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October 1985Volume 88, Number 3

CoverFreshman Seth Allen moves a portion of his belongings into Sheldon Court.Stories in this issue deal with the freshman experience.

2 The UniversityAlumni, students, and administrators have odd concepts of one another. Anew center for ceramics. Research and books by Cornellians.

22 CommunicationsA variety of letters to the editor. More about the World War I memorialroom in Lyon Hall. Notes about readers.

29 Boston Meets Brooklyn: 1982By Stephen Madden '86. A freshman roommate proves a big challenge to anentering student's open mindedness.

31 A Time of Decisions 1924By Argus Tresidder '28. Another freshman, nearly six decades earlier, faces atough choice in the loneliness of his first weeks on campus.

35 Picturing the UniverseBy William Steele '54. A lab on the Hill takes disparate signals from spaceand converts them into images of objects that help geologists understandEarth much better.

41 Madame Wehe and MeBy Alfred Sullivan '32. An accompanist explains what it was like to workwith the noted town songstress.

44 News of the ClassesClass notes. Alumni deaths.

74 Alumni ActivitiesHer students return to Mrs. Heller's house thirty-one years later. Frank Clifford'50 retires as director of alumni affairs. The alumni organizational picture isa-changing. Other news of alumni, colleges, and donors. A calendar of events.

80 AlsoLate news of the campus.

Neither alumninor officialsprove to befully predictable

Agood deal of tension de-veloped on campus, antic-ipating the return of alum-ni for Reunion in June.Whether we are

aware of it or not, "the alumni" loom asa great unknown in the equation of cam-pus life.

Administrators and university fund-raisers are presumed to quake in antici-pation of, and in their presence truckleto, alumni. In support of this theory,student activists involved in the SouthAfrican divestment movement lastspring repeatedly questioned whetheradministrators were acting on their ownbeliefs or instead simply attempting toavoid situations that they thought wouldoffend important alumni.

The prevailing point of view was thatmost alumni are conservative politicallyand socially, and will be appalled at out-bursts of politically "liberal" opinionson campus. It is also presumed alumnihave vast corporate interests—jobs,stocks, inheritances—that lead them tofavor corporate management points ofview.

A fairly blunt example of activistthinking is contained in a mimeographedsheet of their options drawn up for astrategy meeting one night early in thespring festivities: "GOALS: ENDAPARTHEID! How? GET CORNELLTO DIVEST. HOW? Put Pressure onthe University (Trustees and Admini-strators.) 1. Obstruct the functioning ofthe university. 2. Attract unfavorablemedia attention. 3. Attract and en-courage alumni pressure . . ."

Questioned about this strategy, activ-

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ists said they hoped some alumni whoagreed with the wisdom of selling stockof firms that do any business in SouthAfrica would pressure administrators tochange trustees' minds. They said theyhoped others, who did not necessarilyagree, would simply want the trustees tochange their stance to end the unfavora-ble publicity involved in sit-ins and thearrests that would follow efforts to clearcampus buildings.

Activist leaders were openly critical ofthe national press for giving Cornell'sspring events little coverage, and sur-prised if not actually disappointed whenadministrators failed to tear down their"shantytown" behind Day Hall beforeCommencement or before Reunion. Amessy media event was anticipated. Itwas assumed that administrators did notwant to expose the families of seniors,and then alumni, to the blandishmentsas well as the untidiness of the pro-di-vestment cadre that spent its days andnights at Shantytown.

Well, Cornell administrators surprisedCornell activists, and subsequently Cor-nell alumni surprised them all. DuringReunion, few alumni attended a forumin Goldwin Smith Hall that debated var-ious aspects of South African-US rela-tions. Evenings, in the beer tents, somealumni were heard to plan a foray or twoto relieve the administration of the needto level Shantytown, though in the endno alumni undertook that task.

What I did hear was that quite a fewalumni, in ones and twos, visited Shan-tytown's "Inhumanities Library," readsome of its literature, and talked with itsdenizens. Several women activistsdressed up and invited passersby to stopand express themselves on South Africa.

Two classmates of mine said they wereglad President Rhodes left the shacksstanding for Reunion. "I liked thechance to talk to these nice young peo-ple, " said one, "and I liked the ideaCornell wasn't afraid to let alumni seewhat students were arguing about." An-

other alumnus, a corporate leader, toldme he spent several hours one eveningearlier in the spring sitting down amongactivists, listening and talking. "Exceptfor a few obvious troublemakers," hesaid, "they seemed sincere young peo-ple."

Were these alumni convinced divest-ment was the right route to influenceSouth Africa? By no means. But they

were impressed with the activists as indi-viduals.

Those of us Ithacans, journalists inparticular, who had spent days watchingactivists hone their tactics of trying thepatience of administrators and campuspatrolmen in Day Hall in April probablyhad lost an ability to judge just what thepoint of the spring's doings were: Apar-theid? No disagreement. Avoiding a

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The Cornell Alumni Newsowned and published by theCornell Alumni Associationunder the direction of itsPublications Committee.

Publications CommitteeKeith R. Johnson '56, ChairmanDorothy Kay Kesten '44John A. Krieger '49Nicholas H. Niles '61Sarah Slater Brauns '73Dennis Williams '73Steven Chernys '83Officers of the Alumni Association:John J. Meakem '58, PresidentFrank R. Clifford '50,Secretary-TreasurerPresident, Association of Class Officers:C. Richard Jahn '53

EditorJohn Marcham '50Associate EditorElsie McMillan '55Assistant EditorJeanette KnappContributorsWilliam Steele '54, Jack Sherman,Marcy Dubroff '84, Grad, StephenMadden '86

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IllustrationsCover, by Marcy Dubroff '84. Otherpages: 3, Jack Sherman; 28, CharlesHarrington; 30, Dubroff; 34, UniversityArchives; 35, Spacecraft PlanetaryImaging Facility, Jet Propulsion Lab;36-38, Dubroff; 39, US GeologicalSuvey; 40, Dubroff; 41, UniverstiyArchives; 42, DeWitt Historical Societyof Tompkins County; 43, from AlSullivan '32; 44-45, University Archives;51, Matt Jones '80; 74, from RobertPlavnick '50; 75, 77, Dubroff.

bloodbath in South Africa? Less agree-ment. The usefulness and even wisdomof divestment in particular? Decided dis-agreement. Well-dressed and well-be-haved activists looked a lot more benignand objective to visiting alumni in June,than they had to day-after-day observersin Ithaca during the peak of their dem-onstrations a month earlier.

Tactics overcome purpose after awhile. In the 1960s, universities were in-experienced dealing with confrontationand variations on the civil disobediencemethods of Gandhi and Martin LutherKing. Today's campus officials makefewer errors that feed added fuel to con-troversies. Activists nowadays are re-quired to rely more upon logic than tac-tics.

This year the campus debated SouthAfrican issues in numerous panel discus-sions and in the pages of the Daily Sunand Ithaca Journal. While there was acertain amount of repetition, foolish-ness, and intolerance in the exchanges,the community was treated to a remark-ably wide range of points of view. Sever-al faculty members did insist there wasno reason for Cornell trustees to studythe advisability of divestment becausethere was only one ethical answer: todivest. Another group of faculty soughtto ridicule the senior vice president ofthe university, William Herbster, bypouncing on an answer he started to giveto a question on a call-in show which didnot allow him a chance to finish.

Yet when the debate was done, therichness of the Cornell campus commu-nity came through. Among the principaladvocates of divestment were Prof.Michael Latham, a white native of Tan-zania, a leading researcher on the nutri-tion of Africa; J. Congress Mbata, thedignified and diminutive black SouthAfrican who has been a member of thefaculty of the Africana Studies and Re-search Center since its inception; andMark A. Vandeyar, a "colored" SouthAfrican, a graduate student in genetics.

During the spring they were called onto debate non-African colleagues, pro-fessors of genetics and history and cor-porate finance, in public and in print.The international nature of Cornell wasnever more in evidence.

More than a thousand students weredrawn into the debate sufficiently to getthemselves arrested at least once forstaying in Day Hall after closing hours.When the essential irrelevance of this actwas pointed out, the protest's supporterscited the value of forcing students andnon-students alike to think about SouthAfrica and apartheid. Whether any

method short of occupying Day Hallwould have focussed significant atten-tion on South Africa will not be arguedhere. Suffice it to say discussion washad, for the last half of last semester,right through Reunion, and on into thisfall. —JM

A 'colored9 viewpoint

Whatever one feels about the tacticsemployed on campus this year, theyafforded Cornellians a chance to meeta quiet-spoken South African graduatestudent, as he took part in publicmeetings and through this interviewpublished in late spring in the CornellDaily Sun, and reprinted here with thepaper's permission:

Most of the Cornell students arrestedonce in the Day Hall sit-ins for divest-ment risk only a possible sentence ofcommunity service hours if convicted ofviolating the Campus Code of Conduct.For publicly advocating divestment,however, Mark A. Vandeyar, Gradcould eventually face a prison term of upto twenty years. Vandeyar is a citizen ofSouth Africa, where advocating divest-ment is a crime punishable under a ter-rorism act.

In an interview, Vandeyar, who ispursuing a PhD in genetics on a Ful-bright fellowship, discussed his percep-tions of the divestment question and theprotest movement at Cornell, and his ex-perience as a non-white in South Africa.

If Cornell were to divest, it would "besustaining and [would] renew thestrength" of South Africa's black ma-jority, Vandeyar said. It would enableblack people to think, "I'm not involvedin this fight on my own" and see that"all white people are not bad."

South Africa's government followsthe debate about divestment in theUnited States, and if Cornell and otherinstitutions do not divest, Vandeyarsaid, "It will be taken by the South Afri-can government as a vote of confidence.. . . Cornell is putting a rubber stamp ontrie limited changes they have made."

Vandeyar acknowledged that divest-ment will not immediately change SouthAfrica's government, but said it "willact as a catalyst for other measures thatcould effect change." Divestment is inthe "self-interest" of the United States,Vandeyar said. There will eventually bea black government in South Africa"and we're going to remember who sup-ported us and who did not. . . . Americahas been good to me, and Γd hate to see

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require him to return to South Africa forat least two years after he receives hisdegree. Vandeyar said he is unsure ofwhether he will remain in South Africaafter that. " I would not want to have afamily in South Africa. One of the worstthings to do is raise a child'* in SouthAfrica, he said, because apartheid "de-stroys something in a child."

Non-white children are raised "with afeeling of inferiority to whites," Vande-yar said, while children in South Africa'sdifferent racial categories develop prej-udice against those groups "rankedlower than them."

He is classified in South Africa as"colored" meaning that he has a mixedracial background. "Colored" peoplereceive better treatment than black peo-ple and similar treatment to those of In-dian background, Vandeyar said. He ad-ded that he is descended from Indian,European, and "colored" people.

Vandeyar cited several examples ofthe "humiliation" non-whites face inSouth Africa. Vandeyar said he wasonce arrested after trying to leave a trainstation through the exit for white peo-ple. A police officer stopped Vandeyar,and when he refused to go to the non-white exit, another police officer askedVandeyar for his train ticket, tore it up,and then arrested him for being at atrain station without a ticket.

After the police officer spoke withVandeyar, and saw that Vandeyar waswell educated, he told Vandeyar "thatan education is never going to make meas good as a white man." While Vande-yar has used the white exits severaltimes—and been arrested for it severaltimes—he usually must use the exits des-ignated for non-whites. " I resent myselffor even doing it," he said.

Non-whites are also hurt by the educa-tion system. South Africa spends 1,500rand (about $750) a year on each whitechild's education, Vandeyar said. Thegovernment spends about 650 rand ayear on "colored" and Indian children,and 100 rand on black children. Withthose figures, "There is absolutely noway you can have a separate but equaleducation," Vandeyar said.

Vandeyar is studying genetics in partbecause of the apartheid system, he said.He originally wanted to become a doc-tor, and as a non-white he would havehad to attend an "ethnic" medicalschool, which would have been "noth-ing more than a glorified high school,"he said.

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Vandeyar said he had to select a fieldand pass entrance exams in a subject on-ly offered at white universities. Bychanging his field to genetics, he wasable to attend the University of Wit-watersrand. Studying at that universitywas a "strange situation," he said,because there were only white people tobefriend him, but they could not public-ly socialize with him.

The seriousness of the recent divest-ment movement at Cornell surprisedVandeyar, he said, because of the lackof activity during the four years he hasbeen at the university. After readingabout the first arrests at Day Hall [inApril], he said he decided he should par-ticipate. Vandeyar was arrested the sec-ond day of the sit-ins.

"The thing that impressed me themost was the wide spectrum of peopleinvolved, from earthies to yuppies"Vandeyar said. Seeing the protests "hasmade the Cornell experience that muchmore dear to me," he added.

Vandeyar was critical, however, of theprotesters' defense in the hearings thisweekend for the first group of studentsarrested in Day Hall. People who com-mit civil disobedience "should showthey're willing to pay the consequences.I went to Day Hall with the intention ofbeing arrested," Vandeyar said, addingthat protesters should plead guilty to vi-olating the campus code to show thatthey are so committed to divestment thatthey are willing to break the law.

—Scott Jaschik '85

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Forward in ceramicsThe university has begun a $7.5 millionhigh-technology ceramics research pro-gram to train graduate students andpost-doctoral researchers. Three corpor-ations, including IBM and CorningGlassworks, will provide $1.65 millioneach toward the program, and addedfunds are being sought from federal andstate government.

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Fraternities merge

There's a new Theta Chi fraternity oncampus this fall. The former Phi SigmaEpsilon on Ridgewood Road has beenreborn as Theta Chi.

An earlier chapter of Theta Chi diedof attrition in the spring of 1983. Itshouse on Stewart Avenue was con-demned, and the university bought thehouse and land. A year ago the housewas sold and renovated as the new Kap-pa Alpha Theta sorority.

Meanwhile, the national organizationof Phi Sigma Epsilon decided to mergewith Phi Sigma Kappa. Cornell was theonly university to have chapters of bothfraternities on campus. Rather thanmerge with Phi Sigma Kappa, which hasa house on University Avenue, the Cor-nell Phi Sigma Epsilon chapter decidedto keep its house and current member-ship intact by changing its national affil-iation. This summer arrangements wereworked out to affiliate with Theta Chi,explains Philip Zwiebel '87, president."And now we're stronger than ever," headded. "The house is filled to the rimwith brothers."

The alumni organizations of both theold Cornell Theta Chi, founded in 1912,and Phi Sigma Epsilon, which at Cornelldates from 1960, are being reorganizedinto a new joint group which is planninga giant merged Homecoming celebra-tion.

Film honorsTwo Cornell films won national awardsthis summer. Let's Build It Together, adocumentary film produced by Prof.James B. Maas, PhD'66, Psychology,won first prize as the best public rela-tions film in the 1985 Industrial Photog-raphy Film Festival. It also received theRed Ribbon award in the citizen actionfilm category at the 1985 American FilmFestival. Family Matters, a documentaryproduced by Prof. Moncrieff Cochran,Human Development and FamilyStudies, won a red ribbon award in thefamily relations/parenting category atthe 1985 American Film Festival.

Let's Build It Together is a ten-minutefilm that documents the creation of avolunteer-built playground at the Man-tua School in Fairfax, Va. "The play-ground was conceived in the wildestdreams of elementary school children,born on the design table of RobertLeathers, an imaginative architecturalconsultant from Ithaca, New York, andconstructed through the united effortsof the entire community," Maas said.

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Frank (Doc) Kavanagh, athletic traineremeritus, and head of the Doc K. Pro-tective Equipment Company, has per-fected the Kavanagh Shoulder Pad—amultiple upper body pad that representsan advance in the design of protectivepadding. The pad is made of snug-fitting, lightweight mesh that allows theskin to breathe, and contains paddingfor the shoulder, upper arm, ribs, upperspine, and sternum. Dr. Russell Zelko'62, director of sports medicine at Cor-nell, says, " I recommend it for hockeyand lacrosse players at all levels."Kavanagh is 86.

Residents of the Belle Sherman areasoutheast of Collegetown expressedalarm at private apartments that went upin the area during a zoning relaxationand are asking city lawmakers to in-stitute new restrictions.

The Times Monitor, a weekly newspaperpublished the past two years in Ithacafor college students in the area, stoppedpublication over the summer, and itspublisher, David Marguleas '83, wentback to school to complete his formaleducation.

Research: puzzlingthe jigsaw Earth

Miles beneath the coastal plain ofGeorgia, Cornell researchers have foundthe suture where part of Western Africa,now Florida, was left stuck to NorthAmerica when the two continents driftedapart 200 million years ago. Thisdiscovery, marking the first time a deep-ly » buried suture has been preciselylocated, was made using seismic reflec-tor surveys penetrating as far as thirtymiles into the Earth's crust. Theseseismic signals are similar to sonar, andecho off geologic features below the sur-face of the earth.

According to the science knows as tec-tonics, continents are located on a seriesof plates that shift and slide across theEarth's molten interior. Sometimes the

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West Africa caused a squeezing actionthat formed the Appalachian Mountainsin the United States and the Mauri-tanides in West Africa. Fifty millionyears later, the continents parted and theAtlantic Ocean was formed.

44When the Atlantic opened, as it con-tinues to do today/* said K. DouglasNelson, a research associate in the proj-ect, "it opened along the old collisionzone, except that it left Florida behind."

For university scientists studying theEarth's crust, this project is similar toassembling a jigsaw puzzle that wasbroken apart millions of years ago. TheFlorida suture is believed to representone piece of this great puzzle, but couldlead to the discovery of others.

The seismic reflection surveys are con-ducted by the Consortium for Continen-tal Reflection Profiling (COCORP),based at Cornell, and is the largest earthscience project funded by the NationalScience Foundation (also see theDecember 1984 Alumni News).

Another rap on pollution

Many plants, in an effort to defendthemselves against air pollution, pro-duce a chemical called glutathione,which protects the plant cells from oxi-dation damage. However, unwittingly,the plants have thus thrown off theirown chemical balance in such a way thatbeetles feeding on their leaves grow fast-er, become larger, cause greater leafdamage, and lay more eggs than thebeetles feeding on leaves without gluta-thione. Such are the findings of re-searchers at the Boyce Thompson Insti-tute for Plant Research at Cor-nell—entomologist Patrick R. Hughes,research specialist John Chiment, andbiochemist Ruth Alscher.

This reaction occurs because plant-feeding insects regulate their eating andreproduction based on chemical signalsthey receive from their host plants, ex-plained Hughes. This interaction keepsthe insect population in a finely-tunedequilibrium with the plant that it de-pends on for food.

The researchers suggest that an unde-termined but possibly significantamount of the crop damage caused byplant-feeding insects is actually insti-gated by air pollution and other sourcesof plant stress, such as insufficient orsalty water, or exposure to cold. "Ourfindings are still limited, but it appearsthat this problem is fairly common, and

may be causing millions of dollars in lostplant productivity from insect damageeach year," said Hughes, leader of theresearch team. Chiment added that solv-ing this complex interaction may helplimit crop damage and increase foodproduction.

Questions about the useof cow growth hormones

The US dairy industry may undergo amajor transformation if biosynthetic bo-vine growth hormone makes its commer-cial debut within the next several years,predicts Prof. Robert J. Kalter, agricul-tural economics. Recent tests conductedby Prof. Dale Bauman, animal science,and other researchers indicate that milkproduction is increased by as much as 41per cent when dairy cows receive dailyinjections of the growth hormoneknown as methionyl bovinesomatotropin (MBS). This hormone isproduced synthetically, but similarresults have been obtained from naturalbovine growth hormone, which isisolated from the pituitary glands ofslaughtered cattle.

Before MBS can be sold commercial-ly, it must be approved by the federalFood and Drug Administration (FDA).FDA approval is contingent on long-term safety tests. It must be proved thatthe hormone is not harmful to the ani-mals, and it must also be proved that themilk and meat and other products aresafe for human consumption.

Initial experiments conducted in boththe US and Europe indicate no harm tothe animals or their calves and nochange in the composition of the milk oftreated animals. However, Bauman'stests on identical twin heifers indicatethat young calves receiving growth hor-mone grow faster, and have more andleaner meat than their untreated sib-lings. The growth hormone also dramat-ically increases the milk-synthesizingcells in the mammary glands of thetrςated animals. Bauman said his ex-periments strengthen growing evidencethat bovine growth hormone is one ofthe key controls regulating the use ofnutrients in animals.

Farm economist Kalter predicts thatthe growth hormone may be approvedfor commercial use by the FDA withinthe next few years. His recent study ofmore than 1,000 dairy farmers in NewYork State indicates that 80 to 90 percent of farmers will begin using the hor-mone within the first three years of its

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"With dramatic production increasespromised by the growth hormone andthe expected slow growth in demand formilk and dairy products," Kalter says,"the need for a major reduction in thenumber of cows and dairy operations inthe United States seems inevitable." Heestimates that the size of the nationaldairy herd could drop from 11.2 millioncows to as few as 8 million, and thenumber of dairy farms may dwindle by aminimum of 25 per cent.

Kalter says that the magnitude and thetiming of the change in the dairy indus-try "will depend on cows' productionresponse to the hormone, the rate ofadoption, and the level and scope ofgovernment price support programs formilk." He added, "Many farmers, how-ever, will profit from this new technolo-gy within three to five years after its in-troduction."

The effects of stress,major and minor

Prof. John Eckenrode, human develop-ment and family studies, has found thatminor, daily hassles have the strongestimpact on one's daily mood, strongerthan other types of stress. Eckenrodeobtained his results from monitoring thedaily moods of ninety-six women from aBoston neighborhood health center forone month. The women made daily en-tries in a diary and kept track of stressfulevents, physical symptoms, and overallmood of the day.

He examined the relationships be-tween acute, chronic, and minor "stress-ors," psychological well being, educa-tion, income, and family situation. Hefound a combination of variables—suchas having a low income and being asingle parent—also contributes to stress.Eckenrode found that the same stresscan have totally different effects on dif-ferent individuals because some factors,such as living in a high risk neighbor-hood, increase stress while other factors,especially family support, can buffer it.

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On the other hand, people who haveexperienced a great deal of "acutestress" associated with crises such as thedeath of a family member, trouble withthe law, or being fired, are much lessvulnerable to everyday, minor stresses.Any single irritant did not affect theirmoods. Eckenrode suggested this maybe the case because prior exposure tostresses makes an individual accustomedto dealing with them so that later experi-ences with minor stresses may actuallyresult in lower levels of emotionalitythan those levels characterizing a personwho is unused to stress.

Eckenrode says he hopes to follow upthe Boston research with work on howpeople learn to cope with stress, andhow people build, maintain, and use so-cial support systems.

Cornellian books:a long shelfof fact and fiction

The Pleasures of Entomology: Portraitsof Insects and the People Who StudyThem by Howard Ensign Adams, PhD'49 (Smithsonian Institution Press). Por-traits of the lovebug, flea, gypsy moth,and other insects, and some early andlatter-day entomologists including Hen-ry Dietrich '17, PhD '37, who was aCornell entomology professor for manyyears.

La Nouvelle Beatrice: Renaissanceand Romance in "Rappaccinϊs Daugh-ter" by Carol Marie Bensick, PhD '82(Rutgers University Press). NathanielHawthorne's tale is examined usingtechniques of new historical criticism.

Arms and the African: The MilitaryInfluences on Africa's International Re-lations, edited by William J. Foltz andHenry Bienen '60 (Yale U Press). SixAfrican specialists examine the causesand consequences of the growing milit-arization of Africa.

Neotropical Ornithology, edited by P.A. Buckley, PhD '66, Mercedes S.Foster, Eugene S. Morton, Robert S.Ridgely, and Francine G. Buckley '63,MS '66 (American Ornithologists'Union Ornithological Monographs No.

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Storms & Son by Prof. Anthony Ca-puti, English and Comparative Litera-ture (Atheneum). A Buffalo lawyer goesto New York City to investigate the un-solved murder of his drug-involved son.

A Tough Row to Hoe: The 1985 FarmBill and Beyond by William A. Galston'67 (Hamilton Press). An evaluation ofbasic policy alternatives for the agricul-tural economy.

Habitations of the Word: Essays byWilliam H. Gass, PhD '54 (Simon &Schuster). A collection of essays by thephilosopher-novelist.

Where the Potomac Begins: A Historyof the North Branch Valley by GilbertGude '48 (Seven Locks Press). The for-mer congressman traces changes in thisMaryland valley from its origins 200 mil-lion years ago, when coal began to form,to its current fate as an all-but-aban-doned former coal mining area.

The Cornell Physics Department: Re-collections and a History of Sorts byProf. Paul Hartman, PhD '38 (PhysicsDepartment). An anecdotal history ofphysics students and faculty and theirwork in Rockefeller and Clark halls andthe Wilson Synchrotron.

History of the Department of Institu-tion Management 1925-1969 by BerniceHopkins '32 (College of Human Ecolo-gy). How far "domestic science" hascome can be judged by the responseMartha Van Rensselaer received whenshe sought information to explain theimportance of cleanliness. The bacteriol-ogist she consulted replied that womendidn't need to learn about bacteria."Teach them to keep the dishcloth cleanbecause it is nicer that way," he said.

The Poems of Laura Riding by LauraRiding Jackson '22 (Persea). A new edi-tion of a collection first published in1938.

Where Did the Tracks Go: FollowingRailroad Grades in the Adirondacks byMichael Kudish, MS'68 (The ChaunceyPress of Saranac Lake). With seventyschematics and maps, this referencebook tells the history of Adirondackrailroads from 1860 to the present.

Foundations of Psychoneuroimmun-ology, edited by Steven E. Locke '68,Robert Ader, Hugo Besedovsky, Nicho-las Hall, George Solomon, Terry Strom,and N. Herbert Spector (Aldine Publish-ing Company). Articles on the relation-ship of brain, behavior and immunity.

Psychological and Behavioral Treat-ments for Disorders of the Heart and

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Blood Vessels: An Annotated Bibliogra-phy by Mady Hornig-Rohan and StevenE. Locke '68 (Institute for the Advance-ment of Health). Research abstractsfrom scientific journals and books from1871 to 1984.

The Lost Rib: Female Characters inthe Spanish-American Novel by SharonDishaw Magnarelli, PhD'75 (BucknellUniversity Press). An analysis of novelsby Jorge Isaacs, Eduardo Mallea, CarlosFuentes, Jauan Rulfo, Manuel Puig,Jose Donoso, Luisa Valenzuela, andothers, where even books with femaleprotagonists focus on other topics.

Queen of Hearts by Prof. Dan McCall'68, English (Holt, Rinehart &Winston). A novel of love and death inthe life of museum curator Joe Long-street. Recounted in a deadpan, tele-graphic voice edged with humor.

Child Survival and Sex Differentials inthe Treatment of Children, edited byLauris A. McKee, PhD '80 (RedgravePublishing Co.). Addresses a special is-sue of medical anthropology.

The Kids Next Door: Sons andDaughters Who Kill Their Parents byGreggory W. Morris '68, MPA '73 (Wil-liam Morrow). True accounts of chil-dren who have killed their parents, em-phasizing society's failure to deal withabused and mentally ill children, andwith the unequal treatment juvenile of-fenders receive.

Perfect Pascal Programs by Washing-ton Apple Pi, edited by Robert Platt '73(Tab Books, Inc.). Articles by Pascal ex-perts covering applications from simpleutility routines to advanced computerprogramming techniques.

Modula-2 Programming by Ed Ken-pley and Robert C. Platt '73 (RestonPublishing Company, Inc.). An intro-ductory college text presenting all ele-ments of Modula-2, a new computerprogramming language.

Slow Learner by Thomas Pynchon '59(Bantam). Five stories, in paperback.

Living Well with Emphysema andBronchitis by Myra B. Shayevitz andBerton R. Shayevitz '53 (Doubleday &Company). A "can-do" approach forvictims of chronic obstructivepulmonary disease to minimize andovercome the limitations, anxiety, anddepression that accompany this malady.

From Invention to Innovation: Long-Distance Telephone Transmission at theTurn of the Century by Neil H. Wasser-man '70 (The Johns Hopkins UniversityPress). A study of the loading coil. Theauthor analyzes the process of trans-forming a single innovative stroke intotechnological progress on a grand scale.

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The Record StraightEditor: I believe there are two errors inthe article, "Iroquois," in the July issue:

Sullivan's campaign could not havebeen in 1790 when he burned Cor-re-or-go-nel. The war had been over for sevenyears. The proper year was 1779.

On the same page, the article statedthat Dr. Erl Bates was the son of MajorJonathan Bates, a thirty-two-year veter-an of the Indian Wars with the US Cav-alry. The Historical Dictionary of theUS Army, 1789-1903 does not containthe name of Major (?) Jonathan Bates.He may have had the honorary title ofmajor, a not uncommon occurrence inNew York State at the time.

I do enjoy the Alumni News, but Ifind that there is an ever increasing num-ber of classes after 1937.

Samuel S. Verbeck '37Gilbertsville

Editor: Regarding the Iroquois, I sug-gest reading also the book The BloodyMohawk by T. Wood Clarke (Friedman1968 or Macmillan 1941). This bookstarts off, "Fighting, fierce and furious,conquest and revenge, hunting and manhuntings were both business and recrea-tion to the early denizens of the MohawkValley."

Another insight into Indian characteror behavior can be gained by readingChapter 12, "The Outgamies atDetroit," in Francis Parkman's book, AHalf Century of Conflict.

Frederick Mills '41Syracuse

The writer agrees the date 1790 was in-correct and does not challenge informa-tion about the major rank, but notesthat it came from Rockefeller Instituterecords.

He also comments that 'The BloodyMohawk is a sensational treatment ofwars between Iroquois tribes before thefounding of the confederacy around1500. Francis Parkman is a popular his-torical writer, but his books aren 't heldin high regard by scholars or Indians.The Mohawks were violent and evencannibalistic 500 years ago, but thenagain, so were the Anglo-Saxons."

—Ed.

Small world

Editor: In response to the July article byJoan S. Livingston '75, those who stickaround that beauty spot far above Cayu-ga's Waters are not, in any way, to beridiculed. A large majority of '22 almostworshipped those of our era who de-cided to stay on and further educatethemselves, then elected to make a per-manent stay.

The Class of 1922 had many pleasantmemories of those who ' 'stayed on" atCornell to contribute so much to somany disciplines of education. My re-tirement years since 1966 have beenfilled with the inspirations which thoseCornell "profs" gave me from 1918 to1922.

I regret that many deserving youngpeople can no longer work their entireway through Cornell as I did. I had abalance in my check book close to $25 inJune 1922 and no debts. Our grandson,who has his bachelor's and master's, fin-ished before 1970. He is still burdenedwith a debt which it will take him tenmore years to amortize.

This July issue has other informationthat interested me. I knew Dr. Erl Bateswell. When I was acting as a member ofthe Extension staff under the guidanceof the late Prof. R. H. Wheeler, ErlBates was famous around Roberts Hall.I went a few times with him to the Indianreservation southwest of Syracuse.

We moved to the interesting village ofRhinebeck three years ago, to be in themidst of our very close and dear four-generation family which settled in thisarea. I sought out a bank for financialservices. A small branch of the RedHook bank is close to the famous Rhine-beck Fair Grounds. As I became ac-quainted with the congenial staff, I dis-covered a young married lady who wasan Indian and a daughter of one of thechiefs at the Onondaga Reservation. Shestill remembers sitting as a youngster byher mother at various times when Dr.Bates spoke to her tribe. It is indeed asmall world.

Edmund Northrup Moot '22, MS '36Rhinebeck

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For campus order

Editor: The recent anti-apartheid dem-onstrations at Cornell prompt one toreflect on the proper functions of theuniversity, and how the university mayassure that it carries out those functions.

The demonstrations directed againstSouth Africa and the CIA happen to fitwell with the aims of Soviet Commu-nism. With a fifty-year record ofprompting such activities, it would benaive to exclude the possibility that thedemonstrations are being controlled byMoscow. The biography of MichaelStraight, After Long Silence, describedsuch Communist activities from the '30sto the '50s.

But it is not really to the point thatthese disorders may be orchestrated bythe Communists, nor is it relevant thatthe political system in South Africa maystrike many as unsavory.

If it is true that the duty of the univer-sity trustees is to ensure that a hospitableclimate exits for study, and the pursuitof wisdom and truth, then they mustadopt and enforce whatever regulationsare necessary to maintain a tranquil at-mosphere. This is not to say that the fac-ulty and students may not engage in law-ful political activity, but this does not in-clude attempts at mob rule.

I believe that the trustees would bederelict in their duty if they permit agroup of demonstrators, however large,to interfere with the orderly function ofthe university. They fail in their respon-sibility to the law-abiding students andfaculty, and they fail in protecting thephysical plant of the university. As analumnus, I am incensed that a gang ispermitted to deface a beautiful campus.If I were a parent of a Cornell student, Iwould find it hard to tolerate the failureof the university to maintain a climatesuitable for study.

The fact that there are some 1,200miscreants should not deter the universi-ty from either expelling them or sus-pending them for at least a year to givethem time to realize what a university isfor, and what it is not for. If the demon-strators were convinced that illegal ac-tivity meant suspension or expulsion, Iam sure the number who would continueto violate regulations would be quitesmall. But if 1,200, or 3,200, for thatmatter, chose to assert that they shouldcontrol the university, then Cornell isbetter without them. It would be rela-tively easy to replace the misguided stu-dents. The alternative, the replacementof the university, would be difficult orimpossible.

After its abject performance in the'60s, it will be difficult to convince thelaw-breakers that 1985 is going to be dif-ferent, but with a will, it can be done.

William E. Aherne '57, MDAnnapolis, Md.

Not congressional

Editor: A few years ago the CornellCountryman made the same error re-garding the Medal of Honor which youhave made in the June Alumni News.Their reply to my letter stated that theyhad researched the matter and concurredwith my remark.

Most military medals are establishedby authority of the president. The Medalof Honor was established by the Con-gress (hence the erroneous use of "Con-gressional"). The title given to it by theCongress is Medal of Honor. It is notnecessary nor proper to give the sourceof the medal, and the erroneous customof a few does not make that referenceproper.

Robert H. Shaw '62Dover, Dei

In two places in the article on Lt. Col.Matt Urban '41 we referred to the"Congressional Medal of Honor" andshould not have. —Ed.

A stunt recalled

Editor: As an old alumnus, I follow withinterest every reference printed any-where about Cornell. Thus, my interestwas drawn to a reference in a recentbook on Freud by an English author,Ronald W. Clark, who on page 413 inreference to the interest on psychoanaly-sis after World War I, states:

"It was not long before the boomingpopularity, equalled only by the reactionit engendered among opponents, pro-duced one almost inevitable result. Earlyin December 1921, an audience, whichincluded many members of Cornell Uni-versity's faculty, packed the City Hall ofIthaca to hear a Dr. Vosberg, describedas an intimate friend and pupil of Freud,lecture on the intricacies of psychoanaly-sis. It was in fractured English that Dr.Vosberg, tall and dark-bearded, told hisaudience:

" Ά dreamer does know what hedreams, but he does not know what heknows and therefore believes what hedoes not know.' This, with the rest ofthe lecture, was duly accepted, and the

evening ended with a member of the uni-versity faculty thanking the speaker. Afew days later postcards appeared show-ing 'Dr. Vosberg' with beard and specta-cles and the same man without them:Charles M. Stolz, a third-year student inCornell's school of architecture."

If it is any consolation, three monthslater a student at Oxford in England re-peated the stunt and got away with it.

Joe Swire '31Lusby, Md.

Charles Stotz '21, who went on to a dis-tinguished career as an architect andwriter, described the stunt in the Decem-ber 1964 Alumni News.—Ed.

Napanoch agreement

Editor: John P. Davenport [July News]is absolutely right: Napanoch (which, in-cidentally, I've always spelled with an h)is in the Shawangunks, not the Catskills.

When I was growing up in the WallkillRiver-Route 17 section of Orange Coun-ty, we always thought of the Highlandsas around Newburgh and Storm King,the Ramapos as around Stirling, and thechain across the Hudson, the Poconos inPennsylvania, the Catskills as where RipVan Winkle lived, the Shawangunks asaround Ellenville and Kerhonkson, andthe mountain near where my mother'sgrandfather used to have his farm asMamakating.

Janet Talmadge Neavles '41Townsend, Mass.

Memorial update

We have been brought more up to dateon the status of the World War I Mem-orial Room in Lyon Hall. This startedwith references in the May issue, inreports on war memorials that existaround campus. Alison Mason Kings-bury Bishop wrote us further about thememorial room in July, and we addedcomments about the efforts of staff toprotect the room, which has not been inuse as a memorial for years.

Cliff Beckley, manager of buildingoperations in West Campus, mentionedin the July issue, wrote to Mrs. Bishopand to us as follows:

"Readers of the July issue of CornellAlumni News, page 11, might misinter-pret that the staff of West Campus is notconcerned for the historical significanceand grace of the room.

"In the past twelve years, few people

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have expressed interest in this space.Several conversations with Quill andDagger Society members ended in theirinsistence this space did not fall intotheir jurisdiction despite your beautifulmural depicting otherwise. The room re-mained locked, to prevent vandalismand the original furnishings removed.

"The article mentions that I removedthe historical documents. These weresent to the University Archives with pho-tocopies substituted, after a party atwhich the altar was used to hold apunchbowl; it leaked, staining the letterfrom Herbert Hoover.

"A year ago, when Lyon Hall wasrenovated, a ceiling was added to theQuill and Dagger foyer to prevent a coldair from the outside door which pene-trated this room. Since then, we havecleaned the walls, waxed the marblefloor, purchased new carpeting, and fur-nished the room with some of the origi-nal furniture from Balch Hall. We are inthe process of replacing the Allied flagsonce displayed in the flag room and onJuly 3, 1984, thanks to the Class of '34,a United States flag is now flying fromthe Memorial Flagpole on West Avenue.This practice was discontinued in 1969 asbeing too troublesome.

"I would like to clarify that responsi-bility for the use, or lack of use, of theMemorial Room in Lyon Hall does notfall within the position I hold in WestCampus. My duties are the repair andrenovations of the physical plant, my in-terests in this space are personal. Thisshrine represents the mourning of 246Cornellians and the message then andnow is remembrance of the price oncepaid for peace and freedom. A messageforgotten at least once every generation.

"There are many individuals on thestaff here just as interested in seeing thismemorial used in an appropriate mannerand maintained. The ROTC honorarysociety, Scabbard and Blade, is helpingto purchase the original flags to displayand they have requested to use this spacefor monthly meetings. Mrs. Bishopagreed this was an appropriate use of theroom as long as they were interested in itas a place for meetings, not parties. Thefinal decision will be made by the direc-tor of Residence Life.'' — Ed.

Etcetera: Odds and endsHenry H. Sayles '35 of Etowah, NorthCarolina, writes to let us know the creweasing itself into the water at Reunion,page 37 of our July issue, was his class'sand he was among those boarding.

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We also pass along word from LouisE. Martin, the university librarian, who"wishes to extend his appreciation andthat of the libraries to the individualwho sent the Cornell University Librar-ies an anonymous money order for onehundred dollars. The enclosed cardread: 'Please accept in payment of adebt long overdue.' The envelope waspostmarked Shreveport, Louisiana."

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Freshman

Boston Meets Brooklyn: 1982

By Stephen J. Madden '86

August 24, 1982. A hot, sunny day inIthaca, N.Y.—perfect for moving all ofmy worldly possessions up four flightsof stairs and into my new cell: SperryHall, Room 6309. I was an incomingfreshman at Cornell, and I was runningscared.

Through my senior year of highschool, my classmates grew more boor-ish with each passing day. My parentsbecame bigger and better Stalinists withevery utterance of the phrase "Whattime will you be home?" Andschoolwork became more mundane and"below my level" with every set of CliffNotes I bought. Through it all, the pros-pect of college loomed just over the hori-zon, beckoning with all its treasures.

College. To a bored, horny senior atan all-male Catholic high school, collegemeant one thing: Freedom. In college,everybody had an open mind. Pro-fessors didn't care if you turned inassignments late. Beer flowed constantlyand freely, and women (they were nolonger mere "girls") were—well, youknow.

I held these truths to be self-evident.Nobody ever talked about what a lousytime they had had in college, especiallymy five older brothers who hadsomehow neglected to tell me about ex-ams, term papers, and—roommates.

The idea of sharing a room with a to-tal stranger had never entered my minduntil I received a living assignment from

the computerized folks at Cornell'shousing office. My roomie, chosen atrandom, was from New York City.

"He probably likes the Yankees," Imuttered in my best Boston accent. I fig-ured out on a map in an old atlas whatpart of New York this guy was from,and was sort of surprised to see that hisaddress was on the fringes of Harlem.

"No problem," I said to myself. Re-member: College—Open Mind.

Now, before you brand me a bigot, letme explain. I had no real malice to anyethnic group. How could I? I was aproduct of Boston's Irish-Catholic ghet-toes, and from the Sullivans to theGreenes right on down past theLinehans, my only real exposure toother ethnic groups had been one soccergame a year against a Portuguese team,which was fine because they alwaysshared their beer with us after the game.

But now, I was nervous. Would heplay basketball? Would he blare rap mu-sic from his blaster? Would we getalong? Would I like him?

As a sweaty orientation counselorlugged my trunk down a cinder blockcorridor filled with laughter, parents,and loud music, my head swam with im-ages of who—or what—waited in mynew room.

"Well, here's your home for the nextyear!" shouted the counselor as hethrew open the door to a bare room con-taining a maximum amount of furniture

in a minimum amount of space. Myroomie had not yet arrived.

My folks, who now were more like thegood old Ma and Dad I remembered,helped the sweaty guy and me finish tak-ing my stuff out of the car. Ma set aboutmaking the bed I had chosen, foldingneat hospital corners as is her style. Dadcommented about this being the firstand last time the bed would see neat cor-ners. He was right. I was already home-sick, and my folks were still in my room.

Suddenly, there was a loud crash inthe hall. I whirled to face the door, halfexpecting to see my roomie, Dr. J incar-nate. What I got was more like WoodyAllen.

"Oh, hi," he said, stooping to retrievethe load of laundry he had spilled. "I'mWally. I guess we're going to be room-mates."

"No," I thought to myself in panic."A nerd. Not a nerd. Please God, not anerd."

"Hiya, Wally!" I said in grossly exag-gerated tones. "My name's Steve, andI'm from Boston." My heart was not inthis. I stuck out my hand in the time-honored gesture of masculine accep-tance. His handshake was like a poundof wet spaghetti; clammy, mushy, andlimp. Strike one.

"Oh, I know you're from Bos-ton—your accent's so strong," he saidin a nasal, whining way. I instantly de-cided to hate him; nobody was going to

OCTOBER 1985

Freshman Dion Rodgers hangs a posterin her room in University Hall 4, WestCampus.

make fun of the way I talked. Especiallysomeone who sounded as if he had neverleft the Bronx.

"I'm from Canarsie—that's part ofBrooklyn," he said.

Brooklyn, Bronx, I thought, what'sthe difference?

He looked as if he had spent too muchtime on the subway: sallow skin, a softroll of flab about his midsection, ascrubby, juvenile beard, and extra-thickglasses. What was worse, he was wearingdark socks with a tight pair of gymshorts. I had mastered the art of tanningduring the summer, and was highly dis-dainful of pale skin. I also had made myfirst foray into the world of clothing be-yond the local Salvation Army. This kidfrom Brooklyn, I thought, would haveto go.

After my parents left in an emotionaland—for me—profitable goodby, Wallyand I set about putting our room in or-der and getting to know each other. Weboth happened to put our clothes awayat the same time, and I noticed that forevery pair of underpants I folded intomy top drawer, Wally crammed sevenpairs into his. "My mother has this thingabout underwear," he explained.

Next, we hung posters on our sides ofthe room. We decided that we wouldkeep the room divided into sides—hisside and my side—until we could get

things arranged better. This proved to bea good idea, since my wall-hangings andhis could not have been more different.

My posters were of bicycle racers, VanGogh prints, and the occasional rockstar.

His posters were all of psychedelicnudes or of animals pouring fromglasses into steaming cauldrons. He slap-ped them up on the wall without athought, most of them just slightlycrooked enough to raise my blood pres-sure a notch. I was beginning to under-stand why the nickname "Felix" (theneat-nik from "The Odd Couple") hadstuck to me so long in high school.

"Hey, Wally," I said. "Your postersare crooked."

"Oh, yeah," he whined. "Thanks."He didn't do anything about it, but hesure was glad to know about it. Theystayed that way all year.

Next, he set about wiring his hugestereo system. At least ί thought it was astereo system. He had enough hardwarewith him to track a space shuttle, andfrom the looks of it, he didn't know hisway around it too well.

"My brother just gave this to me," heexplained, "and it's the only thing he'sever given me, so it means a lot." Justthen, as he crossed two wires, a bolt ofelectric blue shot toward the ceiling andthe room filled with an acrid smoke.Wally flew backwards, crashing throughhis 222-volume record collection andknocking a stack of sci-fi books to thefloor.

"Wow, musta done something wrongthere," he managed to say. After a pre-liminary inspection, he decided the ster-eo would need more expertise than hepossessed.

By this point, I really felt like crying.We had said no more than ten sentencesto each other, and it was dawning on methat Wally and I were not going to workout. I was lonely, and I wanted to gohome.

I stepped into the corridor and lookedaround. Everyone was so happy—gladto be here at Camp Cornell. I know whatI'll do, I thought. I'll move. I'll get anew roommate. I'll lose this guy andstart all over again. No you won't. Thereare so few rooms here they're housingfreshmen in hotels. Give up this placeand you'll live a mile from campus. Atleast in my present situation, I was cen-trally located, even if I was in with Mr.Electro-Shock himself. I'd have torough it.

I turned and walked back into theroom, determined to make the best of alousy situation. With my hands thrustinto my back pockets and a new resolve,I decided to strike up an honest-to-Godconversation with Wally.

"Hey, watcha doing now, Wally?" Iasked.

"Oh, just packing some stuff away,"he told me. I looked at the two items hewas carefully placing in the bottomdrawer of his desk. One was an ornatebook with gilt lettering and raised de-signs on the binding. The other was asmall silk cap.

"What's that stuff?" I said."A prayer book and a yarmulke," he

said."A what?"He thrust the prayer book at me. I did

not recognize the lettering, but my ex-pression gave me away.

"It's Hebrew," he said. It dawned onme, finally, that Wally was Jewish."Where's yours?" he asked.

