened Pegasus and Proper, an upscale consignment shop on Bedford Avenue in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. "She'd love to have you New Yorkers come and browse—and identify yourself as a classmate of her dad's!"

Attorney Peter Cobrin (Livingston, NJ; pcobrin@gibbonslaw.com) has five grandchildren and is "fortunate to see them every weekend." Peter and his son-in-law practice intellectual property law at the Gibbons firm in New York City. Peter and wife Toby's son Lawrence '92 and his wife Gina, a physician, live in Connecticut. -- Jan McClayton Crites, 9420 NE 17th St., Clyde Hill,WA 98004; e-mail, jmc50@cornell.edu.

63 | Stephanie Tress dePue is a busy and excited retiree. After traveling to Dublin, Nice, and southern Italy, she is moving to Wilmington, NC. She experienced "three languages and three climates in two weeks without a guide." She also admitted that she'll be able to pester Vivian Grilli DeSanto in her new community. Sad news came through class president Ed Butler. Many of you may have heard that classmate Lew Platt died in September of an aortic aneurysm. Lew had been CEO of Hewlett Packard when he retired. He came out of retirement a few years ago to work for Boeing. Our sympathies to his family.

Dave '62 and Ginny Hoffman Morthland are part-time Tucson residents. Their summer home is in Lake Oswego, OR, and they have just moved to a new house that has great views of Mt. Hood. Before the move, they cruised on their own boat to the northern end of Vancouver Island for six weeks. Before they head back to Tucson in November, they will be traveling to Palm Springs and the southeastern US to see friends. Ginny and Dave attended a Phi Gamma Delta mini-reunion at the Huntsville, AL, home of Jack '62, ME '64, and Libby Loose.

One of this column's regular contributors is Neil Ann Stuckey Levine. She and husband Richard '62 are happy because their entire family is now living in New Jersey. They have five grandchildren and are thrilled that they can grow up together. Neil Ann continues to research and publish articles about Amish and Mennonite families in France, Germany, and Switzerland prior to crossing the Atlantic. She promises that a "BIG BOOK" is in the works! No news, but briefly: RichardMangi lives in North Haven, CT, with wife Johanne. Daniel Daly and wife Mary are in Shrewsbury, MA.

John, MBA '65, and Mary Lou Kennedy and their large family live in Ann Arbor, MI. John has spent the last four years as VP for operations/COO at Internet 2, a notfor- profit university and corporate membership organization operating a proprietary nationwide research and education network and continuing to advance Internet technology. It's the best job he has had in his 40 years as wage earner.Mary Lou has overcome a serious illness and is living a high quality of life. They have nine children. Three of their daughters are stay-at-home moms with a collective seven grandchildren, three other children are college grads with jobs, one is a grad student, one is a college junior, and one is a high school senior. Another classmate with a large family is Gary Smith. He and his wife Patricia have 11 children. Gary is VP of the medical staff at United Memorial Hospital in Batavia, NY. He is president-elect of the local county medical society of Genesee County, and also has time to coach basketball and soccer.

Arnie '60, MBA '63, LLB '64, and Ellen Kheel Jacobs welcomed two new grandchildren this year: Isabella is the daughter of Beryl Jacobs '87 and Willy Ramos; and Jasper Jacobs is the son of Julie and A.J. Jacobs. Paul and Judy BrantonWilkins are in Penn Valley, CA. Judy is giving piano lessons again after taking off a few years. She is also proud of her newest and greatest achievement—becoming a certified open-water Scuba diver and diving off the reefs near Cozumel and St. John. Daughter Cathy graduated from UCLA in 2004, and son Brian is a talent manager of actors and directors at Evolution Entertainment in Hollywood.

Another regular column contributor is Madeleine Leston Meehan. She had another successful solo exhibition and another Spoleto Festival and exhibit last year, as well as a trip to China in September. She had a nice visit from Richard McKee. Judith Hirsch Stoikov and husband Dick Miller also paid her a visit during Jazz Jam on St. John. Bruce, M Ed '65, and Theresa Craig live in Alexandria,VA. Bruce is president of the White Sand Harbour Property Owners Association in Edmundsville,VA. He likes reading, kayaking, and boating and has an interest in fountain pens and writing instruments. He also received the Mildred Selzer Award for lifetime contributions to the Association for Gerontology for Higher Education. Their three children live in New York, Virginia, and Idaho.