I started to laugh, then Wally joinedin as he realized that I was not of the He-brew persuasion.

"What a couple of crazy meshug-ganas," he said. "Sometimes I thinkthat* the whole world is going to be justlike Canarsie."

"And I think everyone is going to bewhite, Irish, and Catholic," I said. ThenI asked Wally what significance the skullcap held, and he asked me why Catholicshad so many kids. This line of question-ing continued for an hour or so, whenthe sweaty orientation counselor, whohad by now cleaned himself up, returnedto take us to dinner, where we met sever-al other people from our floor, all ofwhom—I learned, were equally as home-

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sick and angst-ridden as I. They just dida better job disguising their terror.

When Wally and I returned from din-ner, we continued our chat. He told meabout life in Canarsie, where he livedwith his widowed mother in a Jewishneighborhood. I told him of life in Bos-ton among the Irish. My budding fasci-nation with the Jewish culture was asdeep as his interest in learning moreabout Catholicism. No question was tooout of line, and soon the discussion gotaround to world politics, then music,then sports.

When at last the talking stopped, Ifelt, certainly not at home, but at leastrelaxed enough to turn out the lights andgo to sleep. It was comforting to knowthat someone was as ignorant aboutother cultures as I, and was willing to ad-mit it. Maybe things wouldn't be as badas I had thought.

Wally and I never became good

friends, and we never did re-arrange ourposters. When his dirty clothes spilledonto my side of the room, I would flickthem back onto his bed with a hockeystick. I spilled bicycle grease solvent onhis calculus homework. He once lost mymail which he had picked up from ourjointly-held campus post box, and Ilocked him out of the room on severaloccasions. His mother called early everySunday morning; my girlfriend usuallycalled just as Wally was getting to sleep.He was allergic to the incense I startedburning in a Bohemian rage; I was aller-gic to his new cologne. He had to explainto his friends from Brooklyn about theIrish flag I hung out our window on St.Patrick's Day. I ordered a pizza while hewas fasting for Yom Kippur.

But I don't think any two roommatesin the dorm learned as much from eachother as we did that year. All it took wasan open mind.

Freshman

Taking a Stand: 1924By Argus Tresidder '28

During most of the decade from 1920 to1930 I kept a diary, faithfully recordingmy impressions of the world around me.As alumni after my time read this ac-count of the metamorphosis of a shel-tered, provincial Buffalo, New York,schoolboy into a Cornell freshman, Ihope that they will sympatheticallyunderstand that in 1924 not many highschool graduates went on to college.This article covers my first three monthsin Ithaca.

Most of us teen-agers then knewabout campus life mainly from popularmagazines like College Humor, whichstressed the drinking, jazz, fraternityhigh-jinks, and current fashions. Wewere very wet behind the ears and, inspite of F. Scott Fitzgerald and JohnHeld Jr., on the whole we were simple,innocent, and unprepared for the greatadventure of going to college.

To be able to go to Cornell at all, Ihad won a tuition scholarship, then

Explanatory comments not part oforiginal diary entries are set off withbrackets.

worth $300 a year, and a state Regentsscholarship worth $100 a year for fouryears. You can get some idea of compar-ative values when I tell you that duringthat last summer before college the onlyjob I could get was picking cherries for 3cents a pound. On a long day I was ableto earn $3.

Sunday, September 7I've been reading the little book sent

by Cornell University, and the more Ilooked at it, the smaller I get. Freshmencan't do this, and they can't do that.They must do so and so, and muchmore. Fees must be paid right away,fees, fees, many unexpected expenses. Iwonder what I'm going to make of my-self at Cornell.

Friday, September 12Drove down from Buffalo with Al

[Alfred Lehmann '28, a high schoolclassmate] and our mothers. Spent ahectic day trying to find a suitable placesince the dormitories are full. We finallylocated a dandy house on Cook Street,not far from the campus. We'll have asuite of two rooms, one a hole in thewall with two cots and the other a large,light study.

Ithaca seems to be quite a nice city,and I think that I'll like it. The campus is

beautiful. However, I'm beginning toget homesick already.

Monday, September 22[On the day before I left, I wrote my

last home entry:] Mother is putting someof my stuff in the trunk now, and I'll sayit digs me between the ribs.

Tuesday, September 23[My family went with me to get me

settled and stayed overnight in Ithaca. Ireported that night,] I feel a little lesslonesome because Mother and Fatherare in their room in the same house.How will it be tomorrow?

Wednesday, September 24Our first day at Cornell has been a lot

better than expected. Everything hasbeen so different that I can't tell exactlyhow I feel. I've met a bunch of new fel-lows. The boys in our house have beenmighty nice to us.

I've been on the go all day, hardlyhaving time to miss the folks much, al-though I had some fierce pangs when Isaw them last. An hour's wait for regis-tration, then assignment of faculty advi-sor, adjustment of curriculum, reportingfor orders to class, sinking of heart whenconfronted by fees, grabbing of newbooks, yells of fellows selling CUAAmemberships, and subscriptions toWidow, Graphic, and Sun, laundrybags, etc.

I'm taking quite a nice course—itseems so anyway: English, Latin, Phys-ics, English History, and Zoology. How-ever, it sounds hard, and the textbooksrather confirm that opinion. Well, I'mhere for work, at any rate. . . .

Sunday, September 28Had wonderful walk today around the

campus. It certainly is very beautifulhere: gorges many feet below pictur-esque bridges, pools lying hidden amongthe rocks, wild wooded sections withpaths running up the mountain. A walkwith a couple of other fellows is a surecure for the blues.

Monday, September 29Rained like the devil all day long. By

thunder! a frosh cap is darned uncom-fortable in the rain because it lets the wa-ter run down your neck. It also lets col-ors run on my shirt from the collar of myyellow* oilskin slicker.

Went out for Glee Club tonight andsquawked through Love's Old SweetSong very sweetly (or so it seemed tome). Gee! if I could make that darnedGlee Club, it would be wonderful.

[I didn't make it, and a few days laterwas also rejected when I tried out for theDramatic Club.]

Tuesday, September 30English History is an awful course.

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It's so darned different from highschool. Over 300 in lectures (by visitingprofessor Wallace Notestein) and allthere is to do is take notes.

Wednesday, October 1My biggest day so far is over. Had

four classes: English, Physics, Latin,and Hygiene, and Drill all afternoon.[Hygiene was a weekly segregated lectureby the head of the university medicalstaff, Dr. Smiley, whose descriptions ofVD and other indiscretions were harrow-ing.]

I belong to the Field Artillery andhave a regular uniform just like an offi-cer's: riding britches, army puttees, belt,OD shirt, tie, snug coat with little buttonjiggers on the neck, an officer's hat withROTC on it. We learn about everything:rifles, pistols, big guns, horsemanship,maneuvers, etc. It will be very in-teresting. [The uniform was actually leftover from WWI, made of heavy woolthat smelled when it got wet. The bigguns were WWI French t5s. Only aromantic freshman would have thoughtthat we looked like officers.]

I have been rushed by four fraternitiesso far, and this evening went to dinner atSigma Nu, where I enjoyed a good feedand very obvious hospitality on the partof the frat boys.

Thursday, October 2Livy, the historian, who deliberately

wrote about 150 books, has been an aw-ful thing for me today. I worked fourhours on it, worried all the while for fearthat I wouldn't get through in time for adate tonight at Phi Delta Sigma. But Idid and the fellows there were all mightynice and the house is very comfortable.

Friday, October 3Date this evening at Theta Chi and

lunch this noon at Phi Delta Sigma.These college fellows are awful gada-bouts, talking all the time. I sometimeswonder when they get lessons done, talk,talk, talk from morning until night. I'mgetting the habit myself. It's disastrous.

[For a simple freshman, who hadnever dreamed of joining a fraternity,the exaggerately cordial efforts of mem-bers of various houses to fill their quotasof freshmen pledges were very flattering.The idea of being accepted by an "elite"group, wearers of jeweled pins andbound in brotherhood, was appealing,but the cost was out of my family'sfrugal budget for my education.

["Indecision," I lamented as I re-ceived several bids. Then one weekendmy roommate and I took advantage of acheap one-day excursion on the LehighValley Railroad to Buffalo to go homefor a few hours, get a decent home-cooked meal instead of 50-cent stereo-

'All day longI've foughtwith myselfon thefrat matter*

typed dinners in Collegetown greasyspoons, and discuss the suddenly all-important question of "taking a bid."We had come to believe that joining afraternity was essential for the completecollege experience.]

Sunday, October 12Home and back again all in one day.

Now I'm kind of sorry I went; it only ag-gravated that homesick feeling. Every-body looked great; the old place is justas wonderful as ever, especially Motherand Dad. Had wonderful feed. Oh boy!how I did eat; took three helpings ofeverything to make up for the one help-ing I get here. Was told that I may take afrat. Some wonderful family I have, I'lltell the world.

Monday, October 13All day I've fought with myself on the

frat matter. To do or not to do is thequestion. Father is not very well to do.He is struggling and sacrificing himselfto keep me here. My task is to retaliatewith the best that is in me. But I won'tbe the grind I was in high school. I mustbroaden in other ways: athletic andotherwise. Will a frat do me good orharm? I can't quite decide. By far themajority of people have advised me totake a frat if I never do anything else incollege. Then there are those who decrythe fraternity as a foolish, inane waste oftime and money that never gets a mananywhere but busted.

My own idea is that I'm. afraid of los-ing too much of my liberty, blending mypersonality and character with a group,a group who will push me on, not formyself but for the fraternity. It is a greatinfluence, whether for better or worse. Idon't know. My mind is in a terriblestate of vacillation. At one point I de-cided not to join. I don't know. O thedevil!

[Meanwhile I complained about thefrequent rains.] This Ithaca country hassome fierce weather. I was told that itrains four days a week. [The theme ofhard work to meet class requirements re-

curred frequently. I griped a little abouthaving classes on Saturdays and aboutthe tough grading.] These darned collegeteachers don't know how to mark. I'llbet that darned soon I'll be pulled downfrom my hopes of 90s to the 70s.

[Having failed in my efforts to get inthe Glee Club and the Dramatic Club, Idecided to make my extracurricularmark as an athlete. I entered the fresh-man tennis tournament and had a matchpoint against Oscar Vatet '28, the win-ner, who rallied to beat me. We werenamed among the top ten tennis playersand in the spring both won our numeralsas members of the feshman tennis team.I also went out for the track team, firstas a half-miler, then, under Coach JackMoakley's instruction, as a hurdler.Track produced aching leg muscles and,eventually, a bad case of "shin-splints,"but I persisted.]

Wednesday, October 15I have become a frat member. Tonight

I pledged up to Delta Chi. It is a wonder-ful frat with great opportunities, but I'mafraid that I'm putting too much of aburden on Father. I don't know whetherto be happy or doubtful about it, andit's a funny feeling. I've made Father in-cur too many expenses and sacrifices al-ready. He sent me a wonderful letter to-day that I'm going to keep forever. Oh,if I could only live up to what is expectedof me!

Tuesday, October 21Cold, wet weather. It snowed quite a

lot last night, the first time this year. Thewind up on the hill stabs right throughyou, and the view from the library slopeisn't quite as beautiful as it is on a sunnyday. The lake looks black and treacher-ous, cold, and dreary. The town seemsto huddle under its own smoke.

Thursday, October 23Gee! how much today has reminded

me of our Buffalo fall days. The weatherhere isn't half as decent as it is at home,and it's colder and wetter than Buffalo.The leaves fall faster, the snow comessooner, etc., but just the same it ismighty pretty here, especially Gold winSmith Hall, seen in the morning mist.

[The fraternity became more andmore dominant. One night I was calledin by the chapter president and warnedagainst my grabby table manners and myfailure to spend more time at the housemixing with the brothers. I resolved tomend my ways and became more socia-ble. On Halloween night Delta Chi helda dance, to which I took a blonde pro-vided by one of the members.

[I described her as "a nice kid, thekind of girl a man marries in the end."In the diary, however, I later added a

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postscript for October 31: "Applesauce.She was so dumb that she couldn't eventell time." So much for romance.

[Pledges were initated in small batcheson weekends. The informal initiation,which lasted from Friday night until Sat-urday night, followed by the formal, sol-emn ceremony of transforming a pledgeinto a full member, on Sunday, beganwithout warning. As one of those to beput through the humiliation and pain ofprevalent hazing practices later thansome of the others, I had nearly a monthto worry.

[As early as November 9 I wrote,]Some of the fellows at the frat are beinginitiated now. Lord knows when the restof us are going to get ours. Today Iheard a weird noise upstairs at thehouse, paddling, yells—wow! Delta Chihas a reputation for awful initiations.

[Winter arrived with the first realsnow, which turned "our whole hill intoa mass of glistening beauty." Initiationscontinued, but my time had not yetcome. I summed up my two-month im-pression of college life:]

Tuesday, November 25All college life, I think, is a series of

lectures interspersed by football games,bull-sessions, and a few lessons. Thebull-sessions are the most important tosome, the lessons to others; footballgames seem to be important to all. Bull-sessions are more or less organized dis-

cussions, carried on by males, usuallyfar into the night, when lessons shouldbe prepared. I have experienced quite afew of them. They are of no value if im-properly conducted, that is, if the oneswho are speaking do not watch the char-acter changes of the others. As a teacherof character a bull-session is excellent.

[Since the brief Thanksgiving week-end was so close and I would be homefor two weeks soon afterward for theChristmas holiday, we had decided thatI must not spend the money for a rail-road ticket to spend Thanksgiving withmy family. I would stay in Ithaca alone.]

Thursday, November 27Thanksgiving! Strangely different

from all others in my experience. Thesky shone out at intervals, like a fright-ened child who wishes to play but fears adog. [My English instructor had encour-aged my ambition to be a writer, buttold me to use more figures of speech.]

The valley was misty, with a thin fogcovering the south. The lake appeareddimly, coldly gleaming, hard, like a dia-mond. All the hill was quiet: there wasno clatter of students going to and fromclasses, no noisy greetings, no merefreshmen. On Sundays and holidays weare like other men, wearing real hats.

I submerged myself in books, study-ing Latin, Shakespeare. Shakespeare is acomforting companion when one wishesto forget something. My task today wasto keep my thoughts away from home. Iam not sure now that I completely suc-ceeded.

Monday, December 1For the first time for me and the other

freshmen at Delta Chi I was tubbed.Under my suit coat I wore a flannel shirtover my white shirt to the dinner table.For breaking the house rule about dressat dinner, I had to be punished. Theceremony took place in the bathroom,where a tub was filled with cold waterand dirty ice from ice-cream freezers. Iwas supposed to get a minute in which totake off my clothes, but they gave memuch less. I had barely time to strip tomy underwear, and then into the coldtub, BVDs, socks, and all I went. After athorough ducking, they let me out, andthen I splashed water all over them, get-ting another tubbing for that.

[My initiation came the following Fri-day:]

Friday, Saturday, December 5 and 6The evening began with written warn-

ing that I was "on silence," followed byinstructions to proceed to the library totake notes for exactly five minutes onthe life of Sir Edward Coke. Then I hadto go to the cemetery below the LibrarySlope and count all the tombstones andstay there in the dark and snow tomeditate until midnight. At that time,wet and shivering—all my protectionagainst the rain that had turned to snowwas my stiff yellow slicker—I had toreport to the north end of the suspensionbridge and follow orders from the initia-tion committee. At the house my countof tombstones was declared incorrect.

I was severely paddled, then cold-tubbed and told to stay up all night,

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writing a 3,000-word essay from mynotes on Sir Edward Coke, memorizingthe fraternity constitution and the fullnames of all national officers and thoseof my future brothers, and carrying outother special orders from upperclass-men. These included waking a terrible-tempered senior and asking him if heneeded to go to the bathroom. For that Iwas paddled again.

During the night I had plenty of timeto consider what I was getting into, thatI was binding myself for the rest of mylife. I thought over my position in thefraternity, the kind of fellows here, theway I have been treated, whether thiswas the fraternity I am fitted for, thegrowing cost, especially a Junior Weekhouse-party assessment.

At last I reached a decision, a hardone to make, and so today I handed inmy pledge pin. Now I am glad I did so,even if it was a mighty struggle, becauseI realize a lot of things that I was blind tobefore. I got out just in the nick of timebecause tomorrow night I would havebeen committed. I have done right to getout of a fraternity where I did not fit.

[Three seniors from the fraternitycalled on me that night in my room tourge me to reconsider, but I was ada-mant. They assured me that there wouldbe no hard feelings and that no actionwould be taken against me, such asblacklisting in the Greek-letter com-munity. I was free to change my mind atany time. Still shaking from the strain oftaking an unconventional stand, I feltonly relief at being free of a naggingfinancial and social burden.]

Sunday, December 7Several of my friends and I walked

out along the lake, over briars andbushes, along the tracks, throughwoods, over and up hills, along a stonybeach beside ravines. It was a great hike.I enjoyed every minute of it, especiallysince I was with fellows after my owntype.

[Two of those fellows were my friendsfor life, becoming my roommates inlater years, great influences on me. One,Wilbur Russell, '27, from Crown Point,New York, was my close friend until hisdeath in the '50s. The second, KennethW. Fuller '27, now a retired lawyer inNew Hartford, New York, is a faithfulcorrespondent more than sixty yearsafter we first met on Cook Street inIthaca.

[The freshman year was less than halfover and I still, as my mother often re-minded me, had a lot to learn. I was,however, on my way to becoming a col-lege man, not just Joe College but a Cor-nellian.]

Picturing the UniverseA lab on the Hillconverts signalsinto imagesof far planetsfor Earth study

By William Steele '54

When I took Astronomy 101 the labswere, perforce, at night. We would trekout to Fuertes Observatory, in whatwere then open fields beyond BalchHall, and take turns peering through thetwelve-inch refractor. The lab I remem-ber best was one in which we each gotabout two minutes to peer at Mars andsketch what we saw.

The fabulous, mythological, science-fictional planet appeared through thetelescope as a fuzzy disk with darkstreaks, like a ball of cotton that hadbeen rolled into the dirt under the couchby a kitten, viewed through a piece ofglass smeared with vaseline.

This was not the fault of our small tel-escope, or even of Ithaca's legendaryclouds; the largest and finest instru-ments in the world can do little better.The light from outer space is filteredthrough miles of the Earth's atmo-sphere, and even without that obstacle,any telescope of manageable size islimited by the laws of physics in its pow-er to resolve detail. Such blurred imagesof Mars had kept astronomers arguingfor a couple of centuries, not just overthe origins of the channels (a.k.a. ca-nals), but even over whether or not suchfeatures existed.

Views of other planets were mostlyworse. What really amazed me when Istudied astronomy was how much wehad been able to learn from our poorvantage point at the bottom of the oceanof air.

All that changed about two decadesago, when we began to send instrumentsbeyond Earth's gravity to explore therest of the Solar System. In 1962,

Mariner 2 sent back pictures of Venus.Two years later Mariner 4 sent picturesof Mars that are primitive by today'sstandards, but then were as far beyondmy fuzzy telescope sighting as the spaceshuttle is to a paper airplane. Two Vi-king orbiters eventually sent even betterimages. In 1976 two Viking landersshowed us the ruddy sands of Mars froma few inches away.

To most astronomers, the most excit-ing data yet has come from the " GrandTour" of the two Voyager spacecraftlaunched in August and September1977. They flew by Jupiter in March andJuly 1977, and passed Saturn inNovember 1980 and August 1981. Witha "slingshot" maneuver around Saturn,Voyager 2 got a boost that will send itpast Uranus in January 1986; from thereit will go on to meet Neptune in August1989.

This new style of space explorationhas made Ithaca, clouds and all, one ofthe best places in the nation from whichto study the Solar System. If you want aclose look at Mars, you no longer go toArizona, where the "seeing" is good.Now you go where the data are—toSPIF, the Spacecraft Planetary ImagingFacility, on the third floor of the univer-sity's Space Sciences Building. SPIFhouses more than 100,000 pictures sentback from space, along with "a coupleof thousand" magnetic computer tapesof data. It is a mecca for that new breedof astronomers who call themselves"planetary scientists," to distinguishthemselves from others who take theprefix of their science seriously andstudy stars.

Those of us who were awed by thewealth of information earlier astrono-mers could deduce from the faint imagesseen through their telescopes may be justas impressed by the work of today'splanetary scientists at their computerterminals. Imagine looking at photos ofthe Earth taken from thousands of milesaway—about like those full disk weathersatellite photos you see on the 6 p.m.news—and trying to figure out what theplanet is made of, inside and out, how itwas formed, and how it evolved intowhat it is today. The one blessing is thatthe work can be done wherever the

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By telescopeJupiter and its moons taken from aground-based telescope.

Computer-enhancedJupiter, its Great Red Spot, and threeof its four largest moons, in acomputer-produced picture recorded in1979 from Voyager 1, 28.4 millionkilometers away. Moon Europa is atright, Call is to below.

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Mark Dow '83, Grad uses the telescopeat Fuertes Observatory.

data—and the facilities for manipulatingit—are available.

"There are a lot of data, and there area lot of people who want to get at thedata," says Prof. Joseph Veverka, As-tronomy, SPIF's director and one of thepeople responsible for bringing it toCornell. "About a decade ago it becameobvious to NASA that the answer isn'tthat every person gets a complete set."Instead, NASA decided to create eightregional centers where scientists coulduse the data. In the Northeast, theychose Cornell and Brown.

Others are at the Jet Propulsion Lab-oratory in Pasadena, Washington Uni-versity in St. Louis, the Houston Lunarand Planetary Institute, the US Geologi-cal Survey in Flagstaff, the University ofArizona in Tucson, and the Universityof Hawaii. There are similar facilities inEurope. Curiously, all except Cornell'sare known as "RPIFs," for RegionalPlanetary Imaging Facility. Veverka re-jected that, mainly on the grounds that itcouldn't be pronounced.

Under the university's arrangementwith NASA, the university suppliesspace for the facility and pays the salaryof Margaret Dermott, who is in chargeof SPIF on a day-to-day basis. NASAprovides the pictures and data, operat-ing funds, and computer systems used toanalyze the data.

Cornell's growth into what Veverkacalls a "center of excellence" in plane-tary science dates roughly from 1959,when Thomas Gold, now the John L.Wetherill professor of astronomy, be-came chairman of the Department ofAstronomy with a mandate to rebuildthe department, which then consisted oftwo professors teaching undergraduatecourses, with no research effort. Amongothers, Gold recruited Veverka and athen unknown Carl Sagan and estab-lished the interdisciplinary Center of Ra-diophysics and Space Research, bringingtogether engineers, physicists, andastronomers.

From 1960 to 1964, Gold was heavilyinvolved with NASA, serving on severalof its committees and on the space sci-ences panel of the President's ScienceAdvisory Board. His connections drewother Cornell faculty into NASA's inter-planetary missions, and brought NASAfunding for the university's SpaceSciences Building. Gold resigned as de-partment chairman in 1970, and re-mained director of the Center for Radio-physics and Space Research until threeyears ago. Prof. Yervant Terzian nowholds the department chair, and EdwinE. Salpeter, the J. G. White distin-guished professor in the physical sci-ences, directs the center.

Today there is an astronomy facultyof eighteen, about one-third involved inplanetary work. According to Prof.Peter Gierasch, associate director of the

Center for Radiophysics and Space Re-search, Cornell's planetary scientists livein a stimulating environment. "Plane-tary work at most other universities iseither tied to a geology department or isisolated by itself," Gierasch says. "Herewe're rubbing shoulders with astrono-mers working on galaxies and stars anddoing radio observations of gas clouds. Ithink it keeps the relationship of thesolar system to the rest of the galaxyalways in focus."

Along with Cornell planetary scien-tists, SPIF is used regularly by visitingscientists, including many from fieldsoutside astronomy, such as earthly geol-ogists or meteorologists who want totake a brief look at what's happeningelsewhere. Dermott also greets about600 casual visitors a year. She waschosen for her job partly for her experi-ence as a librarian, and partly becauseshe had been teaching school. "We're agraduate research facility, but we're sortof on the campus tour now. Theywanted someone who could talk toschool groups," she says.

From Photo to Data

When SPIF was dedicated in March1980, the emphasis was on actual pic-tures. The walls of the largest room inthe facility are floor-to-ceiling bookcasesfilled with loose-leaf albums of blackand white and color prints. Today, SPIF

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Varied means of storing and 'reading'views of space are laid out in the SPIFlibrary. Clockwise from upper right: aglobe of the Moon, a photo mosaic ofa region of Mars, a two-image mosaicof Saturn's rings in black and whitephotograph, microfiche of Mariner 9images of Mars, a plot graphmeasuring a photometric function ofJupiter's Callisto, a video disk ofViking images of Mars, and an imagetape of Jupiter's Io. Behind arenotebooks filled with earlier spacephotographs.

also holds computer data from whichsome of the pictures were made, alongwith a lot of other data from spacecraftmissions, such as spectral scans. A fewof the pictures have also been put on vid-eodisks; a microcomputer controllingthe videodisk player makes it possible tolook up images quickly.

Typically, a space probe carries one ormore television cameras of special de-sign. The Voyager cameras—prettymuch the state of the art today—dividetheir images into 800 horizontal scan-ning lines. (An American broadcast TVimage is made up of 525 lines.) Each ofthe 800 lines is then broken into 800dots, so a single picture is made up of800 x 800, or 640,000 picture elements,called "pixels" for short.

As the image is scanned in the camera,the brightness of light falling on each

pixel is converted to a voltage, and acomputer converts the voltage to a num-ber between 0 and 255; the picture is sentto Earth as a string of 640,000 numbers.

For a color picture, the camera shootsthree black and white pictures, eachthrough a different colored filter. TheVoyager cameras actually have six dif-ferent filters; different combinationsgive more detail about the exact wave-length of light reflected from an object'ssurface, often allowing scientists toguess what the surface is made of.

On Earth, the numbers are processedby a computer which turns them back in-to brightness levels, which can be dis-played on a TV monitor or printed. Andimmediately problems arise. While theVoyager cameras can discern 256 levelsof brightness, the best TV monitor canonly display about 20; a photographicprint is usually capable of only about 10.

What a Picture Shows

"Whenever we see a picture," Veverkasays, "something has been done to thedata to make that picture." For exam-ple, the first pictures NASA releases areusually "enhanced" by a computer toremove noise. When this was done topictures of Io, one of the larger moonsof Jupiter, the computer removed smallfuzzy areas around the rim of the disk,

which turned out to be plumes fromerupting volcanos. Similarly, evidence oflightning on Jupiter was lost in early im-age processing.

"It's not by accident that these facili-ties were located in places where there isan active program of research goingon," Veverka says, explaining that peo-ple working with the data often need ad-vice from those who know how the datawere created. Veverka has been involvedin NASA missions since the early '70s.Besides Mariner, he has worked on Vi-king and Voyager imaging teams, and iscurrently team leader for the NASA Im-aging System Science Team. He is nowone of only about six people in the worldwho remember how the camera on Mari-ner 9 worked, and that out of three orfour "calibration files" that exist forthat camera, all but one are incorrect.Because of all these problems, planetaryscientists prefer to work with the originaldata.

For this work, SPIF has a DigitalEquipment Corporation PDP 1134 min-icomputer, equipped with an auxiliarycomputer called an "image processor."The image processor turns the digitaldata into a picture on a monitor screen,but with great flexibility. An operatorcan elect, for instance, to look only atdim features—those represented bynumbers below 60, say—and spreadthem over the full brightness range ofthe monitor. "In a field which has got alot of contrast in it because of surfacevariations in color or brightness, it'svery hard to pick out slight variationsfrom clouds," says Gierasch, who stud-ies planetary atmospheres. "You canalter an image so that large-scale varia-tions in brightness disappear and all thatremains are short length scale brightnessvariations. Suddenly you'll see clouds,with regular arrays of bright and dark,where before all you saw were mountainranges and plains."

Or, dim and bright can be overlaidwith "false colors" to point up certainfeatures. The geometry of images can bereworked, spreading a picture of a plan-et's surface out into, say, a Mercatorprojection, or reprojecting two imagestaken* from different angles as if theywere both seen from some intermediatepoint. Other data, such as the spectrathat show what kind of material a sur-face is made of, can be overlaid onto avisual image. The user may zoom in onpart of an image, even enlarging individ-ual pixels into visible squares, or back upand combine adjacent images into amosaic. Images of the same area taken afew hours apart can be run as a"movie," to show the progress of

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storms on Jupiter or the movement ofsand dunes on Mars.

The goal of all this is still a picturethat a human being can look at and app-ly intuition to, Gierasch says. "It's morethan just making pretty pictures out ofdata," he insists. "Using time lapse tomake a movie is a very pretty thing todo, but it really is useful. Your mind canabsorb what [the atmosphere] is doingby watching a movie much more easilythan it can by doing a lot of statistics."

Veverka agrees. "You can use a com-puter to make measurements, but beforeyou can measure something you have torecognize it," he says, pointing out thathuman beings are still way ahead ofcomputers when it comes to recognizingfeatures in a photograph. "I can hire ahigh school kid who can measure morecraters for me than a computer couldfind," he says.

Although SPIF has hard copies ofmost of the pictures ever taken byNASA space probes, it has far from allthe digital data from which the pictureswere made. You can get about twentyVoyager images in digital form on amagnetic tape reel about the size of asmall pizza and an inch thick, and thereare hundreds of thousands of spacecraftimages in existence. When a scientistneeds particular data, they are orderedfrom NASA.

Coming Soon:Uranus, Halley's Comet

At the moment, however, SPIF is gear-ing up for a major data influx. In De-cember, Voyager 2 will send the first pic-tures of Uranus, a planet that has so farbeen nothing but "a fuzzy greensplotch" in telescopes. Shortly after willcome whatever data the Japanese, Sovi-et, and European probes send from theirmeetings with Halley's Comet (NASAhad planned a mission to Halley, but itwas cut from the budget).

In May 1986, NASA will launch thelong-awaited Galileo mission for an in-tensive look at Jupiter. Because Veverkaand several other Cornellians are heavilyinvolved in that mission, SPIF is to re-ceive all the data in digital form. "Theagreement is that we get all our data ontape," Veverka says, "but we hope wedon't, because we'd have to move out ofthe building."

With luck, the new data will be deliv-ered on optical disks. Similar to video-disks that record television pictures, theywill hold digital data in such compactform that one disk will be the equivalentof 2,000 reels of tape.

Amanda Marlowe '86 manipulates animage of a portion of the surface ofJupiter, working to develop softwarefor the coming Galileo mission to lookagain at Jupiter.

With a Geologist's EyeAlthough eagerly awaiting the new data,the university's planetary scientists stillhave plenty to do with the thousands ofpictures they already have. Translatingphotos into useful geology seems asmuch an art as a science.

Senior research associate Peter Thom-as, PhD '78, Geology, first worked withaerial photos of Earth. "You learnphoto interpretation by looking at pho-tos, then going and looking at the fea-tures on the ground," Thomas explains."You learn the vertical view of things."

For instance, he says, on Mars youcan see impact craters with rocks strewnaround them, and other craters fromwhich material seems to have flowedrather than been tossed; maybe, Thomassays, this material had some water in it,and was thrown out more as a mud slur-ry. "It may be telling us somethingabout ice in the subsurface of Mars,"Thomas says.

Thomas spends much of his timelooking at sand dunes, which can revealthe speed and direction of the prevailingwinds. There are no consecutive picturesof the same dunes, but Thomas cansometimes tell if a dune is moving by itscolor. "Sand and fine dust are very dif-ferent colors," he explains. "If the colorshows that dust is not settling out onsand dunes, we can infer that the dunesare moving." This is, he adds, some-thing that would be difficult to do withjust a photographic print. By going tothe digital data, he can get precise num-

bers for the intensity of light reflectedoff a dune at each wavelength.

Thomas is trying to peer back into theclimatic history of Mars, to see how theseasons have changed over tens of thou-sands of years. Mars is in a lopsided or-bit which causes the Sun to shine on firstone pole and then the other at25,000-year intervals. Surprisingly, thereare sand dunes that show history on sucha scale: dunes hundreds of meters thickand as much as fifty kilometers across,found inside craters. Optimistically,Thomas says, such a dune may take any-where from 100,000 to a million years tomove into a crater. From the color of thesand, he can sometimes make guessesabout where it came from. The only firmconclusion so far is that sand seems totake "long tours" around the planet.

Thomas also looks at small bodies likethe satellites of Jupiter and Saturn, us-ing computer measurements of pointsaround the rim of a body to calculate itsexact shape. All the "spherical" bodiesin the Solar System are, like the Earth,really ellipsoids—a little fatter aroundthe equator than around the poles. Theexact shape may vary depending on whatthe body is made of and how it evolved.If a small satellite is made of chunks ofice that clumped together in orbit, gravi-tational pressure may have melted theice enough to flow and "relax" into asmoothly rounded form. If it's made ofrock, perhaps it was chipped into itspresent shape by countless meteor im-pacts, the way an arrowhead can bechipped out of stone. Again, Thomassays, it's important to have the digitaldata for this sort of work, in order tocorrect for the distortions of shape in-troduced by a television camera.

Gierasch is also interested in Martiansand dunes, along with those almost in-

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A preliminary map of the surface ofJupiter's moon Callisto, in mercatorform with a grid overlay. Data camefrom Voyager 1 and 2 flights.

visible clouds. "I use the SPIF data tomeasure motions in atmospheres bytracking clouds," he explains. "The factthat condensation occurs in certainplaces tells you that there's water vaporthere, or that the temperature is below acertain critical temperature."

Lately he's given most of his attentionto the atmosphere of Jupiter. "In fact,"he says, "anything that's fluid and thatmoves is fascinating to me." There issome thinking these days that Jupiter isnot a solid planet with a thick atmo-sphere of hydrogen, methane, ammonia,and other gases, but simply a ball ofgases with no solid core. But if that'strue, Gierasch says, it raises all sorts ofquestions. Just as Earth's atmosphere isdivided into bands of climate spanningthe tropics, the temperate zones, and soon, so is Jupiter's surface banded withclimate zones—many more than onEarth. If the atmosphere goes all theway through, Gierasch wonders, whatkeeps these zones separate? Are theyshallow features near the surface, or isthe planet made of revolving cylinders ofgas piled up on one another, like a slicedtomato that has been reassembled?

"It is weird," Gierasch admits. "Allintuition goes out the window in rapidlyrotating fluid systems. Unless we sawthem we would never predict that suchthings as hurricanes or tornadoes couldexist as stable systems."

Inside Planets

If the problems can be solved, though,they may tell us something about theSun, where again we can see what's hap-pening on the surface, but not inside. Ormaybe even about the Earth. "We don'teven know how fast the core of theEarth is rotating," Gierasch points out.The Galileo spacecraft will drop a probeinto Jupiter's atmosphere for the firsttime. "Not very deep," Gierasch says,"but maybe deep enough to tell us if thewinds are decreasing."

Mark Showalter, PhD '85, a post-doc-toral research associate, earned his doc-torate by writing what amounts to thefirst complete field guide to Jupiter'srings. It wasn't easy: the rings were firstdiscovered by Voyager 1, so Voyager 2was quickly reprogrammed to take morepictures of them, but only got a coupleof dozen. In analyzing these, Showalterdiscovered a new ring, one so faint thatit didn't show up in the first picturesmade from Voyager data. He wrote acomputer program to subtract the "darkbackground"—the noise signal Voyagertransmits when the camera is exposed toa black sky—from some of the pictures,and the ring, thin and wispy, appeared.

Now, he's looking for a new satelliteof Saturn. As Voyager 2 passed Saturn,it pointed a sensitive detector at a star onthe other side of the rings and measuredhow the star winked on and off as therings blocked its light. Using a smallpiece of those data covering a break inthe rings called the Encke Gap,Showalter has found a wavy structurethat he says must have been caused by

the gravitational influence of a smallsatellite in the gap.

"The next step," he says, "will be topredict what images of Saturn shouldhave captured this satellite and look veryclosely and see if there's a little brightblip there."

If it's there, the satellite may attractthe attention of Veverka, who is a spe-cialist in small, solid bodies and at pres-ent is looking at the satellites of Jupiter,trying to see what pictures of their sur-faces will tell about their geologicalevolution. Like others, he's found morequestions than answers.

Take, for instance, Jupiter's two largemoons Ganymede and Callisto. Both aremade of rock and ice, with crusts of dirtyice. But, Veverka says, about 500 millionyears after Ganymede formed, its crustfractured. You can see fresh ice oozingout through the cracks. Callisto, almostthe same size and presumably made ofthe same stuff, never fractured. "If Ireally claim to know what happened, Ishould be able to tell you why," Veverkasays. "Right now I can't."

Or take the volcanos on Io, another ofJupiter's many moons. Veverka com-bines *spectral data with pictures, tryingto see how geological forms relate towhat the surface is made of. Certainshaped volcanos on Io seem always to bemade of sulfur, and others of basaltrock, he says. But he can't tell for sureright now, because there just isn'tenough good spectral data, and the pic-tures don't have enough resolution. Forthat matter, he says, we're not sure ifIo's yellow surface is made of pure sul-fur or some sulfur compound. "We see

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Prof. Joseph Veverka, Astronomy, anda globe of the Earth's Moon.

these magnificent cliffs on Io, and haveno idea how they were formed/' he says."They're supposedly made of soft ma-terial, but they have very sharp walls."

The answers, he hopes, will comefrom Galileo, which will make one closepass at Io and then take pictures of itfrom farther away for the next twoyears. Galileo will also have sensitivespectral analysis instruments that didn'teven exist when the Voyagers werelaunched.

The immediate excitement about Gali-leo, however, is that as it passes throughthe asteroid belt on the way to Jupiter itwill take the first ever closeup (well,from 10,000 kilometers) pictures of anasteroid. The target is 29 Amphitrite, alump of rock about 200 kilometers(1,255 miles) in diameter.

The asteroid flyby will come in De-cember 1986. Veverka hopes it will pro-vide new information about how the So-lar System was formed. The idea that the

asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiterrepresents the remains of an explodedplanet has long been discarded. Mostscientists now believe the asteroidsformed individually out of the same pri-meval dust cloud from which the largerplanets coalesced. Looking closely atthem should tell us more about what thepre-planetary dust cloud was made of.

Veverka is co-chair of Galileo's Aster-oid Flyby Working Group, along withClark Chapman of the Planetary ScienceInstitute in Tucson.

NASA is installing new, more power-ful computer systems at all the planetaryimaging facilities to handle data fromthe Galileo mission. One of the goals isto have all systems operate the sameway, so scientists can move from onecenter to another without having tolearn to use new software. The first ofthe new computer systems is being in-stalled at Cornell, which will have thedubious opportunity to work the bugsout of the hardware and software. As aresult, the university may have the only

system up and running by the time of theasteroid flyby.

Why These Studies?

It's natural to ask if any of this other-worldly study has practical applications.Certainly, learning more about the geol-ogy and meteorology of other planetsmay tell us more about the geology andmeteorology of Earth. For instance,Thomas says, Venus is about the samesize and mass as Earth, but seems to lackany evidence of plate tectonics, the pro-cess by which huge sections of Earth'scrust slide about over the eons. OnEarth, plate tectonics helps build moun-tains; finding out how mountains werebuilt on Venus might tell us more abouthow the process works on Earth.

By looking at atmospheres that aredifferent from ours, Gierasch says, wecan do something like controlled experi-ments in meteorology on a global scale.And often, he says, techniques devel-oped to study other planets can be ap-plied on Earth. The most obvious exam-ple, he points out, is that the predictionof nuclear winter grew from studies ofhow dust particles in the atmosphere in-fluence the climate of Mars.

But for most, it is the puzzles them-selves that are the goal. "The process ofasking a lot of different questions maybecomes back to other questions that maybe practical," says Thomas, "but Iregard it as exploration. It adds to thevitality of being us."

If you're in Ithaca and would like tovisit SPIF, it's open from 9 a.m. to4:30 p.m. weekdays. Group tours orSaturday visits should be arranged inadvance by calling Margaret Dermottat (607) 256-3833. If you'd like to seehow astronomers did it in the "goodold days," the Astronomy Club holdsopen house at Fuertes Observatoryevery Friday evening, weatherpermitting. Phone (607) 256-3557 forinformation.

SPIF is not prepared to supplypictures or data to amateur scientists,teachers, or individuals. Some materialis available to non-scientists at theAudio Visual Branch, PublicInformation Division, Code FP NASA,400 Maryland Avenue, SW,Washington, DC 20546, or forscientists at National Space ScienceData Center, Code 601.4, Greenbelt,Maryland 20771. Videodisks ofspacecraft images may be purchasedfrom a company called Video Vision inMadison, New Jersey.

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At the Equine Research Park, Dr. RobertB. Hillman, Senior Clinician, leads Valet dcPied, the French grandson of NorthernDancer and son of Lyphard. His sire,Lyphard was twice leading sire in Franceand now stands in Lexington, Kentucky.The dark bay, nine year old Thoroughbredis a gift of William Entenmann of TimberBay Farms.

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Cornell University will be part of the 1985 Breeders7

Cup festivities hosting Cornell Day at Aqueduct onOctober 30th, the Wednesday before the race. The daystarts with informational poster sessions and exhibits inthe Main Clubhouse from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.Faculty from the New York State College of VeterinaryMedicine will be available to discuss the feeding of theracing horse, colic surgery, respiratory problems, equinedrug testing, equine viral arteritis, exercise physiologyand orthopedic surgery. Visitors may also view videopresentations of equine abdominal surgery, a demonstra-tion of the latest anesthetic agents, an endoscopic lookinto the respiratory tract, and an arthroscopic examina-tion of an equine joint.

This session is designed to graphically present high-lights of a topic while the individual researcher and/orclinician is available to answer specific questions andprovide additional information. Horse owners, breeders,trainers and racing enthusiasts are invited to meetmembers of the faculty and discuss their own favoritetopics and learn more about the College's equineresearch, clinical services and facilities.

Cornell Day at Aqueduct culminates with the awardingof the first "Cornell College of Veterinary MedicineTrophy". Dr. Robert Phemister, newly appointed Dean ofthe New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, willpresent the trophy to the winner of the seventh race.

Equine Drug Testing and Research ProgramIn 1971, the College of Veterinary Medicine opened the

first laboratory for equine drug testing at a race track. Itwas initiated by urgent requests from a racing industryconcerned by public misconceptions of racetrack activitiesand a growing clamor from its own participants for asubstantive, accurate and continuing program to assurethat the racing horse was drug free. Impressed by theeffectiveness of the program, in 1977 the New YorkState Racing and Wagering Board agreed to support astatewide program for testing and research through acontract with the New York State College of VeterinaryMedicine. Currently, all racetracks in the State havetrackside facilities where blood samples are screened todetect the presence of drugs. In New York State, everyhorse must have a blood test before racing and, in addi-tion, approximately 30% of the horses following each raceare subjected to other tests, including the winner, thebeaten favorite and horses that may not have raced well.According to New York State rules, most drugs can't beadministered within one week of racing. Some drugs canbe given within 48 to 72 hours. No drugs may be givenon race day.

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Over 228,000 samples per year are screened in theDrug Testing Program. If drugs are detected in a sampleat the racetrack, it is sent to the central laboratory inIthaca. Here, researchers carefully re-test the sample,then submit them to a battery of additional tests usingsome of the most sophisticated equipment in the country.The Laboratory has the ability to identify over 1,000drugs and is continually adding to its data base as newdrugs come on the market.

The objective of the Drug Testing and ResearchProgram is to prevent drug use in racing horses. Early inthe program, Dr. Maylin realized it was vital to learnmore about the action of drugs on horses. Since 1977,Dr. Maylin, Dr. John Henion and others at the Ithacalaboratory developed ways to monitor exercising horses,measuring stride, cardio-pulmonary action and respira-tory output. Studies in both undrugged and druggedhorses defined exercise parameters and the various effectsof drugs on blood pressure, and heart and respiratoryrates. Using radiolabelled drugs, definitive answers arebeing compiled on how long drugs stay in the blood.

Horse racing is the largest spectatorsport in New York State. Each year,track attendance is more than 10.5million. The "handle" of on- and off-track betting is more than threebillion dollars, with the State andlocal governments receiving overtwo hundred million in taxes.

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The Equine ClinicThe Equine Clinic of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital serves veterinar-

ians, horse owners, trainers and breeders in the Northeast. There is ready accessto specialists in orthopedic and soft-tissue surgery, medicine, dermatology, cardiol-ogy, neurology, anesthesiology, radiology and ophthalmology. Many of the facultyare specialty board certified by the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Visitors to the Teaching Hospital often comment on the intense level of activitywithin its walls. At the same time, there may be abdominal surgery for colic inSurgery B, an orthopedic procedure in Surgery A, medicine rounds for students,interns and residents in the adjacent barns and an ophthalmic examination in theTreatment Room. The two services, medicine and surgery, receive patientsMonday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. but on a typical night atleast one sick animal is admitted for emergency treatment. Occasionally, thismeans a colic surgery at 2:00 a.m., perhaps a laceration due in at 9:00 p.m. or alimb fracture at midnight.

At a short distance from the Teaching Hospital stands the large animal isolationbuilding. The physical separation is deliberate. The single-story concrete buildinghouses horses with such highly infectious diseases as salmonellosis, equine infec-tious anemia and influenza. The building is designed to safeguard other hospitalpatients from infection through physical isolation and sophisticated quarantinetechniques. Even room air pressure is regulated to prevent contaminated air fromflowing to outside areas.

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A standardbred trotter is exercised on the half-mile track at the EquineResearch Park,

Equine ResearchA race horse is a major investment.

When an owner or agent for a limitedpartnership purchases a thoroughbredmare for between $20,000 and$200,000, it is the beginning of thecosts. The basic expenses for housing,feeding and training are significant. Willshe run? And, following racing, will theanimal be sound for breeding pruposes?Although the expenses are comparativelyless, the owner of a pleasure horseencounters similar issues.

With this in mind, it is understandablethat owners turn to the College of Veteri-nary Medicine to answer questions aboutvaccines for infectious diseases, nutri-tional requirements of the horse andways of assuring the production of ahealthy foal. A wide range of research onthe needs of the healthy horse and theprevention of illness are performed at theEquine Research Park and Annex facili-ties. Located on nearly 300 acres, allwithin a mile and a half of the College,the pastures and barns house 300 horsesand ponies.

Presently, there are 8.3 millionhorses in the United States. Approx-imately 20% are used in a variety ofracing activities while theremainder are used for show andpleasure purposes. Annually, over$240 million are spent for veteri-nary services to horses.(JAVMA, 184: April 15, 1984)

No matter how sturdy his legs and powerful his heart, a race horsewith a serious behavior problem will not be a winner. Associate Profes-sor [Catherine A. Houpt, an animal behaviorist and head of the CornellBehavior Clinic, numbers many horses among her patients.

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Then there was a number of smallstore owners, artisans, and just plainfactory hands, the latter swinging theirdinner buckets as they trudged to MorseChain Works or Thomas-Morse AircraftCo. Andrew D. White's ghost probablyground spectral teeth at this procession.The scholarly Mr. White once intonedthat he hoped "to see the day when notone dinner pail appeared on the streetsof Ithaca."

Then there was the lady of dubiousvirtue who lived a block away with amale "caretaker." At that time this tar-nished princess operated a business of amore respectable nature in the FallCreek section but had previously reignedfor years over Ithaca's last sin palace.This was closed by a stern Baptist-influenced city administration aroundWorld War I time.

Announcement of a Wehe concert,written by the singer on a shirtcardboard for display in a downtownstorefront.

I was playing mumblety-peg onedrowsy summer day when a loud cater-wauling arose from a house on the otherside of the street. Magnetically, a halfdozen kids collected outside the houseand added their squawking sopranos tothe din. The unseen singer continued herscales and arpeggios for about five min-utes and then flung the front door open.

Sebela Wehe was in her late 30s at thattime and possibly had just come to Itha-ca. She stood about 5 foot 3 and wassturdily built, weighing in at about 160pounds. Her head was large, jawlinevery strong, large nose and gimlet eyes,face heavily lined and hair then irongray. She never departed from the samehair style—a closely shorn cap of appar-ently natural curls.

Her speaking voice was a hoarse bari-tone which deepened to a bass growlwhen she was aroused. This was one ofthose times and the kids shrank back asshe berated them. She brought up theirbad manners, their poor schooling, their

parents' shortcomings; all of this with-out a word of profanity or in poor tastebut delivered with such vitriol and em-phasis that only one or two of the ladscontinued a half-hearted mimickingwhen she closed the door and resumedher scales.

Sebela didn't stay long on GreenStreet. For one thing, the lady next doorwas the confidante of a certain fast-paced citizen and his friends. This grouplodged their soiled doves with the ladyfor paramedical attention when thingswent awry. The patients objected toSebela's raucous bellowing for theirtwo- to three-day recuperation period.

My next contact with Sebela was inthe '20s. She started a series of concertswhich continued for twenty years. Thesewere announced by handwritten cardswhich she induced merchants to place intheir store windows. The writing wasquite legible, a round script like that of a10-year-old. She referred to herself asMiss Sebela Wehe, dwelt on her tri-umphs in obscure halls, mentioned someof the pieces she would sing, and soforth.

The first concerts were given in Mili-tary Hall in the Cornell Library Buildingbasement, at Seneca and Tioga Streets.This building housed the Cornell PublicLibrary and the Happy Hour moviepalace on upper floors and some city of-fices on the ground floor. Military Hallcould accommodate twenty to thirtythough Sebela rarely sang to a packedhouse there.

I had entered Cornell in '28 but leftsoon after when I couldn't finance thedeal. I drifted into employment at a lo-cal music store and again encounteredSebela. I was a piano player of sorts butwas of virtuoso status in Sebela's eyesbecause of the music store connection.She prevailed on me to accompany herfor a concert and I apparently pleasedthe dear girl.

She was a real trial. Her selectionswere arias from Italian and German op-eras and she surrendered herself to themuse so wholeheartedly that intelligentaccompanying was impossible. Herphrasing was strictly her own and thetempo* was usually double thecomposer's pace. She was strong on ac-cents and expression though; her pianis-simos were zephyr-like whisperings andher fortes sometimes resulted in a lightdust dropping from an ancient ceiling.

A proper accompanist can't do lessthan meld his spirit with an artist of thisstature, strike his own crashing chords,preferably in the right key, and strive fora bell-like tone when the artist becomesplaintively pastoral.

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I expanded my musical leanings,formed a dance orchestra, and in myspare time devised melodies to fit poemscomposed by bemused housewives. Afrequent scam at that time was an op-portunity to make fortunes throughpublication of original compositions.The unprincipled promoters advertisedin pulp magazines and offered (for a fee)submittal of the budding composer'swork to supposedly eager publishers. Asa further income-producer I took up pi-ano tuning which proved to be the mostlucrative of all. I still had time to heedSebela's occasional call and the modestfee accompanying it.

Sebela was well known in town by thattime. Every afternoon in good weathershe sauntered slowly through the busi-ness section, exchanging greetings withher friends. She didn't mind a little mildkidding but froze when some upstartclerk was a little too pointed in hisremarks.

She always dressed in very light col-ors, dresses with several tiers of rufflesand tastefully located bows. Stockingswere invariably pink or white cotton,shoes were "sensible" and low-heeled.The lowered hem-line which followedthe '20s era was a blessing to Sebelawhose legs were bowed and of the sizethen called "piano legs." This term be-wilders today's owners but was aproposthen when many grand pianos had stur-dy underpinnings five inches or more indiameter, relics of the recent Victorianera.

Calls from my stubby soprano becameless frequent as the Depression set in anda $5 or $10 bill looked attractive to Itha-ca College musicians. Sebela had madecontact there when it was known as theIthaca Conservatory of Music. This in-stitution had fallen on unfortunatetimes, recovered somewhat after annex-ing the Sharpe School of PhysicalCulture, and got a major shot in the armafter merging with the WestminsterSchool of Choir Direction.

At any rate, Sebela reveled in this in-flux of musicians, prattling happily ofknowing prominent figures like MaeHolmes, Bert Rogers Lyon, and JohnFinley Williamson, all kindly personswho were not too dignified to bid hergood morning and perhaps accept a freeticket to her next concert.

Her connection with Cornellians be-gan before 1920. George Quinn, EE '23,remembers her name being bandiedabout but, being a greasy grind like mostof us engineers, didn't get to witness anyof her antics. Legend has it that she wasan onlooker at a Reunion Parade when amember of the Class of 1905 encircled

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her waist and dragged her, quite willing-ly, along. From that time on her starrose, she was toasted enthusiastically atmany a beer bust, and mentioned in theSun and the Widow.

In none of these escapades was an un-savory note struck. She had a subtle dig-nity which her teasers recognized and re-

A 1945 Syracuse Post-Standardchronicles Sebela Wehe's Ithaca, whilemisspelling her first name.

spected. Any gathering centered aroundSebela somehow became good clean fun.

The last time I appeared with her wasin Maccabees Hall on North TiogaStreet. It was the early 1940s and I wasenrolled in the ME school at the timeand needed money, though a recentscholarship had helped. Sebela's stipendwas better than usual since the advancesale had been heavy and the hall couldhold several hundred. She had investedin a black gown of heavy satin, whichturned out to be easily affected by staticelectricity, rather strong that night.Sebela became all nervoused up, pullingat the clinging gown and worrying aboutthe temper of the gathering crowd.

Nor was I comfortable. I'd playeddance jobs on the piano recently andknew it to be sheer horror. About sixnotes didn't sound and the strings wereso rusted the instrument couldn't bepulled up to standard pitch. In a waythis was favorable to the singer sincehigh notes were easily reachable. Therisk of course is that a particular songmight have low notes at the bottom ofthe singer's register, thus making themunattainable when the piano is, say, afull tone low in pitch.

We got through the first number with-out incident and Sebela rose from herleather throne for the next one. Thepesky dress clung and our diva pluckedindelicately at her posterior. "A titterran through the hall," as the sayinggoes. Encouraged by this, a couple of

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students opened a Victrola cabinet in theroom and withdrew an armful of 78s. Isaw this from the corner of my eye andducked as the first of the hard shellacrecords volplaned around the room. Asecond followed, passing several feetfrom Sebela who ignored it.

The records were distributed and newenthusiasts joined the game. As the bar-rage increased, Sebela hurried off thepodium and joined me at the pianowhich was 5 Vi feet high and fair protec-tion. I wasn't so confident. During adance job at the Concrete Ballroom ofthe Hotel Seneca, a general melee hadresulted in the piano being tipped overme and a husky sax player, who calmlyrighted it.

Anyway, we waited patiently for thehubbub to stop but many of the recordswithstood several landings and therewere hundreds in the Victrola cabinet.All this took place about seventy-fiveyards from the police station and themen in blue were there soon, thunderingup the stairs to our third floor whereup-on all present left via the fire escape inthe rear.

At this time, from various sources, Ipieced together something of the Wehehistory. She was a "remittancewoman." Remember the remittanceman of early-century novels? He was theerring son, possibly of the British nobili-ty, who had gambled and/or drank ex-cessively or had compromised the girl ofgood family. His family had decreedthey would grant him an allowance aslong as he stayed away from the homegrounds.

Well, Sebela's case was somewhat likethat, 'twas said. The family was Mid-western and moneyed; Sebela was anembarrassment—sort of odd-looking,loud-voiced, low intelligence, mannish.These flaws may have blinded them toher qualities of persistence, determinedgood humor (except when goaded), anda concerned kindness to her friends.Anyway, Sebela was banished but givena living allowance as long as she madeherself scarce.

I think she was quite a gal. Rejectedby her family, possessed of a squat un-gainly figure, a coarse voice, and dim in-telligence, this troglodyte of a womanfashioned herself into a persona shecould live with and one more than likedby scores of Ithacans. I salute a suc-cessful human being.

The Accompanist

Alfred D. Sullivan '32, who writes theaccompanying article, entered the uni-versity in the '20s, dropped out, and fin-ished up in the early '40s.

"Between 1926 and 1939," he writes," I was variously a clerk, window caulkerfor Chamberlin Weather Strip in NewOrleans, roustabout in a refrigeratedwarehouse in Dallas, musician, pianotuner, and radio repairman. I graduatedfrom now-defunct Refrigeration Engi-neering School of Youngstown, Ohio,and was service manager for RothschildBros, and Lent's Store in Ithaca. I wasmarried and had a daughter beforeentering the Sibley School in '39. Mywife worked as an R.N. and I as pianotuner and refrigeration repairman dur-ing the four undergraduate years. Mywife died in 1975, I remarried in '82."

After earning his degree in Engineer-ing he went to work for Carrier Corp. inSyracuse; moved to Brunner Manufac-turing in Utica where he became VP forengineering, joined American Standardafter Brunner was taken over, servingfrom 1954-66 in Elyria, Ohio, and Dear-born, Michigan; went to Burns and Roein Oradell, New Jersey, as senior engi-neer; and essentially retired in 1971.

He now does business as "SullivanEngineers" in Wyckoff, New Jersey,"tune pianos about three days a week,"and has had more than forty articlespublished in a wide variety of maga-

Λl Sullivan '32 today, at the piano inhis home in New Jersey.

zines, mostly of an engineering nature,but including Boating, Piano Techni-cians Journal, and Clavier.

As other contributors will attest, Ihave returned a number of manuscriptson Sebela Wehe because the woman Iknew as an undergraduate no longer hadthe dignity that Sullivan describes. His isthe first article that does her full justice.

The DeWitt Historical Society turnedup her obituary, in the April 7, 1952Ithaca Journal. Miss Wehe died earlierin the month at age 75, apparently atWillard. The notice listed her as a nativeof North Dakota who "attended NorthDakota University, came to Ithaca tostudy voice, and lived here until a fewyears ago. She began her local concertcareer in a home-talent vaudeville con-cert at the Strand Theater and walkedoff with first prize.

"She gave 175 local concerts, mostlyin Military Hall. She sang at many Cor-nell student functions, including SpringDay. . . and was acclaimed by studentspromoting the Dartmouth Hop in 1938as 'The Dutchess of Dartmouth.' . . .

"Before World War II she returned toGrand Forks, North Dakota for a visitand gave concerts there. She is survivedby a sister, Mrs. Blanche Ray, of LongBeach, California.'' — The Editor

OCTOBER 1985

News of Alumni

Class NotesItems that may be of interest toreaders of many classes are high-lighted by the small head of a bear.We forward clippings, press re-

leases, and other information about alumnito their class correspondents. Addresses inthe following columns are in New York Stateunless otherwise noted.

16 Murray N SheltonIt was Aug 14 when a phone call gave us thesad news of the death that morning of our re-vered president. Our first thoughts were thatthis winds up the affairs of '16. Not if we re-spect Murray's wishes! His fondest hope wasto lead us to our 70th Reunion. We will do it,Murray!

Remember Murray's catching those passesfrom Charlie Barrett and helping make Cor-nell the '15 Natl Football Champions? Thenfollowed the awards of All-American end,National Football Hall of Fame, CornellAthletic Hall of Fame, and many other hon-ors.

Murray is survived by his son Murray NShelton Jr '52, 1949 Main St, Bethlehem, Pa18017, and granddaughter Meg Parker withwhom he lived in recent yrs. We extend oursincere sympathy and condolences to Mur-ray's family.

It is suggested that memorial gifts be sentto W Barlow Ware '47 (Hon Ί6), 512 E StateSt, Ithaca, NY 14850 for inclusion in theClass of '16 Scholarship Fund. Felix Fer-raris, 2850 S Ocean Blvd, Apt 404, PalmBeach, Fla 33480.

17 BonusThe picture, taken June 15, shows, from left,Class Correspondent Marvin R Dye, Director

Class of Ί 7 officers make an on-siteinspection. (See column for details.)

of the Cornell Plantations Robert E Cook,and Vice President Helen Kirkendahl Miller(BS HE), while on an inspection trip of thework progress on the memorial site. (For ori-entation, see pg 43, July '85 issue, and thefull pg picture of the approximate site of" '17 at Knoll" as it appeared in the early1900s; and refer also to the '17 column in theSept issue.) In this connection, names of don-ors of memorial shrubs are to be added (if notalready members), without charge, to thePlantations' mailing list for their quarterlymagazine and bimonthly newsletter, a nicebonus to keep in touch with the developmentof " '17 at Knoll".

On July 13, your correspondent was duly4'surprised" with a long-planned, officiallysecret party to celebrate his 90th birth-day—an event not uncommon in the annalsof Class '17; yet to the subject guest, some-thing other than a mere statistic. So with yourkind indulgence, may I point out without anyovertone of snobbery that among the limitedimmediate family members in attendance wasa 4-generation group ranging in age from 1 yrto 90, a coalescence of the happenstancegenetic mix having its genesis in the foot-prints of Plymouth Rock, a curious combina-tion of genealogical background which, uponthe demise of the male members of my familybranch cannot be repeated due to the shiftingof the lineal trace to the female branch.

Class of '17 is again saddened, by the deathof Granville B Colyar, survived by his wifeVirginia, residing at 2940 Bougainvillea St;Sarasota, Fla 33579. We take this means tosend sympathy and condolences to the fami-ly. Marvin R Dye, 1600 East Ave, #1012,Rochester, NY 14610.

18 Fund & LegaciesNorm Elsas, you've made my day! Normwrites from 3025 E Pine Valley Rd, NW, At-lanta, Ga: 'Thanks for a great column!" Hemeans our July column. He knows aboutclass columns, for, owing to deaths amonghis Andover Acad classmates, the jobs ofclass secretary and "agent" have both fallento his lot. Thank you, Norm, for your kindwords.

At times I think I exist only to coax a dozentomato plants and a few zucchini to produc-tion, as today, when I walked out to my back-yard for a bit of fresh air before lunch, andfound 5 of the former wilting in our hot dryair. (No, it's not Ariz, but Western NY.) Our

Frosh caps identify members of the Class of'25 grouped in the stands at SchoellkopfField during the Western Reserve game,October 15, 1921. The Big Red shut out theopponents, 110-0, with the highest score aCornell team had made since 1898.

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'85 drought is making some gardens resemblea Sahara. Of course, I sped back for asprinkling can, to rescue the tomatoes. Theyare, in a barrel, sitting up 3 ft in the air. It'snot a successful experiment, as the barrel isfalling apart. Shades of my Grandfather WillRussell, a cooper, as well as a farmer! In win-ter he built barrels for the apple-pickers. Hewould never have let the 1st stave fall awayfrom the others, or the hoops go lopsided.

At the June Reunions, the Univ Libraries'Burgunder Collection of Shaw items was fea-tured in an exhibit in Olin's Rare BooksDept, where you could get your aperitif(sherry) while seeing the rare books, prints,and other Shaw memorabilia given to the li-brary by our Bernard Burgunder. The speak-er at the Library Associates dinner was D HLaurence, who is editing Shaw's CollectedLetters. (Vol 3 of these was to be publishedby Bodley Head Press in London, England,early this past summer.) I hope Bernard wasthere.

In July, I celebrated the 40th anniversaryof my commissioning as a 2nd It, AUS, at FtDes Moines. Forty yrs ago this month I wasat Self ridge Fid, Mich. That month, also,probably several of our class were winding uptheir service in World War II. I'll be glad toget data from any of you as to anniversariesof '45 events in your lives.

The list of incoming student "legacies" for'84 includes grandchildren of several '18alumni: Victoria Seley '88, daughter of Fred-erick Seley '58 and granddaughter of SamsonSeley; Susan Golinko '88 daughter of Rich-ard Golinko '52 and granddaughter of thelate Jerome Golinko; Joshua Stein '88, son ofSara Bonnett Stein '57 and grandson of thelate Earl Bonnett; and Tracy Tregurtha '88,son of Paul Tregurtha '57 and grandson ofthe late James Tregurtha.

In July and Sept we mentioned a dozen ofus who have made gifts to the Cornell Fund.The final Honor Roll contains 61 names ofdonors. As space allows, I'll list names ofthose not previously mentioned: BenjaminAborn, Clarence F Ackerknecht, Albert MArmstrong, James W Bassett, H Foster Boll-inger, Paul Bradford, Ronald Colston, Clar-ence S Denton, Edith Rulifson Dilts, WilliamF Dohrmann, Florence Lumsden Duffies,Karl N Ehricke, Norman E Elsas (part to theJack Moakley Fund), Marguerite McKayFiroozi, Louis Freedman, Dudley B Hager-man, Perry O Hall (bequest), Crawford CHalsey, and Grace Corleis Harris. By mycount, there are 231 of us living—perhaps afew more, whose addresses are not known.More than 25 per cent of us have contributedto the Cornell Fund in '84-85. Pretty good,don't you agree? Irene M Gibson, 119 SMain St, Holley, NY 14470.

19 A Full Four DaysOnce again, Helen Bullard and I were on theHill last June. We saw and heard everythingwhich could be fitted into 4 days. Here is anaccount of them for the rest of you.

We started with the '19 luncheon—seeMike Hendrie's Sept report—then to theCampus Store (Co-op, to you) and aroundthe Arts Quadrangle and Goldwin Smith. Thehuge painting at the south entrance looks ex-actly as it did 70 yrs ago. Our walk ended atthe "new" Olin Library and the rare booksdisplay of Geo Bernard Shaw memorabilia.After dinner came the friendly, sometimeshumorous, and very informative slides andcomment used to make freshmen, after 3days of registration and getting settled, feelthat Cornell really welcomes them.

Fri morning found us at a lecture on com-ets, especially Halley's. The Plantations were

A visiting classmate joins '22ers McCarthyand Maioney. (See column for details.)

our afternoon goal, with a guided tour and awander through the famous York State HerbGarden. The Savage Club, as usual, providedentertainment that evening, with good musicand several acts by members. PresidentRhodes's address on the state of the universi-ty always comes Sat am, and we were reas-sured that Cornell is in good hands. Themost-ever applications were received thisyr—19,800. Before lunch there was just timefor a quick look at former-PresidentCorson's sundial, the stone garden, and thenew Snee Hall geology building, where theseismograph reported no earthquakes, so far,that day.

At the special feature of Sat afternoon, weheard French ex-President Valery Giscardd'Estaing urge the unification of a Europeanmonetary system. The hospitality of the Van-Cleef dinner provided an opportunity to meetold friends, and from there we went on to theCornelliana rally at Bailey. As usual, theawards went to the 25- and 50-yr classes; but,meriting special attention was the ovationgiven perennial reuner, alert and active SadieBritton '13. The massed choirs and glee club-bers, past and present, added much to theprogram.

Chapel, Sun am, brought its moments ofreflection, and the buffet luncheon at Statlerprovided the formal Reunion ending. We,however, were not ready to stop, so our an-nual visit to the Johnson Museum gave us onemore chance to gaze up the lake, down thevalley, and over the campus. A bonus, whilelooking at displays, was finding a 16th-cen-tury bronze Buddha, from a temple inAyudha, Thailand, the gift of our IreneFrank Gill, who lived in Southeast Asia anumber of yrs prior to World War II. A stopat Risley to see the refurbished parlors (veryattractive) and a rush back, seconds ahead ofa noisy storm, concluded the afternoon. Amidnight look from our high front window atthe illuminated library tower and the lights ofIthaca and West Hill ended our 66th.Margaret Kinzinger, 316 Dayton St, Ridge-wood, NJ 07450.

The Rev G Eugene Durham, who is nowwearing "2 hats" as vice president and trea-surer, reported the arrival last June of their6th great-grandchild, the parents being Joeand Karen Tashjian. You, no doubt, receivedthe Rev G Eugene Durham's letter requestingclass dues for '85-86. We are keeping this at$15 per person, although increased costs havenecessitated a 10 per cent increase in the priceof the Alumni News. For the 10 issues star-ting in Sept '85, the price is now $11 underthe Group Subscription Plan, still a bargain,and we will absorb the extra $1 without in-creasing our dues. So please make Gene'snew job easier by mailing your dues to himpromptly, and if you feel able to add a few

dollars for our class tree fund, we'll begrateful. P S Wilson, 325 Washington St,Glen Ridge, NJ 07028; and C F Hendrie, 89Baldwin St, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, guest col-umnist.

2 0 Still At ItIn the Alumni News of last Apr, you readabout the prowess of our Kirk Reid, who wasinducted a yr ago into the Athletic Hall ofFame. He made it for his 66 yrs of playingchampionship tennis, which he still plays (at87) on the senior circuit. In June, he played intournaments for 85 and up, and then, withhis daughter, kept winning in Mass. Afterthat, he and wife Olive visited all 14 of theirdescendants there. Now he's giving his num-erous trophies and medals to the HistoricalSoc of Madison, Ohio, where he lives. Whata guy!

Another classmate who made a lastingmemory for himself in track athletics is KurtMayer. He lived near me and we were to-gether often. He died June 15.

Tommy Reese was to fly with 39 friends onSept 9 to Hanover, Germany, for a 27-daybus tour of 9 Eastern European countries.This will bring to 101 the foreign countries hehas visited. Larry Wells's grandson (L RWells III) was married July 27. Larry hopesfor an L R Wells IV in due time.

Jesse Van Doren is permanently in the E JNoble Hospital, Alexandria Bay, NY 13607.His room overlooks the St Lawrence Riverand on July 4 he counted 354 boats in an hr.That night the fireworks from the Boldt Cas-tle dock were magnificent. He still sings atchurch services, with helpful aid.

I thought I'd be 1st to pay class dues butRuss Chamberlain beat me to it by a day. Iappreciate the promptness in sending dues bymany of you and for the news you added. It'shelped me to write this column. DonaldHoagland, 1700 3rd Ave, W, 821, Bradenton,Fla 33505.

Oct's bright blue weather—my favorite sea-son. The scarlet maples, the deep red of theoaks, the yellow of the birches and sycamoresin contrast with the dark blue of CayugaLake. Lucky Agda Swenson Osborn spentAug in Maine. I had a delightful telephoneconversation with Theodora Van HornCarter. She regretted missing the 65th Re-union for health reasons. Theodora, LoisWebster Utter, Celia Warne Tower, and Dor-rice Richards Marrow were my closest friendson campus. I still miss them.

If you haven't sent your dues to LorraineVan Wagenen Foster, please do. We needyour input to continue this column.

My last day of teaching "Family Livingand Loving" was May 9 at Angola MiddleSchool. I shall miss my contacts with theyoung. May God bless you, keep you, andmake His face to shine upon you. Withlove. Marion Shevalier Clark, RR7, Box16, Angola, Ind 46703.

21 Back AgainEver since I've been your class correspon-dent, I've been begging for news. Now that Ihave given up the job, I've heard from manyof you, some not in '21. All say they miss mycolumn. So I called Agnes Fowler and toldher that if, and when, I hear from anyone, I'llpass that on to the rest of you. The cancer inmy left eye was found soon enough that theeye was saved, but almost sightless. The righteye has a cataract that I hope to have re-moved in Jan '86. So, no news, no column.

Those who contacted me about missing myramblings are William '57 and Janet Charles

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Lutz '57 (They hunt deer on our farm.);Fuller "Dell" Baird '28 and Eleanor (Theyhave a summer home about a mile from ourplace.); and Evelyn Davis Fincher '22, whowrites that she is "sorry to read that you are(retiring)." From the Class of '21, my 2 faith-ful friends Gladys Sax Holmes and AgnesHall Moffat, and one I haven't heard frombefore except at Reunion, Agnes MeehanHallinan.

Agnes Hallinan is now living in Sun City,Ariz. She writes that at one time, she was sor-ry she had not been a career woman, but nowshe thinks she has had the best, most interest-ing career possible. I agree with her. Myfather wanted me to be a teacher. I wanted tobe a wife and mother. I did just what wasright for me. All 4 of my children have hadcareers; 3 of them are college graduates: Mar-jorie, who is now a retired teacher with amaster's degree, is doing work as a mission-ary at Green Lake, Wise. Virginia was an en-gineer's assistant, now a business manager ata large private girls' school in Cleveland,Ohio. Frederick is a VMD in Phila, Pa. Johnwould not go to college, but wanted to farmon the family dairy farm. That is where welive. I thoroughly enjoyed helping raise his 4children, who all have careers—a VMD, 2 en-gineers, a teacher, and one of them works atEastman House (museum) in Rochester.John and wife Amy are always ready andwilling to take me any place my heart desires.Amy and I are taking lessons in oil painting,again. Most of my 14 grandchildren have oneof my paintings, and all but one are collegegraduates. Fred's daughter Cathy is a pedia-trician. What will happen in the lives of my 7great-grands?

I've written enough for now, but nextmonth I'll write about the delightful cruiseMarjorie, Gerald, and a cousin of mine hadthis spring on the Mississippi River, fromNew Orleans, La, to Cincinnati, Ohio, a12-day dream-come-true. Then if I have anyresults by being a correspondent again, I'lltell you about my experience acting as hostesson the Chapel Car Grace at Green Lake,Wise. If you don't want to write, call (717)785-3541.

In the meantime, think Reunion, nextJune. If I can't see well enough to drive my-self, I'm sure one of my children will furnishtransportation. Margaret Remsen Rude,RD #1, Box 86, Waymart, Pa 18472.

John W Moore is now retired and no longerspends part of the yr working in Panama. Heand his wife are going to visit their son, whois in Togo, Africa.

George W Turner has not been well for thelast 2 yrs. His wife is caring for him at home.Neither William M Cooper nor his wife Iso-bel is in very good shape, but they are stillable to get around some. Since his wife died,2 yrs ago, Amos L Main no longer goes to Flafor the winter.

For more about '21 men, be sure to read"Communications," pg 8, the July '85Alumni News. James H C Martens, 1417Sunken Rd, Fredericksburg, Va 22401.

2 2 New Homes & OldThis item of Jim Hays's is a direct quotation,from his home in Ariz: "My wife of 54 yrsand I have spent the past 15 yrs in Scottsdale,indeed a lovely place—ever since my retire-ment as senior partner in the NY law firm ofKaye, Scholes, Fiernian, Hays and Handler.The last couple of yrs have been marred bypoor health, shared, I am sure by most of ourclassmates. We still enjoy living here, buthave come to believe that the worst liar in theworld was the mythical Rabbi Ben Ezra who

John Vandervort '23 knows the terrain well.

said: 'Grow old along with me, The best is yetto be, The last of life for which the first wasmade.' " (Jim omits what follows: "Alltimes are in his hands who says, A life Iplanned, Youth shows but half, Love God,see all and be not afraid.") Jim adds that heholds and still has the very 1st citation signedby Dave Dattlebaum, et al, as a life memberof the Class of '22.

The photo shows, from left, Rollin McCar-thy, Robert Thompson, and Jack Malpney atJack's place in Ithaca. It was taken on abright sunny June 18, '85.

Jules Havelin and wife Dorothy reportfrom Rosemont, Pa, that they are committedto a "life-care" organization in suburbanPhila, opening next spring. This term wasused several times in the Alumni News andseems accepted as describing availability of acommon dining room for all meals, a downor final payment for an apartment requiringno exterior care, furnishing skilled nursingfacilities to qualify for Medicare, and in-house or nearby medical care. If you like itand space is available or is coming on-stream,you might give its name, because most of uswill soon be looking for such accommoda-tions, especially when auto licenses arethreatened. Rollin H McCarthy, 19BStrawberry Hill Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850; alsoJohn M Maloney, 16C Strawberry Hill Rd,Ithaca, NY 14850.

Bertha Funnell was in Ithaca in late June. Wehad 2 visits with Margaret Ward La France:an evening at the Evelyn Davis Fincher home;and, the following noon, at Peg's.

A card from Luella Smith Chew in July,from Yugoslavia, said she and a Cornellfriend were having a good trip. On Aug 7,Betty-Jean Wright Law '49, daughter of thelate Jean (Errington) and Chilton A Wright'19 visited me. She, her husband Sidney H'48, and some of their family were campingnear Ithaca in their "5th-wheeler," and visit-ing daughter Nancy '84, who is employed atCornell.

The women and men of our class are nowcombined for receipt of the Alumni Newssubscription reminders. The News & Duesnotice you received in May from Rollin HMcCarthy, the men's class correspondent, isthe beginning. Inquiries you have about sub-scriptions and other class financial matters

should be directed to him. Evelyn DavisFincher, 44 Sheraton Dr, Ithaca, NY 14850.

2 3 Memory JoggerOct's bright blue weather brings the fall cli-mate favorable for active varsity and intra-mural sports of football, lacrosse, track, ten-nis, other minor sports, and health condition-ers, such as jogging.

Jogging, at 85? John Vandervort (seephoto) does just that. He writes, "In the fallof '21 and '22, Jack Moakley had us jog sev-eral times a wk in preparation for intercolle-giate cross-country meets. The popularcourse was down through Forest Home, end-ing up on the last mile up "Deadman's Hill,"now Caldwell Rd, before the finish on Alum-ni Field or Schoellkopf." Deadman's Hillseparated the men from the boys. (If a trackman, you remember.) Van continues, "It wasthen dirty and muddy when it rained. As Irecall it, the jog was 3-4 miles long. Joggingwas excellent training, and paid off." Vanwas the Lung Mow trophy winner for thecross-country runner who showed the mostimprovement in the fall of '22. Van placed26th in the Intercollegiates at Van CortlandPark in NYC. He was dubbed "MovingVan" by his fraternity brothers, and is nowour permanent Reunion chairman, lookingforward to our 65th in '88. Van says this exer-cise "jogs my memory!"

"Bonnie" (Howard V Bonsai) a well-known track star of our class, wrote a nicedescription of his retirement center in Lee'sSummit, Mo, 10 miles south of Kansas City,known as John Knox Village, where he andMargaret have lived for 8 yrs. From hisdescription, it has all the amenities of an idealretirement community. Austin Brocken-brough Jr, who hails from Richmond, Va,retired in '74 from Austin Brockenbrough &Associates, a consulting engineer firm inChester, Va. Austin IV is at St ChristopherEpiscopal prep school, and 2 daughters are atthe U of Va: Elizabeth and Anne. Selene, hiswife, completes the family circle.

H Ward "Ack" Ackerson has been an ac-tive duespaying member of the class for along time and, as have many others, has re-uned every 5 yrs. He has retired from manycivic activities, but has no thought of retiringfrom his 60 yrs as a real estate broker and ap-praiser in Suffolk County. Their 2 childrenhave presented "Ack" and Eleonor Kingwith 7 grandchildren, who have attendedschools in St Lawrence, Adelphi, St Frances,Plattsburgh, and Rochester. George AWest, 1030 E Whitney Rd, Apt 10-F, Fair-port, NY 14450; also Helen Northup, 3001Harvey St, Apt C, Madison, Wise 53705.

24 Keeping ActiveJim Rowan and Al Dodson are thinking big.Jim Rowan has a concern about the silenttreatment the outstanding scientist of ourclass—Gregory Goodman Pinciis—is gettingfrom hi*s alma mater. (See pg 75, June issue.)It was no small achievement to develop "thepill." (According to the Heritage list"Goodie" is one of the 100 men who havehad the most influence on the human race.)Universities are supposed to develop scien-tists, and we had one of the 1st magnitude inour class, whether we agree with that methodof controlling the population explosion ornot.

Al Dodson has a different concern; onewhich would be a Godsend to class corres-pondents and class historians. He would haveus write our own obituaries, for then wecould surely get them correct and com-plete—which is not always the case. He is wil-

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ling to put this information on a tape, and domost of the work himself. (As one who haslooked through the card file of the deceasedin our class in the university files, I wasshocked at how little is recorded. That hardlydoes justice to our beloved classmates.)

In the May issue, alas, there were moredeaths listed for '24 than for any other class:Laurence A Barnes, Norris W Goldsmith,Robert L Hays, Richard Raymond, JohnPaul Stratford. Dr. S. Senior Sack has sincebeen reported. This is hardly an area in whichwe wish to excel, but deaths are deaths, andwe can be thankful again for those who choseto go to Cornell when we did, and be thank-ful for their good lives, and their service toCornell.

Bob Leonard sends in an obit for HermKnauss, which tells a lot, but scarcely men-tions Cornell. Herm once told me of all of hisCornellian relatives. His classmates shouldknow such facts, but someone must supplythem. Mrs Albert Lieber notifies us of thedeath of Robert E Atkinson, of Chesterton,Md. Who knows more about him? AlvaTompkins, RD 2, Box 30A, Tunkhannock,Pa 18657.

Florence Daly (photo) who has worked tire-lessly for all kinds of activities, has beenmade Woman of the Year by the Maine Busi-ness and Professional Women's Clubs. JessieCohn Biggsen's usual activities include figureskating. (Wonderful to be so active at ourage!) Thelma Chapin Easterbrook's"Healthy, praise be," but her husband is al-most housebound: "Family and dear friendscome to us. Sounds dull, but isn't." DorothyNarefsky Meyer takes time to write letters ofappreciation to the many people who makeCornell wheels turn. Her daughter, an art his-torian, who has written books reviewed onthe front page of the Sun NY Times Book Re-view, is now doing well as founder and opera-tor of Round Table Press. Max Schmitt hasalready made plans for the '86 mini-reunion,Feb 19, at Country Club Inn, Lake Worth,Fla, and luncheon, Feb 20, at Port Cove, NPalm Beach; he needs early reservations.• Dorothy Lamont, 133 W Park St, Albion,NY 14411.

25 More on ReunionThe organization of this Reunion was per-fect. Kudos to those who organized it! Ourquarters in Hurlburt were excellent and trans-portation to all parts of the campus was al-ways available. Presiding over the registra-tion table in Hurlburt was lovely Marg Nagel'85, ably assisted by Monish Sahni '86 andLinda '85, whose last name I never did get.These 3 charmers handled any situation withsmiling, indefatigable efficiency, leaving usonly to enjoy every minute of our stay.

Hurlburt was class headquarters for bothmen and women of '25 and our 1st taste ofcoed dormitories was a huge success. It waslike one big family—casual and comfortable,with ample opportunity to get acquaintedwith each other. Flo Bloustein Abrahams,Harold, and I spent one evening reminiscingwell into the wee hrs, a most satisfying, nos-talgic experience. Another early morning en-counter enroute to the kitchen for ice withHappy Perrell gave us an opportunity for afew words. Hap was reading the Annuals at 1am. A very full program of lectures, sight-seeing, and demonstrations kept us busymorning to night, while time flew by at an un-believable pace.

A standout was the class banquet at NoyesLodge, near the site of the old Johnny ParsonClub, where a marvellous group of 16 under-grads gave us a memorable serenade of Cor-

Flo Daly '24, Woman of the Year

nell songs. There were many misty-eyed andsome moved to open tears by the beautifulsinging of our old favorites. I was one whowas deeply moved, I must confess una-shamedly. At the conclusion of the festivities,we repaired to Bailey for the finale of Cornel-liana, an event always calculated to move themost cynical. President Rhodes gave a spon-taneous, stirring speech that brought downthe house. Cornell picked a winner when itgot him! The program ran the gamut of Cor-nell songs in which we all joined. The disso-nance of croaking tenors and baritones wasmore than compensated by the enthusiasmand cheerfulness that prevailed. Here '25again had the distinction of the Reunionercoming the farthest: Happy Perrell, fromHong Kong. I recall, in '55, when "Swede"Edstrom did the same, returning from Stock-holm.

There was a share of pathos. Dr AaronMeister sustained a fractured arm in a fall,necessitating his premature removal to NYfor specialized treatment. Aaron is on themend, albeit slowly, he wrote me. Dr MarcBlock, a dermatologist, came in spite of apainful case of shingles, sans camera! Therewere ample signs of the inevitable attritionexacted by the yrs. We came with scars of by-pass surgery, canes, stooped, white-haired,and wrinkled, but COME WE DID! Nary acomplaint was heard, although for some itwas obviously an effort to sustain the pace ofevents. But the atmosphere was one of unre-strained pleasure. A list of attendees will beavailable. It was a singular experience togather again with one's contemporaries after60 yrs and we were thankful we had been ac-corded this privilege. The ghost of JackMoakley walked again, I gathered, with TedBooth, Hal Kneen, Al Severance, but wemissed Eli Wolkowitz and Bob Morris, 2 of'25 standout athletes. Forgive me if I soundmaudlin. These affairs always affect me thus-ly. Watching the departing cars I could notbut wonder how many would return in '90?Time alone holds the answer, but 'till then letus keep the unity of '25 intact through thecolumns of the Alumni News. Send me any-thing you deem newsworthy, be it your warts,grandkids, or escalating golf scores!Harold C Rosenthal, MD, 71 Hooker Ave,Poughkeepsie, NY 12601.

26 On the MoveAs this is being written, your columnist is inthe process of moving, with little news otherthan personal to share with you. Hopefully,by the time you read this, you all will havesent your News & Dues to Laura PedersenHenninger. My files need an update.

Cheering news has come my way. A notefrom Betty Bayuk Berg yielded the joyfulnews that she resides about a half-hr awayfrom Bensalem and get-togethers should beeasily arranged. Too, I am pleased to reportthat a fellow Cornellian, Dorothy MinerRathbun '27 is already in residence at WoodRiver Village.

A slight error was made in my new addressas given in the previous issue. My apt numberis M-202, not 208.

A reminder to each of you to mark your'86 calendars for our 60th! More details,later. Billie Burtis Scanlan, Wood RiverVillage, M-202, 3200 Bensalem Blvd, Ben-salem, Pa 19020.

27 In TouchThis is being written for an Aug deadline; theSept News & Dues letter is only roughed out,yet I can say with confidence, 'Thank youfor your many replies," as you have neverfailed. Madge Hoyt Smith put it succinctlywhen she wrote, "Old friends get scarcer andscarcer. Keep me informed, please." MaryBolger Campbell is looking forward to thenext mini-reunion, as her hip improves. Shewas delighted with the quick telephone calland promise of a visit from Annie BendonSmith who had read her news in the July let-ter. Mary has signed up for a chair in the newCenter for Performing Arts. A long awaitedletter from Verna Pye Emslie said she had re-covered enough from an illness to take a tripin July to Cape Cod, Mass, with the daughterwith whom she lives, to visit anotherdaughter and family whom she had not seensince she moved South 12 yrs ago. Beforereturning to Tenn, in time for a visit from herSan Francisco, Cal, daughter and family,they drove to Vt, as she had formerly lived inBarre. Muriel "Mud" Drummond Platt hasbeen busy this past summer typing husbandNate's 1st novel. One of the former editors oftheir 6 successful history books is interested.Harriette Brandes Beyea and Geo had writtenthem to say how much they enjoyed theirtexts. "They are real Ariz history buffs,"said Mud, "and very active inpolitics." Sid Hanson Reeve, 1563 DeanSt, Schenectady, NY 12309.

Anyone for tough crossword puzzles? You'llfind them in the Dell Publishing Co maga-zine, Dell Champion Crossword Puzzles, de-signed by our expert specialist Fletcher In-galls, Gillette, NJ. Clarence and MarjorieSpindler, both retired, enjoy summers in theircamp at Lake George; then, pull stakes forwinter vacation in Fla and Cal. Hal Gasner'shobbies are art work in foundry castings, plusoccasional appearances in Hollywoodmovies. He's anticipating a glorious moviecareer.

Herb Colson is sr partner in his law firm,Colson & Bokin, Bethesda, Md. In '78 he wasvoted distinguished citizen of Md. Still well"Brownie" and Louise Brown enjoy theirsummer Cayuga Lake cottage, and winterhome at Sevanna Park, Ithaca. Bill andEsther Wenzel enjoy retirement by garden-ing, golfing, doing church work, and playingbridge. Bill Shoemaker retired to counsellorof his law firm Runals, Broderick & Shoe-maker, Niagara Falls. Paul and Fritzie Hes-sel, retired lawyer and school principal,

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respectively, enjoy boating, fishing, andcruising on their yacht, Karendana, fromhome base in Dania, Fla. Stan and AliceClark enjoy gardening and housework intheir retirement. Jess Van Law sent me JuanMartihez-Tejeda's letter, wherein Juanstates: "oldest grandson will enter Cornellthis yr to uphold the family tradition." Juankeeps a ready eye on his vast manufacturingholdings: "Hopefully we'll come out well,"against this high inflationary period. Hesends "the best of everything to all;" and isthinking about returning for the Big 60th in'87. We had a delightful visit by Dill andLorry Walsh in July '85. Dill gave me thevery sad news of the death, Apr 6, '85, ofMary Ellen Gurriey (Mrs Paul). Tom Duncandied Feb 23, '85; Jack Ruck, Jan 22, '85;Gordon White, Aύg 4, '85. Our deep con-dolences to all. Amen. Don Hershey, 5 SLanding Rd, Rochester, NY 14610.

2 8 In ActionArthur Hassell, who retired in '76 from BAltman & Co, says he is off all boards—tooold—but still has interests in stamps, modelrailroads, gardening, golf, and bowling. Henotes he is a Dartmouth graduate, but obvi-ously has pleasant memories of the 2 yrs hespent at Cornell. Had some correspondencewith Dr Charles Brane, who comes fromYonkers, about how he ended up in Newport,Ore. He tells us that 25 yrs ago he and hiswife Virginia took a 6-wk trip, including adrive from San Francisco, Cal, to Vancouver,BC, Canada. Ocean-front property on theOre coast was, at that time, so cheap thatthey bought some, including some with ahouse. He visited from time to time whileentertaining children and grandchildren fromSan Francisco, found the climate wonderful,the scenery great. So, when he retired,Newport, Ore, it was. This may be the far-thest afield of any class retiree. Any more?

David Hammerschlag tells of his trip toEthiopia and North Yemen last Nov. He andhis wife had read and knew that what hadbeen reported as a desperate situation wastrue, but went, anyhow. He reports that themain crop there is "kjaht," pronounced"choat," and is like "pot," but probablymilder. The government encourages its culti-vation so that with the cash earned the grow-ers can buy food and not be dependent on theauthorities. Dave ends his interesting letterwith "Looking forward to 60th." Paul Gil-lett writes about the active Senior (62 yrs andover) Golf Assn in Austin, Texas. He is apast-president and past-director and is stillvery active in the tournaments. There are usu-ally about 400 players. There are other tour-naments, too, and Paul apparently works onall. Austin, with the U of Texas there, is a bigretirement center. The annual Legends ofGolf tournament is hosted by his local OnionCreek Club. This is (says Paul) a major event.It must be, because they get 30-40,000 specta-tors. "Marsnails," who help out are all vol-unteers, and Paul is active in this. Now this isreally having golf for a hobby. Paul is alsolooking forward to our 60th; says there are200 Cornellians in the area and they are try-ing to get a club going. Louis Freidenberg,200 E 57th St, NYC 10022.

Summer travels are now fond memories toseveral classmates. Betty Clark Irving was toenjoy Nova Scotia in Aug and England inSept. She says she visited the tents at Re-union, newly located on the Arts Quad, aquiet distance from sleeping quarters. Theyfeatured at least 2 kinds of music: some rock;others, "our style." The dancing in the"others" seemed more enjoyable. Katty

Altemeier Yohn is due to report on her tripsto Israel and to Alaska.

One sad note—Eva Hunt, a faithful corre-spondent with several classmates, died Sept27, '84 at her home in Sanford, Fla. Her sis-ter, M H Brewster, whom we met at our 50th,now lives with her daughter and son-in-law,the McCabes. Their address is 1 Fairport Rd,Westport, Conn. Our sympathies to them.

Rachel Merritt has had many summer visit-ors, but took time out to go to Ohio, whereher brother-in-law celebrated his 75th birth-day, helped by all 5 of Rachel's sisters andher brother. One of the highlights at Reunion(letter coming from Rachel, Alyene FennerBrown, and Madge Marwood Headland), atthe welcoming program in Statler followingthe huge Barton dinner, was a Cornell film.Behold! the '28 women's crew (maroonbloomers, middies, and all) were rowing onthe Inlet. Sorry I missed that! Please give menews of travel and plans, as well as expandingfamilies, even unto the 3rd generation there-of. Dorothy Knapton Stebbins, 94-30 59thAve, Elmhurst, NY 11373.

2 9 Far & NearJames E P Tai, at his home deep in the heartof China, wanted to do something for Cor-nell, and so he sent a marvelous piece ofneedlework tapestry to President Mike Bend-er, with the request that it be forwarded toIthaca. Mike wasted no time in sending it toPresident Rhodes, who acknowledged the giftin words I would copy off if space permitted.President Rhodes has an unrivaled commandof the English language, both spoken andwritten.

In addition to his day on the Ag campus,Mike Fuerst was the guest of honor at a ban-quet in his hometown of Rhinebeck, hostedby friends and neighbors, with help from Ith-aca. Sad to say, none of his classmates werewarned in time to attend. To make up forthis, our treasurer has sent a class gift of$1,000 to help establish the Myron Fuetstscholarship in the Ag College. I can't imaginea more fitting way to express our esteem. In-cidentally, I asked Mike how long it took tftePercheron horses he imported from France lolearn English, and he said they learned it fast.That's more than I can say: in spite of manyvisits to France, I can't understand thespeech, though I read French with ease. Thehorses are smarter than I am; does that makeme a donkey?