San Francisco resident Art Resnikoff started his own leadership consulting firm, was doing a big kitchen remodel, and was planning to run the San Francisco Half Marathon last August. He and his wife Mary Ann have a new granddaughter living close by. She was named after the first recorded feminist in the Bible, Noa (without an H). Warren Walker, PhD '68, is a full professor of policy analysis at the Delft U. of Technology in the Netherlands. His focus is on transport policy and how to deal with uncertainty in making policy. His son was married in August, and his daughter will be married in April. That's all for now. Don't forget to e-mail me with your news. -- Nancy Bierds Icke, 12350 E. Roger Rd., Tucson, AZ 85749; e-mail, icke63@msn.com.

64 | Once again, as was the case last month, we begin with news from classmates who are making their first-ever appearance in this column.Writer James Stevens, MA '67, has published his 10th nonfiction book, this one on the role of the Lockheed Super Electra aircraft in WWII. Jim lives in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Don Levenson, an attorney with offices in Marlton, NJ, lives in nearby Cherry Hill with wife Sandy (Chervinsky) '66.

Rita Kissen, MA '65, last here six years ago, was promoted in 2004 to professor of education and human development at the U. of Southern Maine; then, on May 31, 2005, she retired after 35 years of college and high school teaching. She writes, "So far, retirement has been great! It has given me more time to spend with our grandson" who lives nearby, to cook up the produce from her garden, to sing with Women in Harmony (a 57-member chorus that performs in Southern Maine and New England), and now that the winter season has forced most activities indoors, to focus on a number of writing projects. Rita lives on Peaks Is.,ME, with her husband and gardening partner Norm Rasulis. Psychiatrist Jerry Lazar, who lives with wife Elise in Salt Lake City, reports he's on the board of Heal Utah, which is trying to prevent nuclear waste from coming into the state. The Lazars, who have three grown children, enjoy skiing, hiking, and travel. And do they ever travel! In 2005 alone, they visited Spain and Morocco in April, Slovakia, Romania, and Hungary in August, and India in December.

Helen Menges Knoll, who retired in March 2002, enjoys living in the Sedona, AZ, house she and husband Robert Cleland had built back then—definitely a lot warmer and drier than life in Seattle was. Bill Sanders is still active in real estate development from his base in El Paso, TX, near the ranch where he lives with wife Louann. Hiroshi Kohda, who lives with wife Mie in Yokohama, Japan, is a professor in the College of Tourism at Rikkyo U., and also an "executive advisor" to various hotels in Japan. Son Mamoru '98 followed his father's path and also graduated from the Hotel school. Hiroshi enjoys kendo (Japanese fencing) and travel, recently to Italy and Germany and then New York and Boston.

Attorney Ihor Evanick reports what he terms "relocated employment."He now lives in Chatham Center, NY, and is prosecuting physicians for the Bureau of Professional Medical Conduct for the NY State Dept. of Health. Alice Anderson Rapasky, retired from IBM for many years, and husband Richard still live in Sequim,WA, but travel a lot—recently to Hawaii, California, Connecticut, Scandinavia, and Russia. She is president of the North Olympic Peninsula Chapter of her sorority, Tri-Delt. Alice enjoys boating and living near her parents and sister and being near Seattle, although she notes, "Too few visitors out here!"

College physics professor Carl Bender and wife Jessica (Waldbaum) have returned to their permanent home in St. Louis,MO, after a "marvelous" year-long sabbatical at the Imperial College in London, England, where Carl was supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) Fellowship. In addition, Carl was named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, which he describes as the "crown jewel" in the British Inst. of Physics journal series. Carl regularly teaches at Washington U. and attends professional conferences, most recently in Paris and Istanbul. Mary Ludlow Bookout, who lives in Rochester, NY, has retired from teaching and now does volunteer work with her church, 4-H clubs, and the Interfaith Hospitality Network, which provides temporary shelter to homeless families while finding them permanent housing. She writes, "I love gardening and am enjoying watching my front yard and curbside city gardens lead to others in the neighborhood."Mary has a grown son and daughter whose young sons lead her into many adventures.