Ken Baker planned to drive North in Augto visit Elrnira, the site of a camp where cap-tured Confederate soldiers were immuredduring the "War Between the States." Al Un-derbill, long-time resident of Elmira, will betheir guide, and a good guide, too; as a veter-an of the summer survey camp that CE's hadto attend, Al knows where's where. Ken'swife Marcellite had a grandfather who servedin the Confederate cavalry, while Ken had agrandfather in the 150th Pennsylvania infan-try. We hope they don't bring too much ofthat sultry summer weather from the South;we have enough, as it is.

Semantic study: distinguish between alacri-ty and celerity without looking in the diction-ary. Translate the following from British intoAmerican: char-a-banc, lorry, pantechnicon.• H F Marples, 40-24 68th St, Woodside,NY 11377.

The golden wedding anniversary celebrationof Wallace and Marian Walbancke Smith,mentioned last month, turned out to be amini-reunion for '29 in Garden City. Presentwere Charlotte Gristede Corish, Lizette

Hand, Agnes Gainey Williams, DorothyChase, Caroline Getty Lutz, Bella Smith,Gerry DΉeedene Nathan, Jo Mills Reis,Edith Stenberg Smith, Dorothy EnglishDegenhardt, Tib Kelly Saunders, and KitCurvin Hill. Messages were also receivedfrom Anna Schmidt, Dorothy Peets, andRosalie Cohen Gay.

Tib Kelly Saunders has had a busy sum-mer. Beside attending the party above, shehas traveled to Europe, participated in a bigfamily reunion at Silver Bay, Lake George,and enjoyed an Elderhostel at LawrencevilleSchool near Princeton, NJ. Participants inthis yr's study tour of Adult U (CAU), "TheNatural History of Hawaii," included EdithKondell Vogel and Anita Sadler Weiss.

This is Cornell is a beautiful book of pic-tures, published by the university in '84. It iswell worth looking at, or even studying.There are 2 full pg pictures of Reunions; oneis a picture typifying the 50-yr class, but theone which interested me most is on pg 141, "aReunion dinner at Willard Straight Hall." Itis a very clear picture of the climax of our55th, and individuals are easily identifiable.See if you can find yourself! Isabelle Salo-man Gichner, 12007 Poinciana Blvd, RoyalPalm Beach, Fla 33411.

3 0 A Job Well DoneGeorge Emeny, newly elected president, isback in Tequesta, Fla, after having spentsome time up North in Small Point, Me, andNew London, NH. Congratulations and aclass thank you are due to George and toBeatrice Foster Whanger, Cornell FundReps, for a job well done in qualifying '30 asa $2-million class.

George forwarded an interesting letter hereceived from Costa Rica, enclosing an '81clipping, in Spanish, from the monthly news-letter of the Costa Rica Inst of Technology,reporting the Nov '81 death of classmateRafael Keith. The Rector of the Inst, in hiseulogy (translated from Spanish) referred toKeith as the " . . . pioneer and innovator oftechnological education in Costa Rica . . . .[he] was a man with a clear vision about thecountry's need for technological developmentand created the Natl School of Technology,the cradle of the nation's technologicalteaching . . . . "

Pierson S Phelps, Camden, Maine, hasbeen retired for more than 10 yrs after acareer as a real estate broker, railroadsignalman, and poultry farmer. Hecelebrated his 50th wedding anniversary lastyr; has a son Lancelot, a civil engineer; 3daughters—Jeanette, with AmericanAirlines; Penelope Tobin, high schoolEnglish teacher; Elizabeth Rector, proprietorof 2 art galleries.

John M McCutcheon, San Jose, Cal, wassorry he had to miss Reunion, but had othercommitments, including the annual meetingof his homeowners corporation, of which heis president. Earlier in the yr, he and wifeRuth took a Golden Odyssey cruise of theSouth China and Java Seas.

Since '71, Sidney Rocker, Dania, Fla, hasbeen teaching police administration, evi-dence, and criminal law at Broward Commu-nity College. Following his '60 retirement, asan inspector from the NYC Police Dept, hehas served with the US Dept of Justice; theAgency for International Development; doneextensive traveling, observing and advisingpolice depts throughout the world, particu-larly in Brazil, Bolivia, Zaire; written a chap-ter, "Comparative Police Systems," pub-lished in a text Modern Police Administra-tion. Daniel Denenholz, 250 E 65th St,NYC 10021.

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3 1 High PraiseOn Thurs, May 23, at the 135th Commence-ment exercises of the Albany Medical Col-lege, held at the Saratoga Performing ArtsCenter, Dr Albert Yunich, clinical professorof medicine, emeritus, Albany Medical Col-lege, who this yr is completing 50 yrs of dedi-cated service to the Albany Medical Center,received the Doctor of Science HonorisCausa degree.

The introductory remarks, prior to the ci-tation and hooding, follow: "Mr Chancellor,Dr Albert M Yunich is this yr completing ahalf-century of dedicated service to AlbanyMedical Center as physician, teacher, and ex-emplar of medical excellence. He came to usin '35 as a house officer after receiving a BAdegree from Cornell University and an MDdegree from Cornell University Medical Col-lege, where he was elected to Alpha OmegaAlpha Medical Honorary Soc. Residencytraining in pathology and medicine, as well asa fellowship in gastroenterology, the latterwith Dr Burrill (B Crohn (the Crohn ofCrohn's Disease) at Mt Sinai Hospital, NYC,prepared him for his distinguished career ingastroenterology.

"In '41, Dr Yunich joined the AlbanyMedical College. He introduced and estab-lished the discipline of gastroenterology inthe Albany region and his professional repu-tation attracted others to the area. As a physi-cian, Dr Yunich has combined compassion,knowledge, and skill; his patients have re-ceived the best our profession has to offer.He has been a model for the students and hiscommitment to the Medical College has in-cluded fundraising for the GastroenterologyDiagnostic Center, which bears his name. Hiscommunity interests have been many."

We received word recently of the passing ofPuiman Lee, in Canton, People's Republic ofChina, from his wife. Since '33 he had workedas professor, dean, vice dean, and adviser tothe South China Ag U in Canton.

Kevin Howard wrote he attended Adult U(CAU) in July with his daughter Patricia andgrandchildren Susan and Amy, then returnedto the Poconos for the rest of the summer.The 90-degree temperature in Fla is toomuch. However, the golf all winter was great.

We know that some classmates are prepar-ing for June '86, our 55th Reunion. Amongthem are Ed Newton and Gene Fouse. Thelatter hopes that the word goes out especiallyto Mose Allen, Jerry Finch, and Bill Round-tree. Bruce W Hackstaff, 27 West NeckRd, Huntington, NY 11743.

Mary E Armstrong's address is FontanbleuNursing Center, Rm D43, PO Box 3130,Bloomington, Ind 47402. She enjoys receiv-ing the Alumni News and hearing from class-mates.

So does this correspondent, but the mail-bag has been empty this past month. Nowthat Oct's bright blue weather has arrived,how about sending a bit of news of yourselfand fellow classmates? Is there a feminine forthat word "fellow"? Helen NuffortSaunders, 1 Kensington Terr, Maplewood,NJ 07040.

3 2 Flip's BackA recent issue of The Cornell Countrymancarries an article describing the career andpersona of Professor Elmer S Phillips, com-munication arts, emeritus. It traces "Flip"from his early interest in photography as ateaching aid to his service as an announcer onthe university's part-time radio station andhis contributions to film techniques for suchstudies as the development of the chick em-

bryo. Now, 17 yrs after his ostensible retire-ment, he is back on campus teaching a coursein visual communications.

Melville C Case, our Secondary SchoolsCommittee chairman in Drexel Hills, Pa,writes that both he and Helen have complete-ly retired and he says it's great. Their grand-son is a freshman in engineering. James HMalone's hobbies are golf, reading, andwalking. Herbert W Lawrence says he hasridden in so many ambulances that he instinc-tively goes to the rear of a vehicle when heplans to enter it. His latest mishap was aslipped disc and pinched nerve. Before histroubles, Herb liked gardening and hopeshe'll be able to take it up soon again.

Another of our classmates who has had amedical problem is Clarence B Frankel. Hereports that progressive aphasia makes it dif-ficult for him to communicate and limits hissocial activities. Charles F Walker wrote inSept that he planned to spend the winter inTequesta, Fla, for the 12th yr. A notice fromAdult U (CAU) announces that Markoe OKellogg participated in this yr's "Arecibo: AVacation Seminar in Outer Space."

We have had frequent responses, but no re-cent news from Ben White, Herb Seeley, BenGreene, and W Lorenze Palmer. Hope thisstimulates them to send along an item or 2.Verner M Ingraham is a past-president of theSt Lawrence County Bar Assn and is a mem-ber of Rotary and the local Chamber of Com-merce. His leisure activities are painting,drawing, and photography. James W Op-penheimer, 560 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY14202.

Kathryn Kammerer Belden and Burt, PhD'31 spend 5 months of the yr at their cottage,built in 1909 and "permanently air-condi-tioned," as Kay describes it. But they love it.In Feb they took a trip to New Orleans, La,where the food was great. Slava Malec enjoysthe many presentations at the Saratoga Per-forming Arts Center, taking care of the yardand garden, freezing produce. She doesvolunteer work for the Northville LibraryStation and the Edinburg Methodist Church.A yr ago she went to New Orleans and theFair, took a bus tour to Memphis, Tenn, sailedon the Delta Queen to St Louis, Mo, went onto Shaker Village, saw Ky horse farms, andthe Grand Ole Opry at Nashville, Tenn.

Helen Carty Brown had the usual busysummer at her cottage on Cayuga Lake withfamily, grandchildren, in-laws, out-laws, etc.She very much enjoys living in the beautifulIthaca country. She also is glad to have theCornell Club of Ithaca, which made its debutNov 4, '84. Dorothy Ferris Codet now lives inthe Bethany Retirement Home. Her addressis 1751 Watkins Rd, Horseheads, NY 14845.Henrietta Liebman Creamer is still workingas a stone sculptor, but may have to give it upas she can't work in marble at home, and ex-pects to be "priced out" of her Manhattanstudio. If so, she will return to painting. Sheplans one trip a year: in '84 it was Portugaland Morocco; in '83, India; '82,China. Martha Travis Houck, PO Box178, Bedminster, NJ 07921.

3 3 Star SwimmerAnother medal-winning day for AllanCruickshank at the Golden Olympics held inRichmond, Va, in May. His 3 silver medals inswimming were for the breaststroke, back-stroke, and free-style. Hearty congratulationsfrom the armchair gang, and enjoy yourswitch to the golf course. Thanks for theLake Monticello Recreational Facilities pub-lication outlining a busy program of swim-ming, fishing, riding, and more. Allan and

Cornelia are now the owners of a 24-ft pon-toon boat (Flotebote), ideal for taking visit-ors on lake tours and attending neighborhoodboat parties.

It happened a number of yrs ago whileGrant Captanian was working at WillardStraight for 25c an hr and then-GovernorRoosevelt was scheduled to give an importantspeech. Grant sneaked upstairs, still wearinghis apron, and had to settle for a peekthrough the keyhole. Never did hear thespeech—and, on the return downstairs wascaught by a dietitian and almost lost his job.Grant also mentioned the return of 3.2 percent beer—no more trips downtown for abottle of home brew, complete with the yeastsediment—at least it was almost the realthing.

Commerford "Ford" Martin manages tokeep active by helping at the library of theNatl Museum of Transport. And from StLouis, Mo, thanks to Ford, we were pleasedto read about Nick Veeder's outstandingchurch and community service over manyyrs.

Hope you didn't miss the article by John RWoods on Johnny's Coffee Shop, pg 77 inthe June '85 Alumni News. It was great andworth a 2nd reading. Garrett V S RyersonJr, 1700 Lehigh Rd, Wantagh, NY 11793.

Naturally, my earliest recollection of num-bers was arithmetic—and I can only "add"that maybe it was Star Wars that helped mewith multiplication. But a few days ago Ireceived a big envelope from Treasurer TedTracy. It contained many classmates' duesreturns, with interesting information aboutthemselves and families.

So, for this month, Vά like to use our al-lotted space to include their names; then, inforthcoming issues, the information they sentwith dues will be given. So, here they are:Marion Saunders Bond, Lucille Joslyn Mack,Christine H Brunetti, Frances Staley Dur-ham, Vivian Schultz Bates, Eleanor JohnsonHunt, Edith Storck Sivers, Ruth WalkerYork, Louise O'Donell Brownell, Mary KingCrooker, Frances Farrell Ellis, Helen BeldingSmith.

And, for classmates who had written andsent dues earlier (some of them published pre-viously) may I say, thank you to all of you;yours, too, will be published in forthcomingissues. Yes, you gals are all good numbers.

From Ralph Janis '66, director of Adult U(CAU), an item for the Class of '33: Martin LMoore Jr joined the study tour on the Voyageof the Sea Cloud, held Jan 20-23,'85. Pauline Wallens Narins, 40 BridlePath, Williamsville, NY 14221.

3 4 Moving UpEleanor Clarkson reports that 138 Class of'34 women paid dues this yr and 99 sub-scribed to the Alumni News. This represents asteady increase in both duespayers and sub-scribers since '79. Our big year ('84) showedan, increase of 10 in each category. This isboth a testament to our good health and con-tinuing interest in Cornell. When Eleanormails the duesletter in Oct, please includecomprehensive news of your life, past andongoing. My memory isn't what it was. AdultU (CAU) informs me that Lois PurdeyShafer, 3031 N Roselawn Dr, Logansport,Ind, joined the Feb 22—Mar 8 study tour,"The Natural History of Hawaii."

Barbara Kimball Wiezel writes she hadquadruple-bypass surgery the day afterEaster in Orlando, Fla. She has amazed her-self and her surgeon with her swift recoveryand is now at 11 Prescott Rd, Windham, NH03087 until mid-Oct. Her daughter Christine

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has spent a wk with her, there, and the rest ofher time is spent wildflower gardening andtripping to Cape Cod, Lenox, and Framing-ham, Mass.

Charlotte Crane Stilwell, 146 Bridle Path,Orchard Park, writes she and Andy '33 havebeen busy with a 40-yr celebration of A OStilwell Co and are planning a 50th weddinganniversary trip next yr to "somewhere wehave never been." Golf, bridge, and traveltop their priority fun list. She still chairs theMabel Merritt scholarship award committeeand is active in PEO and church groups inOrchard Park and in Naples, Fla.

Alberta Francis Young, 4911 N 45th St,Arlington, Va, wrote enclosing a letter fromBrad Leonard, husband of GladysHesselbach Leonard, which told of Gladys'sdeath, May 3, of cancer. Gladys chose to stayhome with home health care and died in hersleep in her own bed in her beloved home at3101 E 2nd St, Flint, Mich. Lucy BelleBoldt Shull, 3229 S Lockwood Ridge Rd,Sarasota, Fla 33579.

Clarence E "Clancy" Lewis of E Lansing,Mich, certainly keeps active, in touch withclassmates and fraternity brothers, travelingand photographing. He is one of the Planta-tions sponsors and uses his hobbies for lec-ture material. Last yr's tour circuit includedPenn State U—subject, "Trees."

Who knows of a Cornell organization inOmaha, Neb? J Lawrence Cook claims hehas looked for one and can't find any. Pleaseadvise the writer and he, in turn, will advise"Lawrie." We have a "bum" in our class.He is Larry "Lefty" Maslow of MiamiBeach, Fla. Under "your work" (on our duesform) that's what he wrote. This Tower Clubmember is no "bum." He is working to getmore attention for SE Fla Cornellians.

Robert S "Bob" Sanborn, Vineyard Ha-ven, Mass, last summer took a 64-ft "WallStreet Commuter" built in '28 to go 35 knotswith gas Liberty engines (now traveling 22knots with GM 671 diesels) from Gloucester,Mass, to Montreal, PQ, Canada, and re-turned via Hudson River, Erie Canal, LakeOntario, St Lawrence, Champlain Canal, etc.Mr and Mrs C Paul Hagarty of Radnor, Pa,joined the Adult U (CAU) "Voyage of theSea Cloud," last Jan.

The photo shows Helen Rowley Munsonand Jim Allen flanked by President Rhodes,at left, and Donald P Berens '47, nationalchairman for the Cornell Fund, being thankedfor the $757,016.15 gift the Class of '34 gaveto the university at their 50th Reunion. By theway, our class has set as its goal for the 55thReunion: $3 million. We already have$2,200,000 pledged. John H Little, AptH-21, 275 Bryn Mawr Ave, Bryn Mawr, Pa19010.

3 5 Catch-Up TimeJust in case anyone has some Reunion nostal-gia left over, why not include it in the noteyou write on your dues slip; and, if you didn'tget back, do let us know your news.

Homecoming is slated for the weekend ofOct 25-26. The Dr Arthur F North Jr GolfTournament will be held on Fri. Dartmouthplays Cornell in football on Sat. We have ourown '35 section in Barton Hall for the pre-game buffet. Sat night is our dinner honoringpast presidents of our class. The receptionand dinner will be in the Sheraton, starting at6:30 pm. The trustees elected Jim Mullane aUniv Council member, emeritus, joining BoAdlerbert, Edwin Miller, Paul McNamara,and Al Preston.

Jack Sullivan belongs to the ranks of classtravelers. In the spring of '84 he went to Syd-

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ney, Australia, for the 2nd time, where, fromhis apartment in the suburb Manly, he fannedout traveling and painting—even to Fiji.Summer '84 found him in France, where hedrove 4,000 miles from one end of the coun-try to the other, stopping at such places asCote d'Azur, Toulon, Geneva, Switzerland,to visit friends. Winter '85 he spent a monthin Napa, Cal, where he had a house on theSilverado Golf Course, a month in Naples,Fla, seeing Fred and Mary Miller in Venice,Fla, and Betty and Paul McNamara in Boyn-ton Beach. Jack missed Reunion because inMay he was in Switzerland, France, andIreland and in June-July in his apartment inParis with a sidetrip to Norway to be with his2 daughters. This fall he's bound forAustralia again.

Alice Huested Church has enjoyed theAdult U (CAU) study tours, going to St Croixin '84 and Hawaii in '85. Mary Steinman De-Barger and Charlie participated in CAU's"Mediterranean World and the Classical Tra-dition"—ancient Greece and the Islands,Turkey, Sicily, and Italy. They enjoyed notonly the learning experience with talentedprofessors as mentors, but also class-mates—Allen and Elizabeth Robinson, Phil-lips and Berrell Street, and Wallace and Mar-jorie Washbon. Ruth Gates Fisher missedReunion because she was in the Italian Alps.She did have a mini, though, in '84, when Eli-nor Robison Washburn and Catherine Saf-ford visited her. Ruth has a daughter and ason and 3 grandchildren.

Gordon Berry, too, was out of the countryin June but says he's pleasantly retired,spending the summers in the NC mountainsand the winters at Moss Creek Plantation,Hilton Head Isl, SC. Howard Ordman en-joyed his cruise around Sumatra and Java:"A fabulous journey to civilizations vastlydifferent from all we've known." MildredMitchell Combs couldn't make Reunion, butreports she is well and busy. Her daughterlives in Gainesville, Fla, and her son in Atlan-ta, Ga. Millie visited Vivian Green Bowermanin Leesburg, Fla, in May. Her sad news wasthat her sister Elizabeth Mitchell Kinder diedFeb 16, '84, after a long illness.

Florence Groiss Van Loudingham, whovisited Louise Kreuzer Montgomery andClaude after Reunion, wrote that it was unbe-lievable what all of you had given to the Port-land, Me, Friendship House: wonderful win-ter coats, dozens of ski jackets, wool pants,many suits, some long Johns (but notenough), heavy socks, gloves, hats. They arenow sorted, bagged, labeled, and moth-

balled—ready for use. Kreuzer called Groissto tell her the houseclosing went very smooth-ly. Now she's scouring around for more bedsand blankets. More news about the streetpeople's haven when I get it from the Mont-gomery s. Mary Didas, 80 North Lake Dr,Orchard Park, NY 14127.

3 6 C o u n t d o w n : 7 . . .The Reunion committees are working hard tomake the 50th Reunion an outstanding eventin our lives. The "girls" are preparing a wel-coming barbecue for those coming in onThurs. Be sure to send your notices and data,as requested by the various committees, assoon as you receive them.

Dr Harold S Wright (BA, MD '39), 4 Flick-er Lane, Ro way ton, Conn, is still carrying ona private practice in psychiatry, plus work asa consultant, and is on staff at several localclinics and hospitals.

Worden Waring (chem), 3 Patwin Rd,Davis, Cal, and Peg had as their guest Arnold(chem) and Joy Johnson, who were travelingthe Cal area. Both men are members of theCornell Chemists '36 Club.

Robert N Denniston, (BA), Box 190, Stan-fordville, has a fine means for filing the duesnotices. He files them in the historical file andthen locates them when he looks up informa-tion about history. Thanks, Bob, for the duesand your method of filing, I will try it, also.

Dr Arnold N Johnsons (chem), 945 Green-wood Dr, #2, Hendersonville, NC, returnedin the fall of '84 from a Thanksgiving holidayin sunny (?) Cal and reports that NC weatheris warmer and drier. They had visited theirdaughter Marcia at San Luis Obispo, whereshe is a busy mother, rancher, and scientificillustrator. Marcia is now preparing a sequelto Edible Landscaping, by Rosalind Creasy.The 1st book has been in the top 10 populargarden books for 2 yrs. The Warings andJohnsons hope to make the 50th. In June '84,Arnold and his wife attended the Elderhostelprogram at Old Dominion College in Nor-folk, Va, had a busy wk learning about 17th-century Va history and oceanography (waveaction and beach erosion).

Carlton M Edwards, (BS Ag), 4628 DeverDr, Martinez, Ga, is enjoying that state dur-ing the winter months and Western NC, dur-ing the summer months, and they enjoy theirmotor home very much as they can go any-time they desire to move. Wife Doris (Reed)'39 (BS HE), and Carlton are both well,healthy, and very busy. They wonder howthey did their work when they were on a busi-ness schedule. Both hope to attend Reunion.

Howard Haskell (Arch), 718 Cornell Rd,Elmira, is still an "employee" by choice dur-

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ing the summer months in Elmira, but hasvery short hrs. His restful time comes in Fladuring the winter months at Pompano Beach.Howard, see the item about classmate AbeGeller in the Sept '85 column.

Gager Vaughn (BA), 1800 S Sunrise Way,Palm Springs, Cal, is fortunate to live thereduring the winter months, and then in Oneka-ma, Mich, during the summer months. Hesold his business and is now fully retired andenjoying golf, tennis, and bowling on thegreen. They have 4 children, and all live onthe West Coast.

George W Darling (chem), 624 2nd St,Youngstown, thanks a cataract operation,complete with lens implant, in his right eye tohaving sight for reading and writing withoutthe aid of a magnifying glass. He hopes to beable to travel a bit, now, which he has lookedforward to doing since his retirement. ColEdmund R Mac Vittie (AUS, ret), 10130 For-rester Dr, Sun City, Ariz 85351.

Now that the '85 Reunions are over, you willbe hearing more and more about our 50th,next June. Plans are under way, committeesat work, suitable projects being considered,and enthusiasm is growing. Perhaps the win-ner for coming the greatest distance will beDorothy Nachman Resnick (Mrs Nathan A),who writes from 6372 Bar Kochba St, FrenchHill, Jerusalem, Israel, where she has beenliving the last 3 yrs, that it is exciting to hearabout plans for our 50th. This summer sheexpected to spend several wks at her old homeat Bolton Landing. Judy Hardin Mooney(Mrs Richard F) recalls the 50th Reunersabout "half a century ago" and wonders "ifwe really do look that way," and answers,"Yes, probably! But I don't feel that way."Tad Foote, son of Judy and the late BillFoote '35, has made her very proud with hisachievements of the past 4 yrs as president ofthe U of Miami. Also looking ahead to Re-union is Olive Bishop Price, who wrote fromFt Myers, Fla. On her way there from hersummer home in DeLancey, she visitedWash, DC, saw all old friends, and met Presi-dent Reagan.

Still a busy volunteer, Adele McDonaldFlanigan is involved in Meals on Wheels anddriving cancer patients. She is also a loyalsupporter of the Cape Cod Cornell Club.Catching up with travels in '84: Vivian Bar-theld DeBrito and Edward had a wonderfultour of Spain, Portugal, Mallorca, and Tan-gier. Due to a cool, wet spring, even Moroccowas bursting with "green and carpets ofwildflowers." Last yr, their annual familyreunion with their 4 children and spouses and9 grandchildren took place at a campsite inthe Sierras; this yr, Ore was to be the site. InOct '84, Kay Stapleton Reilly and Jim flew toLondon, England, with 3 other couples whoare close friends and there boarded the QueenElizabeth II for a fabulous Mediterraneancruise. Also, Frankie Zingerle Baldwin andGuy had the great experience of a 10-day tripto the Canadian Rockies, including the fa-mous Calgary Stampede and visits to Van-couver and Victoria, BC, Canada. Pleasesend news! Mary Emily Wilkins Lytle, 119Bedford Ave, Buffalo, NY 14216.

3 7 Teacher Steps DownEdith Campbell Caruk retired in '76, after 21yrs teaching 1st grade. She has 6 grandchil-dren. Her husband died in '81. Marjorie SteinMaslow reports that she and Lawrence '34have a son and daughter and 4 grandchildren,ranging in ages from 8-18. The Maslows'most recent travels have included NewZealand, Australia, and Tasmania. The latestfrom Ruth Slocum Muth is that she lives

alone, but is not in the best of health. She wasable to spend Christmas and the New Year inSalt Lake City, Utah. Her son Joseph Jr iswith the US Dept of Ag; daughter Nancy isbusiness administrator with IBM in Salt LakeCity. She also has a granddaughter.

Helen Baldwin Martin is her peripateticself; now retired, she has recently taken acruise on the Royal Viking to the lower fiordsof Norway and the British Isles. She also hadplanned a trip to Russia in Aug. Helen has 12grandchildren, a great-grandchild, and 6 cats.Ellen Leader Porter spends Jan-Mar in Pasa-dena, Cal, with youngest son Frank, who isassistant professor of physics at Cal Tech.The balance of the yr she is in her home witha mountain view, in Chittenden, Vt, neardaughter Judith. Two of Ellen's 6 grandchil-dren attend the U of Vt.

It is always sad to report the death of aclassmate: Charlotte Levine Rosenberg diedin June '85. Mary M Weimer, 200 E De-wart St, Shamokin, Pa 17872.

Coming to Ithaca for Homecoming on Oct26? President Ed Shineman is holding an in-formal meeting of all '37 classmates at thewest end of Barton Hall from 11 am to noon.

Somewhere in the lovely waters out of SagHarbor, Long Isl, Stewart Waring spendshappy hrs on his 34-ft sloop Sweet Jeanne II.The craft's namesake, wife Jeanne, "has afull-time job afloat and ashore," looking af-ter Stew. Daughter Barbara Plante lives inConn and son Patrick is stationed in Japanwith the Navy. Stew, retired 10 yrs ago, is onthe local zoning board and is a library trustee.Dan Mulvinill '39 is a close neighbor and theWarings often see Spencer Kellogg, MarshHoke '38, Jack Downing '39, Nick Bissell'38, and Burt Youngman '35.

William and Hazel Willsher are enjoyingretirement in the NC mountains at Hender-sonville. They have 4 grandchildren. Studytour and seminar participants with Adult U(CAU) this yr have been Leonard Peyser, inHawaii, and John W Rogers, in Russia.

Thanks to proposals by Harold J Mayers,hard of hearing tourists can now enjoy do-cent tours at the Natl Air and Space Museumby using unique devices provided by theWashington Area Group for the Hard ofHearing. The WAGHOH organization alsoworks with area hospitals to improve compre-hension for selected hearing-impaired pa-tients. Harold was on a Renaissance studytour in Italy last yr. His wife Gwen died inFeb '84.

Arthur F Neumann's long-time major hob-by, Shakespeare and English theater of theMiddle Ages, is now a part-time source of in-come from lecturing and teaching. Arthurand Rita exchanged the "big vacation" in '84for their daughter Leslie's wedding, but didsqueeze in 2 wks in Canada and a visit to Flaover Christmas. Leslie, an artist, is an ad-junct professor at St John's U. Rita conductshistoric home tours as a volunteer and helpsat the Charleston, SC, library. Robert ARosevear, 2714 Saratoga Rd, N, DeLand, Fla32720.

38 Fond MemoriesMany '38ers have fond memories of Cornell'sgreat athlete of our time, Jerome H "Brud"Holland '39, and were saddened at his death.Jack "Hot Dog" Kaspar(ian) recalls observ-ing (while flat on his tutu) how teammateBrud would, on defense, throw runners for aloss even though blocked and doubleteamed 2or 3 times per play. Yr Ariz Agent remembersthe campus administration's shudders after aDaily Sun front-page editorial "nominating"Brud for all-America honors, with copies sent

in advance, nationwide, just happened to useas a plug that Big Red publicity agents hadbeen inadequate.

When you hear of sparkling floral arrange-ments at the White House, know that GeorgeBatt's daughter Wendy is on the staff now;she'd run George's Beacon (NY) florist shop9 yrs and got into government work whilehelping decorate for '80 winter Olympics atLake Placid. Clint Heyd spent several winterwks in Ariz, Mexico, Nev, and SD; he's ac-tive in AARP work, helped defeat a statemeans-test tax on Social Security benefits.

If you're interested in philately, especially"microbes, microscopes, and microbiologistson stamps," Bill Walter (at new address:2111 Fairway Dr, Bozeman, Mont) is yourman. The Stu Mertzes had a golfing trip toFrench Riviera, also visiting daughter nearCannes; a yr ago, it was 6 wks in Europe, in-cluding a surprise round at St Andrews. TheHarry Lee Smiths booked on 100-day 'round-the-world cruise recommended by Ellie andFlo Glass in a Sigma Chi magazine.

Question to former coeds: Do you recall'38 men in undergraduate days as being shy,reticent, silent? No? Then it must be an ac-quired characteristic that once a yr, on theirclass-dues billhead, they scribble a few wordsof news, but the rest of the yr so many are toodemure to send the undersigned correspon-dent details of their jobs/retirement, travels,hobbies, hopes, fears, dreams, tax shelters,golf scores, etc. Sgt-at-Arms Eli Hooper'senormous powers for good may have to be in-voked to stir up correspondence! FredHillegas, 7625 Camelback Rd, #220-A, Scott-sdale, Ariz 85251.

Sigrid (Persson) and Mason Reger, MS Ag'36, enjoyed a stay in Australia and New Zea-

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land this past yr, as well as an Amtrak trans-continental tour to visit family members inCal; May found them in Fla. Japan andChina also drew the Coopers—Fran (Otto)and Jim—who were particularly impressedwith their trip along the Li River with its spec-tacular scenery. Margaret Bacon Cory ell andChet '36 have 3 daughters—in Texas, Cal,and NY—so are also frequently on the road;they met Paul, PhD '37, and Julie RobbNewman, and Clara Rhodes Rosevear,among others, attending the Cornell Clubconcert in Hawthorne, Fla. Julie Robb New-man writes that Lake County now has a Cor-nell "group," with 36 attending the 1st of 2annual events, last winter.

Grace Johnson Crosby recently graduatedfrom Eastern U of Mich with a BA degree.Watercolors have been her great interest formany yrs, and her studies have taken her onworkshop trips throughout Europe, as well asthe US. Johnnie has won a number ofawards, including the Grumbacher, last fall,and praises the support given her by her fami-ly, whose help was instrumental in herachievements. Jane Stoutenberg trades Itha-ca's snowy winters for a stay in Tequesta, Fla(at Riverbend, Seaview K)—visitors wel-come! She and her sister spent last fall inEngland, and are planning another trip, toSwitzerland and the Italian lakes. HelenReichert Chadwick, 225 N 2nd St, Lewiston,NY 14092.

3 9 Taking TripsDalphine MacMillan, Ft Lauderdale, Fla:"Summer '84, visited DC, Va, Pa, NJ; Oct,attended final meeting as director of Ret'dOfficers Assn (Naval), in Las Vegas, Nev,then went to SF and La, Cal." (Did you seeMary Kate Gilliams Fitzpatrick in Riverside,Cal?). "Later fall, reunion of Navy JudgeAdvocate Gen'l Officers (ret'd) in New Or-leans, La. Sorry I missed our 45th; will reallytry for 50th."

Lois Hoyt Peters, NYC: "Last fall, to Ja-pan, Hong Kong, Hawaii with Yale alums.Husband was Yale; I was widowed in '82.Still moderately active in interior design con-sultant work." Barb Babcock Payne retiredlast yr, was "off to Scotland, England for 3wks in fall. Joined Adult U (CAU) for trip toSt Croix, 'Winterhide,' ecology and marinebiology of area; and also for Άrecibo: Vaca-tion Seminar in Outer Space.' "

Jean Linklater Payne, Ithaca: "DaughterPeggy gave us exercise bike to 'keep us fit.'We all take turns, even Grandma Annie, 91,in fairly good health! Doug tends 8 acresChristmas trees. Note from Berry ReedLauckern, Brooksville, Fla, tells of visitingfamily in Idaho, going on bear hunt, getting250-lb bear!" Toni Zimmerman Linowitz,Wash, DC: "Daughter Jan married last Nov.I paint in watercolor; had 1-man show last yr.Also work for Women's Natl DemocraticClub and party. Sol, JD'38, is an attorneyand diplomat, also a Cornell Trustee. In Lon-don last Sept. We have 2 Siamese cats, Maoand Sirikit. Two grandchildren in French Im-mersion Schools in Ottawa, Ont, Canada."

Elvira Falco Bass, S Penobscot, Me, tookCAU tour last yr, "Passage to India," studyof architecture and society. Kay Grady Deg-ler, Stanford, Cal: "Retired as chair of Eng-lish dept at girls' prep school; Carl, still pro-fessor of American history, Stanford, stillwriting. I travel with him on lecture trips,seminars, etc. In '84 we went to Israel inspring, Japan in summer. Daughter Suzanne,Oberlin grad; son Paul, U of Cal, SantaCruz. No grandchildren yet!" Binx How-land Keefe, 3659 Lott St, Endwell, NY 13760.

Lew Fancourt and Jean Burke are now Mrand Mrs. The knot was tied Aug 3 at BlessedSacrament Church in Buffalo. A family wed-ding, but the Class of '39 was well-repre-sented with Babe and Bill Lynch, Bill Fuerst,Pauline and Bud Huber, Betty and JayWood, Velma and Mort Durland, and Martyand Tom Burke. Congratulations to the hap-py couple, and now when you come to visitus, we won't give you separate bedrooms.(We're old-fashioned.)

Richard Bridgeman writes us he's retiredand his hobbies are: gardening, travel, lettersto the editor, legislators, etc." What kind ofletters, Dick? He is a retired veterinarian andhe and Jeanne live in Ft Worth, Texas. Abouta yr ago they took a trip to Scandinavia bycoastal steamer to North Cape and to Lenin-grad. He wants to see more of Russia.

A nice letter from Sam Whittlesey, whichsomehow got misplaced. Sam says he'slearned he and Art Poirier are related(!)through a common great-great-grandfather,Matthew Beale Whittlesey, 1766-1847. Art'solder brother Bill is the family historian. Samasks if any EE's remember an assistant nam-ed Whitney Manning? Sam thinks he leftCornell when we were there, went to work forGeneral Electric in Pittsfield, Mass. Hisnephew married Sam's sister-in-law. (Ourservices include weddings, genealogy, fishingtips, etc. No charge.)

On fishing: if teaching fishing to Carol wasa mistake, taking her to flyfishing school wasa catastrophe. Completely hooked (no punintended) and ready to go anywhere at thedrop of a hat. Next wk to Lake Ontario fortrout and salmon; 2 wks later to the UpperDelaware and Beaver Kill to fly fish for trout;and then, according to instructions, The Sey-chelles, Scotland, Belize, Pacific Northwest,and New Zealand. And that's only in '86!

Nelson Bryant retired July 1 after teaching39 yrs in EE at Cornell. His wife Tommiewrites advertising copy for Cornell UniversityPress and she will retire soon, also. Son Bruce'77 is a PhD who went to RI School of Designand Boston U; daughter Jane graduated fromSarah Lawrence. Prescott Nead says retire-ment is "very pleasant" and his wife contin-ues with what he calls her "cottage industry"of making Christmas ornaments. She alsovolunteers at "Egg" Albany. (What in theworld is an "Egg" Albany, Pep?) Pep trans-ports out-patients to therapy centers, volun-teers for the Shaker Museum, Old Chatham,and gardens when weather permits. Miriamand George Neumark have a family in whomthey can be proud! Son Daniel received hisBA and MA at Harvard and hs PhD at U ofCal, Berkeley; daughter Dianne '80, lives inJerusalem and is married to a diamond ex-porter; son David graduated from U of Pennin '81 and received his law degree at Harvard.Daniel and David are both Phi Beta Kappaand graduated summa cum laude.

That's all you get for now, so stay healthy,enjoy life, and come see us. We'll be here un-less we're stalking trout in E Nairobi or Zim-babwe. J M Brentlinger Jr, 217 BerkshireRd, Ithaca, NY 14850.

4 0 Reunion QuotesThese quotes from more who came in June:"Billie" Burke Meijer: "I'm enjoying life im-mensely—traveling most of the time. Havegreat health, good friends; can't ask formore. I'm back in my hometown of Ilionsummers, enjoying my flowers. Just becamean accredited flower show judge." Dick Lin-do: "Just sold our house in Syracuse and ourhouse in Ft Lauderdale, Fla, and have settledin a condo in Boca Raton and a motorhomefor travel in the summer."

Armand Droz: "A great Reunion. What achange in the university, and news of morechanges to come—all good. Peg and I are en-joying meeting old classmates and lookingforward to a 2-wk camping trip in NovaScotia after Reunion." Henry A Moran:"Enjoying Reunion. Busy keeping up withgrandchildren's graduations: last yr, onefrom U of Va; last wk, one from Princeton;next wk, one from Mt Carmel High Schol inCal." Ed Prince: "Came back to renew ac-quaintances in this group of people who areall my age; who conduct themselves from thesame set of standards; and who are dealingdaily with the world that we live in today."

Bob Wiggans: "I never before realized thatthe women of our class retain their beautyand charm much better than we old guys."The smiling Muriel Glick Brill just said: "It'sa beautiful place." Ruth Lebrecht Dukecomes back often, as she has 2 children atCornell. She is very active in the Buffalo Cor-nell Club. Mary Savage Kyle came downfrom Northfield, Vt, and was also celebratingher 50th Ithaca High School reunion. GusNichols spent much of his time at reunionchasing down Ithacans for that 50th.

Ruth Maughn Schaaf was there lookingvery lovely. She told me briefly of her experi-ences in '80. She met Charles '27 on a cruise,married him on the West Coast, they re-turned to Fla, where he died most unexpect-edly—all within 4 months! Ruth said she hasknown the peaks of happiness.

Ernest Jacoby came in from Trumansburgand brought me up to date. After Ag Eng hegot a master's in education from Mich StateU; taught 14 yrs in elem science in the Com-munity School in Hastings, Mich. He hiredhis wife, Lucy Schempp '35, as an Englishteacher. They have 4 children, 6 grandchil-dren. Lucy is a member of DAR and tracesher family back at least 5 generations. Theyenjoy her family's summer cottage on Cayu-ga at Frontenac Point. During the war, Lucyworked in home demonstration work in Sene-ca, Schuyler, and Watkins Counties. Jacobyhas his own business now, as sales engineerfor aircraft components.

News of "Tommy" Brown Wildgen: her1st husband died, leaving 2 children; she mar-ried Paul Wildgen, who has 5 children, andhe adopted her 2. He is a retired engineer atCarbide. "Tommy" taught elem grades andnow can really enjoy her home. She was notback for Reunion this time.

Martha Willerton Bruce and I had a nicechat, finding that we both have daughterswho are writers. She is a retired high schoolhistory teacher. She and her husband have 2children and 5 grandchildren. She loves totravel, often taking trips with other ex-teach-ers, while her husband stays at home. She is astamp collector of 1st day covers. She belongsto a Cornell Bridge Club made up of womenfrom 4-5 towns near her home in Old Green-wich, Conn. She and her husband have lived37 yrs in the same house and have recentlyenlarged it to accommodate their son, hiswife, arid 2 children. Her daughter writesteenage novels under the name Carolyn BCooney.

Hank Rose has been back for the 10th,15th, and 45th. Said he ducked the Army andjoined the Navy, in Sept '40. Married Joan in'42. They have 4 children, 10 grandchildren,and have devised a super way of getting toknow these children. They have made a prac-tice of inviting 2 1st cousins, at once, to visitthem, traveling usually by air, which is greatfor them and the children. He does consultingwork for Burns and Roe, who build nuclearpower plants (one of which is in the Philip-pines). Hank is a real booster for all-nukeenergy.

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Newell Beckwith drove up from Pa in his20-ft "Minnie-Winnie" and kept it in RobertH Treman State Park during the 3 days. He isvery proud of a nephew who graduated fromSt John's High School in Ariz. The boy haswon a full-expense scholarship to Ariz StateU with a job guaranteed on graduating withthe electric utility, the donor.

Last month's column gave you names ofsome of the class officers. Add Ray McElweeas a vice president. Also, serving as advisors,are class council members Priscilla CoffinBaxter, Norman Briggs, Wright Bronson,Robert Gilchrist, Hal Jewett, and NewmanMarsilius. Two good workers have agreed tobe Cornell Fund Reps—Ellen Ford and JackDowning. A good "slate."

What is Reunion? For me it is a tap on theshoulder form a remembered old friend. ForGinna Pease Panzarella, it's hearing her oldnickname used again. Betty Limpert Mayhewrecalls Freshman Orientation Week when shevolunteered to tapdance. For all, somethingdifferent. Here's hoping more of us can makeit for the next one—our 50th! Carol ClarkPetrie, 62 Front St, Marblehead, Mass 01945.

4 1 Dialysis FellowshipThe Mt Sinai Medical Center has announcedthe establishment of the Jerome Wallersteinfellowship in dialysis research, by Janice BWallerstein and her children in memory ofJerry, her husband, their father, and ourclassmate. Elton A Borden advises that hehas retired, bought a motor home, and nowsays "Have motor home, will travel." Stub-bie was formerly vice president and secretary,O A Borden and Sons Inc, dairy equipmentsales and farming, Schaghticoke.

Dr Seymour Cohen says he's just older andbalder, but no heavier. In '84 he reduced hispractice to 4 days, office only, and life ismore pleasant—everyone our age should tryit, he advises. Samuel Frankel reports he en-joys retirement, but is also doing some con-sulting, at his pleasure, with more time forthe grandchildren and travel. Sam retired asowner and president, Retail Cigar Stores,NYC.

Robert J Harley has moved to the Clem-son, SC, area to participate in university ac-tivities and boating. Bob traveled to Europelast summer with grandchild Kim (as a highschool graduation present) and has recentlybought a camper to please several grandsons.Retirement for the past 10 yrs has been great.Stephen S Adams Jr, PO Box 28909, St Lou-is, Mo, has a new office building, which herecently built for his own use in the invest-ment management business. Steve says hiscompany, Market Timing Investments Ltd, isdoing well for their clients—averaging a 20per cent compound growth of capital.

Walter B Shaw has retired from TurnerConstruction as chief executive officer andwill locate in Fla at 40 Dove Shell Lane,John's Isl, Vero Beach. Hon True Davis hasmoved to the Watergate. Address: 2510Virginia Ave, Wash, DC. Philip G Kuehn,our president, says he retired as of last Dec31, but remains as a consultant. Buz finds heis just as busy as before, but less strain andmore leisure. He is building a new home on afreshwater lake in southern Miss.

William E Van Atta took the China tripwith Adult U (CAU) last summer. They arenow 3-time repeaters, and recommend CAUtrips very highly. John W Kruse, whose wifeBetty died of cancer in Sept '84, had foundlife pretty blue, but on June 29 he and MimiSours of Carmel were married. Jack says be-tween them there are 9 children, but so faronly 3 grandchildren. They are both lookingforward to the 45th.

Dr Vincent J Peppe, W Main St, Canaan,Conn, is still practicing veterinary medicineand would love to hear from any soccer teamplayers, '36-40. How about coming to the45th, Vince; there ought to be some there?Stevenson W Close reports he is semi-retired,but works some at real estate. After 35 yrs offarming, he sold their farm in '81. Steveadds, "See you at the 45th." William CFlickinger writes that they just moved intotheir new house at Pinehurst, NC, and it wasjust in tome to celebrate Rusty Irish's 65thbirthday. Flick says: "He's just as senior asthe rest of us, now."

Leonard L Burr, who has spent 44 yrs withDuPont, on the West Coast since '50, willwork till he's 70, because, he says, "of thenearby Santa Anita Racetrack." Mark LArons retired as counselor in the College ofBusiness at the U of New Orleans in the sum-mer of '84. Mark says he's not sure being outto pasture is his piece of cake. Wife Betty(Dutky) '40 teaches bridge in the U of NewOrleans continuing ed program. Farnham HShaw Jr, retired from Corning Glass in July'84 and is currently dealing in real estate onKeuka Lake. Winters are spent on Marco Isl,Fla. John Dowswell, 7 Sequoyah Rd, Col-orado Springs, Colo 80906.

Our summer afforded us the pleasure of ren-dezvousing with several Cornell buddies. Mil-lie (Phillips) and Ben Ramsdell and JeanSyverson Lewis were guests at a wonderfulparty given for us by Bob Herrmann in Balti-more, Md. They were all fine and lookingforward to a cruise up the coast of New Eng-land together. In Lexington, Mass, we foundJean Soule Schragle still selling educationalliterature and getting in as much golf as pos-sible. A phone call found Eileen McQuillinBertalott enjoying her job (social worker tounwed mothers) but finding time to play golf.

It was great to get news from FlorenceCraff Backus. She is a free-lance portrait ar-tist and takes courses in same, plus land-scape, at the Alexandria, Va, Art League.She is also a World Book representative. Hertravels have been exotic! Two trips to China(once to Inner Mongolia), a temple tour ofPakistan and India, an art history tour toSicily, and recently one to Australia, NewZealand, and Fiji. She's on a sculpture com-mittee for selection of local sculpture and acommittee of 100—organized to help solvecommunity problems. Florence received herassociate's degree in fine arts in June '84 after2 tough yrs. She hikes, swims, and enjoys her2 sons and 1 granddaughter, 7.