Fred Bellinger, who says "retirement is great," lives with wife Linda and their five teenage and pre-teen children in Indianapolis, IN. He enjoys playing clarinet and saxophone, reading, woodworking, gardening, landscaping, and working on energy conservation and computers. Fred is also on his church board of directors and is a math teaching assistant. Sandy Kressel Sussman, who lives in Slingerlands, NY, also likes being retired (from being a supervising administrative law judge). She keeps busy as a board member of both the Capital District (of New York) Civil Liberties Union and the Capital District Humanist Society. She also sings in a senior citizens chorale. Sandy has two grown sons. Nutritionist Abby Stolper Bloch recently spent two and a half weeks in Singapore consulting on nutrition and cancer as a guest of the Minister of Health. Her job is VP of programs and research for the Dr. Robert C. Atkins Foundation. Abby and husband Stan have a grown son and daughter, live in NYC, and both teach skiing in the winter.

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.

65 | Winter is upon us, and how pleasant it is to sip a cup of cocoa and learn about the lives and activities of friends and classmates. Barbara Epstein Gordon and husband Edward, DVM '65, are retired but busier than ever. Ed is now the president of the management company Board of United Helpers.He is also a hospice volunteer, serves on the New York State Board for the Veterinary Medical Assn., and is on the Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities of the American Veterinary Medical Assn. Barbara retired from teaching adult education in 2000 and is presently the coordinator of literacy volunteers for St. Lawrence County in New York. They dote on their five grandchildren and still find time to do a lot of traveling. Barbara heard from Judy Alpern Intraub, who recently bought a home in Palm Beach, FL, for the winter, but summers in Vermont with husband Saul.

Paul Mandigo writes from Illinois.He retired from Lucent Technologies in 2005, having worked for Bell Labs (now Lucent Tech) since 1965. Just an address from Gary Ash, ME '73, president of Castle Brook Corp., and his wife, who are presently residing in Massachusetts. Bobbi Kupfrian Tarbell is the chair of the fine arts department at Rutgers in Camden, NJ. She is also associate professor of art history and director of the museum studies program. Her daughter Karen, a doctor, married Robert Greeley Jr. in Oct. 2004. Daughter Kristin '95 continues as a post-doctoral fellow in immunology at the Rockefeller U. in NYC. And son Benjamin '97 completed a master's degree in M.E. design in '99, as well as an MBA in 2005, all at Stanford U.

Lon Benamy's daughter started in the Arts college this past fall. James Potter saw his son Travis graduate from Cornell in '05 with a degree in Applied Physics Engineering; he plans to work for Goldman Sachs in NYC. Son Justin, majoring in Operations Research Engineering, is on track to graduate from Cornell this spring. James works in real estate in Avon, CO. Bob Becker is still delivering babies and loving it. He is working less, however, and enjoying the free time, much of which he spends with his grandchildren. Robert E. Baker and wife Laurie reside in North Carolina. Their 16-year-old son Kasey is very involved in baseball.

Joel Perlman's sons Jack and Sam attend NYC's Ethical Culture Fieldston School.When Joel is not surfing, blading, or boarding, he is producing sculpture, having had a show at the Kouros Gallery in NYC last spring. He is in touch with classmates Peter Rosen, who recently completed a full-length documentary film on art critic Henry Geldzhaler, and Peter Barton, who is the publisher of Hudson River Art Magazine.

Lots of family and career news from Tove Hasselriis Abrams. Her career in videography has varied from taping and editing concerts with both choral and symphonic works in China, to shooting comics doing stand-up in NYC, plus many weddings and parties. Son Seth '99 is a musician with rock band Drowned Sorrow, and daughter Annelise is living in NYC pursuing a theatrical/musical career. She recently received a favorable review from the New York Times. Tove's husband Steve retired from teaching chemistry and related subjects after 37 years.

With a new title and new company, but basically the same job, Christy Reppert Sacks is now working for Bank of America. She and husband Stephen have a 6-monthold granddaughter Clare Charlotte Sacks. Jill Rubinson is a professor of English at the U. of Maine, Augusta. Her daughter Anny is a junior at Cornell. During a recent sabbatical in London, Jill renewed her friendship with Natalie Teich, who is chair of Cornell Alumni/ae UK.My husband Stephen Rogow '63 and I welcomed grandson number three.Mom is Debbie Rogow Silverstein '91.We are semi-retired and spend lots of time traveling. Our last trip included visits to parts of Thailand, China, Japan, and Singapore.