At the time of writing, Evelyn OpdykeMueller was about to make the BIG MOVEto Fla, but not sure where. She has been do-ing part-time, intermittent market research.Evelyn has 8 children, and the youngest grad-uated from Tulane U last June, so she is "fin-ally free!" Evelyn organized the FISH ofDedham Inc, 15 yrs ago, and it is still goingstrong. She also has been very active in theAmerican Cancer Soc. Her travels have takenher on an African safari and include a hot-air-balloon ride, an Antarctic expedition, anda cruise of the Amazon River. She is also theproud grandmother of 4 and is already plan-ning to attend Reunion in '86. MargeHuber Robinson, 11915 Longleaf Lane,Houston, Texas 77024.

4 2 Help WantedThe campaign is on to get everyone to cometo Reunion, and we are going to need the helpof all those who read this column. Art Foster,Bellevue, Wash, Ted Ayers, Indianola,Wash, told me that seeing people is the mainreason everyone goes back. So we need your

help to accomplish this. How about a tele-phone campaign to reach everyone and askthem to come? Then we need a real good pro-gram for everyone. Dick Graham, Wash,DC, has some fine ideas that will involve usall and make it the Reunion we will remem-ber. I personally want a hospitality room.Can those wonderful hotel men fix us up anostalgia center that is like the old Dutch Kit-chen where we can talk, and drink and—mostimportant—sing? Bet they can.

And, let's have our Cornellian picture on apin, so we can identify ourselves as we used tobe, and be instantly recognizable. Any ideas?Will you help? Let me hear from you.

Jim Goodwillie is coming from Punta Gor-da, Fla, for Reunion. He parties in Dallas,Texas, golfs in Fla, and visits grandkids (6) inNC and Pa. Francis Gruen, Tonawanda, willsurely be there despite being busy with theTonawanda and Buffalo Historical Societies.He's also interested in military history, hav-ing served in the Coast Guard and being af-filiated with the cavalry. He takes trips toEngland and Wales.

Glen Hedrick, San Antonio, Texas, spunoff from Braniff after 36 yrs and Wilbur Her-bert, Wheat Ridge, Colo, ran away fromCoors Porcelain to go skiing, hiking, and bik-ing in the mts. He says no to Florida, but"Yes" to Reunion. Harry Kerr, Newfield ishappy taking care of his 3 grandchildrenwhile Bertram King continues his optometrypractice at 2 offices in Queens. Bert's sons areboth in medicine. He has toured Europe fromParis to Budapest. William Lawrence, Ro-chester, is serving as his wife LaverneStorey's eyes as they trailer to all parts of theUS. Nature photography is still his hobby.

Charles Leigh, San Diego, Cal, has been toanimal kingdoms all over the world and saysthere is no zoo like the San Diego Zoo andWild Animal Park. Charles directs the SanDiego Crew Classic, a major early-Apr annu-al rowing event on Mission Bay with partici-pants from clubs and colleges nationwide. Hecruised the South Pacific and toured the Pa-cific Northwest and Victoria.

The photo of (from left) Treasurer BurkeWright, President Betty McCabe, and DanaSeiler, Boston, is from last yr's super Yalegame mini-reunion party. They hope you'llall be at Princeton this Nov, and that you'llwrite to me. Carolyn Evans Finneran,2933 76th SE, #13D, Mercer Isl, Wash 98040;(206) 236-1020.

4 3 CollectorsRobert M Brown sent a news clip from theNY Times, July 28, '85, showing pictures ofAmerican and English antiques, including acherry corner cupboard, tilt-top tables, 19th-century chairs, and Seth Thomas clocks orig-inally made for export and recently reclaimedfrom English sources. All of the above wereshown by Bob's roommate, Bill MacRitchie,and wife Evelyn, at the Pottersville (NJ) An-tiques Show and Sale, the 1st wk of Aug.

Peg (Dilts) and Jim Lakis's son Doug (Ith-aca Coll '78) is teaching at the AmericanSchool of Switzerland, London branch. Theirdaughter Leslie graduated in '81 from BostonU School of Public Communications. Pegpasses on the info that Mary Beth Rolfs Lar-rabee and Don operate the State of Maine of-fice in Wash, DC. One responsibility is theCampobello historic site and meeting withtrustees, etc. YOU figure the et cetera.

Elizabeth Porter MacCallum moved to 112Merri Acres Lane, Hendersonville, NC, afterspending 37 yrs on Long Isl. She loves the"small-town" life, especially gardening. Shevisited China in '82. Her 4 children are scat-tered about the US.

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Flagwavers of '42 pause at a football gamemini-reunion in '84. (See column.)

Hedy wants all readers to know that sheappreciates and looks forward to MAIL.Both male and female. Get it ON! HedyNeutze Alles, 15 Oak Ridge Dr, Haddonfield,NJ 08033.

"Networking, a Cornell newsletter publishedby employees for employees" has reached mebecause that issue honored Wallace R Rogersfor his 38 yrs of dedicated and innovative ser-vice to Cornell. Turns out, for instance, thatback in '59 when then-President Malott askedWally, "If you can purchase a chair for myoffice, why can't you purchase a seat on anairplane?" The result was: Wally establishedan in-house university travel office and isnow considered a national guru for such. Inhis career he has been manager of purchases,director of general services, and director ofmaterials management, and responsible foremployees in graphic arts, general services,laundry, retail stores, inventory control, trav-el office, purchasing, office equipment cen-ter, Day Hall mail room, and records reten-tion. With only that on his plate, in the past40-odd yrs, little wonder he had plenty oftime to keep the Class of '43 afloat. Forwhich, many thanks.

Mary Louise '45 and I spent 3 gloriousdays as the guests of Ann (Aikman) '49 andWalter McQuade '47 at their 80-acre cliff-topestablishment on Long IsΓs North Shore.(Take the Midtown Tunnel to the Long IslExpressway; drift with the grid-lock for 1 zil-lion miles and presto! there you are.) On aclear night, which most of them are, you cansee across to Bridgeport, Conn. On a clearday—straight down 210 ft—you can see thebeach and the Sound. Another guest wasWalt's sailing instructor of 50 yrs ago, ChuckKingsley (Dartmouth '42), who gets men-tioned here because he greeted me with,"What happened on Nov 17, '40?" "RedFrizzel," (spelling?) I answered smartly.(What else would a Dartmouth man ask?)"Ah hah!" he roared, " I was thephotographer who took the movies that con-firmed the glorious 5th down." Well, we allknow nobody loves a smartass. Especially,one who hasn't repented after 45 yrs."Glorious," indeed! Meanwhile, Ann is part-time editing for Connoisseur, where Walt,haying retired from Fortune Magazine, iscontributing editor. Walt, who continues towrite for Fortune and others, last yr publish-ed an excellent book (I read it) on thebusiness workings—as opposed to the pureaesthetics—of the architecture game. Title:Architecture in the Real World.

Earlier this yr Bernard Potter joined thestudy tour of Hawaii held by Adult U (CAU).(Did we, by inverse implication, attend theChildren's U? Could be.)

Everyone within (a) the sound of my voiceand (b) 100 miles of New Haven, Conn, ishereby summoned to join the Jean Hammer-smith Wrights before the Yale game, Nov 9,in the vicinity of the tailgate of Burke '42.

My yearbook tells me that Ping-shen YenChin prepared at St John's U, Shanghai, andwas a member of CURW and CosmopolitanClub. A more recent reading—a press re-lease—reveals that she has been appointedvice president for program development ofthe International Inst of Rural Reconstruc-tion (IIRR), a non-profit organizaton whichhelps impoverished Third World farmersbuild a better life. In its social laboratory inthe Philippines, IIRR, founded in Chinamore than 60 yrs ago, continues to test andrefine practical approaches to long-range de-velopment which it then shares with develop-ment professionals thorughout the ThirdWorld. The Chins—he is an adviser atIBM—live in Pleasantville. (Any practical ap-proaches for the first world grape growers inthe Finger Lakes region?) S Miller Harris,PO Box 164, Spinnerstown, Pa 18968.

4 4 New York Party?No, not that of Ed Koch, but of '44. That isthe recommendation of both Hugo Gelardinand Jerry Tohn. When not busy making re-commendations or writing Reunion poems,Hugo serves as chairman, Jesup & LamontSecurities. In addition, he chairs the develop-ment committee of the Marymount Schoolboard of trustees and is a trustee of JoslinFoundation. He and Cordula live in NYC.Jerry is a little less restrictive—NYC or West-chester—perhaps because he and Deedy livein Larchmont. But he isn't closedminded. Hesuggested a small dinner dance, even thoughhe wrote with a cast on his left Achilles ten-don and a broken right collar bone. AndDeedy still has her right leg in a cast from askiing accident. But Jerry was more mobile inJuly when he and your correspondent wereAdult U (CAU) classmates in an outstandingcourse, Great Wines from Great Grapes.Even more important than the tendon im-provement, from the academic standpoint,was the ability to use the right arm in therigors of lifting all those glasses! But Jerrycame through in great shape, cheered on byhis sympathetic '44 classmate—whose finalgrade was much lower. Norm Bragar andFred Wall were also at CAU the same wk, butin different courses; ie, non-Reunion-preparing types. Also listed on the CAU

roster, but for a different wk, was AliceFrisbie Hall.

Al and Joanne Nixon (Wells '49) still holdforth in Westfield, with 100 acres of grapesand 100 purebred Angus beef cattle, and theindependent family-owned telephone busi-ness. Al was inducted into the NY State Tele-phone Assn Hall of Fame in '83. He and Jo-anne have 6 children. Two are Cornellians:Alexander '73 and Peter '75. One daughter isa Columbia graduate; 2, Ithaca College, andthe youngest is attending Ithaca College. Allthat Ithaca activity and no '44 Reunions! Justlike Charley Weiss, whose Reunion presencehasn't been felt for too long a time. Two ofhis sons are alumni: Andrew '71 and Nathan'80 did their undergraduate work at Cornell.From Norwich, Conn, Charley lists "tryingto get to Reunions" as his Cornell activity.Ted Taussig lists a similar thought: "Justwish Reunions and gatherings would workout around my schedule (which really isn'tthat busy) so I could make a few." Last yrTed wrote, "Wish I could come to this Re-union, but other duties (and bringing myketch up from Fla) prohibit that." Note toCharlie Williams, who exchanged with yourcorrespondent the role of president and hastaken over as Reunion chairman—make sureTed winters his boat in Cayuga Inlet '88-89!Also, make certain this correspondentdoesn't miss listing any classmates who at-tend the 45th. Erma Fuchs Packman com-plains, with justification, that she was notlisted as being with us at the 40th. "I was theonly one who attended who didn't get listedin Joe Driscoll's post-Reunion columns."Apologies! Since Charlie Williams will havethe pre- and post-Reunion duties, JJD shouldhave more time to put columns together onthe spot rather than shuffling papers in subse-quent wks.

Kippy Colman Bachman writes from Shak-er Hgts, Ohio: "Have 5-yr-old twin grand-sons who were born in Nairobi, Kenya; raisedin Mogadishu, Somalia; and now live inKingston, Jamaica. They call Copenhagen,Denmark, their home." Kippy has visitedthem in Copenhagen and in Kingston. She al-so visited her younger daughter, who worksfor TWA in Los Angeles, Cal. JoeDriscoll, 8-7 Wilde Ave, Drexel Hill, Pa19026.

4 5 Living It UpSome of us at Reunion stayed on at the tenton Fri night—Mary Jane Dilts Achey andGloria Marti, etc—living it up, dancing onthe grass, as in the '40s, until the band gaveup and the tent flaps went down. But FranShloss got up bright and early on Sat morningto enter the Reunion Run, probably the only'45er to enter. She came out with flying col-ors—the only woman in her age-group tofinish! You're a winner, Fran!

With all the talking, eating, and singing,don't think we missed seeing R N "Smokey"Adair in his black silk Hong Kong suit, moredashing ζhan ever. We understand the oil bus-iness in Calgary, Alta, Canada, still requireshis practiced know-how.

And, if you saw me buttonholing 4 class-mates and their husbands, it's because theirstory is of the kind of experience that makesReunions the place to come home to. BettyPlager Freint, Elayne Secus Friedman, TinaBerliss Rubenstein and Peggy Weil Kauf-mann were all freshmen together and havecontinued their friendship through jobs, mar-riage, children, grandchildren, and Reunions.The 8 of them often vacation together. The 4husbands get along great. When they had the1st notice of the 40th Reunion from, StanJohnson and Gloria Urban they tried to get 4

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motel rooms. There were none to be had.They called Stan and said, "If you want 8people for Reunion find us 4 motel roomsand we'll come." Stan said he knew just howto do it. He called Joe Minogue, now atIthaca College, and asked Joe to get 4 rooms.Two days and 2 phone calls later, the roomswere reserved at Ramada Inn, and we had thepleasure of the "Great Eight" with us.

If you don't think their family historiesaren't fabulous, come look at my scribblednotes. Two of the husbands took over theirwife's family business: Frank Rubensteinnow heads Tina's father's business, BerlissBearing Co; Dick Kaufmann is president ofthe Weil family's Devonshire Food Co, oneof the oldest melba toast companies. (Watchfor their latest product, "La Crunch.")Howard Friedman manufactures trimmingsfor the garment industry; Stanley Freint is adentist in Teaneck, NJ. Between the 4families I counted 24 degrees, 11 children,and 10 grandchildren.

Among '45ers back for Reunion for the 1sttime was Carl Whitman from Talahassee,Fla. Carl teaches math at Florida A&M. Hehas 4 children, all involved in interesting ac-tivities: One son is a physical therapist, and adaughter is at NC State, planning to go to theSorbonne next yr (partly because Carl'sbrother has a bookstore in Paris, France).Next time, Carl is going to bring his wife!

While waiting for the shuttle bus to theStatler I talked to Hank Berhardt and wifeLenora. Hank told me that in a recent '45 col-umn it was incorrectly stated that he had re-tired. He is still a busy engineer with the Divof Housing. It was Lenora who retired from25 yrs of teaching. She says she's at least asbusy as she ever was. They live in Great Neck.

The official tally for our Cornell Fund giv-ing was announced as $197,694. In case any-one doubts it, Cornell needs our money, andputs it to good use. Ed Leister agreed to con-tinue as treasurer so pay up, everybody.

No class function would be complete with-out Maxine Katz Morse, in there, encourag-ing the troops. Can you believe that StanJohnson and Gloria Urban agreed to contin-ue as Reunion Co-Chairs? That is the oldCornell spirit! They did a magnificent job forour 40th. It was fun celebrating Stan's birth-day at the class dinner. We shall be celebrat-ing the success of the Johnson-Urban 40thfor the next 5 yrs. Our grateful thanks.Eleanor Dickie Richardson, 1201 W US Hwy20, LaPorte, Ind 46350.

46 RoommatesThe gals in the photo get together often formini-reunions. In Feb '85 they and their hus-bands met at the time-share condo of Gordon'44 and Pris Alden Clement in Cancun, Mex-ico. From left to right: Pat Murtaugh Wood-worth of Cal; Joyce Manley Forney of Colo;Alice McKinney Luttrel of Wash; SaraMcKissock Vick of NY; and Priscilla, ofMass.

Joyce and Ross '48 have 6 children, age31-37, "and our kids are back in college!"Daughter Ellen, 33, is in her 3rd yr of U ofUtah Med College; daughter-in-law Debbie isworking on a degree in computer science at Uof Texas. The Forneys motorcycled fromDenver to San Diego, Cal, in Mar '85. Joyceis director, Women's Center at Red RocksCommunity College; Ross renovates fine oldhomes for resale in Denver. Elinor BaierKennedy, 503 Morris PI, Reading, Pa 19607.

47 Fall's ImpressionsFrom the vantage point of this columnist, it isvery easy to become truly impressed with the

A Mexican mini-reunion for '46 classmates.

various events swirling about the lives of fel-low '47ers. May 19, '85 saw more than 30 ofour classmates from commutable areas de-scend upon the lovely Ohaus house in NewVernon, NJ for a mini-reunion cocktail par-ty. Arranged by "Mike" Welsh Brown and"Sy" Yenoff Kingsly, at left and right, inphoto on following pg, the event was markedby a great dining room spread provided byhosts Bill '49 and Martha (Rausch). PeteSchwartz and Arlie Williamson Anderson,also in photo were there, as, amply punc-tuated with beverage and chatter, attendeesvainly tried to cover reminiscences of 40 yrs.Hang in there, folks, you'll have more time atthe LBAF Reunion '87; but it would be niceif, in the meantime, you showed off yourmemory photos in this column.

From her new condo address, 112 StoneMeadow, RR#2, S Salem, Lois Haigh Mannreports that while good little elves do themaintenance, she runs People Skills Labs, herconsulting firm which provides workshopsand guidance to beef up managerial skills incommunicating, listening, and interacting.Representing Wainwright House, Lois alsovolunteers her talents for monthly updateprograms at the UN. Last yr's summer relax-ation was provided by a Maine Islands sailingcruise with brother Jack as skipper, sister-in-law Debbie Holtan Haigh '46 as 1st mate,and Lois as chief, below deck. Son James is arestaurant manager and full-time student atBurlington College; daughter Elizabeth is afloral designer in Stamford, Conn.

When on the subject of floral design, it'simpossible not to note the activities of class-mates Vera Hakanson Fox and husband Ray-mond T '44, professor of floriculture andornamental horticulture, in the Ag College.Home is at 1479 Ellis Hollow Rd, Ithaca,from where they've taken frequent leave toserve as hosts on flower garden tours to theBritish Isles and other Western Europeancountries. For 4 hectic days last Jan, Ray-mond—with other professional designersthroughout the US—"volunteered" to workon a football-field-size display as part of thePresidential inaugural in DC; his own volun-teer work includes horticulture therapy withIthaca area senior citizens. Jay Milner,1673 Limerick Lane, Dresher, Pa 19025.

4 8 Small WorldFernando Cordovez, Aragua, Venezuela, re-cently visited Indonesia, Singapore, andThailand as a guest of the Indonesian Soc ofSugar Cane Technologists. In the past yr, Jim

and Jackie Smith Flournoy have married offa son and daughter, a niece and nephew(property of Jon Ayers '50 and Cynthia(Smith) '52), and another nephew (son ofHugh Flournoy '50), and have spent monthsat sea on their "Sabre 34." Jim still runs amarketing business when on shore, andJackie is flag secretary of Cedar Pt YachtClub.

Lillian Soelle Austin and Ted visited Cozu-mel and were escorted by young female ('81Hotel School) then traveled to Burgundy on awine-tasting trip bumping into Herb '68 andYonna Schulman.

That's all the news we had in Aug for thiscolumn. Send your cards, letters (anddues). Bob Persons, 102 Reid Ave, PortWashington, NY 11050.

4 9 Coming Home?Homecoming this year falls on the weekendof Oct 26 (Dartmouth). Although at this earlydate (Aug 10), no class activity has beenplanned for that weekend, you may be certain'49ers will be in evidence.

Every now and then, a classmate steps for-ward and eases the burden of assembling thiscolumn by supplying a detailed account of re-cent activities. Such classmates are immedi-ately sheltered by the Benevolent & ProtectiveOrder of Class Secretaries and also nomi-nated for entrance into our private sector ofValhalla. Our latest candidate is CarmenHill, Iradell Rd, Ithaca, who will be remem-bered from undergrad days as an oarsman ofdistinction. He is a member of Phi Kappa PsiFraternity, which in those days attractedmany crew men, including Paul Ingalls andJohn Palmer. Carm is still swinging his oar atalumni crew outings at Homecoming andReunion when former crewmen take over theInlet. Although rowing is not a seasonalsport, as training continues all yr long, hefound time for Red Key, Ho-Nun-De-Kah,Willard Straight committees and SphinxHead.

After graduation, Carm stayed in theIthaca area and joined the MassachusettsMutual Life Ins Co as a field underwriter.Over the yrs he achieved the designations ofchartered life underwriter (CLU) andchartered financial counselor (CFC). He hasbeen awarded the Mass Mutual "LifetimeLeader" honor for his sales production. Buteven after 32 yrs with the same company,retirement is furthest from his mind. Recent-ly, his wife Sandra (Brink), MS'77, and hewere acclaimed by the Historic Ithaca Trustfor their accurate restoration of a derelictGreek revival farmhouse located at Glen-

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/Λ Λfew Jersey, '47ers gather. (See column.)

wood Farm. Carm is also involved in localDemocratic politics and Planned Parent-hood, an organization that he sponsored inthe Ithaca area back in '65.

Sondra Schilling Greenberg, Liberty Rd,Englewood, NJ, writes that "Seven yrs asmayor of Englewood was a tremendous chal-lenge. My new challenge is a business of myown—flower arranging. I'm very proud ofdaughter Ricki, who with her husband BobCarroll developed their New England Cheese-making Supply Co, that was featured on theToday Show and in the NY Times. The Car-rolls were invited to the Ag Campus to speakto the National Cheesemaking Soc, last yr.Daughter Marcy and her husband Hans areweavers and work with exceptional children.Son Peter develops and manufacturesspecialized solar hot water heaters." That isquite an exceptional family!

Leo Regulski, Chinaberry Rd, Clearwater,Fla, has taken partial retirement. No more8-am-to-5-pm office days. Instead, Lee hasfound a new cause for his available time: TheClearwater City Commission. He was electedin Feb '85 to a 2-yr term.

From time to time, I've mentioned Adult U(CAU) and some of its activities. Well, class-mates have always found time to enjoy a wkor so, on campus and off. A recent partici-pant was Herman Harrow, Martin Ave, PaloAlto, Cal, who left his consulting businessand tennis playing last May and early Junefor a 3-wk sojourn in Russia under the aus-pices of CAU.

Fred and Renee Wolf McKible, MeadowSt, Newburgh, now boast a 2nd grandson,born last July. I want to know how come Ihaven't produced a son or daughter or, infact, have no children to speak of. I guessthat's why class secretaries are re-elected . . .lotsa time.

You've heard of the Center for PerformingArts. Well, the Class of '49 has pledged achair. (It's right next to my chair!) DonaldR Geery, 321 E 45th St, Apt 8B, NYC 10017.

5 0 Older and WiserAug is serving up one of its real steamers atthis writing, but Oct should be working itsmagic as you read this, and where else but onthe Hill have you enjoyed as much the chang-ing of the seasons? Homecoming Weekendand the Dartmouth game will faring many ofus back on Oct 25-26. Hopefully, the isobarswill be a little more felicitously arranged overIthaca than they were during our lst-everhome game in '46. Colgate and the Big Red

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could have held a water polo match in thatdeluge, and may have, for what one was ableto see of it from the crescent. We sat there,soaking up rain and school spirit, committedto see that last closing sweep of the clock'shands. Today, pragmatism being one of thefringe benefits of advancing yrs, how manyof us would make an expedient and guilt-freedash back to the Barton Hall luncheon beforethey had cleared away the desserts and cof-fee? There are advantages in not being 20.Which have you enjoyed finding?

We'll share with you here next month someof the impressions of the 35th Reunion exper-ience of a number of classmates, with specialinterest in the reflections on those severaldays by folks returning for the 1st time sincegraduation. In the meantime, here's morepre-Reunion news.

Sally Sennewald Myers and Dick sent theirregrets about missing the 35th, but Dick'snew company, Advance Stainless Mfg, is justgetting off the ground. Other regrets camefrom Sylvia Suchoff Marantz, who was plan-ning a June wedding of daughter Susan toRobert Carroll '76. Husband Ken '49 is chair-man of art education, Ohio State; son Alec'sbook, On the Nature of Grammatical Rela-tions (MIT Press), is in its 2nd printing; anddaughter Janet translated for the press at theLos Angeles Olympics.

William Behr, back for Reunion, is enjoy-ing retirement at a new address: PO Box 252,E Marion. Bud and Nada have 3 children:Pam '77; Sue (Syracuse '81); and Tom, whoexpects to graduate from the Maritime Acad-emy in Jan '86. Bud is on the board oftrustees, Eastern Long Isl Hospital. FrederickBlumberg has just joined the law firm of Pep-per, Hamilton and Sheetz as a partner tohead their national real estate group. Fredhas a beach house on Hilton Head Isl, SC.William Brockway retired on Apr 30, after 34yrs with DuPont. He and Cass had 2 Ail-American swimmers at Shippensburg U (Pa)last yr. Albert Fonda writes from a new ad-dress, Fonda Engineering Assoc, 58 SusanDr, King of Prussia, Pa: "As of Reunion inJune, we will have completed 3 of 4 weddingsin 9 months: daughter Jill's, in Oct '84; myown 2nd in Nov, daughter Elaine's in May,and son Dave's to follow in June. Plus gradu-ation of the youngest of 5, Janet, in May. Mywork is as a consulting engineer in litigation.I used to say Perry Mason with a slide rule,now I say Quincy with a calculator. WifeMuriel is an RN with a degree in counseling,in transition from one career to another." Aland Muriel are enjoying a custom-builttownhouse with cathedral ceiling and hottub! Janet is awaiting confirmation that she

will be playing semi-pro basketball in Swedennext yr.

Richard Gordon is in marketing/engineer-ing of vessel traffic management systems(radar, etc). He writes of progeny Merle, 32,and Mike, 28: "Merle (Vassar and Yale) is aspecial projects director with RKO Video.Mike (SUNY, Binghamton) is a manager inthe Inst for Social Living." Dick has traveledrecently on business to Singapore and to Pu-erto Rico on vacation. William Hagel is presi-dent of Arbormet Ltd, metallurgical consul-tants. He has 3 daughters, 29, 28, and 22, anda granddaughter, 2. J Peter Holbein, PO Box4637, Biloxi, Miss, writes: "Finally sold ourhome in Mich and am now building ourretirement home on the TchoutacabouffaRiver at Biloxi. Doing some consulting on ex-port marketing of agricultural products."Richard Pogue is natl managing partner ofthe law firm Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue.He and wife Patricia last vacationed inJapan, visiting daughter Tracy (Princeton'81), who was teaching English to students inTokyo. Son Mark (Williams '78, HarvardLaw '83) is an attorney with the civil div, USDept of Justice. Son David was to havegraduated from Yale by now.

Art and Lorraine Kahn have written to saythey were indeed at Reunion, despite thecomputer glitch that left them off the listpublished here last month. They are lookingforward to the class photo, as are we all. Get-ting us all in one spot and quiet, even briefly,wasn't easy for the photographer. He mighthave caught more of the spirit of the occasionif he had snapped that predictable shout thatgoes up after they call 'That's it." That surewas it. You should have been there. EChapin Davis, PO Box 2318, Duxbury, Mass02331; also, Libby Severinghaus Warner, 36Crosby Brown Rd, Gladwyne, Pa 19035.

51 Productive PastimesPhyllis Fein Bobrow (Mrs Henry, JD '52), 19Rectory Lane, Scarsdale, writes that their Febtrip to Aruba was their 10th one. They havemade many friends who are Arubian andothers from other countries. Henry is an at-torney in NYC, is on the board of directors ofJewish Child Care Agency, president of NatlPatent Model Foundation of the SmithsonianInst, and on the Univ Council. Phyllis saysthat she is probably among the last of the"volunteers." She keeps very busy withSecondary Schools Committee, having justco-chaired with sister Lucille Fein Saunders'54 a very successful brunch for Westchesterand Rockland Alumni Assns. She has alsobeen appointed for the 2nd yr as chairpersonof the Advisory Council to the Disabled forthe Village of Scarsdale. She feels they havereally made inroads, with the public librarynow in the process of putting in automaticdoors and redoing the rest rooms to makethem accessible. They are conducting an ac-cessibility study in the village and hope tohave the £ame success as last yr, when the vil-lage purchased an infra-red hearing systemfor the hearing impaired on their recommen-dation. It is portable and will be used in 2public buildings where meetings are con-ducted. (Cornell, take note!). The Bobrowsclaim 2 alumni children: Joanne '76 (Arts);and Richard '79 (Hotel).

Theodora Frizzell (Mrs Tom M Frick),5450 Topping PI, Charlotte, NC, has 3 off-spring, Ted Duncan (MS Chem Eng, NCState U); Pat Duncan (PhD, ornamental hor-ticulture, Ohio State U); and Richard Duncan(BS Aero Eng, NC State U). The latter hasjust started with Beechcraft in Wichita, Kans.Todi is in the process of raising a step-family,10-22. (Her own family ranges 23-31.) Re-

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ceiving her RN from Central Piedmont Com-munity College in '77, she works part time atCharlotte Memorial Hospital. Tom is con-struction estimator, Metroline Builders,Charlotte. Civic and leisure activities includeSt Lukes Lutheran Church and square danc-ing. Recent travel was to MyrtleBeach—"where else!" Todi is looking for-ward to our Reunion.

Sabra "Piper" Baker Staley (Mrs Dick),1221 S Buchanan St, Arlington, Va, reports 2children, 2 stepsons, and 7 grandchildren.Her son and a stepson are of the back-to-the-earth generation—both have bought moun-tain tops in Va and live in shacks whiledreaming of building their own houses. Onehas mules, goats, chickens; the other gardens;but both are married to lovely, capable wivesand raising children. Both are in the construc-tion trades. "Gung-ho the pioneers!" Piperworks for CLOSE UP Foundation, in thewinter, which brings high school youngstersto DC in plane-load lots (1,200 per wk) tostudy the government, close up. Kids from all50 states and several foreign countries haveattended. In the summer, she directs camp,usually Girl Scout camps. This summer ('85)in Eastern NC, under tall pine trees. Shesends a message to keep giving news of JanetArmstrong and her condors: "It's fun tofollow the sequence of her birding!" DeliaKrause Thielen, 320 Drew Park Dr, LakeCharles, La 70601.

5 2 Heat WaveIn Oct it's hard to remember mid-Aug Wash,DC, heat and humidity, but if you've beenhere during a summer hot spell, you knowwhat I mean. In addition to solemn 40-yr re-membrances of the war-ending atomic bombdevastation at Hiroshima and Nagasaki andthe joyous end of World War II, this Aug wasmade more bearable by a visit with Jack andPat Bradt, and their daughter Julie. Pat wasin DC on a 2-month environmental sciencefellowship from the American Assn for theAdvancement of Science, working at EPA.She worked hard amidst a lot of other hard-working, under-staffed professionals, andleft with a continuing conviction that muchmore needs to be done to begin to deal withthe threat posed by acid rain. Meanwhile, ourclass president was basking in the admirationof friends, colleagues, and classmates uponbeing named Small Business Man of the Yearfor the mid-Atlantic region that includes Pa,Del, Md, Va, WVa, and DC. The SBA awardwas made to Jack at a special ceremony inMay. Jack's firm, SI Handling Systems Inc,has sales over $30 million, a work force ofnearly 300, and subsidiaries in Britain, WestGermany, and a joint venture in Japan. Ontop of that, Jack was chief cook and bottle-washer at home in Easton, Pa, during thesummer, while Pat was in DC.

Other news of classmates, from earlier re-ports: Walt Harrison, 817 Sfo Ct, Stanford,Cal, and Lucky (Carϊey), MEd '53, cele-brated their 30th wedding anniversary in July'84 in Mazatlan, Mexico. Two yrs before,Walt was on sabbatical in Stuttgart, WestGermany. Their 4 boys are all in school orworking. Barton M Hay ward, Camden Mili-tary Academy, Camden, SC, is in his 3rd yras academic dean at SC's only boys' militaryboarding school, after retiring as a US Armycol in '82. Bart and Evelyn have 2 grandchil-dren, and usually spend each Christmas withtheir daughter in Bullhead City, Ariz, whichconsiders itself the hottest place in the US.

Donald E Henn, 17 Maxwell Ct, Hunting-ton, and his wife visited Robert M Maloney'53 in Houston, Texas, in June '84; traveledto New Zealand, Tahiti, and the Society

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Islands; and in '83 saw their son graduatefrom Rochester Inst of Tech and theirdaughter get married. Richard L Hunt, 20Florence Ave, Morristown, NJ, and Judyhave 5 children, ranging from age 22 on up,and 2 grandchildren in elementary school.They enjoyed a leisurely "See the USA" autotrip from Cal to Morristown, via the South-ern route (probably Rte 66?) a yr ago lastspring.

William Ispirian, 535 W Mariposa, Phoe-nix, Ariz, is a stockbroker who finds that hik-ing and gardening provide pleasant diversionsfrom tracking the market all day. Robert DJensen, 73 Elm St, Westfield, has just com-pleted 26 yrs as manager for IE-Welch FoodsInc. Bob and Kathryn D "Dee" have 3children, 26, 29, and 31. Peter L Jenner, 22Forster Rd, Manchester, Me is director ofnew product planning for Ulitede Corp, "areal creative challenge." Pete and Joan spentsome time in France last yr; enjoy sailing,photography, and furniture making; andhave 5 daughters, 16-28. Joan is an artist;they are both active in civic organizations,such as the school board and thesymphony. Phil Fleming, 1970 Upshur St,NW, Wash, DC 20011.

5 3 Class FlickJack Otter (photo) has been named sr vicepresident and director, national broadcast, atMcCann-Erickson, NYC. Jack's career in-cludes 20 yrs at NBC Television, where, at 32,he was the company's youngest vice presi-dent. He was also head of network program-ming at SSC & B, and has been active in in-dustry associations. He and his wife and 2children live in NYC. At Cornell, Jack di-rected Octagon shows and Deke housepar-ties.

Klaus Brinkmann's daughter Ardys was re-cently chosen Miss Teen-age NY, and willrepresent the state in the national competitionin Duluth, Minn. She'll also be a freshman atCornell, joining brother Stephen '86, who'spresident of Alpha Delta Phi. Klaus is headof Brinkmann Instruments Co, WestburyLong Isl, a div of Sybron. Dr Donald Reiswas married in Apr to Cornelia LangerNoland. Don is distinguished professor ofneurology and director of the laboratory of

neurobiology at NY Hospital-Cornell Medi-cal Center.

Up in Rochester, John McCarthy has beennamed to the board of directors of MonroeSavings Bank. Mac is vice president and assis-tant director, corporate relations, of EastmanKodak, where he has been since '53. He wasnamed to his present post in '82.

Caroline Mulford Owens has been namededitor and public relations director for OurTown Publications, a series of communityguides designed to introduce the towns ofConn to new residents. Judy Resnik Chabondoes career counseling for spouses of relocat-ing executives, working with a managementconsulting firm in Alexandria, Va. ColyerCrutn is James R Williston professor of in-vestment management at Harvard BusinessSchool. He and Lois (Dodd) have a daughterWendy Susan '86—their 3rd on the Hill.Adult U (CAU) tours are popular with class-mates. Claire Engle took the "Voyage of theSea Cloud" last Jan, and Ned Nolan, a week-end in the Adirondacks to study winter ecol-ogy.

Activities, activities: October 13, classbrunch in the West Lounge, Statler Inn,10:00 to 11:30 am. For information, contactRay Handlan, 120 E Buffalo St, Ithaca; (607)277-2666. October 26, Homecoming—pre-Dartmouth-game tailgating. Nov 26, footballfestivities at Princeton. And, next Jan 25, the1st Annual Midwinter Dinner Dance, a black-tie affair at the Union League Club, NYC.Invitations will go out later this yr. Markyour calendar, now.

Clark and Claire Moran Ford have madeseveral copies of Clark's videotape of our30th Reunion available for the class's use. Ifyou're having a Cornell party, inviting afriend in, making a pitch to the Jάds, or justwant to relive the weekend, borrow one. Con-tact Claire at 16 Timber Lane, Westport,Conn 06880; (203) 227-1562. VHS only.

What else is going on out there? DaveKopko, Box 569, Chatham, NJ 07928.

5 4 More Right MovesIf you read our Sept column you know that asignificant number of classmates continue tomove on . . . to new homes, new professionalduties, new life experiences. This month'scolumn highlights more of the "movers"!The David and Sharon Narins family becameresidents of Albuquerque, NM, within thepast yr, a move they had wanted to make fora long time. Now they're happily living in a"mud house." David, a capt for AmericanAirlines, toured South Africa for 3 wks lastyr with his children. Paula, 23, a PhD candi-date at the U of Chicago, graduated withhonors from there in '83. Joshua, 13, and Ra-chel, 11, are at home with mom and dad at513 Chamiso Lane, NW. So is Monty, thefamily's pet python!

Lucinda Noble assumed another importantresponsibility this past summer when she waselected to the board of trustees of the Tom-pkins County Trust Co. Cindy is director ofCoop Extension at the Ag and Hum Ec Col-leges. She is also associate dean and pro-fessor, human service studies, in Hum Ec.Last yr, Cindy was among 75 home econo-mists nationally to be honored for their pro-fession by the American Home EconomicsAssn as part of its 75th anniversary. Cindylives at 197 Christopher Lane, Ithaca.

Sally Ann Wood Schenker and Steve '51,MD '55, have a commuting marriage. Sallyresides in Nashville, Tenn, where she teachesLatin at 2 high schools. Steve practicesmedicine in San Antonio, Texas, serving ashead of gastroenterology at the U of Texas.Their family includes Julie, 28, married and

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living in Nashville with her husband and 2children; Steven, 27, recently graduated fromthe U of Texas School of Architecture;David, 25, married and living in Berkeley,Cal, where he is a doctoral candidate in theclassics program; twins Andrew and Jenny,20, jrs at Brown and Vanderbilt, respectively.You can reach the Schenkers at 403 S WilsonBlvd, Nashville.

Jim Shoffner and wife Jan enjoy resortlife, full time, at 25 Duck Hawk, HiltonHead, SC. He still flies and plays the sr tennistournaments. Professionally, he's a land de-veloper at Hilton Head, while Jan manages aclothing shop. Travel for business and plea-sure takes Paul Nemiroff to many places,here and abroad. His work involves the pro-duction of major films and videotapes forbusiness and industry. Wife Maxine is an in-terior decorator, specializing in residentialand some office projects. Their grown chil-dren are Audrey, 29, a SUNY, Stony Brook,alum with an MA in biology from Adelphi;and Steven, 26, an NYU Film School grad,currently pursuing the film business in NYC.The Nemiroffs reside at 152 Cold Spring Rd,Syosset.

Donald Clark's wife Dana is also an interi-or designer, while Don is active inhotel/motel management. The Clarks live inAltamonte Springs, Fla. Don, a member ofthe Orlando Development Board and presi-dent of the local Cornell Club chapter, findstime to golf, too. The family includes DonnaSue, 25; Kim, 19; Page, 18; and Jason, 15.Mail will reach Don at 165 Whooping Loopin Altamonte Springs. Barbara SchicklerHankins has gone back to school. Her goal isa master's degree in professional accountingat the U of Texas in Austin. Barbara and Phil'52 reside at 3501 Scenic Hills Dr, Austin,where she presides over the city's largestneighborhood association. Sorscha Brod-sky Meyer, 517 Foxwood Dr, Clifton Park,NY 12065.

5 5 Revolving DoorReunion memories linger! For those unfor-tunates who were not able to be in Ithaca lastJune for the 30th, here is the slate of new of-ficers for the coming 5 yrs:

Dick Strazza moves up from vice presidentto president. He succeeds John Davidge, whoably led the class with the help of his hard-working wife Jean. Fortunately, Dick is mar-ried to a classmate so he too will have helpfrom the hard-working Pat (Peterson).

Virginia Wallace Panzer foresakes hertypewriter as class correspondent to becomevice president, a well deserved reward! EdArps becomes our new secretary, replacingme, who replaces Ginny as class correspon-dent. It really is a revolving door!

Jacqueline Covert is the new treasurer.May she have as good luck with interest ratesand making the '55 nest egg grow as did herpredecessors Vera (Steiner) and Joe Simon.

Our Reunion chairs—the 2 Joans(Weisberg-Belden and Steiner-Stone) areback by popular demand. And, because theirjob looked like such "fun," Elizabeth "Hil-ly" McCann Dearden and Philip Harveyhave decided to help put together the 35th.

Having polled those that partied during the30th, we all vote for a return to SheldonCourt. David Sheffield is taking a year's sab-batical from the co-class correspondent'schores, but will return in '87 with the com-bined men's and women's column.

Jay Hyman and Joan Steiner Stone willhead the Cornell Fund for the next 5 yrs andare counting on our continued support. Weare also counting on your support throughthe class dues which entitle you to receive the

Alumni News and other class information.Jacqueline will soon be sending out those bills(a mere $20). For my sake, please fill out theform with news of you and your family.

There are still some copies of the class di-rectory available. It lists names, addresses,and phone numbers of the entire class, bothalphabetically and by state. It costs $4.50(check payable to Cornell Univ) and can beobtained by writing to Alumni Affairs, 626Thurston Ave, Ithaca 14850.

Now, some news from our overseas class-mates: Philip Alkon and wife Sally are plan-ning a 6-month sabbatical in the US at the Uof Minn and U of Cal, Davis. Phil is sr scien-tist in ecology at the Blaustein Inst for DesertResearch in Israel. Sally also works at the Instas an English typist and editor. They have 2teenage boys, the oldest, Danny, 17, is in-volved in soccer and basketball, while Avi isfollowing the quieter pursuits of computersand writing. Phil would like to know if thereare other Cornellians in Israel who would liketo establish a Cornell Club there.

Another classmate in the Middle East isFrank Ryan, who is investment manager forthe Abu Dhabi Investment Authority in theUnited Arab Emirates. His wife Catherine isa computer programmer there. Their oldestchild, Nicole Melia, is at Choate, where she isclass president and a member of the varsityteams in ice hockey, softball, and field hock-ey. Their 2 younger sons are at the AmericanSchool in Abu Dhabi.

For those of you who like to ski in the sum-mer, make note of Henry Purcell's address inSantiago, Chile. He runs ski resorts in Portil-lo and La Parua. His 4 children are all in col-lege in the US; daughter Karen '87 is in HumEc.

Madrid Spain, is residence for PhilippeMocquard and his wife Maria Vittoria Pavo-lini. He is managing director of a group ofSpanish hotels and restaurants. Unfortunate-ly, he doesn't tell us which ones or offer anydiscounts for Cornellians. For those of youwho might be planning a trip to Spain this yr,Philippe's address is listed in the class direc-tory.

And, as for your class correspondent, sheis heading for the beaches of Jamaica for anextended vacation with husband Bud, who isworking for the Jamaican government, train-ing reporters for the country's wire serviceJAMPRESS.

News about American-based classmatesnext month. Anne Morrisy Merick, 5004Sangamore Rd, Bethesda, Md 20816.

5 6 The Right TrackThe 30th Reunion express is now in high gearwith our beloved President Ernest L Sternleading the way. This past June a meeting washeld at my home with about 25 steering com-mittee members in attendance. Although thefundraising efforts have started successfully,everyone's help is needed. We need as muchmoney and as many donors as possible tobreak the all-time record. We will do it in '86with your help. Call me at 1-800-221-3744 ifyou have any questions about Reunion.

The "big dipper," Jon Lindseth, has beenvery busy of late, both in his own business ac-tivities and in Cornell affairs. I enjoyedspeaking to him recently and know he is asactive and as peppery as ever. Our class willalways be indebted to him for leading the wayto new records. Someday he will be appointedtrustee and he will be terrific.

Martin Blatt continues to be an outstand-ing attorney and entrepreneur in AtlanticCity, NJ. He resides with wife Marjorie at3201 Atlantic Ave and is the father of 3.Duke will be back for our Reunion! Bill

Gardner and wife Rita are in the restaurantbusiness in Colo, where they may be foundvia PO Box 938, Steamboat Springs. Two oftheir 3 offspring graduate this yr from col-lege.

Bob Goodman is sr labor counsel and di-rector of human resources at GAF Corp. His2 boys attended Cornell and Swarthmore.Bob and wife Eleanor reside at 35 Faith Lane,Aberdeen, NJ. Harry Keller is still in Ithacaat 213 Texas Lane. All 3 of his children haveeither graduated or are still attending the Ho-tel School, where Harry is in charge of alum-ni affairs.

Thank you, Marc Meshorer, for payingyour class dues as usual, but we would love toknow something about what you are doing!Fred and Norma Mintz of 300 De Mott Ave,Rockville Centre, have been doing a lot oftraveling: Israel, Barbados, and France havebeen their latest stops. It was nice hearingfrom Alan and Muriel Taylor Pense, whowrote from their home at 2227 West Blvd,Bethlehem, Pa. Alan is associate dean at Le-high, while Muriel is a science and languageteacher in their hometown. They are theparents of 3.

Dick Powell is with Borg Warner Chemi-cals and lives with wife Dolores at 144 N HillsDr in Parkersburg, W Va. His hobby is col-lecting Presidential books. Another recentcall went out to "The Kritzer," Dan Silver-berg, who has an adorable wife Gail and 2dynamite daughters, 4ιΔ and 23. Yes, fans,we all know Kritzer is amazing; anyone wish-ing to share in his secret elixer may write to 5Pepper Creek Dr, Pepper Pike, Ohio.

The best quote from our class news sheetscame from Eric H Truhol of 41 Colonial Rd,Grosse Pte Shores, Mich, who said, "Nonews is good news." This man must live anexciting life! Larry Brown is head of the bonddept at the Northern Trust Co in Chicago, 111.All 3 of his sons are married and attended In-diana U. He and wife Ann make their homeat 201 Michigan Ave. High wood, 111.

Some names from your past: C M Burgher,DVM, 990 Rt 202, Somerville, NJ; Edward HHanis, 995 Waterloo St, London, Qnt, Cana-da. Jack Shirman of 5055 Upland Game,Roanoke, Va, is president of a new ITT divdeveloping new fiber optics. He and wifeNatalie have a son who was just married and2 daughters, one a 2nd-yr medstudent. Stephen Kittenplan, 1165 ParkAve, New York, NY 10128.

"We are very proud of our 3 Cornelliandaμghters," writes Barbara Allen Grambow.Debbie '79, married to John Kateski '79 is aspecial ed teacher. Bonnie '84, is now in theVet College Class of '88. Nancy '85 majoredin microbiology and was head chimesmasterin her sr yr. Barbara and Dick, DVM '57,climbed the bell tower stairs to see and hearher play . . . such nostalgia! The Grambows'address: 3705 W Genesee St, Syracuse.

Ellen Shelby Singleton Lawrence is di-vorced and living in England. She is editorfor Foreign Broadcast Information Sevice.Last summer she housed 2 boys from Rutgerswho were rowing in the Henley Regatta. Ellentook a bike trip in Southern France in Sept'84, did cross-country skiing in Scotland inMar '85. Son Charles, 20, took a yr off fromElon College, NC, to get the "English ex-perience," and is working in a pub. Suziespent her freshman yr at Ithaca College'sLondon program. She is now a jr atRandolph-Macon College in Va. Ellen's ad-dress is FBIS/Coversham, American Em-bassy Box 40, Henley-on-Thames. RG 91BP.

Politics is now a hobby for Vivian Good-rich Schmidt. She is a homemaker and activeparticipant in League of Women Voters,

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Democratic party, and local activities.William '55 manages a fleet of 400 barges onthe Mississippi for Bunge Corp. DaughterElizabeth was married last summer ('84) andnow lives in Columbia, Mo, where she is do-ing graduate work in microbiology at the Uof Mo, Columbia. Vivian's address is: 200Dielman Rd, St Louis, Mo.

Catherine Welch Wiesckhoff is active in lo-cal village life in England and is a Pony Clubteacher. Her husband, Harry '55 is a capt inthe US Navy. Their 3 children are all universi-ty graduates. Ken, 26, works for ScientificCalculations; Cathy, 25, is self employed inhorses—she gained some notoriety by ridinga mule in competitive 1-day events and waswritten up in Equus and Smithsonianmagazines; Christy, 24, manages a singingtelegram company. Catherine helps run inter-national horse events. She does free-lancewriting for horse magazines, sews, reads,cycles, and drives horses. Address: Box 3636,APO, NY 09127.

Martha (Bentel) and Jim Lovell live in SanJose, Cal, at 1090 Mitchell Ct. She teachesspecial ed and math. Daughter Lois, 24, stu-died law at U of Cal, Hastings. Jim, 23, grad-uated from U of Cal, Berkeley, and is teach-ing high school.

Just addresses: June Hercek Kildea, Rte 6,Box 188, Charlottesville, Va; Gwen Groh-mann desCognets, PO Box 13, Lincoln Cen-ter; Evelyn Margulies Yudowitz, 485 WarrenSt, Brookline, Mass; Jane Apple Wolff, 95Joralemon St, Brooklyn; Janis PulsiferFishman, 40 Sycamore Rd, Princeton, NJ;Dr Joyce Kerr, 7234 Dockside Lane, Colum-bia, Mo. Rita Rausch Moelis, 996Wateredge PI, Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557.

57 Here & AbroadOlga Duntuch Krell continues as edi-tor/publisher of CAS A Claudia in Brazil.She travels constantly—to Europe for busi-ness and to the US for pleasure and business,seeing her former roommate, Bobby ReddenLearner, in Denver, Colo. Olga's eldest son,Charles '82, is managing director for a luxuryhotel chain in northeast Brazil, and Robert(U of Denver '84) is the marketing managerfor Brazil's largest video manufacturer. Lisais a freshman in high school. Olga is presidentof the Cornell Club in Sao Paulo. SylviaWestheimer Goldbas lives in Livingston, NJ,and works for her husband, who is a car-diologist. The Goldbases have 3 daughters.

The UK has been a travel destination forsome of our classmates in recent months.Nancy Kressler Lawley, Wynnewood, Pa,was in England last Nov to visit her daughter,who was at the London School of Econom-ics. Nancy works in real estate in the Philasuburbs. Alan and Judy Richter Levy took agolf vacation to Scotland in June. Judy andAlan still have their law firm in NYC andmay be able to add a family member in thefuture, as Doug (U of Mich '85) is headed forlaw school this fall. Susan is a jr at Duke, butwill spend part of the yr studying in Spain. InAug, Priscilla Kiefer Parrish moved to Lon-don for a yr, while her husband Stephen, pro-fessor of English in the Arts College pursueshis academic interest, having received anNEH fellowship and a Guggenheim.

Susan Davidson Braun, San Diego, Cal, isfounder and president of an academic boost-er club for gifted students at her high school.It must work, as her oldest daughter receiveda master's in English literature at the U ofChicago and is now at Boalt Law, U of Cal,Berkeley. Dan is at Princeton, and Ben won amost outstanding jr award at his high school.Susan travels with her husband, a handsurgeon, when he lectures in such places as

Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan. Judy Reusswig,5401 Westbard, #1109 Bethesda, Md 20816.

58 Barrel ScrapingsWell 'mates, except for the few scraps ofnews below, remaining from '84, we have nomore news. Hopefully, again, we will all haveheard from President Mike Griffinger re:News & Dues by the time you read this. As Iwrite this note (mid-Aug), a call is expectedfrom Mike to determine how stands the classnewsletter. Jan Arps Jarvie and I will lookfor more NEWS soon; Connie Case Haggardwill especially look for DUES with which topay the class bills, now quite behind.

Murray Gallant is now the president of alarger firm, having merged his electronicscompany with another one. Murray, Bry-anne, and Deborah and Eric hail from NewHaven, Conn (631 Whitney Ave).

We end with several names and addressesof classmates, finishing off all contact with'84: Linda Schneelock Jones (575 MontereyAve, Pelham Manor); Rosemary KingsburyKahn (2274 SE 23rd PI, Issaquah, Wash);Bruce Keeney (RD1, Box 246A, Ft Plain);Rudolph Metzner (533 McBride Dr, Lafay-ette, Cal); Robert J Task (3 E 77th St, NYC);Dr Maurice "Reese" Markewich (BeaconHill Rd, Pleasantville).

I hope to see you all again here soon. If notnext time, it will be the first "miss" in about10 yrs. Cheers! Dick Haggard, 1207 NashDr, Ft Washington, Pa 19034.

59 Yes, Yes, Yes!It's time to send your class dues! Thereminder letter should have arrived in yourmailbox several wks ago. Dig it out fromunderneath all those wonderful postcardsfrom summer vacationers and ACT NOW!Remember, too, to send some news. Let usknow what you've been doing, where you'vebeen, what your plans are for the comingmonths. Write lots! (Yes, your classmatesreally do want to see your name in print.)

When talking with other '59ers, remindthem to pay dues so they, too, can keep in-formed on what's happening among thisgrand group of people. For me, who's a5-minute walk from the best ice cream makerin Conn, the best news of the month comesnot from a classmate but from Reubin An-dres of the NIH Gerontology ResearchCenter. It's OK—in fact it's desirable, hesays—to experience a moderate weight gainin middle age. How wonderful not to feelguilty every time I dig into a dish of "cream'n cashews."

More good news: though the Class of '60set some impressive new Reunion records thispast June, our class still holds the record forthe most donors (750) and the most Reunionattendees (425) for a 25th Reunion.

Remember to mark your calendars for ournext class event: a party at the home of Liz(Fuchs) '58 and Steve Fillo in Princeton, NJ,following the Cornell-Princeton footballgame, Nov 23. Liz is having a brand new kit-chen built for the occasion!

Ever feel stumped by some of the categor-ies on the dues notice? Wonder why youshould list nicknames and interesting pets?Wonder what is meant by "familyactivities?" Most '59ers leave these blank orgive rather mundane responses. But every sooften . . . . Irv Anderson writes that fightingis the family activity. (Perhaps the issue ofdebate is who will walk their interesting pet, adog named Tubby.) And, Bernard Rothmanreports under family activities that he mar-ried Harriet Katzin this past spring. Congrat-ulations!

Steve Friedman of NYC is one of 2 Gold-man, Sachs partners named to head thefirm's fixed-income div, starting in Dec '85.Steve, who is currently head of the invest-ment banking div, joined the firm 20 yrs ago.Dave Menard of Villanova, Pa, half-ownerof Colmen Management Co, a Phila manage-ment consulting firm, reports that he recentlyestablished 2 new business ventures: ColmenInternational Ltd, to manage the firm's fi-nancial consulting activities in Europe andthe Far East, and Colmen Capital Co, tomanage the firm's venture capital activities.Mike Handler, vice president of network engi-neering and planning at Pacific Bell in SanFrancisco, Cal, played a key role in the firm'sdevelopment of technology that will allow asingle telephone line to simultaneously carry2 voice conversations and 5 streams of data.The product is expected to be popular withresidential and small-business computerusers, who cannot now speak on the tele-phone while their computer is using the line.

Frank Smith of Corning has been spendinghis time far from home. For more than a yrhe's been working in Queretaro, Mexico, as aconsultant for Industrias Ingersoll-Rand.This has limited pursuit of his hobby, raisingand training horses. At present, Frank has 10palaminos and appaloosas. Anthony Robin-son, York, Pa, writes that he and his wifeNancy "ride to the hounds." They fox huntwith the Rose Tree Hounds, the oldest con-tinuous private pack in the US.

Parisians Mimi (Niepold) and Paul Homewere in Japan and Bangkok earlier this yr."It was utterly fascinating to compare the 2countries," writes Mimi, "both so differentfrom any other we have seen." Joan AppelLees traveled to China in Apr, Ellie Apple-whaite went to Hawaii in Aug, and I am plan-ning to spend Sept in England and Morocco,far from my interesting pet and that deliciousice cream. Ellie, who attended a CornellDramatic Club reunion on campus in June,reports chatting with Dr Walter Stainton '19,who taught the flicks course beloved by many'59ers, and Prof Darkes Albright, who headedthe dept of speech and drama during ourtime.

It is with great sadness that I report the be-reavement of 2 classmates. Our deepest sym-pathy goes to Clare Fencil Ramage, whosehusband Edward '31 passed away last Nov,and to Cyrus Knowles, whose wife Pat (Still-man) died in May. Jenny Tesar, 97AChestnut Hill Village, Bethel, Conn 06801.

6 0 Big MoneyThe photo records that wonderful momentafter the class gift had been presented to Pres-ident Rhodes at the conclusion of the 25thReunion banquet. Shown, from left, are JimCarter, Lois Lundberg Carter, Carl Johnson,Dave Flinn, Steve Russell, President Rhodes,Lenny Stark, Carol Sue Epstein Hai, SuePhelps Day, Dave Ahl, and Gail TaylorHodges. When the tally was finally made, ourclass gift totalled $2,529,856, the largest everfor a Cornell 25th campaign. As PresidentSue Day has noted, "We all should be veryproud of our accomplishment, and much ap-preciation goes to Carl and Steve and theircommittee."

Sept 1, a newsletter recapping Reunion wasto be sent to all degree-holders in the classand to non-degreeholders who attended Re-union or contributed to the campaign or theyearbook. If you haven't already paid classdues for this yr, please return the encloseddues form with your news as soon as possible.Your contribution keeps the Alumni Newscoming to you and helps the class meet run-ning expenses, and your news will help keep

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The university receives a record 25thReunion gift from the Class of '60.

this column going. I am very much in need ofnews that was not included in the Reunionyearbook.

In addition to the class officers listed in lastmonth's column, we have also elected the fol-lowing regional vice presidents to assist inmaking an efficient class network around thecountry: Dave Ahl, Jim and Lois LundbergCarter, Steve Conn, Dick Ewing, Carol SueEpstein Hai, Irene Kleinsinger, Mike Marks,Margaret McPhee Miano, Tom Pedulla, RonPereira, George Roberts, Steve Russell, JackSadusky, Rick Schlingman, Ev Seyler, RaySkadden, Allyn Smith, Tillie Guttman Speck,Dick and Sue Jobes Thatcher, Van Travis.Please contact a class council member in yourarea if you want to share ideas for the class.Addresses can be found in the directory sentto you last yr, the yearbook, or the newslettermentioned above, which includes addresschanges and additions.

Homecoming, Oct 25-26, affords an op-portunity for classmates to get together.Look for council members and others at theBarton Hall luncheon and Decade Party afterthe game under the '60 logo banner.

Elizabeth Horowitz Levy reports a fantas-tic Adult U (CAU) voyage on the Sea Cloudlast Jan, and that she does a lot of Cornellphonathoning. Gerald Lucha, with SRI Inter-national at Stanford, has worked in Korea,Thailand, and Israel since graduation. Thesedays he travels mostly to US client locationsand has taken up running semi-seriously,resulting in his once again weighing what hedid in '60. Aileen Easton Merriam can nowbe reached at RR 3, Manotich, Ont, Canada.

R Scott Scheer, MD, is now president anddirector of Medical Imaging Services, a radi-ological and allied sciences firm that servicesseveral hospitals and private medical officesin the Phila, Pa, area. He is medical directorof Mobil Ultrasound of Africa and serves asexpert consultant to forensic medical ad-visory services. He obtained his MD from Uof Buffalo School of Med in '65 and served 2yrs as chief medical officer, US Army. Withwife Beverly and family, he lives in ValleyForge, Pa. Daughter Kirsten Leigh is atBoston U's College of Communications, anddaughter Laura Lynn graduated in June fromthe Shipley School. Pete Ten Eyck reports:"Still raising apples after raising 3 kids.Remarried in Sept '84 to Rose-Marie Weber,PhD '65. Home address is: Indian LadderFarms, Voorheesville." Gail Taylor

Hodges, 1257 W Deer Path, Lake Forest, 11160045.

61 Success StoriesBrenda Zeller Rosenbaum and Paul '75 areliving with their 2 sons in Wayland, Mass.Brenda is administrative coordinator of acontinuing education program at Brandeis Uand managing editor of a new journal of ex-plorations in Judaism called New Traditions.She was also expecting a book out in June,published by St Martin's Press: How toAvoid the Evil Eye, a humorous treatment ofJewish superstition. Paul is president of acomputer-related company, Proteon Inc.

Lola Green, her husband Walter, and twinsons Jason and Jonathon live in Glen Cove.The boys were to head off to Dartmouth andIthaca College this fall, so educational ex-penses are on the rise. Lola is a personalgrowth speaker and author of travel guidesand other books. She is into all kinds of sideventures. I see the Greens quite often asWalter is chief executive officer and chair-man of 9 Harrison Conference Centersthroughout the country. As a member of theYoung Presidents' Organization (YPO) wesee them in various interesting places aroundthe world, such as in South Africa, last fall.

Richard Roguvin, wife Linda, and 3 chil-dren live in Columbus, Ohio. Richard is anattorney, while Linda is president of Basketof Joy—a gift service for executives. JerryElbaum and wife Judy (Brody) '62 live in WHartford, Conn. They have a boy at Wesley-an, another at Yale, and a girl waiting in thewings in high school. Jerry practices law.Anne Klein Rothman and Lewis live inCloster, NJ, with their 3 children. Lew is aneuroradiologist and Anne is a high schoolguidance counselor.

Joanne "Irish" McCully lives in BonitaSprings, Fla, with her son Kevin, 15. SonRick is at Colby College. Joanne is banquetmanager and purchasing agent for the250-seat McCully's Rooftop Restaurant. Sheis also a scuba-dive travel consultant for localtravel agencies. She is one of only 110 womendive masters certified to organize and leadunderwater expeditions. Joanne reports that"2 yrs ago, due to a tumor in my optic nerve,I was blind in 1 eye and underwent a frontalcrainiotomy for the tumor's removal. To myknowledge, I am the only diver on record toresume diving successfully after brain sur-gery. Brain surgeons said it couldn't bedone—but I've logged dives as deep as 100 ftwith ease since June '84."

Tom Appleton lives in Hidden Hills, Cal.He is an investor with an avid hobby flying asa private pilot. Tom has 3 children—1 at theU of Southern Cal and the others getting inline to spend good college money. Sylvia Cot-tingham Smyth lives in New Delhi, India,with her husband Richard, '55-60 Grad. Theyhave adopted 5 Indian children, and nowhave 8 grandchildren under 6 yrs of age. Syl-via set up a department of vocal music andteaches at Delhi School of Music. Richard isan Asian Pacific regional consultant forUnited Bible Studies, with a specialization inhuman resource development.

John King and his wife Susan (Boesel) '62live in San Rafael, Cal, with their 2 children.John is manager of a research group doingprocess development for chemicals used in oiland gasoline for Chevron Corp. Sue is an at-torney in family law, practicing in San Fran-cisco. The Kings spent last Oct with PederGaalaas and his wife Tony (Gailey) '65 attheir home outside Wash, DC.

Keep those letters coming. Ken Blan-chard, c/o Blanchard Training and Develop-ment Inc, 125 State PI, Escondido, Cal92025; also, Joe McKay, c/o Kline-McKay,Inc, 14 E 60th St, NYC 10022.

62 Keep in TouchBecause of the recently distributed Class of'62 name and address directory, Jan McClay-ton Crites asked me to pinch hit a few wordsfor her. All of you should have received acopy by now. Let Jan or me know if youhaven't. The purpose of the directory is tohelp each of us maintain contact with asmany of our classmates as possible in prepa-ration for our 25th Reunion, coming up inJune '87, 20 months from now.

This directory is the 1st step in locating allof us, so we can publish an updated Reunionyearbook in '87. If any of you would like tohelp us with this publication, contact Jan orme. We plan to include some old material,and new material such as family, occupation,company, title, location, and maybe someshort personal prose for those so inclined. So,get out your directory and call up someoneand find out what they have been up to.Write down that news, briefly, and send it toJan.

Some brief news came my way about Wil-liam T Boggess. Bill was named vice presidentof marketing for Morse Industrial Corp. Henow has strategic planning and marketing re-sponsibilities for all Morse products. Billjoined the Morse sales training program backin '62. Congratulations are also in order forAndrew B Samet, who was named secretaryof the Allied Corp, Morris,N J. A resident ofMendham, NJ, he ws previously with Bendixas associate general counsel, prior to themerger of the 2 firms. Andrew obtained hisJD from NYU and was associated withHughes Hubbard & Reed in NY.

Unusual news concerns John Whitefield, alarge animal vet in Hopewell Junction. Johnis heavy into airplane rallies. He qualified forthe NY-to-Paris TransAtlantic Air Rally heldearlier this yr, one of 70, out of 1,500 en-trants. I am anxious to hear from John abouthow he made out on the 9-day, 11-stop,5,000-mile trip, which coincided with the '85Paris Air Show. Mike Duesing, 13 Bitter-sweet Rd, Weston, Conn 06883.

63 Glad and SadFirst the good news. Among '63ers elected topositions are Thomas E Newman, MD, Chiefof Staff, St Mary's Hospital, and Peter Nuss-baum, Democratic Central Committee, andchairperson, lawyer delegates to the 9th Cir-

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cuit Judicial Conference. Suzanne Young Al-len writes, "Have recently been elected to theinternational board of directors of the Assnof Junior Leagues. Husband E R "Ned" is inreal estate development—owns 5 mobilehome retirement communities in centralFla." The Aliens are building a new home onIntracoastal and are also the owner of a"6-month-old Amazon parrot, Puffer, with a10-word vocabulary, already!" US Steel hasappointed John J Mangan as sr general at-torney, international trade. John is a member"of the American, Customs & InternationalTrade, and Allegheny County Bar Assns."

Thomas Hall Beeby, director of School ofArchitecture, U of 111, Chicago, has been ap-pointed dean of the School of Architecture atYale. (He holds the M Arch degree '65 fromYale.) The Yale alumni magazine reports,"Among his awards are: The American Instof Architects national design award for theNorth Shore Congregation Israel, '84; theProgressive Architecture citation for the HildRegional Library, '83; The Progressive Ar-chitecture citation for the Champaign PublicLibrary; and 8 AIA, Chicago chapter, build-ing awards . . . Beeby's wife Kirsten, trainedas an architect, has worked with him for thepast 12 yrs."

Also in the news, Sally G Ziegler has beenpromoted to vice president at the main officeof Citizens Bank in Ithaca. Sally is on theboard of IACC Day Care Center and is amember of the Tompkins County Chamberof Commerce. The NY Times calls Jules BKroll, "Wall Street's Private Eye!" Jules, alawyer and former assistant district attorneyin Manhattan, is a "specialist in corporate in-telligence," called in by take-over targets,banks, and investment bankers to help per-form due diligence investigations or to gaininformation to stop a raider; in Phillips Pet-roleum's case, T Boone Pickens.

Under the heading of new jobs, CarolWestenhoefer Anderson writes, "I just grad-uated from the U of Miami School of Law,magna cum laude, and will soon transferfrom my position as a county personnel ad-ministrator to one as an assistant county at-torney. Judy Fischer Reinach's new job is asfinance director of the Republican Party ofDade County. Address: 2905 Salzedo, CoralGables. She writes, "Jeb Bush (son of VicePresident Bush) is chairman of RepublicanParty. I'd love to hear from alumni whowould like to become involved. Headquartersphone: (305) 443-1676." James C RichardsIII has a new job as vice president, Jones-Hamilton Co, Newark, Cal, responsible fordevelopment of growth businesses. J C andBarbara "Bobby" (Boicourt) had a mini-reunion with Sandy (Luburg) and JohnBeeman, Larry Dirksen, Barbara StrongWinslow, W E "Jim" Klippert, and PeterLee at Joan Rasmussen McGee's last fall.Madeleine Leston Meehan invites classmatesin the Hamptons to visit her studio (516)324-0604. She was to exhibit at KramorisGalleria, Sag Harbor, June 14-July 7; atElaine Benson Gallery, opening July 27.

Dick Gibson writes sad news: "My dearestCornell friend (and fraternity brother)George P Hibbard died at Memorial-SloanKettering Hospital of cancer in Feb. He wasan unforgettable character, and truly will bemissed by many in our class. RIP, dearHibbs." Condolences to parents, Mr and MrsArthur P Hibbard '30. Condolences, too, onthe death of James A Martis Jr.

Back to good news: Dr Lee Papyanopouloshas been named director of Columbia U Busi-ness School's information technology proj-ect, a project launched with a gift from IBMto develop innovative software for manage-ment education. Lee is a tenured associate

professor in the quantitative studies area, anda consultant to courts and municipalities ofNY State on representative government andreapportionment.

"I am now teaching clogging. Clogging isan American folk dance that developed inAppalachian areas and has many steps de-rived from their ethnic dances. I still squaredance. We attended our 6th Natl SquareDance Convention, held in Baltimore, Md. Itraveled to Yellowstone Inst to take coursesin animal sign and wilderness horsepackery.Also continued on the committee that runssquare dancing at Hunter Country Music Fes-tival (Hunter Mt)," writes Joyce RippolonCullen.

R Garret Demarest, director of MunsonMedical Center's health promotion programhas been swimming, bicycling, running (Bos-ton and Chicago Marathons), cross-countryskiing, and enters triathlons! He says, "LoveTraverse City (Mich)!" Barbara MendelAceti's company produces and markets 3 in-ventions, while husband Joe is CBS sportsdirector. Andrew C Rigrod is an attorney inthe entertainment field and Carol Mills Lucasis service coordinator manager, ColdwillBanker relocation; husband Dick is sr vicepresident, Geico Corp. Dee Abbott, 236Puritan Rd, Fairfield, Conn 06430; telephone(203) 259-1268, (800) 243-2918.

6 4 Autumnal NoticesWelcome to fall! If you can make it to cam-pus for Homecoming Weekend, you can seeother classmates at our era's Sat cocktail par-ty. Check elsewhere in this magazine for thetimes and locations of the weekend's events.

Congrats are again in order for 9 class-mates. Last yr, Richard and Judy SchneiderStern welcomed their 1st child/son to theirhome (still 3260 Beechwood Dr, Lafayette,Cal). Judy, professor of nutrition at U ofCal, Davis, teaches and does research onobesity, writes a monthly column for VogueMagazine, called "Your Diet," and travels alot to speak about nutrition to professionaland nonprofessional groups. Two more '64writers have had books published lately.Herbert Korpell, MD, 2232 Carleton St,Berkeley, Cal, had How You Can Help: AGuide for Families of Psychiatric HospitalPatients published in May '84; and HelenSchwartz, 63 Strafford Lane, Rochester,Mich, had Interactive Writing—Composingwith a Word Processor published last spring.She says it's the 1st college textbook integrat-ing word processing throughout the writingprocess.

Last June, Diana Gillett Plotkin, 112-3268th Rd, Forest Hills, graduated from Benja-min Cardozo Law School and has begunwork as an associate at Finley, Kumble, Wag-ner, Heine, Underberg, Manley & Casey(whew!) in Manhattan. Now that her daugh-ter has graduated from college and her 2teenage sons are in school in Israel, Diana hasmore time to enjoy skiing and trav-el—including her recent trip to Israel. In Aug'84, Toby Kleban Levine, 7906 InvernessRidge Rd, Potomac, Md, left the Wash, DC,PBS TV station to form Toby Levine Com-munications. Her recent business trip to Lon-don, England, to spend a wk at BBC turnedinto vacation when husband Andy and their 2daughters met her and they spent 2 wks inFrance.

In July '84, Thorn Chirurg sold his interna-tional investment management business,which specializes in currency arbitrage, to asubsidiary of Prudential Assurance of theUK. He didn't say whether he was still work-ing at his firm, but he and wife Lynne still liveat 2115 Bush, San Francisco, Cal. After 5 yrs

as special assistant to the president of Metro-politan Museum of Art, Lynda Gould (301 E69th St, NYC) is now executive vice presi-dent, American Hospital of Paris Founda-tion. Great perk: late last spring she spent 6wks of business/pleasure in France.

Two of the Cornell Clubs have classmatesas president this yr: Karl Miller, 308 S Smed-ley St, Phila, Pa, of CC of Greater Philadel-phia; and Jane Loomis Dunham, CC ofHouston. Jane, international student advisorat U of Houston, husband Cleon '63, andtheir 3 sons still live at 9922 Emnora, Hous-ton, Texas.

At least 5 classmates have children at Cor-nell who have not been mentioned in this col-umn. Emmett "Mac" and Carol BrittonMacCorkle's son is a sophomore ('88); theyare still at 1060 Continental Dr, Menlo Park,Cal. Malcolm Scherz's stepdaughter is in theAg College; and Bill and Carole Elliott Oli-ver's daughter Shelley Jill '88 is in Hotel. Lin-da Fienberg's son, a 4th-generation Cornel-lian, and Terry (Schwartz) '66 and JeroldRuderman's daughter were both to becomefreshmen ('89). The last 4 sent news abouttheir own lives, too.

Malcolm, a clinical psychologist and direc-tor of a private clinic called The Third Foun-dation, opened in Dec '84, is on the Secon-dary Schools Committee (ASSC). He andwife Ellen, who have 5 children left at home(247 Cromwell Ave, State Isl), enjoyed tour-ing Northern Italy by car in June '84. Bill andCarole have only 1 of 3 still at home (9 W HillSt, Baltimore, Md). Bill runs a marine/an-tique business, is an avid sailor, and is restor-ing a vintage sailboat to prime condition.Carole is a vice president with Paine Webber.Both work on the ASSC.

Linda and husband Jeffrey Bauman, whohave 3 other children, traveled to NorthwestCanada in summer '84 and to Europe lastsummer. At home (3125 Beech St, NW,Wash, DC), Linda is associate generalcounsel at the Securities and Exchange Com-mission. Terry and Jerry now have the houseto themselves (at 18 Ridgedale Rd,Scarsdale). Jerry, still a partner in the lawfirm Rood, Schwartz, Cohen & Ruderman, ison the Board of the Cornell Alumni Assn ofWestchester; Terry is deputy county attorneyfor Westchester County.

Karen Gauz Venezky wrote that she waselected president of the Northern SeaboardRegion of Hadassah and serves on the nation-al board. Karen, husband Richard, and their2 teenage daughters still hang their hats at 206Hullihen Dr, Newark, Del.

Four classmates sent just changes of ad-dress: Barry Ruth, from Kenilworth, NJ, to147 W 22nd St, NYC; Jennefer Austin Hirsh-berg, 10 blocks north to 3939 McKinley St,NW, Wash, DC; Burton Page, from Tops-field, Mass, back to Lynnfield, Mass, 427

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Walnut St; and Edward French, DVM, in-town to 129 Queensbury Ave, RD 1, GlensFalls. I'm still in place, the easier for you towrite me with your news and views as wemove into mid-autumn—traditionally, thetime for alums to renew acquaintances.• Bev Johns Lamont, 720 Chestnut St,Deerfield, 111 60015.

65 Super-ClassMore news of Reunion: from NJ came StanAronson (E Windsor); Jay and Carol BeckBienstock (also E Windsor); Fred Forbes(Gloucester City); Anne Evans Gibbons(Morristown); Selma Umanov Goldstein(Chatham); Susan Weeks Jackson (Hacken-sack); Jaxon and Arlene Helfrich Teck(Rockaway); Howie Zukerman (Mor-ganville); and Penny Skitol Haitkin (UpperSaddle River). Congratulations to Penny,who will be a key person for our 25th Re-union!

From Pa: Jenny Rink Albany (Christiana);Fay Thomas Bakhru (Glen Mills); Judy PoolPerlman (Allentown); John and Rena Roths-child (Dallas); and George and Judy Arangio(Allentown). Congratulations to George,who will be a key person for our 25th Re-union!

From Colo came Norm Abramson (Vail);and Jamie and Betty Bowler Moffatt (Little-ton). From Conn: Mo and Corky Klug Hoag(Westport); and Ed Kelman (Stamford). Reu-nion News will continue; here are mailbagitems:

From the Ithaca Journal: Frank Proto(Cannonbrook Farms, 2585 Slaterville Rd,Caroline) represents the towns of Carolineand Danby on the Tompkins County Boardof Representatives. He strives for a healthybalance of economic development, environ-mental concerns, public safety, human ser-vices, farmers and business people. Namedlast yr to fill an unexpired term, he an-nounced in May his intention to seek a full4-yr term in this fall's election.

Hahnemann U in Phila, Pa, announcesthat Dr Carole A Long, Associate professorof microbiology and immunology, wasawarded the 1st Linus A Pauling faculty re-search award for distinguished research. Thisaward, plus a substantial grant, waspresented in June in Phila.

Martin S Baker, a partner in the NYC firmof Rosenman, Colin, Freund, Lewis &Cohen, was elected chairman of the NY StateBar Assn's (NYSBA) 700-member environ-mental law section. He received his law de-gree from American U in Wash, DC. Amongmany other civic and law activities, he is amember of the neighborhood preservationcommittee of the Federation of Jewish Phil-anthropies. The NYSBA is the largest volun-tary bar assn in the nation. Congratulationsto Paul L Friedman, who has been electedpresident of the Bar Assn of Wash, DC, the2nd largest in the nation. Paul is a past-president of our class and was a member ofthe nominating committee at Reunion.

We're sorry to announce the death of CarlF Joslin of Chelsea, Vt, in May '84. He wasfrom Boonville and recieved a BS in ag edu-cation. Kenneth S Balmas of Belmont, passedon in Jan '85. Our condolences to familiesand friends. Scot MacEwan, 2065 NWFlanders, Portland, Ore 97209.

66 Revving UpAnticipation of our 20th Reunion has promp-ted many classmates to send news, after manyyrs of little Cornell contact. Leonora GrayGulick Rueppel, one of my sr-yr roommates,has written of her busy family and work life.

Gray has returned to work as a chemistryprofessor at Miramie Community College,primarily teaching organic chemistry. Herhusband Mel is a director of research at Mon-santo and has been doing some internationaltraveling related to his job. Like so many ofus, Gray spends her after-work hrs chauf-feuring children to lessons, practices, games,etc. The Rueppels, including John, 14, Jeff,11, and Becky, 8, live at 954 Whitecliff Dr,Kirkwood, Mo.

Mike and Elizabeth "Liz" Rapoport Sliveand daughter Anna returned to Hanover,NH, after 2 yrs in Cal and 2 yrs in Ithaca.Mike has opened his own law firm and hassports law as a sub-speciality. Liz works parttime as an administrative assistant to a couplewho teach emotional and communicationskills. In '84 Liz traveled to Finland with hersister-in-law Arja Rapoport. The Slives nowreside at 18 Maple St, Hanover.

Nancy Melzak Corbin has developed herown business as a professional calligrapher.She has a busy practice with many executiveaccounts. In summer '84, Nancy, husbandLee, Greg, 11, and Dan, 8, attended Adult U(CAU). She reports that the program is wellrun by classmate Ralph Janis and that herfamily had plans to return in '85. The Cor-bins are at 48 Lookout Circle, Larchmont.

Linda Rokeach Danas is back in NYC aftera sabbatical in '83-84. She had taken the op-portunity to attend some Cornell-relatedfunctions during that time. She would like tosee more activities such as tailgate picnics andcocktail parties with classes of the mid-'60s.As such opportunities become available inthis pre-Reunion yr, we should all make aneffort to participate in them. Linda can bereached at 166 E 63rd St, NY.

A promotion in '84 made Jane MontagEvans the plans and controls manager forIBM's administrative headquarters in Bethes-da, Md. The Evanses—Jane, Larry, Chad, 9,and David, 7—are enjoying their new homeat 6600 Quaker Ridge Rd, Rockville, Md.Another classmate who received a promotionwas Carol Farren. She is now director offacility planning at Warner Communications.Carol lives at 301 E 48th St, Apt 2K, NYC.Another New Yorker, Susan Frame, writesthat she completed psychoanalytic training atthe William Alanson White Inst in Nov '84.Sue lives at 11 E 88th St.

Some addresses only: Virginia WaltersWatford, 3096 Nestall Rd, Laguna Beach,Cal; Joanne Biancaniello Wills, 6 BuckridgeDr, Wilmington, Del; V Maureen Tosi Ando-la, 226B South St, Highland; Gail Richards,5020 Sherman Blvd, Galveston, Texas; EdithLerner Reeser, 14250 Caves Rd, Novelty,Ohio; Ann Newman, 4508 Clovelly Ct, In-dianapolis, Ind.

HOLD THE DATE: SAT, NOV9—Toasting the 20th Reunion yr of the Classof '66, the Classes of '64-68 are joining to-gether for football and festivities at New Ha-ven, Conn, for the Cornell vs Yale Game. Ifyou plan to be on the East Coast, contactAlice Katz Berglas at (212) 288-0464. MauriceCerulli and David Lande are helping plan theevent.

Class survey questionnaires are now beingcollated for our special class directory. JuneMacdonald, Larry Eisen, Andy Berger, andLarry Graev have all been working on theformat. (Please do send in yours, eventhough the reply date has passed!)

SUMMER REVIEW: Lorrie SilvermanSamburg and Alice met in Wash, DC, andcontacted some '66ers: Candy Moore Har-rington, Margie Axtell, Sue MaldonStregack, and Elliot Fiedler. From their en-thusiasm, it looks as though '66 Washingto-nians (and their neighbors in Va and Md) will

be well represented at our 20th Reunion.John Monroe says the Californians are com-ing, too!

We welcome YOUR help in some impor-tant Reunion roles: Cornell Fund campaigncommittee, affinity group leaders (frats/ sor-orities/clubs/sports), regional chairmen.Join the fun by helping us round up yourfriends, so they'll all be with you in IthacaJune 12-15, '86. Contact: Lorrie, reunionleader, 1206 Stable Gate Ct, McLean, Va; tel-ephone (703) 821-2211. Susan RockfordBittker, 424 Pea Pond Rd, Katonah, NY10536.

67 August in OctoberDr Robert E Black, 315 Kerneway, Balti-more, Md, an expert on infectious diseasesand vaccine development and testing, hasbeen named chairman of the dept of interna-tional health at the Johns Hopkins School ofPublic Health. "Dr Black is a preeminentfigure in immunization research, particularlythat of diarrheal diseases, which affect thelives of millions in developing nations,"noted Dr D A Henderson, dean of the school,in announcing the appointment. Dr Blackpreviously directed the epidemiology sectionat the U of Md School of Medicine and serv-ed at the Centers for Disease Control, Atlan-ta, Ga; and the Intl Centre for DiarrhealDisease Research, Dacca, Bangladesh.

Alan I Becker, 203 Ravine Rd, Hinsdale,111, reports that his law firm just completed amerger to form the firm of Burditt, Bowles &Radzius Ltd, in Chicago, 111, and Wash, DC:"No vacation," he adds, "but I spent 3months in Kansas City, Mo, trying an an-titrust case—and now know every restaurantthere." Alan M Wright, 35 Del Oaks Dr,Madisonville, La, married Kathy Dugas, aCPA and graduate of the U of New Orleans,in St Thomas, VI, in Dec '83: "We movedacross Lake Pontchartrain to a new housewith deck for partying!"

Craig E Bush, 105 Stratford Rd, Walling-ford, Pa, is natl sales manager for AnsutechInc, which designs and constructs air separa-tion plants. He's treasurer of the CornellClub of Greater Phila and wife Deborah(Weyant) '69 is a director of the club and aUniv Council member. Son Josh, 7, is in 2ndgrade and interested in soccer and Indianguides. Dr Norman Wald, 80 Brackett Rd,Newton, Mass, is an ophthalmologist with 2children, Joanna, 9, and Samuel, 5.

Harriet Hecht Gould, 23 Westfield Dr,Brockton, Mass, was finishing up law schoolat Northeastern U when she wrote last yr(sorry about the delays the volume of mailcauses hereabouts) and planning to work witha major Boston law firm this fall. ChildrenStephanie, 13, and Gregory, 10, are movingonward and upward. Harriet reports seeingRoy Schoenfield at the Cornell-New EnglandILR alumni dinner last spring. Dr Alan HRich man, 25 Punch Bowl Dr, Westport,Conn, is chairman of the radiology dept,Norwalk Hospital; skis at Chamonix; haddinner with Michael Bank; and daughter Jes-sica is 6.

Roger K Foulkes, 3 Brewster Rd, Wayland,Mass, is a pension investment manager forDigital Equipment. Son Christopher is 4.Connie Blaser Rubin, 6218 Mountain BrookWay, Atlanta, Ga, does "bookkeeping andpart-time work (occasionally full-time) in[husband] Roy's orthopedic surgical office."Daughter Heather, 14, is in high school; Lisa,10, in 4th grade; and Hal, 4, preschool. Con-nie saw Carol Farber Wolf, 96 Lake Dr, WWayne, NJ, her old roommate, in NYC lastspring and reports that Carol co-owns an adagency there.

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John E Lyncheski, 202 Eton Rd, Pitts-burgh, Pa, filed a complete athletic report:when he's not busy as a management laborattorney, he's a member of "Cornell's victor-ious golf team in the Pittsburgh Ivy Leaguegolf outing" and observing the doings of sonsJohn, 16, and Marc, 14, and daughterKristin, 9: "John and Marc both start andkick for their respective football teams andare into soccer over their ears. Kristin isworking on being the next Mary Lou Retton.All are above-average golfers."

Karen Giventer Michelson, 2810 InvernessDr, La Jolla, Cal, describes her work as"home management—taught exercises—andskilled chauffeur" for children Kerith, 12,Seth, 9, and Matthew, 5. Her husband Jo-seph met Martha Gale while lecturing inPhila, Pa. Senetta Hill Koch, 45 W Shore Rd,Manhasset, has worked with J C Penney for11 yrs in systems and data processing. LouiseElving, 36 Cottage St, Cambridge, Mass, re-ports that she and husband Stephen Carr, ar-chitect, renovated their 1840s Greek Revivalhouse last yr. Louise does housing develop-ment on behalf of Boston community groups.

Stephen E Canter, Barkers Point Rd,Sands Point, is in investment management,has 3 children—Stephen, 14, Marigrace, 11,and Joanna, 5—and saw Bob Remer '68. Da-vid Ayres, 11 Owenoke Way, Riverside,Conn, advises that he and wife Jean and chil-dren Jennifer, 14, and Geoff, 10, vacation at"our condo in Daytona Beach Shores each yrand also rent it out for 6 months." StewartEsposito, 27 Redwood Ave, Larkspur, Cal, ischief executive officer of Werner Erhard andAssociates. He reports a major change hasbeen the retirement, after 13 yrs, of Est train-ing and its replacement with "a new eventcalled the Forum." Son Stew Jr, 17, com-pleted a yr with the Mission Vieho swimmingmachine, is aiming for the '88 Olympics.

A few addresses-only: Karen Kritz Demet-riou, 3360 Foss Dr, Saginaw, Mich; Henry APitt, 16915 Dulee Ynez Lane, PacificPalisades, Cal; Robert F Benjamin, 315Rover Blvd, Los Alamos, NM; Dr Noel Rel-yea, 5 Aronimink Dr, Newark, Del; David CCampbell, 4617 Huggins St, San Diego, Cal;Katherine K Rohlfs, 607 NW 19th St, MineralWells, Tex; Dr George F Heinrich, 270Market St, Saddle Brook, NJ; and JudithKlimpl Blitz, 9415 Crosby Rd, Silver Spring,Md. Richard B Hoffmann, 2925 28th St,NW, Wash, DC 20008.

68 Enjoying LifeHappy Oct! I hope you have all had a verygood summer. Starting off with some corpor-ate news, a release from CIGNA Corp re-ports that Lawrence B Stevenson has beenappointed director, claims, in the group in-surance and services div in the employe bene-fits and health care div. He is relocating tothe company's Bloomfield, Conn, main of-fice from Cincinnati, Ohio. Another news re-lease reports that Robert M Brandon, a resi-dent of Newton, Mass, has been appointedassociate-in-charge-of-architecture at S E AConsultants Inc, an architecture and engi-neering firm with offices in Boston, Port-land, Me, and in Conn.

Yvonne Redlin Picard reports that she isenjoying life in San Francisco, Cal, with chil-dren Deborah, 16, and David, 13. Yvonne isa partner in an investment firm and keeps fitteaching aerobics.

I am sorry to report information receivedregarding the death of Barbara J Miracle, inMay '85. Barbara lived in Anchorage, Alas-ka, and is survived by her husband StephenHart. His address is 1001 W 19th, Anchor-age, Alaska 99503.

Kitty Geis Daly and Ned '67 live in Wash,Conn. Kitty reports having seen Sue Whittierin Phila, Pa. Pam Frederick Barer and Char-lie '67 live in Bloomington, Minn. The Barershave 3 children and since leaving Cornell theyhave lived in NY, Chicago, 111, Duluth, Minn,San Antonio, Texas, and Taiwan, before set-tling in Bloomington. Susan Skinta Benkeand Art '67 live in Tuscaloosa, Ala, withchildren Erik and Meredith. Janet CooperConnigale and Malcolm live in England.Janet is a college lecturer in computerscience; her husband lectures in generalstudies. Carol Glock Corruccini and Linton,PhD '72, live in Davis, Cal. Linton is aphysics professor.

Mary Lou (Janicki) and John Currivan livein Shaker Hgts, Ohio. John is a tax attorney.After graduation, John got an MS in EEfrom U of Cal, Berkeley, an MS from the Uof West Fla in aeronautical systems in '71,and then went back to Cornell's Law Schoolreceiving his JD in '78. Mary Lou is presentlyassistant director of the weekend college atNotre Dame College of Ohio. The Currivanshave 2 children.

Nancy Nichols Harvey lives in Binghamtonwith husband Jim. The Harveys have identi-cal twin girls, born in '71. Nancy is presentlya physical science teacher.

Kathleen Frankovic recently took a leavefrom CBS News to be a visiting professor inCornell's government dept. She taught acourse on public opinion and media mattersand is now back at CBS News as director ofsurveys. Corinne Ertel lives in Waltham,Mass, and is a pediatrician in Weston, Mass.(As I live in Weston and jog by her office dai-ly, I know lst-hand that her office has a busypractice.)

Gary R Fisher lives in Omaha, Neb, and re-ports having seen Francis Ruggiero and wifeLaura. Both Gary and Frank are stationed atOffutt AFB. Joan Buchsbaum Lindquist andher husband Lee '66 are both (obviously) inexcellent physical condition. Both ran in the'84 NY Marathon on the hottest day of theyr. While in NY they visited with Andrea(Riger) '66 and Andrew Potash '66, also withBob '67 and Nancy Kaye Litter. Joan hasbeen studying calligraphy for 2 yrs.

A report from Les Kristt indicates that hisoffice equipment business in Monticello isgrowing. Les and wife Nan have 2 children.Judith Barlow is an associate professor ofEnglish and adjunct associate professor ofwomen's studies at SUNY, Albany. She re-cently edited an anthology, entitled Plays ByAmerican Women 1900-1930, and anotherbook, entitled Final Acts: The Creation ofthree Late O'Neill Plays. Susan MascetteBrandt lives in Pittsford and is a partner in alaw firm of Harter, Seer est & Emery in Ro-chester. Her partners include classmates PeteSmith and Jack Eisenberg. Sue's husband Billis a partner in another Rochester law firmand the Brandts have 2 boys, 5Vi and 3.Philip Sickinger reports from Cincinnati,Ohio, that in his spare time he consults on mi-crocomputer applications and sells IBM per-sonal computer systems, and he would beglad to give a discount to classmates.

An article in the Sun NY Times in Feb, '85,featured a story on Kitty Daly, a designer anddressmaker of costumes for leading dancers.Kitty lives in Wash, DC, and she has designedcostumes for prominent ballet companies.Kitty and her husband Ned have 2 daughters.

Michael D Strok and wife Dale (Chodosh)live in northern Fla and report enjoying sun-ny weather and nearby beaches. Mike is divmanager of a pipe and steel company. TheStroks return to Ithaca every summer, as theyown a home on Cayuga Lake. Dr Mark Hiattis involved in neonatal medicine at Rutgers

Med School, and is also an associate profes-sor of pediatrics. His wife Doris (Klein) '67teaches at Monmouth College in the psychol-ogy dept, is involved in clinical psychology.

That's all for this month. Hope to hearfrom you soon. Gordon H Silver, Choate,Hall & Stewart, 53 State St, Boston, Mass02109.

69 WinnersOct means Homecoming at Cornell, and withany luck the weather and the trees will bebeautiful . . . and Cornell will win the foot-ball game.

James G Miller Jr of Syracuse is coordina-tor of Downtown CROP Walk, which annu-ally raises $15,000-plus for world hunger re-lief and development projects. Jim teaches9th grade social studies at Corcoran HighSchool. He also completed a 2nd Peace Corpspartnership, raising money for a primaryschool in Chapcikot, Nepal. Seth Kaye is inSpring Valley, where he is regional vice presi-dent, equipment leasing div, Integrated Re-sources Inc. Ronne Knapp Thielen is workingfor the Vt Housing Finance Agency as direc-tor of multi-family housing management. DrHwa N Shen joined the General ElectricResearch and Development Center in Schen-ectady as an electrical engineer.

Gail R Gordon (W Islip) is an attorneyengaged in general practice in Garden City.She has been active in James St Players, acommunity theater group in Babylon. JosephFeinberg, MD, lives in Mill Neck and prac-tices plastic surgery. Donald B Perlman, MDhas a new office in W Orange, NJ. His spe-cialty is allergies and immunology.