Stanley Saltz of New Jersey has been controller of Allison Corp. for the last 11 years. He and wife Marcia have three children, all of whom are married.Marcia has a master's in speech language pathology.When not at work, they enjoy their four grandchildren. Husband and wife architectural partners Michael Schwarting and Frances Campani received a Long Island A.I.A. citation for a new building on Main Street in Port Jefferson, NY. He had an exhibition, Jon Michael Schwarting Architect Projects 1970-2005, at the New York Inst. of Technology, School of Architecture this past spring, where he is the director of graduate programs in urban and regional design.His son Sinan '04 majored in English, and daughter Jessica '96 is practicing psychology in Baltimore,MD.

Keep those cards and letters (and e-mail) coming. -- Joan Elstein Rogow, 9 Mason Farm Rd., Flemington, NJ 08822; tel., (908) 782-7028; Ronald Harris, 5203 Forestdale Court,West Bloomfield, MI 48322; tel., (248) 788-3397; e-mail, rsh28@cornell.edu; Terry Kohleriter Schwartz, 36 Founders Green, Pittsford, NY 14534; tel., (585) 383- 0731.

66 | Lee Lindquist and wife Joan (Buchsbaum) '68 sent news from Coeur D'Alene, ID, that son Kevin, MBA '99, married Annette Harville, MBA '98, in Santa Barbara, CA, on Feb. 12, 2004. A reception followed in June with many Cornellians in attendance: Kirsten Lindquist Wallace '92, Rochelle Spandorf Buschsbaum '73, and Bob '67 and Nancy Kaye Litter '68. Lee and Joan celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary cycling in Mallorca and visiting Barcelona and northern Spain, and then Lee celebrated his 60th birthday cycling in Western Ireland. Nancy and Joe Jaffe sent a quick note from Weston, CT, that Adam is a senior at Yale and Amanda a freshman at BU. Gerri Sussman Marcus and husband Averill, MILR '67, have caught us up on their recent good news. Nicole and Jeff Marcus produced grandson Zachary in June 2003, the same year daughter Jennifer graduated with her Harvard MBA.

David Lederman, PhD '68, and wife Natalie (Hirsch) '68 are beginning to enjoy retirement from ABIOMED, a company he founded in 1981 where he served as CEO and chairman until 2004. David holds an engineering degree from the U. of the Andes in his native Colombia, a BS degree in Engineering Physics from Cornell, and a master's and PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Cornell. David designed and began the development of the ventricles and valves that would eventually become the blood-handling components of the battery-powered implantable AbioCor replacement heart in current clinical trials. He has authored numerous publications in the cardiac assist, artificial heart, and prosthetic valve fields and is a founding director and a vice chairman of the board of directors of the New England Healthcare Inst. He and Natalie have a physicist son (Brown '92), a daughter (Emory '94) who is an attorney, and three grandchildren, all living in the Boston area.

Judith Harvey,West Chester, PA, writes that she has moved to Lewisburg, PA, where she is working as a mini-circuit supervisor with the Food Safety Inspection Service of the USDA. Her job is to drive among meat slaughter and processing establishments, verifying humane handling, and supervising meat/processing inspections in the Susquehanna River area. Bonnie Lazarus Wallace writes from Cheshire, CT, that she and husband Steve have two adorable granddaughters. Their attorney daughter and family live in Martha's Vineyard, and their son, an oral surgeon, and his family are in Santa Barbara. Bonnie is in her last year of teaching and she and Steve travel frequently, teaching and lecturing on dental implants. She writes about a rendezvous with classmate Cindy Wagman Sommer and would love to hear from other Cornellians at bonnie1@sbcglobal.net.

Congrats to Rich Vanderploeg, ME '67, who recently married Jennifer Katherine Lee in Hawaii and then accepted a three-year assignment with Deloitte & Touche LLP as principal. Rich's younger daughter is completing her first year of medical school at Washington U. Congratulations to Ella and Arthur Hamberger on their recently celebrated 36th wedding anniversary and their daughter Leora's wedding. Arthur serves as medical director of radiation therapy for the Memorial-Hermann Healthcare System in Houston, the largest not-for-profit hospital system in Texas.