Sandy Mathis Hopkins and Pete, MBA'70, have left sunny Fla to return to careeropportunities in the North and are living inStamford, Conn. Sandy was promoted byGeneral Foods; Pete now works with RussellReynolds Associates. When not busy withCornell fundraising, Don Tofias is busybuilding suburban office and research build-ings around Boston, Mass. Alan M Cody hasjoined the strategic planning and organiza-tion counseling unit of Arthur D Little Inc inCambridge, Mass. Attorney David Gruen-berg, Troy, has a general law practice, butspecializes in trial work. He worked severalyrs in the public defender's office to gain trialexperience, and has been counsel to NY StateSenator Dunn.

Ronald G Wick is a partner in an engineer-ing/welding-products firm in Saudi Arabia,headquartered in Al-Khobar. Clinton LPease Jr writes from Leesburg, Va, that hekeeps busy with his mixed animal veterinarypractice and youth activities with his 2 sons.Wife Judith (Canaday) '71 (Hum Ec) hasstarted a pre-school program for the localrural community. Lawrence Washingtonopened his 2nd veterinary office in Canaan,Conn. He is active in his 1st office, inNewtown, as well. William Hildebrand livesin Kernersville, NC, and misses the snow ofNY State. Bill is senior manufacturingengineer with Gilbarco, a subsidiary of Ex-xon. In Gary, Ind, John D Lefler has beenappointed plant manager-west at US Steel'sGary works.

J David Hayden is senior vice president, fi-nance, for the Gaudreau Aptel Corp in Wi-chita, Kans. They currently manage a$30-million portfolio of income-producingreal estate that includes office buildings andmultiple-family dwellings. John A Mitas II,MD, (Edmond, Okla) is director of the hemo-dialysis unit at Oklahoma Memorial Hospi-tal. An assistant professor of medicine, Johnhas written a chapter in an internationalnephrology textbook. William A MacBain

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lives in Tulsa, Okla, and is director of opera-tions, HMO of Okla, based at the City ofFaith, on the Oral Roberts U campus. DavidL Pflug Jr, a sr vice president of the Manu-facturers Hanover Trust Co in NY, receivednotice in the NY Times for his involvement inan agreement to reschedule the Philippines'foreign debt and provide the country with$925 million in new loans. After 21 months ofnegotiations, the agreement "marks amilestone in the efforts of the Philippines torepay its foreign creditors and restore itseconomy to health," according to the Times.

Peter Coors, the Coors family, and its beerempire were the subject of a Life Magazineessay recently. Peter is one of Coors's divpresidents in charge of marketing and pro-duction. Henry McNulty, reader represen-tative for the Hartford Courant, RiversideCounty, Cal, received 1st prize in the E WScripps award for defense of the 1st Amend-ment at the Scripps Howard Foundation NatlJournalism Awards last Apr. The awardswere established for the purpose of improv-ing the quality of journalism and to recognizethe service performed by newspapers andradio and television stations in their respec-tive communities.

Interestingly, although we received a copyof the press release announcing Henry Mc-Nulty's award, Henry is one of many class-mates for whom we have no current address.When space allows, I hope to list the namesof other classmates whose addresses areunknown. If anyone can tell us the where-abouts of any of these people, I hope theywill let me know so we can get them back onthe mailing list. Antone Aboud; JeanneAbriel; Toni Acker man; Victor Addonizio;Christine Gunderman Anderson; EmilySmythe Andreson; Stephen Anderson; Rich-ard Andresen; John Anholt; Hope Anisgard;Richard Appelbaum; Marilyn Ash worth;Harlan Atwood; Linda Austin. Morelater. Joan Sullivan, 70 West Burton PI,#1901, Chicago, 11160610.

7 0 Moving Right AlongTo '70 Reunioners: We are planning to sendout a newsletter made up from all the infoyou gave me at our "Ivy Room Dinner,"with our next dues request. (You may have al-ready received it.) Everyone on our classmailing list will get your news and we hopethey will be inspired to take a more active rolein our class (ie pay dues and get the AlumniNews)\

Reminder to all classmates: I am only al-lowed to announce weddings and births, notwedding plans and expected babies. Theamount of copy I am alloted for each columnis calculated by the number of duespayingclassmates. Right now, I can send in 2double-spaced pgs; if we had more dues-payers, I could have 3 pgs—a lot more newsto you each month!!

To start with, a couple of sad items: I re-ceived word that Susan A Graetz died onJune 6, '85. She is survived by her parents,Herbert and Phyllis Graetz of Cambridge,Mass. James R Fowler (116 Wendover Cir,Oak Ridge, Tenn) died Mar 29, '84, with nolisted survivors.

It was announced on May 10, '85, thatKenneth Noack was promoted to the positionof principal with Purvin and Gertz Inc, a Dal-las-based petroleum industry consulting firm.Ken, formerly a planning analyst with theCities Service Co, joined Purvin and Gretz in'82. He has been in project management,refinery economic studies, and physical assetappraisal for the leveraged buyout of ConocoChemical. Ken received an MBA in manage-ment from the U of Houston and will contin-

ue to be based at the firm's Houston office.His address is 820 S Millbend St, Woodlands,Texas. P Michael Degan, PO Box 634,Wilton, NH, has been busy: moved to a big-ger home in Oct '84; ran 3 (!) marathons inthe summer of '84; and he and wife, Debbi(Whipple) '75 had their 3rd child, JenniferAnne, on New Year's Eve ('84). Jenniferjoined big brothers Robbie, 5Vi, and Clintin,3. Michael is still working for Sander's As-soc, but in a new office building in Hudson,NH.

Jack Kimple, Rock Creek Rd, Shasta, Cal,is a member of a small family practice groupin Redding, Cal. Jack is married and has 3children. He received his MD from SUNY,Buffalo, in '74. He trained in a Sacramentoand Redding family practice residency pro-gram and now lives about 3 hrs north of Sac-ramento. Jack came to his 1st Reunion inJune! Another 1st: the 1st news from RichardL Amacher, 504 Campus Rd, Rochester,Mich, in a long time! After 15 yrs with theChevrolet div of GM, he is now part of theChevrolet-Pontiac-GM of Canada group en-gineering, under the recent GM reorganiza-tion. In Feb 16, '85, he was to become man-ager of the engine and emission test labora-tory for CPC Group Engineering. Richardand his wife Barbara have 2 adopted chil-dren—Matthew, 5, who came to them in '80,and Meghan, 10 months, who came to themjust before Christmas '84. They frequentlysee Tom '69 and Barb Jancke and Ben '69and Anina Bachrach.

Michael V Crandall, 18441 Chestnut RidgeRd, Grasport, is a self-employed farmer. Mi-chael has 3 children—Michelle Megan, 4Vi,Matthew Michael, 2ιΛ, and Christopher Pat-rick, born Mar 30, '85. Congrats! Steve Beck,715 Ocean Pkwy 5C, Brooklyn, is still a cityplanner in Brooklyn and was recently electedpublic relations chairperson of the Civil Ser-vice Technical Guild, Local 375 AFSCME.He now edits the guild newsletter and is ex-cited about the prospect of applying what helearned in the communication arts programof the Ag College! On Feb 8, '85, one ofSteve's 1st actions in his new position was toaccompany a group of municipal labor lead-ers to Wash, DC, where they submitted them-selves for arrest as part of the ongoing block-ade of the South African Embassy. Theywere held briefly and the misdemeanorcharges have since been dropped. ConnieFerris Meyer, 16 James Thomas Rd,Malvern, Pa 19355.

7 1 Bits & PiecesTidbits from you create this column and hereare a brief assortment to tide you over untilyou send me news of yourself or others.

Janett Edelberg writes that she has movedback to the Big Apple (400 E 89th St), whereshe is an associate research director for Jo-seph E Seagram's wine business (Paul Mas-son,Taylor California Cellars, B&G, Mumchampagne, etc). It's the best job she's everhad, she says, and life in NYC with Hadas-sah, ballet, dating, etc, is suiting her just fine.Still in NY, Diana Simkin sends excitingnews, as well. She is now the director and co-founder of Family Focus, a parent center onthe Upper East Side that is just celebrating its3rd yr in business. The center houses pre- andpost-natal excercise classes; Lamaze classes;infant massage classes; and mother and babyclasses. Her book, The Complete PregnancyExercise Program, was published in '80 andhas sold over 75,000 copies in 5 printings;The Complete Baby Exercise Program justcame out. Diana is a certified Lamaze in-structor and has made pre- and post-natal ex-ercise her specialty for more than 10 yrs.

From Ithaca, 2 updates: Famous as one ofthe founders of the Moosewood Restaurant,Therese Tischler has joined the law firm ofLuster, Salk & Henry on N Cayuga St. She isactive in community affairs, as well as amember of the Day Care and Child Develop-ment Council and a volunteer for TompkinsCounty Planned Parenthood.

Janis Kelly didn't intend to become a busi-ness consultant and entrepreneur. With anundergraduate degree in biology and gradwork in neurosciences, who would haveimagined she would return to Ithaca as soleproprietor of Marketing Concepts? Her agen-cy solves problems for businesses, includingsome of the Fortune 500. With 10 em-ployes—most in Ithaca, but also in NY andDC—they do strategy, publicity, promotions,direct mail, training, brochures, annual re-ports, preparation of monographs, and fund-raising for large and small budgets in theprofit and not-for-profit arenas. WOW!

From Watertown, Victor Curran sendsnews that John Kristensen '72 did the print-ing of Andrew Curran's birth announcementon a handset type press at Firefly Press inSomerville, Mass. Victor, Lindsay, and thebaby—now a toddler—have made newfriends of Dan Bernstein and Doree Barton,who live in Andover. Although they didn'tknow each other at Cornell they were intro-duced by Ken Perlman '70, now of Arling-ton. Nearby in Newton, Karen and RichardLevy's Jared celebrated his 1st birthday inAug. Richard is an internist with theVeteran's Admin and Karen is an attorney inBoston. Lastly, from the Mass tidbits pile,comes news that the new associate dean ofHarvard's JF Kennedy School is Betsy CairnsReveal, whose previous several yrs were spentin Wash, DC, as director of the budget forthe district. How did the news reach me? Inpart through Diane Clarke, an attorney in thedistrict, via Marilyn Porter Woolfolk, a pro-fessor (of microbiology?) at U of Mich's den-tistry school, and confirmed by Martha Coul-trap, in NYC in her own Midtown law prac-tice.

How's that for a complicated short storywith happy endings? Send others, in a similarvein, or better yet, bring them to our 15th Re-union next spring in Ithaca. Watch for detailsor, if you can't wait, write me to volun-teer. Elisabeth Kaplan Boas, Box 236,Greens Farms, Conn 06436.

7 2 Huey's NewsThanks to an article in USA Today, it was re-vealed that Huey Lewis, leader of the highlysuccessful rock group "Huey Lewis and theNews" is in reality Hugh A Cregg. Hugh,who still lives in the San Francisco, Cal, area,spent 2 yrs as an electrical engineer on theHill before leaving for fame in the music in-dustry. Huey and the News appear frequentlyat Bay area sporting events, where their ver-sion of the national anthem ranks as one oftl)e best renditions I've heard.

Alan R Hoffman writes that wife Lee gavebirth to their 1st child, Alan Rex Jr, on Jan14, '85. The proud parents and son live inAurora, Ohio. Randy B Spector is a new vicepresident and general counsel of DellwoodFoods Inc, Yonkers. Randy lives at 1365York Ave, #36M, NYC. Robert Selander re-located from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Lon-don, England. Bob says he is looking forwardto learning another language. His new ad-dress is St Martin's House, 1 HammersmithGrove, Hammersmith W60NY England. M GKhaleeli of Tarrytown celebrated the birth ofReza-Ali Asghan on June 6, '85. His 1stchild, Jelan Malin, was born Oct 22, '83.Paul S Lilja, RN, MS, was appointed head

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Tom Beadleston stopped by for a visit afterattending a tax seminar in San Francisco,Cal. Tom recently received his LLM in taxa-tion from U of San Diego and practices taxlaw and financial planning in NewportBeach. While here, Tom and I traveled toCandlestick Park to watch his hometownChicago Cubs defeat the Giants. Tom's ad-dress is 700 Newport Center Dr, NewportBeach, Cal. John C Nicolls was recently pro-moted to vice president of technical servicesfor Hyatt Hotels. He is in charge of new hoteldesign and capital expenditures. Dr Glenn MFord has a new job as chief, ophthalmologydept, Watts Health Foundation, an HMO inLos Angeles, Cal. Glenn's new address is6160 Canterbury Dr, #5-306, Culver City,Cal. Dr Alan Breen is a licensed psychologistin Seattle, Wash. In '82 Bob married AnnWinkes of Arlington, Wash. Rosemary Rich-ter is a practicing nurse (anesthesia) in KansasCity, Mo. She is active in the Cornell Club ofMid-America.

Dr Anthony Provenzano is in private prac-tice in oncology-hematology in Westchester.He has 2 children: Juliette, 3, and Frank, 1.Lawrence F Safford sends his new address: 13Kimberly Ct, Apt 68, Red Bank, NJ. GailLandsman moved to Albany to accept a posi-tion as assistant professor of anthropology atSUNY, Albany. Husband Bill Reinhardt is aproject manager at NY State Energy Re-search & Development Authority, doingwork on industrial energy conservation. Gailand Bill's daughter Jessie was born Feb 28,'83. Their new address is 1421 Western Ave,Albany.

I'm sad to report the deaths of classmatesPaul S Olanow of NY and Peter L Fallen ofHuntington Station. Send news. Alex Bar-na, 3410 Branson Dr, San Mateo, Cal 94403.

7 4 Kids & More KidsPlease note new address below, and keep thenotes coming! Tracey Moreno writes she andhusband Wayne Grabowski have moved andare enjoying life in Princeton, NJ, whereshe's practicing internal medicine and he's anophthalmologist. They also wish to announcethe Jan 5th arrival of Lindsay Sara, who joinsAnne Lauren, 2, at home. Jan also brought a2nd child, Michael John to Jack and LisaCorrigan. Michael joined Megan, 3, at homein Cleveland, Ohio. Jack is now one of thesportscasters for the telecasts of the Cleve-land Indians baseball Cavaliers basketball,and Force soccer games, and hopes to seesome classmates during this travels. One triptook him to see Mark and Wendy Zurn Allenin St Charles, 111, where Mark is Centralregional manager with International Playtex(a div of Beatrice). Their youngest son Scottiestarted 1st grade this fall and son Chris is nowin 4th, so Wendy's adding 3 days a wk ofwork in a friend's ice cream cafe to heralready busy volunteer schedule. Wendy re-ports that Allen and Molly McBee Miller Et-tinger had their 2nd son, William Kolb, theend of June—3 days before they left Cincin-nati, Ohio, for Huntingdon, Pa, where Allenhas joined a pediatric practice. McBee is tak-ing some time out from the practice of neph-rology to be home with William and George,

Ed Kilbourne writes that he graduatedfrom the Medical College in '78 and met wifeBarbara during his internal medicine residen-cy in Birmingham, Ala. An epidemiologic fel-lowship connected him with the Centers forDisease Control in Atlanta, Ga, where he'sbecome a staff member studying toxicologicand environmental health problems. He and

Barbara have moved to Madrid, Spain, wherethe CDC has assigned him for 2 yrs of workwith the Spanish health authorities on theepidemic of a new disease there. He'd love tohear from classmates and can be reachedthrough the American Embassy, Box 22,APO NYC 09285.

John B Webb writes from Quebec, Cana-da, where he works for Perform Managementand Training Systems of Montreal, specializ-ing in skill development seminars for ex-ecutives. John's the only anglophone in theorganization. He works 90 per cent of thetime in French (learned at Cornell) and 10 percent of the time in English—when he's inToronto, Ont. He plans to return to the NewEngland states for some skiing this winterand hopes to catch some classmates there.

Philip R and Elizabeth Warner Fileri '75report that Philip has become a partner in theRochester law firm of Harter, Secrest andEmery. He practices business, corporate, andlabor law. Paul C Spector is director of edu-cation at the Holden Arboretum. He and wifeElizabeth Williams '73 have 2 chil-dren—Katie, 8, and Scott, 3—and have madetheir home in Kirtland, Ohio. In Wooster,Ohio, Richard L Dobec is teaching horse pro-duction and management as an assistant pro-fessor at Ohio State U's Ag and Tech Inst.

Paul A Burmeister writes he's still in Tam-pa, Fla, as vice president, chief financial offi-er, Dun and Bradstreet Plan Services. His sonParke is now 7 and daughter Caitlin is 3.They're enjoying the Fla sunshine, but find ithard to get back to Cornell.

Two classmates have recently been pub-lished. A book on psychotherapy by RonaldPies, MD, was favorably reviewed in Hospi-tal and Community Psychiatry, and Amihaiand Debra Goodman Glazer write thatPrentice-Hall has recently published 3 of hisbooks containing personal finance programsfor the home computer.

Michael N Jacobson has moved to W Hart-ford Conn, to join Heublein Inc as marketingmanager for Jose Cuervo Tequila; he will beresponsible for all marketing strategies andobjectives on behalf of the brand.

Those of you who have tasted the"decadently delicious" Rachel's Browniesmay not know they are the creation of RachelBorish. What began as a temporary means ofearning a little extra money in '75 blossomedinto a very successful business employingmore than 40 people in Malvern, Pa, and sup-plying brownies to such impressive customersas Giant Food Inc, United, and Peoples Ex-press. Rachel, who still sees herself as "an ar-tistic person with a private loathing for busi-ness," contributes half of her success to hus-band Jeffrey Slater, a 50-50 partner sincetheir marriage in '77.

Harris Tulchin married Carla Brooke Cow-an in Bel Air, Cal, last May. Carla is a psy-chologist with the Suicide Prevention Centerin Los Angeles and Harris is senior counsel atMGM/UA Entertainment Co. He also hasseveral movie projects in the works. The wed-ding was videotaped by writer/director RichAdes (also developing several movie projects)and featured classmates Ron Capece, PeterCheckovich, Richard Cleveland, GaryBiamonte, Jack Snyder, and RichardRosenberg. The couple honeymooned inEngland, France, and Italy and are residingin Brentwood, Cal, where they recentlypruchased a home.

May 5 brought Christine Catherine to Bri-an and Elizabeth Doughty Noble. She joinsbig sister Margaret, 3, at home in Utah. Lizmisses her Cornell friends and appreciates theconnection the Alumni News provides, sokeep writing. Jodi Sielschott Stechschulte,647 Jasonway, Columbus, Ohio 43214.

75 Hot NewsNo news is bad news for a columnist, but oldnews is great news, when that's all you have.Much of what follows was delayed because ofReunion and the summer break.

Peter Nixon and wife Janet live in West-field with their 3 children. Peter is vice presi-dent, operations, Chautauqua and Erie Tele-phone Corp. Jόe Lavin is now vice presidentof franchise development for Quality Inter-national Bread in Silver Spring, Md. Raouland June Neff Pierre-Louis are on the moveagain, this time to Haiti, where Pierre is di-rector of natural resources at the Ministry ofAgriculture. June is working as a free-lanceconsultant in health.

On a sad note, for those of you who don'talready know, Deborah Knapp Sharkeypassed away in Feb '85. She and husbandPhillip were residents of Key Biscayne, Fla, atthe time.

On the job front, Dorothy Miller is now aconstruction superintendent for RutenbergCommunities Inc in Pinellas, Fla, having lefta desk job with Xerox in Rochester. ThomasCummings has been promoted to vice presi-dent of creative services at Verno AdvertisingAssociates. He and wife Beverly live in Pitts-ford.

Weddings have been in fashion: LeslieCanfield was married to Jeff Perlman in Feb'85, and old Sigma Nu Anthony Aguero wasmarried to Barbara Sinclair, MILR '79. Tonyis a construction manager with O'Brien-Kreitzberg & Associates, a NY consultingfirm. Leslie is a lawyer with the solicitor's of-fice of the US Dept of Labor in DC.

On the domestic front (jr grade), a son (Bo-hadan) was born to Alex Kosenko and wifeAnna. Alex is finishing his fellowship innephrology at U of Md.

John Ferris (who wrote much of what yousee above) has left Chicago, 111, for the warm-er climes of Silicon Valley in Cal (write to himat 10244 Parkwood Dr, #4, Cupertino, Cal).John now works for a small telecommunica-tions startup firm. Deborah Whipple Deganand Mike '70 had a New Year's Eve baby,daughter Jennifer. Deborah says, and she islegally quite correct, ''She's a pretty cute lit-tle tax deduction." She is also busy with Rob,5, and Clinton, 2ιΛ. They live in Wilton, NH(PO Box 634), where they not too long agobought a "new" old house. Deborah saysshe's pretty busy, and who could argue.

Anita Picozzi married Kevin Moran in '80,and she works as a project designer/architectfor F&S Partners, Architects in Dallas, Tex-as. She received her MArch from U of Va in'78. From the society page of the NY Timescomes word that Eugene Biddle Jr was mar-ried to the former Marjorie Rawl Arnold.Gene is a partner in K S Sweet Associates, areal estate and financial advisory firm inPrinceton, NJ.

Do you like to gamble? Look up Mark GEstess, '74-75 Grad, the next time you're atthe Golden Nugget casino, Atlantic City, NJ.Mark was promoted to vice president, mar-keting, after leaving as general manager andvice president of Grossinger's. He, wife Laur-en Herman, and 2 children live in Margate,NJ. Mark used to be a scratch golfer, havingwon the amateur div of the '79 NYS Open,but due to his heavy workload, he now has tocarry 5 strokes on his handicap.

Cornell foulups, bleeps and blunders:Margi Silberman '76 wrote to remind me ofthe time the news jocks at WVBR threatenedto light her air copy on fire. (Margi's now ahospital administrator in Hollywood, Fla)She's lucky she was only threatened, becauseit actually did happen. It seems there was afreshman in '75 who insisted on telling every

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jr and sr in the studio how to write, read, andproduce the news. He was warned severaltimes, but persisted. One night when he wason the air the door to the back of his boothopened and he was tapped on the rightshoulder (the standard signal to reach backand get a bulletin). Twice more he wastapped, but nothing was handed over. Whenhe finally looked back and to his right (re-member now, he's live on the air), a mysteri-ous upperclassman lit up the copy in his lefthand. Nothing was hurt except his pride, butfor a wk or 2 the studio monitor resoundedwith his on-air recording of, "And elsewherein the news . . . HOLY , IT'S ON FIRE!"He instantly became a model (and modest)freshman.

PS: I'm running out of foulups . . . sendsome? Mitch Frank, 1248 ST Tropez Cir-cle, Orland, Fla 32806.

7 6 Ithaca, Still & AgainI had a very pleasant visit in June from GerryBradley and his wife Pam (Vivolo) JD '82,who were in Ithaca for his 5th Law School re-union. After working for 3 yrs in the Manhat-tan DA's office, Gerry is now an assistantprofessor of law at the U of 111, Champaign-Urbana. He teaches classes in criminal andconstitutional law and is a frequent guest onthe college radio station's news "call-in" pro-gram. Gerry and Pam have 2 children: Jen-nifer, 3, and Kevin, 1.

Steve Stein has a private practice in gastro-enterology in Willimantic, Conn. He and hiswife Nora have 2 children. Harold Gulbran-sen and wife JoAnne have moved to SanDiego, Cal, where he has opened a maxillo-facial prosthodontic practice. Their children:Krista, 4!/2, and Katelyn, 2.

Natalie Sand is in Ghana, Africa, workingon translation of an unwritten language intowriting, and putting the New Testament intothe language. She is also teaching villagers toread and write. Elen A Feinberg lives in Albu-querque, NM, and has received a grant asartist-in residence at the Roswell Museum for'85-86. Elen has had many solo shows andgroup shows, and her work was reviewed inthe Nov '84 isues of both Arts Magazine andArt World.

Christine Miller completed her PhD in me-chanical engineering at Stanford in '83 and isnow an assistant professor of biomedicalengineering at Duke U. Maureen McCormickand her husband live in Palm Bay, Fla, whereshe is a software engineer for Harris Corp.They spend their spare time organizing anauto racing team. Mark Clifford lives onHilton Head Isl, SC, and says for any visitingCornellians to look him up if they are vaca-tioning there.

Danial Kahn and his wife Shira live inNYC, where she is an assistant director ofGoverneur Hospital. Also in NY are MarilynLaverty Betrock and her husband Alan. Theypurchased a Brooklyn loft "large enough tohouse his extensive pop culture archives."Marilyn was Upstate in Jan '85 representingColumbia Records at Bruce Springsteen's fi-nal 2 US shows in Syracuse.

Vincent Nykiel is working for the NJ Deptof Environmental Protection in Trenton.Fred Kaplan is living in the Boston, Mass,area and is an assistant vice president for theState Street Bank. His daughter Erica Mi-chelle was born in Aug '84. Steve Cushing isan offshore engineer with Mobil Oil, and wifeHarriet (Henderson) '79 is a landscape archi-tect in Dallas, Texas, where they reside.Down in Houston, Susan Gumbiner is a stra-tegic planner for Texas Commerce Bank.

Classmates Thomas Barto and Laura(Barnhill) live in Palantine, 111, where she is

president of the product design firm Con-cepts West Inc. Tom works in Lisle, 111, as aproduct manager for Tellabs Inc. FredFakharzadeh and wife Pat had their 1st chid,Kristine Marie, in Mar '85. Fred finished hisorthopedic residency at Columbia-Presbyteri-an in NYC and is spending a yr in Phila, Pa,in a hand surgery fellowship.

Finally, having lived in Ithaca for 8 of our9 yrs since graduation, I have succumbed tothe lure of the Hill, and am returning this fallto the Graduate School of Management (weknew it as the B&PA School) to get my MBA.So, when we all meet in June '86 at our 10thReunion, I will be 10 yrs beyond 1 Cornellgraduation, and 1 yr short of another. BillThorn, 202 S Geneva St, Ithaca, NY 14850.

7 7 See You ThereAs the summer is sluggish, so is the news. Di-ane Freedman reports that she and her doghave emigrated to Seattle, Wash, where Di-ane is a doctoral candidate in English at the Uof Wash. She reports that Elise Epner and herhusband Irwin Feinzeig are the proud parentsof a baby girl, Rachel Anna. Elise and Irwinlive in Boston, Mass, where Elise practiceslaw. Also proud parents of a baby boy—Ben-jamin—are Bruce Goldstein and RobinTalbot.

I learned in May that Scott Spector wasmarried to Irene Owsley in Wash, whereScott is a leasing agent for Smithy Bradeon, areal estate concern. A few wks later, LeslieDingle married Christian Carrere in Glad-wyne, Pa. She and her husband are apparent-ly captains of private and corporate yachts.

Readers Digest informs us that CaroleBlank was recently promoted to investmentmanager of The Reader's Digest Assn Inc,where whe will manage the Digest's profit-sharing and pension plans. Also movingahead in the world is Duo Dickinson, who, asa graduate of Architecture, designed his ownhouse, which won an Architectural Recordhouse of the year citation. Duo has also writ-ten 2 books, Adding On, and, just recently,The Small House (which should be in printnext yr).

A reminder as you plan your fall season:Homecoming (football vs Dartmouth) is setfor Oct 25-27 in Ithaca. Hope to see youthere. And please, please write!

Here's some news Mark Petracca had in-tended to include in the Sept issue: Movingcross-country this past yr were Laurie Bilger,husband Eli Epstein, and son Etan—fromCal to New Rochelle. Laurie is employed as ahealth care market specialist. Also moving(but not quite as far) was Mike Weber (andfamily)—from the City of Rochester to thesuburb of Penfield. Mike is still with Xeroxas a technical specialist designing and testingnew copiers and duplicators. In his "spare"time he teaches science in the Rochesterelementary schools as part of an IBM-sponsored program and coaches a hockeyteam of 13-14-yr-olds. Robin Waite Stein-wand and husband Brian get the award forfarthest move—to Zaire, where for the next2ιΔ yrs Robin will be director of the PeaceCorps public health program. For those in-terested in sending Robin and Brian an en-couraging note as they carry on this impor-tant work, you can write c/σ US Embassy-Peace Corps, APO, NY 09662.

Not unexpectedly, the remainder of thenews seems to be concentrated in the NYCarea. Jan Rock has left Procter & Gamble totake up a marketing position with TarnBrands; Dana Eiseman is now with the Great-er NYC Hospital Assn; Ruth Raisfeld Beno-wich is a labor law attorney for NY Tele-phone, and Michael Grant, having finished

an MBA at Carnegie-Mellon, is now in finan-cial accounting with City Bank. GillesSion, 330 E 39th St, NYC 10016.

7 8 Family NewsCongratulations to Elaine (Zajac) and ScottJackson '77 on the birth of their son Aaron, ayr and a half ago. Elaine and Scott live inWilmington,Del, and Elaine works full timeon her MBA at the U of Del. Karen ClarkLacy and Glyn are living in Dallas, Texas,with their son, 1. After Cornell, KC went toTexas A&M for a master's in dairy science.

Barbara George Lewis was married 2 yrsago and moved off a sailboat into a house ayr later. (My dream has always been to do thereverse.) She now works at WestchesterCounty Airport. Barb reports she was in thewedding party last yr of Lynn Wolff and Da-vid Newton, where she saw Cary Friberg, al-so. Barb adds that Lynn and David are enjoy-ing life in Boston, Mass.

Alexandra Swiecicki Fairfield has receivedher PhD from Cornell's Grad School of Med-ical Sciences, studying—in layman'sterms—malaria. She spent 2 months last sum-mer traveling in China and Japan and hasnow moved on to San Francisco, Cal, for apost-doctorate. She also reports that she wasin Margie Ferris's wedding last yr. Margiemet her husband-to-be in Thailand, whereboth were UN volunteers. They spent 6months this yr in Nigeria, working for theRed Cross. Hats off to both of them.Another fighter of the good fight is DanSulmasy, who received his MD from CornellMed, then joined the Franciscans.

Debbie Graham Jaso and Rich '77 live inHartford, Conn, where both work forIBM.They have a son Benjamin, 1. Debbiereports that Steve Capon is married, living inClifton, NJ, and "very successful in the jew-elry business." Debbie also reports thatCaryn Cosentini received her MBA fromNYU and is now working for Chemical Bank.

Bruce and Polly Nixdorf Clements live inSaratoga Springs. Bruce is an insurance agentand Polly works in personnel at the SUNYResearch Foundation in Albany.

In news from the professional world,Susan Maze has just finished law school atBoston College and is clerking for the MassState Court of Appeals. Henry Farber ispracticing labor law in Los Angeles, Cal, atMitchell, Silberberg & Knupp. Peter Schack-now is a newswriter/editor with ABC RadioNews, NYC; Scott Shawcross is doing per-sonnel work at General Motors in Detroit,Mich; and Vanessa Tassone is a quantitativemarketing analyst for Data General in Bos-ton, Mass.

In news from the more enviable world ofrelaxation, Bryan Plude left the Navy after a7-yr hitch and was spending the summer andfall bicycling through Europe. He reports hehas no further plans.

We hope to see as many classmates as pos-sible at Homecoming in Ithaca, Oct 26-27.All '78ers attending are urged to come to theAll-Alumni Luncheon in Barton Hall prior tothe football game to meet and greet eachother. Tables at the luncheon are reserved byclass.

If you have news—of yourself or ofothers—please send it to any of us. RogerAnderson, 1 State St Plaza, NYC 10004; also,Sharon Palatnik, 145 4th Ave, NYC 10003;and Gary Smotrich, 72 Bryon Rd, #5, Chest-nut Hill, Mass 02167.

79 News NeededGina Sarkis was living in Rochester andworks as director of sales for the family

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business. She planned to move West after anOct '84 wedding. Watch here for moredetails. Where are Ralph Sacco, Mia Mac-Collin, Tracy Pajeskί, Rob Strandberg andother Sperryites? "You're on my missing per-sons list—see you in '89!"

Dave Rupert has another yr at HarvardBusiness School; this summer Dave is livingand working in NYC.

On the teaching side, David Allen has beenan assistant professor in the UCLA's Schooloί Engineering since July '83. He was one ofthe multitude cheering Pete Pfitzinger duringhis Olympic marathon performance. FranBloksberg graduated from Stanford with anMBA in June '83. Now she is the businessmanager of an independent boys' prep schoolfor grades 7-12 in Los Angeles. Fran says shedeals with finances, insurance, the cafeteria,broken water mains, and even rattlesnakescoming out of the hills in search of water!

Back in NYC, the Cornell Fund youngalumni phonathon, held on Apr 2, had anoutstanding turnout from our class. Manythanks to the following participants for doinga terrific job: Dushica Babich, RosemaryBros nan, James Gould, Audrey Hendler,Beth Horowitz, Tedd Mendelson, Mark Re-naud, Giovanni Rίchett, Nancy Sverdlik, LizVan Harnick, and Deborah Waterman.

As for your class correspondent, I'm busytraveling (hot spots like Tulsa, Okla, and Mil-waukee, Wise) on business, and am awaitingthe publishing of 2 case studies which mymarketing prof at grad school is including inhis new textbook. (No royalties for me—justa bit of personal glory.) Not much else in theway of news—several people wrote of up-coming marriages. Please be sure to send thenews after the fact, so I can print it! Keep intouch! Elizabeth Rakov Igleheart, 27 But-ternut Dr, Glastonbury, Conn 06033; alsoMary Maxon Grainger, 721 Hanshaw Rd,Ithaca, NY 14850; and Lisa Barsanti Hoyt,527 E 83rd St, Apt 3E, NYC 10028.

80 20 in 2000I jotted a few thoughts about Reunion on apiece of paper. But it's lost somewhere in mydisorganized study. I'll dredge up whatever Icannot remember this month for future col-umns. What would a Reunion of the Class of'80 be without Joey Green—my most written-about classmate? Joey, wearing buttons fromeach of the previous Reunions since our grad-uation, was already looking ahead to our"20th in the yr 2000." For someone who al-most got booted out of Ithaca a few times,he's got to be the university's biggest fan.

Unfortunately for my new wife, Lynne, the1st Cornellians she met were some loud, ob-noxious types shoving through the check-inlines. But soon we ran into some old friendsfrom the Daily Sun, track star Dan Predmoreand his girlfriend Ellen (who are headed outto Detroit, Mich, after Dan finished graduatestudies) and many others. For my wife, andeven some classmates, a trip up the McGrawclock tower was spectacular, as were hikesthrough the gorge, across the Arts Quad,through Johnson Museum and up to Schoell-kopf Crescent for Mexican food and margari-tas. The strong drinks hit some especiallyhard, as Janis Ettinger can attest. She wasdecked by at least one wayward partier.

In other news, Craig W Pearl of CherryHill, NJ, received a doctor of psychology de-gree from Hahnemann U, Phila, Pa. Whenhe graduated from Cornell, Craig received 2teaching assistantships and the Rotary Club'sFellowship for study at the U of Exeter, Eng-land. Sophia Ketsoglou (Arts) received hermedical degree from The Medical College ofPenn in May, and Tina Alicia Capers, com-

Introducing Jacob Gould Schurman IV (See'80 column for details.)

pleted graduate work for her MBA in Dec '84at The Atlanta U.

Jay (Joseph R Jr) Schurman '78 (BS '80)and Sandy (Levy) Schurman announced the

birth of their 1st child last Nov.Jacob Gould Schurman was

' J named after his great-great-grandfather, Cornell's 3rd presi-

dent (see photo). The Schurmans live inBrunswick, Me, where Jay owns UnicornRafting Expeditions, one of the largest outfit-ters, nationwide. [See pg 64, Feb '81 issue.]On the wedding front, Gary Michael Gertzogmarried Lori J Swidler in June. He is an asso-ciate with the NY law firm Townley & Up-dike; she works with Nabisco Brands Inc,Parsippany, NJ. Stephen Eric Kohn, a psy-chotherapist at NY Medical College, marriedNancy Petschek in May. And Henry Craw-ford Clark, an architect at Butler RogersBaskett Associates in NY, married JenniferBennett Jordan in June. Their announcementwas prominently displayed in The NY Times.

Outgoing class correspondent Serena Hupassed along this item about our newest cor-respondent: Cornellians were in abundance atthe gala wedding reception last Dec for SteveRotterdam and Diana Murphy. Steve andDiana (U of Utah '81) were married at theWash, DC, Temple of the Church of JesusChrist of Latter-Day Saints in Nov '84. Twowks later they were host to over 150 people attheir Manhattan duplex. "We invited peoplein shifts," Steve said. Among those presentwere best man David Hahn, David Durfee,Chris Boak '79 and Kathy Buckley '81, whowas married in June. Also, Steve Ritchey '81,Justin Block '84, Amy Croudo Fox '81 andher husband Spencer, Brian Stern, EddieFriedman, Fred Unger, Sal Moscatello, andDebby Yowell '79, who works with Steve asan associate art director at CBS. Steve is edi-torial director for CBS software. Amongthose missing the wedding was Serena, whohad to spend the night "on call." She is in her1st yr of residency, in orthopedics, at Cor-nell's Hospital for Special Surgery. JonGibbs Craig, 3202 Lincoln Dr, MoheganLake, NY 10547; Jill Abrams Klein, 12208Devilwood Dr, Potomac, Md 20854; SteveRotterdam, 226 E 95th St, #104, NYC 10128.

81 Here & ThereVariety is the spice of life. As usual, our classis doing a variety of different things: StephenD Strandberg has been named consultingmanager at the Stamford office of ArthurAndersen & Co, an international accountingand consulting firm; David M Dramer of ENorwalk and Douglas H Calby of Greenwich

have been named consulting managers in theNY office of the same firm.

Second It Susan J Lee has graduated fromthe US Air Force communications mainten-ance officers school at Keesler AFB in Miss.Lee is scheduled to serve with the 602nd tac-tical air control center squadron at BergstromAFB, Texas. Capt Peter M Castellano Jr hasbeen decorated with the US Army commen-dation medal in West Point. This medal isawarded to those individuals whodemonstrate outstanding achievement ormeritorious service in the performance oftheir duties on behalf of the Army.

Susan Scarf and Richard Johnson weremarried. Susan is working as the public rela-tions director of the New Haven TerminalInc. Rhonda Dorfman and Stephen Greenap-ple were wed. The bride is a community rela-tions specialist in alcohol and substanceabuse and is employed by Mediplex withtreatment centers located in Scotia andCarmel. The groom is an attorney with thefirm of Drake, Sommers, Loeb and Tarshisin Newburgh. Following a wedding trip toGreece, they are living in Fishkill. SuzanneFrisch and Jonathan Levine were marriedand received their medical degrees from the Uof Vt. Now Suzanne is doing her internship ininternal medicine at St Elizabeth's Hospitalin Boston, Mass, and Jonathan is an intern inpathology at Brigham and Women's Hospitalthere.

The Sullivan County Medical Soc namedDavid Abis of Woodbourne the recipient ofits annual scholarship. David had graduated1st in his class in the Ag College. Congratula-tions!

Don't forget to work our Reunion intoyour schedule, June '86! See youthere! Shirley M Hewitt, Box 135,Olmstedville, NY 12857.

8 2 Off & RunningA group of Cornellians have joined togetherto support John E Mennell (photo) in his bidfor a seat in the Maryland Statehouse. JoshWeinreich, Roberta Falloon Weinreich,Gerry Leape, Peter Storck, Steve Silverman'83, Jeff Pine '83, Susan Bald, Kiki Fonte,Kurt Abrahamson '83, and many other Cor-nellians in the DC area and around the coun-try are busy raising money, knocking ondoors, and stuffing envelopes so John canwin in '86. John earned his degree in publicpolicy from Hum Ec. As a student, he waschairman of the Campus Council, presidentof Quill and Dagger, an officer in Sigma PiFraternity. He also founded and was presi-dent, Cornell Students for Financial Aid.

Since graduation, John served on the suc-cessful re-election campaign of CongressmanMatt McHugh (D-Ithaca). Currently, he is alegislative aide for Congressman JohnLaFalce (D-NY). John also serves on theboard of directors of the Cornell Club ofWash, DC, and is president of MontgomeryCounty Young Democrats. Janet Callis,treasurer, Friends of John Mennell—8706Reading Rd, Silver Spring, Md 20901—willsupply position papers and other info on re-quest.

Karl Zander writes from Mpaka, Swazi-land, Southern Africa, where he teaches highschool mathematics as a Peace Corps volun-teer. He says he is having a great time andreally feels that his work is "making a differ-ence." He finds his students to be highly mo-tivated and capable of living up to his highexpectations of them. Karl will finish his ser-vice in Dec '85, after which he plans to take8-10 months to travel overland through Afri-ca, on to India, China, the Philippines, Au-stralia, and New Zealand, before returning to

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the US. Karl asks, "How many other peoplefrom the Class of '82 are in the PeaceCorps?" He would like to hear from hisfriends; Send mail to Mpaka High School,Box 46, Mpaka, Swaziland, Southern Africa.

Susan Conrad has also been teaching inSouthern Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer,since Nov '83. She teaches biology, Englishliterature, and grammar in Semonkong HighSchool in Lesotho. Susan's assignment alsoends at the end of this yr. She will travelthrough Africa and Europe before returningto the US in early '86. Michael Greenberg isliving in Macae, Brazil, just north of Rio deJaneiro. Michael works for Schlumberg-er—and has lived in Argentina andVenezuela, also. He invites all travelers toSouth America to stop in for a visit: he needspractice speaking English.

Anyone interested in helping our 5th Re-union effort should contact Brian Zimmer-man, 4 Washington Sq Village, NYC 10012,or Tom Carbone, 25 Hannum St, Skaneate-les, NY 13152. Susan M Drange, 3112Barrington Ave, #131, Los Angeles, Cal90066; Nancy K Rudgers (Boyle), 197 E ParkAve, White Plains,NY 10604.

8 4 Be ThereMark your calendars now! The NationalSpirit of Zincks will be held in 21 major citieson Thurs, Oct 17. Our class is one of the mainsponsors, so be sure to attend the nationalhappy hour. Contact your local alumni clubfor details. Homecoming weekend is alsoquickly approaching—Oct 26 and 27—so getready to reunite and party with friends whileattending various receptions, tailgate parties,and the football game against Dartmouth.The Class of '84 expects a tremendous turn-out at these events, so please contact yourfriends and save the dates!

Sage Chapel set the stage for the marriageof Candie L Johnson to Edward J Killackey'85 on June 8, '85. The happily married cou-ple has relocated to Norwood, Mass, whereCandie is returning to school this fall at Bos-ton U to pursue her master's degree in socialwork. A recent letter from Jamie andSuzanne Behrens Bob nick, who were marriedat Sage Chapel in July '84, indicates the cou-ple was busy house-hunting in the N Lansingarea. Sue kept busy this summer trainingMae, their new black Lab puppy, but nowshe's back to the books in the Vet College.Jamie and Sue run into numerous Cornel-lians, including Scott Fennessey, who hasmoved from NYC back to Ithaca.

On May 18, Jill Annette Fahey marriedGary Mertz in Rhinebeck. The couple en-joyed their wedding trip to Cancun, Mexico,and now resides in Rhinebeck, where Gary isemployed as an independent contractor.Douglas Seeb sent a newsy letter to informeveryone of the wedding that took place in StLouis, Mo, on July 7 between classmates GailMosinger and Mike Severance. Cornellians inthe wedding party included Doug, HenryBloom, and Rich Cherpak, while others in at-tendance include Craig Patchett '83, CharlieNasser, John Lomot, John O'Neill, DaveGinter, Brian Tucker, Jacquiline Pas, KathyKennedy, and the following Severance familyalumni: A O "Sevie" '25, Richard '58, Bev-erly (Hall) '59, Robert '63, and Gidget (Lew-is) '64. Doug cordially extends best wishes toGail and Mike from the brothers and friendsof Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Mary Tynan is enjoying her job as an assis-tant broker at the Oppenheimer brokeragefirm in NY, and has been to Caracas,Venezuela, visiting Jeanine Thomas, who isemployed by Procter & Gamble. Lisa Rapettihas returned to Dickinson School of Law to

rJohn E Mennell '82 is in the race.

finish her 2nd yr of study. Dorian Gravenesehas returned to SUNY, Stony Brook MedSchool, after spending a few wks touring Ita-ly and visiting relatives located on theAdriatic Sea in Italy.

Congratulations to Timothy McDaniel andJanet Flier, who have received medical schol-arships while attending the SUNY, Buffalo,Med School. Nave Ensign Ronald A Fisherreceived his ' 'wings of gold" upon comple-tion of the jet navigation course in Pensacola,Fla, and has now been designated as navalflight officer.

I've enjoyed seeing numerous Cornelliansover the past few months and am looking for-ward to Homecoming! Pamela Gernere '85and Bob Arao are working at RochesterProducts Div of General Motors, and BethMcKone has completed her summer intern-ship at Rochester Products and is returning toHarvard to complete her MBA. ChristopherTrabold '85 has accepted an engineering posi-tion at Eastman Kodak of Rochester. MarkAnnunziata is now working for the MonroeCounty Dept of Social Services in Rochesteras a social case manager involved in screen-ing, interviewing, and providing opportuni-ties to reduce employment barriers and pro-mote self-sufficiency among interested appli-cants. Mark keeps in contact with James JCornell, who has joined his family's carpen-try business on Long Isl.

My plans over the Labor Day holiday in-cluded visiting Terry Schillinger, who worksas a supervisor for Frito-Lay in Conn; DanDavis, an engineer at Hamilton Standardnear Hartford, Conn; and Bill Cummins,who is an engineer at Digital Equipment Corpin Mass. Several Cornellians plan to get to-gether at Bill's summer house on Cape Cod,among them Betsy Small, in her 2nd yr at Co-lumbia U Med School, and Anne Westa '85.

Keep up the news. Marie Rieflin, 128Crittenden Way, #2, Rochester, NY 14623;also Terry Port, 9 Royal Crest Dr, #10, Nash-ua, NH 03060.

8 5 Still in SchoolAs the summer draws to an end, Class of'85ers are starting to pack away their Vuar-nets and Bain de Soleil, and are realizing forthe 1st time that they're not returning to Cor-nell. However, some classmates have decidedto continue school at their respective academ-ic institutions: Edward Goebel, who (whileasking, "Does school never end?") is attend-ing medical school at Temple U in Phila, Pa;also in Pa is Richard Shapiro, studying law atU of Penn; another Cornellian making hermark at U of Penn is Ann "Poopsie"Nazareth, who graduated from Cornell sum-ma cum laude in economics and is attending

the Wharton Business School; and HowardGelb, who finished 3rd in free fighting in aTae Kwon Do Tournament in Apr and was aPresidential Scholar at Cornell is nowfighting his way through the U of PennSchool of Medicine.