More dental updates from Oklahoma City and Ken and Karen Kyne Dormer. Ken, as faculty advisor, led a group of 54 dental students to Peru over Spring Break where they saw and treated 4,000 patients in one week—800 bad teeth were pulled. Ken is chairing an FDA standards committee writing a pre-clinical standard for international implantable hearing devices and has co-founded Namo Bio Magnetics Inc., researching targeted delivery of medicine to specific tissues using magnetic nanoparticles. Gabriele Gurski van Lingen issues a warm welcome from the US Virgin Islands. She is currently a visiting associate professor in school psychology at the U. of the Virgin Islands and lives in Christiansted.

Jennifer Prentiss Morrill sends the sad news that her father John Prentiss passed away February 13, 2005. Over the course of John's life, he worked as a real estate developer, hotel manager, professional potter, stained glass artisan, auto mechanic, furniture maker, Dixieland jazz musician, carpenter, business owner, and inventor, among other jobs. Upon graduation, he joined the leasing department of Helmsley-Spear & Co. He then went to the Rouse Company, where he worked on the innovative planned community of Columbia, MD, and led the development of many specialty shopping malls, including Harborplace in Baltimore, South Street Seaport in New York City, and Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston. In Piseco, NY, he was manager of the Irondequoit Inn, a community housing representative, and an active volunteer for the Piseco Fire Dept. ambulance squad.Most recently, he was the CEO of Adiri Inc., a company he founded to sell his patented invention, the Breastbottle nurser, a unique baby bottle designed to replicate a mother's breast. A devoted outdoorsman, John loved to hike, canoe, and explore.We send our condolences to John's family. -- Bill Blockton, bill@rbsfabrics. com; Susan Rockford Bittker, ladyscienc@aol.com; John Miers, Johngmiers@comcast.net.

67 | "We moved to the Tucson, AZ, area from Cincinnati in January '04 and we love it," report John and Brenda McManus (jwm27@cornell.edu). "After retiring from P&G we decided a change of scene was called for. I qualified as an open water Scuba diver in Mexico; golf is also great here. I am working part-time designing and selling in-ground swimming pools." In June 2004, Hillel Fradkin (hillel@hillelfradkin.com) became Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World, at Hudson Inst.,Washington, DC. Kenneth Burres (Alta Loma, CA; kburres@fitcentric.com) received a patent for MicroLaser Dissectomy, "a high-tech procedure for spinal disc surgery."He's CEO of FitCentric Technologies Inc.,"with a 1-year-old permanent display at Disneyland, Anaheim, CA."

From John Lyncheski (Clinton, PA; jlyncheski@cohenlaw.com): "I practice management labor law in a firm I co-founded that now numbers 110 lawyers in Pittsburgh and Naples, FL. I was also recently named Educator of the Year by the American College of Healthcare Administrators." John advises that children John,Marc, and Kristin all reside in Western Pennsylvania, along with four grandchildren. "We enjoy our ‘gentleman's' farm, complete with two quarter horses and 12 bird dogs, which I train. I stay in touch with FrankWagner, who's Reporter of Decisions for the US Supreme Court, and had dinner with Kent and Sue Stone Thompson in San Antonio."

Sharon Argus Paschos (Dortmund, Germany; paschosfam@gmx.net) was spending husband Manny, PhD '67's sabbatical at Fermilab near Chicago, then at Jefferson lab in Virginia. His emeritus shift has now occurred and they expect to be traveling—in the US and elsewhere. From Pensacola, FL, Jim Brady (jbbrady@bellsouth.net) reported suffering minimal damage to his home last year—no word yet on the more recent storms. "Still active in the local chapter of the Audubon Society; we recently hired a Cornell alumna as naturalist at the environmental education center." Jim was selected as Supervisor of the Year at Pensacola Junior College, where he's headed the Dept. of Biological Sciences since 1995.

Jane Price Brof (Brooklyn, NY; randjbrof@hotmail.com) reports that her daughter Julie Brof '92 and husband Michael Mayer reside in Seattle, where she's a lawyer for the FTC and he's with EarthJustice.Miles and JeaniWalton Haven '68 (Potomac, MD; mhaven@scseng.com) now have two married children and two grandsons and look forward to seeing them more often in two to three years when they are able to travel between homes in Maryland and Naples, FL. Jeani was appointed principal of Takoma Park Middle School two years ago. The Havens joined Joy Kaufman Karol '68 and Victor '68 and Janice Milkman Berlin '68 to attend the wedding of Susan Rosenfeld Franz Ledley '68 in Chappaqua, NY. Jeffrey Chesky (chesky.jeffrey@uis.edu) writes, "I took retirement, but was ‘promoted' to emeritus professor at U. of Illinois."

Some e-mail addresses: William Swift (Camino, CA; marciaswift@earthlink.net); John Nogami (Cincinnati, OH; siranose@aol.com); Gwynne Fowler Briggs (Lynnwood, WA; gwynnesnedgar@yahoo.com); and Catherine Blaffer Taylor (Dallas, TX; catherine@trinkie.com). I'm back in the US for possibly a couple of years after spending much of this year in Indonesia and then Pakistan. More on everyone next time. -- Richard B. Hoffman, 2925 28th St. NW, Washington, DC 20008; e-mail, rhoffman@erols.com.

68 | I hope you are having a good winter. I write this column on October 31 in Boston, a sunny and warm day in the 70s. Two days ago, there was heavy snow.

Eleanor Zenn Zweibel lives in New York City. Her son Robert '05 was sorry to leave the Hill. Betsy Cadbury and her husband Arthur Borror live in Quebec, Canada. Their daughter Cate graduated recently from Concordia U. and was class valedictorian for Arts and Sciences. Betsy has retired from her teaching position and looks forward to spending time at their home in New Hampshire and doing other things she enjoys. Gloria Pessirilo Jurisic and her husband Nikola, PhD '70, live in L.A. Gloria is director of marketing and contracting at the Jules Stein Eye Inst. at UCLA.

Jon Vinograd is a realtor in Saranac Lake, NY. Victoria Nelson lives in Newark, NJ, and is busy as a tenants' rights/civil rights activist; she also tutors English and plays piano concerts. On the personal side, she has a wonderful fiancé/life partner, Bruce Jones. Jeff Gorwit is a cardiologist in Escondido, CA. His wife Linda is a critical care nurse, and they have three children. Gary Mols was inducted into the sports hall of fame at Park School of Buffalo. Gary and his wife Rebecca have a son and daughter. Daughter Sarah graduated from U. of British Columbia and taught English in Seoul, Korea. Their son Joseph served in the US Army and now attends Royal Roads U. Sara StrawWinship and her husband Dale live in Atlanta. Sara had dinner with classmate Joyce Van Degna Snell and her husband Chris '69 when visiting San Francisco. Sara is retired and enjoys tennis and visiting her daughter, who lives in Sweden.

Helen Karel Dorman and husband Neal divide their time between their homes in northern Westchester County, just north of NYC, and their apartment in the City. Their daughter Karen '98 is an attorney with Legal Aid of New York and is married to Todd Kipnes '96. Their daughter Debbie '01 attends business school at Columbia. Virginia Zamora lives in Makita City, Philippines. Her five children are all busy with occupations that include investment banker, lawyer, student, and homemaker. Roger Stetter and his wife Barbara live in New Orleans, where Roger is an attorney. Hopefully the hurricane was not hard on his family. Roger recently had an article published about the story of Pascal Calogero, the son of a New Orleans police officer who became the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

David McAleavey, PhD '75, lives in Arlington, VA, with his wife Kathy Perry. David recently published a book of poems entitled Huge Haiku. After many years in government and industry, Tom Manuccia returned to academia as a professor of engineering and applied science at George Washington U. in Washington, DC. Photography is one of Tom's hobbies. He also enjoys skiing and is a certified ski instructor at Ski Whitetail.

I recently attended my first meeting of the Cornell University Council in Ithaca. The Council chair is our classmate Jay Waks, JD '71, who did a great job. Other classmates recently involved in the Council include Richard Ahlfeld,MBA '70, Randy Lee Allen, DavidMaisel, PaulaMueller, JD '73, Steve Siegel, and Joan Gottesman Wexler. It was a great experience being back on campus, seeing some of the amazing new facilities, great new faculty members, and terrific students.

A letter from Cornell provides information to our class regarding an undergraduate who currently receives the Class of 1968 Cornell Tradition Fellowship, which gifts from our class have supported. This student, Tanneasha Gordon '06, is a senior in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning and has had a great record of community service while at Cornell. I look forward to hearing from you. -- Gordon H. Silver, 2 Avery St., #26C, Boston,MA 02111; e-mail, gordon_silver@comcast.net.