Also East-Coast-based, in NYC, is RonaldWharton, who is studying medicine at theCollege of Physicians and Surgeons of Co-lumbia U; also at Columbia is Adam Slutsky,attending business school; Daniel Sasaki(pursuing a JD degree in international law)and David Jaroslaw are both studying at Co-lumbia Law School. David, a former memberof the Cayuga's Waiters is desperately seek-ing an apartment in Morningside Hgts, rentnot to exceed his tuition payments. Goodluck, kiddo.

Yet another Class of '85er in NYC is PeterGoldstein (an avid chicken wings fan) who,after traveling in Europe for the summer isnow attending the Mt Sinai School of Medi-cine. It appears that NYU is also a popularhaven for other classmates: Lisa Steiner ispursuing a PhD in pharmacology at NYU'sSaekler Inst; Alex Badia is attending NYUMedical School and lives in Rubin Hall at 1stAve and 30th St, so look him up if you're inthe City! Two more at NYU are JeffreyReisner and Laurie Helzick, both attendingNYU Law School.

Starting to think that everybody is in theNYC area? Well, it's not true. A few '85ershave ventured out to different areas of thecountry, even the world. In fact, 3 membersof our class are in Mich: John Spielberger, EPaul Hoop, and Arthur Pesner, who are allattending the U of Mich Graduate School ofBusiness Administration.

Even farther afield is Peter Gold, who isteaching English to high school students inJapan for the Ministry of Education for a yr.

Well, that about wraps it up for now.Don't forget about Homecoming on Oct 26,which will be a fantastic time to reunite withCornell friends. If anything exciting or news-worthy has surfaced concerning you or yourfriends, be sure to send it to your class corre-spondent! Shaz Kahng, 84 MorningsideDr, Ossining, NY 10562; telephone, (914)762-7587.

Alumni DeathsΊ l BA, CE '13—Herbert Ashton of Wash,DC, May 13, 1985; retired transportationconsultant; former US Commerce Dept offi-cial, expert on railroads; had taught at Tem-ple U and George Washington U; active inalumni affairs.

'12 BS Ag—Silas N Stimson of Kerrville,Texas, June 13, 1985; retired dairy farmerand breeder of Ayrshire cattle on CraigyBurn Farm, Spencer, NY; former county agagent in Vt, RI, and Mass; was active in com-munity and agricultural affairs.

'15, ME "16—R Kenneth Austin of AsburyPark, NJ, July 21, 1984.

'16 BS Ag—Cathryn V Riley of Patchogue,NY, 1978. Delta Gamma.

'17—Granville B Colyar of Sarasota, Fla,formerly of Mass, May 25, 1985.

'18 BS Ag—Dudley B Hagerman of South-old, NY, May 30, 1985; retired chemist, So-cony-Vacuum Oil Co, Paulsboro, NJ. Wife,Irene (Hawley) '33.

'18 BA—Grace Corleis Harris (Mrs LJ) of

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Ridgewood, NJ, June 21, 1985.

'18 BS HE—Marda Grimes Seelbach (MrsCharles G) of Zelienople, Pa, formerly ofBuffalo, NY, June 19, 1985; had taught inBuffalo public schools for 20 yrs.

'19, BArch '21—Roger Bailey of PebbleBeach, Cal, formerly of Salt Lake City,Utah, Apr 20, 1985; retired architect and wa-tercolorist; former dean and professor, emer-itus, U of Utah's architectural school; wasfounder and co-director, that school's gradu-ate program in architectural psychology; hispaintings have been widely exhibited acrossthe US. Seal & Serpent.

'20 BS Ag—George H Stanton of El Campo,Texas, formerly of Montclair, NJ, June 14,1985; founder and partner, Stanton Co, Real-tors, Montclair; was active in civic and frater-nal affairs. Phi Gamma Delta.

'22—John C Washington of San Diego, Cal,Jan 28, 1985.

'22—Lois Elliott Yarnell (Mrs J K) of Wa-bash, Ind, Sept 1983.

'22 CE—John L Young of Flossmoor, 111,Feb 20, 1985; was a manufacturer, Young &Greenawalt Co, Chicago, 111; formerly insales, management, Armco Steel Corp. PhiKappa Sigma.

'23 BA—Herbert D Schedler of Morristown,NJ, July 5, 1984; was an attorney.

'23 BS Ag—Alfonso yV Sotomayor of Cor-doba, Spain, Oct 8, 1984. Sigma Phi Sigma.

'23 BA—Willis K Wing of Kennett Sq, Pa,formery of NYC, June 17, 1985; was an edi-tor and literary agent for more than 50 yrs;former associate editor, Holiday magazine,following work as an editor on the NewYorker and for Doubleday. Phi Delta Theta.

'24—Robert E Atkinson of Chesterton, Md,formerly of NYC, May 8,1985; owner, PineyGrove beef cattle farm; retired sugar brokerand former president, NY Coffee and SugarExchange. Sigma Phi Sigma.

'24 MA—Lester E Denonn of Brooklyn, NY,June 12, 1985; retired attorney; scholar ofphilosophy. Pi Lambda Phi.

'24 BS HE—Jennie Curtis Dexter (Mrs MGregory) of Clearwater, Fla, formerly of Bel-mont, Mass, June 3, 1985; former child wel-fare worker, Cleveland, Ohio; active in civicand alumni affairs (Secondary Schools Com-mittee chairman for 25 yrs). Delta DeltaDelta. Husband, Milton G Dexter '24.

'24—Richard S Estill of McLoud, Okla, Jan23, 1980.

'24—Kathryn L Fenner of Allenspark, Colo,formerly of Denver, Feb 19, 1985. KappaDelta.

'24 CE—James H Ludlow of Belair, Md, for-merly of Baltimore, Mar 21, 1985. Sigma Pi.

'24 BLA—Harold W Uhrbrock of Houston,Texas, May 2, 1985; retired col, US Army.Alpha Sigma Phi.

'24, LLB '25—Herman Wolkinson of SilverSpring, Md, formerly of NYC, May 30, 1985;attorney, was associated with the US Dept ofJustice, Wash, DC; formerly practiced law inNYC.

'25 BS Ag—Florence Hershey Barrett (MrsWillard R) of La Jolla, Cal, May 17, 1985.

'25—John H Berean of Buffalo, NY, former-ly of Hamburg, NY, June 10, 1985; retiredsteel salesman, August Feine & Sons Co; for-merly associated with Bethlehem Steel Co,Buffalo. Phi Delta Theta.

'25 ME, MME '26—Robert P Mason of At-tleboro, Mass, May 29, 1985; board chair-man and former president, Mason Box Co, NAttleboro; active in community and alumniaffairs. Phi Kappa Psi.

'25, BS Ag '28—Paul H Smith of Marlton,NJ, Jan 17, 1984; was sr television engineer,RCA, Camden, NJ; previously worked asconsultant or controller for a number offirms. Alpha Chi Rho.

'25 BA—Karl L Vollmer of St Louis, Mo,June 2, 1985; was vice president and directorof planning, Falstaff Brewing Corp; active incommunity affairs. Phi Delta Theta.

'26 BA, EE '28—George M Dill of Arlington,Va, June 27, 1985; retired communicationsexpert, US Central Intelligence Agency; re-tired It cdr, U S Naval Reserve; formerlyworked for Bell Telephone Co in Okla. PiKappa Phi.

'27 BS Ag—John A Brill of Mt Laurel, NJ,formerly of Owego, NY, Jan 9, 1985; was as-sociated with R H Whiting Co, Binghamton,NY.

'27 MA, PhD '44—Frieda A Gillette ofHoughton, NY, May 8, 1985; was associatedwith Houghton College.

'27 BA—Harriet Lee Hirst (Mrs Roy L) of WHartford, Conn, Apr 6, 1985; retired head,science dept, Brearly School, NYC.

'27—Benjamin M Schlossbach of SpringLake Hgts, NJ, formerly of Westport, Conn,May 9, 1984; attorney, practicing in Belmar,NJ; formerly a state representative in Connfor 15 yrs; active in fraternal affairs.

'27 BA—Gertrude J Weber of White Plains,NY, Mar 22, 1985. Sigma Kappa.

'27, CE '29—Merrill H Willett of Bayside,Queens, NY, June 28, 1985; was an engineer,NYC Board of Transportation.

'28 BA, JD '30—Samuel Blinkoff of Buffalo,NY, June 29, 1985; retired assistant directorand general counsel, Municipal Housing Au-thority, Buffalo; former assistant corpora-tion counsel in that city's law dept.

>28—William H Fisher of Longwood, Fla,Jan 18, 1985. Psi Upsilon.

'28 PhD—Raymond E Wakeley of Carbon-dale, 111, May 11, 1985; professor of sociolo-gy and community development, emeritus,Southern Illinois U; was formerly on thefaculty of Iowa State U for 38 yrs and hadtaught at Cornell; active in professional af-fairs. Wife, Gladys (Kensler), MS '27.

'29-32 Grad—Jean MacMicken Coleman(Mrs John E) of Dayton, Ohio, June 2, 1985;attorney; was long-term president, board oftrustees, Dayton-Montgomery County PublicLibrary; active in professional and communi-ty affairs. Husband, John E Coleman '29,LLB '32.

'29—Thurlow Purdy of NYC, Apr 26, 1985.Pi Kappa Phi.

'30 CE—Richard G Lyall of Snyder, NY, Feb1983; consultant in design of ASME Class #1pressure vessels; former vice president, AdsoIndustries Inc, and its subsidiary, Farrar &Trefts Boiler Co, after several yrs as structur-al engineer, Lackawanna Steel ConstructionCo, Buffalo. Delta Chi.

'30 BS HE, MS Ed '38—Georgiana Marks ofJohnson City, NY, formerly of Albany, May5, 1985; retired associate, NY State Dept ofEducation's Bureau of Home Economics;formerly taught home economics in highschools in several parts of NY State.

'30—Edward A (Moszczenski) Morse of PortWashington, NY, Apr 11, 1985. Sigma Nu.

'30 BA, LLB '32—Truman K Powers of Itha-ca, NY, June 21, 1985; attorney; served as ci-ty attorney, police commissioner, and mem-ber, charter revision committee, for City ofIthaca. Beta Psi.

'30 BA—Milton H Slote of Miami, Fla, Dec3, 1983.

'30, MS Ed '38—Philip A Wyckof f of Frank-fort, NY, 1978; was district superintendent ofschools, Herkimer County, NY; formerteacher of vocational ag, W Winfield, NY;active in professional affairs.

'32 BA—Ruth Eisner Brill of NYC, June 30,1985; magazine publisher; economist, oftenassociated with the US government, who spe-cialized in consumer, housing, and labor is-sues; was a founder of NY State CommitteeAgainst Discrimination in Housing. SigmaDelta Tau.

'32 BA, MS '33—Henry E Guerlac of Ithaca,NY, May 30, 1985; Goldwin Smith professorof the history of science, emeritus, had re-tired in '75 after teaching at the university for29 yrs; was awarded France's Legion of Hon-or; author of 7 books and more than 70 arti-cles. Psi Upsilon. (See pg 72, July issue.)Wife, Rita (Carey) '37.

'32 CE—Roger E Higgins of S Portland andCaribou, Me, May 15, 1985; retired col, USArmy, and was the last commander of FtWilliams, Cape Elizabeth, Me. Phi KappaPsi.

'32 BA—Blanche Walter Parsons (MrsGeorge) of Moultonboro, NH, Apr 29, 1985.Alpha Phi.

'32 BS Ag, MF '36—George Parsons ofMoultonboro, NH, Feb 15, 1985; was lumbermill owner, operator, Nelliston, NY. KappaSigma.

'32 BA—Nicholas D Powers of Elmira, NY,June 19, 1984; retired merchandise director,Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Dal-las, Texas. Zodiac.

'32 BA—Sherwood D Silliman of Hemp-stead, NY, Jan 1980. Kappa Delta Rho.

'32 BS HE, Grad '32-33—Margaret DWhalen of Utica, NY, June 3, 1985; formerteacher of homemaking, Sherrill (NY) HighSchool. Delta Gamma.

'33 BS Ag—Don E Huddleston of Canton,NY, Mar 31, 1985; retired Coop Extensionagent, St Lawrence County; active in commu-nity and agricultural affairs.

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»34—George H McFarland of Cambridge,NY, Nov6, 1981.

'34 BA—Kenneth E Stein of Norwalk, Conn,June 1985; former rabbi, Jewish CommunityCenter of White Plains, NY, and had servedcongregations in Croton and NYC; formerlya practicing attorney and a businessman.

'34 MA—Eleanor Augur Tasker (Mrs Roy C)of Lewisburg, Pa, Apr 13, 1985; retired ad-ministrative secretary for the superintendentof schools, Lewisburg; was active with GirlScouts and in community affairs; hadestablished and managed the Emergency Nur-sery School at Cornell in the mid-'30s. Hus-band, Roy C Tasker, PhD '34.

'35 BS Ag—Don(ald) E Curtice of Cape Cor-al, Fla, formerly of 111, June 12, 1985; retiredplant manager, Koppers Co. Sigma PhiSigma.

'35 PhD—Trevor R Cuykendall of Venice,Fla, formerly of Ithaca, NY, June 4, 1985;Spencer T Olin professor of engineering,emeritus, and former director, School of En-gineering Physics; was instrumental in found-ing the engineering physics curriculum atCornell; he was a scientist at Los Alamos Sci-entific Laboratory (NM), '43-46.

'35 BS Ag—Louise Buell Shailer (Mrs Fisk A)of Chester, Conn, Sept 18, 1984; was on staffof public accounting firm Everett J PennyCo, White Plains, NY.

'36, BChem '37—John C Karnes of Lock-port, NY, May 7, 1985.

'36 BS Hotel—Robert B MacNab of Boze-man, Mont, Mar 9, 1985. Phi Delta Theta.

'36 PhD—Louis Maker of Menlo Park, Cal,formerly of Palo Alto, and, earlier, Prince-ton, NJ, May 7, 1985; retired corporate vicepresident, Varian Associates, Palo Alto; heheld many engineering patents, includingsemi-conductor and vacuum tubes; was direc-tor, RCA Laboratories, Princeton, NJ.

'36 BChem, MChem '38—George E PellissierJr of Palmyra, Pa, June 25, 1982.

'37 BS Ag, MS Ag '54—Julian M Carter ofIthaca, NY, formerly of Montpelier,Vt, June22, 1985; retired assistant director of voca-tional education, State of Vt; formerly taughtvocational ag in a number of high schools inNY State and was a leader in Future Farmersof America. Alpha Zeta.

'37 BA, DVM '41—H Brainard Risley ofBethlehem, Conn, May 22, 1985; veterinaryconsultant, widely known in the field of dairycattle fertility and reproduction.

'37, BS '36—Charlotte Levine Rosenberg(Mrs Rafael) of Teaneck, NJ, June 1985.

'38 LLB—James H Mann of Poolesville, Md,May 25, 1985; retired attorney; had practicedin international law in Wash, DC, for manyyrs, and had served in the Treasury Dept, asassistant executive director, War RefugeeBoard, and as an American representative ona post-World War II Allied Joint Commis-sion meeting in Switzerland to examine Ger-man assets; active in political affairs.

'39 PhD—Ruth B Bozell of Indianapolis,Ind, May 31, 1985; was associated with Ar-senal Technical Schools, Indianapolis.

'39 BA—George M Hunter of Ft Covington,

NY, May 15, 1984; was owner, operator, re-tail clothing store. Sigma Phi Sigma.

'39, BA '40—Charles H Kenerson of Annap-olis, Md, formerly of Dayton, Ohio, June 25,1985; was director of marketing, AerospaceRockets Div, Bell Aerosystems Co, Buffalo,NY; former district manager, MarquardtCorp, in Dayton, Ohio, following 16 yrs asan employe of General Motors Corp, for thelast 7 yrs, as manager of the AeroproductsDiv's Wash, DC, office. Kappa Sigma.

'39-40 Grad—Ruth Darby McCordock ofWilliamsville, NY, Feb 28, 1985.

'40, BS Hotel '41—Daniels C Brasted of Fay-etteville, NY, formerly of NYC, May 29,1985; retired investment banker. Phi GammaDelta.

'40 BS Ag—W Jay Weaver of Hartwick, NY,Sept 20, 1984; was owner, agent buyer, Hart-wick GLF Service, Hartwick.

'41 BS AEM—Robert C Ross of Carlsbad,Cal, and Keuka Lake, NY, formerly of Ro-chester, NY, May 1, 1985; retired associateengineer, Eastman Kodak Co, Rochester,NY, where he had worked for 38 yrs; was ac-tive in Boy Scouts of America. Sigma Nu.

'42 BS Ag—Marie Olmstead Ralston (MrsNoel P) of Okemos, Mich, Feb 17, 1985; ac-tive in community affairs. Sigma Kappa.(Was mistakenly listed as a member of KappaSigma in July '85 issue.) Husband, Noel PRalston, PhD '42.

'43—Robert T Finneran of Hopewell Junc-tion, NY, May 1984.

'43 BA, MD '45—George M Longbothum ofPlainfield, NJ, June 1, 1985; physician, gen-eral practice.

'43—Thomas W Milligan of Oak Brook, 111,May 1, 1985.

'43—Bruce H Wallace Jr of Oakland, Cal,May 18, 1985. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

'43 MD—Walter E Wright of Manchester,Conn, formerly of Pocasset, Mass, Feb 27,1983; physician, in general practice; was asso-ciated with Barnstable County (Mass) Hospi-tal; served as ship's surgeon, '62-63, on an ex-pedition to Antarctica sponsored by the USNavy and the National Science Foundation.

'44 BCE—Adrien A Duncan of Pittsburg,Cal, June 13, 1981. Telluride Assn.

'45, BA '46—Richard Trethaway of PaintedPost, NY, Dec 23, 1978. Sigma Alpha Epsi-lon.

'47 BA, MD '50—Edward I Goldsmith ofKatonah, NY, June 11, 1985; professor ofsurgery, Cornell Medical College; vice presi-dent, secretary, Medical Primatology Foun-dation. Phi Sigma Delta.

'48—Jay M Marks of Miami Beach, Fla, for-merly of NYC, June 1, 1985.

'49 BEE—Frederick A Christiana of Verona,NJ, formerly of E Orange, Jan 24, 1985; wasan engineer with Public Service Electric &Gas Co, Newark.

'50 BS ILR—Edward J Murphy Sr of Bran-ford, Conn, June 25, 1985; sr vice presidentand general manager, Jackson Newspapers,publisher of The New Haven Register and

Journal-Courier. Sigma Nu.

'50 BS Ag—George H Steeneck of GrandIsle, Vt, Jan 1985.

'51 MA—Anne Curran Brooks (Mrs Willis J)of NYC, June 23, 1985.

'51 PhD—Charles T West of Crestline, Ohio,June 9, 1985; professor of engineering me-chanics, emeritus, and former dept chairman,Ohio State U, where he had taught for 30 yrs.

'52 BS HE—Anne Hill Adams (Mrs RobertP) of Walden, NY, formerly of Dover, Mass,May 10, 1985. Alpha Xi Delta.

'53 BA—Oladipo O Odunusi of Lagos, Ni-geria, date unknown.

'54 BA—David B Goodstein of Malibu, Cal,June 23, 1985; was owner, Liberation Publi-cations, and publisher, The Advocate; for-mer mutual-fund manager; a leading spoke-man for homosexuals; sponsored scholar-ships and helped organize Friends of theMuseum of Art at Cornell.

'55 MILR—Arturo R Tanco Jr of Manila,the Philippines, Apr 18, 1985; former minis-ter of agriculture, the Philippines, and for-mer president, World Food Council, theUnited Nations; helped found the SoutheastAsia Research Center for Agriculture.

'55 PhD—James R Wall of Fairfax, Va, June29,1985; retired professor of biology, GeorgeMason U; formerly taught at Texas Tech Col-lege and Louisiana State U, and was em-ployed at the US Dept of Ag's vegetablebreeding lab in Charleston, SC, '55-62.

'58 BS Ag—Richard Reid of Brooklyn, NY,June 16, 1984.

'59 BS HE, MEd '66—Patricia StίllmanKnowles (Mrs Cyrus Philipp) of Clifton, Va,May 6, 1985.

'62-63 Grad—Clarence Lowe Jr of Los Ange-les, Cal, formerly of St Louis, Mo, Feb 25,1985.

'62 MS, MRP '63—Edmond B Murphy ofKilliney, Co Dublin, Ireland, Apr 9, 1985;professor and dept chairman, architecturalhistory and preservation, University College,Dublin.

'65 BA—Lorraine R Wyman of Mundelein,111, 1984.

'70, BA '71, PhD '78—Susan A Graetz ofIthaca, NY, June 6, 1985.

'72 BA—Robert H Bonczek of Lafayette,Ind, formerly of Waldwick, NJ, June 7,1985; faculty member, Krannert Grad Schoolof Management, Purdue U; author. Wife,Joy (Hamilton) '72.

'72 JD—John S Marron of Brighton, NY,June 3,1985; attorney and partner in the firmof Chamberlain, D'Amanda, Oppenheimer &Greenfield, Rochester and Syracuse; active inprofessional and community affairs.

'72 BS Eng—David C Sonderman of Am-herst, Mass, June 20, 1985; professor, indus-trial engineering and operations research, Uof Mass; numismatist.

'81—John A Kwaitkowski of Owego, NY,Apr 27, 1985; junior partner, George'sGreenhouses.

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'50, Lillian Purvis Heller '04, Gerald Crane,MRP '54, Ray Jensen, MFΛ '56, and D SGim '59. Only Michael Lindey 60 was notpresent.

Home to Heller HouseAmid the mass gatherings of the classes andcolleges held Reunion weekend was a smallbut moving reunion at Heller House. Sevenof the eight students who made their homewith Lillian Purvis Heller '04 during the1954-55 school year returned to rememberher and their remarkable year together.

Organizer of the reunion was Robert Plav-nick, BArch '50, an urban planning consul-tant in Arlington, Va. "We really had a mar-velous time," he said, trying to capture withmere words their feeling for each other andMrs Heller. "She created the kind of atmo-sphere where people were naturally friends."

From 1930 to 1956 the Heller house at 122Eddy St was home to almost 200 students,hand-picked through college recommenda-tions and personal interviews with Mrs Hel-ler. Providing rent-free rooms for eight stu-dents a year was her imaginative method of"doing something" for Cornell students.

She always chose at least one musician, toplay the pipe organ and the grand piano inthe house, and she liked to have an architect,an engineer, and an Agriculture student toprovide a range of skills and interests.

Students were expected to share in thehousekeeping and maintenance chores in thelarge house, but they were also encouraged todo more creative projects. "She was a geniusat inspiring us to tackle the insurmountable,"explained one former resident, "or things wethought we could never do, all in a coopera-tive group way—whether it was a picnic andhike in the parks in a snowstorm, redecora-ting a livingroom, or rewiring and replumb-ing, or completely relandscaping one or moreof the gardens."

Plavnick knew none of his housemateswhen he moved into Heller House in 1954 onthe recommendation of Prof John Reps,MRP '47, City and Regional Planning. Sever-al of his housemates were foreign students,some with a shaky command of English."She folded us into a kind of relationshipwhere we very much helped each other," heexplained, and some of the students shebrought together that year became lifelongfriends.

Thirty years later all but one returned toIthaca for the reunion. Those attending were:

Gerald Crane, MRP '55, professor of archi-tecture and planning at the U of Michigan;Ray Jensen, MFA '56, sculptor and teacherat Bellevue Community College, Bellevue,Wash; Michael Seidel, MS '56, a pharmaceu-tical chemist from Philadelphia; D S Gim,BArch '59, an architect with the US ArmyCorps of Engineers, Washington, DC;Michael Lindey, DVM '60, a veterinarianfrom Portland, Me; Granfianco Ornago, SpArch '54-55, a senior official with a construc-tion company in Milan, Italy; and Bob Plav-nick. They were unable to locate their missinghousemate, Hugh Ruchard, Sp Arts '54-55, astudent in the physics department from Ger-many.

As important as the Heller house is to allthe students who have lived there, its historicvalue dates back to its builder and first own-er, William Henry Miller, 1872. Miller wasnot only Cornell's first architectural student.He was also the designer and builder of someof Ithaca's and Cornell's best-knownbuildings. Among his 100 or more structuresare the AD White house, the Sage mansionon E State St, the McGraw-Fiske mansion,Barnes Hall, the Communication ArtsGraduate Center on Stewart Avenue, Stim-son Hall, Risley Hall, and the original IthacaHigh School, now the DeWitt building on NCayuga St, Ithaca.

Lillian Heller's house was Miller's homefor 46 years. In 1876 he built for himself whatbegan as a modest four-room house in thethen popular Swiss chalet motif. The hillsidehouse had a jerkin-headed gable roof, boardand batten gables, and inverted picket decor-ative siding. Records are incomplete, but it isclear that by 1879 additions had begun, prob-ably with a new living room first, and then anew kitchen. By 1882 he had added a musicroom, which still houses a large ten-rank pipeorgan.

Subsequent additions included a northtower addition, entrance hall, the present kit-chen, and a garden room off the sitting room." H e was an obsessive tinkerer," Prof Repssaid of Miller, but added that some of hischanges were very innovative. "His was sure-ly one of the first houses in Ithaca that hadthe kitchen on the front."

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Pipe organ still dominates the main roomof Heller House. At right, the outside ofthe William Miller-designed house, fromEddy St.

A sleeping porch was added in 1895 and ashower bathroom in 1907. Miller's grandson,Robert North, remembered hearing that therewas rarely a time when the house was not un-der construction. "The family would go offto Europe," Reps explained, "and when theygot back they found he'd tacked on a wing oradded a dormer."

The earliest description of the interior ofthe house comes from a diary entry made byMiller's daughter Margaret in 1894: "Papahas the house all torn up. Electricity is beingput in. Six rooms and the hall are being doneover and a good deal of new plumbing putin—and we knew nothing of it!"

By 1910 the house was complete, for thetime being, and included a one-story pergolain front of the dining room entry, a coveredarea west of the sun room, and a one-storystructure north of the house that was appar-ently a wind or water-powered pumphouse.Water was stored in a large copper cisternabove the north tower addition.

Miller died in 1922, but his wife continuedto live in their Eddy St house until her deathin 1930. That same year Lillian Heller re-turned to Ithaca from New York City afterthe death of her husband, Howard Heller '03.She rented the Miller house that fall, and sub-sequently bought it from Miller's estate in1932.

For 24 years Lillian Heller invited studentsto make their home with her, and they re-member her fondly. "She was a remarkablewoman," Bob Plavnick said. "We hadbreakfast together and had the friendship ofa family, Mrs Heller's family. We partici-pated equally, and in our relative poverty ofFulbright grants, GI bill, and small graduatestudent grants had a memorable time."

He explained that breakfast was the onlymeal they ate together. "Everyone had to

come to breakfast at 7. If you had an 8 amclass you cooked, if you had a 9 am class youcleaned up. And she expected you to partici-pate in some kind of conversation." The onlyother command performance was afternoontea. She had friends in for tea every after-noon, Plavnick said, and if you were in thehouse, you were expected to come down andhelp her serve—and join in the conversation."She had a vitality about her that you did itwillingly," he added.

Edwin M Miller '35, LLB '39, who lived inMrs Heller's house from 1935 to 1939, alsoremembers the breakfasts: "On Sundaymornings Mrs Heller often entertained at ascrumptious breakfast to which we were en-couraged to bring guests/dates. One of her

most famous recipes was her 'half-in-half -out' muffins, with popovers a close second.After breakfast Mrs Heller and her car werealways ready to adjourn to Sage Chapel forthe morning services. Then on Sunday even-ings the boys took turns putting on light sup-pers or picnics to which we could likewisebring guests/dates. One of my first dates withmy wife, Virginia, was one of these."

Shortly before her death in 1956, Mrs Hel-ler sold her home to the College of Architec-ture, Art, and Planning, and more tinkeringensued. The house was divided into apart-ments, and is now used for college parties,receptions, and housing for visiting facultyand critics. One of the four apartments is oc-cupied by a resident caretaker, who is usuallyan Architecture graduate student, often one

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Time takes its toll of houses as well as peo-ple. While Mrs Heller left her entire estate toCornell, only $10,000 was designated for theupkeep of the house itself. Trees have grownup around the house, making its old conser-vatory too shady for plants. Rats have eatenthe organ's leather bellows, and the fountainand formal garden at the back of the large lotare overgrown with weeds.

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Clifford RetiresFrank R Clifford '50 stepped down as direc-tor of alumni affairs at the end of Augustwhen he retired from university service. Hehas been associated with the university overmore than four decades, first as a Navy V-5aviation cadet in 1943.

After serving as a naval aviator in WorldWar II, he returned as an undergraduate. Hewas resident student manager of WillardStraight Hall and its head desk man beforeearning an AB in 1950.

He was director of the student union andassistant dean of students at Brockport StateTeachers College before returning to Cornellin 1956 as an assistant director of develop-ment in the annual giving program. Afterseveral other assignments he was nameddirector of corporate relations, and in 1963went to Western Reserve University inCleveland as vice president for development.

Frank returned to the Hill with his wifeJean, to become director of alumni affairs. Inthat job, which oversees the non-fundraisingactivities of the university related to alumni,he was also the secretary-treasurer of the Cor-nell Alumni Association and of the Federa-tion of Cornell Clubs, as well as secretary ofthe Association of Class Officers. Jean andFrank's three sons are alumni, as well,Richard '74, Mark '76, and John '80.

In his capacity as an officer of the AlumniAssociation, Frank has served the last eigh-teen years as a member of the PublicationsCommittee, which oversees this magazine. Atthe Association board meeting in May, wethanked him, as we will again here, forrepresenting the administration of the univer-sity ably to.the magazine, and the magazineto the other officials of the university. Thishas not always been an easy job, and eventhough he and the editor are classmates, nat-ural conflicts exist in the two jobs thatFrank's easy character did not allow to get inthe way of good relations.

Everyone in Alumni House will miss him,though he's not leaving Ithaca and will be ontap for alumni as he has been for a goodwhile now. — The Editor

A Year of ChangesTwo changes are under way in the world ofuniversity alumni this year:

In May 1984, the board of the Alumni As-sociation voted to limit eligibility to vote inthe election of alumni trustees to "under-graduate and advanced degree holders, andmatriculants whose classes have graduated orwho were candidates for advanced degree,and who have shown an interest in the univer-

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sity by participating in various university ac-tivities and organizations or have providedfinancial support."

Non-degree, non-donor alumni as well asalumni who attended Cornell for less than ayear were dropped from the 1985 mailing. In1984, before the change, 155,000 ballots weremailed. In 1985, after the change, 122,000ballots were mailed.

In 1984, 23,484 ballots were cast; in 1985,19,227, the smallest number since 1960, when96,655 ballots were mailed and 19,165 re-turned.

During the year a group of alumni leadersbegan meeting under the chairmanship ofAustin Kiplinger '39, chairman of the Boardof Trustees, and staff leadership of RichardRamin, university vice president for publicaffairs.

Several leaders of alumni organizations re-ported to their respective boards later in theyear that the group reached some conclu-sions:

They favored more focus of alumni activi-ties along regional lines. At present activitiesare organized primarily along class, club, andcollege lines.

A feeling had grown that new pro-grams—including Cornell Tradition, CornellConnection, and the intensive work in fund-raising and admissions—enlisted major alum-ni participation when assisted by large num-bers of paid staff in Ithaca. To an extent,they drew on volunteers already enlisted byother alumni programs, including classes,colleges, and clubs, and there was a realchance of burning out some leaders.

The administration continued to hope toget groups of experts to advise it, as has beenthe case in real estate, athletics, public rela-tions, and a number of other fields.

Concern was expressed that more supportwas needed for non-fundraising aspects ofalumni work, including the classes and clubs.

Board members of the Associaton of ClassOfficers got a chuckle when they heard thatthe ad hoc committee of thirty-three alumniwas considering the formation of yet anotherlayer of effort: an "alumni coordinatingboard."

Carl A Kroch '35 has been named a presiden-tial councillor by the Board of Trustees. Thislifetime award honors individuals for longand outstanding service to the university.Kroch is chairman, president, and chief exec-utive officer of Kroch's and Brentano's, alarge Chicago book-selling firm. He is a col-lector of rare books and Japanese art. In 1980he endowed the position of university librari-an, at the time one of only four such endow-ments in the US.

The board also recognized eight major ben-efactors. Their biographies will be added tothe Builders of Cornell book and their namesinscribed on the terrace wall outside Uris Li-brary. Those associated with the MedicalCollege will also have their names inscribed atthe entrance to the Medical College. (SeeAlumni News Nov and Dec 1982, April 1984,and April 1985 for earlier lists.)

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Frederick A Jambes, who gave the MedicalCollege his former home and gardens and 62acres in the Town of North Salem, NY.

William S and Mildred D Lasdon. The lateMr. Lasdon was a pioneer in the pharmaceu-tical industry, serving as president and chair-man of Pyridium Corp and its successor,Nepera Chemical Company, a manufacturerof prescription drugs. The Lasdons made amajor commitment for the William and Mil-dred Lasdon Biomedical Research Center atthe Medical College.

Harry E Mattin '18, the owner of MearlCompany, a major supplier of pearly essenceused in plastics, cosmetics, and buttons. Hehas special interests in the Jewish StudiesProgram and has supported the Center forPerforming Arts. He has also established theFred Rhodes memorial scholarship fund andthe Henry L Mattin fund, in memory of hisson, in the School of Chemical Engineering.

Jeannette D Routh, the widow of Joseph PRouth '17. Since his death, Mrs Routh hasgiven toward the establishment of the JosephP Routh professorship at the Medical Collegein her husband's memory.

Isadore Rosenfeld, a cardiologist with aprivate practice in New York, and a clinicalprofessor and member of the Board of Over-seers at the Medical College. His gifts havesupported the Medical College.

Samuel A and Beatrice Seaver. The late MrSeaver was a New York City realtor and fi-nancial adviser. Mrs Seaver has given two fa-cilities to the Medical College in herhusband's memory—the Samuel A andBeatrice Seaver Laboratory for Cardio-Pulmonary Diseases and the Samuel A andBeatrice Seaver Laboratory for Cancer Im-munology.

Young to Visit CollegesYoung people interested in admission to threeof the statutory colleges at Cornell are beinginvited to attend Transfer Day or OpenHouse this fall. The College of Agricultureand Life Sciences, the College of HumanEcology, and the School of Industrial andLabor Relations have planned get-acquaintedlectures, lunches, and tours for two-year col-lege students on Nov 6 and high school jun-iors and seniors and their parents on Nov 9.Visitors will be given an explanation of theuniversity and the academic programs in thethree colleges and have a chance to meet andtalk with current students, faculty, and staff.Additional information about Transfer Dayand Open House is available from college ad-missions offices or (607) 256-2036.

In the NewsDavid Bliss '65, head coach at SouthernMethodist U, was interviewed for the headjob with the professional New Jersey Nets;another man got the job. Bliss has takenSMU to the NCAA tourney the last twoyears.

Ardys Binkmann '89, an incoming student,represented New York State in the Miss Teen-age competition in Duluth, Minnesota in Au-gust. She's the daughter of Klaus Brinkmann'53 and sister of Stephen Brinkmann '86.

Three photos by Barrett Gallagher '36 appearin "The Indelible Image," an exhibit of warphotographs which is appearing at the GreyArt Gallery, 33 Washington PI, NYC of NewYork U, through Nov 16. The exhibit was

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prepared by the Corcoran Gallery. Gallaghershot the photos while part of the US Navy'sSteichen Group, in World War II in the Pa-cific. Negatives of the collection are in theNational Archives in Washington.

The July-August issue of the magazineWooden Boat carries a long illustrated articleon the Varua, "Varua, Soul of the SouthernSea," about the veteran research vessel nowoperated by Russell Nilson '73. The News re-ported on his adventures in February 1981and February 1983.

CalendarIthaca: Mohawk Indian baskets, Johnson ArtMuseum, Sept 17-Oct 27.

San Diego, Cal: CC meeting, speaker VicePresident Robert Matyas '52, facilities andbusiness operations, Oct 15. Call DavidChadwick-Brown (619) 232-5233.

Cortland: CWC dinner, speaker David Call'54, dean, College of Agriculture and LifeSciences, Oct 15. Call Betsy Nisbet Young '41(607) Ί56-6151.

Ithaca: Playwright's Retrospective: papersand memorabilia of Sidney Kingsley '28 onexhibit at Uris Library, Oct 15-Dec 1.

Philadelphia, Pa: CC and the Franklin Insti-tute program on super computers, speakerProf Kenneth Wilson, physics, Oct 16. Callregional office (215) 649-5901.

Utica: Law School alumni luncheon, speakerProf W David Curtiss, LLB '40, Law, Oct16. Call Tammy Laurenson (607) 256-5251.

Austin, Texas: CC meeting, speaker ProfWalter LaFeber, history, Oct 17. Call HarlowRusselΓ83 (512) 251-3650.

NYC: Class of '81 Oktoberfest celebration atManhattan Brewing Co, Oct 17. Call regionaloffice (212) 986-7202.

Portland, Ore: Oregon CC meeting, speakerVice President Robert Matyas '52, Oct 17.Call Robert Dortignacq '71 (503) 249-8168.

Providence, RI: Rhode Island and BristolCounty, Mass CC dinner, speaker Laing Ken-nedy '63, athletic director, Oct 18. Call DavidPaolino '76 (401) 274-1982.

Stamford, Conn: Fairfield County CCbrunch, speaker Thomas Leavitt, director,Johnson Art Museum, Oct 20. Call ElisabethPettersen Sonoff, PhD '81, (203) 656-1518.

NYC: Law School alumni luncheon, speakerProf James Henderson, Law, Oct 22. CallTammy Laurenson (607) 256-5251.

Racine, Wis: Wisconsin CC meeting, speakerProf Walter LaFeber, history, Oct 23. CallRichard Brock, MS '76 (414) 351-6620.

Ithaca: School of Industrial and Labor Rela-tions young alumni career forum, Oct 25.Call Marcia Pickens (607) 256-6511.

Ithaca: " A View of the Kremlin," lecture byArkady Shevchenko, former Soviet ambassa-dor and under-secretary general of the UnitedNations, Bailey Hall, 8 pm, Oct 25. Shev-chenko is the Henry ['48] and Nancy HortonBartels ['48] International Perspectives

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Ithaca: Homecoming, Oct 26. College coffeehours; tours; Barton Hall luncheon,11:30-1:00; football vs Dartmouth; after-game receptions; Young Alumni party forclasses of '81-85. Call Alumni House (607)256-2390.

Ithaca: Preston Thomas ['74] memorial lec-tures, College of Architecture, Art and Plan-ning, Oct 27-Nov 7. Michael Dennis, profes-sor of architecture at Harvard, and Cornellfaculty member from 1968-83, speaking on"Court and Garden."

NYC: Cornell Day at the Races, VeterinaryCollege exhibits at Aqueduct Race Track, Oct30. Call Karen Redmond (607) 256-5454.

Jericho: Long Island CC brunch, speakerRobert Cook, director, Cornell Plantations,Nov 3. Call Jack Helitzer '55 (212) 578-3358.

Wilmington, Del: Delaware CC luncheon,speaker Charles Walcott, PhD '59, director,Laboratory of Ornithology, Nov 5. Call BillBareford '62 (302) 428-0261.

Ithaca: Transfer Day, an introduction to theState Colleges of Agriculture and Life Scien-ces, Human Ecology, and Industrial and La-bor Relations, for 2-year college students,Nov 6. Call (607) 256-2036.

Pittsburgh, Pa: CC Chinese dinner, speakerProf Martie Young, history of art, Nov 7.Call Merle Kramer '82 (412) 682-7093.

Ithaca: Theater Cornell production of Dark-ness at Noon by Sidney Kingsley '28, Nov7-Nov 25. Call (607) 256-5165.

Ithaca: Savoyards production of The Mika-do, Nov 8-Nov 16. Call (607) 257-2500.

Ithaca: Open House for high school studentsand parents at Agriculture and Life Sciences,Human Ecology, and Industrial and LaborRelations, Nov 9. Call (607) 256-2036.

New Haven, Conn: Classes of '64-68 tailgateparty before football vs Yale, Nov 9. Call Ja-son Gettinger '64 (212) 348-4875.

New Haven, Conn: Class of '81 at football vsYale, Nov 9. Call regional office (212)986-7202.

NYC: Cornell Society of Hotelmen generalmeeting at the New York Hotel Show, Nov11. Call Harry Keller '56 (607) 256-3565.

Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina CC dinner,speaker Prof Urie Bronfenbrenner '38, hu-man development and family studies, Nov12. Call Robert Dean '51 (919) 787-6676.

Fort Myers, Fla: Southwest Florida CC lun-cheon, speaker John Heiser, PhD '81, direc-tor, Shoals Marine Laboratory, Nov 13. CallDorothy Jacobson Classon '41 (813)936-1216.

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Also'Star Wars' plans,Army programin mathematicsprovoke debates

Government research policy anddiscipline dominated the news as thecampus swung into its normal life lastmonth.

Star Wars: A number of Cornell facultymembers are among leaders in a nation-wide faculty effort to discourage the USgovernment from engaging in PresidentReagan's proposed "Strategic DefenseInitiative" (SDI) to create a massiveshield against potential nuclear at-tack—dubbed star wars by its detract-ors.

Congress has tentatively set aside $2.7million next year for such research. Thedispute spills over into two projects al-ready under way at Cornell, research in-to super-fast computers, known as su-percomputers, and in a new math pro-gram (earlier stories in the April Newsand page 8, this issue).

The National Science Foundationsought to restrict use of the supercompu-ter centers, one of which was establishedat Cornell, to scientists from the US andits political allies. Cornell and theUniversity of Illinois resisted and NSFrelented, though it said it could be forcedby presidential action to enforce such arule.

A new math research program drewthe fire of one professor ofmathematics, Robert Strichartz. Hewithdrew from membership in theuniversity's Center for AppliedMathematics after it became the homeof the Army Mathematical Science pro-gram at Cornell. Strichartz said hefeared military work would come todominate the center and its graduate stu-dents; the center's director said hethought the fears "greatly exagger-ated." Strichartz continues as a fullmember of the Department of Mathe-matics.

A group of professors and other re-searchers sought to have the universityrefuse all star wars funds, but ad-

ministrators said it would not do so.A petition promising not to accept

such funds had the signatures of 112professors and 409 graduate studentsand other staff in engineering and thephysical sciences by September 16.

Key among faculty objections werethat the SDI proposal had little or nolikelihood of being effective, could jeop-ardize arms agreements and talks, wouldlend Cornell's name to the project, andmight lead to restrictions on the univer-sity policy of open research andteaching.

The congressman who represents Itha-ca, Matthew McHugh, was one of fourrepresentatives who joined the Union ofConcerned Scientists in suing to blockan upcoming test of an Air Force anti-satellite weapon, which is part of SDI.

Strike: Service and maintenance workersstruck the university for a day whenfreshmen were arriving for Orientationin late August, then voted to accept anoffer by the administraton negotiated bytheir United Auto Worker representa-tives. Wage increases and a union shopfor all new employes were key elementsin the settlement.

People in transition: Temporary replace-ents were filling a number of administra-tive vacancies around campus as theschool year began.

Scharlie Bartter Handlan '47, directorof club affairs, is acting director ofalumni affairs during a search for a re-placement for Frank Clifford '50, whoretired in August.

Prof. J. Gormly Miller, Industrial andLabor Relations, emeritus, is acting di-rector of the University Libraries. LouisMartin, director since 1979, left to heada privately endowed science and technol-ogy library in Kansas City, Missouri.Miller was director from 1975 until 1979.

David I. Stewart is acting director ofuniversity relations, following the resig-nation of Gilbert P. Goetz, who held thepost since 1982. Stewart also directs thenews operations of the endowed andstatutory colleges. David Call '54, deanof Agriculture, is also acting head ofgovernmental relations and publica-tions, while the search goes on for a VPto direct the activities that he oversaw ona temporary basis last year.

Discipline: Plans to tighten the universi-ty's procedures for maintaining publicorder were put on a medium-speedcourse early last month, only weeks afteradministrators said they expected earlyapproval of changes by the Board ofTrustees.

In July, the trustees' Executive Com-mittee noted that administrators wereunable to meet state legal requirementsfor maintaining order on college cam-puses during student demonstrations lastspring. Because of "the failure or refusalof hearing and review panels to imposeor sustain penalties upon persons whohave violated provisions of the [campus]code," the committee noted, it directedPresident Rhodes to propose amendedrules "which will ensure that offensesare swiftly and fairly adjudicated and. . . that penalities are imposed upon vio-lators which are calculated to deter fu-ture unlawful conduct and preserve thepeace."

The proposed new rules and explana-tions by administrators were publishedat the start of the academic year in lateAugust, with an eye to getting ExecutiveCommittee approval September 5. Fac-ulty insistence on being consulted led thepresident to propose further studybefore trustees consider changes.

Student, staff, and faculty leaders ap-peared when the Executive Committeemet on campus and suggested twomonths of study. The president and thechairman of the committee agreed towait at least until a meeting of the fullboard in mid-October, with the under-standing that the Executive Committeehas standby power to invoke stiffer pro-cedures if situations on campus justify.

Pro-divestment activists resumed DayHall sit-ins in small numbers. They werearrested and taken directly before civilauthorities.

The Chapter House reopened on StewartAvenue as a non-alcoholic dancingplace, in anticipation of the rise Decem-ber 1 in the legal drinking age in NewYork State to 21. Three seniors in theHotel school run the establishment,which for many years was a bar undervarious names, including Jim's Place.

The teams: This year's athletic teamswarmed up for their regular seasons witha series of exhibition matches in Europeduring the summer and at home earlylast month. Men's basketball broughthome a 4-3 record, playing against proand college teams in Sweden and France.Women's field hockey competed againstsix club teams in the Netherlands.

The varsity football squad scrim-maged Ithaca College two weeks beforethe Red's regular season opener, stilltesting quarterbacks and potentialstarters at many other positions. Themen's soccer varsity defeated its alumni3-1 in a tuneup the second weekend ofSeptember. —JM

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