69 | Several classmates have been named to the Cornell Council Administrative Board. Jansen Noyes is a vice chair, Kenneth Kahn is the human resources advisor, and Charles Alexander, MArch '74, is a member-at-large. Elected to the Board of Directors of Cornell Radio Guild Inc., owner of WVBR, Steve Marx is looking forward to making a contribution to revitalizing the station.He and his wife Merrill have a daughter Emily '04 who is working for the "Late Show with David Letterman" in audience development, and son Jeff who is pursuing a master's degree in aeronautical engineering at Georgia Tech. Previously, he had a position in flight testing at Northrop-Grumman. Gail Papermaster Bender sends word about her four sons. The oldest, Brian, is married and working in the field of computer science, Seth is at Fordham Law School, David is a medical student at Georgetown U., and Herschel just got his driver's license.

Recently promoted to senior VP of the American Red Cross Biomedical Services Division, Greg Vasse, MBA '77, and his wife Mary will be moving to the Washington, DC, area. From the newspaper, we also learn that their daughter Aimee, a professional cyclist, biked up Mt.Washington in New Hampshire, winning the women's division for the second consecutive year. Donald Tofias, BArch '70, is still racing his W-class yachts and won the Antigua Classic Regatta, the Open House Cup in Nantucket, and Newport's Classic Yacht Regatta. His daughter Alissa '03 is living in the D.C. area, working for a consulting firm, and Michael '00 is getting a PhD in political science at Duke.

After a long hiatus, Steven Kussin writes that he retired from public education after 35 years, 21 of them as a high school principal. He began his career at Ithaca High School as a student teacher and later a substitute. Steven worked briefly at CBS News right after graduation, and writes, "As wonderful and rewarding as my career proved to be, I couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if I had stayed at CBS." Steven decided to find out and sought a job in the industry. He is now a substitute newswriter at 1010 WINS, an all-news radio station in NYC. If you have a chance to listen when Steven is working, you may hear, "And our writer is Steven Kussin."He is also an adjunct professor in the communications department at Hofstra U., running education workshops, and doing school consulting. In addition, Steven has finished his first novel, with plans to convert it into a screenplay. His wife Sharyn is also a teacher; her field is Spanish. Their son Todd '97 is an attorney in NYC, is married, and has a young daughter. Second son Eric '01 is working for the NBA, and Lonnie '07 is "on the Hill." Steven says, "I can always find an excuse to visit our magnificent campus, particularly in the fall."

A Sussex County civil servant, Eric Snyder is director of engineering and planning.He and wife Donna have two sons. David is in the Coast Guard, and Chris is at Moravian College. Nearby in NYC, Roger Moak has struck out on his own after more than 30 years as a lawyer, including 20 as an insurance industry general counsel. Roger has started his own practice as an insurance arbitrator, mediator, and consultant. Nancy Mohr tells us that she is still a staff nurse at Franklin Hospital Medical Center—ten years with the adult daycare program that is a model for geriatric patients. She is also proud of her two grown children: Johanna is an administrative assistant with an employee benefits program, and Adam teaches fifth grade. Carol Clericuzio lives in Albuquerque, NM, and is a member of the U. of New Mexico medical school faculty in the pediatrics department. Steve and JoanWolfers Belkin were in the news when they sold their stake in the Atlanta Hawks and the Atlanta Thrashers. Steve also resigned as the Hawks' NBA governor.

We have lost touch with a number of our classmates and would like to hear from: Thomas Kostandoff, Jeanne Abriel, Josiah Landers, Constance Adler, Robert Crockett, Dale Linder, Anthony Bartman, Paul Dickler, Bruce Lipson, Janice Martin Linville, Doris Dishman, John E.Hudson,Milton Jay, David Borg, Susan London, Robert L. Erickson, David E. Johnson, Stephen Goodale, Janet Goetz Marks, Brian Dobbs, Reginald Bradford, Mary Jouppi Marquis, and Susan Smith Munks. If you are in contact with any of these people, would you please forward information? It would be wonderful to learn what they have been doing. -- Arda Coyle Boucher, 21 Hemlock Hill Rd., Amherst, NH 03031; e-mail, aboucher@airmar.com.